Top News – 7/1-2/2017

Netanyahu blocks bill to prevent division of Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked controversial legislation that would make it nearly impossible to divide Jerusalem ahead of a planned vote on Sunday. The Prime Minister’s Office said that the reason was that Netanyahu wanted the coalition to reach a consensus on what the bill would look like rather than use a version put forward by Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s Bayit Yehudi party.

Media Still Shilling for Obama
the press has gone all out to criticize Trump in whatever way possible. A recent Shorenstein Center Harvard study found that CNN and NBC had given Trump 93 percent negative coverage. The study, according to the researchers, followed the reporting of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, “CBS Evening News, CNN’s The Situation Room, Fox’s Special Report, and NBC Nightly News,” and “three European news outlets.”

Associated Press Corrects Big Falsehood In Four Trump-Russia Reports
The Associated Press “clarified” a false claim it’s been running in stories about President Trump and Russia on Friday, conceding in a release it’s not the case that 17 intelligence agencies “agreed” on the hacking narrative. The correction to four reports on Trump and Russia comes the same day The New York Times issued a similar correction to a Maggie Haberman report. Both The NYT and the AP now say the claim they’ve been floating for months is incorrect.

UNESCO experts: Hebron heritage request too focused on Muslim history
UNESCO experts warned the Palestinian Authority that it has overly focused on Hebron’s Muslim history, at the exclusion of the Judeo-Christian heritage, in its request that the West Bank’s city’s “Old Town” be inscribed on the “World Heritage in Danger” list. The failure to make a full case for inscription as a heritage site combined with Israel’s decision to ban experts from visiting the city make it difficult to conclude if an emergency situation exists…

Bennett initiative to block dividing Jerusalem heads to early vote
A bill that would make it practically impossible to divide Jerusalem is set to go to a vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday. The proposal advocated by Bayit Yehudi chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett would require 80 lawmakers to approve any attempt to retreat from Israeli sovereignty in any part of the capital, blocking what is likely to be a key component of any final-status agreement with the Palestinians.

Saudi media threatens Qatar as ultimatum nears expiry
An ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to Qatar that it drop support for terrorists and meet a list of 13 demands…is nearing its expiry amid a torrent of threats… Omar Ghobash, was quoted…“There are certain economic sanctions that we can take…” But Sultan went so far as to imply that military force might be employed, using the word “storm” several times, which has echoes of…the Saudi military campaign in Yemen, Decisive Storm.

Dahlan confidant says Abbas pushing Hamas toward war
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is pushing Hamas toward a war with Israel, according to Sufian Abu Zaida…“If Abu Mazen’s [Abbas’s] pressure on Gaza continues with Israel’s participation, Hamas will not just accept it,” Abu Zaida, a former PA prisoner affairs and civil affairs minister, said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Jerusalem Post. “Hamas will decide that it has no choice but to have another confrontation with Israel.”

Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty ‘red line’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against “impermissible” challenges to Beijing’s authority over Hong Kong. Mr Xi was speaking at the swearing-in of the territory’s new leader Carrie Lam, as Hong Kong marked 20 years since its handover to China from Britain. On Saturday afternoon, after Mr Xi had left Hong Kong, thousands of people took part in an annual march calling for greater democracy.

Europe migrant crisis: Italy threatens to close ports as ministers meet
The interior ministers of Germany, France and Italy are due to meet for crisis talks in Paris amid a warning from Italy that the influx of migrants into the country is unsustainable. Italy has threatened to close its ports and impound rescue ships run by aid agencies carrying people from Libya. It needs more support as people cross the Mediterranean from Africa in large numbers, the UN’s refugee agency said.

French Puzzle Over Macron as Their New President Gathers Up Power
Is he Machiavelli, Bonaparte or de Gaulle? Emmanuel Macron wrote a thesis about the first, is often compared to the second and frequently cites the third. That parlor game playing out in the French media, as France tries to figure out its new president, demonstrates one thing: Mr. Macron has already concentrated all the power, nearly by default.

NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique
Humanity could face one less doomsday scenario if NASA has its way. On Friday, the space agency announced plans to redirect the course of a small asteroid approaching Earth, as part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), according to a NASA press release. The release notes that asteroids hit Earth nearly every day, but most are small enough to burn up in the atmosphere.

Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support
For months, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have privately counseled…members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump, telling them the political support…simply doesn’t exist… But 25 House Democrats…are now pushing an…alternative: They are backing a bill that would create a congressional “oversight” commission that could declare the president incapacitated, leading to his removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

House Republicans propose big change to tax code for churches
Republican members of the House of Representatives are working to…allow church leaders to openly advocate for politicians and political causes without fear of risking their church’s tax-exempt status. Under the Johnson Amendment…religious leaders who…advocate for politicians or political groups could have their church’s tax-exempt status removed by the IRS…Friday House Republicans are working to…gut the Johnson Amendment…by cutting off the funding used to enforce it.

What Are They Hiding? Democrat State Officials Refuse to Assist President Trump
Democrat state officials in various states across the union are refusing to assist President Trump in his voter fraud investigation. Democrat politicians from California, Connecticut, Virginia and even Kentucky… We also reported on a massive voter fraud incident in Nevada where half of the 19,000 votes in one district alone were determined to be fraudulent….A study from the state of Kansas also found that there are over 7 million voter registrations that appear in two states simultaneously.

Chris Christie Announces New Jersey Government Shutdown, Orders State Of Emergency
Illinois, Maine, Connecticut: the end of the old fiscal year and the failure of numerous states to enter the new one with a budget, means that some of America’s most populous states have seen their local governments grind to a halt overnight until some spending agreement is reached. Now we can also add New Jersey to this list.

United Nations Hosts Two-Day Anti-Israel Palestinian Forum at its Headquarters
The United Nations once again has displayed its anti-Israel bias by hosting what is called the “United Nations Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation.” The United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People has organized the two-day meeting. Representatives affiliated or working with two terrorist organizations – Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – are taking part.

The Brilliance of Trump’s Mika Brzezinski Tweet
.. The Mika Brzezinski tweet was incredibly brilliant. The timing was perfect, as planned. While the Press is talking about Trump’s Tweet: The travel ban went into effect, two immigration bills were approved by Congress, and other things the Democrats would normally be screaming about are getting done. . . under the radar, because the people suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome are too busy to notice because they are too occupied with screaming and yelling about Trump’s tweets.

America’s Pension Bomb: Illinois Is Just the Start
The problem with ponzi schemes is that eventually you get to the point where the ponzi is so large that you can’t possibly steal enough money from new entrants to cover redemptions from those trying to exit…

Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan
The Secretary of Defense has frozen a decision by former President Barack Obama to recruit transgender soldiers this year, and a new poll shows the planned recruitment freeze is very popular. Two of every three swing voters say the Pentagon should postpone plans to accept “transgender” people who are trying to live as members of the opposite sex, according to the new poll by Rasmussen Reports.

DHS Cuts THESE Funds After THESE Organizations Aren’t Invited to the White House For Ramadan Officials from the White House administration declined to host a scheduled 2017 Islamic Iftar dinner as Presidents have done in the past. As well, they eliminated last year’s plans to help fund Islamic groups that former President Obama was associated with. This was made public on Friday when the Department of Homeland Security compiled and released a list of organizations that are receiving DHS funds to help prevent the creation of radical Islamic terrorists.

Trump Admin Won’t Defend Overtime Rule
President Donald Trump’s Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would not defend an Obama-era rule that has doubled the salary threshold at which employers must provide overtime compensation to employees.

Dave Brat: 1st part of fix is Obamacare repeal
A key member of the House Freedom Caucus says the Senate health-care bill drifts too far towards the existing framework and that the smartest approach would be to repeal Obamacare and then get to work on a replacement, although he does not expect GOP leaders to choose that path.

Soldiers plead for release from ‘transgender training’
….“The duty of military officers is to appropriately lead and prepare their personnel to serve and protect. This ‘transgender’ directive undermines unit cohesion and preparedness. We also call upon Secretary of Defense Mattis to put an end to this Obama-inspired social engineering,” he said.

Eric Holder Sends Out Ominous Midnight Tweet to ‘Career FBI/DOJ Employees’
Former Attorney General, Eric ‘Fast N Furious’ Holder sent out a late night, ominous tweet to the ‘career men & women at the DOJ/FBI’: “your actions and integrity will be unfairly questioned. Be prepared, be strong. Duty. Honor. Country.” After an 8 year crime spree, also known as the Obama administration, it’s a little difficult to tell who Eric Holderis warning.

