Synopsis: The news of the day and how it affects you as a Christian. It’s the Friday News Round-Up and Comment broadcast. Here’s a sample of what host Jim Schneider presented for listeners:
• FBI Director Kash Patel announced yesterday that his bureau has arrested a woman who was allegedly planning to bomb the New York State capitol in Albany in an ISIS inspired attack.
• An Illinois Islamic scholar indicated he wants Islamic believers at all levels of our government.
• A pastor accuses Dearborn, Michigan, of operating under Sharia.
• In an official state proclamation, Josh Stein, North Carolina governor, seems to communicate that citizens should celebrate Ramadan.
• A Pakistani cleric who admitted he forced his 13 year old niece into marriage will no longer appear at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention.
• Islamic state terrorists have claimed the killing of at least 130 Christians in three weeks of violence across Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• President Trump vowed Wednesday to conduct the most crushing economic operation ever taken against the Iranian regime amid the frustration that the two nations have failed to reach a deal to end their war that began in late February.
• The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran Wednesday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from the country.
• President Trump’s administration plans to prevent Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York next month to speak before the United Nations General Assembly.
• Nuclear material has been discovered in Syria and placed under International Atomic Energy Agency oversight.
• Ukrainian authorities said Thursday at least 16 people were killed and about 40 injured in massive overnight Russian drone and missile strikes in Kiev and the wider region.
• A Ukrainian man was arrested Wednesday in Croatia in relation to undersea explosions that damaged the Nordstream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022.
• North Korea reportedly fired ballistic missiles into the ocean yesterday despite the U.S. and South Korea agreeing to scale back their joint military drills.
• Chinese President Ji Jinping has challenged President Trump’s push to reestablish the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere.
Other stories include news regarding Flock cameras, the U.S. national debt reaches a new record, the Justice Department to send federal poll monitors nationwide for the November elections, and much more, including comments from listeners.
• FBI Director Kash Patel announced yesterday that his bureau has arrested a woman who was allegedly planning to bomb the New York State capitol in Albany in an ISIS inspired attack.
• An Illinois Islamic scholar indicated he wants Islamic believers at all levels of our government.
• A pastor accuses Dearborn, Michigan, of operating under Sharia.
• In an official state proclamation, Josh Stein, North Carolina governor, seems to communicate that citizens should celebrate Ramadan.
• A Pakistani cleric who admitted he forced his 13 year old niece into marriage will no longer appear at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention.
• Islamic state terrorists have claimed the killing of at least 130 Christians in three weeks of violence across Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• President Trump vowed Wednesday to conduct the most crushing economic operation ever taken against the Iranian regime amid the frustration that the two nations have failed to reach a deal to end their war that began in late February.
• The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade with Iran Wednesday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from the country.
• President Trump’s administration plans to prevent Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York next month to speak before the United Nations General Assembly.
• Nuclear material has been discovered in Syria and placed under International Atomic Energy Agency oversight.
• Ukrainian authorities said Thursday at least 16 people were killed and about 40 injured in massive overnight Russian drone and missile strikes in Kiev and the wider region.
• A Ukrainian man was arrested Wednesday in Croatia in relation to undersea explosions that damaged the Nordstream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022.
• North Korea reportedly fired ballistic missiles into the ocean yesterday despite the U.S. and South Korea agreeing to scale back their joint military drills.
• Chinese President Ji Jinping has challenged President Trump’s push to reestablish the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere.
Other stories include news regarding Flock cameras, the U.S. national debt reaches a new record, the Justice Department to send federal poll monitors nationwide for the November elections, and much more, including comments from listeners.
