Daily Wire podcast host Isabel Brown released a special tribute episode in honor of Charlie Kirk’s birthday on October 14, which included interviews with some of the best voices in country music, including recording artist Cole Swindell.
The 42-year-old Grammy Award nominee says he’s never been the same since learning about the tragic loss of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” singer opened up to Brown about how the news inspired a soul-searching look at his own life and ultimately led him to write the emotional song, “Make Heaven Crowded.”
“I was getting ready to go on the road,” Swindell said, recalling the moment he found out Kirk had been assassinated. “Me and [my wife] Courtney and our brand new baby girl, we were just laying around and talking and we had the news on and all of a sudden she got a text from a friend that told us the news. We’re like, no way, no way. And so we flipped on the news and we&#8217;re following it and it&#8217;s just the feelings … I don&#8217;t know that you can actually put what you were feeling into words other than just couldn&#8217;t believe it. It was just a shock and sad, scared, mad, just a lot of it.”
“We just celebrated our first wedding anniversary as a husband. Just had our first kid as a father. I think it hit everybody a little different,” Swindell added.
For many, Charlie Kirk’s death marked a cultural moment &#8212; but Swindell said for him, it served as a spiritual reckoning.
“I hate that something like this had to happen,” he told Brown. “I feel like bad things happen and it brings us all together and then we slowly drift back apart, and this is just something that I think a lot of us drew the line. This is it. I mean, a guy just got assassinated for believing how I believe, except for he was a little more bold about it. And I think that’s what got me.”
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Swindell described feeling convicted about how he was living his own life, including how much he talked about his beliefs.
“It made me look in the mirror. Somebody that&#8217;s living like I should be living and spreading the word as a Christian, what I should be doing with the platform that I have,” he said. “I just think a lot of us are fed up with feeling like we can&#8217;t say how we believe. I mean, there’s no harm in that. And like I said, I&#8217;m a loving person, I&#8217;m not judgmental. I kind of stay out of the way and do my own thing and try to be good to people, and that&#8217;s just not good enough anymore. I have to influence other people to be good to people.”
Swindell said he never met Charlie Kirk personally, but said he’s been learning more about him every day.
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“Even this song … I happened to run across a clip of Erika [Kirk] the first time she spoke after, and that really is what hit me the hardest. I’d heard ‘make heaven crowded,’ I’d seen the phrase, but it never hit me like when I watched her say that. ‘Charlie, you alongside Jesus, doing what you always wanted to do, ‘make heaven crowded.’”
For Swindell, those words turned into a tribute. “You keep seeing the word &#8216;revival,'&#8221; he said. “And I believe it. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. If there’s ever a chance for us to stand up and to keep this going, we cannot lose this feeling right now. It just feels like everybody knows that we’ve gotta do something. And Charlie is a huge part of that.”
Swindell reflected on Kirk’s well-known passion for strong families, something that has taken on new meaning for him since becoming a husband and father. “I have chills, because that is something I see him talk about: get married, have kids,” he said. “And I don&#8217;t know that until you do that, you really understand. Now I understand why he was saying that. Even just the getting married part for me, that took me a little longer. But once I&#8217;ve done it, it&#8217;s like, man, I wish I would have found this sooner.”
He went on, “Then you have kids, and we just had our first little daughter two months ago, and just, my gosh. I mean, now you wanna go tell people you have to do that. There&#8217;s nothing else like it. No matter what you do for a living, what you&#8217;ve accomplished, it does not, I mean, looking into her eyes, knowing that nothing else matters. Why would you not want to share that with people? Why would you not want people to feel that?”
That conviction became the heart of his new song, a spontaneous release that wasn’t planned, but felt led by God.
“I just put out an album in June,” Swindell went on. “I had no plans of putting music out, but obviously nobody had any plans of this happening. Just to write a song that was something that was on my heart.”
He continued, “I’ve literally been praying and praying about just personally, do I still need to do this? Can I, should I hang it up, be a dad? And like I said, the song, the reaction, I think it was the Lord telling me, look, your career is not over, you&#8217;re just not going any further without me. My wife told me that, and I believe it.”
Swindell described how the song’s impact has gone far beyond what he expected. “To play it live and to see the reaction now, to see the American flags, the freedom shirts start showing up in the crowd, it’s just, it’s real. And man, like I said, this song is, if it helps one person, if it changes one person’s heart, then it’s done its job, I feel like.”
For Swindell, the song isn’t about career milestones or chart performance. It’s a mission statement. “This literally is to honor Charlie and to spread Jesus everywhere we can,” he said. “That’s why I do believe I have a platform, and just people that do … just use it for good.”
He hopes others will take that challenge seriously.
“Anytime I’ve ever taken a chance and written something I was scared to maybe put out there, you find out there’s so many other people that feel just like you. And until you take that step and put that out there, you may never know,” he said. “There’s so many people out there hurting that need it, and they may look up to you. And the fact that, you know, if you can ever let them know, like, hey, I’ve been through stuff, too. That’s all we’re trying to do. We’re trying to connect through music.”
“I think that’s what I’m called to do from here on out,” Swindell added.
Brown&#8217;s tribute episode on what would have been Kirk&#8217;s 32nd birthday, titled &#8220;A Life Worth Singing For,&#8221; also included insight and reflection from country star John Rich, Matthew West, Abe Parker, and Anne Wilson.

