God is sovereignly in control of all things. That fact alone ought to dispel much of our anxiety. And when we consider the Lord’s fatherly care for His people, we see just how foolish, unnecessary, and impotent our worry truly is.READ MORE
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)
By the valley of weeping we come to Zion. One would have thought mourning and being blessed were in opposition, but the infinitely wise Savior puts them together in this Beatitude. What He has joined together let no man put asunder. Mourning for sin—our own sins, and the sins of others—is the Lord’s seal set upon His faithful ones. When the Spirit of grace is poured upon the house of David, or any other house, they shall mourn. By holy mourning we receive the best of our blessings, even as the rarest commodities come to us by water. Not only shall the mourner be blessed at some future day, but Christ pronounces him blessed even now.
The Holy Spirit will surely comfort those hearts which mourn for sin. They shall be comforted by the application of the blood of Jesus and by the cleansing power of the Holy Ghost. They shall be comforted as to the abounding sin of their city and of their age by the assurance that God will glorify Himself, however much men may rebel against Him. They shall be comforted with the expectation that they shall be wholly freed from sin before long and shall soon be taken up to dwell forever in the glorious presence of their Lord.
The instructions were simple. Keep the balloon in the air; don’t let them touch the floor. One volunteer began carefully tapping the balloon with focused attention. Tap, tap, tap and on he went with a valiant effort bouncing the balloon up, down, up down. The other volunteer stepped away for a moment, returning with her balloon floating high, filled with helium!
My first thought was, “That’s not fair!” But wait the instructions were “Keep the balloon in the air. Don’t let it touch the floor.” Somehow the effort by the first volunteer seemed nobler. Yet, the second volunteer’s strategy would far out last the effort of the first and would win the day.
This simple task has parallels in our spiritual lives. The instructions God gives sometimes referred to as the “Great Commandment” is stated in Mark’s gospel:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 (NIV)
Our response can be self-effort or being filled, not with helium, but filled with the directing and empowering presences of God’s Spirit. The Spirit of God takes residence in the life of every believer. The power to live the Christian life can never come from self-effort, no matter how noble the effort. Self-effort will always lead to frustration and failure.
The Christian life and specifically this foundational commandment are impossible to fulfill in our own strength. Christ is the only one that has ever filled them perfectly. As followers of Christ are directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit, they are given the power to live a new kind of life, a life where Christ lives in and through them in the power of his Spirit.
Which “balloon” volunteer do you identify with? Does this prayer express the desire of you heart?
“Dear Father, I need You. I acknowledge that I have been directing my own life and that, as a result, I have sinned against You. My self-effort has failed. I thank You that You have forgiven my sins through Christ’s death on the cross for me. I now invite Christ to again take His place on the throne of my life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit as You commanded me to be filled, and as You promised in Your Word that You would do if I asked in faith. I now thank You for directing my life and for filling me with the Holy Spirit.”
By Mike Woodard
Used by Permission
• God Is…
“He is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, the first to come back to life so that he would have first place in everything.”
Colossians 1:18 GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
When I wake up long before my alarm clock goes off I’m so excited to get that extra free time to spend with Jesus. I rush to fill my coffee cup and spread His Word around me, studying and waiting for fresh insights from Him. In the early morning I seek Him. What new wisdom will He have for me today? Lord, give me understanding of what you are teaching me.
Honoring the Lord with my time, following His agenda rather than my own, and joining Him in His work are ways I try to prioritize my day. Am I flexible when God throws me curve ball? I need to be open to new developments in His scheduling.
His will is before mine – “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” as David’s prayer tells us. We are to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
We are to put God first in our relationships, before a spouse, children or parents. We can only have the right kinds of relationships if they are built upon and centered in the deep love of Christ. We can only know this pure kind of love if we abide in Christ and have a growing intimacy with Him. God must be given first place in our lives, the place of highest honor, the seat at the head of the table.
The people we know will come and go during different seasons throughout our lives. But God remains forever. He is the first and the last. And all His children will be together with Him for eternity.
In heaven I won’t just give God my early morning hours or occasional moments throughout the day, but I will worship, praise and glorify Him with all of my heart all of the time.
By Karen Huffaker
Used by Permission
• Ask God First – by Karen Huffaker
• God First – by Ashlea Massie
• First Things First – By John Grant
The post FIRST PLACE can be found online at Daily Devotionals by Thoughts about God.
There are Now 250 “Out-of-Control” Fires in Canada, Here’s Why Some Say It’s All ‘Planned’
Massive wildfires have rapidly spread across the Canadian province of Quebec, fueled by dry and hot weather conditions and multiple lightning strikes. The number of fires escalated from 36 to over 100 following a thunderstorm on June 1st, catching authorities off guard. As of Thursday, that massive conflagration has gotten worse. Much, much worse. And the flames are spreading.
