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On October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan, a rising conservative voice at the time, delivered his historic speech “A Time for Choosing.”

It’s one of “the greatest speeches in American history,” says Mark Levin.

The 29-minute nationally televised address articulated the future president’s conservative vision, emphasizing limited government, individual liberty, and a strong anti-communist stance. He criticized the growth of federal bureaucracy and warned of encroaching socialism, framing the election between Republican nominee Barry Goldwater and incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson as a critical choice between freedom and government overreach.

Reagan saw the internal erosion of liberty through excessive federal power and socialist-leaning policies as a threat equally perilous as the external danger of communism.

But Reagan didn’t view these internal and external threats as mutually exclusive. They were deeply connected.

“There is an enemy within, and the enemy within is growing because the enemy without is funding the enemy within and populating the enemy within, and they are fusing and joining and colluding with homegrown Marxists and people of that ilk,” Levin says, summarizing Reagan’s argument.

Even though this speech took place nearly 62 years ago, it is still relevant today, he says.

On this episode of “LevinTV,” Levin, who is constantly warning of America’s internal threat of Marxist ideologies and government overreach, played an inspiring clip from Reagan’s speech to remind us of what has been true since the 1960s: Marxism and unchecked government power threaten America’s core freedoms.

To hear the clip of Reagan’s speech, watch the clip below.

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Hours before Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona, thousands of fans are not only praising him, but remembering him through prayer.

The event, titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” set to begin at 11 a.m. local time (2 p.m. ET.) at State Farm Stadium, has already seen an estimated 100,000 attendees outside the venue.

But as supporters roll in, there has been no shortage of praise, prayer, and wisdom.

‘The Freedoms we enjoy are paid for with the blood of patriots.’

On BlazeTV’s livestream of the event, near-limitless messages of appreciation for Kirk have been delivered.

“Let us all be filled with the boldness for the Kingdom as Charlie was! Fear not, for God is with us, and if He is with us, who can be against us?” supporter Steven Lewis wrote.

“Light, Happiness, Peace and Eternal life for him,” Marie Budden wrote about Kirk.

As worship began inside the stadium ahead of the service, fans were pictured rejoicing in prayer and in Kirk’s memory.

RELATED: Tens of thousands flock to Charlie Kirk memorial as massive crowd forms at dawn

Charlie Kirk Memorial: LIVE at State Farm Stadium | Glendale, AZ

“Worship music blasting as attendees arrive,” wrote Sophia Lorey, outreach director for the California Family Council. “Even while in Heaven, [Charlie Kirk] is continuing to make Heaven more crowded,” she added on X.

“Think about this. 3 hours of worship before a sitting President and VP speak in memory of Charlie Kirk,” she continued. “This is what Charlie wanted, God first, always.”

More YouTube comments went in-depth on why commenters loved Kirk, highlighting his religious influence and his ability to always speak his mind.

“Today, we honor the life of Charlie Kirk and the profound impact he had on all of us. May God bless his family, children, and America,” a man named Rick said.

Marvin Kortmeier wrote, “The sacrifice of Charlie Kirk INSPIRES more of us to get out there and talk about what is important, the Freedoms we enjoy are paid for with the blood of patriots.”

Susan Elezebeth also wanted to remind fellow Christians, “Remember when they hate you they hated Jesus first.”

RELATED: Armed man arrested at Charlie Kirk memorial site while posing as law enforcement

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Even anonymous viewers were feeling the love and wanted to help bless Kirk’s family any way they could.

“God bless Charlie, comfort his family and protect the USA from its enemies, foreign and domestic,” a user wrote.

“No doubt Charlie wouldn’t be surprised at the negativity we’ve seen but what’s important is he surely would have been so humbled to see before him the scope of difference he made & continues to,” another anonymous supporter said.

Even hours before the stadium has been filled, the crowd both outside and inside the venue has already been passionate and electric. At the same time, though, visitors have remained calm and orderly, in a stunning display of mutual respect.

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Massive crowds have already formed ahead of Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona.

Almost seven hours before the service was scheduled to start at State Farm Stadium, tens of thousands were already gathered outside the venue.

New videos from the parking lot showed seemingly never-ending crowds of Kirk supporters, with a sea of people formed as early as 4 a.m. local time.

‘America is turning out for Charlie!’

“It’s just 4am here in Arizona, and the line for Charlie Kirk’s memorial is now a SEA of TENS OF THOUSANDS of patriots,” reporter Nick Sortor wrote on X. “This is HISTORIC! America is turning out for Charlie!”

The colossal turnout has already bumped the estimated crowd of 100,000 to more than 300,000, according to on-the-ground reports.

“The true scope of the crowd for Charlie Kirk in Arizona — WOW,” Eric Daugherty, assistant news director for Florida’s Voice, wrote on X.

Daugherty showed an enormous group of supporters, but what was perhaps more impressive was how orderly and calm the crowd was, even with five hours or so before the event starts.

“Original estimates of 100K bumped to up to *300,000.* This is going to be one of the most remembered days in modern US history,” Daugherty added.

RELATED: WATCH LIVE: Charlie Kirk memorial service with President Trump, JD Vance, and Erika Kirk

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The passion and support for Kirk could be felt even on the way to the venue, as many social media users posted about the positive atmosphere as they traveled on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

“Entire airplanes full of passengers are singing ‘Amazing Grace’ as they touch down in Phoenix for Charlie Kirk’s funeral!” South Carolina candidate Mark Lynch wrote, sharing a video from inside an airplane.

“Lots of people on my flight discussing Charlie Kirk. The energy in Phoenix tomorrow is going to be unbelievable,” conservative commentator John Doyle wrote on X.

RELATED: Free speech is more than a slogan. It’s a duty.

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Traffic and crowds have filled the streets en route to the stadium with what seems like an limitless line of people and cars.

Supporters were camped out on the street since Sunday night in front of Desert Diamond Arena, which is a 15-minute drive from State Farm Stadium.

Other reporters showed lines wrapped around the fence line of the football stadium since the break of dawn.

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Leftists insist that “words are violence.” They also claim that “silence is violence.” Curious. They wield the term “hate speech” as a weapon, though it has no legal definition. It’s a political tool designed for abuse, much like the tactics of China’s Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution.

Recent debates over free speech have shown how few Americans — left, right, powerful, or powerless — actually understand what the First Amendment protects. That ignorance is unnerving.

Every silence either defends or betrays liberty. Kirk lived and taught that truth. Now, in his absence, we carry that responsibility.

To honor Charlie’s legacy, we must defend free speech boldly, graciously, and without compromise.

Free speech flows from God’s gift of free will, enshrined by the founders in our nation’s founding documents. As Charlie Kirk once said, “Without free speech, there is no such thing as truth. The moment you silence opposing voices, you destroy the foundation of democracy.”

Scripture underscores the responsibility that comes with this freedom. Colossians 4:6 reminds us to speak graciously, with words “seasoned with salt.” Matthew 12:36 warns that we will give an account “for every careless word.” Proverbs 18:21 drives the point home: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

We are free to speak, but we will be held accountable.

