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Morning Brief 2025-10-28

October 28, 2025
 Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Carol Roth
TOPIC: Did America give a $20 billion bailout to Argentina?

BOTTOM OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.)
TOPIC: What is happening to Christians in Nigeria should be a WARNING sign to the West.

Glenn Beck news...

Glenn Beck unveils the Torch
Beck announced the Torch, a new AI-driven history and education platform launching January 5, alongside the Glenn and Tania Beck Foundation for American History and his digitized million-item archive — calling it his ultimate mission to preserve truth, teach real history, and “pass the torch” to the next generation.

Deseret News: Glenn Beck announces the ‘next and final step’ of his career
Beck is launching an AI tool to navigate his vast collection of historical documents.

Mediate: Glenn Beck has been hoarding more than a million artifacts in ‘tornado-proof’ mountain vaults across the country
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck announced on Monday that he had been hiding more than a million artifacts in mountain vaults across the country and that his followers would soon be able to take a look with the assistance of an AI replica of George Washington.

The Independent: Glenn Beck says Trump told him the real reasons for the dramatic remodeling of the White House
Conservative anchor Glenn Beck claims that Donald Trump told him the real reason behind his controversial changes and expansion of the White House amid criticism over the drastic remodeling project.

News...

Suspect with lengthy rap sheet arrested for alleged Pam Bondi 'murder-for-hire' scheme: FBI
Tyler Maxon Avalos has a history of stalking and domestic violence convictions in Minnesota and Florida.

Trans teen confesses to plotting Valentine’s Day school shooting
An 18-year-old student in Indiana admitted to plotting a Valentine’s Day massacre after federal agents traced violent online threats back to her social media accounts.

Carol Roth: Why does the administrative state hate people who work for a living?
Deep-state bureaucrats don’t build or sell anything. They regulate the people who do — and punish independence wherever it survives.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is a gift for America in the best tradition of his predecessors
The current hysteria over President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is the latest in a long history of Washington architectural naysaying that is as perennial as the Potomac cherry blossoms and as old as the White House itself.

Jim Jordan accuses Biden’s FBI of targeting whistleblower
Jordan told FBI Director Kash Patel the bureau used the clearance process to punish Special Agent Valentine Fertitta for exposing alleged misuse of authority — going so far as to interrogate his wife without allowing her legal counsel. The House Judiciary Committee has demanded all related records by Nov. 10.

Singles are paying $200 to hold each other in dark rooms. Will this fix dating?
In Los Angeles and other cities, singles gather in candlelit rooms to stare into strangers’ eyes, trace each other’s fingers, and hold long, silent hugs — all part of a $200 event promising to heal dating through “non-erotic touch” and “emotional attunement.”

Government shutdown...

Sen. Dick Durbin says AFGE Union calling for government shutdown end ‘has a lot of impact’
Reporter Burgess Everett, Congressional Bureau Chief for Semafor, announced on Monday that Durbin admitted the AFGE holds tremendous sway over Democrats.

Dem loses it when confronted with his thoughts on past shutdowns: ‘I don’t know and I don’t care’
Sen. Rubén Gallego of Arizona became visibly agitated when CNBC host Joe Kernen confronted him directly on how he’d responded to government shutdowns in the past — particularly when Republicans had been the ones making demands.

NYC...

Mamdani admits his 9/11 ‘aunt’ story was actually about his dad’s cousin who conveniently can’t be questioned
After online sleuths debunked his tale, socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani conceded his “aunt” afraid to wear her hijab after 9/11 was actually his father’s late cousin — whose name he declined to provide.

What they're saying about Zohran Mamdani's aunt, the real victim of 9/11
The New York Times published an article over the weekend portraying Mamdani as the victim of Islamophobia after JD Vance criticized his speech. The Times also suggested it was Islamophobic for Vance to mention Mamdani's recent meeting with Siraj Wahhaj, a radical Islamic preacher the Times described as a "well-known imam in Brooklyn."

Zohran Mamdani is toying with NYC — his campaign promises are make believe
The socialist wunderkind, who once lost a high school election promising free juice, is now on track to run New York City — pitching “free” buses, rent freezes, and government-run grocery stores that would turn the city into a taxpayer-funded theme park for bad ideas.

