“Minnesota Gov. and Harris’ choice for VP Tim Walz signed a bill allowing the state to TAKE CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILDREN if a parent refuses to let their child receive “gender affirming care.””
“In Minnesota, you can kill your fully formed baby one day before that baby is born with no consequences but if you forbid your child from puberty blockers and chemical castration the state will take your child out of your care.
America, are you insane enough to elect that into the White House?”
“Walz: In Minnesota we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. Even if we wouldn’t make the same choice for ourselves, there’s a golden rule, mind your own damn business.”
“The Kamala Harris and Walz just got caught offering to pay influencers to post pro Harris-Walz content.
An Instagram whistleblower with nearly 150k followers contacted Rep. Jake Hoffman ‘with screenshots exposing a sophisticated Astroturfing effort underway by the Harris-Walz campaign.’
Social media users are being PAID to post pro Harris-Walz content on Instagram. This is actually the fourth time they have been exposed doing this. Me, Adin Ross, and Snot exposed Kamala Harris for paying influencers up to $20,000 each.”
“WH press sec: “We inherited a skyrocketing murder rate. That’s something that we inherited from the prior administration, and working together we not only turned that around but have brought violent crime to a 50-year low.””
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Community Note:
“The drop is caused by the highest crime cities like New York and Las Angeles no longer voluntarily reporting their crime statistics. The data feed for current crime stats is drastically different from when Trump was in office. “
“In 2022, @IlhanMN barely won her primary by 2,466 votes.
If 5,000 Republicans cast a ballot against her in the primary on August 13th, she will be removed from office.
Minnesota has an open primary. If you live in Minnesota and you’re a Republican, I’m calling on you to vote for Ilhan Omar’s DEMOCRAT opponent in the August 13th primary.
You are allowed to do this in an Open primary. Omar almost lost in 2022. If 5,000 GOP voters cross over to vote against her on the 13th, we can remove her from office .
This needs to happen. Tell everyone you know who lives in Minnesota.”
“Gov. Tim Walz’s radical wife has a policy role in his admin and is therefore fair game. Gwen operates her own office down hall from his in capitol and runs task forces w/ own staff incl chief of staff, deputy chief, comms dir. The Walzes are a package deal, just like the Clintons “
“I heard a reporter today describe the permanent sterilization and genital mutilation of children as “gender affirming care” (referencing Gov. Walz’s full support of same) and just a reminder that NO DECENT REPORTER SHOULD EVER USE PROPAGANDA TERMS to describe such monstrosities.”
“An even remotely independent press would be asking the Harris campaign why her VP signed a law “redefining sexual orientation to include pedophiles.” Utterly disqualifying.”
“Walz signed into law removing “physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult” from state human rights law — redefining “sexual orientation” to include pedophiles.”
So how long is America gonna continue to allow this complete bastardization of our justice system to continue? Most don’t even have the decency to notice what they’re doing to these people.
“The tyrannical DOJ and DC US attorney Matthew Graves want the 72-year-old “praying grandma” to spend 10 months in prison for her nonviolent 10-minute jaunt thru the Capitol.
DOJ wants her punished for expressing opinions about the case against her.”
And in other news….Polis built this along with his precious supporters up there. Aurora is shutting down a migrant “housing” complex due to “poor conditions”. Those migrants have until today to find new lodging. The fact that this gang is wrecking havoc in this area is being summarily dismissed by the libs. Oh and those migrants are demanding better living conditions and more money…or else they are taking their business elsewhere! The lunacy must stop! Remember when a citizen would be fined by Obama and his ilk for not having healthcare? And now “we” are providing free healthcare to invaders of our country…not to mention housing, food, clothing, cell phones, Wi-Fi, etc….
TDA is the same group that triggered a law enforcement safety bulletin last month warning police in Denver that TDA members have been “given a green light to fire or attack law enforcement.”
“We are aware of the presence of the gang in our city, certainly continuing to follow that. I think the safety of our citizens, you know officers, is paramount,” said Denver Police chief Ron Thomas.
Concern over the presence of the notorious South American gang follows a major influx of migrants to the U.S., including the city of Denver. Many of the more than 40,000 Migrants who arrived in Denver are from Venezuela.
