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Morning Brief 2025-10-06

October 06, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Joseph Edlow
TOPIC: How the Trump administration is cracking DOWN on immigration fraud.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Bruce Gilley
TOPIC: Gilley: "Data doesn’t lie: Political violence is an overwhelmingly left-wing problem."

News...

Glenn Beck to headline Turning Point USA event at University of North Dakota this week
Turning Point USA and its UND chapter will host Glenn Beck on Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center as part of the group’s This Is the Turning Point campus tour honoring founder Charlie Kirk.

FBI cuts all ties to far-left Southern Poverty Law Center after conservative leaders demand action
In recent years, a number of radical left-wing terrorists have specifically cited the organization as their motivation to commit violence against Christians and conservatives.

The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey
The source told CBS News that leadership asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.

FBI director calls MSNBC an ‘ass clown factory of disinformation’
“MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation,” Kash Patel wrote Saturday. “Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon ... MSNBC has no facts and no audience. In this FBI, follow the chain of command or get relieved.”

WaPo: As feds probe DC crime stats, some police eager to help build a case
Some rank-and-file officers and detectives have complained for months — in some cases, years — that managers were recording serious crimes as more minor ones to make their police districts appear safer or avoid the ire of top department brass.

Feds plan ‘full investigation’ into Portland police after arrest of conservative journalist
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the arrest “extremely troubling,” saying that Sortor was “ambushed by Antifa and was defending himself.”

Conservative journalist Nick Sortor shows video of him being assaulted by Antifa in Portland
Sortor was arrested and faces arraignment on Monday, saying he will not take any sort of plea deal as he did nothing wrong. He posted a video of him being assaulted by Antifa, saying those who assaulted him were not arrested.

Jordan Peterson’s daughter issues tearful health update
Mikhaila Peterson said her father had a “near-death experience for a long time,” revealing he was in intensive care with pneumonia and sepsis, but added that he’s now improving daily and urged, “Please pray for my dad, my mom, and everyone taking care of him.”

Maine resident allegedly finds 250 ballots in her Amazon delivery, ahead of referendum on voter ID
The unnamed resident said the package looked beat up and re-taped.

Father of slain 6-year-old issues ominous threat to son’s killer who was freed early after serving just 8 years
“I’ve had my talks with God cause I’m not afraid to tell you all, I told the court — if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill the man. I will kill him where he stands.”

Politics...

Virginia Dem AG candidate fantasized about assassinating Republican, ‘wished’ death on his kids
State attorney general candidate Jay Jones fantasized in conversations with a former colleague about assassinating then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican, and “wished” death upon Gilbert’s children, a new report revealed Friday.

Democrats back Jay Jones despite texts about opponent getting 'two bullets to the head'
Democrats are shamelessly standing by the party’s scandal-scarred attorney general nominee for Virginia, Jay Jones, after vile texts surfaced of him fantasizing about then-Republican state House Speaker Todd Gilbert being assassinated.

Democratic candidate’s ‘abhorrent’ texts threaten to shake up bellwether Virginia elections
The messages risk roiling Virginia’s off-year elections, with early voting already long underway in the state.

Former Biden Adviser Blows Off Despicable Jay Jones Texts: ‘A Private Conversation’
“The fact that not one Democrat has stood up when he called for a political assassination in this moment of political violence is crazy,” Mike Pence's former chief of staff said in response.

Virginia Democrat gubernatorial nominee worked at Saudi school known for Hamas links, jihadi grads
Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic hopeful for Virginia governor, leans heavily on her CIA credentials when running for office. But her stint at the Islamic Saudi Academy has been a source of controversy in her prior races.

Democrat congressional candidate defends 'dark humor' video about Kirk assassination
“Hey, MAGA. How bad does it hurt that Jimmy Kimmel is back but you guys can’t get your person back?”

From lawfare to ‘barfare’: Another way to target Trump allies
The D.C. bar’s push to disbar Jeffrey Clark exposes how partisan authorities are punishing lawyers over viewpoints.

Kamala Harris claims she’s ‘not a trained seal’ — reality says otherwise
Harris boasted in her new memoir that she doesn’t memorize talking points but “understands the logic” of her arguments — yet her debate prep, book tour, and years of incoherent interviews tell another story.

Zohran Mamdani: NYC's pimp mayor
With the sex-worker vote in the bag, the socialist candidate looks forward to screwing the rest of us.