Now The End Begins
Eisenhower Warned Us About The Military-Industrial Complex, Now ‘President Of War’ Donald Trump Is Building One Beneath The White House Ballroom
Host And Founder Of ‘Now The End Begins’ Geoffrey Grider:
From People’s House To Presidential Fortress As Trump Builds A Nuclear-Hardened Military Complex Beneath His Golden Ballroom
Donald Trump has spent years promoting himself as the great peacemaker, the man who would end wars and prevent World War III. Yet his most permanent architectural contribution to the American presidency is not a peace garden, a diplomatic center or a hall dedicated to reconciliation—it is a five-story military fortress buried beneath the White House. What began as a lavish ballroom with chandeliers, gold columns and thousand-seat state dinners is now being defended before the Supreme Court as an “integrated military complex” essential to surviving bombs, missiles, drones and even nuclear attack. The symbolism could not be more devastating: Trump talks like the president of peace, but he is rebuilding the People’s House for war. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Supreme Court has temporarily allowed construction to continue while considering the administration’s emergency appeal.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general who understood war better than almost any president before or since, warned America in 1961 about the dangerous rise of the military-industrial complex. He cautioned that the combination of government power, military machinery and private industry could acquire “unwarranted influence” and endanger both liberty and democratic government. Sixty-five years later, Trump is constructing a literal military complex beside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Private corporations and wealthy elite donors finance the glittering ballroom above, while the government and military build the hardened command fortress below. Eisenhower’s warning is no longer merely hanging over Washington—it is being poured into the ground in nuclear-grade concrete.
The administration’s own Supreme Court filing removes all doubt about the true character of this structure. It describes five underground stories containing bomb shelters, military command-and-control capabilities, secure communications, emergency hospital facilities, missile-resistant columns, blast-proof glass, military-grade ventilation, sniper positions and a rooftop drone port. Above ground, visiting dignitaries will dine beneath crystal chandeliers; below their feet, military personnel will monitor tactical screens behind blast doors. The ballroom is the façade, but the bunker is the beating heart of his project.
This is the presidency Trump is physically preparing for: permanent threats, expanding militarization and catastrophic warfare. A true president of peace would be measured by the wars he ended and the bloodshed he prevented—not by the magnificence of the bunker he constructed for himself and future rulers. Trump may continue to speak the language of peace, but concrete tells the truth. Missiles, drones, bomb shelters, sniper nests and nuclear protection are not the architecture of a coming golden age. They are the architecture of a government expecting the world to burn. Donald Trump calls himself the president of peace, but his Military-Industrial Complex Ballroom reveals a president preparing for war.
From People’s House To Presidential Fortress As Trump Builds A Nuclear-Hardened Military Complex Beneath His Golden Ballroom
Donald Trump has spent years promoting himself as the great peacemaker, the man who would end wars and prevent World War III. Yet his most permanent architectural contribution to the American presidency is not a peace garden, a diplomatic center or a hall dedicated to reconciliation—it is a five-story military fortress buried beneath the White House. What began as a lavish ballroom with chandeliers, gold columns and thousand-seat state dinners is now being defended before the Supreme Court as an “integrated military complex” essential to surviving bombs, missiles, drones and even nuclear attack. The symbolism could not be more devastating: Trump talks like the president of peace, but he is rebuilding the People’s House for war. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Supreme Court has temporarily allowed construction to continue while considering the administration’s emergency appeal.
“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” Revelation 6:15-17 (KJV)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general who understood war better than almost any president before or since, warned America in 1961 about the dangerous rise of the military-industrial complex. He cautioned that the combination of government power, military machinery and private industry could acquire “unwarranted influence” and endanger both liberty and democratic government. Sixty-five years later, Trump is constructing a literal military complex beside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Private corporations and wealthy elite donors finance the glittering ballroom above, while the government and military build the hardened command fortress below. Eisenhower’s warning is no longer merely hanging over Washington—it is being poured into the ground in nuclear-grade concrete.
The administration’s own Supreme Court filing removes all doubt about the true character of this structure. It describes five underground stories containing bomb shelters, military command-and-control capabilities, secure communications, emergency hospital facilities, missile-resistant columns, blast-proof glass, military-grade ventilation, sniper positions and a rooftop drone port. Above ground, visiting dignitaries will dine beneath crystal chandeliers; below their feet, military personnel will monitor tactical screens behind blast doors. The ballroom is the façade, but the bunker is the beating heart of his project.
