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Tennessee Governor Announces Day of Prayer
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) announced that Friday, September 18, will be a voluntary day of prayer and fasting for the state.
The proclamation, which Lee shared on social media, states that Tennessee acknowledges “God’s sovereignty and the need for God’s grace over our state and nation” and will “walk humbly together with God in hope so that we may act with justice, kindness, and love, no matter the circumstance.” The proclamation adds that officials “seek forgiveness for our many transgressions so that our hearts and our minds may be renewed,” and declares that Scripture states that “the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and the Lord gives wisdom freely to those who ask for it.”
Lee’s proclamation goes on to assert that state residents understand the need to humble themselves and “seek God’s guidance for the days ahead,” and proclaims September 18 as a Day of Prayer, Humility, and Fasting. In an accompanying statement with the proclamation, Lee said, “May we take a moment to humble ourselves before the Lord, seek His wisdom, & ask for continued grace & favor over TN & her people.”
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Abba Father, we rejoice over a declared Day of Prayer, Humility and Fasting by Governor Lee for the State of Tennessee. Hear the humble prayers of Your people for Tennessee, their walk, and for our nation! We pray other Governors would also be prompted by the Holy Spirit, in dedicating a day for prayer and repentance within their own states. In the Name of Jesus and through His power, we pray churches across America would awaken to calling congregations into humble prayer and repentance before Almighty God, causing right alignment and righteousness to swiftly fall upon our nation! By the Blood of the Lamb, we pray- Amen.
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent." (Revelation 2:5)
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Intel chief warns of 'evolving' threats as terror groups now 'recruit their agents online'
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Clayton pointed to an attempted bombing near Gracie Mansion as evidence of the growing threat landscape
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Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned about the growing threat global terror organizations pose to the United States through their ability to radicalize individuals online at home.
Speaking on "Special Report," Clayton pointed to an attempted bombing in New York City as an example of how modern extremists no longer need distant foreign training camps to launch attacks and instead can be recruited online.
Clayton responded after host Bret Baier cited United Nations figures showing that al Qaeda's global network has grown to an estimated 25,000 potential fighters — roughly 50 times its estimated size at the time of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001.
"Those numbers may be surprising. I think it's important for America to hear those numbers, but they reflect the evolving threat environment, the threat environment from terrorists," Clayton told Baier. "Terrorists recruit today much differently than they did 25 years ago," he said.
Clayton said terrorists were previously often recruited and trained in camps overseas, but that process has changed in the 25 years since 9/11.
"Today, they recruit their agents online. They attempt to radicalize them online," Clayton said. "Just this year, we had two radicalized men from Pennsylvania travel to New York to try and detonate a bomb outside Gracie Mansion. Thanks to the NYPD, who just like in 9/11 ran to the fire, no one was killed," he added. (Fox News) Read more here.
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Abba, the US needs Your help. It is hard to grasp the number of people whose hearts have been deceived and hardened against our nation, those who are actively working to destroy us. Holy Spirit, we ask You to send out Your angels to identify and shine Your light on each and every person who is being used by the enemy to hurt the country You created and her people. We ask You to intervene in all demonic plans to recruit people in our nation to work against us, destroy all pathways of communication, insert misinformation and create errors in all software being used. Shutdown all hidden applications being used under false names and descriptions. Bring the stronghold of the enemy down in all its forms. We ask this in the name Yahweh Sabaoth, The Lord Of Hosts, the God who has untold men and angels at attention waiting for His command.
"The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those
with integrity, but it destroys the wicked."
(Proverbs 10:29)
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Kash Patel reveals FBI's capture of all 10 members of Most Wanted fugitive's list during hearing
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Patel revealed 10th fugitive caught in Venezuela and is tied to Tren de Aragua gang's ATM jackpotting scheme
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The FBI has apprehended all 10 members of the FBI's Most Wanted list during President Donald Trump's second term, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed during an appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during his opening statements as the committee's chairman, lauded Patel and the FBI for their work in capturing nine of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's top 10 list.
