Source: God Is Everywhere (Part 1 of 2)
For centuries, Americans have enjoyed the blessings of religious freedom. But today, our liberties are threatened by those who ignore God, as we stray farther and farther from our Christian heritage. Dr. Robert Jeffress reveals the dark future that lies ahead if America continues down this dangerous road.
“The Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.”
A righteous God will not accept unrighteous requests. We cannot expect that God, who always does the right thing, will do the expedient thing just for our sake. In our prayers and decision-making processes, then, we ought not to ask ourselves, “What is the easy thing? What is the thing that will get me out of this difficulty the quickest?” Rather, we need to ask, “What is the right thing for me to do?” This is not to say that we will always know precisely what is right. But in our prayers and in our lives, we must remember that we call upon and walk before the face of a supremely holy and righteous God.
Thankfully, God is not only righteous but also merciful. David cries in Psalm 4:1, “Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!” Just as it is unimaginable that a mother would forget the cry of a child that she nurtured at her own breast, so it is unthinkable that God would not hear the pleas of His children (Isaiah 49:15). Such mercy is an astounding truth. We live in a world that operates on the principle that we get what we “deserve,” that we get out what we put in: This is what you’ve earned, and what you’ve earned is what you’re going to get—whether good or bad. But when we come to God, we come to the one who is by His very nature rich in mercy, who gives us what we do not deserve. From Him, we get what we have not earned.
Perhaps your heart has been fractured or your life is buffeted by serious trouble. Still you can cry out to your righteous God: “I need Your unmerited kindness today. I’ve nothing with which to commend myself. Lord, be merciful to me and hear my prayer.”
When that is our approach to God, then we will find fostered within us an attitude of seeking to do what is right, not what is easy. The path to seeking to do “righteous deeds” is to know that the Lord is merciful to His children.
This does not mean that as we come to Him for mercy and seek to live righteously, God will give immediate deliverance. Nowhere has He promised His people immediate relief. He answers us out of the righteousness of His sovereign plan—and sometimes, in His providence, He allows the thorn to continue to pain us (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Yet when the thorn remains, “though the fig tree should not blossom,” still you can “rejoice in the LORD” and “take joy in the God of [your] salvation” (Habakkuk 3:17-18). Because He is righteous, His mercy is never wrong. What may taste bitter for a time God will sweeten soon enough. And one day you will “behold his face,” not just by faith but by sight as you stand with the saints around His throne. With that day in mind, come to Him now for the mercy and strength you need to live righteously today.
Going Deeper: Isaiah 49:13-23
Devotional material is taken from the Truth For Life daily devotionals by Alistair Begg, published by The Good Book Company, thegoodbook.com. Used by Truth For Life with permission. Copyright © 2021, 2022, The Good Book Company.
Source: A Righteous and Merciful God
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. (Deuteronomy 1:21)
There is a heritage of grace which we ought to be bold enough to win for our possession. All that one believer has gained is free to another. We may be strong in faith, fervent in love, and abundant in labor; there is nothing to prevent it; let us go up and take possession. The sweetest experience and the brightest grace are as much for us as for any of our brethren; Jehovah has set it before us; no one can deny our right; let us go up and possess it in His name.
The world also lies before us to be conquered for the Lord Jesus. We are not to leave any country or corner of it unsubdued. That slum near our house is before us, not to baffle our endeavors, but to yield to them. We have only to summon courage enough to go forward, and we shall win dark homes and hard hearts for Jesus. Let us never leave the people in a lane or alley to die because we have not enough faith in Jesus and His gospel to go up and possess the land. No spot is too benighted, no person so profane as to be beyond the power of grace. Cowardice, begone! Faith marches to the conquest.
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by Mike Ratliff
Samekh
113 I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love Your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.
115 Depart from me, evildoers,
That I may observe the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Uphold me that I may be saved,
That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.
118 You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is a lie.
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh quakes for dread of You,
And I am afraid of Your judgments. Psalms 119:112-120 (LSB)
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“You can never please God without faith, without depending on Him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely look for Him” Hebrews 11:6
A friend of mine, one of the most dedicated men I have ever known, lived by a little black book. In this book he kept a careful record of all his activities, past, present and future.
In it he recorded the time he was to get up every morning, how long to have his devotions, how many verses of Scripture he should memorize that day, and to how many people he should witness. I was impressed; I wanted to be like him.
One day he had a mental breakdown, however. After he was released from the hospital, he said to me, “I was unable to live the Christian life. I tried to be a man of God by imposing upon myself certain rigid spiritual disciplines.
“Before they took me to the hospital, my last conscious act was to throw that little black book, which had become my god, into the corner. I never wanted to see it again.”
This man had to discover what I discovered with great relief some years ago: I will never be able to live the Christian life through my own self-efforts.
My only hope for victory, power and fruitfulness is to trust Christ to live His resurrection life in and through me. He and He alone can enable me to live the Christian life. It is faith, not effort that pleases Him, though we should never forget that faith without works is dead. Genuine faith always produces action – good works that please and glorify Him.
Bible Reading: Hebrews 7:17-22
Today by faith I will claim Christ’s resurrection life, and since He alone is holy I will claim His power to live a supernatural life. Since He came to seek and to save the lost, I will claim by faith His ability to seek and to save the lost.
by Dr. Bill Bright
Used by Permission
• The Kind of Faith that Pleases God – by Julie Lairsey
• He Has Not Deserted Me – by Bill Bright
The spring my friend Yvonne heard that she had terminal cancer she was devastated. “I won’t plant any flowers then,” she said. “I mean, what’s the point, I won’t see them bloom anyway.”
But sitting around and moping didn’t feel right either. One day she said to herself, “I was born with a death sentence—all of us are. But I’m not going to sit here and wait for it to happen. I want to live each day to the full. I will continue to grow flowers. If I don’t see them bloom, my neighbors will.”
And for seven more years, Yvonne’s yard looked like a flower garden. There were roses of exquisite colors, hanging baskets of petunias, beds of geraniums and impatiens.
“What really helps my peace of mind is to cling to Bible verses that speak of God’s loving plan for our lives,” she said. Verses such as:
“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” (Psalm 139:16 LAB).
“The days of the blameless are known to the LORD…” (Psalm 37:18).
“The steps of the godly are directed by the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives.”
(Psalm 37:23 LAB)God is writing the book of my life and He holds the hour-glass of time. I will not die one minute before he says so, and when I do, He will welcome me to my eternal Home.”
Yes! We serve a God of hope not despair.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13).
by Helen Grace Lescheid
Used by Permission
• Hope for Those without Hope – by Mike Woodard
• Hope for a Hopeless World – Devotional by Terry Stead
• HOPE – A Devotional by Gail Rodgers
• Hope in God– by Darren Hewer
• Your Hope in Him is Never in Vain – by Doug Lim
The post The God of Hope can be found online at Daily Devotionals by Thoughts about God.
SODOM DISCOVERED: Meet the archaeologist who discovered the notorious Biblical city, the most dramatic find of the 21st century
Many people are familiar with the account in the Biblical book of Genesis about the two sin-filled cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their cataclysmic destruction. Yet many in this modern, scientific age struggle — or outright refuse — to accept that the cities ever really existed, … Dr. Steven Collins, the archaeologist who claims that he and his team have actually uncovered the Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Kingdom of Jordan.
Eid al-Adha: Arabs hang pro-terror banner and flags on Temple Mount, 15 arrested
Israeli police arrested 15 suspects who are suspected of hanging a sign with photos of terrorists and waving flags of terror organizations after the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) morning prayer on the Temple Mount. According to the police, the prayers concluded without any noteworthy incidents, but at the end of the service and as worshipers dispersed, several masked men waved flags and banners of terror organizations in the Temple Mount plaza. Police arrested 15 suspects and quickly worked to remove a banner that was hung.
#4: Does Ezekiel’s ‘War of Gog & Magog’ warn judgment is coming to Russia?
After a dramatic weekend in which it seemed that a bloody civil war was about to erupt in Russia — and the future of Vladimir Putin seemed very much in doubt — world leaders, intelligence agencies and journalists around the world are baffled and asking critical questions. What does the future now hold for the Russian Federation? What does the future hold for Putin personally?
601 earthquakes rattle Iran in a month
A total of 601 earthquakes have been recorded across the country over the past calendar month that ended on June 21, according to the Seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
Adrian, the first tropical storm of the Pacific season, forms off Mexico’s coast
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Adrian had sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph). The storm was expected to strengthen, but keep heading out to sea. On Tuesday afternoon, the storm’s center was located about 280 miles ( 450 kilometers) south-southwest of the Pacific coast seaport of Manzanillo, Mexico.
How the ‘Stormbringers’ are Preparing for War in Space
The Space Force’s orbital warfare unit is teaching its guardians about the “offensive and defensive fires” they might need for conflict. There’s no longer any question of whether space has been weaponized, Maj. Gen. David Miller, U.S. Space Command director of operations, training, and force development, said Monday during a Mitchell Institute event. “We’ve got to…stop debating if it’s a warfighting domain. Stop debating whether there are weapons and get to the point of how do we responsibly, as part of the joint combined force, deter conflict that nobody wants to see, but if we do see it, demonstrate our capability to win
Reporter Unsure of Whether White House Will Kill Him: ‘I Don’t Know What They Will Do Next’
“I don’t know if I’m safe, I don’t know if they’ll kill me, I don’t know what they will do next.” That statement wasn’t made by a journalist in North Korea or Syria; it was made by Today News Africa chief White House correspondent Simon Ateba to WMAL host and Daily Caller editorial director Vince Coglianese after the White House not only refused to let him ask his question but, in effect, erased him from the recording of the briefing on Tuesday.
Biden’s America: Parasitic Life-Threatening Disease Once Obliterated Has Returned
Malaria is back in America, according to a warning issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the first time since 2003, the CDC posted in a health advisory for what they called “locally acquired malaria cases,” which have been reported in Florida and Texas. The warning noted that although about 2,000 Americans a year have contracted malaria in prior years, they had done so during overseas travel. The CDC noted that malaria was considered largely eradicated from the U.S. in 1951.
Dershowitz: Does Trump know something big he’s not sharing?
In a column posted Tuesday by the professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, Dershowitz, a Democrat, said CNN’s broadcast of the Trump audio recording raises important questions. “First, how did CNN acquire the recording, which is part of an ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution?” he wondered. “The only people who should have had access to it were prosecutors, the Trump aides who made the recording, and perhaps the Trump legal defense.
Joe Biden – a soulless sociopath
Shame is the industrial counterpart of probable cause. It’s brought about by the self-awareness that some aspect of guilt or crime exists in one’s life. Shame is a boundary fencing that sets limits on inappropriate behavior in normal people. True sociopaths, however, suffer from no such limits regarding the godless lengths they will exceed in the blink of an eye as mercenary for themselves.
‘Drag Shows Have No Place in Our Military’: Republicans Gut Biden’s Trans Extremism in Woke-Crushing Military Bill
“DRAG SHOWS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR MILITARY,” Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) tweeted in all caps—not for the first time. “How many times do we have to say it?” Several, it appears. But thanks to House and Senate Republicans, the GOP is doing more than saying it. They’re fighting it. (Image: Unsplash-Joel Rivera Camacho) In the first major showdown over Biden’s wildly woke policy, conservatives came out swinging with amendments to gut the extreme ideology infecting our ranks. “I think it’s time for us to do something, to make our voice known that … we will not let this happen in the US military,”
George Floyd’s uncle Selwyn Jones faces drug charges in South Dakota
George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, was arrested on June 10 and is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, ingesting a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia following an overdose on methamphetamine, according to South Dakota media reports.
NBC Attempts to Defend LGBT Marchers’ ‘We’re Coming for Your Children’ Chant, Somehow Makes it Worse
NBC News is being buried online after it published a bizarre and false fact-check on Tuesday in which the network downplayed an alarming chant of “we’re coming for your children” during an LGBT “pride” event last weekend. The article, which was authored by a reporter named Tyler Kingkade, focused on a clip of a drag parade in New York City last weekend in which marchers vowed to target the innocent. One chant went, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.” The chant went viral online.
Biden DHS used third parties to censor Americans, covered up unconstitutional activities, House Judiciary report claims
Titled “The Weaponization of CISA: How a ‘Cybersecurity’ Agency Colluded With Big Tech and ‘Disinformation’ Partners to Censor Americans,” the report published by House Judiciary Committee. “In the years since its creation, however, CISA metastasized into the nerve center of the federal government’s domestic surveillance and censorship operations on social media,”
28-year-old basketball player who complained of myocarditis after Pfizer COVID jab dies of heart attack
A young basketball player who said he developed myocarditis after getting two doses of the Pfizer COVID shot tragically died of a heart attack last week. The CDC has acknowledged a “causal association” between myocarditis and mRNA COVID shots. Dominican basketball player Óscar Cabrera Adames passed away last week after reportedly undergoing a stress test at a Santo Domingo health center, according to a Fox News report citing a social media post by Dominican sports commentator Héctor Gómez. He was 28 years old.
