The Biden administration has quietly finalized a rule allowing employers to funnel workers’ 401(k) funds into investments that support woke causes that address issues such as climate change and diversity.

The Labor Department approved the rule last week, just two days before the Thanksgiving break. It will affect roughly 150 million workers and $10 trillion in assets covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

The rules also remove a restriction blocking employers from using an ESG fund as a default option for workers automatically enrolled in 401(k) plans. That means workers could be supporting causes that don’t align with their political views.

It also rescinds Trump-era regulations that require retirement plan administrators and asset managers to choose investments based solely on participants’ financial interests.

House Republicans are refining their investigation of major tech companies, as the lawmakers preparing to take charge aim to unearth hidden censorship operations of Big Tech platforms and social media websites.


Top targets for investigation include: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, TikTok and YouTube, according to a source familiar with the House Judiciary Committee’s strategy.


Thank our Father in heaven!

Elon Musk on Wednesday said that Twitter has meddled in elections, lending credence to critics who say social media platforms have immense power to control politics in the U.S. and around the world.

Mr. Musk has pledged to lift the lid on how the company has made censorship decisions, which his detractors have characterized as necessary to keep the platform safe.

“The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself,” Mr. Musk said Monday on Twitter. “The public deserves to know what really happened.”

The blizzard special effect makes reading posts a nightmare, especially on a phone, especially in dark mode.

Jesus comes with the clouds in Revelation 1:7

Everyone will see Him but everyone will 'mourn'. If you look at other translations, it says, 'wail', 'lament'. It's very very sad event like someone you loved most in the world just died.

If over half of the world's population are Christians, it doesn't make sense. The world should be celebrating, not wailing like someone very close to you just died, it doesn't make any sense!!

What if the vision in Revelation 1:7 was something a lot more ominous like literally, the end of humanity itself?

I just watched the move "Don't Look Up" and Jennifer Lawrence's reaction when they figured what's about to happen is the kind of reaction I pictured in my mind when I read Revelation 1:7

It may have something to do with the 'clouds'. They may not be typical clouds you see in the sky but something far more lethal like the cloud produced by a very large and powerful explosion. Would the 'clouds' be due to a very large impact event such as caused by an asteroid or comet or possibly due to nuclear Armageddon?

Whatever it is, the Lord's coming will seem to bring fatal blow to humanity if everyone would be wailing out of incredible sorrow.

All Christians say that God loves us. However, nobody ever seems to discuss whether he likes us. My parents loved me, but in many ways, it was more important that they liked me; that they were proud of me. I know God loves me, but I also would like to know that he is "well-pleased" with me. I don't just want salvation, I want to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

I don't pose this question as a Catholic. I don't even know if there is a Catholic position on this issue. I am just curious what other Christians, including other Catholics, believe.

All five of the vehicles rented from Hertz — a Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, Ford Expedition and a Jeep Gladiator — caught fire Monday, according to video first obtained by the Nantucket Current. The front ends of the vehicles were reduced to smoldering rubble.

I was looking at a survey that said most Millennials prefer Socialism to Capitalism. I just don’t get it. I can understand having some socialist programs in place in a Capitalist country, but the entire country to be Socialist? I’m not getting this. What it it about socialism that appeals to so many young people?

CONCORD, N.H. — A Democratic state lawmaker convicted in August of repeatedly texting 911 during non-emergencies is now jailed on a stalking charge related to a Facebook post.

I found the following video to be uniquely insightful on a subject that has long intrigued me, and I thought that it might intrigue others as well.

I realize that it's over half an hour long, and most people don't like watching anything much beyond five or ten minutes, but I do believe that it's worth watching, and any opinions on it worth sharing.

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Sam Brinton, the MAN (he/him) who is in charge of securing our nation's nuclear waste material has been caught stealing luggage at the Minneapolis airport.
If biden didn't have a reason to not have someone like this guy in such a sensitive position before, he certainly does now---assuming he cares about our national security.

One note of interest is that a Google search for this story including "CNN" in the search doesn't reveal any stories by CNN about this. Perhaps it doesn't fit their narrative.....

