I knew Jeff would clear things up for us, and keep us in a positive attitude. These clarifications from the SC are wins.
No matter what happens to that smug looking Lisa Cook at the Fed, Trump is working to replace that corrupt unconstitutional central bank and make it obsolete. Every "member" of that board are leeches on American citizens and serve zero purpose.
Trump will need to twist and break some arms in the Senate to get the SAVE Act passed. Replacing the Parlimentarian is also “Must Do”. Daylight is burning, so it’s time brutal measures.
The Parlimentarian doesn't even need to be replaced. Her opinions are not rulings, and the Senate Leader can ignore or overrule them. Since Thune refuses to exercise this authority, one must continue to wonder how nearsighted he is. Why will he not force the Democrat Senators to go on record voting against the SAVE Act, which even their own Democrat constituents favor by 80%?
IIRC, when I looked it up in the constitution, anyone who is not a U.S. citizen doesn't get to vote, nor do they have the rights of U.S. citizens. IOW, allowing "birthright" citizenship is against the constitution.
The section re: that was about allowing blacks who had been slaves, to become U.S. citizens, it wasn't designed to allow anyone who crossed our border willy-nilly to suddenly, automatically become U.S. citizen.
The amendment was ignored, it’s not antiquated. It’s good. It says “under the jurisdiction“ and that does not include illegal aliens. That’s very clear.
That decision was a travesty. It completely ignored national security concerns, and the fact birthright citizenship was established solely to protect blacks. Moreover, the statement these babies were subject to our laws was ridiculous, as millions of them are only subject to Chinese laws. This decision was about hurting PDJT. Our constitution is not a suicide pact.
In our modern usage, we think of "jurisdiction" as being solely about being subject to obey the law. But this amendment refers to civil jurisdiction, meaning owing no foreign loyalty. Here's an excerpt from the remarks of Senator Jacob Howard of Michigan, the author and sponsor of the clause, during the May 30, 1866 Senate debate on the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment:
"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States."
No, the roll of VPOTUS in the senate is only as a tie-breaker. He has no control over senate rules and procedures. He may preside over sessions, but he has no power to decide what issues are brought before the body.
We really cannot fathom the deeply entrenched web of strings that operate these Congress people. Many are not very bright and many are compromised, be it by bad choices or by Deep State set-ups!
As we saw with Congressman Swalwell from California, those who hand you power, can also take it away!
They just upheld Birthright Citizenship. 🤦🏼♀️ I can’t see an upside to allowing CCP to drop babies in the U.S. to then later return to the U.S. and run for president in say 35 years. Really looking forward to Jeff’s take on this
I’m so disgusted by this. I don’t care how much we try to be fair with scotus - they ARE compromised. They rule based on blackmail or their own safety or for political points. There is no way birthright citizenship was EVER meant to be what the deep state has turned it into - a self destructive weapon. I’m sickened today.
They have been comprised for a long time that’s why. The fact that we even know which side of the aisle they belong is proof enough they are all compromised in some form or another. This is sick. And for those saying Congress will have to fix this - we’ll self destruct first. Congress are useless turds also bought and paid for. We haven’t had real representation in this country for my entire lifetime…and longer!
The 14th amendment is clear . How can they twist this to suit their political agenda?
The *author* of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, Senator Jacob Howard:
“Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include
I wonder exactly what is the definition of "alien"? If the birthing parent, the mother is an alien how would the child not also be an alien? It makes no sense to give citizenship to a baby when the mother is not a citizen. We can leave the father out since he is not the one giving birth though he may be the biological male sperm donor. The 14th Amendment needs some serious amending.
It reads as though the Alien is only applied to the Foreign Diplomat. We must all remember that this legislation was a band-aid to patch a hole for a short period of time only. This was brought about when American was still looking to populate the Western States!
I just read this interesting take on the two decisions that have bothered us. Also, take a look at what Senator Eric Schmitt said about the birthright issue.
Thanks for that. I will now continue to live well (because it p!sses off the dems) and give thanks on the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Which also p!sses off the dems. Win/win!
Apparently there was some circuitous route to adopt those 2 kids which apparently are Irish, and the adoptions of Irish children to foreigners is extremely difficult.
At this point I feel if people suspect adoption shenanigans and then it’s confirmed now many years later what can be done? So I don’t buy that story. It’s already out there. He may just be a swamp creature like so many in Congress.
He got those kids from Ireland so I don't know what the laws about all that are. But I do remember reading something seedy about him. I'll see if I can find out more about that because something was not right about that.
Agreed. I'm so furious. Those people are absolutely awful. ACB is really a monster. Trump appointed her and she sees fit to regularly betray the country? All for what - money?
I've watched Trump for more than 45 yrs - he works in highly unusual ways but always wins. You might have noticed that just about every appointment he made is someone from deep state - he sets them up, plays dumb then suddenly fires them. Many of them are being quietly arrested, I've seen articles about these arrests. One thing that's important to know about psychopaths (which is what deep state is made up of) is that they think they are the smartest person on the planet. They are not, they are stupider than most people and this is what always trips them up. They think Trump is an idiot when in reality, he has an IQ of 156 and is brilliant. Don't forget, Trump got the mafia out of New York, not small feat and it takes balls the size of planet Jupiter to do that. Both Trump's friends and his enemies say of Trump: "Never underestimate Trump. NEVER." Just my 2 cents I've learned since watching him for so long.
Thank you! This is helpful. That's what I am hoping for...that he has plans up his sleeve that we just aren't privy to yet. Also agree with your comments on psychopaths/sociopaths. I read the Sociopath Next Door years ago and it was spot on - so many revelations in that book. The most dangerous thing most of us do (that usually makes us a victim of theirs) is that we assume everyone is just like us and is constrained by their conscience. Big mistake. But you're right - they are ultimately stupid and that is their downfall. Who would want to be that empty on the inside? It sounds just miserable.
Sociopath Next Door is a brilliant book that is absolutely spot on. Everyone should read it. Another good ne is People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck. I was a therapist for many years and had to diagnose all my clients, as well I've known some sociopaths and psychopaths. I agree, who would want to be that empty on the inside? However, many if not most of these people are born that way. They always think they are superior to everyone else. Then there are the narcissists...
Just hearing this. After yesterday many expected this to come down today. I don't know how Jeff will help me accept this ruling. There is an entire industry built around birthright tourism, where the whole intent is to have foreigners give birth in America to take advantage of this stupidity.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. In the event the court rules against Trump, a number of Congressional Republicans have legislation pending that could practically accomplish what a different ruling would have done.
"American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come," Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, told Just The News.
Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by Babin and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one day after Trump's inauguration in 2025 (and similar versions in recent Congresses), seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
There are five SCOTUS rulings that to be a NATURAL BORN citizen, a requirement to run for president. Both parents must be citizens. Even the dissent did not mention being able to run for president, just that they could in future Cole and go here as they please and travel the world on a US passport. (This is also what Birthers got wrong about Obama - his father was not a citizen and thus he was unqualified to run for president)
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. In the event the court rules against Trump, a number of Congressional Republicans have legislation pending that could practically accomplish what a different ruling would have done.
"American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come," Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, told Just The News.
Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by Babin and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one day after Trump's inauguration in 2025 (and similar versions in recent Congresses), seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
My take is that after midterms, it WILL be made into Law via Congress because after becoming what they declared they would never be, (insert sarcastic laugh and massive eye roll here), the now new Communist Democratic party will cease to exist, and so will the power of the upholders of it.
And it will be up to the new NOT activist federal judges to uphold that LAW, not the SC.
Timing is everything Friend.
Also, as the saying goes, there is more than one way to, welp, you get the gist of that...cuz I don't wanna say it. I LOVE cats!!
This very ruling means that we, as conservatives who control most state legislatures, must force those legislatures to call for an Article V Convention of States for the sole and explicit purpose of amending the US Constitution to do away with birthright citizenship entirely and clarifying that only those born to parents who are US citizens are citizens at birth. What's at stake is too important not to take this action.
Remember that even such and amendment from a COS must be voted upon by either states' legislatures or by popular vote. Let the voice of the people be heard, not that of politicians and jurists.
