'This Is Fascism!' Glenn EXPLODES at Banks for Targeting Conservatives | Guest: Amb. Jamieson Greer | 10/15/26
October 15, 2026
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5 min read“A $5 check, a baseball cap, and they collected your name.”
That is the arresting image at the center of this episode of The Glenn Beck Program. Beck spends the hour unpacking two recently revealed government operations that he argues constitute a quiet, bureaucratic form of fascism. The first: a federal review of roughly 100,000 complaints and 50,000 bank records from America’s nine largest banks found that institutions like JPMorgan Chase flagged words such as “MAGA” and “America First” and closed accounts held by Christian organizations, pro-life groups, and firearm businesses. The stated reason, again and again, was “reputational risk”—a phrase Beck says he warned about in his 2020 book The Great Reset, only to be dismissed as a conspiracy theorist. The second revelation: Senator Chuck Grassley released documents showing that Jack Smith’s team, while investigating Donald Trump, collected personal data on more than 639,000 Republican voters and donors. One spreadsheet was organized around a single question: Did you buy a red MAGA hat after the 2020 election? If so, your name, home address, birth date, and in some cases credit card information were recorded by the federal government.
The mechanism: compliance as control
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- 2 (02:10) **Opening: Government Overreach and the Constitution** - Glenn opens with a fiery condemnation of federal overreach, comparing it to Canada's treatment of truckers during COVID and declaring the Constitution is being ignored.
- 3 (04:15) **The Bank Investigation: MAGA and America First Flagged** - Glenn reveals a federal regulator reviewed 100,000 complaints and 50,000 bank records, finding JP Morgan Chase flagged words like "MAGA" and "America First" as reputational risks.
- 4 (06:28) **Jack Smith's Enemies List: 639,000 Republican Voters Tracked** - Senator Grassley released documents showing Jack Smith's team collected personal data on over 639,000 Republican voters and donors, including those who bought a single MAGA hat.
- 5 (08:53) **The Mechanism of Quiet Control** - Glenn explains how fascism operates through compliance departments and risk memos rather than tanks, making it invisible until it's too late.
- 6 (13:52) **The First Amendment vs. the Regulator's Phone Call** - Glenn argues the Founders never imagined a regulator's phone call or a risk memo could bypass the First Amendment's protections.
- 7 (16:43) **Demanding Justice, Not Revenge** - Glenn calls for fair trials and prison sentences for bank executives, regulators, and anyone in the special counsel's office who violated privacy.
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Show Notes
A recent report accuses multiple banks of flagging words like “MAGA” and “America First,” alongside Christian organizations, pro-life groups, and firearms businesses, working alongside the Biden administration to target what they deemed “reputational risks.” Glenn warns that once this type of fascist behavior is accepted, it’s only a matter of time until everybody is put on a list for one reason or another. Glenn plays a clip of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) being called out by a voter for his anti-Christian view of the Bible. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer joins to discuss whether President Trump’s tariffs and trade deals are working for everyday Americans. Glenn reacts to Florida Senate candidate and DSA member Angie Nixon (D), who said during an interview with CNN that she wants her Republican opponent "locked up and jailed." Iran just executed a young woman for insulting the prophet under Sharia law, proving that Sharia law cannot coexist with free speech and equal rights. Glenn and Jason discuss the terrifying issue of drug cartels being trained to use drones.
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