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TriTorch's avatar

"I was at the grocery store loading bags into my car when I noticed a man in the parking lot with a beautiful golden retriever. He was kneeling beside the dog, crying and hugging him tightly. People walked past, trying not to stare. I couldn't help myself. 'Is your dog okay?'

He looked up, tears streaming down his face. 'He's perfect. That's the problem.' He wiped his eyes. 'I just lost my job and my apartment. I'm moving into my car tomorrow. I can't take care of him anymore. I'm waiting for the shelter to open so I can surrender him.'

The dog licked his owner's face, tail wagging, completely unaware. The man broke down again. 'I've had him for seven years. He's my best friend. But I can't feed him. I can't give him what he needs. I have to let him go.'

My heart shattered watching this. Without thinking, I said, 'What if he stays with me? Temporarily. Until you get back on your feet.' He stared at me like I'd spoken a different language. 'You don't even know me.' I knelt down and petted the dog. 'I know you love him enough to put his needs before your own. That tells me everything.' For the next four months, I kept that dog, fed him, walked him, loved him.

The man would visit once a week, spending hours playing with his best friend in my backyard. He'd always leave crying. Eventually, he found work, saved enough for an apartment, and came to take his dog home. The reunion was beautiful, the dog went absolutely crazy with joy. The man hugged me so hard I could barely breathe. 'You kept my family together when I thought I'd lost everything.' He still sends me photos of them together." —Michelle

Leslie Murphree's avatar

Ohh Too precious for words. Thank you 🥰 It is crystal clear that the Lord created animals to complete our lives in a way we can’t always explain. HE knows what we need & when we need it. ♥️

Guy White's avatar

Especially Golden Retrievers 😊 If you know, you know.

SadieJay's avatar

Our first 'baby' was a Cream Golden that we got while living in the UK in the late 80's. It wouldn't be heaven if we didn't get to see that dog again up there. He was just the best.

TriTorch's avatar

He'll be there widly wagon'in 'is tail at the back of the caravan line of your ancestors, Sadie, in complete anticipation of your reuinion. =)

SadieJay's avatar

Thanks for the smile today T.♥♥

JT's avatar

I’m a Lab guy myself, but considering GRs are also retrievers, I suppose they must have some redeeming qualities…;-)

Steenroid's avatar

All creatures great and small.

Aegeandreams's avatar

Indeed, the Lord God made them all!

William Bogert's avatar

As a guy who has two 14-year-old goldens that I'm looking at laying in my yard this morning, I suddenly found a whole lot of moisture in my eyes....

Luna Maximus's avatar

I've found virtually nothing to date any harder. The Lord's peace be with you and your goldens, who we all know go to heaven.

ILoveherbs's avatar

🙏💕🙏💕🙏

Linden's avatar

It is THIS KIND of humanity that has defined America for the almost 80 years I've been here. We must fight to preserve it, in each soul as we have opportunity.

Matt's avatar

Omgosh you made me tear up! The Lord is mighty in you. God bless you and your sweet soul🥹Extraordinary!

M. Patrick McCrary's avatar

This story is perfect, whether real or AI generated, to highlight a real life saga my wife and I have been up against for the last few months beginning around Thanksgiving. I was walking our Shih-Tzu at a local park and noticed a crammed full, older SUV parked there with a woman and teen-age girl standing behind the tailgate with a few dogs milling around their feet while they rearranged the car's contents. Sensing something was amiss, I asked them if everything was alright and the mother explained they were homeless and couldn't get housing because their three dogs were not accepted anywhere. She then pointed out her teen-age son sitting in their front seat who she said was autistic so that made for three humans and three large dogs camping out in one mid-sized SUV. Not knowing what to do about it, I gave her a twenty and wished her well but went home and told my wife about it and asked her to pray for a solution. Yesterday, I saw them again and though I've checked in with the mother a couple of times since then, I didn't have a solution for her dilemma. In recent weeks, her autistic son has gone to live with her brother, one dog, the smallest of the trio, died just this week and I told her about our travel trailer they could stay in until she could get into permanent housing but we couldn't accommodate the dogs so I asked if she had checked with the animal shelter downtown to which she replied it wasn't doable because they needed $50 per dog and she didn't have it. I told her we would pay that and she then asked her 14 year old daughter if that would be something she'd like. Her daughter said she couldn't do it if it meant giving up her German Shepherd to do so. Today, I'm supposed to check with them again because the mom promised to talk with her daughter about it last evening. I'm asking for prayer from my C&C friends, that the Lord would direct us as to how we can help this homeless mother and daughter with two dogs that they can't seem to give up even to benefit their own welfare, particularly that of a 14 year old girl who just happens to bear the same first name as my own 14 year old granddaughter.

SHug's avatar

Patrick, you could put out a "call to care" to your community or even church, for a place nearby the dogs could stay and the family could visit them, or even a place they could stay with the dogs. Would you tell us, what state are you in?

I'll be adding to your prayers for that family. That girl may have had to give up a great deal already if everything they now own is in the vehicle.

M. Patrick McCrary's avatar

We're in Washington State and since this posting, I made contact with them and it sounded like we had the terms agreed upon. I needed to walk my dog first then 15 minutes later I would come by and have them follow me the 3 miles to our place to look over the arrangements to see if it suited them. By the time, I got back, they had disappeared. As with most homeless, they become jobless first and that is usually because of addictions or mental health problems and things spiral downward until they end up on the streets. I'm wondering now if I should call CPS because I don't think the mother has this girl's best interests at heart and the teen-ager is too immature to see it clearly herself. What do y'all think we should do at this point.

Mary Pat FitzGibbons's avatar

Wow that is a hard call. CPS could seem very punitive. May be needed but maybe not. As a nurse in Florida, I have worked with CPS for elder abuse. Can be a rough. So I asked ChatGPT for other options related to Washington State. I hope you find this helpful. Thank you for your care and concern. Gives me hope for the future.

First: about calling CPS

In Washington State, CPS is meant to address abuse or neglect, not poverty or homelessness alone.

Homelessness by itself is NOT grounds to remove children.

CPS typically looks for immediate danger: abandonment, severe neglect, abuse, no access to food/medical care, etc.

If someone calls CPS out of concern, not accusation, it can be framed as a “welfare concern” rather than a complaint.

That said, CPS involvement can feel threatening to families and may cause them to disappear further.

Better first steps (strongly recommended)

1. Local Homeless Outreach / Crisis Response

These groups can look for the family and help without child removal.

In Washington:

County Homeless Outreach Teams

Coordinated Entry (CE) system

(Every WA county has one; they specialize in finding unhoused families)

Crisis Connections (2-1-1)

→ Call 211 and report a family with teens living in a vehicle, one autistic

These teams are trained to:

Locate families

Offer shelter, RV parking, hotel vouchers

Connect to disability and youth services

Avoid CPS unless absolutely necessary

2. School District McKinney-Vento Liaison

If the teens are school-aged:

Every WA school district has a McKinney-Vento homeless liaison

They can help track and support students experiencing homelessness

Schools often know how to reach families others can’t

This is one of the least punitive pathways.

3. Autism / Disability Support Agencies

Because one child is autistic, this matters.

Options:

Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) – WA

Local Family Resource Centers

Autism advocacy nonprofits

These agencies prioritize keeping families together.

