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14 SIGNS OF REGENERATION
14 Signs of Regeneration | Wretched TV Episode 2345 It is only through the transformative work of Christ that we become new creations. ___ Thanks for…
14 SIGNS OF REGENERATION
The Westminster Confession of Faith – Westminster Assembly of Divines
The Westminster Confession of Faith – Westminster Assembly of Divines
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the ‘subordinate standard’ of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.
The Westminster Assembly (the Westminster Assembly of Divines) was appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England. It also included representatives of religious leaders from Scotland. The Assembly met for six years (1643–49), and in the process produced the Westminster Standards, which are the major Confessional Standards of the Presbyterian faith, including the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Larger Catechism, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and the Directory of Public Worship.
Source: The Westminster Confession of Faith – Westminster Assembly of Divines
Is There Only One Way to God? | Dr. David Jeremiah | John 14:4-6
God Turned My Question Marks Into Exclamation Points!: https://bit.ly/3LwqvdB
Message Description:
Many people ask if there is only one way to God. Learn why there is only “one name” by which we can be saved—it is the name of Jesus.
00:00 – Abundant Life
01:06 – Dr. Jeremiah’s message – “Is There Only One Way to God?”
22:29 – One last word from Dr. Jeremiah
Transform Your Faith Journey – order “Belief that Behaves”: https://bit.ly/3WsAgjj
God has the answers to the questions you – and your loved ones – are asking – “Ten Questions Christians Are Asking”: https://bit.ly/3Lwqw19
Source: Is There Only One Way to God? | Dr. David Jeremiah | John 14:4-6
When It Comes to the Meaning of Life, the Question is Not “What”, But “Why” | Cold Case Christianity
I’ve written before about the importance of recognizing the role of the Creator in determining life’s purpose, but as a non-believer, I had little problem determining the purpose of my life. As a man who rejected God’s existence, I was comfortable assigning meaning to my life. What was the purpose of life? Well, for me, it was to live nobly and enforce the laws as a police officer, to be a faithful husband to my wife and a good father for my kids. I had no problem answering the “what” question. I failed to recognize, however, that the more important questions did not begin with “what”. When it comes to the meaning of life, the most important questions begin with “why”.
I’ve written an entire chapter about the nature of objective, transcendent moral truths and values in my new book, God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for A Divinely Created Universe. If the universe (and everything in it) is merely the product of physical laws, space, time and matter, there is no reason to believe there is any transcendent innate purpose for our lives. As individuals struggling to survive in the midst of a pitiless, hostile, unconcerned universe, we get to assign our own meaning. As an atheist, I was more than prepared to do just that.
But, why did I think it was noble to enforce the law and be a good husband and father? Why did I think my standard of good and evil was the correct standard? Why did I think my ideas about purpose and meaning were important or honorable in the first place? Were my ideas about purpose and meaning simply a matter of opinion, or did I think I was living a life that was objectively valuable and meaningful? I first discovered the importance of these “why” questions as I became saturated in the subcultures of our society. As a patrol officer, a member of the gang detail and then a member of the career criminal team, I found the offenders I investigated had no problem assigning meaning to their lives as well; these folks lived contentedly within the purposes they had constructed for themselves. The gangsters I worked with for two years lived within a world of values and mores that were quite different from my own. Their goals and desires were influenced by their status within the gang and this status was achieved as they rejected much of what I valued in my own life. The more they misbehaved, the more stature they achieved within their own group. They definitely had their own ideas related to purpose and meaning, and they retained these values throughout their lives, both in and out of custody.
As a police officer, I rejected the values held by the people I arrested. I disagreed dramatically with their definitions related to the purpose of life. But why did I think my beliefs related to purpose were more valid than theirs? If everyone gets to assign their own meaning, who are we to judge those who select an evil (or even benignly contrary) purpose? Why should we even think anything is good or bad related to life’s meaning? There are gang neighborhoods in Los Angeles County in which people are living with an idea of purpose and meaning that is very different than my own. Are they wrong about the meaning of life? If so, why? Some would say it simply comes down to whether or not any harm is being done to others; if someone’s purpose in life involves harming others, we ought to be able to appropriately judge that purpose as misguided and wrong.
But I bet you would attempt to re-direct your son or daughter if they told you they decided the purpose of their life was to watch Hulu and Netflix all day. Even though this behavior would have no negative impact on the lives of others, I think you would invest some time trying to convince them to adopt a “better” or more productive purpose for their lives. But why should they listen to you? Why should they come to believe that your ideas about purpose and meaning are more valid than their own? Why isn’t the meaning they’ve chosen for themselves good enough? Why should they accept what you have to say in the first place? It’s a times like these, when we find ourselves evaluating two competing ideas about meaning and purpose that we confront the impotence of our subjective choices. If there is no transcendent, objective meaning to our lives, it’s all really a matter of opinion. If that’s the case, good luck trying to get your kids to stop watching videos. If, however, we have been designed by a Creator God for a purpose that transcends our own limited desire and perspective, we can begin to help our kids understand that we are arguing for more than an opinion. When we address the “why” questions, the “what” questions are much easier to answer and defend.
For more information about the scientific and philosophical evidence pointing to a Divine Creator, please read God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe. This book employs a simple crime scene strategy to investigate eight pieces of evidence in the universe to determine the most reasonable explanation. The book is accompanied by an eight-session God’s Crime Scene DVD Set (and Participant’s Guide) to help individuals or small groups examine the evidence and make the case.The post When It Comes to the Meaning of Life, the Question is Not “What”, But “Why” first appeared on Cold Case Christianity.
