By Ray Cardello for September 6, 2026, Season 33 / Post  8

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It was a dark night on April 18, 1775, and the path was lonely and dangerous as Paul Revere mounted his horse in the little town of Lexington outside Boston. He rode through the woods and small hamlets on small roads lit only by the moon to let the good people of Massachusetts, including the volunteer soldiers along the way, know that the British were descending on the country and, more significantly, Boston by sea. The British enforcement of the King’s wishes by the most powerful military force on the planet was underway, and only the ragtag group of Patriots stood in their path. If not for Paul Revere and his courageous act, the British would have conquered the people of Massachusetts in their sleep.

America is once again asleep, and there is not a powerful force gathering in the harbor. Today’s assault is coming from within by people we have invited into our country or from young people we have indoctrinated to believe it is their responsibility to overthrow the oppressive country that they have been forced to accept as their homeland. It is safe to say that if Paul Revere were riding down the Mass Pike today yelling, ‘One if by land, two if by sea,’ Americans would hit the snooze button, roll over, and go back to sleep.

We are sounding the alarm. We are not on horseback, but on keyboards and the airways. It is getting redundant, but we are warning of the four fronts we are being attacked on within our boundaries, and we will keep yelling until America wakes up and finally decides we must take action to save our Republic.

We have the Chinese infiltrating our colleges and universities. They are stealing our intellectual property and poisoning our children’s minds through TikTok and the media. They are building marijuana farms by the hundreds, destroying neighborhoods and a new generation of pot smokers unaware of the strength of the new crop and the unknown chemicals grown into the plants. They are buying up our agricultural land and our water filtration systems, and they are planting spies in our government and industry. They are manipulating algorithms on our social media, search engines, and AI apps to influence our buying and research. They remain our number one geopolitical foe.

The Somalis came to our country disguised as political refugees and have taken advantage of every opportunity to deceive and steal from us. They created a huge burden on housing, schools, hospitals, and found creative ways to steal from our safety net programs and corrupt our politicians. They have become part of the government from the local to federal level, and because of their hatred of America, they are doing all they can to tear us down.

The Islamic radicals, never to be confused or conflated with Muslims, are taking over our cities. Churches are being replaced by mosques, and mass public prayer on the streets is disrupting downtown traffic. They are creating new cities in low-populated areas that are open only to followers of Islam and Sharia law. Terrorist cells are operating within these communities, waiting for the call to attack America in its heart.

And the fourth enemy may be the most dangerous. The DSA has operated under the radar for decades, but they are now going mainstream. Like a parasite, they have attached themselves to the Democratic Party and are sucking the resources from its body. They use the connection to access the primaries and for funding while, at the same time, defeating incumbent Democrats. The Democrats are too foolish to see the impending doom and too feckless to do anything about it.

This is not the typical invasion of a country, but rather a patient, calculated assault from within that is taking advantage of the complacent American population. Conservatives are not complacent, and we will continue to speak up until people wake up.

Author’s Note: Graphics created by Grok AI. Grok’s comments about the images: Kept it on the light side: warm moonlight, a determined rider, sleeping houses—not a horror scene. The modern “keyboard and airways” idea is only a faint glow in the sky, so the picture still reads as Revere’s ride first. The warning is in the essay; the picture just asks people to look up from the snooze button.