This is the presidency Trump is physically preparing for: permanent threats, expanding militarization and catastrophic warfare. A true president of peace would be measured by the wars he ended and the bloodshed he prevented—not by the magnificence of the bunker he constructed for himself and future rulers. Trump may continue to speak the language of peace, but concrete tells the truth. Missiles, drones, bomb shelters, sniper nests and nuclear protection are not the architecture of a coming golden age. They are the architecture of a government expecting the world to burn. Donald Trump calls himself the president of peace, but his Military-Industrial Complex Ballroom reveals a president preparing for war.
Harbinger’s Daily
Humanist Congressman Says Secularism Is Gaining Ground In America, ‘Christian Nationalism’ Is Actively Trying To ‘Destroy Democracy’
By Decision Magazine: Secularism is making headway in the U.S., according to Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), while data from Pew Research Center paint a mixed picture.
Huffman, a humanist, became the second member of Congress in modern times to publicly identify himself as a “nonbeliever.” In Huffman’s book, “No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism,” published Aug. 18, Huffman calls “Christian nationalism” the most dangerous political movement in the U.S. and claims that it is actively trying to “destroy democracy.” He also accuses religious nationalists of being a “scorched earth insurgency.” His book cites laws mandating the Ten Commandment displays in public schools, as well as the Trump administration and government officials’ participation and initiation of Christian prayer services within federal agencies.
The Freethought Caucus, a member organization in the U.S. House founded by Huffman in 2018, promotes a strict view of separation of church and state under the perspective that government and public policy should be “based on facts, science, and reason.” The group now has 37 members, which is more than the Congressional Prayer Caucus. The Prayer Caucus’ 34 members representing both the House and Senate gather to pray and advocate for protecting public expressions of faith and religious freedoms.
In the past decade, elected lawmakers on Capitol Hill who said they were not affiliated with a religion or said they had an unspecific “other affiliation” has increased from 16 to 40.
Huffman says he wants fellow Democrats to act, calling them his “greatest frustration” on the topic because they have done little to stop “Christian nationalism” ideas.
Huffman, a humanist, became the second member of Congress in modern times to publicly identify himself as a “nonbeliever.” In Huffman’s book, “No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism,” published Aug. 18, Huffman calls “Christian nationalism” the most dangerous political movement in the U.S. and claims that it is actively trying to “destroy democracy.” He also accuses religious nationalists of being a “scorched earth insurgency.” His book cites laws mandating the Ten Commandment displays in public schools, as well as the Trump administration and government officials’ participation and initiation of Christian prayer services within federal agencies.
The Freethought Caucus, a member organization in the U.S. House founded by Huffman in 2018, promotes a strict view of separation of church and state under the perspective that government and public policy should be “based on facts, science, and reason.” The group now has 37 members, which is more than the Congressional Prayer Caucus. The Prayer Caucus’ 34 members representing both the House and Senate gather to pray and advocate for protecting public expressions of faith and religious freedoms.
In the past decade, elected lawmakers on Capitol Hill who said they were not affiliated with a religion or said they had an unspecific “other affiliation” has increased from 16 to 40.
Huffman says he wants fellow Democrats to act, calling them his “greatest frustration” on the topic because they have done little to stop “Christian nationalism” ideas.
Prophecy News Watch
Nothing Has Changed:
New Leaders, Same Ideology
New Leaders, Same Ideology
By Khaled Abu Toameh/Gatestone Institute: Nearly three years after Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel and following the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, one might have expected a fundamental change in Palestinian public opinion.
The latest Palestinian public opinion poll, however, presents a disturbing picture.
The survey, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between August 5 and 8, 2026, reveals that although support for Hamas has declined, the fundamental political attitudes that have plagued Palestinian society for decades remain largely intact.
