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The Texas Tech University System in Lubbock, Texas announced on April 9 that it will phase out academic programs related to gender identity while establishing new guidelines for how race and sex topics are taught. A university memo states that the institution will recognize “only two human sexes” and prohibit the endorsement of “gender spectrum” theories or “fluid gender identities.” The policy, issued by Chancellor Brandon Creighton, outlines a system-wide effort to eliminate sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) programs while allowing currently enrolled students to complete their degrees. Under the new guidelines, Texas Tech will freeze admissions to SOGI-related...

"As a pastor for over thirty years, I am amazed that such a small percentage of the children of Christian parents actually serve the Lord when they reach their teenage years and beyond, including the children of Christian leaders." "In summary, these are just some of my observations which seem to ensure the backslidden or lukewarm condition of a child raised in a Christian home. However, there are always exceptions to these observations. Some children can go on to fulfill their purpose in Christ with passion in spite of the hindrances of their parents." "Also, as parents we can do...

U.S. homicide patterns reflect a stark racial disparity, with violent crime disproportionately affecting white victims in black-on-white cases. Mugshot of Renotta Renee Seltzer (Escambia County Sheriff’s Office). My longtime VDARE.com colleague Kenn Gividen began his recent monthly roundup of America’s ongoing black-on-white Holocaust™ (27 dead reported in March 2026) with the news that the gay mayor of Providence, RI, had forced the removal, on the grounds that it was “divisive”—i.e., embarrassing to Democrats—of a mural of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old blonde Ukrainian murdered by a black repeat offender in August 2025. (Since Kenn posted, North Carolina authorities have found the...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is not expected to step down this term and has already hired all four law clerks for the upcoming annual term despite speculation the high court justice was weighing retirement, multiple sources said. Alito "is not stepping down this term and is in the process of hiring the rest of his clerks for the next term," a source told Fox News Digital. Two other sources told Fox News that Alito is not retiring this term, which lasts until the Supreme Court's new year kicks off in October. Justices tend to hire their clerks two to...

Long time columnist for the New York Times Thomas Friedman publicly discussed his moral dilemma this week, saying "I really want to see Iran defeated militarily because this regime is a terrible regime for its people and the region. And nothing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime with a regime that is focused on enabling its people to realize their full potential, and integrating peacefully with other countries, and stop occupying Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. So I'm all for that." "On the other hand, I really don't want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald...

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). There are basically only two kinds of religion in the world: those based on human achievement and those based on divine accomplishment. Religion comes in many forms. Almost every conceivable belief or behavior has been incorporated into some religious system at some point in time. But really there are only two kinds of religion: one says you can earn your way to heaven; the other says you must trust in Jesus Christ alone. One is the religion of human achievement; the other is the religion of divine...

Big Tech faces a number of challenges with the expansion of data centers, including getting the energy to power them. But if the impacts of renewable energy opposition are any indication, the local opposition to data centers is going to become a formidable opponent to the expansion of artificial intelligence. Renewable energy requires large amounts of land, and unlike other energy sources, it requires a lot of new acreage in rural areas. Local opposition has been identified as the biggest impediment by Big Wind and Big Solar to the buildout of renewable energy. Become fanatical, even violent The opposition to...

Iran rowed back on its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway on Saturday. It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence a new deal was within reach.Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state...

President Donald Trump on Friday posted about making Lebanon great again amid the country’s ceasefire deal with Israel. “Again! This deal is not tied, in any way, to Lebanon, but we will, MAKE LEBANON GREAT AGAIN!” Trump’s TRUTH Social post said. "I have directed Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Rubio, together with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Razin' Caine, to work with Israel and Lebanon to achieve a Lasting PEACE," the president wrote in a TRUTH Social post. Both nations met earlier this week in D.C. for peace talks, which were mediated by...

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I saw a video yesterday of Markwayne Mullin, the new DHS Secretary, appearing on Laura Ingraham’s show. He stated that it costs more than $18,000 per deportee to remove an illegal from the United States. If you’re thinking that’s because we’re giving them swag bags and first-class tickets home, you’d be wrong. At least that would be fast. No, the $18,000 is what it costs to navigate an illegal through the justice system because activist “judges” make the government jump through a labyrinth of laws and hoops. Mullins encourages us to imagine the cost of doing that to the twenty...

URGENT: Our Tousi TV team has been arrested by the French in Calais for doing their job: filming a documentary on Europe’s illegal migrant crisis. Phones confiscated. No information given. This is not law enforcement. This is suppression. A direct assault on journalism

Are women okay? The answer, clearly, is no. Women are not okay. The young ones, especially. This week, Britain’s New Statesman introduced us to “the Angry Young Women,” an expanding coven of radical, unstable, men-hating, activist women. This is maybe the first time a mainstream outlet in the UK has acknowledged the precipitous leftward drift of young women and the major effects it’s having on British society: on politics, culture, relations between the sexes—pretty much everything you can think of, really. Whether it’s Israel’s war in Gaza, the “Climate Crisis,” the Patriarchy, racism, or the prospect of a Reform government...

SEATTLE — City advocates say they are struggling to find solutions as homelessness and open-air drug use spread across Seattle’s streets, amid growing concerns about the direction of socialist Mayor Katie Wilson’s new administration.

Maggie Thatcher, easily one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, was a no-nonsense woman. She became Prime Minister of the UK in 1979 and would rescue her nation from the economic quagmire created by the policies of her leftist predecessors. Maggie was the daughter of a merchant. And as one might expect as the daughter of someone who had to deal with customers and vendors and regulators and all the while make sure there was something left in the bank at the end of the month, she was a straightforward and pragmatic leader. For someone born almost exactly...

A regional intelligence official told Fox News that the Strait of Hormuz is "under full IRGC control and effectively closed at this moment." "Multiple vessels have been forced to turn around since this morning as they attempted to pass through the Strait," the official said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "opened fire on at least one vessel as part of the closure policy they declared last night," the official added. This comes after Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state" and is "under strict management and...

CHICAGO—Barack Obama’s new presidential center isn’t a cheap date, and neither is his adopted hometown. When it opens June 19, it will set at least three modern-era records for a former White House occupant: time taken to be completed, project cost and the price to get inside. At $30, adult admission to see the 44th president’s story is more than at any other U.S. presidential library, a Wall Street Journal review shows. That is 59% higher than the average for presidents from John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush...... Still, the GOP should tread cautiously. One of their own isn’t...

🚨 Space Pearl Harbor: US_SpaceCom Commander Gen. Whiting warns Russia may put a NUCLEAR weapon in low Earth orbit. Just one detonation in space could cripple 80% of the global satellite network and plunge the world in chaos. "That's an outcome we just can't tolerate."

Reading the news today got me to thinking about various things. Such as: *If European countries are too afraid of their rapidly growing Muslim populations to act in defense of their own interests—and that of the majority of their citizens-- as regards the world's greatest state sponsor of terror, Iran, they are already defeated. The only question is, have they willingly, treasonously, and knowingly surrendered, or are they tragically unaware of their own impending demise. My educated guess is the former. More’s the pity. *I want to say something very clearly, and with great specificity: If today’s Democrats were...

America Reads the Bible runs April 18–25, 2026. The Opening Celebration is April 18, followed by seven days of live Bible readings April 19–25. President Trump will be reading Scripture, too.