Tuesday, February 17, 2026

God is love...

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. -1 John 4:15-16

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.  -St. John of the Cross  

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Surprising Revival: Gen Z Men & Highly Educated Lead Return to Religion   For the first time in decades, Pew Research notes, in the U.S. at least, Christianity has stopped its nosedive as more people begin to see the efficacy, and the rewards, of religious faith and practice.
   This fragile development is especially noteworthy as it exposes growing divides and fault lines in American politics and culture. Drawing on a vast array of longitudinal studies, interviews, and other sources, one startling finding in both America and abroad is that, contrary to past assertions, today the faithful are not poor and ignorant but increasingly from the educated upper middle class.

5,000 Students Worship Jesus at UCF: ‘God Is Moving in a Powerful Way’   A powerful spiritual movement is sweeping across American college campuses, with over 140,000 students participating in large-scale events since 2023, demonstrating a profound hunger for truth and hope.

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“What happens when we give mentally ill children blockers to disrupt their development and powerful cross-sex hormones their bodies were not built to function on? We need a proper investigation into the risks of giving young people large doses of the wrong sex hormone.

Even The Atlantic Magazine Is Now Out AGAINST Child ‘Trans’ Genital Mutilation  Even the globalists at The Atlantic are publicly admitting medical and scientific research does not support claims made by pro-transgender advocacy groups in support of surgical and hormonal gender transition procedures for minor children. In the wake of a landmark lawsuit in New York State, which saw detransitioner Fox Varian awarded $2 million in damages for essentially being enabled and groomed by their doctor, major American medical trade associations are reversing course on their endorsement of invasive and often irreversible medical procedures for legal minors who claim to be transgender.



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New York City 'Mental Health' Staffer: October 7 Attack on Israel Justified  New York City staffer praised Hamas terrorist attack, said it’s not fair to expect people to remain peaceful after being “locked up in a cage.”

NY AG Letitia James Sued for Censoring Parents and School Boards Over Gender Debate  School groups claim the State prohibits them from expressing viewpoints on gender identity with which it disagrees.
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Murdering Husband of Illegal Alien Muslim Councilwoman Freed  Councilwoman Tania Fernandes Anderson made history by becoming the first illegal alien Muslim councilwoman in Boston history. Then she made history again by marrying a convicted murderer serving life in prison with no parole. Then she made history yet again by becoming the first illegal alien Muslim councilwoman married to a lifer serving on the Boston city council while under indictment when she was charged in an illegal kickback scheme involving fraud and theft.
   And she made history by being convicted of corruption charges and being sent to prison, but on the way out passed a resolution that changed July from a commemoration of the American Revolution to a commemoration of the African country she illegally came to America from.  ...there's more

The most dangerous myth in criminal justice is that we can be “soft” on predators without being “hard” on the innocent. We cannot. Every reduction in consequences for violent behavior is an increase in consequences for someone else -- someone who will be assaulted, robbed, maimed, or killed, and who will then be treated as collateral damage in a moral drama centered on the offender.
   When a society chooses to tolerate violent behavior, it does not abolish violence. It reallocates it -- away from criminals and toward law-abiding people.

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Canada euthanizes man, 26, who suffered from 'seasonal depression'  'This is not healthcare. This is a failure of ethics, accountability, and humanity. No parent should ever have to bury their child because a system - and a doctor - chose death over care, help or love.'

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Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History?  Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree – as even the alarmists will admit.
   In other words, $16 trillion has been spent – a lot of people got very, very rich off the government largesse – but there is not a penny of measurable payoff.

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Oklahoma Introduces Measures to Bar Sharia Law in Courts  The resolution includes a ballot title explaining that the amendment would prohibit courts and government entities from recognizing or enforcing any foreign code, law, custom, or practice that is in opposition to the state or federal constitutions and asks voters whether it should be approved.

