The GRID: Recent Episodes
Kingdom Patriot Group
THE GRID, the Constitutional frontier where faith, politics and commerce intersect. Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin explore key issues facing Americans today and ways individuals can stand up and take action to protect the freedom and liberty our founding fathers fought for. The GRID, informative, inspirational, and educational.
PART 2
Picking up where we left off on last episode, hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin recap the Cyber Attack warning against the US electrical grid issued by Evangelist, Perry Stone, and continue the discussion by laying out ways folks can prepare for this prophetic season in world history physically, emotionally and spiritually.
In the big picture of the End Times scenario, prophesied more than 2,000 years ago, is a season referred to as the Perilous Times. This is the one segment of the End Times that all those living will participate in. Can we prepare for this segment? If so, how?
This episode could affect your eternity.
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VIDEO LINK
From Part 1, this is the link to the video featuring the cyber-attack warning issued by Perry Stone: I Just Heard About The Next Attack
https://youtu.be/rkaz2VsAzTE?si=Hu2OzXT8ciaiybSV
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
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YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/QAVANTP4-AM
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the Warning of a Cyber Attack against the US electrical grid issued by Evangelist, Perry Stone earlier last week. The purpose is election interference. Our grid is susceptible.
This is one issue, but as we take a step back we see it part of a much bigger picture, and End Times season referred to as the Perilous Times. This is one segment of the End Times that all those living will participate in. Can we prepare for this segment? If so, how?
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Perry Stone video: I Just Heard About The Next Attack
https://youtu.be/rkaz2VsAzTE?si=Hu2OzXT8ciaiybSV
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at thegridusa@yahoo.com
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/UpGAANdV_KE
Hosts Shaun Griffin and Chris Kuhlmann question, whether there could be a legit global conspiracy against home ownership? Is there a hidden investment strategy seeking to buy up homes, often above asking price, and for cash, thereby limiting available houses for sale for single families. Could this strategy be a factor driving housing prices up and forcing families into renting?
Could the free market be used against US citizens?
If this is free market capitalism being used as a weapon, then guess who’s behind it all?
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CREDITS
Hosts: Shaun Griffin and Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at thegridusa@yahoo.com
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/P1F4TaTB8Aw
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss Olympic Fails, from the Opening Ceremony to Women’s Boxing. Shouldn’t the Olympics be about the athletes?
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/a29jQtTOGNA
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Host Chris Kuhlmann briefly discusses the newly installed, presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden dropped out of the race, big donors pulled funding, many big-name democrat leaders pressured Biden to drop out of the race. Suddenly he’s a hero for dropping out. Then he threw his support behind Harris. Many others have too, and going into the Democrat Convention in a few weeks, not one US citizen has voted for her to be the nominee. Has the Harris nomination complied with the elements of democracy they as a party have decried throughout the entire campaign, or is it a coup?
Tough, honest question.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
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https://youtu.be/FrTJiA0EZZc
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the Republican National Convention, the assassination attempt, the bright spots, the message – conservative vs populist(?), JD Vance and last but not least, their opponents – Trump vs Who?
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Host Shaun Griffin presents Trump’s path to the Oval Office from the Spiritual perspective.
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Produced by: Shaun Griffin
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Sound: Shaun Griffin
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Host Chris Kuhlmann discusses Healthcare and Traditional Values with special guest, Luis Rosario, a Licensed Advisor with America First Healthcare.
The two discuss healthcare and issues that can have a significant impact on healthcare and our nation.
America First Healthcare is conservative health and life coverage that supports your values.
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America First Healthcare – book a call with Luis today!
https://americafirsthealthcare.com/luis-rosario
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Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the most recent four SCOTUS rulings…
- January 6
- Idaho Abortion
- Social Media Censorship
- The Chevron Doctrine
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Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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George Soros is back at it again and hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin address his attempts to buy into the 2nd largest US radio network. His group has filed for a fast-track exception with the FCC which would allow them to exceed the 25% ownership stake cap in media on foreign individuals / companies / organizations. This is classic back door election interference.
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Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss and weigh in on numerous headlines from last week and how some of them tie together. The topics include: 8 terrorists arrested with ties to ISIS; the Hunter Biden Laptop is legit(!); Merrick Garland in Contempt of Congress; Biden’s abusive expansion of Title IX: the bump-stock ban: and Hakeem Jeffries labels Justice Samuel Alito as an insurrectionist.
And then there’s the Democrat Cartel…
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONOR: MessengerCreatives, an Etsy Shop. Visit the shop for coffee mugs and tumblers. 30% off select Tees (through June 30, 2024) at:
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https://youtu.be/DwAgCNd6oBs
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss their initial reactions to the verdict handed down to President Donald Trump at the conclusion of most unconstitutional, rigged court case in US history. Their reactions are polar opposite, but their conclusions are similar.
Where do we go from here? This podcast episode concludes with a curious twist.
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This was supposed to be a short episode, but whoops! Due to the nature of the subject matter, it ran a normal time frame. Please leave us a comment and be sure to hit like and subscribe.
We expect to return with regular episodes later in June. In the meantime, we will produce GRID Shorts with comments on the latest headlines or a brief topic to weigh in on.
Please pray for us as we renovate.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONOR: MessengerCreatives, an Etsy Shop. Visit the shop for coffee mugs and tumblers.
https://messengercreatives.etsy.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/7dkORobQva0
Host Chris Kuhlmann examines the conflict between Hamas and Israel with focus on the evil strategies Hamas employs against Israel that the mainstream news media refuses to cover or acknowledge. He also comments on a Fox New report about the possibility that the International Criminal Court could issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials in relationship to the war in Gaza.
Regarding Hamas defense strategy, Benjamin Netanyahu has said on multiple occasions, we use our missiles to defend our citizens. Hamas uses its citizens to defend their missiles.
What should the US stand be? Chris then discusses that admonition from Gen 12, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse. And all peoples on Earth will be blessed through you.” Israel are God’s chosen people. It would be a bad idea to align with Israel’s enemies.
We hope you enjoy these shorts. Please leave us a comment and be sure to hit like and subscribe.
We expect to return with regular episodes the first week of June. In the meantime, we will produce GRID Shorts with comments on the latest headlines or a brief topic to weigh in on.
Please pray for us as we renovate.
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONOR: MessengerCreatives, an Etsy Shop. Visit the shop for coffee mugs and tumblers.
https://messengercreatives.etsy.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
Host Chris Kuhlmann provides a News in Review style GRID Short. We have been away from the mic longer than expected due to life changes and challenges. We expect to return with regular episodes the first week of June. In the meantime, we will produce GRID Shorts with comments on the latest headlines or a brief topic to weigh in on.
Please pray for us as we renovate.
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/9AFmiUEsN9Q
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss a disturbing angle to the border crisis. Is it an invasion? Why are Democrats so bent on keeping the border wide open illegal immigration? We all know they expect most of them to vote democrat if they ever become citizens or decide to vote illegally. But what about the census? If illegal immigrants are counted in the census, but not identified as illegal, that WILL drastically impact how Congressional seats are proportioned to the states.
Notice how Sanctuary cities are NOT asking the president to close the border, they are asking for more MONEY?
Our Call to Action is to call your Congressman and Senators and tell them to include the Citizenship question on the Census!
US Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-2131 (both House of Representatives and the Senate)
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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https://youtu.be/CGw7fHKNQrA
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the wokeness of Wheaton College, the Harvard of Christian higher education in America. This is what can happen when we lose focus of the core message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If Wheaton can fall, how many other institutions can fall, how many churches have already? Though Chris and Shaun dislike using the word “Religion” to describe their individual relationships with Christ, the term fits this scenario. Is your church tainted? Is your faith-walk with Jesus tainted?
There is hope! We can call Wheaton back, we can call them to repentance in prayer, their Call to Action
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/Pn7A7p5tvZ8
Happy New Year!
Chris Kuhlmann is back from vacation and Shaun Griffin joins him for headline discussions because… there is a lot of action in the headlines to kick off the new year. Is someone going after the college protest funders in an attempt to route out anti-Semitism? Harvard University has lost its head. The Biden’s are finally under the microscope. The new Speaker of the House is not afraid to fix the fence in the back yard. Oh, and Epstein’s little black book (redacted) has been released - at least in part.
Corruption is all over the place. Let’s stick to the truth as we take a look behind the headlines.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Happy New Year!
With every new year comes the possibility of New Year’s Resolutions. Are you facing 2024 with DREAD or with HOPE. Our country and culture are facing intense battles that could fill the average citizen with dread. To get through the new year, we’ll need a strong source of hope. Host Chris Kuhlmann examines both and expands upon the source of our HOPE.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Serving Michigan & Indiana
269-428-4464
midwestglass.com
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Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
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https://youtu.be/ua5s4dKAR24
PERILS OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH
Host Shaun Griffin examines the birth of the Savior by exploring three perils surrounding the event of the infant Messiah’s arrival. For those who saw only circumstances, the events appeared one way, but for those who knew the truth, the event was foretold, long awaited, and eagerly received.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Host: Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Serving Michigan & Indiana
269-428-4464
midwestglass.com
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Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin God’s supernatural intervention as they each share 2 personal testimonies. Chris had a heart condition, not a physical one, but one with the potential to hurt and hinder his life in the future. He also shares the heart-gripping story of his first daughter’s birth.
Shaun shares two prophetic encounters, one at Walmart that gave great comfort to his cashier and the other for a gentleman who had witnessed the challenges of war in his youth.
Chris closes with a fascinating dream about… the rapture.
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Serving Michigan & Indiana
269-428-4464
midwestglass.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/nJnRhcrjiGc
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss what or… who is behind division in our relationships, be they work, personal or organizational. How are we handling division when we spot it? The two get personal as they discuss their individual approaches. Healthy or harmful? Light touch or harsh?
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Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: Midwest Glass & Mirror
Serving Michigan & Indiana
269-428-4464
midwestglass.com
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Host Chris Kuhlmann explores the plethora of conspiracies America has faced since JFK. How many of them have proven to be true? How many folks have been skewered for exposing and promoting the truth only to be labeled Conspiracy Theorists in an attempt to discredit them, ridicule and shut them up?
And the most profound event in human history labeled conspiracy? That one has eternal consequences.
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the rising elements of the police state in America against the backdrop of the new Dinesh D’Souza film Police State. The documentary covers law enforcement’s behavior toward conservative speech and those speaking out. From parents at school board meetings to pro-life advocates to everyday citizens posting funny political memes, we are witnessing in your face evidence of the police state targeting political opponents.
The film is worth watching and you can find it at the links below.
What can we do?
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Dineshdsouza.com
Policestatefilm.net
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Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Host Chris Kuhlmann celebrates our 100th episode with the Great Communicator, the quotable Reagan, the Gipper himself, President Ronald R. Reagan.
This episode with make you grin, and maybe even laugh out loud!
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
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Host Chris Kuhlmann is joined by Co-host, Shaun Griffin, for a chat about the US economy and the encouragement we can draw from what Scripture tells us about the times we are living in – the END TIMES.
It’s a lively discussion.
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
Find a job that respects your values
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Host Chris Kuhlmann has recently had some Crow moments and he will eat them both in this edition of the GRID. The first crow related to the First-time World Series Champions Texas Rangers vs the Houston Astros. The second crow relates to Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy and the newly minted Speaker of the House, (the unknown) Mike Johnson.
Chris is totally OK with eating crow… even twice? How can that be?
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CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
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Guest Host Shaun Griffin tackles Halloween from the Biblical angle. It's. The typical October debate year after year, should a Christian celebrate Halloween? What to do when scripture does not directly address an issue by name. Shaun discusses Scriptural Principles and how they bring clarity.
To trick, to treat, or to abstain?
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Down. Down.
CREDITS
Host: Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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SCRIPTURE LIST FOR PRINCIPLES – SHOW NOTES
1 Corinthians 10:21
"You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons."
Ephesians 5:11
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them."
Ephesians 4:27
"And give no opportunity to the devil."
1 Peter 5:8
"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
1 Thessalonians 5:22
"Abstain from every form of evil."
Isaiah 5:20
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
"But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil."
Romans 13:12
"The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light."
James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Ephesians 5:15-16
"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil."
Titus 1:15
"To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled."
John 3:19-20
"And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed."
Luke 10:19-20
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Hamas - the Moral Compass of Terror
Host Chris Kuhlman Tackles little know truths about Hamas, items that should be reported by the mainstream media but are not. The media tries to minimize the conflict in the Middle East with Israel by calling it a territorial dispute, but is it really? How does militant Islam view the world morally? For most of the world there is right and wrong, but for this people group there is permissible and non-permissible. What’s the difference?
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
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POLITICAL CANNIBALISM
What do Political Cannibalism and planks have in common? Host Chris Kuhlman addresses that and more in this episode. Essentially, political cannibalism is the phrase Chris uses to describe the stunt Florida Congressman pulled on Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, when he called to Vacate the Speaker, thus removing him from office. Chris looks at what it took to get McCarthy into the office and what took him down so quickly.
And the plank? There’s a heavy dose of hypocrisy tossed into this big bowl of stupid. Hit PLAY to listen.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
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In this episode host Chris Kuhlman addresses Party Politics over Principle by examining the past, with Richard Nixon, where principle still held its ground, versus present day, where Chris casts his gaze on the likes of the late Diane Feinstein, Bob Menendez, Mitch McConnell, Sam Brinton, John Fetterman, and, of course, Joe Biden. Then Chris takes the issue to the intersection where he looks at the issue from the perspectives of Faith, Politics and Commerce.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: RedBalloon.work
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
SPONSOR: RedBalloon
Find a job that respects your values
Redballoon.work
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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CORRUPTION
The slogan for the GRID is “The intersection of Faith, Politics and Commerce." In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann examines corruption in the news. This week our top news stories include:
- Isabel Vaughan-Spruce – Religious Freedom – praying outside an abortion clinic –
- Riley Gains – Gender Identity – “Biological” Women vs Women
- Lauran Boebert, Republican from Colorado – Hypocrisy
- Senator Bob Menedez, Democrat of New Jersey – Bribery
- Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa – is in possession of 17 Burisma audio recordings. Could it be President Biden may have been blackmailed?
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
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The slogan for the GRID is “The intersection of Faith, Politics and Commerce. In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann examines Biden and the Biden Crime Family. from each of those angles.
Is there hope? Isaiah 40 gives us some insight as our nation slogs through the DC swamp issues that seem determined to bring it down. Let’s stick with Jesus for true and lasting peace
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Welcome to the opening of Season 3 of The GRID! Thank you for listening!
In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann explores Justice in America as he compares and contrasts the mounting evidence against the Biden Crime Family versus the empty, contrived (and often fictional) evidence collected against former President Donald Trump.
Is there hope? Yes, there is hope for America, but it’s not located in politics. Chris shares Psalm 37 a passage that reveals the truth about the earthly and eternal experience concerning the righteous and the wicked. Chris also reminds us that we are not righteous because of what we have done, we are righteous because of what Christ as done for us, those how have chosen to follow HIM.
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ETERNITY
In this episode, host Shaun Griffin steps in for Chris Kuhlmann to present eternity. There are two deaths. The first is for the body and has been the human experience since the Garden of Eden. The second is for those who have rejected salvation. Because humans were created in the image of GOD, humans continue to exist for eternity. That second death, therefore, is NOT the cessation of life, but… eternal punishment… NEVER ENDING punishment.
Where will you be 450 trillion years from now? People who have spoken to you about hell as a subject, did so because they don’t want you to GO there. Ever wonder what Hell is like? Ever thought about what you will be missing for billions of years to come should you spend eternity in Hell?
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Characteristics of Heaven
- You will be known as you are known
- adults will look roughly 18 to 26 years old
- You will have jobs - things you do based on your giftings
- You will have a magnificent place to live that is designed specifically with you in mind, your likes and the things that bring you joy
- Your pets will be there waiting for you
- Heaven is more real and more tangible than the physical world we interact with on a daily basis.
- We are not limited to communicating verbally with our mouths
- We will know folks without being introduced to them
- Adam and Eve
- Noah
- Moses
- King David
- King Saul
- Elijah
- Apostle Paul
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
Characteristics of Hell
The Bible describes hell as a place of torment, darkness, fire, and the most important of all - separation from God. It is the destination for unbelievers, sinners, those who follow Satan, those who have rejected Christ.
It is also known by a few other names:
- Sheol
- Gehenna
- Lake of fire
- Second death
- Unquenchable fire
Hell is a place of unending torment and suffering, where there is NO peace, and NO hope.
Description
- Description – a place of torment with images ofdarkness, gnashing of teeth, fire, and complete separation from God.
- Hell looks - like aplace of torment and agony – it is a conscious torment. It’s a place where sinners will be punished for their sins – for rejecting Christ, the price He paid for your soul to escape punishment (Matthew 13:41,50; Revelation 20:11-15; 21:8).
- Hell - is aplace of torment intended for Satan and his followers (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10). Think of it as a super-max prison for powerful, immortal spiritual beings. We can deduce that since Hell was created for the devil and his followers (1/3 of the angels) and that the lake of fire burns for eternity, then angels and demons are immortal beings – just NOT created in GOD’s image.
Key passages about Hell
- Matthew 13:50 “furnace of fire…weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Mark 9:48 “where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.”
- Revelation 14:10 “he will be tormented with fire and brimstone.”
- Revelation 14:11 “the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever and they have no rest day and night.”
- Revelation 20:14-15 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
Hell is eternal and irreversible.
Key facts about eternity
- Everyone will exist eternally either in heaven or hell (Daniel 12:2,3; Matthew 25:46; John 5:28; Revelation 20:14,15).
- Everyone has only this one life in which to determine their destiny (Hebrews 9:27 and it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment,).
- An individual’s destination, Heaven or hell, is determined by whether or not they choose to believe (puts their trust) in Christ alone to save them.
- John 3:16
- John 3:36 - he who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
The unending experience
- Putrid smell of sulfur
- unbearable heat
- isolation
- complete utter loneliness
- outer darkness
- fear dash terror
- hunger
- thirst
- torment
- the absence of the presence of GOD
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Blessing or Curse - Where is America?
In this episode, hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss Deuteronomy 28 which describes the blessing of God and the curses of God on a covenant nation that turns away from God. They can see America in the Blessings passage but is America experiencing the curses portion of the chapter, or are we on the verge.
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BIG STORIES IN THE NEWS
In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann hits the news to cover some significant issues.
- DeSantis enters the Presidential Race
- SCOTUS rules against Biden Administration for EPA overreach in WOTUS
- SCOTUS rules in favor of Minnesota Grandmother
- 132 Dems vote against bill cracking down on fentanyl
- Biden Administration clearly in cahoots with influential liberal foundations
- Target, now Bud Light 2.0 and loosing stock value quickly – and the surprising people weighing in on the subject
- DHS terrorism program is funding a group whose work has explicitly targeted the American political right – Fox News, CBN and the GOP
- Reparations - Black conservatives warn reparations are a 'scheme' to gain votes: 'Promise the moon' then 'deliver nothing'
- Housing Equity for the Alphabet Mafia - House GOP attempts to undo Biden’s “socialist" mortgage rule
- Surgeon general reports significant social media harm to our youth. Really? Shocking.
Big news was all over the map this week, to listen to our commentary, hit PLAY on this edition – NOW!
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DURHAM, A SILENT COUP?
In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann attempts to simplify the complicated.
- Trump is 100% vindicated of all the crap that the Democrats threw at him
- The Collusion was among the democrats, not between Trump and the Russians
- The bombshell? Obama knew about the dossier BEFORE the lies hit the papers – he was BRIEFED
- NO prosecutions will result from this report
Triumph for Trump, another disappointment for Justice.
Could it be the Durham Report lays the case for a Silent Coup? The democrats took down a sitting president, then took over the nation. They have been dismantling the country and infecting it with lawlessness every week since Biden took office.
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In this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann explains what the S in ESG stands for and why it matters. The S refers to the social aspects of running a business, such as diversity, inclusion, human rights, and community engagement. It also covers how businesses deal with social issues that affect their customers, employees, and stakeholders (not shareholders – the folks financially invested in the business), such as politics, labor rights, and gun control (yes, even gun control!). The S reflects how businesses adapt (by financial incentive or out right coercion) to changing social norms and expectations, which can influence their long-term success. The S is broad and deep.
Without melting your brain, Chris presents a solid overview of the Social in ESG.
In future episodes, we will explore in more detail the various aspects of Socio-economic strategy that aim to dominate the world. A word of caution before we proceed… ESG is laying the groundwork for the future Beast System that is prophesied in the Book of Revelation.
If you are looking for some insight into the deceptions of ESG and DEI, hit PLAY on this edition – NOW!
NEWS IN REVIEW
Epoch Times Documentary – The Shadow State
From our food, fuel, money, even freedom of speech … who is really in control? Kevin Stocklin presents his investigation in this eye-opening documentary about ESG (Environmental Social and Governance), a new global alliance affecting everyone’s way of life. As a business reporter who has written extensively on ESG issues, he uncomplicates the complicated in this Epoch Original. “The Shadow State” reveals the surprising truth behind the driving force of this global alliance, the multi-trillion dollar ESG industry which unites governments and corporations. Watch “The Shadow State” now streaming exclusively for EpochTV subscribers.
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In this edition, host Chris Kuhlmann discusses the meaning and implications of environmentalism. He compares different definitions of the term and how they relate to words like sustainability, impact, resilience, and adaptation. For Chris, stewardship is a better word to describe caring for the earth without going to extremes, which environmentalist have no problem going to. He offers simple examples of environmental policies he considers unreasonable or invasive.
Can you say “Over reach?”
ESG feeds upon man’s desire to do the right thing with regard to the environment and socially, but it’s control veiled as a good will mission.
QUOTES
ESG – the foundation for the Beast System described in Revelation 13: 16-17. “It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.”
Deception is key, which brings me full-circle to environmentalism as a religion, the beating heart of ESG. Deception is key to dull your senses, to make you ambivalent, so you will become annoyed and exhausted at the diatribes and the resistance. So you will just fall in line. That deception is leading us down a very dark path.
TALKING POINTS
- ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, control camouflaged as protecting the earth
- Environmentalism VS Stewardship over the earth
- Environmentalism is one aspect of ESG that focuses on reducing the impact of human activities on the earth and its inhabitants – but does so the point of religious devotion
- Environmental issues (some) seriously conflict with other interests, such as farming and property rights
- Banks impose ESG Scores on borrowers – corporations and nations now, individuals later
- ESG Scoring – what is scored and how it is valued
- Commitment 25%
- Action – 25%
- Reporting – 50% (Condition companies and organizations to report, then switch the 50% to Action or Commitment to Up the Ante)
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In this edition, host Chris Kuhlmann continues his conversation with Nate Martin for insight into crypto currency, digital currency and our current currency, referred to as fiat currency. The two also discuss the affects of inflation.
Mentioned in this episode is Bitcoin advocate Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Action Fund and Satoshi Education
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In this edition, host Chris Kuhlmann speaks with Nate Martin for insight into crypto currency, digital currency and our current currency, referred to as fiat currency. The two also discuss the affects of inflation.
If you are looking for some insight into the currencies without being overwhelmed, hit PLAY on this edition – NOW!
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Residents erupt as Michigan Democrats approve funding for Chinese-backed green energy project: 'I'm angry'
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During the Michigan state Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, lawmakers led by Democratic state Sen. Sarah Anthony, the panel's chair, gave final approval of $175 million in taxpayer funding for Gotion — a subsidiary of the Hefei, China-based Gotion High-Tech — to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Big Rapids. The measure passed in a tight 10-9 vote with every committee Republican and three Democrats voting against it.
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Father to the Fatherless
In this edition, host Chris Kuhlmann analyses fatherlessness in America. It’s epic and tragic, but there is HOPE.
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For this episode, host Chris Kuhlmann addresses a dark season in America, the weaponization of justice against a political target, the indictment of Trump. Manhattan District Attorney Allen Bragg has made the name for himself in recent history as a DA who reduces felonies to misdemeanors. He’s adding to his name this week by turning misdemeanors into felonies. It's a miscarriage of justice, but so far he's getting away with it.
Chris dives into the particulars in this edition and the more he read during his preparation, the angrier he got.
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Host Chris Kuhlmann tackles the global phenomenon of ESG (Environmental, Social Governance), the many tentacled investment methodology that is effectively being implemented globally to build the infrastructure of the prophesied Beast System.
We recognize that many in our audience may not have heard of ESG or even care, but our job on The GRID is to make you aware of strategies being used against believers and citizens to manipulate/coerce them into compliance with ungodly systems and laws that will enslave them, their businesses and their nation. Bible prophesy is unfolding before our eyes, and, while some elements of prophesy will come to pass, that does not mean we are to go along with them, comply or embrace.
ESG is deception. It is running through large corporations like cancer, governments are looking to it as a way to enhance their credit rating internationally.
The GRID will take on ESG in various editions of the podcast throughout the year, but today Chris begins with the origins and definitions.
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Host Chris Kuhlmann says this edition is probably less about news, and more about challenge & encouragement as the discussion focuses on a combination of money, fear, economics, collapse, and uncertainty in the face of the recent collapse or potential/near collapse of numerous banks and the numerous contributing factors.
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann the what’s in the intersection of the Asbury revival, the CDC, the Biden administration, and the World Health Organization. The Biden administration is preparing to commit the United States to a “legally binding” accord with the World Health Organization (WHO) that would give this UN subsidiary the authority to dictate United States’ health policies during a pandemic.
The WHO pandemic treaty is part of a two-track effort, coinciding with an initiative by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to create new global pandemic regulations that would also supersede the laws of member states. The WHA is the rule-making body of the WHO, comprised of representatives from the member states.
The WHO would determine what a pandemic is, dictate types of lockdowns, travel and vaccination status surveillance, and so MUCH more!
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin examine an article written by Justin Haskins covering the work of the 1792 Exchange. They recently published a report titled, the Spotlight Report, which assesses more than 1000 companies based on their policies, practices, and other relevant criteria to determine the likelihood that a particular “company will cancel a contract or client, or boycott, divest or deny services based on the views or beliefs.’ The article is titled: These 51 big businesses target conservatives. Here's what you can do to stop them. Businesses are ranked Low Risk, Medium Risk, and High Risk.
An assessment can be read on each of the 1000 companies examined. Be sure to visit the 1792 Exchange to see for yourself where businesses you trade with rank.
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Banks21 "High Risk" banks as identified by the 1792 Exchange:
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Ally Financial
- Amalgamated Bank
- Bank of America
- Berkshire Bank
- BMO Harris
- Citigroup
- Deutsche Bank
- Eastern Bank
- Fifth Third Bank
- First Republic Bank
- JPMorgan Chase
- Morgan Stanley
- PNC
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Scotiabank
- TD Bank
- Bancorp
- Trillium Asset Management
- Truist
- US Bank
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Wells Fargo
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TransportationFive large transportation companies fall into its "High Risk" category. They tend to engaged in left-wing activism and even promoted partisan legislation.
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Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- United Airlines
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XPO Logistics
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Retail GiantsThe 1792 Exchange labeled 15 large businesses in the "Retailing" industry as "High Risk" companies, including popular brick-and-mortar stores
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Best Buy
- Home Depot
- Kohl’s, Lululemon
- Macy’s
- Madewell
- Target
- Walmart
Online "High Risk"
- Alibaba
- Amazon
- Chewy
- eBay
- Etsy
- Shopify
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Warby Parker
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Food and Beverage Companies10 Large "High Risk"
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Altria
- Ben & Jerry’s
- Cargill
- Coca-Cola
- HelloFresh
- Kellogg’s
- McDonald’s
- PepsiCo
- Starbucks
- JM Smucker Company
Company with the most radical practices by far - Ben & Jerry’s.
- Promoted "Defund the Police" campaigns
- Opposed legislation meant to limit election fraud
- Said the criminal justice system "must be dismantled"
- Openly advocates for pro-abortion policies
Fighting Back TIP OF THE ICEBERG
100 additional "High Risk" companies
- Alphabet (the owners of Google)
- Disney
- Apple
How can conservatives push back against these businesses? Chris and Shaun recommend this first one, Justin Haskins suggests four strong actions each citizen can take.
PRAY
Find scripture that addresses the issue the business is working against and pray the scripture. Believe God to show the owners, leadership and personnel the truth about the issue and abandon it as their cause. Believe God to make a hear you and make a difference.
SHARE DISCRIMINATION INSTANCES
The first step is to share instances of discrimination and reports like the one produced by the 1792 Exchange with like-minded friends and family.
Bank of America and its CEO, Brian Moynihan, (many of the other banks) assigned a "High Risk" score are some of the biggest supporters of ESG (Environmental, Social Governance), a socio-economic strategy promoted by the World Economic Forum we believe will be the foundation for the future Beast System which will control all commerce and individual purchases.
SWITCH
Identify companies offering similar products and services to those offered by businesses practicing this type of discrimination and switch, whenever, wherever possible. When switching products or services, be sure to notify both the business you’re leaving and the new, non-discriminatory business what you’re doing and why the change.
LETTER
NO good alternatives? Send a letter to businesses engaging in discrimination to notify them you’re considering leaving because of their discriminatory practices. Companies don’t often receive letters like these, so they do have an impact.
LAWMAKERS (another letter?)
“Conservative lawmakers need to prioritize policies that reject ESG social credit scores and other systematic attempts meant to coerce companies into embracing leftist causes. The legislation proposed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed legislation in Feb limiting the use of ESG scores in banking – great place to start.“
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Week 4 concludes our journey through Black Conservative History Month. In this edition Chris Kuhlmann closes the month with two more of those who live among us, Black Conservatives we admire. This episode features author, economist, political commentator, frequent TV & radio guest, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Dr. Thomas Sowell, the author of more than 45 books.
We finish strong with US Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, author of more than 700 Supreme Court Opinions, as well as the book, Created Equal. A documentary has been produced based on the book and comes highly recommended by our host, Chris Kuhlmann.
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Welcome to Week 3 of Black Conservative History Month. In this edition Chris Kuhlmann continues with two more of those who live among us, Black Conservatives we admire. This episode features retired professor from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Carol M Swain, and Daily Wire host, Candace Owens.
