“CCRKBA” SAYS MILLIONS OF NEW GUN OWNERS WILL RESHAPE SECOND AMENDMENT BATTLE

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Thursday, June 25th, 2020

BELLEVUE, WA – The recent gun-buying surge that began with the COVID-19 pandemic panic and continued through the civil unrest and riots following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody has created millions of new gun owners who will now eagerly protect their right to protect themselves and their loved ones, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms predicts.

“Look at all of the new people who suddenly decided to exercise their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms,” observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We’ve witnessed something that is nothing short of a sea change, and in some cases might approach the level of epiphany, about gun ownership. We’ve heard anecdotal reports from all over the country about people flocking to gun shops who had never before owned a firearm. Now that they are gun owners, we expect them to be very protective of their rights.”

March, April and May saw record numbers of background checks, according to FBI data and information from industry sources. June data should be out within days, and CCRKBA expects the trend to continue.

“As we’ve said before,” Gottlieb recalled, “we welcome all of these new gun owners to the firearms community. We know many of them are minorities, especially Black and female citizens from literally all age groups, and they will find gun owners have a big tent with lots of room for newcomers. They can take advantage of training opportunities, meet new friends who share more interests than they might have suspected, and gain a new understanding of our efforts to protect the one fundamental right that actually protects all of the other rights.

“We’re not surprised to hear about new first-time gun buyers who have discovered how much enjoyment they get out of shooting,” he added. “We’ve seen this with generations of new gun owners who may never have had any previous experience with firearms. Many of them discover a sense of empowerment that allows them, maybe for the first time, to understand they can take care of themselves, and that they are responsible for their own safety.

“This new wave of gun owners could become a formidable force during this year’s election,” Gottlieb noted. “From now on, we expect millions of new gun owners to pay closer attention to candidates, and reject those who would trample on their Second Amendment rights. With legions of new gun owners ready to protect these newly-discovered rights, it could be a pretty scrappy election year with lots of surprises.”

 

 

BEWARE OF ANDY STANLEY

BY DAVID CLOUD

SEE: https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/beware_of_andy_stanley.php;

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Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley, son of Charles Stanley, is the pastor of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, a Southern Baptist church. He is one of the most influential “evangelicals,” is considered a master of communication, and is a church growth guru who teaches pastors how to build megachurches. He represents the rapidly growing “emerging” side of the Southern Baptist Convention.

In 2016, he said, If you don’t go to a large church, you are so stinking selfish … and don’t care about your kids” (“Andy Stanley’s Problem with the Bible,” deliveredbygrace.com, Mar. 31, 2016).

In August 2016, he said that if he were the pope, “I would have all the churches that are dying, dying, dying, dying sell their buildings and give their money to the church planters” (interview with Russell Moore, ERLC conference, Aug. 25, 2016).

Stanley holds a “tolerant” view of homosexuality. He says he has no intention of pushing a Christian agenda on other people (The New Rules for Love, Sex and Dating). He says that churches should not make people feel like they have to leave “because they’re gay” (“Dr. Charles Stanley and Son Andy,” The Gospel Herald, Apr. 23, 2015). In a sermon entitled “When Gracie Met Truthy,” April 15, 2012, Stanley described a couple in his church who divorced when the wife discovered that her husband was in a sexual relationship with another man, and instead of disciplining the man, the church allowed the homosexual couple to move to another “campus” of North Point Church and work together as a “host” team. That’s not biblical grace; it is 2 Timothy 4:3-4 “after their own lusts” apostasy.

Stanley minimizes the importance of the virgin birth. “Stanley’s December 3, 2016, sermon may be the most controversial yet. In his sermon, Stanley minimized the importance—if not the reality—of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. ‘A lot of people don’t believe it, and I understand that,’ Stanley said. He added, ‘Maybe the thought is they had to come up with some kind of myth about the birth of Jesus to give him street cred later on. Maybe that’s where that came from’ (Baptist News Global, ‘Virgin Birth Debate Interrupts Regular ‘War on Christmas’ Program,’ 12-21-16). Stanley then noted that it is interesting that only two of the four gospels mention the virgin birth, and said ‘Christianity doesn’t hinge on the truth or even the stories around the birth of Jesus … It really hinges on the resurrection of Jesus.’ Earlier this year, Stanley minimized the importance of the role Scripture plays in the life of the believer, and minimizing the importance of the virgin birth of Christ is simply the next step in this downward trajectory. The virgin birth of Christ is vitally important, for without the virgin birth, mankind would not have a Savior (the God-man) and no resurrection could have occurred! Despite what Stanley says, Christianity does hinge on the truth surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. Stanley’s statements are dangerous and his conclusions are completely unbiblical. Discerning believers must beware of those who minimize vital doctrinal truths in an attempt to relate to those who reject such truths in the first place” (Matt Costella, Fundamental Evangelical Association, Dec. 23, 2016).

Stanley consistently disparages the Bible.

In 2009, he said that preaching through the Bible verse-by-verse “isn’t how you grow people. … No one in the Scripture modeled that. There’s not one example of that” (The Exchange with Ed Stetzer, Mar. 5, 2009). But the preacher is commanded to “preach the Word” (2 Ti. 4:2). How can he preach the Word without preaching verse-by-verse? The preacher isn’t giving the Word as the Bible writers were; he is preaching the Word already given. Stanley is comparing apples with oranges. A good example of preaching expositorily is Nehemiah 8, where the priests exposited the book of the law. “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading” (Neh. 8:8). Here, the priests were not giving new revelation; they were not writing Scripture; they were preaching Scripture, and they went verse-by-verse.

In 2014, Stanley said, “Don’t say the Bible says. Say the author’s name who wrote the Bible” (Stanley, Deep and Wide).

On Aug. 25, 2016, in a conversation with Russell Moore at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission conference held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual conference, Stanley said, “I would ask preachers and pastors and student pastors in their communications to get the spotlight off the Bible and back on the resurrection.” This is nutty, of course, because it is impossible to understand Christ’s resurrection apart from the Bible.

