I am traveling quite a bit right now, many responsibilities. I managed to get laryngitis so I cannot record anything. This coming week, I will just concentrate on my book, which is truly almost finished and will be traveling more, resting my voice, so send a little prayer for my recovery as I am not able to rest very much!

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I absolutely love this young man, Shabbos Kestenbaum. I hope Dennis Prager passes his cloak on to him when the time comes. I hope you enjoy what he had to say about Ruth and Naomi.

I always loved the story of Ruth and Naomi. I heard it often as a child in Sunday School. In this excerpt from Kestenbaum’s speech, at the first Judeo Christian Zionist Congress (JCZC) last November, he touches on the story as an illustration of the love and devotion Christian Zionists, and in particular Evangelical Christians, have for Jews.

“When American students at Harvard University and Columbia and Penn and Yale and UCLA took down their mezuzahs out of fear of religious discrimination, you put yours up. You told American students on college campuses that your fight is our fight, that your struggle is our struggle, your pursuit of justice and peace, that’s our pursuit as well.”

This alliance between Christians and Jews is in danger of being torn apart. Why? Because as long as that powerful alliance holds, the destruction of Israel and the extermination of Jews will never be achieved.

It might surprise people to know that the vast majority of Zionists around the world aren’t Jewish. Most of them are Christians and amongst those Christians, most of them are Evangelicals.

Calev Myers, a dual U.S.-Israeli national, conducted a poll and found that, “The vast majority of Israelis have no idea who an evangelical Christian is, or that they even exist, or that they could be beneficial for the State of Israel.”

Polling suggests that evangelicals are among the demographic groups in the United States that remain most strongly supportive of Israel.

In the United States, the propaganda war has recently focused on demonizing Christian Zionists, with a special focus on Evangelicals. Theology that most people never heard of is suddenly being thrown about in sensationalized sound bites, everything from the Rapture (bad) to Dispensationalism (really bad), to Replacement Theology (really, really good). I will spare you the details of what it all means—and that’s the point. It’s too complicated and too boring for people with 5-second attention spans to understand, so it’s conveniently reduced to 20-second sound bites that people take as gospel truth because it’s told to them by their favorite influencer.

The louder Christian Zionists/Evangelical Christians raise their voices in support of Israel and the Jewish People; the louder will be the voices of those who hate Israel and the Jewish People as they try to discredit them. In fact, it’s Evangelicals who really hate Jews and want to see two-thirds of them dead, didn’t you know that?

In February, the Judeo-Christian Zionist Congress held its first conference, declaring that they were fighting back against this war of words. The JCZC wants the world to know that true Christians will never abandon Jews or their homeland, Israel. As Ruth says:

“Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die; and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also if I ought but death part thee and me.” (Ruth 1:16-17 KJV)

I never imagined growing up in the Plymouth Brethren church that what I learned on Sunday mornings about dispensationalism would be attacked as heresy on the world stage, as part of a battle against Jews and Israel.

Over the past three years, prominent so-called Christians such as Tucker Carlson, Darryl Cooper, Pastor Joel Webbon, and the man leading the Christian Nationalist movement, Pastor Dough Wilson, whose congregant is Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, have all attacked Christian Zionists/Evangelicals as heretics and dispensationalism as heresy. All of the above-mentioned people are aligned with JD Vance and all of them want to see a merger of church and state. They defend that merger as biblical, but it is the antithesis of Jesus’s teachings.

But the ultimate reason behind the hatred of both ultra conservative Christian Nationalists and ultra-liberal Christians against Evangelicals is because Evangelicals believe in the literal meaning of Scriptures.

Quoting from Dispensationalism by Jean Gibson:

This means its plain, normal sense, including figures of speech. It does not deny the facts stated; nor, is it a “woodened literalism” or “letterism”. It is objective, consistent and unifying for the totality of Scriptures. It did not “spiritualize” or allegorize” the stated truths, bring about, a complete change of meaning.

Basically, I was raised to take the Bible literally, not to twist it to fit into the latest popular fad for more money or more political power. That’s why my father, Dave Hunt, was so hated by mainstream televangelists and pastors of megachurches. He spoke straightforward truth that exposed their greed and lust for power. If he were alive today, he would be hated even more by the Christian Nationalists of the New Christian Right.

The New Christian Right emerged in the late 1970s as a continuation and evolution of the earlier Christian Right, which had gained prominence in the 1970s and 1980s through grassroots movements like Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority and Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition and Robert Schuller’s “Crystal Cathedral.” The NCR was greatly enhanced by “prosperity preachers” and was predominantly composed of white evangelical Protestants and conservative Roman Catholics.

I know this world very well. These are the people my father preached against, I mean he really blasted them. Robert Schuller so hated my dad that when asked what he thought of my dad’s book. The Seduction of Christianity, Schuller said, “I think that book is demonic. I mean that literally. You can see the devil in his eyes. There’s just one thing that guy’s in it for, and that’s bucks.”