There has been much press around here about our “praying Grandma” She runs a bed and breakfast just a few miles east of me and the left definitely wants to make an example out of her! Her account as to what transpired that day with the invitation to enter the building by guards and police is exactly the same as what was told to me by a dear friend’s daughter. My friend’s daughter, her husband, son and the church group they were with fled sensing a set up.
As a Christian, Lavrenz said she had felt called by God to attend the protest former President Donald Trump supporters held over the results of the November 2020 election as a Joint Session of Congress met to certify the Electoral College vote.
At the Capitol, she prayed outside the building and then walked with the crowd that she says guards beckoned inside. She looked around and after 10 minutes exited the building, video footage shows.
Also fair game? I don’t read Truth Social — Trump’s outlet — but saw this today.
(And Trump in his own words is why a fair number of us look at the 2024 presidential options on both “sides” with some measure of despair.)
~ “What are the chances that Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST President in the history of the U.S., whose Presidency was Unconstitutionally STOLEN from him by Kamabla, Barrack HUSSEIN Obama, Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Shifty Adam Schiff, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, and others on the Lunatic Left, CRASHES the Democrat National Convention and tries to take back the Nomination, beginning with challenging me to another DEBATE. He feels that he made a historically tragic mistake by handing over the U.S. Presidency, a COUP, to the people in the World he most hates, and he wants it back, NOW!!!” ~
Trump’s mindset now that the race has been jolted a bit also has drawn concern among some in his own circle; as one person said, Trump seems to be voicing anything that just pops into his head at this point.
From Politico:
~ As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Republicans are reeling from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his race against Harris. Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message. It didn’t last.
By midday, the former president was already back to re-litigating his controversial appearance in Chicago last week, where he questioned Kamala Harris’ Black identity and suggested a major network journalist should be fired — “I didn’t know who she was, she was nasty,” he told a livestreamer.
And if Trump had an opening to hit Harris on the economy, it was unclear even to leaders of his own party if he could sustain it.
Republicans on Monday reeled from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his new general election matchup with Harris — following a weekend that saw him praise Russian leader Vladimir Putin while smearing Harris as “low IQ,” and “dumb” and attacking a popular swing-state GOP governor whose turnout operation he may need in November.
“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” said Matthew Bartlett, a GOP strategist and former Trump administration appointee. “This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race. And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging. And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely melt down.”
Republicans who saw their party lose the White House and both chambers of Congress during Trump’s presidency have worried before about Trump’s lack of discipline. But Trump’s venting now comes at a critical point in the election, with Harris surpassing him in fundraising and gaining ground in some battleground state polls. …
But should that not occur in the pretty immediate future (the election is just a few months away and he’s displayed this behavior for a long time, frankly), this sounds like the rantings of a maladjusted 15-year-old boy — not someone I would trust or like to see leading the nation and the free world.
Dj, the choices are truly not exactly what we would select if we lived in Utopia, but given the fallen earth and vessels of clay . . . we hope in God and some of us choose to vote based on our value systems. Others vote because they are given freebies. Blessings to you as we all suffer together. It doesn’t help to keep putting people down. The issues are what keep me voting. Who wouldn’t be worn down from the relentless attacks Trump has suffered. ADRENALIN worked to raise him from the assassination attempt, but the stress of that alone was horrendous. It has all but been forgotten about with the rush of Dem news. Bash, bash, bash . . . and the beat goes on. God hears all the wasted words. Please forgive me Father God for wasting breath again. I need to be more about telling people about Jesus than talking about candidates that You can change at any moment.
Trump may very well be suffering from PTSD after the assassination attempt on his life. Perhaps a little mercy is in order rather than calling him a maladjusted 15 year old. Something to consider.
I hear you Janice — and this has been by far the most difficult and disruptive campaign period I’ve seen.
Trump’s character has always been an issue since the start so I’m not sure much of his “Truth Social” midnight comments are that new though how he is speaking and writing has become maybe a little more “off” now that the campaign has been shaken up? But he’s generally not been a careful speaker and that’s caused its share of (many) problems.
