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*** In 2025, lawmakers in several states introduced resolutions that urged the Supreme Court to overturn the 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which established same-sex civil marriage nationwide. The North Dakota House and the Idaho House passed resolutions, but both efforts failed when sent to their respective state senates. In most states, the resolutions died in committees. The limited success was in legislative chambers with overwhelming Republican supermajorities. The Idaho House, for example, has a 61-9 Republican majority and passed the resolution in a 46-24 vote. The North Dakota House, with its 81-11 Republican majority, adopted the resolution more...

On this three-year anniversary of the Ukraine War, Donald Trump body-slams Volodymyr Zelenskyy! Is Bibi Netanyahu next? In this Underground episode, Michael Matt tracks the pattern of deception used by a media propaganda machine unsurpassed in human history. From George Floyd, to the “invasion” of Ukraine, to October 7th, it’s what the media do NOT want you to see that’s the game-changer! In other words, it’s the events that came just before the cameras started rolling that make all the difference to the truth if and when we are allowed to see them. On its 3-year anniversary, Michael takes a...

Pope Benedict XVI at the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 11, 2005. Credit: © L'Osservatore Romano. Since he resigned from the papacy over three years ago, Benedict XVI rarely gives interviews. In a recent exception, however, the former pontiff took the time to chat not only about his successor, but the saints who've accompanied him throughout his life.  In the interview, published Aug. 24 in Italian newspaper La Reppublica, Benedict said he has been serene and happy since his resignation, and that while there were “smaller and larger difficulties” in his pontificate, there were also “many graces” that...