Trail Life USA isn’t just a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts; it’s an answer to the deep crisis affecting boys in America. “We’re growing boys into godly men‚” Mark Hancock‚ the scouting organization’s CEO‚ tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” “We’ve discovered a proven process for turning boys into godly men‚ and it involves four things.” Hancock‚ today’s guest on the podcast‚ diagnoses four major problems American boys face: They are unguided‚ ungrounded‚ unappreciated‚ and uninspired. “One in four boys now doesn’t have a father in his household‚” Hancock says. “They go to school‚ 76% of teachers are female. Eighty-something percent of Sunday school teachers are female. So‚ these girls have wonderful models of leadership. Boys don’t have that‚ so we are guiding boys. We think that’s important.” Trail Life USA requires leaders to be confessing Christians‚ but it welcomes boys of any or no faith tradition. Hancock also laments that boys are ungrounded‚ noting that “58% of Americans no longer believe that God is a source of moral truth.” His organization aims to “ground them in biblical truths‚” through its six essentials of a Christian worldview. “We also know that boys are unappreciated‚” the CEO adds. He says the culture’s “gender blurring” sends the message that “it’s like a boy is some sort of a defective girl.” Boys are twice as likely to be in special education programs and three times as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD‚ he notes. “They’ve fallen behind girls in every single academic category. One category they are leading in is the suicide rate—10- to 14-year-old boys have the fastest-growing rate.” “If you looked at any other demographic that was going through what boys are going through right now‚ I mean‚ we’d be picketing in the streets‚” Hancock says‚ “because somebody’s got to do something about this—and Trail Life is doing something about it.” He also laments that “boys are largely uninspired in a culture that it’s participation trophies or ‘let’s not keep score because we’re going to hurt somebody’s feelings.'” “That’s horrible for boys‚” Hancock says. “They want to be challenged. They want something put in front of them that’s bigger than they are. They want to identify with something that’s doing big things. And so‚ in Trail Life USA‚ we’ve given them this robust awards program and we challenge them outside of their comfort zone to go beyond what it is that they thought that they could do in a company of men.” The CEO says Trail Life USA has a “proven process” and he offers his church partners a money-back guarantee. Hancock recalls a moment when a boy in California who had been raised by a single mom stood in front of a troop of men after receiving the Horizon Award‚ the organization’s second-highest award. “He stood in front of that group of men‚ single mom sitting there in the audience‚ and he said‚ ‘The men in this troop‚ I have to thank you. You taught me how to shave and you taught me how to love Jesus.’ I thought‚ ‘They nailed it. They nailed it‚'” Hancock recalls. The head of Trail Life USA also laments the decline of the Boy Scouts‚ calling it “tragic.” “An organization that gave us presidents‚ and astronauts‚ and civic leaders‚ and generals‚ and tons of great men over the years‚ suddenly decided that it was going to abandon some of its traditional values and the way that that secret sauce that they had for building good‚ strong men‚” he says. In 2013‚ after the Boy Scouts decided to admit openly gay scouts‚ Hancock gathered 50 men in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ to create a new organization that launched Jan. 1‚ 2014. “Now‚ Trail Life has grown to over 50‚000 members in all 50 states‚” Hancock recounts. “We’re in 1‚200 churches now‚ 1‚200 troops across the country. Boys from 5 years old all the way up to 17 years old [are] participating in Trail Life USA.” Trail Life USA has many of the same features of scouting—uniforms‚ handbooks‚ patrols‚ outdoor adventure—but it is Christ-centered and boy-focused. “I hope this isn’t too radical for your listeners; We believe that boys and girls are different‚” Hancock quips. Listen to the podcast below. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Here’s Where to Take Your Boys Now That the Boy Scouts Has Gone Woke appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Online hackers affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have infiltrated critical services in the United States‚ according to a report by The Washington Post. Hackers reportedly targeted key services‚ such as power grids and ports. “A utility in Hawaii‚ a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year‚ officials say‚” the outlet wrote. “It is very clear that Chinese attempts to compromise critical infrastructure are in part to pre-position themselves to be able to disrupt or destroy that critical infrastructure in the event of conflict‚” Brandon Wales‚ Executive Director of DHS Cyber Security Agency‚ said. WATCH: AMERICA UNDER ATTACK: China Hackers infiltrate key U.S Services‚ power grids pic.twitter.com/47H1hhTkK6 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 11‚ 2023 “Rumble now reporting service disruptions‚” Chuck Callesto reports. BREAKING REPORT: Rumble now reporting service disruptions… DEVELOPING.. https://t.co/fWhaUmbynx — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) December 11‚ 2023 According to Downdetector‚ Rumble experienced a spike in disruptions Monday morning. NEW: China’s cyber army invading critical U.S. services like power grids‚ water utilities – reporthttps://t.co/s3JWguoPZW — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 11‚ 2023 “U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts warn that the Chinese military is increasingly attempting to infiltrate essential infrastructure‚ utilities‚ communication‚ and transportation services in the United States‚” American Military News reports. More from American Military News: Morgan Adamski‚ director of the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center‚ told The Washington Post that China’s Volt Typhoon hacking operation “appears to be focused on targets within the Indo-Pacific region‚ to include Hawaii.” Joe McReynolds‚ a China security studies fellow at the Jamestown Foundation‚ explained that hackers are trying to secretly “build tunnels” into infrastructure that can eventually be used in a cyber attack. “Until then‚ you lie in wait‚ carry out reconnaissance‚ figure out if you can move into industrial control systems or more critical companies or targets upstream‚” McReynolds said. “And one day‚ if you get the order from on high‚ you switch from reconnaissance to attack.” The U.S. Cybersecurity &; Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory in May‚ writing Volt Typhoon is a “People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.” Per CISA: Private sector partners have identified that this activity affects networks across U.S. critical infrastructure sectors‚ and the authoring agencies believe the actor could apply the same techniques against these and other sectors worldwide. This advisory from the United States National Security Agency (NSA)‚ the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)‚ the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)‚ the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)‚ the Communications Security Establishment’s Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)‚ the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)‚ and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) (hereafter referred to as the “authoring agencies”) provides an overview of hunting guidance and associated best practices to detect this activity. One of the actor’s primary tactics‚ techniques‚ and procedures (TTPs) is living off the land‚ which uses built-in network administration tools to perform their objectives. This TTP allows the actor to evade detection by blending in with normal Windows system and network activities‚ avoid endpoint detection and response (EDR) products that would alert on the introduction of third-party applications to the host‚ and limit the amount of activity that is captured in default logging configurations. Some of the built-in tools this actor uses are: wmic‚ ntdsutil‚ netsh‚ and PowerShell. The advisory provides examples of the actor’s commands along with detection signatures to aid network defenders in hunting for this activity. Many of the behavioral indicators included can also be legitimate system administration commands that appear in benign activity. Care should be taken not to assume that findings are malicious without further investigation or other indications of compromise. It’s critical to note the World Economic Forum has predicted for years that a cyber attack would cause more worldwide disruption than COVID-19. Just thought I would post this video as a reminder of Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum making it EXTREMELY CLEAR‚ crystal clear‚ that a cyber-attack‚ or what he terms a Cyber Pandemic‚ could potentially disrupt the power grid. I post this because of the Netflix movie… pic.twitter.com/XP89u07dwW — Bruce Snyder (@realBruceSnyder) December 8‚ 2023 From the WEF:

