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Day 29: They Conquered Kingdoms and Worked Righteousness | The Daily Declaration
Intention
To reverse the wickedness imposed by the enemy and establish righteousness in people’s hearts through the gospel.
Scripture
“And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.”
– Hebrews 11:32–34
Reflection
Throughout history, the Bible records the people of God performing amazing feats of courage. In obedience to God’s command and filled mightily with the Holy Spirit, God’s people turned kingdoms on their heads and established righteous nations.
We have all read of the conflict between good and evil over the centuries since Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, indeed God Himself, came to live among us. That conflict was also evident in the times of Noah and Abraham through to the coming of Christ. Throughout this entire time, God’s people contended with the attempts by the evil one to destroy them.
We are called to imitate the prophets and these former heroes of faith.
Daniel 11:32 clearly states that the people who know their God will be strong and do exploits in the last days. I do not think that many doubt that these are the last days. We find ourselves in the time in which God’s people become mighty in battle.
So how are we to become “mighty in battle”? With the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. This Word is both a message about salvation and a declaration of the soon-coming king.
Watch the below three-minute video to grasp my heart for the gospel (Word of God) by releasing others to share the good news.
Many have embraced the heinous lies of the current age. Only the sword of the Spirit, the gospel, can cut through these lies and make known the truth in the hearts of men and women.
God’s people must continually engage with sinners to awaken them to the peril they face and the salvation God offers them through Jesus Christ.
This is not a task for the few. It is a call to all of us. We are all to go to our friends, family, neighbours and strangers across our land and declare the truth of God’s Word and the gospel of their salvation.
Let us do so while there is still time.
Let us be strong. Let us tell others about Jesus every day. Psalm 96:2–3 says, “Proclaim his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations.”
This can be done with training and prayerful preparation. We give glory to God that more and more people are joining in with Australia for Jesus to learn how to present the gospel and to bring many to faith.
Prayer is a big part of this – but action must follow. That’s why Australia for Jesus exists. You can join with many who are now intentionally and compassionately engaging others with the gospel.
Video
Prayer
Dear Father,
We rejoice that You are calling Your saints to uphold the Word of God in these last days.
We rejoice that many people are discovering how to share Christ effectively with others. We rejoice that people in considerable numbers are receiving the gospel. Many are coming to faith, Father, but we need more consistent labourers to go out into our community and bring the good news about salvation to others.
Strengthen us for the battle. Grant us victory over the evil one who hinders us. May we be valiant for the work and see Your mighty hand bring salvation to people in our land.
Amen.
Author Bio
Tony McLennan is the CEO of Australia for Jesus, an organisation seeking to raise up thousands of soul winners to reach Australia with the gospel. Tony received Jesus as his Lord and Saviour as a young army captain on a military base in the mid-70s. After being filled with the Holy Spirit, God sent him to share the gospel with whoever will listen. To find out how to be an effective soul winner, go to Australia for Jesus.
Prayer Points and Purpose for GO Month 2024
- To worship Jesus and give extravagant praise to God. 1 Chron 16:23–31.
- To pray for revival, repentance and deliverance for Australia and for millions to find Christ. Acts 2:1–41.
- To pray for five people by name to find Christ and share the gospel with those five in May. Matt 28:18–20.
We invite you to support this prayer campaign to multiply prayer in Australia for revival and see millions come to Christ. Every donation to the Canberra Declaration helps us promote prayer and make a stand for family, faith, freedom, life, and the good news of God’s love through Jesus Christ His Son.
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Evolution – The Wrong Worldview – Bible Apologetics – A DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Evolution is a theory in crisis and the wrong worldview based on the evidence. The theory of evolution is a bankrupt attempt to answer life’s big questions and sadly can’t do this in any meaningful way.
It does a very poor job of describing how life began and fails miserably to offer any satisfactory answer or hope to what happens when we die. In addition, the answer to the question, “what is our purpose in life,” forces the evolutionist to admit that since we are just a fortuitous chance accident, we are without any substantial meaning. If evolution is true, then this worldview states that we came from nothing and when we die we go back to nothing. Somehow we must find meaning in a meaningless and accidental universe.
Since the evolutionist has no god to believe in, he places himself as the supreme person within his universe while spending the rest of his life searching for a reason for his existence. Searching every pathway, every byway, overturning every stone, examining every philosophy, and experiencing every feeling, when he finally comes to the end of his journey, the answer he finds is that none exists!
Without a belief in a divine Creator, he must indeed lead a lonely life. By definition he must believe he has no soul and no immortality. Since he came into existence by chance, and not divine design, any meaning he finds in life is but a by-product of random occurrences. Even the great mysteries of our universe, that cause one to ponder just who we are and why we are here, are a closed corridor of thought to those who place God as something that exists only in one’s imagination.
And as far as evidence to support the theory of evolution goes, sadly for the evolutionist, none exists. Evolutionists have no clue on how life evolved from non-living chemicals. They can’t demonstrate how simple single cell organisms could evolve into higher orders of organisms since this would require an infusion of new complex information which can never come from even the most fortuitous mutation of cells. And finally, no one has ever discovered a transitional organism in the fossil records as evolutionist claim should exist.
In the final analysis the evolutionist wants you to believe that nobody times nothing equals everything instead of: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1).
As far as all other world religions go, only Christianity paints a truthful picture of reality. All other world religions, state that man is inherently good and is able to fix all the problems of the world through more programs and better education. Christianity states that man is sinful and on his own can never solve our world problems. These other world religions, have man reaching up to god and doing good works to gain acceptance from their deity. Christianity, on the other hand, has God reaching down to man, through Jesus Christ, to save mankind from their sin and radically changing them so they can now become part of the solution to our world problems.
The reason why I believe Christianity should be considered by any reasonable open-minded seeker of truth is that it is testable, offers free salvation, has the best worldview fit of any religion, has the most unique and influential book ever written, the Bible, and the most compelling person who has ever walked on the face of the earth – Jesus Christ.
For example, Christianity, unlike other world religions, is testable historically. The Apostle Paul tells us quite boldly that if Jesus did not rise from the dead, which is the central core of Christianity, then our faith is useless. For we read:
“And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” (1 Corinthians 15:14).
We can put Christianity and its central claim, the resurrection, to the test to see if it is historically true. If one can prove it is false then we can move on to another religion. Christianity not only allows us to test it but encourages us to examine it closely to determine its truthfulness. All other major religions just make various spiritual and non-spiritual claims that can’t be tested to be historically accurate; like the Christian worldview.
This worldview also explains many of our most perplexing issues of life such as the existence of evil in our world. For example, Christian Scientists deny the existence of evil and treat it as an illusion. Only Christianity can confront evil head on and share an ultimate solution to it.
Without a doubt when we compare Christianity and evolution, as worldviews, Christianity can be shown to be historically, scientifically, and prophetically accurate while evolution can’t even explain how we got here, where we go when we die, and what is the purpose of life. Evolution is absolutely morbid because you can’t have any real self-worth if you are only here by accident and just waiting to return back to dust. And if dust is your final eternal destination then what hope is there when you reach old-age.
Thankfully, the Bible has all the answers to life’s most fundamental questions while evolution has none. As Christians we know how we got here, where we are going, and why we are here. So, let’s share the good news that Jesus is the ultimate answer to every question!
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May 30 – Fog of War: The Frenzied Exit from Jerusalem | VCY
TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:
2 Samuel 15:23-16:23
John 18:25-19:22
Psalm 119:113-128
Proverbs 16:10-11
2 Samuel 15:25 — From Matthew Henry’s Commentary:
David is very careful for the safety of the ark. It is right to be more concerned for the church’s prosperity than our own; to prefer the success of the gospel above our own wealth, credit, ease, and safety. Observe with what satisfaction and submission David speaks of the Divine disposal. It is our interest, as well as our duty, cheerfully to acquiesce in the will of God, whatever befalls us. Let us see God’s hand in all events; and that we may not be afraid of what shall be, let us see all events in God’s hand.
2 Samuel 15:30 — Almost 1,000 years later someone else went up Mount Olivet, sweating drops of blood. David and Jesus both prayed to God on that mountain.
2 Samuel 16:4-5 — “Fog of War” is a phrase that applies. Ziba seems to be a devout follower of David, but then we read Mephibosheth’s account in 2 Samuel 19:24-30. Interestingly, it is difficult to tell what really happened. We hear Ziba’s account here and Mephibosheth’s account later. David doesn’t seem too sure either and just tells them to split the land (2 Samuel 19:29), but Mephibosheth foreshadows the wisdom of Solomon and tells David that Ziba can take it all. Or is Mephibosheth just glad to be alive? Either way David made a good call on the important issues (sending the Ark back, not killing anyone rashly, and building an informer network in Jerusalem).
Meanwhile, when Shimei bashes David, David spares him. We’ll see Shimei along with Mephibosheth later (2 Samuel 19:16).
