Good Friday Reminds Us Death Isn’t Normal
We’ve all seen things we aren’t supposed to. Children left suddenly without their parents. Parents burying their children. Car accidents. Medical accidents. Workplace accidents. Lost battles with cancer. The effects of suicide. Mass shootings and terrorism. Accidental overdose. Senseless violence. Miscarriage. These things startle us not just because they’re scary or evil or unexpected, but because we were never meant to experience them in the first place. They feel contrary to God’s design — because they are.
In the beginning, everything was “good” because a good God made it that way. Man was fashioned to live in harmony with God and woman and creature. There was no sickness, no death, and no pain, only beauty, life, and light.
But sin quickly entered and, with it, death and decay. In Paul’s telling, “[J]ust as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.”
As a child, life felt a lot more like Eden. As an adult, it can seem more like hell. But on Good Friday, we’re reminded that the holy Son of God experienced the effects of sin on this Earth too. Not only that, but He willingly took my sin — and, if you repent and believe in Him, your sin — upon Himself.
Forsaken by His own Father, He bore God’s full wrath for sin on the cross. Here’s Paul again: “God made him [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” The Apostle John breaks it down even more:…
Glenn’s POWERFUL Easter Message for the Despaired & Lonely
This Easter and Good Friday, Glenn speaks to the lonely, those in despair, those who have dealt with pain for far too long. He was once in that same place. But the message of Easter, he says, isn’t just history. It’s our story, if we surrender and come to Christ.
Glenn ponders the weight Jesus must have felt on Thursday night as he knew what was coming on Friday. As he walked through the garden, as he was betrayed, as he was beaten by the Romans, abandoned by his own people and disciples, and nailed to a cross.
But he had a purpose for all of it. And just like he called Mary’s name at the empty tomb on Sunday, he calls to you today.
“He’s alive and He’s waiting, scars and all, arms open,” Glenn says. “Give it up and walk away from all that haunts you. Surrender. Live.”
ICE, DOGE seek Medicare data in immigration crackdown: Report
The database in question — known as the Integrated Data Repository (IDR) — contains detailed beneficiary information, including addresses and Medicare claims. According to the report, ICE has requested that CMS compare the Social Security numbers of suspected undocumented immigrants with Medicare data. The agency aims to determine whether migrants are wrongfully in the system and to obtain their current locations.
As of early April, CMS was still considering the request. It is not known if the agency has complied or how many individuals ICE is attempting to locate.
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Tuesday, April 15, to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving benefits under the Social Security Act, including Medicare. The order established a Medicare and Medicaid fraud prosecution program and expanded current Social Security enforcement efforts.
A White House spokesman said the proposal reflects Trump’s pledge “to protect Medicare for eligible beneficiaries.”
Elon Musk previously criticized entitlement fraud, calling it a major area of federal waste.
“The waste and fraud in entitlement spending — which is most of the federal spending is entitlements — so, that’s, like, the big one to eliminate. That’s the, sort of half-trillion, maybe $6-700 billion a year,” Musk told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow.
DOGE has reportedly involved itself in efforts to gain access to sensitive federal databases across various agencies in efforts to find fraud, waste and abuse. This has raised some concerns for Democrats over the outside group accessing sensitive government files….
UK successfully tests radio wave weapon to neutralize drone swarms
The British Army successfully used radio waves to shoot down a swarm of drones in a new directed energy weapons test. Known as the Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF-DEW), the system emits high-frequency energy to directly disrupt or damage electronic components inside unmanned aerial vehicles.
Unlike traditional jamming systems, RF-DEW can physically disable drones, causing them to crash or malfunction.
The Ministry of Defence estimates each shot costs about 13 cents, positioning it as a scalable low-cost system to complement traditional missile-based air defenses, if fully developed.
The trial, held at a weapons range in Wales, marked the U.K.’s largest counter-drone swarm exercise to date. British forces used the RF-DEW system to track and destroy more than 100 quadcopter drones in various formations.
The exercise demonstrated the system’s ability to neutralize multiple targets nearly instantaneously. The British Army used two types of drones: the military-grade Boresight Raider and the commercially available Parrot Anafi…
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What REALLY caused Autism Rates in Children to Skyrocket? — RFK Jr’s Search for the TRUTH
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given us an update on the latest numbers pertaining to autism in America. What is happening? RFK points out that the percentage of children being diagnosed with autism is up 480%!
That is exponentially higher than other countries around the world. Clearly, we are doing something different that is dramatically affecting our kids.
BlazeTV Host Sara Gonzales is joined by the founder of Wrong Speak Publishing, Adam Coleman and Jason Buttrill, chief writer and researcher for Glenn Beck.
South Africa Publishes Steep Race Quotas for Jobs, Fines for Non-Compliance
South Africa’s Department of Labour and Employment published a set of racial quotas this week that applies strict rules across 18 different industries and threatens businesses with steep fines if they do not comply.
BusinessTech, a South African publication, reported Thursday (original emphasis):
The laws apply to businesses that employ 50 or more people and require that their workforces reflect the country’s demographics at all levels.