Patel, during his opening remarks, corrected Grassley, revealing that his agency had just this past weekend caught the tenth fugitive.
"Mr. Chairman, I'm proud to announce today, and I hate to correct you, we haven't captured nine of the top 10 most [wanted] individuals on our list. We've captured 10," Patel said.
"Just this past weekend, we captured a thug down in Venezuela who was on our most wanted list and on the run for years. He has been captured, apprehended and is on his way back to the United States of America. That's 10 of 10. Nobody in the FBI history has done that," Patel said.
"We, the FBI, captured more than two and a half times the number of the top 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list from the prior administration," he also said. (Fox News) Read more here.
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Abba, we give You praise and thanksgiving for the work that Director Kash Patel and the FBI have done in bringing down the crime rate in the United States, that all of the 10 Most Wanted people have been arrested and taken off the streets. We ask You to continue revealing where those that break our laws are hiding, we ask Holy Spirit to release angels across our nation to track and identify those who would use our governmental programs to line their own pockets with money that is intended for those who cannot help themselves. We ask Holy Spirit to pour wisdom and knowledge into the minds and hearts of Your intercessors, guide our prayers to pull down the demonic stronghold of fraud that has been established in our land. We ask this in the name Yahweh Palet, the Lord Our Deliverer.
"He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me."
(Psalm 144:2)
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Trump’s law-and-order blitz marks one year with eye-popping haul of suspects, guns in blue city
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Murders are down 35%, robberies 43% and motor vehicle thefts 57% since federal, state and local law enforcement joined forces
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The Memphis Safe Task Force has made more than 12,000 arrests and seized more than 2,100 illegal firearms in its first year, Fox News Digital learned exclusively, as the Trump administration points to the operation's enforcement record amid a drop in crime across the city.
"President Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force has driven down violent crime in a city that was failed by extreme Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies. The Task Force has made more than 12,000 arrests, including of murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers and other violent criminals, and has seized more than 2,100 illegal firearms. President Trump restored law and order and made Memphis safe again," White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.
The task force, launched one year ago Tuesday, brought federal, state and local law enforcement agencies together after President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum directing the deployment of National Guard personnel to Memphis. The intervention came as Memphis, a Democratic-leaning city in solidly Republican Tennessee, confronted one of the nation’s most severe violent-crime problems, with FBI data showing the city had the highest violent-crime rate in the country in 2024.(Fox News) Read more
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Abba, thank You for President Trump's determination to stop the crazy crime rate across our country, but especially in cities whose mayors are Democrats. We ask You to send out Holy Spirit and all the angels to travel with law enforcement sent to protect our cities, give wisdom and knowledge as they work through intelligence and word of mouth information from the streets. Father God, we ask You to open doors that need to be opened and close those that need to be closed, give Your intercessors vision and understanding to identify strongholds and how to pray them down, break the demonic hold on these cities, close the doors that give satan access. We ask this in the name Yahweh Jireh, The Lord Will Provide.
"For the weapons of our warfare and not carnal but
mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds."
(2 Corinthians 10:4)
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Trump blasts Supreme Court 'disaster' after justices rule against him on mail-in voting
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Justices rejected the administration's request to stay an injunction against new USPS ballot rules ahead of 2026 midterms
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President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court on Tuesday after justices ruled against his administration on a major mail-in voting initiative.
"Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting 'disaster,' which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM," Trump wrote.
The president went on to praise Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who dissented from Monday's order. Trump called the pair "legends."
"It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left 'Dumocrats,' on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do – And now they have an open field to do so!" Trump wrote.
Trump went on to list a series of cases where the Supreme Court has disappointed him, including its decision to strike down his tariff policies and void his executive order ending birthright citizenship. (Fox News) Read more here.
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Abba, the United States needs Your help! The demonic forces trying to tear our country down have not been stopped from using mail-in ballots for our midterm elections. Father God, we are not able to watch over these ballots because of the very large number, so we ask You to do what we are not able to do. We ask Holy Spirit to intervene with every mail-in ballot that is filed illegally and stop it from being counted as only You can do. We don't know how to do that, but we are standing in faith, believing that You are a God of Justice, that Your heart for our nation is for our elections to be fair and legal, that You will bring this vote in with only legal votes in every race. We ask this in the name Yahweh Shaphat, The Lord Our Judge.
