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Culture War

Arkansas Cuts Out Corruption & Brings Christ To Classrooms

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Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a slew of bills into law in April, many of which are aimed at reshaping education to cut out potential corruption, while mandating Christ return to our children’s curricula.

Students from grades six through 12 will be taught, without any limitation, the identity of our Creator, God, as viewed by the Founding Fathers. Throughout these teachings, children will learn about the religious and moral beliefs our nation was founded upon.

Some of you may be concerned that this seems like a drastic shift away from the separation of church and state. Did you know that the precedent of “separation of church and state” doesn’t actually exist in any meaningful law?

Thanks to a 1971 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, something colloquially called the “Lemon test” created a framework that was later used to remove God from public schools by declaring religious expressions like the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. This marked a turning point away from the faith-based roots of our nation’s education system.

In 2022, the Supreme Court reversed course on the Lemon test, giving Americans the freedom to bring Christ back to our public spaces. We’ll be sure to bring you all the latest on religious freedom news from across the country, as well as myriad ways to take action in your local, state, and federal governance on this issue. 

Full List of Signed Bills

The following list was shared by KATV.

SB391 – An act to create the robotics competition grant program for eligible robotics teams in public or private schools for the purpose of encouraging study in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and for other purposes.

HB1561 – An act to amend the law regarding higher education; to establish the research and education protection act of 2025; and for other purposes.

HB1598 – An act concerning the school rating system; to require the Department of Education to establish a new accountability system for public schools; to remove public schools from school ratings for certain school years; and for other purposes.

HB1633 – An act to amend eligibility requirements for homeschooled students to participate in interscholastic activities that are athletic activities at public schools and private schools; to amend eligibility requirements for students who transfer schools under the Arkansas opportunity public school choice act to participate in extracurricular activities; to amend eligibility requirements for students who transfer schools under the public school choice act of 2015 to participate in extracurricular activities; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1640 – An act concerning ethical guidelines and prohibitions for public school employees; to amend the definition of “administrator” as it relates to ethical guidelines and prohibitions; to amend the restrictions on employment specific to public school administrators; and for other purposes.

HB1697 – An act to amend provisions of title 6 of the Arkansas code concerning provisional positions for state-supported institutions of higher education; to amend provisions of title 19 of the Arkansas code concerning motor vehicle restrictions for state-supported institutions of higher education; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1705 – An act to require certain information be embedded into existing social studies standards; to require information concerning how the religious and moral beliefs of the founding fathers influenced the founding of the United States to be embedded into existing social studies standards; and for other purposes.

HB1271 – An act to amend the law concerning mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens; to clarify the priority of liens in mortgage construction loans; and for other purposes.

HB1557 – An act to amend the duties and powers of the division of information systems concerning information technology; to amend the definitions under the Arkansas code related to the division of information systems; and for other purposes.

HB1382 – An act to require certain reporting by designated protection and advocacy agency for the state and the designated client assistance program for the state to the hospital, Medicaid, and developmental disabilities study subcommittee of legislative council; and for other purposes.

SB100 – An act to authorize the Arkansas Medicaid program to recognize a physician assistant as a primary care provider; and for other purposes.

SB264 – An act to establish the Arkansas primary care payment improvement working group; and for other purposes.

HB1474 – An act concerning the prevention of human trafficking; to require the display of information about the national human trafficking hotline; and for other purposes.

HB1551 – An act to amend the law concerning criminal abortion; to create the offense of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud; and for other purposes.

HB1760 – An act to amend the law concerning applications for the adjustment of a property assessment; to provide that a county equalization board does not have jurisdiction to determine whether property qualifies for certain property tax relief; to provide for a county court’s jurisdiction to consider certain petitions for an adjustment of a property assessment; and for other purposes.

SB293 – An act to amend the law concerning the required postings at a polling site; to amend the list concerning required posting of notices, information, and material at a polling site on election day; and for other purposes.

