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From the lessons of 9/11 to the limits of Western tolerance, the meaning of assimilation and the threat from Iran, a question many Americans hesitate to ask out loud is back on the table: Is Islam a peaceful religion?  On this episode of "Politically Unstable," host Kelly Sadler and columnist Jed Babbin take it on.

Why is Islam the only faith with its own Girl Scout badge program for sharing the religion with friends? Girl Scout troops sponsored by mosques are reportedly offering badges tied to Islamic faith-sharing — including one for sharing Ramadan with a friend — with no equivalent badges for Christianity or Judaism.    On this episode of Politically Unstable, host Kelly Sadler talks with Maggie McKneely of Concerned Women for America about how the badges spread nationwide, what happened at a Sacramento troop event, and why critics say it's a departure from the Girl Scouts' founding mission.

Could a return to Biden-era climate policies in 2028 reverse the trade-job boom in America's energy sector?  On this episode of Politically Unstable, host Kelly Sadler is joined by Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, to talk about the booming trade-job market in energy — and why Isaac warns that a Democratic White House win could put those gains, and the jobs they've created, at risk.

Enrollment is down nearly 40% at some universities, and even Ivy League acceptances aren't enough to convince students the debt is worth it. On Politically Unstable, Kelly Sadler sits down with Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Zachary Marschall to break down why the college bubble may finally be bursting.

Alaska's Senate race has turned into one of the strangest stories of the midterms: a second candidate named Dan Sullivan has qualified for the ranked-choice general election, drawing comparisons to the Republican incumbent with the same name, raising questions about who recruited him and why.  On Politically Unstable, Kelly Sadler asks Honest Elections Project's Jason Snead the question Alaska voters can't shake: Is "Decoy Dan" Sullivan really a Democratic plant designed to split the Republican vote?

Marc Morano from ClimateDepot.com joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to explain the rule, the backlash from tire makers, and why this fight could spread far beyond California.

Screenwriter, director and former NCAA Division II basketball player Princella Smith joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to unpack the transgender firestorm engulfing the WNBA.

Safety versus mass surveillance. 7,000 police agencies. 120,000 cameras. 20 billion license plates scanned every month — no warrant needed.  Judge Andrew Napolitano joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to ask whether Flock cameras have quietly rewritten the Fourth Amendment.

From Chinese-controlled solar inverters to a covert influence campaign, data centers are the next battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry. Michael Lucci, founder, CEO and Chairman of State Armor, joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to talk about China's alleged influence campaign against U.S. data centers, the real environmental record and why winning the AI race matters.

In the race for mayor of Washington, Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George emerged as the Democratic Party's primary nominee, part of a growing trend of establishment Democrats losing ground to DSA-backed candidates with momentum and enthusiasm on their side.  Defeated candidate Gary Goodweather calls it a warning sign for cities everywhere, and joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to share his own policy solutions on crime, housing, and energy that he says got drowned out by ideology.

Houston Independent School District has cut its number of D and F rated campuses from 121 to 17 in just two years. Superintendent Mike Miles joins Kelly Sadler to explain the New Education System behind the turnaround, including raised expectations, pay for performance, and a renewed focus on grade-level instruction.

Michael Burkentine, partner with the America First Policy Institute's "Make Housing Great Again" initiative, joins Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to unpack the affordable housing crisis the U.S. is facing and what can be done to help solve it and save the American dream.

From Taiwan to the Strait of Hormuz to underground churches, the stakes in America's confrontation with China have never been higher.  Ambassador Sam Brownback joins Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to assess Trump's Beijing summit and make the case for religious freedom as a strategic weapon in the new Cold War.

Anna Giaritelli, reporter and author of "Under Assault: A Crime Reporter's True Story Overcoming Of Sexual Trauma and Exposing Injustice," joins Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler to share her own experience as a sexual assault victim whose crime was excluded from official D.C. police statistics and what she's doing to fight back.

Labubu dolls are everywhere — on backpacks, in airports, in metro stations across Washington. But 16 out of 20 of those dolls are made with cotton harvested by Uyghur forced labor.  Rushan Abbas, executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs, joins Kelly Sadler to expose the forced labor behind Pop Mart's Labubu dolls, detail the horrors inside China's concentration camps, and make a personal plea to President Trump.