Here’s the real “War on Women”: daily life with the Islamic State

February 26, 2015

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If you were to turn on MSNBC on any given day, you’d be sure to see one of their hosts (the ones who haven’t been cancelled yet) slamming someone in the GOP for waging a “war on women”. But if you want to see a real war, look no further than the treatment of women under the rule of the Islamic State. Truly, truly horrifying.

Transcript below:

GLENN: We look at them now -- I don't think radical Islam is enough. These are psychotic Muslims. And I think we need to start calling them psychotic Muslims, but that's not enough. Let me give you a litle bit of their psychosis and the real war on women. We are quite honestly grotesque. I find us so offensive as a -- my fellow countrymen, we are offensive. We are acting as if nothing in the world is going on, and we are talking about a war on women here, because we won't give them free condoms. Here's the real war on women. The western model for women failed according to a manifesto that gives insight into what daily life is like living with the Islamic state extremists. A guide says beauty salons and plastic surgery are the work of the devil.

STU: Well, we all know that.

PAT: If you have your hair done, that clearly is Satan at work.

GLENN: The document is also critical of shaving and women wearing things, "hanging from their ears".

PAT: Oh.

STU: The circular disks that come from the ears, they're from the devil.

GLENN: Just as the devil expelled our parents he takes away her clothes, wishing to bring her the paradise of covering and decency and encourage her the spend huge amounts of money to change God's creation. The document says females can marry from has young as 9.

PAT: That's not of the devil at all.

STU: No. Keep talk about the war on women here in the United States, though. 9-year-old marriages, but keep talk about what's her face? Sandra Fluke.

GLENN: From that point forward, the bride should remain hidden.

PAT: Of course.

STU: From just 9, to the rest of their lives they get to remain hidden -- but the first eight years, they are totally free to --

GLENN: Well, the wife is permitted to leave the house to study theology, visit a women's doctor or a teacher, if it has been ruled that she must fight or engage in jihad, because the situation has become so desperate.

PAT: She can leave the house to wear a suicide vest and blow up a synagogue or --

GLENN: If it's been ruled.

STU: How do they punish them if it has not been ruled and they went out

and blew themselves up?

PAT: You don't get your virgin men.

GLENN: The guide says women should be educated, cannot fill their roles if illiterate or ignorant. They should start their education at 7, but finish by the time they're 15. I mean --

PAT: Get married in between at 9. Kind of a full slate.

GLENN: You are busy birthing babies when 12. The life of the woman is sedentary and focused first and foremost of the confines of the house.

PAT: Tell my wife that, you are so sedentary. Could you do a little something, please?

STU: I wish this was funny. I wish it was funny and not real.

GLENN: Perverted ISIS millitants are trying to score Viagra to fuel their lust for brutal and abnormal sex, according to a report from activists and the terrorists groups main Syrian stronghold. The supposedly ultra conservative Muslim fundamentalists have been forcing women in the city of Raqqa to marry them and engage in savage sex acts that result in hospital treatment. They buy kinky lingerie, described in a report as strange underwear for their reluctant brides, a large section of ISIS members suffer from sexual abnormalities and brutal instinctive desire for sex. Several families have reportedly fled the city, one girl has committed suicide. In a related development, two British human rights groups Wednesday said ISIS kidnapped at least 3,000 women and girls last year from the areas it controls. Some victims were forced to marry terrorists. Others were sold into sex slavery.

STU: How much are they paying for the pill, though? I think that's a little bit for crucial.

GLENN: Do they give them free contraceptives? Maybe we can drop that from airplanes. The report said accounts firsthand accounts from victims who spoke secretly by phone in August revealed that ISIS fighters were raping women on a daily basis, with some of their victims begging the activists to arrange air strikes on their location, to end their lives.

PAT: It's unbelievable.

GLENN: One kidnapped girl who belongs to the minority religious group said she was among 350 girls transported to Syria and offered for sale, as if in a chicken market.

PAT: Does it surprise anyone how sick they are, though? If you are willing to cut people's heads off, willing to burn people alive and do all these things.