2 Samuel 16:22 — This action with the concubines of David is seen as a political statement, and quite possibly what the Islamic term “zina” refers to. Zina (adultery punished by stoning) requires four witnesses, and depending on the school of thought, the witnesses must be witnesses to the very act. Very rarely does one have 4 witnesses to a generally private act, so possibly Mohammed was referring to the political implications of such an act, seeking to prevent one of his sons from rebelling like Absalom did against David.
John 18:30 — Not exactly a clear charge that the prosecutors have before the judge, Pilate.
John 18:33 — In John’s account, he does not record the Jews accusing Jesus of claiming to be the King of the Jews.
John 18:36 — Jesus challenges Pilate’s jurisdiction. Pilate is only worried about territorial threats to Roman domination, and Jesus is not an earthly threat.
John 18:40 — A great movie on Barabbas was produced by Unusual Films called Wine of Morning.
John 19:7 — Just a week earlier they shouted Hosanna. Now they have rejected His claim to be the Son of God. They rejected Him six separate times (John 18:40, John 19:6, John 19:7, John 19:12, John 19:15).
Psalm 119:113 — The Law is my love (Psalm 119:119, Psalm 119:127), my hope (Psalm 119:114), my safety (Psalm 119:117), and my instruction (Psalm 119:124).
Proverbs 16:11 — Don’t tell the Freedom from Religion Foundation, but virtually every state has government officials on government payroll doing the work of the LORD, a very religious task!
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If someone follows false teachers or teaches false doctrine for a long time, is she saved? | Christian Research Network
Here are 2 similar questions left for Michelle Lesley in her email box:
I have heard pastors say that believers can sin for a ‘season’ without repentance. In regards to professing believers who follow false teachers, what is a ‘season’? Can they continue following them for months? Years?
Is it possible that someone who is a false teacher is actually saved? Could she truly believe the biblical gospel even though, for decades, she has been terribly mishandling God’s Word, and has been on an increasing trajectory of sin and false doctrine?
Michelle’s response: I’m glad you asked. This is such an important issue to think through because, unfortunately, we are surrounded by professing Christians walking down these paths.
When I hear people use the the term “season” when referring to the Christian life, it’s been my experience that they usually mean “an indeterminate period of time”. In my mind, a “season” is longer than a couple of weeks, but shorter than several decades. That really narrows it down, doesn’t it? :0) But if you asked a hundred Christians what a season is, you’d probably get a hundred different answers. View article →
CRN’s homepage contains a list of professing Christians to keep an eye on. Scroll down to WARNING. The list contains the names of people, cults, and movements you’ll want to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18.
Valiant for Truth | VCY
The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. (Daniel 11:32)
“The Lord is a man of war, Jehovah is his name.” Those who enlist under His banner shall have a Commander who will train them for the conflict and give them both vigor and valor. The times of which Daniel wrote were of the very worst kind, and then it was promised that the people of God would come out in their best colors: they would be strong and stout to confront the powerful adversary.
Oh, that we may know our God: His power, His faithfulness, His immutable love, and so may be ready to risk everything in His behalf. He is One whose character excites our enthusiasm and makes us willing to live and to die for Him. Oh, that we may know our God by familiar fellowship with Him; for then we shall become like Him and shall be prepared to stand up for truth and righteousness. He who comes forth fresh from beholding the face of God will never fear the face of man. If we dwell with Him, we shall catch the heroic spirit, and to us a world of enemies will be but as the drop of a bucket. A countless array of men, or even of devils, will seem as little to us as the nations are to God, and He counts them only as grasshoppers. Oh, to be valiant for truth in this day of falsehood.
28 May 2024 News Briefing
More than 2,000 buried in massive landslide, Papua New Guinea government reports
A massive landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province on May 24, 2024, buried over 2,000 people, according to government reports released today.
Tornado outbreak results in 18 deaths in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky
At least 18 people were killed in a severe weather outbreak that affected Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kentucky from late Saturday into Sunday, May 26, 2024. Severe weather is expected to continue into the new week with risks shifting east from Alabama to near New York City by Monday.
1.1 million evacuated, at least 12 killed as Tropical Cyclone “Remal” hits Bangladesh and India
Severe Cyclonic Storm “Remal” crossed Bangladesh’s southern port of Mongla and the Sagar Islands in India’s West Bengal on May 26, 2024. Over 1.1 million people were evacuated before the storm, which caused at least 12 deaths and extensive damage.
Rafah rocket volley targets Tel Aviv area, in first such attack in 4 months
The Hamas terror group fired eight rockets at central Israel on Sunday afternoon, marking the most significant attack out of the Gaza Strip in some four months and underscoring some of the challenges remaining for the Israeli military as it seeks to oust the Palestinian group from its last major stronghold.
Alaska’s rivers are turning bright orange and as acidic as vinegar as toxic metal escapes from melting permafrost
Alaska’s melting permafrost is dumping toxic metals into the state’s rivers, turning them bright orange and making the water highly acidic. The contaminated rivers are so vibrant they can be seen from space, and the problem is likely to get much worse in the future.
Stupid and Stupider – 5 Examples of the Ongoing Agendized Dumbing-Down of Society
If you are a globalist intending world takeover, what could be a more effective tool in your armoury than to make the populace stupid and stupider without them knowing?
US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu
The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and lab technicians, government officials said, moves influenza experts say could curb the threat of a pandemic.
Walmart Skewered for Pride Collection Unveil: ‘Glorify Everything in This World Except What God’ Established
Walmart is getting skewered on social media after unveiling its “Pride Always” collection prior to what society has deemed “pride month” in June, as shoppers express disappointment, irritation, and disgust.
‘Transgender’ Teen Attempted to Perform Double Mastectomy on Herself After Watching YouTube Video
A “transgender” teenager in New Zealand has been hospitalized after attempting to perform a double mastectomy on herself after watching a YouTube video.
Rafah rocket volley targets Tel Aviv area, in first such attack in 4 months
The Hamas terror group fired eight rockets at central Israel on Sunday afternoon, marking the most significant attack out of the Gaza Strip in some four months and underscoring some of the challenges remaining for the Israeli military as it seeks to oust the Palestinian group from its last major stronghold.
America In 2024: Fast Food Is A “Luxury”, 11 Million Children Live In Poverty, And 1000s Of Stores Are Closing
Little by little, our standard of living has been eroding. A couple decades ago, we had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now most of the country is struggling. At this point, fast food is considered to be a “luxury”, 11 million children are living in poverty, and thousands of stores are permanently shutting down all over the United States because consumers have so little discretionary income these days. We are in the midst of a historic cost of living crisis, and those at the bottom of the economic food chain are being hit the hardest.
The Western Media Being Strangely Quiet About An Incident In Russia That Could Have Sparked A Nuclear Exchange
One of Russia’s most important early warning radar installations that was designed to track incoming nuclear missiles was destroyed on May 23rd, but the big corporate news outlets in the western world are hardly saying anything about it. Without that installation, there is a giant hole in Russia’s ability to track incoming missiles from the direction of the Middle East. So this is a really big deal.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: Potential deadly risks of blood transfusions from covid vaccinated donors
Japanese researchers warn of the risks of using blood from mRNA covid vaccine recipients, highlighting potential deadly effects and the need for urgent action to secure the global blood supply.
