Saturday, February 07, 2026
The Hidden Power of the Senate Chaplain’s Prayers in Nation’s Crises
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:14.
Is Barry Black giving the trumpet a certain sound?
As a Seventh day Adventist and 20 years as a CHAPLAIN (a Catholic concept) to the U.S. Senate, has he preached the Three Angels' Messages to the nation's legislators?
Friday, February 06, 2026
The left’s path to permanent power
Minnesota shows the progressive formula in action and what happens when it is challenged
Politics
by Joe Rigney
Post Date:
February 3, 2026
Activists hand out flyers to motorists at a blockade set up to deter ICE vehicles in Minneapolis on Sunday.Associated Press / Photo by Alex Brandon
What is going on in Minnesota? Why has the state whose unofficial slogan is “Minnesota Nice” erupted (again) into a frenzy of protests, demonstrations, and violent clashes with law enforcement? In the midst of the chaos, it’s important for Christians to keep their eye on the ball.
Begin with the left’s unconstrained vision of society. As Thomas Sowell famously argued, the left is utopian; they believe that human beings are perfectible through the idealized use of power by anointed elites, whose good intentions more than compensate for any destruction that their policies actually cause. From progressivism to socialism to communism, the left is united by this “vision of the anointed,” and they are willing to unleash revolutionary zeal in order to accomplish it. The chaos of 2020—from COVID tyranny to the George Floyd riots—was rooted in this revolutionary vision of utopian justice.
This vision is fundamentally godless and inhuman (even when baptized by the platitudes of progressive Christians). From abortion-on-demand to the celebration of sexual deviancy, from soft-on-crime policies to wealth redistribution, the left is at war with Nature and Nature’s God, treating His moral boundaries as shackles to their unbridled passions. And thankfully, most Americans recoil from it when they actually encounter it, as evidenced by the mass exodus from blue states in recent years.
In the face of resistance to progressive governance, the left has settled on a three-pronged path to permanent political power.
Thursday, February 05, 2026
"Operation Metro Surge" and its possible prophetic ramifications
Operation Metro Surge is a large-scale immigration enforcement operation (to remove individuals with criminal histories) launched by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December 2025, primarily targeting the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area in Minnesota. As of the day of this post (February 5, 2026), the White House reported over 4,000 arrests since the operation began.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Prediction Market Polymarket to Launch Free Grocery Store in NYC
The grocery store will be open on February 12.
Polymarket
Cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform Polymarket is launching a free grocery store in New York City.
As announced by Polymarket via Substack, the company has signed a lease to open what they’re calling New York’s “first free grocery store.” Titled after the company, the grocery store coincides with a $1 million donation to Food Bank For NYC, which helps feed struggling families across all five boroughs of the city.
“The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required,” the announcement reads. “We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET. Free groceries. Free markets. Built for the people who power New York. We'll see you at The Polymarket's grand opening next week. We love you, New York City.”
After months of planning, we're excited to announce 'The Polymarket' is coming to New York City. New York's first free grocery store. We signed the lease. And we donated $1 million to Food Bank For NYC — an organization that changes how our city responds to hunger. 🧵
12:00 PM · Feb 3, 2026
The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required. We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET.
Polymarket has yet to announce the address of the store. A spokesperson for Food Bank for New York City told Business Insider that the company did, in fact, donate $1 million to their cause. The move comes not long after Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes and Dow Jones.
The Polymarket is fully stocked. No purchase required. We're open to all New Yorkers. A real, physical investment in our community. The Polymarket's grand opening is on February 12th @ noon ET.
Polymarket has yet to announce the address of the store. A spokesperson for Food Bank for New York City told Business Insider that the company did, in fact, donate $1 million to their cause. The move comes not long after Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes and Dow Jones.
From southern India to Canada’s far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics
By The Associated PressOpens in new window
Published: February 02, 2026 at 7:25AM EST
The Rev. Susai Jesu, recently named archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, gives an interview at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he was once pastor, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the world on a vast cross-cultural journey — ministering among Canada’s Indigenous Catholics, learning their language, culture and historical traumas. He hosted Pope Francis at his Edmonton parish when the late pontiff visited Canada in 2022 to apologize for the Catholic Church’s collaboration with the “catastrophic” system of Indigenous residential schools.
And as of Jan. 26, Jesu is now an archbishop for northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He’ll oversee ministry to about 49,000 Catholics, mostly Indigenous, dispersed across a region larger than Texas.
In a ceremony punctuated by traditional drumming — as well as songs and prayers in an unusual combination of Cree, Dene, English, French, Oji-Cree and his native Tamil — Jesu was consecrated archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Jesu’s first order of business is simply to spend time with the people. At each of the far-flung parishes he visits, he plans not only to preside at worship but to be “physically present with them,” he said in an interview. He hopes to build trust over time in a population that includes many loyal Catholics but also many who remain wounded and alienated from the church.
“For the first year, let us build a relationship,” said Jesu, 54, who was appointed archbishop by Francis’ successor, Leo XIV, in November. “With all those residential schools (and their legacy), what kind of Jesus are we giving today?”
As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.
Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the world on a vast cross-cultural journey — ministering among Canada’s Indigenous Catholics, learning their language, culture and historical traumas. He hosted Pope Francis at his Edmonton parish when the late pontiff visited Canada in 2022 to apologize for the Catholic Church’s collaboration with the “catastrophic” system of Indigenous residential schools.
And as of Jan. 26, Jesu is now an archbishop for northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He’ll oversee ministry to about 49,000 Catholics, mostly Indigenous, dispersed across a region larger than Texas.
In a ceremony punctuated by traditional drumming — as well as songs and prayers in an unusual combination of Cree, Dene, English, French, Oji-Cree and his native Tamil — Jesu was consecrated archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Jesu’s first order of business is simply to spend time with the people. At each of the far-flung parishes he visits, he plans not only to preside at worship but to be “physically present with them,” he said in an interview. He hopes to build trust over time in a population that includes many loyal Catholics but also many who remain wounded and alienated from the church.
“For the first year, let us build a relationship,” said Jesu, 54, who was appointed archbishop by Francis’ successor, Leo XIV, in November. “With all those residential schools (and their legacy), what kind of Jesus are we giving today?”
Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis
More than 1,500 federal troops in Alaska had been placed on alert.
BySteven Beynon
February 3, 2026, 9:53 AM
1,500 troops on standby for Minnesota deployment, 2 defense officials saySome 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.
Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
The Pentagon’s Northern Command over the weekend stood down more than 1,500 federal troops placed on alert for potential deployment to Minneapolis, according to two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
ABC News first reported that roughly 1,500 active duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska had been ordered to prepare for a possible mission to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.
Additional units across the country, including some 200 Texas National Guard troops, also had been directed to make preparations.
No specific mission was ever outlined, and placing units on alert is a relatively routine step when commanders anticipate a potential presidential order, according to officials familiar with the planning. The New York Times was the first to report that units were being taken off high alert.
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