Daily News Roundup

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PRESIDENTS’ DAY

Whitney: Should We Celebrate Presidents’ Day, or Washington’s Birthday?

People ask why a few of us presidential junkies would like to see Presidents’ Day changed back to Washington’s Birthday. The technical explanation has to do with a misguided law called HR 15951 that was passed in 1968 to make federal holidays less complicated. The real answer is simply this: George Washington is our greatest president, and too few American children know why. George Washington earned the respect even of his former enemy, King George III, by doing something exceedingly rare in history: When he had the chance to increase personal power, he decreased it — not once, not twice, but repeatedly. During the American Revolution, Washington put service before self. His personal example was his greatest gift to the nation. It has often been said that the “Father of our country” was less eloquent than Jefferson; less educated than Madison; less experienced than Franklin; less talented than Hamilton. Yet all these leaders looked to Washington to lead them because they trusted him with power. He didn’t need power.

Powell: On Presidents’ Day, Washington and Lincoln Speak to Us from Their Graves

With the shock and awakening of Americans that the freedoms, rights, and opportunities they had taken for granted for generations have been brazenly stripped away in the last few years, primarily by the federal government and its administrative state, President’s Day 2024 takes on particular significance. It is unique among American holidays in that two of America’s greatest presidents — George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — speak to us from their graves. […] In both Washington and Lincoln, we are confronted with flawed men who made mistakes, but whose remarkable qualities of character were so formidable that they became part of the essence of what we call “American exceptionalism.” Both presidents readily admitted that it was not their own abilities that made the difference but rather their faith, trust and reliance on God that gave them their strength and opened the way for ultimate success. What is particularly striking for people today is that both Washington and Lincoln agreed that America’s greatest threat to national survival would not come from military invasion from a foreign power. Rather America’s downfall would come from within.

Read more at American Thinker.

NOTABLE QUOTES

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput: “Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.”

Miranda Devine columnist for New York Post: Dems keep flipping the script. It’s always Opposite Day for them: Whatever they say, the opposite is the truth. Up is down and black is white. And because Democrats control most of the media, they get to make the truth whatever they want it to be. So, after three years living in President Biden’s fantasy world, we finally have fallen through the looking glass with Alice in Wonderland, where nothing is what it is because everything is what it isn’t.

Matt Coch investigative journalist posted on X: So now it’s coming out that the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago because they wanted a Binder that showed the CIA and Five Eyes were behind the Russian Collusion Hoax to frame President Trump. We live in a FN Banana Republic.

Scott S. Powell contributor to American Thinker: If Washington and Lincoln could somehow be resurrected and transported into the present, neither would recognize what America has become. Their first reaction would likely be to cheer on the efforts of American citizens to push back against government tyranny and reclaim their rights, enshrined in the Constitution.

Former Trump AG Bill Barr: “Voting for Trump is playing Russian roulette with the country. Voting for Biden is outright national suicide”

Marc Morano founder Climate Depot: Biden Western Solar Plan will sacrifice 22 million public land acres to fight climate change.

Anthony J. DeBlasi contributor to American Thinker: You are in the “wrong minority” if you: Obey the Ten Commandments. Disobey the Political Commandments. Believe that democracy doesn’t work in a moral-free society. Believe that science must not collude with politics. Believe that natural law holds priority over human law

Wayne Allyn Root contributor to Gateway Pundit: It’s time to make New York City the next Bud Light.

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY

VDH: Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium

. . . the weirdest element of the Biden labyrinth of illegality is that both Hunter and his attorneys footnote their writs and statements with the inexplicable notion that the laptop is not necessarily Hunter’s own—but then again, it could be. In other words, they are not presenting evidence to show that either the photographs, texts, or emails are concocted, even while they are suing various parties for defamatory dissipation of the sort of true, sort of false contents. Translated: The surreal truth is that Hunter is very mad that what he did illegally in part is evidenced on his own laptop, and he wants that information either suppressed or disowned, but without perjuring himself by stating the material on his laptop is not his own—because of course it is his. The same alternate universe surrounds Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. To prove that the Biden administration’s appointed special counsel was unprofessional and in error by referencing proof of Biden’s dementia, Biden gave a sudden and unusual press conference. But almost immediately, he lost his temper. Biden lied numerous times in contradicting the evidence of the special counsel’s report, falsely claiming . . .

