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The impact of weak men on national stability

America’s greatest threat is not external crisis but the weakness of its men.

Christian Vezilj | March 6, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

The greatest threats to a nation are not always those in headlines. External dangers like nuclear war, economic collapse, and geopolitical conflict are real, but the more serious threat comes from within; the gradual decline of the men who uphold civilization. When men lose their courage, conviction, and purpose, a nation's decay begins. But even amid decline, hope persists. Across the country, young men are reviving faith, strength, and duty.

Weak men lack inner strength. They react with emotion, not conviction, with fear, not courage. They avoid conflict, peace at any cost, and seek approval over honor. Responsibility is avoided because it demands sacrifice. Confrontation is avoided because it demands courage. With timidity, disorder and decay follow. A weak man hopes danger passes, trades beliefs for approval, and folds instead of standing firm.

A strong man is the opposite. He feels fear, but he does not obey it. He has emotions, but they do not rule him. His life is anchored in a belief system—one he will protect, honor, and act upon even when it costs him. In other words, his actions stem from conviction. Strong men are sometimes called warriors, not because they seek violence, but because they refuse to run from the battles that matter. They confront challenges head-on. For example, they defend their families even at the risk of their own lives. Additionally, they stand for their country even when standing is dangerous. Ultimately, a strong man’s honor is not theoretical; it is lived. It is visible in the way he carries himself, the way he loves, the way he sacrifices.

History shows that when men lose their inner strength, civilizations fall. Families fracture, communities weaken, and institutions grow timid and corrupt. Without strong men, a nation cannot defend itself—morally, culturally, or physically. Therefore, the nation's endurance rests on the character and strength of its men; strong men form the foundation for strong families, communities, and the nation itself.

And this is where the hope emerges. Across America, particularly among young men, there is a quiet but powerful revival of faith. It is not loud or performative. It is not driven by politics or trends. It is happening in churches, in men’s groups, in late-night conversations, in small gatherings where young men open Scripture and rediscover who they were created to be. This revival is calling men back to God—and, in doing so, to strength.

This revival is shaping men who reject passivity in favor of purpose and choose discipline over comfort. They love their families, provide faithfully, and lead with humility. They stand for truth even when mocked. They know masculinity is not toxic—it is necessary.

The beauty of this movement is its generational nature. Strong men raise children who are grounded, confident, and secure, build lasting marriages, and create stable, loving homes. They strengthen their communities by living as called. As these men rise, the nation rises with them.

America’s greatest threat is not external crisis but the weakness of its men. Its greatest hope is the strength returning to them. War and economic collapse are survivable, but a nation cannot endure without men willing to stand, protect, and lead. This current revival is more than spiritual; it is a civilizational renewal, rebuilding the nation’s foundation one man at a time.

This revival will continue—if young men keep turning to God, courage, and honor—the country’s future is renewal, not decline. A nation’s strength starts in the heart of a man, and across America, those hearts are waking up again.

'The Save Act' will do just that - Save US! Call your Congressman and Senators and demand they pass this Bill!

 

Weak Men And Hard Times: The SAVE Act As A Tipping Point

Unless the President and Republican leaders become strong men on immigration and the SAVE Act, we are in for some very bad times.

Vince Coyner | March 5, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

Like most red-blooded American men, I think about sex and the Roman Empire numerous times every day. In recent years, I’ve added the above quote to that set.

As I think back, the different elements of it were probably floating around in some amorphous, uncoordinated morass in the back of my mind for years, never bothering to coalesce. No doubt the reason they didn’t is that for most of my life, America was enjoying the “Good times.”

Good doesn’t mean perfect, of course. For the first three quarters of my life, times were far from it. From Vietnam to issues of race to the rusting of the manufacturing belt to economic tumult to the crime wave of the 80s and 90s, much of that period felt like Americans were living on a roller coaster. But overall, life was forward-looking and optimistic.

Slowly but surely, things usually seemed to be moving in the right direction in the long run. Japanese imports may have turned the Big Four into the Big Three, but they helped improve quality and innovation in the industry. Computers came along and started making everything from writing term papers to shipping logistics easier and more efficient. Among other things, transportation deregulation, the collapse of Ma Bell, and the growth of franchising brought about an increase in economic standards and a spectrum of lifestyle offerings that no humans had ever imagined, never mind enjoyed.

