BEN SHAPIRO — Last week, Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, nearly a decade after stepping down as head of the Catholic Church. His life was marked by adherence to a belief in an eternal truth above all. As he stated in a 2008 meeting with Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America, "Truth means more than knowledge: knowing the truth leads us to discover the good. … (W)e observe, with distress, the notion of freedom being distorted. Freedom is not an opting out. It is an opting in – a participation in Being itself. Hence authentic freedom can never be attained by turning away from God."... (more)

LIFE NEWS — New changes to the popular family game The Game of LIFE have some questioning if its creators are really anti-family. According to the Daily Wire, people have been complaining online about the “woke” new edition from Hasbro because of its de-emphasis on children and marriage. In the old version, “family was wealth, not liability,” said homeschool mom Lindsay Harold whose Facebook post went viral after her daughters got the new version for Christmas. Now, she said getting married and having children often can be detrimental. The new game even limits the number of children a player may have.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — In a statement that the news agency Just the News has described as a "stunning rebuke," former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker charged that the bureau has been taken over by "liberal DOJ ideologues." The result, he said in an interview with the publication, is improper domestic spying and censorship. It is known now that during the 2020 election the bureau interfered in the ordinary campaign process by urging social media companies to censor accurate – but damaging – information about the Biden family's overseas business operations.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Once again, leave it to Tucker Carlson. Lost, apparently, in the shuffling of Republican priorities for investigation is one of the most serious breaches of protocol by the star chamber: the January 6 affair. Strangely, it has not been talked about by Republicans, despite over 800 prosecutions and with Americans many still awaiting trial.... (more)

WAYNE ALLYN ROOT — First, Happy New Year 2023. Second, I have more proof liberals, Democrats, and assorted socialists/communists/Marxists/globalists are dead wrong. This is the greatest nation in world history, ever blessed by God. The streets are paved with gold. This is the land of opportunity. Our history isn't evil; it's better than that of any country, ever.... (more)

MICHAEL BRESCIANI — The title of this article started out as “Powerful Message to President Joe Biden,” but that would not be an accurate description of what is clearly a rebuke. Jonathan Cahn delivers his 12-minute address to Joe Biden with a deliberate and scathing rebuke of all the President has done since taking the oath of office — but more so, for the recent signing of the misnomer referred to as the “Respect for Marriage Act.”... (more)

CHERIE ZASLAWSKY — There’s a headline that one would think would be trumpeted across America but that no mainstream media sees fit to mention. In fact, you have to search for the story, as just a few among the alternative media sites have aired it. But the Gateway Pundit has been on top of the story.... (more)

BARBARA KRALIS — Cardinal Josef Rattzinger was elected Pope on April 19, 2005, and he resigned his Papacy on February 28, 2013. Here below, is a testament I penned on that great day. I remember it so clearly, Mitch and I were at home, watching the white smoke rise from the Chapel chimney and then seeing the kindly face of Josef Ratzinger walk out onto the loggia overlooking Saint Peter’s square. We jumped from our chairs, weeping and cheering the elected new Papa. Then he humbly told the awaiting world his new name. May God today grant Pope Benedict eternal bliss in Heaven, forever and ever more.... (more)

ZERO HEDGE — Ray Epps, the uncharged man identified as a key instigator behind the January 6, 2020, Capitol breach for telling people to storm the Capitol, said in a text message to his nephew that he "orchestrated" things, according to newly released witness transcripts from the January 6th Committee.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, announced that the next installment of the "Twitter Files" about the former head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who retired Saturday, will be released "later this week." On Sunday, Juanita Broaddrick, who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct, tweeted, "Waiting ... ... for #FauciFiles." Musk responded, "Later this week."... (more)

FOX NEWS — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Nov. 13 murders of four University of Idaho students, officials announced Friday. Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody by local police and the FBI at 1:30 a.m. in eastern Pennsylvania on a warrant charging him with four counts of murder and burglary for the deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21. The PhD student, who is studying criminal justice, appeared before a judge Friday in Monroe County Court.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich calls out Dr. Anthony Fauci on his COVID narrative and rips Democrats and Big Tech for pushing the information on Americans on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'... (more)

