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A day of grace and rest from work 2184 Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,"121 human life has a rhythm of work and rest. the institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.122 2185 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate...

Mexico moves to ban Noem ads on illegal migrationMEXICO CITY – A Trump administration publicity campaign aimed at discouraging illegal migration is off to a rocky start, with Mexico’s government calling for the ads to be pulled and promising to ban such foreign “propaganda” in the future. The ads are part of an unusual, multimillion-dollar initiative paid for with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Shortly after taking office, Kristi L. Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, announced the campaign, aimed at encouraging undocumented immigrants in the United States to self-deport, and warning foreigners against attempting to slip over the border. But the...

After my story on the FAA’s hiring scandal went viral, many of the people impacted and involved in bringing it to light reached out to me to share their stories in detail. While I initially intended to publish this in another outlet, after a couple of instances of radio silence and with life getting in the way, I put it on the shelf. Now, in the wake of the tragic plane crash on January 29 and a resurgence of focus on this topic, it’s more important than ever to get the story straight. I neither have nor claim to have...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump’s order is “an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.”

When I was in fifth grade at Central Elementary School, all the girls were obsessing over Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." The school library had two copies, and there was a waiting list to borrow the book. But there was another problem: Mrs. Horvath, the school librarian. She would not allow children to check out the book without explicit parental permission. And for good reason. It includes mature themes, like masturbation, menstruation, and young girls obsessing over their breast size. When my name came up on the list, Mrs. Horvath marched 10-year-old me down to the...

Judicial Watch President @TomFitton joins “The Chris Salcedo Show” on ‪@NewsmaxTV‬ to discuss Judicial Watch suing the DOJ for the Epstein Files, and activist judges interfering in the Trump administration’s actions on immigration.

The other day, a court ruled the Trump administration can, in fact, deport Columbia's pro-Hamas agitator Mahmoud Khalil. By engaging in activities that violated the terms of his green card, Khalil signed his own deportation orders. The Left rallied around the antisemitic protester, calling his detainment an affront to free speech and fascism. It was neither of those things.As always, the Left picks the absolute worst people to champion as sympathetic victims of the Trump administration's America-first immigration policies.And they've found another one. This time it's a lab worker at Harvard who was arrested by ICE.Dartmouth professor Paul Novosad posted...

President Donald Trump plans to meet on Thursday with Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who published the Signal story in March and the hoax story claiming Trump called fallen World War I soldiers “suckers” and “losers.” Trump announced in the late morning Truth Social post that he would be meeting with Goldberg and two other Atlantic reporters for a meeting: Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me, including the made-up HOAX on “Suckers and Losers” and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat...

6,111,471 views James Hetfield tells Howard about writing “Nothing Else Matters” before Metallica played the song live during their 2013 visit to the Stern Show studio.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is continuing his push against President Donald Trump's tariffs, with legislation he is co-sponsoring against them to come before the Senate next week. Paul says lawmakers should be in control of tariffs, rather than Trump, through the use of a national-emergency law. The discussion will come less than a month after Paul was one of the only two chamber Republicans to vote against his party's budget, which is seen as a key part of the president's tax cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. "I don't have any bad feelings towards the president, but this is...

It doesn’t take a genius to read between the lines of Disney’s latest political stunt. Disney’s latest Star Wars spin-off series Andor has made an less-than-subtle jab at the conservative right by featuring a scene of “Imperial Officer” trying to rape “undocumented migrant.” While the incident obviously takes place within the Star Wars universe, it is clearly intended to mirror President Trump’s policy of ending the flow of illegal immigration. The Hollywood Reporter details: Yet even by Andor standards, a scene from the second season is leaving fans shocked: An Imperial officer tries to violently rape a Rebel fugitive, Bix...

In my work as a Christian newspaper publisher, radio commentator at TV host, I often have people contact me requesting prayer and counseling. Most all who come for prayer and counsel are Christians. They come in various stages of spiritual maturity. Some are baby Christians, some have been following the Lord for years, and the vast majority of requests I get are for those in troubled marriages and families. So today, I’d like to talk about marriage and family, and I hope and pray you’ll hear and understand what I have to say and put my advice into action. It’s...

Mike Davis is a serious man. He means what he says. MAGA Kitty✓ @SaveUSAKitty After returning from SEVERAL meetings at the Trump DOJ, Viceroy Mike Davis @mrddmia wants us all to know: “Justice is DEFINITELY coming. Let me just assure the War Room Posse, Justice is coming and there’s going to be accountability for this unprecedented Republic-ending law-fare, where the Biden Justice Department was politicized and weaponized…there’s going to be accountability for a lot of these crimes. It takes time…Kash Patel @Kash_Patel is there, he’s doing a helluva good job, so is Dan Bongino @dbongino his deputy…JUSTICE IS COMING! Just...

Explanation: Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the Sun. Seen at the center of the cosmic cloud, the star is a mere 3 to 4 million years old. In another three to four million years the massive star will end its life in a supernova explosion. Spanning around 4 light-years, the nebula itself has a bipolar symmetry. That makes it similar in appearance to more common and familiar planetary nebulae - the gaseous shrouds surrounding dying sun-like stars. Also like many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164 has...

Accelerates permitting procedures to develop American Energy Dominance... In response to President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of a National Energy Emergency, the U.S. Department of the Interior will implement emergency permitting procedures to accelerate the development of domestic energy resources and critical minerals. These measures are designed to expedite the review and approval, if appropriate, of projects related to the identification, leasing, siting, production, transportation, refining, or generation of energy within the United States. The new permitting procedures will take a multi-year process down to just 28 days at most...

Ty Clevenger has fired off a blistering letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, accusing the FBI of flagrantly concealing critical records about the late DNC staffer Seth Rich and the now-discredited Russia collusion narrative. In February 2024, Clevenger demanded that the FBI hand over the Seth Rich documents they continue to conceal from the public. The FBI’s refusal follows a pattern of obfuscation. For years, the agency denied even possessing Seth Rich’s laptop—until Clevenger’s legal efforts forced the FBI to admit they had it all along. Yet, the agency still refuses to disclose any metadata...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed a Brazilian fugitive convicted in her native country for aggravated first-degree murder, desecration of a corpse and theft of motor vehicle. Officers with ICE Boston removed Lenaria Aparecida Pereira Sandoval from the United States to Brazil, March 27, and turned her over to Brazilian authorities.

It's bizarre that anyone would think a president putting America first is 'not normal,' but we suppose the Democrats and Leftists we're dealing with in 2025 are anything but normal. And to call for a national civic uprising because we're securing borders, sending illegals home, and working to stop other countries from taking advantage of us seems really backwards. But this is Jessica Tarlov we're talking about. Watch this: https://x.com/JessicaTarlov/status/1915154567240835230? Normal. Alrighty then.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday was expected to sign a presidential memorandum to crack down on foreign contributions, a move that would put ActBlue, Democrats' major online fundraising platform, in the crosshairs of a federal probe, Politico reported. Attorney General Pam Bondi's office is expected to be involved, according to the report. Republicans have long asserted that ActBlue is a money-laundering operation. ActBlue has been under scrutiny of House Republicans for months. Days before November's election, Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chair of the Committee on House Administration, issued a subpoena to ActBlue, accusing the group as a front to launder...