A New Hampshire man was arrested and charged for threatening to kill GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Tyler Anderson‚ 30‚ of Dover‚ New Hampshire‚ allegedly “responded to a text message from a presidential campaign Friday promoting a rally set to take place 9 a.m. Monday at the Roundabout Diner in Portsmouth‚” NBC News reports. “While the federal charging documents did not name the candidate threatened‚ the event was Ramaswamy’s‚ according to his campaign‚” the outlet wrote. The man allegedly responded to the campaign text with a message saying: “Great‚ another opportunity for me to blow his brains out!” He also allegedly said he would “kill everyone who attends.” WATCH: BREAKING: New Hampshire man arrested for threatening to kill Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a campaign stop The man responded to a text from the campaign promoting an event with a message that said: “Great‚ another opportunity for me to blow his brains out!” pic.twitter.com/F7CtkGvmWy — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 11‚ 2023 NBC News reports: Court documents state that Anderson admitted to the police that he sent the texts and that he had sent threatening texts to other campaigns as well. The campaign immediately alerted law enforcement after receiving the threat in response to the automated text message. Ramaswamy’s campaign did not publicize the threat to prevent copycat acts‚ a source close to the situation told NBC News‚ but it did not know that the FBI would be releasing a statement until the press release was out. “We are grateful to law enforcement for their swiftness and professionalism in handling this matter and pray for the safety of all Americans‚” the Ramaswamy campaign told NBC News in a statement. Court documents reveal that Anderson has had several interactions with the Dover Police Department over the last few years‚ but do not reveal specifics. Anderson will appear in federal court in Concord‚ New Hampshire‚ on Monday afternoon. The charges he faces could result in a prison sentence of up to five years. He could also face as many as three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $250‚000. BREAKING: New Hampshire man arrested after threatening to 'blow Vivek Ramaswamy's brains out'https://t.co/nnQBhAzPzq https://t.co/9Hpq2mWsmw — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 11‚ 2023 CNN added: In an interview with law enforcement after his arrest‚ Anderson allegedly said that he sent similarly threatening text messages to multiple other campaigns. An FBI agent found such messages on Anderson’s phone‚ court documents say‚ including one message from just two days earlier where Anderson responded to a campaign event invitation‚ “Thanks‚ I’ll see you there. Hope you have the stamina for a mass shooting!” The second candidate is also not named in court documents.

We’ve been expecting an announcement would be coming for a while‚ and it finally dropped today. Although he’s been keeping busy posting on X‚ we all knew Tucker Carlson would be working on something bigger. WAS working on something bigger…. And today he confirmed it. Introducing the launch of TCN: Tucker Carlson Network Watch this great short video for more: BREAKING: Tucker Carlson just officially launched The “Tucker Carlson Network” profile on 𝕏 and released this video… pic.twitter.com/QZdbNtPRcu — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) December 11‚ 2023 “News coverage in the West has become a tool of repression. Reporters no longer reveal essential information to the public; they work to hide it. We plan to tell the truth about things that matter – clearly and without fear‚” Tucker said in the announcement. BREAKING: Tucker Carlson just officially launched The “Tucker Carlson Network” profile on 𝕏 and released this video… pic.twitter.com/QZdbNtPRcu — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) December 11‚ 2023 Here is the full Press Release: Full transcript: TCN Tucker Carlson Network TUCKER CARLSON IS BACK‚ LAUNCHING NEW VIDEO SERVICE CALLED TUCKER CARLSON NETWORK Carlson to host multiple new shows that include long form interviews‚ commentaries‚ news reporting and in-depth investigations. December 11‚ 2023 – Tucker Carlson Network‚ a new video subscription service officially launched at TuckerCarlson.com‚ announced Tucker Carlson‚ Neil Patel and Justin Wells. Patel is the company’s CEO running business operations. Wells is President and oversees all programming and content. In making the announcement‚ Carlson stated‚ “News coverage in the West has become a tool of repression. Reporters no longer reveal essential information to the public; they work to hide it. We plan to tell the truth about things that matter – clearly and without fear.” Beginning today‚ Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) will be home to multiple new programs. Access to both free ad-supported and paid premium video content will be available on TuckerCarlson.com. Carlson’s non-subscriber video content will continue to be available on X. And audio versions of that content will be available as a podcast titled “The Tucker Carlson Podcast.” Wells added‚ “Tucker has maintained an important connection with the audience on X. We look forward to continuing that relationship but also providing people with even more video content through Tucker Carlson Network.” More details are available at TuckerCarlson.com TCN Media Contact: Dean Thompson / dean@tcnetwork.com Will you be tuning in? Will you be streaming TCN?

