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All Over America, Chaos Is Erupting In The Streets | End Of The American Dream

If we are going to see this much violence at a time when Americans are celebrating, what will our streets look like once conditions in this country become extremely harsh?  Halloween is always a time when we see a spike in violent crime, but this year we experienced a Halloween weekend that was particularly crazy.  There was rioting in Washington DC, there was rioting in Los Angeles, and there were mass shootings all over the nation.  Was this weekend an indication of what the rest of the month of November will bring?

On Halloween night, members of the National Guard attempted to restore order after a “massive group of juveniles” started rioting in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington DC…

A video captured chaos in Washington, D.C., Halloween night, appearing to show National Guard members chasing after young people in the Navy Yard neighborhood — just hours before Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a “limited juvenile curfew” across the capital.

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to a massive group of juveniles allegedly “engaging in fights and disrupting the flow of traffic.”

Police said five people were taken into custody, including four juveniles. They face charges, including possession of a prohibited weapon, public consumption of marijuana and resisting arrest.

The video footage of the confrontation between members of the National Guard and these young kids is stunning.

The deployment of the National Guard was supposed to prevent chaos from breaking out in the streets of DC, but that obviously has not worked.  After “weeks of disorderly juvenile behavior” in our capital city, Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided to impose a “limited juvenile curfew”

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced that she was enacting a “limited juvenile curfew” for the city, that would be in effect until November 5, due to “weeks of disorderly juvenile behavior.”

In a post on X, Bowser explained that the juvenile curfew, which will apply to individuals 18-years-old or younger, will be in effect from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until November 5. Bowser’s announcement came after hundreds of teenagers in the Navy Yard neighborhood of the District of Columbia were involved in an altercation on Friday and were seen blocking the streets.

“We are declaring a limited juvenile curfew in Washington, DC,” Bowser said. “Effective immediately, all juveniles under the age of 18 are subject to a curfew from 11PM until 6AM, which will extend through 11/5.”

Does she really think that a curfew for a few days will solve anything?

Personally, I think that she is being very unrealistic.

On the west coast, law enforcement officers were forced to use tear gas on Saturday night after Dodgers fans starting hitting them with bottles and fireworks

Dodgers fans celebrating their win in Los Angeles last night were dispersed with tear gas after police officers were hit with fireworks and bottles.

The close game drew high-profile reactions from celebrities, such as Meghan Markle ‘shrieking’ in celebration, and a Blue Jays analyst swearing on camera and dismissing the Dodgers’ win.

But it was the rowdy celebrations from locals that forced the Los Angeles Police Department to authorize the use of less than lethal munitions at Olympic and Grand ave in the early hours of Sunday morning.

At one time, Los Angeles was such a beautiful city.

But now if you walk the streets of L.A. at night you are literally gambling with your life.

Sadly, we have also witnessed a large number of mass shootings this weekend.

In Ohio, at least nine people got shot at a Halloween party “attended mostly by juveniles”

At least nine adults and juveniles sustained injuries during a shooting at a “very large” Airbnb rental in Bath Township, Ohio, near Cleveland.

During the early hours of Nov. 2, the Bath Township community experienced a “tragic and senseless act of violence,” during which shots were fired at a party attended mostly by juveniles, according to the Bath Township Police Department. It has not yet been confirmed if all nine victims sustained gunshot wounds or were injured in other ways.

“We can confirm that a large party was taking place at this location, which we’ve learned was advertised on various social media platforms, drawing a significant crowd,” Bath Police Chief Vito Sinopoli said during a press conference shared by ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland. “Our deepest sympathy goes out to the victims’ families and all those affected by this devastating incident.”

In Chicago, at least four people got shot not too far from Wrigley Field…

Chicago police early Sunday were trying to find the person behind a mass shooting in Lakeview, just a couple of blocks south of Wrigley Field.

At 1:45 a.m., four people were shot in the 3400 block of North Clark Street. Police believe an unidentified person exited a white pickup truck, took out a gun and opened fire, and fled north.

A 29-year-old man and a 28-year-old man were each shot was shot once in the arm. A 29-year-old woman was shot once in the leg.

In Texas, at least three people got shot at a Halloween party in the very early hours of Sunday morning…

Port Arthur police are investigating after three people were shot at a Halloween party early Sunday morning, according to police.

Officers responded to a large disturbance after shots were fired in the 1000 block of 53rd Street after 1 a.m. in a Port Arthur neighborhood.

All three victims were shot at the party and two victims went by private vehicle to the Medical Center in Port Arthur.

In Florida, at least five people got shot at “a memorial gathering honoring a homicide victim”…

One person was killed and four others were injured Saturday evening when gunfire broke out at a memorial gathering honoring a homicide victim in Gretna, Florida, according to the Gretna Police Department.

Gretna Police and the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office responded to the shooting, which police say occurred at the community gathering around 9:18 p.m. near 181 Beech Avenue. After receiving multiple reports of gunfire, officers found several people suffering from gunshot wounds.

