Dear MAGA: 20260521 ✾ Thank God ± Theistic Evolution ∈ Thursday Open Topic


This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!

Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.


Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!

Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.

The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.

And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.

And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.

OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.

  • No food fights.
  • No running with scissors.
  • If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.


If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!

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An interesting video which plays up something most chemists are aware of, thus making the problem seem like more of a mystery than it really is. Nevertheless, it’s a very fun, even if indirect, explanation.

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cthulhu
Gail Combs

Hope he is wrong. Maybe enough outsiders will vote Pratt in.

kalbokalbs

That’s depressing, for Los Angeles AND CA.
Schlichter apparently has a home in Redondo Beach. Couple miles outside LA.   :insane: 

pgroup2

Well isn’t he the fortunate one.

kalbokalbs

Yes, quite the useful idiot.

  • Willingly pays CA income tax, property tax, sales tax, AND MORE for everything. Tolerates idiot CA laws, regulations, traffic… Overbearing 2A laws.

Though, he apparently has a home in Houston. Also,   :insane: 

pgroup2

My point is, despite the negative items you listed, that there is almost no chance that housing in Redondo Beach will ever be hard to sell.

Should the need ever arise.

kalbokalbs

Likely so.

Gail Combs

Schlichter gets a side eye from me.

Remember PUSH POLLS???

What Are Push Polls and Why Are They Controversial?

Push polls, unlike traditional polls, don’t collect unbiased opinions, their actual goal is to persuade people to adopt a specific belief.

Well that article was a PUSH POLL.

Remember Alpha warned we are going to see the faux Maga influencers start to turn.

Townhall is owned by Salem Media Group.

Old article by Sundance:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2016/03/07/insider-reveals-salem-media-was-part-of-the-coordinated-gang-of-eight-manipulation/

A few months ago we shared the entire back story of how the legislative gang-of-eight amnesty bill was structured and blocked at the last minute. After that revealing information was disclosed, research also identified a hidden corporate agenda within Fox News to promote the Amnesty agenda.

Then last week, another story emerged within the New York Times showcasing how various conservative radio hosts were also lobbied, and recruited, to push a more favorable narrative for the Washington DC objectives. All of the activity was kept from the consuming audience by the participants – all of them attempted to justify their willful blindness…

[communication by insider]

After Rubio departed, Hewitt introduced Salem V.P. Tom Tradup, who began by saying, “Thanks, Hugh. Now, here’s how I would like our talkers to be talking about this…” I exited the call in disgust at that point and have no idea what followed.

The effort by the GOPe to co-opt the so-called “conservative media” is real, and it’s widespread. It also makes me gag.

XXXXXX (name intentionally withheld by CTH)

Politics as an industrySalem Communications [radio talk show (Hugh Hewitt), Red State (Eric Erickson), now also Twitchy (Michelle Malkin), Hot Air (McCain), NRO, Townhall, Human Events, Bearing Arms] apparently have the same general ideological world view -regarding immigration- as Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal, etc.

However it seems things are changing.

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/28/lawsuit-filed-against-christian-focused-charitable-fund-in-colorado-springs-with-tebow-connection/

Christian Foundation To Acquire Salem Media, Take It Private

the CEO Kenneth Harrison

KEN HARRISON serves as the Chief Executive Officer of WaterStone, an organization that releases resources to support Christian humanitarian efforts worldwide. Currently WaterStone oversees donations of millions of dollars per month and manages a fund of $400+ million. He started his career as a Los Angeles police officer in the infamous 77th Division of South-Central Los Angeles, better known as Watts or Compton. There he received numerous commendations and awards. After leaving the LAPD in the 1990s, Ken went into business and built a small local company into one of the largest of its kind in the United States. He has served on multiple boards, and recently stepped into the role of chairman of the board of Promise Keepers, a well-known organization ministering to Christian men. Harrison is also the author of Victims & Victors. He has been married to his wife, Elliette, for 27 years and they have three children.

Interesting lawsuit:

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/01/28/lawsuit-filed-against-christian-focused-charitable-fund-in-colorado-springs-with-tebow-connection/

TheseTruths

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kalbokalbs

Fitting.   :wpds_lol: 

TheseTruths

Eric Daugherty:

BOOM! The US House has PASSED legislation to stop the transgender indoctrination of our kids in schools nationwide, 217-198

The legislation CRACKS DOWN on public schools circumventing the parents and changing students’ gender and s*x accommodations, while also defunding gender ideology programs

This is COMMON SENSE!

Get it to President Trump’s desk for signature

scott467

Schools are an enemy stronghold no less radicalized or entrenched than the IRGC.

You’re not going to fix that with stand off munitions and bunker busters, you’re going to have to get boots on the ground, in the tunnels and caves, and smoke them out with flame throwers.

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pgroup2

Israel uses some sort of urethane foam that hardens to concrete consistency. We use it here to put under cracked and uneven driveways and sidewalks. Levels them right out like new.

TradeBait2

Yup – called polyurethane injections. We used it under our concrete garage floor when the ground settled after a drought. Worked like a charm. Stabilized it with no cracks and movement for over 10 years running.

Gail Combs

The Senate will kill that bill.

kalbokalbs

Another reason to shitcan Thune, along with many others.

To bad Senators are on six year terms. Two year terms, like the House more appropriate, so we can primary their asses sooner.