Turkey’s power-play in Qatar leads to warmer relations with Iran
On June 17th the Iranian ambassador to Turkey said that Tehran wanted to cooperate with Turkey in the struggle against terrorism. According to a report at the Daily Sabah Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard was asked if his country views Kurdish groups in Syria, the People’s Protection Units and Democratic Union Party, as terrorists, the way Ankara does. “[Iran] describes the PKK, the PYD and the YPG to be terrorist groups,” the ambassador said.

Israeli-Indian ties reach new heights
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives on Tuesday for the first-ever visit to the country by an Indian prime minister, it will mark the apex of a century-old relationship that has plodded forward in fits and starts, despite domestic Indian impediments, ideological misunderstandings, and Cold War considerations.

IDF strikes target in Syria in retaliation for spillover
The Israeli Air Force struck an Syrian regime position in the Golan Heights on Friday in retaliation for a projectile that landed earlier In Israeli territory. The projectile which landed in open territory in the northern Ramat HaGolan caused no damage or injuries. It is believed to be spillover from the fighting between the Assad regime and rebel groups fighting near the town of New Quneitra close to the Israeli border.

Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty ‘red line’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against “impermissible” challenges to Beijing’s authority over Hong Kong. Mr Xi was speaking at the swearing-in of the territory’s new leader Carrie Lam, as it marks 20 years since its handover to China from Britain. He took part in a series of lavish events, including a flag-raising ceremony, amid tight police security.

Lebanon refugee camps hit by five suicide bombers
Five militants have blown themselves up during a raid by Lebanese troops on refugee camps near the Syrian border, Lebanon’s army said. A young girl was killed and three soldiers wounded by the blasts. Four others were hurt when an attacker threw a hand grenade, the army said. It happened during an operation to search for militants and weapons in an area near the town of Arsal.

Trump to Senate Republicans: kill Obamacare now, replace later
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators in a tweet on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new plan to replace it, muddying the waters as congressional leaders struggle for consensus on healthcare legislation. Senate Republican leaders had set Friday as the target for rewriting legislation for a simultaneous repeal and replacement of extensive parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act…

Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
In a major shake up of the Vatican’s administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism’s top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff’s vision of a more inclusive Church. A brief Vatican statement said Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller’s five-year mandate as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a key department charged with defending Catholic doctrine, would not be renewed.

New Chinese Navy Destroyer Can Best Japan, India And Maybe The United States
The expansion of China’s military is no secret. Beijing raised the People’s Liberation Army budget by 7% this year, typical of its annual increases. Late last year it floated one aircraft carrier into the open Pacific and in April unveiled a domestically built aircraft carrier, its second in the fleet. On Wednesday the PLA navy announced it had finished work on a destroyer warship that can displace 10,000 tons, according to the state-run China Daily news website.

Trump “Overrules” Cabinet, Prepares To Unleash Global Trade War
In what may be one of the “most consequential and contentious” decisions about to be announced by Donald Trump, with the political world distracted by Trump’s media wars, Axios reports that Trump – defying virtually all his Wall Street advisors – is set to launch a global trade war.

Dakota Drought Sparks Biggest Spring Wheat Price Spike In 7 Years
“Basically, the crop is burning up…”

A Deadly Brain-Invading Worm Is Disturbingly Widespread in Florida
Scientists in Florida have found traces of rat lungworm in five counties, bolstering the idea that this potentially fatal parasite may be expanding its geographical range on account of…you guessed it….climate change.

US slams Damascus as chemical weapons monitor says sarin used in April Syria a
….An estimated 74 to 100 or more civilians were killed and hundreds were injured in the attack, according to various reports. Washington rushed to blame Damascus based on open-source intelligence…Damascus strongly denied responsibility for the April 4 incident. It said it did not possess or use chemical weapons, and that the Syrian Air Force destroyed a facility where the militants apparently stored nerve gas.

The World Is Now $217,000,000,000,000 In Debt And The Global Elite Like It That Way
“The borrower is the servant of the lender, and through the mechanism of government debt virtually the entire planet has become the servants of the global money changers. ..”

