I read the hit piece on the charity, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), and its founder, Tim Ballard, behind the new movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ that someone linked here a couple of days ago from The Roys Report. I was busy and was going to let it slide, but since it was some of the worst ‘religious’ journalism I have ever seen, I decided I would be remiss to do so.
Before I go further, I would say that I believe the dollar amounts quoted in the article are accurate as far as I can tell, though some of the insinuations based on those figures seem overblown or misrepresented entirely.
The “author” of the hit piece is Warren Cole Smith, and he is the current president of Ministry Watch, and according to his bio on WorldMag “is the host of WORLD Radio’s Listening In.” And he “previously served as WORLD’s vice president and associate publisher.”
Mr. Cole Smith has impressive credentials and a substantial platform of influence, so what is he doing with it? Well, in this case, he’s plagiarizing.
In March 12, 2021, Anne Stych wrote an article published in Ministry Watch entitled ‘Report Alleges Anti-Human-Trafficking Charity’s Mission Training Was Lax’. Her article relies heavily on Vice magazine, but at least the work appears to be her own. Mr Cole Smith takes her entire first paragraph and plops it down in the middle of his own article. Word for word. And that is not the only paragraph he filches—there are several others taken, word for word, as though he had no knowledge of journalistic integrity.
That makes one wonder what other corners he has cut. And unfortunately, you don’t have to dig too deeply to find out. The article makes much of the financing and fundraising for OUR, and implies that there are improprieties. He mentions the fact that a Utah Attorney General investigated OUR over the fundraising practices. He doesn’t tell us that the investigation lasted 2 1/2years and they found not one thing to charge them with. Nothing. Zip. No improprieties. Apparently, the worst that can truthfully be said about the organization, financially, is that they have 3 years of operating expenses in the bank. How terrible to be solvent. That used to be called financial responsibility.
And I could go on, but I’ll stop with this last example. Mr Cole Smith doesn’t seem to understand the rudiments of logical connection, or maybe he’s just too busy with his negative narrative to apply them. About half way through the article, he states that “[m]oney controversies aren’t the only ones that have dogged Ballard and OUR.” Then he tells of a failed rescue attempt in Haiti where a particular boy was not rescued. And for evidence of this he provides a link to the OUR website. The website does indeed tell of the boy not rescued. But then goes on to tell that Ballard was so upset by it that he took 2 of the children who were rescued in the mission, back home to his wife and 6 children and adopted them himself. Where is the supposed ‘controversy’? I couldn’t find it.
In conclusion, Mr Cole Smith seems to have used the popularity of this excellent film to gain attention by bootstrapping someone else’s article into a full blown opinion hit piece under his own name without giving credit to the journalist who originated the article. And he also needlessly tarnished the reputation of an organization seeking , however imperfectly, to do something noteworthy and laudable.
I expected better journalism from someone associated with WorldMagazine. And I also expected a better show of good faith from an organization such as Ministry Watch that purports to hold other ministries accountable. This glaring failure of journalistic integrity and judgement in it’s president makes me wonder: Is anyone watching the watchers? If not, perhaps they should be.
Debra, interesting information and thank you for digging and posting.
Cole Smith has been well respected and has a track record of investigative journalism. Beyond that I can’t say, but questioning is always good.
It seems the main point for Ministry Watch (see link with the detailed financial report) is a lack of transparency — so perhaps the ministry simply needs to focus a bit more on that for those considering a donation. They recommend donors should “Give with caution.”
Re (from yesterday): “So can someone explain how we’re mistaken yet again, and the NYT isn’t claiming pools are racist…..?”
My response the other day was specifically to those tweets mocking the report of a (well-known) racial disparity in drowning deaths. Again, as I said then, the term “racial disparity” was referring to statistics, and not necessarily referring to racism.
If you then post an article the next day that goes further in pushing a narrative of racism, that would be a different matter, and not necessarily reflect on the article from the previous day or what was commented on it.
As for the articles included in your post yesterday, I cannot access the NYT piece, but I did read the Time article, and as HRW pointed out, the headline was quite misleading.
