How
a once-mocked argument against birthright citizenship got four votes at the
Supreme Court
‘Under
the Constitution, They Are Citizens at Birth’ - Christianity Today
San Francisco Archdiocese to Pay Sex Abuse Victims $395 Million | KQED
U.S.
murder rate approaches a record low : NPR
Dr.
Phil says advisory panel heard testimony about religious 'persecution' in
workplace
As
Vietnam Faced Trump’s Tariff Pressure, Farmers Were Evicted for a Trump-Branded
Resort
Opinion
| Trump commandeers July Fourth - The Washington Post
Birthplace
Citizenship Is Incompatible With Mass Immigration
July 2
An
Outsider Explains How LCMS Lutherans Sabotage Their Confession
Hemingway:
Roberts' Devastatingly Bad Decision On Birthright Citizenship Is On The Level
Of Dred Scott or Roe v. Wade | Video | RealClearPolitics (for information
purposes – I disagree)
SCOTUS
Ruling On Birthplace Citizenship Is 'Devastatingly Bad' (From Mollie
Hemingway of The Federalist – for information purposes))
Why
the Birthright Citizenship Ruling is a Five-Alarm Fire (for information
purposes – alarmed because the majority decision was only 5-4)
It
was fun to pretend, but Talarico is going to lose his Senate race
Charlie
Kirk’s Last Word - Christianity Today (Christianity Today deputy editor
Bonnie Kristian thinks that Charlie Kirk’s book Stop in the Name of God, which
is not available in digital format – unusual in today’s media culture, may have
been written with the assistance of artificial intelligence – the book’s
publisher declined comment – Kristian was favorable to the book anyway)
2026
World Cup: A Soft-Power Opportunity Missed? (for information purposes)
Neil
Gorsuch faces backlash for claiming US is 'creedal nation' | Politics
What about Pet
Idolatry? - Eternal Perspective Ministries
What
to This Russian Is the Fourth of July?
Trump
follows Roosevelt’s rails with ceremonial train trip to Medora • North Dakota
Monitor
Trump
brings Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor as a gift during library’s dedication • North
Dakota Monitor
Teddy
would run ’em out of town • North Dakota Monitor (for information purposes)
Melania
Trump issues rare statement on major Supreme Court ruling: 'Respect everyone'
The
Birthright Citizenship Ruling, Explained
Exclusive
| The Post's exclusive look inside the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
'Cowardice
And Incoherence' Will Be The Roberts Court Legacy
July 3
The
Worse Angels (for information purposes)
No
Faith Worth Defending - First Things
What Is the
Church of England For? - First Things
The
United Methodist Church hates Methodism
Your
Church's Seating Chart Isn't All Bad
The
FAQs: SCOTUS Says States May Reserve Women’s Sports for Biological Females
SCOTUS
Citizenship Decision Demands Legal System Overhaul (for information
purposes)
Can
Americans Become Americans Again? A Question for July 4th
House
Dems accuse Freedom 250 of misleading donors and more : NPR (for information
purposes)
Judge
Jeanine Pirro Melts Down After Charging Olympian David Hearn over Reflecting
Pool
250
years later, Native Americans contend with country’s founding words - The
Washington Post
July 4
Opinion
| 25 reasons to be optimistic about America’s future - Washington Post
From
$71 million to $39 trillion – U.S. national debt’s 250-year climb -
Newsweek
Why
Evangelicals have been slow to discern Right-wing distortions
Trump
vows America will never be a communist country at Mount Rushmore | Fox News
More
than 100 Iowa faith leaders denounce Christian nationalism in public letter
(for information purposes)
What
if America Lost the Revolutionary War? 250 Years of Alternate History -
Newsweek
The
Rise and Fall of Mars Hill 5 Years On
The
preacher’s republic | WORLD
'Evangelical'
is about faith, not right-wing politics, says European body - Christian Today
Can
We Be Patriotic in a Post-Christian America? | Answers in Genesis
July 5
Obergefell
Same-Sex Marriage Ruling: Supreme Court Should Revisit Decision | National
Review
Conservatives
rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood - POLITICO
July 6
The
Best Man in Hell – Aliens and Pilgrims
Mamdani
Is Lying About 'Capitalist Mismanagement' Of New York
Fact
check: Trump’s ‘$17 trillion’ investment figure is fiction | CNN Politics
The
Supreme Court’s 5–4 vote in the birthright citizenship case is a scandal.