A separate COS should consider and propose and amendment that fixes the number of SCOTUS justices at nine as it is currently and has been since 1869 when U. S. Grant was POTUS. Again, let the people decide, not just the socialist braying jackasses.
I’m not sure that’s accurate. When you have over 50 million illegals residing in our country, who are having babies left and right to gain protection from deportation, I’m thinking it’s a LOT more than 250,000. And everyone of them will have votes cast in their names. Many races are won by less than 50,000 votes.
The decision rests on two components of the 14th Amendment:
1) born in the US or it’s territories
2) subject to US jurisdiction.
If a “ tourist birth” individual never lives in the US they are not subject to its jurisdiction, therefore are not birthright citizens. The question becomes how long the claim survives. 18 years after birth? An indefinite time after birth? Does an individual who lives their entire life outside the US have any claim to citizenship, such as voting?
I would also think birth tourism could be regulated by visa requirements. No foreign( biological) female should be allowed a visa of any type without agreeing to a waiver of birth right citizenship. Same principle can apply to those here under TPS. If you want entry, sign the waiver.
The real challenge is those women here illegally. “ Anchor babies” meet both requirements. The only remedy would appear to be repeal of at least part of the 14th amendment.
I hope Jeff will also discuss NH District Judge Joseph Laplante's July 10, 2025 "setup" ruling that held that "unborn" children of illegal immigrants were being deprived of their "right" to citizenship on birth by Trump's executive order. Let's hear more about rights of the "unborn."
OK, here's the Cliff's Notes version: https://blog.12min.com/the-creature-from-jekyll-island-pdf/ As Thomas Jefferson said: “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency first by inflation then by deflation the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
Another tell-tale part of the story was the UTTER secrecy in which the meeting was conducted, suggesting they knew how the public would react to learning about what they were planning.
I have come to the realization that the banking system is how they enslave us and that wars are NOT geopolitical events (though this is not original to me). Wars are genocide events that have nothing to do with politics (which the banks control). Let that sink in.
We - the population - are nothing more than a herd to them, to be corralled, managed, drugged and vaccinated and culled on a periodic basis... all for the benefit of the "masters".
I can't think of one reason why this is incorrect.
I always check thriftbooks.com to see if i can get it used for a cheaper price. But yes it is long. I started it a while ago and it is still in my to read pile.
Lisa et al. Another swell source for used books is biblio.com. It's a platform for thousands of independent bookstores, including many outside the US. I always look there first.
Both EXCELLENT suggestions. Prices were crazy-low in the beginning as everyone and their dog thought selling their used books was going to pay the mortgage and buy a little villa in the Alps, but they kinda zoomed up as the cold-water reality of "shipping costs" drove amateur sellers out. Now sellers with "reasonable" prices have returned. However, as the Rolling Stones made eminently clear, "You Can't Always Get What You Wa-ant."
I’d have to drive there and would rather take my book to my patio and read after it’s delivered by the Prime driver. Being 81 years young has its privileges not to mention its limitations lol.
David, it is beastly everywhere in Florida…especially on my patio. I understand our comments get processed correctly if we can follow the lines back :)
Lots of folks! Can’t beat the convenience. I try to buy local but sometimes it’s not possible and some of the local businesses are worse, politically speaking.
Funny, I never use Amazon and I've never been inconvenienced. That means I don't give my meager funds to billionaires. They don't miss it but at least I know they didn't get any power through me. 🤠
C.C. I like to think of it in terms of the marginal rate of increasing their power... Plus, when stuff arrives, I make sure I DON'T Smile! I'd love to buy from a conservative, even contrarian, billionaire, but don't know the frequency.
There’s also Joe Plummer’s book “Dishonest Money” that deals with the same thing. Much shorter and more affordable - and with this endorsement from G. Edward Griffin: “An excellent job of condensing this large and complicated topic.”
The Fed ruling was just odd. The ruling allowing the Executive branch to fire people from these unaccountable positions was a good one. But - the Fed is one of those boards made up of people with no accountability to anyone. I can somewhat agree with the "with cause" type argument, but why do these people get some sort of extra protection when virtually every non-political office in the US has no such protection? Cook deserves to be removed and I know it's just a matter of time, but now we drag this out even further. :(
As far as a FEDERAL VOTER Registry database; simply set proper, thorough standards that states and territories must comply with and that are frequently audited with severe penalties meted out for abuse and noncompliance to properly uphold Citizen-Voter Rights. The States supposedly do this to all counties and precincts. Why amass a Federal system when administering 50 states and the territories from above would be simpler and Constitutional?
All of life and eternity hinges on the answer to the question, "Who is Jesus?" I thank God for His mercy toward me in rescuing me from the pit and setting my feet on the rock.
Based on a few similar verses, using Isaiah 12:2 as an example we find:
Isaiah 12:2 (KJV) Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
If you look at the Hebrew words used here, Jehovah (as the KJV translates it) is the word we know as Yahweh - יהוה. The word translated “salvation” is the Hebrew word Yeshuah - ישועה. Yeshua is Jesus’ Hebrew name. So if we substitute these names back into Isaiah 12:2, we have:
Isaiah 12:2 (KJV) Behold, God is my [Yeshuah]; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD [Yahweh] is my strength and my song; he also is become my [Yeshuah].
Yahweh having become my Yeshuah, and Yeshuah being the son of God, through the lens of Isaiah 12:2, your comment has some merit.
This is also why when Simeon sees young Jesus in Luke 2, he says:
Luke 2:30 (KJV) For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Now I’m curious, what Sumerian texts refer to Yahweh as a son of God and is it something I can find on Internet Archive?
"The new Republican president faced an EPA stacked with Democrats, who would defy him and keep on doing cuckoo things like declaring rain puddles to be nationally protected wetlands and making it a felony to step in the mud. The president was powerless. Rinse and repeat, for each federal agency."
... OR ... In Newberryport, Massachusetts, no American flags on the 4th of July because they might endanger birds.
(Massachusetts could give many lessons to Portland)
In Trump v. Lisa Cook, I see a common sense respect of due process. Imagine if they had allowed Trump to fire cook based on being accused. What would prevent a future liberal president from firing ever conservative based on being accused of crazy stuff by unhinged liberals?
They would carry the accusations with no defense into the rest of their lives.
In Trump v Slaughter, they allow a President to fire at his pleasure, so when a liberal president fires conservatives, because politics, that’s a badge of honor.
They could carry that badge into private sector with pride.
It is only very recently that we as a people have realized that there IS stonewalling and sabotage from the Deep State.
Up until 2016, I think we assumed the bureaucracy backed the Executive, not really realizing the independent nature of the DS.
And at one time they probably did. In my lifetime the parties have become utterly estranged, until they are actually repelling each other like magnets. I don't see how we avoid bloodshed, I really don't.
I suspect the Trump Administration is WAY ahead of the ball on this mark. He has remade his agencies into nimble, mean and lean tools. Thanks to DOGE, AI, and now, accorded the ability to root out deep state operatives, there are millions of self-exposed people with targets on their backs.
Agreed. As Jeff pointed out, the facts in the case were that President Trump’s lawyers had already conceded that Cook could only be fired “for cause” and they alleged good cause. SCOTUS is required by the constitution (and it is a basic conservative principle) that decisions should be made based only on the facts in front of them. Those facts included the inconvenient fact that Trump’s lawyers had conceded that they needed to show cause, and they alleged mortgage fraud. Based on those narrow facts, they simply held Cook was entitled to defend herself. In future cases, there will be no “good cause” requirement and the President will just fire people at will. Sometimes that will cut for Republicans and sometimes for Democrats. I see no betrayal, just a conservative approach. While it may not have been wrong to hold that the Lisa Cook issue was moot in light of Slaughter, it was more “conservative” to decide the issue based on the facts of Cook’s case. I wouldn’t be surprised if the District Court let her put her defense in the record and held the issue was moot based on the Slaughter holding that no cause was necessary for the President to exercise his plenary power. Unless there’s an activist democrat district judge who holds there was no good cause. But what would stop Trump from firing her again for no reason, based on Slaughter? Maybe Trump will test the Slaughter vs Federal Reserve “carve out” by firing Jerome Powell from the Fed Board Powell stayed on just to be a thorn in Trump’s side.
