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Morning Brief 2025-10-23

October 23, 2025
Chris Brady

BOTTOM OF HOUR 1
GUEST: Sebastian Gorka
TOPIC: President Trump's counterterrorism program has killed OVER 300 suspected jihadists in the last nine months.

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Charles Murray
TOPIC: Murray: “I thought I didn’t need God. I was wrong.”

News...

CBS News: Many big names in group of unlikely allies seeking ban, for now, on AI 'superintelligence'
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders, and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" they say could threaten humanity.

Entire White House East Wing will be demolished to make way for ballroom — as Trump reveals new $300M price tag for the project
“In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, as he showed off renderings of what the White House grounds will look like when the project is completed in 2029.

Democrats, media clutch pearls over President Trump’s ballroom build
The same people and publications who cheered tearing down statues are now waxing poetic about Trump building a ballroom on private dime.

Pictures from Harry Truman's demolition of the White House
By autumn 1950, interior demolition had left the White House a cavernous hollow space 165 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 70 to 80 feet high.

GOP senator says she plans to sue Biden DOJ officials, FBI for invasion of phone privacy
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says search of phone records violated her 1st and 4th Amendment rights, her separation of powers protections as a lawmaker and possibly the Stored Communications Act.

The New York Times wants an America without Americans
On Tuesday, Leighton Woodhouse wrote for the New York Times that conservatives are “spinning” a “mythology” that is “historically delusional.” The delusional mythology Woodhouse is referring to? The belief that Americans are a “group of people with a shared history.”

Kamala Harris family Secret Service agent reportedly moonlighted as plus size model
A female agent formerly on the Secret Service detail for Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff moonlighted as a model and never passed her physical fitness test, sources told RealClearPolitics.

Government shutdown...

Dem leader admits shutdown pain ‘worth it’ for political leverage, White House blasts ‘sick’ strategy
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark said Democrats view the government shutdown as “one of the few leverage times we have,” acknowledging it’s hurting families but defending the tactic, prompting the White House to blast Democrats for holding Americans “hostage” for their agenda.

NYC...

NY Post: Mamdani breaks a sweat, fails to give specifics as Cuomo, Sliwa repeatedly pin him into a corner during fiery NYC mayoral debate
Front-runner Zohran Mamdani broke a sweat — literally — during a knock-down, drag-out final mayoral debate Wednesday as a fired-up Andrew Cuomo repeatedly pressed him to “quit acting” and deliver straight answers.

NY Times: 7 takeaways from the final NYC mayoral debate
Cuomo, who was criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike over his languid debate performance last week, assailed Mamdani at every turn. He focused on Mamdani’s limited experience and youth and blasted him for refusing to take positions on some issues.

Cuomo says Trump will ‘knock Mamdani on his tuchus’ if socialist wins NYC mayor race
Cuomo mocked socialist rival Zohran Mamdani, saying Trump would “knock him on his tuchus” if he became mayor, while Mamdani called Cuomo “Trump’s puppet.” Curtis Sliwa urged both to stop grandstanding and focus on working with Trump to help New Yorkers.

Actor torches NYC socialist mayoral frontrunner for dining at luxury sushi spot
Michael Rapaport ripped Zohran Mamdani for eating at $145-a-plate Omen Sushi while calling himself “working class,” mocking him as “Zoron the Moron” and saying, “You ain’t working class — you’re fraud class.”

Politics...

Democrats keep promising an 'alternative' — to what, exactly?
Top Democrat strategists say the party’s biggest problem is failing to offer a positive “alternative” to Trump’s agenda, but that’s the issue — we’ve seen what the alternative to all of that looks like. It was called the Biden years.

Dem megadonors snub Kamala-headlined DNC fundraiser, with one sending 'profanity-laced rejection'
Major Democratic donors turned down the Democratic National Committee's request to host a fundraiser, blasting the party’s lack of direction as DNC cash reserves sank to just $12 million — far behind the GOP’s $86 million war chest.

North Carolina approves new GOP-drawn congressional map
The move is expected to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat in the 2026 midterms.

Special counsel tapped to probe scandal-plagued Jay Jones over 2022 reckless driving case
Prosecutors are reportedly looking into how Jones completed his community service requirement to avoid jail time.

