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Morning Brief 2025-10-17

October 17, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Avi Loeb
TOPIC: Could the interstellar object 3I/Atlas be alien technology?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Eric Trump
TOPIC: The attacks on President Trump were attacks on America.

News...

DOJ brings first Antifa-related terrorism charges in Texas ICE attack
As Alvarado police were issuing commands to a "black-clad figure," one accused Antifa member allegedly yelled, "Get to the rifles."

John Bolton indicted on 18 counts for mishandling classified information
The 76-year-old former Trump adviser was indicted by a grand jury on 18 counts related to mishandling classified information, eight counts of transmission of national defense information, and 10 counts of unlawful retention of NDI.

‘No Kings’ is the clown show covering for a coup
Now that Trump has deployed National Guard troops to stop violent leftist mobs from attacking ICE officers, Democrats and the left have decided to stage a sequel on Saturday.

'Optical illusion' swastika flags distributed to multiple congressional offices prompt investigation: Sources
Multiple sources tell Fox News that what appeared to be a swastika flag in Republican Ohio Rep. Dave Taylor’s D.C. office may actually be an American flag with a hidden pattern visible only on camera — an "optical illusion" similar to flags quietly delivered to dozens of congressional offices now under investigation.

Arc de Trump? President shows off model of Independence Arch, says "it's going to be really beautiful"
The president showed off a model of the arch at a White House dinner Wednesday night for a group of wealthy donors who are funding his White House ballroom project. The arch is supposed to be completed in time for the country's 250th anniversary celebration next year.

The great feminization is remaking society
As women have come to dominate universities, media, and law, institutions have shifted toward emotion and consensus over merit and competition — producing cancel culture, risk aversion, and a weakening of the rule of law.

FBI’s Kash Patel shuts down ‘conspiracy theories’ about Charlie Kirk: We only deal with facts
"The best thing we can do to honor my friend Charlie Kirk's life is to make sure that everyone involved is prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

Corporate donation platforms block conservative charities using SPLC ‘hate group’ list
Major workplace giving services like Benevity, Groundswell, and Millie use the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center’s blacklist to restrict donations to conservative and faith-based nonprofits such as Turning Point USA.

Bombshell audio: Biden privately praised Clarence Thomas’ ‘character’ while claiming to believe Anita Hill’s smears
“Judge, this is Joe Biden. I called to say congratulations and remind you [that] you have [inaudible] years to write the history books that say exactly what you are: a person of character,” Biden said. “Don’t let this part get you down. Congratulations. Enjoy it.”

IRS whistleblowers settle with DOJ over alleged retaliation in Hunter Biden probe
Agents Joseph Ziegler and Gary Shapley reached a confidential settlement with the Justice Department after claiming they were punished for exposing political favoritism in the Hunter Biden tax case, saying the deal includes compensation and DOJ training reforms to prevent future retaliation.

Florida teen accused of abduction hoax faces justice — and alleged ruse appears even more elaborate than initially thought
Deputies say 17-year-old Caden Speight faked his own abduction, shot himself in the leg, and staged evidence to claim he was attacked by Hispanic men. Investigators later found ChatGPT searches about blood collection and Mexican cartels, leading to multiple felony charges.

Government Lockdown...

Senate departs Washington for three-day weekend without government funding deal
The Senate on Thursday afternoon adjourned for the week without a funding deal that would reopen the federal government, thereby pushing the ongoing government shutdown into a third week.

Democrats block legislation to pay troops during shutdown
The defense appropriations bill would fund the Department of War for the upcoming fiscal year and ensure that active-duty troops do not miss a paycheck during the shutdown. The measure also includes a military pay raise.

Sen. Jim Justice throws birthday bash for his bulldog amid shutdown
Babydog stole the spotlight in a pink tutu and birthday hat as hundreds of Hill staffers lined up for cake and photos during her sixth birthday celebration, offering a rare moment of levity during the government shutdown.

NYC...

NY Post: Mamdani suffers awful showing in mayoral debate — but Cuomo still can’t bury Dem Socialist
If Mamdani did badly, Andrew Cuomo did worse. And an enjoyable Curtis Sliwa buried Cuomo even deeper.

