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Morning Brief 2025-10-16

October 16, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Megyn Kelly
TOPIC: Conservatives NEED to stick together in times like these.

BOTTOM OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Jack Ciattarelli
TOPIC: Will New Jersey elect its first Republican governor since 2018?

News...

Democrats panic over redistricting numbers with pivotal SCOTUS decision looming
If all states redistrict to the extent allowable, Republicans stand to gain more than Democrats.

Conservative SCOTUS justices appear skeptical about race-based redistricting
A Stacey Abrams group fears that a ruling in favor of Louisiana could cost Democrats scores of congressional seats.

Gorsuch gets NAACP lawyer to all but admit support for racial discrimination in redistricting
During Supreme Court arguments over Louisiana’s race-based congressional map, Justice Neil Gorsuch pushed attorney Janai Nelson to clarify whether states can intentionally use race in drawing districts — prompting her to acknowledge that race may be used “precisely” to remedy discrimination.

Ketanji Brown Jackson suggests black people can’t vote, compares them to the disabled
The Democrat-appointed justice suggested that race should be a consideration when drawing congressional districts because black people are systemically “disabled” and don’t have proper access to voting systems.

Teens who jumped, beat ex-DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ won't get jail time
Edward Coristine was left with a concussion and a broken nose after he and a female companion were jumped by “a group of 10 guys,” the ex-DOGE employee previously said.

Elon Must points out the obvious after 'Big Balls' attackers receive no jail time
"This was a racist verdict by a racist judge. The simple test to apply is if the races has been reversed, the White kids would be in prison. Equal justice for all!"

Wrist slaps for left-wing violence invite more attacks on conservatives
Left-wing violence receives legal cover from judges and political cover from politicians and commentators, sending one very loud message to their militants: Don’t stop.

Meet the radical lefty historian quietly influencing millions
Trump is a dictator. Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a far-right die-hard. The Supreme Court is ushering in an authoritarian takeover. If you get your news from Heather Cox Richardson, you might be nodding along in agreement.

Obama’s dour new Presidential Center is getting savaged on social media: ‘Death Star in Chicago’
Obama’s austere new presidential library is getting roasted with comparisons to the Death Star, garbage bins, and other domineering monoliths in a hilarious social media thread sparked by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Flashback: Clinton Presidential Library mocked as looking like a giant trailer
An Arkansas writer tore into the library’s New York designers for creating what he called a “giant friggin’ trailer park that can be seen from space,” arguing that the structure insults Arkansas under the guise of high-minded architectural symbolism.

Government Shutdown...

Democrat-appointed federal judge blocks Trump’s plan for mass federal layoffs amid shutdown
Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, issued a temporary restraining order, calling the president’s move politically motivated and “illegal.”

Senate tees up defense spending vote for Thursday amid government shutdown
Senate Democrats said their support for the Pentagon bill would depend on what measures Republicans attempt to attach to it.

Trump: Schumer is a ‘loser’ using the shutdown in a bid to ‘get relevance back’
"He’s always been sort of a loser — but an intelligent one."

Dems’ shutdown presser shows how their lawfare grift machine operates
Rather than work to reopen the government, Democrats used a Capitol Hill event to promote Democracy Forward — a $21 million nonprofit run by Marc Elias and former Biden officials — highlighting how party-aligned “nonprofits” profit from lawsuits targeting Trump’s agenda.

Democrats' bill would let federal workers skip paying rent during government shutdowns
The bill would also stay eviction and foreclosure proceedings for 30 days after a shutdown ends. Anyone who tries to carry out an eviction or foreclosure of a federal worker or contractor during that time would be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fines or even jail time.

Politics...

CNN data guru says Democrat hopes of flipping House are fading
"The GOP's chances, up like a rocket ... up from 17% to now a 37% chance."

AOC leaves door open for Schumer primary challenge
Says leaders need to talk more about "having air that’s drinkable."

Kamala Harris claims that 'some people' said she was ‘most qualified candidate in history’
The former vice president told podcaster Kara Swisher that “some people” called her the most qualified person ever to run for president. The “some people” Harris referenced might be, in fact, just one person — the person who ran as her running mate: Tim Walz.