Which is why I don’t judge what an article will say by its headline. They are purposely written these days to be provocative, often misleadingly so. Sometimes I wonder if whoever wrote the headline even bothered to read the article.
The NYT has a history of this. Your issue is with the Times and their headline. Most are aware of their known history on the subject of racism and pools. Their stand is clear. You didn’t read that in because you obviously were unaware of their history on the matter.
Now you do, so don’t get fooled again, and don’t assume someone is wrong just because you were unaware of it.
Ministry Watch has done the church a great service through the years. They crunch the numbers and post them, along with ministry responses. There are other secular sites that do the same with charities — where we give our money should be done wisely and these nonprofits help us to sort some of that out. I’m grateful there are Christian-run groups like this.
AJ, our industry has been caught in a maelstrom of business-driven crises to keep our heads above water — caused primarily by the internet revolution which basically stripped traditional media of its advertising revenues.
David French is a believer and an opinion writer. He more often-than-not
hits the mark well, though I don’t always agree with everything he writes (but then I don’t always agree with everything any single person probably writes!).
We’re all to employ our critical thinking skills and remember that few things in this world are as “black and white” as the twitter and social media partisan trolls make them out to be.
I think I have to agree with AJ here. Why use Ministry Watch as a trusted resource?
However, if one thinks the mistakes made in this instance were not representative of his usual work, perhaps someone who views WorldMag as subscription-worthy can hop over there and tactfully clue Mr Cole Smith in on his errors. If he’s honest, he should want to amend the article. Substantially.
And given his platform, the damage he does to organizations like OUR is not a small matter. Perhaps he can amend his tone as well to be more responsible—given his platform. The comment sections alone demonstrate that potential donors view these articles as significant in confirming their original impulse that many organizations are frauds and that this one is just another one.
And Mumsee’s point is well taken. Did Mr Cole Smith contact Ballard or OUR for this hit piece, or did he just blurt out stuff previously written from the past (which also does not appear to be all that well sourced). The content would indicate the latter.
Apparently Ministy Watch did seek a statement from the organization but did not receive one (according to their financial report).
Ministry Watch has a good track record, they basically crunch the numbers, seek responses from ministries and report the findings.
There have been some embarrassing missteps (and major lack of transparencies) by some groups under the Christian label in the past, I think that goes without saying. They’re mission is to do the work to seek out financials that are part of the record.
They also were among the first to raise early questions about Ravi Zacharias.
I know self-reflection is painful, but it’s needed — I really didn’t want to believe the early pieces about Zacharias, I’d been impressed by him through the years. 😦
But I’m more concerned about the reputation of Christian ministries than about secular organizations (though it’s all important). It’s “my tribe” and I want us to be above reproach (as much as is possible in a fallen world with fallen people).
Meanwhile, a positive review of the film from a writer at The Gospel Coalition today:
I know that Ballard is Mormon so he is not going to provide an acceptable Creed to Ministry Watch.
But Mr Cole Smith really should amend his article, and drop the attitude. I know that may sound strange coming from me since many of my posts are sarcastic. But that is mostly a liberty I take here because I know my audience and they know me, or when communicating with people who know when I’m serious and when I’m not. When talking to strangers or a broader audience, I’m rigorous with the courtesies. Or try to be.
Being courteous is refreshing! There’s a way to discuss issues that doesn’t involve body blocks, right?
AJ, I realize you’re looking at journalism from the outside and don’t have a full picture, and that’s OK, understandable when you get some things wrong. But I’ve been in this industry for a very long time. I’ve seen & experienced first-hand the changes and what’s brought most of them about. Been there, done that, lived it.
And sorry for the serial posts, but I’ll just add that Kizzie is fooled by nothing, she’s one of the most thoughtful and careful posters here, fair-minded. She does her due diligence when it comes to research. She doesn’t do fly-by posts without checking her information, far from it. I respect that.
AJ – The headline I was referring to was from the Time magazine piece that was linked yesterday in that tweet, which I read. Since I could not read the NYT piece, I made no comment on its veracity.
Here’s another piece about the movie, from the perspective of anti-trafficking ministries. They mostly like it, with a couple quibbles. Worth the read for information about how trafficking usually works here in the U.S.
