CALIFORNIA PASTOR TAKES CHURCH REBELLION AGAINST COVID RESTRICTIONS ON THE ROAD: Sean Feucht explains why. Maybe the Spirit of Liberty isn’t quite dead in America.

EXCLUSIVE! Video of HillFaith staff upon receiving test results news for the boss.

TIME RUNNING OUT FOR DC CONSERVATIVES, GOP: Rachel Bovard makes a disturbing case in American Greatness that Republicans and the Washington conservative establishment that, mostly, supports them are absolutely blowing it as the country slides ever closer to suffocation by the Left’s Cancel Culture.

SOROS GROUPS GOT MILLION$ FROM PPP: Well, I’m not surprised, how about you?

BIGGEST FEDERAL UNION LEADERSHIP IS CESSPOOL OF SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS: The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is being sued by a group of career civil servants in federal court for multiple allegations that 16 high officials repeatedly committed sexual abuse of subordinates, then covered it up.

‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ ISN’T WORKING FOR DEMS IN CLOSE SENATE RACES: RealClearPolitics’ Susan Crabtree takes a deep dive on how the issue has forced Democrats like Theresa Greenfield to step like she’s barefoot in a field full of fresh cow pies.

HERE’S WHAT KEEPS TWO DEM STRATEGISTS AWAKE AT NIGHT: Yes, Biden looks like he’s headed to a November landslide against President Donald Trump. But did you know that Biden has gained only four points over Trump since the latest coronavirus panic began? Here’s two veteran Democratic campaign strategists who point to manifold reasons Democrats are celebrating prematurely. And on CNN, of all places!

THE MOMENT OF CONFRONTING THE PROSPECT OF DEATH BY COVID: Worth pondering, my friends.

IF THIS IS THE STATE OF AMERICAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE TODAY, WE’RE DOOMED: Ami Horowitz tries to have a rational conversation based on facts about Black Lives Matter with D.C. protestors. As Ami warns at the outset, it didn’t go well.

JOE BIDEN IS MOVING LEFT BUT THAT ISN’T STOPPING GOP NEVER-TRUMPERS FROM ENDORSING HIM: The Issues & Insights gang noticed this trend and offer some trenchant thoughts on what it means and why it’s happening.

“Not to be overly dramatic, but this is sheer lunacy. Whatever his faults – and they are many – Trump has run one of, if not the, most conservative administrations, including Ronald Reagan’s. From the military buildup to supply-side tax cuts and deregulation, to judicial nominees, to immigration policies and education reform, he’s made a lasting difference on issues these never-Trump Republicans supposedly hold dear. And while he can be and often is his own worst enemy, Trump has been the victim of the most vicious, sustained smear campaign ever mounted by the liberal establishment,” I&I observes.

As usual from these guys, definitely worth a serious read.

IS EARTH JUST A PALE BLUE DOT IN A HOSTILE UNIVERSE? Excellent question for this Sunday after President Donald Trump’s Mt. Rushmore speech in which he said, among much else in what may have been his best ever, “our Founders boldly declared that we are all endowed with the same divine rights — given to us by our Creator in Heaven.  And that which God has given us, we will allow no one, ever, to take away — ever.”

Think about it: If we do live on what amounts to nothing more than a rock, then Trump’s claim may be a noble one, but in the overall scheme of things, it’s just a nice sentiment. Cold-Case Christianity’s J. Warner Wallace offers some challenging insights about why Earth is much more than a tiny pale blue dot among billions of others.

TRUMP’S PPP GIVES HER BIZ $27K, SHE DOES A BIDEN SPOT: Real class

DON’T BELIEVE MEDIA CLAIMING GROUNDSWELL FOR REPARATIONS: In fact, the “reparations” bill they’re pushing doesn’t require reparations, it just studies the possibilities.

LOOPHOLE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO CHINA: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) says it’s time to shine light on a provision of the 1984 U.S./China tax deal that lets Beijing avoid levies on the interest it is paid on those U.S. Treasury securities it buys to fund America’s national debt.

WHO IS SUSAN ROSENBERG? Scott Walter of the Capital Research Center (CRC) reminds us that for those who were around for the Weather Underground in the late 1960s/early 1970s, that name might ring a bell. Turns out Rosenberg, who spent 16 years in a federal prison after trying violently to disrupt President Ronald Reagan, has been helping fund Black Lives Matter in recent years.

SURROUNDED BY GOVERNMENT FAILURE, WHY DO PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE? Veronique de Rugy, writing for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), asks a question that strongly suggests somewhere along the way in her ancestry there is a connection to that Ockham fellow with the razor.

ARE YOU OPPRESSOR OR OPPRESSED? And speaking of hoary liberal myths, Joseph Backholm offers three solid reasons there is nothing biblical about the Critical Theory behind Black Lives Matter, 1619, White Fragility, et. al., contrary to the claims of progressives and even some evangelicals, who seem to be transitioning to progressives.

NO, JESUS WAS NOT A ‘PERSON OF COLOR:’ Tom Gilson of thinkingchristian.org shreds the hoary liberal myth, then reminds would-be co-opters of all stripes that “Jesus won’t let us use Him for our politics.” You don’t have to agree with everything, or anything, in this provocative piece, but I am confident you’ll come away from it understanding these issues with greater clarity.

WHY IS THE MOB WINNING? Not sure I agree that it is, but Issues & Insights makes a disturbingly convincing case for the proposition.

HAVING TROUBLE PERSUADING YOUR FRIENDS? Professor Barry Brownstein explains why facts don’t matter to most people.

THE  BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO GAY RIGHTS IS … THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT ITSELF: Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton, writing on The Federalist, explains why the movement’s take-no-prisoners attitude bars acceptance of claims everybody can just get along by going along:

“The queer movement — elsewhere, Rauch recommends using the more concise and inclusive “Q,” or queer, rather than the alphabet soup — cannot employ the end-of-discussion “civil rights” language, consistently label their opponents hateful bigots, and then also speak of good-faith compromise. The two exist in necessarily exclusive universes. Absolute language requires absoluteness, and the queer movement leaders set these terms with great care and intention.”

DID YOU CATCH THE STENCH AT USAGM? RealClearPolitics’ Susan Crabtree, one of the most honest and credible journalists in Washington, D.C. digs deep into the long nomination battle to confirm Michael Pack and the brewing scandal surrounding the Open Technology Fund.

THERE IS NEWS IN D.C. OTHER THAN COVID-19 AND RIOTS IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH: Check out the Coalition to Cut Red Tape.

IT’S ALL ABOUT BYTES AND ELECTRONS AND UP QUARKS AND DOWN QUARKS: Put aside the debates about Big Bangs, Multiverses, Evolution, Creationism, etc. etc. Read this analysis, put aside for now the shots aimed by the authors at scientific materialism, and think of the absolutely incredible possibilities for expanding human understanding made possible by the Computer Revolution and the Information Age. So much to get excited about when human civilization is allowed to flourish instead of having to fight to avoid being burned down by rioters.

YES, ECONOMICS DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT STATUE-SMASHING: And Phillip Magness, writing for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) lays it out for us laymen.