This is hilarious since all Schuller ever wanted was more money. In those days, he was worth around $50 million. My dad on the other hand, lived a simple life and gave away most of the money he earned from royalites. He traveled to far off, dangerous places like the Soviet Union, paying his own way, sleeping on pastors’ sofas and preaching for free.

But again, that’s why they hated my father. He lived a humble life, as a follower of Jesus. He refused to be a pastor of a church. He refused offers from agents who promised to make him richer. He refused to endorse products. He exposed these predecessors of the influencers of today as charlatans. These influencers claim to be Christians. But like the prosperity preachers of yesterday, none of them would ever “take up the cross and follow Jesus.” They are too busy raking in money.

If you want to see an example of my father blasting these guys, watch this sermon given in Jerry Falwell’s church, which I am sure was the last time my dad was ever invited there. I happen to know Falwell regretted it. At one point, the camera zooms in on Falwell, and the expression on his face says it all.

These prosperity preachers of yesterday would be very proud of the Tucker Carlsons of today. If these modern-day Christian Nationalists ever took over the United States, I could assure you we’ll see persecution of Jews and those who support Jews worse than the Holocaust, worse than the Inquisition.

I agree with Rev. Johnnie Moore, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders and a speaker at the event, who has declared this a “spiritual war on antisemitism.”

Moore says, “You might as well leave your pulpit if you’re not willing to speak the truth about all these things.”

I recently spoke with a pastor of a mid-sized community church and asked if he ever preached about the state of the world from the pulpit, because I had heard many sermons, but never one related to world events. He said he stays away from such topics. I asked about Israel and Jews in particular, since the Bible is very clear on how we should stand with them. He stammered and avoided answering my question. Much as I like his sermons, I don’t like that he plays it safe.

Many pastors still feel the same way, and this has to change. At some point they’ll have to stop worrying about how much money they’ll lose if they offend their congregants. They’ll have to start speaking up for the Jewish people no matter the consequences.

This is a choice we all need to make. During the Holocaust, it took courage to stand with Jews, putting on the Star of David with them. I have never worn a cross around my neck. I don’t really wear jewelry since I’m always boxing or doing some other physical activity. But I do now wear a bracelet with a Jewish Star on it, and I have a mezuzah on my door. My son has one in his car. We aren’t Jewish. But it is vital that people know where we stand.

There is no greater choice to make at this point, to say to those who threaten us, no, we will never abandon our Jewish brothers and sisters. We are with you all the way.

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” I Timothy 6:12

Every so often, I like to share a little bit of what I do when I’m not writing. It helps to understand why I’m so hard-hitting with my words. Not only that, I hope it inspires others to get up and move. I know what I do is extreme, it can be anything.

I’m happy to say that at almost a year after my hip replacement surgery, I’m back to training pretty intensely, hitting the bag and even jogging. No kicking, not sure if I will ever do that again. But there is never an excuse for not being the best that you can be with what God has given you.

I escaped an abusive marriage by starting to run in Kensington Gardens. Every day, I ran a little bit further. It got me out of my head. It stopped me from wallowing in self-pity. Every day, no matter how many excuses I could give myself, I made the choice to put on my old running shoes and walk out that door.

Once I got out of the marriage, I started training in martial arts and progressed to full contact fighting. Along with my faith in Jesus, the importance of which I could never over-emphasize, this physical (and mental) training became a lifelong DISCIPLINE. The word discipline is very important. It is not about feelings; it is about commitment. Making that commitment, no matter how you feel, is how you overcome. It is how you get stronger.

In the video below, it’s all about footwork. Boxing is more complex than it looks. If your feet aren’t right, nothing else is right. It’s like your mind and your spirit, you have to be standing on a firm foundation that you reenforce daily, or when the first attacks start coming, you will fall.

Here is one of my classes. I don’t teach anymore although sometimes I still teach one-off special classes. As I do with my writing, I love nothing more than giving of my knowledge to others, hopefully inspiring them to overcome discouragement and uplift their spirits. My classes, like my writing, are not for the faint of heart.

Another class. When you know you give your best, no matter what that is, because everyone is NOT the same, you get stronger. That’s how it works.

At the end of class, you can go home satisfied that out of all the choices you could have made that day—like sitting in front of a screen, doom scrolling—you made the best choice.

And that’s it! Now I’m going to a little cafe to write and then I’m going for a hike! God bless you all this week!

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I am traveling today and will be doing quite a bit of traveling over the next couple of weeks. But I wanted to get this out immediately.

You can listen to me read this analysis here:

“To the Iranian people. Your hour of freedom is at hand. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny.” ~President Trump

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Today, as the might of America’s military gathered in protection around Israel, Israeli forces launched attacks on Iran.

