“The degree to which our national media seem to actively cheer against the president of the United States in a summit with a foreign power is astounding.”
“There is nearly no precedent for it apart from Trump’s first term. It is hopeless Trump Derangement Syndrome and an indictment of how broken, corrupt, and literally the enemy of the American people the majority of the national media complex is.”
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“And obviously related, the degree to which our national media seem to actively cheer for more war, death, and destruction is another sign of dangerously sick people who should not be in positions of real power.”
“Washington DC residents are flooding in support for President Trump’s federalization of the District – this is absolute nightmare fuel for Dems.
“As a moderate, as a centrist, I think something needs to be done. I have three kids. I’m about to start teaching next week. I want it to be safe.”
“It’s a good thing because it actually reinforces the fact that America is secure, safe, stable.”
ANOTHER RESIDENT: “I ENJOY having extra security. I think it’s a good thing…you wanna feel safe when you’re out and about, especially females.”
This is in stark contrast to the nearly all-white paid protesting crowds who appeared in DC over the weekend. These people actually live here. And they support it – imagine that.”
There is a new cease fire agreement on the table for Israel. It’s being brokered by Qatar and Egypt. It’s worth noting that many hostage families support these ceasefire agreements as continued Israeli bombing endangers the lives of their loved ones.
“Arab mediators are awaiting a formal response from Israel after Hamas said it had accepted a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
The plan was presented by Qatar and Egypt, which are trying to avert a major new Israeli offensive to occupy Gaza fully.
Qatar said it was “almost identical” to a US proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of 50 hostages held in Gaza – 20 of whom are believed to be alive – would be handed over and the two sides would negotiate a lasting ceasefire and the return of the rest.
In recent days, Israel’s government has said it would no longer accept a partial deal – only a comprehensive one that would see all the hostages freed….
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According to public broadcaster Kan, Netanyahu has not ruled out the possibility of a partial deal despite his recent statements that he will only accept a comprehensive deal.
On Saturday night, his office put out a statement saying that Israel would “agree to a deal on condition that all the hostages are released in one go, and in accordance with our conditions for ending the war”.
Those conditions included the disarming of Hamas, the demilitarisation of Gaza, Israeli control of the Gaza perimeter, and the installation of a non-Hamas and non-Palestinian Authority governance, it added.”
The excessive death and destruction in Gaza seems to be quite deliberate. What is really troubling is that so many Zionist christians have apparently accepted this language and assessment.
“The Israeli general who headed military intelligence on 7 October 2023 has said 50 Palestinians must die for every person killed that day and “it does not matter now if they are children”, in recordings broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12 TV station.
Aharon Haliva said the toll in Gaza, which he put at more than 50,000 dead, was “necessary” as a “message to future generations” of Palestinians.
“They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price,” he added, referring to the mass expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands after the creation of Israel in 1948. Nakba means catastrophe in Arabic.
Much of Israel’s leadership and media has used genocidal rhetoric about Palestinians since Hamas’s 7 October attacks, including describing them as “human animals”, saying there are “no innocents” in Gaza and calling for Gaza’s total destruction and its ethnic cleansing….”
“DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 7 days prior:
Robbery ⬇️46%
ADW ⬇️6%
Carjacking ⬇️83%
Car Theft ⬇️21%
Violent Crime ⬇️22%
Property Crime ⬇️6%
All Crimes⬇️8%
While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent.”
That’s certainly how blood feuds end for the unregenerate. It’s the christian Zionists’ response that troubles me. Like yours. You can’t have two masters. Ever. One will ALWAYS serve the other. Either your god is Israel or politics or money or whatever, OR your God is the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob…and Peter, James, John and Paul. You can’t serve both. Our God is a jealous god, and His only begotten Son is the stumbling block. The way of Zionism is not the way of Christ. I urge repentance for us all.
“Former AG Bill Barr testified under oath today that President Trump is not connected to the Epstein files, and if he were, Biden would have already leaked it:
“He said that he had never seen anything that would implicate President Trump in any of this, and that he believed if there had been anything pertaining to President Trump with respect to the Epstein list, that he felt like the Biden administration would probably have leaked it out.”
“NEW: Ex-FBI agent Mike Feinberg says he resigned rather than get polygraphed on his friendship w/ Pete Strzok. Many want to make him a Resistance hero. I did a deep-dive on him (defending Crossfire Hurricane, comparing Patel’s FBI to KGB & Nazis, & more).”
“Chair Jim Jordan and I have given FireAid a deadline of September 2 for a detailed breakdown of all nonprofits that received funds, including the amount, date, recipient, and purpose of each expenditure.
We’ve also made clear that the remaining $25 million must go to victims.”
I serve no master but Christ, Debra. And that was a low blow, but again, its based on your feelings and not facts.
I’m also on record saying cut all aid to Israel, and make them buy any military equipment we give them.
But unlike some, I see the need for harshness when dealing with those who would kill and rape women and children, like Hamas does, and have no problem with them being annihilated for their crimes.
I don’t get squishy when it comes time for them to pay a price for their horrendous crimes. Their deeds require consequences.