Iberian Peninsula experiencing one of the most notable wildfire smoke events in its modern history
The Iberian Peninsula is experiencing one of the most notable wildfire smoke events in its modern history with Aerosol Index (AI) values on June 27, 2023, exceeding 4 in some locations.
Atypical monsoon pattern covers 80% of India
In an unusual meteorological event, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that this year’s monsoon has covered 80% of the country. The southwest monsoon, which typically follows a set path across the country, has shown an atypical pattern this year, covering most parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR, and Haryana, and advancing to Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab.
Parts of South Australia experience coldest June day ever
On June 27, 2023, parts of South Australia’s outback experienced their coldest June day on record, as an unusually thick northwest cloudband brought heavy rain and low temperatures across the state.
Over 700 people hospitalized in Iran due to dust storms
In the last four days, dust storms in the provincial cities of Zabul, Zehek, Hamun, Hirmend, and Nimruz in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province have led to 764 people being referred to hospitals and medical centers, as announced by Majid Mohibbi, Director General of Sistan-Baluchestan Crisis Management.
Durban tornado and heavy rains result in one death and two injuries, South Africa
A tornado and heavy downpours hit Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on June 27, 2023, leading to one death and two injuries.
Deadly landslides hit China’s Sichuan Province
Four people have died and three others are missing after landslides, triggered by flash floods, hit Wenchuan county in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The landslides have led to the evacuation of more than 900 people.
Transatlantic smoke: Europe experiences significant impact of Canadian wildfires
Europe has experienced significant smoke transport from the intense wildfires that have been raging in Canada since May. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring the situation, tracking active fire locations, fire radiative power, emissions, and forecasting the impacts of the resulting smoke on the atmosphere.
More Than 1,200 Hear the Gospel at Buffalo Bills Stadium
More than 1,200 people heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them at a faith-led event at the Buffalo Bill’s Highmark Stadium in upstate New York.
Gold-Bar Vending-Machines Rolled-Out At South-Korean Convenience-Stores
Buying physical precious metals is a time-proven method of securing generational wealth while reckless central bankers debase currencies and ignite the worst inflation storm in a generation. Gold and silver investing has long been seen as a hedge against inflation and a store of value against currencies. Access to physical precious metals is challenging and usually involves a bullion dealer. Sometimes online dealers take weeks to receive the delivery.
Louisiana Tent Revival Is Still Going Strong after 8 Months: ‘The Most Supernatural Event I’ve Ever Seen’
A 4-day revival that began at Old Zion Baptist Church in the Hammond, Louisiana area last October is reportedly still going on today.
From ‘super-soldiers’ to killer AI drones: How tech will reshape warfare by the end of the century
The wars of the tomorrow will not be fought with mushroom clouds but with devastating cyber attacks unleashed by ‘quantum computers,’ experts have predicted.
‘Criminal’: Confidential EU Documents Reveal Thousands of Deaths From Pfizer-BioNTech Shots
Documents released by BioNTech to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) reveal tens of thousands of serious adverse events and thousands of deaths among people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Ukrainian Officer Drives Hummer Outfitted With Nazi Insignia
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Wuhan Researcher Chao Shan Claims COVID19 Was Engineered as Bioweapon – Gateway Pundit First Reported on Chao Shan Back in May 2021
…According to an ANI report, a researcher from the Wuhan Institute of Virology claims that China allegedly engineered the coronavirus as a “bioweapon.”
JUST IN: Biden’s DoD Informs US Congressman They Won’t Destroy Potential Spy Balloon Flying Over Montana Airspace
In a recent development, the Biden regime’s Department of Defense (DoD) has stated it will not interfere with a potential spy balloon reported over American airspace.
Shocking: Taxpayer Funded American Library Association Provides Tactics for Disrupting Conservative Events in Public Libraries “If You Have a Kirk Cameron Story Hour Booked in Your Library…Have a Library Sponsored Pride Festival the Same Day and Fill the Library with Rainbows”
Actor Kirk Cameron is spearheading “See You at the Library” events across the nation on August 5th to provide wholesome events at libraries for children.
World Zionist Organization, MKs push Jordan Valley annexation with new Knesset group
Blinken: West Bank unrest makes Israel-Saudi deal much ‘tougher, if not impossible’
UN urges Israel, Palestinians to halt violence
Security officials said to warn settlers that further rampages could spark an intifada
Gallant orders detention without charges for 4 Israelis over West Bank riots
Violent riots break out in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem
Eid al-Adha: 15 arrested for raising Hamas flags at Temple Mount
Over 100 Air Force reservists say they will refuse to serve if overhaul advances
Gallant says fresh boycott threats by IDF reservists ‘endanger’ Israel’s security
Israel enlists drones, AI and big data to farm for the future
Friedman: Biden administration is ’embracing BDS movement’
Former Police Commissioner Admits the Indictments’ Goal Was to Force Netanyahu to Resign
White House expressed concern that Israel is leaking info on indirect Iran talks, sources say
Blinken Says No Nuclear Deal On Table With Iran
Iran takes Canada to UN’s world court, claiming terror charges breach legal immunity
Over 1 million may flee Sudan conflict, UN refugee agency says
Man burns bacon-stuffed Quran at Stockholm mosque protest
Russia says it hit several targets around Syria’s Idlib with precision weapons
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Lukashenko Says Putin Wanted to ‘Wipe Out’ Prigozhin During Mutiny Attempt
Exiled Wagner Chief Lands in Belarus, Putin Says ‘Civil War’ Averted
Putin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny thought Wagner revolt was a ‘joke’ and ‘internet meme’
Confused Biden Makes Nonsensical Boast Putin is ‘Losing the War in Iraq’
Biden has confused Iraq for Ukraine twice in the last 24 hours
Hunter Biden Avoided Paying Millions in Taxes from Ukrainian Deals Through Foreign Scheme
NY Times Independently Confirms DOJ Blocked Harsher Charges Against Hunter Biden
NYT Independently Verifies Key IRS Whistleblower Allegation Against Joe Biden
GOP Requests Corrupt AG Merrick Garland to Testify – But Not Until September
CBS Backtracks on Explosive Audio Tape of Donald Trump Discussing ‘Classified’ Document
Trump Sues E. Jean Carroll for Defamation, False Statements After Jury Orders Him to Pay $5 Million
Scaros: Liberal Media Sinks to New Low by Ignoring RFK Jr.
