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The Lord's Prayer, from the popular New International Version translation of the Bible, is:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
This obviously fails to meet the requirements of today's leftists and others who require the Good Book to support their causes, including transgenderism.
This video, caught by Protestia, which advocates for "the theological and worldview perspectives of conservative evangelical Christianity," reveals a new version promoting the unscientific beliefs that men can become women, or women can become men.
The words to what many are describing as a heresy:
Our mother and our father, our beloved parent in who we move and breathe and have our being. The glorious hallowing of your name shines forth in the diversity of your children. May your peace and love, justice and equality, inclusion and belonging reign here on earth as in heaven.
Build your kingdom in the hearts of all. Help us meet our daily needs. Be with those who suffer as a result of living as the fullest truth of your divine child. Grant that our transgender loved ones might have their daily needs met, That they might find employment without discrimination, That they may have access to medical care without fear, That they might have their rights and lives protected, That they might find a loving, safe community to belong to and call their own.
Forgive us for the ways that we have fallen short and failed your beloved transgender children, as well as our many trespasses. Forgive us of the times we turned away or did not care, For the times we laughed or judged their unique expression of your image, Just as we forgive those who might have failed to see, hear, and understand us.
Lead us away from the temptation to be complacent in the face of injustice But instead, give us the courage to stand up for and with your beloved children. Open our minds and our hearts to those who think, act, and experience life differently. Help us do our part to make your love and justice reign in our diverse, beautiful world, now and always.
Amen.
Online commenters objected to fabricating a new prayer:
"I honestly don't know why they have to co-opt everything just so they can affirm their own sin? If you are a true Christian, all of that stuff just doesn't matter. We all are then new creatures that must leave the former life behind. Not drag it along like an anchor."
And, "Disgraceful."
And, "Vile."
And, "Destructive words."
PJMedia explained, "You see, the thing about scripture is that it's fine all by itself. That's why there's a doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture. It's heresy to add to the timeless truths of scripture, especially to justify lifestyles of sin. Shame on these people — particularly Frumpy Baritone Grandma."
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As Elon Musk continues his deep dive into wasteful government spending, reports are now emerging that big names in left-leaning American news, including Politico and the New York Times, have been propped up by millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars.
"Many media outlets are going to experience a mysterious drop in revenue," the head of DOGE posted on X Wednesday morning.
USASPENDING.gov, the government-spending tracker, reveals Politico received up to $27 million – some counts indicate $32 million – from different federal agencies during Joe Biden's term in office.
"What they found was absolutely shocking," Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge said concerning the internet sleuths that unearthed the information.
Some $500,000 was reportedly spent on 37 Politico "pro" subscriptions.
The New York Times received $3.1 million in taxpayer funds, while the BBC in Britain collected $3.2 million.
During a briefing Wednesday at the White House, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed media outlets have been receiving federal tax dollars, and that "will no longer be happening."
"The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now," she said.
Interestingly, Politico staffers on Tuesday were told that a "technical error" prevented their paychecks from being distributed.
The Shore News Network noted of the financial hiccup at Politico: "The timing of these payroll issues is particularly sensitive as it coincides with broader discussions about government funding for media.
"Posts on X (formerly Twitter) have expressed skepticism and concern, with some users suggesting that the inability to pay employees might be a consequence of government funding cuts, although no official confirmation or denial has been issued by Politico on this matter."
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JERUSALEM – The foreign ministers of five Arab states, as well as a senior Palestinian official sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the Trump administration to back a two-state solution to the more-than-a-century old Israel-Palestinian conflict, while strongly rejecting President Donald Trump's suggestion Gaza's population should be resettled – either temporarily or permanently – elsewhere in the Middle East ahead of the Strip's reconstruction.
"Palestinians do not want to leave their land. We support their position unequivocally," wrote the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, as well as Palestinian Authority presidential adviser Hussein al-Sheikh.
Trump lit the touch paper after recent several recent pronouncements indicated his favoring resettlement of some 1.5 million Gazans, with Jordan and Egypt appearing most prominently in his thinking. On the question of whether this would be a temporary or permanent solution, the president prevaricated somewhat, merely answering journalists with a "could be either."
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared Palestinian displacement "can never be tolerated or allowed," citing national security concerns. Jordan, where Palestinians already make up over 70% of the population under Hashemite royal rule, took an equally firm stance.
"Jordan's rejection of any displacement of Palestinians is firm and unwavering," stated Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. "Jordan is for Jordanians, and Palestine is for Palestinians." The fact this seems a distinction without much of a difference would not be lost on the foreign minister, or the Hashemite royal family, whose grip on power seems increasingly fragile.