And the Clown Court known as the 5th Circuit rears it’s ugly head.
Also, I find it cute that some think the govt and the socials actually stopped doing so because the court ordered it.
“Gov’t Can Continue Colluding With Big Tech, 5th Circuit Grants “Administrative Stay” of Injunction
It’s not a decision on the merits, it puts a temporary hold until the court can determine the merits of the District Court injunction that prohibited government collusion with big tech and big social media to silence and censor political opponents.”
“After a groundbreaking and momentus District Court injunction against the government colluding with big tech and big social media to silence and censor political opponents, the government sought a stay pending appeal, including an emergency administratrive stay pending briefing, Government Seeks Stay Of Injunction Against Censorship Collusion With Big Tech.”
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Yes, because it’s an emergency if the govt can’t censor you on social media…..
The govt withheld evidence of the jab deadly side effects?
Oh say it isn’t so…. 🙄
“Lawsuit Alleges CDC Manipulated Diagnostic Codes on Death Certificates to Hide Covid Vaccine Connection
The former law student, booted out for not following the covid mandate, took a look Minnesota death certificate data, in a quest to see how reliable the information on that documentation would be, as it relates to covid vaccine connections.”
“John Beaudoin Sr. was a law student at the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover before the school expelled him for refusing its vaccine mandate.
Beaudoin asserts the mandate was based on federal COVID guidance devised in part from Massachusetts death certificate data.
The former law student obtained Minnesota death certificate data in a quest to see how reliable the information on such documentation would be as it relates to covid vaccine connections. This research was for the Brownstone Institute, a think tank that challenges the scientific basis for covid policy.
That review includes as an exhibit in a lawsuit Beaudoin is bringing against Massachusetts, according to Just The News contributor Greg Piper
The suit includes a 123-page exhibit analyzing death certificates Beaudoin claims either wrongly omit vaccine-induced deaths or falsely attribute them to COVID. And in May he requested a hearing in response to the state’s motion to dismiss his January amended complaint. His website includes legal filings.
The Minnesota analysis is part of three years of questions about the reliability and integrity of federal and state governments’ COVID-related statistics.
The New York Times found up to 90% of COVID-positive tests officially recorded in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada in summer 2020 were based on SARS-CoV-2 viral loads too small to be infectious.
Oregon lawmakers similarly sought a federal grand jury investigation into COVID statistical manipulation nearly two years ago, claiming the Center for Disease Control and Prevention employed a “double-standard exclusively for COVID-19 data collection” that inflated cases and deaths starting early in the pandemic.
The Brownstone Institute offers a sample of the findings on its website. In a nutshell, death certificates have entries for diagnostic codes for the cause of death.
The codes for deaths that could be associated with the covid vaccines should be either T88.1 – (Other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified) or Y59.0 (Viral vaccines).
There is an example of one death certificate that specifies the main cause of death as sudden cardiac arrest within 10 hours after receiving the covid vaccine. However, the code for covid disease was used (U071) because she had the illness…seven months before her passing.”
Dear lamestream media: This is what journalism looks like.
Mike Pence's expression after Tucker backs him into a corner to finally acknowledge Ukraine's violations of democratic norms and religious liberty is *priceless.* pic.twitter.com/rqkeQj5UV6
Biden’s woke military can’t recruit enough soldiers, so he calls up the reserves to replace soldiers in Europe. We’re not in a war, so the response is simple.
“What a freakin’ clown show – the circus is in town, and that town is Washington, D.C. While it’s hard to pick a bigger Crusty than the one currently embarrassing us across Europe, the dim bulbs revolving in orbit around him are keeping the proverbial porch light on back here in the States.”
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“Holy smokes.
This is one BIG step closer to a blow out war and this drooling, tripping, dementia ridden idiot is going to get us into with countries he can’t even keep straight.”
The President of the United States, Joe Biden has just released an authorization for the call-up of at least 3,000 Personnel from the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve and roughly 450 from the Individual-Ready Reserve in order to Augment the Forces of U.S. European Command for the…
When your stated goal is to drain the swamp, maybe you should refrain from doing swampy things too.
