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Russiagate...

Trump's CIA director has bad news for Hillary Clinton regarding alleged 'treasonous conspiracy'
John Ratcliffe says newly declassified intel ties Clinton directly to the 2016 Russia hoax, alleging she approved the plan to smear Trump and that Obama’s top officials knew about it — and the Durham Annex may reveal even more.

Details buried in recently declassified docs further implicate Obama in Russia hoax
The report Obama ordered was rushed, manipulated, and intentionally crafted to paint Trump as illegitimate, while concealing evidence that contradicted that narrative.

Obama’s bruised ego was behind the corrupt plot to bring down Trump
It was the most sensational news story in history. By one estimate, more than half a million articles were written about the collusion issue, the vast majority asserting or assuming criminality on Trump’s part.

Disgraced Russiagate FBI Agent Purges X Posts As Trump Admin Bears Down On Obama Intel Officials
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok deleted all of his posts on the social media site X Monday.

News...

Gunman kills NYPD officer and 3 others in Midtown skyscraper rampage
A 27-year-old ex-casino guard from Las Vegas opened fire inside a Park Avenue high-rise housing NFL and Blackstone offices, murdering four before turning the rifle on himself. The slain cop’s wife is pregnant with their third child.

Blackstone workers barricade office door during deadly NYC shooting rampage
Workers in business attire were seen stacking dozens of gray couches up against their office door inside 345 Park Avenue — which also houses the NFL headquarters — until the furniture barricade reached the ceiling.

In New Planned Parenthood Ruling, Obama Judge Flouts Logic And The Constitution
Indira Talwani expanded her injunction to protect all Planned Parenthood affiliates, overriding Congress and the president to keep taxpayer money flowing despite the new federal ban.

Obama-appointed judge accused of fabricating quotes wholesale
Julien Neals withdrew his opinion after a lawyer flagged fake citations and misattributed quotes, raising concerns that AI and unchecked clerks are writing federal rulings behind the scenes.

New York county clerk sued by Texas attorney general over shipping abortion pills
A county clerk in New York has been sued by the attorney general in Texas for refusing to certify a court judgment against a New York City doctor accused of sending abortion pills to the state.

FBI launches probe after brutal mob beating at Cincinnati Music Festival
A viral video showing a man and woman violently attacked by a mob has prompted a federal investigation, with AG Pam Bondi directing the FBI to step in as officials vow arrests and full prosecution.

JD Vance says video of violent fight in Cincinnati shows 'mob of lawless thugs'
"The only way to destroy that street violence is to take the thugs who engaged in that violence and throw their asses in prison," Vance said.

Baltimore homicides plunge over 60% after Soros prosecutor ousted
The murder rate soared after state attorney Marilyn Mosby took office in 2015 on a progressive platform of refusing to prosecute low-level crimes while aggressively charging police officers, including those involved in the death of Freddie Gray.

Californians Can Now Buy Ammunition Online Just Like Free Americans
Golden State ammunition restrictions have been voided for violating the Second Amendment.

WaPo: In a stressful human world, ‘mermaiding’ gains popularity in DC area
Enthusiasts say the trend of dressing as mermaids, taking “shellfies,” and swimming in pods at local pools is a unique way to escape from everyday concerns.

Flashback: Elvis biography claims King took home syphilis from mermaids during Florida visit
Presley’s three-hour-long 1961 visit to the mermaid theme park in Weeki Wachee was a sort of wham-bam-thank-you-mer-ma’am affair that left him with a lifelong reminder of his trip, according to the book’s author.

Epstein...

Trump Says Biden Admin Wouldn’t Have Hesitated To Release Epstein Files If They Incriminated Him
“Those files were run for four years by those people. If they had anything, I assume they would’ve released it. The whole thing is a hoax."

Bedford: Why an Epstein special investigator is a disastrously stupid idea
At this stage, the Epstein story has morphed into something more than a theory. It’s a belief system. And like any belief system, it doesn’t bend easily to facts or ambiguity.

Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to overturn her conviction
The former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered by an agreement Epstein made with federal authorities that shielded her from prosecution.

Politics...

Thune Warns Dems Are Setting ‘Dangerous And Ugly Precedent’ With Trump’s Nominees
Senate majority leaders calls out "historic level of obstruction."

