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If you want unfiltered Christian news, a biblical worldview, and clear-eyed reporting on what’s happening in America right now, watch The Daniel Cohen Show free on the Real Life Network. What we are witnessing is not normal disagreement. It is a moral breakdown. Lines that used to be obvious are being crossed on camera, in public, and without shame. Medical professionals celebrating violence. Activists demonizing Christians. Protest networks coordinating disruptions against federal agents. And a legacy media ecosystem that keeps choosing narrative over facts.

When Hatred Becomes Acceptable, Society Starts to Rot

Let’s start with a line that should stop every decent person cold. A labor and delivery nurse went viral for publicly wishing severe harm on White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt, who is pregnant, simply because she works for President Trump. I am not going to repeat what she said. It was graphic and hateful. But here is the point: a health care professional, someone entrusted to protect mothers and babies, turned pregnancy into a target for political cruelty.

That nurse was fired, and good. Actions have consequences. You do not get to hold a position of trust and speak like that about another human being. And if you think this is isolated, you have not been paying attention.

We also saw an activist claim that evangelical Christianity is a “cancer.” That is the kind of language that dehumanizes millions of Americans. It paints biblical faith as a disease to be removed. Then they turn around and accuse Christians of being hateful, even while they smear Christians as a threat to society.

Now, Christians are not perfect. No one is. That is the whole point of the Gospel. But if you are going to attack followers of Jesus, at least be honest about what Scripture teaches. God is not willing that any should perish. Jesus is the only way to the Father. Heaven is full of forgiven people, not perfect people. The Left loves caricatures because they help justify rage.

When you label your political opponents as evil, you create a permission structure for evil.

And that permission structure never stays online. It moves into streets, institutions, schools, and law enforcement confrontations.

Minneapolis: Coordinated Chaos Meets Federal Law Enforcement

Now let’s talk about Minneapolis. What happened there is the predictable result of leaders and activists telling people to “resist,” “obstruct,” and “put your body on the line” against federal immigration enforcement. That rhetoric has consequences.

This was not spontaneous chaos. It looked coordinated. Masks. Whistles. Supplies staged in advance. Groups moving in waves to disrupt officers. And then, in the middle of that confrontation, 37-year-old Alex Preti was shot and killed. Homeland Security officials said he approached Border Patrol agents while armed and resisted when they tried to disarm him. The full investigation will determine specifics, but here is what any functioning society should understand: bringing a weapon to a federal law enforcement operation is playing with fire.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called it domestic terrorism and pointed to what was visible on scene: weapons and ammunition brought into an already volatile situation. The media immediately tried to frame it as ICE “overstepping,” as if the presence of a weapon is a minor detail. It is not.

Let me say this clearly. Federal agents are real law enforcement. They are often executing lawful operations to detain violent offenders. In this case, the operation involved an illegal immigrant wanted for violent domestic assault. That is who the mob was protecting.

Then came another escalation. A Homeland Security investigations agent lost a finger in a violent altercation, and it could not be reattached. Governor Tim Walz admitted state and local resources were overwhelmed and had to retreat from the crime scene because they could not hold the ground safely.

If mobs can overwhelm law enforcement at a crime scene, that is not activism. That is breakdown. That is what happens when leadership tolerates lawlessness because it benefits the narrative.

Interfering with federal agents while armed is not protest. It is a deadly escalation.

And when the response is a “strongly worded letter,” people have every right to ask if the institutions meant to protect the public are taking this seriously.

The Playbook: Replace Facts With Narrative, Then Replace Accountability With Power

This entire machine runs on narrative. One protester claimed ICE “murdered” someone by shooting her multiple times in the head. That is false. Another wave of misinformation spread rapidly before facts could catch up. Facts matter, especially now.

We have seen this pattern repeatedly. A dramatic image circulates. Politicians amplify it. Media outlets build a story on partial information. Then when the truth emerges, there is no apology. No correction with the same volume. They simply move on.

Lie, amplify, move on.

Meanwhile, real victims get ignored. Children exploited. Families shattered. Communities harmed by violent offenders who should not have been here. And then the same people who claim to be obsessed with protecting children suddenly interfere with law enforcement operations targeting serious criminals. That is not compassion. That is ideological possession.

And let’s talk about the political math. The census determines congressional seats and electoral votes by population, not citizenship. When Americans flee states with failing governance, one party has incentives to replace the population base that sustains their power. You do not have to be a conspiracy theorist to see incentives. You simply have to observe outcomes and ask who benefits.

This is why voter ID is popular. It is normal. It is common sense. Americans want elections that are transparent and trusted. And when politicians vote against proof of citizenship to vote, people notice. Do not listen only to what they say. Watch what they do.

Then you add the media layer. The same legacy networks that pushed years of false claims about elections and politics now want the public to accept their framing on immigration enforcement without skepticism. Trust is collapsing because credibility is collapsing.