NY Times: 7 takeaways from the first NYC mayoral debate
The Times cast Mamdani as the night’s aggressor and likely winner, saying Cuomo failed to land a decisive blow and Sliwa mostly played spoiler. Cuomo’s attacks fell flat, while Mamdani’s sharp counterpunches and command of the issues kept him firmly in control of the stage.

Mamdani repeatedly accuses Israel of genocide in NYC mayoral debate
Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate for New York City mayor, accuses Israel of genocide three times within a few minutes in a debate with his rivals, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.

Politics...

Polls show close Virginia attorney general race between Miyares, Jones after text scandal
The latest Decision Desk HQ polling average has GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democrat candidate Jay Jones tied with 46.4% support.

Jay Jones suffers debate night bruising over text messages fantasizing about shooting his GOP colleague
"If you were to apply to be a line prosecutor … you would not pass a background check," Virginia AG Jason Miyares tells Jones.

Virginia’s House speaker targets recipient of Jay Jones’ violent texts
Instead of calling for Jones to withdraw, Democrats try to oust woman they blame for his texts becoming public.

Joy Behar thinks Jones is a Republican, says GOP hasn’t denounced his violent texts
Behar falsely accused Republicans of ignoring Jay Jones’ threats to shoot a GOP lawmaker’s family before being corrected that Jones is a Democrat. She doubled down anyway, insisting only Democrats condemned the remarks despite GOP leaders publicly calling for him to quit the race.

Susan Collins challenger called himself a communist, white people 'racist' and 'stupid'
Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is seeking his party's nomination to run against Sen. Susan Collins, called himself a "communist," claimed to own guns because he doesn't "trust the fascists to act politely," and accused "white rural America" of being racist and stupid.

Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project shutters after copping to illegal campaign activity
Voter registration charity once led by Sen. Raphael Warnock is no more following years of internal turmoil.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pockets $1.4 million in Las Vegas gambling winnings
Under Pritzker, gambling has expanded significantly across the blue state. He signed legislation legalizing sports betting and authorized six new casinos.

Economy...

Tariff surge helps shrink US deficit as debt payments hit record highs
The 2025 deficit fell slightly to $1.78 trillion, down 2.2% from last year, as Trump’s massive new tariffs drove a 142% jump in customs revenue. Despite record $1.2 trillion interest costs on the $38 trillion debt, Treasury officials say the deficit-to-GDP ratio dropped below 6% for the first time in three years.

PayPal’s crypto partner mints $300 trillion worth of stablecoins in ‘technical error’
PayPal says the tokens are always redeemable for U.S. dollars on a 1:1 basis.

Immigration...

Homan denies allegations that he took $50K from undercover Biden FBI agents
“I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody. I recused myself from any discussions of any contract or any monetary decisions like that, because I used to have a company that did consulting, so I cleared myself. Day one, what people don’t talk about is I took a significant, huge pay cut to come back and serve my nation, and I’m not enriching myself.”

Obama-appointed judge orders ICE officers in Chicago to wear body cameras
U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing clashes between agents and the public on TV, the Associated Press reported. “I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” Ellis said. “And I’m not blind, right?”

Israel...

Trump says there will be ‘no choice but to go in and kill’ Hamas if violence in Gaza doesn’t end
The president warned Thursday that continued bloodshed by Hamas would force an armed response, saying nearby allies could carry out the operation “under our auspices” if the terror group refuses to disarm under the peace plan it agreed to.

France, Britain, and US push UN plan for Gaza stabilization force
Western powers are finalizing a Security Council resolution to authorize an international mission in Gaza following the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The proposed force would not be a U.N. peacekeeping operation but a multinational effort, with countries like Indonesia, Egypt, and the UAE in talks to contribute troops.

Israel shared intel on location of hostages’ bodies with mediators, official says
Turkey sends experts to Gaza in emerging multinational endeavor to locate hostages’ remains.

Hamas claims it can’t return remaining hostages’ bodies without equipment from Israel to clear rubble
The terror group insists it’s eager and willing to hand over the bodies ... but, you know, the Jews, they're to blame for the delay.

Israel freed prisoners, not hostages — there’s a difference
Calling criminals "hostages" is an insult to the innocent.

Ukraine - Russia...