What Israel did to Tehran this morning: Precision strikes on the IRGC Intelligence Directorate. Explosions near the Supreme Leader’s office. Three detonations in central Tehran confirmed by Iranian state media itself.

We are hearing that Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, Head of the Judiciary in Iran was eliminated. He gave the death sentence to thousands of protesters.

Below you can hear joyous laughter as it appears Khamenei's home compound has been hit.

I pray the tears of joy do not turn to tears of sorrow.

What has Iran done so far in response? It has not attacked Israel. It launched strikes on US military bases in 6 Arab Gulf States.

Bahrain. Confirmed hit on the US Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters. Bahrain’s own state news agency reported the strike. No casualty figures released yet. This is the command center for every American naval operation in the Persian Gulf. It was struck.

UAE. Multiple missiles intercepted by Emirati air defenses. One civilian killed in Abu Dhabi from falling debris. The UAE defense ministry confirmed the intercepts. The Emirates just absorbed an act of war on its sovereign territory from a country it shares a maritime border with.

Qatar. Missile intercepted. Zero damage. The Qatari Interior Ministry confirmed. The same country Iran just attacked is the country that hosted Al Udeid for twenty years as a gesture of regional balance. That balance ended this morning.

Kuwait. KUNA state news agency confirmed missiles were “dealt with” in Kuwaiti airspace. No reported damage. Kuwait, which stayed neutral through every Gulf crisis since 1991, just had Iranian ballistic missiles flying over its cities.

Jordan. Two Iranian ballistic missiles shot down by Jordanian military. Confirmed by the Jordanian armed forces directly. Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles in June 2025 as well. That was in defense of Israel. This time Iran targeted Jordan itself.

Saudi Arabia. Fars News claims strikes. No confirmation from any Saudi source. No Tier 1 or Tier 2 verification. Either it did not happen or Riyadh is not yet ready to say it did. Both possibilities carry enormous implications.

Understand what this means. In retaliating against Israel and America, the IRGC fired missiles at six sovereign MUSLIM ARAB nations in a single morning. Not one of those nations attacked Iran. Bahrain did not bomb Tehran. The UAE did not launch strikes on Isfahan. Qatar hosted diplomatic back channels. Kuwait maintained neutrality for three decades. Jordan was mediating.

Granted, the IRGC attacked US military bases, but these are bases in neighboring countries. Presumably, Iran hopes to create a wedge between the United States and these nations.

On the other hand, Iran could be pushing these nations into a closer alliance with the US. Every nation whose airspace was violated, whose civilians were killed, whose sovereignty was breached now has legal and political justification to join whatever coalition forms next.

It remains to be seen what those coalitions will be.

What did Iran achieve from all its belligerent threats of destroying America and Israel?

One civilian dead from debris. Intercepts across four countries. No confirmed destruction of any US military asset. No reported American casualties among 40,000 troops in theater. Iran fired at the entire Gulf and the Gulf caught almost everything.

In contrast, Isreal’s precision strikes hit all of its targets.

This is the asymmetry that will define the next 72 hours. Iran demonstrated intent to strike everywhere and capability to hit almost nothing. The Gulf states demonstrated they can defend themselves. And now those states must decide whether the country that just fired ballistic missiles across their borders gets to do it again. (from Shanaka Anslem Perera)

The escalation marks a significant widening of the conflict, with the potential for counterattacks from multiple fronts.

The question remains how Gulf States respond if their own people are killed. How about Turkey? There are a significant number of Turks working in these countries. How will Turkey respond to casualties?

I have been following with great interest what Mosab Hassan Yousef has to say about all of this. (expressing anger at his comments against evangelical Christians) Here is what he said today:

Toppling the regime in Tehran without a day-after plan, no exit strategy, no replacement?

It’s proof of how reckless the leaders calling the shots are when millions of lives hang in the balance.The cork is open.Now they shall live with the djinn.

There does seem to be a plan: Reza Pahlavi.

Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah and a leading figure in the Iranian opposition, is in Washington DC, where he held a major press conference yesterday.

And today, he addressed the Iranian people, declaring that “moments of destiny” lie ahead. He urged citizens to remain ready for what he described as a final battle. He also appealed directly to Iran’s military and security forces to side with the people.

Yet, despite what we hear in the media in the West, not everyone in Iran wants to see the monarchist Pahlavi installed, as it would appear, by the US government. They want democratic elections.

If the Islamic regime is toppled, and it probably will be, the transition will not be easy, as there are many factions vying for power.

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, better known as the MEK, is a leftist organization generally detested in Iran. However, it has backing outside the country that could cause considerable internal strife.

A third option consists of republicans tracing their political and intellectual lineage to Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran’s nationalist prime minister deposed in 1953. They advocate a secular republican order grounded in popular sovereignty.