The World Is Now $217,000,000,000,000 In Debt And The Global Elite Like It That Way

The borrower is the servant of the lender, and through the mechanism of government debt virtually the entire planet has become the servants of the global money changers. Politicians love to borrow money, but over time government debt slowly but surely impoverishes a nation. As the elite get governments around the globe in increasing amounts of debt, those governments must raise taxes in order to keep servicing those debts. In the end, it is all about taking money from us and transferring it into government pockets, and then taking money from government pockets and transferring it into the hands of the elite. It is a game that has been going on for generations, and it is time for humanity to say that enough is enough. (Read More…)

Those ’17 Intelligence Agencies’ Cited By Hillary Clinton About Trump And Russia Turned Out To Be Fake News

The New York Times placed a bombshell of a correction at the bottom of a pessimistic piece on President Donald Trump Thursday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the past 48 hours, every, single bit of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative has collapsed. Project Veritas has released multiple videos catching CNN employees on video admitting the whole thing is a ‘nothing burger’. Today we hear that the famed ’17 intelligence agencies’ cited ad nauseum by Hillary Clinton and the fake news media were, how do you say, just made up.

A previous version of Monday’s story by Maggie Haberman, titled “Trump’s Deflections and Denials on Russia Frustrate Even His Allies,” made reference to the “17 intelligence agencies” that have supposedly all concurred in the assessment of Russian hacking in the 2016 presidential race.

Despite the mainstream media and the political left making constant reference for months to the “17 intelligence agencies” agreeing on Russia’s actions during the campaign, this has repeatedly been debunked. The single released report on the matter from the American intelligence community was produced by only three intelligence agencies – the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA).

Hillary Cites The ’17 Intelligence Agencies’ Fake News Narrative During Debate:

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the “17 agencies” line was fake news. While there are 17 American intelligence agencies and none, to his knowledge, objected to the CIA/FBI/NSA report, none of the other 14 agencies have published any independent confirmation of its claims.

The phrase ’17 intelligence agencies‘ seems to have entered the public discourse after Hillary Clinton used it in her second debate with Trump. Despite its demonstrable inaccuracy, it continues to feature in articles from across the mainstream media. For example, an Associated Press wire story that Breitbart News carried last week uncritically uses the 17-agency figure.

For its part, the New York Times felt compelled to issue a correction after using the same phrase. The following was added below Haberman’s article:

Correction: June 29, 2017
A White House Memo article on Monday about President Trump’s deflections and denials about Russia referred incorrectly to the source of an intelligence assessment that said Russia orchestrated hacking attacks during last year’s presidential election. The assessment was made by four intelligence agencies — the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.

Note: The figure of four agencies is reached by including Clapper’s office in addition to the three agencies that compiled the published report. source

Obama Slams Trump And American Nationalism In Speech To Muslims At Indonesian Congress In Jakarta

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has pointed to the importance of the Paris climate accord while criticizing Donald Trump for pulling the world’s biggest economy out of the pact.

EDITOR’S NOTE: As long as he was president and America was pro-LGBT, pro-globalism, and every other ism associated with Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules For Radicals’, Obama was as pleased as could be. But now that the American people have elected a president whose platform was returning power to the people and has instituted an America First policy, Obama is not happy. So unhappy, in fact, that he chose to bash America and the American president before Muslims in a foreign country. Ahhh, that’s the Barry Sotero I remember.

President Trump said last month he would withdraw from the pact and seek to negotiate a better deal, in a move that attracted widespread criticism from counterparts in Europe and elsewhere. The decision by Trump to walk away from the 2015 agreement was also criticized by business leaders, with some describing it as a setback for the environment.

“In Paris, we came together around the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change,” Obama said Saturday in a speech at the opening of the Fourth Congress of the Indonesian Diaspora in Jakarta. He said it was “an agreement that even with the temporary absence of American leadership will still give our children a fighting chance.”

“The challenges of our times, whether it’s economic inequality, changing climate, terrorism, mass migration; these are really challenges and we’re going to have to confront them together,” he said.

Obama Memuji Toleransi Warga Indonesia Pada Pidato Kunci Pembukaan Kongres Diaspora:

Obama, who has been holidaying in Indonesia and on Friday met with President Joko Widodo, also warned in remarks Saturday against rising sectarian politics around the world, as well as growing discrimination based on race and ethnicity.

“There are going to be some big decisions to make about Indonesia and about the United States and about the world in the years to come,” he said. “It’s been clear for a while that the world is at a crossroads, at an inflection point.”

He said in Jakarta there had been “enormous progress” which had occurred “in part because of the stability that the United States helped support here in the Asia Pacific.”

Obama cites ‘Global Challenges’ to promoting globalism

But the former president said there are also challenges, and that globalization and technology had created problems and “shifts in the foundations of societies” and in politics both in developing and developed countries.

“The world is more prosperous than ever before, but this has also brought significant changes that are dangerous.”