August 9 Evening Verse of the Day
31:6 The appeal to the leader and people alike to be strong and courageous is based on the promise of the abiding presence of the Lord with them. The ark of the covenant would be a visible symbol of that presence as they crossed over the Jordan and went into battle. The same promise of the Lord’s presence is reiterated to Joshua after Moses’ death (Josh. 1:5), while Joshua is exalted as leader to demonstrate that the Lord is with him (Josh. 3:7; 4:14). The expression ‘be strong and courageous’ appears to have become a standard one, as it is later used again for Joshua (Deut. 31:23; Josh. 1:6–7, 9, 18), for the people of Israel (Josh. 10:25), for Solomon (1 Chron. 22:13; 28:20), and for Hezekiah’s military leaders (2 Chron. 32:7). The concluding words of verse 6 give the reassurance that God will never fail nor abandon his people. Entry into Canaan and possession of the allotted territory will only come to pass because of the constancy of God’s presence. The author of the epistle to the Hebrews utilises this verse as he teaches his readers to be content with what they have in life (Heb. 13:5). This was a promise that proved true over the centuries, and may well have become a regular part of the liturgy or homiletical usage in Greek-speaking synagogues.[1]
31:6 — “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
Could anything feel more disconcerting or frightening than having to face a terrible trial all by yourself? God tells us that those who know Him never have to worry about that. He’s right there with us, in the easiest and most difficult of times.[2]
31:6 Be strong and courageous. This command to all Israel is also made directly to Joshua (vv. 7, 23; Josh. 1:6, 7, 9). Do not fear. See Deut. 1:28. He will not leave you or forsake you. In 1 Chron. 28:20, David applies this to Solomon; cf. Heb. 13:5.[3]
31:6 you should not be in dread from their presence Fear of the indigenous population, especially the giant clans, was at the heart of Israel’s unbelief that had resulted in the punishment of 40 years of wandering (see Num 13–14). See note on Deut 2:10–12.
God is the one going with you This phrase, used with some frequency in the ot, indicates God’s assurance of protection. See Gen 21:22; 26:3, 28; 28:15, 20; 39:2–3; Judg 6:13; Isa 8:10.[4]
[1] Harman, A. M. (2001). Deuteronomy: The Commands of a Covenant God (p. 265). Christian Focus Publications.
[2] Stanley, C. F. (2005). The Charles F. Stanley life principles Bible: New King James Version (Dt 31:6). Nelson Bibles.
[3] Crossway Bibles. (2008). The ESV Study Bible (p. 375). Crossway Bibles.
[4] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., Whitehead, M. M., Grigoni, M. R., & Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Dt 31:6). Lexham Press.
August 11 – What Is the Plowing of the Wicked? | VCY
TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:
Nehemiah 1:1-3:14
1 Corinthians 7:1-24
Psalm 31:19-24
Proverbs 21:4
Nehemiah 1:7 — One thousand years after Moses, Nehemiah is still aware of the consequences of forsaking the Law and the promise for obedience to the Law (Nehemiah 1:8).
Nehemiah 2:4 — One of the shortest prayers recorded in the Bible.
Nehemiah 2:18 — The energy within the crowd is intense! “Let us rise up and build!” God’s work should result in an enthusiastic response!
Nehemiah 3:1 — Nehemiah motivated the pilgrims of Israel to follow through on the burden that God shared with Nehemiah to rebuild the city.
1 Corinthians 7:1 — Paul uses the Corinthian sin as a teaching opportunity. Having chastised the Corinthians for tolerating incest, he now backs up and shows the biblical practice of sexual morality:
- Exclusivity (1 Corinthians 7:1)
- Monogamy (1 Corinthians 7:2)
- Sexuality (1 Corinthians 7:3)
- Submissive (1 Corinthians 7:4)
1 Corinthians 7:19 — Paul reiterates that circumcision is not valuable in God’s economy (see Romans 4:9-12).
Psalm 31:20 — The Psalmist knows personally the blessing of the LORD because it was the LORD that hid him safely away from his enemies! Because God has been so good, the Psalmist has to shout (Psalm 31:19, Psalm 31:21, Psalm 31:23-24).
Proverbs 21:4 — What does he mean “the plowing of the wicked?” From Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers:
The plowing of the wicked.–i.e., their work, all they do; for it is not done to please God but themselves; nor carried on in His strength, but in reliance upon their own, and therefore it is “sin,” not pleasing to Him.
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Always First in Fellowship | VCY
He goeth before you into Gailee; there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. (Mark 16:7)
Where He appointed to meet His disciples, there He would be in due time. Jesus keeps His trust. If He promises to meet us at the mercy seat, or in public worship, or in the ordinances, we may depend upon it that He will be there. We may wickedly stay away from the appointed meeting place, but He never does. He says, “Where two or three are met together in my name, there am I”; He says not, “There will I be,” but, “I am there already.”
Jesus is always first in fellowship: “He goeth before you.” His heart is with His people, His delight is in them, He is never slow to meet them. In all fellowship He goeth before us.
But He reveals Himself to those who come after Him: “There shall ye see him.” Joyful sight! We care not to see the greatest of mere men, but to see Him is to be filled with joy and peace. And we shall see Him, for He promises Himself to them. Rest assured that it will be so, for He does everything according to His word of promise: “As he said unto you. Catch at those last words, and be assured that to the end He will do for you “as he said unto you.”
Learn from the One Who Is Gentle and Lowly in Heart | Truth For Life Blog
By nature, men and women act self-reliant, often burdened by the futility of trying to make sense of their existence or attempting to please God through self-effort. Jesus invites all sinners to come and find rest in Him. While His call is universal, it’s also very personal. Those who accept His invitation are expected to learn from Him.
Continuing his miniseries on Matthew 11:28–30 and encouraging us to become Christ’s pupils, Alistair Begg considers who Jesus is, what He does for believers, and what He’s like as a teacher.
Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
So we come now for the third time to what is referred to—this little passage—as “comfortable words” in the prayer book. This is, of course, familiar territory. It is as well-known as many a passage in the Bible. It is clear, it is unmistakable, it is universal in its appeal, and it is clearly personal in its application.
It can be read, as I read it, in a matter of seconds. It is an invitation that stands alone and by itself. And what we’ve chosen to do by taking focus on these individual verbs has broken it up in a way that I hope will not cause us to miss the larger point that is being made. We began by looking at the straightforward invitation, “Come to me,” straightforward, simple, clear; and then “Take my yoke upon you,” from invitation to obligation; and now, this morning, to “learn from me,” which, if you like, we can say is education; and then, all being well, God willing, next Sunday, “find rest for your souls”—if you like, the ultimate transformation.
Now, I want to make sure that folks who have not been with us don’t feel left behind. And there is a sense in which all of these verbs, of course, fold into this one great invitation. It’s important, I think, to at least make this point: that the taking and the learning and, ultimately, the finding, these things are actually different from the coming. It’s not that the obligation and the learning, the discipleship, are prerequisites for coming. Rather, having come to Jesus, having acknowledged the very straightforward invitation that has been given, then evidence of the fact that we have responded to the invitation will be seen not least of all in our obeying His Word and in learning of Him.
