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Morning Brief 2025-10-10

October 10, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Megyn Doyle & Ava Kwan
TOPIC: The Turning Point USA chapter at Rutgers University is facing shutdown attempts after it started a petition to remove a professor dubbed “Dr. Antifa."

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Frances Staudt
TOPIC: Staudt, a 16-year-old high school student, needed SECURITY to be able to SPEAK at an event advocating to protect girls' sports.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Paul List
TOPIC: What J.R.R. Tolkien predicted about AI and transhumanism through “The Lord of the Rings.”

News...

At Turning Point event, Glenn Beck says he planned for Charlie Kirk to replace him
Beck spoke about faith and history during his visit to the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center on Thursday.

Thousands attend Turning Point USA Tour event featuring Glenn Beck
A capacity crowd packed the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center in Grand Forks as Beck paid tribute to Charlie Kirk’s legacy, delivering a 90-minute address that closed with his call to stand “for Christ, for country.”

New analysis alleges FBI video tampering and timeline gaps in Jan. 6 pipe bombs
A 26-page report to a House subcommittee by a video engineer claims doctored FBI footage, implausible device timing and placement, and possible retrieval and replacement of the DNC device.

Trump signs a proclamation to bring Columbus Day back as a national holiday
"We're calling it COLUMBUS DAY."

Palisades Fire arson suspect is anti-Trump climate activist
He posted memes mocking Trump supporters, linked to a Harris-Biden fundraiser, and frequently shared headlines about climate change and veganism.

Letitia ‘no one is above the law’ James indicted for mortgage fraud
A Virginia grand jury charged the New York attorney general with falsifying mortgage records to claim a Virginia home as her primary residence, the same type of deception she once accused Trump of using to obtain favorable loans.

Rampant DOJ insurrection should lead to massive housecleaning, especially in Virginia district
Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are defying orders and leaking cases tied to James Comey and Letitia James. Acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan is firing rogue staff as the Trump administration moves to purge the Justice Department of insubordinate bureaucrats.

In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said
A CBS News review found major failures in the federal investigation into Epstein’s 2019 jailhouse death, including moved evidence, missing DNA tests, and a two-year delay in interviewing key guards.

Killer of 6-year-old boy who was freed after serving only 8 years rearrested in Florida on new charges: Officials
Ronald Exantus, who brutally stabbed a 6-year-old Kentucky boy to death, was taken into custody after authorities discovered he never registered as a convicted felon. Released more than a decade early on “good behavior,” Exantus is now facing extradition as Florida officials condemn his early release.

Florida man stole $7K in scratch-off lottery tickets, then returned to store to redeem them just hours later
The dim-witted thief has a significant criminal history, including convictions for felony drug and firearm possession.

Government shutdown...

Senate passes $925 billion NDAA bill for military, national security
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, a $925 billion bill setting funding levels for America’s national defense spending, passed in the Senate Thursday night and included more than a dozen amendment votes.

Trump vows permanent cuts to Democrat programs amid shutdown standoff
As the government shutdown passes nine days, the president said his administration will make lasting reductions to “popular Democrat programs,” declaring it’s time they “get a little taste of their own medicine” after blocking GOP funding efforts.

Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work during shutdown
"It’s a small fraction of people who don’t come to work that can create this massive disruption and that’s what you’re seeing rippling through our skies today."

Democrats win momentum over GOP in shutdown fight
Polls show voters increasingly blaming Republicans and Trump for the ongoing government shutdown. With GOP divisions on back pay and military funding deepening, Democrats appear unified and confident while Trump faces pressure to strike a deal.

White House, Republicans circle Chuck Schumer as shutdown continues
The bottom line, the White House argues, is that Americans want the "Democrat shutdown to end," and they "know Democrats are to blame."

Politics...

Harris claims ‘guardrails have failed’ against Trump, says only ‘people and God’ can stop him
While promoting her new book, Harris said institutional checks on President Trump no longer work and accused Republicans of cowardice. Harris railed against Trump’s Cabinet, mocked RFK Jr.’s comments on autism, and declared, “We have to fight,” to a cheering D.C. crowd.

