An adult illegal alien who was charged and found guilty for groping minor teen girls at a high school in Virginia was sentenced to only 360 days in jail – but, with time served, he only has 135 days left in prison.
As reported last month, parents were outraged after an 18-year-old illegal alien groped over a dozen girls “in between their legs” at a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia.
The alien, identified as Israel Flores Ortiz, is turning 19 soon and is only in the 11th grade.
Why did authorities allow a 19-year-old man – who is in this country illegally – to sexually assault minor teen girls in the hallways at school for several months??
“There’s a group of about 12 individuals that have reported this assault,” one mother told 7News.
“It was all perpetrated by a single individual who is a stranger to the girls. He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs,” she said.
“It was not just a butt smack or a butt grab. It was a groping of a private area. It had been occurring for several months,” she added.
Why are grown adult illegal aliens allowed to attend American public schools?
Forget the cost burden it places on the taxpayer, what about the obvious danger it presents to school children?
Democrats need to get out of the way and let our laws be enforced. Protect the children and have an ounce of common sense.
Of Church and State: A History of Prayer in the U.S. Government
April 21, 2026
Prayer has been a feature of the U.S. government since the birth of the republic.
Since early 2025, the Trump administration has faced a series of legal challenges and public controversies over prayer and religious observance in federal agencies. Those opposed to worship in the White House, Pentagon, and Congress invoke the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
The opposition often uses the phrase “separation of church and state.” However, that phrase appears nowhere in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, or the Federalist Papers. It derives from a private letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802.
The clause’s original meaning was specific: it prohibited Congress from designating an official national church, compelling participation, or funding a denomination through taxation, the model the Framers knew firsthand from the Church of England. The Trump administration has done none of those things. No denomination has been named a state church, no citizen has been compelled to worship, and no taxpayer funds have been directed to a religious institution as such.
The Pentagon prayer services began in May 2025, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth organized the first “Secretary’s Christian Prayer and Worship Service” during a workday at the Pentagon auditorium, broadcast live on the Department of War’s internal television network, with all department employees invited to attend.
At a monthly Christian service on March 25, 2026, Hegseth asked God to “let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation.” Similar services were established at the Department of Labor, where Secretary Chavez-DeRemer spoke of her Catholic faith at the inaugural service on December 10th, and the gatherings have continued monthly.
The legal response has been led primarily by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The suits, filed March 23, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., are procedural in nature and do not directly challenge the constitutionality of the prayer services, representing the fourth and fifth FOIA lawsuits the group has filed against the Trump administration, following earlier suits against the Departments of Health and Human Services, State, and Veterans Affairs over the president’s February 2025 executive order aimed at eradicating anti-Christian bias in the federal government.
Separately, Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2025, creating a Religious Liberty Commission whose members include Pastor Paula White-Cain, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, and Franklin Graham. Americans United and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit against the commission in February 2026, challenging its composition and seeking to block publication of its report on behalf of interfaith, Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu organizations.
At the commission’s final hearing, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the commission’s chair, called church-state separation “the biggest lie that’s been told in America since our founding.”
The term separation of church and state is one that liberals believe has special powers attached to it, like when they kept saying during his trial that Kyle Rittenhouse had “crossed state lines,” which he probably had, but that had nothing to do with the case.
In 1644, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and the First Baptist Church in America, was the first public official to call for a “wall or hedge of separation” between “the wilderness of the world” and “the garden of the church,” not to restrict religion, but to protect the church from government corruption.
The phrase as used today derives from Thomas Jefferson’s 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, a private letter written to reassure a Baptist minority that the federal government would not interfere with their worship, not a legal document, legislative act, or founding text.
Notably, both Jefferson and Madison, the men most associated with church-state separation, mixed religion and government in practice: Madison issued proclamations of religious fasting and thanksgiving, and Jefferson signed treaties sending religious ministers to Native Americans.
In Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a New York City policy permitting public school students to leave campus for religious instruction did not violate the Establishment Clause. Justice William O. Douglas wrote: “We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being…”
“When the state encourages religious instruction or cooperates with religious authorities by adjusting the schedule of public events to sectarian needs, it follows the best of our traditions. To hold that it may not would be to find in the Constitution a requirement that the government shows a callous indifference to religious groups.”
There have been 151 national calls to prayer, humiliation, fasting, and thanksgiving by U.S. presidents from 1789 to 2022, with 35 of the 46 presidents signing proclamations for national prayer, and every president since Eisenhower participating in the National Prayer Breakfast. Reagan proclaimed 1983 the “Year of the Bible” and stated: “I believe the First Amendment was written not to protect the people and their laws from religious values, but to protect those values from government tyranny.”