🏆 Congratulations on being the first poster 🏆 Hope you’re having a wonderful morning.
I’ve been up since about 4am so I can have my breakfast and coffee before starting yard work. By 8:00 here in NW Florida it’s like being roasted in an oven outside. We also have the luxury of being eaten alive by pesky bugs once we start sweating our bug repellent off 🤣😂🤣 It’s 9am and I’m already ready for my nap!
I think Janice was the first poster. But I was quick today! I am in the Houston area so I totally understand the heat, humidity and mosquitoes!🦟 With the Saharan dust out, I’m staying inside.
👋🏻🤓 We got our 90° week on the tail of an entire month of rainy June in the 60s and 70s. My 61st birthday was yesterday. I have forecasted the weather for June 29th successfully every single year for over 30 years after noticing that the prior 20 years always gave me a sunny and 80°+ day every birthday. Even if it rained for an hour it always opened up to clear sunny skies. Imagine my shock when I was certain this year would break my track record when yesterday bloomed into a high 80s sunny day. I spent it in my pool. 😎
Also, for 19 straight years, our first swim ranged from late March to Memorial Day. This is the very first year we were unable to swim until the end of June! 🤣 Such a weird thing. Pool owners notice these trends. Lol
Happy birthday, Juju! You’re right about pool owners noticing weather trends. We don’t have one anymore since we moved 10 years ago, but I still recall those trends.
Lucky to be here amongst the wonderful people of C&C. I hope everyone here has a good day and takes time to appreciate the life God has bestowed upon them. We are all blessed in many ways. The trick is not to take our blessings for granted.
🦋There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.🦋
It may be as simple that a smile and hello to someone lifts their day. I often find people, especially seniors out and about alone, desiring a few words to acknowledge their worth and presence.
Stop and say hello to people; greet them in stores or on the street with a few friendly words of conversation. (Hmm … I wonder if that would work in Portland? 😉)
Much of this began when the leftist media was allowed to post and or publish conservative justices addresses. The system broke down when a trans activist threatened and then went after SC Justice Kavanaugh at his house, and then Biden and Merrick Garland illegally allowed left wing activist protestors go to Amy Coney Barrett’s home and threaten her and her kids. From that point forward making decisions for Barrett on the basis of the founders intent was over. Well those threats have certainly continued to affect her, she stabbed us in the back again voting to allow election month not Election Day. You know 85% of the people want voter ID and clean elections but yet we have a legislature that won’t act and coerced unelected people in black robes making these critical decisions!
Even during the Civil War only ballets that made it on the day of election were counted. And how is ballot harvesting ok or people allowed to write on the envelope the day they mailed it looked at as acceptable? Like in California, they just extend the counting until it produces the desired left wing outcome.
This is completely delegitimizing elections to the point where conservatives need not vote in leftist blue states.
Coerced Barrett never fails to disappoint. Not looking forward to her going along with the commies on birth right citizenship. The knife marks in my back are adding up. I wish she’d resign now!
It seems to me, the problem lies with the Senate. The House has passed at least 3 versions of the SAVE Act that the Senate Majority leader refuses to bring to a floor vote. Numerous remedies have been suggested, but Thune refuses them all, and when things get to the boiling point, he issues a recess and sends everyone home. Never has the Uniparty and the Good Old Boys Club been more apparent than in the month’s long stall of the SAVE Act. One giant finger held up to the American public, saying we care not at all what Americans want. We are the visible prongs of The Deep State.
I highly doubt the Senate will come through. They were waiting to see which way the SCOTUS wind blew. I doubt this will prod Thune to do anything. Let’s see, Thune is not up for re-election. McConnell and Tillis are done after the Midterms. Collins is the only hope for a Republican coming out blue Maine. Someone supports her with big money. Murkowski has Alaska oil money behind her. As long as Thune keeps stalling and McConnell and Tillis can project as much hurt on the present administration for the next 5 months, they will do so.
Add that to today’s ruling on the Birthright question and we seem to be screwed, effectively, by our own SCOTUS.
I did and then I listened to it. I agree the senate needs to act. It seems to come down to an issue of mail in ballots and the term Election Day. The court has allowed states to accept what left wing state legislatures decide. So you get California type elections. California decided to let people write on their envelope what day they sent it. Post marks are changed simply. Remember the videos of election officials pulling out suitcases of ballets at 2 in the morning. Or how about a semi truckload of ballets being transferred from New York to Pennsylvania and the whole truckload of votes disappeared probably counted in Pennsylvania. There were more votes than voters. Well the Supreme Court wouldn’t take those cases, so why did they take this case? Why didn’t they just say it’s a legislative issue? Their ruling is again kicking the can down the road and Novembers coming. Were the 4 dissenting judges Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh misinformed? Mail in ballots are a recipe for stolen elections. This has been tried in many countries and eliminated quickly because it welcomes fraud. For me it’s a huge question of custody of the ballots. Are postal workers considered certified election officials. I remember a story of a postal worker throwing hundreds of ballots out in the woods. It’s a disgrace the Supreme Court threw this chance to fix some of these corruptions back to Thune and the senate.
I remember driving past the Post Office on April 15th with a line of cars waiting to drop off their tax return so it could get postmarked before midnight...
The post Election Ballot Dumps legitimized so no need for the 3 am trucks to roll in, fake water main bursts, cardboard on windows, just a weeklong trickle and bonus ballots to appear. It's all so much calmer a process for Socialist Democracy to Transform and fully supplant the Democratic Republic. Every Citizen Initiative, Proposition, and Dog Catcher will be afforded the same right and privilege.
No barricades or barbed wire at SCOTUS ahead of Birthright means it remains in place for the next 150 years---Break out the SNAP Champagne and caviar to celebrate!! I have a dream, that one day, Republican-caused Baby diaper deserts and also unhoused and elder diaper-deserts amongst the marginalized and underserved non-documented stakeholder communities will be set right and no one shall be judged by their lack of self-soiling protection due to systemic oppression and hate
Jeff, I have no idea how you manage to turn out these gems daily while continuing to practice. But keep turning them out, please. My morning is made when your email hits my box
Jeff, after these SCOTUS decisions and as we approach Independence Day entering the second half of President Trump’s Year Of Action - one thing has become imminently clear - PRESIDENT TRUMP AIN’T NO LAME DUCK AND HE’S ABOUT TO GO FULL HONEY BADGER! To dumocrats - buckle up buttercup!
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. The next Democrat president can be expected to use the new power to fire these people to the full -- firing everyone even suspected of once having harbored a non-Far Left thought.
The real message here from the Supreme Court is the 800-pound gorilla in the corner of the room that no-one wants to talk about -- the absolute institutional worthlessness of Congress, which for decades has consistently failed to represent the American People while filling their own pockets. Until We the People completely reform that damaging body we will be condemned to endure rule by unrepresentative minority views. Sadly, it is hard to see how Congress can be reformed before those foolish people drive the country off the cliff. Congress has failed!
Thankfully I can’t see democrats getting back power in 2028 with their running straight into communist arms. I wonder if the deep state saw that coming or not? We very well may have four more years of gutting the deep state out of our Congress even if we lose the midterms.
Yes, defanging the agencies will force Congress to legislate as the Constitution enabled. They can no longer pass the buck and hide. If Congress doesn’t want to legislate they can either shut up, or people can elect new Reps who will.
To be fair - Congress got a lot worse when the Senators went to popular vote instead of determined by each state. At least before that point, the states could exert some control over Senators who weren't actually representing the interests of the state. Now - we get very, very little. Though I think some TX peeps are trying to introduce a state law/change allowing for recalling Senators without it going to a popular vote. That should be interesting.
