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Morning Brief 2025-09-25

September 25, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Todd Lyons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director
TOPIC: What we know about the Dallas ICE facility shooting.

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Megyn Kelly
TOPIC: Jimmy Kimmel’s “cancellation” was just a five-day vacation.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
TOPIC: How long has it been known that Tylenol might be unsafe for use during pregnancy?

News...

While media denied leftist violence after Kirk murder, 3 more left-wing attacks happened
On Wednesday, an apparently left-wing, “anti-ICE” shooter tried to kill ICE agents, and the media is already churning to psyop people into believing this person was actually on the right.

Dallas attack on ICE the latest in trend of assailants engraving bullets, weapons with 'messages'
“What you see is, this is an overt and covert effort to turn political dialogue into violence, and to talk about words being violence, and therefore violence as violence is somehow justified.”

NBC said ICE held a 5-year-old autistic girl to pressure her father to surrender. He had actually abandoned her while fleeing law enforcement.
Rep. Ilhan Omar promoted the false claim and used it as a call to "abolish ICE," while attacks on ICE agents have increased 1,000%.

NY Times: After Dallas Shooting, a Rush to Score Political Points Before the Facts Are In
No, the Times didn't call out the left-wing media for trying to claim the shooter was MAGA, instead the article focuses 100% on JD Vance saying the shooter was a leftist, with the Times saying there is no proof of that.

Dallas ICE facility shooter’s mom posted anti-gun rants on social media aimed at Texas GOP leaders
“Governor Abbott, Senator Cornyn, and Senator Cruz how does it make you feel that your action to open up gun laws is responsible for the killing of 21 more people?” the anti-ICE gunman’s mother wrote in a May 25, 2022, post.

Antifa’s origin story traced to communist-Stalinist group that aided Nazi rise to power
The U.S.-based Antifa movement has embraced the label and symbols of Germany's "Antifaschistische Aktion" — a communist group whose actions enabled the Nazis to take power.

Democrats claim Antifa does not exist after movement gets terrorist designation
"Trump is trying to suppress opposition by labeling anyone who dissents as a 'domestic terrorist,'" said Democrat Rep. Daniel Goldman.

Biden-appointed judge warns DOJ brass to stop talking about CEO murderer as a 'left-wing assassin'
“Future violations may result in sanctions, which could include personal financial penalties, contempt of court findings, or relief specific to the prosecution of this matter,” the judge wrote.

Gunman opens fire on secretive Air Force base home to Area 51
The unknown suspect "fired rounds" at the main gate of the site and was "behaving erratically." Security officers then "challenged the suspect who pointed his firearm at them." The alleged gunman was shot in the leg and taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Report: DOJ preparing to seek indictment against James Comey for lying to Congress
The extent of the charges is unclear, but one source said they appear to be related to testimony to Congress he made in Sept. 2020 about a leak of information to the Wall Street Journal.

Bridget Phetasy: I’m done with default illiberalism
I wasn’t red-pilled in a single moment. It was a slow, humbling process of admitting I wasn’t the “good guy,” that I wasn’t inherently on the moral side of history. Only through conversations with people I respected did I see it clearly.

Law firms exploiting illegal immigrants to file personal injury lawsuits, expert says
The problem is particularly prevalent in New York because of its expansive personal injury protection laws and a jury pool that awards sizable damages.

Baseball coach shot during pregame prayer with kids
According to police, the three suspects fired guns from a nearby pasture in the direction of the field. It is believed they were target shooting, as people at the stadium reported they had heard gunfire all weekend.

Charlie Kirk...

Glenn Beck, fellow conservatives remember Charlie Kirk
Glenn Beck urged youths to take responsibility, find hope, and reject the lie that external factors are holding them back. As Charlie Kirk stated, "Fall in love, get married, serve something higher."

'We are not afraid': Glenn Beck, Allie Beth Stuckey, and Alex Stein jump into the breach to complete Charlie Kirk's tour
Kirk was slain, but his friends have rallied to continue his campaign for Christ and country.

‘Unrepentant Liar’: Charlie Kirk’s Team Is Not Buying Jimmy Kimmel’s Crocodile Tears
Kimmel took most of the monologue to laud himself as a free speech hero and attack the Trump administration.

