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Friday, July 31, 2025
The Bullets
Trump forcing kids to run a mile again? The president revives the Presidential Fitness Test, reinstating push-ups, sit‑ups, pull‑ups and flexibility drills in schools after 13 years to “Make America Healthy Again.”
Bukele Just Rewrites El Salvador’s Presidency Rules: Ruling‑party lawmakers approved constitutional changes allowing unlimited reelection, lengthening terms to six years, allowing him to rule forever.
Hired Teacher Turned Wilderness Killer? Couple fatally stabbed while hiking with their two daughters in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den. Suspect arrested after five‑day manhunt, admitting to killing the married couple.
Trump’s Letter to Pharma CEOs Ignites Price‑Slash Panic: Trump demanded 17 pharmaceutical CEOs cut U.S. drug prices to match OECD rates by Sept 29 or face regulatory action.
Aide Cash Scandal Exposed: Biden confidant Mike Donilon testified he earned $4M for the 2024 campaign and stood to pocket another $4M had Biden won re‑election, per GOP probe.
Spiritual Perspective
We keep trying to fix the world with stronger rules and bigger leaders. Whether it is a president reviving old fitness tests to make a nation healthy or a leader rewriting laws to stay in power forever, it exposes our desire for control. But true change has never come from policy or power. Jesus said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Real life begins when we abide in Him. Nations rise and fall. Bodies grow weak and fade.
Only Christ makes us truly alive.