January 14, 2020

RENEWAMERICA STAFF ? RenewAmerica has partnered with multi-national pro-life organization Real Estate for Life to help sustain the work of RenewAmerica. Real Estate for Life is a faith-based real estate network that funds "gospel of life groups worldwide."... (more)

January 13, 2020

REV. MARK H. CREECH ? After a gunman opened fire in the West Freeway Church of Christ during a worship service last month, the Associated Press noted that 2019 was "one of the worst years in recent history for attacks on religious groups or places of worship."... (more)

January 13, 2020

SELWYN DUKE ? The conventional wisdom regarding Nancy Pelosi's holding of the impeachment articles is that, as someone put it, she'd pulled the pin on the grenade and then didn't know what to do. Yet even if she has bumbled into her current predicament, which seems likely, is there now some method to her madness? Has she found a way to turn lemons into at least a thimble of lemonade by using the situation to damage the presidential candidate she doesn't want to see capture the Democratic nomination -- burgeoning Bernie Sanders -- and help the establishment choice, Joe Biden?... (more)

January 13, 2020

WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? President Trump's tweet in Farsi expressing support for Iranians protesting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already earned over 200,000 likes, making it the "most liked Persian tweet" in the social media giant's history, according to a leading think tank adviser.... (more)

January 13, 2020

WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims he is ready to spend more than $1 billion in an effort to oust President Trump, but money may not be bringing supporters to his campaign.... (more)

January 13, 2020

NEWSBUSTERS ? In the first 100 days since House Democrats began their impeachment push on September 24, ABC, CBS and NBC have aggressively aided the effort. A Media Research Center analysis finds the Big Three evening newscasts have battered the President with 93% negative coverage and promoted impeachment at the expense of nearly all other Trump news.... (more)

January 12, 2020

Freedom From Religion Foundation accused the governor of violating 'the freedom of conscience of citizens in your state'

LIFE SITE NEWS ? Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts has received some pushback for his recent proclamation declaring January 22 a statewide day of prayer to end abortion, chiefly from a group notorious for opposing intersections of faith and government.... (more)

January 11, 2020

NEWSMAX ? Iran's clerical rulers risk a legitimacy crisis as popular anger has boiled up at the way the state handled a passenger plane crash, which the military took three days to admit was caused by an Iranian missile fired in error. Video clips on Twitter showed protesters in Tehran on Saturday chanting "Death to the dictator," a reference to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reuters could not independently verify the footage. It followed a welter of criticism in Iran.... (more)

January 11, 2020

NATIONAL REVIEW ? Iran admitted on Friday that its military had accidentally shot down a civilian passenger jet on Tuesday that belonged to Ukraine International Airlines and that took off from Tehran several hours after Iran attacked U.S. positions in Iraq. All 176 passengers and crew were killed in the crash, most of them Iranian or Canadian citizens.... (more)

January 11, 2020

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ? After losing its top strategist, military commander, and arch-terrorist, Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian theocracy is weighing responses. One, Iran can quiet down and cease military provocations. After attacking tankers off its coast, destroying an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, shooting down a U.S. drone, and being responsible for the killing and wounding of Americans in Iraq, Iran could now keep quiet.... (more)

January 11, 2020

WORLDNETDAILY ? Terrorists who sow fear are now living in fear themselves after the precision drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, according to a new report.... (more)

January 11, 2020

WORLDNETDAILY ? Sarah Sanders criticized Democrats' war powers resolution Thursday morning, saying that she "can't think of anything dumber." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans to vote on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump's ability to engage in military operations with Iran by forcing him to obtain congressional approval before doing so, Fox News reported.... (more)

January 10, 2020

NATIONAL REVIEW ? More than 200 members of Congress signed an amicus brief last week in support of the defendant in June Medical Services LLC. v. Gee, the hotly watched upcoming Supreme Court case. The plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of a Louisiana state law that requires abortionists to hold admission privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic. In their brief, the amici asked the Court to craft a ruling that reaches beyond the merits of the case by clarifying the "undue burden" standard laid out in Hellerstedt and "tak[ing] up the issue of whether Roe [v. Wade] and [Planned Parenthood v.] Casey should be reconsidered and, if appropriate, overturned."... (more)

January 10, 2020

JERRY NEWCOMBE ? In 2008, Abby Johnson, the manager of the Bryan, Texas (100 miles from Houston), Planned Parenthood, became that organization's Employee of the Year. By 2009, she quit for conscience' sake. Why? That year, for the first time, she saw an ultrasound of an abortion of a 13-week-old unborn child in her own clinic. This was not a blob of tissue, a clump of cells, a non-living being. This was a baby that was fighting for his life.... (more)

January 10, 2020

BRYAN FISCHER ? Homosexuals have been allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military since the disastrously misguided repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in late 2010. President Obama was able to ram the repeal through just under the wire because the Democrats temporarily held both houses of Congress, a situation that would change with the election in the fall of 2010. Elections have consequences, and open homosexuality in the military was one of the unfortunate consequences of naive voters placing regressives in office.... (more)

January 9, 2020

LLOYD MARCUS ? During his heartfelt Golden Globes speech, Tom Hanks said his five children are braver, stronger, and wiser than him. Please do not think I am beating up on Tom Hanks for seeing this a little differently. I am simply pointing out that Hanks downplaying his fatherly position is a mindset we see reflected in practically every family movie and sitcom today.... (more)

January 8, 2020

THE HILL ? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is backing a resolution to change the Senate's rules to allow for lawmakers to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump before the House sends them over. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced on Thursday that McConnell has signed on as a co-sponsor to the resolution, which he introduced earlier this week.... (more)

January 8, 2020

Michael Atkinson targeted for handling of whistleblower complaint

WORLDNETDAILY ? The intelligence community inspector general who already had been rebuked for his handling of the whistleblower complaint that triggered the Democrats' impeachment of President Trump is under investigation, according to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.... (more)

January 8, 2020

NEWSMAX ? Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday told Newsmax TV he would like to see the Senate move forward on President Donald Trump's impeachment by moving to dismiss the process because the president has not been charged with impeachable offenses -- rather than trying to gather evidence in the matter.... (more)

January 8, 2020

NEWSMAX ? Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, maintains that senators are "absolutely not jurors" during an impeachment trial. Lee made his comments on Tuesday in a column posted by Fox News. He said the Constitution "sets impeachment apart from jury trials" by noting that "'the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury.'"... (more)

January 8, 2020

NATIONAL REVIEW ? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has whipped the 51 votes required to establish the rules for President Trump's impending impeachment trial without a concrete agreement on witnesses, according to multiple reports.... (more)

January 8, 2020

State Department official 'circumvented the rules in pushing unreliable reports'

WORLDNETDAILY ? State Department employees sought to provide special protections for the unsubstantiated and salacious claims about Donald Trump in the Hillary Clinton-funded "dossier," according to emails obtained by government watchdog Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation.... (more)

January 7, 2020

NEWSMAX ? CNN has settled a lawsuit with a Kentucky teen who claimed media organizations falsely labeled him as a racist following a well-publicized encounter with a Native American last year at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The network confirmed the settlement Tuesday, as did Todd McMurtry, a lawyer for Nicholas Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky. Neither side would give details of the settlement.... (more)

January 7, 2020

NEWSMAX ? A stampede broke out Tuesday at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession began, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency medical services.... (more)

January 6, 2020

News analysis

BARBARA KRALIS ? Following the recent shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, which left three dead, including the perpetrator, USA Today ran a hysteria-inducing commentary that said,... (more)