On top of everything else, there was a large explosion at Harvard Medical School on Saturday morning…

An explosion rocked a Harvard Medical School building early Saturday morning, while Boston police have now released surveillance footage of the two suspects.

The unknown device exploded on the fourth floor of the Goldenson building on the Harvard Longwood Campus’s main quad shortly before 3 a.m., The Harvard Crimson reported citing authorities.

Two individuals were witnessed running out of the building at the time of the detonation, the outlet said, citing the Harvard University Police Department.

Most of the incidents that I just shared with you got very little media attention.

And that is because acts of violence and mass shootings have become so common in our society.

On the other side of the Atlantic, 11 people were hospitalized after a mass stabbing in the United Kingdom…

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening.

The attack, which is not being treated as terror-related, saw a “significant” number of police officers called to Huntingdon railway station at about 19:42 GMT, where the train from Doncaster to London had made an unscheduled stop.

Eleven people needed hospital treatment and while four have been discharged, two remained in a life-threatening condition.

This is what we should expect when one of our most important holidays literally celebrates mass carnage.

According to one witness, there was blood all over the place as the two men went rampaging through the train…

Witnesses have described the harrowing scenes – with passenger Olly Foster, who was in coach H, saying how he was listening to an audiobook when a man ‘suddenly ran past screaming, ‘Run! Run! There’s a guy stabbing literally everyone and everything’.

Mr Foster said he and some other travellers thought it was a ‘joke’ or a ‘Halloween prank’ at first but ‘quickly realised they were serious’ by the look on their face.

He explained how his hand was ‘covered in blood’ after he put it on a chair as he ran through the carriage.

‘There was blood on the top of countless chairs, coming from two of the guys who had been severely stabbed ahead of me,’ he said.

After all of the violent train attacks that we have seen this year, I certainly can’t blame those that are saying that they want to avoid traveling on trains from now on.

One woman that was actually on the train claims that as one of the attackers came charging in her direction he said “the devil’s not going to win”

She said: “I got knocked into some seats. I saw the knifeman running, he came at me with the knife. I said ‘please, please don’t’.

“Then something changed in his eyes and he said ‘the devil’s not going to win.’”

What did he mean by that?

Hopefully authorities will ask him that question.

Here in the United States, it appears that we just narrowly avoided an even more deadly attack.

Apparently five Islamic terrorists in Dearborn, Michigan that had been “inspired by ISIS” were “plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend”

Federal investigators prevented a real-life Halloween horror by busting at least five terror plotters inspired by ISIS in Michigan early Friday, sources familiar with the operation told The Post.

“This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X.

“Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland.”

If these five Islamic terrorists had gone to a public Halloween event, how many people could they have killed?

According to authorities, these men had been stockpiling guns

Authorities raided three homes in the Detroit suburbs of Dearborn and Inkster and recovered weapons including legally owned guns, the sources said.

Those arrested were described as home-grown radicals, but authorities were investigating possible foreign contacts of the suspects.

Needless to say, thanks to the exceedingly reckless policies of previous administrations, there are countless other “home-grown radicals” in the United States right now.

The threat of Islamic terror on U.S. soil has never been higher.

Meanwhile, stores around the country are bracing for a wave of crime if food stamp benefits are not restored soon.  In fact, one Dollar General location in Ohio had actually “boarded up its windows”

An Ohio Dollar General boarded up its windows over fears of potential Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) looting next month.

The store, located on South High Street in downtown Columbus, reportedly boarded up windows to prevent crimes before taking them down, according to local station FOX 8.

In Missouri, detention cells have been put up at a Walmart in Branson in an apparent attempt to deter shoplifters.

Hopefully the government shutdown will come to an end soon.

But even if that happens, anti-Trump groups are still planning to occupy Washington DC starting on November 5th.

That is in just three days.

Civil unrest is one of the major themes that I have been tracking, and I think that the upcoming protests in Washington DC have the potential to be really big.

The anti-Trump groups that are involved have been plotting this for a long time, and they have lots of funding behind them.

This promises to be a very “interesting” month, and I have a feeling that the chaos of the past few days is just a very small preview of what we will see over the course of the next several weeks.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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Americans Brace For The Yearly Spike In Crime That Always Happens On Halloween | End Of The American Dream

When three thugs in Halloween masks terrorized a family in northern Virginia a few days ago, it was a sign that Halloween crime season is off to an early start this year.  Once we get to the evening of October 31st, you will want to make sure that your home is both occupied and secure, because criminals love an easy target.  It is the one time during the year when criminals can wear masks and freely approach your home without causing much suspicion.  Unfortunately, many choose to use that as an opportunity to cause mayhem.

According to the National Retail Federation, Halloween has become a lot more popular in the U.S. over the last couple of decades

The National Retail Federation has surveyed Americans about their Halloween plans each September since 2005. Back then, slightly more than half of Americans said they planned to celebrate. In 2025, nearly three-quarters said they would – a huge jump in 20 years.

