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Christian satire site The Babylon Bee is no stranger to poking the bear with some of it scathing jokes about both conservative and liberal figures, but a recent post, about Megyn Kelly appears to have gone too far. In the post, which has since been deleted but is archived, the Bee joked, “After being drawn…

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President Trump’s recent announcement that he was considering the roll-out of a 50-year mortgage had a number of financial analysts talking. Mark Driscoll took on the merits of such a long-term mortgage on his podcast in an episode entitled “Trump 50-Year Mortgage is a GREAT Idea.” Driscoll discussed the proposal with Trump 50-Year Mortgage is…

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Border Czar Tom Homan recently responded to criticism from US Catholic bishops who described current immigration raids as creating “a climate of fear and anxiety.” The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted 216 to 5 in favor of releasing a “Special Message” “addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United…

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As young women continue their liberal slide, an increasing number of them want to leave the United States permanently. A recent Gallup poll asked, “Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move PERMANENTLY to another country, or would you prefer to continue living in this country?” Overall, 20% of Americans affirmed that…

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The importance of faith amongst Americans has dropped to an all-time low according to a new Gallup poll. According to the poll, 49% of Americans stated that religion was an important part of their daily life. That was nearly a 20-point drop from 66% in 2015. The drop is the largest that Gallup has measured…

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A growing religious freedom battle is unfolding in Quincy, Massachusetts, where two large bronze statues of Catholic saints — commissioned to honor police officers and firefighters — have ignited a heated debate over faith, history, and the place of religious symbolism in public life. The statues of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Florian, each…

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Tucker Carlson continued to be a polarizing individual regarding who he interviews, the views he professes or at least doesn’t push back against regarding Israel, and some of his own faith proclamations. More recently, he has polarized professing Christians regarding his claims that he was attacked by a demon in his own bedroom. Carlson first…

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President Trump is facing backlash from some of his staunchest supporters after insisting the H1-B Visa program, which admits international immigrants for high-skilled work into the US, is necessary. The President was speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News and pushed back when Ingraham criticized the program. She claimed such programs suppress US wages, which…

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear a request from Kim Davis to revisit its ruling on gay marriage in the Obergefell ruling. Davis is a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court had declared in Obergefell…

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Evangelist Frank Turek is calling on the death penalty to be considered as the trial approaches for Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson. Turek was a close friend and spiritual mentor of Kirk’s and was present the day he was assassinated on September 10. Turek has spoken openly about Kirk’s last minutes as they rushed…

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