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP & HIS FORMER TRUMP EMPLOYEES, SUPPORTERS & WH STAFF

Sundance: New York Governor Admits State Legal Targeting Was Only at Donald Trump

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has admitted the lawfare deployed against the Trump organization and President Donald Trump himself was a specific plan for his targeting and any other business interests or people within New York should not be concerned.

Whedon: Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in civil fraud case

Judge Arthur Engoron ordered former President Donald Trump to pay roughly $355 million as part of a civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. James had alleged that Trump manipulated the value of his assets to secure favorable loan terms and lower insurance premiums. She had sought $370 million in penalties. Engoron’s order further imposed $4 million fines on Trump’s two eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, CNN reported. Trump is expected to appeal the ruling and seek a stay in its enforcement throughout the process.

TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE DOOM MYTH: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE POWER & CONTROL

Climate Depot: Watch: Morano on Canadian’s Rebel TV on how Net-Zero ideology & big government-corporate collusion are rationing our lives: ‘It’s happening in transportation, it’s happening in food, and of course, it’s happening in energy.’

The Dutch farmers’ protests made for an anti-net-zero success story— but there’s more to be done Marc Morano explained that the purpose of net-zero ideology is to create big government-corporate collusion: ‘It’s happening in transportation, it’s happening in food, and of course, it’s happening in energy.’ On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, guest host Sheila Gunn Reid spoke with Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com about the success of the farmers’ protest after the EU removed ‘green regulations’ that sparked civil unrest.

Marc told Sheila about the net-zero agenda, and what happened in the Netherlands when the government tried to force it on the people: . . .

Morano: NOT A SATIRE! Admiral ‘Rachel’ Levine: ‘Climate change is having a disproportionate effect on black communities’

Watch the 1:08 minute video: https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/02/16/not-a-satire-admiral-rachel-levine-climate-change-is-having-a-disproportionate-effect-on-black-communities/

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/NEW WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

Reader: Artificial intelligence is making critical health care decisions. The sheriff is MIA

Doctors are already using unregulated artificial intelligence tools such as note-taking virtual assistants and predictive software that helps them diagnose and treat diseases. Government has slow-walked regulation of the fast-moving technology because the funding and staffing challenges facing agencies like the Food and Drug Administration in writing and enforcing rules are so vast. It’s unlikely they will catch up any time soon. That means the AI rollout in health care is becoming a high-stakes experiment in whether the private sector can help transform medicine safely without government watching. “The cart is so far ahead of the horse, it’s like how do we rein it back in without careening over the ravine?” said John Ayers, associate professor at the University of California San Diego. Unlike medical devices or drugs, AI software changes. Rather than issuing a one-time approval, FDA wants to monitor artificial intelligence products over time, something it’s never done proactively. President Joe Biden in October promised a coordinated and fast response from his agencies to ensure AI safety and efficacy. But regulators like the FDA don’t have the resources they need to preside over technology that, by definition, is constantly changing.

Wright: Georgetown student, 19, who died in tragic accident falls victim to ghoulish ‘obituary pirates’ who post memorials filled with LIES to rake in Google ad revenue – with LA writer who’s still ALIVE also targeted

A Georgetown student, 19, who died in a tragic accident has been exploited by a growing band of ‘obituary pirates’ who spread false information online for clicks. Matthew Sachman fell onto the subway tracks in New York City on New Year’s Eve and was killed by an oncoming train.

Within hours AI had written news articles about the incident and inaccurate obituaries for Sachman quickly spread online. Some details in the fake memorials, such as Sachman’s age and home state, were inaccurate. But others went as far as to claim he had been murdered, with one stating that he had been stabbed at a subway station in the Bronx. […] ‘Obituary pirating’ is where scammers use AI to compose obituaries for trending names and collect ad revenue from the clicks. Experts told the Times that content farming such articles would only generate around $100 a month from ad revenue and fake obituaries like Sachman’s only a penny or two. But if they do enough, this can quickly add up.