Watch, read, or listen to “Learn from Me”
https://blog.truthforlife.org/learn-from-the-one-who-is-gentle-and-lowly-in-heart
Reflections before Coming to the Communion Table | Truth For Life Blog
Why are we, as saved sinners, given the privilege of feasting at the Communion table before a holy God? Because He has provided an atonement for our rebellion! In his sermon “The Lamb of God,” Alistair traces man’s search for a substitutionary sacrifice throughout Scripture, starting with Isaac, who asks his father, “Where is the lamb?” The ultimate answer, of course, comes centuries later, when John the Baptist introduces Jesus as the unblemished Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. By becoming sin for us on the cross, Christ Jesus provides perfect redemption—and perfect communion—for all who believe.
Upon the cross of Jesus
Mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of one
Who suffered there for me.1It’s here, at the cross, that Jesus has dealt with sin—all of my disobedience completely covered over by Christ’s obedience; the word is expiation. It is here at the cross that God’s wrath is settled; the word is propitiation. Because our predicament before God outside of Christ is twofold: we are separated from Him on account of our rebellion against Him and He from us on account of His wrath towards our sin. Therefore, if we are ever to know God savingly, then our rebellion needs to be dealt with, and so does His wrath. Where is it dealt with? That’s right: at the cross. It’s at the cross that we’re reconciled to God.
The wonder of it is that God the Father didn’t just send Jesus to us. He sent Jesus for us. For us! That before the foundation of the world… Jesus came and died in order that He might bear your sin—not just sin, not just an amorphous mass of sin, but bear my sin, my rebellion, my disobedience, whatever it might be. He came purposefully for you. No wonder they call it a Eucharist, a thanksgiving! “Thank you, Lord!”
In His mercy—in His mercy—He hasn’t left us to the consequences of our choices. How about that? If He had let us do more of the dumb stuff that we were thinking of doing and left us to the consequences, we certainly wouldn’t be here. He doesn’t require us to repair what we have ruined, because He who knew no sin became sin for us in order that in Him, we might become the righteousness of God.
And where there is that sacrifice for sin, that once-for-all, settled… In Christ, God has nothing against you tonight. Do you understand that? That’s the amazing thing about Hebrews 10. It says, “And the Holy Spirit also says…” And when it says, “The Holy Spirit also says,” what does he say? He quotes the Bible! The Holy Spirit quotes the Scriptures: “Your sins and your lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
Stream or read Alistair’s Latest Sermons
- Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” (1868). ↩︎
https://blog.truthforlife.org/reflections-before-coming-to-the-communion-table
9 Aug 2024 News Briefing
Catastrophic floods in Yemen claim over 45 lives, destroy thousands of homes, farms, and properties
A devastating flood swept through Yemen’s Hodeida Governorate on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, killing more than 30 people and causing heavy damage to infrastructure, including major hospitals. The floods, which struck as part of ongoing seasonal rains, have displaced thousands of people and left many areas without power.
Very strong and shallow M7.1 earthquake hits near the coast of Kyushu, Japan
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M7.1 hit near the coast of Kyushu, Japan at 07:43 UTC on August 8, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles). USGS is reporting M7.1 at a depth of 25 km (15.5 miles); EMSC M7.1 at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles).
Are Religious Leaders In Israel Getting Ready To Sacrifice A Red Heifer?
Is the world about to be shocked by the sacrifice of a red heifer in the land of Israel? On September 15th, 2022 five perfect red heifers were flown into Israel from the state of Texas. That got a lot of attention, but at that time all of those red heifers were too young to qualify for a red heifer sacrifice. A couple of years have passed since then and now they are all old enough to qualify, and it is being reported that rituals that would be part of a red heifer sacrifice are being practiced.
Is A Much Deadlier Strain Of Monkeypox Going To Be The Next Great Global Health Scare?
Should we be alarmed? Many of us have been watching the spread of a deadly new strain of Monkeypox for quite some time, and now it appears that this crisis is about to reach a boiling point. It is being reported that the World Health Organization is going to hold an “emergency meeting” to determine whether or not to declare a “public health emergency of international concern” due to a rapidly growing outbreak of Monkeypox in central Africa.
Logitech CEO talked about a computer mouse that you paying a subscription for.
Hanneke Faber, the CEO of computer and tech company Logitech, announced a new business model that would charge customers a subscription fee to lease the use of their computer mouse in a plan that is touted as cutting carbon emissions. Update: Logitech backpedaling; now insists it never planned to release a mouse tied to a subscription. However, Faber did admit that she doesn’t “think we’re necessarily super far away from that.”
Photo of Brazilian surfer giving glory to God at Olympics goes viral
A photo of a Brazilian surfer professing Christ at the Summer Olympics has gone viral.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Is Encouraging Residents To Report Neighbors for “Misinformation”
Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has launched a campaign to root out supposed “election misinformation” – by urging the state’s residents to report each other.
Brits Warned Merely ‘Retweeting’ Information About Riots Could Be a Criminal Offense
UK authorities have warned people that merely retweeting information about the riots could lead to criminal charges. Yes, really.
A Glimpse of Gog and Magog?
In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible reveals a coming attack on Israel from “the north parts”(38:15). The country to the furthest north of Israel is Russia. Many Bible teachers, The Friends of Israel included, believe that this refers to Russia, including many Arab nations currently in alliance or support of Russia.
Is Iran About To Start World War III?
Have we reached a point of no return?…the world is waiting for news that Iran has attacked Israel. If it happens, it is likely to be a significantly larger attack than the last one. Of course once Iran attacks, then everyone will be watching Israel to see if they strike back or not. If Israel chooses not to strike back, this could be the end of it for a while. But ultimately this is a war that is still just getting started. It is just a matter of time before all-out war erupts, and when we finally reach that point the death and destruction that we will witness will shock the entire globe.
Nearly 1 in 20 Syrians Now Lives in Islamized Germany
Since the asylum crisis of 2015, the Syrian population in Germany has surged dramatically. According to Statista, Germany now hosts a staggering 972,000 Syrians. This means that almost 1 in 20 Syrians globally now live in Germany, considering Syria’s total population of 22 million. In stark contrast, only 60,000 Syrians were living in Germany in 2013, marking a sixteen-fold increase over a decade.