But then we got Barack Obama. He had a goal of transforming America...and he succeeded.

This was the beginning of the time when Americans stopped being able to debate ideas openly. Once Obama emerged on the stage, everything became about race and victimization. On virtually every issue, if someone disagreed with the administration on anything, it was racist.

I’m not suggesting it was all Obama’s fault. While he is most certainly a race grifter, the reality is that the silencing of debate by calling someone a racist was also enabled by Nancy Pelosi and every other Democrat in America.

But sadly, it didn’t stop there. Beginning in 2008, the Democrats—always the party of professional victimization, including their offspring, the KKK—perfected a tool for suppressing debate: wall-to-wall victimization.

From that point forward, Republicans were racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes, antisemites, Islamophobes, and probably more, all at once. And suddenly, the spectrum of issues for which debate was verboten because Republicans were characterized as the living, breathing incarnations of Nazis, covered pretty much everything. From education to social net programs to airline safety to community policing, to the butchering of children, literally every single issue on the table was infected with the victimization cancer, where debating on the merits was no longer tolerated.

And that brings me back to the hard times. We are very much living in those hard times now. Not in the sense that Americans are destitute and the economy is a broken husk as it was during the Depression. The economy is actually doing fairly well, but make no mistake, we are careening into an abyss.

What do I mean by that? We have become a nation where logic and rationality no longer exist and where no one seems capable of or willing to do anything about it. Across the country, we have states that not only pretend boys can be girls and vice versa but are enabling schools and hospitals to butcher children without their parents’ consent and against their wishes.

We have federal judges deciding they can exercise executive authority with impunity.

We’ve seen the exposure of trillions of dollars of waste and fraud in federal programs, yet a GOP Congress keeps funding them.

We have criminals with rap sheets a mile long, but they’re relentlessly released to continue to terrorize communities.

We had an election that was stolen, a president who was targeted, and hundreds of citizens persecuted for J6. And not a single person has been held accountable.

Over the quarter-century following 9/11, we imported millions of Muslims who practice a religion that is diametrically opposed to our First Amendment, yet we’re told we must be tolerant.

Perhaps nowhere is all this dysfunction crystallized more than in the embarrassing spectacle of a Republican government unable (or unwilling) to pass the SAVE Act, something that 95% of their constituents support, as do 70% of their opponents. Ensuring honest elections—at 85% support—is possibly the most unified issue in American history, and yet the issue hits a brick wall because a handful of GOP Senators don’t like President Trump’s bombastic style, and Democrats don’t care about honesty.

America seems to have become impotent in addressing real, concrete problems in citizens’ lives. This is what happens when weak men refuse to do what’s right for fear of being called names.

Donald Trump is brash and full of bravado, but he’s in charge of the Justice Department, and this is happening on his watch. What’s more, just last week, the “Deportation” president let a communist come into his office and convince him to release an illegal alien who’d been arrested by ICE.

It may sound strange to call Trump weak, particularly when he flexes muscles internationally, but here at home, he has let himself be corralled on the issues that will define our future. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, John Thune talks a lot but lets himself be manhandled by a semi catatonic octogenarian in a wheelchair. And, if we’re being honest, the reality is, he’s simply too much of a coward and or a fool to act in America’s best interests...or more likely, he’s owned.

A rational, normal person looking at this can’t help but wonder if there is any hope... Can the system be fixed within the current framework? If not, what then?

I think we may just see this summer. The tipping point upon which all the above rests is election integrity. If the SAVE Act fails and patriotic Americans realize that the GOP has basically sold out the country to elite grifters who manipulate elections from the school board to the White House, I wonder if we may not see large-scale protests and more by strong men across the country who have decided enough is enough.

It would be a lot easier if Congress just passed the SAVE Act. It would be nice to get back to just thinking about sex and the Roman Empire like a normal American man for a change.

 

Our once great Republic continues to suffer horrific consequences of 'illegal immigration'. It is total insanity!

