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January 14, 2025
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| The Anti-Woke Wave Hits Wall Street, Tripling Shareholder Resolutions |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| In another sign that the anti-woke movement is only gaining steam, even conservative shareholders are getting off the sidelines and into the fight. While Americans stick it to the Bud Lights and Targets of the world, investors are building a small army of activists to dismantle these radical politics from within. And according to Axios, they've been surprisingly effective. |
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| Critics Say Calif.'s Newsom Fiddles while 'Los Angeles Burns' |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| As wildfires rage across southern California, anger against Democrats' mismanagement is burning brightly. Since Tuesday, a series of fires mostly in Los Angeles County have destroyed over 12,300 buildings, according to Cal Fire, and claimed as many as 24 lives, according to the L.A. County Medical Examiner. Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents are also under mandatory evacuation orders and over 40,000 acres have been burned. |
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| Biden Shields 1.2 Million Illegal Immigrants from Trump Deportations |
| by Ben Johnson |
| With just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office, the Biden-Harris administration has taken steps to tie the incoming administration's hands and shield an estimated 1.2 million people from potential deportations. The beneficiaries may include members of transnational gangs such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13. |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 167: California Fires: A Crisis of Policy, Resources, and Recovery |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm and Jonathan Keller |
| Jonathan Keller, President of the California Family Council, joins Joseph Backholm to discuss the devastating California fires, citing dry conditions and inadequate resources as a few of the key factors, but is there more at play here? Keller and Joseph ponder the possibility of whether the crisis was preventable or simply an act of God. They analyze state leaders prioritizing diversity over essential resources and the economic fallout out this disaster will have on California for the years to come. |
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| U.S. Gearing Up to Go on Offense against China, Experts Say |
| by Dan Hart |
| As former Congressman and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee this week for possible confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, experts say the selection is a signal that the incoming Trump administration will take a far more aggressive approach to countering China's espionage and cyberwarfare efforts against America. |
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| Jimmy Carter's Syncretistic State Funeral |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was buried Thursday next to his deceased wife Rosalynn in Plains, Ga., shortly after a state funeral held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The funeral included "syncretistic symbolism of very Christian and then very secular" elements, said Joseph Backholm, senior fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council, an inconsistent mashup indicating "the confusion that our country is experiencing spiritually." |
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| Biden's LGBTQ Military Policy Will Aid Sexual Predators: Report |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The Biden-Harris administration is contemplating settling a sweeping class actions lawsuit, which its advocates referred to as "reparations," to give taxpayer benefits to those expelled from the armed forces for committing sodomy - an action that could benefit those guilty of non-consensual sexual assault or harassment. |
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| North Korean Soldiers Captured by Ukraine Are Ordinary Humans Made in God's Image |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Last fall, U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies noticed North Korean soldiers secretly entering Russia to reinforce the deadly stalemate between Russia and Ukraine. Apparently, the North Korean military kept the secret even from their own soldiers. When dictators conspire for conquest, ordinary human beings bear most of the cost. |
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| Biblical Worldview Experts Discuss L.A. Fires, Natural Evil, and the Instinct to Blame |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| As Family Research Council's Joseph Backholm said on Friday's edition of "Washington Watch," we're only "10 days into the new year and there has been no shortage of news so far." Right now, the nation is captivated by the fires sweeping across Los Angeles, California, destroying nearly everything in their path. "With so much going on," Backholm emphasized, "it can be easy to gloss over the headlines. But as Christians, we want to make sure we analyze every headline through the lens of Scripture." It's important to ask, "How do we think about these things biblically?" |
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| After Biden, Experts Discuss What's Next in the Fight to Protect Women |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Some have described the fight to protect women from the threats of gender ideology as "a war we shouldn't have to be fighting." Nonetheless, Americans who want to keep biological men out of women's sports and private spaces battled on regardless. Last week, they got the good news that a federal district court judge in Kentucky issued a decision blocking the Biden administration's unlawful rewrite of Title IX that replaced the word "sex" with "gender identity." This, experts have said, was "a colossal ruling." |
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| Alberto Garrido: A Christian Writer Must 'Swim against the Current' |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| In the poems and stories of Alberto Garrido, now exiled in the Dominican Republic, one can see a transition, especially when he embraced the faith that Marxist ideologues believed was destined to die. |
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