Trans rabbi headlines 'Jews for Zohran' ad campaign
Rabbi Abby Stein, a man who claims he's actually a woman, took part in a "Jews for Zohran" video campaign sponsored by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a far-left group considered outside mainstream Judaism. Stein also had a sit-down with Iran's president less than a week before Tehran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel.

Hochul says she thought ‘tax the rich’ chant was ‘let’s go Bills’
“I couldn’t hear what they were chanting. I thought they were saying, ‘Let’s go Bills.’ I wasn’t — I wasn’t sure — when you’re up there — I heard some noise. I heard a lot of cheers. But later on, it became clear to me that there is a — I know there’s a passion for that.”

AOC rallies for Mamdani: ‘They want us to think we are crazy — we are sane’
“We must remember in a time such as this, we are not the crazy ones, New York City. We are not the outlandish ones, New York City. They want us to think we are crazy. We are sane.”

Redistricting...

Schwarzenegger blasts Democrats over gerrymandering hypocrisy
Arnold Schwarzenegger called out Democrats for pretending Trump started the redistricting fight, telling CNN that both parties have been “out-cheating each other” for 200 years — and that in states like Massachusetts and New Mexico, GOP voters are left with zero representation despite strong support.

Newsom's Prop 50 ballot text admits partisan revenge, may face legal hurdles
While Texas’ redrawn map was court-ordered, California’s ballot language screams how political the measure is. A pending Supreme Court case might make the initiative doomed to fail in court.

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

Poking holes in California’s Prop 50: See-through envelopes and lack of voter privacy
The mail-in ballots for this year’s solitary ballot initiative appear to be neither private nor secure.

Indiana governor calls special session to redraw congressional maps
On Monday, Gov. Mike Braun called for a special session to redistrict Indiana’s nine congressional seats, two of which are held by Democrats in the Republican-supermajority state.

Politics...

Trump: Vance-Rubio ticket in 2028 would be ‘unstoppable’
Trump’s comments came aboard Air Force One during a flight from Malaysia to Japan, but he did not give a definitive answer as to whether he planned to run for a third term, which the 22nd Amendment currently bars.

Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns
Democrats have badly weakened their party with left-leaning ideas and rhetoric, growing only with self-described “white liberals” while losing ground with other voters, according to a new center-left group’s report shared first with Semafor.

Obama’s reaction to Pelosi’s ‘surprise’ endorsement of Harris revealed: ‘What the f**k did you just do?’
Obama, who preferred to let “a process” determine Trump’s Democrat Party opponent, called Pelosi shortly after her endorsement to vent his frustration — having thought they were on the same page, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl writes in his new book.

Buttigieg leads 2028 Democrat field in New Hampshire, with AOC gaining traction as party moves further left
A new University of New Hampshire poll shows Pete Buttigieg topping the 2028 Democratic pack with 19%, followed by Gavin Newsom at 15%, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 14%, and Kamala Harris at 11%.

Inside Jasmine Crockett's secret stock portfolio and failed attempts to become a marijuana magnate
Crockett, a potential 2028 Senate candidate, did not report her stakes in major pharmaceutical, fossil fuel, marijuana, technology, and automobile firms.

'Squad' members enjoy donor-funded resort weekend in Virgin Islands
Video from the retreat shows Rep. Jasmine Crockett bemoaning how the country treats black women as her audience sips mimosas.

Second key staffer leaves campaign of Democratic Senate candidate who claims he isn't a 'secret' Nazi
Just days after former state Rep. Genevieve McDonald resigned as political director of Platner's campaign, the Democratic candidate's longtime friend Kevin Brown indicated he too was jumping ship, leaving the role of campaign manager open.

Economy...

Think the stock rally is over? It may just be beginning
The stock market rally has already defied expectations this year, shrugging off geopolitical strife, economic uncertainty, and global trade tensions to reach fresh record highs. Some analysts say the rally might just be getting started.

Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees
Back in June, Amazon CEO Jassy sent a memo to staff that outlined how generative AI would soon “make our jobs even more exciting and fun than they are today” but also cut the overall number of jobs at the company.

Israel...

Comer to UN: Hand over documents on terrorist employees
The United Nations has obstructed U.S. investigations into staff members who participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks against Israel for months, the House Oversight Committee chairman wrote.

Ukraine - Russia...