The legacy media fuels chaos by selling narrative while the country begs for truth.

Here is the encouraging part. Americans are waking up. The hoaxes are not landing like they used to. People are tired of selective outrage, double standards, and ideological intimidation. They want law. They want truth. And many are realizing that the attacks on Christians are not accidental. They are part of a larger effort to shame biblical faith into silence.

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If you want Christian news, biblical truth, and a biblical worldview without apology, watch the Daniel Cohen Show on the Real Life Network. The UK is becoming a case study in what happens when a nation loses its spiritual backbone, its birth rates collapse, and leaders keep importing a population that does not share the country’s values. This is not abstract. It is measurable, visible, and accelerating.

The UK’s Demographic Collapse Is Real, and It Changes Everything

Let me start with the numbers, because feelings do not matter as much as facts. The total fertility rate in the UK hit a record low in 2024, around 1.41 children per woman. You need roughly 2.1 just to maintain a stable population without mass immigration. That gap is a demographic free fall. And it is not only England. Italy, Germany, Spain, the broader continent, it is a civilizational decline playing out in real time.

Then you add another layer. The 2021 census showed Christians in England and Wales declining sharply, while the “no religion” category surged. Meanwhile, the Muslim population has grown significantly in the last decade, and Muslim families on average have higher birth rates. That matters, because population change is not linear. It compounds.

When a nation stops replacing itself, someone else will replace it.

And let us be honest about something that polite society refuses to say out loud. Demographic change does not require a majority to reshape a country. It only requires concentrated communities, organized voting blocs, and leaders willing to trade identity for power. City by city, council by council, neighborhood by neighborhood, the transformation becomes permanent.

This is why you are seeing Britain water down its public Christian identity while making room for public Islamic identity. They will tell you it is “inclusion.” No, it is surrender dressed up as virtue.

The Double Standard Is the Story, and It Is Getting Darker

The UK was the land of the King James Bible, of C.S. Lewis, of missionary sending churches that helped shape the modern West. Now you have Christmas markets rebranded as “winter markets,” vendors told not to say Christmas, and public celebration toned down because the government cannot guarantee security. That is not inclusivity. That is fear.

At the same time, Ramadan celebrations and Islamic symbolism are publicly elevated, promoted, and normalized. And if you say, Daniel, you are picking on Muslims, slow down. I am describing what the UK has already become. A country can choose multiculturalism, but if it loses the confidence to defend its own culture, it is not multiculturalism. It is replacement through intimidation and demographic momentum.

Look at the stories coming out of the UK about policing speech. People questioned for posts. People arrested over comments. Police and even mental health professionals showing up at someone’s door because they expressed concern. Street preachers confronted and arrested, while other groups operate with security, intimidation, and protection.

A nation that criminalizes Christian speech while excusing Islamist intimidation is a nation in spiritual free fall.

And then there is the part the establishment tried to bury for years: grooming gangs. Documented cases of large scale abuse, and a public conversation that was muted because leaders were terrified of being called racist. Protecting children became less important than protecting careers. That is moral rot.

This Is a Warning to America, and Christians Cannot Stay Passive

Here is why I keep asking the “rescue” question. If a country becomes unsafe for Jews, it does not stop with Jews. If a country becomes unsafe for Christians to openly practice and speak, it does not stop with words. And if a government keeps importing a population that does not assimilate and then punishes native citizens for noticing, you are watching a nation unravel.

We are already seeing the same patterns in the United States. Pockets of Islamist influence. The red green alliance where radicals on the left and Islamists share the same political incentives. And a culture that calls any pushback “hate” while it quietly enforces a double standard.

This is not about hating people. This is about loving truth and protecting your children’s future. It is about refusing to be bullied into silence. It is about Christians acting like Christians, not spectators. Run for a school board. Show up at city council. Vote. Organize. Mentor. Build churches that are not ashamed of the gospel.

Because the takeover is not always tanks. Sometimes it is ballots, benefits, intimidation, and a population that has been trained to be afraid to speak.

And if you want a clear lens on what’s happening and how it connects to biblical truth, watch the Daniel Cohen Show on the Real Life Network. Share it with your family, send it to your church group, and get the app, because this is the kind of moment where staying quiet is not neutrality. It is surrender.

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Iran is not simply teetering on the edge of unrest. It is standing at a historic rupture, one that carries consequences far beyond its borders. What unfolds next will reshape energy markets, redraw regional alliances, challenge Islamist power structures, and test the moral clarity of the West and the Church alike. This is not a local uprising. It is a global fault line.