GLENN: You don't see people as people.

Glenn: We MUST change our ways before we DESTROY ourselves

What happened to Europe?

Once upon a time, America and Europe fought side-by-side to overthrow authoritarian regimes and resist communist dictators. Now European leaders are adopting the policies Europeans once fought against—and calling AMERICA out for "abandoning liberal democracy." But as Europeans get arrested for their speech, their elections rigged, and their religion squashed, Glenn felt compelled to notify their leaders of the truth: America didn't abandon democracy, Europe abandoned its people.

With this in mind, over the weekend Glenn authored an open letter to the leaders of Europe, calling them to return to the core values of Western democracy that we fought so hard for and to listen to the voices of their citizens who cry out for change. Glenn encouraged his audience to read his letter and spread the word:

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— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) February 23, 2025

Glenn took to X to get as many eyes on his letter as possible. He also filmed a short video in his home stressing the importance of Europe's awakening. America cannot afford to prop up NATO anymore and Europe needs to be ready to hold its weight. Big changes are coming and for the sake of the Western values we have fought so long to preserve, we want Europe by our side, ready to face the future. We must change our ways before we tear ourselves apart.

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— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) February 23, 2025

Trump's education secretary has BIG plans for the DoE

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Our education system is broken, and the Department of Education is a massive failure. But that all ends now.

It's no secret that America's school system is seriously lacking in many ways. President Trump pointed out that despite our massive spending per pupil, we are behind most of the developed world in most metrics. Our scores continue to plummet while our student debt and spending skyrocket—it's utterly unacceptable performance and America's students deserve better.

That's where Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for Secretary of Education comes in.

The former WWE CEO and leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration during Trump's first term, McMahon laid out her harsh criticisms of the DoE during a confirmation hearing on the 13th and revealed her promising plans to turn things around. McMahon described the public education system as "in decline" and promised that under her authority, the DoE would be reoriented towards student success.

Here are the top three changes to the Department of Education:

1. Dismantling the Department of Education

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From the beginning Trump's orders for McMahon were clear: oversee the end of the Department of Education.

During her Thursday hearing, McMahon clarified what dismantling the DoE would entail. As Democrats have repeatedly pointed out, Trump does not have the authority to destroy the DoE without Congressional consent, as an act of Congress created it. That is why Trump and McMahon's plan is to start by shutting down programs that can be stopped by executive action, then approach Congress with a plan to dismantle the Department for good. The executive orders have already begun to take effect, and once McMahon is confirmed she will author a plan for Congress to close the Department.

McMahon also promised that the end of the Department of Education does not mean an end to all the programs currently undertaken by the doomed department. Programs that are deemed beneficial will be transferred (along with their funding) to departments that are more suited to the task. The example given by McMahon was IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) funding, which instead of being cut would be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services.

2. School Choice

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In a huge win for parents across the country, McMahon pledged her support for School Choice. School Choice is the idea of allowing parents to enroll their student in any school of their choice, including religious schools and private schools. It would also mean that part or all of the funding that would have gone to a relocated child would follow them and continue to pay for their education.

This gives parents the ability to remove their children from failing schools and seek a better education for them elsewhere. A growing body of evidence suggests that the way we run our schools isn't working, and it is time to try something new. School Choice opens up education to the free market and will allow for competition.

Our children deserve better than what we can currently offer them.

3. COVID and DEI

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Trump's government-wide crackdown on DEI will ironically serve to increase inclusion in many American schools.

McMahon said as much during her Senate hearing: “It was put in place ostensibly for more diversity, for equity and inclusion. And I think what we’re seeing is, it is having an opposite effect. We are getting back to more segregating of our schools instead of having more inclusion in our schools.” She also spoke in support of Title IX, and the push to remove biological males from women's and girl's sports. In the same vein, McMahon pledged to push back against the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, which many Universities have failed to adequately address.

On Friday, February 14th, President Trump signed an executive order barring any school or university with COVID-19 vaccine mandates from receiving federal money. This only applies to the COVID-19 vaccine, and other vaccine mandates are still standing.

