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The 'Harvey Heroes' Will Recharge Your Batteries and Give You Hope in Humanity

The silver lining of Tropical Storm Harvey, which peaked as a Category 4 hurricane and continues to drench Houston and Southeast Texas, is that we can see who the real heroes are.

People are opening their homes; donating their time and money; sending food and supplies; and rescuing people whose homes have been flooded. Mercury One has partnered with six organizations to help provide relief, while incredible photos and videos captured in the area show that courageous people around the country are willing to drop everything to take care of those in need.

We should take this moment to be inspired by stories of real heroes and to gain perspective on which causes are worth our time, Glenn said.

For each issue, we need to analyze whether a problem is a real source of strife or just being used for political motivation, Glenn asserted, and then decide: “This one really counts. This one kind of doesn’t.”

While there will always be bad people in the world, we can also be inspired by the many people who are doing their part without any ulterior motives.

“Celebrate that,” Glenn said. “That’s who we are.”

GLENN: So as we're dealing with all the sex slaves down in Latin America, I've seen that in the culture, at least part of the culture -- and it's hard because I'm only in this darker part of the culture, but these young 12-year-olds are used as sex slaves because that's where the demand is.

Now, it's happening here as well. But you don't see here -- you know, I think we kind of stop this -- who was it? Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

Okay. Yeah, she's a little young. I don't think that's good.

There are parts still in the world that still look at 12-year-olds and go, "Yeah, you know, you can have her. You can marry her. Whatever."

We're not like that. And it amazes me that we're the ones truly under attack, that America is the one that's made to look like the big predator animal, when we're better than most of the rest of the world. We're a lot better. And that's happening in almost every category. And the reason why they can sell it to us is because we don't see it. We're so isolated. It's been a great protector to be this protected, but it's also killing us right now. We're so isolated when we don't know what the rest of the world is like. We can start just tearing ourselves down because we don't have anything to compare it to and say, I'm glad we're not that. Yeah, we got our problems, but we're not that.

We don't do that. Our institutions now are built to say, yeah, forget about that. Look at what you are.

We'd never do that to our children. We'd never do that to anything that we love. We'd never -- no psychiatric care -- they would go to jail -- if they were bringing their -- their -- you know, patients in and saying, "Yeah, well, you just look at you, and I'm not going to tell you about, you know, how good you actually have it and give you some perspective on X, Y, and Z and show you the mass of the population. What I'm really just going to do is say, "You're really bad." Do you notice? I'm going to play into everything that you think about yourself.

Instead of giving you a fresh perspective and showing you, "Hey, yeah, you got some problems, but I want you to put it into perspective," instead of doing that, imagine a psychiatrist saying, "Yeah, forget about all of that. You know what, you are bad. In fact, you might be worse than you think." Those people would be in jail.

STU: Look, I'd like to talk you out of this, but the evidence shows, you really are a crap heap. Sorry.

GLENN: Right. Look at what's happening, and we're allowing it to happen. Don't.

It stops having power over you, the minute you recognize the game. The minute you recognize, "Oh, my gosh, I see what you're doing. Huh. I get it. That's the greatest thing -- because I grew up in a home full of abuse and I've seen it my whole life, I can recognize an abuser a million miles away. A million miles away." And when you are -- just the -- just the subtle things that you would say to your spouse or your girlfriend or whatever. I've seen this movie before, dude. I know who you are.

And once you know it, you're not afraid of it. And you call it out every time. Oh. I know who you are. Yeah. Get out.

And that's what we need to say mentally to all of these things that, right now, you have a choice. Your media source can either focus right now on tearing everything down and tearing all the American stuff down or use this time to tear the other side down, or it can just tell the truth. Look what's happening.

This one really counts. This one kind of doesn't. This one is real strife, real problems, real rescue. This one seems to just be politically motivated. Huh. I think we should spend our time on this one and not on the politically motivated one.

We have to get our arms around that. And right now, recharge your batteries. Recharge everything that you have felt worried about when it comes to America. Recharge them. Fill yourself with all of the good things that are going on.

Read story after story after story of the heroes. We have them at GlennBeck.com. We'll have them at Facebook.com/GlennBeck. We'll have it at TheBlaze.com. Fill yourself with the good stuff of what's happening in America.

STU: And there's no shortage of them right now.

GLENN: None.

