Election Day Prayer 2025

“First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.” -1 Timothy:1-4

Lord God, as the election approaches, we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront our city/state/country, and how the Gospel compels us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.

   We ask for eyes that are free from blindness so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters, one and equal in dignity, especially those who are victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.

   We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned. We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to your Kingdom.

   We pray for discernment so that we may choose leaders who hear your Word, live your love, and keep in the ways of your truth as they follow in the steps of Jesus and his Apostles and guide us to your Kingdom of justice and peace.

   We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit.  

          - Author Unknown

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up...

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

    my eyes are not raised too high;

 I do not occupy myself with things

    too great and too marvelous for me.

 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

    like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

 O Israel, hope in the Lord

    from this time forth and forevermore.

   -Psalm 131

The Mercy of God

 

 The Mercy of God 

 StillCreek

Verse 1:

Christ has met my greatest need

Death beat death upon a tree

In the wake of calvary

I’m healed and I’m redeemed

Verse 2:

Every rightful debt I owed

Plunged beneath His cleansing flow

Grace abounding, endless hope

Find rest in this, my soul

Chorus:

O the vast, enduring love of Jesus

An endless well never running dry

All my sin, forgiven, forevermore

How great is the mercy of God

Verse 3:

Surely as the sun will rise

Kindness reaches deep and wide

Day by day I wake to find

There’s more He will supply

Bridge:

How great, how great

His mercy made a way

Give thanks, give thanks

My soul can’t help but say

I wait for the Lord...

 

Psalm 130:5 

 Marcus Stanley

A Mighty Fortress is Our God...

 

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

1.  A mighty fortress is our God,

a bulwark never failing;

our helper he, amid the flood

of mortal ills prevailing.

For still our ancient foe

does seek to work us woe;

his craft and power are great,

and armed with cruel hate,

on earth is not his equal.

2.  Did we in our own strength confide,

our striving would be losing,

were not the right Man on our side,

the Man of God's own choosing.

You ask who that may be?

Christ Jesus, it is he;

Lord Sabaoth his name,

from age to age the same;

and he must win the battle.

3.  And though this world, with devils filled,

should threaten to undo us,

we will not fear, for God has willed

his truth to triumph through us.

The prince of darkness grim,

we tremble not for him;

his rage we can endure,

for lo! his doom is sure;

one little word shall fell him.

4.  That Word above all earthly powers

no thanks to them abideth;

the Spirit and the gifts are ours

through him who with us sideth.

Let goods and kindred go,

this mortal life also;

the body they may kill:

God's truth abideth still;

his kingdom is forever!

-Martin Luther

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What gives peace to the conscience is, that by faith our sins are no more ours but Christ’s, on whom God hath laid them all; and that, on the other hand, all Christ’s righteousness is ours, to whom God hath given it. Christ lays his hand upon us, and we are healed; he casts his mantle on us, and we are clothed; he is the glorious Saviour, blessed for ever. -Martin Luther Image

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation...

With joy you will draw water 

from the wells of salvation. 

And you will say in that day:

“Give thanks to the Lord,

    call upon his name,

make known his deeds among the peoples,

    proclaim that his name is exalted.

“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;

    let this be made known in all the earth.

 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,

    for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

  -Isaiah 12:3-6

The Lord is near to all who call on him...

The Lord upholds all who are falling

    and raises up all who are bowed down.

 The eyes of all look to you,

    and you give them their food in due season.

 You open your hand;

    you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

 The Lord is righteous in all his ways

    and kind in all his works.

 The Lord is near to all who call on him,

    to all who call on him in truth.

 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;

    he also hears their cry and saves them.

 The Lord preserves all who love him,

    but all the wicked he will destroy.

 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,

    and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

    -Psalm 145:14-21

For when I am weak, then I am strong...

So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 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. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.   -2 Corinthians 12:7-10

“My God, I have never thanked You for my thorn. I have thanked You a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross; but I have never thought of my cross as itself a present glory. Teach me the glory of my cross; teach me the value of my thorn. Show me that I have climbed to You by the path of pain. Show me that my tears have made my rainbows.” –George Matheson

“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.  As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,  since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” -1 Peter 1:13-15

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

 

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross 

Keith and Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken

Vs 1

Jesus, keep me near the cross

There a precious fountain

Free to all, a healing stream,

Flows from Calv’ry’s mountain

Chorus

In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever

Till my ransomed soul shall find

Rest beyond the river

Vs 2

Near the cross my trembling soul

Heard the Savior calling

There He died that I may know

Grace and peace abounding

Vs 3

Near the cross! O Lamb of God,

Bring its scenes before me

Help me walk from day to day

With its shadow o’er me

Vs 4

Near the cross! My heart will stay

Hoping, trusting ever

Till my eyes shall see the face

Of my blessed Savior

God has given us two hands...

God has given us two hands-one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for giving.  -Billy Graham

Make me to know your ways, O Lord...

Make me to know your ways, O Lord;

    teach me your paths.

 Lead me in your truth and teach me,

    for you are the God of my salvation;

    for you I wait all the day long.

 Remember your mercy, O Lord, 

and your steadfast love,

    for they have been from of old.

 Remember not the sins of my youth 

or my transgressions;

    according to your steadfast love remember me,

    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

-Psalm 25:4-7

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel...

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

    you who lead Joseph like a flock.

You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

    Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

stir up your might

    and come to save us!

 Restore us, O God;

    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

 -Psalm 80:1-3

Watchfulness...

“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak." 

-Luke 12:35-38

Not power, but love

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. 

-John Stott Image

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud...

 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;

   be gracious to me and answer me!

 You have said, “Seek my face.”

My heart says to you,

    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

    Hide not your face from me.

Turn not your servant away in anger,

    O you who have been my help.

Cast me not off; forsake me not,

    O God of my salvation!

    -Psalm 27:7-9 Image

You Are My Hiding Place...

 

 You Are My Hiding Place 

 Heart Cry Ensemble

You are my hiding place

You always fill my heart 

with songs of deliverance

Whenever I am afraid I will trust in You

I will trust in You

Let the weak say I am strong 

in the strength of the Lord

I will trust in You

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence...

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,

    for my hope is from him.

 He only is my rock and my salvation,

    my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

 On God rests my salvation and my glory;

    my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

   -Psalm 62: 5-7

Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup...

Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;

you make my lot secure.

 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

-Psalm 16:5-8

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you...

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;

    my soul thirsts for you;

    my flesh faints for you,

    as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

    beholding your power and glory.

Because your steadfast love is better than life,

    my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live;

    in your name I will lift up my hands.

   -Psalm 63:1-4

What does the Lord your God require of you...

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good..."    -Deuteronomy 10:12-13

True Christianity brings with it a daily cross...

We must not conceal from ourselves that true Christianity brings with it a daily cross in this life, while it offers us a crown of glory in the life to come. The flesh must be daily crucified. The devil must be daily resisted. The world must be daily overcome. There is a warfare to be waged, and a battle to be fought. All this is the inseparable accompaniment of true religion. Heaven is not to be won without it. Never was there a truer word than the old saying, “No cross, no crown!” If we never found this out by experience, our souls are in a poor condition. -JC Ryle

Our fellowship is with God...

Ah, I have kept Him waiting when I ought not, but He has waited even then. Always waiting - so patient with my foolishness, my weakness, my fear. Our fellowship is with God, and fellowship is friendship, and friendship means that partnership which, on His part, is the accommodating of His strength to my weakness. -G. Campbell Morgan

Still The King...

 

Still The King 

Chris Tomlin

When I think of the cross

The cross of Christ

Praise begins to rise

Praise begins to rise

When I look on the Lamb

The wounded Lamb

My hands will lift to Him

My hands will lift to Him

 

Isn't He worthy of all our worship

Isn't He worthy of the praises we bring

How could my heart not sing hallelujah

For the blood is still the blood

And the King is still the King

 

When I recount the cost

The cost of grace

You bought my sin and shame

I'll never be the same

When I look at my life

How good You've been

Oh I can't hold it in

I'll never hold it in

 

When I think of the tomb

The empty tomb

I'm filled with gratitude

Endless gratitude

 

For He defeated death

And He reigns above

No grave could hold His love

No grave could hold His love

 

Isn't he worthy of all our worship

Isn't he worthy of the praises we bring

How could my heart not sing of all You’ve done for me

For the blood is still the blood

And the King is still the King

 

For the blood is still the blood

And the King is still the King

Every growth of spiritual life...

Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit....The only way to more life is the Holy Spirit. You will not even know that you want more unless He works in you to desire it....The Spirit of God must come and make the letter alive, transfer it to your heart, set it on fire, and make it burn within you, or else its divine force and majesty will be hid from your eyes....Prayer is the creation of the Holy Spirit. We cannot do without prayer, and we cannot pray without the Holy Spirit. -CH Spurgeon Image

(I'm back posting news links over at Transfigurations after blogger took down that blog of 20 years...initially saying I violated "community standards". I never was informed as to what the problem was, but I am grateful it is restored. -PD )

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion...

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion,

for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst,

declares the LORD.

 And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD

in that day, and shall be my people.

And I will dwell in your midst,

 and you shall know that the LORD of hosts

 has sent me to you.

 And the LORD will inherit Judah

 as his portion in the holy land,

and will again choose Jerusalem."

Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD,

 for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

 ...Zechariah 2:10-13

So we do not lose heart...

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. -2 Corinthians 4:16-18

In the name of Jesus Christ...

In the name of Jesus Christ, who was never in a hurry, we pray, O God, that You will slow us down, for we know that we live too fast. With all of eternity before us, make us take time to live - time to get acquainted with You, time to enjoy Your blessings, and time for each other. -Peter Marshall

Remembrance...

I wrote this fourteen years ago when my father-in-law Raymond E. Dague died. He was a remarkable man in so many ways.  It is good to remember those who have gone before and thus ponder our own mortality as well. -PD image 

October 6, 2011

When I first met my future husband’s dad, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I had heard about him from my then boyfriend, his son, but coming from a lower middle class working family and knowing that he was a big corporate executive (an international vice-president of Allis Chalmers) I had some trepidation. Raymond would talk of his dad’s travels to many countries in the world and his meetings with high government officials. I had thought I was somewhat cosmopolitan in the fact that I had traveled to the Daytona and Virginia beaches and even to York, Maine, but that concept was dashed when I realized how my travels paled in comparison to his experiences. 

Raymond Sr. was kind and gentle to this shy young woman who would be his future daughter-in-law, but I could see that he was a strong, dynamic personality and the type to be in charge of things. He was a self-made man, and he had pride in the fact that despite coming from an extremely poor upbringing in Port Kent on Lake Champlain, he had worked hard, eventually putting himself through Cornell Ag School. He married his wife Ruth on Thanksgiving Day 1951 and started a family that grew to four children, Raymond being the firstborn, then Ron, Larry and Sue. You could say he loved his work, but he loved his family even more. His concern for them was paramount above all things. I personally have never heard a disrespectful comment about his wife or his children and as no family is without problems, this was a remarkable thing to me. 

In his spare time, he was an avid fisherman and took great pleasure in this activity and in taking care of his boat. He also loved his garden and yard work. These were his escapes from the pressures of life. When the time came, he eased fairly well into retirement, and except for the last few years when the feebleness of extreme old age and no little measure of infirmity had overtaken him, I would say he did go into that good night with a goodly measure of grace. 

He was a great storyteller and loved to tell of his life experiences. (As his son Raymond would say-I’ve heard that one many times before.) One story-actually more of a commentary-which I remember most was this: he would say life is like a park bench. You start at one end of the bench when you are born and as you grow older you move toward the other end of the bench and eventually fall off giving way to the next generation. It was his pragmatic way of reminding us of the mortality that comes to us all. 

I cannot speak with certainty of anyone’s faith journey, but it was important to him to be at Mass every Sunday and he was always reverential about the things of God. While I know that we do not earn our salvation by doing what is right, but by trusting in what Jesus has done for us, many in his generation did not so much talk of their faith, but demonstrated their belief by walking in integrity as much as possible in this mortal life. He did just that. In his later years, he and my husband would have many a conversation about God, which told me of his interest in these things. What I am certain of is that we can entrust him to the mercy of a loving Father Who created him and Who alone knows his heart. 

Dad D.-I am honored to have known you and to have had you as my father-in-law. 

Love, Pat

Then sing, O sing!

 

Sing 

Sovereign Grace Music

Did you draw a breath as the dawn awoke    

And does your heart still beat?          

Is the mighty Word of the living God     

Upholding you? Then sing, O sing         

Has the Father’s love filled your longing heart

With grace for every need? 

