The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is home to nearly 8.5 million souls. Despite being the largest population center in one of the nation’s most conservative states, the societal problems facing the rest of the nation plague the area as well. Divorce, single parenthood, drug addiction, poverty both spiritual and material, and loneliness are rampant. Now a Dallas area pastor who is one of the fastest growing voices in the Christian world is launching a new campaign, in conjunction with his church, to repair families and communities in Texas and across the globe.

Lakepointe Church pastor and host of the “Live Free” podcast available at BlazeTV Josh Howerton announced the plan to his congregation in a multi-campus vision night Thursday.

‘And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.’ – Isaiah 58:12

According to a press release Lakepointe released Thursday, the initiative takes inspiration from the exhortation in Isaiah 58:12 to be “the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.”

The program is described as “a two-year discipleship initiative aimed squarely at the gaps in families, in North Texas communities, and around the world.”

The initiative has five goals, according to the press release:

Strengthening households through deeper discipleshipInvesting in the discipleship of our children, students, and families navigating special needs Serving the North Texas cities where our congregation livesTranslating the Bible into new languages with ministry partners overseasCarrying the gospel inside American prisons

Howerton joined Blaze Media earlier in August by bringing his popular podcast “Live Free.”

“We often say we’re a kite caught in a hurricane of grace. North Texas is experiencing explosive growth, and that fast growth gives us an opportunity to make a difference in neighborhoods, in schools, in families,” said senior executive pastor Tim Smith.

The initiative aims to put the Scripture into the hands of 1.5 million people who have never had access to it in their native regional language before. Lakepointe is funding a translation of the New Testament for that group in northern India, a region that has seen high immigration to North Texas.

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The initiative will also endeavor to bring the Gospel to 1.2 million incarcerated men and women in every prison in the U.S. through a partnership with God Behind Bars Ministry.

A sermon series focused on the initiative begins October 17-18 along with 21 Days of Prayer and will culminate on Commitment Weekend on November 14 and 15 when Pastor Howerton will exhort the congregation to go into “The Breach” with him.

​Christianity, Families, Gospel, Josh howerton, Texas, Faith 

Beef prices keep climbing, but small ranchers aren’t seeing the profits. So where is the money going?

Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes the answer lies in an industry dominated by a small number of meat-processing companies and a regulatory system that makes it nearly impossible for smaller competitors to enter the market.

And during a conversation with President Donald Trump, he let him know.

“Please when it comes to beef, please look at the cartel that is the meat-processing cartel,” Glenn tells Trump.

“I run a ranch, so I know what it’s like. And I’m telling you, it is the processing plants.”

“There’s four of them, and I think two of them are not even American. It’s bad. And I believe they’re colluding with each other,” he adds.

“I’m surprised because that’s been going on a long time, Glenn. Long before I got here,” Trump interjects.

“Help us. … We can’t butcher with all of the federal regulations. It is really hard,” he says, noting that the “inspections are insane.”

“Break the back of those processing plants though. There’s people that want to build processing plants everywhere. The regulations are killing us, just killing us,” he adds.

“So you’re saying with less regulation, you think that the ranchers and farmers would do a very good job of processing the beef?” Trump asks.

“Yes,” Glenn answers.

And it’s not just Glenn who’s noticed the issue regulations are causing small farms and ranches, as a caller from West Virginia called in to share his story when it comes to the agriculture industry.

“My father was a farm veterinarian for 51 years,” he tells Glenn. “Over my entire lifetime, I have watched the complete destruction of the agriculture industry everywhere. From what chemicals you can use to where you take your cows to you name it.”

“Complete destruction. West Virginia passed a law that people might like. It’s called the farm-to-table law. They bypass the USDA. They have to meet West Virginia standards. But we got a lot of farm-to-table stores here now and completely bypass that whole ag industry,” he adds.

Glenn is hopeful that after bringing the issue up to President Trump, they might see more similar changes in the future.

“Anything that we can do to give relief to our ranchers and our farmers on regulation, which is what the president and I spoke about today, and hopefully he will act on it,” Glenn says.

“People are tired of all this processed food, not knowing where it comes from. I know if my ranch, if I could slaughter the beef and have standards obviously, but slaughter the beef, cut the beef, and sell it in the local grocery store, we’d save a ton of money on meat,” he continues.

“Right now, I think we sell my cattle, I think, in Denver, and then they’re finished off with grain someplace else … and then they’re slaughtered. I mean, I don’t even know where they go. It’s insane. It’s stupid … and it’s these big processing plants, man. That’s the problem,” he adds.

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The U.S. Department of State has officially labeled an Italian hacker group as terrorists after finding some disturbing connections.

The connections have had brutal ramifications for U.S. federal agents, as this European group has been working closely with Antifa cells in the United States.

‘Let’s take back the night together!’

The group, called Autistici/Inventati Collective, has earned the label of specially designated global terrorist group, meaning it will join a long list that includes names like al-Qaeda, Tren de Aragua, and al-Shabaab.