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Singer Cole Swindell Tells Isabel Brown How Charlie Kirk’s Death Changed His Life

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The following is an edited transcript of a speech delivered by Michael Knowles at “This Is The Turning Point with Special Guest Michael Knowles” held at the University of Minnesota on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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This event was originally supposed to be a conversation between Charlie and me. Now it will be a conversation about Charlie — and what his assassination means for our country. The enemies of civilization — the assassin as well as the people who excused and cheered him on — thought that they could stop Charlie Kirk’s movement. In reality, they could not even stop his speaking tour.
I would like to begin with a prayer. Charlie had a great affinity for St. Michael the Archangel. And I think the St. Michael prayer speaks especially to our moment.
<blockquote>St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.</blockquote>
Twelve days ago, a ruined soul assassinated one of the brightest figures of our generation. And when I say “bright,” I don’t just mean Charlie’s rhetorical skills, which surpassed those of just about everyone in public life. I don’t just mean his political genius, which led him, at just 18 years-old, to found the most significant cultural institution on the American Right; which took him to the stage of the Republican National Convention by age 22; and which brought most of the United States government, including the president, vice president, and secretary of state, to his memorial service. I’m not talking about any of his accomplishments — be they in broadcasting, publishing, coalition building, or any of the other things that Charlie mastered.
Charlie’s brightness came, not primarily from his professional accomplishments, but from his character. You didn’t have to be a personal friend of his to know it. You could see it in everything he did. There was simply a light and a levity to the man. And it was constant, even when he was stressed. Even when he was arguing. Even when he suffered setbacks. And that light and that levity stemmed from one fact: Charlie’s Savior lives.
We’re mourning Charlie right now, and it’s right to mourn Charlie. It’s right to grieve. I have no use for the happy-clappy kind of modern religion that tells us we can’t be sad when our friends die simply because we have faith in their salvation.
Death is bad. Murder is evil. People who commit murder need to be punished. People who celebrate murder need to be punished too. Death reminds us that something has gone wrong. Death was not part of the original plan. Jesus wept at the death of his friend just moments before He raised him from the dead.
We can know “that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose,” while still recognizing the difference between good and evil. We can entrust Charlie’s soul to Our Lord Jesus Christ, as Charlie always entrusted himself, while still knowing that his assassin took something from us that he didn’t have to take.
What the assassin took was not even Charlie. Charlie belongs to God, as do we all. What the assassin took from us more precisely was what we imagined Charlie’s future to be. That’s part of what makes death so shocking: the realization that our plans are not in fact guaranteed. “Man plans, and God laughs.”
“But he was going to do this.” “She was going to do that.” “We were going to speak at the University of Minnesota together.” We weren’t, actually. We do not have ultimate control over those things. Everyone who knew Charlie knew he would be president one day. But “would” is a conditional verb; “would” depends upon “ifs” that are out of our control. Charlie would have been president. But he won’t be.
In the wake of Charlie’s death, many people are presuming to declare what he would have believed about this or that issue. Not what he did believe, mind you. But what he would have believed, what he would have said if he had lived just a little bit longer.
This kind of talk is as unseemly as it is absurd. “It is appointed for men to die once, and after that the judgment.” With the exception of his beloved wife and the people very closest to him, those who would chime in for Charlie today are appropriating an authority that does not belong to them. It’s a usurpation. At best, it’s a waste of time. And one thing that Charlie never did was waste time.
He accomplished more in his 31 years than most people could accomplish in many lifetimes. His most public accomplishments were political. His most important were religious. He wanted to be remembered for his faith. He wanted to help as many souls to Heaven as he could. If you want to honor Charlie, go to church. Read the Bible. Pray. And do it now. Don’t wait. Now might be your only chance.
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Many people are doing just that. I saw it myself last Sunday. You will not be surprised to learn that I attend a rather traditional church. Smells and bells and suits and ties. One thing that means is that it’s easy to tell when someone new shows up. Someone who just looked for the nearest church because he felt a sudden desire to be close to God. Someone whose “Sunday best” is usually a t-shirt and jeans.
I saw a lot of t-shirts at church last Sunday. And I was thrilled to see those t-shirts. (Next week, however, they should put on a jacket.) But I was thrilled to see those t-shirts then. Because it meant that people who had left the church were returning. People who perhaps had never been to church were showing up for the first time. And they were showing up because of Charlie.
I was one of the hundreds of thousands of people who attended Charlie’s memorial. When you count those who streamed it, I was one of over one hundred million people who watched it live. It was a remarkable event in many ways. But two things stood out in particular.
First, Charlie’s widow, Erika, gave one of the most powerful speeches I’ve ever heard. I was sitting with some of the toughest politicians in the world. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house. In just one of several arresting moments in her speech, Erika forgave the man who murdered her husband. Because Christ on the cross asked his Father to forgive his killers — because we all ask God to forgive us as we forgive those who trespass against us. At a time when half the country, it seems, minimizes, excuses, and even celebrates political violence, Erika Kirk gave us a glimpse of Calvary.
But the second most striking part of the memorial was that the leadership of our federal government spent four hours proclaiming the Gospel to the entire world. This should not have been surprising. We’re a country founded by people who called themselves Pilgrims. Our country was settled to be “a model of Christian charity.” Our government was established on the premise that our Creator endows us with rights. Our national anthem declares, “Conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: in God is our trust.” Seeing our national leaders proclaim the Gospel should not have been surprising. But it was. Because we hadn’t seen it in a long time. Many of us had never seen it in our lifetimes.
The memorial was perfectly Charlie: on the one hand, it was about eternity — about the truths that transcend all ages and places; on the other hand, it was eminently political — temporal, local, particular. There is no contradiction between the two. Because we’re both of those things. We’re souls, which are eternal; and we’re bodies, which are temporal.
People tend to fall into one of two errors on this subject today. They either think that politics is everything — more important than family, more important than morality, so important that we murder people over disagreements. Or they think that politics is nothing — that we should ignore policy fights and debates and keep our pure and precious hands from being sullied by the muck of practical politics. Charlie understood that both errors miss the mark. That we need to keep our eyes on eternal things — that we’re never quite at home in this world because we’re pilgrims on our way to the heavenly Jerusalem — but also that we’re political creatures in time and space. Which means that we have to do things. Which means that our faith will give a certain shape to the political community, which exists for the common good.
So what should we do now? We should forgive our enemies’ trespasses, and we should prevent our enemies from trespassing against us in the future.
Some people seem to misunderstand Christian forgiveness. They think it’s somehow contrary to criminal justice — that it means letting criminals off the hook, that it means anarchy. On the contrary, Christian forgiveness is about recognizing that vengeance belongs to the Lord, who will repay, while justice belongs to the civil authority, which does not bear the sword in vain. Erika Kirk forgave her husband’s killer, and the state of Utah will inject poison into that killer’s veins until he’s dead. There is no contradiction between these two things. 
Christian forgiveness does not demand that we allow the cruel to rape the earth. It demands that we love our enemies. And sometimes love is tough. In our personal lives, love means praying for those who persecute us. In politics, love usually means punishing the guilty, for both the protection of the innocent as well as for the betterment of the guilty. No one benefits from crime, decay, and disorder.
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We cherish the marketplace of ideas in America. In the wake of Charlie’s assassination, many are inclined merely to redouble our devotion to the “marketplace of ideas.” But this instinct misses a crucial step. We had a marketplace of ideas. The Left shot it up. If we wish to restore the healthy exchange of ideas, we need to refortify the marketplace.
Marketplaces of all kinds require rules, confidence, and common media of exchange. They require order. Liberty requires order. You can’t be undisciplined and free. You can’t be ignorant and free. That’s why we don&#8217;t let toddlers vote. 
What we must do now is reassert order. We must insist upon the acceptance of basic truths and moral goods, not as the asymptotic goal of endless debate but as the axiomatic foundation without which debate cannot occur. C.S. Lewis called these principles “the Tao.” Others call them the natural law or the first principles of practical reason. If you’ve ever studied algebra, you know that you must begin with certain axioms — premises such as a = a and if a=b then b=a. These axioms are themselves unprovable. But without assuming them, you can’t prove anything else. The same is true of politics and morality. We can’t quite prove that we should live in an ordered society, but without assuming so, we can’t prove anything else.
If our society is to function, we must foreclose certain antisocial behaviors and suicidal ideologies. We must stop, to borrow a phrase from Chesterton, &#8220;the thought that stops thought.&#8221; Practically, this means we must stigmatize certain evil ideas and behaviors, and we must ostracize people who insist upon them. More practically, this means that people who persist in such disorder should lose their social standing. In certain cases, they should lose their jobs. You can’t maintain a hospital if the nurses seek to murder half the patients. You can’t operate a school if the teachers wish death upon their students’ parents. You can’t run a restaurant if the customers expect the kitchen staff to poison them. 
There must be consequences to heal this national trauma and to re-establish a healthy politics. Those consequences require clarity of vision, courage in our convictions, and an extraordinary amount of God’s grace. I believe it can be done. You all who have come out here tonight, despite the threats from the people who would destroy our political community, have shown that you believe it can be done. The man we honor tonight gave his life in the confident hope that it can be done. 
We must never despair. We must never surrender to the forces that seek our destruction. And we must work tirelessly to ensure that this moment truly becomes a turning point for America.
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Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour” Continues In Minnesota After Kirk Assassination

