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Rubio Announces Visa Restrictions on Anyone Carrying Out ‘Violations of Religious Freedom’
By The Daily Signal The State Department has announced new restrictions on visas for anyone who is seen to be supporting or conducting violations of religious freedom. “The United States is taking decisive action in response to the atrocities and violence against Christians in Nigeria and around the world,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday. The department “will restrict U.S. visas […]
When Silicon Valley Rebuilds the Tower of Babel
By Majority Report History repeats itself in digital form. Something remarkable is happening today. The world’s biggest technology companies are spending billions of dollars every month to do something humanity has attempted only once before. They are not trying to build better tools. They are trying to create a mind. They are trying to create […]
Merry Christmas or Happy Kwanzaa? Christian vs Marxist ideology!
By Geoff Ross USN retired Surface Warfare/Air Warfare Kwanzaa is a Communist/Marxist collective ideology that is a none religious celebration of black people who Identify as African hyphenated Americans. I would hazard a guess that most black Americans that celebrate Kwanzaa have never once been to, or ever lived in or have family in Africa. […]
Our Nation’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation: NOT Namby-Pamby
By Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. Thanksgiving is around the corner. That holiday is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots, our godly heritage. Although Virginia rightfully proclaims that the first Thanksgiving was in Jamestown in 1619, not in Plymouth in 1621, the Plymouth one became the proto-type of our annual celebrations. President Lincoln was […]
Judge Rules Mom Is TOO Christian to Be a Parent
By Majority Report Maine judge even bans daughter from church. This isn’t parody — it’s America 2025. If The Babylon Bee published this headline —“Judge Rules Mom Is TOO Christian to Be a Parent” —you’d laugh, shake your head, and say, “Alright, Bee… take it down a notch.” Because satire isn’t supposed to be so […]
The Antichrist Doesn’t Want You to See the Scaffolding
By Majority Report “Nothing to see here,” says the two-horned trickster. The most dangerous enemy is the one you ignore. I was reminded of that recently while watching a YouTube sermon from a well-known megachurch. The pastor was anxiously warning his congregation about the subtle dangers of artificial intelligence — its ability to impersonate your voice, manipulate […]
Guess What: You’re Jewish!
By Joan Swirsky Several years ago, my husband Steve and I were watching TV as an American politician of Hispanic descent responded to a challenging question by an antagonistic reporter. The politician gave such an eloquent and informed answer, sprinkling his response with historical facts, literary allusions, and even dashes of humor, that when he […]
Project Blue Beam vs. Bible Prophecy: How Do They Intersect?
By Majority Report Are governments preparing a false miracle—just as Scripture warns a global deception is coming? For years, Project Blue Beam was treated like the fringe of the fringe — the kind of theory people whispered about on late-night radio shows and pushed to the back corners of early internet forums. But suddenly, the world looks […]
Is America’s Newest Friend A Threat To Christians?
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House Monday, prompting scrutiny over al-Sharaa’s treatment of his country’s Christian minority. Trump has made addressing the global persecution of Christians a priority of his administration, and he designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” and called for a congressional investigation […]
The Bible and Socialism
By Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. Last week, an avowed socialist—Communist, really—won the mayoral seat of America’s number one city, NYC, the home of Wall Street and the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel. Zohran Mamdani promised a lot of free stuff—although his supporters had to pay for their own drinks at his victory […]
Blood Labels: A Political Right That Avoids The Oldest Of Infamies
By Middle East Media Research Institute MEMRI Daily Brief No. 863 That liberal democracy seems to be looking increasingly threadbare is obvious. The elements of the old dispensation — individualism, free markets, limited government — all seem to be under assault, often for very good reasons. What Francis Fukuyama popularized in 1989 as the endpoint of […]
Rooted Hope: Israel’s Place in God’s Unchanging Plan
By Majority Report The Error of Replacement Theology. In This Article: Why replacement theology (the idea that the Church has replaced Israel) contradicts Scripture. How God’s covenants with Abraham and David prove Israel’s everlasting national identity. The prophets’ promises of Israel’s physical and spiritual restoration in the land. What the New Testament really says about […]
Christian Traditions Being Pinched Between a Hostile Growing Islamic Population and a Hostile Leftist Secularism
By Leo Hohmann If you want to see the future of America, just look at Germany. The situation in Germany this Christmas should be a wake-up call to every American city that has a growing Muslim population along with Democrats in control of its governing apparatus. Overath, a town of 27,000 people in North-Rhine Westphalia […]
Apple of God’s Eye: Linking Israel to America’s Future
By Majority Report Why America’s destiny rises or falls with how we treat Israel. In the swirling debates of conservative circles, the phrase “America First” rings like a battle cry, a call to prioritize U.S. interests amid global entanglements. Yet, recent turmoil at the Heritage Foundation exposes a dangerous rift. On November 3, 2025, Mark […]
What do Two Friends an Evangelical Activist and Orthodox Jew Share?
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. Chaim Gleitmann: Laurie Cardoza-Moore, a Zionist Evangelical activist, called on Vice President JD Vance to denounce Tucker Carlson for promoting antisemitism and misrepresenting Christian values. She criticized Carlson and others for claiming to speak for Christians without understanding the Bible, emphasizing the need to defend America’s Judeo-Christian roots and stand […]
If You’re Waiting for The Rapture, You’re Missing the Point
By Majority Report Christians who treat the Rapture like an escape hatch are ignoring the real, bloody persecution their brothers and sisters face today. There’s a strange sort of cowardice growing in American pews: Pray to be swept away, then watch the world burn. The Rapture will fix everything, they say. So why fight now? […]
All Hallows’ Eve
By The Catholic Thing Readers of books, and specifically fantastic books by Charles Williams and other Inklings, are summoned. I do not like them as much as I should, for I have never been a fan of fantasy literature, and I note that among the Inklings, only J.R.R. Tolkien is a reliable Catholic. But C.S. […]
Deliberate Omissions from Our History
By Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. An article in the Federalist caught my attention recently. It highlights some things in Alaska that are not required to be taught. Such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Christianity. In the Federalist, David Randall points out that political correctness not only infects the social studies standards in Alaska, but in […]
How Should Christians Think about Artificial Intelligence?
By Family Research Council As investors rush to cash in on the current boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and as AI creeps more and more into the everyday lives of Americans, Christians are left to wonder how to approach the burgeoning technology and guard against its dangers. A panel discussion at Family Research Council’s 2025 Pray Vote […]
Turns Out God Isn’t Dead — He’s Trending
By Majority Report The Bible is selling out, Christian music is breaking charts, and millions are rediscovering what truly matters. They told us faith was fading in America. That the old stories, the old institutions, the old Book — it was done. That people no longer needed the scriptures, the songs, the Sunday-morning rituals. But […]
Thirty-One Ways to be a Good Man
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) America needs men, real men, who can be good husbands, fathers and grandfathers. Women need good men who will be their life long partners. As my love, my life, my wife and I are approaching our 60th wedding anniversity, I can only hope and pray that […]
Kamala Harris Family Secret Service Agent Reportedly Moonlighted As Plus Size Model
By The Daily Caller A female agent formerly on the Secret Service detail for Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff moonlighted as a model and never passed her physical fitness test, sources told RealClearPolitics. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle emphasized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) during her tenure before she was forced to resign in […]
Navigating a Hostile World: 5 Ways Christians Can Stand Firm with Grace and Truth
By Family Research Council How should Christians respond to a world increasingly hostile toward Christians and the values they proclaim? This pressing question was explored during a panel discussion at Family Research Council’s 2025 Pray Vote Stand Summit over the weekend, where thousands of believers gathered for two days of worship, learning, and equipping to stand resolute […]
When Evil Stops Hiding: The Book That Should Shake Up the Church
By Majority Report There are books that inform, books that disturb, and then there are books that expose. When Evil Stops Hiding does all three — and does so with the precision of an investigator and the conviction of a preacher. In this harrowing yet deeply spiritual exposé, author Martin Mawyer, founder and president of Christian Action Network, […]
The Fight for One Law Under God Moves to the House
By Majority Report What Sen. Tuberville warned about, Rep. Chip Roy is now putting into law — before it’s too late. “America is facing an existential threat — the spread of Sharia Law.” — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) That’s not a quote from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s fiery One Law Under God speech earlier this month. It’s from Rep. […]
VIDEO: Arizona Today with Rabbi Jack Zimmerman
By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. My guest is Rabbi Jack Zimmerman. You may recognize he has been a regular guest a while back but schedules and other influences have not allowed us to be together until now. We were enjoying segments about every four-five weeks, and the emails from viewers demonstrated many were also enjoying […]
Yes, Christopher Columbus
By The Catholic Thing Today is Columbus Day, or (among the alternatively oriented) Native Peoples’ Day, both displaced in any case, as even major Catholic feasts now are, to a different date, so that people will have long weekends, or not be inconvenienced, or something. In any event, it’s a day now redefined in terms […]
One Law Under God: Why Sen. Tommy Tuberville Is Right to Ban Sharia in America
By Majority Report Europe Ignored the Warning. Tuberville Says America Won’t Get a Second Chance. When a U.S. senator stands up and says there’s only one law in America — the Constitution — the political class panics. And that’s exactly what happened this week when Sen. Tommy Tuberville took the Senate floor and called for […]
Clint Eastwood Shares His Story About Accepting Jesus Christ
By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. There comes a moment in each person’s life when they have to sincerely, deeply, emotionally nakedly review their life. In this regard, whether the person is wealthy, a well-known public figure, highly connected and even influential or seemingly forgotten and cast aside we are all going to die; we are […]
Vatican Blood Libels Israel On the Eve of October 7th
By The Geller Report On the eve of the memorial of the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, the Vatican stands with the jihad. Just like Hitler’s pope. The new Pope is following in the bloody footsteps of Pope Pius XII who was complicit with the Nazi regime. The Vatican’s latest attack against the […]