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Catholics have a new pope: Leo XIV. Most of the cardinals who elected him were appointed by Pope Francis, and at first glance, the new pontiff appears to share much with his predecessor. But it’s early yet. Catholics should pray that Leo charts a very different course. The reason is simple: The Catholic Church finds itself locked in a battle against three hostile ideologies — globalism, Islam, and communism. And right now, it’s losing on all fronts.

Pope Francis earned the nickname the “People’s Pope,” a title meant to suggest he championed ordinary Catholics. In truth, he aligned more closely with the globalist left. He openly opposed President Trump’s push to restore American borders and criticized similar efforts by European nations to reclaim their sovereignty. Under Francis, the Church’s advocacy of open borders helped dismantle Western Christendom by encouraging the mass migration of Muslims into Europe. Many of these migrants view their secularized Christian hosts with contempt. European leaders, meanwhile, steeped in guilt and detached from the virtues of their own civilization, capitulated. The result: rape, murder, and a continent sinking into self-loathing. Only a radical reformation can pull Europe back from the brink.

Communism and Christianity cannot coexist. The new pope must say so — clearly, unambiguously, and without fear.

Francis also failed pastorally. Faced with the ongoing sexual abuse crisis that has haunted the Church for decades, he refused to lead with transparency or justice. When he became pope, he had the chance to hold predatory priests accountable for their demonic crimes and restore trust among the faithful. Instead, he did next to nothing. His silence signaled to the hierarchy that abuse could still be covered up, even tolerated. That betrayal deepened the wounds of a Church already in crisis and demoralized millions of believers.

Pope Leo XIV now has a moment to break with the past. He must act swiftly and decisively. The Church cannot afford another papacy of retreat and complicity.

A disgraceful bargain

In December 2017, Pope Francis appeared on Italian television and publicly questioned the traditional wording of the Lord’s Prayer. The closing line — “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4) — is a direct teaching from Christ. Francis asked, “What kind of Father would lead his children into temptation?”

That question revealed a deeper confusion. The line reflects not divine cruelty but the profound gift of human freedom. God grants mankind free will — the ability to choose between good and evil, between virtue and temptation. The Lord’s Prayer acknowledges that freedom and asks God to help us navigate it. Pope Francis, it seems, struggled to grasp this. His discomfort with the line suggests a broader discomfort with the idea that freedom comes with moral risk — and that risk, in turn, calls for responsibility, discipline, and faith.

At the same time, Francis sent disgraced pedophile Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to Beijing to negotiate a secret deal with the Chinese Communist Party. That deal handed partial control of the Church in China to the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, a CCP-run front established in 1957 to suppress Christianity and replace it with a state-approved imitation.

Religious freedom in communist China remains a fiction. Teaching the faith to children is effectively banned. The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association exists not to protect believers but to pacify the Vatican and deceive the West. It offers a false promise of coexistence — as long as Catholicism conforms to state-imposed restrictions. Some call this process the “Sinicization” of the Church. A more accurate term would be its communization.

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The CCP has not simply demanded obedience — it has altered doctrine and replaced sacred symbols. The crucifix — central to the Christian faith as a reminder of Christ’s suffering — has been replaced in churches with portraits of Xi Jinping. That’s not contextualization. That’s desecration.

McCarrick, a despicable character to be sure, traveled to China at least three times to help broker the Vatican’s secret agreement with the CCP. Those negotiations produced disturbing compromises: among them, a shared arrangement where the Vatican and the Communist Party jointly approve bishops. Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong has condemned the deal as a betrayal of faithful Chinese Catholics — many of whom spent their lives resisting communist persecution.

Even Pope Francis acknowledged that the agreement would cause suffering. He was right. Since its implementation, the CCP’s Ministry of State Security has “disappeared” at least 15 bishops who refused to submit to party rule. Their whereabouts remain unknown.

But the suffering extends further — to millions of Chinese parents forbidden from teaching their children about Jesus. Families must wait until their children turn 18 before they can legally attend church, at which point they don’t approach the altar as supplicants to God but as subjects of the Chinese Communist Party. This forced delay in faith formation is not only spiritually damaging — it is deeply humiliating. It turns the act of worship into a form of ideological submission.

No more submission

Some may argue that Chinese Catholics are better off with a compromised, state-approved church than with no church at all. Pope Francis may have reasoned that accepting the replacement of the cross — the profound symbol of Christ’s suffering — with portraits of the Chinese Communist Party’s first secretary was a small price for institutional survival.

But allowing an atheistic regime to oversee Christian worship amounts to cruelty disguised as prudence. It undermines the very purpose of the church. There is something profoundly demoralizing to the entire world to watch the Holy Roman Catholic Church behave in such a craven manner.

Pope Leo XIV must draw a clear line. He must reject every agreement with the Chinese Communist Party that surrenders human freedom in exchange for bureaucratic recognition. The freedom of conscience, the freedom to worship, and the freedom to speak the truth — these stand at the heart of the Christian mission. In China, the underground church continues to bear witness to that mission. Its members worship in secret, often at great personal risk, defying a regime that demands their silence and obedience. Their defiance reveals a faith rooted in courage and dignity.

The CCP’s version of Catholicism, by contrast, fuses materialism, Maoism, and political submission. No Catholic worthy of the name should pretend that such a hybrid represents anything but ideological fraud. Communism and Christianity cannot coexist. The new pope must say so — clearly, unambiguously, and without fear.

What should alarm the faithful most is the Vatican’s submission to totalitarian rule. Instead of forming a bulwark against tyranny, the Catholic Church has, through its secret pact with Beijing, told its flock to put Caesar before God. That message contradicts the very heart of the faith. The Vatican must repeal its secret agreement with the Chinese Communist Party and make public its contents. Only then can the world see clearly the extent of the CCP’s repression — and the Church’s role in enabling it.

The disaster in China offers a painful reminder: While Christ is king and has conquered sin, Satan still rules the world (John 14:30). That truth remains central to Christian belief. It underscores man’s constant dependence on God — and Satan’s persistent effort to pull mankind away. In China’s repression of believers, its sponsorship of Islamic terrorism, its support for Iran’s nuclear program, and its vicious treatment of its own people, Satan’s fingerprints remain obvious and unhidden.

Catholics and all Christians should pray that Pope Leo XIV receives the grace to lead boldly and reject the globalist path of his predecessor. As an American, he might take inspiration from the words of Thomas Jefferson: “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” That counsel has never been more urgent. May the new pope heed it.

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On a recent episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” Glenn interviewed Vice President JD Vance over a range of topics, including Trump’s history-making trip to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, Europe’s social media censorship plans, potential spending cuts in the final version of the “big, beautiful bill,” Trump’s plan to slash regulations on AI and energy companies, why staying ahead of China on AI is a matter of life and death, and, finally, the Vatican’s role in global politics.

In their conversation on the Vatican, Vance, who is scheduled to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration this weekend alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, revealed a fact about the Vatican few know.

“Why does the pope matter so much to the world … beyond faith and religion?” Glenn asked.

“He is the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, and so there is just a lot of soft influence, right? He doesn’t have a military; he doesn’t have an army, but he does have a lot of influence,” said Vance.

“I think we won a majority of Catholics in the last election, but a lot of those Catholics continue to vote Democratic, and so there is just a natural influence in having the ear of 1.4 billion faithful people, including 100 million or so in the United States,” he continued.

However, it’s not just the Catholic people who are influenced by the pope; global leaders are listening as well.

“You don’t see a lot of headlines about this, but the Vatican has already played a very constructive role in some of the peace conversations that we’ve been having all over the world,” says Vance. “They’ve been trying to facilitate negotiations between the Russians and the Ukrainians; they’ve been trying to facilitate other peaceful negotiations between various countries.”

“They have the ear of those Catholics, but then they also have an ability to use that soft power to play a mediating role in some of these disputes. So while the Pope doesn’t have an F-35 standing behind him, he does have the prayers of a lot of faithful Catholics, and that matters when you try to insert yourself into these conversations,” Vance continued.

Vance added that he and President Trump “welcome that engagement” from the Vatican, as ending wars and promoting peace are pillars in the Trump agenda.

To hear the full interview, watch the clip above.

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In the modern West, “scientific proof” is considered the gold standard for separating truth from falsehood. The popular belief is that if you don’t have scientific proof of something, then it doesn’t exist or is just a matter of subjective opinion.

This is a viewpoint known as “scientism,” which holds that “science” is the only (or the best) means of discovering truth.

‘The entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge and would be total chaos if any of the natural “constants” were off even slightly.’

But there are many truths about the world that are outside the realm of science. For example:

• Philosophical truths (such as the laws of logic)
• Moral truths (murder is an evil act)
• Historical truths (Columbus set sail in 1492 to discover a sea route to Asia)
• Aesthetic truths (sunsets are beautiful)

So when it comes to providing reasons to believe that God exists, we need not limit ourselves to scientific evidence.

We can appeal, for example, to the existence of objective morality (as C.S. Lewis did in “Mere Christianity”), to religious experience, or to Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.

Nonetheless, there is powerful scientific evidence that points to God’s existence, and we’ll discuss two lines of this evidence below.