Ukraine floods Russian troops in dam strike
Ukraine has carried out a drone strike on Belgorod dam that led to flooding in the southern Russian region and cut off several Moscow units. Water gushed from the damaged reservoir, disrupting Russian logistics and stranding troops stationed on the Ukrainian side of the border in Vovchansk.

Europe...

Brigitte Macron claims mental collapse as French citizens face trial for mocking political leaders
France’s first lady is hauling 10 people into court over claims she was born a man — a blatant show of political power that exposes how fragile free speech has become when leaders try to criminalize public mockery.

Latin America...

The Milei midterm model for Trump: Double down and double down
The libertarian Milei first secured election on a platform of mass deregulation and dramatically reducing the scope of the government in a bid to clamp down on inflation, which had spiraled out of control in the country.

Asia...

Japan donates 250 cherry trees, fireworks for Trump’s DC refresh after PM watches World Series with prez
Takaichi, who became Japan’s first female prime minister seven days ago, emphasized the nations’ common love of baseball and her country’s historic gift of cherry trees to D.C. as the leaders began their official dialogue Tuesday, which is expected to focus behind closed doors on military and trade policies.

Entertainment...

Kelsey Grammer welcomes 8th child at 70
While discussing his memoir about his late sister, “Karen: A Brother Remembers,” Grammer revealed that he and his wife, Kayte Walsh, 46, “just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids.”

Media...

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace claims no Democrats have implied ‘Trump is Hitler’
“I don’t think any Democrat has,” the MSNBC host said. “I actually think it’s a smear that they project back onto critics.”

CNN boss reportedly tells staff to ‘ease up’ on East Wing demolition coverage
CEO Mark Thompson suggested during a Thursday editorial call that the network should “ease up” on covering the controversial renovation project because viewers “aren’t all that interested in the story,” two people familiar with the matter told Status newsletter.

Democrats are furious after CBS host asks Jeffries difficult questions on ‘Face the Nation’
CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Hakeem Jeffries on his use of “rigged elections” after blasting Trump for the same rhetoric, prompting outrage from Democrats who accused Brennan of turning into a “Newsmax host” under new CBS leadership by Bari Weiss.

Biden hails late-night hosts as heroes of 'free speech' in 'dark days' under Trump
Fresh off radiation therapy, the 82-year-old ex-president warned America is doomed unless citizens rally behind Jimmy Kimmel and company — calling the fading talk show circuit the last light of liberty in Trump’s America.

Health...

Tylenol fights autism claims, slams proposed FDA warning label as 'unsupported' by science
The FDA warning would simply say, “If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.” However, many have taken that fairly tepid caution and twisted it into supposed evidence that the drug causes autism, which is in fact "unsupported" by science.

Vaccine skepticism comes for pet owners, too
The phenomenon has clear parallels to the anti-vaccine movement in human medicine and could, experts fear, lead the nation down a familiar path, resulting in a loosening of animal vaccination laws, a decline in pet vaccination rates, and a resurgence of infectious diseases that pose a risk to both pets and people.

New Hampshire man resumes dialysis after record 271 days living with a pig kidney
Tim Andrews of New Hampshire was the fourth living patient in the U.S. to get a kidney transplant from a pig that had been genetically modified to help prevent organ rejection and other complications.

AI...

OpenAI says US needs more power to stay ahead of China in AI: ‘Electrons are the new oil’
OpenAI shared an 11-page submission with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in which it encouraged the U.S. to commit to building 100 gigawatts of new energy capacity each year.

Flashback: How much power is 1.21 gigawatts, anyway? The science behind 'Back to the Future'
To generate the power needed for time travel in "Back to the Future," Doc Brown would’ve required energy equal to 2.5 million solar panels or 310 wind turbines — roughly the output of a full nuclear plant. Meanwhile, a single lightning bolt carries an estimated 10 gigawatts of electricity.

Technology...

Samsung pushes new update to deliver ads straight to your smart refrigerator
A new software rollout for Samsung’s $3,000 Family Hub refrigerators adds “smart” grocery tracking and Bixby upgrades — along with curated ads on the door screen, bizarrely marketed as a way to “enhance your daily routine.”

Travel...

Delta flight attendant ‘inadvertently’ deploys emergency slide at airport gate
A Reddit user on the flight said a male flight attendant “did apologize and was quite flustered,” adding the attendant claimed he was a 26-year veteran and “it never happened” in his entire career. The passenger also said it took more than an hour for the crew to unhook the slide and for passengers to deplane.