These employees include black (African, Coloured and Indian), female and diabled [sic] workers.
Failure to do so could see employers face fines of up to R1.5 million or 2% of turnover and having their Employment Equity Compliance Certificates—essential for state contracts—withdrawn.
Businesses will have some limited ability to appeal the strict racial targets, described by The Citizen:
It is stipulated that companies implement a structure where there is a “designated group” – women and non-whites – composition of over 90% in 15 of the 18 sectors. Of the 18 sectors, 11 have a designated group target of over 95% for the skilled technical bracket.
The National Employers’ Association of South Africa and Sakeliga have said they will take the government to court because the rules are “unconstitutional, unlawful and harmful”.
The Citizen added that to a reasonable observer, the new rules looked like “social engineering by skin colour.”
The South African government’s own press release on the topic could not be accessed, as the relevant web page appeared to be down….
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Files Released
Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of previously classified files on the 1968 murder of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Friday morning following presidential orders earlier this year to declassify records that will reveal secrets about the assassinations that rocked the country in the 1960s.
Kennedy’s son, current Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., cited the two other infamous assassinations of that decade and told Breitbart News, “I’m very grateful to President Trump for lifting the veil on these documents. The assassination of JFK, RFK and MLK were important crossroads that changed the trajectory of our country from an idealistic and transparent democracy to a dark and secretive autocracy.”
More than 10,000 pages of RFK documents were uploaded Friday morning into the National Archives, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard announced. More are coming. After searching FBI and CIA warehouses for records, an additional 50,000 pages of RFK assassination files were discovered, Gabbard reported.
She said in a statement:
“Nearly 60 years after the tragic assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the American people will, for the first time, have the opportunity to review the federal government’s investigation thanks to the leadership of President Trump. My team is honored that the President entrusted us to lead the declassifications efforts and to shine a long-overdue light on the truth.”
Gabbard also extended her “deepest thanks to Bobby Kennedy and the families’ [sic] support” in the effort…
Tulsi Gabbard On The Release Of The RFK Assassination Files
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia suspected of human trafficking in report obtained by Fox News
Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, who was recently deported to El Salvador, was suspected of partaking in labor/human trafficking, according to a 2022 Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) report obtained by Fox News.
The report also stated that “official law enforcement investigations” revealed that Abrego-Garcia was a member of the notorious gang MS-13, which President Donald Trump has designated as a terror organization.
According to the report, on Dec. 1, 2022, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper stopped Garcia after he was “observed speeding” and unable to stay in his lane. The trooper noticed eight individuals in the car with Abrego-Garcia, who said he began driving three days prior from Houston, Texas, to Temple Hills, Md., via St. Louis, Mo. to “perform construction work.” The report states that the trooper suspected it was a human trafficking incident, as there was no luggage in the vehicle. Additionally, the individuals in the car reportedly gave the same address as Abrego-Garica’s home address.
When speaking with the trooper, Abrego-Garcia allegedly “pretended to speak less English than he was capable of and attempted to put encountering officer off-track by responding to questions with questions.” After the incident, the officer decided not to give Abrego-Garcia a citation for the driving infractions, but rather to give him a warning for driving with an expired license.
The HSI report also notes that in October 2019, the Prince Georges County Police Gang Unit identified Abrego-Garcia as a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang….
Trump TORCHES ‘fool’ Democrat for El Salvador trip: ‘BEGGING FOR ATTENTION’
Fox News’ Rich Edson provides details on the Trump administration’s response to Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s, D-Md., trip to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Podcast host Ben Ferguson weighs in.
Gutfeld: Once you see this grift you can’t unsee it
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and the ‘Gutfeld!’ panel unpack the latest rhetoric from the left around an alleged gang member deportee.
‘250K white British girls raped over 25 years – 90% by Muslims’: Viral video explained…
A video featuring Lord Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch has resurfaced, reigniting discussions about the UK’s grooming gang scandals – which are real.
In the clip, Pearson claims that approximately 250,000 young white British girls have been victims of rape and sexual abuse by Pakistani Muslim men over the past 25 years.
He criticizes the use of the term “Asian” to describe these perpetrators, saying it’s a PC shield that hides the truth about the “religion of peace.”
The video is going viral again, so we wanted to look into it and see where that 250,000 number came from.
It’s not easy to verify exact numbers when it comes to migrant crime—mainly because so many officials have been working overtime to cover it up for political reasons.
But what we found comes from the site Full Fact, which breaks down the numbers from cases like Rotherham, Telford, and Newcastle…
US Begins To Withdraw Military Equipment From Rzeszów, Poland In Move To Remove Support For Zelenskiy Regime
This story is developing…
Sources on the ground in the region tell CDM the U.S. military has begun flying out military equipment from Rzeszów, Poland.
Rzeszów is a major logistical hub for the American military aid to the Zelenskiy regime for prosecuting the Ukraine war.
Today Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during meetings with European leaders in Paris, declared the U.S. has ‘other priorities’.
We will report more on this story as we receive...
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