The Declaration: Recent Episodes
Bryce Ferguson
After almost two years of this podcast, I reflected the last few months about the more important work which must step in here in the very soon future. Our nation, our mainstream news sites, our conservative news sites, our government, our culture, our society, our education system, our judicial system, all, seem so chaotic and controversial. This amassed craziness and noise will occupy every square thought in your brain, if you let it. And that’s exactly what all the above are trying to do – they want you stressed out, they want you overwhelmed, they want you confused and disoriented, so they can push onto you more control, and move so quickly behind the scenes, that thousands of new laws or regulations get passed while you’re reading simply today’s headlines. How this will affect you and your family, or your business, or your taxes, you will have no idea, because you were never informed about them, but you’re liable to them, and tomorrow it will be even more. So, in the chaos of what has been the last few years, how can you still live a life of honor, prudence, integrity, and peace? First, it would be to step back from seeking the world for your inputs (news, education, government, etc.). Second, it would be to be focused and tune in to that which really matters. If there’s something I have learned in my short time on this earth, it’s that life is short, and our relationship with God, first, and our relationship with other people, second, is what really matters. And that is the next adventure which awaits. In this next season, I will launch a sermon series podcast, stepping exegetically through The Holy Bible, to show the world the way for life, for integrity, and for peace. We all are given but one life, for an unknown number of days, so, how will we live it?
It’s time to rein in the overreach by past Supreme Court members. If they ruled unconstitutionally, it should be overturned. Overturning Roe v Wade wasn’t radical. The power was never given to the federal government with regard to abortion. Also, the matter of same-sex marriage is not a federal matter, it procedurally is a state matter. But, both of those fly in the face of what marriage has been for 10,000 years and what America has been built on for about 240 years at the time of the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. Pelosi now works to codify that into law at the legislative level – shockingly, with the assistance of 47 House Republicans. Whether legislatively or judicially, or even from the Executive, the same treatment of gay marriage to traditional heterosexual marriage, will significantly damage our nation and will be seen vividly in the next two decades. There is a reason the Bible’s standard has been the pattern of human civilization since the beginning – because male and female is “very good.”
Article Links:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fully-vaxxed-double-boosted-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19
JULY 21, 2022 – CHRIS PANDOLFO – THE BLAZE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-rolls-out-executive-actions-on-climate-change-but-doesn-t-declare-national-emergency?draft=1
JULY 20, 2022 – CHRIS PANDOLFO – THE BLAZE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-of-representatives-panel-advances-bill-that-would-ban-assault-weapons_4612483.html
JULY 21, 2022 – ZACHARY STIEBER – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pelosi-announces-house-will-vote-immediately-on-assault-weapon-ban-after-democrat-infighting_4630566.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport
JULY 29, 2022 – JOSEPH LORD – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-backed-by-47-republicans_4608854.html
JULY 19, 2022 – GARY BAI – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022373
ROLL CALL 373 / BILL NUMBER: H.R. 8404
https://www.theepochtimes.com/clock-is-ticking-on-texas-trigger-law_4556863.html
JULY 27, 2022 – DARLENE SANCHEZ – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/amazon-records-tk-billion-loss-on-rivian-holding-in-second-quarter.html
JULY 28, 2022 – ARI LEVY – CNBC
The quest is on for identity. And this, all the while, identity has already been gifted to us. So, will we embrace it and respect it? But could it all be that the Progressives are using distorted identity naming as a way to distract the American people from what is going on behind the scenes. The American spirit is under threat from the daily activities of the Marxist left in our culture. They work against the good of the American citizen and restrict their abilities and restrict their energy utilities, all the while putting on a fake smile and placating that this is a “good thing.” But those with eyes to see, clearly see their propaganda. Putin too, is using propaganda, in his quest to garner favor to the war against Ukraine.
Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/starbucks-ceo-admits-stores-no-longer-safe-in-major-us-cities_4601120.html
JULY 15, 2022 – JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russia-ukraine-war/2022/07/15/id/1079025/
JULY 15, 2022 – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-iran-jake-sullivan-4a9f1b2749893d8f1ed9f039869cf119
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-power-rankings-gop-expected-take-control-house
JULY 11, 2022 – REMY NUMA – FOX NEWS
https://apnews.com/article/biden-sports-donald-trump-discrimination-gender-identity-bc841e715c2d93b2c2da2e10470aba13
JULY 15, 2022 – MARK GILLISPIE – AP NEWS
The American republic is not a one-day event. It was not a foundational occurrence requiring no future participation. It must be heavily defended one generation after another. It’s longevity, like that of Rome or Athens, will only extend by the figurative warriors who cling still tightly to its laws, values, freedoms, and rights of the individual. So, America must be defended. It must be defended today from those who seek to destroy it – civilly, legally, and methodically. But it will take the changing of men’s hearts to change the direction of the country, now far adrift. And in their stopping and looking up will they find the course correction that we need.
Article Links:
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/overview-american-revolutionary-war
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/yorktown
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/revolutionary-war-yorktown
https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/report/why-america-exceptional
MATTHEW SPALDING, PH.D.. – THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/01/what-history-says-about-whether-the-united-states-will-fall-like-rome/
JULY 1, 2022 – KENNETH CALVERT – THE FEDERALIST
After 50 years, the appalling and abhorrent law of Roe v Wade is dead. It’s death now gives literal life. And in a Constitutional matter, provides greater freedom and rights to the individual states, which is where the majority of freedom and rights have always belonged. We are a union of states, not a nationalist federation. There is a big difference. One is about liberty. The other about tyranny. Now, finally, states have the choice to completely outlaw abortion at all levels, to their conscious, to their faith, and to the health and sanctity of life of all men and women in those states.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-supreme-court-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions
THRS JUNE 23, 2022 – LIBBY EMMONS – POST MILLENNIAL
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-mayor-and-governor-team-up-to-create-gun-control-work-arounds-after-scotus-2a-victory
JUNE 24, 2022 – JOSHUA YOUNG – POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-signs-gun-control-bill-into-law_4558122.html
JUNE 25, 2022 – TOM OZIMEK – EPOCH TIMES
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V WADE
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade
JUNE 24, 2022 – LIBBY EMMONS – POST MILLENNIAL
https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-says-no-govt-should-tell-a-woman-what-she-can-and-cant-do-with-her-body-the-same-day-he-defends-vax-mandates
JUNE 24, 2022 – ROBERTO WAKERELL-CRUZ – POST MILLENNIAL
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-doj-to-target-pro-life-states-after-scotus-overturns-roe
JUNE 24, 2022 – KATIE DAVISCOURT – POST MILLENNIAL
https://komonews.com/news/local/protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-seattle-and-elsewhere-after-historic-abortion-ruling
https://komonews.com/news/local/king-county-executive-dow-constantine-pledges-1m-to-help-with-abortion-access-in-the-pnw
https://komonews.com/news/local/supreme-court-sides-with-former-bremerton-football-coach-who-sought-to-pray-after-game
JUNE 27, 2022 – JESSICA GRESKO – THE AP
What if we had true American patriots at the helm of the country? How would the country look and operate if we had leaders who led with courage, had a strong foreign policy position, greatly expanded the size of our military (to compensate the drastic reductions the last 10 years), and spoke well of the American people? What if our leaders encouraged private enterprise, lowered taxes, encouraged unity across all races, all ethnicities, all religions, all income levels? What if they taught American history in the schools and prohibited any fake woke ideologies? What if?
Article Links:
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-rubin-report/desantis-biden-gas-prices?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
FRI JUNE 17, 2022 – STAFF – THE BLAZE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/uks-johnson-sets-out-4-point-plan-to-support-ukraine-in-a-long-war_4543000.html
TODAY, JUNE 19, 2022 – LILY ZHOU – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nato-warns-of-long-ukraine-war-as-russian-attacks-follow-eu-boost-for-kyiv_4542493.html
SAT JUNE 18, 2022 – REUTERS
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ukraine-russia-wwii-nazis/2022/06/19/id/1075117/
TODAY, JUNE 19, 2022 – NICK KOUTSOBINAS – NEWSMAX
It’s easy to go with the flow. Societally speaking, that is. To throw principle in the wind, and embrace caution - not throw it. There is a very dark power at work, I used to say “behind the scenes,” but it’s quite evident, here and now. Being unamerican used to have a very bad stigma, so much so, that it kept detractors at bay to a large extent. There was such a constant of patriotism and while not perfect, yes, unity in the nation, that you did not want to be unamerican because you would be outcast, shunned, or stigmatized as such and no longer would you enjoy the mutual respect or mutual level of commerce among your partners or vendors. Americanism was valued almost across the board. Today, going with the flow means going with the wave of a groupthink largely unamerican. The likes of Black Lives Matter and Antifa basically scream that America is bad, racist from this way to that, that America preys on the less fortunate with capitalism, and that both law and order must be destroyed because it is clear anarchy is the answer. But anarchy is not the answer. Anarchy creates civil wars, anarchy creates an open season for murder, theft, arson, and criminal activity. So what will bring safety back? Safety returns when those in power choose to again prioritize Law and Order. Safety returns when those in power choose to value safety. But that is not what is occurring now.
Article Links:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/china-war-us-taiwan-invasion
SAT JUNE 11, 2022 – PAUL SACCA – CNN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/communist-party-inserts-police-officers-as-school-vice-principals-across-china_4527294.html
SUN JUNE 12, 2022 – ALEX WU – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/europe/severodonetsk-control-mariupol-deaths-russia-ukraine-intl/index.html
SAT JUNE 11, 2022 – CNN – WORLD NEWS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-warns-it-wont-tolerate-violence-amid-supreme-courts-abortion-ruling_4526130.html
SAT JUNE 11, 2022 – JACK PHILLIPS – EPOCH TIMES
https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/09/joe-biden-mini-revolution-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade/
THRS JUNE 9, 2022 – SHELBY TALCOTT – THE DAILY CALLER
The Second Amendment wasn’t a second-thought or any afterthought for Americans, at the founding, at the framing, and especially before. Americans have always known that ever since British occupation, with British soldiers stationed in citizens homes during the Revolution, firearms provided the only counterbalance to tyranny. A firearm does not have a soul, it doesn’t have a brain, it doesn’t have feelings, it can’t will itself to do anything on its own. It doesn’t choose to commit a crime. Therefore, the problem in a shooting-related crime is not the firearm because it’s an inanimate object. The problem is also not in the fact that it is manufactured by a gun manufacturer. Rather, the fact, that it is manufactured and therefore exists, propels safety forward, for the citizen to maintain daily, their freedom. It protects the citizen, and protects the citizen’s family, and protects the citizen’s friends. It’s not the law-abiding citizen who uses firearms or other weapons to break laws or commit harm or murder.
Article Links:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?520721-1/president-biden-addresses-nation-mass-shootings
President Biden’s Address to Nation on Mass Shootings – JUNE 2, 2022 – C-SPAN.ORG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/-2657458009
OHIO’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WILL SIGN A BILL ALLOWING SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO CARRY GUNS
JUNE 4, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/350302
FEB 21, 2018 – TZVI LEV – ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS OP-ED
https://www.theblaze.com/news/-2657460596
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES MORE BALLISTIC MISSILES AS IT PREPARES TO TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS
JUNE 5, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/-2657458107
OVERDOSE RATES UP 700% IN OREGON AFTER THE STATE DECRIMINALIZED THE POSSESSION OF HARD DRUGS
JUNE 4, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
The price of the republic’s preservation has been paid with American lives. Our continual freedom hinges on our Constitution, our governmental structure and if the integrity to it holds therein, and namely our military. Most chose to serve and many died in the line of service. They deemed the cause worthy to give their life. It is up to each of us to consider the same question, “What/Who would I give my life for?”
Due to a network outage, this episode was abbreviated.
Among the waves of cultural progressivism, the department of education, the media, and the liberal party have thrown out the playbook we call history for a twisted version on everything humanity has held dear since time began. There is a reason man and woman are made for each other, in biology, in union, in complementing attributes, and in the created order. God set the standard. God set the standard in many things, including hard work, the masculine identity of men, the feminine identity of women, the traditional family structure, and the protection of our children.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ukrainian-leaders-rule-out-a-ceasefire-and-will-not-cede-territory-to-russia-to-end-fighting
MAY 22, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61524175
MAY 20, 2022 – JONATHAN BEALE – BBC NEWS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/16/senate-advances-bill-give-ukraine-40-billion-aid-40-year-high-inflation/
MAY 16, 2022 – SEAN MORAN – BREITBART
https://www.theblaze.com/news/joe-biden-signs-bills-authorizing-40-billion-in-aid-to-ukraine-and-to-increase-access-to-baby-formula
MAY 21, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
Why is it that everything Biden touches turns to crap? He takes the reins of the country, and it dips into a recession. We go from energy independence, actual “independence” – ya know like the Declaration of Independence, that we didn’t want to be dependent on foreign nations – and instead are now very much DEPENDENT on other nations for our energy resources, and, might I add, we pay more for it because it must be brought to our shores, let alone the price other nations want to sell it for. Biden says it’s not his fault that gas prices are absolutely out of control, at the highest price we have ever seen, and yet he alone is the one restricting the leases on federal lands. Private drillers are at the ready, waiting to be able to drill, hoping to be able to drill, and American taxpayers are paying high gas prices and high propane prices, and high diesel prices. Almost every aspect of our commerce runs on trucking. And trucks run on diesel. Here in the Seattle area, Diesel is on average $5.99/g. Average 87 octane prices are now above $5/g. And gas will continue to climb. I’m not saying anything that isn’t already in motion. When you take the Oath of Office to protect and defend the nation and the citizens of the nation, and then go on a wild spending spree, trillions and trillions of dollars spent even before the annual budget is proposed, catapults the nation toward a greater recession. Biden and the Democrat-led Congress believe that they can spend their way into greater dystopia, into greater population-dependence on the government, and in actuality, it results in greater hysteria. People are frantic. That’s not a good thing. That’s not how it should be. And it’s not going to fix anything.
Article Links:
https://fee.org/articles/biden-just-single-handedly-made-the-gas-crisis-worse/
SAT MAY 14, 2022 – HANNAH COX – FEE
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/senate-dems-fail-to-save-roe-with-radical-pro-abortion-bill/
May 11, 2022 – PATRICK HAUF – THE FREE BEACON
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/eric-adams-blasts-pro-life-radical-extremists-women-have-right-abortions-up-until-day-birth
SAT MAY 14, 2022 – ANDREW MARK MILLER, TENY SAHAKIAN – FOX NEWS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/republican-delegation-led-by-mcconnell-meets-zelenskyy-in-kyiv_4466807.html
MAY 14, 2022 – ALLEN ZHONG – EPOCH TIMES
Zelensky calls for official recognition of Russia as a 'terrorist state' in meeting with US senators
MAY 14, 2022 – HIRA HUMAYUN – CNN LIVE WAR UPDATES
https://www.foxnews.com/world/moscow-threatens-respond-nato-moves-nukes
MAY 14, 2022 – LAWRENCE RICHARD – FOXNEWS
https://nypost.com/2022/05/14/karine-jean-pierre-has-history-of-accusing-things-of-being-racist/
SAT MAY 14, 2022 – JON LEVINE – NY POST
Being a mother is hard. Being a mother is not a part-time job. It’s not a full-time job. It’s an all-time job, and for most, it doesn’t stop at 18 years. Being a mother is a complete life of your child, job. From what I have heard, it can be one of the most taxing, most difficult, and still most wonderful and most rewarding jobs in the world. I want to say, this, Mom, I love you. It is because, with Dad, you chose to have a child, actually multiple, my sisters and I, that we were born and raised into this world and into your family. You did so much for me and it is because of God and you that I have life, and I wouldn’t trade that for anything. I mean anything. And on that note, how could anyone alive today feign the opposite? They, like I, do not know any experience, whether intellectual, physical, or spiritual, except for this life on earth. This is all that any of us have known and do know. And if it were not for God primarily, the author and creator of all life, and also too, our mothers, none of us would be here. None of us would have life. None of us would be alive right now, listening to me speak. The gift of life on earth is the most precious gift God has given to mankind, 1) in Common grace to all, and 2) for the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God, which is why God created mankind.
But there are sadly, many who do not acknowledge God, and I believe it is these who not only forget the importance of what their mothers chose and the precious gift of their lives on earth, i.e. their very existence, but so too, directly support and champion in abundance, the denial of giving that precious gift to others, including tens of millions of, you guessed it, women.
Article Links:
Excerpt from the leaked “1st Draft” opinion, from page 5-6
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
[https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade]
Sen. Schumer threatening Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch at a Pro-choice rally on March 4, 2020
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/04/schumer_to_kavanaugh_gorsuch_you_will_pay_the_price.html
‘WASHINGTON STATE IS A PRO-CHOICE STATE’: INSLEE
https://www.kxly.com/washington-state-is-a-pro-choice-state-inslee-local-leaders-vow-to-support-abortion-rights/
MAY 3, 2022 – ERIN ROBINSON – KXLY - SPOKANE
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-sen-schumer-says-senate-will-vote-next-week-on-codifying-abortion-rights-into-law?utm_campaign=64487
MAY 5, 2022 – HANNAH NIGHTINGALE – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/05/cdc-tracked-20-million-us-phones-to-monitor-covid-lockdown-compliance-says-new-report/
MAY 3, 2022 – RYAN MORGAN – AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
https://www.stanpulliam.org/post/050122
SO, Biden has finally asked Congress for a substantial sum of military assistance to send to Ukraine. 2 months late, but better late than never. The $33 Billion figure includes $20B of military weapons, vehicles and equipment, $8B in economic aid, and $3B in humanitarian aid. The question is, will fighter jets be part of this $20B? Will it be the military jets, tanks, artillery and weapons Zelensky has asked for, or will it simply be what the U.S. wants to give them? Perhaps, if it includes a large number of jets, Zelensky’s own pilots can use this new fleet to close their sky. I don’t see any reason why the Congress shouldn’t pass this measure this week. The only potential bottleneck is if rogue members of Congress make it about more than just a spending bill for Ukraine. This is not a moment for politics. This is not an opportunity for funding for Covid or for social issues or for partisanship. This is now about saving democracy and sovereignty in Ukraine and the lives and freedom of 40M Ukrainians from an evil, murderous dictator who is leveling their homes and businesses and churches and hospitals and schools. That’s what this is about. And it’s about time. So, message to Congress, now is your turn to do what is right. And a heads up, this may not be the last significant spending bill to help Ukraine.
And while Finland and Sweden are still but considering applying for NATO membership, here is what NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a summit, last Thursday:
“Finland and Sweden are already contributing to Euro-Atlantic security. We know them well, they are our closest partners. They are strong, mature democracies. They are NATO’s closest partners, we have worked for them for many, many years,” Stoltenberg said. “They are EU members, so I strongly believe that an accession process can go very quickly and that we will welcome Finland and Sweden.”
