Today, you are going to learn something—and you are going to enjoy learning it. Today, we are going to study history as only an American can. Are you ready?

In 1630, a Puritan lawyer named John Winthrop coined the term “city on a hill” when he addressed the Massachusetts Bay Colony as its governor. He used it to describe the American experiment: a moral people, living and succeeding in a free society.

Winthrop warned that the eyes of the world would be upon them. If they failed in this New World experiment, the consequences would ripple across the globe.

Over the centuries, America has become that beacon of hope in ways Winthrop could never have imagined. But that light, that example of a city on a hill, is under threat—from leaders and political parties who believe there’s such a thing as too much freedom.

John Winthrop dreamed of a world where citizens were free to speak their minds without fear of government retribution. And yet, despite the First Amendment enshrining that right, threats to free speech are alive and well—not just worldwide, but right here at home.

Let’s take Germany and England as examples. These are supposed to be “free countries.” But free speech? That most basic human right? Gone out the window. Just listen to these German prosecutors, unashamedly describing the situation in their home country on 60 Minutes.

It’s a crime to insult someone—in a world where every other person on the internet is just waiting to be insulted. It’s a wonder the entire country isn’t already sitting in a jail cell.

And this isn’t just a vague policy with no teeth. German authorities are enforcing these laws, raiding private citizens’ homes for posting memes they don’t like. Watch.

I’d rather keep my free speech than see some anonymous internet troll thrown in jail.

This is how freedom dies, folks. Governments grow stronger while the people grow weaker, with fewer rights.

Germany holds an election for Chancellor in less than a week, and the conservative candidate has a real shot at winning—most likely due to insane policies like these. But the biggest threat to any free nation is not an election; it’s authoritarianism and the big-government overreach that suffocates its people. And yet, CBS’ Margaret Brennan spent her weekend rewriting German history, claiming that free speech is the real threat—that it can be “weaponized” to conduct genocide. According to her, free speech is what led to the Nazis’ rise to power. Yep, free speech is the villain. Here she is, listen.

Thank God for a Secretary of State who won’t let CBS twist history to demonize free speech. Secretary Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance aren’t playing along.

Vance, in fact, made headlines over the weekend with his speech at the Munich Security Conference. European leaders expected another American promising billions for their pet projects. News flash: He didn’t.

Instead of the usual warmongering monologue, Vance called out the real threats to security: governments that betray their own citizens. He exposed the true enemy of the everyday man and woman: a government that wants to control what you think and what you say.

Let’s look at some key moments from the speech that still has liberals in a meltdown. Listen.

That, my friends, is courage in the face of tyranny. JD Vance knocked the socks off everyone in that room.

These people sit in their ivory towers, doing their best to silence anyone who dares to voice an opinion that doesn’t fit the progressive playbook. And Vance called them out by name—Britain included.

Take Adam Smith-Connor. He was just found guilty of breaching Britain’s Public Spaces Protection Order. His crime? Standing 50 meters away from an abortion clinic and silently praying in his own head. That’s it.

When police asked what he was doing, he said he was praying for his unborn son, whom he and his wife had made the mistake of aborting three years ago.

Now, he’s been ordered to pay the equivalent of over $11,000 in fines.

This is tyranny.

But JD Vance is making America that shining city on a hill once again by calling it out.

He also exposed the globalist push for mass migration—a policy that is deeply unpopular among everyday citizens who are paying the price.

Take the 39-plus people, including children, injured in Munich last weekend by a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who intentionally ran them over with his car while screaming “Allahu Akbar.”

That attacker was able to carry out his plan thanks to Europe’s open-border policies. And the Trump administration is the first to call these leaders out. Here’s JD Vance.

Americans have endured four years of unchecked illegal migration, leading to chaos from groups like Tren de Aragua overtaking apartment complexes and waging war in places like Denver. But thankfully, our border is becoming more secure by the day. Illegal migrants are learning that President Trump prioritizes legal citizens.

European citizens deserve the same security. Instead, they have leaders like this—here’s the chairman of the Munich Security Council reacting to Vance’s speech.

What “principle” is more important than free speech? If Europe is so concerned about protecting democracy, its leaders should listen to their own citizens—not penalize or jail them for having opinions that don’t fit the globalist narrative. Here’s Vance again, hammering the point home.

“Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters.”

Man, it feels good to be proud of our leaders again.

This is how America reclaims its place as the shining city on a hill: by standing strong for the things that matter, like free speech, rather than sending billions overseas for forever wars.

And finally, one last moment from Vance that had the elites squirming. Listen.

“There’s a new sheriff in town.”

Damn right.

These globalists wanted Vance to promise more handouts, but he made it clear: if these countries want camaraderie with the United States, they need to protect their own democracies first.

The First Amendment is the envy of the world—and thank God we are here to defend it