July
4th Films: Faith-Based Patriotic Movies to Watch
The
battle over divine providence | WORLD
China
Releases House Church Leader After 9 Months - Christianity Today
July 7
Pastor
Ezra Jin freed from Chinese prison after Trump's request | World
PCUSA
declares support for trans surgeries for kids | Church & Ministries
(for information purposes)
Trump
Administration Posts Examples of ‘Degeneracy’ at Smithsonian - Newsweek
How
Trump Killed the Party of Reagan (And Why It Might Not Stay Dead)
Georgia
teacher wins settlement over Charlie Kirk assassination comments | Fox News
Belgium
Donald Trump dance goal celebration vs USA World Cup
The
United Methodist Church vs. Asbury Theological Seminary | WORLD
What
to Know About Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral (for information purposes)
The
Christian Slaughter the World Ignores | The American Spectator | USA News and
Politics
Trump,
80, Humiliated With His Own Dance After U.S. World Cup Loss
July 8
Joy
Reid Guest Rooting for Team USA to Lose So Victory Won't be 'Exploited' by
Trump
ICE:
Still Out of Control? (for information purposes)
Trump
calls Iran Leaders "scum" and "evil" as he calls off
ceasefire - Newsweek
Ketanji
Brown Jackson Is Neither A Biologist Nor A Qualified Justice
Trump’s
Communist ‘Threat’ - The American Conservative
Belgium
soccer team celebrates World Cup win over USMNT with Trump dance
Fact
check: Five false claims Trump made in one meeting with Erdogan | CNN Politics
Trump vs. algae is
the feud we deserve - by Noah Berlatsky
July 9
Secret
Service urged Trump to use old Air Force One as a security precaution: Sources
Beijing
Pastor Ezra Jin Released After Diplomatic Talks
Florida's
PBI renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport : NPR
3
things to know about Ken Paxton’s alleged mistress Tracy Duhon | Politics
July 10
Christians
remain threatened in China even after pastor's release | World
DOJ:
Not Doing Justice - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (for information
purposes)
Franklin
Graham says attacks against Erika Kirk are demonic | Politics
Iran
and the US Agree on Little, Except to Not Talk About Religious Freedom -
Christianity Today
Socialism's
American comeback has an unlikely leader: Donald Trump - Newsweek
J.D.
Hall Decries ‘Desert War Cult’ in anti-Zionist Tucker Carlson Interview - Juicy
Ecumenism
White
House Melts Down After Trump Walmart Price Cut Humiliation
July 11
How
Trump Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement - First Things
Opinion
| Trump got NATO to pay up. America may regret it. - The Washington Post
Lutheran
church hiding cell tower antenna above preschool | U.S.
32
times Trump suggested the war in Iran was almost over
What
Made Watergate Matter - by Daniel Silliman
With
Patriot Front, what you see is not what you get : NPR
Trump
earned $208,000 from Bible sales, records reveal
Trump
Removes Election Commission Members Months Before Midterms
Educators
win $2.7M over Charlie Kirk social media posts in lawsuits | Fox News
Donald
Trump Lays Out His Own Assassination Revenge Fantasy
Trans
people are moving to Seattle at unprecedented levels under Trump - The
Washington Post
July 12
Pastoral
Meanderings: Archbishop at home in a mosque. . . (for information purposes)
After
US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them - Christianity Today
Trump
fires election commission members in latest attempt to control voting process |
PBS News
Warnock
Professes To Be a Christian, But Look What He Actually Believes (He’s a
U.S. Senator from Georgia and wrote a recent book. Some think he might run for U.S. President.)
Trump
fires election commission members in latest attempt to control voting process |
PBS News
N.T.
Wright and Francis Collins Sing Pro-Evolution Duet About Earth Being 14 Billion
Years Old
July 13
North
Dakota leaders remember Sen. Lindsey Graham following his death
Sen.
Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, dies after sudden illness | Politics
Lindsey
Graham's Impressive Legacy | National Review
The
Week Ahead - Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (Todd Blanche’s hearings)
Lindsey
Graham On Ukraine and Trump - by Phillips P. OBrien
An
Unchanged Mind vs a Synod in Motion? - Ad Crucem News
19
thoughts on Trump’s Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty report – The
Way of Improvement Leads Home (for information purposes)
Democrats
Can’t Kick the Trans Obsession - The American Conservative
An
American life in public service | WORLD (tribute to Lindsey Graham)
Jewish
nationalists are attacking Christians in Israel - The Washington Post
July 14
Lindsey
Graham's Choices - by Garry Kasparov
Christian
MP Päivi Räsänen denied right to travel to UK | World
Is
America a 250-year-old Sin? - Juicy Ecumenism
Dr.