Air quality improves for cities along I-95 corridor as Canada’s wildfire smoke moves through US
The FOX Forecast Center said as winds shifted during the afternoon, New York City and Philadelphia began to see improvements but the unhealthy air quality was expected to spread westward toward Pittsburgh and the Ohio Valley.
It’s official: World enters El Nino climate pattern
The warming of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean can have significant impacts on global weather, and when sea surface temperature anomalies reach 0.5°C or warmer than what is typical, an El Niño is considered to be underway.
‘Only one sausage per month for everyone!’ German Nutrition Society recommends over 90% reduction in daily meat eating– to combat global warming
German daily newspaper Bild: Only one sausage per month for everyone! – “Less meat consumption = better climate? The Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture has calculated that even halving meat consumption would bring Germany one percentage point closer to its climate goals.” … “No one wants to ban people from their occasional currywurst. But overall meat consumption in the population is too high for health and sustainability reasons, it’s a scientific fact“, indicates the DGE to the German newspaper.
The Church of Psilomethoxin Uses Psychedelics to Worship
The army vets behind the Church of Psilomethoxin have a unique sacrament – one that involves a drug derived from shrooms and a poisonous amphibian.
Canadian elementary students forced to watch drag show in school gym to celebrate ‘pride’ month
A Canadian elementary school bearing the name of a Catholic saint hosted what some described as a “disgusting” and wild “pride” celebration last week featuring a drag queen, a giant rainbow tunnel, and “pride” flags galore.
South Africa plans to limit water for white people by enacting “race quotas”…
This is one of those story titles that makes you go, “Is this for real?” But then you actually open it up and realize it’s true, leaving you wondering what on earth is going on in our messed up progressive clown world.
Journalists Are Asking Ukrainian Soldiers To Hide Their Nazi Patches, NYT Admits
The New York Times has been forced to very, very belatedly deal with something which had long been obvious and known to many independent analysts and media outlets, but which has been carefully shielded from the mainstream masses in the West for obvious reasons.
Instagram Algorithms Promote Pedophile Networks: Investigation Finds
Instagram’s algorithms connect a vast network of pedophiles, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered.
France: Open Borders Advocates’ Hypocrisy Exposed When Their Children Are at Risk
The park, originally intended as a recreational space for children, has now become a temporary home for the migrant camp.
Federal judge rules against Tennessee law prohibiting drag queen shows for children
A federal judge on Friday ruled against a new Tennessee law prohibiting sexual performances like drag shows in venues where children are or may be present. Backers of the legislation have called on the state’s Republican attorney general to challenge the decision.
New York City Skyline Turned In Apocalyptic End Times Nightmare As Smoke From Wildfires In Canada Render It Nearly Uninhabitable
In a scene straight out of the book of Joel, or even Revelation, the ‘city that never sleeps’ has been engulfed with apocalyptic smoke, infused with an orange-red glow, that has drifted down from wildfires raging out of control in Canada. This is resulting in the worst air quality ever recorded in New York City, and at the moment, just may be the worst anywhere in the world. To you, this may look like an environmental disaster. To me it looks like a harbinger of more to come.
Claim: Assisted Suicide Becomes 3rd Leading Cause of Death in Quebec — 7% of All Deaths
Canada looks set to face another record-shattering year of euthanasia deaths in 2023 after a reported 35 percent rise to some 13,500 state-sponsored suicides in 2022, an analysis of official data shows.
UKHSA nudges festival-goers to get MMR vaccines
UK Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) is pushing for festival-goers to get two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (“MMR”) vaccine. “We’re seeing outbreaks of measles. Check you’ve had 2 doses of the #MMR vaccine for the full protection,” UKHSA tweeted yesterday.
This is how the Canadian Government start the fires
It seems Canada isn’t sophiticated enough to use Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs). Looks like they opted for a drone with a flame thrower instead.
Source: https://www.raptureready.com/2023/06/09/9-jun-2023/
• Saudi FM: Israel normalization would have benefits, but less so without 2-state solution
Blinken says Israel-Saudi normalization remains a priority as he wraps visit to the Kingdom
Egypt Seeks Path for Long-term Quiet in Gaza, Hoping to Prevent the Next Israeli Operation
Commentary: How the West Bank Settlements Became Israel’s Welfare State
As Critical Medicine Runs Out in West Bank, Palestinian Authority Points at Israel
Israel Demolishes West Bank Home of Jerusalem Bomb Attacker Who Killed Two
Palestinian journalist hit in head by bullet during raid on terror suspect’s home
Umbrella group calls general strike in Arab community tomorrow over rampant killings
5 shot dead in town near Nazareth in apparent gangland massacre
UN report claims Israel ‘silencing civil society’ by outlawing Palestinian groups
BlackRock snaps up provider of loans to Israeli and European startups
BlackRock buys Israeli-UK venture lender Kreos Capital
IDF wraps up major drill focused on multi-front war with Iran, Middle East proxies
In message to Iran, Israeli fighter jets escort US bombers returning from Persian Gulf
As U.S. and Iran Inch Toward New Nuclear Deal, Israel Worries It’s Out of Diplomatic Ammo
On the brink: Unpacking Israel’s unilateral strike threat against Iran
CIA does not know if ‘Israel’ plans to bomb Iran: The Intercept
Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people
Saudi crown prince threatened ‘major’ economic pain on U.S. amid oil feud
All About the Deep-Pocketed Saudi Wealth Fund That Rocked Golf
PGA Tour Chief Jay Monahan Apologizes to 9/11 Families After Merger with Saudi-Backed LIV Golf
India rebukes Canada over parade float showing assassination of Indira Gandhi
Hundreds of children evacuated from Sudanese orphanage amid intense fighting in Khartoum
Political violence rocks Senegal, threatens stability, as nation closes overseas consulates – 16 dead, roughly 500 arrested amid mass protest
EU launches legal action against Poland over new Russian influence law
Pope Francis sends Cardinal Zuppi to Ukraine to promote a ‘just peace’
Twitter Files: FBI Asked Twitter to Censor Western Journalists on Behalf of Ukraine
Despite U.S. Embargo, Israeli Arms Maker Sent Equipment to Myanmar
Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff
Zelensky visits flooded Kherson after dam collapse; 5 dead in Russian-occupied city
Drone Footage of Collapsed Kakhovka Dam Shows Scale of Destruction
Dam collapse a global problem as waters may poison Black Sea, Zelenskiy says – Ukrainian president warns flood waters contaminated with sewage, oil, chemicals and possibly anthrax
Russia bombs school where flood evacuees were sheltering after Zelenskyy visits Kherson
Report: Retired Australian F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Jets Could be Sent to Ukraine
Biden predicts US will have funding to support Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’
Commentary: We are now dangerously close to nuclear war
Taiwan activates air defence as China aircraft enter zone
Rep. Alford: ‘No Way to Defend’ Close Call in Taiwan Strait
China strikes secret deal to build spy base 100 miles from Florida
China planning secret spy base in Cuba targeting US; could intercept emails, phone calls of US military bases: WSJ
In bold move challenging the United States, Cuba agrees to host a Chinese spy base
UK: Julian Assange dangerously close to extradition following High Court rejection of appeal
Former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer loses appeal in federal fraud case
Grassley: ‘I Believe the FBI Is Covering for President Biden’
Biden slams GOP demands for FBI document as ‘bunch of malarkey’
‘Where Is the Money?’: Joe Biden Jokes When Asked About Taking an Alleged Bribe
Nancy Mace Calls Out Joe Biden After He Jokes About $5 Million Ukraine Bribe Allegation: Demands He Release His and Biden Family’s Unredacted Bank and LLC Records
MTG reveals FBI informant reported Biden was bribed to have the Ukrainian prosecutor fired who was investigating Burisma
“Enough Talk”: House Rep. Says Ultimate Goal of Biden Bribery Probe is It Will Lead to Presidential Impeachment
‘Some would suggest treason!’ MAGA Republican says Joe Biden must be impeached and jailed
Mike Pence: DOJ ‘Recognized’ My ‘Innocent Mistake’ on Docs
Biden insists he doesn’t pressure DOJ as possible Trump indictment nears
Trump indicted on federal charges related to document handling and obstruction of justice
Alina Habba: Trump Indictment Would Be ‘Mishandling,’ ‘Weaponization’ of DOJ
Prosecutors tell Trump lawyers he is target of classified docs probe: reports
‘Venue matters’: Trump charges could come from Florida federal grand jury
Trump ad takes aim at ‘rabid wolf’ special counsel Jack Smith as Mar-a-Lago classified documents indictment looms
Trump Accuses DOJ Prosecutor of Attempted Bribery
Trumpworld Lawyer Alleges Coercion to ‘Do The Right Thing’ and Co-operate Against Trump
Plainclothes cops at Capitol during Jan. 6 riot, one on video exhorting crowd, key lawmaker says
Conservative Revolt Paralyzes US House for Second Day
Scalise: ‘Lot of Anger’ for Speaker McCarthy ‘to Resolve’
Supreme Court Rules Against Alabama in Voting Rights Case Impacting 2024 Election
Supreme Court backs landmark voting rights law, strikes down Alabama congressional map – The justices threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts that a lower court said discriminated against Black voters
Supreme Court Orders Race-Based Redistricting – Two States Must Now Create New Black Majority (Democrat) Congressional Seats – Clarence Thomas Issues Blistering 50-Page Dissent
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who put Christianity at center of US politics, dies at 93
Leftists Celebrate the Death of Pat Robertson Across Social Media
CNN’s Ad Money Took a Massive Hit Under Chris Licht, Study Shows
Does CNN’s Turmoil Mean There’s No Room on Cable for Independent News?