In 2016, in his Easter Sunday message, Stanley said, “If you said to me one-on-one, Andy, I’m not a Christian … but I’m going to let you take your best shot at convincing me to follow Jesus’–Here’s what I wouldn’t do … I wouldn’t try to convince you with the Bible. … I would start with the resurrection of Jesus without the Bible.” Again, this is complete nonsense, as it is the Bible alone that records the resurrection and its infallible evidences.

In 2016, in a series “Who Needs God?” Stanley said, “If the Bible is the foundation of our faith, it’s all or nothing. Christianity becomes a ‘fragile house of cards’ religion. Christianity becomes a fragile house of cards that comes tumbling down when we discover that perhaps the walls of Jericho didn’t. … What your students have discovered, and if you read broadly you’ve discovered, it is next to impossible to defend the entire Bible. But if your Christianity hangs by the thread of proving that everything in the Bible is true, you may be able to hang onto it, but your kids and your grandkids and the next generation will not.” The things he says are not supported by evidence include the young age of the earth, the global flood, the miraculous Exodus from Egypt, and the walls of Jericho falling down. Stanley’s idea that it is next to impossible to defend the whole Bible is gross heresy. Jesus and the apostles certainly believed and defended all of it, every jot and tittle.

In 2018, Stanley said, “If you were raised on a version of Christianity that relied on the Bible as the foundation of faith, a version that was eventually dismantled by academia or the realities of life, maybe it’s time for you to change your mind about Jesus. Maybe it’s time for you to consider the version of Christianity that relies on the event of the resurrection of Jesus as its foundation” (Stanley, “Aftermath” sermon series). Pastor Chris King rightly observes, “Any Christian leader who questions the reliability and usefulness of God’s Word is either terribly confused or a false teacher. Either way, such a teacher is a dangerous influence. A ‘version of Christianity’ that does not rely on the Bible is not Christianity” (“The Dangerous False Teaching of Andy Stanley,” deliveredbygrace.com, Aug. 16, 2018).

 

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S FULL SPEECH AT WEST POINT’S 2020 COMMENCEMENT

President Donald Trump saluted West Point graduates for their service and accomplishments while emphasizing unity amid "turbulent" times during a commencement address Saturday that punctuated tensions over racial injustice and concerns about the novel coronavirus. Trump used the address to congratulate the cadets, recognize the contributions of the U.S. armed forces to American society, and tout his own administration’s efforts to execute a “colossal rebuilding” of the military and end an “era of endless wars.” “This premier military academy produces only the best of the best, the strongest of the strong and the bravest of the brave,” Trump said. “West Point is a universal symbol of American gallantry, loyalty, devotion, discipline and great skill.” “To the 1,107 cadets who today become the newest officers in the most exceptional Army ever to take the field of battle, I am here to offer America’s salute. Thank you for answering your nation’s call,” the president continued. The commencement was staged outside at the military academy’s campus in upstate New York, with the crowd of graduates adhering to social distancing guidelines, underscoring the continued threat of the novel coronavirus throughout the United States. The cadets marched out clad in masks and removed them upon taking their seats. Family and other guests were not permitted to attend the ceremony as they normally would, which the president acknowledged at one point by encouraging graduates to applaud their parents as they watched the event remotely.

MINNESOTA STATE REP: ANTIFA & MUSLIM GROUPS PLAN TO “POLICE MINNEAPOLIS UNDER MUSLIM RULE”

It would have sounded farfetched just weeks ago.

It doesn’t anymore.

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/06/minnesota-state-rep-antifa-and-muslim-groups-plan-robert-spencer;

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As the city of Minneapolis moves to dismantle its police force, Minnesota state Rep. Steve Green on Tuesday stated the obvious that virtually everyone else has been tiptoeing around and pretending isn’t there: “What you’re looking at, in my humble opinion, is communism moving into Minneapolis and St. Paul.” And not just Communism, but the Leftist/Islamic alliance. Green asserted that Antifa and Muslim organizations plan to “police Minneapolis under Muslim rule.” Those who scoff at such a notion simply aren’t paying attention to recent developments.

The Minneapolis City Council voted two weeks ago to abolish the city’s police force. Its plans beyond that have so far been sketchy, but something is going to have to be put in place as an alternative to the police. The New York Times noted that “many have called for relying more on self-policing by the community, in the way attendees often do at events like music festivals, with the police stepping in only when a true emergency arises. Some cited as an example how, in the days after the killing of Mr. Floyd, teams made up of dozens of members of the American Indian Movement patrolled streets and directed traffic in the Little Earth housing community in Minneapolis.”

If members of the local community end up policing Minneapolis, what might that look like? Back in 2016, a series of Minneapolis Muslims in man-on-the-street interviews stated matter-of-factly that they preferred Islamic law over American law. We have seen Sharia patrols in Germany, Britain, and even New York City, where the Muslim Community Patrol (MCP) is decked out in uniforms that strong resemble New York Police Department uniforms, and drives cars carefully designed to look like NYPD cars, to enforce “fundamentals of the Sharia.”

Muslim leader Siraj Wahhaj explained what that meant: “The mosques need protection and the MCP cars can help stop people who were not following the rules and regulations of the sharia, doing what they’re not supposed to be doing, but still doing it.” According to a Muslim involved with the MCP, this would involve stopping “Muslim women being out after dark, Muslim men hanging out in the corners doing dope, Muslims drinking liquor,” and enforcing, “basically, the fundamentals of the Sharia.”

If such a community patrol is launched in Minneapolis, it is likely to focus on the same things, but not do anything about the fact that the 5th Congressional District in Minneapolis, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district, is the jihad terror recruitment capital of the United States. Stopping young Muslims from engaging in jihad activity is unlikely to be a high priority for a group that is dedicated to enforcing Sharia, since Sharia calls upon Muslims to wage war against and subjugate unbelievers.

The Sharia enforcers’ hard-Left allies in Antifa would have no problem with this. Islam historically has never had any difficulty coexisting with authoritarian governments; in fact, it is free republics that have never proved to be compatible with Islamic law. Consequently, Steve Green’s words don’t appear farfetched at all. The unholy alliance of Leftists and Islamic supremacists sees that its moment is now, and is grabbing all it can.