TradeBait2

Now is the time to point our that the Articles of Confederation did not provide for a Senate. Whether you agree or not with the non-existence of the Senate, whose creation was primarily to level the playing field of the larger populated states versus the smaller, nobody can dispute that its existence today is operated as a circumvention of the will of We the People. Club Senate is an abomination as I have continued to point out for years on here.The filibuster is evil along with the other tricks they use to screw us.

The Constitution attempted to balance the needs of larger populated states with the smaller by having the two legislative bodies with one granting equal authority to the smaller via two senators per state and none to territories. Creation of political parties circumvented it all. The elected officials began serving their alliances, special interests and parties instead of representing the will of the people that elected them in each state.

So the elected officials themselves and the existence of political parties are the targets.

That’s where the war has to be won by whatever methods that gets it done permanently. Achieving honest election results is one of the requirements. Term reduction of Senators with limits is another one. Eliminating or at least severely limiting taking bribes (political contributions), which is what they are, from lobbyists and foreign influencers is another. Need an easier ability to recall elected officials. All elected officials should have secured websites where voters can input their thoughts on upcoming legislative actions – which the elected official votes in accordance. If they vote contrary to their voters’ stated wishes they should be recalled. Every public school needs a return to teaching unwoke Civics classes among other practical subjects relating to economics, careers, etc.

Add in tar and feathers access for We the People and we will have a much improved system.

😄

kalbokalbs

Starting with a token, application of, Tar and feathers, we’d likely have their attention.

Gail Combs

I have access to the pine trees and the chickens…

patfrederick

and I have loads of hungry bears that could bat clean up…lol

pgroup2

The section titled ‘Issues‘ in the wiki sums up the direct voting conundrum pretty well. Keep in mind that when the colonies [not colony] were freed, they were essentially separate countries with separate land grants and such. That’s why they are called states [most of them, anyway] and not provinces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

TradeBait2

👍

patfrederick

the House does not appear to be the problem with passing bills.

TheseTruths

Nancy Mace unveils legislation to ban naturalized citizens – like Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal and Shri Thanedar – from serving in Congress

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) unveiled legislation Wednesday aiming to ban foreign-born US citizens from serving in Congress and other high levels of the federal government. 

The South Carolina congresswoman singled out Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Shri Thanedar (D-Ill.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in announcing her joint resolution to add an amendment to the US Constitution that would prohibit naturalized US citizens from becoming federal judges, holding Senate-confirmed positions or serving in the House or Senate. 

“All born in foreign countries, none were citizens by birth. All sitting in the United States Congress. All making clear every single day their loyalty is not to America,” Mace said of the trio of Democratic reps.

Mace noted the proposed amendment would impose the “very same standard the President and Vice President are already required to meet” on lawmakers and top government officials…   

Twenty-six House members, including 19 Democrats and seven Republicans, were born outside of the US. 

In the upper chamber, six senators – four Democrats and two Republicans – were born outside the US. 

Mace’s resolution faces long odds of becoming law, as it must pass both chambers of Congress by a two-thirds vote and be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures…

At least attention is being drawn to this issue. This is how change begins.

Ted Cruz is one of the six senators.

scott467

Ted Cruz is one of the six senators.

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There goes his dream of bloviating on the (not)Supreme Court.

TheseTruths

I don’t think this is going to happen anytime soon.

kalbokalbs

Sadly, unlikely to happen.

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pgroup2

This is unconstitutional. Would need to be an amendment, and only God knows how long that would take to ratify.

TheseTruths

It is a proposed amendment.

TheseTruths

Sen. Ron Johnson says there is a total Media BLACKOUT on the new COVID Vax Child Death count study— 24% of 39,000 Victims Died the SAME DAY or Within 48 Hours! “They KNEW and Did NOTHING!”

Sen. Johnson is discussing a new FDA analysis/report he released on pediatric deaths linked to the COVID-19 vaccines. The data shows overwhelming safety signals that were ignored by health authorities in every major category.

Even worse! Dr. Peter Marks was made aware of these safety signals on March 26, 2021 that the inventors of the algorithm that analyzes the VAERS data was trying to (HIDE) the adverse events.

https://rumble.com/v7a56k6-sen-ron-johnson-total-media-blockout-on-new-covid-vaccine-child-death-repor.html

scott467

That’s 9,360 children in graves today, who were in no danger from Covid, and would be with their families right now, if not for the deliberate and obscenely criminal conduct of every person involved in the conspiracy and the coverup.

kalbokalbs

Sen. Ron Johnson says there is a total Media BLACKOUT on the new COVID Vax Child Death count study— 24% of 39,000 Victims Died the SAME DAY or Within 48 Hours! “They KNEW and Did NOTHING!”

pgroup2

At least one study has shown that SIDS is mainly due to childhood vaccines. I think there are others but …

Aubergine

If this becomes widely known and accepted, the killing will begin. Parents will lose their minds.

So far, the government has managed to keep this quiet enough to save their lives. But it appears to be leaking out.

TheseTruths

I have wondered for several years how long it was going to take.

Gail Combs

Agreed. I have wondered what would happen when the Ferals in the inner city realize they and their children were DELIBERATELY poisoned.

TheseTruths

I’m posting this because of the blurb that Tucker posted above the video:

The Israel lobby takes out Thomas Massie and kills MAGA in the process. The good news is, we’ve now confirmed how the system works.

  :insane: 

scott467

Smoke another fat one, Tucker.

kalbokalbs

Went to the link. Did NOT listen to Tucker.

Endless replies burying Tucker BS position. Worth the time.

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TheseTruths

Good!