Article Links:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harvard-sets-up-100-million-endowment-fund-slavery-reparations-2022-04-26/
APR 26, 2022 – MICHAELA MOSCUFO – REUTERS
https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/27/the-inflation-draining-your-wallet-grocery-cart-and-gas-tank-is-far-steeper-than-8-percent/
APR 27, 2022 – ELLE REYNOLDS – THE FEDERALIST
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-slashes-millions-of-acres-eligible-for-oil-drilling-in-alaska_4427694.html
APR 26, 2022 – KATABELLA ROBERTS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-biden-administration-creates-disinformation-governance-board-under-dhs-to-fight-misinformation
APR 27, 2022 – HANNAH NIGHTINGALE – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dhs-secretary-mayorkas-says-the-disinformation-governance-board-won-t-monitor-us-citizens
MAY 1, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
Thomas Jefferson was instrumental in so many attributes for the founding of our nation, including authoring the words “all men are created equal,” and so many more in the Declaration of Independence. He spoke out against slavery while owning slaves. He took the parts of the Bible he agreed with and cut out the parts he didn’t. And it was said, he was often conflicted and doubted religion. I would say. Any man who creates his own religion is not creating anything at all, he is a delusional man who placates himself in the position of God. And there is only one God.
Article Links:
https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/brief-biography-of-jefferson/
https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/jefferson-slavery/jefferson-s-attitudes-toward-slavery/
https://www.history.com/news/thomas-jefferson-bible-religious-beliefs
AUG 1, 2019 – ERIN BLAKEMORE – HISTORY.COM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/live-updates-russia-ukraine-war-april-23_4422190.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/russia-makes-no-major-gains-as-ukrainian-counterattacks-hinder-offensive_4422687.html
APR 23, 2022 – TOM OZIMEK – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-term-marijuana-racist-remove-state-laws
TODAY APR 24, 2022 – JAMES ANTHONY – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1210&Year=2021&Initiative=false
https://everybrainmatters.org/2022/01/09/how-does-marijuana-effect-our-brains/
JAN 9, 2022 – CRYSTAL COLLIER, PHD, LPC-S – EVERYBRAINMATTERS.ORG
"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." – Thomas Jefferson
On Easter Sunday, I recount the story of the final days of Jesus’ life, his deference and submission to God the Father’s will, to be the sacrifice for the sin of the people, in order to reconcile them to God. It was His death. It was His resurrection which changed the world forever. And it is this we celebrate today. Also, the war continues in Ukraine. Biden continues to refer to it correctly as a “genocide.” And the Ukrainian government votes to confirm it also as such. Russia continues its threats of a nuclear arsenal. And the world watches. And though the U.S. and Europe continue to send incremental weapons and supplies, the atrocities in this war against Ukrainians continue, and they need more and need it now. Who will stop Putin’s rampage?
Article Links:
Biden says it’s “become clearer” that Putin is committing “genocide”
4/12/22 – DJ JUDD – CNN.COM LIVE WAR UPDATES
Ukraine’s parliament adopts resolution declaring Russia’s actions “genocide”
4/14/22 – NATHAN HODGE – CNN.COM
Medvedev warns Russia would bolster military over potential Swedish and Finnish NATO membership
4/14/22 – STAFF – CNN.COM LIVE WAR UPDATES
It’s 8:30pm in Kyiv. Here’s what you need to know.
4/14/22 11am PST – STAFF – CNN.COM LIVE WAR UPDATES
Zelensky asked Biden to name Russia a state sponsor of terrorism in recent phone conversation, source says
4/15/22 1:40pm PST – KEVIN LIPTAK – CNN.COM
AUDIO CUT #1 – 60 minutes, Scott Pelley, interviews President Zelensky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vHCOD57Og
There is a pattern developing now both domestically and abroad, to an extent I believe the world, at least in America, hasn’t seen for some time. There is a marked division similar to how wheat is divided from the chaff. Things are less gray. Things are more “black and white.” All to say, things are more obvious, more “clear.” What is in the hearts of our leaders is more blatant and on the surface. And I’m not simply talking about politics.
All of us have 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, and a lifetime, however long that would be. Man would presume to think he controls it, and perhaps in some limited capacities, man does control his own life, but man is not in control, and he surely is not in control of the length of his life. But we all have the same amount of time within a single day. How we choose to spend that, however, differs widely. Without dredging into specifics of all the particulars, I’ll narrow it into two categories, not unlike what I’ve briefly mentioned before, there is the law, or the reverence before the law, I should say, and there are those who have no regard for the law, in fact respeak their own phrasing to exempt themselves from the law or even worse, project the law should have no actuality. These leaders are very different than those of the faith. For those in positions of authority who project the law unnecessary, or the law evil, or the law racist, are very dangerous. And while this is rising here and abroad, even more in recent months, the presence of leaders of anarchy is nothing new.
I was listening to a sermon this afternoon and I wanted to share the passage with you…
2 Thessalonians 2:3-12
(3) Let no one deceive you in any way. For [the day of the Lord’s return] will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, (4) who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
(5) Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? (6) And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. (7) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
(8) And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. (9). The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, (10) and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
(11) Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, (12) in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Article Links:
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-as-supreme-court-justice
APR 7, 2022 – LIBBY EMMONS – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-suspends-russia-human-rights-council-ukraine-war
APR 7, 2022 – GREG NORMAN – FOX NEWS
https://news.yahoo.com/china-denounces-un-decision-suspend-233036561.html
APR 8, 2022 – JANE NAM – YAHOO NEWS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-ends-normal-trade-relations-with-russia-bans-russian-oil-imports_4393112.html
APR 8, 2022 – MIMI NUGYEN LY – THE EPOCH TIMES
UK prime minister is open to giving Ukraine any form of “defensive weaponry”
APR 8, 2022 1PM PST – AMY CASSIDY – CNN.COM LIVE UPDATES
Does truth exist? Does actual truth still exist? What defines truth? Who defines truth? Is everything we see these days as reported by the news and by governments all propaganda? Who defines and determines it? Who is the active listener and the watchdog on these propagandists? Who passes the information from the original propagandist down the communication channel to further disseminate it to the masses? And are these people just as guilty and just as much liars as the originators of the lies? And in all of this, where is the truth? Does it exist? As I said last week, and before, is truth relative? Or would so-called truth that was “relative” not then be truth at all by definition?
Satan was the first in the chain of liars. He was first in the chain of deceivers. And he showed that the best deceptions and lies include partial truths. But, it’s not always that lies include any truth at all. Just a warning, to be observant. I would say we are far too deep now in 2022 to be passive, to be passive politically, to be passive socially, and to be passive theologically, but truly, that has always been the case. You see, there have always been deceivers, propagandists, liars, thieves, criminals, and revolutionaries. They are motivated by something altogether different than that which motivates the clear-thinking, law-abiding, patriotic, and faith-driven individual. Their hearts are dark and they are bent on evil. They do not care about what happens to you from their deception, or their lies, or the fallout from their agenda. They do not care if your children are indoctrinated to hate their country, or start contemplating a sex change operation in elementary school, or hate their race, whatever race that may be. You see, today the indoctrination is against white men, and white women, but mostly white men. Tomorrow, and we’re already seeing this, it’s also against other races. That’s largely what the Black Lives Matter movement was all about. It wasn’t the simple truth, that yes, absolutely, of course, black men and black women are created in the image of God, and worthy of equal respect, just like all races. It wasn’t that at all. BLM had a very bent agenda. The message being purported by that hate-filled organization, which now looks like they stole every penny ever donated to them, was that Blacks should be superior over all other races and have relevant treatment. But that argument flies in the face of the absolute truth, that all men and women are created equal, of equal value and worth. And that is what makes America, that is what makes the Declaration of Independence so great. This truth, which is not relative, drives us. It is an echo of the Bible. It is an echo of God’s Word.
Article Links:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-europe-8482e237420a33a17bfb4e613e75bb66
APR 1, 2022 – NEBI QENA, YURAS KARMANAU – APNEWS
CNN.COM – DAILY LIVE UPDATES – 6:15AM PST
UKRAINIANS OUTLINE DEMANDS FOR SECURITY GUARANTEES, NOTE POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON CRIMEA AFTER TALKS WITH RUSSIA
MAR 29, 2022 – TIM LISTER, NIAMH KENNEDY - CNN
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/30/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2022/
MAR 30, 2022 – WHITEHOUSE.GOV
APR 3 PHOTO SET/UKRAINE/AP NEWS:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-d04947d492251c6c976d3dc3f869c307
Let’s talk about being right. Being right is a good thing, right? Being right is…right. So, what about when someone is wrong? How about making a mistake? What about when you make a mistake? What do you do? Do you admit it? Some people never admit mistakes. But let me say this, if you admit your mistakes and ask forgiveness from people you have wronged or if you do neither of those things, both actually say a lot about you. This may one of the most telling attributes about a person’s character across the board. Someone who never confesses a wrong, is dangerous. If you’re in a dating relationship with someone who has never said they were wrong about anything and never asks forgiveness from you when they have wronged you, or never humbles themselves before you in any manner…it’s time to run. These things are telling signs of someone consumed with pride. You see, if you don’t know humility, you only know pride. If you don’t know love, you only know pride. And the turnaround I believe is also true, if you only know pride, you do not know love. Love requires vulnerability. Love requires humility. Love requires giving of yourself to mend the relationship. Love requires focusing on the other. It requires change in some respects. It requires thought, consideration, compassion, and apologizing.
Leaders who lead and do not exhibit these traits, I believe are also dangerous. For example, someone leading a company or a mission, who makes it all about them and not about the team, not about the product or service, not about the customer, not about the goodwill, but all about them, is dangerous. And if they’re leading a company or a mission, now presence at the company or on the mission is also dangerous. You might wonder what I’m hinting at, and I might be hinting at a number of examples, but what I want to paint is the topical picture, here. You see, if someone never confesses a wrong, then the truth is not in the light. What is in the light, is not truthful. It’s not true. It’s a façade. We see it in leadership in business, and we see it in leadership in government. Not across the board. But prominently in certain examples. We see it, in the Commander-in-Chief, when he gave the order for the military to evacuate Afghanistan before getting all the Americans out and getting all the American military hardware out. This was an absolute failure at every level and the entire world knows it. But Biden will never admit he was wrong. We see it as he chases down the Iranian regime and plans to give them Billions and Billions of dollars to woo them into a deal. This with a terrorist regime who plans death to America, as they have vowed. He continues to pursue a deal with them, with Russia as the negotiator of the deal. Russia, who is committing war against a sovereign nation. Russia, who has committed and is still actively committing war crimes. Russia, who is threatening to use their nuclear arsenal, if any country on earth does anything they do not approve of doing. I’m not talking about the everyday Russian people. I am talking about the Russian government. I am talking about the Russian officials. I am talking about the Russian president.
Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/russia-first-phase-of-war-over-military-will-now-focus-on-eastern-donbas_4362570.html
MAR 25, 2022 – JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-22-22/h_b78886f5d765c55cc5b12a5b9def14b1
Belarus could "soon" join war in Ukraine, US and NATO officials say
MAR 22, 2022 - NATASHA BERTRAND, JENNIFER HANSLER, JIM SCIUTTO, STAFF - CNN
Ukraine says Russia is deploying weapons to neighboring Belarus
MAR 24, 2022 - FRED PLEITGEN - CNN
US government formally declares Russian military has committed war crimes in Ukraine
MAR 23, 2022 - JENNIFER HANSLER - CNN
China says humanitarian situation in Ukraine is serious, but countries shouldn't be forced to "choose a side"
MAR 24, 2022 - SAMANTHA BEECH, CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/asia/north-korea-new-icbm-test-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html
With world's eyes on war in Ukraine, North Korea tests a new long-range missile
MAR 24, 2022 - YOONJUNG SEO, GAWON BAE, EMIKO JOZUKA, BRAD LENDON - CNN
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ron-desantis-signs-curriculum-transparency-and-school-board-term-limit-bill-into-law
MAR 26, 2022 – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT – THE BLAZE
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/ketanji-jackson-would-not-define-woman-when-asked-to-during-confirmation-hearing-marsha-blackburn-supreme-court-law-nominee-judge-scotus
MAR 23, 2022 – ALEC SCHEMMEL – THE NATIONAL DESK/KOMO
https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/disqualifying-words-from-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson/
MAR 24, 2022 – HARMEET DHILLON – NY POST
https://www.newspressnow.com/news/national_news/election2020/washington-state-gov-inslee-signs-bill-limiting-firearm-magazines/article_e6d8c507-e3d6-5352-8914-0498d98d6880.html
MAR 23, 2022 – VERONICA STRACQUALURSI – CNN
As I said last week, the allies are allowing Putin to define this war, when he threatens the allies that these or those actions would be “escalatory” and that they “better not do anything that would be escalatory.” I have a question. How would you define Putin’s terrorism campaign? I would say his actions are escalatory every single day. I would say his speech is escalatory. I would say his abhorrent war crimes in repeatedly targeting civilians is escalatory. I would say his threat that the U.S. better not get involved with this war or he may use his nuclear arsenal is escalatory. Why the hell are we allowing Putin to define this war and define the rules of this war? He’s not following the Geneva convention. He agrees to temporary ceasefires for civilian evacuation and humanitarian aid again and again and then violates them. Biden finally stepped up on Wed March 16th and said Putin was a war criminal. And then Russia responds by saying Biden must have had a mental lapse and likely didn’t mean what he said. And Russia, on the flip side, says his words are an insult, and basically escalatory. So, there’s only one who’s directing the course of this war. And he’s the one who started this war. And he’s the one committing war crimes. And it seems to me, the way that Putin is marching forward with a violent campaign, while many world leaders speak out against him, that he not only realizes he can do whatever he wants by force without being significantly opposed, but that he is isolating himself. That is, Russia is. And the allies are, on the other side. And this has the makings of a pre-cursor to a World War, but so too, another Cold War. Russia and Belarus on their side (China possible to join). And many allied nations on the other. It should be noted, the United States does not need trade with Russia. I’m not an isolationist. But there is no reason to be in any way partnered or have relations with a fascist, tyrannical regime who commits war crimes and has their own people assassinated to maintain his power. We can survive and survive well without trade relations with Russia.
Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ukraine-sees-signs-of-another-neighbor-planning-direct-invasion_4349517.html
MAR 20, 2022 – JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
CNN.com...
3.15.22
Zelensky reiterates global call to close airspace and implement sanctions
CNN staff
3.15.22
US lawmakers react to Zelensky's address to Congress
Daniella Diaz
3.16.22
Biden announces $800 million more in aid to Ukraine
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-15-22/h_ff5b802697b2fc54dea083be2cc08473
Russian ambassador to UN says assault on Ukraine will stop when "goals" are achieved
Richard Roth and Artemis Moshtaghian - CNN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/russia-uses-hypersonic-missiles-in-ukraine-for-first-time_4348160.html
MAR 20, 2022
https://www.theblaze.com/news/senate-votes-to-end-tsa-mask-requirements-white-house-promises-veto
MAR 16, 2022 – CHRIS PANDOLFO – THE BLAZE
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/government-omnibus-spending-bill-2022/index.html
MAR 15, 2022 – KATIE LOBOSCO, TAMI LUHBY – CNN
So, if my word is my vow. If what I say really is that important. If I must think before I speak, then, where do my words come from? How do I derive my thoughts? What is my position, and how did I get there? Does culture dictate how I feel – does it dictate my values? Does a certain news outlet or a certain social issue direct my principles? Can principles be fluid and transitory? Can they be affected and changed by culture? Do I even think of the importance of an immovable position? Why does that matter? Does basic civil rights and compassion register at the top of my prioritized thinking? Does it move my heart? Why is this important? Because if you stand for nothing, you’ll have no grounding. A value isn’t a value if it’s negated. A principle isn’t a principle if it’s changed. Do we think about our words and our beliefs as a foundation? Unshakable? Immovable? Because if we do, then, not only have we held onto an intentional mindset, but so too our words become powerful, our beliefs hold great weight. You see, a position worth having must be significant. For a position of weakness is no position at all. A value of weakness is no value. If I’m careless about my thoughts, then I have not examined my thoughts, determined my beliefs, and determined to be resolute about my beliefs. Could it be that this viewpoint is pervasive among our culture? The influencers of culture are relentless at manipulating minds to follow their beliefs, but those are always self-seeking. It is, and especially in America, the individual mind which can develop power in their words, power in their beliefs, and value in their principles.
Article Links:
https://www.facebook.com/100047217572864/posts/620712539512660/?d=n
An Open Letter to the Global Media by Olena Zelenska
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-13-22/h_02588b1e5bbbd142cf1ff8125419271e
Senate Armed Forces Committee member: US should supply Ukraine with military planes
From CNN's Devan Cole
US senator says sending fighter planes to Ukraine is “essential”
From CNN's Chandelis Duster
US lawmakers expect to pass a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid package this week. Here's what is in it.
From CNN's Katie Lobosco
Russia says it will open evacuation corridors from Ukraine to Russia daily from 10 a.m. local time
From CNN staff
https://thepostmillennial.com/nyc-mayor-claims-children-under-5-years-old-must-wear-masks-so-he-doesnt-have-to-close-down-the-city-again
MAR 8, 2022 – HANNAH NIGHTINGALE – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/desantis-florida-will-not-bow-to-woke-corporations-rips-disney-china
MARCH 11, 2022 - CHRIS ENLOE - THE BLAZE
We are measured by our words, and by our actions. But I want to start off by talking about our words. Whenever we speak, we are making a declaration. It’s a statement, like in a speech. It’s a transcript. Like a book. Greater still, it is a vow. The words we choose to use are not flippant – we may think they are flippant or worthless in our mind, but they are not. When we speak, it dynamically reveals what exactly is in our heats. You see, whether someone lies or not, what the world hears is what is in their heart, they either believe the lie, or the intuitive know it’s a lie, and they know then, that person is a liar and they cannot be trusted, whatever it is they say. Yet the declaration is still true. They speak what’s in their heart. Your words are profound. Your words can bring healing, encouragement, compassion, love. They can affirm truths, support cases, testify in support, mend fences, and prove humility is of more value than being right. Your words, whether in business or in personal life, or in church, testify to who you really are, and your words will carry on after you are gone. So, you have a choice, to testify to truth, to support the weak, speak up for what is right, defend the law, protect the traditional family, preach something of far more value than social issues, or not. When you see someone being beaten and abused, when you see murderers murdering, when you see many in the crowd saying nothing and/or doing nothing, what will you do? Your words and your actions, or your inaction for that matter, is your testament. It is your witness. It is your definition. So, I ask you, how do you want to be defined? Because regardless of what else we think we want to be, or what else we purport that we would want to say, it is distinctly what we say, how we say it, and how our action joins with our words that is our vow. You see, in my eyes, our words are not just words, they are a vow we make. Every single day. What do I focus on? What do I support? What am I passionate about? Am I intentional to these things? And if so, are they worthy of such focus, support, passion, and intentionality? Because someone is always watching, and I don’t mean that I do anything because another human is watching, though true, that can have significant worth because all of us impact others whether we think we do or not. But rather because, whether I live or die, I know there is another who is watching, and I want my life to be defined for truth and for compassion, for doing what is right, and for speaking loud even when it may be unpopular.
James 2:15 says, “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
James says “It’s dead.” Dead. Lifeless. In other words, there is none. No faith. No proclamation. No statement. No words. Far too many, are far too quiet.
Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/here-are-the-countries-flooding-ukraine-with-military-support_4317496.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/over-66000-ukrainian-men-have-returned-from-abroad-to-fight-says-defense-minister_4318774.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/russian-troop-losses-in-ukraine-climb-above-10000-ukrainian-defense-council_4318666.html
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_2ef2e06324318aa1fd1ff6ec8357d103
3:13 p.m. ET, March 4, 2022
US secretary of state says establishment of no-fly zone in Ukraine could lead to "full-fledged war in Europe"
From CNN's Jamie Crawford
5:30 p.m. PST, March 5, 2022
US working with Poland on the possibility of providing fighter jets to Ukraine
From Arlette Saenz
https://www.nato.int/nato-on-the-map/#lat=50.85034&lon=4.35171&zoom=0&layer-2&infoBox=Ukraine
Will anyone stand up?