"Justice is a joy to the godly,
but it terrifies evildoers."
(Proverbs 21:15)
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‘Worse than Watergate’ New FBI files detail agent’s push to join Trump probe, investigate Elon Musk
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Grassley said the unclassified exchanges prove the 'Deep State' worked to undermine Trump and Republicans
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An FBI agent repeatedly sought to join the bureau's Russia investigation involving President Donald Trump, while another pushed for a criminal investigation of Elon Musk over an email asking federal employees what they accomplished at work, according to documents newly released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
The records span internal FBI communications from 2017 and 2025, covering both the bureau's Russia investigation and a proposal to investigate Musk. Grassley said the exchanges reflected political bias within the bureau and showed the "Deep State" working against Trump. The documents were released as part of a broader batch involving Crossfire Hurricane and other FBI matters.
"The previous Democrat administrations under Obama and Biden conducted secret, insidious and downright evil operations that almost took down our government," Grassley said during an Oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel. "That's arguably worse than Watergate."
Crossfire Hurricane was the FBI's 2016 counterintelligence investigation into whether members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign coordinated with Russia's election interference, though Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not establish a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and the Russian government. (Fox News)
Read more here
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Abba, it is hard to understand how our own government was so hardened against President Trump, it is heartbreaking that we have fallen so far from what You created us to be, a light on a hill. We give You praise that You provided for all of this to come into the light so that all of us can see the darkness. HOly Spirit, we ask You to send out Your warrior angels, continue to shine Your light on anything that is still hidden in governmental darkness. We ask that every person who was coming against Your son, Donald, and his Administration be revealed and be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. We humble ourselves before You and ask that You keep our eyes open and our discernment high, we ask You to work with us to ensure this type of demonic takeover of our government never happens again! We ask this in the name El Gibhor, Mighty God, the God who is able to destroy his enemies.
"Wise words bring approval, but fools
are destroyed by their own words."
(Ecclesiastes 10:12)
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1. Israel, Morocco agree to open upgrade relations, open respective embassies in US-backed summit - Jerusalem Post
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz held a trilateral diplomatic summit in New York on Wednesday and agreed on a series of measures to upgrade relations between Israel and Morocco and advance the Abraham Accords.
The three countries reaffirmed their commitment to steps including upgrading diplomatic relations between Israel and Morocco, raising the status of their respective diplomatic missions to embassies and appointing ambassadors.
Sa’ar was also expected to meet Bourita separately for a one-on-one bilateral meeting on Wednesday.
Israel and Morocco agreed to complete agreements on investment protection and the prevention of double taxation by the end of 2026. The agreements are intended to facilitate reciprocal investment and strengthen economic and business ties between the two countries. (Read more)
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2. Netanyahu unveils bills targeting those who ‘slander’ IDF soldiers
- Israel National News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that he intends to advance two bills in light of the controversy surrounding the film NAZA, which reportedly paints the IDF in a negative light and won a prize at the Venice Film Festival this week.
The film is based on anonymous testimonies by individuals presenting themselves as Israeli soldiers and intelligence officials.
In a video that Netanyahu published, the Prime Minister ties the film to two previous incidents, which, according to him, caused damage to Israel and its troops. (Read more)
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3. 3 years after Oct. 7, Israel has overhauled the defense of Gaza border communities - World Israel News
The Israel Defense Forces has implemented major changes to the way it protects Israeli communities and residents in the Gaza border region, seeking to ensure that the lessons of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre are learned and that such an attack never happens again.
On Sept. 10, a senior IDF Southern Command official gave JNS an exclusive briefing highlighting some of the major steps that have been taken.