And people are planning to shell out more money than ever. Total spending on Halloween is expected to reach a record US$13 billion this year, according to the federation – an almost fourfold increase over the past two decades.

It was once a relatively minor holiday, but it has now become one of the biggest holidays on our entire calendar.

Halloween is a festival that literally celebrates evil, and so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that violent crime spikes on October 31st every year…

“The evening violent crime count on October 31 is about 50 percent higher than on any other date during the year, and twice the daily average,” criminologist James Alan Fox wrote for the Boston Globe, noting criminal activity peaks during trick-or-treat hours, and trails off later in the night.

“The most popular hours for gathering Snickers and Junior Mints around the neighborhood are apparently also the prime time for violent crime.”

This time of the year, Americans consume millions upon millions of hours of Halloween programming that show people in masks doing all sorts of unthinkable things, and there are always going to be sick people that want to copy what they see on their screens.

In fact, a group of three “mask-wearing creeps” absolutely terrorized a family in Virginia just a few days ago…

Halloween mask-wearing creeps terrorized a widow in Virginia as chilling doorbell footage showed the trio trying to break into her home and threatening to kill the occupants.

The three suspects showed up at the Alexandria home — about eight miles from Washington, DC — around 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the homeowner’s daughter, Shayla, WUSA9 reported.

“At first I thought it was just a Halloween joke, a little prank,” Shayla said. “So I said, ‘Happy Halloween.’”

It turns out that this wasn’t a joke at all.

The thugs just kept pounding on the door and demanding to be let inside…

Shayla said the trio kept knocking and pounding “harder and harder” on the door.

“It’s either you coming out or we coming in,” one person can be heard saying on the video. Another shouted, “Open the door!”

I can’t even imagine how frightened Shayla must have been.

The three criminals were unable to get in through the front door, so they went around back where they “broke through a wooden fence, slashed open deck screens, and banged on windows”

The group broke through a wooden fence, slashed open deck screens, and banged on windows while peering inside.

“They were just hitting the window,” Shayla told WUSA. “My heart dropped when they said they were gonna take a chair and break down the door. That is just too much.”

Shayla told the outlet the masked suspects “threatened to kill us.” After about 10 minutes of pure terror, the trio finally left — leaving Shayla and her widowed mother shaken.

This is the kind of people that our culture is producing.

Wearing masks and frightening people is considered to be “fun”, and often that is combined with theft.

For example, a woman in Tennessee was recently caught stealing a package from someone’s porch while wearing a clown mask

A woman in a clown mask was caught on camera stealing a package, giving people quite a scare in Baxter.

The unwanted visitor and thief had several folks double-checking their locks and home cameras this past week.

“To think somebody was so brazen enough to do it in the daylight in a clown mask is kind of crazy,” said Terry, a neighbor of the victim.

In Seattle, two young males were arrested for “harassing two women while wearing clown masks and brandishing guns”…

A 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested early Monday after allegedly harassing two women while wearing clown masks and brandishing guns in the Bitter Lake neighborhood, Seattle police said.

The incident unfolded around 12:20 a.m. when officers were flagged down by two women on Aurora Avenue North.

In Indiana, a teen that was spotted “wearing a clown-like mask” went on quite a crime spree before he was finally caught…

An Evansville teen who was seen wearing a clown-like mask on security camera has been arrested and charged, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.

VCSO says a 16-year-old from Evansville was arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including attempted burglary, theft, and attempted theft.

The arrest is connected to a series of car break-ins and attempted residential burglaries in the Wellington Acres neighborhood of northeastern Vanderburgh County.

This time of the year just seems to bring out the worst in many people.

One forensic psychologist believes that Halloween is a time “when we expect and almost accept petty crimes and mischievous acting out”…

Forensic psychologists say the holiday’s mischievous nature inspires criminals.

“Halloween is a celebration of the dark side — a time when we expect and almost accept petty crimes and mischievous acting out,” said forensic psychologist Barbara Kirwin, the defense shrink for serial killer Joel Rifkin. “Mostly it acts as a pressure valve that allows repressed people to release some of their pent-up anger and hostility.”

Sadly, we don’t just see a spike in petty crimes during Halloween.

Every year, homes get invaded.

Every year, women get raped.

Every year, innocent people get murdered.

So it is important to take precautions.  The following list of safety tips for Halloween comes from CBS News

  • Don’t leave your home unoccupied. If you have to go out, leave lights and the TV on, and ask neighbors to keep a watch. Never put a spare key under the mat.
  • If you’re home, make sure your walkway is well-lit to prevent trips and falls by children who can’t see through their masks. Make sure to see who’s at the door before you open it.
  • Keep pets indoors and under control. Dogs can become easily spooked by strangers, especially in disguises, and end up biting friends or children.
  • Put away outside movable objects such as grills, lawn mowers and bicycles that could be stolen, vandalized or thrown against your home.
  • Park cars in a garage, if possible, or in well-lighted areas and remove all valuables. Activate the car alarm when leaving.
  • If you’re going out, remain on high alert and avoid children in dark costumes whose minds will be on candy, not safety.
  • Set up an informal “Neighborhood Watch.” Some locales have a “Witch Watch” — groups of volunteers who guard the community.