"Sam Brinton, a Biden administration nuclear official, made headlines this week after they were arrested for allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase in Minneapolis airport — and then using it for a month before claiming it was taken by accident.

But it isn’t the first time the 35-year-old nuclear engineer has made the news.

Brinton, who uses they/them pronouns, became one of the federal government’s first gender non-binary officials earlier this year when they took on a role in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy."

This is my dilemma. A little over three years ago my wife died from breast cancer. I desperately want to be with her in heaven. However, our only child, a teenage boy with autism needs me. Fortunately, he is high functioning, he can even drive a car, and he know how to use an iphone better than me. However, he is easily taken advantage of by evil people. I do everything I can to stay healthy, to live as long as possible. I cannot stand the thought of knowing one day I will die, and he will be on earth for about 40 more years without my protection. How will I be able to enjoy Heaven knowing my son is living without my guidance and protection? I live everyday knowing that this day will come, and it horrifies me. Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida prosecutor suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis opened his federal civil trial against the governor Tuesday with testimony that alleged his removal was based on his personal political positions on abortion and transgender rights.

The suspension came as DeSantis, a potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate, joined a wave of Republican opposition to progressive prosecutors who exercise discretion over whether to charge people with what they deem to be low-level crimes.


Does Warren believe that killing babies is a low level crime?

.. They are not of the world just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that you take them out of the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. But they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world ( John 17:14-16 ).

We can only love the world as we are not of the world. We can never love the world by becoming more like the world. This is a delusion that many have shipwrecked their faith on.

It sounds compassionate enough. I will meet the man where he is at by becoming more like him where he is at. I will take the burden of the cross from him, and let him become whoever he wants to become, whoever he identifies himself to be, and then I'll become more of who he wants me to be, to make him more comfortable where he is already at.

I will embrace his style, his sound. I will play his music, watch his movies, develop his speech, and demand others have his and now my social worldview. I will not rustle any feathers, cause not a ripple, or give him any offense. No, I will meet him where he is at, by becoming where he is at, and fill churches with all that is called that. And then I will call it good, very good. And I will call it hate, if others do not hold my point of view. I will then beam with pride, I will beat my chest with admiration, sneer and look down on others who may disagree, and say to myself with satisfaction, " could I have loved them any more?"

Or we can become the world, by becoming the politics of the world, or by fighting with the fire of the world, Keeping the outside of the cup spotless clean, while the inside is filled with dead men's bones. We can become so busy fighting Rome, that we do not see the hearts of its citizens are toppling all around us.

We can dress the right way. Walk the right way, and talk the right way, but never never get ourselves on the right way. We can put on a brave face, put our superman cape on and go out and fight our gallant fight against all the enemies of the land, but yet be like the Pharisees in the end, so busy fighting Rome, and this Galilean who seemed to be fighting them, that they missed it all. Then we can put on our Sunday best. Go to church. Slap each other on the back. And say, " Could we have loved them any more?"

Christ, however, could only love the world as He was distinct from it. He was in it, but not of it. He brought something of heaven into this world. He brought otherness. He brought distinction. "They are not of the world. just as I am not of the world." The true seeker today is looking for a distinction. He said of us we were supposed to reflect that same distinction that was in Him. But I am afraid much of Christianity is only giving the world a blur. They are only giving the world a reflection of itself. But Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavor with what will it be salted? It is therefore good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled under the foot of men ( Matthew 5:13 )

What happens then if we lose that saltiness, that distinction? Men see it of no value and trample it under foot. They do not see the thing they had hoped for. They only see a reflection of the thing they left behind. And to leave them in this bondage is not love. It is to take from them the very cup of cold water they had hoped for, the very thing they had come to see. But if they come upon one in their journey one day that is seasoned with salt, then they see that distinction. Heaven itself is poured out. And in the end, it is that one who has given the traveler what he has really come for. And it is in that moment that he could not have loved him any more.

