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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Don’t Let Them Blame Data Centers for Their Green Energy Failure

When a wildfire erupts, the left has an explanation ready before the first fire truck arrives: climate change.

In 2025, before the cause of the Palisades Fire was established, Governor Gavin Newsom was already whining about a “changing climate.” Turns out the Palisades Fire was arson. Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things, but it can’t strike the match.

Now America’s electric bills are on the rise, and the left has found another boogeyman: data centers.

Just as an arsonist needs an alibi, a failed politician needs a villain.

Three Socialists, One Talking Point

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says data centers are inflating electric bills and wants a national construction moratorium. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says data centers will drive up electricity costs and wants a moratorium. Kathy Hochul says data centers threaten to hike utility bills and has pushed a New York moratorium.

Same talking points. Same proposed “solution.”

There is just one problem: electric bills were rising long before the current data-center boom.

The left wants Americans to believe electricity suddenly became expensive because computers showed up. They hope nobody asks what happened to the power plants that once kept electricity reliable and affordable.

More Than 83 Gigawatts Gone

According to the Energy Information Administration’s generator records, America retired approximately 83.2 gigawatts of fossil-fuel generating capacity between January 2019 and June 2026. That’s enough generating capacity to supply roughly 70 million average homes.

Eco-leftists celebrated this as an “energy transition.” Utilities were pressured to close plants. Green groups demanded more shutdowns. Politicians promised wind, solar, and batteries would take their place.

Now demand is growing, the grid is tight, and the same people are acting shocked that electricity costs more.

You don’t get to celebrate the closure of reliable power plants and then blame the customers who need electricity.

Meet The Renewable Portfolio Standard

One of the biggest political weapons behind this transition has been the Renewable Portfolio Standard, or RPS. These mandates require utilities to obtain an increasing share of their electricity from government-approved wind and solar sources.

That isn’t the free market. It is a government-ordered transition.

Today, 27 states and the District of Columbia have mandatory renewable or clean-energy standards. When their residential electricity prices are compared with those of states without such mandates, the difference is difficult to ignore.

From 2019 through 2024, the average residential electricity price in RPS states increased 28.4 percent. In states without them, it increased 16.8 percent.

The numbers demolish the claim that data centers suddenly caused a problem that was already years in the making.

The Biggest Increases

The largest residential rate increases among mandate jurisdictions between 2019 and 2024 were:

California: 66.9 percent
D.C.: 36.4 percent
New York: 36.2 percent

Then there are the ten states with America’s highest residential electricity prices in 2024: Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Alaska, New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Nine of those ten have mandatory renewable or clean-energy standards.

That is the record AOC, Sanders and Hochul hope Americans never compare.

More Demand Does Not Automatically Mean Higher Rates

One study found that states experiencing the strongest electricity demand growth from 2019 through 2025 saw their inflation-adjusted average electricity prices decline by more than 1 cent per kilowatt-hour. The presence of data centers did not change that conclusion.

The real problem is not demand. It is demand colliding with government-created scarcity.

To be clear, data centers need new power, and they should pay for it.

That is exactly the idea behind President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge. Participating technology companies are expected to build, bring or purchase the electricity they need, pay for grid upgrades and honor their power contracts whether they use all the electricity or not.

For those keeping score, that’s two very different visions:

President Trump’s answer is more power and to protect ratepayers. The socialist answer is to stop economic growth because their energy policies cannot support it.

Same Playbook, New Villain

The marching orders are not hard to spot.

AOC wants a moratorium. Bernie wants a moratorium. Hochul wants a moratorium.

They are all singing from the same socialist sheet of music: blame data centers, ignore the retired power plants and never mention the renewable mandates that helped make electricity more expensive.

They broke the system. Now they want to blame the customer.

Meanwhile, China is building power plants, expanding its grid and competing to dominate artificial intelligence. If American politicians make it harder to build the infrastructure of the intelligence age here, Beijing will gladly take the investment, jobs and strategic advantage.