Wright: ‘Terrifying’ new Sora AI videos reveal how ANYONE will be able to create astonishingly realistic footage using text commands – amid fears technology threatens to wipe out industries like Hollywood and poses a grave threat to democracy

Terrifying’ new tool, Sora, is capable of producing hyper-realistic videos from text, prompting warnings from experts
Experts have warned the new artificial intelligence tool could wipe out entire industries such as film production and lead to a rise in deep fake videos
It comes ahead of the pivotal presidential election in the US and dozens of other elections around the world in 2024

THE CORRUPT & DANGEROUS U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

(Dept of Interior) Simonson: Biden Admin Cited ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ as Reason To Block Oil and Gas Leases

When the Biden administration stepped in last year to block seven oil and gas leases in Alaska, it said it was doing so in part to recognize the “Indigenous Knowledge” of the Native Americans who originally inhabited the land. The move was indicative of the administration’s embrace, in late 2022, of “Indigenous Knowledge”—that is, Native American folk wisdom—as part of their scientific assessments. so when Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced on Sept. 6 2023, that the entire United States Arctic Ocean was off limits to new oil and gas leasing, and canceled seven oil and gas leases issued by former president Donald Trump after a review, she cited “the best available science” and said the decision was also a “recognition of the Indigenous Knowledge of the original stewards of this area.” That announcement has prompted a scientific integrity complaint by Protect the Public’s Trust, a watchdog group. “Indigenous Knowledge,” the complaint says, privileges “subjective beliefs over and above evidence derived from the application of the scientific method.” […] Haaland’s remarks are the latest example of how “Indigenous Knowledge,” a pseudoscience which posits native people possess unique insights into the laws of the universe, has pervaded the federal government.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. MILITARY

Hoft: Pentagon Forces Army Reserve Troops in Midwest [to] Conduct Mock Exercise with Gov. Abbott’s “Drowning Migrants in the Rio Grande” and Texas Soldier Shooting Swimming Migrants Yelling “America First“ — A Violation of HATCH Act

A group of Midwest-based U.S. Army Reserve legal offices (LODs) engaged in a mandatory weekend drill was thrust into a contentious political scenario that has since drawn sharp criticism and allegations of federal law violations. Earlier this month, the remote exercise conducted over Microsoft Teams took an unexpected turn when LOD commanders were handed a last-minute politically biased scenario and ordered to use this scenario to engage with their Reserve legal officers (JAGs). High-ranking officials from the Pentagon issued the drill fact pattern and were reportedly monitoring the call. An individual familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity, shared this with The Gateway Pundit concerning this matter: . . .

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Stewart: Kremlin threatens to unleash Armageddon on the West if it loses in Ukraine: Moscow warns it will fire nuclear missiles on London, Washington, Berlin and Kyiv if Russia is forced to give up territory

The Kremlin today threatened to fire nuclear missiles on London, Washington, Berlin and Kyiv if Russia is forced to give up the Ukrainian territory it has invaded. Dmitry Medvedev – a close Putin ally who served as president from 2008 to 2012 – said if a military defeat led to a return to the 1991 frontiers, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Moscow would unleash Armageddon. ‘Attempts to return Russia to the borders of 1991 will lead to only one thing,’ he said. ‘Towards a global war with Western countries using the entire strategic arsenal of our state. In Kyiv, Berlin, London, Washington.’ Hypersonic nuclear missiles would also strike ‘all other beautiful historical places that have long been included in the flight targets of our nuclear triad’. He added: ‘Will we have the courage to do this if the disappearance of a thousand-year-old country, our great Motherland, is at stake, and the sacrifices made by the people of Russia over the centuries will be in vain? The answer is obvious.’