Cuomo slams socialist mayoral hopeful as ‘mansion boy’ hypocrite
Andrew Cuomo ripped Zohran Mamdani for owning valuable Ugandan land and living in a rent-stabilized Queens apartment while campaigning to abolish private property, calling the socialist a rich elitist posing as working class.

David Hogg's grift is a warning about all self-proclaimed 'reformers'
Young Democratic “reformer” David Hogg turns out to have learned a thing or two from the establishment he damns.

Economy...

US to release special Trump silver dollar to celebrate America’s 250th
Federal law appears to bar living presidents from appearing on currency. In 1926, Calvin Coolidge became the only sitting president ever depicted on a U.S. coin, when his likeness was used on a half-dollar coin celebrating the 150th anniversary of American independence.

Automaker Stellantis planning $10 billion in US investments, Bloomberg News reports
Stellantis is reintroducing models, including the Jeep Cherokee and 8-cylinder RAM trucks, after dropping them proved to be one of the causes of the group’s declining sales since 2024.

Immigration...

DHS says ICE agents in Chicago suburb 'boxed in by 10 cars' as tensions escalate
DHS said agents were unable to move their vehicles and had to exit. One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon and officers "were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen."

Chicago police were told not to help ICE agents under siege: Reports
“We’re not sending anybody out to that location,” the dispatcher said, according to reports.

SCOTUS agrees Trump can strip temporary protected status of Venezuelan nationals in America
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily agreed that Trump can revoke the temporary protected status of more than 300,000 Venezuelan nationals residing in America. TPS was granted to these individuals by the Biden administration.

Israel...

Hamas said to demand numerous key terror chiefs, Oct. 7 participants be freed in exchange for hostages
Citing Hamas sources, Channel 12 news sets out what it says are a series of Hamas demands that the terror group is going to make in the talks in Egypt, aimed at finalizing the release of all Israeli hostages in the first phase of Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.

Axios: Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: 'You're always so f**king negative'
When Hamas came back with a "yes, but" to President Trump's Gaza peace proposal on Friday, Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss what he saw as good news.

'Time is of the essence, or massive bloodshed will follow,' Trump warns Gaza ceasefire delegations
He also added that the delegations will meet on Monday in Egypt "to work through and clarify the final details" and that he has been told that the "first phase should be completed this week."

Rubio ‘Optimistic,’ But No Peace ‘As Long As There’s A Threat Emanating From Gaza’
"If it’s clear that the hostages aren’t going to be released and they’re playing games then ... the president stated what our position is going to be."

US public increasingly critical of Israel, with 59% opposed to government — poll
Pew Research Center says favorable view of Israelis has fallen by 11% since 2022; 84% of Americans say they are opposed to Hamas.

WaPo Poll: Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza
Sixty-one percent say Israel has committed war crimes and about four in 10 say the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.

Anti-Israel activists to ‘flood’ New York City on Oct. 7
Protesters to hold citywide rally to "resist for Palestine" on anniversary of Hamas massacre.

Israeli minister invites Tommy Robinson to visit Israel, hailing him as ‘courageous leader’ against radical Islam
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli invited the British activist for an official visit later this month, praising his outspoken defense of Israel and opposition to jihadist extremists.

China...

China behind massive nationwide SIM farm network that directly threatens American critical infrastructure
The discovery of SIM farms that threatened cellular networks in New York City is only the tip of a massive nationwide network run by the Chinese Communist government that poses an immediate threat to critical American infrastructure and has led to terrorist acts including hoax SWAT raids at the homes of national leaders.

Secret Service bust raises fears of wider China-linked telecom sabotage
Federal agents seized 300,000 SIM cards and servers tied to a CCP-linked network capable of crippling New York’s cell towers and 911 system, with Gen. Mike Flynn warning the simple setup could be replicated nationwide and urging leaders to treat it as an act of war.

Canada...

Trump admin 'eager' to recognize an independent Alberta: Glenn Beck
A lawyer who represented Freedom Convoy organizers claims the U.S. administration would recognize Alberta as an independent state if the province voted to secede from Canada.

Canadian euthanasia patient's heart transplanted into American in first documented case
The recipient, a 59-year-old man in Pittsburgh with end-stage heart failure, was given less than a month to live without a transplant.

Europe...

Manchester Synagogue terrorist was out on bail in rape investigation
The Syrian-born terrorist who launched a deadly attack outside a U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur had been arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year and was out on bail, according to the Guardian.

Media...

Turning Point spokesman says he’s glad ‘liar’ Kimmel is back on TV so he’s not a ‘martyr’
“It’s important that when people lie, and they lie in that type of setting and that platform about such a huge event, that there are real consequences. And I think the best consequence would be that people just tune out,” Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet said.

Environment...

Nuclear in my backyard? More of America, and the market, seem OK with it
Experts say the nuclear technology has advanced to where risks of failure are low, and Pew polling shows increasing support for nuclear over the last decade, especially among Republicans.

Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects
Proponents maintain that state-of-the-art battery energy storage systems are safe, but more localities are enacting moratoriums.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Transgender man who planned to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh will serve just 8 years
Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed the DOJ will be “appealing the woefully insufficient” sentence handed down by the Biden-appointed judge.

NBC 'News': Woman sentenced to 8 years for attempting to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh
And they wonder why trust in media is at an all-time low.

Education...

DHS releases astounding criminal history of Ian Roberts, former Des Moines school superintendent
Federal records show Roberts racked up decades of crimes including narcotics trafficking, reckless driving, and multiple firearm offenses before his arrest in September, when ICE found a loaded gun, hunting knife, and $3,000 in his car.

Religion...

CAIR Says Muslims Have Right to Vandalize Christian Churches
CAIR is demanding that charges be dropped against three Muslims who vandalized a church in Texas, claiming that “graffiti is the language of the unheard” and that vandalizing the church was their First Amendment right.

Science...

Saturn’s moon shows major signs of life
Astronomers have found that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, suggesting it’s an even more promising place to look for extraterrestrial life than previously thought.

Sports...

NFL broadcaster Mark Sanchez hospitalized after being stabbed, then was arrested
Former Jet's quarterback Mark Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis to announce the Colts game on FOX, was charged with battery, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle for his alleged role in the incident in which he was stabbed by the driver, according to authorities.
- Related: Truck driver allegedly bashed by Sanchez pictured in bloody hospital photos

Cowboy rookie’s ‘questionable decision’ to wear Louis Vuitton cleats left him with blisters
“About halfway through practice, I saw him laying on the side."

Oct. 6, 2010 - A sobering look at the structure of US debt... Glenn says that Fabian socialists are like progressives... Glenn's new book: 'Broke'... Chris Christie won't meet with Glenn... Glenn wonders if Chris Matthews is schizophrenic...

The Crisis of Meaning: Searching for truth and purpose

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Anxiety, anger, and chronic dissatisfaction signal a country searching for meaning. Without truth and purpose, politics becomes a dangerous substitute for identity.

We have built a world overflowing with noise, convenience, and endless choice, yet something essential has slipped out of reach. You can sense it in the restless mood of the country, the anxiety among young people who cannot explain why they feel empty, in the angry confusion that dominates our politics.

We have more wealth than any nation in history, but the heart of the culture feels strangely malnourished. Before we can debate debt or elections, we must confront the reality that we created a world of things, but not a world of purpose.

You cannot survive a crisis you refuse to name, and you cannot rebuild a world whose foundations you no longer understand.

What we are living through is not just economic or political dysfunction. It is the vacuum that appears when a civilization mistakes abundance for meaning.

Modern life is stuffed with everything except what the human soul actually needs. We built systems to make life faster, easier, and more efficient — and then wondered why those systems cannot teach our children who they are, why they matter, or what is worth living for.

We tell the next generation to chase success, influence, and wealth, turning childhood into branding. We ask kids what they want to do, not who they want to be. We build a world wired for dopamine rather than dignity, and then we wonder why so many people feel unmoored.

When everything is curated, optimized, and delivered at the push of a button, the question “what is my life for?” gets lost in the static.

The crisis beneath the headlines

It is not just the young who feel this crisis. Every part of our society is straining under the weight of meaninglessness.

Look at the debt cycle — the mathematical fate no civilization has ever escaped once it crosses a threshold that we seem to have already blown by. While ordinary families feel the pressure, our leaders respond with distraction, with denial, or by rewriting the very history that could have warned us.

You cannot survive a crisis you refuse to name, and you cannot rebuild a world whose foundations you no longer understand.

We have entered a cultural moment where the noise is so loud that it drowns out the simplest truths. We are living in a country that no longer knows how to hear itself think.

So people go searching. Some drift toward the false promise of socialism, some toward the empty thrill of rebellion. Some simply check out. When a culture forgets what gives life meaning, it becomes vulnerable to every ideology that offers a quick answer.

