The hardcore leftist leadership in D.C. are not protecting the residents. President Trump has threatened to take over the district and remove Mayor Bowser if she doesn’t get her act together. It’s good business to not let your residents have their cars stolen or get killed, and she has never gotten the concept. He should […] The post President Trump Might Remove Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

“We have to recognize that if Arab Muslim nations like Jordan have designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terror organization, it may be high time for us to do so as well,” Sebastian Gorka said. Many see the Muslim Brotherhood as not only a terrorist organization, but as the ideological mother of all the main […] The post It Is Time to Ban The Muslim Brotherhood appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

CNN anchor Dana Bash brought in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a Sunday morning interview on “State of the Union,” and he spent most of his time declaring President Donald Trump’s recent actions and policy positions to be racially motivated. Jeffries was particularly concerned with Trump’s efforts to reframe a number of exhibits that are part of the Smithsonian Museums in the nation’s capital — exhibits that Trump said work overtime to paint the United States in a less than flattering light. Jeffries claimed that Trump was “behaving like a racial arsonist” and attempting to whitewash America’s history with regard to slavery. “It’s extraordinary that he would make such a historically ignorant statement,” Jeffries complained, adding, “The Smithsonian should continue to hold the line and make sure that this very painful part of American history is not erased.” WATCH: House Democratic Leader @hakeemjeffries reacts to Trump’s review of the Smithsonian museums: Donald Trump is “behaving like a racial arsonist. ” pic.twitter.com/vJcH32CSFQ — State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) August 24, 2025 From The White House website: The exhibits marked by the Trump administration as part of the problem were not the ones that directly addressed slavery — but rather those that attacked “white culture “The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on “a society that privileges white people and whiteness” — defining so-called “white dominant culture“ as “ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized over time” and portraying “the nuclear family,” “work ethic,” and “intellect” as white qualities rooted in racism. Jeffries also pivoted to race when the discussion turned to the recent redistricting fight in Texas, blaming Trump — who supported the new map — and claiming that the Republican-driven map was also rooted in racism. “This is a racial, partisan gerrymander ordered by Donald Trump as part of an effort to rig the midterm elections,” he claimed. .@HakeemJeffries on what’s happening on Texas redistricting: “this is a racial, partisan gerrymander ordered by Donald Trump as part of an effort to rig the midterm elections.” pic.twitter.com/jG30xxrDKK — State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) August 24, 2025

