Supreme Court ruling sparks gerrymandering fights across the US; Popular pundit says Louisiana v. Callais represents victory, ‘Independence Day’; DOJ issues new report detailing anti-Christian discrimination under Biden; Biden DOJ fantasized about prosecuting habit-wearing nuns spotted at Jan. 6 rally; US Attorney for District of Columbia releases video of Cole Allen shooting Secret Service officer; Trump removes tariffs on whiskey in honor of King Charles’ visit; Popular French film recounting Christ’s apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 17th century coming to US; Israeli attacks on Christians ramp up, attacks on Nigerian Christians continue unabated; Big Day for the Church – First Friday, First Day of Mary’s month, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker; and more —
Supreme Court ruling sparks gerrymandering fights across the US
A new Supreme Court decision interpreting the Voting Rights Act is triggering another wave of redistricting fights across the country, with both parties looking for ways to reshape congressional maps ahead of 2026. The ruling changes how states can draw congressional lines, and districts cannot be drawn based on race.
Watch at The National Desk
Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after Supreme Court ruling and ‘give us one extra seat
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had a “very good” conversation with Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) about redrawing Tennessee’s congressional map to give the GOP “one extra seat.”
The president’s plan to push redistricting in the Volunteer State comes after the Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down a ruling on the Voting Rights Act that gives states more freedom to redraw congressional maps without prioritizing racial outcomes by raising the bar for what qualifies as racial gerrymandering.
“I had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee, this morning, wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “This should give us one extra seat, and help Save our Country from the Radical Left Democrats, and their Country destroying Policies of High Tax, Open Borders, Transgender Mutilization, Defunding the Police, ICE, and Border Patrol, No Voter ID, Soft on Crime, and so much more.”
Read more at the Washington Examiner
Illinois halts redistricting after SCOTUS ruling
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Alabama wants to redraw its Congressional maps, asks Supreme Court for quick review
Alabama has asked the Supreme Court to quickly review its pending court case dealing with congressional district maps, a move that could have major consequences on the party makeup of the state’s Washington delegation.
The April 30 filing comes one day after a bombshell decision to overturn Louisiana’s congressional maps, which sparked efforts across the country to change the balance of power in Congress. Alabama is considered to have two House Democrats vulnerable to potential redistricting.
Read more at AL.com
Popular pundit explores implications of Louisiana v. Callais, calls it ‘Independence Day’
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No, Gun Control Wouldn’t Have Prevented The Latest Trump Assassination Attempt essay by John R. Lott Jr.
If policymakers and advocates are serious about reducing such incidents, the focus needs to shift toward measures that directly address the factors involved.
As is so typical, just hours after the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Democrats were already calling for more gun control. But they made the same mistake they continually make — they called for gun control laws that were irrelevant for stopping the attack they are discussing.
The attacker had a 12-gauge Mossberg Maverick 88 pump-action shotgun and an Armscor Precision .38 semi-automatic pistol. The guns were obtained from two different gun stores in California. That is an important fact that gun control advocates need to appreciate because gun control groups rate California as the state with the “best” gun control laws.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., appeared on CNN’s State of the Union the morning after the incident and suggested the shooting could become a “moment of unity” to advance “universal, violent criminal background check[s]” for gun ownership. However, California already enforces universal background checks on all gun transfers. The media rarely press gun control advocates on this point, yet my research shows that not a single mass public shooting this century would have been prevented by universal background checks, even if they had been perfectly enforced nationwide.
Read more at The Federalist
US Attorney releases video of Cole Allen shooting Secret Service officer
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King Charles leaves United States as Queen Camilla returns to UK alone
King Charles III has concluded the United States leg of his state visit and is now preparing to continue his overseas tour with a visit to Bermuda, following a four-day programme of engagements in Washington, New York and Virginia.
The King departed the US after a series of high-profile ceremonial and diplomatic events designed to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and reinforce the UK-US relationship.
His final engagements included a formal farewell at the White House, where he and Queen Camilla were hosted by President Donald Trump, followed by a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where the King laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in tribute to fallen service personnel.
Read more at GB News
Trump removes tariffs on whiskey in honor of King Charles’ visit
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DOJ issues new report detailing widespread anti-Christian discrimination under Biden
See @TheJusticeDepartment; read full report here
Fox News on DOJ’s new report on anti-Christian bias during Biden era
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Biden DOJ fantasized about prosecuting habit-wearing nuns [spotted at Jan 6 rally]
Justice Department prosecutors under the Biden administration exchanged texts relishing the chance to prosecute Catholic nuns — particularly traditional nuns “who still wear the head habit.”
