Kid Rock… the Christian artist? As crazy as that might sound, Robert Ritchie (A.K.A. Kid Rock) can now say that he has a No. 1 hit song on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. His cover of Cody Johnson’s 2022 hit, “Til’ You Can’t,” featuring a new verse about giving your life to Jesus, debuted at the very top of the chart, with over 3.7 million streams and 51,000 units sold. You might recall that Kid Rock sort of caught everyone off guard with the song when he played his version for the very first time at the Hondo Rodeo Fest, dedicating the performance to the late Charlie Kirk. But the song really took off when he performed it again at Turning Point USA’s “All-American” Halftime Show. After being introduced to the stage by his legal name, representing the notion that he’s changed from the person he was when the Kid Rock moniker began, the artist shared that he woke up one morning and felt called to add one more verse to the song that Cody Johnson released in 2022: “I awoke one Sunday morning all alone with this song stuck in my head, and in that moment, something or someone spoke to me. They said there was still a verse that needed to be written for this song. And to get up and write it down.”  The verse Bob added at the end, which effectively let it be included in the Hot Christian Songs chart (and provided Kid Rock with a writing credit), goes like this: “There’s a book that is sitting in your house somewhere That could use some dusting off There’s a man that died for all our sins, hanging on the cross You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance ‘Til you can’t” Soon after the halftime show performance, Kid Rock announced that he already had a studio recording of the song ready to go. He released it on February 9, the day after the Super Bowl, and it appears the track rode the momentum of the moment to get to the No. 1 spot. Ahead of the song’s release, Kid Rock revealed that he was given the blessing of both Cody Johnson and the songwriters – Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers – to record his version of their song that was already a No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart: “A big thank you to Cody Johnson and the songwriters Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers for giving me their blessing to record and release it. It really is one of the best written songs I have heard in a long time and NOTHING is more powerful than a great song in my book!” If you enjoyed our version of "Til Ya Can’t” on The TPUSA All American Halftime – Our studio recording of it will be available to purchase or stream at midnight tonight! A big thank you to @codyjohnson and the songwriters Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers for giving me there blessing… pic.twitter.com/KzKUfKHebh — KidRock (@KidRock) February 9, 2026 Powerful song indeed. Just a slight addition to “Til’ You Can’t” made it a chart topper once again, and in an entirely different category. His cover didn’t just have success on the Hot Christian Songs chart. Kid Rock’s rendition of “Til’ You Can’t” debuted at No. 9 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, No. 14 on Hot Country Songs, and No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Clearly the reimagined track landed with a lot of different people. And if you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, you can press play on the link below: The post Kid Rock Lands His First Ever #1 Hit On The Christian Charts With Cover Of Cody Johnson’s “Til’ You Can’t” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

CBS News released a statement yesterday saying that Stephen Colbert himself decided not to run the James Talarico interview, and that the network never told him he couldn’t air it. Here’s what . . .

U.S. and Iranian officials concluded another round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva Tuesday.  Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran and Washington had reached an “understanding” on what he described as the “main principles” that would guide future talks, including potential sanctions relief and nuclear restrictions, according to Iranian government readouts. He characterized the discussions as “very serious” and said more details would be negotiated in subsequent sessions.  U.S. officials put forward a more cautious assessment of the negotiations. Vice President J.D. Vance said Iran had not agreed to several key U.S. demands and warned that military action remained an option if diplomacy fails. Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday, Vance said the negotiations “in some ways … went well” because Iranian officials agreed to continue discussions, but added that President Donald Trump had set redlines Tehran was “not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through.” He reiterated that Washington’s “primary interest” is preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and “all options remain on the table.”  The post U.S. and Iran hold second round of nuclear talks in Geneva appeared first on The American Conservative.

The Department of Homeland Security shut down this weekend after lawmakers failed to reach a funding agreement, leaving thousands of employees facing missed paychecks. While Congress approved full-year fiscal 2026 funding on February 3 for every other federal agency, Democrats withheld support for DHS, demanding reforms to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown following fatal shootings involving department personnel. Roughly 92 percent of DHS employees are still working, but about 23,000 of nearly 250,000 are expected to be furloughed. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection can draw on funding from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, so the shutdown will not affect the Trump administration’s deportation efforts or border security. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) outlined demands including banning masks for DHS officers, mandating body cameras and requiring third-party warrants for home entries. Republicans rejected several of the proposals. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said that employees of the DHS are “critical to the functioning of our federal government” and “shouldn’t be held hostage in a government shutdown.” The post DHS Shuts Down in Funding Spat Over ICE Reforms appeared first on The American Conservative.