To people who think we shouldn’t be involved in Ukraine and shouldn’t respond with force immediately, let me ask a question…
Is Putin’s hard advance into the independent nation of Ukraine, and forcing it to be part of Russia or under Russian control acceptable to you?
If you feel indifferent about that, let me keep going…
After he makes all 44 Million Ukrainians his subjects, and he already has sympathizers with Belarus, what about Poland? Hmm…that’s familiar, a crazy person with a large army and his hand on a trigger wanting to quickly conquer large European countries by force because he thinks he has a noble cause and they would be better under his domineering control.
So, let’s say he takes Ukraine (because no other country actually wanted to send their military into Ukraine to fight off the rabid dogs), Belarus is a pass, then it’s probably Poland and the Baltic smaller states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, to, in his eyes, take back the areas lost when the USSR dissolved. Forget that it’s been 31 years and the USSR is no more and there has largely been peace in Europe.
Now, those are NATO countries, so, at that point, would NATO partners step in with force to meet the level of the threat, or like the first months of WWII, would the resistance be “too little, too late” and allow for Putin’s fast advance across eastern Europe? Would that be acceptable?
What if he advances toward Germany? Would that be acceptable?
Where is the line?
Article References:
Feb 27, 2022 – Paul Sacca – The Blaze
https://www.theblaze.com/news/vladimir-putin-nuclear-deterrence-forces-russia
Feb 27, 2022 – Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz, Devan Cole – CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/russia-nuclear-high-alert-white-house-reaction/index.html
Let’s look at the Constitution…
Article II, Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected…
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
And then Clause 8:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: - “I do, solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Section 2
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, providedtwo thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Section 3
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
From Article VI
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Article Link:
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/calvin-coolidge
The Constitution of the United States
Article II, Section 1, Clause 8:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: - “I do, solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Article II, Section 3, Clause 1:
…He shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Article II, Section 4:
The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
The closing of Article VI:
All executive Officers…shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution.
5 reasons for the impeachment of President Joe Biden:
Charge 1:
For proactively pursuing an agreement with an enemy nation who has vowed death to the United States.
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iran-nuclear-talks/irans-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-vows-opposition-u-s-despite-nuke-n394326
JULY 17, 2015 – ALI AROUZI AND ALASTAIR JAMIESON – NBC NEWS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-lifts-sanctions-on-irans-nuclear-program
FEB 4, 2022 – RYAN SAAVEDRA – THE DAILY WIRE
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/9/biden-keeps-pushing-iran-deal-revival-despite-dire/
FEB 9, 2022 – GUY TAYLOR – WASHINGTON TIMES
Charge 2:
For abdicating his role as Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces, when he rushed to close a military base in Afghanistan and directed the military to leave before evacuating all Americans from the area, where a terrorist regime controlled the area outside the US perimeter. Additionally, for abdicating his role as Commander-in-Chief in evacuating the military personnel prior to the full evacuation of all our military vehicles and sensitive equipment, which has directly now armed and empowered a terrorist organization.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/02/biden-abandoned-as-many-as-9000-americans-in-afghanistan-new-report-shows/
FEB 7, 2022 – LIZ GEORGE – AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
Audio clip of interview with NBC News host, Lester Holt and President Biden
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/nbc-news-exclusive-one-on-one-with-president-biden-132901957504
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58393763
AFGHANISTAN: WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY US FORCES?
AUG 31, 2021 – BBC NEWS
Charge 3:
For failing to secure the southern border during an immigration crisis – his intentional neglect to enforce existing federal immigration law.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/biden-immigration-promises-after-one-year-border-chaos-and-frustrated-liberals
https://www.fairus.org/issue/border-security/2021-year-review-biden-immigration-numbers-record-failures-costs
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-admin-expected-let-migrant-families-separated-under-trump-reunite-n1259141
Charge 4:
For conduct unbecoming an officer of the United States, with his speech, not to unite, but to actively divide the people of the United States.
Charge 5:
For actions from the Executive to overrule the Separation of Powers.
Supreme Court Ruling re Eviction Moratorium, dated August 26, 2021https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf
The progressive movement is working overtime, pushing racism through Black Lives Matter, advancing Affirmative Action and Equity by any means necessary to destroy the successful society, the well-structured system based on education, merit, skill, experience, talent, and ability – instead, opting for the slacker to have the same position as the hard-worker. This will absolutely result in Americans losing more jobs to overseas workers, who will come here and work for American employers because the students being brought up in this education equity hierarchy will not have the math or English skills, let along science or technology to do the work. It’s terribly ironic, isn’t it? The government, which is not part of the private sector, is going to war with the private sector in so many areas, higher taxes, vaccine mandates, mask mandates, unreasonable levels of protocols, let alone the pre-Covid heavy regulations and those taxes. The government now advances equity through the education system and who is it that suffers? The private sector. You see, most students in America do not graduate and work for the government. No, that’s a very, very small percentage of people who work for the government. The vast and great majority work for the private sector. And now, plainly, the private sector will face large numbers of graduating students, who simply are not skilled in math, customer service, technology, speaking well, reading well, critical thinking, and frankly who cannot do even what I would say are basic or low-level jobs in the American workforce. And who is to blame? The government who is advancing these changes in the education sector, the teachers unions, and the progressive movement.
Article Links:
https://news.usni.org/2022/01/28/nato-command-of-uss-harry-s-truman-sends-signal-to-russia-says-secretary-general-stoltenberg
JAN 28, 2022 (FRIDAY) – JOHN GRADY – USNI NEWS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-could-happen-at-any-time_4245886.html
TODAY (JAN 30, 2022) – JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/01/is-russias-navy-getting-ready-to-attack-ukraine/
TODAY (JAN 30, 2022) – ROBERT FARLEY – 19FORTYFIVE.COM
https://www.theblaze.com/news/convention-of-states-movement-hits-halfway-milestone-after-nebraska-passes-resolution
JAN 28, 2022 – CHRIS PANDOLFO – THE BLAZE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/louisville-pro-life-cop-wins-settlement
JAN 28, 2022 – PHIL SHIVER – THE BLAZE
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-widow-nypd-officer-jason-rivera-funeral-20220128-idtq2e2jebg3zhc5iucr542324-story.html
JAN 28, 2022 – MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN, DENIS SLATTERY – NY DAILY NEWS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/denmark-covid-critical-threat-society-pandemic
JAN 27, 2022 – PAUL SACCA – THE BLAZE
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/28/dumbing-down-the-sat-perfectly-sums-up-the-state-of-american-education/
JAN 28, 2022 – AUGUSTE MEYRAT – THE FEDERALIST
FREEDOM IS UNDER ATTACK. Freedom is always under attack these days, but we must be not only prudent but passionate and diligent to defend against the attacks and proactively be in the offensive mindset to promote freedom – of course, both legally and civilly. Misinformation seems to be ever-present in America. Ironically, it’s some of the most prominent Democrats skilled in the use of misinformation who want to criminalize misinformation of elections – but that, of course, only when it is that a Democrat has won, to silence their opposition – but when George W Bush was elected in 2000 and Gore cried foul, or when Hilary Clinton lost to Trump in 2016 and she cried foul, well, I guess we’re supposed to simply pardon those examples because when a Democrat says something it’s the whole, honest truth. And right next to the Democrat party, we must live under the propaganda machine which is now, largely, the American media. They don’t give us the unbiased news that we heard so plainly in the 1970’s and the 1980’s – granted, not every broadcaster was perfect, but partisanship among a newscaster was the rare exception. But the news isn’t the focus anymore – being nonpartisan or apolitical isn’t the focus. The American people aren’t even the focus. The propaganda message is the focus. You have doublespeak from the Executive branch and from many in the Legislative branch. We had Biden and Harris advocating against the Trump Administration developing a Covid-19 vaccine in 2020, and when the vaccines started rolling out during his Administration, still they didn’t trust him with regard to the vaccines. You had Fauci saying the virus isn’t going to be an issue for Americans, and that masks won’t be necessary. Then the virus sweeps across the country, and then suddenly masks became necessary. We had a CDC largely silent about detailed specifics on Covid-alone deaths until over a little over a week ago when news finally broke from the CDC head Walensky that they would be releasing these numbers. Wear a mask, don’t wear a mask, now you have to double mask, now cloth masks are no longer effective, or perhaps were never effective. Which of course we spoke about months and months ago due to the detailed analysis of Daniel Horowitz time and time again in 2021.
Article Links:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/19/remarks-by-president-biden-in-press-conference-6/
JAN 19, 2022 – BIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE – WHITEHOUSE.GOV
https://komonews.com/news/politics/gov-inslee-readies-stepped-up-plan-to-address-climate-change
JAN 17, 2022 – KEITH ELDRIDGE – KOMO NEWS
https://thepostmillennial.com/inslee-ignores-will-of-voters-rescinds-ban-on-affirmative-action
JAN 17, 2022 – KATIE DAVISCOURT – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://thepostmillennial.com/its-over-england-drops-covid-restrictions
JAN 19, 2022 – ROBERTO WAKERELL-CRUZ – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-covid-recovery-gave-israelis-longer-lasting-delta-defense-than-vaccines/
SEPT 2, 2021 – NATHAN JEFFAY – THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/19/cdc-natural-immunity-outperforms-vaccination-covid-19-coronavirus/
JAN 19, 2022 – DYLAN HOUSMAN – THE DAILY CALLER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/judge-blocks-bidens-federal-worker-vaccine-mandate
LATE ON FRIDAY JAN 21, 2022 – CHRIS PANDOLFO – THE BLAZE
As has become quite clear in my life, my patriotism is worn not only by my home, but on my vehicle, on my dog’s collar, and most days by the cap on my head. But it’s not in pride, as if pride was arrogance or supremacy, it’s not that because of this flag or because I’m an American I am any better than anyone else for I know very well indeed that just the opposite is true. Because of God, I know the importance of humility and the importance of running from pride. No, it is a statement of thankfulness. I thank God first and foremost for Himself: His love, His creation, His sacrifice. And as I thank Him for many more things, I am thankful I get to live in a country founded on faith and on freedom. I thank God we have a nation that was structured to dissect power to multiple branches with what has become today a somewhat occurrence when it should be an always occurrence, but that occurrence is a check on the other branches. You see, a free republic, as it has often been said, provides so much freedom to men, that it provides for that freedom to be corrupted. In a police state, in a dictatorship, in Marxism, there is no choice, there are no other viewpoints, there is no opportunity to voice any dissenting opinion. Those regimes enact full compliance. America, in contrast, always protected individual liberty, individual choice, freedom of worship, and built more laws to protect the individual both from tyranny and from violence and from an overreaching arm against private enterprise. We have these freedoms because America never again wanted to be a victim of tyranny. We had known tyranny. We had experienced it. And those who know it, who can sense it for what it is, know it is evil. Clear as crystal. And these same people long for freedom every single day. They want to breathe fresh air. They want to see the sun. They want to work hard and provide for themselves and their family outside the requirement of a federal government’s provision. They know they can do it better than the federal government. And yes, it’s true, they can.
www.thedeclarationpodcast.com
Articles:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-blocks-business-vaccine-rule-declines-to-stay-healthcare-worker-mandate_4211577.html
JAN 13, 2022 – ZACHARY STEIBER – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://thepostmillennial.com/cdc-states-that-vaccines-no-longer-prevent-transmission
https://thepostmillennial.com/cdc-says-over-75-percent-of-covid-deaths-at-least-4-comorbidities
JAN 10, 2022 – LIBBY EMMONS – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/its-time-to-make-life-a-living-hell-for-anti-vaxxers-washington-post-columnist-writes
JAN 13, 2022 – DAVE URBANSKI – THE BLAZE
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-deaths-u-s-map-shows-number-fatalities-compared-confirmed-n1166966
UPDATED REGULARLY – NBC NEWS TRACKER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-underreporting-covid-19-death-rate-by-17000-percent-economist-says_4211606.html
JAN 13, 2022 – EVA FU, DAVID ZHANG – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/omicron-variant-compared-delta-cdc-study
JAN 13, 2022 – PAUL SACCA – THE BLAZE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-vaccine-mandate-supreme-court
JAN 14, 2022 – PAUL SACCA – THE BLAZE
Where is the proclamation of Americanism? Where is the speech uplifting and encouraging the American people? Instead, we hear fear, control, fear, isolation, fear, and mandatory compliance. How would that bring about the success of any people group? Unless, that is not what this movement is seeking. Perhaps, this movement seeks just the opposite. Growth happens in fertile soil, in the soil of opportunity, hard work, strong ethics, goodwill, and respect. But the de-growth movement is full afoot. Marxism and republicanism cannot coexist. Either the one will forcibly dominate the other, or the people will awake and by their awakening be set free.
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Article Links:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?516920-1/justices-hear-case-vaccine-test-mandate
JAN 7 2022 – C-SPAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/north-korea-fires-possible-ballistic-missile-into-sea-after-kim-jong-un-vows-to-bolster-military-capabilities_4193989.html?v=ul
JAN 5, 2022 - ALDGRA FREDLY – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/07/biden-vaccine-release-foia-fda-pfizer-covid/
JAN 7, 2022 – ANDERS HAGSTROM – THE DAILY CALLER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jay-inslee-law-lying-about-elections
JAN 8, 2022 – CHRIS ENLOE – THE BLAZE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/06/remarks-by-president-biden-to-mark-one-year-since-the-january-6th-deadly-assault-on-the-u-s-capitol/
JAN 6, 2022 – WHITEHOUSE.GOV
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-says-joe-bidens-voice-is-now-the-voice-of-desperation-and-despair
JAN 7, 2022 – LIBBY EMMONS – THE POST MILLENNIAL
A new mayor has taken office in New York City, campaigning quite notably (as most politicians do) for change, yet, will there be change when he is upholding De Blasio’s mandates among other policies? He has a real opportunity to reverse the downward trajectory for business and occupancy rates in NYC, to support the people, and unchain them from the dictates, to free them back to prosperity (or at least to greater prosperity), and as he talks about “what New Yorkers want,” will he actually deliver? A 22-year veteran of the police department, he knows law and crime in a way many official never have – will he use it for the benefit of the people? Campaigning about “equity” is not the way to bring this about. Equity harms the people and discredits any personal education, merit, talent, skill, or gain. Why can we not talk about equality? Is the Declaration of Independence, with universal truths, really so bad? You would think it is here in a radicalized society, engrossed in groupthink. How about we turn back and listen to a patriot, compassionate, empathetic, and peace-loving individual who empowered the people and set them free from the chains of British oppression? I share his words. George Washington…so much wisdom. And we look again at the Iranian regime and the Chinese regime. Both provoking the United States again. It’s one thing to poke the bear. But if the bear wanders off and focuses on petty matters instead of preparing his defense, what good does that do for the country? This is what we are facing. And the threat to the American people is never more real than now.
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Article Links:
[EXCEPT – GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS - SEPT 19, 1796]
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0440-0002
https://www.newsmax.com/us/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-virus/2022/01/01/id/1050674/
JAN 1, 2022 - FROM THE AP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/new-york-citys-mayor-elect-to-keep-private-employer-vaccine-mandate-in-place_4185768.html?v=ul
DEC 30, 2021 – ZACHARY STEIBER – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/the-irs-says-criminals-must-report-their-ill-gotten-gains-as-income
DEC 29, 2021 – ALEX NITZBERG – THE BLAZE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/iran-launches-rocket-into-space-claims-it-was-carrying-research-devices
DEC 31, 2021 – LEON WOLF – THE BLAZE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/beijing-steps-up-aggression-as-it-seeks-to-lead-new-world-order_4166360.html?v=ul
BACK ON DEC 20, 2021 – ANDREW THORNEBROOKE – THE EPOCH TIMES
Our Founding should be written on our minds and hearts. It should be proclaimed at the dinner table, publicly on the sidewalk, and in business. Being an American citizen is a privilege, not one of arrogance, but an opportunity to walk in freedom, to live and provide for your own life and family outside the scope of big government’s intervention. We are not a people made to be mindless drones of big government’s every whim. We are not a people founded to be under the oppressive hand of a dictator. Yet, do you see in these words, we are getting now much closer to that end? Abusive power is at the door. We the people stand behind the locked door – will we unlock the door and let it in? So much has the door already been opened by the oppressors, even without our permission. But we must be vigilant, and to oppose civilly and legally any greater oppression against us. We have rights. We are the citizenry. And it is not bad to embrace the Bill of Rights and the Declaration. This is good.
www.thedeclarationpodcast.com
Article Links:
https://www.theblaze.com/political-ideology-wont-help-people-when-they-die-christians-should-focus-on-sharing-the-gospel
12/25/21 – ALEX NITZBERG – THE BLAZE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/supreme-court-to-take-up-challenges-to-bidens-vaccine-mandates_4174085.html?v=ul
12/23/21 – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/iran-launches-over-a-dozen-ballistic-missiles-as-a-warning-to-israel
12/24/21 – LEON WOLF – THE BLAZE
https://thepostmillennial.com/30-years-after-the-soviet-unions-collapse-we-still-fight-tyranny?utm_campaign=64487
12/23/21 – JOHN CARPAY – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Russia
In the last podcast before Christmas, I wish you a very Merry Christmas! There is more than this world has to offer, there is a source of Hope and Peace, and Joy unlike anything you could find here, and there is Someone else to set all your heart on, and his name is Jesus. There’s a reason this world seems out of alignment. There’s a reason the cultural tide in our country is shifting. There’s a reason lawlessness and criminal activity, including by our officials is on the rise, and why officials who believe in the righteousness of the law are on the decline. It’s not complicated. It’s because there is one balance to the universe, one catalyst to society, one lynchpin to all values, all purpose, and all truth. But the nations refused to acknowledge Him. Our government doesn’t humble themselves before Him. Our leaders refuse to look to anyone else besides themselves. And here we see the results. It’s not unbiblical. God knew this would happen. And yet, the call to each one of us remains the same: acknowledge God’s authority, submit your life to Him, and know a joy and peace and love the rest of the world will never know and could never offer you. That is the story of Christmas. That is the importance of Christmas. And it’s a gift offered to each one of us. If we only will believe.
www.thedeclarationpodcast.com
Articles:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-federal-appeals-court-allows-biden-vaccine-mandate-to-resume-for-large-companies
FRI DEC 17, 2021 – RYAN SAAVEDRA – THE DAILY WIRE
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-council-to-take-decision-of-which-cases-to-prosecute-away-from-city-attorney
LAST SUNDAY, DEC 12 – KATIE DAVISCOURT – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/109m-americans-travel-this-holiday-season-aaa
DEC 17, 2021 – JULIA MUSTO – FOX BUSINESS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-official-texas-border-wall-construction-begins
FRI DEC 17, 2021 – DILLON BURROUGHS – THE BLAZE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nato-eastern-europe-military-alliance/2021/12/18/id/1049183/
SAT DEC 18, 2021 – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/584646-whats-at-risk-in-ukraine-and-why-it-matters-to-america-and-its
DEC 7, 2021 – FREDERICK KAGAN – OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – THE HILL
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-gaetz-stand-your-ground
DEC 13, 2021 – STAFF – THE POST MILLENNIAL
We see those pursuing strife and division, as criminals in our streets, or the so-called “non-violent protests” in our streets - which by the Leftists own hypocrisy on Covid would be “super-spreader events,” and I am quite sure in fact they were - by a lot of the news media, and by many leaders in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. All three, actually. It is painfully, vividly clear by their words, these individuals, this group, this movements, wants at all costs division and chaos, they want lawlessness, they’re letting violent criminals out of prison, while our children have – have – to wear masks in school. They do not speak with compassionate words, they do not speak as though they were pursuing humility, and it is clear what they want. They want strife. This is what they’re pursuing. I hear it a lot in the last two years, the call for unity, that we all want unity, that unity is what we’re missing, and the underlying presumption is that every single one of us is to blame for not being unified, but that, folks, is obviously untrue. Like all of the propaganda, this is just more of the same.
