System Update with Glenn Greenwald

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

System Update is a LIVE prime-time news show hosted by Glenn Greenwald. Join us on Rumble, weeknights at 7pm ET, for unencumbered analysis and investigative reporting, captive to no dogma or faction. https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald

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July 1, 2025 81 mins

A rap duo is under investigation in the UK for chanting "Death to the IDF" at a concert. Glenn Greenwald breaks down the revealing reactions to the chant and the free speech implications. Plus: Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' is a gift to the defense industry, but will it help everyday Americans? 

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Glenn answers questions from our Locals community about the anti-Muslim attacks against Zohran Mamdani, the latest SCOTUS rulings, the Israel/Iran war, and more.

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Michael Tracey reports on the NATO Summit from The Hague. 

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha discusses daily life and survival in Gaza under Israel's siege and control. Plus: Glenn breaks down Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City primary and what the young democratic socialist candidate's victory over Andrew Cuomo means for the future of the Democratic party. 

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Prof. John Mearsheimer on Trump's attempt to renegotiate an Iran nuclear deal, the U.S./Israeli war with Iran, Israel's U.S.-backed destruction of Gaza, and more. 

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Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but is it meaningful and will it last? Plus: Glenn dismantles the propaganda and lies about Iran used to instigate the "12 Day War." Finally: State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce blatantly states what many in the foreign policy establishment firmly believe: that the U.S. is "the greatest country on earth next to Israel."

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UNLOCKED episode: Glenn answers questions from our Locals community on war with Iran, executive power, the Trump administration, and more.  Join our Locals community to submit questions to this weekly segment here!

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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?  

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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.

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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 analogy holds, why are peopl...

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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