I have no love for Netanyahu, I find him a secular charlatan who plays to the Biblical concerns of Christians, while not believing their beliefs valid. He’s a user, who for too long, like his predecessors milks the US for all he can. The PLO and Hamas do the same. 2 sides of the same coin. Cut it all.
I also want the corrupt AIPAC, whose also bought too many R politicians and evangelical “leaders”, and whose money infects our body politic. It’s no better than the corruption Soros buys. Again, 2 sides to the same coin.
I say play hardball, cut it all, and make a peace deal, not a useless cease fire, to turn the aid back on.
Whoever violates the peace deal gets harsh sanctions.
If they refuse it, then leave them to their own demises. It’s not our job to fix this 70 year old war problem.
You will find I never have sympathy for those rape and murder unarmed women and children. They are the lowest of the low. God may eventually forgive, but they won’t likely receive any from me or their victims.
While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts, and a justified one.
Any starvation occurring is the direct result of their waging war on Israel, and stealing the international aid sent in, even the Israelis are sending it in, which leads to further suffering.
While I dislike much about Israel, they hold the moral high ground here, at least at the moment. Hence, my support.
And none of this is some Biblical stand I’ve bought into about being all in for Israel from some preacher or another.
These are my feelings, since that seems important to you. I’m not being a jerk, this is the reality or where I stand, and why.
Re: “While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts, and a justified one.”
I can certainly see how this part – “While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts” – is true. There are consequences in war, horrific ones. But, do you really think that the consequence of children being killed is “a justified one”?
Re: the tweet about the BBC article on the young woman who died.
The actual article says:
~ “The 20-year-old, identified as Marah Abu Zuhri, flew to Pisa with her mother on an overnight flight on Wednesday under a scheme set up by the Italian government.
The University Hospital of Pisa said she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday, less than 48 hours after arriving. It said she had a “very complex clinical picture” and had suffered severe loss of weight and muscle. Italian news agencies reported she was suffering from severe malnutrition.
Cogat, the Israeli military body in charge of aid, said on Sunday that she had suffered from leukaemia.” ~
A clarification at the end says:
~ “Clarification 18 August: This article’s headline originally said that Marah Abu Zuhri died of malnutrition, with the introduction stating that she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday. The headline has been amended to remove the reference to malnutrition being the cause of death in what the hospital described as a “very complex clinical picture”.” ~
Headlines are often misleading. Just today, a person on Facebook shared an article and mentioned that the headline was pretty much opposite of what the article actually said.
Also, people with cancer often die of other conditions that hasten their death. Although Hubby had advanced prostate cancer, it was actually a pulmonary embolism that killed him.
Sometimes when the media just reports the facts, it doesn’t make Trump look good and that’s what happened in Alaska. The image of Trump clapping and smiling while a war criminal had a red carpet rolled out for him demonstrates how badly the summit went for Trump. Nobody needs to cheer against him they just need to take that picture.
Contrast that with the treatment Trump gave Zelensky — no red carpet, no photo op stage, no limo ride, etc. Again no need to cheer against Trump, his actions portray him as a friend of Putin a man wanted for war crimes.
Europe showing up en masse was due to Trump’s failure in Alaska. It’s almost unheard of for national leaders to show up at the last minute with no preparations for a visit. It demonstrated a complete lack of confidence in Trump and his ability to be neutral with Putin.
As stated, this was unprecedented and I’ve seen memes circulated with the photo of the leaders captioned — “the family has come together to tell grandpa its time to go to the home” , others said “grandpa its time to give up your license” etc etc
European and other world leaders don’t trust Trump. They see him as a) a stooge of Putin b) in love with authoritarianism c) senile d) incompetent or most likely a combination of all four.
Qatar is actually the perfect country to negotiate. They have good relations with both Hamas/PLO and Israel. They have negotiated agreements in the past. And unlike the US, they are not compromised …. its clear from statements by Cruz, Graham and others including Trump that they can’t be seen as a neutral third party. Quite often US politicians are more hard-core in their support then Israelis themselves. Not to mention the presence of AIPAC…..
Meanwhile, the death toll mounts and innocents die. Arguing over individual cases misses the point — clearly people are dying unnecessarily and due to Israeli actions. Meanwhile Bibi has taken a page from Putin — demand comprehensive peace but no ceasefire. This allows the more powerful to create more death and destruction.
“a justified one”….bad choice of words. Deaths are rarely justified. Reminds me of a friend who blamed Palestinian parents for their children’s deaths. “It’s their fault for having children in that situation”……a comment I found interesting coming from a pro life Catholic.
If Washington DC’s violent crime rate (925 per 100 000) and needs the National Guard, perhaps Mike Johnson should request help for Shreveport (1228 per 100 000) or maybe Monroe (1892 per 100 000). Doesn’t Johnson care about his constituents??? DC ranks 29th among large US citizens, even small cities like Monroe are vastly more violent than DC. The violence rate in small cities in the Old South might need the national guard more than DC. However, it appears South Carolina wants to send their guard to DC to help. Over 100 years later, the secessionist state finally occupied the capital.