Charlie’s Brightness Came From His Character. Because His Savior Lives.

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Erika Kirk said on Sunday that she forgave her husband&#8217;s suspected assassin, explaining that she believed he would do so as well.
Speaking at the memorial service for her late husband, conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, she told the massive crowd that Charlie&#8217;s greatest wish was to help save young men — young men just like the one who ultimately ended his life.
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Erika Kirk forgives the man who murdered her husband:
&#8220;My husband Charlie&#8230;he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life&#8230;that young man&#8230;
I forgive him.
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&#8220;That young man, that young man,&#8221; she said. &#8220;On the cross, our savior said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.&#8217; That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and is what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know, from the Gospel, is love and always love.&#8221;
Kirk also shared details of the first moments after she&#8217;d learned she&#8217;d been widowed — in a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/us/politics/erika-kirk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.Bp32.11mJOHcb_Hhe&amp;smid=url-share">interview</a> published early on Sunday by The New York Times, and she said that she&#8217;d needed to &#8220;see what they did&#8221; to her husband&#8217;s body.
&#8220;With all due respect,&#8221; Ms. Kirk told the sheriff who escorted her to the hospital, despite his warning attempting to dissuade her from viewing the body, “I want to see what they did to my husband.&#8221;
&#8220;His eyes were semi-open,&#8221; Ms. Kirk said of her husband, noting that she was somewhat surprised by how he appeared. &#8220;And he had this knowing, Mona Lisa-like half-smile. Like he’d died happy. Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven.&#8221;
She told the same story from the stage at her husband&#8217;s memorial service on Sunday afternoon, adding a few details about the moment she saw him.
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ERIKA KIRK: &#8220;[I looked] directly at my husband&#8217;s murdered body. I saw the wound that ended his life&#8230;But there was something else. Even in death, I could see the man that I love. I saw the one, single grey hair on the side of his head, which I never told him about. Now he… <a href="https://t.co/aYngTxITFN">pic.twitter.com/aYngTxITFN</a>
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&#8220;[I looked] directly at my husband&#8217;s murdered body. I saw the wound that ended his life,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;But there was something else. Even in death, I could see the man that I love. I saw the one, single grey hair on the side of his head, which I never told him about. Now he knows. Sorry baby, I&#8217;m telling you now.&#8221;
&#8220;I also saw on his lips the faintest smile. And that told me something important. It revealed to me a great mercy from God in this tragedy. When I saw that, it told me Charlie didn&#8217;t suffer,&#8221; Kirk added. &#8220;Even the doctor told me &#8211; it was something so instant &#8230; One moment Charlie was doing what he loved, arguing and debating &#8230; he blinked &#8230; and saw his savior in paradise.&#8221;

