EXPOSED: The new EXTREMIST plan to DESTROY America

What this episode is about

The Turtle Island Liberation Front, an anti-capitalist and anti-government group, has been implicated in a plot to conduct coordinated bombings against U.S. companies and ICE agents on New Year's Eve, leading to the arrest of four members on federal charges. The plan, identified as Operation Midnight Sun, reflects a broader ideological stance within the group that promotes violence against perceived U.S. imperialism, evidenced by their incendiary slogans and materials found during investigations.

Key takeaways

• Turtle Island Liberation Front: where anti-capitalism and violence meet a poetic yet perilous paradox.
• Targeting ICE agents? Clearly, their 'Death to America' slogan needs some serious interpretation work.
• In the land of the free, radical groups exploit sympathy for Native history to recruit—talk about misdirection!
• Operation Midnight Sun: coincidentally, the most optimistic name given to a plot with explosive intentions.
• The Red Green Alliance reveals a coalition of chaos—when anti-capitalists and Islamists conspire, sanity exits stage left.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Glenn Beck (Guest) · 9 min speaking
• Ryan Morrow (Guest) · 6 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), Ryan Morrow
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Ryan Morrow, Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), Capital Research Center
3. 9:00 – 12:00: Ryan Morrow, George Soros
4. 12:00 – 14:49: Capital Research Center

Notable quotes from "EXPOSED: The new EXTREMIST plan to DESTROY America"

• So, announced in Los Angeles by the Department of Justice, four members of an anti- capitalist, anti-government group that calls for violence against the United States and its officials.

  about Department of Justice · at 0:00

• Right. So, what had happened was is that with my colleagues at the Capital Research Center, we had mapped out basically the entire anti-Israeli extremist movement, over 150 groups. and that was with limited time, so it's.

  about Ryan Morrow · at 3:27

• Well, three business days after you and I released my report that I wrote about the $80 million that went from Soros's network to the proter terror groups, it was reported that…

  about George Soros · at 11:20

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Ryan Morrow — Person · Main guest / referenced expert · 3 mentions · first at 2:49
  Interviewed researcher presenting analysis of the 'Turtle Island Liberation Front' and broader extremist ecosystem; also mentioned in a donation/CTA context tied to his work and affiliated nonprofit research.

Companies & orgs

• Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF) — Company · Business focus · 4 mentions · first at 0:30
  A far-left anti-capitalist, anti-government group planning terrorist attacks, central to the episode's discussion on domestic terrorism.
  So, it was in April, I think you were on, and you said, Glenn, you have to pay attention. One of the groups you have to pay attention to is Turtle Island Liberation Front. And…
• Capital Research Center — Company · Case study · 3 mentions · first at 3:28
  A research organization involved in studying extremist movements, mentioned as a partner in the research discussed in the episode.
  Right. So, what had happened was is that with my colleagues at the Capital Research Center, we had mapped out basically the entire anti-Israeli extremist movement, over 150 groups. and that was with limited time, so it's.
• Department of Justice — Company · Case study · 2 mentions
  Mentioned as the entity announcing the arrest of members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, highlighting government action against domestic terrorism.

Sponsors

• George Soros — Person · Referenced funder / political financier (as alleged in discussion) · 1 mention · first at 11:25
  Cited as the hub of a funding network alleged to have sent money to 'pro-terror' groups; used to support the guest’s argument about organized financial support behind extremist activism.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 So, announced in Los Angeles by the uh Department of uh Justice, four members of an anti- capitalist, anti-government group that calls for violence against the United States uh and its officials. Um the plan allegedly plotting an attack on two US companies with improvised explosive devices this New Year's Eve. We don't know what those uh those companies were, but it was it was not good. The Turtle Island Liberation Front. Turtle Island Liberation Front. Ever heard of Turtle Island? That's what the indigenous people call America.

0:38 Turtle Island. That's what they call the North America. It's This is a far-left pro Palestinian, anti-government, and anti- capitalist group. When [snorts] I say it was pro Palestinian, I I want you to understand this. That is that is not their main thing. They are anti-American and anti- capitalist. This is part of what's called the Red Green Alliance, and we'll explain that here in just a second. But they were preparing to conduct a series of bombings against multiple targets in California beginning on New Year's Eve. They also planned to target ICE agents and vehicles.

1:20 Uh the four were arrested. They face federal charges of conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Uh this was called Operation Midnight Sun and uh they were going to plant backpacks and pipe bombs and complex IEDs to detonate simultaneously at multiple locations targeting US companies on New Year's Eve at midnight. Um it's considered obviously a terrorist attack. uh their searches of their homes uncovered um Turtle Island Liberation Front posters like Death to America and Death to Ice. Uh you know, one of the funny things that I read was um uh this is from their Facebook post. Little [snorts] known extremist group has paraded around slick sick slogans like death to America and insisted that the United States mere existence is inherently violent. Now, this is what they posted on Facebook.

