Friday, May 26, 2023

The Top Five (May 27)

When expressing your alarm at the dire deterioration of Western culture, have you ever heard another person (including fellow Christians)  protest your pessimism with something like this, "Hey, don't go overboard. We live in a fallen world and you can always find bad news if you're going to go out looking for it. Believe me, we're no worse now than ever before."

Uh, really? Here's just a handful of recent happenings that certainly suggest otherwise. 

It turns out that our FBI improperly used warrantless search powers against U.S. citizens more than 278,000 times in the year ending November 2021...It's not just government-funded libraries that are hosting drag queen exhibitions. The First United Methodist Church in Sherman, Texas got into the perverted action by sponsoring a "Pride Prom" which they billed by as a "family-friendly drag show."...Though Republicans make up over 60% of registered voters in Nassau County, New York, a "printer error" is being blamed for over 976,000 voter registration cards (that's every voter in the county) being marked Democrat...

Only 13% of eighth graders in America can pass the citizenship test the U.S. requires of naturalized citizens...Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a "state of emergency" in a totally inappropriate attempt to stop a school choice bill from passing the state legislature...A high school in Missouri allowed a high school yearbook to feature a page extolling casual sex, abortifacient drugs, smoking, drinking, etc...The CEO of Target brags about his company's going all in for the "woke movement," claiming that it represents "just good business decisions, and it’s the right thing for society, and it’s the great thing for our brand...."

The Durham Reports clearly reveal that President Obama and Vice-President Biden knew that the stories claiming Donald Trump's collusion was a complete and malicious hoax. And yet these key "public servants" perpetuated the lie...The totals from 2022 are now in on the loss of U.S. business inventory due to circumstances such as retail theft. It's almost $100 billion. And it's getting nothing but worse...

Communist thug Vladimir Putin is going to put "tactical" nuclear weapons in in Communist Belarus...Under the Biden administration’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security has funneled $40 million taxpayer dollars away from bona fide anti-terrorism programs and into a weaponized operation aimed at destroying the reputations of prominent Christian organizations, several highly respected conservative public policy groups, a major cable news network, and even the Republican National Committee....

An Indiana abortionist committed an abortion on a 10-year old girl and was $3,000 fined by the state's medical licensing board -- NOT for the murderous deed itself, but only for publicly talking about it....And the Los Angeles Dodgers are honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of "queer and trans nuns," during a June 16 event...

Had enough? Me too. Here's this week's Top 5 recommended reads.

* Planned Parenthood's Legacy: It's Worse Than You Think (Denise Harle, Alliance Defending Freedom)

* Surgeon General: Social Media Poses a ‘ Profound Risk’ to Mental Health of Minors (Dan Hart, FRC's Washington Stand)

* The Hate Industry (Edward Ring, American Greatness)

* The Left Has Pushed the Envelope (Victor Davis Hanson, PJ Media)

* The scandal that's hit America and will be bigger than Watergate (Newt Gingrich, Fox News)

And a couple of bonus stories: 5 things conservatives need to know before AI wipes out conservative thought altogether (Dan Schneider, Fox News)...‘They’re Forced to Celebrate It’: Parents of Girls Losing to Boys Speak Out (Suzanne Bowdey, FRC's Washington Stand) and a real doozy, Ex-social worker faked brain cancer to dodge justice after false tip councilwoman molested toddler (Emma Colton, Fox News)