Breaking News: A super PAC aligned with Donald Trump paid Melania Trump $155,000 in late 2021, an unusual payment not disclosed in the group’s initial reports. https://t.co/cWIEuuGzY9
“DOJ Spied On Devin Nunes Staff During Russia Hoax, Subpoenas Show”
“The Department of Justice spied on congressional staff working under then-Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., as the Republican lawmaker investigated FBI abuses amid the Russia hoax.
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding answers about agency surveillance of Republican staff on Capitol Hill.
“In 2017, Google reportedly received subpoenas for private emails and records belonging to two Republican staffers of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) while HPSCI was investigating the FBI’s misconduct,” Jordan wrote. “These subpoenas only came to light in 2022 due to Google’s policy of alerting customers five years after law enforcement takes such action.””
“At that time, Nunes was the Republican ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee while Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif, ran a deep-state campaign to maliciously frame President Donald Trump as a Russian agent. Schiff was censured by the lower chamber last month for abusing his role on the Intelligence Committee to undermine the legitimacy of the 2016 election.”
Wandering Views 
I read the hit piece on the charity, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), and its founder, Tim Ballard, behind the new movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ that someone linked here a couple of days ago from The Roys Report. I was busy and was going to let it slide, but since it was some of the worst ‘religious’ journalism I have ever seen, I decided I would be remiss to do so.
Before I go further, I would say that I believe the dollar amounts quoted in the article are accurate as far as I can tell, though some of the insinuations based on those figures seem overblown or misrepresented entirely.
The “author” of the hit piece is Warren Cole Smith, and he is the current president of Ministry Watch, and according to his bio on WorldMag “is the host of WORLD Radio’s Listening In.” And he “previously served as WORLD’s vice president and associate publisher.”
Mr. Cole Smith has impressive credentials and a substantial platform of influence, so what is he doing with it? Well, in this case, he’s plagiarizing.
In March 12, 2021, Anne Stych wrote an article published in Ministry Watch entitled ‘Report Alleges Anti-Human-Trafficking Charity’s Mission Training Was Lax’. Her article relies heavily on Vice magazine, but at least the work appears to be her own. Mr Cole Smith takes her entire first paragraph and plops it down in the middle of his own article. Word for word. And that is not the only paragraph he filches—there are several others taken, word for word, as though he had no knowledge of journalistic integrity.
That makes one wonder what other corners he has cut. And unfortunately, you don’t have to dig too deeply to find out. The article makes much of the financing and fundraising for OUR, and implies that there are improprieties. He mentions the fact that a Utah Attorney General investigated OUR over the fundraising practices. He doesn’t tell us that the investigation lasted 2 1/2years and they found not one thing to charge them with. Nothing. Zip. No improprieties. Apparently, the worst that can truthfully be said about the organization, financially, is that they have 3 years of operating expenses in the bank. How terrible to be solvent. That used to be called financial responsibility.
And I could go on, but I’ll stop with this last example. Mr Cole Smith doesn’t seem to understand the rudiments of logical connection, or maybe he’s just too busy with his negative narrative to apply them. About half way through the article, he states that “[m]oney controversies aren’t the only ones that have dogged Ballard and OUR.” Then he tells of a failed rescue attempt in Haiti where a particular boy was not rescued. And for evidence of this he provides a link to the OUR website. The website does indeed tell of the boy not rescued. But then goes on to tell that Ballard was so upset by it that he took 2 of the children who were rescued in the mission, back home to his wife and 6 children and adopted them himself. Where is the supposed ‘controversy’? I couldn’t find it.
In conclusion, Mr Cole Smith seems to have used the popularity of this excellent film to gain attention by bootstrapping someone else’s article into a full blown opinion hit piece under his own name without giving credit to the journalist who originated the article. And he also needlessly tarnished the reputation of an organization seeking , however imperfectly, to do something noteworthy and laudable.
I expected better journalism from someone associated with WorldMagazine. And I also expected a better show of good faith from an organization such as Ministry Watch that purports to hold other ministries accountable. This glaring failure of journalistic integrity and judgement in it’s president makes me wonder: Is anyone watching the watchers? If not, perhaps they should be.
