Truth Desk – Aug 18, 2026

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Truth Desk · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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PINNED LIVE @RealAlexJones on X

🚨🚨🚨Bombshell LIVE Tuesday Show: Top Banks Warn Of Global Economic Collapse As All Lights Flash RED! Trump D…

🚨🚨🚨Bombshell LIVE Tuesday Show: Top Banks Warn Of Global Economic Collapse As All Lights Flash RED! Trump Declares SoH As US Territory! Hayden Panettiere Dies Suddenly After Exposing Elite Sex-Trafficking Rings! Plus, Trump Explodes When Asked About Girlfriend!

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THE GREAT DEBATE: Is It Too Late For Trump To Course Correct On The Iran War & Inflation / Affordabilit… THE GREAT DEBATE: Is It Too Late For Trump To Course Correct On The Iran War & Inflation / Affordability, And What Will The Dems Do If They Win The Midterms? 🔴WATCH/SHARE THE LIVE X STREAM NOW:

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EXCLUSIVE: GASLIGHTING 2.0— Tim Pool Now Playing The Victim After Attacking Alex Jones First, Alex Jones Re… BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: GASLIGHTING 2.0— Tim Pool Now Playing The Victim After Attacking Alex Jones First, Alex Jones Responds!

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Political Experts Warn That The 1st Step Trump Must Make To Resuscitate His Presidency & Win The Midter… Political Experts Warn That The 1st Step Trump Must Make To Resuscitate His Presidency & Win The Midterms Is Apologize To Tucker Carlson, MTG, Alex Jones, & Others Who He Demonized On Advice From Pro-Iran War Israel-Backed NeoCons! 🔴WATCH/SHARE ALEX JONES LIVE NOW:

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Just a thought… How long will it take for insurance companies to start using all the data gathered by our… Just a thought… How long will it take for insurance companies to start using all the data gathered by our tech to set our premiums? If you wear an Oura ring, it already lets you know when you're stressed or haven't been moving enough. What's stopping your insurance company from

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For centuries, kings and tyrants kept the Bible in Latin for a simple reason: if you can't read the truth f… For centuries, kings and tyrants kept the Bible in Latin for a simple reason: if you can't read the truth for yourself, you're easy to control. William Tyndale decided to fix that. He knew he would receive the death penalty just for printing the Bible in English so regular

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Everyone knows about the Wuhan lab by now, but "Biological War" author @AnnieJacobsen reveals a far more te… Everyone knows about the Wuhan lab by now, but "Biological War" author @AnnieJacobsen reveals a far more terrifying truth: there are still THOUSANDS of high-containment biolabs operating across the globe RIGHT NOW: “There are 110 BSL-4 labs around the world. That's the maximum

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The FBI Tracked a Phone to Rescue a 5-Year-Old Girl 😳 @Scott_D_Payne The FBI Tracked a Phone to Rescue a 5-Year-Old Girl 😳 @Scott_D_Payne

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The Cartel Execution Method Called El Guiso. 😳 @Scott_D_Payne The Cartel Execution Method Called El Guiso. 😳 @Scott_D_Payne

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His First Border Bust Involved Fake Cartel Cops. 😳 @Scott_D_Payne His First Border Bust Involved Fake Cartel Cops. 😳 @Scott_D_Payne

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Protect Our Parks 17 now available on @spotify Protect Our Parks 17 now available on @spotify

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Over the next few weeks I will be releasing videos exposing some of Californias most outrageous cases of fr…

Over the next few weeks I will be releasing videos exposing some of Californias most outrageous cases of fraud happening with your tax dollars as California prepares to vote and pass AB 2624 (the Stop Nick Shirley Act). Support my work by purchasing a new tee/hoodie down below

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So much fraud and waste in one state that you could spend a lifetime and never find it all. Expose it and t… So much fraud and waste in one state that you could spend a lifetime and never find it all. Expose it and they will create laws against you. Welcome to the Califraudia Republic

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All these TV stations attacking us are literally reading from the same script…@camhigby @anthonyjrubin @rea… All these TV stations attacking us are literally reading from the same script…@camhigby @anthonyjrubin @realmuckraker @ctznjusticelg

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Not ONLY was cam’s account banned…I have imposters posing as me and messaging people, but yet my TikTok acc… Not ONLY was cam’s account banned…I have imposters posing as me and messaging people, but yet my TikTok account is being censored. We have been denied for claiming these accounts are impersonating me. Report these two imposters:

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ANOTHER vouching bomb : Higby interviews election judge on record who says there are professional vouchers…

ANOTHER vouching bomb : Higby interviews election judge on record who says there are professional vouchers who vouch for ineligible voters…

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You've been watching the Iran story wrong. It's not about tankers or negotiations. It's about a system Kiss…

You've been watching the Iran story wrong. It's not about tankers or negotiations. It's about a system Kissinger built in 1976 — and, standing on a stage at London's Chatham House, someone just indicted him for it.