Federal cybersecurity agency accused of trampling on Americans’ First Amendment rights
Homeland Security Tried to Conceal Efforts to Censor Americans on Social Media
Top US Officials Have ‘First-Hand Knowledge’ of Secret UFO Program: Rubio
Bright fireball explodes over North Island, producing massive sonic boom, New Zealand
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Fangale’ounga, Tonga
5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 12,000ft
Deadly landslides hit China’s Sichuan Province
Atypical monsoon pattern covers 80% of India
Durban tornado and heavy rains result in one death and two injuries, South Africa
Parts of South Australia experience coldest June day ever
Over 700 people hospitalized in Iran due to dust storms
Iberian Peninsula experiencing one of the most notable wildfire smoke events in its modern history
Wildfire Smoke Could Cause 9,000 Deaths Per Year
Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds
EU Looks Into Blocking Out the Sun as Climate Change Efforts Falter
Norway angers climate activists with fossil fuel projects
House GOP condemns Biden sending $28M to UN Green Climate Fund linked to China
RFK Jr. says Bill Gates, WEF ‘hijacked’ climate narrative to achieve ‘totalitarian controls’
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Amtrak Train With 190 Passengers Derails After Colliding With Vehicle in Southern California
Pilot ‘dumps drugs’ on villages after fighter jet scrambled over nuclear plant fears
Riots Erupt in Paris After ‘Inexcusable’ Police Shooting of Teen Driver
France Deploys 2,000 Police After Youth Riots Over Shot Teen
Lawyer Tied to Rapes by DNA Left on Drinking Glass Is Accused of 5 More Attacks
More Than 1,200 Hear the Gospel at Buffalo Bills Stadium
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LGBT Activists Say ‘We’re Coming For Your Children’ Chant Is Just ‘Misunderstood’
Google Backs Down from Pride’ Drag Show After Employees Claim Discrimination Against Christians
More Than 250 Hollywood Actors Sign Letter Demanding Censorship of Transgender Issues Debate
LGBT Uniparty: Tory and Labour MPs Block Bridgen Bill Banning Radical Gender Theory in Schools
Michigan Senate votes to ban conversion therapy on LGBTQ minors, sending bills to Whitmer
NY Gov. Hochul Signs Law Protecting Cross-Sex Procedures on Minors
California Bill Instructs Children on Where to Have an Abortion
Biden says as Catholic he’s ‘not big on abortion’ but thinks Roe ‘got it right’
Dem slammed for saying abortion is consistent with Catholic faith: ‘Go to confession’
Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans
Scientists use stem cells to create human embryo models, study development
Ukrainian trafficker stopped at border attempting to steal 11-month-old baby to sell for organs
People Euthanised For Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in Netherlands
6 people dead from fungal meningitis outbreak after receiving cosmetic procedures in Mexico
Revealed: Beijing Issued Secret Order for Destruction of Early Coronavirus Samples
China created COVID-19 as a ‘bioweapon,’ Wuhan researcher claims
“From The Patriot Post (patriotpost.us)”.
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” —Benjamin Franklin (1735)
In a Chicago speech meant to hype his economic record, the president and his spinners told us not to believe our lyin’ eyes.
Douglas Andrews
“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” Mark Twain once famously said. And one of Joe Biden’s claims about the economy is living proof of it.
See if you can spot the technically true statistic in the following sentence that’s worse than a damned lie: “My Administration has created more jobs in two years than any previous administration has created in the first four years.”
Time’s up. As the Claremont Institute’s Nick Short tells us: “72% of all job gains since 2021 were simply jobs that were being recovered from the pandemic, not new job creation. Prior to the pandemic, job creation under Trump was 6.7 million — 3 million more jobs than the current president.”
So you see, Joe, the vast majority of those jobs you’re taking credit for are due to our economy having fallen off a cliff when your business partners, the Communist Chinese, unleashed COVID-19 on the world.
Nonetheless, Joe Biden wants to talk about the economy. And, frankly, we can’t blame him. Because fielding questions about Bidenomics — which is a helpful term to describe an economy beset by high prices, low wages, and no growth — sure beats the alternative, which is fielding questions about the Biden Crime Family.
Yes, even though the latest NBC News poll shows 68% of voters have worries about his mental and physical health, 80-year-old Joe Biden is running for reelection. Thus, if he manages to keep from getting impeached or being forced to resign in disgrace, the economy will be on everyone’s mind.
As The Washington Free Beacon reports: “Faced with high inflation and a shaky stock market, half of Americans believe they are worse off now than they were a year ago. And starting Wednesday, President Joe Biden is planning to tell people that this is a good reason to vote for him, traveling to Chicago to tout ‘Bidenomics’ in what his aides are calling a ‘cornerstone’ address.”
Sure enough, there he was yesterday, decrying the very economic policies that have made the U.S. economy the envy of the world. “The trickle-down approach failed the middle class. It failed America, it blew up the deficit, it increased inequity and it weakened our infrastructure. It stripped the dignity, pride and hope out of communities, one after another.”
Then, this: “I’m not here to declare victory on the economy. I’m here to say we have a plan that is turning things around incredibly quickly.”
Whatever, dude.
If things are “turning around quickly,” then why aren’t regular folks feeling it?
“The answer,” as the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page editors point out, “can be found in one lesson by looking at the nearby chart. It tracks average real hourly earnings for all workers in the private economy across the Biden Presidency, and it tells an ugly story about the impact of the worst inflation in 40 years and the standard of living. This is the inflation that Mr. Biden did so much to ignite with all of his spending.”
Here’s that chart they’re talking about, which uses data from the nonpartisan Bureau of Labor Statistics:
So rather than folks feeling like they’re getting ahead, as they did with the real wage growth in the Trump years, they now think they’re falling behind in the Biden years. And they’re right. No wonder folks are kicking their dogs.