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, promises 'paper-based transparency'
Leiendecker announced that the remaining litigation with figures like Mike Lindell and Rudy Giuliani will also be ended due to the acquisition agreement.

Spanberger refuses to drop endorsement of Democrat who fantasized about killing GOP lawmaker
During Virginia’s only gubernatorial debate, Democrat Abigail Spanberger repeatedly declined to withdraw her support for attorney general candidate Jay Jones, insisting instead that voters “make their own decision.”

Jay Jones and Katie Porter say the quiet part out loud
They don’t believe you can be reasoned or compromised with, and they’re telling you in writing and on camera that they’re not interested in trying.

California gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter caught flashing icy glare at staffer in latest resurfaced meltdown
The newly unearthed footage shows the hot-headed former Golden State congresswoman — already under fire for her testy attitude — sparring with her staff during a 2021 interview.

Mamdani’s lead over Cuomo shrinks after Adams quits race, poll finds
Mamdani leads the race with 46% of likely voters backing him, followed by independent candidate Cuomo with 33% support and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa with 15%, the Quinnipiac University survey finds.

Hillary Clinton to bestow award on journalist who equated Israel with Nazis and accused Jewish critics of seeking ‘money and power’
Clinton will present her Georgetown “Women, Peace, and Security” award to Maria Ressa, who compared Israel to Nazi Germany and claimed her Jewish critics sought “money and power.”

Economy...

Billions vanish in First Brands collapse as DOJ probe begins
Federal prosecutors are investigating how $2.3 billion disappeared from the bankrupt auto supplier after years of secretive off-book financing. The company’s elusive CEO and opaque network of shell entities left creditors stunned and exposed deep cracks in private lending markets.

Immigration...

Biden-appointed judge blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago area
The order comes despite 500 National Guard troops already arriving in the area on Wednesday from Illinois and Texas.

Israel...

Gaza ceasefire takes effect as Israeli government approves deal to free the hostages
Netanyahu’s cabinet voted early Friday morning in favor of a Gaza ceasefire deal that will see hostages freed in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a halt to the fighting, despite vocal objections from the premier’s far-right coalition partners.

What concessions did Israel, Hamas make to reach hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza?
A shift in sequencing and rare dual concessions may have finally ended the Gaza war, in a way neither side had previously backed.

Reuters: Trump used his leverage to close the hostage-truce deal, but much remains unresolved
With the Gaza war entering its third year, President Trump has achieved something no other world leader has been able to do: strong-arm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the first step of a broader peace deal while persuading other Middle Eastern countries to pressure Hamas.

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
U.S. Central Command is going to establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war.

American official: Hamas agreed to the Trump deal after US convinced them hostages were a 'burden'
A senior American official told reporters in Washington on Thursday night that "once Hamas was convinced that the hostages were a burden on it and not an asset, we realized that we could move forward with a deal."

Arab News: What Trump’s Gaza plan means for the two-state solution
The White House acquiesced to get the deal through. Still, this is significant because, after many years of rejecting even such remote and vague references, Netanyahu is changing course. It is also the first time that Trump, in his second term, has expressed public support for a Palestinian state.

Anti-Israel activists who demanded a ceasefire for two years now oppose Trump’s peace plan
Disgraced former MSNBC personality Mehdi Hasan bemoaned the idea that "we're all supposed to now praise Trump for his peacemaking."

CNN: A Trump Nobel Prize? Breaking down the arguments
Imagine Trump competing for a Nobel Prize even as his own country devolves into a heavy-handed deployment of the military on U.S. soil and as Trump launches what many experts regard as extrajudicial killings that could amount to war crimes.

Obama called out for omitting Trump in post applauding Gaza peace deal
The petty former president praised the Gaza ceasefire deal without naming Trump.

Iran backs end of 'genocidal' Gaza war in cautious blessing of Trump deal
Iran's foreign ministry on Thursday appeared to back a preliminary deal to end the two-year-old war in Gaza clinched by Trump, saying Tehran has long supported any agreement to end the fighting and secure Palestinian rights.