The people of Iran are tired of tyranny. They what democratic elections, but that cannot suddenly happen. It seems the only viable solution is to install Reza Pahlavi.

In Israel, the people prepare once again for missiles to rain on their heads.

Israel has been at war with surrounding enemies that have vowed its destruction since 1948. Here are some images from Israel:

Click HERE to see students in Tehran thanking President Trump for coming to their aid.

I pray for the courageous people if Israel. I pray for our courageous American soldiers. I pray for the courageous Iranians who have fought so long and hard to regain their freedom. Please let this war be swift and decisive.

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JD Vance just told the Washington Post that he views Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Huckabee as:

“a really good conversation that’s going to be necessary for the right, not just for the next couple years but for long into the future.”

Just exactly what will that “conversation” develop into if JD Vance becomes president?

Worldwide DNA testing of Jews? Because at this point, why after testing the DNA of every Jew in Israel why stop there?

Who is supposed to do this testing on Jews? Would a coalition be formed of Jew-hating scientists, like the coalition of Jew-hating nations that will now send troops to Israel’s borders to breath down its neck?

Will the “conversation in the future” turn into the next president determining that Jews in Israel have no right to the land based on the results of tests, fulfilling Hitler’s dream of the Final Solution? If Jews don’t have a right to live on this tiny piece of land, they will be exterminated by the military of hostile Muslim nations who will conveniently be positioned right on Israel’s border, having said very clearly since Israel’s inception that they intend to wipe Jews off the face of the earth and control all of Israel. As if Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis weren’t enough, now it will be all nations.

And then what? Once the Jews of Israel are dealt with should it be decreed that all Jews worldwide be tested and identified, thanks to science, as Tucker Carlson so horrifically says? During Covid, they did massive worldwide testing—with a lot of mistakes. Why not apply the same strategy to determining who is and isn’t a Jew, because they have a “burning passion” to “figure out who these people are?”

This is not a debate. This is not asking questions. This is Nazi rhetoric that should have been condemned unequivocally by the president and vice president. Instead, it is being normalized.

Some are comparing Tucker Carlson to Hitler, and indeed, Hitler would love all of this. But I would rather compare Carlson to Joseph Goebbels. He has the ear of the potential next president of the United States, while the current president remains silent. There is no more middle ground, only far-left and far-right, and they are both just as bad.

Goebbels said:

“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.”

Over and over again, Tucker Carlson repeats his lies, and they are believed by a growing mob. Many people shrug it off. Oh, it’s just an online phenomenon, it isn’t real, it isn’t to be taken seriously.

They didn’t take Hitler and his band of psychos seriously at first, either. Not until it was too late.

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There is something seriously disturbing about Tucker Carlson. He is creepy. He is deranged. He is scary. And it’s getting worse every day.

But what is really disturbing, creepy, deranged and scary is that millions of people listen to him. And what’s even worse is that they don’t care that he’s lying because he says what they want to hear—a relentless barrage of hatred towards Israel and Jews.

As I watched this interaction, I was struck by the contrast between the clear-headed, factual communication of Mike Huckabee and the slimy, slithery doublespeak of Tucker Carlson.

Huckabee talks specifically about Carlson platforming Anthony Aguilar who lied about watching a small boy get gunned down in Gaza.After lying for months, the boy was found alive, unharmed, and living his family.

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A bishop’s testimony from Idlib, Syria, talking about the Pact of Umar.

Listen to how Br. Hanna Jallouf must negotiate what the church pays to be protected by ISIS and then by Jabhat al-Nusra and now by the new terrorist president, al-Jolani. He describes how he was kidnapped by al-Nusra. The Sheikh put a gun to his head and threatened to kill him. He was told, “If I don’t kill you today, I will kill you tomorrow, in front of everyone in the town square.”

It’s similar to the Mafia/street gangs requiring stores/restaurants/people in certain neighborhoods to pay for protection. Except, it’s worse, because what the Mafia/street gangs do is illegal and if convicted, the people doing it go to prison. In contrast, the dhimmi system is legal under Islamic law. At any time, protection can be lifted and dhimmi can be attacked and it will be legal, without any consequences for the attackers.

In case anyone wants to mention that al-Jolani (Al-Shara) made peace with Jallouf—as if that proves everything is okay now—it proves the opposite. Making peace means al-Jolani telling the bishop how much the church must pay jizyah, the tax on dhimmi for protection against attacks, persecution and murder. Naturally, the bishop will only say nice things about Jolani if he wants safety for himself and his congregation. Hundreds of Minorities, including Christians have been killed in Syria since Jolani came to power.

The Pact of Umar contains a list of rights and restrictions on dhimmis (Christians and Jews). By abiding by them, non-Muslims are granted the security of their persons, their families, and their possessions.

