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Although Archbishop Vigano wrote this for Christians and Catholics in particular (of which I am one), it is critically important for EVERYONE to read as we head in to the final days of this most critical moment in our nation's history. Please take a couple minutes to read it and pass it on:
"I repeat: the choice is between a conservative President, who is paying with his very life for his fight against the deep state, and an infernal monster who obeys Satan. For a Catholic, there can be no question: voting for Kamala Harris is morally inadmissible and constitutes a very serious sin. Nor is it morally possible to abstain, because in this war declaring oneself neutral means allying oneself with the enemy ."
The fact that Archbishop Vigano has been in hiding for quite some time, along with his recent excommunication by Francis tells me he's over the target. Our holy, decent, parish priest of 25 years was canceled by Cupich 3 years ago- joining the over 2500 canceled clergy around the world. Lately I've been saying the prayer from Fr Chad Ripperger that he wrote for the election. Thank you for sharing this, Daniel.
It is Marian in nature and I realize that there are many Christians who are not Catholic or Catholics who have left the faith for various reasons. I want to say first, that if you were treated badly, I sincerely apologize for that and we will all have to answer to God when we die for these transgressions. It's not easy being Christian in today's world, and it is especially difficult being Catholic - we are the only denomination that culture attacks from all sides, and from other Christian denominations. Today in Georgia, about an hour ago, the satanic temple performed a black Mass to desecrate the Eucharist - this is no joke, it is not a symbol. The number of people stealing consecrated hosts is on the rise and even at my small parish we are continually on the lookout for this -- we even need to remind everyone that they can't take Our Lord back to the pew (we should go back to taking Communion on the tongue, not the hand).
We are dwindling down to a remnant church which will go underground. There *have* been many of us fighting for transparency and to keep the faith - this group of men especially has been outstanding: https://www.complicitclergy.com/
The Catholic faith is a billion + strong. As in any organization of such size, evil can, will infiltrate with the goal to do irreparable harm. It has never been the faith which was wrong, it is that evil infiltrated it and damaged it, and is still trying to destroy it. To me, it is unconscionable that the CCP essentially put this current "pope" into power. Thank God for placing people like Archibishop Vigano in to his role and has given him the courage to fight back against Satan and his brood of followers. Vigano's words are truth written. We should stay focused on that.
It wasn't the CCP who put your fake pope in power. It was the same global elite who run everything. They need a world religion to help usher in a new world order. They got it.
The CCP is part and parcel of the global elite. And they paid a ton of money to put this fake pope in power. And lets not forget years and years of infiltration.
Not true anymore, if indeed it ever was. China is a mercantile autocracy and is trying to control the Church, but it has joined Russia and BRICS in competing with the aspiring global elite, who are centered in the EU and are getting their butts handed to them by the so-called global south.
interestingly this weeks highwire is exactly about the history of infiltration of every influence wielding organization in the world . Enjoy! https://thehighwire.com/watch/
I have only been reading Archbishop’s writings for just the last couple of years. I find them so much more truthful and inspirational than our “pope’s” papers.
You are focussed on the "system", the organised "religion". Focus directly and only upn the Saviour who died for us and showed us the Way. In His day, Jesus railed hard and continually against the false "leaders" for their perfidy, greed, pride, control issues. He continues to do this today.
We are each to undergo a continual reformation...a continual renewal, a continual metanoia, which is never impossible with Christ. "Re-turn" again and again back to Christ. The Church has done this so many times from the beginning, and will continue as well. It is a part of "not being There yet." And just as the Church, so each one of us.
yes that's right - here's my priest - canceled 3 years ago for standing up for the parish regarding the jabs, church closings, etc, etc, relegated to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@frjamesparker777
Rockford Diocese. Notorious Cupich canceled 15+ priests so far. If I can just say, Woman to woman, and as a mom, you understand that we have a special "radar" of sorts when sizing up priests - if there is the slightest "ick" factor we keep our kids away and we look for another parish. We just know - the Holy Spirit inherently guides us. Fr. Parker was already having issues with Cupich, for going against the narrative being pumped out at the Vatican (small things - bringing in more conservative speakers like Athanasius Schneider, singing some of the hymns in Latin, putting a kneeler off to the side for the more traditional families who want to kneel during Communion, offering confessions 7 days a week, twice on Wednesday and twice on Saturday, saying the rosary after daily Mass, etc). When lockdowns happened, our parish was told that we could only have 50 people at Mass. We have 3,000 Famiies! So Fr. Parker split the campus up and put 50 people in each section of the church and school. Strike one. Continued to have confessions -- outside -- doubled down on exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - outside -- drive by blessings in the car with holy water, but most of all he explained to us that getting this experimental jab was *not* a moral imperative and we were *not* sinning or hurting our fellow man by refusing it - our conscience prevailed. And this, I believe, but don't know for sure, was the last straw.
He sounds awesome! May God bless him abundantly for standing up! Cupich is one of the most liberal ones out there so I’m not surprised at all the canceled priests.
We would have LOVED to have a priest here in Archdiocese of Detroit do what Fr. Parker did. Way too many went along and did not question anything. The people were hurting and they basically didn’t care. The church is now suffering because of this.
There is a huge difference between being accused of something and actually having done what you are being accused of doing. Look at everything they "accuse" President Trump of, and it was all a pile of lies. I put nothing past these leftists and devil worshippers to go after Father Pavone, because of his Priests for Life ministry and the fact that he was a staunch Trump supporter during the past two (s)election cycles. They do things with purposeful intent against their enemies. I think it very well could be payback for him calling out the Demoncrat party for being the party of death. I would need more information to come to a different conclusion.
And obviously, I don't condone inappropriate conduct by priests, pastors, rabbi's, imam's, any more than we should tolerate inappropriate conduct by our elected officials, government bureaucrats, military generals, police officers, grade school, high school or college teachers, etc..
Yes, Father Ripperger's prayer is indeed Marian in nature, and I am a Presbyterian of four centuries (at least) of same, but I prayed that prayer with you. Thank you so much for offering it. And, it has troubled me for several years, that many Catholics seem to conflate "Christian" with "Protestant", as in, there are Catholics and Christians--instead of which, they are the continuation of those early Christ-followers in Rome who pretty much got the ball rolling. So I thank you for writing those Catholics back under the tent of "Christian".
I did not "lave" the RCC because anyone reated me "badly". I lef becaus there was nothing there beyond a social club. then, when the Lord Himself called me, I responded positively and began to seriously stidy HIS WORD. The ore I studied that, the more secure I was in my leaving the RCC chruch. SO MUCH of "life" in the RCC was based on tradition, made up stuff ('the pope is the "vicar of CHrist", the "placeholder"? and idol worship of "the clergy"., not a true amd rich relationship with the very One who sacrificed HIS life for ME. NO. Jesus IS the place, HE needs no one to "hold it" for him. He commands to FOLLOW ME, not some elected or hired guy like me who is faulty and in desparate NEED of a Saviour.
Everyone's spiritual journey is different - it seems your view is catholics are apostates - I won't try to change your mind. I wish you peace in Christ always.
For anyone else reading, the Catholic church has survived over 2000 years despite the grievous sinful offenses of man. The Magisterium of the church, and her traditions, begun by Jesus himself, was established several hundred years before the New Testament was finished being written, completed and established. Jesus said he would build his church upon the rock of Peter, our first Pope... Peter, an extremely flawed man who denied Christ 3 times before the cock crowed. What could Jesus have been thinking by picking him, but he knew our flawed nature and promised we would not be left alone - he would give us the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and that's when the Holy Spirit came down upon the 12 Apostles, giving them authority to represent Christ in his place, until He comes back. The biblical Word of God is used in every Mass (one old testament reading, one new testament reading and one gospel plus the psalms), and in a 3 year cycle you will receive the entire bible. Nobody taught us this after Vatican 2 - reason for many churches to devolve into a social club. The Nicene Creed, which every Christian denomination professes in some manner or another, was written by the bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. It seems easy to dismiss the first several hundred years of Christianity after Christ's crucifixion and say it is not relevant, but it's inextricably linked.
Nope. READ Luke's pair of wriings, carefully. Not hard to understand. His gospel account, then The Acts of the Apostles. THAT is what they did with Jesus' teachings. Today's RCC is very much "other".
Jesus never established a large organisation. It was always grassroots, local, dynamic, PEOPLE centred. Leadership always came up from the local congregations. .The ministry of each individual was essential, and encouraged.
Your personal interpretation is your own. And the church has always been very much grassroots, local, dynamic and people centered despite you saying otherwise.. I understand you despise the church and Catholics - it's your prerogative. Your insistence on all caps and your scolding tone does nothing to further dialogue. As anyone reading this can see, even Catholics can't have a quiet place to shore each other up in these terrible times -even among other Christians. Feel free to have the scathing last word - I'm not going to fight with you.
not into fighting so I won't YOu assert much that I have not said. i do not see that the RCC is "local and grassroots". It is massive worldwde organision with rigit top down ledership.
I grew up in the RCC, caholic school through second year University. Do not assume I know no whereov I speak.
I d NOT rely on "personal interpretation" which the bible forbids.. I have spent the past four decades of my life carefully studying and exlploring the scriptures. I base my own life on what I see there. I am in a solid bible based church with strong teaching. It is local,too.
Please take my suggestion and carefully read Luke's two significant and in[portant books. HOW did the early church begin and spread?
I am currently reading a book on the Book of Acts. It is called simply "Acts", wirtten by a man named Patrick Schreiner, a noted greek scholar and churchman. Nothing he writes contradicts earlier readings on that book I have done.
You can write me off as a rouser or contentious.. or you can apply yourself to deeper study than what you have had in the past. Be warned, some of what you believe may be challenged. Jesus' word s ARE the truth, and only truth. I always settle on what HE said.
The "rock" spoken of by Jesus were the substance of Peter's WORDS, not Peter himself, who was clearly no rock. The early Church used this interpretation (that Jesus spoke of Peter himself), to build a monstrosity in place of real faith - in Jesus, alone; the author and perfector of it. Adherence to the doctrines of men has splintered and warped true faith and blinded hundreds of millions into apostasy. I love Jesus with my whole heart. No man has the authority to call me "damned", no matter his hat. That determination is God's alone.
Tell me where I can contact this "ned" to service thie keyboard.
Actually I don't think the keys are faulty, they are just rebellious. Baybe sending it off to the confessional so the guy in there can prescribe the right penance for it to perform, maybe it will straighten out and fly right.....
never fixed ME, but maybe a lowly keyboard..... ??
The CPUSA is alive and well in the USA https://www.cpusa.org/ the Socialist Party has merged with them and they endorse the Democratic party. Their issues about being antifascists are the same lies the young Bella Dodd was drawn into when fighting for teachers and laborers. They have not run a candidate for awhile but are talking about running candidates again. Yes you would do well to read Bella’s transcript and book which tells how people are drawn in. I’m seeing it today as people may not be card carrying communists, as in Bella’s day many believed in what they taught. Yes I appreciate praying for the election and have. Catholics are Christians…so I will say the anti Christian attacks are heartbreaking constantly talking about their experiences with bad Christians not realizing the whole picture; the relationship with Jesus, failing, repenting and returning to the path etc. Black Masses are horrifying and much prayer towards the stop of all that. Thank you for your post :) Prayer is a weapon, lets keep it up :)
I’ll look, but I honestly can’t remember where I saw it. Francis is looking over his shoulder and the cover of the book is very clear. This is when he was still in Argentina. I’ll look around..
Emumundo, You may already follow him, but on YouTube there is a channel called "Return to Tradition" with Anthony Stine (he is a converted atheist, spent some time in seminary and has a doctorate in theology- lives in Oklahoma). He pointed out that a lot of Bergolio's history in Argentina has been scrubbed from the internet, including a letter from someone high up in the church discouraging the powers that be from ordaining him a bishop. In addition it's really unusual that he has never gone back to his native Argentina since becoming pope. We know that he was raised as a socialist, and it clearly shows when he puts climate change and abortion into the same bucket. He also supports unfettered migration, and Catholic Charities is an absolute racket of which I never support financially - no one should.
He's responsible for 15+ cancellations of clergy just in the Chicago area. He and his bishops have this formula - they target the good guys, ask them to come in for a "talk", explain that they need to go to the notorious "St. Luke's" for some much needed rest and discernment, then they garbage them up on pills and crazy counseling, then declare they are not fit for the priesthood and put them on the sidelines in limbo, hoping they will drop out and ask to be laicized. After 10+ priests had this happen to them, they told our priest to get a canon lawyer and don't go into the meeting alone. Our bishop (Molloy) had him sit outside with his lawyer for 2 hours and then refused to see him. And then canceled him anyway. The whole thing is unconscionable.
When Cupich was in Spokane, which had/has a thriving traditionalist community, he literally chained the doors closed at the Traditional parish during Holy Week.
Wow!! I did not know that story - that's reprehensible - he's done so much damage in Illinois I didn't realize he'd left a path of destruction elsewhere. I'm so sorry to hear this.
Thank you for sharing the prayer letter. I am a Christian, but I too prayed that prayer with you. It is beautifully written and heartfelt and I know He hears us whenever we pray. God bless you, and thank you so much.
Only the consecrated hands of a priest should touch the Eucharist. Plus by taking communion in the hand particles of the Eucharist fall on the floor to be trampled. It is to satan’s joy to see how the Eucharist is being profaned. Please consider receiving on the tongue. Show your reverence to Jesus.
There’s a woman in our rosary group who’s sister is a nun and has visions. She said her sister saw the blood of Christ run down from the altar as a result of people taking communion in their hands. I was young when Vatican II was implemented so I didn’t understand the implications of the changes to the mass ( I was just glad I wouldn’t have to find my head covering every week). Traditional Latin masses are the way to go, but Francis is trying to get rid of those. So.
There is a book called Get us out of here by Maria Simma. She was visited by souls in purgatory. It’s a fascinating read. One story was about a female Eucharistic Minister who died. After her coffin was closed at the funeral a relative came late to the funeral and asked to view the body. When the coffin was opened the deceased’s hands had turned black because she had touched the Eucharist. I’ll never forget that which is why I receive on the tongue.
Every priest is so different. I can't read their minds but the stealing of the consecrated host has really become a serious problem. Also the dwindling number of priests and the lack of confession opportunities make the whole idea of taking Communion a loaded issue (ie - taking Communion without having gone to confession for serious sin). Most churches have one half hour to 45 minutes set aside for confession once a week, usually mid day on Saturday, when people are out and about, at their kids' soccer games, etc. There's just no opportunity for this extremely important sacrament. Frequent confession is a real spiritual booster when understood properly.
I’ve felt that, too, since my return to Mass. I can imaging Fr.Herb’s expression in the confessional when I say “bless me father for I have sinned.. my last confession was… about fifty years ago” Better late than never, though.
Those confessions are like winning the Powerball according to my priest friends - they absolutely live for those! Long gone are the days when kids got "yelled at" in confession. Times have really changed in this regard. :)
My daughter chased down a young man (high school aged) who was taking Jesus back to the pew and retrieved the host. It turns out the young man had never received his sacraments and had no idea what to do with the host. His family was aghast when they found out what he had done. Please note, I've had priest tell me that they had found the consecrated host in the hymnal and various other places throughout the church.:-(
Hi Patrice, I have heard many stories like this - I wish there was just overall education in society on cultures and religious practices - Christianity seems to be the one thing you get canceled for if you talk about it.
Beautiful prayer, but why do they pray to Mary and not her son Jesus, who completed the work of salvation and redeemed us with his death and most glorious, His resurrection? I sincerely ask, I mean no offense 🙏🏻
No offense taken, from a former protestant now Roman Catholic, who had some of the same questions. Trudy, whom better to intercede for us that the one person that is the closest to Jesus (and loves our Lord more than any of us could possibly love him), his Mother, our Mother, whom our Lord gave to us as our spiritual Mother at the foot of the cross, when He told John, behold your Mother, Woman, behold your son". The Lord never denies anything that His Mother asks of Him. Look at the Wedding at Cana. Too much to get into here in a C & C post, but once you learn more about Mary and her role in our salvation, you will be truly amazed and Blessed.
Gary I appreciate this -- It is hard for non-Catholics to believe we truly do not worship Mary but venerate her and that she is the new Ark of the Covenant that is scripturally explained in Revelation. I think Mary also fills a role and wound for many of us who did not have mothers or moms who just weren't emotionally there for us. I have been recently surprised by the number of converts to Catholicism such as Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson's wife (who experienced a miraculous healing with the help of her Catholic nurse who taught her the rosary), comedian Rob Schneider, many protestant clergy and even Russell Brand, although not a convert, prays the rosary (and wears it around his neck, which, meh, not a fan of that).
Trudy if you're on Instagram there's a protestant gentleman who recently converted to Catholicism and he has an account called "It's okay to be Catholic" - I share this not to "convert" you, just to show bite sized explanations of the faith. I actually have learned a lot from him and I've been Catholic for 6 decades. We were very poorly catechized in the 70's and so many cradle catholics don't know their bible or their faith, really, and this was by design when the masons and communists infiltrated the church. I've long believed that our faith will be preserved by these converts. https://www.instagram.com/itsokaytobecatholic/
Thank you, Daniel for posting and sharing Archbishop Vigano’s plea to us all. I am not Catholic and the direction the Catholic Chuch has gone under it’s current leadership is appalling, but I have always felt AV is a true faithful servant of our Lord and Savior. As a Christian, my choice is easy this election, but I will share his words as they might just wake up some of my woke, brainwashed friends
to recognize the good and evil choices we face. I pray every day for our country and God’s revival in our Nation and the world. His will be done🙏
Thank you for sharing! As a fellow Catholic, it is; hard drawing the line between the Catholic FAITH and the Catholic CHURCH. Technically they should be one and the same, but they are not. My mom and I agree on very little (she has TDS and votes D) but we both agree that the Church hierarchy is mostly corrupt and rotten, although our current bishop is a good man who is standing for Life. (abortion on the ballot in MO this election)
We are in a battle for faith and for our country, its very clearly a battle of good vs evil. And we are on the side of good. We must all pray to our Almighty God and we must avail ourselves, only and totally, that He use us as instruments of His Perfect Will in this battle. I cannot count how many times I have gotten clear discernment through prayer to Him.
As a very skeptical , disappointed, and frankly worn-out Catholic, what you said resonated with me! The Catholic FAITH and the Catholic CHURCH are 2 very different things. Knowing that--ABSORBING that--puts so much in perspective for me. Thank you.
