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** 1. THE FEDERALIST: Exclusive: Trump To Appoint Dan Bishop As US Attorney In North Carolina
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"President Donald Trump is set to appoint Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director Dan Bishop to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, senior White House officials confirmed to The Federalist.

Bishop, who served as a conservative stalwart in Congress since 2019, could start serving as U.S. attorney as early as next week on an interim appointment awaiting Senate confirmation."

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** 2. WORLD: Backholm: A First Step in Restraining Evil
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"While much of the world’s attention has been focused on human rights abuses in Ukraine and Israel, a genocide of Christians in Nigeria has gone largely unnoticed. But the global Christian community is hoping President Trump’s recent decision to redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) will help end the slaughter.

In 2009, the radical Islamist group Boko Harm launched an uprising against the Nigerian Government that, according to a 2020 report from the U.S. State Department Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), has ‘displaced more than two million people and killed tens of thousands.’

In addition, in 2011, a farmer-herder conflict erupted in the “middle belt” of Nigeria in which another radical Muslim group called the Fulani Herdsman have coordinated repeated, systemic attacks against Christian villages throughout the country.”

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** 3. CAROLINA JOURNAL: Nov. 19 Injunction Hearing Set in Suits Against NC Congressional Map
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"A three-judge panel has agreed to expedite two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled Nov. 19 in Winston-Salem.

The hearing falls 12 days before candidates are scheduled to start filing for 2026 congressional elections.

Plaintiffs in both suits had asked the judges for an expedited review of their challenges to changes in Congressional Districts 1 and 3. State legislative leaders who defend the maps have asked the judges to dismiss the lawsuits."

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** 4. ADF: 8th Circuit Weighs Whether Government Belongs in the Counseling Room
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"Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed their opening brief Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on behalf of two Missouri licensed counselors. Wyatt Bury and Pamela Eisenrich are challenging ordinances in Kansas City and Jackson County that violate their freedom of speech by censoring private conversations with their clients on gender identity and sexuality. ADF is appealing a July 2025 decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri partially upholding the ordinances as applied to the counselors."

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** 5. WFDD: Randolph County Commissioner Confirms Effort to 'Reorganize' Library Board of Trustees
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"The trustees voted several weeks ago to keep the book Call Me Max in the children’s section after a community member requested it be removed or relocated.

That meeting was packed, with dozens of public speakers divided on the issue. But the conversation didn’t stop after the vote. Local pastors and politicians took to podcasts and social media to condemn the decision.

Now, Commissioner Lester Rivenbark said he's considering making changes to the library’s board."

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** WEEKLY PRAYER: Life
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LORD, we recognize that you are Sovereign over all creation. We recognize you made man from the dust, and in your mercy, you crowned creation with man and woman made in your image. What a wonder it is that you would bestow upon us this blessing and responsibility!

LORD, may we not take this blessing for granted. We pray that this great responsibility and dignity may motivate us to love You, our neighbors, and our families more. LORD, may we as a culture truly see and believe that children are a blessing from the LORD—born or unborn; able or disabled. All children should have an opportunity to experience the liberty of life. LORD, make us your vehicle to change our culture into one that cherishes and protects life. Keep at the forefront of our minds our responsibilities to respect, cherish, and serve the youngest and oldest in our society.

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.'” (Matthew 18:1-6)

Sincerely,

Tami & Team

NC Values

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