Headlines – 5/28/2024
Spain to recognize Palestinian state in Gaza, West Bank with East Jerusalem as capital
Relations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to recognize a Palestinian state
EU foreign ministers meet with Arab counterparts amid push for Palestinian state
Saudi FM: We’re concerned by Israel’s stance against Palestinian state
Saudi FM: Two-State Solution Basis for Peace, Security in the Region
China to host Arab leaders with Palestinian issue on the agenda
Israeli, Egyptian forces exchange fire, Egyptian soldier killed near Rafah
Global shock after Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Rafah tent camp
Shrapnel from Israeli strike may have ignited fuel tank near Rafah tents – report
Israel faces global outcry over Rafah strike that set tent city ablaze
IDF says it did not expect Rafah strike to harm civilians, took steps to avoid hitting them
Netanyahu admits ‘tragic mistake’ as civilians were ‘burnt alive’ in Rafah camp
Netanyahu denies claim he’s blocking hostage deal, calls Rafah strike ‘tragic mishap’
Netanyahu vows to continue war amid air strike condemnation
Netanyahu: ‘War will not end until victory, we will not raise flag of surrender’
IDF opens probe into Rafah strike, says steps were taken to prevent civilian deaths
Hamas Says It Won’t Attend Truce Talks Because of Rafah Deaths
US laments ‘devastating’ Rafah strike, urges Israel to better protect civilians
Thousands in Paris demonstrate near Israeli Embassy after deadly Rafah strike
European Diplomats Warn Rafah Strike Will Intensify Pressure on Israel to Accept Cease-fire
Civilian Deaths in Rafah Could Force Israel Into a Cease-fire – Even Without a Hostage Deal
UN Security Council to hold urgent closed-door meeting today on deadly Rafah strike
Irish FM says EU mulling sanctions on Israel if it defies ICJ ruling on Rafah
Sticks, Not Carrots: ICC Battle Signals Global Impatience With Intransigent Israel
Irwin Cotler: ICC prosecutor weaponized international law in ‘incomprehensible’ way
Middle East Analyst Pans Egypt for Aiding Hamas, Blocking Gazan Emigration
Visiting southern Israel, Nikki Haley blames Iran, Russia and China for October 7
Haley, in solidarity tour, says Israelis should ‘never have to fear their security’
Top Israeli Military Lawyer Investigating About 70 Possible Legal Violations During Gaza War
Israeli TV Expose Uncovers Alleged Deep Corruption of Key Netanyahu Minister
NPR: More Christians Supporting Israel
Rashida Tlaib Speaks at Anti-Israel Conference Linked to Terror Group PFLP
FM accuses Spain’s Sanchez of being complicit in calls for genocide of Jewish people
In first, Israel to honor Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic acts
‘Kill the Jews’: Arab mob attacks pro-Israel rally in Illinois
Iraqi police suspect anti-Israel motive behind attacks on KFC outlets in Baghdad
1 killed, several hurt in Tel Aviv clashes between Eritrean migrants
Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at north after fatal IDF attack in south Lebanon
IDF downs 2 drones targeting Eilat in attack claimed by Iran-backed Iraqi militia
Iran’s Interim President Assures Terrorists of His Support
Ex-Tehran mayor reelected as Iran parliament speaker, cementing hardliner control
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran expanding stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium
Whistleblowers Expose John Kerry, Claim He Allowed Terrorists on US Soil to Protect His Iran Deal
U.S. “moving forward” with weapons for Taiwan, Rep. McCaul says
North Korea Condemns China for Supporting ‘Denuclearization’
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Towards Japan – Residents of Okinawa Told To Hide in Shelters
North Korea says attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit fails, ends in mid-air explosion
North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
Ukrainian strike on Russian nuclear radar system causes alarm in West
‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge
France’s Macron Tells Young People to Reject Nationalism, Embrace European Union
Biden received sensitive data, briefings from security advisers via his private pseudonym email
Trump Seeks to Thwart Prosecutors’ Gag-Order Motion in Documents Case
Stormy Daniels reads out ‘violent’ death threats from Donald Trump supporters
Bill Maher hits back at Democratic criticism: ‘I haven’t turned – the left has changed’
China Pumps Tens of Billions Into Key Industry Amid Tech War with U.S.
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Boyolangu, Indonesia
Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate amid second landslide fears
Typhoon “Ewiniar” (Aghon) hits the Philippines, causing deaths and widespread damage
At least 21 dead, dozens injured, as suspected tornadoes leave trail of destruction across the South
Damage found from 6 tornadoes, including one that hit 150 mph in southern Illinois
‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It.’ Tornado Devastates Arkansas Town.
Colorado Rancher, 37 Cattle Fatally Struck by Lightning
Farage Sparks Leftist Meltdown After Stating Growing Number of Muslims ‘Loathe’ British Values
Denver Offers How-To Guide on Turning Cities into Taxpayer-Funded Immigrant Sanctuaries
Travel Influencer Found Dead While Under Investigation for Child Porn
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Calls Rep. Byron Donalds a MAGA Prop ‘Black Guy’
Top Libertarian endorses Trump after party nominates ‘gay race communist for president’
Biden Admin Shells Out Taxpayer Cash on Foreign LGBT Events as Pride Month Approaches
‘Transgender’ Teen Attempted to Perform Double Mastectomy on Herself After Watching YouTube Video
Hobbs’ Veto of China’s Organ-Harvesting Bill Spurs Questions
W.H.O. Seeks $7 Billion After Latest Pandemic Treaty Draft Collapses
W.H.O. Study: Pandemic ‘Wiped Out Nearly a Decade of Progress’ on Life Expectancy
Mid-Day Snapshot · May 28, 2024
“From The Patriot Post (patriotpost.us)”.
THE FOUNDATION
“Religion and Virtue are the only Foundations, not only of Republicanism and of all free Government, but of Social Felicity under all Governments and in all the Combinations of human Society.” —John Adams (1811)
| On this day in Patriot history in 1754, George Washington, then a lieutenant colonel, led Virginia militia to victory over French troops near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in an opening skirmish of the French and Indian War. |
IN TODAY’S DIGEST
- Democrats Still Cynically Use George Floyd
- Executive News Summary
- DEI Is Killing Medicine
- What Trump’s Massive Bronx Rally Means
- The End of College Athletics?
- ‘Bad Therapy’: A Review
- DAILY FEATURES: Videos, Best of Right Opinion, Short Cuts, Memes, and Cartoons.
ON THE WEB
- Brent Ramsey: Navy Readiness and the Jones Act
- Mike Rhinehart: ‘The Big 9’: The Questionable Renaming of Things
- RNC: A Costly Memorial Day
FEATURED ANALYSIS
Democrats Still Cynically Use George Floyd
A criminal died of a drug overdose while resisting arrest, and he’s a permanent “hero” to the Left.
Nate Jackson
On May 25, 2020, a black thug named George Floyd died under the knee of now-former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Though Floyd actually died of the lethal combination of fentanyl and meth in his system, exacerbated by being physically pinned to the ground after resisting arrest for another crime, Chauvin was convicted of murder for using the subduing technique police were often taught. The Black Lives Matter rioters didn’t wait for the truth, though — they just burned American cities, looted businesses, and killed dozens of people (mostly blacks) in the summer of chaos that followed.
Democrats pandered to the rioters from the get-go, even mistakenly donning slave-trader garb to somehow show solidarity. Minnesota, the epicenter of destruction and violence, proclaimed May 25 as the annual “George Floyd Remembrance Day.”
During the 2020 pandemic, when the rest of us couldn’t gather for the funerals of loved ones, Floyd’s funeral was turned into a national spectacle and humiliation ritual for “guilty” whites. Leftmedia outlets like The Washington Post and NBC News treat us to annual “news” stories flogging the nation for failing to bring about racial justice.
Always subservient to the radical Left, Joe Biden is also still at it, issuing a statement on the fourth anniversary of Floyd’s death. His handlers also posted numerous tributes like this one on social media: “He changed the world. Now, let’s act in his memory.”
Biden did not issue a statement about Laken Riley’s murder, however. Nor did his handlers say anything about her on social media. The only time Biden mentioned her at all was when cat-called into doing so in his State of the Union, and even then he mispronounced her name.
Floyd’s death fits the Democrat Narrative™. Riley’s does not. Nonetheless, both Floyd’s and Riley’s deaths are an indictment of Democrats.
The party of slavery and Jim Crow has kept blacks trapped in poverty in Democrat-controlled cities and, in exchange for handouts, ensured they remain a loyal voting base. Democrat union-run schools fail to educate inner-city kids. Democrats subsidizing illegitimate childbirth in these cities has left generations of blacks growing up in fatherless homes, leading to drug abuse, gang activity, and shameful rates of violence and murder.
All Democrats offer in return is more handouts, more race-baiting, and no actual help.
Yet Democrats have thoroughly convinced blacks that “systemic racism” is keeping them down and that blacks will never succeed without Democrats.
Who are the racists again?
As for Riley, she was killed by an illegal alien who was allowed to enter and released by players in a justice system unwilling to pursue justice.
On immigration policy, Biden and his fellow Democrats have done a 180 over the last 15-20 years. When illegal border crossings began surging during George W. Bush’s administration, Democrats demanded stronger enforcement, including deportation and a border wall.
Now, they say such things are evidence of Republicans’ bigotry and racism. Biden has presided over an open border that roughly 10 million people have illegally crossed. Every one of them has committed a crime by virtue of crossing in the first place. Many more commit further crimes once here, and that’s if they’re not taking jobs, housing, and other resources from Americans — often blacks.
Democrats are building a coalition of black and brown voters who hold grudges against white voters, all while Biden had the gall to make his Inaugural Address about “unity.” The common thread is the Marxist theory of oppressor and oppressed. According to this line of thinking (critical race theory), whites hold power and are, therefore, the oppressors. Minorities have been subjected to systemic abuse and oppression and are, therefore, entitled to … well, whatever is faddish at the time. Think reparations. That’s the same reason Hamas is “justified” in attacking Israel. A black man dying under the knee of a white man is the perfect metaphor for the Marxists.
While Democrats divide us based on race and Marxist theory, justice is turned on its head, we’re all poorer for it, and too many innocent people lose their lives. Maybe it’s time to do things differently.
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Executive News Summary
Douglas Andrews, Thomas Gallatin, & Jordan Candler
Cross-Examination
- Shameless Joe still can’t resist making it about himself: Memorial Day, of all days, should cause politicians to tremble and to behave meekly and speak humbly. And yet self-aggrandizing Joe Biden just can’t help himself. “Our losses are not the same,” he said at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday as he once again introduced his deceased son Beau to an audience that didn’t want to hear it. “He didn’t perish on the battlefield. He was a cancer victim from a consequence of being in the army in Iraq for a year next to a burn pit.” On he droned: “As it is for so many of you, the pain of his loss is with me every day as it is with you. Still sharp. Still clear. But so is the pride I feel in this service as if I can still hear him saying, ‘It’s my duty, Dad. It’s my duty. That was the code of my son. Live by the creed. All of you live by the creed.” It was shameful, it was vainglorious, and it was vintage Joe Biden.