POLL: What DARK government secrets will Trump uncover?

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Will the dark secrets of the Deep State finally see the light of day? Or will they slip back into darkness, as they have many times before?

The Trump administration is gearing up to fulfill one of Trump's most anticipated campaign promises: to make the contents of the JFK files, along with other Deep State secrets, available to the public. Kash Patel, who has promised to publicize the highly anticipated files, is expected to be confirmed next week as Trump's director of the FBI. Moreover, the House Oversight Committee created a new task force headed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna called "Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets," which is tasked with investigating and declassifying information on the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations, UFOs, the Epstein list, COVID's origins, and 9/11. This all comes after the FBI found 2,400 "new" records relating to the assassination of President Kennedy following Trump's executive order to release the files.

Glenn discussed this topic with the cast of the Patrick Bet David podcast. Glenn expressed his confidence in Trump's radical transparency—on the condition that Kash Patel is confirmed. The cast was not as optimistic, expressing some doubt about whether Trump will actually unveil all that he has promised. But what do you think? What files are likely to see the light of day? And what files will continue to linger in the dark? Let us know in the poll below

Do you think the JFK, RFK, and MLK files will be unveiled?

Do you think the 9/11 files will be unveiled?

Do you think the COVID files will be unveiled?

Do you think the UFO files will be unveiled?

Do you think the Epstein list will be unveiled?

Transgender opera in Colombia? 10 SHOCKING ways USAID spent your tax dollars.

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The government has been doing what with our tax money!?

Under the determined eye of Elon Musk, DOGE has rooted out the corruption that permeates USAID, and it turns out that it's worse than we thought. Glenn recently read a list of atrocious causes that were funded by USAID, and the list was as long as it was shocking.

Since the January consumer index report was published today, one thing is clear: eggs are bearing the brunt of inflation. That's why we illustrated the extent of USAID's wasteful spending of YOUR taxpayer dollars by comparing it to the price of eggs. How many eggs could the American people have bought with their tax dollars that were given to a "transgender opera" in Colombia or indoctrinating Sri Lankans with woke gender ideology? The truth will shock you:

1. A “transgender opera” in Colombia

USAID spent $47,000 on a transgender opera in Colombia. That's over 135,000 eggs.

2. Sex changes and "LGBT activism" in Guatemala

$2 million was spent funding sex changes along with whatever "LGBT activism" means. That equates to over 5.7 million eggs!

3. Teaching Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid binary-gendered language

USAID forked over $7.9 million to combat the "gender binary" in Sri Lankan journalism. That could have bought nearly 23 million eggs.

4. Tourism in Egypt

$6 million (or just over 17 million eggs) was spent to fund tourism in Egypt. If only someone had thought to build some impressive landmarks...

5. A new "Sesame Street" show in Iraq

USAID spent $20 million to create a new Sesame Street show in Iraq. That's just short of 58 million eggs...

6. Helping the BBC value the diversity of Libyan society

$2.1 million was sent to the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation) to help them value the diversity of Libyan society (whatever that means). That could have bought over 6 million eggs.

7. Meals for a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda

$10 million worth of USAID-funded meals went to an Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group. That comes up to be just shy of 29 million eggs.

8. Promoting inclusion in Vietnam

A combined $19.3 million was sent to two separate inclusion groups in Vietnam inclusion groups in Vietnam (why where they separated? Not very inclusive of them). That's over 55 million eggs.

9. Promoting DEI in Serbia's workplaces

USAID sent $1.5 million (4.3 million eggs) to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities.”

10. Funding EcoHealth Alliance, tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology's "bat research"

EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs that funded the Wuhan lab's bat virus research, received $5 million from USAID, which is equivalent to 14.5 million eggs.

The bottom line...

So, how much damage was done?

In total, approximately $73.8 million was wasted on the items on this list. That comes out to be 213 million eggs. Keep in mind that these are just the items on this list, there are many, many more that DOGE has uncovered and will uncover in the coming days. Case in point: that's a lot of eggs.

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