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A report from BlazeTV's Sara Gonzales exposing a Muslims-only event at a water park in Texas has led to a threat from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

The event was to celebrate a religious event called Eid and was scheduled for June 1 in Grand Prairie. Gonzales posted an ad from the event clearly marking it as excluding non-Muslims.

'That's religious discrimination. It's unconstitutional.'

The event included halal food and a private prayer area, despite the Epic Waters indoor park being city-owned.

On Wednesday, the governor issued a threat to pull the city's public safety grants unless the park shut down the event.

"A city-owned water park in Grand Prairie openly advertised a 'MUSLIMS ONLY' event — closed to the general public. That's religious discrimination," Abbott said in a statement on social media.

"It's unconstitutional. I signed HB 4211 into law — banning Muslim only no-go zones in Texas," he added. "The City must cancel the event and commit to never allowing something like it again by May 11th, or lose $530,000 in state grants."

He pointed out that one of the red flags involved the planners asking women to wear "burkinis" rather than bikinis.

"Let this be a lesson to local officials: Facilities funded by ALL taxpayers are not just for a subset of Texans," Abbott added.

Epic Waters later said the event was canceled after the backlash.

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The Dallas Morning News reported that the event's organizer, Aminah Knight, said she did not intend to exclude anyone when the event was labeled "Muslims only." She said the flyer has been changed to include everyone.

"As Muslims, we have a modest dress code. Going to a water park can be a challenge," Knight said, noting that this was the third year of the event. "This is a way to have fun and make sure our children and community feel seen."

A spokesperson for the city did not respond to a request for comment from the Morning News.

The event was expected to draw about 600 attendees.

Editor's note: After publication, Blaze News learned that the City of Grand Prairie has canceled the event. The article has been updated to reflect that information.

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In the several months since Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s death, his widow, Erika Kirk, has faced consistent and intense online harassment, mockery of her public grief, egregious accusations, and threats from both sides of the political aisle.

Allie Beth Stuckey, BlazeTV host of “Relatable,” has been deeply disturbed by all the vitriol unleashed against Erika — especially when it comes from the "Christian" right.

No matter what Erika does, says Allie — smile, cry, stay home, or go out into public — there awaits a host of people ready to mock and accuse her.

The latest example of this occurred following the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which was cut short due to a would-be assassin rushing a security checkpoint and firing multiple shots in an attempt to kill President Trump and other administration officials. A video of Erika crying and expressing a desire to go home after the incident went viral on social media, with many accusing her of faking tears and performing.

Many of those accusers, Allie points out, identify as conservative Christians.

“You are just playing this very dangerous game with your soul; you're gambling here,” says warns. “Like this is such a dangerous thing for you to have to bring before the Lord one day — that you found it to be an entertaining sport to mock someone's widow.”

It’s OK to “criticize a public figure” and express hesitation about “the official law enforcement story,” Allie concedes, as long as you do these things “without relentlessly and mercilessly mocking.” Those unable to refrain from mockery and hatred are suffering from “a soul sickness,” she argues.

“If you do feel good about [mocking Erika] and you're like, ‘Well, I don't really feel any conviction. I think that this is fine,’ that's not an indication that what you're doing is OK,” she declares. “That's an indication that you are callous; that you worship the god of self; you worship the god of money; you worship the god of entertainment; you worship the god of sensationalism — not the God of scripture.”

“If you keep feeling good about and finding joy in the mockery of a widow, that is an indication of the absence of the Holy Spirit in your life. It just is,” she continues, “and that's not Allie Stuckey’s judgment, OK? That is the nature of the Holy Spirit because he is the convictor.”

Many of the most horrific injustices in the history of the world, she reminds, happened because callousness to the suffering of others became normalized.

“It takes one person being willing to go out there and consistently dehumanize and consistently deride, and then it takes a few people being entertained by it, and then more people being entertained by it, and then it becomes less of a person that you're talking about, and it just becomes this abstract thing,” says Allie. “These people talking about Erika, I don't even think they see her as a person.”

“When someone's humanity in your mind goes away, you can justify anything,” she warns.

And when we become numb to widows' suffering specifically — that’s even more dangerous territory, at least spiritually, Allie argues.