Now, I’m not lumping all Republicans or even all Conservatives into the assumption of having a unifying and loving mindset, but truly, that is what each one of us needs. Regardless of party affiliation, regardless of religion, regardless of all the other classifying attributes you could assume, this requires two things: surrendering your own pride or agenda, and choosing to adopt a mindset of love. Some people may get weirded out by the word love, because they weren’t brought up hearing the word spoken in their household, or they had a bad experience with so-called love, or that guys don’t say that to each other or think in those terms, but truly there’s no other word for this. It is love that causes a person to have compassion for someone who believes the opposite of themselves, for someone who is critical continually, or who personally attacks them on a regular basis. And how can you move from where you are to compassion? Choosing to humble yourself, your own pride, your own agenda. If you have a wrong stereotype (and most are wrong), then choose the path of maturity, change your thinking and give it up. Something I have learned full well in even a short time is to not presume you know everything, or everything even on a single subject or a single matter. And if I know that, then the default correlation is humility.
One might think humility sounds weak because it’s the opposite of pride. But, you see, pride is always dangerous and destructive whether you see it on its face or not - there is danger waiting. And you see, humility is actually great. In any rational relationship, in any logical interaction, choosing humility will reap you great things, and choosing arrogance and boastfulness will reap you nothing.
www.thedeclarationpodcast.com
Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/inflation-jumps-to-highest-level-since-1982_4149910.html?v=ul
DEC 10, 2021 – TOM OZIMEK – EPOCH TIMES
https://trendingpolitics.com/machin-d-wv-votes-yes-senate-rejects-bidens-federal-vaccine-mandate-ethom/
DEC 9, 2021 – ERIC THOMPSON – TRENDING POLITICS
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/12/how-obama-sabotaged-american-military-daniel-greenfield/
DEC 8, 2021 – DANIEL GREENFIELD – FRONTPAGEMAG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/u-s-announces-diplomatic-boycott-of-beijing-olympics-citing-genocide-and-human-rights-abuses
DEC 6, 2021 – ALEX NITZBERG – THE BLAZE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/house-votes-to-ban-all-goods-from-chinas-xinjiang-over-forced-labor-concerns_4146931.html?v=ul
DEC 8, 2021 – MIMI NGUYEN LY – EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/surprise-electromagnetic-attack-from-china-part-of-beijings-new-blitzkrieg-strategy-experts_4130844.html?v=ul
DEC 1, 2021 – ANDREW THORNEBROOKE – EPOCH TIMES
https://www.creators.com/read/dennis-prager/12/21/why-you-should-come-out-of-the-closet-with-your-conservative-values
DEC 7, 2021 – DENNIS PRAGER – CREATORS.COM
Why do we see such depravity, such utter dissolution of biblical values, of traditional family values now in America, such embracing of lawlessness by the Democrat party and this President, and such utter contempt for the Constitution, our American history as it actually happened, and to be direct at what is the undercurrent, for Christianity and Judaism? I believe it largely can be answered in the topic of identity.
What is your identity? How did you become it? Was it biological? Were you born that way? Is it something learned? Is it virtuous? Does virtue matter? What was humanity made for? When someone is born, what is the reason for their life? What is the purpose? Live for a while then die? How is someone to know their identity? Is each person to be identified or course-set by someone else or is each person to develop and become their own identity? But even before they could have the capacity to choose, at a basic level of speech, it is 2 or 3 years old for most, at a basic level of comprehension and critical thinking, it is young adolescent, at a far advanced stage, it is during the teenage years. So, if the argument is for each to self-determine an identity, is each devoid of any identity until that point? Is identity a fluid target? Does anything go? If the boundaries are moved once, could they continue to be moved continuously? If that is the case, then there is no boundary, there is no concept of prudence, there is no virtue, and there is no law. There would be no more foundation, no anchor, no mooring, no truth.
Some would say history is tainted, that because wrongdoing was committed in history, let’s say for the sake of cognizant relevance, in American history, as that only goes back about 250 years, that history should be completely disregarded. That it is of no use, no benefit, no value. To deny history does not mean it didn’t happen. To disregard history doesn’t mean it isn’t still important and that it does not force direct implications upon the present, and still the future. History is important.
Men aren’t born as babies with a choice. Men are born men. With male chromosomes and male genitalia. Women aren’t born with a choice. Women are born women. With female chromosomes and female genitalia. Let me say it here because I feel like it not only really needs to be said, but it needs to be proclaimed loudly and constantly: being straight is good. If you were born a man, you should respect that you are a man. If you were born a woman, you should respect that you are a woman. These are good things. This should be upheld in our society. This should be embraced and championed.
If one person chooses to deny who they really are, and take drastic mental, emotional, and/or physical steps to change their ideations or their preferences, 1) it does not change the identity they were born with, and 2) it does not mean that the entirety of society should bow before them in awe. I will use the immediate and lesser argument, that society doesn’t bow before straight people in awe, or people of faith in awe. So, in the equal protection, and I will say then in the equal treatment argument, neither should be marched through the halls of Congress, carried on the shoulders of those who deem themselves our leaders, moreover our dictators.
God defines humanity. If one person denies God it does not mean He is not real. Or is it that one person cannot justifiably reason in their own mind any secure foundation for their choices so they choose to adopt in their own mind the denial of God. That if God did not set the order. That if He did not create this world and create human life, and ordain that there should be man and there should be woman, as stated in the historical book of The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:27, that there would only be two sexes, as God created them, that they should be ordained as such…then one could lie to themselves and choose to say God is not real. And, at that point, with regard to identity and life on earth, truly, then, in that person’s mind, anything goes.
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Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/loudoun-county-moms-set-out-to-protect-their-children-now-theyre-trying-to-save-america_4127724.html?v=ul
LAST TUES NOV 30, 2021 – TERRI WU – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/our-curriculum-is-deeply-using-critical-race-theory-detroit-public-schools-community-district-superintendent-says
Also, NOV 30TH 2021 – ALEX NITZBERG – THE BLAZE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/national-educator-s-association-approves-of-critical-race-theory/ar-AALLton
JULY 4TH 2021 – BRIAN STIEGLITZ – DAILYMAIL.COM
Quick reference:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-12/ethnic-studies-california-glossary
Not referenced in podcast, but related:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/tackling-critical-race-theory-what-it-is-and-where-it-is-being-banned_4108055.html
When did it become taboo to go to the grocery store, pay for your own groceries, pay for your own daycare, buy your own car, buy your own cellphone, which means finding a job, and working hard to put food on the table and provide for a family? But this is a propaganda to woo those inclined to laziness. I’ve heard it said many times that Democrat or Republican parties, it’s just a different view of the same end goal, what’s best for America. Or, it’s just opposite sides of the same coin. That is absolutely not true. The Democrat party’s agenda has fully become an agenda to woo citizens, legal residents, and those who are in our country illegally, to want to be fully dependent on the federal government, without any regard or objection to the overwhelming tax burden it would ensue or the prisoner chains each person would wear in the complete loss of their freedom it would cost. This latest bill passed by the House is a definitive example. Empower the government and restrain the people. But it’s even worse than that. It empowers the Democrat party, and it restrains the principles, freedoms, and family values enshrined in our founding documents, and what is very largely supported by the Republican party.
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Article links:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/11/thank-private-property-john-stossel/
THANKSGIVING NOV 25 – JOHN STOSSEL – FRONT PAGE MAG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/manchin-asks-biden-to-restart-keystone-xl-pipeline_4120630.html?v=ul
TUES NOV 23, 2021 – JOSEPH LORD – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/biden-administration-asks-us-appeals-court-to-reinstate-osha-vaccine-rule_4119759.html?v=ul
TUES NOV 23, 2021 – JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://thepostmillennial.com/loudon-county-sheriff-schools-superintendent-sexual-assault-case
TUES NOV 23, 2021 – HANNAH NIGHTINGALE – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-heartbeat-abortion-law-is-unconstitutional-biden-administration-tells-supreme-court_4078758.html
NOV 1, 2021 – MATTHEW VADUM – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2021/11/24/texas-clinics-have-seen-a-massive-decline-in-abortions-since-heartbeat-law-took-effect-n2599626
WED NOV 24, 2021 – MADELINE LEESMAN – TOWN HALL
This is the week of Thanksgiving, not the only time to be thankful, but a specific holiday, a specific time designated to do so. Some families have a holiday tradition to go around the table, each giving thanks for one thing in their lives, and I want to share with you today, some of my giving of thanks. I am thankful to Jesus Christ, who died the death I could not die to be the sacrifice I could not be, to satisfy the punishment from our Holy God I could not satisfy, to welcome me in to a family I could earn or hope to be welcomed to in on my own. God did all the work. Jesus is the sacrifice. I have peace with God, and this is not of my doing. That requires humility and I am humbled by what Jesus has done. I am thankful in that, for life. I would not have life, if God had not given me life, if God had not sustained my life to this point, if God did not give me breath in my lungs at every moment, if my mother had not chosen to love me. I am thankful for God’s provision, for my family’s provision, for clothing, for shelter, for food, and for sunlight, and for rain. I am thankful for work – so much good comes from setting our minds and our hands to diligent work, and I am thankful for the opportunity of each employer who gave me employment. I am thankful for freedom to worship God and have a church to worship with other believers in community, so important. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for my friends. For my country. For our founders who didn’t establish a country built on a political agenda, but established a country in the pursuit of humility and deference to God, to justice, to prudence, to patience, and to liberty. For the framers of the Constitution who debated endlessly for weeks to create a framework which empowered the individual States – not solely empowering a federal government, in that to prevent a monarchy, to prevent a dictatorship, to prevent tyranny. They sought to give a weighty amount of power and decision to the individual and to the citizenry, that the Executive would be accountable to the people. I am thankful to the elected officials here who champion this same liberty, who love America, who have the courage to say and do what is right though in a Progressive day it is not popular to do so. I am thankful to our first responders, police who risk their lives every day to keep the peace and directly keep the citizenry and residents safe as best they can, and to the Fire and Medical first responders who use their knowledge and equipment to keep us safe and heal our bodies. And I am thankful my hope is not in this administration, not in a specific political party, not in a specific human on earth today. My hope is in someone far greater, who will never be shaken, and holds all things and all people in the palm of His hand.
I’m not holden to the Republican party. While I’ve never voted for a Democratic candidate, the Republican party much more closely holds to biblical values. But rather than voting party line on any ballot, I look at each individual and examine how this individual’s values line up with Biblical values. IT IS MY FAITH IN JESUS which impacts my political beliefs. Not the other way around.
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Article Links:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/kyle-rittenhouse-acquitted-on-all-counts_4113953.html?v=ul
FRIDAY NOV 19 – JACKSON ELLIOTT & ZACHARY STIEBER – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/19/statement-by-president-biden/
FRIDAY, NOV 19, 2021 – WHITEHOUSE WEBSITE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rittenhouse-protest-riot-verdict
SAT NOV 20 2021 – PAUL SACCA - THE BLAZE
https://thepostmillennial.com/house-passes-bbb-mccarthy-marathon-speech
FRIDAY, NOV 19 – HANNAH NIGHTINGALE – THE POST MILLENNIAL
https://time.com/6121415/build-back-better-spending-bill-summary/
FRIDAY NOV 19, 2021 – NIK POPLI & ABBY VESOULIS – TIME.COM
https://weartv.com/news/local/gov-desantis-signs-legislation-prohibiting-covid-vaccine-mandates-in-florida
THURSDAY NOV 18, 2021 – STAFF – WEAR TV (ABC affiliate)
Thank you to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. Your commitment and sacrifice have preserved our freedom and we are free because of you.
I told my family this last week there has been so much information on the Coronavirus in the last 18 months that you would find contradictory information online for almost any specific aspect of the virus or fallout. There is new information every day, but it doesn’t mean new is true. The internet age has provided many benefits, but it has also provided the immediate dissemination of information, true or propaganda, in a moment, to the world. In this day, how can you definitively know the truth? It’s important to recognize a few things, 1) I cannot say I definitively know everything despite what I read online or hear on the news because I am not a first-hand party to accounts, and 2) I must use my logic, reason, and wisdom God has given me to discern fact from fiction, truth from indoctrination. Do not be overwhelmed by the constant inundation of news headlines, negative news stories, and the like. It does no good to the human body to be overwhelmed. My ambition with this weekly conversation is to highlight what I see as the most critical stories and topics, and to discuss them from a reasonable, conservative, and American perspective. I can understand taking a sabbatical from listening to the news, and perhaps that is what this new format enables, a 6-day sabbatical, and a 1 day a week focused conversation on news with commentary.
One additional thing to mention, here at the start, while you may find many negative news stories about events unfolding in our nation, be aware while they may not be untrue, news is driven by sensationalism, and with all the hype, and negativity, there is much good happening in our country. People are maturing and growing in wisdom, people are calling on the name of God as they submit their lives to someone higher than themselves, and people are helping people. Lives are being changed. I have one specific story I’ll share later, but for now, let’s jump in…
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Article Links:
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/12/cdc-admits-it-has-no-evidence-of-recovered-covid-patients-spreading-the-virus/
FRI NOV 12, 2021 – SHAWN FLEETWOOD – THE FEDERALIST
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/florida-gov-desantis-threatens-to-sends-illegal-immigrants-to-bidens-home-state_4097861.html?v=ul
THURS NOV 11, 2021 - JACK PHILLIPS – THE EPOCH TIMES
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-court-order-vaccine-mandate
MON NOV 8, 2021 – CARLOS GARCIA – THE BLAZE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-fighting-the-covid-19-pandemic/
AUG 3, 2021 – PRES PRESS BRIEFING TRANSCRIPT – WHITEHOUSE.GOV
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/09/montana-south-carolina-latest-states-to-withdraw-from-national-school-boards-association/
TUES NOV 9, 2021 – HALEY STRACK – THE FEDERALIST
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/former-planned-parenthood-abortion-doctor-led-to-pro-life-perspective-by-hand-of-god_4018061.html?v=ul
OCT 5, 2021 – MICHAEL WING – THE EPOCH TIMES
THE DECLARATION PODCAST IS BACK!
Since the last podcast in July, President Biden, who I know God wants me to pray for, and who I try to pray for, and his Administration, have ratcheted up the Marxist game not one notch, but many. He and the people who have chosen to work for him, believe men can be women, that women can be men, and that either can be neither. This flies in the face of not only God’s Word and His design, but thousands of years of history – and look at the biology, folks. You can only be truly one or the other, save for the extremely rare biological statistic where a very small number of people are born with both chromosomes, neither, and/or have anatomical anomalies. His Administration believes in lawlessness, as widely does the Democrat party, this now blatantly obvious to the entire world, in defunding and doing everything he can to stop construction of a wall on the southern border to keep out illegals, criminals, human traffickers, and drug smugglers. You think we have a crime problem in this country? You think we have a human trafficking problem in this country? You think we have a drug problem here in this country? Look at the wide-open southern border, and look at the Biden Administration. His Administration is still – I say still – as you probably recall me talking about it back in the Spring – still chasing Iran to the negotiation table to make a deal with a terrorist regime like Iran. Iran doesn’t even want to go to the negotiation table. Biden was the one to initiate, and Biden is still chasing this deal, with a regime that murders its own people, who has murdered Americans, and who, yes, I will say it again, chanted in their streets, broadcast on international television “Death to America. Death to Israel.” Nobody in their right mind, would ever seek out a deal with an enemy state who behaved this way. Yet Biden is. And now, a federal mandate, under the curtain of OSHA, illegal and unconstitutional, but Biden is pushing it – a federal mandate to say, any given legal American does not have the right to choose what is put into their body. We have never seen this type of tyrannical action from an Executive in American history. Guess what? I believe in the right to choose – if I get a vaccine or if I don’t. And that is my right as an American citizen. I have rights. The Federal Govt nor the State Govt has the right to mandate citizens, or even residents, get this vaccine or booster. I don’t care what Gov Inslee here in Washington says, what he is doing is illegal, and I will not comply. At the moment it is only mandated in companies, like the federal mandate, with 100 or more employees (public and private), but there has been more and more speculation in the last two weeks online that his office is contemplating a statewide business vaccination mandate – i.e. if you work for a business of any size, you will be mandated to get the vaccine. We have never seen this type of overreach. Ever.
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Last Sunday, America turned 245 years old as a formal nation - though she existed, in many respects, for hundreds of years before that day in early July of 1776. Independence. What does this mean? And why is it so important? You may know people who have independent personalities. But this definition is really something quite different. America, in its age but not yet formalized as a nation was under British rule, and was being abused by the British soldiers who by many accounts saw themselves as the ultimate authority over the colonists. Parliament would not hear the petitions of the non-Brits living in America. Neither would the king. And, after years of petitions and grievances, this ultimately came to the breaking point. It wasn’t a vast majority who wanted to go to war with Britain. Rather, it was somewhat like the Constitutionalists versus the non-Constitutionalists today. Less than half. But they believed in the virtue of their position. And truly, in the definition of the word justice, they were right. They had no authority who would listen to their peaceful petitions. When they pled their case, they were refused to even have a day in court. Parliament shut them out. The King wouldn’t even send a reply from Britain. And by the approaching years of 1774 and 1775, more and more American residents were being abused by the British, legally, economically, mentally, and physically. Something had to be done. And something was about to be.
Independence. It meant finally natural rights would be restored. A chance for, in what many saw as the time of oppression, freedom. A new beginning. These were very largely people of Jewish and Christian faiths. They believed firmly in God and that God rules over mankind. That God created mankind, and He created them with equal value and worth. And it was that thinking that which compelled them to build a new nation on a document like the Declaration of Independence, on Separation of powers, on a court system based in due process. Independence is freedom from tyranny.
The rising wave of Marxism will be a fatal cancer to our republic. Pray to the Lord above and ask Him for His intercession against the absolutely destructive course of progressivism.
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As an American, the time for us to address slavery head-on has come. There cannot be denial in our country any longer. There cannot be silence any longer. The time for thoughtful, substantial, and civil outrage has come.
I cannot personally sit silent when there is the greatest atrocity in decades occurring right now in the enemy state of China. By an abundant number of news accounts over the last six months, China is forcefully imprisoning millions of Uyghur Muslims against their will, performing violent torture on some, violent mutilation on others, violent organ harvesting on others, and exerting power and control over a very large people group because of their religion and/or ethnicity, making them by all accounts, slaves. And this is not like many stories of slavery in the past - and I am not advocating for nor approving of any form of slavery, whether past, present, or future - but this is of the worst form of slavery. There have been many people who, as we call it “owned,” slaves in the past, who give them a shelter or a small home to live, abundant food and drink, clothing, resources, and even to some, opportunities for education and advancement to freedom. What is happening present day in western China is the exact opposite of compassion, let alone any decency or appreciation or respect for humanity at any level. This is extremism from a dictatorial communist regime forcing the imprisonment of people of whom they do not approve. This is utterly reprehensible. If you are outraged about the fact of a country having slavery in its past, you should absolutely and completely be outraged now about China, and therefore see them as an enemy state.
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Steadfastness is the anchor in the storms of life. Fleeting pursuits and fleeting contentment are just that…fleeting. Too many pursuits are truly not worth pursuing. There is a parable of the man who built his house on the sand, and when the storm came, it washed it away. But the man who built his house on the rock stood strong in heavy storms. I feel far too many in our country, are so busy with things which truly, do not matter in comparison, of that which really matters. Also in the news, the DOJ shuts down Iranian news websites. A Monmouth University poll shows the great majority of Americans – Democrat, Independent, or Republican – all want Voter ID to prove the integrity of our elections in America. Why is the Democrat party still pushing so hard against Voter ID? Do they know that with less voting rules, there is the incredible capacity for corruption and fraud? Or, is it that, yes, they do know that, and know it fully well? Speaking of chasing the wrong thing, Biden is still chasing a deal with Iran, though Iran’s new President-Elect vows never to meet with Biden or discuss anything about Iran’s pursuit of an atomic bomb. School boards are out of control, namely Loudon County. And lastly, the Seattle Human Rights Commission, if you can call it that, goes full woke, and discriminates by way of harsh insult the group, “Capitol Hill Pride.” Did you think you would see the day when a fringe liberal city government department would rebuke one rainbow group in favor of another rainbow group who is exerting a racist protocol for an event? Well, here we are.
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The flag of the United States of America is representative of America. As you are you. It is not defined by one person’s view of it. It is not defined by the fact that America had slavery a very long time ago – as most nations did. It is not defined by the bad conduct of a single police officer, or a single felon who is combative with police. The flag is representative of the combined individuals of the United States. It is our heritage. It is the representative proof that carried our country through a Revolutionary War in the pursuit of freedom from tyranny. It is the proof that carried us through the war of 1812, and gifted us a song also to represent and remember our history and all who fight for freedom. It is the proof that carried us through a Civil War which could have very well divided the nation, but instead the nation emerged with freedom as the victor, though great were the dead on both sides, and what a terrible cost, but slaves were freed, and a nation emerged, again, as a single nation. The flag is the representative proof of World War I, World War II, the Gulf War in 1990, the wars in the Middle East where America is helping our allies and protecting the helpless, and each war in which our soldiers have served. I’m not saying every war was perfect or every moment of our history was perfect. But America has pursued compassion, liberty, unity, and freedom as a foundation stone of who we are, what we say, and how we act. This flag represents our Founding, the unity in our United States, and the pursuit of a compassionate, generous, hardworking, faith-driven, and American mindset. Our flag represents the people of the United States of America.
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As President Biden jumps across the pond, China enacts a power play against American businesses. China, the ever-present threat, continues to push the U.S. to see how much they can get away with in a Biden administration. Sadly, though Biden occasionally says he will draw a hard line against China, he has not. And China is on the move. As they radically build up their military in a show against us, the threat grows ever larger. The time for our nation to enact an economic blow to China is now, before they escalate it to a point of military action, which nobody in their right mind wants. Also, live music returns to NYC this month, but sadly it is under the direction of Governor Cuomo, who seeks, like too many Democrat governors right now, to divide, rather than unite the population. He is allowing only vaccinated people to attend concerts in larger arenas, and that, quite blatantly, is discrimination. And lastly, iheartmedia, which includes iheartradio, goes woke, at least one of their employees, who put out a notice looking for only people of diverse races to apply. This goes against the EEOC practices they claim to hold in compliance, and it goes against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Yet, they are just one of far too many companies right now embracing a deranged version of Affirmative Action.
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What is the way of unity? How will we unite? How can I be a positive, dynamic part of the solution to bring greater unity in my social circles, at my workplace, at my church, in politics even? How? And in politics, if it is devoid of something greater, it too will be fruitless. We’ve all heard loud noises, like alarms, they sound over and over and over and really just become noise. All people with a platform are at risk of becoming like far too many on television: noisy gongs or clanging cymbals, to quote 1 Corinthians 13. But there is another way. Also, I share a heartbreaking story of love in the midst of tragedy and grief, from Los Angeles, with the murder of Tory Carlon, a 44-yo firefighter who loved his job and his family. And the incredible outpouring from not just his department but hundreds of firefighters across the city testify to their love for him and for their brethren. Their humility and grace for the daughter of their fallen, fellow hero is powerful. What do you think about love? It is a multi-layered, multi-faceted, compelling force ready to be accessed by each of us at any time. And this powerful choice and emotion can create deep impacts into the lives of those we know by both word and action.
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“All men are created equal” means that all men are created with equal value and worth. This is the Declaration of Independence. This is the Bible. This is the imaging of God in mankind, in humanity. This is equality. But equity is not to be confused with equality. Equity ensures all players arrive at the exact same outcome without regard, or consideration, to effort, education, determination, intellectual property, private property, strategic thinking, creativity, or passion. Equity is the result of a realized socialist government. It lives in Marxism. Marxism believes in taking from those who inherited it from their family or guardian and from those who worked hard to earn it, and give it to those who either didn’t work hard or simply don’t have it or have as much. But this is a flawed theory. Not only does it fly in the face of the foundational and Constitutional tenet of private property, but it is theft in and of itself. It acts as a dictator or a monarch, with the practice of unequivocal power, that there is no check for those in power, they can do what they want to do anytime they want to do it. This is treasonous and a gross misuse of power in any society.
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Reference:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bidens-proposed-funding-of-critical-race-theory-puts-us-on-a-very-dark-path-inez-stepman_3844103.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/facebook-suspends-trump-for-two-years_3844746.html
Why does liberalism pay so well? But it does. For that argument, one may argue so does crime. But both are untruthful, unpatriotic, unloving, disunifying, and dissenting. We have seen people sell out to liberal media for the paycheck. Or perhaps it was their heart was always darkened. Either way, the heat is getting stronger so THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING FAST TO YOUR CONVICTIONS IS GREAT. Also, Biden is still courting Iran. But the real question is why. I do not believe it is simply for surface-level agreements. For that point, as Obama did with Iran, there were many backroom deals that even Congress didn’t know about. Deceit runs deep. And, though I don’t have evidence, I suspect Biden is doing the same he did with Obama before. There’s more at play. Because otherwise, nothing he is doing now in begging a terrorist regime to come to the negotiating table, makes any sense, to anyone. Lastly, China is poking the Bear. Very unwise. But the rising number of jets and ships and an army in the millions means China is a rising threat. It’s not a fake news story that the simulated computer “war games” scenarios in recent years have had China winning in a simulated war with the U.S. Does that concern you? It absolutely should. The real question is does it concern Biden and Congress. Because they are the ones to meet the threat head on. 330 million Americans are watching.
Referenced book:
The Hundred-year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury
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Let’s talk about the thematic differences between Democrats and Republicans. First, let me say, this is not representative of every Democrat and every Republican in the population, but this is characteristic of our representatives in Congress. The dominant Democrat agenda in Congress is not your grandparent’s Democrat party, which I would classify today as “moderate,” or even what in some respects could be seen as “conservative” (ie. Fiscally, like JFK, and many others were). Today’s Democrat party is leading the Progressive movement. They have moved from moderate (when 45 and then 49 states voted for President Ronald Reagan), to utterly defending and now encouraging transgender rights, minority race rights, and rights of the radical activists, like BLM and Antifa, over the rights of the American public. And these actions cause great harm to the foundation of our people, who believe in truth, respect, and love. The Republican party is not perfect, but they do believe in respecting people of all races, all ethnicities, and all traditions with equal measure – not one over the other – equal measure. It’s a novel concept. It has been around since the beginning of time and was cemented in The Declaration of Independence. But one political party still seems by all accounts to be at war against American values, and instead be focused on division, disrespect, and deceit.
WE HONOR THE FALLEN, AMERICAN PATRIOTS, WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
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Because SPD officers do not have the support of the City Council, the largest numbers in two decades are walking away from the job. So, they have to deal with not only violent criminals, drug addicts, assault, attacks from BLM and Antifa, verbal attacks from the mass media, verbal attacks from the liberals, now they are also being criticized and undermined by their employer. Why is it that the liberals want to do away with Law Enforcement? Do they really know what the consequence would be for that to themselves and to the city? I honestly don’t think they know the rampant chaos and violence that would overtake Seattle. Response times are already down, and understandably so, because when you don’t have the manpower, you can’t respond to every call in the window of time you used to do with 10-15% more personnel. But while we look at Seattle, and are disgusted at this one large city and the fallout happening to our police, this is just one city in America. Minneapolis is facing similar struggles. Crime and murder rates are up in multiple large cities across the nation because of the race-baiting, blame-shifting, and utterly contemptuous plans of the radical Left. Doing away with the police will absolutely do away with peace – and safety – and the way of life as we know it. For both Republicans and Democrats. I wonder if the Democrats know that?
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Humanity was created by a loving God, who showed us how to love, and despite mankind’s tangent pursuits away from God, God still reaches out in love. It is this incredible, supernatural love that runs countercultural to how the world shows love, if they do show love. I share, per new statistics, of the decline of the Christian church in America, based on a 2,000-person sampling – which may very well be an accurate representation of the nation. And this will have direct implications for how people interact with other people in our country, as we have all been witnesses to the mass media frenzy sowing division and discord the last few years to the greatest extent yet. That, and a certain political party, who appears by the great majority of words they speak and actions they take, that they want unrest to grow in the streets, some in the party are not even opposed to violence (as objectionable as that is). We are witnesses to what happens when a nation pulls anchor from its founding, and by that, I mean its Judeo-Christian founding. The solid foundation of biblical faith has direct implications on the thoughts, words, and actions of a nation. God showed us the way. As many have swayed in millennia past, we see the vitriol, violence, racism, race-baiting, and hatred being pushed by many today with a microphone. To their shame. But, it’s not surprising, given that now there are a great number who do not believe in God. If you do not believe you are accountable to anyone else, the theory would conclude then you are the one in control of your actions, your destiny, and how you treat other people. Whether that is true or not (hint: it’s not), many would appear to live this way. But that kind of treatment of others is not love. Love is not self-seeking.
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/21/new-survey-shows-nearly-half-of-millennials-dont-know-care-or-believe-in-god/
In the face of a terrorist onslaught, Israel, the lone free country in the Middle East, our greatest ally, was prepared and will not let one lone rocket or shell go unanswered. And Netanyahu has the public policy, to not only hit back each time when attacked but to hit back harder. His leadership of Israel these last many years have grown the country into the fortress that it is, and the flourishing economy powerhouse in the Middle East it is. Egypt played a part in negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, and Biden, to his credit was mostly supportive of Israel this last week and a half, with the exception of at least part of his conversation with Netanyahu last Wednesday where he pretended to flex his muscle over our ally Israel (very unwise). Netanyahu stood firm in the face of Biden’s comments and said this will only be over when it will be over. Spoken like a true leader, who acts like a tiger. The words of Reagan echo loudly. Also, the governor of Far-left Oregon, Kate Brown, makes a dictatorial move to appease some small fringe liberal groups who believe the absence of a mask on an unvaccinated person to be equivalent with the Black Plague in Europe in the middle ages. Please somebody tell her to actually read one page of science on Covid with regard to masks and STOP PROPAGANDIZING FEAR to the people of Oregon. Oregon is such a beautiful state, and is filled with many, many good people, but that state is going to the gutter. Why does everything the Left touch turn to division? It’s the opposite of King Midas - they turn it to rot.
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Biden and the Democrats are pushing an anti-American agenda, disintegrating the truth of the individual for the replacement of the masses. Because if they group us and define us, then they can enact control over us. But that is not American. And that will not happen. Because we are FREE. God gives us freedom from regimes. And dictators. And tyrants. We will obey the law as the law is civil and the law is proper and the law is right. But tyranny will be something else, as Biden’s government inches closer toward that aim. He is intently focused on socialism. Does he know subverting our natural resources of gas and oil will bring down the American economy at every level? He has refused to continue with the Keystone XL pipeline, which Trump had thousands working on for the flourishing of our economy – now, it’s dormant. And we all were just witnesses to how one pipeline’s disruption can sideline a region of the United States. Russia is playing hardball as Biden sits idly by. Oh, we need pray for Biden to act, to maintain “peace through strength” and protect our national security. It is only by a show of force that our enemies will keep their distance and live in a good kind of fear. We are not acting on the offensive toward them. We want peace. Also, Biden’s lacky speaks from the microphone, that the President is “committed to [legalized abortion in the U.S.]” – is there a greater evil than that? Oh, what an ugly stain is spread across the land we have known. Innocent human lives were massacred at the hands of doctors in our country with the approval of women who sought this out. It is abhorrent. And Biden defends it.
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Humanity has a problem. We’re content with too little and we default to turn inward on ourselves, either in sadness and disappointment, or in greed and pride – either way we’re focused on the wrong object. We are here for a reason and it’s for a lot more than sitting back on our laurels. Mediocrity gets us very little. Complacency nets even less. For that is not how we were meant to live. What is missing? Passion. What motivates you? It’s rare to be motivated to be better because you will yourself to be better. It’s only when we turn upward and outward, that we see a higher call to live and not just live, but THRIVE. Many settle, many have settled, and many will settle, but that does not mean any single person needs to, or ought. We were created for much more than this. As I spoke about unconditional and a life-giving love in the last episode, I connect it tonight with loving others in this way. This will absolutely transform the life of the person you show this level of love toward. And this was meant to be. Also, tonight, there is chaos on the southern border, and I look at how Biden is trying to walk the tightrope on the side of pleasing his far-left buddies with having the border wide open and, on the other hand, dealing with the fallout of an overburdened crisis in terms of manpower, resources, and sanity to handle all of the migrants at our border – for the first time, an unprecedented number of children. From a humanitarian level, we all should be shocked and saddened. The illegals should never be allowed to step foot in the country. The legitimate asylum seekers should be welcomed.
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Articles:
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-administration-to-prioritize-transgender-migrants-seeking-to-cross-us-border
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-biden-resumes-construction-of-border-wall
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trader-joes-ditches-mask-mandate
There is a force in this country, and it’s all about control. It’s all about assigning titles to groups of people. It’s all about redefining what groups people belong to and what those new definitions mean and how the people in those newly assigned groups are supposed to think. And how they will think, because those in power are all about control. It’s about restraint. It’s about division. It’s about derision. It’s about socialism. It’s about Marxism. It’s about racism. And what this really boils down to is this: FEAR.
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The church should be maskless. Why has the government mandated masks on the population? If you choose to wear a mask because you want to feel safer then you’re welcome to do that. But THE SCIENCE has proven masks DO NOT PROTECT against Covid-19 because the particles in Covid-19 are far smaller than the fabric or material in masks. Therefore, consumer masks are a fraud. They’re an implement of control. They’re a test by the Left to see if the people will blindly obey something that has no scientific evidence for prevention. They’re a test by the Left for how to enact fear and compliance over the American people. And if it’s working for something that has such a domineering effect on the population for a virus a little more aggressive than the annual flu, think of what the Left has in mind next. Think of what China has in mind. It’s disturbing to see the blind obedience to masks and compliance going blatantly against the science. So, we dig in to the scientific compilation of evidence from Daniel Horowitz’ journalism, and his article I read tonight was from 8 months ago. Yes, the virus is a real thing. But we know masks are not what save or even prevent catching nor spreading the virus. So, the time for masks to go, has come.
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Reference:
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Complacency for the citizenry must die. Time to get going. What will unify America? Regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, occupation, or income, if the American people view each other with mutual respect - and while, yes, of course we acknowledge differences among us, we do not judge or mistreat each other based on these things. Can we not see someone as simply a unique individual made in the image of God? And that is the foundation, what will unify America will only be when Americans humble themselves before God. We must look to Jesus, we must share Jesus’ love, we must show the world this kind of love. Looking at each person as an individual. Looking at each person with compassion. Choosing to pray for our enemy and our friend alike. We must lead. And I give a campaign manager's advice to turn any mediocre moderate Republican into someone the American people would not only be glad to follow, they are desperate to do so.
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How much will it take for America to wake up? No, not “woke.” Woke is a vanity in a veil in the wind in a dream. I mean, my fellow Americans. How much will it take? 14 months of shutdowns, 1 year of rioting in Portland at a courthouse – oh, that Reagan was Governor of Oregon in 2020. That would have been over in a heartbeat. But, alas, there are too few courageous leaders, too few patriots in leadership, too few brave enough to stand. BUT STAND WE MUST. The sliding scale of Progressivism is heavy upon us with the unrest and violence of Antifa and BLM. There are far too many in this country who are sowing division, sowing discord, sowing violence, sowing racism, and sowing socialism. But there is another group, very large in number, who have been quiet. That cannot happen any longer. I do not call them out for what they haven’t done, but rather invite them with the growing names we hear in the passionate Conservative movement, now to stand. USE YOUR VOICE FOR FAITH. USE YOUR VOICE FOR FREEDOM. There is one message that gives life, and that is God. There is one method that prevents tyranny, and that is the vocal opposition of the people. Our country does not continue but with our consent. And I’m not advocating for anything out of the box. I mean, the people need to come out in vocal support of OUR REPUBLIC, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR SEPARATION OF POWERS, OUR FREEDOM TO WORK, EAT, WORSHIP, AND LIVE. This is our freedom. This is our country. Our life. Our legacy. I declare the day of complacency is over. The wheat and the chaff are dividing in America. And we need every patriot we can get. To be civil. To be lawful. To make your voice heard for freedom. Q. What if the Founding Fathers had been complacent?
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I begin with the story of two kings who lived more than 2,500 years ago. So much to learn from history. Through the hand of the prophet Daniel, the Bible tells the story of kings Nebuchadnezzar, and his descendant, Belshazzar, how they governed, how they ruled, and how they were humbled. Beholden to the mindset that they built their own kingdoms and it was all about them, they lived in stubborn defiance of God and hardened pride of self. But the Bible warns sternly about pride. It is the beginning of evil. One of these kings eventually repented. The other did not (as far as we know from the account). And finally, a modern-day example of a leader. Which one is he? Well, let me ask you, how do you see a leader of a nation who believes in and actively promotes lawlessness?
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As Biden approaches his administration’s 100 days in office, I review the acts he has already committed which I believe are a strong case for impeachment. And we as Conservatives must keep the pressure on this far-left administration, for if we do not take a stand now for accountability, the far-left will not be held accountable. When a President acts like a dictator, when he steps outside the Executive branch, when he skirts the Constitution, when he makes deals with terrorist regimes, when he wants to pack the Supreme Court for absolute partisan control, he has definitively crossed the line. But, listen and decide, as I present the case. Also, as the propagandist media and culture feign that the masses are against our Law Enforcement, that is absolutely not the case. Now is the time to take a stand against this radical, progressive agenda acting completely nuts wanting to do away with police. They do not know what they are saying. For the result of that would be complete chaos and rampant violence. The American people have an incredible amount of respect for our officers and we support our officers. We need SIGNIFICANTLY MORE funding for our police. We need SIGNIFICANTLY MORE resources for our police. We need to ENCOURAGE our police. These are the protectors. This is our country. We are Americans.
