GLENN: All right. Let's talk a little bit about Obamacare and what the future of Obamacare is.
PAT: They're making noise like they're actually going to repeal it and like that is going to be an agenda item on day one. They're actually talking like this could happen.
GLENN: I have heard from people who have access to the inner circle that this decision is being made this week. It will happen before -- they will know before the swearing in ceremony, and the same with the Supreme Court justice, that is being decided right now.
There's a couple of Supreme Court justices on that list that are not good. One of them -- and I can't remember -- I got to get the paperwork on it. I'll give it to you tomorrow.
One of them is the judge that -- remember the story about the person who had the Post-It note with the Bible phrase on it in their cubical, and then they were fired, and they were sued, and they said, "I have a right to have that," and the judge said, "No, you don't."
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: One of the judges on that list and apparently one of the now top three finalists is that judge.
PAT: How did that judge get the Ted Cruz stamp of approval then? And Mike Lee? I mean, Mike Lee loved that list.
GLENN: I don't know.
PAT: Wow.
GLENN: Most of them are really good. The ones that it has come down to -- I guess it's come down to the final four, and there's two of them that are really bad and two of them that are really good.
PAT: Is Mike Lee one of them?
GLENN: No. No.
PAT: Okay. His brother? Is his brother one of them? No.
GLENN: No.
JEFFY: Is Mike too good for the job? Is he just too good?
PAT: Well, you know that's the case. Yes. The answer to that is yes. There are a lot of people who are just too good for the job, just won't be considered because nobody wants to fight for them. Nobody wants to put that kind of political capital on the line to seriously fight for an excellent Supreme Court candidate.
Now, they'll do that on the left. They'll do that all day on the left. They'll bring out a communist and say, "Oh, I'm going to fight to the death for this guy."
JEFFY: Right.
PAT: They don't care. They don't care.
GLENN: You don't know -- you don't know -- Mike Lee, I think, would be the best.
PAT: Or his brother would be great.
GLENN: Yeah, his brother would be great. But there are others too.
PAT: And some of them I don't even know anything about. So...
GLENN: Tomorrow, we'll give you some information on that.
But do you believe Obamacare is going away?
PAT: I believe it is. What I'm slightly nervous about is what it's going to be replaced with.
(chuckling)
GLENN: Right.
PAT: Is it going to be something just as bad or worse, or are you going to go with a free market replacement? Are you going to just simply erase the lines of competition between the states?
GLENN: Well, Donald Trump has said that he would do that, but he also said that you have to keep preexisting conditions.
PAT: Right. So -- and he also said everyone must be covered and he didn't care if it cost him votes and the government would pay for that. So that's a concern as well.
STU: Tomorrow, we should spend some time looking at the actual replacements that had been proposed that will probably be the basis of what they go with.
PAT: Yeah. Yeah.
GLENN: The guy he went with, with HHS, has a really good solution to the repeal and replace of Obamacare.
PAT: Does he?
GLENN: Nobody's paying attention to it, but he's got it.
Over the weekend, the world mourned the murder of Charlie Kirk. In London, crowds filled the streets, chanting “Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!” and holding up pictures of the fallen conservative giant. Protests in his honor spread as far away as South Korea. This wasn’t just admiration for one man; it was a global acknowledgment that courage and conviction — the kind embodied by Kirk during his lifetime — still matter. But it was also a warning. This is a test for our society, our morality, and our willingness to defend truth.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently delivered a speech that struck at the heart of this crisis. She praised Kirk as a man who welcomed debate, who smiled while defending his ideas, and who faced opposition with respect. That courage is frightening to those who have no arguments. When reason fails, the weapons left are insults, criminalization, and sometimes violence. We see it again today, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Some professors and public intellectuals have written things that should chill every American soul. They argue that shooting a right-wing figure is somehow less serious than murdering others. They suggest it could be mitigated because of political disagreement. These aren’t careless words — they are a rationalization for murder.
Some will argue that holding such figures accountable is “cancel culture.” They will say that we are silencing debate. They are wrong. Accountability is not cancel culture. A critical difference lies between debating ideas and celebrating death. Debate challenges minds. Celebrating murder abandons humanity. Charlie Kirk’s death draws that line sharply.
History offers us lessons. In France, mobs cheered executions as the guillotine claimed the heads of their enemies — and their own heads soon rolled. Cicero begged his countrymen to reason, yet the mob chose blood over law, and liberty was lost. Charlie Kirk’s assassination reminds us that violence ensues when virtue is abandoned.
We must also distinguish between debates over policy and attacks on life itself. A teacher who argues that children should not undergo gender-transition procedures before adulthood participates in a policy debate. A person who says Charlie Kirk’s death is a victory rejoices in violence. That person has no place shaping minds or guiding children.
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Liberty without virtue is national suicide. The Constitution protects speech — even dangerous ideas — but it cannot shield those who glorify murder. Society has the right to demand virtue from its leaders, educators, and public figures. Charlie Kirk’s life was a challenge. His death is a call. It is a call to defend our children, our communities, and the principles that make America free.
Cancel culture silences debate. But accountability preserves it. A society that distinguishes between debating ideas and celebrating death still has a moral compass. It still has hope. It still has us.
I slept through high school civics class. I memorized the three branches of government, promptly forgot them, and never thought of that word again. Civics seemed abstract, disconnected from real life. And yet, it is critical to maintaining our republic.
Civics is not a class. It is a responsibility. A set of habits, disciplines, and values that make a country possible. Without it, no country survives.
Civics happens every time you speak freely, worship openly, question your government, serve on a jury, or cast a ballot. It’s not a theory or just another entry in a textbook. It’s action — the acts we perform every day to be a positive force in society.
Many of us recoil at “civic responsibility.” “I pay my taxes. I follow the law. I do my civic duty.” That’s not civics. That’s a scam, in my opinion.
The founders knew a republic could never run on autopilot. And yet, that’s exactly what we do now. We assume it will work, then complain when it doesn’t. Meanwhile, the people steering the country are driving it straight into a mountain — and they know it.
Our founders gave us tools: separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, elections. But they also warned us: It won’t work unless we are educated, engaged, and moral.
Are we educated, engaged, and moral? Most Americans cannot even define a republic, never mind “keep one,” as Benjamin Franklin urged us to do after the Constitutional Convention.
We fought and died for the republic. Gaining it was the easy part. Keeping it is hard. And keeping it is done through civics.
In our homes, civics means teaching our children the Constitution, our history, and that liberty is not license — it is the space to do what is right. In our communities, civics means volunteering, showing up, knowing your sheriff, attending school board meetings, and understanding the laws you live under. When necessary, it means challenging them.
How involved are you in your local community? Most people would admit: not really.
Civics is learned in practice. And it starts small. Be honest in your business dealings. Speak respectfully in disagreement. Vote in every election, not just the presidential ones. Model citizenship for your children. Liberty is passed down by teaching and example.
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We assume America will survive automatically, but every generation must learn to carry the weight of freedom.
Start with yourself. Study the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and state laws. Study, act, serve, question, and teach. Only then can we hope to save the republic. The next election will not fix us. The nation will rise or fall based on how each of us lives civics every day.
Civics isn’t a class. It’s the way we protect freedom, empower our communities, and pass down liberty to the next generation.
This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.