The assassination attempt was horrific and I’m sure left scars — though again, Trump has long been able to dish it out and (often) more than he gets when it comes to the verbal combat and name calling he so loves (and yes, it does take us back to classroom behavior); so I’m not sure that’s related at all to his Truth Social posts which are sometimes alarming (and have been for some time, at least the ones I happen to see). I suspect it may have more to do with the “new” campaign challenges he faces.
Some of us have been adrift politically for two cycles now and I suppose that sense of alienation from either party has become tiring. The behavior among Trump supporters has been often brutal toward anyone who dares to disagree or criticize (and yes, hard-core anti-trumpers dish it out as well, though I’ve not seen that done around here, only the relentless attacks on “never trumpers” which I think we’ve been able to “take” without much reaction).
It’s all been unfortunate and I guess there’s no apparent fix at this stage. I will write someone’s name in on my ballot this time and be gladly done with 2024, praying for our collective recovery, for calm and maturity to reign and that there will be wiser and campaigns to come.
Mercy should be extended to Biden and Harris and Walz as well. It is easy (relatively speaking) to have mercy on those we like, but not so much so for those we don’t like.
Yes, those people certainly do need mercy. It is only by His mercy that any of us can understand the way of righteousness. Others are blinded and deceived.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (emphasis mine):
~ “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” ~
Some kinds of mercy that can be given in these discussions is to refrain from pejorative names and accusations, to be sure that we are not inadvertently bearing false witness by trusting our sources without further reading, and by not assuming the worst of those we disagree with.
I am so very, very grateful for the mercy and grace that God has extended to me. I shudder to think where I would be without Him and His mercy and grace.
Ok…so we show mercy as mercy has been shown to us as we surrendered our lives to our Saviour. God will and does have mercy on the contrite heart.
Assuming the worst with those we disagree is a broad brush. Assuming the worst about a person who cheers at the death of a nearly even new born child…yes…I assume the worst of their dark heart. A person who threatened to take children away from their parents if they dare not mutilate their child when said child wants to be something other than who they were when born. Be wise as serpents and gentle as doves. The Lord gives us discernment when that is what we seek.
If voters decide to vote for the leftists ideas and the evilness of it all they are complicit. If voters choose to sit this one out because of the “bad character” of Trump, they will bear out the consequences of the evil that befalls this nation. It is interesting we hear so much about Trumps “bad character” and foibles yet those to whom we are to show “mercy” are given a pass time after time.
And I’ve shared this before but from Matthew Henry:
A man stole the wallet of the Bible commentator Matthew Henry. As he reflected on the incident, Henry said, “Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.”
NJ – What I meant by “not assuming the worst of those we disagree with” is that often there are posts or stories in various sources that give a false impression of what a politician may have said or done, or exaggerates it, or outright lies about it. I have seen those things shared so many times by folks on both the left and right.
My main point is to not automatically agree with a bad report which aligns with our preconceptions.
As for what you said about those being “given a pass time after time”, I am not sure who you are referring to. (IOW, who are the ones giving those passes?)
If you are referring to me as one of those, I will just say that I don’t feel a need to criticize those politicians on this blog where there are post after post after post doing that. And as I have said before, I have defended Trump against posts on Facebook that I knew to be untrue, or exaggerated something he said or did.
Just a brief comment on the character issue. Trump often makes me uncomfortable with his comments, but I’m more interested in his behavior, which is character writ large. Who is he going to appoint to leadership positions in his administration? What compromises will he make (they all make some)? In my opinion his first administration was a mixed bag.
Exactly, Debra. It’s so much bigger than Trump. But he is a stumbling block to many, there is no vision beyond him, and no trust in God to make the best of him. It is always assumed the worst of him by some.
We do see the actions on the other side and assume the worst; with Kizzie, on that. We look for trends. Harris was said to have changed in a more moderate direction yet her VP pick is trending more far left and toward communism and basically getting rid of those, in one way or another, who don’t fit with their ideas of progress toward their human made utopia. In their view it seems, they are gods and there is no one God they are under. Has their platform changed to include God? I have not stayed informed on that so I assume the worst.
Wandering Views 
He’s so mainstream, just an average guy.
https://x.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1820841265983902027?t=T5pRmls6im8Xdy7zuA-eNw&s=19
“Minnesota Gov. and Harris’ choice for VP Tim Walz signed a bill allowing the state to TAKE CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILDREN if a parent refuses to let their child receive “gender affirming care.””