China couldn’t be happier that AOC, Sanders, and Hochul are leading the charge.

https://townhall.com/columnists/larrybehrens/2026/08/29/dont-let-them-blame-data-centers-for-their-green-energy-failure-n2681990

This Washington Post Piece on Hegseth Is Arguably Treasonous

by Matt Vespa

Follow @mVespa1

This Washington Post Piece on Hegseth Is Arguably Treasonous

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Was this necessary? We all know the intent: the liberal media saw a chance to hit Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, two people they despise, and, state secrets be damned, they were going to do it. It wasn’t some bombshell take. They published a piece arguing that our operations in Iran could be weakening our capabilities elsewhere. Yes, we know. We saw this happen in Iraq. It was a trillion-dollar blunder, but Iran couldn’t get nuclear weapons, and they were still attempting to manufacture them. It had to be stopped. Liberals agree, though they’re still committed to the idea that Obama’s failed Iran deal would’ve stopped it. Nope.

The Washington Post leaked the orders book from Secretary Hegseth. This is treasonous (via WaPo):

Publishing highly classified assessments from the Secretary’s orders book is a crime.
It’s a betrayal of the force.
And much of what they’re publishing is inaccurate.
Of course, we demand candid military advice. Non-concurs are standard. The Secretary sees them constantly. That’s… https://t.co/Jgc4GzdXcU
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) August 30, 2026

Washington Post just printed the Secretary’s orders book.

That’s the classified ledger of who goes where and for how long.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell didn’t hedge: publishing those assessments is a crime. He also said the story is sloppy and wrong.

Non-concurs happen.… pic.twitter.com/RpqnEazmBy
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 30, 2026

This is the most treacherous action a press outlet can take. Publish known classified information about an ongoing war that reveals weaknesses and Commanders candor to civilian leadership. While America’s sons and daughters are engaged in combat. The “people” that leaked to this… https://t.co/iNuQiZRXms
— Rob Maness (@RobManess) August 30, 2026

Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. homeland, according to people familiar with a recent assessment prepared for the Pentagon chief.
The warnings — detailed for Hegseth by the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the four-star commanders overseeing U.S. operations throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America — appear in the Aug. 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book (SDOB), these people said. They described the assessment to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified.
The SDOB, typically produced twice monthly, outlines the worldwide availability of U.S. warships, aircraft, personnel and weapons systems. It reflects the president’s priorities for the force, which are carried out by the defense secretary, and includes insights from the military’s top generals and admirals that inform the directives the Pentagon issues.
As President Donald Trump has pressured Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept several U.S. provisions for ending the stalemated conflict, he has been adamant that all options remain available to him — including further military action. Consequently, U.S. Central Command, the headquarters responsible for prosecuting the Iran war, has kept a force of more than 50,000 troops on alert for months in case the president orders additional attacks.
The Aug. 14 orders book directs some troops deployed in the Middle East to remain there through September and some others into 2027, said those familiar with the document. The prospect of extending those forces further compelled military leaders to voice their concern, these people said.
Leaders of the U.S. European Command, the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Southern Command, along with the Navy’s top admiral, responded with what is characterized in the SDOB as a “non-concur,” those familiar with the assessment said — meaning they disagree with the secretary’s order to extend their forces but will execute it nevertheless.

Oh, stop—this isn’t in the public interest. This isn’t the Pentagon Papers, when the media wasn’t as unhinged. The media’s interest is to bash America and, at present, to make Trump look bad. If that puts American troops in danger, so be it, because the liberal media hates them, too.

Cynical Publius posted a nice post on Twitter about this atrocity, using World War II as an example—what would be the reaction if top secret war plans were leaked in 1942:

https://t.co/gIYevJDx2k
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) August 30, 2026