SB365 – An act to amend the Arkansas small brewery act; to authorize the operation of three small brewery taprooms by a holder of a small brewery license; and for other purposes.

HB1549 – An act to create the Arkansas cybersecurity act of 2025; and for other purposes.

HB1654 – An act to amend the special license plate act of 2005; to authorize the issuance and renewal of a special license plate to promote and support the make-a-wish foundation of the mid-south; to address the inventory of the mid-south community college education special license plate; and for other purposes.

SB305 – An act to require certain testing of processed marijuana products sold as medical marijuana; and for other purposes.

SB411 – An act to amend the law concerning the height of vehicles; to create an offense for the operation of a vehicle with a modified bumper; and for other purposes.

SB416 – An act to repeal the electric vehicle infrastructure grant program; to repeal the electric vehicle infrastructure fund; and for other purposes.

HB1094 – An act to make an appropriation for personal services and operating expenses for the Department of Health- tobacco prevention and cessation programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; and for other purposes.

HB1125 – An act to make an appropriation for personal services and operating expenses for the Department of Finance and Administration – regulatory division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; and for other purposes.

HB1232 – An act to make an appropriation for personal services and operating expenses for the Department of the Military for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; and for other purposes.

HB1691 – An act to provide for certain property to be exempt from taxation; to provide that certain motor vehicles used exclusively for public charity and exempt from personal property tax; and for other purposes.

HB1716 – An act to amend the law concerning the assessment and collection of taxes by the secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration; to prohibit the assessment of sales and use tax in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.

SB392 – An act to amend Arkansas law concerning the classification and compensation of state employees; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

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National Affairs

“Scam”: Gen Z Is “Not Participating” In “Paid For” Protests

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Turning Point founder and CEO Charlie Kirk shared a post on X Wednesday detailing how Gen Z is not participating in the allegedly paid-for protests occurring across the country.

“They were told college was the only way to succeed. LIE,” Kirk posted. “They were told they’d never own a home and like it. LIE. Young men were told they were toxic. LIE. Young women were told to be childless boss babes to be happy. LIE.”

His comments come after several ongoing weeks of what appear to be paid-for protests happening across the country. Most of the protests are aimed at President Donald Trump and DOGE’s Elon Musk, who’ve uncovered huge amounts of normalized government waste and corruption, culminating in most of the major issues we’re facing today. The protests were organized by a group that calls themselves pro-democracy and favors progressive ideologies, but as the American people legally democratically voted to elected Trump and his cabinet, it is still unclear what these people think they’re protesting.

Why Gen Z Doesn’t Care About The Progressive Movements

“They are part of a generation that has been demonized by older generations that sold them out, belittled them, and borrowed off their backs. Their parents and grandparents inherited a rich, powerful America only to hand them a weakened, debt-riddled country, divided over gender, race, class and every other abstraction invented in a university they graduated from with no debt but now costs $75,000 a year plus interest. They were told to downsize the American Dream or abandon it altogether,” Kirk explained in his post.

“Wave after new wave of young people are rejecting the lies of the Boomer left. They’re choosing a rebirth of freedom and opportunity. I see it with my own eyes every week on college campuses across America. The kids are waking up.”

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Culture War

Religious Freedoms In American Classrooms Hit Another Major Milestone In One State

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This is an evolving story. Please check back for updates.

Arkansas took one big step closer to mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom Monday, with the house approving SB 433 in a 71-20 vote.

SB 433 passed through Arkansas’ Senate just under a month ago, and advanced out of the House committee on April 2, according to Word and Way. The majority vote from the Republican-controlled House now sends the bill directly to the desk of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be signed.

Once signed, SB 433 mandates that schools throughout the state display a poster of the Ten Commandments in every classroom and teach the historical significance of the text to Arkansas students. One writer for the Arkansas Times argued that this means “readers in classrooms around the state will soon be asking their teachers what ‘adultery’ means,” which feels fairly harmless given the gender indoctrination happening in millions of other classrooms, particularly given that these words come directly from God.