Newsweek described the George W. Bush White House, where prayer meetings ran day and night, and Bible study was encouraged, as “the most resolutely faith-based” presidency in modern times. Jimmy Carter ordered a half-hour interfaith prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial on the morning of his 1977 inauguration.
Not only has religion been a feature of government since before World War II, but the tradition is older than the Constitution itself. The Continental Congress established the military Chaplain Corps on July 29, 1775, at the request of George Washington, authorizing one ordained chaplain at the rank of captain for each regiment, 218 of whom served through the Revolutionary War.
That same Congress called the colonies to prayer in 1775, predating the Constitution entirely. When the Senate first convened in New York City on April 6, 1789, appointing a chaplain was among its first orders of business, electing the Right Reverend Samuel Provoost, Episcopal Bishop of New York, on April 25.
The House followed on May 1, electing the Rev. William Linn, continuing the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of opening each day’s proceedings with prayer. From its first session, the Supreme Court has opened each sitting with the cry “God save the United States and this honorable Court.” Congressional prayer, military chaplains, and government-called days of fasting and thanksgiving were the baseline from which the republic began.
Washington himself left no ambiguity. In his Circular Letter to the thirteen state governors on June 8, 1783, he closed with these words:
“I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another… and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.”
Pope Leo Changes Tack on Immigration — Sends Surprise Message to Africans Looking to Migrate (VIDEO)
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo addressing a crowd in Equatorial Guinea.
Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged young Africans against migrating to the West.
Speaking to students and faculty at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon, the pontiff urged younger generations to stay and build their own countries rather than seeking opportunities elsewhere.
“In the face of the understandable tendency to migrate, which may lead one to believe that elsewhere a better future may be more easily found, I invite you to respond with an ardent desire to serve your country and to apply the knowledge you are acquiring here to the benefit of your fellow citizens,” he said.
“The greatness of a nation cannot be measured solely by the abundance of its natural resources, nor even by the material wealth of its institutions,” Leo continued.
“No society, in fact, can flourish unless it is grounded in upright consciences, formed in the truth.”
El Papa León XIV contraprograma el relato migracionista e invita a los jóvenes africanos a que permanezcan en su nación.
«La tendencia migratoria puede llevar a creer que en otros lugares se puede encontrar un futuro mejor. Es mejor que sirvan a su país».pic.twitter.com/jnJGGkvuod
Around 11 million African migrants live in Europe, many of whom have entered through illegal routes on boats from North Africa.
Meanwhile, the U.S. hosts roughly 2.5 million African-born migrants, with a smaller but rising number entering through the southern border in recent years.
Pope Leo’s remarks came as part of an 11-day visit to Africa, which includes stops in Angola, Algeria, and Equatorial Guinea.
His comments follow recent criticism from President Donald Trump, who accused the pope of being “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for foreign policy.”
However, Leo has attempted to play down the dispute.
“I will not enter into debate,” he said. “The things that I say are certainly not meant as attacks on anyone.”
“I will not shy away from announcing the message of the Gospel and inviting all people to look for ways of building bridges of peace and reconciliation, and looking for ways to avoid war any time that’s possible.”
🇺🇸🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV responds to remarks from Donald Trump, saying he has no fear of the US administration and will continue speaking out on the message of the Gospel.
“We are not politicians… we don’t deal with foreign policy the same way,” he said, adding that the Church’s role… pic.twitter.com/JTD2kJHokD
Israeli Military Jails Two Soldiers Over Jesus Statue Desecration — Damaged Statue Quickly Replaced
April 21, 2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has already sentenced two soldiers to 30 days in military prison for the disgraceful destruction of a statue of Jesus Christ in a Christian village in southern Lebanon.
As The Gateway Pundit reported just days ago, shocking footage emerged showing an IDF soldier wildly swinging a sledgehammer at the head of a sacred crucifixion statue while another soldier gleefully filmed the vandalism.
The incident occurred in the Christian village of Debel during operations to root out Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure.
In a post on the X platform, the IDF said that they were investigating the incident and would take “appropriate measures” against those involved.
“Following the completion of an initial examination regarding a photograph published earlier today of an IDF soldier harming a Christian symbol, it was determined that the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon.
The IDF views the incident with great severity and emphasizes that the soldier’s conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops.
The incident is being investigated by the Northern Command and is currently being addressed through the chain of command. Appropriate measures will be taken against those involved in accordance with the findings.
Furthermore, the IDF is working to assist the community in restoring the statue to its place.
The IDF is operating to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure established by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and has no intention of harming civilian infrastructure, including religious buildings or religious symbols.”
Following the completion of an initial examination regarding a photograph published earlier today of an IDF soldier harming a Christian symbol, it was determined that the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon.
Just 72 hours after the photo went viral, the IDF handed down punishment.
The soldier who smashed the statue and the one who took the photo have both been yanked from combat duty and slapped with 30-day jail sentences.