Dr Swain is the author of the following books:
- Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress
- The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration
- Abduction: How Liberalism Steals Our Children’s Hearts And Minds
- BE THE PEOPLE: A CALL TO RECLAIM AMERICA’S FAITH AND PROMISE
- Countercultural Living: What Jesus Has to Say About Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism
- Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House
She has also appeared on a number of Dinesh D’Sousa’s documentaries.
Candace Owens is a political commentator, activist and author. She is co-founder of the non-profit Blexit Foundation, the author of Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation; she hosts Candace, a podcast of the Daily Wire Network, and the star and producer of The Greatest Lie Ever Sold, a documentary about Black Lives Matter.
These brilliant ladies speak the truth whenever and wherever they go.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
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It’s Week 2 of Black Conservative History Month. In this edition Chris Kuhlmann continues with two more of those who live among us, Black Conservatives we admire. This episode features the world renowned to the not well-known, Secretary Dr. Ben Carson and the founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), Star Parker.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: America First Insurance Group
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
America First Insurance Group
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann, in keeping with February as Black History Month, contributes to the focus, but with a twist. Chris begins a four part series with a on those who live among us, Black Conservatives we admire. This series presents men and women very much alive and making great contributions to the fabric of our nation. In this first episode we present Lt. Col. Allen West and Ambassador Alan Keyes.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Sponsored by: America First Insurance Group
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Listener Feedback – In this edition Chris Kuhlmann addresses how do we make our voice heard; make a difference?
- Know who your local legislators and politicians are
- Know how to get in touch with them (and actually make them listen.)
- Attend town hall meetings
- Attend City Council meetings
- Get to know your local School Board
- Mobilize more people to support your cause
- Join a voting league or political organization
- Register to act on behalf of a political party.
- Attend or organize rallies and events
- Volunteer to work at a polling place
- Volunteer to register voters
- Vote
- Read up on American history and civics
Political education
Education yourself politically. This means reading CNN articles just as much as Fox News or the Daily Wire, subscribe to podcasts. I love listening to Ted Cruz because he’s there in the Senate and I found out way more than I otherwise would, boots on the ground so to speak. Subscribe to a publication or website. In fact, here’s my plug. Subscribe for free to our emails and alerts by going to www.kingdompatriot.us and fill in the prompt for your email. Go to your podcast platform and follow “The GRID,” which is our weekly podcast where we talk about faith and politics.
Lastly, pray. I know this sounds cliche, but pray. Prayer moves the hand of God. Without it, we are just spinning our wheels. Pray where the Lord would have you get involved because you can’t do all of these unless you are in full-time politics, but you can pray for our leaders, pray they would come to know Christ, pray they would repent from supporting wicked policies, pray that God relents judgement on our country for our detestable practices and that he would grant mercy and bring about not only repentance, but also healing and restoration, pray for the peace of our nation.
If you have additional questions or comments feel free to reach out to us at admin@kingdompatriot.us
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
America First Insurance Group
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Life Insurance: 855-229-9557
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For this edition we turn our attention to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos Switzerland, headed by none other than its notorious Chairman, Klaus Schwab. Attendees are the elites of the world, the rich and powerful, mixed with politicians and media. Chris Kuhlmann highlights their unwritten moto: good for thee, but not for me, which plays out vividly by looking at the shear number of private jets used to make the trip to this small location. One flight in particular covered a mere 13 miles. The so-called carbon footprint makes Bigfoot look like a toddler.
Chris explains a key policy they push, Stake Holder Theory, is the foundation of ESG (Environmental Social Governance). Through ESG the WEF is working to control the world through commerce by generating policies that influence and govern commerce using climate and vaccine passports.
And when you have a group like the WEF which is not faith based at all, but rather a bunch cultish, humanistic, environmentalist radicals, you have demonic influence full bore. This organizations has a simple strategy:
- Create the crisis, trumpet the crisis, raise the alarm bells, reach hysterical feverish pitches
- Tell the world the only solution is for them to gain control to save the plant, save the children, save the world
- Gain the money, influence and authority to mandate their proposed solutions
- Enforce their solutions and punish those who push back
In my book, I would say we are somewhere between 3 and 4. Their agenda easily sets the stage for the coming Anti-Christ and the Beast System.
www.weforum.org
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
America First Insurance Group
(833) 594-0004 Main
Life Insurance: 855-229-9557
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Chris Kuhlmann covers significant news headline vying for our attention this week, concluding with reflection on the life and ways of Martin Luther King, Jr., the man honored on this day in America.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Voice Talent: Alivia Kuhlmann, Barbara Kuhlmann, Chris Kuhlmann, Eliza Kuhlmann, and Shaun Griffin
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Tony Lani, CEO of America First Insurance Group, and Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO of RedBalloon, return. Together they join Chris Kuhlmann to give us an outlook on the year 2023. Tony and Andrew give keen insight on the year and practical advise to navigate the months ahead.
The 2023 Outlook, informative, hopeful.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Guests: Tony Lani and Andrew Crapuchettes
- Tony Lani, CEO & Co-founder, America First Insurance Group, “America’s Conservative Insurance Group™”
- Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO of RedBalloon, a Free to Work jobsite for people and employers looking for a work environment free of political drama or forced to conform to a mandate that violates our Constitutional rights.
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
America First Insurance Group
(833) 594-0004 Main
Life Insurance: 855-229-9557
Auto and everything else: 833-777-1231
www.americafirstinsurance.org
America First Insurance Group
Insuring your life. Protecting your liberty.
RedBalloon
www.redballoon.work
Freedom-Aligned Employers
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In this edition Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin are back with Chris Kuhlmann reviewing the news and fall out from the unconstitutional January 6th Committee hearings, summarizing the actions taken against law abiding US Citizens concerned about election integrity.
An unarmed mob of concerned patriots and Trump supporters committed insurrection on January 6 according to the liberal, Democrat narrative. What mob commits insurrection WITHOUT weapons? How strong is a government when 964 unarmed citizens can take over the capitol, and thus the country? Does the Speakers denial of National Guard deployment for security invite hostile actions? Or set the stage for a democrat instigation of a riot?
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann, Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Drawing on historical documents and exclusive interviews, authors tell the inspiring story of Clarence Thomas's rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to Supreme Court Justice. Companion to blockbuster documentary Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, but a fascinating stand alone listen, as well!
The full story behind the wildly successful documentary film, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Dec 6, 2022
LINK
Based on the public court documents, below is a snapshot of the investigation as of the close of business Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Complete versions of most of the public court documents used to compile these statistics are available on the Capitol Breach Investigation Resource Page at https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases.
Arrests made: Approximately 900 defendants have been arrested in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (This includes those charged in both District and Superior Court).
Criminal charges:
- Approximately 283 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including approximately 99 individuals who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.
- Approximately 140police officers were assaulted January 6 at the Capitol, including about 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and about 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department.
- Approximately 11 individuals have been arrested on a series of charges that relate to assaulting a member of the media, or destroying their equipment, on January 6.
- Approximately 821 defendants have been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds. Of those, 91 defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon.
- Approximately 57 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property, and approximately 36 defendants have been charged with theft of government property.
- More than 290 defendants have been charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.
- Approximately 50 defendants have been charged with conspiracy, either: (a) conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding, (b) conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement during a civil disorder, (c) conspiracy to injure an officer, or (d) some combination of the three.
Pleas:
- Approximately 470 individuals have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges, many of whom faced or will face incarceration at sentencing.
- Approximately 115have pleaded guilty to felonies. Another 355 have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.
- A total of 49of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded to federal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers. Approximately 22 additional defendants have pleaded guilty to feloniously obstructing, impeding, or interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder. Of these 71 defendants, 33 have now been sentenced to prison terms of up to 90 months.
- Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.
Trials:
- 33 individuals have been found guilty at contested trials, including 3 who were found guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Another 8 individuals have been convicted following an agreed-upon set of facts. 15 of these 41 defendants were found guilty of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, a felony, including one who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Sentencings:
- Approximately 335 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated and received sentences for their criminal activity on January 6. Approximately 185 have been sentenced to periods of incarceration. Approximately 85 defendants have been sentenced to a period of home detention, including approximately 14 who also were sentenced to a period of incarceration.
Public Assistance:
- Citizens from around the country have provided invaluable assistance in identifying individuals in connection with the January 6 attack. The FBI continues to seek the public’s help in identifying approximately 350 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, including over 250 who assaulted police officers
- Additionally, the FBI currently has 14 videos of suspects wanted for violent assaults on federal officers and one video of two suspects wanted for assaults on members of the media on January 6th and is seeking the public’s help to identify them. For images and video of the attackers, please visit https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/capitol-violence. Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.
In this edition Chris Kuhlmann presents the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, by discussing Biblical Authority vs Constitutional Authority. He then dives into the newly signed law, section by section. The act covers organizations and institutions, but not individuals and for profit companies. Further to that, individuals who feel discriminated against can bring suits against other individuals. Who does the prosecuting? The Department of Justice.
Join Chris for this eye-opening presentation.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann and Clay Carroll chat with Gab Administrator Phil, who administrates the Christian group on the social media platform. This discussion covers how Christians should conduct themselves on line, when they are behaving in a more carnal manner under anonymity, versus how Jesus would conduct Himself when among believers and among the lost. Should we be surprised when a non-believer behaves like a non-believer?
Guest Phil discusses Free Speech, the guidelines of the group his administers on the free speech platform and who it functions. Under what circumstances do we confront, when do we hug? We are to deliver the truth in love, but… what truth? The truth of the observed behavior? Or the Word of God which helps us define the behavior?
Joint us for this engaging conversation.
Contact Info:
https://gab.com/Shooglenifty
Phil’s proton mail:
5h00glen1fty@protonmail.com
Welcome to Gab.com
A social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online. All are welcome.
About Gab.comThis is the Gab Social instance of Gab.com. Political speech protected by the First Amendment is welcome on this instance.
For full terms and conditions of use of this site please see https://gab.com/about/tos.
Open SourceAt Gab, we believe that the future of online publishing is decentralized and open. We believe that users of social networks should be able to control their social media experience on their own terms, rather than the terms set down by Big Tech.
Gab Social is a fresh take on one of the Internet's most popular applications: social networking. Originally forked from the Mastodon project, Gab's codebase is free and open-source, licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL3).
As a result, you, the user, have a choice when using Gab Social: you can either have an account on Gab.com, or, if you don't like what we're doing on Gab.com or simply want to manage your own experience, you can spin up your own Gab Social server that you control, that allows you to communicate with millions of users on their own federated servers from around the world, including users on Gab.
Gab.com strives to be the home of free speech online. We work on Gab Social 100% of the time as our full-time jobs. We positively encourage you to either join us on Gab.com or to spin up your own Gab Social server that you control to help take back control of the Web for the People.
https://code.gab.com/gab/gab-open-source
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann with Clay Carroll
Guest: Gab Administrator Phil
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this edition Shaun Griffin and Chris Kuhlmann chat up the dangers of hypocrisy, its impact on the hypocrite and those around him.
This chat is NOT a rail against the hypocrite, but rather the potentially tragic consequences, both temporary… and eternal for the hypocrite and those who just can’t seem to look past the hypocrisy. Today, it’s yours, mine and ours.
CREDITS
Host: Shaun Griffin with Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Chris Kuhlmann, Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin their their thematic gratitude for the season.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Guest: Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin
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America now has an insurance group with conservative values serving conservatives!
Today Chris Kuhlmann interviews Tony Lani, America First Insurance Group’s CEO and Co-founder, “America’s Conservative Insurance Group.™” Tony describes the circumstances of the launch of First America. But Tony is more than just insurance, he brings a smorgasbord of experience not only to the industry, but to this episode.
If you like The GRID, your going to love Tony!
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Guest: Toni Lani, CEO & Co-founder, America First Insurance Group, “America’s Conservative Insurance Group™”
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
America First Insurance Group
1341 West Mockingbird Lane
Suite 600W - #349
Dallas, TX 75247
(833) 594-0004 Main
Life Insurance: 855-229-9557
Auto and everything else: 833-777-1231
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It’s the week following 2022 Mid-terms and the country is still holding its collective breath regarding the balance of power in Washington DC. Many polls and pundits were expecting a Red Tsunami. But the tsunami seems to have fizzled to a trickle, triggering instead a tsunami of disappointment and anger. In this edition Chris Kuhlmann discusses the journey of his disappointment with Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin who are both back chatting where to go from here.
Their chat includes a prophetic word of encouragement delivered on October 30, live on the Victory Channel’s Flash Point regarding the Lord’s Mid-Turn.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Panel guests: Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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DAY OF RECKONING
It’s the day before the 2022 Mid-terms and the country desperately needs everyone to get to the polls and VOTE. Tomorrow is the Day of Reckoning and it looks like the Democrat party will take the severe beating it desperately deserves for the unbridled progress it’s made destroying the country. In this episode Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin are back with Chris Kuhlmann hosting another panel discussion, chatting up the voting numbers. They review some of the key Senate and Gubernatorial races as reported by pollster, Real Clear Politics, who is ahead and who is curiously behind.
Will there be a Red Wave? It’s time to get out and vote like we’re pig-piling to build up a landslide victory. Let’s make SURE it’s a red wave by getting to the polls and savor the victory of submitting your vote to the ballot box.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Panel guests: Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann hosts a panel discussion with Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin chatting up the duty and responsibility of voting as well as voting the platform when you don’t like the choice of candidate. They also discuss the strategy for voting on election day vs voting Early and Absentee.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Panel guests: Clay Carroll and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann compares and contrasts the Democrat and Republican party platforms to help the undecided voters determine which direction to vote in based on platforms. Why platforms and not the individual candidate? The party will likely hold the individual office holder accountable for sticking to the platform if the individual wants party support, like cash and stump speeches. Chris covers what the two parties support and oppose, and why.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann, Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
In this episode Chris Kuhlmann, Shaun Griffin chat about Tulsi Gabbard and her departure from the Democrat party. If you vote Democrat, could her reasons for leaving reflect your own person thoughts about the party? Should you stay, or should you go? Could she become to the Democrat party what Trump became to the Republican party… the new voice?
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann, Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Midwest Glass & Mirror, Stevensville, MI 49127
Phone: (269) 428-4464
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Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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This week it’s news and commentary! In this episode Chris Kuhlmann, Shaun Griffin and Clay Carroll take on the headlines of the week. Normally Chris takes on the headlines of the week during the News in Review, but there was so much news generated this week that to do it justice we had to devote the whole episode to it.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann, Shaun Griffin
Special Guest: Clay Carroll
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Sand Castles Cottages
www.SandCastlesCottages.com
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann exposes the ten potential secret gun control measures being tucked into the upcoming appropriations bill, known as continuing resolutions, the method be which Congress avoids a government shutdown because they refuse to pass the budget bill. They can sneak all kinds of pork and surprise gems into a resolution like this because no one has time to read it before they have to get to the Capitol and vote on it. It’s tactical and reprehensible.
Chris takes them one by one:
- Massive ATF budget increase to facilitate Biden’s plan to ban pistols.
- Gun Registration Funding
- Gun confiscation funding
- Financial Benefits for Families of deceased ATF agents killed or injured on the job while enforcing gun control.
- Ammunition background check study
- Gun Control Research, unbound by the Dickey Amendment
- Anti-gun Community Violence Interventions
- “Domestic Violence Firearms Lethality Reduction Initiative”
- “Violent Anti-Government Ideology” Research
- Gun Control Earmarks
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Sand Castles Cottages
www.SandCastlesCottages.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
GUEST: Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO of RedBalloon
In this edition Chris Kuhlmann chats with Andrew Crapuchettes, the founder of RedBalloon, a Free to Work jobsite for people and employers looking for a work environment free of political drama or forced to conform to a mandate that violates our Constitutional rights.
The Pledge employers take to join the service is as follows: By signing up for RedBalloon, I pledge to not discriminate against my company's employees' personal beliefs, nor infringe on their constitutional rights, nor invade their medical privacy, nor make vaccination a condition of employment.
Chris and Andrew discuss RedBalloon’s creation and purpose, their podcast, the Courageous Economy, and the new Freedom Academy where they have “partnered with pro-freedom lawyers, business leaders, and HR specialists to create a one-of-a-kind library of resources for your team.”
Want to be a Christian CEO? Check out Freedom Academy. Need HR guidance for running a woke-free workplace? Check out Freedom Academy. Their moto: Let's rebuild the American workplace together.
REDBALLOON
www.redballoon.work
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Guest: Andrew Crapuchettes
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann concludes our special series following the first-time campaign of Dr. Sherry O’Donnell for Michigan’s 5th Congressional District. The purpose of the series is to follow a candidate all the way to the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. With this series we wanted to show what it’s like to run for office, what the candidate stood for, and to inspire our listeners to either run for office, or help someone run.
We began with Episode 18 in Season One, The Physician Candidate – Sherry O’Donnell. That was followed a bit later with Episode 33, Is There a Doctor in the House.
The Michigan Primary was held August 2, and although Dr. O’Donnell garnered almost 30% of the vote, it wasn’t enough to unseat the incumbent.
Dr. O’Donnell shares her story in the interview with Chris and together they discuss some valuable tips for a first-time run for office.
Dr. O’Donnell’s website
https://docsherry4congress.com/
Register to Vote!
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CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Guest: Dr. Sherry O’Donnell
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this edition Chris turns attention turns to the “Anything Goes” abortion amendment to Michigan’s State Constitution, on the ballot in November as Proposal 3. He discusses this amendment with Jenny Cummings, President of the Berrien County Right to Life of Michigan, and Chris Gast, Education Coordinator with the Michigan Right to Life.
Berrien County Right to Life, Michigan
Berriencountyrighttolifemi.org
Email: info.bcrtl@gmail.com
Right to Life of Michigan
Website
Email: info@rtl.org
The "Anything Goes" Abortion Amendment
The Reproductive Freedom for All proposed Michigan constitutional amendment will appear on the November 8th Ballot. Below is the language that will appear on the ballot:
Proposed Michigan Constitutional Amendment: to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility; allow state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health; forbid state discrimination in enforcement of the right; prohibit prosecution of an individual or person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment; and invalidate all state laws that conflict with this amendment.
Do you know what this means? The language is confusing. Below is a list of pro-life laws that will be REPEALED if this amendment passes:
1) The Abortion Ban of 1846
2) The Abortion Ban of 1931
3) The Prohibition against publishing “How to Guides”
4) The Partial-birth Abortion Ban
5) The Parental Consent Law
6) The Informed Consent Law
7) The Coercive Abortion Prevention Act
8) The Abortion Insurance Opt-out Law
9) The Clinic Licensing Law
10) The prohibitions against schools referring for abortions
11) The law prioritizing family planning dollars away from abortion clinics.
This amendment would eliminate nearly every legal protection for the unborn and for women.
Know what you are voting for! VOTE NO on PROPOSAL 3.
The lives of many will be determined by your vote (or non-vote) on November 8th!
To learn more, visit Citizens to Support Michigan Women and Children
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Guests: Jenny Cummings and Chris Gast
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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S2E9 BIDEN’S DEBT BRIBERY
In this edition Chris Kuhlmann conducts a deep dive into Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness and its origin, beginning with the conception of student loans and their expansion over the decades. Constitutionally, only Congress has the power of the purse. Could it be Biden’s Executive Order is Unconstitutional? Many a court challenge could be cuing up.
And wait until Chris starts listing the endowments (based on 2020 figure), many universities are sitting on.
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CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann conducts a deep dive into Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act which will do the exact opposite according to folks on both sides of the political spectrum. This is an astounding spending bill which will enlarge the budget of the IRS six times over, and give them enforcement authority. The Act also adds items to the pollution list for the EPA.
Chris lists each of the titles of the Act, discussing key aspects.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Today Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin celebrate The GRID’s 50th episode.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann examines the ridiculous and corrupt double standard applied to evidence regarding Liberals/Democrats and Conservatives/Republicans with a focus on the FBI raid on Mar-a-lago. He compares and contrasts evidence ignored and fictional evidence that triggers raids and home invasions – the FBI’s treatment of Hilary Clinton vs Donald Trump.
The DOJ and FBI have been weaponized against political opponents. Thus far they have been getting away with it, or so it seems.
Per usual, Chris will examine the Faith, Political and Commercial aspects of the Double Standard.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss how lawlessness is manifesting in American culture and society. There are many areas of society experiencing the manifestation of lawlessness and we focus on five particular subjects that are currently assaulting the fabric of our country, tearing at our institutions across political, commercial, and spiritual lines. Lawlessness has a spiritual root and it has been unleashed across the globe.
As is common, Chris and Shaun discuss this subject from the perspectives of faith, politics, and commerce. Ultimately they expose the spiritual root of bondage and enslavement lawlessness inflects upon those who have embraced any item on this list as part of their lifestyle.
Lawlessness deceives, then enslaves. This is not an exhaustive list, but intense battles are apparent in these five issues.
- Abortion & Choice
- Gender Identity
- Gender Affirming Care
- Words & Silence are Violence
- Critical Race Theory
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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One man is so dangerous to the Establishment (SWAMP) the opposition, and many others, will do whatever it takes to take him out. The man? Donald J. Trump.
In this episode Shaun Griffin discusses the conviction of former Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to President Trump for contempt of Congress, for refusing to appear before the shamtastic Congressional January 6th Committee and for refusing to turn over any documents or communications. It’s a witch hunt and he wasn’t about to give them anything they could twist against Trump.
Tongue in cheek, this episode answers:
- Where is Bannon?
- Who is Bannon?
- Why is Bannon?
The overall goal of the January 6 Committee is to somehow convict Trump of Insurrection in order to prevent him from running for office ever again.
From Federal Law
2383 Rebellion or Insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Insurrection (without weapons?) is such a stretch, but demonstrates just how desperate the left and Democrats are to get rid of him and to prevent him from holding office.
If you don’t like Trump, perhaps should reconsider him based solely on the desperation on full display in Washington DC.
CREDITS
Hosts: Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann with Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the SCOTUS on West Virginia v EPA. The cover the inspiration and formation of the EPA and the unconstitutional authority Congress gave the agency to make law - overreach. The case of West Virginia v EPA is a ruling SCOTUS got right and with the ability to sever the overreach of many agencies operating under the the same legal philosophy. This SCOTUS opinion hit more thaN two birds with one stone.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Promo voiced by: Clay Carroll
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin have a lively chat about Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter and hiccups he run into along the way. They discuss the curiosity of Twitter’s dislike of Musk’s move to buy, then their reverse shift toward being upset if he backs out. Either way, it’s a possible win for free speech.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Promo voiced by: Jessica Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Silence is Violence
SEASON 2!
We kick off Season 2 with a listener feedback chat between Chris Kuhlmann and our good buddy Clay Carroll. The topic? Silence is violence. A listener heard Episode 32, Words are Violence, and gave Chris some valuable feedback. Our episode overlooked the most recent advancement in twisted communications.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Guest: Clay Carroll
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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This is the third in a series on Gun Control and Mass Shootings. In this final episode Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin explore solutions, narrowing their attention to school shootings. In the previous episodes our hosts exposed the political agenda behind Gun Control as the non-solution to Mass Shootings, then turned to explore the root cause, determining it to be the heart and under demonic influence.
In this final episode our hosts take a multi-pronged approach; Shaun proposes a simple spiritual strategy, while Chris proposes a strategic set of practical physical upgrades and personnel additions schools and school boards could implement. Together they propose the partnership of politics, church and commerce to tackle educating leaders, schools, teachers, churches and law enforcement on the characteristics common to the shooter’s profile, characteristics that set him apart from those who are emotionally and spiritually healthy.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this Special Edition, Chris Kuhlmann does a deep dive into the background of the original Roe V Wade decision, the shaky case it was built on, subsequent cases that followed, and the truth about so called Constitutional abortion rights. In plain language the listener will hear the solid opinions Justices Alito and Thomas write in the overturn of this tragic, deadly and divisive decision; one which has left a America deeply scarred.
Be sure to check out this article from The Atlantic: The Roe Baby - previously unknown facets of this story. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/jane-roe-v-wade-baby-norma-mccorvey/620009/
Commerce Perspective - The impact abortion has had on America
(Using Planned Parenthood’s statistics)
Planned Parenthood is estimated to provide at least ⅓ of all annual abortions in the US, making it by far the largest organization performing infanticide.
- First trimester: $750
- Later: $1,500
- Let’s just be conservative here and use the $750 number for all abortions.
- Likely number of abortions since Roe V Wade: north of 65,000,000.
- At only $750 a pop = $48,750,000,000 (banked from abortion procedures)
Tax Dollars - Planned Parenthood gets $600-$700 million per year (to perform ⅓-½ of all US abortions)
65M babies killed since 1973. Equal to exterminating the populations of (26 states, DC and Puerto Rico):
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Leaving 3 million left to kill
LEGALIZED MURDER.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin explore the anatomy of mass shootings, the root. It’s an angle seldom covered in the news media, on Capitol Hill or in the halls of justice. This episode clarifies the problem and sets the stage for the next episode, Solutions, the final episode in this exploratory series on gun violence and gun control in America.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin provide a context for the gun debate as they explore the truth about gun violence in America, the agenda of the left, and gun statistics. Why does the left seek to ban weapons that are used the least to commit murder or mass shootings?
This episode sets the ground work and the stage for the next episode, the Anatomy of Mass Shootings.
GUN STATISTICS
(research from Pew Research and the Gun Violence Archive
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of guns in US – 400M
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of gun deaths in US – 45,000
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1 cause of gun deaths in US– Suicide (54%)
Estimated US population - 330 million
US firearms - Approximately 393 million (about 1.2 guns per person or about 30-40% of households)
According to Pew Research
2020 – (US) 45,222 gun deaths
54% - suicide (not murder)
According to Pew Research, the vast majority of gun incidents are NOT a result of mass shootings.
FBI defines active shooter incidents: “One or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.”
2020: 38 people – excluding the shooters – died in such incidents
The Gun Violence Archive
Mass shootings: incidents in which four or more people are shot, even if no one was killed (again excluding the shooters).
2020: 513 people died in these incidents
Regardless of the definition being used, fatalities in mass shooting incidents in the U.S. account for a small fraction of all gun murders that occur nationwide each year.
2020
Between 38 and 513 people were killed in mass tragedy events like this.
2020 US Murders (involving firearms) – AR15 vs Handguns
AR15 – 3%
Handguns – 59%
Why are the democrats going after the 3% instead of the 59%?
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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EPISODE 4: The BAD Actors (SERIES FINALE)
SPECIAL SERIES – The January 6, Eye Witness Series
The GRID hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin sat down with two January 6 Trump Rally attendees to talk about their experience on the ground both the day of, and the day before this infamous rally dubbed an “insurrection.” This special four-part series will be released on four consecutive days counter to the congressional circus being televised on network television by the media division of the Democrat party, the mainstream media.
THIS EPISODE
This is the fourth and final episode of our series. Shaun concludes his interview with January 6 Trump Rally attendee, Calvert who describes the journey to the Capitol Building, highlighting the bad actors, the corruption of the mainstream media in the crowd, the blackout of cell service and the ban on port-a-potties the DC mayor issued for the event. It is clear by his testimony the "insurrection" aspect of the day were planned, but NOT by Trump supporters. January 6 was a set-up. A significant amount of his testimony has never made the mainstream news let alone the disgraceful January 6 Committee Hearings on Capitol Hill in prime time.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
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EPISODE 3: The Rally
SPECIAL SERIES – The January 6, Eye Witness Testimonies Series
The GRID hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin sat down with two January 6 Trump Rally attendees to talk about their experience on the ground both the day of, and the day before this infamous rally dubbed an “insurrection.” This special four-part series will be released on four consecutive days counter to the congressional circus being televised on network television by the media division of the Democrat party, the mainstream media.
THIS EPISODE
This is episode three of our four-part series. In this installment, host Shaun Griffin interviews January 6 Trump Rally attendee, Calvert. Having attended with his wife, Calvert gives his eye witness account of the rally on January 6. The topic turns the frigid conditions of day, the massive crowd (in excess of 2 million), the peaceful, festive supporters looking for election integrity and to have their voices heard, and the rally itself.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
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EPISODE 2: Prelude - the Events of January 5
SPECIAL SERIES – The January 6, Eye Witness Testimonies Series
The GRID hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin sat down with two January 6 Trump Rally attendees to talk about their experience on the ground both the day of, and the day before this infamous rally dubbed an “insurrection.” This special four-part series will be released on four consecutive days counter to the congressional circus being televised on network television by the media division of the Democrat party, the mainstream media.
THIS EPISODE
This is episode two of our four-part series. In this installment, host Shaun Griffin interviews January 6 Trump Rally attendee, Calvert. Having attended with his wife, Calvert gives his eye witness account of the rally on both January 5 and 6. In this episode he talks about the prayer and worship events of January 5 in preparation for January 6, and his purpose for attending both days.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
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Special Four-part Series
The GRID hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin sat down with two January 6 Trump Rally attendees to talk about their experience on the ground both the day of, and the day before this infamous rally dubbed an “insurrection.” This special four-part series will be released on four consecutive days counter to the congressional circus being televised on network television by the media division of the Democrat party, the mainstream media.
This Episode of The GRID kicks of our four-part series. Host Chris Kuhlmann interviews January 6 Trump Rally attendee, Elliot Jordan. Jordan details his account of the events on both January 5 and 6. Fascinating how his account differs from the mainstream news media’s account. The truth matters, and if you're only listening to the mainstream media, you are not getting the truth.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Kingdom Patriot Group
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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In this edition Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin explore the case against Hillary Clinton’s campaign attorney, Michael Sussman, his acquittal, revelations from the trial that expose Clinton’s lies about the Steel dossier, the corruption of the FBI.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this Special Report host Chris Kuhlmann covers a range of hot topics for the week. 19,000 extra ballots in Arizona, Russians threatening the East Coast, OPEC and Russia, AstraZeneca neurological disorders and the AR15 versus the M16, just to name a few.
CREDITS
Hosts Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Welcome to this first edition of a Kingdom Patriot Mid-week News Review. This likely won’t be a regular update for us, but there are so many items in the news, I’m afraid to cover it all in the next podcast would take up more time than you have available, so I thought I would reach out to you today in case you haven’t been following the news.
Michael Sussman is cleared of lying to the FBI, but we will cover that in more detail in our next podcast.
19,000 Late, Invalid Ballots Were Counted in Arizona 2020 Election a Report finds maybe there is something to Dinesh DeSouza’s documentary, 2000 Mules.
In other political news….
Georgia, why you can’t allow Stacey Abrams to be your governor
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stacey-abrams-governor-foundation-abolish-police
How can you elect what is in effective the chief law enforcement executive in a state where said politician has declared war on the police and openly is trying to at best defund and at worst abolish the police?
On the world stage:
Russians threaten to wipe east and west coast of US with four nuclear missiles
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russia-u-s-nuclear-missiles/2022/05/31/id/1072307/
OPEC considers excluding Russia
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/opec-russian-oil-and-gas-exclusion-ukraine/2022/05/31/id/1072308/
And today the Biden Administration announces even tougher sanctions. Americans love sensationalism and with all the other vitriol and issues in our country, I believe our line of site to the situation in Ukraine has at best been blurred. Don’t forget about this conflict; the temperature is continuing to rise and I don’t see an offramp with this kind of rhetoric.
Astra Zeneca Neurological disorders
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/may/rise-guillain-barre-syndrome-following-astrazeneca-vaccine
SCOTUS blocks Texas anti-censor social media law
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-censorship-scotus-00036146
On the home front and the 2nd amendment, the left has reached a fever pitch
Quick comment on the AR-15. AR stands for “assault rifle” correct? Wrong, it stands for Armalite as in the Armalite company and Eugene Stoner designed this model 15.
Basically designed as the civilian version of the Military M-16…let’s check a couple of differences:
- The M-16 was based on the AR-15, but the primary difference is that an AR-15 is a semi-automatic weapon meaning that for every bullet fired there is a trigger pull. 30 rounds shot, 30 trigger pulls.
With an M-16 fully automatic, 1 trigger pulled rapidly fires 30 rounds.
How fast is the difference? According to one manufacturer, the AR-15 has a maximum effective rate of 45 rounds per minute. An M-16, the true military weapon is 700+ rounds per minute. That’s quite a bit different.
- One thing that is stupid & ridiculous but is essential in the narrative is that the guns to the untrained eye, look identical, so it’s easy to say “assault rifle”
- However, semi-automatic is not something just for the AR-15. My deer rifle caliber, 6.5 Creedmoor, actually can be bought in a semi-automatic with Savage Fire Arms with a 10-round clip. The semi-automatic is a staple of American rifles.
Ok, so at least we cleared this up, and on to Biden and handguns…
Biden suggests 9mm handgun should be banned
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-targeting-9mm-pistols-gop-lawmakers-react
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-false-claim-second-amendment-fact-checks
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-ban-handgun-white-house
Canada
Sweeping Gun Restrictions - many claim we should be just like Canada, but did you know that Canada does not have the individual right to bear arms in their constitution?
"It will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada," the prime minister said.
Canada already has plans to ban 1,500 types of military-style firearms and offer a mandatory buyback program that will begin at the end of the year. It already expanded background checks.
Trudeau has long had plans to enact tougher gun laws but the introduction of the new measure comes after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., this month.
Bill Blair, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, said Canada is very different from the United States.
"In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege not a right," Blair said. "This is a principal that differentiates ourselves from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south. In Canada, guns are only intended to be used for hunting and sport purposes."
US Marine Core goes full Woke
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/01/u-s-marine-corps-goes-woke-celebrates-pride-month-rainbow-bullets/
““We remain committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the values of treating all equally, with dignity and respect,” it added, using the hashtags #PrideMonth and #USMC. The statement is accompanied by an image of a Marine helmet adorned with six bullets, each a different color, comprising a rainbow:”
Our military should not be entering the fray. Our military has one job; protect and defend the United States and to exterminate any threat with extreme prejudice. I don’t want a woke military, I want a deadly military that every other nation on the earth fears. I believe Reagan once said, no country lost a war because their military was too strong. Does this culture commitment from the Marine Core now make us stronger?
California produces report on black reparations
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-report-comprehensive-reparations
Also, Biden administration is set to forgive $5.8 billion in student debt. One caveat, and remember - we report the truth even if it doesn’t support our narrative, in this case, this only applies to the for-profit Corinthian College chain that defrauded thousands of students with empty promises, falsehoods of credit transferability, and falsifying data. It is now defunct, so in this case, I do see a place where government could step in, although I truly believe it should be thru legislation not executive action.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/michael-sussman-not-guilty-verdict
Like it or not, this is why the American Judicial system is the best ever. Everyone knows this guy is guilty, but the rule of law prevails, it may be bad law, but it prevails none the less.
Trump Russia misinformation - Turns out Hillary really was calling the shots
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jim-jordan-sussmann-trial-hillary-clinton
Is there a doctor in the House – the House of Representatives? The mid-term elections are in November and in this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann interviews Michigan’s District 5 Congressional Candidate, Dr. Sherry O’Donnell to hear her current views on inflation, healthcare, immigration and COVID-19.
Dr. O’Donnell has extensive real-world experience as a doctor serving on the front lines of various disasters around the globe, and in New York City dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A gifted teacher, she is an author, entrepreneur, and ordained minister of the Gospel. The best part of Dr. O’Donnell’s run for office? She’s a DC outsider, not a politician.
SPECIAL SERIES – House Call, a Physician’s Journey to Congress
In this second installment of your series, The GRID is following the good doctor’s candidacy through to election day 2022. The series will culminate in a special extended edition of The GRID.
Our purpose? We hope to inspire citizens with solid life experiences to run for office. And no candidate runs alone. We hope to give insight into various roles that need to be filled in a campaign and how you the citizen can make a difference.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Law offices of Joshua Kuhlmann
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https://docsherry4congress.com/
Running for Congress in Michigan’s 5th District
Change in Washington starts by changing the people we send there. I’m not a politician. I’m a local doctor, author, mission leader, educator, and speaker calling Michigan’s Great Southwest home. I’m running for Congress because I care about our communities, our families, and fighting for “We the People.”
The following is a list of questions posed to Dr. O’Donnell during the interview.
1 INFLATION
ECONOMY
The economy is the #1 issue listed on almost any poll you look at it. Inflation is up, interest rates are rising, supply chain issues are a major concern.
As our congresswoman:
- How would your leadership help in our current economic crisis?
- How do you feel about more government regulation or less in regards to the economy?
- Do you agree w/ the Biden administration that a key to battling inflation is to raise taxes on corporations? Explain.
- How would you support small businesses, the backbone of the American economy?
GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP
By any poll measured, Congressional approval ratings are at an historic low. It seems that every day, another scandal, another conflict of interest is exposed. How will your leadership restore confidence in our representatives?
3 HEALTHCARE
The cost of healthcare, specifically healthcare labor is out of control. Hospitals and Health systems are struggling mightily. How would you encourage/support/help to control or even reduce the cost of healthcare?
4 IMMIGRATION
While this issue is most critical for these regions of the US that have a border, this issue is important to all conservatives.
- How would you support controlling immigration in a human way?
- Do you support a border wall?
- Do you support law enforcement in the handling of legal and illegal immigration?
5 COVID-19
- Can you take a minute and discuss your philosophy in how to balance public health, and the freedom from tyranny in regards to COVID and quite frankly any future pandemic?
In this edition of The GRID, hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin explore the strategy of the left to consider words as violence in order to justify a violent response. A citizen says something they disagree with, and they then label the statement as violent speech. This justifies either a violent physical response or a legal response where they demand punishment and legal action for violent statement.
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Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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“It’s time for violence. That and more, today, on the Grid.”
Sometimes I bait our audience with our approach. Today, let’s get started by listening to this clip from Laverne Cox. Laverne Cox was born a male in 1972 and later became a transgender woman, meaning he/she identifies as a female even though born male.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cI-7_Phog
This is clip is 8 years old, but because it’s significance is now gaining significant momentum, I thought it was particularly relevant to today.
Let’s shift to an actual article from bigthink.com I’m going to read several sentences from this article to get your reaction.
Read Article https://bigthink.com/thinking/is-speech-violence/
In 1989, the novelist Salman Rushdie went into hiding. The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had issued a fatwā calling on “all valiant Muslims wherever they may be in the world” to kill the writer without delay, for which the assassin would receive a bounty of $1 million.
Rushdie’s offense was writing a novel. Called the Satanic Verses, the story depicted the prophet Muhammad (and his wives) in ways that incensed parts of the Muslim community and turned the author into the world’s most infamous heretic. As the story circulated through international media, Western intellectuals often offered muddled responses.
Of course it was wrong for Khomeini to call for the murder of a novelist who had merely written a book, most agreed. But few liberal-minded commentators seemed eager to say Rushdie was entirely without fault. The Indian-born writer had, after all, deeply offended the religious beliefs of millions of Muslims, in nations where values like piety and respect for authority had long been deemed more important than free expression….
When speech causes emotional or mental pain, the offended parties are morally entitled to nothing in the form of compensation from or punishment for the offender.
There is, to put it baldly, no right not to be offended. To be sure, that doesn’t mean that deliberately offending people for its own sake is morally acceptable, or that people should be entitled to use speech to incite violence, harass, or threaten. Rather, it means that the impulse to punish people who offend is a regressive urge, one that necessarily chips away at intellectual freedom, even if the punishers do not wield legal authority. Rauch outlined the reasoning:
“If [the offenders] cannot be put in jail, then they should lose their jobs, be subjected to organized campaigns of vilification, be made to apologize, be pressed to recant. If government cannot do the punishing, then private institutions and pressure groups — thought vigilantes, in effect — should do it.”
... In Kindly Inquisitors, Rauch described a problem that every society in human history has faced: How do groups of people best decide who is right? Every person, after all, is fallible, biased, and can only know so much. To answer the question, societies have followed a variety of principles that have helped them reach consensus and produce knowledge…
… Three decades after the Rushdie affair, you do not need to look far for examples of offended people claiming to have been harmed by words. But the only thing new about this phenomenon is the volume. The Roman Catholic Church considered the idea of heliocentricity to be harmful in the 16th century; the same with evolution three centuries later. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Second Red Scare deemed pro-communist writing and speech to be so dangerous to the point of treason…. Whenever speech or ideas are categorized as violence, akin to physical assault, an inevitable conclusion emerges: something must be done…
…“[A]sking people to maintain peaceful dialogue with those who legitimately do not think their lives matter is a violent act,” read one op-ed published in The Daily Californian…
… In her opinion piece, Barrett raised valid points about how speech and ideas can cause damaging stress. But ultimately, the so-called “scientific” policy of categorizing speech as violence yields the same prescription proffered by so many people before her: something must be done.
“[W]e must also halt speech that bullies and torments,” she concluded. “From the perspective of our brain cells, the latter is literally a form of violence…”
… But classifying speech as violence and treating it as such pretends as if the harms caused by words and physical actions are equivalent, despite fundamental differences between the two that even children understand. The classification demands that offenders be punished, leaving people with two options: speak in ways that hurt people with words or in ways that don’t…
…“When we do become offended, as we all will, we must settle for responding with criticism or contempt, and stop short of demanding that the offender be punished or required to make restitution,” Rauch wrote. “If you are unwilling to shoulder that obligation, if you insist on punishing people who say or believe ‘hurtful’ things (as opposed to telling them why they are wrong, or just ignoring them) then you cannot fairly expect to share in the peace, freedom, and problem-solving success that liberal science is uniquely able to provide; indeed, you are putting those very benefits at risk….”
Let’s listen to this video clip from John Stossel.
Play clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metw9-cdf3U
Now we turn our attention to this brief clip from the Lance Walnau Show
Play clip: https://youtu.be/ttOUffbNM0A
So what are we supposed to do? If our very words, even as benign as they seem quote unquote are “violence” what are we supposed to do?
First, I think we can’t define violence the way the progressive, humanist, void of God, left chooses to do so, and for that I think we have to go to scripture:
First, we definitely should be wary of the tongue and it’s power:
James 3: 1-12
There is no doubt that the tongue is powerful and destructive. Is say that because it’s true. But the emphasis in this passage is the tongue is destructive especially when we “praise our Father in Heaven” but curse our brothers and sisters…this really speaks to a hypocrisy, a presentation of being two completely different individuals.
Read Ephesians 4:15
Now the rubber meets the road. In my mind, the purpose of the left is to silence disagreement, silence those who would call out sin, but as Christians, we should silence our own tongues if we are cursing those we disagree with. BUT and this is a huge BUT, taming our tongue does not mean silencing truth - huge distinction.
Chris Kuhlmann discusses facing the storms in life. America is facing considerable challenges in so many arenas that listening to the news could tear you down, raise your blood pressure, trigger depression, or a handful of other less than peaceful responses. How do we navigate the storms of life? There is help, there is encouragement. Chris explores them in this episode.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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SHOW NOTES
The storms are brewing and there is nothing you can do about it; well, almost nothing it would seem. We discuss that and more today on The GRID.
In the news in review, we just talked about the WHO and the IHR and amendments. Biden cannot stop inflation; war in Ukraine continues. Real wages are going down. Schumer has decided infant murder should be legal up to birth, and on and on.
Sometimes I get hives myself each week just recording the news in review. There is so much that brings anxiety. And I’m not even talking about personal challenges and just the normal stresses of life.
Oh yes, my friends, the storms are brewing like a hurricane. Do you ever feel like the world is closing in and everything we hold dear such as faith, friends, family, country, law, democracy? That it’s all going to collapse under the weight of the enemy, with no clear path to survival, let alone the ability to thrive.
I feel like that, that’s why today, we are taking a reprieve from our normal podcast approach that is topic based, and today, we are just going to encourage you, where you are, in your moment, experience your own storms of life. Listen closely and let God’s word minister to you.
Mark 4:35-41
“That day when evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took Him along, just as He was, in the boat. There were also other boats with Him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be Still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to His disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey Him?”
Ladies and gentleman, this is where we dive in today. Let us take a moment and just let this passage sink it.
Do you feel like this? You are just going about a busy day, and you say, “Let’s go to the other side.”? Let us just head home, or something similar. And then out of nowhere a furious squall comes up? It’s external like we see today and godless people doing their very best to follow secular humanism to the spiritual death of our people and our country. Or is it more personal. has a furious squall come out of nowhere because you lost your job; a close friend or family member passed away, or your spouse has gotten sick? Your child has rebelled and is not walking in the security, protection, and blessing of the Lord. Ever feel like those storms of life are a furious squall?
Do you feel like the come all at once, threatening to break over your boat? The waves are scary, you feel swamped, you do not even have the emotional energy to carry on. Surely, it’s just easier to give up and let it all happen right?
There is good news. There is great news. There is fantastic news. Jesus is in the boat with you. And He’s so calm in the midst of your storm, He could literally lie down and sleep. I know, I know. We ask, but if Jesus is in the boat with me - if He truly sees the danger I’m in, if He would just realize I’m about to fold like a cheap blanket, then why doesn’t He rescue me? Why is this happening? Why did my child pass away, oh why is our country going to hell in a handbasket, why is everything coming at once?
In that moment, are you tempted to say “God, don’t you even care?” I know I have, more than once. Jesus, if you are so good, how can you allow such bad things to happen. Why don’t you intervene? I know you can, I know the Almighty, infinite, omnipresent God of the universe can literally do the Thanos snap in His sleep without the infinity stones and accomplish more than we can comprehend, but yet often doesn’t? Why?
You know the disciples ask the same question. Read it again, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” They were attacking Jesus and equating His action (in this case sleeping) as evidence He did not care. If we take this passage literally, Jesus cared so much that He didn’t even rebuke the disciples for questioning His caring nature. His first action was to rebuke the wind and the waves. In fact, He spoke audibly to the waves, “Quiet! Still.”
Those waves of fear that come into your life from watching too much Fox News or God forbid, MSNBC, can be debilitating inducing external hopelessness that becomes an inner prison. Jesus says to those fears and anxiety, “Quite! Be Still.” Jesus doesn’t always change the circumstances we are in, but he will always say to our fears, hurts, anxieties, and worries “Peace Be Still.”
So how did the disciples tap into that? Well, they had Jesus in the boat with them. Is Jesus in your boat? If not, you hitched the wrong ride. If you have any hope to navigate the furious squall of life, you can only do it in the arms of Jesus; you can only do it if Jesus is in your boat.
When Jesus is in your boat, you cry out to him, you hear me. You cry out to him with everything you have. When Jesus says, “Quiet! Be Still!” We notice something very profound. Scripture does not say the wind lessened and the waves became smaller. No, it says the Wind died down and the waves became completely calm. This is another thing we see in Jesus and that is his completeness. You can numb your anxieties and fears with all kinds of things. work, sports, hobbies, TV, movies, social media, alcohol, drugs, and worse. yet they all have the same, dubious quality and that’s this: temporary reprieve. That’s it. But again, when Jesus rebukes the storms, when Jesus covers your fear, hurts, worries, and anxieties, He is complete. He is completeness; He offers the complete calm. Not temporary, not partial, but complete. He is our completeness.
So, what about fear? What about your faith? Without those, Jesus will not cover your fears unless you conquer them and demonstrate great faith, correct? Sorry, that is not correct. It’s our incompleteness that is in stark contrast to Jesus’ complete calm. to Jesus’ overall completeness. Jesus asked the disciples, “Why were you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Despite their shortcomings, despite their lack of faith and trust, Jesus was still their completeness, Jesus still rebuked on their behalf, Jesus still brought “complete calm.”
And who got the Glory? Well, when you see this statement “Who is this that the wind and waves obey Him?” I think it’s clear that God got the glory.
Are you ready to give God the glory for bringing complete calm in your life? Sure, you may have made great efforts because you are an awesome individual, but God will not share his glory with you and I can assure you that your own efforts using whatever elixir of choice you have, will only be that temporary reprieve.
Mask mandates, vaccines, government control, inflation, declining real wages, debt, democracy, roe v wade, WHO, it’s enough to absolutely destroy any hope you might have. At least hope that is grounded in what the world has to offer. But make sure you are in the boat with a sleeping Jesus who can rebuke the furious squall and all the emotions that come with it. He can bring complete calm in your life.
Now, for my final encouragement, let me pray for you:
“Lord, I lift up my fellow believer to you and ask Lord that you would rebuke the wind and waves in their life. Jesus, bring complete calm to all the stresses all the strife all the worries of this world, and we speak “Quiet! Be Still!” in Jesus’ name. Lord, may You lift them up and protect them, Father, and hold them close to You at the foot of the cross. Lord, bring conviction where it’s needed; replace stress with comfort; sadness with joy; fear with courage; anxiety with trust; hopelessness with hope; harm with healing; and brokenness with restoration. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus.”
Thank you, fellow patriots for letting me share my heart today. I hope you were encouraged as you see that Jesus is the key to navigating the storms of life.
On this edition of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann discusses the Supreme Court leak for the possible overturning of Roe V Wade, and with a PG13 rating, he delves into the anatomy of an abortion.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
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OPENING: SCOTUS is the latest US institution under assault. Today on The GRID!
Roe v Wade, Abortion, Women’s rights, murder, choice, women’s healthcare. Today we bring clarity to the unclear. You need to understand what’s really going on, first and foremost. And for the first time, I’m putting a warning label on a podcast, a PG13 rating because we are going to talk about abortion.
I also want to start with a caveat. If you have had an abortion, I’m not here to condemn you so please hear that in my heart. It is wrong, but so are a host of other sins. Abortion is unique in the guilt and shame that it brings to a mother, but there is hope. Christ died for your sins just like he did mine. He bore your shame, my shame, and all sins on the cross, so if you carry that shame, I implore you to go into the loving arms of Jesus that you may receive his grace, mercy, and forgiveness. I wanted you to hear my heart first before we dive in to the topic itself.
So first, let’s talk about what abortion is and is not. Unless you fully understand that, the rest of the conversation is merely academic.
My layman’s definition on abortion is this; it’s man’s sinful intervention to end the process of life. Pure and simple. So let’s take a few moments and actually talk about what “man’s sinful intervention” really means.
There are primarily 2 types of abortion according to Planned Parenthood. The first is the abortion pill and the second is in-clinic abortion.
- In regards to the abortion pill, it’s a use of two different medications, mifepristone and misoprostol. Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid that blocks progesterone. In essence, it cuts off the blood supply & nutrients to the developing embryo or child. In addition, it destroys the embryo’s attachment to the uterine wall. Misoprostol causes the uterus to expel the embryo, in effect inducing early labor. Working together in short, the first bill kills the embryo, and the second flushes it out of the uterus and body for disposal.
- For in-clinic/procedure based abortions, there are a couple of types
- Vacuum Aspiration or sometimes referred to as a “suction abortion”. This occurs up to 14 weeks of pregnancy
- Dilation & Evacuation or D&E, is for pregnancies greater than 12 weeks.
- Your Cervix is dilated, and in addition to vacuum suction, forceps and other medical tools are used. In some cases a shot is given first to stop the fetal heartbeat before the procedure.
- Late term D&X, Dilation & Extraction.
- For the in-clinic procedures, these are the medical descriptions of the procedure…it actually sounds benign, but it’s meant to…the left has successfully framed this conversation into medical terms, thus the reason it’s referred to as “women’s healthcare”…but what really happens in this quote unquote “medical procedure?”
- If it’s in the first 7 weeks of pregnancy, a long-thin tube is inserted into the uterus and a large syringe is attached to the tube and the embryo is literally forcefully “suctioned out.” If between 6-14 weeks, the cervix is stretched open with cervical metal rods which often requires anesthesia. A hard plastic tube is inserted into the uterus, and is connected to a suction machine. This machine pulls the fetus’ body apart and out of the uterus…yes you heard that correctly, it rips apart the baby, and then suctions it out of the woman’s body. In addition, the doctor often uses a long-shaped knife called a curette to scrape the fetus an fetal parts that still remain in the uterus. Again, in the sick reframing of semantics, a doctor will often refer to the baby’s arms and limbs as “products of conception”.
- Now is where this gets real sick. If between 13-24 weeks of pregnancy, the D&E is performed. The baby is too large at this point to be torn apart by suction alone, so the cervix must be opened even wider by numerous thin rods of seaweed 1-2 days before the abortion. Then the doctor pulls out the baby parts w/ forceps and crushes the skull for easy removal. The curette is almost certainly used to scrape out the contents of the uterus, making sure all of the baby is completely gone.
- If over 20 weeks, D&X is used…the prep and the Cervix has to be opened in the same way as in the D&E, but in this case, the doctor uses ultrasound to locate the baby’s legs. Then the doctor grabs the legs with the forceps, and then manually delivers the baby by force up to the head; then the doctor inserts the scissors into the base of the skull to create a hole or opening. A suction catheter is placed in the opening to remove the baby’s brain. The skull then collapses and the baby is completely removed.
Honestly, this is one of the hardest podcasts I’ve had to research because it makes me want to vomit.
That ladies in gentleman is the quote “women’s healthcare” that the ungodly are trying to defend. If you did this to an animal, you would end up in jail for animal cruelty. If you send a spacecraft to Mars and they discover a fossilized microbe, it’s called signs of life…but a baby in the womb, the most vulnerable the most unprotected person in the United States, is not called life….it’s called a woman’s choice.
So what are some of the reasons that babies are aborted? What are the reasons that 63 million American babies have died in the womb since 1973 and Roe v Wade? What other relevant statistics exist?
25% of US Women will have an abortion before the age of 45. Yep, 1 in 4 women.
One of the most common stats you here is that it’s teenage pregnancies for women who have no way to take care of a child. Well that’s interesting since 88% of abortions occur in women who are age 20 or older.
In 2019, Unmarried women accounted for 86% of all abortions and black women were 3.6x more likely to have an abortion than white women…that’s 360% folks. I wonder if BLM is looking at this issue since abortion is clearly an assault on the African American community.
The reasons that people have abortions occur is difficult to calculate since typically there are multiple reasons with any given person…but according to a study in 2004, these are the main reasons:
The purveyors of misinformation are going to become the police of disinformation. On this edition, Shaun Griffin fills in for host Chris Kuhlmann and touches on Elon Musk, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Nina Jankowicz, the appointed Director of the newly formed Disinformation Governance Board, and free speech. We have a hero (deliverer), a RINO, a democrat in disguise, and a potential Ministry of Truth on the national stage There is a thread of censorship running through the events of the past week that threatens free speech. Shaun explores that thread and more.
CREDITS
Host: Shaun Griffin
Written and Produce by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Mercantile Mountain
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On this edition, hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin pick up where they left off last week discussing the Patriot Prophecy, a prophetic message the Lord gave Shaun prior to the 2017 Super Bowl, with the Patriots vs the Falcons in Houston. In this episode the two turn their focus on how believers and patriots should conduct themselves when they know in advance that they win. How do we apply a prophetic word to our actions and the strategies we employ as we fight the culture war in our country
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Midwest Glass and Mirror
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Shaun is sharing this word today with all of you Christians who love our country and grieve over what we’ve become. It can be so discouraging, but today, Shaun is going to share a word of hope. We’ve spent 3 podcasts talking about Christian nationalism and what a divisive and destructive label this can be.
A noteworthy mention which should up the encouragement, this episode was recorded on good Friday – unintentionally.
Previously, Chris read the prophecy word-for-word from the actual Facebook post AND noted the time stamp.
The Prophecy - Super Bowl Patriots vs Falcons (2017)
I don't watch sports or keep up with any. This year it's being played 19.1 miles from my house at the birthplace of the infamous wardrobe malfunction. That being said, there is something on my heart about the outcome of today’s game. The patriots, like the US, have made some bad choices recently, scandalous in description. God has nowhere near finished with US. The Super Bowl will be a metaphor for the condition of our land, a sign. The Falcons will score early and the game will be hard fought. Many times the patriots will be cut off. In the last few minutes something unusual for the Super Bowl will take place and the patriots will narrowly win.
The Super Bowl went into overtime, which had NEVER taken place. The Patriots were down 28 to 3 in the late in the 3rd quarter. No team had EVER come back. It looked bleak. They won in overtime, which was literally the last few minutes of the game. The Patriots won narrowly because the game was tied, which is what triggered the overtime.
There are three elements for delivering a prophetic word/message:
- Hearing the message
- Interpreting
- Application (delivery)
Chris and Shaun discuss the Application aspect and how to implement that into our conduct as citizens.
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On this edition of the grid, hosts Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin discuss the Patriot Prophecy, a prophetic message the Lord gave Shaun prior to the 2017 Super Bowl, with the Patriots vs the Falcons in Houston. The two discuss how the Super Bowl served as a metaphor to the prophecy and serves to encourage American Patriots to hang in there. Though the country is in decline we can come back, knowing in advance that we have the victory.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Midwest Glass and Mirror
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Setting the stage for crazy biblical prophecies, Chris shares the following scripture passages illustrating prophecies in the Old Testament and how they were to be delivered.
Jeremiah 19:10-13
10 “Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the Lord. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.’”
Ezekiel 4:12-13
12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”
Ezekiel 20:3-4
3 Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,[a] 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame.
Shaun would you agree we’ve seen some crazy prophecies in the Bible?
How do we weigh if the prophetic is true or not?
- Does it violate Scripture?
- Does the message glorify God?
- Does it bear witness with the Holy Spirit?
I know you are perfect and correct and never have made a mistake correct?
“No. This is why Scripture tells us to weigh prophecy in the New Testament.”
Shaun is sharing this word today with all of you Christians who love our country and grieve over what we’ve become. It can be so discouraging, but today, Shaun is going to share a word of hope. We’ve spent 3 podcasts talking about Christian nationalism and what a divisive and destructive label this can be. Given that we are recording this on good Friday, again, I want to extend hope.
Chris reads the prophecy word-for-word the actual Facebook post AND the timing.
The Prophecy - Super Bowl Patriots vs Falcons (2017)
I don't watch sports or keep up with any. This year it's being played 19.1 miles from my house at the birthplace of the infamous wardrobe malfunction. That being said, there is something on my heart about the outcome of today’s game. The patriots, like the US, have made some bad choices recently, scandalous in description. God has nowhere near finished with US. The Super Bowl will be a metaphor for the condition of our land, a sign. The Falcons will score early and the game will be hard fought. Many times the patriots will be cut off. In the last few minutes something unusual for the Super Bowl will take place and the patriots will narrowly win.
The Super Bowl went into overtime, which had NEVER taken place. The Patriots were down 28 to 3 in the late in the 3rd quarter. No team had EVER come back. It looked bleak. They won in overtime, which was literally the last few minutes of the game. The Patriots won narrowly because the game was tied, which is what triggered the overtime.
In this edition of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann discusses the Florida HB1557, otherwise fraudulently known as the Don’t Say Gay Bill. Chris walks the audience through the details of this brief bill and proves the bill contains no terms referencing any LGBTQ terminology or like references. The moniker, Don’t Say Gay Bill, is a lie.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Chris Kuhlmann Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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THE BILL (in full)
1
2 An act relating to parental rights in education;
3 amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school
4 boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain
5 provisions of law for notifying a student's parent of
6 specified information; requiring such procedures to
7 reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make
8 decisions regarding the upbringing and control of
9 their children in a specified manner; prohibiting the
10 procedures from prohibiting a parent from accessing
11 certain records; providing construction; prohibiting a
12 school district from adopting procedures or student
13 support forms that prohibit school district personnel
14 from notifying a parent about specified information or
15 that encourage or have the effect of encouraging a
16 student to withhold from a parent such information;
17 prohibiting school district personnel from
18 discouraging or prohibiting parental notification and
19 involvement in critical decisions affecting a
20 student's mental, emotional, or physical well-being;
21 providing construction; prohibiting classroom
22 discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity
23 in certain grade levels or in a specified manner;
24 requiring certain training developed or provided by a
25 school district to adhere to standards established by
26 the Department of Education; requiring school
27 districts to notify parents of healthcare services and
28 provide parents the opportunity to consent or decline
29 such services; providing that a specified parental
30 consent does not wave certain parental rights;
31 requiring school districts to provide parents with
32 certain questionnaires or health screening forms and
33 obtain parental permission before administering such
34 questionnaires and forms; requiring school districts
35 to adopt certain procedures for resolving specified
36 parental concerns; requiring resolution within a
37 specified timeframe; requiring the Commissioner of
38 Education to appoint a special magistrate for
39 unresolved concerns; providing requirements for the
40 special magistrate; requiring the State Board of
41 Education to approve or reject the special
42 magistrate's recommendation within specified
43 timeframe; requiring school districts to bear the
44 costs of the special magistrate; requiring the State
45 Board of Education to adopt rules; providing
46 requirements for such rules; authorizing a parent to
47 bring an action against a school district to obtain a
48 declaratory judgment that a school district procedure
49 or practice violates certain provisions of law;
50 providing for the additional award of injunctive
51 relief, damages, and reasonable attorney fees and
52 court costs to certain parents; requiring school
53 district to adopt policies to notify parents of
54 certain rights; providing construction; requiring the
55 department to review and update, as necessary,
56 specified materials by a certain date; providing an
57 effective date.