Seriously, a crime rate isn’t enough to call out the National Guard. That’s a low bar for a military occupation.
If you say you’re not a Zionist and are not motivated by those ideas I take you at your word. I was responding to your comments which sounded Zionist to me, but I have no wish to foist beliefs on you that are not yours.
That said, there’s nothing “squishy” about a concern for innocents. And nothing I’ve read from you indicates you consider anyone in Gaza innocent– including it’s Christians or children (over 40% are said to be under 15 yrs old).
I would have agreed with you on October 8 that Israel was justified to defend itself and retrieve hostages and hunt down the perpetrators. But after the carnage inflicted in the past 2 years (60-70,000 dead and countless wounded and orphaned) I don’t think I can ever look at Israel the same way again. There’s no justice in that. Just vengeance a d savagery.
That’s often what war is. But the more concerning thing to me is the attitude if Christians about what’s going on there.
I will be concerned for the Palistinian children when their parents and leaders are.
At current, they appear to be important only for propaganda purposes, and the parents continue to allow and cheer on the hate these kids are taught in schools by said parents and leaders.
Me caring, one way ot the other, changes nothing here. Since I’m not the virtue signaling type, I see no need to pretend otherwise.
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Kizzie,
Children always die in war, whether the war is justified or not.
Even in a just war, children die. It is a fact of war. Good soldiers and men avoid these at all costs when possible.
Hamas seeks them out, revels in the barbarity of it, and cares not for collateral damage, as their own barbaric footage from Oct 7th shows. Gang rapes, children as young as infants strangled to death for simply being a Jew.
Whether child deaths as result of retaliation for such things is justified or not, is in the eye of the beholder. Opinions can and do vary.
Israel on the other hand, doesn’t do this, tries to avoid civilian causulties, even warns them bombings are coming and to flee, often days in advance.
Hamas would like all to forget who kicked the hornets nest. They are barbaric terrorists and use innocents to their own supposed advantage. God does not turn a blind eye to any of this…trusting Him through it all…
Since AJ is so concerned about rape, I thought it would be appropriate to shine a little light on the subject.
Although this is only one video, there were 50+ Palestinian prisoners most of whom were later released and not charged who said this kind of thing also happened to them.
“Video has emerged of a gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner by guards at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev desert, southern Israel.
The video, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, shows the prisoner being selected from a larger group lying bound on the floor. The victim is then escorted to a wall, where guards, using their shields to hide their identity from the camera, proceed to rape him….
The video of the alleged gang rape at Sde Teiman is the latest piece in a growing body of evidence of abuse, sexual assault and the systematic withholding of food and medical care that Palestinians endure within the Israeli prison system.
A report titled Welcome to Hell, published this week by the Israeli human rights advocacy group, B’Tselem, includes interviews with 55 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention centres since October 7. In firsthand accounts, the prisoners, the majority of whom were later released without charge at locations across the occupied Palestinian territory, Gaza and within Israel, recount being assaulted, insulted and sexually abused by guards.
“The conditions at Sde Teiman aren’t unique. They’re just the tip of the iceberg,” the organisation’s spokesperson, Shai Parnes, told Al Jazeera by phone from Jerusalem.
“We heard similar accounts of sexual abuse, starvation and assault from separate prisoners held in 16 different locations across Israel. It was depressing. As we gathered the testimonies, we realised that every witness account was almost identical, no matter what their age, gender or location was. There’s no doubt. This kind of abuse is systematic,” he said….”
Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu strutted up to the podium this week and proudly announced that “Boston will not back down.” Translation? Protecting illegal immigrants—even the ones raping kids—is apparently a higher priority than cooperating with ICE. Forget public safety, Wu’s making sure her city gets a gold star in progressive virtue-signaling.Blame Trump, Ignore The Crimes
When cornered on her sanctuary stance, Wu did what Democrats do best—she blamed Trump. She ranted about groceries, housing, even cancer cures—because nothing says “law and order” like dragging Epstein’s name into an immigration debate. Meanwhile, ICE just arrested Haitian, Guatemalan, and Salvadoran nationals in Boston for crimes ranging from child rape to aggravated assault. Wu still insists Boston is the “safest major city in America.” If that’s safe, God help us all.
And yet there are those defending the poor immigrants just wanting a better life at the expense of our own citizenry…..
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced nearly a dozen children as young as 12 were rescued from trafficking at several hotels during a law enforcement operation in Nebraska.
Federal and state law enforcement officers executed search warrants in the early morning hours of August 12, 2025, at 14 business premises and two residential locations.
Five individuals were charged with federal crimes surrounding an alleged conspiracy to engage in labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring of aliens at several hotels across Nebraska, U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods disclosed in a press release.
The operation recovered 10 minors and 17 adults, who were forced to work at the hotels for long hours with little to no pay. A complaint affidavit details the “exploitative conditions” the victims were subject to including “unclean, unsafe, and unhealthy” lodging accommodations.
