Loyal Defender

Jim Bakker claims his 1989 imprisonment caused by cancel culture | Church & Ministries (for information purposes – this seems to be somewhat different from what he said in the late 1990s, including in an interview I had with him in 1998)

Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego | California | The Guardian

Televangelist Jim Bakker, once imprisoned for scandal, dies at 86

Wheaton is the Cornell of evangelical schools

Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86 | CNN

Dennis Hastert, former evangelical House speaker undone by a child sex abuse scandal, dies at 84 | The Roys Report

Jim Bakker, PTL TV evangelist, dies at 86 | Charlotte Observer

Dennis Hastert, ex-House speaker whose sex abuse admission upended legacy, dies at 84 - The Washington Post

Alito suggests gay marriage ruling wont be overturned | Politics

Donald Trump calls for arrest of reporters over Ohio rally coverage

October 7

Former German Intelligence Chief Arrested on Suspicion of Treason

Jim Bakker, televangelist who built PTL and went to prison, dies at 86 | The Roys Report

The rise and fall of Jim Bakker | WORLD

Trump Is Pulling the U.S. Out of an Anti-Corruption Watchdog Before It Finished Reviewing U.S. Anti-Corruption Safeguards

American Christians Should Take Religious Persecution as Seriously as Christ Did

October 8

Trump's $90 Medicare Checks Will Undermine The Program They Claim To Protect

US military has lost 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion in Iran war: report

Jaw-Dropping Scale of Trump’s Secret Military Losses Is Exposed

Jim Bakker’s and PTL’s Sad Victory - Juicy Ecumenism

IDC Strongly Supports Congressional Letter Urging U.S. Intervention in Arbitrary Detention of Suleiman Khalil - Juicy Ecumenism

Can Documentaries Like ‘Death Of The Pastor’s Wife’ Help Stop Clergy Abuse?

Pastoral Meanderings: Rome and Trent. . .

Former residents of Oregon Christian ranch call for closure

Jim Bakker Wrote the Script for Modern Political Corruption | National Review

Jim Bakker and Marjoe Gortner: Religion without redemption?

October 9

'They hate us': Todd Blanche furious over prosecutors quitting DOJ en masse - Raw Story

Vance says Microsoft, Adobe barred from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards - POLITICO

Photo shows top Trump aide's daughter with pro-Russia politician in Bosnia - CBS News

Susie Wiles and Her Daughter Met With Pro-Russia Balkan Officials, Photos Show - The Washington Sun

Huckabee and Mark Levin’s Stepson Conceal Reports of Anti-Christian Persecution

The Daly Weekly (10/9) - by John A. Daly (warns against United States debt crisis in last question answered)

Pastor Ezra Jin receives human rights award 1 year after arrest | Church & Ministries

Pastor, You Will Get Hurt

A Worship Leader’s Take on the Caleb Flynn Case – Ryanne Molinari

Lessons From the Death of Jim Bakker

Exclusive: House Democrats ask Kimberly Guilfoyle for records related to alleged pay-to-play scheme | PBS News

The rising challenge of the MAGA girl boss | WORLD

Rubio: Only The Christian West Could Build The 'Greatest Civilization'

New Refugee Cap a Blow to Persecuted Religious Minorities - Christianity Today

The Sin the Church Forgot - Christianity Today (usury)

Executive Director, LCRL (I’m not sold that churches should actually have offices in Washington, D.C. There are numerous reasons why I think this.)

Hegseth Turns Trump’s Firing Squad Into a Public Spectacle - MeidasTouch

Opinion | Televangelist Jim Bakker's shrunken-down version of God - The Washington Post

October 10

A President’s Linguistic Decrees, &c. - by Jay Nordlinger

Trump: US won't attack Iran before midterms (Marshall Worth of the Tucker Carlson Network referenced this article and commented, “Stories like this will forever make Trump unique. Most politicians would never admit they are planning to do precisely what their constituents do not want, but will wait until after an election to do it because they know pulling the trigger before would make voters run for the hills. The president is literally telling Americans that he is trying to dupe people into voting Republican. Remarkable.”)

Christian journalism group votes to drop 'Evangelical' name | Business

Trump thinks he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. His quest for it is now the butt of the joke | CNN Politics

Dolly Parton (analysis by fundamentalist Baptist pastor David Cloud, reprinted in independent Lutheran newspaper Christian News)

Trump swipes at Nobel committee after peace prize awarded to human rights lawyer - POLITICO

October 11

EU urges US to reverse new ICC sanctions — Anadolu Agency | UA.NEWS

The EU must defend international justice amid escalatng attacks on the International Criminal Court – European Institutions Office

'Post-Dispatch' Reporter Who Inspired Long Correction Is Suspended (inaccurate report on Joyce Meyer years ago)

Grassley targets ministries’ alleged abuse of tax laws – Baptist News Global (Joyce Meyer Ministries cooperated with Senator Charles Grassley’s investigation years ago – others didn’t)

Trump Has Shamelessly Abandoned Ukrainians

Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia? - The Atlantic

Convention adopts 'Modern Day Martyrdom' resolution (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod convention this summer)

ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say : NPR

Trump floats renaming Atlantic or Pacific 'Trump Ocean' to huge cheers at MAGA rally | Daily Mail Online

Opinion | Abolishing the FCC would prevent future harassment of TV news networks - The Washington Post

Trump Administration Is Working to Protect White American Men

Duty to Warn: TRUMP & HEGSETH: Livestreamed Execution Makes You Just Like ISIS. (for information purposes)

The Greatest Betrayal - Roman Sheremeta

Jim And Tammy Faye Bakker Redefined Faith-Based Fraud

Trump's Nobel Grudge Explodes in 590-Word Midnight Rant

Profanity hasn’t won yet | WORLD

Speak, Vote And Pray As God Teaches You - by Jonathan Lange

The Superpower Trump Is Killing Day by Day. - Gandalv

Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been

Our Nation’s Capital in the Time of Trump

October 12

FDA Says It Won't Act On Abortion Drugs Till March, 2 Years After Pledging To Review Safety Concerns

White House Chief of Staff and Her Daughter Separately Met With Pro-Russia Bosnian Serb Officials, Photos Show

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief

Ken Paxton’s Travel Security Detail Cost Taxpayers Millions — ProPublica (for information purposes)

Pastor arrested while praying outside Chinese embassy | Politics

Cyberattack on Korean megachurches may have exposed 850K members | Church & Ministries

Russian State TV Celebrates Trump’s Russia Oil Plan: 'Always Liked Trump' - Newsweek

Caleb Flynn and the Deadly Sin of Greed

Is Alice Cooper a Christian?

The Money You Can't See: How the Trump Administration Shapes an Election Without Leaving Fingerprints

Fort Hood survivor says livestream of Hasan's execution 'dishonors' victims | Fox News

October 13

American belief Jesus was born of a virgin falls below 50%: study | Church & Ministries

Kid Rock and Eminem Teaming Up to Release a “Christian” Album

MAGA’s Talarico Mental Breakdown Conspiracy Implodes—Instantly

Fox Veteran Shames Network for ‘Malpractice’ Over Trump-Linked Greece Ambassador Guilfoyle

Putin and Zelensky Immediately Humiliate Trump After Ukraine Breakthrough Boast

Trump posts a made-up quote from Denzel Washington praising him - The Washington Post

New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts | CNN Politics

The Anti-Trump Russia Hoax | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics (I often like The American Spectator, but this is a hoax? When Trump has expressed his sympathies with Putin all over the place, including at their joint meeting in Alaska? When, if ever, will United States conservative media start telling the truth about this?)

New White House press secretary a 'devoted fan' of Trump and MAGA : NPR

PCUSA Pastor Who Denies Jesus’ Resurrection Receives Letter of Support From Leader of Denomination

Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: Attorney

Iowa gov candidate Rob Sand attends church that hosted drag queens | Fox News

Katie Miller Quickly Deletes Post Exposing Truth Behind Shock Ilhan Omar ICE Raid

New White House press secretary is a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist

Turning Point USA Platforms Jew Who Tells People You Only Need to Follow 7 Noahide Laws to Get to Heaven

Ilhan Omar Faces Trump's Political Persecution Paradox - Newsweek

October 14

Jim Bakker’s Daughter Apologizes For Father’s Theology, Urges Donations to LGBTQ Groups in Lieu of Flowers

It Took Too Long To Investigate Credible Allegations Against Omar (for information purposes)

What to Make of the Trump DOJ’s Investigation of Ilhan Omar | National Review

Russian Diesel Deal Signals Trump Is Focused On Americans (for information purposes – MANY people, especially in Europe, disagree strongly with this take)

Did Trump’s New Press Secretary Lie About Being a Lawyer? | The New Republic

Katie Zacharia calls herself a lawyer. Legal experts aren’t sure. - The Washington Post

Methodist Church Promotion Says Hell Isn't Real - But What Does The Bible Say?

