RFK Jr. thanks God, praises Trump, vows to end ‘chronic illness’ after being sworn in as HHS Secretary– www.lifesitenews.com
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President Trump urged to confront Iranian regime over repression of Christians – WWBL
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‘I Can’t Lie’: Christian Teacher Celebrates Victory After Battling School’s Parental Rights Policy – CBN.com
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This homeschool dad backs school choice, but not if it hurts Texas public education | Opinion – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Will the far right be the second largest party? Everything you need to know about Germany’s elections – Sky News
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After Munich Speech, NY Times Slams Vance for Attacking ‘German Norms’ On Nazis– www.newsbusters.org
After Munich Speech, NY Times Slams Vance for Attacking ‘German Norms’ On Nazis– www.newsbusters.org
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Gay Muslim Leader Killed in Suspected Terror Attack in South Africa– www.breitbart.com
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Walmart’s “Gay” Christmas Birds Spark Frenzy: “Don’t Think [They] Did Their Research” – AOL
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Abortion is the Opposite of Valentine’s Day. It’s a Failure to Love– www.lifenews.com
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Trump goes after religious groups—and they’re fighting back– www.dailykos.com
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Trump airs conservative complaints that Bank of America, JPMorgan deny services – MSN
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CBS News host claims free speech is how the Germans started the Holocaust, gets remedial history lesson from Marco Rubio– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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Attorney General Pam Bondi: “Targeting of Catholics, Parents and Pro-Life Americans Must Stop”– www.lifenews.com
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The U.S. Senate Tuesday night confirmed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as the next U.S. Attorney General for President Donald Trump’s second term.
Bondi was confirmed in a 54-46 vote with support from all 53 Senate Republicans and a lone Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA. The swing-state senator has recently made headlines for breaking with his party on multiple issues, including border security.
All other members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted against Bondi.
Attorney General Bondi will head the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which oversees the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Idaho National Guard Needs a Purge after Brass Says ‘No Christians Allowed’– lidblog.com
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I don’t know who needs to hear it, but the top brass of the Idaho Army National Guard need to be cashiered out of the service after being caught saying Christians are not allowed to be promoted to officer ranks.
The Liberty Counsel has filed a lawsuit against the military branch, but lawsuit or no, Governor Brad Little — a putative Republican — needs to start firing his top Army officers for this.
According to a Liberty Counsel press release:
Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Idaho Army National Guard infantry officer against Governor Brad Little and two army generals for unlawfully removing the officer from command solely due to his personal Christian expression on biblical sexuality made outside of the military environment. An investigation into the officer, which revealed no wrongdoing, nevertheless recommended a policy to monitor potential candidates for command for any “concerning ideologies” as a way of “rooting out” any “extremism” in the ranks. In this case, the decision to remove him from command on this basis shows that his superiors believe his Bible-centered beliefs on sexuality to be concerning and essentially puts an unconstitutional “No Christians in Command” policy into action.
Catholic Charities Lies to Illegals to Aid Them Against ICE – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Catholic Charities Milwaukee is outrageously advising illegal aliens on refusing to comply with ICE, demanding rights they do not have, lying about U.S. laws, requesting help from foreign officials in undermining immigration law enforcement, and more.
The infamous video in question begins with a woman, Barb Graham, introducing herself as “an attorney at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the Refugee and Immigration Services Program.” She claims to be helping illegal aliens to understand their “rights” if ICE comes to arrest them. “All people living in the United States, including people who are undocumented, have certain rights under the United States Constitution,” she asserts.
This is simply false.
In ‘watershed moment,’ Catholic Cardinal apologizes for church treatment of LGBTQ people – Washington Blade
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Federal legislation introduced for Parents Bill of Rights, 23 states already on board – Biblical Recorder
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NICE: Trump Administration Fires Biden’s Porn Czar and Ends His ‘Book Ban’ Office– lidblog.com
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Want another reason that Trump 2.0 is the best thing to happen to the U.S. in decades? Check out the latest Biden abomination he nuked.
Back in 2023, when the left was racing to protect kiddy porn in school libraries and keep these books on the shelves, Biden set up the office of “book ban coordinator” and installed Matt Nosanchuk, a radical, leftist, gay activist, loon to run it.
But last Friday, the newly ensconced Trump administration fired Nosanchuk and ended his dangerous, porn-pushing department.