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Today, the trial of Derek Chauvin concludes with the reading of the verdict. He was convicted on all three charges: second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Not sure how a single defendant can be charged on multiple murder counts against the same victim, but I’m not a lawyer. Sentencing to follow in a number of weeks, and, as Judge Cahill opined yesterday, because of radical Maxine Waters’ statements, the case is very likely to not only go to appeal but perhaps be ruled tainted by jury not having been contained. It is provocatively disrespectful for a sitting Congresswoman to act in the manner that she did. And it is entirely inappropriate for Joe Biden to make the comments he did, both being before the verdict was even read this afternoon. Pelosi, not wanting to be left out, jabbers away about something, not even most who listen to it, could understand. Then, radical Disney goes full-bore woke, presupposing their characters being listed as male and female was sexist after all – for what other way can we take their press release about gender preferences among cast characters.? Lastly, the Washington state legislature (both House and Senate), with the exception of the Republican minorities, and a few conscience-filled Democrats who crossed the aisle, voted to abolish any new gas-powered vehicle to be sold/purchased and/or be registered in the state of Washington starting in 2030. This is far more radical than any other state in the union. Now, it is the state legislature who is DICTATING to the American people, what type of vehicles they can or cannot purchase. They falsely believe they, so few in number, hold the keys to freedom and prison, to liberty and control, to your decisions and your livelihood.
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Let’s talk about America’s goodness. A few examples: 1) founding on the truth that all men are created with equal value and worth by God, 2) the formation of an accountable federal government, with the foundational separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and the judicial, 3) a representative republic, that all men and women in the nation would have representation based on the shared value of states in the union - each state has value and, actually the states have more power than the federal government, in the design of the founding and Constitution. 4) Capitalism. The abundant freedom, availability, and opportunity, for example, to start your own business or to work for a business, or the choice and mobility to leave your current position and go work for another company. To have choice in purchasing goods and services to a greater extent than the world has ever known. The industrialization and commercialization power of the United States as a nation of private businesses is absolutely unparalleled. And, a piece from Daniel Horowitz, with actual facts on officer-involved shootings with regard to race. The fact that it’s actual news, and not the oft au pined agenda the mass media pushes on race every single day, is refreshing, indeed.
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It took, count them, 5, U.S. Supreme Court rulings for radical California Democrat Governor Newsom to back down and relent. We do have a First Amendment, after all. But, always the radical, Newsom gave in to all his Leftist buddies, and had shunned the churches for count it, ONE YEAR. But, as of the last 24 hours, churches in the state of California, are, just like Home Depot and Safeway have been for the last 12 months, finally free to be all the way up to 100% capacity inside the church. God is sovereign. Will we see this come true to Washington State? To your state? Prayerfully so. In other news, Iran, always playing the victim, claims Israel was to blame for the devastating attack at one of their facilities and tonight we find out more detail to the damage and what is being said on both sides. Iran vows it can now violate the terms of the 2015 Deal because of this singular attack and ramp up its uranium enrichment from the contract-permitted amount to an amount astronomically higher. Ah, so Iran has no intent on fulfilling its Deal, just like it hasn’t as it now has a repeated history of violating the terms of the JCPOA. That is a sham of a deal because of Iran. And the talks in Vienna right now are a sham because of Iran. And as they feign that they are doing all this so they can use “nuclear energy,” the ones with eyes to see can tell they are doing all this so they can build nuclear weapons to target Israel and the United States, as they have previously vowed war against these two countries multiple times in recent history. Those with eyes to see can see. Lastly, the NCAA is hopping on the woke train and sadly that means a big step down for women’s sports.
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True to form, Biden, leading the Democrat party, goes after everybody else (besides the criminal) and every inanimate object as the target for guilt with regard to crimes involving a firearm. It’s as if the inanimate firearm, got out of its bed, got ready for the day, walked out of its house and then decided, as an inanimate object, to kill someone. Or that those who are for supporting the 2nd Amendment (i.e. pretty much every Republican, ever, and many others) are guilty by association, because we don’t want to destroy gun manufacturers, because we actually support gun manufacturers, and we support the Constitution. Do not be fooled, Americans, supporting the Constitution is right, and supporting the Constitution is Americanism. It is the radical left who are seeking to destroy it. Biden went on and on and on about how firearms are the problem and, while he didn’t come out and say it directly, everything he’s doing will restrict firearm rights from the lawful citizenry. Because I can tell you one thing, nothing he proposed will have one iota of impact against criminals, who do not obtain their firearms legally anyways. What he is setting forth is what appears to be, by his insinuation, just the beginning of his agenda for gun control in America. And I can tell you something for sure, American citizens will not give up their firearms to the federal government (or the state government for that matter). Firearm ownership is what has preserved our freedom for this long, and it is what maintains our freedom here forward. The 2ndAmendment is the people’s insurance against any foreign or domestic threat, written in our Constitution, and for our defense.
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Worse than being wooed by Iran. Worse than being sought out by Iran over time. Biden was chasing Iran since the day he took office. He was wooing them even when they weren’t talking with him. Biden so desperately wants to empower Iran, he has made it priority number one, and today, he made good on that extremely radical position, as members of his team met indirectly with members of the Iran regime in Vienna. It took all of 24 hours for the U.S. to concede to the whims of Iran. The price tag? Who knows? Biden’s not saying. But we know as it’s being reported, it’s in the Billions. But the real cost is both the weakening of American sovereignty and the empowering of a regime already on the doorstep of readying a nuclear weapon. Has the world gone mad? Or is it only Biden? Well, it must be part of the world, as there are 5 other nations standing in the Iran Deal already, sad to say, one is Britain, another France. And then the usual suspects: Germany, Russia, and China. Russia and China present a real threat to the U.S., so it makes sense they want to empower a radicalized Iran against the United States. But, when you have an American president empowering Iran who has already vowed violence against the United States, the only word I can resolve, is asinine. In other news, Arizona Governor Ducey takes a stand ahead of Biden’s gun control executive order expected tomorrow, to sign a bill that renders void in the state of Arizona any new federal gun control laws. A bold stand, and the Arkansas state legislature is another who has voted to render void federal gun legislation in their state. This may be murky waters, but it does send a VIVID message to Biden that Republican states are not going to sit idly by and watch him destroy the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States unconstitutionally, without a figurative fight.
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Never lose sight of what’s most important. Do not let the world or the news or the Left steal your peace. Remember, the Left does not define us. The world does not define us. In the chaos and the stress, remember, to be still and know God is in control, and we can have peace. First in news tonight, Seattle residents have the opportunity to boot a Socialist – will they take it? After eight years of fruitcake radicalism, they better. I believe at this point, even many Democrat residents would want her out. Now they have their chance. Why it takes authorization from the State Supreme Court for a recall effort to move forward is beyond me. But, believe it or not, the Leftist Washington State Supreme Court voted unanimously that the recall effort against a Socialist can move forward. So, Seattle District 3 has its chance. Treasury Secretary Yellen makes her first appearance with a radical agenda, no surprise. Apparently, she and Biden want to take over the world, or at least, dictate to the world what the world should tax. And they want to push out American taxpayer dollars in a massive redistribution of wealth, out to the world. Your dollars going overseas to prop up other governments, who apparently cannot manage themselves. And these are not our strong ally nations, mind you. This is a global agenda. And Biden is just the pushover, or the radical – sometimes I don’t know which one I’m looking at – to step behind the podium and give the speech, or sit at the desk and sign on the dotted line. And socialism moves forward. Lastly, a piece by Victor Davis Hanson on the rapid progressive change in our culture, what is acceptable and what is not. Do everything you can to advance the cause of freedom. And hold to your faith and your Bill of Rights. They are ours for a reason.
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Completely countercultural, the honorable posture when faced with faith, when faced with family, when faced with friends, work, or politics, is the pursuit of humility. Why is humility important? Because if I do not adopt and daily pursue humility, the inevitable swelling of pride will lead to my distortion. I will think I am here to live for myself. I will think the world is all about me – like so much marketing crap promotes – but it is not. God set the order. God on the throne. Mankind below. But the critical engagement for man, is to humble themselves before each other. That provides for authentic love. Prideful love is not love. But, when I humble myself before God, before my family, before my friends, when I seek their betterment and not my own, I embrace the purpose of life on earth, to love God and to love others. This is a daily challenge for us all. All other roads do not lead to lasting purpose, fulfillment, or love. Also, Biden continued today to repeat again the old refrain: that masks will save everyone. When the science has clearly reported that is absolutely not the case, indeed, that masks are ineffective against Covid-19 (perhaps, except for specialized masks which are manufactured in a completely different way to block the especially small virus). So, why is Biden still urging states to clamp down on mask mandates again? Murkowski may finally have a challenger worth their salt. And, Gov. DeSantis continues to prove his conservatism.
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All three branches of the federal government are zeroing in on the 2nd Amendment. They are scheming to disarm the citizenry which will only result in more crime and more violent acts – that’s without contest. But an armed citizenry is the safest citizenry and the safest society. Rather than choking the 2nd Amendment, cities, states, and the fed should be releasing the chokehold on our Bill of Rights, and restore it once again to its rightful place of prominence. The right to keep and bear arms, means the right to carry a firearm when away from your residence to protect yourself and your family on the go, and to purchase and keep firearms at your residence to protect yourself and your family when at the residence. 2A is not a provision for your gun safe. And your gun doesn’t protect you locked up in a safe. But the radical, progressive agenda is on, notably at the 9th Circuit, always liberal, Court of Appeals. Biden/Harris also in that camp. And the pass-as-many-bills-as-possible, Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. Don’t worry, the Executive VP will step over from the Executive branch into the Legislative branch as necessary to push through their radical agenda. And then, back to Biden, who says, he will just enact gun control by Executive order if need be. Let me tell you, that will not sit well with the American people. We are watching. We will see.
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Let me draw it back down to two sides again: lawfulness and lawlessness. Who believes in the law? Who believes in the Constitution? Anybody?? Anybody?? Seems there are fewer and fewer on Capitol Hill these days. 9 Republicans jump ship on the Dream and Promise Act and 30 Republicans jump on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, both bills giving a big leg up to people living, working, and staying in our nation ILLEGALLY. Does anybody care about people streaming over our border illegally, stealing jobs from the 6%, getting paid by American employers (who are supporting illegals), reaping free school for their children, virtually free medical care, food vouchers, driver’s licenses, social security cards, and, oh, sure, why the hell not, Government Stimulus checks?!!! Is it physically possible to give any more benefits to illegals? Well, I guess, voting is the last nail in the coffin…and believe me, the Democrat agenda is pushing hard for that one, because they believe the great majority will vote Democrat – because they’ve pushed to give them all these free things. And, looking at the Republican side of the aisle, why are they defecting? Americanism may sadly seem like a foreign concept these days, but Americanism supports THE LAW. Americanism supports a strong border and does not endorse releasing illegals into our country to do whatever the hell they want to as long as they want to in whatever way they want to, ad infinitum. Americanism supports the citizenry. The citizenry is the highest priority of a proper republic. But therein lies the rub, the republic is crumbling. And lastly, an excerpt from IMPRIMIS on Big Tech’s manipulation of the people to reap their desired ends. It is not innocent.
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Excerpt from Imprimis Jan 2021, Volume 50, Number 1
Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College.
The cards are stacking against Andrew Cuomo in New York bigtime. Bigtime, like the 3 leaders of the Democrat party: Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer. Yet he still refuses to resign. He should have resigned for his gross actions against the senior population during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York, which he singlehandedly turned into an outright crisis. But, now 7 women have come forward alleging sexual misconduct. I think the people of New York want an investigation, a new governor, and peace and civility restored to their state. But that will be up to the people of New York, because this stubborn and terrible governor is holding his title with a clenched fist. Also, while Columbia University is vying for “the country’s most divisive and liberal university” status, rational people are still rational and caring and want to put their arms around their brothers and sisters in our community. Yet, the Left seems determined on divisiveness. But there is a better way. Let’s look back at the words of an incredible patriot who was studied, intelligent, filled with faith, and willing to overlook offenses for the sake of unity. That is unity the American people can rally behind.
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Tonight, Part 2 in the series of my reading of the 1776 Commission Report about our history, our Founding. We look at a Constitution, at a government, formed on faith, with deferential power appropriated across multiple channels to prevent a monarchy – the structure to prevent a tyranny. The Founders didn’t create these ideals, these values. The values are eternal. Instead, they boldly adopted them and cemented them into our foundation. America is built on this foundation, regardless of what you hear, regardless of the media. This is our Founding.
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Tonight, I talk about good things. Faith in God. Compassion. Humility. Confidence. Determination. Respect. Forgiveness. When we stop looking at our neighbor as the Left-wing dictates we ought and start looking at our neighbor with rich grace and compassion, we will find a treasure to value. Unity in this country begins with me. It begins with you. If I have respect for my family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, that promotes worth and value, which is intrinsic in each of us. Valuation is a powerful influencer for good in the lives of others. And because we did not give birth to ourselves, valuation is determined by Another. And there is much to value. Also, tonight, the Rockstar Gov. DeSantis continues to uphold liberty and freedom in the Conservative state of Florida. He is a very bright star in the Conservative movement and possibly headed for other things in the next few years. Conservatives admire him. So do the people of Florida. And, the Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, takes a bold stance to promote the value and worth of Mississippi’s daughters by signing legislation that biological males cannot participate on women’s sports teams. And this is not the only bill on this course in the Union.
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Here we are, two more LEAPS down the field toward lawlessness and socialism. As Biden appoints and the Senate confirms someone who is weak on the law, Garland, it is evident that enforcement of the law will also be weak. Which is unamerican. Garland proved during his confirmation hearings before the vote, he does not believe America should have a border – that all who would make the trip to come, should enter and stay. Implied, but how can we see his testimony as anything else? And at just the start of the Biden presidency, this sets a very ugly precedent for illegal immigration in our precious republic. The last free bastion on earth is under siege, with a free pass from the Executive branch. Also, today, the libs in Congress push through, along party lines, except for 1 Democrat hoping the aisle, the tragic and burdensome Senate version of the $1.9 Trillion so-called Covid-19 relief or stimulus bill, which they feign is “For the people.” You know when Democrats say something, they actually mean the opposite. There’s a word for one who deceives. While the candy-coated bankruptcy-socialist bill doesn’t give the Dems every single thing they ever wanted in their first 600-page bill, it comes very, very close. And this is just the start of this radical majority session which started in January. But, patriots, do not lose heart. God sees and knows. America is still America. And we must civilly, and legally speak out, argue for, and defend our freedom. This is our country. We are the people.
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Per Jen Psaki, Biden is putting kids in cages. And every rational-thinking person is completely outraged that Joe Biden would do such a thing, after campaigning so hard against this inhumane treatment. Should he be impeached for violating his campaign promise? Perhaps. Also, the H.R.1 bill following the current through Congress, already past the Democrat-controlled House is on its way to the so-called Democrat-controlled Senate, if you can call it that at a 50/50 split. This bill is absolute crap. And one BIG WAY it will have gravitational pull effects on America is its abolishment of voting rights as we know them. The Democrats are pushing hard to ensure they will always be in power. And the rule is vivid: by whatever means necessary. The H.R.1 bill strips states of their Constitutional power to set their own voting rules and is a threat to democracy and our republic. Notably, by its national precedent of doing away with Voter ID. Sure, you need an ID to buy alcohol or cigarettes, but voting in a State or National election? The Democrats say, “Forget it.” Seems to be how they think about freedom. And laws. And science. And truth.
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Tonight, I read an excerpt from the 1776 Commission report, which lived for a brief 2 days when it was presented on January 18th 2021, before the newly inaugurated President Biden killed the patriotic commission Trump had appointed, in a power play move. Biden’s move made clear, his administration is not one who will celebrate the founding of America, nor its heritage, nor all the people who went before us and gave their lives so we could be here and live in freedom. Biden aside, we dig in and look at a republic like no other: America.
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I’ve often thought and said that the main difference between Democrats and Conservatives is Lawlessness vs Lawfulness. But as I was thinking about it this morning, while it is, the previously mentioned, it’s really about Control vs Freedom. If we’ve ever seen the Democrat quest for control, we’ve seen it in the last year and we’ve seen it with Biden’s first month in office. His commitment to Executive overreach is alarming, his endangering of our daughters in public schools and on sports teams, his determination to enact aggressive gun control measures and to in his words, “defeat the NRA.” The liberal agenda is drunk with power. Conversely, let’s talk about America. Let’s talk about George Washington. Let’s talk about Thomas Jefferson. Let’s talk about Calvin Coolidge. Let’s talk about Abraham Lincoln. Let’s talk about Ronald Reagan. And let’s talk about Donald Trump. These men, in contrast to so-called “Lunch bucket” Joe, embraced the Founding, embraced God-given rights, embraced family values, embraced Freedom. They believed that you know best for you. They believed you know best for your children. And they paved open the road before the American public to do just that.
Do you try to control those whom you love? Do you try to control that which you love? Absolutely not. Therefore, we can see plainly the Democrat agenda does not love the people. They do not love America. They do not love our Constitution or our republic. It is painfully, woefully, tragically…obvious. Let’s look at Conservatives. We constantly speak out and work to bring more opportunity, less government, more small businesses and more private market, less bureaucracy. We want to enable Americans to thrive. We want those we love to flourish.
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It would appear in March of 2021, most if not all state legislatures do not know their role in the Balance of powers – to prevent and restrain the overreach of the Executive. And the Executives are far over the line in overreaching into the liberties of the people. Governors are dictating which businesses can open, which must stay closed, what percentage some can open, while others can fully open. It is widely apparent it is simply each state’s governor who can assign the title to a comparatively weak virus, of “Conqueror.” For this weak virus is ruling the people like an overlord, by way of state executives, who can work full-time to provide food and housing for their family and who cannot, who can thrive and who cannot, who can have freedom and who cannot. This is not American. This is lawlessness. But this is not over. The state legislatures exclusively hold legislative power and the power to vote for sustained status in emergencies. It is up to the state legislatures now TO ACT.
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Lost in a world of their own delusion, the 2021 Democrat agenda trenches on. But rather than shooting arrows in the dark, it could be they are far more diabolical – to will forth the intentional destruction of the republic of the United States from within. Spending like socialists, the $1.9T so-called Stimulus bill is a swan song, enticing favor from every direction with the promise of cash: huge bailouts for Blue states, money for the bureaucracy, $300M for Animal Covid studies and protection, $1B on a campaign to encourage the population to take the vaccine. I think everyone in America knows about Covid and that there exist vaccines at this point. That is a flagrant waste of $1B. That is a flagrant waste of $300M. A waste of bailing out mismanaged Blue states. Though, perhaps, the $15 federal minimum wage legislation has been scrapped from the H1 Bill. We shall see. And finally, the US Presidential Special Envoy to the Climate (?), John Kerry, per reports, colluded behind the back of President Trump’s Administration, in closed door meetings with Iran for the purpose of negotiations. This man should be investigated and prosecuted by trial for such subversive actions.
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God created the earth and established the order of Creation. He created the planet, established the waters, established the land and the forests, established the plant life and the animals, and established humanity to care for the planet with humans at the top of the list for priority out of the above. Because we are made, as the Bible says, in the image of God. Humanity. Uniquely. Therefore, we, humans, are to care for and manage the planet – not the other way around. There are many who are embroiled in a propaganda scheme with regard to Global Warming - Oh, no, it stopped warming, now we have to call it Cooling - Oh, no, it stopped doing that, it’s warming again, shoot - Let’s just call it “changing, it goes up and down, and up and down,” let’s call it “Climate Change.” And the fact is, yes, for thousands of years, since Creation, the planet gets warmer and then cooler. Even before industrialization. Even before carbon emissions. Unless we’re talking about Carbon dioxide, which is what humanity has breathed out with every respiration since existence - and humanity is what God called very good.