Megyn Kelly schools student over his ‘blatant’ Charlie Kirk assassination ‘lie’ at Virginia Tech TPUSA event
“Well then you have no point. Then your point is utterly empty. ‘Contributing to the atmosphere?’ Let’s just be clear, he was motivated by leftist ideology.”

Sisters who trashed Charlie Kirk memorial begging for cash to pay legal bills after losing jobs
“My sibling and I are being doxxed online and my sibling was fired from their job,” Kaylee wrote in the GoFundMe, adding that their First Amendment rights were being violated.

Charlie Kirk could be placed on US currency under new House GOP proposal
Reps. Abe Hamadeh and August Pfluger want Treasury to authorize 400,000 silver dollars with Kirk's likeness.

Politics...

White House video trolling Biden at Presidential Walk of Fame goes viral online
The video ridicules the scandal related to autopen signatures of the prior administration.

Democrats Fume Over Kamala's 'Unhelpful and Divisive' Memoir
Kamala Harris' media blitz to promote her memoir isn't satisfying fellow Democrats, who call the book "unhelpful and divisive" and warn that she risks looking like a "sore loser," according to a Wednesday report.

Kamala Harris’ First Book Tour Appearance Disrupted by Gaza Protesters
At least three people in the audience at the New York event shouted at the former vice president about the situation in the Middle East, with Harris saying, "What is happening to the Palestinian people is outrageous, and it breaks my heart."

The Guardian: '107 Days' by Kamala Harris review — no closure, no hope
I don’t know if Harris found writing "107 Days" cathartic, but reading it certainly wasn’t. Instead, the book, which unfolds in strictly chronological order, is a frustrating slog. It seems likely to alienate her critics further and provides no closure or hope for her supporters.

The Observer: Kamala Harris has no lessons for the Democrats — or herself
In "107 Days," Harris is uninterested in the true causes of her defeat and unable to offer hope for her party’s future.

Devine: Kamala Harris blames Biden, Dems and everything but herself
The opening scene of Kamala Harris’ campaign memoir sums up the entire disaster of the Biden-Harris era: two selfish narcissists focused entirely on their own needs and insecurities, trapped together in an alliance with no regard for each other and no concern for the American people.

Kamala claims mole at Fox News leaked election night info to her team
She alleges that a “mutual friend” embedded in Fox News’ war room passed internal data to her campaign during election night.

Free speech...

We Just Got Proof Of A Huge Attack On Free Speech, And It Has Nothing To Do With Jimmy Kimmel
This is the most widespread and devastating campaign against free speech in modern times.

Google admits to choking conservative speech, offers zero compensation for damages
Alphabet told Congress it will reinstate some banned accounts but refused to make amends for years of deplatforming, demonetization, and censorship carried out under its COVID and election policies.

United Nations...

Trump demands probe into ‘triple sabotage’ at UN
The president cited an escalator failure, a dead teleprompter, and his speech audio being cut as deliberate acts, vowing to file a formal complaint with the U.N. secretary-general.

NY Times: How Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private
In the decade since Trump burst onto the political scene, world leaders have learned to get used to two versions of the American president. There is the public, bellicose Trump; and the private, in-person Trump, who is often conflict-averse and eager to accommodate in one-on-one or smaller interactions.

Middle East...

Trump envoy Witkoff expects Mideast ‘breakthrough’ in coming days
“We presented what we call the Trump 21-point plan for peace in the Mideast and Gaza. ... We’re hopeful, and I might say even confident, that in the coming days, we’ll be able to announce some sort of breakthrough.”

Over 20 Israelis injured in Houthi drone strike in Eliat
The drone strike injured a total of 22 civilians who were at a shopping center in the Israeli port city of Eilat.

Ukraine - Russia...

NY Post: Trump’s pro-Ukraine shift a ‘strategic move’ based on new intel showing Russian battlefield, economic losses
“It doesn’t signal any substantive policy change,” affirmed a source close to the administration. “It’s a clear and obvious negotiating tactic to push Russia.”

NY Times: With His Pivot on Ukraine, Trump May Be Washing His Hands of the War
President Trump has shown dwindling interest in mediating a peace accord, joining European “security guarantees” for Ukraine or providing aid and intelligence to the Ukrainians.

China...

