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Carolyn Brinkmeyer's avatar

Jeff, thank you for giving us some positive news every day. The conservative media has fallen back into the trap of reporting the negative things that the libs are doing instead of giving us positive news about what Trump is doing. Your positive attitude helps to keep my attitude positive as well.

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Annie's avatar

Agree 💯 You have to read a lot of different news sources. Unfortunately conservative news outlets use negative news for bait clicks too. I find if I always remember to trust in God that His Will be done, it keeps me grounded and not despairing. 🥰

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Padrig's avatar

Conservative Outlets: Hard not to notice that their 'spin' is always lacking too. Jeff could be his own think tank.

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Dan (100% All in MAGA)'s avatar

re: "Cue progressive panic."

All the screeching, tears, and frantic arm waving from newscum, pelosisaurus, schumer, etc about ending "democracy". Pelosisaurus' properly defined "Democracy" is the Institutional Government and vast NGOs the marxist globalists (soros, xi, gates, etc) and criminals in the uniparty (dems and rinos) have built over decades to make us their subjects.

President Trump is ending all of it!

May God Bless and Protect President Trump and his team!

Every American should realize the uniparty will do and say anything to try to prevent their gigantic grift from coming to an end.

Stand strong against them.

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Annette kimball's avatar

Thank you for a marvelous blog! So informative…as usual!

God bless President Donald John Trump!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Eric David McAbee's avatar

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee." Isaiah 26:3 (in your case, "her" as opposed to "him." God bless your day!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

One of my favorite hymns.

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Karmy's avatar

Amen Annie! Trusting in Jesus is the one constant you can depend on. He will never let you down and will answer when you call on Him for help. Praise be to God! For He is good and His Mercy endures forever. God’s Will be done! ❤️‍🔥

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Margot Wooster's avatar

Amen x 1000!

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Margot Wooster's avatar

Annie, amen! The providence of God is a wonderful comfort.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

Amen Annie!

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Lena's avatar

Can not agree more.

It is not that I only want sunshine news. It is that what Jeff reports on simply doesn’t make the news anywhere. At least not in an easy to digest manner. Jeff is the only one who helps draw a line on the map of where this is going.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Not knocking Mr. Childers, but many of these stories also appear on Conservative Treehouse a/k/a The Last Refuge, written and posted by someone who has remarkable access to the inner sanctums of DC, and to Trump's team. Check it out: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

Between CTH and C&C, there really is no need to look elsewhere for accurate news.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I agree, I would add; I check the Gateway pundit frequently. Not for analysis, but it’s like the grapevine for up to the minute happenings. And often has good links to provide the analysis.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I go way back with Sundance at the Last Refuge (theconservativetreehouse.com), back to the dark days of Obama.

It once had a comment section that filled up like this one does with many daily regulars. Then Sundance was attacked and deplatformed. He had to create his own platform that the deep state couldn’t seize.

After that, the comments shrunk. People were afraid to be associated?

He zeroes in on a subject, whereas Jeff Childers gives a broader but less deep perspective.

There’s been good timelines on TCTH lately for understanding Russiagate. The cast of characters is so vast, you really need a program.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

This is from a link at one story.

https://sharylattkisson.com/2023/06/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

You can search Russiagate at the treehouse for a college course length study of the subject.

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PEL's avatar

Did anyone here read Hillaryis44? I used to—it started out as being for her when she was pushed aside for Obama, then morphed into the pro-Trump Trumpet but kept the same old URL. One day it just disappeared.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Never heard of it.

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Evangeline's avatar

I once commented on CTH, then made the unforgiveable mistake of mildly disagreeing wirh a point Sundance made. I was shadow banned and after awhile, gave up. Whoever Sundance is, hes an insider but in my opinion a defensive prima donna. Comments have gone down, maybe its happened to others. Shame.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I never heard of that happening to anyone else and I don’t think that is what happened to the comments.

I have followed daily and the drop off after the deplatforming and restructuring was immediate and precipitous.

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Kathy McCullough's avatar

The Kentanji Jackson connection is mind-blowing… conservative treehouse is interesting! Who did the FBI then tell about the security compromise?

The Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Who was the Vice Chair?

Mark Warner.

See the problem?

There is no doubt it was the FISA application that James Wolfe leaked.

Who was asking for leniency for James Wolfe?

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Victoria Bell's avatar

Thanks, this looks like an interesting site.

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

Yes! Hubs watches lib news— a lot. Every day I hear the 1-sided,

Orange Man Bad spin on EVERYTHING, having read Jeff’s commentary, knowing it’s usually 85% lies CNN is spouting—if not more. It’s excruciating.

I find myself wanting to go up to them like that maid did to that mean lady in THE HELP. “Ain’t you TIRED?”

Then I think Trump could give 88 homeless Portlanders a mini-mansion and CNN and their ilk would drone on & on about the AC filters being dirty. Then they’d harp on about how/why he didn’t give ALL the homeless people a home— and furnish it, too. Inevitably, some dem would

try and sue him over his homeowner winner selection process.

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Roger Beal's avatar

"Drone on about the A/C filters being dirty" ...

You nailed the MSM mindset perfectly there.

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SH's avatar
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"Hubs watches lib news— a lot. Every day I hear..."

How on earth do you stand it?? My hubby & I are aligned on a lot, but not every little thing, but I would go absolutely bonkers with that mess all the time! TV would be GONE from the house. LOL!

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Poha Pohakea's avatar

NPR “News” today stated DC “serious crime” rate was “down 26% from last year;” so sad: crime had been re-defined is why, done to “debunk” DJT. CATE, cannot anger them enough!

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

CATE is RIGHT!!!

A TDS is REAL and alive in media

land!

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Debi Lutman's avatar

I hate admitting this, but appreciate even the spelling out he does for Portlanders. 🫣

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Modern Small Town Reflections's avatar

I'm not a Portlander, and also appreciate the elaboration at times :)

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Willing Spirit's avatar

@Lena; You may want to look for alternative news sources. The mainstream media is guilty of both the omission of news they want buried and the commission of outright lying about what news they do provide.

The Gateway Pundit (gatewaypundit.com) is almost tabloid like in shallowness, but verifiable by other sources and very comprehensive in coverage throughout the day.

Theconservativetreehouse.com is an in-depth analysis of the most important topics.

These two and C&C comprise my news gathering everyday and they haven’t let me down.

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Lena's avatar

I don’t consume any mainstream media. Haven’t for 10 years.

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MaryAnn's avatar

I have a friend who will be interviewed on a local tv station in a couple of days. I am so disconnected from live tv I am not sure how to watch her interview. 😳😅

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Lena's avatar

Oh I get that. News from the TV seems like a lifetime ago.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I’m confused. I see what Jeff reports in my news sources, usually before he writes about it.

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Lena's avatar

I don’t care whether someone else reports on the data points earlier. I am not in a race. I don’t sit down to read the news usually until later in the day. What matters is how the endless noise is condensed and analyzed.

If it is important to someone that they get the earliest reporting of some point or event, then it is great if they find that elsewhere.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I was saying; you said no other news reports what Jeff reports and I was saying, yes, they do!

Time has nothing to do with it!

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I admit I was clapping while reading. 👏👏👏👏👏 It was a five clap issue of C&C!

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Matt L.'s avatar

The FDR to Trump ‘mirror image’ call out is fantastic. Both are what Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about in his 1689 prophetic novel ‘The Grey Champion’ where a mysterious old man appears to stand in the way of tyranny rule (in that case the 1689 Boston Uprising). The Grey Champion does his work, then slips away. It is said that he reappeared during the American Revolution and always returns when danger threatens ‘New England’.

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

FDR appeared as a Grey Champion when our Republic was again threatened, so did Trump.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Grey, orange, Trump always wins! 😉 I too loved the FDR to Trump call out! Going to go read it to my husband.