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Fear-mongers run rampant in our culture. It’s not exclusively constrained to the Left side of the aisle. Many independents and some on the Right embrace radical claims unsupported by truth. The question is why. The daily drumbeat of progressivism is heavily pervasive in our culture, skewing minds...that you should prioritize the life of a baby animal rather than a human baby, that you should prioritize a woman’s rights rather than a man’s, that you should prioritize the rights of people with undefined genders or transitioning genders rather than straight genders, or what is now even homosexuals, that you should prioritize the rights of racial minorities over the white people, who, apparently, if we listen to the radical Left, are just white supremacists and racists - apparently all white people are - so, Joe Biden is, Nancy Pelosi is, Chuck Schumer is, Bernie Sanders is, Liz Cheney is, Joe Scarborough is, his wife Mika is. What a dumb statement!
Have you noticed the Left is always shouting about something? Have you noticed how they have a temper of anger? Have you noticed their agenda for controversy? Have you witnessed their drive for unbalanced Affirmative Action? Have you seen their agenda to produce division and not eliminate racism, but build on racism? What is this all about? Fear. And with that, let me ask you, what is the opposite of fear? It’s love. Let me ask you, do you ever see or hear a message of gentle, compassionate, caring love from a Democrat in congress, or from a Democrat in the Executive branch? Why not? Perhaps that is the lingering question. Someone who loves, thinks rationally. Someone who loves, has true compassion. They have eyes to see. They have ears to hear. A rational person wouldn’t empower their enemies. A rational person wouldn’t intentionally place a heavy yoke upon the American people. A rational person, a patriotic American would protect the American people and disarm their enemies where and when appropriate. So, I ask you, America, look, what do you see?
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First topic tonight, the passing of Rush Limbaugh. He was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer last year, and soon thereafter received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then President Trump, to recognize Rush for all that he had done for America. And truly that is so. I can remember growing up when I was just a young boy, riding in the car with my father, as he was listening to Rush Limbaugh, and while I agreed with what he was broadcasting, Conservative principles, I wasn’t myself, at that age, an avid listener – also, I was in school, so I couldn’t listen to his morning show. My dad also mentioned to me that he had listened to Rush, when our family lived in Sacramento, which was his local radio show for a while before he went national with The Rush Limbaugh show. He was a pioneer for Conservative broadcasting. He was a messenger. He was an encourager. He carried the flag on the field for the American public. Millions would hear his voice every week. To some, it may seem like Conservative voices with a microphone have a mediocre job, but broadcasters have what I have come to see over time as an extremely powerful and influential position. So, the message they proclaim, the conviction they hold, and the words they choose to use are all of incredible importance. On the field, they are the voice at the front of the army and the voice at the back of the army. They are the voice of encouragement when you’re tired, the voice of news when you’re not yet informed, the voice of direction when you’re lacking vision, and the voice to cast a vision when everything feels…hopeless. And Rush was the pioneer. Also, tonight, the Education department is at it again, this time in the state of Oregon, and boy, are they wacked.
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What does the 2nd Amendment mean to an American citizen?
It is his personal defense. Every moment of a citizen’s life, this is his vital deterrent from any violent threat or violent attack. Every moment of his life, this is his absolute protection against any violent threat or violent attack of his family. The right to keep and bear arms is an extremely heavy and weighty right, that no citizen should ever under any circumstances undertake lightly. Firearms and weapons are an extremely serious matter. And for those who are lawfully permitted to carry and are of sound mind, and not given to anger, this is a foundational protection for American citizens. The police are significantly so to be admired for their bravery and commitment to protect the citizens and residents of their jurisdiction, but there are in any jurisdiction, only so few officers compared to jurisdictional population. It is up to each individual to make decisions about their personal safety and the safety of those around them.
It is his Constitutional law protection. Cemented in our Constitution, coming out from a Revolutionary War, of which many saw America leading up to that time was being occupied by and dictated to by British forces, the right for American residents at that time (prior to the founding of our nation) to have the legal right to defend themselves from illegal aggression or violence became absolute in the eyes of those who opposed the British. From the days of the war forward, this protection in the Constitution was many a lynchpin to its ratification by the states. They saw the keeping of weapons as monumentally important – and indeed, it still is today.
It is the people’s defense. The lawful and responsible people of the United States are granted specifically by the 2nd Amendment: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State” and that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
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I am Bryce Ferguson, host of The Declaration. This is what I believe. I believe in God. I believe America was founded on faith in God. I believe God has set the order for servant leadership, in my personal life, in my professional life, and in all of life. I believe in the sanctity of life. I believe in Law and Order. I believe in Law Enforcement. I believe chivalry is alive and well. We are free to worship. We are free to assemble. We have personal rights. America is great and we are blessed to be here. This is the continual pursuit of patriotism. I say “continual” because I don’t believe we ever arrive at the end and have it all figured out and cannot love our country anymore. We can always grow in our convictions, our affections, our knowledge, our promotion, and our pride for our country. But we do need patriots to stand up and we do need more of them, as we face the wave of progressive ideology sweeping through our government and our culture. The challenge, as Abraham Lincoln knew even before his presidency, and then during his presidency, means light can shine starkly bright even in what seems to be the ever-present darkness.
Do you believe in the power of one conversation? Every time you have the opportunity to speak with someone about ANYTHING, you have a window to listen, teach, debate in the thoughtful, respectful tone of the definition, engage, shape, and explain your testimony and understanding of any topic. You have a window to create, and perhaps establish, a lasting, powerful vision in someone’s life which they may carry for their next season or for the rest of their life. Your focus in the conversation is a direct reflection of what you believe and who you are. And if the message you share is powerful and respectful, anyone’s mask or any struggle may be defeated for the good. Someone previously believed in socialism? And then they hear what a republic offers contrasted with socialism. Now they have to wrestle with the tension of the two. Someone had no faith. I tell them about my faith in Jesus. I tell them of my optimism. I point them to focus on someone and something other than themselves. And they walk away changed. You see...as individually-oriented as we are in America, and yes, the value of each individual life is extremely important, we are not here to make much of ourselves. We are here on earth SO THAT I can cast a vision for others, I can encourage others, I can pray for others, I can champion and support others, I can hold biblical values high, I can hold family values high, and I can hold American values high. There is incredible power waiting for one conversation. It is there. Will we grasp it? Will we chase it? Will we engage? You have more than one conversation with someone? Now the power is magnified.
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What is the astounding production toward a legacy of patriotism and integrity? Determination in faith. Determination in values. Determination for your principles – and holding fast to those principles with a fierce grip. We may be the rare breed these days – who cling to Judeo-Christian faith and values, who do not change our mind with regard to the foundational truths and positions we hold in direct correlation of those truths…when the storms come. And they will. And they do. Every day. It is those, it is we who by sheer determination, chart a course for our individual and familial lives, who echo the men and women of biblical faith, who echo the founders of the United States, DETERMINED ON A FIXED MARK. Also, the Iowa Governor is a new bright star, promoting freedom for the state of Iowa, that the dark night of the soul is over, and it’s time to live, work, move, breathe, and have prosperity again. Amen. Lastly, the new Sec of State Antony Blinken is doing the slow drift toward the dance floor in meeting with Iran once again, to forge what they either 1) have no idea would be, like the last, a farse agreement, or worse yet, 2) know and therefore are willfully and proactively engaging in an agreement which will put at risk the welfare and safety of the people of the United States.
In the day of constant division and strife, of pandemic and fear, of partisanship and debate, where is the peace? What is the lynchpin to bring unity? It’s not what the Left is preaching. The unifier is simple, although, it can be quite difficult. It’s humility. Pride is a rolling tank of destruction, boring through the pathways of our lives. But it wasn’t meant to be that way. Thank God we know history began a very long time ago, and we can learn from history, and we can learn from the One whom we give thanks to for it: God. God created the family order. God led with humility toward man. And His design for man is humility, husband before wife, and to lead that example for their children. If man would simply humble himself, proactive and passionate unity would begin. And it is POWERFUL. Also, the state of Oregon followed through this week by enacting their bat s crazy law, which any sane person would have thought impossible a decade ago, even 5 years ago, even a year ago: the practical legalization of heroin, cocaine, meth, oxy, and psychedelics – perhaps not legalization, but truly, basically, the same. This will be disastrous for the drug problem in Oregon. And finally, the words of James Madison from Federalist No. 39, show the framing construct for the United States, republicanism or bust, a nation not just a nation, a nation of states and individuals, with governments at proportional levels, but not about the masse, about the liberty of the individual.
Biden is against dictating by Executive orders when a candidate and, obvious to all, for them now in the Oval office. Which dictate will he hand out next? Democrats plot to exact greater control over the people and over the Constitution, usurping it if need be. They feign unity and wanting to work with the Republicans, but now both Biden and the Pelosi/Schumer team have said they “want to…but, they’ll push legislation through if need be.” I guess dictatorships don’t wait for anyone, let alone hundreds of Congressmen, or the Constitution which is enshrined as our national law. But what weight does law hold? It better hold a lot. Because we will cease to be a country if we do not have our Constitution. The stampede of Progressivism is rampant, pressuring employers to cancel Conservatives, BigTech shutting down citizen communication channels to talk with up to millions of people, which they enjoyed the previous decade - tearing its way through our schools, now boys on girls teams, boys in girls locker rooms, …what the hell is going on?!!! The Left feigns unity, but distinctly pushes divisiveness. Yes, there is a small amount on the Republican side of the aisle, depending on the Congressperson, but the heavy weight of divisiveness is with the Democrats in Congress and in the Oval office. Socialism is on the rise. We are all witnesses. But you and I can make a difference every single day for truth and Americanism by speaking our family values, our laws, our Constitution, and simply: truth.
At a flood of 40 Executive orders, Joe Biden has proven to all those still disillusioned, he is absolutely not “lunch bucket Joe” or “blue collar Joe,” he is no moderate, but is instead a radical Executive. Changing laws and longstanding tradition in our free nation, Biden has gone full-bore “pen and phone,” in his attempts to top Obama. And today in his sights, he seeks to make good on his evasive promise before the election - declining to answer when asked if he would pack the Court – as he institutes a 180-day commission to review the Supreme Court. His partner in crime? Schumer. Sure, we can trust a dictator in the Executive office and a dictator in the Senate to work for Constitutional justice in the Supreme Court. Yeah, right. I wouldn’t think either the Executive of the Legislative branch have jurisdiction to do so. But, it’s just a pandering ploy to soften their Marxist agenda to power play and pack the Court. Time will tell. But the writing is on the wall.
Against all measures of prudence and civility, Impeachment continues to the Senate. While the giddy Democrat schoolgirls of Congress plot their darnedest to sink the former President, those who have sense and wisdom, like the non-Republican, Alan Dershowitz, speak life of the Constitution with respect and honor. Truly, impeachment has no reason now as Trump has left office. Removal is the sole reason for impeachment, and if the officeholder is not in office, what is the reason to impeach? Ah…none. But Democrats are so hellbent on destruction they will chase the last vestiges of Constitutionality first near with Trump, then far, across the country. This is truly just the first of what I think will be years of corrupt trials and corrupt, partisan investigations. Senator Leahy assumes he can preside over an impeachment trial, though the Constitution doesn’t make allowance for such, and therefore has no right. Claiming to be unbiased, he is on record earlier this month with heavy partisanship and heavy one-side opinions regarding Trump. How can he sit in the seat to preside?! Finally, Dominion couldn’t help but foolishly bring a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani. They should’ve known better. Discovery will be a deep pain Dominion has now brought on themselves.
As if the Biden-Sanders Manifesto was on its return trip to Earth, the radical policy of a Biden Administration begins. In only 3 days Biden has issued more Executive orders in his first month than the last four presidents in theirs combined. And surprisingly, one is about attacking systemic racism in our culture. Or phantom racism, that is. Also, Biden attacks the sanctity of family values by handing out a mandate for all schools receiving funding – they must permit boys to use girls bathrooms, girls locker rooms, and play on girls teams. How dark is the distortion of darkness. A newcomer to the U.S. House, Rep. Lauren Boebert is making conservative waves as she seems to be a spitfire in the trenches. Let’s hope that continues. We need every strong-willed conservative we can get. And finally, while cloaked in compassion, the Democrats are pushing the party line of “unity,” when they want anything but. Well, they do want unity within their own party (line). And actually, they’ve already had that for years. No Democrats break rank. They wouldn’t dare. But what we can see, by their rhetoric and their actions, it is clear, their agenda is actually…division.
What America needed, and truly the Republicans needed in 2016, was a fighter. Someone who would passionately argue for the rights of Americans, for liberty, for freedom, for family values, for the sanctity of human life. Though not a foundational conservative, Donald Trump was in the trenches battling with the liberals, with the corrupt media, with the deriders, with the detractors, with the Republican party. And he not only survived, but still thrived. Why? Because he is a fighter. And he delivered on so many good things for the sake of our country. Thank you, President Trump. America is thankful. Tonight, I play the full speech of the President in his farewell address and also highlight more of the Trump Administration’s accomplishments, showcasing the lasting impact of his decisions.
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In the heated social tensions of the 1950’s-1960’s, the Reverend King was a voice for peace, standing in the gap for the cause of racial equality, for humanity, for our Declaration, for God’s call to unity. His passion and influence left a prominent mark for the sake of peace in his time, and the same call to unity, is the call for America today. If those who are so filled with hate would simply humble themselves for the sake of unity, we could be united. God established the order and set equality among men, the Founders echoed it, and it is up to every man this day to choose it.
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Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump over, truly, nothing. Not only did it not meet the Constitutional requirement of “treason, bribes, or other high crimes or misdemeanors,” but it was a flagrant and heavily propagandist-like act undertaken by the domineering Pelosi, who runs the House of Representatives as a dictator. The process was not Constitutional. There were no hearings. There was no thoughtful, prudent deliberation, nor investigation, nor patience. This was outrageously partisan, and not only did the Democrats fall in line under Pelosi’s outrageous charge, but grossly, ten so-called Republicans followed suit. I look at each of those ten and read their statements, and then refute them. Also, I look at social media, as this time we hear what Jack Dorsey likely didn’t want us to hear, thanks to Project Veritas. Dorsey confesses, on the recording, this censorship of Trump and 70,000 is just the beginning. Look alive, America. He doesn’t bluff. And finally, one of Trump’s great legacies from his tenure has been his tough stance against one of our enemies: China. China should be held accountable, for their human rights abuses, for hacking our national security information and military information, and for their aggressive expansionism. Their threat to supplant the United States as the world’s foremost superpower means the primary superpower would be a Communist regime who believes in militarizing international boundaries, exacting control over other countries trade, committing atrocities against innocent people groups based on their religion, watching every single movement of every human under their control, and exacting punishment over any country they deem deserving.
Big Tech continues to silence the voices of those they deem unworthy. Is this America? Facebook and Twitter are acting as dictatorial governors, assuming the positional throne to, among the Billion-wide users in the platform they created over the last two decades, determine who actually deserves to have a voice on their platforms. For some, like President Trump, against the continuous onslaught of the corrupted media, Twitter was the last bastion where he could, arguably, communicate to the American people. That was, until Twitter began flagging his posts with a vengeance four months ago, challenging the statements he made. What we slowly had been learning about Twitter over the last few years, then became VIVID, that Twitter was FAR from unbiased, but actually was not only a Far-Left partisan conglomerate, but actually behaves tyrannically, not just ridiculing users they don’t like, but SILENCING THEM. And all this, while the likes of radical Democrats, and the Ayatollah in Iran, and users in China, spread propaganda, hate, or violent threats on their, still active Twitter accounts. Witness the double standard. Despite the Left’s continual far-fetched calls for unity in the country, the Democrat party, the Mass Media, and Big Tech are sowing divisions which absolutely make that impossible.
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I condemn the actions of those who breached the walls of the Capitol on January 6th. Whether it was all Antifa or some Antifa, some have been identified by the media as such – regardless, all acted like Antifa. Patriotic Americans are not anarchists. Patriotic Americans do not commit crimes, be it violence or vandalism. Both were on display in the Capitol footage Wednesday. These people should all be identified and punished to the fullest extent of the law. Conversely, the President and thousands of supporters protested peacefully, as is their, and our, protected right under the First Amendment to our precious Constitution. While outrageously tragic and criminal, the breeching of the Capitol was coupled with another tragedy yesterday – the certification of an invalid election in a handful of states. We know multiple states operated their election in violation of Article II, Section I, Clause II of the U.S. Constitution, by creating rules (or operating outside of the state election code) without regard to the state legislature. The power to determine elections in a state is not up to the governor, nor Secretary of State, nor Courts. The power is exclusively with the state legislatures. This unconstitutional action was 1) affirmatively carried out by the specific states the first week of November during election, 2) wrought of no matter by the U.S. Supreme Court, whose exclusive duty it is to uphold the Constitution (and this was explicitly a Constitutional crisis matter), and now 3) regarded as not objectionable to the majority of the House nor the Senate. This is indeed a very dark day for America, and we are entering a dark winter. If this election was completed outside the rule of law, which we have an abundance of evidence to the affirmative, I ask you, what hope has any American citizen, that any future election will be conducted with integrity? But we are Americans. There is always hope. But by the grace of our good God, there must be a mighty change for that to ever be the case.
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Work is good. And an important means for survival. While liberal governors enact stricter lockdown measures, many are suffering under the weight of the oppressive anvil. The American people simply want to run their businesses and make a living. They’re not looking for special treatment or for handouts. That shiny object is just the liberal tagline. But they don’t care about the people. If they did, they would end the lockdowns – so people can have an income again – oh, and the science supports opening up. Funny that. Special election tomorrow in Georgia for 2 Senate seats. And an important day in Congress on Wednesday when Congress will be the audience for election fraud. We pray and watch. Patriots, as Reagan said, we are only one generation away from losing our freedom, so will you stand in the gap and be courageous for the sake of our Constitution, for freedom of speech, for freedom of religion, for personal responsibility?! This is up to We the People.
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References: archives.gov, theepochtimes.com, washingtonexaminer.com
Tonight, we conclude this week with Part 3 of the events which led to the American Revolution. Starting with Paul Revere, a Son of Liberty, he stepped up when men of passivity watched Britain enact greater control over the colonies. He participated in the Boston Tea Party and regularly carried messages to the colonialists in neighboring states from his post in Boston. After the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts, tensions rose to the Battles of Lexington and Concord. And this, still, over a year before The Declaration of Independence was declared. Finally, a look at the man Thomas Paine, an Englishman, who moved to America during the time of the revolution and wrote pivotal pamphlets, which helped rally the cause of independence from Britain, and made his mark on history. These are just a few of the men and events who carved out a great country, America.
Tonight, we continue with Part 2 of this week’s 3-part series, examining the events which led to the American revolution. It was not sudden. Nor brash. The infringing of personal freedoms upon the American colonists was notched up over and over, spanning a decade. The Americans weren’t running to war. Quite the opposite, they did not want it and sought diligently to prevent such bloodshed. In Boston, emotions started boiling over when the residents saw 4,000 British troops arrive and have a domineering presence throughout the city. The British sought to have a heavy presence so that their officials could enforce the Townshend Acts among other laws. But this did not sit well with the people of Boston. And one night they came face to face. But the Boston Massacre would not be the only time the people of Boston took drastic steps to oppose British occupation and oppression. Also, we dive into a detailed look of one of America’s founders, Benjamin Franklin. Play this one for the family. This is our history.