Hamas remains a major political force; convicted terrorists and Hamas leaders remain popular candidates for the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidency; overwhelming majorities oppose the unconditional disarmament of Hamas; and Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen continue to enjoy remarkably high approval ratings.
Perhaps the most alarming finding concerns the identity of the Palestinians' future leaders.
The latest Palestinian public opinion poll, however, presents a disturbing picture.
The survey, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between August 5 and 8, 2026, reveals that although support for Hamas has declined, the fundamental political attitudes that have plagued Palestinian society for decades remain largely intact.
Hamas remains a major political force; convicted terrorists and Hamas leaders remain popular candidates for the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidency; overwhelming majorities oppose the unconditional disarmament of Hamas; and Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen continue to enjoy remarkably high approval ratings.
Perhaps the most alarming finding concerns the identity of the Palestinians' future leaders.
Israel 365 News
Jew’s “Whiteness” As Moral Scapegoating
By Gabriel Gordon: For progressive white people, the false notion that Jews are white serves the purpose of dumping their white guilt onto the eternal scapegoat of the Jews. If progressive white people can construct Jews as the epitome and essence of all the evil committed by white people, they can then use Jews as a moral scapegoat to transfer their own guilt onto the Jews. This maintains their self-image of moral superiority by “standing in solidarity” with the oppressed third world while simultaneously standing against the oppressive “white” Jews. They thus place themselves on the oppressed side of the oppressed-oppressor binary with “white” Jews on the side of the oppressors and white progressives on the side of the oppressed.
Ironically this sense of moral superiority comes from the modern social construct of whiteness wherein “whites” are seen as morally superior to all other peoples who are seen as “barbarians.” In this way progressive whites are just a liberal version of white supremacists with conservative white supremacists using Jew’s non-whiteness as a moral scapegoat. This sense of moral superiority combined with a recognition of the horrors of colonialism, slavery, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by white peoples gives progressive whites a sense of cognitive dissonance. This stems from their need to maintain their self-perception as morally superior while also needing to be able to condemn their own moral failings as whites.
One cannot simultaneously perceive themselves as morally superior and at the same time recognize that their actions prove they are the opposite of morally superior, hence the cognitive dissonance. The answer to this dilemma is the same answer it has always been, namely the scapegoating of the Jews. Jews have always served as the scapegoat for the majority culture’s sense of guilt which has allowed them to continue to perceive themselves as morally superior. Such a self-perception of moral superiority was often even the catalyst for violence against Jews.
Ironically this sense of moral superiority comes from the modern social construct of whiteness wherein “whites” are seen as morally superior to all other peoples who are seen as “barbarians.” In this way progressive whites are just a liberal version of white supremacists with conservative white supremacists using Jew’s non-whiteness as a moral scapegoat. This sense of moral superiority combined with a recognition of the horrors of colonialism, slavery, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by white peoples gives progressive whites a sense of cognitive dissonance. This stems from their need to maintain their self-perception as morally superior while also needing to be able to condemn their own moral failings as whites.
One cannot simultaneously perceive themselves as morally superior and at the same time recognize that their actions prove they are the opposite of morally superior, hence the cognitive dissonance. The answer to this dilemma is the same answer it has always been, namely the scapegoating of the Jews. Jews have always served as the scapegoat for the majority culture’s sense of guilt which has allowed them to continue to perceive themselves as morally superior. Such a self-perception of moral superiority was often even the catalyst for violence against Jews.
Geller Report
Welcome To Britain: Migrants Handed Guides Explaining Not To Rape, Beat, Mutilate Children, Or Perform Vaginal Mutilation
By Pamela Geller: Printing pamphlets? That’s their answer? Why would you import a culture that does this? Sanctions this? Militantly believes in this?