Fanell & Thayer: Lack of Credibility Places U.S. Deterrence Under Great Strain

American national security and the security of many of our allies depend upon the ability of the U.S. to deter aggression. Deterrence depends upon having robust military capabilities. These are the conventional and nuclear might of America’s military. Deterrence is also dependent upon political considerations like America’s credibility and willpower to meet aggression against American soil should deterrence fail or against the territory of our allies with whom the U.S. has an extended deterrent commitment, like Australia, Japan, and our NATO allies. Hence, deterrence is about military capabilities—they must be strong—but also political considerations. The U.S. must be credible and evince the willpower to follow through on the explicit and implicit threats to use military force, including nuclear weapons, to deter formidable conventional and nuclear powers like the People’s Republic of China (PRC). […] Viewed through the perspective of international politics, the mental incapacity of President Biden is deeply troubling because it has very clearly weakened U.S. deterrence—just ask the people of Afghanistan, Ukraine, or Israel. The president’s illness projects weakness, not strength, vacillation, not determination, and senescence rather than a crystalline strategic focus. He is not a voice of stability and strength but is an incarnation of confusion and uncertainty, compelling the world to ask who is in charge of the United States.

Berenhaus: Five U.S. Senators, in an attempt to help Gaza, provide recipe to make Gaza worse

In the February 18 Washington Post op-ed, “The U.S. should go it alone on humanitarian relief for Gaza,” five U.S. Senators (Jeff Merkley, Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Peter Welch) provide their view of humanitarian needs for Gazans: The role of the United States in this operation should be to get medical aid directly to hospitals by air and supplies of food, water and necessities to the shore. Humanitarian organizations must take over from there to distribute and utilize the supplies. In this intense conflict, the presence of U.S. troops or personnel on the ground inside Gaza would be an invitation to direct involvement in the conflict. We must not make that mistake. We should immediately launch “Operation Gaza Relief.” But what they have really done is provide a recipe for . . .

Read more at American Thinker.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

Devine: Biden and Dems’ total disconnect from reality: Whatever they say, trust the opposite is true

So, after three years living in President Biden’s fantasy world, we finally have fallen through the looking glass with Alice in Wonderland, where nothing is what it is because everything is what it isn’t. Herewith, some recent examples: 1. Russia: Vladimir Putin last week told a Russia-1 TV host that he prefers Biden to win the 2024 election over Donald Trump. Biden “is a more experienced, predictable person,” opined Vlad. “He is a politician of the old school.” Dems — and the body-snatched Drudge Report — immediately cried “psy-op.” Of course, when Putin said he preferred Trump over Hillary in 2016, they took the rotten Russki at his word and spent the next four years traducing Trump as a Russian agent. Not this time. What Putin really means is […] 2. Border invasion: It’s all the Republicans’ fault. Biden invited illegal migrants to “surge” the border even before he took office. He promised he wouldn’t deport anyone and dismantled Trump’s “cruel” border protection policies by executive order on Day One. The invasion was by design: “By the way, guess what, […] 3. Impeachment: US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) says Republicans have “cheapened impeachment.” Puh-leeze. Democrats were vowing to impeach Trump before he even entered the White House. They impeached […] 4. Fani Willis: Feminist hero. You go, girl! Fani is […] 5. Weekend at Bernie’s: Biden is . . . .

(An Iranian influence agent?) Solomon: State Department Inspector General probing suspension of Biden’s Iran envoy

The State Department’s Inspector General has opened an internal investigation into the steps leading up to and after the suspension of the Biden administration’s special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley. On January 23, the Inspector General’s office informed members of Congress about the probe in response to growing questions from U.S. lawmakers about Malley’s status and the reasons behind the Diplomatic Security Service’s decision to revoke his security clearance last April, according to correspondence seen by Semafor. Malley continued to perform some of the duties of the special envoy for nearly three months before the State Department officially placed him on unpaid leave in late June. […] Malley’s suspension is one of Washington’s great mysteries and is emerging as an election year issue. […] The Biden administration has been almost totally silent about Malley’s status since his departure last June.

