The New York City Council approved a new budget on Tuesday that allocates almost $7 million for “trans equity” programs and doesn’t include any spending for the additional police officers Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to hire.
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Your generation has been entrusted with something unprecedented. Never before has a generation possessed such extraordinary power to shape minds, influence culture, and connect people across the world. A smartphone today is more than a device; it is a newsroom, a publishing house, a television studio, a camera, a library, and a doorway into the lives of millions. That is a remarkable gift. It is also a profound responsibility. That is why the Church needs grounded and properly formed Catholic journalists. The Church needs communicators who are competent, credible, courageous, creative, and rooted in Christ.
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“I just thought it was a great phrase to frame it,” he said of the title. “The song is basically the story of how our forefathers fought for what they believed were God-given rights.”
The song includes the lyrics “With our fate uncertain/ Across boundless seas/ To distant shores/ We’d fight to make a stand.” Cain credited his inspiration for the song to author and cultural commentator Eric Metaxas, whose research into the religious convictions of America’s founders, Cain said, challenged some of his own assumptions.
“He inspired the song,” Cain said. “His presentation was so moving to me. It confirmed what I had suspected after spending time in Washington, seeing the artifacts and the history. It’s no accident we have ‘In God We Trust.'”
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After the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) rejected a resolution defining “woman” as “born female,” the head of the Texas branch of DAR sent out an email threatening those who speak out against the decision. The vote on the resolution, held at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. during DAR’s 135th Continental Congress, was 1,481 to 984.
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Millions will gather for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, prompting renewed concerns about sex trafficking. Here’s what the research says about major sporting events, why trafficking is a year-round issue, and what pornography has to do with it.
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Despite the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of girl-only sports, California will continue to allow “transgender”-identified male athletes to compete in girls and women’s sports.
According to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Governor Gavin Newsom said that “the Supreme Court ruling will not impact California’s current setup.”
Reporter Jackson Thompson posted on X about the governor’s office’s response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in State of West Virginia v. BPJ that states are allowed to protect girls and women’s sports with laws that keep sports separate based on biology.
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Gottman describes three natural phases of love. The first, which the psychologist Dorothy Tennov named limerence and Gottman places at the very start, looks a great deal like hyperfixation aimed at a person: obsessive, intrusive thoughts and a fear of rejection. It is partly chemical, and Gottman notes that this phase tends to come with poor judgment, the kind that makes it easy to miss what we might otherwise notice. That is part of why it feels so total, and part of why, on its own, it does not last.
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As we reflect on the 250th anniversary of our nation’s heritage, front porches offer an excellent object for consideration. Their true significance, both historically and towards a renewal of things we hold dear, lies most in how they can exemplify truly human life. Much can be said about their social significance beyond the boundaries of home. Porches serve in numerous ways to foster a sense of belonging, connection, communication, and responsibility toward the broader community. But my present interest is in the crucial role of porches—or some other space that might stand in for them—in fostering a fully human life within the household itself.
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