58
59 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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61 Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (8) of
62 section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
63 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
64 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
65 powers and perform all duties listed below:
66 (8) STUDENT WELFARE.—
67 (c)1. In accordance with the rights of parents enumerated
68 in ss. 1002.20 and 1014.04, adopt procedures for notifying a
69 student's parent if there is a change in the student's services
70 or monitoring related to the student's mental, emotional, or
71 physical health or well-being and the school's ability to
72 provide a safe and supportive learning environment for the
73 student. The procedures must reinforce the fundamental right of
74 parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control
75 of their children by requiring school district personnel to
76 encourage a student to discuss issues relating to his or her
77 well-being with his or her parent or to facilitate discussion of
78 the issue with the parent. The procedures may not prohibit
79 parents from accessing any of their student's education and
80 health records created, maintained, or used by the school
81 district, as required by s. 1002.22(2).
82 2. A school district may not adopt procedures or student
83 support forms that prohibit school district personnel from
84 notifying a parent about his or her student's mental, emotional,
85 or physical health or well-being, or a change in related
86 services or monitoring, or that encourage or have the effect of
87 encouraging a student to withhold from a parent such
88 information. School district personnel may not discourage or
89 prohibit parental notification of and involvement in critical
90 decisions affecting a student's mental, emotional, or physical
91 health or well-being. This subparagraph does not prohibit a
92 school district from adopting procedures that permit school
93 personnel to withhold such information from a parent if a
94 reasonably prudent person would believe that disclosure would
95 result in abuse, abandonment, or neglect, as those terms are
96 defined in s. 39.01.
97 3. Classroom instruction by school personnel or third
98 parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur
99 in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-
100 appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in
101 accordance with state standards.
102 4. Student support services training developed or provided
103 by a school district to school district personnel must adhere to
104 student services guidelines, standards, and frameworks
105 established by the Department of Education.
106 5. At the beginning of the school year, each school
107 district shall notify parents of each healthcare service offered
108 at their student's school and the option to withhold consent or
109 decline any specific service. Parental consent to a health care
110 service does not waive the parent's right to access his or her
111 student's educational or health records or to be notified about
112 a change in his or her student's services or monitoring as
113 provided by this paragraph.
114 6. Before administering a student well-being questionnaire
115 or health screening form to a student in kindergarten through
116 grade 3, the school district must provide the questionnaire or
117 health screening form to the parent and obtain the permission of
118 the parent.
119 7. Each school district shall adopt procedures for a
120 parent to notify the principal, or his or her designee,
121 regarding concerns under this paragraph at his or her student's
122 school and the process for resolving those concerns within 7
123 calendar days after notification by the parent.
124 a. At a minimum, the procedures must require that within
125 30 days after notification by the parent that the concern
126 remains unresolved, the school district must either resolve the
127 concern or provide a statement of the reasons for not resolving
128 the concern.
129 b. If a concern is not resolved by the school district, a
130 parent may:
131 (I) Request the Commissioner of Education to appoint a
132 special magistrate who is a member of The Florida Bar in good
133 standing and who has at least 5 years' experience in
134 administrative law. The special magistrate shall determine facts
135 relating to the dispute over the school district procedure or
136 practice, consider information provided by the school district,
137 and render a recommended decision for resolution to the State
138 Board of Education within 30 days after receipt of the request
139 by the parent. The State Board of Education must approve or
140 reject the recommended decision at its next regularly scheduled
141 meeting that is more than 7 calendar days and no more than 30
142 days after the date the recommended decision is transmitted. The
143 costs of the special magistrate shall be borne by the school
144 district. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules,
145 including forms, necessary to implement this subparagraph.
146 (II) Bring an action against the school district to obtain
147 a declaratory judgment that the school district procedure or
148 practice violates this paragraph and seek injunctive relief. A
149 court may award damages and shall award reasonable attorney fees
150 and court costs to a parent who receives declaratory or
151 injunctive relief.
152 c. Each school district shall adopt policies to notify
153 parents of the procedures required under this subparagraph.
154 d. Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall be
155 construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies in
156 equity already existing under the common law or general law.
157 Section 2. By June 30, 2023, the Department of Education
158 shall review and update, as necessary, school counseling
159 frameworks and standards; educator practices and professional
160 conduct principles; and any other student services personnel
161 guidelines, standards, or frameworks in accordance with the
162 requirements of this act.
163 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
In this Special Edition we pull together Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin’s three part discussion on Christian Nationalism. They cover audio clips by Wretched Radio and Christians Against Christian Nationalism to give a flavor of how broadly the term is being used in the media.
They then turn their focus to review two articles, the first from Christianity Today and the second from Wikipedia. The focus with these two articles is more on definition and application. The Christianity Today piece addresses the issue pretty well considering how broadly the term is applied and misapplied. Whereas the Wikipedia entry seems to be written by a non-Christian and gives that perspective.
In the last third of the discussion, Chris and Shaun listen to a compressed clip of podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey discussing Christian Nationalism in reference to a book by a well-known Christian author. The clip focuses on Allie’s rich and clear remarks on the subject. The two weigh in on her solid observations and touch base on a scene from the movie, Munich, the Edge of War, which serves to clarify two perspectives at work on the issue of Trump support, a main reason for using the term Christian Nationalism.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Score and Splice, JD Kuhlmann
ScoreandSplice@gmail.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
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PART 1
Segment 1
Wretched Radio Clip
We take a look at how the term Christian Nationalist in being used in the media.
Wretched Radio Clip (transcript)
https://wretched.org/tv/christian-nationalism/
“If you are a Christian and you love your country, oh, you're a Christian nationalist.
This is wretched radio.
These two words that are being bandied about lately sure seem to have been taking on a flavor that doesn't taste very good if you happen to be a Christian. It is a broadly defined term it is everything from the people in the KKK, white supremacists, all the way to… you know it was kind of nice when we said a Pledge of Allegiance and sang America the Beautiful. Congratulations if you are anywhere in that spectrum. You're a Christian nationalist and that means you're dangerous, you're delusional, and you are an enemy of the state.”
Segment 2
Christians against Christian Nationalism - YouTube video produced by ChristiansAgainstChristianNationalism.org.
The group produced this clip by partnering with the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Their message: Join Christians across the country speaking out against #ChristianNationalism, which is a distortion of our faith and a divisive force in our country. They invite viewers to their site to read their statement and add your name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGRhnrFrsdw
Transcript:
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I’m a Christian against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism
PART 2
Christianity Today Article
What is Christian Nationalism? Christianity Today
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/february-web-only/what-is-christian-nationalism.html
For the sake of time, the two hosts read key sections of this lengthy and well-written article and discuss.
The two hosts then read and discuss the very different approach the Wikipedia article takes.
Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_nationalism
Reading and discussion of the following:
Christian nationalism is Christianity-affiliated religious nationalism.[1] Christian nationalists primarily focus on internal politics, such as passing laws that reflect their view of Christianity and its role in political and social life. In countries with a state Church, Christian nationalists, in seeking to preserve the status of a Christian state, uphold an antidisestablishmentarian position.[2][3][4] Christian nationalists have emphasized a recovery of territory in which Christianity formerly flourished, historically to establish a Pan-Christian state out of the countries within Christendom.[5][6]
They actively promote religious (Christian) discourses in various fields of social life, from politics and history, to culture and science; with respect to legislation for example, Christian nationalists advocate blue laws.[7] Christian nationalists have encouraged evangelism, as well as for families to have more children as a means of increasing the Christian population growth (cf. Quiverfull).[8][9] Christian nationalists support the presence of Christian symbols and statuary in the public square, as well as state patronage for the display of religion, such as school prayer and the exhibition of nativity scenes during Christmastide or the Christian Cross on Good Friday.[10][11]
Christian nationalists draw support from the broader Christian right.[12] Christian nationalistic movements often have complex leadership structures, depending on the nature of their relationship with local Church institutions. Some movements are lay oriented, with symbolic clerical participation and indirect support from local Church structures, while others are led or strongly influenced by local clergy. The involvement of clergy in various Christian nationalistic movements since the 19th century has led to the development of particular forms of Christian nationalism which are known as clerical nationalism (otherwise known as clero-nationalism or clerico-nationalism).[13] Christian nationalists have often cooperated across denominational lines, fostering a spirit of ecumenism in order to advance certain objectives.[14]
PART 3
Segment 1 (Audio Clip) Allie Beth Stuckey (35:30 – 39:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZTFCB7e7o
Discussion on Patriotism vs Nationalism
Segment 2 - Munich, the Edge of War
Shaun discusses a scene from the movie where two friends see Hitler from opposite points of view.
It reminds me of a movie that I recently saw, Munich, the Edge of War. Two really good friends friends, a Brit and a German, were in this one scene that really gripped me. The scene suddenly made some of the things in the US regarding Christians who support Trump very very clear. In this scene you could see the perspective of each of the two young men. Each seeing Hitler from their perspective but the opposite of the other. The Brit saw the actions of Hitler, defining what's going on in Europe by his actions. Flip it, the German sees Hitler by his words, by what he is promising, and by the positive way that he's talking about Germany; how Germany can come back and can thrive again. The friends were looking at Hitler from opposite perspectives. One was going to make the nation thrive again and sounded like a good thing. Whereas, on the flip side the Brit sees Hitler’s action and where it would take Europe. Each had a valid perspective, but if the young men didn't see where the other was coming from, they were not going to land on the same page. In fact it separated and destroyed their friendship.
Conclusion: The term Christian Nationalist is used primarily as a slur.
Chris and Shaun continue their discussion (series) on Christian Nationalism. In Part 1 they play subject matter audio clips by Wretched Radio and Christians Against Christian Nationalism to give the listener a taste of how the topic has been addressed in public since January 6, 2021. In Part 2, they reviewed an article from Christianity Today which addresses the issue pretty well considering how broadly the term is applied and misapplied, as well as the Wikipedia entry for the term.
In Part 3, the hosts listen to a compressed clip of podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey discussing Christian Nationalism in reference to a book by a well-known Christian author. Chris and Shaun weigh in on her observations and touch base on a scene from the movie Munich, the Edge of War.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Forever 17
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PART 3
Segment 1 (Audio Clip) Allie Beth Stuckey (35:30 – 39:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZTFCB7e7o
Discussion on Patriotism vs Nationalism
Segment 2 - Munich, the Edge of War
Shaun discusses a scene from the movie where two friends see Hitler from opposite points of view.
It reminds me of a movie that I recently saw, Munich, the Edge of War. Two really good friends friends, a Brit and a German, were in this one scene that really gripped me. The scene suddenly made some of the things in the US regarding Christians who support Trump very very clear. In this scene you could see the perspective of each of the two young men. Each seeing Hitler from their perspective but the opposite of the other. The Brit saw the actions of Hitler, defining what's going on in Europe by his actions. Flip it, the German sees Hitler by his words, by what he is promising, and by the positive way that he's talking about Germany; how Germany can come back and can thrive again. The friends were looking at Hitler from opposite perspectives. One was going to make the nation thrive again and sounded like a good thing. Whereas, on the flip side the Brit sees Hitler’s action and where it would take Europe. Each had a valid perspective, but if the young men didn't see where the other was coming from, they were not going to land on the same page. In fact it separated and destroyed their friendship.
Conclusion: The term Christian Nationalist is used primarily as a slur.
Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin continue their discussion (series) on Christian Nationalism. In Part 1 they played subject matter audio clips by Wretched Radio and Christians Against Christian Nationalism to give the listener a taste of how the topic has been addressed in public since January 6, 2021. In Part 2, they review two articles, the first from Christianity Today which addresses the issue pretty well considering how broadly it is applied and misapplied; the second, the Wikipedia entry for the term.
CREDITS
Hosts: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Phenomenal Christianity
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SHOW NOTES
Christianity Today Article
What is Christian Nationalism? Christianity Today
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/february-web-only/what-is-christian-nationalism.html
For the sake of time, the two hosts read key sections of this lengthy and well-written article and discuss.
The two hosts then read and discuss the very different approach the Wikipedia article takes.
Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_nationalism
Christian nationalism is Christianity-affiliated religious nationalism.[1] Christian nationalists primarily focus on internal politics, such as passing laws that reflect their view of Christianity and its role in political and social life. In countries with a state Church, Christian nationalists, in seeking to preserve the status of a Christian state, uphold an antidisestablishmentarian position.[2][3][4] Christian nationalists have emphasized a recovery of territory in which Christianity formerly flourished, historically to establish a Pan-Christian state out of the countries within Christendom.[5][6]
They actively promote religious (Christian) discourses in various fields of social life, from politics and history, to culture and science; with respect to legislation for example, Christian nationalists advocate blue laws.[7] Christian nationalists have encouraged evangelism, as well as for families to have more children as a means of increasing the Christian population growth (cf. Quiverfull).[8][9] Christian nationalists support the presence of Christian symbols and statuary in the public square, as well as state patronage for the display of religion, such as school prayer and the exhibition of nativity scenes during Christmastide or the Christian Cross on Good Friday.[10][11]
Christian nationalists draw support from the broader Christian right.[12] Christian nationalistic movements often have complex leadership structures, depending on the nature of their relationship with local Church institutions. Some movements are lay oriented, with symbolic clerical participation and indirect support from local Church structures, while others are led or strongly influenced by local clergy. The involvement of clergy in various Christian nationalistic movements since the 19th century has led to the development of particular forms of Christian nationalism which are known as clerical nationalism (otherwise known as clero-nationalism or clerico-nationalism).[13] Christian nationalists have often cooperated across denominational lines, fostering a spirit of ecumenism in order to advance certain objectives.[14]
Chris and Shaun begin a discussion (series) on Christian Nationalism. In Part 1 they play subject matter audio clips by Wretched Radio and Christians Against Christian Nationalism to give the listener a taste of how the topic has been addressed in public since January 6, 2021.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Score and Splice, JD Kuhlmann
ScoreandSplice@gmail.com
Questions? Drop us a line at admin@kingdompatriot.us
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
PART 1
Segment 1
We take a look at how the term Christian Nationalist in being used in the media.
Wretched Radio Clip (transcript)
https://wretched.org/tv/christian-nationalism/
“If you are a Christian and you love your country, oh, you're a Christian nationalist.
This is wretched radio.
These two words that are being bandied about lately sure seem to have been taking on a flavor that doesn't taste very good if you happen to be a Christian. It is a broadly defined term it is everything from the people in the KKK, white supremacists, all the way to… you know it was kind of nice when we said a Pledge of Allegiance and sang America the Beautiful. Congratulations if you are anywhere in that spectrum. You're a Christian nationalist and that means you're dangerous, you're delusional, and you are an enemy of the state.”
Segment 2
Christians against Christian Nationalism - YouTube video produced by ChristiansAgainstChristianNationalism.org.
The group produced this clip by partnering with the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Their message: Join Christians across the country speaking out against #ChristianNationalism, which is a distortion of our faith and a divisive force in our country. They invite viewers to their site to read their statement and add your name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGRhnrFrsdw
Transcript:
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism.
I’m a Christian against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
…against Christian nationalism.
I'm a Christian against Christian nationalism
In this episode Chris Kuhlmann explorers the mind blowing and disturbing possibilities of US funded bio labs located in Ukraine. More and more “What if” scenarios seem to be surfacing around the world. Crazy sounding news pieces are now showing up in conservative media outlets.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Mercantile Mountain
MercantileMountain.com
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SHOW NOTES
What if?
Some of the most powerful words for a free people to ask. What if gasoline was to reach $7 per gallon? Don’t think that can happen? Just go to gasbuddy or any other fuel app and put in Los Angeles, CA. AAA is reporting that the average price per gallon in the US is now $4.32/gallon.
What if annual inflation was 8%? Don’t think that’s possible? According to US inflation calculator, https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/
The 12 months inflation rate from March 2021 to February 2022 was 7.9%. And, the rolling 12 month average is still increasing, Here’s the annualized inflation numbers from August 2021… 5.3%, 5.4%, 6.2%, 6.8%, 7.0%, 7.5%, 7.9%. Just in case you are looking for historical context, that’s the highest since 1982.
What if male transgender athletes were allowed to compete against women? Don’t think that’s possible? Piers Morgan wrote a piece in the The New York Post at the end of January 22 titled “Trans athletes like Lia Thomas are destroying women’s sports in way as unfair as doping cheats – stop this woke insanity now!” Who is Lia Thomas? Lia Thomas was a mediocre performer as a male swimmer, but is demolishing women’s records competing as a female athlete. As crazy as this sounds, the “what if” is reality.
So how about the “What if” of today’s topic. What if the United States had secret bio-labs in Ukraine? That is not possible correct? That is just Russian disinformation, right? Honestly, a close friend of mine sent me several news articles attesting to this very fact and I said to myself “that’s not a legitimate news source…that’s hogwash…that’s nothing more than conspiracy theory.” Then I read it again from several different sources and again, discounted as pure conspiracy fantasy.
Then Tucker Carlson from Fox News picked up the story and that raised my eyebrows. Say what you want about Fox News, they certainly have their issues and are no longer the beacon of conservative reporting where they report and you decide, but they also seem more careful than other outlets to search for the truth of a story before reporting it.
Then, to put the icing on the cake, I heard testimony from Victoria Nuland. Have you ever heard of her? I hadn’t either. She is the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States. I’m not even sure what she does, but she was testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on March 8th. Let’s listen to this exchange between her and Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/03/08/undersecretary_of_state_victoria_nuland_us_working_to_keep_russian_forces_out_of_ukraines_biological_research_facilities.html
Now this statement doesn’t necessarily implicate the US per se, but here’s a quote from the US Embassy in Ukraine in April 2020. “The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine clarified the U.S.-Ukrainian partnership in an effort “to set the record straight regarding disinformation” on what is described as a “strong U.S.-Ukrainian partnership to reduce biological threats.” The statement explained that the U.S. Ukraine partnership is part of the Biological Threat Reduction Program, which “works with the Ukrainian Government to consolidate and secure pathogens and toxins of security concern in Ukrainian government facilities, while allowing for peaceful research and vaccine development.” Ok, that takes this conversation to a whole ‘nother level. What if the US actually is working w/ Ukraine developing bioweapons?
Now the Russians are saying we are working to test Coronavirus pathogens on bats, etc., but honestly, I wouldn’t trust the Russian propaganda machine as far as I could throw them… but this is our own embassy admitting we have a partnership w/ Ukraine.
None of this justifies Putin’s genocide of the Ukrainian people, but it’s definitely an asterisk on a developing story and quite frankly a disturbing trend.
What if the US was giving money to a foreign laboratory that either intentionally or accidentally released a highly contagious and virulent pathogen? Do I have to really explain that? The US gave grant money to the biolab in Wuhan China that became ground zero for what we now know as COVID19. If you have been paying attention at all, you will have by now seen the many exchanges between Anthony Fauci and Senator Rand Paul about the definition of gain of function and that the US did not give money to the Wuhan lab for gain of function research…folks, this is just semantics. We can argue all day long on whether dollars that may have been given were used directly on the Coronavirus pathogen…but that’s not really the story here. That’s like arguing whether or not taxpayer funds are directly funding abortions with planned parent-hood. Yes, the Hyde amendment is supposed to prevent this, but at the end of the day we give funds to Planned Parenthood and they perform abortions. Those are the facts and they are undisputed.
In the New York Post article on 11/04/2021, we read that “A letter from Lawrence Tabak, the National Institutes of Health’s principal deputy director, to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) confirms that the NIH funded research at the WIV during 2018-2019 that manipulated a bat coronavirus called WIV1. Researchers at the institute grafted spike proteins from other coronaviruses onto WIV1 to see if the modified virus was capable of binding in a mouse that possessed the ACE2 receptors found in humans — the same receptor to which SARS-CoV-2 binds. The modified virus reproduced more rapidly and made infected humanized mice sicker than the unmodified virus. Starting in 2014, the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, funded the New York-based research nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance with annual grants through 2020 for “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.”
Again, folks, we can argue all day long if the actual funds coming from the US were directly used to produce the COVID19 pathogen. But at the end of the day, just like Planned Parenthood, we provided funds to the Wuhan lab and COVID19 came from the same lab. Those are the facts and they are undisputed.
So what if the United States is funding biolabs all over the world? Before COVID19, you probably would react like I would to that statement preposterous. There’s no way we would give funding to other countries to develop dangerous pathogens or we wouldn’t put our own bio-labs in other countries without guaranteeing their security. Yet, it’s very possible that is exactly what we have done and are doing?
This story is so new, I’m not even sure where to go with it. But I know I have a ton of questions?
- How many biolabs do we have?
- Where are they located around the world?
- Do we own and/or operate biolabs globally? If so, why do we do this outside of country? Are there laws that our government skirts around by doing it this way?
- What kind of research is being done?
- Who has access to the research?
- Who funds the research? Is it the NIH, is it the defense department? What is the true amount of funds devoted to this?
- Why do we fund labs in places that are clearly considered hostile governments or even our enemies (aka China)? This makes no sense to me at all.
- Who knows about these labs and who gets briefed on them? Are the executive and legislative branches equally involved?
These are questions that I think the American People deserve an answer too.
When “What if” becomes “Yes, it’s true” and it was done in secrecy, I think we have a ton to be concerned about. Write your congressman today and demand full transparency to all biolab programs funded by the US government outside our country.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann and new co-host, Shaun Griffin, pick up where they left off examining how they each arrived at their vote for Trump, Chris by wisdom looking at the candidate’s party platform, and Shaun by a set of prophecies, one of which featured a detail which had already come to pass. In Part 2, Shaun will focus on a prophesies released by Mark Taylor and Lance Wallnau. Wallnau’s prophetic message sprouts from Isaiah 45. Chris and Shaun describe the fascinating parallels of Trump and the ancient King Cyrus of Isaiah 45 – both builders of a wall.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann & Shaun Griffin
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: F&M Painting Co. of Lancaster, PA
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NOTES: Part II, Why I Voted for Trump
Today, my cohost and I, Shaun Griffin, pickup our conversation in this second part of our series on why we voted for Trump. Welcome back Shaun
Chris recaps the path to his vote for Trump
Voting for Trump actually was quite easy because of his opponent, Hillary Clinton. It’s unlikely that you will find a more corrupt family than the Clintons. Death, destruction, thievery, money laundering, and felonies follow them everywhere, some if infamous internet folklore; some is very real. How could I vote for her? I ask that because on a personal level, the decision was easy, but even if I loved Hillary Clinton, I would never vote for her. Why? Because you are never voting for and electing a candidate, you are voting for and electing a platform, ideas, principles, and philosophies. I know many will disagree with me here and I hate the mantra “you are a trump lover” because you voted for Trump.
Personally, let me tell you what I think about Trump. He’s bombastic, arrogant, thin-skinned, childish at times, not often well-spoken, might be corrupt, and for goodness sakes, addicted to Twitter which likely means he cares way too much what others are saying about him. He appears to always be looking for a fight. None of these characteristics and noble in my opinion. However, despite all of this, he does have some good qualities. Like few Presidents I’ve seen, he gets things done; he is a doer thru and thru. The art of the deal as he likes to say.
However, none of that matters…his few good qualities and a plethora of flaws. Why? Because I didn’t elect Donald Trump, I elected a platform, I elected ideas, principles, and philosophies. Honestly, I’m not sure he even shares the same principles as the Republican party, but when he ran on them, the followed them both on the campaign trail and after in office. The platform is a platform of limited government (he didn’t do this very well), reducing regulation, but more importantly he supported the freedom to worship even if it was counter culture to the radical agendas of the culture movement and supported limiting abortion which would save lives. The Republicans are equally as flawed as democrats, when you define mankind as a bunch of sinners needing a savior, but when you look at the philosophies and the principles of each party, really the biblical choice is clear. I never voted for Trump, I voted for the platform he espoused, regardless of the individual character flaws.
Shaun recaps his path
Preferred CRUZ – Announcement speech – ½ through, I was ready to support. The field of candidates grew to about 16. I liked half, and the other half needed to go home.
LIKES: Carson, Christie, Cruz, Fiorina, Huckabee, Paul, Rubio, Trump
Then I heard and read the following prophesy, published in Charisma Magazine.
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
Aug 10, 2015
“Trump shall become My trumpet to the American people, for he possesses qualities that are even hard to find in My people these days. Trump does not fear man nor will he allow deception and lies to go unnoticed. I am going to use him to expose darkness and perversion in America like never before, but you must understand that he is like a bull in a china closet. Many will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of peace and tranquility, but you must listen through the bantering to discover the truth that I will speak through him. I will use the wealth that I have given him to expose and launch investigations searching for the truth. Just as I raised up Cyrus to fulfill My purposes and plans, so have I raised up Trump to fulfill my purposes and plans prior to the 2016 election. You must listen to the trumpet very closely for he will sound the alarm and many will be blessed because of his compassion and mercy. Though many see the outward pride and arrogance, I have given him the tender heart of a father that wants to lend a helping hand to the poor and the needy, to the foreigner and the stranger.
The key that nailed by support to the ground was the statement, “Many will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of peace and tranquility…” which had already come to pass when I heard it.
So today let’s dive into the conversation.
MARK TAYLOR
April 28, 2011 - While listening to a television interview with American businessman Donald Trump, he heard God say, "you're hearing the voice of a president," and that a stronger relationship between the United States and Israel will occur in the future.
LANCE WALLNAU
“I heard the Lord say: ‘Donald Trump is a wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness,’” Wallnau wrote in an Oct. 5 Charisma News article titled “Why I Believe Donald Trump Is the Prophesied President.”
(Posted in Charisma Magazine)
I was updating some random social-media activity when I ran across a simple PowerPoint showing Trump seated in the Oval Office with the words "Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States." The image made a peculiar impression on my mind. I was dazed. Literally no one was thinking this would be a possibility, but I was sensing this was more than some random Facebook meme. It was a prophetic picture. It struck me the same way the "wrecking ball" word did.
I heard the Spirit impress upon my mind, "Read Isaiah 45." To be honest, I didn't recall what the chapter was about. I opened a Bible and began to read, "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus whom I've anointed."
Cyrus? I thought. Who is he in relation to all this? I recalled that he was a heathen king who was indispensable to the protection of the Jews, but I was, frankly, confused as to what God was saying.
With 16 candidates running, many of whom are evangelicals, why would God talk about Cyrus? I quickly looked up the number of the next president. I confirmed that Barack Obama is number 44. The next president will indeed be number 45. I kept reading Isaiah 45.
Nearly 150 years before Cyrus' birth, God declared through the prophet Isaiah that a foreign man, a non-Jew named Cyrus, would be the anointed shepherd of his people and rebuild Jerusalem, beginning in the first phase with the house of the Lord. Regarding Cyrus, Isaiah the prophet spoke as follows:
"Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have held—to subdue nations before him and to loosen the loins of kings, to open doors before him so that the gates will not be shut: I will go before you and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and shatter the bars of iron" (Is. 45:1-2).
Cyrus wasn't a Jew and he wasn't from the line of David, but God elevated this foreigner and called him "My anointed." When Isaiah described Cyrus as the Lord's "anointed," the word in Hebrew denotes a person specifically chosen and set apart for a specific task. It never occurred to me God anoints secular leaders who are not part of the faith community. Then again, how else would you describe Cyrus, Churchill, Lincoln or even Reagan?
God promised to intervene and help Cyrus "break open" and even conquer. The commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem starts with Cyrus' decree recorded in Ezra 1:1-4 to rebuild the house of the Lord. It was this "Cyrus decree" that worked its way through King Darius and King Artaxerxes until Nehemiah commenced his task to rebuild the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
Wisdom vs Revelation
Chris didn't have revelation, so he used wisdom to arrive at his vote. The two discuss how scripture admonishes the believer to seek wisdom and walk in it. Whereas Shaun discovered a series of prophetic words (messages). With wisdom he used those to guide him to his support for Trump. In this discussion Chris points out that two paths, both godly lead to the same conclusion, the same voting choice.
Matthew 24: Jesus answered, watch out that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name claiming I am the Christ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed, such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
ADDITIONAL PROPHECIES
There were several prophecies Shaun came across during the 2016 campaign, not discussed or mentioned during the podcast for the sake of time.
Mark Taylor Prophecy – Water of a duck’s back
(mentioned, but not read or discussed beyond the phrase “water off a duck’s back.”
The Spirit of God says, I have chosen this man, Donald Trump, for such a time as this. For as Benjamin Netanyahu is to Israel, so shall this man be to the United States of America! For I will use this man to bring honor, respect and restoration to America. America will be respected once again as the most powerful and prosperous nation on Earth, (other than Israel). The dollar will be the strongest it has ever been in the history of the United States, and will once again be the currency by which all others are judged.
The Spirit of God says, the enemy will quake and shake and fear this man I have anointed. They will even quake and shake when he announces he is running for president, it will be like the shot heard across the world. The enemy will say what shall we do now? This man knows all our tricks and schemes. We have been robbing America for decades, what shall we do to stop this? The Spirit says HA! No one shall stop this that l have started! For the enemy has stolen from America for decades and it stops now! For I will use this man to reap the harvest that the United States has sown for and plunder from the enemy what he has stolen and return it seven-fold back to the United States. The enemy will say Israel, Israel, what about Israel? For Israel will be protected by America once again. The spirit says yes! America will once again stand hand and hand with Israel, and the two shall be as one. For the ties between Israel and America will be stronger than ever, and Israel will flourish like never before.
The Spirit of God says, I will protect America and Israel, for this next president will be a man of his word, when he speaks the world will listen and know that there is something greater in him than all the others before him. This man’s word is his bond and the world and America will know this and the enemy will fear this, for this man will be fearless. The Spirit says, when the financial harvest begins so shall it parallel in the spiritual for America.
