"I shall never forget that beach...one dead soldier in particular who caught my eye. I wonder about him. What were his plans never to be fulfilled, what fate brought him to that spot at that moment? Who was waiting for him at home?"
— Corporal William Preston
D-Day
Jericho: “You're the best friend ever Kevin!”
Ambrose: Breaks Character
Jericho: “AJ Styles you stupid idiot!”
Ambrose: Breaks Character
Jericho: “your stupid soccer mom haircut!”
Ambrose & Reigns: Burst out laughing! 😂
Chris Jericho's "LIST" gimmick was so PEAK. 🔥😭
As we gather with friends and family today, let’s make sure we remember the reason for the season.
“‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’ (which means, God with us).” Matthew 1:23
This is one of the most incredible posts I’ve ever read. Take the time to read it. You will be better for it.
God be with @BenSasse and his circle of loved ones.
So it DID happen. The 2020 election WAS stolen. and the “conspiracy theorists” were RIGHT. It was a conspiracy - to steal an election. That’s called treason & sedition. https://t.co/KoTxDxKjDi
Appreciate the wait Stephen...
There isn’t one cause. America’s division is the result of several forces hitting at the same time, each pouring gasoline on the others. Here are the big ones:
1. Social media rewired the country
Platforms didn’t just connect people — they radicalized them.
Algorithms reward outrage, conflict, and extremism because that content keeps people glued to the screen.
So the loudest, angriest voices get the most visibility, while moderate voices disappear completely.
Result:
People now live in different information worlds. Not different opinions — different realities.
2. Political parties realized division is profitable
Both parties figured out that fear and anger raise more money, get more clicks, and turn out more voters than unity ever will.
So political messaging shifted from:
“Here’s what we stand for,”
to
“Your neighbor wants to destroy the country — donate now.”
When politics becomes a war instead of a debate, your fellow citizen starts looking like the enemy.
3. Collapse of trust in every major institution
Government, media, public health, corporations, banks, higher education — trust in all of them cratered over the last 20 years.
Why?
Scandals, corruption, hypocrisy, manipulation, and blatant incompetence — across the board.
When no one trusts the referee, the game becomes a brawl.
4. The media abandoned neutrality for tribal loyalty
Outlets don’t even pretend to be neutral anymore.
They’re audience-targeting businesses.
So news isn’t designed to inform you — it’s designed to affirm your worldview and keep you locked in.
This creates two Americas:
•One that believes one storyline
•One that believes the total opposite
And each thinks the other is insane.
5. Economic stress made people angrier and more reactive
Stagnant wages, insane housing prices, medical debt, cost-of-living spikes, corporate consolidation, and the destruction of the middle class created a pressure cooker.
People under financial strain are more irritable, less patient, and more prone to blaming “the other side.”
6. Cultural shifts happened faster than people could process
Everything — gender norms, family structures, technology, entertainment, values — changed at warp speed.
Some people embraced it.
Some people panicked.
Some people felt erased.
Some felt liberated.
Rapid cultural change always produces backlash. Always.
7. Foreign adversaries exploited every crack
Russia, China, Iran, and others pumped disinformation into American social platforms to widen racial, political, religious, and economic divides.
They don’t need to defeat the U.S. militarily if the U.S. tears itself apart internally.
8. People stopped talking to each other in real life
COVID isolation, remote work, online communities, political bubbles — all of it reduced face-to-face humanizing interaction.
It’s easy to hate a caricature online.
It’s harder when someone is sitting across from you.
9. Loss of a unifying narrative
From WWII to the Cold War to the space race, America used to have shared goals and shared enemies.
Now?
No common project. No shared mission.
Just a lot of grievance and competing identities.
When a nation stops having a “we,” everything becomes “us vs. them.”
Bottom line
America’s division isn’t random and it’s not accidental.
It’s the predictable result of:
technology + political incentives + financial pressure + collapsing institutions + cultural upheaval + foreign interference.
You fix the division by addressing those root causes — not by attacking each other.