CNN Execs Depart Network Just Hours After CEO Chris Licht Is Fired
CNN’s New Leaders Announced – One Is Married to a Current Biden Appointee With Deep Clinton Ties
Journalist Emerald Robinson Releases Transcript of Tucker’s Final Unaired Monologue – Where He Discusses Ray Epps, AOC and Jen Psaki – Twitter Censors the Report
Scoop: Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract
Tucker Carlson’s Twitter show surpasses 100 million views for first episode – Carlson hinted at releasing more episodes on Twitter, but Fox has threatened legal action against him
Twitter’s own lawyers refute Elon Musk’s claim that the ‘Twitter Files’ exposed US government censorship
Rep. Jordan Says FTC’s Actions Against Twitter Political
Twitter Choosing Confrontation: EU Commission
Army of fake social media accounts defend UAE presidency of climate summit
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Drops the Hammer on Google and Meta, Calls Out ‘Bullying Tactics’
Blackburn, Blumenthal accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on handling of US users’ data
Louisiana lawmakers approve parental consent bill for kids’ social media use and other online services
Why Are So Many Younger Americans Okay with Big Brother Monitoring Their Homes? Children raised in an atmosphere of fear become adults who prioritize security over liberty
NASA Warns of Internet Apocalypse that Will Disable Internet for Months
House Oversight plans UFO hearing after unconfirmed claims of crashed alien spacecraft – The Pentagon hasn’t found “verifiable information” to support the allegations
“UFO Crashes” in Las Vegas: Police Bodycam Captures Mysterious Event as Residents Report Encounter with “Non-Human Beings”
Las Vegas family claims to see aliens after several report something falling from sky
5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
5.7 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 24,000ft
Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,500ft
Reventador in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 11,000ft
Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
Extreme weather expected as El Nino climate pattern returns, US forecaster says
Officials: 245 people, 57 pets evacuated due to flooding in Amarillo
Siberia swelters in record-breaking temperatures amid its ‘worst heat wave in history’
Puerto Rico breaks record with 125-degree heat index, causing power outages and serious health risks
Hundreds of Fires Are Out of Control in Canada’s Worst-Ever Season
There are Now 250 “Out-of-Control” Fires in Canada, Here’s Why Some Say It’s All ‘Planned’
Satellite Imagery from College of DuPage Meteorology Department Shows Over a Dozen Fires in Quebec Start Up at Almost the Exact Same Time
Raging Canada wildfires threaten critical infrastructure, force evacuations
Montreal Says Quebec Province Refused Its Firefighters as Smoke Engulfs U.S.
Biden Offers Trudeau Support to Tame Canadian Wildfires as Air Quality Issues Persist
Hazardous air conditions continue on East Coast as U.S. rushes firefighters to Canada
Smoke blanketing New York City evokes memories of 1966 ‘killer smog’
Canadian wildfires pour smoke into US, heavy haze creates Martian-like scene in NYC
And the Masks Came Back On: New York’s Day in Smoke
White House postpones Pride celebration over air quality concerns
Canadian wildfire smoke disrupts U.S. air travel
UFOs, Lasers, and Antifa Arsonists: Wildfires Spark New Conspiracy Theories
Energy Secretary Granholm touts California’s green grid as Gov. Newsom scrambles to stop blackouts – California relies heavily on fossil fuels to stay afloat amid rolling blackouts
Montana AG sues National Association of Attorneys General for investing public funds in ESG
Eurozone fell into recession as energy prices soared
‘Mr. Bean’ Star Rowan Atkinson Feels ‘Duped’ by Electric Vehicles: Not the Environmental Panacea It Is Claimed to Be
23 freight cars, new vehicles heavily damaged in train derailment in northern Arizona
Rare shark attack kills Russian citizen in Egypt’s Red Sea
This New Church Wants to Get You High with Synthetic Toad Venom
CA School District Pulls ‘Piss Christ’ Photo from High School Course After Backlash from Parents, Students
Fast and Furious Star Says Hollywood is “Normalizing the Devil”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Proposes Familial DNA Testing at Mexican Border to Combat Child Trafficking
RFK Jr: Border Hospitals Packed with Pregnant Migrants, Forcing American Women to Delay Deliveries
Author and Immigration Expert Todd Bensman Predicts Massive Waves of Illegal Aliens – “We Could Very Easily Have 10 Million New People Inside the Country in a Very Short Time”
NYC Mayor Eric Adams sues 30 New York counties for refusing to house migrants
Cash For Migrants: EU Moves Towards Rules Where Countries That Refuse Immigration Will Have to Pay Cash
US Suspends All Ethiopia Food Aid as Probe Finds ‘Widespread’ Theft
Gavin Newsom Proposes 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to Restrict Gun Rights
NRA Derides Newsom’s Call for 28th Amendment on Gun Safety