Abortion on the ballot | WORLD

October 15

Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns, denies allegations of wrongdoing | Politics

Charles Krauthammer’s Warning - by Jay Nordlinger

For some Christians, Hegseth’s plan for public execution fits a biblical mandate : NPR

Our Sad Declension: What are We Becoming? - Rob Vaughn

Watchdog seeks investigation into press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal résumé

Former Wisconsin priest facing slew of child sex charges enters plea

Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as anger mounts with Trump

Katie Zacharia Says She Passed the Bar Exam in … China?

Reflecting Pool liner failed in more places than previously reported, inspection found - Washington Post

U.S. may have withheld warnings to Ukraine of Russian strikes that killed 6, cut power to 600,000, sources say - CBS News

Katie Zacharia and Pyongyang on the Potomac

Trump Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Lived in China While Her Husband Helped an Investment Firm Expand Into North Korea | IBTimes UK

‘I’m Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands’ - Columbia Journalism Review

Watchdog files complaint against Katie Zacharia with California bar

"MAGA blood feud": White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money

Trump Betrayed Ukraine. Here’s What’s Next.

October 16

Mohr Asks Federal Court to Order Weekly Holy Communion, With Wine, at County Jail (one commenter asserted, “If he's requesting communion means he considers himself innocent of all charges. If he's guilty and has confessed to a pastor to receive communion, being truly repentant he would have pleaded guilty already and wouldn't be trying to defend himself.”

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam

U.S. warnings sow confusion, alarm in Ukraine over intelligence, Starlink access - The Washington Post

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series – Mother Jones (for information purposes)

In rare joint statement, evangelicals and Catholic bishops urge compassionate immigration laws

The new White House press secretary failed the bar exam. She shared posts calling her an attorney anyway. | CNN Politics

Trump says people who leak military plans ‘should be shot’ - The Washington Post

Trump Administration Turns on Ukraine: Moral and Strategic Atrocity | National Review

Ex-Rep. Gaetz accused of supplying women with drugs for sex | Miami Herald

Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom - The Washington Post

Katie Zacharia is the perfect press secretary for the Trump administration.

EU leaders rally around Zelenskiy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a 'disgrace' | Reuters

Trump’s New Mouthpiece Katie Zacharia Suffers Brutal Blow From Sean Hannity

October 17

Dem Activists Conned Americans By Pretending To Be 'Journalists' (for information purposes – check out David Corn’s book How Russia Won for a rebuttal)

Ukraine and the Soul of America - by Jay Nordlinger

Camas cross-country girls runner forced to bunk with trans-identified male student during away meet | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

White House prepares plans to use weapon dubbed "mother of all bombs" on Iran, sources say - CBS News

Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 on X: "We, evangelicals, will be held responsible for the evil we have unleashed on Ukraine. We have blessed an evil man. A man who has sided with a modern day Hitler who is committing genocide against Ukrainian people. https://t.co/TUJCbbm49E" / X (accompanied by a photo of evangelicals laying their hands on Donald John Trump)

Ten “Did You Know?” Statements About Power and Process in the LCMS

The Kremlin Cheers as Trump Halts the Russia Sanctions

Trump Protects Putin From Graham-Blumenthal

Zelensky says Ukraine has right to defend itself after Trump calls latest strikes a 'disgrace'

Seattle pastor who planned new social media platform charged with $13 million fraud | The Roys Report

Russell Brand, author of conversion book, goes on trial on rape charges in London | The Roys Report

CHSAA Places Lutheran High on Probation, Warns of Suspension

Trump waives key Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they take effect under new law | Reuters

October 18

Russian Overnight Attack Kills Civilians, Targets Energy Facilities Across Ukraine

Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘rewarding Putin’ as he waives new Russia sanctions passed by Congress

Horseshoe Theory in America - by Roman Sheremeta

Congress Must Investigate Trump’s Aid and Comfort to Putin | National Review

House Speaker Mike Johnson draws on faith as he seeks to hold GOP majority | AP News (Jay Nordlinger (formerly National Review) of the Renew Democracy Initiative stated, “Give me hard-boiled atheists who support the Ukrainians against their murderers over these a-holes ‘of faith’ who have aligned our country with Putin.”