“We start seeing a rise in sectarian politics, we start seeing a rise in an aggressive kind of nationalism, we start seeing both in developed and developing countries an increased resentment about minority groups and the bad treatment of people who don’t look like us or practice the same faith as us.”

“We start seeing discrimination against people based on race or ethnicity or religion.” Those threats must be confronted, Obama said.

Obama, who spent four years in Indonesia as a child, met on Friday with Widodo, known as Jokowi, at Bogor on the outskirts of the capital. “I always found Jokowi to be a man of quiet but firm integrity and somebody who sincerely wants what’s right by all Indonesians,” he said.

Their meeting touched on issues such as infrastructure and economic development, according to Obama, who said Saturday that the U.S. and Indonesia shared the common values of “pluralism and tolerance and openness and rule of law.” source

Sec’y Of Defense James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Orders Halt To Obama’s Transgender Recruitment Program For Military

The Secretary of Defense has frozen a decision by former President Barack Obama to recruit transgender soldiers this year, and a new poll shows the planned recruitment freeze is very popular.

EDITOR’S NOTE: President Trump is under such constant attack, it’s hard to tell what he’s accomplishing. But he is getting a tremendous amount done day in and day out. Month after month, like icebergs breaking off into the ocean, former President Obama’s signature executive orders and policy decisions are disappearing under the Trump onslaught.

Two of every three swing voters say the Pentagon should postpone plans to accept “transgender” people who are trying to live as members of the opposite sex, according to the new poll by Rasmussen Reports.

Defense Secretary James Mattis explained his July 30 decision to delay Obama’s plan for six months, just before it was to begin operating:

Since becoming the Secretary of Defense, I have emphasized that the Department of Defense must measure each policy decision against one critical standard: will the decision affect the readiness and lethality of the force? Put another way, how will the decision affect the ability of America’s military to defend the nation? It is against this standard that I provide the following guidance on the way forward in accessing transgender individuals into the military Services.

The six-month delay will encourage and help opponents lobby against Obama’s pro-transgender policy.

Throughout 2016, Obama used his power as president to push schools and other institutions to support the claim by transgender activists that people have a hidden “gender identity” which is independent of their sex and biology. These advocates also say that a person’s sex is determined by their “gender identity,” not their male-or-female body. In turn, the advocates demand that the federal government force Americans to accept the sex-switching “gender identity” claims made by each person, regardless of scientific data about genetics, biology and the variety of normal behavior and appearances shown by normal women and men.

Sorry, Rachel, Obama’s plan to turn the military transgender just got cancelled:

Transgender activists were furious about Mattis’ last-minute decision to block Obama’s directive, which would have resulted in a de-facto endorsement of the transgender ideology by the most respected government institution in the nation.

“For the past year, transgender troops have been serving openly … stonewalling on full inclusion will, just like ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ compromise military readiness,” said a statement from the pro-transgender Palm Center in California.

Obama’s proposal is widely opposed, in part, because it would require soldiers to share bathrooms and shower facilities with people of the opposite sex, and would require the U.S. military pay for the expensive procedures — such as hormones and perhaps surgery — used by people trying to live as members of the opposite sex.

The military’s most famous transgender recruit, now named Chelsea Manning, was recently freed from military jail on Obama’s orders. When serving in Iraq, Manning illegally copied a huge haul of military records and videos and released them to the world.

The Rasmussen poll was published just before the Pentagon announcement. The June 26 to June 27 survey of 1,000 likely voters showed 48 percent of voters supporting a delay, only 32 percent oppose a delay and an unusually larger proportion — 21 percent — avoided comment, saying they were “not sure.” Read the poll here.

The cross-tabs, however, showed that GOP supporters split 60 percent for a delay and 23 percent opposition to a delay. Democrats split 33 percent for a delay and 44 percent opposition to a delay.

Importantly, 52 percent of the swing-voting independents back a delay, while only 25 percent oppose a delay — and 23 percent declined to comment. That is a two-to-one preference among swing-voters for delay, and most of the no-comment voters likely favor a delay also.

Among self-described conservatives, 64 percent want a delay, while only 22 percent oppose a delay. Self-described “moderates” split 42 percent for a delay, 35 percent opposed a delay.

The questions about a “delay” – instead of outright opposition — offered voters some opportunity to show opposition to the media-favored transgender agenda while protecting themselves from claims of bigotry.

That worry was clearly visible in a prior Rasmussen question, which asked likely voters whether the decision to allow transgender people into the military is good or bad for the military.

