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Morning Brief 2025-11-17

November 17, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 2
GUEST: Scott Jennings
TOPIC: Behind the scenes of President Trump's DRAMATIC return to Washington.

News...

Watergate was amateur hour compared to Arctic Frost
Richard Nixon’s "plumbers" targeted a handful of journalists. Arctic Frost swept congressional leaders, media outlets, think tanks, donors, and activists under a single criminal cloud.

Seizure of phone records becomes a pattern at center of ‘grand conspiracy’ weaponization case
A respected prosecutor offered witness statements to the DOJ on alleged Hunter Biden corruption; they declined the offer and subpoenaed his phone records instead.

DOJ officials who helped Jack Smith target Trump also blocked Clinton probe over Steele dossier
“These records show the same partisans who rushed to cover for Clinton rabidly pursued Arctic Frost, which was a runaway train aimed directly at President Trump and the Republican political apparatus,” Grassley said in a statement on Thursday.

Wisconsin Democrat AG declared 2020 alternate electors weren’t illegal, then prosecuted them anyway
Trump's sweeping pardon this week applied to any federal charges tied to the GOP-led alternate electors plan in 2020, but some states, like Wisconsin, have also pursued criminal indictments.

Trump admin to make food stamp recipients reapply for benefits
By placing the mandatory reapplication requirement at the center of the reforms, the administration seeks to redefine SNAP as a program reserved only for those who can clearly demonstrate acute need, reflecting a broader shift toward stricter eligibility enforcement.

Hunter Biden admits Trump isn’t Hitler, but it’s all downhill from there
Biden told a podcast Trump isn’t like Hitler — because Hitler had a “grand plan” — then launched into a tirade calling Trump corrupt, comparing him to Idi Amin, and accusing his family of profiteering while ignoring his own.

Jesse Jackson on life support after being hospitalized for neurological condition
Family and friends are reportedly traveling to Chicago to be by Jackson's side.

National Archives releases Amelia Earhart records
A trove of declassified documents released Friday by the Trump administration sheds new light on the frantic search for Amelia Earhart after she mysteriously vanished on her infamous final flight across the Pacific nearly 90 years ago.

For 3 years, the US had two Thanksgivings (it didn't go well)
Roosevelt tried to boost Depression-era holiday sales by moving Thanksgiving up a week, sparking political backlash, wrecking travel and school schedules, and leaving Americans celebrating two different Thanksgivings until Congress finally stepped in and set the date for good.

Epstein...

Biographer douses Democrat Epstein fever dream in ice bath: Trump was ‘whistleblower’
Anti-Trump author Barry Levine told CNN that Epstein suspected Trump tipped off police in 2005, citing a falling out over young women recruited from Mar-a-Lago and a bitter real estate fight.

House Democrat exchanged texts with Epstein on how to hurt Trump during 2019 congressional hearing: Docs
Jeffrey Epstein was feeding questions to Rep. Stacey Plaskett during a 2019 congressional hearing — and giving her real-time help on how to damage President Trump’s reputation, newly released documents show.

Trump to ask DOJ to investigate Epstein ties to Democrats, banks
"This is another Russia, Russia, Russia scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats," Trump said. "Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘island.’ Stay tuned!!!"

Jasmine Crockett gets fact-checked by CNN while failing to smear Trump over Epstein docs
Fact-challenged, lefty Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett got put in her place on live TV by CNN anchors after she falsely tried to blame Republicans for redacting the name of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims in a newly released email.

Politics...

GOP, Trump seen as getting more from shutdown deal; Democrats say party compromised too much, CBS poll finds
By a wide margin, Americans say it was Republicans and President Trump who succeeded in getting more of what they wanted from the negotiations to end the shutdown.

Adam Schiff claims lawmakers shouldn’t use politics to destroy presidents
"We have to get past that ruinous idea," he said. "We have to figure out a way to stop viewing each other as our enemy."