STU: I mean, it's -- if you're looking for those stories, you can find hundreds of them. It's great. And we've done a bunch of them already. We did a bunch yesterday. And we should continue to do it this week. Because you're right. People need to understand. You know, you lose site very easily, that people can actually be decent human beings. That's a sad statement, but it's very true.

GLENN: And there will always be dirtbags. Look, if they're not already -- and Jason, who is down for -- my company is down in Houston right now, and hopefully we'll have him on, in about 15 minutes.

He's out on the boats with Team Rubicon, a group that Mercury One is helping sponsor and keep the fuel and everything they're needing to be able to go rescue people, he's out on the rescue boats today. And, you know, he was saying earlier today, you know what's amazing is how crowded the highways are going into Houston, and everyone has a boat in tow. It's just all these people who are just coming from all over just to help.

That's -- that's what Tania and I saw after 9/11. When I went up and I was allowed to go in to see the Trade Center site, about five or six days after it had come down, and it was just Tania and I. We went in. And what we witnessed were like barbecue places and food kitchens that were on wheels. And, you know, people who were, you know, doing massage work and everything else, that were all over from all over the country, that had just seen the towers go down. And they got into their car or their truck or their van. And they just drove to New York. And they were like, "I can help. I know what's coming. And I can help." And nobody was paid. Nobody organized it. Just people did it.

Celebrate that. That's who we are.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Alex Jones: Here's why People STILL Question the Official Narrative

Alex Jones recounts his experience of covering the events of September 11, 2001 and why the events from that day still raise questions today. Two decades later, Americans still wonder: How much did our government really know?

Watch Glenn Beck's FULL Interview with Alex Jones HERE

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The Shroud of Turin and the Moment of Resurrection - Why Scientists are BAFFLED!

For centuries, the Shroud of Turin has baffled scientists and inspired believers. In this powerful conversation, Glenn Beck and Dr. Jeremiah Johnston explore the evidence — from carbon dating controversies to the face that appears only in photographic negative. Could this ancient linen be the very burial cloth of Jesus Christ, capturing the moment of resurrection itself? If science can’t explain it… what does that mean for faith?

Watch Glenn Beck's FULL Interview with Dr. Jeremiah Johnston HERE

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Vance and Rubio: Trump's Secret Weapons

Glenn Beck and Stu Burguiere unpack JD Vance’s viral response to a potential 2028 Vance-Rubio presidential ticket, where Vance praises Rubio as his “best friend” and credits Trump’s “grand strategy” for the administration’s success.

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Unveiling the secret to transforming angry boys into real men

The world has a plentiful, seemingly endless supply of angry boys. What it's lacking is real MEN. Glenn Beck shares the secret that our young men must learn if they truly want to protect and perfect our country.

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GLENN: There's a difference between a revival and an awakening. We are in a revival right now, but that doesn't necessarily lead to anything. Except, oh, I have to re-learn those principles. But that doesn't mean you apply them in your life. Okay?

That's an awakening. There's been two great awakenings in American history. One brought us the American Revolution. The second one brought us the Civil War and the freedom of slaves.

We have the possibility of going into a third great awakening. That's the only thing that will save us. If you don't know the difference between a revival and an awakening. Let me give you the negative print of a godly awakening. Our kids right now, they don't have any purpose. They don't have any meaning.

They look at everything, and it doesn't -- it's not real. None of it is real. It's money. It's fame.

It's -- you know, it's ever changing truths and definitions. And they have no purpose in their life. Okay?

So they're looking for that. Because man has to have purpose in his life. Man has to search for meaning.

So they're searching for meaning. And they found a group of people that actually mean something. And they're willing to die for it. And it's ISIS.

And so they're like, at least these people believe in something. They believe it. And they're willing to die for it. I'm going to stand with them. And they put that twisted understanding into action. That's the -- that is -- that's an awakening. It's just an awakening to the dark side. And that one is already happening. It has to happen on the good side. And let me speak directly to young men: Look, you are inheriting a very loud, angry, cynical and worst of all spiritually starving and malnourished society. And you are being sold a future of cheap pleasures and hollow heroes and screens with blue light that just rob you of your strength, one distracted second after another.

And in the middle of all that noise, may I just give you one piece of instruction. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praise-worthy, seek those things.

Don't admire them. Don't nod at them. Seek them!

Hunt them. Chase them. Build your life around those things. A man who will do that. A boy. A young man who will do that, will become different. Noticeably different.

He will stop letting the culture feed him garbage. He stops applauding the trivial. He stops laughing at the obscene or cheering for the cruel.

