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Paramount May Not Leave California After All
With a costly October 1 deadline days away, Paramount Skydance’s threat to leave Los Angeles may be tabled for now. The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday that the studio made a series of concessions to the coalition of blue states suing to stop the $110 billion merger that could at last bring their volatile negotiations to an end.
Why We Can’t Let The Left Make Dolly Their Socialist Mascot
Throughout her career, Dolly Parton famously took pains to avoid becoming anyone’s political mascot. In 2018, after ABC’s David Wright tried to get her to compare Donald Trump to the lecherous boss in “9 to 5,” she refused with classic Southern sass. “I don’t do politics,” she said. “I’m not getting into any of that because I have a lot of fans out there, and I don’t want to offend anybody.
I Signed Up For HelloFresh Meal Kits. Turns Out They’re Rated X.
A 21st-century mom who wants to emulate the Proverbs 31 woman may not have a household of servants to help shoulder the countless tasks of daily life, but she does have modern conveniences that ladies of the Old Testament could never have conceived — dishwashers, robot vacuums, drive-thru pharmacies, and meal kit delivery services like HelloFresh.
Cancer may take my life. Here’s what a hymn made me see.
Cancer may take my life. Here’s what a hymn made me see. (washingtonpost.com) Cancer may take my life. Here’s what a hymn made me see. By Megan Basham 2026052211010100 Megan Basham is a culture reporter for the Daily Wire. As a Christian, I wish I could say I received my 2024 diagnosis of early-onset advanced colorectal cancer in a beatific fashion, battling fear and grief with the time-honored spiritual weapons of prayer, fasting and scripture reading.
Teen Takeovers Turn Blue Cities Into ‘Scenes From The Purge’
A growing wave of juvenile crime and “teen takeovers” in major Democrat-run cities is prompting renewed scrutiny of leftist policing policies, with critics warning that years of anti-law enforcement rhetoric have created an atmosphere of escalating disorder. The phenomenon has erupted in cities including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in recent months, with incidents often coordinated through TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms. Col.
Pastors Have A Duty To Rebuke James Talarico
A recurring theme throughout Scripture is that those who are not following the Lord, who are, in fact, in open rebellion against him, will nevertheless claim to be his standard bearers in the hopes of harnessing his power for their cause. We see it in 1 Samuel 4-5 when disobedient Israel decides to carry the Ark of the Covenant into battle, believing its presence will guarantee their victory.
Career Activist Who Disrupted Minneapolis Worship Service Also Targeted Hegseth’s DC Church
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A Tragic End For A Hollywood Legend
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Influence Campaigns Inside Evangelical Institutions
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Nicki Minaj Puts Nigeria’s Christian Persecution In The Spotlight | Eastern NC Now
Nicki Minaj Puts Nigeria’s Christian Persecution In The Spotlight Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Megan Basham. When Nicki Minaj stepped up to the podium at the United Nations on November 18th, wearing a somber black suit instead of her usual bubblegum pink, one of the world's most influential rap artists became one of the most unexpected voices to join the fight against Christian persecution in Nigeria.
Religious NGO That Settled Afghan Shooter Condemned Trump For Additional Vetting Order
A day before 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal opened fire on two National Guardsmen patrolling near the White House, the NGO that reportedly settled the shooter in the United States condemned President Donald Trump for ordering further vetting of refugees.
Nicki Minaj Puts Nigeria’s Christian Persecution In The Spotlight
When Nicki Minaj stepped up to the podium at the United Nations on November 18th, wearing a somber black suit instead of her usual bubblegum pink, one of the world’s most influential rap artists became one of the most unexpected voices to join the fight against Christian persecution in Nigeria. “In Nigeria, hundreds of communities live in fear simply because of how they worship,” she said. “Protecting Christians is not about taking sides, and it is not about dividing people.
Wicked 2 Is More Conservative Than Its Stars Admit. That Doesn’t Make It Good.
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Winter In Love: In New Book, Andrew Klavan’s Tortured Detective Finally Gets The Girl
— Review — This installment finds Winter continuing to flirt with faith — literally. Through four books now, fans of Andrew Klavan’s Cameron Winter novels have wondered if the assassin-turned-poetry professor would conquer his inner demons and realize his life’s great ambition: becoming worthy of a good woman’s love. In his fifth outing, After That, the Dark, readers may at last have their answer. This installment finds Winter continuing to flirt with faith — literally.