The quiet return of meaning

And yet, quietly, something else is happening. Beneath the frustration and cynicism, many Americans are recognizing that meaning does not come from what we own, but from what we honor. It does not rise from success, but from virtue. It does not emerge from noise, but from the small, sacred things that modern life has pushed to the margins — the home, the table, the duty you fulfill, the person you help when no one is watching.

The danger is assuming that this rediscovery happens on its own. It does not.

Reorientation requires intention. It requires rebuilding the habits and virtues that once held us together. It requires telling the truth about our history instead of rewriting it to fit today’s narratives. And it requires acknowledging what has been erased: that meaning is inseparable from God’s presence in a nation’s life.

Harold M. Lambert / Contributor | Getty Images

Where renewal begins

We have built a world without stillness, and then we wondered why no one can hear the questions that matter. Those questions remain, whether we acknowledge them or not. They do not disappear just because we drown them in entertainment or noise. They wait for us, and the longer we ignore them, the more disoriented we become.

Meaning is still available. It is found in rebuilding the smallest, most human spaces — the places that cannot be digitized, globalized, or automated. The home. The family. The community.

These are the daily virtues that do not trend on social media, but that hold a civilization upright. If we want to repair this country, we begin there, exactly where every durable civilization has always begun: one virtue at a time, one tradition at a time, one generation at a time.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The Bubba Effect erupts as America’s power brokers go rogue

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When institutions betray the public’s trust, the country splits, and the spiral is hard to stop.

Something drastic is happening in American life. Headlines that should leave us stunned barely register anymore. Stories that once would have united the country instead dissolve into silence or shrugs.

It is not apathy exactly. It is something deeper — a growing belief that the people in charge either cannot or will not fix what is broken.

When people feel ignored or betrayed, they will align with anyone who appears willing to fight on their behalf.

I call this response the Bubba effect. It describes what happens when institutions lose so much public trust that “Bubba,” the average American minding his own business, finally throws his hands up and says, “Fine. I will handle it myself.” Not because he wants to, but because the system that was supposed to protect him now feels indifferent, corrupt, or openly hostile.

The Bubba effect is not a political movement. It is a survival instinct.

What triggers the Bubba effect

We are watching the triggers unfold in real time. When members of Congress publicly encourage active duty troops to disregard orders from the commander in chief, that is not a political squabble. When a federal judge quietly rewrites the rules so one branch of government can secretly surveil another, that is not normal. That is how republics fall. Yet these stories glided across the news cycle without urgency, without consequence, without explanation.

When the American people see the leadership class shrug, they conclude — correctly — that no one is steering the ship.

This is how the Bubba effect spreads. It is not just individuals resisting authority. It is sheriffs refusing to enforce new policies, school boards ignoring state mandates, entire communities saying, “We do not believe you anymore.” It becomes institutional, cultural, national.

A country cracking from the inside

This effect can be seen in Dearborn, Michigan. In the rise of fringe voices like Nick Fuentes. In the Epstein scandal, where powerful people could not seem to locate a single accountable adult. These stories are different in content but identical in message: The system protects itself, not you.

When people feel ignored or betrayed, they will align with anyone who appears willing to fight on their behalf. That does not mean they suddenly agree with everything that person says. It means they feel abandoned by the institutions that were supposed to be trustworthy.

The Bubba effect is what fills that vacuum.

The dangers of a faithless system

A republic cannot survive without credibility. Congress cannot oversee intelligence agencies if it refuses to discipline its own members. The military cannot remain apolitical if its chain of command becomes optional. The judiciary cannot defend the Constitution while inventing loopholes that erase the separation of powers.

History shows that once a nation militarizes politics, normalizes constitutional shortcuts, or allows government agencies to operate without scrutiny, it does not return to equilibrium peacefully. Something will give.

The question is what — and when.

The responsibility now belongs to us

In a healthy country, this is where the media steps in. This is where universities, pastors, journalists, and cultural leaders pause the outrage machine and explain what is at stake. But today, too many see themselves not as guardians of the republic, but of ideology. Their first loyalty is to narrative, not truth.

The founders never trusted the press more than the public. They trusted citizens who understood their rights, lived their responsibilities, and demanded accountability. That is the antidote to the Bubba effect — not rage, but citizenship.

How to respond without breaking ourselves

Do not riot. Do not withdraw. Do not cheer on destruction just because you dislike the target. That is how nations lose themselves. Instead, demand transparency. Call your representatives. Insist on consequences. Refuse to normalize constitutional violations simply because “everyone does it.” If you expect nothing, you will get nothing.