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Matt L.'s avatar

Jeff, by highlighting the correlation, is now treading on Generational Theory - what Strauss & Howe wrote about in their 1997 landmark book ‘The 4th Turning’. A theory that American history is driven by political and economic crisis cycles, followed by periods of prosperity. And every 80 to 100 years America has a ‘climax’ to end one ‘winter’ cycle before returning to a spring cycle (where American society comes back together). The depressing part is those climaxes have been bloodletting wars. Our Republic started with a bang with the Revolutionary War. A lifetime later, the Civil War. Another lifetime later, WW2. We’re now not only 80 years from close of last climax, but we’ve discovered nukes since that time, too. I would say the last 10-15 years has been a ‘winter’ season in America.

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SD Scott's avatar

And how often are those crises precipitated by banking shenanigans? Infiltrating govt, media, etc.

The books Hidden History & Prolonging the Agony have a lot to say about this!

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CStone's avatar

Our big banking shenanigans’ was 1913……Federal (not) Reserve (not) Banking(not) system (not)

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Leo's avatar

Matt, One wonders which season the rapidly growing AI takeover will be classified as...along with the rerouting of $$ and water to feed it...

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Matt L.'s avatar

Very good thought, Leo. Could the climax also be a one party state in USA, after all the race to the bottom gerrymandering. With R’s on top of power levers, legislatively + SCOTUS, already. This could lead to a low-level civil war of sorts. On the water front, what’s the latest prediction on when the Ogallala Aquifer runs dry?

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Daniel Agius SR's avatar

TAW

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DeAnna's avatar

I read C&C to my husband on most days, today I told him he had to hear this!!! 🥳🇺🇸

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Kathy McCullough's avatar

me too

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Karen Bandy's avatar

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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alongername's avatar

"FDR (the destroyer) erecting the federal edifice, Trump (the builder) tearing it down to the studs. "

I don't know how many New Yawkers' baseball fans are in the C&C Gallery ,

but Trump could do well to put someone in charge of tearing down the two NY teams ( Mets... Yankees ... for you portlanders) .

Many overpaid "studs" with lofty CV's who are performing like Don Rickles at a Bar Mitzvah . Oi Vay ! Nowadays there seem to be more coaches than players . Talk about bloat ! Time for Big Balls to come in and cut some of the crap out of those organizations . The teams' prima donnas are swinging for the fences and making contact less often than those stupid windmills do with the poor birds passing by .

Just sayin"

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Andrew lawson's avatar

TAW.

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Karmy's avatar

The comparison between FDR and Trump illustrates how history repeats itself or rhymes.

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PapayaSF's avatar

It also indicates how consequential Trump will be.

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Matt L.'s avatar

Yes, that is what Strauss-Howe generational theory postulate's. The theory draws that there are 4 seasons to every lifetime, and so goes repeated history. This has been applied to America and to our mother country, England in 80-100 years repeating cycles punctuated by climax changes back to the War of the Roses - then the Armada Crisis, Glorious Revolution, then into the major ‘crisis’ war events in US history.

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Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

Yes. We, conservative family and friends have been discussing the cyclical nature of history and it isn’t just the good ole US of A, but the entirety of civilization. We definitely ebb and flow.

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Owain Glyndŵr's avatar

The Fourth Turning

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KMR's avatar

Just a nitpick: Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in the mid 1800s, often about much earlier material (1689 for example, or The Scarlett Letter). Hawthorne and Herman Melville (Moby Dick)were friends.

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Matt L.'s avatar

You are totally correct and a good, necessary nitpick. The Grey Champion was published in 1835, and the short story was about 1689 Boston.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

I loved the comparison to FDR. It made me hopeful for lifetime change instead of just a one term change.

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Susan's avatar

You must mean 1889. In 1689 Boston didn't exist.

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Matt L.'s avatar

No, I meant the 1689 Boston Revolt, as part of the Glorious Revolution. Boston was founded 59 years earlier (in 1630, 10 years after Mayflower landing) and existed in ‘89, under the rule of the Dominion of New England, governed by Sir Edmund Andros.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1689_Boston_revolt

This Glorious Revolution was pivotal in English history and climaxed w/ the bloodless overthrow of King James II, replacement by William & Mary, established sovereign parliament and a constitutional monarchy. First time in world history for that (I think). It was also 80-100 years prior to the next climax, which was the birth of our nation, punctuated by the American Revolutionary War.

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Kenpowoman's avatar

Same here, and I was also thinking that Jeff had a lot of fun writing this one... so many different metaphors and similes in one newsletter!

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alongername's avatar

A real bombardment ......... ( metaphorically speaking)

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Leo's avatar

Who else could repeatedly restate the same situation so creatively!

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Valerie's avatar

I love this. I don’t clap, but that’s the same energy I felt while reading this.

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Cousin Clem's avatar

Bot alert.

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CStone's avatar

Reported

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MoodyP's avatar

Totally agree!

BTW. There’s reason that most Europeans over the age of 40 still refer to it as “The Ukraine”. Because it’s a fake country. Throughout 1000s of years of history it was never a country. It was a territory. It never had a real government. Still doesn’t. It was, and still is, ruled by roving bands of strongmen (oligarchs today) who wielded power through war and money and corruption. Nothing has changed in 1000s of years.

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Armor of Light's avatar

Ukraine a “country” established for money laundering….

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Tio Nico's avatar

Yup. he Ukraine is just one more example of Balkanisation established after the firs German War. Man of Europe's smaller nations were effecively non-xistent after that war. The surviving nations go together and drew new lines.... each new counry had to have at last thre different people groups/cylures, and each people group had to be civided up amongs at east three of the new nations. This guaranted perpatual destabilistion, as no one group could ever rise to true power when two more groups always had a different agenda. This is why the Iraq war could never setle anything.. iner-group infighing prevented anything resembling naional unity or purpose.

The Ukraine was madjically tossed together by "joining" Poland in the west, Ukraine in the middle, and Russia toward the east and south. The duly elected and very popular Russian heritage President that our own rotten piece of work, Vickie Nuland, overthrew in a manufactured coup and installing the Piano Pecker as their brainless Leader cinched the future path for the manufactured "nation" known as the Ukraine .

Not many Yanks today realise that the Donetsk and the Donbass regions, along with the Crimea, have been Russian in language, culture,religion, for centuries. Popular elections in all those regions over the past few decades have clearly demonstrated their desire to continue under Russian political rule Sebastopol has been Russian for centuries, in fact has been that nation's ONLY year round accessible seaport.

The proposed setlement to end the conflict will only return the situation to what it was prior to the early 20th Century battles in Europe. As should have been maintained since then.

Im sure he will, but Putin MUST add to his present demands that the remaining Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO. It was that ONE ISSUE tht sparked the present "confict".

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Knowing history is so important!

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MoodyP's avatar

And so few do…which is all part of the plan.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Yes.

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C.R. Crawford's avatar

You don't know your history. Just stop.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

How would you know what I know? I have no intentions of stopping.

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rolandttg's avatar

Also was the home of the infamous Khazarians

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MoodyP's avatar

Ah indeed. A point I had forgotten about but yes, absolutely. And to a large extent, still is.

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C.R. Crawford's avatar

Now you are just regurgitating Russian propaganda. If anything, it makes more sense to say Ukraine was a real country, not Russia. I and I am no Ukraine fan.

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MoodyP's avatar

The first evidence of human existence in the area goes back over a million years (assuming you believe the conventional version of history).

Ukraine was never a country, it was inhabited and controlled by a succession of Nomadic Tribes, up until the 14th or 15th century. And from then, until 1922 all, or in some cases part of it was governed as a territory by multiple countries, including Romania, Lithuania, Ruthenia, Poland among others.

In 1922 it was divided, the Eastern half to the USSR and the western half to Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia.

in 1991 it became an independent country.

Which is why, as I said, many Europeans older than 40 still refer to it as The Ukraine.

Traditions die hard in Europe.

Happy to provide you a brief history lesson.

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Jenn's avatar

I still call it The Ukraine. Great summary!