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https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1820982116617789521?t=tIN7UMldbyOOqo5CNKM_Ww&s=19
“In Minnesota, you can kill your fully formed baby one day before that baby is born with no consequences but if you forbid your child from puberty blockers and chemical castration the state will take your child out of your care.
America, are you insane enough to elect that into the White House?”
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“Walz: In Minnesota we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. Even if we wouldn’t make the same choice for ourselves, there’s a golden rule, mind your own damn business.”
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1820954258168279222?t=0cTYMIeA4FpSR9A5GA_2_g&s=19
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“He literally started a snitching service for neighbors to report their neighbors who violated Covid restrictions”
https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1820969431985467520?t=zfP-GrftdshtqGGCMHg7JA&s=19
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Grassroot support?
No. Astroturf.
https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1820978034230308965?t=6EehITZc5XdEgKhSMApubw&s=19
“The Kamala Harris and Walz just got caught offering to pay influencers to post pro Harris-Walz content.
An Instagram whistleblower with nearly 150k followers contacted Rep. Jake Hoffman ‘with screenshots exposing a sophisticated Astroturfing effort underway by the Harris-Walz campaign.’
Social media users are being PAID to post pro Harris-Walz content on Instagram. This is actually the fourth time they have been exposed doing this. Me, Adin Ross, and Snot exposed Kamala Harris for paying influencers up to $20,000 each.”
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“What’s not to like?”
The contrast is stark.
The defense will dig their heels in deeper.
The wool is pulled further over the cool sunglasses.
It’s a pay to win game for some.
Cackle, cackle, wink, wink, nod, nod.
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She’s as gracious in her concession speech as she was in Congress.
https://x.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1821169854386212968?t=Gapv_uIKVaQo-T5Y2noDKg&s=19
“Cori Bush’s concession speech was terrifying and seems to suggest something sinister.
She said she’s now radicalized, her strings are off and she’s coming to tear the kingdom down.
This is some pretty dangerous rhetoric.”
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Hahaha.
This gem took less than 2 hours to get community noted. The lies don’t fly anymore.
https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1820906943348723730?t=9GgrfV3ziv8U2Avu6na0Pw&s=19
“WH press sec: “We inherited a skyrocketing murder rate. That’s something that we inherited from the prior administration, and working together we not only turned that around but have brought violent crime to a 50-year low.””
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Community Note:
“The drop is caused by the highest crime cities like New York and Las Angeles no longer voluntarily reporting their crime statistics. The data feed for current crime stats is drastically different from when Trump was in office. “
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This is the way. Dems have set these rules, so play by them.
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1821151798779883567?t=WVEdV1QRtKjc1zbJEdq1rg&s=19
“In 2022, @IlhanMN barely won her primary by 2,466 votes.
If 5,000 Republicans cast a ballot against her in the primary on August 13th, she will be removed from office.
Minnesota has an open primary. If you live in Minnesota and you’re a Republican, I’m calling on you to vote for Ilhan Omar’s DEMOCRAT opponent in the August 13th primary.
You are allowed to do this in an Open primary. Omar almost lost in 2022. If 5,000 GOP voters cross over to vote against her on the 13th, we can remove her from office .
This needs to happen. Tell everyone you know who lives in Minnesota.”
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Fair game.
https://x.com/paulsperry_/status/1821204020079280293?t=N0XCr_GbFedzo6wd8rTbvQ&s=19
“Gov. Tim Walz’s radical wife has a policy role in his admin and is therefore fair game. Gwen operates her own office down hall from his in capitol and runs task forces w/ own staff incl chief of staff, deputy chief, comms dir. The Walzes are a package deal, just like the Clintons “
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https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1821195288020725868?t=II-upl6eNx21Iy5_UBxAsA&s=19
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P.S.A.
Sometimes decency and honesty require you to ignore the AP Stylebook.
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1820982678180569344?t=5uQPUf0k-v8nWah1EwOTRg&s=19
“I heard a reporter today describe the permanent sterilization and genital mutilation of children as “gender affirming care” (referencing Gov. Walz’s full support of same) and just a reminder that NO DECENT REPORTER SHOULD EVER USE PROPAGANDA TERMS to describe such monstrosities.”
