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Morning Brief 2025-12-09

December 09, 2025
Chris Brady

TOP OF HOUR 3
GUEST: Andy Ngo
TOPIC: Ngo: "Conspiracy theories might sabotage justice for Charlie Kirk."

News...

Supreme Court signals it may finally gut the shield protecting the deep state
Justices appeared ready to back the president’s authority to fire "independent" agency officials, a move that could overturn a 1935 precedent and unwind the structure progressives built to insulate bureaucrats from elections.

Justice Jackson downplays unelected ‘experts’ running the executive without presidential oversight
Jackson also fearmongered about "having a president come in and fire all the scientists, and the doctors, and the economists, and the PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don’t know anything."

Loudermilk asks for interview with key pipe-bomb witness whose timeline diverges with FBI
The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.

Florida designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations
The move comes after Texas labeled the groups as foreign terrorist organizations last month, which forbids both organizations and their affiliates from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas and allows increased enforcement against the groups.

CAIR's political arm has operated without legal authority across US, watchdog report finds
A probe from two watchdog groups says the group may be guilty of "wire fraud," "deceptive solicitation," and "false statements to the IRS."

Whistleblower says MaineCare was defrauded for years through falsified Somali-linked service records
A former Gateway Community Services coordinator claims staff routinely billed Medicaid for visits that never happened, manipulating timecards and tracking data as the firm collected nearly $29 million from MaineCare.

Somalis who complained about Trump ‘garbage’ comments involved with company accused of Medicaid fraud
Two Somali-American Maine lawmakers had roles or close ties to Gateway Community Services, the contractor now accused by a whistleblower of falsifying visit records and billing millions to MaineCare for services never provided.

Conspiracy theories might sabotage justice for Charlie Kirk
YouTube and social media entertainers are chasing fantasies and diverting attention away from the threat of left-wing violence.

DC police chief resigns amid homicide data manipulation investigation
Pamela Smith’s sudden resignation comes as a whistleblower and House investigators allege city leaders pressured police to downgrade felony cases. Smith, however, said that she resigned to spend more time with her family.

Serial criminal Cinnabon worker in viral hate video denies she’s racist because she has a 'colored' son
“P.S., to the racism, if you look at my Facebook from 2010, you’ll see on there that I have a blended family, and my son was colored,” she said Monday. She then later appeared to go back on her claim about having a “colored” child by saying a health condition actually made his skin darker.

Food-stamp recipient goes viral after blasting new work requirements
A 38-year-old Tennessee man with no job, no kids, and no disability complained that Trump’s tightened SNAP rules threaten his $292 monthly benefits.

Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. They're more worried about trash pickup.
Mini Mike’s global mayor project is wrapped in talk about how it's going to save democracy, but the mayors themselves say the real fight is over fixing day-to-day services — like trash pickup.

Los Angeles filth so bad one man quit his job to do the city’s cleaning for them
Juan Naula has become the go-to trash remover in America’s second-dirtiest city, spending his days clearing streets, rail lines, and encampments as illegal dumping skyrockets and residents say the city is nowhere to be found.

Politics...

Jasmine Crockett files to run for Senate
"What we need is for me to have a bigger voice," said Crockett, who has been described as a "fake ghetto hood rat" by some who point out she isn't even from Texas but Missouri.

Nancy Mace slams House GOP leaders in op-ed, claiming Pelosi was 'more effective' speaker than Republicans
"Women will never be taken seriously until leadership decides to take us seriously, and I’m no longer holding my breath."

The Manufactured Rise of Nick Fuentes
How artificial virality tricked the platforms — and the press — into elevating a fringe voice.

Nick Fuentes may be racist but relies on Nigeria and India to fuel his ‘popularity’ online
A new analysis of the Holocaust-denying firebrand’s tweets shows they are boosted online by a foreign army of bots, mostly originating in countries that want to destabilize the U.S., according to an investigation.

Economy...

Semafor: How Scott Bessent took over the global economy
His rise from Soros-trained macro trader to Trump’s top fiscal mind now puts him at the center of every major financial decision in Washington.

Trump says $12 billion bailout plan for farmers will come from tariff revenue
The long-promised aid package is intended to provide relief to farmers who have been hurt directly by Trump's trade policies, including his global tariffs.

NY Times: Rich New Yorkers Threaten to Leave. Then They Find Out How Hard That Is.
Tax accountants and lawyers detail the arduous process wealthy New Yorkers would have to face to avoid paying New York State and city taxes.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon admits they de-bank people
"We do not de-bank people because of religious or political affiliations," Dimon said. "We do de-bank them. They have religious and political affiliations. We de-bank people who are Democrats, we de-bank people who are Republicans, we de-bank different religious folks. Never was that for that reason."

Immigration...

The NY Times suddenly discovers the Biden border crisis — long after it matters
The Times has invented a new genre of reporting — covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter.

Senator who helped write birthright citizenship clause specifically said it doesn’t include aliens
The modern claim that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship to the children of people who break into the country would have been unimaginable to the men who wrote it.

Mamdani Transition Adviser’s Nonprofit Under Congressional Investigation for Allegedly Teaching Illegal Aliens How to Evade ICE
The news comes after a campaign in which the New York City mayor-elect vowed to prevent ICE from carrying out deportations.

COVID-19...

NDAA requires Trump spy agencies to declassify intel on COVID-19 origins and Chinese obstruction
The multi-hundred-billion-dollar defense bill that funds the U.S. military is now written to prod the U.S. intelligence community into sharing what it knows about COVID-19's likely emergence from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, once called a conspiracy theory by politicians and legacy media.

WAR news...