Citing Isaiah 1:17, Psalm 68:5, and Exodus 22:22-24, she says, “It seems like [widows are] something that's super important to God.”

For the people who may not be mocking or deriding Erika but are constantly criticizing her role as TPUSA’s CEO, claiming she should be at home with her kids instead, Allie has a blunt message: “I promise you that Erika loves her kids more than you do. ... I promise you that she thinks about their well-being and thinks about what is best for them more than you do.”

If anyone is concerned about Erika or her children, the best thing they can do is to pray, she says.

When it comes to Erika Kirk or any public figure, Allie stresses that she’s “not even asking for us to all agree” because “we can all have opinions.”

“I'm asking for some humanity here, right?” she says, “And I've just been super disappointed in some people who used to be in my audience who have just become so merciless when it comes to this woman.”

“This is like a huge indication of just very dark spiritual sickness, and it grieves me. I’m really praying about it.”

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Rubio led a White House briefing with pointed remarks on Iran before traveling to Italy for meetings with Pope Leo and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

With Brent crude futures surging past $115 a barrel, President Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest Strait of Hormuz proposal is a test of whether Washington elites understand what ordinary Americans actually want: energy stability, not another forever war in the Gulf.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, through Pakistani mediators in the ongoing Islamabad process, recently floated a phased 14-point plan: reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade, with nuclear talks deferred to a later stage.

Trump dismissed the offer as not acceptable, yet the real story is not Tehran’s maneuvering, but the widening gap between Beltway hawks who see confrontation as inevitable and voters who see confrontation as unaffordable.

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As the administration officially activates Project Freedom — a mission utilizing U.S. naval assets to guide trapped commercial vessels — Washington is attempting a middle-path maneuver.

This operation is a band-aid on a bullet wound. Reports of U.S. helicopters destroying Iranian small boats and retaliatory missile fire toward UAE ports underscore the volatility. The public is not clamoring for a demonstration of strength; people are clamoring for relief at the pump.

Polling backs this up. The March 2026 Pew survey shows that foreign policy hawkishness is declining, with only 28% of Americans labeling China an “enemy” and similar fatigue evident in attitudes toward Middle Eastern entanglements.

Trump’s rejection of Iran’s deal, though well intentioned, misreads the electorate. Americans are not demanding another Gulf showdown that could shatter the current truce. They are demanding a pragmatic path to lower energy costs and a reprieve from endless deployments.

Iran’s offer was piecemeal, but it reflected a truth Washington ignores: Maritime choke points like the Strait of Hormuz are arteries of global commerce. Blocking them — or relying on risky naval escorts — is a gamble with the global economy.

Traders and shippers see the blockade as a distortion that ripples through supply chains. The attempt to isolate Iran has produced logistical chaos that even Project Freedom will struggle to untangle.

Americans feel this chaos in their wallets. Every increase translates to higher gasoline prices, higher shipping costs, and inflationary pressure. Younger voters, already skeptical of “forever wars,” view the Iran standoff as another distraction from domestic priorities.

The youth vote is not demanding ideological purity; it is demanding pragmatic management of global risks. By rejecting Iran’s offer outright, Trump risks alienating the very demographic that could give him cover for a diplomatic breakthrough.

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The Islamabad process — where U.S. and Iranian delegations are quietly exploring trilateral peace — reflects a regional appetite for pragmatic de-escalation. The same mood exists in the American electorate. Voters are tired of containment strategies that yield no domestic dividend.

The coming few weeks will be decisive. If the blockade continues, price spikes will drag inflation into the midterm season. If Trump pivots toward a phased maritime deal, he could claim a win that stabilizes the markets.

Washington elites may sneer at piecemeal diplomacy, but such diplomacy is often how to achieve real stability. The electorate understands this better than the pundits.

The American people are no longer the obstacle to pragmatic engagement; they are the engine of it. Rejecting Iran’s offer may satisfy Beltway hawks, but it risks alienating voters.

The smarter path is managed friction — accepting partial deals that stabilize markets while deferring ideological battles. The world does not need another forever war in the Gulf. It needs a recognition that energy stability is the foundation of strategic strength.

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