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Well said, Debra. And do the watchers go to the organization top brass and bring up the concern or do they just say stuff out loud?
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Debra, interesting information and thank you for digging and posting.
Cole Smith has been well respected and has a track record of investigative journalism. Beyond that I can’t say, but questioning is always good.
It seems the main point for Ministry Watch (see link with the detailed financial report) is a lack of transparency — so perhaps the ministry simply needs to focus a bit more on that for those considering a donation. They recommend donors should “Give with caution.”
https://db.ministrywatch.com/ministry.php?ein=463614979
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Re (from yesterday): “So can someone explain how we’re mistaken yet again, and the NYT isn’t claiming pools are racist…..?”
My response the other day was specifically to those tweets mocking the report of a (well-known) racial disparity in drowning deaths. Again, as I said then, the term “racial disparity” was referring to statistics, and not necessarily referring to racism.
If you then post an article the next day that goes further in pushing a narrative of racism, that would be a different matter, and not necessarily reflect on the article from the previous day or what was commented on it.
As for the articles included in your post yesterday, I cannot access the NYT piece, but I did read the Time article, and as HRW pointed out, the headline was quite misleading.
Which is why I don’t judge what an article will say by its headline. They are purposely written these days to be provocative, often misleadingly so. Sometimes I wonder if whoever wrote the headline even bothered to read the article.
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Headlines — another area where the wilder areas of social media have wrought (unfortunate) change.
Wanted to add Ministry Watch’s explanation for how they determine ‘transparency’ for organizations seeking donations:
https://ministrywatch.com/how-ministrywatch-arrives-at-a-transparency-grade/
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Debra,
Journalism is broken, yes, even the Christian ones. See David French.
People make the mistake of thinking because the source is Christian, it can be trusted. As you’ve just shown, that’s not always a wise move.
Thanks for digging in, but know that some will continue to buy what they’re selling.
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Kizzie,
The NYT has a history of this. Your issue is with the Times and their headline. Most are aware of their known history on the subject of racism and pools. Their stand is clear. You didn’t read that in because you obviously were unaware of their history on the matter.
Now you do, so don’t get fooled again, and don’t assume someone is wrong just because you were unaware of it.
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DJ,
Why would anyone trust WCS’s company, Ministry Watch, after what Debra just pointed out?
He’s gonna claim whatever backs up (in his mind) the false narrative he attempted to push.
I’d find another source.
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“Headlines — another area where the wilder areas of social media have wrought (unfortunate) change.”
Did you seriously just blame social media for what the editors in your industry are doing?
Sorry, but that’s on you guys and your editors.
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Ministry Watch has done the church a great service through the years. They crunch the numbers and post them, along with ministry responses. There are other secular sites that do the same with charities — where we give our money should be done wisely and these nonprofits help us to sort some of that out. I’m grateful there are Christian-run groups like this.
AJ, our industry has been caught in a maelstrom of business-driven crises to keep our heads above water — caused primarily by the internet revolution which basically stripped traditional media of its advertising revenues.
David French is a believer and an opinion writer. He more often-than-not
hits the mark well, though I don’t always agree with everything he writes (but then I don’t always agree with everything any single person probably writes!).
We’re all to employ our critical thinking skills and remember that few things in this world are as “black and white” as the twitter and social media partisan trolls make them out to be.
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Nope, no bias here….
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I think I have to agree with AJ here. Why use Ministry Watch as a trusted resource?
However, if one thinks the mistakes made in this instance were not representative of his usual work, perhaps someone who views WorldMag as subscription-worthy can hop over there and tactfully clue Mr Cole Smith in on his errors. If he’s honest, he should want to amend the article. Substantially.
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And given his platform, the damage he does to organizations like OUR is not a small matter. Perhaps he can amend his tone as well to be more responsible—given his platform. The comment sections alone demonstrate that potential donors view these articles as significant in confirming their original impulse that many organizations are frauds and that this one is just another one.
And Mumsee’s point is well taken. Did Mr Cole Smith contact Ballard or OUR for this hit piece, or did he just blurt out stuff previously written from the past (which also does not appear to be all that well sourced). The content would indicate the latter.