Gail Combs

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https://xcancel.com/TuckerCarlson/status/2057269128201703613

Aubergine

Here’s the real explainer for why Massie lost:

“The New York Times warned on May 18 that an astonishingly unpopular president was about to destroy the Republican Party: “Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects.” Discussing new poll results, the newspaper concluded that “the survey suggests that Republican candidates are entering their general-election races with stark political liabilities.” Anyone tied to Donald Trump was doomed.

On May 19, covering the defeat of Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie in that state’s primary election, The New York Times concluded that the results had proved “the president’s power to punish his critics.” A second story that same day similarly framed the Kentucky race as “a referendum on Mr. Trump’s influence over his party,” proof of the president’s power.

If you’re keeping score at home, this means that Donald Trump is a wounded animal: crippled, broken, hated, powerless. Also, he has an iron grip on his party, which moves in unison at his merest expression of whim. He’s impotent and all-powerful, wounded and helpless and the last apex predator in the woods. Any candidate tied to Trump is bound to lose, dragged down by a hated president, and also anyone he endorses wins, proving his power. Send word if it makes any sense to you, because we all have a headache.

The legacy media don’t know what it means. They don’t know what’s happening. They’re tourists in a foreign land, trying to puzzle their way through the strange customs of the locals.”

https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/20/the-media-cant-see-the-populist-vote-clearly-to-save-their-lives/

It continues, and is, I believe, 100% accurate.

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TheseTruths

Nick Shirley:

UPDATE: Minnesota fraudster is charged for childcare fraud. Fahima Mahamud received 3.67 million dollars for her “daycare” and tried to escape America prior.

This is the SAME daycare where the $250 million dollar “feeding our future” scam took place

ARREST ALL THE FRAUDSTERS

patfrederick

i agree. arrest them all…NUT claw back the funds!
seriously…are you sure that’s a woman? looks like it could totally be a dude.

Brave and Free

What’s under the burka stays under the burka.

mollypitcher5

 😂 

patfrederick

  :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol:   :wpds_lol: 

TradeBait2

Thank goodness. I just had breakfast.

mollypitcher5

LOL, that was my thought too!

cthulhu
K1tt7-fzn

kalbokalbs

Poem transcript:

A life is a life, no matter how small.

Seventy-three million people have been killed in one year and will be killed again this year if not more when they are completely innocent humans.

They never get to see the light of day before they are cast away.

They did nothing wrong except exist and were dismissed.

People say women need health care but never think how unfair—they kill baby for simply being there!

The Word of God says, “You knit me together into my mother’s womb.” How come we never listen to this and try send them to tomb?

I am fearfully wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, His work is also wonderful.

A person is a person, no matter how small. Life is life—no matter how small. We often forget this important detail. This detail could save our lives.

Sixty percent of babies who weren’t intended have died because of this.

Why do people kill these innocent babies with the pill?

Why do they say that babies in their womb are mistakes and things need to be gotten rid of? Why why why?

When you ask someone if murder’s bad, they say yes, of course.

But when you tell them that killing innocent babies isn’t good enough they shame you.

They blame women’s rights on health care but what about baby’s right? That’s unfair.

From where they were created, they are a human person.

They were created in God’s image.

People say “women’s rights on health care — that’s just a clump of cells.”

But no one dwells on the fact that baby still has heartbeat at six weeks. Boom boom, boom boom.

Nothing compares to love a mother has for her baby.

So maybe we let them have chance to live and that love will grow.

Destruction, dismay, dread… When will people comprehend this needs to come to an end?

Our life is our life no matter how small.

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pgroup2

This got really going with the SCOTUS opinion in Griswold v Connecticut.

This was among the worst legal decisions SCOTUS ever made. It legally separated sex from responsibility and procreation.

And of course, the notorious phrase … penumbras, formed by emanations … all dancing in a frenzy.

Robert Baker

I seem to remember that Justice Blackmun was the culprit. It is not too much of a stretch to think he may have had immigration problems at the Pearly Gate of the Celestial City.

TheseTruths

May God bless her!

Brave and Free

More evidence of a coverup Heads must roll…

Sir ES

A ***LOT*** of heads must roll.

Q mentioned that class action lawsuits can be very effective.

What I took from that statement is that once the truth becomes plain, there may be 1-2 BILLION members joining that class.

Nuremberg II, and far worse than the deaths in WWII (Holocaust +), and even WWI (Bolshevik Revolution +).

The so-called ‘vax’ was an attempt to genocide our entire species.

Big Pharma will have to give up their ownership of ALL their “trade secrets” – i.e., the CURES they’ve hidden for decades.

Cure a patient, lose a customer.
Treat a patient, keep a customer til death.

Unconscionable…

patfrederick

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg WOAH! JEFF BEZOS JUST TORCHED THE ENTIRE DEMOCRAT PARTY LIVE ON TV!

“If Amazon ran like New York City… your package would take 6 weeks and still be wrong.”

Then he drops the hammer on Karen Bass: She promised to END homelessness in LA by 2026… now it’s 2026 and she’s on track for ZERO results.

Spencer Pratt nailed it too, the “homeless industrial complex” is straight-up profiting off $400K per bed grift while streets stay filthy.

Democrats turned America’s greatest cities into third-world disasters and now the world’s richest man is calling them out.

Bezos just said what every normal American has been thinking for years.
The grift is exposed.

Gail Combs

JEFF BEZOS!!!???

Jeff Bezos is the guy that bought The Washing ComPost!

patfrederick

the very same! ironic, no?