Green: The DIE Road Leads to Gaza

What happens when generations of children are reared to view others as less than human, unworthy of basic human rights? It creates a dysfunctional society, which has lost any sense of morality. It’s a society in which rape, torture, kidnapping, and the wanton murder of innocents is met not with moral outrage, but with celebration. It’s a society incapable of coexisting with others, because its values have diverged from anything considered “civilized.” When such a society is created, it must either subdue others around it or be subdued itself. There can be no negotiated peace when one side of a conflict refuses to acknowledge the inherent humanity of the other side. There can be only a winner, a loser, or perpetual conflict. The Palestinians are the sad story of an entire people condemned to lifetimes of violence and misery because they accepted the sentence of “victimhood.” […] We’re making the same trade for America. In the last century, we made great strides in resolving our racial tensions. Tragically, we seem to have reached a summit with the civil rights movement. We peaked before we solved the problems. After the successes of the ’60s, the diversity industry (in its various forms) triggered a fundamental change in our approach to the resolution of racial issues. We stopped seeking a colorblind society in which all are judged equally and began demanding special treatment for perceived victims. […] We haven’t reached the Gaza level of dysfunction yet — or I couldn’t write this article. But of course, the Palestinians have been brainwashing their children for four generations, and we’ve been at it for only two. I don’t know how far over the horizon that Rubicon lies, but we seem to be trying awfully hard to get there.

Read more at American Thinker.

Suderman: The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics

President Joe Biden spent much of his third year in the White House trying to brag about what he’d done for the American economy. In February, speaking to a chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Maryland, he declared, “For the past two years, we’ve been carrying out my economic plan that grows the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not the top down.” Biden then recited a laundry list of economic indicators. The unemployment rate was 3.4 percent. Gas prices had dropped by $1.60 per gallon. In his first two years in office, he said, “we created 800,000 new manufacturing jobs.” Inflation was down from its peak, and take-home pay was up. “We’ve got more to do, but I’m telling you, the Biden economic plan is working because of you all,” he said, pausing for applause. “And I really mean it.”

This was typical of Biden’s prepared public remarks.

Davis: Your Government Needs You Angry At Foreign Tyrants So You Won’t Notice The Ones Ruling You

In response to reports that Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died in a Russian prison, your rulers in Washington want you to be angry. Your corrupt government, which is at this very moment working to put your Christian neighbors in prison for protesting abortion, wants you to be very angry at a foreign leader nearly 6,000 miles away so you won’t pay attention to what your leaders are doing to you in your own backyard. Your government, which wants to disarm you and prevent you from defending yourself, wants you angry at a leader who has no power over you whatsoever. The government that censors you and lies to you about viruses it helped create wants your focus elsewhere. The government that sold your economy off to China and then destroyed the value of your currency wants you mad at someone else. The government that banned you from going to church and then tried to fire you for not taking its worthless “vaccine” wants to whip you into a frenzy over literally anything else other than what it’s doing to you right now. The government that . . .

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: ANTI POLICE ANTI VICTIM PRO CRIMINAL

Soal: NYPD Faces Unprecedented Surge in Violence: Over 5,300 Officers Assaulted in 2023 and 1,200 Injured in Just 90 Days

BOOK REVIEW: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE: A COMPLETE COMPENDIUM BY GORDON LLEIDNER

Krause: In The Bible, Abraham Lincoln Found The Antidote To Slavery, Despair, And Death

Not long ago, the Bible was considered a foundational book for American society — a work that stood alongside the Declaration of Independence for its contributions to American politics. However, few American presidents have been shaped by their reading of the Bible as Abraham Lincoln was. From a skeptic and deist to a daily reader who made more than 200 references to Scripture in his speeches and other writings, Lincoln’s transformation as an inspirational leader coincided with his transformed relationship with the Holy Writ. How did Lincoln — who grew up trying to escape the shackles of the fatalistic Calvinism of his father, Thomas, and who was remembered in his early adulthood as a skeptic and believer only in a vague deistic providence — end up reading the Bible daily and becoming the president who shattered the “wall of separation” conceived by Thomas Jefferson? That is the implicit question in Gordon Leidner’s new book, Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium. Leidner’s book tracks all the biblical references and allusions in Lincoln’s writings and reveals how, as Lincoln grew older, our 16th president was no longer looking to the Bible for just literary inspiration but also (and more importantly) for a moral argument against slavery. Eventually, Lincoln would equally turn to Scripture to find meaning and solace as the United States suffered the mass death and destruction of the Civil War. The Bible became the pillar upon which Lincoln stood.