Leo Hohmann’s Newsletter
Next Phase Of Surveillance Grid: Tech Startup Backed By President’s Son Pitches Its Humanoid Robot Soldiers To ‘Almost All National Security Agencies’
By Leo Hohmann: America is quickly devolving into a militarized technocratic surveillance state and a story that recently appeared on the Fox News network is enough to make you shudder at the possibilities.
A company called Foundation Robotics is now discussing potential “national security deployments” of its Phantom humanoid robots along the southern border. Foundation Robotics is a Silicon Valley-based startup focused on developing advanced humanoid robots for military and industrial applications, replacing humans in American factories and along the front lines in wars and tense border-policing situations.
The company reportedly received up to $100 million in backing from Saudi royals and also has one of President Trump’s sons, Eric Trump, as its chief strategy adviser. Its CEO, Sankaet Pathak, was the CEO of the bankrupt fintech firm Synapse before it collapsed amid accusations of unethical investment practices.
A company called Foundation Robotics is now discussing potential “national security deployments” of its Phantom humanoid robots along the southern border. Foundation Robotics is a Silicon Valley-based startup focused on developing advanced humanoid robots for military and industrial applications, replacing humans in American factories and along the front lines in wars and tense border-policing situations.
The company reportedly received up to $100 million in backing from Saudi royals and also has one of President Trump’s sons, Eric Trump, as its chief strategy adviser. Its CEO, Sankaet Pathak, was the CEO of the bankrupt fintech firm Synapse before it collapsed amid accusations of unethical investment practices.
Through The Lens Of Bible Prophecy
They’re Preparing For The Third Temple
Synopsiss: They’re preparing for the Third Temple… and it may be further along than most people realize.
In this episode of Through the Lens, Pastor Curt Reed takes a closer look at the growing preparations surrounding the Temple Mount and why they could have major significance for Bible prophecy.
From priests being trained for temple service and vessels already being prepared, to renewed discussion of sacrifices, red heifers, changing prayer restrictions on the Temple Mount, and growing support for rebuilding the Temple, there is a lot happening right now.
What does the Bible say about the Third Temple? How could these preparations connect to the Antichrist, the Tribulation, and the return of Jesus Christ? And what is the difference between the coming Third Temple and the Millennial Temple described in Scripture?
As the pieces continue to come together, Christians should be paying attention, not with fear, but with hope and expectation.
Watch until the end as Curt explains why these developments matter and what they ultimately point toward.
In this episode of Through the Lens, Pastor Curt Reed takes a closer look at the growing preparations surrounding the Temple Mount and why they could have major significance for Bible prophecy.
From priests being trained for temple service and vessels already being prepared, to renewed discussion of sacrifices, red heifers, changing prayer restrictions on the Temple Mount, and growing support for rebuilding the Temple, there is a lot happening right now.
What does the Bible say about the Third Temple? How could these preparations connect to the Antichrist, the Tribulation, and the return of Jesus Christ? And what is the difference between the coming Third Temple and the Millennial Temple described in Scripture?
As the pieces continue to come together, Christians should be paying attention, not with fear, but with hope and expectation.
Watch until the end as Curt explains why these developments matter and what they ultimately point toward.
A Minute To Midnite
Are World Events And AI Driving People To Anger, Despair And Coldness?
Tony K.: Eric Stogner joins Tony K. The love of many growing cold was prophesied to be a sign of the end times. Are we seeing this being fulfilled now?
Keeping you up to date with World Events as biblical prophecy unfolds.
Keeping you up to date with World Events as biblical prophecy unfolds.
Dr. Andy Woods
Stand Firm! A Prophetic Warning
Synopsis: America's silence enabled COVID tyranny. That same infrastructure of fear, censorship & control is being prepared for a far greater deceiver. The spirit of lawlessness is already at work. Are you paying attention? Daniel 7:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:7
Dr. Andy Woods is the Senior pastor of Sugar Land (Texas) Bible Church and President of Chafer Theological Seminary.
Dr. Andy Woods is the Senior pastor of Sugar Land (Texas) Bible Church and President of Chafer Theological Seminary.