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DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230803

Badlands News Brief – August 2, 2023

Additionally, whether the Trump-DeSantis feud is for narrative purposes or genuine, all DeSantis is doing by rushing to the timely defense of Trump is demonstrating to Trump’s supporters that the powers behind him are looking to wear the America First movement as a skin suit in order to co-opt the messaging of the man who sparked it all in the first place.

It’s not going to help Establishment polling, while it’s going to continue to launch Trump into the stratosphere.

Judge rules Trump protected by presidential immunity for claims doubting election while in office

Jonathan Turley Warns: Biden Allegations ‘Shaping Up to Be One of the Greatest Scandals in History’

Biden was just the bagman. Somebody else was running the show, like whoever was running Obama.

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Asks Judge To Block The Release Of Secret Jeffrey Epstein Files; Feds Claim It Would Mess Up The Jury Pool In ‘Possible’ Ghislaine Maxwell Retrial

Right. Sure. It’s not about WHO is on the client list, now is it. Nope. Might contaminate the jury pool. That’s a good one.

Dr. Robert Malone: COVID jabs were a CIA operation to depopulate the world

At least this is getting attention.

Bernie Sanders leads lawmakers demanding DOJ prosecute fossil fuel companies for climate change

Would someone please put this old fool out to pasture.

Biden Preparing to Declare Pandemic-Like ‘Climate Emergency,’ Energy Industry Insiders Warn

Why a kinder, gentler Trump cannot exist

Beyond Weaponized: The Department of Justice Is a Domestic Terrorist Group That Calls Good Evil and Evil Good

That’s one way of putting it.

Cancel culture is getting canceled and it’s about time

Yes, but it took the extremes to get the people to really vote with their wallets.

The Trump Indictment Criminalizes Political Dissent

They want us to think that, anyway.

‘I STAND WITH TRUMP’ MOVEMENT STRENGTHENS AFTER THIRD INDICTMENT AND BIDEN DOJ INTERFERENCE ALARMS AMERICANS

Maybe so, but a lot of us are not enjoying the show. At all.

Conservatives Shred Mike Pence After He Issues Statement Supporting Trump Indictment: ‘Should Never Be President’

Shed like a snake skin.

The Media’s Key Demo is Abandoning It

Gee, I wonder why.

Just the intro music…. The rest of it…. zzzzzzzzzzz

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1686711432555958273

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1686702131720445952

For all those who saw “Sound of Freedom”, does anything here look familiar?

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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PSALMS 84:3-6, 8, 11

2My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah] 5Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 7They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion. 10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

MATTHEW 13:47-53

47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. 49So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, 50and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 51“Have you understood all this?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” 53And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230727

Are we ready kids?

It not just that it’s HOT HOT HOT outside right now and we need a cool day or two, but, literally, it was a heavy news day. I’m just going to link up what I saved up in the order it is in now rather than grouping stuff.

Here we go

Badlands News Brief – July 26, 2023

Never Wavered

The Democrats’ Dilemma: How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race

Welcome to the Persecution, RFK Jr.

How Investigative Journalists Have Become Cover-Up Promoters

American Thinker’s core writing stable is waking up, and it’s a BEAUTIFUL thing to behold.

The Two Kinds of Censorship. Well, Actually Six

The Educational Establishment’s Radical New Ploys

Jason Aldean’s Primal Scream

Pew Research: Democrats Value Free Speech Far Less than Republicans

The end of the Washington Post

Oh, well.

The case against surrogacy

Children are increasingly considered more as commodities than gifts from God. Surrogacy just reinforces that notion.

NIMBYs are the real revolutionaries

RFK Jr Slams Health Agencies for Pushing Mass Lockdowns: ‘You Never Lock Down a Population’

Matt Gaetz Warns He Doesn’t ‘Trust Speaker McCarthy’s Word on Impeaching Biden’: ‘Talk Is Cheap’

BREAKING: Hunter Biden pleads ‘not guilty’ to all charges after judge refused to sign onto ‘sweetheart’ plea deal

DeSantis Campaign Fires Creator of Ron DeSantis Promotional Video Showcasing Pro Ukraine Nazi Support and Symbolism

Tucker takes a detour through South Central LA — with Ice Cube

DC Deathwatch: McConnell in even worse shape than Joe Biden…

Ron DeSantis’ Hamptons fundraiser flops — while RFK Jr., Trump rake it in

Why women could be hurt more by AI in the workforce than men: study

TWEETS!