 

LA officials protest Trump administration rule — and inadvertently reveal how many illegal aliens use federal housing

Carlos Garcia March 04, 2026 theblaze.com

The Trump administration has prioritized ensuring all federal housing goes to US citizens.

Los Angeles officials joined protesters in a demonstration against new policies proposed by the Trump administration to ensure federal housing is used only by U.S. citizens.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an effort to root out illegal immigrants who have been using federally funded housing directly or indirectly though their citizen family members.

'Your neighbor in public housing is not your enemy. The family using Section 8 is not your enemy. Mixed-status families are not your enemy.'

On Tuesday, activists in Los Angeles spoke out against the policies at a press conference in front of L.A. City Hall.

"This administration is seeking a rule change that would put 1,700 local families with children on the street immediately," said Pastor Bridie Roberts with Unite Here Local 11.

L.A. City Council member Ysabel Jurado inadvertently indicated that there may be far more illegal immigrants using federal housing.

"Nearly one in five public housing households in our city is mixed status," said Jurado.

According to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, as of 2023, there were more than 6,200 units of public housing in Los Angeles. If one in five of those include families with illegal aliens, then that comes to over 1,200 units and perhaps 3,400 families or more.

Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez, who admitted that he had lived in a "mixed status" household, said as many as 6,800 people were at risk of being "ripped" out of their homes.

Some of the members of "mixed families" showed up at the protest and spoke out against the policy change.

"It's not just my family. It's thousands of families who are at risk," said Josefina Estrada in Spanish to KABC-TV.

L.A. City Council member Tim McOsker claimed the policy would decrease public safety, "put families out on the street," and increase poverty.

"Immigrants are not your enemy. Your neighbor in public housing is not your enemy. The family using Section 8 is not your enemy. Mixed-status families are not your enemy," said council member Eunisses Hernandez.

RELATED: 'Quite literally insane': DHS responds to LA activists scheme to warn illegal aliens about ICE

Hernandez also introduced a council resolution to oppose the HUD policy.

"No HUD, we are not going to allow you to break up families," she added. "Here in L.A., thousands of people could face eviction."

The illegal alien advocates asked for people to flood the HUD website with comments opposing the policy, but those who support the policy can also comment at this link.

Council member Jurado was mocked in February when she was photographed apparently napping during a council closed session. She said she may have dozed off while reading.

 

At least Wyoming is doing the right thing. You can travel Wyoming highways with confidence!

 

Inspection of truck drivers in one state nabbed more than 600 drivers who couldn’t speak English

By Kevin Killough justthenews.com 3-4-26

As the U.S. Department of Transportation cracks down on schools that crank out commercial driver's licenses and requires tests be conducted in English, states like Wyoming with long stretches of highways, are also enforcing laws to ensure big rig drivers can read and understand English.

High-profile fatal accidents on America’s highways involving semi-truck drivers with limited proficiency in English have led to a nationwide effort to crack down on the issuing of commercial driver's licenses (CDL) to such drivers. 

Statistics that the Wyoming Highway Patrol released last week show how widespread the problem is. Out of 16,676 inspections on commercial vehicles in 2025, 676 resulted in violations where drivers failed the interview because they weren’t proficient in the English language. 

This was the eighth most frequent violation Wyoming officials cited drivers for, and these are the numbers for just one state. Recently, the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office in southern Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily reported, had a three-day operation in which 82 commercial trucks were stopped, and 32 illegal immigrants were arrested. 

One American driver’s experience

Darryl Orr, a long-haul truck driver based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, told Just the News he sees this problem on the road all the time, and it creates dangerous conditions for all drivers. 

He said he was recently at a truck stop in Nebraska. A driver who didn’t speak English was trying to pay for gas using the company credit card. The card wasn’t working, and the cashier was telling the man that he needed to contact his company to work out the problem. Yet, he couldn’t understand what she was telling him. 

It was 11 o’clock at night, and the cashier wasn’t getting anywhere. In an effort to help her, Orr said he made gestures with his hand to say “broken” and “call.” He then pointed to the company phone number on the driver's paperwork. 