Today, the Washington Post published an article detailing how senior military leaders have cautioned the Secretary of War against certain possible courses of action regarding the war in Iran. The primary source for this article was, as the article itself states: “. . . the Aug. 14 edition of the Secretary of [War] Orders Book (SDOB).”
The Secretary of War Orders Book is a highly classified summary of worldwide U.S. force posture, capabilities, plans, and related information. It is the Rosetta Stone of U.S. military capabilities and intent, and it is a major basis of strategic decisions by the Secretary of War.
How, pray tell, did the Washington Post acquire such highly classified information about wartime military operations? Well, as the Post describes, that highly classified information came from “people familiar with [the] assessment,” who “described the assessment to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified.”
Wow.
Now I know that the war with Iran is not World War II. The entire globe is not at war, and this is mostly a U.S. operation. Iran has not conquered most of a continent. It is not the same kind of threat as Nazi Germany.
However, while Iran’s crimes are a mere fraction of what Nazi Germany actually did, realize this—in terms of INTENTIONS, Iran makes Hitler look like an amateur.
Iran is a fascist theocracy that seeks to impose Shia Islam on the entire world. It funds terror across the globe. Like Nazi Germany, Iran seeks the extermination of all Jews. Unlike Nazi Germany, Iran seeks to forcibly convert or destroy Christians, and Buddhists, and Hindus, and most other religions, and it seeks to eradicate or drive underground the world’s LGBTQ+ community. Worst of all, Iran desperately seeks nuclear weapons so that it can detonate them on U.S. and Israeli soil, and precipitate Armageddon so that the Twelfth Imam will arise from a well in Qom and conquer what is left of the world for Shia Islam.
That’s what we’re up against.
But the Washington Post does not care because Trump.
The leakers who committed criminal leaks under the Espionage Act of 1917 and a host of other federal statutes do not care because Trump. (They probably should care because amongst the various penalties available under the various possibly applicable statutes is DEATH).
Nope.
They simply do not care. Winning political points that harm Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth is far more important to these scoundrels than protecting the USA and the world from the whims of a bunch of 8th Century theocratic savages literally bent on precipitating the end of the world.
So what are the potential outcomes of this scandal?
1. The portion of the American public that loves America is outraged.
2. The mullahs in Iran are rejoicing over the leak and are far better prepared to deal with U.S. military action, better allocating their few remaining forces across Iran and in the Straits of Hormuz based on their newfound understanding of U.S. intent.
3. Inside US leadership, leaders are now distrustful of each other, never knowing who the leaker is. Planning has been deeply harmed, generals and admirals are now reticent to give their unvarnished opinions on war plans to Trump and Hegseth, and the entire war planning process is likely turning out differently than it otherwise might.
4. U.S. servicemen and women may die who otherwise would have lived.
5. Humanity's continued existence is now at greater risk.
The leak itself is an abominable affront to everything rational Americans hold dear. The lives of American servicemen and women are at much greater risk. The leaker(s) need to be apprehended, charged, tried and punished to the maximum extent of the law. Mere words do not suffice to express the outrage patriotic Americans feel about this profound breaking of national trust by some anonymous villain or villains.
But what about that infamous font of propaganda and disinformation, the Washington Post? They get to hide from criminal prosecution thanks to our cherished First Amendment and New York Times Co. v. United States (i.e., the “Pentagon Papers” case). However, just because you legally CAN publish something does not mean you SHOULD publish it. Morals matter. Love of the USA matters. Caring about the lives of American servicemen and women matters. Caring about the families back home of deployed service members matters. Obviously, however, for the Washington Post NONE of this matters. All that matters is “getting” Trump and Hegseth.
I am disgusted and I know you are too. What can you do? Voice your disgust.
Loudly. Often. Tell your friends, family and neighbors what a wretched hive of scum and villainy the Washington Post and its vocal supporters actually are. Shame them, because they deserve it. Above all, NEVER pay to get behind the paywalls of the Washington Post, the New York Times or any of their propagandistic fellow travelers.
As patriotic American citizens, I believe it is our duty to do so.
One last thing: the Washington Post eagerly was a part of some federal employee committing crimes that are potentially punishable by death (if the leak is somehow identified to also be to a foreign enemy, which this probably is not, but who knows) or decades of imprisonment.
Do you think they care?
Do they have a conscience?
Do they?

We have a mole. We have a traitor. Search and destroy.

https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/08/31/this-washington-post-piece-on-hegseth-is-arguably-treasonous-n2682143?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Senate Bill Drops to End Welfare for Non-Citizens — Dems Are Losing It

Senate Bill Drops to End Welfare for Non-Citizens — Dems Are Losing It

Kyle Becker Follow @kylenabecker

American taxpayers are sick of blowing trillions of dollars financing the reckless spending of the federal government.