When CPS might be appropriate

Calling CPS may be appropriate only if:

There is reason to believe the teens are in immediate danger

They have been abandoned

There is medical neglect (especially relevant with autism)

No food, no supervision, or unsafe conditions escalating

If CPS is called:

It should be framed as “request for a welfare check and services”

Not “reporting parents”

Language matters.

One more gentle thought

Families sometimes avoid helpers after:

Fear of losing kids

Shame

Trauma from past systems

Mental health overwhelm

Disappearing doesn’t always mean things got worse — but it does justify concern and outreach.

Bottom line recommendation

Do NOT jump straight to CPS unless there is imminent danger.

DO start with:

211 / local homeless outreach

School district McKinney-Vento liaison

Disability support agencies

If those avenues fail and concern escalates, CPS can be a last-line safety net, not a punishment.

SHug's avatar

I agree with Mary Pat.

CPS should be a last ditch effort. They take too many kids and the kids are sometimes then put into even worse situations.

M. Patrick McCrary's avatar

Thank you Mary. I will not call CPS at this point.

Mary Pat FitzGibbons's avatar

I hope this is helpful for you and this situation. I commend you for your compassion and caring even if it seems to not work out. You do not know what needs to happen for this family. Trust that God's wings are wrapped around them for their journey. May you all be blessed.

Margot Wooster's avatar

I don’t know, but I’m praying right now for the Lord to provide clear direction.

Richard Whitney's avatar

As a dog lover, I hope that the mother puts the needs of her daughter first. The girl has already been through too much to give up her dog also. That dog may be keeping her going. What if the shelter kills it?

Just my two cents.

Mrs. RW

M. Patrick McCrary's avatar

Thank you for your thoughts. I agree on one level-it would be hard to give up her dog but we haven't the means to care for it and them. My own German Shepherd named Toby was stolen from our front yard when I was 12 years old and that was a hard thing to endure but with a house to live in and my parents there to comfort me, I made it through alright. Hopefully her mom will see that her child's long term welfare would benefit more from a more stable environment than keeping the dogs and living in a car.

Mary Pat FitzGibbons's avatar

Sending prayers that an easy workable solution comes to support this family getting back on their feet. Blessings

LC's avatar

WOW! I love and thank you for being so kind as well !

Juju's avatar

I purposefully did not apply mascara this morning knowing you’d be here, Tri. It was a wise choice.

Joy in the Morning 44's avatar

This is very important work. I held a dog for a man whose X said come get the dog today or he goes to the pound, only the man's apartment didn't allow dogs. One month later he managed to relocate and reclaim Buddy. He still, to this day, thanks me for that small service, and Buddy is long gone to his reward.

Politico Phil's avatar

As a dog lover myself, this pulls on my "heart strings" which I find to be more sensitive the older I get. This in turn causes me to reflect (as I cannot gaze long) on all the babies and young children that have been abused and killed by the Epstein network pedos. There is nothing more precious than a young child - not even a dog.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

Is this real or fiction?

TriTorch's avatar

I am glad you asked. I hope real but if not i hope it inspires.

The reason we cannot tell if things are real or fake anymore is explained here: https://substack.com/@tritorch/note/c-152559737

Alas, it is deliberate assault against civilization itself. Jesus is necessary and the answer.

Leslie Murphree's avatar

TriTorch my twin sis & I agree the one & only real deal is JESUS & His word. The situations happening in this world continue to point to HIM. Heavens our real home not this world.

HE is getting people’s attention.

TriTorch's avatar

100% Leslie.

"Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ." —Watchman Nee

Elaine Elias's avatar

Thanks. For the reminder

God Bless America's avatar

Amen and amen! Praise the Lord!

Ned B.'s avatar

TriTorch, I read your note about proof of identity soon being required to attest to the authenticity of anything a person posts to the internet.

To me, the deeper issue is about deception, an issue that goes back to the Garden of Eden when the serpent lied to Eve about the apple.

May I ask a provocative question: if something is not real, but inspirational (e.g. many, many works of art and fiction) does the authenticity of the author matter? If the Bible, or parts of it, were fiction, would it still be a worthwhile teaching tool or an effective guide to how to live one's life? At the risk of blasphemy, the same question could be applied to Jesus himself.

When you say, "I hope it's real, but if not, I hope it inspires" does the authenticity of the author even matter?

TriTorch's avatar

These are 'Plato's Cave', 'Simulacra and Simulation', and 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' questions about the nature of reality, fiction, and whether the impact of fiction on reality is a genuine expression or a counterfeit simulacra of one.

We could discuss this for days and never come to an answer, my friend.

I post this story today to uplift and inspire knowing a few things:

1) it could be fake

2) doubtless sometime in the long history of our world something exactly like this did happen, so in a way it is real

3) it would uplift and inspire regardless

Where does that leave us? In reality or simulation? I am not sure. Does it matter? Ah, that's your question. I do not know the answer.

Well i do know the answer: Christ—the one and only true antidote to satan’s deceptions.

HBD's avatar

Hmm. Interesting concept: “AI generated stories are a new genre of fiction.”

The problem is that they are presented as true.

But why does that matter if it’s really no different than such stories generated by HI? (Human Intelligence)

Maybe we should think of these stories as a kind of modern fable.

Leo's avatar

Where does one draw the line? Does it matter if a photo is true, or altered? If one swears to tell the truth, and then lies...does it matter? If a person tells you they love you, but does not...do you care?

Willing Spirit's avatar

@KC and the Sunshine-This is real.

A couple of days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I came upon a dog walker acquaintance with a handsome, obviously young dog at a nearby park. I was walking my own mixed breed rescue dog, Sadie. (She’s about 5 years old now, we took her in about 4 years ago. Best we can figure is some boxer and Rhodesian ridgeback-medium big). For some reason I locked eyes with this puppy and felt sadness.

I asked about him and Tim said he had found him wandering, collarless at this park a couple of days before. He had checked with several shelters, and they were all full.

He was house and dog watching for his parents that weekend, but that was about to end and he couldn’t have him at his apartment. He mentioned a couple of encounters with people he had asked who said, maybe…they’d think about helping.

I walked away, but could not get those sad eyes out of my head.

Later, I saw Nextdoor posts Tim made, trying to get help. I couldn’t stop looking at the pictures of this puppy with a Weimaraner face and a chocolate lab physique. People were posting warnings about being careful that dog fighting low life types didn’t get hold of him to use in their ‘dog training’. (😱) And finally totally against my better judgement and fervently hoping someone else would come forward, I contacted Tim and said I’ll foster him if you’ll help me work with the Humane Society to get him a forever home.

And he helped me. He took him to the shelter and got him checked out with their vet and they neutered him for free. (Vets here charge $500+ for that. I made a $50 donation.).

I named the dog Charlie. But it was more like, ‘No, Charlie!’😂. We had a heart connection from the beginning, but I kept thinking, I can’t keep this dog! This is crazy!

I’m a 75 year old woman. I had to walk the dogs separately because they’re both quite muscular. It was such a roller coaster ride! Charlie was absolutely a puppy, as destructive as any puppy has ever been. I kept an open mind and open communication with the shelter about surrendering him once they had space.

I had a chance to include him in a big adoption event they held. I couldn’t do it. I looked at him the night before, sleeping peacefully and unaware on the sofa and all I could think about was the evil dog fighting creeps trying to scoop up dogs for their purposes.