"The Question: How can you support, and defend, the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic? Answer: You investigate. If there are claims that there is a threat, even if you don't believe there is a threat, you investigate. How else can you determine if there is a threat unless you investigate? You can't. Were there claims of a threat to the Constitution? Yes. Where did these serious claims come from? 100 members of Congress. What was the threat? That there were enemies of the Constitution who successfully rigged the 2020 election. Is this lawsuit about a rigged election? No, it's about the members of Congress who voted AGAINST the investigation thereby thwarting the investigation. Was this a clear violation of their oath? YES."

Hello all!

Sorry for the long post, you can keep scrolling if it's too much.

I'm writing today to ask for advice on how I should go about planting a church. Just to give some backstory, I have been feeling the call to ministry for several years now, and only recently felt confident in it enough to share it with leadership at my church. I have an area that I want to plant a church in, and it's the next city over from where I live. It's a bustling college town of about 70k people, but despite that, there is not a single church there that preaches the gospel. There's only maybe a dozen or so small churches in the area. I have done the research, and examined their websites and statements of faith, and every single one is either universalist, sin affirming, or has major moral issues that are contradictory to the bible or gospel. I have seen the need for a very long time, and have earnestly wanted to reach this community with the gospel that saves, and see the Lord work. This is an abundant harvest with no workers, and I have a heart for them, many are living similar lives to me before Christ saved me. The elders of my church have also seen this need and have been praying for someone to desire to plant a church there for several years, and my pastor was elated when I expressed my interest.

But it is not as simple as saying I want to plant there, be mentored, and then be sent off. It's a big process, and takes more time than becoming a doctor. My church has created a church planting ministry that's now separate from it that has planted a number of churches in the surrounding areas. The process is that they take seminary graduates from around the country, put them through an internship/mentoring program for a year, then a 2 year residency where they get ready to be sent off to start the church. The church is then funded by the church planting organization until they're self sufficient. There's been about 30 people who have gone through the internship program since it started, but there's never been anyone from my church who's gone through it. The guy who runs it all used to be the head pastor of my church but stepped down to run church planting ministry full time.

My biggest concern stems from a conversation that I had with one of the current interns/residents. He gave me a lot of good insight into what's involved with seminary and everything, but he told me that I'd have to be very careful and patient with the internship and residency and getting anything going. He said that I would essentially have to sign a blank check with the memo being where I want to plant a church, and then just let the rest of it play out. He said I would have to essentially play politics with the guy who runs the organization in order to get what I want because he's slow and calculating and often want's things a different way than you anticipated or were hoping. He said him and the other current interns/residents have all had to deal with the same stuff and be careful not to burn the bridges, and that it's actually been a point of contention over the years so much so that of the ~30 people who have gone through the program, only 3-4 actually did something afterward that directly involved the organization's support or involvement because it's that hard to get something going, and many of the interns get impatient and enter ministry another way or on their own.

He also said that I likely would not get much creative freedom in how I structured or ran the church. He said that the guy who runs the organization and is very uptight about the methodology and sees no reason to change it. He even told me that the strategy they were planning to use for the town I want to plant in is to create a carbon copy of my current church. I think this is where I disagree the most and have my biggest doubts of moving forward this way. While my church is successful, it mainly attracts older people and those in middle to upper middle class. There's also not often many converts from people outside of church, many new people are already Christians who moved from other areas. I'm not saying there's no growth at all, but there's clearly not as much from the types of people who make up the area I want to plant in. That area mainly consists younger and lower class people, with a lot of homelessness, drug addicts. It is a city where sin abounds, but contrary to Romans 5, grace is not abounding more. My church mainly preaches sermons that while helpful to believers, would be understandably difficult for someone who's never been to church before and lived in sin their whole life to pick up on and want to come back. If I'm to plant in this area, I would want leeway to differentiate the culture and overall vibe of the church. not in a way that compromises the gospel, but in a way that attracts people with a different culture than those who make up my church. And there would be no reason for this anyway, since these two churches will be located just 20 minutes apart. If people do want what my church has, then they should just go to my church.