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Juju's avatar

If any of us ever thinks we have something to grumble about with Trump, we need to do a mental exercise: picture ourselves back at the beginning of November, 2024, and remember our hopes and dreams and deep yearnings for Trump to win and what we hoped he could do. None of us, and I mean NONE, could ever have believed much less hoped for all that Trump has already accomplished in his first 7 months. We never would have believed a time traveler arriving back then to tell us where we would be by the end of summer 2025. We wouldn’t have believed any of it was possible even after four years! It would seem beyond a ridiculous, over-indulgent dream to us, surpassing all our hopes. But here we are. We can’t lose perspective. Trump has done everything he campaigned on or at least started the engines for those things that take a longer stretch to fix. We are literally getting at minimum three presidency’s worth of time out of this 4-year term with Trump. Heck we already got three terms worth in 7 months. So much positive to be joyful about.

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Margot Wooster's avatar

You are so right, Juju! I pray to be a grateful worshiper of Christ, and not a whining complainer. By the way, how is Adam liking his job?

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He loves the job! He’s enjoying it and that’s what matters most.

But he’s had a really difficult start with housing and car situations. It’s been really rough requiring me to drive out there twice already and have a breakdown halfway and have to turn around yesterday and come back home. Really eating through ours and his entire savings to deal with everything that has been happening. I go back end of the month to help him move to a different place and am currently trying to find a different car for him - and then figure out how to afford getting the rest of his stuff to him. Too expensive to rent another truck or cargo van but too much stuff to fit into a car or suv. 🤣 It’s literally a comedy skit all that goes wrong when you stand back and look from the outside in.

But like I said, the job is going well so the most important thing is solid 👍👍

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cat's avatar

I agree re conservative media. But worried that all these positive actions are being done via EO instead of legislation. EOs can be easily reversed by future presidents, as Biden proved.

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Vicki's avatar

True I thought what happens if a Dem President gets in and uses this oversight of NGO grants to fund their policies again. Gotta be made a law by Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Margot Wooster's avatar

Lord willing, we will never have a democrat president again!

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Peace's avatar

My thoughts exactly - if the opposing party gains leadership, they get the nifty leadership to make decisions on grant granting. Back to square one.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Well, they already had it up to this point. Probably the only grants denied were for conservative causes. The ones that didn’t use the right buzz words; equity, diversity, inclusion, climate change, sustainability, human rights, etc.

Pretty sure they did some filtering of their own. You think they gave to conservatives?

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JasonT's avatar

Too many Republicans are content to be the Democrat butt boys. Midterms will matter.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Long ago I read an opinion that RINOS actually prefer to be the minority. Less work and responsibility, ready made excuses and the money is much better.

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JasonT's avatar

Lifers. Need to kill the perks.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Term limits?

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JasonT's avatar

Not a fan of term limits. A free people should be free to elect their representatives. An educated electorate would be far preferable. Or restrict the franchise as the Founders proposed.

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andrea k's avatar

Yes and also be used by other administrations to support projects they 'believe in' and it could be just another partisan executive order conveyor belt

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Pretty sure that’s how it was operating already.

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Connie Davis's avatar

Many conservative anti quackzene bloggers are trying to stay relevant with fear mongering hysteria. There are so many I no longer follow. I WON’T name them but you all know who I’m talking about. Jeff Childers is the ONLY ONE I follow for his prescient political analysis, his historical context, his great wit and his legal expertise. He’s NEVER WRONG!

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Principled Pragmatist's avatar

Jeff carefully avoids all the negatives about this administration, of which there is a decent amount— Trump’s full throated support for Operation War Speed; his insistence that the Epstein enterprise never really happened, or it was just a hoax; the way RFK continues to be hamstrung (doing, at most 5% of what we were hoping for, and worse, completely reversing himself on key issues); the failure to bring about the end, and the continued funding of the Ukraine-Russia War — and probably worst of all, our deep alliance with the murderous Israeli regime, with the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing going on in Gaza, and the Israeli government’s glaringly obvious control over our Congress.

But yes, you are right, we can find all those stories in other outlets. Here we can come for a daily dose of good news stories, which I truly do appreciate.

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CecilRhodes's avatar

Yes, the positive spin and the inside look is unique. Wish we had more doing the same, so much is happening.

I'm sure I'm not the only one to hear Alaska and wonder if Sarah Palin will host them at her house. It would be an epic troll where she would get the last laugh.

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Margot Wooster's avatar

I looked up the governor; it’s Republican Mike Dunleavy. I know nothing about him. The story I saw said he will be hosting the meeting.

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Debra's avatar

WITH JEFF CHILDERS WE DO NOT EVEN NEED THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA ONLY THE WEATHER CHANNEL!!!

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Modern Small Town Reflections's avatar

The Weather Channel is a climate hoax propogandist channel. I get better storm coverage through accounts on X

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Jamison's avatar

Great point!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

Amen Carolyn!

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

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Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

— 2 Peter 3:14-18 NAS95

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Alan Davis's avatar

How is Janice first or close to it everyday? I think Jeff must send the stack to her and she gets to add scripture as a precursor to the day. Which in my opinion is a great way to start any day.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

I’m not that important. 🙂 I just stare at my phone to catch the posts so I can share the passages the Lord has put in front of me. Then I go back to sleep. Seems like what I’m supposed to do . . . except for the staring at my phone part probably. 😀

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Robin Esau's avatar

Thank you for being faithful to your calling. I, for one, am blessed by you💜✝️

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Gayleen1948's avatar

You made me laugh! But your scriptures are always right on point. I appreciate the daily reminder that God’s Truth addresses it all!

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SD Scott's avatar

Precious & very great promises.

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Leslie Murphree's avatar

I always need reminded Janice P Words Beyond Me ..That The Lord is in control. It certainly may not feel that way but we know we can’t go on our feelings ( they lie). Gods word is the only truth God bless you for your obedience to The Father for your consistency in our daily reminder.

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Robin Esau's avatar

Janice and C&C fam, if you are on "X" give this a read:https://x.com/SlayStupidity/status/1953446803757478055

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Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

That was excellent

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Beth Bart's avatar

Jamie, for the benefit of some of us who do not subscribe to X, can you give a brief summary about it?

(There is an “age restricted warning on this post & one must download the app & log in in order to view it)

Thanks! ☕️

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Robin Esau's avatar

This is it in full...a summary wouldn't do it justice.

A Harvard philosopher once told me Christianity was "intellectually bankrupt" because God becoming human was illogical.

I told him that's exactly the point.

The scandal of the Gospel isn't that it's too simple. It's that it's too offensive.

See, we've sanitized the incarnation.

Made it a Christmas card with a glowing baby in a manger. Turned it into children's songs and nativity plays. Domesticated the most radical claim in human history.

But here's what actually happened:

The infinite compressed Himself into a womb. The omnipotent became helpless. The omniscient learned to walk. The self-sufficient nursed at His mother's breast.

This isn't poetry. This is scandal.

Philippians 2:6-8 doesn't give us metaphor—it gives us the most shocking reversal in cosmic history:

"Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant..."

Let that sink in.

The One who spoke galaxies into existence couldn't speak for His first year of life.

The One who holds all things together (Colossians 1:17) had to be held.

The One who never slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121:4) got tired. So tired that He fell asleep in a boat during a storm.

I remember sitting with a Muslim friend who said, "This is why I can't accept your Jesus. Allah would never stoop so low."

Exactly.

That's the stumbling block Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 1:23.

To the religious mind, God dying is blasphemy. To the philosophical mind, God becoming weak is absurdity.

But here's what both miss:

Power that refuses to become vulnerable isn't power—it's insecurity.

Think about it.

Every dictator in history built walls around themselves. Every tyrant ruled from a distance. Every false god demanded approach through priests and rituals and sacrifices.

But the real God?

He got dirt under His fingernails. He had bad breath in the morning. He got splinters in the carpenter's shop. His feet hurt after walking dusty roads.

The Jews wanted a Messiah who would overthrow Rome with supernatural force.

Instead, they got a man who wept at His friend's grave.

The Greeks wanted wisdom—some philosophical principle that would unlock the universe.

Instead, they got a man who bled actual blood.

You know what's truly offensive?

It's not just that God became human. It's HOW human He became.

He didn't show up as a king or philosopher or general. He showed up as a b****** child (in the eyes of society) born to an unwed teenage mother in an occupied country.

He grew up in Nazareth—the ancient equivalent of a trailer park. "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" they asked.