Gail Combs

Looks like he read some history about what the Commies DO to the rich.

patfrederick

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Chevron is letting customers know in California that it’s not Donald Trump causing the insane gas prices in the state, it’s California Democrats

Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more”

“California politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs”

This is what we need. Huge companies willing to educate the public and tell the truth 

It’s Gavin Newsom and Democrat policies causing $6.30+ average cost per gallon in California

kalbokalbs

Sacramento DUMOCRAT policies did this. Now YOU pay.

Include names…starting with NewScum.

patfrederick

absolutely!!
I would also include some gas prices around the country, so they can see it’s NOT everywhere that prices are this extreme. (if it were POTUS’s fault–it would be country wide)

Gail Combs

NC avg is $4.24 according to AAA.

pgroup2

WA state is $4.79 for regular out here in the boondocks.

kalbokalbs

Be a shame if Lisa Monaco gets indicted.

Biden Deputy AG Lisa Monaco Referred to DOJ over Alleged Microsoft Cover-Up
The Biden Justice Department’s former second-in-command, Lisa Monaco, is facing a referral to the Department of Justice over allegations that she buried investigations into Microsoft’s cybersecurity failures before landing a top job at the tech giant, according to a letter from the American Accountability Foundation.

Monaco, who served as Deputy Attorney General under former Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined Microsoft in May 2025 as President of Global Affairs just months after leaving government. Her hiring drew immediate criticism from President Donald Trump, who blasted Monaco in a Truth Social post last September.

“Corrupt and Totally Trump Deranged Lisa Monaco,” Trump wrote, “was a senior National Security aide under Barack Hussein Obama, and a Lawfare and Weaponization obsessed Deputy Attorney General under Crooked Joe Biden.” Trump added that Monaco’s access to “Highly Sensitive Information” at Microsoft was “unacceptable” given the company’s extensive government contracts.

Trump further alleged that Monaco had been stripped of security clearances and barred from federal properties, declaring: “It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco.”

The DOJ referral from the American Accountability Foundation suggests Trump’s concerns may extend beyond politics into national security and potential corruption.

According to the letter, Microsoft suffered at least five major cyber intrusions between 2019 and 2023 involving Russian intelligence services, Chinese state-sponsored hackers, and Russian cybercriminals. The breaches were described as “among the most damaging series of breaches of U.S. government information systems in American history.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/05/20/biden-deputy-ag-lisa-monaco-referred-to-doj-over-alleged-microsoft-cover-up/

TradeBait2

Burn.

MOAR of this!

Gail Combs

We are entering the Find Out Phase.   :cheers: 

patfrederick

THIS is crazy!
FTA
The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. The deal, which the group ratified on Monday, averts a threatened strike this summer that could have disrupted the influx of tourists expected for the World Cup and America 250 festivities.
The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would increase wages by more than 50 percent for workers, union officials said. The hotel owners will continue to pay the full cost of providing health-care benefits for 27,000 union members and their families.

https://archive.ph/GC1CG

Brave and Free

On the downside, after four years of the new mayor running the city into the ground half of the hotels will be closed.

patfrederick

not true…the mayor will secure deals for the rooms to be occupied by illegals, the homeless, maybe down on their luck drug dealers. I think the raise is in anticipation of battle zone conditions on the horizon. their healthcare is completely paid for by the hotels. i’m only half joking.

TheseTruths

I would expect the cost of staying there to skyrocket.

duchess01

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EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE

Verse of the Day for Thursday, May 21, 2026

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 8:38-39 (KJV)

COMMENTARY FOR ROMANS 8

The freedom of believers from condemnation. (1-9) Their privileges as being the children of God. (10-17) Their hopeful prospects under tribulations. (18-25) Their assistance from the Spirit in prayer. (26,27) Their interest in the love of God. (28-31) Their final triumph, through Christ. (32-39)

32-39 All things whatever, in heaven and earth, are not so great a display of God’s free love, as the gift of his coequal Son to be the atonement on the cross for the sin of man; and all the rest follows upon union with him, and interest in him. All things, all which can be the causes or means of any real good to the faithful Christian. He that has prepared a crown and a kingdom for us, will give us what we need in the way to it. Men may justify themselves, though the accusations are in full force against them; but if God justifies, that answers all. By Christ we are thus secured. By the merit of his death he paid our debt. Yea, rather that is risen again. This is convincing evidence that Divine justice was satisfied. We have such a Friend at the right hand of God; all power is given to him. He is there, making intercession. Believer! does your soul say within you, Oh that he were mine! and oh that I were his; that I could please him and live to him! Then do not toss your spirit and perplex your thoughts in fruitless, endless doubtings, but as you are convinced of ungodliness, believe on Him who justifies the ungodly. You are condemned, yet Christ is dead and risen. Flee to Him as such. God having manifested his love in giving his own Son for us, can we think that any thing should turn aside or do away that love? Troubles neither cause nor show any abatement of his love. Whatever believers may be separated from, enough remains. None can take Christ from the believer: none can take the believer from Him; and that is enough. All other hazards signify nothing. Alas, poor sinners! though you abound with the possessions of this world, what vain things are they! Can you say of any of them, Who shall separate us? You may be removed from pleasant dwellings, and friends, and estates. You may even live to see and seek your parting. At last you must part, for you must die. Then farewell, all this world accounts most valuable. And what hast thou left, poor soul, who hast not Christ, but that which thou wouldest gladly part with, and canst not; the condemning guilt of all thy sins! But the soul that is in Christ, when other things are pulled away, cleaves to Christ, and these separations pain him not. Yea, when death comes, that breaks all other unions, even that of the soul and body, it carries the believer’s soul into the nearest union with its beloved Lord Jesus, and the full enjoyment of him for ever.

Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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How to Find God With All Your Heart | Verse of the Day – May 21, 2026 (Morning Prayer)


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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!

duchess01

WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL

PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD

Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.

I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.

I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.

Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.

May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.

With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.

Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me. 

Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

BE MY VOICE

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CHILD NOT CHOICE

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JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

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duchess01

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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

duchess01

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duchess01

PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER

MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN

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duchess01

BLESSED ARE YOU

Amen – Amen – I say unto you;
Gather together I am with you;
Remember what – for you – I have done;
To ensure you and I live forever as one!

Blessed are you who are poor in spirit;
The Kingdom of God is yours – albeit;
Blessed are you who mourn – in your hearts;
Sweet comfort for you – My Spirit imparts!

Blessed are you who are meek – and lowly;
For you shall inherit the earth – most wholly;
Blessed are you who hunger and thirst;
For righteousness you will be filled and first!

Blessed are you who are merciful – and kind;
Mercy shall be yours – so keep that in mind;
Blessed are you who are purest in heart;
For you will see God from the very start!

Blessed are you who strive to make peace;
As children of God – your joy will not cease;
Blessed are you who are persecuted for right;
The Kingdom of Heaven will be in your sight!

Blessed are you who men revile and persecute;
Relentless for My name’s sake they prosecute;
Saying in all manner of evil you’re defiled;
I will exalt you – you’ll not be beguiled!

Blessed are you who have suffered for Me;
For great your reward in Heaven will be;
As prophets of old suffered greatly as well;
Like them, you profit – your riches will swell!

Be not dismayed – there is right judgment;
Be not distressed – for any begrudge meant;
Know that I see what is hidden from sight;
As in the last days, it is I who is light!

Blessed are you who are faithful and true;
I am He who can see the good that you do;
Truly you are – blessed and holy you be;
Living in paradise – someday with Me!

D01: 07/21/2013


duchess01

Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing

#psalm91 #psalms #prayer

Pray Everyday

https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html

Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.

#faith #god #psalms

prayeveryday777

https://rumble.com/v57jvfg-sleep-well-with-psalms.-psalm-91-psalm-121-psalm-3-psalm-4-psalm-139.faith-.html

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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!!  ❤️❤️❤️



kalbokalbs

CO is one sick, demented state.

Up thread, a 13couldnot read a pro life poem she wrote. Now this…

UPDATE: The Colorado Democratic Party has CENSURED Gov. Jared Polis because he caved and freed Tina Peters — banning him from speaking or being honored at party events

This is who they are.

They want an old, peaceful woman to rot in prison. SICK.

Dumocrats are E V I L.

Gail Combs

Dumocrats Totalitarians are E V I L.

Fixed it.

Tina was convicted of FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW in the only way she knew how.

TradeBait2

The Dems should personally receive all the evil they thrust on others.

Gail Combs

Dante’s ninth reserved for TRAITORS.

Aubergine

Oh, they WILL….

TheseTruths

Evil, yes. Many want us dead.

kalbokalbs

Seems cardboard puppet’s minions have spoken.

JUST IN: Iran supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei ORDERS near-weapons grade uranium to be kept inside Iran — Reuters

Iran is also “reviewing” President Trump’s latest proposal, per Fox

47 is prepared for FIRE AND FURY if it’s clear to him they’re not making a deal!

The mullahs are going to eventually realize they made a grave miscalculation by underestimating Trump if this continues.

patfrederick

I am tired of this game. I think our President has given them enough chances. the people of iran are expecting us to liberate them…they need to help liberate themselves. if you fight for your own freedom, you respect the cost and the meaning more than if it is handed to you.

kalbokalbs

Agree.

In the short term, IRGC needs an intense thrashing. Including, FORCE opening of the Strait of Hormuz, to ALL. Except IRGC.

Seemingly, an internal civil war may be heating up. Some reports of Iran Army stepping up. Hope we are arming Iranians.

TradeBait2

Agree – git ‘er dun. We are going to need boots on the ground to get the uranium out and control the oil. Let the IDF take care of the Islamic fascists/IRGC so the Iranian people can take control of their country and fate.

Aubergine

“the people of iran are expecting us to liberate them…”

Trump promised. Help is coming, he said.

I’m holding him to it. I’ll be utterly furious if that doesn’t happen.

patfrederick

help is coming, but we’re not gonna do it for them. they needed to show this is what they wanted as well. if they make the moves to rise up, we’ll be there to seal the deal. at least that was my interpretations of POTUS’s remarks.

Aubergine

They moved to rise up, and 30,000-40,000 of them died in a day or two. They need weapons. And real help.

kalbokalbs

Senator Tim Kaine the true fraudster that he is, walked into Wednesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with a prepared script: corner Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao over reports of broken toilets, food shortages, and morale problems on Navy ships — then paint him as a disconnected political hack covering for the administration.

Classic Washington theater.

But these problems didn’t start under the current leadership. The U.S. Navy has been battling aging ships, chronic maintenance backlogs, shipyard delays, recruiting crises, and supply chain failures for more than a decade — spanning multiple presidents and Congresses.

It seems a there has been a problem of deferred maintenance, overworked crews, and readiness shortfalls and they are symptoms of deeper rot: not enough dry docks, bureaucratic bloat, and years of prioritizing everything except combat effectiveness.