Twenty-three percent said transgenders are good for the military — including just 32 percent of Democrats. Thirty-one percent said transgenders are bad for the military — but only 16 percent of liberals.

Significantly, the largest group — 38 percent — of voters waffled by saying transgenders would have no impact. That 38 percent number likely hides some opposition to recruiting transgender for the military because it is actually larger than the 32 percent who oppose a delay.

The question of whether the military should accept “transgender” people was unimaginable a few years ago. However, it is now an issue because the Democratic Party’s progressive leadership — and much of the elite media — has embraced the transgender ideology.

The ideology claims that people have a hidden “gender identity” which is independent of their sex and biology, and which justifies their claim to be members of the opposite sex. The ideology also demands that the federal government force Americans to accept the “gender identity” sex-switching claims made by each person, regardless of scientific data about genetics, biology and the variety of normal behavior and appearances shown by normal women and men.

The progressive push to bend Americans’ attitudes and their civic society around the idea of “gender” has already attacked and cracked popular social rules for how Americans handle the many charming differences between complementary men and women — the rules governing single-sex bathrooms and shelters for battered women, sports leagues for girls, hiking groups for boys, K-12 curricula and university speech codes, religious freedoms, free speech, the social status of women, parents’ rights in childrearing, practices to help teenagers, women’s expectations of beauty, culture and civic society, scientific research, prison safety, civic ceremonies, school rules, men’s sense of masculinity, law enforcement, and children’s sexual privacy.

To read more about the “transgender” ideology, click here. source

Michael Moore’s Fourth of July Plans Are Horrible

According to Zackary Leeman of LifeZette, controversial leftist filmmaker and “blatant opportunist” Michael Moore is calling for Trump haters to storm the offices of their Senators over the 4th of July week. Leeman writes:

While most people will be getting together with family and friends and celebrating the birthday of our great nation, filmmaker Michael Moore has different plans altogether.

“I call upon EVERYONE to observe this 4th of July week by nonviolently storming the local offices of your Senators, pack town halls, RISE UP!” Moore tweeted on Wednesday.

He continued in this vein by taking issue with the potential of an Obamacare repeal in the near future.

“The Snakes of the Senate languishing in their pit, unable to attack the millions of sick, elderly & newborn. The Resistance lives to fight on,” he wrote. “They now scurry home 2 ‘celebrate’ the birthday of the country & its people they despise so much. They’ll quietly regroup w/ rich backers…”

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Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan

Breitbart reports:

The Secretary of Defense has frozen a decision by former President Barack Obama to recruit transgender soldiers this year, and a new poll shows the planned recruitment freeze is very popular.

Two of every three swing voters say the Pentagon should postpone plans to accept “transgender” people who are trying to live as members of the opposite sex, according to the new poll by Rasmussen Reports.

Defense Secretary James Mattis explained his July 30 decision to delay Obama’s plan for six months, just before it was to begin operating:

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New Device Allows Cops to Download All of Your Smartphone Activity in Seconds

According to Anti-Media, a new technology allows police to plug drivers’ phones into a tablet-like device that will tell the officer what the person was doing on their phone and exactly when they were doing it. Clearly, this is a violation of a person’s Constitutional right to privacy. Here’s the story:

“New York – Any person who operates a motor vehicle in the state shall be deemed to have given consent to field testing of his or her mobile telephone and/or personal electronic device for the purpose of determining the use thereof while operating a motor vehicle, provided that such testing is conducted by or at the direction of a police officer.”

That’s language from the text of a bill currently working its way through the New York state legislature. The legislation would allow cops to search through drivers’ cell phones following traffic incidents — even minor fender-benders — to determine if the person was using their phone while behind the wheel.

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WEEKEND SNAPSHOT

JULY 1, 2017

This ‘n’ That

I haven’t read this yet, but I always appreciate Michael Haykin’s work.

Once again, I guess I just can’t identify with the humor of the Babylon Bee. At first I thought the headline was funny, then I read this and pondered and realized the implications. Have some celebrity pastors reached such a status that we might actually be more fearful of them then we are of God? If we’re joking about it, then there must be an element of truth, and that’s not good.

Big news! I mean, this is almost as big as when women leaders in Bible Study Fellowship (a group about which I have significant concerns, but that’s for another day) were allowed to wear pants!