Do not hand your voice to the loudest warrior simply because he is swinging a bat at the establishment. You do not beat corruption by joining a different version of it. You beat it by modeling the country you want to preserve: principled, accountable, rooted in truth.

Adam Gray / Stringer | Getty Images

Every republic reaches a moment when historians will later say, “That was the warning.” We are living in ours. But warnings are gifts if they are recognized. Institutions bend. People fail. The Constitution can recover — if enough Americans still know and cherish it.

It does not take a majority. Twenty percent of the country — awake, educated, and courageous — can reset the system. It has happened before. It can happen again.

Wake up. Stand up. Demand integrity — from leaders, from institutions, and from yourself. Because the Bubba effect will not end until Americans reclaim the duty that has always belonged to them: preserving the republic for the next generation.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Warning: Stop letting TikTok activists think for you

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Bad-faith attacks on Israel and AIPAC warp every debate. Real answers emerge only when people set aside scripts and ask what serves America’s long-term interests.

The search for truth has always required something very much in short supply these days: honesty. Not performative questions, not scripted outrage, not whatever happens to be trending on TikTok, but real curiosity.

Some issues, often focused on foreign aid, AIPAC, or Israel, have become hotbeds of debate and disagreement. Before we jump into those debates, however, we must return to a simpler, more important issue: honest questioning. Without it, nothing in these debates matters.

Ask questions because you want the truth, not because you want a target.

The phrase “just asking questions” has re-entered the zeitgeist, and that’s fine. We should always question power. But too many of those questions feel preloaded with someone else’s answer. If the goal is truth, then the questions should come from a sincere desire to understand, not from a hunt for a villain.

Honest desire for truth is the only foundation that can support a real conversation about these issues.

Truth-seeking is real work

Right now, plenty of people are not seeking the truth at all. They are repeating something they heard from a politician on cable news or from a stranger on TikTok who has never opened a history book. That is not a search for answers. That is simply outsourcing your own thought.

If you want the truth, you need to work for it. You cannot treat the world like a Marvel movie where the good guy appears in a cape and the villain hisses on command. Real life does not give you a neat script with the moral wrapped up in two hours.

But that is how people are approaching politics now. They want the oppressed and the oppressor, the heroic underdog and the cartoon villain. They embrace this fantastical framing because it is easier than wrestling with reality.

This framing took root in the 1960s when the left rebuilt its worldview around colonizers and the colonized. Overnight, Zionism was recast as imperialism. Suddenly, every conflict had to fit the same script. Today’s young activists are just recycling the same narrative with updated graphics. Everything becomes a morality play. No nuance, no context, just the comforting clarity of heroes and villains.

Bad-faith questions

This same mindset is fueling the sudden obsession with Israel, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in particular. You hear it from members of Congress and activists alike: AIPAC pulls the strings, AIPAC controls the government, AIPAC should register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The questions are dramatic, but are they being asked in good faith?

FARA is clear. The standard is whether an individual or group acts under the direction or control of a foreign government. AIPAC simply does not qualify.

Here is a detail conveniently left out of these arguments: Dozens of domestic organizations — Armenian, Cuban, Irish, Turkish — lobby Congress on behalf of other countries. None of them registers under FARA because — like AIPAC — they are independent, domestic organizations.

If someone has a sincere problem with the structure of foreign lobbying, fair enough. Let us have that conversation. But singling out AIPAC alone is not a search for truth. It is bias dressed up as bravery.

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If someone wants to question foreign aid to Israel, fine. Let’s have that debate. But let’s ask the right questions. The issue is not the size of the package but whether the aid advances our interests. What does the United States gain? Does the investment strengthen our position in the region? How does it compare to what we give other nations? And do we examine those countries with the same intensity?

The real target

These questions reflect good-faith scrutiny. But narrowing the entire argument to one country or one dollar amount misses the larger problem. If someone objects to the way America handles foreign aid, the target is not Israel. The target is the system itself — an entrenched bureaucracy, poor transparency, and decades-old commitments that have never been re-examined. Those problems run through programs around the world.

If you want answers, you need to broaden the lens. You have to be willing to put aside the movie script and confront reality. You have to hold yourself to a simple rule: Ask questions because you want the truth, not because you want a target.

That is the only way this country ever gets clarity on foreign aid, influence, alliances, and our place in the world. Questioning is not just allowed. It is essential. But only if it is honest.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

The melting pot fails when we stop agreeing to melt

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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.

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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.