The military’s top brass called the whole fiasco a “moral failure” that “contradicts IDF values and the expected conduct of its troops.” Six other soldiers who stood by and did nothing are now facing disciplinary action.
“The inquiry found that during IDF activity in the area of the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon, an IDF soldier damaged a Christian religious symbol while another soldier photographed the act. Six additional soldiers were present at the scene and did not act to stop the incident or report it.
The inquiry determined that the soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and values.
The IDF expresses deep regret over the incident and emphasizes that its operations in Lebanon are directed solely against the Hezbollah terrorist organization and other terrorist groups, and not against Lebanese civilians.
From the moment the report of the incident was received, the IDF has been working to assist the local community in replacing the statue.
Accordingly, it was decided that the soldier who damaged the Christian symbol and the soldier who photographed the act will be removed from combat duty and will receive 30 days of military detention. The remaining troops who stood by have been summoned for clarification discussions that will be held later on, after which further command-level measures will be determined.
Procedures regarding conduct with religious institutions and symbols were reinforced to the troops prior to their entry into the relevant areas, and will be reinforced again for all troops in the area following the incident.
The findings of the inquiry were presented to the Chief of the General Staff and the Commander of the Northern Command.
The Chief of the General Staff condemned the incident and stated that it constitutes unacceptable conduct and a moral failure, far exceeding any acceptable standard and contradicting IDF values and the expected conduct of its troops.”
Findings and Conclusions of the Inquiry into the Conduct of an IDF Soldier Who Damaged a Christian Symbol in Southern Lebanon
The inquiry found that during IDF activity in the area of the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon, an IDF soldier damaged a Christian… https://t.co/73ubDn3L2G
The IDF has already worked with the local Christian community to replace the statue in full coordination.
“A short while ago, in full coordination with the local community of Debel in southern Lebanon, the damaged statue was replaced by IDF troops. The Northern Command worked to coordinate the replacement of the statue from the moment it received the report of the incident.
The IDF expresses deep regret over the incident, and is working to ensure that it does not happen again in the future.”
A short while ago, in full coordination with the local community of Debel in southern Lebanon, the damaged statue was replaced by IDF troops. The Northern Command worked to coordinate the replacement of the statue from the moment it received the report of the incident.
Japan Lifts Ban on Weapon Exports In Break With Post-WW2 Pacifism (VIDEOS)
April 21, 2026
PM Takaichi is rearming Japan, and boosting the Weapons Manufacturers – Wki Commons
Pacifist post-war Japan is no more.
Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s capitulation on August 15, 1945, and the instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, aboard the USS Missouri, ending WW2.
Since then, Japan turned its back on the martial aspect of its society and embraced pacifism.
BREAKING: Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi unveils a major defense overhaul, moving beyond post‑WWII pacifism. The plan links military expansion with economic growth, cites China, Russia, and North Korea as threats, eases weapons export limits, and prepares for long term… pic.twitter.com/f8VW0LsBEI
But now, over eighty years later, Japan has scrapped most of its restrictions on weapons exports as it boosts both its own military and its arms industry.
Japan is relaxing its arms export rules.
$60B defense budget is now opening to the global market.
Toshiba and Mitsubishi are hiring and expanding factories. Defense sales are expected to surge by over 50% by 2031.
Japan lifts its long-standing ban on lethal weapons exports, allowing sales of advanced systems such as missiles and fighter jets to allies for first time since World War II pic.twitter.com/E16NqHVe3D
“The cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday approved changes to defense export rules that will for the first time since World War II allow overseas shipments of weapons. Previously, companies could only export military equipment for use in operations related to rescue, transport, warning, surveillance and minesweeping.
’These decisions are intended to safeguard Japan’s security and further contribute to the peace and stability of the region and the international community amidst rapidly evolving changes in the security environment’, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said in a press briefing after announcing the decision. ‘At the same time, the government will uphold the fundamental principles of a peaceful nation that have been built over more than 80 years since the end of the war’.”
Japan unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons https://t.co/XKrcJ1gdoxpic.twitter.com/u4NiMQlCHf
New rules stipulate that exports of lethal equipment to countries already in conflict will only be allowed if ‘considered to be in Japan’s national interest’.
Takaichi has raised defense spending and positioned the island nation to become a major player in the global defense market.
“The new rules come days after Tokyo signed a deal to sell advanced warships to Australia, its first postwar export of lethal war-fighting equipment. The lead contractor on the warship deal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., ranked 32nd globally in 2024 by revenue from the defense sector, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.”
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Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi unveils a major defense overhaul, moving beyond post‑WWII pacifism. The plan links military expansion with economic growth, cites China, Russia, and North Korea as threats, eases weapons export limits, and prepares for long term…