The Fight To Make A Christian College Christian Again
In the year before his death, Charlie Kirk increasingly raised the alarm about the progressive drift in America’s Christian colleges and seminaries. He particularly focused his warnings on one of the largest and most trusted evangelical universities in the country — Southern California’s Biola University.
Evangelical Magazine Christianity Today Takes Over $1 Million From Abortion Funder
Though Billy Graham said he founded Christianity Today in 1956 to offer a conservative alternative to the liberal Christian Century, his magazine has developed a reputation for trending toward the Left, with its editorial staff making donations to Democrats. Despite that, Christianity Today has always claimed it maintains a pro-life ethic.
The Reports Of The Religious Right’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
In 2016, Russell Moore, then head of the political lobbying arm of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, wrote in The Washington Post that Donald Trump had “snuffed out” the “Religious Right.” Support for Trump, Moore argued, had so discredited the old moral majority establishment that the next generation of evangelicals would throw off the misguided notion that they should engage in political activism to ensure that the nation’s laws and customs reflect Christian values.
Faith above politics
Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. MARY REICHARD, HOST: As we close out today, another remembrance from a former colleague, Megan Basham. She’s here now: Well, Megan, you were on Charlie's podcast just last week, so you've met up with him a few times at meetings and conferences. You knew Charlie. I'm wondering if you have some reflection on Charlie's character and what his mission was.
Fatal Charlotte Stabbing Highlights The Failure Of Racial Equity Policies
The brutal murder of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina bus has become a flashpoint in national discussions about urban safety, with President Donald Trump weighing in on the tragedy. “I give my love and hope to the family of the young woman who was stabbed in Charlotte by a madman, a lunatic,” Trump said in a speech at the Museum of the Bible on Monday. “Just viciously stabbed, she’s just sitting there.” “There are evil people,” the president added.
Lions Of The Faith: The Legacies Of John MacArthur And James Dobson
This summer marked the end of an era in American Christianity. Within weeks of each other, pastor John MacArthur and psychologist James Dobson, two of the most influential evangelical leaders of the past half-century, passed away. MacArthur died on July 14 at the age of 86, followed by his friend Dobson on August 21 at 89. Their distinct but complementary approaches to faith and culture reshaped churches, families, and politics in profound ways.
Focus On The Family Founder James Dobson Is Dead At 89
— News — A seminal proponent of family values, Dobson helped mobilize a conservative movement on issues like abortion, pornography, and gay marriage. Dr. James Dobson, the influential Christian psychologist and Focus on the Family founder, died Thursday at age 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute announced that Dobson had passed away in Colorado Springs following a brief illness.
The Great Lion Enters Into His Rest
In 2020, as state authorities across the country were closing down churches and dictating worship practices — No singing! No more than fifty people! — my editor at a Christian magazine offered me an assignment. Would I interview renowned preacher John MacArthur, who at that time was making national headlines for opposing California Governor Gavin Newsom’s shutdown orders? I could not have said “yes” faster.
When Progressive Foundations Fund Evangelism
The political projects men like Christianity Today editor Russell Moore and New York Times columnist David French undertake involve a contradiction. While lamenting how partisan American Christianity has become (frequently accusing other evangelicals of shilling for “Christian Nationalism”), they continue to launch and participate in programs designed, albeit covertly, to inject progressive politics into the church.
A Former OnlyFans Recruiter Reveals The Dark World Of Amateur Pornography
On the surface, Victoria Sinis is indistinguishable from so many other marketing professionals. Young, vivacious, and personable, the twenty-something Australian seems like she does PR for a cosmetics company or a trendy tech startup. But Sinis’ job was something else entirely. For eightmonths, she trolled social media sites for girls who seemed underage or “barely legal,” and coaxed them into posting explicit content on OnlyFans. The job was easier than it may seem. All she had to do was lie.
Andrew Klavan’s Dark World
Andrew Klavan’s new book arrived in my inbox with providential timing. Only a few hours before I started perusing The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness, I’d signed a publishing contract for my first novel — a story of murder, prostitution, and the many debased things that fallen man is willing to do in pursuit of his ambitions.
“Too Busy with Woke Stuff”| Megan Basham
In 1993, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (or as it was then known, the Christian Life Commission) helped engineer a piece of legislation that had not only Southern Baptists, but religious Americans of all stripes, cheering.