Hung Cao — a former Navy Captain, combat veteran, and American success story — didn’t flinch.

In other words, he kicked Tim’s ass! Cao laid out the tough realities of reversing years of neglect, underfunding in critical areas, and the distraction of policies that put ideology over warfighting readiness.

As usual for a Democrat, Kaine wasn’t looking for solutions. He was hunting a viral clip. America’s sailors don’t need more grandstanding senators lecturing about cafeteria lines and broken heads.
They need real reform: faster shipyard repairs, honest budgets, ruthless focus on lethality, and leadership that treats readiness like the life-or-death priority it is — not a political prop.

Our Navy is the cornerstone of American power projection. When warships can’t reliably feed their crews or maintain basic sanitation, it’s not just embarrassing — it’s a flashing red warning for national security.

The sailors deserve far better than the Senate show trials. They deserve a fleet that’s ready to deter — and win — wars.

Time to stop the political games and fix the fleet, stop the grandstanding Tim, you look like an immature weakling compared to Cao!

TradeBait2

The Joker continues to be a joke.

Gail Combs

It is the DEMONRATS who ALLOWED the ships to get into such bad shape not Cao! Kaine should CO-SPONSOR the Ship Act!
Why Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet Needs the Ship Act – The National Interest

But to break ground on new shipyards, weld steel, and train workers during this term, Congress should pass the SHIPS Act swiftly.

President Donald Trump, with his call for a “Golden Fleet,” is addressing the urgent need to expand the size and capabilities of our Navy and Coast Guard by adding more submarines, a new class of Trump battleships, destroyers, frigates, and cutters to project power and safeguard our interests. But true maritime power requires far more than combat vessels. We also require a robust ecosystem of civilian support ships. 

Building and maintaining a full spectrum of vessels demands more than the handful of specialized naval shipyards we have today. It requires a vibrant, nationwide industrial base, from shipyards along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to facilities on the Great Lakes, to yards along our inland rivers. It means our prime shipbuilders, smaller specialty and startup yards, and strong builders from allied nations are all working at capacity. This distributed network would create high-paying jobs in communities across America, strengthen supply chains against disruption, and provide surge capacity when national security demands it…. 

Even American Progress Org can see the usefullness

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/president-trump-says-he-wants-more-u-s-shipbuilding-heres-how-to-do-it-well/

The shipbuilding capacity of the United States has declined to what the U.S. Naval Institute has deemed emergency levels and is in need of significant expansion in order to meet the country’s naval needs, as well as to outfit a modern merchant marine capable of supporting a robust economic resilience agenda.3 From 2020 through 2022, China consistently built more than 1,200 commercial ships per year, while the United States built fewer than six annually.4 China alone produces half of the world’s merchant shipping tonnage, but other countries also greatly outpace the United States’ ability to produce ocean-faring vessels.5 For example, South Korea and Japan produced the second- and third-most ships in 2023, with 28 percent and 15 percent of the global share, respectively.6 The United States, which contributed only 0.1 percent of global shipping tonnage, was bested by 13 other countries…

The goal of the Liberty Ship program [Under FDR] therefore was to dramatically increase the number of ships produced in the United States for the merchant marine and the U.S. Navy. In total, 18 new shipyards across the country were outfitted with new capacity paid for by the federal government;20 by comparison, the United States operates just four public shipyards today…

The U.S. shipbuilding industry has dwindled significantly after decades of underinvestment, allowing China and several other countries to produce far more commercial vessels than the United States. But policymakers must do more than simply blame China for the lackluster state of U.S. shipbuilding. It would be regrettable if the current administration and its congressional allies missed out on the opportunity to do shipbuilding in an effective, bipartisan way, given the real benefits such a program could provide for the country’s long-term security and for American workers and their families.

kalbokalbs

Democrat Party survives on manufacturing grievance.

WOW! Rep. Wesley Hunt just made the Democrats SPEECHLESS after dropping straight truth nukes

“My own father, who grew up in a segregated South, had to walk around to the back of a restaurant just to order a sandwich because of the color of his skin.”

“THAT was Jim Crow, and THAT is precisely why it is so offensive to compare that era of legalized discrimination and racial terror to showing a PHOTO ID in a voting booth!”

“And it’s just as offensive when groups and organizations like these manufacture faux hate and racial tension, requiring identification of vote.”

“It’s not oppression. It is not segregation. It is not racism.”

“It is a basic standard that applies equally to every single American citizen, regardless of what you look like. You need an ID to board a plane. You need an ID to cash a check.”

“You need an ID to buy alcohol. You need an ID to enter these very federal buildings. And by the way, attaining an ID in this country is an extremely low bar.”

“But somehow showing an ID to vote in America is now considered to be Jim Crow 2.0. This is NOT about civil rights. This is about political theater. And the Democrat Party survives on manufacturing grievance.”

TradeBait2

Preach!

Gail Combs

We need MORE Blacks like him who tell it like it is!

LBJ and Obama did an amazing amount of damage to the Blacks, and that doesn’t even get into Dulles & Bush and the CIA drug pushing in the inner cities.

patfrederick

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Jake
May 21, 2026 7:34 am
Reply to DonZ

EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration – July 16, 2025

https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/exclusive-memo-reveals-d-c-judges-are-predisposed-against-trump-administration/

The Trump Administration has been doing its part, but the lower courts remain rabid in their attack on the rule of law.