The Ops Against Pete Hegseth Are Designed To Further A Color Revolution
The attacks on Pete Hegseth are not just the usual insanity but a progression of the left’s color revolution.

Conservative group reaches major settlement with DOD on producing dog tags with Bible verses
The settlement comes after production of the dog tags was halted following a complaint from an anti-religious group in 2019.

Boy Scouts Have Themselves To Blame For Losing The Pentagon’s Favor
After decades of tossing Christianity and masculinity aside, Pete Hegseth is justified in revoking the Scouts’ special treatment.

Middle East...

NY Times: A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
A ceasefire has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again.

Sharaa vows ‘peaceful coexistence’ as Syria marks anniversary of Assad’s fall
The past year "seems like a miracle," says a reveler, as Syrians gather en masse to watch their rebel turned president; Alawite, Kurdish areas boycott celebration amid sectarian strife.

China...

China’s trade surplus hits $1 trillion in just 11 months despite plunge in shipments to US
China’s exports returned to growth in November following an unexpected contraction the month before, although shipments to the United States dropped nearly 29% from a year earlier in an eighth straight month of double-digit declines.

EU nations weigh tariffs on China, following Trump's lead on trade deficits
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Beijing that France’s trade deficit with the country is “not sustainable.” Other nations are following Trump's cue in considering tariffs as an offsetting measure.

Western academia funneled taxpayer-backed AI research into China’s security state
A sweeping review of 2020-2025 records shows top U.S. and U.K. universities partnering with military-linked Chinese AI labs using NSF, NIH, UKRI, and EU funds to advance dual-use systems now embedded in Beijing’s surveillance network, including technologies tied to Xinjiang repression.

University of Michigan’s Partnership with CCP-Linked Shanghai School Brought Chinese Spies to Campus — and Dozens of US Universities Have Similar Arrangements
Elite schools like Columbia and Yale maintain joint institutes, dual-degrees, and exchange programs with Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Europe...

Globalists attack Trump over recognizing 'civilizational erasure' in Europe
Trump's official National Security Strategy recognizes that Europe is becoming unrecognizable due to migration, low birthrates, and leftist policies.

‘Europe Has To Be Very Careful’: Trump Issues Stern Warning After EU Fines Elon Musk’s X
"Europe is going in some bad directions."

Chilling moment Afghan asylum seekers drag 15-year-old girl into the bushes before raping her: Pair jailed over 'horrific' attack
Footage captured by the victim on her phone was so appalling that one of the boy's own barristers warned it would lead to rioting if the public were to see it.

Sweden acquits activists who smeared paint on Monet painting
Former acting chief curator Per Hedstrom said that he wouldn’t comment on the ruling but was worried it could be interpreted "as a signal that it is OK to do something like this."

Africa...

More people died in one month in one city in Sudan than in entire Gaza War
Neither Muslims nor the left are especially interested in discussing the topic.

Iran pushes new health and science alliance to expand influence in Africa
Tehran outlined plans to train students, share medical technology, and set up joint production of vaccines and bio-similar drugs with African nations, framing the partnership as a strategic expansion of Iran’s health diplomacy despite ongoing sanctions.

Entertainment...

Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix
Paramount is making an all-cash offer, telling Warner shareholders it can beat Netflix’s "inferior" $83 billion offer.

Semafor: Finger-pointing in Washington as Paramount goes hostile
Paramount’s aggressive quest for Warner Bros. is backfiring in Washington, where some officials have grown frustrated with widespread speculation that a politicized Justice Department would play favorites for the conservative Ellison family.

ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension
The move mirrors similar actions in Nazi Germany, when critics of Hitler were signed to extensions to appease the fascist government.

Maher warns his friendship with Kimmel may crack over ‘woke’ politics
He blasted the idea of cutting off friends and family over voting for Trump after Kimmel’s wife — who also runs his show’s writers’ room — admitted she issued an ultimatum to her own relatives. Maher pushed back, arguing, “Ultimatums don’t make people rethink their politics. They make them rethink you.”

Environment...

Obama judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
Judge Patti Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, that challenged Trump’s day one order that paused leasing and permitting for wind energy projects.

Trump Threatens Mexico With Tariffs Over Water Dispute
President Trump threatened to impose a 5% tariff on imports from Mexico for violating the terms of a 1944 treaty requiring that Mexico deliver millions of gallons of water to the U.S.

Education...

Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to expand Club America chapters into every Texas high school and warned districts against blocking them as he and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick cast Turning Point USA’s youth movement as a moral mission inspired by the late Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

Science...

‘Living Nostradamus’ warns 2026 solar storms pose biggest threat
Brazilian mystic Athos Salomé says the next solar peak in early 2026 could trigger major blackouts and communications failures, calling it the most immediate danger compared to his other predictions of geopolitical conflict, global instability, and emerging diseases.

Travel...

'Make travel family friendly again': Trump admin launches $1B effort to improve airport experience
DOT encourages airports to use funds to add play areas, nursing pods, workout spaces.

Disney reportedly doubles down as park guests complain they can’t abuse disability policy to skip lines
The company is tightening eligibility for its expedited-line DAS program after years of rampant misuse, now requiring video vetting and medical review to block guests faking disabilities to skip lines.

Sports...

2026 World Cup To Host ‘Pride Match’ Featuring Two Countries That Criminalize Being Gay
Egypt and Iran will face off in Seattle's "Pride Match" during the 2026 World Cup.

Animals...

Beeple puts Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg heads on robot dogs that 'poop' NFTs
Artist Mike Winkelmann, who goes by the moniker Beeple, created an exhibit called "Regular Animals" that featured some of the world's most influential men as robotic dogs.

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

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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

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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.