At the forefront of community security is “Hagmar,” the Hebrew acronym for haganah merhavit (“regional defense”), the IDF’s local-defense framework. (Read more)
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4. Rabbi Attacked, Israeli Tourist Berated in Italy as Antisemitism Continues to Surge - Algemeiner
Amid a worsening climate of anti-Israel hostility and rising antisemitism across Italy, Jews and Israelis are increasingly finding themselves targeted in public spaces, with a wave of recent incidents underscoring growing concerns over their safety and freedom.
In one of the latest episodes in northern Italy, a group of Israeli tourists on vacation were subjected to an alleged barrage of antisemitic abuse before being expelled from a restaurant in Limone sul Garda, a town on the western shore of Lake Garda.
According to one member of the group, who recounted their experience in a Facebook group for travelers in northern Italy, the friends were dining at a local spot, Jacky’s restaurant, when a waiter launched into an antisemitic tirade after they asked for the Wi-Fi password. (Read more)
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5. British Labour MP calls for ‘military action’ against Israel, then apologizes
- Times of Israel
A British Labour MP on Monday called in Parliament for “military action” against Israel, citing previous instances in which the UK has used force against alleged human rights abusers, then apologized for those remarks on Wednesday.
During a discussion on Gaza, MP Tahir Ali interrupted comments by Liberal Democratic MP Richard Foord on the need to disarm Hamas, saying, “On the issue of disarmament, should we not also be calling for Israel’s disarmament as well, given the atrocities that have been committed?”
Ali added, “Previous governments have intervened in the Middle East to take action to [combat] human rights abuses and protect international trade routes. Isn’t it about time that military action is taken against Israel also?” (Read more)
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1. Dem fundraising giant ActBlue accused of fraudulent donation 'cover-up' in explosive report - Fox News
A Democrat fundraising giant used by the biggest players on the left is being accused of covering up the acceptance of fraudulent political donations and lying to Congress about its security standards.
Congressional Republicans are providing an update on their investigation of ActBlue — a platform for campaigns to raise money that's used by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate, among others — that alleges the company potentially accepted foreign contributions and concealed the evidence from the GOP's probe.
ActBlue has previously denied any wrongdoing.
The report also included excerpts purporting to show ActBlue supervisors green-lighting donations despite "red flags," including a memo lauding a donation as a "great accept" but noting, "Donor sometimes has an IP in Hong Kong, but none of their other signals raise any eyebrows." (Read more) |
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We pray, Lord, that the corruption and fraud that has been perpetrated by our some in our government will continue to be revealed and brought to the light. We pray that justice would be done swiftly. We break all stealing, killing, and destroying in our elections, our government and in our two-party system, in Jesus' name. Amen.
“Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.” (Ephesians 4:28)
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2. Maine Court Restricts Church Custody - Million Voices
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously upheld a lower court order stripping a mother of her right to bring her daughter to church. The ruling closes one chapter in a two-year custody fight that has drawn national attention to the limits of parental rights.
Attorneys for the mother, Emily Bickford, say they will now ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
Million Voices first reported on this case last November, when the lower court order first drew national attention. In 2024, a Cumberland County District Court judge ruled in Bradeen’s favor. The judge found that the church’s teachings were contributing to the child’s anxiety and gave Bradeen sole authority over her religious upbringing going forward.
That order was sweeping. According to reporting from CBN News, it barred Bickford from bringing Ava to any Calvary Chapel service or event, from letting her read church-related materials, and from allowing her contact with church members outside her mother. It also gave Bradeen final say over Ava’s exposure to religious teaching from any source, including personal Bible reading. (Read more) |
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Lord, we lift up this mother and daughter who are now caught between this broken family and a court order limiting their faith together. Give the justices who may review this case wisdom to honor both a child's welfare and a fit parent's God-given right to raise her in the faith. Protect every family navigating custody battles where faith itself is on trial.
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4)
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3. NC Parents Told to Homeschool in Trans Teacher Fight - Million Voices
Parents at a Wake County, North Carolina elementary school are demanding the right to pull their children from a class taught by a transgender teacher. Some say they were mocked and told to homeschool instead when they raised the issue at a school board meeting.