I’m with Sundance. This is sad, and the seniors in Congress need to be retired for everyone’s good.

So long as the red pills keep coming, RFK, Jr., can talk all he wants.

Could have been any number of things, but the reality is, it’s time for him to retire.

https://twitter.com/TerrenceBeBack/status/1684256956515483653

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

More true than you all know.

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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DANIEL 3:52-56

52“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages. 53Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all forever. 54Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever. 55Blessed are you who look into the depths from your throne upon the cherubim, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever. 56Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever.

MATTHEW 13:10-17

10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: `You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. 15For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’ 16But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230720

Starting early today.

How to Fly your Vimana

Clif High is wacko. Totally.

Badlands News Brief – July 19, 2023

GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

Rattled? They should be scared $#!+less given that they ran on true American values and gave their constituents anything but.

Algebra 1 effectively eliminated from Harvard-area middle schools because too many white and Asian students were taking it: Report

TBH, when it came to math, I got Bs in algebra. It stood for “bored.” I essentially had the same algebra class three years in a row.

Trump Doesn’t Need to Unite the Republican Party to Win the Election

Senate Republicans Despise Their Voters

The peculiar racism of the Ivy League

Should America Dominate the World?

After Long Silence on ‘Long Vax,’ Science Magazine Links Autoimmune Disorders to COVID Shots

Two members of my immediate family learned that the hard way, and one is still in denial.

Say what you want about Tucker, in this case he’s correct.

Biden cuts off funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology linked to COVID-19 outbreak: Report

The End of Ordered Liberty

Panic in DC …

Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed.

In Nature, no less. Hmm.

Wind and Solar Are NOT Cheaper than Coal and Oil

TWEETS!

In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.

As so many pointed out, I was present at Route 91-where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy. NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart.

Try That In A Small Town, for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences. My political views have never been something I’ve hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this Country don’t agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. But the desire for it to- that’s what this song is about.

Why Me? by Catturd.

I’m exhausted – mentally and physically. This Catturd thing has been a 5 year rollercoaster ride. I basically work 7 days a week; no days off, no vacations. I don’t even know how I got here. I often ask, why me?

I have no idea how I’ve gained such a large following – sometimes I think it’s mostly luck. Most the larger accounts on the conservative side have lived a very different life than me. In short, they did most everything right in life, and I did almost everything wrong – lol.

You couldn’t get a more flawed and imperfect person than me. Although I’ve never been in trouble with the law, arrested, and only had one traffic ticket in my life – I was aimlessly adrift for many of my early years.

I joined the Army at 17-years-old, once my service was over – I basically started immediately screwing up. I was so lost. I had several failed marriages when I was way too young and had no idea what love was. Then I spent over a decade as a hippie musician, growing my hair, carefree, smoking weed, drinking too much, and even using some hard drugs. (I even had a VW hippie van – lol ) I was homeless at one point, living in a tent beside a lake for months. I fought alcoholism pretty hard during these times and still have to watch myself today.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret a moment of my life, because I strongly believe it takes lots of failures to become successful at anything.

I finally seemed to get my shit together around the age of 40. It took me long enough – lol. At the age of 54, I decided to join social media for the first time because I suddenly got arthritis in my fingers where I lost the ability to play guitar. I was lost again and needed some kind of artistic outlet. Sometimes I think Catturd saved me in a way.

With this reach and when you truly speak your mind, The Left will viscously try to destroy you. YOU MUST BE SILENCED and it never ends.

For just giving my honest opinions, I’ve been doxxed, harassed, 100 hit pieces written about me, people come by house and scream obscenities, tons of death threats, and on and on. Everyone I’ve known for 40 years and many of my family members have been bullied and relentlessly harassed for years.