At the heart of the question is whether the Islamic Republic can survive sustained internal collapse or whether it will be decisively dismantled through airstrikes, internal fracture, or a combination of both. A full destruction of the regime would send shockwaves across the Middle East, not least because Iran sits at the center of proxy warfare, nuclear brinkmanship, and global oil supply chains. Any destabilization of Tehran reverberates through Hezbollah in Lebanon, militias in Iraq and Syria, the Houthis in Yemen, and even energy prices felt by American families at the pump.

President Donald Trump has made clear in past conflicts that American involvement is rarely altruistic. His approach to Venezuela demonstrated that regime pressure often comes with long-term U.S. interests attached, particularly oil. Trump has openly said the United States would be involved there “for years” and Iran would be no different. Even if Washington were to assist in facilitating the return of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, it would come at a price. Power vacuums invite factions, and Iran has no shortage of them.

Inside the country, the chants are unmistakable. “Javeed Shah--Long live the King” has echoed through protests, signaling an overwhelming popular rejection of Islamic rule. Yet outside Iran, the opposition landscape is far messier. Competing factions backed by powerful Western and regional forces are positioning themselves for influence. Chief among them is the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, or MEK, whose very name means “those who fight jihad for truth.” Despite the branding, the reality is darker.

The MEK is a Marxist-Islamist cult that demands absolute obedience, suppresses dissent, and operates with rigid ideological control. It does not resonate with a generation of Iranians who are risking their lives for personal freedom, not ideological replacement. Yet the MEK has found defenders in surprising places within Western political circles, including figures such as Rudy Guiliani, John Bolton and Mike Pence. Their support reflects a dangerous misunderstanding of the Iranian people’s aspirations and a willingness to empower another authoritarian movement under the guise of opposition.

Power, Oil, and Global Consequences

The stakes extend well beyond Iran’s borders. A destabilized or liberated Iran would dramatically affect global energy markets, potentially lowering oil prices and weakening petro-authoritarian regimes. It would alter nuclear negotiations overnight. It would challenge the balance of power across the Middle East, especially among Islamist governments that have been propped up by Western policy for decades, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and now post-war Syria and Iraq. Many within the U.S. State Department fear “regional imbalance” if Iran falls. What they truly fear is something unprecedented: the defeat of Islamic rule by its own
people.

Regional leaders from Riyadh to Ankara do not want a free Iran. Saudi Arabia and Qatar worry about oil price shocks and the ideological implications of a successful anti-Islamist revolution. Turkish President Erdogan fears the precedent it would set for political Islam across the region. Trump will hear these concerns loudly. At the same time, he faces pressure from isolationist elements within his own base who reject any form of nation-building or prolonged U.S. involvement abroad.

Officially, the administration maintains that diplomacy comes first. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has stated that while negotiations are preferred, nothing is off the table. Trump has already imposed a sweeping 25 percent tariff on any entity doing business with Iran, signaling that economic warfare is very much underway.

Israel’s position adds another layer of complexity. A free Iran would almost certainly align against Islamist terror networks and in favor of Israel’s security. That shift would have profound implications for the Abraham Accords, Palestinian statehood debates, and regional peace negotiations. The very existence of a non-Islamist Iran would upend decades of anti-Israel strategy rooted in Tehran.

Yet military intervention is not the only tool available, and it is striking how many non-military options remain underutilized. The United States possesses some of the most advanced cyber capabilities in the world. Iranian internet infrastructure, traffic systems, and regime-controlled media could be disrupted at scale. The temporary shutdown of Iran’s national television network showed what is possible. More could be done.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, continues to operate with alarming freedom through front companies, shipping firms, construction conglomerates, charities, banks, and energy intermediaries. Assets are hidden through relatives. Money is laundered through third countries. Operatives travel under diplomatic cover. Sanctions are riddled with carve-outs and selectively enforced by Western governments terrified of escalation.

Cutting off the IRGC would require real resolve: aggressive enforcement of material support laws, freezing assets held by proxies and family members, blocking insurance and port access, grounding aviation services tied to IRGC networks, and ending humanitarian or commercial channels the Guard secretly controls. Elevating authentic opposition voices, smuggling communication tools and supplies into Iran, and conducting psychological operations that sow doubt within regime ranks are all viable strategies that fall short of open war.

The urgency of this moment is underscored by recent developments. The U.S. has ordered evacuations of American citizens. France has withdrawn diplomats. Intelligence reports suggest regime elites are already moving money and preparing exit strategies. The cracks are real.

Faith, the Church, and What Comes Next

For the Church, this moment carries profound spiritual weight. Iran is a theocracy that criminalizes Christianity. Converts are branded traitors. Pastors are imprisoned. Evangelism is treated as a national security threat. Yet despite relentless persecution, Christianity is growing through underground churches, exposing the moral and spiritual bankruptcy of political Islam.