Furthermore, at least one of the defendants was engaged in a sex trafficking conspiracy that allegedly victimized minors and adults. The hotels were also allegedly used as premises to conduct drug trafficking.
The five arrested individuals include:
Kentakumar Chaudhari, age 36;
Rashmi Ajit Samani, age 42;
Amit Prahladbhai Chaudhari, age 32;
Amit Babubhai Chaudhari, age 33; and
Maheshkumar Chaudhari, age 38.
Care about what is happening in this country or should we allow those immigrants stay????
Kudos to law enforcement! Solving crime is what we pay them for. And I didn’t see a single mention of ICE being involved; were they? Imagine what could be accomplished if the FBI used all that money being used to round up those “dangerous” gardeners and landscapers and grandfathers and mothers, and just focused on ACTUAL criminals. We might find we have less crime.
ACTUAL criminals would be those breaking our laws… even grandmothers gardeners and landscapers…. Here illegally!
And let’s not forget who started killing children in the Hamas Israeli war shall we??
Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country’s collective memory.
Israel says forensic evidence shows the boys were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas says the family was killed along with their guards in an Israeli airstrike.
The point again Debra, which it seems you are intentionally missing is that whether I care or not is irrelevant. I have no power to affect it either way.
I do not have the time, or bandwidth to care for every child in the world. Thats ridiculous. With that said, I do find their deaths horribly sad, of course.
But I place the blame where it belongs, on the parents and society who teach them hate from birth. I bare no responsibility for it, nor do you. They do. And they are the only ones with the power to change it.
Debra your comment to our brother has stunned me. Jesus certainly said to let the children to come to Him citing we shall have the humble heart of a child. That does not imply we can protect every child but it is in His hands we release them. To say one’s words are of Satan because you have an opposing view not biblically based is concerning. Perhaps we all should check ourselves?
Yes we should all check ourselves. I’m pretty sure you’re mature enough to know that any one of us can find ourselves speaking more like Satan than Christ as did Peter (Matt 16:23).
Caring is relevant AJ. What we care about is what we love, and love is always relevant. None of us have the bandwidth to care for the lost, dying or injured like the Lord does. But it doesn’t mean we need to be callous either, though I can see the temptation to become callous— it’s natural, because caring hurts.
And sometimes we care about a child because his parents don’t or can’t. As in abortion or the orphaned or abandoned. That’s the way of Christ.
Well I suppose I have matured to know that at times we can misspeak but not to accuse one whose walk we trust to be speaking for Satan. That came upon the heels of questioning what master one was serving as though there was a deliberate support for the enemy of our very souls. So be it I leave that between you and the one who loves you most….as I chose to look upon the heart
Wandering Views 
“The degree to which our national media seem to actively cheer against the president of the United States in a summit with a foreign power is astounding.”
https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1957214156991688866?t=zFClTIVWhGcjSpPhB3_HVw&s=19
And unseemly, as well as un-American.
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But muh norms….. 🙄
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https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1957214713642627484?t=zagYWltU0LxAMKowuK7usg&s=19
“There is nearly no precedent for it apart from Trump’s first term. It is hopeless Trump Derangement Syndrome and an indictment of how broken, corrupt, and literally the enemy of the American people the majority of the national media complex is.”
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“And obviously related, the degree to which our national media seem to actively cheer for more war, death, and destruction is another sign of dangerously sick people who should not be in positions of real power.”
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I guess the hundreds of millions they’ve made off of Nancy’s insider trading wasn’t enough.
https://x.com/SULLY10X/status/1957473408788136037?t=p1t3Njh6TthviCBiqy4iSg&s=19
“Paul Pelosi took out two PPP COVID relief loans for $711,708 and $996,392. Both were forgiven.”
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Of course he was lying. You could tell because his lips were moving.
But that doesn’t stop our corrupt media from running with the lie, fact checks be damned.
https://x.com/AnthonyCabassa_/status/1957513813793894594?t=Af5jvEE6tpxyy27LT-_WMA&s=19
“Gavin Newsoms team has been caught in a lie, in which they state the Trump Admin gave a work permit to the man that killed 3 people in Florida.
DHS now confirms the federal work permit was denied by the Trump Admin in Dec of 2020, but GRANTED by President Biden.”
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Oh look, the wanna be world leader/embezzler does own a suit.
https://x.com/johnrobertsFox/status/1957523374147793169?t=-ni20zG7pXTaGHtQEw8Apg&s=19
“I covered the White House for more than a decade, and never witnessed a meeting like this.”
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This is why I laugh when people post from the BBC, as if they aren’t known liars and fabricators.
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1957126131489849394?t=37HPC0zF3bY6duWTzoiEaA&s=19
“Gazan doctors: She has Leukemia
Israeli doctors: She has Leukemia
Italian doctors: She has Leukemia
The medical report: She died of Leukemia
The BBC: Israel starved her to death”
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https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1956791643413094490?t=z3E77rUmbforYFHlA-QCpg&s=19
“Gazan woman flown to Italy dies of malnutrition”
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“Washington DC residents are flooding in support for President Trump’s federalization of the District – this is absolute nightmare fuel for Dems.