He worked with His hands. Calloused. Rough. Blue-collar.

He hung out with tax collectors and prostitutes. He touched lepers. He let a "sinful woman" wash His feet with her tears.

The religious elite called Him a glutton and a drunk.

This is your God.

Not some distant deity demanding perfection from His throne. But God with us. Emmanuel. God WITH skin in the game.

Here's what modern Christianity gets wrong:

We try to make Jesus respectable. We dress Him up in stained glass. We give Him a British accent and flowing hair. We turn Him into a life coach with good moral teachings.

But the real Jesus?

He fashioned a whip and flipped tables. He called religious leaders "whitewashed tombs" and "sons of h***." He told people to eat His flesh and drink His blood—so offensive that crowds abandoned Him.

Yet this same Jesus—this confusing, controversial, confrontational Jesus—is the one who said:

"Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden..."

The hands that threw out money changers also touched the untouchable. The voice that condemned hypocrites also said "Neither do I condemn you." The One who commanded storms also wept with the grieving.

You want to know why God HAD to become human?

Because a God who won't bleed for you won't understand your bleeding.

A God who won't suffer can't enter your suffering. A God who won't die can't defeat your death.

Every other religion gives you a god who stays clean. Christianity gives you a God who gets dirty.

Every other religion says "climb up to god." Christianity says "God climbed down to you."

Every other religion offers philosophy. Christianity offers flesh and blood.

Here's the part that breaks people:

He was tempted in every way you are.

That means Jesus knows what it's like to want to punch someone in the face. He knows the pull of lust. He knows the temptation to take the easy way out. He knows the desire for revenge.

Hebrews 4:15 - "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin."

He felt everything you feel. But never gave in.

Not because He couldn't sin (that would make the temptation meaningless). But because He wouldn't.

The same divine nature that spoke creation into existence lived inside human flesh that could be cut, bruised, and killed.

The invisible God became visible. Not in glory but in humiliation. Not in power but in weakness. Not to be served but to serve.

And this—THIS—is what offends.

We want a God who looks like success. He chose to look like failure.

We want a God who conquers through strength. He conquered through surrender.

We want a God who makes sense. He chose to be foolishness to the wise.

The cross wasn't Plan B. It was always the plan.

From the moment Adam fell, the solution was already in motion: God would become what we are so we could become what He is.

He would take our poverty to give us His riches. He would take our sin to give us His righteousness. He would take our death to give us His life.

The Judge would stand trial. The Lawgiver would be condemned. The Author would enter His own story.

This is either the greatest truth or the greatest delusion in human history.

There's no middle ground.

C.S. Lewis was right: Jesus is either Lord, liar, or lunatic. You can't have Him as just a good teacher. Good teachers don't claim to be God.

So here's my question for you:

What's more offensive to you?

A God who stays distant and demands you earn His love? Or a God who gets close enough for you to spit on Him?

A God who remains mysterious and unknowable? Or a God who lets you drive nails through His hands?

A God who keeps His dignity? Or a God who strips naked and dies like a criminal?

Because that's your choice.

Every other option is off the table.

The God of the universe either became a baby who needed His diaper changed, or He didn't.

He either got hungry, tired, angry, and sad, or He didn't.

He either bled real blood and died a real death, or He didn't.

And if He did—if the eternal God really became temporal man—then everything changes.

Your suffering isn't beneath His notice because He's suffered. Your temptations aren't beyond His understanding because He's been tempted. Your death isn't outside His power because He's died.

The hands that hold the universe have nail scars. The feet that walked on water were pierced. The side that breathed life into Adam was speared.

This is the scandal of the Gospel:

Not that God sent a prophet. Not that God sent an angel. Not that God sent a book.

But that God sent HIMSELF.

And He didn't come in power but in weakness. Didn't come to be served but to serve. Didn't come to condemn but to save.

To the religious, it's a stumbling block—God shouldn't die. To the philosophical, it's foolishness—God shouldn't become weak.

But to those being saved?

It's the power of God hidden in plain sight. It's wisdom disguised as foolishness. It's strength perfected in weakness.

The God who didn't need us chose to need His mother's milk. The God who owns everything chose to have nowhere to lay His head. The God who is life itself chose to taste death.

Why?

Because love does what logic never would.

Love enters the mess. Love gets its hands dirty. Love bleeds.

And a God who is love?

He doesn't send a substitute. He comes Himself.

This is what separates Christianity from every other religion on the planet.

We don't have a God who points the way. We have a God who IS the way.

We don't have a God who teaches about life. We have a God who IS life.

We don't have a God who explains truth. We have a God who IS truth.

And He proved it by doing the one thing no mere human could do:

He rose from the dead.

Not symbolically. Not metaphorically. Not spiritually.

Physically.

The same body that was broken was raised. The same hands that were pierced reached out to Thomas. The same feet that were nailed walked with disciples to Emmaus.

Because if Jesus didn't actually, literally, physically rise from the dead, then Paul says we're the most pitiful people on earth (1 Corinthians 15:19).

But if He did rise?

Then death is defeated. Sin is conquered. H*** is harrowed. Satan is crushed.

And you—broken, bleeding, doubting you—have a God who gets it.

Who doesn't stand at a distance shouting instructions. But who entered the fight. Took the hits. Absorbed the punishment. And won.

Not through avoiding suffering but through embracing it. Not through escaping death but through defeating it. Not through staying clean but through taking our dirt upon Himself.

The fully God, fully man paradox isn't a theological puzzle to solve.

It's a love story written in blood.

And it's either the most beautiful truth or the most devastating lie ever told.

I've bet my life it's truth.

What about you?

If this hit you, share it. Someone needs to hear that God isn't too holy to handle their mess.

Drop a comment with your thoughts. Does the incarnation offend you or compel you?

Follow for more unfiltered truth about the scandal of the Gospel.

Because comfortable Christianity isn't Christianity at all.

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CStone's avatar

Wow .

Thank you.i needed this.

Shabbat Shalom, my friend.

“See you at the House!” - Bill Gaither:)

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RunningLogic's avatar

That moved me to tears. Thank you for sharing.

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Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

https://youtu.be/rKMQY49py4w?si=VCG429QXb6HaomNJ

Tucker Carlson with Shroud of Turin scholar Jeremiah Johnston.

Jesus Christ is a real man, and a real God. The evidence is overwhelming.

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Jamie's avatar

Thank you for sending out the written version. So good! 🙏

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Elaine Seinfeld's avatar

WOWIE WOW WOW

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Peter Mac's avatar

Thank you so much for that! As Barbara has said, that is indeed excellent!

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

This was fabulous— well worth

the quick read. Thank you.

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Jaime's avatar

Thank you Janice - bless u!! What ur doing is God lead!!

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Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

I am sure you are 'led' in whatever Scripture you share with us each and every day, Janice. So....you are the most necessary 'blessing' to each and every C & C blog.

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Jamie's avatar

Thank you for listening to the Lords prompting Janis. I come to the comments first now, just to see what scripture you posted, then read Jeff’s publication. 🙏

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Lori's avatar

Not good for your precious eyes Janice:}

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

😵‍💫😉

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Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

All of us have a calling, a mission if you will. They aren’t giant headline grabbing jobs, like President Trumps, but small quiet things that we HAVE to do to be true to what God expects of us. Janice’s looks to be getting her message out to us early on. Thanks. 🙏🏻😘

And Robin, wow. Great powerful summary.

God continues to bless us all.

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Valerie's avatar

I think she just has it ready to to go and copies it in, but who’s complaining? It’s a great way to be reminded of what’s important after we read the news.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

Yes, that is what I do.

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Juju's avatar

Even better to be reminded before we read the news, which is why I always first check to see if she has posted before I start reading. 😊

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Valerie's avatar

SUCH a good idea!

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Politico Phil's avatar

Definitely appropriate.

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JT's avatar

“First among equals” as the saying goes…

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Bard Joseph's avatar

Must be AI.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

If I was AI, surely I would be smarter and wouldn’t have struggled so much with chemistry and the like. 🤓

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Bard Joseph's avatar

Real enightenment.