“None of this progress was an accident or inevitable,” the Biden spinners tell us. And here, we have to agree with them. This miserable spot we now find ourselves in wasn’t an accident, and it wasn’t inevitable. If the Democrats and their co-conspirators in the FBI, the DOJ, the intelligence services, and Big Tech hadn’t rigged the election in favor of Joe Biden, we’d be enjoying the fruits of a roaring Republican economy under Donald Trump.
Elections, though, have consequences. And to the, ahem, 81 million Americans who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 because they didn’t like Donald Trump’s bedside manner, well, you’re getting exactly what you voted for. Good and hard. Be better next time.
Joe Biden has alternately embraced Bidenomics and said he doesn’t know “what the hell it is.” Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, though, offered this definition: “Bidenonmics is an economic theory whereby the closer you are to the Biden family, the more likely you are to get rich.”
As Fox News reports: “Biden took office in January 2021 with an inflation rate of a little over 1%, which hiked to 9% by June 2022, and has since fallen to 4%. A Fox News poll from May found 83% of respondents said the nation has a negative economic condition. The poll found Biden’s approval rating on the economy at 32%.”
Are we going to believe Joe Biden or our wallets?
As the GOP’s fact-checkers note: “Biden’s claim that ‘Bidenomics is working’ couldn’t be further from the truth. In Biden’s America, savings are down, real wages are down, and economic confidence is down.”
Or is consumer confidence actually, inexplicably, at its highest level in 18 months? It depends on who you ask.
But Bidenomics, any way you slice it, is nothing to crow about.
“Bidenomics,” says Heritage Foundation research fellow EJ Antoni, “has been defined by 40-year-high inflation, record drops in labor productivity, anemic economic growth, growing credit card debt, rising interest rates, insipid labor force participation, onerous regulation, falling real incomes, and runaway government spending, borrowing, and printing of money. Distilled down to a single word, Bidenomics means ‘failure.’”
When Joe Biden took office in January 2021, inflation was just over 1%. Seventeen months later, with the passage of his ruinous and ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act having exerted its inevitable influence, inflation shot up to 9%. It’s since fallen to 4%, but that’s still twice as high as the target. And that’s what Bidenflation will do. That’s what printing an extra $740 billion will do — regardless of whether you slap a deceitful name on it.
A Fox News poll from May found 83% of respondents said the nation has a negative economic condition. The poll found Biden’s approval rating on the economy at 32%.
And yet despite all this, Joe Biden still wants to talk about the economy.
This should be fun.
Woke kids movies are hitting the disgraced film company hard in the pocketbook.
Emmy Griffin
The last few movies that Disney has released have lost the company close to a billion dollars. With the new Indiana Jones movie coming out on Friday, it is anticipated the deficit will only rise.
According to World of Reel: “A well-known Box office analyst has estimated that the Walt Disney Co. has lost over $890 million on their last eight studio releases. The films contributing to the losses include ‘Lightyear,’ ‘Thor: Love and Thunder,’ ‘Strange World,’ ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,’ ‘The Little Mermaid,’ and ‘Elemental.’ The eight films cost roughly $2.75 billion to produce but only brought in $1.86 billion. Okay, but what about marketing costs? You have to take that into account as well — it must be way more than $890 million in losses.”
The nuanced view (i.e., the view that wants to gloss over the bigger truth) of this fall from grace points to the fact that Disney made a tactical financial error by releasing its films post-theater only to Disney+. If the company had chosen, like Universal has, to use a split-pay method so that other streaming platforms like Amazon Prime or Netflix had to pay to use some of Disney’s content, that might have helped stymie the financial bleeding. It’s an interesting theory, but not enough to quite explain the audience’s rejection of films from a once-beloved company. These losses are specifically about big box-office films flopping.
Another thought — complaint, really — is that Disney is in a creative rut. It is recycling old nostalgic films like “The Lion King” and “The Little Mermaid” and turning them into live-action features. Apparently, “Moana” and “Bambi” are in for the same treatment. The Disney team has absolutely sucked the life out of the Marvel Comic Universe and Star Wars Universe in terms of side storylines. Yet it continues to put these franchises through the revamp machine in the hope of making more money out of old material.
What is actually the issue, however, is that Disney decided to use its position of trust as a beloved film company primarily targeting children to push an ideological agenda that is anti-family. Parents simply aren’t going to pay for trashy indoctrination.
Let’s start with “Lightyear,” “Strange World,” and “Elemental.” These stories were used to push the LGBTQ+ agenda. “Lightyear” featured a same-sex kiss, “Strange World” had a whole gay romance side plot, and “Elemental” featured a nonbinary character. It’s not just these films, though. Disney has a plethora of pride films that it has categorized and ready for viewing on its streaming platform. These films are marketed for kids, and frankly the majority of parents have a problem with that. Disney has also advertised that it has hired a gender-confused man to play a major character in a new Star Wars series, “The Acolyte.” So, yeah, this company is all in with the gender ideology indoctrination of children.
Then there are films that cater to the racism narrative: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Little Mermaid,” and again “Elemental.” Granted, “Elemental” is the only one wherein the storyline was explicitly about xenophobia. However, Disney was more than willing to stir up racial grievance talking points for “The Little Mermaid.” It cast live-action Ariel as black, which was made into a huge deal. Moreover, the outright anti-white rhetoric surrounding the opening weekend of “Wakanda Forever” was off-putting, to say the least. Other Disney franchises are guilty of stirring up racial division to sell their product, with “Obi-Wan Kenobe” being a prime example. Ultimately, the message is that of racial Marxism, which is deeply rooted in anti-family sentiments.
As was mentioned earlier, Disney has been heavily relying on its animated-to-live-action remakes. Part of the reason for the audience’s rejection of these films — aside from being shot-for-shot almost the same movies as the old — is that Disney has tried to “update” the films to suit 2020 cultural norms. For example, lyrics to the beloved songs in “The Little Mermaid” were changed to fit modern notions of morality, and “Kiss the Girl” was rewritten so that consent was front and center. As another example, Disney took the whole redemptive (Christian) moral center out of its “Pinocchio” 2022 remake.
Disney has been losing money steadily since March 2022, which happened to be when former Disney CEO Bob Chapek dragged the company to a woke crusade against Florida and Governor Ron DeSantis’s Parental Rights in Education legislation, an anti-grooming bill deceitfully dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by left-wing activists. It is an interesting coincidence to note. For perspective, Disney+ launched in November 2019, so the incorporation of that streaming platform into the mix is probably not the main cause of the crash and burn of Disney’s stock and other revenue.