Separation of Church & State Ended In 2022

In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-to-3 in favor of high school football coach Joseph Kennedy’s right to pray at the 5-yard line at the end of each game, claimed NPR.

“Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic. Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a personal religious observance, based on a mistaken view that it has a duty to suppress religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination. Mr. Kennedy is entitled to summary judgment on his religious exercise and free speech claims,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch at the time.

The decision overturned a short-held legal precedent regarding the constitutionality of public religious displays. It’s believed the Ten Commandments were a prominent part of American education for almost three centuries prior to 1980, when the prior legal precedent was held against it. The first purely American educational textbook “New England Primer” was published by Benjamin Harris in Boston in 1690, featuring an in-depth section on the Ten Commandments.

In the context of American history, 45 years, from 1980 to 2025, without having the Ten Commandments in our education system doesn’t seem like a very long time, especially when you take into account it was part of our curriculum from at least 1690 to 1980 (that’s 290 years). But ask yourself: how do the last 45 years or so compare to the previous 290?

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Election

Trump’s Promises To Protect Election Integrity

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The White House released a fact sheet in March on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to protect “the integrity of American elections.”

Trump’s order first focuses on his plans to restore trust in American elections by strengthening voter ID verifications, while all-out banning foreign nations from interfering in U.S. elections. States must comply with federal election law in order to receive election-related funds, including the use of “national mail voter registration form[s] that will now require proof of citizenship.”

States will be required to provide a voter-verifiable paper ballot record and “and not using ballots in which the counted vote is contained within a barcode or QR code.” Those states that do not comply will “face prioritized Federal enforcement of election integrity laws and loss of funding given their unwillingness to police fraud.”

Finally, Trump’s Order overturns former President Joe Biden’s E.O. 14019, “which turned Federal agencies into Democratic voter turnout centers.”

Safety & Security

In comparing U.S. elections to other countries, such as Canada, Brazil, India, Germany, Denmark, and even Cuba, the Order notes that there are plenty of practical measures in place globally to allow for free and fair elections, “unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion.”

“We’re going to fix our elections so that our elections are going to be honorable and honest and people leave and they know their vote is counted. We are going to have free and fair elections. And ideally, we go to paper ballots, same-day voting, proof of citizenship, very big, and voter ID, very simple,” Trump said in the fact sheet. “We will secure our elections, and they will be secure once and for all.”

Role of the Attorney General:

According to the fact sheet:

– The Attorney General will fully enforce the voter-list maintenance requirements of the
National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act.
– Given clear Federal law setting a single Election Day deadline, the Attorney General shall
take appropriate action against states that count ballots received after Election Day in
Federal elections. Federal election funding will be conditioned on compliance.
– The Attorney General will prioritize enforcement of laws prohibiting foreign nationals
from contributing to or donating in U.S. elections.

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Latest

Archaeologists Reveal Stunning Discovery Proving Biblical Battle At Armageddon Site

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Archaeologists working at an ancient site in northern Israel uncovered proof of the Biblical Battle of Megiddo from the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament.

Artifacts uncovered at the site, namely ancient Egyptian pottery, points toward the famed battle where the King of Judah, Josiah, fought against the army of Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II, and died in 609 B.C., according to Fox News. The site, known today as Tel Megiddo, was once a city, and has held various settlements from the Cooper Age through to World War I.

While it is largely known that the battle took place at the site, “significant quantities” of Egyptian-produced vessels, which date back to the late 7th century B.C., now prove to the world of science that the events described in the Old Testament are true. While some argue the pieces were imported to the area by trade routes, researchers like Dr. Assaf Kleiman think they were brought in with troops from Necho’s army.