I tell people I practice the Catholic faith and it is beautiful. I would never walk away from the Eucharist. The Catholic religion has people who are flawed and I pray for them and myself.
I was recently in St. Louis and had a chance meeting with your bishop while visiting the Cathedral Basilica (which is stunningly beautiful!). What a kind, gracious man and he had just finished doing a prolife Mass!
As a recovering Catholic 😁 (religion-free for over 20 years now) I can relate to the conflict you describe between your faith and the Church. “Catholic” is supposed to mean “universal” but with all that wacky stuff coming out of Rome — and boy is the current Pope a piece of work — it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. Faith in Christ is actually fundamentally simple, but it’s not easy! My journey came from a bit of a Martin Luther experience, but I am much freer now. If the Church hierarchy is “corrupt and rotten” as you say, why support it? And honestly, we’re really not much different: https://babylonbee.com/news/were-not-so-different-10-things-catholics-and-protestants-actually-agree-on
And you could enjoy hamburgers on Friday before Easter if you want! Or not, it’s your choice! 😉
We aren’t going to abandon the church, we are going to pray and fight for the church. And giving up meat on Friday is a small sacrifice to remind us of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Yes, I always thought it was a sacrifice for Christ; a good thing, a reminder :) like a lot of other things you can give up like during Lent that hopefully will last throughout the year….just saying from a recovered Catholic who stopped looking at bad Christians and saw the beauty and reverence of worship and the relationship with Jesus…took awhile though…I was pretty angry until I saw the same corruption everywhere in other churches, schools and more…and started realizing it was human corruption…look for the good throw out the bad
I have protestant friends who church hop every few years looking for the 'perfect' church. Last I checked, Jesus is not the pastor of any of them, and even one of His own followers betrayed him and Peter denied Him 3 times.
The Church is "worldly" the Faith is beyond this world and only "knowable" on a personal level. Faith is a paradox in some ways but it may be the most powerful force in this realm.
Your statement that faith in Christ is fundamentally simple, but not easy is 100% correct. I will however, take offense to the Babylon Bee. Number 4 should NOT be on the list. Candy corn is holy. Lol. I love that stuff. In the fall season. In small doses. But I do love my Jesus more. If I'm required to give it up for Him, I will. But I still love it. 😊
But, but I do like candy corn!!! I mean, it's not my fave or anything but I will grab a handful if I pass by a bowl of it......
I have been married to a Methodist for 34 years, and we go to both services every Sunday. Both stubborn I suppose. For me the anchor to the Catholic church is the belief that Jesus truly gave us himself in the Eucharist, and that our participation in the sacraments - We ARE the Body of Christ - is part of our covenant to be faithful. I will say my husband's church is more active - more ministries and more evangelization - but the services are more like concert performances with a sermon and a random prayer or 2 thrown in. I like the reverence and the cadence of the Mass. But I also believe that there are many paths to God and at the end we are all on the same journey and need to encourage & respect those on the that path. We share a common enemy and need to come together and fight regardless of doctrines, bible interpretations and how we choose to worship.
Anyone interested in reading about spiritual battles, this would be a great book by Frank Perretti describing what goes on in the unseen world.
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Archbishop Vigano's letter is a most profound and important read. This election is definitely "good vs evil" and he spells it all out in undeniable detail. Thanks for the share.
There's a similar commentary for Christians who are not Catholics. "In a world where secular values often clash with biblical truth, it's crucial that Christians understand their responsibility to engage in the electoral process and to vote. This engagement is not just a civic duty, but a biblical imperative. Many will rightly remind you that we should not place our eternal hope in political parties or candidates. However, this theological truth doesn't absolve us from the responsibility to be good stewards of our citizenship and to vote."
I have heard other well known Pastors who have said two things: a Christian must vote, and vote biblically, and to NOT vote is a sin for Christians. We must all vote conservative, biblical values. I.e., abortion and DEI and trans agenda... all attempting to destroy the family is SINFUL. We must vote against.
Here is an excellent letter from Cardinal Raymond Burke about how Catholics (or anyone, but especially Catholics) should approach the election. Note the first point he makes is to PRAY and FAST for our nation:
I still have Father Carlo's letter's to Trump saved, from 4 years ago.
I firmly believe that the Triune God is in control of Earth, and especially now. So, I am watching to see which way the cat jumps. Then I will know which way this country is going to go. Given some prophesies in Holy Scriptures, I will not be surprised if the way goes to the Left. But we'll have to see. The Holy Spirit moves in ways that seem mysterious to us.
Vigano speaks truth, which is why the pope excommunicated him. I bet the pope regrets this now as he has no control over what Vigano says. The pope would probably vote for Harris if he could.
Yes indeed Emu. The truth is unassailable even, and especially, by a fake "pope".
With many of his unholy proclamations, he has indeed voted for harris.
I would like to see God call this pope to account. Sooner than later.
I would also like to see the Catholic church return to its fundamental tenets, and while doing that re-instate and elevate Archbishop Vigano to a higher position, a real Pope??
I’m pleased to see that he wrote this. The problem with churches these days is the clergy thinks they should stay out of politics, and that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Amen, Paige. Carlo Maria Vigano is a warrior of God. I hope he is widely vindicated and again, I call on the Catholic faith to remove this current impostor and raise Vigano to the Papalcy.
I think government bureaucrats have attempted to intimidate clergy by threatening their tax exempt status.
Never-the-less, they should seek, always, to do the Perfect Will of God, knowing he will protect them. An important part of their mission is to educate their flock so that government does not stand against faith as ours has. It astounds me that far too many of the clergy seems to think their job is only to CONVINCE US that God will protect us (and for our tithes?) but they forget that for themselves... or to protect their income... or both?
I think the faithful really should start demanding clergy take a stand so we know exactly their position on these things which have such profound impact on our lives.
What no income tax would mean for me and my husband just brings me to sobbing tears. Given we have no way to ever shelter any of our money, and only own our home but nothing else, we pay full income tax - probably more than those that earn 5x what my husband does. We have lived paycheck to paycheck for over 26 long years yet have had NO debt during that time other than our mortgage. We’ve had to use any extra money through the years not to save for retirement but care for and advocate for three children with disabilities while the IRS illegally prevented us from accessing the relief in their own laws that we were legally entitled to, and not having extra money we couldn’t afford the attorney it required to fight their corrupt agency. So we are standing just 5 years from retirement’s door with no way to save. Being able to use what we give to the government to save for our future security and care is something I’ve often dreamt of but was convinced was never possible. I’m almost scared to hope for this but it’s the ONLY thing that can improve the quality of our life. Heck our last actual vacation was 30 years ago.
I can’t vote hard enough for Trump, I’m certain I’ll break my pen trying.
Juju - thank you for sharing your situation. I have long despised the IRS's tactics, and have considered them an unnecessary government agency, and income tax unconstitutional. I do hope and pray that this is one of the big changes we will see in the next Admin. I have an extra pen for you, lol.
Right?! But heaven help us if KK is installed as POTUS. Those 100,000 new IRS agents the Biden regime hired are going to target the middle class. And they carry guns. BTW, Trump will have to fire all those new agents - as well as the rest of the IRS. Good riddance.
Haha, the IRS sent federal agents to interview me because I made a social media post that they'd better send all 85,000 new hires when they come to my house (among the other "implied threats" they did not appreciate).
It's quite satisfying to know for a fact that I am on their enemies list.
I've posted it on my only other social media outlet, Gab.com. I will provide it on Substack, if you'd like. It's not glamorous in any way, just a normal guy they attempted to intimidate by showing up at my home (and scaring my family on a workday, which was the point) and then making a big show at my job. I'm fortunate to know my Sheriff personally, or it might have been much worse for me.
Yep. Not only taxed but in Hellinois I have 2/3 of my state university pension (to which I contributed for over 20 yrs) deducted from my SS widow’s benefits because it is considered “double dipping” totally disregarding the fact that my pension is state money and SS is fed money. 😖
Yeah our state is screwed up and corrupt beyond repair. I can’t wait to get the hell out of here. They screwed us for years with special education. Now they are screwing my son by denying him SSDI that he rightfully qualifies for and we keep appealing. It’s been two years. Nada. It’s expensive to support another fully grown adult in a household. Much of the money that we “could” have started to save goes to provide for his basic needs. But corrupt IL would rather give illegal immigrants housing in Chicago than help actual citizens who are fully documented to be totally disabled.
I pray that this will happen!! One of the best things about getting rid of the income tax is that we’d also be able to get rid of the IRS!! No reason for a tax collection agency and bureaucracy when there are no such taxes to be collected!
I was thinking that. But ofc that brings up more groups that would balk at the idea. Tax accountants, tax attorneys, etc. But wouldn’t it be nice for them to put their brains to other good work instead?!
And maybe other more widely beneficial opportunities would open up. The government creating jobs because of the ridiculously byzantine tax system isn’t a productive thing the way I see it.
Juju, I feel your pain. Really. I quit my job 2 years ago in CA. Mind you we pay both State and Fed income tax. My husband works. We choose to put our daughter in private school because we will not subject her to indoctrination. BUT all that said, we have essentially just enough to live. We have no debt other than our house. It is painful. Thankfully we were able to travel a bit this year but it was mostly camping. Still nice. That said, we have no funds to SAVE. xo I hope this happens for your sake! <3
Yours too. Thank you. It’s helpful to talk to people who understand, and actually live it themselves. Thank you for that. I have no patience for those that either assume we somehow made foolish choices that they never would have, or that we have access to the required inside financial savvy/knowledge to know what to even do.
So many many ppl are in your exact situation. This is the result of a system that enslaves us debt: the Gov'ts debt, personal debt and every thing in between. And because of the educational system, people do not understand what is going on until they are underwater.
We haven’t had any kind of debt other than a mortgage for 17 years. But it didn’t matter. I just keep telling myself how awful things would have been all this time if we DID have debt! My God I can’t even imagine! So glad we stubbornly refused. We buy used cars for cash only. Drive them into the ground. And I’m still driving our 2000 Honda Odyssey. It’s a beast and just won’t die. 🤣 But now it looks old and rusty and my richie rich neighbors just hate it in their presence. 😂 They drive BMWs, Jaguars, Lexus, etc. then I come along with my bus that has dented fenders and rusted wheel wells. 🤣🤣 But I’ve always loved driving it because it was built on top of the Honda Accord chassis I believe. It drives like a little sports car even though it’s a bus. Really great purchase. Haven’t had a car payment since 2004.
Our system enslaves us even without debt because of taxation.
Bingo! Our system enslaves us even if we don’t carry debt. You hit the nail on the head. Plus the taxes we pay for owning land, on our house for owning a house, we pay for schools, registration for cars, licenses, etc. it goes on forever & what’s happening now is we are wise to all the ways the government has spent “our” tax dollars sending billions to failing governments, enriching themselves and their families with special deals. Most stuff hidden from us until the last years. The awakening has hurt them and they are desperate to keep the status quo
My husband and I pretty much in the same boat, we are retired and have an income that is fast-ly shrinking. May you be financially blessed somehow and someway and may the Lord recompense you what was stolen.
I understand. Our family situation dictates how income is spent.
Something you wrote resonates extra. “ almost scared to hope”.
I stopped hoping after GWB campaigned on creating school vouchers in 2000. We sacrificed to send our kids to non-government school. Drove junk cars, no vacations, everything on the cheap.
GWB was a failure and I lost any hope of positive change then. His legacy is 911, war, TSA and Homeland Security. BO campaigned on Hope and Change. Of course, he and GWB brought change, but it was negative change. BO made health insurance for our family unaffordable and ushered in SS marriage so our kids grow up confused. And that led to the trans movement which is physical harm and not just mental confusion.
So Rep and Dem have consistently failed us during my entire lifetime.
2016 - 2020 were the best economic years of my entire life. All the years before and after have made it such that my wife and I will never stop working until we are too old or broken that we cannot continue.
I feel your sentiment in my bones. We're in our 30s, single income household with young kids, grateful that we haven't had extreme medical issues but we don't have health insurance. We've chosen to be part of a Christian healthshare ministry since the insurance offered through work was prohibitively expensive. It has been nice to be free but we pay so much more in taxes now since our sharing dollars are after tax. It's around $5,000 more a year. There was a bill years ago to untie HSAs from health insurance, thereby allowing us to deduct all that from our taxes but alas, it died in commitee. It hasn't sunk us by the grace of God, but we don't save much if anything. We didn't want to hope the 'no tax on OT' would ever actually happen, since my husband always logs it and it would be such a boon, but this!!. I don't even know what to think. It seems too good to be true!
Oh man! 30% of my husband’s income comes from OT! I was static when I heard that one. But it’s at the expense of 12-14 hour days and only home on Sundays. It deeply impacts the quality of family life. He’s a laborer. He gets up at 3:15 am every day and leaves for work at 3:45am. Gets home around 3-4pm. he is exhausted when be gets home, so doing any maintenance around the house is rare. That’s a lot to sacrifice just to barely make ends meet. I know others who sacrifice those kinds of hours for years too but their pay is 2-3x my husband’s and they have something to show for it, a business to pass on or sell, a better life for their family, ability to do more with charitable work, etc etc. Not true for the average family like ours. Same hours, no pay off.
I don’t like this, but wow. Sad state of affairs. I was lucky enough to break my neck at work, twice. Because starting your own business at 40 something with a broken neck requires that all profit goes to savings. Living like a pauper so you actually can quit working one day.
This maybe rough for many and many may agree, but are not “comfortable” with voicing such an opinion, but I will never understand why people keep having kids after their first (and especially second) child is born with disabilities. WHY? Whose life people think they are bettering by continuing to bring disabled kids into this world? Theirs? Their childrens’? Neither! Both sets of lives are only full of misery. Not being able to provide your kids with a beach vacation once in a while or any kind of vacation is not happiness. And just surviving is not happiness either. Maybe younger readers might think about this one and plan their lives accordingly.
This may be tough for you to understand, but they WEREN’T disabled when they were born!! These things all happened to them after their vaccines. And overnight too. It’s not like we had a kid and saw they were disabled and said “let’s do it again!” We gave birth to vibrant, intellectually gifted, happy children. They became disabled later in life due to vaccinations. Only one showed the damage at age 2. The other two showed them at age 5 and age 10.
Juju you don’t owe anyone any explanation for your child bearing choices. God wants us to reproduce. Some would even say they will have as many children as God will bless them with. All children are blessings, whether “perfect” or flawed.
I love my children. And I love them even with their disabilities. They are still just as beautiful and valuable as those without disabilities. But our society doesn’t allow for financial stability if you want to stay home to raise your kids like I did, even AFTER having a career, or if you have excessive medical bills that the average family doesn’t face. They actually make it harder for you to have the American dream as if we are to be punished for being a burden to everyone. SMH
I’m now facing the uphill battle of finding a job because I’m almost 60 and have zero recent work experience and zero references. My degrees are useless in my field (computer science) because of how drastically that has changed I’d have to go back for a minimum of 2-3 years to learn all the new tech. I’m capable yes, but it’s too expensive to do. And even teaching myself isn’t enough - you need to show you’ve applied those skills in the workspace. I have a LOT of research skills from learning the law to fight for special education and advocate for my kids, to fight the IRS, and to fight the mortgage industry. I know I have valuable skills to offer but I just don’t know where to begin and how I could possibly compete among hoards of women who never left their careers in the first place. Not to mention the younger generations looking to be hired too. It shouldn’t be so hard to re-enter the work force later in life but that’s what America has done to mothers.
Juju….thanks for sharing some of your story. I “liked” your post but it was hard because of the nature of it.
So much of your story I can feel on a personal level. I would love to meet you one day, in person. I have been fortunate to meet several C&Cers in real life which has been so amazing. I would count it an honor to someday include you in that group.
As one special needs mom to another I stand and applaud you!!! You are a gift to everyone around you. I know because I am walking in special need mom shoes too. What would tax free FOR REAL mean to us? Same as you. I would cry. I never thought it possible to even think about. I can’t let myself hope for it. But next week when our family goes to vote for Trump I will do so proudly because at least he’s genuinely trying to help us.
I listened to an interview she did with Roseann Barr that completely changed my mind about her. I liked Kennedy but this election was too important to vote third party. I’m so glad they teamed up. We need to unite. Shanahan is an amazing person and an asset to our country.
Yulek - This may be rough for you to read but MANY MANY MANY MANY agree you should’ve kept your mouth shut. Your ignorance is quite loud and speaks volumes of who you are. Glad to see Juju responded with the truth which pretty much should shut your mouth for you. “Both sets of lives are only full of misery”? Really? So you know every single disabled persons life and their loved ones to be able to spew such uneducated garbage? Don’t answer that. It’s better if you reserve your right to remain silent.
You’re a despicable human being or should I say monster? I would agree that some people shouldn’t continue to have children if the disabilities are extreme, but most disabled people lead happy and productive lives.
Yeah, problem is that there are few methods of safe and effective birth control, and if tubal ligation and/or vasectomy and/or fertility tracking and/or condoms fail, you had better be pregnancy testing every 4 weeks so you can get a medical abortion before 6 weeks, and even some states are making that difficult. Even though we live in a blue state that allows 3rd trimester abortions, my spouse and I have chosen abstinence since I told him in no uncertain terms that if our 2 methods of birth control failed I would immediately seek a medical abortion.
I wish I could afford somebody to sit down with us and give us this kind of advice - for our particular circumstances. But we can’t afford them. We can’t make the really good advisors enough money to make it worth their time to sit down with us. And the ones we can afford have so far given us bad advice. I will do an internet search about the treasury bonds (thank you) but I’m not confident to fully understand what to do without someone helping me. Also, dividends only pay a worthy amount if you’re starting with a large sum. I have a $12,000 IRA that is only worth $230 more today than it was 9 years ago. Whatever it earns gets eaten up by corporate fees. You no longer can build off of such a small amount.
Income just equals expenses. Own house, don't know if mortgaged. Savings of $12K.
I don't know if there is a way to reduced the cost of the housing and still have the living space you need. A lot of ppl are upside down in their mortgage and they can't sell it for what they owe. Their best solution is to let the house go back to the bank and get out from under that mortgage and not worry about credit rating. But with the increasing in housing prices, this is not as big a problem as before.