I love so much about this article, like this quote: “Women are incredibly smart. Women excel in all walks of life because we are capable and intelligent. And yet, often we do not provide opportunities for women to use our great minds in the church. This is not only unfortunate, it is wrong. Women can and should use their intelligence to know the Bible. And we should teach one another using skillful exposition.“

Here’s your weekly dose of adorable (thanks, Paula!).

I pray they find this girl.

Um, are they hiring?

Aw, poor little things!

Free ebook!

If you can stomach it, this article exposing the ongoing sexual abuse within the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism is an important read (warning: some content is graphic). We are quick to condemn the Roman Catholic Church for its scandals, yet the Protestant church has plenty of its own sin with which to deal.

I don’t know that we need to take time to be bored, so much as we need to be deliberate about being disconnected from a virtual world.

I’ll just leave this here.

A sobering story and some biblical thoughts from Pastor Gabe Hughes.

Well, apparently chocolate Twinkies were announced a couple months ago. I just found them recently. What I find interesting, though, is that they are being treated as something new, when I know they made these when I was a kid! They used to only be available during the summer months. Does anybody else remember that?

Midwestern Seminary has launched a brand new Spurgeon website (i.e., treasure trove).

An extraordinary calling for ordinary men:

Top Headlines – 7/1-2/2017

Livni urges UNESCO not to pass Hebron decision

B’Tselem, MK decry ‘occupation’ at UN conference

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon joins ex-leaders promoting peace

Hundreds protest Western Wall backtrack in Jerusalem

AIPAC considers congressional letter over Western Wall crisis

Netanyahu risks religious ire to take part in Shabbat memorial to German leader

This 400-year-old Jewish library survived Hitler and the Inquisition

Israel to build pipeline to absorb sewage from Gaza

Projectile from Syria falls inside Israeli Golan for 17th time this week

IDF destroys Syrian artillery after shells explode in Golan Heights

Israel warns Syria after stray fire hits Golan

Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army calls it fabrication

Syria says chemical attack probe work of ‘sick mind’

Erdogan slams opposition as ‘justice march’ nears Istanbul

Turkey’s power-play in Qatar leads to warmer relations with Iran

Qatar rejects Arab states’ ultimatum ahead of deadline

Qatar rejects Arab demands but ready for dialogue, says foreign minister

Qatar rejects deadline demands, saying it does not fear military action

Obama preaches tolerance in world’s biggest Muslim majority nation

For Abused, Gay Iraqi in Turkey, U.S. Refugee Freeze is Cruelest Hit

2,000 evacuated after scare at Paris’s main airport

New Chinese Navy Destroyer Can Best Japan, India And Maybe The United States

Xi Jinping warns Hong Kong over sovereignty ‘red line’

Venezuela confirms 4 more deaths in anti-government protests

Mexico: 19 killed in clashes near beach city of Mazatlan

Shooting at Little Rock, Arkansas, nightclub leaves 28 injured

Legal pot sales begin in Nevada

Trump attacks media as ‘fake’ and ‘fraudulent,’ pushes back about his use of Twitter

Trump argues his tweetstorms are ‘Modern Day Presidential’

Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support

Ukraine: Russian security services were behind cyberattack

The World Is Now $217,000,000,000,000 In Debt And The Global Elite Like It That Way

Trump “Overrules” Cabinet, Prepares To Unleash Global Trade War

Trump’s considering a tariff that could put the economy on a path to ‘global recession’

Dakota Drought Sparks Biggest Spring Wheat Price Spike In 7 Years

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Chitose, Japan

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Raoul Island, New Zealand

Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft

Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 13,000ft

Delaware-Size Iceberg Is About to Break Off of Antarctica

Trump to Senate Republicans: kill Obamacare now, replace later

Trump tweet not signal to abandon Senate health care bill, White House says

Top Dem: Pentagon decision to delay transgender troop enlistment ‘outrageous’

World Pride: Thousands rally for global LGBT rights in Madrid

Some 3,000 attend Haifa Pride Parade

Turkish authorities ban transgender rights march in Istanbul

Pope dismisses doctrine chief in a week of Vatican turmoil

After UN hosts 2-day anti-Israel event, Israel’s envoy says it colludes with terror supporters

UN chief distances himself from Palestinian summit on 50 years of occupation

‘Israel can’t afford rupture with Diaspora over Western Wall’

Germany okays deal to sell nuke-capable submarines to Israel

B’Tselem chief: Israel sabotaging fight against anti-Semitism to retain West Bank

PLO to UN: ‘Hamas and PFLP are not terrorist organizations’