There is one point on that list that I disagree with very strongly.

If you have dogs, make sure that they are visible to anyone that approaches your home, because most criminals do not like to deal with dogs.

In general, I would recommend doing whatever you can to make your home as unwelcoming to intruders as possible.

We live at a time when our society is absolutely teeming with predators, and it is only going to get worse in the years ahead.

So please be very careful and take the security of your home seriously, because the safety of your family is not something that you want to gamble with.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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Is the UK Finally Dead and Gone? | CultureWatch

Siding with Sophie of Dundee:

Thanks to the alternative media – but not the mainstream media – you should by now have heard about the brave lassie from Dundee, Scotland trying to protect herself and little sister from stalking migrants. I, like millions of others, am completely incensed by this incident in particular, and the putrid, walking corpse that is now the UK.

For decades now immigrant grooming gangs and rapists seem to have been operating with impunity, with the craven and reprehensible powers that be – including politicians, police, and the media – not seeming to do a lousy thing about it. I have written up that diabolical situation often now, including this piece from seven years ago: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2018/03/17/the-rape-of-a-culture-the-death-of-england/

I was going to try to wax eloquent on this latest story, but I see so many others have penned excellent, impassioned and spot-on pieces about this, that I will just run with some of their words. They have terrifically stated everything I had wanted to say about this.

In a piece called “Anarcho-Tyranny In The Yookay” Rod Dreher said this:

‘Sophie of Dundee’

anarcho-tyranny (noun): A system of government that fails to enforce or adjudicate protection to its citizens while simultaneously persecuting innocent conduct.

A 14-year-old Scottish girl, reportedly named Mayah Sommers, has been arrested for possessing bladed weapons. This girl, now called “Sophie of Dundee” online, was caught on video by a migrant, threatening him for allegedly sexually harassing her 12-year-old sister.

He shows the now familiar picture and then says this:

This is a shameful image — shameful to British males, and especially shameful to British authorities. Why the hell does it take a female child with a knife and an axe to do what the British state refuses to do: protect girls from migrant rapes and sexual assault? Why won’t the men of the UK stand up similarly?

 

At some point, it’s going to pop off. We are close to that point. You know whose fault it will primarily be? The British state’s. You do wonder what it’s going to take, don’t you? The world media tremble tumescently over Greta Thunberg, but the real girl hero is Sophie of Dundee….

 

I see nothing about this in The Guardian, The Telegraph, or the BBC. You have to get your news from social media. The crazy thing is the migrant harassing the girls filmed it. hoping to get Sophie in trouble for brandishing the blades. You can hear him on the clip taunting her to show the blades, as if to say, “you’re really going to be in hot water now, lassie.”

 

How is it that a 14-year-old Scots girl has more courage and determination to stop these monsters than all the men and women in Westminster? How has it come to this? How is it that this child is the real menace to society, for trying to film herself, but this migrant creep (you can tell by his accent) is not demonized for frightening children with his stalking?

 

This is so hard to comprehend, even after all we’ve seen. The cops arrest a little girl trying to defend herself and her sister from a seeming predator, a migrant, because she had a knife and an ax. If this is not a symbol of the absolute state of Sick Britain, what is? https://roddreher.substack.com/p/anarcho-tyranny-in-the-yookay

And Vicky Richter, the German independent journalist based in Florida, wonderfully stated what all of us feel with these words:

Britain’s Children Armed with Knives — The Final Indictment of a Broken State

 

So here we are: Dundee, Scotland. A 13-year-old girl brandishing knives to protect herself and her little sister from migrant predators. Not a dystopian film. Not a grim Netflix drama. Real life in 2025 Britain.

 

The shocking part? She’s the one who got arrested. Yes, you read that right. The girl fighting off men twice her size who were harassing 12-year-olds is treated like the criminal. Meanwhile, the predators? Wrapped in the comforting blanket of “due process” and “language barriers.” Suddenly, they can’t speak English — though they were fluent enough when pestering children.

 

This is what collapse looks like: when the State treats its children as disposable sacrifices to the altar of multicultural optics. The police show up, not to protect young girls, but to slap cuffs on them for daring to defend themselves. Britain has become the place where little girls are told to surrender to predators because self-defense is bad PR.

 

Let’s be honest: these girls have more courage than the men who run this country. They’ve begged adults for protection, only to be abandoned. They know the horror stories of grooming gangs, the cover-ups, the politicians who called whistleblowers “racist.” So they carry knives, because no one else will carry the burden. That isn’t “radicalisation.” That’s survival.

 

And yet, Westminster fiddles while children sharpen kitchen knives in the park. The establishment frets about “optics” and “community tensions.” Meanwhile, communities are already at boiling point, because they see what’s happening: the wolves are inside the gates, and the shepherd has sided with them.

