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20 Delusional Conspiracy Theories Floated by Alex Jones

June 13, 2017
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Is Megyn Kelly legitimizing Alex Jones by giving him air time during an interview? That's what many are saying, including the family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. The truth, though, is that he's already been legitimized.

"The president of the United States has legitimized Alex Jones. Roger Stone, by being a fill-in host for Alex Jones, has legitimized Alex Jones. Donald Trump, Jr., who has been on his show several times, has legitimized Alex Jones. Alex Jones is not this fringe character. The New York Magazine, New York Times, The New Yorker, they have also done profiles of Alex Jones," Glenn said.

Megyn Kelly is not doing a puff piece on Jones. As her released promo shows, she's holding his feet to the fire and exposing him to the American people.

RELATED: WATCH: Megyn Kelly Promo Shows She Won’t Be Giving Alex Jones a Free Pass

What will Kelly expose? Alex Jones' delusional conspiracy theories which --- whether real or pretend --- have harmed the media, companies and, most importantly, the victims of horrible crimes.

Here are twenty of this most outrageous claims:

1. Sandy Hook Hoax

The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting was completely fake and manufactured with actors. "They have staged events before. But then you learn the school had been closed and reopened. And you got video of the kids going in circles, in and out of the building, and they don't call the rescue choppers for two hours. And then they tear the building down and seal it. And they get caught using blue screens. And an email by Bloomberg comes out in the lawsuit, where he's telling his people, get ready in the next 24 hours to capitalize on a shooting. Yeah, so Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view, manufactured. I couldn't believe it at first. I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids. And it just shows how bold they are, that they clearly used actors. I mean, they even ended up using photos of kids killed in mass shootings here in a fake mass shooting in Turkey."

2. Animal-Human Hybrids

The government is breeding animals and humans together.

3. Aurora Mass Shooting

There's a "100 percent chance that the mass murder committed in Aurora, Colorado, was a false flag, a mind control event."

4. Columbine High School Shooting

The 1999 school shooting was an "extremely suspicious event that had globalist operations written all over it. Columbine, as we know it, was a false flag. I'd say 100 percent false flag."

5. Tucson Shooting

"The whole thing stinks to high heaven."

6. San Bernardino Shooting

A false flag because governments want to "blame the Second Amendment."

7. Orlando Pulse Nightclub Shooting

A "false flag to take your guns and speech."

8: Boston Marathon Bombing

This thing "stinks to high heaven, #falseflag."

9. Obama Married a Man

Obama married a man, Michelle Obama, "because he's obsessed with transgender rights."

10. Vaccines

If you take vaccines, "you'll become disabled or you will die."

RELATED: Megyn Kelly Wants to EXPOSE Alex Jones, Not Legitimize Him

11. Weather Control

The government has "a weather weapon that can create and steer natural disasters."

12. Las Vegas Police Shooting

It was "absolutely staged by the government."

13. Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

Globalists caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to serve as "a distraction from Iraq."

14. 9/11

9/11 was an inside job. Popular Mechanics debunked it, but only because they are part of the CIA.

15. Bilderberg

Bilderberg people go to the Bohemian Grove "to eat gold-wrapped, roasted babies." He offered a police officer $10,000 to disprove it.

16. Comet Ping Pong

Comet Ping Pong pizza "has a labyrinth of tunnels where children are used as sex slaves." He had to apologize for that.

17. Chobani Yogurt

Chobani Yogurt is importing rapists. He had to pay a settlement for that one.

18. Fluoride Poison

Fluoride is poison and it's killing us all.

19. Oklahoma City Bombing

Oklahoma City Bombing was "an inside job and a total false flag."

20. Fetus-Flavored Pepsi

Pepsi has tested new flavorings of fetuses. "I know that there are fetal tissues in a lot of the medical treatments in the vaccines, and they are in a lot of the cosmetics. That's confirmed. We know Pepsi is involved with companies that do use the fetal parts, and we do know that it's been tested in flavor enhancement."

"How can you you do an interview with this guy and normalize him?" Glenn asked. "You're not normalizing him, you're exposing him."