He will become a curator of -- of real, lasting beauty in an age that has forgotten what beauty even looks like.

When other men are chasing down or holding up cynicism, this man holds up hope!

When everyone around him is chasing dopamine, he chooses discipline. When others will blame their circumstance, he'll take responsibility for his own action. When the world worships the shallow, he goes and searches for the deep!

You want to know what the secret of becoming strong is, or becoming trusted, or becoming the kind of man that your future wife, your future children, your future nation can depend on?

Here it is!

You become what you seek. If you seek trash, you become trash. If you seek virtue, you become a man of virtue. You seek excellence, and your life will begin to shine, not loudly, but steadily. Like the steel glow of a blade being forged.

That's who you'll be.

The world has a plentiful, seemingly never-ending supply of angry boys. We don't need any more addicted boys.

We don't need any more distracted boys. The world needs men. Whole men. Clear-eyed men.

Men whose souls are anchored to something higher than the algorithms, trying to own them!

Build a life worthy of admiration. Forget about the applause. Fill your mind with words that make you wiser. Fill your days with work, hard work, that makes you stronger. Fill your home with beauty that lifts every soul who walks into it.

Have your home a place where people walk in and go, man, I say so great here. I just love it here. I don't know what it is about your house. I just love it. It's the spirit that's there! Because you built it! You protect it.

Protect your integrity like a watchman on the wall. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. And when you fail, and you will, stand back up again.

Because a man who seeks the virtuous, is not a man who never fails. He just -- he just becomes a man who refuses to stay on the ground.

If you seek things that are lovely and pure, trustworthy, praiseworthy, you'll become a kind of man this age almost never produces. A man whose very existence is a rebuke to the darkness.

That's your calling. That's why you were born.

Not to be lost. Not to play video games. Not to give up. Not to say, there's no hope. Not to end up in the trash bin of human history because you've -- you've taken so many drugs, you can't stand up straight anymore.

You're not destined to be alone.

You were destined for great things. You are destined to find an amazing woman!

Believe me. I didn't think I would ever find an amazing woman. Because I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't think I was worth it.

And until I started understanding how God works. That, yeah. I'm not worth any of the stuff that I have.

When you realize, it's all a gift. It's all a gift. And even if you work your brains out, you may not ever get all the things that you want. But you're going to have everything you need. Once you realize, carefully selecting friends makes a difference. My mother used to always say, show me your friends. I will show you your future.

It's true. Be careful who you select as friends. Watch your language. Watch what you're putting into your brain and what's coming out of your mouth. Because the brain is so amazing. It's being turned to mush. Did you know that there is a new study that just came out. I have to tell you about it next week, maybe.

New study going out. It is -- it's AI. And it has access to social media, and they have found that the AI -- the AI that is scrolling through social media all day, just to keep updated on everything that's going on in social media. It's getting brain mush. It's actually becoming dumber. It's become less effective!

It's a machine. What do you think this, flesh and blood, this thing is going to do?

We say life is meaningless. And life is the only thing that has any value. And yet, we spend all of our time, on things like social media. And that has absolutely no value.

But we think that's life.

I'm not that smart. I've just lived a long time. And I've made so many mistakes.

And I decided at one point, I'm going to stop saying, it's somebody else's fault. I'm going to start saying. Maybe -- what did I do to create that?

What did I do to attract that?

Why does this thing keep happening to me?

Why is it that I always find myself involved with these same kind of people?

Because, Glenn, dummy, it's you!

What you think, it's like -- it's like think of yourself as a -- as a beacon. It's just -- you're a beacon. Your GPS pin, that is constantly saying, here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

Except, it's transmitting more than just your location. It's -- it's transmitting what you're looking for, who you are. And it's attracting other dropped pins to you. It's saying, "I like this. I think this way. I believe these things. I am afraid of these things."

Whatever it is, you're thinking. It's constantly putting that out.

And saying, here I am. Is there anything else like that?

Anything else that can reinforce that? Anything else that can live like this?

Because that's me. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

That's why you keep finding yourself in exactly the same situations. Nothing will change, if nothing changes!

And the only thing that you can change, is you!

Seek the things, that have virtue.

Seek the things, that have beauty in music, in -- in art, in life, in architecture, in clothing! Whatever it is. Look for real, lasting beauty and value.

Find the things that are true! Truly true.

Universally true. Find the things that uplift. Seek those things!

And you will change your life and your world!