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Apparently Ministy Watch did seek a statement from the organization but did not receive one (according to their financial report).
Ministry Watch has a good track record, they basically crunch the numbers, seek responses from ministries and report the findings.
There have been some embarrassing missteps (and major lack of transparencies) by some groups under the Christian label in the past, I think that goes without saying. They’re mission is to do the work to seek out financials that are part of the record.
They also were among the first to raise early questions about Ravi Zacharias.
I know self-reflection is painful, but it’s needed — I really didn’t want to believe the early pieces about Zacharias, I’d been impressed by him through the years. 😦
But I’m more concerned about the reputation of Christian ministries than about secular organizations (though it’s all important). It’s “my tribe” and I want us to be above reproach (as much as is possible in a fallen world with fallen people).
Meanwhile, a positive review of the film from a writer at The Gospel Coalition today:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sound-freedom-uncle-toms-cabin/
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*Their — oops, how embarrassing!
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Ha, yeah, I was hoping no one looked to carefully at my own punctuation and diction in the piece I wrote.
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*too [eyeroll]
I know that Ballard is Mormon so he is not going to provide an acceptable Creed to Ministry Watch.
But Mr Cole Smith really should amend his article, and drop the attitude. I know that may sound strange coming from me since many of my posts are sarcastic. But that is mostly a liberty I take here because I know my audience and they know me, or when communicating with people who know when I’m serious and when I’m not. When talking to strangers or a broader audience, I’m rigorous with the courtesies. Or try to be.
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Being courteous is refreshing! There’s a way to discuss issues that doesn’t involve body blocks, right?
AJ, I realize you’re looking at journalism from the outside and don’t have a full picture, and that’s OK, understandable when you get some things wrong. But I’ve been in this industry for a very long time. I’ve seen & experienced first-hand the changes and what’s brought most of them about. Been there, done that, lived it.
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Sorry for pulling rank. But it would be like me giving you fishing tips.
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But I can do that if you want? 🙂
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NOOOO!!!!!
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And sorry for the serial posts, but I’ll just add that Kizzie is fooled by nothing, she’s one of the most thoughtful and careful posters here, fair-minded. She does her due diligence when it comes to research. She doesn’t do fly-by posts without checking her information, far from it. I respect that.
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On the other hand, might be interesting! Cast them out so we can reel them in.
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Oh come on, mumsee. Just one piece of advice? I watch people fish. And I eat fish.
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AJ – The headline I was referring to was from the Time magazine piece that was linked yesterday in that tweet, which I read. Since I could not read the NYT piece, I made no comment on its veracity.
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Just popping in to see if anyone cast out their line and if anything was actually caught!!??😂
Excellent post Debra. When I glanced at that the other day I decided not to read it…something seemed off for me…thank you for the follow through.
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Here’s another piece about the movie, from the perspective of anti-trafficking ministries. They mostly like it, with a couple quibbles. Worth the read for information about how trafficking usually works here in the U.S.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/july/anti-trafficking-ministries-nonprofits-sound-of-freedom.html
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Hey, whatever catches me more fish…..
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And the Clown Court known as the 5th Circuit rears it’s ugly head.
Also, I find it cute that some think the govt and the socials actually stopped doing so because the court ordered it.
“Gov’t Can Continue Colluding With Big Tech, 5th Circuit Grants “Administrative Stay” of Injunction
It’s not a decision on the merits, it puts a temporary hold until the court can determine the merits of the District Court injunction that prohibited government collusion with big tech and big social media to silence and censor political opponents.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/07/govt-can-continue-colluding-with-big-tech-5th-circuit-grants-administrative-stay-of-injunction/
“After a groundbreaking and momentus District Court injunction against the government colluding with big tech and big social media to silence and censor political opponents, the government sought a stay pending appeal, including an emergency administratrive stay pending briefing, Government Seeks Stay Of Injunction Against Censorship Collusion With Big Tech.”
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Yes, because it’s an emergency if the govt can’t censor you on social media…..
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What!?
The govt withheld evidence of the jab deadly side effects?
