JUST THE NEWS — Revelations this week of FBI efforts to develop intelligence sources inside the Catholic Church elicited howls of protest — from Capitol Hill, the Church and an FBI whistleblower. Amid the latest revelations of political bias and retaliation by the FBI, Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs is calling for the increasingly polarizing law enforcement agency to be purged of politicized personnel and possibly defunded.... (more)

ROBERT SPENCER — The Left grows more authoritarian and intolerant of opposing views by the day and never shows even the remotest concern for preserving America as a free society. Even when Old Joe Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board crashed and burned amid concerns that it would be used to destroy the freedom of speech and persecute those who dared to exercise it, Leftists didn’t give up their Orwellian habit of referring to speech they dislike and that opposes their agenda as “disinformation.” And now a humor website is taking up the fight for freedom.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — The U.S. Supreme Court may be the only hope for America. And that’s because President Trump made three conservative appointments to the Court. But he also named other judges. One is Matthew Kacsmaryk, a U.S. District Court Judge who has cited substantial evidence that the FDA’s approval of chemical abortion drugs was illegal and that the drugs themselves are dangerous to women and children.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — NPR has announced it will quit using its 52 "official" Twitter accounts after Elon Musk's social media platform accurately labeled it a "state-affiliated" media. That was changed to "government-funded" shortly later. It does, after all, accept tax money from U.S. taxpayers for its operations.... (more)

PETER LABARBERA — The conservative, pro-real-women backlash against Bud Light beer for embracing male-to-"female" transsexuality shows no sign of abating as the exploding boycott is severely harming Anheuser-Busch's bottom line, and it was revealed a Harvard grad came up with the idea of using trans activist Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesman.... (more)

YOUTUBE SHORTS — World renowned psychologist Jordan Peterson shares some of his insights on the reality – and the nature – of God.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — As abortion pills become the preferred method of committing abortions, there has been an increased effort to defend them as safe, and to demean the humanity of preborn children, especially early in pregnancy. The latest effort comes from a supposed Associated Press ‘fact-check’, but it’s heavy on pro-abortion propaganda, and light on the facts.... (more)

DAVID KUPELIAN — "And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" – Mark 8:34-37. "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me" – Luke 9:23. "And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me" – Matthew 10:38.... (more)

NEWSMAX — House Committee on Oversight and Accountability ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., sent a memo to fellow Democrat committee members Thursday complaining that the committee's GOP members "secretly'' issued six subpoenas to President Joe Biden's family banking and business contacts for financial documents relating to its investigation into potential misconduct.... (more)

NEWSMAX — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday responded to a media accusation that he failed to report personal hospitality extended by real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow, saying he was advised at the time that he did not have to report it.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Law enforcement agencies had at least 40 undercover informants engaging in surveillance work among defendants on Jan. 6, defendant Dominic Pezzola’s lawyer Roger Roots said Wednesday.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Victor Davis Hanson, a Hoover Institution senior fellow, told Newsmax that the increase in politically motivated indictments would lead to the "unwinding" of the United States. Joining "Spicer & Co." on Thursday, the renowned scholar of ancient warfare said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg set a new precedent by charging former President Donald Trump.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — Death and mayhem and bad news are nearly all we hear these days, or so it seems. It’s easy to lose hope. An acquaintance emailed me recently: “I am completely broken by witnessing my beloved America commit suicide right before my eyes; it is painful to watch, as an old man who remembers her when she was still morally sane.”... (more)

WALL STREET JOURNAL — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met Wednesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the highest-level political leader a Taiwan president has ever met while in the U.S. WSJ’s Josh Chin explains what the meeting could mean for relations with China... (more)

CNN — Finland officially became the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday, marking a major shift in the security landscape in northeastern Europe that adds some 1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the alliance’s frontier with Russia. The Nordic nation’s accession was sealed during a formal ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.... (more)

PJ MEDIA — With much sycophantic, slobbering fanfare from corporate media fangirls, the main government proponent of the U.S. COVID-19 lockdowns and vax mandates “retired” late last year.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — Nike on Wednesday became the latest big name company to face pushback from social media users for partnering with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney unveiled her paid partnership with Nike in several posts to Instagram on Wednesday, where she wore some of the company’s activewear, including pants and a sports bra.... (more)

YOUTUBE — In a satirical video on unbelief in God, JP Sears mocks a wide range of "woke" beliefs, and makes fun of godless globalists Yuval Noah Harari, Bill Gates, and Klaus Schwab of WEF.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Annie, a skilled singer, started singing the Karen Carpenter song "I Know I Need To Be In Love," and her friend Lisa's 4-month old son began trying to sing, too. Annie's husband John grabbed a nearby camera..... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A new report on COVID, and the shots that were used against it, has revealed a stunning human toll from those "medications": 26.6 million injured, 1.36 million disabled, and 300,000 dead. Nor is the economic loss easier to accept: $150 billion. And these are from the shots, not the COVID-19 virus itself, a coronavirus that likely came out of a lab in Wuhan, China, that was doing experiments on how to make those viruses more lethal, and more easily spread.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The nation is still reeling from the massacre at Covenant School, a private elementary Christian academy in Nashville, Tennessee, where 28-year-old transgender Audrey Elizabeth Hale stormed into the building and stalked the halls, randomly murdering three small children and three adults.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday night his chamber will hold Alvin Bragg to account for an "unprecedented abuse of power," saying the Manhattan district attorney's unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump has "irreparably damaged our country."... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — What was all this shucking and jiving about for the last few weeks? President Donald Trump was about to be indicted. Then he wasn't. Then he was. What was going on in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, I wonder. Who was he talking to besides his fairy godmother, George Soros? Was he seeking permission from Merrick Garland or Joe Biden? Did he know what kind of furor he would set off by criminally indicting a U.S. president for the first time in history?... (more)

YOUTUBE — Well-known YouTube comedian JP Sears shares with his viewers his newly acquired belief in God and explains in detail how this belief has changed his priorities and values, giving his life more meaning. He previously made his videos from a godless New-Age "spiritual" perspective. As he says in this new video, he's been drawn increasingly toward God and Christianity as a result of Satan's expanding success in America and the world.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Dr. Jordan Peterson said he tries to make the most of the moment, which is the ethos of the Sermon on the Mount: "aim at the highest goal you can contemplate and then pay attention to the moment."... (more)