How likely is it that Minneapolis really could end up under Islamic rule, with the blessing and cooperation of the hard-Left? According to the Minnesota Reformer, another Minnesota state Representative, Mohamud Noor of Minneapolis, did not deny the truth of Green’s statements. Instead, when asked about them, he “said rather than talk about things that inflame people and create division, Minnesota needs to address the challenge before it.” And of course, talk of Antifa/Islamic rule in Minneapolis might “inflame people,” so keep quiet. Keep quiet, that is, if you oppose such an eventuality, not if you favor it. Said Noor: “Minnesota is awake. They understand the challenges; they have been hearing the challenges for far too long. And we can’t wait any longer.”

Steve Green may turn out to have been a prophetic voice far sooner than anyone expects. And if any free people who may still be in Minneapolis want to head this off, the time is now to “inflame people” – not to riot and destroy after the manner of the Left, but to stand up decisively now and stop the power-grab of these insidious totalitarian forces.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 21 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.



A CALL FOR NAZI-STYLE “KRISTALLNACHT” AGAINST CHRISTIANS

Murals and stained glass windows of Jesus are a “gross form of white supremacy” and “should all come down,” says non-black leftist Shaun King.

BY LLOYD BILLINGSLEY

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“All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down. They are a gross form of white supremacy. Created as tools of oppression. Racist propaganda. They should all come down.”

That was a June 22 tweet from Shaun King, and the “far-left activist,” wasn’t done.

“Yes I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been,” King tweeted. “In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Demark. Tear them down.”

The casual reader might wonder about this man Shaun King, so eager for a Christian Kristallnacht. As Fox News noted, King was “a surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders,” and introduced the Vermont socialist at a rally for his presidential bid. Bernie Sanders is big fan of Denmark, so King’s anti-Jesus tweets may be a form of socialist distancing. For their part, other groups on the left have been distancing themselves from Shaun King.

“King was once a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement,” according to Fox News, “but fell from grace when his race was questioned and he was accused of being a Caucasian falsely portraying himself as black.” In the 2015 “The Shaun King Controversy Explained,” German Lopez delved into the back story.

Shaun King had “been told” that his actual father was a light-skinned black man. Lopez found that official sources in Kentucky listed the father as Jeffery Wayne King, like his mother “also white.” A family member also told CNN that King’s parents were both white, but King claimed he didn’t lie about using his race to obtain an Oprah Scholarship to historically black Morehouse College.

Lopez claims that race “may not be biologically real,” but it’s clear that Shaun King, 40, is a genuine fake. Aside from the racial issue, the former “senior justice writer” for the New York Daily News has been criticized as self-promoter, narcissist and incompetent activist. King’s anti-Jesus hatred is likely an effort to recover credibility with Black Lives Matter. On the other hand, it recalls a central reality of the left.

Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries have always hated Christianity because it elevates truth and offers a moral authority beyond politics. In America, black leftist radicals continued the tradition. As University of Pennsylvania professor Thomas J. Sugrue notes, black-power radicals derided the Rev. Martin Luther King, a Christian minister, as “de Lawd” and branded him as “hopelessly bourgeois, a detriment rather than a positive force in the black freedom struggle.”

In the novel Dreams from My Father, so proclaimed by the “composite character” author’s own biographer David Garrow, young Barry’s strongest influence is “Frank.” Frank is the African American Communist Frank Marshall Davis, a lifelong supporter of all-white Soviet dictatorships. When it comes to reading, Barry tries James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and such but “only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different.”

In a supposedly “white supremacist” United States, the son of an African American father and white mother became president of the United States, the most powerful person in the world. That president brought Black Lives Matter bosses to the White House and the ex-president recently expressed the hope that his vanguard of protesters would “seize the moment.” As he knows, the current surge of violence has nothing to do with George Floyd and everything to do with taking power by force.

Any campaign against murals and stained glass windows would be a prelude to the targeting of churches, ministers, and Christians. In similar style, the axis of Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and prominent Democrats aims to remove President Trump from office, but the strategic target is the United States itself. For this crowd, the ultimate statue for takedown is Lady Liberty herself, and radical Muslims are taking the lead.

“The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) planned to attack the Statue of Liberty in New York City with pressure cooker bombs,” Newsweek reported in January of 2018, “the Statue of Liberty has a very weak point in its lower back,” noted Munther Omar Saleh, 21, “if I can get a few pressure cooker bombs to hit the weak point, I think it will fall face down.” The FBI busted Saleh and fellow bomber Fareed Mumuni, 22,  who were aided by Australian jihadi Neil Prakash and an English supporter of ISIS.

Islamic militants and the American left are united in their hated of Christians and Jews. As Daniel Greenfield notes, a Farrakhan supporter played a leading role in violence that targeted Fairfax, the oldest Jewish community in Los Angeles. For Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter, these were people “who think that they can just retreat to white affluence.”

Shaun King follows suit with a call for a Kristallnacht against Christians.




CHILDREN’S ABUSIVE BRAINWASHING: SESAME STREET & NICKELODEON CELEBRATE GAY PRIDE

Children’s TV Network Nickelodeon: ‘Celebrating Pride … This Month and Every Month’

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: https://christiannews.net/2020/06/23/childrens-tv-network-nickelodeon-celebrating-pride-this-month-and-every-month/

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Along with the Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and “Sesame Street,” the children’s television network Nickelodeon took to social media this month to recognize Pride Month, which celebrates those who identify as “gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.” The Bible says that children are to be raised in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

“Celebrating #Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” it wrote on June 13, including an emoji of a rainbow flag, generating 330K likes on Twitter and 430K likes on Instagram.

The post included a graphic with a multi-colored SpongeBob SquarePants, Schwoz Schwartz of “Henry Danger” — played by Michael Cohen, who was born female but identifies as male, and Korra of “The Legend of Korra”, who was confirmed by co-creators Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino in 2014 to be lesbian.

The post caused some to think that Nickelodeon is implying that SpongeBob is homosexual, although late creator Stephen Hillenburg had previously stated that he “never intended” for the character to be seen as such and that he is “almost asexual.”