- “Squad” members botch Memorial Day: Radical leftist House members Ilhan Omar and Cori Bush deleted Memorial Day posts after exposing their ignorance of the purpose of the annual observance. In a post on X, Bush wrote: “This #MemorialDay & every day, we honor our veterans in St. Louis. We must invest in universal health care, affordable housing, comprehensive mental health services, and educational & economic opportunities for our veterans as we work to build a world free of war and violence.” Omar echoed her comrade, likewise posting a list of Democrat priorities. The two embarrassingly conflated Memorial Day with Veterans Day. Hint to Omar and Bush: The purpose for the day is found in its name, “Memorial,” which remembers and honors those U.S. service members who gave their lives defending our great nation so that we can be free. Meanwhile, fellow “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib used Memorial Day weekend to trash Israel over its war against Hamas. Speaking at a conference that reportedly has ties to U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, she celebrated the International Court of Justice ruling that “the Israeli government must stop its invasion of Rafah.” She added, “But President Biden says what is happening to us is not a genocide. Where’s your red line, President Biden?” Tlaib might want to also learn the definitions of both “memorial” and “genocide.”
- Biden tampers with a witness: The president paid a friendly, fatherly visit to Hallie Biden on Sunday night, no doubt to see how she’s been doing since the death of her husband, Beau, nearly nine years ago. Interestingly, Hallie is one of 12 witnesses who are scheduled to testify in June in the Delaware gun trial of Joe Biden’s other son, his younger son, his wastrel son, Hunter, who also happens to be Hallie’s former lover. As Fox News reports, an October 23, 2018, police report “indicated that Hallie, who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, threw a gun owned by Hunter Biden in a dumpster behind a market near a school.” Biden’s handlers, though, say that the visit had nothing to do with witness tampering or getting a story straight or considering the consequences of her testimony upon the freedom of Joe Biden’s son. Instead, they tell us, the visit was all about the upcoming ninth anniversary of Beau’s death.
- Closing arguments begin today in Trump case: “We’ll see how it goes. This is a very dangerous day for America. It’s a very sad day.” So said Donald Trump on his way into the Manhattan courthouse where he’s spent most of the last six weeks in a stinker of a trial still searching for a crime. As former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said on Fox News this morning, “The most extraordinary thing I’ve ever seen in watching or trying criminal cases for decades is, we’re on the precipice of having summations here, and we still don’t have definity about what the crime is. … It’s like they’re making up a crime as they’re going along.” So, the crime is mysterious, and the case is weak. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board members are no admirers of Trump, but they, too, know a bad argument when they see one. “The question is whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg presented the evidence necessary for a conviction,” they write, “and if we were in the jury room, we’d say no.” Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley concurs. “I would currently put a hung jury as the most likely outcome of the three outcomes,” he said. On the other hand, the groupthink mentality of an overwhelmingly anti-Trump jury can’t be discounted.
- A quarter of Border Patrol quit under Biden: More than 4,000 Border Patrol agents, or an astounding 25%, have left the agency since Joe Biden took office. The reason is that under Biden, the Border Patrol is effectively doing exactly the opposite job the agency is tasked to do, which is to secure the border and keep out those who have no right to be here. As one senior Border Patrol officer observed, “The administration is so bad for morale. I’m not trying to be political. I’m just speaking facts. It’s become so political. Catch and release is demoralizing for agents.” Furthermore, agents have become fearful of doing the job they signed up for two decades ago, as the political climate has made it difficult for them to do the job without the threat of politically motivated repercussions. Exhibit A of this reality is the border agents who were falsely accused of whipping illegal aliens who were rushing the border. Demoralization may be the word that most fittingly describes the overall impact Biden’s presidency has had on the nation.
- Tax revenue down in 18 states: According to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Financial 50 project, the long-term trend for tax revenue in each state is telling when it comes to red states versus blue states. The latest report found that an increasing number of states, led by California, are on a negative tax revenue trend. The report explains that “the 15-year linear trend of tax collections leading up to each quarter, after adjusting for inflation and seasonality,” is down. Pew’s report finds that a total of 18 states are now on a negative tax revenue trajectory, which is an increase from four from the previous quarter. Meanwhile, the Republican-led states of Texas and Florida are among 32 states whose tax collections outperformed their long-term trend. Tellingly, these states also have some of the lowest taxes, as both Texas and Florida do not levy a state income tax. They have been more business-friendly than California and New York in recent years, resulting in business growth and, in turn, tax revenue growth.
- “All-electric” firetruck has diesel engines: A perfect object lesson in the inherent limitations of current electric vehicle technology comes courtesy of New Mexico Democrat Governor Michelle Grisham, who recently touted Bernalillo County after it was awarded a $500,000 grant from the state’s Environmental Department for replacing its 1991 fire engine with an “all-electric” fire engine. When introducing the new truck, the fire chief even boasted, “There’s no cancer coming out of the tailpipe.” However, there is one huge caveat to this “green” story: The $1.8 million Pierce Volterra fire engine still uses diesel-powered engines to run its water pumps and back up its battery-powered motor. In other words, this fire engine is not an EV but a hybrid. It is not actually “all-electric” because, as an emergency vehicle, it must be reliable to respond quickly to a fire. It can’t sit around for hours waiting for the batteries to recharge, nor can it arrive at an emergency fire and run its water pumps, draining the batteries it needs to return to the firehouse. Even more ridiculous is the tax money being wasted on it, all for literally nothing more than “climate change” virtue signaling. Bernalillo County could have purchased a new standard diesel-powered fire engine for $600,000, which would have saved the taxpayers over a million dollars. To add to the irony, the grant money the state used came from the EPA via the 2005 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act.
- Israeli airstrike kills “dozens” of civilians in Rafah: According to local health officials, at least 45 people were killed in airstrikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah yesterday, “including displaced people living in tents that were engulfed by fire,” according to the Associated Press. It’ll be interesting to see how that number, 45, stands up, given that “local health officials” in Gaza are propagandists for Hamas and are thus as reliable as a used car salesman. In a war zone where one side goes to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties even as the other side hides among civilians and within hospitals, the margin of error for Israeli military personnel is practically nonexistent, even when they respond to Hamas missile attacks on Jewish cities. As CBS News reports, “The airstrike came hours after Hamas claimed it fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza toward central Israel as rocket sirens rang for the first time in months in cities like Tel Aviv.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strike “a tragic mistake,” but that will likely fall on deaf ears. Look for the pro-Hamas crowd to renew their calls for a ceasefire.
Headlines
- Anti-abortion activist Mark Houck sues DOJ over “retaliatory” arrest (Washington Examiner)
- Pete Buttigieg blames increase in extreme turbulence on climate change (PJ Media) | Mayor Pete struggled against friendly media to answer why he’s only built “7 or 8” EV charging stations out of the 500,000 he promised (Not the Bee)
- Iran amasses larger stockpiles of enriched uranium (Daily Wire) | Biden opposing UK and France’s plans to rebuke Iran’s nuclear advances (Mirror)
- Washington Post reveals it passed on Alito flag story in 2021 (Fox News)
- Home insurance was once a “must”; now more homeowners are going without (Washington Post)
- California has yet to provide 1,200 tiny homes for state’s homeless that were promised in March 2023 (Fox News)
- Denali National Park official demands construction crews stop flying American flags during bridge construction (PM)
- Libertarian Party chooses Chase Oliver as presidential nominee (The Hill)
- Humor: Libertarian Party nominates giant gay bong (Babylon Bee)
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DEI Is Killing Medicine
UCLA Medical School is failing thanks to the DEI contagion spreading through its admissions department.
Thomas Gallatin
If the doctor you see is a recent graduate of UCLA Medical School, you may want to find a new one.
A recent deep-dive article from The Washington Free Beacon reports on how the woke contagion of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” is killing UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
UCLA’s medical school is one of the best in the world. Its curriculum is so rigorous and demanding that last year, just 173 out of some 14,000 applicants were accepted. A 3.8 GPA in difficult college courses and testing at or above the 88th percentile on the Medical College Admissions Test are prerequisites for even being considered.
The point is that UCLA Medical is supposed to be for the best of the best. But then, in 2020, a new dean of admissions, Jennifer Lucero, came in, and the school’s famously high standards began to slip. Lucero brought with her the DEI contagion. Racial considerations in admissions, which are explicitly banned by California law and which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to be unconstitutional last year, became the name of the game.
With Lucero, the applicant’s race supersedes GPA and MCAT score. As a result of prioritizing DEI over and against ability and talent, the school’s standards have fallen. As a former admissions staffer observed, UCLA is now a “failed medical school,” adding, “We want racial diversity so badly, we’re willing to cut corners to get it.”
Another admissions committee member noted, “I have students on their rotation who don’t know anything. People get in, and they struggle.”
A UCLA faculty member echoed that sentiment, telling the Free Beacon, “I wouldn’t normally talk to a reporter. But there’s no way to stop this without embarrassing the medical school.”