Phil’s Merit Street Media Moves To Chapter 7 As Fight With TBN Deepens
Judge
Is A Big No On Trump's Slush Fund
China's
War On Christianity: Why Xi Jinping Fears The Cross
Hungary
passes constitutional amendment to remove Orbán-era president | AP News
Trump
Asked if Lindsey Graham Was Poisoned by Russia - Newsweek
Lindsey
Graham Cheered Death. We Shouldn’t Do the Same - The American Conservative
Lindsey
Graham’s pastor says he 'loved America' | Church & Ministries
July 15
Trump
notifies Congress of new war against Iran - POLITICO (Tucker Carlson has
asked if this is now becoming a “forever war.”)
Lindsey
Graham spoke at South Carolina Baptist church days before his death
Tim
Walz board pardons convicted child rapist over deportation concerns | Fox News
Deadline
Detroit | Retired Michigan FBI Agent's Book Review: The Department of Revenge:
How Trump Took Control of American Justice' (I’m currently reading this
book and plan to write a review myself when finished.)
Daly:
The Self Enricher-In-Chief - by John A. Daly
The
God-Sized Story Behind Alliance Defending Freedom
Goaded
by Trump, Europe prepares for a future with far less reliance on the U.S.
July 16
Authoritarians
Love a Private Militia - by Garry Kasparov
Why
Ezra Jin’s freedom marks renewal for China underground church
Democrats
Fighting MAGA Era With Their Own Brand of Unseriousness | National Review
Christian
Artist Languishes In Chinese Prison, Friends Demand Release
France
Legalizes Euthanasia | National Review
Trump
immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
FCC
Officials Took Gifts From Paramount While It Had Business Before Them —
ProPublica
Why
Trump Threat to Hit Bridges, Power Plants May Be Considered a War Crime -
Newsweek
Trump
promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks | CNN
Todd
Blanche is Roy Cohn ... but worse - by Liz Dye
America
Is Failing Its Own Free Speech Standards
JD
Vance Cornered on Vile Slur Hurled at Michelle Obama (“Michelle Obama is a
man.”)
Ukrainian
Churches in Crosshairs as Religious Sites Targeted - Juicy Ecumenism
New
ACLU report says ICE uses force by default : NPR (for information purposes)
July 17
House
GOP Leaders Completely Ignore Insane Debt Crisis In Major Funding Bill | The
Daily Caller
Biden
Drops a 2-Minute Trailer for His Upcoming Memoir (for information purposes)
More
and more, Trump is talking about his mortality (“I don’t think there’s
anything gonna get me in heaven,” Trump said last October. “I think I’m not
maybe heaven-bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One.”)
Marine
Corps condemns remarks by House candidate about Trump | U.S.
The
Right Needs To Stop Lionizing Leftist Dupe Teddy Roosevelt (by Glenn Beck –
he’s right that Teddy Roosevelt promoted some progressive views and programs)
The
Crisis Is Here (by Terry Moran, for information purposes)
Does
Justice Barrett’s record deserve all the hate on the right?
Vice
President JD Vance’s Economic Confusion about Milton Friedman - Juicy Ecumenism
Sacred
Spaces, Permanent Places: LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor's Chapel of the
Holy Trinity Deconsecrated (for information purposes)
The
Chinese House Church Leaders Who Didn't Win Release - Christianity Today
Drain
the Swamp, Don’t Recycle the Water for Our Side
Trump
Is Giving Iran the ‘Forever War’ It Wants - Newsweek
Trump
repeats claims, cites election 'vulnerabilities' in speech : NPR
Trump
Accidentally Proves That Putin Did Help Him Run for President
July 18
Markwayne
Mullin promises to prosecute illegal voters | Politics
'Crisis
friend' is a toxic friendship trend going viral. What is it?
A
Putin critic is convicted on charges that stop him from campaigning for
parliament | AP News
Trump
$1 coin breaks norms, raises legal questions : NPR
Trump
wants to impose tariffs on Canada in retaliation for wildfire smoke - The
Washington Post
Trump
Sure Doesn’t Act Like China Created an ‘Election Security Nightmare’ | National
Review
Trump
calls for revocation of ABC, NBC licenses over speech snub - POLITICO
Protest
and Demonstration Preparedness Plan | Church Mutual
July 19
Democrats
push Trump library to account for millions in lawsuit settlement funds
Mike
Lindell, President Trump’s pick for governor, isn’t registered to vote in
Minnesota
Canada’s
Wildfires Are Still Blazing as Smoke Spreads to U.S. Here’s What to Know - WSJ
Democratic
Taiwan must not become ‘China’s Taiwan’, president says