The fight centers on a music teacher at Middle Creek Elementary School who parents say is transgender. Families are not asking the district to fire the teacher. They simply want advance notice and the option to opt their children out on religious or personal grounds.
The dispute became public in late July, when State Rep. Erin Paré raised concerns after hearing from parents about the hire. She floated the idea of a state law requiring public-school employees to dress according to their biological sex. (Read more) |
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Lord, we pray for the parents and children caught in this conflict, that they would be treated with respect rather than dismissed. Give school board members humility to listen to families of every conviction, and give parents courage to stand firm in raising their children according to their faith. Protect the innocence of every child in these classrooms.
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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4. Oil prices fall after U.S. claims damaged Saudi pipeline will restart operations in days - DML News
Crude oil prices fell Wednesday as the Trump administration tried to reassure the market that Saudi Arabia’s damaged East-West pipeline will restart operations in days.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were down 2.5% to $103.19 per barrel by 10:23 a.m. ET. Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded 1.7% lower to $106.93 per barrel. Prices have rallied around 20% this month as fighting sharply escalated in the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Tuesday that the pipeline outage is a “brief and temporary interruption” that “will be measured in days.” (Read more) |
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We thank you, Lord, for this win and for everything this administration and this president is doing to lower gas prices and help oil production. We break any hindering spirits trying to hinder this from happening that it ceases and desists in Jesus' name. We declare that America will be strengthened once again and be a positive light and force throughout this earth for You Lord, in Jesus' mighty name. Amen and amen!
“For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.” (2 Samuel 22:40)
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5. L.A. homeless services fraud suspect spent millions on club, luxury trips, feds charge - L.A. Times
Federal authorities allege that a Los Angeles-area homeless nonprofit worker misappropriated more than $7.5 million in taxpayer funds, using the money to finance a nightclub and bingo hall.
Millions of dollars in taxpayer funds were also allegedly misspent on luxury vacations, vintage car restorations, and commercial properties unrelated to homeless housing, federal prosecutors charge.
At least two people have been arrested as part of a federal crackdown targeting homelessness corruption. (Read more) |
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Father, we pray for Your swift justice over our nation. Expose what needs to be exposed and bring those to justice who have harmed the general welfare of our people. May those who have been take advantage of, be restored financially, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
“For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints." (Psalm 37:28)
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Big Tent, Say What?
The Daily Jot, Bill Wilson, September 16, 2026
The Republican Midterm Convention last week brought out some very important points about democratic socialism, communism and extremism, all under one big Democratic tent. Say what? Democrats have increasingly embraced the “big tent” description. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says their big tent is “tremendously exciting.” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) says the bigger the tent, the more Americans Democrats can reach. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin speaks of bringing the “new brand of Democrat,” including the leftist, into the coalition. Sounds wonderfully inclusive until you start looking at who is coming through the tent flap and what they intend to do once inside.
Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed candidates provide a revealing look at the agenda. Melat Kiros, Democratic nominee for Colorado’s First Congressional District, has advocated abolishing the Electoral College. Pennsylvania congressional nominee Chris Rabb has supported abolishing the Senate and restructuring the executive and judiciary under congressional authority. New York congressional nominee Claire Valdez has advocated abolishing ICE and redirecting law-enforcement funding. Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon supports Medicare for All. Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has proposed government ownership in strategically important industries. These are candidates running under the Democratic banner while advocating extreme policies that dramatically expand government power and change its structure. Read More
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Democrat rebels defy Jeffries to hand GOP critical win just before midterms
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Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez broke ranks on a procedural vote tied to a Russia sanctions bill
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A pair of moderate House Democrats defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Tuesday, rescuing Republicans from an embarrassing final week before the November midterms.
Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., voted with Republicans on a procedural hurdle known as a "rule vote," aimed at allowing the House to consider a slew of other bills this week.
It’s an embarrassing blow to Jeffries’ leadership; it is almost unheard of for the minority party to break ranks and help the majority pass one of their rules, even if lawmakers on that side support the underlying legislation.
Golden’s spokesman told Fox News Digital that the congressman’s vote was to advance a Russia sanctions bill that would have effectively been killed had the Tuesday evening rule vote failed.