Sometimes I don’t know why a screw-up like me was give this much reach. I pray every night I’ll use this opportunity the right way to help as many people as possible – and pets. I’m always struggling in which direction to go.

I can honestly say, however, the love I get from my followers pushes me through the hard times, when I’m exhausted or down. Whether it’s on social media or on our podcast, I try to make people laugh every day to ease the pain of what this country is going through.

In closing on this novel, I feel so blessed to have the support and love from so many of you. I don’t claim to be perfect, but I’ll always give you my raw and unfiltered opinions, right or wrong. I’m not afraid and I’m fighting for this country as hard as I can.

All of you saved me – I love you all.

Agreed. Faults, history and all.

My hometown is divided into more neighborhoods than that. They all have a name, too.

That’s the only reason to watch that video.

Divine intervention?

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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Fellow tree dweller, the late Wheatie, gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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EXODUS 3:13-20

13Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, `What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, `I AM has sent me to you.'” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, `The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, `The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt; 17and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per’izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb’usites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”‘ 18And they will hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, `The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, we pray you, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ 19I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. 20So I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all the wonders which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.

PSALMS 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27

1O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples! 5Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 8He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, 24And the LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes. 25He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. 26He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

MATTHEW 11:28-30

28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

I sang that for a jury in college.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230713

Happy Thursday, y’all!

This is a little light as I had family stuff going on. Enjoy.

Artificial Intelligence Positioned to Define Terms of Reality

Badlands News Brief – July 12, 2023

The Brainwashing Race

The Censorship Empire Strikes Back After Missouri v. Biden Free Speech Victory

Foreign Donors are Influencing Elections Through 501(c)(4)s

Artificial Intelligence

Report: Ukraine Intelligence Coordinated with FBI to Censor Americans on Social Media

Watch Live: Wray Gets Flayed On Capitol Hill After FBI Bombshells

Highlights in the Tweets section.

Anti-fitness and pro-fat: The left’s war on humanity’s existence

President Trump issues blistering statement calling out Biden for just leaking classified information on national TV…

BREAKING: Our investigation has revealed a ‘partnership’ between the world’s biggest tech companies to together rig AI to be woke. The partnership explicitly cites Karl Marx and Critical Race Theory in their plans.

Researchers Find Micro-Clotting and “Long Covid” Are Both Caused By Covid Vaccines

HOLY MOLY! This man actually said this to the EU Parliament!

Dylan Mulvaney leaves the US ‘to feel safe’ amid Bud Light backlash

APPLAUSE!

IDAHO’S DAVOS: Big-Tech Billionaires, Intelligence Operatives & Media Moguls Invade Sun Valley To Decide Our Future In Shady Back-Room Summit

TWEETS!

Thought provoking thread.

Get a load of the portraits behind old Henry.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1679205872600248328

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

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PSALMS 105:16-21

16When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread, 17he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. 18His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron; 19until what he had said came to pass the word of the LORD tested him. 20The king sent and released him, the ruler of the peoples set him free; 21he made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,

MATTHEW 10:7-15

7And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay. 9Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, 10no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food. 11And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart. 12As you enter the house, salute it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. 15Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor’rah than for that town.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230706

Badlands News Brief – July 5, 2023

Twitter Is Falling Apart as Massive Failures Break the System

Mmm…no. Not falling apart at all.

It’s the General Election, Stupid

And more people wake up.

Is Ukraine Planning a False Flag Attack on Their Own Nuclear Plant?

Alert: Your Phone Has a Secret Map That Shows Where You’ve Been – But Here’s How You Can Get Rid of It

Trump Cuts the Head off the Snake

A Libertarian Case for Public Works

The Muddled Mindset of Progressivism

‘Adoption, not abortion?’ How the Dobbs decision is affecting adoption in the U.S.

Republican Senators Blast NIH For $3 Million Grant To Expand Medical Transitions For Minors

As well they should. Our money is paying for this butchering?