NOAH CHRISTOPHER OF 'WE LOVE TRUMP' — When I first started covering the Brunson Brothers Supreme Court case, I got a lot of doubts and complaints. Grumbling, really. I compared it to the Israelites in the desert. Fair comparison. People saying the case wasn’t real... People asking why The Gateway Pundit and Epoch Times hadn’t covered it if it was real….... (more)

YOUTUBE — Looking at this ordinary elderly Englishman, it is hard to fathom that this old and weak grandfather at one point did something that saved the fates and lives of tens of thousands of people around the world...... (more)

NEW YORK POST — The House Jan. 6 committee on Wednesday withdrew a subpoena issued to former President Donald Trump as the panel prepares to disband, according to a report. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) reportedly notified Trump’s attorney on Wednesday that the panel’s subpoena against the 76-year-old former president, issued in October, has been rescinded and that he no longer needs to comply with document requests, according to CNN.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Billionaire and Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed "corporate journalism" and "legacy media" in separate tweets about the response to the Twitter Files and claims that his reputation is in trouble. "Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?" Musk wrote Tuesday in response to a tweet about a Substack post headlined "In Response to the Twitter Files, Establishment Media Rushes to Defend the FBI," written by Leighton Woodhouse.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Pro-life leader Frank Pavone, recently stripped of his priesthood by the Vatican, offers a Christmas Eve message of hope, prayerfully asking for the intercession of Saint Padre Pio to help restore him to the Clerical state. He also says firmly: “I’m not going anywhere! Our pro-life work isn’t slowing down one bit!”... (more)

YOUTUBE — Senator Ted Cruz to fellow members of the U.S. Senate: "I rise today to speak for the generations of Americans who this body is irresponsibly drowning in debt."... (more)

PJ MEDIA — The Supreme Court stayed a trial judge’s ruling that would have ended Title 42 and has, for the time being, allowed the rule to remain in place. The court issued an unsigned 5-4 opinion that was a victory for the 19 states that had sued the federal government to keep Title 42 in place. Title 42 is a 1940s-era rule that limits immigration and asylum seekers during a national health crisis. It was originally put in place by Donald Trump in March 2020 and severely restricted the number of people seeking asylum by expelling all but a fraction of those who showed up at the border.... (more)

AMERICAN GREATNESS — In the ninth installment in Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” series, it was revealed that not only did the Big Tech platform directly coordinate with the FBI to censor conservatives, but that the FBI was the gateway for the platform to begin working with other government agencies as well.... (more)

NEWSMAX — An Arizona judge has ruled against Republican Kari Lake's election challenge, effectively confirming Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs as the state's next governor Saturday. Fox 10 Phoenix first reported the news Christmas Eve. Lake has until 5 p.m. on Dec. 26 to respond and any motion will need to be submitted by 8 a.m.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, are still seething over the Senate passing last week's $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, and apparently not waiting until 2023 to negotiate terms for such a massive spending initiative. And from the two senators' perspective, the brunt of blame lies squarely on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.... (more)

TOWNHALL — The Florida Supreme Court gave the OK to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate potential wrongdoing by COVID-19 vaccine makers.... (more)

DAVID KUPELIAN — Dear WND readers, First, MERRY CHRISTMAS – I know I speak for everyone at WND in saying how much we truly appreciate your readership, loyalty and support. I have an earnest request for you, and it is simply this: If you read and appreciate WND and would like to see us survive the never-ending and utterly insane attacks on us by Big Tech, one of the most important – and rewarding – ways you can pitch in is by becoming a subscriber to our monthly magazine, Whistleblower. Stay with me here.... (more)

YOUTUBE — The birth of Jesus according to Luke 2:1-24, King James Version – up to the introduction of Simeon.... (more)