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Morning Brief 2022-06-09

June 09, 2022
Chris Brady

Bottom of Hour 1
GUEST: Jim Harden
TOPIC: New York pregnancy center allegedly "firebombed" by a pro-choice group.

Top of Hour 2
GUEST: Alan Dershowitz
TOPIC: The politically motivated two-tiered justice system for January 6th defendants.

Bottom of Hour 2
GUEST: Diana Furchtgott-Roth
TOPIC: May employment numbers & the new government retirement plan.

CB, RR, JB, SK, BM

News...

Armed man arrested outside Kavanaugh's house wanted to kill him over draft Roe v. Wade reversal
"Roske stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice's Montgomery County address on the Internet."

Flashback: Leftist group posts addresses of Supreme Court justices
The Ruth Sent Us site also declares that "our 6-3 extremist Supreme Court routinely issues rulings that hurt women, racial minorities, LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights. We must rise up to force accountability using a diversity of tactics."

Ruth Sent Us Send ‘Special Message’ To Kavanaugh’s Wife And Kids
"A special message for Ashley Kavanaugh and your daughters ... McConnell and the GOP aren’t worried for your safety. They worry only for the expensive Supreme Court they rigged, and their own power."

Democrats Wanted To Intimidate Justices. Now It’s Getting Dangerous
After spending years cynically delegitimizing the high court, Schumer had moved to openly threatening life-time appointed judges, by name, because he feared they would knock down the concocted constitutional right to an abortion.

Sasse calls on Schumer to retract 'lunatic threats' against Kavanaugh
“We have a Senate right now that has a majority leader who stood on the steps of the Supreme Court two years ago shrieking like a lunatic threats at Justice Kavanaugh,” Sasse said.

Biden on Kimmel predicts ‘mini revolution’ in November if SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
“I don’t think the country will stand for it,” Biden said.

Pro-Abortion Arsonists Have Firebombed Three Pro-Life Groups In A Month
The offices of three different pro-life organizations were firebombed in the course of a month after a leaked draft opinion revealed the Supreme Court would likely overturn Roe v. Wade.

Will The FBI Do Anything About The Alarming Number Of Attacks On Pro-Life Centers?
The same agency that investigated hate crime allegations that a garage pull cord was a noose is failing to investigate arson, death threats, and terror threats from pro-abortionists.

Pro-Abortion Protester Rushed Biden’s Motorcade And Immediately Regretted It
Secret service swiftly took down the protestor as she walked toward the oncoming motorcade while screaming into a megaphone.

State Department Prepares To Announce Worldwide Racial Equity Chief, Leaked Email Shows
The position’s holder has not been named, but the Special Representative will have wide-reaching powers, since he or she will be responsible for “institutionaliz[ing] an enterprise-wide approach to integrating racial and ethnic equity.”

House passes sweeping gun bill to raise assault rifle purchase age to 21
The bill, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, would also bar the sale of large-capacity magazines and institute new rules that dictate proper at-home gun storage. The bill is DOA in the senate.

Other woke DAs who could be run out of office like San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin
Boudin, the son of convicted Weather Underground terrorists, blamed his ouster on “right-wing billionaires” who “outspent us 3-to-1.”

Military confirms aircraft crash in California but denies nuclear materials onboard
The aircraft, an MV-22B Osprey with five Marines onboard, was not carrying nuclear materials, contrary to what was said in initial reports.

Raising a middle-class child will likely cost almost $286,000, according to USDA data
“The fact is that sending an infant to day care in many places across the country could be significantly more expensive than in-state public tuition to send them to college”

Ibram X. Kendi wondered if daughter inhaled 'smog' of 'white superiority' from doll
His daughter grew attached to a white doll with blue eyes, throwing fits when she had to put it down. He "wondered if our black child’s attachment to a white doll could mean she had already breathed in what the psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum has called the 'smog' of white superiority."

The Meme That Derailed an Executive’s Career
John Demsey made diversity Estée Lauder’s corporate pitch. But on Feb. 21, he was fired for posting a meme. Over the past few years, powerful white executives have lost their jobs because of racist statements they made to employees and others.