Parents of Nashville trans school shooter vow to give rights to manifesto to victims’ families
France knife attack: Screaming mother watched on as children injured in ‘savage’ Annecy stabbing
Syrian refugee wounds 5, mostly children, in suspected stabbing attack in France
Twitter Mass Deletes Videos of Syrian Asylum Seeker Who Stabbed Children in France
Maryland Mother and Daughter Dismember Grandma’s Remains with Chainsaw and Burn Them on Grill
Lebanon recalls ambassador from France following rape charges
Muslim community waking up to ‘unholy alliance’ with Democratic party amid battle over parental rights
‘Liberal woman’ goes viral on TikTok for saying it’s hard to find ‘masculine’ man who’s not conservative
Christian UK doctor fired for refusing to use trans pronouns again appealing case
LGBT representation tied to greater economic prosperity, Wells Fargo economists find
Nike Set to Unveil ‘Gender Inclusive’ Clothing Line for Children for Pride Month
Disney Learned Nothing from Target, Pushes ‘Pride’ Items for Babies Younger Than 3 Months
Joe Rogan Slams Target Over Trans Kids Clothing: ‘Stop Shoving this Down Our Throats’
‘All ages’ drag show featuring nude performance presented to kids at Oregon State University
Tel Aviv Pride Parade Returns to the Streets, After J’lem’s ‘Most Important Parade Ever’
‘The best party’: Over 150,000 march in Tel Aviv’s 25th annual Pride Parade
Tens of thousands join Tel Aviv Pride parade, celebrating gains and wary of Israeli government
Tel Aviv’s LGBTQ Center Vandalized Ahead of 25th Annual Pride Parade
‘It Would Have Ended in Murder’: For These ultra-Orthodox and Arab Lesbians Coming Out Is Not an Option
Riley Gaines Says Women Should Stop Being ‘Agreeable,’ Must Fight Trans Agenda
Female athletes call on Senate to protect women’s sports: ‘Title IX changed my life’
Missouri Governor Signs Bills Protecting Women’s Sports and Minors from Experimental Transgender Drugs and Surgeries
Los Angeles County Paints Trans ‘Progress Pride Flag’ on Lifeguard Towers
Army Secretary Claims ‘Woke’ Criticisms of the Military Are Hurting Recruiting
Salute to the LBGTQ?? San Francisco Police Record Viral Video Saluting the Pride Flag
Critics Blast DOJ Funding for Projects Tailored to Gender, Sexuality Politics
‘Hate for Hate’s Sake’: Pentagon Officials Wade Into Politics, Slam ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Legislation at Pride Event
Pentagon: LGBTQ+ ‘Under Attack’ by State Laws
Biden Unveils LGBT Proposals in Bid to Counter States’ Rollback
‘Hysterical’ and ‘cruel’: Biden slams GOP efforts to target LGBTQ community
New York Attorney General files lawsuit against anti-abortion group – Members of the group have been arrested several times for trying to block access to abortion clinics
U.S. drug shortages highlight dependence on China, gray supply chains
Teva concludes US nationwide opioid settlement
J&J’s COVID vaccine is dead in the US; FDA revokes authorization
An unsubstantiated claim that Jamie Foxx was hospitalized after a Covid vaccination is going viral on social media
Jamie Foxx rep says hospitalization not caused by COVID vaccine: report
DeSantis attack ad uses fake AI images of Trump embracing Fauci
Sen. Hawley Grills Biden’s District Judge Nominee for D.C on Religious Discrimination and COVID-19 Restrictions During Confirmation Hearing
‘Global Policy Failure’: Lockdowns Had ‘Negligible’ Impact on Deaths Compared to ‘Staggering Collateral Costs’, Study Finds
Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty told “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos, “Nice try,” during an interview Friday morning with the ABC News host tried to dismiss the double standard of not charging President Biden for also mishandling classified information.
“You can scoff and act like there’s nothing to it, but the whole country knows the basic notion of unequal treatment and fairness,” Trusty said.
JIM TRUSTY: When I have this conversation with him, he very quickly pivots to concern about the country. You know, it’s not a real selfish analysis. It’s this is a bad moment for our history. This is our country turning the corner. And as somebody that’s been around criminal justice for over 30 years, I agree with him. It’s a Rubicon we shouldn’t be crossing.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: But doesn’t the president, don’t you believe in the principle that no person is above the law? If the president committed the same crime that someone else did, shouldn’t he be charged?
TRUSTY: No person is below the law. That’s really the issue here. I mean, you’ve got these investigations in Delaware that are a thousand times more serious by a sitting president who has authorized his DOJ to try to sink the candidacy of his prime opposition while that guy has unsecured documents that he stole out of a SCIF dozens of years ago. So, look, you know, we’re not talking about some sort of favoritism.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: What are you’ talking about?! That is a ridiculous statement.