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Outrage as three MILLION dogs to be 'massacred' by firing squad ahead of the World Cup  Shocking images and reports of dogs being killed in Morocco have drawn global scrutiny of a campaign linked to the country's 2030 World Cup preparations.

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Humans Used to Sleep Twice Each Night. Here's Why It Vanished  Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and wonder if something's wrong. It might help to know that this is a deeply human experience.
   For most of human history, a continuous eight-hour snooze was not the norm. Instead, people commonly slept in two shifts each night, often called a "first sleep" and "second sleep.

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I have set the Lord always before me...

I have set the Lord always before me;
    because he is at my right hand, 
I shall not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad, 
and my whole being rejoices;
    my flesh also dwells secure.
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
    or let your holy one see corruption.

You make known to me the path of life;
    in your presence there is fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
 -Psalm 16:8-11

It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God. We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.  -O. Hallesby Image

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Now imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass, over a skyline where nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in an attack carried out in the name of that same phrase. Context matters. Memory matters. And if that memory is ingrained in my mind, being in 6th grade and states away at the time, I can't imagine where it sits for those in the city...
...The issue is not private worship. The issue is state-enabled amplification. When City Hall makes policy decisions that allow one religious proclamation to be projected into unwilling homes at dawn, it is no longer just about free exercise. It becomes about cultural dominance. And I didn't mistype, dominance is the word.

These revisionist critiques of Islam should be more widely known and debated. At a time when zealous Muslims are setting up shop in our cities and hard-selling their religion on the streets, it is important that the word-of-mouth traditions they are promoting should face the same intense and public scrutiny for historical accuracy as is routinely applied to Christianity without fear of nasty repercussions.

Islam Unmasked: Not a Religion of Faith, But a System of Coerced Obedience and Total Governance   Islam exploits the label of “religion” to infiltrate Western societies while pursuing sharia-based state control, where obedience to divine law supersedes personal belief, spiritual depth is replaced by hedonistic rewards and jihad, and power is enforced through fear, punishment, and conquest—as evidenced by historical doctrine, modern examples like Iran, and the Cairo Declaration’s subordination of human rights to Islamic principles.

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The Trump Administration Officially Kills DEI at the FAA  Air traffic control whistleblowers confirmed that the FAA's obsession with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives has led to a shortage of qualified personnel. These disastrous policies began under Obama, were reversed during Trump’s first term, and then roared back under Biden. The result? A staffing crisis filled with underqualified controllers who couldn't handle the job.
   The whistleblowers revealed that meeting diversity quotas became more important than actual ability.

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Schumer Pushes Bill to Elevate Pride Flag to Same Status as the American Flag Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce legislation to recognize the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag, granting it protections similar to the U.S. flag and other federally recognized flags.
   Schumer’s introduction of the bill is largely seen as an attempt to shore up support among more radical and progressive factions in the Democratic Party, which have become increasingly critical of his leadership in Congress.

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Nigeria: They Burned the Church With the Pastor Inside — and the World Moved On  “In Nigeria, Christians suffer significant and severe persecution – to such a degree that Nigeria has been the most violent place in the world for followers of Jesus for several years,” Open Doors reports. “In northern Nigeria, 12 states have implemented Islamic law, creating a system where Christians live as second-class citizens, and conversion from Islam can be severely punished.”

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Transgender father Robert Dorgan ID’d as RI hockey shooter who gunned down family as sick posts are revealed   Robert Dorgan, 56 — who shot four family members and a family friend before he turned the gun on himself following the deadly rampage at the Pawtucket ice rink — used the female alias Roberta Esposito, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said during a press conference Monday night.

Brazil: Student facing 10 years in jail for stating scientific fact about gender  A student reportedly is facing up to a decade in jail because she stated the scientific facts regarding transgenderism instead of the approved social engineering ideologies demanding by her government.

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Potomac Interceptor Rupture Poised to Become the Largest Sewage Spill in U.S. History  This man-caused disaster not merely a technical breakdown but a profound public health, environmental, and governance crisis affecting downstream communities.

