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#1 - JD Vance Hits It Out of the Park When Confronted by Student on His 'Inter-Cultural' Marriage, Immigration — by Jennifer Oliver O'Connell
She went further, comparing Vance's family lineage of only a few hundred years old, and Usha Vance's lineage, which is thousands of years old. What one had to do with another is beyond me. Frankly, how she phrased the question was quite rude. This young woman made it sound as though Vance was forcing his Christianity down Usha Vance's and his children's throat.
Vance once again responded gently, with greater self-control than I would have been able to muster. What a witness of his Christian faith that he leaned into those fruits of the Spirit.
Vance's response reflected a man who is the spiritual leader of his household and a partner with his spouse in raising their children. There are male commenters on the video of this post, supposedly Christian, who criticize the fact that Vance had choosen to marry a woman who did not share his faith. Had they read Vance's book or listened to any of his many interviews, they would have known that Vance and Usha both started out leaning toward agnosticism, and it was he who moved toward faith in Jesus Christ. Another witness to his grounded faith: Vance is following what the Apostle Paul instructs in 1 Corinthians 7:12-14 concerning marriage between believers and unbelievers.
#2 - Allie Beth Stuckey Is Right About Men and Porn — by Brandon Morse
Allie is 100 percent right. Porn is a weakening force in the lives of men. I've spent a great deal of time on this very website talking about it. In fact, I talked about it on Wednesday when addressing the idea that "sex work is real work" and how destructive it is on both the worker and the consumer.
You don't have to take my word for it either. One of the most revealing insider looks into the destructiveness of the porn industry comes from a former porn star turned pastor, Joshua Broome. During an interview with Michael Knowles, Broome discussed just how mentally damaging the porn industry is, noting that more than a few colleagues he'd known committed suicide at some point. Depression and isolation are features of the industry, not a bug.
#3 - Obama's Latest Ploys at Shadow Government, Internet Censorship Exposed. He Needs to Be Held Accountable. — by Jennifer Oliver O'Connell
Gabbard released this report on July 23, a month after Obama spoke at The Connecticut Forum, a non-profit organization which claims to "encourage the free and active exchange of ideas in forums that inform, challenge, entertain, inspire, and build bridges among all people and organizations in our community."
In looking at its past speaker events, it is a laundry list of every globalist, left-of-center, and Democrat activist, with very few (if any) conservative or right-leaning speakers. So much for a free and active exchange of ideas when the only ideas platformed are Democrat and leftist. These are the places Obama is most at home as he continues to burnish his increasingly tarnished reputation and positions himself as a leader in the free world, despite no longer being the leader of the free world.
Obama's remarks surrounding the government's role were strangely aligned with the revelations of his manufacturing intelligence to take down President Trump.
#4 - Portland Police Deliver a Very Unhappy Night to the Anti-ICE Crew - and More May Be Coming — by Nick Arama
The Trump pressure and the attention may have finally helped get some action from the PPB because they finally raided the anti-ICE encampment near the ICE facility. Frontlines also said that one of the officers mentioned the incident involving journalist Brandi Kruse, where Kruse says she was hit by one of the anti-ICE people.
The police raided one of their supply tents and told them they could not be blocking the sidewalk. You can see they have a fire there and hear the conservatives who have also been out in numbers in the area responding, "USA, USA," in appreciation of the police move.
#5 - Ya Think? Democrats Are Just Now Realizing It's Time to Panic Over Mamdani Mayoral Candidacy — by Becky Noble
Mamdani offers the socialist (communist) fairy tale of taxing richer, whiter neighborhoods, free everything, and has stated that billionaires should not exist. But he was also caught in quite a whopper. My colleague, Sister Toldjah, recently reported on the fact that Mamdani's story about an aunt who, after 9/11, was afraid to ride the subway because she was wearing a hijab is patently false. The relative in question is actually a now-deceased cousin. But the next logical question is: what else is he lying about?
With a week to go, Mamdani is polling at 43.8 percent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at 33.6 percent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa is at a distant 10.8 percent. Democrats sure picked a fine time to panic.
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