Memorial Service Held For Slain Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk At State Farm Stadium

Erika Kirk Forgives Her Husband’s Suspected Assassin, Says Charlie Would Have Done So Too

Erika Kirk Forgives Her Husband's Suspected Assassin, Says Charlie Would Have Done So Too

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Folks, I hope you spent a meaningful weekend with friends and family.
I hope you went to church if you are Christian or synagogue if you are Jewish, spent some time with God, with your family, and with your community — because that’s what Charlie Kirk would have done had he not been assassinated last week.
There has been an amazing, uplifting reality in that millions of people are coming together to honor the memory of Charlie Kirk. Over $5 million was raised for Charlie’s family. Turning Point USA, which is Charlie’s organization, according to the New York Post, received 18,000 new chapter requests in less than 24 hours after his widow, Erika, spoke out about the assassination of her husband.
It’s all heartbreaking and horrifying in every way except that Charlie’s legacy is going to be that millions of people went to church yesterday who wouldn’t otherwise have gone to church. Tens of thousands of people are going to get politically involved with TPUSA. Millions more are going to take inspiration from Charlie.
This outpouring for Charlie is truly incredible. I hope that it’s some comfort to Charlie’s family.
Morgan Wallen <a href="https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1967087630757359929">paid tribute</a> to Charlie Kirk at his concert in Canada. NASCAR driver Christopher Bell <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1967071738271043918">dedicated</a> his win to Charlie over the weekend. Chris Martin of Coldplay, whom I have been critical of, did <a href="https://x.com/CNviolations/status/1966952491557556453">something</a> similar. A wide variety of NFL teams also paid <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1967287551682830365">tribute</a> to Charlie Kirk over the weekend.
One of the results of the tragedy is that mainstream people are coming together around the idea that the core values of the West include things like this: “I disagree with you, and we have discussions, and we don&#8217;t murder one another.”
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I still can’t even imagine. I cannot even imagine. Two young kids who are three and one, a young wife, married less than five years.
Erika Kirk released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/well-never-surrender-erika-kirk-gives-emotional-fiery-address-following-husbands-assassination?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=30&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99ll+Never+Surrender%E2%80%99%3A+Erika+Kirk+Gives+Emotional%2C+Fiery+Address+Following+Husband%E2%80%99s+Assassination">a video</a> — which was truly hard to watch — of herself seated by Charlie’s casket holding his hand. She also sent an inspiring message in which she stated, “The evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done. They should all know this: if you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea what you just unleashed across the country and this world.”
Erika Kirk is very involved in the Christian community, in giving. She’s been politically involved as well. For her to pick up Charlie’s mantle would not only be appropriate but an excellent thing for her to do.
Notably, the reaction to Charlie’s death has been gigantic memorials and more people going to church — and unlike the Left when they feel someone has been martyred — no violence. I would imagine that Sunday churches were packed; that’s the report I was getting from all my Christian friends. I will say that at my synagogue on Saturday, not only was it packed, but every synagogue that I know, every single synagogue that I know, had a prayer specifically for Charlie, or a speech specifically about Charlie, talking about what he meant to the country.
Charlie is not here anymore, but he’s here so long as you pick up the microphone. We all have to pick up the microphone and we all have to carry on with his message.
The best thing is that tons of people went to church, connecting with God and looking for community. That’s something Charlie would have wanted.
Tons of people are getting involved. That’s something Charlie spent his entire life building.
Charlie’s tragic death may be the turning point for America to return to faith.
And as Erika Kirk stated, “Our God is so good. So incredibly good. And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good. For those who are called according to his purpose.”