Listen to this segment from The Glenn Beck Program:

GLENN: Megyn Kelly is getting hit for this piece that she has done with Alex Jones. Now, what's happening? Well, the families of Sandy Hook are complaining that you're legitimizing Alex Jones. No, the president of the United States has legitimized Alex Jones. Roger Stone, by being a fill-in host for Alex Jones, has legitimized Alex Jones. Donald Trump Jr, who has been on his show several times, has legitimized Alex Jones. Alex Jones is not this fringe character. The New York Magazine, New York Times, the New Yorker, they have also done profiles of Alex Jones.

PAT: And nobody wanted to shut them down for it.

GLENN: Nobody wants to shut them down. But NBC and Megyn Kelly -- Megyn does an interview, where we play the audio. It comes up on Sunday. We played the audio yesterday. She's not doing a puff piece. She's not grabbing him by the throat and squeezing. But she is holding his feet to the fire, and she is allowing himself to hang himself with the American people, if that's even possible anymore.

In the interview, he says, "You know what story you're not covering is the animal human hybrid story, where the government is breeding animals and humans together." Okay. Thank you.

He also says in this -- and this is what's causing the controversy, that he has done -- you know, he's played devil's advocate and said that, "No, Sandy Hook victims, they weren't real victims. They were actors." But he says on the show that he was just playing devil's advocate.

STU: Right.

GLENN: Let's play the actual audio of what he said.

ALEX: They have staged events before. But then you learn the school had been closed and reopened. And you got video of the kids going in circles, in and out of the building, and they don't call the rescue choppers for two hours. And then they tear the building down and seal it. And they get caught using blue screens. And an email by Bloomberg comes out in the lawsuit, where he's telling his people, get ready in the next 24 hours to capitalize on a shooting.

Yeah, so Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view, manufactured. I couldn't believe it at first. I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids. And it just shows how bold they are, that they clearly used actors. I mean, they even ended up using photos of kids killed in mass shootings here in a fake mass shooting in Turkey.

PAT: Unreal. Let me tell you something, that is not playing devil's advocate. That is not devil's advocate. That is his opinion. And he's pushing that theory forward.

GLENN: If I were a family member --

PAT: Man.

GLENN: And I don't know if you could do this for a public shooting, but I would mad enough that I would be with an attorney saying, "Can we sue him? Can we sue him? My child is dead. My child is dead."

PAT: And you're accusing me of faking it. That my child doesn't exist. Wow.

GLENN: That's absolutely incredible. That's not playing devil's advocate. Let me give you what else he has said. But he's now asking NBC, who is getting heat from both the right and the left and the families, getting heat for running this interview.

Alex Jones --

PAT: He's demanding they not run it.

GLENN: Alex Jones himself is demanding they don't run it.

STU: Which is evidence why you should run it.

GLENN: Why you should run it. He says that they need to cancel it because it's a hit piece. Because he's been taken out of context. Well, there's the context. Right there.

PAT: Yeah. That was in context.

GLENN: That's what he said. Okay.

He's also said, 100 percent chance that the mass murder committed in Aurora, Colorado, was a false flag, a mind control event.

PAT: So it's not just this shooting.

GLENN: Quoting: 1999 Columbine: School shooting was, quote, extremely suspicious event that had globalist operations written all over it. End quote.

Quote, Columbine, as we know it, was a false flag. I'd say 100 percent, false flag. Tucson shooting, quote, the whole thing stinks to high heaven. San Bernardino, shooting a false flag because governments want to, quote, blame the Second Amendment, end quote. Orlando --

PAT: Jeez.

GLENN: -- false flag to take your guns and speech. Boston Marathon, this thing stinks to high heaven, #falseflag, end quote.

PAT: Jeez.

GLENN: He said that Obama had married a man, Michelle Obama, because he's obsessed with transgender rights, end quote.

If you take vaccines, quote, you'll become disabled or you will die, end quote. The government has, quote, a weather weapon that can create and steer natural disasters, end quote. He claimed --

PAT: You're not claiming you don't believe that.

GLENN: He claimed Las Vegas cop shooting was absolutely staged by the government. Quoting: Globalists caused the space shuttle Columbia disaster to serve as, quote, a distraction from Iraq.

And, of course, his all-time classic: 9/11 was an inside job. Popular Mechanics debunked it, but they only debunked it because they are part of the CIA.

He also believes that the Bilderberg people go to the Bohemian Grove, quote, to eat gold-wrapped roasted babies.

PAT: He actually offered a cop $10,000 if he could disprove that.

STU: How would you disprove --

PAT: I don't know. I don't know.