 

This is the turning point. Either Britain decides to protect its daughters — or Britain ceases to be Britain at all. Catchphrase to remember: When children carry blades to survive the streets, the State is already dead.

And commentator John Robb shared his thoughts on X:

Tens of millions of people have instantly formed a fictive kinship with this young woman due to an empathy trigger. They see her face, her desperation, and they instantly recognize the same face they had, or a friend had, when they stood up to a relentless bully who targeted them while growing up. A bully nobody would protect them against. A bully they took desperate measures against. However, they aren’t just seeing her, they feel her desperation inside themselves, emotionally and physically. It connects them at a deep level and they form a bond Her enemies are their enemies now. Her anger is theirs now.

One more commentator: Aesthetica said this: “Haven’t been able to get this story out of my head. I think this moment is the turning point. You’re either the type of country that allows little innocent girls to be fed to the wolves and forced to defend herself against migrant rapists or you’re the type of country where the men say enough is enough and take their country back. It’s now or never.”

Time to act – if it not already too late

If a story like this does not have your blood boiling, then you might need to check your pulse. The once great United Kingdom is quickly becoming a hellhole, wherein masses of migrants – the great bulk of whom it seems do not give a crap about Western values and beliefs – are allowed to pour into these countries, and be treated like kings, while ordinary citizens are now cowering in fear.

When little girls have to defend themselves with axes, because the police and authorities have turned their backs on them, you know that the West – at least the UK – is basically doomed. Whether it is too late for someone like Farage and his Reform UK party to save the day (they are now sure bets to win the next general election) is a moot point.

Thankfully millions of people who feel totally abandoned by their own governments are starting to wake up and take action. Simply witness the millions of flags being put up all over the place lately. As one news report states:

Flags have started appearing on lampposts, across motorway bridges and along streets in the UK in recent weeks. The Union Flag and St George’s flag – which don’t often appear outside sporting, royal or military events – have been pictured in several English cities, while red crosses have been painted over white mini-roundabouts and on zebra-crossings. https://news.sky.com/story/why-have-flags-started-appearing-across-the-uk-13419255

Either completely out of touch governments will continue to prevail and drive the finals nails into the UK’s coffin, or enough awakened and enraged citizens will try to reclaim their countries. I know who I want to win. At the very least, we need to keep all of this in our daily prayers.

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Aides Unleash on Democrat Crockett: A Boss From Hell Who Terrorizes Staffers, Lays Around at Her Apartment – “Never at the Office” | The Gateway Pundit

Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett is a boss from hell who screams at her staffers and lays around her apartment according to aides who have worked for the Texas lawmaker.

Crockett, who is known for her foul mouth, is reportedly rude to her staffers and refuses to come to the office.

This should surprise absolutely no one.

The aides told The New York Post that Crockett is more interested in being an ‘influencer’ who posts viral clips to social media than actually representing the people of her district.

The New York Post reported:

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has positioned herself as an unfiltered critic of President Trump, earning regular TV appearances and an enthusiastic online following, but congressional aides tell The Post that the Dallas Democrat is just as “rude” and mean to her own staff.

The liberal loudmouth, 44, has rocketed to fame since taking office in January 2023 as a fiery assailant of the Republican president and his allies.

But three sources who have worked with or for Crockett say she’s rarely present when TV cameras aren’t rolling — and terrorizes staff when she does appear.

Crockett is not often found at her government-provided suite in the Longworth House Office Building, with one insider saying she prefers to work from her nearby luxury apartment building, sometimes for weeks on end.

“She is laying around her apartment, won’t come into the office, and is really just indifferent to staff and will scream at them,” the former aide said.

“She is never in the office and is very disengaged. She does her bulls— that goes viral, and then freaks out over the most random things.”

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Can You See the Supernatural? with Lee Strobel | Cross Examined

Is there credible evidence for the supernatural? What should we make of verifiable near-death experiences (NDEs), angelic encounters, deathbed visions, and miraculous healings? Do these reports point to a reality beyond the material world?

This week, Frank invites the one and only Lee Strobel on the program to discuss the compelling case for the unseen realm, as detailed in his fascinating new book, ‘Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World.’ Drawing from well-documented accounts and interviews with leading experts, Lee and Frank tackle questions like:

  • What’s the most convincing evidence for the existence of the soul?
  • What are deathbed visions, and are they found in Scripture?
  • Are there any reports of negative or frightening near-death experiences?
  • Why doesn’t God always grant miraculous healing when we pray?
  • What happened when Lee encountered an angel when he was 12-years old?
  • Are miracles still happening today?

From personal stories to peer-reviewed studies, this episode uncovers the mysteries that science alone can’t explain. Even the most skeptical listeners will be challenged to reconsider the limits of naturalism. You won’t be able to peel yourself away from this fascinating conversation—be sure to share it with both your Christian and skeptical friends, and grab a copy of Lee’s latest book (already a New York Times bestseller)–Seeing the Supernatural!