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Churches Were Packed, Synagogues Prayed: The Awakening Charlie Kirk Always Believed In

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It all started with one book reading being denied at more than 50 public libraries even as Drag Queen Story Hours across America were welcomed with open arms. This was enough for actor and author Kirk Cameron to go on a mission to create something different, and now, See You at the Library returned for its third year this past Saturday, August 16.
This year, over 200 story hours were hosted in libraries across the country, uniting families around timeless values like faith, family, and freedom.
The flagship gathering this year took place in the heart of Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress. The historic event featured special guest readers Kirk Cameron, “Duck Dynasty” alum Missy Robertson, and Daily Wire host Michael Knowles. Held in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education’s Center of Faith, the moment marked a turning point, elevating the event from a grassroots effort to a national movement.
Cameron spoke candidly about what was at stake, telling the assembled crowd, “At the end of the day, it is about us recognizing that it is our job, not his, not theirs, to turn our country back to what made her great in the first place — faith, moral integrity, and courage.” He said America will either experience a “great awakening” or a “rude awakening” depending on the moral courage of its people.
Robertson echoed his words, saying, “When we say we are coming back as a country, we are saying we are coming back to the values that God wrote on each of our hearts.”
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Knowles said a love of reading is the future. “Cultivating a love of reading, a love of stories, and the written word, and the spoken word is not just about entertaining yourself or getting through school. It’s essential to our entire understanding of the world and how we live our lives.”
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See You at the Library is continuing to grow, despite the Left’s efforts to shut it down.

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Two-time Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington said taking home Hollywood&#8217;s biggest honor doesn&#8217;t matter much to him in the long run.
The 70-year-old star, who has also been nominated for Academy Awards nine times, made the remarks while speaking to &#8220;Jake&#8217;s Takes&#8221; on his &#8220;Highest 2 Lowest&#8221; press tour. He confirmed that he did not choose projects based on his likelihood of winning an Oscar.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t do it for Oscars. I don&#8217;t care about that kind of stuff,&#8221; Washington said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been at this a long time, and there&#8217;s time when I won and shouldn&#8217;t have won and then didn&#8217;t win and should&#8217;ve won. Man gives the award. God gives the reward.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not that interested in Oscars,&#8221; the &#8220;Training Day&#8221; actor added. &#8220;People ask me, &#8216;Where do I keep it?&#8217; Well, next to the other one. I&#8217;m not bragging! Just telling you how I feel about it. On my last day, [Oscars] aren&#8217;t going to do me a bit of good.&#8221;
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This attitude aligns with statements he made in the past. While many of his fans believed Washington was snubbed for his work on &#8220;Gladiator II&#8221; last year, he reacted to the idea by telling <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/magazine/denzel-washington-interview.html">The New York Times</a>, &#8220;Are you kidding me? Awww. Oh, I&#8217;m so upset. Listen, I&#8217;ve been around too long. I&#8217;m getting wiser, working on talking less and learning to understand more — and that&#8217;s exciting.&#8221;
Washington has also been outspoken about his Christian faith for years.
&#8220;Things I said about God when I was a little boy, just reciting them in church along with everybody else, I know now. God is real. God is love. God is the only way. God is the true way. God blesses. It&#8217;s my job to lift God up, to give Him praise, to make sure that anyone and everyone I speak to the rest of my life understands that He is responsible for me,&#8221; Washington <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a62888212/denzel-washington-gladiator-2-interview-2024/">wrote</a> in a personal essay published in Esquire last year. 
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&#8220;When you see me, you see the best I could do with what I&#8217;ve been given by my lord and savior. I&#8217;m unafraid. I don&#8217;t care what anyone thinks. See, talking about the fear part of it — you can&#8217;t talk like that and win Oscars. You can&#8217;t talk like that and party. You can&#8217;t say that in this town.&#8221;

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‘Won’t Do Me A Bit Of Good’: Denzel Washington Reveals The Big Achievement He No Longer Cares About

Denzel Washington Says He Doesn't Care About Winning Oscars, 'Won't Do Me A Bit Of Good' After Death

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Jared Allen, a former defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings, has the internet praising the emotional speech he gave after being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend. 
The 43-year-old put life in perspective after receiving his highly coveted gold jacket, signifying that he’s one of the best to play the game. Allen mentioned the piece of clothing specifically, saying his career achievements pale in comparison to the life he’s built with his wife and daughters.
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&#8220;To my amazing daughters, Brinley and Lakelyn: through this process, the word &#8216;legacy&#8217; has been talked about a lot. The Hall of Fame says I&#8217;m here to tell my story. Well, I&#8217;m here to tell you two, you are my greatest accomplishments,&#8221; he said, becoming visibly overcome with emotion.
&#8220;When I get called home to heaven one day, if all they talk about is this gold jacket and my career, then I failed miserably as a father, a husband, and a friend. You two are my legacy,&#8221; Allen continued. &#8220;You are both so talented, and I cannot wait to see what you decide to do to conquer this world. So always put Christ first, find your why, dream big dreams and always pursue greatness in whatever you do.&#8221;
The five-time Pro Bowler also spoke about his wife of 15 years. &#8220;To my wife, I&#8217;m reminded of what [Vikings chaplain] Tom Lamphere said we were going through our premarital counseling,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;He said the two most important decisions you&#8217;ll make in life is one, whether you follow Jesus or not, and two is who you marry. There&#8217;s only two types of people. There&#8217;s boat anchors who drag you down, and there&#8217;s people who elevate you, and you are a true game elevator. You&#8217;re one of the smartest people I know. I am in awe of you every single day.”
Allen’s speech got a lot of attention online, with social media users praising it as “<a href="https://x.com/dpokes77/status/1951722926065279012">powerful</a>.” 
“Amen,” another commenter said.
“He was a great defensive lineman but one hell of a real man,” a third account <a href="https://x.com/AdgadysFire/status/1951823595149095041">echoed</a>.
Known for his &#8220;calf-roping&#8221; sack celebration, Allen finished his 12-season NFL career with 136 sacks, ranking 12th all-time. During the induction ceremony over the weekend, he ripped his pants while performing the iconic sack dance while on stage with his family.
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NFL Hall of Famer Jared Allen Puts Faith And Family First In Powerful Induction Speech