One final caveat before we proceed relates to the term “proof.” Merriam-Webster defines proof as evidence that “compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact.” This is the everyday meaning of “proof,” in the sense of demonstrating something beyond any doubt.

It’s important to note, however, that science is unable to provide this level of assurance. As the philosopher Karl Popper famously argued, scientific theories can’t ultimately be proven or confirmed because other theories and observations may arise later that explain a phenomenon better. Thus, most leading scientists today recognize that scientific explanations are always provisional and may be modified or replaced in the future.

This is important to understand because science always deals with probabilities rather than proof. Some piece of scientific evidence can point to God’s existence and make it more probable, but scientific evidence can’t conclusively demonstrate that God exists. It’s simply beyond the purview of science to give us definitive proof about anything.

The evidence we’ll discuss below provides solid reasons to believe that God exists, but it can’t prove beyond any doubt that God exists. Science is incapable of reaching that high bar.

The existence of the universe

The most widely accepted account of how the universe came into existence is the standard Big Bang model. Based on a number of different scientific observations, physicists have concluded that the universe sprang into existence out of nothing about 14 billion years ago.

The most immediate question that comes to mind in light of this account is: Who or what caused the Big Bang?

Significantly, the standard model holds that all space, matter, energy, and time suddenly came into existence — from nothing — with the Big Bang. This means that whatever brought the Big Bang about is beyond space and time, immaterial, personal (this being made a decision to create), and unbelievably powerful. Of course, this is an excellent description of many of the attributes of God.

Who else but God could have brought a universe into being?

Some scientists have proposed alternative scenarios seemingly designed to avoid an absolute beginning of the universe, but none have proven persuasive enough to replace the standard model. While scientific theories, as we’ve noted, are always subject to change, the Big Bang as currently understood certainly points to the existence of God.

The fine-tuning of the universe

Although the fact that the universe exists at all is remarkable, another fascinating aspect of the universe is that it is fine-tuned for the existence of life.

Some examples include:

The strength of gravity: The strength of gravity is determined by the gravitational constant. If gravity were significantly stronger, stars would burn out much faster, leaving less time for life to develop. On the other hand, if gravity were much weaker, stars might not form at all, preventing the creation of essential elements for life.

The cosmological constant: This constant relates to the expansion speed of the universe. If it were just a little bit larger, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for galaxies and stars to form. Conversely, if it were smaller, the universe might have collapsed back on itself before life had a chance to emerge.

The strong nuclear force: This force holds together the protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus. If it were slightly weaker, protons and neutrons wouldn’t stick together, making complex atoms impossible. Without complex atoms, the chemical diversity necessary for life wouldn’t exist. If it were stronger, protons could potentially bind to each other more readily, which could lead to a universe without stable hydrogen, an essential element for life.

The size and distance of the Earth from the sun: Earth’s position in the solar system is in what scientists call the “Goldilocks Zone,” where it’s not too hot and not too cold, allowing for liquid water to exist on its surface. The size of Earth also ensures that it has the right gravity to retain an atmosphere suitable for life without being too strong to inhibit the mobility of organisms.

Those unfamiliar with the evidence for fine-tuning will sometimes claim that it’s a concept held only by Christians or theists. Yet, scientists who claim no religious affiliation or are openly agnostic or atheist acknowledge this fact about the universe.

Fred Hoyle, an eminent physicist and agnostic, stated, “A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature.” In his book “A Brief History of Time,” the late Stephen Hawking wrote, “The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life.” Physicist P.C.W. Davies, also religiously unaffiliated, insists that “the entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural ‘constants’ were off even slightly.”

The existence and fine-tuning of numerous constants and parameters of the universe is unexpected and mysterious if naturalism is true. But it makes perfect sense if Christianity is true, and God desired to create beings He could have a relationship with.

Although acknowledging the provisional nature of science, there are good scientific reasons to believe that God exists, and these reasons seem to grow stronger the more we learn about the universe.

This article is adapted from a post that originally appeared on the Worldview Bulletin Substack.

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Sorry (not sorry), progressives and liberal media: Pope Leo XIV isn’t here to rewrite the gospel and edit the Bible to fit your agenda.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, progressives exhaled in cautious hope. Maybe — just maybe — Leo would accelerate the Catholic Church’s liberal evolution as the heir to Pope Francis’ attitude of inclusion.

They want Christians who are obedient to the progressive, globalist overlords — not Christ.

But that hope is quickly turning to frustration as reality sets in: Pope Leo XIV isn’t going to oblige liberals.

Take, for example, Pope Leo XIV’s views on the LGBTQ agenda. Just hours after Leo became pope, the Guardian raised alarm (i.e., clutched pearls) after finding video of Leo standing against the progressive spirit of the age while endorsing biblical ethics on sexuality and life.

In that video, Pope Leo XIV condemned abortion, euthanasia, and LGBTQ ideology while observing how the mass media push an anti-Christian agenda.

“Western mass media is extraordinarily effective in fostering within the general public enormous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel – for example abortion, homosexual lifestyle, euthanasia,” Leo said, before blasting the media for creating “sympathy for anti-Christian lifestyles choices” in such a way that “when people hear the Christian message, it often inevitably seems ideological and emotionally cruel.”

But this is how the Guardian reported it: “Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics.”

In other words: A Catholic priest saying Christian things is problematic.

To be fair to progressives and the legacy media, I don’t think they’re personally upset at Pope Leo XIV (yet). After all, no one yet knows how he will lead the Catholic Church.

Instead, they’re upset that Christianity still means something and that faithful Christians refuse to capitulate to their agenda.

They want a church that shifts with the spirit of the age. Christians who bow to cultural pressure. A religion that nods along with whatever the editors at the New York Times or MSNBC decide is morally right in 2025. They want the church to extract itself from its ancient roots. They want Christians who are obedient to the progressive, globalist overlords — not Christ.

Unfortunately for progressives, the Church does not exist to be a mirror of the age. It is a countersign pointing all to King Jesus, who sits at the right hand of the Father. It does not exist to affirm but to transform.

Not only are progressives upset because faithful Christians refuse to conform, but they’re upset because the truth is a light that illuminates their lies.

Pope Leo XIV, then, is exposing the left’s true enemy — God’s truth — and their greatest fear: the disinfectant that wipes away their lies.

Take, for example, Pope Leo XIV’s comments about gender ideology.

“It seeks to create genders that don’t exist, since God created men and women, and trying to confuse the ideas of nature will only harm families and individuals,” he said in 2016. “This campaign, apparently, is going to create a lot of confusion and do a lot of harm. We mustn’t confuse the importance of family and marriage with what others want to create, as if it were a right to do something that isn’t.”

In the era of cancel culture and progressive-enforced speech codes, these comments are not just controversial — they amount to dangerous “hate speech.”

While Pope Leo XIV has not yet faced the full wrath of the progressive mob, his fidelity to traditional Christian ethics is a clear and present threat to the new religion of woke “inclusivity” in which dissension is branded as bigotry and hate.

The great irony, of course, is that as a faithful Christian leader, Pope Leo XIV is neither a bigot nor hate-filled. He preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is rooted in biblical love — the only love that brings peace to our chaotic world.

But to a world that demands affirmation and acceptance of radically anti-Christian ideals, the love of Jesus Christ — which requires obedience and allegiance to his teachings — looks like hate. In this culture, truth sounds like violence and, as Pope Leo XIV himself said, conviction is rebranded as cruelty.

Perhaps, then, this will be Pope Leo XIV’s greatest cultural transgression: He refuses to lie.

He doesn’t pretend that men can become women. He doesn’t endorse the idea that marriage can be anything but a faithful union between one man and one woman. He rejects abortion and the progressive erosion of the family unit. Under Pope Leo XIV’s leadership, the cross will not be replaced with a rainbow flag.

Pope Leo XIV is a shepherd of God’s truth, like it or not.

All Christians should be thankful. Because in an age when so many leaders bend to the whims of the culture wars or equivocate truth, Pope Leo XIV will do something truly countercultural: He’ll stand on God’s word.

Progressives wanted a puppet. Instead, they got a pope.

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The Catholic Church’s papal transition is set to draw to a celebratory close on Sunday morning in Vatican City. According to Sky News, officials are expecting nearly a quarter of a million people to pack St. Peter’s Square to celebrate the papal inauguration. Millions more are expected to watch across the world.

The holy Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. local time, 4:00 a.m. ET. For those looking to follow along, the Vatican has prepared a booklet for the Mass in pdf form. The American-based Catholic television network EWTN has been broadcasting live from Rome since the death of Pope Francis hours after he was driven through St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. The network is planning to carry the inaugural Mass for Pope Leo live on YouTube, which can be seen below.

Catholic News Agency has prepared a list of the key moments to look for during the celebration. Highlights include a prayer at the tomb of St. Peter, a procession led by deacons holding the signs of papal authority — the pallium, gospels, and fisherman’s ring — an “act of obedience and fidelity of the universal Church to the new pope,” and the rite of initiation of the pontiff, where the new pope will receive his pallium and ring.

Dignitaries from around the world are expected at the celebration, including a delegation from the United States led by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are practicing Catholics.

