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Cuts of hundreds of staff members at the White House and at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have curbed leaks and stifled anti-Trump activists within both agencies, according to senior administration officials. Acting DNI Richard Grenell, who stepped down Tuesday, streamlined ODNI in his four months in office by reducing staff and … Continued

The United States is gradually “switching” from a worldview influenced by a biblical American Revolution model to an anti-religious French Revolution model, according to author and social critic Os Guinness. Last week, Guinness gave a speech titled “1776 vs. 1789: the Roots of the Present Crisis” that was part of a virtual event hosted by … Continued

Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, published a blog post this month declaring that the online encyclopedia’s “neutral point of view” policy is “dead” due to the rampant left-wing bias of the site. Noting the article on President Donald Trump, Sanger contrasted its extensive coverage of presidential scandals with the largely scandal-free article on former President Barack … Continued

A Michigan judge has ruled that a barber who defied the state’s stay-at-home order and opened his business does not have to close. Karl Manke, 77, has kept his Owosso, Michigan, barbershop open since May 4, despite a license suspension, a cease-and-desist order, and a temporary restraining order from the state’s attorney general. A Shiawassee … Continued

Disney-owned Pixar Animation Studios has unveiled its first-ever gay main character in a short Disney Plus film called Out. Pixar has introduced its first-ever openly gay main character, which it released through Disney Plus’s SparkShorts series on Friday. The film features a man named Greg who is having trouble coming out to his parents, until a … Continued

An appeals court has upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person church services amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a split ruling that found that government’s emergency powers override what in normal times would be fundamental constitutional rights. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in San Diego … Continued

The apostle Paul demonstrated character and contentment in challenging circumstances. “I know both how to face humble circumstances and how to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things because of … Continued

Reports from across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia this weekend described Muslims ignoring coronavirus lockdown bans on large gatherings to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Ramadan holiday season, usually celebrated in a highly social manner. [No one is stopping them.] A lockdown was imposed in Iraq for the duration of the Eid … Continued

Our voice should be louder than that of the culture.  Our voice should be the defining voice in culture.  It should change the atmosphere as we speak LIFE into the room, into our families, neighborhoods, and cities; in to government, media, and education; into the Church…  The Church should have all the ground to gain as … Continued

Two tech titans — Apple and Google — teamed up to help governments with coronavirus contact tracing. Are you surprised? Perhaps most remarkable for some observers was a joint effort of such magnitude for these giants. They have one of the biggest rivalries in the world of technology. They also have been known to resist … Continued

There is a transformation taking place around the world. A new awareness and revelation is being revealed in this hour. However, I believe the mandate of masks wearing speaks prophetically of the call to silence what needs to be spoken in this hour. The question we all need to be asking is “What is our … Continued