Loyal Defender

Gandalv on X: "What If Churchill Had Been Trump? A leader's first obligation is to send his military into the smallest possible danger for the largest possible gain. You do that by building coalitions. You do that by keeping allies close. You do that by understanding that 300 million people https://t.co/A3tQrLwnzh" / X

Mykhailo Rohoza on X: "Donald Trump attacks Giorgia Meloni — and she delivers a fiery speech he’ll never forget. Donald Trump thought he could easily score political points by calling Giorgia Meloni “an insult to Jesus,” accusing her of “not being woke,” and claiming that God does not discriminate. https://t.co/gCbQRiaXjT" / X (for information purposes – Meloni not long ago was very close to Trump and from what I see this situation has gotten almost no coverage in the U.S.)

'Allies, not vassals': How Meloni's break with Trump became a political moment for Italy - France 24

How Giorgia Meloni’s cosy relations with Donald Trump turned sour | Giorgia Meloni | The Guardian

Russia Helped Iran Target U.S. Forces. Trump’s Response Was Indifference

Volodymyr Tretyak 🇺🇦 on X: "Zelenskyy: “If JD Vance is proud of not helping us, it means he's helping the Russians, and I'm not sure that strengthens the United States.” 🎯 https://t.co/VogAT9zAIT" / X (Current United States Vice President J. D. Vance has stated that he is proud of not helping Ukraine and criticized the Joe Biden Administration for doing so, even though some Republicans, including previous Trump Vice President Mike Pence, support Ukraine too – Erika Kirk/Turning Point USA have endorsed Vance to be the next U.S. President)

Pence makes surprise trip to Ukraine, in move to set himself apart from GOP field: 'We are with you' - ABC News

John Cleese on X: "It has been clear for a long time that Trump is on the side of the dictator Putin I think we'll know why in a very few months I have many American friends and every single one of them prefers the European democratic countries Trump is not acting in his country's best interests" / X

Brianna Wu on X: "I’m sorry someone said you shouldn’t be CEO. But one of those people was your late husband. Charlie Kirk said women should “embrace their roles as mothers and homemakers.” He said that for women, having children was more important than a career. And he said women getting jobs https://t.co/kRGUvYhYIC" / X

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "Zelenskyy: I disagree with the J.D. Vance. Ukraine is open and a partner. Russia is the enemy — not just of Ukraine but of the US. Refusing to help Ukraine only benefits Russia and weakens everyone. 1/ https://t.co/IFmmnbSXEj" / X

Office of Public Affairs | Task Force Publishes Report on Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias and Restoring Religious Liberty | United States Department of Justice

US Attorney Pirro on X: "Cole Allen is facing life in prison for the attempt to assassinate the President and more charges are on the way. We are now combing through his digital footprint and communications to find out whether or not he had the intent to kill additional people by name. https://t.co/dGyT42JaT3" / X (for information purposes from the 74 year old former television personality, who visited castles on the Fox Nation streaming service – she did a good job on that.)

US Attorney Pirro on X: "Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly https://t.co/a8gRXkW6BH" / X (many of the comments on this X post by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dispute what Pirro said here, as well as outside reports, including one from The Washington Post. Social media posts have no legal force and the situation will be addressed in court)

TheSteadyState Substack: @SteadyState1 on X: "These are exactly the kind of statements that make the prosecution look politically contaminated. Trump is publicly prejudging intent, vilifying the defendant, misstating the historical record, and reinforcing the appearance that DOJ is being used against an enemy. https://t.co/CD3wU2jLOl" / X (it is true that this is unusual behavior that could backfire in a fair trial)

The White House on X: "When is ABC Fake News Network firing seriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel??? https://t.co/xLsvaCectg" / X

Brian Krassenstein on X: "@WhiteHouse Imagine if Biden called for Hannity’s firing." / X

Devotion, Suffering, and Abuse in the Duggars' Religious World - Martin Marty Center

Garry Kasparov on X: "As I’ve said since that first Trump term, we may never know why Trump is so loyal to Putin. Bribery? Blackmail? Affinity for dictators & oligarchs? KGB asset? All of the above? More important is stopping him, because if he were a Russian agent, what would he do differently?" / X

Branislav Slantchev on X: "Trump is a pathological bully. Not a day passes without him attacking our allies and friends while kissing the asses of war criminals and dictators." / X

Lucy Riles on X: "Respectfully, Trump dropped F bombs on Easter and threatened to wipe out a whole civilization and posts himself as Jesus and dehumanizing posts about Candace Owens, Tucker, MTG and Alex Jones.. maybe he should sit this one out. NO fan of Jimmy Kimmel. Not in the least bit. But" / X