As the world celebrates the first American pope, many Catholics from the United States are hopeful about what’s to come. Bill Donohue, president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told Blaze News, “I would like to hear Pope Leo XIV speak about the multiple challenges awaiting his pontificate. This would surely entail speaking about contemporary moral issues and addressing the problems that militant secularism has wrought.”

Donohue continued, “He does not have to lay out a specific agenda, but we need to learn of his vision for the Church and where he wants to take us.”

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Like transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology, geo-engineering is another one of man’s dangerous attempts to play God.

By manipulating Earth’s climate via scattering particles to block sunlight or sucking carbon from the air, it gambles with nature’s delicate balance, inviting consequences we can’t possibly predict.

Lead researcher and founder of GeoengineeringWatch.org Dane Wigington, however, has dedicated his life to exposing and halting covert climate engineering operations. On a recent episode of “Back to the People,” he told Nicole Shanahan the wild story of how he became one of the world’s most vocal critics of geo-engineering — an insidious threat most know nothing about.

Many years ago, Wigington built an off-grid home powered by solar, wind, and hydro energy in a remote area near Lake Shasta in Northern California. Everything was going great; his home was even featured in a major renewable energy magazine, celebrating his expertise in sustainable living.

But one day, something changed: His solar panels began losing a huge amount of power. Given his professional background in solar energy, Wigington knew that the culprit couldn’t possibly be natural.

After extensive research, he found the answer in his rainwater: It had aluminum in it — toxic levels that rose dramatically over an 18-month period.

Aluminum, Wigington explained, “is abundant in the Earth’s strata; it does not exist in free form naturally — period. If it’s in free form, it’s been mined and refined and dispersed.”

In other words, climate engineering programs, specifically in the field of solar radiation management, were likely spraying aluminum nanoparticles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the planet, which is deeply problematic considering “aluminum is toxic to all life forms.”

The rainwater is “killing virtually all soil microbiome. … Our forests are completely imploding, not just in Northern California — the entire North American West Coast and most places around the world, and they blame that on beetles or a pest,” says Wigington, but “that’s a symptom of a sick, dead, dying tree and ecosystem.”

“We have too many agencies trying to protect their paychecks and pensions and not willing to tell the truth.”

And that truth is: Geo-engineering, which is marketed as a means of mitigating climate change, is actually causing it.

“It’s speeding up drying,” even though “the goal is to block out the sun to keep the land from heating,” echoes Nicole.

“That’s exactly what’s happening,” says Wigington. “Climate engineering under the stated goal of mitigating the thermal energy buildup of the planet is actually exacerbating it, making a bad situation worse — pushing us from the frying pan into the fire.”

To hear more of the conversation, including details about Wigington’s documentary “The Dimming” that exposes the dark underbelly of the geo-engineering world, watch the episode above.

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Nineties nostalgia is big these days.

Some are into the music. Distorted guitars and drum sets. Something more human than samples and synths.

People dressed better in the ’90s. Even considering grunge culture, people dressed better. There were no Crocs in 1994.

Some are into the clothes. Old Polo Ralph Lauren on one hand and grungy baggy jeans on another. From time to time, I see young people crossing the street, and those memories of the JNCO years come rushing back.

Reflections of an unrepentant nostalgist

I’ve been an unrepentant ’90s nostalgist for quite some time now. My argument on behalf of the ’90s predates Zoomer nostalgia. It’s interesting to witness the rise of ’90s nostalgia among young people. It feels like watching others catch up to what I already knew. It’s a rare case of feeling culturally vindicated.

What is happening? People never like what I like.

Of course, it will be short-lived. Trends go as quickly as they come. People are fickle. That’s OK, it’s just the nature of things. But the rise of ’90s nostalgia isn’t just irrational sentimentalism.

Nineties nostalgia makes sense. The ’90s were indeed better.

Better problems

There are always detractors. There are those who respond, “The ’90s weren’t that great, you know. It wasn’t all perfect. It wasn’t utopia or anything.” That’s true, it wasn’t utopia. There is no utopia. No one is saying it was utopia. The straw man argument can be dismissed.

Yes, there were problems in the ’90s. Urban crime, for one. There was a darkness to the grunge scene. Cubicle culture was as stultifying as ever.

There was an ennui looming somewhere underneath everything in the wake of the Soviet Union collapsing. With our enemy on the other side of the world vanquished, where did that leave us? Who were we without a formidable enemy? The end of history was here.

Yes, these were problems in the ’90s. But here’s the crucial point: None of those problems came close to what we’re dealing with today.

Is the darkness of grunge really worse than the absolute nihilism we see among our young people today? No. There was, actually, some kind of vital rage to grunge. Brain-rot culture of 2025 is some kind of unholy combination of “Idiocracy” and “Brave New World.”

Same for office malaise. Yes, more of us may work from home, but those homes are often as sterile as the buildings they replaced. Slack email jobs for people with no kids, two cats, and Netflix every night. Don’t forget DoorDash, vasectomies at 26, and sleep health. Grim.

Bad to worse

Our society today is far more anti-social than the society of the ’90s. People are lonelier. More people avoid marriage or even dating. There are fewer children being born.

There are more suicides. More overdoses. More sexual dysfunction. More mental illness. More prescription drugs. The culture is more disgusting. The music is less human. The clothing is more dehumanizing.

Yes, there were problems in the ’90s, but the problems are worse today.

Lament of a ’90s kid

I remember; I was around in the ’90s. I wasn’t an adult, I was a kid. And, of course, children never know what is really going on, but I do remember what life was like.

I know that there was not one bit of gender destruction going on in school. I know that not a single person in my entire childhood claimed to be a boy when she was actually a girl. I know that no one in 6th grade had unfiltered access to anything resembling the psychotic internet of 2025.

I know that almost no one was on antidepressants in high school. I know what it was like, and it wasn’t like today. I know that with my children, I have to look out for everything my parents had to look out for, plus a bunch of other stuff.

People dressed better in the ’90s. Even considering grunge culture, people dressed better. There were no Crocs in 1994.

People didn’t wear pajama pants everywhere. In high school, pajama day was some weird one-off during spirit week. The lowest of the low was ripped jeans and T-shirts. Girls wore makeup more. Guys shaved more.

There was a general thrust of society that led to girls wanting to look pretty and guys wanting to look handsome. There were more songs about love. The movies were, largely, about adults and life, not super heroes and other banalities. All of this is historical fact.

Kids today

Nineties nostalgia, for those of us who were alive then, is a little less interesting than ’90s nostalgia found among the Zoomers. For us olds, it’s real in a way it just isn’t for the Zoomers.

They are longing for a world they never knew. They are imagining a place they have only seen in photos and videos. And it’s the aesthetic of those photos and videos they love.

Handheld-recorder aesthetic with date and tracking problems is a vibe. It’s not Super 8 midcentury. It’s Sony camcorder 1997. Something — anything! — less sterile than a straight iPhone photo. That’s the meaning of that aesthetic memory.

Were the ’90s the greatest decade? No. Of course not. There is no greatest decade. Some argue that history has a fixed trajectory and that every decade is worse than the previous one. It’s a compelling argument. I can’t say it’s entirely wrong, though spending too much time thinking about that might lead to depression.

So close, so far

But why the nostalgia for the ’90s and not the ’80s? Or the ’70s? Or the ’50s? Or the ’20s?

Because the ’90s were the end and the closest we can get. The final sputters of the 1900s. The end of the other world. Yes, there have been many ends, but the ’90s were really the final gasp. The last chopper out of Vietnam. That flip from 1999 to 2000 was the final nail in the coffin.

The ’90s feel like an alternative reality. It was modern then. Looking back on 1994 isn’t like looking back at 1924. 1924 feels ancient. We can’t really wrap our heads around living then. But 1994 is near us.

The cars, the houses, the technology, the medical advancement, the people, the language, the way of life. It all feels very familiar. It really feels like yesterday, even for the Zoomers who weren’t there. It feels like we can almost reach out and grab it. It feels like we can almost get there from here.

It feels like today, but better.

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An independent researcher who has devoted his time to exploring a location near Mount Ararat that is believed by some to be the remains of Noah’s ark is speaking out.

Andrew Jones, who runs Noah’s Ark Scans, a group he described as “a loose organization of individuals interested in pursuing scientific work and promoting [the ark site],” said he became interested in the Genesis flood story when he was a child.

‘We have the shape, we have the location matching, we have the length matching exactly in the Bible.’

Years later, in college, this intrigue expanded when he visited Turkey and saw the location for himself.

“I’ve been going back and forth ever since,” he said.

Jones said Noah’s Ark Scans works with scientists to explore the Mount Ararat site in an effort to take steps toward discerning whether it truly is the resting place of the massive biblical vessel.

“This last year, we had an Australian soil scientist come out there, and he suggested a soil test that we could do because we noticed, for example, that the grass growing in this boat formation was a different color than right outside the boat object,” he said. “So [he] and the local Turkish geologists designed a test, and they got the samples, and we got some … really interesting results.”

One of the central questions surrounding the ark site is why, if it’s believed to potentially hold these remains, it has taken so long to do discernible and definitive research.

