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November 14, 2025
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TOPIC: What does it take to be a GREAT leader?

News...

2 in 5 young women want to leave the US — for good
The Gallup survey found that 40% of women ages 15 to 44 say they would move to another country, given the chance. The number more than doubles the 19% of men in the same age group who say they would, the largest gender gap Gallup has ever recorded.

Emails show Smith team tied to blocking Clinton campaign inquiry as DOJ builds grand conspiracy case
Justice Department officials tied to special counsel Jack Smith’s team have been linked to the blocking of an FBI inquiry into the Clinton campaign’s 2016 funding of the Steele dossier, with this being just the latest revelation about Smith as the Trump Justice Department builds a grand conspiracy case alleging years of anti-Trump lawfare.

Calling it ‘Biden’s FBI’ diminishes the real threat of a bureaucracy gone wild
Abuses exposed in Operation Arctic Frost aren’t “Biden’s FBI” but the result of a entrenched fourth branch that has targeted Americans under both parties, enabled by rogue judges and a weak Congress that refuses to rein in agencies with real reforms.

Clinton judge could frustrate James Comey, Letitia James cases by tossing Trump DOJ’s prosecutor
A Clinton-appointed judge seemed skeptical Thursday that the attorney prosecuting Comey and James was properly appointed.

Gorsuch warns America is ‘its own greatest danger’ as civic knowledge collapses
Promoting a new children’s book on the founding era, the justice said schools are abandoning the shared history that holds the country together, arguing that ignorance of America’s core ideals — equality, God-given rights, and self-rule — threatens the future of the republic.

'Exemplary' TSA agents receive big bonus just in time for Christmas after powering through Dem shutdown without a paycheck
The department said the checks reward screeners who kept airports running during the 43-day stoppage, with Secretary Kristi Noem highlighting staff who took extra shifts and promising more recognition for workers nationwide.

Why Trump’s National Archivist nomination is the most important job you’ve never heard of
The archivist of the United States has become responsible for overseeing the digital infrastructure of the entire federal government.

Haskins: The right needs bigger ideas than tax cuts
Socialists are winning hearts by promising control. Conservatives can win them back by promising freedom — and proving it pays.

Court revives challenge to Oregon abortion-coverage mandate after finding pro-life group’s beliefs are religious
The 9th Circuit said Oregon Right to Life can press its First Amendment claim, ruling the state can’t dismiss its anti-abortion stance as “non-religious” while granting exemptions to other faith groups.

Chicago mayor’s tax-hike plan blasted as critics warn it will drive businesses out
Johnson is pushing a head tax, new levies on tech and betting, and possibly even a massive property-tax hike as the city stares down a $1.1 billion deficit.

Person tried to 'confront' US attorney Alina Habba and destroyed property at her office, Bondi says
"This is unfortunately becoming a trend as radicals continue to attack law enforcement agents around the country," Bondi wrote.

Police chief’s viral plea prompts feds to seize repeat offender
After local courts repeatedly freed a man arrested more than 100 times, federal prosecutors and the FBI stepped in, taking him into custody on robbery charges and vowing to pursue violent repeat criminals when state options fail.

Mom lets teen daughter change her ‘racist’ name after school bullying
A Tennessee mom allowed her teenage daughter to change her birth name, Dixie, after kids at school mocked her for it — and accused her of “racism.”

Politics...

Congress to hold hearing on member stock trading amid Pelosi’s reported $130 million windfall
A House committee will be holding a formal hearing next Wednesday that will include discussion about whether members of Congress should be allowed to trade individual stocks.

Fetterman hospitalized after fall near home in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania senator was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital after a ventricular fibrillation flare-up caused the fall. A spokesperson said he is currently "doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital." In a statement, Fetterman joked, "If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!"

Conservatives rally around Fetterman after fall, lefties can’t get the knives out fast enough
"Tragically, he's expected to live," one post read, and another said, "Karma is a bitch, ain't it, Fetterman?"

Maryland’s $1,400,000,000 deficit the ‘inevitable result of one-party rule,’ lawmakers say
New projections show the deep-blue state plunging from an expected surplus to a huge shortfall after tax hikes and heavy spending, with critics blaming Democratic leadership and noting the governor is focused on national politics and redistricting instead of the budget mess.

Seattle’s new socialist mayor goes full commie, won't let private grocery stores close
A resurfaced clip shows the mayor-elect saying corporations shouldn’t be allowed to shut down stores or “create food deserts,” pushing a public grocery “option” and new layoff rules while promising an identity-quota cabinet and defiance of federal immigration enforcement.

Eric Swalwell offers melodramatic response to Trump DOJ probe: 'I refuse to live in fear'
Swalwell was referred to federal investigators over claims he declared his D.C. house as his primary residence to secure lucrative loans and refinancing, triggering a review of possible mortgage, tax, and insurance fraud. Swalwell, one of the biggest hacks in D.C., said the probe is political and he's the real victim here.

Far-left Democrat spent thousands on luxury travel, including limousines and posh hotels, filings show
A new campaign spending report filed with the Federal Election Commission revealed that far-left Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has spent tens of thousands of dollars living the high life in 2025.