Squatter with fake lease won’t leave Chicago woman’s home
“If somebody gets into the property in the middle of the night, nobody sees them get in the property, they have a lease in hand. Well, a police officer can’t determine - they’re not a judge - (if) that’s a fake lease, or that’s a fake signature or it’s forged”

Politics...

Hunter says he's the biggest influence on Joe Biden
“He’s going to talk about drug reform and any other thing that I want him to. [Joe Biden] thinks I’m a god.” ... “My dad respects me more than he respects anyone in the world, and I know that to be certain, so it’s not going to be about whether it ­affects his politics.”

Biden’s RCP Average Drops Under 40% As More Polls Show Him Hitting Record Lows
The RealClearPolitics poll of polls has Biden’s approval rating at 39.7%, a record low mark, with an average of 55% disapproval.

Biden whined about negative press to reporters in off-the-record conversation
Politico goes on to talk about how Biden and his family feel too much attention is placed on the president's low approval numbers and staff turnover rather than bright spots in the economy.

Biden on Kimmel: Republicans 'literally' put our democracy in jeopardy
“I also get asked, ‘look the Republicans don’t play it square, why do you play it square? Well guess what, if we do the same thing they do, our democracy would literally be in jeopardy and that is not a joke.” Biden hasn’t given a sit-down interview to a reporter in four months.

Democrats frustrated by flat-footed White House
Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated by what they say is a flat-footed White House that is slow to catch up on solving a seemingly never-ending cascade of problems in the face of an unrelenting news cycle.

Biden again trips up Air Force One stairs
Biden began his fraught ascension of the plane’s stairs after declining to take questions from reporters.

DeSantis Reacts To Straw Poll Showing Him Leading Against Trump
“I don’t do straw polls. They just put my name to these things, you know? So, what am I supposed to do? Like they sell merchandise and everything. I’d kind of like to get royalties on that.”

Democrats change party registration ahead of GOP primary
Thousands of registered Colorado Democrats are changing their party affiliation ahead of the GOP primaries, with some citing it as an effort to oust Rep. Lauren Boebert from office.

The Day Our Democracy Almost Died...

Trump Pentagon first offered National Guard to Capitol four days before Jan. 6 riots, memo shows
Official Capitol Police timeline validates Trump administration's account, shows Democrats' fateful rejections of offers. "Seems absolutely illogical," one official wrote about security posture hours before riot began.

WaPo: Fox News’s blackout of Jan. 6 points to a hidden crisis for Democrats
The not-so-shocking revelation that Fox News will not carry House committee hearings about the insurrection is yet another sign that right-wing media will go to extraordinary lengths to shield the GOP base from brutal truths about Jan. 6, 2021. [cue ominous music]

WaPo: In South Dakota, the GOP war on democracy hits a wall
The idea of majority rule is under relentless attack, and it’s hard to feel optimistic that the public cares that much. If you try to motivate them to confront threats to foundational American values, they’re likely to tell you that they care more about gas prices.

Google relents after NY Post fights censorship of YouTube interview with Jan. 6 rioter
The latest Big Tech attempt to squash The NY Post’s reporting occurred Monday when YouTube deleted the interview taped inside the Capitol — saying Aaron Mostofsky spouted “misinformation.”

Economy...

Gas hits record $4.96 on Wednesday
That's 64 cents higher from a month ago and $1.89 higher than it was a year ago, according to AAA. In 16 states, the typical gas price has already topped $5 per gallon.

Empty wallets, empty tanks: Surging gas prices leave drivers stranded
AAA fielded 50,787 out-of-gas calls in April, a 32 percent jump from the same month last year. More than 200,000 drivers have been similarly stranded this year. And gas prices have risen precipitously since April, making the financial pain even more acute.

Gas prices: 'Demand destruction' has already started, says strategist
"If we broach $125/b on crude oil, and stay there for a while, consumers will change their behavior"

Americans Go On Credit Card Tear, Pandemic Savings Wiped Out
The April consumer credit report from the Federal Reserve saw a surge in credit card debt, resulting in the largest ever increase in revolving credit, as Americans’ savings from the pandemic are running out, according to ZeroHedge.

Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years
Refinance demand was down 75% year over year.

Here’s how soon prices could go down again, according to 'experts'
There’s not a solid answer, but 2022 seems the worst for inflation with prices leveling out by 2023.

Major trucking company says it's done transporting firearms
Saia has announced it will no longer transport firearms amid a renewed national debate on gun control., Freight Waves reported on Monday.

South of the Border...

Summit of the Americas: Biden struggles to exert U.S. influence in own backyard
Nearly one-third of the region's democratically elected heads of state have decided to boycott the summit.

COVID-19...

With aid stalled, the White House says it has to shift funds from testing to buy more vaccines and treatments
The Biden admin has warned that without congressional action, it could have to unwind or sacrifice key pieces of the pandemic response.

Travel industry goes to Congress in effort to get feds to lift COVID tests for vaccinated travelers
Many other countries have dropped such requirements and industry leaders argue the policy does not match the threat posed by the virus.

Entertainment...

Robert De Niro says Biden is doing a very good job
The Rocky & Bullwinkle star said of Biden, "he's, you know, he got us into calm waters, that was always the idea. He's doing a very good job."

R. Kelly should get more than 25 years in prison ‘to protect the public’: federal prosecutors
Kelly, who is scheduled to be sentenced June 29, was found guilty last September of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades.

Tim Burton Unloads On ‘Batman’ Franchise
"Wait a minute. Okay. Hold on a second here. You complain about me, I’m too weird, I’m too dark, and then you put nipples on the costume? Go f**k yourself."

Media...

DeSantis to WaPo after attacks on press secretary: ‘We don’t care what you think anymore’
"I would be much more concerned with my press secretary if the Washington Post was writing puff pieces about her. Then I would think something was wrong."

The WaPo's week from Hell
Amber Heard's op-ed, Taylor Lorenz's reporting, Dave Weigel's retweet have caused headaches for the paper

WaPo: Why aren’t there more Republicans like Liz Cheney?
With the passing of Arizona senator John McCain and the retirement of other Republicans with backbone (e.g., Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona), the party now consists almost entirely of timorous sheep willing to fall in line behind the MAGA base regardless of the consequences.

Middle East...

Iran Turns Off U.N. Surveillance Cameras at Nuclear Site
The step came as tensions have risen over stalled efforts to revive a 2015 deal that limited Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions.

Australia...

Australia’s Baby Steps Toward Severing Ties With the Queen
The government has established a ministerial position to begin the process of making the country a republic. Polling shows that a slim majority of Australians would support a republic if they had to choose yes or no.

Environment...

EU lawmakers endorse banning combustion-engine cars by 2035
Environmentalists applauded the vote while German automakers warned there is a lack of charging stations to make the plan feasible.

People living on the coast could be forced to move due to climate change, UK warns
Referring to what he described as the “hardest of all the inconvenient truths,” James Bevan said that “some of our communities, both in this country and around the world, cannot stay where they are.”

LGBTQIA2S+...

NY Times: A Vanishing Word in the Abortion Debate: ‘Women’
Progressive groups and medical organizations have adopted inclusive language, which has led to terms like “pregnant people” and “chestfeeding.”

Education...

Education Honchos Swapped CRT Buzzwords To Avoid Public Pushback
Terms like “equity” and “bias” were deemed good words, while “racial equity” was dumped for “cultural equity.” “All children and families” was suggested as an alternative to “people of color” and “narrow societal norms” was substituted for “whiteness.”

Michigan is poised to become 14th state to mandate personal finance education
The legislation is the latest to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. Earlier this year, both Florida and Georgia passed similar laws.

Technology...

Twitter to give Elon Musk internal data on spam, fake accounts: report
Washington Post notes that the data, which reportedly includes account information, a real-time record of tweets and the devices users tweet from, could be given to Musk as soon as this week. Currently, about two dozen companies pay to access the data.

Woman wakes up from 4-week coma to find partner blocked her on social media
She emerged from the coma and showed signs of improvement — only to experience more anguish when she discovered her boyfriend had ghosted her on social media and moved in with another woman.