Jones said a series of issues have held up that process.

“We are just as interested as anyone else in either proving or disproving what this site is,” he said. “There’s many factors involved — some are politics. So this is Eastern Turkey. You do have issues out there that could affect doing scientific work. Then, you have religious issues.”

From Christian claims to Islamic ones, there’s a “competition” of sorts surrounding the story. Mixing that in with a lack of interest in some quarters, among other factors, has created barriers.

“If you’re going to pursue a scientific investigation to this site, you have to work with a local university, which means you need to find a university and professors who are willing to put their career on the line looking for Noah’s ark, which, even for Islamic scholars, that could be a problem,” Jones said. “People think you’re crazy looking for something like this. And so, yeah, it’s very difficult.”

But Jones said he and others continue pushing on, working with local authorities and international partners to analyze and explore the area where they believe the vessel might be located.

As for the location, Jones said the Bible gives a “very brief description” in Genesis. In fact, Genesis 8:4 reads, “And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.”

Moses’ description, Jones said, isn’t GPS-specific.

“That’d be like me saying today, ‘Noah’s ark landed in the mountains of Colorado or the mountains of Canada,’” he said. “It is a general area.”

The site where Jones and others are exploring is in this area, he said. The shape of the site reportedly first caught the attention of a Turkish military official decades ago.

“In a remote corner of Turkey, a unique geological formation, unearthed on September 11, 1959, by Turkish Army Captain Ilhan Durupinar, is raising eyebrows and piquing the interest of biblical scholars and geologists alike,” Noah’s Ark Scans writes in a description. “This boat-shaped geological curiosity, commonly referred to as the Durupinar formation, is considered by some to be the final resting place of Noah’s Ark.”

At the time, the discovery made a media splash, and people immediately began heading out to see for themselves. Eventually, though, Jones said the location was almost “forgotten about” until an American named Ron Wyatt started exploring and promoting it in the 1980s and 1990s before his death.

Jones and others have since picked up that mantle, working with experts to collect evidence. He explained the specific components that lead some to believe this is a good contender for the location of the ark.

“Number one, we have a ship shape,” Jones said, noting that the biblical size also lines up. “We have the shape, we have the location matching, we have the length matching exactly in the Bible.”

He continued, “Right now, the only tests that we can do are non-destructive-type of tests, like geophysical scans. … GPR, which is … ground-penetrating radar, ERT, which uses electricity and measures the resistive nature [of] what’s below the ground.”

This data is used to create models and to explore what might be inside the soil. So far, he and other researchers believe there are “angular structures” underground and even a “central tunnel” inside the structure that seems to point to something more than a mere mound of dirt.

Eventually, they hope to excavate when the conditions and parameters allow. Right now, using non-destructive means is important. Jones hopes to continue collecting samples and forging on with a plan to better discern what might be underneath the area.

“We’re hoping that before any excavations are even considered, that we could core drill the site at random locations and at some of these spots that the radar is showing to be like [an] angular structure that … possibly won’t be considered natural, so maybe man-made-like walls,” he said. “And some of these voids, this tunnel is going down the middle about 4 meters down.”

These samples, Jones said, would give more information and context to better understand what’s happening inside the site. He’s also hoping to do additional soil testing.

Ultimately, based on the size, shape, and data, he believes that this “has to be the remains” of Noah’s ark. He doesn’t expect it will be fully preserved due to the age and time passed, but he sees the site as the “best candidate” at the current time.

This article originally appeared on CBN’s Faithwire.

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In just three days, Jake Tapper’s phony exposé “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” which he co-authored with Axios’ Alex Thompson, will be released.

If you’ll recall, Tapper was more than happy to regurgitate the mainstream media narrative that Joe Biden was cognitively stable, downplaying and dismissing concerns about his mental acuity and shaming anyone who dared to raise eyebrows. But now that the secret is out and Democrats are no longer in power, he’s cashing in the opportunity to “expose the truth” he knew all along.

“Is Jake Tapper the king of grift?” scoffs “Blaze News | The Mandate’s” Jill Savage.

Blaze Media senior politics editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford, who explored this subject in his recent article “The Great Biden Book War has finally begun,” says that “it’s just incredible” what Tapper and Thompson are trying to do.

“They covered Joe Biden; they covered him for years. Alex was on the campaign at the time. He wrote a lot of stuff about the campaign … but he never at any point wrote about the obvious cognitive decline of the president,” he says.

The same goes for Tapper, who “covered politics from his role as a host at CNN.”

“[Tapper] never once talked about the obvious cognitive decline of the president,” says Bedford. In fact, at one point, he even “[berated] Lara Trump” for questioning Biden’s mental state, claiming she was shaming children with stutters for pointing out Biden’s speech struggles.

But as soon as the cat was out of the bag after Biden’s disastrous career-ending debate against Donald Trump, Tapper and Thompson seized on the chance to pad their wallets. They began conducting interviews with senior Democrats inside and around the White House and Harris’ campaign, collecting stories to corroborate the truth they already knew.

One highlight in the book is that “the administration was considering the use of a wheelchair as soon as the second administration of Joe Biden started … but not before” so as to maintain the illusion of health, says Bedford.

Another anecdote from the book details how Biden aides tried to conceal his “awkward gait” by blaming it on an old injury that had already healed.

Tapper and Thompson are presenting this information as if it’s shocking, but it was abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that Biden was doing “the dead man shuffle,” says Bedford. “He took the kiddie stairs at the back of Air Force One after multiple falls. This is not an inside scoop.”

“How do you think this thing is gonna sell?” asks Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson.

To hear Bedford’s prediction, watch the clip above.

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Oh, Canada!

It’s the country most Americans rarely think of except during hockey season or when pinko celebrities threaten to pull up stakes and move there after an election.

Hey — maybe someday Canadians will be going to India for a better life. To quote Ottawa’s own Alanis Morissette, ‘Isn’t it ironic?’

But lately Canada’s been big news in Yankee-land. Why? Simple: President Donald Trump’s desire to add the True North as America’s 51st state.

With former Canadian leader “Governor” Justin Trudeau out of the picture and new highly educated globalist and Goldman Sachs alum Mark Carney now installed, it’s time to take a look at what to expect if Canada joins up.

As a Canadian, I’m here to show you the icy ropes and separate myth from fact in order to make you incoming American friends feel more welcome and help you integrate to our correct and clearly superior ways.

MYTH: Canada is extremely liberal!

Canada is just super left-wing and even the Democrats in the U.S. are basically more conservative than Canada’s official conservative party. None of Canada’s parties offer any fundamental challenge to things like abortion, same-sex marriage, mass immigration, or extremist woke policies.

FACT: Canada cherishes diverse viewpoints!

Canada has the New Democratic Party (far left in all ways), the Liberals (neoliberal — far left socially), the Conservatives (center left and far left socially), the People’s Party (center right and libertarian), and many additional vibrant parties!

These include the Communist League of Gentlemen, the Rainbow Gender Coalition, the Polycule Collective Party (PCP), the Destroy the Patriarchy (with Fire!) Party, and many smaller highly democratic parties!

Yes, all of them (except for the People’s Party — which also got very few votes this latest election and was viciously defamed by our national media) are what Americans would see as “left wing,” but that’s just because left wing is obviously the only correct belief system for any reasonable person!

If you disagree, we’d love to hear about it as long as you eventually agree with us, while publicly apologizing and vowing to “do better.”

As peace-loving Canadian liberals, we are frightened and confused by how often you Americans are at each other’s throats over mere political differences. We love and respect all of our countryfolx. If you’re here, you’re family. Unless you want to limit abortion in any way, not give out crack pipes in vending machines, or restrict free gender expression.

Sorry. We don’t make the rules (our federally funded news channel CBC does).

MYTH: Canada is overwhelmed by unchecked immigration

Canada is full of people who barely speak English and has become a magnet for economic migrants from all over the world. Walking in many major cities feels like you are in India or China and almost nobody you meet was born here.

FACT: Canada is deliciously diverse, you racist scumbag!

You may have heard Canada has “too many” immigrants. Nonsense — that’s like saying poutine has “too many” cheese curds!

The fact is, as of 2021, over 23% of our population is made up of immigrants — and we’re just getting started! Go into any small town or big city, and you’ll feel a palpable sense of enrichment — and we don’t just mean all the untaxed remittances flying out of the country via the local Western Union.

It’s that magical disorientation you feel when every second person you encounter doesn’t speak English. Does a trip to Loblaws leave you wondering if you’re in Bangalore or Beijing? That’s the multiculturalism working!

Native Canadians may not be having babies (we reject human supremacy), but there are more than enough newcomers to keep the country from thinning out too much. In 2023 alone, we added 1.2 million new Canadians. That’s a 3.2% increase — a rate so high some economists fear we’ve entered a “population trap,” in which masses of newcomers jack up house prices and basic necessities to the point that’s its impossible to raise living standards.

Hey — maybe someday Canadians will be going to India for a better life. To quote Ottawa’s own Alanis Morissette, “Isn’t it ironic?”

MYTH: Canada is overly polite and, well, kinda boring!