The Spirit of God says, in this next election they will spend billions to keep this president in; it will be like flushing their money down the toilet. Let them waste their money, for it comes from and it is being used by evil forces at work, but they will not succeed, for this next election will be a clean sweep for the man I have chosen. They will say things about this man (the enemy), but it will not affect him, and they shall say it rolls off of him like the duck, for as the feathers of a duck protect it, so shall My feathers protect this next president. Even mainstream news media will be captivated by this man and the abilities that I have gifted him with, and they will even begin to agree with him says the Spirit of God.
One other prophetic word I heard / read, not covered in the Podcast:
KIM CLEMENT
Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 10, 2007
"There will be a praying president, not a religious one. 'For I will fool the people,' says the Lord. 'I will fool the people. Yes, I will.'
"God says, 'The one that is chosen shall go in, and they shall say, "He has hot blood. For the Spirit of God says, 'Yes, he may have hot blood, but he will bring the walls of protection on this country in a greater way and the economy of this country shall change rapidly,' says the Lord of Hosts. "Listen to the Word of the Lord. God says, 'I will put at your helm for two terms a president who will pray, but he will not be a praying president when he starts.'"
Redding, California, on April 4, 2007
Clement says, "I will raise up the Trump to be a trumpet and Bill Gates to open up the gate of a financial realm for the church, says the Lord. ... It shall come to pass that the man that I place in the highest office shall go in whispering My name. But God said, 'When he enters into the office, he will be shouting out by the power of the Spirit, for I shall fill him with My Spirit when he goes into office, and there will be a praying man in the highest seat in the land.'"
Clement passed away in late November 2016, only weeks after Trump was elected president. As weighty as his words were, he's not the only one who prophesied Trump's win
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann welcomes new co-host, Shaun Griffin, and the two examine how they each arrived at their vote for Trump, Chris by wisdom looking at the candidate’s party platform, and Shaun by a set of prophecies, one of which featured a detail that had already come to pass. In this episode, Part 1, Shaun will focus on a prophesy released by Jeremiah Johnson and discuss the importance of weighing a prophetic word.
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Why I Voted for Trump
Today is a special day as this is the first time the Kingdom Patriot Group has had a co-host of The GRID, fellow Kingdom Patriot, Shaun Griffin. Shaun is one of my Business partners as well as a Podcast producer, Chief Media Officer, Graphic Designer, and an author. But the most important thing you need to know is Shaun passionately loves God and country.
To start us off I explain myself and make my case for voting for Trump.
There may not be a more polarizing man in the last decade than Donald J Trump. And while it seems strange that we are talking about President Trump in the 2nd year of the Biden presidency, the reason we are having this discussion is two-fold: 1) Trump remains in the headlines as it appears he is staying politically active and may run for President again and 2) The far left continues to run on a platform of “we are not Trump” and if you are against Biden, then you are “for” Trump. Therefore, if this demagoguery is going to remain front and center for Democrats, Progressives, and Liberals, then it seems prudent to explain why and I suspect millions of others voted for Trump.
It used to be that I truly would measure the candidate on an individual basis. I did this years ago while living in Arkansas and a friend whom I trusted said I should vote for Senator Mark Pryor, a democrat because he was a good man. I did so, but it didn’t take long to regret that. Voting for the “good man” didn’t change the fact that he represented a party that touted a platform that support gay rights, touted abortion as women’s healthcare, believed the federal government was the solution to all problems, and that conservatives were the enemy. I found out it really didn’t matter if he was a good man; for the most part, politicians vote w/ their party and therefore their platform becomes paramount. There are very view Joe Manchins and Kristin Sinemas of the world, those who would buck their party, and I suspect in those cases, it may be less about principal and more about the fact they are blue-dog democrats who are embedded in deeply red states.
So back to Trump. Voting for Trump actually was quite easy because of his opponent, Hillary Clinton. It’s unlikely that you will find a more corrupt family than the Clintons. Death, destruction, thievery, money laundering, and felonies follow them everywhere, some if infamous internet folklore; some is very real. How could I vote for her? I ask that because on a personal level, the decision was easy, but even if I loved Hillary Clinton, I would never vote for her. Why? Because you are never voting for and electing a candidate, you are voting for and electing a platform, ideas, principles, and philosophies. I know many will disagree with me here and I hate the mantra “you are a trump lover” because you voted for Trump.
Personally, let me tell you what I think about Trump. He’s bombastic, arrogant, thin-skinned, childish at times, not often well-spoken, might be corrupt, and for goodness sakes, addicted to Twitter which likely means he cares way too much what others are saying about him. He appears to always be looking for a fight. None of these characteristics and noble in my opinion. However, despite all of this, he does have some good qualities. Like few Presidents I’ve seen, he gets things done; he is a doer thru and thru. The art of the deal as he likes to say.
However, none of that matters…his few good qualities and a plethora of flaws. Why? Because I didn’t elect Donald Trump, I elected a platform, I elected ideas, principles, and philosophies. Honestly, I’m not sure he even shares the same principles as the Republican party, but when he ran on them, the followed them both on the campaign trail and after in office. The platform is a platform of limited government (he didn’t do this very well), reducing regulation, but more importantly he supported the freedom to worship even if it was counter culture to the radical agendas of the culture movement and supported limiting abortion which would save lives. The Republicans are equally as flawed as democrats, when you define mankind as a bunch of sinners needing a savior, but when you look at the philosophies and the principles of each party, really the biblical choice is clear. I never voted for Trump, I voted for the platform he espoused, regardless of the individual character flaws.
Shaun, that was a mouthful, but in a nutshell that’s why I voted for him twice.
Others will say I’ve gone totally off the rails and that I’m dead wrong. What about you? Why did you vote for Trump?
Preferred CRUZ – Announcement speech – ½ through, I was ready to support
Field of candidates to about 16, I liked ½, other half needed to go home.
LIKES: Carson, Christie, Cruz, Fiorina, Huckabee, Paul, Rubio, Trump
Then I heard and read the following prophesy, published in Charisma Magazine.
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
Aug 10, 2015
“Trump shall become My trumpet to the American people, for he possesses qualities that are even hard to find in My people these days. Trump does not fear man nor will he allow deception and lies to go unnoticed. I am going to use him to expose darkness and perversion in America like never before, but you must understand that he is like a bull in a china closet. Many will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of peace and tranquility, but you must listen through the bantering to discover the truth that I will speak through him. I will use the wealth that I have given him to expose and launch investigations searching for the truth. Just as I raised up Cyrus to fulfill My purposes and plans, so have I raised up Trump to fulfill my purposes and plans prior to the 2016 election. You must listen to the trumpet very closely for he will sound the alarm and many will be blessed because of his compassion and mercy. Though many see the outward pride and arrogance, I have given him the tender heart of a father that wants to lend a helping hand to the poor and the needy, to the foreigner and the stranger.
Line by line
It is important to understand that I had never heard of Jeremiah Johnson before I heard this prophecy. I didn't know him from a hole in the wall. According to New Testament scripture it is important for believers to weigh prophetic words. I weighed these words, and I will tell you that right off the bat my spirit bore witness that this was a word of the Lord. It stopped me in my tracks and is the reason that I switched from supporting Ted Cruz, to supporting Trump for as long as he remained in the race.
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“Trump shall become My trumpet to the American people, for he possesses qualities that are even hard to find in My people these days.
- Twitter – Social platform symbolically and functionally like a trumpet
- Qualities – what an indictment on believers today
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Trump does not fear man nor will he allow deception and lies to go unnoticed. I am going to use him to expose darkness and perversion in America like never before,
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but you must understand that he is like a bull in a china closet.
- Made in China
- DC structures in league with China – China is an ally
- Corrupt structures are fragile in the presence of righteous activity
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Many will want to throw him away because he will disturb their sense of peace and tranquility, but you must listen through the bantering to discover the truth that I will speak through him.
Two movements formed within the Republican party
- Dump Trump
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Never Trump
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I will use the wealth that I have given him to expose and launch investigations searching for the truth.
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Just as I raised up Cyrus to fulfill My purposes and plans, so have I raised up Trump to fulfill my purposes and plans prior to the 2016 election.
- 45th President – Lance Wallnau
- Cyrus used by God to restore Jerusalem and it’s walls of protection
- though Cyrus didn’t know God – God called Cyrus His servant
- Build a wall – Trump is a builder of large projects
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You must listen to the trumpet very closely for he will sound the alarm and many will be blessed because of his compassion and mercy.
- Those who listened to the MSM missed the truth at EVERY turn
- Those who listened and headed his warning have been blessed
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Though many see the outward pride and arrogance, I have given him the tender heart of a father that wants to lend a helping hand to the poor and the needy, to the foreigner and the stranger.
- Tomahawk missiles into Syria before the chocolate cake)
MARK TAYLOR
April 28, 2011
While listening to a television interview with American businessman Donald Trump, he heard God say, "you're hearing the voice of a president," and that a stronger relationship between the United States and Israel will occur in the future.
LANCE WALLNAU
“I heard the Lord say: ‘Donald Trump is a wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness,’” Wallnau wrote in an Oct. 5 Charisma News article titled “Why I Believe Donald Trump Is the Prophesied President.”
(Posted in Charisma Magazine)
I was updating some random social-media activity when I ran across a simple PowerPoint showing Trump seated in the Oval Office with the words "Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States." The image made a peculiar impression on my mind. I was dazed. Literally no one was thinking this would be a possibility, but I was sensing this was more than some random Facebook meme. It was a prophetic picture. It struck me the same way the "wrecking ball" word did.
I heard the Spirit impress upon my mind, "Read Isaiah 45." To be honest, I didn't recall what the chapter was about. I opened a Bible and began to read, "Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus whom I've anointed."
Cyrus? I thought. Who is he in relation to all this? I recalled that he was a heathen king who was indispensable to the protection of the Jews, but I was, frankly, confused as to what God was saying.
With 16 candidates running, many of whom are evangelicals, why would God talk about Cyrus? I quickly looked up the number of the next president. I confirmed that Barack Obama is number 44. The next president will indeed be number 45. I kept reading Isaiah 45.
Nearly 150 years before Cyrus' birth, God declared through the prophet Isaiah that a foreign man, a non-Jew named Cyrus, would be the anointed shepherd of his people and rebuild Jerusalem, beginning in the first phase with the house of the Lord. Regarding Cyrus, Isaiah the prophet spoke as follows:
"Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have held—to subdue nations before him and to loosen the loins of kings, to open doors before him so that the gates will not be shut: I will go before you and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and shatter the bars of iron" (Is. 45:1-2).
Cyrus wasn't a Jew and he wasn't from the line of David, but God elevated this foreigner and called him "My anointed." When Isaiah described Cyrus as the Lord's "anointed," the word in Hebrew denotes a person specifically chosen and set apart for a specific task. It never occurred to me God anoints secular leaders who are not part of the faith community. Then again, how else would you describe Cyrus, Churchill, Lincoln or even Reagan?
God promised to intervene and help Cyrus "break open" and even conquer. The commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem starts with Cyrus' decree recorded in Ezra 1:1-4 to rebuild the house of the Lord. It was this "Cyrus decree" that worked its way through King Darius and King Artaxerxes until Nehemiah commenced his task to rebuild the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
One other prophetic word I heard / read, not covered in the Podcast:
KIM CLEMENT
Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 10, 2007
"There will be a praying president, not a religious one. 'For I will fool the people,' says the Lord. 'I will fool the people. Yes, I will.'
"God says, 'The one that is chosen shall go in, and they shall say, "He has hot blood. For the Spirit of God says, 'Yes, he may have hot blood, but he will bring the walls of protection on this country in a greater way and the economy of this country shall change rapidly,' says the Lord of Hosts. "Listen to the Word of the Lord. God says, 'I will put at your helm for two terms a president who will pray, but he will not be a praying president when he starts.'"
Redding, California, on April 4, 2007
Clement says, "I will raise up the Trump to be a trumpet and Bill Gates to open up the gate of a financial realm for the church, says the Lord. ... It shall come to pass that the man that I place in the highest office shall go in whispering My name. But God said, 'When he enters into the office, he will be shouting out by the power of the Spirit, for I shall fill him with My Spirit when he goes into office, and there will be a praying man in the highest seat in the land.'"
Clement passed away in late November 2016, only weeks after Trump was elected president. As weighty as his words were, he's not the only one who prophesied Trump's win
Physician to Congresswoman, the Journey Begins
Part 1 of a Special Series: House Call, a Physician’s Journey to Congress
Is there a doctor in the House – the House of Representatives? The mid-term elections are in November and in this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann interviews Michigan’s District 5 Congressional Candidate, Dr. Sherry O’Donnell. Dr. O’Donnell has extensive real-world experience as a doctor serving on the front lines of various disasters around the globe, and in New York City dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A gifted teacher, she is an author, entrepreneur, and ordained minister of the Gospel. The best part of Dr. O’Donnell’s run for office? She’s not a politician.
SPECIAL SERIES – House Call, a Physician’s Journey to Congress
The GRID will follow the good doctor’s candidacy in a series of special podcast episodes between now and election day 2022. The series will culminate in a special extended edition of The GRID.
Our purpose? We hope to inspire citizens with solid life experiences to run for office. And no candidate runs alone. We hope to give insight into various roles that need to be filled in a campaign and how you the citizen can make a difference.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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Guest Interview: Dr. Sherry O’Donnell
https://docsherry4congress.com/
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NEWS RECAP
There are no more updates on Ukraine other than the US has been going more public of what Putin is going to try and do. I actually don’t disagree with this as a partial strategy. We need to be telling the world about Putin’s plans to infiltrate and create a false narrative to justify his pending invasion. As a partial strategy I totally agree, as THE entire strategy, it’s an abysmal failure that fails to communicate peace through strength. Instead we are begging for peace with no show of strength. While I don’t advocate the US being the police for the world, where communism seeks to expand, we MUST stand up for the sovereignty of an independent nation. More to come on this as it unfolds.
In Canada, Justin Trudeau and Parliament enacted the emergency powers act which gives the government of Canada extraordinary “supposedly temporary powers.” What powers you may ask? This should give you pause. First, to ban the peaceful lawful assembly of protesters. That is chilling. Second, to freeze or seize the bank accounts of those involved in the protest. They will expand money control measures including against crowdfunding platforms. Insurance Companies are required to revoke insurance on any vehicle being used in the protest. Tow trucks and companies are now compelled even if against their will to work with law enforcement to remove freedom convoy vehicles from the protest sites. Police can now seize vehicles used in a blockade or a protest and all blockades and protests in Canada have been banned around border crossings, airports, and Ottawa.
This is unbelievable and yet we hear all the time that we should be more like Canada?
Really?
Did you know that the Christian church is standing up against these tyrannical moves?
I’m quoting from Friday’s Fox News story: A group of Canadian clergy sent an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuking him for invoking the Emergencies Act and for other actions they described as "tyrannical."
"We are writing to you as representative pastors of Christian congregations from across the nation and as law-abiding citizens who respect the God-defined role of civil government and uphold the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the highest law of our land, which recognizes the supremacy of God over all human legislation," read the letter, which was signed by 29 clergymen and remains open for other Canadians to sign.
The pastors went on to rebuke Trudeau and his government for seemingly believing that they have the authority to bestow and remove fundamental rights at will.
"Your government does not grant people the right to their bodily integrity, the right to work or earn a living, the right to decide for their children or to be with their families or dying loved ones, the right to gather to worship and obey God, the right to travel in their own land or enter and leave. Civil government exists to protect these pre-political and fundamental freedoms, not bestow and remove them as if it can function in the place of God."
The pastoral letter was organized by Liberty Coalition Canada, a Christian activist organization that was also behind the initiative urging ministers in Canada and the United States to devote their sermons on Jan. 16 to denouncing Bill C-4. The new Canadian law carries a potential five-year jail sentence for counseling that does not affirm homosexuality and transgender identity.
Approximately 5,000 churches joined in the protest from the pulpit, which took place less than a week before the first convoy departed for Ottawa from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on Jan. 22.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-clergy-rebuke-trudeau-invoking-emergencies-act-other-tyrannical-actions
SHOW NOTES – The Physician Candidate, Sherry O’Donnell
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In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann uses the old metaphor of judging a book by its cover to explore voting character vs platform, and the consequences of sitting out the vote. It’s ALL or NOTHING when it comes to our involvement
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SHOW NOTES
Non-vote: A Vote for the Wrong Platform
ALL or NOTHING when it comes to our involvement
There’s a danger in judging a book by its cover and it’s clear to me that presidential campaigns are mostly about who can draw the nicest book cover and who can scribble on the others.
Would you say based on what we’ve seen, it’s time to elect a new president to lead the United States. Apparently most of American agrees with you since President Biden’s approval ratings are in the mid to low ‘30s and less than ½ of his own party want him to run for re-election.
Exercise: Pick the Candidate
So, let’s do this exercise. There are three candidates and here are the alleged facts about each.
Candidate A: He associates with crooked politicians and consults with astrologists. He’s had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day. He effectively believes that the only way to prosperity is to spend as much money as possible.
Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a bottle of whisky every evening. He is stubborn, not known to compromise, and as things get more and more challenging, he continues to double down.
Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero. He is able to unite large and vast groups of people. He is a vegetarian who doesn’t smoke. He drinks an occasional beer and has never committed adultery. Many would say he is a natural leader?
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
We are conditioned to look for certain characteristics in candidates; characteristics that align w/ those of our families, our societies and our leaders. The media investigate the “person” because in reality, it seems many don’t elect the platform, they elect the person. It seems natural that we want a leader who is flawless in every respect. Now let’s look at the questions.
As far as the answers on the candidates, if you chose C, clearly the one with the most desirable traits, you just elected Adolf Hitler and are now responsible for the deaths of millions and you passed on Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchhill
The Media
The media bought into this and except those who are deeply moved by the issues, I see time and time again that people say, “I like this candidate better because he’s nice.” Really, or worse, “I’m sitting this election out because I don’t like my party’s candidate.”
That right there is a huge problem, are you sitting this out because your party’s candidate is a sinner? How do you know what you see is nothing more than the book-cover that has been months or years in the making to get you to make your judgement without opening it?
So that really brings us to the essence of today’s topic. The topic of All or Nothing in politics. For example, if Congress had a bill that made it out of committee that said we are uniting all 50 states on abortion policy and these will be the terms. All abortion is illegal after 10 weeks except in the case of rape and incest. Would you support this bill? Many would not. Why? Because it still contains the provision for exclusions that rarely happen. I said rarely, not never.
Would I support this? In a New York minute.
- I would support this because while I believe all abortion should be illegal, this would save lives.
- This would be an improvement over current state.
- This would be a move in the right and positive direction.
- This would be an example of conservative incrementalism
One thing that progressives do extremely, extremely well, is play the long game. Do you think if there had been a push to legalize gay marriage, legalize marijuana, outlaw prayer in schools, and talk of prosecuting pastors for hate Crimes…in the late 1800’s?
This would be blasphemy of the highest order….but trying to do that all at once would be the short game…the long game is like Ocean waves eroding the beach one wave at a time over months, years, incrementally, a tiny fraction, just a minute amount each time.
It’s just electing one individual to a county prosecutor’s office who neither respects life nor has any fear of our Father in heaven. It’s just removing prayer from one school, then letting the ACLU use that as a precedent for every other school. It’s just allowing one movie to portray Jesus as a homosexual, or art with an upside down cross floating in urine. Those weren’t made up, those last two actually happened.
So in the above example, am I a supporter of abortion because I want my leaders to vote for a bill that allows abortion before 10 weeks with 2 exceptions? Of course not. I abhor abortion. It is one of the great abominations of our time. I don’t want to preach judgement, I’m just saying similar to the sacrifice of children on the Altar of Molech, this is abhorrent in God’s eyes. But a side note, if any of you have experienced this, I am not judging you at all. I’m grieved, but God’s grace and mercy and forgiveness is for you in this area just as it is for any other sin. My point is, because I’m choosing the better of the two choices, I know that I’m saving lives because if California, Illinois, and New York had this law I just gave as an example, thousands of innocent babies would be saved. So I’m willing to play the long game. I’m willing to accept today what is imperfect but better than current state in hopes that I will continue to fight the battle for tomorrow. Need a couple of other examples?
How about Trump? I voted for Trump twice. Yet someone asked me this past weekend “Do you believe Trump is the savior of America.” I’m not sure if the person thought I was smoking weed, but I said of course not. I think he is bombastic, arrogant, thin-skinned, reactionary, and certainly doesn’t talk like someone who has experienced God’s grace. He definitely plays into the patriotism that so many of us embrace because we truly love our country. But even despite my feelings of Trump as the candidate, am I a Trump loving die-hard, in your face, conservative? No, but what I am is a long-gamer.
You see, I know that Trump, while very imperfect, still was running on a party platform that embraces life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I also know the candidate running against him embraced a platform of big government, religious regulation, and expanding abortion. Yet, if I’m a short-gamer, I’m not voting in the 2020 election because I just can’t stand the way Trump handled the federal election and the Georgia senate race. I get it because I didn’t like it either. Often I actually agree with Trump’s policy decisions even when I disagree his methods. But I’m not a Trump lover. I’m a lover of freedom and of saving babies lives and seeing people experience God’s grace.
But those are not God-fearing who also are long-gamer’s often will accuse and harass someone like me who voted for Trump? How? I’ve heard people called “racists” “bigots” “homophobes” because they support Trump policies. All the while supporting their own candidates who have despicable and sordid pasts, because if they can get you to stay home and think of the “person” instead of the “platform,” they know they can win. If Christians ever wake up and think the long-game and vote on principals and platform, I believe we would have greater success electing Godly leaders.
So that brings me full-circle to the comment “all or nothing”. If campaigns can convince us that their candidate has the most beautiful cover and that this person is the nicest human being, maybe they can get your vote because the other candidate is mean looking or has a flawed past or cranky bedside manners. But folks, we have to be ready, we have to be willing to work hard to play the long-game (even if your candidate is flawed) if they support policies that most closely align with God’s word, the choice is actually pretty clear.
I’ve also heard that by not voting, I’m making my point. I can’t support this man or woman - that’s actually what all campaigns want you to do, they want you to make your decision on what you see and hear about the candidate, but I assure you that narrative, that book cover is highly deceptive and flawed. What is not flawed nor as deceptive is what each political party stands for. If you don’t vote, you are definitely making a point, you are making a point that no one will ever see or hear other than if you choose to share it at your company Christmas party.
I implore you to get involved, and to play the long-game.
Prayer
“Lord just like Nehemiah did in Chapter 1, we repent, we own, we confess that the sins of our nation are own sins as well. That WE as a nation have abandoned you and that much of what we see is the result of a nation that does not fear God. Lord call us to prayer, grant us favor, remind us to pray for our leaders, even the ones we don’t like. Help us be wise as serpents but gentle as doves. And with fervent prayer lift up those who can’t lift themselves up. Father help us be discerning to identify Godly men and women to run for political office who love you and our country and are willing to promote policies that honor you. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen.”
The last think I would leave you with, is just be willing to accept the imperfect if it is moving in the right direction. Newsflash! All candidates are sinners and no party’s platform is the equivalent with scripture. But if you seriously look at the issues, I think you will see where one has a more God honoring platform than the other.
Thank you for joining today, don’t forget to lift our leaders up in prayer.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines humanism on the heels of our previous podcast about the Barrington Declaration and the mention that Dr. Anthony Fauci had received the Humanist of the Year award for 2021. Chris discusses what humanism is and it’s impact out society and politics and how little most Christian know about this belief system.
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HUMANISM: Good without God
It so good for you to join me today on the Grid. Our topic today is humanism. Now this is not what we had planned for this week, but one of our listeners contacted me and was concerned that so many Christians were truly unaware of humanism…they couldn’t define it, they can’t identify it, they can’t discern it, and therefore can see it for what it is. So thanks to our listener. We also know that when you reach out to us on the Grid, we listen. You can email us at admin@kingdompatriot.us, again that’s admin@kingdompatriot.us if you want to email us directly.
Why this is so relevant is because last week w/ the podcast “Fauci and the Great Barrington” Declaration, we noted that Dr. Anthony Fauci was awarded Humanist of the Year in 2021. This is what prompted our listener to reach out and why we are here today discussing this.
So let’s break this down today into three parts: The first part will be to define Humanism and examine its origins. Part II will be a discussion in how this impacts the political and social arena…and Part III will be to cite specific examples of humanist thought in our government policy.
Part I What is Humanism
www.Dictionary.com
- any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- devotion to or study of the humanities.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) the studies, principles, or culture of the humanists.
- a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
- Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings as the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
Humanists International - https://humanists.international/what-is-humanism/
- “Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance that affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. Humanism stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethics based on human and other natural values in a spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. Humanism is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality.” — The Minimum Statement on Humanism, Humanists International
- A humanist bases their understanding of the world on reason and scientific method (rejecting supernatural or divine beliefs as bad explanations or ill-formed ideas). A humanist bases their ethical decisions again on reason, with the input of empathy, and aiming toward the welfare and fulfillment of living things.
- A humanist is someone who recognizes that we, human beings, are the most curious and the most capable curators of knowledge in the known universe.
- To gain knowledge, we must use our reason and experience to understand the world. And we may create or partake of the great artistic fruits of humankind to enhance our emotional palettes, deepen our empathy and enrich our understanding. But we reject any reliance on blindly received authority, or on dogma, or what others may claim is divine revelation (because we don’t believe we get tip-offs about truth from a supreme being beyond time and space. That would be cheating!)
- A humanist is someone who recognizes that we, human beings, are by far the most sophisticated moral actors on the Earth. We can grasp ethics.
- This does not mean we are the only moral objects. For example other animals deserve moral consideration, too, and perhaps the environment as a whole.
- It is also worth noting that some other (non-human) animals exhibit patterns of behaviour that look a lot like care, empathy, in a few cases even apparently responding to what looks like ‘unfair’ behaviour by seeking to redress it! These different types and stages of animals thinking about others may be taken as evidence of how ethical behavior evolved in human beings. However, humans do seem to have a unique capacity for moral choice. It would be unusual for example to say that a dog or a dolphin had behaved “immorally”! But when it comes to humans, we are able to choose to act in the interests of the welfare of living things, advancement of society, and fulfillment of our own and others personal goals… or against them! This choice and our knowledge of that choice makes us ‘moral actors’.
- To act well, we must take responsibility for ourselves and others. We do not do this for the sake of preferential treatment in any afterlife (even if we believed in it, that motivation wouldn’t make our actions good!). We do it because the best we can do is to live this life as brilliantly as we can. That means helping others in community, advancing society, and flourishing at whatever we do best within those bounds.
- And humanists are people who find value in themselves and each other, respecting the personhood and dignity of fellow human beings.
- We respect other people not because we are made “in the image” of something else (we are a product of evolution, not the product of a divine plan), but because of what we are. We are a sentient, feeling species, with value and dignity in each individual, and that is worthy of respect.
- There is no reason to believe that “meaning” has to come from a supreme being. If you can write a sentence on paper which isn’t nonsense, then you can create meaning!
- For a humanist, there is no divine plan or purpose. The humanist recognises that we make our own purposes, tell our own stories, set our own goals. This gives life meaning.
So what are the origins of humanism?
https://americanhumanist.org/about/our-history/
According to the American Humanist Association, which by the way on their website, says “Good without God”, Humanism really began to take root in the renaissance. However, its roots are in ancient Greek thought. It evolved during the Reformation, Enlightenment, and scientific revolution and began to resemble its current form in the late nineteenth century.
In 1933, a major humanism milestone was achieved with the creation of the Humanist Manifesto supported by 34 national leaders including John Dewey. The American Humanist Association was formed in 1941.
During the 1940’s the association was supportive of Vashti McCollum in her fight against religious instruction in schools. She was the plaintiff in the landmark case McCollum vs Board of Education which struck down religious education in schools.
Don’t tell me for an instant, that sitting on the sidelines doesn’t have a devastating long-term effect. Vashti later served two terms as the president of the American Humanist Association in the 60’s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger
One of the earliest recipients of the Humanist of the Year award was Margaret Sanger in 1957 for her activism for birth control and sex education. Another total winner in a God-void world-view. She popularized the term “birth control” and created organizations that evolved into the modern day planned parenthood as we know them today. It seems debatable if she promoted abortions or discouraged them, but wanted to avoid back alley abortions and the like. However, what is less arguable is her support for eugenics.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/07/28/margaret-sangers-extreme-brand-eugenics?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8HMTIR9Z6OlimN7ThGef1ExzsIFu59Im8j9KxNBPjR6-kDCwS2eqz4aAp1kEALw_wcB
In fact, her name has become such a lightening rod, that Planned Parenthood removed Margaret Sanger’s name from their headquarters. She is supported sterilization of those with mental and physical disabilities allegedly calling them “morons, mental defectives, epileptics”.
To sum up her beliefs, listen carefully to these next few sentences quoted directly from the American magazine “It argues that to preserve racial hygiene, the government should enact three coercive measures. First, it should sterilize those with mental and physical disabilities, including “morons, mental defectives, epileptics.” Second, it should segregate on state-run concentration farms a much broader public of impoverished and criminal citizens, including paupers, prostitutes, drug addicts, illiterates and the unemployed. If the second group reformed its behavior and accepted sterilization, it could return to mainstream society. By Sanger’s own estimate, 15 million to 20 million citizens would live under this regime of segregation and sterilization. The third initiative would be obligatory birth-control training for mothers with serious diseases, such as heart disease, in an effort to persuade them to renounce any future childbearing. This program was not about “choice.”
This podcast is not about Margaret Sanger, but what I’m trying to show you is how progressive humanism is. If we believe in Christ, we could never, never support policies like this.
So back to the history https://americanhumanist.org/about/our-history/. In 1973, Humanist Manifesto II was born. In 1991, the Humanist was recognized as an alternative forum for social and political commentary. Fast forward to 2008 and 2009 and the AHA starting placing billboard adds directly appealing to those who are not of faith with slogans like “Why believe in God? Just be good for goodness sake” or “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.”
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. This movement was just a place for those to congregate who did not believe in God, but today they are active in promoting anti-God messages that our society has lazily accepted.