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Hello….?
Gov. Kemp….?
https://x.com/realLizUSA/status/1821173797518533036?t=OScVtXYODk0cVeibmxN58A&s=19
“GA State Election Board will discuss SEB2023-025 this morning
17,852 votes counted with no ballot images
20,713 original votes from tabulators out of thin air
3,930 duplicates counted and inserted via intentional human intervention.
a.k.a. FRAUD”
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This is how Dems and their media enablers attempt to mainstream Pedophilia.
https://x.com/StephenM/status/1821181586777534514?t=URupab0pWSuLoKq6Wb22Ew&s=19
“An even remotely independent press would be asking the Harris campaign why her VP signed a law “redefining sexual orientation to include pedophiles.” Utterly disqualifying.”
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https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1821017262096040109?t=t0wcEhXlzv_wyrXbyWohvw&s=19
“Walz signed into law removing “physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult” from state human rights law — redefining “sexual orientation” to include pedophiles.”
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Fair game….
https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1820879767282798773?t=6eAStnaPJkyLhc2B0z8EwQ&s=19
“I wanted to smell people’s small businesses burning to the ground.” is going to be a fun one.”
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https://x.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1820870083498975657?t=Bx6hCIoeHtolPQqZ0DXqYA&s=19
“This clip of Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz is making the rounds.
Her reflection on the 2020 riots:
“I could smell the burning tires…I kept the windows open as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening.””
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So how long is America gonna continue to allow this complete bastardization of our justice system to continue? Most don’t even have the decency to notice what they’re doing to these people.
Vote Trump to end these persecutions.
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1820989734300078581?t=zVEL4n88Wov8gqZl_8e10g&s=19
“The tyrannical DOJ and DC US attorney Matthew Graves want the 72-year-old “praying grandma” to spend 10 months in prison for her nonviolent 10-minute jaunt thru the Capitol.
DOJ wants her punished for expressing opinions about the case against her.”
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Know your enemies.
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1821217221504364655?t=-r5xr1EfKvPMTJEH6kX8Tg&s=19
“This is an actual ad from Minnesota State’s Tourism Department. It promotes drag shows, trans kids, and “gender care”
Tim Walz wants to implement this radical agenda for the whole country.”
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“It needs to be talked about more about how Somalis bilked the taxpayers in Minnesota out of a quarter billion dollars under Tim Walz‘s watch.
They tried to bribe jurors with literal sacks of cash.”
https://x.com/BonifaceOption/status/1820890783161184705?t=kYsDuabTP2msLdlSTy00gQ&s=19
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And in other news….Polis built this along with his precious supporters up there. Aurora is shutting down a migrant “housing” complex due to “poor conditions”. Those migrants have until today to find new lodging. The fact that this gang is wrecking havoc in this area is being summarily dismissed by the libs. Oh and those migrants are demanding better living conditions and more money…or else they are taking their business elsewhere! The lunacy must stop! Remember when a citizen would be fined by Obama and his ilk for not having healthcare? And now “we” are providing free healthcare to invaders of our country…not to mention housing, food, clothing, cell phones, Wi-Fi, etc….
TDA is the same group that triggered a law enforcement safety bulletin last month warning police in Denver that TDA members have been “given a green light to fire or attack law enforcement.”
“We are aware of the presence of the gang in our city, certainly continuing to follow that. I think the safety of our citizens, you know officers, is paramount,” said Denver Police chief Ron Thomas.
Concern over the presence of the notorious South American gang follows a major influx of migrants to the U.S., including the city of Denver. Many of the more than 40,000 Migrants who arrived in Denver are from Venezuela.
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There has been much press around here about our “praying Grandma” She runs a bed and breakfast just a few miles east of me and the left definitely wants to make an example out of her! Her account as to what transpired that day with the invitation to enter the building by guards and police is exactly the same as what was told to me by a dear friend’s daughter. My friend’s daughter, her husband, son and the church group they were with fled sensing a set up.
As a Christian, Lavrenz said she had felt called by God to attend the protest former President Donald Trump supporters held over the results of the November 2020 election as a Joint Session of Congress met to certify the Electoral College vote.