Senators changed to election by direct popular vote in 1913 (17th Amendment). About the same time Woodrow Wilson and progressives cooked up the Federal agencies to ‘regulate’ American life by ‘regulations’ that acted like law, but were not laws passed by Congress. This was done because progressives at the time found it ‘too hard’ to pass actual laws via Congress. The agencies were a ‘work-around’ to that - and like direct election of Senators, not envisioned by our Founders. This agency development eroded the Constitution’s brilliance of checks and balances. But, it ‘got things done’ more quickly. That tradeoff has had its day in the sun for about 100 years. The ‘gettin’ done’ part is complete. Now many of these agencies are too long in the tooth and extraction is necessary. SCOTUS ruling opens up Congress to reassert itself.
Great post, Jeff. Thank you. Ninety one years we've been under the deep state's fiat. How absolutely liberating. I hope President Trump will take immediate action. PULL THAT PLUG! PULL THAT PLUG! And how encouraging to note that the Cook decision was basically just a precedural issue. Go ahead, Lisa... defend yourself! And the Watson decision... well.... PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
We had a major outage last April that shut down power for some people (like me) for 7 days. The only thing we had going for us was that it wasn't the dead of winter or the dogs days of summer. A line of thunderstorms went through the area. Not a tornado. Not an earthquake. Not a hurricane. Not winter ice storms.
And the power company CEO was patting himself on the back about what a good job they were doing. There are a lot of senior and disabled housing in the city. Normally about 6 - 10 floors. So all those people were trapped in their apartments and had no way to charge their medical equipment or wheelchairs. These are folks that cannot walk up/down stairs. In addition, they lost all the food in their fridge just like the rest of us. But they are the most vulnerable people who can barely afford to replace food items. Many of the apartments are based on income. The only way attention was brought to their plight was family members contacting the local news stations.
BTW, to show how poorly the electrical system is, all the houses on the other side of the street never lost power.
I knew Jeff would clear things up for us, and keep us in a positive attitude. These clarifications from the SC are wins.
No matter what happens to that smug looking Lisa Cook at the Fed, Trump is working to replace that corrupt unconstitutional central bank and make it obsolete. Every "member" of that board are leeches on American citizens and serve zero purpose.
Trump will need to twist and break some arms in the Senate to get the SAVE Act passed. Replacing the Parlimentarian is also “Must Do”. Daylight is burning, so it’s time brutal measures.
The Parlimentarian doesn't even need to be replaced. Her opinions are not rulings, and the Senate Leader can ignore or overrule them. Since Thune refuses to exercise this authority, one must continue to wonder how nearsighted he is. Why will he not force the Democrat Senators to go on record voting against the SAVE Act, which even their own Democrat constituents favor by 80%?
Because Thune has never been a Republican. He rAn as a Conservative, but he has always been a RAT.
McConnell too.
Exactly…..add Murkowski and Collins.
Others have been primaried and lost their jobs, thankfully.
I’m getting quite a few donation requests from Susan Collins. BRAHAHAHA!! It’s looking like her USAID/NGO $$ may have dried up.
CStone, EWWW! I hate even seeing the names of those two. They have way too much power. So predictable the way they almost always vote with the D’s.
Can’t happen soon enough.
Mush Mouth Mitch is the poster child for term limits.
Hopefully, he’ll be gone to the graveyard soon enough.
Reanimated corpse of a corrupt old tortoise.
Married to the Bank of China.
Do we know if he's alive now?
And today’s rulings can wait until Jeff discusses tomorrow.
I hope he can talk me off the bridge regarding birthright citizenship.
Me too. Something needs to change with this antiquated amendment.
IIRC, when I looked it up in the constitution, anyone who is not a U.S. citizen doesn't get to vote, nor do they have the rights of U.S. citizens. IOW, allowing "birthright" citizenship is against the constitution.
The section re: that was about allowing blacks who had been slaves, to become U.S. citizens, it wasn't designed to allow anyone who crossed our border willy-nilly to suddenly, automatically become U.S. citizen.
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"under the jurisdiction of" is pretty clear. The amendment isn't the problem.
The amendment was ignored, it’s not antiquated. It’s good. It says “under the jurisdiction“ and that does not include illegal aliens. That’s very clear.
That decision was a travesty. It completely ignored national security concerns, and the fact birthright citizenship was established solely to protect blacks. Moreover, the statement these babies were subject to our laws was ridiculous, as millions of them are only subject to Chinese laws. This decision was about hurting PDJT. Our constitution is not a suicide pact.
In our modern usage, we think of "jurisdiction" as being solely about being subject to obey the law. But this amendment refers to civil jurisdiction, meaning owing no foreign loyalty. Here's an excerpt from the remarks of Senator Jacob Howard of Michigan, the author and sponsor of the clause, during the May 30, 1866 Senate debate on the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment:
"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States."
Yeah, this pissed me off. The interpretation is wrong.
@Garden- I don't think it was wrong. It's the way the amendment is written. It needs to be changed.
And doesn’t JD Vance have power to overrule Thune?
I do not know the Senate procedures and politics behind not replacing Thune as majority leader. Thune clearly is blocking Trump at every turn.
Remember...Thune is nothing but a McConnell acolyte.
I think they’ve got something on Thune, something that will ruin him, probably the CIA.
And Cocaine Mitch is on deaths door so Thune should be free of his evil grasp
That I do not know. I've seen that claim, but not a statute or law to back it.
Does the VEEP's role in the Senate extend beyond vote tie-breaking and chairing the certification of Presidential election counts?
Role*
And I spelled here wrong. Isn't it grand to be human??
@Barb- I got a notification you tried to change it but I don't see it hear. Must be a problem with the platform
No, the roll of VPOTUS in the senate is only as a tie-breaker. He has no control over senate rules and procedures. He may preside over sessions, but he has no power to decide what issues are brought before the body.
Role*
Ouch!
Thune is weak, lazy, ineffective and not on the right side of anything. He needs to go!
We really cannot fathom the deeply entrenched web of strings that operate these Congress people. Many are not very bright and many are compromised, be it by bad choices or by Deep State set-ups!
As we saw with Congressman Swalwell from California, those who hand you power, can also take it away!
Barbls... hmmm threats perhaps?
We accept your terms ;)
Waiting to see Thune’s arm in a sling!!
The Reid treatment?
They just upheld Birthright Citizenship. 🤦🏼♀️ I can’t see an upside to allowing CCP to drop babies in the U.S. to then later return to the U.S. and run for president in say 35 years. Really looking forward to Jeff’s take on this
I’m so disgusted by this. I don’t care how much we try to be fair with scotus - they ARE compromised. They rule based on blackmail or their own safety or for political points. There is no way birthright citizenship was EVER meant to be what the deep state has turned it into - a self destructive weapon. I’m sickened today.
Original intent for the 14th amendment is so clear, I can’t see why SCOTUS would ignore it.
They have been comprised for a long time that’s why. The fact that we even know which side of the aisle they belong is proof enough they are all compromised in some form or another. This is sick. And for those saying Congress will have to fix this - we’ll self destruct first. Congress are useless turds also bought and paid for. We haven’t had real representation in this country for my entire lifetime…and longer!
The 14th amendment is clear . How can they twist this to suit their political agenda?
The *author* of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, Senator Jacob Howard:
“Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include
every other class of persons.”
Well it ALSO hinges on the meaning of “foreigner”
How is it so clear to most Americans reading it but not these hysterical women in the SCOTUS
“This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, …”
I wonder exactly what is the definition of "alien"? If the birthing parent, the mother is an alien how would the child not also be an alien? It makes no sense to give citizenship to a baby when the mother is not a citizen. We can leave the father out since he is not the one giving birth though he may be the biological male sperm donor. The 14th Amendment needs some serious amending.
It reads as though the Alien is only applied to the Foreign Diplomat. We must all remember that this legislation was a band-aid to patch a hole for a short period of time only. This was brought about when American was still looking to populate the Western States!
I just read this interesting take on the two decisions that have bothered us. Also, take a look at what Senator Eric Schmitt said about the birthright issue.
https://joelange.substack.com/p/did-trump-really-lose-at-the-supreme?r=1657tz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Trump is playing the long game, and it takes time to do it right for our posterity.
Time is limited.
That IS a nice perspective. I pray it’s true.
Thanks for that. I will now continue to live well (because it p!sses off the dems) and give thanks on the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Which also p!sses off the dems. Win/win!
