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Open Positions. Helpful Advice. Veteran Tips
JOB OPENINGS: Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers: KATEY PATRICK makes the big move from serving as a Floor Manager in the California State Assembly for the Republican Caucus to Operations Director for Rep. James Gallagher (R-California). Katey is a 2021 BA graduate of the University of California, Davis, in International Relations…
WHY ISRAEL MATTERS: Liberty Counsel Chief to Speak About Israel on Capitol Hill
(456 WORDS) — Liberty Counsel founder and chairman of Mat Staver will address the issue of “Why Israel?” Wednesday at 12:30 pm at the Faith & Liberty Ministry Center located at 109 2nd Street NE in the townhouse with the 10 Commandments in the front yard immediately behind the Supreme Court building. Staver is fifth…
AMANDA REPORTS: It’s Getting Harder For Young Men To Succeed
(733 WORDS) — America’s young men are facing ever-growing roadblocks to reaching major adult maturity milestones, including financial independence, marriage and family, according to a new report by the Institute for Family Studies. The first installment of a two-part series — America’s Demoralized Men, Part 1: Worthy Aspirations, Trying Circumstances — takes a deep dive into the…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Maryland ‘s Charles Carroll on Faith and Freedom
(QUICK READ) — Charles Carroll of Carrollton is notable in the American Revolutionary period for several things, including the fact he was not actually present at the time of voting on the Declaration of Independence, but he signed it anyway after arriving late. He did so despite knowing that putting his name on the Declaration,…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Dem Aides Lead Opposition to Govt. AI Equity Stakes
(QUICK READ) — It seems impossible these days to find a place where everybody isn’t talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and on this issue at least, it appears from the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse survey of congressional staffers that they have a clear view of the government’s role. That view is, according to 63 percent…
CONSIDER THIS: How the Cyrus Cylinder Demonstrates the Bible’s Historical Accuracy
Among the most common claims of critics of the Bible is that it isn’t trustworthy as an historical source for things that happened in the ancient world. As with so much of such criticism, the facts tell a completely different story. Take the Cyrus Cylinder, for example. This landmark archeological find was discovered in 1879…
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE To Host Multiple Events Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday
(841 WORDS) — Imagine it is November 1620 and you have travelled thousands of miles across a mostly uncharted ocean in a wooden sail boat measuring roughly 100 feet long and only 25 or so feet wide. This craft was so small that a typical severe North Atlantic storm could easily have been the end…
Open Positions. Helpful Advice. Veteran Tips.
PARKER NOLAN moves into the Staff Assistant position for Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) after serving as an Intern in the same office. Parker is a 2026 graduate of Denison University with a BA in History. KATHRYN PENA is now the Constituent Services Advocate in the office of Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.). Working for the Michigan…
CONSIDER THIS: How We Can Be Sure The Resurrected Jesus Really Existed
(13:28 VIEWING) — A perennial criticism of the Gospel accounts of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is that some number of years elapsed between the time Mark wrote the book bearing his name and that of John, who wrote his book approximately two decades later. According to critics of the Bible, that…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: DeTocqueville on the Faith of Americans
(QUICK READ) — Alexis DeTocqueville, the French historian and diplomat, was not among the men in the generation of our founders, but he was among the most perceptive observers ever of their work. He toured America in the early years of the 19th century and wrote the classic “Democracy in America,” in which he made…