Effective responses to pandemics and peace
The recently published New Zealand Pandemic Plan shows they intend to repeat all the wrong things they did during covid. It ignores, as was the case during the covid era, natural health approaches such as exercise, nutrition and meditation, which have been shown to strengthen the immune system. And as if that wasn’t enough, it shows that health authorities expect the right to wield broad powers during pandemics declared in the future.
A preventative state and UK law enforcement’s two-tier policy
In response to protests and riots in the last week in the UK, there has been a general feeling among the British public that the police are engaged in two-tier policing – taking a soft approach to certain sectors of the British public while taking an overly aggressive approach towards others. Sir Keir Starmer’s two-tier response to the same protests and riots has significantly aggravated the situation.
Who are the “far-right”?
You are the “Far Right.” And you will be destroyed by “Net Zero.” It will mean no holidays, no television, no football, no heating, no hot food, and nothing much of anything else.
Source: https://www.raptureready.com/2024/08/09/9-aug-2024/
Headlines – 8/9/2024
Security cabinet convenes as Israel warns Hezbollah of ‘destruction’ if it attacks
Lebanese media reports two killed in alleged Israeli strike in Naqoura, south Lebanon
Syria says four troops hurt in alleged Israeli strike
Cyprus says it’s again ready to help foreigners flee Lebanon in case of wider war
US Fighter Jets Reach Middle East Armed With Warning for Iran
Report: US warned Iran it will suffer devastating blow if it launches major attack on Israel
Report: U.S. Warns Iran Against ‘Significant’ Attack on Israel; Smaller Attack OK?
Iranian operatives have been posing as Israelis to try to recruit them, Shin Bet says
Sinwar Power Grab Cements Hamas-Iran Ties
Killing of Hamas boss Haniyeh will ‘cost Israel gravely,’ Iran warns
Iran mulls scrapping plans to take revenge on Israel in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire
Iran may pursue agents who killed Haniyeh instead of widely attacking Israel – report
U.S., Egypt and Qatar call for “urgent talks” next week to reach Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
Israel Agrees to Resume Gaza Truce Talks Next Week
Families of US hostages: ‘Time long past due’ for deal, ‘world leaders must not waver’
IDF launches new offensive in Khan Younis; officer seriously hurt in Rafah
IDF combat teams destroy booby-trapped building in Rafah, kill Hamas terrorists
Israel kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war
Bibi Apologizes for Oct. 7, Seeks Accountability
Netanyahu says he’s deeply sorry about October 7, but rejects probe until after war
Christian Zionists Sue Biden over ‘Unconstitutional’ Sanctions on Israel
Majority Of Americans Oppose Using US Troops To Defend Israel: Poll
Wilkie: ‘Obscenity’ For Harris to Consider Israel Arms Embargo
Aide says Harris opposes Israel arms embargo, after far-left group claims she may not
Rashida Tlaib Shares Fake ‘Poll’ Claiming Israelis Support Rape
Defeated ‘Squad’ Member Threatens Pro-Israeli Groups After Loss: ‘Coming to Tear Your Kingdom Down!’
White House denounces Cori Bush’s ‘inflammatory’ words to AIPAC after primary loss
Walking tightrope, Kamala Harris listens to anti-Israel activists, then shushes them
Left Pans Kamala Harris for Angrily Scolding Anti-Israel Protesters: ‘Inappropriate, Lacks Empathy’
University of Georgia panel upholds sanctions for 6 students over Gaza war protest
3 Columbia deans quit after exchanging texts deriding campus antisemitism concerns
Ottawa Pride calls out Islamophobia, ‘pink-washing’ in ‘solidarity’ with Gaza ahead of parade
Belgian author sued for writing he wants to stab every Jew he meets
Israel revokes accreditation for Norwegian diplomats dealing with Palestinian Authority
US, EU say Israel revoking Norwegian diplomats’ status ‘unwarranted,’ not ‘helpful’
Oil tanker reports double attack off Yemen, crew safe
Interim leader Muhammad Yunus takes the helm in Bangladesh, to seek peace and prepare elections
Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose Unconditional Aid to Ukraine, Say Ukraine Cannot Win War
Russia Battles Ukraine Troops After Shock Incursion
Russia’s Medvedev Calls for Further Invasion of Ukraine
Reports: Death Toll in Venezuela Anti-Socialist Protests Rises to 24
Special Counsel: Hunter Biden Accepted Money to ‘Influence U.S. Government Agencies’
Rep. Comer: Walz ‘Perfect Candidate’ for China
Sen. Marco Rubio: China Groomed Tim Walz
Tim Walz Chose Wedding Date to Coincide with Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Then Honeymooned in China
Judged Warned Tim Walz to Stop Lying About $250 Million Fraud by Somalis
Tim Walz claimed he served in Afghanistan – he didn’t: Iraq vet
Kamala’s campaign claimed Tim Walz chaired veteran affairs committee – he didn’t
CNN’s Zeleny: We’ll See if Walz Answers Questions on Military Record, ‘If He Ever Takes Questions’
New Trump Shooting Video Confirms Secret Service Knew 4 Days in Advance About Danger
New Audio-Video From Trump Rally Shows Local Law Enforcement’s Frustration with Secret Service
Special counsel asks to delay Trump 2020 election case into September
Voting machine company president indicted on bribery and money laundering charges
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Mandates Paper Ballots for November Election
Iran hackers ramping up online activity to influence US election, Microsoft says
Economic turbulence ‘effectively assured’ Fed will cut interest rates in September
Major U.S. Banks Shuttered 33 Branches During 2-Week Period in July
‘Dubious About A Soft Landing’: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Warns Of Possibility Of Stagflation
CNN Effectively Worthless After Parent Warner Bros Takes $9.1 Billion Writedown
AI advancements can be both a tool and a threat, cybersecurity officials say
As Skies Fill With Space Junk, Nonprofit Urges US to Pause StarLink Launches
NASA considers bringing stranded astronauts back with SpaceX
Once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion from T Coronae Borealis will create a ‘new star’ in the sky
Long-duration X1.3 solar flare erupts from geoeffective region
Strong Quake, Small Tsunamis Hit Southern Japan With Minor Damage
After 7.1 magnitude earthquake, Japan issues first ‘megaquake’ warning
5.6 magnitude earthquake hits the Fiji region
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Miyazaki, Japan
5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Otobe, Japan
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 26,000ft
Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
Minor eruption at Whakaari / White Island sees alert level rise
‘An early and violent start’: NOAA issues dire hurricane season forecast
A deadly tornado, flooding rains and swollen rivers plague residents in the path of Debby
Typhoon Maria tracking northward across North Pacific Ocean
Typhoon Gaemi causes economic losses of US$220m in Fujian Province alone
Extreme rainstorm hits China’s Mount Tai
China’s rains and floods led to near doubling of natural disaster losses in July
Flooding in Houthi Stronghold in Yemen Leaves 30 People Dead, Hundreds Displaced
Northern Brazil cuts hydro power use with prolonged drought
Tim Walz backs plan for taxpayers to fund college tuition for illegal immigrants
Elon Musk Boosted Fake Headline About UK ‘Detainment Camps’ Amid Criticism Of UK Handling Of Riots
Suspects in Swift concert terror plot wanted to ‘kill as many people as possible’
Austria Finds Chemicals in House of Suspected Taylor Swift Concert Attack Plotter
Iraq Debates Legalizing Marriage for 9-Year-Old Girls
Six Christians Arrested in Paris for Objecting to Olympics Opening Ceremony
W.H.O. Panic: Dozens of Coronavirus Cases at Olympics, World Unprepared for Surge
Mid-Day Snapshot · August 9, 2024
“From The Patriot Post (patriotpost.us)”.