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U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.” The complaints alleged that local school districts’ removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene materials from their school libraries created a hostile environment for students – a meritless claim premised upon a dubious legal theory. Effective Jan. 24, 2025, OCR has rescinded all department guidance issued under the theory that a school district’s removal of age-inappropriate books from its libraries may violate civil rights laws. OCR is also dismissing six additional pending allegations of book banning and will no longer employ a “book ban coordinator” to investigate local school districts and parents working to protect students from obscene content.
“By dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so-called ‘book ban coordinator,’ the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that local control over public education best allows parents and teachers alike to assess the educational needs of their children and communities. Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility. These decisions will no longer be second-guessed by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.”
Supreme Court to Hear Case Regarding Public Funding for Private Religious School– slaynews.com
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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to tackle several big cases this term.
It comes as President Donald Trump begins the work to rebuild America to the level of greatness it experienced under his first term in office.
According to the Associated Press, the high court will soon weigh approval for the nation’s first publicly funded religious private school, which would be constructed in Oklahoma.
The Supreme Court agreed to take the case after an “Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board’s approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school,” the AP noted.
The fact that the Supreme Court agreed to take the case is good news for those in favor of the school.
Chip Roy Files Bill to Repeal FACE Law Biden Used to Put Pro-Life Americans in Prison– www.lifenews.com
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As pro-life activists await pardons from President Donald Trump, a key Republican member of Congress is introducing legislation targeting the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.”
“Now that we have a Republican trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House, Congress should move quickly to repeal this law and ensure that no future president can weaponize it against pro-lifers ever again,” Roy said in a statement.
“Free Americans should never live in fear of their government targeting them because of their beliefs,” Roy has said. “Yet, Biden’s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal, everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life.”
“Our Constitution separates power between the federal government and the states for a reason, and we ignore that safeguard at our own peril,” he added. “The FACE Act is an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers; it must be repealed.”
The bill comes as 21 pro-life advocates like Bevelyn Williams await a prdon from President Trump.
Pope Francis praises ‘profound’ Buddhist religious revival in Mongolia without mentioning Christ– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis applauded post-Soviet Mongolia’s “profound” Buddhist religious revival without mentioning Jesus Christ or any call to conversion to Catholicism in his recent address to delegates from the country.
“By reviving traditional spiritual practices and integrating them into the nation’s development, Mongolia has reclaimed its rich religious heritage,” said Francis in reference to Buddhism, which is by far the majority religion in the country. The religious practice does not acknowledge God as Creator, let alone Jesus Christ.
During the reign of communism in the country from 1924 to 1992, Buddhism was brutally repressed, along with other religions in the country, and experienced a resurgence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991.
Francis has often met with Buddhists and praised their religion without calling them to convert to Catholicism, thereby neglecting what the Church has historically recognized is an essential part of true ecumenism, since it is a dogma that there is “no salvation outside the Church.” Christ Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
Virginia bill would clamp down on homeschooling freedoms – The Lion
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Christian colleges sue over Minnesota’s dual enrollment statement of faith ban– www.thecollegefix.com
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Colleges argue Minnesota’s law excluding faith-based schools from dual enrollment programs violates religious freedoms
An attorney with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, representing two Christian colleges in Minnesota, expressed optimism about their case challenging a state law they claim infringes upon their rights as religious institutions after a December hearing.
The law prevents Crown College and the University of Northwestern, St. Paul from participating in taxpayer-funded high school dual enrollment programs if they require students to sign statements of faith.
“The Supreme Court has ruled three times in the last seven years that, when the government makes funds available to the public generally, you can’t exclude participants based on their religion. That’s exactly what the Minnesota Department of Education has done here,” Attorney Eric Baxter told The College Fix.
Los Angeles fire victims grieve lost homes, church: ‘It’s too much’ – Detroit Catholic
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Maine Christian Schools’ Religious Discrimination Lawsuits Against State Heard by Appeals Court – The Maine Wire
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In keeping with the traditions of men in current year, Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has signaled a greater nudge towards open tolerance of sinfulness, of acting on homosexual temptations, by appointing an openly gay-affirming Cardinal to a U.S. Diocese.
Cardinal Robert McElroy was given the diocese of Washington D.C. having already been given a diocese in San Diego, which he will now have to surrender. The appointment is seen by some as an effort by Francis to put an anti-Trump bulldog in the heart of D.C. McElroy is accused of protecting the pedophilic rapist ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
BREAKING: Pope Francis names pro-LGBT Cardinal McElroy to Washington Archdiocese– www.lifesitenews.com
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Pope Francis has appointed San Diego’s pro-LGBT Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., as Cardinal Wilton Gregory enters retirement.
In a January 6 announcement, the Holy See Press Office confirmed that Pope Francis had accepted Gregory’s resignation from the D.C. metropolitan archdiocese and nominated McElroy to take his place, transferring from his current position presiding over the Diocese of San Diego in California.
BREAKING: Pope Francis names Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead Archdiocese of Washington, as 77yr old Cdl Gregory resigns.
Clergy abuse victim previously said his promotion “fills me with fear.”
McElroy favors numerous liberalising views, incl female deacons & LGBT inclusivity pic.twitter.com/mzSXix6ldS
— Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 (@MLJHaynes) January 6, 2025
Democrat AGs are Trying to Shut Down Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers– www.lifenews.com
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NRL News Today, in our pursuit of keeping pro-lifers up to date on the never-ending pro-abortion offensive against the true and the noble, has written or reposted innumerable stories about the war on pro-life pregnancy centers.
Sometimes Democrats—and they are all Democrats — pretend there is “cause” for suing, defunding, harassing problem pregnancy centers, but almost all of the time the excuses are awfully thin gruel.
Erin Hawley describes herself as a wife, mom of three, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, and a law professor at Regent University School of Law. She is a powerful litigator and a gifted writer. She is married to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.
Mrs. Hawley wrote a piece that appeared today in World magazine under the headline, “The harassment of pro-life pregnancy centers must stop.”
Pro-Life Groups Challenge New York Law Forcing Them to Hire Abortion Advocates– www.lifenews.com
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Last week, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled to reinstate a legal challenge brought by several pro-life organizations against a New York law that undermines their First Amendment rights to employ people who agree with their religious beliefs and mission. The Second Circuit reversed a district court’s 2020 dismissal of the case and sent it back to the lower court with instructions to adjudicate the challenge under a more recent 2023 precedent that may give their First Amendment claims merit.
In CompassCare v. Hochul, the case centers around New York Labor Law Section 203-e, which remains effect, and prohibits employers from engaging in “discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making.” CompassCare, a pro-life pregnancy care center, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a nationwide association of pro-life pregnancy care centers, and First Bible Baptist Church brought the case to protect their ability to employ only like-minded people who will not take part in abortion themselves. The organizations seek an injunction to render the law unconstitutional by contending the law infringes on their First Amendment freedoms of expressive association. They argue the law forces them to employ and associate with those who do not share the organizations’ beliefs regarding abortion, contraception, and sexual morality.
Harvest Organs From Euthanasia Victims Before Death– thefederalist.com
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Canadian doctors have suggested killing euthanasia victims by taking their organs, according to multiple reports, whistleblowers, and public talks. Medical freedom advocates are documenting emerging ties between “medical assistance in dying” (MAID) and organ harvesting.
“The best use of my organs, if I’m going to receive a medically assisted death, might be to not first kill me and then retrieve my organs, but to have my mode of death — as we medically consider death now — to be to retrieve my organs,” said Rob Sibbald, an ethicist of the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario.
Sibbald spoke on “Threats to the Concept of Brain Death: Ethical Reflections” at the Critical Care Canada Forum in November 2018. The event was sponsored by Canadian Blood Services, a tissue and organ donation group; the Trillium Gift of Life Network, which is “responsible for delivering and coordinating organ and tissue donation and transplantation across the province” of Ontario; and the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, which hopes to “increase the availability of transplants.”
Other Canadian doctors have publicly embraced “death by donation,” and a study came out earlier this year exploring euthanasia programs such as MAID as a means of organ harvesting. Canada legalized euthanasia in 2016, and since then the number of Canadians using MAID to kill themselves has significantly increased.
Dozens of Christians Slaughtered Christmas Day in Nigeria — and the Horror Doesn’t End There– www.cbn.com
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More than a dozen Christians were reportedly killed by armed men on Dec. 22 after a Christmas carol service in Nigeria.
The horrific event — aimed at the predominately Christian Irigwe tribe — took place at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), 22 miles from the Nigerian city of Jos.
Tragically, a 1-year-old baby named Sheba Ernest and a pregnant woman were among the 14 slain, according to persecution watchdog International Christian Concern (ICC).