UN envoy seeks deal to end Gaza electricity crisis

Palestinian cleric calls on Allah to help us ‘slaughter Americans, Europeans’

Israeli forces enter Palestinian city to remove monument to Maalot terrorist

Trump is seeing how hard it can be to land the ‘ultimate’ deal between Israel and the Palestinians

Acid leak threatens plants, wildlife in Judean Desert

Futuristic tech dramatically illuminates the City of David’s past

Israeli Jewish couple marries on Temple Mount, despite ban

IDF reports more spillover from Syria

UK says sarin attack in Syria can’t be ignored

Suicide Bombers Attack Lebanese Soldiers Near Syria Border

Lebanon refugee camps hit by five suicide bombers

Syria war: Almost 500,000 refugees return in 2017 – UN

Report Confirms That Chemical Arms Were Used on Syrian Villagers

Syria, Russia accuse US of plotting ‘provocation’

Afghanistan conflict: US says troop withdrawal was too quick

Gunman kills 1, injures 6 at NYC hospital before killing self

American Muslims decry Trump’s new travel ban

Trump travel ban comes into effect for six countries

U.S. to Arrest Parents, Sponsors Who Hire Smugglers to Bring Children Across Border

House passes Kate’s Law, as part of illegal immigrant crackdown

U.S. plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 billion in arms

China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands: think tank

Blacklisted China bank cited as a North Korea conduit to global finance

Trump declares ‘patience is over’ with North Korea

Trump accepts invitation to visit South Korea

How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City

Why some inside the White House see Trump’s media feud as ‘winning’

Delete Hate Speech or Pay Up, Germany Tells Social Media Companies

Trump’s voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S.

Dollar posts biggest quarterly drop in nearly seven years

Household income falling at fastest rate since 1976 as UK savings rates crash

Unprecedented heat in the Southwest shatters energy use records

Merkel issues warning to Trump ahead of G20 summit

New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony

Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030

6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Hirara, Japan

Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft

Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 16,000ft

Lesotho: Govt Issues Bird Flu Warning

‘Alarming’ rat lungworm parasite spreading through Florida, researchers warn

Virginia law will give drug addicts clean needles

The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out.

Sperm donor connects with 19 children he fathered

German parliament approves same-sex marriage

Why Angela Merkel, known for embracing liberal values, voted against same-sex marriage

Mattis delays Pentagon’s decision to allow transgender recruits six more months

Ingrid Schlueter – The ‘Can’t Talk’ Rule, Red Flags in Abusive Churches

Matt Walsh: Courts in Europe have sentenced a baby to death. This is socialized medicine

R. Scott Clark – Senator Sanders And The Twofold Kingdom

Report: Jay Sekulow’s legal firm steered millions in donations to family members

Finally, Jackie Robinson’s Faith Is Getting the Attention It Deserves

China, House Churches, and the Growth of the Kingdom

Preachers Acquitted of UK ‘Crime & Disorder Act’ Charges Over Public Offense at Exclusivity of Gospel

East Texas Woman Arrested For Threatening Pastor With a Rifle During Church Service

FBI Investigating 1,000 ISIS-Related Threats in All 50 States

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The New York Times placed a bombshell of a correction at the bottom of a pessimistic piece on President Donald Trump Thursday.

Hillary Cites The ’17 Intelligence Agencies’ Fake News Narrative During Debate:

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has pointed to the importance of the Paris climate accord while criticizing Donald Trump for pulling the world’s biggest economy out of the pact.

Obama Memuji Toleransi Warga Indonesia Pada Pidato Kunci Pembukaan Kongres Diaspora:

Obama cites ‘Global Challenges’ to promoting globalism

The Secretary of Defense has frozen a decision by former President Barack Obama to recruit transgender soldiers this year, and a new poll shows the planned recruitment freeze is very popular.

Defense Secretary James Mattis explained his July 30 decision to delay Obama’s plan for six months, just before it was to begin operating:

The six-month delay will encourage and help opponents lobby against Obama’s pro-transgender policy.

Sorry, Rachel, Obama’s plan to turn the military transgender just got cancelled:

Among self-described conservatives, 64 percent want a delay, while only 22 percent oppose a delay. Self-described “moderates” split 42 percent for a delay, 35 percent opposed a delay.

Michael Moore’s Fourth of July Plans Are Horrible

Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan

New Device Allows Cops to Download All of Your Smartphone Activity in Seconds

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