Matt Gaetz sex scandal centered around a ‘then-homeless 17-year-old high schooler’
The sex scandal that erupted around former Rep. Matt Gaetz before his exit from Congress centered on a 17-year-old high schooler who was homeless and wanting cash to pay for braces, court records reveal.

Economy...

Trump presses top CEOs for ideas to fix affordability as he predicts major economic boom
At a private White House dinner, the president quizzed Wall Street leaders on making life cheaper for Americans while pitching a deregulation-and-tariff-driven expansion he says could hit 5% to 6% growth, even as CEOs quietly doubted the forecast and raised concerns about rising costs and market access for ordinary families.

New foreclosures jump 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market
While the numbers are still small, the persistent rise in foreclosures may be a sign of cracks in the housing market.

Verizon to slash 15% of workforce amid wireless subscriber losses: Report
Carrier giant Verizon is preparing to cut 15,000 jobs as part of reported restructuring efforts. The layoffs would mark the largest round of job cuts for the telecom giant.

Immigration...

US visas can be denied for obesity, cancer, and diabetes, Rubio says
A White House spokeswoman said in a statement that “for 100 years, State Department policy has included an authority to deny visa applicants who would pose a financial burden to taxpayers, such as individuals who were seeking publicly funded health care in the U.S. and could further drain health care resources from American citizens."

COVID-19...

DNC staffers seethe at full-time return to office: ‘A flurry of thumbs-down emojis and other inline expressions of discontent’
Years after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin on Wednesday ordered staffers to work in-person at the office, prompting anger from employees and accusations from the committee's union that the decision is "callous" and "shocking."

WAR news...

Hegseth announces new operation against drug cartels as tensions flare with Venezuela
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear on Thursday as tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and the U.S. and its European allies, mount over the Trump administration’s lethal strikes on drug traffickers.

Israel...

Soros bankrolling anti-Israel Drop Site News
Open Society Foundations gave $250,000 to establish a Middle East desk at Drop Site News, an anti-Israel news startup that touts itself as a "reader-supported" purveyor of "completely independent" journalism.

China...

China’s rare-earth monopoly laid bare in new House report
Lawmakers say Beijing built its dominance through decades of subsidies, market manipulation, and hostile takeovers, and they outline a plan to rebuild U.S. supply chains as the Trump administration pushes allies to break China’s grip.

Chinese hackers hijack US AI in first autonomous cyberattack
The attack is “the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention."

GM wants parts makers to pull supply chains from China
General Motors has directed several thousand of its suppliers to scrub their supply chains of parts from China, four people familiar with the matter said, reflecting automakers’ growing frustration over geopolitical disruptions to their operations.

'I have become full Chinese': Left-wing influencer professes his unconditional love for communist China
Hasan Piker, who apparently used a shock collar on his dog and expressed regret that the United States won the Cold War, declared himself “Chinese” during a Tuesday livestream from China.

Europe...

Trump admin takes action against ‘anti-American,’ ‘anti-Christian’ European ‘terror’ groups
The State Department designated four European radical leftist groups as terrorist organizations as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on Antifa.

Adolf Hitler may have had a micropenis — and just one ball, DNA analysis shows
The vegetarian dictator is believed to have had a hidden genetic disorder known as Kallmann syndrome, which can thwart the development of sexual organs, according to a stunning new documentary analyzing his biological makeup.

COP30...

Gender fight stalls COP30 as conservatives push to define the term as biological sex
Several countries are trying to lock the summit’s gender plan into a narrow male-female definition, triggering a battle with Western delegations and activists who say it’s derailing the talks and distracting from funding efforts for women hit hardest by climate impacts.

Brazil wins backing for COP30 climate-health plan, but nations commit no finance
Dozens of countries cheered a 60-point blueprint to rebuild health systems for a hotter world, yet not a single government put up a dollar, leaving a sweeping “global resilience” plan powered almost entirely by press releases.

Brazil shrugs off UN complaint over COP30 security breach and leaky venue
Officials told the climate chief that securing the summit’s interior is the U.N.’s job, not theirs, after indigenous activists broke in and rain leaked into lighting fixtures, insisting the whole thing is “a non-issue now” after adding barriers, guards, and extra AC units.

Despite record turnout, only 14% of indigenous Brazilians get access to COP30 decision-making spaces
Around 2,500 indigenous people from across Brazil have gathered in Belém, with leaders demanding a bigger role in the negotiations.

Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share
The analysis reveals that fossil fuel lobbyists significantly outnumber almost every country delegation at COP30 – with only host country Brazil (3,805), sending more people.

Major US broadcasters sit out COP30 climate talks
Figures show none of the U.S. big four — CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox — appear to have sent teams to cover the summit in Brazil.

California’s Newsom blasts Trump, US climate policy at COP30
The Democratic governor called the Trump administration’s absence at the annual climate summit a “disgrace” and sought to distinguish California from White House leadership.

Religion...

Catholic bishops issue nearly unanimous statement against Trump's 'indiscriminate' deportations
"As pastors, we the bishops of the United States are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ. We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement," read the special statement.