TUCKER

Feldman: Has Our Government Erased the First Amendment?

The most important thing you will see this week is this interview of Mike Benz by Tucker Carlson: Benz is with the Foundation for Freedom, which tracks government censorship. In this interview he explains how our government rigged elections abroad and has now, through DHS (Department of Homeland Security) and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), censored online communications, noting that its most substantial censorship involved blocking and limiting any critiques online respecting the government’s responses to COVID-19 and the security of the 2020 election. It’s a well-detailed account that I urge you in the strongest terms to view. In short form, here’s a summary, but it cannot do this chilling interview complete justice: Mike Benz outlines how the government established a permanent domestic censorship office under the pretext of countering misinformation. and disinformation. Initially considered for . . .

Ep. 75 Tucker interviews Mike Benz

The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States. “What I’m describing is military rule,” says Mike Benz. “It’s the inversion of democracy.”

The military has taken over our democracy.

Watch the one hour interview: https://www.wnd.com/2024/02/watch-tucker-carlson-u-s-now-military-rule/

Schlichter: Tucker Carlson Is a Convenient Distraction for Our Failed Elite

Vladimir Putin set up Tucker Carlson by murdering Alexis Navalny just days after Tucker‘s controversial visit to Moscow and interview. That’s what happens when a scorpion rides on your back – it’s going to sting you to death even if it’s riding you across the river and will end up drowning itself, too. But the frenzy over Tucker Carlson‘s visit is still massively overblown, and the intensity of it by the ruling class is less an indication of righteous indignation than an attempt to distract from modern America’s shortcomings. Tucker Carlson is not correct in all his details, but Tucker Carlson is correct that our ruling class has completely abandoned, and oppresses, the people it presumes to lead. He’s right to point that out, and he should keep pointing that out. […] There’s one thing that can’t honestly be disputed. Tucker Carlson is an American patriot. Members of our ruling elite will recoil in horror at that reality, but the fact is that they equate patriotism with obedience and respect for themselves, not for America itself. Tucker has neither. He incites our trash ruling class by speaking undeniable truths, like: “Every leader kills people, including my leader. Some kill more than others. Leadership requires killing people.” He sees clearly the failures of our own establishment even as he’s accused of being blind to the failures of foreign dictators. […] As I have said before, the greatest foreign policy disaster of the last three decades has been the alienation of Russia from the West. That didn’t have to happen. Our ruling class, in its . . .

A CHURCH IN CRISIS

DeBlast: A Hard Look At Post-Christian Times

Authentic Christianity — and authentic Judaism — stand in the way of total control over every human being -– the grandiose goal of many a past dictator to “conquer the world.” The campaign of globalists to rule over everybody accelerated after 1970, with leftist activists assuming roles of influence in the Protestant churches and started “updating” the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with input from Marxist “Liberation Theology.” The changes were injected into the mainstream churches in small doses over many decades. (I was a hired Catholic church organist since the early 1980s and witnessed this corrupting process.) The intended transformation of Christianity was gradual at first, so as not to alarm anyone, as pulpits were used to deconstruct the faith and prepare its followers for life in a “new world order.”

Read more at American Thinker.

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PROMOTE, GLORIFY & NORMALIZE GENDER DYSPHORIA A MENTAL ILLNESS

LGBTQ crowd desecrated NYC Catholic cathedral after church tricked into hosting funeral Mass for transgender pretender

“Per NYT: “Ceyenne Doroshow, who organized the funeral, said friends of Ms. Gentili — who died on Feb. 6 at 52 — had wanted the service to be at St. Patrick’s because “it is an icon, just like her.” But she added that she had not mentioned that Ms. Gentili was transgender when planning with the church. “I kind of kept it under wraps,” she said.”’ […] Yesterday, St. Patrick’s Cathedral hosted the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, a transgender, atheist prostitute. Funeral was attended by hundreds of trans activists in thongs/fishnet/halter tops/fur. They celebrated the dead prostitute by mocking St. Cecilia, saying: “This whore. This great whore. St. Cecilia, Mother of all Whores!” […] As Daily Mail reports: “A mourner upstaged the priest at one point by singing ‘Ave Maria’ – but changing the lyrics to ‘Ave Cecilia’ before dancing through the aisles.”