Senator Eric Schmitt is right on, bold and intelligent!
They’re deep state
Lots of suspicion around the adoption of Robert's two kids.
Many feel it was illegal.
What I don’t get is how that’s adoption to legal citizen parents, whereas anchor babies are an entirely different issue. Is Barret conflating the two?
Re: Barrett...I always joke and ask if she bought those 2 Haitian kids from the Clintons.
Apparently there was some circuitous route to adopt those 2 kids which apparently are Irish, and the adoptions of Irish children to foreigners is extremely difficult.
At this point I feel if people suspect adoption shenanigans and then it’s confirmed now many years later what can be done? So I don’t buy that story. It’s already out there. He may just be a swamp creature like so many in Congress.
I'm not sure that Ireland allows their children to be adopted by foreigners.
I don't care. I assume everyone at that level of government is a criminal.
He got those kids from Ireland so I don't know what the laws about all that are. But I do remember reading something seedy about him. I'll see if I can find out more about that because something was not right about that.
Because it was
Agreed. I'm so furious. Those people are absolutely awful. ACB is really a monster. Trump appointed her and she sees fit to regularly betray the country? All for what - money?
I've watched Trump for more than 45 yrs - he works in highly unusual ways but always wins. You might have noticed that just about every appointment he made is someone from deep state - he sets them up, plays dumb then suddenly fires them. Many of them are being quietly arrested, I've seen articles about these arrests. One thing that's important to know about psychopaths (which is what deep state is made up of) is that they think they are the smartest person on the planet. They are not, they are stupider than most people and this is what always trips them up. They think Trump is an idiot when in reality, he has an IQ of 156 and is brilliant. Don't forget, Trump got the mafia out of New York, not small feat and it takes balls the size of planet Jupiter to do that. Both Trump's friends and his enemies say of Trump: "Never underestimate Trump. NEVER." Just my 2 cents I've learned since watching him for so long.
Thank you! This is helpful. That's what I am hoping for...that he has plans up his sleeve that we just aren't privy to yet. Also agree with your comments on psychopaths/sociopaths. I read the Sociopath Next Door years ago and it was spot on - so many revelations in that book. The most dangerous thing most of us do (that usually makes us a victim of theirs) is that we assume everyone is just like us and is constrained by their conscience. Big mistake. But you're right - they are ultimately stupid and that is their downfall. Who would want to be that empty on the inside? It sounds just miserable.
Sociopath Next Door is a brilliant book that is absolutely spot on. Everyone should read it. Another good ne is People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck. I was a therapist for many years and had to diagnose all my clients, as well I've known some sociopaths and psychopaths. I agree, who would want to be that empty on the inside? However, many if not most of these people are born that way. They always think they are superior to everyone else. Then there are the narcissists...
He had four years to set the plan. Prob only needed two. 🙏🏻
Agree
Bingo!
Just hearing this. After yesterday many expected this to come down today. I don't know how Jeff will help me accept this ruling. There is an entire industry built around birthright tourism, where the whole intent is to have foreigners give birth in America to take advantage of this stupidity.
Yep this one is bad. The supremes think birth tourism ok then. Wow. Speechless.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. In the event the court rules against Trump, a number of Congressional Republicans have legislation pending that could practically accomplish what a different ruling would have done.
"American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come," Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, told Just The News.
Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by Babin and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one day after Trump's inauguration in 2025 (and similar versions in recent Congresses), seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Source: Just the News
Will the republicans get off their fat asses and actually pass it? Highly doubtful
That is encouraging. Just don't know if we can trust congress to do the right thing. Or anything really.
There are five SCOTUS rulings that to be a NATURAL BORN citizen, a requirement to run for president. Both parents must be citizens. Even the dissent did not mention being able to run for president, just that they could in future Cole and go here as they please and travel the world on a US passport. (This is also what Birthers got wrong about Obama - his father was not a citizen and thus he was unqualified to run for president)
And yet he did and nobody stopped it. 🙄 😒
The deep state does whatever it pleases, period.
Is it too late to arrest Obummer for fraud by lying about his citizenship and birthplace? He’s a traitor!
It’s not in the Constitution.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. In the event the court rules against Trump, a number of Congressional Republicans have legislation pending that could practically accomplish what a different ruling would have done.
"American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come," Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, told Just The News.
Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by Babin and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one day after Trump's inauguration in 2025 (and similar versions in recent Congresses), seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Source: Just the News
Just finished reading that. But with Thune’s betrayals, and other Rhinos, how will they get the votes to pass it?
TAW
My take is that after midterms, it WILL be made into Law via Congress because after becoming what they declared they would never be, (insert sarcastic laugh and massive eye roll here), the now new Communist Democratic party will cease to exist, and so will the power of the upholders of it.
And it will be up to the new NOT activist federal judges to uphold that LAW, not the SC.
Timing is everything Friend.
Also, as the saying goes, there is more than one way to, welp, you get the gist of that...cuz I don't wanna say it. I LOVE cats!!
DD, from your keyboard to God's ears 🙏🏻
This very ruling means that we, as conservatives who control most state legislatures, must force those legislatures to call for an Article V Convention of States for the sole and explicit purpose of amending the US Constitution to do away with birthright citizenship entirely and clarifying that only those born to parents who are US citizens are citizens at birth. What's at stake is too important not to take this action.
Remember that even such and amendment from a COS must be voted upon by either states' legislatures or by popular vote. Let the voice of the people be heard, not that of politicians and jurists.
A separate COS should consider and propose and amendment that fixes the number of SCOTUS justices at nine as it is currently and has been since 1869 when U. S. Grant was POTUS. Again, let the people decide, not just the socialist braying jackasses.
Yes. It sucks. However, in a land of 360 million people - This includes roughly 250,000 to 260,000 babies born annually to noncitizen parents
I’m not sure that’s accurate. When you have over 50 million illegals residing in our country, who are having babies left and right to gain protection from deportation, I’m thinking it’s a LOT more than 250,000. And everyone of them will have votes cast in their names. Many races are won by less than 50,000 votes.
That’s the beginning of the end. Nothing else matters
The decision rests on two components of the 14th Amendment:
1) born in the US or it’s territories
2) subject to US jurisdiction.
If a “ tourist birth” individual never lives in the US they are not subject to its jurisdiction, therefore are not birthright citizens. The question becomes how long the claim survives. 18 years after birth? An indefinite time after birth? Does an individual who lives their entire life outside the US have any claim to citizenship, such as voting?
I would also think birth tourism could be regulated by visa requirements. No foreign( biological) female should be allowed a visa of any type without agreeing to a waiver of birth right citizenship. Same principle can apply to those here under TPS. If you want entry, sign the waiver.
The real challenge is those women here illegally. “ Anchor babies” meet both requirements. The only remedy would appear to be repeal of at least part of the 14th amendment.
It also should rest on this clear sentence: “This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, …”
I think that’s another one that would require Congress to clarify, for the majority of people that can’t understand the amendment as written.
Can visas be denied/voided if an offspring of a visitor is born during the visit? 🤷🏼♀️
State Department has the power to deny a visa for any reason. Only by treaty does any alien have a guaranteed right to entry.
Scotus just upheld birthright citizenship to illegals. That’s the headline. Will be interesting to see Jeff break this down tomorrow.
I hope Jeff will also discuss NH District Judge Joseph Laplante's July 10, 2025 "setup" ruling that held that "unborn" children of illegal immigrants were being deprived of their "right" to citizenship on birth by Trump's executive order. Let's hear more about rights of the "unborn."
We just said the same thing.
I’m waiting for that, too. If there aren’t nuances, this was a bad decision.
It show grace in a different direction. If the "unborn" have rights to be born in the US, then the unborn have rights to be born, period.
Those unfamiliar with the "Federal" Reserve should read: https://www.abebooks.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Second-Look-Federal/32465988340/bd
Its $30. Is it really worth that? Also, 608 pages is incredibly long....does it keep up the pace or do we fall to into slogging through boredom?
OK, here's the Cliff's Notes version: https://blog.12min.com/the-creature-from-jekyll-island-pdf/ As Thomas Jefferson said: “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency first by inflation then by deflation the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
Another tell-tale part of the story was the UTTER secrecy in which the meeting was conducted, suggesting they knew how the public would react to learning about what they were planning.