Come and lay your burdens at Jesus’ feet 

And find new strength to sing, O sing 

           

Morning and evening! Everything breathing             

Must sing, O sing!                  

All of creation rise up and praise                        

The King of kings and sing! 

Has the Son of God died to take away 

Your sin and set you free? 

Has the Conqueror trampled over death?

Is Christ enthroned? Then sing O sing!

Morning and evening! Everything breathing             

Must sing, O sing!                  

All of creation rise up and praise                        

The King of kings and sing!

On the final day when the Lord on High

Returns in majesty 

We will bow in wonder before the Lamb 

And evermore the saints will sing

Yes, evermore the saints will sing!   

Morning and evening! Everything breathing             

Must sing, O sing!                  

All of creation rise up and praise                        

The King of kings and sing!

Morning and evening! Everything breathing             

Must sing, O sing!                  

All of creation rise up and praise                        

The King of kings and sing!

United prayer...

"There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer." 

-A.T. Pierson

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New Jersey man arrested for having Molotov cocktail outside DC church during high-profile mass St. Matthew’s was celebrating its Red Mass, an annual celebration on the Sunday before the first Monday in October to mark the opening of the Supreme Court’s term.

'Dangerous and Unprecedented': Cartels Put Bounties on Heads of Federal Agents  "So our intelligence indicates that these people are organized. They’re getting more and more people on their team, as far as attacking officers, and they’re making plans to ambush them and to kill them," she said.

Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Gets Lenient Sentence After Pleading Trans 

Canada Euthanizes Elderly Woman With Dementia 

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Global Warming Cooldown: Net-Zero Banking Alliance Melts Away after Member Exodus It turns out it wasn’t the Earth’s climate that was in crisis, but the progressives’ political one.

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Dog tucking in the kittens.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/dfvU0T8eJw

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 6, 2025

O Thou Who art my quietness...

O Thou who art my quietness, my deep repose,

My rest from strife of tongues, my holy hill,

Fair is Thy pavilion, where I hold me still.

Back let them fall from me, my clamorous foes,

Confusions multiplied;

From crowding things of sense I flee, and in Thee hide,

Until this tyranny be overpast,

Thy hand will hold me fast;

What though the tumult of the storm increase,

Grant to Thy servant strength, O Lord,

And bless with peace.

...Amy Carmichael

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The far-Left is devastating Portland. Its childless hipster residents couldn’t care less  Politically, one would expect that cities like Portland and Seattle, still reeling from the violence of 2020, would be hostile to those who coddle the perpetrators. But remarkably it appears that the far-Left is on the rise again in both places.

Apple Drops App Used to Track ICE 

"We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps. Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock, we have removed it and similar apps from the App Store,"

Antifa Hosts Secretive Training Event in Philadelphia  The organizers say the event is designed to “strengthen collective capacities” for “organizing [and] attacking.”

Student-Run Show at Biden's Alma Mater Takes Heat for 'Special Thanks' to 'Charlie Kirk's Killer'   The University of Delaware’s student television network is taking heavy flak for thanking “Charlie Kirk’s Killer” in the closing credits of one of its programs.

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San Diego Imam: ‘America Will Be a Muslim Country’ Uthman Ibn Farooq declared, “The future is ours. Every EDL [English Defence League] nightmare of a Muslim Europe will come true. They can be as mad as they want, I don’t care. America will be a Muslim country, Russia will be a Muslim country, Islam will enter every house, inshallah, but we have to be a part of that change.”

New York Times Trashes City’s Elementary Gifted Program As ‘Symbol of Segregation’ As Mamdani Calls to Phase It Out  More than 40 percent of students in grades three through eight failed math and reading proficiency tests this year...

‘Seize the Means of Production’: Victor Davis Hanson Shares How Mamdani Intends to Achieve ‘His Ultimate Aim’   Since the backlash, Mamdani has flip-flopped on his more progressive arguments, saying on Sept. 7 that he will now “discourage” the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which comes after meeting with Jewish leaders and others in the New York City community, according to Fox News.

Meet the Syrian Migrant Named Jihad Who Killed Manchester Jews 

Jihadists Have Massacred Over 7,000 Nigerian Christians This Year   

Islam Is KILLING the West 

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Houses of Worship Under Attack: Why Every Church Needs a Security Team We live in a dangerous world, and even as we believers stick together in worshiping, learning, and serving, we should also lean on each other for protection. That includes keeping Christ’s bride safe from threats.