Democrat Senate hopeful, who claims he's not a Nazi, taught military tactics and recruited for socialist paramilitary group in Maine
Graham Platner, who some say puts the socialist in National Socialist, provided advanced firearms training and recruitment for the Socialist Rifle Association, an extremist group linked to paramilitary activity.

Mamdani effect? Three top mayoral candidates take aim at wallets with socialist-minded tax policies
Three leading Democratic Socialists are mainstreaming tax policies aimed at the redistribution of wealth.

Hunter Biden: Obama leading dad off stage by the hand 'really pissed me off'
"I almost jumped up on the stage and said, 'Don't ever f**king do that to the president of the United States again — ever,'" Hunter told an interviewer.

Ex-GOP senator enters highly competitive race in hopes to flip New Hampshire red
John Sununu, who served as New Hampshire’s U.S. senator from 2003 to 2009 before losing his seat to Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, is looking to re-enter politics. He's got the backing of the NRSC but faces a primary fight with Trump ally Scott Brown.

Jasmine Crockett says 'karma' is making her 'strongly' consider running for a higher office
The "fake ghetto hood rat" claimed that attempts to unseat her have stirred her ambitions for the U.S. Senate, adding that she believes “karma” and a strategy to “expand the electorate” could propel her to statewide victory.

Pro-trans progressive launches bid for Pelosi’s seat before she has a chance to announce retirement
As speculation mounts that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will soon announce her retirement, one California lawmaker is wasting no time entering the succession race.

James Carville fantasizes about Trump ‘collaborators’ paraded in the streets like post-war Nazis
"They should be put in orange pajamas, and they should be marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. And the public should be invited to spit on them."

Economy...

Amazon’s secret strategy to replace 600,000 American workers with robots
Who could have foreseen that having to pay people $23 an hour plus benefits to move a box from one place to another place might eventually lead to them being replaced by robots?

Flashback: Amazon announces $1 billion plan to raise US wages and cut health care costs
The company said in September that the average pay will rise above $23 an hour this year, with cheaper health plans starting in 2026, following a year of nationwide strikes organized by unions and backed by Democrats.

Catastrophic Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack to cost UK economy at least $2.5 billion, according to estimates
The indirect impacts make this one of the most financially consequential hacks in history.

Immigration...

Trump urges Senate to pass Kate’s Law
The president called on lawmakers to approve the long-stalled bill mandating a 10-year sentence for illegal aliens who re-enter the U.S. after deportation, saying Congress must act to finally deliver justice in Steinle’s name.

Democrats plan to add 'master ICE tracker' to website
Rep. Robert Garcia says the tracker will be used to track and document ICE activity using information from sources on the ground.

Cotton demands DHS audit visas after Hamas terrorist found living in Louisiana
Sen. Tom Cotton ordered an immediate security review of all visas issued since 2021 after a Gazan man accused of taking part in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre was caught living in Louisiana on a fraudulent visa, blasting the Biden administration for failing to properly vet Middle Eastern applicants.

Trucker suspected of killing 3 in horrific DUI crash reported to be illegal migrant
Law enforcement arrested an Indian national suspected of killing three in a major highway accident in California while under the influence of drugs and driving a semi-truck.

WAR News...

US conducts lethal narco-boat strike, this time in the Pacific
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said it was the eighth U.S. strike on a drug-smuggling vessel, declaring that narco-terrorists “will find no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere,” as President Trump vowed to cut off Venezuela’s flow of narcotics to the U.S.

Israel...

Netanyahu stresses Israel not a US protectorate, JD Vance responds: 'We don't want one'
"We want Israel as an ally," Vance said, "and for the U.S. to have less interest in the Middle East."

Rockefeller Brothers Fund gave millions to terror-tied extremist groups in 2025
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has spent millions of dollars in 2025 supporting an array of anti-Israel groups, several of which have ties to terrorism abroad and extremist activists in the United States, a Washington Free Beacon review of the organization’s grantees shows.

Indonesia defends move to bar Israeli athletes, says it ‘understands the consequences’
Indonesia says it understands the consequences of its decision to block Israeli athletes from entering the country but defends the move as part of its pledge to “maintain international order.”

Ukraine - Russia...

White House hits Russia with massive sanctions, demands 'immediate ceasefire' in Ukraine
"Given President Putin's refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia's two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin's war machine," Scott Bessent announced.