Lucy Riles on X: "What if… the “5D chess” and “plan” all along was Trump to run as a republican, manipulate an entire population using lies and empty promises, creating the greatest political movement of a lifetime only to completely dismantle and destroy the Republican Party completely. To play" / X

Glenn Greenwald on X: "The White House demanding that a network fire one of its hosts, while taking regulatory action against ABC's corporate parent to pressure, threaten and force them to do so, is an obvious attack on the First Amendment. It's at least as bad as what the Twitter Files showed: the" / X

Putin Is Helping our Enemy in Iran - by Michael McFaul

Buckley Carlson on X: "Rare/refreshing to see a Dem ask entirely reasonable questions (& oppose FISA). Hegseth fails, hard, especially when rendered mute over Trump's obscene mockery of Jesus. Turns out tattoos do not make a Christian. (YES, Biden was dim to begin with, later a brain-rotted husk, and" / X (from Tucker Carlson’s brother)

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs on X: "I asked Secretary Hegseth a straightforward, yes or no question today: Is Donald Trump mentally stable enough to be Commander in Chief? He didn't say yes. And that speaks volumes. https://t.co/ncWhEBAX9r" / X (interesting exchange between California Congresswoman Sara Jacobs and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth)

WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen makes absurd argument for why he should walk free

White House correspondents' suspect Cole Allen will stay in custody, Pirro says he fired shotgun - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham

America at 250: Satanic revival or Christian revival?

Attorneys for correspondents’ dinner suspect skeptical of claim he fired weapon - The Washington Post

Pete Hegseth looked bad in the House. He looks even worse in the Senate | The Independent (for information purposes, from a British outlet)

Trump administration report accuses Biden of anti-Christian bias - POLITICO

One Big Reason Iran Thinks It Has the Advantage - The American Conservative (for information purposes)

TBN’s iconic former headquarters demolished | The Roys Report

Government by the ghoulish | WORLD

May 3

Trump-Owned Powerus Gets Pentagon Drone Interceptor Contract (referenced by Tucker Carlson)

The Pro-Life Movement Has An IVF Problem (for information purposes, commentary from The Federalist)

Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian (2021 article in the British outlet, The Guardian, that recently got new publicity on X)

The light that refuses to die - by Mindy Belz - GlobeTrot (report on recent developments in Ukraine)

FACT-CHECK: Did Secretary Hegseth Just Fib to Congress About Ukraine and Russia? (from the Kyiv Post – they said Hegseth did indeed appear to fib – “almost all of what he did say was verifiably wrong, and parts of his statements to Congress bordered on false testimony to a federal agency.”)

Michael MacKay on X: "Russia is at war with the West. Trump is a russian asset, receives instructions from Putin regularly, and acts on those orders without question. Loyal Americans should bring Trump to account for his treason. They should not tolerate living in the Belarus of North America." / X

Dr Anna Odesitka on X: "Putin’s handmaiden Trump talked to Putin for 90 minutes to get his instructions. Putin: Withdraw troops from Germany. We already have advanced force in place to change regime and realign with russia. We need Germany to control Europe because our coup in France failed. And our https://t.co/56Csrey5bg" / X

Alan Friedman on X: "Russian President has ordered his U.S. puppet to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany. Trump obeys Kremlin. https://t.co/cpDQMbhw8y via @ft" / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Trump still furious that Ukraine was allowed to defend itself." / X

Baylor Students’ Leftist Counter to Turning Point Misses True Neighborliness - Juicy Ecumenism

War Powers Act: Hegseth’s Cease-Fire Claim Doesn’t Stop the Clock | National Review

CNN video analysis: Gunman raised shotgun as he stormed security at press dinner

2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low | RSF (The highly respected international Paris, France-based group, Reporters Without Borders, now lists the United States as 64 out of 180 countries in an index of press freedom – “US President Donald Trump has turned his repeated attacks on the press and journalists into a systematic policy, pushing the US down to 64th place (-7),” the group says.)

One year into Trump’s second term: increasingly repressive US president on track to join ranks of world’s worst press freedom predators | RSF

Ex-FBI deputy director Dan Bongino says he fears thugs at his home | Fox News (Bongino concerned he might face federal prison over potential weaponization of the Justice Department if Democrats re-assume power)

Vivek Ramaswamy Can’t Conserve What He Doesn’t Believe (Donald Trump and Turning Point USA have been favorable to Vivek Ramaswamy, a Hindu who is running for governor of Ohio. Ramaswamy may still be the favorite to win there, despite recent much criticized but hardly unsurprising statements that Vivek does not believe in Christ. Vivek’s views are consistent with Hindu false beliefs. Several other Hindus are big in the Trump orbit, including Federal Bureau of Investigation head Kash Patel.)