Microsoft exec accused of watching 'VR porn' in office resigns
Microsoft’s VR chief Alex Kipman has resigned days after reports surfaced that he had watched “VR porn” in front of workers and engaged in forms of misconduct toward female employees.

TikTok challenge, where you jump in front of a moving truck, kills 2
Two Indonesian teens have died due to the “angel of death” truck challenge.

Sports...

Redskins' coach 'apologizes' for comment comparing Jan 6 rioting to BLM rioting
"I see the images on TV. People's livelihoods are being destroyed. Businesses are being burned down, no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down. And we're not gonna talk about, we're gonna make that a major deal," he continued.

Ohio State star QB driving $200K car in NIL deal
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day recently remarked that he believed it would cost about $13 million in NIL deals each year for the Buckeyes to continue fielding a competitive roster.

Hot twins, who play college basketball, have made more than $1-million since NIL policy change
The NIL policy change has allowed athletes, particularly women, to see their bank accounts swell as large as their social-media followings.

Animals...

Man mistakes alligator for dog, with predictable results
The man was walking outside the motel and saw a dark figure moving along the bushes on a path. He thought it was a dog on a long leash, so he didn’t move out of the way. Then the alligator bit his leg.

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A nation unravels when its shared culture is the first thing to go

Spencer Platt / Staff | Getty Images

Texas now hosts Quran-first academies, Sharia-compliant housing schemes, and rapidly multiplying mosques — all part of a movement building a self-contained society apart from the country around it.

It is time to talk honestly about what is happening inside America’s rapidly growing Muslim communities. In city after city, large pockets of newcomers are choosing to build insulated enclaves rather than enter the broader American culture.

That trend is accelerating, and the longer we ignore it, the harder it becomes to address.

As Texas goes, so goes America. And as America goes, so goes the free world.

America has always welcomed people of every faith and people from every corner of the world, but the deal has never changed: You come here and you join the American family. You are free to honor your traditions, keep your faith, but you must embrace the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. You melt into the shared culture that allows all of us to live side by side.

Across the country, this bargain is being rejected by Islamist communities that insist on building a parallel society with its own rules, its own boundaries, and its own vision for how life should be lived.

Texas illustrates the trend. The state now has roughly 330 mosques. At least 48 of them were built in just the last 24 months. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex alone has around 200 Islamic centers. Houston has another hundred or so. Many of these communities have no interest in blending into American life.

This is not the same as past waves of immigration. Irish, Italian, Korean, Mexican, and every other group arrived with pride in their heritage. Still, they also raised American flags and wanted their children to be part of the country’s future. They became doctors, small-business owners, teachers, and soldiers. They wanted to be Americans.

What we are watching now is not the melting pot. It is isolation by design.

Parallel societies do not end well

More than 300 fundamentalist Islamic schools now operate full-time across the country. Many use Quran-first curricula that require students to spend hours memorizing religious texts before they ever reach math or science. In Dallas, Brighter Horizons Academy enrolls more than 1,700 students and draws federal support while operating on a social model that keeps children culturally isolated.

Then there is the Epic City project in Collin and Hunt counties — 402 acres originally designated only for Muslim buyers, with Sharia-compliant financing and a mega-mosque at the center. After public outcry and state investigations, the developers renamed it “The Meadows,” but a new sign does not erase the original intent. It is not a neighborhood. It is a parallel society.

Americans should not hesitate to say that parallel societies are dangerous. Europe tried this experiment, and the results could not be clearer. In Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, entire neighborhoods now operate under their own cultural rules, some openly hostile to Western norms. When citizens speak up, they are branded bigots for asserting a basic right: the ability to live safely in their own communities.

A crisis of confidence

While this separation widens, another crisis is unfolding at home. A recent Gallup survey shows that about 40% of American women ages 18 to 39 would leave the country permanently if given the chance. Nearly half of a rising generation — daughters, sisters, soon-to-be mothers — no longer believe this nation is worth building a future in.

And who shapes the worldview of young boys? Their mothers. If a mother no longer believes America is home, why would her child grow up ready to defend it?