Hamas chief: Group received guarantees from mediators, US confirming Gaza war ended
Exiled Hamas chief Khalil Al-Hayya said on Thursday the group has received guarantees from the United States, Arab mediators, and Turkey that the war in Gaza has permanently ended.

China...

China clamps down on rare-earth exports ahead of trade negotiations with Trump
The industry is a key pain point for the U.S., which lags far behind China on rare-earth extraction and refining. The impacts could be far-reaching on the U.S. economy and security interests.

FBI warns China is targeting Mississippi River trade network
A New Orleans FBI agent told Louisiana business leaders that Beijing is seeking control over U.S. ports and river systems as part of a broader plan to dominate global industries and steal American technology.

China constructs mock Taipei for invasion drills, satellite images reveal
Satellite images reveal China has expanded a mock-up “city” of Taiwanese administrative buildings at a military training base in Inner Mongolia, tripling the site’s size since 2020.

China issues veiled nuclear threat as top official boasts of unstoppable strike capability
A senior Chinese Communist Party insider warned that Beijing would "never allow a second shot" in a nuclear exchange, boasting that China can hit any target on Earth within 20 minutes. The remarks come as China flaunts missiles reportedly capable of carrying 60 nuclear warheads amid rising global tensions.

Canada...

Freedom Convoy leaders spared prison, placed on house arrest
After a two-year trial, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were sentenced to house arrest for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy, with the judge citing “absence of remorse” but rejecting prosecutors’ push for years in prison.

Europe...

Belgium says it foiled jihadist plot for drone attack on PM
"Certain elements indicate that the suspects intended to carry out a jihadist-inspired terrorist attack against political figures," Fransen said. "There are also indications that the suspects aimed to construct a drone capable of carrying a payload."

Media...

Bari Weiss ‘vocal’ in CBS News meetings on coverage of Israel-Hamas
After spending most of her first week on the job quietly observing, CBS News’ new editor in chief Bari Weiss spoke up at the network’s Thursday editors’ meeting.

Chris Cuomo condemns leftists justifying Charlie Kirk assassination
Appearing on "The Charlie Kirk Show," NewsNation host Chris Cuomo said it was “frightening” how some on the left tried to rationalize Kirk’s murder, calling it a moral collapse.

Failed 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah mocks Charlie Kirk’s assassination during stand-up set
"'Don't say anything about Charlie Kirk.' ... Ah, now you've tested me. I mean, there's nothing funny about it? I'm sure there's something funny about it. The guy was shot while defending guns. I'm not even writing that as a joke, as a human, you have to admit that is an incongruous, funny thing that happens."

The Atlantic fantasizes about military treason against Trump
These are not idle musings. It is dangerous to encourage trained and weaponized warfighters to turn on the commander in chief.

Environment...

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate
Satellite re-entries are adding exotic metals to the stratosphere and could warm the upper atmosphere by 1.5°C by 2040, with a 61% yearly risk of debris-related casualties by 2035.

Health...

Circumcision ‘highly likely’ linked to autism, RFK Jr. says in new Tylenol claim
“There’s two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, it’s highly likely, because they were given Tylenol,” Kennedy told President Trump during a Cabinet meeting.

The government is monitoring your feces — to protect you, of course
The CDC is running a "genomic surveillance" wastewater program in at least eight U.S. cities.

Technology...

YouTube offers 'second chances' to banned creators — but with huge asterisks
"YouTube and advertisers don't want to be associated with that level of craziness."

New York City sues social media companies over youth mental health impacts
“Youth are now addicted to Defendants’ platforms in droves, resulting in substantial interference with school district operations and imposing a large burden on cities, school districts, and public hospital systems that provide mental health services to youth,” the 327-page lawsuit reads.

Sports...

Super Bowl act nobody wanted blatantly disrespects America during huge MLB playoff game
Bad Bunny, the NFL’s controversial Super Bowl halftime pick, was caught sitting during “God Bless America” at a Yankees-Blue Jays playoff game. The move fueled backlash from fans already angry the league chose a Spanish-language performer most Americans don’t even recognize.