A couple of weeks went by. Charlie was such a stinker. Ate a remote control, a few pairs of reading glasses, and many other items; it was a constant struggle trying to stay a step ahead of him and keep my things out of his reach. I hit another breaking point and actually made an appointment to surrender him. Tim was even going to go with me for emotional support. But, again, I couldn’t.

Once, I had decided for better or worse, he’s my dog; it was amazing how things improved.

Charlie’s anxiety levels dropped, mine dropped and I started to enjoy him. He’s far from perfect now, six months later, but he’s loving, responsive and mostly a joy and I’ve told my children to back off. If I want two big dogs, that’s my business.

He is a very handsome, obviously intelligent, loving, green eyed, chocolate dog and he gets lots of compliments when we walk, which keeps me exercised daily in every kind of weather. And dealing with his challenges keeps me on my toes and mentally alert (if I want to keep my stuff🤣). We were meant to meet up on that walking path last September.💕

Lisa Ca's avatar

Wow. This literally has me in tears. This is true deep kindness. Love of a stranger. I hope this is a true story.

Katie's avatar

Makes me ponder what I would do. Walk on by, or stop, ask, and take action? I think at least stop....I am pretty sure of that much.

Susan V's avatar

Such a beautiful story Michelle-

Ruth H's avatar

Wow, what a beautiful thing to do for someone in such a sad dire situation. Both men, along with the dog, received joy from this act of kindness. ❤️‍🩹

Terri's avatar

That is so beautiful, tears of Joy, I did the same for someone and she has yet to bring her dog over. I hope this means she found a way to keep him. Thank you

Bgagnon's avatar

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story - the perfect start for my day (tears of happiness)! ❤️

James Goodrich's avatar

This past summer I was installing some windows for a cousin. I mentioned all of our family that have passed away and asked him if he thought he would see them again? He paused and said, no. He asked me what I thought and I said yes I believe we will. He was surprised and asked “really?” I said yes, I really do believe. I’ve had similar conversations with my wife about believing there is something after our time here.

In many situations we have to believe without seeing. Just looking back over the past 6 years we knew things were horribly wrong. Along the way we prayed for things to get back to normal. For years nothing seemed to change, things at times got worse, but we kept praying and believing some sense of common good would return.

The other day I was talking with a friend, Barbara Lee, and she said “Pray, worship God with gratitude and live in the thought that good will prevail. I personally feel quite hopeful”. We should all think and live this way,

This past September my brother came up to New Hampshire for a visit. There’s been a family of Bald Eagles living around the lake and just as we were talking about them one flew right over our heads, what a beautiful majestic sight. In the scriptures there are many comparisons to the life of a believer and an eagle.

When a mother eagle is going to have a baby eagle she lays her egg. For thirty five days she has to sit on the egg to keep it warm. She never feels the eaglet kick, the egg doesn’t grow any larger. There’s no sign that what’s on the inside of the egg is alive. The mother eagle could think if it was alive it would move a little bit. At least she would hear something. But day after day the mother eagle sits unmoved by what she doesn’t feel. Unmoved by what’s not changing.

On the thirty fifth day after no signs of life suddenly the little eaglet starts pecking its way out of the shell. Before long it hatches healthy and whole. Think about the faith it takes for that mother eagle to sit on that egg that seems dead. Many times, like the mother eagle, you are going to have to believe something is happening when you can’t see any sign of it. Your going to have to sit on that promise, believing, expecting, praying, thanking, when your not feeling anything moving, when your not seeing any growth. Deep down she must know something is happening that she can’t see. There’s something in the eagles DNA, something put in her by the creator that says I don’t have to see a sign, I don’t have to feel a kick, I know my baby is alive, I know my due season is coming. I know on the thirty fifth day this baby eaglet is going to hatch. This is a reality of Gods influence, providence and creation, where science as an explanation ends and the divine becomes the unquestionable answer.

You may have promises you’ve been standing on for a long time, dreams God has placed in your heart. Every circumstance says it’s never going to happen, what you’re believing for is dead. It would have kicked by now. You would have seen some improvement, some growth. Keep your faith. We have to keep praying, keep thanking God, it’s coming. We have to walk by faith not sight. The creator is going to deliver what’s in my spirit. As we have witnessed things can change, our prayers can come true.

We all will come to a time in our lives when we must believe because there is no other path to take. It may happen differently for some, someone that has refused to believe, but all of the unanswered questions of the mysteries of faith will one day be answered. It may not happen exactly as some may have thought, but we all will find God one day. One day all of us will return to the religion our parents gave to us. Keep praying, keep thanking God and keep living in faith. J.Goodrich

TriTorch's avatar

Where do you find these wonderful stories? Thank you James.

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." —Henry Ward Beecher

Steenroid's avatar

Funny how it always gets back to attitude.

TriTorch's avatar

“Where focus goes energy flows”

CH's avatar

I would rather believe in God than not believe even if it turns out that God doesn't exist because my life is better for having believed. My husband and I have conversations about God, also. He always says that we can't see God but neither can we see oxygen, yet we know it is there. I married a really great guy! But having said all of that, the circumstances that led my husband and me to be together are far too crazy to believe it wasn't divine intervention.

Willing Spirit's avatar

Even with a marriage that didn’t survive, but gave me four wonderful children and 15 fabulous grandchildren; even though it occurred in a time of darkness-divine intervention was written all over it.

SHug's avatar

"the circumstances that led my husband and me to be together are far too crazy to believe it wasn't divine intervention"

CH, you'll have to write all that out for us sometime. No rush, but we'd love to hear.

Aegeandreams's avatar

Faith of a mustard seed! I have never not believed and I believe with my heart, body, Soul, mind and all I got. God is my best friend, confidante and my Lord. What a triple win that is! And I have 3 in 1 which is an even more terrific mystery!

Matt's avatar

James this is beautiful! Deep in our hearts lies a homing beacon and a sense that things aren't the way they ought to be. Then we hear the call of Jesus and that He paid our ransom with His death, and how He defeated death through His resurrection, and that if we call on the Lord and run to Him we will be saved. Then we learn about the spiritual battle that we're in, and that the temporary ruler of this world is satan. But it doesn't end there because Jesus is coming again to claim what is rightfully his. He announced His mission when He read Isaiah 61 when He began His ministry. He will judge and punish the devil, his angels and the wicked, and be coronated King in Zion (Jerusalem for the Portlanders😂). And He will reverse the curse (Genesis 3), and restore all things to the way He intended. And we will partake in its blessings and rule and reign with Him for 1000 years- the wolf will lie down with the lamb, the young boy play with the cobra (Isaiah 11), and then the best is yet to come -into eternity's wild adventures with no more sin, pain, death or mourning. Come Lord Jesus. Maranatha!

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Guy White's avatar

“And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭5‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Friends, it will happen. Looking forward to meeting you all.

Susan Seas's avatar

Just keep Praying! There was a time (a few years ago) I thought all hope was lost. I struggled Big time but kept the faith that Gods promises had not ended. Some days I had thought we would never be "here" again. You know, living a somewhat normal life. All Glory to God as His mercy never ends.