Canadians are known for being extremely polite and saying “sorry” (so-rē) a lot. A lot of celebrities and musicians from Canada move to the U.S. because there’s not enough going on here, and red tape and regulation strangles the arts, industrial innovation, business and daily life. Eesh, grim! Thank God it’s entirely false!

FACT: Canada is a laid-back, super fun no-hoser zone!

So you think Canadians are just “Temu Americans”?

In the words of Canuck funnyman Jim Carrey, “Aaaaalrighty then!”

You see, we can’t hear your taunts over this totally epic live Nickelback show at Montreal’s beautiful Bell Centre. Pass me another Molson, eh? Afterward, we might “take off” to Tim Hortons for steaming mugs of maple-flavored coffee and stimulating conversation about parliament.

MYTH: Canada cracks down on free speech

Canada has joined Australia and the U.K. as having some of the harshest restrictions on free speech, online activity, and basic rights of assembly and conscience in the developed world.

The government actively prevented those who declined to get the COVID “vaccine” from leaving the country, while the Toronto Star — one of Canada’s largest newspapers — called them out with the headline “Let them die.”

Canada is also surging ahead with its Medical Assistance in Dying to ensure that euthanasia is offered as a “treatment” option for serious terminal illnesses as well as for chronic mental health issues — including the PTSD afflicting Canadian combat veterans.

FACT: That’s a very hurtful thing to say!

Thanks to bureaucratic reforms by former PM Trudeau, appealing your COVID VACCINE DENIER status and having your internet privileges restored is easier than ever.

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David Zucker helped invent the kitchen-sink approach to film satire.

The co-writer/director of 1980’s “Airplane!” hurled gag after gag at audiences until they couldn’t help but howl. Puns. Sight gags. Pop culture Easter eggs.

He recalls a female studio executive objecting to a bit about a female officer getting a breast reduction to fit into her Kevlar vest.

If one joke didn’t land, the next three would.

Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.
Rumack: I am serious … and don’t call me Shirley.

Zucker added to his legacy with “Top Secret!” (1984), the “Naked Gun” trilogy, and more satirical smashes. Even a rare failure, the six-run episode of 1982’s “Police Squad!” is considered a TV classic following its cruel cancellation.

Now, he wants to share the blueprint behind those laugh-a-minute romps.

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The upcoming “MasterCrash: A Crash Course in Spoof Comedy” lets the comedy legend expound on the tricks of his hilarious trade.

“One thing we learned … is it starts with the characters. The audience has to be invested in your characters,” Zucker says.

The online course came to him after he got rejected by Hollywood, Inc. for his “Naked Gun 4” script.

“Paramount liked it … but suddenly we didn’t hear anything,” Zucker tells Align about the project. “I woke up [one day] to read Seth [MacFarlane of ‘Family Guy’ fame] had come and taken over the franchise.”

The results? “The Naked Gun,” starring Liam Neeson as the son of the character played by Leslie Nielsen in the original trilogy. The reboot/sequel hits theaters in August.

‘There’s a discipline behind it’

Zucker is skeptical of the upcoming film, and that’s putting it mildly.

“[MacFarlane] doesn’t know how to do it. He can do ‘Ted’ and ‘Family Guy,’” Zucker said, cautioning that his signature style (along with collaborators like Pat Proft, the late Jim Abrahams, brother Jerry Zucker, and Mike McManus) is harder than it looks. “It may seem like we’re zany and crazy, but there’s a discipline behind it.”

The course might even inspire the next generation of satirists, assuming they take copious notes.

“You can’t teach people how to write comedy, but you can stop them from wasting time thinking they know how to do it,” he says.

Zucker can laugh about the Paramount snub now. His legacy is secure, and he has faith in his approach to humor. His films age well, including Val Kilmer’s lead turn in “Top Secret!” He doesn’t like being a victim, either.

“I don’t take it myself seriously,” he adds.

“Everywhere I look, something reminds me of her.” Don Bartletti/Getty Images

Joke police

Zucker recalls the dawn of his satirical approach.

“We’d watch serious B movies and dub in our own voices,” he says of his formative years, captured in the ‘70s-era “Kentucky Fried Theater Show” in L.A.

“That stage show was a live laboratory for us to develop our style,” he says of his comic companions. The showcase became 1977’s cult hit “The Kentucky Fried Movie,” helmed by a then-unknown director named John Landis (“Animal House,” “An American Werewolf in London”).

Zucker’s brand of comedy might dabble in blue bits, but he eschews profanity and often works below the R-rated radar. He still ran afoul of the woke mind virus in recent years, particularly while pitching his “Naked Gun 4” script.

The screenplay spoofs the “Bourne” films and “Mission: Impossible” saga far more than police procedurals. It’s his chance to acknowledge the “Naked Gun” legacy while moving on to fresh satirical targets.

He recalls a female studio executive objecting to a bit about a female officer getting a breast reduction to fit into her Kevlar vest.

“It was such a mild joke, and she said, ‘I don’t know if you can do that.’ We just rolled our eyes,” Zucker recalls.

He says audiences are ready, willing, and able to laugh at big-screen comedies again as woke fades to black. Studio boardrooms aren’t on the same page, he adds.

“These are frightened people beholden to stockholders or big-time owners,” he says. It’s one reason he’s going the independent route for his next big-screen comedy, a film noir spoof, “The Star of Malta,” that he hopes to begin shooting in the fall.

Nakedly conservative

He’s also keen on reviving a repurposed “Naked Gun 4” script as his follow-up project.

Zucker’s inimitable style, seen most recently in the “Scary Movie” franchise, isn’t all that sets him apart from his peers.

The 77-year-old is one of the rare openly conservative artists working in Hollywood. He’s hardly as vocal as a George Clooney or Jon Voight on Beltway matters, but he leaned into his political views for the 2008 comedy “An American Carol.” The satire poked fun at Michael Moore and liberal sacred cows.

Hollywood often punishes artists for embracing the right, but Zucker isn’t sure if his views ever dampened his career.

Zucker recalls working with producer Bob Weinstein (Harvey’s younger brother), whom he jokingly describes as “to the left of Castro,” on three “Scary Movie” sequels. (Zucker directed numbers 3 and 4 and co-wrote number 5).

“When it came to hiring a director, he knew that I was able to do it and I could do it well,” he says. “Bob has always been very supportive and always had faith in me. He didn’t care about the politics.”

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May 31, 1997. I was 9 years old and had just hit my first home run for Tampa Bay Little League. After the game, a parent handed me the ball, and I wrote the date on it. Today, that ball still rests on a shelf in my den — a small monument to childhood and a boyhood milestone.

Last week, my 7-year-old son earned the game ball after his own baseball game. He plays in the same league and on the same field where I hit that home run. Naturally, I placed his ball right next to mine.

After our last game, my fellow coaches and I said what we all knew to be true: We’re not just teaching a sport. We’re raising boys into men — through baseball.

As I set his ball on the shelf, I picked mine up. The handwriting made me laugh — so innocent, with a crossed-out word where I had misspelled something. Suddenly, the memories came rushing back: the smell of the concession stand, the taste of my glove laces from chewing them in the outfield, and the voice of that one dad in the bleachers who never liked an umpire.

Then, something else caught my attention. The two baseballs, separated by 32 years, looked exactly the same. Same color. Same stitching. Same weight. Indistinguishable.

For a few minutes, I just stood there, staring at the two baseballs. In that quiet moment, something struck me: In a world where nearly everything feels up for grabs — values, definitions, identities, expectations, even truth — a baseball almost feels like an act of rebellion.

In a culture obsessed with chasing the next big thing, those two identical balls offered a much-needed reminder: Not everything needs to be reinvented or improved. Some things are worth preserving.

If you’re familiar with my work, you know I take pride in celebrating the things that never go out of style — faith, family, and freedom. I cast shade on what’s trendy and shine a bright light on what’s true, good, and beautiful. When the world wobbles, these values steady the ground beneath us. They hold together not just our personal lives but the country itself.

And let’s be honest. The world feels very wobbly right now.

RELATED: ‘The Man in the Arena’ wears red, white, blue — and wins

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Our institutions keep demanding that we reconsider basic truths: that men can become women, that state ideology trumps parental authority, that patriotism poses a threat, that faith offends, and that masculinity is somehow toxic.

Every tradition gets questioned. Every boundary, blurred. Every norm, up for debate.

And yet — there sits the baseball. Quiet. Unchanged. Still exactly where I left it.

That’s not an accident. It points to something deeper, something God has written into the human heart: a longing for the eternal. For stability. For order. For truth that doesn’t shift with the culture.

When I coach my son on the same diamond I played on as a boy, I don’t think about preparing him for the chaos of the world. My job is to anchor him in the things that aren’t chaotic. After our last game, my fellow coaches and I said what we all knew to be true: We’re not just teaching a sport. We’re raising boys into men — through baseball.

We’re teaching them that manhood isn’t a moving target. That marriage is a covenant, not a contract. That freedom comes with responsibility.

Tradition isn’t something to escape. It’s something to inherit, to steward, and to pass on. That’s what fatherhood demands. It’s what citizenship requires. It’s what faith commands.