And the data appears to back up these claims, as UCLA Medical’s place in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking for medical research has slipped from sixth place in 2020, prior to Lucero taking over, to 18th place. Even more troublingly, the Free Beacon reports that “more than 50 percent of students failed standardized tests on emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.”
To put this in perspective, just 5% of medical students nationwide fail these tests on average. And, tellingly, UCLA Medical’s recent rise in student testing failure coincides with a precipitous drop in the number of Asian students attending the school.
One faculty member laments that students have never been so badly prepared. “I don’t know how some of these students are going to be junior doctors. Faculty are seeing a shocking decline in knowledge of medical students.”
Those in the know say the fault lies with DEI. “All the normal criteria for getting into medical school only apply to people of certain races,” one admissions officer stated. “For other people, those criteria are completely disregarded.”
DEI at UCLA Medical has elevated racial identity above all else. Attempting to artificially make things “fair” when it comes to race or gender or any other arbitrary identity dynamic does not produce genuine justice. The problem of racism in the past was predicated on exclusion. Today’s woke racism is predicated on including people based on their racial makeup, irrespective of their ability and talent or lack thereof.
What makes a good doctor has nothing to do with one’s race; it has everything to do with knowledge, talent, and abilities. UCLA Medical has chosen to reject this reality not only to its own reputational detriment but also to the danger of others who may find themselves looking to doctors who lack the knowledge and skills for the job.
What Trump’s Massive Bronx Rally Means
Last Thursday’s Trump rally in the deep-blue majority-minority Bronx challenged the Democrats’ stranglehold on the black and brown vote.
Douglas Andrews
Images show a remarkable scene: a Republican candidate speaking for 90 minutes to a huge and enthusiastic crowd of black, brown, and white people in the deepest blue of Democrat strongholds this side of Washington, DC.
This was Donald Trump in the South Bronx on Thursday. This was the rich old white guy dropping into the lion’s den to continue remaking the Republican electorate in a way that would’ve been unthinkable just a few years ago.
When Trump beat the worst presidential candidate in modern American history in 2016, he did so with less than 10% of the vote in the Bronx. When he “lost” the rigged 2020 vote, his share of the Bronx vote practically doubled to 16%, but that still left nearly 84% of the vote for Joe Biden. We don’t have an accurate read on how the poorest of New York City’s five boroughs will vote in November, but it seems safe to say that Trump’s numbers will once again increase, and perhaps by a lot.
Trump has grown his support among black and brown voters by appealing to their class, not their race. Trump, as improbable as it would seem for a Manhattan real estate tycoon, has become the champion of regular folks, of working-class folks, while Scranton Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats have become the best friends of the elites. Indeed, as we wrote nearly four years ago, the two political parties have done a switcheroo, and Trump can fairly be called the blue-collar billionaire.
Notice how, on a late Thursday afternoon a few weeks ago, the 77-year-old Trump left his lawfare trial in leftist Judge Juan Merchan’s New York City courthouse not to recuperate at a fancy Manhattan restaurant but to deliver pizzas to FDNY’s Engine Co. 8, Ladder Co. 2 in Midtown. Notice how he went to East Palestine in the sleet and rain soon after the disastrous train derailment there, while Joe Biden stayed shamefully away for a full year. Notice how Trump goes to Detroit to press the flesh with autoworkers and rail against the ungodly expensive EVs that Biden is forcing into the marketplace even though nobody wants them, while Biden does a brief and tightly scripted PR stunt.
Regular folks are starting to notice.
They notice, too, what the dominant issue is in this election: illegal immigration. They notice how Trump has always been on the right side of this issue. Now think about which group of Americans are harmed most by it: blacks. That’s because blacks hold a disproportionate percentage of downscale and unskilled jobs, and those jobs are the ones whose wages are being undercut by illegal immigrants. People who care about their hourly wages are becoming increasingly aware of the impact that illegal immigration is having on those wages. And, as is always the case, people will vote their wallets and pocketbooks. When James Carville said, “It’s the economy, stupid,” he knew what he was talking about.
Finally, notice from the video footage how happy and at ease Trump looks at these events. Contrast that with the anger and paranoia of Biden’s brief and scripted campaign appearances. From this observation alone, it’s easy to tell which side is winning. As The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway writes:
Trump, who has the benefit of having already had one very successful term as president, acknowledges the very real economic, social, and foreign policies the country faces. But unlike Biden, his optimistic campaign speeches show a man who seems to love the country, love its cities, love its people, and want the country to return to health.
Whether Biden’s race-baiting rhetoric or Trump’s unbridled multi-ethnic optimism will win the day remains to be seen. The speech in South Bronx showed how successful the latter can be.
“Build the wall! Build the wall!” That was the predominant cry, along with “We love Trump!” during last week’s Bronx rally — a rally that the marketing-savvy Trump team said drew as many as 25,000 but that law enforcement said was probably closer to 10,000. The number doesn’t much matter. What does matter is that this was a lot more folks than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Democrats would’ve wanted to see, especially given AOC’s snarky observation that God is good if He brings bad weather to Trump campaign rallies.
To be sure, the majority-minority borough isn’t likely to go for Trump in November, but the movement his campaign has seen in New York — Biden won the state by 23 points in 2020 but leads by only nine points now — is telling. It’s been 40 years since a Republican won New York. That was when Ronald Reagan swept 49 of the 50 states against Walter Mondale.
“These millions and millions of people that are coming into our country,” said Trump to a notably black and brown audience, “the biggest impact, and the biggest negative impact, is against our black population and our Hispanic population, who are losing their jobs, losing their housing, losing everything they can lose.” That economic message should scare the daylights out of Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats.
Polls aren’t votes, of course, and neither are rallies. But as The Wall Street Journal’s James Freeman observed on Fox News on Friday, “What you’re seeing here, I think, is the modern version of Reagan Democrats.”
And what you’re seeing here is a coalition of voters that spells big trouble for the Democrats.
The End of College Athletics?
A trio of legal settlements will funnel more money to college athletes and less money to the athletic departments that fund their activities.
Michael Swartz
The world of college athletics reached a settlement in three separate but related lawsuits against the NCAA last week.
The filings complained that athletes whom the public was tuning in to watch weren’t getting a cut of the billions in TV rights being paid by the networks. Now, not only will 14,000 current and former college athletes share a $2.8 billion settlement, but student-athletes will also be paid for their efforts by the university. This is in addition to the NIL (name, image, and likeness) payments that college athletes have received for the past three years. As Steve Berman, who serves as lead attorney for one of the plaintiffs, put it, “This landmark settlement will bring college sports into the 21st century, with college athletes finally able to receive a fair share of the billions of dollars of revenue that they generate for their schools.”
Our Brian Mark Weber was prescient several years ago in calling for the “shady tactics” involved in college athletics to be brought out of the shadows. But there are still a number of issues with the settlement — the largest of which is the burden it will place on the smaller-market “mid-major” conferences, who will pay for the NCAA settlement with a reduction in the revenue sharing that helps to fund their athletic departments.
“We believe over 95% of the damages are going to go to Power Five [i.e. major conference] football and basketball players,” said Big Sky Conference Commissioner Tom Wistrcill, whose teams play football in the lower-tier Football Championship Series that used to be known as Division 1-AA. “For non-A5 conferences to pay for that is disproportionate. We’re asking for a more proportionate structure because our student-athletes are not going to see the money.”
Indeed, the deal seems to be stacked in favor of the biggest conferences. As The Wall Street Journal notes, “The settlement agreement calls for schools to pay athletes 22% of the average annual athletic department revenue among schools in the top conferences. According to people familiar with the matter, that figure is roughly $20 million per school.” That figure, if true, would likely force the bottom-feeders out of the system unless it is adjusted accordingly for schools with lesser revenue, like the Ball States of the world.
This writer goes back to the days when the Big 10 actually had 10 schools and the NCAA basketball tournament had just 32 teams. Back then, the influence of money in college athletics was enough to get a team to forfeit games or even be banished for a season like Southern Methodist University’s football program was for the 1987 campaign. College athletes were compensated with free education, while non-athletes had to rely on academic scholarships, grants, or student loans.
So this settlement prompts several questions: Will athletes who get paid now have to compensate the university for their abortive education if they turn pro before they graduate? After all, they’re not only drawing a salary from the school for playing a (presumably) revenue-producing sport like football or basketball but also getting a scholarship that the class nerd who couldn’t pass a football or shoot a basketball is paying for with his student loans. (That is, unless they can convince Joe Biden to “forgive” theirs, too.) Or will it just be another excuse for tuition and fees to go up, saddling our awkward friend with even more student loan debt?
And what about those who participate in non-revenue sports? One of the main lawsuits was initiated by a collegiate swimmer — certainly a talented athlete, but not one who commands the attention of millions of eyeballs. The Journal also brings up the specter of Title IX. Aside from basketball sensation Caitlin Clark, how many female athletes actually bring in revenue? And where is the female equivalent to football, whose revenues often help fund all the other sports?