The 12K is losing purchasing power every year due to inflation so it is being steadily eroded even with the small interest. If it were me, I would take it out (but then you have to figure how much tax the IRS will take) and buy "junk silver coins" (poor man's gold) for a low premium from a reputable dealer. Silver coins will hold their value over time just as gold will but are of small enough denominations (dimes and quarters) that they are spendable in a crisis if needed. Gold is more of a buy and hold forever. It's not good for transactions. OR find a way to use the 12K in a manner that allows you to generate more income from a business. I remember my grandmother bought a lot next to her home and then rented spaces for mobile homes to set up on it to generate income.
We aren’t under on our mortgage, but our interest rate is 2.25%. It would be silly to sell and repurchase at the interests rates today. That would be losing money. Our mortgage is already lower than the rent around us is, about 1/3 what rent would be. It’s our real estate taxes that are killing us. If not for that I’d happily stay here long term. They are 40% higher each month than our mortgage payment is. It’s ridiculous around us. Our home value has increased real estate taxes unbelievable. When we moved in 17 years ago it was half what we pay today. To sell and be able to buy another home outright with the equity we walk away with from this one and avoid any new mortgage would require us to move completely out of state. We can’t move until my husband retires, because he needs to be within driving distance of his union area. He has 34 years so far and while vested, there’s a huge difference in monthly pension if he took early retirement vs waiting until he is 65. But any home within a 1.5 hour drive would be too expensive to not need a mortgage, and besides we want out of here as soon as he retires so moving twice in a short period of time is not attractive to me. We need to move to states with lower real estate taxes and lower home prices. And better patriots! 💃
Thanks for the ideas for the $12,000. I knew leaving it there was a complete waste but yeah cashing it out will cost a 10% penalty plus the 20% taxes on it. It’s so frustrating how much money they take from everything we have. This is why having no income taxes matters to me! We do have one son still in college this year, his grad school year. Most is paid for by scholarships but maybe we can save on the penalty part by using it for “college expenses.” This would be the last year we could get away with that. Hmm. Thanks. Might pull it before the end of the year. I like the ideas about finding a way to make money with it. It sure isn’t growing in IRAs!
Understand. Everything is rigged as much as possible to lock us in. I didn't mention credit card debt which a lot of people have. Like the mortgage, if the debt is too much, just default on it (bankruptcy) and forget the credit rating. Anyone that is living on a cash basis doesn't give a flip about "credit rating."
I have the same concern. BRICS nations are speaking like adults in the room while "our government" sends billions to places like Ukraine to fight un-winnable wars and literally TAKES $300B in Russian sanctions. I smell a rat.
Follow the money. I’ve always felt like wars, especially Ukraine, is just a way for psychopaths to line their pockets. It would have been cheaper to just buy Ukraine and give it to Blackrock. It would have saved a lot of lives.
The problem with the dollar is not BRICS. The problem with the dollar is the MASSIVE monetary inflation the USG has historically engaged in which has, under Biden, gone literally exponential. IF... the US had a sound monetary system (a credit system based on gold) as we did before 1913 (the creation of the Federal Reserve which enslaved all Americans to the international banking debt system), BRICS would not matter. The competition of a rival monetary system would not hurt us.
The vast majority of the USG's funding is based on the international banking debt system which allows the USG to create out of thin air all the financing they need for the empire regardless of how much or how little they get from income taxes. This is NOT the purpose of income taxes. The Income Tax/IRS is a mechanism for subjugating and further impoverishing the American people. It is a tool of despotic subjugation.
If the income tax is ended tomorrow, nothing changes for the USG. They will simply continue to fund their empire as they always have, through money printing/monetary inflation which is the "hidden" tax we all pay and it is the biggest tax there is on us.
The only way out of this debt trap is to defund the USG by 80% or more, default on ALL outstanding debt (thus shafting the international banking system and those, like the CCP, who hold vast amount of US debt) and getting rid of the Federal Reserve by going back to a gold-backed monetary credit system. THAT would change America overnight - literally. "But the USG would lose their credit rating!!!" EXACTLY. America doesn't need a credit rating. F*** them! If Americans were thus freed from their enslavement to debt and empire, America's productivity would out-produce the world in months. But that would mean Americans are once again free and the Marxists/NeoCons/sociopaths can't have that.
It is THAT simple. Economics is not hard. Balance your f****** check book. Economists would be suddenly unemployed. Economists would no longer be needed to practice their economic witchcraft in order to justify the financing of an empire.
Let me put a period to my long rant by quoting David Stockman's conclusion to his excellent analysis published by Doug Casey which should be available on LewRockwell.com in the next few days.................
Conclusion
Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face an unprecedented fiscal situation upon taking office. The national debt is projected to reach a new record high as a share of the economy only three years from now, well within the next presidential term. Already, the cost of servicing our high and rising national debt has eclipsed the cost of defending our nation or providing health care to elderly Americans. Three important trust fund programs are on track to become insolvent within the next 12 years, putting Americans’ retirement and health care at risk and limiting our ability to continue to update our aging infrastructure.
In the first year of their term, the next President will also face the return of the debt limit, the expiration of the Fiscal Responsibility Act spending caps, and the expiration of several tax and spending provisions that would prove extremely costly to extend.
All these factors raise the stakes of the upcoming presidential election. America desperately needs a leader with the wisdom and courage to make correcting our unsustainable fiscal trajectory a major priority.
Yet, both the Republican and Democratic candidates for President have put forward campaign plans that would, at best, maintain the status quo and, at worst, add tremendously to our debt and deficits. Neither has a plan to fix the imbalances in the major trust funds.
Vice President Kamala Harris has put forward a campaign plan that, if implemented, could add $3.50 trillion to our national debt, sending it to 133 percent of GDP by the end of FY 2035. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has put forward a campaign plan that could add $7.50 trillion to the debt, sending it to 142 percent of GDP by the end of 2035.
While it’s plausible that the Harris plan could be roughly budget neutral, it is also plausible that her plan could add $8.10 trillion to the debt. The Trump plan could add $1.45 trillion to the debt but could also add as much as $15.15 trillion.
Even in the best case scenario, neither candidate’s plan would be sufficient to put debt on a downward path and point America toward a more secure and sustainable fiscal future. Simply not adding more to the debt is no longer sufficient. Going forward, policymakers should make significant deficit reduction a major focus and priority, especially the Commander in Chief.
I read that the treasury is having a hard time selling the bonds. I’m not sure sure a long term investment in our government is a good idea considering we are swimming in debt.
Dividends from hundreds of grand??? 🤣🤣First of all dividends on $200,000 is NOT enough to live on. It all sounds nice on paper; it’s easy to armchair judge another person’s situation only understanding it from your own experiences, financial class, and theoretical understanding of how things “should” work. You have to have money to build money - period. We won’t have enough equity from this house left over to do much of anything with it after we buy a new place to live rent free. So yay no mortgage, but the pension/retirement will barely be enough to cover the real estate taxes on the new home along with medical and cost of living. We will get buy, yes, paycheck to paycheck as we always have. Ugh. That’s NO American dream. We will NEVER get ahead, and won’t be able to afford to enjoy life like we dreamt of when younger. No travel at all. Not in today’s world and economy. All that hard work all these years to build something and it is not there. Sure if you own a million dollar home you might be able to see it the way you do. I’m sick of people being so out of touch with the true lower class. You just don’t get it.
Juju, I found myself complaining to my Father one day (among many, to my shame) that I was tired of living hand-to-mouth. I don’t claim to hear Him speaking to me often, but I heard Him that time tell me, that it was from His hand to my mouth. Humbling to say the least. We don’t have the same hardships as you, but I do understand and will keep you in prayer.
Not to mention you don’t get to walk away with the $300,000 sale. After realtor fees, selling fees, and the tax on the capital gains you’d be lucky to have $200,000 left. If that.
We sold our last house by owner to avoid the realtor fees but we were on a major busy corner making it possible. We had a lot of traffic because of our visibility. Now we are tucked into a back culdesac behind winding roads. Nobody would see our signs and realtors around here are really nasty and control traffic away from you. Some still see there is money to be made but most don’t. They see you as a middle finger to their livelihood and work against you. When we sold our last home sooooo many buyers told us that realtors had warned them against our home as if it were a bad egg. Many felt we must be hiding something from them because our home was beautiful, prettier than a model home, and the nicest in our neighborhood, but wasn’t selling. There was nothing wrong with it - just the nastiness of realtors spreading false information about it and us. It took a long time to sell because of their interference. It would be 20x harder this time around given our location. We will need to use a realtor.
You can do a FSBO and advertise on realtor.com for a small fee. There are an other real estate websites. Most people looking to buy a home don’t solely rely on a realtor, they go on realtor.com too.
I just listened to a podcast with Judy Shelton on Palisades Gold Radio. She explained in part how you could get there if we revalue the Gold price and clean our balance sheet. BTW, she is probably our next Federal Reserve Chair. And if Trump ends the income tax and impose tariffs on imports….vuala, we are on our way for a more prosperous world. It will be definitely a “Year of Jubilee “ Amen.
I just received a 10% raise yesterday and was blown out of the water by my employer's generosity and then I read this! My imagination is running away with all the ways it would improve my circumstances. I was already a Trump fan but this is on another level.
Perhaps he will reveal them on Rogan. But if he has no details, beware, this is just part of the Bread and Circus vote pandering.
The details have to include how you pay down the massive debt that has accumulated - a lot of which has his name on it.
I am no fan of the income tax nor the IRS. But he had 4 years as President to bring some fiscal sanity to the US and didn't. He continued the unconstitutional process of running the country by "Continuing Resolutions". The last presidential candidate that tried to educate the public on the err of our spending ways was Perot. At that time the national debt was $4 Trillion.
There is no miracle cure Juju. Tariffs, if applied, will be paid for by you, just like your income taxes because they will be baked into the prices of goods purchased. They are part of "cost of goods sold". Two can play at the tariff war and other nations can slap tariffs on our goods which could be the end of what little is left of our manufacturing base.
Anyone who is serious about Making America Great Again, should be focused on returning the Federal Govt to performing only the duties outlined in the constitution. This will significantly reduce spending and the need for taxes and/or tariffs. Everything is currently intertwined, so it will need to be done carefully over time to minimize disruption.
I haven't read all of the comments so I don't know if this has been addressed, but the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows for an income tax. Trump can procedurally change our taxing methods but unless this amendment is cancelled (like the alcohol one) the Democrats will reinstate the income tax immediately upon regaining control. I like Trump's ideas but am just trying to look down the road.
People liked but were disappointed in his initial tax statements (no tax on tips, but they were salary….no tax is SS, but they were still working)….I am happy that I was correct in those being baby steps towards this goal and VERY happy that I was wrong on the hopeful timeline…I figured 10+ years out to even bring it up seriously, but this is amazing and needed. Tariffs will prioritize US manufacturers and goods…and the way the government will have to shrink to run off of tariffs would be AMAZING!
Here's what I found out - Trump did a taped interview with Rogan while he was in Austin TX. It lasted THREE HOURS. Then Trump flew to Traverse City MI for a rally. It started late, about 9:30 Central.
I am told Rogan posted his interview very quickly on his media sites. YouTube is where I will watch it. Trump said it was the longest interview he has ever done.
That would be almost the best thing about getting rid of the income tax!! Getting rid of the IRS! Having no tax would be wonderful but no longer having the world’s most powerful collection agency as Dave Ramsey puts it, breathing down your neck ready to pounce on any mistake or misunderstanding or be used as a political weapon against people those in power don’t like—well, that would be simply amazing!!
They can rest assured that every State, County, City, and district will rush to taxes and fees to fill in the gap...the government abhors a funding vacuum
Probably....our property taxes plus city taxes and county taxes keep going up....driving me insane! I don't want to own property or buy anything anymore! 😞
There is more wisdom in Psalms than one could ever absorb. Here is a Psalm that speaks of God's grace, His multitude of blessings and the joy of the people. Perfect for congregations to recite together in worship. And the capstone sentence is "God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him."
It is striking to me that many times I have had other Christians tell me that we are not suppose to fear God. I just can't.........
A read through the Law and the Prophets should paint a portrait of the fearsome, holy God who absolutely does not tolerate sin, and that it is only through Jesus’ sacrifice that He should deign to see us through mercy’s lens.
Exactly! ALL true followers of Christ Jesus fear the Lord. Anyone who doesn't fear the Lord is not born again. Many of them will one day say, "Lord, Lord, but...".
Jesus will tell them to scram because he doesn't know them personally. I'm convinced that most "Christians" don't even know Jesus.
By the way...the term "Christian" is only used three times in the Bible (New Testament), and never by followers of Jesus. It was a moniker given to followers of THE WAY by non-believers. Apostle Paul didn't use it. None of the disciples used it. So I don't use it to describe myself.
I am a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, who has shown us THE WAY unto salvation and eternal life with him in Heaven.
In Deuteronomy 6:13 “Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name”, the Hebrew word for “fear” is Strong’s 3372, תִּירָ֖א (tî·rā), meaning “to fear” or “to revere” 😊 or “to cause to frighten”. Many times when angels appeared to men, these men became “sore afraid” and the angels said “fear not”. I think that the angels knew that this “fear” was reserved for the LORD God alone. Imagine the glory and majesty of the LORD compared to and contrasted with angels!!
I suspect that if I beheld the glory of the Lord with my natural eyes that, not only would I be filled with awe, but also I’d be physically afraid, more afraid than I’ve ever been before in the whole of my life.
I'm pretty sure those Christians would feel fear if God appeared right before them. I also believe it is not the same kind of fear one feels when someone means them harm. It's a fear more related to awe. Our One God who created this entire universe, who is all powerful, all knowing, all seeing, all supreme love, Perfect beyond what we humble humans can grasp - is simply so mindblowing that an awesome fear arises in us before Him.
Thank you Janice for all your posts. Each verse from Scripture that you share is inspiring. As you and many others have said, Our only hope is returning to the worship of God through Jesus Christ, His Son. our Messiah. Each of us must examine our own hearts and be absolutely certain that our relationship with our Creator is on a Biblical footing. Prayers of the Believers are the answer to the problems of the world.
I suspect that you and I, and others in this comment section, would enjoy sitting down over a meal, or even a cup of tea, and discussing the Bible and what our relationship with Jesus has done for us especially how that relationship has given our lives new meaning.
In South Carolina there are several penny sales tax issues on ballots. Instead of a penny tax increase I suggest local governments tax media outlets for every big pharma commercial they run. It would bring in much more money!
Agree 💯. I can't stand the commercials. Everyone looks insipid and clueless in the ads. I guess you have to be to take big harma's poison pills and shots.
Huh. I don't watch any TV so I can't resonate. But if I did, I would! I quit watching TV in any form YEARS ago. I don't even remember when it's been so long.
Any store that does that, we don't shop there anymore. Unless we are traveling and there is nothing else at all. But that's only happened maybe one time so I never hear vaccine announcements while shopping. It's a way to fight back. But I realize some people live in areas with few options.
Agree. One of my concerns however is that much of even the Made in America crowd still has to outsource way too many components to actually manufacture anything. That being said, if we could bring back those outsourced products=jobs, wow, that would be awesome!
Repel minimum wage and get teenagers working again! Then we can bring back manufacturing (pieces of it require so little skill, great for teens….and then real pay for the jobs that require more work/thought/expertise/skill)
This is a good point. It will take time to get all of that back. We’ve lost some expertise and experience in certain sectors of manufacturing and it won’t come back overnight.
I agree wholeheartedly! Trump could do the whole Revitalization of America thing with pipelines, rebuilding infrastructure, roads and bridges. Bring back manufacturing and as stated, put teenagers back to work at a starter rate, at jobs not intended for a lifetime career. If we do in fact have LNG/Crude, lithium and silica within our borders, we need to put America first and rebuild this experiment in self governance and liberty!
I truly believe Trump can bring this country back from the brink and together we can restore peace around the globe!
You can listen to the head of the company on Mike Rowe's podcast, "The Way I Heard It". They do it right. But few appreciate that. {Although these flannel are sold out!}
But isn't that the problem then? It's all well and good to pay for high quality, made in America goods if you can afford it, but a lot of us can't afford that. It seems to me that eliminating cheaper options isn't a great idea.
Of course, I'm a libertarian anarchist so I don't see why we need to replace the income tax with any other tax. No need to fund the government (or anything else for that matter) by force. Any services people want, people are willing to voluntarily pay for. If you have to steal to fund it, then that means people don't really want it.
Well, it's a rip off the band-aid option (yours) or a step in a better direction (supply/demand and/or similar prices to allow the too-expensive to drop... Mine)
Which has a better chance happening in the short term to aim for a better long term?
It truly would be! I remember 20 years ago I was HUGE fan of the Fair Tax, and it went no where. It was all based on ending income tax and using sales tax. I LOVE it. It greatly benefits people like me (savers). It gives us more power over how much money we give the government, which I suspect is why they hate it so much.
I have also been an advocate of a national sales tax but ONLY if the federal income tax is completely eliminated. Completely. Otherwise we’ll just add one more tax to our overly burdensome load.
I don’t know why more people aren’t for a national sales tax - it’s super fair, because rich people buy more things and more expensive things. You can’t shelter yourself from a sales tax, like the rich can do now. And also, visitors to our country pay, illegals will pay. Plus, there’s SO much less process to manage than an income tax.
No. We don't need no stinkin' national sales tax. I don't subscribe to any idea that is not part of the original United States of America Constitution. What did it say about funding the national government? You want Limited Government? Trump's Plan, basically, is to go back to the Constitution. In this sense, alone, Trump is a true Conservative. We have gotten used to our Federal Government so much that we can't even imagine it having to survive on tariffs and such. This is one of our main problems. Vivek was right-on. We don't need a Dept. of Education. We really do not need the FBI or the CIA. Think about this. How much money would be saved from eliminating these things? And it is just a good start.
$68 billion savings right off the bat if we eliminate Dept of Education. They can “learn to code”…although now that coding is being taken over by AI, maybe they should go work in fast food instead? 🤷🏼♀️. “The United States Department of Education (ED) has a budget of $68 billion and 4,400 employees. The ED's budget is the THIRD largest among the 15 Cabinet agencies, behind only the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services.”
After all, learning to read and write, adding and subtracting, and the multiplication tables, a young person can take their education from there. Look at some of the people who did in our history! And if they find that they want to "specialize" in something there would be schools for that. And don't forget apprenticeships!
Well that's what the Founders did. They specifically funded the federal government with tariffs, and a few other minor things. The Income Tax of 1913 was passed hand-in-glove with the Federal Reserve Act. Did you know that?
And don't forget how much Peter Navarro, Trump's economic advisor, likes tariffs too. I hated them when I tried to follow the ideals of efficient, free-markets. But strategic tariffs should help make American commerce great again.
