Gen Z is particularly attuned to the threat of radical Islam, as a number of college students told The Daily Wire’s Isabel Brown at Turning Point USA’s AmFest. Brown, the host of The Isabel Brown Show, moderated a panel discussion with three students, all active within TPUSA. One student said that the issue of Islam came entirely down to freedom of speech — and, in particular, freedom to dissent. “Theoretically, if you disagree with the teachings of Christ, you can live in the United States and still abide by our laws and respect each other, but in a theocracy like what is under — the Middle East and Islam — you can’t,” he explained. “If you criticize Mohammed, you could genuinely put your life at risk. And we don’t have that in the United States, and I don’t think that we should.” “When it comes to looking at different religions, the beautiful thing about America is that you can practice every kind of religion that you need. We have this freedom of religion,” the third panelist added. “So let me be clear — I don’t think we should just kick out all Muslims, I don’t think we should kick out people who practice the Islamic faith — but the idea that the Islamic faith is at all compatible with the Western world is a fallacy in and of itself.” “When you look at the Koran versus the Bible, which is what America is based on, they don’t connect,” she added. “They don’t work together at all.” “And that’s controversial to say because we have Muslims living in America. I don’t think it’s bad to be a Muslim living in America, I think it’s bad to want Islamic ideals to be put into America because they just don’t fit with the western world. You’ll see that happening in Europe — I believe that Europe has completely fallen now. You see this separation between cultures like we haven’t seen before and this dying of an entire race, an entire culture. What Europe was is dead now. And it will break my heart to see that happen in America.” Brown pressed the students on whether they’d discussed the issue before — and whether their professors had said anything on the topic. One said that the typical response was to simply slap “phobia” on the end of the word, saying “it’s Islamophobia if you even dare to question it. And the thing is, I think that means we need to question it. We need to question whether it’s actually compatible.” The overwhelming assessment, from all three panelists, was that Islam was not compatible with Western values. Brown said that Charlie Kirk — the late TPUSA founder and her friend — agreed with this assessment. “Charlie, more than anyone in the conservative movement, spoke often in the last few years about the dangers influence on Islam and Eastern philosophy on Western civilization, not just in the United States, but around Europe as well — where we’re seeing really crazy headlines over the past several months more than any time in our lifetime, right?” Brown began. She went on to give examples, noting that Christmas markets and New Year’s Eve events were being canceled due to the threat posed by pro-Palestinian protesters and Islamic extremists, and that terrorist attacks around the world had increased dramatically — “and now that’s starting to seep into American culture here as well.” After conceding that she herself had been “a little bit spicy” in recent weeks in her declarations that Islam — as an institution — was “incompatible” with Western ideals and, in particular, the United States, Brown explained that Islam did not place value on free speech or equality between the sexes, among other things. One of the students noted that Charlie had always stressed the importance in differentiating between individual Muslims and Islam as a religious or political structure. “It’s a completely incompatible concept that we could even allow these collective societies, like in the United States where now different tribes are fighting over who’s going to get elected in Minnesota, like that’s not really what America is supposed to be.”