Trump says Putin talks 'don't go anywhere'
“Every time I speak to Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don’t go anywhere,” Trump said, adding, “I just felt it was time. We waited a long time,” about the new sanctions.

Trump denies WSJ reporting on long-range weapons use in Ukraine
"The Wall Street Journal story on the U.S.A.’s approval of Ukraine being allowed to use long-range missiles deep into Russia is FAKE NEWS! The U.S. has nothing to do with those missiles, wherever they may come from, or what Ukraine does with them!" he posted on Truth Social.

Europe...

Notorious pedophile Ian Watkins killed in prison
The former Lostprophets frontman, serving a 29-year sentence for child sex crimes, was murdered at HMP Wakefield in England, where four inmates have been arrested as police continue their investigation.

Media...

Sunny Hostin suggests she had to protect son from her allegedly racist white neighbors
Hostin claimed she once brought her son to the local police station to prevent him from being “harassed” while running in what she described as an “all-white neighborhood.” She said she feared neighbors might falsely report him to police, citing her belief that “black boys are not given the presumption of innocence and youth.”

Flashback: Sunny Hostin forefathers were slave owners
Research says it's very likely her third great-grandfather not only owned a slave but was also involved in the slave trade.

White House hammers Jen Psaki over comments about JD Vance's wife: 'Circle back on that, moron'
After Psaki mocked the vice president’s wife on a podcast, saying that Usha Vance should “blink four times” if she needed rescuing, White House communications chief Steven Cheung fired back, blasting Psaki as “a dumba** who has no comprehension of the truth.”

Environment...

A whistleblower was meeting with the SEC, accusing a solar panel company of fraud. The Biden admin guaranteed a $3 billion loan for the company at the same time.
Sunnova Energy, which filed for bankruptcy in June, allegedly used hidden cells on a spreadsheet to inflate its numbers and defraud investors

LGBTQIA2S+...

Minnesota Supreme Court rules for male who was barred from competing in women's event
The far-left court ruled that a man who claims he's actually a woman was discriminated against by USA Powerlifting when the organization did not allow that man to compete against women in 2018.

Snoop Dogg flips on LGBTQ agenda, teams with GLAAD for kids’ song ‘Love Is Love’
After blasting woke messaging in children’s media just months ago, the rapper — who’ll endorse for a buck — has now partnered with GLAAD on an animated “Doggyland” track promoting same-sex dog parents and lyrics teaching kids that “love won’t change.”

Monkeypox is back, and this time it's ...
Three California residents have been infected with a more severe strain of the virus — marking the first time this type of monkeypox has spread within the U.S., health officials said on Friday.

Education...

Alaska schools’ social studies standards omit Washington, Lincoln, and Christianity
Even in a red state like Alaska, bureaucrats have infiltrated the education department with "protest" and "action civics."

Report predicts growth for Arizona school choice program
Program has witnessed a 753% increase in student participation since 2022.

AI...

Meta cuts 600 jobs at 'Superintelligence Labs'
Zuckerberg has been on a hiring spree to stack his company with top AI researchers, and the cuts on Wednesday did not affect these newest hires, who have been empowered to develop “superintelligence.”

Suzanne Somers AI clone debuts 2 years after her death
Somers died two years ago, but her husband, Alan Hamel, insists that fans will be able to interact with her again via an AI clone he says is “amazing.” Hamel said, "It was Suzanne. And I asked her a few questions, and she answered them, and it blew me and everybody else away."

Sports...

Too big to fail NFL shrugs off criticism of Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime choice
Commissioner Roger Goodell called the pick “carefully thought through” and said the halftime show is "going to be exciting and a united moment."

Animals...

Dozens of wild monkeys dive into Florida river, shocking tourists
A viral TikTok from Silver Springs State Park shows dozens of rhesus macaques leaping from trees and cliffs into the water, startling kayakers. “Look at them all. These are all monkeys jumping in. It’s raining monkeys.”

Oct. 23, 2009 - Obama’s contradictions… A/B comparing of what has been said… Obama not losing sleep over administration going after Fox News… Mysterious phone call… Glenn’s Twitter… Glenn visits Harlem…

The double standard behind the White House outrage

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Presidents have altered the White House for decades, yet only Donald Trump is treated as a vandal for privately funding the East Wing’s restoration.