"But ever since that first introductory paper, as the years have gone by, Johanna’s team has never again published their findings. When the Times asked her why not, Johanna explained, “I do not want our work to be weaponized.” She expanded on that, adding she was worried her study’s results could be used in court to argue that “we shouldn’t use blockers because it doesn’t impact” transgender adolescents."
Follow the science they say, but no....NOT THIS science...this science is a little...meh.
A big F-U to these people. Ruining children and eventually adults and they're too greedy and proud to not say they were freaking wrong.
And we don’t need to see it now because the results of her testing is right there in her own words “she was worried her study’s results could be used in court to argue that “we shouldn’t use blockers because it doesn’t impact” transgender adolescents."
But they can’t do a true blind study on vaccines, saline vs the actual vaccine, because it would be dangerous to let the participants in trial group to be unvaccinated. 🙄🙄🙄 But puberty blockers…that’s fine.
And yet, Johanna is also, just like the rest of us, created in the image and likeness of God, Creator and sovereign of the universe. A God who loves her beyond measure. My hope is to someday meet her in heaven. As St. Neri said, I prefer paradise.... not just for me, but for all. God's mercy extends to every repentant and contrite heart. I do not know Johanna's heart, but since she is still alive on this earth, she is still a work in progress (like me), and I want her to progress in the fullness of time all the way to heaven.
Couldn't agree with you more. They make me physically sick. I hate what they have done to these children. If they think it's so great then let's get the scalpel out for them and see how they like it. Something is deeply profoundly wrong with these parents.
The Bible is pretty clear on harming children! If we don’t see justice here on earth, it will be when they face our Lord and Saviour.
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
In the most basic of terms, they couldn't admit the truth about the hormone drugs because then they wouldn't get their way. Such a childish way of thinking yet parents are trusting them to guide what happens with their children? That is not parenting at all.
Yes I realized that too during his years as president. I’ve never seen anyone on politics work so hard. He’s a business man and has an amazing work ethic.
I hear that Kamalalamadingdong is doing a Texas rally today, to try and shame them for outlawing abortion or something. I was gobsmacked to hear that one of her celebrity headliners will be Willie Nelson. I know he's quite old now, so maybe he's got dementia? Willie for Kackala??? Make it make sense!
I went to his website and to listen to his podcasts, it took me to spotify where it said to sign up for a free account. I think I'll wait till we start seeing the highlights coming in on X.
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”
As a Canucklehead, the dis on my country stings a bit. We were a contender. Natural resources up the wazoo. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, oll & gas, hydroelectric, nuclear power, aerospace and more. Our water resources have been coveted by China for ages. We could have built a powerful trade-oriented economy if successive crappy governments had not interfered and made us an international laughingstock. Jesus wept.
Jesus wept... and then raised Lazarus from the dead, so hang in there.
He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Yep, the woke govt is busy replacing the White population in Canada, particularly by dumping much of India anywhere they can stuff more people. Indians are scooping up generous freebies that are denied to normal people. And they'll never be Canadians.
Why can't they make their own country not a total shit hole?
Praying harder than ever as we enter final liftoff of this tumultuous period ...."fasten your seat belts....it's going to be a bumpy ride". God Speed President Trump.🙏🏼
“In other words, we could rescue the dollar. We only need to give up the ‘dirty tricks’ tool we use to force other countries to make their kids sit through drag queen happy hours. But Biden’s neocons won’t try that simple remedy, will they? They’ll let the dollar be destroyed before they give up their economic wonder weapon.”
This was only the first quote that I wanted to restate. Great article!!
And who in their right mind would ever trust the clown world again. They will continue to do business with clown world but never will trust the clowns 🤡 again.
keep in mind that the dirty tricks are what has allowed americans to live way above our productivity levels while the army and swift make everyone else pay for our good times.
These “dirty tricks” allowed prosperity in the USA at the expense of other economies. If the USA has been a kind and patient and gracious neighbor — instead of a global hegemon, intent on maintaining its hyperpower status at all costs — perhaps there would have been cooperative and slow growth across the entire economic spectrum. The big trouble is that the powers that be — namely, the evil psychopaths at the top of the global political-economic-ecclesiastical power hierarchy — are feverishly working to make the people miserable instead of virtuous and joyful.
what I find particularly ironic are the cries: we were good virtuous citizens who did no wrong. nope, you were the sleepers o so happy to ignore the obvious signs that the 3rd world was paying for your american dream. turned nightmare.
To my shame, it took the Covid scam and the deadly mRNA injections to fully wake me up to what the USA has become. I spent YEARS being asleep, essentially a zombie.
Sometimes shame is healthy.
What ought I do now, I wonder (as I allow my mind to wander)? Endure being awake until the end of my days.
rejoice in being awake, and find the place where you can take healthy action toward the world we desire. and now and again poke other sleepers. not much profit in that, but every now and then sometimes works . . .
Tariffs vs. Income Tax? I would happily pay a premium for a “Made In America” product. I would pay a sales tax for a “Made in America” product. No “Made in the CCP” products in America. Sorry Walmart.
No income tax? Among it's many benefits, wouldn't it also be a great way to take a huge set of pruning sheers to the leviathon of the fed government, remove all the bloat of evil which attempts to undermine our Constitutional Republic. No money, Department X, Y, and Z have got to go. Refocus the Fed government back to its clearly limited enumerated rights in the Constitution.
Exactly! Musk fired a huge chunk of the Twitter staff when he bought it. And it's running stronger and leaner now. Image that happening to the bloated US Government!
"Refocus the Fed government back to its clearly limited enumerated rights in the Constitution."
Amen. I subscribe to get the table of contents of the Federal Register in my email every business day. Pick any daily issue at random and check out the list of agencies posting notices. https://www.federalregister.gov/
Today for example, these inscrutable federal agencies are represented:
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Industry and Security Bureau (Commerce Dept)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (Interior Dept)
KBB, it has un-constitutionally taken control of every aspect of life... we might as well be living under a dictatorial regime... oh wait, we are.
I am utterly convinced that Trump is at least partially God's answer to our prayers. The rest of it is, on us, to humble ourselves to Him as the most important choice we can make in life.
Agree. And maybe we would become wiser consumers, willing to pay more for things that are well made and not cheap, inferior throw-away stuff that has built in obsolescence to be sure we remain voracious consumers.
Unfortunately, "Tariffs vs. Income Tax?" misses the point. The Federal government gets most of its money via inflating the number of dollars in circulation (which we pay through another tax called 'price inflation'). End the Federal Reserve and we end this problem.
I imagine how our situation would be different if:
Congress reclaimed its authority to coin money and determine its value, if the fed bank returned the interest to the treasury, which was the agreement and why they have a 501c tax free status, and if America calculates what our true debt is, after claiming all the lost income from the money barons, our debt would be minimal, but that’s an estimation. We wouldn’t need any Taxation!
And therefore American made products more price competitive in the greatest market in the world.
Still, we must be careful that we don't select Made in America where the product is inferior. Superior product at superior price drives the engine of innovation which was always at the heart of the success of America.
Our 30 year old Maytag dryer died a few nights ago. Not worth having a service guy out. Going to buy a new one today but I hear the quality is so bad these days one has to buy an extended warranty. Perhaps if they were made to the old standards with American parts and workmanship…. A girl can dream, right?
Still might make sense to have the old one repaired by an independent local appliance technician. Ours brought our older clothes dryer back to life for a minimally-priced service call.
(I'm still using a wonderful old GE refrigerator my parents bought in 1987 -- that has never needed service despite moving households twice.)
I’m not against products or parts made in China or Mexico, etc. I am against the insane incentives, subsidies, and regulations that drive those producers overseas. Yesterday I bought butter made in New Zealand! And it was cheaper(and probably healthier) than US made product on the shelf next to it. Make it make sense!
I am excited, but also VERY sad thinking about the whole thing.
Between the covid scam, the cheating in 2020, the false accusations, the courts not hearing a dang thing about the vote, but agreeing to haul him in for every bogus case, Trump being in the crosshairs twice so far, and a slew of other things, I just can not see him getting back into office.
Even if everything goes 100% perfect, I do not think they will allow him back in to mess up their plan. I am sure they will off him and it will be released as a tragic accident. A car crash. A plane malfunction. A nuke to Florida. Anything to stop a Trump win.
I am hope I am wrong, but I've thought this since he first got in. I said it will never happen again. I really hope I am wrong.
She has the most important qualification needed, IMO: she is pro-peace.
It's going to be really tricky, filling cabinet posts with people who can work the system and still upset it. I wouldn't be surprised if many position go unfilled until the DOGE is turning our recommendations.
It will also be really tricking finding people who are currently raging against the machine and will continue to do once they are in charge of the machine. Power corrupts. Maybe a way around that is to limit terms to 2 years. I know, then continuity is a problem - but probably not as bad as it is now (too much continuity).
Weeding out the evil which is weaved in and throughout State is the most important qualification. State is the most radical band of progressive liberal ideologists in government. State is absolutely necessary, but not in it's current state. State is as deep state as it gets. They forever work on the premise that their ideology and efforts supersedes whomever is currently in the Presidency.
She is been there and understands the evils of war, second who is more qualified than someone that has deserted their demonrats for the very same reasons.
So, perhaps, she has enough knowledge of war to work well in the DOD? Not Sec DOD but perhaps Sec Army?
Sorry Carlos, abandoning the "demonrats" does not qualify one to be able to run such a critical entity as State. But it does show that she has matured from her demonrat ways. I'm proud of her for that.
Thank you for recognizing Premier Danielle Smith’s stand against Federal Government over-reach, and her fight to protect free speech in Alberta. Canada needs more Premiers like her!!!
As an Albertan, I thank you for posting that link. While Danielle is the closest thing Canada has to DeSantis, she has a LONG way to go. Alberta Health Services and the College of Physicians and Surgeons need a complete overhaul. So perhaps this is a start.
The "government" simply cannot function in its current state without continuing to keep the population locked down in their imposed bogus financial slavery model. They need this money to subsidize their sick obsession with child trafficking and after hours mutant sex orgies....among other horrific things. The disintergration of some well known agencies would be palpable.
Yes, ultimately. But in God's time, not ours. So, we may not see His companionship at times. I prefer this saying, instead of "God is with us": 'Everything that happens to us comes from God'. This sets the time in every moment.
Although Archbishop Vigano wrote this for Christians and Catholics in particular (of which I am one), it is critically important for EVERYONE to read as we head in to the final days of this most critical moment in our nation's history. Please take a couple minutes to read it and pass it on:
https://brownpelicanla.com/archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-open-letter-to-american-catholics-on-the-eve-of-2024-presidential-election/
One quote from his letter:
"I repeat: the choice is between a conservative President, who is paying with his very life for his fight against the deep state, and an infernal monster who obeys Satan. For a Catholic, there can be no question: voting for Kamala Harris is morally inadmissible and constitutes a very serious sin. Nor is it morally possible to abstain, because in this war declaring oneself neutral means allying oneself with the enemy ."
The fact that Archbishop Vigano has been in hiding for quite some time, along with his recent excommunication by Francis tells me he's over the target. Our holy, decent, parish priest of 25 years was canceled by Cupich 3 years ago- joining the over 2500 canceled clergy around the world. Lately I've been saying the prayer from Fr Chad Ripperger that he wrote for the election. Thank you for sharing this, Daniel.
**Edit: I'm sharing the prayer by request, from Fr. Chad Ripperger, a noted exorcist - his website here: https://dolorans.org/ - the prayer is here: https://divinemercyforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/fr-ripperger-2024-us-election.pdf.
It is Marian in nature and I realize that there are many Christians who are not Catholic or Catholics who have left the faith for various reasons. I want to say first, that if you were treated badly, I sincerely apologize for that and we will all have to answer to God when we die for these transgressions. It's not easy being Christian in today's world, and it is especially difficult being Catholic - we are the only denomination that culture attacks from all sides, and from other Christian denominations. Today in Georgia, about an hour ago, the satanic temple performed a black Mass to desecrate the Eucharist - this is no joke, it is not a symbol. The number of people stealing consecrated hosts is on the rise and even at my small parish we are continually on the lookout for this -- we even need to remind everyone that they can't take Our Lord back to the pew (we should go back to taking Communion on the tongue, not the hand).
With all the priest cancellations and the scandals in the church (see masonic influence and also Bella Dodd Congressional testimony here: https://unconstrainedanalytics.org/forgotten-testimony-dr-bella-dodd-warns-about-communism/)
We are dwindling down to a remnant church which will go underground. There *have* been many of us fighting for transparency and to keep the faith - this group of men especially has been outstanding: https://www.complicitclergy.com/
Sounds like there is a bit of a reformation brewing in the RCC.
The Catholic faith is a billion + strong. As in any organization of such size, evil can, will infiltrate with the goal to do irreparable harm. It has never been the faith which was wrong, it is that evil infiltrated it and damaged it, and is still trying to destroy it. To me, it is unconscionable that the CCP essentially put this current "pope" into power. Thank God for placing people like Archibishop Vigano in to his role and has given him the courage to fight back against Satan and his brood of followers. Vigano's words are truth written. We should stay focused on that.
It wasn't the CCP who put your fake pope in power. It was the same global elite who run everything. They need a world religion to help usher in a new world order. They got it.
The CCP is part and parcel of the global elite. And they paid a ton of money to put this fake pope in power. And lets not forget years and years of infiltration.
right - especially the masons and Bella Dodd's infiltration of communists into the clergy - here is her congressional testimony - she was persuaded by Bishop Fulton Sheen when she came to her senses and realized what she had done. https://unconstrainedanalytics.org/forgotten-testimony-dr-bella-dodd-warns-about-communism/
Not true anymore, if indeed it ever was. China is a mercantile autocracy and is trying to control the Church, but it has joined Russia and BRICS in competing with the aspiring global elite, who are centered in the EU and are getting their butts handed to them by the so-called global south.
interestingly this weeks highwire is exactly about the history of infiltration of every influence wielding organization in the world . Enjoy! https://thehighwire.com/watch/
The Highwire = great dependable info source.
I have only been reading Archbishop’s writings for just the last couple of years. I find them so much more truthful and inspirational than our “pope’s” papers.
Father Carlo should have been pope.
Yes, the church has been infiltrated in many ways and the good is battling the evil.
You are focussed on the "system", the organised "religion". Focus directly and only upn the Saviour who died for us and showed us the Way. In His day, Jesus railed hard and continually against the false "leaders" for their perfidy, greed, pride, control issues. He continues to do this today.
Bishop Vigano is Christo-centric. He's a good guy.
Are you going to vote Tio?
And long overdue Phil.
We are each to undergo a continual reformation...a continual renewal, a continual metanoia, which is never impossible with Christ. "Re-turn" again and again back to Christ. The Church has done this so many times from the beginning, and will continue as well. It is a part of "not being There yet." And just as the Church, so each one of us.
There is always a faithful undercurrent, especially since aJP2. No person is “the Church“ including the pope or Viganó.
If the priests speak the truth, they are shown the door.
yes that's right - here's my priest - canceled 3 years ago for standing up for the parish regarding the jabs, church closings, etc, etc, relegated to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@frjamesparker777
So sorry to hear he was cancelled. Was it basically because he stood up against the church and didn’t go along with the narrative? What diocese?
Rockford Diocese. Notorious Cupich canceled 15+ priests so far. If I can just say, Woman to woman, and as a mom, you understand that we have a special "radar" of sorts when sizing up priests - if there is the slightest "ick" factor we keep our kids away and we look for another parish. We just know - the Holy Spirit inherently guides us. Fr. Parker was already having issues with Cupich, for going against the narrative being pumped out at the Vatican (small things - bringing in more conservative speakers like Athanasius Schneider, singing some of the hymns in Latin, putting a kneeler off to the side for the more traditional families who want to kneel during Communion, offering confessions 7 days a week, twice on Wednesday and twice on Saturday, saying the rosary after daily Mass, etc). When lockdowns happened, our parish was told that we could only have 50 people at Mass. We have 3,000 Famiies! So Fr. Parker split the campus up and put 50 people in each section of the church and school. Strike one. Continued to have confessions -- outside -- doubled down on exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - outside -- drive by blessings in the car with holy water, but most of all he explained to us that getting this experimental jab was *not* a moral imperative and we were *not* sinning or hurting our fellow man by refusing it - our conscience prevailed. And this, I believe, but don't know for sure, was the last straw.
What a brave man and a good shepherd. May the righteous be restored.
What a wonderful priest. He will receive his reward in heaven.
He sounds awesome! May God bless him abundantly for standing up! Cupich is one of the most liberal ones out there so I’m not surprised at all the canceled priests.
We would have LOVED to have a priest here in Archdiocese of Detroit do what Fr. Parker did. Way too many went along and did not question anything. The people were hurting and they basically didn’t care. The church is now suffering because of this.
Exactly. Look at what happened to Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life founder).
Unfortunately, Frank Pavone had inappropriate contact with young women who worked with him.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/01/pavone-was-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-before-laicization/
There is a huge difference between being accused of something and actually having done what you are being accused of doing. Look at everything they "accuse" President Trump of, and it was all a pile of lies. I put nothing past these leftists and devil worshippers to go after Father Pavone, because of his Priests for Life ministry and the fact that he was a staunch Trump supporter during the past two (s)election cycles. They do things with purposeful intent against their enemies. I think it very well could be payback for him calling out the Demoncrat party for being the party of death. I would need more information to come to a different conclusion.
And obviously, I don't condone inappropriate conduct by priests, pastors, rabbi's, imam's, any more than we should tolerate inappropriate conduct by our elected officials, government bureaucrats, military generals, police officers, grade school, high school or college teachers, etc..
Yes, Father Ripperger's prayer is indeed Marian in nature, and I am a Presbyterian of four centuries (at least) of same, but I prayed that prayer with you. Thank you so much for offering it. And, it has troubled me for several years, that many Catholics seem to conflate "Christian" with "Protestant", as in, there are Catholics and Christians--instead of which, they are the continuation of those early Christ-followers in Rome who pretty much got the ball rolling. So I thank you for writing those Catholics back under the tent of "Christian".
Thank you Via, I appreciate your kindness.
In return, thanks. BTW-you do understand my "handle"?
I sure do! :) The Way the Truth and the Life!
That’s my Jesus!
Revelation tells us, get out of it my people.
