Opinion: OUR COUNTRY IS IN STAGE 4 CANCER: THE PATIENT WILL DIE

Opinion by: Linda Kirby/WGON 11.5.25

No More Euphemisms!

 This is not about California. This is not about New York. This is not about Minnesota or Washington. This is about America. And America is in stage 4 ideological cancer. The metastasis is nearly complete. The symptoms are everywhere. And the silence is deadly. People are overwhelmed with the pain of the cancer that they don’t see they are dying.

 The Seduction of Free and the Rise of Stupidity

People hear “free” and vote like sheep. Free housing. Free college. Free healthcare. Free everything—except freedom itself. They’ll vote for Satan if he promises a stimulus check.

That’s how Mamdani won in New York. That’s how Trump won in 2016 and that’s how most politicians win elections. Say what people want to hear, and they’ll hand you the keys to the kingdom. No discernment. No backbone. Just dopamine and delusion.

Prop 50—A Scalpel in the Hands of Ideologues

California’s Prop 50 is not a policy—it’s a weapon. It carves out five congressional districts to favor Democrats, overriding the state’s independent redistricting commission. They call it “temporary.” That’s laughable. Cancer doesn’t announce its expiration date. It spreads until it’s stopped.

This isn’t about balance. It’s about control, staying or getting back into power. It’s about silencing opposition through cartography. And it’s happening while voters sleepwalk through slogans and soundbites. Why is this fearful? Because lately the democrat party has turned into Marxist zealots. Many in their party are either admittedly socialists, or Marxists or at the very least agree with that ideology. That’s a recipe for destruction of a nation as history has proven.

  Texas—The Counterpunch That Isn’t Enough

Texas redrew its map too, adding five Republican districts. But this isn’t a boxing match—it’s a knife fight. And while Texas fights to preserve leverage, California fights to dismantle it. The result? A nation bleeding from both sides, with no surgeon in sight.

  Tariffs and the Loss of Moral Leverage

Trump’s tariffs weren’t just economic—they were moral. They forced regimes to behave. They punished genocide. They protected American workers. Now the courts may dismantle them. If that happens, we lose our last tool of influence. We become a marketplace, not a moral compass, not the most powerful nation in the world, not a nation that is able to defend and protect. America began bleeding out when we signed away our manufacturing backbone—first through NAFTA, then through China’s entry into the WTO—trading tools for cheap imports and leaving entire towns hollowed out while foreign regimes grew rich off our labor. Because of Trump’s tariffs, manufacturing jobs began returning, especially in steel, electronics, and pharmaceuticals, as foreign goods became less competitive. Using these tariffs, Trump has been able to end long wars, make nations do the right thing with human rights, Christian persecution, trade equality. This wasn’t just economic policy—it was economic repentance. A turning back from decades of compromise. A signal to the world that America would no longer be a doormat for global profiteers. However, should the courts end this useful tool Trump has welded to “make America Great Again”, then his fear, as mine, is that we will collapse as a powerful nation and join the world as a weakling.

The Turning Point—When a Nation Turns on Israel

There’s a rising stench in this country, and it’s not just ideological drift—it’s antisemitism. Open, brazen, unapologetic. Hate for Israel is no longer whispered in fringe corners; it’s shouted in city halls, campuses, and congressional chambers.

And we dare ask why our nation is unraveling? We turned on Israel. We mocked her pain. We justified her enemies. We elected leaders who side with those who chant for her destruction. And now we wonder why our economy shakes, our courts falter, our discernment collapses?

This isn’t coincidence. It’s consequence.

God does not abandon lightly. But He does withdraw when a nation spits on His covenant. And America is spitting.

And maybe that’s why we’re not in Bible prophecy. Not because we’re destroyed—but because we’re irrelevant and because God is cursing us for allowing His land to be divided and His people to be hated. ( Gen. 12:3)

 Stage 4—The Diagnosis We Refuse to Accept

This isn’t early-stage symptoms. This is terminal. We are past the point of polite debate. We are watching the collapse of discernment, the rise of ideological rebranding, the rise in antisemitism, and the normalization of centralized control.

We are not debating policy—we are diagnosing pathology. And the patient is dying while the nurses argue about pronouns.

The Voice That Will Not Be Silenced

I am afraid of where we are going more than war! I’m not a prophet, but I am old and have seen a lot and learned a lot and I can see clearly where we are headed. We are like a run away train headed to disaster. No one is at the switch. We all want everything now without even caring about the cost. They don’t teach in schools how socialism murdered millions and destroyed nations. So, today’s youth hear only “free” and cast their vote to oblivion. What is the cure for this stage 4 cancer? Radiation treatments to show the world the horror of communisms of all ilk. Surgery, to vote out of office those who follow Marx. And, most importantly, a good serum to boost our immune system which is real education and Jesus.

“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.” —Ezekiel 33:6 (KJV)