The ‘friendly federal assassin’: Decoding the dark spiritual root

May 4

Iranian Christians using time of war to share the Gospel | World

Furkan Gözükara on X: "Absolute bombshell on CNN. CNN confirms precise Iranian strikes have caused unprecedented destruction to the majority of US military sites. At least 16 American installations are heavily damaged and virtually unusable. The Pentagon is hiding a massive defeat. https://t.co/D2xwIz0syk" / X

Glenn Greenwald on X: "There's now good journalism on the major destruction imposed by Iran on most regional US military bases, using sophisticated and precise weapons. But again: those whose understanding of the Iran War comes from Fox, the WH and Trump influencers have no idea this is happening:" / X

Rasmus Jarlov on X: "I dont know why we Europeans even try to reason or make deals with Trump. Hysterical, unreliable, untrustworthy, does not honour deals or his word, makes up his own facts. There is no point in even trying." / X

Fact check: Trump denied he made this remark about Iran. He made it on camera one day earlier | CNN Politics

Comey seashell case was too absurd for Bondi. But Blanche? | Opinion

What Trump's Massive Corruption is Doing to Our Country

Facts About Euthanasia in Canada (MAiD)

May 5

Mark Carney on X: "Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight is our fight. Their cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause. Good to see President @ZelenskyyUa today in Yerevan. 🇨🇦🇺🇦 https://t.co/zluYdJTR6s" / X (from the Prime Minister of Canada)

Bill Madden on X: "This is what INSANITY looks like. Besides LOSING all 60 court cases regarding the 2020 election, some of Trump's lawyers are no longer allowed to practice law due to their lying to the court. Here are some of the officials in Trump's first administration that told him he lost to https://t.co/ad1s2W2Wk3" / X

Chris Rossini on X: "Trump said the below on Apr. 17. We have a leader who constantly makes stuff up. https://t.co/bVCOn3SZeE" / X

Acyn on X: "Not a great sign that President Trump’s judicial nominees seem incapable of stating that President Trump is ineligible to run for a third term. https://t.co/5zIxdb2Gyt" / X

Liz Webster on X: "🚨 Mark Carney just nailed it: Countries that rushed into dodgy deals with the US under Trump got deals “not worth the paper they were written on.” Sound familiar, Brexit Britain? We ditched the stable EU single market for the fantasy 🦄 of brilliant US trade deals… and https://t.co/1N8dJesCf0" / X (comment for information purposes)

Garry Kasparov on X: "Amazing that this still has to be said. Putin has been waging war against the United States, and the West generally, for nearly 20 years. He has said as much himself and, while Trump‘s White House is on his side, Putin has always framed the US as the enemy and acted against it." / X

How Republicans came to embrace psychedelic drugs - The Washington Post

How an Alleged Predator Remade the Southern Baptist Convention

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz on X: "The United States is and will remain Germany‘s most important partner in the North Atlantic Alliance. We share a common goal: Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons." / X (From the leader of Germany)

Jamie Metzl on X: "Donald Trump is 100% wrong to reduce US troop levels in Germany. This can only be seen as a gift to Vladimir Putin. The United States government should stand for America’s national interests and with our allies." / X

The White House on X: "In a galaxy that demands strength - America stands ready. This is the way. May the 4th be with you. https://t.co/S8dOKOVd5P" / X

White House Posts Image of Trump as the Mandalorian to Celebrate Star Wars Day

Pete Hegseth twice made a false claim to Congress about troops being sent to voting places under Biden | CNN Politics

The Free World Is Leaving Trump Behind

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

Sam Allberry's Theology Led to This - Michael Clary

Court ruling brings abortion clash to the fore – as midterm elections near - CSMonitor.com

The White House on X: "TOO LATE POWELL. https://t.co/OUp4LZXSCv" / X (Federal Reserve Board member Jerome Powell)

Putin Is in Trouble - by Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein

Archdiocese of New York Agrees To Pay $800,000,000 in Sex Abuse Settlement

Evangelical groups warn Trump’s deportations could leave 1.3M 'torn apart' from families | The Roys Report

Same-Sex attracted pastor Sam Allberry resigns after church finds ‘serious breach of trust’ | The Roys Report

What's behind the Trump-Meloni divorce? (should be described as a rift)

Iran War Drives Spirit Airlines Out of Business - The American Conservative

May 6

Cruz: Iran Conflict 'Will Be Over in a Matter of Months'

Minneapolis May Day rally draws calls for revolution from socialist groups | Fox News

Do Muslims love Jesus?