President Donald Trump presses on for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, a fraudulent daycare scheme adds to the scandals in Minnesota, and major cities tighten security for New Year’s Eve celebrations. It’s Monday, December 29, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below or on The Daily Wire: Trump Hosts Zelensky As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, hoping to finalize a peace deal to end the war. Hours before the meeting, Russia hammered Kyiv with one of the most extensive airstrikes in months, killing four, wounding dozens, and knocking out power to much of the city. Trump described his meeting with Zelensky as “good and very productive.” Trump also said that “land” is a major sticking point in the peace process. Zelensky has vowed never to give up land to Russia, but did offer a compromise: turning some Ukrainian land in the East into a demilitarized zone. As an apparent show of good faith toward Trump, Zelensky has also expressed a new willingness to hold nationwide elections, a move Trump has long called for. Empty Somali-Run Daycares Bilk Taxpayers For Millions New reports of rampant fraud across dozens of Minnesota daycares have stirred controversy online and even attracted the attention of federal lawmakers and the FBI. Independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a roughly 40-minute investigative documentary online that racked up tens of millions of views within days. Shirley claims that he uncovered more than $100 million in fraud involving Somali-run businesses. For example, Shirley and his co-investigator identified a childcare center that has received millions in taxpayer funds, but no one has seen the children purportedly cared for there. The explosive report has increased pressure on Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to be held accountable. Trump Admin’s Anti-Terror And Immigration Operations While Americans took time to unwind over the holiday season, the Trump administration was active on several fronts. Alongside its aggressive foreign policy and national security moves abroad, it continued its immigration and counterterrorism operations at home. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been ramping up her warning about the threat posed by terror actors, especially after the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia and the attacks on U.S. servicemembers in Syria. Major cities worldwide, including in the United States, have altered or canceled New Year’s celebrations due to security concerns. In the meantime, the Trump administration’s deportation operations have continued.

A Christmas Eve photo threatens to overshadow the Biden legacy, as President Joe Biden finds himself barely visible, prompting ‘Where’s Joe?’ jokes among critics. Biden’s Christmas Photo: A Visual Controversy On Christmas Eve, former President Joe Biden shared a family photo on social media that quickly became a topic of online ridicule. The image, featuring several Biden family members, showed Joe Biden partially obscured in the back, while his son Hunter Biden stood prominently at the forefront. Critics, particularly from MAGA circles, seized on the composition to question President Biden’s leadership and relevance, with many comparing the scene to a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ puzzle. The photo’s circulation was rapid, with right-leaning outlets like Fox News and the New York Post highlighting Biden’s near invisibility and Hunter’s central position. This sparked a wave of memes and comments across social media platforms, where users mocked the composition as symbolic of a perceived weakness or marginalization of President Biden within his own family and administration. The Symbolism Behind the Photo Historically, Christmas photos are carefully orchestrated to project warmth and unity. However, the Biden family’s choice to place Hunter, a figure mired in legal and ethical controversies, at the center has fueled ongoing narratives about misplaced priorities. This imagery plays into long-standing criticisms of the Biden administration, particularly regarding Hunter’s influence and the President’s leadership capabilities. Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Christmas Eve filled with love. pic.twitter.com/OB5GouvxTJ — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 25, 2025 Hunter Biden’s legal troubles, including investigations into taxes and foreign dealings, have made his presence in official settings particularly sensitive. The holiday photo’s composition offered a visual reinforcement for critics who argue that the administration is not only tolerant of, but perhaps complicit in, Hunter’s controversies. Sources: Biden nearly invisible in own Christmas family photo as Hunter takes center stage position Biden shares perplexing family Christmas photo with himself hidden in back: ‘Where’s Joe?’ Why Joe Biden’s Christmas family photo has puzzled netizens