Nickelodeon asked followers in other posts if they know the history behind the Pride flag and the meaning behind each stripe — with one post featuring a video including children talking about Pride Month.

Another mention featured Luna from “The Loud House” playing an electric guitar with a rainbow spotlight shining down on her. “Luna’s rocking out with Pride,” the caption read.

Nickelodeon, which became America’s first cable channel for children in the 1970’s, is known for shows such as “Paw Patrol,” “Blues Clues,” “SpongeBob SquarePants”, “The Loud House” and Tyler Perry’s “Young Dylan.”

Other major children’s networks — Cartoon Network and Disney Channel — likewise recognized Pride Month, with both having special Pride playlists for youth.

“Our world is changing every day and it’s the courage of individuals that bring forth progress,” Cartoon Network tweeted on June 10. “While the world continues to push for equality, CN celebrates the people and families within the LGBTQ+ community, all month long and all year round. #HappyPrideMonth”

It created a “Pride Playlist” featuring episodes from the cartoons “Steven Universe” and “Craig of the Creek.” In 2018, “Steven Universe” featured episodes where the female characters Sapphire and Ruby became engaged and “married,” locking lips after being pronounced “Garnet.”

In the “Craig of the Creek” episode “The Haunted Dollhouse”, which also depicts an occultic seance, witches Courtney and Tabitha are caught kissing in the dark. The two first revealed their feelings for each other in the episode “The Curse.”

Disney Channel posted a video to social media on June 15 featuring actress Raven-Symone’, who is in a relationship with another woman, speaking about what “pride” means to her.

“We couldn’t agree more with @ravensymone — #PrideMonth is all about celebrating our authentic selves! #expressyourself,” the outlet wrote.

It also released a “Disney Pride” musical playlist on Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify and Pandora, featuring music from “High School Musical”, “Frozen”, “The Lion King”, “Aladdin”, “The Thing About Harry” and other productions.

The long-running children’s show “Sesame Street” posted about Pride Month twice so far in June, writing, “On our street, we accept all, we love all, and we respect all. Happy #PrideMonth” and “Love always wins. #PrideMonth.” The latter used the various colors of show characters, from the yellow of Big Bird, the red of Elmo and the blue of Cookie Monster to form a rainbow heart in the center.

As previously reported, homosexuality and drag have made their way into children’s programming in recent years. In 2017, the preschooler-geared cartoon “Doc McStuffins” featured an animated depiction of the lesbian moms of two children. That same year, “Star vs. the Forces of Evil” included a scene where two boys locked lips, as well as two girls.

In 2018, World of Wonders debuted the cartoon “Drag Tots,” which featured animated “baby drag queens” voiced by cast members of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and Netflix announced the children’s series “Super Drags,” which centered on the fictional tales of drag queen superheroes.

Last year, “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” featured lesbian aunts during its final season, and Mr. Ratburn, the elementary school teacher in the long-running PBS children’s cartoon “Arthur” came out as homosexual, “marrying” an aardvark named Patrick in the episode “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.”

The new Disney-Pixar film “Onward,” which centers on wizardry and necromancy, also features a line where a cyclops police officer — voiced by a homosexual screenwriter — subtly reveals to viewers that she is a lesbian, and the reboot of the PBS animated children’s show “Clifford the Big Red Dog” introduces a girl named Samantha who has two mothers.

Ephesians 6:4 teaches that parents are to raise their children “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Psalm 78 also outlines that God’s law is to be passed down from generation to generation, that children may not rebel against the Lord as their fathers once did.

“He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children, that the generation to come might know them — even the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children,” it declares.

“That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments, and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation — a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.”

The late British preacher J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) once exhorted in his message “Duties for Parents”, “You must not think it a strange and unusual thing that little hearts can be so full of sin. It is the only inheritance which our father Adam left us; it is that fallen nature with which we come into the world; it is that inheritance which belongs to us all.”

“May the awareness of it make you more diligent in using every possible means which seem most likely, by God’s blessing, to counteract the evil. Let it make you more and more careful, so far it lies with you, to keep your children out of the way of temptation.”

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Sesame Street Tweets in Support of Homosexual Pride Month, Creates Rainbow With Characters

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: https://christiannews.net/2020/06/23/sesame-street-tweets-in-support-of-homosexual-pride-month-creates-rainbow-with-characters/;

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The long-running children’s show “Sesame Street” has taken to social media twice in June to recognize “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender” Pride Month, with one graphic symbolizing the Pride flag rainbow via characters of different colors holding hands and another utilizing the likenesses of Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Elmo and others with a rainbow heart in the center. While being applauded by many, some commenters have pointed to the Word of God, noting that it is not loving to promote sin but to rather urge others to turn from it.

“On our street, we accept all, we love all, and we respect all. Happy #PrideMonth,” the broadcast tweeted on June 11, with an emoji of the Pride flag. A graphic accompanying the tweet depicts various show characters holding hands to create a rainbow flag.

“Love always wins. #PrideMonth,” Sesame Street wrote on June 16, using the various colors of characters, from the yellow of Big Bird, the red of Elmo and the blue of Cookie Monster to form a rainbow heart in the center.

While the posts generated thousands of likes — 131K for one and 8k for the other on Facebook, 65K for one and 12K for the other on Twitter, 167K for one on Instagram (the second was not posted) — some left comments expressing objection that the acceptance of homosexuality is being promoted to children.

“Not an agenda that should be pushed by a children’s TV show. Children should be just children,” one commenter wrote.

“This is the opposite of love. To indoctrinate vulnerable innocent children into accepting and possibly living this abomination is to condemn them to an eternal fire. It is #demonic! God’s Word does not change,” another stated.

“Actually, God always wins. You might be loved and accepted on earth, but God didn’t create you to do whatever you want. Your sin has consequence,” a third outlined. “The loving thing I can tell you is read the Bible and obey God or face eternal consequence. Ain’t going to sugar coat it. Life vs. eternity. You decide.”