“He finally got the idea,” Orr said. 

While the interaction with the cashier wasn’t putting anyone in danger, if the driver couldn’t understand what the cashier was telling him, it’s unlikely he could read and understand road signs. Yet, he’s driving a truck on America’s highways. 

Driver shortage creates opportunities

Orr said that many immigrant drivers get their licenses in states like California that are very lax on English requirements. Industry estimates place the shortage of drivers at about 60,000 to 80,000 drivers. To fill that labor gap, companies have been relying on foreign-born drivers, with nearly one in six truck drivers in the U.S. being an immigrant. 

While there are a lot of good companies out there that make sure the drivers they hire are safe, capable of reading and understanding road signs, and have good records, many others rush to fill positions, Orr said. “Some of the lesser companies just hire a warm body,” Orr said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week it had begun targeting “CDL mills.” More than 550 training schools for CDLs were closed following 1,400 sting operations by 300 investigations in all states, according to The Center Square. 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that many of the shuttered schools had no qualified instructors, used fake addresses, and provided inadequate training for things like transporting hazardous materials. 

Last month, the USDOT announced that all commercial driver's license tests will be administered in English. 

Trucking industry akin to the "Wild, Wild West," Duffy says

“What we’re doing is implementing a rule that will say there’s one language in which you can take your test. It’s English only. You take the test in English. You can’t speak English, you can’t read English – you’re not going to do well on the test,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a press conference, The Center Square reported. “For too long, the trucking industry has operated like the Wild, Wild West, where anything goes and nobody asks any questions,” Duffy said.

Orr said the more reputable companies have their own schools and conduct a lot more scrutiny of prospective drivers. He attended one for a company he worked for. He was sitting next to a man from Lebanon. Orr said the man could speak English fairly well, but then he wasn’t able to fill out his application. 

Cultural and language barriers 

“If you can't read that, how can you do this course? Because it's a lot of reading and learning. And they went to give him the English test and the reading test, and he failed. And they had to let him go,” Orr said. 

He said there are also cultural differences that create problems, where the culture of law and order on our nation’s highway isn’t something into which all foreign drivers easily assimilate. A zero-tolerance standard for alcohol use is standard in the American trucking industry, for example, but some foreign drivers from other countries might not think much of taking a drink during a stop. 

“I've seen where they ignore the signs coming out of the Eisenhower Tunnel, and they're doing 80 miles an hour down the mountain, where the speed limit is 45 on the other side,” Orr said. 

More about safety than immigration

The tunnel Orr was referring to is on a dangerous stretch of I-70 that twists through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. In 2019, truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos hit speeds of 85 miles per hour while heading east toward Denver along the route after leaving the tunnel. 

Aguilera-Mederos, who was born in Cuba, lost control of his brakes, which resulted in a 28-vehicle pileup involving 24 passenger cars and four semi-trucks. Four people died in the accident. Video captured before the crash showed that Aguilera-Mederos passed a truck ramp for runaway vehicles before the crash. Throughout his trial and when he spoke to police, Aguilera-Mederos had to use a translator due to his limited ability to speak English. 

Orr said that he understands why some people might be sympathetic to immigrants who come here and try to earn an honest living. 

At high speeds, fatalities become the expected outcome, not the exception

“I get that they're doing a job. But would you trust a pilot flying your commercial plane with 200-plus passengers on board that didn't understand English or read the instruments?” he said. 

One well-regarded CDL school explains the dangers of big rig crashes on the highway. At 50 mph, the energy is almost three times greater than at 30 mph, and at that speed, in collisions with cars, the smaller vehicle is often crushed or pushed aside violently, leaving little chance for its occupants' safety. 

But at 70 mph, the forces are overwhelming. Fatalities become the expected outcome, not the exception. At this speed, a truck crash is often indistinguishable from a demolition event, with energy levels beyond what crumple zones or airbags can counteract.

An 80,000-pound truck cruising down the interstate at 80 miles per hour may not be carrying 200 passengers as would an aircraft. But it can do a lot of damage, and accidents — especially at higher speeds — are more often than not deadly.