Bondi’s blunder

That accountability is central to the recent firestorm over Attorney General Pam Bondi. Appearing on Katie Miller’s podcast last week, Bondi said, “Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is not protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime.”

Bondi later cited federal statutes criminalizing threats, doxxing, and swatting, promising full prosecution. She framed her argument as a defense of families, freedoms, and Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

But Bondi blurred a crucial line. Threats of violence have been crimes for centuries. “Hate speech” doesn’t legally exist. By conflating the two, Bondi gives more ammunition to those who want to criminalize speech they dislike.

Kirk himself once wrote: “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And all of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free.” He warned that once “hate speech” becomes a category, it will be used against conservatives first.

Consequences, not censorship

Free speech carries consequences, both spiritual and legal. It also carries social consequences, often borne disproportionately by conservatives. Kirk frequently noted that conservatives are branded “bigots” and accused of “hate speech” simply for defending traditional values.

The media’s distortion of his words proves the point. Misquotations, half-truths, and selective edits continue to shape his legacy. Not long ago, speaking ill of the dead — especially the innocent — was taboo. Today, it is routine.

Government-sanctioned propaganda

The erosion of free speech didn’t happen overnight. In 2012, Congress passed the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, allowing government propaganda once restricted to foreign audiences to target Americans directly.

Since then, administrations — especially Joe Biden’s — have funneled taxpayer-funded messaging into “news” outlets indistinguishable from government press releases. That’s what Trump meant when he labeled the media “fake news.” It’s not just bias. It’s legalized propaganda.

The results are obvious: riots over George Floyd but prayer vigils after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Manufactured outrage for causes the left elevates, silence for causes it despises.

The algorithmic censor

Corporate media is only half the machine. Social media algorithms do the rest. Conservatives (myself included) face shadow bans and throttling for speaking truth. Posts about Iryna Zarutska’s stabbing death get sanitized into euphemisms like “poked” or “unalived” to avoid suppression. Kirk’s assassination was reduced online to being “pew pewed.”

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Language itself has been contorted. Political correctness has turned serious matters into absurdist code words. Kirk once warned: “Political correctness is the most deadly of political weaponry.” He was right. If this continues, truth itself will become unspeakable.

Cancel culture vs. accountability

The left wants to erase the difference between cancel culture and accountability. Cancel culture punishes thought, speech, or belief without moral or legal justification. Accountability punishes advocacy of violence. When employees cheer assassination or call for murder, employers have every right to fire them. That is not tyranny. That is justice.

Failing to distinguish between the two plays into the left’s hands. It allows them to conflate legitimate accountability with censorship, further eroding free speech.

The duty to speak

To honor Charlie’s legacy, we must defend free speech boldly, graciously, and without compromise. Free speech is not merely a constitutional right; it is a moral duty.

Every silence either defends or betrays liberty. Kirk lived and taught that truth. Now, in his absence, we carry that responsibility. Speak now — bravely, responsibly, and without fear — so that the freedoms Charlie cherished endure for generations.

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Watch the memorial for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk live with Blaze News.

The event, titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” will begin at 11 a.m. local time in Glendale, Arizona, 2 p.m. ET.

Watch live with BlazeTV below or on YouTube.

Tens of thousands will pack State Farm Stadium to honor Kirk’s memory, and BlazeTV will be there cover it live with video and attendee interviews on BlazeTV (24/7), as well as other platforms including Pluto TV, Facebook, and X.

The historic gathering to honor the life, legacy, and faith of Charlie Kirk will feature a special service with remarks from Kirk’s widow and new CEO of Turning Point USA, Mrs. Erika Kirk.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are also expected to deliver remarks.

Other speakers will include: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Presidential Personnel Director Sergio Gor.

Together, they will remember Kirk’s impact on America, his faith in Christ, and his tireless defense of freedom.

Event rules and information can be read here..

Watch Glenn Beck’s words on Kirk on BlazeTV here.

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Falling birth rates have become a national obsession — for good reason. The U.S. fertility rate has plunged to 1.6 births per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration floated proposals to reverse that trend — a $5,000 one-time “baby bonus,” expanded IVF funding, and fertility education classes. But while the high cost of having and raising children demands attention, a deeper, avoidable crisis hangs over women’s fertility — one under-addressed by doctors, nearly ignored in research, and scorned by the mainstream media.

If America is serious about reversing demographic decline, it must start with reproductive health at its root.

Millions of American women long to bear children but wrestle with infertility caused by conditions that doctors too often write off or treat only with drugs. Doctors prescribed “the pill” to teens to regulate cycles rather than investigate root causes of their irregularity; now, they too often rely on medications as default treatment instead of exploring environmental, nutritional, or lifestyle interventions. One glaring example is polycystic ovary syndrome.

Underdiagnosed, underfunded

Polycystic ovary syndrome remains the most common cause of female anovulation (absence of ovulation) and one of the leading causes of infertility in the world, affecting up to 13% of reproductive-age women. It disrupts ovulation, floods the body with androgens, like testosterone, increases the risk of miscarriages, and plagues women with irregular cycles — yet up to 70% remain undiagnosed.

PCOS research funding remains woefully low. From 2016 to 2022, PCOS received about $31.8 million annually — versus $262 million for rheumatoid arthritis or $420 million for lupus, “despite similar degrees of morbidity and similar or lower mortality and prevalence.” In 2022, the NIH reported just $9.5 million dedicated to PCOS. That’s negligible compared with the disease’s $15 billion-a-year U.S. cost in medical care, complications, and mental health impact.

Women as cash cows

Current treatment of women with PCOS indicates a culture of profit over prevention. Pharmaceutical companies and fertility clinics thrive on long-term medication and expensive IVF cycles — not on teaching diet shifts, endocrine-safe living, or stress reduction.

Nutrition and the environment’s impact on health cannot be discussed without being labeled as “anti-science.” The tragedy is that PCOS is not only treatable but in many cases manageable through lifestyle interventions.

Though PCOS is often influenced by genetics — such as family history with type II diabetes — it’s also strongly tied to insulin resistance, poor metabolic health, obesity, and environmental stressors. Nutrition, exercise, weight management, and reduced exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals can dramatically improve fertility outcomes.

Even modest changes — a 5%-10% weight reduction in overweight women or a shift toward lower-glycemic diets — have been shown to restore ovulation in many women. But such non-invasive and inexpensive advice is considered “body-shaming.”

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Touch the holistic third rail

Women’s health, especially fertility, has become fodder for political punditry on both sides of the aisle — with little real research, funding, or solutions for root causes. Instead, women have become cash cows for an entrenched medical-industrial complex that profits from endless prescriptions and IVF cycles, while ignoring what might prevent infertility in the first place.

The “third rail” of holistic fertility care gets dismissed as “anti-science.” That’s part of the problem. It’s time to touch the rail.

If America is serious about reversing demographic decline, it must start with reproductive health at its root. That means early screening for PCOS, education about metabolic health, and shifting from a medical culture of symptom management to one of holistic fertility stewardship.

Women deserve it, and the future generations of Americans — literally — require it.