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS on Monday night, saying the network blocked his interview with U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico from airing. "You know who is not one of my guests tonight? That's Texas State Representative James Talarico," Colbert told his studio audience. "He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

US late-night host Stephen Colbert has accused his network of refusing to broadcast an interview with a Democratic politician over fears of retaliation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). CBS, the network which hosts the programme, denies that it "prohibited" the interview from being aired, saying it gave only "legal guidance". On Monday night's show, Colbert said that CBS would not show his interview with Texas lawmaker James Talarico out of concerns about a response from the FCC, which has new guidance on equal airtime for political candidates.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert fired back at a statement from CBS on Tuesday denying that the network blocked his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico from airing. "I said my piece last night. We made some jokes — it's what they pay me for — and I was ready to let the whole thing go. Until a few hours ago, when my group chat blowed up because, without ever talking to me, the corporation put out this press release. This statement," he said, holding a piece of paper with CBS' comments. "Now, this is a surprisingly small piece of paper considering how many butts it's trying to cover." The late-night host read the statement, which said, "THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico." The statement added that the show provided Colbert with legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule and gave options on how to do it.

Generational labels have become cultural identifiers. These include Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha. And each of these generations is defined by its unique characteristics, personalities and experiences that set them apart from other generations. But in-between these generational categories are "microgenerations", who straddle the generation before and after them. For example, "Xennial" is the microgeneration name for those who fall on the cusp of Gen X and Millennials.And there is also a microgeneration between Baby Boomers and Gen X called Generation Jones, which is made up of people born from 1954 to 1965. But what exactly differentiates Gen Jones from the Boomers and Gen Xers that flank it? - YouTube www.youtube.com What is Generation Jones?"Generation Jones" was coined by writer, television producer and social commentator Jonathan Pontell to describe the decade of Americans who grew up in the '60s and '70s. As Pontell wrote of Gen Jonesers in Politico:"We fill the space between Woodstock and Lollapalooza, between the Paris student riots and the anti-globalisation protests, and between Dylan going electric and Nirvana going unplugged. Jonesers have a unique identity separate from Boomers and GenXers. An avalanche of attitudinal and behavioural data corroborates this distinction."Pontell describes Jonesers as "practical idealists" who were "forged in the fires of social upheaval while too young to play a part." They are the younger siblings of the boomer civil rights and anti-war activists who grew up witnessing and being moved by the passion of those movements but were met with a fatigued culture by the time they themselves came of age. Sometimes, they're described as the cool older siblings of Gen X. Unlike their older boomer counterparts, most Jonesers were not raised by WWII veteran fathers and were too young to be drafted into Vietnam, leaving them in between on military experience.How did Generation Jones get its name? A Generation Jones teenager poses in her room.Image via Wikmedia CommonsGen Jones gets its name from the competitive "keeping up with the Joneses" spirit that spawned during their populous birth years, but also from the term "jonesin'," meaning an intense craving, that they coined—a drug reference but also a reflection of the yearning to make a difference that their "unrequited idealism" left them with. According to Pontell, their competitiveness and identity as a "generation aching to act" may make Jonesers particularly effective leaders:"What makes us Jonesers also makes us uniquely positioned to bring about a new era in international affairs. Our practical idealism was created by witnessing the often unrealistic idealism of the 1960s. And we weren’t engaged in that era’s ideological battles; we were children playing with toys while boomers argued over issues. Our non-ideological pragmatism allows us to resolve intra-boomer skirmishes and to bridge that volatile Boomer-GenXer divide. We can lead." @grownupdish Are you Generation Jones? Definitive Guide to Generation Jones https://grownupdish.com/the-definitive-guide-to-generation-jones/ #greenscreen #generationjones #babyboomer #generationx #GenX #over50 #over60 #1970s #midlife #middleage #midlifewomen #grownupdish #over50tiktok #over60women #over60tiktok #over60club However, generations aren't just calculated by birth year but by a person's cultural reality. Some on the cusp may find themselves identifying more with one generation than the other, such as being culturally more Gen X than boomer. And, of course, not everyone fits into whatever generality they happened to be born into, so stereotyping someone based on their birth year isn't a wise practice. Knowing about these microgenerational differences, however, can help us understand certain sociological realities better as well as help people feel like they have a "home" in the generational discourse.As many Gen Jonesers have commented, it's nice to "find your people" when you haven't felt like you've fit into the generation you fall into by age. Perhaps in our fast-paced, ever-shifting, interconnected world where culture shifts so swiftly, we need to break generations into 10 year increments instead of 20 to 30 to give everyone a generation that better suits their sensibilities.This article originally appeared two years ago. It has been updated.