3 BlazeTV hosts give their top 2026 predictions — and they’re wild
2026 is widely predicted to be an explosive and turbulent year. AI is growing faster than we can keep track of. Global conflicts are simmering. The world economy is teetering on a debt-fueled monetary reset and possible dollar crisis.
It’s going to be a wild year.
On this episode of “Glenn TV,” Glenn Beck, Steve Deace, and Liz Wheeler give their top predictions for 2026.
Steve Deace
Prediction #1: America trades Taiwan for Venezuela’s oil
“I think that China and the U.S. are going to effectively swap Taiwan and Venezuela,” says Deace.
“With the disruption that is happening in markets and where we are in terms of a long-term paradigm shift, I think we are not just going to sit there and just let Venezuela with maybe the largest oil reserves in the world just go on the bye-bye here in our own hemisphere.”
This, in turn, he says, will spur China to “do the exact same thing to Taiwan.”
“Steve is right on the money,” says Glenn’s head writer and researcher, Jason Buttrill, who is a former U.S. Marine intelligence specialist and Department of Defense contractor.
Glenn notes that this has massive implications for chip-making, as Taiwan currently supplies the United States with over 90% of the world’s highest-performance chips that go into smartphones, modern weapons, and artificial intelligence.
Prediction #2: Global leader alleges alien contact
“I think we're going to see at least one elected official somewhere in the world next year claim to have directly communicated one-on-one with non-human intelligence,” says Steve.
Public interest in extraterrestrial life is peaking right now, he says. “The number-one-selling movie in America right now on Amazon, the biggest website in the world, is ‘Age of Disclosure”’ — a 2025 documentary claiming to expose an 80-year global government cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret international race to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology.
On top of that, world-renowned director Steven Spielberg — who has been pretty quiet since what many thought was his farewell film back in 2022 — has come out of retirement to direct a "disclosure film on UFOs" in 2026.
“The pressure on this is amping up,” says Steve.
Liz Wheeler
Prediction #1: Cabinet turnover
“I think we're going to see some significant Cabinet turnover in the Trump administration,” says Liz, noting that it is Attorney General Pam Bondi who is most likely on the chopping block.
“Listen, we voted for Trump because we want justice for all of the deep-state weaponization of the government targeted at us. And we have not seen that from the Pam Bondi Department of Justice,” says Liz.
“The Trump voter demographic has patience. We're generous. We understand that we're up against this conglomerate enemy, but I think people are starting to run out of patience.”
Prediction #2: Denaturalization and deportation of a certain member of Congress
Liz’s top prediction, she says, is that “a member of the U.S. Congress will be denaturalized and removed from Congress and deported from the United States of America.”
“I wonder who that could be,” laughs Glenn.
Liz is, of course, referring to Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) — a radical leftist who prioritizes foreign interests, especially her home country of Somalia, over America.
Besides the strong speculation that Omar illegally married her own brother, there is ample evidence that Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, came to America not because he was fleeing a tyrannical regime but rather because he was “a member of that regime,” says Liz.
“He was actually a high-ranking military official [in Somalia]. He tried to hide that association so that he could claim asylum here in the United States, but he was in charge of propaganda for that communist regime,” she explains, calling it “immigration fraud.”
If that is found to be true, then “Ilhan Omar's naturalized citizenship status is itself illegitimate.”
Glenn Beck
Prediction #1: AI boom threatens US power grid
Glenn has been warning for some time that surging AI data-center energy demand will eventually strain the U.S. grid, causing rolling blackouts and brownouts.
“I think 2026 is going to be the first year that we see things like Texas having rolling brownouts for a week at a time. I think you're going to start to see the strain on the grid by the end of next year in ways that you would never have expected,” he says.
Prediction #2: Civil rights movement 2.0 sparked by AI
“I think next year is going to be a huge year historically for the beginning of a civil rights movement,” says Glenn. “I think we are going to see massive civil rights cases come to the courts next year, and they're only going to get bigger and bigger.”
He warns that these kinds of cases will be unprecedented, as courts will debate whether AI-generated content, like deepfakes for example, count as protected speech and whether censoring "harmful" AI output is a First Amendment violation.
2026 is also when AI rules and regulations will greatly impact public education, says Glenn. Whether it is heavy AI policing, which could spark a full-blown privacy revolt, or the opposite — intense AI implementation via proctoring software, keyword/voice monitoring, or facial recognition camera — a “civil rights movement” over technology in classrooms is sure to spark.
To hear more 2026 predictions, watch the episode above.
