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We Just Got One Step Closer to Digital Dollars | 10/1/26

October 1, 2026

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We Just Got One Step Closer to Digital Dollars

On today's program, Glenn Beck wove together several threads—the mayor of New York's wife and her ties to Islamist and Marxist circles, the coming election, the rise of programmable digital currency, Jack Smith's data collection, and a near-disaster aboard a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight—into a single argument: the country is approaching a crossroads where fear could drive Americans to hand over power to forces they cannot control afterward.

The First Lady and the Alliance of Enemies

Beck opened with New York City's first lady, Rama Dewanzi, who spent the week at a luxury Islamic women's retreat in Portugal. The retreat's organizers have posted content calling to "cleanse Palestine of its Jewish oppressors" and to abolish Israel. Beck noted that at age 20, Dewanzi posted a tribute to a Palestinian plane hijacker, and on October 7, she reportedly liked posts carrying footage from the attacks and suggesting the rapes were hoaxes. The mayor says his wife has no role in City Hall.

Beck drew a historical parallel to Edith Wilson, who effectively ran the country after Woodrow Wilson's stroke while claiming she "never made a single decision." He warned: "The most powerful person in government can be somebody nobody elected, nobody can question, nobody watches, because everybody has decided she's just the wife."

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  • 2 (05:20) **The Mayor's Wife and the Islamist-Marxist Alliance** - Glenn introduces the story of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' wife, Rama Dewazi, attending a luxury Islamic women's retreat in Portugal, and connects it to a broader political realignment
  • 3 (10:02) **Edith Wilson: The First Female President** - Glenn uses Woodrow Wilson's stroke and his wife Edith's secret stewardship as a historical parallel for understanding how unelected spouses can wield power
  • 4 (14:11) **What to Watch: Money, Appointments, Police Orders** - Glenn lays out the specific investigative questions he's tracking regarding the mayor's wife and broader implications
  • 5 (16:23) **The Polling Shock: Young Americans Choose Hamas** - Glenn presents Harvard-Harris polling data showing a dramatic shift in young voters' attitudes toward Israel
  • 6 (25:14) **The Biblical Warning: King Ahaz and the Hired Razor** - Glenn tells the story of King Ahaz from Isaiah to illustrate the danger of hiring "strong enough" allies to solve immediate threats
  • 7 (33:04) **The Real Alternative: A Baby as National Security** - Glenn explains Isaiah's offered sign — a young woman having a baby — as the counterintuitive strategy that actually worked

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Show Notes

What is Zohran Mamdani’s wife doing in Portugal this week? Glenn calls out the anti-Semitism within the women’s retreat that Mamdani’s wife is attending, while also recalling the influence Woodrow Wilson’s wife had on the country during Wilson’s administration. How critical is it that Republicans go vote in this year’s midterm elections? Glenn looks to the Bible to show why it matters. Glenn has a message for the Americans who are tired of voting and feeling like nothing ever changes. Glenn explains why he believes ordinary people save a country by doing their part, not by a certain president or congressman. Glenn breaks down what Canada is doing with its largest banks, which it can weaponize against anyone the Canadian government sees as an enemy. Did former special counsel for the United States Department of Justice Jack Smith collect private banking data from ordinary Trump donors? Glenn discusses the apparent terror attack attempt on an Israeli flight that passengers thwarted.

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