White House correspondents’ dinner suspect indicted on 4 felony charges - The Washington Post (judge says that former Vice President Mike Pence got closer to being killed on January 6, 2021 than current President Donald Trump did on April 25, 2026)

Erasing Motherhood - Them Before Us

If You Need 'Star Wars' To Talk About Politics, You're A Disney Adult

Vatican criticizes conversion therapy, features gay Catholic testimony in 'historic' report (for information purposes - The Vatican shouldn’t be doing this)

It’s OK to love the church, even in her imperfections | WORLD

The White House on X: "SPOTTED: PRESIDENT TRUMP TEACHING THE TRUMP DANCE ON THE SOUTH LAWN 🇺🇸 https://t.co/oDrjneBbd7" / X

Garry Kasparov on X: "A change in tone. Trump must always be a winner in his mind, so "Ukraine can’t win" was effective propaganda on him. It won’t be enough to turn him against Putin, but when Ukraine is finally victorious, Trump will say he fully supported them the whole time." / X

Chuck Schumer on X: "Happy Cinco de Mayo, @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/LGaTAyadD1" / X (Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and The White House trade childish posts about Cinco de Mayo)

Jay Nordlinger on X: "In the field of national security, just about the worst thing the new Republican Party has done is make people believe that, in leading NATO and having bases in Europe, etc., we were doing other people a favor, not chiefly ourselves." / X

Department of War CTO on X: "Good morning. America is still #1. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/4vcA6EjovT" / X (photo of Donald Trump with the caption “Locked In”)

Ron Filipkowski on X: "4 things you will never hear from Trump or any of his cabinet members: 1. We made a mistake. 2. We take full responsibility for it. 3. We apologize. 4. We will learn from it and do better." / X (is this correct?)

May 7

Ex-NATO Commander Breedlove: Iran Crisis Exposes A West 'More Divided Than Its Adversaries'

Is Donald Trump the Anti-Christ? | The Mark Driscoll Show | Ep 29 - The Mark Driscoll Show | Podcast on Spotify (Driscoll says emphatically that Trump is not the Antichrist and suggests that someone in Islam might be – Driscoll also blasts the Acts 29 network and the enforced celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church – Note: this is based on the transcript, not actually listening to this particular podcast)

Is X just inept, or are they silencing journalists? (Award winning journalist Julie K. Brown, who recently was named a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her work on the Epstein Files, has been removed from X (formerly Twitter) under strange circumstances)

Russian Strikes Kill Ukrainian Civilians Hours Before Moscow’s Proposed Ceasefire

Iran hit more U.S. military targets than has been reported, satellite imagery shows - The Washington Post

The Scandal That Should Be the End for Fratboy Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (did Trump, Hegseth and others lie about the extent of damage in the Iran military operation? NBC, CNN and now The Washington Post indicate so.)

Trump Promised Taxpayers Wouldn’t Pay for His Ballroom. Republicans Just Proposed $1 Billion For It.

Trump Can't Help But Brag About His UFC Birthday Party as War Rages

Trump has sent the pro-life movement to voicemail

The new Supreme Court abortion case about mifepristone, Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana, explained | Vox

Ken Gardner on X: "I have to say that Trump's leadership and conduct during this war is not going to have anyone confusing him with FDR or Winston Churchill. He should be try being honest, both with us and with our allies and enemies. We have the most powerful military in human history and the" / X

Trump’s Justice Department in Crisis as Thousands of Lawyers Quit | The New Republic

FDA announces first approval of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults

Joyce Alene on X: "Of course they have. They’re the president’s personal law firm at this point." / X (some pro-Trump X comments take issue with this criticism of this action from the Trump Department of Justice)

Ale on X: "At least THIRTY-THREE of the Jan. 6 rioters that Trump pardoned have now been convicted of pedophilia-related crimes. This is not a bug. Pedophile Trump pardoned other pedophiles. The Epstein class at work." / X (should they have been vetted more closely?)

Hopewell Chin’ono on X: "I thought that United Nations was useless snd that Iran had been destroyed militarily. What has changed now?" / X

StopWorldControl.com on X: "What has Trump accomplished? For all of you that have TDS... We are witnessing history being made!!!! He removed the USA from the World Health Organization. He humiliated the World Economic Forum and crushed their agenda. He wiped the floor with the United Nations and https://t.co/74mkh34A4w" / X (a listing of Trump’s many accomplishments)

May 8

Transgender Athlete Dispute Leads to $566K Payout | Newsmax.com

Kristi Noem’s replacement grilled about why she is ‘still living rent-free’ in waterfront Coast Guard home | The Independent

Pulling Troops From Germany Is Putting America First

Trump pardon recipients face congressional investigation over "pay-to-play" questions - CBS News

Trump’s Corruption Is Going to Sink Him - by Mona Charen (for information purposes – some people say that Trump and his people have no or virtually no corruption – everything stated here is “fake news”)

You Can't Celebrate Surrogacy and Mother's Day

U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s blockade for months - The Washington Post (is this “fake news”?)