I did not "lave" the RCC because anyone reated me "badly". I lef becaus there was nothing there beyond a social club. then, when the Lord Himself called me, I responded positively and began to seriously stidy HIS WORD. The ore I studied that, the more secure I was in my leaving the RCC chruch. SO MUCH of "life" in the RCC was based on tradition, made up stuff ('the pope is the "vicar of CHrist", the "placeholder"? and idol worship of "the clergy"., not a true amd rich relationship with the very One who sacrificed HIS life for ME. NO. Jesus IS the place, HE needs no one to "hold it" for him. He commands to FOLLOW ME, not some elected or hired guy like me who is faulty and in desparate NEED of a Saviour.
Everyone's spiritual journey is different - it seems your view is catholics are apostates - I won't try to change your mind. I wish you peace in Christ always.
For anyone else reading, the Catholic church has survived over 2000 years despite the grievous sinful offenses of man. The Magisterium of the church, and her traditions, begun by Jesus himself, was established several hundred years before the New Testament was finished being written, completed and established. Jesus said he would build his church upon the rock of Peter, our first Pope... Peter, an extremely flawed man who denied Christ 3 times before the cock crowed. What could Jesus have been thinking by picking him, but he knew our flawed nature and promised we would not be left alone - he would give us the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and that's when the Holy Spirit came down upon the 12 Apostles, giving them authority to represent Christ in his place, until He comes back. The biblical Word of God is used in every Mass (one old testament reading, one new testament reading and one gospel plus the psalms), and in a 3 year cycle you will receive the entire bible. Nobody taught us this after Vatican 2 - reason for many churches to devolve into a social club. The Nicene Creed, which every Christian denomination professes in some manner or another, was written by the bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. It seems easy to dismiss the first several hundred years of Christianity after Christ's crucifixion and say it is not relevant, but it's inextricably linked.
her traditions, begun by Jesus himself,
Nope. READ Luke's pair of wriings, carefully. Not hard to understand. His gospel account, then The Acts of the Apostles. THAT is what they did with Jesus' teachings. Today's RCC is very much "other".
Jesus never established a large organisation. It was always grassroots, local, dynamic, PEOPLE centred. Leadership always came up from the local congregations. .The ministry of each individual was essential, and encouraged.
Your personal interpretation is your own. And the church has always been very much grassroots, local, dynamic and people centered despite you saying otherwise.. I understand you despise the church and Catholics - it's your prerogative. Your insistence on all caps and your scolding tone does nothing to further dialogue. As anyone reading this can see, even Catholics can't have a quiet place to shore each other up in these terrible times -even among other Christians. Feel free to have the scathing last word - I'm not going to fight with you.
not into fighting so I won't YOu assert much that I have not said. i do not see that the RCC is "local and grassroots". It is massive worldwde organision with rigit top down ledership.
I grew up in the RCC, caholic school through second year University. Do not assume I know no whereov I speak.
I d NOT rely on "personal interpretation" which the bible forbids.. I have spent the past four decades of my life carefully studying and exlploring the scriptures. I base my own life on what I see there. I am in a solid bible based church with strong teaching. It is local,too.
Please take my suggestion and carefully read Luke's two significant and in[portant books. HOW did the early church begin and spread?
I am currently reading a book on the Book of Acts. It is called simply "Acts", wirtten by a man named Patrick Schreiner, a noted greek scholar and churchman. Nothing he writes contradicts earlier readings on that book I have done.
You can write me off as a rouser or contentious.. or you can apply yourself to deeper study than what you have had in the past. Be warned, some of what you believe may be challenged. Jesus' word s ARE the truth, and only truth. I always settle on what HE said.
See also Paul's churches.
Well said! Thank you for helping others to understand the church that Jesus founded.
The "rock" spoken of by Jesus were the substance of Peter's WORDS, not Peter himself, who was clearly no rock. The early Church used this interpretation (that Jesus spoke of Peter himself), to build a monstrosity in place of real faith - in Jesus, alone; the author and perfector of it. Adherence to the doctrines of men has splintered and warped true faith and blinded hundreds of millions into apostasy. I love Jesus with my whole heart. No man has the authority to call me "damned", no matter his hat. That determination is God's alone.
i think yor keyboard neds servicing .
Tell me where I can contact this "ned" to service thie keyboard.
Actually I don't think the keys are faulty, they are just rebellious. Baybe sending it off to the confessional so the guy in there can prescribe the right penance for it to perform, maybe it will straighten out and fly right.....
never fixed ME, but maybe a lowly keyboard..... ??
The CPUSA is alive and well in the USA https://www.cpusa.org/ the Socialist Party has merged with them and they endorse the Democratic party. Their issues about being antifascists are the same lies the young Bella Dodd was drawn into when fighting for teachers and laborers. They have not run a candidate for awhile but are talking about running candidates again. Yes you would do well to read Bella’s transcript and book which tells how people are drawn in. I’m seeing it today as people may not be card carrying communists, as in Bella’s day many believed in what they taught. Yes I appreciate praying for the election and have. Catholics are Christians…so I will say the anti Christian attacks are heartbreaking constantly talking about their experiences with bad Christians not realizing the whole picture; the relationship with Jesus, failing, repenting and returning to the path etc. Black Masses are horrifying and much prayer towards the stop of all that. Thank you for your post :) Prayer is a weapon, lets keep it up :)
There’s a picture of Francis in his younger days reading Saul Alinsky.
Please try to find that!
I’ll look, but I honestly can’t remember where I saw it. Francis is looking over his shoulder and the cover of the book is very clear. This is when he was still in Argentina. I’ll look around..
Emumundo, You may already follow him, but on YouTube there is a channel called "Return to Tradition" with Anthony Stine (he is a converted atheist, spent some time in seminary and has a doctorate in theology- lives in Oklahoma). He pointed out that a lot of Bergolio's history in Argentina has been scrubbed from the internet, including a letter from someone high up in the church discouraging the powers that be from ordaining him a bishop. In addition it's really unusual that he has never gone back to his native Argentina since becoming pope. We know that he was raised as a socialist, and it clearly shows when he puts climate change and abortion into the same bucket. He also supports unfettered migration, and Catholic Charities is an absolute racket of which I never support financially - no one should.
I never liked Cupich when he was Bishop over Spokane, WA diocese.
He's responsible for 15+ cancellations of clergy just in the Chicago area. He and his bishops have this formula - they target the good guys, ask them to come in for a "talk", explain that they need to go to the notorious "St. Luke's" for some much needed rest and discernment, then they garbage them up on pills and crazy counseling, then declare they are not fit for the priesthood and put them on the sidelines in limbo, hoping they will drop out and ask to be laicized. After 10+ priests had this happen to them, they told our priest to get a canon lawyer and don't go into the meeting alone. Our bishop (Molloy) had him sit outside with his lawyer for 2 hours and then refused to see him. And then canceled him anyway. The whole thing is unconscionable.
Wow 😳
oh no - horrifying!
When Cupich was in Spokane, which had/has a thriving traditionalist community, he literally chained the doors closed at the Traditional parish during Holy Week.
He is a demon from Hell
Wow!! I did not know that story - that's reprehensible - he's done so much damage in Illinois I didn't realize he'd left a path of destruction elsewhere. I'm so sorry to hear this.
this is the subject of Michael O'Brien's excellent "Father Elijah"
Verve, please post that election prayer by Fr Ripperger. I had not seen it. Thank you.
https://divinemercyforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/fr-ripperger-2024-us-election.pdf
Peachy Keenan (substack) is starting a Novena today, her latest post has the prayer. I think she posts it daily on X but I'm not on that.
I have been praying Fr. Ripperger’s prayer since he published it on Sept 3! It is well put. Keep praying through the elections to Jan 20!
Thank you for sharing the prayer letter. I am a Christian, but I too prayed that prayer with you. It is beautifully written and heartfelt and I know He hears us whenever we pray. God bless you, and thank you so much.
Thank you, Shellie, God bless you.
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so THAT'S why my priest semi-scowls at me for hand Communion. thanks, I got it. (not sarcasm, btw)
Only the consecrated hands of a priest should touch the Eucharist. Plus by taking communion in the hand particles of the Eucharist fall on the floor to be trampled. It is to satan’s joy to see how the Eucharist is being profaned. Please consider receiving on the tongue. Show your reverence to Jesus.
Did not Jesus Himself break that bread and personally hand it to His Friends at what we call "the Last Supper", a simple Passover meal/Seder?
If we "follow Him" why then can we not "do as He does", as commanded?
There’s a woman in our rosary group who’s sister is a nun and has visions. She said her sister saw the blood of Christ run down from the altar as a result of people taking communion in their hands. I was young when Vatican II was implemented so I didn’t understand the implications of the changes to the mass ( I was just glad I wouldn’t have to find my head covering every week). Traditional Latin masses are the way to go, but Francis is trying to get rid of those. So.
There is a book called Get us out of here by Maria Simma. She was visited by souls in purgatory. It’s a fascinating read. One story was about a female Eucharistic Minister who died. After her coffin was closed at the funeral a relative came late to the funeral and asked to view the body. When the coffin was opened the deceased’s hands had turned black because she had touched the Eucharist. I’ll never forget that which is why I receive on the tongue.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2721443-get-us-out-of-here-maria-simma-speaks-with-nicky-eltz
Maria has another excellent book on Purgatory that my father read before dying. He said he was no longer afraid of death.
https://a.co/d/2IuxM6u
Every priest is so different. I can't read their minds but the stealing of the consecrated host has really become a serious problem. Also the dwindling number of priests and the lack of confession opportunities make the whole idea of taking Communion a loaded issue (ie - taking Communion without having gone to confession for serious sin). Most churches have one half hour to 45 minutes set aside for confession once a week, usually mid day on Saturday, when people are out and about, at their kids' soccer games, etc. There's just no opportunity for this extremely important sacrament. Frequent confession is a real spiritual booster when understood properly.
I’ve felt that, too, since my return to Mass. I can imaging Fr.Herb’s expression in the confessional when I say “bless me father for I have sinned.. my last confession was… about fifty years ago” Better late than never, though.
Those confessions are like winning the Powerball according to my priest friends - they absolutely live for those! Long gone are the days when kids got "yelled at" in confession. Times have really changed in this regard. :)
My daughter chased down a young man (high school aged) who was taking Jesus back to the pew and retrieved the host. It turns out the young man had never received his sacraments and had no idea what to do with the host. His family was aghast when they found out what he had done. Please note, I've had priest tell me that they had found the consecrated host in the hymnal and various other places throughout the church.:-(
Hi Patrice, I have heard many stories like this - I wish there was just overall education in society on cultures and religious practices - Christianity seems to be the one thing you get canceled for if you talk about it.
Yet another sacrilege brought to us by the infiltrators of Vatican 2.
(Yes, I realize it happened in the years afterward. Same evil hierarchy though.)
Very well said, Verve. I agree with all you wrote!
Can you share that prayer?
https://divinemercyforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/fr-ripperger-2024-us-election.pdf
Beautiful prayer, but why do they pray to Mary and not her son Jesus, who completed the work of salvation and redeemed us with his death and most glorious, His resurrection? I sincerely ask, I mean no offense 🙏🏻
No offense taken, from a former protestant now Roman Catholic, who had some of the same questions. Trudy, whom better to intercede for us that the one person that is the closest to Jesus (and loves our Lord more than any of us could possibly love him), his Mother, our Mother, whom our Lord gave to us as our spiritual Mother at the foot of the cross, when He told John, behold your Mother, Woman, behold your son". The Lord never denies anything that His Mother asks of Him. Look at the Wedding at Cana. Too much to get into here in a C & C post, but once you learn more about Mary and her role in our salvation, you will be truly amazed and Blessed.
Gary I appreciate this -- It is hard for non-Catholics to believe we truly do not worship Mary but venerate her and that she is the new Ark of the Covenant that is scripturally explained in Revelation. I think Mary also fills a role and wound for many of us who did not have mothers or moms who just weren't emotionally there for us. I have been recently surprised by the number of converts to Catholicism such as Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson's wife (who experienced a miraculous healing with the help of her Catholic nurse who taught her the rosary), comedian Rob Schneider, many protestant clergy and even Russell Brand, although not a convert, prays the rosary (and wears it around his neck, which, meh, not a fan of that).
Thank you Gary for your kind response and information, I appreciate what you shared, God bless!
Spot on Gary.
Another passage that reflects this reality is when Queen Bathsheba asks her son King Solomon for a favor.
1Kings 2:19-20
Jesus is the way, truth and the light. I said much more but deleted I am not interested in starting anything with Catholics.
Trudy if you're on Instagram there's a protestant gentleman who recently converted to Catholicism and he has an account called "It's okay to be Catholic" - I share this not to "convert" you, just to show bite sized explanations of the faith. I actually have learned a lot from him and I've been Catholic for 6 decades. We were very poorly catechized in the 70's and so many cradle catholics don't know their bible or their faith, really, and this was by design when the masons and communists infiltrated the church. I've long believed that our faith will be preserved by these converts. https://www.instagram.com/itsokaytobecatholic/
I just looked him up. Now following.
Why don't they pray to the one Yashuah (Jesus) prayed to?
Thank you.
Please share.
https://divinemercyforamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/fr-ripperger-2024-us-election.pdf
Thank you!
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Thank you….and for all your comments today 🙏💗🙏
Thank you, Daniel for posting and sharing Archbishop Vigano’s plea to us all. I am not Catholic and the direction the Catholic Chuch has gone under it’s current leadership is appalling, but I have always felt AV is a true faithful servant of our Lord and Savior. As a Christian, my choice is easy this election, but I will share his words as they might just wake up some of my woke, brainwashed friends
to recognize the good and evil choices we face. I pray every day for our country and God’s revival in our Nation and the world. His will be done🙏
I pray for those who don’t have a Godly compass to follow.
Amen, Sondy.
Agree 100%!
'His will be done'. That is not just a familiar, almost automatic saying. It requires some deep meditation.
AMEN! As a former Catholic, I know there are many saved among both Catholic and Protestant "believers". I stand with all of them.
Awesome letter! Thank you for sharing. It is good vs evil played out right in front of us.
Fact Jacquie!
Thank you for sharing! As a fellow Catholic, it is; hard drawing the line between the Catholic FAITH and the Catholic CHURCH. Technically they should be one and the same, but they are not. My mom and I agree on very little (she has TDS and votes D) but we both agree that the Church hierarchy is mostly corrupt and rotten, although our current bishop is a good man who is standing for Life. (abortion on the ballot in MO this election)
We are in a battle for faith and for our country, its very clearly a battle of good vs evil. And we are on the side of good. We must all pray to our Almighty God and we must avail ourselves, only and totally, that He use us as instruments of His Perfect Will in this battle. I cannot count how many times I have gotten clear discernment through prayer to Him.
Fact Daniel!
As a very skeptical , disappointed, and frankly worn-out Catholic, what you said resonated with me! The Catholic FAITH and the Catholic CHURCH are 2 very different things. Knowing that--ABSORBING that--puts so much in perspective for me. Thank you.
I tell people I practice the Catholic faith and it is beautiful. I would never walk away from the Eucharist. The Catholic religion has people who are flawed and I pray for them and myself.
I was recently in St. Louis and had a chance meeting with your bishop while visiting the Cathedral Basilica (which is stunningly beautiful!). What a kind, gracious man and he had just finished doing a prolife Mass!
I am on the KC side of the state, but glad to hear the St, Louis bishop is of a similar mind and spirit.
As a recovering Catholic 😁 (religion-free for over 20 years now) I can relate to the conflict you describe between your faith and the Church. “Catholic” is supposed to mean “universal” but with all that wacky stuff coming out of Rome — and boy is the current Pope a piece of work — it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. Faith in Christ is actually fundamentally simple, but it’s not easy! My journey came from a bit of a Martin Luther experience, but I am much freer now. If the Church hierarchy is “corrupt and rotten” as you say, why support it? And honestly, we’re really not much different: https://babylonbee.com/news/were-not-so-different-10-things-catholics-and-protestants-actually-agree-on
And you could enjoy hamburgers on Friday before Easter if you want! Or not, it’s your choice! 😉
We aren’t going to abandon the church, we are going to pray and fight for the church. And giving up meat on Friday is a small sacrifice to remind us of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Yes, I always thought it was a sacrifice for Christ; a good thing, a reminder :) like a lot of other things you can give up like during Lent that hopefully will last throughout the year….just saying from a recovered Catholic who stopped looking at bad Christians and saw the beauty and reverence of worship and the relationship with Jesus…took awhile though…I was pretty angry until I saw the same corruption everywhere in other churches, schools and more…and started realizing it was human corruption…look for the good throw out the bad
I have protestant friends who church hop every few years looking for the 'perfect' church. Last I checked, Jesus is not the pastor of any of them, and even one of His own followers betrayed him and Peter denied Him 3 times.
Tares and wheat - the threshing will be brutal.
I think of that often and pray for their change of heart
No, Guy, you don't give up, you stay in the fight. Evil cannot win, unless we give up. Evil can and will be defeated.
The Church is "worldly" the Faith is beyond this world and only "knowable" on a personal level. Faith is a paradox in some ways but it may be the most powerful force in this realm.
Your statement that faith in Christ is fundamentally simple, but not easy is 100% correct. I will however, take offense to the Babylon Bee. Number 4 should NOT be on the list. Candy corn is holy. Lol. I love that stuff. In the fall season. In small doses. But I do love my Jesus more. If I'm required to give it up for Him, I will. But I still love it. 😊
But, but I do like candy corn!!! I mean, it's not my fave or anything but I will grab a handful if I pass by a bowl of it......
I have been married to a Methodist for 34 years, and we go to both services every Sunday. Both stubborn I suppose. For me the anchor to the Catholic church is the belief that Jesus truly gave us himself in the Eucharist, and that our participation in the sacraments - We ARE the Body of Christ - is part of our covenant to be faithful. I will say my husband's church is more active - more ministries and more evangelization - but the services are more like concert performances with a sermon and a random prayer or 2 thrown in. I like the reverence and the cadence of the Mass. But I also believe that there are many paths to God and at the end we are all on the same journey and need to encourage & respect those on the that path. We share a common enemy and need to come together and fight regardless of doctrines, bible interpretations and how we choose to worship.
I would agree, but would put it differently.
It's hard to draw a line between the Catholic Church and the people IN the Church.
The Church is the spotless Bride of Christ.
But she is made up of sinners.
Yes, thank you. As long as there are humans involved, there will be disappointments as we are all sinners.
Anyone interested in reading about spiritual battles, this would be a great book by Frank Perretti describing what goes on in the unseen world.