If you want to know why America has an “affordability crisis,” we need to start there.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has a fairly simple idea for cutting at least some of the bill: Stop handing federal welfare benefits to people who aren't American citizens.

The Kentucky Republican is pushing the End Welfare for Noncitizens Act, legislation that would bar federal funds from providing TANF, Medicaid, SNAP and other federal benefits to illegal immigrants, refugees and asylees.

“American families are struggling to make ends meet while Washington funds welfare for people who broke our immigration laws to get here,” Paul wrote.

“My End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act ends that by cutting off TANF, Medicaid, and SNAP for illegal immigrants, refugees, and asylees.”

The bill, S. 3670, was introduced in January by Paul along with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).

And unlike the labyrinthine legislation that normally emerges from Washington, Paul's proposal makes its point in essentially one paragraph:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall be appropriated or otherwise made available to provide benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Medicaid program under title XIX of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), or the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2077 et seq.), or to provide any other Federal benefit (including cash and tax benefits), subsidy, or service, to any refugee or asylee or any alien who is present in the United States without legal status.

That would significantly strengthen current law. Illegal immigrants are already generally prohibited from directly receiving major federal means-tested benefits such as regular Medicaid, SNAP and TANF. But there are exceptions, and mixed-status households can receive substantial taxpayer assistance through eligible family members, including U.S.-citizen children.

Refugees and asylees are in a different category. They are legally present and generally considered “qualified aliens” under federal welfare law, allowing them access to welfare programs including Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF.

The Democrat Party, after trying to mislead Americans that illegal aliens and non-citizens don't get public welfare, sued the Trump administration to stop it from getting state-level data that would help stop it.

As RedState's RC Maxwell reported in August:

A coalition of 24 Democratic attorneys general and the District of Columbia filed suit Monday to stop the Trump administration from sharing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) data with the Department of Homeland Security. The White House says the data is essential to keep illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded aid reserved for U.S. citizens and legal residents.

Paul wants to shut it all down. The underlying principle is easy to grasp: The United States should not operate a welfare system for the world.

And the numbers back up that American taxpayers are getting fleeced. Research from the Center for Immigration Studies using Census Bureau data found that 59 percent of households headed by noncitizens used at least one major means-tested program, compared with 37 percent of U.S.-born-headed households.

CIS estimated the figure at approximately 61 percent for illegal-immigrant-headed households, compared with roughly 51 percent for households headed by legal immigrants.

A separate CIS analysis pooling Census data from 2021 through 2025 found that 47 percent of noncitizen-headed households used traditional welfare programs — Medicaid, food assistance, cash welfare or housing assistance — compared with 28 percent of U.S.-born-headed households.

When eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit was included, the numbers climbed to 57 percent and 34 percent, respectively.

For illegal immigrants, the case for cutting benefits is particularly obvious. Someone who has no legal right to remain in the United States should not become the basis for additional federal welfare spending.

Paul goes further by applying the same principle to refugees and asylees. They may have lawful immigration status, but lawful presence does not create some immutable right to SNAP, Medicaid, or cash assistance. Congress created those benefits. Congress can restrict them.

Washington is running enormous deficits, and American families are being squeezed by housing, food, healthcare, and other basic expenses. So, not only does spending less on welfare make sense to ease the tax burden on those who work, but people who aren't here to actually pursue the American Dream, but who are here to get public handouts, would self-deport. That ultimately means lower local demand that can ease everything from rent prices to grocery bills.

D.C. politicians cannot simultaneously claim our finances are "unsustainable" while treating access to taxpayer-funded welfare as an automatic entitlement for people who aren't even Americans.

The welfare state is now consuming over half of the federal budget, and servicing the interest on the massive $40 trillion national debt is now running another trillion dollars a year.

It is time to stop the ruinous combination of open borders with a welfare state. It is a red line that Congress should have drawn a long time ago.

https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/08/30/welfare-ending-bill-targeting-non-citizens-drop-in-senate-dems-are-losing-it-n2206250?utm_source=pjmediavip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

California Lawmakers Keep Giving Businesses Reasons to Leave

David Manney

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) may soon receive a bill requiring major companies to swear, under penalty of perjury, that they searched generations of corporate records for ties to slavery.