Brian Stone on X: "People forget he’s a husband, father, grandfather and the best President ever! God bless President Trump!!! MAGA🇺🇸 https://t.co/PxaGplRD0k" / X

The White House on X: "Gearing up for battle on the South Lawn. 👊🇺🇸 President Trump meets with Alex Pereira, Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje and Ciryl Gane in the Oval Office ahead of their fights at UFC Freedom 250 in June. https://t.co/DsPcYiGM1o" / X (The UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championship, is the world’s largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company, hosting professional fights across multiple weight divisions. It is a private company. It may be stretching it, at best, to say that it has anything to do with the 250^th anniversary of the United States of America.)

Viral Reel Addict on X: "People convicted of fraud who received pardons from Trump this year: • Jason Galanis — $200M+ fraud • Joseph Schwartz — $38M scheme • Lawrence Duran — $205M Medicare fraud billing • Carlos Watson — $60M investor scam • Trevor Milton — $20M+ investor losses • Todd & Julie https://t.co/qXCfjytb13" / X

D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 on X: ""This war was started by Putin, and it is his responsibility.... .... We cannot accept the return of a world where the will of one man decides the fate of nations.." - Giorgia Meloni PM of Italy https://t.co/82LvudTPg0" / X

Nicholas J. Fuentes on X: "The GOP thinks they can force us to elect a Hindu-Indian anchor baby billionaire who blames “lazy Americans” for being destroyed by free trade & mass migration. We can afford to lose Ohio for 4 years if Vivek Ramaswamy is retired forever. NEVER VIVEK." / X

Elizabeth Warren on X: "This is hypocrisy at its finest. Trump's gold-encrusted ballroom has gone from costing $200 million funded by shady donors to $1 BILLION from TAXPAYERS—snuck into the ICE bill by Senate Republicans. But Trump wants to prosecute Powell for cost overruns of the Fed's renovation." / X

David Pakman on X: "When you’re blaming the last President during the second years of your term, you know things are going disastrously poorly." / X

Really American 🇺🇸 on X: "Karoline Leavitt lying about the White House ballroom (October 2025): “$300M is the figure and it’s not gonna cost the taxpayers a dime” https://t.co/IRqIJw4RPx" / X

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen appeals guilty verdict to ECHR | World

Mike Pence just threw his sharpest shade yet at Trump, JD Vance, and RFK Jr. - nj.com

South Korea’s megachurch landscape poised to be reshaped | Church & Ministries

Greet One Another With a … What?

Christian assassins? | WORLD

Conspiracy theories and a corgi video: Trump's Truth Social : NPR

The Pastors Who Want To Rewrite Christianity

UFO Files About To Be Released By White House - How Should The Church Respond?

The Trump Dynasty Theory Is No Longer a Joke

'Absolute Hell Hounding'—Paula White-Cain Describes 'Faith Fight' at the White House

Sudan’s Civil War Destroyed Hospitals and Churches - Christianity Today

Kelly’s profile rises as he heads toward another likely victory over Hegseth - POLITICO

Manic Trump, 79, Launches Bizarre 5:41AM Posting Blitz (The Daily Beast comments, “Trump has a habit of sharing bizarre AI-generated slop on Truth Social. On Thursday morning, the president posted a mocked up image of Biden asleep in the Oval Office flanked by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as an official document is signed on Biden’s behalf. The image also features Biden’s son, Hunter, appearing to snort cocaine off the Resolute desk.”)

Kremlin factions battle to sway Putin as economy sinks and discontent rises - The Washington Post

Why Are These Groups Sponsoring Trump's Christian Worship Performance? (for information purposes)

Department of State on X: "America will always be a nation that calls to God in prayer. https://t.co/osfimQ45iN" / X

May 9

Daniel McAdams on X: "You killed 175 little girls in a double-tap strike meant to kill all survivors. Don't talk to me about God. Your "god" is satan." / X (for information purposes – from the Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute)

The White House on X: "For America to be great, we must always remain one nation under God. On National Day of Prayer, we pledge that America will always, as it is written in Psalm 96, “Tell His glory among the nations”—and that we will never forget God’s role in creating, protecting, & sustaining the https://t.co/Z75GSGpsvO" / X

D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 on X: ""Russia wants the world to get used to the war. To accept deaths, destroyed cities, deported children as something ordinary... ...We cannot allow that." -Olena Zelenska First Lady of Ukraine 🇺🇦 💔 Please, don't stop supporting Ukraine, they need our help 🫂❤️ https://t.co/zXT3l075hV" / X

Operation Heal America on X: "Follow JESUS. NOT the Pope. https://t.co/5YGJ3Xn2i5" / X