THE FOUNDATION
“I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know upon what principle it can be contended that any one department draws from the Constitution greater powers than another in marking out the limits of the powers of the several departments.” —James Madison (1789)
| ON THIS DAY in 1945 the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, this time at Nagasaki, prompting Japan to finally surrender a few days later, ending World War II. |
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Douglas Andrews, Thomas Gallatin, & Jordan Candler
Free Speech
- GARM folds: Two days after X raised an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) over its alleged directing of a massive ad boycott following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform, the group has folded. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has announced that it is “discontinuing” GARM. While WFA rejected any notion that it was engaged in antitrust activities, it claimed the decision to disband GARM was “not made lightly” and that it was primarily due to GARM being a not-for-profit organization that couldn’t afford the legal challenge. X CEO Linda Yaccarino responded to the development, stating, “No small group should be able to monopolize what gets monetized. This is an important acknowledgement and a necessary step in the right direction. I am hopeful that it means ecosystem-wide reform is coming.” This is a big win for Musk and freedom of speech. Though, as our Mark Alexander observes, “I presume this effort will come back in some more insidious and less visible form.”
Government & Politics
- Trump calls for three debates while Harris runs scared: Kamala “Say It to My Face” Harris is, all of a sudden, afraid to debate. Or at least afraid to commit to more than one debate with a friendly moderator. After having been repeatedly mocked by Harris from the safety of her campaign rallies, Donald Trump is now on the offensive, calling for three debates instead of just one. And Harris doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about it. “The former president and 2024 GOP nominee said he agreed to a Sept. 4 debate on Fox News, a Sept. 10 debate on ABC, and a third on NBC on Sept. 25,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “The ABC debate was previously agreed upon when President Biden was in the race. Trump had called into question whether he would face off on ABC with the vice president now at the top of the Democratic ticket.” Our sense is that Kamala Harris’s handlers are so petrified of the prospect of her wandering off script or speaking without a teleprompter that she’s content to employ a 2.0 version of Joe Biden’s highly effective “basement strategy.” The question is: Will the mainstream media let her get away with it?
- Harris campaign quietly updates Walz bio: The Harris campaign has admitted that their guy has a stolen valor problem. No, they didn’t admit it in so many words, but their actions spoke volumes. As the Washington Examiner reports, “After Harris picked Walz to be her No. 2 on Tuesday, her campaign website called the Minnesota Democrat ‘the son of an Army veteran and a retired Command Sergeant Major in the Army National Guard himself.’ Two days later, Walz’s online biography has been changed to label him as ‘the son of an Army veteran who served as a command sergeant major.’” Why is this significant? Because Walz didn’t “retire” as a command sergeant major. He got demoted for failing to complete the requirements of that higher rank. And maybe for ditching his unit just before it deployed to Iraq.
- All of Tim Walz’s military service embellishments — from claiming he carried weapons in war to making people think he deployed to Afghanistan (NY Post)
- Satire: Walz clarifies that he’s never been to Iraq, but he has been to downtown Minneapolis which is basically the same thing (Babylon Bee)
- Walz’s pandemic fraud: No governor across the country had more pandemic-related fraud occur under his or her watch than did Minnesota’s Tim Walz. Some $250 million in COVID-related relief that was intended to provide meals for children instead went to fraudsters, and 70 individuals are now being prosecuted by the federal government. Repeated warning signs of the massive fraud were effectively ignored by the state’s Department of Education. Minnesota Republican Representative Lisa Demuth laid the blame on Walz: “One hundred percent of the fraud lands on the shoulders of Gov. Walz. We have systemic fraud in the state of Minnesota, and it has not been taken seriously.” Bill Glahn, a policy fellow at the Minnesota think tank Center of the American Experiment, observed, “The buck’s got to stop somewhere. The Department of Education is a Cabinet-level agency. [Walz] appoints the commissioner and then several layers of bureaucrats below that. It falls to him.”
- Judge orders DOJ to answer for Ashli Babbitt’s death: It’s been three and a half years since a 35-year-old Trump supporter named Ashli Babbitt was gunned down by a panicky Capitol cop named Michael Byrd. Byrd’s actions were never sufficiently investigated, although he “defended” himself during a friendly 2021 TV interview by saying, “I believe I showed the, uh, utmost courage on January 6. … I know that day I saved countless lives.” On the contrary, our Mark Alexander called the investigation “the whitewashing of an unjustifiable police shooting.” And now, the Washington Examiner reports, “A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to ‘answer’ charges in a $30 million wrongful death suit on behalf of Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old Trump supporter shot dead as she entered a lobby just off the House floor during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.” It’s also significant that the judge will listen to arguments for the trial to be held in San Diego, home of Babbitt’s husband, instead of the rigged town of Washington, DC.