MaryAnn's avatar

Susan: Matthew West’s “Don’t Stop Praying” has gotten me through many discouraging moments. God never fails. Thank you for this reinforcement.🙏🏻

MattD's avatar

James, this is so well put. The phrase “ye of little faith” or better yet “me of little faith” comes to mind. As I assess a lifetime of hard evidence of our God’s powerful protection and guidance through my worries and “calamities”, I should be much better at trusting him for solutions to today’s “problems.” His solutions have always been better than my wildest dreams. You, Jeff and so many others in this tribe testify daily to the reality that “all things work together for good to those who love God”..Romans 8:28. Thank you!

Matt's avatar

THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,

AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HUMAN HEART,

ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

1Cor 2:9-10

Juju's avatar
Feb 12Edited

“This is a reality of Gods influence, providence and creation, where science as an explanation ends and the divine becomes the unquestionable answer.”

Love the way that is worded.

But

We CAN know what we believe is real. God gave us proof in Jesus. Everything hinges on whether or not he lived, was indeed the son of God, and was raised from the dead. If that were true then everything else Jesus said is reliable. It would benefit more people to put their energies into investigating the truth of Jesus. They will find there’s more indisputable evidence that would hold up in our present day courts than they realize.

Sue Rosenthal's avatar

Right!? I read a book in the early eighty's written by a woman who did just that-- poured through the Bible determined to prove that Jesus was not the messiah. She could not, and so became a believer herself.

Willing Spirit's avatar

Many such stories are out there- the scripture says his Word will not return void.

Isaiah 55:11

Graphite's avatar

Also Josh McDowekl's story - very similar "who rolled the stone" I think...

Margot Wooster's avatar

Lee Strobel’s classic book “The Case for Christ” comes to mind.

Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

Amen, Amen, Amen! We all have to keep reminding ourselves. Thank you.

Carol M.'s avatar

And also, there are verses in the Bible about praying for our dead, who may not have believed (that we know of). 🙏

Graphite's avatar

Yes, that's another part I don't understand since "It is given unto man once to die and after that the judgement' ... ? 🤷‍♀️🇨🇦

Silent scorn's avatar

Hey Carol -do you have any specific verses in mind? Thanks!!😊

Carol M.'s avatar

2Maccabees12:38-46, is one for sure. But I am not a Biblical Scholar!

Margot Wooster's avatar

That’s not part of the canon of Scripture, it’s considered an apocryphal book and does not have the authority of the Bible. Maybe worth reading, but not on the same level.

AJF's avatar

James, wonderful to read this today 🙏🏻

ItsMeAgain's avatar

"Our hearts are restless until they rest in God." St Augustine

Graphite's avatar

(KJV) 30 ...brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

Margie's avatar

Beautiful, James. Thank you for your insight.

Ruth H's avatar

Amen. Thank you for this beautiful blessing of hope and gratitude.

MT Medical Freedom Alliance's avatar

So beautiful and TRUE. God has perfect timing - trust!

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

✝️✝️✝️

I am Yahweh, and there is no other;

Besides Me there is no God.

I will gird you, though you have not known Me,

That they may know from the rising to the setting of the sun

That there is no one besides Me.

I am Yahweh, and there is no other[.]

— Isaiah 45:5-6

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to complete the word of Yahweh from the mouth of Jeremiah—Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he had a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,

‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.’”

— Ezra 1:1-2

(LSB)

✝️✝️✝️

(On the way to the hospital. No worries, hubs is driving. 😃)

St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Praying for you, dear Janice, for your doctors and nurses, that everything will go smoothly with no complications, and that your time with your grandbaby is "the most bestest" (quoted from a 3-year old niece)!!

Mrs. "the Knife"

Essay33's avatar

Praying for you, Janice!

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

I love this, especially since so many bible scholars see Trump as very much a modern day Cyrus.

Praying for you!

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

It comforts me greatly to understand that God Most High can do whatever He wants and use whomever He wills.

Deb's avatar

AMEN!

And i will be praying for you today!

VelvetStitching's avatar

For example:

John Fetterman from PA. Who knew this man would EVER fight for sane things when he was installed as senator for PA, right?!

God did!

Something sure is going on with that man - and I DO believe it is GOD doing whatever it is!

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Yes, I see him as that. Trump was raised up by Yahweh for our times.

Graphite's avatar

Cyrus... or Nebuchanezzar? He may end up eating grass for 5 years before he understands the greatness of the Lord! 😁🇨🇦

Linda's avatar

I’ve thought of both. God’s man for the hour, but he needs to learn Nebuchadnezzar’s lesson. Daniel 4:34-37

Bard Joseph's avatar

Not if he bombs the Persians of Iran. Cyrus loved them.

CStone's avatar

It went right over your head, didn’t it……Whooooosh!!

Retired RN's avatar

🙏 for you, Janice!

Jamison's avatar

Prayers said for you, Janice.

Lorita's avatar

just praying too

Debbie Johnson's avatar

Praying for you today! 🙏🏻

Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

Be well dear Janice. I pray your procedure goes well.

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Thank you again Janice, and may Yahweh keep you well today. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah are about the rebuilding of the temple, the foundations of Jerusalem, and the restoration of the the worship of Yahweh. The remnant of Judah and the tribes of Israel that returned from captivity, rebuilding the walls and rededicating themselves.

RunningLogic's avatar

Praying for you Janice!! 🙏🙏🙏

neener's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

I will take all those prayers! 🫶

ItsMeAgain's avatar

Praying for your Swift & complete recovery!

MnmMom's avatar

Praying for you, Janice 🙏🏼❤️

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

rolandttg's avatar

Every day, more and more independent doctors retire or join massive Health conglomerates. . Here Valley Health is Gobbling up everything in site. It is the same elsewhere, and with vets too . Something like 3/4 of all doctors and vets now work for conglomerates or in a hospital. With this set up, and the omnipitent standards of care, doctors cannot follow their own agenda even if they wanted to. As the article says, modern medicine excels at emergency care, but not so much at chronic care. For my own 2 cents, it is an utter failure at chronic care.

The article also says 90 % of people have limited medical literacy . Duh. I had limited health literacy until my wife was diagnosed with cancer. But I reprioritized my life, read nothing but cancer books, watched cancer podcasts, talked to cancer light warriors. The internet now makes this incredibly easy and comprehensive. And yes, books are still irreplaceable, especially for health research because books cannot be censored. Hard to find and get sometimes especially cancer books, but not censored or altered like CIApedia. I say now with all humility, believe I know more about cancer and nutrition than 90 % of doctors.

Stop using your incredibly powerful smart phone as a toy, photo storage, and a shopping play thing. Research whatever ails you or your loved ones as if your life depends on it, because it very well might.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/why-being-a-passive-patient-is-no-longer-enough-5974541?

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

We cured Mom’s stage 4 lung cancer within about 30 days using a simple product that goes by several names, blood root paste, black salve, Indian ointment and so on.

I have used it from a few different sources over the years but my most trusted one is now about $130/jar. A jar or 2 will do the job.

We smeared it on Mom’s back, over her lung with the tumors. At first, it didn’t do a THING but several days in, it made 15-16 tiny canker sores— which (not kidding!) MIGRATED together to make 3 big canker sores, DIRECTLY ON TOP of the tumors, AND the same size and shape of them, looking at x-rays!!! Within days, each sire was oozing all different colors and gross textures of fluid. We changed the paste and bandage every couple of days. Pain was not a biggie, always controlled by simple ship it aspirin (NEVER TYLENOL!) and was more of an odd tugging sensation, than pain. Mom said it felt like someone had a rubber band attached to spots on her lung.