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It’s that time of year again! With ABC’s The View on their winter hiatus (before picking back up again in early January), we at NewsBusters wanted to take a look back at some of the lowlights the show had to offer viewers in 2025. Today, we’ll be looking back at 12 times the liberal ladies used inciting rhetoric to foment hostility and hatred of their political opponents on the right. Whether it’s overtly calling for violence and death, using dehumanizing rhetoric, or painting America’s future as so bleak and hopeless that the only avenue for change was violence, The View was a home for it in 2025. And it only got worse as the year dragged on, often in the form of anti-military screeds. Call to Violence? Hostin Huffs Dems Not Willing to ‘Fight and Die’ for Rights Like Older Gens The most overt call to violence came from co-host Sunny Hostin back in March. She decried that her fellow Democrats were not “meeting the moment” of “existential crisis” for America, and she wanted them to be willing to “fight and die” against President Trump and Republicans: The Democrats are not meeting the moment. It is very clear that Medicaid is on the table. It is very clear that Social Security is on the table. It is very clear that people will die! The baby boomers, the civil rights generation, they knew what they had to do! They were willing to fight and die for their rights! This generation of Congress, they are not meeting the moment! This is an existential crisis!     ABC News: Trump Ordered National Guard to 'Attack the Protesters,' Start ‘Civil War’ The View was one of the loudest sets of voices in stoking hatred against the National Guard by way of creating and pushing wild conspiracy theories, claiming they were out to slaughter people in the streets. In June, they claimed the troops were deployed to crack down on free speech, “attack the protesters,” and start a “civil war”: HOSTIN: I think what really matters from sort of a long view here, is the fact that he is militarizing and deploying the Guard for the purpose of policing Americans' protest activity, right, our freedom of speech, our freedom of assembly. And there's a very big stark demarcation between military troops and law enforcement. Public law enforcement. Civilian law enforcement. And you are an army turned inside to police its citizens can cause chaos and fascism. And so, I think that’s the way - GOLDBERG: Civil war. HOSTIN: And civil war.     ABC: ICE, National Guard, Marines ‘Just Following Orders’ Like Nazis That hatred against the National Guard festered for much of the year. A few days after claiming they were given the mission of starting a civil war, they claimed the Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and the Marines were “just following orders” like the Nazis: FARAH GRIFFIN:I think it's very important to remember it's a commander-in-chief that’s made these decisions. They're following the orders. GOLDBERG: Yeah. Think back, y'all. Where have you heard that before? BEHAR: 1938! GOLDBERG: “I’m just following orders.” By my commander-in-chief. FARAH GRIFFIN: But again, can I just say. I want to finish. GOLDBERG: No, no, because this is my point, we don't want to be what they were! (…) GOLDBERG: We do have to be careful, because when we say things like, “just following orders,” it leads to that.     Sunny Hostin Says CBP, ICE Deserve Violent 'Reckoning' Coming for Them Hostin was back at it again in July when she suggested that ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents deserved the violent “reckoning” they had coming for them. As co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was talking about a violent attack on CBP agents, Hostin responded by essentially saying they had it coming: FARAH GRIFFIN: What I am seeing is an uptick in rhetoric against CBP and ICE enforcers who are dealing with this problem because they're being told by the President of the United States that they have to. And then this past week, there was a very dangerous attack on CBP officials in McAllen Texas. Several were injured. (...) HOSTIN: If they would do their jobs the way that I think they should be doing their jobs, which is unmasked without disappearing people from the streets, I don't think that the public would feel as endangered. (...) So, in my world, if you mask yourself because you don't want to be seen, because you don't want to be seen – because there will be a reckoning for some of the actions that law enforcement, actual law enforcement have done! ABC News Says ‘We’re Already in The Tyranny’ of Trump’s ‘Dictatorship’ In 2025, The View cast was very busy trying to convince their audience that America was already a lost country, subjugated underneath a Trump dictatorship: GOLDBERG: We don't know who is considered American by America who has changed the rules every couple of days on where– what's going– kids are going to court by themselves. HOSTIN: That’s a step toward tyranny. GOLDBERG: We’re already in the tyranny! It’s not a step! We in it. HOSTIN: I would agree with that. The View: Trump Crime Crackdown About Literal 'War' Against Americans The rhetoric was ratcheted up in September when co-host Behar claimed Trump was literally carrying out a “war” against the American people by cracking down on crime: BEHAR: Point two, didn't he run on being an anti-war candidate. The MAGA people who voted for him, one of the reasons they liked him is because he was against war. He took on Bush. I guess that didn't include war against your own people in your own country. SARA HAINES: Yes, that's clearly what he is saying here.     