Ammon Bundy was famous in 2014, with his father and other rancher families, standing up to the federal government in a militia-style way. If anyone should be on Team MAGA, it should be Ammon, right? But unlike so many MAGA types, Ammon was morally serious. He's written a manifesto that makes a human case for free immigration. We discuss it in the show, and we link to it below. This document is based on the Imago Dei (image of God), Biblical admonitions on behalf of the sojourner, and the Constitution. This episode is for people who claim to be conservative, Christian, constitutionalist, or all of the above.

"I'm all for immigration, just follow the legal process." Nearly everyone who says something like that is put to the test by this short video. It's the story of a person who was here legally, with a career of significant responsibility, and who took the procedural steps. Handcuffed, for no reason. And then? Well, tune-in to learn the story of Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez. And anyone who thinks, "Oh well, she deserves it," then you'll know where they really stand. Probably in hypocrisy, if not outright bigotry.

Join me, Jim Babka, at Acton University, Mon. June 22 - Thu. Jun 25, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We have a Mission there, and if you can help, we can help significantly with the costs. If you're interested, please send us an email at...

First, Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai has been sentenced. Now, the real work to get him out of prison begins. Second, the Chinese Communist Party attacks Gracearchy. Yes, again! We'll show their latest move.

Most people don't understand why the Epstein case is important. They're hung up on partisanship - the impacts on Trump & the Republicans or Clinton & the Democrats. But if YOU tune-in, you'll learn things few people understand. Within 90 seconds of tuning-in, you'll hear the list of five items.  If you stick around, you'll get two bonus insights, one of which includes a hilarious heuristic.

Every time President Trump says something outrageous, his opposition takes the bait. He gets stronger. It turns out that there's a theory that describes this! This episode explores how the bait-and-bait-taking dynamic has corrupted both sides of the aisle, turning politics into a codependent spectacle. Jim Babka breaks down the failed strategy of “resistance,” provides a Girardian lens on the conflict, shows you what stories to ignore, and offers strategic alternatives - four Gracepoints for shrewdly navigating "enemy behavior."

We get it, Jim. You're a libertarian, blah, blah, blah. But now immigrants are here, and ICE is in town. How would you fix this current immigration mess? Oh, and leave your libertarianism out of it.

Anti-ICE protesters storm a worship service because an ICE official is also one of the pastors. Don Lemon live streams it. We reveal the legal, moral, and spiritual stakes. Along the way, Jim Babka shares his unique experience with Freedom of the Press at the Supreme Court, and his experience having someone maliciously interrupt a service while he was an "accidental pastor." We explain and defend press freedom, Jim confesses personal mistakes, and analyze whether or not the protest was wise or effective.

With a commitment to context, fairness, and grace, we do a reaction video to Nick Freitas’s take on the Minneapolis-ICE shooting of Renee Good. We acknowledge Freitas’s experience and his concern about municipal riots. But we confront a troubling pattern: empathy flows toward institutions and agents of the State, while the person killed fades into an ideological abstraction called “The Left.” The episode dismantles the justifications including the myth of training and the constitutionality of ICE. We show you how collective judgment becomes a political weapon, and we ask hard questions about what gets lost when politics becomes war. How do narratives operate on both Left and Right?

Renee Good is shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Back in 1963, Abraham Zapruder filmed the Kennedy assassination. It is still endlessly analyzed. We provide four simultaneous angles of Good's vehicle, consider the question of whether or not the shooting is justified, and then... We go beyond the camera to the realm of causes and effects, the role of empathy, and sweeping solutions - a package you'll get nowhere else.