Part 2 The Impact on the Social and Political Arena
We want to examine how this impacts the social and political arena. So let’s take a look at the principals we just talked about:
- Emphasizes Reason
- Trusts science
- Rejects God and religion
- Human beings are the author of morality
- The supernatural is made up of bad decisions or ill-formed ideas
- Human beings are the most capable of knowledge in the universe
- Human beings are the determiner of their own fates
- Humans can grasp ethics and are the most capable of any creature on earth
It’s not just politics, but there are some on this list…it’s that humanism has invaded every aspect of society. Here’s just a few examples of humanists according to the AHA
Bestselling Authors
Joyce Carol Oates
Isaac Asimov
Salman Rushdie
Scientists and Science Advocates
Steve Wozniak
Bill Nye
Carl Sagan
Philosophers
John Dewey
Prominent Activists
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Jack Kevorkian
Political Leaders
Barney Frank
Pete Stark
Actors, Directors, Writers, and Entertainers
Oliver Stone
Gene Roddenberry
Katharine Hepburn
Kristen Bell
Media and Journalism
Amy Goodman
Cenk Uygur
Michelle Goldberg
Ira Flatow
Pacifica Radio Foundation
The Onion
It’s no wonder that humanism is so pervasive. In fact, sometimes I struggle if politics is the cause or the result. Maybe we elect humanistic leaders because we are inundated with humanistic thought by authors, scientists, philosophers, activists, political leaders, Hollywood, and media.
So let me ask in a form of a question, the essence of part II of this podcast. If we are bombarded with humanism in every aspect of life and we have people in powerful positions of government who are dedicated humanists, how could we not believe that this would have a profound impact on government policy?
Part 3 Examples
What are some examples? Well I suppose we could work backwards. Who is in control of the federal government’s policies regarding the COVID19 pandemic and vaccines and vaccine mandates? Of course, Anthony Fauci. And what do we know about Anthony Fauci? That’s right, a dedicated humanist who inherently believes in the goodness of man. So let’s look at his recommendations and policies
- You should mask up everywhere
- You should get the vaccines and boosters
- We should make the vaccines compulsory
- You should do all of this for your fellow man
- We should trust the experts
- The science is clear
- We know best
Do you see how the humanistic thought is pervasive in these recommendations? There’s no trust in Christ, no praying about direction, it’s about those who we are supposed to trust making decisions about the betterment of society and anyone disagreeing with that is to be vilified, ostracized, attacked, etc. If you didn’t listen to last week’s podcast on Fauci and the Great Barrington Declaration, I highly suggest you do so. Knowing about the Great Barrington, it will bring chills to your spine on what I’m about to share. It has been recently uncovered that Fauci covertly conspired with other so-called experts to discredit the Great Barrington Declaration almost from the onset? Why? Because it wasn’t his science, and there ladies and gentleman is the most disturbing, the most concerning, an offense to God, is man’s utter believe in himself, his science, and the belief that he can dictate, control life itself. The humanist truly believes there is no creator, so that we must trust in ourselves. Yet time and time again in history, science over-time actually confirms the existence of our God and often refutes previous science thought to be the beginning and end of all wisdom. Let’s say for instance, when the earth was flat - that’s what all the scientists said.
What will the scientists say in 100 years about COVID19. I feel confident it won’t be “the experts got it right.”
So, I don’t mean to go on a Fauci rant nor on our government, but rather to educate you on the pervasive parasitic nature of humanism - man believing in man, believing in the goodness of man, in the salvation of one’s self, void of God is a stench in the eyes of Almighty God. If man was all that, Jesus would never have had to come and save us. No my friends, we know the human heart is wicked and is in desperate need of savior - whether it’s my, my wife and kids, my neighbor and friends, or Fauci, Biden, and Trump. We all need Jesus and any hope in man is hope ill-placed.
I implore you to keep your eyes out on where you can always refocus on Christ. When you see man relying on man, gently remind them that the Lord is in control, even when we don’t see it, we must turn to Christ or the fearful pandemic of our hearts will never end.
I hope this was helpful in better understanding what the implications of “Humanist of the Year” really means.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the Barrington Declaration, a document published by numerous highly educated, highly experienced doctors and scientists that spells out a public strategy for managing the pandemic and the nation back to recovery from COVID-19; comparing the credentialed leadership offered in the declaration to the leadership and credentials of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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SHOW NOTES - Fauci and the Barrington Declaration
www.gbdeclaration.org
As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection.
Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden. Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice.
Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.
Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.
As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to all – including the vulnerable – falls. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunity – i.e. the point at which the rate of new infections is stable – and that this can be assisted by (but is not dependent upon) a vaccine. Our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity.
The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk. We call this Focused Protection.
Adopting measures to protect the vulnerable should be the central aim of public health responses to COVID-19. By way of example, nursing homes should use staff with acquired immunity and perform frequent testing of other staff and all visitors. Staff rotation should be minimized. Retired people living at home should have groceries and other essentials delivered to their home. When possible, they should meet family members outside rather than inside. A comprehensive and detailed list of measures, including approaches to multi-generational households, can be implemented, and is well within the scope and capability of public health professionals.
Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal. Simple hygiene measures, such as hand washing and staying home when sick should be practiced by everyone to reduce the herd immunity threshold. Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching. Extracurricular activities, such as sports, should be resumed. Young low-risk adults should work normally, rather than from home. Restaurants and other businesses should open. Arts, music, sport and other cultural activities should resume. People who are more at risk may participate if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity.
By the way, those are not my thoughts, those are the thoughts of the Great Barrington Declaration. It was signed at American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Authored by 3 physicians and co-signed by 43 individuals worldwide. While many pulling the puppet strings would have you believe that medicine and science are 100% unified in the approach the US has taken, that is far from the truth.
I’m not talking about mere intellectual lightweights either. Here’s the quick bios on the 3 authors:
Dr. Martin Kulldorff, professor of medicine at Harvard University, a biostatistician, and epidemiologist with expertise in detecting and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks and vaccine safety evaluations.
Dr. Sunetra Gupta, professor at Oxford University, an epidemiologist with expertise in immunology, vaccine development, and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor at Stanford University Medical School, a physician, epidemiologist, health economist, and public health policy expert focusing on infectious diseases and vulnerable populations.
What about the co-signers? Again, 43 cosigners from 9 countries?
Canada
2
England
11
Germany
6
India
1
Israel
5
New Zealand
2
Scotland
4
Sweden
2
US
10
43
What about their expertise, surely these couldn’t hold a candle to Dr. Fauci, the Allergy & Immunology expert? Wrong again.
Professor of Genetics
1
Pediatrics
1
Clinical Ethics
1
Vaccine development
1
Hypertension Researcher
1
Mathematician
1
Education & Prevention
1
Hygiene & Environmental Medicine
1
Informatics
1
Biomedical Data Science
1
Malaria Researcher
1
Cellular Biology
1
Biophysicist
1
Structural Biology
1
Human Geography
1
Genomics
1
Medical Statistics
1
Autism Provider
1
Virology
1
Finance
1
Oncologist
2
Statistical Modelling
2
Biomedical Consultant
2
Infectious Disease Expert
3
Biostatistics
3
Microbiology
4
Public Health/Policy
4
Research/Scientist
4
Immunology
5
Medical Psychology/Psychiatry
6
Physician
10
Professor or Assoc. Prof of Medicine
10
Epidemiology
11
It's about time a group of physicians and experts unified to present common sense recommendations.
So what do you think? Does the Great Barrington Declaration deserve consideration given than 43 docs from 9 countries with expertise in 33 different areas have signed onto it?
Do you think it holds merit in the COVID world we live in?
Oh, I just realized, I forgot to read the very last line of the declaration. Silly me.
Here’s what it says:
On October 4, 2020, this declaration was authored and signed in Great Barrington, United States. You might have guessed this anyway because of the reference to vaccine development.
That’s right, this wasn’t written last week, it was written in the early fall of 2020, more than 16 months ago. Yet the principles in it are as applicable today as they were then.
Clearly, this group is pro-vaccine and still they are against general universal lockdown policies. These aren’t the pundits on CNN or MSNBC or the NY Times, these are disease experts, physicians, professors, scientists, and researchers that have dedicated their lives to this type of work.
Here we are in 2022 and the information we continue to learn through court cases, FOIA requests, emails, etc., is that what has and is going on behind the scenes is more dark and sinister than we would like to believe. That’s not really the subject of this podcast. I don’t even have time to go into the latest news that it’s likely American funds were used in part to create the COVID19 virus.
The reason we are even talking about this is because states, particularly blue states are doubling down on their lockdown policies. California, NY, vaccine passports and the ability to even move around to and fro as an American is being limited. This just cannot be. There’s a reason that these states are losing congressional seats as large numbers of families are retreating to Florida, Texas and other states that have a more pro-freedom outlook on current state.
However, I digress. I think it is imperative anytime we do a podcast to also look at the biblical perspective when possible?
What has the Lord called us to do? Well certainly he has called us to seek him with all of our hearts? The challenge is that Leaders who are making public policy are often not like-minded in faith.
Did you know that Fauci just received the Humanist of the Year Award? That’s right, the American Humanist Association just awarded him October 2021 with the Humanist of the Year Award for 2021 and I quote “Dr. Fauci embodies humanist values, including his steadfast commitment to science, his demonstrated empathy and compassion for others and his overall direct approach,” AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt told Religion News Service in an interview. “He has demonstrated how powerful science and human values can be in saving lives over the past year. If there was ever an appropriate humanist of the year, he is it.”
In 2003, Dr. Fauci said that “I look upon myself as a humanist. I have faith in the goodness of mankind.”
And that’s why we should be worried, because the mankind he speaks of, the leaders in our government, those who pull the strings of policy and regulations have shown to be ever void of a belief in Christ and scripture.
What does the bible say about the goodness of mankind? Jeremiah 17:9 says “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”
This is a major construct of the difference view-points of mankind. One reason that we cannot rely on the “goodness” of mankind is that goodness is defined by the individual, right and wrong have become so morally relative that literally it changes with the election of every new leader.
This is why we need Christ. I’m pro-freedom, pro-democracy, and I’m not pro or anti vaccine. But when the leaders are desperately void of Christ it is impossible for Jeremiah 17:9 to not apply. Our hope is in Christ, we desperately need him because of our wicked hearts.
So our faith has to be in Christ and not the government, not the great Barrington Declaration. I believe in the declaration, subscribe to it’s philosophy, but my hope is found in Christ.
Folks, we need Jesus more than ever. I’m not talking about we need Jesus to come and deliver us, that’s a given. I’m talking that Fauci, our government, myself, all of us need Jesus because of our wicked hearts.
I’m also going to do something that I’ve never done before on this podcast. I’m going to pray for our key leaders, specifically, President Biden, VP Harris, and Anthony Fauci.
Lord, we are all desperately wicked because our hearts are inclined to selfishness, sinfulness, and self-preservation. It’s not just true of our leaders, it’s true of the human condition. Yet today, let us walk humbly as we lift up our leaders. We pray Father, that you would move on the hearts of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Dr. Anthony Fauci. We ask that you move on their hearts not to deliver us or produce an outcome that we desire, but we ask that you move on their hearts for two reasons 1) That they might become children of God and inherit your kingdom, that they would know your grace, your mercy, and that you would do a mighty work on their hearts to your glory. 2) We pray you would give them the supernatural Christ influenced wisdom to lead this nation in a way that glorifies you. To lead in a way that points to Christ in everything, that they would become ambassadors for you willingly or not. We pray this in the name of Jesus.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the Supreme Court decision to prevent implementation and enforcement of the OSHA Emergency Vaccine Mandate for private employers with 100 or more employees. The decision issued by the court this week does not to rule on the case itself, but determined that the plaintiffs have a high likelihood of success and therefore granted relief via an injunction while the case continues through the courts.
Included in the notes here is a link to the 30 page decision.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Mercantile Mountain
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Supply Chain Crisis explained
When I can’t get what I want, when I want, where I want, for the price I want…that’s a serious crisis! And a crisis we have indeed! However, first a word from our sponsor
Ok, I jest a bit, supply chain as I defined it a minute ago is selfish and all about me. When I can’t get the part for my dishwasher, that’s a first world problem. A pastor I was speaking with shared with me the difficulties in explaining a washing machine to folks in Africa because they don’t even have the concept of not washing their clothes by hand. So tongue and cheek, that is truly a first world problem and most of our supply chain issues fall into that category. It gravitates more into the “need” category when we start talking about food and medicine because most Americans don’t grow their food, nor know how to do so effectively and efficiently, so they truly do rely on “supply chain” to eat and live.
However, what I want to talk about today, is to dive a bit deeper into the policies that have led to this supply chain crisis so that we can have a bit of “Econ 101” so to speak. I want to talk about a couple categories. 1) the law of supply and demand in regards to how the market will behave. 2) how government policy affects supply and demand, 3) why we are so dependent on foreign goods, and 4) what we can do about it.
And by the way, if you want to listen to a fantastic interview with a business owner of a trucking company who can give you real, front-line experiences in regards to this crisis, click on the link in the transcript of this podcast. Perry Stone interviews the CEO of Covenant Transport and he explains in detail many of the issues in regards to the LA Port and the supply chain impacts of years of bad policy and regulations. https://youtu.be/S3U1nlJ6jvU
The Law of Supply and Demand
So first the law of supply and demand. Folks, supply and demand is basic economics 101…it’s predictable, repeatable, and has proven to be true especially in free market, or somewhat free market conditions. What does this law state? According to Investopedia, the law of supply and demand
“is a theory that explains the interaction between the sellers of a resource and the buyers for that resource. The theory defines the relationship between the price of a given good or product and the willingness of people to either buy or sell it.”
- Generally, as price increases, people are willing to supply more and demand less and vice versa when the price falls.
- The theory is based on two separate "laws," the law of demand and the law of supply. The two laws interact to determine the actual market price and volume of goods on the market.
KEY TAKEAWAYS from this Theory
- The law of demand says that as prices rise, buyers’ demand of product will decrease.
- The law of supply says that as prices rise, sellers will supply more of a product.
- These two laws interact to determine the actual market prices and volume of goods that are traded on a market.
- Several independent factors can affect the shape of market supply and demand, influencing both the prices and quantities that we observe in markets.
So let’s put this in real terms. I’m a manufacturer and I make hunting equipment and I have 100 units. But because the market is good and demand goes up, I have 300 buyers who want to buy 1 unit each, the demand is 300 units even though I only have 100 units at the current price. So what do I do? I raise the price because even if I alienate 150-200 buyers at my higher price, I’m still going to sell all 100 units and make a ton of money. However, let’s say the opposite happens. I have 100 units of hunting equipment and at my current price, I only have 50 buyers who want to buy 1 unit a piece. What am I going to do? Well I’ve spent the money to make 100 units and I can’t have 50 excessive units sitting on the shelf. That costs me money and I need to sell those units, so I lower the price, run ads, creating discounts, etc… whatever it takes to move those last 50 units.
That in a nutshell is how the law of supply and demand works in a free market, or a somewhat free market economy. There’s no way around it; I have seen it over and over again. As demand increases, prices rise, as demand falls, prices decrease and there is a highly correlated relationship between the two. Now, I’m not really getting into government price controls or other outside interventions at this point, but I think you get the point.
Impact of Government Policy
So the second point, how does government policy impact the law of supply and demand? I’m so glad you asked. It’s simple, yet complicated; there are short-term impacts and long-term impacts. Remember what I said about the law of supply and demand, it rings true in a free-market system, wages go up, people buy more, wages go down people buy less. This impacts price. Conversely, the availability of product in relation to demand also impacts price, supply, and demand. But what happens when the government floods the market with money? Oh, you don’t think that happens? In 2020, the government started sending $1,400 stimulus checks to families? Why because of lockdowns and people couldn’t go to work. And I don’t have the patient to go back research all the stimulus checks, but the US Government was borrowing money at a prodigious rate to transfer via stimulus checks to millions of Americans.
So all of a sudden, billions of dollars are now available to spend on product. But is that real demand? It certainly was not demand created by job wages, it was demand created by available cash. So let’s look at government policy decisions in relation to current state and you tell me what impact it will have on a free-market economy.
Here’s the real scenario: COVID19 is portrayed as a once-in-a-lifetime disaster in early 2020. States begin to lockdown their population in varying degrees. Red-states tended to be more relaxed, blue states tended to be more like a vice. Businesses, especially entertainment, restaurants, etc., were locked down. The federal government began printing stimulus checks under the auspices of helping those families who were stuck at home so they could buy food and pay rent. In reality, the stimulus checks would not be adequate to support a family with children. Furthermore, I know the lockdowns hit many families hard, but other families the adults did not lose their jobs and now had extra stimulus checks to spend. This is a fundamental problem with government, the problem was primarily with families who lost their livelihoods, but the stimulus checks went to anyone who qualified by income. In addition, student loan repayments were suspended, unemployment was extended to over a year, additional unemployment income was created on top of normal unemployment, and renters didn’t have to pay rent.
The ripple effects go on and on and on. Now with just those few policy changes that I mentioned, what would the normal person think would happen? Of course, people used those stimulus checks to buy. Millions of Americans with billions of extra dollars they didn’t previously have. In addition, many Americans did not lose their jobs, but rather learned to work remotely or in other means, so in reality, the stimulus checks overall did NOT replace lost wages, but rather created additional buying power.
So how did this impact supply chain? In short, it created demand that could not be filled. Worse, because as we just covered in the law of supply and demand, when demand outpaces supply, prices rise. What did you pay lately at the gas pump? Have you compared that to the summer of 2020? I paid $1.95/gallon in the summer of 2020. Yesterday, I paid $3.15/gallon of gas. That’s a 62% increase. Give me any item, and I will tell you a similar story. Eggs, paper, utilities…we see this everywhere. My gosh, I compared my electricity bill per kilowatt hour to 2018? It’s up 28%. I bought a used car at the end of 2020. I put 30,000 miles on it and it’s worth 10% more today being a year older and 30k additional miles. Have you looked at the price of housing? To describe it as insane would be a gross understatement. It goes on and on. In short, when you create artificial demand and there’s neither the labor or supply resources to meet that demand, prices will skyrocket. That’s why the report just came out that said year of year, our inflation is at 7%, the highest in 40 years. When inflation is being used in the same breath as Jimmy Carter, you should have significant reason to be concerned.
What was your last wage increase? Was it 7%? Yeah, I think not. For most, the average wage increase each year is 1.5%-3%. Oh, and by the way, the inflation number of 7% is grossly understated because many things such as energy, utilities, and food are not included…. Is this sustainable? No way, impossible.
Our Dependence on Foreign Goods
So the third point to discuss is our dependence on foreign goods. Look at anything that is not food and tell me what the sticker says? Yep, exactly “made in China” or “made in Taiwan” or if clothing, “made in Bangladesh.” As Americans, we buy a ton of product from cheap labor countries that in the past could make product so much less expensive that we can here in the US where we have laws and ethics to actually protect workers. In 2020 alone, the US market sold $165 billion of product to China, but we bought $451billion of product from China, creating a trade deficit of $286 billion. You hear terms like “trade deficit” all the time, but please understand, that’s just economic terms for “I bought more from you than I sold you”.
I will say, that isn’t all bad. When you buy product from a country like China and there is a significant trade deficit, historically, that’s been very good for the American Consumer? Why? Because it means we have very inexpensive product and a plethora of choices. In many ways, it does reflect the free-market because we allow China to sell their product in the US without imposing massive tariffs to level the playing field. Again, this is great for the American consumer who wants choice and cheap. For American business, it’s a different story. Many of you may remember the mantra from President Trump “Make America Great Again.” This is what he was referring to. He recognized that buying cheap from China was great for the American consumer, but it was horrible for American business because American businesses like steel could not sell their product competitively in China, and also had to compete against China domestically. He sought to level the playing field by threatening tariffs and other penalties that in essence would help American businesses, but hurt the consumer. There’s a balance there and I’m not here to debate the pros and cons of each, but rather to make sure you understand the relationship.
But back to my point; American consumers have become accustomed to cheap and choice from China, thus the massive trade deficits every year. Remember our earlier point; artificial demand has been created by government policy, and now China can’t keep up. There’s just not enough labor to meet the US and global demand for cheap product. So that has led to massive delays for parts, product, and goods. In addition, there are policies that are making it difficult to get the product to market, even when the product does arrive. Again, listen to that interview by Perry Stone, and you will learn a lot about the port of LA and the trucking industry. So what you have is prices are rising exponentially, for a source, aka China, that historically has been very cheap.
What Can We Do?
So that brings me to my 4th point, what can we do? Well I was speaking to someone last night and they very much understand supply, demand, product movement, and logistics. I loved what they said “There is a unique opportunity for American businesses that source locally, because the prices are rising so fast and there are so many delays to get product from overseas, that local American businesses have a chance to compete in a way they haven’t been able to for years.” What can you do? So, the answer is very simple. Buy American. Especially buy American in which a business does not source it’s product or service from overseas.
Now part of why I share this is because that is something we are aiming to do here at the Kingdom Patriot Group. We are building a network of American businesses who have a love for God and country. As we build this small business list of American businesses, we challenge you to relearn your buying habits to support these businesses. First, you will be helping all Americans, but secondly, as persecution increases, by doing commerce together, we are creating an alternative economy for Christians to buy and sell with one another during the dark times ahead. We must support each other, and I’m as guilty as the next person of always looking for a “great deal”, but maybe the best deal is buy American, support businesses that have a similar love for God and country, and to truly, through your money and purchases, support one another.
Hopefully today, this gives you a better understanding of the supply chain crisis, what contributes to it, and what we are called to do about it. When artificial demand is created, prices go up, and when stimulus money floods the market, it creates havoc in a free-market economy. We didn’t really spend a ton of time on inflation, and ultimately where this is going to lead, which is a world-wide market crash. I don’t believe this artificial demand is sustainable, so at some point, it will come crashing down. Businesses will have massive inventories they will have to discount heavily or go bankrupt. The housing market bubble will be something akin to 2008 or worse. There’s no way people will survive in a $200k home they paid ½ million for when they or their spouse loses their job. I’m not being doom and gloom, it’s just reality. Again economics 101.
Let’s make a habit of supporting American businesses, our faith family, and create good habits of doing commerce together.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the Supreme Court decision to prevent implementation and enforcement of the OSHA Emergency Vaccine Mandate for private employers with 100 or more employees. The decision issued by the court this week does not to rule on the case itself, but determined that the plaintiffs have a high likelihood of success and therefore granted relief via an injunction while the case continues through the courts.
Included in the notes here is a link to the 30 page decision.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Law offices of Joshua Kuhlmann
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SHOW NOTES
SCOTUS – OSHA Mandate Decision
There is no bigger news during this past week than the SCOTUS decision regarding the OSHA vaccines mandates and the HHS mandates. We will spend time today unpacking those decisions, what it means and what it doesn’t mean.
Read it for yourself at the link below, It’s 30 pages, but Chris’s comments were taken taken directly from the actual opinion.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a244_hgci.pdf
Quick Mandate Recap
- September 9, 2021 – Biden announces vaccine mandates will be coming thru OSHA
- November 4/5, 2021 – OSHA releases details of its emergency
- Multiple lawsuits are filed with varying results in court.
- 5th circuit initially instituted a stay on the regulation
- Cases were consolidated at the 6th circuit, 6th circuit lifted the stay
- SCOTUS agrees to hear oral arguments
- Jan 7th, 2022 SCOTUS hears oral arguments on whether injunction should remain in place.
To be clear, this is not to rule on the case itself, but to determine if the plaintiffs have a high likelihood of success and therefore granted relief via an injunction while the case continues thru the courts.
First, the end result. In a 6-3 opinion, the supreme court ruled that the plaintiffs had a high likelihood of success in their suit and there said an injunction on the regulation would be in place until promulgated thru the courts. Now let’s look into what the court said:
- Argument before the supreme court – Plaintiff “arguing that OSHA’s mandate exceeds its statutory authority and is otherwise unlawful.”
- OSHA has never before imposed such a mandate. Nor has Congress.
- Indeed, although Congress has enacted significant legislation addressing the COVID–19 pandemic, it has declined to enact any measure similar to what OSHA has promulgated here.
- Court Opinion “Agreeing that the applicants are likely to prevail, we grant their applications and stay the rule
So for a moment, what does this mean? What just happened here? Because in different circuits there were different rulings on the stay and request for injunctive relief, it opened the door for the supreme court to hear arguments regarding the stay of the rule. This is important, because in theory, it makes no sense for a rule to go into effect that has significant regulatory implications and burdens only to be declared unconstitutional by the court and then have to be unwound. That’s why this ruling is so significant. The stay has nothing to do with ruling on the actual case, but it does give insight to whether or not the Supreme Court believes the plaintiff will prevail. So in essence, in a 6-3 decision, the court is saying there is very little chance that OSHA actually had proper authority to do what it did and the plaintiffs are very likely to succeed. In addition, the court laid a very logical and detailed opinion as to why the plaintiffs are likely to succeed.
If OSHA wanted to save face, they would drop this and start over, but as we see with this administration, they double down on everything. As Ben Shapiro likes to say, “more cowbells.”
Now into the case itself
OSHA was enacted in 1970 specifically with insuring safe and healthful working conditions by enforcing rules issued by the secretary. The development of these rules must be done using a rigorous process that includes notice, comment, and an opportunity for public hearing. The standards issued by the secretary must be “reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment.”
The Act contains an exception to those ordinary notice and-comment procedures for “emergency temporary standards.” §655(c)(1). Such standards may “take immediate effect upon publication in the Federal Register.” Ibid. They are permissible, however, only in the narrowest of circumstances: the Secretary must show (1) “that employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards,” and (2) that the “emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from such danger.”
The Supreme Court opined
Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary lacked authority to impose the mandate. Administrative agencies are creatures of statute. They accordingly possess only the authority that Congress has provided. The Secretary has ordered 84 million Americans to either obtain a COVID–19 vaccine or undergo weekly medical testing at their own expense. This is no “everyday exercise of federal power.” …It is instead a significant encroachment into the lives—and health—of a vast number of employees. “We expect Congress to speak clearly when authorizing an agency to exercise powers of vast economic and political significance.”
The question, then, is whether the Act plainly authorizes the Secretary’s mandate. It does not. The Act empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures.
…The Solicitor General does not dispute that OSHA is limited to regulating “work-related dangers.” She instead argues that the risk of contracting COVID–19 qualifies as such a danger. We cannot agree. Although COVID–19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an occupational hazard in most. COVID–19 can and does spread at home, in schools, during sporting events, and everywhere else that people gather. That kind of universal risk is no different from the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution, or any number of communicable diseases. Permitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life—simply because most Americans have jobs and face those same risks while on the clock—would significantly expand OSHA’s regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization.
…It is telling that OSHA, in its half century of existence, has never before adopted a broad public health regulation of this kind—addressing a threat that is untethered, in any causal sense, from the workplace. This “lack of historical precedent,” coupled with the breadth of authority that the Secretary now claims, is a “telling indication” that the mandate extends beyond the agency’s legitimate reach.
…Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category.
Justice Gorsuch further commented:
Not only must the federal government properly invoke a constitutionally enumerated source of authority to regulate in this area or any other. It must also act consistently with the Constitution’s separation of powers. And when it comes to that obligation, this Court has established at least one firm rule: “We expect Congress to speak clearly” if it wishes to assign to an executive agency decisions “of vast economic and political significance.” We sometimes call this the major questions doctrine. OSHA’s mandate fails that doctrine’s test. The agency claims the power to force 84 million Americans to receive a vaccine or undergo regular testing. By any measure, that is a claim of power to resolve a question of vast national significance. Yet Congress has nowhere clearly assigned so much power to OSHA. Approximately two years have passed since this pandemic began; vaccines have been available for more than a year. Over that span, Congress has adopted several major pieces of legislation aimed at combating COVID–19. But Congress has chosen not to afford OSHA—or any federal agency—the authority to issue a vaccine mandate. Indeed, a majority of the Senate even voted to disapprove OSHA’s regulation.
Are you paying attention to what Gorsuch said? He said, “Indeed, a majority of the Senate even voted to disapprove OSHA’s regulation.” Do you know what he’s referring to? He’s referring to the Senate’s 52-48 rebuke of the OSHA regulation using the Congressional Review Act.
Does that sound familiar?
It should because that’s what we here at the Kingdom Patriot Group urged everyone to contact their congressman to invoke this act and while we knew it wouldn’t pass the house, it put the Senators on record of having to support or rebuke OSHA’s overreach. Who knew at the time that this senate vote using the Congressional Review Act would be reviewed and used to support the Supreme Court’s assumption that Congress had no intention of giving OSHA this kind of power and authority!
This is huge!!! You made a difference!!!!
But I digress….
At the end of the day, SCOTUS said, “Um, NO, OSHA does not have this kind of power, so take your toys and go home.” The case was remanded back to the 6th circuit whether it will either be correctly ruled or it will make its way back to the supreme court.
But, I want to make two last comments before we wrap up. First, there is a domino effect for being active in voting for our leaders. There may be no more important role of the president than to nominate justices to the supreme court and to other federal benches. These choices far outlast the president’s administration and the impacts are felt for decades. President Trump appointed Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett and they all voted that OSHA had vastly over-reached their authority. I cannot stress how important this is.
Secondly, I feel sometimes, Christians fall into the same trap as our liberal friends…we put our hope in government, hope in electing the right leaders, and when it seems hope is running out, we place our last hope in the supreme court. And although SCOTUS rightly ruled on OSHA, I believe they wrongly ruled on HHS’ mandates for healthcare workers. That is why our faith cannot and should not be in the court. Of course we will advocate, champion, conservatism, especially Christian conservatism, but our hope is not in man, or we will always be disappointed in manmade solutions. Our hope is in Christ.
Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Lord, be attentive to our prayer and may we always look to you for our refuge, our strength, and our hope.
Voting Rights Suppression
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines House Bill #4, known as John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021. Chris compares and contrasts ID requirements for various commercial transactions vs those of the contested Texas ID requirements. Who is suppressing who?