GLENN: Pizza place -- comic pizza --

PAT: They have gold all over their lips after they do it. It's impossible to disprove.

GLENN: What's the name of the place?

STU: Comet Ping Pong.

GLENN: Comet Ping Pong pizza, quote, has a labyrinth of tunnels where children are used as sex slaves. He's had to apologize for that.

The latest is Chobani yogurt is importing rapists. He had to pay a settlement on that. He said fluoride is poison and it's killing us all. That the Oklahoma City bombing was, quote, an inside job and a total false flag. The Gulf of Tonkin is a false flag.

STU: Of course. It all starts there, Pat.

PAT: It does.

GLENN: And my favorite, Pepsi has tested new flavorings of fetuses.

PAT: Well, listen to his case though, you haven't heard his case.

GLENN: All right.

ALEX: I know that there are fetal tissues in a lot of the medical treatments in the vaccines, and they are in a lot of the cosmetics. That's confirmed.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: That's confirmed.

ALEX: We know Pepsi is involved with companies that do use the fetal parts, and we do know that it's been tested in flavor enhancement.

PAT: Because there's nothing more delicious than a fetus. I mean, that's pretty well-known. Right? What is that?

GLENN: No. When you have an aborted baby, you think to yourself, I wonder if we can mix this in a drink to make it taste better. That's what you think.

PAT: If I combine this with some nutmeg, it's going to be delicious.

GLENN: Again, he said in there because they're training us to be cannibals.

Now, how can you you do an interview with this guy and normalize him? How can you do -- when the president has been on his show. The president's son has been on his show.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: The president's advisers have been on his show. You're not normalizing him, you're exposing him.

STU: Of course. We have gone -- this is a country that has -- its journalists go and interview Assad and Ahmadinejad. And Putin.

GLENN: Putin.

STU: She just interviewed Putin.

PAT: They go to prison and interview people on Death Row who have murdered --

GLENN: Charlie Manson.

PAT: Charlie Manson has been interviewed multiple times.

STU: Why on -- I mean, look, Alex Jones I think is terrible for the country. But why on earth can she not --

GLENN: Okay. Because -- I have an answer to this. And it goes to why I am thrilled to have this audience and to be able to talk to you every single day. Because there is something different about this audience. And this audience is growing. This hunger is growing. And I'll tell you what it is, coming up in a second.

Is the U.N. plotting to control 30% of U.S. land by 2030?

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A reliable conservative senator faces cancellation for listening to voters. But the real threat to public lands comes from the last president’s backdoor globalist agenda.

Something ugly is unfolding on social media, and most people aren’t seeing it clearly. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) — one of the most constitutionally grounded conservatives in Washington — is under fire for a housing provision he first proposed in 2022.

You wouldn’t know that from scrolling through X. According to the latest online frenzy, Lee wants to sell off national parks, bulldoze public lands, gut hunting and fishing rights, and hand America’s wilderness to Amazon, BlackRock, and the Chinese Communist Party. None of that is true.

Lee’s bill would have protected against the massive land-grab that’s already under way — courtesy of the Biden administration.

I covered this last month. Since then, the backlash has grown into something like a political witch hunt — not just from the left but from the right. Even Donald Trump Jr., someone I typically agree with, has attacked Lee’s proposal. He’s not alone.

Time to look at the facts the media refuses to cover about Lee’s federal land plan.

What Lee actually proposed

Over the weekend, Lee announced that he would withdraw the federal land sale provision from his housing bill. He said the decision was in response to “a tremendous amount of misinformation — and in some cases, outright lies,” but also acknowledged that many Americans brought forward sincere, thoughtful concerns.

Because of the strict rules surrounding the budget reconciliation process, Lee couldn’t secure legally enforceable protections to ensure that the land would be made available “only to American families — not to China, not to BlackRock, and not to any foreign interests.” Without those safeguards, he chose to walk it back.

That’s not selling out. That’s leadership.

It's what the legislative process is supposed to look like: A senator proposes a bill, the people respond, and the lawmaker listens. That was once known as representative democracy. These days, it gets you labeled a globalist sellout.

The Biden land-grab

To many Americans, “public land” brings to mind open spaces for hunting, fishing, hiking, and recreation. But that’s not what Sen. Mike Lee’s bill targeted.

His proposal would have protected against the real land-grab already under way — the one pushed by the Biden administration.