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CStone's avatar

She isn’t.

Ai is certainly artificial.

Intelligence? Not a drop.

I had a conversation with meta last night.

It told me that Biden is still president.

Janice is the real deal. And her intelligence is HIS WORD.

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

Biden wasn’t even president when he was president. 🤣

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CStone's avatar

😂😂😂Too true!!!!!!😂😂😂

Sigh…..I read that Obama was at the WH more than he was at his own home, and that he actually charged thousands per day for ‘consulting fees.

Have you seen that?

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Words Beyond Me Janice Powell's avatar

No, but nothing would surprise me about his greed and depravity.

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Tonya's avatar

As a child, I learned this verse from the passage you shared:

"but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

I like that you shared it here within its context. The reason we need to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus is that people will try to distort the truth of God's Word. We need to know Truth — and the One Who *is* Truth — to avoid being deceived by those who distort the Truth.

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Juju's avatar
Aug 9Edited

Well stated ❤️🎯

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Debi Lutman's avatar

Yes it was!!!

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Uncle Juan's avatar

Amen sister!!

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Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

1 John 4:6 (NASB95) We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Here are two things to consider:

First; the religious people rejected Jesus because his teachings went against everything that they had been taught by men.

Second; Jesus was the only one, at that time, that was speaking the words of truth.

… and those were the words of God, his father (our father)

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Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Your quotes seem to have a theme lately, Janice

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Jaime's avatar

It’s so spot on what I needed to hear;) 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Debi Lutman's avatar

God is soo good 👍

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Jamie's avatar

All the time!

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Clara's avatar

Amen.🙏🏻

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Ed Martin as special prosecutor to probe allegations against Letitia James and Adam Schiff. This could potentially be the end for them both…

https://x.com/officer_Lew/status/1954115858369744948

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Also:

'Project Veritas reports Bill Barr collaborated with Fani Willis on the RICO case targeting President Trump.'

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Jpeach's avatar

Barr, Pompeo and Pence. The ultimate Judas treasonous snakes.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Jeff Sessions-remember that nasty lying, little Judas; put in place at the very beginning?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/wayne-root-want-indict-obama-hillary-here-is/

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Jpeach's avatar

I forgot about that little rat. Obama must have been hysterically laughing in 2017 as he infiltrated Trump’s Administration with high level DS moles. McMaster, Tillis and on and on.

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Tillerson

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Lesser traitorous character who wasn’t around for long.

That first term was a tough game of ‘whack a mole’.

time

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Rex Tillerson served as the 69th United States Secretary of State from February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. His tenure was marked by significant challenges, including a high turnover of senior diplomats and tensions with Trump over foreign policy issues.

Wikipedia U.S. Department of State

Haven’t seen him mentioned. Have you?

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Steve Stevens's avatar

How could one man- Trump- manage to hire/appoint so many bad people? Unbelievable.

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Jpeach's avatar

In 2017 he was totally naive about the evil ways of the DS. Not now. But, he still relies on others for hires and they sneak in more DS moles. He just fired the IRS Director, probably another DS mole.

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Steve Stevens's avatar

Totally naive or someone who is simply uninterested in picking up a newspaper.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Get the hell out of here, you loser!

Trump could walk on water and you would claim he should have been able to keep his feet dry.

What cruel parents named you? I suspect that’s not your name.

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CStone's avatar

You really need to get a brain. You democRATS are so obvious. You aren’t intelligent enough to carry on a cogent discussion.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

He had to get them through the snake McConnell’s senate approval.

And I think he was naive about the numbers of RINOS determined to block change.

We all were. Hard to believe.

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SD Scott's avatar

I can only imagine what any of us would do as president, surrounded by fakers & traitors.

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Johnny-O's avatar

Which again points to a very poor political acumen of Trump....but he is somehow a 4-D chess player.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

O-Johnny; you’re such a one trick pony. You and Steve Stevens working together?

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Annie's avatar

I refer to Barr as "Pig man." He is a nasty traitorous swine. 😡

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Barr's father hired Epstein to teach at the very expensive Dalton School in Manhattan.

Epstein didn't even have a college degree.

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Lori's avatar

Just goes to show, it is not what you know but who you know....

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on the doss's avatar

The devil's children have their father's luck.

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Merry McIntyre's avatar

Please don’t compare Barr to pigs. Pigs are highly intelligent & better looking. ❤️🐷

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Annie's avatar

Agree 💯

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Lori's avatar

Swine are much more affable, think of Wilbur!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

That’s better than my ‘fat toad’!

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WP William's avatar

that pigly man also cashing in on a greencard scam --do they make an orange jumpsuit in that size??? I know Jeff wanted Veritas to crash and burn after O'Keefe (Deepstate asset some allege) was forced out, but i stuck with them to see how they might re-bloom after cutting off at the trunk. Their Blubber-Bill Bully-Barr the Burglar expose is awesome. One hears Beck is also a CIA asset as is Alex Jones....i think the truth is more that they are highly monitored, people are inserted near them and cash is pushed around to just have a presence and push to influence and have a fingerhold upon each...why WOULDN'T the DeepState do that with each and every detractor? Inspire suspicions, set table for exposures, potentially get stories out, twisted, or squelched. "Sure, go ahead and build a career on exposing and deconstructing the DeepState if you dare, we'll be there with you as you do it"

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Jeff S's avatar

That guy's a big turd.

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Merry McIntyre's avatar

Jeff, that makes me want to flush!!!

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Jeff S's avatar

Double flush, then plunge.

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Merry McIntyre's avatar

And run for higher ground!!! Tsunami warning!! ☣️

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Jeff S's avatar

Hahaha.

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Robin Esau's avatar

Not surprised!

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on the doss's avatar

Bill is truly his father's son.

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Nancy Fahey's avatar

That is so damning, hope something (for once) comes of it….Bill Barr a ‘snake’!!!

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Jpeach's avatar

Don’t mess with Ed. Schiff and James will be toast.

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Lori's avatar

I hope so!

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Willing Spirit's avatar

From your keyboard to God’s eyes!

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Annie's avatar

Praying for it. 🙏

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Robin Esau's avatar

I love this!

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Lori's avatar

Let it be so!

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CecilRhodes's avatar

The more of these people they probe, the more it becomes just a matter of time before at least one is perp walked and jailed.

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William Foster's avatar

It'll be nice to see "stupid" and "insane" behind bars.

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Peace's avatar

I'm waiting for some sort of action to be taken to bring some justice 'round here!

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Ed Martin is a Tiger... and would make a far better AG than Blondi.

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“Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn’t have to produce anything! You’ve never been out of college. You don’t know what it’s like out there. I’ve worked in the private sector… they expect results.” Ghostbusters

Before Jeff even included this quote, I was thinking of my hard left nephew, who is a Ph. D. researcher at a major university and who despises President Trump, and by extension, anyone who voted for him, which is most of our family! He has never had a job outside of the College Industrial Complex and is probably beside himself at this EO, as Federal grants are his bread and butter.

The irony though, is that he is actually a very intelligent, gifted researcher who would probably have no trouble receiving funding for the work he does related to memory issues, which is his area of expertise! But he is so inculcated into the "system" that he has no idea how much better his life could be in a merit based culture where hard work produces better rewards!

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I found this interesting article based on that quote. The thing is, libertarian principles are violated by federal grants, even though the way Trump's order changes things is preferable to the way things have been done. The best thing would be no federal grants. Thus, there would be no government official deciding how the money should be spent. And it all goes back to Congress creating the bureau of this and that, totally outside of the authority of federal government according to the Constitution.

https://fee.org/articles/the-overlooked-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters/

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About that "Administrative agencies like the CDC, once cloaked in “neutral expertise” and showered with accepted accolades, turned out to just be petty fiefdoms playing politics with science, shuttering businesses, mandating citizens"

The CDC is a pitiful joke. And we've known it for decades. At least those of us who have experience in the restaurant industry. We've seen and ignored their guidelines about food for decades. Not all of it, danger zones for leaving food out of refrigeration are pretty good to go by.