At the Capitol, she prayed outside the building and then walked with the crowd that she says guards beckoned inside. She looked around and after 10 minutes exited the building, video footage shows.
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Also fair game? I don’t read Truth Social — Trump’s outlet — but saw this today.
(And Trump in his own words is why a fair number of us look at the 2024 presidential options on both “sides” with some measure of despair.)
~ “What are the chances that Crooked Joe Biden, the WORST President in the history of the U.S., whose Presidency was Unconstitutionally STOLEN from him by Kamabla, Barrack HUSSEIN Obama, Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Shifty Adam Schiff, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, and others on the Lunatic Left, CRASHES the Democrat National Convention and tries to take back the Nomination, beginning with challenging me to another DEBATE. He feels that he made a historically tragic mistake by handing over the U.S. Presidency, a COUP, to the people in the World he most hates, and he wants it back, NOW!!!” ~
Trump’s mindset now that the race has been jolted a bit also has drawn concern among some in his own circle; as one person said, Trump seems to be voicing anything that just pops into his head at this point.
From Politico:
~ As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Republicans are reeling from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his race against Harris. Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message. It didn’t last.
By midday, the former president was already back to re-litigating his controversial appearance in Chicago last week, where he questioned Kamala Harris’ Black identity and suggested a major network journalist should be fired — “I didn’t know who she was, she was nasty,” he told a livestreamer.
And if Trump had an opening to hit Harris on the economy, it was unclear even to leaders of his own party if he could sustain it.
Republicans on Monday reeled from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his new general election matchup with Harris — following a weekend that saw him praise Russian leader Vladimir Putin while smearing Harris as “low IQ,” and “dumb” and attacking a popular swing-state GOP governor whose turnout operation he may need in November.
“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” said Matthew Bartlett, a GOP strategist and former Trump administration appointee. “This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race. And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging. And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely melt down.”
Republicans who saw their party lose the White House and both chambers of Congress during Trump’s presidency have worried before about Trump’s lack of discipline. But Trump’s venting now comes at a critical point in the election, with Harris surpassing him in fundraising and gaining ground in some battleground state polls. …
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Praying for Trump, that he would calm down and address the issues. May God be glorified.
mumsee
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I appreciate that, mumsee.
But should that not occur in the pretty immediate future (the election is just a few months away and he’s displayed this behavior for a long time, frankly), this sounds like the rantings of a maladjusted 15-year-old boy — not someone I would trust or like to see leading the nation and the free world.
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Dj, the choices are truly not exactly what we would select if we lived in Utopia, but given the fallen earth and vessels of clay . . . we hope in God and some of us choose to vote based on our value systems. Others vote because they are given freebies. Blessings to you as we all suffer together. It doesn’t help to keep putting people down. The issues are what keep me voting. Who wouldn’t be worn down from the relentless attacks Trump has suffered. ADRENALIN worked to raise him from the assassination attempt, but the stress of that alone was horrendous. It has all but been forgotten about with the rush of Dem news. Bash, bash, bash . . . and the beat goes on. God hears all the wasted words. Please forgive me Father God for wasting breath again. I need to be more about telling people about Jesus than talking about candidates that You can change at any moment.
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Just a note here.
Trump may very well be suffering from PTSD after the assassination attempt on his life. Perhaps a little mercy is in order rather than calling him a maladjusted 15 year old. Something to consider.
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I hear you Janice — and this has been by far the most difficult and disruptive campaign period I’ve seen.
Trump’s character has always been an issue since the start so I’m not sure much of his “Truth Social” midnight comments are that new though how he is speaking and writing has become maybe a little more “off” now that the campaign has been shaken up? But he’s generally not been a careful speaker and that’s caused its share of (many) problems.
The assassination attempt was horrific and I’m sure left scars — though again, Trump has long been able to dish it out and (often) more than he gets when it comes to the verbal combat and name calling he so loves (and yes, it does take us back to classroom behavior); so I’m not sure that’s related at all to his Truth Social posts which are sometimes alarming (and have been for some time, at least the ones I happen to see). I suspect it may have more to do with the “new” campaign challenges he faces.
