There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. —Soren Kierkegaard. "…truth is true even if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it. That is why truth does not yield to opinion, fashion, numbers, office, or sincerity–it is simply true and that is the end of it" – Os Guinness, Time for Truth, pg.39. “He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.” – Blaise Pascal. "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily" – George Washington letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795. We live in a “post-truth” world. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Simply put, we now live in a culture that seems to value experience and emotion more than truth. Truth will never go away no matter how hard one might wish. Going beyond the MSM idealogical opinion/bias and their low information tabloid reality show news with a distractional superficial focus on entertainment, sensationalism, emotionalism and activist reporting – this blogs goal is to, in some small way, put a plug in the broken dam of truth and save as many as possible from the consequences—temporal and eternal. "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." – George Orwell “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
…In all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren…. HEBREWS 2:17
“Is it possible to be a true Christian and still suffer in the doldrums of discouragement?” This is a question that we are hearing often. Frankly, I cannot assure you whether Christians should know discouragement or not: I can only tell you that they all do! Inwardly, they are often heavyhearted, defeated, unhappy and a little bit frightened—yet they are Christians! What we need, brethren, is to get the true scriptural vision of our victorious Lord, our victorious human brother. Paul wrote to the Philippians about Jesus Christ humbling Himself and becoming obedient even unto the death of the cross, and then: “Wherefore, God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name” and “every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.” Now, that is our victorious Lord, our victorious human brother. Someone may say: “It is no great news to say that God is victorious.” But what we read in the New Testament is that God has joined His nature to the nature of man and has made a Man victorious, so that men might be victorious and overcoming in that Man! God has made Him to be Head of the Church and He meanwhile waits for the time of His returning, guiding and keeping and instructing His Church. This He does by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God!
Tozer, A. W., & Smith, G. B. (2015). Evenings with Tozer: Daily Devotional Readings (p. 39). Moody Publishers.
Here, my soul! here is a sweet and blessed portion to take with thee, night by night, as a sleeping draught, to lie down with, in holy composure; or, if thou lie watchful, to give thee songs in the night. Every night is a new watch-word of the night of death; and none can tell thee, when thou droppest asleep, whether, in the next opening of thine eyes, thou mayest not open them in eternity, and find thyself standing before the judgment-seat of Christ! Dost thou not wish to be prepared for such an event, and not to leave so infinitely momentous a thing to a peradventure? Read over, again and again, this sweet scripture. I take for granted, that thou knowest Jesus; and art acquainted, yea, savingly acquainted, with his glorious person, as thy surety, and the merits of his blood and righteousness as thy salvation! See, then, what this blessed scripture saith, that all judgment is committed unto thy Jesus, because he is the Son of man. Mark that, my soul! Not because he is the Son of God; for, in that case, judgment could not have been committed to him, for it was his before, in common with the Father and the Holy Ghost; the whole Three Persons constituted the One eternal Jehovah. But judgment is committed to Christ, and is peculiarly his, “because he is the Son of man.” Cherish the sweet, the soul-transporting, the soul-comforting truth. Thy Jesus, who is now thy surety, is then to be thy judge He that hath died for thy sins is then to be thy advocate. And he that hath paid the ransom with his blood in this life, is then to see the reward of it in another.—Now then behold where alone thy confidence is to be found. Bring forward to thy view the solemn, the awful day. Realize it, as if the archangel’s trumpet was now sounding, and thou beheld Jesus coming to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all that believe.—Let others, who now boast of their good works, and hope allowance will be made for human frailty, and the like; or all that troop of half-disciples who, partly to Christ, and partly to themselves, look for salvation; let those do as they will; there is but this one thing left for thee to do, and this one thing, well done, will do for all. Remember, Jesus is thy judge; and all judgment is committed unto him, “because he is the Son of man.”—Humbly, my soul, but with the boldness of faith through his blood, draw near to his gracious seat; and against all law charges, and the divine demands of justice, hold up the blessed testament of Jesus’s blood. Here, Lord, I would say, are the Father’s promises of redemption, in thy name and righteousness; and this is the record God hath given of his dear Son. And here, Lord, is the new testament in thy blood, which thou hast given for sinners. Thou, blessed Lord, wilt know thine hand, and own thy word. Thou therefore shalt answer for me, O Lord my God!
Hawker, R. (1845). The Poor Man’s Evening Portion (A New Edition, pp. 41–42). Thomas Wardle.
This is a singular way in which to commence a verse—“At that time Jesus answered.” If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked him a question, or that he was in conversation with any human being. Yet it is written, “Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father.” When a man answers, he answers a person who has been speaking to him. Who, then, had spoken to Christ? his Father. Yet there is no record of it; and this should teach us that Jesus had constant fellowship with his Father, and that God spake into his heart so often, so continually, that it was not a circumstance singular enough to be recorded. It was the habit and life of Jesus to talk with God. Even as Jesus was, in this world, so are we; let us therefore learn the lesson which this simple statement concerning him teaches us. May we likewise have silent fellowship with the Father, so that often we may answer him, and though the world wotteth not to whom we speak, may we be responding to that secret voice unheard of any other ear, which our own ear, opened by the Spirit of God, recognizes with joy. God has spoken to us, let us speak to God—either to set our seal that God is true and faithful to his promise, or to confess the sin of which the Spirit of God has convinced us, or to acknowledge the mercy which God’s providence has given, or to express assent to the great truths which God the Holy Ghost has opened to our understanding. What a privilege is intimate communion with the Father of our spirits! It is a secret hidden from the world, a joy with which even the nearest friend intermeddleth not. If we would hear the whispers of God’s love, our ear must be purged and fitted to listen to his voice. This very evening may our hearts be in such a state, that when God speaks to us, we, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to answer him.
Spurgeon, C. H. (1896). Morning and evening: Daily readings. Passmore & Alabaster.
OUR reading will now take us back from the land of Uz to the land of Egypt, where we left the chosen family in Goshen. 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. (The Lord knoweth them that are his. The names of the godly seed are precious to his heart.) 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. (Thus the ancient covenant that Abraham’s seed should be many received its first fulfilment. God is not unmindful of his promises.) 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. (Out of sight out of mind; a man may confer on a nation permanent advantages, but he cannot hope for permanent gratitude. Those who serve man are generally rewarded with forgetfulness.) 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. (The ungodly always try to make out that God’s people are a dangerous set, but indeed, if they would treat them kindly they would find them the best of neighbours. It is only when they wilfully stumble at this stone that it breaks them. The Egyptians tried to prevent the increase of Israel. Vain was this attempt. Pharaoh might as well have tried to stem the sea, or prevent the rising of the Nile. Jehovah had determined that the people should be multiplied, and no policy of kings and princes could prevent it. Great was the monarch’s worldly wisdom, his plan had in it both the subtlety and cruelty of Satan, and yet he was but a fool, and his schemes failed at every point.) 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. Unscrupulous and determined as the enemies of God’s people have been, they have nevertheless been unable to achieve their design. The church must spread, and spread too by the very means made use of to destroy her. There are herbs which increase rapidly when they are trodden upon, and true religion is one of them. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. This was with the view of degrading them, crushing their spirit, and lessening their vigour, but the cruel device succeeded not. No weapon can prosper against the Lord’s chosen. Hard labour is after all less injurious than pampered indolence. Better slave in a brick-kiln than canker in laziness. After a futile attempt to procure the murder of all the male children by those who attended at their birth, Pharaoh passed a tyrannical decree which is thus recorded. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Murder was thus called in to make an end of the elect people, but it was in vain. The Lord of Israel was greater than the King of Egypt, and proved more than a match for all his plots and plans.
What though to make our numbers less
Our foes their wisdom try,
The more our enemies oppress.
The more we multiply.
Then let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear,
Israel must live through every age
And be th’ Almighty’s care.
Spurgeon, C. H. (1964). The Interpreter: Spurgeon’s Devotional Bible (p. 72). Baker Book House.
Exodus 23:14 — Keep track of the feasts – these will be the key points of the Hebrew calendar. Unleavened Bread/Passover (Exodus 23:15), Firstfruits/Pentecost (Exodus 23:16), and Ingathering/Tabernacles (Exodus 23:16).
Exodus 23:20-22 — Who is this Angel that is to be obeyed? His voice is equivalent to God speaking.
Exodus 23:28 — This is the first of three times hornets are mentioned in the Bible (the other two places are Deuteronomy 7:20 & Joshua 24:12). All of these references refer to God driving out the Canaanites. By the way, have you heard the Hornet Song?
Exodus 25 — What did the Tabernacle look like? Perhaps something like this?
Matthew 24:34 — What generation shall not pass? Some say the generation that saw Israel become a nation in 1948. Commentaries will give you many options. One hypothesis is that the generation that sees the start of the Olivet Discourse will also see the end of the Olivet Discourse. Jimmy DeYoung concurs with that interpretation.
Psalm 30:5 — The great promise: “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shalt come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. (Numbers 21:8)
This is a glorious gospel type. Jesus, numbered with the transgressors, hangs before us on the cross. A look to Him will heal us of the serpent-bite of sin; will heal us at once—”When he looketh upon it, he shall live.” Let the reader who is mourning his sinfulness note the words—”Everyone that looketh upon it shall live.” Every looker will find this true. I have found it so. I looked to Jesus and lived at once, I know I did. Reader, if you look to Jesus you will live, too. True, you are swelling with the venom, and you see no hope, True, also there is no hope but this one. But this is no doubtful cure—”Everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.”
The brazen serpent was not lifted up as a curiosity to be gazed upon by the healthy; but its special purpose was for those who were “bitten.” Jesus died as a real Savior for real sinners. Whether the bite has made you a drunkard, or a thief, or an unchaste or a profane person, a look at the great Savior will heal you of these diseases and make you live in holiness and communion with God. Look and live.
Discover how God’s grace, mercy, and love continue to shape his life and how Christ’s invitation to rest and renewal stands open for everyone, no matter their story.
Greg Grandchamp shares his incredible journey from a faith rooted in tradition to a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ. In 2002, after reading The Case for Christ, he realized faith isn’t just about belief—it’s about surrendering your heart. Discover how God’s grace, mercy, and love continue to shape his life and how Christ’s invitation to rest and renewal stands open for everyone, no matter their story.
My name is Greg Grandchamp. I’m an author, a speaker, and a contributing writer to Christianity.com. I’m also a Dave Ramsey-trained financial advisor, and before that, I spent more than 45 years in the business world. Above all of that, though, I am a Christian.
Like so many others, I was brought up Roman Catholic. I went to church every Sunday at the 7:30 Mass with my Marine Colonel dad, but in all that time, it never took root. Yet, never was there a day in my life when someone had asked me if I believed in God or Jesus Christ would I have ever said anything but a resounding yes. But that belief had zero impact on my life. Zero.
I didn’t realize that my relationship with Jesus had not traveled a foot or so from my head down to my heart. I claimed to be a Christian but never acted like one, never behaved like a disciple of Jesus Christ. Yet, I always seemed to feel a tug on my heart. Then, in the spring of 2002, I was reading Lee Strobel’s Case for Christ. I was sitting up in bed with my wife asleep next to me. I got to the end of Lee’s book, where he summarized that if all of the things about the death and resurrection of Jesus that he investigated were true, it all must be true. All of it. At that moment, I realized how wrong I had been, how I had missed it all of those years. I realized I needed to give my life to Christ Jesus and follow him right there.
At that moment, I prayed for him to enter my heart, and my life has never been the same. It has been an amazing, wonderful growth journey. I’m not a pastor or a theologian. I’m not even an expert writer. I’m just a regular guy traveling the same journey as everyone else, the same struggles and failures, the same messy, broken life as everyone else. But I know God is with me. I know Jesus is my Lord and Savior, and I can trust in him completely.
What attracts me to Jesus is his amazing grace, his mercy, and his love for everyone, his ability to forgive, even to forgive those who crucified him while he was still hanging on the cross. Romans 5-8 tells us that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Can you even imagine that? Before we even thought about repenting and knew we needed forgiveness, Jesus gave up his life for us. My eternal life started that day. I gave my heart and life fully to Christ and will never turn back away from him.
His invitation stands for everyone, no matter where we come from or what we’ve done in our lives. Christ invites us to come to him, to all of us searching for something but who have never found satisfaction. Jesus, is that something? My favorite verse is Matthew 11, 28-30. It’s Christ’s invitation to each of us. Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. You know, so many seem to think that being a Christian is all about a bunch of religious rules and rites and rituals. You must do this; you can’t do that, but that is wrong. Christianity is no more, yet absolutely no less, than a relationship with Jesus Christ. It is about accepting his free gift of mercy, grace, and forgiveness. It is about giving my life to him and accepting his Holy Spirit to dwell within me. And let me tell you, it has been a long and sometimes slow process with a stubborn guy like me, but his Spirit within me has changed me and changed my life forever. I truly pray you will be blessed today.
[Original airdate: 2/13/24]Mary Danielsen chats with Carl Kerby about the American Church, in particular when it comes to worldviews. Every human has one, and they largely revolve around such weighty issues as, what is reality? What is a person? What happens when we die? What is the nature of right and wrong? Philosophers have undertaken the answers to those questions for centuries, and its safe to say everyone has grappled with these at some point. But in the church, the notion of “worldview” becomes much more narrow – and looking into the worldview of those who shepherd God’s flock can be, in this age, a bit disappointing. What are the factors that determine a Christian worldview and whether those who lead God’s people get it right, ie, live by every word? Pastors may not be responsible for the sins of a culture, but they do have the responsibility to lead God’s people via truth that is not subjective. Download their free app – click here.
The author of Hebrews urged Christians to continue in the race of faith and remain committed to the Lord Jesus even in times of opposition and discouragement. In this message, Sinclair Ferguson concludes his study of the Christian life with an encouragement to press on toward the goal set before us.
Trump says U.S. will “take over the Gaza Strip” during news conference with Netanyahu “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,” Mr. Trump said. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings — level it out. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. Do a real job. Do something different.”
Liberals, globalists flip out after Trump orders USAID freeze For the uninformed: USAID was started by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Officially named the United States Agency for International Development, it spends over $40 billion in taxpayer dollars every year on various initiatives overseas; most of which are a complete waste of money, as Elon Musk and others have pointed out in recent days. Whatever good intentions Kennedy may have had for the program, it has morphed into a slush fund for the Deep State to spread wokeism and to spark revolutions in countries that resist its tyrannical decrees. All of this is done in the name of “defending democracy” mind you.
Chinese algorithm claimed to boost Nvidia GPU performance by up to 800X for advanced science applications Researchers from Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, a collaboration between Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Beijing Institute of Technology, have reportedly developed a new computational algorithm that can significantly enhance the efficiency of peridynamics (PD), a non-local theory used to model fractures and material damage. The new method increases performance by up to 800 times, dramatically improving the speed of large-scale material simulations.
PM Netanyahu approves talks for 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire despite allegations he wants return to war According to a report from Channel 12 news, Barnea and the IDF hostage point man, Nitzan Alon, would remain on the team, but the leadership would pass to Dermer, who is widely seen as Netanyahu’s most important confidante and has long-standing relations with officials in the new administration. The second-phase talks are expected to be conducted mainly via shuttle diplomacy by U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
Jordan warns Hamas it may deport mastermind of 2001 Jerusalem Sbarro bombing for trial in US The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has warned the Hamas terrorist organization that it could potentially deporttop terrorist Ahlan Tamimifor trial in the United States if no other country is willing to receive her, the Qatari news outlet Al-Araby reported. Tamimi, who is a Jordanian citizen, is the mastermind behind the Sbarro Pizza bombing attack in central Jerusalem in 2001 that killed 16 people, the majority Israeli nationals. However, the bomb also killed the pregnant American tourist, Yehudit Greenbaum, and 15-year-old dual U.S.-Australian citizen, Malki Roth.
Religious Leaders Back Trump’s Gaza Plan as Netanyahu Visits Washington A coalition of prominent Jewish and Christian leaders has thrown their support behind former President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gaza’s civilian population to Egypt and Jordan, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for discussions on the plan. The letter, organized through the Keep God’s Land movement, brings together eight influential religious and political figures.
Trump warmly welcomes Netanyahu, calls for resettling Gazans ‘permanently’ The president did not say whether he thought Palestinians would have a “right” to return to Gaza. Trump called for “permanently” resettling Palestinians outside Gaza on Tuesday, as he and Netanyahu took questions from reporters at the White House. The president did not say whether he thought Palestinians would have a “right” to return to Gaza but asked why they would want to return given the level of destruction.
Which countries are taking in released Palestinian terrorists? Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Malaysia have stated they would accept Palestinians released from Israeli prisons, and discussions are ongoing to secure approval from Algeria and Indonesia. Egypt has indicated that it will only allow freed Palestinians within its borders if they are Fatah members.
In a first, Pakistani Muslim cleric leads solidarity trip to Israel In a historic first, Peer Syed Mudassir Shah, Chairman of the Sufi Council, Founder and President of the SACH Institute, and a prominent spiritual leader in Pakistan who heads a community of 300,000 followers, visited Israel recently to foster interfaith understanding and counter extremism. ‘Pakistan and Israel are on the same side in the fight against extremism,’ says Sufi Muslim leader from Pakistan during visit to towns in southern Israel devastated during October 7th invasion.
Hamas’ response to Trump’s proposal Rishq labeled Trump’s call for residents of Gaza to leave their homeland under the pretext of rehabilitating the Strip as “racist” and “an overt attempt to eliminate the Palestinian issue and renounce the national rights of the Palestinian people.”
Chief of Staff: ‘We’ve learned lessons, we’ll increase counter terrorism activity’ The terror attack occurred at around 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, after a terrorist wearing a standard vest and armed with an M-16 assault rifle and two magazines reached the scene on foot and snuck into the installation at night. The terrorist surprised the soldiers at dawn, and shot two of them from close range. A shootout ensued, after which the soldiers succeeded in eliminating the terrorist.
Very bright fireball illuminates Philadelphia skies, helicopters reported over possible impact site, U.S. A very bright green fireball illuminated the sky over Pennsylvania, U.S., at 08:44 UTC (03:44 LT) on Saturday, February 1, 2025. The event was widely observed across multiple states and parts of Canada, with some witnesses reporting a ground-level flash shortly after it disappeared. Others described flashing lights moving toward the area, followed by helicopters hovering over what appeared to be a possible impact site near a lake.
Over 9,000 people evacuate Santorini as seismic crisis worsens, UK issues travel advisory, Greece Over 9,000 residents and tourists evacuated Santorini island by ferry and emergency flights on February 3 and 4, 2025, following a surge in seismic activity that began on January 28. Authorities remain on high alert as the region continues to experience strong earthquakes, including 43 tremors above M4.0 since February 1.
Jonathan Cahn: The Mystery of the Return of Trump …Listen to this Bible commentary on Juu (Jehu; Yahu): “He storms his way through 2 Kings 9 and 10 with fury and reckless abandon. Juu (Yahu) storms—using this word ‘storm’—stormed.” Now I want to show you the headlines of the New York Times on the day he won: “Trump storms back”—same, that’s Juu’s word. This is, you know, Juu says in Second Kings, “This is what the Lord said of me: ‘I have anointed you as king over Israel.’” Juu knew he was anointed by God to be a vessel of God. So, Trump now—now let’s see that again: “I was saved by God to make America great again.” That’s just what Juu said; he’s saying it’s a vessel.
Drone Bomb Threats Escalate for U.S. Border Agents: Report Mexican cartels are now threatening U.S. Border Agents with weaponized drones armed with explosives as President Donald J. Trump aims to shut down their activities. Leaked documents reveal rising threats on social media, including calls for lethal actions against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, correlating with an uptick in dangerous rhetoric online.
Top Globalist Demands Digital IDs to ‘Flush Out’ the Populist Right. Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair wants his successor as British premier and Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, to impose a digital ID regime, in part to “flush out” anti-mass migration populists. “What the populists do is they take a real grievance and they exploit it but they very often don’t want to have a solution because solutions are much tougher than talking about problems,” Blair said, adding: “The grievance would be on immigration that the thing is out of control. The grievance would be on crime that we’re not doing enough on it. So you say, ‘OK, here’s what you do’. And then you have a big political fight. The populist is forced to choose. You’ve got to create an agenda that the other side has to respond to.”
The “Trump Revolution” Has Thrown The Largest Government In The History Of The Planet Into A State Of Pure Chaos Our founders intended for us to have a very small, very limited federal government. Instead, we have the largest and most bloated government in the entire history of the world. So we should all be glad that someone is finally attempting to get it under control. For far too long, ultra-powerful government agencies have been running around doing whatever they want and making our lives miserable in the process. Congress has been able to exercise very little control over these monstrosities, and their leaders had little fear of ever being held accountable for their actions. But thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a day of reckoning has arrived.
Euthanasia, immigration and electric cars in the UK, those who vehemently oppose the death penalty are also the ones to vehemently support euthanasia. How they reconcile that within themselves is anyone’s guess. And it should come as no surprise that even while the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (the euthanasia Bill) is making its way through Parliament, they are already attempting to relax the rules around euthanasia to make it easier for doctors to kill their patients.
UK Green Party backs away from LGBT charity and lobbying group In a significant blow to Stonewall’s influence, the Green Party of England and Wales (“GPEX”) has instructed its disaffiliation from the LGBT charity and lobbying group’s Diversity Champions programmed. Multiple motions for GPEX, or the Green Party, to disaffiliate from Stonewall have been put forward in the past. For example, a motion was made at the Autumn Conference in 2023 and previous conferences in 2022. But now, after multiple motions not being passed, the Greens have quietly disaffiliated themselves.
Leaked Home Office counter-extremism report downplays the Islamist threat to focus more on misogyny, “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories” Two-tier policing claims are part of a “right-wing extremist narrative.” according to a leaked Home Office report. Islamists are responsible for 94% of terrorism-related deaths and 88% of injuries in Great Britain since 1999. Yet the report suggests the Government is deprioritizing the Islamist threat and instead focusing on other “behaviors of concern,” such as misogyny, “spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories,” and “preventing integration.”
Douglas Andrews, Thomas Gallatin, & Jordan Candler
Gaza as State #51: Anyone who thought Donald Trump would seek an isolationist course and lessen the American footprint has so far been mistaken. Indeed, he’s taking on the thorniest issues. Take the decades-old Middle East headache of Gaza. Yesterday, in a presser with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said: “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip. … We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons. … Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings … create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.” Will the Palestinians and the Israelis accept American leadership in Gaza? Will the neighboring Arab states take the Gazan refugees? Will American troops be committed there? These are just three tough questions. But once again, Trump the Disruptor has thrown the traditional playbook out the window.
Bondi confirmed: Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, was confirmed on Tuesday by a vote of 54-46 in the Senate. All Republicans voted in favor, with one lone Democrat, Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman, breaking ranks and joining the Republicans in approving Bondi. She has now become the 87th attorney general in U.S. history and just the fourth woman to hold the office — albeit the first woman to hold the role within a Republican administration. She is also just the second AG to hail from Florida. Interestingly, the first woman ever to serve as AG, Janet Reno, was also a Floridian. Bondi committed to fighting “to restore confidence and integrity” to the DOJ and end the partisanship and weaponization that has marked the department over the last four years.
Gabbard and RFK Jr. get through committee: Two of Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominees passed major hurdles yesterday, winning majority votes in committee. Department of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard won over two GOP holdouts on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Susan Collins and Todd Young; and Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got the vote of Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, himself a physician, to advance out of the Senate Finance Committee on a 14-13 party-line vote. Both are now headed to confirmation votes in the full Senate. Confirmation isn’t a done deal, but winning over Republican resistance was crucial. Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville offered this trenchant analysis of Trump’s influence: “They’re not going to go against him. If they go against him, they go against 77 million people. I don’t think they want that if they want [to get] reelected.”
An EO for sports integrity: Today, Donald Trump will sign an executive order banning males from competing in female sports. The extent of the order is not yet clear — i.e., whether it will primarily apply to K-12 and collegiate sports or beyond. This action advances one of Trump’s major campaign issues: the protection of women’s sports and spaces from males posing as females. The transgender lobby has pushed hard on the false claim that gender is fluid and that a person’s feelings rather than biology should be the sole determiner of gender identity and social participation. Trump promised to confront this craziness by pledging to “keep men out of women’s sports.” The vast majority of Americans agree.
20,000 have already taken Trump’s worker buyout: It’d be just our luck if they’re all hard-working, highly talented, right-minded workers, but the federal government is on the verge of being trimmed down by 20,000 staffers. That’s the number that have so far accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by Donald Trump last week, according to an administration official. This represents around 1% of the federal workforce, but it’s still nowhere near the 5% to 10% reduction the administration hoped for. In addition, the annual attrition rate of the federal workforce is around 6%, which means that many of these folks may have been planning to leave anyway. Still, the offer is open until tomorrow. In any case, it’s clear that not everyone in the federal workforce has been paralyzed by what NBC News characterized as the “fear, anger, and confusion” that the buyout offer has caused.
Trump nails Iran: Donald Trump is once again holding Iran’s feet to the fire, announcing his restoration of “maximum pressure” sanctions against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. His action reverses the Biden administration’s weak approach to Tehran, which resulted in Iran collecting over $140 billion in profits through illicit oil exports. Trump aims to see Iran’s oil exports effectively eliminated. His goal is to both deny Iran developing nuclear weapons and neutralize its terrorist network. He also warned that should Tehran succeed in killing him, “I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated — there won’t be anything left.”
Gitmo flights begin: The first flight of potentially 30,000 illegal aliens has landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following through on Trump’s promise to use Gitmo as a detention center for illegal aliens, a dozen migrants were on the first flight from Fort Bliss, Texas. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted on Tuesday that Trump “is not messing around.” Last week, when Trump first introduced his plan to use Gitmo for detaining illegal aliens, he explained that it would be used to “contain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.” Questions over the high cost of the operation, as well as legal questions as to whether ICE plans to use military tribunals for dealing with immigration cases, have yet to be clarified. The goal is clearly to remove the most dangerous illegal aliens from the U.S., even if their home countries balk at taking them back.
DEI infects college degrees: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advocates are being drummed out of the federal government and the U.S. military, but nowhere are their numbers greater and their influence more pernicious than in higher ed. As The College Fix reports, “Course requirements in at least 30 states cost students and taxpayers at least $1.8 billion per four-year period.” At the same time, “the current undergraduate population at public universities will spend at least 40 million hours” to tackle the DEI mandate necessary for getting a college degree. “One of the reasons DEI is so costly to taxpayers,” said the Goldwater Institute’s Matt Beienburg, “is because its proponents actively enrich themselves as they increase its scope and influence over institutions.” The end of this racist grift can’t come soon enough, but we expect its proponents in higher ed to follow the rotten lead of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Headlines
Chris Wright confirmed to serve as secretary of energy (Fox News) | Senate confirms Doug Collins as VA secretary (The Hill)
A whopping 5,000 FBI employees were assigned to J6 cases (Not the Bee)
El Salvador agrees to “unprecedented” migrant deal, Marco Rubio says (Newsweek)
Judge blocks Trump’s order forcing incarcerated gender-confused men to live in male facilities (The Hill)
Sanders and Hawley introduce bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10% (USA Today)
At least 10 dead in shooting at Swedish school (Daily Wire)
Humor: Democrats unveil their top 10 heroes of Black History Month (Babylon Bee)
The military’s largest branch can suddenly recruit soldiers again, and two words explain it: Donald Trump.
“In December 2024, the [U.S. Army] had its best recruiting number in 12 years. In January 2025, the Army hit its best recruiting number in 15 YEARS,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X yesterday. “BOTTOM LINE: America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong ‘America First’ leadership of [Donald Trump].”
Joe Biden’s radical left-wing administration focused on “progressive” priorities like DEI, the gender cult, and abortion on demand instead of military readiness. Winning wars became a lot less important than social engineering. Keeping the best personnel took a back seat to forcing the COVID vaccine on healthy young people — and forcing them out of the military entirely if they didn’t bend the knee.
All of the woke policies led to a recruiting crisis, though, all along, the brass denied it had anything to do with wokeness. It’s true that there were other factors, like education or obesity or what have you, but the deniers simply weren’t credible.
How do we know? The moment Trump won the election in November, recruitment picked up. In fact, the Army is already halfway to its fiscal year recruitment goal, and we’re only four months in. Why would that be if not for the tremendous effect of the change in leadership?
Young Americans didn’t want to fight for America when they were taught to hate America. If somehow they escaped public education still loving America, they didn’t want to fight for Joe Biden’s America and his ideological upheaval in the military.
Daniel Driscoll, President Trump’s nominee for army secretary, says there’s still a long way to go, which is obvious. “We have the fewest number of active soldiers that we’ve had since World War II, even as conflict is erupting around the world. We need to fix that,” he said last Thursday in his confirmation hearing. “I actually don’t think the answer is throwing more money at the problem. I think it’s nice to get things like GI Bill benefits. But I didn’t join for that. I enlisted to serve the country.”
With a commander-in-chief focused on America First and a DefSec dropping a bomb on DOD DEI, suddenly, more young Americans are going to be willing to risk and sometimes give their lives for our great nation.
‘Does That Make Any Sense to You?’ — Senator John Kennedy’s tense questioning of witnesses at a hearing about the fentanyl scourge leads to applause.
DeepSeek: Miracle or Mendacity? — Is this performance price point real? And even if it is, is DeepSeek nothing more than Chinese Communist Party spyware?
Evaluating Climate Efforts — The Biden administration spent hundreds of billions of dollars on atmospheric CO2 reduction. How successful was it?
SHORT CUTS
Demagogues
“Before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer
“The American people will not stand for an unelected secret group to run rampant through the executive branch. Being innovative is good, but Mr. Musk, this isn’t a tech startup. These are public institutions.” —Chuck Schumer forgetting that Donald Trump runs the executive branch and empowered Elon Musk
“We talked about Trump wanting to be a dictator on day one, and here we are. This is what dictatorship looks like.” —Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Shot/Chasers
“If DOGE attacks USAID today, then you can be sure they’ll move on to another target tomorrow. Who knows, maybe it’ll be the Postal Service, or the IRS, or even the Social Security Administration. They could be next!” —Chuck Schumer
“To my friends who are upset, I would say, with respect, you know, call somebody who cares. They better get used to this. It’s USAID today; it’s going to be [the] Department of Education tomorrow.” —Senator John Kennedy
“After taking a historically awful L in November, the left has decided to rebound by making their galvanizing issue… checks notes… that the Trump admin wants to examine how government agencies spend taxpayer money and determine if it’s in the best interest of America.” —Greg Price
Braying Jenny
“[USAID] not only leads on humanitarian assistance around the world but also works to combat corruption and foreign aid programs. It’s a big part of what they do. I kind of see how that could make Elon Musk a bit uncomfortable.” —MSNBC’s Jen Psaki
Projection
“This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever met or seen or witnessed.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez regarding Elon Musk
The BIG Lie
“The people that commit 80% of the most violent crimes in this country are white supremacists.” —Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
Non Compos Mentis
“Trump claims there are only ‘2 genders.’ Historians say that’s never been true.” —CBC News headline
“I have a trans daughter. There are threats against her life. … There are people that want to annihilate her and people like her. The level of hatred — as if we haven’t learned from fascism. Like we haven’t learned what the result of that is: the extermination of human beings.” —actress Jamie Lee Curtis
“In God’s Kingdom, immigrants and refugees, transgender people, the poor and the marginalized are not at the edges, fearful and alone. They are at the center of the Gospel story.” —Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe
For the Record
“President Trump is working each day like it may be his last. He’s doing everything he can to restore America as a great nation and restore the American people as the custodians and governing citizens of our nation. He’s doing everything he can to rein in the federal bureaucrat army that has usurped our freedom. … It took Joe Biden six months to do what a normal president would do in only a month. Donald Trump does in a day what a normal president does in a month.” —Gary Bauer
“In the 21st century, America can’t afford to be ripped off by friends any more than it can afford to be unwary about Chinese power or Mexican disorder. Trump is using peaceful — if painful — methods to change the behavior of friend and foe alike.” —Daniel McCarthy
“When Elon and the team [at DOGE] started I was very supportive but thought the waste and fraud would top out at $250 billion. The real number will end up much higher.” —JD Vance
“If you didn’t flip out when Biden fired federal workers for not getting a vaccine we don’t really care what you think about Trump firing federal workers for not contributing anything.” —Jimmy Failla
“What do the numbers 15 and 1,283 have in common? They are the number of days that it took Trump and Biden, respectively, to receive PM Netanyahu at the White House.” —former U.S. ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman
“The ‘legacy media’ are in decline and the new media are surging. Part of this has to do with evaporating trust in what many regard as biased coverage by The New York Times — from which broadcast news frequently takes its marching orders — and other major newspapers and networks that reflect built-in biases.” —Cal Thomas
“The latest Nation’s Report Card test scores are dismal and heartbreaking. The crash that started with inexcusable COVID-19-era school closures has continued over a cliff in almost every state.” —Stephen Moore
And Last
“Pretty clear at this point that Democrats weren’t worried about a threat to democracy. They were worried about a threat to the bureaucracy that sustains and subsidizes them when out of power.” —Erick Erickson
An historic Tuesday at the White House as President Donald Trump announced plans for the United States to take over the Gaza strip. President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that prevents people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s or girl’s sporting events. A Bible verse will be removed from the entrance of a new jail in Central Michigan after critics said it was a government endorsement of religion. A week ago marked the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust. Melanie Saul is a Holocaust survivor’s daughter who recently published her father’s story. Taking the Gospel to the entire world. That was the focus – as Christian leaders met in Texas recently.
Governor Gavin Newsom is heading to the White House on Wednesday to ask President Donald Trump for federal money to address California’s wildfires, after state legislators passed $50 million to fund anti-Trump measures. The post appeared first on Breitbart .
Today’s 20-min top headline news brief includes:
[2:35] Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu talk peace in the Middle East.
[9:13] President Trump wants the US to take over Gaza. Where do the Palestinians go?
[11:13] Sebastian Gorka says, “We work for the American people.” [Carl Higbie FRONTLINE]
[14:01] Congressman Andy Harris talks about Trump projecting American power. [Wake Up America]
[16:50] New Florida Senator Ashley Moody proclaims that Pam Bondi will protect the rights of Americans. [American Agenda]
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