Disney seems to be in a death spiral, and it’s hard to see how the company’s doubling down on woke leftist maxims is going to turn that financial bleeding around. In case Disney executives weren’t already aware, Americans are fatigued by the Left’s moral relativism. They prefer truth, goodness, and beauty — things that Disney is no longer producing.
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Deep ocean exploration is scary business — those watching from the comfort of home might offer admiration before disapproval.
Jack DeVine
The words “missing submarine” grabbed my attention instantly — the first, cryptic reports last week of the unexplained disappearance of the Titan, a small submersible with five people aboard on a dive to view the wreckage of the HMS Titanic on the Atlantic Ocean floor.
There’s a natural kinship among submariners — I was one, long ago — so when the word gets out that one of our own is in trouble, it hits close to home.
To anyone remotely familiar with undersea realities, the Titan’s situation looked bleak from the start: a tiny craft, more than two miles below the surface (far deeper than U.S. Navy subs operate), abruptly out of contact. Even if found to be intact, prospects for rescue of its trapped occupants at that depth would be practically nil.
Those dour expectations were confirmed five days later, when it was revealed that the Titan had imploded during its initial descent, crushed in the vice grip of sea water pressure (almost 6,000 pounds per square inch that deep in the ocean), instantly extinguishing all life within — a devastating but merciful end.
And, of course, that grim news was followed by a torrent of “expert” analysis telling us how absolutely predictable this tragedy was and how the myriad of design errors and corner-cutting and reckless disregard for safety by OceanGate, the company that built and operated the Titan, doomed the passengers. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Were the deaths aboard the Titan caused by actionable negligence? Or by bad luck in a hostile environment that leaves no room for bad luck? It’s far too soon to render that judgment. Nevertheless, there will be accusations, lawsuits, and demands for remedial action and perhaps even punishment.
But as we wait for all of that to play out, let me venture a few opinions — with confidence that they will hold up regardless of the coming revelations. These are:
1.) The Titan tragedy is hardly a disaster in the usual sense of an unforeseen circumstance harming unsuspecting victims. Rather, it was the unfortunate but not uncommon fate that befalls adventuresome persons who willingly choose to take on significant risks. The five Titan fatalities are fewer than the number of lives lost each year attempting to climb Mount Everest, none of whom would have died if they’d just stayed home.
Firefighters, mountain climbers, fighter pilots, skydivers, race car drivers, and astronauts are among the many who choose lifestyles that would terrify most of us for their own satisfaction or the benefit of others. They confront those risks with eyes open and no guarantees. Stockton Rush — the OceanGate CEO and Titan’s pilot — and the four passengers who joined him on that fateful voyage all fit that mold. Hats off to each.
2.) The Titan’s tragic end raises legitimate questions about the advisability of undersea or space “tourism.” Ventures into places that are both intrinsically hostile to human life and not readily accessible for rescue (deep ocean and outer space as obvious examples) are uniquely dangerous. It seems logical to assume that those who choose and can afford to pursue such opportunities recognize that there is nothing routine or demonstrably “safe” about either. And while lawyers are likely to argue that the Titan’s high-paying passengers were hoodwinked by Mr. Rush’s braggadocio, I’d guess they were much more influenced by his personal presence on the mission.
3.) As a related matter, OceanGate has been heavily criticized because it intentionally avoided regulatory oversight and certification of its self-created submersible. But certified for what, and by whom, and on what basis? There is no regulatory authority for deep ocean exploration on the high seas. More importantly, imposing certification and regulatory oversight of experimental activity would be more likely to prevent exploration than to assure its safety.
The Titan was not like a commercial aircraft; it posed no threat to the public at large. But lessons learned and corrective actions are valuable in any field, and objective scrutiny by others with comparable experience could avoid tragic mistakes. A voluntary oversight structure, perhaps modeled on FAA regulation of experimental aircraft, would be well worth the added challenge of undersea exploration whether for profit or not.
The bottom line: Courage and audacity — enhanced with equal measures of vision, innovation, and commitment — are very real virtues, and they are in very short supply. Where would civilization be without the enormous contributions of the likes of Magellan, Columbus, the Wright brothers, Chuck Yeager, and the Apollo astronauts?
There will always be a crying need for leaders willing to brush aside the doubts — including their own — and forge ahead. Sometimes they fail. When they do, they still deserve respect, not postmortem disapproval or ridicule.
There’s growing evidence that the “Pride pushers” and gender deniers have overreached.
Gary Bauer
Yesterday was the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that erupted in New York City after police attempted to raid a gay bar called The Stonewall Inn. A year later, the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots was celebrated with pride parades in a few major cities like Chicago, New York City and San Francisco.
Over the years since, what began as a day-long celebration of private sexual behavior somehow turned into an entire month-long public orgy of exhibitionism. That’s exactly what we witnessed at the Biden White House recently when some people stripped off their shirts and revealed their fake breasts. And that was the men!
But some LGBTQ activists still aren’t satisfied. “Admiral Rachel Levine,” Biden’s transgendered assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, has declared this to be a “Summer of Pride.”
Once mundane school board meetings that struggled to attract a dozen interested individuals are now major battlegrounds in the culture war. Hundreds of angry parents and taxpayers are showing up to protest policies that push insane gender theories into every single subject possible, even math!
And why is the Biden Administration pushing so-called “toolkits” for schools encouraging the creation of student clubs focused on “gender” and “sexuality”? Why are some adults so intent on pushing this perversion on our children?
Our public educational system is in an absolute crisis! Our schools are massively failing to teach the basics. There are much better uses of our tax dollars, but Biden is prioritizing “pride.” Why is this being tolerated?
When “Pride” marchers tell you they are “coming for your children,” believe them. They are.
As I wrote in a recent column at The Stream, there’s growing evidence that the “Pride pushers” and gender deniers have overreached. Two recent polls found that large majorities of Americans (60% and 73%) want companies to stay out of politics and stop pushing cultural agendas.
I am encouraged that more and more Americans are standing up and speaking out against this insanity. It must be checked soon. We are going down a path that no culture, no society has ever traveled before. And as we know, pride goes before the fall.
House Bill 4474, a vaguely worded and highly punitive piece of speech suppression, appears headed for passage.
Douglas Andrews
Canada has increasingly become a bastion of cowardice where free speech is concerned, and it appears that our neighbor to the north has now infected the border state of Michigan.