As previously reported, this is not the first time that “Sesame Street” has acknowledged Pride Month, writing in 2017, “Sesame Street is proud to support families of all shapes, sizes, and colors.” It also shared a photograph of various Sesame Street characters lined up in a manner to reflect the colors of the rainbow flag.

“Happy #PrideMonth from your friends on Sesame Street!” it posted last year, featuring an image of a jean jacket with rainbow buttons, one of which featured Big Bird and the year 1969, in reference to the Stonewall Riots.

Billy Porter, an openly homosexual actor known for wearing dresses and gowns, is also scheduled to appear on the broadcast this season — an announcement that has generated both applause and concern, with at least two groups taking up a petition to ask PBS not to “indoctrinate children” with taxpayer dollars.

Cartoon Network also is observing Pride Month throughout June, and left a series of rainbow hearts under Sesame Street’s June 11 post. 

In addition to expressing support for those who identify as homosexual, Sesame Street has also been teaching children the practices of meditation and mindfulness with its “Monster Meditation” episodes, which are a partnership with the organization Headspace.

As previously reported, Headspace was co-founded by Andy Puddicombe, who, according to the group’s website, was ordained in India as a Tibetan Buddhist monk after spending years studying meditation.

HELP AND HOPE IN CHRIST

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As previously reported, while the Bible teaches kindness toward others, it also instructs that men are not to take pride in their sins but to humbly repent of them — no matter what the transgression (Isaiah 1:16Jeremiah 4:14Mark 1:16).

Scripture states that the unregenerate man is naturally drawn to desire what is verboten as all are born with the Adamic sin nature (Romans 5:19), having various inherent feelings and inclinations that are contrary to the law of God and being utterly incapable of changing by themselves (Job 14:4).

All men are therefore lawbreakers and guilty in the sight of God (Romans 3:19), evoking His wrath.

“[W]e all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others,” Ephesians 2:3 outlines.

“All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way,” Isaiah 53:6 reads, “and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

It is why Jesus came: to do what men could not do for themselves, to “save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

Scripture outlines that Jesus came to be the propitiation for men’s sins (1 John 2:21 John 4:10), a doctrine in Christianity known as substitutionary atonement, and to save men from the wrath of God for their violations against His law (Romans 4:25Romans 5:9Romans 5:16), a doctrine known as justification.

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In light of Christ laying down his life for His enemies (Romans 5:10), God calls all men to repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:15).

Acts 2:38-40 exhorts, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. … Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”

The Bible also teaches about regeneration, as in addition to sparing guilty men from eternal punishment, Christ sent his Holy Spirit to make those who would repent and believe new creatures in the here and now, with new desires and an ability to do what is pleasing in the sight of God by His indwelling and empowerment (Ezekiel 11:192 Corinthians 5:17Titus 3:5).

Jesus said that men must be born again — a work of the Spirit transforming their very nature from being in Adam to being in Christ, or they cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3-8).

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world,” explains Titus 2:11-15, “looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

“These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”

 

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ARREST ANYONE VANDALIZING FEDERAL MONUMENTS

BY BOB ADELMANN

SEEhttps://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/36122-president-trump-orders-law-enforcement-to-arrest-anyone-vandalizing-federal-monuments;

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President Trump authorized federal law-enforcement officials on Tuesday to arrest anyone vandalizing “any monument, statue or other such Federal property,” charging them under the Veterans Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act.

His tweet late Sunday night laid the groundwork for Monday’s order: “Numerous people [were] arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John’s Church across the street. 10 years in prison under the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act. Beware!”

Early Tuesday morning he made it official:

I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison.… This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!

This was a major theme in Trump’s 2016 campaign and is rapidly ascending to prominence in his reelection efforts.

During his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in July of 2016, he made it clear that he would be “the president of law and order,” stating,

Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace. We will be a country of generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order….

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

The American people will come first, he said, adding,

My plan will begin with safety at home — which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. There can be no prosperity without law and order….

I will work with, and appoint, the best prosecutors and law-enforcement officials in the country to get the job done. In this race for the White House, I am the Law and Order candidate.

The president had the chance to reinforce that position following the commencement of the George Floyd riots. On June 1, Trump gave a short speech from the White House, saying, “My first and highest duty as President is to defend our great country and the American people. I swore an oath to uphold the laws of our nation, and that is exactly what I will do.”

He promised that Floyd “will not have died in vain”, adding,

But we cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protestors to be drowned out by an angry mob. The biggest victims of the rioting are peaceful and peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities, and as their President, I will fight to keep them safe.

I will fight to protect you. I am your President of law and order.

This generated faux concerns from predictable parties that Trump was becoming a dictator. Far-left Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called Trump’s speech “fascist”: “The fascist speech Donald Trump just delivered verged on a declaration of war against American citizens. I fear for our country tonight and will not stop defending America against Trump’s assault.”

California Democrat Senator Kamala Harris tweeted, “These are not the words of a president. They are the words of a dictator.”

Law and Order was the key plank in the platform that won the presidency for Richard Nixon in 1968. Just before that election, the Wall Street Journal reported, “It’s well documented by now that law and order is the No. 1 domestic issue of this election.” Polls asking which candidate, Nixon or his opponent, Hubert Humphrey, could best “maintain law and order” gave Nixon a 12-point lead over Humphrey.

Whether those defacing monuments and burning cities know it or not, they are playing into Trump’s hands. Within minutes of his June 2 speech his reelection campaign began running ads promoting his presidency as one of “Triumph. Leadership. Law and Order.” One may count on others following cuts from his speech in Tulsa on Saturday as well as clips from his “monument protection” announcement on Tuesday.

It worked for Nixon. It’s likely to work for Trump as well.

 

PROJECT VERITAS: FACEBOOK MODERATORS BRAG ABOUT DELETING PRO-TRUMP CONTENT

BY LUIS MIGUEL

SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/36120-project-veritas-facebook-moderators-brag-about-deleting-pro-trump-content;

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In its latest exposé, Project Veritas acquired smoking-gun evidence of political bias among Facebook’s ostensibly objective content moderators, with one company employee even boasting that she unjustifiably deletes posts by users wearing MAGA hats.