Kleiman noted the “crude production technique, functional mixture, and the lack of similar evidence in nearby settlements” as evidence for the relationship to the military. “The exposure of so many Egyptian vessels, including fragments of serving bowls, cooking pots, and storage jars, is an exceptional phenomenon,” Kleiman told the outlet. “We, therefore, understand it as representing Egyptians who settled at Megiddo in the late 7th century, maybe as part of an army force that arrived at the site following the collapse of the Assyrian Empire.”

More Proof …

Greek pottery was also found at the site, suggesting Greek mercenaries were working with the Egyptian army, which was also common at the time. “The possibility of the participation of such mercenaries in the killing of Josiah may be hinted [at] in prophetic works in the Bible,” Kleiman continued.

The broken vessels and other pieces were likely left as litter after the battle. And while there is no other non-Biblical proof of Josiah, his existence “has never been doubted in biblical and historical scholarship.

“We can also note that literacy was more common in that era, and thus his reign was most likely documented by scribes who witnessed the events in real time,” he added. “Evidence for Necho’s presence in the Levant and the battle against the Babylonians in Carchemish, where the Egyptians lost, is documented in the Babylonian chronicles as well as in the Bible, in Jeremiah and Kings.”

Book of Revelation: Megiddo

The site is also known colloquially as “Armageddon,” which is closely related to the Hebrew phrase
“Har Megiddo,” Fox added. In the Old Testament, the site is referenced in relation to the battle, but it also appears in the Book of Revelation.

Megiddo is said to be the site where the Battle of Armageddon is fought between the Kings of Earth and God, Fox argued, but it is only lightly and indirectly referenced in the Book of Revelation (16:16). The chapter described the end times, and the Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath, ending in an almighty earthquake, hundred-pound hailstones falling from the sky, and the city being split into three parts, with “the cities of the nation collapsed” (Revelation 16:19).

National Affairs

April Starts With Heightened International Tensions from China And Russia

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Reports published in early April revealed that China is stepping up its drills near Taiwan while getting antsy about ownership of the Panama Canal, and Germany is preparing for war against Russia. Will this be the month of international chaos, or are these stories a whole bunch of nothing?

China, Taiwan …

China started holding more military exercises around Taiwan in late March, apparently to deter “separatist forces” on the island. However the move also comes after the U.S. promised to deter China’s expansion into Taiwan, particularly as the Taiwanese people are largely against any type of ownership by the Chinese Communist Party, according to Bloomberg.

The drills include “assault on maritime and ground targets” and a “blockade of key areas and sea lanes to test the joint operation capabilities of the troops,” Senior Colonel Shi Yi of China’s People’s Liberation Army stated. While drills by China in the region are not unheard of, the timing is certainly provocative.

… & The Panama Canal

In early March, BlackRock Inc. secured ownership of a number of key ports near the Panama Canal, blocking Chinese-linked influence. The move is seen as a proxy means of the U.S. taking control of the more than 43 ports across 23 countries, including some in “Mexico, the Netherlands, Egypt, Australia, Pakistan, and Panama’s critical ports of Balboa and Cristobal—the two primary gateways to the Panama Canal,” the Gateway Pundit reported.

The full Panama Canal was under the control of the U.S. for nearly 75 years, because our ancestors built the incredible, world-changing feat of engineering. Then the late former President Jimmy Carter gave it to Panama in 1977, starting the process by which China has gradually grabbed more and more control of the essential trade route.

China is now attempting to block the sale of the ports to BlackRock, potentially setting up a “major confrontation” with President Donald Trump, the outlet noted. It is unclear what will happen next, but the situation is a clear reminder of what our leadership is up against. As forces within the U.S. seek to destroy us from within, there are always enemies beyond our shores who wish us harm and cannot be ignored.

Germany & Russia

Reports almost exclusively from British (and Chinese Communist Party-linked sources such as the BBC) sources. The BBC reported that Germany is deciding to “leave history in the past and prepare for war.”