Iran (I.R.of) Embassy in UK on X: "While you celebrate the birth of your own children, you are bombing children in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. This innocent child was one of hundreds of children martyred on the very first day of your illegal attack on Iran. https://t.co/qF6EktQIDU" / X (for information purposes – President Trump says that this incident is still being investigated)

Fox News on X: ""The Trump White House is nimble, dynamic — those are the nice ways of saying it changes every day." "You never know what he comes downstairs with in the morning, but whatever it is, you have to move it forward." White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles offers an inside look into https://t.co/ndCS6jfbES" / X

First Lady Melania Trump on X: "BE BEST [FOSTERING THE FUTURE] My vision to empower our children begins in the United States and extends worldwide, because children do not see borders, rise above politics, and transcend prejudice. Leaders, join me in building a world for the next generation founded on https://t.co/6bqkIbbLE2" / X

Meloni meets Rubio at Premier's office in Rome

Captain Mark Kelly on X: "Today, I was back in court, standing up against this Administration’s attempts to silence me, millions of other veterans, and all Americans. Our vets deserve leaders who stand up for their rights, not try to take them away. That’s why I’m not giving them an inch. https://t.co/9YPn0NnU3T" / X

US will revoke passports for parents who owe child support, AP learns | AP News

DOJ quietly shelves Biden autopen investigation that Trump demanded

Opinion | Melania Trump: Mothers are America's strength - The Washington Post

Trump pledged to free Jimmy Lai. Now U.S. lawmakers want action at China summit. - The Washington Post

Why President Trump Should Bring Home Political Prisoners From China

Charlie Kirk: A Christian's Response - by Brett Luker

Secretary Marco Rubio on X: "Great meeting with Italian Prime Minister Meloni in Rome to reinforce the enduring U.S.-Italy strategic partnership. https://t.co/trK0p439NL" / X

Andrew Feinberg on X: "The president is posting a proclamation for what he calls “Victory Day for World War II” — actually the Russian name for what we call V-E Day — seemingly ignoring the fact that final allied victory in that war didn’t come until V-J Day on August 15 when Japan surrendered. https://t.co/g7fcmy37ei" / X

Trump admits son met Russian for information on opponent (2018 British Broadcasting Company report)

Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine - POLITICO

Travis Akers 🇺🇸 on X: "At 76% disapproval, Donald Trump has now set the record for the most unpopular president in American history." / X (maybe it’s a “fake news” poll)

People are starting to ask whether Trump is destroying America from the inside. The evidence says they're right. (for information purposes)

Apostle Peter vs. Catholicism: Whose view on assurance is right?

Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy targeting ‘pro-transgender’ extremists as major threat - LifeSite

Anders Åslund on X: "How do you instigate a civil war? 1. Deprive people of democratic representation. 2. Spread lies & conspiracy theories. 3. Promote racism & ethnic discrimination. 4. Restrict freedom of expression. 5. Allow armed militias. The US is on its way." / X (for information purposes)

Bishop Talbert Swan on X: "The same white evangelical movement that condemns Black churches for preaching liberation, affirming Black humanity, teaching Black history, or celebrating Black culture as so-called racial idolatry just stood around a literal golden idol of Donald Trump while a Black preacher https://t.co/hvOgCzWVLE" / X

Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 on X: "It’s a really sad state that our country is in when both political parties are using redistricting as their main strategy to win midterms. Both parties are not presenting strong cases as to why their policies and accomplishments are why the American people should vote for them." / X

Faithfulness Okom on X: "You can celebrate a man’s life in so many ways. You can name a bill after him. A library, an institute, a bridge. Normal leaders who seek veneration settle for remembrance. What happened at Mar-a-Lago is not remembrance. It is something else entirely. A 22-foot golden statue." / X

MeidasTouch on X: "The White House ballroom lawsuit just escalated. The preservation group suing Trump says DOJ made multiple “false statements” in court and delivered this brutal line: “All of this may be standard fare for a social media post. But in a federal court filing, it is neither https://t.co/7SVp2DBuOU" / X

May 10

Thrifting to the Glory of God - Christianity Today

Trump’s statue isn’t ‘golden calf’ worship: Pastor Mark Burns | U.S.

Jimmy Lai's 'Will To Do Right' Has Been His Driving Force | National Review

The one job only Mom can do | WORLD

What Are the Essential Doctrines for Christianity and How Do We Decide? | Answers in Genesis

NotSilencedNow on X: "I know I've said this before, but I have to say it again: It's not a ballroom. And he's not leaving. In 2015, I said that if he ever gets into the White House, he won't leave without violence. Jan. 6 showed that violence, but it didn't work. That time. They learned the lessons." / X (for information purposes)

Daniel Davis Deep Dive on X: "How much longer is anyone going to buy this mendacity of the president presenting *himself* as a war hero, healer, or superhero? He lied to the American ppl by claiming we “won” the war against Iran as early as 3 March - and I’ve lost count of the times he’s said it every month https://t.co/BAjwRBd2up" / X

Garry Kasparov on X: "Trump's America is heading for its 250th anniversary by aggressively undermining both Christian and Republican foundations of this country." / X (Kasparov doesn’t like the much criticized new golden statue of Donald Trump in south Florida. Vladimir Lenin, Saddam Hussein, Kim Il Sung and others have erected similar items about themselves. Not that Trump is exactly the same as Lenin, Hussein and Sung, but why mimic them?)

