It’s Friday, March 14th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Myanmar announces elections amid unrelenting persecution
General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military junta ruling Myanmar, has announced that the country will hold general elections either in December 2025 or in January 2026, reports International Christian Concern.
The military junta has repeatedly delayed the elections due to unrest in the country. Critics say that a free and fair election is still impossible.
The military has spent the last four years eliminating political opposition, jailing proponents of democracy, and waging war against the civilian population.
According to Open Doors’ World Watch List, Myanmar is the 13th most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.
RFK, Jr wants to ban artificial dyes in food
On Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, reportedly told food industry leaders that he wants artificial dyes to be removed from American food products, reports One America News.
Schumer flip flops, now supports GOP funding bill
On Thursday, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York flip flopped. After saying he would allow the government shutdown on Wednesday, he announced on the Senate floor late yesterday afternoon that he plans to vote to advance a House-passed six-month government funding bill, despite the strong opposition of many Democrats, reports News Nation.
SCHUMER: “I have said many times, there are no winners in a government shutdown, but there are certainly victims. The most vulnerable Americans who rely on federal programs to feed their families, to access medical care, and to stay financially afloat. Communities that depend on government services to function will suffer and suffer greatly.
“For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is deeply partisan. It doesn’t address far too many of this country’s needs. …
“I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down.”
Schumer is only the second Senate Democrat to state definitively his intention to vote to advance the GOP-written bill — joining Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania who warned a shutdown would create chaos and risk a recession. But it’s highly likely that Schumer will give political cover to other Democrats to vote to advance the 99-page package.
If passed, the bill would increase defense spending by $6 billion, boost funding for border security, and cut nondefense programs by $13 billion, reports TheHill.com.
Senate Republicans control 53 seats and would need at least eight Democratic votes to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster. Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a staunch fiscal conservative, says he would vote against the stopgap measure for not doing enough to cut the deficit.
Arizona prisoner speeds up lethal injection for his murder
A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death sentence, reports The Associated Press.
Aaron Brian Gunches, age 53, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on March 19th for his murder conviction in the 2002 shooting death of Ted Price, his girlfriend’s ex-husband, near the Phoenix suburb of Mesa.
Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed. For in the image of God He made man.”
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland to escape Trump
Rosie O’Donnell, the lesbian actress and comedian, described why President Donald Trump’s election to a second term prompted her to move to Ireland, reports ABC News.
She shared her life update in a new TikTok video post on Tuesday.
O’DONNELL: “Well, hey everybody. It’s me, Rosie O’Donnell, star of The Flintstones. It’s Tuesday, all day, as my Nana would say, and I’m here in Ireland. Moved here on January 15th. It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say. The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming.
“I’m in the process of getting my Irish citizenship, as I have Irish grandparents. Although I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that’s what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. I’m happy. Clay is happy. I miss my other kids. I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home.”
O’Donnell insinuated that all citizens do not have equal rights, perhaps an indirect reference to her own child’s non-binary identity and President Trump’s insistence that males should not compete in women’s sports.
O’DONNELL: “When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back. It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well.
“It seems as though the only place you can get the news of what’s really happening, in terms of protests, and whatnot is on Tiktok. The mainstream media has been letting us all down there in America where the fourth estate is required in order to maintain a democracy. You know, they haven’t been doing their job.”
O’Donnell concluded her video by urging fellow liberals to stand up to President Donald Trump and presumably any Senator or Congressman who passes his America First agenda.
O’DONNELL: “I encourage everyone to stand up, to use their voice, to protest, to demand that we follow the Constitution in our country, and not a king, not a man, and we don’t have cruelty as part of our governing style.”
Bus driver buys PJs for crying boy who had none for Pajama Day
And finally, a bus driver in Kentucky went above and beyond the call of duty when he saw one of his regular riders in distress, reports Good News Network.
A child named Levi was crying when driver Larry Farrish Jr. arrived at his stop.
The 35-year-old bus driver said, “Normally when I pull up, he’s standing there waiting for me with a big smile, but on this day, he was sitting on the ground with a jacket over his head,” according to TODAY.com. When he asked what was wrong, he discovered that Levi had no pajamas to participate in Pajama Day at Engelhard Elementary School.
Farrish went to a nearby Family Dollar and picked up two pairs of pajamas and surprised Levi in class. The bus driver said, “He was so excited — you should’ve seen how his face lit up.”
Levi confessed that he had a “happy cry.”
The world needs more Larry Farrish Jrs.
Proverbs 14:21 says, “Blessed is he who is generous to the poor.”
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