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Ephesians 6:12
Archbishop Vigano's letter is a most profound and important read. This election is definitely "good vs evil" and he spells it all out in undeniable detail. Thanks for the share.
There's a similar commentary for Christians who are not Catholics. "In a world where secular values often clash with biblical truth, it's crucial that Christians understand their responsibility to engage in the electoral process and to vote. This engagement is not just a civic duty, but a biblical imperative. Many will rightly remind you that we should not place our eternal hope in political parties or candidates. However, this theological truth doesn't absolve us from the responsibility to be good stewards of our citizenship and to vote."
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-voting-for-christians-is-a-biblical-issue.html
I have heard other well known Pastors who have said two things: a Christian must vote, and vote biblically, and to NOT vote is a sin for Christians. We must all vote conservative, biblical values. I.e., abortion and DEI and trans agenda... all attempting to destroy the family is SINFUL. We must vote against.
Here is an excellent letter from Cardinal Raymond Burke about how Catholics (or anyone, but especially Catholics) should approach the election. Note the first point he makes is to PRAY and FAST for our nation:
https://www.cardinalburke.com/presentations/voting-moral-questions
This should be read by everyone!
That's wonderful. Thank you for offering this link, this letter. He is a true soldier of the Lord. (says this Presbyterian)
Thank you for acknowledging the Archbishop. We Christians have way more in common than not.
Amen!
I still have Father Carlo's letter's to Trump saved, from 4 years ago.
I firmly believe that the Triune God is in control of Earth, and especially now. So, I am watching to see which way the cat jumps. Then I will know which way this country is going to go. Given some prophesies in Holy Scriptures, I will not be surprised if the way goes to the Left. But we'll have to see. The Holy Spirit moves in ways that seem mysterious to us.
Vigano speaks truth, which is why the pope excommunicated him. I bet the pope regrets this now as he has no control over what Vigano says. The pope would probably vote for Harris if he could.
Wearing a cancellation badge is wearing a badge of glory....
Yes indeed Emu. The truth is unassailable even, and especially, by a fake "pope".
With many of his unholy proclamations, he has indeed voted for harris.
I would like to see God call this pope to account. Sooner than later.
I would also like to see the Catholic church return to its fundamental tenets, and while doing that re-instate and elevate Archbishop Vigano to a higher position, a real Pope??
Thank you and God Bless You for sharing this! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
This guy's commentary is a must-read if you're conservative and intelligent. So everyone here, haha!
https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/show-notes-we-have-some-trends
Worth reading, thanks for the link!
I’m pleased to see that he wrote this. The problem with churches these days is the clergy thinks they should stay out of politics, and that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Amen, Paige. Carlo Maria Vigano is a warrior of God. I hope he is widely vindicated and again, I call on the Catholic faith to remove this current impostor and raise Vigano to the Papalcy.
I think government bureaucrats have attempted to intimidate clergy by threatening their tax exempt status.
Never-the-less, they should seek, always, to do the Perfect Will of God, knowing he will protect them. An important part of their mission is to educate their flock so that government does not stand against faith as ours has. It astounds me that far too many of the clergy seems to think their job is only to CONVINCE US that God will protect us (and for our tithes?) but they forget that for themselves... or to protect their income... or both?
I think the faithful really should start demanding clergy take a stand so we know exactly their position on these things which have such profound impact on our lives.
If they’d stick to preaching the Bible it would be evident to all. It’s the complete how to manual of what to do and what not to do!
Trump's October Surprise happens today. Joe Rogan. It's a much bigger deal than many people realize.
Plus, NO INCOME TAX. Yes, finally.
What no income tax would mean for me and my husband just brings me to sobbing tears. Given we have no way to ever shelter any of our money, and only own our home but nothing else, we pay full income tax - probably more than those that earn 5x what my husband does. We have lived paycheck to paycheck for over 26 long years yet have had NO debt during that time other than our mortgage. We’ve had to use any extra money through the years not to save for retirement but care for and advocate for three children with disabilities while the IRS illegally prevented us from accessing the relief in their own laws that we were legally entitled to, and not having extra money we couldn’t afford the attorney it required to fight their corrupt agency. So we are standing just 5 years from retirement’s door with no way to save. Being able to use what we give to the government to save for our future security and care is something I’ve often dreamt of but was convinced was never possible. I’m almost scared to hope for this but it’s the ONLY thing that can improve the quality of our life. Heck our last actual vacation was 30 years ago.
I can’t vote hard enough for Trump, I’m certain I’ll break my pen trying.
Juju - thank you for sharing your situation. I have long despised the IRS's tactics, and have considered them an unnecessary government agency, and income tax unconstitutional. I do hope and pray that this is one of the big changes we will see in the next Admin. I have an extra pen for you, lol.
Right?! But heaven help us if KK is installed as POTUS. Those 100,000 new IRS agents the Biden regime hired are going to target the middle class. And they carry guns. BTW, Trump will have to fire all those new agents - as well as the rest of the IRS. Good riddance.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/yellen-says-taxpayers-can-cover-the-us-deficit/
Haha, the IRS sent federal agents to interview me because I made a social media post that they'd better send all 85,000 new hires when they come to my house (among the other "implied threats" they did not appreciate).
It's quite satisfying to know for a fact that I am on their enemies list.
Oh wow. Are you going to write about this in your stack? I want to know how it went.
I've posted it on my only other social media outlet, Gab.com. I will provide it on Substack, if you'd like. It's not glamorous in any way, just a normal guy they attempted to intimidate by showing up at my home (and scaring my family on a workday, which was the point) and then making a big show at my job. I'm fortunate to know my Sheriff personally, or it might have been much worse for me.
https://gab.com/tedamberson/posts/110545344335928287
The IRS is an illegal foreign Corporation.
ESPECIALLY income tax on social security income! I mean, ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME??
Yep. Not only taxed but in Hellinois I have 2/3 of my state university pension (to which I contributed for over 20 yrs) deducted from my SS widow’s benefits because it is considered “double dipping” totally disregarding the fact that my pension is state money and SS is fed money. 😖
Yeah our state is screwed up and corrupt beyond repair. I can’t wait to get the hell out of here. They screwed us for years with special education. Now they are screwing my son by denying him SSDI that he rightfully qualifies for and we keep appealing. It’s been two years. Nada. It’s expensive to support another fully grown adult in a household. Much of the money that we “could” have started to save goes to provide for his basic needs. But corrupt IL would rather give illegal immigrants housing in Chicago than help actual citizens who are fully documented to be totally disabled.
I pray that this will happen!! One of the best things about getting rid of the income tax is that we’d also be able to get rid of the IRS!! No reason for a tax collection agency and bureaucracy when there are no such taxes to be collected!
I was thinking that. But ofc that brings up more groups that would balk at the idea. Tax accountants, tax attorneys, etc. But wouldn’t it be nice for them to put their brains to other good work instead?!
Some maybe. But there would still be corporate taxes and state taxes for those who have that. Thats where they would be needed.
And maybe other more widely beneficial opportunities would open up. The government creating jobs because of the ridiculously byzantine tax system isn’t a productive thing the way I see it.
Yes I know, and I agree, they should be able to hopefully find other ways of using their skills.
and hopefully no huge huge taxes on the forced distributions that we scrimped did without and saved for maybe?
JuJu God bless you, yes, I broke my pen when I voted also. LOL
Juju, I feel your pain. Really. I quit my job 2 years ago in CA. Mind you we pay both State and Fed income tax. My husband works. We choose to put our daughter in private school because we will not subject her to indoctrination. BUT all that said, we have essentially just enough to live. We have no debt other than our house. It is painful. Thankfully we were able to travel a bit this year but it was mostly camping. Still nice. That said, we have no funds to SAVE. xo I hope this happens for your sake! <3
Yours too. Thank you. It’s helpful to talk to people who understand, and actually live it themselves. Thank you for that. I have no patience for those that either assume we somehow made foolish choices that they never would have, or that we have access to the required inside financial savvy/knowledge to know what to even do.
So many many ppl are in your exact situation. This is the result of a system that enslaves us debt: the Gov'ts debt, personal debt and every thing in between. And because of the educational system, people do not understand what is going on until they are underwater.
We haven’t had any kind of debt other than a mortgage for 17 years. But it didn’t matter. I just keep telling myself how awful things would have been all this time if we DID have debt! My God I can’t even imagine! So glad we stubbornly refused. We buy used cars for cash only. Drive them into the ground. And I’m still driving our 2000 Honda Odyssey. It’s a beast and just won’t die. 🤣 But now it looks old and rusty and my richie rich neighbors just hate it in their presence. 😂 They drive BMWs, Jaguars, Lexus, etc. then I come along with my bus that has dented fenders and rusted wheel wells. 🤣🤣 But I’ve always loved driving it because it was built on top of the Honda Accord chassis I believe. It drives like a little sports car even though it’s a bus. Really great purchase. Haven’t had a car payment since 2004.
Our system enslaves us even without debt because of taxation.
Bingo! Our system enslaves us even if we don’t carry debt. You hit the nail on the head. Plus the taxes we pay for owning land, on our house for owning a house, we pay for schools, registration for cars, licenses, etc. it goes on forever & what’s happening now is we are wise to all the ways the government has spent “our” tax dollars sending billions to failing governments, enriching themselves and their families with special deals. Most stuff hidden from us until the last years. The awakening has hurt them and they are desperate to keep the status quo
LOL...that Honda was bulletproof.
You are a lot freer than most people.
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My husband and I pretty much in the same boat, we are retired and have an income that is fast-ly shrinking. May you be financially blessed somehow and someway and may the Lord recompense you what was stolen.
Amen! 🙏🏻😇
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I understand. Our family situation dictates how income is spent.
Something you wrote resonates extra. “ almost scared to hope”.
I stopped hoping after GWB campaigned on creating school vouchers in 2000. We sacrificed to send our kids to non-government school. Drove junk cars, no vacations, everything on the cheap.
GWB was a failure and I lost any hope of positive change then. His legacy is 911, war, TSA and Homeland Security. BO campaigned on Hope and Change. Of course, he and GWB brought change, but it was negative change. BO made health insurance for our family unaffordable and ushered in SS marriage so our kids grow up confused. And that led to the trans movement which is physical harm and not just mental confusion.
So Rep and Dem have consistently failed us during my entire lifetime.
2016 - 2020 were the best economic years of my entire life. All the years before and after have made it such that my wife and I will never stop working until we are too old or broken that we cannot continue.
I feel your sentiment in my bones. We're in our 30s, single income household with young kids, grateful that we haven't had extreme medical issues but we don't have health insurance. We've chosen to be part of a Christian healthshare ministry since the insurance offered through work was prohibitively expensive. It has been nice to be free but we pay so much more in taxes now since our sharing dollars are after tax. It's around $5,000 more a year. There was a bill years ago to untie HSAs from health insurance, thereby allowing us to deduct all that from our taxes but alas, it died in commitee. It hasn't sunk us by the grace of God, but we don't save much if anything. We didn't want to hope the 'no tax on OT' would ever actually happen, since my husband always logs it and it would be such a boon, but this!!. I don't even know what to think. It seems too good to be true!
💕💕💕 Similar you g with young child too on one income.
Oh man! 30% of my husband’s income comes from OT! I was static when I heard that one. But it’s at the expense of 12-14 hour days and only home on Sundays. It deeply impacts the quality of family life. He’s a laborer. He gets up at 3:15 am every day and leaves for work at 3:45am. Gets home around 3-4pm. he is exhausted when be gets home, so doing any maintenance around the house is rare. That’s a lot to sacrifice just to barely make ends meet. I know others who sacrifice those kinds of hours for years too but their pay is 2-3x my husband’s and they have something to show for it, a business to pass on or sell, a better life for their family, ability to do more with charitable work, etc etc. Not true for the average family like ours. Same hours, no pay off.
I paid 35% of my pay, for thirty years, to nys and the Feds. Time for a full on revolt.
Thats about what we pay. 36%
So, so true. My roomate is an example like yours. Work to death- juat to keep up with bills.
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My son wrote a paper in college about Warren Buffets secretary. Seems she paid more in income taxes than her boss.
I don’t like this, but wow. Sad state of affairs. I was lucky enough to break my neck at work, twice. Because starting your own business at 40 something with a broken neck requires that all profit goes to savings. Living like a pauper so you actually can quit working one day.
Right there with you. 😔
This maybe rough for many and many may agree, but are not “comfortable” with voicing such an opinion, but I will never understand why people keep having kids after their first (and especially second) child is born with disabilities. WHY? Whose life people think they are bettering by continuing to bring disabled kids into this world? Theirs? Their childrens’? Neither! Both sets of lives are only full of misery. Not being able to provide your kids with a beach vacation once in a while or any kind of vacation is not happiness. And just surviving is not happiness either. Maybe younger readers might think about this one and plan their lives accordingly.
This may be tough for you to understand, but they WEREN’T disabled when they were born!! These things all happened to them after their vaccines. And overnight too. It’s not like we had a kid and saw they were disabled and said “let’s do it again!” We gave birth to vibrant, intellectually gifted, happy children. They became disabled later in life due to vaccinations. Only one showed the damage at age 2. The other two showed them at age 5 and age 10.
BIG Hugs to you JUJU! And also MAHA!!!! Lets drop mandatory vaccines across the board.
Juju you don’t owe anyone any explanation for your child bearing choices. God wants us to reproduce. Some would even say they will have as many children as God will bless them with. All children are blessings, whether “perfect” or flawed.
I love my children. And I love them even with their disabilities. They are still just as beautiful and valuable as those without disabilities. But our society doesn’t allow for financial stability if you want to stay home to raise your kids like I did, even AFTER having a career, or if you have excessive medical bills that the average family doesn’t face. They actually make it harder for you to have the American dream as if we are to be punished for being a burden to everyone. SMH
I’m now facing the uphill battle of finding a job because I’m almost 60 and have zero recent work experience and zero references. My degrees are useless in my field (computer science) because of how drastically that has changed I’d have to go back for a minimum of 2-3 years to learn all the new tech. I’m capable yes, but it’s too expensive to do. And even teaching myself isn’t enough - you need to show you’ve applied those skills in the workspace. I have a LOT of research skills from learning the law to fight for special education and advocate for my kids, to fight the IRS, and to fight the mortgage industry. I know I have valuable skills to offer but I just don’t know where to begin and how I could possibly compete among hoards of women who never left their careers in the first place. Not to mention the younger generations looking to be hired too. It shouldn’t be so hard to re-enter the work force later in life but that’s what America has done to mothers.
Juju,
Don't sell yourself short! You have been a Home Engineer, a Mother and much more.
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Yes, Carrie! Amen! “Be fruitful and multiply“ is the first commandment in the Bible.
Juju….thanks for sharing some of your story. I “liked” your post but it was hard because of the nature of it.
So much of your story I can feel on a personal level. I would love to meet you one day, in person. I have been fortunate to meet several C&Cers in real life which has been so amazing. I would count it an honor to someday include you in that group.
As one special needs mom to another I stand and applaud you!!! You are a gift to everyone around you. I know because I am walking in special need mom shoes too. What would tax free FOR REAL mean to us? Same as you. I would cry. I never thought it possible to even think about. I can’t let myself hope for it. But next week when our family goes to vote for Trump I will do so proudly because at least he’s genuinely trying to help us.
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Well, that’s a WHOLE different story. This is tragic and incredibly heartbreaking. I am sorry. My heart goes out to you 😢💔
Nicole Shanahan recently released a video letter to her dad that had me sobbing. She explains best how it happens.
https://x.com/nicoleshanahan/status/1849472197070655615
I listened to an interview she did with Roseann Barr that completely changed my mind about her. I liked Kennedy but this election was too important to vote third party. I’m so glad they teamed up. We need to unite. Shanahan is an amazing person and an asset to our country.
Yulek - This may be rough for you to read but MANY MANY MANY MANY agree you should’ve kept your mouth shut. Your ignorance is quite loud and speaks volumes of who you are. Glad to see Juju responded with the truth which pretty much should shut your mouth for you. “Both sets of lives are only full of misery”? Really? So you know every single disabled persons life and their loved ones to be able to spew such uneducated garbage? Don’t answer that. It’s better if you reserve your right to remain silent.
Your entire comment reads like you have never met Jesus of Nazareth.
Yulek,
You’re a despicable human being or should I say monster? I would agree that some people shouldn’t continue to have children if the disabilities are extreme, but most disabled people lead happy and productive lives.
Straight to name-calling when disagree with a thought. Classy! Ha ha!
Yulek,
Not name calling, just speaking the truth. I don’t think A-holes should have kids, but I’m thinking you’ve had at least one.
Keep on being “classy”. You are doing sooooo well 😆
You are correct; you should have kept your FUCKING mouth shut.
Later Jay
Yeah, problem is that there are few methods of safe and effective birth control, and if tubal ligation and/or vasectomy and/or fertility tracking and/or condoms fail, you had better be pregnancy testing every 4 weeks so you can get a medical abortion before 6 weeks, and even some states are making that difficult. Even though we live in a blue state that allows 3rd trimester abortions, my spouse and I have chosen abstinence since I told him in no uncertain terms that if our 2 methods of birth control failed I would immediately seek a medical abortion.
I wish I could afford somebody to sit down with us and give us this kind of advice - for our particular circumstances. But we can’t afford them. We can’t make the really good advisors enough money to make it worth their time to sit down with us. And the ones we can afford have so far given us bad advice. I will do an internet search about the treasury bonds (thank you) but I’m not confident to fully understand what to do without someone helping me. Also, dividends only pay a worthy amount if you’re starting with a large sum. I have a $12,000 IRA that is only worth $230 more today than it was 9 years ago. Whatever it earns gets eaten up by corporate fees. You no longer can build off of such a small amount.
Income just equals expenses. Own house, don't know if mortgaged. Savings of $12K.
I don't know if there is a way to reduced the cost of the housing and still have the living space you need. A lot of ppl are upside down in their mortgage and they can't sell it for what they owe. Their best solution is to let the house go back to the bank and get out from under that mortgage and not worry about credit rating. But with the increasing in housing prices, this is not as big a problem as before.