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Nick Shirley Just Took a Look at California Voter Rolls-Video  Indeed, the California voter rolls are so leaky that multiple 125-plus-year-olds have been voting for years in the state. Quick! These people need to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest voters ever!

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks 
to the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026


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New 'Ringworm' Outbreak Turns Minnesota Into America’s STD Fungus Hotspot  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control describes the infection as “an emerging fungus” that was originally “described in travelers returning from Thailand after sexual contact with sex workers.” It’s since been documented in China and in Europe, and is primarily associated with men who have sex with men. Image

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

“If anyone would come after me..."

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. -Matthew `16:24-25

“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find ourselves. True self-denial is self-discovery. To live for ourselves is insanity and suicide; to live for God and for man is wisdom and life indeed. We do not begin to find ourselves until we have become willing to lose ourselves in the service of Christ and of our fellows.”  -John Stott

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A tipping point is upon us...If the Senate GOP caves, and the SAVE Act goes down in flames, so does America  Folks, the tipping point that’s upon us right now will determine whether or not Americans have any say in their government in the future. I’m referring to the SAVE Act, which has passed the House of Representatives and is now sitting before the U.S. Senate.
   Simply put, the SAVE Act, if it passes and is signed into law, ensures honest elections and vote tallies that the citizenry can believe in and accept. It would restore trust in elections, something few have at present. Image

The United States is nearing a critical point. When large majorities of voters on both the left and right believe elections are rigged unless their side wins, the social contract starts to break down.
   Election integrity should not be a partisan talking point. It should be a shared national priority.

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Abortion Pills Now Kill 2/3 of All Babies Killed in Abortions   A newly published national report documents shifts in America’s abortion landscape, highlighting the expansion of chemical abortions, shield laws that protect abortionists and not women, and renewed efforts to protect women and unborn children following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Image

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Democrat Officials Discard Americans as Collateral Damage  What is the result of Democrat policies engineered to protect criminals?  Violent illegal aliens rape and murder young women and girls across the United States.  Immigrant populations run billion-dollar social welfare fraud operations in Democrat-run cities such as Minneapolis.  During the four-year Biden administration, 8% of Nicaragua’s population illegally entered the United States.  Over 7% of Cuba’s population illegally entered the country.  Over 5% of the populations of Haiti and Honduras crossed America’s borders illegally.  And these are only the official numbers.  Who knows how many people made it across without being noticed! 
    Democrats flew millions of illegal immigrants in the dead of night and dropped them off in unsuspecting communities around the country.  Then they sued local officials in Texas and Arizona for trying to protect their own borders.  Is there any wonder why an astounding 28% of states’ voter verifications with the Social Security Administration can’t be matched to existing U.S. social security numbers?

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Murderous Masked Antifa Mob Beats Young Conservative Activist To Death In France  While American leftists screech over ICE agents wearing masks for their own protection while enforcing the law, a masked Antifa mob (who these same leftists embrace) attacked a young Catholic conservative activist in Lyons, France, kicking him to the ground and beating him into a coma. He later succumbed to his injuries, dying because he stood to protect a right-wing feminist group called Némésis, which had unfurled a banner slamming “Islamo-fascists.” Antifa decided that was a killing offense.

Gavin Newsom Compares ICE Agents to Nazi ‘Secret Police’  This is no longer just a fight over detainers. By invoking imagery associated with Nazi-era secret police, Newsom has shifted the debate from policy disagreement to moral indictment. That shift is political. And it is intentional...

Under Mamdani, ‘Community Engagement’ Specialist Called for Killing All Israelis  Nothing says wonderfully diverse and talented like supporting the murder of Jews.

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 Singing for Animals Compilation
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Do not be conformed to this world...

