There are Americans online in panic—angry, anxious, calling for help, calling for direction—after just one year of Trump-era intensity, as if the nightmare began yesterday. This talk is a hard reset: not comfort, not partisan therapy—perspective.
You are not watching a “broken system.” You’re watching the system operate normally. The violence America has exported for generations is simply becoming harder to ignore at home. ICE, deportations, and camps aren’t deviations—this is what America does; the difference is aesthetics, not substance.
And the real problem isn’t that you lack a charismatic savior. You don’t need a leader—you need a complete ideological reorientation. Until you abandon the comforting myths and rebuild your moral architecture, your resistance collapses the moment it becomes inconvenient.
In this talk, Shahid Bolsen covers:
Why “it’s worse now” is often denial, not analysis
Why conventional fixes (electoral, protest-as-ritual) don’t touch power
What you can do: refuse to be an instrument, build alternatives, prepare for what’s already unfolding
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Friday, January 16, 2026
Cahokia: The Forgotten Pyramid of Illinois
Trey Knowles
January 16, 2026
Many Americans are shocked to learn that their country is home to an ancient pyramid that stands as tall as 100 feet. Mysteriously, the fascinating history of Cahokia and its Monks Mound pyramid aren’t covered in most schools. Be that as it may, Cahokia was the largest pre-Colombian urban settlement north of the Rio Grande. And at its peak, it even had a bigger population than London at the time.
Cahokia started developing in the 10th century, and it became the most important settlement to the Mississippian culture from around the year 1050. Over the course of a couple centuries, Cahokia’s population would grow to as large as 40,000 people. And throughout their city, which took up an area of around 6 square miles (16 km2), the Cahokians built hundreds of mounds.
While the Cahokians left behind no written records, we know that the city was a thriving center of trade. It’s located just outside of modern-day St. Louis, while various materials found at the site come from as far as the Gulf Coast and the Great Lakes.
But for some reason, by around the year 1400, the city was mysteriously abandoned. There’s still a lot we don’t know about the ancient metropolis, but the city’s layout reveals a highly advanced knowledge of astronomy and geometry.
Today, despite its relative obscurity, getting to the Cahokia mounds is surprisingly easy. The site is a relatively short drive from St. Louis, while a tour around the mounds shouldn’t take more than half a day.
Who Were the Mississippians?
The Mississippian culture lasted from around 1000 – 1500 AD. And remnants of their cities can be found throughout nearly a dozen states across the eastern half of the US.
The culture is named as such because it mostly developed around the Mississippi River Valley. But no other settlements come close to the size or importance of Cahokia, located in present-day southwest Illinois.
There are various Mississippian cultures and subgroups, with the culture who built Cahokia being categorized as ‘Middle Mississippian.’ Nevertheless, Cahokia was a relatively diverse metropolis, where people from around North America gathered for work and trade.
The Mississippians relied heavily on agriculture, with their most important crop being corn. Like Mesoamerican cultures to the south, the Mississippians also placed a heavy emphasis on rain and rain-related deities.
Another thing the Mississippians liked to do was built mounds, though they were hardly innovators of the tradition. In fact, Native Americans had been building mounds for at least 1,000 years before the Mississippians came along. Yet in the past, areas comprising of numerous mounds were mostly used for rites and rituals, but weren’t habituated.
The Mississippians, in contrast, built entire cities around their mounds, with large pyramidal structures playing a vital role in their urban landscape.
Monks Mound
As mentioned above, Cahokia’s central and most prominent pyramid is known as Monks Mound. But, as we’ll go over below, that’s definitely not what the ancient Cahokians would’ve called it!
The largest earthwork in the Americas, Monks Mound covers an area of over 14 acres. And archaeologists estimate that it consists of over 22 million cubic feet of earth. Nobody knows for sure how it was built, but some suspect it was all done by hand, with locals carrying countless baskets of dirt from around the area.
Washington State Tumtum Mountain is A Pyramid
Trey Knowles
January 16, 2026
This mountain in Washington State has an eerie resemblance to the ancient pyramids of Egypt.
Tumtum Mountain is a small volcanic cone located in northern Clark County, Washington, at the edge of a flat region known as Chelatchie Prairie. Its remarkably symmetrical, cone-like shape makes it stand out from the surrounding landscape. The mountain rises to an elevation of 2,004 feet (611 meters), towering approximately 1,400 feet (430 meters above the prairie floor).
Formed by lava flows during the Pleistocene epoch, Tumtum Mountain is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. At an estimated age of about 70,000 years, it holds the distinction of being the youngest volcano in Washington’s Cascade Mountains and the westernmost in the range.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
You Will Know Them By Their Friuts
Trey Knowles
January 01, 2026
Drawing from Matthew 7:15–20, Jesus’ warning about false prophets, Knowles emphasizes that true faith is revealed not by words or appearances, but by actions and outcomes. Just as good trees bear good fruit and bad trees bear bad fruit, the values and behaviors of a nation—or its leaders—reveal their true nature.
Jesus clearly warned about deceptive enemies and their tactics, and the message reminds believers that discernment comes from examining the fruit. In the end, we will know them by their fruits.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Mahdi
Trey Knowles
December 27, 2025
In this message, Trey Knowles clarifies that he does not claim to be the Mahdi, but explains how he would operate if he were. He describes forming an Assembly of God that unites sincere Christians and Muslims who are committed to doing God’s will. This assembly would confront injustice and oppose evil through obedience to divine truth rather than violence or hatred. It would live by every word from God, reject Western systems of wealth, control, and taxation, and place complete trust in God instead of material power. The message concludes that those who align themselves with God’s will will ultimately overcome and prevail through righteousness, truth, and faith—not domination.
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