We Are Not OK

This is The Ignition News for Saturday, April 11th, 2026. Today's episode opens with a meditation on Walt Whitman's charge to "resist much, obey little," then moves into four stories that show exactly what happens when a government stops serving its people. A Denver-born American citizen named Brian Morales was deported to Mexico on April 7th after CBP agents refused to verify his documents, coerced him into signing voluntary removal papers, and dropped him in a country he has not lived in since he was a toddler. The University of Michigan released its monthly consumer sentiment survey showing an all-time historic low, down 11% since March, with declines across every age group, every income level, and every political affiliation. Gas prices have surged 40% since the war with Iran began, now sitting at $4.17 nationally and over $5.50 in Las Vegas, the largest increase in 60 years. And Kevin Hassett, the president's top economic advisor, went on Fox Business and bragged about cutting 300,000 high-paying government jobs that are, in his own words, gone forever. The episode closes with a call to community-level resistance and the reminder that the small acts of courage you do every single day are exactly why this administration has not been as successful as they want to be. Stay lit.