New Argentinian President Javier Milei backtracked on his previous statement that he would withdraw the country from the Paris climate agreement. Milei‚ who was sworn into office on Sunday‚ previously said he would rescind Argentina’s participation in the agreement and called climate change a hoax. He also previously said the climate crisis was a “socialist lie” and referred to the Paris climate agreement as “cultural Marxism.” However‚ the country’s top climate diplomat told Reuters the new government “sent her as head of the Argentinian delegation at the United Nations COP28 climate talks underway in Dubai.” Javier Milei about turns on Paris Climate agreement. Take note of this‚ and remember it when you are listening to all the promises told you from red and blue in 2024. pic.twitter.com/t49KqRs4Pw — DD Denslow (@wolsned) December 11‚ 2023 Reuters reports: She arrived on Sunday just as Milei was being inaugurated in Buenos Aires. “This is why I came to this COP‚ to reassure our party stakeholders and people following the process that Argentina will stay committed to the Paris Agreement. We will honour all our environmental agreements‚” Levaggi said. “Milei is a liberal‚ he’s a libertarian‚ and he believes in market forces. And the market demands to include measures to address climate change.” Argentina will also keep its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050‚ she said. Levaggi‚ who has been serving as Argentina’s ambassador to Senegal‚ said she was called to Buenos Aires about a week ago and asked by the new foreign minister to take the job. The diplomat said she was “positively surprised” to be asked to take up the role. Milei will eliminate the Environment Ministry as part of a promised effort to shrink the government‚ but the environment will be “distributed among different ministries‚” Levaggi said. This is part of Milei’s wider public sector reforms and the environment will not have a lower priority in his administration‚ Levaggi said. After calling the Paris Agreement “cultural Marxism”‚ Milei has backpedaled and Argentina will remain a member. pic.twitter.com/vyDtg8c1NL — Hotep Jesus (@HotepJesus) December 11‚ 2023 Well… it was fun while it lasted. Argentina President Javier Milei signs Paris climate agreementhttps://t.co/XaNeU2hKzm — Kenny Webster (@KennethRWebster) December 11‚ 2023 According to The Telegraph‚ Milei was inaugurated in Buenos Aires to chants of “Libertad!” and “Presidente!” “Amongst the world leaders to attend Mr Milei’s inauguration were Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky‚ Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Chile’s Gabriel Boric‚” the outlet wrote. Milei embraced Zelensky at the inauguration. WATCH: Javier Milei after his inauguration meets with Zelensky. Such visible warmth not seen since the Duda-Zelensky meetings (alas‚ it not last). pic.twitter.com/ggqTmwXmSp — Andrzej Kozlowski (@akoz33) December 10‚ 2023 Per The Telegraph: Mr Milei – a right-wing economist‚ political outsider and former TV pundit – won November’s general election with the highest percentage of votes since the country’s return to democracy in 1983‚ against the backdrop of a crippling financial crisis. Mr Milei campaigned with radical policies‚ including replacing the country’s peso with the US dollar‚ shutting the central bank‚ and halving the number of ministries. He also proposed holding a referendum on the legality of abortion‚ easing regulation on guns and called the climate crisis a “socialist lie”. “All these politicians who blame the human race for climate change are fake and are only looking to raise money to finance socialist bums who write fourth-rate newspapers‚” Mr Milei previously said. Such comments fuelled doubts around the future of the country’s environmental agenda‚ particularly when he rejected the Paris Agreement – which Argentina signed in 2015 – for being “cultural Marxism”. Yet‚ since his victory three weeks ago‚ the self-described “anarcho-capitalist” has begun backpedalling on some of his more contentious policies. He has moderated his tone‚ filled his first Cabinet with mainstream conservatives rather than ideological libertarian allies‚ and put more radical ideas like dollarisation onto the back burner. He has also backtracked on plans to scrap the nation’s health ministry.