Trump says he will again meet with Putin to discuss end of Ukraine war
“I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation,” Trump wrote in a social media post, where he also suggested that last week’s breakthrough on a Gaza peace deal could create diplomatic momentum.

World...

China accuses US of ‘creating panic’ over rare-earth export controls
Beijing defended new limits on rare-earth exports as national security measures while signaling openness to trade talks with President Trump. The U.S. has warned of 100% tariffs if China doesn’t back down.

Elon Musk may be helping Tommy Robinson, prompting leftist British lawmaker to demand MI5 investigation
Robinson, who is facing trial for allegedly denying police access to his phone, says Elon Musk is backing his legal defense.

Entertainment...

Kathy Griffin claims Trump ‘stole’ 2024 election, blames Elon Musk for ‘buying votes’
The disgraced comedian alleged on her podcast that Trump’s re-election was illegitimate, accusing Elon Musk of paying voters and calling him a “professional Nazi.” Griffin, best known for her 2017 severed-head stunt, claimed Trump’s sweep of swing states was “suspicious.”

Taylor Swift fan accuses singer of selling Nazi-themed necklace in viral TikTok
A self-described “woke” fan claimed a necklace tied to Swift’s new album featured SS-style lightning bolts and an iron cross, calling it Nazi symbolism. The necklace was later removed from Swift’s merch site, though it’s unclear if it sold out or was taken down.

Ace Frehley, founding member of rock band KISS, dead at 74
He had reportedly been hospitalized on life support as of Thursday afternoon, after falling in his studio and suffering a brain bleed just a few weeks before his death.

Media...

Bari Weiss fires CBS News standards chief as first termination of her takeover: Report
Claudia Milne, who ran the division responsible for the moral, ethical, and legal implications of CBS programming since 2021, was reportedly on the team that banned reporters from using the term "transgender" when covering the Covenant shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, despite the shooter being transgender.

CNN is trying yet again with a new streaming service
The new service launches Oct 28. Will it last longer than 31 days this time?

Environment...

Trump administration rejects global carbon tax pushed by UN maritime body
Ambassador Mike Waltz said the U.S. will vote “hard no” on the International Maritime Organization’s proposed global carbon tax, warning it would raise prices and enrich China. President Trump called it a “Global Green New Scam Tax,” vowing the U.S. will not comply or fund the measure.

US regulators toss out rules requiring banks to prepare for climate change
Regulators are doing away with controversial regulations that required banks to plan for losses in the event of climate-related events, according to an announcement Thursday.

Education...

Harvard posts deficit of over $110 million as funding feud with Trump continues to sting
Harvard reported a nearly $113 million operating loss for the year ending June 30, 2025, compared to a $45 million gain for the prior fiscal year. Federal funding fell by around $58 million. Harvard's endowment generated an 11.9% return, up from 9.6% the prior year, bringing its value to $56.9 billion.

Science...

Scientists think they just caught dark matter in the act
A strange gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s core perfectly fits what Johns Hopkins researchers say would happen if dark matter particles were smashing into each other. If they’re right, it’s the first real glimpse of the invisible stuff holding the universe together.

AI...

US adversaries ramp up AI-powered cyberattacks and deception campaigns
Microsoft reports that Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea have sharply expanded their use of artificial intelligence to spread disinformation, clone officials, and launch cyberattacks on U.S. targets, with over 200 AI-driven incidents this year - ten times more than in 2023.

I searched for stories of trans contagion. Google AI lectured me with false propaganda
I tried searching for stories of kids peer-pressured into trans identities, and Google spat out unsolicited propaganda and falsehoods.

Technology...

Technology headlines from 2001: Computer virus disguised as sexy photos of Janet from 'Three's Company' fails miserably
An internet virus masquerading as a sexy picture of former "Three's Company" starlet Joyce DeWitt did not have its intended destructive result when few, if any, of its targeted victims worldwide even opened the email message.

Sports...

Former ESPN personality blasts Jaguars’ Travis Hunter for getting baptized on game day
Skip Bayless claimed the wide receiver was "checking out" after being baptized Sunday morning before Jacksonville’s matchup with Seattle, saying it showed a lack of focus. Hunter dismissed the criticism, saying, “Sunday. It’s God’s day. ... I changed my life over to become a better man.”