The Cross in the Old Testament
On the road to Emmaus, Jesus spoke to two wandering disciples about all that the Hebrew scriptures said concerning him (Luke 24:27). Warming their hearts with his “Christ-centered” interpretation of the Old Testament, Jesus taught his disciples and us (by way of Luke’s account) how to read all things in Scripture in light of Christ. In this month, we follow our Savior’s lead to see the glory of the cross in the patterns and promises of the Old Testament.
“Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC
In 1993, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (or as it was then known, the Christian Life Commission) helped engineer a piece of legislation that had not only Southern Baptists, but religious Americans of all stripes, cheering.
You Cannot Serve God and Wokeness
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Christian College Caves to Woke Mob, Apologizes For Congratulating Alum In Trump Admin
— News and Analysis — Wheaton College posted, and then retracted, a message congratulating Russ Vought on his confirmation to lead the Office of Management and Budget • Feb 8, 2025 DailyWire.com • Illinois’ Wheaton College has long traded on its reputation as a doctrinally conservative Christian institution. Its landing page promises prospective students that they will “find [their] Christ-centered calling” at the school. And its alumni list reads like who’s who of evangelical leaders.
Woke Bishop’s Anti-Trump Sermon Is The End Result Of A Marxist Plot
— News and Analysis — Budde used a nonpartisan prayer service to lecture Trump about illegal immigrants, transgenderism • Jan 22, 2025 DailyWire.com • Mariann Budde, the Bishop who presided over the inaugural prayer service at Washington’s National Cathedral Tuesday, disgraced the nation when she used a nonpartisan occasion of religious worship to deliver a left-wing diatribe to President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their families.
How Naivety Is Allowing Unbiblical Progressivism Into Evangelical Churches
How does deception happen? Does it come packaged in clear, straightforward arguments? Or are distortions advanced incrementally, with hedging and disclaimers, until error is fully embraced, like when Barack Obama insisted he believed marriage was between a man and a woman, even as his rhetoric moved the ball forward on same-sex marriage until he could finally announce his full evolution?
Democrats Close Campaign With Porn (“Hands Off My Porn” Campaign), by Megan Basham
By Megan Basham, First Things, Nov. 4, 2024 Megan Basham is a culture reporter for the Daily Wire. In the final days of the 2024 election, the Democrats have at last hit on a pitch they believe will make inroads with young men: Vote for us, the party of porn. When ads tying Dems to smut first rolled out on October 7, they still seemed like a niche play by the party’s fringe.
Democrats Close Campaign with Porn | Megan Basham
In the final days of the 2024 election, the Democrats have at last hit on a pitch they believe will make inroads with young men: Vote for us, the party of porn. When ads tying Dems to smut first rolled out on October 7, they still seemed like a niche play by the party’s fringe. A coalition of porn actors with names like Ana Foxxx, Liv Revamped, and Sinn Sage pooled a measly $100,000 for a campaign billed as “Hands Off My Porn,” to run on porn sites in swing states.
EXCLUSIVE: Seven Undecided Pennsylvania Voters Say What’s Driving Their Decision
Polling has consistently shown former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris locked in a dead heat in Pennsylvania — and the results of a recently-convened focus group shared exclusively with The Daily Wire suggest the Keystone State is still very much up for grabs. The political analytics firm Cygnal gathered seven undecided Pennsylvania voters from Erie and Northampton Counties, which have gone for the winner of every presidential election since 2008.
How Naivety Is Allowing Unbiblical Progressivism Into Evangelical Churches We are commanded to guard against such rank gullibility.
Everyone is familiar with the ubiquitous pharmaceutical ads that encourage the viewer to ask their doctor about Abilify for depression, Skyrizi for plaque psoriasis, or Linzess for irritable bowel syndrome. At some point during these commercials, which show grim-faced recluses in gloomy rooms becoming confident extroverts laughing with friends over sunny al fresco lunches, there comes a disclaimer about side effects.
With His Latest Detective Novel, Andrew Klavan Enters The Heart Of Darkness
In a passage from Ezekiel, the Old Testament prophet offers a message from God to His people, Israel—”I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” It’s a promise for their good, but it comes at a cost. Flesh feels pain; stone doesn’t.