Spanberger still sells merchandise with Jay Jones’ name despite attempts to distance campaigns
A “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones” shirt and a bumper sticker were listed on the campaign store.

Nancy Pelosi — clutching the hand of an aide to walk — snaps at reporter asking about Capitol riot: ‘Shut up’
“I did not refuse the National Guard. The president didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you are a serious journalist?” she fumed.

Economy...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump's tariffs are causing problems for American manufacturers
The Georgia Republican said manufacturing companies have told her that while they broadly support Trump's goals, they're running into problems obtaining the goods they need from overseas.

Why ‘doorstep taxes’ are making Amazon, DoorDash deliveries more expensive
State and local governments are adding per-delivery fees to help fund big projects such as infrastructure, and at least one longtime New York City politician is hoping that under a Zohran Mamdani administration, NYC could be next.

Immigration...

Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for securing America’s border
Angel parents and families of fentanyl victims urged the Nobel Committee to award the prize to the president for bringing peace at home.

Los Angeles County declares ‘state of emergency’ over deportation raids
County leaders compared ICE operations to natural disasters, clearing the way for taxpayer aid to illegal aliens.

DOT pulls $40 million from California for ignoring English rules for truckers
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cut federal safety funds after California refused to ensure that commercial drivers can read road signs or speak with law enforcement, calling it a basic safety issue and blaming Gov. Newsom for obstructing federal law.

Family visit to Camp Pendleton ended with ICE deporting Marine’s dad
Marine Corps recruiters have long promoted enlistment as a path to stability for families without legal immigration status, but experts say those assurances have eroded as federal authorities have moved to enforce existing laws more strictly.

WAR News...

Trump admits he authorized CIA operations in Venezuela, looking at land attacks in war with cartels
The admission comes after Trump directed the Department of War earlier this month to act against drug cartels as though it was in an "armed conflict" with such organizations.

B-52 bombers just flew for hours off Venezuela’s coast
The B-52 sorties are a major show of force aimed at Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as U.S. forces further step up operations in the Caribbean.

Cracked windscreen forces War Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane to land in UK
Less than a month ago, Trump had to transfer from Marine One to a support helicopter after a hydraulic issue forced an unscheduled landing at a local airfield in England. In February a government plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to turn back due to a crack in the window of the cockpit.

Israel...

US denies Hamas violating deal, is aiming to set up safe zone for Gazans fleeing group
Top Trump aides say only Hamas-free areas will be rebuilt, reveal countries offering to join postwar security force, stress Gazans won’t be forced to leave Strip during reconstruction.

Egypt seeks 10,000-person Palestinian force in Gaza as talks on Trump plan enter second phase
Egypt proposed an initial deployment of 1,000 security personnel trained in Jordan or Egypt, aiming to gradually expand the effort to enforce post-ceasefire security.

Permanent settlement in Gaza is far from secured, even after success of hostage release
Hamas’ actions after the Israeli withdrawal have created tensions amid the ceasefire and warning signs that the groups may fail to uphold its commitments.

Handcuffed, caged, thrown in a pit: Hostages’ families describe two years of hell
In the days since they were released from two years in brutal captivity, freed hostages have shared, through their families, harrowing details of their time in Gaza. The accounts paint a picture of starvation, suffering, and physical and psychological abuse.

‘They demanded he convert to Islam’: Rom Braslavski's mother says son was alone for two years
She described him being shown selective footage to convince him his parents had given up on him and repeated efforts to induce him to fast during Ramadan or read the Quran in return for food and better conditions.

Greta Thunberg complains that Israeli guards stomped on her frog hat
Literally worse than Hitler.

Zohran Mamdani refuses call for Hamas to disarm as terror outfit slaughters Gazans in streets
Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani repeatedly refused to say Hamas should disarm as part of the Trump-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza, telling Fox News he does not "have opinions about the future" of the terrorist group.

World...

Trump says Modi assured him India will stop Russian oil purchases, but timeline unclear
″[Modi] assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia. That’s a big stop,” Trump said at the press briefing in the Oval Office. “Now we’ve got to get China to do the same thing.”