This bill bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require any business or enterprise that is doing business in the state that was in existence or whose predecessor company was in existence on or before December 31, 1964 and has annual worldwide gross receipts that exceed $100,000,000 to complete an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, verifying that it has searched through any and all records in its and its related entities, as defined, possession, control, and knowledge for records that the in-state covered entity or its related entities bought or sold persons subjected to slavery, used persons subjected to slavery as collateral, provided loans to purchase persons subjected to slavery, insured such transactions or the persons subjected to slavery, or provided related or other services to aid or otherwise facilitate those transactions. The bill would set forth the contents of the affidavit, the timeline and manner of submission, and reporting requirements. The
This bill would require the Civil Rights Department to create a public, digital platform by January 3, 2028, within one year after an appropriation is made, that would make available affidavits and reports records made pursuant to the bill and disaggregated data, as described. The bill would additionally require the above-described business or entity, that submits a bid or proposal to, or otherwise proposes to enter into or renew a contract with, a state agency, as described above, to additionally certify, under penalty of perjury, that they have submitted the affidavit in compliance with the above-described provisions. By requiring an affidavit and to certify under penalty of perjury regarding compliance with the above-described affidavit requirements, and thus expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Welcome to doing business in California in 2026.

Assemblyman Isaac Bryan's AB 2599 has cleared both chambers of the California Legislature. If Newsom signs it and lawmakers provide funding, businesses operating in California with more than $100 million in worldwide annual revenue would fall under the mandate if they, or a predecessor company, existed on or before December 31, 1964.

Those companies would have to search their records and those of related entities for evidence involving the purchase or sale of enslaved people, use of slaves as collateral, loans financing their purchase, insurance transactions, or other business connected to slavery.

The affidavit would be submitted under penalty of perjury, and California's Civil Rights Department would eventually make the records publicly available.

Of course, slavery is evil; its history deserves to be preserved, studied, and truthfully taught. But California lawmakers have decided corporate compliance departments in 2026 should search records reaching back to 1849 for actions taken generations before anyone now running those companies was born.

If Sacramento wants more historical research, California has universities, archives, historians, and an enormous state government. Lawmakers chose to put the burden on private businesses.

Meanwhile, Assemblyman Matt Haney's AB 2017 is headed toward another Senate vote after being amended again on Aug. 27. It would add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to California's list of state holidays. Courts would remain open, and private businesses wouldn't be required to close.

Muslim Californians should be free to celebrate their holy days, just as every American should be free to practice their faith. AB 2017 carries far less economic weight than Bryan's corporate mandate. Its relevance is Sacramento's endless appetite for another designation, requirement, program, or government instruction.

Employers already have reasons to question whether California is worth the trouble.

A corrected Public Policy Institute of California study found annual headquarters departures climbed from about 240 in 2011 to more than 400 in 2021.

California lost 1,250 headquarters on net during the period studied. The researchers properly noted that relocations remained a small share of overall headquarters activity, but they also found departing companies tended to choose states with lower taxes and less regulation.

More recent data aren't comforting. A 2026 analysis found California's largest metro areas, including Los Angeles and the San Francisco-San Jose region, continuing to suffer net headquarters losses.

High taxes, labor regulation, and the cost of living remain major pressures.

California's own Employment Development Department reported the state lost 20,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, even as unemployment improved to 5.1%. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office calculates an $18.5 billion operating deficit for the 2026-27 budget year.

California remains an economic giant with extraordinary workers, capital, technology, agriculture, ports, and universities. Sacramento seems determined to discover how many unnecessary burdens those advantages can carry.

Companies don't need another reason to leave.

California lawmakers keep volunteering them.

NFNFL Is Bringing Back 'Woke' Messages for End Zones, Helmets

NFNFL Is Bringing Back 'Woke' Messages for End Zones, Helmets

Kyle Becker Follow @kylenabecker

AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File

The National Football League is bringing back "Woke" messages on end zones and helmets.