Keep in mind that Syria was once a majority Christian area. In the past 15 years alone, the Christian community has declined from 10% to less than 2%. Jews inhabited this area since biblical times. During the Roman period, the Syrian Jewish community was the largest outside of Israel. However, they were so severely persecuted by Muslims that today there are no more than perhaps a dozen Jews left in Syria.

History of the Umar Pact:

Muhammad traveled to Medina in 622 A.D. to attract followers to his new faith. When the Jews of Medina refused to convert and rejected Muhammad, two of the major Jewish tribes were expelled; in 627, Muhammad's followers killed between 600 and 900 of the men and divided the surviving Jewish women and children amongst themselves.

Here is what the Quran and Hadiths say about Jews (also applies to Christians):

* They [the Children of Israel] were consigned to humiliation and wretchedness. They brought the wrath of God upon themselves, and this because they used to deny God’s signs and kill His Prophets unjustly and because they disobeyed and were transgressors. (Sura 2:61).

* According to the Koran, the Jews try to introduce corruption (5:64),

* have always been disobedient (5:78),

* and are enemies of Allah, the Prophet and the angels (2:97­98).

After the rapid expansion of the Muslim dominion in the 7th century, Muslim leaders worked out a way of dealing with non-Muslims, who remained in the majority in many areas for centuries. The solution was to treat them as “dhimmi,” or “protected persons” which applied to the “People of the Book” – Christians and Jews. The dhimmi were, in the best of times, second-class citizens and, at certain times and places severely persecuted and murdered.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN EVERY SINGLE NATION WHERE MUSLIMS GAIN CONTROL. Christians and Jews become dhimmi.

It is happening in New York City—a perfect example of the relentless expansion of Islam with the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor, while the majority of people don’t seem to care.

It is INSANE that the United States would ever elect a Muslim to a position of power. And yet it is happening all over the country. As I have said before, a vampire can only come into your home if you invite him. But vampires are seductive creatures and they have gained entrance to our home.

Now that Mamdani is mayor, gone is the charismatic smile he wore while campaigning. Gone are the big promises of everything for free.

Now he threatens dhimmi New Yorkers, as if it will be their fault if his policies aren’t carried out, announcing he will raise taxes on all New Yorkers:

Because nobody is doing what he says, he will be “forced” to increase property taxes, he will “raid” the city’s savings accounts and the retirement fund of the elderly.

As one furious landlord put it:“When property taxes go up, rents go up.” That’s how it works. She said her own tax bill went up a few hundred dollars and it already messes with her mortgage.

But who does Mamdani really care about? Not dhimmi New Yorkers. He cares about his terrorist Islamic buddies. One of his favorites is Mahmoud Khalil, who came from Syria to cause trouble in the United States. Khalil is set to be deported, and rightly so. Mamdani insists that he must remain in New York City.

Why? Because, as Mamdani says (a perfect example of Taqiyya, lying through his teeth), Khalil is a New Yorker and an American. No, he isn’t.

Mahmoud Khalil is a Syrian national who lied on his visa application and spent his time at Columbia Univ calling for the eradication of Western Civilization. He acted as a spokesman for Columbia University Apartheid Divest or CUAD, an anti-Israel, pro-Hamas student group that supports terrorism in the United States and in the Middle East, and that praised the October 7 massacre as the pinnacle of revolutionary action.

Islamists like Mahoud Khalil are who Mamdani holds up as model “citizens.” Why? Not because Khalil cares about America. Because he cares about “Palestinian rights.”

Imagine if leaders like Mamdani were in control all across America. How long would it be before all infidels live under the Pact of Umar and become dhimmis?

Credit for the video of the Syrian bishop: Shadi Khalloul. I want to write something about this amazing man. He is the founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic NGO. He is a Maronite. He is a patriotic Israeli.

Note that Shadi and his congregation worship freely in Israel—they are not dhimmi and they are not required to pay for protection. Shadi invited Tucker Carlson to visit his community but has heard nothing. Of course, Tucker Carlson will never visit. Instead, he is going around the Middle East claiming Christians are persecuted in Israel and treated well in Muslim nations. The biggest lie ever. Carlson is practicing Taqiyya, too, now.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the voice we need.

In his powerful speech at the Munich Security Conference, Rubio talks about the triumph of two world wars and how the United States and Europe fought together.

Yes, he dares to tell us we should be proud of how courageously we fought. We should be proud of our Western civilization. He then talks about how we went astray:

The euphoria of this triumph led us to a dangerous delusion. That we had entered “the end of history.” That every nation would now be a liberal democracy. That the ties formed by commerce and trade alone would now replace nationhood. That the rules-based “global order,” an overused term, would now replace the national interest and that we would now live in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world. This was a foolish idea that ignored both human nation and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history and it has cost us dearly.

He goes on to talk about how we outsourced critical control of supply chains to both adversaries and rivals while creating massive welfare states.