I have come to the realization that the banking system is how they enslave us and that wars are NOT geopolitical events (though this is not original to me). Wars are genocide events that have nothing to do with politics (which the banks control). Let that sink in.
We - the population - are nothing more than a herd to them, to be corralled, managed, drugged and vaccinated and culled on a periodic basis... all for the benefit of the "masters".
I can't think of one reason why this is incorrect.
The debates over the Federal Reserve also affected the 1912 Presidential election that gave us Woodrow Wilson instead of reelecting Taft.
My son recommended this to us and said we needed to read it. I’ll take his word for it and ordered it.
I always check thriftbooks.com to see if i can get it used for a cheaper price. But yes it is long. I started it a while ago and it is still in my to read pile.
Lisa et al. Another swell source for used books is biblio.com. It's a platform for thousands of independent bookstores, including many outside the US. I always look there first.
Both EXCELLENT suggestions. Prices were crazy-low in the beginning as everyone and their dog thought selling their used books was going to pay the mortgage and buy a little villa in the Alps, but they kinda zoomed up as the cold-water reality of "shipping costs" drove amateur sellers out. Now sellers with "reasonable" prices have returned. However, as the Rolling Stones made eminently clear, "You Can't Always Get What You Wa-ant."
David, I always have good luck with Abebooks. Just ordered a copy for $17
Thanks
You can likely get it at a local library or through interlibrary loan and read the parts that don't bore you.
I’d have to drive there and would rather take my book to my patio and read after it’s delivered by the Prime driver. Being 81 years young has its privileges not to mention its limitations lol.
Oma, you weren't particularly the one I had in mind... ;^) Hope your weather's not going to be beastly on the patio.
David, it is beastly everywhere in Florida…especially on my patio. I understand our comments get processed correctly if we can follow the lines back :)
Can it not be posted for public Internet access?
The work is copyrighted by the author, but some libraries let patrons check out "digital" versions.
The author gave a one hour & 45 minute speech available on YouTube that sums up his main points. It’s worth a watch.
Again, here's the 10 minute Cliff Notes version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOtAyo9Qz9I
That was excellent!
Every US citizen needs to know the truth about the Federal Reserve. This book delivers. See if there are any used books available on Amazon.
ABEbooks
Academic Book Exchange
There are used copies on Amazon.
Plus who uses Amazon, other than moderates and progressives?
Lots of folks! Can’t beat the convenience. I try to buy local but sometimes it’s not possible and some of the local businesses are worse, politically speaking.
Funny, I never use Amazon and I've never been inconvenienced. That means I don't give my meager funds to billionaires. They don't miss it but at least I know they didn't get any power through me. 🤠
Do you not have a phone? Or computer. You give plenty of money to billionaires my friend
C.C. I like to think of it in terms of the marginal rate of increasing their power... Plus, when stuff arrives, I make sure I DON'T Smile! I'd love to buy from a conservative, even contrarian, billionaire, but don't know the frequency.
There’s also Joe Plummer’s book “Dishonest Money” that deals with the same thing. Much shorter and more affordable - and with this endorsement from G. Edward Griffin: “An excellent job of condensing this large and complicated topic.”
Thanks for that link - I'm definitely ordering that book!
John, just purchased from Abebooks for $17. Been using them for years now.
The Fed ruling was just odd. The ruling allowing the Executive branch to fire people from these unaccountable positions was a good one. But - the Fed is one of those boards made up of people with no accountability to anyone. I can somewhat agree with the "with cause" type argument, but why do these people get some sort of extra protection when virtually every non-political office in the US has no such protection? Cook deserves to be removed and I know it's just a matter of time, but now we drag this out even further. :(
I agree 100%! I sure love Jeff’s clarity and legalize in explaining things and his optimism! We don’t need more pessimists!! Thank you Mr. Childers!
As far as a FEDERAL VOTER Registry database; simply set proper, thorough standards that states and territories must comply with and that are frequently audited with severe penalties meted out for abuse and noncompliance to properly uphold Citizen-Voter Rights. The States supposedly do this to all counties and precincts. Why amass a Federal system when administering 50 states and the territories from above would be simpler and Constitutional?
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How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.
— Psalm 104:24 LSB
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Sumerian literature before the bible refers to Yahweh as one of the "Sons of God".
History began at Sumer with Cuneiform.
And Who created the Sumerians, Bard? YHWH.
Honest question Bard. Who do you say is Jesus Christ?
Jesus is God in the Flesh! 1 John 4:1-3
Ask a Sumerian.
The source.
“The Source” by James Michener. I enjoyed that book.
Cause and effect go right out the window.
Cause and effect is a human construct to support science linear thinking.
God is everywhere.
Yes, Christ is everywhere. And everything that was created, was created by Him and for Him.
Source of what ?
The source of The Old Testament.
Honest question Bard. Who do you say Jesus Christ is?
That goes back to the 5th century schism about the human nature of Christ.
It’s actually not a complicated answer. Just tell me your opinion on who you think Jesus Christ is.
All of life and eternity hinges on the answer to the question, "Who is Jesus?" I thank God for His mercy toward me in rescuing me from the pit and setting my feet on the rock.
In a comment box on Substack?
Zen Koan:
"He who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak."
Or the Indus Valley but the rising seas took out their cities and they had to move inland again and again.
Plural "sons" is important.
Based on a few similar verses, using Isaiah 12:2 as an example we find:
Isaiah 12:2 (KJV) Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
If you look at the Hebrew words used here, Jehovah (as the KJV translates it) is the word we know as Yahweh - יהוה. The word translated “salvation” is the Hebrew word Yeshuah - ישועה. Yeshua is Jesus’ Hebrew name. So if we substitute these names back into Isaiah 12:2, we have:
Isaiah 12:2 (KJV) Behold, God is my [Yeshuah]; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD [Yahweh] is my strength and my song; he also is become my [Yeshuah].
Yahweh having become my Yeshuah, and Yeshuah being the son of God, through the lens of Isaiah 12:2, your comment has some merit.
This is also why when Simeon sees young Jesus in Luke 2, he says:
Luke 2:30 (KJV) For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Now I’m curious, what Sumerian texts refer to Yahweh as a son of God and is it something I can find on Internet Archive?
"History Begins at Sumer" by Kramer. A translation of all of the ceuniform tablets.
Bible stories such as Noah and the Flood taken from Sumeria to write the Old Testament.
"History began..."
Right where infinity ended.
IOW, what a ridiculous thing to say. But then, that IS your speciality.
See the new best seller The Jesus Discoveries by PhD Jeremiah Johnston. He uses historical artifacts and secular documents to PROVE the
resurrection of Christ.
Good luck.
Any examples?
"The new Republican president faced an EPA stacked with Democrats, who would defy him and keep on doing cuckoo things like declaring rain puddles to be nationally protected wetlands and making it a felony to step in the mud. The president was powerless. Rinse and repeat, for each federal agency."
... OR ... In Newberryport, Massachusetts, no American flags on the 4th of July because they might endanger birds.
(Massachusetts could give many lessons to Portland)
Do they flay any flags any other days?
Were they willing to let birds be harmed for "pride" flags?
Or wind turbines?
Excellent question !
Flag 'flaying' is unpatriotic me tinks ;-)
I am so grateful each day for Jeff's concise analysis of events that are typically far beyond the scope of my layman's understanding!
Oh gosh me too. I read headlines and think, “I’ll see if C&C have anything to say about that”.
In Trump v. Lisa Cook, I see a common sense respect of due process. Imagine if they had allowed Trump to fire cook based on being accused. What would prevent a future liberal president from firing ever conservative based on being accused of crazy stuff by unhinged liberals?
They would carry the accusations with no defense into the rest of their lives.
In Trump v Slaughter, they allow a President to fire at his pleasure, so when a liberal president fires conservatives, because politics, that’s a badge of honor.
They could carry that badge into private sector with pride.
Very well played SCOTUS.
I understand the sentiment but every policy level position in the Executive should be at will to minimize stonewalling and sabotage.