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Millions of Americans are still desperately trying to scrub their hearts and minds of the infernal videos and images that emerged after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Far from a typical social or political event, this murder has reverberated throughout America, igniting everything from fury to depression and opening a chasm filled with uncomfortable questions about the state of the nation and where we go from here.

Today, too many people are now fully embracing and emulating Satan’s nature.

There’s an alarm sounding among many faith and political leaders who believe America is at a dire crossroads — a point where we must carefully choose our destiny.

“We have crossed the Rubicon,” Pastor Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, told me last week. “We’re no longer what we used to be. The age of civility is officially over, and we’ve entered into the proverbial dark, slippery slope where rhetorical violence becomes physical violence.”

He’s not wrong. The disturbing reality is that a sizable proportion of the public is now OK with political violence. In fact, a YouGov survey recently asked, “Do you think it is ever justified for citizens to resort to violence in order to achieve political goals?”

Shockingly, 11% answered, “Yes, violence can sometimes be justified,” with an additional 11% stating they were unsure and another 5% preferring not to respond. Thus, while 72% rejected political violence, 27% either weren’t sure, wouldn’t respond — or seemed to back it.

True evil

This willingness to entertain political violence is so alarming and otherworldly that it can only come from one source: true evil. And sadly, wickedness has, in some circles, become increasingly pervasive. James 4:7 in the Bible is monumentally clear that each person must “resist the devil” and, when we do, “he will flee.”

But today, too many people are now fully embracing and emulating Satan’s nature. The Bible tells us the “devil has been sinning from the beginning” (1 John 3:8) and is filled with ghastliness and lies.

“He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him,” Jesus proclaims of Satan in John 8:44. “When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Scripture also makes it clear that the devil prowls around seeking to “steal, and kill, and destroy” (John 10:10), hoping to so confuse human hearts and minds that people reflect his nature and reject the biblical command to love God and love others.

We see these elements permeating society and playing out not only in the brutal killing of Kirk, but also among the slew of people who have bizarrely and fiendishly excused or even celebrated the conservative commentator’s death.

Make no mistake: The only humane and sane reaction to an assassination like this is sheer horror. There’s no need to add a “but,” no warrant for a “well, his tone wasn’t always the best” — and certainly no excuse for debasing Kirk’s humanity as to gleefully react to his death.

Luciferian delight

Such insanity, though not the majority response, exposes the extent to which some have willfully chosen to baste in the bowels of Luciferianism. Relishing in death has become a newfound passion for those who have given themselves over to such evil.

Just consider that YouGov also found that 9% of Americans believe it’s acceptable to celebrate a public figure’s death. Sure, 78% said it’s inappropriate, but the fact that one out of every 10 Americans said it’s perfectly permissible “for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose” should send a literal shiver down our spines.

As it turns out, Democrats (11%) are more likely than Republicans (6%) to say it’s either “always” or “usually” acceptable to celebrate public figures’ deaths. Republicans are also far more likely (89%) to oppose this than are Democrats (71%).

RELATED: Charlie Kirk’s legacy: ‘Put on the armor of light’

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These statistics reveal a disturbing level of moral corruption within the American populace, with human hearts taking on the nature of the devil in such a merciless way. Rather than showing honor and decency, many in recent days have opted for full-blown hatred — a satanic level of bile that says much more about them than it does Kirk or anyone else.

One of the problems fueling the dysfunction in our politics has become an unhealthy rhetoric that dominates our discourse. Trump, Kirk, and others have been labeled as “racist,” “homophobic,” and other dishonest slurs.

Some, like former President Joe Biden, warned Trump would “sacrifice our democracy.” Former Vice President Kamala Harris also seized on this rhetoric as did other Democrats. For his part, Trump has often returned fiery rhetoric. Tragically, there’s a cost to such proclamations.

The choice is ours

I recently spoke with Dallas Jenkins, creator of the hit TV show “The Chosen,” about Kirk’s death and the chaos in our nation.

“We are in a time where people demonize the opposition — the political or spiritual opposition, so much that their death is a logical conclusion,” Jenkins said. “If you tell enough people that someone or a group of people are Nazis, are a threat to your literal freedom and democracy, and in fact, your very life, I mean, why wouldn’t you think that they should die, or at least be stopped in some dramatic way?”

His point? We’ve allowed callousness and rhetoric to become so untethered from goodness that we have unwell people getting panicked, ginned up, and, in turn, radicalized. This is a dangerous path for our nation, with Kirk’s death, in particular, forcing both sides to decide: Is this the America we want — or are we willing to strive for something better?

The Book of James warns that the tongue is a “world of evil,” can “corrupt the whole body,” and is “set on fire by hell.” And Ephesians 6 delivers perhaps the most important context, explaining that the real battle is spiritual — not physical.

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms,” Ephesians 6:12 reads.

We’d do well to pause, reflect, and ponder where we are and where we want to go. Will we choose God or Satan? Will we opt for good or devilish hatred?

The decision is ours, and the very fate of our nation and the world depends on how we collectively answer.

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After the devastating assassination of Charlie Kirk, many on the left have begun spewing vile rhetoric aimed at belittling his life after his murder.

And Vice President JD Vance, who filled in on “The Charlie Kirk Show” after his assassination, let the nation know how he felt about it.

“There is no unity with people who scream at children over their parents’ politics. There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder. There is no unity with someone who harasses an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend,” Vance said.

“There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination. And there is no unity with the people who fund these articles, who pay the salaries of these terrorist sympathizers, who argue that Charlie Kirk, a loving husband and father, deserved a shot to the neck because he spoke words with which they disagree,” he added.

BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey believes Vance is “absolutely right.”

“As Christians, we are called to try to make peace with everyone. But making peace with people does not mean being weak. It doesn’t mean being a doormat. It means sometimes that we have to restrain evil and punish wickedness on behalf of the most vulnerable,” Stuckey says.

“People get very confused sometimes about Jesus’ commands to turn the other cheek and to forgive and to pray for our enemies and pray for those who persecute us,” she explains.

“I just want to take you through that logic for a second. If you’re saying that Jesus’ commands apply to the government, then you would be saying that we should not punish crime at all. Because if we should turn the other cheek when people commit these heinous crimes of rape or assault or murder, that would mean that we also shouldn’t put them in jail,” she continues.

“So I think we have to think a little bit more deeply,” she says, “about what it means to make peace and what it means to turn the other cheek.”

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For Charlie
by Matthew Mehan

A partisan becomes a man for all
when the part of him that hates his foe can fall
away to nothing more than a tremor in the throat.
Together let us learn the lesson by rote:
The turning point for all our hopes of parley
begin with Love and Church and now with Charlie.

*****

In Memoriam
for Charlie Kirk

Under a technicolor Utah sky, in the clear September air,
in the commons made uncommon, a man spoke
through riptides of Babylonian confusion, and he spoke
with the light of the Word of Life, and that light
dispelled the darkness that cannot comprehend its truth.
In the clear air, the bright and open air, a man spoke —
and as the sky cracked to silence him
how many mouths gasped at once, a terrible hush
like a rogue wave crashing. But he was not silenced.
The assassin slithered into ruin. But he was not silenced.
His words extend now into time, in concentric circles, further
than before — and further still. Martyr for truth, and in truth, alive.
America, may the Holy Spirit inflame and guide our tongues, and
let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.