He reminds us all that we part of one civilization: Western Civilization.

“Forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, language, ancestry and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.”

He dares to talk about the foolishness of mass migration.

“Mass migration is not, was not, isn’t some fringe concern of little consequence. It was and continues to be a CRISIS that is transforming and destabilizing societies across the West”

“In a pursuit of a world without borders, we opened our doors to an unprecedented wave of mass migration that threatens the cohesion of our societies, the continuity of our culture and the future of our people”

Where Trump is divisive, Rubio is embracing. But perhaps Trump needed to be that way to shake things up. Rubio can then come in and smooth things over.

The fact Marco Rubio received a standing ovation by the European leaders after seeing their defiance against the Trump administration lately shows how he can bring the West together once again.

There is no hint of fascism, of the far right “Christian Nationalism” ideology that we find in JD Vance and his sidekick Tucker Carlson. Marco Rubio is a firm supporter of Israel and the Jewish people.

Whereas NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani was sworn in on an Ottoman era Qur’an, the empire that invaded Europe and sought to force Islam upon it with the sword, Marco Rubio had this to say after being sworn in as Secretary of State:

“I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is truly the singular purpose of our lives. It’s the most important priority. It’s the only thing that will matter when we take our last breath on this Earth. But this is an extraordinary opportunity that would not have been possible without God’s blessings.”

Marco Rubio for President in 2028.

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“I was ready to kill my captors—then, I sang to them.” - Omer Shem Tov

I feel such a responsibility to keep telling these stories. It’s the reason why I’m taking so long to finish my own story, The Seduction of Islam. The book is written, but I’m going through it carefully to be sure I said what I needed to say, in the right way. Nothing is more important to me right now.

You can listen to me read my reflections here:

Everyone who has children or grandchildren, or perhaps you lead a children’s class at your church or synagogue, or you are a schoolteacher or wherever it might be that you have the opportunity, please share Omer Shem Tov’s testimony with youth.

These are the stories our children need to hear. These are the heroes they need to look up to as examples of courage and faith. When you listen to Omer speak, you know it is the truth, you know it is authentic, because he lived it. His voice silences dissenters. No one can dispute his testimony.

He also reminds us of Charlie Kirk’s true legacy, not the one both the left and the right try to twist Charlie into for their own political ambitions.

As I wrote about in “I went ‘undercover’ at Whole Foods, and this is what I discovered,” I met Charlie, not on a stage, but as an ordinary young man who regularly came through my line when I worked at Whole Foods in Scottsdale.

Just as I went to Luxor and lived there for three years to find out the truth of Islam, I worked at Whole Foods for six months to find out what it was like working for a company taken over by Amazon—and then, I wrote about it. Unexpectedly, I loved working there. I loved the people I worked with and enjoyed finding out about the different everyone who came through my line. The experience restored my faith in salt-of-the-earth Americans.

I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. Charlie would come in on Sundays and buy tons of baby food. I doubt many people recognized him, but I did because of my research and writing. The first time he came through my line, I told him I knew who he was, but I would just call him the “baby food guy.” He laughed and his whole face lit up. From then on, he always came through my line, and we would talk about ordinary stuff, like how tired babies make a parent feel.

When you see someone face to face, in the real world, you see them as an ordinary human being, just like you are, not some caricature to be turned into a devil or a saint. The internet has made us lose that connection to reality, to realizing we are all flesh and blood and capable of the worst mistakes and the best achievements.

It’s disturbing how people will spew the most horrific filth online about someone they never knew, whose challenges they have never faced, without a second thought. The Bible says that what we choose to put inside of us is what will eventually come out. If we put filth into our spirits that is what we will become and that is what we will put back out into the world. If we fill ourselves with good, with light, with love, that is what we will become and that is what we will put back out into the world.

It’s very simple. But people have forgotten this basic truth. It’s why every other word so many say—and our children say without a second thought—is F-you. How did that happen, how did it become normalized?

Omer Shem Tov made a choice in those tunnels to be the best human being he possibly could, even while surrounded by the worst human beings. He did not sink to their level. He rose above it.

Our youth need to know that the more they make the right choice, the more difficult life could become, not easier. They could even be hated for it. We don’t live in a movie. There is no app that can gloss over the reality of our situation. We live in a world where fame, fortune and “likes” mean more than courage and truth and we need to refuse that trap.

505 days in captivity, in tunnels so dark at one point, Omer thought he had gone blind. He was alone, he did not see another hostage, no kindness, no caring human touch did he feel.

Alone in that darkness, Omer began to pray. Every day he spoke to God:

“I whispered, ‘God, how are you? How was your day? Are you okay?’ And in that darkness, I felt his presence. I thanked him for everything, for the food, even though there was almost none. For the water, even when it was salty. For my life, even though it was in danger every single day.”

He didn’t rant at God. I’ve heard this often from those who survive captivity. They choose to thank God, not curse him.

