Ukraine’s New Deal & Christian Colleges Snub TPUSA? | 11.25.25

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Speaker 10 Like any final agreement, they'll have to be agreed upon by the presidents, and there are a couple issues that we need to continue to work on.

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Speaker 9 American and Ukrainian diplomats continue to meet in Europe this week as they negotiate the details of a peace plan with Russia.

Speaker 11 Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here with the latest at Cabot. So a lot of moving parts as the White House works to make a deal finally in Ukraine.
Where do things stand now?

Speaker 11 So just to recap, this week the White House presented both sides with a 28-point peace plan that, as we mentioned yesterday, does include significant concessions from Ukraine in exchange for peace.

Speaker 11 Initially, it appeared that plan was sort of a final offer. Trump went as far as giving a Thanksgiving deadline.

Speaker 11 And then there were even reports the Trump administration would cut off all military and financial aid if Ukraine turned it down.

Speaker 11 But now it appears that all-or-nothing language from the White House was nothing more than a sort of negotiating tactic from Trump, call it an anchoring technique.

Speaker 11 After strong pushback from Ukraine and the EU, the White House now says the plan is meant as a starting point.

Speaker 11 As Secretary of State Rubio put it, quote, just because it's printed on a piece of paper doesn't indicate finality. You get input and you make adjustments.

Speaker 11 And that strategy seems to have gotten things moving as Ukrainian diplomats have shown a new sense of urgency and willingness to make some compromises.

Speaker 11 Leaders from Ukraine and across Europe met over the last 48 hours in Geneva with American diplomats, including Rubio, and he came out of those talks with a smile.

Speaker 10 It is probably the most productive day we have had on this issue, maybe in the entirety of our engagement, but certainly in a very long time.

Speaker 11 For his part, the president displayed some cautious optimism, writing on Truth Social Monday, quote, is it really possible that big progress is being made in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine?

Speaker 11 Don't believe it until you see it, but something good just may be happening.

Speaker 11 And then hours after that post, a number of reports claimed that the US and Ukraine had in fact agreed to the outlines of a new 19-point peace plan instead of 28.

Speaker 11 This version includes more favorable terms for Zelensky. For example, it removes limits on the Ukrainian military in the future.

Speaker 11 The original version said their military personnel would be capped at 600,000. It also reportedly stripped out the language that offered blanket amnesty for acts committed during the war.

Speaker 11 That means Russian forces could still theoretically be charged with war crimes.

Speaker 11 But it is worth noting this new proposal still appears to be a draft and it does not address a number of the topics where Ukraine and Russia have the most disagreements.

Speaker 11 All right, so like you said, a lot of optimism here. What are the biggest hurdles at this point?

Speaker 11 Well, the main issue for Zelensky is that the current plan would require Ukraine to surrender large portions of land in the east that would then be recognized as Russian territory.

Speaker 11 That is a red line for Ukraine, and Zelensky pushed back publicly on that demand Monday, saying, quote, it is crucial to support the principles on which Europe stands, that borders cannot be changed by force.

Speaker 11 Zelensky also wants to see more concrete security guarantees from the U.S. that would put on paper assurances of European and U.S.
military support if Russia were to relaunch their invasion.

Speaker 13 Right.

Speaker 11 Now, switching gears for one final foreign policy note before we go, this one involving the Muslim Brotherhood. What's the latest there?

Speaker 11 Yeah, we reported last week how the state of Texas designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization and transnational criminal organization.

Speaker 11 And now Donald Trump is following suit after months of hinting that he would do so. He told Just the News this week that, quote, final plans are being drawn.

Speaker 11 Remember, a terror designation from the federal government would make it illegal for Americans to offer material support to the group.

Speaker 11 It could also lead to the freezing of the group's assets and open the door for potential military action against them.

Speaker 11 The group has also grown in prominence in the West in recent years, which obviously is concerning for the Trump administration.

Speaker 11 Well, a move that falls in line with the administration's national security priorities for sure, Kevin. Thanks so much for reporting.

Speaker 3 Absolutely.

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Speaker 9 TPUSA chapters are exploding across the higher ed landscape in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination with 44,000 new applications on college campuses.

Speaker 9 But a surprising number of Christian colleges and universities universities have rejected the organization, telling students they aren't allowed to start new clubs.

Speaker 11 Joining us to explain what's going on is Daily Wire Culture reporter Megan Basham. Hey, Megan.

Speaker 11 So I think most people would consider TPUSA, which is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, heavily staffed by Christians, a sort of natural fit for Christian colleges. Which schools are rejecting them?

Speaker 1 Yeah, John, you know, it's actually a surprisingly long list.

Speaker 1 So I started looking into this story after the news broke that Point Loma Nazarene in California had rejected students' requests for a TPUSA chapter for the third time.

Speaker 1 And then I also spoke to students at Biola, which is one of the largest evangelical universities in the country. And they told me their first request for a chapter was denied in 2023.

Speaker 1 So in September after Charlie's assassination, they tried again and they said they still aren't getting an answer.

Speaker 1 And then another Christian school, Concordia University in Wisconsin, initially rejected TPUSA, but then a student posted about it. It went viral, and they ultimately reversed course.

Speaker 1 All told, about 20 different Christian colleges and universities have said that TPUSA is not welcome on their campuses, and that includes some pretty big, well-known schools like Bob Jones University, Asbury, Oral Roberts, and Loyola, New Orleans.

Speaker 11 What reason are they giving for rejecting the clubs?

Speaker 1 Yeah, that varies by school. And the students and alum who want to see new TPUSA chapters at their schools don't always buy these these reasons that they're being given.

Speaker 1 So Point Loma said its board of directors rejected TPUSA largely because of this professor watch list that exposes and documents professors who discriminate against conservative students.