Security
- Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the U.S. election, Microsoft says (AP)
- U.S. issues warning to Iran of “serious risk” if it carries out retaliatory attack against Israel (Fox News)
- “Only one place for Yahya Sinwar”: Israel vows to kill new Hamas political leader (National Review)
- Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russia leaves Putin with the stunned-mullet look (RedState)
- Taylor Swift terror plot was deadly serious: Three suspects have thus far been detained in connection to a terror plot against now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Austria. The three arrested are young men ages 17, 18, and 19. One of the individuals, an Iraqi, reportedly “took an oath of allegiance specifically to ISIS,” though all three individuals were radicalized into the Islamic State and believed it was right to kill infidels. The three plotted to attack a Swift concert scheduled for the 65,000-capacity Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Austrian authorities are now looking into a “network” of suspects connected to this trio, whose goal was to murder as many people as possible in the name of ISIS. Swift, an American pop icon, is a high-value soft target; a terror attack on one of her concerts would have been used by ISIS to spread its message of jihadi terrorism. Thankfully, it was thwarted. But this serves as a warning that ISIS and other jihadists are looking for soft targets to attack.
- Satire: Taylor Swift jet launches retaliatory strike on ISIS stronghold (Babylon Bee)
- LEO exasperation with Secret Secret: “I f***ing told them that they needed to post guys f***ing over here… I told them that f***ing Tuesday.” That was from recently released audio and body cam footage from a Butler Township police officer directly before Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump. “I talked to the Secret Service guys. They’re like, ‘Yeah, no problem. We’re going to post guys over here.’” The officer’s body cam footage shows him being hoisted by a fellow officer up to the edge of the roof, where he spots Crooks and immediately drops back down. He radios seconds later, “He’s armed. I saw him. He’s laying down.” Roughly 30 seconds later, Crooks began shooting. What is clear from this body cam footage is a series of significant breakdowns in communication. Butler law enforcement believed that the Secret Service had operational control of the roof and was frustrated to find out that was not the case. Furthermore, Secret Service agents weren’t at a command post that Butler police had set up before the rally, making it difficult for law enforcement to communicate information quickly to the Secret Service. Acting USSS Director Ronald Rowe acknowledged last week that “we should have had more of a presence” at the building, adding, “This was a Secret Service failure. That roofline should have been covered. We should have had better eyes on that.”
American Spirit
- RV retailer defies Cali flag-haters: If you have a Camping World near you, it’s easy enough to recognize. That’s because, in addition to having a lot full of campers, the RV retailer tends to fly a giant American flag at many of its 250 locations. But to the America-hating leftist bureaucrats in San Joaquin County, California, that flag is unwelcome. “Camping World’s flagpole was installed with neither a building permit nor planning approval, therefore they are in conversation with the code enforcement division,” the county said in a statement to a local news affiliate. As Fox Business reports, “The county feels the flagpole could be dangerous because of its closeness to property lines and the highway,” but Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis disagrees, and he’s ordered the flag to be reinstalled. “It’s symbolism about how we feel about this country,” says Lemonis. “We have a lot of veterans who work for us, and a lot of veterans who shop with us. I happen to be an immigrant. I was given the blessing of being able to enter this country and become a citizen, and I’m grateful for it.”
Misc.
- Filings in federal tax case claim Hunter Biden was paid by Romanian oligarch to get investigation killed (RedState)
- Rashida Tlaib shares fake “poll” claiming Israelis support rape (Breitbart)
- Google, Meta hatched secret deal to target teens on YouTube with Instagram ads (NY Post)
- COVID fell out of top five mortality causes last year for first time (Washington Times)
- Delta’s top DEI officer jettisons “ladies and gentleman” gate announcements as part of equity push (Fox Business)
- Dunkin’ Donuts hit with conservative backlash, calls for boycott (Washington Times)
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FEATURED ANALYSIS
Camo Kamala Keeps on Hiding
Douglas Andrews
If, as songwriter Tom Lehrer once said, satire died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, then its corpse was surely revivified this week when the Harris-Walz campaign began selling camo caps.
After all, what could be more American than a woodlands ball cap? And what could be less American than the undemocratically determined candidacy of a Bay Area progressive of Jamaican-Indian descent who grew up in Canada and whose ancestors were slaveowners, coupled with that of a deployment-dodging, valor-thieving, China-loving blowhard who dithered for three days before sending in the National Guard while Minneapolis burned (and only then, as state senators pointed out, after having asked whether the Guardsmen had undergone “diversity and inclusion training” and had “experience in working with diverse communities”)?
It’s baseball, hot dogs, apple pie … and Marxism.
Kamala Harris was “endorsed” by Joe Biden on July 21, concurrent with his, ahem, decision to drop out of the presidential race. And she secured the Democrat nomination on August 5, naming fellow lefty Tim Walz as her running mate a day later. But until yesterday, she hadn’t taken so much as a single substantive question from the media, even going so far as to use children as human shields to keep reporters away.
And yesterday, when she did deign to take questions, she only did so for 77 seconds before boarding Air Force Two on the way to a question-free, teleprompter-driven campaign stop in Arizona. When asked about maybe possibly granting a friendly interview about, you know, her plans for the presidency of the United States, she said: “I’ve talked to my team. I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.”
Before the end of the month. That’s August 31. In the swing state of North Carolina, absentee ballots are being mailed out September 6. But, hey, she sat for an interview on June 24, so what’s all the fuss?
Donald Trump, on the other hand, thinks the American people deserve to hear and weigh the differences between his candidacy and hers, between his record and hers. “I think it’s very important to have debates,” he said yesterday during a lengthy presser at Mar-a-Lago. “And we’ve agreed with Fox on a date of September 4. We’ve agreed with NBC, fairly full agreement, subject to them, on September 10, and we’ve agreed with ABC on September 25.”
Waiting on you, Kamala.
Even the trucklings at The New York Times have noticed Harris’s refusal to answer questions, writing, “Aides to Ms. Harris argue that in a fractured media landscape, where trust in traditional news outlets has fallen, their most effective voter outreach comes from alternative venues like TikTok and their own social media platforms.”
Kamala Harris would like nothing more than to stick to the teleprompter and run out the clock. Call it the Basement 2.0 strategy.
Think about it: For more than a week, the media interrogated JD Vance over a three-year-old throwaway comment about childless cat ladies. And yet no one in that same media thinks Harris’s myriad flip-flops — on fracking, on guns, on immigration, on Medicare for All — are worth asking about.
Folks, Momala interviews with cupcakey Drew Barrymore aren’t serious, and they aren’t going to cut it.
All of this comes just 10 days ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Harris will be heralded as a modern-day mix of Joan of Arc and Maggie Thatcher, but with the warmth and compassion of Mother Teresa.
You wait. Just watch.
