System Update with Glenn Greenwald

The rift between the hawkish voices in the Trump administration and DNI Tulsi Gabbard becomes more apparent after Tulsi's exclusion from Trump's Camp David meeting on Iran. What does her future look like within MAGA? Plus: outrage erupts after Iran strikes a hospital in Israel, yet there is little concern over the several hospitals in Gaza that have been destroyed by Israel.  ---------------------...

Glenn breaks down Tucker Carlson's interview with Sen. Ted Cruz and what it reveals about U.S. foreign policy dogma and the U.S. relationship with Israel.  ---------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn  

Trump's statements about supporting Israel's war with Iran become more deranged as Trump takes ownership for the war. Plus: journalist Ken Klippenstein on Trump's next foreign policy moves.  -------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn  

The bipartisan ruling class is repeating the same War on Terror script in order to sell war with Iran to the American public. Glenn Greenwald dissects the dangerous propaganda and lies.  -------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn  

SPECIAL EARLY EPISODE: Glenn discusses the U.S. involvement in Israel's attack on Iran. Plus: Prof. Mohammad Marandi on the local reactions from Tehran. Finally: Jon Hoffman and Justin Logan from the CATO Institute on the implications for foreign policy and the dangers of a wider war.  ----------------------------------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET....

Glenn breaks down the escalations between Israel and Iran prior to Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear and military sites. Plus: Curt Mills, the executive director of The American Conservative, discusses the future of the Iran nuclear deal and Trump's foreign policy.  Note: this episode aired before Israel struck Iran.  ----------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Be...

A federal court dismissed and called out the absurdity of a lawsuit brought by pro-Israel students alleging that the University of Pennsylvania allowed for antisemitism on campus. Plus: Dave Portnoy, who used to vehemently oppose "woke" cancel culture has a meltdown over jokes about Jewish people.  ----------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become par...

Glenn Greenwald exposes Palantir's role as the new, privatized Deep State as the mysterious company expands its reach into government surveillance and warfare. Plus: Who is Palantir's CEO, Alex Karp, and what is motivating him to produce this all-powerful technology?   ---------------------------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Loca...

Glenn interviews Senator Rand Paul about his opposition to the "Big Beautiful Bill" and his role in the Senate, why Washington continues to increase the defense budget, threats to free speech, and more. ------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn  

Journalist Michael Tracey examines the legacy of DOGE and its promises to dismantle the "deep state." Plus: Steve Witkoff draws an impossible red line in Iran nuclear deal negotiations and the U.S. continues to allow Israel to decimate Gaza while ceasefire negotiations drag on. Finally: Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in an attack Politico Playbook compared to "Pearl Harbor." But, if this analog...

Journalist Aaron Maté and guests Prof. Jonathan Haslam and Prof. Nicolai Petro discuss the upcoming Ukraine War peace talks in Istanbul. Plus: political analyst  Mouin Rabbani on the famine in Gaza, new Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and Palestinian state recognition.  ------------ Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update...

Bad Faith podcast host Briahna Joy Gray chronicles the Democrats' latest acts of self-destruction: from the 2024 primary, to the Biden mental decline cover-up, to the party's quixotic quest to find the next "Joe Rogan of the left."  Political commentator and podcast host Katie Halper joins Briahna to unpack the future of the Democrats as they fail to mobilize against Trump's policies.  -----------...

Glenn takes your questions on the Trump administration's war with Harvard, fallout from the murders of two Israeli Embassy staffers, libertarianism, why he doesn't like the term "gaslighting," and more. Plus: Lee Fang on the major unanswered questions from the Epstein files.  ---------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Read Lee Fang's article here Become part of our Loca...

Glenn Greenwald reacts to the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in D.C. and explains how the tragedy is being politicized and weaponized against free speech in the United States.  --------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn  

JD Vance argues that the court decisions ruling against Trump's deportation policies under the Alien Enemies Act violate the will of the U.S. majority. Glenn unpacks why this argument is a flagrant misinterpretation of the Constitution. Plus: Dan Bongino and Kash Patel say Epstein did in fact kill himself, but critical questions about Epstein's potential ties to foreign intelligence remain unanswe...

Israel allows a miniscule amount of food to enter Gaza, only after the country's most steadfast allies began condemning Netanyahu's horrific atrocities. Then: Steve Witkoff announces an impossible 'red line' in Iran deal negotiations. Finally: Democrats weaponize Biden's cancer diagnosis to shield themselves from criticism about Biden's mental decline cover-up.  -----------------------------------...

The American Conservative's Curt Mills discusses the Trump/Netanyahu split, Trump's foreign policy speech in Saudi Arabia, the meaning of "neocon," and the Ukraine war. Plus: Glenn answers questions from our Locals audience.  ------------------------ Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook Li...

Western leaders embrace ex-wanted terrorist Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now that he is leading Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Plus: Red states push to ban lab-grown meats in an effort to protect the meat industry. Reason's Emma Camp explains why these laws violate free market principles.  -------------------------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET....

CNN's Jake Tapper is now pretending he didn't know about Biden's obvious cognitive decline even though he was among the corporate media pundits attacking those who doubted Biden's mental fitness. Plus: does Trump's Saudi Arabia speech signal a new vision for U.S. foreign policy?  ------------------------------------------------ Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of o...

While it is still unclear whether the reported rift between Trump and Netanyahu will be lasting, Trump continues to deprioritize Israel, angering pro-Israel fanatics like Ben Shapiro. Plus: Trump issues an executive order cutting prescription drug prices. Journalist Matt Stoller explains why he's skeptical of the policy and discusses the significance of Republicans' economic populism movement.  --...

Economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discusses the merits and pitfalls of Trump's tariff plan, growing populist movements in Europe, the EU's "dangerous" and misguided push toward military Keynesianism, and Israel's destruction of Gaza. ----------------------------------------------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals commu...

The U.S. celebrates the conclave's election of the first American pope while commentators scramble to parse his political beliefs. Is Pope Leo XIV MAGA? Is he a "Woke Marxist Pope?" Then: Is Trump really splitting with Netanyahu and pursuing his own America-First policy in the Middle East? Finally: Casey Means's nomination exposes a rift in MAHA world and Trump selects another Fox News host for a...

Christopher Rufo and Glenn Greenwald debate the role of government in higher education, the meaning of academic freedom, the American Founders' vision for universities, and more.  ------------ Watch full episodes on Rumble , streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Follow Christopher Rufo Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook   LinkedIn  

The NIH finally ends brutal taxpayer-funded experiments on beagles. White Coat Waste SVP of Advocacy and Public Policy Justin Goodman explains why these horrific experiments continued for so long and why they needed to be stopped. Then: Congress shuts down an extreme anti-boycott law meant to shield Israel. Reason assistant editor Matthew Petti unpacks the origins of the repressive law and the eff...

Glenn Greenwald answers questions submitted by our supporters on Locals. We received questions covering a wide range of issues, including the bizarre story told by former Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont about how he was secretly accosted by shadowy members of the Deep State who directed him to proof that the Bush administration was lying about the proposed war in Iraq, and he still failed to do anyth...