America Is ‘Screwed’: The View Already Back to Using Inciting Rhetoric Even the assassination of Charlie Kirk by a liberal extremist wasn’t enough to get them to stop their use of inciting rhetoric. Just days after paying lip service and saying the rhetoric needed to be turned down, Behar shouted about how America was “screwed” as a country: BEHAR: I mean, there's no end to the incompetency that we are experiencing as Americans! So, I can almost not even talk about individual situations like this, because the overall picture and the elephant in the room is that we're screwed! GOLDBERG: No, we're not screwed because – BEHAR: I know you say that every day but I feel like we are. GOLDBERG: I say it every day, and yet we are still standing. BEHAR: Just barely.     Behar Crash Out: ‘You're Delusional’ to Think U.S. Will ‘Survive’ Trump By the end of September, Behar had lost all hope for America’s future. She proclaimed it was “delusional” for anyone to think that America would “survive” Trump’s second term: BEHAR: If you guys think that we can survive another three-and-half years of this, I think you're delusional. Every day there's some nihilistic thing -- HAINES: It's only Tuesday, Joy. Can we not start there? BEHAR: I mean, I hate to be Debbie downer. But every day this guy is undoing something in this country that we value. Every day. Every day is a shock and awe here. And I for one am skeptical that we will survive this.   Joy Behar spew inciting rhetoric by claiming America will not survive Trump: "If you guys think we can survive another 3 1/2 years of this, I think you're delusional. Every day there's some nihilist thing... very day this guy is undoing something in this country that we value.… pic.twitter.com/S0PtNHFPjh — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 30, 2025   Trying to Incite Murder? ABC News Claims National Guard to Steal Election Despite The View’s claims that America was living under a dictatorship, America wasn’t and we could still elect our leaders. But according to Behar, Americans no longer had that ability. She directed her ire once again against the National Guard on October 7 (her birthday) when she erroneously asserted that the Guard was out to steal all future elections for Trump: FARAH GRIFFIN: There is crime in American cities. But the way to deal with it is get the funding that you need for police, get the training that you need, and work with local officials. BEHAR: This is a pretext to stop the next election! That's what I think it is. (...) BEHAR: And if they stop us from voting, that's the one thing people have. GOLDBERG: I mean, it's the one thing that makes us very different from lots of other countries. Our votes, they do count. I do know that they count. BEHAR: If we are allowed to vote.   BREAKING: ABC News claims the National Guard are going to "stop" and steal "the next election." JOY BEHAR: This is a pretext to stop the next election. That's what I think it is. pic.twitter.com/eibs6KYobl — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 7, 2025   ‘Damn, If He Isn't a Dictator’: ABC News Claims Trump Not Leaving Ever The dictator talk had become a staple. On October 27, Goldberg was confident in affirmatively proclaiming that Trump was in fact a “dictator.” She even prompted her audience to do something about it: GOLDBERG: Well, you-know-who told us he was going to be a dictator on day one and, damn, if he isn't a dictator. (...) GOLDBERG: So, just so we're clear, you have nothing to say about any of this [pointing to the audience]. Just understand that. Okay? Republicans have pretty much given him free rein up until now. Are they going to let this happen? Are y'all going to let it happen? The View: GOP ‘Trying to Hold People Hostage Against Their Healthcare’ During the height of the government shutdown, Behar framed the Republican position as one looking to harm the American people and leave them for dead: BEHAR: What is the endgame exactly for the Republicans though? To trying to hold people hostage against their healthcare, to give more tax breaks to rich people? I mean, what are they trying to do? The View Tries to Scare Americans on Halloween with Stolen Election LIES The View-Anon. On Halloween, they took up California Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) unfounded conspiracy theory that America wasn’t going to have any more elections because Trump was going to steal them all: BEHAR: I just want to say one thing. I don't think Gavin Newsom would be saying this if Donald Trump hasn't thrown in the gauntlet in the first place. It's not like he's doing it to attack. HAINES: Is it en vogue for every candidate to say, it's probably rigged? BEHAR: Yeah, but who started this?!   Joy Behar blames Trump for Gavin Newsom's election denialism: "I don't think Gavin Newsom would be saying this if Donald Trump hasn't thrown in the gauntlet in the first place. It's not like he's doing it to attack." She also falsely suggests it was Trump who was the first to… pic.twitter.com/2uQ70f0s1p — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 31, 2025   What The View had spent the year doing was extremely dangerous for the lives of people on the right and for the country. By erroneously and hysterically claiming that Trump was a dictator, the country had no future, and that people didn’t have access to the ability to effect change via the ballot box, they were leaving impressionable extremists only one option: violence.