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. -Romans 12:1-2

God desires and is pleased to communicate with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills, and our emotions. The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the souls of the redeemed men and women is the throbbing heart of the New Testament.  -A.W. Tozer 

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Amazon's Ring And Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal The Severity Of The U.S. Surveillance State  That the U.S. Surveillance State is rapidly growing to the point of ubiquity has been demonstrated over the past week by seemingly benign events. While the picture that emerges is grim, to put it mildly, at least Americans are again confronted with crystal clarity over how severe this has become.

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'The Dutch Are in Last Place': Geert Wilders' Explosive Video – 'The Netherlands Is Becoming More and More an Islamic Country'  Wilders warns the Netherlands is sliding toward becoming an Islamic country, handing over everything that makes it Dutch: culture, identity, taxpayer money, and homes.
   “We’re becoming strangers in our own land,” he says—and millions feel it.

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When asked whether the U.S. should commit troops to defend Taiwan if China invades, she froze. What followed was the kind of painfully incoherent word salad that would make Kamala Harris sound modestly coherent...
...It was rough to watch. Her response wasn’t just some vague non-answer — it was an accidental admission that she had no clue what she was talking about and was trying to come up with some way to answer on the fly. In one of the world’s most high-profile security forums, surrounded by foreign leaders, she managed to project the exact opposite of competence. Image

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

He Will Keep You...

 
He Will Keep You (Psalm 121)
Sovereign Grace Music 

VERSE 1
I lift my eyes and see, 
I need not be afraid
All my help comes from the Lord
Who the earth and sky has made

CHORUS
He will keep you from all evils, 
behind you and before
He will sustain you, 
through this journey
From now and evermore

VERSE 2
The Lord will never sleep
My steps He has ordained
For the One who holds the night
Is the Sovereign of my days

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Friday, February 13, 2026

In this is love...

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -1 John 4:10

It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves; but that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace, which is revealed to the humble, but hidden from the proud.  -Augustine Image

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Something Big Is Happening 
I've always been early to adopt AI tools. But the last few months have shocked me. These new AI models aren't incremental improvements. This is a different thing entirely.
   And here's why this matters to you, even if you don't work in tech.
   The AI labs made a deliberate choice. They focused on making AI great at writing code first... because building AI requires a lot of code. If AI can write that code, it can help build the next version of itself. A smarter version, which writes better code, which builds an even smarter version. Making AI great at coding was the strategy that unlocks everything else. That's why they did it first. My job started changing before yours not because they were targeting software engineers... it was just a side effect of where they chose to aim first.
   They've now done it. And they're moving on to everything else.
   The experience that tech workers have had over the past year, of watching AI go from "helpful tool" to "does my job better than I do", is the experience everyone else is about to have. Law, finance, medicine, accounting, consulting, writing, design, analysis, customer service. Not in ten years. The people building these systems say one to five years. Some say less. And given what I've seen in just the last couple of months, I think "less" is more likely. Image
 
Scientists and business leaders are responding to a viral essay warning of AI's impact on jobs with a mix of agreement and skepticism.

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UK's Insane New Trans Guidance Says School Kids As Young As Four Can 'Change Gender'   According to reports in The Times, the guidelines state that parents should be involved in the “vast majority” of cases where a child questions their gender, and schools should not initiate steps towards social transitioning.
   However, the move has sparked outrage, with critics arguing it undermines parental rights and exposes vulnerable children to harmful ideologies.

UK: When did child sex abuse become a petty crime?   OF ALL the indicators of a civilisation in rapid decline, the most disturbing is the attempt to normalise the sexual abuse of children.
   Recent court cases in the United Kingdom have proved that the judiciary regards paedophilia as a petty crime.

Are cross-sex drugs driving trans shooters to kill? 
“Anecdotally, oestrogen appears to lead to severe mental disorders in some men, with some needing admission to a psychiatric ward for treatment. We know that there are oestrogen receptors in critical parts of the brain that affect behaviour and mood, and that oestrogen is produced in the brain of both men and women.
   “We also know that oestrogen has different effects in the male and female brains, sometimes opposing. Studies on male animals where oestrogen is blocked demonstrate that low oestrogen is associated with less aggression. Whether the reverse is true is unclear. What is very clear is that cross-sex hormones in adults lead to worse health outcomes, as well as in children.”