The U.S. is still fighting to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, but apparently German officials don’t trust Trump — who was the first president in countless terms to not have a war under his leadership — when it comes to his work toward securing peace, Fox News reported.

Germany’s foreign minister Annaleana Baerbock told the U.S. not to “engage with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s stalling tactics.” Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi argued against Baerbock, arguing that progress is being made. However, this progress seemed to be more between Russia and China’s closeness than anything else. While Yi stated China supports the goal of “a fair, long-term, binding peace agreement acceptable to all parties involved,” we pray this is the truth.

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Illegal Immigration

Immigrants Argue That 2,100,000 Non-Citizens Getting Social Security Numbers Is Major Concern

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Legal immigrant Elon Musk and second-generation immigrant, Valor Equity Partner’s Antonio Gracias, went viral Sunday, for revealing that an estimated 2.1 million non-citizens received Social Security numbers in 2024, up from 270,000 in 2021.

A video shared on X showed Musk and Gracias on stage discussing the data at a 100-minute town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, ahead of today’s (April 1) state Supreme Court election, according to Business Insider.

“This isn’t political,” Gracias explained about the data, noting that his parents and siblings are all first-generation immigrant and that he is pro-legal immigration. The issue appeared to be within a process that allowed non-legal immigrants arriving over the northern and southern borders to apply to work permits and immediately receive a Social Security number without an interview or even showing a form of identification, MoneyControl reported.

How Did This System Work?

In order to fully understand how so many people received Social Security numbers in 2024, Gracias went to the border and spoke to border patrol. “I went to Laredo and I went to Bronzeville. Elon went to Eagle Pass. You walk up to a Border Patrol officer and you tell them you want to come in. They have a couple of choices. They could charge you with a misdemeanor or a felony under thirteen twenty-five or they can make an administrative offense like a parking ticket basically,” he explained.

“They were told to do that, make an administrative offense under the last administration. And you go walk across the border, they do what’s called a release your neurocognizance, and they give you an NTA, notice to appear, which appear to judge. The wait times on judges are like average six years, you’ll get GROC, you’ll see it on immigration judges. There’s only seven hundred of them. This is five point five million people,” Gracias continued.

“So what happens then? Once you’re in the country and you’ve got asylum through one of these pathways, we’ve mapped the whole thing out, you can apply for a work document. You file a seven sixty-five, it’s the work form. You get this form called the seven sixty-six, That’s the authorization. And then Social Security Administration automatically sends you in the mail your Social Security number. No interview. No ID.”

Criminal Issues

Human traffickers are estimated to have made $13 to $15 billion off the process described by Gracias, that money moving “around the world.” Much of this money came from those looking to come to the U.S. illegally who paid cartels to help them.

“There are thirty thousand children that have not appeared on the notice to appear already. ICE knows this. Thirty thousand children, two hundred and seventy thousand children didn’t even get notices to appear. ICE told us that kids are being trafficked back and forth across the border to complete families to make this easier. This is a human tragedy,” Gracias continued. He also noted that countless people likely died on their journey to the U.S.

“The tragedy the human tragedy this created is extraordinary. That’s the real problem. This is America. We don’t do this here in America. We don’t do this here in America. People come here legally, and that’s great. Elon came here legally. My parents came here legally. That’s the way to do it. This is outrageous.”

Political Concerns

Musk argued that this was allowed to happen because former President Joe Biden and his administration were “asleep,” allowing for “a massive large scale program to import as many illegals as possible, ultimately to change the entire voting map of the United States and disenfranchise the American people and make it a permanent, deep blue, one party state from which there would be no escape.”

He later added that the process constitutes what he considers “the biggest voter fraud thing in history by far.” Had the system been “left unchecked, it would have succeeded.”