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Lee’s website: LeeStrobel.com

Lee’s new book: Seeing the Supernatural

The post Can You See the Supernatural? with Lee Strobel appeared first on Cross Examined.

https://crossexamined.org/can-you-see-the-supernatural-with-lee-strobel/

‘The Chosen’ Breaks Records at The Box Office | Protestia

The first two episodes of ‘The Chosen’ season five were released in theaters over the weekend in a strategy that continues to pay off big for Dallas Jenkins and Amazon MGM theaters, earning $11,755,197 over the three-day weekend and another $1,239,119 on Monday, bringing in a total of $12,994,316 over the last four days.

Appearing in 2,478 theaters, this was enough to earn third place at the box office, behind Jason Statham’s A Working Man, an action movie that debuted at $15.2 million, as well as the wretched Snow white, which earned $14.2M in it’s second weekend.

Like previous seasons of “The Chosen,” all eight episodes of the new season will be released exclusively in theaters in a three-part ploy before being released on streaming platforms, with the next episodes appearing in theaters on Friday, April 4, and then again on April 11.

For more on Jenkins and the Chosen
Dallas Jenkins Says Mormons are Saved: ‘I’m Going to Die on That Hill,’
Dallas Jenkins Affirms Mormons are Christians in ‘Definitive, Final’ Video ‘ 
The Chosen Director Says Jesus Transfiguration Not Important: ‘What Purpose Would it Serve our Story? ‘
Dallas Jenkins Insists Mormon is a Christian: ‘He loves Jesus… I’d go to war with and for him any day.’
Jenkins Responds to Controversy, Suggests PRIDE Attire is ‘Appropriate in a Professional Environment’
‘The Chosen’ Director Responds to Pride Flag Critics: ‘We Are Not a Church…We’re Not a Ministry…We Do Not Police Individual’s Social Media’
Nearly Half of ‘The Chosen’ Apostle-Actors Come Out In Support of Gay Flag on Set

With season five showing the events of Holy Week, Jenkins hinted that audience members would likely see a ficticious backstory of Judas Iscariot, who would betray Jesus and then hang himself (a recent storyline featured Jesus choosing not to heal the Apostle Thomas’s fiancee after a Roman official straight up murders her in front of them)

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22 FEBRUARY (1857) | The blood-shedding

“Without shedding of blood is no remission” Hebrews 9:22
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: John 6:52–59

Here is a garden dark and gloomy; the ground is crisp with the cold frost of midnight; between those gloomy olive trees I see a man, I hear him groan out his life in prayer; hearken, angels, hearken, men, and wonder; it is the Saviour groaning out his soul! Come and see him. Behold his brow! O heavens! Drops of blood are streaming down his face, and from his body; every pore is open, and it sweats! but not the sweat of men that toil for bread; it is the sweat of one that toils for heaven—he sweats “great drops of blood!” That is the blood-shedding, without which there is no remission. Follow that man further; they have dragged him with sacrilegious hands from the place of his prayer and his agony, and they have taken him to the hall of Pilate; they mock him; a robe of purple is put on his shoulders in mockery; and mark his brow—they have put about it a crown of thorns, and the crimson drops of gore are rushing down his cheeks! Ye angels! the drops of blood are running down his cheeks! But turn aside that purple robe for a moment. His back is bleeding. Tell me, demons, who did this. They lift up the thongs, still dripping clots of gore; they scourge and tear his flesh, and make a river of blood to run down his shoulders! That is the shedding of blood without which there is no remission. Not yet have I done: they hurry him through the streets; they fling him on the ground; they nail his hands and feet to the transverse wood, they hoist it in the air, they dash it into its socket, it is fixed, and there he hangs the Christ of God. Blood from his head, blood from his hands, blood from his feet! In agony unknown he bleeds away his life; in terrible throes he exhausts his soul. “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani.” And then see! they pierce his side, and forthwith runneth out blood and water. This is the shedding of blood, sinners and saints; this is the awful shedding of blood, the terrible pouring out of blood, without which for you, and for the whole human race, there is no remission.

FOR MEDITATION: Even with the shedding of Christ’s blood there is still no forgiveness of sins unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood (John 6:53); that is by coming to him and trusting in him (John 6:35).

SERMON NO. 118

Spurgeon, C. H., & Crosby, T. P. (1998). 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 1) (p. 60). Day One Publications.

SOCIALISM: A Christian Response (Part 4) | VCY

Welcome!

I’m Bub Kuns, and today we’re giving a Christian response to socialism.

Despite socialism’s popularity with young people today, it’s free enterprise that best reflects both a biblical worldview and human nature when it comes to economics.

One economic principle the Bible clearly teaches is that hard work should be rewarded. Proverbs 12:14 says, “From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him” (ESV).

You see, God designed humans to work, want to dream, achieve, and then reap the benefits of their labor. In contrast, socialism dampens the human spirit, discouraging — and sometimes prohibiting — people from reaching their potential.

As economist Milton Freidman said, “[T]here is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by the free-enterprise system.”

And how else should Christians respond to socialism? We’ll discuss them another time.