TRUSTY: There’s this issue (laughs) Nice try. There’s an issue that anyone that reads any news, the first would agree there’s a parallel track, which is the Delaware documents scandal of Joe Biden, where there’s a special counsel, Rob Hur, that’s investigating it. You know that there were documents that were sensitive, that were marked classified, found in a garage near a Corvette that made their way through Chinatown, through the Penn Biden Center. There’s 850 boxes that have never been fully looked at at the University of Delaware. You have the ultimate unclean hands of a current sitting president who had no declassification, had none of the protections of President Trump. And you literally had to have stolen stuff from a skiff. Even Dick Durbin has commented about how this was an outrageous possession of classified material by vice president at that point. Joe Biden. So that’s what we’re talking about. You can scoff and act like there’s nothing to it, but the whole country knows the basic notion of unequal treatment and fairness. And that’s what’s at issue with this prosecution.
— Read on www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/09/trump_attorney_trusty_biden_documents_scandal_is_worse_biden_trying_to_sink_trump_2024_campaign.html
U.S. – Former President Donald Trump has officially been indicted by the federal government on seven counts of not storing highly classified documents in his garage behind a corvette.
“Mr. Trump had these documents securely stored in a closet instead of strewn about the garage. Straight to jail,” said Merrick Garland. “Trump’s failure to haphazardly toss Top Secret documents behind a car is nothing short of treasonous.”
For his part, Mr. Trump has denied all wrongdoing. “I hide all my classified documents behind the best, most beautiful cars at Mar-A-Lago,” said Mr. Trump. “Corvettes are for the poors. Do I look like a poor? Ha! I would never put Top Secret documents behind anything cheaper than a McLaren! What a rube!”
At publishing time, the DOJ announced they would also indict Trump for making a deal with Ukraine without his son receiving millions of dollars in bribes.
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Tucker Carlson addressed former President Barack Obama in a new monologue posted Thursday on Twitter.
“By 2008, it was obvious to anybody who was paying attention that Barack Obama had a strange and highly creepy personal life. Yet nobody ever asked him about it. By that point, a leader’s behavior within his own marriage, the core relationship of his life, had been declared irrelevant. It was Barack Obama’s business, not yours,” Carlson said.
Full monologue:
Ep. 2 Cling to your taboos! pic.twitter.com/45AeVdtwOu– Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 8, 2023
— Read on www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/09/tucker_carlson_by_2008_it_was_obvious_to_anybody_who_was_paying_attention_that_barack_obama_had_a_strange_and_highly_creepy_personal_life.html
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Former President Donald Trump revealed Thursday he had been indicted on seven counts in connection with his handling of allegedly classified documents.
Trump’s attorney, Jim Trusty, called the charges — which reportedly include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and a charge under the Espionage Act — “ludicrous.”
Trusty confirmed to CNN that the Department of Justice sent a summons letter to the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team via email listing the counts and scheduling a Miami federal court appearance for Tuesday afternoon.
Republicans, legal experts, and other keen observers reckon this development is an attempt by the Biden administration and those subject to its influence to sap the Democratic president’s top political challenger ahead of the 2024 election.
After all, Biden, no stranger to accusations of mishandling classified documents, could use the help.
Recent Harvard-Harris and Marquette polls indicate Trump has a 5-7 point advantage over the 80-year-old Democrat, who appears to have trouble keeping his footing both in approval polls and on stage.
Republicans circled the wagons Thursday night, certain justice was not the aim with this latest Trump indictment.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested the indictment was the “culmination of what Merrick Garland has been pushing for since he became Attorney General. The weaponization of our Department of Justice against enemies of the Biden admin. will do enormous damage to the rule of law & have a lasting impact.”
Cruz told Fox Business on Thursday that Attorney General Merrick Garland “has corrupted the machinery of government. He’s the most partisan Attorney General in our nation’s history.”
While in competition with Trump for the Republican nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned the indictment, writing, “The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society. We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation. Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?”
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) tweeted, “The former president will be indicted for ‘mishandling’ his own government’s classified info. Yet everyone agrees the president has the authority to declassify anything. This is a moral and constitutional joke. Merrick Garland has disgraced this country.”
“Biden is attacking his most likely 2024 opponent,” continued Vance. “He’s using the justice system to preemptively steal the 2024 election. This is what’s happening, plain and simple.”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) concurred, stressing that if the Biden DOJ was indeed trying to clear the political field for President Joe Biden with this indictment, the country was in serious trouble.
“If the president in power can just jail his political opponents, which is what Joe Biden is trying to do tonight, we don’t have a republic anymore. We don’t have the rule of law. We don’t have the Constitution,” Hawley told Fox News. “No one should be in doubt of what’s happening tonight. Joe Biden and his cronies are trying to take out their chief political opponent.”
Hawley added, “this has never happened before in American history. … We are in dangerous, dangerous waters and it is because of Joe Biden.”
\u201cHawley: If the president in power can jail his political opponents, which is what Joe Biden is trying to do tonight, we don’t have a republic anymore. We don’t have the rule of law or constitution.\u201d
— Acyn (@Acyn) 1686277619
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) said Trump’s indictment marked a “dark day for the United States of America.”
“It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades. I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump against this grave injustice,” wrote McCarthy. “House Republicans will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable.”