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: F&M Painting Co. of Lancaster, PA
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Voting Rights Suppression - SHOW NOTES
We are going to focus particularly on House Bill #4 which is known as HR4 that is trying to create the federalization of voting rights. On August 17. 2021 speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi stated that, “the house today is taking a momentous step to secure the sacred right to vote for generations to come, with the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.”
One thing that I'm not going to do today is dive into the particulars of this legislation. To be honest with you I haven't dissected it completely quite yet. However I do want to make sure that you understand what the constitution says about voting rights and what this legislation attempts to do in principle. It is a clear move to have more federal influence one elections under the guise that we're protecting the sacred right to vote. And one of the reasons or I should say many of the reasons that this has become an issue is because of laws voting laws in places like Texas where they have placed extreme restrictions on people's ability to vote. Or at least that's what we are being told. But we are going to examine this restrictive nature of voting in places like Texas so that we can understand if the rancor has substance or if it's it just political fodder for a certain narrative.
In the constitution, Article I Section 4, the responsibility of elections clearly rests on the state legislatures “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof;”
This is a very important issue, This is why there was such an uproar in the 2020 election when individual Secretary of States were changing the manner in which votes were cast, counted, absentee ballot processes, etc. Because the constitution is very clear that that cannot be done unilaterally in any given state but has to be done by the state Congress. I'm not sure why this did not gather more traction as we discussed the concerns of the 2020 election, but this is incredibly important. It doesn't really matter if you're a republican or a Democrat, you never want the process of elections being decided by the hands of a few people in the executive branch of government. There is always an inherent bias to enact laws that favor your party. This should be something voted on by the legislature and therefore enacted and executed by the executive branch. That's just the proper structure of our governments. The legislature writes the laws, the executive branch enforces the laws, the judicial branch interprets the laws . Or at least that was the original intent it seems today we have gone far from this.
In Nancy Pelosi’s comments, she further opined, “A brazen, partisan campaign of voter suppression silences voters of color across the nation and threatens to erode our democracy. Further, the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Shelby v. Holder opened the floodgates of voter suppression, allowing states with dark histories of bigotry and discrimination to pass hundreds of laws designed to keep communities of color from the ballot box. This year alone, eighteen states have enacted thirty dangerous voter suppression laws, while the Court has continued its assault on the Voting Rights Act with its shameful decision in Brnovich v. DNC.”
One key component in this line of thinking is that voter suppression is synonymous with having to prove who you are. For the life of me, I can’t understand how that is voter suppression. Now Pelosi is likely to say that requiring a voter ID disproportionally impacts minorities and therefore it’s racist, and if it’s racist, it violates the Civil Rights Act. However, while I don't have the information right in front of me, I believe there is a principle in which the courts have ruled that just because a law has a disparate impact on minorities does not mean that it de facto violates the Civil Rights Act. In fact I believe there has to be intent shown in the preparation and passage of that law not just that it had an unequal impact on different groups of people.
Keeping that in mind, Texas has been front and center as the poster child for voter suppression specifically in the requirement of identification. So I wanted to take a moment and separate fact from fiction, rhetoric versus reality, truth from lie.
Other ID Requirements
But the first understand just how suppressive the Texas voter ID law is, you must first understand other requirements both inside and outside the state in which identification is mandated. For example,
To apply for unemployment benefits in Texas you need
- Texas Driver’s license or Texas Identification Card
- Alien Registration number (If not a US Citizen)
What about a bank account
- 2 Forms of government issued ID
- Social security number
- Utility Bill with current address
To write a check in a store
- Government issued ID
To collect welfare checks
- Various forms of ID
- Photo ID preferred
- School ID
- Health Benefits ID
- ID from other social services programs
- Birth certificate
- Voter Registration card
To fly on an airplane
- Passport
- State Issued enhanced ID
- Military ID
Texas ID Requirements
So those are just a few examples of where identification is mandated to conduct yourself in certain activities. But what about the right to vote in Texas? What is actually required and how oppressive is it?
In order to vote in Texas, you must have one of the following:
- Texas driver’s license
- Texas Election identification certificate
- Texas Personal identification card
- Texas handgun license
- US Military ID
- US Citizenship certificate with your photograph
- US Passport
- If you don’t have these ID’s you can complete a declaration at the polls if you have
- Government document showing name & address including voter registration
- Current utility bill
- Bank statement
- Government check
- Paycheck
- Certified birth certificate
- Document certifying your birth admissible in a court of law
- Exemptions
- Voters w/ Disability can apply for permanent exemption
- Religious exemptions to being photographed
- Natural Disasters
Suppressive?
So, this let's get this straight, if you fly on an airplane you have three choices, if you're collecting welfare checks you have six choices, if you're opening a bank account you have three choices, but if you're going to vote you have seven choices of ID, and then I whole host of alternate methods of being able to vote including seven different alternatives, as well as three different exemptions altogether. Now I don't know about you, but if the Texas voter ID law is this oppressive and truly violates the Civil Rights Act, then it pretty much seems to me that normal business such as opening a bank account, traveling, collecting unemployment benefits, or collecting welfare all violates the Civil Rights Act for the said above reasons.
That's why this conversation is not even reasonable. It's way more rhetoric than reality. So if that's true then what is the real driver behind this legislation? One can only conclude it is driven by the need to consolidate power. And I have a natural aversion anytime I see the federal government consolidating power in any area of life. So did our founding fathers, that's why they so feared a strong federal government.
What I hope to do today was to educate you a little bit on this idea of voter suppression because we have two camps, we have the progressive camp that says that we absolutely need to protect the voting rights at all costs and then we have a conservative camp that says we must protect the integrity of our elections at all costs. They both are right in the principle, but in this legislation it is seeking to solve a problem that doesn't exist. There is no indication that voter suppression is occurring and when you enact a voter law that has less restrictive requirements than it takes to open a bank account, cash a check, or collect welfare, I think you have met that threshold of making accommodations. So when we hear this rhetoric being shared, let's make sure that we are educated and that we are calling out fact and fiction to help educate those around us so that they can make informed voting decisions, so they can vote for people who support the right types of legislation to protect our freedoms.
It all begins with a meme. In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann explores worship vs idolatry. Where do we draw the line, who or what do we bow to? Idolatry is seldom addressed in our modern society, and we can easily avoid it by staying focused on the One worthy of our worship. Chris will shed some light in this brief episode.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
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NEWS RECAP
A quick recap of some of the major news of the week.
OMICRON News
It is spreading fast across the country. Many states now reporting the majority of their cases are of the OMICRON variant. It’s still early, but data suggests that it is much more infectious than the delta variant, but much less virulent (mild cold, no hospitalization). While that still may indicate a strain on the healthcare system due to the overall increase in numbers, the actual individual risk is likely to be far less.
Flight Cancelations
https://www.npr.org/sections/national/
Thousands more flights canceled on Christmas Day, putting a damper on holiday travel
The backlog is even worse than it was on Christmas Eve, with 2,521 flights cancelled worldwide, according to Flight Aware. Because of the strict quarantine protocols, these cancelled flights are due to staffing shortages. Even in the healthcare industry, organizations are openly asking for a relaxing of quarantine periods due to the severe staffing shortage.
Dec 22
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. Paxlovid is available by prescription only and should be initiated as soon as possible after diagnosis of COVID-19 and within five days of symptom onset.
Supreme Court
www.Scotusblog.org
With COVID-19 cases surging across the country, the Supreme Court fast-tracked two disputes over the Biden administration’s efforts to expand vaccinations. In an unusual move, the justices announced on Wednesday night that they will hear oral arguments on Jan. 7 on two federal policies: a vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large employers, and a vaccine mandate for health care workers at facilities that receive federal funding.
The cases came to the court last week on an emergency basis, and the formal question in both disputes is whether the government should be allowed to enforce the policies while litigation challenging them continues. But the justices’ views on whether to grant emergency relief will likely be influenced by their views on the merits of the underlying challenges themselves.
SHOW NOTES - HE ONLY KING
Hopefully you listened to our podcast two weeks ago about obedience to those in authority as this is going to somewhat dovetail off of that conversation. If you have not listened to it, then stop this podcast right now and go listen to that one first; it will be of more value to you if you have heard them in order.
I’ve seen many many t-shirts with slogans, and believe me, Facebook is overrun with various meme themed t-shirts. Some are very serious in their call for disobedience such as “I will not comply,” to some of the more funny ones like, “We are the democrats, we believe in science….except that whole chromosome thing, we don’t believe that one.”
But one of my absolute favorites says this, “I only bow to one man, and He died on a cross.” That is where we pick up today.
As a recap from the obedience podcast, we talked about the high bar our founding fathers set for civil disobedience as well as the biblical threshold for disobeying those in authority over us. If we are openly called to stop preaching the Bible, to sin, to worship that which we should not, these are times to disobey. But clearly, we should not engage in disobedience for light and transient causes. But I digress.
So let’s talk about that last meme, and specifically let’s talk about worship. I pray that each of you have not only enjoyed Christmas, but had a time to reflect the reason for the season, the object of our worship, our true King, Jesus Christ. In this holiday season, and truly for all seasons, there is only One who is worthy of our worship, and He was born in a manger, but died on a cross, and was resurrected from a cave, From a stable, to a cross, from a grave, Jesus is the only one worthy of our worship.
At the Kingdom Patriot Group, we have spent considerable time bringing awareness and to call to action those choices made by our leaders that are taking us down a dangerous path. But, our ultimate calling is to share the Gospel in the process. I’m aware that many who feel as I do about our government, are filled with fear, anger, vitriol, thoughts of vengeance, and believing that if we elect the right people, we can relax because we can be saved. That my friends, is why we are talking today.
If you truly believe our problems are solved if we get the right people elected, the wrong people removed, the right people on the court, the wrong school board members removed, and the right ones in place, you have missed the point. If you live in fear if we are unsuccessful, then all is lost, then I submit that your hope is misplaced and in fact is misplaced in idols.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my country. I believe in the principles this country was founded upon, but at the end of the day, if my hope lives and dies with our system of government, then I in effect, have elevated our leaders, our democracy, our country to idol status. What is an idol? While sin is easily recognizable, more noble things can masquerade as worthy when in reality they can be idols…such as hard work, family, marriage, children, sports, hunting, exercise, healthy foods, you name it. Anything in which worship that is NOT God is an idol.
I think it’s easy to criticize from the right, because we see the progressive left absolutely worship the nanny state, they worship moral relativism, they worship the cause to destroy faith. But Christian conservatives can fall into the same trap as we worship “the founding fathers” or the “Constitution’s original intent” or “our democracy.” At the end of the day, there is only one worthy of our worship, and that is Jesus Christ.
As we continue in the midst of the heart of December, we have one king to bow before, and that’s Christ. While we are called obey those in authority over us, those in that authority ultimately answer to my King, Jesus Christ. That is who we should worship. Our redresses should be before our King. How do we do that? How do we deal with our anxieties about our government? Through prayer, petition, with thanksgiving….and the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus as we see in Philippians 4:6-7
…and we can’t have a conversation about worshipping our one true King, without talking about idols. I think many idols are obvious because they are blatant sin. The love of money, sexual immorality, and power. But for my conservative friends, I’m going to speak directly to you today, because we need to be every diligent against idol worship as well.
Here are just some of those idols that come to mind:
- My personal rights
- My property
- My freedom
- The constitution
- Our Founding Fathers
- Declaration of Independence
- US Military Might
- And even more subtle ones such as
- Our families
- Our friends
- Spouses, Children
- Ministries
- Sports Teams
- Hunting
- Fishing
Why do I mention these? Because all of these have the potential to become our gods (little g) but in doing so, these objects of worship replace our Father, big “G.” What is so deceiving is that many of these things appear to be culturally good. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be devoted to their family at all costs.
Yet, I bring these up because of our very conversation today. Who is worthy of our worship? We just celebrated Christmas because of Jesus, our one true King, the only one worthy of our worship. If that’s true, then nothing is more important than our pursuit of Him. Yes the Kingdom Patriot Group is promoting faith and freedom, but even the pursuit of freedom is secondary to our pursuit of Christ. Although, we absolutely want the freedom to pursue without hindrance, but the Bible shows us that persecution will only increase.
Maybe I should have led with this today, but the definition of worship is this:
- “to render religious reverence and homage to.
- to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).”
Let’s render our reverence and homage, and adoration, and regard for the only person who ever lived that is worthy, Jesus. As the meme earlier stated, I bow to one man, and He died on a cross. Again, I hope you had a very merry Christmas and I can’t wait for what 2022 has for you and the Kingdom Patriot Group.
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In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the core of a Religious Exemption for the believer, the distinction between the religious context of the exemption vs the legality or the science. If you’re trying to use the religious exemption as a loophole, you should "NOT" listen to this podcast. On The GRID, honesty is the ONLY policy.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
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SHOW NOTES
I’ve been blessed and honored to have been asked for help from California, to Texas, Arkansas, to Michigan. Help in what you might ask? Help in writing a religious exemption request for the COVID19 vaccine mandate that so many employers are requiring…some because they don’t any better, some because they truly believe it makes their workplaces safer, but most because the federal government has mandated vaccines via OSHA, CMS, and federal contract workers.
While the Federal government vaccine mandates continue to be fought in the courts, it is likely that a subset of employers will continue to require them…in fact, as more and more variants show themselves, and with almost certain media hype and fear-mongering, it is almost guaranteed that the number of employers requiring vaccines will increase.
So what remedy do you have? First, if you have strong political, personal, or scientific held beliefs, at this point in time, I’m sorry to say, you have no relief. However, if you have genuine faith reasons to not take the COVID 19 vaccine, there is a legal remedy for you.
DISCLAIMER: Not an Attorney
While I’m going to share my personal story and successes, I do want to take a moment and make sure you understand, I’m not an attorney and I’m not giving you a bona fide legal opinion. I’m only sharing my story, my opinion, based on my experience and conversations with many people. Secondly, I’m not advocating you use this information if you truly don’t have sincerely held religious beliefs. I’m not advocating deception, and I believe this process is deeply personal and between you and God. So, now that we got that out of the way, let’s head to an official government source.
Religious Accommodations – the Law
This information comes from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; an official website of the US Government https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/what-you-should-know-workplace-religious-accommodation
It starts with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I’m going to read word-for-word from 2 FAQs on this website:
- Are employers required to accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of applicants and employees?
Yes. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. This includes refusing to accommodate an employee's sincerely held religious beliefs or practices unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship (more than a minimal burden on operation of the business). A religious practice may be sincerely held by an individual even if newly adopted, not consistently observed, or different from the commonly followed tenets of the individual's religion.
- What does Title VII mean by "religion"?
Title VII defines "religion" very broadly. It includes traditional, organized religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It also includes religious beliefs that are new, uncommon, not part of a formal church or sect, or only held by a small number of people.
Some practices are religious for one person, but not religious for another person, such as not working on Saturday or on Sunday. One person may not work on Saturday for religious reasons; another person may not work on Saturday for family reasons. Under Title VII, a practice is religious if the employee's reason for the practice is religious.
Social, political, or economic philosophies, or personal preferences, are not "religious" beliefs under Title VII..
Did you pay attention to that last sentence? Social, political, economic, or personal preferences are not considered religious and therefore are not protected under Title VII.
That is where most people get so stuck. Why? Because a person’s belief system is made up of Culture, Faith, Education, Experience, Career, Mentors, Family, politics, economic, social, and personal preferences – It’s who we are. These are all components that help shape and build an individual’s belief system.
However, the law only protects that which is religious. Right now, I’ve helped 3 individuals obtain their religious exemptions that genuinely had a faith based reason, but it’s because they struggled articulating the faith component of their belief system, again, the only component protected by law.
That’s why we are here today…and again, I want to reiterate, if you don’t have a faith-based reason to request a religious exemption, then don’t fake it or be deceptive. In doing so, I belief you dishonor yourself and you dishonor God in the process. Nonetheless, if you do have a faith-based reason to request an exemption, then let’s walk this process together.
First the Don’ts:
- Do not share your political views in your request. I know, I know, it’s part of who we are. The problem is that it taints the committee or reviewer of your request to be focused on the non-protected aspect of your request. I get it, it’s very hard…I’m just telling you, even if you include the faith based elements, if your request is laced with political rancor, it’s likely dead on arrival.
- Do not argue science. What? Let me explain and this may be a bigger issue in the health-care sector, but the “science and data to believe and trust” is in the eye of the beholder. So if you say I’m not taking the vaccine because aborted fetal tissue was used in the making of the vaccine, what happens if the reviewer believes your science is wrong? If they say “well, fetal tissue was used in the testing, but not in the actual production of the vaccine, therefore this religious exemption request is null and void because their science is wrong.” Again, you may not like it, it may be hard, but I implore you to not argue the science. To support my point, remember, the Civil Rights Act protects your faith not your science.
- Do not make sarcastic, snide remarks in the request. There is a way to submit your request without sarcasm, still get your point across, and make it crystal clear to the reviewer. Angry, sarcastic remarks are not what Christ has called us to and likely will only provoke the reviewer.
Now the Do’s:
- Pray about this. Seek God, seek his direction. I truly believe there are examples where God will give different answers to his children that still display his character and his will for your life.
- Share what kind of faith belief you are basing this from….ie, I’m a Christian, etc…
- Include your personal faith beliefs so that the reviewer will understand your heart, not just your mind. I personally looked at it as an opportunity to also share my faith within the request itself.
- Cite scripture when possible, but don’t give 100 verses. State your belief and the scripture to back it up.
- Don’t be afraid to admit if you take other vaccines but are opposed to this one.
So what scriptures would support a faith-based religious exemption request? That’s great question, but again, must be bathed in prayer and seeking the Lord. I’m going to share my story, not so it can be copied, but so you can understand my journey and how I ended up with a religious exemption approval.
Every religious exemption form uses different questions, so yours may vary slightly. I will read the question(s) that are most likely to occur and I will share my answers.
What is my religion (if applicable)?
I’m a Bible-believing Christian and faith is at the heart of who I am. I’m learning to live out Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” I’ve been saved since I was 10 years old, but I’ve been faithfully following the Lord for 30 years.
Explain in your own words why you are requesting this religious exemption:
First to understand the sincerity of my religious beliefs, you must first understand that I generally agree with the science and data that shows the risk of taking a COVID19 vaccine is less than the risk from the disease itself. I believe I’m very balanced in my approach as I prayerfully consider all the benefits and impact of taking the Covid 19 vaccine. Yet, it is my firmly held religious belief, that I am called to pray about every major decision…and when I seek the Lord in prayer, He will direct my decisions. Proverbs 3:5-6 “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” As I have prayed about this, the Lord has not directed me to take the vaccine.
Because it is my firmly held religious belief that I must be obedient to how the Lord is directing me, I cannot take the COVID 19 vaccine from any manufacturer. Further, as evidenced by the attached the Health Department Vaccine waiver(s) for public school in Exhibit A, you can see this is not the first time I’ve requested a religious/personal beliefs exemption for myself or a family member after careful thought and prayer.
Describe the religious principles that guide your objection to the vaccine for which you are requesting an exemption.
My objections to the COVID19 vaccine are three-fold:
1) As stated in the previous question, I must be obedient to how I believe the Lord is directing me. When I pray about a situation, I weigh the teaching of scripture, counsel of others, conversations with pastors, etc… as I try to understand how the Lord is directing. When I’ve been given direction, I’m called to be obedient, because as a Christian who has deeply held faith beliefs, obedience to the Lord is a very big deal.
2) I firmly believe that walking in faith is at the heart of every sincere Christian. In scripture, Paul writes in Hebrews 11 how Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and many others walked by faith. In fact, we are taught that faith is an essential part of the Christian walk Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” If I was to take the vaccine, it would be purely from fear of not being able to provide for my family, not because I felt the conviction to do so. If I take the vaccine purely out of fear, then I believe I have sinned as outlined in Romans 14:23b “…and everything that does not come from faith is sin.” Therefore, it is my firmly held religious belief to take this vaccine purely out of fear and not faith is causing me to sin.
3) In Revelation 13 of scripture, the Bible is clear in the last days before the second coming of Christ, that the enemy of God will seek to control not only Christians, but all of humanity. In this passage, scripture gives insight to believers of what those times will look like. Revelation 13:16-17, “16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.” I want to be clear that I don’t believe that the COVID19 vaccine is the mark referenced in scripture. However, it is clear to me and millions of Christians that the spirit around this vaccine is a precursor to what scripture warns us will come. We are already seeing this sentiment growing as our culture is deciding to use this vaccine as a means by which to undermine employment, to restrict who can buy/sell in certain cities and establishments, and to control those who can and cannot travel. As a Christian, it is my firmly held religious belief that I cannot support this mandate specifically because of the warning scripture gives us.
Indicate whether you are opposed to all immunizations, and if not, the religious basis that prohibits particular immunizations.
First, I am not opposed to all vaccines, but I do believe a major decision like this must be made after careful thought and prayer to determine what the Lord would have me do. I’ve outlined in the previous question my personal faith-based opposition to the COVID19 vaccine, but I will recap.
It is my firmly held religious belief that in taking the vaccine 1) I would be going against what I believe the Lord has directed me to do, 2) that I would be sinning in the process because I would be making the decision out of fear, and 3) I can’t support a decision that is consistent with what scripture warns us about in the book of Revelation.
I’ll share a real world example; 15 years ago, we prayed about buying a house in a rural
community in another state. After prayerful consideration, my wife and I decided to rent for a time because after prayer, the Lord directed me to Acts 28:30-31 “For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldy and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.”
In that time of reflection and prayer, I truly believed that the Lord had directed me to rent for two years rather than buy a house. Does this make me an “anti-house buyer” because I chose to rent in that community? Absolutely not, but we prayed about the decision, believed the Lord had directed us to rent instead of buy, and then we were called to walk in faith and obedience. After we had rented for two years, I lost my job and if we had owned a home in that small community, it would have been disastrous. The Lord taught us a critical lesson about decisions and pursuing Him in prayer, seeking His will, and then walking in faith and obedience. Having done the same process with this mandate, it is my firmly held religious belief that I cannot take the vaccine.
This was my process, this was my letter and answers to those questions. I continue to reiterate, that your faith reason must be genuine and authentic. There is no room for deception here. While a committee must not discriminate against you because of your faith, they can deny your request if they see inconsistency or deception in your request. For example, you indicate you are a Christian, but the committee sees your Facebook post where you claim to be an atheist and you filled out a request because you know you can dupe them….not a good idea.
I also want to say that each state is different and while we have had success helping people complete their forms and gain ultimate approval, it doesn’t mean that some employers won’t full understand their obligations under the law and deny a perfectly reasonable and supportable religious exemption request. If that occurs, you will have to get an attorney to take it to the next level.
If you want individual help on a religious exemption request, please email me at admin@kindompatriot.us
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In this episode Chris Kuhlmann interviews Brandon McCartney, owner of F&M Painting, a residential and commercial painting company in Lancaster County, PA.
Brandon shares a few of his experiences with clients concerned about COVID-19 and the vaccine mandates. They discuss the under reported truth about the virus and the vaccine as well as the misperceptions espoused by the national media.
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Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Chris Kuhlmann Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines civil disobedience and the believer. When is it appropriate? When is it our duty? He discusses the subject from both the Constitutional and Biblical perspectives.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: The Law offices of Joshua Kuhlmann
Give him a call at 903-574-3789 for a free consultation.
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
SHOW NOTES
Two Perspectives: Biblical & Constitutional
Today, unlike some of the other topics, we are going to address this from two primary perspectives, biblical and constitutional. However, let’s talk about the latter first.
Constitutional
According to the country we live in, when should we engage in civil disobedience, when should we disobey the laws or authorities that have been placed over us?
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these states. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”
According to the declaration of independence, the time to “throw off such government” is a time when patience has finally worn out…when we have patiently suffered at repeated injuries, repeated injuries….for clarity, the time for throwing off a government is not the first time the government makes a decision that a Conservative Christian doesn’t like. If you understand the plight of the founding fathers, you know that they petitioned King Edward, they communicated, asked for representation, and over and over they were rebuffed and were relegated to suffer at His hands with any potential for recourse. Having come to the conclusion that peaceful petition would not yield any changes, the founding fathers issued this declaration so that the entire world could see that the quest for independence was not without cause or merit. This included:
- The king would not allow the colonies to pass laws for everyday governance
- The king required his approval for every law, but neglected to give his assent
- The king required the colonies to relinquish representation in legislature in order for him to assent to certain laws
- The king called together assemblies of the legislature that was almost impossible for the colonies to meet
- The king dissolved representative houses repeatedly to demonstrate his invasion of private rights
- The king obstructed the administration of justice
- The king made judges dependent on his will alone for their tenure and wage
- The king created new government offices and sent his officers to implement
- The king kept in time of peace, standing armies without the consent of the legislature
- The king affectively rendered the military independent and superior to civilian power/authority
- The king quartered large bodies of armed troops among the colonies
- The king in effect protected the armies from any punishment for murders committed
- The king cut off the trade with all parts of the world
- The king imposed taxes w/out their consent
- The king deprived trial by jury
- The king took away their charters and abolished many of their valuable laws
- The king plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people
At every stage of these oppressions, the colonies petitioned for redress in the most humble terms…each petition was answered by more repeated injury. Thus, “A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”
Why did I spend the last few minutes reading this from the declaration of independence? I read it so you could understand several things 1) The colonies faced continual injuries and persecution from their government, 2) They petitioned many times for their issues to be resolved and just to be heard, 3) Their injuries/violations were only met with further constitutional persecution, 4) as a LAST resort, they declared their independence and prepared for war.
So where are we now in this process…to state my position for the government who is undoubtedly listening in, I don’t believe we are at stage 4, preparing for war, at least not physical war. However, we are clearly passed stage 1. Conservative Christians in this nation clearly are being met with injury and persecution fairly widespread that this point….not to the degree that the colonists were, but the government bureaucracy is not even shy now about showing it’s disdain for the traditional conservative Christian values that our nation was founded upon. We truly have entered the day that the bible says “They will call what is good evil and what is evil good.” I personally believe we are in the midst of the back and forth of stage 2 and 3….that is why the Kingdom Patriot Group was formed. To petition, to united the voices of faith and freedom to return our nation to those founding principles, but do so with the gentle and humble, yet the solid resolute nature of Christ.
Constitutionally speaking, we should be pushing back more than ever. Our voices need to be heard and we never want to get to Stage 4.
Biblical
Now biblically speaking, I want to preface this discussion that I’m going to give you principles, not “the answer”. I believe you have to pray the Lord and as you seek Christ for his direction, consider these principles.
Here’s a couple of scriptures to consider before we even have this discussion.
Romans 13:1-2 “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.”
Galatians 5:1-2 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
(Some have used this as justification for disobedience, but I believe this is taken out of context as it really is talking about the yoke of slavery in regards to circumcision."
As a general rule, I believe the Lord calls us to obey those in authority over us…but that is not always the case. You really have to know what the heart of Christ is. For example, in Jeremiah we see the Israelites exiled to Babylon and the Lord told them to except this faith, to flourish in captivity upon the promise that they WOULD be rescued one day. On the other hand, in Exodus, we learn that the Lord says “I have heard the cry and suffering my people” and then ultimately instructs his people to rebel/escape Pharaoh in a call to obedience; and the Lord delivers Israel in a miraculous way. I will come back to this shortly.
When is it crystal clear to rebel against those in authority?
- When the authorities instruct you in something contrary to God’s word such as mandating abortion. Think that never could happen? How about in Exodus when Pharaoh instructed all male babies to be killed at birth? The Israelite women did NOT obey they command of Pharaoh and the Lord blessed them for it. That was clearly biblical disobedience.
- If we are instructed to NOT preach the word of God. This happened to the disciples repeatedly…yet they continued to preach the Gospel…this IS biblical disobedience to government authorities.
- If the government authorities instruct us to sin…for example to commit murder, to cheat, steal, to engage in carnal or pagan practices…these are clear reasons for biblical DISOBEDIENCE.
- Other examples would include same-sex marriages. While I would tell you that I respect a person’s choice to engage in this practice, as a Christian, I have to push back in civil disobedience because our laws that redefine biblical marriage are NOT biblical.
Issues unclear in scripture
- Unfair tax structures
- Speed limits
- Unfair laws
- Mandated insurance such as Obamacare
- Mandatory vaccines
- Mandatory mask
Principals we need to understand, embrace, and live by
- We are called to obey government
- Obedience to government is not absolute
- We cannot compromise the preaching of God’s word
- What we learn from Exodus
- There is a time to rebel and fight
- We must cry out to God
- We have to trust God
- We must listen to God
- There will be a time for action
- If the Lord is in it, he will provide deliverance
- What we learn from Jeremiah
- Sometimes captivity is God’s will
- We must learn to be content in our circumstances
- We must seek the Lord with all of our hearts
- The Lord’s deliverance comes in his timing and will
- What we learn from Esther
- The Lord appoints times and individuals who must act in Bravery, just as Esther defied the rule that no one could go unannounced before the king without the penalty of death
- Even though the King’s decree that the Israelites were to be wiped out, God made another path because the Israelites defended themselves as the Jews assembled to attack those that were bent on destroying them
- What we learn from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego or Daniel
- Worshipping the king or his government or an idol in place of God is never allowed
- There may be harsh punishment handed down to those who are disobedient
- God has shown a history of deliverance for this type of disobedience and rebellion
- What we learn from the disciples/apostles
- The authorities banned him from preaching the Gospel
- They disobeyed the edict
While I think that outright banning preaching and worshipping is a ways off, the government’s appetite for control is always progressing and is insatiable. We are already seeing that if a pastor preaches the bible and calls same-sex marriage a sin that he’s committing discrimination at best and a hate crime at worst…there are open calls for shutting down pastors, censorship, and even criminal prosecution of such pastors.
These are principles that I believe we can apply to the most egregious actions of the day. For example, vaccine mandates. From on perspective, you can argue that the government is to be obeyed, on the other hand you can say the government is asking us to obey something they do not have the authority to do, and lastly you can argue you can’t support something that clearly has the spirit of the anti-Christ in it. At the end of the day, these decisions of obedience must be met with a principled approach, bathed in prayer, with the consultation of many. I absolutely believe that there is a time to be biblically disobedient, but I also believe that bar is high. Similarly to the constitutional perspective, I don’t think biblical disobedience is for light and transient causes (unfair tax code), but where there is a clear direction that is opposed to Christ, we not only have the right, but the duty, to engage in peaceful civil disobedience.