Jay in Kyiv on X: "A group of Christian leaders conned donors into funding a golden statue of Trump. Then Trump himself called in at the commemoration for yet more praise. https://t.co/os8jYRvLtL" / X

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on X: "Four months after Maduro's removal, what's changed in Venezuela? No elections. No transition. No accountability. Just more corrupt profits for the regime and Trump's wealthy donors while hundreds of political prisoners remain in jail. https://t.co/VwyPvpGuPh" / X (is this true? Still a communist government in Venezuela?)

Barry R McCaffrey on X: "Trump is destroying our global alliances. We will face a dangerous future…. alone." / X (for information purposes)

Kentucky Statesman on X: "I have never in my lifetime seen a politician do a complete 180 from their first term to their next like @realDonaldTrump has. It's almost like he's an entirely different person." / X (for information purposes)

May 11

Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage | The Seattle Times

Pastors, Jews Gather Around Golden Statue of Trump to Pray and Bless

Eric Swalwell Was Useful Right Up Until He Wasn't

America's Chief Warmonger Says the U.S. is "Checkmated" by Iran

The US Military Is Failing: Facts Need To Be Faced (for information purposes – authors says situation reversible)

At 90, My Grandma Is Leading Worship at Her Retirement Home - Christianity Today

Mar-a-Lago Cannot be the American Future

Trump's socialist policies: A transformed Republican Party

How a Kidnapping Changed a Theologian’s Mind - Christianity Today

Hegseth accuses Sen Mark Kelly of leaking classified briefing details | Fox News

May 12

Nation or Kingdom? - Gordon Conwell

Family of pastor detained in China hoping Trump secures release | U.S.

The War Casino - by Issac Olvera - The Next Move

30% of Americans sketical about Trump assassination attempts | Politics

Rededicate 250 could be largest religious gathering in 50 years | U.S.

David French’s Zelensky Hero Worship Distorts Reality - The American Conservative

The Empire of Baloney - The Dispatch

590,000 buyers paid $59 million for Trump's gold phone — not 1 has shipped and refunds look unlikely (Sonny Bunch commented on X, “Anyone who bought a Trump phone is a moron who deserves to lose their money.”)

U.S. and Iran Are Locked in a Stalemate That’s Neither Peace Nor War - WSJ

María Corina Machado on rebuilding Venezuela : NPR's Newsmakers : NPR

Jeffrey Epstein associate Brock Pierce cuts ribbon for Donald Trump's golden statue

Pedro L. Gonzalez on X: "The guy with the hat who was part of the golden calf ceremony at Trump Doral is Brock Pierce. In 2000 he and two friends fled to Spain amid accusations of sexual abuse and was a close friend of Epstein. Amazing how reliably the new right attracts the sleaziest people in the world https://t.co/E4egYOVDTI" / X

Captain Mark Kelly on X: "Here’s the investigation we should have: Who decided to hit 15,000 targets and have so little to show for it except the tragic loss of 13 American servicemembers, higher gas prices for American families, and a depleted stockpile of critical munitions? https://t.co/8QQKqVJJmz" / X

Decoding Fox News on X: "Ingraham testified under oath that she thought some of Trump’s allies who promoted lies about the 2020 election were basically nutjobs yet she had them on her show anyway. Anyone can read the documents related to the Dominion Voting Systems settlement online for free." / X

Dave Hale - Concerned Republican on X: "May we all find someone in life who loves us as much as Donald Trump loves himself." / X

May 13

China vs. God - by Frannie Block - The Free Press

Trump Says Attorney General ‘Kept Me Out of Jail for Years’ - NewsBreak

Xi Jinping's CCP is re-writing the Bible

What I Told 300 Canadians About Ukraine - by Garry Kasparov

It's Not About Us - Them Before Us

Canadian evangelicals commend Alberta province for adding safeguards to medical assistance in dying law - Christian Daily International

Trump’s Evangelical Support Might Be Declining - The American Conservative

Franklin Graham to Hold Evangelical Gathering in Authoritarian Belarus - Christianity Today

Christian dogma meets Kimilsungism - Korean Quarterly

Religious groups urge Trump to confront China over persecution of Christians, Uyghurs