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Craig Clark may call himself ‘the oldest computer technician in America’, but everyone else calls him the Tech Fairy because of all the wishes he has granted to strangers. In his field, as a technician, people sometimes give Craig their old computers after he sets up their new ones. Then about 8 years ago he […] The post Retired ‘Tech Fairy’ Rebuilds Old Computers and Gives Them to Folks Who Can’t Afford One–700 Gifted So Far appeared first on Good News Network.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts applauds Texas’ redistricting efforts ahead of the 2026 midterms. “Texas, of course, has the right to redistrict more than once in a decade,” Roberts says. “They’ve done a good job. They’ve reset lines that actually reflect two million new people arriving in the state since 2020.” Both the Texas House of Representatives and Senate passed a redistricting bill last week, nicknamed the “One Big Beautiful Map,” which now awaits Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s signature. The legislation, fully endorsed by President Donald Trump, aims to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional map to the Republicans’ advantage, potentially adding five more GOP-held seats in an effort to maintain the majority in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms. Following Texas’s plans to redraw district lines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation last Thursday to call for a special election on Nov. 4 to gerrymander the state’s districts to regain the five seats Democrats are expected to lose in Texas. Said Roberts, “I think it’s an open question about whether the California effort gets through the independent commission and also whether it gets through that ballot referendum.” If voters approve the measure, it will allow Democrat lawmakers to bypass an independent redistricting commission and ultimately add five more seats for the party. “One of the things that no doubt, the other side—the right side—will claim, and they will claim correctly,” Roberts explained, “is that there are millions of illegal aliens on the voter rolls in California. It is unjust, and that needs to be corrected.” California ophthalmologist and scientist Houman David Hemmati criticized the governor for launching a $250 million taxpayer-funded election while the state is suffering a staggering budget deficit of $20 billion. “How does @GavinNewsom justify the $250,000,000 cost to taxpayers for this political stunt at a time when we have massive budget deficits and can’t meet our essential obligations?” Hemmati posted, “Newsom didn’t fund anti-crime Prop 36 because it cost $250M but has this?! Imagine what this $ would have done for wildfire prevention and much more.” Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., wrote on Aug. 20 on X that while Newsom states that voters fully support his gerrymandering plans, a Politico poll showed that 64% of voters would rather maintain the independent redistricting commission. “Newsom just released a poll suggesting 57% of voters support his Redistricting Sham,” Kiley said. “But Politico’s poll shows 64% against it. The difference is fraud. Newsom is testing ballot language designed to fool people into thinking Yes is No.” The post “GOD BLESS TEXAS”: Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts Praises Texas’ Redistricting Efforts appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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In the intensive care unit, the room went still except for the hum of the monitors and the shallow rise and fall of my wife’s chest. She lay pale from anesthesia, her body marked by decades of procedures.Mike Tyson famously said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” I knew what I believed — or thought I did — until reality landed its blow. The light of Christ still shone, but in that moment it felt blinding as I strained to process what was right before me.Headlines trumpet confusion as wisdom, cruelty as strength, and lies as truth. God’s light exposes all of it.Christian, what do you believe?That question often barges in under fluorescent lights at zero-dark-thirty, in the antiseptic air of another hospital ward. I have carried it for four decades. The answers I had given in calmer moments felt almost foreign. What felt solid now seemed strange in the glare of suffering — like when our surgeon told Gracie to shield her eyes before flipping on the switch during early rounds.Light can blind — at firstThe light can be startling — even blinding. Nathan’s words to David were blunt: “Thou art the man” (2 Samuel 12:7, KJV). In an instant, the light of God’s truth flooded David’s soul. He wasn’t confused by darkness — he was undone by holiness.That first rush of light leaves us blinking, unsure of our next step. I’ve watched how often believers steady one another in those moments. Many recall stumbling in the dark, but fewer notice how many flounder in the light.Paul did. On the road to Damascus, he was blinded by Christ’s light. For three days, he couldn’t see, eat, or drink — helpless until another believer, Ananias, prayed over him. Paul didn’t start his ministry standing tall; he began flat on the ground, unable to move without help.Step from a dark room into sudden brightness, or bask in sunlight only to move into shade, and your eyes scramble to adjust. The same happens when God’s word exposes what we’d rather not see or illuminates what we can’t easily process. As C.S. Lewis once said of the sun, “By it, I see everything else.”But learning to live in the light takes time. Lewis captured that same disorientation in “The Last Battle,” when Eustace stepped unwittingly into Aslan’s country through a terrifying portal. What lay ahead looked strange and even jarring, though it opened to something unimaginably wonderful. But as friends came alongside him, his fear gave way to awe.The beauty hadn’t changed; only his ability to stand in it had.The man in Mark 8 felt this too. When Jesus touched his eyes, he blinked into daylight and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” He knew the light was real, but the world inside it looked strange. He needed another touch before he could see clearly.Are we willing to be light?Our culture knows the disorientation but refuses the cure. Headlines trumpet confusion as wisdom, cruelty as strength, and lies as truth. God’s light exposes all of it. Which is why we must ask: Christian, what do we believe?And am I willing to live as light in a world stumbling in darkness? Am I willing to be Nathan, speaking truth that wounds in order to heal — first to myself and then to others? Am I willing to be like Ananias, walking toward a Saul who once hated the faith and offering the touch that restores his sight?What I’ve seen is that Christ’s call doesn’t stop with stepping into the light; it presses us to keep walking in it — and to carry it to others.The psalmist wrote, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Not a floodlight for the road — just a lamp for the next step. Step by step, not sprinting.RELATED: When the soul flatlines, call a ‘Code Grace’ Marco VDM via iStock/Getty ImagesSome, like Paul, even knew ahead of time what he would suffer. Yet God gave grace — and even a glimpse of glory. The vision didn’t erase the hardship but rather reshaped how Paul endured it.The famed hymn writer Fanny Crosby understood this better than most. Blinded as a baby, she said, “When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.”Until then, Christ’s call remains: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” A lamp doesn’t hide under a basket. A beacon shines so that others can find safety.A call to stand firmOn this four-decade journey as a caregiver, I must preach to myself daily: “Stop floundering in the light!” Take a breath. Stand firm on the ground it reveals.And once I’ve found my footing — usually with another steadying me — I’m called to help the next person who’s still blinking in the brightness.