“As a moderate, as a centrist, I think something needs to be done. I have three kids. I’m about to start teaching next week. I want it to be safe.”
“It’s a good thing because it actually reinforces the fact that America is secure, safe, stable.”
ANOTHER RESIDENT: “I ENJOY having extra security. I think it’s a good thing…you wanna feel safe when you’re out and about, especially females.”
This is in stark contrast to the nearly all-white paid protesting crowds who appeared in DC over the weekend. These people actually live here. And they support it – imagine that.”
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1957432142473883751?t=7H3EslN1H5hirD8dipzuew&s=19
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School is in session.
https://x.com/MikeCrispi/status/1957620436671594954?t=XYYBzyWvp9Ynqepy1TmJ_w&s=19
“Trump with all the world leaders sitting around his desk is the best photo of 2025.”
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Round ’em up, and get ’em outta here!
https://x.com/PressSec/status/1957446886102593906?t=kksJeHVAxw4i1GFSdRijVg&s=19
“Rubio’s State Department yanks more than 6K student visas due to assault, burglary, support for terrorism”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubios-state-department-yanks-more-than-6k-student-visas-due-assault-burglary-support-terrorism
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There is a new cease fire agreement on the table for Israel. It’s being brokered by Qatar and Egypt. It’s worth noting that many hostage families support these ceasefire agreements as continued Israeli bombing endangers the lives of their loved ones.
“Arab mediators are awaiting a formal response from Israel after Hamas said it had accepted a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
The plan was presented by Qatar and Egypt, which are trying to avert a major new Israeli offensive to occupy Gaza fully.
Qatar said it was “almost identical” to a US proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of 50 hostages held in Gaza – 20 of whom are believed to be alive – would be handed over and the two sides would negotiate a lasting ceasefire and the return of the rest.
In recent days, Israel’s government has said it would no longer accept a partial deal – only a comprehensive one that would see all the hostages freed….
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According to public broadcaster Kan, Netanyahu has not ruled out the possibility of a partial deal despite his recent statements that he will only accept a comprehensive deal.
On Saturday night, his office put out a statement saying that Israel would “agree to a deal on condition that all the hostages are released in one go, and in accordance with our conditions for ending the war”.
Those conditions included the disarming of Hamas, the demilitarisation of Gaza, Israeli control of the Gaza perimeter, and the installation of a non-Hamas and non-Palestinian Authority governance, it added.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjeynvp409vo
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“Dems Say Mail-In Ballot Ban Will Place Undue Hardship On Dead Voters”
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1957563767945826788?t=xDIhwrbVbFRSn_RClnRfzg&s=19
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The excessive death and destruction in Gaza seems to be quite deliberate. What is really troubling is that so many Zionist christians have apparently accepted this language and assessment.
“The Israeli general who headed military intelligence on 7 October 2023 has said 50 Palestinians must die for every person killed that day and “it does not matter now if they are children”, in recordings broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12 TV station.
Aharon Haliva said the toll in Gaza, which he put at more than 50,000 dead, was “necessary” as a “message to future generations” of Palestinians.
“They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price,” he added, referring to the mass expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands after the creation of Israel in 1948. Nakba means catastrophe in Arabic.
Much of Israel’s leadership and media has used genocidal rhetoric about Palestinians since Hamas’s 7 October attacks, including describing them as “human animals”, saying there are “no innocents” in Gaza and calling for Gaza’s total destruction and its ethnic cleansing….”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/israeli-general-aharon-haliva-palestinians-7-october-gaza
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“The President of the DC Police Union has come out in FULL SUPPORT of President Trump’s takeover of the police department
“We completely agree with the President that the crime in the District of Columbia is out of control and something needs to be done.
The fact that we need help from federal law enforcement and maybe even the National Guard should not come as a surprise.”
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1954985421173297298?t=1pJt7H9q4FgTGfH2ZweKMw&s=19
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https://x.com/DCPoliceUnion/status/1957435067258577173?t=ELSb4Zwi-cCfn4eWUbf6Hg&s=19
“DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 7 days prior:
Robbery ⬇️46%
ADW ⬇️6%
Carjacking ⬇️83%
Car Theft ⬇️21%
Violent Crime ⬇️22%
Property Crime ⬇️6%
All Crimes⬇️8%
While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent.”
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ADW is assault with deadly weapon.
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Wow Debra….
I’m shocked that people who are constantly vilified and attacked have no sympathy for those attacking them, or their children…
OK, maybe not shocked at all. That’s kinda how these blood feuds end…..
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That’s certainly how blood feuds end for the unregenerate. It’s the christian Zionists’ response that troubles me. Like yours. You can’t have two masters. Ever. One will ALWAYS serve the other. Either your god is Israel or politics or money or whatever, OR your God is the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob…and Peter, James, John and Paul. You can’t serve both. Our God is a jealous god, and His only begotten Son is the stumbling block. The way of Zionism is not the way of Christ. I urge repentance for us all.