—Joseph Massey

Original artwork: Leigh Brown. Charlie Kirk, 2025. Graphite, charcoal, acrylic, ink, and pastel on heavyweight archival cotton paper. 11×14″

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President Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday evening to demand action from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Trump’s post comes after attorney Erik Siebert allegedly resigned from his position as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday. However, the reason Siebert vacated his role depends on who is asked.

“He didn’t quit, I fired him!” Trump said on Truth Social, per ABC News. The outlet cited sources who claimed Trump had pressured Siebert to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

‘What we don’t need is a Democrat Endorsed “Republican.”‘

On Saturday, Trump wrote a direct message to Bondi on his Truth Social account saying he had, “reviewed over 30 statements and posts” that were critical of the attorney general.

“Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, ‘same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia [sic]??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done,'” Trump wrote.

The president then said disaster was barely avoided when his team appointed a “Woke RINO” who was “never going to do his job,” likely referring to Siebert.

“He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him,” Trump went on, before putting a new name forward to replace Siebert in Eastern Virginia.

“Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot,” Trump told Bondi. “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”

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Halligan is a lawyer currently serving as a special assistant and senior associate staff secretary in the White House. She was previously noted in the executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”

The order largely represented a mission to rid American historical and educational landmarks of woke doctrine, such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

“Pam Bondi is doing a GREAT job as Attorney General of the United States. She is very careful, very smart, loves our Country, but needs a tough prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, like my recommendation, Lindsey Halligan, to get things moving,” Trump wrote in a follow-up post on Truth Social.

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“What we don’t need is a Democrat Endorsed ‘Republican.’ I will be nominating Lindsey Halligan to be the United States Attorney in this very important part of our Great Country. She will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!” the president concluded.

Siebert described his tenure in Eastern Virginia as a “pleasure,” but Trump told reporters on Friday that he has not been keen on the attorney since he saw two Democrat Virginia senators had approved his nomination.

“When I saw that he got approved by those two men [Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner], I said, ‘Pull it because he can’t be any good,'” Trump said, per Fox News.

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A military technology entrepreneur warns that artificial intelligence companies are taking advantage of customers by keeping them connected to the internet.

In an exclusive interview with Blaze Media, EdgeRunner CEO Tyler Saltsman said there are clear reasons why there are no popular AI programs that consumers can simply install and use offline.

‘They want to learn more about you.’

Saltsman’s AI program (EdgeRunner AI) is currently in testing with the Department of War and promises to deliver an offline, secure AI assistance tool to deliver real-time data and mission strategy to boots on the ground. The tech expert explained that EdgeRunner AI can be installed on a wide variety of devices and used without an internet connection, just like many other programs.

This allows for a simple rollout while also avoiding data interception by the enemy.

Blaze Media asked the CEO why leading providers of AI programs and chatbots are online only and require a perpetual connection in order to be used.

“They want to spy on you,” Saltsman revealed. He said that by keeping users online, the AI companies can train their models and improve their product.

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The CEO was not in short supply of reasons why it benefits the tech sector to keep consumer info streaming into its data centers online.

“They want your data, they want your prompts, they want to learn more about you,” he continued.

Saltsman went on, stating he believes the ongoing fees are part of an effort to “price-gouge” the consumer. He said that while he is not a fan of these perpetual sales, he is, however, a big fan of the idea that language models and programming interfaces “are not products.”

“Keep the data private and bring the product to the people,” he stressed. “We don’t want Big Tech having all of this data and having all this control. It needs to be decentralized.”

Saltsman also told Blaze Media that he strongly believes President Trump’s administration is open to diminishing hurdles and cutting red tape. This can ensure proper advancements in technology for the U.S. military. With that, he hopes “the current administration values offline AI.”

When asked if he plans to bring his AI to market at some point, Saltsman said that while it is a goal, his primary objective in the immediate future is to implement EdgeRunner AI so that U.S. soldiers can harness the advantages while limiting loss of life.

At the same time, Saltsman was adamant that humans are always the key factor in any decision his company makes and that the technology has to be centered around the soldier, first and foremost.

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EdgeRunner recently wrapped up military exercises in Fort Carson, Colorado, and Fort Riley, Kansas.

In Fort Carson, the company tested they tech with an airborne company, a support battalion, and a special forces unit.

During the exercise in Fort Riley, EdgeRunner AI was used to support the 1st Infantry Division during its “Danger Gauntlet IV” exercise.

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Corporate America must answer for its part in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Years of platforming and promotion of the woke cancers of trans ideology, critical race theory, cultural Marxism, abortion, and many others through America’s largest corporations have done more damage than many realize. Cases like Bud Light and Target illustrate the harm companies have done to themselves by embracing these ideas. But also consider the damage they have done not just to their brands, but to society.

The cultural battle we are fighting is not just right versus left — it is good versus evil.

How might the world be different if instead of promoting LGBT propaganda in their storefronts and advertising, big businesses promoted traditional marriage and family values?

What if companies ditched mandatory trainings on “gender-affirming HR policy” and instead celebrated men of integrity and women of honor uniting in holy marriages and giving birth to lots and lots of children?

What if companies redirected the millions of dollars they donate to the abortion mafia every year toward Christian adoption agencies and pro-life clinics?

What if companies rewarded hard work and merit instead of skin color and sexual preferences?

That world is such a far cry from where we are today that it seems almost unimaginable. It underscores just how insidious is the cultural impact our corporations have had on American society.

A single crack of an assassin’s rifle shattered any remaining illusions about the moment we are in right now in our nation. Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom was the first to be witnessed by tens of millions of people around planet earth. The ensuing revival has been stunning and inspiring. The ghoulish celebration by those with darkened spirits has been disgusting.

Such contrast surrounding the atrocity of Charlie’s murder has put into sharp focus for me that the cultural battle we are fighting is not just right versus left — it is good versus evil. Medusa has taken off her hat and we can see the naked evil for what it is: hatred, pure and simple.

I only spoke with Charlie once. I was a big fan of his work. As I have reflected on the truly miraculous work he accomplished to activate the youth of our country toward conservative, Christian political engagement — a feat many told him was hopeless — I am put to shame that we have not done more in our sphere of influence among Christian investors to combat the evil emanating from the stocks in our portfolios.

According to Kingdom Advisor’s 2025 Report on the Christian financial industry, Christian church members in the United States own $22.4 trillion of investment assets, or roughly 49.7% of all investments in this country. That means 49.7% of all the votes for board members who appoint CEOs, set major corporate policy, and direct the corporation’s engagement on cultural issues.

If Christians have that sort of influence, why do the boardrooms of corporate America so often resound with anti-Christian sentiment?

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It pains me to say that it is because these assets have been, in large measure, handed over to leftist corporations, mutual fund companies, and financial advisory firms to do with them what they will.

We as Christians, and conservatives more broadly, have given our power, influence, wealth, and shareholder votes to the enemies of our way of life. This must change.