While Iranians risk everything to escape Islamic rule, too many Western churches remain silent, confused, or morally neutral. Scripture does not permit such detachment. Isaiah commands, “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.” Hebrews reminds us that what can be shaken will be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Living fearless does not mean predicting outcomes or endorsing geopolitical schemes. It means refusing to avert our eyes, refusing to distort the truth, and refusing to let fear dictate our witness. Millions of Iranian Christians are praying for freedom. The question is whether the global Church will have the courage to stand with them when history is being written in real time.

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If you want Christian news, biblical truth, and a biblical worldview without apology, watch the Daniel Cohen Show on the Real Life Network. America is watching fentanyl deaths drop, ICE push back against lawlessness, and election integrity move from slogans to lawsuits. And you can feel it, the pressure is rising because the truth is finally being dragged into the light.

Fentanyl Overdoses Are Falling, and the ER Is Telling the Truth

The left spent years lecturing you that borders do not matter, that enforcement is cruelty, that stopping the flow is impossible. Then reality walked into an emergency room in Washington state and gave testimony. An ER doctor, Dr. Raul Garcia, said fentanyl overdoses have plummeted since President Trump closed the border. He described a shift from 10 to 12 overdoses a day to one or two, and sometimes none for days.

When fentanyl stops flooding across the border, American families stop burying their loved ones.

That is not politics. That is life and death. Under the chaos of open borders, fentanyl and opioid overdoses killed tens of thousands of Americans in a single year. Families do not need another panel discussion. They need leaders who will shut down the pipeline and dismantle the cartel machine that profits off poisoned pills and powdered death.

This is what America First looks like in practice. It is not a slogan. It is a policy that shows up in the ER, in the morgue, and in the number of parents who do not get a phone call they can never unhear.

And here is the part that should make you furious. The people who mocked border enforcement never had to answer to the mothers and fathers who lost a child. They never had to walk into a hospital room and see the aftermath. But the doctor did. He is not a spin doctor. He is not a campaign surrogate. He is describing what he sees with his own eyes.

Minneapolis Activists Block ICE, and Even Churches Become Targets

Now pivot with me to Minneapolis and St. Paul, where far left agitators are coordinating to interfere with ICE operations. This is not “activism.” This is obstructing law enforcement. In one confrontation, an ICE agent said they were there to arrest a child sex offender, and the activists were honking, blocking, and disrupting the operation.

If you are blocking ICE while they arrest a child sex offender, you are not protecting a community, you are protecting evil.

Any parent should understand this instantly. You do not have to be a Republican. You do not have to like Trump. You just have to be sane. The logical endpoint of sanctuary city politics is this: the criminals get covered, the officers get demonized, and the innocent get sacrificed.

It is not theoretical either. We have watched citizen journalists and everyday people get targeted, robbed, and intimidated while the city spirals. Defund the police did not create justice. It created vacuum. And vacuums get filled by mobs, criminals, and chaos.

Then came the church disruption. A mob storming into a church service is not “peaceful protest.” It is intimidation, it is harassment, and it is a direct attack on worship. Don Lemon tried to dress it up like moral heroism, saying the discomfort is the point of protesting. No, Don. The point is to make the righteous feel afraid to gather, to sing, to pray, to raise their children in faith. That is the playbook. You target the places that represent conviction, then you call the reaction “hate.”

And the hypocrisy is always the same. The people who want law and order when it benefits them suddenly love disorder when it pressures their enemies. They claim to defend democracy, then they obstruct federal agents. They claim to defend rights, then they trample the First Amendment rights of Christians to worship in peace.

Election Integrity, Voter Rolls, and Why Courage Is a Christian Duty

Now let us talk about the lawsuits that have Democrats panicking. U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says the DOJ is in litigation with 23 states and Washington, D.C. to obtain voter roll information. These states claim it is “private,” claim Social Security numbers are too sensitive, claim compliance is impossible. Newsflash: the federal government issues Social Security numbers. If states are refusing transparency, we have to ask why.

Clean voter rolls are not oppression, and refusing transparency is not democracy.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. If there is nothing to hide, there should be nothing to fear. And yet the same political machine that fights voter ID, fights signature verification, fights audits, and fights basic chain of custody protections is now fighting voter roll access. That is not a coincidence. It is a pattern.

This is not about relitigating the past for entertainment. This is about restoring trust going forward. A functioning republic requires citizens to believe elections are honest. When that trust collapses, the nation fractures.

Now tie this back to the bigger theme running through the entire show: courage. You cannot outsource courage to politicians. You cannot outsource courage to podcasters or commentators. And you cannot outsource courage to a handful of Christians willing to take the heat while everyone else stays quiet.

Scripture does not call believers to retreat. It calls us to be salt and light. That means speaking biblical truth plainly, with conviction, without fear of faces, and without apologizing for reality. It also means caring about what is happening in your city, your schools, your laws, and yes, your elections.

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