“The voter ID requirement in this state is super important because of this. It’s a Social Security number. It’s not supposed to be a Federal ID number, but it basically is. That’s how you access all the benefits. This is why we need voter ID, because this thing is not secure,” Gracias argued. “You could walk into a Social Security office today, today as an adult America, and get a Social Security number enumerated with simply answering six or seven simple questions and showing some forms of ID that are not federal ID.”

Left-wing extremism

“Slaughtered On A Daily Basis”: Experts Call On Trump To End International Christian Genocide

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A recent episode of the “Shawn Ryan Show” detailed how Christians are being killed across countries like Syria.

Episode 184 of the “Shawn Ryan Show” detailed how political leaders across many Middle Eastern nations, as well as the heads of terror organizations, are pushing for an Islamic caliphate, leading to the ethnic cleansing of Christians across multiple nations. An Islamic caliphate is generally defined as a political-religious state run by a leader who claims succession from the prophet Muhammad. While Christians are not alone in the ethnic cleansing, the sheer number of deaths is currently unknowable, according to experts interviewed by Ryan.

“There are Taliban fighters in Syria right now … the second thing I’ve heard is that they’re killing a lot of religious minorities and many, many Christians. They’re being slaughtered on a daily basis,” guest Legend explained. Some Muslims and other religious minorities are also being killed, the guests noted. “Unless the U.S. President [Donald] Trump takes action, this is something that will continue very rapidly.”

“And my fear is that this is gonna worsen. It’s gonna increase, especially now that he has Taliban members with them and he’s getting support from the leadership of the Taliban,” he continued.

WARNING: Graphic Information Ahead

Legend argued that the current Syrian president, who goes by the names Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa and Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has extreme ties to Islamic terror groups, such as al Qaeda, who “slaughtered” Christian communities, particularly in Iraq. “They beheaded them, they executed them, dumped their bodies in the river. They’re doing the same thing in Syria right now … [the] levels of horror that were just unimaginable,” he explained. Children were put in cages and thrown into rivers, while women were taken as sex slaves. Many were burned alive.

Mass Media / Shutterstock.com – ZABADANI, SYRIA – JULY 2019: Christian young men and women praying in a damaged church. Zabadani is a major tourist destination that witnessed fierce battles between government forces and the rebels

The murder of Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities in the region is apparently being done in “the name of Islam” by these terrorists.

A recent spate of attacks occurred within 24 hours of the U.K. waiving sanctions on the Syrian national bank and 20 other entities. “The response from the U.S. should be the exact opposite. The United States should send a very, very clear message to the new Syrian government that there will be zero sanctions relief and there will be zero normalization of its treatment to the new Syrian government until it proves that it’s going to be able to protect all the citizens of Syria, including its vulnerable Christians,” Congress of Christian Leaders president Rev. Johnnie Moore told Fox News.

There are an estimated 300,000 Christians in Syria. Prior to the Syrian civil war, the Christian community was estimated at roughly 1,500,000, the outlet noted.

Middle East Is Not Alone

Reports published in late March highlighted how the military of Myanmar set fire to a Cathedral amid ongoing threats and attacks against Christians, according to The Christian Post. The attacks apparently came from the Buddhist national military junta.

Former President Joe Biden removed Nigeria from the “Countries of Particular Concern” list throughout his presidency, despite at least 52,000 deaths attributed to anti-Christian violence throughout the nation in recent years. As of March 2025, Congress is finally taking steps to protect Christians and hold Nigeria accountable for the rising persecution, according to MNOnline.

“The reality is the Nigerian government hasn’t taken steps to protect persecuted Christians in the North, and so I think they do deserve to be painted as complicit in what is happening there,” Voice of the Martyrs USA’s Todd Nettleton told the outlet. “The national government of Nigeria, even though in their constitution they promise religious freedom, they don’t actually defend the rights of religious minorities in the North in a way that protects them from these attacks.”

Some 200,000 Christians gathered in early March in Arunachal Pradesh, India, to protest a new law that would make converting to Christianity punishable by arrest and fine unless done with the permission of the political district, CSW reported.