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Take it for what you will. He’s a known liar and NT traitor.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1957560068666454184?t=vyao6WfcqPdqaYGnCIPotg&s=19
“Former AG Bill Barr testified under oath today that President Trump is not connected to the Epstein files, and if he were, Biden would have already leaked it:
“He said that he had never seen anything that would implicate President Trump in any of this, and that he believed if there had been anything pertaining to President Trump with respect to the Epstein list, that he felt like the Biden administration would probably have leaked it out.”
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Dirty deeds from dirty criminals.
https://x.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1957767735485620380?t=Y2Pa9jJXkh1QZi4WbiD5ZA&s=19
“NEW: Ex-FBI agent Mike Feinberg says he resigned rather than get polygraphed on his friendship w/ Pete Strzok. Many want to make him a Resistance hero. I did a deep-dive on him (defending Crossfire Hurricane, comparing Patel’s FBI to KGB & Nazis, & more).”
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/strzok-friend-who-resigned-defends-him-and-crossfire-hurricane-compares
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Gov. Newsom and his thieving friends and family must be getting nervous….
https://x.com/RepKiley/status/1957485305654886703?t=R1sT9mrCErCINWnBqPLchA&s=19
“Chair Jim Jordan and I have given FireAid a deadline of September 2 for a detailed breakdown of all nonprofits that received funds, including the amount, date, recipient, and purpose of each expenditure.
We’ve also made clear that the remaining $25 million must go to victims.”
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I serve no master but Christ, Debra. And that was a low blow, but again, its based on your feelings and not facts.
I’m also on record saying cut all aid to Israel, and make them buy any military equipment we give them.
But unlike some, I see the need for harshness when dealing with those who would kill and rape women and children, like Hamas does, and have no problem with them being annihilated for their crimes.
I don’t get squishy when it comes time for them to pay a price for their horrendous crimes. Their deeds require consequences.
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Also, so we’re clear….
I have no love for Netanyahu, I find him a secular charlatan who plays to the Biblical concerns of Christians, while not believing their beliefs valid. He’s a user, who for too long, like his predecessors milks the US for all he can. The PLO and Hamas do the same. 2 sides of the same coin. Cut it all.
I also want the corrupt AIPAC, whose also bought too many R politicians and evangelical “leaders”, and whose money infects our body politic. It’s no better than the corruption Soros buys. Again, 2 sides to the same coin.
I say play hardball, cut it all, and make a peace deal, not a useless cease fire, to turn the aid back on.
Whoever violates the peace deal gets harsh sanctions.
If they refuse it, then leave them to their own demises. It’s not our job to fix this 70 year old war problem.
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One last thing….
You will find I never have sympathy for those rape and murder unarmed women and children. They are the lowest of the low. God may eventually forgive, but they won’t likely receive any from me or their victims.
While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts, and a justified one.
Any starvation occurring is the direct result of their waging war on Israel, and stealing the international aid sent in, even the Israelis are sending it in, which leads to further suffering.
While I dislike much about Israel, they hold the moral high ground here, at least at the moment. Hence, my support.
And none of this is some Biblical stand I’ve bought into about being all in for Israel from some preacher or another.
These are my feelings, since that seems important to you. I’m not being a jerk, this is the reality or where I stand, and why.
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Re: “While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts, and a justified one.”
I can certainly see how this part – “While I find the deaths of children from a war their parents incited and caused very sad, I also see it as a consequences for their acts” – is true. There are consequences in war, horrific ones. But, do you really think that the consequence of children being killed is “a justified one”?
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Re: the tweet about the BBC article on the young woman who died.
The actual article says:
~ “The 20-year-old, identified as Marah Abu Zuhri, flew to Pisa with her mother on an overnight flight on Wednesday under a scheme set up by the Italian government.
The University Hospital of Pisa said she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday, less than 48 hours after arriving. It said she had a “very complex clinical picture” and had suffered severe loss of weight and muscle. Italian news agencies reported she was suffering from severe malnutrition.
Cogat, the Israeli military body in charge of aid, said on Sunday that she had suffered from leukaemia.” ~
A clarification at the end says:
~ “Clarification 18 August: This article’s headline originally said that Marah Abu Zuhri died of malnutrition, with the introduction stating that she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday. The headline has been amended to remove the reference to malnutrition being the cause of death in what the hospital described as a “very complex clinical picture”.” ~
Headlines are often misleading. Just today, a person on Facebook shared an article and mentioned that the headline was pretty much opposite of what the article actually said.
Also, people with cancer often die of other conditions that hasten their death. Although Hubby had advanced prostate cancer, it was actually a pulmonary embolism that killed him.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce87n455dvxo
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Sometimes when the media just reports the facts, it doesn’t make Trump look good and that’s what happened in Alaska. The image of Trump clapping and smiling while a war criminal had a red carpet rolled out for him demonstrates how badly the summit went for Trump. Nobody needs to cheer against him they just need to take that picture.
Contrast that with the treatment Trump gave Zelensky — no red carpet, no photo op stage, no limo ride, etc. Again no need to cheer against Trump, his actions portray him as a friend of Putin a man wanted for war crimes.