In 2021, Biden launched a plan to “conserve” 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030. This effort follows the United Nations-backed “30 by 30” initiative, which seeks to place one-third of all land and water under government control.

Ask yourself: Is the U.N. focused on preserving your right to hunt and fish? Or are radical environmentalists exploiting climate fears to restrict your access to American land?

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As it stands, the federal government already owns 640 million acres — nearly one-third of the entire country. At this rate, the government will hit that 30% benchmark with ease. But it doesn’t end there. The next phase is already in play: the “50 by 50” agenda.

That brings me to a piece of legislation most Americans haven’t even heard of: the Sustains Act.

Passed in 2023, the law allows the federal government to accept private funding from organizations, such as BlackRock or the Bill Gates Foundation, to support “conservation programs.” In practice, the law enables wealthy elites to buy influence over how American land is used and managed.

Moreover, the government doesn’t even need the landowner’s permission to declare that your property contributes to “pollination,” or “photosynthesis,” or “air quality” — and then regulate it accordingly. You could wake up one morning and find out that the land you own no longer belongs to you in any meaningful sense.

Where was the outrage then? Where were the online crusaders when private capital and federal bureaucrats teamed up to quietly erode private property rights across America?

American families pay the price

The real danger isn’t in Mike Lee’s attempt to offer more housing near population centers — land that would be limited, clarified, and safeguarded in the final bill. The real threat is the creeping partnership between unelected global elites and our own government, a partnership designed to consolidate land, control rural development, and keep Americans penned in so-called “15-minute cities.”

BlackRock buying entire neighborhoods and pricing out regular families isn’t by accident. It’s part of a larger strategy to centralize populations into manageable zones, where cars are unnecessary, rural living is unaffordable, and every facet of life is tracked, regulated, and optimized.

That’s the real agenda. And it’s already happening , and Mike Lee’s bill would have been an effort to ensure that you — not BlackRock, not China — get first dibs.

I live in a town of 451 people. Even here, in the middle of nowhere, housing is unaffordable. The American dream of owning a patch of land is slipping away, not because of one proposal from a constitutional conservative, but because global powers and their political allies are already devouring it.

Divide and conquer

This controversy isn’t really about Mike Lee. It’s about whether we, as a nation, are still capable of having honest debates about public policy — or whether the online mob now controls the narrative. It’s about whether conservatives will focus on facts or fall into the trap of friendly fire and circular firing squads.

More importantly, it’s about whether we’ll recognize the real land-grab happening in our country — and have the courage to fight back before it’s too late.


This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

URGENT: FIVE steps to CONTROL AI before it's too late!

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By now, many of us are familiar with AI and its potential benefits and threats. However, unless you're a tech tycoon, it can feel like you have little influence over the future of artificial intelligence.

For years, Glenn has warned about the dangers of rapidly developing AI technologies that have taken the world by storm.

He acknowledges their significant benefits but emphasizes the need to establish proper boundaries and ethics now, while we still have control. But since most people aren’t Silicon Valley tech leaders making the decisions, how can they help keep AI in check?

Recently, Glenn interviewed Tristan Harris, a tech ethicist deeply concerned about the potential harm of unchecked AI, to discuss its societal implications. Harris highlighted a concerning new piece of legislation proposed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. This legislation proposes a state-level moratorium on AI regulation, meaning only the federal government could regulate AI. Harris noted that there’s currently no Federal plan for regulating AI. Until the federal government establishes a plan, tech companies would have nearly free rein with their AI. And we all know how slowly the federal government moves.

  

This is where you come in. Tristan Harris shared with Glenn the top five actions you should urge your representatives to take regarding AI, including opposing the moratorium until a concrete plan is in place. Now is your chance to influence the future of AI. Contact your senator and congressman today and share these five crucial steps they must take to keep AI in check:

Ban engagement-optimized AI companions for kids

Create legislation that will prevent AI from being designed to maximize addiction, sexualization, flattery, and attachment disorders, and to protect young people’s mental health and ability to form real-life friendships.

Establish basic liability laws

Companies need to be held accountable when their products cause real-world harm.

Pass increased whistleblower protections

Protect concerned technologists working inside the AI labs from facing untenable pressures and threats that prevent them from warning the public when the AI rollout is unsafe or crosses dangerous red lines.