Despite what modern culture preaches, tradition isn’t about control — it’s about continuity. It’s the through line that links generations, so we don’t get swept away by every cultural trend. Headlines change. They don’t define you.

You’re defined by how you love your family; how you serve your neighbors; how you show up when it’s inconvenient; how you choose courage when convenience would be easier; how you pray when no one’s watching; how you toss the ball around with your kid in the backyard.

The stitching on that baseball never changed; neither did the role of a father; neither did the moral clarity of the gospel; neither did the beauty of a shared meal or the dignity of honest work.

It’s time we return to those things.

In a culture obsessed with change, maybe the wiser path is to focus on what doesn’t. Maybe the real challenge isn’t keeping up with the world — it’s keeping faith with the people and principles that mattered before the world got so loud.

In 1776, North Carolina’s constitution echoed that truth. American founder George Mason wrote, “A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessing of liberty.”

That baseball on the shelf hasn’t changed — neither have the things that matter most.

And I’m holding on tight.

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Audio of Joe Biden’s 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur, long hidden from the public, has finally been released, confirming, in the ears of many conservatives, what the media and Biden allies have long denied: that the president’s cognitive decline was severe. On Friday, Axios’ Alex Thompson published the tapes just days before the release of his new book with Jake Tapper, sparking fresh scrutiny of the Biden presidency — and the media’s role in shielding it.

Hur interviewed Biden as part of his investigation into the alleged storage of classified materials at Biden’s Delaware home in the period between his vice presidency and inauguration as the nation’s 46th president. Hur cited Biden’s mental decline in his decision not to prosecute, writing, “Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

‘The illegal withholding of this audio tape was election interference meant to protect a failing Biden and then Harris campaign.’

At the time, an unnamed Democratic operative called Hur’s characterization of Biden “beyond devastating,” adding, “It confirms every doubt and concern that voters have. If the only reason they didn’t charge him is because he’s too old to be charged, then how can he be president of the United States?”

The sentiment was short-lived as Democrats and allies in the mainstream media quickly shifted to defense of Biden after then-Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to release either the audio recording or transcript of the interview. Later in 2024, the Department of Justice relented and released the transcript after House Republicans took action. The recording of the interview had never been released until Friday.

RELATED: Turley identifies special counsel’s ‘shocking’ admission about evidence against Biden: ‘As good of a case I could imagine’

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Earlier in May, a federal court gave the Trump administration until May 20 to explain how it would respond to plaintiffs seeking the full Biden-Hur audio recordings. That legal deadline just happens to coincide with the release of “Original Sin,” the new book by Axios’ Alex Thompson and CNN’s Jake Tapper.

In an emergency late-night court filing obtained by Blaze News, the Oversight Project — a key plaintiff in the lawsuit — highlighted this timing:

Full disclosure is necessary now. One of the two journalists who (apparently) has the full tape is Alex Thompson of Axios, the man with a clear financial interest in how the audio is portrayed given his forthcoming book with Jake Tapper in which Tapper undergoes a remarkable conversion from having favorably covered President Biden when President Biden was in office to now critically reporting on President Biden.

The filing emphasized that Thompson had reportedly obtained the complete recording but, as of Friday, had released only selected clips — those most favorable to the thesis of his upcoming book. On Saturday, Axios released what it described as the full recording of the interview.

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Oversight Project President Mike Howell told Blaze News, “The media and Biden administration embarrassed themselves trying to deceive the public about Biden’s health.” He added, “The illegal withholding of this audio tape was election interference meant to protect a failing Biden and then Harris campaign. While we are happy we have fulfilled our promise to deliver the tape to the American people, they deserved it long ago. They now deserve accountability and to answer the fundamental question of who was the president the last four years.”

In 2024, the media defenders of the Biden administration, including CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig, argued that withholding the recording was appropriate to protect prosecutorial integrity.

In a piece entitled “The Secret Biden Tape We Shouldn’t Hear,” Honig argued, “As a current member of the media (and of the voting public), I’d like to cast scorn on Garland for his decision to withhold the Hur-Biden audio recording. But as a former prosecutor, I applaud him. We probably won’t ever hear the tape. And that’s for the best.”

Following the unexpected release of the recording, Honig did not respond when contacted by Blaze News for comment. But other media figures, including Honig’s CNN colleague Jake Tapper — Thompson’s co-author — appear to be working to rehabilitate their credibility in light of the tape’s contents.

That response has drawn sharp criticism from conservative media watchdogs. Curtis Houck, managing editor of MRC’s NewsBusters, accused the mainstream press of hypocrisy and opportunism.

“All of these liberal journalists expressing shock or dismay at the audio being released need to be lambasted and mocked,” Houck told Blaze News. “This is a blatant covering of one’s behind and hoping the public isn’t old enough to remember the scorn they heaped at Robert Hur when his report came out.”

Houck further lambasted the mainstream media, “The sadness and/or anger at Joe Biden over hearing him struggle with basic facts about his family is really about that he screwed them out of power in the year of our Lord 2025. This has nothing to do with contrition and the public shouldn’t fall victim to their sorrow now. Sudden distrust in the last four years shouldn’t be confused with genuine contrition and apologies for participating in a generational cover-up.”

RELATED: Justice is coming for Biden’s ‘autopen’ pardons — and Trump’s DOJ just put everyone on notice

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As more is being learned about the operations of the Biden presidency and the institutional cover-up of Biden’s mental decline, Howell told Blaze News that his organization’s fight to uncover what happened will continue: “Transparency and accountability are how our nation will heal. There is no other path.”

Editor’s note: Mike Howell is a contributor to Blaze News.

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Josh Buice, senior pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Georgia, and G3 Ministries’ now-former president, was recently caught in a very strange scandal.

“It’s not the typical scandal where the leader of a church has fallen into some kind of sexual sin; this is a very online scandal,” says Allie Beth Stuckey.

Earlier this month, Buice was placed on indefinite leave from Pray’s Mill Baptist Church and resigned from his position at G3 Ministries when it was discovered that he had been operating multiple anonymous social media accounts, email addresses, and Substack platforms, which he used to attack fellow Christian leaders, including some from his own church, as well as G3 speakers.

Allie was shocked when she heard the news. G3 is a ministry she “[aligns] with on almost everything.” She’s long admired the organization and Buice for standing firm in conservative values as many evangelicals veered left. Back in 2019, she had him on “Relatable,” and in 2020, she even spoke at a G3 Ministries conference.

To discover that Buice has been trolling his own people for years left her, along with many, reeling.

In its official statement, Pray’s Mill Baptist Church said:

In recent weeks, the elders of PMBC uncovered irrefutable evidence that Dr. Buice has, for the past three years, operated at least four anonymous social media accounts, two anonymous email addresses, and two Substack platforms. These accounts were used to publicly and anonymously slander numerous Christian leaders, including faithful pastors (some of whom have spoken at G3 conferences), several PMBC elders, and others. These actions were not only sinful in nature but deeply divisive, causing unnecessary suspicion and strife within the body of Christ, and particularly within the eldership of PMBC.

The statement also highlighted that Buice had been “asked on multiple occasions” if he had any connection to the accounts but always “denied any knowledge of them.” Only after “comprehensive evidence emerged linking the accounts directly to him” and much “pleading” from PMBC elders did Buice finally “confess to his actions.”

“I’m impressed by the persistence of G3 leadership to get him to bring these things to light, because it would have been a lot easier for them, especially PR-wise, to pretend that this didn’t happen, to brush it under the rug,” says Allie, but “they did the harder thing — they pushed him to give the honest answer and then they showed transparency to the public.”

To hear more about the scandal, watch the episode above.

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner calls himself a progressive reformer, but his policies — especially those that give illegal aliens special treatment in criminal cases — endanger public safety and weaken the rule of law.

Because of that threat, the Immigration Reform Law Institute has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department to investigate Krasner and these reckless practices. By pushing for “immigration-neutral” outcomes instead of equal justice, Krasner not only corrupts the legal process but also puts Philadelphia residents in harm’s way.

By shielding illegal aliens from the legal consequences of serious offenses, Krasner’s policies risk making an already dangerous situation even worse.

Krasner’s policies reflect a larger movement bankrolled by billionaire George Soros, who has poured millions into electing progressive prosecutors across the country. In 2017, Soros funneled nearly $1.7 million through the Philadelphia Justice and Public Safety PAC to help Krasner win the Democratic primary.

This effort fits into Soros’ broader goal of installing district attorneys who push ideological agendas at the expense of public safety. Cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco followed the same pattern, where Soros-backed prosecutors — such as the now-departed George Gascón, Kimberly Foxx, and Chesa Boudin — adopted similar lenient policies toward illegal aliens.

These prosecutors frequently reduce charges or seek lighter sentences to shield noncitizen defendants from deportation, creating a two-tiered justice system that favors illegal immigrants over American citizens.

Krasner’s strategy hinges on the Office of Immigration Counsel, created in 2018 and staffed at taxpayer expense by Stephanie Costa. Her job: help prosecutors reduce “immigration consequences” for noncitizen defendants, even in serious criminal cases.