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Tim Walz scurries to defend record after video alleges new Somali-linked fraud
On Friday, independent video journalist Nick Shirley published a video on X that he claims shows widespread fraud involving purported day-care centers in Minnesota. Shirley wrote that he “uncovered over $110,000,000 [in fraud] in ONE day.” The video is the latest public allegation of fraud tied to Minnesota’s Somali community and comes as failed Democrat vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces renewed scrutiny over the issue.
In the video, Shirley and his team are seen traveling Minnesota and visiting addresses where federally funded day-care centers are supposed to exist. When he arrived, he often found buildings with no children and seemingly no active day-care facilities.
‘There are not enough words to describe the breathtaking failure that has happened under the watch of @GovTimWalz.’
In a clip from Shirley’s video that Education Secretary Linda McMahon shared over the weekend, Shirley is shown standing outside a day-care facility identified as “Quality Learing [sic] Center.” The sign appears to misspell the word “learning.” Shirley says that when he attempted to enter the building during regular weekday hours, it was closed and its windows were blacked out. He also claims the center received $1.9 million in government funding.
In sharing the clip on X, McMahon wrote, “There are not enough words to describe the breathtaking failure that has happened under the watch of @GovTimWalz.”
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Walz’s office pushed back over the weekend against Shirley’s allegations. Fox News Digital reported Sunday that a spokesperson for Walz said the governor has spent years working to “crack down on fraud” and has taken steps to strengthen oversight of state programs, including launching investigations into several facilities.
The spokesperson also pointed to the state legislature’s role in overseeing the programs and said that at least one business highlighted in Shirley’s reporting had already been shut down by Walz’s administration.
Despite the response, criticism continued. In addition to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Vice President JD Vance praised Shirley’s work, writing on X, “This dude has done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 [Pulitzer] prizes.”
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X that the bureau is aware of the allegations circulating online. Patel wrote that the FBI had already deployed additional personnel and "investigative resources" to Minnesota to address "large-scale fraud" involving federal programs, even before the issue gained widespread attention on social media.
“Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide,” Patel wrote.
Patel also cited previous arrests and convictions as evidence of the bureau’s ongoing efforts to combat fraud in the state.
BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo disputed Patel’s characterization, calling it “misleading.” In a post on X, Rufo said Patel was taking "credit for investigations and convictions that occurred under the Biden Administration," adding that the unresolved question concerns alleged fraud that has not yet resulted in charges. “When do we see arrests, mugshots, and new prosecutions?” Rufo wrote.
Rufo previously reported on alleged fraud involving Minnesota welfare and health programs earlier this year. As independent journalists such as Shirley continue to highlight the allegations, scrutiny of Minnesota officials, including Walz and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, has intensified.
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DHS torpedoes Ilhan Omar's latest tall story: 'Categorically FALSE'
In a Sunday interview with WCCO-TV, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of pulling over her son on Saturday and pressing him for proof of citizenship. Others who have trouble with the truth, namely Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and the liberal media, were quick to make hay of Omar's allegation.
"Congresswoman Omar’s son was pulled over by ICE while he was following the law, on his way home from Target," Walz said in a post on X. "This isn’t a targeted operation to find violent criminals, it’s racial profiling."
'It is shameful that Congresswoman Omar would level accusations to demonize ICE as part of a PR stunt.'
The Department of Homeland Security stopped the narrative in its tracks, noting that the Democrat ethno-nationalist's sob story appears to be yet another tall tale.
DHS noted on Tuesday that "ICE has absolutely ZERO record of its officers or agents pulling over Congresswoman Omar's son."
"With no evidence, it is shameful that Congresswoman Omar would level accusations to demonize ICE as part of a PR stunt," continued the agency. "Allegations that ICE engages in 'racial profiling' are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE."
"What makes someone a target for immigration enforcement is if they are illegally in the U.S. — NOT their skin color, race, or ethnicity. Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, DHS law enforcement uses 'reasonable suspicion' to make arrests," added the DHS.
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Clinging to the congresswoman's narrative, Omar's office said in response to the DHS on Tuesday, "The congresswoman's son and others were pulled over by ICE, racially profiled, and forced to prove their citizenship with a passport."
"ICE has long operated as a rogue agency beyond reform," continued the statement from Omar's office. "It's no surprise that an agency known for disappearing people also can't keep its records straight."
The response from Omar's office may amount to a rock thrown from a glass house.
In the wake of border czar Tom Homan's confirmation that the Trump administration is investigating Omar for alleged immigration fraud — possibly in connection to Omar's marriage to her alleged brother — former Democratic congressional candidate AJ Kern told Alpha News that public records appear to indicate Omar has trouble keeping the record straight about when she was born.
While Omar has repeatedly indicated that she became a citizen at the age of 17 — a claim she even made to the Guardian this week — Kern noted that Omar "was actually 18 in the year 2000, when her father became eligible to apply for citizenship."
