Truth Desk – Aug 20, 2026

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Truth Desk · Thursday, August 20, 2026

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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

Could This Be Trump's Solution For The Iran War?

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VIDEO YouTube · Glenn Beck

California Somehow Just Got WORSE

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VIDEO YouTube · Glenn Beck

Can Trump Actually Make Housing Affordable Again?

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

FULL ALEX JONES SHOW — 8/20/26

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

FULL ALEX JONES SHOW — 8/19/26

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VIDEO Rumble · Alex Jones Show

FULL ALEX JONES SHOW — 8/18/26

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VIDEO Shawn Ryan Show · full episode

SRS #332 SEAL Team 6 Operator on Crashing a Black Hawk Into Bin Laden's Backyard

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

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VIDEO Shawn Ryan Show · full episode

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

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2543 – MrBallen

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2542 – Steve Hilton

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VIDEO YouTube · Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan Experience #2541 – Thomas Campbell

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ARTICLE Promethean Action · site

Promethean Overviews • Trump Is Building a New Global System: Why the Yen Was Rescued

Trump and Bessent are dismantling the offshore financial system that has looted nations for decades. Could the rescue of Japan’s yen be the opening move in a new global order?

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ARTICLE Promethean Action · site

🔴 LIVE REPLAY: Trump Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran — and a Kim Summit Is On

Join us LIVE next Thursday! Not a bombing campaign — an ultimatum to every bank, registry, and swap line keeping Tehran alive.

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ARTICLE Promethean Action · site

The Midweek Update – THE OUTLAW LEDGER: Canada Is Not a Partner — It's an Empire – August 19, 2026

Susan reads Canada's rap sheet — transshipment smuggling, forced-labor failures, snow-washing — and contrasts Chris Wright's civilizational case for energy with Joly's "geo-industrialization," as a Green Party petition targets Ambassador Hoekstra.

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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)

THE OUTLAW LEDGER: Canada Is Not a Partner — It's an Empire

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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 · 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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VIDEO YouTube · The Why Files

The Basement: Travis Taylor | Physics of Skinwalker Ranch

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VIDEO YouTube · Nick Shirley

Confronting California Politicians Behind the “Stop Nick Shirley Act”

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VIDEO YouTube · Nick Shirley

FULL Pen*s Paper Attack | Members Only

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VIDEO YouTube · Nick Shirley

Inside the Migrant Invasion of Ceuta Spain 🇪🇸

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VIDEO YouTube · O'Keefe Media Group

ROLL CALL: JAMES O'KEEFE LIVE TELETHON

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VIDEO YouTube · O'Keefe Media Group

BREAKING NEWS: O'Keefe Offered Senator Murkowski's Brother Ballot at Alaskan Polling Location; No ID

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VIDEO YouTube · O'Keefe Media Group

James O'Keefe SUCCESSFULLY vouches for EIGHT non registered individuals in Minneapolis with no IDs

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ARTICLE O'Keefe Media Group · site

BREAKING NEWS: O’Keefe Offered Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Brother Ballot at Alaskan Polling Location With No ID Required, Anchorage Polling Worker also offers Lisa Murkowski’s State Director, Karina Waller’s Ballot Without ID on August 18th, Primary Election Day, Murkowski Opposes the SAVE Act, Arguing Voter, Documentation Requirements Could Be Difficult for Rural Alaskans, Lisa Murkowski Calls For Prosecution of O’Keefe

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ARTICLE O'Keefe Media Group · site

CAUGHT INSIDE MINNEAPOLIS POLLING BOOTHS: Minnesota Poll Workers Tell O’Keefe, Dressed in Muslim Garb, & Cam Higby, in a Burka, That They Can Vouch for Eight Unregistered Voters Without ID, Allowing Them to Vote in Minnesota Primary Election

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ARTICLE O'Keefe Media Group · site

My Price is My Life | Setting Sail with Byron Donalds and James O’Keefe Episode #3

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AUDIO Alex Jones Show (Spreaker)

Alex Jones 2026-Aug-20 Thursday THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEEN IN MORE DANGER!⚠️ · Mother Shana Gaviola Tries To Stop Her Teenage Son From Transitioning Without Her Consent! · Manufacturing Hate! The SPLC's Generational Attack Against Patriots Is Ending Open → Listen Rumble

AUDIO Alex Jones Show (Spreaker)

Alex Jones 2026-Aug-19 Wednesday Zionist Israel & The Global Islamist Movement Are Both Enemies Of America That Must Be Opposed! · WARNING: The Republican Party Under Trump's Leadership Is Facing Massive Defeat In The Midterms! · MAJOR ECONOMIC ALERT: World Braces For The End Of Dollar Dominance! Open → Listen Rumble

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! Open → Listen Rumble

AUDIO The Glenn Beck Program

Trump Announces ‘Economic D-Day’ As Conflict In Iran Heats Up | 8/20/26

What is economic D-Day against Iran? Filling in for Glenn, Justin Barclay discusses the latest development in the conflict with Iran.

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AUDIO The Glenn Beck Program

Fauci Cover-Up Confirmed? Former Fauci Advisor Pleads Guilty | 8/19/26

Much of what we expected happened in the Florida primaries, including Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donald’s (R) winning in a blowout. Filling in for Glenn, Justin Barclay goes through some of the results of the Florida primaries as the state now gears up for the midterm elections.

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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 Shawn Ryan Show

#332 Alex West – SEAL Team 6 Operator on Crashing a Black Hawk Into Bin Laden's Backyard Alex West is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL who served 20 years, completed 15 combat deployments, including 13 with DEVGRU, and served as an assault team leader during Operation Neptune Spear. 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 Joe Rogan Experience

#2543 – MrBallen John B. Allen ("MrBallen") is a former U.S. Open → Listen YouTube

AUDIO The Joe Rogan Experience

#2542 – Steve Hilton Steve Hilton is a businessman, political commentator, author, and Republican candidate for governor of California. Open → Listen YouTube

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

ARTICLE The Blaze

NY woman who allegedly thanked Allah for 9/11 schemed to BOMB state Capitol — and aimed to ATTACK White House

A plot to bomb the New York state Capitol and kill lawmakers has been thwarted, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

'Invasion of savages': Spain's anti-migrant party excoriates underage sexual assaults at Ceuta camps

Spanish officials are dismantling some makeshift camps at the Ceuta province in northern Africa after a number of underage sexual assaults were reported. The alleged female victims included residents of northern Morocco, which borders the small province overrun by an estimated 72,000 migrants in late July.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

How comic Dane Cook lost a fortune in pasta sauce (he wasn't selling it)

An upcoming documentary on comedian Dane Cook revisits a disturbing chapter from the height of his fame two decades ago. Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom.

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ARTICLE The Blaze

Hundreds of women rally outside courthouse to show support for woman accused of murdering her 3 children

The fate of a Massachusetts woman who allegedly killed her three children in 2023 is being decided at court, but outside the courthouse, hundreds of women rallied to show their support for the defendant. Lindsay Clancy of Duxbury has allegedly admitted to killing the children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old, but a jury…

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ARTICLE The Blaze

Bizarre video allegedly shows masked mom setting fire in home — then cops uncover disturbing allegations involving daughters

A Florida mother has been arrested after allegedly posting videos showing her igniting a fire in her kitchen and pouring hot wax on her young daughters, according to authorities. Meliza Campos-Sanchez, 26, was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree arson, child abuse, and child neglect, according to records…

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