And this shows in their current attempts to get something rolling there. While they don't have anyone to spearhead the ministry yet, they are trying to get bible studies going there. They do this in the form of a college ministry that is located on the college campus. They're hoping for this to attract enough students to make up regular Sunday gathering, which would turn into a church. The problem is it's been incredibly unsuccessful. There's currently one college student who attends it, and he's already saves and leads the meetings since you have to have a student in the ministry in order for it to meet on campus. There's 4 other people who go, but they're all out of college and go solely to raise the numbers. The last time someone was saved through it was 8 or 9 years ago. I used to go, and when I did, there were occasional guests, but none of them ever stayed, or came back, and I believe this to be directly due to the studies/messages being geared for the kind of people who go to my church, not the kind of people they are trying to reach. The intern I was speaking to said I'd like to have no choice then to use the plan of using the college ministry to start a church there.

Obviously none of what they are doing is sin, but it makes me concerned as to whether it is a good option for me and for any church that I would plant there. There's been talks about continuing to further separate my church from the church planting organization, and plant this church out of my church rather than the organization, but nothing is in stone. The benefit of that is the new head pastor of my church agrees with my takes on it a lot, and I think would be more flexible with how it is done.

I guess I am just looking for people's thought and opinions on how I should go about this. I know it will be a long time in the making, but I can't see myself being content doing anything else.

Thank you, and God bless.

As #RIPTwitter trends and the media are awash with coverage lamenting the site’s apparently imminent demise, a look at the actual data on Twitter’s usage suggests that the platform is far from dead. While Twitter is losing both employees and advertisers, and a few high-profile celebrities have departed, the platform’s core user base appears to be as engaged as ever — a point Elon Musk himself made recently. What do the numbers tell us?

President Biden‘s shift on energy and foreign policy has sparked outrage. Critics are accusing the administration of hypocrisy for promoting a green agenda domestically while lifting oil sanctions on an adversary and allowing Chevron to resume production in Venezuela.

At least 42 Biden administration officials were sent letters by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee this month requesting testimony from a variety of White House officials.


Those letters primarily dealt with the suspected politicization of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), investigations into U.S. border security, and President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

Initial data from the November 2022 general election indicates more than 25,000 Georgians may have voted illegally in the general election. And the problem appears poised to repeat itself when voters cast their ballots in the state’s runoff election for senator on Dec. 6, 2022. Absent a win by a substantial margin by either Republican challenger Herschel Walker or Democrat incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, litigation, with the potential ordering of a new election, seems likely — a scenario that would have proved disastrous to the country had control of the Senate remained in play.

Dr. Anthony Fauci couldn’t cite any studies that changed his mind about masking against COVID-19 during a recent deposition, according to lawyers who were in the room.


Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director, was among the U.S. officials repeatedly urging people to not wear a mask early in the COVID-19 pandemic unless they were showing symptoms. Among his many public and private statements, he wrote in a Feb. 5, 2020, email that “the typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material.”


About two months later, Fauci and other top officials reversed course and issued widespread masking recommendations, regardless of symptoms.


Asked about the change while under oath on Nov. 23, Fauci couldn’t provide any studies, according to lawyers representing plaintiffs in a case against the federal government.

Three child sex offenders were arrested while attempting to illegally re-enter the U.S. through Texas last week, border officials said Tuesday.


These are just the ones that they actually caught; but they were just here to do the jobs that Americans won't do.

We take that election roll, with perhaps 15 million voters, Florida, for instance, or Texas -- compare every voter against every other voter and address, down to the cell level, and see any differences -- every day!

What do we find?

In a real-life example, this month, we found a county that changed 31,500 zip codes, yet the voter remained at the same address. Curious?

That means the voter did not change their address, continued to receive all their mail, except one item -- a ballot sent from a voter commission.

Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, was accused of taking the luggage from baggage claim at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport on September 16, according to a complaint filed last month.

Governments in nearly a quarter of the world’s nations, including the United States, used force to prevent religious gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new Pew Research Center study says.


Twenty-three percent of world governments employed “arrests and detentions; physical assaults; damage, confiscation or raiding of private property; displacements of people from their homes; or killings” to enforce restrictions on religious gatherings in the first year of the pandemic, according to Pew’s “How COVID-19 Restrictions Affected Religious Groups Around the World in 2020” report.