Oh say it isn’t so…. 🙄
“Lawsuit Alleges CDC Manipulated Diagnostic Codes on Death Certificates to Hide Covid Vaccine Connection
The former law student, booted out for not following the covid mandate, took a look Minnesota death certificate data, in a quest to see how reliable the information on that documentation would be, as it relates to covid vaccine connections.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/07/lawsuit-alleges-cdc-manipulated-diagnostic-codes-on-death-certificates-to-hide-covid-vaccine-connection/
“John Beaudoin Sr. was a law student at the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover before the school expelled him for refusing its vaccine mandate.
Beaudoin asserts the mandate was based on federal COVID guidance devised in part from Massachusetts death certificate data.
The former law student obtained Minnesota death certificate data in a quest to see how reliable the information on such documentation would be as it relates to covid vaccine connections. This research was for the Brownstone Institute, a think tank that challenges the scientific basis for covid policy.
That review includes as an exhibit in a lawsuit Beaudoin is bringing against Massachusetts, according to Just The News contributor Greg Piper
The suit includes a 123-page exhibit analyzing death certificates Beaudoin claims either wrongly omit vaccine-induced deaths or falsely attribute them to COVID. And in May he requested a hearing in response to the state’s motion to dismiss his January amended complaint. His website includes legal filings.
The Minnesota analysis is part of three years of questions about the reliability and integrity of federal and state governments’ COVID-related statistics.
The New York Times found up to 90% of COVID-positive tests officially recorded in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada in summer 2020 were based on SARS-CoV-2 viral loads too small to be infectious.
Oregon lawmakers similarly sought a federal grand jury investigation into COVID statistical manipulation nearly two years ago, claiming the Center for Disease Control and Prevention employed a “double-standard exclusively for COVID-19 data collection” that inflated cases and deaths starting early in the pandemic.
The Brownstone Institute offers a sample of the findings on its website. In a nutshell, death certificates have entries for diagnostic codes for the cause of death.
The codes for deaths that could be associated with the covid vaccines should be either T88.1 – (Other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified) or Y59.0 (Viral vaccines).
There is an example of one death certificate that specifies the main cause of death as sudden cardiac arrest within 10 hours after receiving the covid vaccine. However, the code for covid disease was used (U071) because she had the illness…seven months before her passing.”
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Hutchinson’s tiny chance just went to “down in flames.”
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Wrong answer Mike.
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This is just BS.
Biden’s woke military can’t recruit enough soldiers, so he calls up the reserves to replace soldiers in Europe. We’re not in a war, so the response is simple.
Gov’s should tell him no.
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/07/13/department-of-doom-and-dumber-dod-tripping-all-over-themselves-lately-n564408
“What a freakin’ clown show – the circus is in town, and that town is Washington, D.C. While it’s hard to pick a bigger Crusty than the one currently embarrassing us across Europe, the dim bulbs revolving in orbit around him are keeping the proverbial porch light on back here in the States.”
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“Holy smokes.
This is one BIG step closer to a blow out war and this drooling, tripping, dementia ridden idiot is going to get us into with countries he can’t even keep straight.”
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When your stated goal is to drain the swamp, maybe you should refrain from doing swampy things too.
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Nothing to see….
Move along….
Serial liar Chris Wray was just exposed along with the FBI yet again.
Disband and rebuild the compromised FBI.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/14/doj-spied-on-devin-nunes-staff-during-russia-hoax-subpoenas-show/
“DOJ Spied On Devin Nunes Staff During Russia Hoax, Subpoenas Show”
“The Department of Justice spied on congressional staff working under then-Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., as the Republican lawmaker investigated FBI abuses amid the Russia hoax.
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding answers about agency surveillance of Republican staff on Capitol Hill.
“In 2017, Google reportedly received subpoenas for private emails and records belonging to two Republican staffers of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) while HPSCI was investigating the FBI’s misconduct,” Jordan wrote. “These subpoenas only came to light in 2022 due to Google’s policy of alerting customers five years after law enforcement takes such action.””
“At that time, Nunes was the Republican ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee while Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif, ran a deep-state campaign to maliciously frame President Donald Trump as a Russian agent. Schiff was censured by the lower chamber last month for abusing his role on the Intelligence Committee to undermine the legitimacy of the 2016 election.”
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