A video published by Project Veritas showed its undercover journalist using hidden cameras at Facebook offices interacting with moderators, who admitted to routinely deleting conservative content while leaving up anti-Trump content even if it violates the platform’s policy.

Facebook insider Zach McElroy told Project Veritas, “We are essentially in charge of what gets said and what gets stifled.” He also stated that 75-80 percent of the posts selected for moderator review by Facebook’s algorithm support President Trump and Republican or conservative causes.

One example caught on screenshot by McElroy was a post by President Trump on Facebook about Republican successes such as the election of a GOP governor in Mississippi. While the president’s account is labeled “Verified and Shielded,” an innocent post that said nothing more than “Cleaning up the house” alongside heart emojis is flagged for moderation in the Single Review Tool.

One of the moderators was asked if she deletes every Republican item that arrives in her queue, to which she emphatically replied, “Yes! I don’t give no f*cks, I’ll delete it.”

That same moderator confessed to never taking down anti-Trump content that is in violation of Facebook’s rules.

“You gotta take it down but I leave it up,” she said. “If you see something that’s not supposed to be up, it’s probably me.”

A moderator named Lara Kontakos, when asked what she does when she sees pro-Trump posts, said, “If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going to delete them for terrorism.”

Looking around the room, Kontakos added, “I think we are all doing that.”

Steve Grimmett, who works as a content review lead, said Facebook has an ingrained anti-Trump culture. “It’s a very progressive company, who’s very anti-MAGA.”

James O’Keefe, Project Veritas’ founding CEO, placed these confessions in context:

Zach McElroy’s story raises serious doubts about the Capitol Hill testimony of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who gave lawmakers the impression that his company only takes content that could cause harm, such as relating to terrorism or hate speech, but never for politics.

Facebook and other social media platforms are protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, because they claim that unlike traditional publishers that do not actively edit content — they say they are like the phone company just stringing wires on poles.

Facebook’s $400 billion market capitalization is tied to this protection and our report shows for the first time anywhere Facebook’s robust and human-directed process for restricting the marketplace of ideas, which calls into question their CDA 230 immunity.

In 2018, Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, saying, “There is absolutely no directive in any of the changes that we make to have a bias in anything that we do. To the contrary, our goal is to be a platform for all ideas.”

Project Veritas’ video comes just days after The National Pulse found that Lead Stories, one of Facebook’s partners for fact-checking, counts among its staff many Democratic Party donors (but no Republican donors) and former CNN employees. That includes Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke, who worked for CNN as a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, and Senior Editor Monte Plott, a former editor for the Cable News Network’s digital platform for over a decade.

The International Fact-Checking Network, which certified Lead Stories’ fact-checkers, is funded by progressive entities such as George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

The National Pulse’s finding came after one of its stories, which examined Black Lives Matter’s ties to the Democratic Party, was flagged as “partly false” by Facebook fact-checkers.

Last month, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to narrow their liability protections.

The Department of Justice has similarly made proposals to limit social platforms’ liability in the case of content involving online child exploitation and sexual abuse, terrorism, or cyberstalking.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation that would allow Americans to sue major tech platforms such as Google and Facebook if they selectively censor political speech.

“Section 230 has been stretched and rewritten by courts to give these companies outlandish power over speech without accountability. Congress should act to ensure bad actors are not given a free pass to censor and silence their opponents,” Hawley said in a statement.

TWITTER BANS AMY MEK FOR TELLING INCONVENIENT TRUTHS~SHE WASN’T THE FIRST, AND WON’T BE THE LAST

RAIR Foundation USA (Rise Align Ignite Reclaim) is a grassroots activist organization comprised of everyday Americans leading a movement to reclaim our Republic from the network of individuals and organizations waging war on Americans, our Constitution, our borders and our Judeo-Christian values.
Amy Mek - Excerpts from European Parliament Speech -
Leftist Media tried to destroy me & my family

BY Robert Spencer
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President Trump on May 28 issued an executive order designed to prevent online censorship of voices that dissent from the hard-Left’s agenda, and since then Twitter’s Jack Dorsey seems determined to defy it and force a showdown. He has more than once flagged Trump’s tweets as supposedly inciting violence or committing some other transgression, and he continues his steady campaign to silence voices of freedom, including foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women. His latest victim is the popular counterjihad writer Amy Mek, who had over 266,000 Twitter followers when she was summarily deplatformed.

Amy Mek’s RAIR Foundation reported recently that “on April 16, 2020, the @Amymek Twitter account was suspended (and still remains suspended) as 12 of her tweets were flagged for violating Twitter’s rules against ‘hateful conduct.’” The problem is that in these overheated days, virtually anything that Leftists don’t like is classified as “hateful conduct.” The twelve tweets in question all contained accurate information, as Amy herself documented in trying (to no avail) to get Twitter to reverse its ban. The issue with them was clearly not that they were spreading falsehoods or inaccurate information, but that they were telling truths that the Leftist elites would prefer not be known.

For example, on March 31, Amy tweeted: “INDIA: Coronavirus Jihad! Over 8K Indian Muslims & foreign nationals from Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh etc. attended a Coronavirus infected Islamic event at a Mosque in Delhi. Almost a dozen are dead & many infected – Jihadists have put many countries at risk.”

It was horribly hateful to suggest that an Islamic event was a source of the spread of coronavirus, right? Wrong. The day before Amy published her supposedly hateful tweet, Quartz India published a story entitled: “A religious congregation in Delhi could be the coronavirus hotspot India was trying to escape.” The next day, Al Jazeera published an article called “India tracks attendees after Muslim event linked to virus cases.” On April 2, the BBC published a backgrounder: “Tablighi Jamaat: The group blamed for new Covid-19 outbreak in India.” Even that far-Left propaganda organ known as the Washington Post put up a story on this issue: “India confronts its first coronavirus ‘super-spreader’ — a Muslim missionary group with more than 400 members infected.” Then two weeks later, on April 16, the BBC ran a piece entitled: “India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat leader on manslaughter charge over Covid-19.”