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) noted the curious timing of the indictment: “On the day members of Congress learn from an FBI document linking then VP Joe Biden to receiving $5 MILLION from Burisma in a pay-for-play scheme, Biden’s DOJ announces another phony indictment of the leading candidate for the GOP Presidential nomination, Biden’s likely opponent, and the former POTUS.”
Donalds added, “This mob-like justice system is turning Lady Justice on its head and is the most significant threat to our democracy.”
TheBlaze previously reported that Trump indicated in a video message that the indictment amounts to “election interference.”
“They’re doing it to affect the election,” said Trump. “They [are] cheating on the election just like the did the last time.”
\u201cI AM AN INNOCENT MAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TOTALLY CORRUPT. THIS IS ELECTION INTERFERENCE & A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!\u201d
— Trump War Room (@Trump War Room) 1686269728
Republican lawmakers are not the only ones scratching their heads over the indictment.
Legal expert Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax, “Unless this indictment is the strongest case since [former President] Richard Nixon’s obstruction of justice back in the 1970s, this is a disgrace.”
“When you have the current administration going after the man who was potentially capable of unseating them, it better be the strongest case imaginable,” said Dershowitz. “It better be the case that would get bipartisan support.”
Dershowitz stressed that unless Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor appointed by Garland to lead the documents probe, has an ironclad case replete with damning evidence, “this is an indictment that never, ever should have been brought,” adding that if “President Trump believed that he had declassified the material and that he was entitled to possess them, then it can’t be a crime to refuse to turn them over.”
Former Trump advisor and “War Room” host Steve Bannon responded to the news, saying, “This whole fantasy about DOJ [being] separate from the administration, the FBI’s independent — they’re not independent agencies. This is some fantasy that the left has cooked up. … Merrick Garland is hardwired into the White House. The FBI is hardwired into Merrick Garland. They’re rolling against Trump ’cause they can’t beat Trump at the ballot box. The most important thing they have to do from their own perspective is demoralize you.”
Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, admittedly no fan of Trump, told NewsNation, “If you’re going to take the very extreme step of indicting somebody who is the likely nominee of the opposition party, the charge has to meet two tests: It has to be extremely serious and it has to be an airtight case. And I think both of these cases fail on both of those points.”
Stephen Miller, contributing editor at the Spectator, tweeted, “Comey found stripped classified material on a laptop of the husband of Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, who didn’t have a security clearance & was sexting 15 year olds, and he went like ‘Yeah we’re not pressing charges here’ Everything about the Trump indictment is political.”
Byron York, chief political correspondent at the Washington Examiner, underscored that this indictment is not only the first federal charge against a former president, “but it would also be the first time a sitting president’s administration has indicted a leading opposition party candidate in the run-up to a presidential election.”
Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty told NBC’s “Today” that the former president’s legal team does not anticipate another indictment from the D.C. grand jury empaneled in the classified documents case.
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett and Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz share their insight on former President Donald Trump’s indictment on ‘Hannity.’
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Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley tells ‘America’s Newsroom’ that this indictment is a ‘different ballgame’ from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s indictment against Trump. #foxnews
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It is often said that “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” The line is attributed to Hiram W Johnson in 1929 in a debate over a dubious effort to legislatively ban war. That line is not original to Johnson but what followed should be equally notable: “this mode of propaganda whereby … people become war hungry in their patriotism and are lied into a desire to fight. We have seen it in the past; it will happen again in the future.”
This week, a new story suggests that Johnson’s prediction may be proven . . . yet again. The Washington Post is reporting that material leaked by Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, revealed that the Biden Administration knew three months ago that it was Ukraine that was planning to sabotage the Nord Stream pipelines. Teixeira is now criminally charged under the Espionage Act.
If true, the Administration withheld the information for months as the media widely speculated that Russia blew up its own pipeline. Russia accused the United States of approving the attack by Ukrainian forces.
President Joe Biden was presumably informed by the intelligence agencies. Yet, as speculation continued and Russia pointed fingers as Ukrainian and the US, Biden told the public “the Russians are pumping out disinformation and lies. We will work with our allies to get to the bottom (of) precisely what happened. Just don’t listen to what Putin’s saying. What he’s saying we know is not true.”
As Biden “worked with our allies to get to the bottom of what happened,” the Administration knew that months previously it was told by a Ukrainian whistleblower that the CIA was told that a six-person team of Ukrainian special forces were planning to rent a boat, dive to the seafloor and blow up the Nord Stream project. The operation was reportedly led by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces.
It is not clear what president Volodymyr Zelenskiy knew or when he knew it. However, we knew of this report long before the pipeline was destroyed in the very way described by the whistleblower.
Not even the environmental damage by the alleged Ukrainian attack or the blow to our allies was enough for the Administration to reveal the alleged plot. The sabotage reportedly resulted in “more than 115,000 tons of natural gas escap[ing] the damaged pipeline in just six days, with a greenhouse gas contribution of approximately 15 million tons of CO2—or the amount of carbon that can be absorbed by roughly 580 million trees in a year.”