The five Arab nations, plus the Palestinian authority officials, emphasized Palestinians themselves must lead Gaza's reconstruction with international support. The United Nations joined the opposition, with its spokesperson warning against forced displacement. Several European nations, including Germany, France, and Spain, have also criticized the proposal.
This point is worth dwelling on for a moment. Gaza has had tens of billions of dollars poured into it so Hamas could effectively do one of three things; purchase weapons, create the labyrinthine underground city in which Israeli hostages have been held, and siphon off huge amounts of the money to enrich themselves.
It seems clear President Trump would prefer not to see a repeat of the last 15 months of war between Hamas and Israel, but if this is to be avoided the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group cannot – as some U.S. officials have intimated – be allowed to run the Gaza Strip.
Similarly, Trump's request for Arab states to take in displaced Palestinians almost seems humane if the alternative is nearly 2 million people living in squalor until the purported decade-and-a-half reconstruction can be undertaken. For nearly 80 years, Arab states have deliberately tried to make the Palestinians Israel's problem. Perhaps it's time to hold them to account and make sure they have some skin in the game.
The regime they've propped up – especially Qatar – perpetrated an unforgivable slaughter on the communities of southern Israel and now they expect them to be rewarded with a state because none of these countries actually want the Palestinians on their soil. And the 22 member state Arab League warned it could "trigger instability and derail peace prospects." This is the epitome of chutzpah.
The diplomats urged the U.S. to oppose any "unilateral measures that undermine the viability of the two-state solution," continuing, "it is imperative Israel does not annex any Palestinian land."
On Monday, Trump made further headlines when speaking from the Oval Office he deflected a question about Israel's annexation of Judea and Samaria. He said he wasn't going to talk about it, but did note Israel was a "pretty small piece of land," when compared to the rest of the Middle East.
Trying to guess what is in the mind of President Trump is an exercise in futility; and given his previously fractious relationship with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there is no guarantee of what he will do next. He has a precarious balancing act to manage.
It seems likely he wants to reanimate the Saudi-Israel normalization deal, which seemed so tantalizingly close at the end of his first term, but having viewed the raw footage of the Oct. 7 massacre, he might baulk at rewarding the Palestinians with a state of their own.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is lining up to decide whether abortion profiteers can demand that they be allowed to participate in tax-funded programs like Medicaid – even after state officials determine they are not qualified.
It is the ADF that said it has submitted its opening brief to the high court in the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case in which lower courts said that officials in South Carolina are not allowed to direct Medicaid funding, that money intended to help low-income individuals get needed medical help – away from abortion industry representatives like Planned Parenthood.
"Taxpayer dollars should never be used to fund facilities that make a profit off abortion," said John Bursch, a lawyer for ADF.
"State officials should be free to determine that Planned Parenthood and other entities that peddle abortion are not qualified to receive taxpayer funding through Medicaid. Congress did not create a right for Medicaid recipients to drag states into federal court to challenge those decisions. Nor did Congress intend for federal courts to second guess states' decisions about which providers are qualified to receive Medicaid funding."
The state of South Carolina had determined that Planned Parenthood's abortion business components were not qualified to get tax money under the state's Medicaid, but a federal district court and then the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.
ADF said the case could decide whether states like South Carolina are allowed to direct the aid program's money.
"The Medicaid Act is not a civil-rights statute. It is a program that anticipates cooperative federalism—'federal and state actors working together … to carry out the statute's aims.' Unsurprisingly, the Act focuses on that relationship between the states and the federal government—not the creation of individual healthcare rights," the brief informs the justices.
"To hold otherwise would encroach upon the executive and legislative branches' prerogatives while increasing the cost to the states of providing medical care to their neediest citizens."
Medicaid was created in 1965 as a federal-state cooperative giving medical assistance to the needy. It provides that patients can obtain help from any "qualified" provider.
This fight developed when patient Julie Edwards, getting Medicaid benefits, obtained treatment at Planned Parenthood and wanted to continue going there.
However, the governor said through an executive order that the state Health Department could no longer consider Planned Parenthood "qualified."
Planned Parenthood sued to keep getting paid under Medicaid.
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Congress is aiming to install new election integrity requirements in American voting law … before the 2026 vote.
Those plans include at least a bill to bar noncitizen residents of Washington, D.C., from voting in local elections, a bill to block noncitizens from helping administer elections and a constitutional amendment that would prevent noncitizens from voting at all.