Turning Point USA to offer 'All American Halftime Show' alternative to NFL's woke Super Bowl spectacle
The corresponding website for the TPUSA event asks visitors to indicate which genres of music they'd prefer to see featured, including Americana, classic rock, country, pop, worship, or "anything in English."

Oct. 10, 2011 - Occupy Wall Street protesters aren't good at sharing... Who is really behind the protests?... Look to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln for role models... Does Obama even want to be president anymore?...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The appeal of a broken dream

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

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

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

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

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

The bridge that never ends

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

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

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

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

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

What young America deserves

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

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

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

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

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

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

Socialism does not offer salvation. It requires subservience.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conservatism as stewardship

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

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

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

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

Rebuilding what is broken

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

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

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

A creed for the rising generation

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Glenn Beck: Here's what's WRONG with conservatism today

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What does it mean to be a conservative in 2025? Glenn offers guidance on what conservatives need to do to ensure the conservative movement doesn't fade into oblivion. We have to get back to PRINCIPLES, not policies.

To be a conservative in 2025 means to STAND

  • for Stewardship, protecting the wisdom of our Founders;
  • for Truth, defending objective reality in an age of illusion;
  • for Accountability, living within our means as individuals and as a nation;
  • for Neighborhood, rebuilding family, faith, and local community;
  • and for Duty, carrying freedom forward to the next generation.

A conservative doesn’t cling to the past — he stands guard over the principles that make the future possible.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: You know, I'm so tired of being against everything. Saying what we're not.

It's time that we start saying what we are. And it's hard, because we're changing. It's different to be a conservative, today, than it was, you know, years ago.

And part of that is just coming from hard knocks. School of hard knocks. We've learned a lot of lessons on things we thought we were for. No, no, no.

But conservatives. To be a conservative, it shouldn't be about policies. It's really about principles. And that's why we've lost our way. Because we've lost our principles. And it's easy. Because the world got easy. And now the world is changing so rapidly. The boundaries between truth and illusion are blurred second by second. Machines now think. Currencies falter. Families fractured. And nations, all over the world, have forgotten who they are.

So what does it mean to be a conservative now, in 2025, '26. For a lot of people, it means opposing the left. That's -- that's a reaction. That's not renewal.

That's a reaction. It can't mean also worshiping the past, as if the past were perfect. The founders never asked for that.

They asked that we would preserve the principles and perfect their practice. They knew it was imperfect. To make a more perfect nation.

Is what we're supposed to be doing.

2025, '26 being a conservative has to mean stewardship.

The stewardship of a nation, of a civilization.

Of a moral inheritance. That is too precious to abandon.

What does it mean to conserve? To conserve something doesn't mean to stand still.

It means to stand guard. It means to defend what the Founders designed. The separation of powers. The rule of law.

The belief that our rights come not from kings or from Congress, but from the creator himself.
This is a system that was not built for ease. It was built for endurance, and it will endure if we only teach it again!

The problem is, we only teach it like it's a museum piece. You know, it's not a museum piece. It's not an old dusty document. It's a living covenant between the dead, the living and the unborn.

So this chapter of -- of conservatism. Must confront reality. Economic reality.

Global reality.

And moral reality.

It's not enough just to be against something. Or chant tax cuts or free markets.

We have to ask -- we have to start with simple questions like freedom, yes. But freedom for what?

Freedom for economic sovereignty. Your right to produce and to innovate. To build without asking Beijing's permission. That's a moral issue now.

Another moral issue: Debt! It's -- it's generational theft. We're spending money from generations we won't even meet.

And dependence. Another moral issue. It's a national weakness.

People cannot stand up for themselves. They can't make it themselves. And we're encouraging them to sit down, shut up, and don't think.

And the conservative who can't connect with fiscal prudence, and connect fiscal prudence to moral duty, you're not a conservative at all.

Being a conservative today, means you have to rebuild an economy that serves liberty, not one that serves -- survives by debt, and then there's the soul of the nation.

We are living through a time period. An age of dislocation. Where our families are fractured.