It is only very recently that we as a people have realized that there IS stonewalling and sabotage from the Deep State.
Up until 2016, I think we assumed the bureaucracy backed the Executive, not really realizing the independent nature of the DS.
And at one time they probably did. In my lifetime the parties have become utterly estranged, until they are actually repelling each other like magnets. I don't see how we avoid bloodshed, I really don't.
I suspect the Trump Administration is WAY ahead of the ball on this mark. He has remade his agencies into nimble, mean and lean tools. Thanks to DOGE, AI, and now, accorded the ability to root out deep state operatives, there are millions of self-exposed people with targets on their backs.
When the CIA blew off JFK's head in the middle of the day, in the middle of town square, it gave us a hint that the Deep State was out of control.
There was some blood shed.
Mrs. RW
Actually Dallas showed that the Deep State was in control.
Terrorized & demoralized the entire nation.
It’s not been the same country since.
Tried again at Butler, PA.
Many feel that 9/11 was the point of no return, but I believe Dallas was the turning point for our demise.
Exactly my situation. 2016 and that first term opened my eyes like I saw the man behind the curtain
Now he can fire Cook “at will”, regardless of her legal troubles.
Once the administrative due process is completed.
It has made the government an “at will” employer.
Except for due process. At Will requires no due process, and this no appeal.
Agreed. As Jeff pointed out, the facts in the case were that President Trump’s lawyers had already conceded that Cook could only be fired “for cause” and they alleged good cause. SCOTUS is required by the constitution (and it is a basic conservative principle) that decisions should be made based only on the facts in front of them. Those facts included the inconvenient fact that Trump’s lawyers had conceded that they needed to show cause, and they alleged mortgage fraud. Based on those narrow facts, they simply held Cook was entitled to defend herself. In future cases, there will be no “good cause” requirement and the President will just fire people at will. Sometimes that will cut for Republicans and sometimes for Democrats. I see no betrayal, just a conservative approach. While it may not have been wrong to hold that the Lisa Cook issue was moot in light of Slaughter, it was more “conservative” to decide the issue based on the facts of Cook’s case. I wouldn’t be surprised if the District Court let her put her defense in the record and held the issue was moot based on the Slaughter holding that no cause was necessary for the President to exercise his plenary power. Unless there’s an activist democrat district judge who holds there was no good cause. But what would stop Trump from firing her again for no reason, based on Slaughter? Maybe Trump will test the Slaughter vs Federal Reserve “carve out” by firing Jerome Powell from the Fed Board Powell stayed on just to be a thorn in Trump’s side.
Perfect timing. My coffee is ready! Morning everyone!
🏆 Congratulations on being the first poster 🏆 Hope you’re having a wonderful morning.
I’ve been up since about 4am so I can have my breakfast and coffee before starting yard work. By 8:00 here in NW Florida it’s like being roasted in an oven outside. We also have the luxury of being eaten alive by pesky bugs once we start sweating our bug repellent off 🤣😂🤣 It’s 9am and I’m already ready for my nap!
I think Janice was the first poster. But I was quick today! I am in the Houston area so I totally understand the heat, humidity and mosquitoes!🦟 With the Saharan dust out, I’m staying inside.
I thought you were going to say being eaten alive by alligators!
We, in Florida, could truly heat our leftover pizza on the driveway!!
We, in AZ, could cook a raw pizza on the driveway.... under 100 for a change, today only 97.
Truth! 😂🤣😂 even my pups look at me like I’m crazy for trying to get them outside. Opening the back door is like getting a furnace blast in the face.
I left NW Florida 7 years ago for south central SC. Frying pan to the fire. But less humid! Makes all the difference.
Happy steamy sunny Tuesday everyone! 👋🏻😎
👋🏻🤓 We got our 90° week on the tail of an entire month of rainy June in the 60s and 70s. My 61st birthday was yesterday. I have forecasted the weather for June 29th successfully every single year for over 30 years after noticing that the prior 20 years always gave me a sunny and 80°+ day every birthday. Even if it rained for an hour it always opened up to clear sunny skies. Imagine my shock when I was certain this year would break my track record when yesterday bloomed into a high 80s sunny day. I spent it in my pool. 😎
Also, for 19 straight years, our first swim ranged from late March to Memorial Day. This is the very first year we were unable to swim until the end of June! 🤣 Such a weird thing. Pool owners notice these trends. Lol
Happy belated birthday, Juju!
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Happy birthday! My 63rd is on July 13th.
Happy birthday Juju!
Happy belated birthday Juju!! Hope it was a great day! I wish you a blessed year ahead.
Happy happy birthday Juju!!!!!
Thank you 😊
Happy birthday, Juju! You’re right about pool owners noticing weather trends. We don’t have one anymore since we moved 10 years ago, but I still recall those trends.
Beautiful day in the Black Hills of SD. Sunny and will reach 73 degrees today.😁
73 degrees sounds heavenly. East coast is roasting right now and it will get worse as the week goes on.
My friends have been warning me, Kathleen. And my husband and I move back, permanently, to NC this September.
Happy damp, misty, cloudy Tuesday! 🤣😂🤣
Mrs. "the Knife"
It's cool, foggy and gray here on the Pacific coast; only 57°.
It is 54 degrees in our area of the Puget Sound. It is a pleasant change from the 80s and 90s of the last couple of weeks.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Sounds lovely
It is! Just hoping it clears off for Independence Day!
Mrs. "the Knife"
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Good morning,
Lucky to be here amongst the wonderful people of C&C. I hope everyone here has a good day and takes time to appreciate the life God has bestowed upon them. We are all blessed in many ways. The trick is not to take our blessings for granted.
🦋There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.🦋
— Leo Buscaglia
It may be as simple that a smile and hello to someone lifts their day. I often find people, especially seniors out and about alone, desiring a few words to acknowledge their worth and presence.
Stop and say hello to people; greet them in stores or on the street with a few friendly words of conversation. (Hmm … I wonder if that would work in Portland? 😉)
Maybe 🙂
One great reason why men practice generosity so
little in the world is their finding so little there.
Generosity is catching; and if so many men escape it, it is
in a great degree from the same reason the
countrymen escape the small pox, -because
they meet no one to give it to them.
-Greville
Much of this began when the leftist media was allowed to post and or publish conservative justices addresses. The system broke down when a trans activist threatened and then went after SC Justice Kavanaugh at his house, and then Biden and Merrick Garland illegally allowed left wing activist protestors go to Amy Coney Barrett’s home and threaten her and her kids. From that point forward making decisions for Barrett on the basis of the founders intent was over. Well those threats have certainly continued to affect her, she stabbed us in the back again voting to allow election month not Election Day. You know 85% of the people want voter ID and clean elections but yet we have a legislature that won’t act and coerced unelected people in black robes making these critical decisions!
Even during the Civil War only ballets that made it on the day of election were counted. And how is ballot harvesting ok or people allowed to write on the envelope the day they mailed it looked at as acceptable? Like in California, they just extend the counting until it produces the desired left wing outcome.
This is completely delegitimizing elections to the point where conservatives need not vote in leftist blue states.
Coerced Barrett never fails to disappoint. Not looking forward to her going along with the commies on birth right citizenship. The knife marks in my back are adding up. I wish she’d resign now!
It seems to me, the problem lies with the Senate. The House has passed at least 3 versions of the SAVE Act that the Senate Majority leader refuses to bring to a floor vote. Numerous remedies have been suggested, but Thune refuses them all, and when things get to the boiling point, he issues a recess and sends everyone home. Never has the Uniparty and the Good Old Boys Club been more apparent than in the month’s long stall of the SAVE Act. One giant finger held up to the American public, saying we care not at all what Americans want. We are the visible prongs of The Deep State.
I highly doubt the Senate will come through. They were waiting to see which way the SCOTUS wind blew. I doubt this will prod Thune to do anything. Let’s see, Thune is not up for re-election. McConnell and Tillis are done after the Midterms. Collins is the only hope for a Republican coming out blue Maine. Someone supports her with big money. Murkowski has Alaska oil money behind her. As long as Thune keeps stalling and McConnell and Tillis can project as much hurt on the present administration for the next 5 months, they will do so.