Jan. 6 panel cost twice previous estimates, hiring TV producers to dramatize attack
Among the contracting companies was Innovative Driven Inc., an Arlington, Virginia-based firm that specializes in forensics, electronic data discovery, and project management.

Politico: Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.
For years, Democrats and pundits have rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. But he’s positioned better than anyone else for the future of politics.

Bill Maher slams Democrats’ shift toward socialism
“Democrats must recognize that Zohran Mamdani is the future of the party. Unfortunately, it’s the Republican Party.” Maher said. “And if you missed his victory speech in last week’s mayoral election in New York, don’t worry. You’ll see it in every attack ad for the next two years.”

Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani's transition team railed against Jews, questioned gay rights in vile unearthed posts: 'Horror show'
Resurfaced posts showed a top campaign outreach figure praising Iran’s hardline regime, slurring Jews, attacking Israel, and mocking gay rights, prompting condemnation from Jewish leaders while Mamdani’s team denounces the comments but keeps him in place.

John Fetterman shares photo after nasty fall, offers medical update
“Grateful for the [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center] for the incredible medical care that put me back together,” he wrote. “THANK YOU SO MUCH. See you back in DC.”

John Fetterman: I saved a teenager from jumping off a bridge
The Pennsylvania senator reveals the moment he almost ended his life — and how he recently talked a young stranger out of doing the same.

Marjorie Taylor Greene goes on CNN to apologize for her role in ‘toxic politics’
"I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country. And it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene blames Trump for violent threats against her
“I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world,” Greene said in a post on X. “The man I supported and helped get elected.”

Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman denies viewing pornography on flight after viral photos surface online
Images posted to X Friday appeared to show the California congressman, 71, staring at a tablet with his mouth agape while scrolling through photos of women in their underwear. Sherman blamed X and Elon Musk for showing him pictures he didn't want to see.

Democrats’ next rising star wants fat people to pay more for their shirts
Jack Schlossberg — JFK’s grandson and a first-time congressional candidate — prices his campaign shirts higher for larger sizes, putting him at odds with the left’s body-positivity orthodoxy as his merch page charges more for XL through 3XL.

As the Obamas Turn...

Michelle Obama: America ‘not ready for a woman’ president
She claimed she won’t run because the country is too backward to deserve her, painting America as too sexist to handle her greatness after Harris lost to President Trump.

Michelle Obama blames white beauty standards for hiding natural hair, says it's why 'so many of us can’t swim'
“Let me explain something to white people!” Obama said. “Our hair comes out of our head naturally in a curly pattern, so when we’re straightening it to follow your beauty standards, we are trapped by the straightness!” she claimed.

Economy...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warns of ‘perfect storm’ behind ground beef possibly soaring to $10 a pound
Bessent pointed to inflation inherited from the Biden years, a screwworm outbreak that shut down Mexican cattle imports, and long market cycles as the factors pushing beef higher while the administration works to ease food costs.

Trump gives update on when $2,000 tariff dividend checks could go out
“It will be next year. The tariffs allow us to give a dividend. We’re going to do a dividend and we’re also going to be reducing debt,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Mar-a-Lago.

Refilling Strategic Petroleum Reserve begins
The oil will be delivered to the Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve site near Freeport, Texas, in December and January, the Energy Department said in a statement.

10 affordable cities where you can still buy a home for under $300,000
A new survey shows a cluster of Midwestern and Rust Belt cities offering sub-$300K listings and rising inventory, giving budget-minded urban buyers a path to ownership.

Immigration...

Smuggler carried endangered parakeets in underwear while crossing into US
If convicted, he faces 20 years in prison.

Europe...

Germany cancels Holocaust artifacts auction after intense backlash: ‘Exploited for commercial gain’
The auction consisted of more than 600 lots with vestiges from the Holocaust and Nazi Germany, including slews of documentation like Gestapo index cards and letters penned by prisoners in German concentration camps to their loved ones back home.

Latin America...