Democrats Currently Facing ‘Lowest’ Favorability Ratings ‘On Record,’ CNN’s Harry Enten Says
“I mean, my God. We mentioned CNN, we had that poll come out a little while ago on their net favorable rating,” Enten said. “They are 26 points underwater. You think that's low enough? How about we go even lower."

Trump's approval rating 6 months into 2nd term higher than Bush or Obama
The RealClearPolitics average shows Trump with a 46.2% approval rating at the 6-month mark of his second term, compared to 45.0% for Bush at the same point in his presidency — and bringing up the rear, Obama at 44.8%.

WaPo: There is a robot in Washington that signs the president’s name
It’s been a tool of convenience for many administrations. How did the autopen become a "SCANDAL"? (Note the correction at the end: "A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that President Joe Biden pardoned himself before leaving office. He pardoned members of his family.")

Jasmine Crockett Went Full Panic Mode After Exposing Insane Narcissism In ‘The Atlantic’ Profile
The Texas Democrat threatened to shut down the piece when she found out fellow lawmakers were interviewed — only to be described as image-obsessed, undisciplined, and hungry for clout.

Top Aide to NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani Lauded UnitedHealthcare Killer: 'Looking Forward to Driving Down Mangione Avenue'
Mangione "is adored not only because he dared to target a leader of one of the most vile, self-enriching industries darkening our society today, but because he dared to defy the stasis of nihilistic rejection."

Somali Socialist Running For Minneapolis Mayor Defended Fraudsters Who Stole Food From Poor Kids
Fateh is a democratic socialist running for mayor of Minneapolis.

Economy...

Hawley introduces legislation to send $600 tariff rebate checks to Americans
The legislation would send $600 to adult Americans and dependent children who make less than $75,000 a year for individuals, $112,000 a year for head of households, and $150,000 for joint filers.

Axios: Trump trade deals prove access to the US still matters above all else
“In the Trump-dominated global economy, the U.S. gets plenty but gives nothing in return.”

France blasts US-EU trade agreement as act of 'submission' to Trump admin
French PM François Bayrou called it a “dark day” and whined about “submission” — right on schedule for France’s usual three-day surrender window.

Jim Cramer drops F-bomb live on air while marveling over Trump’s ‘great economy’
“Our biggest problem is we have so much growth that the Fed won’t cut. What the f**k!”

Immigration...

Family’s tearful goodbye to teen whose organs were donated after alleged drunk illegal immigrant plowed into him
A heartbreaking video shows the final moments of a Wisconsin teen’s life that was allegedly taken by an illegal immigrant drunk driver as his family gave their final goodbye before his organs were donated.

Illegal alien, freed into US by Biden’s DHS, charged with attempting to stab ICE officers
Bass Ndiaye, a Senegalese national released by DHS in 2023, allegedly attacked an ICE agent and other detainees with scissors while in federal custody.

Wealthy Residents Of Maine Resort Town Fret Over Losing Access To Cheap Illegal Labor
“Heavens, Lovey! If they start checking papers, who’s going to clean the bidet?”

Israel...

Trump Administration Boycotts UN ‘Publicity Stunt’ Conference On Palestinian Statehood
"Our focus remains on serious diplomacy: not stage-managed conferences designed to manufacture the appearance of relevance."

‘You can’t fake that’: Trump sees ‘real starvation’ in Gaza, says Israel must do more
Trump’s comments, along with promises to set up “food centers” in the Strip, came amid global condemnations of Israel for the humanitarian situation in the enclave, after images circulated last week of emaciated children in the war-torn territory.

Image of Gazan child with genetic illness being used to falsely smear Israel, COGAT charges
According to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the subject of the viral photo, 5-year-old Osama al-Rakab, suffers from a serious genetic illness that is unrelated to the ongoing war and is currently undergoing treatment abroad.

Russia...

'Not So Interested in Talking Anymore': Trump Shortens Putin's Deadline, Says Russia Must End Ukraine War in '10 or 12 Days'
"There's no reason in waiting. There's no reason in waiting. [It was] 50 days — I want to be generous. But we just don't see any progress being made."

South America...

Peru’s left-wing president has a 1.3% approval rate
Broken down further, women approve of her slightly more than men — recording a 1.5% approval rate as opposed to the 1% of men that approve of her. Boluarte has the worst approval rating among those aged 30-59, with only 0.9% approving of her.