Records obtained by IRLI show that in 2023, former immigration counsel Caleb Arnold advised on cases involving migrants charged with rape, robbery, strangulation, aggravated assault, and vehicular homicide.

Krasner claimed in 2018 that the office would assist only with “low-level offenders who pose no threat to public safety.” The facts tell a different story. Arnold frequently helped broker plea deals or reduce charges — deliberately avoiding convictions that trigger mandatory deportation. These interventions bypass federal immigration law and keep dangerous individuals in the community, raising the risk of repeat offenses.

RELATED: California prioritizing illegal immigrants over DUI victims — where was their ‘due process’?

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Krasner’s leniency carries obvious risks. When prosecutors reduce charges for illegal aliens to help them avoid deportation, the justice system fails to hold offenders fully accountable — potentially encouraging more crime. A noncitizen charged with rape, for example, might receive a downgraded charge, dodge immigration enforcement, and remain in Philadelphia with the opportunity to reoffend.

This policy puts criminal defendants’ interests above public safety, especially in a city already struggling with violent crime. From 2019 to 2021, robberies and aggravated assaults on Philadelphia’s SEPTA transit system surged by more than 80%. Critics point to Krasner’s soft-on-crime agenda as a driving force behind that surge.

By shielding illegal aliens from the legal consequences of serious offenses, Krasner’s policies risk making an already dangerous situation even worse.

Krasner’s use of immigration status in sentencing decisions also raises questions about fairness and discrimination. The Justice Department recently launched an investigation into Hennepin County, Minnesota, for factoring race into prosecution decisions — signaling a broader crackdown on unequal enforcement. Krasner deserves the same level of scrutiny.

By giving noncitizens special treatment, Krasner discriminates against U.S. citizens. His approach turns justice into a two-tiered system, where punishment hinges not on the crime but on the defendant’s nationality. That violates the foundational principle that justice should be blind.

Krasner’s defenders may claim his policies protect vulnerable communities, but shielding violent offenders from deportation doesn’t protect anyone. It weakens trust in the justice system, demoralizes law enforcement, and endangers the very communities Krasner claims to serve. Victims — regardless of immigration status — deserve a system that values accountability over ideology.

Backed by Soros money and executed through a taxpayer-funded immigration counsel’s office, Krasner’s policies represent a dangerous departure from the prosecutor’s core mission: enforce the law and protect the public. Federal authorities must step in to restore equal justice and uphold the principle that no one — citizen or not — stands above the law.

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Verizon announced in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that it would be ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at the company Friday.

Many companies and corporations have ended DEI policies after the stunning 2024 election, when left-wing policies pushing woke programs were rejected by the voters. Verizon was seeking a deal to absorb another telecom company, but the FCC had cited discriminatory policies to oppose the purchase.

‘This is a good and important step forward — one that promotes equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and the public interest.’

Verizon had previously issued a yearly “Responsible Marketing Action Plan” that documented how the company was completing the DEI initiatives it had put in place.

The $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications, a fiber-optic internet provider, was approved by the FCC after Verizon posted its statement ending DEI.

“Verizon recognizes that some DEI policies and practices could be associated with discrimination,” said Verizon chief legal officer Vandana Venkatesh in the filing.

Venkatesh said DEI would be excised from the company’s hiring, career development, and supplier diversity policies and that the provisions would apply to Frontier as well.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr (R) praised the decision in an exclusive statement to Blaze Media.

“Corporate America went all in on discriminatory DEI policies during the Biden years. I am pleased to see that Verizon is ending its DEI policies as specified in this new FCC filing,” he stated. “This is a good and important step forward — one that promotes equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and the public interest. Verizon has also newly committed to making these changes in substance, not in name only. The FCC will remain vigilant.”

Verizon will absorb $10 billion of Frontier’s debt while paying nearly $10 billion to purchase the company. Verizon said it would be able to deploy fiber-optic internet to 1 million homes in the U.S. on an annual basis.

Carr praised the deal, saying, “By approving this deal, the FCC ensures that Americans will benefit from a series of good and common-sense wins. The transaction will unleash billions of dollars in new infrastructure builds in communities across the country.”

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, a Democratic commissioner, released a statement opposing the development.

Gomez said Verizon was “yet another company [that] capitulates to the administration’s attempts to micromanage employment practices and impose heavy regulatory burdens on companies that require the FCC’s approval of their transactions.”

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Supporters of the administration also praised the ruling.

“This is the right carrot and stick approach to wokeness. A win for Carr & Trump,” said Natalie Winters, co-host of Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”

“Brendan Carr is racking up victories. Important to let business flourish — while also making sure they abandon illegal DEI policies,” responded Allum Bokhari, managing director of the Foundation for Freedom Online.

Still others said the FCC was right to approve the deal but criticized its meddling with Verizon’s HR policies.

“Extracting such commitments is mission creep and undermines the FCC’s position as an expert agency in communications matters,” said Joe Kane of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank. “ITIF has consistently argued that FCC merger review should focus narrowly on the statutory basis for that review and that the FCC should not become a generalized civil rights authority. The FCC should approve pro-consumer mergers without reference to partisan social issues.”

1792 Exchange CEO Daniel Cameron disagreed in a statement to Blaze Media.

“Discriminatory policies and practices like DEI are bad for business,” he stated. “While Verizon got the message and ditched its divisive DEI program, it has a long way to go, as our Corporate Bias Rating of the company shows. But it is a good first step on the path to focusing on merit and opportunity for its employees, great service for its customers, and performing at a high level for its shareholders. Other telecommunications companies, like T-Mobile, should follow the lead of AT&T and Verizon and align themselves with the majority of Americans who reject the radical ideology that DEI promotes.”

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We need more philosophers to resign from their university posts.

Graham Parsons, a philosophy professor at West Point, resigned from his tenured position in protest. Good for him. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded bluntly: “You will not be missed.” The question is, what exactly was Parsons’ “principled stand” — and should others follow his lead? I think they should, though not necessarily for the reasons one might expect. If more professors who insist on injecting gender ideology into the curriculum refused to teach, we might finally begin to salvage the American university.

Professors like Parsons saw themselves as soldiers in the struggle for social justice, fighting racism and oppression. Now they’re being asked to face an uncomfortable reality.

So, why did Parsons quit? In his own words: “I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form.” He accuses West Point of “failing to provide an adequate education for the cadets” under current leadership. That’s a serious charge. Parsons blames policies linked to Trump and Hegseth for undermining what he views as essential to a proper military education.

But what does he actually mean by “adequate education”? What does he believe West Point no longer teaches? That’s the real question — and one worth examining closely.

Parsons explains his position in the New York Times: “Whatever you think about various controversial ideas — Mr. Hegseth’s memo cited critical race theory and gender ideology — students should engage with them and debate their merits rather than be told they are too dangerous even to be contemplated.”

There it is. Parsons frames the issue as a crackdown on academic freedom, where professors no longer have permission to address controversial topics or challenge prevailing orthodoxy. Educators, he argues, must now parrot the government’s message and abandon real critical inquiry. He adds that “uncritically asserting that [America] is ‘the most powerful force for good in human history’ is not something an educator does.”

But Parsons isn’t just teaching anywhere — he’s at West Point. His objection isn’t a minor complaint about classroom nuance. It amounts to a rejection of teaching American greatness and a defense of gender theory and critical race theory as serious intellectual frameworks. He calls the academy “uncritical,” but what he really objects to is any attempt to affirm America’s moral legacy. In practice, Parsons sees the affirmation of the United States as inherently disqualifying.

The result? Criticizing CRT gets framed as dogma, while embracing it becomes the default. Rather than weigh arguments, educators must now accept gender ideology and race theory as truth — and sideline any defense of the country’s founding principles.

Parsons does offer specific examples of the curriculum changes he opposes. He claims West Point interpreted directives from Trump and Hegseth not just as a rejection of critical race theory and intersectionality, but as a broader ban on using race and gender as organizing principles in the curriculum.

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Parsons says department heads ordered a review of syllabi and forced faculty to revise them. “West Point scrapped two history courses — ‘Topics in Gender History’ and ‘Race, Ethnicity, Nation’ — and an English course, ‘Power and Difference,’” he writes. The academy eliminated the sociology major and shut down a black history project. Department leaders also told professors to remove readings by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and other minority authors.

He then describes how these directives affected his own classroom. “One of my supervisors ordered professors to get rid of readings on white supremacy in Western ethical theory and feminist approaches to ethics in ‘Philosophy and Ethical Reasoning,’ a course I direct that is required for all cadets,” Parsons writes. He even claims the West Point debate team was barred from arguing certain positions in an upcoming competition.

These details offer a clearer picture of his true grievance. Parsons didn’t resign over routine administrative changes. He stepped down because he could no longer teach what he believes: that white supremacy and feminist critiques of ethics are essential to understanding just war theory — a subject he has written about. He wants to use critical theory to criticize America, but he won’t subject critical theory itself to scrutiny.

Parsons demands that others question everything — except the assumptions behind his own beliefs. He’s like Descartes, but with highly selective skepticism.