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It wasn’t an isolated incident. In the decade leading up to 1776, there was a pattern of disrespect from the British crown toward the American colonies. This played out in handfuls of skirmishes and events. Despite the best efforts of the “American” Congress to find common ground with the British king and Parliament, they were continually denied. And this, while their accustomed rights were being stripped by the British empire. This didn’t sit well with the citizens because many had fled political or religious persecution in their journey to America. America was to be a land of hope, freedom, and opportunity. The actions of King George III threatened all three. Though Britain possibly justly sought to recoup her debts of war by taxation, the way she went about it and her attitude toward Americans shifted the scale far to one side, which would bring matters to a tipping point.
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On this eve of Christmas Eve, I review the disastrous Covid 19 Relief Bill attached to the Defense Authorization Act 2021 Bill sent to the President’s desk, which is full of spending outside the walls of our country and outside the military. Go figure, it was written by a select few in Congress, including Pelosi. In a true American government, the spending would be twice as strong on military (considering our current threats from China, Russia, and Iran) and very limited on everything else, and vouchsafe funds to U.S. citizens, critical materials, and critical infrastructure. And, rightly so, President Trump vetoed the bill. In foreign news, the Israeli parliament failed to pass a new budget by their deadline, eliminating the current hierarchical positions, and forcing Israel (after 3 failed in recent years) to go back into elections. On the bright side, rather than 11 more months for Netanyahu, he may be able to win another full term of 4 years. Netanyahu has been a bulwark of freedom for Israel, and a strong ally to the United State and President Trump. Lastly, here at Christmas, I look back at a very rough winter in Valley Forge, when George Washington stayed the course with his troops through desperate times and in that won their respect, and when the Continentals emerged in the summer with greater unity, greater strength, and the fortitude to defeat the British army and win the war for independence. Today, also, the nation is under attack, but this time, by those who would override our Constitution and instead push lawlessness. The time to stand up and speak out for the Constitution and the rule of law is NOW.
The President of the United States today acted on the 1776 Commission on Patriotic Education, by appointing 18 members to the Commission. Educating our young people (and our adult population) with American history is the critical link missing from today’s K-12, colleges, universities, mainstream media, and culture at-large. If we do not know history, we are doomed to repeat its mistakes. If we do not know our history, we will not be forever grateful to all those who went before us, who fought a long and bloody war to win freedom. Our history as Americans is a foundational part of who we are, why we have our system of government and a Constitution, which directly affects our lives here every day. Also, people are leaving California now at such a significant rate it is likely to cost California one of their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives (and therefore an electoral vote). The Supreme Court actually ruled today in favor of an integrous 2020 Census. And, Election Fraud, widespread and pervasive, still being fought in the courts, must be fought in the courts and must be fought in the states and must be fought for on January 6th. Because if this is not rooted out now, the January Senate election, the 2022 election, and the 2024 election will also be marked with fraud. We cannot let those who are pushing lawlessness in our elections and in our country override the Constitution and the rule of law. We are either a country of laws or we are not. And, we are.
The American people are watching. We see and we know. The fallout of a partially fraudulent election means the election results are fraudulent. This is new for America in having to deal with this issue. And it’s not over. If the courts won’t hear the case, Congress can hear the case when they meet in January. If they will choose honesty. If they will choose integrity. On that matter, the Supreme Court seems to be picking and choosing what Constitutional matters they want to entertain. I didn’t know it worked like that. I thought their clear duty was to uphold and defend the Constitution. But they too, still have time to do what is right. So, what happens if either side does not prove integrity by January? I do not know. But we will find out. And I do not think the American people will simply accept the results of a fraudulent election without turning out en masse to protest. I look at the Covid disparities between three states, thanks to an article at The Federalist. And, I read from Federalist Paper No. 69, when Hamilton makes the case to New York for the limited office of the Presidency. If Biden is the one chosen in January, we all will measure his restraint (or lack thereof) by this office title description, in the Federalist Papers, in the Constitution. He has greatly implied that he will pack the Supreme Court with a super majority so that liberal justices far outnumber any others. If he tries to do this, the American people are watching.
Despite all accounts, President Trump’s Administration and the collaborative work of Operation Warp Speedhave together reaped their reward: a vaccine. Today, the first vaccines were administered in the U.S. after the FDA granted Emergency Use approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine. Multiple other companies have vaccines awaiting approval from the FDA as well. Who gets the credit? Correct, the Administration who set it all up and managed it for the last 8 months, President Trump and Vice President Pence. And history will be written about them as such. This is historic. Also, today, Attorney General Barr resigns and with it, writes a very professional and kind letter to the President, which he posted online. Barr served Trump’s Administration well, however, I also think he did nothing at times when he should have done A LOT. The American people want answers and want justice. Who will stand up for the name of justice when a rigged election continues to move forward as though it had any inkling of authenticity? We see. We know. Also, much respect to Trump, who has been able to build a new Border Wall, when everyone doubted a Republican president could or would. Trump has. 443 miles and counting. This too is a great accomplishment. Thank you, Mr. President!
As more cases are brought to the steps of courthouses and dismissed right out of the gate, it does appear Biden will be installed as the next President, despite a multi-state, systematic, fraudulent election (for the first time ever) in the United States. We are witnesses to lawlessness. As mentioned previously, I can see there will be resistance by the American people because 1) laws have been broken, 2) systematic fraud has occurred, and both of those have a direct impact on a federal election for the President of the United States. I do not advocate for any violence. But I do think we may have truly peaceful protests in the streets on a massive scale. The American people are not blind and they aren’t going to follow dictators. Also, I take a look at what the House did last week, co-written by fence-jumper, Matt Gaetz (R-FL), voting to decriminalize marijuana as a federal crime. What a disgrace. Fortunately, there is a good chance McConnell won’t even pick it up in the Senate. And lastly, I share depressing stats on the restaurant industry and how state lockdowns pick and choose which industries they harm and which ones they want to succeed. This is all very political.
79 years ago today, we were attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. We dive into the history of what led Japan to attack the United States that day, we remember the fallen, and we cover the American response to Japan’s attack. It was at that point which America entered WWII, and it was our entrance to the WWII stage, which brought a surge of power to the Allies, leading eventually to the defeat of the totalitarian regimes of Germany, Japan, and Italy at that time. When America is united, we are extremely strong. The patriots are united, but is America? We are facing massive voter fraud on a scale never before seen in our country. States are going rogue in denying investigations, authorities are acting like dictators, and we are watching the rise of communist and socialist ideals right before our very eyes. Some know all too well about these regimes, as they have fled from them in other parts of the world. But it would seem many in America are either too ignorant, disillusioned, or under a spell to not see socialism for what is and to see China’s influence here, now. A few things are becoming clear: the polarizing divide of lawfulness vs lawlessness in our country, that many cases are quickly heading up to the Supreme Court to decide, and that the unrest that was predicted to happen on Nov 4th didn’t abstain, it’s just delayed.
First, we dig deeper into the meaning of The Pledge of Allegiance (part 2). When we pledge allegiance to the United States, we are pledging to fight for the country in war, and pledging support of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. We are pledging allegiance to the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion, to the republic, and to the founding. The President of the United States spoke yesterday from the White House, making his case to the American people, in what is now showing to be a widespread, coordinated assault on our laws and a federal election, by means of fraud. In his own words, he issues the findings of his legal team, by the testimony of 100’s of witnesses and 100’s of sworn affidavits. This should be all that’s necessary to investigate in these states, but will it be investigated with prudence? If not, we leave the door open for every future election to be tainted, and America may never again have an honest election. The time for action on this is NOW! Finally, through a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, we hear the words of DNI Director John Ratcliffe, vowing the China is the single greatest threat to the security of the United States and it must be addressed immediately. Will Congress unite under this threat? Will the Executive office take action?
After years of watching people in America, under the guise of freedom, bring violent language and shameful contempt for our government, our laws, our liberty, and our justice system, I talk about the stark contrast for who America really is, what America is, and the importance of our flag. This allegiance, this flag is a vivid call to adoption in America, of our laws, our liberties, our culture, our value of human life, and the freedom to pursue your own course. You can, in America. This is who we are. We have a wonderful, beautiful land, and system of laws. Not perfect, but beautiful. This is America. Also, I share clips from the Pennsylvania Republican Hearing on the Election from November 25th with startling testimony from two witnesses of the election in PA. And finally, an article sharing the tense situation facing our airlines, and too, those who would take advantage of any pandemic. But, the American people are not victims to power-hungry dictators. We are free people, with voices and rights, and strong in unity. So, we civilly, legally, must speak out. We are America.
After a long-fought battle in the courts, it took the Executive branch to deliver justice in the freedom of Michael Flynn. His honor and respect are restored. And most importantly, he is back with his family and free, on Thanksgiving. Thank you, President Trump. Also, I look into more news in the Election Fraud reporting, again in GA, and a judge who halted the certification in PA. Digging deeper, I review more details of how good ole Perkins Coie and Marc Elias were behind many of the election system changes prior to Election Day, starting much earlier in 2020. Democrats have been playing the long game and they have been adamantly against Trump since the days of Obama. So, what does this mean, if Biden actually takes the office in January? It means, in order to prevent widespread fraud and corruption of American elections and respect toward Presidents in the future, we ought seriously consider treating a Biden administration exactly how they treated a Trump administration. Finally, this wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving is here. I give thanks to those who make our country so great. I look back to how Thanksgiving originated. And give glory to God.
The Seattle City Council voted tonight to pass their annual budget, cutting the police department by 20%, which will have severe repercussions on the safety and protection of the citizens and residents of Seattle city limits. This, as the Council floats the idea of waiving most misdemeanors inside the city limits, which would make lower-level assaults and most thefts no longer “crimes,” if the criminal, oops, I mean, not-a-criminal, says the magic words. Seattle would be the most liberal city in America if they go forward with this reckless, lawless act. Well, perhaps San Francisco is still more liberal. Maybe they would be the same. In other news, the U.S. officially leaves the “Open Skies” treaty. Alan Dershowitz comments on the Trump campaign’s lawsuits in Pennsylvania. And, finally, I recite the prudent words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who puts a wholly different perspective on how to approach a divisive culture. This is not to say we do not civilly fight for our freedom and our Constitution, we do, and we must. But we are also to pursue and cling to humility and love. This is our founding. This is America.
One disastrous fallout of this Election besides fraud, is the radical progressive movement afoot in the still yet-to-be-decided “Battleground” states. Elections are not meant to take days or even weeks. Yet, now, here, in the U.S., we are all witnesses to an election you might find in an undeveloped or corrupt country on earth. This race should have been decided on November 3rd. But there is now very prevalent and pervasive fraud coming to light. And that was a reason too. But even with fraud, it was permitted by someone, some people. How do we prevent this from ever happening again with our elections? It must be investigated and those responsible must be prosecuted and brought to justice NOW! Or we will see this happen again in the special election in Georgia. I call out Raffensperger for the show-boat that he is. He denies the possibility of fraud in his state, but he refuses to look and see. It is he, who failed to lead an authentic and just counting of the ballots, for authenticity, not simply “counting again for basic quantity.” He failed in his position and he should be immediately removed and replaced with one who will wait until all lawsuits are complete, to see evidence, to make a just decision. The authentic votes of all the legal citizens of Georgia are at stake. And now, the fate of the legal citizens of the full United States of America are at stake, in the outcome of Georgia’s electoral votes.
Here in November, facing a new round of more severe “lockdowns” from our so-called governors, the American people are no longer restless, they are angry. As governors act more like dictators, we hold our Founding documents and ponder the right course of action to right the ship. One thing is for certain, though in their eyes “Thanksgiving is cancelled,” in our eyes, it most definitely IS NOT. And Christmas will also be celebrated, just so they know. The American people are free and we live in a representative republic, just so they know. Also, Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg were called back to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon and Senator Cruz asked some very pressing and pointed questions, which Dorsey failed miserably. It appears Tech giants have a superiority-complex. But Americans won’t be bullied. Plus, we can leave their platforms at any time. There are alternatives.
The freedom of the American people has been trampled this year by rogue, Democrat governors in deep blue states. They view the people as objects, not peers. They don’t see the American people as their employer. They have limited regard for the office of their position and its role. But the American people see and hear. We will not go blindly into the night as captives. That is not who we are. Also, I talk about the disastrous Sex Education curriculum passed in Washington state for public school sex education to children of all ages, yes, that’s correct, from high school all the way down to Kindergarten. What does this mean for the next generation? More gender education, more sexuality education, more dissolution for our children. But you have an option. You can pull your children out of the propaganda mill which is ever more so Washington state public schools.
Today is Veterans Day. We owe everything to our nation’s men and women who fought our wars, preserved our independence, and protected us from foreign powers in a long number of major battles. The reason we are still a representative republic is because of them. We honor you today. What is going on in Georgia? Despite the prudent call for a hand recount of the votes, the Governor has chosen to do nothing about Georgia’s weak residency requirement for new voters, which has the potential for widespread fraud heading into the incredibly important 2 U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in the upcoming special election. Will Georgia be held accountable or will it be a runaway election? Finally, the legacy of our American forefathers and veterans now rests with us. The responsibility to steward well means standing up and speaking out for Americanism. No longer can we be silent with our mouths. We must declare freedom and make the case in our generation for individual worth, liberty, and a representative republic.
President Calvin Coolidge spoke eloquently and passionately for faith, equality, and freedom. His words line the course for successful government. Are we following them? From this theological and philosophical opening, we continue with the new action of AG Barr activating the DOJ to investigate charges of election fraud. Also, Kaleigh McEnany holds a press conferences as a private citizen and advisor to the Trump Administration. Her words are echoed by Rudy Giuliani in support of prudence, justice, and the law of our land. Lastly, we look at one state who voted on a law for freedom, and one state which did the opposite.
Tonight, I look at two parts of the country which have not had the best track record for accuracy in elections: Detroit and Pennsylvania. Why does MI and PA as well as 5 other states have issues counting ballots? As the trickle of counting continues, America grows weary of uncertainty and suspicions abound. And now it seems, they abound for good reason. Many reports are coming in that Republican election observers are being barred from access to do their job, in violation of Michigan state law. Also, we look at PA, which has its own issues, with a rogue Secretary of State, who claims one thing, but proves another, as many counties say they never heard her last-minute ruling for every county to change their counting procedures in the 11th hour. And finally, a peaceful and faith-filled look back at our history from 400 years ago this month, which directly helped form the foundation of our Union.
Amidst many news articles and social media posts of impropriety and possible fraud and election misconduct, America waits to see what will happen in the national election. For sure, watching 7 states not yet called or having razor thin margins 48 hours after an election, is an unbalanced occurrence in the United States. I read an article shedding a bright light on the situation, from Daniel Horowitz at The Blaze. As well, the thoughts of a first-time voter and how she, as a Conservative, has been impacted by Trump, and believes he has changed the culture of Conservatism for the better.
Let’s look at the consequences of this election on a practical level. With a series of questions, I make the case for what a Biden-Harris ticket would mean for your daily life, your personal decisions, your employment, and your wallet. I fear most Americans have no idea that the Biden-Harris radical plan to change America will not only damage America but, because of their nonresponse when asked how much this all will cost, will actually cost America 10’s of trillions of dollars in new debt and a radical increase for all Americans in new taxes (for those here who actually pay taxes). The current debt of our country is already at severe levels. Any new exponential increase will upend our relationships with trade countries, banking institutions, and spiral America extremely quickly toward bankruptcy. This is what socialism looks like. It invades every area of a citizen's life. If you don't want this, encourage everyone you can to vote against it!
Facing lawlessness in the streets of America, we reflect on the fact that this is, sadly, nothing new. America has faced this before and we see it again today: the push against our republic, the push against a civilized society, the push against Law and Order. But there is a solution. We harken back to the words of President Abraham Lincoln and President George H.W. Bush, and affirm that rioting needs to be ended now. It must come to an end. Riots are not peaceful protests. There is the right for the people "to peacefully assemble," but rioting is a different matter altogether.
The people's Supercut of the 2nd and Last Presidential Debate. President Trump spars with Biden on what is best for America and how to achieve it. As Biden is busy lying repeatedly with what he has "said" and what he has "never said," the President notes the extensive accomplishments of his Administration and how the press have been severely-biased against him for years, not getting the truth out to the American people. This is a more civilized debate and a more civilized moderator. Despite a few jabs at the President, which I believe were severely biased, she also pressured Biden, which a moderator should do, and for that, she should be respected. This finishes the head-to-head conversation from the two candidates until the election commences on Nov 3rd.
The Trump Administration Accomplishments. President Trump has been a Constitutional President, following the law, supporting Law and Order, and leading from the frontlines for America. He closed the border with China before any expert told him to do so, he has supported Israel, and has defended the people of the United States.
The 1st Presidential Debate Recap Supercut - Hear both candidates tackle the issues without the excessive interruptions you heard in the complete debate, and the questions from a biased moderator, Chris Wallace. Commentary on the positions and persons as America decides who will be President for the next four years.
Long before he was President of the United States, Ronald Reagan charged on the public stage with his compelling speech, A Time for Choosing on October 27, 1964. I begin with an excerpt from this incredible speech to draw a profound contrast between patriotism and socialism, which is shown in the Biden-Sanders "Communist Manifesto." I dig in to their plan to reveal what is in this 110-page long document, outlining tonight how they plan to radically change Healthcare and Immigration to weaken the country.
The first president of the United States, George Washington confidently and humbly led from the beginning with his first Presidential Inaugural address. This is an excerpt. We continue with part 2 of the Biden-Sanders Communist Manifesto addressing their plans to do away with all coal/gas production in the U.S., which would utterly devastate our economy. Also addressed, their plan to change our Education system, because, apparently, that too, is racist. Oh, that's right, everything is racist, which, with that mentality, includes them too. I don't know if they thought of that.
Basically, their plan is to VASTLY expand the size of the federal government and empower it to make 100’s if not 1,000’s of more decisions for the citizenry and residents, including stealing control from local jurisdictions and states by enacting federal mandates. They plan to withhold funds from private industries and employers and jurisdictions who do not fully comply to their overbearing demands. The big thorn for them is racism, oh, and the climate!
Metropolitan governments are kowtowing to the violent mobs in the street demanding to defund police and restrain the just arm of law enforcement. In breaking news, the Attorney General of Kentucky announces grand jury findings in the Breonna Taylor case, and we discover the myth of the “no knock” warrant was just that. Officers did knock and announce themselves prior to entering the apartment. Plus, it was her boyfriend who shot at officers first. Finally, a patriotic governor steps up, Ron DeSantis in Florida takes a decisively proactive approach to law and order in the state of Florida.
President Trump helps facilitate a HISTORIC PEACE DEAL between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain. This opens the door for further peace talks among Middle East nations. At the Capitol, House Republicans, led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, present their Commitment to America platform, on the front steps. And, sadly again, the NFL decides to make everything about race, and less about sports, as Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll chooses to ridicule white people (which would include himself) and praise black people.
19 years ago, it’s been 19 years,
Since we were attacked on American soil,
And our way of life was threatened by terrorism.
The resolve of the American people is strong.
Our hearts are determined.
Our founding was providential.
These aren’t new ideas: for liberty, for freedom, for justice, for independence,
These are God-given rights.
For those of us of faith, of family, and of freedom,
Patriot Day, September 11th, is a very important day in our history.