As Texas goes, so goes America. And as America goes, so goes the free world. If we lose confidence in our own national identity at the same time that we allow separatist enclaves to spread unchecked, the outcome is predictable. Europe is already showing us what comes next: cultural fracture, political radicalization, and the slow death of national unity.

Brandon Bell / Staff | Getty Images

Stand up and tell the truth

America welcomes Muslims. America defends their right to worship freely. A Muslim who loves the Constitution, respects the rule of law, and wants to raise a family in peace is more than welcome in America.

But an Islamist movement that rejects assimilation, builds enclaves governed by its own religious framework, and treats American law as optional is not simply another participant in our melting pot. It is a direct challenge to it. If we refuse to call this problem out out of fear of being called names, we will bear the consequences.

Europe is already feeling those consequences — rising conflict and a political class too paralyzed to admit the obvious. When people feel their culture, safety, and freedoms slipping away, they will follow anyone who promises to defend them. History has shown that over and over again.

Stand up. Speak plainly. Be unafraid. You can practice any faith in this country, but the supremacy of the Constitution and the Judeo-Christian moral framework that shaped it is non-negotiable. It is what guarantees your freedom in the first place.

If you come here and honor that foundation, welcome. If you come here to undermine it, you do not belong here.

Wake up to what is unfolding before the consequences arrive. Because when a nation refuses to say what is true, the truth eventually forces its way in — and by then, it is always too late.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Shocking: Chart-topping ‘singer’ has no soul at all

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A machine can imitate heartbreak well enough to top the charts, but it cannot carry grief, choose courage, or hear the whisper that calls human beings to something higher.

The No. 1 country song in America right now was not written in Nashville or Texas or even L.A. It came from code. “Walk My Walk,” the AI-generated single by the AI artist Breaking Rust, hit the top spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and if you listen to it without knowing that fact, you would swear a real singer lived the pain he is describing.

Except there is no “he.” There is no lived experience. There is no soul behind the voice dominating the country music charts.

If a machine can imitate the soul, then what is the soul?

I will admit it: I enjoy some AI music. Some of it is very good. And that leaves us with a question that is no longer science fiction. If a machine can fake being human this well, what does it mean to be human?

A new world of artificial experience

This is not just about one song. We are walking straight into a technological moment that will reshape everyday life.

Elon Musk said recently that we may not even have phones in five years. Instead, we will carry a small device that listens, anticipates, and creates — a personal AI agent that knows what we want to hear before we ask. It will make the music, the news, the podcasts, the stories. We already live in digital bubbles. Soon, those bubbles might become our own private worlds.

If an algorithm can write a hit country song about hardship and perseverance without a shred of actual experience, then the deeper question becomes unavoidable: If a machine can imitate the soul, then what is the soul?

What machines can never do

A machine can produce, and soon it may produce better than we can. It can calculate faster than any human mind. It can rearrange the notes and words of a thousand human songs into something that sounds real enough to fool millions.

But it cannot care. It cannot love. It cannot choose right and wrong. It cannot forgive because it cannot be hurt. It cannot stand between a child and danger. It cannot walk through sorrow.

A machine can imitate the sound of suffering. It cannot suffer.

The difference is the soul. The divine spark. The thing God breathed into man that no code will ever have. Only humans can take pain and let it grow into compassion. Only humans can take fear and turn it into courage. Only humans can rebuild their lives after losing everything. Only humans hear the whisper inside, the divine voice that says, “Live for something greater.”

We are building artificial minds. We are not building artificial life.

Questions that define us

And as these artificial minds grow sharper, as their tools become more convincing, the right response is not panic. It is to ask the oldest and most important questions.

Who am I? Why am I here? What is the meaning of freedom? What is worth defending? What is worth sacrificing for?

That answer is not found in a lab or a server rack. It is found in that mysterious place inside each of us where reason meets faith, where suffering becomes wisdom, where God reminds us we are more than flesh and more than thought. We are not accidents. We are not circuits. We are not replaceable.