Prevent AI from having legal rights

Enact laws so AIs don’t have protected speech or have their own bank accounts, making sure our legal system works for human interests over AI interests.

Oppose the state moratorium on AI 

Call your congressman or Senator Cruz’s office, and demand they oppose the state moratorium on AI without a plan for how we will set guardrails for this technology.

Glenn: Only Trump dared to deliver on decades of empty promises

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The Islamic regime has been killing Americans since 1979. Now Trump’s response proves we’re no longer playing defense — we’re finally hitting back.

The United States has taken direct military action against Iran’s nuclear program. Whatever you think of the strike, it’s over. It’s happened. And now, we have to predict what happens next. I want to help you understand the gravity of this situation: what happened, what it means, and what might come next. To that end, we need to begin with a little history.

Since 1979, Iran has been at war with us — even if we refused to call it that.

We are either on the verge of a remarkable strategic victory or a devastating global escalation. Time will tell.

It began with the hostage crisis, when 66 Americans were seized and 52 were held for over a year by the radical Islamic regime. Four years later, 17 more Americans were murdered in the U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, followed by 241 Marines in the Beirut barracks bombing.

Then came the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, which killed 19 more U.S. airmen. Iran had its fingerprints all over it.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, Iranian-backed proxies killed hundreds of American soldiers. From 2001 to 2020 in Afghanistan and 2003 to 2011 in Iraq, Iran supplied IEDs and tactical support.

The Iranians have plotted assassinations and kidnappings on U.S. soil — in 2011, 2021, and again in 2024 — and yet we’ve never really responded.

The precedent for U.S. retaliation has always been present, but no president has chosen to pull the trigger until this past weekend. President Donald Trump struck decisively. And what our military pulled off this weekend was nothing short of extraordinary.

Operation Midnight Hammer

The strike was reportedly called Operation Midnight Hammer. It involved as many as 175 U.S. aircraft, including 12 B-2 stealth bombers — out of just 19 in our entire arsenal. Those bombers are among the most complex machines in the world, and they were kept mission-ready by some of the finest mechanics on the planet.

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To throw off Iranian radar and intelligence, some bombers flew west toward Guam — classic misdirection. The rest flew east, toward the real targets.

As the B-2s approached Iranian airspace, U.S. submarines launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at Iran’s fortified nuclear facilities. Minutes later, the bombers dropped 14 MOPs — massive ordnance penetrators — each designed to drill deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers. These bombs are the size of an F-16 and cost millions of dollars apiece. They are so accurate, I’ve been told they can hit the top of a soda can from 15,000 feet.

They were built for this mission — and we’ve been rehearsing this run for 15 years.

If the satellite imagery is accurate — and if what my sources tell me is true — the targeted nuclear sites were utterly destroyed. We’ll likely rely on the Israelis to confirm that on the ground.

This was a master class in strategy, execution, and deterrence. And it proved that only the United States could carry out a strike like this. I am very proud of our military, what we are capable of doing, and what we can accomplish.

What comes next

We don’t yet know how Iran will respond, but many of the possibilities are troubling. The Iranians could target U.S. forces across the Middle East. On Monday, Tehran launched 20 missiles at U.S. bases in Qatar, Syria, and Kuwait, to no effect. God forbid, they could also unleash Hezbollah or other terrorist proxies to strike here at home — and they just might.

Iran has also threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz — the artery through which nearly a fifth of the world’s oil flows. On Sunday, Iran’s parliament voted to begin the process. If the Supreme Council and the ayatollah give the go-ahead, we could see oil prices spike to $150 or even $200 a barrel.

That would be catastrophic.

The 2008 financial collapse was pushed over the edge when oil hit $130. Western economies — including ours — simply cannot sustain oil above $120 for long. If this conflict escalates and the Strait is closed, the global economy could unravel.

The strike also raises questions about regime stability. Will it spark an uprising, or will the Islamic regime respond with a brutal crackdown on dissidents?

Early signs aren’t hopeful. Reports suggest hundreds of arrests over the weekend and at least one dissident executed on charges of spying for Israel. The regime’s infamous morality police, the Gasht-e Ershad, are back on the streets. Every phone, every vehicle — monitored. The U.S. embassy in Qatar issued a shelter-in-place warning for Americans.

Russia and China both condemned the strike. On Monday, a senior Iranian official flew to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin. That meeting should alarm anyone paying attention. Their alliance continues to deepen — and that’s a serious concern.

