AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING
Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons
Pope Leo appoints bishop who celebrated LGBT Mass with drag queen speaker. Bishop Ramón Bejarano was the celebrant of a Mass this summer that was organized by St. John’s “LGBTQ Ministry,” with full backing of the Diocese of San Diego under Bishop Michael Pham, one of Pope Leo XIV’s first episcopal appointments.
Nicaragua bans visitors from bringing Bibles into the country, a move confirmed by notices posted at Tica Bus terminals in Costa Rica that serve routes to the Nicaraguan capital, Managua.
Good! May it be so. Members of Congress Urge Federal Courts to Allow Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools. Filed on behalf of 46 members of Congress.
Islam and Its Terrorism
‘Targeted, Antisemitism’: 16 Dead, 38 Injured After Father & Son Terrorists Attack Sydney Jewish Celebration. The shooting occurred during a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Australia.
Iraqi Migrant Stabs Teen Near German Christmas Market as Open Borders Violence Continues. Germany’s long-running experiment with mass migration and ideological denial has claimed another near-fatal victim – near a place meant to symbolize peace, tradition, and community.
Islamic Terror Plot Targeting Christmas Market Foiled in Poland. The suspect is a first-year law student at the Catholic University of Lublin. Investigators say his motivation was Islamic – not mental instability or random grievance.
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Respond to Islamic Ideology Blindfolded, Hands Tied Behind Their Backs. Islam is a destructive ideology whose objective is world domination and imposing Islamic Law (Sharia – antithesis of the US Constitution). But what do law enforcement and criminal justice professionals know about this ideology?
Qatar’s 21st Century Muslim Brotherhood Strategy. Despite Qatar’s glamorous public image, the state hosts and funds terrorists, serving as Muslim Brotherhood’s de facto headquarters. Qatar maintains Hamas leadership in luxury Doha accommodations and has destabilized Libya, Syria, and Tunisia through support for MB-aligned factions. Also see Brown University–Qatar Pipeline: How a Radical, Terror-Sympathizing College Was Allowed to Indoctrinate Over One Million U.S. High School Students.
Pervasive Perversion
Good! Even though it barely passed. “Children Are NOT Experiments”: House-Passes Bill Criminalizing Transgender Treatments For Minors, which includes surgical procedures and puberty blockers. The bill, “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” passed in a 216-211 vote.
Good! No such thing as a ‘transgender’ child. Billboard Chris addressed European Parliament with facts about transgender ideology. “There’s no such thing as a transgender child. I consider [transgender to be] one of the greatest lies ever told in the history of the human race.”
Good! Tennessee Christmas Parade Blocks Participation of Gay Pride Group. The movement hasn’t limited itself to fake churches with “gay pastors”; they’ve also targeted Christmas events and symbolism. By saturating every aspect of American life, LGBT groups hope to normalize their ideology, but they’re really just angering people. The public, no longer fearing reprisals from the cancel culture mob, is finally saying no.
DOJ Releases Epstein Files, More to Come on “Rolling Basis.” The Justice Dept released to the public and posted hundreds of thousands of Epstein File documents to the agency website on Dec. 19. But the release doesn’t comply with the law passed requiring their release by Dec. 19. Deputy Attorney General Blanche explained that DOJ will release more documents on a “rolling” basis, and that collating and vetting all the documents that can legally be released with respect to privilege or classification wasn’t possible within the law’s 30-day time frame.
The Abortion Abomination
University Wanted Body Parts From 2,500 Aborted Babies, So It Went to Planned Parenthood. Documents reveal more about Planned Parenthood’s partnership with University of California San Diego researchers, including ‘tissue’ collection from potentially viable unborn babies.
Orwellian Society
NY Times Declares War on Homeschooling. The New York Times piece, Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right, calls for massive new government controls over homeschool families. It comes just weeks after the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a report demanding such regulation worldwide under the guise of “human rights.”
Top constitutional lawyer warns against Liberal bills that could turn Canada into ‘police state.’
A top constitutional legal expert warned that freedom in the nation is “dying slowly” because of laws passed and proposed by the Liberal federal gov’t of PM Carney, saying it’s “up to citizens” to urge lawmakers to reverse course. “How did the UK end up arresting thousands of its citizens (over 30 per day) over their Facebook, X, and other social media posts? This Orwellian nightmare was achieved one small step at a time. No single step was deemed worthy of fierce and effective opposition by British citizens,” he warned.
Weather Events
‘Folks are scared’: Historic flooding grips Washington State, putting entire towns underwater.
Washington remains under a state of emergency as days of torrential downpours have pushed rivers to levels never seen before, triggering destructive and historic flooding across the region.
Coast-to-coast storm with 232 km/h (144 mph) gusts leaves 1 dead, 2 injured across Northwest and Rockies. The deep low-pressure system continues moving east toward the northern Plains and Midwest, sustaining severe winds and wildfire risks.
In Morocco: At least 21 killed as flash floods hit Safi following one hour of extreme rainfall on Dec. 14. Homes, shops, and roads were flooded, and multiple vehicles were swept away.
Wars and Rumors of Wars
US reportedly strikes Islamic State targets in Syria. The US military launched airstrikes against several ISIS targets in Syria on Friday, according to a US official who spoke anonymously. The strike comes nearly a week after two US troops and an American civilian interpreter were killed in Syria after a member of Syrian security forces opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol.
Putin calls Europe’s leaders “little pigs” and speaks confidently of victory. Ukraine President Zelensky sees the Russian move as a signal that Russia intends to continue the invasion.
Calls for Peace
Six countries have committed to joining Trump’s Board of Peace. The US says it has secured commitments from Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany to have their leaders join President Trump on the Board of Peace that will oversee the postwar management of Gaza. However, willingness to sit on the Board of Peace doesn’t mean further support from each country is guaranteed, according to those who spoke anonymously.
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