For more information go to http://www.hopetools.net.  Stay Bold!

Bub Kuns is (at heart) a storyteller. He is a director, producer, writer, performer and editor. Bub’s life mission is to help and guide people to love God with all their “heart, soul, mind and strength.” Part of how he does that is by providing truth-filled, accessible, captivating content that packs a little punch. Bub produces content that inspires, challenges and activates believers to use their talents and voices to make a difference in their communities and in the world for the cause of Christ. 

SOCIALISM: Dangers (Part 9) | VCY

Welcome!

Some people wrongly argue the account of early believers having “all things in common” is somehow evidence the Bible promotes socialism. But a closer look at Scripture reveals something entirely different.

Acts 4:32 states, “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.”

Notice that although early believers did share everything, this generosity resulted from believers being of ONE HEART and ONE SOUL. They WILLINGLY shared with each other, motivated by love and NOT by coercion or government mandate.

The Bible tells believers to sacrifice out of love. In contrast, socialism DEMANDS people sacrifice out of fear of financial penalty, imprisonment, or sometimes even execution by the government. 

And what are other problems with socialism? We’ll discuss them another time.

For more information go to http://www.hopetools.net.  Stay Bold!

Bub Kuns is (at heart) a storyteller. He is a director, producer, writer, performer and editor. Bub’s life mission is to help and guide people to love God with all their “heart, soul, mind and strength.” Part of how he does that is by providing truth-filled, accessible, captivating content that packs a little punch. Bub produces content that inspires, challenges and activates believers to use their talents and voices to make a difference in their communities and in the world for the cause of Christ. 

SpellBound:  The Paranormal Seduction of Today’s Kids | VCY

Date: January 27, 2025
Host: Jim Schneider
​Guest: Marcia Montenegro
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Jim began by quoting 1 Peter 5:8 which says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

Jim began this way because as he also pointed out, our culture today is inundated with films, books, toys, games and other items designed to lure and attract people into the occult.  Children and teens are constantly exposed to these efforts and worsening the situation are social media phone apps and popular online programs/games featuring occult themes.

This program is a warning from Marcia Montenegro.  Before becoming a Christian, Marcia was involved for many years in Eastern spiritual beliefs (Hindu and Buddhist), New Age, and occult practices.  She was a certified, professional astrologer who taught Astrology for several years.  She served as chairperson of the Astrology Board of Examiners and president of the Astrological Society in Atlanta.  She came to Christ and is now engaged in her full-time ministry, Christian Answers for the New Age.  She’s spoken around the country and writes on New Age and occult topics published in magazines, journals and books.  She is co-author of Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret and is author of the book discussed on this broadcast, Spellbound: The Paranormal Seduction of Today’s Kids.

Marcia began by defining the occult as a set of practices that involve either an attempt to contact an invisible/supernatural being or an attempt to use or manipulate some kind of supernatural source.  It can also involve reading or finding hidden or secret meaning into things. 

So what is the difference between that which is paranormal and the occult?  She indicated that something can be paranormal yet not occultic.  She described paranormal as referring to that which is beyond the normal.  However, if it involves contact with any kind of entity that is some kind of spirit, that’s when it becomes occultic.

Marcia believes that the occult has become more prevalent and accessible since she wrote Spellbound in 2006 (Updated in 2024).  Today, the younger generations that have grown up with social media and smart phones can go to the internet and learn about their zodiac sign, read about psychics and witches, etc.  Marcia noted that even in 2006 there was a lot of occult literature for children, teens and young adults, along with toys such as Zodiac Barbie. 

How does Marcia believe entertainment is being used to draw individuals into the  paranormal/occult?  Why are children more vulnerable to the paranormal than adults?  These are just two important questions dealt with during this discussion that also involved listeners as they joined with their input to finish the program.  

More Information

ChristianAnswersNewAge.com

To obtain her book:

MidwestOutreach.org

MidwestOutreach.org/SpellBoundTheBook

CANCEL CULTURE: Understanding Its Danger (Part 4) | VCY

Welcome!

I’m Bub Kuns and today I’m continuing to talk about “cancel culture.”

In recent years, “cancel culture” has come for our history. Statues of Columbus, Jefferson, and even Lincoln have been removed from public venues. The reason: liberal activists’ contention that these historical giants had character flaws that outweigh their contributions to society.

Of course, these men were flawed — JUST AS WE ALL ARE.

But as Christianity Today’s Bonnie Kristian stated, QUOTE: “We are created for good but, without Christ, we are captive to evil … Any understanding of human beings with this beginning will not be shocked to find real good and great evil in the same life, as indeed we find both in our own hearts.” END QUOTE.

Fact is, no historical person was perfect, except for Jesus. No person except for Jesus is without character flaws. So if you want to cancel history by removing statues of flawed imperfect people, the only ones left would be statues of Jesus.  

Now, how should Christians respond to “cancel culture?” We’ll discuss that another time.

For more information go to http://www.hopetools.net.  Stay Bold!