An unnamed source close to the Harris campaign told Politico recently, “What is the incentive for her [to take more questions]? She’s getting out exactly the message she wants to get out.”
Indeed she is, and it’s not at all healthy for an informed electorate.
As columnist David Harsanyi writes: “Not one journalist in the corporate or legacy media has explained how Biden’s obvious senility could turn from a democracy-corroding MAGA misinformation operation into an accepted reality in a single day. If they were fooled for three years, how can we trust them? If they weren’t fooled, and they didn’t tell us, how can we trust them?”
The establishment scribes on the Wall Street Journal editorial board are no fans of Donald Trump, but at least they understand the game that the Harris campaign has been playing. Perhaps, too, they understand the vacuousness of Kamala Harris herself, especially when it comes to American leadership in a dangerous world. “Donald Trump often shoots from the hip on these subjects,” they write, “and his favorable comments about dictators are witless. But his first-term record, especially on Iran and the Middle East, is far stronger than the Biden-Harris performance. Americans shouldn’t have to read tea leaves to figure out if Ms. Harris would keep the country safe in a treacherous world.”
What’s Harris’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine? For restoring Middle East peace? For dealing with the world-dominating designs of Communist China? Low-information Democrat voters might not give a hoot about any of these topics, but thoughtful Americans do.
And they deserve better than Kamala Harris’s laughable camo caps and her cowardly avoidance of legitimate questions.
MORE ANALYSIS
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- Brian Mark Weber: The UN’s October 7th Co-Conspirators — The United Nations has some explaining to do regarding the involvement of its staffers in last year’s barbaric Hamas attack on Israel.
- Mark Alexander: Profiles of Valor: COL Gabby Gabreski (USA/USAF) — He displayed “unusual valor and new combat tactics in becoming a leading ace in two wars, and by devotion to duty in peace.”
- Ron Helle: Trash Talk — Political vitriol has been around as long as politics, but “trash talk” didn’t originate with a politician.
- In Brief: The Hollow Kingdom — A dispatch from London on the brink of chaos.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
- Victor Davis HansonThe Harris Flop Would Be Scarier Than Her Flip
- Josh HammerKamala Harris and the Civilizational Jihad of Democratic Street Thuggery
- David HarsanyiTim Walz, ‘Folksy’ Socialist
- Michael BaroneThe Symmetrical Vice Presidential Picks: Polarized Politics Continues
- The Babylon BeeEight Harrowing War Stories From Tim Walz, the Man Who Was There
For more of today’s columns, visit Right Opinion.
BEST OF VIDEOS
- ‘AIPAC, I’m Coming to Tear Your Kingdom Down’ — Leftist “Squad” member Cori Bush melts down on stage after her primary loss.
- The Truth About the English Riots — What the mainstream media wont show the public about the unfolding violence in the UK.
- United Nations: ‘We Own the Science’ — Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, expresses her commitment to pushing the climate change narrative.
- PopCon #56: Olympic Perversion and Mr. Beast — The French are known for pushing the envelope, but they exceeded their reputation at the 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Paris.
- Satire: Campaign Spam Texts — STOP. SENDING. ME. THESE.
SHORT CUTS
Stolen Valor
“[Tim] Walz [is] a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.” —2006 campaign press release
“I’m a retired Command Sergeant Major.” —Tim Walz, 2006 (“He did briefly hold that rank but his rank was then officially reduced to Master Sergeant.” —Mark Alexander)
Praetorian Guard
“JD Vance as a messenger on this may be an imperfect messenger. Because … ‘Combat Correspondent’ … was what his title was. But when you dig a little deeper into that, he was a public affairs specialist. Someone who did not see combat, which certainly the title ‘Combat Correspondent’ kind of gives you a different impression.” —CNN’s Brianna Keilar (“This is disgusting, and you and your entire network should be ashamed of yourselves. When I got the call to go to Iraq, I went. Tim Walz said he carried a gun in a war. Did he? No. It was a lie.” —JD Vance)
Dumb & Dumber
“Has JD Vance been in combat?” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
“I’m not aware of any military service that JD Vance has ever served.” —Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)
Gaslighting
“The Trump campaign is criticizing Gov. Tim Walz for supplying free tampons in schools. But advocates say it’s essential for many students.” —CBS News (“The Trump campaign is criticizing Gov. Tim Walz for supplying free tampons in schools for boys.” There, we fixed it.)
Who Wants to Tell Her?
“We believe in a future where we lower the cost of living for America’s families.” —Kamala Harris
Belly Laughs of the Day
“Vice President Harris is picking a uniter for not just the Democratic Party but for the entire United States.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
“We’re the party, you see, that actually believes in law and order and the separation of powers and courts doing what they’re supposed to do and making sure that nobody is above the law.” —Harris-Walz campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu
For the Record
“What should Harris’ [VP] pick tell us, in the end? That she’s a radical, and that she’s a coward. That she will always, when given the opportunity, side with the most extreme in her party — and that she is afraid enough of them that she’s willing to engage in the most cynical bigotry in order to curry their favor. That’s the kind of person who certainly should not be president of the United States.” —Ben Shapiro
And Last…
“[Cori Bush] surely won’t be the last progressive insurgent to rise up to shame her own party, but it’s good to see her joining Jamaal Bowman in forced retirement.” —National Review
MEMES & CARTOONS
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Journalists Confused By Presidential Candidate Standing In Front Of Cameras And Answering Questions | Babylon Bee
PALM BEACH, FL — Members of the media were caught off guard today and expressed confusion after seeing a presidential candidate standing in front of cameras and answering questions.
The incident occurred today at the Mar-a-Lago resort estate of former President Donald Trump, where the media gathered in dumbfounded silence and stared in bewilderment at an actual presidential candidate standing right in front of them and answering their questions.
“What… what strange practice is this?” one journalist was heard asking as he observed the surreal event of Trump answering a reporter’s question. “Let me get this straight… this guy is running for president, and he’s actually standing there in front of cameras and he’s… fielding questions from the media? And he wasn’t given the questions in advance? And he’s not reciting scripted answers from a teleprompter? Are we sure this is ok? It feels like we’re doing something wrong.”
Trump captivated the media as they sat in stunned amazement at the sight of a presidential candidate opening his mouth and saying words he thought of himself while nearby news cameras recorded the entire exchange for the rest of the world to see. “Look at him up there,” another reporter marveled. “He’s just… letting people ask stuff. And he’s giving answers from his brain! I heard about stuff like this in journalism classes at college, but I never thought I’d actually see it with my own eyes. Does this guy even know how to be a presidential candidate? He’s not supposed to be doing this.”