The Integralist Upshot

TWEETS!

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676665198063636483
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676669976172810258
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676707107154931712

The jokes write themselves.

Thread reader for this one here.

Yes.

Free speech for all.

Hmm…. Does that mean Xi opposes what Soros stands for?????

https://twitter.com/CilComLFC/status/1676285158553538563

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1676649423726583811

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

Can someone confirm this is a California king snake?

Remember the eaglet that Murphy was fostering??????????

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This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES, ETC., SO LONG AS THEY CAUSE NO PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS OR DOXX OUR FELLOW TREE DWELLERS.

All opinions here are valued for the diversity they bring to the issues, and the shaping of understanding regarding topics for which many of us do not have all information. Correcting the record on any one topic is appreciated.

Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

Fellow tree dweller, the late Wheatie, gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

If you see something has not been posted, do us all a favor, and post it. Please, do not complain that it has not been done yet.

The scroll wheel on your mouse can be your friend. As mature adults, please use it here in the same manner you would in avoiding online porn.

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JOHN 12:24-26

24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230629

Without further ado…..

Ulysses’s Odyssey.

No need to apologize to Joyce. He was just as much of a degenerate commie as the rest of the pack of 20th century writers the publishing houses pushed on the populace.

Badlands News Brief – June 28, 2023

Jack Nicholson, Donald Trump, And The Ugly Work That Needs To Be Done

A New America: Only After Liberals Break Everything

After crafting their COVID giveaways and losing $200 billion, Democrats blame Trump

The end of the American Experiment?

It’s Time to Go for Woke Hollywood’s Jugular

The Trump Distraction

This author, IMO, starts out with a faulty premise. He claims Trump’s brand is forever tarnished. Yeah, no. The style over substance neocons jumped ship, but the rest of us didn’t. Fair weather fans at best, they are.

Looking for the Deep State

Seriously, people: WAKE UP! Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. It’s called the SES. That literally IS the deep state, the permanent bueracracy. ARGH!

‘Phooey on FOIA’

In 1966, Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act. It was meant to open up the records of federal agencies to the public. The law came about because of public unhappiness with the way the federal government had been handling things since the end of World War II. With the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese vanquished, Americans might have imagined that the country would return to older norms of governmental openness. The days of “loose lips sink ships” were behind us.

But by then the Cold War had made its chilly entrance, and in 1946 Congress passed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which created the postwar template for how our vastly larger collection of federal agencies would go about their business. This meant the galaxy of new agencies created under the New Deal as well the expanded powers of the wartime government now had their own rule of law, crafted to keep them within Constitutional bounds. I am no expert on these matters, but the APA included in Section 3 a license for federal agencies to exercise their own discretion over the information they disclosed.

Kash Patel Asks Why Republican State AGs Aren’t Going After the Biden Crime Family

House Oversight Committee Just Went Nuclear on ‘the Bidens’

‘Shockingly Callous’: Fox News Fires Remaining Tucker Staffers In Show’s Final Stroke

The Truth About Transanity From an Insider

Thank you John Dewey.

Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness

Waking up on this topic is not fun or easy. But it is necessary.

TARGET ON THEIR BACKS: Moms for Liberty Invests in Extra Security Ahead of Summit After Receiving Threats

“It’s About the Children!”

TWEETS!

ICYMI:

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1673858773457281026
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673842109021863938
https://twitter.com/leslibless/status/1673872161964949505
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1673871606651781122

If she didn’t dress like she lived in a trailer park….

Is the material girl out of adrenochrome?

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

I miss the bay….

The a-hat with wings is a yellow jacket.

Mastiffs…such wonderful pooches…and they outweigh me.

Just a reminder of what the Detroit…woman… was all about back in the day:

IDK…I kind of prefer the original.

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ACTS 12:1-11

1About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. 2He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. 5So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. 6The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; 7and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. 8And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.” 9And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. 11And Peter came to himself, and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

PSALMS 34:2-9

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8, 17-18

6For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

MATTHEW 16:13-19

13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare’a Philip’pi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli’jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Remembering Sts. Peter and Paul today.