But for cooking beef, lamb, duck? Meats that are best, prized when cooked at lower temperatures turn to crap when cooked to CDC standards. Like their steak and burger advice. It's to burn them into shoe leather and hockey pucks. Chefs and aficionados pre-2020 knew never to trust a destroyer of delicious meat! They get run out of restaurants with grillmasters. CDC be damned.

When they were cited as experts in 2020 telling us how to live I knew where it would lead. Because I'm familiar with CDC's official advice on cooking beef:

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/ehsnet/plain_language/restaurant-traits-beef-prep-cook-practice.htm

"Cooking of Ground Beef The FDA Food Code says that restaurants should cook ground beef to 155°F for 15 seconds. But CDC and USDA say that consumers should cook ground beef to 160°F. The guidance for consumers is different because it is simpler to meet one standard (temperature) than two (temperature and time). Cooking ground beef to 160°F kills E. coli germs rapidly."

Why to avoid chain restaurants:

"Managers in chain restaurants Were less likely to say that they serve rare or medium-rare hamburgers, even if customers ask for it. Rare or medium-rare hamburgers are undercooked."

Never take advice from any entity (CDC) that tells you this is the perfect burger:

https://img.freepik.com/premium-photo/hockey-puck-white_488220-31954.jpg?w=1060

And they told us to take a magical elixir they just concocted into our veins to protect us from an annoying flu/cold we've always dealt with and know is a part of life?!?!?!

Seriously?!?!?! Eeesh!! Never believed them. Not for one second. Sorry, Jeff, CDC was never cloaked in neutral expertise or showered in accolades in my book.

#NeverMasker #NeverVaxxer #NeverSick

The CDC is an unserious and dangerous entity staffed with unserious and dangerous people giving unserious and dangerous advice. Completely untrustworthy. Should be junked on the ash heap of history.

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Tonya's avatar

Yes, I believe the “cloaked in neutral expertise” means they were wearing it like a costume. They were cosplaying the whole time, for decades.

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They were always ridiculous and the butt end of a joke pre-2020. Nobody cared what they said. When they were given exalted status in 2020 it broke the previous norm. Most of us who knew were scratching our heads how that paradigm was flipped. Like, "WTF?!? You can't be serious?!?!?! The CDC??? We've entered clown world."

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CStone's avatar

I agree. Anything having to do with taxpayer money should have to be approved BY THE TAXPAYER!!!!

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Tonya's avatar

Not just that, but nothing outside of what the government is constitutionally allowed to do even needs to be voted on. If it's unconstitutional, it's a no-go, even if you think you could get a majority to vote in favor of it.

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Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

Agreed. While reading it my thought was, ok, this will work for a few years, then the access points will get lazy, or corrupted. History does repeat itself.

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Rob's avatar

**the College Industrial Complex** is part of the American Education Industry...

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J Boss's avatar

This is fantastic, regarding the EO in grants.

Now do hard requirements and over site of all federal contracts, including black budgets.

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Rob's avatar

**Just imagine what could happen if Trump gets a filibuster-proof Senate. All those executive orders could be made permanent.**

That would also be where we find out who is actually with the Uniparty.

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Annie's avatar

I think we have been finding out already. All these senators, congressmen, governors and judges are showing their hands. The uniparty traitors will be dealt with. Trump is going to exact revenge and give them back bigly the BS they have been pulling.

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Bill Lacey's avatar

Gerrymandering doesn’t help in Senate elections. They are statewide.

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John A George's avatar

Repeal the 17th Amendment ( https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-17/ ), state legislatures then appoint Senators, as it was in the original Constitution.

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Carolyn's avatar

Exactly.

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CaplT's avatar

No. Then supermajority states like CA have no hope.

Ever.

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LMWC's avatar

And even if we can elect more GOP to the Senate, we will never be filibuster proof as they always protect their hides and their lobbyist money.

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John A George's avatar

Too many RINOs.

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Donna Oliphint's avatar

I don’t know why we don’t just use counties as the voting boundaries.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Oh, please Lord!

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LisaR's avatar

I hear reference to uniparty a lot but never hear any definition of what it is. Would love to hear some definitions.

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Rob's avatar

I see the Uniparty as the group that always votes to keep the big bucks/power going where they always have, no matter who won the election.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

That’s good! And they always back (secretly if necessary) the candidate who will keep the status quo. They always have a justification for why change will damage the country.

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It takes time (certainly longer than 4 years) to dismantle over 60 years of monstrous skullduggery and heinous rule, but we're off and running. America haters - LIVING IN AMERICA - sucking off our good fortune deserve the harshest justice. Alligator Alcatraz??!! Hell, we're going to need a bigger boat.

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JW's avatar

And more alligators.

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

That’s what’s wrong with Missouri: not enough alligators to feed the politicians to.

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Eric - The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

…and Komodo Dragons, Cottonmouths and Rattlesnakes....oh my!

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JW's avatar

Pythons...trained ones.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Trump's Snake story...he should remember it...many questionable appointments...already...again.

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Debi Lutman's avatar

😂

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Matt L.'s avatar

Trump administration is opening a new detention facility in Indiana that’s being dubbed the ‘Speedway Slammer’

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Eric - The Imaginary Hobgoblin's avatar

Should open one in Massachusetts and call it Boston Massacre....and in Disneyworld called the Haul of Assholes.

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Juju's avatar

Let’s make one in farming Illinois and call it Field of Dreams!

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RunningLogic's avatar

I was just going to post that 😆😁

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Padrig's avatar

Gratitude: Jeff Childers, I am extremely grateful for what you do and the ability that God gave you to do it. One day I hope to be successful enough to become a paid member to what you have created. To-day, it occurred to me that Gratitude and Happiness are tightly wound.

I have not yet been able to make myself happy. It often seems to be hovering around shaking its proverbial head at me while I waste time on sadness, anger, fear, and even desire. I can, however, make myself grateful. There is always so much that deserves my gratitude. Happiness seems to come with it.

Even in the worst of conditions we can all be grateful to our Creator and Saviour. It is He that provides all things, protects us, and helps us to grow in His wisdom. In the darkest of our times (for what else could we call it?) you started this community which has become an almost daily routine. You give us the 'bad' news and a different way to look at it. Praise be to God!

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Covid really destroyed the fabric of society.

And, it was on purpose.

I have to keep reminding myself of the evil forces that were at work and tried to destroy us.

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PamelaZelie's avatar

Yes, definitely on purpose.

Yet, the rot and evil revealed was not what the nefarious perpetrators ever imagined. For that I’m very thankful to God.

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rolandttg's avatar

As sad as it seems, the population would never have woken up to the extent it has and made these magnificent changes possible.

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BeBravata's avatar

The on purpose part scares me. What if the entire covid scam was on purpose so the government could be transformed into a more tightly controlled entity, only with the facade of "better" changes. I don't see Trump stopping the digital ID for one thing. It's just something we should be aware of, not just blindly believing anything anymore. I know the whole debacle has made me a pessimist.

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Jacquijacq's avatar

I agree and it amazes me that so many where I live don’t see it!

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I have tried to talk to some of my providers at the VA about the harms caused by the covid shots.

Their eyes glazed over and they looked at me like I am a nutter.

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Juju's avatar

The uninformed. 🙄 Or should I say the wrongly informed? The deceived? Fear of being deceived keeps them from seeking out and finding more information, thereby deceiving them. Lol

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Peace's avatar

Kathleen - your medical providers would have to admit to themselves they were duped into believing lies if they were to believe what you're telling them. Hard pill to swallow for people who rely on their brains for a living.

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SD Scott's avatar

And that they themselves helped cause a lot of what they undoubtedly see every day!

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Padrig's avatar

Memory: It is odd but true how easily we forget the horrible things in life. Perhaps it is a built-in psychological defense mechanism. It doesn't seem like we would need a string around a finger to remind us of these things... but we do, don't we?

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

We need to be reminded because they will do it again.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Which is why history "repeats" itself.

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Juju's avatar

I was just thinking exactly this yesterday

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Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

Yes. It’s hard to keep that thought in front of all of it. THEY. DID. IT. ON. PURPOSE! And they will continue to do so as long as they’re capable of doing so.

