NEWSMAX — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Thursday he had a "great conversation" with former President Donald Trump about Jordan's bid to become the next House speaker, but wouldn't say if he has Trump's support. Jordan also told NBC News that he would not support the expulsion of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who spearheaded the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker this week.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The Biden administration’s U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs reportedly deleted a post telling Israel not to retaliate after a massive attack by Islamist group Hamas at daybreak on Saturday, according to The Jerusalem Post. Hamas launched 5,000 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip in a surprise attack, followed by dozens of gunmen who entered the country and kidnapped many Israelis, according to the Associated Press. The U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs reportedly posted a message to X — formerly Twitter — calling for “all sides to refrain” from violent retaliation before deleting it, according to the Post.... (more)

ROBERT SPENCER — In its analysis of the war that has begun between Hamas and Israel, CNN noted on Saturday that the Biden regime was just in the process of pressuring Israel to make a series of concessions to the Palestinians in order to further the cause of normalization of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia. In this, both the sinister establishment media propagandists of CNN and the sinister kleptocrats of the Biden regime betrayed their fundamental failure, or refusal, to understand why there is this apparently endless conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the first place.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The House Judiciary Committee's work on exposing the weaponization of the federal government by the Biden administration will not be hindered if he becomes the next speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Friday. Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee as well as its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, has announced his candidacy to replace Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted as speaker on Tuesday.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Veteran climate scientist Judith Curry bravely says climate change isn't a “crisis,” and she explains how the scientific community has become corrupted, leading many politicians, and most climate scientists in the media, to portray climate change as a crisis. "People are dying!" shouts Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Bill Nye "the Science Guy" says "The planet's on ****ing fire! This is an actual crisis!" But Curry tells John Stossel there is NO "crisis." Global warming is a problem, yes, but it's manageable. She explains how IPCC scientists recently admitted that their most extreme models won't become reality, and she notes that the worldwide rate of climate-related deaths is falling significantly. For more, watch Stossel's nearly hour-long interview with Curry above.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — What’s that book those presidents swear in on every four years? Of course, it’s the Bible. Is it just a prop, or is there meaning to that tradition? One of the great religious liberty groups in our day is First Liberty, founded by Kelly Shackelford and based in the Dallas area. First Liberty is fighting the good fight on behalf of our nation’s first liberty, religious liberty—in the courts of the land and in the courts of public opinion.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — One politically historic event already has happened this week: The Republicans removed their own speaker of the U.S. House. And it's possible a second historic event could be in the offing: Installing President Donald Trump as the next speaker. It's because of the open position, which the GOP plans to address as early as next week, and the constitutionally open door that actually would allow Trump to take the top seat in the U.S. House.... (more)

FOX NEWS — DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is citing an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged. It's a sharp contrast to dismissals of the use of such barriers in the early days of the administration. The agency posted an announcement on the U.S. Federal Register that outlines construction in Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, where the administration says there is "high illegal entry." The agency says there have been over 245,000 migrant encounters in the sector this fiscal year.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Pope Francis called on “irresponsible” Western nations Wednesday to implement a “broad” lifestyle switch to halt the advance of climate change, according to a letter from the Vatican. In his Apostolic Exhortation, Francis discussed the “suffering” of the planet and warned that the world is “collapsing” due to “extreme weather phenomena, frequent periods of unusual heat, drought and other cries of protest on the part of the earth,” according to the letter. The pope went on to say that the U.S. emissions per capita were “two times greater” than China and argued that the “irresponsible lifestyle” of the West needed to be reigned in.... (more)

YOUTUBE — A week after ditching its formal dress code, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution to bring back business attire for male senators. It comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had loosened rules after Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was seen wearing shorts and hoodies around the Senate.... (more)

AP NEWS — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. It’s the end of the political line for McCarthy, who has said repeatedly that he never gives up, but found himself with almost no options remaining. Neither the right-flank Republicans who engineered his ouster nor the Democrats who piled on seem open to negotiating.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — As abortion rights are being heatedly debated across the nation in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has suggested that it is better for families to destroy the lives of their unborn babies than it is to struggle economically. “Abortion rights are a class struggle too,” the New York congresswoman tweeted last week.... (more)