Europe showing up en masse was due to Trump’s failure in Alaska. It’s almost unheard of for national leaders to show up at the last minute with no preparations for a visit. It demonstrated a complete lack of confidence in Trump and his ability to be neutral with Putin.
As stated, this was unprecedented and I’ve seen memes circulated with the photo of the leaders captioned — “the family has come together to tell grandpa its time to go to the home” , others said “grandpa its time to give up your license” etc etc
European and other world leaders don’t trust Trump. They see him as a) a stooge of Putin b) in love with authoritarianism c) senile d) incompetent or most likely a combination of all four.
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Qatar is actually the perfect country to negotiate. They have good relations with both Hamas/PLO and Israel. They have negotiated agreements in the past. And unlike the US, they are not compromised …. its clear from statements by Cruz, Graham and others including Trump that they can’t be seen as a neutral third party. Quite often US politicians are more hard-core in their support then Israelis themselves. Not to mention the presence of AIPAC…..
Meanwhile, the death toll mounts and innocents die. Arguing over individual cases misses the point — clearly people are dying unnecessarily and due to Israeli actions. Meanwhile Bibi has taken a page from Putin — demand comprehensive peace but no ceasefire. This allows the more powerful to create more death and destruction.
“a justified one”….bad choice of words. Deaths are rarely justified. Reminds me of a friend who blamed Palestinian parents for their children’s deaths. “It’s their fault for having children in that situation”……a comment I found interesting coming from a pro life Catholic.
hrw
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If Washington DC’s violent crime rate (925 per 100 000) and needs the National Guard, perhaps Mike Johnson should request help for Shreveport (1228 per 100 000) or maybe Monroe (1892 per 100 000). Doesn’t Johnson care about his constituents??? DC ranks 29th among large US citizens, even small cities like Monroe are vastly more violent than DC. The violence rate in small cities in the Old South might need the national guard more than DC. However, it appears South Carolina wants to send their guard to DC to help. Over 100 years later, the secessionist state finally occupied the capital.
Seriously, a crime rate isn’t enough to call out the National Guard. That’s a low bar for a military occupation.
hrw
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If you say you’re not a Zionist and are not motivated by those ideas I take you at your word. I was responding to your comments which sounded Zionist to me, but I have no wish to foist beliefs on you that are not yours.
That said, there’s nothing “squishy” about a concern for innocents. And nothing I’ve read from you indicates you consider anyone in Gaza innocent– including it’s Christians or children (over 40% are said to be under 15 yrs old).
I would have agreed with you on October 8 that Israel was justified to defend itself and retrieve hostages and hunt down the perpetrators. But after the carnage inflicted in the past 2 years (60-70,000 dead and countless wounded and orphaned) I don’t think I can ever look at Israel the same way again. There’s no justice in that. Just vengeance a d savagery.
That’s often what war is. But the more concerning thing to me is the attitude if Christians about what’s going on there.
(I’m at work and break is over. More later.)
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I will be concerned for the Palistinian children when their parents and leaders are.
At current, they appear to be important only for propaganda purposes, and the parents continue to allow and cheer on the hate these kids are taught in schools by said parents and leaders.
Me caring, one way ot the other, changes nothing here. Since I’m not the virtue signaling type, I see no need to pretend otherwise.
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Kizzie,
Children always die in war, whether the war is justified or not.
Even in a just war, children die. It is a fact of war. Good soldiers and men avoid these at all costs when possible.
Hamas seeks them out, revels in the barbarity of it, and cares not for collateral damage, as their own barbaric footage from Oct 7th shows. Gang rapes, children as young as infants strangled to death for simply being a Jew.
Whether child deaths as result of retaliation for such things is justified or not, is in the eye of the beholder. Opinions can and do vary.
Israel on the other hand, doesn’t do this, tries to avoid civilian causulties, even warns them bombings are coming and to flee, often days in advance.
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Again, one side clearly has the high ground here.
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Washington DC is not just any city. It is the capital of our country. That makes all the difference.
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Hamas would like all to forget who kicked the hornets nest. They are barbaric terrorists and use innocents to their own supposed advantage. God does not turn a blind eye to any of this…trusting Him through it all…
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AJ says: “I will be concerned for the Palistinian children when their parents and leaders are. ”
Christ said ‘Let the little children come to me, and don’t prevent them, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’
If your words sound more like Satan’s than Christ, you may be sure your ‘master’ is not Christ. Check yourself.
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Since AJ is so concerned about rape, I thought it would be appropriate to shine a little light on the subject.
Although this is only one video, there were 50+ Palestinian prisoners most of whom were later released and not charged who said this kind of thing also happened to them.
“Video has emerged of a gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner by guards at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev desert, southern Israel.
The video, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, shows the prisoner being selected from a larger group lying bound on the floor. The victim is then escorted to a wall, where guards, using their shields to hide their identity from the camera, proceed to rape him….