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rolandttg's avatar

You are the only person who can make yourself happy. Our daughter chased happiness like it was a thing. It's not. It's a state of mind. I have only been in a happy gracious state for a few years, but I am a far happier, more grateful person for it. The key is to find the good in anything. It sounds impossible, but it's not , and gets easier every time you do it. Flat tire, no phone? At least I can walk back to the store I left and a guy I know will help me. Wife just tore her quad tendon and is in a full leg brace and crutches for 6 weeks, with a puppy to take care of too? At least she isn't Cookie, who 6 years ago,, fell similarly outside her front door, broke her ankle, and stopped breathing when she got general anesthesia. Only child blew her brains out? At least I am in regular contact with her soul, have a guardian angel looking out for me, and can summon her help whenever I want.

It can be done. It's all in your head. Took me almost 70 years to get there, but I did.

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Margaret Miller's avatar

What you describe is exactly how I see happiness. It is a choice we repeatedly make, even in the face of the unthinkable, to be grateful for what we have. I was lucky to be able to figure this out at the 'young' age of 35 when I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer with a 50% five year survival rate. At the time my children were 3 and 5 years old and I didn't know if I would be leaving them to grow up without a mother. It certainly gives you a different perspective on life. 13 years later, I'm still here and still choosing every day to be grateful. 🙏

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Teresa Thibodeaux's avatar

Yes! It took me years to realize that it was my choice! Everyone has to get there on their own, but it has turned into a prayer/mantra for me. My life hasn’t changed, but my outlook and attitude sure have.

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Leo's avatar

Yes: Personal Choice = the game changer!

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rolandttg's avatar

Bless you

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Amen!

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Jeff, excellent Substack today.

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Jeff Johnson's avatar

Absolutely, I kept thinking that during the entire reading of it.

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Beckadee's avatar

And with everything happening, I didn't know about this latest EO!

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Juju's avatar

Juicy and full of so much delicious content

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Joanie Higgs's avatar

I'm on the West Coast (BC). It's such a treat to wake up to your Substack every morning... in fact it's become the bedrock of my daily existence! Gosh almighty, do you have the gifts of intellect and prose.

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Jan Hollerbach's avatar

Unbelievable and brilliant!!! I am loving every single minute of this dismantling of NGO’s, crony grant funding, and obliterating the graft and corruption of the swamp. May that giant sucking sound emanating from Washington continue to diminish into only the occasional squeak.

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Lori's avatar

Lay waste to all the grant favoring, this is one of the best EO's yet!!

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Robin Esau's avatar

Even though nonprofits/ngos are my thing - especially the small, local ones doing great work - I love this recalibration.

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John Galt?'s avatar

The Russia / Ukraine thing is pretty simple. Ukraine's Patron (us, as in US) wants the party to end. If nobody else steps up with some kegs, it's time to make a deal and start cleaning up the red solo cups. Winding it down responsibly is the real challenge.

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Jpeach's avatar

Leave Zelensky, the EU and the DS out of the negotiations. The War needs to end. Russia needs to be eased out of their suicide alliance with the CCP. Go Trump!

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Abiding Dude's avatar

First, the toxic, suicidal alliance between America and Zionist Israel needs to be erased.

IF only the real TRUTH would be widely understood by the American people about the causes of WWII... the USS Liberty attack, 911, the assassinations of both JFK and RFK and the extensive extortion/bribery operations of AIPAC/Mossad over our politicians and MIC...

It would be very easy...

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Principled Pragmatist's avatar

America’s “greatest ally”operates a very elaborate system of deceit. And it’s not just against us. The bombing of the King David Hotel, the Levan affair, the attack on the USS liberty, the 1994 bombing of the Israeli embassy in London, and most recently October 7.

All false flags designed to get us into war.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Good stuff! Despicable that so many in congress (and Trump) HAVE to know this stuff... but continue to smoke Bibi's banana.

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John Galt?'s avatar

Just ask the men of Shechem...

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rolandttg's avatar

Patience. Look very carefully around you. The signs are everywhere . It's coming.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

I hope you are correct.

But, no offense, I doubt it.

Trump is deeply compromised/controlled by Israel... it may be VERY tough for him to break free... they may well have something VERY dirty stuff hanging over his head... Epstein material? OR... ??

How else to explain his support of mass-slaughter and land theft in Gaza?

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Principled Pragmatist's avatar

💯 See my comment above.

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rolandttg's avatar

Totally disagree. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. listen to what Candace Owen , Tucker , Rogan, and a host of others have been talking about with guests. Virtually unthinkable a year ago. you really need to start following Mike King.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Again, I hope you are right!!

Yes, Candace and Tucker have come out strongly against Israel and their criminality, apartheid and brutality (mass-murder)...

Not as familiar with Rogan's stance on Israel... and not familiar yet with King, but will look him up, thx.

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Tom's avatar

The kegger is most dangerous when all the "youths" are driving home.

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Lori's avatar

I don't understand why Russia wants those areas in the first place. What do they want to do with it? Why is that area so important to them?

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Stop Chemtrails Michigan's avatar

For starters these areas are mainly populated by ethnic Russians. Language, religion, culture. These regions were being shelled regularly and oppressed in other ways. They pleaded with Putin to take them in.

Additionally, as these regions become part of Russia, it provides a buffer. No US or NATO missiles can be placed there. And no US run bio weapons labs.

Putin would have been satisfied with an agreement that included the promise that Ukraine not join NATO, the notification of Ukraine and the demilitarization of Ukraine. Those regions would still be Ukrainian today if Boris Johnson didn’t deep six that deal.

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

Buffer zone between Moscow and the Peaceful West. Back when the USSR was dissolving, we promised that we wouldn’t expand NATO to the East. We lied.

I can’t remember all the countries we brought in, but there were like 4 or 5 we admitted into NATO and then started putting weapons systems in them.

Cabbage Brain signaled that Ukraine was next (after The Kenyan planted his patsy) and Moscow, for some reason, didn’t like the idea of having American nukes a stone’s throw from their capitol.

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rolandttg's avatar

NATO went for 16 to 32 countries. it's criminal how Russia put its country so close to all of our military bases.

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Leo's avatar

LOL

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Maha's avatar

The Russians, the Soviets, and now the Russians under Putin again have always wanted to maintain a cordon sanitaire around Mother Russia. It is in reaction to invasions from the west that hold less importance in an ICBM filled world, but their concern for a wide border remains.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Pranksters using deep fake spoof technology even got a former US president to admit the US was always lying to Russia about destabilizing Ukraine. This was several years ago. No doubt improved since:

https://rumble.com/v2eeye2-prank-with-george-bush-all-6-parts.html

In this call the pranksters were able to appear as Ukrainian dictator Zelenskyy. The target of this prank call was former Pres. George W. Bush. In the course of the several videos Pres. Bush goes on to admit that the entire Ukraine never being in NATO and that Russia needn't fear US belligerence on her border was...a lie!

"Times Change." Big funnies! Hilarity! Deadly 'funny.'

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Lori's avatar
Aug 9Edited

TY for the explanation. See, that is what happens when you don't keep your word. You promise something, it sticks or keep your mouth shut.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

A warm water port in that area.

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Lori's avatar

but for what, military strategy?

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Not only military strategy.

Commerce and trade are a big one.

Easier, quicker, and less expensive, to ships goods - such as oil and gas - out of the Black Sea rather than Murmask which is at the Arctic Circle.

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Jeff S's avatar

Access to the sea?

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Lori's avatar

for what though? swimming with sharks or military strategy???

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Juju's avatar

Trade and shipping. Also the people that populate these areas are predominately Russian and they want to be within fheir representative country. It would be like Texans fretting over California taking over their state and losing what makes them Texan. If in some deal their land was given over to be ruled by blue CA, it would cause literal war. 🤣

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Lori's avatar
Aug 9Edited

That makes sense but If those people want to be represented and are closet to Russia, why not move back there? Also, perhaps if a trade route was offered to Russia to access the Black Sea at a fair fee, perhaps some of this mess would not have been necessary. The cost of young lives and parents losing their children is not worth it. Just let Russia have some trade. Really this is not rocket science but too many male egos and an overload of testosterone involved.