Federal judge James Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and some two dozen other judges that his D.C. colleagues were “concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis,” according to a memorandum obtained exclusively by The Federalist. That Judge Boasberg and his fellow D.C. District Court judges would discuss how a named Defendant in numerous pending lawsuits might respond to an adverse ruling is shocking. Equally outrageous is those judges’ clear disregard for the presumption of regularity — a presumption that requires a court to presume public officials properly discharged their official duties.

Judge Boasberg’s comments reveal he and his colleagues hold an anti-Trump bias, for the Trump Administration had complied with every court order to date (and since for that matter). The D.C. District Court judges’ “concern” also went counter to the normal presumption courts hold — one that presumes public officials properly discharged their official duties. Apparently, that presumption does not apply to the current president, at least if you are litigating in D.C

Judge Boasberg should be nowhere near the federal bench, let alone assigned a case involving the Trump Administration.

Gail Combs

And do not forget many DC judges are not eve AMERICAN BORN!

patfrederick

that irritates me to no end!

pgroup2

The Star Chamber is a documentary? Who knew?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Chamber

TheseTruths

Judge Boasberg’s comments reveal he and his colleagues hold an anti-Trump bias, for the Trump Administration had complied with every court order to date (and since for that matter).

This is key. Some people want PDJT to go scorched earth, but since he is abiding by court orders, they can’t go after him on that.

The D.C. District Court judges’ “concern” also went counter to the normal presumption courts hold — one that presumes public officials properly discharged their official duties. Apparently, that presumption does not apply to the current president, at least if you are litigating in D.C.

Even though PDJT is abiding by their orders, they still presume that he is doing things improperly. Imagine what would happen if he didn’t obey their orders. He is navtgating through things correctly.

patfrederick

shark infested waters

Aubergine

You guys, wish me luck.

My granddaughter is graduating from high school this weekend. I have agreed to host a party for her at my house. So I will be dealing with her mother, my daughter, who is a last-minute, freak-out, non-planner person.

The text messages have already started today. Sigh…

kalbokalbs

My laughing aside. Good Luck!

Congrats to Granddaughter. She done good. Was it, maybe cosmetology, in her future?

Aubergine

Yes! Thanks for remembering. She has been accepted to her school of choice starting in September.

I went up to visit with her, and it is a great school. Christian owners and staff. Very good people.

patfrederick

congratulations to her!

pgroup2

There are answering apps that will connect numbers [that you specify] to an A.I. entity. They can emulate your voice and they respond reasonably.

You can monitor the conversation or go about other business – your choice.

A.I. has arrived.

Aubergine

Lol. That’s funny.

“They respond reasonably” is the problem in my case!

patfrederick

you have my sympathies. my granddaughter and daughter are the exact opposite–they plan, plan, plan. down to the color of the sprinkles she wanted on the cookies I was baking for her birthday party…LOL (and of course the shapes–she wanted cowboy hats and boots and the sprinkles were pink and teal.)

Aubergine

Oh, jeez. I don’t which is worse!

patfrederick

LOL

PAVACA

All the best for the upcoming party! Do you get to make the “time parameters” for the occasion? Like, “I love you, but the party starts at X time and is over at X time”?

PAVACA

RED ALERT 🚨

The 18 American passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius were put into involuntary quarantine — on orders from the CDC — the moment they came ashore in the United States 10 days ago.

16 of the passengers are being held at the National Quarantine Unit in OMAHA, NE.
2 of the passengers are being held at the quarantine unit of Emery University Hospital in ATLANTA, GA.

NONE of the 18 passengers has shown any signs of Hantavirus infection symptoms.
However, they are being held during the “potential incubation period”, which can last up to 42 days post-exposure. The “END DATE” of their quarantine — 31 MAY — would reflect this 42-day period, counting their time aboard the ship.

The quarantine orders were signed by the current Acting Director of the CDC — Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who is ALSO the current Director of the NIH.

The quarantine order also threatened legal action if any of the 18 American passengers attempted to leave their quarantine facilities.

The quarantine order also stated that the 18 passengers could “appeal” the order.

WHERE IS HHS SEC. KENNEDY, JR., ON THIS SITUATION? DID HE KNOW OF THE CDC’S QUARANTINE ORDER? DID HE APPROVE THE ORDER?

This story has just exploded on the internet. Fox News, NY Post, NY Times, etc., etc., all have stories. BBC is following the situation. BBC has a story in which one of the Americans being held at the OMAHA quarantine facility uploaded a “video tour” of his quarantine suite.

THIS IS WHAT THE CDC HAS IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT “POTENTIAL PANDEMIC” — QUARANTINE FACILITIES. THINK HANTAVIRUS. THINK EBOLA VIRUS.

AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN GOVERNMENT-RUN QUARANTINE FACILITIES. THEY WERE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-QUARANTINE AT THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE THREATENED WITH “LEGAL ACTION” IF THEY ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE QUARANTINE FACILITIES BEFORE 31 MAY 2026.

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TheseTruths

Aside from the serious issues you raise, this is another reason not to go on a cruise.

Aubergine

I’m calling it now; this is gonna be a banger of a film!

“Award-winning film director Michael Bay will direct a new movie depicting the true story of a rescue operation of two American pilots who were downed in Iran during Operation Epic Fury.

The two pilots flew an Air Force F-15E fighter jet, which Iran shot down last month amid the conflict in the Middle East. A second U.S. fighter jet crashed in Iran shortly after and that pilot was also safely rescued. 

The film will tell the story of the two pilots on the Eagle and will be based on the upcoming book by Mitchell Zuckoff, which HarperCollins will publish in 2027, according to Deadline.

