Seth Andrew Stewart

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, UTAH Mike Mckell - Utah State Senator and brother-in-law of Governor Spencer Cox - was the Senate sponsor of HB 311, the bill that directed taxpayer dollars to fund a study of Utah's vote-by-mail system. The study was assigned to Utah Valley University's Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy (and the Center for Constitutional Studies). McKell has long been listed as an adjunct professor at UVU. Governor Cox and Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson have been strong public advocates for vote-by-mail. They've administered and defended the system under which they themselves ran and won elections. 🛑Now Cox's brother-in-law sponsored the legislation that funneled public money into a study conducted by an institute at the university where he taught. 🚨 The results (released October 2026) found 'no evidence of significant or widespread fraudi and concluded that in-person and mail voting face similar risks - findings that aligned with the positions long held by Cox and Henderson. 🚩 These connections - family ties, prior university affiliation, legislative sponsorship of the funding, and the political stakes around vote-by-mail - raise legitimate questions about conflicts of interest and the appearance of a closed loop of influence.

🚨 BREAKING: @UtahGOP OPERATIONS MANUAL REVEALS A 10% MARKUP POLICY FOR USE OF THE PARTY’S @USPS NONPROFIT MAIL PERMIT. 🔎 A newly surfaced Utah Republican Party Operations Manual authorizes candidates to use the party’s discounted USPS mail permit—as long as they reimburse the party for mailing costs PLUS a 10% markup. 📪 WHAT THE USPS RULES ACTUALLY SAY: Under USPS Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) 703.1.6.1, an authorized political party may mail only its own material at nonprofit prices. It cannot lend or delegate its permit to a candidate or other campaign: ▪️ A state party cannot lend its nonprofit permit to an ineligible canidate, committee, campaign, organization etc. ▪️ The party must pay the postage itself, without reimbursement from candidates or their campaigns, when mailing its own materials supporting candidates. 🤔 Think about what that means: 💰 Nonprofit postage rates are a government-created discount. They reduce the cost of qualifying mail, with the resulting revenue shortfall borne by the Postal Service and, ultimately, the public through its tax dollars. 🐘 Yet the Utah GOP’s written ops manual raises a troubling question: Why would a party that demands fiscal responsibility from government have a policy monetizing a federally regulated nonprofit postal discount? ⚖️ This is now about applying the same standards to party leadership that the @GOP demands of government: ✅ Follow the rules. ✅ Protect taxpayer-supported benefits from misuse. ✅ Account for every dollar. ✅ Release the records to the Audit Committee! 🦣 Fiscal Responsibility Cannot Be a Slogan Reserved For Criticizing Government. It Must Apply to the Party Itself!

We may yet have a hero emerge for the ‘28 cycle. If not…

At the Coeur d'Alene Idaho Temple site, foundation work is advancing as crews excavate the building footprint and begin forming the concrete foundation. Excavated areas are being prepared for the footings and foundation walls that will support the temple's single-story structure. Underground utility installations are progressing alongside this work, with water and drainage systems being established. (Photo: Mr. Flückiger) #coeurdalenetemple #coeurdaleneidahotemple churchofjesuschristtemples.o…

Muslims have a higher global total fertility rate (TFR) than Christians: about 3.1 children per woman vs. 2.7 (for the 2010–2015 period). 😩

"Nothing you do in your life will be more important than gaining and living your testimony of our Father in Heaven and His Son, our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ." - Elder Ronald A. Rasband #BYUDevo

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This morning I want to emphasize five things that are significant to the Restoration. Each is a reason to shout, “Hurrah for Israel.” They include: 1. A Divine Visitation 2. Prophetic Callings 3. The Church of Jesus Christ 4. The Book of Mormon 5. Jesus Christ, the Chief Cornerstone - Elder Ronald A. Rasband #BYUDevo

Can we ever move beyond the sins of our past? Even after we have confessed, repented, and sought forgiveness, we sometimes continue to carry the weight of our mistakes. We remember what we did, whom we hurt, and what we wish we could change. Yet the Lord offers a promise that reaches deeper than our regret. Speaking through Jeremiah, He declares, “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more” (Jeremiah 31:34). What does it mean for God to remember our sins no more? The Lord is omniscient; He does not literally lose His memory. Rather, His promise points to the power of Jesus Christ to remove the burden of sin and restore us to a relationship with God. Through the Savior's Atonement, our sins can be forgiven so completely that they no longer need to define our standing before Him. The past need not determine our future. This promise is especially meaningful because of the context in which Jeremiah delivered it. Israel and Judah had repeatedly broken their covenants with God. Their rebellion had brought suffering, scattering, and the destruction of Jerusalem. Yet the Lord did not abandon His people. He promised to make a new covenant with them, declaring, “I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33). Notice what the Lord promises. He does not merely offer to overlook past mistakes. He promises transformation. The new covenant would reach beyond outward obedience to change the hearts of His people. Through Jesus Christ, God offers not simply a clean record but a new life. Sometimes, however, we struggle to accept the forgiveness that we sincerely seek. We confess our sins, forsake them, and strive to change, yet we continue to revisit our failures. We may feel that if we still remember our sins, we must not have been fully forgiven. Or perhaps we believe that continuing to feel miserable somehow demonstrates the seriousness of our repentance. But the Lord does not ask us to remain prisoners of sins He has forgiven. The purpose of godly sorrow is to bring us to repentance, not to condemn us to a lifetime of despair. Once we have sincerely repented, we can trust in the Savior's promises and move forward in faith. We should learn from our past without allowing it to become a barrier between us and the Redeemer. Elder D. Todd Christofferson taught in his October 2011 general conference address, “The Divine Gift of Repentance,” that repentance involves a change of heart and mind, turning away from sin and turning toward God. The Lord's promise of forgiveness is therefore inseparable from His invitation to become different people through Christ. There is another beautiful dimension to Jeremiah's prophecy. The Lord promises not only to forgive but also to establish a covenant relationship with His people. “They shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 31:34). Forgiveness opens the way for reconciliation. The Savior does not simply remove the stain of sin and leave us where we were. He invites us into a relationship with our Heavenly Father that can deepen throughout our lives and continue into eternity. The promise that God will remember our sins no more is therefore not a declaration that sin does not matter. It is a testimony that the Atonement matters much, much more. Our sins are real, their consequences can be painful, and repentance requires genuine effort. But none of these truths diminishes the power of Jesus Christ to redeem those who turn to Him. The Savior's invitation is not limited to those who have made only minor mistakes or who have already demonstrated years of perfect obedience. He invites all who will repent to come unto Him. His grace is sufficient to cleanse the penitent, heal the wounded, and help us become the people God intends us to be. We may still remember our sins. We may remember the people we hurt, the opportunities we lost, or the choices we wish we could change. Some consequences may remain, and we may have continuing responsibilities to make things right. But through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, those memories need not define us. They can instead remind us of the mercy we have received and the Savior who made our redemption possible. Jeremiah's promise points us toward that day when we will stand before God, cleansed through the blood of Jesus Christ and reconciled to Him through our covenants. The Lord who knows all things has promised to remember our sins no more. We can trust that promise, not because our sins were insignificant, but because our Redeemer is mighty to save. Through Jesus Christ, our past can be forgiven, our hearts can be changed, and our future can be filled with hope. #ComeFollowMe #SundaySchool. Art: Neither Do I Condemn Thee, Ryan Lyle Saunders, 2012