Every time a president so much as changes the color of the White House drapes, the press clutches its pearls. Unless the name on the stationery is Barack Obama’s, even routine restoration becomes a national outrage.

President Donald Trump’s decision to privately fund upgrades to the White House — including a new state ballroom — has been met with the usual chorus of gasps and sneers. You’d think he bulldozed Monticello.

If a Republican preserves beauty, it’s vandalism. If a Democrat does the same, it’s ‘visionary.’

The irony is that presidents have altered and expanded the White House for more than a century. President Franklin D. Roosevelt added the East and West Wings in the middle of the Great Depression. Newspapers accused him of building a palace while Americans stood in breadlines. History now calls it “vision.”

First lady Nancy Reagan faced the same hysteria. Headlines accused her of spending taxpayer money on new china “while Americans starved.” In truth, she raised private funds after learning that the White House didn’t have enough matching plates for state dinners. She took the ridicule and refused to pass blame.

“I’m a big girl,” she told her staff. “This comes with the job.” That was dignity — something the press no longer recognizes.

A restoration, not a renovation

Trump’s project is different in every way that should matter. It costs taxpayers nothing. Not a cent. The president and a few friends privately fund the work. There’s no private pool or tennis court, no personal perks. The additions won’t even be completed until after he leaves office.

What’s being built is not indulgence — it’s stewardship. A restoration of aging rooms, worn fixtures, and century-old bathrooms that no longer function properly in the people’s house. Trump has paid for cast brass doorknobs engraved with the presidential seal, restored the carpets and moldings, and ensured that the architecture remains faithful to history.

The media’s response was mockery and accusations of vanity. They call it “grotesque excess,” while celebrating billion-dollar “climate art” projects and funneling hundreds of millions into activist causes like the No Kings movement. They lecture America on restraint while living off the largesse of billionaires.

The selective guardians of history

Where was this sudden reverence for history when rioters torched St. John’s Church — the same church where every president since James Madison has worshipped? The press called it an “expression of grief.”

Where was that reverence when mobs toppled statues of Washington, Jefferson, and Grant? Or when first lady Melania Trump replaced the Rose Garden’s lawn with a patio but otherwise followed Jackie Kennedy’s original 1962 plans in the garden’s restoration? They called that “desecration.”

If a Republican preserves beauty, it’s vandalism. If a Democrat does the same, it’s “visionary.”

The real desecration

The people shrieking about “historic preservation” care nothing for history. They hate the idea that something lasting and beautiful might be built by hands they despise. They mock craftsmanship because it exposes their own cultural decay.

The White House ballroom is not a scandal — it’s a mirror. And what it reflects is the media’s own pettiness. The ruling class that ridicules restoration is the same class that cheered as America’s monuments fell. Its members sneer at permanence because permanence condemns them.

Julia Beverly / Contributor | Getty Images

Trump’s improvements are an act of faith — in the nation’s symbols, its endurance, and its worth. The outrage over a privately funded renovation says less about him than it does about the journalists who mistake destruction for progress.

The real desecration isn’t happening in the East Wing. It’s happening in the newsrooms that long ago tore up their own foundation — truth — and never bothered to rebuild it.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Trump’s secret war in the Caribbean EXPOSED — It’s not about drugs

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The president’s moves in Venezuela, Guyana, and Colombia aren’t about drugs. They’re about re-establishing America’s sovereignty across the Western Hemisphere.

For decades, we’ve been told America’s wars are about drugs, democracy, or “defending freedom.” But look closer at what’s unfolding off the coast of Venezuela, and you’ll see something far more strategic taking shape. Donald Trump’s so-called drug war isn’t about fentanyl or cocaine. It’s about control — and a rebirth of American sovereignty.

The aim of Trump’s ‘drug war’ is to keep the hemisphere’s oil, minerals, and manufacturing within the Western family and out of Beijing’s hands.

The president understands something the foreign policy class forgot long ago: The world doesn’t respect apologies. It respects strength.

While the global elites in Davos tout the Great Reset, Trump is building something entirely different — a new architecture of power based on regional independence, not global dependence. His quiet campaign in the Western Hemisphere may one day be remembered as the second Monroe Doctrine.