Bay has built a reputation for directing war movies and teaming up with the United States’ military to tell their stories. He is known for directing the movies “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” in 2016 and the 2001 film, “Pearl Harbor.””

https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/michael-bay-direct-true-story-mission-save-two-pilots-iran-during-operation-epic?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators

Michael Bay is awesome.

barkerjim

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/taking-out-the-trash-thursday-may

Good morning, C&C, it’s Thursday! Your roundup includes: Trump’s quiet global war on corruption: Raúl Castro is finally indicted for the 1996 murder of four Americans —thirty years overdue— and Acting AG Blanche says he expects Castro to show up in the United States “by his own will or another way”; the DOJ unseals a stunning indictment against the Chinese cartel that secretly engineered the entire “supply chain crisis,” nabbing one executive mid-flight in Operation Midnight in Paris; back home, a former Jack Smith prosecutor gets charged for sneaking the sealed report to her Gmail disguised as “Bundt_cake_recipe.pdf” (a sister file went out as “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf” — I am sensing a theme); and Trump signs a new executive order quietly turning off the $62.5-billion remittance spigot funding Mexico, the cartels, and apparently the Chinese communists too. Tick, tock!

Gail Combs

THIS IS BIG!!

Trump signs a new executive order quietly turning off the $62.5-billion remittance spigot funding Mexico, the cartels, and apparently the Chinese communists too. Tick, tock!

Gail Combs

… President Trump and this Justice Department are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold.”…

Now apply that to the Clot Shot.

And on that note…

6/26/24 FROM CONGRESS.GOV
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117456/documents/HHRG-118-JU05-20240626-SD011.pdf

Denies adverse deaths.

patfrederick

so Pakistan buys an iconic hotel in NYC, gets paid FEDERAL money to house migrants there who wreck the place and overwhelm it so there’s migrants all over the street…AND despite getting $149 Million from the federal gov’t, they’re still in arrears in NY taxes and their water bill???
FTA
The Pakistani government is screwing New York City taxpayers – again.
After pocketing $146.6 million to run the Roosevelt Hotel as a migrant shelter for two years, Pakistan’s state-owned property is now stiffing the city for $13.6 million in overdue property taxes and nearly $1 million in unpaid water bills, The Post has learned.
Even worse: A sweetheart deal with the feds to redevelop the Midtown landmark into a supertall skyscraper could let Pakistan dodge all future taxes — potentially costing the city tens of millions per year.

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The Roosevelt Hotel housed tens of thousands of migrants in NYC.
The Pakistani-owned hotel at 45 East 45th St. signed a payment agreement with the city’s Department of Finance in September 2023, when it already owed $11.6 million. 
But despite getting paid millions by taxpayers to house migrants, Pakistan blew off a $573,361 payment due Jan. 2 and skipped a $3.9 million half-year payment.
“This property is currently in default on its payment plan,” a DOF spokesman confirmed. Explore More
The hotel’s annual property tax bill hits $7.7 million this July.
A joint venture between Pakistan and the US government to demolish the Roosevelt and build an office tower could trigger a federal tax exemption, since the State Department typically asks the DOF to grant one when a foreign government buys US property.
“We have not received a letter in this case,” the DOF spokesman said. “However, any charges that accrued prior to government ownership must still be paid.”

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https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/us-news/pakistans-roosevelt-hotel-took-146m-in-migrant-cash-now-owes-13-6m-in-back-taxes/

TheseTruths
Gail Combs

Grand Standing for the midterms.

TheseTruths

FBI Shuts Down India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting Hundreds of Elderly Americans
(emphasis mine)

A major international fraud scheme centered in India has been dismantled by Americans. authorities, exposing a sprawling network that targeted elderly Americans and siphoned millions of dollars out of the country…

Federal investigators say the operation relied heavily on call centers operating out of India, where fraudsters posed as legitimate tech support agents, according to various reports. These overseas networks systematically targeted elderly Americans, many of whom were unfamiliar with modern cybersecurity threats.

At the center of the case are two America-based executives, Adam Young and Harrison Gevirtz, who pleaded guilty to enabling the scheme. Prosecutors say the pair provided critical telecommunications infrastructure that allowed India-based scammers to reach victims across the United States.

Their company supplied phone numbers, routing services, and call-tracking systems that became the backbone of the operation. Without that infrastructure, authorities say, the India-based fraud network would not have been able to function at such scale.

The scheme itself was deceptively simple—but highly effective. Victims would encounter alarming pop-up messages on their computers, falsely claiming their devices were infected with dangerous viruses.

These warnings directed them to call a phone number, which connected them directly to call centers in India. Once on the line, operators used scripted tactics to create panic and urgency.

Victims were then pressured into paying for unnecessary or completely fictitious technical support services. In many cases, they were convinced to hand over hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

In some instances, the damage went even further. Scammers gained remote access to victims’ computers, allowing them to extract sensitive personal and financial data.

Authorities say the operation disproportionately targeted elderly Americans. Many victims lost significant portions of their savings, with little chance of recovery.

…The crackdown followed years of coordination and intelligence gathering.

Tech support scams alone cost Americans approximately $2.1 billion last year

What a shame that so many people are unaware of the evils in this world and are so trusting. You never click a link or call a number that is randomly provided. If you think there could be a problem, you do internet searches, get help from a family member or friend, or hire a computer expert. You don’t trust someone with an Indian accent (or not) who is urging you to action. I’m so glad this operation got shut down.