I think as Christians we need to be super careful in not being disobedient for “light and transient” causes either constitutionally or biblically, but to say there is not place for biblical disobedience would be incorrect. When we do disobey those authorities for anti-biblical actions, we are called to make sure our actions lead others to Christ. So many times, I see Christians standing up with angry defiance that doesn’t lead others to Christ, but rather looks like angry open in-your-face-defiance. I think in biblical disobedience we are called to be gentle, humble, meek but firm resolute conviction.
Fellow kingdom patriots, seek God, carefully pray about these times and situations. Disobedience must be in the right time, the right way, with the right conviction, with the right leading from the Holy Spirit. Seek the counsel of others, humbly pray, ask yourself if this disobedience is purely about “my rights” or are we standing against an offense to God. If we do these things, I believe we will find we are not standing alone, but with other Kingdom Patriots.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann explores the Rittenhouse Trial, the origin of the incident that sparked the crime that lead to the riot, the players and the lies.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Forever 17
www.Forever17.com
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
SHOW NOTES
Another Trump supporting white supremacist goes free as the politicization of the courtroom reaches a fever pitch.
RECAP
You have probably heard enough already on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, but if not, let me do a quick recap.
Jacob Blake
It all starts with Jacob Blake what had a warrant out for his arrest for 3rd degree sexual assault, trespassing, disorderly conducted related to domestic abuse. That’s when this story really starts, Jacob Blake being criminally charged and a subsequent warrant for sexual assault of a woman. Fast forward to 8/23/2020.
- Woman who filed the complaint called 911 at 5:11pm saying Jacob Blake had taken her car keys despite not legally being allowed on the premises
- Jacob Blake is 29 years old, 5’9”, and 160lbs. Presumably at that height and weight and age, in pretty decent shape.
- Police show up and use a taser twice (The woman is yelling he’s got my kid he’s got my keys)
- Scuffle with a police officer including putting one officer in a headlock
- Jacob Blake has a knife and opens the car door and leans in
- Sheskey fires 7 shots
- Later Blake admitted “yes I had the knife and I was not thinking clearly”
- Blake was taken to the hospital, where he survived, but is now paralyzed
Ladies and Gentleman, this is what the Kyle Rittenhouse case is all about. I don’t know Jacob Blake, I don’t know if he had a tough upbringing, I know none of those things…all I know is what I can assess from the facts of this case. Here is a man that has a warrant out for his arrest, that shows up where he’s not allowed to be, with a weapon, steals his girlfriend’s keys and allegedly her child. He doesn’t comply w/ the police officers, has nonlethal tasing used upon him, still doesn’t comply, scuffles w/ the police, puts one of them in a headlock, reaches into his vehicle, and then gets shot as the shooting officer, Sheskey, says the thought Blake was trying to kidnap the kid. This entire case, all the subsequent protests, none of this occurs if Jacob Blake 1) Doesn’t trespass and 2) complies w/ the officers commands. You have to understand this was the case, because you can’t understand the Rittenhouse trial unless you understand the origins.
Those are the facts of the case, but make no mistake, BLM and the national media have an agenda. Let’s read the headlines from some of these sources.
New York Times - Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was left partly paralyzed after a white police officer shot him seven times in the back outside an apartment complex in Kenosha, Wis.
New York Times - “Jacob Blake, Rare Survivor at Center of Police Protests, Starts Telling His Own Story,”
Wikipedia - Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
USA Today - Shortly after 5 p.m. local time, Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, is shot by police while getting into an SUV with his three sons, ages 8, 5, and 3. A bystander’s video appears to show a white police officer grabbing Blake by the back of his shirt as Blake enters his vehicle, then shooting him from behind seven times at close range.
You could google this forever. Do you notice anything… every opening sentence includes “black” as the description of Jacob Blake. There is no mention (at least in the headline) of ‘criminal’ or ‘trespassing’ or ‘sexual assault’….it’s just all about the Jacob Blake is black and officer who shot him is white.
I wasn’t there, although I have seen the video footage…a tragedy for sure. This is why I would never want to be a police officer because I don’t ever want to be in that position.
Jacob Blake in the Media
Given all the facts I’ve just mentioned, how would you describe Jacob Blake? What are our leaders saying?
- Kamala Harris spoke to the family & said to “I’m proud of you for working thru your pain”
- Joe Biden in meeting w/ the family “What I came away with was the overwhelming sense of resilience and optimism that they have about the kind of response they’re getting,”
- Joe Biden further shared that Blake "talked about how nothing was going to defeat him" and said that whether "he walked again or not, he was not going to give up." I’m just curious, he’s not going to give up at what? Wielding a knife, sexual assault, attempted kidnapping, resisting law enforcement, or is it something more noble?
It is paramount to understand the origins of this story, because the media has made Jacob Blake out to be a hero against white supremacy” Black Lives Matter to be the modern-day expression of Martin Luther King: and Kyle Rittenhouse to be a Swastika, assault-weapon-toting murderer.
So this tragedy happened on 8/23. What happened next?
The Riot – Rosenbaum, Huber & Grosskreutz
Violent protests erupt in Kenosha Wisconsin, businesses were burned to the ground, and rampant looting. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to control the rioters more than once. Rittenhouse had an AR15 purchased in Wisconsin and was asked to guard a car dealership as well as provide aid to anyone injured, thus the reason he brought a medical kit. Joseph Rosenbaum, having just been released from the hospital that day for a suicide attempt and btw, a career criminal, attacks Rittenhouse and tries to get his rifle. He is shot 4 times and dies. Anthony Huber attacks Rittenhouse with a skateboard hitting him 2x in the head and trying a 3x. Rittenhouse shoots him and is killed. Gage Grosskreutz has a pistol and advances toward Rittenhouse, Rittenhouse shoots him in the arm.
Under the “Heroes” Capes
As a side note, the prosecutor in this case, suggested that Rosenbaum, Huber, and Grosskreutz were heroes who were responding to an active shooter situation. Really, let’s take a quick look at these three:
- Rosenbaum
- Open case for misdemeanor bail jumping
- Domestic battery
- Disorderly conduct
- 11 counts of child molestation Inappropriate sexual activity with 5 boys ages 5-11
- Registered sex offender in both Arizona and Wisconsin
- While in the Arizona penitentiary Rosenbaum showed his violent tendencies
- Assaulting staff
- Throwing things
- Assault with a weapon
- Disobeying orders
- Drug possession
- Tampering with security
- Possession of a weapon
- Evidence shows on the night in question that Rosenbaum was belligerent, agitated, and repeatedly issues threats to Rittenhouse including “If I catch you alone, I’m going to kill you”
- Huber
- Domestic Abuse repeat offender
- Disorderly Conduct
- Possessing Drug Paraphernalia
- 2nd-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety
- Strangulation and Suffocation Felony
- False Imprisonment Felony
- Battery
- Disorderly Conduct
- Grosskreutz
- Drunk Driving
- Forfeiture cases
- Disobedience to officers
- Criminal conviction for being drunk w/ a firearm
- Affiliated w/ the people’s revolution,
- Prowling and lurking near West Allis Police
- Disorderly Conduct conviction
Outcomes Not Due Process
Do you remember what I said several podcasts comparing the progressive left and conservatives. Remember, the far left is only concerned with outcomes, not due process. The reason this court case is an atrocity in their eyes, is because it didn’t come to the right outcome; it does not matter that the evidence did not support the charge.
I’m sure you know the ending - Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts:
- COUNT 1: FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESS HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON
- COUNT 2: FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING SAFETY, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON
- COUNT 3: FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING SAFETY, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON
- COUNT 4: FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON
- COUNT 5: ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE, USE OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON
- COUNT 6: POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON BY A PERSON UNDER 18 (Dismissed)
- COUNT 7: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN EMERGENCY ORDER FROM STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Dismissed)
I share all of this because I want it fresh in your mind. Make no mistake, national media are calling this a travesty, an audacious outcome, they are calling for Rittenhouse’s head. They are beside themselves…none absolutely none of the evidence, including ironclad video evidence can support a guilty verdict, but it doesn’t matter; only feelings of outrage matter…and this should matter to you.
This case should never have been brought to trial. Worse, this 17 (now 18yr old kid) should spend the rest of his life in jail according to pundits. Why? Because he defended himself. The narrative must be “white supremacy.” True the 3 criminals shot were all white, but they are called “allies” of BLM because they participated in the riots, looting, and burning businesses, so by de facto, Rittenhouse is a bigot and racist.
Remember when we discussed Critical Race Theory several weeks ago? This is a perfect example. CRT must create racism where it doesn’t exist because it has to tout this narrative that the entire system is racist and must be torn down. Rittenhouse is guilty because he’s part of that system and in effective, tried to defend the systemic racist structure when so-called peaceful demonstrators are trying to dismantle the system one riot at a time.
The thing that outrages me most is in regards to the prosecution. This is not he first time we have seen this, but it appears outside, national media an political pressure played a MAJOR role in this case being brought to trial. That is what is more concerning more than anything.
If a local prosecutor can be influenced by pressure of this magnitude, what happens when another landmark abortion case gets to the supreme court. You are naïve if you think it can’t impact those justices as well.
WE Can Make a Difference
All this leads me to this, how can we make a difference? Right now, there is significant attention being given to School Boards and their shady dealings and rightly so. But if we want to positively impact our country for what is right, and true justice, then we can’t stop at the school boards…it truly means we have to be involved at every single level of public service. School boards yes, national congressional elections, yes. But county commissioners, prosecutors, mayors, city councils, etc… we must have our voices heard at every step of the way.
We have so much work to do, but that’s why the Kingdom Patriot group was formed… we were formed to INFORM so that our voices can unite and make a difference. Kingdom purpose. I could go on an on and on about today’s topic, but alas, I must land the plane because my producer is getting animated that time is up for today.
The Recap
Just to recap, Jacob Blake was a criminal who resisted authorities and was shot. BLM and other protesters used this as a reason for rioting, looting, and destruction. Kyle Rittenhouse showed up to help and in self-defense shot 3 criminals. The media portrays 3 heroes were shot by a white supremacist, but because you listened to The GRID you know different; as Paul Harvey used to say “now you know the rest of the story.”
Thanks for joining us for this episode of the GRID.
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the motivations behind the average citizen’s vote by examining the differences between the two political parties in the US and changes that could be wrought if citizens swore a Hippocratic-like Oath before voting.
SHOW NOTES
Your Vote Matters - and is more fundamental to our democracy and fabric of our country
Do No Harm – by Voting? Those whom we elect to represent our cause of faith and freedom can do much harm. We must choose wisely.
Our country is a system of two-parties, republicans and democrats. In the last several decades the tea-party made a strong push, the green party and libertarian and a whole host of additional fringe groups…but at the end of the day we are a two party system like it or not. So I want to take the major issues and approach it from a biblical point of view. Keep in mind, I’m not talking about any particular candidate, but rather the overall platform.
So let’s look at what I would call the constitutional perspectives of various platforms.
SUBJECT
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
Tax Policy
The rich don’t pay their fair share; they need to be taxed more and used to support the less fortunate
The rich already pay more than their share; government should not increase taxes but rather reduce spending
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and give to God what is God’s” By in large the bible is silent, unless your taxes are being used to fund anti-biblical activities such as planned parenthood
Climate Change
Man is causing global climate change and if we don’t change course, we will destroy the earth in a matter of decades
Climate has always been changing and very little is caused by man other than on the local level
I believe we have a responsibility according to scripture to be good stewards of the resources we have been given. However, the bible doesn’t speak to climate change specifically
Universal
Healthcare
Healthcare is a fundamental civil right, it should be universal, and all should receive it
Healthcare is a business transaction and has to be paid for and those resources are finite. It is not a fundamental civil right
The bible is silent to universal healthcare, but does command us to take care of the orphans and widows.
Welfare
We need to broaden the social safety net. It should be easy to qualify for benefits and they should last a long-time
A person who is able to work should work. Yes, we should provide a social safety net, but not create dependence
The bible says we should take care of the widows, orphans, and poor. It also says that if you don’t work you shouldn’t eat. I think it is difficult to say that either side is right, however principally, the Lord wants to have the heart of giving and the democrats version is less aimed at the heart and more at mandate
Abortion
It’s a woman’s right to choose. No one has the right to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her own body, especially when it comes to be being “pro-choice”. Frequently refer to republicans as “anti-choice”
A woman has a right to choose her healthcare, but not at the expense of another human being. You cannot exercise a right that directly prohibits another human being to the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Abortion is murder and life begins at conception. Self-labeled as pro life
Do we need to even debate this? Clearly Christ values life. Is this so different than the pagan religions that sacrificed their children on the altar of Molech and the Lord called it detestable? There is no way you can read and understand the bible and come to the conclusion that Christ supports abortion, zero.
Same Sex Marriages
The definition of a human being is ever evolving…at one time, we were labeled as Male or Female. Now there are over 50 different answers to “what is your gender.” Therefore, the same sex marriage has really evolved to anyone can marry anyone and call themselves anything they like
Traditional gender descriptions apply. Male & Female and the institution of marriage is reserved for the God-given roles of man and wife.
Genesis, Leviticus, Judges, Kings, Romans, Corinthians, Timothy, Jude all speak to the detestable practice of sexual perversion and homosexuality. The biblical perspective is very clear on this issue
How could you vote for Trump? Easy, I didn't vote for Trump, I voted for the platform he supports.
When you don't like your choice of candidates you have to remember that there is a platform they support, a platform that others in the party will hold them accountable for. It's the platform that sets the political agenda for the next couple of years.
Let’s be clear, if you are truly a bible believing evangelical Christian, I ask how you could vote for a platform that truly embodies Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”
This is harsh, but these are difficult times; if you vote for a party or platform that embodies what the bible calls abhorrent, calls sin, calls detestable, then you are a hypocrite. A hypocrite of the worst kind. Worse, if you are choosing a party because you believe in the lie of class warfare and that you want to see your pocketbook increase, then that’s a new kind of depravity. For a moment, let’s forget that the lies of income re-distribution won’t deliver on their empty promises. Let’s just boil it down to what you are really saying.
The bible is silent on taxes and other “non-biblical” policies, but it is clear on abortion, life, and marriage. You are literally saying that my wallet is more important than what the Lord has commanded me to do. May it not be so. Do not, please I beg you do not be a hypocrite.
Stand with me today and take the hypocrite oath. The oath that says you will not be a hypocrite that you will vote for the party and platform that supports the most important issues in God’s eyes, not your eyes.
Your Faith determines your values and your values determine your vote. Let your voice be heard at the poll as you support what is important to Christ.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced & Directed by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Phenomenal Christianity
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Or the YouTube Channel: Phenomenal Christianity
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In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines the tyrannical penalties employees and employers would face if the OSHA ETS Vaccine Mandate were to go into effect.
SHOW NOTES
See the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Summary below CREDITS.
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Score and Splice, JD Kuhlmann
ScoreandSplice@gmail.com
Visit us at www.kingdompatriot.us and check out our Vision Video
E M E R G E N C Y T E M P O R A R Y S T A N D A R D
COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Summary
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace. The ETS establishes binding requirements to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers (100 or more employees from the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace.
COVID-19 was not known to exist until January 2020, and since then nearly 745,000 people, many of them workers, have died from the disease in the U.S. alone. At the present time, workers are continually becoming seriously ill and dying as a result of occupational exposures to COVID-19. OSHA expects that the Vaccination and Testing ETS will result in approximately 23 million individuals becoming vaccinated. The agency has conservatively estimated that the ETS will prevent over 6,500 deaths and over 250,000 hospitalizations. In issuing the ETS, OSHA has made several important determinations:
Unvaccinated Workers Face Grave Danger: Unvaccinated workers are much more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 in the workplace than vaccinated workers. OSHA has determined that many employees in the U.S. who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 face grave danger from exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. This finding of grave danger is based on the severe health consequences associated with exposure to the virus along with evidence demonstrating the transmissibility of the virus in the workplace and the prevalence of infections in employee populations. The evidence for the finding of a grave danger is in Section IIIA. of the ETS preamble.
An ETS is Necessary:
Workers are becoming seriously ill and dying as a result of occupational exposures to COVID-19, when a simple measure, vaccination, can largely prevent those deaths and illnesses. The ETS protects these workers through the most effective and efficient control available—vaccination—and further protects workers who remain unvaccinated through required regular testing, use of face coverings, and removal of all infected employees from the workplace. OSHA also concludes, based on its enforcement experience during the pandemic to date, that continued reliance on existing standards and regulations, the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act, and workplace guidance, in lieu of an ETS, is not adequate to protect unvaccinated employees from COVID-19. Thus, OSHA has also determined that an ETS is necessary to protect unvaccinated workers from the risk of contracting COVID-19 at work. The evidence for the need for the ETS is in Section III.B of the ETS preamble.
The ETS is Limited to Employers with 100 or More Employees:
In light of the unique occupational safety and health dangers presented by COVID-19, and against the backdrop of the uncertain economic environment of a pandemic, OSHA is proceeding in a stepwise fashion in addressing the emergency this rule covers. OSHA is confident that employers with 100 or more employees have the administrative capacity to implement the standard's requirements promptly, but is less confident that smaller employers can do so without undue disruption. OSHA needs additional time to assess the capacity of smaller employers, and is seeking comment to help the agency make that determination. Nonetheless, the agency is acting to protect workers now in adopting a standard that will reach two-thirds of all private-sector workers in the nation, including those working in the largest facilities, where the most deadly outbreaks of COVID-19 can occur. Additional information on the scope of the ETS is found in Section VI. B. of the ETS preamble.
The ETS is Feasible:
OSHA has evaluated the feasibility of this ETS and has determined that the requirements of the ETS are both economically and technologically
feasible. The evidence for feasibility is found in Section IV. of the ETS preamble. The specific requirements of the ETS are outlined and described in the Summary and Explanation, which is in Section VI. of the ETS preamble.
The ETS Preempts State and Local Laws:
OSHA intends the ETS to address comprehensively the occupational safety and health issues of vaccination, wearing face coverings, and testing for COVID-19. Thus, the standard is intended to preempt States, and political subdivisions of States, from adopting and enforcing workplace requirements relating to these issues, except under the authority of a Federally-approved State Plan. In particular, OSHA intends to preempt any State or local requirements that ban or limit an employer from requiring vaccination, face covering, or testing. Additional information on the preemption of State and local laws is found in Section VI .A. of the ETS preamble.
The ETS Also Serves as a Proposed Rule: Although this ETS takes effect immediately, it also serves as a proposal under Section 6(b) of the OSH Act for a final standard. Accordingly, OSHA seeks comment on all aspects of this ETS and how it would be adopted as a final standard. OSHA encourages commenters to explain why they prefer or disfavor particular policy choices, and to include any relevant studies, experiences, anecdotes or other information that may help support the comment. Stakeholders may submit comments and attachments, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2021-0007, electronically at www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions online for making electronic submissions.
OSHA May Revise or Update the ETS:
OSHA will continue to monitor trends in COVID-19 infections and death as more of the workforce and the general population become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and as the pandemic continues to evolve. Where OSHA finds a grave danger from the virus no longer exists, or new information indicates a change in measures necessary to address the grave danger, OSHA may update this ETS, as appropriate.
This fact sheet highlights some of the additional requirements of the ETS; employers should consult the standard for full details. Read the full text of the ETS at: www.osha.govicoronavirusiets2.
Understanding the ETS
- Employers covered by the ETS. The ETS generally applies to employers in all workplaces that are under OSHA's authority and jurisdiction, including industries as diverse as manufacturing, retail, delivery services, warehouses, meatpacking, agriculture, construction, logging, maritime, and healthcare. Within these industries, all employers that have a total of at least 100 employees firm-or corporate-wide, at any time the ETS is in effect, are covered.
- Workplaces not covered by the ETS. This standard does not apply to workplaces covered under the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors or in settings where employees provide healthcare services or healthcare support services when subject to the requirements of the Healthcare ETS (29 CFR 1910.502).
- Employees of covered employers not subject to the requirements. The ETS does not apply to employees who do not report to a workplace where other individuals such as coworkers or customers are present, employees while they are working from home, or employees who work exclusively outdoors.
- Effective Dates. The ETS is effective immediately upon publication in Federal Register. To comply, employers must ensure provisions are addressed in the workplace by the following dates:
- 30 days after publication: All requirements other than testing for employees who have not completed their entire primary vaccination dose(s)
- 60 days after publication: Testing for employees who have not received all doses required for a primary vaccination
How to Protect Workers from COVID-19
The ETS establishes minimum vaccination, vaccination verification, face covering, and testing requirements to address the grave danger of COVID-19 in the workplace. The key requirements of the ETS are:
Employer Policy on Vaccination. The ETS requires covered employers to develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an exception for employers that instead establish, implement, and enforce a policy allowing employees who are not fully vaccinated to elect to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at the workplace.
Determination of employee vaccination status. The ETS requires employers to determine the vaccination status of each employee, obtain acceptable proof of vaccination, maintain records of each employee's vaccination status, and maintain a roster of each employee's vaccination status.
Employer support for employee vaccination. The ETS requires employers to support vaccination by providing employees reasonable time, including up to four hours of paid time, to receive each vaccination dose, and reasonable time and paid sick leave to recover from side effects experienced following each dose.
when occupying a vehicle with another person for work purposes, except in certain limited circumstances. Employers must not prevent any employee, regardless of vaccination status, from voluntarily wearing a face covering unless it creates a serious workplace hazard (e.g., interfering with the safe operation of equipment).
Information provided to employees. The ETS requires employers to provide employees the following in a language and at a literacy level the employees understand: (1) information about the requirements of the ETS and workplace policies and procedures established to implement the ETS; (2) the CDC document "Key Things to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines"; (3) information about protections against retaliation and discrimination; and (4) information about laws that provide for criminal penalties for knowingly supplying false statements or documentation.
Reporting COVID-19 fatalities and hospitalizations to OSHA. The ETS requires employers to report work-related COVID-19 fatalities to OSHA within 8 hours of learning about them, and work-related COVID-19 in-patient hospitalizations within 24 hours of the employer learning about the hospitalization.
Availability of records. The ETS requires employers to make available for examination and copying an employee's COVID-19 vaccine documentation and any COVID-19 test results to that employee and to anyone having written authorized consent of that employee. Employers are also required to make available to an employee, or an employee representative, the aggregate number of fully vaccinated employees at a workplace along with the total number of employees at that workplace.
Additional Information
Visit www.osha.gov/coronavirus for additional information on:
- COVID-19 Laws and regulations
- COVID-19 Enforcement policies
- Compliance assistance materials and guidance
Worker's Rights (including how/when to file a safety and health or whistleblower complaint).The ETS requires employers to ensure that each employee who is not fully vaccinated is tested for COVID-19 at least weekly (if in the workplace at least once a week) or within 7 days before returning to work (if away from the workplace for a week or longer). The ETS does not require employers to pay for any costs associated with testing. However employer payment for testing may be required by other laws, regulations, or collective bargaining agreements or other collectively negotiated agreements. In addition, nothing prohibits employers from voluntarily assuming the costs associated with testing.
Employee notification to employer of a positive COVID-19 test and removal. The ETS requires employers to: (1) require employees to promptly provide notice when they receive a positive COVID-19 test or are diagnosed with COVID-19; (2) immediately remove any employee from the workplace, regardless of vaccination status, who received a positive COVID-19 test or is diagnosed with COVID-19 by a licensed healthcare provider; (3) keep removed employees out of the workplace until they meet criteria for returning to work.
Face coverings. The ETS requires employers to ensure that each employee who is not fully vaccinated wears a face covering when indoors or when occupying a vehicle with another person for work purposes, except in certain limited circumstances. Employers must not prevent any employee, regardless of vaccination status, from voluntarily wearing a face covering unless it creates a serious workplace hazard (e.g., interfering with the safe operation of equipment).
Information provided to employees. The ETS requires employers to provide employees the following in a language and at a literacy level the employees understand: (1) information about the requirements of the ETS and workplace policies and procedures established to implement the ETS; (2) the CDC document "Key Things to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines"; (3) information about protections against retaliation and discrimination; and (4) information about laws that provide for criminal penalties for knowingly supplying false statements or documentation.
Reporting COVID-19 fatalities and hospitalizations to OSHA. The ETS requires employers to report work-related COVID-19 fatalities to OSHA within 8 hours of learning about them, and work-related COVID-19 in-patient hospitalizations within 24 hours of the employer learning about the hospitalization.
Availability of records. The ETS requires employers to make available for examination and copying an employee's COVID-19 vaccine documentation and any COVID-19 test results to that employee and to anyone having written authorized consent of that employee. Employers are also required to make available to an employee, or an employee representative, the aggregate number of fully vaccinated employees at a workplace along with the total number of employees at that workplace.
Additional Information
Visit www.osha.gov/coronavirus for additional information on:
- COVID-19 Laws and regulations
- COVID-19 Enforcement policies
- Compliance assistance materials and guidance
- Worker's Rights (including how/when to file a safety and health or whistleblower complaint).
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann compares the Federal Government’s economic solutions to the children’s game, Whackamole.
SHOW NOTES Some Details
- Gas tax
- Federal Tax – 18.4 cents/gallon
- State Tax (Illinois) – 59.56 cents/gallon - 78 cents/gallon
- History of Gas Tax – June 6 Revenue Act of 1932
- Current Federal Tax: 18.46 cents/gallon for regular unleaded
- Efficiency Standard for Gas Mileage has gone yo-yo over the years.
- 1 Barrel of oil yields 20 gallons
- US Travelers – miles driven per year
- 40 years ago 1.5 Trillion per year
- Today 3.2 Trillion miles per year
Whackamole Effect – Unintended Consequences
A solution for one issue causes a problem in another area.
- Tax dollars raised by fuel tax go to the Highway Trust Fund to build and maintain roads. Increasing fuel efficiency decreases tax revenue because less gas is needed, fewer taxes are paid. fewer taxes means fewer dollars for building and repairs. Fuel efficiency drives tax revenue down. The perfect storm. Decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels is detrimental to revenue for roads and bridges where travel has more than doubled in 40 years.
- Abortion up (dead citizens who don’t pay taxes) - Social Security contribution down (fewer paying in because they are dead)
- Covid-19 Lockdowns – Mission: flatten the curve > quickly became eradicate the disease (mentality – no grater mission for our country (government’s mentality)
Unintended Consequences?
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45% Adults who lost income avoided medical treatment
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1/3 who did not loose their jobs didn’t get treatment
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40% age 18-24 suicidal thoughts up from 3% prior
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5% in Opioid deaths
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60% higher depression
A White Paper was written by the Center for the Study of the Administrative State of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, titled the Unintended Health Consequences of the Lockdown.
On page 3 the writer says, “Rather than invoking Newton's Third Law, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," the principle for unintended consequences should be called the Law of Whackamole.”
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced & Directed by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Shaun Griffin
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SHOW NOTES
In this episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann compares and contrasts the views and stands taken by today’s typical Conservatives and Liberals.
Fun Tests to determine if you are a conservative or liberal can be found:
Pugh Test
www.politicalpersonality.org
Brainfall Test
CONSERVATIVES
- Limited government
- State’s rights
- Christian values and moral universalism
- Capitalist
- Strong National Defense
- Oppose abortion
- Free market
- Support Declaration of Independence
- Rule of law and self determination
- Capital punishment - yes
LIBERALS
- Strong federal government
- Moral relativism
- Secularism
- Equality vs Liberty
- Speech that agrees with liberalism
- No longer tolerate free market
- Broadening of civil rights
- Capital punishment - no
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann
Produced & Directed by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines Critical Race Theory (CRT), its history and origins.
SHOW NOTES
In this Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann examines Critical Race Theory (CRT), its history and origins. CRT can trace its origins as it is known now, to key people making their contributions back in the 60s and 70s, then back to the 1800s and the grandparent, Critical Theory, championed in by Marx and Engels. This theory was aimed at the demolition of Western traditions and norms and sought to label workers as the oppressed and the owners as the oppressors – the origins of Marxism and socialism.
Today, what first began as an academic study, then crept into the courtroom, then into the political discussion. Espoused by universities, now it's being touted, even demanded, in some cases, in corporate America. How many of you work for organizations who have made diversity, equity and inclusion, or unconscious bias training, as a condition of employment?
One of the frustrating elements, is that it appears that Critical Race Theory seems to rely on social constructs. In other words we are going to actually heightened race to the discussion, and elevate storytelling and examples of where oppression MAY have occurred, over evidence and reason.
Critical Race Theory’s key assertion is that racism is not the result of individual conscious racist actions or thoughts. Racism is systematic and structural. It is embedded in America's legal system, institutions and free enterprise system, and imposes whiteness as a social norm.
A link to the Heritage Foundation White Paper Chris mentions in this podcast can be found here:
Link
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced & Directed by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
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In this Pilot Episode of The GRID, host Chris Kuhlmann weighs the approach to decision making by examining the merits of living by science and the data it generates, or living by the principles of freedom as spelled out in the Constitution. Which is reliable, which is consistent?
“So many of my conservative friends want to argue the vaccines based on their merit and they want to talk about whether or not the vaccines work. They want to argue data and science, and I propose to you that if you live by the science you will die by the science, because what's acceptable data, and what's acceptable as the external source of that data, is really in the eye of the beholder.
Are vaccines effective? Are they high risk? Low risk? Are they more risky or less risky than the COVID disease itself.
And of course, I've had friends that when I say, ‘The COVID vaccine,” they scream back at me in all caps, “THIS IS NOT A VACCINE, IT’S GENE THERAPY.” You know what? All this may be true, but what if in the short term a study came out that actually shows vaccines are less risky than the disease itself, and that the study was irrefutable. What do we do then if our argument is based completely on science and completely on data? Then we’re really stuck.”
The White Paper Chris references can be found:
www.Managedhealthcareexecutive.com
CREDITS
Host: Chris Kuhlmann
Written by: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Produced & Directed by: Shaun Griffin
Music composed by JD Kuhlmann
Art: Shaun Griffin
Sound: Chris Kuhlmann and Shaun Griffin
Sponsor: Sand Castles Cottages of Lake Michigan
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