Divorce and Remarriage - Matthew 5:32 - The Wartburg Project (reprinted in the 10-19-26 Christian News, an independent Lutheran newspaper)

Trump accused of 'sucking up to Putin' after he lifts his own sanctions against Russia | Daily Mail Online

Internet trashes FBI Director Kash Patel for his ‘From Russia with Love’ post | The Independent

Three signs that America is on the run

Trump Ex-Adviser to Host ‘Summit’ in Bosnian Serb Entity | Balkan Insight

TikTok bans Musk documentary account | The Verge

Trump prioritized white South African refugees while admissions from elsewhere plunged

Weekend Update #207: The US-Russia Alliance Is Signed--In Ukrainian Blood

Alberta Independence: Winners and Losers if Province Leaves Canada - Newsweek

October 19

How an Italian journalist is whitewashing Putin’s worst war crime

Vance says "selling access to the White House" is "disgusting and despicable" - CBS News

As Andy Stanley Resigns as Lead Pastor, Let’s Revisit His Damaging Legacy (for information purposes)

Instead of Making Canada The 51st State, Just Take Alberta (for information purposes)

Watchdog: California Bar should continue Zacharia probe

Refuting Trump’s Lies about Ukraine and Zelenskyy (for information purposes)

October 20

Trump’s Favorite Tax Scheme Could Shelter $1 Billion—at Taxpayer Expense

Opinion | Putin dupes Trump — again. Zelensky, Ukraine pay the price. - The Washington Post

When journalism crosses a moral line | WORLD

Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 on X: "Must be nice to sit comfortably on your couch, fangirling over Putin like a lovestruck teenager, an entire continent and ocean away from what he and his army of death do every single day." / X (a comment on J.D. Vance’s recent interview on Fox News, where the United States Vice President stated, “"I've never met Putin in person. I've spoken to him on the phone. He was calmer than you might expect. The American media has a stereotype of him. He's very deliberate and measured in his words. I think, at his core, he's someone who cares about Russia's interests as he sees them. One reason he respects the President is that he recognizes the President cares about the interests of the American people." Ponomarenko is a prominent Ukrainian journalist who is also a war correspondent.)

Crossroads Podcast: When A Religion Story Turns Into A Botched News Brief (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had some puzzling, very minimal and at first inaccurate coverage over a major news story. Some said that they should be sued over it.)

"Here is where the world ends, every time"

America Is Now an Ally of Russia - The Atlantic

What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says (this is sick, both by Donald Trump himself and by everyone who enables this)

Kentucky Baptist pastor arrested on 17 child sexual exploitation charges | The Roys Report

Should Christian wives take their husband’s last name?

Russia targets Ukraine's energy sites as Zelenskyy says Kyiv got no warning | AP News

Daly: Putin’s Savior - by John A. Daly (pundit John Daly says that Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s “savior”)

Alberta Rejects Independence From Canada - Newsweek

Time For A Reality Check - by Phillips P. OBrien

A Shocking and Foul Alliance - by Jay Nordlinger

If Thune Doesn't Censure Slotkin, He Supports Nuking GOP Staff (for information purposes)

Trump’s Golf Course Hearing Erupts as His Own Official Gets Grilled - MeidasTouch

Therapy may fuel family estrangement and cutoff culture, experts say | Fox News

October 21

Jim Bakker’s legacy offers warnings about prosperity gospel | Church & Ministries

French Riots, Russian Playbook - by Garry Kasparov

Trump Again Demands New Mexico Change Name to New America – Mother Jones

US Orthodox Challenge Claims That Kyiv Persecutes Christians - Christianity Today

The coming Democratic tsunami (for information purposes)

Can Heaven Be Better than Earth if Our Marriages End in Heaven?

White House Spews Sick Slur After Trump Falls Apart in Oval Office

Pastoral Meanderings: What is Canada?

Trump’s questionable election ‘goodies’ are getting more bespoke - The Washington Post

Jack Smith's Donor Dragnet Scared Conservatives, As Intended (for information purposes)

Hostile Takeover: The Trump-Russia Merger is Almost Complete (for information purposes)

Lutheranism Has It All: What Weary Evangelicals Need to Hear – The Lutheran Witness (Triumphalistic? Accurate as to what many evangelicals—and Lutherans—believe and practice? Why focus on targeting “Evangelicals” instead of non-Protestants?)