Speaker 1 Now, even though Point Loma students agreed not to use or contribute to that list, the board still felt TPUSA doesn't represent the kind of quote-unquote constructive communication that they require from their official clubs.

Speaker 1 However, the school has approved left-leaning clubs like one called Break that focuses on issues like gender equality and gender justice. Sounds like a little bit of a feminist club.

Speaker 1 And the Center for Justice and Reconciliation, which focuses on immigration and racial justice.

Speaker 1 Also probably noteworthy that the administration removed a Charlie Kirk memorial that had been put up on campus. after his death.

Speaker 1 Now, Lydia Harvey is a Point Loma alum who met with the school's president about TPUSA.

Speaker 1 She actually believes that its rejection is really just overall part of the leftward drift the school is experiencing.

Speaker 15 I think those are just nicely worded statements to cover the real reason. I think that they do not want for conservative students to find their voice.

Speaker 1 And then similar situation at Biola.

Speaker 1 Biola approved the left-leaning club Students for Justice and Liberation, which says on its website that it stands for progressive values the same semester that they applied, yet the verdict on TPUSA is still being drug out.

Speaker 1 Now, in its first rejection, that decision once again went all the way to the board of directors, and they said at that time that they take issue with TPUSA's quote-unquote narrative and tactics.

Speaker 1 Biola senior, Estella Becerra, who knew Charlie Kirk and has been spearheading this effort, told me she's worried that Biola is now just buying time before the board rejects her application again.

Speaker 16 The fact that he died through political violence was really heartbreaking, and it was heartbreaking for my generation.

Speaker 16 And for Biola not to see that and be so disconnected from the student body, it's really frustrating.

Speaker 1 Biola's administration, however, told me that they are following the standard approval process and timeline.

Speaker 11 It sounds like students, parents, others writing the checks for these schools are often more conservative than the faculty in administrations. Is that fair to say?

Speaker 1 Yeah, I would say that it is, because as I'm talking to these parents, students about TPUSA, they're pointing out a lot of other issues that they're starting to notice because of this.

Speaker 1 Things like faculty members who, in spite of statements of faith that should actually bar this, they're openly LGBTQ affirming.

Speaker 1 Parents are also pointing out that these same campuses that wouldn't allow a Charlie Kirk memorial will allow BLM protests.

Speaker 1 So these kind of showdowns over TPUSA, I think, are revealing to a lot of people just how far apart they are.

Speaker 11 Certainly got our attention here. Megan, thanks so much for reporting.

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Speaker 11 The administration says the changes will encourage more self-sufficiency and reduce drug abuse, while opponents say it could lead to almost 200,000 people being kicked out of their homes.

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Speaker 13 Yeah, no problem. Always a pleasure.

Speaker 9 So all of this revolves around federal funding for homelessness. But first, how does the federal government actually distribute money for this issue?

Speaker 13 So every year, the feds announce how nonprofits and other groups can apply for what are known as continuum of care grants or COC grants.

Speaker 13 These grants total about $3.5 billion a year, and they mainly go to nonprofits that provide housing.

Speaker 13 And I should just say that homeless nonprofits read this yearly announcement like it's the Talmud or the Bible or something, because it says what they have to do to compete for the federal money, what sort of programs they can fund, and what sort of things are forbidden.

Speaker 9 Got it. Now, the administration's announcement this year said that the federal government would no longer support what it calls the failed housing first ideology.

Speaker 9 Can you first explain a little bit about what housing first means?

Speaker 13 The housing first idea is the only way to, quote-unquote, solve homelessness is to give the homeless subsidized and permanent housing without any conditions before entering the housing or strings attached afterwards.

Speaker 13 The basic idea is that you provide both housing and services, but it's it's all voluntary.

Speaker 13 And for a little over a decade, including I might add, through the first Trump administration, these annual funding announcements said the federal money would be given almost exclusively to groups that practiced housing first.

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Speaker 13 Well, the biggest change is there's no more Housing First mandate. Instead, the administration says nonprofits must provide treatment.
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Speaker 13 So the Housing First program was supposed to provide treatment, but it said people just kind of had to come to it on their own.

Speaker 13 The problem was it's often impossible for people in the midst of, say, a heroin addiction or a schizophrenic episode to really pursue treatment.

Speaker 13 So this new policy will mandate some treatment services for those in housing units and require more housing to be transitional, meaning a limited time until people can get back on their feet.

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Speaker 13 That concern is a little overblown, to say the least.

Speaker 13 The whole idea of the COC grant is it's supposed to be a competition where the best programs and nonprofits won more funding and the ones that didn't work lost it.

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Speaker 13 This new announcement brought that down to less than a third of funding. meaning more nonprofits will have to show they work and compete for that money.

Speaker 13 Advocates say that without that guaranteed renewal, all of those previous housing programs that were going to get the money will lose it and tens of thousands of people could be thrown in the streets.

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Speaker 13 So there might be some changes, but about the same amount of total housing for the homeless will be available.

Speaker 9 Now, the other complaint from advocates is that the program is only for the homeless and disabled. So it doesn't make sense to focus on things like treatment leading to work or self-sufficiency.

Speaker 9 Is that a valid point?

Speaker 13 It's true that the usual permanent supportive housing program in the continuum of care is for what the law terms the disabled.

Speaker 13 But it's very important to note that the definition of disability in the law includes addiction to drugs or alcohol.

Speaker 13 So to many people, including myself, people struggling with addiction are certainly capable of undergoing treatment. and ideally at some point returning to work.

Speaker 13 And that's what the announcement is trying to encourage.

Speaker 9 Well, clearly, the Trump administration agrees with you. Judge, thanks so much for coming on the show.

Speaker 13 It's always a pleasure.

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