10 Years in Prison for Selling a T-Shirt of a Hugo Chávez Statue Getting Smashed
Two Venezuelan women were convicted of incitement to hatred, treason, and terrorism.

Entertainment...

'Fantastic Four' Might Be Hollywood’s Strongest-Ever Pro-Life Movie
Its Marvel creators likely didn’t set out to make a powerful case for the sanctity of life, but that’s the thing about reality: Good stories reflect it.

'The Simpsons' creator gleefully predicts 'somebody's' death before attacking MAGA: 'There will be dancing in the streets'
Groening implied he would stop making "The Simpsons" when "somebody" dies. "No, there's no end in sight. We're going to keep going. We're going to go until somebody dies. When you-know-who dies, 'The Simpsons' predicts that there will be dancing in the streets. Except President Vance will ban dancing."

Media...

'Fact-checker' Glenn Kessler takes buyout and leaves Washington Post — here's a list of his worst work
Kessler admitted the WaPo gave Biden a pass out of assumption he'd be more honest, even as his tenure included fact-checks that contradicted its own data and downplayed Hunter Biden scandals.

Russiagate Shows How Media Use Fake ‘Fact Checks’ To Launder Info Ops
When Trump began calling out the hoax in real time, the "fact-checkers" swooped in to dismiss his claims.

Environment...

Trump scraps Biden’s Alaska energy restrictions, opens path to drilling in massive reserve
The administration axed three Biden-era policies to fast-track oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, reversing years of anti-energy roadblocks pushed in the name of “conservation.”

New York could become first state to ban natural gas hook-ups
A federal judge rejected a challenge to New York’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new buildings, letting the climate-driven law advance while warning it could devastate local gas industries and force higher costs on homeowners.

Serious people don’t sign manifestos with disappearing ink
Federal employees who signed the “Stand Up for Science” letter are now scrubbing their names as Administrator Zeldin suspends them for insubordination, exposing the cowardice behind their failed resistance stunt.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Trump DOJ Subpoenas Boston Children’s Hospital For Alleged Youth Sex Change Fraud
The Justice Department is probing 20 hospitals "involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children."

Health...

RFK Jr. To Oust Key Health Panel Over ‘Woke’ Nonsense
The panel referred to pregnant women as "pregnant persons."

AI...

China pitches global AI governance group as the US goes it alone
China has proposed a global action plan to govern artificial intelligence, just days after the United States unveiled its own plan to promote U.S. dominance of the rapidly growing field that’s become a key bargaining chip in trade talks between the economic powerhouses.

AI faces death by a thousand state regulations
In the coming days, Trump is expected to announce a new White House AI plan that is expected to reaffirm the administration’s belief that a light-touch regulatory approach is essential for U.S. dominance.

Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catchup on AI
“We have, for example, 30% more researchers per capita than the U.S. has, focused on AI. Also we have around 7,000 startups [that] are developing AI, but the main obstacle for them is that they have very limited computing capacity."

'Neither artificial nor intelligent': Physicist Lawrence Krauss casts doubt on AI's capabilities
While most AI chatbots "beautifully regurgitate" information found online, Krauss described, they still are not representative of a sentient intelligence.

Technology...

Trump nukes Biden’s $42B broadband scam
The program, launched in 2021, promised to provide tens of billions in subsidies to expand broadband internet in underdeveloped areas. How many people did this program actually connect to the internet? Zero.

Sports...

Column demands LA cancel 2028 Olympics over Trump
A San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece urged Los Angeles to abandon the 2028 Olympics, claiming the Games will serve as a “fascist pageant” under President Trump and give federal agencies too much power over the city.

July 29, 2011 - Remembering all of Obama's failed projects... Is Obama a revolutionary trying to destroy our country?... Glenn's plan for the deficit... Is the Tea Party trying to kill old people?... Would you walk around Walmart in a bikini?...

Why the White House restoration sent the left Into panic mode

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Presidents have altered the White House for decades, yet only Donald Trump is treated as a vandal for privately funding the East Wing’s restoration.

Every time a president so much as changes the color of the White House drapes, the press clutches its pearls. Unless the name on the stationery is Barack Obama’s, even routine restoration becomes a national outrage.

