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Sunday, February 22, 2026
Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life...
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. -Ephesians 2:8-10
Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. If thou understandest not... the things which are beneath thee, how shalt thou comprehend those which are above thee? Submit thyself unto God, and humble thy sense to faith, and the light of knowledge shall be given thee, as shall be profitable and necessary unto thee. -Thomas à Kempis
The New York City Sanitation Department website says that in order to register as an emergency snow shoveler, an applicant must provide two small photos sized 1-1.5 square inches, two original forms of ID plus copies, and their social security card.
Mayor Mamdani’s spending frenzy will lead NYC into a rapid decline Truth be told, I thought it would take at least one budget cycle for our socialist boy-wonder mayor to implode in a sea of idiocy over how he plans to govern this city and how he intends to pay for it.
The fact that it’s happening even before his first budget is finished — with an absurd debate over raising taxes on rich people who are already leaving the city in droves or socking it to working-class homeowners through higher property taxes — is downright scary.
So now in Britain, we have the authorities’ tacit acceptance of Sharia blasphemy laws. As Islamic law continues to advance in Britain, non-Muslims will find themselves increasingly subjugated. Many will convert to Islam simply to escape discrimination and social opprobrium, as many have already done.
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Gavin Newsom's California Government Has Paid Protestors Over $100 MillionSome programs included in CHIRLA’s work are a high school leftist indoctrination program to produce “activists,” a college student mobilization program to push legislation for a mass amnesty, and a “Rapid Response” network with an aim to “shut down detention centers.”
Study: Pot Use Among Teens Brings Higher Risk of Psychotic Disorders "This cohort study found that adolescent cannabis use was associated with increased risk of incident psychiatric disorders, particularly psychotic and bipolar disorders. These results could inform the development of clinical and educational interventions for parents, adolescents, and clinicians, as well as protective policies to prevent or delay adolescent cannabis use in the context of expanding cannabis legalization,” the study’s conclusions and relevance portion stated.
Upon reviewing the findings, Dr. Ryan Sultan, a Columbia University psychiatrist, told NPR, “This is very, very, very worrying.”
UK Puberty Blocker Trial Finally Halted Over Significant Safety ConcernsA shocking NHS-supported trial has now been suspended following officials’ warnings of “significant” long-term harms to young people. The controversial plans aimed to give puberty blockers to children as young as eight-years-old, but the UK’s medicines regulator has finally stepped in to stop it, citing major safety fears.
Fire is the chosen symbol of Heaven for moral passion...
Fire is the chosen symbol of Heaven for moral passion. It is emotion aflame. God is love; God is fire. The two are one. The Holy Spirit baptises in fire. Spirit-filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They believe with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with a fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a joy that radiates. Love is perfected in the Fire of God. -Samuel Chadwick
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Pete Hegseth delivers powerful pro-life, anti-woke, 'Christ is King' speech “As long as I have breath, I commit to you that I and we should never allow any group, no matter how large or small, to silence us from speaking the capital-T Truth: Christ is King. He died for our sins. We are forgiven,” he declared as the crowd erupted in applause. Image
Conditions will go downhill dramatically Sunday evening into the overnight hours as the storm intensifies quickly off the coast. Strong winds and snow falling at rates of an inch or more per hour at times will expand north from the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England. Image
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Mamdani Is Collapsing Faster Than We Thought That socialist utopia that Mamdani was supposed to deliver has instead turned into a slow-motion fiscal catastrophe a mere two months in — and even the liberal media is starting to notice.
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Susan Rice's Terrifying Vow If Democrats Take Back PowerSimply incredible. The Democrats have spent a decade telling us that President Trump is an authoritarian, a fascist, Hitler, who is weaponizing government and then they run on a platform of punishing the people who didn't resist Trump to their liking. That's the real fascism here. Image
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
-Romans 8:26-27
If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural. -Andrew Murray
The expanded policy restricts the use of U.S. funds for controversial programs, and it seeks to establish a pro-life, pro-family ethos throughout U.S. foreign aid programming. It prohibits giving any U.S. funds to groups that promote abortion, gender ideology, or DEI. This restriction could end UNICEF’s longstanding partnerships with UN agencies like UNAIDS and the UN Population Fund, and with abortion industry giants like International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which provide and promote abortion, as well as sexual autonomy and sex-rejecting surgeries and drug treatments for children.
...A husband may strike his wife and children freely, provided the violence does not leave visible bone fractures or open wounds.
Even where serious injury can be proven, the maximum sentence is 15 days in prison.
Article 34 says that a woman who goes to her parents’ home without her husband’s permission – even to escape violence – faces up to three months in prison. Family members who shelter her face the same sentence.
It cannot be said often enough that the headline cries and street shouting about ‘hell on Earth’, ‘billions dying’ and ‘mass extinction’ have no basis whatsoever in science.
This theory’s purpose has been to serve leftist political ideologies, by creating what Obama henchman Rahm Emmanuel called a “serious crisis you never want to waste,” and so lose “an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before,” usually because they violate the Constitution.
Catholic Bishop Slams Notre Dame Appointment: "Slap in the Face" to Pro-Life Teachings Ostermann, an associate professor of global affairs and political science at Notre Dame since 2017, was appointed to the post effective July 1, according to a university announcement last month. She has co-authored at least 11 opinion columns between May 2022 and May 2024 advocating for abortion and opposing laws that protect unborn babies from it.
In those writings, she has described such laws as “forced pregnancy and childbirth” amounting to “violence,” “sexual abuse” and “trauma,” linked opposition to abortion with white supremacy and racism, and argued that abortion is “freedom-enhancing” and “consistent with integral human development.
California Politicians Pass Law Hiding Corruption from the Public Using the same facade of legality to ban the public from learning about their abuses, California Democrats introduced California Bill 1608 under the innocuous title of ‘Office of the Inspector General, High-Speed Rail’ which bars disclosing details about investigations into the project.
Senators grilled a Trump nominee over “white culture,” ignoring that what they call taboo is really just the traditional American culture most have long lived in.
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
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.
“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.
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.'
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.
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.
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
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.”
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
New 'Ringworm' Outbreak Turns Minnesota Into America’s STD Fungus HotspotThe 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
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
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 FranceWhile 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...