Some of us have been adrift politically for two cycles now and I suppose that sense of alienation from either party has become tiring. The behavior among Trump supporters has been often brutal toward anyone who dares to disagree or criticize (and yes, hard-core anti-trumpers dish it out as well, though I’ve not seen that done around here, only the relentless attacks on “never trumpers” which I think we’ve been able to “take” without much reaction).
It’s all been unfortunate and I guess there’s no apparent fix at this stage. I will write someone’s name in on my ballot this time and be gladly done with 2024, praying for our collective recovery, for calm and maturity to reign and that there will be wiser and campaigns to come.
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And it’s nice to see “mercy” in a rare mention on this thread @6:10.
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“Blessed be the merciful for they shall receive mercy.”
I have memorized the Beatitudes this week. Matthew 5: 3-10.
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Mercy should be extended to Biden and Harris and Walz as well. It is easy (relatively speaking) to have mercy on those we like, but not so much so for those we don’t like.
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Yes the people pushing child mutilation, every perversion under the sun, and abortion up until birth certainly need mercy.
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Mercy is good for all. God has certainly been merciful to us! We would not be conversing on here except for His mercy.
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God will certainly judge those who are responsible for promoting evil upon society or individuals. We can vote against such things, thankfully.
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Yes, those people certainly do need mercy. It is only by His mercy that any of us can understand the way of righteousness. Others are blinded and deceived.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (emphasis mine):
~ “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” ~
Some kinds of mercy that can be given in these discussions is to refrain from pejorative names and accusations, to be sure that we are not inadvertently bearing false witness by trusting our sources without further reading, and by not assuming the worst of those we disagree with.
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I am so very, very grateful for the mercy and grace that God has extended to me. I shudder to think where I would be without Him and His mercy and grace.
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Ok…so we show mercy as mercy has been shown to us as we surrendered our lives to our Saviour. God will and does have mercy on the contrite heart.
Assuming the worst with those we disagree is a broad brush. Assuming the worst about a person who cheers at the death of a nearly even new born child…yes…I assume the worst of their dark heart. A person who threatened to take children away from their parents if they dare not mutilate their child when said child wants to be something other than who they were when born. Be wise as serpents and gentle as doves. The Lord gives us discernment when that is what we seek.
If voters decide to vote for the leftists ideas and the evilness of it all they are complicit. If voters choose to sit this one out because of the “bad character” of Trump, they will bear out the consequences of the evil that befalls this nation. It is interesting we hear so much about Trumps “bad character” and foibles yet those to whom we are to show “mercy” are given a pass time after time.
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Amen. And such a good verse.
And I’ve shared this before but from Matthew Henry:
A man stole the wallet of the Bible commentator Matthew Henry. As he reflected on the incident, Henry said, “Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.”
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NJ – What I meant by “not assuming the worst of those we disagree with” is that often there are posts or stories in various sources that give a false impression of what a politician may have said or done, or exaggerates it, or outright lies about it. I have seen those things shared so many times by folks on both the left and right.
My main point is to not automatically agree with a bad report which aligns with our preconceptions.
As for what you said about those being “given a pass time after time”, I am not sure who you are referring to. (IOW, who are the ones giving those passes?)
If you are referring to me as one of those, I will just say that I don’t feel a need to criticize those politicians on this blog where there are post after post after post doing that. And as I have said before, I have defended Trump against posts on Facebook that I knew to be untrue, or exaggerated something he said or did.
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Just a brief comment on the character issue. Trump often makes me uncomfortable with his comments, but I’m more interested in his behavior, which is character writ large. Who is he going to appoint to leadership positions in his administration? What compromises will he make (they all make some)? In my opinion his first administration was a mixed bag.
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Exactly, Debra. It’s so much bigger than Trump. But he is a stumbling block to many, there is no vision beyond him, and no trust in God to make the best of him. It is always assumed the worst of him by some.
We do see the actions on the other side and assume the worst; with Kizzie, on that. We look for trends. Harris was said to have changed in a more moderate direction yet her VP pick is trending more far left and toward communism and basically getting rid of those, in one way or another, who don’t fit with their ideas of progress toward their human made utopia. In their view it seems, they are gods and there is no one God they are under. Has their platform changed to include God? I have not stayed informed on that so I assume the worst.
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