The 12K is losing purchasing power every year due to inflation so it is being steadily eroded even with the small interest. If it were me, I would take it out (but then you have to figure how much tax the IRS will take) and buy "junk silver coins" (poor man's gold) for a low premium from a reputable dealer. Silver coins will hold their value over time just as gold will but are of small enough denominations (dimes and quarters) that they are spendable in a crisis if needed. Gold is more of a buy and hold forever. It's not good for transactions. OR find a way to use the 12K in a manner that allows you to generate more income from a business. I remember my grandmother bought a lot next to her home and then rented spaces for mobile homes to set up on it to generate income.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
We aren’t under on our mortgage, but our interest rate is 2.25%. It would be silly to sell and repurchase at the interests rates today. That would be losing money. Our mortgage is already lower than the rent around us is, about 1/3 what rent would be. It’s our real estate taxes that are killing us. If not for that I’d happily stay here long term. They are 40% higher each month than our mortgage payment is. It’s ridiculous around us. Our home value has increased real estate taxes unbelievable. When we moved in 17 years ago it was half what we pay today. To sell and be able to buy another home outright with the equity we walk away with from this one and avoid any new mortgage would require us to move completely out of state. We can’t move until my husband retires, because he needs to be within driving distance of his union area. He has 34 years so far and while vested, there’s a huge difference in monthly pension if he took early retirement vs waiting until he is 65. But any home within a 1.5 hour drive would be too expensive to not need a mortgage, and besides we want out of here as soon as he retires so moving twice in a short period of time is not attractive to me. We need to move to states with lower real estate taxes and lower home prices. And better patriots! 💃
Thanks for the ideas for the $12,000. I knew leaving it there was a complete waste but yeah cashing it out will cost a 10% penalty plus the 20% taxes on it. It’s so frustrating how much money they take from everything we have. This is why having no income taxes matters to me! We do have one son still in college this year, his grad school year. Most is paid for by scholarships but maybe we can save on the penalty part by using it for “college expenses.” This would be the last year we could get away with that. Hmm. Thanks. Might pull it before the end of the year. I like the ideas about finding a way to make money with it. It sure isn’t growing in IRAs!
A lot of micro-small businesses are started with just a few hundred bucks. Just need a good idea. Farmers' Market type stuff.
Understand. Everything is rigged as much as possible to lock us in. I didn't mention credit card debt which a lot of people have. Like the mortgage, if the debt is too much, just default on it (bankruptcy) and forget the credit rating. Anyone that is living on a cash basis doesn't give a flip about "credit rating."
I've wondered how these will fare if BRICS becomes a reality. Aren't US bonds at risk or what am I missing?
I have the same concern. BRICS nations are speaking like adults in the room while "our government" sends billions to places like Ukraine to fight un-winnable wars and literally TAKES $300B in Russian sanctions. I smell a rat.
Follow the money. I’ve always felt like wars, especially Ukraine, is just a way for psychopaths to line their pockets. It would have been cheaper to just buy Ukraine and give it to Blackrock. It would have saved a lot of lives.
The problem with the dollar is not BRICS. The problem with the dollar is the MASSIVE monetary inflation the USG has historically engaged in which has, under Biden, gone literally exponential. IF... the US had a sound monetary system (a credit system based on gold) as we did before 1913 (the creation of the Federal Reserve which enslaved all Americans to the international banking debt system), BRICS would not matter. The competition of a rival monetary system would not hurt us.
The vast majority of the USG's funding is based on the international banking debt system which allows the USG to create out of thin air all the financing they need for the empire regardless of how much or how little they get from income taxes. This is NOT the purpose of income taxes. The Income Tax/IRS is a mechanism for subjugating and further impoverishing the American people. It is a tool of despotic subjugation.
If the income tax is ended tomorrow, nothing changes for the USG. They will simply continue to fund their empire as they always have, through money printing/monetary inflation which is the "hidden" tax we all pay and it is the biggest tax there is on us.
The only way out of this debt trap is to defund the USG by 80% or more, default on ALL outstanding debt (thus shafting the international banking system and those, like the CCP, who hold vast amount of US debt) and getting rid of the Federal Reserve by going back to a gold-backed monetary credit system. THAT would change America overnight - literally. "But the USG would lose their credit rating!!!" EXACTLY. America doesn't need a credit rating. F*** them! If Americans were thus freed from their enslavement to debt and empire, America's productivity would out-produce the world in months. But that would mean Americans are once again free and the Marxists/NeoCons/sociopaths can't have that.
It is THAT simple. Economics is not hard. Balance your f****** check book. Economists would be suddenly unemployed. Economists would no longer be needed to practice their economic witchcraft in order to justify the financing of an empire.
Let me put a period to my long rant by quoting David Stockman's conclusion to his excellent analysis published by Doug Casey which should be available on LewRockwell.com in the next few days.................
Conclusion
Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face an unprecedented fiscal situation upon taking office. The national debt is projected to reach a new record high as a share of the economy only three years from now, well within the next presidential term. Already, the cost of servicing our high and rising national debt has eclipsed the cost of defending our nation or providing health care to elderly Americans. Three important trust fund programs are on track to become insolvent within the next 12 years, putting Americans’ retirement and health care at risk and limiting our ability to continue to update our aging infrastructure.
In the first year of their term, the next President will also face the return of the debt limit, the expiration of the Fiscal Responsibility Act spending caps, and the expiration of several tax and spending provisions that would prove extremely costly to extend.
All these factors raise the stakes of the upcoming presidential election. America desperately needs a leader with the wisdom and courage to make correcting our unsustainable fiscal trajectory a major priority.
Yet, both the Republican and Democratic candidates for President have put forward campaign plans that would, at best, maintain the status quo and, at worst, add tremendously to our debt and deficits. Neither has a plan to fix the imbalances in the major trust funds.
Vice President Kamala Harris has put forward a campaign plan that, if implemented, could add $3.50 trillion to our national debt, sending it to 133 percent of GDP by the end of FY 2035. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has put forward a campaign plan that could add $7.50 trillion to the debt, sending it to 142 percent of GDP by the end of 2035.
While it’s plausible that the Harris plan could be roughly budget neutral, it is also plausible that her plan could add $8.10 trillion to the debt. The Trump plan could add $1.45 trillion to the debt but could also add as much as $15.15 trillion.
Even in the best case scenario, neither candidate’s plan would be sufficient to put debt on a downward path and point America toward a more secure and sustainable fiscal future. Simply not adding more to the debt is no longer sufficient. Going forward, policymakers should make significant deficit reduction a major focus and priority, especially the Commander in Chief.
https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/holding-vs-hoarding
I read that the treasury is having a hard time selling the bonds. I’m not sure sure a long term investment in our government is a good idea considering we are swimming in debt.
https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/losers-games
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Dividends from hundreds of grand??? 🤣🤣First of all dividends on $200,000 is NOT enough to live on. It all sounds nice on paper; it’s easy to armchair judge another person’s situation only understanding it from your own experiences, financial class, and theoretical understanding of how things “should” work. You have to have money to build money - period. We won’t have enough equity from this house left over to do much of anything with it after we buy a new place to live rent free. So yay no mortgage, but the pension/retirement will barely be enough to cover the real estate taxes on the new home along with medical and cost of living. We will get buy, yes, paycheck to paycheck as we always have. Ugh. That’s NO American dream. We will NEVER get ahead, and won’t be able to afford to enjoy life like we dreamt of when younger. No travel at all. Not in today’s world and economy. All that hard work all these years to build something and it is not there. Sure if you own a million dollar home you might be able to see it the way you do. I’m sick of people being so out of touch with the true lower class. You just don’t get it.
Juju, I found myself complaining to my Father one day (among many, to my shame) that I was tired of living hand-to-mouth. I don’t claim to hear Him speaking to me often, but I heard Him that time tell me, that it was from His hand to my mouth. Humbling to say the least. We don’t have the same hardships as you, but I do understand and will keep you in prayer.
Not to mention you don’t get to walk away with the $300,000 sale. After realtor fees, selling fees, and the tax on the capital gains you’d be lucky to have $200,000 left. If that.
We sold our last house by owner to avoid the realtor fees but we were on a major busy corner making it possible. We had a lot of traffic because of our visibility. Now we are tucked into a back culdesac behind winding roads. Nobody would see our signs and realtors around here are really nasty and control traffic away from you. Some still see there is money to be made but most don’t. They see you as a middle finger to their livelihood and work against you. When we sold our last home sooooo many buyers told us that realtors had warned them against our home as if it were a bad egg. Many felt we must be hiding something from them because our home was beautiful, prettier than a model home, and the nicest in our neighborhood, but wasn’t selling. There was nothing wrong with it - just the nastiness of realtors spreading false information about it and us. It took a long time to sell because of their interference. It would be 20x harder this time around given our location. We will need to use a realtor.
Juju,
You can do a FSBO and advertise on realtor.com for a small fee. There are an other real estate websites. Most people looking to buy a home don’t solely rely on a realtor, they go on realtor.com too.
Geez, how long would that money last? Forgot to calculate that in.
Holy checking account, Batman. 🤣🙂↕️🤯
It feels too good to be true, but one can dream. For me, something this monumental feels like the Berlin wall going down.
Get the popcorn ready and watch leftie and normie heads explode! Good times. 😄😉
Too bad they don't stay exploded.
Oh indeed, Annie. Indeed.
But but but how will we pay for our roads?! 🥴 🤡
I just listened to a podcast with Judy Shelton on Palisades Gold Radio. She explained in part how you could get there if we revalue the Gold price and clean our balance sheet. BTW, she is probably our next Federal Reserve Chair. And if Trump ends the income tax and impose tariffs on imports….vuala, we are on our way for a more prosperous world. It will be definitely a “Year of Jubilee “ Amen.
I just received a 10% raise yesterday and was blown out of the water by my employer's generosity and then I read this! My imagination is running away with all the ways it would improve my circumstances. I was already a Trump fan but this is on another level.
Kudos to you GG!!!🙏🏻
Trump floated the no income tax thing in June 2024, so where are the details?
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/trump-all-tariff-policy-to-replace-income-tax.html
Perhaps he will reveal them on Rogan. But if he has no details, beware, this is just part of the Bread and Circus vote pandering.
The details have to include how you pay down the massive debt that has accumulated - a lot of which has his name on it.
I am no fan of the income tax nor the IRS. But he had 4 years as President to bring some fiscal sanity to the US and didn't. He continued the unconstitutional process of running the country by "Continuing Resolutions". The last presidential candidate that tried to educate the public on the err of our spending ways was Perot. At that time the national debt was $4 Trillion.
This can help understand just how much tariffs can pay for practically everything
https://x.com/patrickbetdavid/status/1849163345611382898
There is no miracle cure Juju. Tariffs, if applied, will be paid for by you, just like your income taxes because they will be baked into the prices of goods purchased. They are part of "cost of goods sold". Two can play at the tariff war and other nations can slap tariffs on our goods which could be the end of what little is left of our manufacturing base.
Anyone who is serious about Making America Great Again, should be focused on returning the Federal Govt to performing only the duties outlined in the constitution. This will significantly reduce spending and the need for taxes and/or tariffs. Everything is currently intertwined, so it will need to be done carefully over time to minimize disruption.
I haven't read all of the comments so I don't know if this has been addressed, but the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows for an income tax. Trump can procedurally change our taxing methods but unless this amendment is cancelled (like the alcohol one) the Democrats will reinstate the income tax immediately upon regaining control. I like Trump's ideas but am just trying to look down the road.
People liked but were disappointed in his initial tax statements (no tax on tips, but they were salary….no tax is SS, but they were still working)….I am happy that I was correct in those being baby steps towards this goal and VERY happy that I was wrong on the hopeful timeline…I figured 10+ years out to even bring it up seriously, but this is amazing and needed. Tariffs will prioritize US manufacturers and goods…and the way the government will have to shrink to run off of tariffs would be AMAZING!
can you send the link for Joe Rogan, Dave. I can't seem to locate it on rumble.
I think his podcast is on Spotify. Here is his YouTube channel link.
https://www.youtube.com/@joerogan
When is the podcast on? Let’s break the internet! 😂
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I'm thinking the timing of this October Surprise is SO THAT it can be discussed on Rogan.
*waiting patiently*
What is supposed to happen with Joe Rogan?!?!?! Please shear link
Here's what I found out - Trump did a taped interview with Rogan while he was in Austin TX. It lasted THREE HOURS. Then Trump flew to Traverse City MI for a rally. It started late, about 9:30 Central.
I am told Rogan posted his interview very quickly on his media sites. YouTube is where I will watch it. Trump said it was the longest interview he has ever done.
Ya but what was the big bomb he shared.
Joe Rogan is interviewing Trump today on his podcast.
Yea but my point was whats the big news? not the interview
The 80,000 IRS agents will be sobbing too.
put them at the Border(s)
Yep. Their union endorsed Harris.
Yep otherwise their out of a job! 😆
That would be almost the best thing about getting rid of the income tax!! Getting rid of the IRS! Having no tax would be wonderful but no longer having the world’s most powerful collection agency as Dave Ramsey puts it, breathing down your neck ready to pounce on any mistake or misunderstanding or be used as a political weapon against people those in power don’t like—well, that would be simply amazing!!
They can rest assured that every State, County, City, and district will rush to taxes and fees to fill in the gap...the government abhors a funding vacuum
Probably....our property taxes plus city taxes and county taxes keep going up....driving me insane! I don't want to own property or buy anything anymore! 😞
Our taxes and insurance are now more than half our mortgage payment. With a 15y note. Sigh.
Cannot "like" this. Sigh indeed.
Yes, I thought that as I was typing 😞
And they abhor money they can’t get their hands on.
God be gracious to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.
That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will judge the peoples with uprightness
And lead the nations on the earth. Selah.
Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
The earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, blesses us.
God blesses us,
That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
— Psalm 67:1-7 LSB
There is more wisdom in Psalms than one could ever absorb. Here is a Psalm that speaks of God's grace, His multitude of blessings and the joy of the people. Perfect for congregations to recite together in worship. And the capstone sentence is "God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him."
It is striking to me that many times I have had other Christians tell me that we are not suppose to fear God. I just can't.........
A read through the Law and the Prophets should paint a portrait of the fearsome, holy God who absolutely does not tolerate sin, and that it is only through Jesus’ sacrifice that He should deign to see us through mercy’s lens.
Janice, you are a REAL blessing to the C&C family, thank you for your posts!!
Thank you Janice; you are wise and faith-filled. I appreciate you!
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom....... and the fear of the lord is to hate evil... tell them to read their Bibles.
Exactly! ALL true followers of Christ Jesus fear the Lord. Anyone who doesn't fear the Lord is not born again. Many of them will one day say, "Lord, Lord, but...".
Jesus will tell them to scram because he doesn't know them personally. I'm convinced that most "Christians" don't even know Jesus.
By the way...the term "Christian" is only used three times in the Bible (New Testament), and never by followers of Jesus. It was a moniker given to followers of THE WAY by non-believers. Apostle Paul didn't use it. None of the disciples used it. So I don't use it to describe myself.
I am a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, who has shown us THE WAY unto salvation and eternal life with him in Heaven.
“It is striking to me that many times I have had other Christians tell me that we are not suppose to fear God. I just can't.........”
I feel the same way.
The word fear is sometimes translated reverence.
In Deuteronomy 6:13 “Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name”, the Hebrew word for “fear” is Strong’s 3372, תִּירָ֖א (tî·rā), meaning “to fear” or “to revere” 😊 or “to cause to frighten”. Many times when angels appeared to men, these men became “sore afraid” and the angels said “fear not”. I think that the angels knew that this “fear” was reserved for the LORD God alone. Imagine the glory and majesty of the LORD compared to and contrasted with angels!!
Fear means hold in awe. Not to be afraid. Hold in reverence
I suspect that if I beheld the glory of the Lord with my natural eyes that, not only would I be filled with awe, but also I’d be physically afraid, more afraid than I’ve ever been before in the whole of my life.
He hid Moses in the cleft of the rock so that he wouldn’t die when He passed by. That’s SOME glory.
Most probably some of that but only for a second 😉
I'm pretty sure those Christians would feel fear if God appeared right before them. I also believe it is not the same kind of fear one feels when someone means them harm. It's a fear more related to awe. Our One God who created this entire universe, who is all powerful, all knowing, all seeing, all supreme love, Perfect beyond what we humble humans can grasp - is simply so mindblowing that an awesome fear arises in us before Him.
A go to for me that always brings peace. Thanks as always Janice!
Thank you Janice for all your posts. Each verse from Scripture that you share is inspiring. As you and many others have said, Our only hope is returning to the worship of God through Jesus Christ, His Son. our Messiah. Each of us must examine our own hearts and be absolutely certain that our relationship with our Creator is on a Biblical footing. Prayers of the Believers are the answer to the problems of the world.
I suspect that you and I, and others in this comment section, would enjoy sitting down over a meal, or even a cup of tea, and discussing the Bible and what our relationship with Jesus has done for us especially how that relationship has given our lives new meaning.
Sounds wonderful!
In South Carolina there are several penny sales tax issues on ballots. Instead of a penny tax increase I suggest local governments tax media outlets for every big pharma commercial they run. It would bring in much more money!
Agree 💯. I can't stand the commercials. Everyone looks insipid and clueless in the ads. I guess you have to be to take big harma's poison pills and shots.
I think all the people in the commercials are leftist, DIE types; very sickly post jabs.
Huh. I don't watch any TV so I can't resonate. But if I did, I would! I quit watching TV in any form YEARS ago. I don't even remember when it's been so long.
I think it is just the US and New Zealand that allow direct adversing from the pharmaceutical companies. The rest of the world is sane in this regard.
That's a great idea: $1MM per second.
Oh man what a GREAT idea!
In SC, too. Highly recommend your suggestion!
Any store that does that, we don't shop there anymore. Unless we are traveling and there is nothing else at all. But that's only happened maybe one time so I never hear vaccine announcements while shopping. It's a way to fight back. But I realize some people live in areas with few options.
We literally have one grocery store. A Safeway. The next is 35miles away. Every time they run their vaccine ads I cough “bullshit” 😵
None of our grocery stores in SC run them. Weird.
Yes, I want to scream!
Much wow on the Trump Economic plan.
Charging tariffs on imported goods to encourage domestic manufacturing... to pay for ending the income tax. Game changing!
Agree. One of my concerns however is that much of even the Made in America crowd still has to outsource way too many components to actually manufacture anything. That being said, if we could bring back those outsourced products=jobs, wow, that would be awesome!
Repel minimum wage and get teenagers working again! Then we can bring back manufacturing (pieces of it require so little skill, great for teens….and then real pay for the jobs that require more work/thought/expertise/skill)
Entry level jobs build skills, confidence, resumes. All good!
This is a good point. It will take time to get all of that back. We’ve lost some expertise and experience in certain sectors of manufacturing and it won’t come back overnight.