Voting to the Glory Of God – Christ Over All
“Jesus is not a Republican or Democrat.” So the saying goes. “His kingdom is not of this world!” So goes another. Virtue signals like these have a ring of truth to them, but often they are used to create a moral equivalency between two political parties that are not morally equivalent. Such sentiments may give the appearance of liberating consciences—no questions asked. But in 2024, it’s time to ask some questions. What does Christ’s Lordship have to do with voting?
A Review of Shepherds for Sale. By Megan Basham.
Broadside Books, 2024. Yes, the church is being targeted: For years now radical secular left beliefs and practices have been increasingly infiltrating the churches, including Bible-believing evangelical churches. In the name of “love,” “tolerance,” and “compassion” – terms lacking clear biblical referents – many activist agenda items of the radicals are being pushed in Christian circles.
Megan Basham: My Response To JD Greear
As JD Greear is the first major figure in my book to publicly object to my depiction of his statements and actions over the last few years, I’ll deal with his objections one by one. 1) Greear feels it was not fair to mention his sermon wherein he said the Bible whispers about sexual sin because he later released a statement reversing his position after two years of pushback.
The Plot to Queer Evangelical Churches
Pastors need to remember that while evangelism is important, it’s not their first responsibility. Their first responsibility is to feed the sheep, to equip the saints. For too many pastors, concern for showing compassion to the lost means they’re not protecting the sheep from false teaching. They are, in fact, starving the sheep to appease goats.
Megan Basham: My Response To JD Greear
As JD Greear is the first major figure in my book to publicly object to my depiction of his statements and actions over the last few years, I’ll deal with his objections one by one. **1) Greear feels it was not fair to mention his sermon wherein he said the Bible whispers about sexual sin because he later released a statement reversing his position after two years of pushback.
The Plot to Queer Evangelical Churches | Megan Basham
The following essay is adapted from Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda. In September 2019, in Mesa, Arizona, pastor Ryan Visconti was thrilled to find himself at a private dinner with Andy Stanley, pastor of what was then the largest church in the United States. On any given weekend, Stanley’s North Point church has roughly 31,000 attendees across eight campuses in Atlanta, Georgia.
How Evangelical Leaders Betrayed Christians For Politics
The following is an excerpt from Shepherds for Sale. When Maureen Maloney saw the tagline for the Evangelical Immigration Table, “Welcoming the Stranger,” she couldn’t help but feel a wave of bitterness. The same went when she saw Christian celebrities sending open letters to The Washington Post demanding that lawmakers admit more immigrants under programs that grant refugee status to many who are in no danger of persecution, war, or violence in their home countries.
Christian Media And The Money Men
The following is an edited excerpt from the new book “Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda,” by Megan Basham (Broadside Books/HarperCollins, July 30, 2024). Not long ago, I received a text from my childhood pastor Randy Brannon, wanting to know what had happened to Christianity Today.
Voters Reject Biden's Move To Require Parents to Embrace LGBTQ Ideology to Adopt Foster Children
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 6/30/2024 12:45:32 PM An overwhelming majority of voters disagree with new Biden administration regulations that require parents to pass an LGBTQ litmus test to adopt foster children, according to an exclusive Daily Wire poll. Nearly twice as many voters reject banning religious families who oppose transgender ideology from taking in foster children, according to the survey of 1000 registered voters, conducted this week by RMG Research.
DAILY WIRE POLL: Voters Reject Biden’s Move To Require Parents to Embrace LGBTQ Ideology to Adopt Foster Children
— Exclusive — • Jun 30, 2024 DailyWire.com • An overwhelming majority of voters disagree with new Biden administration regulations that require parents to pass an LGBTQ litmus test to adopt foster children, according to an exclusive Daily Wire poll. Nearly twice as many voters reject banning religious families who oppose transgender ideology from taking in foster children, according to the survey of 1000 registered voters, conducted this week by RMG Research.
Pro-lifers put Trump in the White House. He can’t betray them now
Donald Trump’s pro-life supporters were left blindsided Monday after the former President announced he would oppose abortion restrictions at the federal level. While many of his GOP colleagues, like South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have backed a 15-week national limit, Trump insisted that the matter be left to the states.
Brazilian Supreme Court Takes On Elon Musk And X In Social Media Crackdown
This past weekend Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to block a number of popular accounts. Almost immediately after, Elon Musk said that free speech principles matter more than profits. And he announced plans to defy the court’s order and lift all speech restrictions in the country once his employees are in a “safe place” where they are not at risk of being arrested.
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