Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Can we agree that words mean something? All of us know that there is great power in our words and that civilizations are built and cultures are conquered not so much by armies and navies, but by speeches and lectures, blogs and books — in other words, by the power of our words more so than the threat of bullets and bombs.
This was Huxley and Orwell’s message. They warned of dystopias where the manipulation of words would be used as a means to total power and total control.… Continue Reading
Tags: Aldous Huxley, balkanization, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, George Orwell, Haight-Ashbury, Jesus Christ, Joy, tribalism
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | September 2, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on What Does Kamala Harris Mean by Joy?
Written by Jorge Gomez
Are you a faith voter? Do you want to know how President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have approached the issues that matter to you?
First Liberty has a side-by-side comparison of their records. Here’s a quick look at how both candidates fare on religious liberty:
Donald Trump and the Trump Administration on Religious Freedom
Kamala Harris and the Biden/Harris Administration on Religious Freedom
Our legal experts also break down how Trump and Harris approached the Supreme Court, judges, free speech, families, life and other important faith-related issues.… Continue Reading
Written by Erick Erickson
In the real world, no nationwide abortion ban is going to pass Congress, so Donald Trump will never have the opportunity to veto it. As a practical matter, concerns from pro-life activists amount to nothing because nothing is going to happen at the federal level. But for Trump and JD Vance, how they have improvised answers to the concerns of pro-life voters could hurt them more than help them. At the local level, the pro-life movement is on defense and losing every state that puts the matter up to a public vote.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion ban, Coalition politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, JD Vance, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, pro-life, pro-life voters, reproductive rights, Roe v. Wade, Single-issue voters
Federal Elections, Political, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | August 30, 2024 6:45 AM | Comments Off on Alienating the Base
Written by Peter Heck
To say it was a bad look would be an insult to bad looks.
Over the weekend, Jonathan Karl, host of ABC’s Sunday morning talk show “This Week” humiliated himself in a conversation with U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR).
https://twitter.com/BrentHBaker/status/1827707989270102238
One of the worst sycophantic performances I’ve seen coming from a mainstream network anchor.
I am a fan of Tom Cotton. Consistently, I find him to be measured, mild mannered, affable, and, on the rare occasions where I disagree with him, reasonable and logical in his approach to issues.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC News, Brent Baker, Democrat Party, Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, Jonathan Karl, Media Research Center, Peter Heck, This Week, Tom Cotton
Media Watch | David E. Smith | August 29, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on U.S. Senator Tom Cotton Shows Us How It’s Done
Written by Robert Knight
The lies were thick and fast all week at the Democratic National Convention, but never so blatantly as they were in Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech.
The Democratic presidential nominee accused her opponent, former President Donald Trump, of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare (he has not); being weak on border enforcement (he had it under control before President Biden and Ms. Harris took office) and sending an “armed mob” to the Capitol on Jan.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2024 Election, Bill Clinton, border security, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Hillary Clinton, illegal aliens, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, Marxism, Medicare, Michelle Obama, Mitch Landrieu, Nancy Pelosi, Oprah Winfrey, Pete Buttigieg, Planned Parenthood, Robert Hur, Social Security, The Washington Post, Tim Walz
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | August 26, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats’ New Way Forward, One Lie At A Time
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Here are two simple truths. First, the Biden-Harris administration has allowed more dangerous people, including known terrorists, to cross our border and be released into the country than ever before. Second, as vice president, Kamala Harris was appointed as the point person over the border. With the president essentially incapacitated, she is in charge.
Donald Trump and Republicans must relentlessly connect these two points without distractions. Harris recently promised to get tough on the border.
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Tags: Biden-Harris Administration, Border Patrol, border security, Cory Alvarez, crime rate, David Davon-Bonilla, Donald Trump, fentanyl, Gregory Guillot, Hasan Yousef Hamdan, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, ISIS, Islamic militants, Kamala Harris, Mexican cartels, Papa Diop, Republican Party, Tren de Aragua, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Immigration, Political | David E. Smith | August 23, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on How Trump and the GOP Should Call Kamala’s Border Bluff
Written by Trevor Grant Thomas
I’ve reached that stage of life that, on occasion, I’m asked for life advice. My best, most succinct answer is this: Follow Jesus and don’t vote for Democrats. The reason for the former part of my statement is widely known, and the reason for the latter is simple: The Democrat Party is one of the greatest tools of Satan in the world today.
In spite of this, there is some foolish thing called “Evangelicals for Harris.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Biden-Harris Administration, Democrat Party, Evangelicals for Harris, Jim Ball, Kamala Harris, What Would Jesus Drive
Climate Change, Federal Elections, Marriage, Family & Culture, Political | David E. Smith | August 21, 2024 6:46 AM | Comments Off on Serious, Sincere Christians Should Never Vote for a Democrat
Written by Elizabeth Vaughn
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention this week, “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream rattled off the latest batch of battleground state polls from New York Times/Siena College to U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), which showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 5 points in Arizona and by 2 points in North Carolina. She also referenced two new national surveys from ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News showing Harris ahead of Trump by 4 points and 3 points in those respective states.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC News, Bill Clinton, Bloomberg, CBS News, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Fox News, Fox News Sunday, J.D. Vance, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nate Silver, New York Times, Rasmussen, RealClearPolitics, Shannon Bream, Siena Colleg, Tony Fabrizio, Washington Post
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | August 20, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Does the Media Use Fake Polls to Depress Republican Turnout?
Written by Robert Knight
The Democratic National Convention convenes on today and runs through Thursday, Aug. 22.
“More than 15,000 members of the media will be in Chicago to cover the convention,” the convention website informs us. That is, they’re supposed to be there to cover it, not act as delegates. But it’ll work out the same way.
The media will help Democrats create a misleading portrait of the party to pump into America’s living rooms.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Biden-Harris Administration, Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom, George Floyd, Hamas, Israel, James Carville, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | August 19, 2024 7:11 AM | Comments Off on What to Expect at the Democratic National Convention
Written by Robert Knight
Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former U.S. House speaker and one of the most prolific gaslighters in history, let out enough gas this week to power the West Coast.
Asked about the Democrats’ choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to run for vice president alongside presidential nominee Kamala Harris, she emitted: “Tim Walz I know very well. He served in the House. To characterize him as left is so unreal. It’s just not — he’s right down the middle.… Continue Reading
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Barack Obama, Cori Bush, COVID–19, Democrats, George Floyd, Hillary Clinton, Jamaal Bowman, January 6th, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, Tim Walz, Trump-Russian collusion, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | August 17, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Redefining ‘the middle’: Pelosi, Walz and Modern Democrats