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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appears unwilling to answer questions about Democratic U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett’s communications with Jeffrey Epstein despite repeatedly calling for complete transparency regarding the late convicted sex predator. Reporters grilled Jeffries over Plaskett’s 2019 texts with Epstein, and the top House Democrat repeatedly refused chances to condemn his caucus […]
Liberals rejoice after Clinton judge blocks Texas law requiring 10 Commandments in schools
Governor Greg Abbott (R) ratified legislation in June requiring all public-school classrooms in Texas to display the Ten Commandments.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick noted that “by placing the Ten Commandments in our classrooms, we are ensuring students receive the same foundational moral compass that guided our state and country’s forefathers.”
The prospect that children in the Lone Star State would be publicly reminded from Sept. 1 onward to honor their parents and not to lie, murder, steal, commit adultery, or worship false gods proved intolerable to a number of liberals and anti-religion activists who promptly filed legal challenges.
‘These rogue ISD officials and board members blatantly disregarded the will of Texas voters.’
Obliging one set of plaintiffs who alleged in a Sept. 22 lawsuit that the display of the historically significant moral code violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that requires certain public school districts to remove displays of the Ten Commandments and further prohibits them from posting new displays.
Judge Orlando Garcia, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, claimed that the display of the Ten Commandments on the wall of a public-school classroom as set forth in Senate Bill 10 violates the Establishment Clause.
The Clinton judge noted further that while the plaintiffs in the case were a motley crew of parents — some are atheists, agnostic, Christians, Jews, Baha’i, and Hindu — “they share one thing in common: Plaintiffs do not wish their children to be pressured to observe, venerate, or adopt the religious doctrine contained in the Ten Commandments.”
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Garcia added that it was “impractical, if not impossible to prevent Plaintiffs from being subjected to unwelcome religious displays without enjoining Defendants from enforcing S.B. 10 across their districts.”
The ruling applies to 14 school districts across the state.
The ACLU, which has defended classroom displays of LGBT symbols signifying liberals’ rejection of sexual morality, celebrated the ruling.
“A federal court has recognized that the Constitution bars public schools from forcing religious scripture on students,” said Daniel Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion. “This decision is a victory for religious liberty and a reminder that government officials shouldn’t pay favorites with faith.”
Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, similarly celebrated the prohibition of the Ten Commandments in the classroom, stating, “Families throughout Texas and across the country get to decide how and when their children engage with religion — not politicians or public-school officials.”
While Laser insinuated that Texans did not sanction the introduction of the Ten Commandments into public-school classrooms, voters across the state elected those lawmakers who passed S.B. 10 this year in decisive votes in the Texas legislature. Moreover, Texans — 4,437,099 to be exact — also gave Abbott a clear mandate in 2022 to ratify such legislation.
“We’re extremely happy to have secured this victory for the plaintiff families we represent,” said Sam Grover, senior counsel at the Freedom from Religion Foundation. “The law is quite clear that pushing religion on students in public school is unconstitutional.”
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has vowed to enforce the law, is appealing the decision, reported KLTV-TV.
On Tuesday, Paxton also announced that he was suing a pair of school districts for refusing to comply with S.B. 10.
“These rogue ISD officials and board members blatantly disregarded the will of Texas voters who expect the legal and moral heritage of our state to be displayed in accordance with the law,” said Paxton. “This lawsuit makes clear that no district may ignore Texas law without consequence.”
A panel of judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals claimed that a similar law passed by Louisiana Republicans was “plainly unconstitutional.” A hearing on the case by the full appeals court is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2026. The New York Times indicated that the court will also hear a challenge to Texas’ S.B. 10 in that hearing.
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Secret Sharia ‘courts’ in Texas may be quietly overriding state law — Abbott calls for investigation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) calls for an investigation into “certain entities” that may be defying state and federal laws to push Islamic codes, according to a statement first obtained by “The Glenn Beck Program.”
Abbott issued a proclamation on Tuesday that designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations. As a result of this declaration, individuals who promote or aid their criminal activities could face heightened penalties, and the groups’ affiliates are banned from acquiring land in Texas.