Perhaps this will become a fair settlement for the small percentage of elite athletes who actually find their way to Power Five schools to perform on Saturdays. “The settlement, though undesirable in many respects and promising only temporary stability, is necessary to avoid what would be the bankruptcy of college athletics,” said Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins. Unfortunately, this writer suspects that stability will be very temporary and will lead a lot of fine colleges to dismantle their athletic programs due to the additional expense of paying their players.
Perhaps those schools will remember why they exist in the first place — as places of education. Of course, if they dismantle their DEI departments along the way, so much the better.
‘Bad Therapy’: A Review
Abigail Shrier’s latest book explores what is wrong with our kids and what we can do to help.
Emmy Griffin
Abigail Shrier, investigative reporter and author, first rose to national attention for her first book, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, which was her investigative deep dive into the transgender craze affecting our girls. Her second book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up, delivers analysis that hits just as hard and is a tremendous read. Shrier’s incisive wit and writing acumen draw the reader in. It’s a book every parent should read.
Iatrogenesis — or when medical help, in fact, causes harm— is the framework on which Shrier sets her thesis. That thesis is: Our kids aren’t growing up because they have been convinced they aren’t capable. And that is the result of bad therapy. Many of today’s parents have been convinced that having a diagnosis for their children’s unwanted behaviors is how those behaviors eventually get solved, or at least provides an out. The child, on the other hand, when given a label and diagnosis, believes that he or she is sick and, by extension, incapable of change. Labels have power, and therapists are more than happy to dole them out.
Kids today are categorized by their limitations and victimhood status that comes with a mental health diagnosis instead of by their merit or achievements. This, in turn, makes kids seek a more severe diagnosis and sinks them ever further into the morass of rumination and self-fulfilling prophesy of the labels they take on.
Trauma has also become a far too overused and abused term in our everyday language. Trauma is far too often used as a crutch for kids to get out of hard things. Therapists are also quick to turn to trauma as a ready explanation for why a kid is displaying mental illness. As Shrier points out, kids are resilient, and if therapists and parents stopped encouraging them to navel-gaze at their own feelings (which are transient), they are more likely to overcome difficult circumstances. She has several examples that illustrate this point much more elegantly than this author can articulate.
Therapy language has even infiltrated schools. Wannabe therapist teachers are quick to issue a diagnosis based on classroom behaviors. They promote a social and emotional learning curriculum that also leads kids down the feelings quest rabbit hole, encouraging a self-“reflection” that often lingers on anything negative that happened to a child. It weaponizes experiences and uses them as “teachable moments” for the rest of the class, all with the goal of teaching them empathy. It does the opposite. It creates mercenary monsters who will keep any amount of blackmail they can on their “friends” and peers in case they need to use it later.
Many parents also allow their children to be too involved with screens. Personal screens like the iPad or a smartphone are a twofold evil. First, the very addictive nature of what’s on the screen lures kids away from actually living and being kids. They are all too happy to allow the sedative screen time to waste hours of their time. Second, screens distract kids from making meaningful social connections and mastering poor behaviors. Screens also harm their attention span, motor skills, and so much more. The infuriating aspect is that many parents continue to let their kids marinate in digital prisons that are doing them no good.
Then there’s what’s on the screens. Social media influencers, peers, and tele-therapists are all conspiring to help your vulnerable child self-diagnose. These bad influences turn any normal behavior or interaction into a label that the child takes on as an identity.
Finally, and most insidiously, bad therapy has usurped parental authority and power. Mothers and fathers are encouraged to “gentle parent” by childless academics who treat children like equals — i.e., their every feeling or whim should be worthy of consideration and deliberation. This actually has the effect of making children more unsure. Depriving a child of authoritative (not authoritarian) parents — ones who are in charge but still show them love — makes the child an ill-behaved tyrant.
Parents in our society also have the added disadvantage of living in a culture that blames them for any wrongdoing of their children. When a child misbehaved in public in the olden days, adults usually gave the child disapproving looks, and by the sheer weight of public disapproval, that child learned what was acceptable or not acceptable in public. Parents today are so scared of being the reason their child is messed up that they are quick to relinquish their authority to hack therapists.
Parents have been fed therapeutic language to parrot to their children, focusing on feelings. Then there’s the issue of parents sending their children to therapists at the drop of a hat. This sends the message to the child that his or her parents are incapable of fixing the tremendous mess that is their child. Frankly, for all but the most severe of mental health issues, parents can, by being in a relationship with their children, help them work through whatever feeling is troubling them. If parents are intentional, they will see a marked improvement in their child’s well-being.
Bad therapy has created a generation of kids who feel too broken, too risk-averse, and too self-focused. They aren’t growing up, aren’t forming real meaningful relationships, and aren’t ready for the unpredictability of life’s twists and turns. This needs to change.
Shrier’s book was empowering to read as a parent because she gives parents the tools to take back their authority from the “experts.” At the same time, it is also convicting. The very language that we use to talk to our children, the way that schools are a deep and abiding part of the iatrogenesis problem, and our desperate fear of failing as parents are very real issues. Bad Therapy will open your eyes to what has been taken from our kids and hopefully will encourage us all to let them be kids again — and in letting them be kids, help them be brave enough to become adults.
VIDEOS
- The Fallen Soldier — Others have made the ultimate sacrifice so that you could be free. Remember them — today and always.
- Woke ‘Squad’ Members Embarrassed After Ignorant Memorial Day Tweets — Ilhan Omar and Cori Bush posted and then deleted tweets on Memorial Day that called for providing support and services to America’s military veterans.
- No, Inflation Wasn’t Caused by ‘Corporate Greed’ — Despite the propaganda, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has published research to show that corporate greed did not cause inflation.
- Will China’s EV Dominance Slow Down After 100% Tariffs? — Patrick Bet-David explains how this could be the beginning of a new Cold War between China and the United States.
- AMC Places Trigger Warning on ‘Goodfellas’ — Apparently, AMC was concerned the violent antics of Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci would offend those viewers who wish to include and tolerate Italian Americans.
- Disney Cancels Tinkerbell — Disney has now decided to discontinue meet-and-greets with Tinkerbell at Disney World after labeling the beloved Peter Pan character as “problematic.”
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- STEPHEN MOORE5 Reasons to Make the Trump Tax Cut Permanent
- DANIEL MCCARTHYThe Free-Market Populism of Javier Milei
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- CAL THOMASWhat the ‘New Nixon’ Could Teach Donald Trump
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SHORT CUTS
Jordan Candler
Dumb & Dumber
“This #MemorialDay & every day, we honor our veterans in St. Louis. We must invest in universal health care, affordable housing, comprehensive mental health services, and educational & economic opportunities for our veterans as we work to build a world free of war and violence.” —Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO)
“On #MemorialDay, we honor the heroic men and women who served our country. We owe them more than our gratitude — they have more than earned access to quality mental health services, job opportunities, housing assistance, and the benefits they were promised.” —Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
The duo ultimately removed the posts, which conflated Memorial Day with Veterans Day.
Tone-Deaf
“In America, we leave no veteran behind.” —Joe Biden (“Spoken just like a man who has never served our nation.” —Mark Alexander)
Baghdad Bob
“We’re talking about folks who are in [student] debt who are literally being crushed.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (“For the record, nobody is ‘literally being crushed’ by student debt, and because that debt is mostly held by higher-income individuals, they are not being figuratively crushed either.” —Mark Alexander)
Yellow Journalism
“President Ebrahim Raisi’s mixed legacy in Iran.” —BBC (“Ebrahim Raisi’s nickname was the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ as a result of his mass murder and brutal torture of political dissidents.” —X/Twitter Community Note)
Political Futures
“The people who make up the political left are not necessarily motivated by a particular person. They are voting based on identity and ideology. You could run a dead man (in some ways, Biden is a dead man walking), and leftists would vote for the corpse. That’s why they are so committed to the ‘manufacturing approach’ to elections. It’s not winning hearts and minds. It’s simply having massive data on every last person who identifies in any way with the left and then churning out votes like a conveyor belt.” —Gary Bauer
“If Biden loses, he’ll go down in history as the president who was so bad he made people nostalgic for Trump.” —Frank J. Fleming
“I doubt he will even be running, frankly. I just can’t even imagine it.” —Donald Trump on Joe Biden
“[Kamala] Harris may well be the only Democrat in Washington, D.C., less popular than Uncle Joe himself. The dimwitted cackler-in-chief is about as popular these days as venereal disease.” —Josh Hammer
For the Record
“Democrats need to delegitimize the Supreme Court so they can eventually pack it with loyal leftists. Keep that in mind every time they attack Clarence Thomas over a vacation or Samuel Alito over a flag.” —Nate Jackson
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JUNE 2024: The LGBTQ Agenda – Part 1 The Curtain Goes Up
The month of June 2024 is approaching, giving homosexuals a “green light” to push their immoral agenda upon America with their “Pride” month celebrations and propaganda. The liberal press fully supports this annual festivity as well as many city governments and even state capitols by flying the pride flag on government flagpoles.