Last week, the Democrat-controlled Michigan House passed an alarmingly vague, restrictive, and punitive package of bills to reclassify certain offenses as hate crimes. As the Detroit News reports, the bills would “designate the defacement of synagogues, churches or cemeteries as a crime separate from ordinary destruction of property.”
So far so good, right? No one wants to see our houses of religious worship targeted and defiled, right? But wait. There’s more. The Detroit News continues, “The Michigan Hate Crime Act, which passed 59-50 in the Democratic-controlled House, would replace Michigan’s 1988 ethnic intimidation law so that more categories of people fall under the law’s protections.”
Hmm … more categories of people? What categories might those be? Were there certain races or ethnicities that weren’t covered by the 1988 law?
As it turns out, no. The proposed new law would expand the original law to include protections based on — wait for it — sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, or physical or mental disabilities. (Religion, ethnicity, and race were already protected under the original law.)
It gets worse. As The Daily Wire reports:
The bill, HB 4474, is part of a package of legislation that would replace Michigan’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and make it a hate crime to cause someone to “feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.” Under the bill’s framework, “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” are included as classes protected against intimidation. If passed, the hate speech legislation would make violators guilty of a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
Republicans who voted against the package were woefully short of stopping it. Still, an intrepid few voiced concerns about the vagueness of some of the terms left undefined in the bills — terms such as “harassment.”
“We are setting our citizens’ disagreements up to be criminal prosecutions,” said Hillsdale-based State Representative Andrew Fink.
Another vocal critic, former federal judge William Wagner, offered this grim prediction: “Make no mistake about it. Those advocating for this legislation will wield these policies as a weapon capable of destroying conservative expression or viewpoints grounded in the sacred. … Proponents use these laws to silence and financially cripple those who dare to adhere to a different viewpoint and oppose their agenda.”
Needless to say, free speech in Michigan has never been more imperiled. And the state’s attorney general, Dana Nessel, must be feeling downright giddy. Nessel, a hard-left lesbian, was among those testifying in support of the legislation, arguing that by restricting people’s right to express their opinions, the legislation will reduce crimes that are perpetrated out of bias toward the victim.
In other words, she thinks taking away people’s constitutional rights will make them less angry and less dangerous.
She couldn’t be more wrong. Speech is more than merely a means of communicating thoughts and ideas. It should also be seen as a pressure-relief valve, a means of venting and blowing off steam instead of resorting to violence.
We made this point a couple of years back when Twitter was being run by Jack Dorsey and having a field day with its censorship of conservative opinion. At the time, we wrote: “If we seem a bit obsessive about Big Tech’s efforts to selectively silence political speech and thereby restrict the marketplace of ideas, it’s for good reason. Media censorship breeds frustration, because it eliminates what we might call a pressure-relief valve. When we as citizens have no voice, we stew and we simmer, and sometimes we boil over.”
That same reasoning, of course, holds for state censorship — and even more so, we would argue, because of the stakes. Whereas Big Tech can do little more than kick inconvenient truth-tellers off its platforms, the state can fine us or put us in prison.
As frustrating as it is, Big Tech firms aren’t barred by the Constitution from censoring or shadow-banning speech that they deem hurtful to their sensitivities. Remember: The First Amendment begins, Congress shall make no law, not, Big Tech shall impose no restriction.
The Founders understood the importance of free speech — and especially free political speech. Because in its absence, and even more so in its suppression, we ultimately get political violence.
Which is why Michigan’s HB 4474 is not only unconstitutional — it’s idiotic.
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“[Vladimir Putin is] clearly losing the war in Iraq.” —Joe Biden
The BIG Lies
“If you actually ask people about the components of Bidenomics specifically, you get poll numbers that are north of 70%, which in this partisan world is kind of unheard of.” —Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein
“My Administration has created more jobs in two years than any previous administration has created in the first four years. It’s no accident. It means our economic plan is working and this is only the beginning.” —Joe Biden
“Over 13 million new jobs created. More Americans are working than ever. Record number of small business applications. Bidenomics is growing our economy.” —Joe Biden
For the Record
“Joe Biden is perhaps the most substantiated liar over the past 50 years of anyone in public service. I witnessed it firsthand in the Senate. There is no subject too small he isn’t willing to lie about.” —Brett Tolman
Yellow Journalism
“The ‘coming for your children’ chant has been used for years at Pride events, according to longtime march attendees and gay rights activists, who said it’s one of many provocative expressions used to regain control of slurs against LGBTQ people.” —NBC News
Re: The Left
“California Democrats are moving a bill through their legislature to take custody of children from parents who don’t ‘affirm’ their gender. Michigan Democrats are moving a bill to put people in prison for five years if they ‘feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened’ by their words. New Mexico and Minnesota passed laws that decriminalized killing a baby born from a botched abortion. This is what happens when Democrats take control.” —Greg Price
“For a crowd that wants the government to stay out of our bedrooms the Democrats are pretty fired up to have the government in our kitchens, our garages, and our pizza parlors.” —Jimmy Failla
Political Futures
“The breakdown in values in which marriage, family and children flourish does not bode well for our future. Republican candidates need to provide clarity to primary voters on where they stand on the full range of social issues — not just specifics on abortion. All these issues together comprise the culture of life. The upcoming Republican debates … should be used as a platform to get clarity from candidates on all these issues, and all candidates, including Trump should participate.” —Star Parker
And Last…
“We already know that ‘transgender’ youth are confronting multiple mental health issues. In what other psychological situation would you ‘affirm’ someone’s delusions? Why on earth would you compound that with lifelong, severe physical complications? No doctor would ever agree to perform gastric bypass surgery on a young girl who weighs 90 pounds but insists she’s fat. … It’s being used as a battering ram to destroy parental rights, to attack religious liberty and to undermine science — all with the goal of advancing a neo-Marxist, nihilistic agenda.” —Gary Bauer
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Biden administration health official Rachel Levine said on Thursday that state laws prohibiting sex changes for children are “regressive.”
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The 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is expected to speak at the Moms for Liberty: Joyful Warriors National Summit Coverage begins at 4 PM ET
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This is Ken Ham, author of the eye-opening book on the culture wars, Divided Nation.
So, do I believe in UFOs? Yes, I do. There certainly are unidentified flying objects!
But do I believe these UFOs are piloted by extraterrestrials? No, I don’t! I don’t believe aliens exist at all.