War Department contractor warns China is way ahead, and 'we don't know how they're doing it'
EdgeRunner CEO Tyler Saltsman, whose company builds offline AI for the U.S. Space Force, said Beijing’s tech edge comes from ignoring copyright and pouring stolen data into its systems.

Media...

Jimmy Kimmel shatters usual time slot ratings despite Nexstar, Sinclair blackouts
The show had 6.3 million viewers on Tuesday night, making it the most-watched regularly scheduled episode in the show’s more than 22-year history.

Flashback: Johnny Carson’s farewell sets late-night ratings record
NBC said his final “Tonight Show” drew an estimated 55 million viewers, surpassing Tiny Tim’s 1969 wedding episode, 45 million, as the most-watched late-night broadcast in history.

NBC Exonerating Radical Leftist Groups From Kirk Assassination Proves Their Own Culpability
“The reason I knew that you were about to say something that wasn’t true is that it started with ‘NBC News claims,'” the Federalist CEO Sean Davis quipped on "Gutfeld!" regarding an NBC headline claiming “no evidence” of ties between Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin and left-wing groups.

Roseanne Barr still has some things to get off her chest about ABC and Kimmel
“I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness and all of my work stolen and called a racist for time and eternity ... for racially misgendering someone. It just shows how they think. It’s a double standard.”

Environment...

NY Times Mag: It Isn’t Just the US. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
Climate activists were once venerated as moral authorities by heads of state and a broadly liberal mass media; now they are being given jail sentences stretching multiple years for the crime of merely planning protests that might block up commuter traffic or for throwing paint against plexiglass they knew would protect the artwork hung behind it — a victimless publicity stunt if ever there was one.

Trump Admin Halts More Taxpayer Cash Going Down ‘Green New Scam’ Drain
The Trump administration axed $13 billion in unobligated funds that were going to support what it terms former President Joe Biden’s “green new scam,” according to the Department of Energy.

$2.2 billion solar plant in California scheduled to be turned off after years of wasted money
In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama issued $1.6 billion in three federal loan guarantees for the project, and the secretary of energy, Ernest Moniz, hailed it as “an example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy.”

LGBTQIA2S+...

California schools refuse to play girls’ team with boy on roster
More than seven high schools have forfeited matches rather than face Jurupa Valley, where a male athlete competing as a girl has dominated volleyball and track, leaving opponents unwilling to take the court.

Democrat who spoke out on trans issue now getting primaried by bearded lady
It has flown under the radar a bit, but Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, one of the few in his party who has been outspoken against pro-trans activists, is getting challenged by a bearded woman who claims she's a man.

Education...

Flyers Posted on Georgetown's Campus Advertise New Extremist Group That 'Celebrates When Nazis Die'
The flyers, which aim to gauge interest in a "John Brown Club" chapter, also include the "Hey, fascist! Catch!" phrase Charlie Kirk's assassin inscribed on a bullet.

Florida board of education signs off on a charter school expansion inside traditional public schools
This year’s law loosens restrictions on where "schools of hope" can operate, allowing them to set up operations within the walls of a public school if the campus has underused or vacant facilities.

Health...

Tylenol tweeted in 2017 that pregnant women shouldn't take their products
"We actually don't recommend using any of our products while pregnant. Thank you for taking the time to voice your concerns today."

Autism has always existed. We haven’t always called it autism.
What looks like a surge in cases is largely the result of shifting definitions and reclassification in schools and medicine, with many children once labeled “intellectually disabled” or “emotionally disturbed” now recognized as autistic.

Sports...

Roger Goodell: NFL renegotiating TV deals 'could happen as early as next year'
The NFL can opt out of its TV contracts with NBC, CBS, Fox, and Amazon Prime Video after the 2029 season, and with ESPN after the 2030 season, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell thinks he has leverage with the TV partners to start asking for more money now.

Animals...

New ‘apex predator’ dinosaur fossil unearthed with remains of crocodile prey still in mouth
The species was seven meters long, weighing over 1,000 kg, which is complete gibberish, as no one knows what that means.

‘Very mean squirrel’ sends at least 2 people to the ER in California
Joan Heblack said she was walking in San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting. “It clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up here. I was like, ‘Get it off me, get off me!’” Heblack said.