Front Office Sports confirmed that the NFL is again pushing the race-shaming practices.

The NFL will again place anti-racism messages across playing fields and player helmets in 2026, Front Office Sports has learned. It will be the seventh straight season the Shield has been out front on social justice messaging. The strategy dates back to 2020, when the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer ignited a long hot summer of protests and social unrest. “Can confirm that we are continuing with both the end zone stencils and helmet decals this season,” an NFL spokeswoman told FOS in a statement.

This would be the seventh year in a row of the NFL scolding its audience with Woke messaging, as if broadcasting insipid statements about racism is going to stop a Klan rally.

Those Klan rallies mostly stopped themselves, after the SPLC funding got cut off.

Here is what the NFL has in mind for this upcoming season, according to the report:

On-Field Messaging: Over the past six seasons, all 32 NFL teams have stenciled in on-field messages around their end zones. Last year, they chose between four options: “End Racism,” “Choose Love,” “Stop Hate,” and “Inspire Change.” For February’s Super Bowl LX between the Seahawks and Patriots, the league added Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Choose Love” along with “It Takes All Of Us.”
Helmet Decals: Also starting with the 2020 season, players were allowed to wear helmet decals featuring victims of racial violence, such as Floyd and Breonna Taylor. During the 2025 season, players had the option to wear four decals on their helmets reading: ‘Stop Hate, “Inspire Change, “End Racism,” and “Choose Love.”
Black National Anthem: Along with the U.S. national anthem, the NFL has added renditions of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, before the Super Bowl and other big events. Teams played it before season openers in 2020. Since 2021, some artists who’ve performed the song during the Super Bowl pregame include Alicia Keys and Coco Jones.
Jay-Z/Roc Nation Alliance: In 2019, Front Office Sports broke the news that Goodell’s NFL was forming a sweeping business alliance with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The landmark partnership ultimately gave the rap superstar creative control over the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which sometimes draws more TV viewers than the game itself. This year, the league and Jay-Z faced criticism for casting Bad Bunny as the headliner. The global music sensation sings most of his songs in Spanish. That led the conservative organization Turning Point USA to counter-program with “The All-American Halftime Show” headlined by Kid Rock.

When it comes to the No Fun League, the George Floyd riots never stopped.

All of the riots that burned down black neighborhoods, doing billions in damage, the loss of nearly two dozen lives — this is apparently something the Woke NFL wants seared into the American consciousness.

Never mind these riots were fueled by radical activists who cherry picked a tragic case and framed it misleadingly to convince a black community that it was being targeted by white cops. This led to the massive Black Lives Matter grift that scammed donors out of millions of dollars.

Then there was the kneeling. The incessant kneeling. As if America's national anthem had something to do with career criminals resisting arrest and putting themselves and law enforcement at risk.

Sorry, your great-great-great-great grand uncle being enslaved at a time when the barbaric practice was prevalent, only to be emancipated by hundreds of thousands of Americans spilling blood to end it, is not the reason someone hooked on fentanyl tries to pass off a phony $20 bill at a convenience store.

Let's get something straight: These Woke messages are not trying to "end racism."

They are scapegoating white viewers over alleged racism that is purportedly causing problems for black people in primarily Democrat-run cities. Of course, they only imply white people in the audience might be racists, not that black people, Latinos, Asians, etc. can be racist against white people.

Racism is the stereotyping of people as superior or inferior according to their race — it has nothing to do with "power structures," it has to do with ignorance.

Why? Because whether or not a race of people happen to be the predominant one in a society has nothing to do with whether or not their ignorant views might lead to socially damaging behavior.

Demographics shift. Power shifts with it. If a group of people that generally holds racist views suddenly gains power, it doesn't magically make them "racist," when earlier their ignorant views were benign.

Americans are "over" this. People who watch the NFL, NBA, or heaven help them, the WNBA, do not do so because they are "racists." Not only has logic left the building, so has any marketing sense.

The NFL needs to decide if it is a professional sports league or a left-wing propaganda echo chamber. Because it is only trashing its brand further with this activist nonsense.

https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/08/29/nfl-will-bring-back-woke-messages-for-end-zones-helmets-n2206216?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl