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Believe them when they tell you their plans.

BREAKING: Nearly every single House Democrat just voted to BLOCK a Constitutional amendment which would prevent packing the Supreme Court with more than 9 Justices.
Believe them when they tell you their plans.
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The Midterm Convention Comes to Dallas

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Indeed they were!

Father Karl A Claver

The Dark Ages were actually periods of great learning.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton has won another important legal victory for election integrity. The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court and upheld key parts of Texas Senate Bill 1. Voters casting mail ballots must provide an identification number or Social Security number that matches state records. They also receive multiple chances to correct defects. Stronger rules protect those who need assistance from coercion or intimidation.
This work is hard. It is often unseen. It consumes years of legal effort and quiet persistence. Yet it remains fundamental in a constitutional republic. Honest elections protect the dignity of lawful voters and guard the vulnerable. Christians are called by God to seek and defend the good in the public square. We labor for truth here with the same care we bring to prayer because justice in temporal affairs belongs to the mandate Christ has given us.

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Attorney General Paxton Secures Legal Victory Upholding ID Requirements for Mail-In Ballots and Other Election Integrity Safeguards

August 14, 2026 | Press Release Attorney General Paxton Secures Legal Victory Upholding ID Requirements for Mail-In Ballots and Other Election Integrity Safeguards Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory for election integrity as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a federal district court ruling that upheld challenges to key provisions of Texas’s Election Integrity Act, Senate Bill (“SB 1”). In 2021, the Texas Legislature enacted SB 1 to strengthen election integrity, protect ballot secrecy, deter fraud, and safeguard the security of Texas elections, particularly in the mail-in voting process. Across multiple appeals, Attorney General Paxton has successfully defended different provisions of SB 1 in the Fifth Circuit. The provisions challenged in this case require voters casting ballots by mail to provide an identification number or Social Security number that matches state records. It also includes provisions giving voters multiple opportunities …

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Developing story…
Yes. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has scrapped its proposal to install additional Islamic foot-washing (ablution/wudu) stations.
The plan would have added one station inside an existing men’s restroom and one inside an existing women’s restroom on the pre-security side of Terminal D (the international terminal). It was still in the evaluation phase (not fully approved), with a state filing listing an estimated cost in the $115,000–$300,000 range and a potential late-2026 timeline. DFW said it accelerated its review due to elevated public interest this week and determined the project “would not deliver the originally anticipated operational benefits.”
DFW already has two ablution stations (installed around 2019) beside the Terminal D Interfaith Chapel near Gate D40 on the post-security side. Reports indicate the cancellation applies only to the proposed new restroom stations; there has been no announcement about removing the existing ones.
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Islamic Campus Rising Near Camp Bullis: A National Security Warning for Texas - Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective

A multi-million-dollar Islamic campus is under construction in Stone Oak, one of San Antonio’s more affluent northern suburbs. The project sits a short drive from Camp Bullis, the large U.S. Army training installation that has long served as a critical site for combat and medical training. The Northside Islamic Center of San Antonio is building a 33,000-square-foot mosque and community center on 7.25 acres. Future plans include a full K–12 Islamic school and residential housing. This is not a simple neighborhood place of worship. It is being presented as a self-contained campus where Muslims can live, pray, educate their children, and socialize largely within their own system. The resident scholar and imam associated with the project, AbdulRahman Kattab, has made public statements that raise serious questions. According to video documentation compiled by the RAIR Foundation, he has described the October 7 Hamas massacre as a “day of remembrance” for Muslims, invoked familiar anti-Jewish …

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From a Christian perspective, several of these events are precisely the places where the Cross becomes concrete rather than theoretical. Burying a child or watching a marriage die does not automatically produce holiness, but it removes the possibility of remaining superficial. The man either turns toward grace or he turns toward bitterness and self-destruction. There is rarely a comfortable middle option after those particular losses.

Great St. Augustine ~ I cannot show you my God. Not because there is no God to show, but because you have no eyes to see Him.

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