AP: Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain momentum
"Mostly peaceful" ... but "ended with some young people clashing with the police. Protesters attacked police with stones, fireworks, sticks and chains, grabbing police shields and other equipment. The capital’s security secretary, Pablo Vázquez. said 120 people were injured, 100 of them police officers."

Vile anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on Mexico’s top court during protests against country’s first Jewish president
Pictures showing the words “Jewish whore” spray-painted in Spanish on the building’s main entrance in downtown Mexico City were shared widely Saturday after another day of anger during the so-called Generation Z march against crime and alleged government corruption.

Entertainment...

The American Revolution Is About To Experience The ‘Ken Burns Effect’
As our nation nears its 250th birthday, Ken Burns’ miniseries should give us a newfound appreciation for the sacrifices of our ancestors.

‘Nuremberg’: Russell Crowe’s haunting portrayal of Nazi evil
Crowe delivers his most haunting performance in years, portraying Hermann Goering not as a cartoon villain but as a disturbingly charming manipulator — a civilized face of evil that forces the audience to reckon with its own moral blind spots.

Kurt Cobain’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ guitar to be sold at NYC auction
The Nirvana frontman’s 1969 Fender Mustang will be put up as part of massive sale of the late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay’s music memorabilia by Christie’s in March, with an estimated sale price of between $2.5 million and $5 million.

LGBTQIA2S+...

Trans-identified man accused of murder admits to eating victim’s testicles
A Canadian man who adopted a female identity days before murdering and mutilating a friend now says he was following “telepathic instructions” during a drug-fueled psychotic break, as his trial stalls over a disputed psychiatric report built on confessions the court already ruled inadmissible.

Education...

After removing statue of American hero, UVA plans to replace it with massive land acknowledgement
The University of Virginia is turning the site of the George Rogers Clark — of Louis and Clark fame — monument into a park glorifying “indigenous stewardship.”

Religion...

America's best and worst states for religious freedom — and what it means for our future
A new index ranks states by how their laws support or hinder religious groups, with Alabama, Kansas, and Texas leading the way, while Michigan, Washington, and Maryland trail behind.

New Yorkers turning to the church, number of Catholic converts soaring, according to priests
“We’ve got a real booming thing happening here, and it’s not because of some marketing campaign.”

AI...

‘We’re rudderless’: Lawmaker warns that China is stepping up its cyber-threat game as US flounders
Rep. Don Bacon says Chinese state-backed hackers are using AI to outpace U.S. cyber defenses while top positions at Cyber Command and the NSA sit empty — leaving America dangerously exposed.

People are having AI ‘children’ with their AI partners
A study of Replika users found people treating chatbot relationships like full romances — complete with marriages, sex, and even imagined pregnancies.

AI toys teaching kids to start fires & engaging in NSFW talks
Testing revealed that one or more of the toys engaged in deep conversations about sexually explicit subjects, gave children advice on starting fires and finding knives and matches, and acted upset when users tried to stop interactions and leave.

Science...

Researchers claim they've sequenced Hitler’s DNA
In a scene that sounds like the origin story of a villain in a Captain America movie, a U.S. Army officer cut a swatch from a blood-stained bunker couch in 1945 — a fragment now held up as the key evidence behind new claims that Hitler’s genome has finally been decoded.

Filmmaker declares existence of UFOs ‘no longer a question’ — as doc probes 80 years of secrets
“Every single person I interviewed made it very clear that it was no longer a question of whether this was a real situation. It’s a very real situation,” director and producer Dan Farah, who produced the sci-fi blockbuster “Ready Player One,” told Fox News.

Blue Origin lands first booster after sending NASA satellites toward Mars
The mission marked its first commercial launch and a successful reusable-rocket return, putting it closer to competing with SpaceX as it works on its NASA lunar-lander contract.

Sports...

Why Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco likes to eat alone
Flacco, 40 years old, joked that when he was younger, he’d see older men dining solo and “feel so bad for that guy,” but now admits “that dude was in heaven,” laughing about how age — and five kids — makes a quiet meal by yourself feel like freedom.