President Donald Trump’s decision to privately fund upgrades to the White House — including a new state ballroom — has been met with the usual chorus of gasps and sneers. You’d think he bulldozed Monticello.

If a Republican preserves beauty, it’s vandalism. If a Democrat does the same, it’s ‘visionary.’

The irony is that presidents have altered and expanded the White House for more than a century. President Franklin D. Roosevelt added the East and West Wings in the middle of the Great Depression. Newspapers accused him of building a palace while Americans stood in breadlines. History now calls it “vision.”

First lady Nancy Reagan faced the same hysteria. Headlines accused her of spending taxpayer money on new china “while Americans starved.” In truth, she raised private funds after learning that the White House didn’t have enough matching plates for state dinners. She took the ridicule and refused to pass blame.

“I’m a big girl,” she told her staff. “This comes with the job.” That was dignity — something the press no longer recognizes.

A restoration, not a renovation

Trump’s project is different in every way that should matter. It costs taxpayers nothing. Not a cent. The president and a few friends privately fund the work. There’s no private pool or tennis court, no personal perks. The additions won’t even be completed until after he leaves office.

What’s being built is not indulgence — it’s stewardship. A restoration of aging rooms, worn fixtures, and century-old bathrooms that no longer function properly in the people’s house. Trump has paid for cast brass doorknobs engraved with the presidential seal, restored the carpets and moldings, and ensured that the architecture remains faithful to history.

The media’s response was mockery and accusations of vanity. They call it “grotesque excess,” while celebrating billion-dollar “climate art” projects and funneling hundreds of millions into activist causes like the No Kings movement. They lecture America on restraint while living off the largesse of billionaires.

The selective guardians of history

Where was this sudden reverence for history when rioters torched St. John’s Church — the same church where every president since James Madison has worshipped? The press called it an “expression of grief.”

Where was that reverence when mobs toppled statues of Washington, Jefferson, and Grant? Or when first lady Melania Trump replaced the Rose Garden’s lawn with a patio but otherwise followed Jackie Kennedy’s original 1962 plans in the garden’s restoration? They called that “desecration.”

If a Republican preserves beauty, it’s vandalism. If a Democrat does the same, it’s “visionary.”

The real desecration

The people shrieking about “historic preservation” care nothing for history. They hate the idea that something lasting and beautiful might be built by hands they despise. They mock craftsmanship because it exposes their own cultural decay.

The White House ballroom is not a scandal — it’s a mirror. And what it reflects is the media’s own pettiness. The ruling class that ridicules restoration is the same class that cheered as America’s monuments fell. Its members sneer at permanence because permanence condemns them.

Julia Beverly / Contributor | Getty Images

Trump’s improvements are an act of faith — in the nation’s symbols, its endurance, and its worth. The outrage over a privately funded renovation says less about him than it does about the journalists who mistake destruction for progress.

The real desecration isn’t happening in the East Wing. It’s happening in the newsrooms that long ago tore up their own foundation — truth — and never bothered to rebuild it.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Trump’s secret war in the Caribbean EXPOSED — It’s not about drugs

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The president’s moves in Venezuela, Guyana, and Colombia aren’t about drugs. They’re about re-establishing America’s sovereignty across the Western Hemisphere.

For decades, we’ve been told America’s wars are about drugs, democracy, or “defending freedom.” But look closer at what’s unfolding off the coast of Venezuela, and you’ll see something far more strategic taking shape. Donald Trump’s so-called drug war isn’t about fentanyl or cocaine. It’s about control — and a rebirth of American sovereignty.

The aim of Trump’s ‘drug war’ is to keep the hemisphere’s oil, minerals, and manufacturing within the Western family and out of Beijing’s hands.

The president understands something the foreign policy class forgot long ago: The world doesn’t respect apologies. It respects strength.

While the global elites in Davos tout the Great Reset, Trump is building something entirely different — a new architecture of power based on regional independence, not global dependence. His quiet campaign in the Western Hemisphere may one day be remembered as the second Monroe Doctrine.