Citing official documents, Kern suggested that Omar "actually wasn't a minor when her father could apply for naturalization," adding that "it kind of blows a hole in her story that she obtained naturalization or citizenship when she was 17."
Emails reviewed by Alpha News show that Omar's staff contacted the Legislative Reference Library on May 17, 2019, requesting they change the Somali-born ethno-nationalist's date of birth from Oct. 4, 1981, to Oct. 4, 1982.
Blaze News has reached out to Omar's office for comment.
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Ed Department: Nearly 2,000 Minnesota ‘Ghost Students’ Fraudulently Received $12.5 Million
The letter comes after Somalis in Minnesota, in particular, have been exposed as having massively defrauded American taxpayers and even reportedly funding terrorists back in their country.PREDICTION: Ilhan Omar will be deported in 2026
BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler has an interesting prediction for 2026 — and it’s one that most people on the right would be happy to see come true.
“My biggest prediction for 2026 is that a member of the U.S. Congress will be denaturalized, removed from her seat in Congress, and deported from the United States of America,” Wheeler says. “And it’s no secret to whom I am referring.”
She is referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who is facing intense scrutiny after an article from the Daily Mail revealed what Wheeler calls “pretty airtight evidence” that Ilhan Omar married her brother.
“Ilhan Omar’s first husband, she married here in the United States only in a religious ceremony. She married a Muslim man named Hirsi. They were married by a Muslim cleric in an Islamic ceremony, but they never married civilly. So their marriage was never recognized by the United States government,” Wheeler explains.
“Ilhan Omar was married to Hirsi for many years. But then suddenly, she, in a civil ceremony, was married to a different man. She married a man named Elmi, the man who is accused of being her brother,” she says.
The marriage secured Elmi residence in the United States, though he later left for the United Kingdom.
“That’s not even the primary reason that Ilhan Omar should face denaturalization. The primary reason is her status as a naturalized citizen was, according to some very credible reports, based on a lie,” Wheeler says.
“Ilhan Omar’s father claimed that he was fleeing Somalia because the communist Marxist regime at the time was after him. But sources tell journalist Ashley Rindsberg that Ilhan Omar’s father was actually a member of that violent communist Marxist regime. He worked in propaganda, and he was fleeing because the government was being toppled by the people and he was afraid for his life,” she explains.
“Well, eventually Ilhan Omar’s father claimed asylum here in the United States, and Ilhan Omar because a naturalized American citizen, but if it was based on a lie, then her citizenship ought to be revoked,” she continues.
And it’s not just Wheeler’s wish that Omar be denaturalized and deported, but border czar Tom Homan has confirmed that she is under investigation for immigration fraud.
“He’s looking; he’s ‘running it down this week,’ he says. Make it come true, Mr. Homan,” Wheeler jokes, adding, “Make my 2026 prediction come true.”
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Ilhan Omar accuses ICE of 'racially profiling' her son during traffic stop
Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was quick to play the race card after her son was pulled over by ICE in a traffic stop Sunday.
Omar's son was pulled over by ICE after making a stop at Target, and he was asked to produce his identification, according to the congresswoman's account. Despite Omar's accusations of racial profiling, her son was let go by ICE after producing his passport.
'There's nothing worse than when a person comes in and does nothing but b***h.'
"They are racially profiling," Omar said of the ICE raids in Minnesota. "They are looking for young men who look Somali that they think are undocumented."
"Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents," Omar added. "Once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go."
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Omar's political allies quickly came to bat for her and her son, doubling down on the narrative that he was pulled over for racial reasons. Notably, neither law enforcement nor the congresswoman have clarified why her son was pulled over in the first place.
"Congresswoman Omar’s son was pulled over by ICE while he was following the law, on his way home from Target," failed Democrat vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a post on X. "This isn’t a targeted operation to find violent criminals, it’s racial profiling."
Despite the left decrying alleged racial motivations, President Donald Trump has maintained his criticisms of Omar and Somali migrants in Minnesota, citing their lack of assimilation and the disproportionally high rates of fraud.
Blaze Media reporter @rebekazeljko asks President Trump if he wants Ilhan Omar denaturalized: "She is very bad for our country. All she does is complain, complain, complain. She comes over here and tries to tell the USA how it should be run. We don't want to hear from her." pic.twitter.com/wJqO595SIR
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 12, 2025
"There's nothing worse than a person that comes in and does nothing but b***h," Trump told Blaze News in the Oval Office Friday, "and comes from a place where she shouldn't be telling us what to do. She shouldn't be telling us. And everybody agrees with me."
"What's happening in Minnesota with Somalia, where billions of dollars are being stolen like candy from a baby, we're not going to let that go on."
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