Kaja Kallas accuses the US of pushing Ukraine to 'surrender on Putin's terms' | Euronews

'Great result for Canada', says Carney as Alberta votes to reject separatism - BBC News

October 22

Putin’s Dream Come True - by Craig Unger

Christian Nationalists Caught Getting ‘Antichrist’ Theology from Transhumanist Venture Capitalist at Masonic Lodge

10 Things You Should Know about Elisabeth Elliot | Crossway

Pro-Trump New York Post Warns How He Could Spark ‘Full-On Riot’ In GOP | HuffPost Latest News

Trump leans into unprecedented power ahead of midterm elections : NPR

Trump weighs in after his envoy calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ | The Independent

North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts into South Korea : NPR

Surburg's blog: Mark's thoughts: What did the early Church believe about the body and blood of Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar?

The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal — ProPublica

White House Strips Access to Reporter It Called a Sick Slur Andrew Independent's Feinberg

Pope Leo takes to popemobile for first time since cancer surgery | Reuters

Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border | CNN Politics

Trump’s special envoy calls Vladimir Putin a ‘humanitarian’ - The Washington Post

October 23

Who Will Say No to Ramaswamy? - by Jay Nordlinger

Former Lifeway executive charged with theft, forgery after financial misconduct allegations | The Roys Report

Leading Evangelicals Embrace Joyce Meyer at 40th Anniversary Event

Trump gets chilling prison warning after president’s coup backfired - Alternet.org

Japan’s Christians Confront A New Rising Tide Of Nationalism

NALS Announces Strategic Pivot to Beeson Divinity School

What will the ELCA Lutherans and Episcopalians affirm next…polyamory? - EXPOSING THE ELCA

Why Zelensky insists it’s not personal with Trump — even though it is | CNN Politics

Air Force TSgt Ian Patterson remembered by father after being killed in Alamodome rope rappelling stunt

Trump Asked Google To Rename Atlantic Ocean ‘Trump Ocean’ - Newsweek

“So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned - MeidasTouch

Trump blocked me from the press pool today — but he can’t silence me | The Independent

Trump DOJ’s Fraud Snitch Scheme Instantly Backfires

No Attack Is Too Vile for JD Vance - The Washington Sun

Vivek Ramaswamy Torpedoes His Own Campaign

October 24

LeBron James answers Donald Trump's national anthem criticism (“slow news day”)

Jordan church shooting leaves seven dead, officials say

Glenn Kessler Clings To Russia Collusion Hoax 10 Years Later (commentary for information from The Federalist)

DOJ: Ex-FBI Staff Lied To Congress About Hunter Biden Probes (reporting from The Federalist)

October 25

US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

Bob Jones University suspends employee accused of child sexual exploitation | The Roys Report

CPJ calls for release of dissident Russian journalist Vladimir Driagin - Committee to Protect Journalists

Ainsley Earhardt, Sean Hannity celebrate upcoming wedding surrounded by family and friends | Fox News (according to public records, Hannity has been married and divorced once and Earnhardt twice – this will be her third marriage and his second)

I’m a Lutheran: Gwen Walz | Living Lutheran (for information – wife of the governor of Minnesota, who unsuccessfully ran for Vice President in 2024)

The most corrupt presidency in American history, by the numbers

Euthanasia Is a Slippery Slope—Just Ask Canada | Answers in Genesis

Trump tries to overturn an Alaska US Senate election that hasn’t happened yet | Vox

The Danger of Trump’s Putin Capitulation - Michael McFaul - The Dispatch

A Requiem for Ukraine—and America | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Trump Fired The Watchdogs. What He Did Next Gets His Congress Fired In 10 Days. (we don’t know for sure what’s happening in 10 days)

The Callousness of Dishing Out Absolution Without Requiring the Fruits of Repentance

Ainsley Earhardt, Sean Hannity marry at the same church where they got engaged | Fox News

LutherLand: The Martin Luther Theme Park You Never Knew You Needed | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics (knee slapping humorous?)

Heckler punched, Trump cheers: The president still thinks he’s on reality TV

October 26

Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s business - The Texas Tribune

Samuel Sey To Debate Prominent ‘Christian Racist’ Corey Mahler

Samuel Sey vs Corey Mahler: Who Won? - Evangelical Dark Web

Samuel Sey and Corey Mahler walk into a bar...