Venezuela sits at the center of it all. It holds the world’s largest crude oil reserves — oil perfectly suited for America’s Gulf refineries. For years, China and Russia have treated Venezuela like a pawn on their chessboard, offering predatory loans in exchange for control of those resources. The result has been a corrupt, communist state sitting in our own back yard. For too long, Washington shrugged. Not any more.The naval exercises in the Caribbean, the sanctions, the patrols — they’re not about drug smugglers. They’re about evicting China from our hemisphere.

Trump is using the old “drug war” playbook to wage a new kind of war — an economic and strategic one — without firing a shot at our actual enemies. The goal is simple: Keep the hemisphere’s oil, minerals, and manufacturing within the Western family and out of Beijing’s hands.

Beyond Venezuela

Just east of Venezuela lies Guyana, a country most Americans couldn’t find on a map a year ago. Then ExxonMobil struck oil, and suddenly Guyana became the newest front in a quiet geopolitical contest. Washington is helping defend those offshore platforms, build radar systems, and secure undersea cables — not for charity, but for strategy. Control energy, data, and shipping lanes, and you control the future.

Moreover, Colombia — a country once defined by cartels — is now positioned as the hinge between two oceans and two continents. It guards the Panama Canal and sits atop rare-earth minerals every modern economy needs. Decades of American presence there weren’t just about cocaine interdiction; they were about maintaining leverage over the arteries of global trade. Trump sees that clearly.

PEDRO MATTEY / Contributor | Getty Images

All of these recent news items — from the military drills in the Caribbean to the trade negotiations — reflect a new vision of American power. Not global policing. Not endless nation-building. It’s about strategic sovereignty.

It’s the same philosophy driving Trump’s approach to NATO, the Middle East, and Asia. We’ll stand with you — but you’ll stand on your own two feet. The days of American taxpayers funding global security while our own borders collapse are over.

Trump’s Monroe Doctrine

Critics will call it “isolationism.” It isn’t. It’s realism. It’s recognizing that America’s strength comes not from fighting other people’s wars but from securing our own energy, our own supply lines, our own hemisphere. The first Monroe Doctrine warned foreign powers to stay out of the Americas. The second one — Trump’s — says we’ll defend them, but we’ll no longer be their bank or their babysitter.

Historians may one day mark this moment as the start of a new era — when America stopped apologizing for its own interests and started rebuilding its sovereignty, one barrel, one chip, and one border at a time.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Antifa isn’t “leaderless” — It’s an organized machine of violence

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The mob rises where men of courage fall silent. The lesson from Portland, Chicago, and other blue cities is simple: Appeasing radicals doesn’t buy peace — it only rents humiliation.

Parts of America, like Portland and Chicago, now resemble occupied territory. Progressive city governments have surrendered control to street militias, leaving citizens, journalists, and even federal officers to face violent anarchists without protection.

Take Portland, where Antifa has terrorized the city for more than 100 consecutive nights. Federal officers trying to keep order face nightly assaults while local officials do nothing. Independent journalists, such as Nick Sortor, have even been arrested for documenting the chaos. Sortor and Blaze News reporter Julio Rosas later testified at the White House about Antifa’s violence — testimony that corporate media outlets buried.

Antifa is organized, funded, and emboldened.

Chicago offers the same grim picture. Federal agents have been stalked, ambushed, and denied backup from local police while under siege from mobs. Calls for help went unanswered, putting lives in danger. This is more than disorder; it is open defiance of federal authority and a violation of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.

A history of violence

For years, the legacy media and left-wing think tanks have portrayed Antifa as “decentralized” and “leaderless.” The opposite is true. Antifa is organized, disciplined, and well-funded. Groups like Rose City Antifa in Oregon, the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club in Texas, and Jane’s Revenge operate as coordinated street militias. Legal fronts such as the National Lawyers Guild provide protection, while crowdfunding networks and international supporters funnel money directly to the movement.

The claim that Antifa lacks structure is a convenient myth — one that’s cost Americans dearly.

History reminds us what happens when mobs go unchecked. The French Revolution, Weimar Germany, Mao’s Red Guards — every one began with chaos on the streets. But it wasn’t random. Today’s radicals follow the same playbook: Exploit disorder, intimidate opponents, and seize moral power while the state looks away.

Dismember the dragon

The Trump administration’s decision to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization was long overdue. The label finally acknowledged what citizens already knew: Antifa functions as a militant enterprise, recruiting and radicalizing youth for coordinated violence nationwide.