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The miracle machines can never copy

Being human is not about what we can produce. Machines will outproduce us. That is not the question. Being human is about what we can choose. We can choose to love even when it costs us something. We can choose to sacrifice when it is not easy. We can choose to tell the truth when the world rewards lies. We can choose to stand when everyone else bows. We can create because something inside us will not rest until we do.

An AI content generator can borrow our melodies, echo our stories, and dress itself up like a human soul, but it cannot carry grief across a lifetime. It cannot forgive an enemy. It cannot experience wonder. It cannot look at a broken world and say, “I am going to build again.”

The age of machines is rising. And if we do not know who we are, we will shrink. But if we use this moment to remember what makes us human, it will help us to become better, because the one thing no algorithm will ever recreate is the miracle that we exist at all — the miracle of the human soul.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Shocking shift: America’s youth lured by the “Socialism trap”

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A generation that’s lost faith in capitalism is turning to the oldest lie on earth: equality through control.

Something is breaking in America’s young people. You can feel it in every headline, every grocery bill, every young voice quietly asking if the American dream still means anything at all.

For many, the promise of America — work hard, build something that lasts, and give the next generation a better start — feels like it no longer exists. Home ownership and stability have become luxuries for a fortunate few.

Capitalism is not a perfect system. It is flawed because people are flawed, but it remains the only system that rewards creativity and effort rather than punishing them.

In that vacuum of hope, a new promise has begun to rise — one that sounds compassionate, equal, and fair. The promise of socialism.

The appeal of a broken dream

When the American dream becomes a checklist of things few can afford — a home, a car, two children, even a little peace — disappointment quickly turns to resentment. The average first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old. Debt lasts longer than marriages. The cost of living rises faster than opportunity.

For a generation that has never seen the system truly work, capitalism feels like a rigged game built to protect those already at the top.

That is where socialism finds its audience. It presents itself as fairness for the forgotten and justice for the disillusioned. It speaks softly at first, offering equality, compassion, and control disguised as care.

We are seeing that illusion play out now in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani — an open socialist — has won a major political victory. The same ideology that once hid behind euphemisms now campaigns openly throughout America’s once-great cities. And for many who feel left behind, it sounds like salvation.

But what socialism calls fairness is submission dressed as virtue. What it calls order is obedience. Once the system begins to replace personal responsibility with collective dependence, the erosion of liberty is only a matter of time.

The bridge that never ends

Socialism is not a destination; it is a bridge. Karl Marx described it as the necessary transition to communism — the scaffolding that builds the total state. Under socialism, people are taught to obey. Under communism, they forget that any other options exist.

History tells the story clearly. Russia, China, Cambodia, Cuba — each promised equality and delivered misery. One hundred million lives were lost, not because socialism failed, but because it succeeded at what it was designed to do: make the state supreme and the individual expendable.

Today’s advocates insist their version will be different — democratic, modern, and kind. They often cite Sweden as an example, but Sweden’s prosperity was never born of socialism. It grew out of capitalism, self-reliance, and a shared moral culture. Now that system is cracking under the weight of bureaucracy and division.

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The real issue is not economic but moral. Socialism begins with a lie about human nature — that people exist for the collective and that the collective knows better than the individual.

This lie is contrary to the truths on which America was founded — that rights come not from government’s authority, but from God’s. Once government replaces that authority, compassion becomes control, and freedom becomes permission.

What young America deserves

Young Americans have many reasons to be frustrated. They were told to study, work hard, and follow the rules — and many did, only to find the goalposts moved again and again. But tearing down the entire house does not make it fairer; it only leaves everyone standing in the rubble.

Capitalism is not a perfect system. It is flawed because people are flawed, but it remains the only system that rewards creativity and effort rather than punishing them. The answer is not revolution but renewal — moral, cultural, and spiritual.

It means restoring honesty to markets, integrity to government, and faith to the heart of our nation. A people who forsake God will always turn to government for salvation, and that road always ends in dependency and decay.

Freedom demands something of us. It requires faith, discipline, and courage. It expects citizens to govern themselves before others govern them. That is the truth this generation deserves to hear again — that liberty is not a gift from the state but a calling from God.