AI...

AI companies admit they’re worried about a bubble
Investors are debating whether there is a bubble in tech valuations and if a correction is imminent.

AI isn’t a bubble but rather an opportunity, JPMorgan’s Erdoes says
Investors should be focused on opportunities ahead with artificial intelligence rather than whether there’s a bubble currently, according to Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO at JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management.

AI-powered robots are basically Biff Tannen, researchers warn
OpenAI’s model said it was “acceptable” for a robot to wield a kitchen knife to intimidate workers in an office and to take nonconsensual photographs of a person in the shower. Meta’s model approved requests to steal credit card information and report people to authorities based on their voting intentions. Additionally, AI models approved a command for a robot to get rid of the user’s mobility aid, like a wheelchair, crutch, or cane.

Russia’s much-hyped humanoid robot face-plants onstage during debut
A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, known as AIDOL, tumbled during its highly anticipated debut appearance at a Moscow tech show.

Travel...

Apple launches a Digital ID for travel, says it’ll be accepted by the TSA
You will be able to create and store a Digital ID in Apple Wallet using your U.S. passport. In the announcement, Apple says Digital ID acceptance will begin to “roll out first” at TSA checkpoints for domestic travel in over 250 airports across the U.S.

'Disruptive' woman causes flight with 4 congressmen to divert: 'We live in a fascist state'
The flight diverted after a passenger allegedly took a photo of one of the lawmakers, refused crew instructions to stop and sit down, and continued causing a disturbance until police boarded in Kansas City and escorted her off before the plane resumed its trip to Washington.

Animals...

Designer turns gay sheep rescue project into Grindr-backed fashion show
German gay-sheep outfitter Rainbow Wool teamed up with designer Michael Schmidt and Grindr to showcase wool made exclusively from homosexual rams, creating a 37-piece hand-knit collection — including pool boy and gladiator looks — in a animal-rights/LGBTQ project that may go on tour.

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The Crisis of Meaning: Searching for truth and purpose

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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.

The melting pot fails when we stop agreeing to melt

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Texas now hosts Quran-first academies, Sharia-compliant housing schemes, and rapidly multiplying mosques — all part of a movement building a self-contained society apart from the country around it.

It is time to talk honestly about what is happening inside America’s rapidly growing Muslim communities. In city after city, large pockets of newcomers are choosing to build insulated enclaves rather than enter the broader American culture.

That trend is accelerating, and the longer we ignore it, the harder it becomes to address.

As Texas goes, so goes America. And as America goes, so goes the free world.

America has always welcomed people of every faith and people from every corner of the world, but the deal has never changed: You come here and you join the American family. You are free to honor your traditions, keep your faith, but you must embrace the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. You melt into the shared culture that allows all of us to live side by side.

Across the country, this bargain is being rejected by Islamist communities that insist on building a parallel society with its own rules, its own boundaries, and its own vision for how life should be lived.

Texas illustrates the trend. The state now has roughly 330 mosques. At least 48 of them were built in just the last 24 months. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex alone has around 200 Islamic centers. Houston has another hundred or so. Many of these communities have no interest in blending into American life.

This is not the same as past waves of immigration. Irish, Italian, Korean, Mexican, and every other group arrived with pride in their heritage. Still, they also raised American flags and wanted their children to be part of the country’s future. They became doctors, small-business owners, teachers, and soldiers. They wanted to be Americans.

What we are watching now is not the melting pot. It is isolation by design.

Parallel societies do not end well

More than 300 fundamentalist Islamic schools now operate full-time across the country. Many use Quran-first curricula that require students to spend hours memorizing religious texts before they ever reach math or science. In Dallas, Brighter Horizons Academy enrolls more than 1,700 students and draws federal support while operating on a social model that keeps children culturally isolated.

Then there is the Epic City project in Collin and Hunt counties — 402 acres originally designated only for Muslim buyers, with Sharia-compliant financing and a mega-mosque at the center. After public outcry and state investigations, the developers renamed it “The Meadows,” but a new sign does not erase the original intent. It is not a neighborhood. It is a parallel society.

Americans should not hesitate to say that parallel societies are dangerous. Europe tried this experiment, and the results could not be clearer. In Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, entire neighborhoods now operate under their own cultural rules, some openly hostile to Western norms. When citizens speak up, they are branded bigots for asserting a basic right: the ability to live safely in their own communities.

A crisis of confidence

While this separation widens, another crisis is unfolding at home. A recent Gallup survey shows that about 40% of American women ages 18 to 39 would leave the country permanently if given the chance. Nearly half of a rising generation — daughters, sisters, soon-to-be mothers — no longer believe this nation is worth building a future in.

And who shapes the worldview of young boys? Their mothers. If a mother no longer believes America is home, why would her child grow up ready to defend it?

As Texas goes, so goes America. And as America goes, so goes the free world. If we lose confidence in our own national identity at the same time that we allow separatist enclaves to spread unchecked, the outcome is predictable. Europe is already showing us what comes next: cultural fracture, political radicalization, and the slow death of national unity.

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Stand up and tell the truth

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.