Yeatman: Famed NYC St. Patrick’s Cathedral says Catholic church was TRICKED into holding funeral for trans activist who was eulogized as ‘mother of all whores’

The Catholic cathedral, which bills itself as ‘America’s parish church,’ has been ordered to hold a ‘mass of reparation’ after hundreds of scantily-clad admirers danced in the aisles for former sex worker Cecilia Gentili. The self-proclaimed atheist died at 52 on February 6, and organizers have admitted they kept her identity ‘kind of under wraps’ when booking the mass with cathedral authorities. Now the cathedral’s pastor has issued a groveling apology to his parishioners, thanking the ‘many who have let us know they share our outrage.’ ‘The Cathedral only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic, and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way,’ Father Enrique Salvo said in a statement. […] ‘That such a scandal occurred at ‘America’s Parish Church’ makes it worse. ‘That it took place as Lent was beginning, the annual forty–day struggle with the forces of sin and darkness, is a potent reminder of how much we need the prayer, reparation, repentance, grace, and mercy to which this holy season invites us.’

Anthony: National Geographic Names Drag Queen as a ‘Traveler of the Year’

Pattie Gonia is a self-described “intersectional environmentalist, drag queen, and advocate for inclusivity in the outdoors” who works to “uplift LGBTQIA+ people and other underrepresented groups in the outdoors.” The Oregon-based performer has over 600,000 followers on social media. […] Pattie Gonna co-founded The Outdoorist Oath, a non-profit which promotes an “action-based commitment for planet, inclusion, and adventure.” The organization asks members to take an oath, which includes acknowledging climate change, committing to advocacy for environmental justice, and recognizing “that systemic oppression is real and that hatred, discrimination, and biases marginalize people.” Outdoorist Oath seeks to promote inclusivity and raises awareness about conduct like “microaggressions in the outdoors.” The organization hosts activism workshops called “Stretch Sessions,” including sessions on white supremacy. […] The Walt Disney Company has held majority ownership of National Geographic Partners, LLC since 2019.

FANI & WADE

(Did Fanni break the law?) Margot Cleveland Threadreader

Yesterday something struck me as “off,” but I only now had a chance now to relisten to the testimony to confirm. Check the 5:43:38 point from @RobGouveiaEsq video below & note Fani Willis volunteering she did NOT go to college with Robin Yeartie. Why would Fani make that point in response to a question of whether she knew Yeartie? […] because Yeartie testified she met Willis when she was in college. (1:00:00 mark). Note Yeartie didn’t say she went to college with Willis, just that they met when she Yeartie was in college. Willis making a point that they didn’t go to college together only makes sense if Willis heard Yeartie’s testimony.

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WND Staff: IT’S TRUMP VS. SWAMP PSYCHOPATHS

In a groundbreaking peer-reviewed study published in March 2023, titled “Understanding left-wing authoritarianism: Relations to the dark personality traits, altruism, and social justice commitment,” authors Dr. Ann Krispenz and Dr. Alexander Bertrams found that left-wing extremism is closely associated with “psychopathic tendencies.” “Narcissistic individuals and those with psychopathic tendencies are more likely to strongly endorse left-wing anti-hierarchical aggression,” summarized the widely cited PsyPost website, which reports the latest research on human behavior.

Pollak: San Francisco Admits First Non-citizen to Elections Board

The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city’s Department of Elections, isn’t legally allowed to vote. Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be the first noncitizen appointed to the commission. At a swearing-in ceremony administered by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on Wednesday at San Francisco City Hall, dozens of people gathered to commemorate the occasion.

Kingson: Libraries are on the front lines of America’s problems

Libraries are enjoying a renaissance in usage. They’re also battling book bans and bearing the brunt of a host of societal issues — from caring for unhoused people and migrants to distributing COVID tests and Narcan for drug overdoses. Why it matters: The result is frazzled staff and budgets spread thin from competing needs. Driving the news: Librarians, while still helping kids with their homework, are helping migrants apply for asylum, and jobless people write resumes. Libraries are offering expungement clinics to help people erase their rap sheets, and “digital navigators” to help boost patrons’ computer skills. Onsite social workers are assisting people with mental illnesses.