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Neal McDonough made a career out of playing tough characters. From Lieutenant Lynn &#8220;Buck&#8221; Compton in “Band of Brothers” to the steely villain Michael Beck in “Yellowstone,” McDonough always seems to play someone who sends a chill up your spine.
But offscreen, McDonough’s the polar opposite: warm and kind, committed to faith and family, and on a quest to make movies that touch audiences on a deeper level.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, McDonough opened up about his new film, “Guns N’ Moses,” an independent thriller about a group of orthodox Jews grappling with the aftermath of an attack on their synagogue. He hopes the film will inspire viewers to find connections with those who don’t share their beliefs, and realize that we all have more in common than we may otherwise think.
The actor also discussed why he believes smaller, independent films are filling a gap left by Hollywood.
“Guns N’ Moses” was shot in just 20 days, but boasts impressive production values. McDonough thrives on the challenges of indie filmmaking because, he said, that’s where meaningful stories still get told.
“You couldn’t make a film like this for a big studio because it really goes out on a limb and talks about things,” he explained. “The studios…they’re much more tentpole films now…big, huge, action blockbuster types of films. And they’ve really kind of gotten away from the crafting of ideas for smaller films.”
For McDonough, those smaller films are where the important conversations happen.
“Films like this make you realize that we need to be nicer to each other,” he said. “We can all have our different beliefs, but we all believe in the same all-powerful being that created all of us. So, we should be rooting for each other more.”
A devout Catholic, McDonough said he’s experienced firsthand how speaking openly about faith can bring backlash in the industry. He <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-neal-mcdonough-fired-scoundrels-094213107.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> in 2010 after being let go from the ABC drama “Scoundrels” for refusing to participate in intimate scenes or kiss another woman.
“Whenever you stand up for your faith, especially in a positive way, there will be so many people who are ready to take you down,” he said. “They have to have a fight over it. ‘My faith is better than your faith. My color is better than your color. My bank account is bigger than yours.’ It’s kind of exhausting.”
He referenced John Lennon’s “Imagine” as an idealistic vision, but acknowledged that it’s not necessarily realistic.
“Films like Guns N’ Moses talk about the fact that it’s not a better place at times,” he said. “There is hate and there are problems within faiths. Especially now with what’s going on with Israel and the Middle East…it’s really a hard time to figure out: well, what is the truth?”
For McDonough, the answer remains the same. “The truth is always what God says to me in particular. It’s what is God’s idea? God’s idea is we must love each other and we must honor God. Those are the two big things that we’re supposed to be doing.”
In recent years, McDonough and his wife, Ruvé McDonough, a South African model he met while filming “Band of Brothers,” have been producing their own slate of films. Their latest project, “The Last Rodeo,” recently hit top spots on Amazon and Apple.
“People really want to see films that make you think about faith, make you think about Him,” McDonough said. “Doesn’t matter if you’re a Jew or a Christian or Muslim or agnostic or whatever. It makes you think, how can I be a bit better of a person as a husband or as a father, as a coworker, as whatever?”
“A lot of films nowadays don’t allow you to think. They give you the choices and they’ll play the music to swell up to make you think that way. Well, that’s manufacturing a thought process,” he added.
The Hollywood veteran believes films like “Guns N’ Moses” push back against that formula.
“It’s pimples and all. Here’s the film. It’s going to make you think about what your place is in life and how you can make it a better place for everyone else around you.”
For McDonough, it all circles back to the values he holds dear: faith, family, and finding life’s deeper meaning.
“America is the United States of America, not the divided States of America,” he said. “Our country was built upon faith…a Judeo-Christian faith is what it was built upon. It mentions God four times in the Declaration of Independence. It’s on our money. It’s everywhere we go.”
“But somehow we veer away from it because of the temptations that are in front of us. A bigger car, nicer house…You’ll never find happiness if you’re chasing that,” the actor said.
He admitted he used to chase those things himself until he shifted focus to what truly matters.
“Once you start chasing the right thing, two things are going to happen,” he explained. “You’re going to be much more fulfilled because you’re doing the right thing for your Heavenly Father. But it’s also gonna be a lot of people out there who are gonna want to take you down and say horrible things.”
Yet he remains committed to telling stories that encourage audiences to reflect and grow.
“We’re gonna keep on making films like ‘Guns N’ Moses.’ We’re gonna keep on doing films like ‘The Last Rodeo,’ which is killing it right now on video. People want to see films that they can bring the whole family to look at, and have a real discussion about a movie and how we can be better as a society.”
McDonough also dismissed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-lost-the-plot-now-rebels-are-making-movies-great-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the notion</a> that conservative Christians are at odds Jewish people. “That’s not true,” he said flatly. “America is really a Judeo-Christian society. I lived in Hancock Park for a long time and all our neighbors were orthodox Jews. And boy, we got along quite well.”
He called the faith traditions “almost exactly identical” in their values and said true believers in any faith respect each other.
“It’s the ones who don’t 100% believe in Him first, me second…then it becomes about you and your personal opinions. Well, it shouldn’t really be your personal opinion. It should be your personal acceptance of God, acceptance of other beliefs, acceptance of everyone.”
“No one is exactly the same. So why should one person think that their belief or their color or their money is better than somebody else’s? It’s all about faith and He built us to love each other, not to hate each other.”
That, McDonough said, is the message at the heart of “Guns N’ Moses.”
“We’re all in this together,” he said. “Shouldn’t we just enjoy each other more instead of hating each other more?”
Despite Hollywood’s frequent hostility toward faith-based storytelling, McDonough is hopeful that independent films can help fill the cultural gap.
“I think Hollywood has really veered off from making films that can help change your life in a better way to making films that can change your life through darkness and through all kinds of crazy stuff. And I’m guilty of being part of a lot of those films,” he admitted. “I have to make a living as an actor.”
“But when it has our name on it for the McDonough Company, you know it’s gonna be a film that is about family, it’s about faith, and it’s about doing the right thing. And ‘Guns N’ Moses’ goes right along with that.”
He’s convinced audiences are hungry for it. “There has to be a common ground,” McDonough said. “We can come together and allow each other to have our different beliefs… and maybe we can enjoy some together and break bread together and have a good conversation.” And that’s the type of filmmaking he intends to keep pursuing.
“Guns N’ Moses” hits theaters July 18. “It’s an important movie,” McDonough said. “You guys gotta go out there and see it.”