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Latest from Promethean Action author Michael Carr on why Promethean Action is a step ahead. Never let the l…

Latest from Promethean Action author Michael Carr on why Promethean Action is a step ahead. Never let the losers wear you down. Set your sights far into the future and pursue your dreams fearlessly.

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Promethean PAC Oklahoma organizing team with Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei at a Straight T… Promethean PAC Oklahoma organizing team with Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei at a Straight Talk town meeting with Mazzei who supports building the New Inola, OK aluminum smelter which will double US output of aluminum.

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

This new list of possible Democrat presidential candidates for 2028 is a TOTAL JOKE

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

Glenn Beck: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta glasses pitch sounds more like a threat

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

Pat Gray: DSA co-chair EXPOSED as ignorant fool in viral new interview

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

Glenn Beck exposes Mamdani’s ‘cheap groceries’ as a fraud pipeline — and classic socialist hypocrisy

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

Glenn Beck reacts to Perez Hilton's TikTok ‘horror show’ — and warns of the bigger threat underneath

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VIDEO The Blaze · Glenn Beck Program

Glenn Beck: The Democratic primary elections are exposing the radical left in real time

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VIDEO YouTube · Glenn Beck

THIS Could Be Mankind's Last Invention…

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VIDEO YouTube · Glenn Beck

Trump Is Trying To Stop The New World Order

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VIDEO YouTube · Glenn Beck

Mamdani Just Said Firefighters Are Socialist. Here's Why He's DEAD WRONG.

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

FULL ALEX JONES SHOW — 8/17/26

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

Alex Jones Live – FULL SHOW – 08.16.2026

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

FULL ALEX JONES SHOW — 8/14/26

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VIDEO Shawn Ryan Show · full episode

SRS #331 Scott Payne – FBI Undercover Agent Reveals the Most Disturbing Cases of His Career

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SRS #330 Dr. Craig Koniver – The Godfather of Peptides

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VIDEO Shawn Ryan Show · full episode

SRS #329 Justin DeLoretto – Ex-Mongols President Reveals What Really Happens Inside a 1% Club

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2541 – Thomas Campbell

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2540 – Travis Barker

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2539 – Protect Our Parks 17

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VIDEO YouTube · Susan Kokinda (Promethean Action)

🔴 TRUMP'S NEW REALITY: The Iran Deal, The Strait of Hormuz, and the End of British Influence

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VIDEO YouTube · Susan Kokinda (Promethean Action)

BLOWN UP: London's Iran War PsyOp Just Backfired On Them

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VIDEO YouTube · Susan Kokinda (Promethean Action)

Kissinger Exposed: How Trump Dismantled 50 Years of British Mideast Policy

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VIDEO YouTube · The Why Files

The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased

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VIDEO YouTube · The Why Files

The Why Files Declassified

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VIDEO YouTube · The Why Files

They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation

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AUDIO Alex Jones Show (Spreaker)

Alex Jones 2026-Aug-18 Tuesday

The Quartering Joins Alex Jones For Powerful Debate Over The Key Issues Dividing The Right! · BREAKING: Top Banks Warn Of Global Economic Collapse As All Lights FLASH RED!

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AUDIO Alex Jones Show (Spreaker)

Alex Jones 2026-Aug-17 Monday EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Sources Confirm New Indictments Are Set To Drop Against Leftist SPLC Terror Machine! · EXCLUSIVE: SPLC Under New Criminal Investigation For Using Illegal Spy Tactics Against Alex Jones! · NEW STUDY: 84.4% Of Cancer Patients Taking Ivermectin & Mebendazole Improved! Open → Listen Rumble

AUDIO Alex Jones Show (Spreaker)

Alex Jones 2026-Aug-16 Sunday

Full Alex Jones Show for Sunday, August 16, 2026. Open the Spreaker episode page for the program, or listen to the full audio.

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AUDIO The Glenn Beck Program

The El-Sayed Family Money Trail That Should End His Campaign | 8/18/26

Is Florida the next state to be targeted by the socialist movement? Filling in for Glenn, Justin Barclay discusses a Truth Social post from Trump about the Strait of Hormuz that will likely trigger the Left.

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AUDIO The Glenn Beck Program

New Documents Prove Swalwell’s Fang Fang Entanglement Was WORSE Than We Thought…

We’re now 60 days into the memorandum of understanding in Iran. Filling in for Glenn, Justin Barclay discusses what lies ahead as the MOU comes to an end and the stalemate between Iran and the U.S.

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AUDIO The Glenn Beck Program

Lincoln’s Assassination and the Hunt for John Wilkes Booth | The American Story | Ep 18 In April 1865, victory turns to catastrophe. Just days after Robert E. Open → Listen

AUDIO The Shawn Ryan Show

#331 Scott Payne – FBI Undercover Agent Reveals the Most Disturbing Cases of His Career Scott Payne is a retired FBI Special Agent who spent twenty-eight years in law enforcement investigating drug trafficking organizations, human traffickers, outlaw motorcycle clubs, gangs, public corruption, and domestic terrorists. He served as the primary undercover agent on dozens of operations, including… Open → Listen

AUDIO The Shawn Ryan Show

#330 Dr. Craig Koniver – The Godfather of Peptides

Dr. Craig Koniver is a physician who rebuilt his entire practice after a near-fatal portal vein thrombosis at age 46 exposed the failures of conventional medicine.

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AUDIO The Shawn Ryan Show

#329 Justin DeLoretto – Ex-Mongols President Reveals What Really Happens Inside a 1% Club Justin "Mooch" DeLoretto is a former president of the Oregon and Missouri chapters of the Mongols Motorcycle Club and a founding member of its Portland charter. After years immersed in motorcycle club culture, he retired from the Mongols in 2021 and transitioned into a career as a social worker focused on youth… Open → Listen

AUDIO The Joe Rogan Experience

#2541 – Thomas Campbell Thomas Campbell is a physicist, consciousness researcher, and author of the "My Big TOE" trilogy. Open → Listen YouTube

AUDIO The Joe Rogan Experience

#2540 – Travis Barker Travis Barker is a musician, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and drummer for Blink-182. He is the subject of the documentary "Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear," which premieres August 13 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. Open → Listen YouTube

AUDIO The Joe Rogan Experience

#2539 – Protect Our Parks 17 Shane Gillis, Mark Normand, and Ari Shaffir are comedians, writers, and podcasters.Shane Gillis is the co-host of "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast," creator and star of Netflix's comedy series "Tires," and one half of the sketch comedy duo Gilly and Keeves. Season three of "Tires" is streaming now. Open → Listen YouTube

ARTICLE The Blaze

Raw chicken video goes viral, and you might never eat at Popeyes again

A new viral video has taken social media by storm, and it might change American’s fast-food habits forever. The video shows a Popeyes employee filming himself while preparing raw chicken for customers, before disturbingly farting on the chicken.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

GOP Oklahoma governor candidate wants to stop voter ID and invites Dems to help — campaign says the clips are deceptive

Republican Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is battling allegations that, during his gubernatorial campaign, he called on Democrats to defeat voter ID. Drummond is in a runoff election for the Republican nomination against former state Sen.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

El-Sayed's mom worked for designated terror group that financed bin Laden ahead of 9/11: Report

Abdul El-Sayed, the Islamic Democrat hoping to win an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, is apparently not the only radical in his family.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

This new list of possible Democrat presidential candidates for 2028 is a TOTAL JOKE

The 2028 presidential race may still be years away, but a Washington Post article reveals that Democrats are already gaming out their next candidate — and BlazeTV host Pat Gray isn’t impressed by much of the field. Though he does think one of them could pose a problem for Republicans.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

Glenn Beck: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta glasses pitch sounds more like a threat

AI wearables, like Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, may be convenient, but at what cost — and not just to the wearer but to the surrounding public? Unlike cameras and phones, which “announce" themselves, says Glenn Beck, AI wearables go practically undetected — which raises the issues of consent and privacy.

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