When all the gunk oozed out, over maybe 20 days, the sores slowly closed and the whole area looked like those pink areas you get after a scab comes off. A year or so later, they weren’t even pink. They looked like new skin, that you really had to search to find— and that was ME, looking for the very areas I had doctored for days!

The cancer was “incurable but we can do things to make you live longer and have a decent quality of life” —with mets, to the liver and I think brain?

Anyway, we went to the oncologist after she had had a battery of tests and x-rays.

He said, “You have ZERO living cancer cells in your body!”

When asked how that had happened, when she had stopped chemo and everything months prior, he said, “whatever we did, worked”.

The issue is, “we” didn’t do anything! She stopped ALL treatment

immediately after a full battery of tests, which said her tumors were shrinking but she was still declining and wouldn’t live, and had mets!

SHE applied blood root, and 2-3x she rolled it into a pea sized ball and took it orally as well, although her increased her nausea. That is ALL!!

So the cure— was 100% blood root!

She lived several years and died of a bad fall.

7seven5 three24 four8eightnine is the place I trust most. Robert will help you. He is in AZ, so don’t wake him up like I once did!

rolandttg's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing that. We have some black salve, but have not used it. I will file your comment in my cancer folder. There are literally hundreds of ways to reverse cancer, and publicizing any of them to a large audience puts your own life in jeopardy. I have read of many who have died suddenly as a result, and many more who were ruined financially, or imprisoned. What a system.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

I have read similar stories, across the board.

Black *salve also treats a world of other things. i have used it for a very deep, under my thumbnail large thorn. It was infected and so swollen, the tiniest pressure made

me

cry. It was

also on my

right thumb so trying to use my left

hand to remove

it wasn’t working. Removing it was pretty much out of the question. After

days of trying to grin and bear it, and waking up every time it touched even a sheet, I was ready to go to the doctor. As a last resort, I soaked it in warm

water then put on salve

and a loose

bandage. The following morning, the huge thorn was in the sheets, my

think was 95% back to normal

size, with ZERO heat, zero throbbing and only the slightest hole where the thorn had come out! It was amazing.

We have used salve in horse hoof abscesses, POISON IVY (miracle!) and more.

rolandttg's avatar

Another great success story outside there Rockefeller MMM. I love it. Wish I had known about its effects on PI a long time ago. Have not had it in years , but easily had 50 times in my life, and I get it bad. Had scars for a year once.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

My in laws had to get shots for PI every few years, they got it so bad.

Hubs won’t touch black salve with a 10’ pole for whatever reason (Bit he took 5 clot shots, so…) BUT he has success with PI. He takes a HOT shower with a rough rag, scrubs the rash with the rag until it bleeds, then pours alcohol on it. He’s miserable for maybe 5 minutes but it does clear it up for him.

rolandttg's avatar

Best thing I have found after all of these years is colloidal silver. I have a maker that does 7-10ppm in 3 hours I have had for years (also makes cut flowers last 2-3 times as long). Also have 25 ppm gel, and also 10000 ppm gel. Gel is best for PI

David Nelson's avatar

AI says twofeathers.com is the website for Two Feathers, LLC, aka Two Feathers Healing Formula or Two Feathers Inc., a business based in Reno, Nevada (with a mailing address of PO Box 8033, Reno, NV 89507). It offers free consultation by phone, and the phone number is on the website.

Two Feathers is a small family-run company that sells a product called Two Feathers Healing Formula—a traditional Native American herbal remedy (often described as a black salve or escharotic paste) marketed for skin care, detox, or support for various conditions (though they disclaim medical claims and note it's not a medicine).

For skin conditions like wounds, cuts, sores, ringworm, ulcers, skin infections, warts, polyps, and even as a treatment for skin growths or cancers (in some accounts), it was applied as a paste, salve, or fresh sap.

[I know you're dying to know, so: "escharotic" is a medical term for a substance (or agent) that produces a thick, dry, black or brown scab-like crust of dead tissue (called an eschar) on the skin or mucous membranes. It means caustic, corrosive, or capable of destroying tissue, leading to necrosis (tissue death) and sloughing off. <gulp>]

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

That sounds like them but Robert must’ve moved from AZ.

I have witnessed it over 10-12 years remove

several

skin cancers, warts, moles, cured a horrible case of poison ivy on my son— from HIP to ANKLE on both legs— which was a good thing because the following day was exam day! It cured my strep throat in 2 days by simply applying it to my neck. It cured a bizarre rash, hoof ailments including a friend with a horse with a chronic abscess, who never had another one! It drew out that big thorn from my thumb— and we have used it to cure 3 people from cancer.

I think I first read abt the salve in a little book called Billy Trucks (Trucker?) Cured my Cancer? I called Billy and asked if his story was real. she seemed as sincere and kind as could be and was not affiliated with 2🪶.

If I remember correctly, he had a BAD cancer — kidney? Liver? And it has spread. They said he had abt 6 weeks to live so go home and set up hospice care. He said he’d rather travel the states for 6 week with his wife in the RV.

She ran across the slave and begged Billy to try it. (What do have to LOSE?)

He followed directions although I think he was told that with his organs poking OUT from his stomach, it was likely too little too late? Idk… Anyway, it worked! I called him a few years ago and he was still alive, and had outlived what they told him by like 5-6 years already.

David Nelson's avatar

I'll add in here that my first cousin reported he cured his terminal cancer by taking a dose of ivermectin daily (dosage wasn't provided) while GOING ALONG WITH the standard chemo/radiation treatments of his doctors. He credits the Ivermectin, since the same doctors said he really had no hope of cure even with the treatments.

Aegeandreams's avatar

Thanks for this David!

Aegeandreams's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. I am screen saving it! Bless all of you for helping Mom, bless her for her openmindedness and bless the extra years she had with all of you and of course, adorations to God for the cure and her extra years.

Xen's avatar

Beautiful! Congratulations. May your mother have a long and full life ahead of her. Blessings to you and your family. ❤️‍🔥

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

Praise GOD for hesling! And

"Robert" in AZ has a "Northern NV Reno" phone. We've many Functional Medicine Homeopathic Oncology physicians here, Bless you for the shout out.

Kim's avatar

Where did you purchase the kind you like?

Aegeandreams's avatar

Kim, KC put the phone number in the last line.

Kim's avatar

I see it now - thanks.

Mcgeehee's avatar

Thank you for your post. What timing! I’ve been purchasing Cansema (Black Salve) since the 90’s but only used it for actinic keratosis which it works wonders on. Then out of the blue two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a kidney tumor the size of a golf ball. I am an unvaxxed, unmedicated, athletic, perfectly healthy 65 y/o. Thanks to your post, I will not hesitate to put Black Salve on the kidney area but would like ask more details about your experience.

I normally put the salve on a skin spot, let it sit for 24 hrs, wash it off, then the spot inflames, oozes, and pusses out for the next 3-7 days. The swelling decreases, it starts to dry up, and the escherot falls off in ~3 weeks. So the question is: how long did you leave the initial application to your mother’s back (if you remember)? Reason for asking is it doesn’t sound like you washed it off after 24 hrs.