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Jeff S's avatar

Probably military. Or better access to Poughkeepsie.

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Rob's avatar

The world moves via ocean freight, they need a sea port that they can use in the winter.

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Lori's avatar

what have they been doing/using in the meantime as they appear to survive just fine in the winter?

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JBell's avatar

Dominate the sea (Black sea ??? Red Sea?? My geography class was long ago 😳)

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Lori's avatar

dominate and do what?

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Carolyn's avatar

Their citizens want to be back part of their mother country

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Lori's avatar

Then they should move back to the mother country.

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Juju's avatar

Why? It’s their home. Their land. It’s not like they initially moved from one country to another. They were always a part of Russia. Ukraine wasn’t really an identified country. And a lot of that land was won by Russia already. I don’t think they should have to leave if most of them are Russian.

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Lori's avatar

to avoid loss of young lives and such suffering when they can move, seems like a no brainer to me. I would do it rather than bury my child.

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Juju's avatar
Aug 9Edited

Same could be said of the Ukrainians, no? Heck same could be said of the Palestinians! I’m a fence sitter on the Gaza issues. I see both sides’ concerns and both sides’ crimes so I’m not trying to make any pro Israel or pro Palestinian point here.

Right now those areas are protected by Russia and if they moved then it just moves the border directly to the Russia border and the same problems will exist there. Idk. On one hand I agree with your point and on another I imagine one of our American states going through this - and yes at some point I’m moving out of the hellhole of IL and to a safer conservative run state, but there are situations where you stay and fight for your homeland.

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Donna Oliphint's avatar

I read that the people there already identify with Russia. But I think it was Jeff that wrote about the underground tunnels staffed by CIA listening to and working against Russia that snaked along this area.

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Lori's avatar

Then if they id with Russia, move back to Russia and be done with it.

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JBell's avatar

I do not think that repeating your point is making any headway .... try another route.

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Lori's avatar

Does it have to make headway? No need for another route. Stated what I did, done.

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CStone's avatar

NATO nations, through Ukraine, has tried to block Russia from access to the Black Sea, trade routes, military operations, etc.

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Lori's avatar

That is not nice or diplomatic. Perhaps if a route had been offered, some of this mess would not have happened. Perhaps even charge to use the trade route, a fair fee, and let Russia participate. You get more with honey than vinegar, at least in some instances:}

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John Galt?'s avatar

Actually, it's not about the land. That's just spoils. It's more about resetting regional dominance, with a side order of testing new weapons and strategies. Russia has already won. All that's left is the mess.

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Lori's avatar

Oi vey with these men already. They can't handle the land they have let alone taking more on and test new ways of destruction which will ultimately include their demise (guess they don't think about that part).

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Jeff S's avatar

All men are Schmendricks.

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Lori's avatar

Gotta love Yiddish!

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Jeff S's avatar

You want I should not like it? Haha.

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Laura Salisbury's avatar

As I recall most of the coal in Ukraine is in the Donetsk.

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rolandttg's avatar

Virtually all of the people in those regions are native Russian speakers. AKA Russians. Ukraine is only independent because of Khrushchev .

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Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

Oil and natural gas

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Principled Pragmatist's avatar

Remember how Trump said he was going to end these wars on Day 1?

Yeah, me too. You end it by starving them. No money, no military material, and no personnel (which, don’t believe them, we have thousands of people in Ukraine).

We cut off Ukraine and Russia, and we do it to Israel.

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Jeremiah Davidson's avatar

Trump would do well to assign one of his people to watch her videos, it would help him a lot when it comes to taking down these NGOs and all these organizations that have been robbing us blind and doing BS research

… she was the one that showed me what was going on at PEPFAR

… She also did one on The Wellness Company

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Good morning C&C! Watched a beautiful sunrise over the mountain behind our house this morning - it looks to be a perfect PNW day!

Mrs. "the Knife"

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Did my usual walk and it's a gorgeous day in Idaho!

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

We love Idaho!! Any excuse to spend time there, off we go. It is on the list of places we are considering to escape the People's Republic of Washington.

Mrs. "the Knife"

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FH's avatar

The People’s Republic of the West Coast? All three states are cra cra

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

I wish we'd just annex the red parts of Oregon and let us all live in peace! Of course we'd have to do something with Boise (which isn't too bad) and Ontario which is!

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

There are red parts of WA that have "voted" to become part of Greater Idaho; pretty much everything east of the Cascades, with the possibly exception of Spokane, would prefer being part of ID.

The only thing I know about Ontario is that we drive through it on our way to Albuquerque or Phoenix. It is the last town in OR before we cross into ID and we get to check off another state on our trip - and then the speed limit becomes more in our favor for long distance driving! 🤣

Mrs. "the Knife"

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Lorita's avatar

I woke up early in Southern Oregon, still dark. I opened the back door to check the temp and see if the air was clean. I was greeted by the moon going down on the horizon. The air was as clear as could be and the moon gorgeous. Still praying for Washington, Oregon and California: yes end the stupidity and insanity. Bring in the righteous.

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Amen, sister!

Mrs. "the Knife"

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Oregon Kathy's avatar

Yes, that’s how I wake up too, and praying for another day of clear air here in S OR. We have been so blessed this year with cooler temps and clean air!

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Tonya's avatar
Aug 9Edited

A long visit to the PNW is on our travel list when my husband retires in a few years.

We've never been, but hear rave reviews from everyone who has

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

It is a stunning part of the country. There is a reason it is called the Evergreen State. Some places to visit when you make the trip: Olympic National Forest, any of the beaches (we prefer Ocean Shores because you can drive out on the beach and set up for the day, fly kites, play in the water, etc.), Northwest Trek, Leavenworth, Birch Bay up by the Canadian border, the San Juan Islands, and of course there are all the touristy things in Seattle, but we don't go into Seattle unless we absolutely have to. Well, I could go on and on but that is a small flavor of the variety of place to go and see.

Mrs. "the Knife"

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Leo's avatar

The San Juan's = Beautiful!

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

My folks had friends (Vietnam war buddy of my father) on Lopez Island when I was a kid. They lived in a log house they had built themselves from trees they had logged off on their property with a fireplace built from river rock and a wood stove on which they cooked their meals. I absolutely loved our visits there.

Mrs. "the Knife"

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TDawg's avatar

I have always wanted to get a government grant to study how the closer you get to the toilet, the more you have to pee. People need to know the science behind this phenomenon.

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

And it seems to start at the driveway. My bladder is like, “Ooooh. We’re home! Let’s pee!” I didn’t have to go at all two minutes ago and all of a sudden I can’t even get my packages out of the car without dancing. 🤷‍♀️

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TDawg's avatar

The fact that dancing helps alleviate the symptoms would be part of the study.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I know, right!

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Astragale's avatar

A UK satirical writer once attacked BS research & referred jokingly to social science researchers who got jobs at the Institute for Brushing Breadcrumbs Out of the Bed. 😅

Seems like we’ve all had enough of the liberal «experts» with their research scams.

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ZuZu’s Petals's avatar

TDawg, your comment made me laugh so much I have to run to the bathroom right now …

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CraigN's avatar

Should be worth a couple mil in grant money.....🤪

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SD Scott's avatar

I think Pavlov was way ahead on this one.

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Juju's avatar

🤣🤣 I bet there’s a real one for that somewhere in our sordid NGO history. Lol

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Padrig's avatar

TDawg, thank you for my first legitimate LOL of this Sabbath! Enquiring minds demand answers!

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Robin Esau's avatar

😂

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Lori's avatar

LOL!!

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ROKM's avatar

Wow. When you say it's historic, you mean HISTORIC!!! Great analysis and communication. Especially about "FDR (the destroyer) erecting the federal edifice, Trump (the builder) tearing it down to the studs." Thanks, Jeff (AGAIN), for a insightful and encouraging post. I am interested to hear how we can keep it, now that he has made it.

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RJ Rambler's avatar

Yay!!

Good morning Mr President, Counselor Mr Childers and C&C friends.

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Paul Clough's avatar

I'm first.

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