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April 2, 2024
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| Gallup Poll: America Is Still a Christian Nation |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Despite years of coverage that Americans have lost their faith, three out of four Americans not only believe in God but belong to a specific religion, according to a Gallup poll released on Good Friday. "By far the largest proportion, 68%, identify with a Christian religion, including 33% who are Protestant, 22% Catholic and 13% who identify with another Christian religion or simply as a 'Christian,'" Gallup reported on March 29. Another seven percent "identify with a non-Christian religion, including 2% who are Jewish, 1% Muslim and 1% Buddhist, among others." Only 22% said they did not identify with any religion. |
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| The Korbin Albert Incident Reminds Us That Believers Are Called to Be Unashamed |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Korbin Albert, a new player on the U.S. women's national soccer team, recently shared a video on her personal TikTok account that featured a powerful testimony of a Christian man who shared his struggle with thinking he was a woman and how he was saved by Jesus Christ. Not surprisingly in this cancel culture, Albert was overwhelmed with hostility and bullied into taking down the post. |
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| Bruised BlackRock Slapped with Cease and Desist for Lying to Investors |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| It had been a relatively quiet 2024 for embattled BlackRock CEO Larry Fink - until about two weeks ago. Texas, in a massive blow to his woke firm, pulled the pin on an $8.5 billion dollar grenade, announcing that it was following through on its threat to drop Fink's services where its school fund management was concerned. A firm that shuns oil and gas investments doesn't have Texas's best interests at heart, leaders decided. Turns out, that move - the single largest punch to BlackRock's gut to date - was just the beginning of Fink's spring headaches. |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 85: Jody Hice on Election Integrity |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm and Jody Hice |
| A staggering percentage of Americans do not trust our electoral system. A system meant to be a voice for the people and of the people, have left many skeptical of its trustworthiness. Former Congressman and FRC Action's vice president Jody Hice, joins host Joseph Backholm for a discussion on election integrity. Jody shares his story going from hometown pastor to the center of the political arena. In his new book, "Sacred Trust: Election Integrity and the Will of the People", he emphasizes that if the voice of the people is lost at the ballot box, our Republic will be lost as well. Integrity must rule the day and surpass partisan strategies and yearnings. Listen now to hear his story and personal experience with the topic of election integrity. |
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| Immediate or Permanent? Conflicting Visions of Peace in Israel |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Everyone wants peace in the Middle East. The question is, what kind of peace? Those farther away want the conflict to end immediately, whereas those closest to the conflict prefer a peace that lasts. The question for American policymakers is whether to prefer the immediate peace of convenience or the more permanent peace of victory. |
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| 'A Horrible Precedent': Experts Say Trump Civil Fraud Case Endangers Businesses, Rule of Law |
| by Dan Hart |
| In the wake of a highly controversial and unprecedented civil fraud case brought against former President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, a leading economist is saying the case is an example of a "two-tiered justice system in America," and experts say it will likely have a chilling effect on economic investment in New York. |
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| Abortion Pills Enable Predators and Victimize Women. Here's 24 Years of Proof. |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The Biden administration's efforts to increase abortion pill "access" primarily benefit the abortion industry, but they will also prove invaluable to one of that industry's key demographics: abusive husbands and boyfriends. Too little of the feminist movement's commentary has "centered" their victims: the women and girls deceived or forced to abort their babies against their will. |
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| 'Cafeteria Catholic': Cardinal Says Biden Rejects Catholic Teachings |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Washington, D.C.'s Catholic archbishop is labeling President Joe Biden a "cafeteria Catholic." In an Easter Sunday appearance on CBS News, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington was asked, "In the case of the president, do you get a sense that his regular [Mass] attendance and adherence to the faith resonates with American Catholics?" While Gregory said he thought Biden's profession of the Catholic was "sincere," he added, "But, like a number of Catholics, he picks and chooses dimensions of the faith to highlight while ignoring or even contradicting other parts." The cardinal continued, "There is a phrase that we have used in the past, a 'cafeteria Catholic' - you choose that which is attractive and dismiss that which is challenging." |
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| Idaho Legislature Bans Public Funding for Gender Transition Procedures |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| An Idaho law enacted Wednesday (H. 668) protects taxpayers from paying for gender transition procedures in a variety of ways. The legislation "adds to existing law," namely the Vulnerable Child Protection (VCAP) Act passed in 2023, which prevented physicians from harming minors with gender transition surgeries or hormones. |
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