Virginia | April 16, 2021
Mike Pompeo joins Liberty University Freedom Center
Virginia | April 16, 2021
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been named as a senior advisor at the Standing for Freedom Center where his foreign policy experience will be used to help advance religious freedom, Liberty University announced Thursday.
Pompeo told The Christian Post in an interview on Tuesday that as a senior advisor he will further advance the religious freedom rights he promoted worldwide as secretary of state under the Trump administration and preserve the values he’s held throughout his life.
“I’ve watched this Center begin its development and its deep commitment for a set of issues I’ve cared about for a good part of my life — the capacity for every human being to exercise their God-given rights to practice their faith or if they choose not to practice their faith …,” Pompeo said.
“We live in a special place, and I want to make sure we continue to do that at home here in the United States and then continue to work to expand that freedom abroad, as well, and I think this Center could be an important part of that,” Pompeo added…
(Excerpts from The Christian Post)
California | April 16, 2021
Rock Church to reopen for first time since COVID-19
California | April 16, 2021
While churches across California sparred with local governments over restrictions on gathering for worship, Rock Church took another approach, focusing their efforts on ministries outside the building’s four walls.
“Rock Church has always been very dynamic in that we are multifaceted,” Pastor Travis Gibson, who leads the church’s Point Loma campus, told The Christian Post.
“We don’t just do Sundays, but we also did blood drives, we repaired over 300,095 expired N95 masks and delivered them to responders, we have a prison ministry, and we already had people meeting in parks. We delivered clothing to families in need and had a military festival drive-thru style.”…
(Excerpts from The Christian Post)
Minnesota | April 16, 2021
Mike Lindell Social Media Site Set to Start Monday
Minnesota | April 16, 2021
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell announced on April 15 that his new social media platform called “Frank,” with the mission of providing a place for free speech as laid out in the U.S. Constitution, will launch on April 19.
In a video statement, Lindell said he’s taken steps to make sure the site is most secure, with his own servers, and will not be subject to censorship on the whims of big tech companies such as Amazon and Google.
“And we are going to get our voice of free speech out there,” Lindell said. “On Monday morning at 9 a.m., we’re going to have the biggest launch. … I call it a Frank-a-thon.”
“I’m going to be on there live all day long. … It’s like a YouTube Twitter combination; you’ve never seen anything like it,” Lindell said of his new project…
(Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
Florida | April 16, 2021
Governor Disagrees with 2020 Lockdowns Orders
Florida | April 16, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order on April 1 last year locking down the Sunshine State for 30 days amid a global panic about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak. Sitting in his office exactly a year later, he told The Epoch Times that the lockdowns were a “huge mistake,” including in his own state.
“We wanted to mitigate the damage. Now, in hindsight, the 15 days to slow the spread and the 30—it didn’t work,” DeSantis said. “We shouldn’t have gone down that road.”
Florida’s lockdown order was notably less strict than some of the stay-at-home measures imposed in other states. Recreational activities like walking, biking, golf, and beachgoing were exempted while essential businesses were broadly defined….
(Excerpts from The Epoch Times)
Nebraska | April 16, 2021
Nebraska Becomes Second Amendment Sanctuary State
Nebraska | April 16, 2021
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has declared his state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State,” signing a proclamation which solidifies the state’s support for gun rights.
Ricketts posted a video on social media of his signing of the proclamation in which he states, “Nebraska has always been a state that has supported our Second Amendment rights. As a symbol of that support, I am signing a proclamation declaring Nebraska a Second Amendment Sanctuary State, and with my signature, it will become official.”..
(Excerpts from Charlie Kirk)
Texas | April 16, 2021
Poll: Hispanic Approval of Biden’s Border Response Lower than Rest of America
Texas | April 16, 2021
Overall, only 29 percent of Americans say they approve of Biden’s handling of the pandemonium occurring at the border. Even lower, just 27 percent of Hispanics approve and 25 percent of whites. A majority—56 percent of black Americans—support Biden’s response to the crisis.
A recent report from the Washington Post reveals border crossings reached a 15-year high in March:
More than 171,000 migrants were taken into custody along the U.S. southern border in March, the highest monthly total since 2006, according to preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection data reviewed by The Washington Post.
The extraordinary increase — up from 78,442 in January — underscores the magnitude of the challenge facing the Biden administration, especially as it races to add emergency shelter capacity for an unprecedented number of teenagers and children crossing without their parents. Numerous tragedies have been reported at the border in recent months, including the fact that a 6-month-old baby had to be pulled from the Rio Grande River by border agents after human traffickers tossed the child into the waters….
(Excerpts from Charlie Kirk)