Politics

By Sophie Starkova, Patriot Post – Nicholas Roske turned himself in for attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice, but now he claims he’s a woman named Sophie, and the left-wing judge let him off easy… In yet another middle finger in the face of justice, a federal judge handed down a mere eight-year sentence for Nicholas Roske for the attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the weeks leading up to the Dobbs decision in 2022. Judge Deborah Boardman didn’t even attempt to find a middle ground between the prosecution’s request of 30 years and the defense’s plea for eight. …

By Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit – The entire world knew Joe Biden was corrupt and conflicted… Now, finally, those in the know are beginning to speak out… Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters former US President Joe Biden “provoked the war in Ukraine to cover up his family’s corruption.”… Kirill added, “The truth is coming out and justice must follow.”… Kirill Dmitriev is the chief of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund since 2011 …

By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register – Oral argument in the ‘Chiles v. Salazar’ case indicates that a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court’s justices believe the ban is a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee… After Tuesday morning’s oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, it is clear that a majority — if not all nine justices — agree that an exacting review known as “strict scrutiny” should apply to Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy,” given its profound impact on the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee.

By Mat Staver, LifeNews – Hiding behind PR-polished talking points, the Democrats’ highest priority is to USE OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR ELECTIVE ABORTIONS… AOC and Chuck Schumer are willing to hurt Americans and leave families without paychecks, all so that they can demand we pay for federally funded abortion in Obamacare… Most Americans oppose taxpayer-funded, elective abortions.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – Responding today to Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s latest criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the Israeli embassy to the Vatican complained that the cardinal “focuses on criticizing Israel while overlooking Hamas’ continued refusal to release hostages or stop the violence.” That complaint should sound familiar; it has become the standard response to any question about Israel’s war tactics.

By The Stream – At first, digital IDs are promoted as convenience and security — making life easier, preventing fraud, and modernizing services. But when government holds all the keys — your money, your health, your travel, even your ability to speak freely — it opens the door to control and punishment at the flip of a switch… In this six-minute video, Vlad Savchuk discusses how digital IDs and CBDCs may feel like dress rehearsals, conditioning people to accept government-controlled systems..

By Paul Gottfried, Editor in chief, Chronicles – This identification of black South African tyranny with “the country’s cursed racial logic” rests on a fallacy. It is one driven by political correctness among journalists and historians on both the establishment right and left. The disorder and violence that has come from black majority rule in South Africa are entirely consistent with black rule elsewhere, including in American cities, where black majority governments have done pitifully little to control crime and graft and have routinely engaged in antiwhite rhetoric. …

By Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Sept. 30, 2025 – An entire generation of generals and admirals were told that they must parrot the insane fallacy that “our diversity is our strength.” Of course, we know our unity is our strength. They had to put out dizzying DEI and LGBTQI+ statements. They were told females and males are the same thing, or that males who think they’re females is totally normal… They were told that we need a green fleet and electric tanks. They were told to kick out Americans who refused an emergency vaccine. They followed civilian policies set by foolish and reckless political leaders. …

By Paul Gottfried, Chief of Chronicles – In his most recent column, Douglas Murray tells us that “Democrats are driving young men to kill ‘Nazis’ who aren’t Nazis.” Murray then goes on to show how one of our two national parties is inciting violence to bring down the Trump administration… The problem is even worse than Murray describes. The European press, particularly the German “antifascist” media, slavishly follows the Democratic Party playbook to smear opponents as “Nazis.” The echoing effect of this incendiary language is designed to lend international respectability to the murderous tactics that Democratic politicians continue to pursue.

By Jim Hᴏft, The Gateway Pundit – Woke Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice during an event south of Rome while presiding over what looked more like a pagan Earth-worship ritual than a Catholic gathering… “We will raise hope by demanding that leaders act with courage, not delay,” Pope Leo declared as he blessed the frozen water, before asking the audience: “Will you join with us?”… The theatrics were part of the Vatican’s 10th-anniversary celebration of Pope Francis’ 2015 climate encyclical Laudato Si’, a manifesto that helped launch a global “green theology” movement.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Virginia Democrats are standing by their nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones, even after revelations that he fantasized in text messages about shooting a Republican lawmaker and wishing harm on the politician’s children… The disturbing messages, sent in August 2022 to former Republican Del. Carrie Coyner, surfaced amid Jones’ bid to unseat incumbent pro-life Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in the 2025 election, with early voting underway as of September 19.

By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal – President Donald Trump is sending federalized troops into Portland, Oregon, because the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center and headquarters there is under veritable assault, especially in the night hours… In other words, Antifa-like protesters surround the facility. They make it almost impossible to drive in and out. And they’re trying to disrupt the idea itself that the federal government has a right to apprehend illegal aliens that have warrants out for their deportation.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action – While preliminary data from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute estimates that in the first six months of 2025, there was a five percent (5%) decline in “clinician-provided abortions” in states that do not have laws protecting all children from abortion, there is good reason to doubt these numbers… The preliminary data estimates (collected far differently than before the reversal of Roe v. Wade) also show an eight percent (8%) decline in abortions in pro-abortion states for women traveling from pro-life states.

By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post – Given the choice between supporting violent criminals and Donald Trump, Democrats are choosing the violent criminals every time… Democrats are not serious about fighting crime. Donald Trump is… We can certainly debate the merits of Trump’s decisions to deploy the National Guard to help combat crime in Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, and Chicago. Democrats are absolutely litigating Trump’s moves, fighting harder against that than they do against the crime running rampant on their streets.

By Tracey Rowland, Catholic World Report – Perplexing choices for performers – First, there was someone whose stage name is “Jelly Roll,” a rapper who was once convicted for aggravated robbery and drug dealing, but by age 39… “Bam Bam.” Another Google search revealed that Bam Bam is a Thai rapper and singer based in South Korea, and a member of the South Korean boy band Got7… To me, as someone who remembers the 1970s, this has the hallmarks of a warmed-up correlationism—the idea that the best way to evangelize the world is to correlate the faith to whatever is regarded as fashionable.

By Catholic Vote, by Staff – NBC News reported Oct. 2 that Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was “overwhelmed” by Pope Leo’s comments about the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plans to award the pro-abortion politician with a lifetime achievement award… The outlet claimed the Holy Father had offered “support” for Durbin amid widespread criticism from bishops and faithful Catholics, who opposed Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to honor Durbin despite his rejection of Church teaching on the sanctity of life.

By Catholic Vote – A New Jersey man was arrested early Sunday, Oct. 5, on the steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Northwest Washington, DC, hours before the city’s annual Red Mass, after police say they discovered he had suspicious items and potential explosives… As first reported by 4News Washington, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department assigned to provide security at the cathedral confronted the man, identified as 41-year-old Louis Geri of Vineland, NJ, at around 6 a.m. after he refused to leave the property. Geri was reportedly attempting to set up a tent on the cathedral steps. He had previously been barred from the site.

By Edward Welsch, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture – The American right has tried talking with the left; the left has responded with violence. This was demonstrated in gruesome detail last month in Utah, when a young man radicalized online by left-wing, trans ideology murdered Charlie Kirk, the most prominent conservative practitioner of peaceful dialogue, in front of a stadium full of students… A long trail of left-wing violence precedes that shocking event. Just days before, another trans ideologue shot up a church full of children in Minneapolis, killing two kids. And, just days after, a rooftop sniper who left behind anti-ICE messages opened fire on the Dallas ICE detention center, shooting three people and killing one.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – There are significant consequences that come with importing masses of foreign nationals from cultures incompatible with Western Civilization. Yet, Europeans seem content with learning this lesson the hard way… On Thursday, the United Kingdom experienced a tragic terror attack when 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie allegedly rammed his truck into a crowd at a Manchester synagogue before getting out and stabbing Jewish congregants. Al-Shamie is of Syrian descent and became a British citizen in 2006 after entering the country as a young child, according to Fox News.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – The FDA has just approved a new generic version of the Mifeprex (mifepristone 200mg) abortion pill, as evidenced by a letter sent to Evita Solutions, LLC, on September 30…. According to Dun & Bradstreet, the principal for Evita Solutions — a pharmaceutical manufacturer — is Robert Patane, and the business is located in Glen Allen, Virginia. According to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Evita Solutions describes its mission as one to “normalize abortion” and make it “accessible to all.”

By Virginia Grace McKinnon, LifeNews – With less than five weeks before Virginia’s statewide elections, a new poll finds the Republican gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, trending upward and closing the gap with her opponent, Democrat Abigail Spanberger… The poll conducted by A2 Insights found Earle-Sears trailing Spanberger, a former three-term member of Congress, by 3.1 points—marking the closest margin Virginians have seen in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Sometimes reality is at once so horrifying and so … on the nose and heavy-handed, that you wonder if God is winking at us. Yesterday saw a sickening terror attack in Britain that sums up what’s wrecking that country in a manner that beggars comment… Yesterday, on the high Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a Syrian Muslim colonist — sorry, “British citizen of Syrian descent” — contributed to British society in the way that only Muslims can. He committed a jihad attack. The target was a synagogue thronged with worshipers, who tragically thought they lived in a land with religious freedom for all. The BBC reports: ….

By Daniel J. Flynn, The American Spectator – The group Third Way released a memorandum late this summer to “All Who Wish to Stop Donald Trump and MAGA” titled “Was It Something I Said?”. It overflows with what Democrats lack: common sense… “For a party that spends billions of dollars trying to find the perfect language to connect to voters,” the memo begins, “Democrats and their allies use an awful lot of words and phrases no ordinary person would ever dream of saying.”… The unsolicited advice concedes that such words, which were intended to “broaden, empathize, accept, and embrace,” have instead unleashed the opposite effect. 

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency – Pope Leo XIV encouraged the world to unify around care for the planet as he took the stage at a climate justice conference headlined by actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger outside of Rome on Wednesday… “We are one family, with one Father, who makes the sun to rise and sends rain on everyone (Mt 5:45),” Leo said Oct. 1 at a conference center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. “We inhabit the same planet and must care for it together. I therefore renew my strong appeal for unity around integral ecology and for peace!”… The pontiff and Schwarzenegger addressed the opening day of the Oct. 1–3 “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference, held at a center near the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo. …

By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post – As Democrats force a government shutdown over extending “emergency” ObamaCare spending, the comedian-in-chief does some epic trolling to make fun of them… Democrats are always shrieking with indignant self-righteous outrage about something, and this time, it’s a couple of AI videos President Donald Trump posted on social media… Dems have been calling Republicans Nazis and fascists for decades, leading to not one but two assassination attempts on Trump and a successful assassination of Charlie Kirk, but they’re upset over a humor video? Give me a break.

By Catholic Vote – Durbin, “one of the highest-ranking Democratic Catholics in U.S. office, told NBC News on Wednesday that he was ‘overwhelmed’ by the support he received from Pope Leo XIV… Durbin told NBC news he had chosen to decline the award “because the reaction has been so controversial against the Cardinal who proposed it, and I see no point in going forward with that.”… As CatholicVote reported, Pope Leo suggested Sept. 30 that, “while he was not very familiar with the controversy, it seemed suitable to honor Durbin for his 40 years of public service unrelated to abortion.”

By Mark Wiltz, LiveAction – As the possibility of a government shutdown looms, the real battle is not about procedure or partisan politics but about whether taxpayer dollars will be used to fund abortion coverage and radical gender interventions under the guise of health care… At the center of the fight are proposals to extend and expand Obamacare’s “premium tax credits.” Supporters claim these credits are necessary to make health insurance more affordable. But in practice, they open the door for federal subsidies to flow into health plans that include elective abortion and ‘gender-affirming’ procedures.

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency –  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a new abortion pill made by a company that explicitly says it seeks to “normalize” abortion… A Sept. 30 letter obtained from the office of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said the FDA approved the abbreviated new drug application for “mifepristone tablets” from Evita Solutions, a Virginia-based pharmaceutical company. …

By The Stream – This 48-minute video from Salem Media features the late Voddie Baucham, the martyred Charlie Kirk, and the memorable Eric Metaxas at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in 2021, debunking the fashionable idea that the Church’s job is to promote leftist notions of “social justice.” Instead, we must fight for Biblical justice, which (as they explain) is a very different thing. …

Posted on X by Complicit Clergy, October 1, 2025 – Here’s a sampling of some of the reactions on social media to Pope Leo blessing a block of ice at the Vatican’s Raising Hope for Climate Justice Conference.

By Mary Stroka, Catholic Vote – Israel has warned residents in Gaza to flee or become military targets… Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said in a post on X at 8:07 a.m. ET, Oct. 1, that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had surrounded Gaza City. Anyone leaving southward will be “required to pass through the IDF’s inspection checkpoints,” Katz warned, adding: “This is the last opportunity for Gaza residents who wish to do so to move south and leave Hamas terrorists isolated in Gaza City itself, facing the IDF’s ongoing operations at full force. Those who remain in Gaza will be considered terrorists and terror supporters.”

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – Democrats shut down the government because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is afraid he will lose his Senate seat to radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a party primary, Vice President JD Vance said at a Wednesday press briefing… “Why did this happen? Why did the Democrats shut down the government despite, as [White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt] said, voting on the exact same piece of legislation six months ago?” Vance asked rhetorically.

By Melissa O’Rourke, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood officially shut down its last two clinics in Louisiana on Tuesday, leaving the state as the most populous in the country without any of the abortion provider’s locations… With the closures in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana joins Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi as the only states without any Planned Parenthood clinics. The shutdowns follow major federal funding cuts for abortion providers under the Republican-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

By Sophie Starkova, Patriot Post – Since the 1960s and accelerating with the late ‘70s establishment of the Department of Education — federally funded education nationwide — the education system has been in devastating decline and infiltrated from the very beginning with deceptive dogma. Many of the very same revolutionaries from the 1960s, steeped in Marxism, even those who had served time for crime, later became teachers in public schools and professors in higher education. Academic measures were then allowed to suffer because it was essential to re-educate in the “acceptable” dogmas of the day, which were secularism and Marxism.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – As Democrat mayors praise cop-killing terrorists and the Democrat governor of California paints an assassination target on a White House aide, the Left’s street militias are arming themselves and conducting riots against federal law enforcement. And the Trump administration is responding with something more than “thoughts and prayers” such as Democrats like to mock. It’s cracking down on sedition, which in the short run is likely to provoke even more violence — so get ready, fellow citizens. There’s a bumpy ride ahead.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Congressional leaders have been trading blame over the likely Oct. 1 government shutdown, with Republicans pushing for a short-term funding bill through Nov. 21 and Democrats demanding long-term health care provisions. But many Americans likely view the whole debate with some confusion. Here are a few points of clarity… A government shutdown happens when Congress fails to pass either all the usual annual appropriations bills (or a continuing resolution to temporarily extend funding while budget work continues).

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – A recent news article about Britain’s National Health Service managed, in a few lines, to capture just how dire the situation is in that country and how divorced from reality its political leadership has become… The article was about guidance the NHS published recently, “extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects.”… the NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme seemed to endorse incest, saying first-cousin marriage is linked to “stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages.”

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – In rolling out the shopworn “seamless garment” approach, the Pope suggested that some other unnamed politicians should not be classified as pro-life. American Catholics have been debating that issue for 40 years. But right now the issue is not the status of those other hypothetical politicians. The question is whether Durbin is pro-life. By the Pope’s own statement, he is not. “The Church teaching on each one of those issues is very clear.” Therefore Durbin should not be honored by a Catholic institution. Case closed.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – In a Sept. 30 address delivered to hundreds of senior military leaders, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unveiled major changes to internal military policy, declaring an end to diversity programs and promising to restore a “warrior ethos” across U.S. armed forces… Speaking in Quantico, Virginia, before a packed hall, Hegseth repeatedly denounced what he described as years of “decay” brought on by weakened standards, political agendas, and diversity mandates… “We became the woke department. But not anymore,” Hegseth said, later adding, “No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses, no more climate change worship. No more division, distraction, or gender delusions. No more debris. We are done with that.” ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business will close two centers in Louisiana today – making it so the southern state is totally free of the nation’s biggest abortion business… Both Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana will close their doors effective today… Notably, the New Orleans facility was constructed with the stated goal of becoming a regional abortion center, intending to perform nearly 2,844 abortions per year. With Louisiana banning abortions and a new federal law defunding Planned Parenthood, babies across the state are protected and that goal was not achieved.

By Natalia Mittelstadt, Just The News – As many as 400 Iranians will be deported from the U.S. back to Iran in the coming weeks, according to the country’s foreign ministry on Tuesday… Iranian state television cited director-general for parliamentary affairs at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Hossein Noushabadi, regarding the 400 Iranians that will return to Iran as part of the deal with the U.S. Noushabadi said the majority of those Iranians had crossed into the U.S. from Mexico illegally, while some faced other immigration issues.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Archbishop Joseph Naumann is the latest Catholic leader to condemn the award Cardinal Blasé Cupich is giving to pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin… As LifeNews has extensively reported, Cupich faces heavy criticism from millions of Catholics and even fellow Catholic Church leaders for his decision to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award on Durbin… In a statement released to the National Catholic Register, Naumann said it is a “source of scandal” to give an award to Dubin and reward him for his decades-long promotion of abortion, calling it a case of “pastoral neglect.”

By Kevin & Theresa Burke, Catholic Exchange – Prolifers see the issue of protecting human life in the womb as the foundation of all social justice. This leads them to support conservative candidates and policies that limit abortion and reject the public funding of abortion services… Sadly, viewing these two valid Catholic perspectives as opposed to one other has led us to esteem our political affiliations more than the profound communion we share as brothers and sisters in Christ… Is there a way to embrace a third perspective—one that sees the issue of abortion from both a social justice and a prolife perspective?

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – Charlie Kirk was murdered less than three weeks ago by a deranged leftist who inscribed anti-fascist slogans on bullet casings. Kirk’s murder should have been a wake-up call that inflammatory rhetoric smearing conservatives as “fascists” or “Nazis” or “Hitler” has deadly consequences. Instead, it’s only emboldened the left to increase such rhetoric… Nowhere is that more apparent than California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official press account, which spent the weekend calling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller a “fascist” and demanding Miller kowtow to the left if he wants to stop being slandered.

By Robert P. George, The Catholic Thing – As the Pope makes clear in Evangelium Vitae, the pro-life imperative also entails political responsibilities. This is most evident in the case of public officials—legislators, judges, and others charged to shape and apply our laws. Public officials are bound to act in conformity with the great truth of our Declaration of Independence that all human beings are “created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” including, in the very first place, the “right to life.” “As far as the right to life is concerned,” Pope John Paul II writes, “every innocent human being is absolutely equal to all others”

By Douglas Andrews, Patriot Post – When a woefully unpopular political party runs out of ideas, all it can do is lie and smear and demonize the opposition — in this case, with a term bereft of its meaning… Time was when Republican presidents were supposedly either stupid or evil. Ike and Reagan and W were stupid. Nixon and Trump were evil… Those were the days — the days when Democrats restricted their petty and pathetic name-calling to either of two convenient categories. Donald Trump, though, has flummoxed the Democrats by defying that easy categorization. …

By Randall Smith,  The Catholic Thing – So, Cardinal Cupich has decided to honor pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin. The chancery office says that they are honoring him for things other than his support for abortion, but that’s like honoring Bill Cosby for the wonderful things he did other than his mistreatment of women. No one would accept that. The obvious conclusion would be that you just don’t care about the mistreatment of women – or at least not as much as you should… there should be no real mystery about what the Cardinal has done. He is like the unfaithful steward in Luke 16 who, realizing that he is soon to be out of a job, does some favors for his master’s debtors to gain their favor after his dismissal. …

By Fr. Kevin Drew, Crisis Magazine – My friends, we are not Quakers. When our homes, families, or churches are attacked, we have a duty to defend those things. It is not mercy to stand by and watch good things be destroyed, it is cowardice. A Christian puts a stop to mindless evil destruction. Then he forgives. For he desires that all men, friend and foe alike, attain eternal life… Christ told us to conquer the world by baptizing it. Christ did so first, conquering Satan with the same weapon Satan used to trap our first parents—a tree. So, we glory in that tree. We glory in the Cross of Jesus Christ. We glory in the sweet wood and the sweet nails that deliver us and set us free.

By John Horvat II, Chronicles – Historically, the left thrived by crafting words and expressions that resonated with the public, inflamed passions, and engendered sympathy for their cause. Their ideological wordsmiths understood the importance of using words to mask their dark agenda… However, something has recently changed in the American left; they no longer express themselves well. Their expressions offend and belittle ordinary citizens. They push their unattractive programs without bothering to mask their intentions.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – This political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically. Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society. A new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies — including the organized structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and predicate actions behind them — is required. …

By Newsmax – YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit that President Donald Trump brought against the company over the suspension of his account following the January 2021 U.S. Capitol breach, a court filing showed on Monday… The deal makes Google the last of the three big tech companies to resolve lawsuits Trump brought in July 2021 accusing them of unlawfully silencing conservative viewpoints… Trump had also sued Twitter, now known as X, and Facebook owner Meta, as well as Alphabet’s Google ….

By Shannon Mullen, National Catholic Register – Another U.S. bishop has publicly rebuked Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich for his plan to honor pro-abortion Sen. Richard Durbin with a lifetime achievement award… In a statement released to the Register on Saturday, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, the recently retired ordinary of Kansas City, Kansas, said it is a “source of scandal” for the cardinal to recognize the Illinois senator in this way, calling it a case of “pastoral neglect.”… Archbishop Naumann is the latest American prelate to chastise Cardinal Cupich for deciding to honor Durbin — a Catholic politician whose own bishop banned him from receiving Communion in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois …

By Parker Thayer, The Federalist – In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, conservatives and moderates alike are crying out for the decimation of hyper-politicized nonprofit organizations and the “NGO complex” that many believe enables and encourages left-wing extremism. The sentiment is correct, but the righteous anger is currently directionless, leading to dubious comments about “hate speech,” vague notions of charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and talk of investigations into Antifa funding, with no real sense of where to strike first.

By Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report – Earlier this month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed new anti-abortion legislation to end the availability of the “abortion pill” in his state. Acknowledging that more than 19,000 abortion pills are shipped into Texas each year—with many of them used to circumvent the state’s heartbeat law and other protections—the Governor signed HB-7, a bill known as the “Woman and Child Protection Act.”

By by Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – In May, two abortion businesses filed a lawsuit to overturn several pro-life protections in the state. They argued that a state amendment passed last fall in which abortion was enshrined as a constitutional “right” means that there should be no restrictions on abortion at all… The lawsuit targeted a number of laws, including those that prohibit abortion due to the preborn child having genetic anomalies, informed consent laws requiring a 24-hour waiting period and an ultrasound prior to the abortion, and laws prohibiting mail-order abortion pills. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Rhetoric Has Consequences: Now we have Democrat politicians calling ICE agents “the Gestapo,” and equating their use of masks (to protect their families from harassment) with the crimes of the Ku Klux Klan. Catholic bishops are comparing ICE officers (I wish I were making this up) to Nazi war criminals and slavecatchers — who presumably deserve to be resisted by violent force. What happens when putative authorities issue such blank checks for illegal violence? Here are just a few of the most recent atrocities:

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy has sent a letter to the governors of 22 states, who are worried about the dangers of the abortion drug mifepristone, telling them he has opened a “real-world” review of it. The high-level study of the drug was initially announced earlier in the week… The abortion pill has killed dozens of women and injured tens of thousands more – and of course it has killed millions of babies… Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary wrote to 22 Republican attorneys general informing them of the review, which they said will examine “real-world outcomes and evidence, relating to the safety and efficacy of the drug.”

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – The Russia collusion hoax is arguably one of the most harmful and damning scandals in U.S. history — and none of it would have been made possible without corrupt intel hacks like Comey… Thursday’s indictment is welcome news for Americans who still care about the rule of law and delivering justice for those engaged in wrongdoing. Let’s hope these are but a few of the many charges awaiting Russiagate’s other key players, whose damaging antics must be held to account.

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal – Hillary Clinton’s secret to a “more perfect union”? Marginalize conservative Christian white men…. When MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski asked the former first lady and secretary of state whether America is “still headed toward a ‘more perfect union’” on Wednesday, Clinton attacked conservatives as the reason why the country’s progress is “on pause.”… “The idea of ‘We the People,’ that all men and women are created equal, that seems to be in the crosshairs of those on the Right who want to turn the clock back on the progress that has been made, writing out huge chunks of our history ….

By Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist – ‘It is alarming that both private companies and public institutions alike appear to be using foreign workers to work in [DEI] roles — placing non-Americans in positions where they are tasked with policing the speech and thought of our own citizens.’… American companies and institutions have utilized the notoriously abused H-1B work visa program to staff diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, according to documents released by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

By John Stonestreet , LifeNews – A whistleblower lawsuit against Planned Parenthood under the federal False Claims Act could force the nation’s largest abortion business to repay as much as $1.8 billion in fraudulent Medicaid claims… The lawsuit, filed in 2021 by an anonymous whistleblower identified only as “Doe,” accuses Planned Parenthood of continuing to bill Medicaid for services in Texas and Louisiana even after those states revoked the abortion organization’s eligibility in 2015. The revocations followed undercover videos released by pro-life activist David Daleiden that showed Planned Parenthood altering abortion procedures to harvest and sell aborted baby parts.

By Anne Hendershott, Crisis Magazine – Cardinal Cupich must know—as all faithful Catholics have known for decades—that Sen. Durbin could be counted on for voting in favor of the most radical abortion policies. Most recently, on January 22, 2025, Durbin voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which would require medical intervention for infants who survive an attempted abortion. Later in the year, Durbin voted against defunding Planned Parenthood. The previous July, Durbin voted in favor of the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act. And two years earlier, Durbin supported late-term abortion by voting against the Kennedy Amendment 3758 which would have banned abortion after 20 weeks.

By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post – Words are not violence, but words certainly can incite violence… Across the street from the Dallas ICE facility, the assailant, 29-year old Joshua Jahn, was found dead of suicide with a bolt-action rifle similar to the one used to assassinate Charlie Kirk. A stripper clip with rifle rounds included one with “ANTI-ICE” written on the casing, and similar messages on other casings. Authorities say he “fired indiscriminately,” hitting both the ICE building and an unmarked transport van, holding the detainee victims. …

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal – President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday directing an “all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism” and Antifa… “These are professional agitators, these are bad people and they’re paid a lot of money by rich people, some of whom we know,” Trump said of Antifa… White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called the move “historic.”… “This is the first time in American history that there is an all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism, to dismantle Antifa, to dismantle the organizations that have been carrying out these acts of political violence and terrorism,” he said. …..

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing – “Sanctuary” has returned to the American political vocabulary, especially in the context of cities and states declaring they will not allow local resources – police or social services – to cooperate with federal authorities in identifying or detaining illegal aliens… Contemporary Polish political philosopher Zbigniew Stawrowski argues that part of our modern problem is philosophical bait-and-switch: terms have been coopted by the Left, emptied of their original meaning, and replaced with new notions unmoored from the original.  We see this in words like “rights,” “justice,” and “marriage.”  We also see it with “sanctuary.” …

By Rachel Quackenbush, Catholic Vote – Courage International, a Catholic apostolate that ministers to individuals who experience same-sex attraction, will commemorate the 45th anniversary of its founding Sept. 26… Father Brian Gannon, who serves as executive director, reflected on the anniversary by citing Psalm 125: “The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.”… “We thank God for the pastoral courage of Father Harvey, who, reading the signs of the times, began this beautiful apostolate,” …

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sept. 25 on the long-anticipated deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., followed by signing directives on capital punishment in Washington, D.C., and on launching a federal crackdown on domestic terrorism… Signing the TikTok order from the Oval Office, Trump said the new arrangement would create a U.S.-based entity valued at about $14 billion and emphasized that U.S. investors will control the app’s algorithm to prevent foreign manipulation. …

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – A grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday on two counts: false statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch and obstruction of a congressional proceeding… The indictment, which was brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, centers on alleged false testimony Comey provided to Congress in September of 2020 about his handling of the Russia collusion hoax… “On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement ….

Source: X by Staff – Today Bishop Michael Olson, Bishop of Fort Worth, became the publicly called on Cardinal Cupich to cancel his plan to award Senator Dick Durbin a lifetime achievement award with a post on X: “At every Mass we ask the Lord Jesus for the gifts of peace and unity in his Church, and at this time of strife and division, Cardinal Cupich could promote peace and unity by withdrawing the invitation to Senator Durbin to receive an award and instead use the event to highlight – “

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Catholic bishop, Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin is the latest bishop to oppose the award – saying that nothing makes up for Durbin’s longstanding pro-abortion record to make him deserving of such an honor… Ricken wrote on X that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to honor Senator Durbin is “untenable” – writing that Cupuich’s honoring of Durbin’s work on immigration and his decades of voting for abortions up to birth “are not mutually exclusive but must be inclusive.” ….

By Carrie Gress, The Federalist – Is there someone who can tell (Gen Z women in both parties) to “woman up?” As Erika Kirk takes the helm at Turning Point, many have suggested she could do for young women what her husband has done for young men… Kirk is a woman of remarkable talent and grace, who has made it clear that she isn’t hemmed in by feminist tropes. “Women,” she said at her husband’s memorial service, “I have a challenge for you too. Be virtuous. Our strength is found in God’s design for our role. We are the guardians. We are the encouragers. We are the preservers. Guard your heart. Everything you do flows from it.”

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – Two people are dead after a shooter whose bullet casings reportedly had “anti-ICE messages” on them targeted an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas. Just hours earlier, California Gov. Gavin Newsom described immigration enforcement as “authoritarian” and suggested people would “push back” in an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert… At least two individuals were killed with a third injured after a gunman opened fire on an ICE transportation vehicle in Dallas early Wednesday morning.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture – Predictably, Cardinal Blase Cupich has defended his decision to honor Senator Richard Durbin despite criticism by Bishop Thomas Paprocki. Phil Lawler and I both wrote about this yesterday at about the same time, so I decided to wait another day to post my thoughts. Phil emphasized “The Cupich assault on episcopal unity”, making excellent points. But I want to to draw attention to the old bugbear that has caused such convenient confusion over the past generation and more, namely the “seamless garment” theory of morality.

By Newsmax – The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible U.S. government shutdown, Politico reported on Wednesday… The Office of Management and Budget is set to send a memo to federal agencies on Wednesday night to prepare to permanently reduce government workforce if there is a shutdown, according to Politico… The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …

By Judie Brown, LifeNews – Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced his intent to award Senator Dick Durbin a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for Dick’s work on immigration… Senator Dick Durbin, who calls himself a Catholic, has served in the U.S. Congress since 1983. For over 40 years, Dick has not only supported abortion and worked to protect this heinous act, but he has protected Planned Parenthood and worked to enshrine abortion as a “constitutional right.” That’s more than 60,000,000 dead children, with his full support. Dick could not be further from Christ.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – One ICE detainee was killed and two others were wounded after a shooter “opened fire” on a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday morning, Department of Homeland Security officials said… The shooter later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a statement from ICE officials. … No law enforcement officers were injured the shooting, which unfolded around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office at 8101 North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, off Interstate 35E…

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing – Solzhenitsyn went on to say, “There remain many courageous individuals, but they have no determining influence on public life.”   Charlie Kirk’s life, at last, proved Solzhenitsyn wrong. And Charlie’s death is now being called a “hinge” point, a tipping point, indeed a turning point… The signs of the times. We are supposed to look for them, as Catholics.  It’s what we do:  we see the good in something not our own, sort out the good from the bad, and then appropriate it.  So then, how are we doing so with Charlie Kirk and his movement?

By Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic News Agency – Opposition is mounting against Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to honor U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, with a “lifetime achievement award” for his work surrounding immigration policy despite his long pro-abortion voting record… Following Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois’ denunciation of the decision, additional bishops have followed suit in speaking out against the upcoming ceremony honoring Durbin, scheduled to take place in November. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A third Catholic bishop has stood up to oppose a decision by Cardinal Blasé Cupich to give an award to pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin… Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, plans to honor the radically pro-abortion senator with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on November 3… Now, Bishop James Conley of Nebraska has spoken out against the decision… Cardinal Cupich’s decision to honor Durbin has reignited scrutiny of his approach to abortion, particularly after he delivered the opening prayer at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where support for abortion has been a party platform staple since 1980.

By Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal – In any time in a society, you get an ology or an idea or a pretext to excuse behavior, you’re gonna get more of it. Let’s take the trans shooter, Audrey Hale, in Tennessee. She obviously acted out of hatred because she felt her gender dysphoria was oppressed by organized religion. She wrote a manifesto. We didn’t get the manifesto. In fact, we heard more about her trans problems than we did the actual reason why she went out to kill these people. ….

By John Zmirak, The Stream – (The Charlie Kirk Memorial) was a powerful moment for the Church in America, which is very good news for the country — since our Republic can only stay free if its people practice the virtues, as each of our Founding Fathers warned… A vice-ridden populace can only be controlled by a bureaucratic tyranny, and nobody can practice even the natural virtues (prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude) for long without God’s grace. That comes through the Church. So the Church’s future and freedom’s survival aren’t just intertwining issues. ….

By Ben Whedon, Just the News – Pres. Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech to the UN General Assembly saw him excoriate the international body as ineffective and forecast Washington putting more distance between itself and the UN… Trump accused the UN of leaving the job of peacekeeping to him, highlighting the many global conflicts that he resolved in the first seven months of his presidency… “I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal,” he lamented. “These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.”

By Greg Schlueter, Crisis Magazine – Tucker Carlson, speaking at the memorial, pressed the point that the answer to our crisis is not ultimately political but spiritual. Laws may restrain, but only repentance transforms. The true work begins within: acknowledging sin, seeking forgiveness, and then extending it to others. What Charlie lived for, Carlson reminded us, was this deeper revolution of the soul—a renewal that politics cannot manufacture but upon which any just order depends… What does this mean for America? It means we must have the courage to face our disorders honestly, not to enshrine them. To forgive as we have been forgiven. To cultivate virtue not as Victorian relic but as civic lifeblood.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – The Sunday memorial of slain conservative intellectual Charlie Kirk added a much-needed dose of Christianity into America’s broken culture. And with it came a profound message concerning the nation’s future male leaders… The pivotal moment came during remarks by Vice President J.D. Vance. While eulogizing his deceased friend, the Ohio native cited Christ’s teachings to offer poignant advice for young men seeking some semblance of purpose in life… “It is better to die a young man in this world than to sell your soul for an easy life with no purpose, no risk, no love, and no truth,” Vance said. …

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump delivered a nearly hour-long address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York Sept. 23, praising his administration’s record, criticizing globalism, and discussing the ongoing violence in both Gaza and Ukraine… Trump urged an immediate halt to the war in Gaza, declaring, “We have to stop the war in Gaza immediately. We have to stop it. We have to get it done. We have to negotiate immediately.”… He rejected international efforts to recognize a Palestinian state and called it “a reward for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities.”

By Roberto Wakerell-Cruz, Human Events – “That doesn’t mean those people are bad people, but I think it’s very important, again, to understand how to accept others who are different than we are, how to accept people who make choices in their life and to respect them.”… Pope Leo has confirmed that he will continue the practice of allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, warning against ceremonies that too closely resemble weddings. …

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – The US bishops’ conference, as a body, has been unable to reach an agreement on disciplinary action against politicians who support abortion. But the conference has at least agreed on a policy that public figures who promote abortion should not receive honors from Catholic institutions. As Bishop Paprocki pointed out, the Chicago archdiocese has its own policy against honors for “individuals or organizations whose public position is in opposition to the fundamental moral principles of the Catholic Church.” Cardinal Cupich is making a mockery of those policies.

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report – It was the best of times…” One bishop was described, in a recent interview with a major network, as “America’s Pope Francis”… It was the worst of times…” One bishop was strongly criticized, in a just published op-ed in a large newspaper, as “a bishop who, while professing to reflect the new direction set by Pope Francis, does not by his actions truly walk the talk.”… Fascinating, I’d say. It is even more fascinating considering that the two bishops are one and the same man: Archbishop Blase Cupich, the recently installed head of the Archdiocese of Chicago …

By Christine Niles, Freelance Reporter & Investigative Journalist – Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich is doubling down in the face of backlash to his decision to honor pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin. Durbin is a Catholic who lives in Chicago, with a long track record of voting in favor of abortion… “Recently some have criticized the decision of the Archdiocese of Chicago to recognize Senator Dick Durbin at our annual fundraiser for our immigration ministry, Keep Hope Alive,” he wrote in a Sept. 22 statement… (Cupich) went on to reaffirm his decision to bestow an award on the pro-abortion Catholic Democrat, in spite of vocal opposition from the public, including bishops. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – I talk a lot about “learned helplessness” here. It’s the psychological state that animals tortured in labs eventually get to, where they don’t even bother flinching to get away from the pain. It’s also the end state our elites seek for citizens throughout the West — a condition George Orwell saw as the outcome of totalitarian politics, depicting it with searing power in 1984.

By Vigilant Fox, The Gateway Pundit – HHS (under Trump and RFK Jr.) announced Monday that Tylenol use during pregnancy is associated with a “very increased risk of autism.”… On its face, that’s a huge story in itself. But Donald Trump went even further today — extending his remarks to the entire childhood vaccine schedule… He almost sounded like RFK Jr., delivering every word with force. He went out on a limb for all the mothers who swear their child’s health declined after taking vaccines… His words today change everything.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump announced Sept. 22 that his administration will issue a physician advisory and add new warning labels to acetaminophen, citing studies linking the drug’s use during pregnancy to an increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders… Joined at the White House by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary, and other top officials, Trump said the FDA will issue an advisory to doctors “strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – During the 2020 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Durbin questioned her about identifying as an “orthodox Catholic” and whether she wore a rosary, remarks pro-life Catholics saw as dismissive of faithful adherence to Church doctrine… In 2021, Durbin was barred from receiving Holy Communion in his home diocese of Springfield, Illinois, by Bishop Thomas Paprocki due to his voting record… Cardinal Cupich’s decision to honor Durbin has reignited scrutiny of his approach to abortion, particularly after he delivered the opening prayer at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where support for abortion has been a party platform staple since 1980.

By Thomas Gallatin, Patriot Post – In an attempt to counter Republican lawmakers’ efforts to exert more federal control over DC’s law enforcement, Democrats claim that Trump’s crackdown had little to do with crime dropping… Democrats are unwilling to own up to the high crime in the cities that they have long governed, such as Chicago and Washington, DC. However, as soon as Republicans respond and crack down on high crime, they are quick to jump to own the results of the crackdown… Donald Trump’s recent crime crackdown in DC serves as a perfect example of this phenomenon.

By Jayd Henricks, Catholic World Report – Last week, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that it will be honoring Senator Durbin with a lifetime achievement award… Sen. Durbin is a long-time Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois who served in leadership for his party and was a prominent voice on all the national issues, including his aggressive support for abortion rights and “same-sex marriage”. He also supported policies that violated the Church’s religious liberty while himself being a Catholic.

By Catholic Vote – Two prominent U.S. bishops are publicly urging Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to rescind plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with a “Lifetime Achievement Award,” citing the senator’s decades-long record of supporting abortion… On Sept. 19, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield — Durbin’s home diocese — issued a blistering statement: “I was shocked to learn that the Archdiocese of Chicago plans to honor Senator Richard Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award through its Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity Immigration,” Paprocki said… He stressed that Durbin’s record is incompatible with Catholic teaching.

By Andrea Madrigal, Crisis Magazine – The shot that assassinated Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk could very well be considered this generation’s version of “the shot heard ’round the world.” No sooner did the news of his shooting spread than chaos descended upon the United States and the world, and not unreasonably so. One of the reasons for this was the way many people on the Left decided to react to Charlie Kirk’s murder in cold blood: with open jubilation, completely disregarding decency.

By Joshua Monnington, The Federalist – The brutal murder of Charlie Kirk has evoked an array of passionate and argued responses, many of which are misguided or patently false: We need to cool the rhetoric. Trump in power breeds unrest. Both sides of the political aisle engage equally in political violence. Kirk’s right-wing incendiary language had deadly consequences. The shooter was merely a paramour overwhelmed by protective passion… These are all distractions (at the very least) from the truth about Charlie Kirk’s death: Charlie Kirk died because he went into spaces that were bastions of leftist thought and confronted an inherently violent ideology with biblical truth ….

By Monica Seeley, Catholic World Report – How typical of kids to get right to the heart of things! They give me hope that, as Erika Kirk said, her husband’s voice “will remain and it will ring out louder and more clearly than ever.”… I have hope that Charlie Kirk’s death will help galvanize the pro-life movement in this country. My prayer is that his voice will be amplified by the voices of countless young people who are compelled by his death to stand up and speak out… If that’s the Charlie Kirk effect, his death will not be in vain.

By Joshua Arnold, LifeNews – The FBI under President Joe Biden investigated no less than 92 conservative or Republican groups and individuals, as part of an operation code-named, “Arctic Frost,” which scoured the dregs for a way to charge President Donald Trump with crimes related to the 2020 election, according to documents released Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee… “In other words, Arctic Frost wasn’t just a case to politically investigate Trump,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “It was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.”

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – In an unprecedented turn of events, Pope Leo XIV has capitulated to China’s decision to abolish two historic dioceses established by Pope Pius XII and to recognize, in their stead, a new diocese instituted unilaterally by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)… On September 10, the Holy See Press Office announced that Leo had agreed to the suppression of the dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi, created in 1946, to “promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual good.”… The Vatican revealed that Leo had also approved the CCP-created diocese of Zhangjiakou in place of the dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi, an ecclesiastical fabrication of the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), also known as the Patriotic Church.

By Katholisch.de – Following a funeral mass for the murdered right-wing nationalist US activist Charlie Kirk, Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka has been criticised. According to Radio Prague’s English service, a number of Catholics and non-Catholics criticised Duka for organising a service for the controversial political activist in the first place… Demonstrators outside the church had labelled Kirk a “fascist, racist and sexist”. Honouring such people is wrong. Others had criticised the service as an act with an inappropriate political dimension.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, plans to honor radically pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on November 3… The award is prompting fierce backlash from pro-life advocates who decry the decision as a betrayal of pro-life Catholic teachings and a grave scandal that violates the sanctity of life… Illinois Right to Life, a leading statewide pro-life organization, condemned the award ….

By Sophie Starkova, Patriot Post – Charlie Kirk’s assassination was tragic and horrible, but the silver lining might be that more Americans are finding their way back into Christian sanctuaries… Is the church going to be able to provide the moral clarity and courage for which Charlie Kirk was murdered?… Though Kirk’s killing was a political assassination, it was as much a religious martyrdom as anything else. Yes, Charlie was political, and his organization, Turning Point USA, was involved in politics, but what drove all of it was his faith and commitment to the Lord.

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing – If you listen to talk about generational change in the Church, then you’re likely to hear about shifts in Catholic practice that have become increasingly evident in recent years. Falling Mass attendance, with older Catholics attending with far greater frequency than younger Catholics. Or the interminable liturgy wars, ostensibly pitting “Spirit of Vatican II Boomers” against “Zoomer Trads.”… The fiscally minded might note concern about the fact that older Catholics are disproportionately generous in their financial support of the Church compared to younger Catholics.

By Kayla Agnos, The Stream – Kirk’s death is not the end of his influence — it is the beginning of something greater… Evil may think it has won, but in reality, it has only written the prologue of a legacy that will stretch far beyond this moment… For my generation, Kirk’s death marks a turning point. His passing will either bring us together or drive us further apart. Either way, there is no going back. The world has changed. It is almost poetic that his death will bring about the very thing he wanted his movement to be. …

By Hailey Gomez, LifeNews – Disney’s ABC announced Wednesday that it is indefinitely pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show following his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination… The move comes after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media Group, said Wednesday it had decided to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from its owned and partner ABC-affiliated stations. In a press release, Nexstar Broadcasting Division President Andrew Alford called Kimmel’s comments “offensive and insensitive” and said the decision was made to “let cooler heads prevail.”

By Elise Winlandon, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump announced Sept. 17 that he will designate Antifa a “major terrorist organization” and warned he will recommend investigations into anyone funding the far-left movement… “I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”

By Tyler Arnold, CNA – Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced he is seeking the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the man charged with murdering Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk… “I am filing a notice of intent to seek the death penalty,” Gray said in a Sept. 16 news conference. “I do not take this decision lightly, and it is a decision I have made independently as county attorney based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime.”

By Agnes Aineah, Catholic News Agency – Nigeria is “sinking in many fronts,” the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said at a recent meeting, lamenting that in addition to economic hardships Nigerians are grappling with, many communities have been thrown into perpetual mourning due to unending insecurity… In his address at the ongoing interactive session between CBCN and the “prominent lay faithful” of Calabar ecclesiastical province, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji said many Nigerians have been killed, and those who fled are languishing in camps where they are exposed to extreme weather conditions, often without food and water.

By Nick Pietrowicz, The Federalist – If Lafayette, William Penn, and Winston Churchill were subject to individualized examination before a grant of honorary citizenship, then certainly the same should apply to the millions of aliens who wish to become Americans today… A recent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo announced that foreigners aspiring to become American citizens must meet a “Good Moral Character” standard. This directive is a return to policies that existed before the loosening of naturalization requirements in the early 1990s. That USCIS is now again requiring foreigners to demonstrate “character commensurate with the standards of average citizens” is positive.

By Hayden Daniel, The Federalist – The perpetrators of these heinous tragedies and those who cheer them on couldn’t be any clearer as to what their motivation is or who their targets are… The assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the “transgender” movement is, in fact, a serious domestic terror threat to Christian conservatives in this country… The revelation that the suspect in Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a man who identifies as a woman came as both a shock and as an all-too-common addendum to yet another tragedy.

By Mark Haas, Catholic Exchange – The shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk has left a void not only in the political landscape of America but also in the hearts of countless young people he inspired. He was a man driven not by anger or violence, but by an insatiable desire to uncover and proclaim what is true. His death is tragic, and yet, in a mysterious way, it mirrors the story of the One who is Truth itself… Charlie Kirk’s presence was electric. He was a bottle of lightning when it came to debate, quick on his feet and unwilling to back down. Whether on a college campus, behind a microphone, or on a television panel, he had the rare ability to cut through noise and address first principles.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – In the days since Charlie Kirk’s assassination by a radical Antifa terrorist, a refrain has arisen in the corporate press and the political establishment that we must come together, lower the temperature, tone down the rhetoric, and condemn political violence on both sides. In order to have peace, they say, we have to have unity… But there can be no peace or unity without first telling the truth, and the truth is that both-sidesism, the polite fiction that the American left and right have a problem with political violence, is a damnable lie — and everyone peddling it is a moral coward.

By Elise Winland, CatholicVote – Utah prosecutors on Sept. 16 formally charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk… At a Sept. 16 press conference announcing the charges, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said his office will also seek the death penalty, citing the severity of the crime… “I do not take this decision lightly, and it is a decision I have made independently as county attorney based solely on the available evidence and circumstances and nature of the crime,” Gray said. “Because we are seeking the death penalty, the defendant will continue to be held without bail in the Utah County Jail.”

By Elise Winlandon, Catholic Vote – Israel has launched a long-threatened ground offensive into Gaza City Sept. 16 as part of what it calls “Operation Gideon’s Chariots II,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced… The IDF said the campaign aims to push Israeli troops deeper into the city and will “expand in line with the current situational assessment.”… Defense Minister Israel Katz declared on X that Israel would fight until Hamas was defeated and hostages were freed. …

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing – In 1776, the year that America became independent (and San Francisco was founded), two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, traveled from what would become Santa Fe, New Mexico, through Arizona, Colorado, and Utah, aided at several points by native guides, until circumstances forced them to turn back in Orem, Utah, the very place where, last week, Charlie Kirk was murdered… Their mission, as strange as the path may seem to us today, was to find a shorter route from Santa Fe to the Franciscan mission in Monterrey, California – and no doubt to prepare the way for evangelization of native populations ….

By Jerry Dunleavy, Just the News – A useful picture of the domestic terrorism threat in America in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk has not yet come into focus, as the actual threat-scape has been muddled by the politicization of intelligence and by an overbroad use of the phrase “domestic terrorism.”… A review of the Biden administration’s application of the phrase shows that the phrase was used as a justification for targeting January 6 rioters, parents concerned about what their children were being taught in schools, and a wildly uneven treatment of those groups when compared to the widespread violence and destruction caused by Antifa and other progressive groups.

By Janet E. Smith, Crisis Magazine – Charlie Kirk inspired millions of young people around the world. His assassination has only galvanized the movement that he lived and ultimately died for… I have spent hours reading tributes to Charlie Kirk and watching his videos. I have avoided as much as possible the unbelievable, hate-filled responses that rejoice in his death… If you can’t see that Charlie Kirk’s life was animated by love, I pity you. You do not have eyes to see or ears to hear. You are allowing the hate-filled to shape your views.

By Michael Frigon, Crisis Magazine – Yet, the Soviets were not interested in peace, as they were convinced that they could defeat the West and its ideology. … The turning point came when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981. For two years, Reagan and his national security advisors worked to put his doctrine of “we win, they lose” into an actual strategy. The result was NSDD 75 on “U.S. Relations with the U.S.S.R.”—a short 10-page policy directive outlining how the United States would not just contain Soviet expansion but reverse it completely until a U.S. victory was achieved.

By Rod Dreher, European Conservative – One of the key conditions that King’s College professor David Betz says leads to civil war: an elite radically disconnected from the masses… Civil war is coming,” David Betz told a Budapest audience on Thursday night. And later: “Sorry, but I don’t think there is a peaceful solution at this time.”… Betz should know. The professor is head of the war studies department at King’s College London and is an academic expert in civil war. For years he has been writing that all the conditions for civil war to break out have been met in most Western countries; all that is needed is a spark.

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mises Wire – Is it too much to say that since the French Revolution, the left has been the source of virtually all political evils, and continues to be so in our day?… There can be no doubt that great cruelty and violence can be and have been inflicted in the name of preserving the existing order… But when we compare even the worst enormities of the more distant past with the leftist totalitarian revolutions and total wars of the twentieth centuries, they are in general a mere blip. ….

By Beth Brelje, The Federalist – Ilhan Omar’s comments are simply the latest in a long string of outrageous remarks — and House Republicans have done virtually nothing to hold her accountable… House Speaker Mike Johnson won’t commit to taking any disciplinary action against Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments blaming Charlie Kirk for his own assassination, despite his power to strip her of committee assignments or put forward a resolution calling for her expulsion from Congress.

By Craig Bannister, MRC Newsbusters – While he dearly wants unity in America, there cannot be unity with people who condone – even celebrate – political violence, such as the assassination of conservative advocate Charlie Kirk, Vice President JD Vance declared Monday… Hosting an episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” in wake of Kirk’s assassination, Vice President Vance said that there can be no unity with those who are violently opposed to unity: “I am desperate for our country to be united in condemnation of the actions and the ideas that killed my friend. I want it so badly. …

By Zelda Caldwell, National Catholic Register – The vice president, a close friend of Charlie Kirk, sat in as guest host of Kirk’s podcast Monday… While serving as the guest host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast Monday, Vice President JD Vance vowed that the Trump administration will seek to “dismantle” left-wing organizations that he said promoted the violence that led to the conservative activist’s assassination last week… “Charlie was gunned down in broad daylight, and well-funded institutions of the Left lied about what he said so as to justify his murder. This is soulless and evil,” Vance said.

By Carolyn McKinney, Crisis Magazine – The solution to the collapse of America under the weight of Cultural Marxism is found in the roadmap of Charlie Kirk’s life… The assassination of Charlie Kirk is not just a personal tragedy—it also marks the end of an era in America. For years, Charlie embodied the spirit of open debate and the free exchange of ideas. He believed that by reasoning together Americans could reach truth and consensus. But his death reveals something undeniable: the liberal order of neutrality and tolerance is dead.

By Jerry Dunleavy, Gelet Fragela and Steven Richards, Just the News – Amid the snow-capped mountains and Mormon churches of Utah, not far from where FBI agents continue to scour for more evidence in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a self-described armed revolutionary group openly aligned with Cuba has risen up on the streets of one of America’s most conservative states… Armed Queers SLC says its mission is to train gay, queer and transgender people to arm themselves and to fight against capitalism. Although their purported Facebook page does not directly appear to encourage the use of firearms in their claimed mission, many of the images used depict firearms.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The young man who allegedly assassinated a beloved pro-life conservative activist was himself a radical leftist who self-identified as Antifa… The 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting pro-life conservative activist Charlie Kirk had scrawled “Hey fascist, catch” on a bullet casing recovered from the scene, law enforcement officials said Friday… The initial details about the shooter are painting the suspect as a radicalized leftist who turned against his staunchly Republican family.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – The left has always been a violent, revolutionary movement, incompatible with ordered liberty. Politics isn’t possible with the left… “The left is being whipped into a violent frenzy. Any setback, whether losing an election or losing a court case, justifies a maximally violent response,” Kirk said. “This is the natural outgrowth of left-wing protest culture tolerating violence and mayhem for years on end. The cowardice of local prosecutors and school officials have turned the left into a ticking time bomb.”

By Thomas More Society, LifeNews – One such story is that of Ashley, a young woman who found herself at a difficult crossroads, overwhelmed and uncertain as the father of her child pressured her to have an abortion against her will… She was told by abortion facility staff that her decision to take the abortion pill was final—that there was no way to save her baby despite her immediate regret. “I felt trapped, like I had no options left,” Ashley later recalled.

Catholic Vote – The wife of the slain Charlie Kirk addressed the nation Friday night for the first time since her husband’s assassination… In the 16-minute speech, Erika Kirk opened by expressing profound gratitude to law enforcement, first responders, and the Turning Point USA team for their bravery and support… She honored Charlie’s life, describing him as a devoted husband, father, patriot, and man of God. Erika recalled his unwavering love for their family, his dedication to his faith, and his mission to revive the American family through Turning Point USA, which Charlie founded.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump said Sept. 12 he plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, to address crime in the city… “We’re going to Memphis. … We’ll straighten that out.”… He added that he will send “the National Guard and anybody we need, and by the way, we’ll bring in the military too if we need it. But we’re going to straighten out the crime in these cities.”… The President said both Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, support the move. …

By Amanda Prestigiacomo, DailyWire – An emotional and fiery Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, spoke out publicly for the first time since the assassination of her husband on Friday. She reflected on Charlie’s life and faith, and vowed to never let her husband’s mission end… Erika opened her remarks by thanking law enforcement and first responders for helping her husband after the shooting and capturing his assassin… The young mother said her husband “loved what he did” and thanked all of Charlie’s supporters. …

By Matt Kittle, The Federalist – After an intensive, multi-day manhunt, law enforcement officials on Friday said they had taken into custody conservative icon Charlie Kirk’s killer. Police assert 22-year-old Tyler Robinson “acted alone” in assassinating the Turning Point USA founder… But did he?.. Authorities said Robinson’s roommate shared with investigators the alleged cold-blooded killer’s communications on messaging app Discord. In them, the suspect discusses “a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel.”

By Scott Ventureyra, Crisis Magazine – Say their names: Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk; they should be remembered not as footnotes but as innocent lives whose loss exposes the captivity of the West. Their deaths cry out for repentance, justice, and courage… Regardless of the prevalence of evil, we must be relentless in claiming the truth—the truth that every human life is sacred, that Christ is Lord, and that evil must be resisted… The hour is very, very late; but hope always endures. For while Satan captivates nations with atrocity after atrocity, Christ alone has conquered death. …

By Jade A. Lee, LiveAction – For many, the likelihood of a post-Roe world seemed impossible. From 1973-2022, for nearly 50 years, the Roe v. Wade abortion law dominated the United States. The resulting consequences of that 1973 Supreme Court decision were an estimated 63 million human beings killed by abortion in the U.S… The pro-abortion arguments fueling this crisis are strikingly similar to the pro-slavery movements that were common throughout legalized slavery in America. …

By Jayd Henricks, The Catholic Thing – The assassination of Charlie Kirk was not just the killing of a brilliant young mind, a husband, and a father; it was an attempt to kill the truth. It was an attempt to kill a movement of young adults engaging in public discourse about the essential truths of humanity. And it was an attempt to kill civility… This is not to say that everything Charlie said was true; I don’t think that is the case for any of us. But Charlie Kirk engaged the arena of ideas more courageously, more robustly, more civilly, and with more faith than just about anyone in the public square today, which is why he had such a following among the youth. He was different. …

By Thomas Gallatin, Patriot Post – When tragedy strikes, the most appropriate initial response is to pray. It’s an acknowledgement of our finiteness and reality that ultimately only God is truly in control; only God is sovereign over everything… It was and is fitting for us to pray, to call on God, after this most recent atrocity, the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Indeed, given that he was an outspoken Christian, that is precisely the response Kirk would have wanted.

By Nancy Flanders, LiveAction – Charlie Kirk believed ‘every human being… is sacred’… President Trump announced Kirk’s tragic death on Truth Social, writing, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL…” … President Trump ordered the American flag to be flown at half-mast at the White House through Sunday in honor of Kirk.

By Kurt Etheridge, MRC TV – On a reflective episode of The Dana Show podcast, simulcast on The First, host Dana Loesch sat down with MRC President David Bozell to honor the extraordinary life and tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk. Bozell’s opening words captured the weight of the loss: “Charlie Kirk was certainly the best at creating an activist organization in the conservative movement. He was one of, if not the best, public speakers we had in our ranks. He combined all of that and started a podcast, and then started his family. He had this prolific career; he was the Rush Limbaugh of our time in that respect.”

Written by Charlie Kirk, the Spectator – When I was growing up, people often said British politics were where America’s would be in five, ten or 20 years. What this meant was that Britain was more to the left of America: more secular, more socially liberal, more environmentalist, more globalised. The assumption was that, over time, the left would always win out, so wherever Britain was now, America would soon be… I travelled to the United Kingdom in May to debate the students and faculty of Cambridge and Oxford Universities in large part because that old assumption is dead and gone. …

By Tessa Gervasini, Catholic News Agency – A new Pew Research Center study found that religion does not play a large role in how most Americans vote in U.S. elections… The research was conducted as part of Pew’s “About the American Trends Panel.” It was conducted May 5–11 and surveyed a representative sample of 8,937 U.S. adults. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 1.4 percentage points… Of the responding participants, 56% of Americans said religion shapes how they vote “a little” or “not at all” ….

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – Grief swept across our nation yesterday, September 10, with the tragic news that Charlie Kirk—conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA—was assassinated at Utah Valley University… While speaking on his ‘The American Comeback’ tour, Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck by a sniper around 12:20 p.m.. He had been sitting under his branded tent before a crowd of about 3,000 excited students and liberal protestors, preparing to answer a question about transgender shootings, when the attack occurred. …

By Kurt Etheridge, MRC TV – At just 31, Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, achieved what few have ever done in a lifetime. His trailblazing vision transformed college campuses, turning strongholds of leftist ideology into vibrant hubs of free speech, faith, and American principles. With infectious energy, he empowered countless young people, inspiring millions to embrace conservative values. As a devoted Christian, husband, and father of two, Charlie lived the values he preached, making our nation stronger with every word and action.

By Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist – In the world we live in now, there is no time to try to convince the left to ‘tone down’ their extreme rhetoric. They need to be treated like the domestic terrorists they are… Decades of extreme language, calling conservatives “Nazis,” claiming existential threats are around the corner in order to feed an assassination culture, and justifying the aftermath has brought a level of violence that is only one-sided: The left tries to murder or maim their political enemies.

By Bishop Michael Burbidge, Diocese of Arlington – As Americans, we are witnesses in just the past few weeks to a vicious pattern of political and social disorder. At Annunciation Catholic Parish in Minneapolis, the killings of Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel, two innocent children. In Charlotte, the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. And now the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, known for his commitment to civil and rational discourse. We entrust each of these victims to God, our Heavenly Father and author of every human life, and his son Jesus Christ, the reason for our supernatural hope.

By Thomas Gallatin, Patriot Post – The Democrats and the Left are losing Gen Z, in part due to low birthrates among progressives. Meanwhile, conservatives are simply having more babies…. The Great Replacement may be regarded as a white supremacist conspiracy theory regarding the concerted effort by left-wing elites to enact racial policies to replace majority white populations. There is, ironically, an actual ideological replacement occurring generationally in both the U.S. and Europe.

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – Texas lawmakers pass bill to stop flow of abortion pills into state… Lawmakers in the Texas Senate voted to pass Texas House Bill 7 (HB 7) this week during a second special session called by Governor Greg Abbott. The bill “prohibits the manufacture, distribution, mailing, transportation, delivery, and prescription of abortion-inducing pills for the purpose of obtaining an illegal abortion.” ….

By Zach Jewell, DailyWire – “Now together as survivors we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world …” … Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Wednesday they plan to release their own client list after the Justice Department in July announced it found no evidence of one… At a rally on Capitol Hill, Epstein victim Lisa Phillips said she and other survivors of Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plan to release a list of those involved in the abuse.

By Kristan Hawkins, LifeNews – How’d you like to learn school administrators were secretly shuffling minors off for abortions – hiding everything from the kids’ parents – and paying for it all with YOUR tax dollars?… If pro-abortion Democrats seize total control of Virginia’s state government this November, this type of evil could become more and more common… Just check out this recent headline from The Washington Times explaining what public school teachers in Fairfax County have been doing.

By Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist – It does not matter if individuals become naturalized citizens of the United States, so long as they retain the citizenship from wherever they came, they should not be allowed to serve in the American government… Either they renounce their foreign citizenship, or stop serving in our government. And, it is more preferable that they self-deport if they feel strongly about keeping the other citizenship… As founder John Jay expressed in 1787, “Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government.”

By Thomas Gallatin, Patriot Post – In an apparent effort to address the frustration stemming from the firing of the CDC’s director, Trump calls for more transparency surrounding vaccine research… In the early months of the COVID pandemic, a pandemic that resulted in governmental leaders installing a number of draconian measures that, in many cases, were inflicting more damage to people’s lives than the pandemic itself, the promise of a vaccine to protect people against the virus was a welcome prospect.

The Editors, National Catholic Register – There’s only one way Donald Trump’s second administration can be remembered as a pro-life presidency in a manner comparable to his widely praised first term in office… Then, he displayed impeccable pro-life credentials by fulfilling his crucial 2016 campaign promise to appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who could be relied upon to help overturn the court’s disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationally — as they did via their support for the court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision in 2022.

By  Leif Le Mahieu, DailyWire – “It is very important that the Drug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs.”… President Donald Trump issued a Labor Day appeal for Pfizer to share its COVID-19 vaccine data with the CDC and the public immediately… Trump said on Truth Social that Pfizer had shown him impressive numbers on its COVID vaccine, but that they had not made them publicly available. His call for transparency comes after the White House fired CDC Director Susan Monarez last week following her clash with Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the approval of COVID vaccines.

By Cameron Arcand, Fox News – The DOJ is asking people to report illegal visa practices that could come at the expense of American workers… Citizens are being urged to flag “discriminatory” advertisements for jobs, especially ones that state that the employer prefers people on a seasonal or H-1B visa… “Are you an American citizen who has been harmed by inappropriate preferences for foreign workers, eg H1-B or other? Follow the link. It’s also a place to report human trafficking of immigrant workers, and Title VII employment discrimination” ….

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – In their efforts to smear President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of federal law enforcement to the Nation’s Capital, legacy media and liberal politicians have been promoting myths about the severity of crime in D.C. and the city’s need for help to keep its citizens safe… Four of these myths – and the facts refuting them – are presented below… Myth: Federal law enforcement is ignoring the high-crime areas of Washington, D.C. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – In previous centuries, when most people believed they had immortal souls that would be judged, a tyrant hungry for power would try to control the Church so he could dominate the many by seeming to imperil what they treasured most — their salvation. Some of the worst abuses in my own Catholic church saw popes and bishops deny whole cities the sacraments of marriage and even baptism over some papal land grab or squalid dynastic squabble… What do those hungry for power to bully their fellow citizens with now? The health of our bodies, the tenure we spend in this mortal coil. Instead of selling indulgences that supposedly speed our souls to Heaven, they press on us ever-newer medicines and untested vaccines ….

By Mary Mobley, The Daily Signal – Cakes could be set to make another Supreme Court appearance: On Tuesday, a Christian baker asked the court to decide whether the First Amendment protects her refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding… This is similar to the 2017 case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, in which the court held that the First Amendment protected a Christian baker’s right not to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding… Cathy Miller, the owner of Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, California, argues the Masterpiece precedent applies in her case.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A sharp exchange between the United States and China erupted at the UN this week, as China’s ambassador criticized Pres. Donald Trump’s pro-life policies, particularly his decision to defund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)… The confrontation highlighted deepening tensions over global abortion policies and the U.S. commitment to halting taxpayer funding for organizations linked to abortion…

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – FBI Director Kash Patel said Aug. 28 the gunman behind the tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis left a manifesto and other evidence showing the attack was driven in part by anti-Catholic ideology… The shooter, 23-year-old Robert “Robin” Westman, opened fire during morning Mass Aug. 27, killing two children and wounding 17 other victims before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound… Westman, who identified as “transgender,” legally changed his name from Robert to Robin in 2020 after telling a Minnesota court he identified as female, according to the New York Post.

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – In a new report, a senior United Nations official is calling for a ban on all forms of surrogacy, detailing the many ways in which the practice is exploitative and promotes violence against women and girls… Key Takeaways: A report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur calls for an end to all surrogacy… The report will be presented to the UN General Assembly in October… The report details many of the ways in which surrogacy exploits women and girls.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – In a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the state of Louisiana has asked the justices to definitively declare the consideration of race in the redistricting process to be unconstitutional… “Our Constitution prohibits the sorting of Americans into voting districts based on their skin color — and Louisiana wants no part of that abhorrent system,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a Wednesday statement.

By Joy Pullmann, The Federalist – The New York Post published excerpts of the shooter’s journal posted on YouTube that include a drawing of him communing with a Satanic figure in a mirror. As I’ve written before, Satan-worshippers can be startlingly more direct than many Christians about the connections between their spiritual and political beliefs… This image is yet another striking testimony — from the dark side! — about the connections between queer ideology and the demonic. So are passages in the shooter’s journal that read as if they came straight out of the mouth of a demon: “I also love when kids get shot, I love to see kids get torn apart.” Pictures of his arsenal show a gun magazine inscribed with the words: “Where is your God?”

By Kimberlyn Schwartz, LifeNews – The Texas House of Representatives passed a major Pro-Life bill Thursday aimed at stopping mail-order abortion pills… The Woman and Child Protection Act (HB 7 by Rep. Jeff Leach, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Hughes) will head to the Senate for final approval next week… Chemical abortions are the biggest threat to preborn babies today. Abortion businesses are closing brick-and-mortar facilities but shifting their tactics online and underground. Activists send deadly pills into Texas illegally from other states and countries—to the tune of at least 19,000 orders of abortion drugs each year.

By Nate Jackson, Patriot Post – While the Leftmedia searches for a motive, the “transgender” killer was abundantly clear about his mental illness, manifesting as hatred for Christians, Jews, and Donald Trump… As school has begun across the country, there have been numerous hoax calls about active shooters on campus. That’s a sick way to get entertainment, but sicker still is when the shooting is real, as it was yesterday morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

By Hélène de Lauzun, The European Conservative – In July, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, presented a report stating that “the practice of surrogacy is characterised by exploitation and violence against women and children, including girls”… This is the first time that an international statement has been made on this sensitive subject in such unequivocal terms… The Casablanca Declaration, an international organisation bringing together associations and experts campaigning for the abolition of surrogacy worldwide, welcomed the report through its spokesman, Olivia Maurel, who was herself born through surrogacy and has made its universal and definitive abolition her cause. 

By Brett Samuels, The Hill – The FBI is investigating  Wednesday’s shooting in Minnesota as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, Director Kash Patel said… Patel confirmed the suspected shooter was identified as Robin Westman, who Patel and other top administration officials said identified as transgender… “The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman,” Patel posted on social platform X. “The FBI will continue to provide updates on our ongoing investigation with the public as we are able.”

By Elle Purnell, The Federalist – The implied argument is, if prayer didn’t protect these young Christians from being killed, it must be useless or at least insufficient. There’s a transactional undercurrent to these protestations: that these children placed their faith in God and He failed to hold up His end of the bargain… Every Christian who has ever experienced suffering has wrestled with the question of why God does not prevent every tragedy. I’m sure the parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends of the victims are grasping for answers to those questions now… But it’s quite another thing to mock and belittle the prayers offered by students at the Annunciation Catholic School Wednesday morning, or the prayers offered by loved ones and strangers mourning the tragedy.

By Craig Bannister, CNS News – Wednesday morning’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, which left victims two dead and 17 wounded, is being investigated as a hate crime by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Director Kash Patel announced in the hours following the incident… “The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics,” Patel reported in a social media post. “The FBI will continue to provide updates on our ongoing investigation with the public as we are able,” Patel wrote, providing details of the tragedy …

By Nathan Moelker, LifeNews – In a resounding victory for constitutional principles and the rule of law, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker just delivered a decisive blow to the abortion industry’s latest attempt to circumvent the democratic process and force taxpayers to subsidize their operations… In Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the court correctly denieda preliminary injunction that would have blocked implementation of the “Big Beautiful Bill’s” provision that defunds major abortion providers. This victory comes alongside the parallel Massachusetts case, Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy, where Planned Parenthood Federation of America challenged the same legislation.

By M.D. Kittle, The Federalist – Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan claims she’s immune from being prosecuted over federal charges she helped a violent illegal immigrant elude Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. But Dugan learned on Tuesday that no man — or woman — is higher than the law… Apparently, Dugan’s alleged conduct was so egregious that even one of the more notoriously leftist federal judges in the country couldn’t look the other way.

By Nathan Morley, Vatican News – The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has confirmed a famine in Gaza City for the first time, raising its alert to Phase 5 — the highest level on its acute food insecurity scale… More than 500,000 people are facing catastrophic conditions, according to the IPC report released Thursday. An additional 1.07 million residents, or 54% of Gaza’s population, are experiencing emergency-level food insecurity, classified as Phase 4.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – Making original films for young men isn’t that hard, but you have to quit pushing gay race communism and appeal to masculine virtue… Executives at Walt Disney Studios are reportedly pressing Hollywood creatives for movie ideas that will bring young men back to the theaters. According to Variety, Disney is hoping to get Gen Z men, which it defines as ages 13 to 28, interested in original films.

By Julianna Frieman, The American Spectator – Cracker Barrel’s recent logo redesign has sparked a heated debate, with many critics quick to call it just another example of “woke” branding. The company removed its iconic barrel and chair-sitting man from the logo, opting instead for a cleaner, simpler look. It’s clear that the leadership behind this change embraces progressive politics, but is this redesign really just about provoking outrage from conservatives? Or is it part of a broader, more complex business and cultural trend?

By Hannah Hiester, Catholic Vote – The Democratic Party is dealing with a voter registration crisis across the country while Republicans continue to gain voters, a New York Times journalist explained in an X thread… Shane Goldmacher shared voter registration data from the 30 states, plus Washington, D.C., that allow partisan registration. In the thread, he noted that Democrats lost 2.1 million voters in those states between 2020 and 2024. Republicans gained 2.4 million voters in the same areas. …

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hit abortion pill dealers accused of promoting and mailing abortion drugs to Lone Star State residents with cease and desist orders last week for their apparent violation of state and federal laws… The letters single out the abortion dealers Plan C and Her Safe Harbor, as well as an “affiliate” of Aid Access named Remy Coeytaux for “promoting, selling, or facilitating the shipment” of the drug regimen responsible for most of the nation’s abortions ….

By Thomas Gallatin, Patriot Post – The recent, completely avoidable deadly accident in Florida once again highlights the problem of the Democrat leadership’s failure to uphold our nation’s laws… That brings us to a traffic accident in Florida, where an illegal alien driving a tractor-trailer attempted an illegal U-turn that ended up costing the lives of three people. While not as heinous and malicious as some of the high-profile murders perpetrated by illegal aliens, the Florida accident serves to once again highlight the problem with illegal immigration.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – The state of California issued a commercial driver’s license to an illegal immigrant from India who is now accused of causing a deadly crash on Florida’s Turnpike and has failed basic English and road sign tests, federal officials said… On Aug. 12, Harjinder Singh attempted an illegal U-turn through an “Official Use Only” access point on the Turnpike in St. Lucie County, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) said Aug. 16. …

By Breccan F. Thies,  The Federalist – More than $50 million in grant funding, including formula, discretionary, and impact aid grants, will be under the reimbursement status, meaning the districts will have to prove that federal dollars are being spent consistently with federal law in order to get federal funding… The move comes after all five districts were found in violation of Title IX for maintaining their “transgender” policies allowing students to use the restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex based on “gender identity,” forcing students and teachers to use “preferred pronouns” at the threat of disciplinary action, and other far-left gender theory policies.

By Mike Smith, Bloomberg, (Complicit Clergy) – In immigrant-heavy Miami, Cuban-born businessman Mike Fernandez and Archbishop Thomas Wenski are leading a backlash to ICE sweeps… Wenski, 74, has taken an active role — with help from a Trump-loathing local billionaire — in trying to protect and provide comfort to immigrants who fear being caught up in ICE’s sweeps. He helped expand a Church program that provides free legal advice to immigrants facing deportation….

By John R. Lott Jr., The Federalist – D.C.’s murder rate … an astonishing 523 percent higher than that of the average state… The evidence makes clear that Washington, D.C., faces one of the worst crime problems in the nation. This is true even if one ignores the claims that D.C. is manipulating its crime numbers and that the large gap between reported and total crime is likely larger for D.C… Democrats may downplay the crisis, but the data show that the district outpaces every state and nearly every major city in violent and property crime, murder, and robbery. Until Democrats confront reality instead of dismissing concerns, residents and businesses will continue to pay the price.

By Craig Bannister, CNS News – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted a hot dog barbeque for law enforcement officers in D.C. Sunday evening, feeding the force before they headed out to protect citizens under President Donald Trump’s executive order to clean up the crime emergency in the Nation’s Capital… “No better way to spend a Sunday night! Make DC Safe Again!” Bondi wrote on social media, posting a photo from the event.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Last week, we reported extensively on the collapse of civil liberties in Britain, where a government intent on colonizing the country with millions of Muslim migrants cracks down on native citizens who register any objection to that practice. Perhaps that sounds overheated, as if I were exaggerating for rhetorical effect. Nope, there’s no need for hyperbole, with more than 30 Britons arrested every day for nonviolent posts on social media: Patriotic Britons are pushing back in whatever ways they can — for instance, by running up or painting traditional English flags in public places.

By Elizabeth Weibel, Breitbart – The semi-truck driver, who allegedly killed three Americans while making an illegal U-turn in Florida, failed an English language proficiency test and also failed to accurately identify highway traffic signs… In a press release from the DOT, it was revealed that officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) had launched an investigation into the deadly crash in Florida, which left three people dead… the driver, who has been identified as Harjinder Singh, investigators administered an English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessment. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Well, today is a bad day if you’re a liberal who loves to defend crime in DC… The Trump Derangement Syndrome is so off the charts in Washington, DC, that liberals are literally siding with criminals just to oppose President Trump. That’s how broken their spirits, morality, and politics are. They would rather see robbery, carjackings, and violent crime run rampant than admit Trump’s law-and-order plan is working. …

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump said Aug. 18 he will lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, arguing both undermine election integrity… In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed mail-in voting has produced “MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD” and called voting machines “‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial… Instead, he proposed paper ballots with watermarks, which he said are faster, more accurate, and leave “NO DOUBT” about election outcomes…

By Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart – During a day full of crunch peace talks with leaders from the United Kingdom, the European Union, NATO, and Ukraine, President Trump broke off to personally call Moscow, arrange a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky, and an ultimately set up a “trilat” three-way meeting in which he will act as mediator for a final peace agreement… Before the breakthrough by the president on Monday afternoon, the Kremlin had been reticent over agreeing to any face-to-face talks with Zelensky, opting only to negotiate through the Trump White House.

By Joshua Slocum, The Federalist – The Financial Times’ John Burn-Murdoch analyzed data from a set of longitudinal surveys of personality characteristics and found an unprecedented decline in positive, pro-social traits such as extroversion and conscientiousness, along with a huge spike in neurotic thoughts and behavior. Those changes were quite obviously tied to the social, cultural, and governmental upheaval wrought by the hysterical response to the Covid-19 virus.

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Since retaking office, Trump has boldly tackled a long list of issues Republicans have been gaslit into thinking were “untouchable,” politically toxic, or futile lost causes: immigration, DEI, Roe v. Wade, the Ukraine war, etc. But his most recent post on Truth Social suggests the president is ready to use both meaty hands to grasp the real third rail in our politics: our corrupt, manipulated voting system.

By Craig Bannister, CNS News – “This is what happens when you actually enforce the law,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explained Friday, providing details on the types of arrests made thus far during President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to the city… “189 arrests in D.C. — and counting,” Bondi reported in a social media post Friday afternoon. Of those 189 arrests, 75 (40%) were made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the attorney general reported.

By Wesley J. Smith, Live Action – Opponents of euthanasia have been screaming about Canada’s god-awful euthanasia machine for years. And it keeps getting worse. Now, the mainstream media — usually in the tank for assisted suicide — has finally noticed, as demonstrated by a thoroughly researched and objectively presented story by Elaina Plott Calabro… Calabro discusses examples of doctors who have killed hundreds of patients, people who have had themselves killed because they couldn’t access proper support services, and many other cases. Euthanasia is Canada’s fifth-leading cause of death, with more than 15,000 patients terminated annually. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – With the state of Virginia under massive scrutiny following reports that a high school in Fairfax trafficked multiple girls out of state for secret abortions, members of Congress have introduced a federal bill to make it illegal nationwide… Cong. David Taylor has introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act in the House and Rep. Bob Onder (MO-03), and Rep. Mark Harris (NC-08) are key co-sponsors. …

By Tara Suter, The Hill – President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday following his controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday… “I have already arrived in Washington, tomorrow I am meeting with President Trump. Tomorrow we are also speaking with European leaders. I am grateful to @POTUS  for the invitation. We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably. And peace must be lasting,” Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X late Sunday night…

By John Zmirak, The Stream – On Friday, I laid out the background to the war our Deep State provoked in Ukraine. That started with broken U.S. promises to Russia and the push to extend NATO right up to Russia’s borders. In 2013, our CIA staged a coup in Ukraine and took de facto control of its government. Then Obama officials floated the prospect of Ukraine joining our military alliance. This was exactly parallel to the USSR putting nuclear missiles in Cuba, and Vladimir Putin’s reaction wasn’t much different from John F. Kennedy’s: He called in the military.

By Robert A. Sirico, The Free Press – There was once a time when the names of political prisoners—people like Nelson Mandela, Andrei Sakharov, and Václav Havel—were known to all Americans. Jimmy Lai, who currently languishes in a Hong Kong prison, stands among these giants. His name should be known to every person who believes in freedom… Lai, now 77, is perhaps today’s most outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party. For more than three decades, until its bank accounts were frozen in 2021, he ran the pro-democracy paper he founded, Apple Daily.

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness – At the August 15 Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin performed as expected. He desperately wants an end to Western sanctions, détente with the U.S., and assurances that the U.S. will not impose a disastrous anti-Russian secondary boycott—and, apparently, some additional Ukrainian territory… Consequently, Putin, in his media synopsis, talked more about restored friendship with a “neighborly” United States under Trump. He scarcely mentioned Ukraine directly—other than to imply to Westerners that he seeks not merely to annex a foreign country, but to reclaim what he views as a former Soviet province with ancient ties to the Russian people.

By Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine – In the “Separation of Church and State,” has the state taken over the role of the Church in the wider culture?… The raft of executive orders aimed at scaling back government support for non-defense programs like welfare, health care, and foreign aid has led to everything from emotional stress to physical suffering and mortality for program dependents, as well as everything from criticism to contempt from those who consider those services the moral duty of government.

By Catholic Vote News Feed – President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin both spoke positively of their historic peace talk in Alaska Friday, but they did not reach the Ukraine ceasefire agreement Trump had sought… In brief comments to the press after the summit, Putin touted that the “negotiations have been held in a constructive atmosphere of mutual respect.” He said Russia “is sincerely interested in putting an end” to the war in Ukraine, and spoke of having reached “agreements” with Trump but did not specify any details.

Catholic Vote News Feed – The head of a US-based Catholic apostolate reported Aug. 14 that the Israeli military had bombed a warehouse in Gaza the day before where the organization had stored more than 4,000 cans of baby formula to be distributed later in the week… “Two of my aid workers were killed in the bombing yesterday,” said Jason Jones, founder and president of the Vulnerable People Project (VPP). “We mourn them, and we will not forget their courage.”… The stated mission of VPP is to “defend the vulnerable from violence by promoting human dignity and inspiring solidarity,” an agenda Jones describes as an application of Catholic social teaching.

By John Zmirak, Chronicles Magazine, (Complicit Clergy) – Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso has compared support of deportations to support for legal abortion. Statement after statement from the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops make the claim that support for what amounts to open borders is mandatory to a “holistic” pro-life stance. Indeed, in response to an expose about Planned Parenthood’s participation in selling fetal body parts for profit, Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago could not condemn it without making the comparison to immigration law in The Chicago Tribune ….

By Andrew Gondy, The American Spectator – The crises in Sudan are not abstract statistics; they are measured in skipped meals, improvised shelters, and miles walked to reach clean water. Millions suffer silently as foreign attention remains on Putin or Netanyahu, but Sudan still deserves our attention. A country so deeply broken will not be helped by a regime change or funneling money to evil militant factions, but by determined organizations trying to bridge the gap between what international agencies can provide and what communities actually need.

By James H. McGee, The American Spectator – What can we expect from the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? Is this the result of Trump’s recent pressure campaign and the potential ramping up of “sanctions,” even those by another name, such as the tariffs being levied on India? Is it war weariness in Russia, however difficult such a development is to discern? Does it reflect Putin’s belief that by pounding Ukraine relentlessly in the last several months, he’s created a framework for “taking the win”? Will it be merely symbolic, or can something genuine be achieved?

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Pushing back against the orchestrated force of elites in the U.S. and Western Europe, President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with Vladimir Putin today at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Their goal? To end the war in Ukraine… Recall the deep roots of this war: An empty promise from the George H.W. Bush administration in the waning days of the Soviet Union that if Mikhael Gorbachev dissolved the Warsaw Pact, the U.S. wouldn’t push NATO westward toward Russia’s borders. We went on to break that pledge.

By Fr. Brian Harrison, One Peter Five, (Complicit Clergy) – Most Holy Father, I address to you this heartfelt petition regarding an urgent and practically unprecedented problem that Your Holiness has inherited from the previous pontificate. It is one which I and many other Catholics believe lies at the very heart of the mission entrusted to you by Our Lord as the Successor of Blessed Peter: that of guarding and teaching the uncorrupted doctrine of Christ that was “once and all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). ….

Catholic Vote News Feed – The Little Sisters of the Poor are not exempt from providing contraception to staff, a federal court ruled Aug. 13, blocking conscience protections set in place by the Trump administration… The Sisters intend to appeal the decision, which is the latest episode in a long saga that began when the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department mandated the Sisters must provide the drugs even though the Catholic Church opposes the use of contraception unless it is strictly intended to address medical problems. …

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action – Safety regulations on abortion pills have been increasingly relaxed in recent years, and now, a group of 22 attorneys general have sent a letter to the FDA asking for the previous protocols to be reinstated… a coalition of 22 Republican attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, sent a letter to Kennedy and Makary requesting that the previous REMS requirements be reinstated, citing a recent analysis from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which found that women experience serious adverse complications at a rate 22 times higher than the rate reported on the FDA label for abortion pills. …

By Joachim Osther, The Stream – We shouldn’t be surprised by D.C.’s trend toward violence. What’s on full display is something deeper than political incompetence or mere malfeasance… The central issue is worldview — specifically, the collective American worldview slowly but pervasively shifting from being grounded in biblical truths to embracing secular atheism… Liberalism in America is now teeming with secular philosophy. Millions of Americans no longer believe in absolute moral truth. To them, good and evil are simply abstractions.

By Hannah Hiester, Catholic Vote – The high school teacher who blew the whistle on allegations that Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) enabled a minor student’s abortion now says that she has raised concerns about the claims seven times since May 2022… CatholicVote previously reported that Zenaida Perez, a teacher at Centreville High School, met with a school investigator in May to tell him about the allegations that a school social worker facilitated one abortion for a student and tried to convince another to go through with an abortion. According to the claims, both students were minors at the time and their parents were not notified, violating Virginia law.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – President Donald Trump had the presidential and legal authority to terminate billions of taxpayer dollars to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and its countless overseas pet projects, the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this week… Ever since Trump issued his day-one executive order effectively freezing USAID’s wasting of Americans’ hard-earned dollars, judges have encroached on his presidential authority by hampering his power to impound, or “decline to spend the full amount of an appropriated fund.”

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal – When students return to Christiansburg High School for classes on Wednesday, they’ll find at least one large “open plan” gender-neutral and multiple-stall bathroom… Parents are raising the alarm… “I would have been mortified at that age,” Alecia Vaught, 49, who has two grandchildren at the southwestern Virginia school, told The Daily Signal about the bathroom situation… The Daily Signal obtained photos of signs with symbols depicting a woman, a man, a half-man/half-woman, and a wheelchair. ….

By Brian Freeman, Newsmax – After announcing on Monday that he was taking federal control of the police department in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump insinuated in the White House briefing room that five other cities could face a similar effort from his administration, Newsweek reported… Trump said the attempt to address crime and homelessness would “go further” than D.C.,  as he specifically named Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Oakland, California… “We have other cities also that are bad. Very bad,” Trump said during the press conference …

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – Jonathan Haidt, professor of social psychology at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, is a crusader for getting kids off screens. As a front-line witness to his students’ social shift from friend groups to being utterly lost in the online world, he has advocated for getting cellphones out of schools. In his most recent published research with Zach Rausch, an NYU colleague, and Lenore Skenazy, co-founder of the nonprofit Let Grow, whose mission is to promote childhood independence, the trio teamed up with Harris Poll to find out what kids desire as an alternative to being on their phones.

By Susan Berry, Ph.D., Catholic Vote – Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Friday announced the repeal of federal regulations that he said have led to “corrupt medical judgment” by allowing specific patient treatments to be financially incentivized… In a video message posted to social media, Kennedy asked Americans: “Should doctors make decisions based upon what’s best for their patients or based upon what makes them the most money?” …

By Devin Dwyer, ABC – Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision… Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for six days in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple on religious grounds, is appealing a $100,000 jury verdict for emotional damages plus $260,000 for attorneys fees… In a petition for writ of certiorari filed last month, Davis argues First Amendment protection for free exercise of religion immunizes her from personal liability for the denial of marriage licenses.

By Casey Chalk, The Federalist – What do you get when you marry victimhood and narcissistic self-worship? Today’s woke ideologue journalist. For it is left-wing journalists resting upon their precarious perch in corporate legacy media who, despite… wealth and influence, believe they are actually victims worthy of America’s sympathy and support… They are the oppressed, beleaguered heroes keeping the fires of truth burning in these dark days of reinvigorated conservative cultural and political dominance, waging a fearless battle against patriarchy and racism. They also happen to have sufficient wealth and free time to indulge in some of the priciest and most self-absorbed activities that define our digital age.

By William Kilpatrick, The Stream – Much of the world’s media now seems to agree that Israel is deliberately starving the people of Gaza. Many Catholic media outlets are saying the same thing. This is a very serious charge, and I think Catholics should be careful about jumping to conclusions about this complicated situation… Not that there is no food crisis in Gaza. There is. Yet it’s widely acknowledged by Mid-East experts that if the people of Gaza aren’t getting enough to eat, the fault lies mostly with Hamas, not Israel. For years, Hamas has been intercepting aid supply trucks, stealing the cargo, and using it to feed their own families and fighters. Then they take what they don’t need and sell it to ordinary Gazans at exorbitant prices. …

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – On Monday, in a 31 page decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the state’s highly protective 2022 abortion law, finding that it did not violate the “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” clause of the Indiana Constitution… The opinion was authored by Judge Paul Mathias. Chief Judge Robert Altice and Judge Mary DeBoer concurred in the unanimous decision which upheld the September 2024 ruling by Judge Kelsey Blake Hanlon… Senate Bill 1 passed in a 62 to 38 vote in the House, by 28-19 in the Senate, and was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb.

By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine – A coordinated campaign by law enforcement officials, Hindu activists, and extremist politicians is deploying draconian anti-conversion laws to systematically target Christians across India, according to a new report published by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI)… The EFI report follows national outrage over the arrests of two nuns who were falsely accused of human trafficking and forced conversion. The sisters were released on bail amid revelations that militant Hindus tortured a young girl into making false statements against the nuns. …

By Diaa Ostaz, CNEWA, Gaza, Vatican News – The streets of Gaza are quieter than they used to be — not because peace has returned. The deep silence of hunger has replaced the noise of daily life. Every corner bears the marks of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe: gaunt faces of children, long lines at makeshift aid points and parents who have nothing left to give but words of comfort and prayer… The humanitarian collapse in Gaza did not happen overnight. On 2 March 2025, the Israeli Defense Forces sealed all crossings into the enclave — 16 days before the collapse of the temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. …

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – “Only cowards run to blue states,” Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Sunday, blasting Democrat state House members who fled the state to prevent a vote on Congressional redistricting… “Texas Democrats didn’t stand and fight—they fled, obstructing critical state business for hardworking Texans,” Gov. Abbott wrote in a social media post introducing video from an interview discussing how the Democrats are hiding out in Democrat-run (“blue”) states… “This is the most un-Texan thing we’ve ever seen,” Gov. Abbott told Fox News Sunday ….

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal – President Donald Trump announced Monday he’s taking decisive action to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., drawing attention to violent crime rates not only in the nation’s capital, but in major cities across the U.S… “We have other cities that are very bad—New York has a problem, and then you have, of course, Baltimore and Oakland,” Trump said at a White House press conference Monday morning to announce that the federal government is taking control of the D.C. police in an effort to crack down on crime… “We’re not going to lose our cities over this,” Trump said, referring to crime. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Without all the mob violence, robberies, and rapes, won’t Washington, D.C., lose half its charm? Can we really call ourselves a civilized society if our nation’s capital doesn’t rack up a higher murder rate than Mexico City or Nairobi? Does President Donald Trump think that D.C. residents are wimps, that they can’t tolerate a few thousand felonies every year, as the price of … well, what exactly?

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly opposing three separate citizen petitions filed by abortion advocates and allied states that oppose any efforts to strengthen safety protocols and seek to remove the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) safety requirements for the abortion drug mifepristone… National Right to Life also called on the FDA to reverse its approval of mifepristone. …

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – To be clear, illegal aliens are already reshaping our political landscape without formal citizenship. Congressional apportionment and Electoral College votes are based on population — not citizenship. Blue states that have incentivized mass illegal migration and policies get increased representation and can dilute the representation that American citizens have. Rep. Yvette Clark, D-N.Y., said as much in 2021 that her district could “absorb a significant number of these migrants” because “I need more people in my district, just for redistricting purposes.”

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – The ideal outcome in Louisiana v. Callais would be for SCOTUS to definitively declare that ‘race should never be a factor in redistricting,’ Hans von Spakovsky said… While the battle between Republican- and Democrat-led states to redistrict ahead of the 2026 midterm continues to heat up, a case with major implications for the issue is quietly flying under the radar at the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, LifeNews – House Republicans kept almost a billion dollars in funding for an agency targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency after the Biden administration used it to promote abortion in Africa… In April, Millennium Challenge Corporation employees received an email that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation after visits from DOGE, The New York Times reported.

By Paul Tilsley, Fox News – The White House, faced with an ongoing and growing tsunami of murderous attacks by Islamic State-allied groups against Christians in sub-Saharan Africa, is now working closely with the State Department to find ways to stop the killing… Last week, the White House told Fox News Digital, “The Trump administration condemns in the strongest terms this horrific violence against Christians,” after the U.N. reported 49 Christians were butchered with machetes on July 27 in and around a church in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while Catholic worshipers were praying for peace. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – As I’ve been writing here for years, the Swamp Republicans are every bit as dangerous as the Democrats — and in some ways worse, just like a squatter who lives in your house, eats out of your fridge, and crawls into your bed is worse than a hateful neighbor. I made Right Wing Watch last week for pointing out that Senators Lindsay Graham and John McCain were in on the Russia Collusion hoax… Now General Mike Flynn is calling for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to summon former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before Congress about his alleged role in efforts to oust President Donald Trump by using the 25th Amendment.

By Peter Parisi, The Daily Signal – While out of one side of their mouths, the Left lionizes illegals as latter-day huddled masses yearning to breathe free, these same leftists speak of the migrants in ways that are condescending or at best utilitarian, even as they fight to block President Donald Trump from deporting them back to their countries of origin… Most of these liberals, in unscripted moments, appear to be less concerned about the well-being of the millions of illegals the Biden administration allowed to pour into our country unvetted and more concerned about their food supply ….

By Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report – While Republican pro-life policies are most often blamed for—or credited with—the shuttering of 37 Planned Parenthood abortion clinics since January 2025, the reasons for the closures are more complex than defunding abortion through H. R. 271: The Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025… Abortion facility closures began long before the 2025 legislation and have as much to do with the availability of easy access to medication abortion as with any attempt by the Trump administration to restrict abortion funding to Planned Parenthood centers.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 7 aimed at ending political and religious discrimination in the banking industry… The order directs federal banking regulators to eliminate policies that allow financial institutions to deny services based on so-called “reputational risk” and other concepts “that enable politicized or unlawful debanking,” according to an Aug. 7 White House statement… In the statement, Trump said banks “discriminate against conservatives” and “religion because they’re afraid of the radical left.” …

By Neil Munro, Bretibart – U.S. Catholic Bishops are citing Nazis, slave catchers, and replacement babies as they try to slam President Donald Trump’s popular immigration policies… The bishops are also urging open borders, parroting cheap-labor demands from business groups, and pretending that illegal migrants are not illegal… One Bishop is even endorsing President George W. Bush’s “Any Willing Worker” migration policies as an alternative to Trump’s pro-prosperity policies. …

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump has ordered federal law enforcement to assist in policing Washington, DC, in what the White House calls a response to violent crime in the nation’s capital… “President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an Aug. 7 statement, according to POLITICO. “Starting tonight, there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C.” …

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture – August 6th was National Lecture Your Fellow Catholics on Facebook Day. If your newsfeed looks anything like mine, you’re thinking to yourself, “Isn’t every day?” But I mean something specific. August 6th was the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima… Every year, without fail, my newsfeed on Aug. 6th is gummed up with Facebook friends reminding their fellow Catholics that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was immoral. The justifications for it smack of consequentialism, proportionalism, etc. Errors that are condemned as such in Catholic moral theology.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – Mass deportation of illegal immigrants is not enough to save America. We have to recover an insistence on assimilation… There’s a bit more to say about Democrat Illinois Rep. Delia Ramírez, who in her recent opening remarks at the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City declared (in Spanish), “I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American.”… You might think, as I initially did, that Ramírez is an immigrant from Guatemala. But she was actually born in Chicago. Her mother illegally entered the United States by crossing the Rio Grande while she was pregnant, which gave Ramírez birthright citizenship. In common parlance, she’s an “anchor baby.”

By Elise Winland, LifeNews – In another major pro-life victory, Planned Parenthood said it will shut down its clinics in Louisiana Sept. 30 after losing access to federal funding under President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”… Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said on X that he has “fought hard as Attorney General and now as Governor to rid our state of this failed organization.”… He added, “Abortion should NEVER be considered healthcare.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream – While of course I want those arrested for immigration crimes provided with chaplains like any other prisoners, I did raise a couple of questions: Did the Knights do this for January 6 detainees? Do they do it for Operation Rescue detainees?… Dozens of J6 prisoners were held in solitary confinement for months for nonviolent offenses before trial. From our bishops: crickets. … In Biden’s last year in office, some 400,000 young (children) immigrants were simply lost in our country, sent to unvetted sponsors… When all that child exploitation was happening on a mass scale, which U.S. bishops denounced it? …

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – “The Texas Supreme Court has now ordered the runaway ring leader of the derelict Democrats to respond to my lawsuit by Friday,” Rep. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday, providing an update on his effort to remove a Texas House member who fled the state… More than fifty Texas House Dems, among them Rep. Gene Wu, left the state Sunday in order to deny Republicans the quorum needed to conduct legislative business and approve Congressional map redistricting.

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – President Donald Trump announced Thursday he instructed the Commerce Department to begin working on a census that does not include illegal aliens. It’s a long-overdue correction to a system that Democrats have exploited for years to tip the balance of power in Washington… “I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said.

By David Warren, The Catholic Thing – Like the Founding Fathers of America, (Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)) is, in fact, suspicious of democracy. Right and wrong are discernible in nature. The republic that God smiles upon will be favorable to the right, and will advance righteous interests. It will not be indifferent to the making of good men. It will be naturally opposed to men who are evil. It will be at the service of men who are free… Being free, therefore, does not mean simply having the vote. It rather means not having a vote for the purpose of creating our rational and moral realities. It means rather leaving to God – or to “The Absolute” – what is in God’s realm.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – The Trump administration’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said Aug. 4 it will stop issuing visas to men seeking to compete in women’s sports, closing a loophole that allowed foreign athletes to act against the administration’s goal of protecting female athletes… Matthew Tragesser, a spokesperson for USCIS, said in a press release that the new policy is “a matter of safety, fairness, respect, and truth,” ensuring that “only female athletes receive a visa to come to the U.S. to participate in women’s sports.”… “Men do not belong in women’s sports,” Tragesser said. …

By Newsmax Wires, Newsmax – President Donald Trump said Thursday he has directed the Department of Commerce to launch preparations for a new and “highly accurate” national census, according to a post to his Truth Social account.
The president said the count would reflect current information, incorporate data from the 2024 presidential election, and explicitly exclude individuals residing in the U.S.
“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” his post read. “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS….”

By Gary Bauer, Patriot Post – Texas Democrat legislators have essentially shut down the legislature… Texas Democrats are really proud of themselves for fleeing their state to prevent the passage of a new congressional redistricting plan… By preventing a quorum, they have essentially shut down the legislature… Among the 18 critical issues Gov. Abbott asked the special session to address was legislation improving emergency flood warning systems and providing financial relief to help the victims of the deadly July 4th floods.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency lawsuit with the state Supreme Court the evening of Aug. 5, seeking to remove House Democrats who fled the Lone Star state two days earlier to block a Republican-led redistricting plan… Abbott accused House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu of leading the walkout and abandoning the districts that lawmakers are supposed to represent. The lawsuit invokes a writ of quo warranto, a legal action that challenges a person’s right to hold public office… The court ordered Wu to respond to the lawsuit by 5 p.m. Aug. 8, Abbott said. …

By Sam Barron, Newsmax – Under the Biden administration, the average American household lost nearly $1,100 of spending power a month, Scott said… “Why? Because the Democrats spent more than $4 trillion trying to solve a problem they created,” Scott said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” Ultimately it led to 9% inflation and interest rates so high that today, the average first time home buyer is 38 years old. Having a candidate running here in New York City on socialism is as clearly misguided as their last election attempt.”

By Carol Tobias, LifeNews – As has been discussed for several weeks now, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, legislation to remove funding from Planned Parenthood for one year… The VA has proposed a rule that would overturn a Biden-era rule that established VA hospitals as abortion facilities… The Dept. HHS has announced sweeping reforms to the organ transplant system. Horrifying reports have surfaced with stories of patients who were still alive even as their organs were in the initial stages of being removed! ….

Source: Tri City Record, by Staff, (Complicit Clergy) – The Catholic Church’s handling of decades-old sexual abuse allegations involving priests who served in southern New Mexico and West Texas has again come under scrutiny. Eight new lawsuits against the Diocese of Las Cruces and the Diocese of El Paso allege that church officials knowingly concealed child abuse to protect the institution’s reputation… The lawsuits, filed by the Davis Kelin Law Firm and Huffman Wallace & Monagle, allege systemic abuse of minors spanning more than three decades – from 1956 to 1990 – involving children aged 3 to 15.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business will close two centers in Louisiana – adding to the list of dozens of abortion facilities the company has closed in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill that defunded it… Both Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana will close their doors effective September 30, making it so the state with be free of the abortion business… Notably, the New Orleans facility was constructed with the stated goal of becoming a regional abortion center, intending to perform nearly 2,844 abortions per year. With Louisiana banning abortions, babies across the state are protected and that goal was not achieved. …

By Zelda Caldwell, National Catholic Register – President Donald Trump has commissioned architect James McCrery — a prominent figure in the revival of classical architecture and a designer of some of the most beautiful “new traditional” Catholic churches in the United States — to design a new White House ballroom… The White House announced plans last week for the construction of a 90,000-square-foot building, with a seating capacity of 650 people. The current East Room can only accommodate 200 guests… The selection of McCrery Architects as lead designers for the project and the accompanying architectural renderings offers a clear signal of the project’s stylistic direction. …

By Matthew Balan, Catholic World Report – Near the end of his study, Datta emphasizes how these organizations “have expanded their reach and influence across Africa,” and their participation in “efforts aim to shape African societies and influence policies, particularly in opposition to human rights in sexuality and reproductive health.” He blames the Catholic Church for inspiring these groups: “Pioneered by the Vatican, all anti-gender actors….have seemingly convinced themselves with their crocodile tears that upholding…colonial legal frameworks criminalising same-sex relations and/or abortion rights is the real path to African sovereignty.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Even if the mainstream media won’t report on it honestly, the Trump administration’s righteous war against our corrupt Deep State continues. In fact, it’s moving from words to legal deeds, and thanks be to God. If President Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris last fall was akin to the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, what we’re seeing today is like the Normandy landing in June 1944: The big guns are firing, our troops are on the beaches, and the fascists are getting scared.

Patriot Post – Braying Jenny – “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” —Rep. Delia Ramirez… “Were we biased? Yes. Almost inadvertently, I’d say. ABC News has the same problem so many leading cultural institutions do in America: A lack of viewpoint diversity.” —former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran

By Vigilant Fox, (Gateway Pundit) – In a move that many were hoping for but were not expecting, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy just announced that BARDA will be CANCELING 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts, saving taxpayers about $500 million in the process… This move delivered a major blow to the biomedical industrial complex, which was hoping to make an mRNA vaccine for just about every disease imaginable… The reason for this move is grounded in what happened during the COVID debacle, which Kennedy explained in detail. …

By Andrew Gondy, The American Spectator – Creating stable marriages and families is the most important way to reclaim our culture. Without these, conservatism is dead… In 1865, William Ross Wallace delivered a succinct and powerful cultural insight: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” In contemporary American life, the startling emptiness of this cradle is forging a new battlefield for young conservatives… In late July, the CDC reported that U.S. birth rates have fallen to just 1.6 children per woman. This is the lowest recorded fertility rate in American history, and plunges our country well below replacement birth levels.

By Nancy Flanders, LiveAction – The lawsuit is a desperate attempt to keep taxpayer money in Planned Parenthood’s pockets even as it has been shutting down its own centers, losing clients, decreasing its legitimate health care services, and switching its business to telehealth…. “For years, Americans have been forced to subsidize the killing of innocent children and the exploitation of vulnerable women,” said Live Action founder and president Lila Rose in a statement. “Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion chain, ending over 400,000 lives annually while masking their business as healthcare. This defunding victory is a crucial step toward ending that injustice.”

By Sen. John Barrasso, The Daily Signal – Democrats and the media are doing everything they can to slow the momentum of President Donald Trump by attacking the “One Big, Beautiful” law’s Medicaid provisions… While Democrats want to weaken Medicaid by giving taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants and allowing able-bodied adults who don’t work to game the system, Republicans actually strengthened Medicaid by passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill into law… Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., came to the Senate floor to spread blatant lies about the Republican agenda.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – President Donald Trump spent the last few months of his 2024 campaign promising to force taxpayers to foot the bill for a procedure that routinely destroys human life. His plans to pave the way for Americans to make “more babies” by subsidizing in vitro fertilization, however, are allegedly on hold… The Washington Post reported that as of Sunday, Trump’s White House is allegedly “backing away from proposals discussed internally to mandate IVF coverage for the roughly 50 million people on the Obamacare exchanges.”

By Catholic Vote – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly preparing to instruct his war cabinet to authorize a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, expanding operations into areas previously avoided due to concerns about the safety of Israeli hostages, according to The Times of Israel… The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported late Monday that a senior official close to Netanyahu stated bluntly: “The die is cast — we are going for a full occupation of the Gaza Strip.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream – If you have a worldview that’s 1) internally incoherent, 2) hysterically moralistic, and 3) grounded in nothing but the current group preferences of the powerful, what can you do to enforce it on the masses? You can’t convince them rationally, so that’s off the table. You can try gaslighting them and manipulating their sentiments. That works pretty well sometimes, provided you dominate the means of communication. But pesky dissidents wielding stupid facts and tedious arguments will often burst your balloon.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – Three-fourths of U.S. voters who follow the news of the investigation into the Trump Russia Collusion hoax think it’s likely that Obama Administration officials “committed serious crimes” to foster the false narrative used to smear and impeach President Donald Trump… Referencing a recent report from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard concluding that then-President Barack Obama’s national security team manipulated and manufactured intelligence to promote a false narrative about Russia and Donald Trump, a Rasmussen poll of U.S. likely voters conducted July 29-31, 2025 asked the following question: …

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – The previous administration’s reliance on NGOs greatly contributed to the abuse and neglect of unaccompanied illegal alien minors — a scandal about which Dems have little to say… There was nothing good that came from Pres. J. Biden’s sanctioned invasion of the southern border. Perhaps the most heinous consequence was exposing already vulnerable migrant children to predators within the US interior. Many of these unaccompanied kids were put in the hands of unvetted sponsors, and for some, that sponsor was a trafficker. Biden’s DHHS then lost track of the minors.

By Jennifer Galardi, The Daily Signal – Ever since Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator at Trump Tower in 2015, a political and cultural realignment has been underway in America, culminating in his second presidential victory. Many issues once considered the domain of the Left seem to have been adopted by the new, right-leaning populist movement… Nowhere is this more apparent than in health policy. The “Make America Healthy Again” movement was started by those who likely would have considered themselves liberal up until a few years ago, most prominently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. himself.

By Abigail Nichols, The Federalist – ‘If someone tells you a pill is 100% safe, run for your life,’ he said… During an event challenging the idea that “scientific truth is … achieved by consensus,” Food andDrug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary laid out the agency’s goals to promote nutrition over prescription drug use and expressed concern about how politics have affected the scientific community in recent years.

By Mary Stroka, Catholic Vote – The Trump administration has backed down on forcing insurance to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to two anonymous sources cited in an Aug. 3 Washington Post report… The administration does not plan to require health insurance companies to pay for the services, “two people with knowledge of internal discussions said,” the newspaper reported… President Donald Trump had said in 2024 that if he won the election, the government would either pay for IVF or demand the companies cover the treatment.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Pres. Trump’s decision followed a July 31 Telegram post where Medvedev, now a senior Kremlin advisor, invoked the Soviet Union’s infamous “Dead Hand” system… According to The Hill, the system is a doomsday plan designed to ensure a retaliatory nuclear strike if Russia’s top leadership were incapacitated.
In an Aug. 1 Truth Social post, Trump framed the submarine deployment as a precautionary measure in case Medvedev’s “foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that.” …

By Michael Barone, Patriot Post – It looks like the Democrats’ baggage, especially from the Biden years, is heavier than the loads Trump Republicans must juggle… Here’s a clue that the off-year elections in November 2026 may not go the way conventional wisdom suggests. That conventional wisdom is that the president’s party almost always loses the House and, slightly less often, Senate seats. …

By Jonah Apel, The American Spectator – Emphasizing the reality of biological sex is of course correct. Trump’s executive order is a significant win, and this answer is miles better than caving to the Left’s assertions or trying to seek some supposed middle ground between truth and falsehood. Men are not women, and in no way should conservatives give in to the Left’s false anthropological delusions… However, conservatives shouldn’t stop there. While affirming biological reality, we shouldn’t make the mistake of reducing the differences between men and women to only biological or chromosomal differences. What a woman is entails much more than just XX chromosomes

By Tim Graham, MRC TV – Deadline.com is reporting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding. “The CPB informed employees on Friday that the majority of staff positions will end on Sept. 30, with a small transition team in place through January, 2026.”If this happens, this is not a shutdown of PBS or NPR stations, but a shutdown of the corporation that sends out the taxpayer money to PBS and NPR stations. After all of their protests that their taxpayer funding wasn’t a large portion of their budgets, they are now acting like the defunding is catastrophic to their operations.

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal – Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to perform abortions… On Friday, the administration posted the proposed rule change in the Federal Register, which will be formally published on Monday, to prevent VA-run hospitals and other medical centers from performing abortions in nearly all cases.

By Abigail Nichols, The Federalist – The Houston branch of ICE alone arrested 214 “criminal illegal aliens in the past six months who have been charged or convicted of a sex offense involving a minor” … “Of the 214 criminal illegal aliens arrested, 179 had final orders of removal from an immigration judge. 141 have already been removed” … Some of the criminals highlighted by the department range from ages 25-76… One convicted molester, 25-year-old Gabriel Julio Velazquez Lopez from Mexico, “illegally entered the U.S. four times since 2016” until he was arrested and deported in April.

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this week blasted France’s decision to recognize Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly as “counterproductive,” the Catholic Church’s second-highest authority responded by calling for the Vatican to follow in France’s footsteps… Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s statement to reporters on July 28 is being seen as an attack on Meloni and an endorsement of French President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Palestine. It comes amid rising antisemitism in traditionally Catholic Italy.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – House Republicans successfully blocked a Democrat amendment that would have repealed pro-life protections in the Fiscal Year 2026 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, preserving long-standing policies that prevent U.S. taxpayer funds from supporting abortions overseas… The bill, advanced by the House Appropriations Committee on July 24, maintains robust pro-life safeguards, including the Helms Amendment, which prohibits foreign aid from funding abortions, and the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy, an expanded version of the Mexico City Policy that bars funding to foreign organizations promoting or performing abortions. ….

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – In the Amazon region of Brazil, venues are getting ready for the world’s elite to congregate. The city of Belém is the closest metropolitan area to COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference, which will be held in November… Earlier this year, it was reported that Brazil had decided to bulldoze acres of the Amazon rainforest in order to create the necessary infrastructure for conference attendees to reach their destination. The irony of a climate conference destroying the rainforest was apparently lost on event planners. …

The Editors, National Catholic Register – Affirmations of the sanctity of human life from a U.S. bureaucracy certainly aren’t an everyday occurrence, so it was notable on July 21 when Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did precisely that in sharing the disturbing findings of a federal investigation into the operating practices of a federally funded organ-procurement organization… The investigation by the HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration examined 351 patients for whom organ donation was authorized, but not completed, in accordance with currently accepted U.S. standards for brain death.

By Eric Scheidler, LifeNews – You already know that nearly one million unborn children are aborted every year in our country… But do you know what happens to the bodies of all those aborted babies?… Most of them are incinerated. Some are thrown into landfills. Some are flushed down the drain… And believe it or not, a handful of these children have actually been given a proper burial. In fact, there are more than 50 burial sites of aborted children all over the country… Don’t you think we ought to visit those burial sites and pray in mourning for these children?

By Scott McKay, The American Spectator – “Gerrymandering is good, and we need more of it.”… My friend Kurt Schlichter, in a column at Townhall earlier this week, was spot-on in defense of gerrymandering as a political act, and in advocating its aggressive use in red states: Gerrymandering is good, and we need more of it. It’s especially beneficial because mid-census cycle gerrymandering, currently being executed in red states, is likely to increase the number of Republican House seats significantly. …

By William Kilpatrick, The Stream – We hear a lot these days about “endless wars.” A short list of protracted wars since World War II might include the Vietnam War, the Israeli-Arab wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanese civil war, the Soviet-Afghan war, the Iran-Iraq war, and the Russia-Ukraine war. Some say that these wars are kept alive by big defense contractors, munitions manufacturers, and other corporate entities that stand to profit from wars that don’t end.

By Michael Swartz, Patriot Post -It is essential to note the political calculus involved. With blue states coddling illegal aliens and attracting them to live within their borders, each illegal counts the same as a citizen when it comes to population and congressional apportionment. For example, it’s estimated that the state of New York has 670,000 illegal immigrants out of a total noncitizen population of 1.8 million. Given that a congressional seat represents roughly three-quarters of a million people, the illegal immigrant population props up the Empire State’s delegation by almost a full seat just by itself, and the total noncitizen population buttresses it by 2.5 seats.

By John Mac Ghlionn, The American Spectator – The American Academy of Pediatrics lit the fuse in 2023. Their recommendation to use GLP-1 weight-loss drugs in children and adolescents wasn’t just a nod to pharmaceutical innovation — it was a signal flare to industry, a green light to experiment on the developing brain. And experiment they did. A review of more than 310,000 patient records reveals the consequences: a 65 percent surge in prescriptions. Some might call this progress. They’re wrong. This is mass chemical intervention dressed up in a lab coat.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) explained how Big Media plays a part in the left’s “template” for advancing lies… “I still think the big takeaway here is the media tried to tell us, forever, the left tried to tell us forever that Joe Biden was just fine,” Rep. Jordan told Host Laura Ingraham, discussing House Republicans’ probe of how Democrats and media apparently knowingly perpetrated the falsehood that former President Joe Biden’s cognitive health was “just fine” during his time in office.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Who could have predicted it? Letting women rent out their wombs so gay men could purchase their babies — with no background checks — might have some ugly effects. Check out this story from The Blaze, where the title couldn’t be blunter: “Homosexual who fundraised to get baby through surrogacy exposed as pedophile”…

By Amira Abuzeid, CNA – Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including its Prevention Park location, which was known as the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere until the state’s near-total abortion ban in 2022… Texas Right to Life President Dr. John Seago in an interview with CNA called the Prevention Park location’s closure an “unmitigated victory for life.”… At its peak, this center aborted 10,000 babies a year, up until 24 weeks of pregnancy, according to Shawn Carney, founder and CEO of the pro-life group 40 Days for Life, whose headquarters in Bryan, Texas, are located in a former abortion clinic near Texas A&M University.

By Elise Winland – President Donald Trump pledged July 28 to work with European allies to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by acknowledging “real starvation” among children in the region… Trump made the remarks during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland after reporters asked whether he agreed with Netanyahu’s claim that starvation does not exist in Gaza… “I don’t know… Based on television, I would say, not particularly,” Trump said. “Because those children look very hungry.”

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – The Trump administration issued new guidance July 28, affirming that federal employees may openly express their religious beliefs at work — including praying with others, sharing their faith, and displaying religious symbols in their offices… In a memo to agency heads, the Office of Personnel Management stated that employees may “persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views” and invite coworkers to religious events, as long as the conduct isn’t harassing… The agency framed the move as a necessary defense of constitutional freedoms and a safeguard against retaliation for expressing faith. …

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Upon assuming the bench, all new federal judges take an oath to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me … under the Constitution and laws of the United States.” So, why is Massachusetts-based District Court Judge Indira Talwani flouting that pledge?… On Monday, the Obama appointee (and Democrat donor) issued a revised preliminary injunction that attempts to block provisions from a recently passed law prohibiting the federal funding of Planned Parenthood. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A federal judge has permanently blocked a new federal law that defunds the Planned Parenthood abortion business… U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued a new temporary restraining order that blocks the defunding measure, which was part of the One Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump signed into law July 4… The order ignores how abortions kill babies and hurt and kill women – with death a much more serious adverse health consequences…

By  NewsMax – HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday that he will work to “fix” the program that compensates victims of vaccine injuries, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program… Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic and former vaccine injury plaintiff lawyer, accused the program and its so-called “Vaccine Court” of corruption and inefficiency… “I will not allow the VICP to continue to ignore its mandate and fail its mission of quickly and fairly compensating vaccine-injured individuals,” he wrote, adding he was working with Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Together, we will steer the Vaccine Court back to its original congressional intent.”

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said July 25 that the Biden administration released 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children into the US — far higher than previous reports of around 300,000… “We now believe the true number of missing children that Joe Biden trafficked into the country, that Democrats trafficked into the country, is 450,000, not 320,000,” Miller said in an interview with FOX News’ Sean Hannity.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing more centers – with another 5 closing in northern California thanks to the defunding bill President trump signed that took $300 million in taxpayer dollars away from the abortion giant… California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – President Donald Trump put Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the spot about the cost of renovations to the Fed’s Washington headquarters building going over budget… “We’re taking a look, and it looks like it’s about $3.1 billion. Went up a little bit—or a lot,” Trump said. “So, the 2.7 is now 3.1. It just came out.”
Powell pushed back, saying he hadn’t “heard that from anybody.”

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said July 21 he may cancel the Senate’s August recess to address a mounting backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, noting that Democrats have so far refused to confirm any through the Senate’s usual procedures… “We’re thinking about it,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol, according to The Hill… He said it would be “nice” if Democrats adhered to historical precedent ….

By Gia Chacón, National Catholic Register – For two millennia, Christians in Gaza have borne witness to their faith with unyielding endurance and quiet courage. Today, fewer than one thousand remain, their survival hanging by a thread. After Hamas launched its brutal October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel — massacring civilians and taking hostages— the Israeli military responded with a massive campaign in Gaza. The war that followed has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Often ignored, Gaza’s Christians are an embattled minority caught in the crossfire

By Cheryl Sullenger, LifeNews – Under the leadership of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services uncovered shocking evidence that at least one organ procurement organization was harvesting organs before the human donors had died… “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” said Sec. Kennedy in a written statement issued on July 21, 2025.  “The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants will be held accountable. The entire system must be fixed to ensure that every potential donor’s life is treated with the sanctity it deserves.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream- … the U.S. bishops have chosen to pretend that our church teaches de facto open borders — despite our Catechism, which clearly affirms governments’ right to control immigration and migrants’ duties to respect local cultures and obey national laws… Starting in 2017, the USCCB’s protested virtually every measure the Trump administration took to enforce our country’s just, democratically enacted, widely flouted immigration laws. When Trump’s team tried to protect unaccompanied minors by separating them from alleged “relatives” and conducting DNA tests, the bishops joined the media outcry about “putting children in cages.”

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – For all his feigned concerns about the state of ‘democracy’ in America, Obama has shown himself to be one of the biggest threats to it… “The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. And over the next few months, we are going to show that to the world.”… Those are the words of then-President Barack Obama days after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. As it turns out, like many remarks issued throughout the course of his disastrous presidency, it was a complete and total lie.

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – “The leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “He’s guilty. It’s not a question… This was treason.”… The newly released documents also include allegations involving then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… During the July 23 press conference, Gabbard claimed the files contain evidence of “possible criminal acts” tied to Clinton’s 2016 campaign, including secret meetings with outside organizations and alleged misuse of State Department funds in exchange for political support.

By  John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – Revelations about the Russia collusion hoax confirm our intel agencies are incompatible with democratic self-government and the rule of law… At the direction of President Barack Obama in late 2016, our intelligence agencies pulled off what can only be described as a coup and a treasonous conspiracy against President-elect Donald Trump — a conspiracy that continued throughout his entire first term in office, hobbling his presidency and thwarting the will of the American electorate.

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump’s approval rating among voters under 30 has plunged over the past six months, according to the latest CBS News/YouGov poll conducted July 18-21… The survey, conducted among 1,729 adult citizens, found that 66% of voters aged 18-29 disapprove of Trump’s job performance. Only 28% of young voters approve, while 6% said they were unsure.

By Jim Thomas, NewsMax – In April, a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General confirmed key findings by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, about gaps in the Biden administration’s handling of the unaccompanied alien children program… The report found that over 500,000 minors entered the program during Biden’s term, and many were released to unvetted adult sponsors amid surging cartel activity at the southern border.

By Tessa Gervasini, Catholic World Report –  In the past year Florida has been the most successful state at protecting religious liberty through safeguards in the state’s statutes or constitution, while West Virginia has been the least successful, according to the fourth annual Religious Liberty in the States report from First Liberty Institute… First Liberty — the largest legal organization in the U.S. dedicated solely to defending religious liberty — released its annual index ranking religious liberty protections for each of the 50 states.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Planned Parenthood Federation of America is on the hook for “endangering the lives of women and girls across the country” by claiming the dangerous and deadly abortion drug regimen used to execute a majority of U.S. abortions is “safer” than over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, according to a new lawsuit…  According to Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who is suing the abortion giant on behalf of Missourians who obtained abortion pills from the organization in the last five years, Planned Parenthood’s deceptive promotion of the dangerous abortion drug regimen is a “blatant violation of Missouri law.”

By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine – On July 17th, an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic parish killed three—including two elderly women—and left many wounded, including the pastor. The next day, Babylon Bee Editor Joel Berry had this to say about the victims: There are “only about 200 professed Catholics still living in Gaza and they all support Hamas.” They “aid and support the terror regime,” he added… On July 16th, one day before the attack on the church, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated this in response to Irish lawmakers trying to hold radical Israeli extremists accountable for nearly destroying a church in the only remaining all-Christian village in the Holy Land: “Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?…Sober up Ireland!” … These aren’t just flippant remarks.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – “It’s difficult to get your car washed in Los Angeles now,” because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are rounding up illegal immigrants, Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass complained Sunday.“It’s difficult to get your car washed in Los Angeles now, because most of the car washes, the employees won’t come to work out of fear that a raid will take place,” the Los Angeles, California mayor grumbled in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” …

By Tyler Arnold, CNA – The Richmond office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spied on a priest because he refused to discuss private conversations he had with a parishioner who was converting to Catholicism, according to a July 22 report from the House Judiciary Committee… According to the report, the Richmond FBI investigated the priest’s background, monitored his travel plans, and looked into his credit card information. This investigation was allegedly launched after the priest became uncomfortable with an FBI agent’s questions about a parishioner and said he would need to speak to the church’s leadership and an attorney before answering questions.

By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal – The nonprofits that sued to block President Donald Trump’s reforms during his first month in office had been awarded $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds in the previous administration… “Your tax dollars provide critical support for the web of woke groups trying to transform America,” Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, told The Daily Signal. “It’s shameless of them to use your tax dollars to sue your government for even more of your tax dollars. But being woke means never having to say you’re sorry!”

By P. Gardner Goldsmith, MRC TV – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday declassified documents revealing what she described as “overwhelming evidence” demonstrating that, after President Donald Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would be the years-long Trump/Russia collusion probe… As Fox News, Breitbart, and other news outlets have reported, the documents reveal a calculated effort to manufacture intelligence and peddle the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, a fiction designed to undermine the will of the American people after Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness – Chemotherapy can be a life-saving though sometimes toxic effort to eliminate lethal cancer cells before they kill the patient. As such, it can serve as a bitter metaphor for the often-controversial efforts of the Trump administration to undo the metastasizing damage caused by the Biden administration. The left and the media, however, wish to convince America that the remedy for four years of either catastrophe is worse than the catastrophe itself… Take the border. It was literally destroyed over the last four years. ….

Posted on NewsMax, (AP) – Planned Parenthood won a partial victory Monday in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation… A provision in that bill would end Medicaid payments to abortion providers for one year… But U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston granted a preliminary injunction Monday that, for now, blocks the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood member organizations …

By Bobby Schindler, LifeNews – In a recent video, Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian combat veteran, host of The Kelsi Sheren Perspective, and an outspoken opponent of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) policies, shared how Canada’s government-controlled healthcare system plans to euthanize an estimated 15 million Canadians between 2027 and 2047, a staggering figure justified under the pretext of cost savings… While doctor-assisted suicide in the U.S. has not yet reached the alarming extremes observed in Canada, the “death with dignity” movement is actively attempting to change that. …

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the Christian village of Taybeh July 19 after an arson attack by Israeli settlers near the fifth-century Church of Saint George, condemning the violence as a “crime against humanity and God.”… “Taybeh is a quiet Palestinian Christian village south of Jerusalem w/ a lot of American citizens that has been vandalized-including fires set at ancient church,” Huckabee, a Christian, wrote on X. “I visited there today.”

By Amira Abuzeid, CNA – A joint resolution introduced last week by Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, condemns the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries worldwide… Introduced on July 17, the resolution follows a speech delivered by Moore in April on the House floor, where he addressed the “rampant violence and martyrdom” endured by Christians worldwide for “proclaiming their faith in Jesus Christ.”… “Around the world, our brothers and sisters in Christ face rampant persecution for simply acknowledging the name of Jesus. That is unacceptable,” he said.

By Joy Pullmann, The Federalist – President Barack Obama was among the U.S. leaders directing intelligence agencies to lie about Russians tipping the 2016 election to Donald Trump, reaffirm newly declassified U.S. intelligence records… The Obama administration’s use of U.S. intelligence to back false claims about Trump and Russia sabotaged the peaceful transition of power necessary for democratic self-government. It denied the American majority the policies they voted for by consuming the first Trump administration with fabricated scandals, including a massive special counsel investigation. These also wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and damaged U.S. foreign policy, likely feeding the still-raging Russia-Ukraine war.

By Marissa Greene, Fort Worth Report, (Complicit Clergy) – Catholic Charities Fort Worth will continue serving as the Texas Office for Refugees, leading resettlement efforts for the state of Texas… The July 17 announcement from CEO and President Michael Iglio, comes after the organization announced in June that it would no longer serve in its federally funded role in leading Texas’ refugee resettlement starting Oct. 1, 2025… Now, the organization said it would continue its role in statewide resettlement through the end of its federal contract on Sept. 30, 2026.

By Elise DeGeeter, LifeNews – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a scathing legal memo July 14, condemning a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block the Trump administration’s one-year ban on taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood… “Simply put, Planned Parenthood has no right to taxpayer money, and this Court should not invent such a right,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in the memo. “The Court should uphold Congress’s lawful exercise of its authority to decide to whom it will entrust taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars.” …

From House Committee on Homeland Security, by Staff – Congressman Clay Higgins’ statement will likely cause some Catholic Bishops to lose sleep. Catholic NGOs collected over $3 billion in federal funds by trafficking illegal aliens under the Biden administration… This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing detailing how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helped facilitate and benefited from the historic Biden-Harris border crisis, as well as how far-left NGOs are still working to help inadmissible aliens undermine federal immigration law under the Trump administration. …

By Kate Quiñones, CNA – From Detroit to California to Florida, Catholic clergy are rallying to show support and solidarity for immigrants facing deportations… While the Tennessee bishops and Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino recently granted dispensations to the Sunday Mass obligation for those who fear arrest, other Catholic clergy are attending marches to show solidarity and support for immigrants… In Detroit, one Catholic priest took a unique approach — delivering a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – Battling the clock and fierce opposition by Democrats, media and rouge members of their own party, Republicans succeeded in saving taxpayers $9.0 billion – and from being forced to continue subsidizing public media – by passing a defunding bill on Friday.

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – Communist China is intensifying its crackdown on Chinese Catholics who conscientiously object to a pact between Rome and Beijing. Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV shows no signs of ending the clandestine deal Pope Francis struck with China in 2018.

By Joshua Klein, Breitbart – With Gabbard pledging to hand over all documents to the Department of Justice for criminal referral, the revelations are poised to reshape the historical narrative surrounding the 2016 election—while escalating an already active criminal probe into senior intelligence officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, and prompting a broader reckoning over oversight and accountability within the intelligence community.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – This insidious slogan is once again being used by Republicans to justify another amnesty bill… A group of congressional Republicans have joined Democrats in an effort to push through an amnesty bill by performing two cheap tricks: repeat the tired trope that we’re a “nation of immigrants” and redefine “amnesty” as “dignity.”… The bipartisan bill, dubbed the DIGNITY Act, was introduced this week by Republican Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar ….

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report – Today, critical theory is largely detached from old-style Marxist thinking about economic class…” says Carl R. Trueman. “Thus, the ideology of culture and the ethos of the technological world are symbiotic in creating a world of flux.”… In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, and goals of critical theory. …

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Researchers in the United Kingdom, which rearranged its laws in 2015 to accommodate the “pronuclear transfer” trials, pitched their “three-person IVF” experiment as a means to lessen the chances of mitochondrial mutations that lead to genetic disorders in infants conceived via IVF… In (one) particular case, the UK researchers’ success in producing live babies born of three people’s DNA no doubt opens the door for bringing more people into the sacred act of reproduction. …

By Jordan Sekulow, LifeNews – After the outrageous revelation that Army trainees at Fort Bragg (then Fort Liberty) were instructed that pro-life Americans were domestic terrorists, and that our client Operation Rescue was expressly named and its logo pictured prominently on a “TERROR AWARENESS” training slide presentation under the title “TERRORIST GROUPS,” we went to work. …

By Philip Roberts, The Daily Signal – A conservative grassroots organization launched a major campaign Wednesday to rally Americans around the nation’s founding principles ahead of next year’s 250th anniversary… Americans for Prosperity’s “One Small Step” campaign “will be a bold, multi-year initiative to build a movement to defend our founding principles and reignite the American Dream,” the organization said. The campaign will feature stories of American entrepreneurs and inventors “to build a movement to defend our founding principles and reignite the American Dream.”

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – President Donald Trump dismissed renewed speculation over Jeffrey Epstein’s death, calling it a “hoax” driven by Democrats and distancing himself from supporters who continue to raise concerns about the convicted sex offender… In a July 16 Truth Social post, Trump referred to the controversy as “the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” criticizing those who “have bought into” it.

By Rep. Josh Brecheen, New York Post – Catholic NGOs received over $3 billion during the Biden administration to aid in the illegal invasion of the United States… When violent riots erupted across Los Angeles in defiance of President Trump’s efforts to enforce federal immigration law, the uprising was not as spontaneous as open-borders politicians would have you believe… Far-left non-governmental organizations, including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), helped provide transportation and services to those going to the protests in support of illegal immigration, many of which quickly devolved into brutal attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

By Margot Cleveland, The Federalist – Federal judge James Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and some two dozen other judges that his D.C. colleagues were “concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis,” according to a memorandum obtained exclusively by The Federalist. That Judge Boasberg and his fellow D.C. District Court judges would discuss how a named Defendant in numerous pending lawsuits might respond to an adverse ruling is shocking. …

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – Israel said July 16 it carried out strikes on Syria’s Defense Ministry HQ in Damascus in response to attacks on the Druze community in southern Syria. Hours later, Sec. of State Marco Rubio announced on X that all parties involved had agreed to “specific steps” to end the violence… “The IDF continues to monitor developments and the regime’s actions against Druze civilians in southern Syria,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on X. “In accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF is striking in the area and remains prepared for various scenarios.”

By Scott McKay, The American Spectator – BATON ROUGE — A man claimed he was unfairly fired from his job after he refused to use the pronouns that another employee said they used.
Luke Ash, a former library employee and pastor, said he knows that what he did was against the library’s code of conduct for employees, but he says calling his co-workers by the pronouns they identify with would be against his own beliefs… Ash worked at the library for fewer than six months. He was fired Thursday after having a conversation with a co-worker about another co-worker. In the conversation he refused to refer to the second co-worker by their proper pronouns.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – “Changing birth certificates for desired genders is falsifying records,” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said, announcing that he is filing motions to intervene in cases where Indiana trial courts have ordered the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) to change the designation of sex on birth certificates to reflect preferred gender identities… “One should have no more ability to change the listed sex on a birth certificate years after the fact than to change the newborn’s listed length or weight,” Rokita explained in his office’s press release.

By Elise DeGeeter, LifeNews – In a closely watched case, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld West Virginia’s ban on the abortion drug mifepristone, marking a major legal win for the state’s pro-life stance and reinforcing state authority in the post-Dobbs era… The July 15 ruling came in response to a challenge by GenBioPro, a Nevada-based manufacturer of mifepristone, which argued that the FDA’s approval of the drug should override the state ban. The court rejected that claim in a 2-1 decision, affirming West Virginia’s authority to regulate abortion within its borders.

By Raymond Ibrahim, The Stream – On July 16, 1212, atop the windswept plains of Las Navas de Tolosa, Christendom and Islam clashed in one of the most consequential battles of the Middle Ages — an event that shattered an empire, galvanized a continent, and echoes still in the political currents of modern Spain and among Islamist terrorists who vow vengeance for it… It had been 500 years since the armies of Muhammad first crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and began their conquest of Iberia in 711. In their wake, most of the peninsula fell under the crescent.

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal – Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission heard testimony Tuesday condemning the government of Pakistan over its treatment of Christians and other religious minorities… In his opening remarks, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., a co-chairman of the bipartisan commission, noted what the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has said about the state of religious freedom in the South Asian nation…

By Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Exsurge Domine – The theory that blames humans for climate change from CO resulting 2 emissions into the atmosphere is supported by a clear minority of the scientific community, is in a very serious and obvious conflict of interest. Its media overexposure stems from the systematic censorship of all truly independent and authoritative voices and a complete distortion of reality… The whole barrage of lies and fraud thatly lenice assumptionmizes the “green transition” is based on the goal of reducing CO 22. In reality, carbon dioxide is essential for the survival of life on the planet, and reducing it was was destroy all life on Earth.

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine – I was never much of a conspiracy theorist. Sure, I heard the speculations… but I usually just dismissed them with a shake of my head and maybe even a chuckle. I know that evil men can join together to do evil things, but I just didn’t think men were competent enough to pull off the usually elaborate machinations these theories proposed.
Of course, the past five years changed my perspective, and I’m not alone in this shift. …

By Mary Margaret Olohan, DailyWire – Asked about a Catholic bishop in California who told illegal immigrants they no longer have to go to Sunday mass, White House Border Czar Tom Homan did not mince words… “This is BS” (Homan responded) to news that San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a decree on July 8 dispensing those in his diocese from attending Mass “due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities” if they have “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.” His dispensation is in effect until “such time as this decree is revoked or amended.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – A little over two weeks ago, the UK Parliament voted, 379 to 137, to decriminalize abortion up to the point of birth in England and Wales. This consequential vote occurred after less than an hour of debate… Under the previous law, abortion was permitted without restrictions up to 24 weeks. Now, however, a woman can end the life of her child up to the very point of birth, without risking any legal consequences… Although the parliamentary vote strongly favored the amendment, sentiment within the UK is far from uniformly in support. …

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – Bestselling author accuses Baylor University president of close ties to LGBT-affirming church… The world’s largest Baptist university has reversed its decision to accept a grant of $643,401 to promote LGBT inclusion in churches following intense backlash from Christian leaders… Baylor University, a private Christian school in Texas, announced on July 9 that it would return funding from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation, but “remain committed to providing a loving and caring community for all — including our LGBTQIA+ students.”

By Bishop Joseph Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Substack – In a recent post, I spoke of what many refer to as the “Lavender Mafia.” This term is commonly used to describe a hidden network of clergy within the Church who engage in or protect homosexual activity, form alliances based on mutual secrecy, and often work to silence or sideline faithful priests and bishops. This network thrives on secrecy, moral compromise, and disobedience to Church teaching — and its existence is tragically linked to the ongoing crisis of abuse, cover-ups, and doctrinal confusion… But the Lavender Mafia is not operating alone.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – And if I’m honest, I’ve struggled with this sin, too. Specifically, there’s part of me that’s angry I had to live through the past few years of our history, starting in 2020 with COVID, the George Floyd riots, the election fraud, the FBI’s crackdown on patriotic Americans, and the mass invasion of our country enabled by our own government… Did I or millions of other ordinary Americans really deserve to helplessly suffer through all that? Did we really need to see all our institutions turn against us on a dime on the orders of soulless bureaucrats working with billion-dollar conglomerates and wicked globalist conspirators? …

By M.D. Kittle, The Federalist – “We must demand that anyone seeking our vote live up to the promise the party has made in platform after platform to protect unborn children nationally,” SBA Pro-Life America’s president told the Des Moines gathering. “Today I am calling on all voters to send that clear message at this pivotal moment in the greatest human rights battle of our time.”

By Olivia Pero, The Daily Signal – Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem praised the rapid response of the FEMA and the DHS to the Texas flash floods on both NBC News and Fox News Sunday morning… Noem defended the speed at which her department deployed resources, despite claims that it took longer to send them due to her new policy requiring all FEMA contracts and grants above $100,000 be approved by her… “Within just an hour or two after the flooding, we had resources from the DHS there helping those individuals in Texas,” Noem told Kristen Welker, host of “Meet the Press.”

By Sarah Neely, LifeNews – Operation Rescue President Troy Newman celebrates the ten-year anniversary of a ground-breaking undercover project that shook the abortion industry to its core.
On July 14, 2015, the first of a series of undercover videos was released showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the gruesome details of their program for harvesting organs and tissue from babies aborted at Planned Parenthood facilities nationwide. The tiny livers, hearts, brains, and limbs were then sold to middle-man organ distributors and/or research laboratories around the world.

By Staff, Complicit Clergy – The Office of Policy and Advocacy of the USCCB Migration and Refugee Services has published a major document summarizing what they believe to be the adverse consequences that will be suffered by illegal aliens as the result of the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill passed in early July. No, this is not a joke. The document is actually 7 pages long… Perhaps the bishops are experiencing withdrawal symptoms from losing the over $3 billion in illegal alien funding they received under the Biden administration. What else could possibly explain the level of neurosis we are currently seeing from the USCCB?

By Eric Killelea, Chron, (Complicit Clergy) – Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey, California, to be the next Roman Catholic bishop of Austin, promoting another vocal ally on immigration to a leadership position in Texas… While the Catholic church teaches that a nation has the right to control its borders, Garcia, a 64-year-old Texas native, delivered a message in both English and Spanish to say the church would also speak up for the “poor, the weak, and those who live on the margins,” including undocumented immigrants, per CNA.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Classical scholar and top-notch political analyst Victor Davis Hanson says it better than I can: President Donald Trump is providing first-rate leadership on many issues, and is off-the-charts superior to the GOP establishment that colluded with Democrats to destroy him. But he’s also all over the map, showing signs of caving to pressure from entrenched financial interests and disappointing his most devoted supporters on emotionally resonant issues.

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – There’s a good chance that this November, New York City will elect an openly declared socialist, Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani isn’t American in any meaningful sense — he’s from Uganda and preaches ideas that are fundamentally incompatible with our republican form of government. Still, he has a good shot at winning, partly because his ideology taps into the same grievance that animates leftists everywhere: the myth of settler colonialism.

By Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic World Report – Bishop Alberto Rojas of the diocese of San Bernardino, California, has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for those within the diocese who fear deportation… The bishop said all of the faithful within the diocese who possess “genuine fear” of arrest while attending Mass are dispensed from the obligation until further notice, and are “encouraged to maintain their spiritual communion with Christ and His Church through acts of personal prayer.”

By Melissa O’Rourke, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday in response to funding cuts included in the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which threaten to shutter hundreds of its clinics… President Donald Trump on Friday signed the GOP’s massive tax and spending bill, which includes language blocking Medicaid funding for abortion providers for one year. …

By James Mortensen, CNS News – On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) launched an operation on Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park to the dismay of Democrat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who appeared at the park shortly after the operation began and told reporters that federal agents need to leave “because this is unacceptable!”Bass was also seen talking to a uniformed USBP agent, who handed his phone to Bass so that she could speak to an official later identified as U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.

By Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal – The crime and dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is an embarrassment to the country. President Donald Trump rightly called out the problem at a press conference on Tuesday and offered a solution… “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to. We could run D.C. I mean, we’re … looking at D.C.,” Trump said. “Susie Wiles is working very closely with [Mayor Muriel Bowser].”… “I think that we should govern District of Columbia,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One in late February, according to Reuters. “We should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawlessly beautiful. And I think we should take over Washington, D.C.—Make it safe.”

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – USCCB (has) launched a new offensive against Pres. D. Trump, asserting that his One Big Beautiful Bill, is morally objectionable, inconsistent with Catholic values, and harmful to the weakest in society… A day before Trump signed the bill, Abp. Timothy P. Broglio, president of the USCCB, blasted it for ramping up immigration enforcement and making steeper cuts to Medicaid and clean energy tax credits. It also threatens the “social justice” policies of the bishops, who are known to be mostly left-wing in their political orientation and who favor big government, unlimited immigration, welfare spending, and state intervention on climate change.

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced July 8 that President Donald Trump’s newly signed “Big Beautiful Bill” enshrines 28 of his executive actions into federal law… “Congress has cemented President Trump’s agenda by passing the Administration’s signature legislation — the One Big Beautiful Bill,” Johnson announced in a July 8 statement. “In this historic act, Republicans included 28 of President Trump’s top executive actions – now codifying some of the most significant America First priorities.”

By Gary Bauer, LifeNews – Freedom won big today! In a victory for religious liberty and free speech, the IRS has determined that pastors can endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit… The announcement was the result of the IRS agreeing to settle a lawsuit filed by two Texas churches challenging the Johnson Amendment, a regulation that muzzles nonprofit groups when it involves political speech. This settlement would not have happened if Kamala Harris controlled the IRS.

By Gary Bauer, Patriot Post – There have been several deliberate, coordinated assassination attempts against federal law enforcement officers of the United States over the past few days.
In recent days, violent left-wing extremists have attempted to murder federal immigration police officers. These are not peaceful protests that got out of hand. These are deliberate, coordinated assassination attempts against federal law enforcement officers of the United States. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Our country’s in deep, deep trouble. It’s only patriotic to admit that starkly and squarely. If your family member has cancer, you do him no favors by insisting he’s perfectly fine, that “those doctors just want to suck you dry.” Self-styled conservatives who keep offering you ideological crack pipes stuffed with balled-up old Ronald Reagan speeches aren’t “standing for principle.” They’re trying to squeeze the last few dollars out of a dying, discredited grift.

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week backed off a decades-old rule first established during the Eisenhower administration, declaring for the first time since the 1950s that churches and other nonprofits can openly endorse political candidates without risking their tax-exempt status… The order resolves a lawsuit launched in August 2024 by a coalition of religious broadcasters, one that challenged the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which says that 501(c)(3) nonprofits may not “participate in or intervene in” political campaigns.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary nationwide restraining order days after the Supreme Court issued a ruling putting limits on the nationwide injunctions that rouge liberal judges can issue… “The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” Planned Parenthood argued in its lawsuit against the defunding measure.

By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness – Zoran Mamdani built his dream on radical chic—but now that he’s winning, he’s scrambling to bury the blueprint… After his first-place win in the New York City mayoral primaries, Zoran Mamdani is furiously denying everything that he once glibly thought was cutting-edge and cool… So, like a good postmodern relativist, Mamdani now claims he didn’t really mean that violence was merely a “construct.”… I suppose Mamdani asked Jewish New Yorkers—the target of 44 percent of all hate crimes in the city—and discovered that their concussions and blood were all too real.

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture – Was Independence Day softening us up for the War on Terror, the way other pop culture in the ‘90s softened us up for same-sex marriage? Was Top Gun: Maverick softening us up for Operation Midnight Hammer?… Again, I know it sounds crazy. But are pop culture psy-ops by our national security apparatus really that unfathomable? If the-powers-that-be did seed 1990s pop culture with the antecedents of the coming LGBT revolution, as The Public Discourse alleged in 2010, why would they not do it to us on other issues as well?

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – In a decision deemed judicial activism and a “power grab” by pro-life and judicial experts, the leftist-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to nullify the Badger State’s longstanding law barring abortion… In a narrow 4 to 3 vote, the court determined that “the legislature impliedly repealed” an 1849 law that made abortion a felony… The 19th-century statute criminalized the act of abortion except in cases when it was required to save a mother’s life.

By Catholic Action Leage of Massachusetts, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is claiming that President Trump’s new budget reconciliation act will cause the Bay State affiliate of the abortion giant to lose, annually, at least $14 million, in taxpayer monies… On July 4th, President Trump signed into law House Resolution 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act… The new legislation prohibits federal dollars from being used for Medicaid reimbursements to any health care entity which performs abortions.

By The Stream – Western civilization came under threat in the eighth century when Islamic forces swept into Western Europe. They might have prevailed if not for the efforts of a Frankish warlord: Charles “The Hammer” Martel, who united a coalition of former enemies to fight off the invading forces. Watch this 10-minute episode of Forgotten History, in which former professor Colin Heaton details the fascinating story of the Battle of Tours.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – The Senate, with the help of Vice President J.D. Vance’s tiebreaking vote, voted on Tuesday to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, effectively defunding abortion giant Planned Parenthood for one year… The House version of President Donald Trump’s legislative package promised that no Medicaid dollars “shall be used to make payments to a prohibited entity for items and services furnished during [a] 10-year period.” The Senate version, however, cut that provision down to prohibit only twelve months of taxpayer-funded abortion. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – There’s one drum I won’t stop banging, because it’s a righteous call to war: The Left is not a secular, rationalistic, science-driven movement — though for the sake of social prestige and power it still pretends to be. But in fact, it never was… At every point since the invention of the Left/Right spectrum in the fevered, bloodthirsty frenzy of the French Revolution, the Left has been a post-Christian heresy. It’s a cargo cult that cherrypicks from the gospels shiny moral sentiments and glittering aspirations, like the work of some mindless magpie.

By Father David Nix,  Padre Peregrino Hermitage Blog – The USCCB continues to issue statements against Trump as they clamor for the billions back once received for illegal activity under the Biden Administration in facilitating open-borders in the United States… However, the Department for Homeland Security also takes the offensive. Homeland issued the following statement to Catholic Charities and the USCCB, among other NGOs: “The chairmen are examining whether these NGOs used taxpayer dollars to facilitate illegal activity, as the previous administration incentivized millions of inadmissible aliens to cross our borders—many of whom were subsequently aided by NGOs after being released at the border under the Biden-Harris administration’s mass catch-and-release policies.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream – If you want to stop attracting what you don’t need, maybe turn off the magnet that attracts it. That’s the logic of President Donald Trump sticking to enforcing our labor and immigration laws with employers who operate sweatshop factories, restaurants, and farms. It applies even more urgently to healthcare… If you’ve had the bad luck to visit a hospital emergency room recently, you’ll have noticed it’s full of foreigners. Many are here illegally. But thanks to Medicaid programs aimed at offering free health care to whoever shows up here, invited or not, our hospitals are crammed with people who never paid into the system.

By Bishop Joseph Strickland, Substack – I speak today not from politics but from faith. I am a bishop of the Catholic Church, a shepherd of souls. And as a shepherd, I say clearly: No just cause can be built on the bones of the innocent… Let me be equally clear: • The starvation of a people is evil… The manipulation of aid for domination is evil… The forced removal of families from their ancestral homes is evil… To my brother bishops: Where are our voices? ….

By Ben Weingarten, The Federalist – Following a years-long surge in illegal immigration, the Trump administration is poised to challenge a longstanding but legally fraught practice: counting illegal aliens in the U.S. census… President Trump tried to end the practice during his first term, but President Biden overturned his predecessor’s policy before it was implemented. Now, buoyed by red state attorneys general and Republican legislators, the second Trump administration is determined “to clean up the census and make sure that illegal aliens are not counted” ….

By James Mortensen, CNS News – New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has stated he intends to “Shift the tax burden” to “more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods” if he’s elected in November. Mamdani’s proposal originates from a policy memo titled “Stop the Squeeze on NYC Homeowners,” in which he says his “administration will shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

By Tyler Arnold, CNA – A coalition of 20 American Catholic bishops and religious leaders from other faiths has signed on to a letter urging lawmakers to vote against a proposed budget bill because of provisions to increase funding for immigration enforcement… “From our various faith perspectives, the moral test of a nation is how it treats those most in need of support,” the letter read. “In our view, this legislation will harm the poor and vulnerable in our nation, to the detriment of the common good.”

By Mat Staver, LifeNews – President Donald Trump has given a deadline to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by this Friday. This week will be fast, furious, and dangerous. We could lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Senate and the House versions of the budget bill differ. They must be reconciled by Friday. This is the most critical moment in this fight to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.

By John M. Grondelski, American Thinker – The Supreme Court’s June 27 Trump v. CASA et al. decision about birthright citizenship turned on a legal technicality: Could one federal district judge in one court in one state block a presidential policy for the entire country?  To that question, the Court said “no.”  On the merits of whether Trump’s effort to dial back what “birthright citizenship” means more broadly, the Court left that question for another day… There are two ways most countries confer citizenship: jus soli and jus sanguinis, “the law of soil” and “the law of blood.”

By Margot Cleveland, The Federalist – “‘[E]veryone, from the President on down, is bound by law.’ That goes for judges too,” the Supreme Court declared last week in holding several lower court judges erred in entering nationwide injunctions in the lawsuits challenging Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. The Supreme Court’s Friday decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. represents the high court’s most recent check on what it branded an “imperial judiciary.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling limiting the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a decision hailed as a significant curb on judicial overreach… The case stemmed from challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, though the Court did not rule on the constitutionality of that policy. Instead, it addressed the broader issue of nationwide injunctions, which allow a single judge to block federal policies across the entire country.

By Douglas Andrews, Patriot Post – In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that states can determine how their Medicaid dollars are spent, even if they decide not to spend them on abortion providers like Planned Parenthood… Say what you will — and there’s plenty to be said — about the constitutional wobbliness of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, but this much must also be said: They’re real Catholics, not fake ones like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi.

By Ken Craycraft, Catholic Herald – Lincoln’s presidency and Churchill’s first stint as prime minister were entirely occupied with war. The Civil War began a few weeks after Lincoln took office, but the threat of secession and war had been made by some southern states as early as the presidential campaign. Lincoln’s assassination came only six days after the rebel states formally surrendered, but before all hostilities had ceased… The Second World War was well under way when Churchill became prime minister; Germany invaded Belgium the day he took office, and France would fall a few weeks later. Lincoln died at the end of his war; Churchill was removed from office a few weeks after the end of his.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has never been one to shy away from engaging in left-wing political activism while on the bench. And now, it appears some of her Supreme Court colleagues are growing tired of it…. In its Friday ruling nuking lower courts’ nationwide injunctions against President Trump’s birthright citizenship order, the high court’s majority took a verbal flamethrower to Jackson’s dissenting opinion. As if she were echoing the writing style of legacy media hacktivists, the wannabe Broadway star — who “struggl[es] to understand” a lot of issues that come before the Court — dramatically declared that the majority’s “decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law.”

By James H. McGee, The American Spectator – Not when partisan politics intrudes. … The annals of political imagery are replete with disasters, moments when the most carefully crafted public persona dissolves in a moment of ludicrous self-parody. Some of these have become clichés. Pick a Democrat candidate for national office, and the shotgun and camo photo-op becomes unavoidable, Tim Walz’s the latest in a very long and ever-ridiculous line. Sometimes, they come close to single-handedly derailing a presidential campaign.

By Jim Daly, The Stream – The Southern Poverty Law Center recently updated its “Hate Map” to include Focus on the Family on its list of hundreds of “hate” organizations alongside racist and white supremacist groups… In particular, the SPLC cites Focus’s online publication, the Daily Citizen, as one of its primary offenders. According to the organization, we “demonize LGBTQ+ people, claiming they are unnatural and un-Christian.” We also “promote anti-trans pseudoscience, such as conversion therapy.”

By Chip Rotolo, Pew Research Center – Renewed debates are happening across the United States about the place of religion – especially Christianity – in public schools. An evenly divided Supreme Court recently upheld a ban on what would have been the nation’s first religious public charter school, in Oklahoma. Texas lawmakers are considering requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, while a federal appeals court struck down a similar law in Louisiana earlier this month. And legal battles persist over prayer at school sporting events and making time for prayer during the school day. …

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Just because the judiciary chooses to violate the Constitution does not mean the other branches are required to follow suit… Since returning to office, President Trump has faced what can only be described as a judicial coup. Through the use of overreaching nationwide injunctions, predominantly Democrat-appointed judges have gleefully granted requests from left-wing activists to block enforcement of the agenda 77 million Americans voted for last year.

By Mary Frances Devlin, The American Spectator – If anything has dominated Gen Z’s political experience more than the ascendance of President Donald Trump, it’s been the prominence of LGBTQ issues in every aspect of culture over the past decade… In the first instance, public opinion came first. President Trump’s victory in 2016 was a popular referendum on Obama-era progressivism that promised hope and change but delivered government overreach and overregulation. That Trump won the Republican nomination in the first place was a repudiation of the party’s neoconservative leanings. And nearly a decade after his entrance onto the political scene, American voters once again sent Trump back to the White House with an electoral mandate.

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine – To briefly summarize, Dispensationalists, or “Dispies,” hold to various Fundamentalist views and adhere to strict biblical literalism, at least in some cases. And part of that view entails seeing the modern State of Israel as the Israel in the Bible. In essence, the modern State of Israel is the Israel that Cruz spoke of when he mentioned what is said in Genesis 12, and it amounts to something like a dual-covenant theology; there is one way to be saved for Jews and another for Gentiles. Consistent with this, we find in the Dispensationalist movement a desire to help ultra-Orthodox Jews rebuild the Temple so they can recommence the Old Testament sacrifices….

By John Zmirak, The Stream – The next Obama is here: His name is Zohran Mamdani, the likely next mayor of New York City. He’s a handsome, charismatic, gifted politician — Barack Obama with a beard, Bill Clinton with a tan… Mamdani appeals to the young, disgruntled, and poorly educated. He gets them excited and fills them with vague, spurious hope. He also helps white elites and self-hating Jews feel virtuous and noble. So he’s going places. …

By Brittany M. Hughes, MRC TV – In a report that should shock absolutely no one who’s been paying even a modicum of attention over the past four years, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. exposed the gruesome reality of the former Biden administration’s “compassionate” open-border policies… Testifying before Congress this week, RFK detailed taking office in January and learning “horror stories” of how migrant children were being shipped off to random, unvetted adults during Joe Biden’s four years in office, many of them landing in unsafe and abuse homes ….

By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine – Thank God President Donald Trump talked some sense into Israel Tuesday morning after it went rogue and signaled it planned to ignore Monday’s ceasefire deal. But when he smacked down Israel’s obvious intention to escalate, escalate, escalate—and potentially draw the United States into what Trump has warned could become a world war—the president also smacked down the backers of Israel’s plans here in this country. And they took it personally.

By Dr. Edward Feser, Catholic World Report – It is generally acknowledged that preemptive war can sometimes be morally justifiable. But preventive war is much more problematic and controversial… Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light of traditional just war doctrine?… War aims? ….

By Francis P. Sempa, The American Spectator – The quest for permanent global peace is an illusion… In 1795, Immanuel Kant wrote a book titled Perpetual Peace just prior to the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars. More than a century later, Norman Angell wrote The Great Illusion, which argued that great power wars were becoming obsolete, just prior to the outbreak of World War I. H. G. Wells and Woodrow Wilson described World War I as “the war to end all wars,” when in fact it was the prelude to what Raymond Aron accurately called The Century of Total War. ….

By Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal – A far-left socialist who has supported defunding the police and replacing them with social workers, abolishing prisons, abolishing private health insurance, banning guns, decriminalizing pretty much every drug, and creating government-run grocery stores won the Democratic Party mayoral primary in New York City on Tuesday.
The race is about more than New York. It’s a harbinger of what’s to come for Democratic Party politics.

By Carol Tobias, LifeNews – Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and restoring the right of the American people to enact laws protecting unborn children. For the pro-life movement, Dobbs was not the conclusion of a decades-long battle on behalf of life—it was the beginning of a new era marked by compassion and renewed engagement at every level of society.

By Michael Swartz, Patriot Post – It should be a telltale sign when Democrats fight and defend illegal alien criminals, yet couldn’t care less about their constituents who are citizens of this country… The headline is provocative, but how else can you explain Democrats’ recent actions? While MAGA backers would love to see every criminal illegal alien deported by Donald Trump’s administration, Democrats want to bog down the system with the “due process” on the way out that was mostly skipped on the way in.

By Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic News Agency – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, as “the only bishops from a country to have suffered atomic bombings in war,” is urging the international community to abolish nuclear weapons once and for all in 2025… “As we mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II,” the bishops wrote in a June 20 statement, “[we] carry deeply engraved in our hearts the heavy history and pain that atomic bomb survivors and citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have suffered, and hereby declare our strong commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons.”