I was very saddened to read about her fall.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

We never washed it off— unless she forgot and jumped in the

shower. Our brand kind of dries up and crumbles off, even if covered well. Sometimes it sweats off as well.

Initially,

Mom wasn’t up to doing Robert’s protocol so we were will-nilly at best, yet it worked wonderfully.

I out a blob onto her 4

spots every couple of days, or sooner if I happened to be around. I put a bandage over it, and just redid that while wet up every couple

of days. I didn’t wash it off, and in fact kept trying to apply it even after nothing more oozed. When it closed up 100%, I still added i salve for a few days until I became convinced it was done.

The entire process was about 30 days. I wish I could show people the pics but I took them on my

ipad which died in a move.

Toobguy47's avatar

My wife has used this in the past on a cancer, and it worked great. Her source, unfortunately, has since passed, so this is good info to have. Thank you.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

You are on the right track. Be CEO of your (or your loved one's) health. You may just save that life (seriously...the medical error stories I can tell...)By the way, a great read: AntiCancer A New Way of Life. Don't let the publication date deter you.

Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

Here’s another piece on cancer - how cancer is a defense mechanism and how modern treatments kill people but we blame cancer: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/cancer-your-bodys-desperate-attempt

rolandttg's avatar

Cancer is a defense mechanism, not a disease. That is why your body works with it until you fix the underlying problems that caused it. Oncologists are just trained droids, mistrained droids actually.

Ann Moody's avatar

I wonder what AI says will cure cancer.

jmsmithmd's avatar

Look at Dr. Paul Marik’s Cancer Care.

Abiding Dude's avatar

This is the best AI I have found when it comes to health concerns or questions... worth a try... it HATES Big Pharma...

https://brightanswers.ai/

TriTorch's avatar

The consolidation of all wealth, property, and sovereignty into a one world "administrative unit" continues at blinding speed driven by central bank currency counterfeiting. Norman Dodd discovered this conspiracy nearly 100 years ago:

Norman Dodd on the Reece Committee Investigation: One of the Most Important Interviews in History: https://old.bitchute.com/video/9A3Duj2eLBLG [52mins]

This outcome has been baked into the cake since 1913:

"Permit me to issue a nation's currency and i care not who makes its laws." —Rothschild

Jesus is the answer.

neener's avatar

Non profits are the ultimate source of our troubles is what I have been saying for years.. Thanks for this link. Shared! They are money laundering operations for the rich to avoid taxes. All taxation is theft.

Xen's avatar

Did you run across hyperbaric chambers and pH balanced water? Cancer is 100% curable. It has been for decades.

rolandttg's avatar

It isn't ph balanced water you want. It is high ph water. The very moment we opted to go holistic and cancel her masectomy the next day, we bought a Kangen unit and borrowed the savior lightwarrior's demo unit until ours arrived. It can make a number of different ph level waters. We give it to our dogs, cook with it, and take 9.2 ph water with us to the gym and when we go out. It is one of the 3 best / most important things I believe you can do for good health / disease.

Hyperberic chambers are another excellent tool to restore and ensure health. Way out of my price range. Joe Rogan has one though, as well as a sauna and cold plunge fool. No fool he.

Xen's avatar

100%. It's my understanding that cancer thrives in highly acidic environments, so if you counterbalance it with basic water you neutralize its effects. Pardon my lack of precision ,🙏 And I'm so happy to hear your story and your successes may your wife continue to thrive in health and well-being.

rolandttg's avatar

Cancer, and pretty much all disease, needs a ph of 6.7 or below,. Blood must be between 7.35 and 7.45 ph, and it will be . The acidity gets shunted off to other parts of the body. All disease thrives in a low ph, low oxygen, poorly nutrified toxic environment. SAD, the Standard American Diet, is perfect for causing disease. Fried foods, processed foods, fast foods, seed oils, high fructose corn syrup, sodas. Bob Wright, a fine man we have gotten to know , wrote "Killing Cancer, not People" calls soda pop "cancer in a can". I saw one woman yesterday leaving the grocery store with nothing but Coca Cola in her cart, and rare is the time I see a cart without sodas in it. It was a treat when we were kids, not a dietary staple. It was rarely in the fridge. One fat kid per class was the norm.

Abiding Dude's avatar

For the cheap way...

"The pH of a solution with half a teaspoon of baking soda in reverse osmosis (RO) water will typically be around 8 to 9, as baking soda is alkaline. However, the exact pH can vary based on the specific amount of water used and other factors."

rolandttg's avatar

We start every day by drinking a glass of water (9.2 ph) with a 1/2 tsp of baking soda in it. You can buy cheap simple rolls of paper to measure your urine and saliva ph. FYI., a slurry of baking soda and water is wonderful for cleaning your oven too. Best way I have found.

Abiding Dude's avatar

You add baking soda to a 9.2 ph water? Seems it would be a bit too much... no?

rolandttg's avatar

No. Been doing it for 4 years, and never any issues. Baking soda is a good idea, but not a substitute for drinking high ph water all day. A lot of people start with 8, then 8 .5 , but we never had any problems going straight to 9.2. Bob Wright often drinks 11.2 , which has a taste. Never any issues for him.

Tiny basket of deplorable's avatar

Roland, what kangen do you have? I just googled it and price range is from $155 to $5000. I have a small unit I got on Amazon for less than $50.

rolandttg's avatar

You didn't get a Kangen unit. They range from $4 K to $5 K . Bob Wright devotes a chapter to Kangen units in his cancer book and concluded there is no substitute. I have the K8 unit, made by Enagic. They are all made in Japan. It was $5K. The earlier model sells for $4K. The major difference is the K8 has 2 more ionizing plates , is digital, and the periodic automatic cleaning refresh cycle takes ~8 seconds instead of 20 seconds. Simple monthly cleaning with a citric acid solution is required. 5- 10 minutes of your time, 3 hours passive time. It will tell you when you need to replace the filter, which for us, is 1 year +. About $150, but they have sales.

RJ Rambler's avatar

🙋🏽‍♀️ and a great many other things as well! Food and drink must become your medicine. We have SO MUCH information and reject it with money.

Bard Joseph's avatar

They also are forced $ to refer to others in the network.

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Yup. all true. It sure smells like the Rockefellers at work to me. As has been exposed, all of the big health insurance companies have seen a 10X explosion in their stock prices since Obongocare was implemented.

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shayne's avatar

It's becoming essential for us to take full control/responsibility of our health and life styles.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

Don't worry. They now have remedial math at Harvard.

AJF's avatar

Yep, study found most colleges and universities have remedial math and language arts classes. How do you graduate high school without these basic skills??

MaryAnn's avatar

AJF—I believe it is the result of No Child Left Behind. Translation: pass them on whether or not they can pass basic literacy/math skills tests. The result: community colleges become Grade 13, or, in the case of math, Grade 5. The students get loans to pay to learn what the tax dollar-supported public schools (‘free’) were responsible for teaching them. Home School, or at the very least, pay attention to what is happening where your kids spend 6 hours of every day for 8 months out of 12-14 (counting pre-k) years. 🙏🏻

Abiding Dude's avatar

The teacher's unions are among the most corrupt in the world.

Fatso Randi "Zio-pig" Weingarten is a great example.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

I have no idea. We are living in the realm of idiocy on so many levels. But 2+2 can =5.