Venezuela sits at the center of it all. It holds the world’s largest crude oil reserves — oil perfectly suited for America’s Gulf refineries. For years, China and Russia have treated Venezuela like a pawn on their chessboard, offering predatory loans in exchange for control of those resources. The result has been a corrupt, communist state sitting in our own back yard. For too long, Washington shrugged. Not any more.The naval exercises in the Caribbean, the sanctions, the patrols — they’re not about drug smugglers. They’re about evicting China from our hemisphere.

Trump is using the old “drug war” playbook to wage a new kind of war — an economic and strategic one — without firing a shot at our actual enemies. The goal is simple: Keep the hemisphere’s oil, minerals, and manufacturing within the Western family and out of Beijing’s hands.

Beyond Venezuela

Just east of Venezuela lies Guyana, a country most Americans couldn’t find on a map a year ago. Then ExxonMobil struck oil, and suddenly Guyana became the newest front in a quiet geopolitical contest. Washington is helping defend those offshore platforms, build radar systems, and secure undersea cables — not for charity, but for strategy. Control energy, data, and shipping lanes, and you control the future.

Moreover, Colombia — a country once defined by cartels — is now positioned as the hinge between two oceans and two continents. It guards the Panama Canal and sits atop rare-earth minerals every modern economy needs. Decades of American presence there weren’t just about cocaine interdiction; they were about maintaining leverage over the arteries of global trade. Trump sees that clearly.

PEDRO MATTEY / Contributor | Getty Images

All of these recent news items — from the military drills in the Caribbean to the trade negotiations — reflect a new vision of American power. Not global policing. Not endless nation-building. It’s about strategic sovereignty.

It’s the same philosophy driving Trump’s approach to NATO, the Middle East, and Asia. We’ll stand with you — but you’ll stand on your own two feet. The days of American taxpayers funding global security while our own borders collapse are over.

Trump’s Monroe Doctrine

Critics will call it “isolationism.” It isn’t. It’s realism. It’s recognizing that America’s strength comes not from fighting other people’s wars but from securing our own energy, our own supply lines, our own hemisphere. The first Monroe Doctrine warned foreign powers to stay out of the Americas. The second one — Trump’s — says we’ll defend them, but we’ll no longer be their bank or their babysitter.

Historians may one day mark this moment as the start of a new era — when America stopped apologizing for its own interests and started rebuilding its sovereignty, one barrel, one chip, and one border at a time.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Antifa isn’t “leaderless” — It’s an organized machine of violence

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The mob rises where men of courage fall silent. The lesson from Portland, Chicago, and other blue cities is simple: Appeasing radicals doesn’t buy peace — it only rents humiliation.

Parts of America, like Portland and Chicago, now resemble occupied territory. Progressive city governments have surrendered control to street militias, leaving citizens, journalists, and even federal officers to face violent anarchists without protection.

Take Portland, where Antifa has terrorized the city for more than 100 consecutive nights. Federal officers trying to keep order face nightly assaults while local officials do nothing. Independent journalists, such as Nick Sortor, have even been arrested for documenting the chaos. Sortor and Blaze News reporter Julio Rosas later testified at the White House about Antifa’s violence — testimony that corporate media outlets buried.

Antifa is organized, funded, and emboldened.

Chicago offers the same grim picture. Federal agents have been stalked, ambushed, and denied backup from local police while under siege from mobs. Calls for help went unanswered, putting lives in danger. This is more than disorder; it is open defiance of federal authority and a violation of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.

A history of violence

For years, the legacy media and left-wing think tanks have portrayed Antifa as “decentralized” and “leaderless.” The opposite is true. Antifa is organized, disciplined, and well-funded. Groups like Rose City Antifa in Oregon, the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club in Texas, and Jane’s Revenge operate as coordinated street militias. Legal fronts such as the National Lawyers Guild provide protection, while crowdfunding networks and international supporters funnel money directly to the movement.

The claim that Antifa lacks structure is a convenient myth — one that’s cost Americans dearly.

History reminds us what happens when mobs go unchecked. The French Revolution, Weimar Germany, Mao’s Red Guards — every one began with chaos on the streets. But it wasn’t random. Today’s radicals follow the same playbook: Exploit disorder, intimidate opponents, and seize moral power while the state looks away.

Dismember the dragon

The Trump administration’s decision to designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization was long overdue. The label finally acknowledged what citizens already knew: Antifa functions as a militant enterprise, recruiting and radicalizing youth for coordinated violence nationwide.