One of the prosecutors is now running for the U.S. House as a Democrat in Virginia’s newly carved 7th Congressional District.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, released documents about the anti-Catholic targeting. He released texts exchanged in 2021 between two prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
The same prosecutors later joined special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and prosecution of President Trump.
The texts date back to the weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, when the Justice Department began an unprecedented investigation to prosecute people who were on the Capitol grounds or inside the building that day.
In a February 2021 text, Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston wrote to a colleague that she had spotted nuns “near the oath keepers” in a New York Times photo of the Capitol riot.
“I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting them,” she wrote to J.P. Cooney, then chief of the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Fraud, Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section.
Read more at The Washington Times
Settler Attack on Jalud Leaves Civilians Injured and Homes Burned
Violence has struck the village of Jalud in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers carried out a large-scale attack on residents, leaving multiple people injured and property destroyed.
According to reports from the ground, a man was severely beaten with sticks and stones while attempting to defend his sister’s home, suffering injuries to his face, jaw, and ear. A 14-year-old child was also struck by a stone thrown during the attack.
Other residents were injured in the violence. One young man suffered a broken hand, while another was struck in the head and required medical treatment. At least nine additional people sustained injuries after being hit by stones during the assault. One man suffered a stroke while attempting to flee the violence.
The destruction of property was significant. Three homes were burned and damaged, and two vehicles were set on fire, leaving families without shelter and basic means of transport.
Read at Persecuted Church Alerts
Video of nun attacked by Israeli near Upper Room released
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Video report: Kidnapped Nigerians to be executed by Islamists
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Today is First Friday of the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Sacred Heart’: The Film France Tried To Silence — And Crowds Saw It Anyway
A new docudrama by former boy band star Steven Gunnell, which explores the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the apparitions in Paray-le-Monial, is one of this year’s big surprises at the French box office.
Even before its release, the film was scorned by part of the French cultural elite, provoking either mockery or indignation towards content deemed to be overly proselytizing. Even France’s state-owned railway companies refused to advertise the film. As the box-office numbers show, these efforts did little to dissuade the public. On the contrary: Sacré-Cœur: son règne n’a pas de fin (“Sacred Heart: His Reign Is Endless”), directed and produced by Steven Gunnell and his wife Sabrina Gunnell, has become the cinematic surprise of the year.
Since its Oct. 1 release, the film has defied every prediction: nearly half a million tickets sold, record attendance per screening, and a wave of conversions to the faith.
There are plans to extend the film to a global audience, with a U.S. release currently slated for just before or during celebrations for the 2026 Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to SAJE Distribution.
In anticlerical France, where the simple display of Christmas Nativity scenes is often prohibited in public places, no one expected the story of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to draw crowds larger than some Hollywood productions. …
The 92-min docudrama recounts Christ’s apparitions to St. Marguerite-Marie (Margaret Mary) Alacoque in Paray-le-Monial in the 17th century, one of the most decisive chapters of Christian history. Through testimonies, accounts of Eucharistic miracles, historical analysis and reenactments, the film explores the moment when Christ revealed his Heart to the world, its burning love for humanity and its suffering for their sins.
Read more at National Catholic Register (November 26, 2025); for viewing in the US beginning in June 2026 see JustWatch
The Month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Here’s why the month of May is dedicated to the Virgin Mary
The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and spiritual mother of all.
The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and spiritual mother of all.
In the plan of salvation, the Blessed Virgin Mary holds a special place. By virtue of her role to be the mother of the Son of God by divine election, she was conceived immaculately — i.e., without the stain of original sin — and by fidelity to her son has been crowned queen of heaven and earth.
Everything Mary said and did leads to Christ. Who knows a child better than a mother? And what good and loving child does not know his or her mother and love her with all of his or her heart?
Mary knew and loved Jesus like no one else on earth — and she loves each of her children, human beings, with similar affection and tenderness.
Read more at EWTN News
May Crowning to be held in Detroit this Sunday
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‘O Mary, we crown you with blossoms today’ sung by Daughters of St. Paul
Listen at Daughters of St. Paul
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
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The story behind the feast of St. Joseph the Worker
St. Joseph, the beloved spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus, is celebrated twice by the Catholic Church every year — March 19 and May 1.
St. Joseph, the beloved spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus, is celebrated twice by the Catholic Church every year — first on March 19 for the feast of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, and again on May 1 for the feast of St. Joseph the Worker.
While the saint’s March feast dates back to the 10th century, his May feast wasn’t instituted until 1955. What was behind it?
Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1, 1955, so that it would coincide with International Workers Day, also known as May Day — a secular celebration of labor and workers’ rights.
Read more at EWTN News