The leftist ideology spewed by many corporate institutions and that animates the murderous hatred of Charlie Kirk is not simply a political viewpoint; it is an evil. Like all lies, it cannot stand before the truth. And like all darkness, it cannot stand against the light. But it howls and gnashes its teeth all the same.

Will we stand idly by as the demons run wild with our money? Or will we take back our wealth, influence, and shareholder votes from the big Wall Street firms and make sure our dollars are advocating for biblical values?

Together we can speak $22.4 trillion of biblical truth to corporate power — and there is no telling what God will do with that.

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A man who claimed to be a member of a law enforcement agency was arrested at State Farm Stadium on Saturday.

The memorial for Charlie Kirk is being held at the football stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday. The stadium is already buzzing with security, as the event is said to be dealing with a Super Bowl level of media interest and attendance.

‘The individual is not a member of authorized law enforcement …’

While local officials have said that security teams have had to be pulled together in record time, law enforcement on the ground appears to be effective so far.

One man has already been arrested after he was reportedly exhibiting strange behavior at the stadium.

“The U.S. Secret Service, in coordination with local law enforcement in Glendale, Arizona, is investigating an individual who was observed exhibiting suspicious behavior at State Farm Stadium,” a Secret Service spokesperson said, per MSNBC.

“The individual was approached by Secret Service and stated during the encounter that he was a member of law enforcement and that he was armed,” the spokesperson continued.

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“The individual is not a member of authorized law enforcement working the event and is currently in custody. The U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement are investigating the circumstance as to why he was at the location,” the spokesperson added.

While NBC correspondent Jay Gray stated that the man remained in custody, The Hill reported that authorities “suggested” that the man was charged by the Arizona Department of Public Safety but that it is unclear whether he is still in custody.

Gray went on to confirm that security around the stadium is indeed comparable to that of a Super Bowl and is, “at that level already” ahead of the 2 p.m. ET start time on Sunday.

MSNBC reported that security consists of a mix of local and federal law enforcement, with drones and hundreds of cameras — approximately 300 — positioned around the stadium.

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Kirk’s murder has sent shock waves across the world, drawing heaps of praise and, unfortunately, criticisms as well.

Earlier this week, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had his late-night program suspended by ABC over remarks he made about Kirk’s alleged killer. Sinclair Broadcast Group was set to replace ABC programming with an hour-long documentary about Kirk’s life. However, Sinclair, the largest owner of ABC-affiliated television stations, backed out of airing the tribute on Friday.

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A congresswoman reversed course to condemn Charlie Kirk just hours after voting to honor him.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) was one of 95 Democrats who voted in favor of honoring Kirk’s “life and legacy” on Friday in a House resolution. The vote came just over a week after Kirk was assassinated, allegedly by a young male who was dating a transgender person.

‘… Kirk’s racist, anti-American views.’

In total, the resolution received support from both Democrats and Republicans with a 310-58 vote. While 58 Democrats voted against and another 22 did not vote at all, Sherrill’s about-face afterward was all the more confusing considering that she voted in support of the resolution.

In statement posted to her X account, Sherril wrote that while she supports free speech, she still thinks Kirk has “vile” views.

“I take my oath to the Constitution seriously. I believe in free speech. And that the First Amendment wouldn’t be necessary if it were only meant to cover language we agreed with,” Sherrill stated. “It is meant to protect people like Charlie Kirk who present vile dissenting views. But it is also meant to protect teachers, doctors, and TV comedians who may express views the president doesn’t like.”

Then the New Jersey Democrat claimed that Kirk supported restricting the rights of women and black people.

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“Charlie Kirk was advocating for a Christian nationalist government and to roll back the rights of women and Black people — this flies in the face of every value I hold dear and that I fight for,” Sherril continued. “But the Constitution protects free speech, even for those I vehemently oppose.”

Sherrill then stated that President Trump “defines hypocrisy at every turn” and is “instigating a witch hunt worthy of Joseph McCarthy to shut down the free speech rights of anyone who disagrees with Kirk’s racist, anti-American views.”

The 53-year-old noted in her final paragraph that she considers Kirk’s murder to be “horrific” and said it is “up to all of us to stand against political violence.”

“In these times, I will continue to condemn political violence, racism, attacks on women, and the hypocrisy coming from Trump and his acolytes,” she concluded.

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Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.). Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sherrill is running for governor of New Jersey in November as the Democratic Party candidate. She will run against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Ciattarelli responded to Sherrill’s comments, writing on X, “Mikie Sherrill’s hypocrisy knows no bounds.”

He also described her comments about Kirk as “inexcusable and disqualifying.”

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded to Sherrill’s remarks directly in her comments section with, “You can’t just say crap like that — especially when it’s not true.”

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If you find yourself hardening your heart and turning from God over all of the horrifying news and events you’re seeing, I beg you to turn back to Him.

All of this only makes sense if there’s justice in the end. That justice can only come from Him.

Saving faith is not just a moment of belief, a moment of repentance. It is a lifetime of faithful choices to live like Jesus.

This world and all of us are dust in waiting. We are here to seek God, believe in Him, repent of our sins, and give our tiny, fleeting, sin-infused lives to Him.

The “god” of this age wants you to turn away from eternity in heaven and toward eternal death because of temporary anger, fear, and frustration.

But don’t let your heart be hardened. Give your anger, your hatred, your pain, anxiety, sadness, doubts, regrets, your fleeting hope — give it to Jesus. Step in faith and draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you.

If you feel even the smallest desire to have God in your life, pray to Him now. Tell Him you want to give your life to Him. Repent of your sins to Him. He will forgive you. It is infinitely worth it. You are worth it. Jesus loves you.

To be clear, I’m not asking you to make a momentary commitment.

Saving faith is not just a moment of belief, a moment of repentance. It is a lifetime of faithful choices to live like Jesus and of repentance when you fail to do so.

It is a lifetime of prayer, studying the Bible, prayer, worshipping Him with others in communion together, prayer, sharing the gospel with others, and prayer. It is a lifetime of seeking to be obedient to Him and repenting to Him when you aren’t.

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You will never do it perfectly. You will often fall short. Sometimes you may even wonder if any of this is real. But keep doing it.

In your moments of weakest faith, turn to Him in faith. Ask Him to help your unbelief (Mark 9:24). In your moments of sin and failure, turn to Him in repentance. Ask Him to forgive you your sins, and He will. In your moments of hopelessness, sadness, anger, and fear, turn to Him in prayer. Thank Him for His grace and mercy toward you, and ask Him to help you to be more like Him.

When you are joyful, or even when you’re not, turn to Him in praise and worship. Thank Him for creating you, for forgiving you, for loving you, for offering you eternal paradise in heaven with Him.

Whatever you feel, wherever you are, turn to Him — for life. I promise you, it’s worth it.

A version of this essay originally appeared on Spike Cohen’s X account.

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On the first weekend of September, I saw Charlie Kirk speak at the Build Up Korea conference in Seoul. It was his first trip to Asia and sadly destined to be his last; five days later, he was assassinated at Utah Valley University.

The conference is an annual gathering of young Korean conservatives, with whom Kirk had become quite popular. Even after having taught university here for seven years, I still did not feel like I had a good handle on the current political scene.

When Kirk spoke of how the most pressing problems were those that came from within South Korea, a hush settled over the mostly young audience.

The issues that are divisive can appear puzzling and petty to the outsider unfamiliar with the parties involved. And the terms of debate seem to have remained the same even as the values and outlooks of people have changed, even dramatically, over the past decade.

While conservatism in South Korea was on the same page as the Republican Party in the past, the rise of the MAGA movement has complicated matters. Its slogan of “America First,” which portends the reduction of U.S. military commitments across the globe and the drawing down of U.S. forces across the globe, stands at odds with the priorities of South Korean conservatives, for whom maintaining alliance with the U.S. is a cornerstone of their politics.

Indeed, until recently, one of the major dividing lines between left and right in South Korea was that the right, as the party of business, was more outwardly directed, favoring international trade and supporting the activities of the major South Korean corporations, while the left was more inward-looking and nationalist.

A South Korean today who would be willing to declare “Korea First” is likely to belong to the shrinking number of aging leftists who want to unite the two Koreas under a social democratic system.

But the enthusiastic cheers that greeted Kirk when he took to the stage seemed to dispel any such apprehension about the future of the alliance. Kirk’s engaging presence on social media had created an eager cohort of followers among young Christians in South Korea.

The affection shown by the audience was reciprocated by Charlie, who had clearly taken the time to study contemporary South Korean society so that he could speak knowledgeably about the most serious problems it faces.

He praised how well things work in Korea and spoke of how the country had come such a long way from the poverty caused by total war. Kirk spoke of how peaceful and friendly the people are and of how wonderful it felt to be able to take public transportation without the fear of crime or walk in a park and not be menaced by violent drug addicts. This is how things should be in every modern country, and his tone took a wistful turn, as he indicated that life was no longer like this in the U.S.

To be sure, his speech contained some familiar and predictable warnings about the dangers of communism and the threat to South Korea posed by the Chinese Communist Party and by the dictatorship in the North. Invoking the times that Americans and South Koreans had fought side by side, Kirk reaffirmed the alliance as the fruit of shared sacrifice and common values.

These boilerplate remarks were met with applause from the audience, but when Kirk spoke of how the most pressing problems were those that came from within South Korea, a hush settled over the mostly young audience.

After praising South Korea for its remarkable rise from the ashes of a devastating war and the dire poverty it caused, Kirk warned that the country currently faces an existential threat of its own making. The collapsing rates of marriages and births pose the gravest threats to the nation’s future. Of course, this issue has long ago become an everyday topic of conversation, but the way Kirk approached the topic grabbed the attention of the crowd.

He spoke with great sympathy of the harsh and stressful lives endured by Korean children, who from an early age are forced to spend day and night studying for the college entrance examination. He was also familiar with the lingo used by South Koreans to describe their despair, referring to the “en-po generation,” which is used to describe the things that Koreans feel forced to give up. For example, “sam-po,” which means “three renunciations,” refers to giving up on dating, marriage, and children. “O-po,” which means five renunciations, adds “homeownership” and “friendships” to the list of the previous three. “Sip-po” refers to giving up everything, including life itself.

The care that Kirk took in learning about the most pressing crises in South Korean society did not just flatter his audience — as a people might feel warmth and reassurance when an outsider speaks both sympathetically and knowledgeably about their troubles. He also challenged the young people at the conference in a way that sparked in them hope and confidence.

Kirk reminded them of the thousands of years of history on the Korean peninsula and the terrible ordeals that Koreans had suffered in the past — wars, invasions, and famines. What would the ancestors of today’s Koreans say, he asked, if they were to learn that their descendants, living in a wealthy and prosperous nation, had stopped reproducing out of economic worries?

Kirk emphasized not only that is it morally wrong not to have children, but also that children bring joy into the lives of their parents. Koreans, he continued, need to look at every aspect of their society — law, policy, culture — to create an environment that promotes child-bearing and healthy child-rearing.

The recent impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative Catholic, and the subsequent election of liberal Lee Jae-myung has left local Christians feeling embattled. The country has also felt increasing pressure from global allies to allow mass migration.

In these matters, Kirk affirmed that the struggles of Koreans were also those of Americans, who had thrown off the tyranny of the Biden administration and are at present undoing the damage caused by the regime’s policy of open borders. He ended his message by declaring that he would never forget South Korea and that he would be there for young Koreans in the future.

It is grieves my heart to note that in retrospect, he will be there in spirit. Yet, a man who planted so many seeds that bore much fruit in life will also in death become even more fruitful in renewing the lives of those who remember him.

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Franklin Graham recently reminded us of something I’ve always admired about Charlie Kirk: He stood firmly on biblical truth, but he did it with compassion. He debated boldly, yet never with malice. He modeled what it looks like to stand on God’s word while still loving those who disagreed.

That’s what struck me most about Charlie’s ministry.

Standing on God’s word is the most loving thing we can do.

When culture calls biblical truth hate speech, Christians must remember that speaking God’s word is the highest form of love.

Charlie Kirk’s legacy of truth with compassion

Charlie never treated debates like a chance to humiliate others. He approached them as opportunities to present God’s truth. Franklin Graham said it best: Charlie stood unapologetically on scripture, but he did it in a way that reflected Christ’s compassion. That’s rare today.

I’ve seen unbelievers circulate memes and half-quotes trying to paint him as harsh or hateful. But when you look at the full conversations, the truth is clear: Charlie’s goal wasn’t to win arguments at all costs — it was to point people back to God’s word.

That’s the real lesson for us. The world will twist, clip, and distort, but what matters is faithfulness before the Lord.

When biblical truth is branded hate

We’ve reached a point in culture where entire sections of scripture are now considered “hate speech.” If you affirm God’s design for marriage, gender, or life in the womb, you risk being censored, mocked, or even punished.

Isaiah warned us: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). That’s exactly what’s happening. The world has inverted God’s standards — light is called darkness, and darkness is celebrated as light.

And let’s be clear: Speaking the Bible is not hate. The Bible itself says, “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). True love tells the truth, even when it’s unpopular.

As Desiring God on speaking truth in love explains, love without truth isn’t love at all — it’s indifference. And indifference leads people straight into destruction.

Culture’s shifting morality vs. God’s unchanging word

Here’s the problem with cultural morality: It shifts constantly. What’s praised today is condemned tomorrow. It’s built on feelings, not on facts.

I’ve seen it myself — murder excused in some cases but denounced in others, sexual ethics redefined with each generation, and “compassion” used as an excuse to break laws. But morality without scripture is just a moving target.

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God’s word doesn’t shift with feelings or politics. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” That’s why Charlie’s stand mattered — he anchored everything in the Bible, not in popular opinion.

Out of context: The attack strategy

One thing that frustrates me most is how often Charlie’s critics ripped his words out of context.

Take his comment on the Civil Rights Act. Critics spun it as racist, when his point was about federal government overreach — not opposing equal rights. Or his remarks on the Second Amendment, where he said liberty comes with a cost. Opponents twisted that into indifference about human life, even though he also called those deaths tragic.