Our faith is almost gone.

Meaning is evaporating so fast. Nobody knows what meaning of life is. That's why everybody is killing themselves. They have no meaning in life. And why they don't have any meaning, is truth itself is mocked and blurred and replaced by nothing, but lies and noise.

If you want to be a conservative, then you have to be to become the moral compass that reminds a lost people, liberty cannot survive without virtue.

That freedom untethered from moral order is nothing, but chaos!

And that no app, no algorithm, no ideology is ever going to fill the void, where meaning used to live!

To be a conservative, moving forward, we cannot just be about policies.

We have to defend the sacred, the unseen, the moral architecture, that gives people an identity. So how do you do that? Well, we have to rebuild competence. We have to restore institutions that actually work. Just in the last hour, this monologue on what we're facing now, because we can't open the government.

Why can't we open the government?

Because government is broken. Why does nobody care? Because education is broken.

We have to reclaim education, not as propaganda, but as the formation of the mind and the soul. Conservatives have to champion innovation.

Not to imitate Silicon Valley's chaos, but to harness technology in defense of human dignity. Don't be afraid of AI.

Know what it is. Know it's a tool. It's a tool to strengthen people. As long as you always remember it's a tool. Otherwise, you will lose your humanity to it!

That's a conservative principle. To be a conservative, we have to restore local strength. Our families are the basic building blocks, our schools, our churches, and our charities. Not some big, distant NGO that was started by the Tides Foundation, but actual local charities, where you see people working. A web of voluntary institutions that held us together at one point. Because when Washington fails, and it will, it already has, the neighborhood has to stand.

Charlie Kirk was doing one thing that people on our side were not doing. Speaking to the young.

But not in nostalgia.

Not in -- you know, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan.

In purpose. They don't remember. They don't remember who Dick Cheney was.

I was listening to Fox news this morning, talking about Dick Cheney. And there was somebody there that I know was not even born when Dick Cheney. When the World Trade Center came down.

They weren't even born. They were telling me about Dick Cheney.

And I was like, come on. Come on. Come on.

If you don't remember who Dick Cheney was, how are you going to remember 9/11. How will you remember who Reagan was.

That just says, that's an old man's creed. No, it's not.

It's the ultimate timeless rebellion against tyranny in all of its forms. Yes, and even the tyranny of despair, which is eating people alive!

We need to redefine ourselves. Because we have changed, and that's a good thing. The creed for a generation, that will decide the fate of the republic, is what we need to find.

A conservative in 2025, '26.

Is somebody who protects the enduring principles of American liberty and self-government.

While actively stewarding the institutions. The culture. The economy of this nation!

For those who are alive and yet to be unborn.

We have to be a group of people that we're not anchored in the past. Or in rage! But in reason. And morality. Realism. And hope for the future.

We're the stewards! We're the ones that have to relight the torch, not just hold it. We didn't -- we didn't build this Torch. We didn't make this Torch. We're the keepers of the flame, but we are honor-bound to pass that forward, and conservatives are viewed as people who just live in the past. We're not here to merely conserve the past, but to renew it. To sort it. What worked, what didn't work. We're the ones to say to the world, there's still such a thing as truth. There's still such a thing as virtue. You can deny it all you want.

But the pain will only get worse. There's still such a thing as America!

And if now is not the time to renew America. When is that time?

If you're not the person. If we're not the generation to actively stand and redefine and defend, then who is that person?

We are -- we are supposed to preserve what works.

That -- you know, I was writing something this morning.

I was making notes on this. A constitutionalist is for restraint. A progressive, if you will, for lack of a better term, is for more power.

Progressives want the government to have more power.

Conservatives are for more restraint.

But the -- for the American eagle to fly, we must have both wings.

And one can't be stronger than the other.

We as a conservative, are supposed to look and say, no. Don't look at that. The past teaches us this, this, and this. So don't do that.

We can't do that. But there are these things that we were doing in the past, that we have to jettison. And maybe the other side has a good idea on what should replace that. But we're the ones who are supposed to say, no, but remember the framework.