The video of the alleged gang rape at Sde Teiman is the latest piece in a growing body of evidence of abuse, sexual assault and the systematic withholding of food and medical care that Palestinians endure within the Israeli prison system.
A report titled Welcome to Hell, published this week by the Israeli human rights advocacy group, B’Tselem, includes interviews with 55 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention centres since October 7. In firsthand accounts, the prisoners, the majority of whom were later released without charge at locations across the occupied Palestinian territory, Gaza and within Israel, recount being assaulted, insulted and sexually abused by guards.
“The conditions at Sde Teiman aren’t unique. They’re just the tip of the iceberg,” the organisation’s spokesperson, Shai Parnes, told Al Jazeera by phone from Jerusalem.
“We heard similar accounts of sexual abuse, starvation and assault from separate prisoners held in 16 different locations across Israel. It was depressing. As we gathered the testimonies, we realised that every witness account was almost identical, no matter what their age, gender or location was. There’s no doubt. This kind of abuse is systematic,” he said….”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/9/everything-is-legitimate-israeli-leaders-defend-soldiers-accused-of-rape
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So what shall we say of an ‘allie’ who encourages rape and sexual assault and starvation and torture of suspects in detention?
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Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu strutted up to the podium this week and proudly announced that “Boston will not back down.” Translation? Protecting illegal immigrants—even the ones raping kids—is apparently a higher priority than cooperating with ICE. Forget public safety, Wu’s making sure her city gets a gold star in progressive virtue-signaling.Blame Trump, Ignore The Crimes
When cornered on her sanctuary stance, Wu did what Democrats do best—she blamed Trump. She ranted about groceries, housing, even cancer cures—because nothing says “law and order” like dragging Epstein’s name into an immigration debate. Meanwhile, ICE just arrested Haitian, Guatemalan, and Salvadoran nationals in Boston for crimes ranging from child rape to aggravated assault. Wu still insists Boston is the “safest major city in America.” If that’s safe, God help us all.
And yet there are those defending the poor immigrants just wanting a better life at the expense of our own citizenry…..
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From the Daily Citizen:
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced nearly a dozen children as young as 12 were rescued from trafficking at several hotels during a law enforcement operation in Nebraska.
Federal and state law enforcement officers executed search warrants in the early morning hours of August 12, 2025, at 14 business premises and two residential locations.
Five individuals were charged with federal crimes surrounding an alleged conspiracy to engage in labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring of aliens at several hotels across Nebraska, U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods disclosed in a press release.
The operation recovered 10 minors and 17 adults, who were forced to work at the hotels for long hours with little to no pay. A complaint affidavit details the “exploitative conditions” the victims were subject to including “unclean, unsafe, and unhealthy” lodging accommodations.
Furthermore, at least one of the defendants was engaged in a sex trafficking conspiracy that allegedly victimized minors and adults. The hotels were also allegedly used as premises to conduct drug trafficking.
The five arrested individuals include:
Care about what is happening in this country or should we allow those immigrants stay????
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Kudos to law enforcement! Solving crime is what we pay them for. And I didn’t see a single mention of ICE being involved; were they? Imagine what could be accomplished if the FBI used all that money being used to round up those “dangerous” gardeners and landscapers and grandfathers and mothers, and just focused on ACTUAL criminals. We might find we have less crime.
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ACTUAL criminals would be those breaking our laws… even grandmothers gardeners and landscapers…. Here illegally!
And let’s not forget who started killing children in the Hamas Israeli war shall we??
Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country’s collective memory.
Israel says forensic evidence shows the boys were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas says the family was killed along with their guards in an Israeli airstrike.
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The point again Debra, which it seems you are intentionally missing is that whether I care or not is irrelevant. I have no power to affect it either way.
I do not have the time, or bandwidth to care for every child in the world. Thats ridiculous. With that said, I do find their deaths horribly sad, of course.
But I place the blame where it belongs, on the parents and society who teach them hate from birth. I bare no responsibility for it, nor do you. They do. And they are the only ones with the power to change it.
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Debra your comment to our brother has stunned me. Jesus certainly said to let the children to come to Him citing we shall have the humble heart of a child. That does not imply we can protect every child but it is in His hands we release them.
To say one’s words are of Satan because you have an opposing view not biblically based is concerning. Perhaps we all should check ourselves?
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Yes we should all check ourselves. I’m pretty sure you’re mature enough to know that any one of us can find ourselves speaking more like Satan than Christ as did Peter (Matt 16:23).
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Caring is relevant AJ. What we care about is what we love, and love is always relevant. None of us have the bandwidth to care for the lost, dying or injured like the Lord does. But it doesn’t mean we need to be callous either, though I can see the temptation to become callous— it’s natural, because caring hurts.
And sometimes we care about a child because his parents don’t or can’t. As in abortion or the orphaned or abandoned. That’s the way of Christ.
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Well I suppose I have matured to know that at times we can misspeak but not to accuse one whose walk we trust to be speaking for Satan. That came upon the heels of questioning what master one was serving as though there was a deliberate support for the enemy of our very souls.
So be it I leave that between you and the one who loves you most….as I chose to look upon the heart
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