November 6, 2023
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Pompeo: 'Sweet Words and American Money and Diplomacy' Won't Stop Evil |
by Suzanne Bowdey |
Watching the horrors unfold in Israel would be hard for anyone, but it has to be especially difficult for leaders like Mike Pompeo, who, as a member of the Trump administration, worked to ensure nightmares like this never happened. Three years removed from the White House, the world is a different place than it was when the 45th president was in power - and Americans aren't the only ones who feel it. |
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5 GOP Senators Push Biden Administration's Abortion Agenda for Them |
by Joshua Arnold |
By C-SPAN standards, Wednesday night's Senate proceedings were a telenovela. The Associated Press called it an "extraordinary showdown." NBC News nearly lapsed into poetry, "In a four-and-a-half-hour floor fight on Wednesday night ...." The knives were drawn, and Senate Republicans were out to get one of their own. |
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You Can't Have Your Theocracy and Eat It Too |
by S.A. McCarthy |
"Ah, thank God for Salon, the voice of reason," said no one ever, and former "senior White House correspondent for Playboy" Brian Karem's latest article there is demonstrative of why. could ever be," Karem argues that so-called Christian nationalists (by which his fustian smear piece makes clear he means any devout Christian elected to public office) pose a greater threat to the U.S. than Islamist terrorists like Hamas. |
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IED Found at Border as Senator Warns, 'Terrorist Cells Are Going to Have Premeditated Attacks Here' |
by Ben Johnson |
Border Patrol agents have found an improvised explosive device (IED) at the U.S. border with Mexico, as security experts warn lax enforcement of immigration laws will invite terrorist attacks on American soil in the near future. |
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27 Top Law Firms Say Anti-Semitic Activities Will 'Not Be Tolerated,' Rescind Job Offers |
by Sarah Holliday |
If Hamas's actions raping women, decapitating babies, and burning children alive isn't enough reason for students to condemn them, then not being able to find a job after graduation just might change their minds. Twenty-seven of America's top law firms recently conveyed this message through a letter: "anti-Semitic activities [will] not be tolerated at any of our firms." This applies to both law students and any "outside groups" involved. |
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Florida Severs Ties with the American Library Association |
by Joshua Arnold |
The state of Florida in October joined a growing number of states that have cut ties with the American Library Association (ALA) over its promotion of Marxism and sexually explicit reading materials to children. Florida's Division of Library and Information Services, a division of the Florida Department of State, issued a new rule stipulating that it would "not allow grant project activities associated" with the American Library Association or its affiliates, Politico reported. |
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High Schoolers' Resistance to Trans Bathroom Policies Grow as Walkouts Multiply |
by Sarah Holliday |
It was May 28, 2021, when a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a Virginia public school restroom. Details revealed the girl was attacked by a boy wearing a skirt who was legally allowed to use the girl's restroom at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County because it "matched his gender identity." In response to incidents like these, which resulted from school policies allowing boys into girls' restrooms and locker rooms, a growing tide of high school across the country are walking out of class in protest. |
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The Believer's Oxygen for Faith: Breathing in Scripture, Breathing Out Prayer |
by Sarah Holliday |
Pastor and theologian Charles Spurgeon once said, "When asked, 'What is more important: prayer or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?'" I would propose that, for the Christian, time in the Word and in prayer is no different, as they are essential to faith. |
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4 Ways to Pray on International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted |
by Arielle Del Turco and Abigail Ferrera |
This Sunday marks the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted, a time to remember the Christians who are experiencing the threat of danger for their faith in Christ. Praying for the persecuted can feel like a daunting task when the situations facing Christians around the world seem very complex. Even so, prayer is one of the most powerful tools with which we can support the persecuted church, including those whose names we will never know - and it does not need to be complicated. |
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Who Determines American Culture? |
by Christy Stutzman |
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "American culture?" Do you have a positive reaction to the phrase or a negative one? Do you think about our culture in terms of our history or about the tendencies and values of the current generation? Whatever your reaction and whatever comes to mind, there are two facts about American culture that are undeniable: it is unique in the history of the world, and we are responsible for it. |
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