There’s another song from the Psalm selection I can hear in my head, but Heaven help me if I remember the title.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230622

We begin with John Durham’s public day on Capitol Hill:

Highlights and/or lowlights:

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671528294787821570
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671526656282951680

Hard to say if he’s a chicken guarding the hen house or if he’s read in just for exchanges like that.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671519905366065159
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671539737364951040
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671577503750660109
https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671564264560001043
https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1671638757626241027

Badlands News Brief – June 21, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: The World’s Oldest Secret Society Is Being Torn Apart Over Transgenderism Infiltrating Its Ranks

Couldn’t happen to a better group.

Were They Spying on Trump All Along?

Short answer: yes.

The World Economic Forum and U.N. Agenda 2030

Oh, look! The normies are waking up.

Reading Body Language: The New Phrenology?

Something like that, that’s for sure. The number of people who get body language wrong is pretty spectacular.

Insect populations collapsing?

It’s been too cool here to tell, although, the dragonflies have been out in force.

Elon Musk’s Vision of Abundance

The ‘Get Trump’ Games Continue

Native Americans: Domestic Lithium Mining Is “Green Colonialism”

Maybe Robert Kennedy is right, maybe vaccines are really dangerous!

Hence why he must be destroyed.

The Fed Has Rigged the Stock Markets to Crash

The Zombie Apocalypse vs. The Great Awakening

A computer analysis shows where Republican politicians’ real loyalties lie

EXCLUSIVE: Previous Target of DOJ’s Trump Legal Hit Squad Alleges Witness Payoff Scheme

It’s Official: Flynn Case Against Govt to Stay in FL

TWEETS!

He’s dropping red pills. For that, we should be grateful.

https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1671640394315059200

I’m not a feminist, but in this case, the ladies need backing.

MEMES and FUN STUFF:

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  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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1 PETER 4:12-19

12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker; 16yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God. 17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And “If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?” 19Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.

PSALMS 126:1-6

1When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” 3The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad. 4Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb! 5May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! 6He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

MATTHEW 10:34-39

34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a man’s foes will be those of his own household. 37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230615

Sorry, loves, but this is a placekeeper post in that a brother is in from out of town and I was playing tour guide. He takes off tomorrow for another state, and I will be back with you.

SMOOCHES!

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Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

Fellow tree dweller, the late Wheatie, gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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PSALMS 85:9-14

8Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. 9Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. 10Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. 11Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. 12Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. 13Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

MATTHEW 5:20-26

20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 21“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’ 22But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire. 23So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; 26truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230608

The best way for that tune to be heard.

Let’s see….

There’s a couple topics with a number of items.

The Little Green Men Narrative

The coming alien invasion

The UFO Coverup “Bombshell” Is Conveniently Timed, and That Should Worry You

Red Flag: Alien spacecraft ‘whistleblower’ has never actually seen evidence of UFOs, and all of his sources are anonymous

The little green men narrative is entertaining, though.

This narrative surfacing was mentioned multiple times on various sites over the winter. The government was testing it out before rolling it out.

Are there really little green men?

Maybe, but it’s doubtful.

Wildfire Smoke in New York City

Canada Burning

Everything else:

Badlands News Brief – June 7, 2023

I’m Not a Biologist!

EXCLUSIVE: Romanians Who Entered The US Illegally Are Suspected Of Committing Crimes Across The Country

Friggin’ gypsies.

ChatGPT’s deep thoughts on ‘Is Michelle Obama a male?’

Infrastructure Choices Matter

WSJ uncovers “Pizzagate” pedophile network…

Stunning. A lamestream media organ actually admitted it. Another win for the conspiracy crowd.

Scoop: Twitter launching YouTube competitor and Tucker’s going to test drive it…

Who needs the lamestream media.

Hot Stove: House conservatives revolt against McCarthy over debt deal shortcomings

Beef Company CEO: “The Climate Change Argument Against Cows Is Garbage and We Will Not Comply”

Kanekoa Releases The Konnech Files: FBI Shielded Two Firms Tied to Chinese Communist Regime That Holds US Voter Data in Mainland China

TWEETS:

Not soon enough.