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One Simple Graph Demonstrates How Dems Tried to Destroy America With Illegal Immigration 
Most Americans still don’t fully understand what happened under Biden…
8% of Nicaragua entered the US in 4 years.
8% of the entire country.
7% of Cuba.
6% of Haiti.
5% of Honduras.

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Canada: Liberals return to pushing Bill C-9, which could criminalize quoting Bible on homosexuality   The Liberals ultimately backed off on limiting debate on Bill C-9 to two hours but still intend to prioritize the attack on religious liberty over other justice legislation. It appears that the Liberals want to get the fractious issue of Bill C-9 out of the way in hopes that the ongoing public backlash will quiet down, perhaps in advance of a federal election later this year.

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Less Than Words Can Say...“Her and I have wrote papers about this company!” 
The fact is that college graduates with substandard communication skills will find themselves handicapped in the job market, regardless of their race or ethnicity. So says Ian Siegel, CEO of ZipRecruiter, which uses artificial intelligence to match employers with job applicants. Siegel forewarns applicants that “spelling and grammatical mistakes are among the top reasons a job applicant’s résumé lands in the trash.”

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

A life devoted unto God...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.  -2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Image

A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His glory, is so far from being dull, and uncomfortable, that it creates new comforts in everything that we do.  -William Law

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ABC News' Headline About Canadian Trans Shooter SO UNBELIEVABLY BAD They Lock Down Replies   Would you look at that? ABC News was so concerned about showing respect to the monster that shot and killed nine people (at the time of this writing, many are still in critical condition) that even in death, they called him a woman. Jesse Van Rootselaar was a man.

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Last week, I plucked up the courage to visit ground-zero, that is, that part of south Minneapolis wherein Floyd, Good and Pretti needlessly lost their lives. I was appalled by what I saw. The sordid squalor of George Floyd Square remains in place, surrounding buildings covered in some of the most obscene and minatory graffiti I’ve ever seen, its grime accentuated by the melting snow. It seems to me that what is taking place in the Twin Cities, especially Minneapolis, augurs a departure in American culture, something dark and dystopic and that has as its goal the ultimate destruction of the country I’ve come to love very much indeed, a country the world, if it’s honest, needs more than ever if the standards that have their origins in Western or, if you prefer, Christian civilisation are to survive.

ICE Director Says Agency Is Tracking 800,000 Criminals With Deportation Orders  While every illegal alien is a criminal to the extent that he or she broke the law to be present in America, millions of them also have charges or convictions for other crimes too, including such horrific crimes as murder, rape, pedophilia, assault, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and terrorism


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Report Accuses Philadelphia Of Implementing Anti-American, Antisemitic Curriculum For 200,000 Students  The curriculum dedicated an entire unit critiquing capitalism and relayed an overall message to students that capitalism as an economic system is unjust, according to the report. The unit fails to criticize communism in a similar way, only mentioning the ideology in relation to capitalism or as a reaction to European colonialism, the report alleges.


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Anti-Truth Media Bend Over Backward To Call Canadian Trans School Shooter By His Preferred Pronouns  Without missing a beat, so-called “journalists” moved quickly to display their subservience to radical gender ideology by making sure they referred to the male alleged killer as a female.

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But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith...