He tells how one day, the IDF was fighting above the tunnel, and they left behind books. In one of the books, was a piece of paper with Psalm 120 on it. In the longer video, that I have linked below, he says that his mother was reciting the same prayer at the same time.

This is the power of prayer:

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

He talks about this spiritual warfare between good and evil. And he thanks President Trump. In the video below, he talks about how the guards hoped that Kamala Harris would win and when Trump won, he could see their fear.

This is what we must never forget about President Trump. Yes, even he is made of flesh and blood and none of us have met him face to face, none of us can imagine what it must have been like to face the challenges he has faced, to be hated as he has been hated by the left, to the point that he was almost assassinated as Charlie Kirk has been.

I found this out myself in Luxor, Egypt—the power of a strong American president—when I stood at the gate and faced 20 angry men who wanted to break down that gate and attack my friend and only I stood in their way. When I said I was an American, they backed off. I knew without a doubt it was because of President Trump. If it had been Biden or Kamala, my story could have gone very differently. The men I faced were cruel and filled with hate. Those who follow Islam and who think of us as infidels only respect strength. That’s it.

It’s hard for Americans to understand the world beyond our borders. But we are beginning to because that world has invaded our country, thanks to years of indifference. Trump changed our nation’s passive attitude to one of strength and for that, we should be thankful. We do not want what is happening in the UK and across Europe and Australia to happen here. We can’t be afraid to speak plainly about this very present danger.

What happened on that TPUSA stage, and I’ve shared three posts about it now, is indictive of the battle that is only just beginning to rage in the United States between factions that want power after Trump is gone and that threaten to tear our nation apart. Compare Omer’s speech to that of Tucker Carlson and you see who has truth on his side and who is the liar.

You can listen to the longer speech of Omer HERE It is a more in-depth and personal account, not on a big TPUSA stage—although, it was important for him to be on that stage to counterbalance the evil that also stood there and tried to pollute his message.

It is extremely important to speak with youth about this battle, about a higher good that we should fight for, above our personal ambitions. We need to warn our children of the confusion, the conflicting messages all vying for their attention, and make it very clear what is right and what is wrong.

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This is a short follow-up to my last piece:

Who Will Succeed Donald Trump? In the midst of vicious infighting that threatens to topple TPUSA, Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for President.

I was so glad to hear Ben Shapiro say what needed to be said. Please listen to his speech to loud cheers from the audience.

I hope you will listen to his speech; it isn’t very long.

Most importantly, he talks about the serious danger the conservative movement finds itself in, not just from the left, that “uses every means all too frequently up to and including murder.”

He says that “The conservative movement is also in danger from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principal but actually traffic in conspiracy and dishonesty.”

He then goes on to speak about the duties people with a microphone have to those in the audience, the first duty being to truth.

I was glad that he blasted Megyn Kelly for her “cowardice” for refusing to stand up for the truth. I thought of putting a link to her absurd attempt to boost her likes as she claimed she was “working behind the scenes to reconcile Candace and Erika.” Don’t waste your time.

Instead, I’m putting this hilarious impersonation from Ami Kozak because we all need a laugh right now:

Specifically, he talked about Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. Here is what he had to say about Candace:

“So, if Candace Owens decides to spend every day since the murder of Charlie Kirk casting aspersions at TPUSA and the people who work here, who worked with Charlie every single day, his best friends, (he names many of them), and to imply or outright claim complicity in a cover-up over Charlie’s murder, to spew absolutely baseless trash, implicating everyone from French intelligence to Mossad to members of TPUSA in Charlie’s murder or a cover-up in that murder, then we, as people with a microphone, have a moral obligation to call them out by name.

So, when Candace Owens says, “I don’t know-know, but I know,” that is retarded and we are all more retarded for having heard it.”

To which she predictably replied:

“Every time Ben speaks I feel more certain Israel was involved in 9/10. He’s just way too invested in Charlie’s murder.

He never liked Charlie and he’s now suddenly pretending he had a duty to defend his legacy.

Ben only cares about Israel’s interests. So Israel is involved.”

I kid you not. That’s how her “deductive reasoning” works. Totally. Unhinged.

Here’s Ami Kozak, impersonating Candace and her stream of consciousness blather. He’s worth following. She isn’t.

Tucker Carlson blathered on about Charlie’s mission—that everyone has the right to free speech—which Ben Shapiro wants to deny him.

No. Everyone has the right to speak, but we have the right not to listen. We also have the right to say exactly what we think about their idiocy.

Here’s a short excerpt from Tucker’s speech about free speech. You can listen to the entire speech with the usual condemnation of Israel, HERE (if you really want to subject yourself to that).

This is much more fun. Here’s Ami Kozak again impersonating Tucker “we are all humans, we aren’t animals!” PERIOD!