Analysis: Trump is normalizing things that would have been scandals in his first term | CNN Politics

Trump pardons, DOJ moves hurt fight against public corruption : NPR

Great Nations Aren’t Destroyed by Enemies. They’re Destroyed by Debt. | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Trump officials leaving phones behind for China trip over spy fears | Fox News

Trump faces pressure to win China’s release of Jimmy Lai, other political prisoners

May 14

Why I (Still) Don't Believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself Part 3 (from a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter on Epstein)

Julie K. Brown | The Pulitzer Prizes

This War's Lies Are Different—And More Dangerous

Trump’s China test: Free prisoners, defend Taiwan - UCA News

Trump Compares Jailed Democracy Activist to His Own Political Nemesis

Trump says he will discuss Jimmy Lai in meeting with Xi Jinping - LifeSite

23 States Back Louisiana Effort to Stop Mail-Order Abortions - LifeNews.com

Trump: Media committing 'virtual treason' with Iran war coverage (Tucker Carlson, who referenced this article, commented, “Does reporting the truth about Washington’s reckless foreign policy really equate to hating America? Of course not. We love this country, which is why shining a light on our government’s behavior is so important. Unless the public knows what is happening, change will never come.”)

Trump mental health: 30 senior US doctors declare president mentally unfit | The BMJ

A Guide to the Christian Nationalists, Grifters, and Charlatans Prepping for this Weekend’s White House-sponsored ‘Revival’ to ‘Rededicate’ America to God | People For (for information purposes – the so-called “Faithful America” group has significant problems and issues too – overall one might still consider the above Trump aligned group to be better)

Pope awards Vatican’s highest diplomatic honor to Iran’s ambassador - IRNA English (Many have blasted Pope Leo XVI’s honor of this prominent Muslim, and rightly and understandably so)

China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, U.S. intelligence finds - The Washington Post

Revisiting Chinese House Churches' Plea for Freedom - Juicy Ecumenism

Trump Arrived in Beijing Friendless. Xi Had Been Waiting for This Moment.

Donald Trump Silent on Taiwan as China’s Xi Issues Warning - Newsweek

Claire Lai warns China risks creating a martyr by jailing her father | Fox News (no indication I’ve seen yet that Trump has raised the issue of imprisoned Jimmy Lai with Xi, even though Trump said he was going to do so)

What hath Rome to do with Washington? | WORLD

Daughter urges Trump to free detained Zion Church pastor amid Xi talks | Fox News

Christian missionary hailed as ‘holiest man alive’ pleads guilty to abusing boys in Texas

Trump's 51st US state talk met with near-silence in Venezuela | AP News (it is understandable that there is near silence because the proposal is too stupid to talk about – Trump seems to support the Communist government in Venezuela rather than the opponents of it)

GUEST OPINION: The banality of modern-day commencement speeches - Denver Gazette

The Pentagon has no new munitions contracts amid concerns about a weapons shortage

May 15

David Pyne 🇺🇸 on X: "Trump kisses Xi Jinping's behind today by praising the Communist dictator as "a great leader" and telling him "its an honor to be your friend" even though Communist China has killed 1,600 times more Americans in the past six years than Iran has killed in the last fifty. He has" / X

Ron Filipkowski on X: "I predicted many times that Trump is going to sell out Taiwan during this presidency just as he has tried to do with Ukraine and Xi is well aware he has the first US president who can be taken advantage of." / X

Matt Viser on X: "2019: Donald Trump calls on China to investigate Joe Biden for having son Hunter fly to China on Air Force Two as he sought business in China. 2026: Donald Trump flies son Eric to China on Air Force One as company linked to him explores a deal with a Chinese chipmaker. https://t.co/bA04Jl0M0R" / X

Bill Kristol on X: "I’m old enough to remember when a creepy video like this would be put out by the Chinese government, not ours." / X

Phillips P. OBrien on X: "It is notable that one of the most pronounced differences between Ukraine and the USA is that while both have corruption problems, the Ukr are investigating theirs up to the highest levels of govt, while the US govt is openly fostering more corruption." / X

Branislav Slantchev on X: "This guy never met a dictator he did not instinctively want to slobber over." / X

Michael McFaul on X: "Has Trump ever called a leader of a democratic country a "great leader"? I'm assuming so, but can't remember this level of praise for any of the leaders of our democratic allies." / X

Phillips P. OBrien on X: "The tone of the Xi-Trump summit is already revealing. China is telling the US what it wants the US to do about Taiwan, while Trump is sucking up to Xi as if his life depended on it." / X

Pope Leo XIV on X: "Mary is the Mother of the whole Church. Everyone can turn to her with filial confidence, certain of being heard, protected, and loved. #GeneralAudience" / X (false teaching and idolatry from Pope Leo XIV)