Riley Gaines, Trump’s Shake-Up & America’s Weird Week | The Kirk Cameron

Truth, Courage, and the Battle for America’s Soul

Riley Gaines never wanted to be a culture warrior; she only wanted to swim. But the day the NCAA handed her trophy to a biological male—after tying her fair and square—something awakened inside her. She did the one thing few adults dared to do:

She told the truth.
Not with hatred. Not for politics. Just honesty.

And for that, she was attacked, mocked, and smeared. Not because her facts were wrong—but because truth threatens the fragile ideologies of those who reject reality.

But it backfired.
Millions rallied around her because Americans are done being bullied, done being gaslit, done pretending the emperor is wearing clothes. Riley didn’t build an empire—she built something better

When the world loses its mind, Scripture becomes the North Star that keeps us grounded. Romans 8 reminds us that nothing—not chaos, not political madness, not cultural pressure—can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. That truth is our anchor.

Trump didn’t just talk about dismantling it—he gutted it.
He moved its functions into other departments, leaving behind nothing but a hollow shell. Grants shifted to Labor. Native education to Interior. Child care to HHS. Language programs to State.

This wasn’t reform.
It was surgery.

Teachers unions panicked because their power was slipping away. But in reality, this wasn’t destruction—it was liberation. For decades, that agency promised better schooling while producing declining test scores, bloated bureaucracy, and political agendas.

Now the power shifts back toward parents, local communities, and states—where education actually belongs.