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.   -Jude 20-21

Prayer has everything to do with moulding the soul into the image of God, and has everything to do with enhancing and enlarging the measure of Divine grace. It has everything to do with enriching, broadening and maturing the soul’s experience of God. That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray. -E.M. Bounds

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Epstein’s Island And The Gateway To The Psychology Of Evil  For the elites who link themselves back to the pagan practices of ancient Babylonian times, from the era of Molech worshipers (Bohemian Grove) and beyond, the ritual of cannibalism is integral to their religion. They believe that human sacrifice gives them power and this is a common thread within most pagan systems including satanism.
   Luciferianism/satanism is an integral element of globalism. The evidence of its practice within globalist circles is immense and cannot be ignored. Some skeptics would denote a separation between “satanism” and “luciferianism”, but for all intents and purposes they are intertwined belief systems.
   Satanists are occupied with the pursuit of pleasure at the expense of morality, while luciferians are occupied with the pursuit of power and godhood at the expense of morality. For adherents of both practices, their motto is “Do What Thou Wilt.”

The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters  After Canada suffered one of its deadliest school massacres Tuesday, police identified the biologically male shooter as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar — noting that he began to transition six years ago.
   That’s right: another deadly attack by someone who is transgender.
   Yet the elites go to lengths to avoid any suggestion of a linkage.

Our Super Bowl Satyricon...VD Hanson  Super Bowl halftime has devolved into a stale Roman bacchanal—gaudy, raunchy, and empty—leaving millions bored, alienated, and wondering who the spectacle is even for anymore.

Well-funded and well-organized, the Left-wing insurrection currently ravaging the failed state of Minnesota and picking up steam elsewhere across America is Astro-turfed, not authentically grassroots

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You Can't Stop AI in Schools: Here's What Parents Can Do Instead   As artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology begin to take over classrooms across the nation, a parental rights group is releasing model policies for states and school boards to ensure children’s privacy and education are being protected.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

“My grace is sufficient for you..."

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  -2 Corinthians 12:9

Workers, here is your first lesson: learn to be nothing, learn to be helpless. The man who has got something is not absolutely dependent; but the man who has got nothing is absolutely dependent. Absolute dependence upon God is the secret of all power in work. The branch has nothing but what it gets from the vine, and you and I can have nothing but what we get from Jesus.  -Andrew Murray

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Canada Mass Shooter's Uncle Confirms He Was Trans According to Report - 10 Dead, at Least 25 Others Injured   If the report is accurate, Strang would be the third prominent transgender-identifying school shooter in North America in only three years.

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"Everybody knows that the United States is the easiest game in town," says McClenahan.
   Some stolen funds go to alleged terrorists.
"We literally rang the dinner bell for the whole world, and they answered," he says.

Taxpayers have forked over hundreds of billions in federal and state tax dollars in subsidies that were designed to “kick start” the EV car market. They paid thousands toward the cost of each EV sold. They paid companies to build battery factories. They paid for charging stations.
   Fuel economy standards imposed another hidden subsidy for EVs. The only way automakers could meet increasingly stringent federal fuel economy standards, commonly known as CAFE standards, was to sell more EVs. For each EV sold, they’d get an oversized credit toward the miles-per-gallon average of all cars sold in any given year.

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US Seizes 134 Acres in Texas Used by Mexican Cartel: ‘They Thought They Were Untouchable’  The Gulf Cartel is a drug trafficking organization from Mexico that moves arms and migrants into the United States, and has engaged in the kidnapping and murder of American citizens. Drug cartels have been known to use U.S. lands to grow marijuana, with such activities exploiting sanctuary state policies and the sovereignty of native tribal lands.
   In a message to the cartels, CBP said, “You think this is just about arrests? It’s not. We are dismantling your operations from the ground up. We’re cutting out your safe houses, your staging areas, your corridors. This is your warning.”

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 What if the easiest way for AI to conquer the world isn’t through violence, but with cuteness, or sexiness, or simply friendliness?...
...All it takes to fool people is an ability to take advantage of basic characteristics of human personality and cognition — which machines of only moderate intelligence are well equipped to do.
Not brute-force brilliance, but merely superlative sneakiness.
Seduction, not raw domination. Conquest through cuteness.
We humans are suckers for cuteness and social connection, even the simulated kind. Image

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