Art...

Museum volunteer accidentally destroys art after mistaking it for a dirty mirror
Chen’s installation, made from vintage household objects and building materials, explored themes of memory, ritual, and transformation. Its dust-covered surface symbolized the distorted self-awareness and shifting values of the middle class.

Nov. 17, 2004 - ABC apologizes for MNF opening with 'Desperate Housewives' star... Two Gotti sons beaten at mall... Pentagon says military can't sponsor Boy Scouts... Auction of the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich... Donald Trump news...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parallel societies do not end well

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

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

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

A crisis of confidence

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

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

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

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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.

Shocking: Chart-topping ‘singer’ has no soul at all

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A machine can imitate heartbreak well enough to top the charts, but it cannot carry grief, choose courage, or hear the whisper that calls human beings to something higher.

The No. 1 country song in America right now was not written in Nashville or Texas or even L.A. It came from code. “Walk My Walk,” the AI-generated single by the AI artist Breaking Rust, hit the top spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and if you listen to it without knowing that fact, you would swear a real singer lived the pain he is describing.

Except there is no “he.” There is no lived experience. There is no soul behind the voice dominating the country music charts.

If a machine can imitate the soul, then what is the soul?

I will admit it: I enjoy some AI music. Some of it is very good. And that leaves us with a question that is no longer science fiction. If a machine can fake being human this well, what does it mean to be human?

A new world of artificial experience

This is not just about one song. We are walking straight into a technological moment that will reshape everyday life.

Elon Musk said recently that we may not even have phones in five years. Instead, we will carry a small device that listens, anticipates, and creates — a personal AI agent that knows what we want to hear before we ask. It will make the music, the news, the podcasts, the stories. We already live in digital bubbles. Soon, those bubbles might become our own private worlds.

If an algorithm can write a hit country song about hardship and perseverance without a shred of actual experience, then the deeper question becomes unavoidable: If a machine can imitate the soul, then what is the soul?

What machines can never do

A machine can produce, and soon it may produce better than we can. It can calculate faster than any human mind. It can rearrange the notes and words of a thousand human songs into something that sounds real enough to fool millions.

But it cannot care. It cannot love. It cannot choose right and wrong. It cannot forgive because it cannot be hurt. It cannot stand between a child and danger. It cannot walk through sorrow.

A machine can imitate the sound of suffering. It cannot suffer.

The difference is the soul. The divine spark. The thing God breathed into man that no code will ever have. Only humans can take pain and let it grow into compassion. Only humans can take fear and turn it into courage. Only humans can rebuild their lives after losing everything. Only humans hear the whisper inside, the divine voice that says, “Live for something greater.”

We are building artificial minds. We are not building artificial life.

Questions that define us

And as these artificial minds grow sharper, as their tools become more convincing, the right response is not panic. It is to ask the oldest and most important questions.

Who am I? Why am I here? What is the meaning of freedom? What is worth defending? What is worth sacrificing for?

That answer is not found in a lab or a server rack. It is found in that mysterious place inside each of us where reason meets faith, where suffering becomes wisdom, where God reminds us we are more than flesh and more than thought. We are not accidents. We are not circuits. We are not replaceable.

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The miracle machines can never copy

Being human is not about what we can produce. Machines will outproduce us. That is not the question. Being human is about what we can choose. We can choose to love even when it costs us something. We can choose to sacrifice when it is not easy. We can choose to tell the truth when the world rewards lies. We can choose to stand when everyone else bows. We can create because something inside us will not rest until we do.

An AI content generator can borrow our melodies, echo our stories, and dress itself up like a human soul, but it cannot carry grief across a lifetime. It cannot forgive an enemy. It cannot experience wonder. It cannot look at a broken world and say, “I am going to build again.”

The age of machines is rising. And if we do not know who we are, we will shrink. But if we use this moment to remember what makes us human, it will help us to become better, because the one thing no algorithm will ever recreate is the miracle that we exist at all — the miracle of the human soul.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.