It is Fox News that has documented the package of security plans being offered by the GOP majority in the House.
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, the chief of the Republican Study Committee, has introduced the bills and other members have signed on as cosponsors.
Right now, it's already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. And no state, at this point, allows their votes legally.
But some areas do allow them to vote in local elections.
Pfluger told Fox, "Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, which is why protecting them from noncitizen influence is essential to our nation's sovereignty and will ensure America has a flourishing democracy for decades to come.
"These bills are three commonsense steps we can take to ensure noncitizens are not influencing our elections by voting in them or administering them. We must safeguard the integrity of our electoral system, and these bills will work to do just that."
House Republicans earlier adopted their Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act to require proof of citizenship for voter registration, a move that triggered complaints from Democrats that Republicans were trying to "spread doubt" about elections by citing something that already mostly was illegal.
The report said Democrats also objected to the GOP's moves toward election security just before the 2024 vote, so Republicans are launching their efforts now – in preparation for the voting two years from now.
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JERUSALEM – In an effort to get some kind of grip on the anti-Semitism, which has swept the U.S., especially since the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught on Israel, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Wednesday which will instruct all federal agencies to take decisive action, including identifying legal avenues to punish and deport individuals engaging in anti-Jewish activities – in particular, foreign students on visas.
A document describing the order requires agency and department leaders to provide the White House with recommendations within 60 days and outlines plans for the Justice Department to investigate pro-Hamas graffiti and intimidation, including on college campuses, according to a New York Post exclusive.
Among those to be targeted in the executive order are resident aliens – including those on student visas – who broke laws as part of the anti-Israel protests following the Oct. 7, terrorist attack, which sparked Israel's invasion of Gaza.
Some of the protests began before the IDF's entry into the Strip had begun. The Department of Justice will also intensify its investigations into pro-Hamas graffiti, harassment, and intimidation.
Last month, six House Republicans called on the government to more to address the rising tide of anti-Semitism, including the conditioning of federal aid to colleges – such as Columbia, which has become a hotbed of anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist agitation – to enforce stricter policies to counter it. The college reportedly took in more than $2 billion in federal funds in the 2023 fiscal year.
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department allegedly stonewalled on releasing key records on the matter, reinforcing Republican claims the Biden administration had been slow – at best – to address anti-Semitic threats.
For his part, Trump is keeping yet another campaign promise, following up on remarks he made calling for the expulsion of foreign students openly supporting Hamas. Last week, he signed another executive order hinting at broader measures to prevent non-citizens from supporting designated terrorist organizations within U.S. borders.
While so-called "hate speech" is protected under the First Amendment, the same House GOP report released last month argues federal law bars recipients of taxpayer funds from tolerating discrimination, under the rubric of which preventing Jewish students – and only Jewish students – from certain areas would presumably fall.
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JERUSALEM – Middle East/Israel Morning Brief
Torah scrolls in Israel desecrated in synagogue attack
Vandals on Sunday night broke into a synagogue located in a public bomb shelter on Bat yam's David Remez Street, throwing a Torah scroll on the floor and stepping on it, Israel National News reported.
The vandals used electric tools to saw open the Holy Ark, apparently with the knowledge that the noise would not be heard outside, since the synagogue was in a bomb shelter.
The scene was discovered early on Monday morning, by worshipers arriving at the synagogue for prayers. Police were called in, and according to the worshipers, the officers who arrived at the scene displayed indifference and left within a short time, saying that anyone bothered could file a complaint at the police station.
Avichai Shalom, one of the worshipers, said that the vandalism had been nationalist in nature, since, "No Jew would invest so much time in breaking into the Holy Ark only in order to desecrate the Torah scroll."
Released hostage: 'There are 2 million terrorists in Gaza'
Liri Albag, the 19-year-old Israel Defense Forces lookout released on Saturday after 477 days as a captive of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, told her parents that there are "two million terrorists" in the coastal enclave.
"Dad, there are two million terrorists there, make no mistake. I sat with children aged 8 and 4 who were cursing 'the Jews,'" Albag was cited as having told her father since being released as part of the truce deal, the Jewish News Syndicate reported.
Albag's family has emphasized that while she and the three other female IDF hostages released on Saturday experienced "insane things that are hard to tell everything about" during their 15 months in Hamas captivity, they are afraid to speak due to the fact that 90 hostages have yet to be freed from Gaza.
Former hostage Mia Shem, who was released during the previous truce with Hamas in November 2023, told Israel's Channel 13 News channel in an interview on Dec. 28, 2023, "Everyone there [in Gaza] is a terrorist.