It was also not inclined to tell the press in multiple press conferences or presumably Congress as the Administration demanded billions for the war.
Now a new environmental disaster is building after sabotaging the Kakhovka hydro-electric dam in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine. Russia has accused Ukraine and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused “Russian terrorists.”
This follows new evidence that Ukraine appeared responsible for the drone attack on the Kremlin recently. Zelenskyy also denied any involvement in that attack. Ukraine stood back as many of us speculated that this seemed like a false flag attack by Russia. After all, it seemed almost laughable in its objective if it sought to kill Putin or cause serious damage to the government.
Western countries have stressed that their military aid to Ukraine was premised on the country not attacking Russia on Russian soil. However, the larger question is whether such intelligence should be kept from Congress and the public when we have already spent over $75 billion on Ukraine.
It also raises a continued question over the Biden Administration withholding evidence that contradicts its national security claims. The Republicans have fought to gain access to a critical State Department cable that appears to refute President Biden and other officials who insisted that they had no prior warning of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. We ended up leaving $7 billion in top military equipment to terrorists, costing the lives of service members, and left thousands of allies behind.
The lack of candor over Ukraine denied critical information on the conduct of our ally at a time when the public is debating the increasing costs of the war. If Ukraine is engaging in sabotage against our other allies (and the environment), we have a right to know. If committed by Ukraine, the drone attack on the Kremlin was remarkably stupid. It threatened an escalation of the conflict with little obvious military advantage. With tens of billions of dollars going to Ukraine and a world teetering on the brink of a large conflict, we (and particularly Congress) need to know if our allies are telling us the truth or whether they are reliable allies. Likewise, if Zelenskyy did not now of these major operations, it is a fair question to ask who is really in charge of the country or whether Zelenskyy is engaging in willful blindness.
It is even more troubling when Administration officials are presenting conflicting accounts or denying any knowledge of countervailing facts.
Throughout our history, Administrations have jettisoned truth when embarking on war. The most glaring example is the Tonkin Bay Incident that was used to justify the Vietnam War, an attack on US vessels that was later debunked. Likewise, the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War revealed, according to the New York Times, the government “systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress.”
This is precisely why Congress is given oversight authority and why war powers are shared with Congress. The most important power held by Congress is the power of the purse. It has an obligation to guarantee that money is being spent wisely and based on accurate information.
Many of us supported the sanctions against Russia and still support the Ukrainians in their fight to protect their homeland. However, that does not mean that we should be played for chumps.
Reprinted with permission from JonathanTurley.org.
On Friday’s “Wake Up America,” former acting AG Matthew Whitaker gives us the rundown on what this means for former President Donald Trump now that they have indicted him. Watch NEWSMAX, an independent news network with a conservative perspective, available in 100M+ U.S. homes.
Source: This is a sad day in America | Matt Whitaker | Wake Up America
Attorney for former President Donald Trump Jim Trusty responds to an indictment against Trump by the Biden DOJ on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ #foxnews #fox #theingrahamangle
The Armed Forces of Ukraine incurred the losses as it pushed against Russian defenses, the military has claimed
Ukrainian forces have lost up to 1,240 troops and 39 tanks during one 24-hour period, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported in its latest daily update on Friday. This adds to the heavy toll moscow claims Kiev suffered during a week when it is believed to have launched a long-expected counteroffensive against Russia.
The Ministry added that 30 infantry fighting vehicles, 38 armored vehicles, as well as a dozen pieces of artillery and other military hardware, some of it provided by Kiev’s Western sponsors, were also destroyed.
Two Ukrainian military jets, two UK-provided Storm Shadow cruise missiles, and 13 drones were intercepted and shut down during one day, the report added.
Russian and Western media have concluded that Ukraine has launched a major push against its opponent this week, trying to capitalize on the trove of weapons supplied by the US and its allies. Ukrainian officials have, nonetheless, offered conflicting reports on whether the operation has started.
Supporters of the country expressed hope that it could score significant territorial gains using Western-produced main battle tanks, which it didn’t have previously. The Russian military reported repelling a series of Ukrainian attacks over the week and said Kiev was paying a heavy price for probing the Russian defenses in various parts of the frontline.
READ MORE: Biden’s reputation hinges on Kiev’s counteroffensive – Politico
Western nations have pledged to support Kiev for as long as it takes to inflict a “strategic defeat”on Russia. But media reports indicate that the scale of future military assistance would depend on whether Ukrainian troops manage to deliver battlefield successes. The White House is “anxiously watching” the action, since the reputation of President Joe Biden is at stake in it, Politico said of the Ukrainian operation.
On Thursday’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Rep. Matt Gaetz reacts to the news that a federal grand jury in Miami has indicted former President Donald Trump. Watch NEWSMAX, an independent news network with a conservative perspective, available in 100M+ U.S. homes.
Source: Rep. Matt Gaetz: ‘Most severe election interference’ | Rob Schmitt Tonight
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