Pullmann: Our Library Stopped Late Fees, So I Stopped Returning Books

The American Library Association cited essentially Marxist justifications for urging all libraries to end late penalties and book replacement fees. Libraries all over the country are ending the longstanding library tradition of fining patrons for returning books late or not at all. It’s another self-destruction tactic subtler and less morally abominable than using their dedicated taxpayer funds to purchase pornography for children. Our local government library ended late fees in the last year, so I quickly stopped returning books on time. The lack of fees was especially helpful in recently allowing me to keep for an extra month the book Albion’s Seed. I couldn’t manage to finish that magnificent tome in the usual three-week checkout period. So I just kept ignoring the “overdue book” notifications the library frantically sent. If there’s no penalty, why should I care? […] The New York Public Library president, aptly named Tony Marx, claimed that erasing fines aims to create a “more equitable society.” Seattle’s public library leaders said ending fines was especially beneficial to “low-income” patrons. Why should public standards be lowered to the level of the worst-behaved, and the poor just assumed to be worse-behaved than others?

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We’re bringing you a special AM Deep Dive about the trends shaping Generation Z — and how they’re changing the world. 1 big thing: Inside Gen Z’s mind Gen Z is America’s most diverse generation yet — but is united by deep anxiety about the world. Why it matters: A collision of political, economic and social trends has minted a generation struggling to cope with the present — and feeling even worse about the future, Axios’ Erica Pandey writes. 📉 By the numbers: Gen Z (defined as people roughly ages 12 to 27) reports the poorest mental health of any generation, according to a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation report. Just 44% of Gen Zers say they feel prepared for the future. The big picture: […] 2. 🛏️ The old-soul generation […] 3. 🗳️ Groundhog Day election […] 4. 👀 Charted: Growing gender divide […] 5. 💼 What Gen Z wants at work […] 6. 🦾 A generation of AI natives […] 7. 📱How Gen Z gets its news […] 8. 🔭 What Gen Z is hopeful about […]

Tapscott: This Is Why America Is Coming Apart At Its Seams

Interesting analysis this morning from Axios in a “Deep Dive: Inside the Mind of Gen Z.” The piece pulls together a bunch of data points and quotes from experts to provide a snapshot of a generation that, at least in my humble opinion, is in deep trouble. Here’s the key data from the Axios analysis: […] I suspect that many PJ Media readers will immediately grasp the connections within those datapoints, so let’s do a little digging of our own and bring them to the surface in a way the Axios analysis avoided. First, note that less than half of the respondents . . .

Critchlow: As Long As Universities Are Identity Obsessed, America Will Have A Surplus Of Stupid Students

American civilization with its wealth has built an educational system beyond anything imagined in the past. We have staffed our universities with more than 1.4 million full- and part-time teachers. Of those instructors, 60 percent of college instructors identify as “left” or “far-left.” Many of them have an intellectually close-minded mentality based on racial and sexual identity. One result is that we are producing ill-informed, civically ignorant students. A year-long study conducted by researchers at the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University, where I am a professor, found that many teachers in introductory American history survey classes in colleges filter the curriculum around racial, ethnic, sexual, and so-called gender identity, usually to the detriment of a well-balanced and comprehensive understanding of our nation’s past. The use of identity-focused terms, primarily the defining terms for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), e.g., “white supremacy,” “toxic masculinity,” and “homophobia,” infuse course instruction. In a review of 75 introductory history course syllabi found in large and small public and private colleges, DEI is the focus.

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Climate activist wins Oxford Union debate.

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The Right Scoop: BREAKING REPORT: Eritrean migrants RIOT in the Netherlands, setting fires and fighting police…

It’s being reported tonight that migrants from the east African nation of Eritrea have been causing chaos [at] The Hague, Netherlands and have been trying to burn down everything they can. “Massive riots have started in The Hague in the Netherlands. A large mob of Eritrean migrants has broken into the Opera House building and are throwing bricks and rocks at police officers. Several police cars have been set on fire…”

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