In one of his articles, Parsons writes, “War theorists should be much more concerned with the gender and war literature and find common ground with feminists who have treated the problem of the political standing of soldiers as a philosophical priority.” This isn’t a neutral invitation to critical inquiry — it’s ideological advocacy. Parsons seems to think his view is correct and wants his students to adopt it. He’s not interested in weighing all perspectives; he’s advancing a particular dogma.

West Point, by contrast, has begun restoring a classical standard of education. Instructors are expected to equip students to identify flawed arguments and refute them. Professors must demonstrate why certain ideas fall short — and train cadets to do the same.

Parsons wants us to believe he resigned because he could no longer teach students how to think critically. He suggests the academy is censoring dissent. On the surface, that sounds like a position many academics might support. But his resignation tells a different story. It wasn’t about open inquiry — it was about losing the ability to promote his ideology without challenge.

Let me explain what it’s like to be a conservative inside a university. I’ve been told to revise my curriculum to fit a “decolonized” version of philosophy. At Arizona State University, I was the only professor who spoke up and said that crossed the line. Where were my leftist colleagues who now applaud Graham Parsons? Where were all the philosophers who claim to care about examining every perspective? For the past two decades, philosophy departments have resembled Socratic dialogues where only one voice gets to speak.

In truth, most professors only raise objections when institutional changes threaten their own deeply held beliefs. When administrators impose leftist ideology in the classroom, faculty members who share that ideology rarely object. They don’t see it as dogma — they see it as truth. They call it justice, a necessary correction to history. But when directives come from a conservative administration, they suddenly call it censorship and resign in protest.

This creates a profound dilemma for professors like Parsons. They saw themselves as soldiers in the struggle for social justice, fighting racism and oppression. Now they’re being asked to face an uncomfortable reality: They may have perpetuated the very racial essentialism they once condemned. For years, they operated within a system that marginalized conservatives — just look at the partisan breakdown in university faculties. That mirror reflects something they can’t bear to see.

They became what they claimed to hate.

It is time we restored the American university to the pursuit of truth and wisdom.

Here’s my final prediction: The immediate response from these professors will be to ask, “But who gets to say what is true or wise?” And of course, that’s the most telling response of all.

That’s critical theory talking.

Philosophy professor, know thyself.

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The Audi Q5 and BMW X3 better watch their mirrors — when it comes to compact luxury SUVs, the competition is closer than it appears.

The 2026 Genesis GV70 is a compact luxury SUV that blends style, performance, and value, making it a formidable contender against the BMW X3 and other rivals like the Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLC.

The test model I drove sported the twin-turbo 3.5L V6, which pumps out 375 hp and 391 lb-ft for a 0-60 sprint of just 4.6 seconds.

After spending time with the GV70, I’m convinced it’s one of the best options in its class. To avoid tariffs, Genesis parent company Hyundai will build the GV70 in the USA.

Watch me put the GV70 through its paces below:

Athletic elegance

The GV70’s exterior embraces the Genesis philosophy of “athletic elegance,” featuring redesigned bumpers, a dual-weave mesh grille, and striking full LED quad lamps.

Sport trims add black accents, a rear spoiler, and optional 21-inch alloy wheels for a bold, dynamic look, while new exterior colors like Ceres Blue enhance its curb appeal.

Inside, the cabin is a masterpiece, with Nappa leather in four color options, including the stunning Ultramarine Blue with orange stitching.

A single 27-inch OLED display integrates the digital cluster and infotainment, offering seamless access to Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and a premium Bang & Olufsen 16-speaker audio system. Features like a digital key, wireless charging, and enhanced voice recognition elevate the tech experience.

G-force

Under the hood, the GV70 offers two engines. The standard 2.5L turbo four-cylinder delivers 300 hp and 311 lb-ft of torque, achieving 0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds with 22/28 MPG city/highway.

The test model I drove sported the twin-turbo 3.5L V6, which pumps out 375 hp and 391 lb-ft for a 0-60 sprint of just 4.6 seconds. Paired with an 8-speed automatic and standard all-wheel drive, the V6 adds a Sport Plus mode and adaptive suspension with Road Preview suspension for a responsive, comfortable ride.

There are new drive modes, including terrain mode for snow, mud, or sand, and it can be personalized as well.

Safety and value

Safety is a strong suit, with a standard suite including forward collision-avoidance assist, lane keeping assist, and blind-spot cameras. Upgraded features like hands-on detection and improved remote smart parking assist with diagonal parking capability add confidence.

The GV70 seats five comfortably, with heated and ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, and optional massaging seats on top trims. Cargo space is generous at 28.9 cubic feet, expanding to 56.9 with the 60/40 rear seats folded.

Priced from $47,985 to $70,095, the GV70 undercuts competitors while offering class-leading luxury. The 10-year/100,000-mile power train warranty and three years of free maintenance sweeten the deal. Drawbacks? The wiper blade design could improve, and more small-item storage would be nice.

Verdict: The 2026 Genesis GV70 combines high-end features, exhilarating performance, and unbeatable value. Compared to the BMW X3, it offers a more luxurious interior and better pricing, making it a top pick for luxury SUV buyers.

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When China rolled out DeepSeek-R1 back in January, it sent shock waves through global markets and triggered a significant sell-off in American stocks, as it performed just as well, if not better, than U.S. models but could be produced at a fraction of the cost.

Now there are rumors of an R2 model that isn’t just smarter than anything we’ve ever seen before; it’s an entirely different kind of artificial intelligence that other leaders in AI development haven’t even fathomed.

“It is a completely different species of intelligence operating on principles nobody in the West has even theorized yet,” says Glenn Beck, reading from a social media post by an anonymous account that goes by the name @iruletheworldmo, who is speculated to be either “an insider in one of the big AI research firms” or “a bot” created to mislead other researchers.

“Research gives it questions, and it invents entirely new branches of mathematics to answer them. One physicist showed it a problem he’d been stuck on for 15 years. It solved it in seconds with notations nobody recognized. It took three days for them to translate its solution back into standard mathematics,” Glenn continues reading.

The anonymous source also claimed DeepSeek Labs in China is developing brain-enhancing technology, including two-way neural interfaces “that make Neuralink look like child’s play” and is already at the stage of human trials. The source then warned that while China sees this as a civilization-changing race, the U.S. is lagging behind, treating it like a standard tech competition.

If everything in the post is true and China’s DeepSeek AI has indeed reached such capabilities, we’re in trouble. However, there’s also the possibility that “it’s a Chinese bot” stirring up fear.

The fact that we don’t know “is the craziest part,” says Glenn.

Even if the account is lying and DeepSeek AI is nowhere near as advanced as the post indicates, that doesn’t change what’s coming: “AI is going to get so good, it will predict absolutely every move that everybody’s going to make,” says Glenn.

Just last week, Mass General Brigham unveiled an AI tool that can apparently assess your health by examining a selfie. Dubbed FaceAge, the system can estimate a person’s biological age, analyze features like skin texture and muscle tone to predict health outcomes, spot signs of cancer, and even predict cancer patients’ survival outcomes.

“How great is that?” asks Glenn, adding, “How terrifying is that?”

To hear more about the latest updates in the AI world, watch the clip above.

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Cellphone video caught the moment when a motorist hit a teenager in the parking lot of a South Carolina Dollar Tree store on Mother’s Day, then plowed through the store wall — with the teen still on the hood of the car.

Miraculously, the victim quickly emerged from the rubble and walked away, apparently as if the impact was nothing. You can view the cellphone video here.

‘Youth these days … don’t value life.’

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said a fight involving two adults and three juveniles began in the parking lot of the Dollar Tree on Sumter Highway in Bishopville, WIS-TV reported. Bishopville is a little less than an hour northeast of Columbia.

Authorities said a 17-year-old hit a 15-year-old with a vehicle before crashing into the store, the station noted, adding that the driver reportedly rolled the car away from the store and crashed into an occupied vehicle in the parking lot.

WIS said the 15-year-old hit by the car was not seriously hurt.

Deputies said 19-year-old Celvin Hickman and 24-year-old Shamirah Blyther were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in connection with the brawl, the station reported, adding that Hickman also was charged with malicious injury to property.

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The three juveniles also were arrested, the sheriff’s office told WIS.

The 17-year-old accused of driving the car that crashed into the store was charged with attempted murder, disorderly conduct, and malicious injury to property, the station said, adding that authorities said the 17-year-old will be charged as an adult.

Another 15-year-old also was charged with disorderly conduct and released to guardians, WIS said.

Blaze News spoke with an employee of a business just down the street from where the calamity went down. The employee — who spoke to Blaze News on the condition of anonymity — said the harrowing incident has made people “look at Bishopville a little differently.”

“I did have one guy who said he’s afraid to come back down here,” the employee told Blaze News, adding that a lot of people shop in the area, which police consistently patrol.

“It’s crazy that it happened right there,” the employee added to Blaze News.

Sheriff Daniel Simon in the aftermath told WIS that some “youth these days … don’t value life.” Simon added to the station that the driver who hit the 15-year-old with the car “used the vehicle as a weapon. You might as well pull out a gun … and pull the trigger.”

WIS said the store is closed for now and that there’s about $10,000 in damages.

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