Oct 17, 2008 - Obama and Iranian caviar... Glenn chats with Scott Rasmussen... It's revealed on Drudge Report that Glenn is joining Fox News... Barack Obama's extreme pro-abortion record... Larry Burns from GM...

Faith, family, and freedom—The forgotten core of conservatism

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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.

Bill Gates ends climate fear campaign, declares AI the future ruler

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The Big Tech billionaire once said humanity must change or perish. Now he claims we’ll survive — just as elites prepare total surveillance.

For decades, Americans have been told that climate change is an imminent apocalypse — the existential threat that justifies every intrusion into our lives, from banning gas stoves to rationing energy to tracking personal “carbon scores.”

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates helped lead that charge. He warned repeatedly that the “climate disaster” would be the greatest crisis humanity would ever face. He invested billions in green technology and demanded the world reach net-zero emissions by 2050 “to avoid catastrophe.”

The global contest is no longer over barrels and pipelines — it is over who gets to flip the digital switch.

Now, suddenly, he wants everyone to relax: Climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise” after all.

Gates was making less of a scientific statement and more of a strategic pivot. When elites retire a crisis, it’s never because the threat is gone — it’s because a better one has replaced it. And something else has indeed arrived — something the ruling class finds more useful than fear of the weather.The same day Gates downshifted the doomsday rhetoric, Amazon announced it would pay warehouse workers $30 an hour — while laying off 30,000 people because artificial intelligence will soon do their jobs.

Climate panic was the warm-up. AI control is the main event.

The new currency of power

The world once revolved around oil and gas. Today, it revolves around the electricity demanded by server farms, the chips that power machine learning, and the data that can be used to manipulate or silence entire populations. The global contest is no longer over barrels and pipelines — it is over who gets to flip the digital switch. Whoever controls energy now controls information. And whoever controls information controls civilization.

Climate alarmism gave elites a pretext to centralize power over energy. Artificial intelligence gives them a mechanism to centralize power over people. The future battles will not be about carbon — they will be about control.

Two futures — both ending in tyranny

Americans are already being pushed into what look like two opposing movements, but both leave the individual powerless.

The first is the technocratic empire being constructed in the name of innovation. In its vision, human work will be replaced by machines, and digital permissions will subsume personal autonomy.

Government and corporations merge into a single authority. Your identity, finances, medical decisions, and speech rights become access points monitored by biometric scanners and enforced by automated gatekeepers. Every step, purchase, and opinion is tracked under the noble banner of “efficiency.”

The second is the green de-growth utopia being marketed as “compassion.” In this vision, prosperity itself becomes immoral. You will own less because “the planet” requires it. Elites will redesign cities so life cannot extend beyond a 15-minute walking radius, restrict movement to save the Earth, and ration resources to curb “excess.” It promises community and simplicity, but ultimately delivers enforced scarcity. Freedom withers when surviving becomes a collective permission rather than an individual right.

Both futures demand that citizens become manageable — either automated out of society or tightly regulated within it. The ruling class will embrace whichever version gives them the most leverage in any given moment.

Climate panic was losing its grip. AI dependency — and the obedience it creates — is far more potent.

The forgotten way

A third path exists, but it is the one today’s elites fear most: the path laid out in our Constitution. The founders built a system that assumes human beings are not subjects to be monitored or managed, but moral agents equipped by God with rights no government — and no algorithm — can override.

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That idea remains the most “disruptive technology” in history. It shattered the belief that people need kings or experts or global committees telling them how to live. No wonder elites want it erased.

Soon, you will be told you must choose: Live in a world run by machines or in a world stripped down for planetary salvation. Digital tyranny or rationed equality. Innovation without liberty or simplicity without dignity.

Both are traps.

The only way

The only future worth choosing is the one grounded in ordered liberty — where prosperity and progress exist alongside moral responsibility and personal freedom and human beings are treated as image-bearers of God — not climate liabilities, not data profiles, not replaceable hardware components.

Bill Gates can change his tune. The media can change the script. But the agenda remains the same.

They no longer want to save the planet. They want to run it, and they expect you to obey.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.