Disney+ expands R-rated movies by 2,200%; DOJ released 3 million pages, 180,000 images, 2,000 videos of Epstein files; Federal judge upholds right of 4,000 Myanmar immigrants to stay

It’s Monday, February 2nd, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Adam McManus

Federal judge upholds right of 4,000 Myanmar immigrants to stay

A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to the U.S. government’s plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status for nationals of Myanmar living in the United States. That’s a shift from the Trump administration’s recent assessment that conditions in Myanmar have improved, reports International Christian Concern.

The ruling interrupts a move that had signaled U.S. support for the junta’s upcoming elections and marks a departure from the administration’s controversial policy to end Temporary Protected Status for Burmese nationals.  

On January 23, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in Chicago ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Myanmar migrants lacked a legitimate basis and therefore cannot take effect while a legal challenge proceeds. The judge blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for roughly 4,000 Myanmar nationals and scheduled a hearing on February 6 on the merits of the case. 

In his written opinion, Judge Kennelly concluded that there was no genuine review of the conditions in Myanmar that underpin the decision and that the termination appeared more likely motivated by the administration’s broader objective of curbing immigration and eliminating Temporary Protected Status generally, rather than by any evidence that conditions back home have materially improved. 

According to Open Doors, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is the 14th most oppressive country worldwide for Christians.

DOJ released 3 million pages, 180,000 images, 2,000 videos of Epstein files

The Department of Justice announced the release of millions of new pages from the files of the late sexual predator and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, reports The Blaze.

In a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche explained the details.

BLANCHE: “Today, we are producing more than 3 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. Just a quick note about the videos and images.

“The 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are not all videos and images taken by Mr. Epstein or someone around him. They include large quantities of commercial p*rnography and images that were seized from Epstein’s devices, but which he did not take, or that someone around him did not take. We’re releasing more than 3 million pages today, and not the 6 million pages that we collected.

“I want to address what we didn’t produce. The categories of documents withheld include those permitted under the Act to be withheld, files that contain personally identified information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Any depiction of child p*rnography was obviously excluded. Anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation. And finally, anything that depicts or contain images of death, physical abuse or injury also was not produced.

“To protect victims, we redacted every woman depicted in any image or video, with the exception of Ms. [Ghislaine] Maxwell. We did not redact images of any men.”

Ecclesiastes 12:14 says, “God shall bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.”

Deputy Attorney General Blanche also said that the White House had no involvement in the review of the latest documents. He added, “They had no oversight over this review. They did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact, or what to not redact.”

Dept. of Justice arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities and charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church service last month, reports NBC News.

Demonstrators gathered at the service because one of its pastors, David Easterwood, allegedly works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The protesters said Easterwood is the acting director of an ICE field office in St. Paul.

In a Friday post on X, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Lemon, age 59, and three others — Trahern Crews, Georgia Fort and Jamael Lundy — were arrested “in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.” The Department of Homeland Security said that Lemon was charged with conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshipers.

Cities Church Lead Pastor Jonathan Parnell said, “We are grateful that the Department of Justice acted swiftly to protect Cities Church so that we can continue to faithfully live out the church’s mission to worship Jesus and make Him known.”

Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said that Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government has sent 3,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities over the last two months and arrested more than 3,000 illegal immigrants.

Trump selects new Federal Reserve Chairman

On Friday, President Donald Trump unveiled his choice to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

On Truth Social, the president wrote, “I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh to be the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.”  He previously served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors between 2006 and 2011.

Appearing on CNBC, David Bahnsen, chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, said this.

BAHNSEN: “He has the respect and credibility of the financial markets. I worked with him at Morgan Stanley. Thought very highly of him. Look, there was no person who was going to get this job who wasn’t going to be cutting rates in the short term. However, I think longer term I believe he will be a credible candidate.”

Bahnsen referred to Trump’s desire to lower interest rates to spur further economic activity, which Powell has opposed.

Disney+ expands R-rated movies by 2,200%

The streaming platform Disney+ is expanding its so-called “mature” content library.  Concerned Women for America reported that parents can expect more than a 2,200% increase in R-rated movies and more than an 840% increase in TV-MA-rated shows available on the platform, reports The Christian Post.

Disney’s streaming platform is adding new shows and movies as part of an integration with Hulu, with the change scheduled for February. 

Last Thursday, the conservative advocacy group Concerned Women for America reported that Disney+ will increase the number of R-rated movies available for streaming from 19 to over 439. And he number of shows with a TV-MA rating — meaning that the content is intended for allegedly “mature” audiences — on Disney+ will go from 45 to 425.

Matthew 18:6 says, “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”

Florida church banned from worshipping

And finally, Coastal Family Church in Flagler Beach, Florida, is pushing back against a Seventh Judicial Circuit Court judge’s temporary injunction issued last Thursday, which bans it from holding worship services in a unit they purchased in a strip mall where property covenants prohibit large gatherings, reports The Christian Post.

Circuit Judge Sandra Upchurch wrote that the church is “prohibited from allowing public assemblies put on by any entity to occur there.”

Liberty Counsel, the Christian legal rights law firm representing the church, filed an appeal to the Fifth District Court of Appeals last Monday, arguing that the mall’s ban on public gatherings “is an unconstitutional restriction on the First Amendment rights of speech, assembly, and religious exercise, and violates Florida law by preventing the church from using its own property to gather and worship.”

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