Even scripture itself has been twisted this way for centuries. Satan quoted Psalm 91 out of context when tempting Jesus (Matthew 4:6). Why should we expect the world to treat modern truth-tellers any differently?

That’s the real playbook: Rip words from their setting, slap on a label of “hate,” and dismiss the speaker entirely.

Why truth is love — not hate

Jesus didn’t say, “Stay quiet so you don’t offend.” He said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32).

The world says truth is “hate.” But in reality, the absence of truth is the cruelest hate of all.

The apostle Paul reminds us that love rejoices in truth (1 Corinthians 13:6) and that we must speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). To stay silent while people remain in sin is not love — it’s indifference.

Even this week, a Reuters report on a law professor suspended over posts about Kirk shows how fiercely culture now polices speech around controversial public figures. That should wake us up. If even scripture is branded as hate, then we must be prepared to face the same hostility.

Standing firm in a world turned upside down

The culture may label us “haters,” but the truth is this: Standing on God’s word is the most loving thing we can do.

Charlie Kirk lived this out boldly. And Franklin Graham’s defense of him reminds us that true Christianity is not about silencing sin or watering down truth. It’s about proclaiming Christ with courage and compassion.

Like Charlie, we are called to hold fast to biblical truth — no matter the cost.

This article is adapted from an essay originally published at Arch Kennedy’s blog.

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A profound mental health crisis lies at the heart of violence in America. Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect in the brutal stabbing death of the Ukrainian woman Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, was in a mental hospital earlier this year and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. But doctors wouldn’t have released him if they had viewed him as a danger to himself or others.

Similarly, the killers at Minneapolis’ Annunciation Catholic School and Nashville’s Covenant School both struggled with mental illness. Nearly all mass shooters also battled suicidal thoughts.

Our mental health system cannot serve as the last line of defense — too many mistakes slip through.

“We will never arrest our way out of issues such as homelessness and mental health,” Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles warned after the stabbing death. “Mental health disease is just that — a disease. It needs to be treated with the same compassion.” After the Minneapolis attack, House Speaker Mike Johnson underscored the issue: “The problem is the human heart. It’s mental health. There are things that we can do.”

Yet despite the fact that more than half of mass public shooters over the past 25 years were already under the care of mental health professionals, not a single one was identified as a danger to themselves or others. An entire body of academic research now explores why mental health experts so often fail to predict these attacks.

What’s the plan?

When professionals cannot identify threats before atrocities are committed, society must ask: What is the backup plan?

The Minneapolis school murderer admitted: “I am severely depressed and have been suicidal for years.” After the Nashville school shooting, police concluded the killer was “highly depressed and highly suicidal throughout her life.” Yet even with regular psychiatric care, experts found no signs of homicidal or suicidal intent.

The 2022 Buffalo supermarket killer showed the same pattern. In June 2021, when asked about his future plans, he answered that he wanted to attend summer school, murder people there, and then commit suicide. Alarmed, his teacher sent him for evaluation by two mental health professionals. He told them it was a joke, and they let him go.

Later he admitted: “I got out of it because I stuck with the story that I was getting out of class, and I just stupidly wrote that down. It was not a joke; I wrote that down because that’s what I was planning to do.”

Many well-known mass killers saw psychiatrists before their attacks. U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, was himself an Army psychiatrist. Elliot Rodger, the UC Santa Barbara “incel” shooter, had received years of high-level counseling, but like the Buffalo killer, Rodger simply knew not to reveal his true intentions. The Army psychiatrist who last saw Ivan Lopez (the second Fort Hood shooter) concluded there was no “sign of likely violence, either to himself or to others.”

Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes’ psychiatrist did warn University of Colorado officials about Holmes’ violent fantasies shortly before his attack, but even she dismissed the threat as insufficient for custody. And both a court-appointed psychologist and a hospital psychiatrist found Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho posed no danger to himself or others.

Psychiatrists have every incentive to get these diagnoses right. Beyond professional pride and the desire to help, they face legal obligations to report threats. Families of victims have even sued psychiatrists for failing to recommend confinement. Despite this, psychiatrists consistently underestimate the danger.

The problem runs deep enough to generate a whole academic literature. Some experts suggest psychiatrists try to prove their fearlessness or become desensitized to risk. Additional training in unusual cases may help, but predicting such rare outcomes will always remain extremely difficult.

Hindsight makes the warning signs look obvious. Before the attack, even to experts, they rarely do. And while addressing mental illness, we should not stigmatize it. Mentally ill people are far more likely to become victims of violence than perpetrators. Only a tiny fraction ever commit murder.

Take schizophrenia: More than 3.5 million Americans live with the disorder, yet only one schizophrenic has committed a mass attack since 2019. That makes the odds of such a crime less than 1 in 3.5 million — extremely rare.

Victims left defenseless

No one wants dangerous individuals to access weapons. Are we going to disarm all mentally ill people, even though they themselves are at increased risk of violent crime? One woman we know saw her husband murdered in front of her by her stalker. She was very depressed but feared that in seeking mental help she would be denied the right to own a gun (which she needed to protect herself).

Another factor that makes these attacks difficult to stop is that they are planned long in advance, with six months being about the shortest. The Sandy Hook massacre was planned for over two and a half years, allowing the perpetrator plenty of time to obtain weapons.

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These killers, like the recent attacker in Minneapolis, often state outright in their manifestos and diaries that they target “gun-free zones.” They may be crazy, but they aren’t stupid. They expect to die, but they want attention when they do. They know that the higher the body count, the more media coverage they’ll receive. That’s why they choose places where no one can fight back.

Weapons bans won’t work

The attack in Charlotte happened in a gun-free zone. The woman had no chance to defend herself when the attacker struck from behind, and no one on the train intervened. Bystanders may have hesitated out of fear — after all, the killer was a large man armed with a knife, even though knives are also banned on public transportation. Someone with a firearm possibly could have stopped the assault, just as a Marine veteran in July did in a Michigan Walmart, where at gunpoint he forced a knife-wielding attacker to drop his weapon. Others who tried to stop the attacker without a gun were stabbed.

Our mental health system cannot serve as the last line of defense — too many mistakes slip through. If mental health professionals can’t reliably stop these attackers before they strike, we must ask: What’s the backup plan? Leaving targets unprotected isn’t the best option.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

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When I started “The Perfume Nationalist” in February 2019, it was out of rage and helplessness at the ideological, authoritarian evil I saw taking over my country.

At that time it was de facto illegal to publicly support Trump. Left-wing media demanded that employers fire Trump supporters, and there was always the risk of deplatforming and having one’s bank account or payment services canceled. People would be unpersoned for something as minor as liking an image of Pepe the Frog, viewed as part of a vast and objectively nonexistent “Nazi” subculture lurking just beneath the surface of America.

I made my show look as frightening as possible, discussing every possible unspeakable topic right up front, including platforming people with views I didn’t agree with.

The words “Nazi” and “fascist” were stripped of all objective meaning and used to ruin the reputations and Google results of anyone who questioned the Democrat Party’s escalating authoritarianism.

A deliberate provocation

What was then called the “alt-right” had a strong, edgy, and aesthetically forward presence. It comprised all sorts of different people from liberal, normal Republicans to unstable, viscerally repellent, and hateful people protected by the culture of mandatory anonymity. Its unifying values were spreading information suppressed by liberals and extreme transgressive humor.