Iranian young people 'hate Palestinians,' see Netanyahu as a hero
Sadegh Zibakalam, an Iranian author and political analyst, expressed awe at the number of Iranian young people who "hate Palestinians," Israel National News reported.
"You'd be surprised today," he said in a video shared by Iran International. "Since Oct. 7, 2023, you'd be surprised at the number of Iranians who HATE Palestinians. What happened to that sympathy? It's gone – it's evaporated."
"If someone would have told me that, 'Sadegh, a day would come that Iranian people hate Palestinians and they would praise [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu – of all the people – they would praise Netanyahu as the hero, I would've thought that he or she was out of his mind, he or she was talking nonsense, he or she didn't know ANYTHING about Iranian people. But I saw it with my own eyes during the past 15 months, the degree of hatred of younger generation of Iranians against Palestinian. And their hero was Netanyahu."
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One of the huge crises facing America because of Joe Biden's presidency was, and is, the flood of millions of illegal aliens who arrived in the country through his open borders agenda.
President Donald Trump, who had implemented a long list of border security plans, including building a wall, during his first presidency, made it a key campaign issue.
And on his first day back in office announced that the "birthright citizenship" agenda used for years in America, granting citizenship to any baby born on American soil, would no longer include the offspring of illegal aliens.
That ruling is in court right now, with a federal judge having claimed that Trump's interpretation of the 14th Amendment is wrong, but the key phrase, regarding whether the person is "subject to" the United States, remains vague, so the eventual outcome of the lawsuit challenging Trump's determination remains uncertain.
But members of U.S. Congress have begun defending Trump's perspective, and now there's even a plan proposed that would resolve the dispute.
Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, has announced the pending Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025.
He said it would "restore the 14th Amendment to its original purpose and end the misuse of birthright citizenship."
It would provide for automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. if at least one parent is a citizen or national of the U.S., a lawful permanent resident whose residence is in the U.S., or a lawful immigrant performing active service in the armed forces.
"The introduction of this bill aligns with President Donald Trump's commitment to make birthright citizenship reform a top priority. Granting automatic citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is based on a flawed interpretation of the 14thAmendment, which was originally intended to ensure recently freed slaves gained full rights as Americans. It was never intended to confer citizenship to children of individuals who enter or remain in the United States illegally," he said.
"America's citizenship laws should reflect fairness and respect for the rule of law," said Babin. "This common-sense legislation corrects decades of misuse and closes the loophole that incentivizes illegal immigration and exploits U.S. citizenship through birth tourism. Citizenship is one of our nation's most precious privileges. By introducing this legislation, we are taking an important step to restore integrity to our immigration system and prioritize the interests of American citizens."
The congressman reported that the Center for Immigration Studies confirms that one out of every 10 births in the United States is to an illegal immigrant mother.
"Additionally, nearly 400,000 expectant mothers cross the border illegally each year intending to give birth in the United States. Once granted automatic citizenship, these children can initiate chain migration, opening pathways for extended family members to gain legal residency. This practice has also fueled a global birth tourism industry, which takes advantage of the current loophole in U.S. immigration laws," he reported.
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., said, "These folks aren't here on vacation, and just happen to go into labor. They're coming across that border down there illegally, and they're using us like an international piggy bank."
Trump has promised an appeal of the judge's order halting his executive order for now.
"Obviously, we'll appeal it," Trump said. "They put it before a certain judge in Seattle, I guess. Right? And there's no surprises with that judge."
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President Donald Trump has pardoned a number of pro-life activists who had been put in the judicial system's bull's-eye by Joe Biden, whose prosecutors charged them and jailed them for advocating for the lives of the unborn.
Jor-El Godsey, who heads Heartbeat International, expressed thankfulness for the actions of the president.
"When pro-lifers are unfairly targeted, and punished excessively, for their peaceful protests, then presidential pardons are a must. We are grateful for President Trump's effort to right the wrongs of the activist Biden administration," Godsey said.
Trump, as well as Vice President JD Vance, are scheduled to speak to pro-life advocates at the annual March for Life, the nation's largest annual pro-life demonstration, either through a video or in-person, just a day from now.