Right now, exposure is everything.

https://twitter.com/gc22gc/status/1666539926798872577

MEMES:

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  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

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PSALMS 128:1-5

1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! 2You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

MARK 12:28-34

28And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The first is, `Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that he is one, and there is no other but he; 33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

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SATIRE

DEAR MAGA: Open Thread 20230601

It’s June already? Where does the time go.

Badlands News Brief – May 31, 2023

Silenced

You Asked for a Rebuttal, Dad

No, a ‘Fair Tax’ is not a good idea

10% flat tax. It’s Biblical. Anything more is theft.

Making QAnon scary again

The normies still don’t get it.

This Is How You Do It: Christian Pitcher Blake Treinen Speaks Out Against LA Dodgers Empowering Blasphemy

That’s at least three MLB players piping up.

Return to the Story

We have to reclaim the idea of the present moment. By nature, man is impatient and distracted but this doesn’t have to be the beginning and the end of one’s existence. Stories are our way back into the possibilities of individual and collective imagination, no matter what happens.

America and the Future of Globalism

Sorcery or Nihilism, Part III

Toward a Youthful Republican Party

There’s more to attracting young people than a coherent message, but it would be a good place to start. Republicans, in general, really do not have good communication skills.

‘Back to Basics’ in Education Is Not Enough

Agreed. Build morals and values into the lessons kids learn. Like Voyages in English does in grammar drill.

Matt Gaetz Crushes CNN, Beats Network’s Viewer Numbers While Guest-Hosting on Newsmax

Why Are Democrats Trying to Pigeon-hole MAGA Women?

Target may have ‘lost control of narrative’ after Pride backlash: consumer research expert

Gee, ya think?

Is Jamie Dimon a Prophet?

Republicans 2024

Project Veritas Sues James O’Keefe Because He Left After They Fired Him – Demand Injunction to Stop O’Keefe From Working

TWEETS:

https://twitter.com/JulieSnark/status/1663897125359435777
https://twitter.com/JulieSnark/status/1663860988020490242
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1663916810670841857

MEMES:

Some things the world just does not need to see.

He’s the only one I’ve ever heard didn’t or doesn’t remember.

The masks killed more people than the flu did.

Guilty.

https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1663966571201544192
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1663781293182578689

https://youtu.be/5RhsUupVRiY

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Be careful in expressing thoughts as we would all like to think well of the rest of the group, and ill-thought out comments have a way of wrecking that for everyone.

Fellow tree dweller, the late Wheatie, gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights
  2. No running with scissors
  3. If you bring snacks, be sure they are made with bacon

Auntie DePat’s requests as we are all supposedly adults and don’t just play them on TV like the body doubles pretending to be the squatter in chief:

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SIRACH 42:15-25

15I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works are done. 16The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory. 17The Lord has not enabled his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works, which the Lord the Almighty has established that the universe may stand firm in his glory. 18He searches out the abyss, and the hearts of men, and considers their crafty devices. For the Most High knows all that may be known, and he looks into the signs of the age. 19He declares what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the tracks of hidden things. 20No thought escapes him, and not one word is hidden from him. 21He has ordained the splendors of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting and to everlasting. Nothing can be added or taken away, and he needs no one to be his counselor. 22How greatly to be desired are all his works, and how sparkling they are to see! 23All these things live and remain for ever for every need, and are all obedient. 24All things are twofold, one opposite the other, and he has made nothing incomplete. 25One confirms the good things of the other, and who can have enough of beholding his glory?

PSALMS 33:2-9

2Praise the LORD with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! 3Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 4For the word of the LORD is upright; and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. 6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. 7He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses. 8Let all the earth fear the LORD, let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! 9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.

MARK 10:46-52

46And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae’us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae’us, was sitting by the roadside. 47And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; rise, he is calling you.” 50And throwing off his mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Master, let me receive my sight.” 52And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

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SATIRE

Not satire, but…..