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Revealed: The quiet architect behind Trump’s war on Big Gov’t

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Trump’s OMB chief built the plan for this moment: Starve pet programs, force reauthorization, and actually shrink Washington.

The government is shut down again, and the usual panic is back. I even had someone call my house this week to ask if it was safe to fly today. The person was half-joking, half-serious, wondering if planes would “fall out of the sky.”

For the record, the sky isn’t falling — at least not literally. But the chaos in Washington does feel like it. Once again, we’re watching the same old script: a shutdown engineered not by fiscal restraint but by political brinkmanship. And this time, the Democrats are driving the bus.

This shutdown may be inconvenient. But it’s also an opportunity — to stop funding our own destruction, to reset the table, and to remind Congress who actually pays the bills.

Democrats, among other things, are demanding that health care be extended to illegal immigrants. Democratic leadership caved to its radical base, which would rather shut down the government for such left-wing campaign points than compromise. Republicans — shockingly — said no. They refused to rubber-stamp more spending for illegal immigration. For once, they stood their ground.

But if you’ve watched Washington long enough, you know how this story usually ends: a shutdown followed by a deal that spends even more money than before — a continuing resolution kicking the can down the road. Everyone pretends to “win,” but taxpayers always lose.

The Vought effect

This time might be different. Republicans actually hold some cards. The public may blame Democrats — not the media, but the people who feel this in their wallets. Americans don’t like shutdowns, but they like runaway spending and chaos even less.

That’s why you’re hearing so much about Russell Vought, the director of the United States Office of Management and Budget and Donald Trump’s quiet architect of a strategy to use moments like this to shrink the federal bureaucracy. Vought spent four years building a plan for exactly this scenario: firing nonessential workers and forcing reauthorization of pet programs. Trump talks about draining the swamp. Vought draws up the blueprints.

The Democrats and media are threatened by Vought because he is patient, calculated, and understands how to leverage the moment to reverse decades of government bloat. If programs aren’t mandated, cut them. Make Congress fight to bring them back. That’s how you actually drain the swamp.

Predictable meltdowns

Predictably, Democrats are melting down. They’ve shifted their arguments so many times it’s dizzying. Last time, they claimed a shutdown would lead to mass firings. Now, they insist Republicans are firing everyone anyway. It’s the same playbook: Move the goalposts, reframe the narrative, accuse your opponents of cruelty.

We’ve seen this before. Remember the infamous "You lie!” moment in 2009? President Barack Obama promised during his State of the Union that Obamacare wouldn’t cover illegal immigrants. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shouted, “You lie!” and was condemned for breaching decorum.

Several years later, Hillary Clinton’s campaign platform openly promised health care for illegal immigrants. What was once called a “lie” became official policy. And today, Democrats are shutting down the government because they can’t get even more of it.

This is progressivism in action: Deny it, inch toward it, then demand it as a moral imperative. Anyone who resists becomes the villain.

SAUL LOEB / Contributor | Getty Images

Stand firm

This shutdown isn’t just about spending. It’s about whether we’ll keep letting progressives rewrite the rules one crisis at a time. Trump’s plan — to cut what isn’t mandated, force programs into reauthorization, and fight the battle in the courts — is the first real counterpunch to decades of this manipulation.

It’s time to stop pretending. This isn’t about compassion. It’s about control. Progressives know once they normalize government benefits for illegal immigrants, they never roll back. They know Americans forget how it started.

This shutdown may be inconvenient. But it’s also an opportunity — to stop funding our own destruction, to reset the table, and to remind Congress who actually pays the bills. If we don’t take it, we’ll be right back here again, only deeper in debt, with fewer freedoms left to defend.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

U.K. forces digital IDs on workers—Is the U.S. next in line?

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From banking to health care, digital IDs touch every aspect of citizens’ lives, giving the government unprecedented control over everyday actions.

On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood at the podium at the Global Progressive Action Conference in London and made an announcement that should send a chill down the spine of anyone who loves liberty. By the end of this Parliament, he promised, every worker in the U.K. will be required to hold a “free-of-charge” digital ID. Without it, Britons will not be able to work.

No digital ID, no job.

The government is introducing a system that punishes law-abiding citizens by tying their right to work to a government-issued pass.