"We thank President Trump for immediately delivering on his promise to free pro-life protesters who targeted and imprisoned by Biden's Department of Justice. Pro-life moms, grandmothers and even Eva Edl, a Communist prison camp survivor, were thrown in jail for peacefully protesting abortion. As if that were not enough, aggressive sentences were handed down, like five years for Lauren Handy who sought to expose evidence of late term and potentially illegal abortions in the nation's capital," explained SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
"President Trump has consistently taken a strong stance that weaponizing the government to go after pro-life advocates and other ideological opponents is wrong. There is no question these prosecutions were political. Even ex-FBI director Chris Wray admits the overwhelming majority of abortion-related threats and violence since Dobbs is directed at pro-life Americans – not done by them. We look forward to the end of Biden's anti-life discrimination under Attorney General Pam Bondi."
She continued, ""In 2020 President Trump made history as the first president to speak in person at the March for Life. We are thankful he and Vice President Vance continue to prioritize this massive annual human rights demonstration, which brings everyday Americans from all over the country to raise their voices for LIFE. Together Trump and Vance are restoring the gains we were making for unborn children and their mothers before Biden took over and pushed abortion into every aspect of the government. The difference from the previous administration couldn't be clearer."
Some two dozen people who had been convicted for "blocking access to and temporarily shutting down" abortion business operations were charged and many of them had still been in jail.
"They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people," Trump said. "This is a great honor to sign this."
Those who were pardoned had been targeted by Biden using the FACE Act, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances. The law was supposed to protect "access" to abortion businesses alongside church and pro-life organizations, but Biden's biased agenda meant that more than 9 of 10 cases brought under the law targeted the pro-life Americans.
It was the lawyers from the Thomas More Society who had submitted to Trump's administration a formal request for pardons, naming Joan Bell, Coleman Boyd, Joel Curry, Jonathan Darnel, Eva Edl, Chester Gallagher, William Goodman, Dennis Green, Lauren Handy, Paulette Harlow, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, Jean Marshall, Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, Justin Phillips, Paul Place, Paul Vaughn, Bevelyn Beatty Williams, Calvin Zastrow, Eva Zastrow, and James Zastrow.
The lawyers explained, "These pro-life Americans are deserving of full and unconditional pardons."
"Today, freedom rings in our great nation. The heroic peaceful pro-lifers unjustly imprisoned by Biden's Justice Department will now be freed and able to return home to their families, eat a family meal, and enjoy the freedom that should have never been taken from them in the first place,": said society lawyer Steve Crampton.
"These heroic peaceful pro-lifers were treated shamefully by Biden's DOJ, with many of them branded felons and losing many rights that we take for granted as American citizens. Today, their precious freedom is restored. What happened to them can never be erased, but today's pardons are a huge step towards restoring justice. Thank you to President Trump and his team for righting these grievous wrongs of the previous administration."
Society Executive Vice President Peter Breen said, "What happened to these peaceful pro-life individuals must never happen again. We urge Congress to act swiftly in repealing the FACE Act to make sure that the Justice Department can never again weaponize this law to target peaceful pro-lifers with severe charges."
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President Trump, under his Make America Great Again agenda, is ending the profligate use of the nation's flagpoles to promote various race and gender ideologies.
A report in the Washington Free Beacon confirms the State Department has adopted a "One Flag Policy" that bars U.S. flagpoles from flying flags other than Stars and Stripes, with one or two special patriotic exceptions.
The publication reported obtaining a copy of the order that bans Pride, Black Lives Matter and other flags that Joe Biden had allowed to use the gravitas of the American government.
"Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content," the State Department said, "The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy. These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present."
"Disciplinary action" is promised to those who violate the policy, which could be up to "termination of employment."
"The only other flags that will be permitted to fly are the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag," the report said the government allowed.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, "The U.S. flag is a powerful symbol of pride and it is fitting and respectful that only the U.S. flag be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestically and abroad."
The report noted the White House said, "On the President's direction, the State Department will have an America-First foreign policy."
Biden had allowed an assortment of gender-ideology and racist flag emblems to be flown, including the Pride flag that usurped the Stars and Stripes on occasion at the White House.
"In June 2021, for instance, the U.S. embassy in Nassau 'raised the rainbow Pride Flag to honor the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in The Bahamas and around the world,'" Biden's administration boasted at the time.
The report said during Trump's first term as president, he repeatedly refused permission to embassies and consulates to use the authority of the American government to promote such social perspectives.
It was in June 2023 when Biden allowed the White House to be draped with Pride flags, at an event when he celebrated the LGBT ideology with a party there, including three "guests" who were caught posing topless.
Fox News reported Barack Obama also promoted the use of LGBT flags at U.S. embassies while he was in the White House.
The report noted there also was a limit on Pride flags at embassies under the March 2024 $1.2 trillion spending pushed by Biden.