The group was described by the State Dept. as a hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encryption capabilities for calls and web-hosting services.

“The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization,” the department wrote.

Particularly, “A/I Collective” has been assisting the Portland Antifa cell, called Rose City, which used a website hosted by the Italian group to doxx ICE agents, incite attacks against them “at their homes,” and organize laser attacks on Border Patrol helicopters.

One poster showcased by the federal government was a graphic titled: “You’re Invited: Lazer Tag!“

This encouraged readers to go to a park or public area to shine lasers at CBP helicopters in order to ground them. “Let’s take back the night together!” the poster read.

Other sites hosted by A/I Collective encouraged terror attacks on critical infrastructure, the State Department showed. This included “detailed guides” on arson, bombings, and sabotage of sites like bridges, pipelines, and military logistics centers.

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Websites hosted by the Italian hacker group were allegedly hubs for extremists to brag about the terrorist acts they had committed, too.

A few examples included a terrorist boasting about bombing a police car and plotting to attack a federal building; the government said he was found guilty.

A group calling itself “Jane’s Revenge” bombed pregnancy centers from Colorado to New York and posted calls for others to commit attacks on one of the websites, another government post stated.

Overseas, an attack on Germany’s power grid left one person dead after a group claimed responsibility on an A/I Collective website and called for more public sabotage.

In Italy, seven suspects were arrested for terrorism-related charges over a sabotaged rail line during the 2026 Winter Olympics, after which they published a manifesto on an A/I Collective-hosted site.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital that “far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West.”

“Today, the United States sanctioned Autistici/Inventati – a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world,” Rubio added.

The State Department concluded that it will continue to “crush transnational far-left terror networks” and that there will be no refuge for these extremist groups who “plot to violently overthrow free societies.”

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Democratic socialist Nithya Raman’s attempt to boast about improving the city was widely mocked and ridiculed as an example of utter government incompetence.

Raman, who is a mayoral candidate and Los Angeles city councilwoman, said her office was able to successfully paint a crosswalk after only about nine months.

‘How dumb do you have to be to post this?’

“The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council alerted our office in late 2025 to the need for a crosswalk at Sunset Dr. and Bates St., which has just been completed!” Raman posted on social media.

“Thank you to our incredible CD4 Field Team for continuing to problem-solve, push for solutions, and make our streets safer,” she added.

The post included a photo of the astounding infrastructure improvement, which showed that there had been no improvement to the cracked pavement, only a simple paint job.

The ridiculous post was roundly mocked online.

“Holy s**t, my sides…Nithya Raman’s big accomplishment is taking 9 months to paint 7 yellow stripes over a cracked street? How dumb do you have to be to post this? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,” responded reality TV star and former L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt.

“LOL only a commie would celebrate this as a success. Nearly year to do this and the street is still broken. What a joke!” replied Katie Pavlich of NewsNation.

“Dear Lord, Nithya. Your standards are so incredibly low. They didn’t even fix the street, they painted over cracks. And it took them a year,” said Richard Grenell, a special envoy with the Trump administration.

“Peak California governance is bragging about taking a year to paint a crosswalk without bothering to fix the giant cracks,” said another critic.

“Something that should have taken a minimum of a couple of days, with permitting took almost a year. The cracks in the road were not even fixed, just paint. It is unbelievably pathetic that you claim this to be an accomplishment,” replied another detractor.

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Others compared it to another ridiculous infrastructure project in Los Angeles that was mercilessly mocked online.

Raman defeated Republican candidate Spencer Pratt in the mayoral jungle primary election. She is running against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, also a Democrat.

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President Donald Trump is touting a poll showing that he is more admired than other legendary Republican presidents.

The president posted a video of CNN analyst Harry Enten covering the poll that showed 53% of Republican respondents said they admired Trump more than Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln.

‘Trump’s still the sun around which the GOP revolves.’

Only 18% of Republicans said in the CNN poll they admired Reagan most, while a paltry 8% said they admired Lincoln most.

Trump posted a short video to his Truth Social account from the segment that first aired on CNN on Wednesday.

Enten used the poll to explain why Trump-endorsed Darline Graham Nordone won the Republican primary runoff for one of two South Carolina seats in the U.S. Senate.

“Trump’s still the sun around which the GOP revolves,” he posted on social media.

“Trump’s endorsees for Senate have won 100% of the time in 2026,” he added. “He pulled Graham, who had little shot pre-endorsement, over the finish line.”

Enten pointed out that a separate Elon University poll found 29% of Republicans said Trump was the best president in history, while only 25% said the same of Lincoln and 14% said the same of George Washington.

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He went on to show that New York City Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani had grown his national support and now had the most positive net favorability among Democrats, surpassing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Many polls have reported that the president’s favorability has suffered after the prolonged military operation in Iran and some of its economic fallout.

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