2:18 When we say death to America and call for an end to colonization, it doesn't mean the displacement or harm of non-indigenous citizens. Wait, you were targeting ICE officials and you were going to blow things up. I I do not think it means what you think it means, but maybe that's just me. Um, sorry, thought of Rob Reiner there for a second. I just It's It's sad to lose Rob Reiner with uh Anyway, uh let me go to Ryan Morrow. Uh Ryan is with us now, uh researcher and uh and joining us uh at the torch as as somebody who's just really going to sharpen us on all of our warnings and all of our research into these radical groups. Welcome. How are you?

3:09 I'm doing great. Thanks for having me on. So, it was in April, I think you were on, and you said, Glenn, you have to pay attention. One of the groups you have to pay attention to is Turtle Island Liberation Front. And here it is. Almost exactly what you said would happen is happening now.

3:27 Right. So, what had happened was is that with my colleagues at the Capital Research Center, we had mapped out basically the entire anti-Israeli extremist movement, over 150 groups. Um, and that was with limited time, so it's much bigger than that. Um, but one of the things I saw in their ecosystem, and this just shows how we live in completely separate worlds, is that this term turtle island was commonplace. Uh, so whether you're a communist or an Islamist or you're an anarchist or whatever, uh, you would refer to the US as the so-called United States or Turtle Island and say it's occupied and needs to be liberated just like Palestine. And so they would refuse to say Israel, they say Palestine. They refuse to say the United States, they say Turtle Island.

4:08 Why? And it's because of this conception out there that I'm not even sure is that accurate. Uh that the Native American tribes referred to the US and Canada and Mexico as Turtle Island. Uh because they believed that they the continent was created on the back of a turtle. Um and then and so the evil white settler capitalist came in and ruined everything. Um that's what it inherently was. And so it's equivalent to Palestine. And so the conclusion of my study uh and I debuted some of the findings uh with you and in fact I think you were the only media outlet that actually made a point of this and got this uh was that there's a certain level of diversity among these proterror extremists. So what's the unifying factor the theme? It's liberating Turtle Island. It's a way that sat of calling for violence and the destruction of the US just like they want to destroy Israel, but to do it in a way that goes

4:59 over the heads of people, but people who understand the language know what it means. And it's it's frankly smart because of all the the sympathy and and the way American students have been taught about the history of the Native American tribes. So, uh, it taps into something where if you think that there's a lot of sympathy for Palestinians, the people that American, the youth don't know anything about, now imagine tapping into what they feel about what happened to the Native Americans.

5:31 I will tell you, the left has been courting the Native Americans for a very long time because the right just hasn't, you know, paid attention to it at all. Uh and so the left saw an opportunity uh and they are they are deeply in especially the Navajo uh deeply deeply in uh with the left uh or the left is deeply in bed with the Navajo um and there is an opportunity to turn people very very radical and that's what you're talking about here and and you know when when you say this is an anti-Israel thing or pro Palestinian I want to make sure people understand just as the Marxists were the ones who helped overthrow uh the Shaw of Iran and bring the Ayatollah in, they were partners with the Islamists.

6:23 The Islamists uh and I think the Marxists too, they're not they're not uh they're not part of the same endg game. They don't have the same endgame in in mind other than in that case the destruction of the sha of Iran and freeing its people and having a revolution. When Iran was overthrown in 1979 within 2 years 30,000 Marxists were either killed, jailed or disappeared. Um, and that this is the same kind of thing, this alliance with the indigenous people, with the um with the uh Islamists, with Marxists. They're all going to sort that out later. They just want to kill us first. They want to overthrow the government first, then they'll start eating each other. Do I have that right or wrong, Ryan?

7:18 You have that right. um they don't even bother talking about that scenario too much cuz they just kind of feel like when you burn things to the ground what's natural and good will rise from the ashes and so uh the theme of turtle island is kind of the you that's why I called it the turtle island in Tifada is kind of like what's bringing together all of these ideologies but what uh we also talked about back in April and actually before that too uh was well what's the targeting strategy going to be uh and what we concluded was that the campaign is going to broaden because they were openly I was seeing in their communication, they're saying, "Look, this Israel issue is going to go away."

7:52 And they didn't want to say it was partially because Israel was kicking their butts so badly. Um, but they but they said, "This issue is going to not rally people anymore. What do we do? We need to become an anti- police movement." And to whatever degree we can broaden it out to be an anti-ionist, anti- capitalist movement. And so, you were able to tell what what was the next stage. It was going to be under the banner of Turtle Island. And they were going to target law enforcement. uh specifically ICE was the one that was most talked about. So that was able to be forecasted as well. Um but also companies that they can connect even by some leap to the Zionist infrastructure because that way you're hitting all the themes anti- police, anti-Zionist, anti- capitalist, turtle island, and pro Palestine. And and that's exactly what this plot was doing. Um it actually came to fruition in a way that's much more

8:42 vivid than I anticipated. So although this plot was foiled, make no mistake about it, it is a marker in time for this for this new era, this new offensive that has begun.

8:53 How [snorts] likely is this going to be how likely is this to become the next BLM movement? This, you know, Turtle Island liberation, you know, from uh you know, from sea to sea, Turtle Island will be free kind of crap.