NY Times: China played its strongest card to get Trump’s attention. Will it work?
Xi Jinping’s need to project strength before a crucial meeting of Communist Party leaders may help explain why Beijing announced new rare-earth controls.

Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say
"There’s a chatbot that can pretend to be 27 personalities and is designed to groom you."

Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia
The country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Entertainment...

Whitney Cummings defends performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival, says backlash 'is just racism'
"I don’t operate under, you know, the idea that every government and their people are the same. … You think that the people of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi government all [share the same values]? So you also believe that the Chinese government and the Chinese people are exactly the same? It’s just racism."

Reporter confronts Keira Knightley about playing role written by JK Rowling. She doesn’t seem to care much.
Asked about boycotts targeting Rowling, Knightley said she hadn’t heard of them, adding that “we’ve all got very different opinions” and should figure out “how to live together.”

Media...

Federalist editors reviewed the new Pentagon media rules, say they do not restrict press freedoms
Sean Davis and Mollie Hemingway said the new Department of War media access policy simply outlines procedures for credentialed reporters, stating it does not restrict coverage, require preapproval of stories, or force journalists to waive any constitutional rights — only that they acknowledge understanding the rules.

NBC News axes ‘diversity’ teams and slashes staff ahead of MSNBC split
About 150 employees are being cut as NBC ends its partnership with MSNBC, with entire race and gender “issue” teams eliminated.

Environment...

Obama judge tosses John Podesta-endorsed lawsuit claiming Trump's energy policies are killing children
Podesta's appearance as an "expert witness" was unable to salvage the case brought by 22 children against Trump.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Transgender athlete tries to dodge Supreme Court review of Idaho women’s sports case
Lindsay Hecox abruptly withdrew from competition and moved to dismiss the suit after SCOTUS agreed to hear Idaho’s defense of its women’s sports law, but Judge David Nye blocked the maneuver, calling it a manipulative attempt to avoid Supreme Court scrutiny.

California candidate manages to out-crazy Katie Porter, voices support for ‘gender-neutral’ Olympics
When asked directly why the sexes were separated in sport to begin with, Betty Yee acknowledged that there were physical differences between men and women — but did not alter her position that men should compete against women, so long as the men claim they're actually women.

AI...

Air Force bases to host AI data centers on unused land
The service has been studying potential locations to host AI data centers since early this year, following an executive order issued by President Trump in January that directed the secretary of defense to “identify suitable sites on military installations” for the infrastructure.

Pew: How people around the world view AI
More are concerned than excited about its use, and more trust their own country and the EU to regulate it than trust the U.S. or China.

Name of Nazi executioner in horrific WWII photo revealed using AI after 80 years of searching
Commonly known as the “Last Jew of Vinnitsa,” the pic remained a mystery for decades until now.

Travel...

Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America, spew anti-Trump, Netanyahu slurs — causing delays
Passengers at airports in Pennsylvania and British Columbia were stunned Tuesday when loudspeakers suddenly blasted pro-Hamas messages and slurs against President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sports...

Franklin & Marshall College said it was looking for a new 'gender-neutral' mascot — and got absolutely torched
The Pennsylvania college scrapped its Ben Franklin and John Marshall mascots after students called them “cartoonish old white guys” and pushed for something “fun and gender-neutral.” Social media users suggested fitting replacements like the Snowflakes, the Sheep, or the Worms.

Oct 16, 2008 - Obama-McCain presidential debate... Joe the Plumber... Post-debate analysis from Stu... End of capitalism... Glenn talks with Steve Doocy about his new book, 'Tales from the Dad Side'... A farmer in the Oval Office...

The Crisis of Meaning: Searching for truth and purpose

Mario Tama / Staff | Getty Images

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.

A break in trust: A NEW Watergate is brewing in plain sight

Gary Hershorn / Contributor | Getty Images

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.

Grim warning: Bad-faith Israel critics duck REAL questions

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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.

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

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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.

Brandon Bell / Staff | Getty Images

Stand up and tell the truth

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.