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Britain Is Lost: Pro-Hamas Protests After Yom Kippur Terror Attack  A once-great nation is now a collapsing black hole of radicalism and identity politics.

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Christian photographer wins case challenging law forcing her to work same-sex weddings  A federal court has sided with a Christian photographer challenging nondiscrimination provisions she believes would force her to work same-sex weddings despite her religious objections. This is the latest example of U.S. courts ruling in favor of religious liberty protections.

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The Lord is my strength and my shield...

Blessed be the Lord!

    For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

 The Lord is my strength and my shield;

    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;

my heart exults,

    and with my song I give thanks to him.

 The Lord is the strength of his people;

    he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

 Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!

    Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

 -Psalm 28:6-9

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BREAKING: At Least Two Dead, Four Injured in Attack on Synagogue in Manchester UK on Yom Kippur The New York Police Department issued a statement telling New York Jews that they're aware of the Manchester attack and are already taking extra security measures.

Pakistan: Streets of Fear 

Pakistan is the ultimate case that demonstrates what happens when a society is fully Islamized. The West, however, instead of challenging Pakistan — particularly for its support for terrorism and ethnic cleansing campaigns against non-Muslims — consistently enables the brutality of Islam in Pakistan and welcomes the same genocidal ideology into its own lands.

The Gazan Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Israeli Hospital That Saved Her Life 

Christian teen murdered by brother for converting to Christianity: ‘infidel’   A Muslim high school student in Uganda stabbed his brother to death, one day after he converted to Christianity.

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From the League of Nations to the United Nations to Trump Global? Trump, unlike the UN, is brokering cease-fires and curbing threats by wielding U.S. power through trade, leverage, and force—favoring deals over endless wars. -VD Hanson

Trump Tariff Triumph: Billions Now Flowing Into US Coffers

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Multiple US executives targeted by ransomware in ‘high-volume attack,’ Google warns  Hackers linked to a prominent ransomware group have been targeting US business executives at “numerous organizations” in a massive campaign since last month, according to a warning issued by Google on Thursday.

   Google’s researchers said the hackers claim to be part of the notorious “clOp” ransomware gang and have been sending the threatening emails as part of what it described as a “high-volume” attack.

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Transgender Ideology Killed Charlie Kirk and It’s Destroying America  Charlie Kirk is dead. Americans must face why.

   His murder was not random, not confusing, not detached from the battles he fought so fiercely in life. It was the direct consequence of his bold refusal to bend before one of the most aggressive and destabilizing ideologies of our time: transgender radicalism.

   For years, Kirk warned about the dangers of this movement. Not just its cultural consequences, but the deeper crisis of mental illness and violence it has unleashed across the nation. In the end, his voice was silenced by precisely the pestilence he spent his career opposing. Image

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Organ Harvesting Surges in Canada as Government Ramps Up Euthanasia Agenda The state-sanctioned practice, called “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD), has already claimed tens of thousands of lives since 2016, and is now fueling a growing supply of donor organs.

   Ethicists are warning that the system risks pressuring vulnerable people into death for the benefit of healthier recipients.

Planned Parenthood Closes Mammoth Houston Abortion Facility  Amid efforts from pro-life advocates and conservatives to defund the baby-killing giant, Planned Parenthood’s “Prevention Park,” the 78,000-sqare-foot, stair-step tower once known as the largest Planned Parenthood facility in the Western Hemisphere, permanently closed its doors Wednesday.

More Charges in Major Nursing Diploma Fraud Case   The scheme operated through several now-closed for-profit nursing schools in Florida, issuing around 7,300 fake diplomas between January 2019 and September 2022. The charges highlight the importance of legitimate nursing licensure in ensuring public health and safety.

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The Double-Edged Sword Of AI In The Classroom

An MIT study of the impact of AI usage on young people who were asked to write SAT essays found that AI users performed worse than non-AI users “at all levels: neural, linguistic, scoring.” Further, with each essay the subjects were asked to write, the AI users got lazier, eventually just copying and pasting. 

   If students use AI to write their essays and reports, they will fail to learn more than just how to write.

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They were enjoying a game of volleyball and recording a video, then an owl suddenly appeared and stole the show..🦉🏐😍 pic.twitter.com/MloclszIu0

— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 2, 2025