CAIR condemned Abbott’s action, calling it “defamatory and lawless,” in a statement emailed to Blaze News.
‘The Constitution’s religious protections provide no authority for religious courts to skirt state and federal laws simply by donning robes and pronouncing positions inconsistent with western civilization.’
On Wednesday, Abbott continued his efforts to prevent Sharia law from taking hold in Texas.
“It has come to my attention that certain entities in Texas — including in Collin and Dallas Counties — may be masquerading as legal ‘courts’ staffed with ‘judges’ issuing orders that purportedly carry the authority to bind individuals to Islamic codes, thereby pre-empting state and federal laws,” Abbott said in a statement provided to Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck.
“The Constitution’s religious protections provide no authority for religious courts to skirt state and federal laws simply by donning robes and pronouncing positions inconsistent with western civilization,” the statement continued. “I urge you, therefore, to investigate efforts by entities purporting to illegally enforce Sharia law in Texas. Legal disputes in Texas must be decided based on American law rooted in the fundamental principles of American due process, not according to Sharia law dispensed in modern day star chambers.”
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Beck noted that Abbott’s investigation request would require cooperation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General’s Office.
“The letter is going to be sent out later today. But this is an exclusive report from the governor. I applaud Governor Abbott for actually doing this,” Beck said.
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Abbott sent the letter to North Texas District Attorneys and Sheriffs, the Attorney General of Texas, and the Texas DPS.
“At the outset, the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom provides wide berth for religious institutions to order their own affairs under the ‘church autonomy’ doctrine,” the letter read. “It is different entirely, however, for religious groups to set up courts purporting to replace actual courts of law to evade neutral and generally applicable laws.”
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Yet another state’s districts found to be racist, resulting in new map for 2026 midterms
Amid the several race-based redistricting fights across the country ahead of the midterms, including states like Texas and California, one Southern state joined the ranks Monday in a move that has left nobody satisfied.
A federal judge ordered a small redistricting effort after finding back in August that the current Alabama state Senate district map violated the Voting Rights Act.
The new plan does enough to remedy the disparities while not upsetting other districts.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco, a first-term Trump appointee, ordered that a new map that rearranged District 25 and District 26, two Montgomery-area districts, be implemented in time for the 2026 midterms.
Democrat state Senator Kirk Hatcher currently represents Senate District 26, and Republican state Senator Will Barfoot represents Senate District 25.
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The primary issue with the old district map was that it was found to “pack” black voters into one district, weakening their voting power in other districts.
Manasco wrote that the new plan “unpacks District 26 by moving some Black voters from District 26 into the adjacent District 25.”
The decision has been met with a widespread lack of enthusiasm in the Republican trifecta state, with many uncertain that a satisfactory outcome could be achieved.
Manasco wrote that the new plan does enough to remedy the disparities while not upsetting other districts.
Court-appointed special master Richard Allen warned in a court filing that the plan only “weakly remedies” the Voting Rights Act violation.
“As the law currently stands, states like Alabama are put to the virtually impossible task of protecting some voters based on race without discriminating against any other voters based on race. I remain hopeful that we will somehow find the ‘magic map’ that will both satisfy the federal court and also be fair to all Alabamians,” Republican Governor Kay Ivey wrote in September, according to the AP.
Based on this reasoning, Ivey declined to call a special session for the legislature to redraw the district maps in September.
The new map does not upset the partisan distribution of power in the state, where Republicans hold a majority, 27 to 8.
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Where evil tried to win: How a Utah revival turned atrocity into interfaith miracle
Intense feuds over theological differences between traditional Christians (Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox) and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints date back to 1830, immediately after Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith launched his church.
After nearly 200 years of strife, that fierce debate transformed into an unprecedented, inspiring moment of interfaith healing on Sunday night at Utah Valley University — a predominantly Latter-day Saints campus and the largest university in the state — where prominent evangelical Protestant Pastor Greg Laurie hosted a revival event called “Hope for America.”
‘We’re going to go to that place of darkness, and we’re going to turn on the radiant light of Jesus Christ and proclaim the gospel that Charlie believed.’