In the clip below, Tucker defends his antisemitism and says how disgusting it is that millions of Muslims are being attacked. Yes, seriously.

Where does his concern over Muslims come from, when just a few days ago 15 Jews were massacred on Bondi Beach by Muslims?

He talks about how sick and tired people are of the hate and race wars. As if he isn’t the one spreading it.

FYI, what’s wrong with Maryland—that’s where he says the small percentage of people who don’t want free speech should all end up. Would that be all the Jews and anyone who supports them? Maybe in concentration camps?

It’s offensive how suddenly Tucker Carlson says he’s a Christian. He is not a follower of Jesus.

In Tucker’s speech he criticized Ben Shapiro for aggressively shutting down a question about the USS Liberty.

Here’s how brilliantly Ben does NOT shut this young man down but schools him in logic and truth:

Below is Charlie Kirk, doing the same thing as Ben Shapiro, educating this young man who has been similarly indoctrinated against Israel.

Ben does not say, “Don’t let me stop you from practicing your right for free speech., carry on saying stupid things.”

No, he says:

“Do not peddle conspiracy theories at our event. That is not acceptable. Do not say that.”

This is what we need right now. We need people like Ben Shapiro to stand up fearlessly and cut through the confusion and the meaningless noise of these lying, grasping, power-hungry, attention-seeking grifters.

Don’t give these demons any more space in your head.

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You can listen to me read this introduction here:

I encourage everyone to watch this short film by Ami Horowitz. I wish high school students were required to watch it, but of course, that would be insensitive. Sadly, if our children had been taught the truth all these years, we would be in a very different situation today.

Our present times and world events remind me of the words of Vladimir Lenin:

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” So, he wrote when the old tsarist order was overthrown seemingly overnight.

What happened? Another dictatorship rose up. Was it better or worse?

Good or evil can happen suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere. We are fortunate to have experienced some of the good events but now, our children are being told that good is actually evil and evil is actually good. And for just saying that, there are many who will stop reading right there. They cannot accept such absolutes.

Over a hundred years after the fall of the tzars and the rise of communism, Salman Rushdie wrote these words:

“I’m not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, had you said it was going to happen no one would have believed you. The system seemed powerful and unbreakable. Suddenly overnight it blew away like dust.”

Something better did come that day. In 1966, my family crossed from West Berlin to East Berlin, a terrifying experience for me at 10 years old. Never did I see the contrast more clearly between liberty and captivity. Never did I experience so profoundly how just one step could take a person from freedom into captivity and then, thank God, back again. I could take those steps because I was American. When the wall was erected, those who lived on the east side had no say in the matter. For them, from one day to the next, their freedom was gone.

As a teenager, my family continued to travel. I saw how Americans either took their freedom for granted and flaunted it or protested against it by standing in solidarity with the very enemies who sought to enslave them.

Over the ensuing years, we continued to wallow in our freedom while at the same time despising it. From school on, we have been berated that every bad thing that happened in the past and is happening now—in the entire world—is our fault.

Wow, good and evil were so clearly defined after we won WWII and overcame fascism. Or so we thought. We could turn on communism as the only evil left to vanquish, even as it invaded our borders through our educational system, indoctrinating our children.

We have been blessed with years upon years of peace in the United States where we were spared the violence of the outside world and we took it for granted. We are now in one of those times of accelerated events that Lenin and Rushdie talked about. As our attention on social media is kept jumping in constant horror from one meme to the next, communism and fascism have been busy joining forces with Islam to overcome us. Very few have picked up on the connection. If one mentions it, people either look at you blankly or roll their eyes in derision.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a perfect example of this unholy alliance. Since losing political power in Egypt, it took on a new tactic as a slippery snake impossible to pin down. It is everywhere and nowhere. It is the guiding force behind groups like antifa which has no central office and no single leader to lay the blame on. People laugh when you try to warn them. They say it is an anti-fascist ideology—duh, it’s in the name—just a lot of people organically coming together to fight fascism, when it is exactly the opposite.

The Muslim Brotherhood is always in the shadows, influencing left and right, fascists and communists alike. This is why the Trump administration can’t simply designate it a terrorist organization. This gigantic web has so many strands, and each one must be untangled and identified. Except that some of those strands operate in countries where it is politically disadvantageous to do so.

The Muslim Brotherhood is the largest political Islamic organization in the world. It operates across all continents, deeply embedded in Europe and yes, the United States, with organizations like CAIR.

Their leaders tell Ami:

“We all share the same ideology… The goal is an Islamic state that dominates the whole world.”

Their strategy in the West? “Eliminate and destroy Western civilization from within.”

They’re not whispering. They’re bragging. They openly support violent offshoots like Hamas. They believe America is collapsing and they’re next in line. They frame all criticism as “Islamophobia” to silence the debate.

Well done, AmiHorowitz.

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