Add that to today’s ruling on the Birthright question and we seem to be screwed, effectively, by our own SCOTUS.
democracy.io
You may feel better if you (re)read Jeff’s post.
Did you not read Jeff's post?
I did and I listened to it
Did you write this before reading Jeff's take? Sounds like it.
I did and then I listened to it. I agree the senate needs to act. It seems to come down to an issue of mail in ballots and the term Election Day. The court has allowed states to accept what left wing state legislatures decide. So you get California type elections. California decided to let people write on their envelope what day they sent it. Post marks are changed simply. Remember the videos of election officials pulling out suitcases of ballets at 2 in the morning. Or how about a semi truckload of ballets being transferred from New York to Pennsylvania and the whole truckload of votes disappeared probably counted in Pennsylvania. There were more votes than voters. Well the Supreme Court wouldn’t take those cases, so why did they take this case? Why didn’t they just say it’s a legislative issue? Their ruling is again kicking the can down the road and Novembers coming. Were the 4 dissenting judges Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh misinformed? Mail in ballots are a recipe for stolen elections. This has been tried in many countries and eliminated quickly because it welcomes fraud. For me it’s a huge question of custody of the ballots. Are postal workers considered certified election officials. I remember a story of a postal worker throwing hundreds of ballots out in the woods. It’s a disgrace the Supreme Court threw this chance to fix some of these corruptions back to Thune and the senate.
Too bad credit card companies don't allow us to pay our bills 3 days after the due date.
Yes how about income tax “day”?
No kidding. Interest and penalties start to add up 30 seconds after midnight on the filing deadline.
I remember driving past the Post Office on April 15th with a line of cars waiting to drop off their tax return so it could get postmarked before midnight...
Don’t I know that!!
Look into the movement to legally not pay taxes.
The post Election Ballot Dumps legitimized so no need for the 3 am trucks to roll in, fake water main bursts, cardboard on windows, just a weeklong trickle and bonus ballots to appear. It's all so much calmer a process for Socialist Democracy to Transform and fully supplant the Democratic Republic. Every Citizen Initiative, Proposition, and Dog Catcher will be afforded the same right and privilege.
No barricades or barbed wire at SCOTUS ahead of Birthright means it remains in place for the next 150 years---Break out the SNAP Champagne and caviar to celebrate!! I have a dream, that one day, Republican-caused Baby diaper deserts and also unhoused and elder diaper-deserts amongst the marginalized and underserved non-documented stakeholder communities will be set right and no one shall be judged by their lack of self-soiling protection due to systemic oppression and hate
Jeff, I have no idea how you manage to turn out these gems daily while continuing to practice. But keep turning them out, please. My morning is made when your email hits my box
Jeff, after these SCOTUS decisions and as we approach Independence Day entering the second half of President Trump’s Year Of Action - one thing has become imminently clear - PRESIDENT TRUMP AIN’T NO LAME DUCK AND HE’S ABOUT TO GO FULL HONEY BADGER! To dumocrats - buckle up buttercup!
Honey badger don't play! 😀
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YEESSS
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. The next Democrat president can be expected to use the new power to fire these people to the full -- firing everyone even suspected of once having harbored a non-Far Left thought.
The real message here from the Supreme Court is the 800-pound gorilla in the corner of the room that no-one wants to talk about -- the absolute institutional worthlessness of Congress, which for decades has consistently failed to represent the American People while filling their own pockets. Until We the People completely reform that damaging body we will be condemned to endure rule by unrepresentative minority views. Sadly, it is hard to see how Congress can be reformed before those foolish people drive the country off the cliff. Congress has failed!
Thankfully I can’t see democrats getting back power in 2028 with their running straight into communist arms. I wonder if the deep state saw that coming or not? We very well may have four more years of gutting the deep state out of our Congress even if we lose the midterms.
Yes, defanging the agencies will force Congress to legislate as the Constitution enabled. They can no longer pass the buck and hide. If Congress doesn’t want to legislate they can either shut up, or people can elect new Reps who will.
This is more ‘direct democracy’ and I like that.
To be fair - Congress got a lot worse when the Senators went to popular vote instead of determined by each state. At least before that point, the states could exert some control over Senators who weren't actually representing the interests of the state. Now - we get very, very little. Though I think some TX peeps are trying to introduce a state law/change allowing for recalling Senators without it going to a popular vote. That should be interesting.
Senators changed to election by direct popular vote in 1913 (17th Amendment). About the same time Woodrow Wilson and progressives cooked up the Federal agencies to ‘regulate’ American life by ‘regulations’ that acted like law, but were not laws passed by Congress. This was done because progressives at the time found it ‘too hard’ to pass actual laws via Congress. The agencies were a ‘work-around’ to that - and like direct election of Senators, not envisioned by our Founders. This agency development eroded the Constitution’s brilliance of checks and balances. But, it ‘got things done’ more quickly. That tradeoff has had its day in the sun for about 100 years. The ‘gettin’ done’ part is complete. Now many of these agencies are too long in the tooth and extraction is necessary. SCOTUS ruling opens up Congress to reassert itself.
Good morning, c&c!! Thank you, Jeff for such a fab post yesterday!! Have caffeine, will travel!
"But that ninja-like common sense had managed to evade judicial cerebellums ever since the 1930’s New Deal.".......
When FDR flooded the government with immigrant Trotskyites. Biden immigration was nothing compared with the Commies takeover under FDR.
Trotkyites housed in the 100 New Deal Agencies.
Great post, Jeff. Thank you. Ninety one years we've been under the deep state's fiat. How absolutely liberating. I hope President Trump will take immediate action. PULL THAT PLUG! PULL THAT PLUG! And how encouraging to note that the Cook decision was basically just a precedural issue. Go ahead, Lisa... defend yourself! And the Watson decision... well.... PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
Once Trump starts the agency firings and rehires, we are going to be subject to more ‘No Kings’ protests. Which I accept!
Good morning, happy hot hump day! 🤣
Now stop that! It took me all day yesterday to realize it wasn’t Tuesday 🤣
I woke up today thinking it was Saturday, but I’ve been retired for years!
I have to check the date on my pill container to know what day it is.
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We butchered a fowl yesterday in that heat. It was very unpleasant. 🤣
I "liked" this, but ... 👀
I totally understand.
Fellow poultry owner. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do…
It's not Tuesday?
Yes today is Tuesday. Yesterday wasn’t. 😆
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I was in a rush this morning to get to Wednesday....🤣
No joke! Nearing triple digits this week! 🥵
Gonna be brutal this week in the Northeast.
Hope our power grid holds up. Especially with all those data centers in your neck of the woods.
Maybe a test about how viable the data centers are. I truly feel for those in the Northeast.
My power company is already warning us of power outages.
Oh, Kathleen, I'm really sorry. I hope it doesn't happen.
We had a major outage last April that shut down power for some people (like me) for 7 days. The only thing we had going for us was that it wasn't the dead of winter or the dogs days of summer. A line of thunderstorms went through the area. Not a tornado. Not an earthquake. Not a hurricane. Not winter ice storms.
And the power company CEO was patting himself on the back about what a good job they were doing. There are a lot of senior and disabled housing in the city. Normally about 6 - 10 floors. So all those people were trapped in their apartments and had no way to charge their medical equipment or wheelchairs. These are folks that cannot walk up/down stairs. In addition, they lost all the food in their fridge just like the rest of us. But they are the most vulnerable people who can barely afford to replace food items. Many of the apartments are based on income. The only way attention was brought to their plight was family members contacting the local news stations.
BTW, to show how poorly the electrical system is, all the houses on the other side of the street never lost power.
We moved about 30 min west from the worst of it…hate the data centers 😡
Hot, yes. I had to check the calendar, lol.
I thought that was tomorrow? Wednesday?
I'm practicing for tomorrow 😉🤣
At least I’m not the only one confusing the days…. lol 🥴
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I'm out of my normal routine at the moment My brain is orbiting Pluto 😉
"A right-wing judicial coup."
YAY! And just in time for our republic's 250th anniversary celebration!