By Dr. Jim Denison A year ago today, basketball great Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash that also took the life of his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. In better news, eleven miners in China who were trapped some two thousand feet below ground for two weeks were rescued last Sunday. And the FBI announced that thirty-three missing children in Southern California were found […]

This is a great dish, simple to make, requires only one cut of beef and can be ready to eat in about 2 hrs. For this you need:  1 ½ c of beef broth, dried porcini mushrooms, olive oil, 1 lg onion diced fine, 2 garlic cloves – smashed, 1 tblspn of tomato paste, ½ c of red wine, 1 […]

Things you need to know: Reddit traders take the stage to sing – “Do you hear the people sing, singing the songs of angry men….” as they storm the hill on GME shorts! Investors get ready for a big week of earnings – Tech in focus Today – 80% of the reports so far this morning have beaten their estimates […]

Under Xi Jinping, said Blinken, China seeks to “become the leading country in the world — the country that sets the norms, that sets the standards.” In short, China’s geostrategic goal is to replace the U.S.-created world order with a new world order of its own. “The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait […]

By Erik Schelzig |  TNJ A political action committee that ran attacks last summer against former Rep. Rick Tillis (R-Lewisburg) used the same template as hit pieces issued by the PAC of former House Speaker Glen Casada (R-Franklin) two years earlier. The mailers attacking Tillis were run by a group called the Faith Freedom Family Fund, or FFFF. The ones targeting […]

Evangelist and church planter Francis Chan revealed that after he planted three churches in Hong Kong, authorities denied his visa, forcing him to leave the country and return to the U.S. According to China Aid, the bestselling author and former California megachurch pastor shared the news in a video sent to friends and fellow pastors on Jan. 5. “Last week, after […]

By Larry Keane Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace is on a campaign to turn gun companies against the leading online voices that speak about the importance of gun rights. The Trace, which is nothing but a gun control megaphone disguising itself as pseudo-journalism, sent out a “name-and-shame” email last week putting companies on notice. They listed 13 specific firearm personalities with large social […]

VCDL’s lobby day has passed, and now the real work begins. It is time to send emails and make phone calls to our representatives to defeat bad gun bills. There are a lot of bad bills in Richmond this session. One terrible bill that appears to be dead is the so-called “assault-firearms” ban that would see most semiautomatic banned as […]

The House delivered its single impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, setting the stage for a February 8 trial. There it is — House impeachment managers deliver article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, formally triggering a trial. pic.twitter.com/S2pxwq6nT7 — Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 26, 2021 Just three Senate Republicans were present […]

The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider how far states can go without violating religious freedom when they impose restrictions on attendance at worship services to slow the spread of Covid-19. In a one-line order, the court said it would not hear an appeal from Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, a church in western Nevada that has been battling pandemic restrictions imposed by […]

  NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops clashed anew on their contested Himalayan border, resulting in injuries on both sides, officials said on Monday (Jan 25), highlighting the fraught state of relations between the giant nuclear-armed neighbours. The fighting on Jan 20 came six months after a pitched battle which left at least 20 Indian troops dead as well as an unknown […]

New Bills filed week of January 18, 2021 See and share report on TFA site:  Bill Status Report – 2021-01-15 Follow TFA on MeWe – we are discontinuing updates to Facebook and Twitter There were several new bills filed the week of January 18, 2021, that TFA has added to its list of bills to monitor. These bills include SB227/HB103 […]

By Erik Schelzig | TNJ A mystery campaign vendor believed to be at the center of an FBI investigation into three sitting House members and a former chief of staff was the beneficiary of more than $200,000 in Republican spending. As of Monday evening, Phoenix Solutions was reported to have received $82,450 during the fourth quarter to bring its total haul […]

BY ZACHARY STIEBER | EPOCH TIMES An increasing number of Republican senators are voicing opposition to holding an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats’ ability to swing enough votes for a conviction in doubt. Twenty-nine GOP senators have now spoken out against holding a trial, according to an Epoch Times tally, arguing it’s unconstitutional to try to convict a former office […]

A 17-year-old relative has been arrested in the Indianapolis slaying that left five members of the same family and an unborn child dead, according to local reports. The juvenile, who was not identified, is charged in the murders of Kezzie Childs, 42, Raymond Childs Jr., 42, their 18-year-old son Elijah, 13-year-old daughter Rita, 19-year-old Kiara Hawkins, and her unborn child, “Baby Boy […]

By Steven Nelson | New York Post President Biden on Monday repealed former President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Biden signed the executive order in the Oval Office, saying, “What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform.” He added, “Transgender personnel that’s qualified in every other way can serve their government […]

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man? —Proverbs 20:6 We are often disappointed by the unfaithfulness of people. A family member promises to write, but months go by without a letter. A pastor says he will visit when we are sick, but he doesn’t make it to the hospital or to our […]

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of the year (340 in leap years). Holidays Australia Day (Australia) Christian Feast Day: Alberic Paula Timothy and Titus January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Duarte Day (Dominican Republic) Liberation Day (Uganda) Republic Day (India) History In 1340,  King Edward […]

“Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions,” stated General Douglas MacArthur in Lansing, Michigan, May 15, 1952. Douglas MacArthur was born JANUARY 26, 1880. He commanded in France during World War I. He was superintendent of West Point, 1919-20. In 1930, at age 50, Douglas MacArthurbecame the youngest Chief of Staff of the U.S. […]