My show emerged from this scene out of necessity and found its first audience there. Its title was a deliberate provocation and commentary on the fact that anyone who stood for freedom and basic liberal American values was now called a Nazi.

I’m also a nationalist. You should be a nationalist too.

Dirtbag cowardice

At the time, dirtbag leftism and Bernie Sanders acted as a cover for public figures who dared to lightly criticize the Democrat Party. You could mock liberal piety and wokeness in safe, surface-level ways and maintain a degree of protection from your promotion of socialism. Shows would begin as left-presenting and gradually incorporate laundered RW content after a safe delay.

I took the opposite approach and made my show look as frightening as possible, discussing every possible unspeakable topic right up front, including platforming people with views I didn’t agree with. I had to start like this and confront these topics to gain the trust of my audience.

Letting people speak

The joke is that it was also all about perfume. The unspeakable bogeymen of society — alienated young white men who dared to defend themselves against a culture that demonized and hated them — would also be listening to a gay culture show about perfume.

My belief is that if you let people speak and don’t censor it, extreme and antisocial views hold less mystique and can be examined for what they actually are. If they’re presented as a forbidden treasure chest of secret knowledge, it gives everything suppressed an aura of glittering truth.

As the years have gone by, those antisocial views have become what mainstream liberals say and think every day. Extreme anti-Semitism is a dominant value on the far left and the anti-Trump far right today. They find roundabout ways to excuse it or say that isn’t what’s happening. It is exactly what’s happening, and this is what it looks like.

Who is the ‘Nazi’?

The mainstream lib of today is more ideologically a “Nazi” than I have ever been. But does the word lose its power? No. It persists in its 2010s witch-hunt meaning, being used to dehumanize anyone who stands up for free speech, American values, and the right to live a safe life where criminals and murderers are punished and decent citizens protected.

The cultural atmosphere has changed for the better thanks to the bravery of people who used their faces and names and took the consequences. It wasn’t “the RW anons” who accomplished any of this, though this myth persists to this day, with conservative talking heads falling over themselves to pay lip service to this subculture that has proven to be rotten, nebulous, and ideologically aligned with Democrats in every important way.

Shut up and suffer

“TPN” continued and gained a much wider audience. When online leftists became aware of me due to more high-profile people coming on my show, the fatwa was put out on me. I have been crucified and canceled over and over again to a degree that would make your head spin. I have been stalked and harassed in the most personal and disturbing ways.

The worst of it has come from people ostensibly on the right, who agree with my views in many ways. You don’t just get it from liberals; you get it from everyone. When it’s happening to you, you’re expected not to talk about it. It’s described as “undignified” and “beneath you” to give it attention or explain what’s happening. It makes everyone uncomfortable, and any public figure viewed as provocative or controversial is thought by most people to be deserving of whatever happens to him, especially if he’s successful or admired.

People who have had it happen to them understand how bad it gets and the loneliness of being stuck with it. Most people quit after their first taste of it. I didn’t and kept going because my life had led me here, and for all the negativity, kind, beautiful, smart people would tell me my work had changed their lives. The show became simply an extension of my life, to talk about whatever I wanted with whoever I wanted.

Lots of people I thought of as friends have disavowed and stabbed me in the back over the years. It doesn’t matter; the story keeps going, and the pain is part of it, just as the joy is. “TPN” has influenced mainstream culture in some pretty undeniable ways. I’m copied a lot but rarely given credit, because even to those close to me, my name carries a certain stigma. The Perfume Nazi.

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‘I’m not reading all that’

Still that word, Nazi. I suppose it’s cool in some ways to be a cult thing that still has an edge, but the hypocrisy is frustrating and never-ending.

As President Trump said, Charlie Kirk’s assassination was the result of years of ideological conditioning by the left to view anyone critical of it as a Nazi. The word dehumanizes sane, liberal, accepting people — liberal not in the sense of woke Democrat but liberal in its actual meaning — people who oppose censorship, promote freedom, and want the highest quality of life for everyone around them.

It’s viewed as distasteful for anyone to tell his story when something atrocious happens. “Way to make it about yourself.” “I’m not reading all that.” “He’s whining,” etc. The responses write themselves, and if you’ve seen them before, you know what they’ll be.

The thing is that I don’t care any more. I’ve been proven right about things over and over. I have a body of work to be proud of, and those who listen to it know it goes so far beyond politics and wokeness and news stories. I don’t care about appearing above it all and unfazed. What these people do and the evil they’re capable of has to be described, and it has to stop. They’re terrorists and murderers. Everything they’ve said about us is true about themselves.

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On Wednesday, September 18, ABC announced the network’s decision to indefinitely suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following host Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” he said on the show’s September 16 episode.

The hateful and inaccurate comment drew sharp criticism from FCC Chair Brendan Carr and led major affiliates Nexstar and Sinclair to pre-empt the show.

Of course, the left is crying government overreach, claiming Carr forced the show’s suspension through coercion and threats, but Glenn Beck, who knows Carr personally, says he highly doubts that’s true.

“I want you to know I am not for government involvement in any of this. Government should not be involved in this at all,” he clarifies.

And yet he can’t dismiss the glaring irony of liberals’ cries of government censorship when they ignored and even supported Democrat administrations, specifically Biden’s and Obama’s, quietly pressuring social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to censor conservative voices.

These Democrat administrations were “flexing their muscles all the time, making quiet threats to companies all the time, but yeah, apparently [liberals] don’t see that,” he scoffs.

The left didn’t care about protecting free speech when it was Tucker Carlson’s show — rated number two in all of cable news at the time — that was ripped off air at the behest of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who accused the Fox News anchor of “incitement of violence” in the lead-up to the January 6 Capitol events. The socialist Democrat even bragged that it was her pressure campaign that influenced Fox’s decision to part ways with Carlson. “Deplatforming works and it is important. Good things can happen,” she boasted.

But now that there’s suspicion that a Trump administration might have played a role in a show’s suspension, liberals are suddenly fretting over government overreach?

“Now, you could say that maybe these companies are afraid of Donald Trump. Well, I will tell you that ABC should be afraid,” says Glenn, citing the $16 million defamation settlement that Trump won against ABC News over George Stephanopoulos falsely claiming Trump was found “liable for rape” in the E. Jean Carroll case — a costly lesson that likely drove ABC to suspend Kimmel’s show to avoid another legal blow.

Lawsuits like this, Glenn argues, are how broadcasters like Kimmel should be held accountable — not through government censorship, but through courts.

But there’s no doubt Kimmel has earned his current predicament.

Not only was his comment about Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, being MAGA “not comedy,” it was a “lie,” says Glenn, adding that the blame isn’t just on Kimmel but on ABC as a whole, since surely the show’s script was seen by many eyes prior to airing.

More than ever, it’s clear that ABC is “agenda-driven,” he says.

But even so, “the FCC should not be involved in this,” he reiterates. “Let the grassroots market work itself out, not these giant organizations that are funded with our tax dollars.”

To hear more of Glenn’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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