But naming the threat isn’t enough. The movement’s financiers, organizers, and enablers must also face justice. Every dollar that funds Antifa’s destruction should be traced, seized, and exposed.

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This fight transcends party lines. It’s not about left versus right; it’s about civilization versus anarchy. When politicians and judges excuse or ignore mob violence, they imperil the republic itself. Americans must reject silence and cowardice while street militias operate with impunity.

Antifa is organized, funded, and emboldened. The violence in Portland and Chicago is deliberate, not spontaneous. If America fails to confront it decisively, the price won’t just be broken cities — it will be the erosion of the republic itself.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

URGENT: Supreme Court case could redefine religious liberty

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The state is effectively silencing professionals who dare speak truths about gender and sexuality, redefining faith-guided speech as illegal.

This week, free speech is once again on the line before the U.S. Supreme Court. At stake is whether Americans still have the right to talk about faith, morality, and truth in their private practice without the government’s permission.

The case comes out of Colorado, where lawmakers in 2019 passed a ban on what they call “conversion therapy.” The law prohibits licensed counselors from trying to change a minor’s gender identity or sexual orientation, including their behaviors or gender expression. The law specifically targets Christian counselors who serve clients attempting to overcome gender dysphoria and not fall prey to the transgender ideology.

The root of this case isn’t about therapy. It’s about erasing a worldview.

The law does include one convenient exception. Counselors are free to “assist” a person who wants to transition genders but not someone who wants to affirm their biological sex. In other words, you can help a child move in one direction — one that is in line with the state’s progressive ideology — but not the other.

Think about that for a moment. The state is saying that a counselor can’t even discuss changing behavior with a client. Isn’t that the whole point of counseling?

One‑sided freedom

Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado Springs, has been one of the victims of this blatant attack on the First Amendment. Chiles has dedicated her practice to helping clients dealing with addiction, trauma, sexuality struggles, and gender dysphoria. She’s also a Christian who serves patients seeking guidance rooted in biblical teaching.

Before 2019, she could counsel minors according to her faith. She could talk about biblical morality, identity, and the path to wholeness. When the state outlawed that speech, she stopped. She followed the law — and then she sued.

Her case, Chiles v. Salazar, is now before the Supreme Court. Justices heard oral arguments on Tuesday. The question: Is counseling a form of speech or merely a government‑regulated service?

If the court rules the wrong way, it won’t just silence therapists. It could muzzle pastors, teachers, parents — anyone who believes in truth grounded in something higher than the state.

Censored belief

I believe marriage between a man and a woman is ordained by God. I believe that family — mother, father, child — is central to His design for humanity.

I believe that men and women are created in God’s image, with divine purpose and eternal worth. Gender isn’t an accessory; it’s part of who we are.

I believe the command to “be fruitful and multiply” still stands, that the power to create life is sacred, and that it belongs within marriage between a man and a woman.

And I believe that when we abandon these principles — when we treat sex as recreation, when we dissolve families, when we forget our vows — society fractures.

Are those statements controversial now? Maybe. But if this case goes against Chiles, those statements and others could soon be illegal to say aloud in public.

Faith on trial

In Colorado today, a counselor cannot sit down with a 15‑year‑old who’s struggling with gender identity and say, “You were made in God’s image, and He does not make mistakes.” That is now considered hate speech.

That’s the “freedom” the modern left is offering — freedom to affirm, but never to question. Freedom to comply, but never to dissent. The same movement that claims to champion tolerance now demands silence from anyone who disagrees. The root of this case isn’t about therapy. It’s about erasing a worldview.

The real test

No matter what happens at the Supreme Court, we cannot stop speaking the truth. These beliefs aren’t political slogans. For me, they are the product of years of wrestling, searching, and learning through pain and grace what actually leads to peace. For us, they are the fundamental principles that lead to a flourishing life. We cannot balk at standing for truth.

Maybe that’s why God allows these moments — moments when believers are pushed to the wall. They force us to ask hard questions: What is true? What is worth standing for? What is worth dying for — and living for?

If we answer those questions honestly, we’ll find not just truth, but freedom.

The state doesn’t grant real freedom — and it certainly isn’t defined by Colorado legislators. Real freedom comes from God. And the day we forget that, the First Amendment will mean nothing at all.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.