Now we pray

We are either on the verge of a remarkable strategic victory or a devastating global escalation. Time will tell. But either way, President Trump didn’t start this. He inherited it — and he took decisive action.

The difference is, he did what they all said they would do. He didn’t send pallets of cash in the dead of night. He didn’t sign another failed treaty.

He acted. Now, we pray. For peace, for wisdom, and for the strength to meet whatever comes next.


This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Globalize the Intifada? Why Mamdani’s plan spells DOOM for America

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If New Yorkers hand City Hall to Zohran Mamdani, they’re not voting for change. They’re opening the door to an alliance of socialism, Islamism, and chaos.

It only took 25 years for New York City to go from the resilient, flag-waving pride following the 9/11 attacks to a political fever dream. To quote Michael Malice, “I'm old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.”

Malice is talking about Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist assemblyman from Queens now eyeing the mayor’s office. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state representative emerging from relative political obscurity, is now receiving substantial funding for his mayoral campaign from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

CAIR has a long and concerning history, including being born out of the Muslim Brotherhood and named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding case. Why would the group have dropped $100,000 into a PAC backing Mamdani’s campaign?

Mamdani blends political Islam with Marxist economics — two ideologies that have left tens of millions dead in the 20th century alone.

Perhaps CAIR has a vested interest in Mamdani’s call to “globalize the intifada.” That’s not a call for peaceful protest. Intifada refers to historic uprisings of Muslims against what they call the “Israeli occupation of Palestine.” Suicide bombings and street violence are part of the playbook. So when Mamdani says he wants to “globalize” that, who exactly is the enemy in this global scenario? Because it sure sounds like he's saying America is the new Israel, and anyone who supports Western democracy is the new Zionist.

Mamdani tried to clean up his language by citing the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which once used “intifada” in an Arabic-language article to describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. So now he’s comparing Palestinians to Jewish victims of the Nazis? If that doesn’t twist your stomach into knots, you’re not paying attention.

If you’re “globalizing” an intifada, and positioning Israel — and now America — as the Nazis, that’s not a cry for human rights. That’s a call for chaos and violence.

Rising Islamism

But hey, this is New York. Faculty members at Columbia University — where Mamdani’s own father once worked — signed a letter defending students who supported Hamas after October 7. They also contributed to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign. And his father? He blamed Ronald Reagan and the religious right for inspiring Islamic terrorism, as if the roots of 9/11 grew in Washington, not the caves of Tora Bora.

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This isn’t about Islam as a faith. We should distinguish between Islam and Islamism. Islam is a religion followed peacefully by millions. Islamism is something entirely different — an ideology that seeks to merge mosque and state, impose Sharia law, and destroy secular liberal democracies from within. Islamism isn’t about prayer and fasting. It’s about power.

Criticizing Islamism is not Islamophobia. It is not an attack on peaceful Muslims. In fact, Muslims are often its first victims.

Islamism is misogynistic, theocratic, violent, and supremacist. It’s hostile to free speech, religious pluralism, gay rights, secularism — even to moderate Muslims. Yet somehow, the progressive left — the same left that claims to fight for feminism, LGBTQ rights, and free expression — finds itself defending candidates like Mamdani. You can’t make this stuff up.

Blending the worst ideologies

And if that weren’t enough, Mamdani also identifies as a Democratic Socialist. He blends political Islam with Marxist economics — two ideologies that have left tens of millions dead in the 20th century alone. But don’t worry, New York. I’m sure this time socialism will totally work. Just like it always didn’t.

If you’re a business owner, a parent, a person who’s saved anything, or just someone who values sanity: Get out. I’m serious. If Mamdani becomes mayor, as seems likely, then New York City will become a case study in what happens when you marry ideological extremism with political power. And it won’t be pretty.

This is about more than one mayoral race. It’s about the future of Western liberalism. It’s about drawing a bright line between faith and fanaticism, between healthy pluralism and authoritarian dogma.

Call out radicalism

We must call out political Islam the same way we call out white nationalism or any other supremacist ideology. When someone chants “globalize the intifada,” that should send a chill down your spine — whether you’re Jewish, Christian, Muslim, atheist, or anything in between.

The left may try to shame you into silence with words like “Islamophobia,” but the record is worn out. The grooves are shallow. The American people see what’s happening. And we’re not buying it.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.