As Americans ring in the new year with family and friends, it’s worth remembering a simple fact: A truck driver delivered nearly everything carrying us into 2026.From champagne and party hats to the presents under our Christmas trees — and the everyday goods that keep businesses running — truck drivers power the economy year in and year out. They work long hours, spend weeks away from loved ones, and keep freight moving through nights, weekends, and holidays. As the calendar turns, truckers ask for just one thing in 2026: safe roads.A safe trucking industry depends on qualified drivers, safe equipment, and a system that rewards compliance while swiftly removing bad actors.For too long, America’s highways have grown more dangerous — not because of professional truck drivers, who rank among the most highly trained and regulated workers in the country, but because of systemic failures that allow illegal, unqualified, and unsafe operators to put lives at risk.The trucking industry has sounded the alarm, and this White House has listened. By cracking down on fraudulent commercial driver’s license mills, addressing the risks posed by illegal drivers, and taking meaningful steps to combat the surge in cargo theft, the Trump administration has restored accountability to the transportation system and made clear that safety — not shortcuts — is the priority.Consider CDL mills. These sham operations churn out licenses without proper training, undermining professionalism and putting unqualified drivers behind the wheel of 80,000-pound vehicles. Shutting them down isn’t about limiting opportunity. It’s about ensuring that every driver on the road has earned the right to be there. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s decision to remove thousands of suspect training providers from the federal registry sent a clear message: If you cut corners on safety, you won’t be tolerated.The same principle applies to basic qualifications. Truck drivers must be able to speak English, read road signs, understand safety rules, and follow the law. Weak state verification standards and lax oversight have allowed illegal operators onto American highways. That is unacceptable.A commercial driver’s license is not just a credential — it is a promise to the public. When that promise is broken, the consequences can be deadly. Fatal crashes this year in Florida and California show exactly what’s at stake when illegal and unqualified drivers remain behind the wheel.We are encouraged that the administration has acted quickly to prevent future tragedies by holding states accountable and removing unqualified drivers from the road.RELATED: Illegal drivers, dead Americans — this is what ‘open borders’ really mean Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty ImagesAt the same time, law-abiding motor carriers and drivers face another growing threat: cargo theft. What was once an occasional crime has become a nationwide epidemic driven by organized criminal networks. Thieves exploit technology, impersonate legitimate carriers, and target supply chains with increasing sophistication. The result is billions in losses — roughly $18 million per day — and heightened risk for drivers, along with disruptions that raise costs for consumers, especially during the holidays.Truck drivers should not have to worry about being targeted simply for doing their jobs. That’s why the industry welcomes legislation to elevate cargo theft as a federal priority and improve coordination among law enforcement agencies. Protecting freight isn’t just about economics. It’s about protecting the men and women behind the wheel.These challenges share a common thread: Safety needs to be enforced consistently, comprehensively, and without exception. A safe trucking industry depends on qualified drivers, safe equipment, and a system that rewards compliance while swiftly removing bad actors.Professional truck drivers take pride in their work. They train hard, follow the rules, and understand that every mile carries responsibility. They don’t want special treatment — just a level playing field and a government that takes safety as seriously as they do. Today, they have a White House that does.Let’s ensure that America’s highways remain worthy of the 3.5 million professionals who keep them moving — this year and every year.