"Congressman Golden has been a consistent supporter of America’s allies in Ukraine. He didn’t want to see the Russia sanctions bill die in a rule vote after passing with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate," the spokesman said. (Read more)
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Father God, we praise You for this report! Due to their actions, these two Democratic members of Congress broke free of the yoke of their party and instead voted, by an act of conscience, to support the Republican position on this critical bill. We ask that a move of the Spirit would now sweep across the chamber of the House of Representatives, freeing all who work there to vote according to their own conscience in the days ahead. Thank You, Lord, for this wonderful news, in Jesus' name, amen and amen!
"He whom the Son sets free is free indeed." (John 8:36)
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Lawmakers throw out 'Trojan horse' activists they say are engaged in American subversion
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Activists wore pro-Iran and pro-Cuba T-shirts behind witnesses as lawmakers examined Neville Roy Singham's $278M network
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CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and two fellow agitators entered the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing room 2272 today, wearing camera-ready T-shirts supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Communist Party of Cuba, turning themselves into a live demonstration of the "Trojan horses" for foreign influence that lawmakers had gathered to examine.
At 2:39 p.m., about 30 minutes into the hearing's start, after Benjamin carefully photographed their T-shirt slogans appearing on the TV screen behind the witnesses, staffers on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia had had enough, and Capitol Hill police officers escorted Benjamin and her fellow agitators out of the room, as they protested their ejection for staging their trademark CodePink antics.
For lawmakers, CodePink’s camera-conscious performance underscored the central point of the hearing: that protest theater, messaging and social-media content can function as parts of foreign influence operations.
"It's really about theatrics," Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., later told Fox News Digital. "They're using it not to affect policy, but really to enrich themselves because they use that then to go out on social media, to try to whip other people up, to help donations, to help get volunteers, help get some of those other folks, and to really try to go and disrupt our – not just our sense of government and processing government – but society." (Fox News) Read more here.
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Lord God,
We thank You that our House Foreign Affairs Committee is investigating these Trojan Horse groups that are spreading Communist rhetoric, fueling deceit and hatred in our nation. Thank You,Father, that the Capitol Police were able to escort these protestors out of the committee room without incident.
As co-founder of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin, and her two fellow agitators heckled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for their short time of fame for future social media presentations, we pray that their plot would fail, by Your Almighty hand, O Lord! We ask that no one would pay attention to their antics, but instead turn aside.
Father God, give wisdom and discernment to our government leaders as they bring down and remove all those who seek to cause division through these foreign influences and remove them from all social media platforms. We pray that if these demonstrators are being paid to create havoc, that You would take away their finances and give them to the poor and needy! In Jesus' name we pray. Amen and Amen.
"Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins." (Psalm 7:9)
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Sam Brownback condemns South Korea's 'shocking' treatment of ex-Trump diplomat
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Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback called on the Trump administration to intervene for Morse H. Tan, his former diplomatic colleague who has been barred from leaving South Korea for months.
"I was shocked, I really was," Brownback told The Christian Post about the exit ban against Tan, who served with him in the U.S. State Department as the U.S. ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice during President Donald Trump's first term.
Tan has been prohibited since June from leaving South Korea and is scheduled to face trial in the country on Oct. 16 for allegedly defaming its president on American soil last year. He was swept up into the reopened criminal investigation against him when he traveled to South Korea in late May to observe local elections amid allegations of irregularities and Chinese interference.
"Here's a former U.S. diplomat, a respected legal scholar and professor who's being arrested and persecuted in a democracy," continued Brownback, the former governor of Kansas who was the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from 2018 to 2021. "If he were traveling to North Korea or Russia, I wouldn't be surprised at all. But he's not. It's South Korea, and so I was really stunned when I first heard about it."
Tan has been an outspoken critic of the current South Korean government, which he called "a rising dictatorship." He alleged to CP that the key American ally is increasingly subject to "massive infiltration by Chinese Communist Party and North Korean spies, operatives and agents flooding the country."
