The
actual cost of building a truly prohibitive wall across the 1,954 miles
stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico (Trump's Gulf of
America) is massively expensive, way more than the Federal government
was was willing to take on. To make things even more confusing,
the Biden administration, adamant from the beginning that construction
of the wall was to cease, was forced (May 2024) to spend funds
designated anyway by Congress for the construction of the wall – after Biden had tried to redirect those funds to other
areas of the Federal budget. Then in his last days in office,
Biden was caught by the Attorney General trying to sell cheaply
sections of the wall already in place (the bid starting as low at $5
per section). He was trying to make border wall construction as
handicapped as possible – despite the fact that this was an issue supported strongly by America's voters.
Texas,
in the meantime, proposed to do part of the job itself, expecting
its 1,254 mile stretch of the border to cost an estimate
$25 million per mile (and rising in cost) and another 30 years and
more than $20 billion to complete – building
a half-mile of wall per week. As of mid-2024, only some 34 miles
had been completed. But the work has continued. And with
Trump coming to power, more construction contracts were signed ... with
Texas hoping that Congress might somehow reimburse the state for its
part in the effort.
Meanwhile
ICE agents have been busy grabbing individuals they
judge to be in
America illegally ... raising all sorts of debate, pro
and con (mostly
con)
ICE agents arresting immigrants at the courthouse
in Phoenix Arizona – May 22, 2025
June 11 – ICE agents arresting immigrant workers in Bethlehem,
PA ... where they had been working to restore an apartment
buildingbadly damaged during a fire in May
One of the effects of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants
was the loss of a great percentage of the workforce that
performed manual labor such as this. Americans were thus
very mixed in their reactions to this Trump initiative.
In response to this harsh action against immigrants living in
America – and other issues as well – a well-organized anti-
Trump "Hands Off!" protest was conducted across the nation
on April 5th, involving 150 different organizations, with
ndivisible.org and MoveOn.org taking the lead.
Millions of people particpated in over 1000 locations – in
Europe as well as America – protesting Trump's "anti-Woke"
policies ... and calling for his impeachment and removal.
But most amazingly, the press gave relatively little coverage
of the event!
| MUSLIMS SEEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT AMERICA'S FUTURE |
New York City has given quite a demonstration of
the growing influence of Islam in American life. Every March,
since 2023 (2023, 2024, and 2025), marking the first day of Islam's
all-important month of Ramadan, masses of Muslims have gathered in
Times Square to conduct Islam's tarawih prayers.
This
is in addition to the daily calls to prayers issued five times a day by Muslim muezzin
(priests) broadcast loudly over loudspeakers placed at the mosques.
Muslim, or not, there is no way of avoiding such daily broadcasts.
Of
course this is also happening in Europe ... where the Muslim population
is growing rapidly ... at a time that the native French, German,
Scandinavian, etc. population is declining.
Then
too. there was the election of a Muslim politician, Uganda-born
34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, as New York
City's new mayor. With around a million Muslims in the city, this
is hardly a surprising outcome ... even though initially Mamdani
himself had very little public recognition to go by to achieve office.
But he was backed strongly by New York Attorney General Letitia
James, billionaire and strongly Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, and
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And the fact that both his
parents are Harvard grads (his mother a film director and his father a
Columbia University professor) added considerably to his stature as a
Democratic Party candidate.
But
most unfortunately for New York City, Mamdani's Socialist instincts are
designed to worsen the city's already flagging economy. Mamdani's
"tax the rich" program works only in societies where the wealthy have
no place to escape to. But in America, Texas and Florida, for
example, are two states with low tax rates ... and are more than happy
to receive escaping individuals ... who generally bring lots of jobs
with them.
For instance,
Ocasio-Cortez was very proud to help union activists stop Amazon's
plans to build a second headquarters in New York ... costing the
city 25,000 jobs. This was nothing more than an ideological
victory of some sort ... but a huge economic disaster.
And
Mamdani seems similarly interested in protecting New York City from
such wealthy giants as Citadel ... which had already (2022) moved one
of its main offices from recently-Socialist Chicago to Miami.
What
was Mamdani thinking? Citadel's 2,500 New York City employees are
major contributors to the New York City's government finances ... and
also privately as one of the city's largest charitable contributors.
Indeed, over the past few years, New York has lost companies managing over $1 trillion in assets ... most of them moving to Florida or Texas (two states with a rapdily growing high-tech industry).
Consequently, Socialist New York (and equally Socialist California and Chicago) are declining quite noticeably economically.
Muslims performing tarawih evening prayers on Time Square
March 10, 2024.
Mamdani taking office as New York City mayor – January 1st,
2026. Being sworn in by New York Attorney General Letitia
James (left) ... with his wife Rama Duwaji (right)
| A SAD PROJECTION OF AMERICA'S FERTILITY RATES |
It it well-known that a 2.1 reproduction or fertility rate is required of a society in order
to maintain its size in population. This proved to be pretty much the
case until the rate started dropping around the time of the 2007-2009
depression. At the present, American women, especially younger women,
have been holding off in birthing the coming generation... to a point
that is dangerously low. What can be done to correct this is a matter largely unknown.