YOUTUBE — 60’s folksinger Joan Baez performs her friend Bob Dylan’s touching song "Forever Young," written in tribute to his first son, Jesse. The song is based on Numbers 6:24-26.... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — The corporate news media all but refused to cover the opening hearing of the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Thursday, and to the extent they did, it was only to repeat, at the behest of the White House, the exhausted mantra that there’s “no evidence” connecting Biden to his son Hunter’s international bribery scheme.... (more)

FOX NEWS — The Biden administration announced its latest regulatory action targeting home appliances late Friday, this time targeting popular home gas-powered furnaces. The Department of Energy (DOE) said the energy efficiency regulations would slash household utility costs by $1.5 billion on an annual basis while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector. The proposal, according to the agency, require non-weatherized gas furnaces and those used in mobile homes to achieve a far higher level of efficiency than cheaper models on the market.... (more)

YOUTUBE — An enormous tower filled with 100 tons of bronze bells, some the size of a car, that you play with a massive keyboard at the top of the tower. Joey Brink is the University Carillonneur at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago.... (more)

PETER LEMISKA — Democrat politicians endlessly warn us about the “threat to our democracy” posed by Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans. Of course, that claim is patently absurd on two fronts. First of all, as most Americans know, we live under a constitutional republic, not a democracy, per se.... (more)

YOUTUBE — In his 85 years, constitutional scholar and legal expert Alan Dershowitz has played a role in some of the biggest legal and political moments of our time — basically every “trial of the century.” On this episode of "The Glenn Beck Podcast," Glenn gets a deep look at the most controversial case Alan has tackled yet. Dershowitz has said that two of the most unpopular people he has defended were O.J. Simpson and Jeffrey Epstein, but neither compares to his defense of Donald Trump. And the consequences of defending Trump have been catastrophic, not only for him, but for everyone he loves.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Over the years, Hoover senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson has graced Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson many times, often referring to his family home and farm outside of Selma, in California’s Central Valley. So for this interview, we decided to go to Selma and see where Hanson grew up and still lives and where several generations of his family—going back to the mid-19th century—have lived and worked the land.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Recorded on April 20, 2022, as part of a Classical Liberalism Seminar at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. By any measure, Dr. Jordan Peterson is the most famous (now former—as is discussed in this interview) Canadian professor of clinical psychology in the world. He’s also a deep thinker and a best-selling author of multiple books, and has amassed a huge following through podcasts, YouTube videos, and public speaking. Today, Jordan Peterson is one of the most influential voices in the “anti-woke” movement and this powerful interview with Peter Robinson of Stanford's Hoover Institution demonstrates why.... (more)

YOUTUBE — In "Library Time With Mrs. Poole," Mrs. Poole reads a short story that describes the controlling teaching methods of an unwise teacher that stifle—rather than encourage—genuine learning, which arguably always involves freedom of choice by the learner and wise guidance by anyone who would attempt to teach another. A classic tale by Helen Buckley.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — A major study shows that dozens of major school districts cross the nation have biases in their teaching hiring procedures, making sure that leftist ideologies are embedded in their classrooms. The study from the National Opportunity Project said its findings "raise serious legal questions in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision outlawing race-based college admissions. Employment policies in K-12 public schools that consider race, creed, and political ideology and are infused with biased language and decision-making processes unfairly, and sometimes illegally, skew hiring in favor of certain candidates."... (more)

BOB UNRUH — It was Francis Collins, who was Joe Biden's director of the National Institutes of Health, who demanded a "swift and devastating takedown" when experts in the field of medicine suggested that the Biden administration's lockdowns, shutdowns, social distancing and masking demands weren't really needed to deal with COVID-19. Collins falsely characterized those physicians as "fringe epidemiologists."... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — September 9, Communists were burning flags in Chicago. They were “trying that in a large town” in their protests at a Jason Aldean concert in the Windy City. Aldean is best known for his hit “Try That in a Small Town.” FoxNews.com reports, “The protesters were raising awareness of RevCom (Revolutionary Communist Party), which believes in creating a Marxist revolution in America, calling the USA ‘the belly of the beast.’”... (more)

YOUTUBE — Jordan Peterson interviews Eric Metaxas on his DailyWire show and asks Eric, "why did you become a Christian?" Eric shares the story of how he turned to God, after attending Yale as an English major, around the time of his 25th birthday. In the story, Eric retells the dramatic and miraculous dream that brought him to life-altering faith in Jesus. "It was like going to bed single and waking up married" says Eric.... (more)