A devout Christian, Tan also said he believes he is potentially being targeted because of his faith.
Brownback also voiced concern about the potential influence on South Korea from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), whose "tentacles" he claimed are extensive and reach even into the U.S.
"That's their playbook in democracies. They use our system against us. They use these open systems to infiltrate, to push us, to really try to ride the system," he said, adding that the CCP is "reaching here into this society, and I have no doubt that they're doing the same in South Korea, Japan and other other relatively open societies in the world." (Christian
Post) Read more here.
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Father God,
We praise You that former Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, is now adding his voice to those who are opposing the government of South Korea for the horrible way they have been treating Morse Tan.
Lord God, Morse Tan is a former U.S. diplomat who has been speaking up for years on behalf of the cause of religious freedom, in China, in North Korea, in South Korea and elsewhere. As Ambassador Brownback has stated, we can sadly understand if these actions against Morse Tan were being perpetrated by the governments of China or North Korea, but to see these accusations leveled against him in SOUTH Korea is totally unacceptable.
We ask that a move of repentance would sweep across the hearts of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and others in authority in his nation, so that all charges against Morse Tan would be dropped and he would be free to return to his family here in the United States.
We ask this prayer, Holy One, in Your mighty name, amen and amen!
“Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate ..." (Amos 5:15)
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Trump-backed crypto bill fails to launch as Dems, Republicans unite to block it
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A colossal crypto regulatory package backed by President Donald Trump stumbled in the Senate, and another shot is unlikely.
The Clarity Act failed to move through a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday, serving proponents of the bill, including major players in the cryptocurrency industry and the White House, a major blow in their pursuit of folding the novel currency into the nation’s web of financial regulations.
Democrats dealt the bill a mortal blow, but a handful of Republicans with outstanding concerns, including Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., were not assuaged, either. And with little time left on the Senate’s calendar and major bills piling up ahead of the midterm elections, the bill’s biggest backers believed that the Clarity Act might end up back on the shelf.
"I think we're done. It's over," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., the bill’s primary architect, said. "Because we've been working on this bill for over a year. And we've given them over 120 of their requests and that’s enough."
When asked if the bill would come back to the floor, Lummis said, "Nope."
A midnight hour update was made to the bill to try and pull anyone on the fence off to at least let the package move forward. But it wasn’t enough. And negotiations ran until the very end, just before the vote opened. (Fox News) Read more here
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Lord, we pray for clarity over this important bill in the Senate. We ask for Your guidance and direction for legislators to make important decisions in regulating Cryptocurrency and it's potential impact in the marketplace.
""For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints." (Proverbs 2:6-8)
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And Now . . . Lion of Judah: ROAR!!!!
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"The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies."
(Isaiah 42:13)
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In 1940, a teen followed his dog into a tree hole and found a lost prehistoric world hidden for 17,000 years
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On September 12, 1940, 17-year-old mechanic’s apprentice Marcel Ravidat followed his dog Robot into a hole beside a fallen tree outside Montignac, in southwestern France.
Down a narrow vertical shaft he went, landing on a cone of rubble before sliding to the bottom. Ravidat and three friends, using the light from a hastily assembled lamp, made their way along a gallery thirty meters long. Then they saw the walls.
Animals covered them.
Ravidat had found the opening days earlier, but he did not have the tools to explore it properly. Returning with Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, he widened the hole and the four boys descended together. They walked the full length of the cave, stopping only when they reached a black pit dropping deeper into the rock. The next day, they came back with a rope.
Ravidat lowered himself eight meters. At the base of what is now called the Shaft, he found a scene of a man facing a bison.
The four boys had stumbled into the Lascaux cave, one of the most complete and well-preserved examples of Paleolithic cave art in the world. Across the cave system are approximately 2,000 individual paintings depicting more than 6,000 figures: aurochs, deer, horses, bears, ibex, abstract symbols, and scenes of complex animal and human interaction. Some painted sequences exceed six feet in length. (Daily Galaxy) Read More
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"Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near." (Isaiah 55:6)
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"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name."
- Provided By: Billy Graham
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