Half of US Christians Have No Idea What The Great Commission Is

“Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations…and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you.””

According to Barna Research, over half of American Christians have never heard of the Great Commission, and over 37% of those polled couldn’t identify the Great Commission out of a list of various Bible verses. Just in case you’re in that lower 50%, the Great Commission is found in Matthew...

Here are 10 disturbing moments from Trump’s attorney general nominee hearings

“President Donald Trump’s efforts to exert control over the Justice Department — one of the few bodies left that can assert a real check on his...”

President Donald Trump’s efforts to exert control over the Justice Department — one of the few bodies left that can assert a real check on his power and corruption — have been an ongoing crisis and scandal during his time in office. In that context, his nomination of former Attorney General...

Shutdown watch: How the US pays for Trump’s border wall may leave a costly legacy

“As the partial government shutdown has extended past a record 21 days, the economic costs are rising. ”

Depending on the ultimate size and reach of the wall, it could cost up to $25 million per mile and take years to build; calls from the White House for $5.7 billion would only cover about 230 miles, or about 11.5 percent of the southern border’s distance.

Trump Takes Credit For Veterans Bill That Obama Signed In 2014

“Trump has done little on his own as president, so he is taking credit for things that Obama did, like signing Veteran’s Choice in 2014.”

This is a favorite Trump lie. PolitiFact debunked Trump’s statements in the fall of 2018: In fact, that was the idea for the Veterans Choice Program, which was created by the bipartisan Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, signed by President Barack Obama on Aug. 7, 2014. The...

Conservatives Are Using the Courts to Attack Health Care for All Americans

“Conservative state officials, in conjunction with the Trump administration, have launched an all-out attack on health care in the United States. ”

Conservative state officials, in conjunction with the Trump administration, have launched an all-out attack on health care in the United States. They have brought a suit to overturn the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would have serious consequences for nearly every American who...

Proof of Collusion: Trump Campaign Had 100 Contacts With Russians

“During Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and transition period, he and his associates had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked officials, and lied...”

During Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and transition period, he and his associates had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked officials, and lied about and tried to cover up every one of them. This bombshell information comes from a new report from the Moscow Project and Center for American...

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/misleading-border-crime-statistic/

“White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney misleadingly claimed authorities “had arrested 17,000 criminals at the southern border.””

Amazing how much the trump administration makes up. U.S. Border Patrol encountered 6,259 immigrants with criminal convictions, many of them for illegal entry charges, in fiscal 2018, according to the most recent statistics. Yet, White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney misleadingly claimed...

I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit

“Regulations that would undercut the birth control benefit are set to go into effect January 14—but not if a handful of states have anything to say...”

The Trump administration is attempting to torpedo the birth control benefit under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by issuing regulations that render it utterly toothless. These regulations, which could effectively allow employers to deny contraceptive coverage without co-pay to anyone they please,...

Trump’s bogus justifications for the border wall

“Forcing local police to apprehend undocumented migrants doesn’t reduce crime either.”

President Trump’s speech this week did not change the fact that a border wall won’t make the United States safer or more prosperous. Despite the president’s spin and pretend newly-found humanitarianism, a wall—whether a steel barrier or concrete—remains a waste of money. No matter how tall,...

Trump’s Budget Wouldn’t Erase Deficits, CBO Said

“Even OMB said Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget would add more than $7 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, and it did not project the budget was on a...”

Under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, there would have been hundreds of billions of dollars in deficits each year from 2018 to 2027, according to projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That contradicts Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick...