Best of the Program | Guest: Franklin Camargo | 6/30/26

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**Glenn Beck** (0:32)
Wow, we had a lot on today's podcast. We start before the Supreme Court made its ruling today. We started with the Bible. The Bible is in schools in Texas and it's a theocracy. No, it's not. There's no Western culture without the Judeo-Christian scripture. I prove that point and I show you what's actually happening in Texas. It's not what the freak outs are saying in the media.
The left versus the Declaration of Independence as well. If you listen to the full broadcast today, you'll get part one of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. That's in hour two. But the left versus the Declaration, that is about something else Scotus did.
That is dismantling the deep state. That's an important thing that happened. Now, some bad news with Supreme Court. They did overturn birthright citizenship or actually left it in play. They overturned the president's executive order. I expect the president is going to be coming out with a statement because he's not going to sit in place for that. And we have Franklin Camargo. He is a guy from Venezuela. He is working now at PragerU. He is fantastic. He's not a citizen. He's here under protection because they were actually calling him a terrorist and putting all of his friends in jail. He had to get out of Venezuela because he was speaking up for freedom. What does immigration mean to somebody like that?
What does assimilation mean? All of this getting ready for our big special, which is tomorrow night only on Torch. It's called The Golden Door and it's the complete history and perspective of what immigration actually is supposed to be. It's a great special. That's tomorrow. If you're a Torch member, you'll find it on the app or wherever you get your Torch product. But if you're not a member, join us now at torch250.com. That's torch250.com.
Alrighty then. Oh my gosh, there is so much to go over today. Let me start with what's happening in Texas, because then we got to get into the Scotus, and it is a wild ride for the rest of the show, because the Scotus case is going to be announced in an hour. One of them is going to be announced in an hour, and then probably in 90 minutes from now will the second case will be announced, and these are big ones, big ones. But let me start here. If you turn on CNN or the BBC or the Guardian or PBS, NBC, any of them, honestly, you'd think Texas had just crowned Jesus King of Texas and ordered every public school child to genuflect before a Bible on their teacher's desk.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:30)
The headlines scream, Texas State Board of Education votes to require millions of students to study Bible stories.

**Glenn Beck** (3:38)
Oh my, lions and tigers and bears.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:42)
Bible stories become required reading for Texas schools sparking a row about separation of church and state, which doesn't exist, but I digress. Texas makes Bible passages required reading for millions of public school students. Oh, wow. Maybe they'll spend less time on what part you're not supposed to put your part into the backside of somebody else's part. You know what I'm talking about?
Maybe they'll spend less time on that.

**Glenn Beck** (4:13)
Anyway, critics call it unconstitutional, inappropriate.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:17)
I love that one. Inappropriate.

**Glenn Beck** (4:20)
You know, I think you've lost the license on the word inappropriate.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:25)
I do, I do.

**Glenn Beck** (4:26)
When it comes to school, you've got the dancing drag queens. I don't think you know what inappropriate means. Religious favoritism and part of a dark conservative plot to infuse, and I'm quoting, infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms.
The hysteria.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:45)
Oh my gosh.

**Glenn Beck** (4:47)
Now, let me tell you the truth, because the truth is not that, okay? The Texas State Board of Education, Republican-controlled, that's nine to five vote, that's one of the perks of living in Texas, I guess, approved a required reading list for English and literature classes across K through 12 And yes, they do include specific Bible passages and stories as literature, right alongside with Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and other classics. Example, there's a picture book version of David and Goliath for younger kids. Sections from the Book of Exodus for fifth graders, The Shepherd Psalm for seventh graders, The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Beatitudes. Not the Beatitudes, where we're taught to love one another.