You see, the Bible says that it’s earth that was created for life. And it’s earth that’s the focus of God’s attention. So, we don’t expect to find life anywhere else.
And the Bible also teaches us that man’s sin has affected all of creation. Thus, if there were intelligent aliens out there, they’re under the “groaning” of sin and yet they can’t be saved. You see, Jesus came as the God-man, not as the God-alien!
No, aliens don’t exist!
The woke Left is championing the same “pedophile doctrines” that enable child sex slavery , warns Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security agent who has rescued hundreds of children from sex slavery.
He also warns that taxpayer dollars are in effect funding child sex slavery under President Joe Biden.
Ballard spoke with The Daily Signal last week, speaking alongside Jim Caviezel, the actor best known for playing Jesus in The Passion of the Christ . Caviezel portrays Ballard in the forthcoming film Sound of Freedom . The film tells the story of Ballard’s first mission to save children from sex slavery in Colombia.
Ballard spoke about the nexus of ideas between a pro-pedophile political party in the Netherlands and the Left’s transgender advocacy in the U.S., and he raised the alarm about Biden border policies that fund and enable the exploitation of children.Ballard said he had studied the political platform […]
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Source: Transgender Movement, Biden Border Policy Aid and Abet Child Sex Slavery, Rescuer Warns
‘FOX Across America’ host Jimmy Failla joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss a whistleblower’s claims on the Hunter Biden investigation, a comedian’s impression of Dr. Fauci and a new season of Fox Nation’s ‘Who Can Forget?’ available now. #FoxNews
Source: Biden whistleblower cites ‘hindrances’ he has ‘never seen before’ in Biden probe
Attorney Tristan Leavitt sounds off on ‘The Story’ following his client’s Fox News interview. #foxnews #thestory
Source: Attorney for Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower speaks out on prosecution’s behavior
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are demanding more than a dozen federal officials, including the U.S. attorney in charge of the investigation into Hunter Biden, appear before multiple congressional committees for transcribed interviews regarding allegations of politicization and misconduct at their agencies throughout the years-long probe into the president’s son.
The House Oversight Committee, House Judiciary Committee, and House Ways and Means Committee are conducting a joint- investigation into the federal probe into Hunter Biden, and whether prosecutorial decisions were influenced by politics.
Fox News Digital exclusively obtained letters sent by Oversight Chairman James Comer, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith sent letters to the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service and the Secret Service Thursday.
From the Justice Department, the committees are requesting transcribed interviews with U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss, who led the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter Biden; Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, who allegedly blocked lines of questioning in the investigation related to President Biden; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, who allegedly blocked Weiss from charging Hunter Biden in his district; Jack Morgan and Mark Daly of the DOJ’s Tax Division; U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California E. Martin Estrada; Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Stuart Goldberg; Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Hanson in Delaware; and Assistant U.S. attorney Shawn Weede.
From the FBI, the committees are calling for Tom Sobocinski, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office; and FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryeshia Holley to appear for transcribed interviews.
From the IRS, the committees are requesting Michael Batdorf, a director within the IRS’ Criminal Investigation division; and Special Agent in Charge of the Washington D.C. Field Office Darrell J. Waldon of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division to appear before the panels for transcribed interviews.
From the U.S. Secret Service, the committees are calling on any Secret Service employees who received the alleged Dec. 7, 2020 “tip-off” from the FBI. An IRS whistleblower alleged that on Dec. 7, 2020, FBI headquarters notified the Secret Service and the Biden transition team about the IRS’ criminal investigative team’s plan to interview Hunter Biden. The whistleblower said that “tipped off” a group of people “close to Hunter Biden” and gave those individuals the “opportunity to obstruct” their approach to the witness.
“The federal government is supposed to work for the American people, but whistleblower evidence shows that several federal employees were working overtime to cover up for the Bidens,” Comer, Jordan, and Smith said in a joint-statement provided to Fox News Digital. “We need to hear from these federal employees and other witnesses about this weaponization of federal law enforcement power.”
They added: “Americans are counting on us to ensure actors are held accountable and restore the equal enforcement of the law.”
Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee will take the lead on the Justice Department and FBI portion of the investigation; with Comer and the House Oversight Committee taking lead on the Secret Service and Smith at the House Ways and Means Committee taking the lead on the IRS.
The joint-investigation comes after IRS whistleblowers came forward with allegations that the entire investigation into Hunter Biden, which began in 2018 as an “offshoot” of an existing IRS probe into a foreign pornography platform, was “influenced by politics,” and that the U.S. attorney in charge–David Weiss– was “constantly hamstrung, limited, and marginalized” by DOJ officials as he sought to make prosecutorial decisions. They also testified that Weiss had requested to have special counsel authority, but was denied.
The Justice Department has denied the whistleblowers’ claims, with Attorney General Merrick Garland saying Weiss was “given complete authority to make all decisions on his own behalf.”
Those whistleblowers also that decisions were made “at every stage” of the probe, that “had the effect of benefiting” Hunter Biden.
Those whistleblower allegations became public just days after the Justice Department announced Hunter Biden had entered a plea agreement that would likely keep him out of prison. As part of the deal, the president’s son will plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax, and to one charge of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
But whistleblower Gary Shapley, who led the IRS’ portion of the probe, said that “the most substantive felony charges were left off the table.”
Shapley said that Hunter Biden should have been charged with tax evasion for 2014, and false tax returns for 2018 and 2019. With regard to the 2014 tax returns, Shapley said Hunter Biden did not report income from Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings.
Fox News Digital first reported in December 2020 that Hunter Biden did not report “approximately $400,000” in income he collected from his position on the board of Burisma Holdings when he joined in 2014.
Congressional Republicans are opposing a special counsel to investigate the matter, warning that the House of Representatives, where the GOP has subpoena power, will be blocked from obtaining critical records for their investigations. Lawmakers, like Comer, have also warned that Garland is not to be trusted to have the “sole authority” to appoint a special counsel—specifically in light of the whistleblower allegations.
They don’t want to govern under constitutional limits but instead rule without constraint.
Source: The Democrats’ Definition Of Democracy Is Like The Marxist Definition Of Peace
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer identified “six specific policy decisions” President Joe Biden made that indicate he could be “compromised.”
Source: James Comer: Joe Biden Made 6 ‘Policy Decisions’ that Indicate He’s ‘Compromised’
The Supreme Court ruled that universities can’t use race-based affirmative action. Most people—including a majority of Democrats—agree.
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