They're -- they can dream all they want.
They can come up with all these utopias and everything else, and we can go, "That's a great idea."

But how do we make it work with this framework? Because that's our job. The point of this is, it takes both. It takes both.

We have to have the customs and the moral order. And the practices that have stood the test of time, in trial.

We -- we're in an amazing, amazing time. Amazing time.

We live at a time now, where anything -- literally anything is possible!

I don't want to be against stuff. I want to be for the future. I want to be for a rich, dynamic future. One where we are part of changing the world for the better!

Where more people are lifted out of poverty, more people are given the freedom to choose, whatever it is that they want to choose, as their own government and everything.

I don't want to force it down anybody's throat.

We -- I am so excited to be a shining city on the hill again.

We have that opportunity, right in front of us!

But not in we get bogged down in hatred, in division.

Not if we get bogged down into being against something.

We must be for something!

I know what I'm for.

Do you?

From Pharaoh to Hamas: The same spirit of evil, new disguise

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The drone footage out of Gaza isn’t just war propaganda — it’s a glimpse of the same darkness that once convinced men they were righteous for killing innocents.

Evil introduces itself subtly. It doesn’t announce, “Hi, I’m here to destroy you.” It whispers. It flatters. It borrows the language of justice, empathy, and freedom, twisting them until hatred sounds righteous and violence sounds brave.

We are watching that same deception unfold again — in the streets, on college campuses, and in the rhetoric of people who should know better. It’s the oldest story in the world, retold with new slogans.

Evil wins when good people mirror its rage.

A drone video surfaced this week showing Hamas terrorists staging the “discovery” of a hostage’s body. They pushed a corpse out of a window, dragged it into a hole, buried it, and then called in aid workers to “find” what they themselves had planted. It was theater — evil, disguised as victimhood. And it was caught entirely on camera.

That’s how evil operates. It never comes in through the front door. It sneaks in, often through manipulative pity. The same spirit animates the moral rot spreading through our institutions — from the halls of universities to the chambers of government.

Take Zohran Mamdani, a New York assemblyman who has praised jihadists and defended pro-Hamas agitators. His father, a Columbia University professor, wrote that America and al-Qaeda are morally equivalent — that suicide bombings shouldn’t be viewed as barbaric. Imagine thinking that way after watching 3,000 Americans die on 9/11. That’s not intellectualism. That’s indoctrination.

Often, that indoctrination comes from hostile foreign actors, peddled by complicit pawns on our own soil. The pro-Hamas protests that erupted across campuses last year, for example, were funded by Iran — a regime that murders its own citizens for speaking freely.

Ancient evil, new clothes

But the deeper danger isn’t foreign money. It’s the spiritual blindness that lets good people believe resentment is justice and envy is discernment. Scripture talks about the spirit of Amalek — the eternal enemy of God’s people, who attacks the weak from behind while the strong look away. Amalek never dies; it just changes its vocabulary and form with the times.

Today, Amalek tweets. He speaks through professors who defend terrorism as “anti-colonial resistance.” He preaches from pulpits that call violence “solidarity.” And he recruits through algorithms, whispering that the Jews control everything, that America had it coming, that chaos is freedom. Those are ancient lies wearing new clothes.

When nations embrace those lies, it’s not the Jews who perish first. It’s the nations themselves. The soul dies long before the body. The ovens of Auschwitz didn’t start with smoke; they started with silence and slogans.

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A time for choosing

So what do we do? We speak truth — calmly, firmly, without venom. Because hatred can’t kill hatred; it only feeds it. Truth, compassion, and courage starve it to death.

Evil wins when good people mirror its rage. That’s how Amalek survives — by making you fight him with his own weapons. The only victory that lasts is moral clarity without malice, courage without cruelty.

The war we’re fighting isn’t new. It’s the same battle between remembrance and amnesia, covenant and chaos, humility and pride. The same spirit that whispered to Pharaoh, to Hitler, and to every mob that thought hatred could heal the world is whispering again now — on your screens, in your classrooms, in your churches.

Will you join it, or will you stand against it?

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.