But naming the threat isn’t enough. The movement’s financiers, organizers, and enablers must also face justice. Every dollar that funds Antifa’s destruction should be traced, seized, and exposed.

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This fight transcends party lines. It’s not about left versus right; it’s about civilization versus anarchy. When politicians and judges excuse or ignore mob violence, they imperil the republic itself. Americans must reject silence and cowardice while street militias operate with impunity.

Antifa is organized, funded, and emboldened. The violence in Portland and Chicago is deliberate, not spontaneous. If America fails to confront it decisively, the price won’t just be broken cities — it will be the erosion of the republic itself.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

URGENT: Supreme Court case could redefine religious liberty

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The state is effectively silencing professionals who dare speak truths about gender and sexuality, redefining faith-guided speech as illegal.

This week, free speech is once again on the line before the U.S. Supreme Court. At stake is whether Americans still have the right to talk about faith, morality, and truth in their private practice without the government’s permission.

The case comes out of Colorado, where lawmakers in 2019 passed a ban on what they call “conversion therapy.” The law prohibits licensed counselors from trying to change a minor’s gender identity or sexual orientation, including their behaviors or gender expression. The law specifically targets Christian counselors who serve clients attempting to overcome gender dysphoria and not fall prey to the transgender ideology.

The root of this case isn’t about therapy. It’s about erasing a worldview.

The law does include one convenient exception. Counselors are free to “assist” a person who wants to transition genders but not someone who wants to affirm their biological sex. In other words, you can help a child move in one direction — one that is in line with the state’s progressive ideology — but not the other.

Think about that for a moment. The state is saying that a counselor can’t even discuss changing behavior with a client. Isn’t that the whole point of counseling?

One‑sided freedom

Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado Springs, has been one of the victims of this blatant attack on the First Amendment. Chiles has dedicated her practice to helping clients dealing with addiction, trauma, sexuality struggles, and gender dysphoria. She’s also a Christian who serves patients seeking guidance rooted in biblical teaching.

Before 2019, she could counsel minors according to her faith. She could talk about biblical morality, identity, and the path to wholeness. When the state outlawed that speech, she stopped. She followed the law — and then she sued.

Her case, Chiles v. Salazar, is now before the Supreme Court. Justices heard oral arguments on Tuesday. The question: Is counseling a form of speech or merely a government‑regulated service?

If the court rules the wrong way, it won’t just silence therapists. It could muzzle pastors, teachers, parents — anyone who believes in truth grounded in something higher than the state.

Censored belief

I believe marriage between a man and a woman is ordained by God. I believe that family — mother, father, child — is central to His design for humanity.

I believe that men and women are created in God’s image, with divine purpose and eternal worth. Gender isn’t an accessory; it’s part of who we are.

I believe the command to “be fruitful and multiply” still stands, that the power to create life is sacred, and that it belongs within marriage between a man and a woman.

And I believe that when we abandon these principles — when we treat sex as recreation, when we dissolve families, when we forget our vows — society fractures.

Are those statements controversial now? Maybe. But if this case goes against Chiles, those statements and others could soon be illegal to say aloud in public.

Faith on trial

In Colorado today, a counselor cannot sit down with a 15‑year‑old who’s struggling with gender identity and say, “You were made in God’s image, and He does not make mistakes.” That is now considered hate speech.

That’s the “freedom” the modern left is offering — freedom to affirm, but never to question. Freedom to comply, but never to dissent. The same movement that claims to champion tolerance now demands silence from anyone who disagrees. The root of this case isn’t about therapy. It’s about erasing a worldview.

The real test

No matter what happens at the Supreme Court, we cannot stop speaking the truth. These beliefs aren’t political slogans. For me, they are the product of years of wrestling, searching, and learning through pain and grace what actually leads to peace. For us, they are the fundamental principles that lead to a flourishing life. We cannot balk at standing for truth.

Maybe that’s why God allows these moments — moments when believers are pushed to the wall. They force us to ask hard questions: What is true? What is worth standing for? What is worth dying for — and living for?

If we answer those questions honestly, we’ll find not just truth, but freedom.

The state doesn’t grant real freedom — and it certainly isn’t defined by Colorado legislators. Real freedom comes from God. And the day we forget that, the First Amendment will mean nothing at all.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.