DHS says Christian blogger Samuel Sey, arrested by ICE, will be deported

Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off | The New Republic

The Stakes of What’s Happening at Christianity Today

A Slobbering Love Affair — 2026 Version

As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet | The New Republic (for information purposes)

Trump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from immigration court. - The Washington Post

Analysis: Oleshky: The Kremlin’s Next Propaganda Spectacle?

October 27

Judiciary Democrats’ Report Details Mounting Evidence Linking Trump to Epstein’s Criminal Activities and DOJ’s Cover-Up; Specific Accounts Involving 11 Women Provide More Evidence of Potential Sex Crimes | U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats (for information purposes)

Erika Kirk decries 'counterfeit' Christianity in Liberty U speech | U.S.

Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer - The Daily Signal

What Happened in Brazil on Sunday Was Absolutely Outrageous | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

NALC Rewrites 1 Timothy 2, and the ALPB Forum Fixates on Grape Juice and Karl Barth

White House defends Trump over bishops' Oval Office prayer controversy | Fox News

October 28

Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal – Catholic World Report

The Archdiocese of New York will pay out $800 million in a settlement with sexual abuse victims.

Joyce Meyer admits her views on prosperity, faith were 'out of balance' | Church & Ministries (from 2019)

Trump and Epstein’s intrasexual competition

Good. - by JD Hall (on the deportation of Samuel Sey)

Grand jury declines to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over Jan. 6 testimony - The Washington Post

A Non-Nuclear NATO–Russia War Would Still Be Disastrous - The American Conservative

Todd Blanche Basically Coached Ghislaine Maxwell in Epstein Interview | The New Republic

DOJ’s Third Effort to Get Comey Is Another Loser

Judge throws out new charges against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe - CBS News

Judge slams DOJ in ex-FBI officials’ false-statement case - POLITICO

October 29

The real scandal is not bishops praying for Trump but regretting it — The Catholic Herald

You Can’t Ump Trump - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move

Why Is the Media Ignoring the New Rape Allegation Against Trump?

25 Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power | National Review (NR is being sarcastic here – it indicates that the Trump Administration in term 2 has done all of these things)

Did Kash Patel Use Epstein Files Mess as Cover for Firing People? | The New Republic

Judge rules Bill Essayli's acting US attorney role unlawful (an unlawfully appointed U.S. Attorney will not be able to convict anyone)

Ukrainian refugees will be sent to Russia under Melania Trump’s ceasefire

Catholic Bishops Should Pray at the White House. No Apology Was Necessary. | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Michael MacKay on X: "The United States is a full ally of fascist Russia. It has arranged a local ceasefire in Kherson region, Ukraine, to deport the residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky to the Russian Federation. The USA is enabling the Russian invasion army to reinforce its positions on the left" / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: "So, the Melania Trump brokered ceasefire is just a means for Russia to kidnap 1500 people, not allowed to go to Ukraine, only Russia." / X

Donald Trump praises Nicki Minaj’s ‘beautiful ass’ at rally (not appropriate for any man, much less a married man who is President of the United States, to say this)

October 30

10 Trump’s promises that turned out to be lies

Ukrainians fear Russia will keep them from returning home after Melania-brokered ceasefire

First Lady Melania Trump Secures Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine, Localized to Oleshky – The White House

Pentagon prepares US military bases for all-out war scenario: 'That world is gone' | Blaze Media

Michael MacKay on X: "The lesson of the russia-backed Trump regime to former U.S. allies is crystal clear: The United States abandoned Ukraine and we will abandon you too." / X

Covie on X: "Humanitarian vladimir putin bombed a train killing at least 13 people and injuring several others." / X

Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 on X: "Of course, there's no point in showing the bloody footage of Russia's mass murders in Ukraine to those who are now helping Putin kill, licking their lips like mad men at the prospect of his blood money... But I still have hope in ordinary, decent people around the world who live" / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Trump regime in lockstep with Putin's disinfornation aparatus, sends Newsmax "journalists" to Russian occupied Oleshky for a propaganda tour. The US is gone. https://t.co/jQWYjfB9Z2" / X

The Vatican Has Declared War on Christianity

Is the Pope Catholic? - by Apple Lamps - Apple’s Substack (No, he actually isn’t standing for historic Christianity)

Melania Trump Sinks to A New Low