April 11 2023
 
Good Friday greetings from Washington, where the FBI wields a glossary to help agents identify violent extremists online. Fred Lucas reports. With Easter Sunday in view, our Katrina Trinko ponders Americans’ growing absence from the pews. On a bonus edition of the podcast, meet a crowdfunded Christian movie that put major contenders on the ropes. Plus: how the U.S. can counter China; churches come under escalating attack; CBS News flaunts its pro-Democrat bias; and a disturbing addiction to mobile devices. On this date in 1970, American icon John Wayne  wins his first and only Academy Award for acting when he claims the Oscar for playing dissolute U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the Western “True Grit.”   Morning Bell returns Monday. Have a blessed Easter. 
 
 
 
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Detransitioners Back Florida Medicaid Rule Amid LGBT Legal Challenge
By Tyler O'Neil

Three “detransitioners” support a Florida health agency’s rule preventing Medicaid from reimbursing for transgender medical interventions.
COMMENTARY
In California, Parents May Soon Effectively Lose Custody of Kids 12 and Older
By Katrina Trinko

“This bill gives a stranger, a school psychologist, power to decide whether a sixth or seventh grader comes home from school that day,” says Erin Friday, a California mom.
COMMENTARY
Germany’s Green Energy Debacle Should Be Warning to US
By Mackenzie Fries, Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Germany has been phasing out conventional fuels and phasing in less reliable, less abundant renewable energy sources, resulting in higher prices, shortages, and a greater reliance on adversarial nations.
NEWS
Florida’s Election Crimes Unit a National Model, Watchdog Says
By Fred Lucas

“Florida’s election crimes unit has received more than 2,000 complaints and initiated nearly 1,000 independent investigations,” a Foundation for Government Accountability report says.
ANALYSIS
7 Ways to Counter Threat of Chinese Communist Party
By Samantha Aschieris

No. 4: Ask your school or alma mater if they’re protecting students from Chinese Communist Party repression or influence.
ANALYSIS
Jane’s Revenge ‘Will Be Held Accountable’ for Attacks on Pro-Life Centers, Lawyer Says
By Virginia Allen

Florida’s attorney general, together with a religious liberty legal group, is suing Jane’s Revenge for targeting and attacking pro-life pregnancy resource centers.
COMMENTARY
Parents Scrub Toilets So Their Kids Can Attend This Christian School
By Tony Kinnett

One Christian school in Texas provides such a great education opportunity for children that parents are cleaning toilets at the school to help pay tuition.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Our French Revolution
By Victor Davis Hanson

We are in a Jacobin revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. And things are getting scary.
 
     
 
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