Starmer framed this as a commonsense response to poverty, climate change, and illegal immigration. He claimed Britain cannot solve these problems without “looking upstream” and tackling root causes. But behind the rhetoric lies a policy that shifts power away from individuals and places it squarely in the hands of government.

Solving the problem they created

This is progressivism in action. Leaders open their borders, invite in mass illegal immigration, and refuse to enforce their own laws. Then, when public frustration boils over, they unveil a prepackaged “solution” — in this case, digital identity — that entrenches government control.

Britain isn’t the first to embrace this system. Switzerland recently approved a digital ID system. Australia already has one. The World Economic Forum has openly pitched digital IDs as the key to accessing everything from health care to bank accounts to travel. And once the infrastructure is in place, digital currency will follow soon after, giving governments the power to track every purchase, approve or block transactions, and dictate where and how you spend your money.

All of your data — your medical history, insurance, banking, food purchases, travel, social media engagement, tax information — would be funneled into a centralized database under government oversight.

The fiction of enforcement

Starmer says this is about cracking down on illegal work. The BBC even pressed him on the point, asking why a mandatory digital ID would stop human traffickers and rogue employers who already ignore national insurance cards. He had no answer.

Bad actors will still break the law. Bosses who pay sweatshop wages under the table will not suddenly check digital IDs. Criminals will not line up to comply. This isn’t about stopping illegal immigration. If it were, the U.K. would simply enforce existing laws, close the loopholes, and deport those working illegally.

Instead, the government is introducing a system that punishes law-abiding citizens by tying their right to work to a government-issued pass.

Control masked as compassion

This is part of an old playbook. Politicians claim their hands are tied and promise that only sweeping new powers will solve the crisis. They selectively enforce laws to maintain the problem, then use the problem to justify expanding control.

If Britain truly wanted to curb illegal immigration, it could. It is an island. The Channel Tunnel has clear entry points. Enforcement is not impossible. But a digital ID allows for something far more valuable to bureaucrats than border security: total oversight of their own citizens.

The American warning

Think digital ID can’t happen here? Think again. The same arguments are already echoing in Washington, D.C. Illegal immigration is out of control. Progressives know voters are angry. When the digital ID pitch arrives, it will be wrapped in patriotic language about fairness, security, and compassion.

But the goal isn’t compassion. It’s control of your movement, your money, your speech, your future.

We don’t need digital IDs to enforce immigration law. We need leaders with the courage to enforce existing law. Until then, digital ID schemes will keep spreading, sold as a cure for the very problems they helped create.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The West is dying—Will we let enemies write our ending?

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The blood of martyrs, prophets, poets, and soldiers built our civilization. Their sacrifice demands courage in the present to preserve it.

Lamentations asks, “Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?”

That question has been weighing on me heavily. Not just as a broadcaster, but as a citizen, a father, a husband, a believer. It is a question that every person who cares about this nation, this culture, and this civilization must confront: Is all of this worth saving?

We have squandered this inheritance. We forgot who we were — and our enemies are eager to write our ending.

Western civilization — a project born in Judea, refined in Athens, tested in Rome, reawakened in Wittenberg, and baptized again on the shores of Plymouth Rock — is a gift. We didn’t earn it. We didn’t purchase it. We were handed it. And now, we must ask ourselves: Do we even want it?

Across Europe, streets are restless. Not merely with protests, but with ancient, festering hatred — the kind that once marched under swastikas and fueled ovens. Today, it marches under banners of peace while chanting calls for genocide. Violence and division crack societies open. Here in America, it’s left against right, flesh against spirit, neighbor against neighbor.

Truth struggles to find a home. Even the church is slumbering — or worse, collaborating.

Our society tells us that everything must be reset: tradition, marriage, gender, faith, even love. The only sin left is believing in absolute truth. Screens replace Scripture. Entertainment replaces education. Pleasure replaces purpose. Our children are confused, medicated, addicted, fatherless, suicidal. Universities mock virtue. Congress is indifferent. Media programs rather than informs. Schools recondition rather than educate.

Is this worth saving? If not, we should stop fighting and throw up our hands. But if it is, then we must act — and we must act now.