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Britain

UK Moves Further From Christ As School Cancels Easter Service

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A primary (elementary) school in the United Kingdom cancelled its upcoming annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Easter Service because those in charge of the decision want to show “respect for diversity,” according to The Christian Post.

Headteacher Stephanie Mander’s decision to ignore the extremely important Christian holiday and celebration has been met with immense backlash from parents and online, with the school being branded as “disgraceful,” the outlet reported. “By not holding specific religious celebrations, we aim to create a more inclusive atmosphere that honors and respects the beliefs of all our children and their families,” Mander was quoted as saying.

Many are now questioning whether Mander will now be canceling Christmas, as her decision flies in the face of the school’s existing policy, apparently. Easter, Christmas, Eid, Diwali are “marked and celebrated together,” the school’s website states, according to TCH.

School Already Requires Improvement

The school received a generally “good” report from its September inspection by Ofsted, but “outcomes for children and learners” apparently required improvement. It is currently unclear how canceling traditional celebrations will aid in the education of the students at the school, particularly as Bible sales are soaring amongst young people in the UK, GB News wrote in another report.

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Mander has also apparently instituted a new policy to “celebrate” other experiences. “One of the ways we will be celebrating inclusivity is by taking part in Refugee Week, which occurs in June, as well as beginning our journey to become an accredited School of Sanctuary,” the letter apparently reads, suggesting the curriculum is now moving to educate children about why the refugee crisis instead of Christianity or faith.

When one man shared a post about the cancellation, he received huge backlash online, so much so that he apologized for ever asking anyone’s opinion on the issue, according to a local news outlet. “Funny how we are expected to respect all the minority festivals and pride days but not allowed the majority of BRITISH festivals are now being diluted in respect of others just proves how second class citizens we are in our own country,” wrote one person wrote in the comments on a Daily Mail news report on the issue.

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Big Government

Hegseth Announces Latest Round Of DOGE Cuts Within Pentagon Worth Over $500,000,000

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Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that the Department of Defense (DOD) would cut more than $580 million in contracts.

The contracts “do not match the priorities of this president and this department,” Hegseth said in the announcement on X. The cuts come from DOGE as it works its way through the Pentagon. “I commend Department leadership for identifying these opportunities to cut wasteful spending, and I encourage other leaders across the enterprise to follow this example and identify more opportunities for savings which we can re-invest in critical mission needs,” Hegseth said in a memo shared by the Daily Caller.

The cuts include programs like the Defense Civilian Human Resources Management System, which was only supposed to cost $36 million and last a single year. Instead, it went $280 million over budget and lasted eight years. Other cuts went on things like diversity, equity and inclusion programs, “equitable” AI, and similar-sound initiatives costing millions of dollars each.

“I need lethal machine learning models, not equitable machine learning models,” Hegseth explained.

Bye-Bye Consultants

Hegseth also waved goodbye to consulting services specifically for IT from Gartner and McKinsey, which came with a $30 million bill. Civilian workforces will also be cut by 5-8%, but some 21,000 employees have already taken the option of a voluntary Deferred Resignation Program, Daily Caller reported.

The Pentagon is required to pass a financial audit by 2028, having failed seven consecutive audits, including one in 2024. Some $170 million is now said to be reallocated to mission-critical priorities.

Not All Cuts Are Permanent

Roughly 1,000 employees of the National Parks Service who were previously “fired” as a result of DOGE cuts had their positions reinstated in March, according to the LA Times. The workers were all in probationary periods at the time of the cuts.

A further 25,000 federal workers have also had their positions reinstated after reviews conducted by DOGE, the BBC reported. As legal decisions over the cuts move their way through our nation’s courts, we’re asking for prayer for all those impacted by this upheaval. We are experiencing many changes in America right now, so much so that some may call this moment in history a revolution. That is why your voice is so important today.

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