Socialism always begins with promises and ends with permission. It tells you what to drive, what to say, what to believe, all in the name of fairness. But real fairness is not everyone sharing the same chains — it is everyone having the same chance.

The American dream was never about guarantees. It was about the right to try, to fail, and try again. That freedom built the most prosperous nation in history, and it can do so again if we remember that liberty is not a handout but a duty.

Socialism does not offer salvation. It requires subservience.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Rage isn’t conservatism — THIS is what true patriots stand for

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Conservatism is not about rage or nostalgia. It’s about moral clarity, national renewal, and guarding the principles that built America’s freedom.

Our movement is at a crossroads, and the question before us is simple: What does it mean to be a conservative in America today?

For years, we have been told what we are against — against the left, against wokeism, against decline. But opposition alone does not define a movement, and it certainly does not define a moral vision.

We are not here to cling to the past or wallow in grievance. We are not the movement of rage. We are the movement of reason and hope.

The media, as usual, are eager to supply their own answer. The New York Times recently suggested that Nick Fuentes represents the “future” of conservatism. That’s nonsense — a distortion of both truth and tradition. Fuentes and those like him do not represent American conservatism. They represent its counterfeit.

Real conservatism is not rage. It is reverence. It does not treat the past as a museum, but as a teacher. America’s founders asked us to preserve their principles and improve upon their practice. That means understanding what we are conserving — a living covenant, not a relic.

Conservatism as stewardship

In 2025, conservatism means stewardship — of a nation, a culture, and a moral inheritance too precious to abandon. To conserve is not to freeze history. It is to stand guard over what is essential. We are custodians of an experiment in liberty that rests on the belief that rights come not from kings or Congress, but from the Creator.

That belief built this country. It will be what saves it. The Constitution is a covenant between generations. Conservatism is the duty to keep that covenant alive — to preserve what works, correct what fails, and pass on both wisdom and freedom to those who come next.

Economics, culture, and morality are inseparable. Debt is not only fiscal; it is moral. Spending what belongs to the unborn is theft. Dependence is not compassion; it is weakness parading as virtue. A society that trades responsibility for comfort teaches citizens how to live as slaves.

Freedom without virtue is not freedom; it is chaos. A culture that mocks faith cannot defend liberty, and a nation that rejects truth cannot sustain justice. Conservatism must again become the moral compass of a disoriented people, reminding America that liberty survives only when anchored to virtue.

Rebuilding what is broken

We cannot define ourselves by what we oppose. We must build families, communities, and institutions that endure. Government is broken because education is broken, and education is broken because we abandoned the formation of the mind and the soul. The work ahead is competence, not cynicism.

Conservatives should embrace innovation and technology while rejecting the chaos of Silicon Valley. Progress must not come at the expense of principle. Technology must strengthen people, not replace them. Artificial intelligence should remain a servant, never a master. The true strength of a nation is not measured by data or bureaucracy, but by the quiet webs of family, faith, and service that hold communities together. When Washington falters — and it will — those neighborhoods must stand.

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This is the real work of conservatism: to conserve what is good and true and to reform what has decayed. It is not about slogans; it is about stewardship — the patient labor of building a civilization that remembers what it stands for.

A creed for the rising generation

We are not here to cling to the past or wallow in grievance. We are not the movement of rage. We are the movement of reason and hope.

For the rising generation, conservatism cannot be nostalgia. It must be more than a memory of 9/11 or admiration for a Reagan era they never lived through. Many young Americans did not experience those moments — and they should not have to in order to grasp the lessons they taught and the truths they embodied. The next chapter is not about preserving relics but renewing purpose. It must speak to conviction, not cynicism; to moral clarity, not despair.

Young people are searching for meaning in a culture that mocks truth and empties life of purpose. Conservatism should be the moral compass that reminds them freedom is responsibility and that faith, family, and moral courage remain the surest rebellions against hopelessness.

To be a conservative in 2025 is to defend the enduring principles of American liberty while stewarding the culture, the economy, and the spirit of a free people. It is to stand for truth when truth is unfashionable and to guard moral order when the world celebrates chaos.

We are not merely holding the torch. We are relighting it.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.