At publishing time, journalists left in shock following the Trump press conference were seen booking flights back to Washington, D.C., where they could return to the safety and comfort of never receiving answers at White House press briefings.
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Mounting Threats from Iran & Hezbollah | CBN NewsWatch – August 9, 2024
Israel’s security cabinet met Thursday night to discuss the mounting threats from Iran and Hezbollah. CBN Israel and Regent University are taking a unique approach to help Israelis traumatized by the ongoing war. Donald Trump, is looking to stop the momentum of his challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris. Holding a rare Press Conference, Thursday, at Mar-a-Lago. Reports of revival are spreading across the United Kingdom. The movement is marked by an increase in prayer as well as increase in the number of healings.
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Democrats Ask the American People to Elect ‘Laughable’ and ‘Affable’ | The Daily Declaration
Which means it’s Trump and common sense to win in a canter.
The Democrats’ presidential ticket is worse than dumb and dumber — it’s woke and wokest.
In a development not even Saturday Night Live writers could have imagined, Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
It’s said she picked him because they had good rapport. So, America will be asked to put Laughable and Affable in the White House.
The New York Times described Kamala’s pale stale white male running mate (an odd choice for her, I thought) as “folksy”.
And if you consider putting tampons in boys’ bathrooms as a folksy thing to do, well, then I suppose he is folksy in a sort of radical left, extremist kind of way.
Loudmouth
Waltz came out firing when presented to the Democrat faithful:
“Donald Trump sees the world a little differently than us. First of all, he doesn’t know the first thing about service. He doesn’t have time for it because he’s too busy serving himself.”
And then this:
“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump. (Pause for effect) That’s not even counting the crimes he committed.”
Zinger!
The man’s got a bigger mouth than Kamala. Not as big as Trump’s.
It was Walz who, apparently, came up with the word “weird” to describe Trump’s running mate, JD Vance.
The Democrats and their mainstream media partners have employed that term ad nauseam against JD. But it’s a bit rich coming from Walz, who declared Minnesota a “trans refuge state”.
As Governor, Walz has:
- Signed laws that require schools to put tampons in boys’ bathrooms.
- Supported legislation that would see parents lose custody of their own children if they refused to support sex change surgery.
- Supported the “defund the police” movement following George Floyd’s death in 2020. Speaking of which, his wife is on record as saying that she so loved the BLM uprising she left the windows in her house open so she could smell the burning tyres. She later told journalists:
“I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening.”
Last year, Waltz signed legislation that permits abortion right up until the moment of birth. Very folksy of him.
And while he has no regard for the unborn, he loves the undocumented (by which, of course, I mean illegal aliens).
Walz signed laws as governor that provide people who illegally enter the US with free healthcare, driver’s licences and university education.
So, essentially, he makes Bernie Sanders look like a moderate.
The Harris/Walz partnership is the most radical left ticket in the history of America.
The challenge now for Trump and JD is to present America with a clear choice. If they can present Laughable and Radical Affable as they are — without resorting to wild exaggeration (not necessary) or political hysteria (leave to Kamala) — then they will win in November.
I’m predicting Trump and common sense in a canter.
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Jesse Watters: This terrifies Kamala
Fox News host Jesse Watters gives his take on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago news conference on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’ #foxnews #fox #jessewattersprimetime
Sean Hannity: Kamala has been humiliated
Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Vice President Kamala Harris’ relationship with the press on ‘Hannity.’
Nancy Pelosi Takes Credit for Leading the Coup to Oust Joe Biden — Says She Has ‘Never Been Impressed with Biden’s Political Operation’ | The Gateway Pundit
Like a true mafia boss, Nancy Pelosi took credit in a recent interview on ousting Joe Biden in the Democrat Party coup.
Democrats call this “democracy.”
Less than a month ago Democrats ousted Joe Biden in a silent weekend coup. Joe went AWOL supposedly for COVID and when he came back a week later he was no longer the Democrat candidate for president. The party elites took him out. It was such a smooth maneuver that there were rumors that Old Joe had kicked the bucket.
Pelosi was quickly singled out as the mob boss behind the coup. Now she’s finally talking.
Pelosi told the New Yorker that she was behind it. She did not like the way things were going.
Nancy Pelosi: “I love him so much. I think he’s been really a fantastic President of the United States.
So I really wanted him to make a decision of a better campaign because they were not facing the fact of what was happening. Just a little background. I’ve never been that impressed with his political operation. I’m not.
I mean, it just happened. They won the White House. Bravo. So my concern was, this ain’t happening, and we have to make a decision for us this to happen, and the President has to make the decision for that to happen. Let me just say, I won’t say necessarily I knew doing at that time. I knew what I was doing in the whole thing, not just that ship. Donald Trump would never set foot in the White House again.”
Democracy. She stole the vote of 14 million Democrat primary voters. And now she’s bragging about it.
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Deeply Disturbing: Biden Campaign to Brainwash Americans
“Flaherty said “misinformation narratives” include “conversation online about corruption or mental fitness…or [Biden’s] record on the Crime Bill”—effectively defining “misinformation” as anything that the Biden team found inconvenient.”
(Mary Dowling) Matt Orfalea dug into Twitter to expose the Biden campaign’s brainwashing operation to convince America and the world that Biden was mentally fit. Joe Biden was never bright, but he had his faculties until a year or two before he ran for the presidency. We have plenty of evidence on this site alone.
The Democrats’ Soviet-style PR campaign, with help from the media, kept that information from the public. Many really didn’t know Biden was unfit and thought it was right-wing disinformation.
The fact that Biden was always stupid and given to gaffes added to the confusion. The campaign used brainwashing tactics our intel agencies use. It is deeply disturbing. View article →
Source: Deeply Disturbing: Biden Campaign to Brainwash Americans
Will The Real Tim Walz Please Stand Up?
Democratic Party VP nominee Tim Walz is being sold to American voters as “‘the coach” – an everyday guy who wears camo hats and flannel. Republicans are attacking him as embellishing his military record. Who is the real Tim Walz? Also today: re-Tweet in the UK…go to jail! Finally, Scott Ritter has powerful enemies…and they are coming at him.
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