9:08 Uh I I think it's extremely likely. the chances are far better than than 50/50. Um, in fact, I think it's inevitable it's going to get a lot of support just by people talking about saying, "Well, what is this Turtle Island thing? Oh, the Native Americans. Oh, well, there there's this almost biblical narrative that follows this where it was like uh the Turtle Island was the Garden of Eden. The capitalist white colonists, white supremacists with their patriarch came in and infected it like the snake. And then the native Americans were essentially it's like a Jesus narrative at that point. Well, they died for our sin and so now we need to restore the original garden of Eden. So, so sometimes they use that language specifically. Most of the time it's just that type of theme. But that's kind of the emotional pull that comes in by tapping into that narrative. And by the way, one of the accounts that this

9:57 specific terrorist group followed on social media was the Christian anarchists. Now, I know you've said in the past, you've noted how some of the anarchist language went over even into the white supremacists and people say, "Oh, they think of anarchist, they just think of the far left." Like, no. If you watch this, how this goes, like that is the cycle. Like, there is a I guess you could say rightwing, but it's more like anarcho capitalist anarchists that sometimes identify as Christian. And so it goes, this propaganda goes from the the terrorists, overseas governments to turtle island folks over to the Christian anarchists and then and then it cycles around. So this is all one seditionist movement.

10:37 Do you think the Trump administration gets it? I mean, hats off to the FBI and Cash Patel for, you know, thwarting this and and stopping this as they were in the desert beginning to assemble these bombs. Um, do you think the administration gets how deep this goes and is willing to do the things? I mean, Ryan, you and I both know the West is on the verge of being lost forever. If we don't wake up to this and we don't start calling, you know, calling evil by its name, we are we're going to lose we're going to lose this. We're close to losing Europe.

11:20 Well, three business days after you and I released um my report that I wrote about the $80 million that went from Soros's network to the proter terror groups, it was reported that the Trump administration had launched investigation specifically naming the report that we released on on the Charlie Kirk show one week after he passed. So, um so do they get it? I don't know it's possible to fully get it if we don't. Like, are they doing things? Yes. Can we help them do things? Yes. Remember that groups like the FBI and all them, they can't just collect intelligence on everyone's free speech protected activity, but civilians can.

11:55 That's where civilian researchers come in. And so that's what happened with the source report. We can collect all of that. We can make the case. Um and so does the FBI know all of it? Uh no, because we and the citizens haven't given them everything that they need. And so I think two things have to happen. First, um, we we need to put together a team to map out the turtle island in Tifada and map this out so action can be taken. And the second thing is actually what I think you're doing with preserving history is very important here because the counter narrative is going to require us to use historical documents to tell the truth of everything that went on with the Native American tribes, the good, the bad, and the ugly. So that this type of simplistic hijacking of a biblical narrative for evil ends uh can't really happen for these anti-American ends.

12:42 Even if the perpetrators of it don't realize it's a biblical narrative, that's that's where it's coming from. It's a combination of the Garden of Ed e e uh Eden story and uh the Jesus Christ story put together and framed for evil propaganda that even Satanist sometimes parrot. Ryan, I I mean, we're supporting you. We're doing everything we can. Um I want to make sure that others because you run a nonprofit. Um your research center, Capital Research Center, is a nonprofit and you you operate on donations. if you are interested in helping what what Ryan is doing and this why I'm bringing him on the air a lot beginning next year and working closely with him um because what he is finding the research that he's doing is unlike anybody else's uh and it's critical that it happens. If you happen to want to make a donation to a charity uh or to a um you know a 501c3 uh please um consider Ryan's group. How

13:46 do they contact you Ryan? How do they give? Uh well I partner with Capital Research Center um who are excellent to donate to. So that's kind of like a like a research wing and then also ryan marorrow.com which is my personal uh website. That's where my specific intelligence gathering group is also based. So, I would say check out those two. Um, because Capital Research Center is broader. But if you want to focus just on on the Turtle Island counterreism stuff, then ryamaro.com is where people can contact me. Um, or make a donation so that we can I mean I mean your fans can like they give me great intel, but I don't have the resources to act on all of it. Um, and so I'm trying to rectify that because uh you've gotten you've got an intelligence gathering army behind you and it's time that we use it.

14:30 Thank you so much, Ryan. I appreciate it. Ryan Mororrow.com Ryan M aur o ryanmorro.com They could use your support cuz we're about to turbo the research.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "EXPOSED: The new EXTREMIST plan to DESTROY America"?

Glenn Beck (Guest), Ryan Morrow (Guest).

What is "EXPOSED: The new EXTREMIST plan to DESTROY America" about?

The Turtle Island Liberation Front, an anti-capitalist and anti-government group, has been implicated in a plot to conduct coordinated bombings against U.S. companies and ICE agents on New Year's Eve, leading to the arrest of four members on federal charges. The plan, identified as Operation Midnight Sun, reflects a broader ideological stance within the group that promotes violence against…

What is mentioned in this Glenn Beck episode?

5 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Ryan Morrow, Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), Capital Research Center, Department of Justice. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "EXPOSED: The new EXTREMIST plan to DESTROY America"?

The episode runs 15 min; the transcript is about 2,561 words in 22 timestamped sections.

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