John and Maria discuss the devastating fires ravaging Southern California, a new report identifying Christians as the most persecuted religious group in the world, and Facebook does away with its fact checkers.
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Segment 1 – LA Fires and Global Persecution of Christians
CNN: Los Angeles wildfires live updates
FOX: Christians increasingly persecuted worldwide as ‘modern and historical factors converge’
Breakpoint: No, Religious Freedom is Not “Safer Than Ever”
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Segment 2 – Facebook Exiles Fact Checkers
Meta: More Speech and Fewer Mistakes
The Free Press: How ‘The Babylon Bee’ Predicted the Vibe Shift
Segment 3 – Pixar Drops Gay Character
WORLD: Federal court strikes down Biden’s Title IX revisions
NBC: Disney removes transgender storyline from upcoming Pixar streaming series
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