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“Full House” alum Candace Cameron Bure recently acknowledged that her almost three-decade-long marriage hasn’t always been perfect. 
The 49-year-old mom of three made the revelation during Tuesday’s episode of her podcast. 
“Val and I went through a really, really rough season in our marriage in 2020, and that’s when the pandemic hit,” Bure said of her husband, Valeri, a retired professional hockey player, whom she married in 1996.
“It was going south quickly,” she added. “And we were like, ‘I don’t know, don’t think … we’re gonna make it through.&#8217;”
The actress said it was ultimately her three children who helped them through the rough patch. Natasha, who was born in 1998, is an actress like her mother. The couple also has two sons, Lev and Maksim, who were born in 2000 and 2002. respectively.
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“At one point, Lev, Maks, and Natasha, but Lev was the one leading the charge. He came up to us and he said, ‘We’d like to talk to you guys,&#8217;” Bure said. “Val and I sat down and Lev preached, like, a 45-minute sermon on marriage to us. Just had his Bible open on the couch and just talked about it.”
Lev was in his early twenties at the time.
“And I’ll never forget, because he said, ‘know I haven’t been married. And I’m just a young kid. And so it’s probably hard to take marriage advice from someone this young …never experienced it before. But I don’t need to be married to know what the word of God says,&#8217;” she went on.
The actress recalled how Lev had “such a calm voice that had so much wisdom behind it” when he broached the subject.
“He looked us straight in the eye and individually asked me, and then asked Val, ‘Have you done everything you can? Is there one step of grace, is there just some bit of more grace you can give? Is there any more grace you can give Mom? Is there one more act of kindness in you that you could give to try to reconcile?&#8217;” Bure said, describing this encounter as a “pivotal moment” that changed everything for the family.
“When we walked away from that, and Val and I were like, ‘Huh, we raised some pretty good kids,’” Bure said.
“There was a lot more to it, but it’s a whole different scenario when your kids sit you down to have a talk and go, ‘Are you being as mature as you can be and what God says?’ I’m so grateful to Lev and Maks and Natasha,” she told her podcast listeners. “They were so supportive of everything.”

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Candace Cameron Bure Says Son’s Bible-Based Pep Talk Helped Save Her Marriage

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump assured faith leaders on Monday that his administration is fighting for religious liberty and peace throughout the world.
“Together, we&#8217;re fighting to defend religious liberty like no administration has ever done before,&#8221; the president said. He spoke during a call with more than 10,000 faith leaders from across the country on the first Faith Office National Conference call of his second term, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire.
Trump participated in several of these calls during his first term, and they include individuals of all faiths — Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and more.
Participants on Monday&#8217;s call included Special Assistant to the President Jenny Korn, White House Faith Office Director Paula White Cain, who led prayers during the call, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The president thanked the faith leaders for their work to help those in need across the country, and he shared some updates on the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to protect religious freedom.
Trump detailed how he moved the faith office into the White House, as he had promised, and he emphasized to the faith leaders that he sought to stop &#8220;the radical war on Christians&#8221; as soon as he entered office.
&#8220;I [pardoned] the pro-life activist thrown in jail for praying and peaceful protest, and there were many of them,&#8221; he noted. He pointed out that his administration &#8220;reinstated the service members thrown out of our military over religious objections to the Biden vaccine mandates,&#8221; restoring them &#8220;to their former rank with full pay backpay and penalties.”
“I set up a DOJ taskforce to eradicate anti-Christian bias — who would ever think — but that&#8217;s happening also and it has happened and nobody ever talks about that,&#8221; Trump added.
He pointed to Friday&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling, where the justices ruled that schools violate religious liberty when they bar parents from opting their children out of classroom instruction involving LGBT-themed books. That was a major win for religious conservatives and for the White House, which has championed parents and their right to decide what their children are taught.
“Just last Friday we had historic victory for religious liberty and parents&#8217; rights at the Supreme Court of the United States,&#8221; Trump told the faith leaders. &#8220;Parents will now be allowed to opt out of having inappropriate books and sexual literature forced upon their children.”
He also mentioned his major focus of the week: the One Big Beautiful Bill, describing to the faith leaders how it would impact children&#8217;s education, and calling it &#8220;the most pro-family legislation in modern times.&#8221;
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“When we pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill will also have a tremendous victory for school choice,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;This bill is the most pro-family legislation in modern times…It also expands the Child Tax Credit and creates brand new ‘Trump Accounts’ for every newborn child helping them to get a stronger life, which is what they need. Everyone should let their congregations and members of Congress know that they support the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The president specifically discussed how his administration is seeking peace throughout the world, pointing to last week&#8217;s strikes on Iran, and noting that last Friday he helped sign a &#8220;historic peace agreement&#8221; ending the &#8220;terrible conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
“As we restore prosperity for American families at home, we&#8217;re also bringing peace and stability back to our world,&#8221; he told the faith leaders. &#8220;Earlier this month we carried our historic strikes out against Iran’s nuclear program and we ended the 12 Day War.”