True, it will take years to train a new generation of workers/
Maybe less, if efforts are targeted in that direction, but it will take a while 😕
Maybe offer Made-in-America companies a break for those components not available in the US.
I agree wholeheartedly! Trump could do the whole Revitalization of America thing with pipelines, rebuilding infrastructure, roads and bridges. Bring back manufacturing and as stated, put teenagers back to work at a starter rate, at jobs not intended for a lifetime career. If we do in fact have LNG/Crude, lithium and silica within our borders, we need to put America first and rebuild this experiment in self governance and liberty!
I truly believe Trump can bring this country back from the brink and together we can restore peace around the globe!
Without some sort of incentive or trying to "level the playing field" it won't happen by itself.
I want to purchase American Giant's flannel shirt for my husband and my father-in-law. LOOK AT THE PRICE! All grown, hand-spun, and made in the US. https://www.american-giant.com/products/mens-vintage-flannel-dress-navy-plaid
I don't blame them for the pricepoint.
You can listen to the head of the company on Mike Rowe's podcast, "The Way I Heard It". They do it right. But few appreciate that. {Although these flannel are sold out!}
But isn't that the problem then? It's all well and good to pay for high quality, made in America goods if you can afford it, but a lot of us can't afford that. It seems to me that eliminating cheaper options isn't a great idea.
Of course, I'm a libertarian anarchist so I don't see why we need to replace the income tax with any other tax. No need to fund the government (or anything else for that matter) by force. Any services people want, people are willing to voluntarily pay for. If you have to steal to fund it, then that means people don't really want it.
Allow free and open trade and don't tax anyone.
Well, it's a rip off the band-aid option (yours) or a step in a better direction (supply/demand and/or similar prices to allow the too-expensive to drop... Mine)
Which has a better chance happening in the short term to aim for a better long term?
It truly would be! I remember 20 years ago I was HUGE fan of the Fair Tax, and it went no where. It was all based on ending income tax and using sales tax. I LOVE it. It greatly benefits people like me (savers). It gives us more power over how much money we give the government, which I suspect is why they hate it so much.
I have also been an advocate of a national sales tax but ONLY if the federal income tax is completely eliminated. Completely. Otherwise we’ll just add one more tax to our overly burdensome load.
I don’t know why more people aren’t for a national sales tax - it’s super fair, because rich people buy more things and more expensive things. You can’t shelter yourself from a sales tax, like the rich can do now. And also, visitors to our country pay, illegals will pay. Plus, there’s SO much less process to manage than an income tax.
No. We don't need no stinkin' national sales tax. I don't subscribe to any idea that is not part of the original United States of America Constitution. What did it say about funding the national government? You want Limited Government? Trump's Plan, basically, is to go back to the Constitution. In this sense, alone, Trump is a true Conservative. We have gotten used to our Federal Government so much that we can't even imagine it having to survive on tariffs and such. This is one of our main problems. Vivek was right-on. We don't need a Dept. of Education. We really do not need the FBI or the CIA. Think about this. How much money would be saved from eliminating these things? And it is just a good start.
$68 billion savings right off the bat if we eliminate Dept of Education. They can “learn to code”…although now that coding is being taken over by AI, maybe they should go work in fast food instead? 🤷🏼♀️. “The United States Department of Education (ED) has a budget of $68 billion and 4,400 employees. The ED's budget is the THIRD largest among the 15 Cabinet agencies, behind only the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services.”
They can learn to work! And flipping burgers would be apropos for them since they lack in real world skills.
After all, learning to read and write, adding and subtracting, and the multiplication tables, a young person can take their education from there. Look at some of the people who did in our history! And if they find that they want to "specialize" in something there would be schools for that. And don't forget apprenticeships!
Only deep state termites hate this. Normal humans with half a brain would support it
Yep - me too!
Not to mention saving money from getting rid of the IRS and its giant budget!
No one needs all that cheap crap from China that they're flogging at the Dollar Store
Well that's what the Founders did. They specifically funded the federal government with tariffs, and a few other minor things. The Income Tax of 1913 was passed hand-in-glove with the Federal Reserve Act. Did you know that?
And don't forget how much Peter Navarro, Trump's economic advisor, likes tariffs too. I hated them when I tried to follow the ideals of efficient, free-markets. But strategic tariffs should help make American commerce great again.
"But ever since that first introductory paper, as the years have gone by, Johanna’s team has never again published their findings. When the Times asked her why not, Johanna explained, “I do not want our work to be weaponized.” She expanded on that, adding she was worried her study’s results could be used in court to argue that “we shouldn’t use blockers because it doesn’t impact” transgender adolescents."
Follow the science they say, but no....NOT THIS science...this science is a little...meh.
A big F-U to these people. Ruining children and eventually adults and they're too greedy and proud to not say they were freaking wrong.
And we don’t need to see it now because the results of her testing is right there in her own words “she was worried her study’s results could be used in court to argue that “we shouldn’t use blockers because it doesn’t impact” transgender adolescents."
…they just do irreparable harm to children. 😡
But they can’t do a true blind study on vaccines, saline vs the actual vaccine, because it would be dangerous to let the participants in trial group to be unvaccinated. 🙄🙄🙄 But puberty blockers…that’s fine.
Such an unappreciated point.
Right? 🙄
Johanna and her evil ilk have a lot to answer for. Satan will call in her ticket soon and give her reward. Not good. Evil people.
Hell is creating a newer, hotter room for these freaks. They cannot make it hot enough, imho.
And yet, Johanna is also, just like the rest of us, created in the image and likeness of God, Creator and sovereign of the universe. A God who loves her beyond measure. My hope is to someday meet her in heaven. As St. Neri said, I prefer paradise.... not just for me, but for all. God's mercy extends to every repentant and contrite heart. I do not know Johanna's heart, but since she is still alive on this earth, she is still a work in progress (like me), and I want her to progress in the fullness of time all the way to heaven.
oh I pray you are right
Satan is like "I have nowhere to put these really evil people"
Couldn't agree with you more. They make me physically sick. I hate what they have done to these children. If they think it's so great then let's get the scalpel out for them and see how they like it. Something is deeply profoundly wrong with these parents.
The Bible is pretty clear on harming children! If we don’t see justice here on earth, it will be when they face our Lord and Saviour.
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
Matthew 18:6
Yes I was horrified reading about “micro penis” etc. I had no idea. These so called medical experts are pure EVIL
In the most basic of terms, they couldn't admit the truth about the hormone drugs because then they wouldn't get their way. Such a childish way of thinking yet parents are trusting them to guide what happens with their children? That is not parenting at all.
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Happy Friday! Last night's Vegas Trump Rally was incredible to watch.
And today we have Joe Rogan's podcast. Trump is like the Energizer Bunny! :D
Yes I realized that too during his years as president. I’ve never seen anyone on politics work so hard. He’s a business man and has an amazing work ethic.
I hear that Kamalalamadingdong is doing a Texas rally today, to try and shame them for outlawing abortion or something. I was gobsmacked to hear that one of her celebrity headliners will be Willie Nelson. I know he's quite old now, so maybe he's got dementia? Willie for Kackala??? Make it make sense!
Willie smokes a lot of weed.
I literally laughed out loud at your name off the opposition! Too, too funny! 🤣
Powered by God!
I might get a Spotify membership just to hear this interview! (It’s Spotify for Rogan, right?)
You can find them on almost ANY (free) podcast platform.
I use Podcast Republic, but there are tons of them...FREE.
Great, thanks for that! (Tucker's subscription stuff, too?)
Yup!
They may be a day delayed, but they show up pretty quickly. As soon as I heard the Rogan interview dropped, it was on my app.
I went to his website and to listen to his podcasts, it took me to spotify where it said to sign up for a free account. I think I'll wait till we start seeing the highlights coming in on X.
See it here, screaming into the void substack https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/trump-breaks-internet-with-rogan
Do you know what time the Rogan podcast is on today?
It's being recorded today. No broadcast date has been announced though.
That's disappointing. Hopefully very soon!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/president-trump-will-sit-down-podcaster-joe-rogan/
Thought he was going to publish asap (like maybe today even?)….not sure I heard that from a reliable source though, but one can hope
I don't know when but here's his link. https://www.youtube.com/@joerogan
Keep praying more than ever!!!
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/1ti.2.1-2.KJV
Peachy Keenan is starting a novena today at noon to pray for victory! All are welcome to participate. https://open.substack.com/pub/peachykeenan/p/a-novena-prayer-for-victory?r=rq5sl&utm_medium=ios
Amen!
As a Canucklehead, the dis on my country stings a bit. We were a contender. Natural resources up the wazoo. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, oll & gas, hydroelectric, nuclear power, aerospace and more. Our water resources have been coveted by China for ages. We could have built a powerful trade-oriented economy if successive crappy governments had not interfered and made us an international laughingstock. Jesus wept.
Jesus wept... and then raised Lazarus from the dead, so hang in there.
He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
I pray for the same treatment from our Savior.
Yep, the woke govt is busy replacing the White population in Canada, particularly by dumping much of India anywhere they can stuff more people. Indians are scooping up generous freebies that are denied to normal people. And they'll never be Canadians.
Why can't they make their own country not a total shit hole?
I pretty much ask that of every country that floods us with illegals - Mexico, Venezuela, Haiti, etc. - GO BACK THERE AND FIX YOUR PROBLEMS!
Good gives us the government we deserve
Should read God
Praying harder than ever as we enter final liftoff of this tumultuous period ...."fasten your seat belts....it's going to be a bumpy ride". God Speed President Trump.🙏🏼
“In other words, we could rescue the dollar. We only need to give up the ‘dirty tricks’ tool we use to force other countries to make their kids sit through drag queen happy hours. But Biden’s neocons won’t try that simple remedy, will they? They’ll let the dollar be destroyed before they give up their economic wonder weapon.”
This was only the first quote that I wanted to restate. Great article!!
And who in their right mind would ever trust the clown world again. They will continue to do business with clown world but never will trust the clowns 🤡 again.
Neither Us….
I expect much Much MUCH better things from you — and from myself — than trusting anything associated with 🤡 clown world, Annie. 😊
keep in mind that the dirty tricks are what has allowed americans to live way above our productivity levels while the army and swift make everyone else pay for our good times.
These “dirty tricks” allowed prosperity in the USA at the expense of other economies. If the USA has been a kind and patient and gracious neighbor — instead of a global hegemon, intent on maintaining its hyperpower status at all costs — perhaps there would have been cooperative and slow growth across the entire economic spectrum. The big trouble is that the powers that be — namely, the evil psychopaths at the top of the global political-economic-ecclesiastical power hierarchy — are feverishly working to make the people miserable instead of virtuous and joyful.
what I find particularly ironic are the cries: we were good virtuous citizens who did no wrong. nope, you were the sleepers o so happy to ignore the obvious signs that the 3rd world was paying for your american dream. turned nightmare.
To my shame, it took the Covid scam and the deadly mRNA injections to fully wake me up to what the USA has become. I spent YEARS being asleep, essentially a zombie.
Sometimes shame is healthy.
What ought I do now, I wonder (as I allow my mind to wander)? Endure being awake until the end of my days.
rejoice in being awake, and find the place where you can take healthy action toward the world we desire. and now and again poke other sleepers. not much profit in that, but every now and then sometimes works . . .
ps: has always been. ck out https://thehighwire.com/watch/
October surprise - they’re eating the fries, they’re eating the Big Macs. The MAHA/MAGA dream team cabinet with DOGE and no taxes would lead us into a new golden age: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/make-america-healthy-again-cabinet-recipe
Tariffs vs. Income Tax? I would happily pay a premium for a “Made In America” product. I would pay a sales tax for a “Made in America” product. No “Made in the CCP” products in America. Sorry Walmart.
No income tax? Among it's many benefits, wouldn't it also be a great way to take a huge set of pruning sheers to the leviathon of the fed government, remove all the bloat of evil which attempts to undermine our Constitutional Republic. No money, Department X, Y, and Z have got to go. Refocus the Fed government back to its clearly limited enumerated rights in the Constitution.
Exactly! Musk fired a huge chunk of the Twitter staff when he bought it. And it's running stronger and leaner now. Image that happening to the bloated US Government!
No more armed IRS agents...
"Refocus the Fed government back to its clearly limited enumerated rights in the Constitution."
Amen. I subscribe to get the table of contents of the Federal Register in my email every business day. Pick any daily issue at random and check out the list of agencies posting notices. https://www.federalregister.gov/
Today for example, these inscrutable federal agencies are represented:
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Industry and Security Bureau (Commerce Dept)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (Interior Dept)
Ocean Energy Management Bureau
Railroad Retirement Board
KBB, it has un-constitutionally taken control of every aspect of life... we might as well be living under a dictatorial regime... oh wait, we are.
I am utterly convinced that Trump is at least partially God's answer to our prayers. The rest of it is, on us, to humble ourselves to Him as the most important choice we can make in life.
BINGO DAN!
Agree. And maybe we would become wiser consumers, willing to pay more for things that are well made and not cheap, inferior throw-away stuff that has built in obsolescence to be sure we remain voracious consumers.
I have been for years. If I can’t pay more for something made in America, do I really need it? Shop local!
Sounds pretty “green” too by not filling the ocean with trash. That should please the pink hairs. 😍
I still have my Made in America hot air popper from 1983. It still makes the best popcorn!
Unfortunately, "Tariffs vs. Income Tax?" misses the point. The Federal government gets most of its money via inflating the number of dollars in circulation (which we pay through another tax called 'price inflation'). End the Federal Reserve and we end this problem.
Jeff C commented yesterday that perhaps we should join BRICS? It certainly deserves serious consideration if it will end the destructive "FED".
I imagine how our situation would be different if:
Congress reclaimed its authority to coin money and determine its value, if the fed bank returned the interest to the treasury, which was the agreement and why they have a 501c tax free status, and if America calculates what our true debt is, after claiming all the lost income from the money barons, our debt would be minimal, but that’s an estimation. We wouldn’t need any Taxation!
The tariffs would make the foreign goods more expensive, not American-made products.
And therefore American made products more price competitive in the greatest market in the world.
Still, we must be careful that we don't select Made in America where the product is inferior. Superior product at superior price drives the engine of innovation which was always at the heart of the success of America.
Yes. Certainly.
Our 30 year old Maytag dryer died a few nights ago. Not worth having a service guy out. Going to buy a new one today but I hear the quality is so bad these days one has to buy an extended warranty. Perhaps if they were made to the old standards with American parts and workmanship…. A girl can dream, right?
Still might make sense to have the old one repaired by an independent local appliance technician. Ours brought our older clothes dryer back to life for a minimally-priced service call.
(I'm still using a wonderful old GE refrigerator my parents bought in 1987 -- that has never needed service despite moving households twice.)
Parts are a problem now. Sad to let it go.
I hope you consider Speed Queens. I love the deep fill option. It's a workhorse
Thank you!
I’m not against products or parts made in China or Mexico, etc. I am against the insane incentives, subsidies, and regulations that drive those producers overseas. Yesterday I bought butter made in New Zealand! And it was cheaper(and probably healthier) than US made product on the shelf next to it. Make it make sense!
I saw MABA the other day. Make American Badass Again. It’s become very organic.
I am excited, but also VERY sad thinking about the whole thing.
Between the covid scam, the cheating in 2020, the false accusations, the courts not hearing a dang thing about the vote, but agreeing to haul him in for every bogus case, Trump being in the crosshairs twice so far, and a slew of other things, I just can not see him getting back into office.
Even if everything goes 100% perfect, I do not think they will allow him back in to mess up their plan. I am sure they will off him and it will be released as a tragic accident. A car crash. A plane malfunction. A nuke to Florida. Anything to stop a Trump win.
I am hope I am wrong, but I've thought this since he first got in. I said it will never happen again. I really hope I am wrong.
I'm pessimistic, too. I hope we're both wrong.
I prefer to be called a realist...
Don't let them put you in the pessimist box. ;)
I really like your cabinet choices Yuri, except for one: Tulsi as SecState. Rationale?
She recently switched parties. I'm guessing that was intentional to set her up for a prominent position within the administration.
I just dont think she has the qualifications to be in such a critical role as Sec of State. But perhaps Yuri knows something I don't?
State needs to be completely gutted and rebuilt from the ground up.
She has the most important qualification needed, IMO: she is pro-peace.
It's going to be really tricky, filling cabinet posts with people who can work the system and still upset it. I wouldn't be surprised if many position go unfilled until the DOGE is turning our recommendations.
It will also be really tricking finding people who are currently raging against the machine and will continue to do once they are in charge of the machine. Power corrupts. Maybe a way around that is to limit terms to 2 years. I know, then continuity is a problem - but probably not as bad as it is now (too much continuity).
Took the words out of my mouth. Pro peace is the most important qualification
Weeding out the evil which is weaved in and throughout State is the most important qualification. State is the most radical band of progressive liberal ideologists in government. State is absolutely necessary, but not in it's current state. State is as deep state as it gets. They forever work on the premise that their ideology and efforts supersedes whomever is currently in the Presidency.
Tulsi's big negative was her anti-gun stance. Her stance has been to strip us of our 2nd amendment rights.
Maybe she's evolved since leaving the Dems?
She doesn't.
She is been there and understands the evils of war, second who is more qualified than someone that has deserted their demonrats for the very same reasons.
So, perhaps, she has enough knowledge of war to work well in the DOD? Not Sec DOD but perhaps Sec Army?
Sorry Carlos, abandoning the "demonrats" does not qualify one to be able to run such a critical entity as State. But it does show that she has matured from her demonrat ways. I'm proud of her for that.
Thank you for recognizing Premier Danielle Smith’s stand against Federal Government over-reach, and her fight to protect free speech in Alberta. Canada needs more Premiers like her!!!
As an Albertan, I thank you for posting that link. While Danielle is the closest thing Canada has to DeSantis, she has a LONG way to go. Alberta Health Services and the College of Physicians and Surgeons need a complete overhaul. So perhaps this is a start.
Praying that righteousness will prevail
Amen. 🙏
Good always triumphs over evil.
The "government" simply cannot function in its current state without continuing to keep the population locked down in their imposed bogus financial slavery model. They need this money to subsidize their sick obsession with child trafficking and after hours mutant sex orgies....among other horrific things. The disintergration of some well known agencies would be palpable.
You’re right. The dam is about to collapse.
Happy Friday! God is with us! ❤️😇
Yes, ultimately. But in God's time, not ours. So, we may not see His companionship at times. I prefer this saying, instead of "God is with us": 'Everything that happens to us comes from God'. This sets the time in every moment.