Bub Kuns is (at heart) a storyteller. He is a director, producer, writer, performer and editor. Bub’s life mission is to help and guide people to love God with all their “heart, soul, mind and strength.” Part of how he does that is by providing truth-filled, accessible, captivating content that packs a little punch. Bub produces content that inspires, challenges and activates believers to use their talents and voices to make a difference in their communities and in the world for the cause of Christ. 

The Mediocre Man Epidemic in the West | VCY

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Phyllis Schlafly Eagles · December 9 | The Mediocre Man Epidemic

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For decades, our ruling elites have been methodically dismantling the very foundations of Western civilization, leaving behind a wreckage of once-great institutions. TJ Harker, former federal and state prosecutor turned writer, states that their list of transgressions is long: they’ve gutted American culture, normalized perversion, lost wars, dumbed down education, offshored jobs, opened our borders, and bankrupted our treasury.

All the while, they smugly pat themselves on the back, convinced they’re guiding us into some utopian future of social justice and carbon-free living. But what they’ve truly done is impose an intergenerational catastrophe of biblical proportions upon America.

Harker argues the ones most responsible are the ruling elites, their mediocre servants, and their street thugs—the proles. These mediocre yes-men like retired Brigadier General Steve Anderson are the bureaucrats who have risen through the ranks by parroting leftist nonsense.

These spineless shills, as Harker calls them, are eager to please their overlords and will debase themselves at every opportunity to maintain their social status and pensions. Anderson, in his absurd endorsement of Kamala Harris, is emblematic of a class of people who lack the intellectual rigor to think critically or contribute meaningfully to our civilization.

These mediocre men, along with their street enforcers, are dragging this nation into ruin. They’ve traded their dignity and competence for the crumbs of power offered by the ruling elite. And as Harker notes, it’s no coincidence that they despise figures like Vladimir Putin—not because he’s an enemy of the West, but because he reminds them of their inadequacies. In a time that demands strength and wisdom, we are cursed with weak, incompetent leaders who are unfit to guide us through the serious challenges we face. The result? An America that’s failing on every front.

https://www.vcy.org/phyllis-schlafly-report/2024/12/09/the-mediocre-man-epidemic-in-the-west/

Babylon Bee Releases Movie | Babylon Bee

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WORLD — Today marks the historic release day of January 6, The Most Deadliest Day, an already critically acclaimed documentary chronicling the deadliest and darkest and scariest event in world history: the January 6 insurrection.

Critics are lauding the film as “not the worst thing I’ve seen,” and “eh, kinda funny.” Liberals, on the other hand, have marked the momentous day by screaming and crying and wetting their pants in rage and confusion.

“How did we as a country get to the point where The Babylon Bee can just make a film about January 6 without facing serious consequences?” said a tearful Obama to reporters. “This film is an attack on our sacred democracy and the communist global order I have dedicated my whole life to building. I am literally shaking right now.”

Eyewitnesses confirmed Obama then calmed himself down by launching a drone attack in Yemen.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has also responded, instructing FBI field offices to keep a close eye on anyone who dares to watch the film. “Watching this film is an attack on our sacred democracy,” he said between sobs. “I am literally throwing up just thinking about it.”

Sources confirmed the new film is available at BabylonBee.com/january6 and is only available to subscribers.


BIG NEWS: We made a movie, and you can watch the trailer NOW:

Click here to find out how you can watch the movie when it releases on October 11

https://babylonbee.com/news/christian-news-satire-site-launches-new-movie/

Bystanders | Thoughts about God

I am an incurable “people watcher.” 


His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

24 “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

25 “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’  Luke 19:22-25


Some people make things happen, other people watch things happen, but many people ask, “What happened?! “

I am an incurable “people watcher.”  Rather than look at a magazine in a waiting room, I would rather subtly observe the mannerisms of adults and children around me because I find people interesting, and sometimes intriguing!  As a bystander, though, sometimes, we do not understand what is going on around us, because we have not been paying attention.

What about being a Jesus watcher?  If Jesus was in that waiting room, what would I see him doing in my life and in the lives of people around me?

A problem with people like me is that I am always observing and analyzing why people do what they do!  But do I talk to them?  Sometimes they look right at me, and I have to smile.  Yes, you caught me watching you…but I am just curious, that’s all…

Do I care to become more than an observer, or a bystander?  If I have been watching Jesus, I know that he does not allow me to be a bystander forever.  At some point, I have to get into the game, and do something!  If I watch Jesus, he was looking into hearts, and seeing something loveable there, a life that he came to save, a person worth salvaging, no matter how many mistakes have been made.

Jesus addressed “those standing by” in today’s passage, and asked them to take action.  They were surprised that he involved them at all, I think, but when he instructed them to take away the one mina from a servant who had not done well and give it to a servant who already had ten minas, they questioned why a master would do this.  It seemed harsh.

One thing that bystanders do not like to get involved in is controversy.  It is interesting to watch but most of us do not “want to get involved” in situations like this.

by Mike Woodard
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