The West: An idea worth saving

What is the West? It’s not a location, race, flag, or a particular constitution. The West is an idea — an idea that man is made in the image of God, that liberty comes from responsibility, not government; that truth exists; that evil exists; and that courage is required every day. The West teaches that education, reason, and revelation walk hand in hand. Beauty matters. Kindness matters. Empathy matters. Sacrifice is holy. Justice is blind. Mercy is near.

We have squandered this inheritance. We forgot who we were — and our enemies are eager to write our ending.

If not now, when? If not us, who? If this is worth saving, we must know why. Western civilization is worth dying for, worth living for, worth defending. It was built on the blood of martyrs, prophets, poets, pilgrims, moms, dads, and soldiers. They did not die for markets, pronouns, surveillance, or currency. They died for something higher, something bigger.

MATTHIEU RONDEL/AFP via Getty Images | Getty Images

Yet hope remains. Resurrection is real — not only in the tomb outside Jerusalem, but in the bones of any individual or group that returns to truth, honor, and God. It is never too late to return to family, community, accountability, and responsibility.

Pick up your torch

We were chosen for this time. We were made for a moment like this. The events unfolding in Europe and South Korea, the unrest and moral collapse, will all come down to us. Somewhere inside, we know we were called to carry this fire.

We are not called to win. We are called to stand. To hold the torch. To ask ourselves, every day: Is it worth standing? Is it worth saving?

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Pick up your torch. If you choose to carry it, buckle up. The work is only beginning.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Stop coasting: How self-education can save America’s future

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Coasting through life is no longer an option. Charlie Kirk’s pursuit of knowledge challenges all of us to learn, act, and grow every day.

Last year, my wife and I made a commitment: to stop coasting, to learn something new every day, and to grow — not just spiritually, but intellectually. Charlie Kirk’s tragic death crystallized that resolve. It forced a hard look in the mirror, revealing how much I had coasted in both my spiritual and educational life. Coasting implies going downhill. You can’t coast uphill.

Last night, my wife and I re-engaged. We enrolled in Hillsdale College’s free online courses, inspired by the fact that Charlie had done the same. He had quietly completed around 30 courses before I even knew, mastering the classics, civics, and the foundations of liberty. Watching his relentless pursuit of knowledge reminded me that growth never stops, no matter your age.

The path forward must be reclaiming education, agency, and the power to shape our minds and futures.

This lesson is particularly urgent for two groups: young adults stepping into the world and those who may have settled into complacency. Learning is life. Stop learning, and you start dying. To young adults, especially, the college promise has become a trap. Twelve years of K-12 education now leave graduates unprepared for life. Only 35% of seniors are proficient in reading, and just 22% in math. They are asked to bet $100,000 or more for four years of college that will often leave them underemployed and deeply indebted.

Degrees in many “new” fields now carry negative returns. Parents who have already sacrificed for public education find themselves on the hook again, paying for a system that often fails to deliver.

This is one of the reasons why Charlie often described college as a “scam.” Debt accumulates, wages are not what students were promised, doors remain closed, and many are tempted to throw more time and money after a system that won’t yield results. Graduate school, in many cases, compounds the problem. The education system has become a factory of despair, teaching cynicism rather than knowledge and virtue.

Reclaiming educational agency

Yet the solution is not radical revolt against education — it is empowerment to reclaim agency over one’s education. Independent learning, self-guided study, and disciplined curiosity are the modern “Napster moment.” Just as Napster broke the old record industry by digitizing music, the internet has placed knowledge directly in the hands of the individual. Artists like Taylor Swift now thrive outside traditional gatekeepers. Likewise, students and lifelong learners can reclaim intellectual freedom outside of the ivory towers.

Each individual possesses the ability to think, create, and act. This is the power God grants to every human being. Knowledge, faith, and personal responsibility are inseparable. Learning is not a commodity to buy with tuition; it is a birthright to claim with effort.

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Charlie Kirk’s life reminds us that self-education is an act of defiance and empowerment. In his pursuit of knowledge, in his engagement with civics and philosophy, he exemplified the principle that liberty depends on informed, capable citizens. We honor him best by taking up that mantle — by learning relentlessly, thinking critically, and refusing to surrender our minds to a system that profits from ignorance.

The path forward must be reclaiming education, agency, and the power to shape our minds and futures. Every day, seek to grow, create, and act. Charlie showed the way. It is now our responsibility to follow.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.