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On the same day Oregon Democrats voted to shield providers and out-of-state minors seeking abortions and gender-affirming care, they also voted no to preserving the lives of babies that survive abortions. tiktok.com/t/ZThqUXWSg/

Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was conceived in (statutory) rape, has passed away. Many don’t realize that he was once passionately #prolife. Sadly, that changed when he ran for President on the Democratic ticket in 1984. In 1975 he helped establish what is now Care Net (@inspirelifenow), a network of thousands of life-saving, life-changing pregnancy care centers. He even worked with Ruth Graham, wife of Rev. Billy Graham, to try to pass a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. Here are Jackson's words from a 1973 Jet Magazine article on abortion in the Black community: "Abortion is genocide. If people use preventive measures to stop the life process from originating, I can buy that…But if they get carried enough away to set the baby in process, they must get carried enough away to accept the responsibility of the baby. And I don't want to hear this bit about babies not really living until the baby has a face and the doctor smacks it and it cries. Anything growing is living...If you got the thrill to set the baby in motion and you don't have the will to protect it, you're dishonest…But you don't try to stop reproducing and procreating human life at its best. For who knows the cure for cancer won't come out of some mind of some Black child?" Though he did a complete 180 on the injustice of abortion, these (selected) words were truth. Abortion IS genocide, no matter the beautiful hue of skin. My hope is that before Rev. Jackson’s passing, the civil rights leader – who initially fought the evils of racism and oppression with courage – truly knew the Savior who sets us all free. #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory

John Quincy Adams collapsed at his desk in the House of Representatives on February 21, 1848 — because at age 80, a former U.S. president was still fighting daily political battles most men half his age refused to touch. By then, Adams had already done what almost no president does. After losing the White House in 1828, humiliated by Andrew Jackson and dismissed as politically finished, he didn’t retire. In 1830, he ran for Congress — and won. For the next 17 years, he served as a Massachusetts representative, becoming the only former president in American history to return to federal office after his presidency. But Adams didn’t choose quiet committee work. He chose the most explosive issue in America: slavery. In 1836, the House passed the “gag rule,” automatically blocking any petitions related to slavery without discussion. Southern lawmakers wanted the issue buried. Adams did the opposite. Almost daily, he stood on the House floor presenting anti-slavery petitions — sometimes hundreds at a time — forcing debates the chamber had voted to silence. Members shouted him down. Some tried to censure him. In 1842, a group of representatives formally attempted to condemn him for provoking sectional conflict. Adams turned the proceedings into a political trial, defending the right to petition under the First Amendment. The censure failed. Then came the case that reshaped his legacy. In 1841, at age 73, Adams personally argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Amistad case, defending African captives who had seized control of a Spanish slave ship. Speaking for nearly four hours, he framed the case as a test of the nation’s founding principles. The Court ruled in favor of the captives, granting their freedom. He never stopped working. By the late 1840s, Adams was frail, nearly deaf, and often exhausted, but he continued attending sessions and voting. On February 21, 1848, while the House debated honoring Mexican War officers, Adams rose to vote. Moments later, he suffered a massive stroke at his desk. As he was carried out of the chamber, witnesses recorded his final words: “This is the last of earth. I am content.” He died two days later in a room inside the Capitol. John Quincy Adams didn’t rebuild his reputation with speeches or memoirs. He did it the hard way — by returning to power without the presidency, picking the most dangerous fight in American politics, and staying in the arena until his body gave out on the House floor.

An important read!

The deeper problem is the category itself. “Interracial marriage” presumes something Scripture does not: that humanity is divided into biological races that carry moral significance. Scripture does not teach this. Biology does not support it. There is one human race, made in the image of God (Acts 17:26). open.substack.com/pub/virgilwalk…

“So people quote Abraham Lincoln, ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people.’ They forget he’s quoting Theodore Parker in the 19th century, who was quoting of all people, John Wycliffe in the 13th century. And Wycliffe is saying, when we put the Bible in the hands of ordinary people, then you have a chance of government, of the people, by the people, for the people, because the Bible will be the foundation for self-government and self-rule. And without that, freedom will be impossible.” - Oz Guinness HT: washingtonstand.com/commentary/os-…

We are counting on Congress to stand strong on Hyde.

Americans United for Life would like to remind @realDonaldTrump, @HouseGOP, & @SenateGOP that Hyde is Non-Negotiable. aul.org/2026/01/06/ame…

What we need is more Hyde.

This Executive Order from President Trump, from less than a year ago, seems relevant today: whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Respect.

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Ain’t no love in Oklahoma. 😉 #CFBPlayoff | #RollTide

The Biden FDA used Covid as an excuse to eliminate the in-person doctor visit. But the in-person visit was essential to determine the age of the unborn child, rule out ectopic pregnancies, and ensure that women were not being coerced into abortion. thefederalist.com/2025/12/17/end…

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“The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this.” – C. S. Lewis

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Yesterday at church the Bible readings started on page 66-67 of the missal, and my 5-year-old went absolutely nuts repeating "six seven" like 10 times. And now I think we need to make this narrow exception to the first amendment and ban these numbers forever.

Abortion isn't "healthcare.” It’s the violent end of a unique, irreplaceable human life, made in God's image from the moment of conception.