Heterodox Introvert's avatar

Older entry, but it hasn't gotten old. Yet. I don't think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3Yz3PiXZw

shayne's avatar

So the government does have "directed energy weapon"... Somewhere in Hawaii there are people saying.... "We told you so...."

Maureen ODH's avatar

… and Palisades CA… and before that … the 2018 camp fire Paradise CA… oh yes, many of us have been waiting for this little DARPA dustifing secret to be publicly outed…. Watch the 9/11 truthers to be all over this… thank you Mylar weather balloon and El Paso…

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

"little DARPA dustifing secret". I hope I live so long. To see the "spire" of that one tower to turn to dust in a few seconds and know how thick those steel beams were ... what does that? It doesn't seem to match anything known or even theorized.

jmsmithmd's avatar

What happens when DEW hits Mylar foil? Scatter??

shayne's avatar

And many many more I'm sure.

Abiding Dude's avatar

Very possible... but add this mountain of facts:

https://www.unz.com/article/israel-did-9-11/

Add the LA fires to the mix... DEW for sure...

Dianna b's avatar

I was thinking the same thing.

RJ Rambler's avatar

It was only a test...

Debbie Johnson's avatar

Good morning C&C. Praying for a hedge of protection for our President and his administration today 🙏🏻

Abiding Dude's avatar

Trump? Or Netanyahu? Which is really running the USA?

Blondi, Kash, Wiles, Ratcliffe, Blanche, Huckabee, Lutnick, Kushner... ALL are corrupt lying SCUM. Trump is surrounded by traitor swine... might be one himself.

Israel/Mossad OWNS him.

MnmMom's avatar

Agreeing with you!! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

Jln's avatar

The fraud in government is so huge it’s unimaginable. The democrat judges from different states cannot be able to undo or fire people from the Trump administration. If so, nothing will ever be done again. It’s no different than finding one judge who can stop a presidential executive order.

We are effectively being run by the minority of the minority. Elections become irrelevant, and the voters wishes become irrelevant.

I’m no lawyer, but I can’t imagine the founding fathers wanted the executive branch of government to be at the whims of one single judge somewhere in the country.

Roger Beal's avatar

Eliminate the fraud, and you eliminate our national deficit.

Conservative Contrarian's avatar

If we never had trillion dollar deficits we wouldn't have but maybe a few billionaires. Billionaires are the byproduct of wasteful US government spending.

Deb's avatar

Just as we think we have hit rock bottom with all the corruption, we read some new finding that shatters our previous thoughts! Until Congress will do their job, nothing will change! And I believe that is the game plan of many who reside in Congress. They should be fired and sent home to get a another job. Stop sucking off the hard working taxpayers!!!!

Tom's avatar

"Is he the US Attorney, or isn’t he? That is the question."

US Attorney Schroedinger could not be reached for comment.

TriTorch's avatar

"Yesterday upon the stair

I saw an attorney who wasn't there

I saw that attorney again today

I wish i wish he'd go away" —William Hughes By-No-Mearns

Leo's avatar

Yeah, "go away"... but...not our Jeff C.!

St. Alia the Knife's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

Mrs. "the Knife"

RunningLogic's avatar

Awesome comment!! 🤣😁

Carter's avatar

The judges “started” this by dismissing unconfirmed us attorneys. Maybe Trump started it by installing unconfirmed ones. The blue slips were a procedure that served to balance power between the parties . I’m glad that Trump is working with everything to put America first , but anyone in power could (and Democrats would) say the same thing. Part of Trump’s power and effectiveness is that he moves so fast and unexpectedly that he overwhelms his opposition. No one knows if what he is doing is permitted by the constitution or any other norm.

The only thing I know for sure is that if the Democrats mouths are moving, they are being deceptive.

Free in Florida's avatar

All of us made a huge difference as “multipliers” for Jeff’s friend Warner Mendenhall.

NOW - let’s be multipliers for the SAVE ACT to help secure our elections with voter I.D. and only citizens voting! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

(202) 224-3121 is the Capitol Hill switchboard number. Please call your senators today and also call Senate Majority Leader Thune’s office -

1. Vote for the Save Act

2. If they don’t want to get rid of the filibuster completely, at Least get rid of the silent filibuster. Make the Dems spend time on their feet on the Senate floor talking the entire time! 🔥

Susan Seas's avatar

Pretty sure my Senators office number goes straight to the Quality Learing Center.

RunningLogic's avatar

I shouldn’t have laughed at that but I couldn’t help myself 😛 So frustrating about your Senator though 😕 I say, call anyway if only just to bug him and his staffers. Why should they go along their merry ways and not have to ever hear any criticism or dissenting voices??

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I may call my Senator, Dick Durbin, and tell him to vote yes, that this may be the last thing he does before he faces indictment for treason and fraud. That may be wishful thinking on my part, but he will get the message.

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

I grew up in the days when DuPage County was the only Conservative collar county of Cook. I shudder to think of what NE IL is like now....🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for sanity or justice.

Patti's avatar

In Washington state also?

Patti's avatar

We’ve got to stick together but I am fleeing to Idaho 😬

Susan Seas's avatar

We are getting out as well. I am at step 3 of 100 😅

Patti's avatar

😂 we are about there also! We bought in Idaho figuring we’d be gone by mid 2027 but now my husband is running to Idaho so end of summer?!? We’d still have to take care of a lot more stuff but with the new taxes and now Sheriff thing- see ya

Aegeandreams's avatar

Just called Thune and left a message.

Jake's avatar

Just suspend it. If they can make or take away any Senate rules. Suspend the silent filibuster for this vote. However, when the Dems get in charge they will suspend it too.

Free in Florida's avatar

Jake, yes, agree. Of course the Dems will get rid of it (if we don’t get election fraud out of the system and they are able to return to power.) But somehow our side still plays by the Marquis of Queensbury rules. So it’s one step at a time although it had better be pretty fast. At least immediately get rid of the Silent Filibuster. There is no excuse not to.

KBH Geronimo's avatar

Just called both of them!

Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

You know how we could stop the trillion dollars in fraud? Don't fu*$ng fund it to begin with.

If I fault Trump for anything, the biggest is his inability or unwillingness to just say no to the huge funding bills and/or continuing resolutions.

AND the inability or unwillingness to message effectively.

Skenny's avatar

Q: How can the Homeland Security Committee hear testimony that $115 million every hour is going to fraud, and then the Congress simply go on to the next Committee hearing, never following up?

A: Congress is in on it.

Jmo's avatar

Trump can terminate all sorts of things, but one thing he will not do is stall his agenda to battle each and every one of Congress to do this. We have a do nothing Congress and to wait them out Mr. Trump will be sailing on his yacht 20 years from now. Mr. Trump is on a mission and WE THE PEOPLE need to get behind him. I don't like everything he does, but believe it or not he is out Last Best Hope. Better get on board or the Biden regime will look like child's play. Support him and his agenda (and that goes for the likes of Thomas Massie). Termites have come out of the woodwork to demand he answers for Epstein fallout when these termites have been supporting (or being blackmailed) by the Epstein cringe show.

Skenny's avatar

Last Best Hope! Absolutely 100% accurate! If Team Demento regains power within the next 30 years, the US will revert to the trajectory of the last 50 - 100 years, and as you say, make the Biden regime look like child's play.

It may be too late already. Governments anything like ours have finite lifespans, in spite of the opportunity our founders passed down.

Signed,

Debbie Downer

YourGalapagosGullfriend's avatar

I saw a tweet earlier that said:

"Republicans are one safe election away from destroying the Democrat party. Democrats are one stolen election away from destroying America."

100% accurate, and you are right that We The People have a huge part to play in the this because President Trump didn't land us here, us being asleep at the wheel did.

I've been saying (and walking the walk, tyvm) that our job right now is to annoy every single R swamp critter via every outlet available, and remind them that if they keep FA'ing around, they will FO the hard way when those demonrats they've been rolling over for throw them in prison for the crime of loving this country.

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

Hence the importance of the midterms!

Be Well, Be Blessed, Phillip

Steenroid's avatar

So true. Not a single $ has been cut no matter how much the blow smoke up our ass.

Bard Joseph's avatar

It's only the amount of the war budget.

We were always ruled by these tax exempt foundations. Look at the list on PBS that control your thoughts.

Steve Stevens's avatar

“‘Don’t Go Too Crazy!’ Trump Warns ‘Cost-Cutting’ Republicans ‘You Still Have To Get Reelected’ as He Cheers Tillis Drop-Out“

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/dont-go-too-crazy-trump-warns-cost-cutting-republicans-you-still-have-to-get-reelected-as-he-cheers-tillis-drop-out/

Bones's avatar

Honestly, despite Jeffs humor I’m not enjoying this post because it’s about snafus in government that irritate the living crap out of me.

Our system like every system favors corruption. Seeing it so clearly is depressing in the morning.

shayne's avatar

Janice's bible verse this morning was very uplifting. And she's facing health issues. I hope you read her post, and are encouraged in the Lord. Cheers, Bones.

Bard Joseph's avatar

Snafu? Planned operation since the Federal Reserve Act by the bankers.

GregWA's avatar

"Whole Foods doesn’t train 30,000 observers to bombard cop cars with frozen water bottles." Are you sure?

Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

The Venn diagram of those who work at Whole Foods and those who protest could be almost a completely covered circle.

Becky's avatar

Nothing makes me as wistful as seeing a picture of Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” I guess I saw it at an impressionable age. I cling to the ideal, and to the belief that good, and good men, will prevail, even amid the corruption that has burgeoned in America on a massive scale. I always felt that when Jimmy Stewart died, though, the world tipped a bit on its axis.

rolandttg's avatar

He was the best. But sadly, it is not that politicss were not corrupt then. We simply did not have access to the information to know it. Kinda like just 3 TV channels, and even they signed off about midnight. Seriously, young people. Look it up.

Susan Seas's avatar

I grew up with 3 TV channels. 2 were the same programming and one was snow. Not even joking LOL Those were the Best times!

PS I was my parents "remote control" ROFLOL

rolandttg's avatar

Yeah. Kids could not imagine having to get up to change the channel. Or one TV in a home, if you were lucky. Or all black and white.

Becky's avatar

Me too. Watched the funeral of President Kennedy when I was in second grade. I’d never seen all the adults in my world so shaken and sad. To this day the word “catafalque” can bring it all back. Had never heard it before. And the riderless horse … made an impression. So, we KNEW all was not sunshine and roses in our country, but we believed it anyway.

Juju's avatar

Lolol AND waitress. “Honey fill up my coffee” “ok Dad.” He even taught me the trick to physics/movement up and down with the cup while walking so that it didn’t spill while walking it back from the kitchen to him. 🤣

Such a stinker he was

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

People knew politicians were corrupt. The Grant presidency had a reputation for having corrupt people everywhere. Tammany hall in New York was notorious, as was Chicago politics. Teapot Dome was notorious.

Closer to home, Harry Truman became senator largely because local political boss Tom Pendergast backed him. He became known as "the senator from Pendergast" - and that wasn't a good thing. But Mr. Truman somehow stayed honest. Lord only knows how. He HAD to have let a few things slip by when he was a local judge, which was basically a county commissioner.

RJ Rambler's avatar

Some one knew it, made movies about it and funded the liberal elitists by making a terrific front guy and taking half of more of the winnings.

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

I saw that movie as an adult so I realized it had some pretty stupid plot specifics. If one was a kid when watching it, it could be pretty uplifting though.

In David McCollough's biography of Harry Truman, it said he saw that movie fairly soon after becoming a senator. He didn't like it because all the politicians were either idiots or corrupt.

Becky's avatar

I believe Tim Walz brings idiocy and corruptness together in one stunning synchronicity. And there are many more like that whom we don’t see in the news.

CH's avatar

"A trillion dollars in government fraud, every year." Our government collects $4 trillion+ in taxes every year so that is 1/4 of the taxes collected. Think about how much money that is: 4000 x $1 billion or $4,000,000,000,000+.

Conservative Contrarian's avatar

I have always appreciated the fact that if you gave me $1,000,000 for every day that has passed since the birth of Jesus, 730,500 +/- days, I still would not have $1 trillion.

Kenpowoman's avatar

Just in from "Donald Trump For President" (on FB):

"$30 BILLION SAVED: Director Kevin Hassett Lays Out Trump’s Deficit-Slaying Blueprint 🚨

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett delivered a major fiscal update, revealing that the Trump administration has already slashed the federal workforce by 360,000 people, resulting in an immediate $30 billion annual savings for taxpayers.

The numbers signal a massive shift toward fiscal sanity after what Hassett described as years of "completely out of control" spending.

The federal deficit is down by approximately $600 billion this year alone.

High economic growth and record-breaking tariff revenue are fueling the Treasury’s rebound.

The 360,000-person reduction represents a permanent downsizing of the bloated federal bureaucracy.

DOGE & The Balanced Budget 🛡️🔍

Hassett credited the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for spearheading these "common sense" measures that have been demanded by voters for decades.

While some positions were eliminated, many workers left through buyouts and the Deferred Resignation Program, transitioning into a private sector that is currently "hiring like crazy".

Staffing and funds have been reoriented away from DEI and foreign aid and back toward core American priorities."

Abiding Dude's avatar

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill was a pork-filled disgrace... very similar to Vegetable Joey's "Inflation Reduction Act" (a cruel joke)...

$2 Trillion annual deficits as far as the eye can see... we are in a death spiral... hyper-inflation or default coming... no other choices.

Trump's financial promises are worthless... sad to say.

Arnold C Fossen's avatar

Or, looking at another way: If 1 trillion of the four goes to defense, then one third of the remainder is eaten up by fraud.

Phillip Zinni III DO FAOASM's avatar

That's about $2800/every AMERICAN?!

Kathy Sullivan's avatar

Good Morning Everyone! Nothing better than my coffee with C&C! Thank you Jeff for the best part of my day!

Patti's avatar

Add a cookie 😊 it’s just the best

Tom's avatar

"It’s apparently true; one of the “drones” turned out to be a mylar party balloon."

In other news, a Wacky Wavy Arm Inflatable Tube Man was arrested shortly after having crossed the border, having holed up outside an El Paso Pep Boys franchise.

Jake's avatar

One of the drones? How many drones were there? The press makes it sound like there was only the balloon that was targeted. The balloon may have been a decoy if there were six to twelve targets. Something doesn't add up so far.

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

My question is: how many drones were shot down? I don't care if one party balloon was shot down if 20 drones were shot down.