Organizers created the event to rebuild spirits at the site of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September. Students and faculty felt distraught after the trauma of Kirk’s murder, which happened in broad daylight, shortly after students returned to campus from summer break.
Kirk — a prominent conservative activist, confidant of President Trump, and founder of Turning Point USA — was brutally gunned down, allegedly by a deranged gunman from southern Utah, while Kirk spoke outdoors near the UVU student services building.
For many Americans, the first time they had heard of UVU was for this infamous, gut-wrenching reason.
“We’re going to go to that place of darkness, and we’re going to turn on the radiant light of Jesus Christ and proclaim the gospel that Charlie believed,” Laurie said in a press statement announcing the exciting gathering, organized with just six weeks’ prep time for an event that typically takes six months.
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Laurie, 72, is the founder of Harvest churches in California and Hawaii and of Harvest Crusades. A prolific evangelist who fills up stadiums around the world in massive Billy Graham-style revival events, Laurie is a best-selling author and movie producer. His 2023 film “Jesus Revolution” tells the story of his conversion away from the drug-infused culture of 1970s California.
Laurie planned to come to Utah in 2027, but Kirk’s assassination sped up the timeline to offer a timely balm to the community. He was also co-hosted by pastors from more than 100 local Protestant churches who helped promote the gathering. Tickets were free, all quickly snapped up by attendees for the 8,500-seat UCCU Center, the basketball arena on campus. Laurie said there were an additional 67 overflow sites in the area to watch. The revival featured music from renowned Protestant Christian artists Chris Thomlin and Phil Wickham.
UVU president Astrid Tuminez said 70% of UVU’s students identify as Latter-day Saints, according to Courtney Tanner at the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Valley has the highest concentration of practicing Latter-day Saints in the world.
I grew up in the Latter-day Saints tradition, and my ancestors worked with Smith and other early pioneer leaders like Brigham Young. As a child, I attended an elementary school down the road from UVU. Back then, it was the much smaller Utah Valley Community College.
As I share in my memoir, “Motorhome Prophecies,” released last year, at that school we had only one non-LDS student in my class (a Catholic). I felt suspicious of her and afraid to attend her birthday slumber party.
But such is the suspicion of many who grow up in the majority of any dominant culture against the minority.
I stopped practicing the Latter-day Saints faith after my Brigham Young University graduation in 2005 at age 22. I later formally resigned from the Latter-day Saints organization in 2010 and got baptized as a Protestant, eight years ago this Dec. 3.
‘You meant it for evil; God meant it for good.’
So I am thrilled to see these bridges being built in real time. This type of unity ripened years prior under the leadership of the late Latter-day Saints leader Russell Nelson, who passed away in late September.
Laurie asked me to help him workshop his remarks prior to delivery. I was honored to provide whatever insight I could in hopes of serving Laurie’s profound desire to share the message of Christ’s redemption for all mankind.
“Why did Charlie Kirk die in such a tragic way, only a short distance from where we are right now?” Laurie wrote in his remarks. “I do not know the answer to that question, but I know Charlie is in heaven. But this event tonight would not be happening if not for that horrific event.”
Indeed, life’s most wrenching crucibles can propel us to our greatest moments of growth and freedom. In his remarks, Laurie also quoted from the book of Genesis: “But Joseph said to them, ‘ … you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.'”
“This your moment. Don’t wait for a tragedy. Don’t scroll past this one more time. Come to the Father, tonight!” Laurie said.
It’s miraculous to see how evangelicals and Latter-day Saints — groups with such a long history of heated disagreements — came together to unite in service of healing in God’s name.
My prayer is that Hope for America is just the first in a long series of interfaith reconciliation gatherings among Latter-day Saints, Protestants, and Catholics that will cultivate shared bonds among people of faith — all children of our heavenly Father.
TRUMP LANDS A TRILLION: Saudi Crown Prince Ups Investment in U.S. During Oval Office Visit [WATCH]
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President Donald Trump didn’t just host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday — he scored a massive economic pledge right from the Oval Office.
