As America Turns 250, Is Freedom Making a Comeback? | 7/3/26

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**Justin Barclay** (0:53)
Well, hello, America. It's not Glenn, it's Justin. Barclay in for Beck today on the Glenn Beck Program on this eve. Of such a...
Such a big day. The 250th birthday, you can kind of feel the history, like you can feel the air in DC right now. It's thick.
New York City where thermostats are dutifully set at 78 degrees. Even in the CNN studios, wait a minute, we can get to that coming up. We're at the crossroads, traffic's heavy, let's get to it. End today for Glenn on The Glenn Beck Program, back with all of it and more after this.

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**Justin Barclay** (2:50)
Yes, you can feel it, it is, I'm just sitting thinking about today and I mean this is it it has the temptation to feel like any other any other sort of July 4th Independence Day weekend but it's not and we can't lose sight of that. By the way, this is kind of by design. Every everything that should be America 250 isn't, is it? It's America 250 light. It's the 1776 to well the the bicentennial 1976 kind of like light. It's there but it isn't. And by the way, all of that is by design. It's why we're at the crossroads we're at today. Justin Barclay in for Glenn today on The Glenn Beck Program. By the way, I'm all over social media and every place at justinbarclay.com at Mr. Justin Barclay. Love to stay connected with you and give you a chance to join us through the program today. But this is a moment in time that should, it should be obvious. And yet, I don't think it is.
And just imagine, 250 years ago, bunch of wig wearing rebels in Philadelphia signed their lives online. A document that basically told the King of England, thanks, but we'll take it from here. That's a polite way to put it. It was their death warrant. You know, and I know, we've heard this story over and over again. But 250 years later, I think America's life or death is in our hands. Yet again.
Those rebels declared that all are created equal. Even today, that's sort of a radical idea because, you know, some are more equal than others as we've learned through the past most recent years. We're endowed by our creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Plus, apparently, you know, pursuit of really good barbecue doesn't hurt either. And questionable fireworks decisions are going to happen this weekend, too. But let's not lose sight of what really matters. 250 years ago, they built a republic to protect individuals from the state. Not the other way around. And as we gear up today for that big 250th party, the fireworks are ready. Barbecue ready to go on the grill. But the question really is, what kind of country are we handing off to the next generation?
Yeah, we're at the crossroads, and traffic is terrible as usual. One path, the classic American route. Limited government, free enterprise. Really, freedom. Those constitutional guard rules that keep government out of your life, and keep your life intact and moving so you can raise your family the way you best see fit without other people getting involved in monkey and in your business. It's chaos, beautiful chaos, though. Individuals chasing their dreams. That's what the American dream means, by the way. The opportunity to do that. Not the guarantee of your success or the outcome, but the opportunity that you have to actually be able to go out and do it.