Many corporations and social media sites also give their enthusiastic approval and support for this declaration of sexual “equality.” This pro-pride attitude includes most television networks. It’s virtually impossible to escape this “gay” propaganda unless you don’t watch TV, read magazines or stay off the internet.
The Bible, however, asserts with unyielding declaration, that when God passes judgment upon a nation, He subjects them to a whirlwind of rampant sexual immorality. In Romans 1:19-32, just as this scripture declared almost 2000 years ago, we see once more how this annual June event transcends mere sexual anarchy; it surpasses the bounds of libertinism.
— Read on
https://disntr.com/2024/05/16/june-2024-the-lgbtq-agenda-part-1-the-curtain-goes-up/
De Niro stunt a miscalculation by Biden’s campaign: Miller – YouTube
On Tuesday’s “Newsline,” Trump senior advisor Jason Miller slammed the Biden campaign for turning former President Donald Trump’s trial into part of their reelection strategy.
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Headlines, More Or Less: Tornadoes, Water, Deception | Stand Up For The Truth Podcast
Headline Day with Mary brings a lot to talk about as we head into the Summer season. What will the warmer months bring, “more or less”? Water is becoming scarcer in some places, and with that farming issues which never occur in a vacuum, but cause a domino effect of crop issues and human misery. Climate change? Geoengineering? Does anyone really understand any of it – but the bible has plenty to say. We also look at the Bronx bombshell of a rally, the death of the Super Size Soda guy, twisters, and an aging Klaus Schwab who will seemingly go to his grave with delusions of grandeur about our ever-shrinking globe and everything in it. Less is more, when it comes to deception, spin, and bad guys, more or less.
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Hamas Responsible for Suffering in Gaza | The Gateway Pundit
Hamas is calling for a cease-fire. However, they already had a ceasefire on October 6th, but they violated it.
In 2005, Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza as part of a unilateral disengagement plan, which included the evacuation of all Israeli settlers and the dismantling of military bases. Gaza subsequently became a stronghold for Hamas, an Islamist militant group that originated from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the late 1980s. Hamas, which has not held elections since 2006, took full control of Gaza in 2007 following a violent conflict with the Palestinian Authority. Since then, Hamas has utilized Gaza as a base to launch attacks against Israel, including rocket fire and other militant activities. The international community has condemned Hamas for its numerous suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and other acts of violence targeting Israeli civilians. Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, including the United States, the European Union, and Israel.
Hamas commits acts of repression and other human rights violations against the people of Gaza. According to Amnesty International, “Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip repressed the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. Torture and other ill-treatment were reported in Palestinian detention centers. Members of Palestinian armed groups summarily killed several suspected ‘collaborators’. In Gaza, death sentences were passed, and executions were carried out.”
In 1988, Hamas published its official Covenant, which explicitly called for the elimination of Israel and the killing of all Jews. In 2017, Hamas released an updated version, the Document of General Principles and Policies, which removed the specific language about killing Jews but still did not recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli state, referring to it as “a racist, anti-human and colonial Zionist project.” The document states, “The Islamic Resistance Movement ‘Hamas’ is a Palestinian Islamic national liberation and resistance movement. Its goal is to liberate Palestine and confront the Zionist project.” It defines Palestine as the land “from the River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean in the west and from Ras Al-Naqurah in the north to Umm Al-Rashrash in the south.” This definition encompasses the entire territory of the State of Israel, implying the complete elimination of Israel as it currently exists.
Given the ongoing threat that Hamas poses to the state of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted that Israel will never be safe unless Hamas is completely annihilated. To this end, he has launched one of the most intense military campaigns since the beginning of the Ukraine War. Israel provided warnings for civilians and non-combatants to leave Gaza. However, their exit is being impeded by neighboring countries. The Rafah crossing, the only border crossing between Gaza and Egypt not controlled by Israel, has frequently been closed or heavily restricted by the Egyptian government. This has severely limited the ability of Gaza residents to flee to Egypt during periods of conflict. To exacerbate the situation, Egypt is also blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza through Rafah, further contributing to the humanitarian crisis.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has faced accusations of targeting civilians, with women and children comprising more than half of the casualties. However, given that women and children make up about two-thirds of Gaza’s population, they are more likely to be collateral damage when Hamas is targeted. Additionally, women and children have been involved with Hamas, sometimes as human shields or suicide bombers. The term “children” includes those under 18, and Hamas has used minors in combat roles for harassment by throwing stones at IDF soldiers or using kites for espionage and dropping incendiaries.
Israel has also been criticized for restricting aid shipments to Gaza. The rationale behind this includes the fact that Hamas and other Islamic terrorist groups have used aid shipments to smuggle weapons, ammunition, and military equipment. As the governing authority in Gaza, Hamas handles the acceptance and distribution of aid, increasing the likelihood that it will support terrorist activities rather than aid civilians.
There are claims that at least 260 humanitarian aid workers have been killed in the conflict, but this does not demonstrate that Israel is intentionally targeting aid workers. War zones are inherently dangerous, and although aid workers, press, and other noncombatants are not intended targets, they face significant risks by virtue of their roles. Most are aware of these dangers and accept the associated risks. A specific issue with this conflict is that Hamas terrorists have either worked as or posed as humanitarian aid workers. This has led to the suspension of U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) when it was discovered that several of its employees were involved in the October 7th attack on Israel.
Hamas could alleviate civilian suffering by refraining from using them as shields. They could also release the Israeli hostages and surrender, which would end the current military campaign. Additionally, the entire situation could have been avoided if they had not attacked Israel in the first place.
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Judge Instructs Jurors They Need Not Believe Trump Is Guilty To Convict Him | Babylon Bee
NEW YORK, NY — As the criminal trial involving former President Donald Trump winds to a close, the presiding judge instructed jurors that they don’t have to believe Trump is guilty to convict him.
The reminder from Judge Juan Merchan was issued to the jury as closing arguments began, with the judge clarifying that Trump doesn’t necessarily have to be guilty of a crime in order for the jury to find Trump guilty of a crime.
“Don’t get hung up on whether or not he’s ‘guilty’ of anything,” Judge Merchan instructed jurors. “Words like ‘guilty’ or ‘innocent’ or ‘evidence’ are really just for show, anyway. The important thing is that you listen to the closing arguments with an open mind and an unwavering commitment to handing down a guilty verdict. Remember, believing Trump is guilty is not important. Declaring him guilty — that’s what you’re all here for.”
As the trial neared its end, media, politicians, celebrities, and the general public all eagerly awaited the outcome. “Judge Merchan has run a very strict courtroom,” said one legal analyst. “Not allowing any type of shenanigans, reasoned arguments, or clear evidence to be present during the trial was a bold choice, and now he’s making sure the jurors are aware that believing Trump to be guilty has no bearing on convicting him of the charges. An impressive stance from a judge to say the least.”
At publishing time, Judge Merchan had reportedly informed bailiffs to be ready to handcuff Trump and escort him to jail regardless of whether or not the jury found him guilty.
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Stuart Varney: Baby boomers are now the targets of the socialists | Fox Business
During his “My Take,” on Tuesday, “Varney & Co.” host Stuart Varney discussed why baby boomers
, the wealthiest generation, are holding onto tens of trillions while younger generations struggle with inflation and higher interest rates.
STUART VARNEY: If you were born between 1946 and 1964 you are a baby boomer.
Huge increases in the value of homes and stocks have made you the wealthiest generation in history.
ARE BECOMING WEALTHIER, WHILE YOUNGER GENERATIONS LAG BEHIND, FED REPORT FINDS
What are you going to do with the money?
The news here is that, unlike previous retiring generations, you’re not spending it.
In the 1990s, people 65 to 74 spent 10% more than they took in, says The Economist.
By 2015, boomers had quit spending and were saving 1% of what they took in.
GEN Z GETS WAKE-UP CALL ON HOW THE ‘REAL WORLD’ WORKS: ‘SUCCESS ISN’T HANDED TO YOU’
This matters because this generation is 20% of the adult population and owns 52% of the wealth.
We’re talking tens of trillions here and the boomers are holding on to it. Why?
Because we are living longer and need security in retirement.
We are delaying retirement so we’re accumulating more.
Our children and grandchildren are struggling with inflation and high interest rates.
They need the inheritance. They don’t want us to fritter it away.
GEN X ADVISED TO ‘STOP SPENDING’ DUE TO LARGEST WEALTH GAP OF ANY GENERATION
Watch out, the left has taken notice. The socialists are eager to tap into this vast store of wealth.
No, they’re not tapping into it, they want to take it. Wealth inequality is the new rallying cry of jealousy.
They’re trying a wealth tax where they just take a chunk of your money every year.
They want higher capital gains taxes to take more off you when you make a profit.
Of course, they want to raise estate taxes, so you can’t pass it all on to your struggling children.
FIDELITY REVEALS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU NEED TO RETIRE FOR THE LIFESTYLE ‘YOU’RE HOPING FOR’
Wealthy boomers are now a target. They could, of course, start spending the money.
If not, you will need an army of estate tax lawyers to keep what you’ve worked for.