What
is also happening is that it foreign-born women have a 1.88 birth rate
... as compared to the 1.56 rate for native-born American women ...
pointing to the change in the cultural makeup of America as a result.
Again ... is this okay?
| MIDDLE AMERICA'S FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE |
Sadly, the financial figures speak for themselves
Notice the jump coinciding with the Covid outbreak
Not only are houses more expensive than any middle class
individual can afford, the rent is becoming way beyond reach
for most Middle Americans
Meanwhile the political-social system that has been directing this country over the last couple of generations serves incredibly well to make the rich all the richer ... at the cost of the lower and middle classes.
And nobody of any political signifigance seems interested in doing anything about this grand social-moral catastrophe. After all, those in power benefit the most from such inequality.
| THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN-REVIVAL GENERATION |
Charlie Kirk. On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 – while speaking before a huge audience at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah –
very popular (at least with America's younger generation) Charlie Kirk was shot and
killed by a very expert rifleman located atop a distant
building.
The reaction of
America was fairly uniform ... even among American Liberals: the
killing of a young man (he was only 31!) who was well-known for his
strong promotion of Conservative American values – but only through
polite discussion and debate – was itself another attack on America's
moral foundations themselves. This
needed to stop! But how? And who was to blame for this
horrible piece of thuggery? Was this a lone act? But the
event was expertly planned ... with the rifleman even able to make a
clean escape. Was this a part of something bigger – politically
speaking? Prominent Liberals – such as Obama and Biden – were
quick to condemn the act. So who – or what was behind this
well-planned event?
Charlie
Kirk was an amazing young man. His entry into politics came
early, even while still in high school, Kirk working to support a
Illinois Senate candidate, writing an essay for Beritbart News,
and getting even Fox News's attention! He headed off to Harper
College ... but soon dropped out in order to devote himself to the
promotion of Conservative politics among America's youth.
Thus in 2012 – when only 18 years old – he founded a
youth-focused political organization, Turning Point USA ... designed
basically to contest MoveOn.org, the
strongly pro-Democratic-Party internet organization. By
2016, at age 22, he was even called on to address the Republican
National Convention on his views ... views he claimed were those held
widely by American youth.
Kirk
was particularly opposed to what he saw as the indoctrination of
college-aged & American youth by the Liberalism that formed the
foundation of American higher education. He insisted that America
not lose its traditional social values –
undercut over the past few generations by "Progressive" thinking ...
thinking that was purposely aimed at exactly those traditional social
values – Progressives
claiming that in doing this, they were "freeing up" American thought.
But Kirk found such "freeing up" in fact to be quite "unfreeing"
in the way it cut off serious debate – or even just discussion – discussion
of these vital moral matters. Such "free-thinkers" had a habit of
cutting off all discussion attempting to come from those not agreeing
with them.
He
was accused of spreading hatred ... when in fact his style was to go
around to campuses and invite those that stood opposed to his
Conservative (and Christian) values to come forward and explain what it
was that they were opposed to ... and why they supported the values
they did. And he was well-known to respond simply quite carefully
– actually quite gently – in explaining why
he held the values he did. This was not spreading hatred.
It was an attempt to open back up the discussion about the
country's moral foundations.
What
was particularly annoying to his opponents was the immense popularity
he seemed to be acquiring among American youth ... millions of them.
His
three-hour talk show – begun in 2020 – was widely popular, and his
podcast was downloaded each day at a count reaching from 500 to 750
thousand daily. Unsurprisingly,
he thus had something of a huge impact on that younger generation
... getting many of them out in the country's elections to help bring
Conservatives (Republicans) to power.
He
identified closely with Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign ...
which pleased Trump mightily ... and infuriated deeply the anti-Trump
world.
So ... someone finally decided to end the debate ... and simply take Kirk out of the political discussion engaging America.
Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University ... just prior to being
shot and killed – September 10, 2025
But ... according to a well-researched documentary film viewed
during a huge Christian revival held only a month earlier at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (August 2025), the Gen Z
spiritual awakening is so strong that this event is not likely to
cripple the movement going on within this rising generation. 
In
February of 2026 some 5,000 students gathered at the
University of
Central Florida for worship ... another example
of this
development.
We certainly hope not ... because America needs badly
to get back on its original spiritual track.
Go on to the next section:
Miles
H. Hodges
Trump is sworn into office a second time
Making the federal government more "efficient" ("DOGE") 
Countering the massive inflow of illegal immigrants 
Muslims seem to have their own ideas about America's future 
A sad projection of America's fertility rates 
Middle America's financial catastrophe
The young Christian-revival generation