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A Sharia enclave is quietly taking root in America. It's time to wake up.

NOVA SAFO / Staff | Getty Images

Sharia-based projects like the Meadow in Texas show how political Islam grows quietly, counting on Americans to stay silent while an incompatible legal system takes root.

Apolitical system completely incompatible with the Constitution is gaining ground in the United States, and we are pretending it is not happening.

Sharia — the legal and political framework of Islam — is being woven into developments, institutions, and neighborhoods, including a massive project in Texas. And the consequences will be enormous if we continue to look the other way.

This is the contradiction at the heart of political Islam: It claims universal authority while insisting its harshest rules will never be enforced here. That promise does not stand up to scrutiny. It never has.

Before we can have an honest debate, we’d better understand what Sharia represents. Sharia is not simply a set of religious rules about prayer or diet. It is a comprehensive legal and political structure that governs marriage, finance, criminal penalties, and civic life. It is a parallel system that claims supremacy wherever it takes hold.

This is where the distinction matters. Many Muslims in America want nothing to do with Sharia governance. They came here precisely because they lived under it. But political Islam — the movement that seeks to implement Sharia as law — is not the same as personal religious belief.

It is a political ideology with global ambitions, much like communism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently warned that Islamist movements do not seek peaceful coexistence with the West. They seek dominance. History backs him up.

How Sharia arrives

Political Islam does not begin with dramatic declarations. It starts quietly, through enclaves that operate by their own rules. That is why the development once called EPIC City — now rebranded as the Meadow — is so concerning. Early plans framed it as a Muslim-only community built around a mega-mosque and governed by Sharia-compliant financing. After state investigations were conducted, the branding changed, but the underlying intent remained the same.

Developers have openly described practices designed to keep non-Muslims out, using fees and ownership structures to create de facto religious exclusivity. This is not assimilation. It is the construction of a parallel society within a constitutional republic.

The warning from those who have lived under it

Years ago, local imams in Texas told me, without hesitation, that certain Sharia punishments “just work.” They spoke about cutting off hands for theft, stoning adulterers, and maintaining separate standards of testimony for men and women. They insisted it was logical and effective while insisting they would never attempt to implement it in Texas.

But when pressed, they could not explain why a system they consider divinely mandated would suddenly stop applying once someone crossed a border.

This is the contradiction at the heart of political Islam: It claims universal authority while insisting its harshest rules will never be enforced here. That promise does not stand up to scrutiny. It never has.

AASHISH KIPHAYET / Contributor | Getty Images

America is vulnerable

Europe is already showing us where this road leads. No-go zones, parallel courts, political intimidation, and clerics preaching supremacy have taken root across major cities.

America’s strength has always come from its melting pot, but assimilation requires boundaries. It requires insisting that the Constitution, not religious law, is the supreme authority on this soil.

Yet we are becoming complacent, even fearful, about saying so. We mistake silence for tolerance. We mistake avoidance for fairness. Meanwhile, political Islam views this hesitation as weakness.

Religious freedom is one of America’s greatest gifts. Muslims may worship freely here, as they should. But political Islam must not be permitted to plant a flag on American soil. The Constitution cannot coexist with a system that denies equal rights, restricts speech, subordinates women, and places clerical authority above civil law.

Wake up before it is too late

Projects like the Meadow are not isolated. They are test runs, footholds, proofs of concept. Political Islam operates with patience. It advances through demographic growth, legal ambiguity, and cultural hesitation — and it counts on Americans being too polite, too distracted, or too afraid to confront it.

We cannot afford that luxury. If we fail to defend the principles that make this country free, we will one day find ourselves asking how a parallel system gained power right in front of us. The answer will be simple: We looked away.

The time to draw boundaries and to speak honestly is now. The time to defend the Constitution as the supreme law of the land is now. Act while there is still time.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What triggers the Bubba effect

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

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

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

A country cracking from the inside

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

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

The Bubba effect is what fills that vacuum.

The dangers of a faithless system

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

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

The question is what — and when.

The responsibility now belongs to us

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

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

How to respond without breaking ourselves

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Warning: Stop letting TikTok activists think for you

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

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

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

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

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

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

Truth-seeking is real work

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

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

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

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

Bad-faith questions

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

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

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

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

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

The real target

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.