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Is President Biden Anti-Israel? | The NEWSMAX Daily (05/28/24) – YouTube
Today’s 20-min top headline news brief includes:
[
2:22] -Newsmax Jerusalem correspondent Daniel Cohen speaks with the former Ambassador Nikki Haley in Israel. [Newsmax Breaking]
[5:36] -Reactions vary to former President Donald Trump’s speech at the Libertarian convention. [Newsline]
[7:57] -Ric Grenell: “There is war in Gaza right now because Joe Biden gave billions of dollars to Iran.” [Newsline]
[10:04] -Squad Members Bush and Omar don’t know what Memorial Day means.
[11:20] – Newsmax host Lidia Curanaj on Trump Trial in NY: “I still believe in what Lady Justice stands for.” [Sunday Agenda]
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Israel standing alone among the nations of the world | All Israel News
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Pray for Israel, and make sure your church or synagogue is praying for Israel. This is the obligation of a moral society. While the nations are standing against Israel, you can be a light in the darkness. It’s simply good vs. evil.
Intoxicated by an antisemitic orgy of hate for which it has branded itself as a world leader outside of the usual suspects in the Arab and Islamic world, the South African government has been leading the charge of criminal action against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On Friday, the ICJ issued a one-sided unjust ruling that Israel must end its military operation in Gaza to free the hostages and destroy Hamas. In a world where despite its just cause Israel stands more and more alone, with the list of allies if not actual friends growing shorter and shorter, this is not surprising even if it is shocking.
In its more than thirty minutes ruling, the ICJ only mentioned the Hamas war crime of kidnapping and holding 125 hostages, in just one sentence, with no consequence to Hamas or demand that that all the hostages be released unconditionally. The court ordered Israel to halt its military offensive on the southern Gaza city, and Hamas stronghold, Rafah. The ICJ made no demands on, or recognition of, any culpability for Hamas and its terrorist and genocidal agenda and actions, for its massacre of 1200 people in one day on October 7, to release the hostages they still hold in captivity illegally, or censured Hamas for unspeakable sexual crimes.
The latest ICJ legal action followed South Africa bringing baseless charges of genocide against Israel earlier this year in which all but one of the judges representing 15 nations voted to allow the legal case to go through. This week, the Lebanese judge led the charge against Israel.
Earlier the same week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced intentions to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Galant, equating them to the genocidal terrorist leaders of Hamas. Few nations have responded to call out the injustice of this kangaroo court, its overreach and lack of jurisdiction, the unimaginable comparison between Israel and Hamas, or the very antisemitic nature of its prosecutor and the ICC itself by holding Israel to a different standard than other nations of the world.
Not to be left on the sideline, the same week, Ireland, Norway, and Spain colluded to become the latest countries to recognize a fictitious “State of Palestine,” a punitive act against Israel and a gift to the terrorists. If Hamas celebrates, you know it’s immoral. They’ve turned immorality into an Olympic sport. These nations made their policy clear: that if you massacre enough Jews, we will appease you and recognize your independence without having to negotiate with Israel, or renounce terror against Israel. This is now the state policy of these three morally bankrupt nations.
The last time anyone used recognition of “Palestine” to embarrass Jews and undermine Jewish sovereignty was in the Second Century when the Roman Empire renamed the Biblical land which it had seized. After a failed revolt against Rome, they renamed it “Palestina.” Debunking claims that today’s “Palestinians” are the indigenous people in the Land, this was also the first time the name “Palestine” was ever used. Ever. 1000 years after King David. What that means is that it was indeed the Jews in the First and Second Centuries who rebelled against Rome, who were routed and then taken into captivity as slaves, and were the real indigenous people of the Land. Even if you don’t believe the Biblical account that the Land was deeded to the Jewish people by God, historical fact is incontrovertible.
The fact that Roman coins and inscriptions of the time reference “Judea capta” or Judea is captured, and not “Palestina capta” is all the truth one needs to know. But historical fact and what it means today is too inconvenient for the nations of the world coming against Israel.
Speaking of standing alone, Israel was shocked when the entire UN Security Council stood for a moment of silence following the death of Iranian President Raisi. The US, and all the Western representatives, actually paid tribute to a man who was known as the “Butcher of Tehran” and the “Ayatollah of Execution.” There was zero recognition for the suffering of millions of Iranians under his reign, or for the countless victims of Islamic terror, funded and planned, by the Iranian regime, in Israel and around the world.
While it’s clearly a prophecy of the nations standing against Israel, something tells me that even Zechariah, in his prophetic words (12:2-4) would be sickened by all this.
…2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured. 4 On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.”
Under a cloud of international condemnation, the world needs to sober up from the drunkenness that it is exhibiting. There needs to be an intervention, not just before it is too late for Israel, but the rest of the world as well, where the same evil Islamic extremism is finding beachhead after beachhead, entangling itself among Western societies, twisting its morals, and making them and their citizens unsafe.
Even if it’s uncomfortable, even if you’ll lose some “friends,” and even if it goes against the mob, the mandate today is to speak out. Do not let the haters get away with a word of antisemitism. Stand with Israel and the Jewish people proactively, and demonstrably. Pray for Israel, and make sure your church or synagogue is praying for Israel. This is the obligation of a moral society. While the nations are standing against Israel, you can be a light in the darkness. It’s simply good vs. evil.
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Democrats Are ‘Freaking-Out’ Over Dementia Joe Biden | The Gateway Pundit
National Democrats are sounding the alarm over Dementia Joe Biden as his polls continue to lag against President Trump.
As the Gateway Pundit previously reported, infamous Democrat operative James “Ragin’ Cajun” Carville has unleashed on the Biden campaign for failing to attack Trump effectively and raising the alarm bells on White House occupant’s poor number numbers with young and black voters.
But now the panic has spread far beyond just Carville. Politico reported this morning wide swaths of the party are in full-blown “freak-out” mode as the haughty Biden campaign continues to ignore the warning signs on inflation, immigration, and his own unpopularity.
The worry even extends to strategists who were previously confident regarding Biden’s chances against Trump.
Politico reported:
Nearly five months from the election, anxiety has morphed into palpable trepidation, according to more than a dozen party leaders and operatives. And the gap between what Democrats will say on TV or in print, and what they’ll text their friends, has only grown as worries have surged about Biden’s prospects.
“You don’t want to be that guy who is on the record saying we’re doomed, or the campaign’s bad or Biden’s making mistakes. Nobody wants to be that guy,” said a Democratic operative in close touch with the White House and granted anonymity to speak freely.
But Biden’s stubbornly poor polling and the stakes of the election “are creating the freakout,” he said.
“This isn’t, ‘Oh my God, Mitt Romney might become president.’ It’s ‘Oh my God, the democracy might end.’”
Compounding Democrat woes, the fact Trump’s fundraising has picked up significantly. He outraised Biden by a whopping $25 million last month, which includes an earth-shattering- $50.5 million fundraising haul from an event in Palm Beach, Florida.
According to Politico, another adviser provided a list of nearly two dozen reasons why Biden could lose to significant Democrat Party donors. The reasons included Kamala Harris’s toxic public image and the presence of major third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
This reality of Biden’s peril is driving the Democrats to drink:
“Donors ask me on an hourly basis about what I think,” the adviser said, calling it “so much easier to show them, so while they read it, I can pour a drink.”
The adviser added, “The list of why we ‘could’ win is so small I don’t even need to keep the list on my phone.”
Five months is an eternity in politics. The Democrats will no doubt unleash a variety of dirty tricks, including voter fraud, within this time frame.
Still, the party’s turmoil is entertaining and should comfort those concerned about Trump’s chances this fall.
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Nolte: 54% of DEMOCRATS Want Joe Biden Replaced as 2024 Nominee
When asked if they would like Democrats to replace Joe Biden with another candidate in November, 54 percent of Democrats — Democrats — said yes.
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The Attack on Truth – YouTube
There are none in our society more vulnerable than our children. Yet there are entire industries devoted to confusing them and sexualizing them—and it has flooded into our educational system. You’ll hear firsthand from Elena Barbera, an American mom, who decided to expose it by making the new documentary, “American Groomer: The Kids Are Not Alright.” — on this week’s “Truths That Transform.”
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Israeli Tanks in Rafah Amid Palestinian State Push | CBN NewsWatch – May 28, 2024 – YouTube
As Israeli forces push into the heart of the last Hamas stronghold of Rafah, Spain, Norway & Ireland officially recognize a Palestinian state, and Israel responds to international outrage over a strike which killed dozens of Palestinians; Nikki Haley, in Israel, blasts the European countries for their Palestinian state recognition; a Hamas leader says US student protests will help defeat Israel; Chris Mitchell talks about Israel’s reaction to the criticism over the Palestinian deaths, Israel’s military actions in Rafah, Israel’s view of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the growing dangers of Iran’s nuclear program, and more; Israel has launched an ambitious project to collect the testimonies of all those kidnapped on October 7th, with personal, first-hand information; communities across five US states clean up after devastating storms strike, killing at least 22; and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker responds to the uproar over his speech on his religious faith, family values, sexuality and more.
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