Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Most Dangerous Man in Texas

America was built upon traditional Judeo-Christian values. The radical left is going mainstream—and seeks to demolish those foundations and replace them entirely.

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Restoring the West by Ayaan
Aug 14, 2026
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The Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University has released numbers that should concern anyone interested in the future of American politics. Democratic State Representative James Talarico holds a two-point lead over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate race, 47% to 45%. Among Black voters, the contrast is even more striking¨ Talarico leads Paxton 79% to 12%.

That this is happening in Texas makes the findings especially alarming, as vast sums of out-of-state dark money are pouring in to bankroll Talarico. The poll suggests that even once-reliable conservative strongholds may no longer be immune to shifting electoral dynamics.

This trajectory comes amid a high-water mark for far-left radicalism nationwide, underscored by Abdul El-Sayed’s primary victory in Michigan. Built on an aggressive platform of government-monopolized healthcare and sweeping economic redistribution, El-Sayed’s ascent signals a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. Far from an isolated phenomenon, this ideological momentum has now reached Texas, where Talarico serves as the state’s chief advocate for the very same crusade.

The thirty-seven-year-old represents the rise of “progressive Christianity,” a theological taxidermy project in which biblical language is stitched onto a secular frame. The term itself is a fiction, antithetical to every foundational tenet of genuine faith.

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