PERSEVERANCE: The Real Test of Our Time

Why “I Don’t Have a Good Feeling About the Future” Is the Most Dangerous Lie You Can Believe

PERSEVERANCE: The Real Test of Our Time

Why “I Don’t Have a Good Feeling About the Future” Is the Most Dangerous Lie You Can Believe

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #453: Sunday, July 27th, 2025 10:35 pm EST

One last thought for the day.

Let me tell you something that most people won’t:

The future doesn’t give a damn how you feel about it.
It doesn’t rise or fall based on your “vibe.”
It’s not a psychic event. It’s a discipline.

And right now…the most dangerous lie infecting decent…thinking people in this country is this:

“I don’t have a good feeling about the future…”

Bullshit. That’s not a feeling. That’s surrender wearing a hoodie.

This is what they want.

They want you to be so tired…so overwhelmed…so emotionally numb that you don’t show up anymore. That you stop sharing. Stop voting. Stop reading. Stop believing. Because the second you do that…they win by default.

And I don’t mean the algorithm. I mean the actual authoritarians lining up to take permanent power.

They’re counting on your exhaustion.
So your #1 job now?

Destroy the defeatist instinct before it ever settles in your bloodstream.

You don’t need a “good feeling” about the future.
You need fireproof resolve.

Every great leap in history was made by people who had every reason to believe the odds were against them…but they showed up anyway.

They had no good reason to be hopeful.

So they made themselves useful.

That’s the posture now.

You don’t wait for hope.
You build the kind of momentum that creates it.

And you do it the hard way:

• One truth-telling post at a time.

• One awkward…necessary conversation at a time.

• One defiant share…one new voter registered…or one more person committing to a mission that matters.

Because while the rest of the country is spiraling into cynicism and passivity…we are building something real.

And that’s not just emotional fuel. That’s a f***ing war strategy.

You want to feel better about the future?

Then fight like hell for it.
Outwork the chaos. Outlast the cowards. Out-love the hate.

The people poisoning this country aren’t smarter. They’re just louder.
They don’t have vision. They have volume.
And they’re betting that your silence will be their weapon.

So don’t give it to them.

You don’t have to be fearless.

You just have to be relentless.

Relentless people aren’t perfect. They aren’t calm. They aren’t always confident.
They’re just the ones who refuse to sit down when it matters most.

So when your brain says, “What’s the point?”
You answer with: “I am.”

You think the future belongs to the slickest candidate? The loudest voice? The most retweets?

Wrong.

It belongs to the most consistent.

The people who write when they don’t want to.
Who show up when no one claps.

Who plant seeds they may never see grow…because they know someone will.

That’s perseverance. And that’s power.

So here’s what I need from you right now:

Delete that voice in your head that says “it’s too late.”
Delete that voice that says “it doesn’t matter.”
Delete that voice that says “what’s the point?”

And replace it with this:

“If I can help one person wake up, I’ve already changed the future.”

This newsletter doesn’t run on vibes.

It runs on conviction, clarity, and consistency.

You don’t subscribe to it for entertainment. You subscribe to it because it arms you. Because it gives you the words…the truth…the fire.

And because somewhere deep down…you do believe in the future…you’re just tired of being the only one who says it out loud.

Well guess what?

You’re not alone. Not anymore.

So get up.
Shake off the apathy.
Refuse the comfortable despair.

And if you’ve been putting off upgrading your subscription…do it now…not because it makes me feel good….but because it tells the algorithm….the fascists…and the ghosts of silence that you’re not sitting this out.

Jack Hopkins Now just hit #3 in Health Politics today…Sunday, July 27th, 2025.

And yeah… the GOP Twitter trolls have heard of me.

Most of them hate my guts. I’m good with that.

Because hate…real…teeth-grinding...vein-popping hate…is always driven by fear.

Not fear of me personally. I’m just the messenger.

It’s the message they fear.

The movement.
The sharp…unapologetic truth being pumped into inboxes across the country.
The network of intellectual warriors…like YOU…that I’m assembling.

That scares the hell out of them.

As it should.

Because when they see Jack Hopkins Now climbing the charts…it doesn’t just mean more eyeballs.

It means we’re gaining ground. We’re organizing. And we’re not going away.

And that is the kind of signal that makes authoritarians sweat.

Stay loud. We’re just getting started.

This is the line in the sand.

And we’re not crossing it…we’re holding it.

Let’s go.

Be looking for a hard-hitting article again tomorrow.

You believe in your own strength. Now take in a breath…blow it out slow. As you say, “I do. I really do.”

Warmly,

-Jack