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“Full House” alum Candace Cameron Bure is getting a lot of attention for statements she made about scary movies being banned from her house.
The 49-year-old celeb said during a <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-watching-a-scary-movie-opening-a-spiritual/id1649600581?i=1000712214582">recent episode</a> of her podcast that her kids “make fun of her” for discussing dark spiritual forces. But despite their mockery, she sets rules at home based on those beliefs.
“Like if you’re watching this, or you’re playing this video game, or whatever, that’s a portal that could let stuff inside our home,” Bure said during a conversation on the topic with her son, Lev, and Pastor Jonathan Pokluda. “I don’t even want someone watching a scary movie in our house on the TV, because to me, that’s just a portal.”
“Listen, I’m in the film industry,” the actress continued. “I understand how it all works. I know that movie has a crew of 200 people, and they’re lighting it, and they’re adding the sound effects, and it’s makeup, and the camera, people, and actors. However, there’s still something that can be incredibly demonic while they’ve made it.”
Bure has been outspoken about her faith and conservative values for years. In 2022, she faced backlash and was accused of “bigotry” and of “selling out” after she voiced her opinion about traditional marriage.
Earlier this year, the actress said celebrities are less likely to face backlash for publicly professing their faith. 
“I feel like people are just a little less afraid of being canceled now that they can share their faith openly or whatever their opinions are [even] if they’re not congruent with some other people’s opinions,” she said in February, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/candace-cameron-bure-says-people-are-less-worried-about-being-canceled-if-they-share-their-faith?author=Katie+Jerkovich&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Candace+Cameron+Bure+Says+People+Are+Less+Worried+About+Being+Canceled+If+They+Share+Their+Faith">reported</a>.
Bure is married to former professional ice hockey player Valeri Bure. Their children are Natasha, 26, Lev, 25, and Maksim, 23.

Candace Cameron Bure Bans Scary Movies At Home To Avoid ‘Portal’ For ‘Demonic’ Forces

Candace Cameron Bure Bans Scary Movies To Avoid 'Portal' For 'Demonic' Forces

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump sent a message about the power of faith to Catholics and Christians on Ash Wednesday.
“This Ash Wednesday, we join in prayer with the tens of millions of American Catholics and other Christians beginning the holy season of Lent—a time of spiritual anticipation of the passion, death, and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” the message from POTUS and FLOTUS from the White House read.
“During the Lenten season, Christians spend 40 days and 40 nights praying, fasting, and giving alms to deepen our faith and strengthen our belief in the Gospel,” it added. “Today, followers of Christ wear crosses of ash on their foreheads—a sacred reminder of our mortality and our enduring need for Christ’s infinite mercy and redeeming love.”
“As we solemnly contemplate Jesus Christ’s suffering and death on the cross this Lent, let us prepare our souls for the coming glory of the Easter miracle,” it continued. “We offer you our best wishes for a prayerful and enriching Lenten season.  May Almighty God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America.”
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The President and First Lady&#8217;s Message on Ash Wednesday, 2025:
This Ash Wednesday, we join in prayer with the tens of millions of American Catholics and other Christians beginning the holy season of Lent — a time of spiritual anticipation of the passion, death, and Resurrection… <a href="https://t.co/lBWAkJzD4f">pic.twitter.com/lBWAkJzD4f</a>
— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CforCatholics/status/1897330714108104825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
The president and first lady’s message came as celebrities like Patricia Heaton, Mark Wahlberg, Gwen Stefani and more have posted videos and pictures wearing an ash cross on their foreheads, marking the start of Lent.
Speaking to <a href="https://x.com/BreitbartNews/status/1897289493113352448">Fox and Friends</a>, Wahlberg explained what the Lenten season means to him.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a reminder that I need to do more&#8230; There&#8217;s things that are in my life that are distracting and take me away from my focus on building my relationship and getting closer to God,” the Hollywood star explained. “And then living that purposeful life that he’s chosen for me.”
The first lady recently announced plans for an Easter celebration at the White House, carrying on a tradition dating back to 1878 that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes.
“First Lady Melania Trump is pleased to announce initial details for the 147th White House Easter Egg Roll,” according to a press release from the Office of the First Lady. &#8220;The Easter Egg Roll will take place on Monday, April 21, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House. Families with children 13 years old and younger are invited to join the President, First Lady, White House staff, and their families for a day of festivities.”
“The White House Easter Egg Roll is a timeless White House tradition, dating back to 1878 during the Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes,” it added. “The President and First Lady look forward to continuing this entertaining tradition and making it a truly memorable experience for all.”
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