Quartz India, Al Jazeera, the BBC and the Washington Post were not banned from Twitter. They no doubt didn’t even receive warnings. Only Amy Mek, a high-profile critic of jihad terror, ran afoul of Twitter’s Left-fascist censors, because only she had a prior reputation for being skeptical of the Left’s open-borders, internationalist, pro-jihad program.

Nor can her own critics argue that Amy got flagged for placing the virus-ridden Islamic event in the context of jihad, when the spread of the coronavirus from that event was clearly accidental. Amy compiled no fewer than 24 news articles about members of Tablighi Jamaat, the host of the event, deliberately attempting to spread the coronavirus among non-Muslims. So in what way was this not, as she put it, “coronavirus jihad”?

Amy provided similar documentation of all the claims that were made in her 11 other supposedly hateful tweets, but to no avail. Clicking on the links for the offensive tweets now takes you only to a note saying “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules” and giving a link to those rules, without bothering to explain exactly what rules were violated and in what manner.

And so it is clear. Amy Mek is not gone from Twitter for lying; Twitter has never flagged CNN or MSNBC, so clearly it has no problem with that. Amy Mek is gone from Twitter because she is the woman who knows too much – too much, that is, about the jihadist allies of the Leftists who are running amok in many of America’s major cities these days, too much about the insidious agenda of all too many of the adherents of the religion we must believe is peaceful on pain of charges of “racism” and “Islamophobia,” too much about the half-truths, distortions, and outright lies that pass for news and that the elites feed the masses today.

She was not the first, and will not be the last. I’ve said it before and will doubtless say it again: if this isn’t stopped and the speech of dissenters protected, America will cease to be a free society and slip rapidly into authoritarian and totalitarianism. And I’ll keep saying it until they silence me as well.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 19 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.

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TRUMP VOWS TO ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO FORCE CITIES TO “GUARD THEIR MONUMENTS”~”THIS IS A DISGRACE”

Trump Vows To Issue Executive Order To Force Cities To "Guard Their Monuments"

BY STEVE WATSON

SEEhttps://www.infowars.com/trump-vows-to-issue-executive-order-to-force-cities-to-guard-their-monuments/;

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In the wake of ongoing attempts by mobs nation-wide to destroy statues they deem to be ‘racist’, President Trump has vowed to issue an executive order that would force cities to protect monuments.

Trump made the comment in an interview Monday, stating “You saw Ulysses S. Grant, where they want to take him down. He’s the one that stopped the ones that everybody dislikes so much. It’s a disgrace.”

“Also, remember, some of this is great artwork. This is magnificent artwork, as good as there is anywhere in the world, as good as you see in France, as good as you see anywhere.” Trump added.

“It’s a disgrace. Most of these people don’t even know what they’re taking down.” the President urged.

When asked “Is there anything you can do?” by the interviewer, Trump replied “We’re going to do an executive order, and we’re going to make the cities guard their monuments. This is a disgrace.”

Trump’s comments dovetail with a warning he issued last night to violent protesters who tried and failed to bring down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square adjacent to the White House.

“Ten years in prison under the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act,” Trump wrote, adding “Beware!”

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Numerous people arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John’s Church across the street. 10 years in prison under the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act. Beware!

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The President followed up this morning with further notifications:

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent.....

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent.....

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

.....This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!

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Video from Monday night showed DC police protecting the Jackson statue and arresting BLM agitators:

holly@hollySeaDC

taking back the area around andrew jackson statue at

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The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸@ColumbiaBugle

Good to see federal US Park Police involved and arresting these criminals. Keep up the pressure, @realDonaldTrump! ! https://twitter.com/shelbytalcott/status/1275223794161012739 

Shelby Talcott

@ShelbyTalcott

Police have arrived at the White House where protesters were trying to tear down a statue and build an autonomous zone. Tensions are high:

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Tom Cotton

@TomCottonAR

US Senate candidate, AR

It’s about time DC police showed up to stop the mob. If Muriel Bowser won’t allow the police to do their job, @realDonaldTrump should deploy federal law enforcement to protect this 168-year-old statue and every other landmark in our nation’s capital. https://twitter.com/mikevwusa/status/1275221279738650624 

Mike Valerio

@MikevWUSA

LATEST — DC POLICE Moving protesters away from Andrew Jackson Statue in front of the White House... Statue STILL stands...
Lafayette Square is being cleared @WUSA9 #BlackLivesMatter

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DC Police Tear Gas BLM Rioters Attempting To Topple Andrew Jackson Statue

DC POLICE TEAR GAS BLM RIOTERS ATTEMPTING TO TOPPLE ANDREW JACKSON STATUE

BLM, Antifa tried and failed to establish a ‘Black House Autonomous Zone’

BY JAMIE WHITE

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/dc-police-tear-gas-blm-rioters-attempting-to-topple-andrew-jackson-statue/;

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DC Police and Secret Service descended on rioters who were trying to topple an Andrew Jackson statue and establish another “autonomous zone” near the White House.

Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters swarmed Lafayette Park on Monday night, tried to establish what they called a “Black House Autonomous Zone” and tear down a statue of Jackson riding a horse.

Richie🎥McG🍿

@RichieMcGinniss

This is immediately prior to the police retaking the area. They weren’t even close to bringing it down.

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The rioters chanted of “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Andrew Jackson’s got to go” while defacing the monument of the 7th U.S. president prior to the confrontation between rioters and police.

Jess Arnold@JessArnoldTV

: Protesters have opened the fence surrounding the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square and have climbed on top.

I’ve heard them say they’re trying to tear it down. @wusa9

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DC Police and Secret Service intervened before the rioters could establish a foothold in Lafayette Park, unleashing chemical irritants like pepper spray, deploying flash bangs and firing rubber bullets.

Shelby Talcott

@ShelbyTalcott

Police have arrived at the White House where protesters were trying to tear down a statue and build an autonomous zone. Tensions are high:

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Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule

This is the recent scene outside of the White House in Lafayette Park. Police are firing pepper bullets into the crowd to push everyone back. (via @nathan_luft.)

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Cam Grey 👽🛸🖤🌊

@camerongrey

WATCH: Clash with the police near the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park right across the street from the

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Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

Right outside the White House where Parks Police and DC Police have pushed people out of Lafayette Park. Pepper spray is in the air.

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Richie🎥McG🍿

@RichieMcGinniss

Immediately after law enforcement reclaimed the area surrounding the statue:

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The authorities took back control of the park by the evening, but the “protesters” continued agitating and assaulting police while they stood guard around the park.

Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

A protester got pushed to the ground by D.C. Police after putting his hands on an officer, according to an eyewitness. The protester got in the officer’s face and ranted at him.

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Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

More video of protesters taunting police outside of Lafayette Park in D.C.

Something happened, I think a bottle was thrown, and cops used pepper spray.

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Joyce Karam

@Joyce_Karam

Tense situation outside Lafayette Park by White House tonight: Police enforcements sent to prevent BLM protestors from toppling Andrew Jackson’s statue.

Secret Service told press to leave White House grounds (CNN)

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The Marxist agitators also tried establishing a new “autonomous zone” outside of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church just blocks from the White House, which DC police have yet to break up.

Breaking911@Breaking911

Protesters outside the White House are attempting to declare a “Black House Autonomous Zone”

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The zone is inspired by the one set up in Seattle, which has been rife with violence, thefts, lawlessness, and murder with the endorsement of Seattle’s Democrat leadership.

Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray

Antifa clowns are trying to set up a "Black House Autonomous Zone" in Washington DC just blocks away from the White House.

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Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray

Antifa defaces St. John's Church in DC with "BHAZ" (Black House Autonomous Zone).

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Shelby Talcott

@ShelbyTalcott

Not entirely sure but this cop was taken off the line after apparently getting injured. Seems like he got hit by a chair (not positive):

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Shelby Talcott

@ShelbyTalcott

Standoff in front of the White House/next to the church (the church has been vandalized and reads BHAZ, the symbols of the autonomous zone they tried to create)

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The BLM rioters also lit fires in the street when it became clear they weren’t going to retake the park.

Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

Some in the crowd started a fire in the street and wanted others to make it bigger. Other people said it was a bad idea and put it out. The people who wanted to keep the fire going got upset.

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Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

Another fire was started in the street. They told someone with a camera to put it down to stop filming.

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Julio Rosas

@Julio_Rosas11

A scuffle between D.C. protesters broke out just outside the new “zone.”

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The press has reportedly been ordered to leave the White House as the confrontations between rioters and police grew more violent.

President Trump responded to the mayhem Monday night, warning protesters that defacing a federal memorial comes with jail time.

“Numerous people arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John’s Church across the street. 10 years in prison under the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act. Beware!” Trump tweeted.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Numerous people arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John’s Church across the street. 10 years in prison under the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act. Beware!

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LEFT NOW CALLS FOR STATUES OF JESUS, CHURCHES TO BE DESTROYED

Left Now Calls For Statues of JESUS, Churches To Be Destroyed

Race baiter says depictions of Jesus

“are a form of white supremacy.”

BLM Activist Wants to DESTROY ALL ‘WHITE JESUS’ ARTWORK! You WON’T BELIEVE Russia’s RESPONSE

BY STEVE WATSON

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/left-now-calls-for-statues-of-jesus-churches-to-be-destroyed/;

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Not content with pulling down statues of former Presidents, and attempts to erase history, the left now has a new target… Jesus.

Notorious race baiter and BLM agitator Shaun King, demanded Monday that all statues, as well as murals and stained glass windows depicting Jesus as a “white European,” should be destroyed because they “are a form of white supremacy.”

Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.

They are a form of white supremacy.

Always have been.

In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?

EGYPT!

Not Denmark.

Tear them down.

Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes.

All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down.

They are a gross form white supremacy.

Created as tools of oppression.
Racist propaganda.

They should all come down.

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Ironically, King posted the tweet after a conservative joked earlier in the day that statues of Jesus would be the next target of the new puritans:

Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray

Earlier today, everyone was mocking Matt Schlapp for saying "statues of Jesus are next." Now the Left, lead by Shaun King, are openly calling for the destruction of churches and statues of Jesus.

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Just Some Guy@justsomeguycc

Matt Schlapp: "Statues of Jesus are next. It won't end. Pray for the USA."

Wokandans: "LOL! Nobody's saying that."

ONE DAY LATER

Shaun King:

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Some compared the targeting of Churches to the behaviour of actual white supremacists:

Cernovich

@Cernovich

The KKK would burn down churches in acts of domestic terrorism.

Shaun King is carrying on the tradition of Democrat violence against churches, as he is incites federal hate crimes on Twitter.http://archive.is/Mh0m6 

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Others noted that Jesus has been depicted as every race on the planet at some point, as a way of highlighting we are all one race:

Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.

They are a form of white supremacy.

Always have been.

In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?

EGYPT!

Not Denmark.

Tear them down.

Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸

@iheartmindy

Jesus was Jewish, an Israelite to be exact. If people want to make him blonde, black or Korean to help identify with people and spread his word, I’m all for it. If you want to tear down icons of Him though, you will have literal hell to pay from God and the Christian world alike.

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Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.

They are a form of white supremacy.

Always have been.

In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?

EGYPT!

Not Denmark.

Tear them down.

Eric Wearne@eric_wearne

Odd take. What do you think of the Mexican depictions of the Holy family? Or others?

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Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.

They are a form of white supremacy.

Always have been.

In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?

EGYPT!

Not Denmark.

Tear them down.

MrSubsidiarity@MrSubsidiarity

There is a long beautiful history of people depicting Jesus looking familiar to their place and culture. Jesus is not about race, and saying to tear down depictions that occur in a European-dominant context is as racist as removing them from any culture.

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For some though, ALL religion has to go…

Shaun King

@shaunking

Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.

They are a form of white supremacy.

Always have been.

In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went?

EGYPT!

Not Denmark.

Tear them down.

Peacemaker@fuzzysemi

All religions should have their places of worship and effigies pulled down and burned then as they were all invariably involved in some sort of slavery band supremacy over races and other religions that didn’t conform to their indoctrination. Fair 🤷🏼‍♂️

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WHY TRUMP ISN’T TAKING ACTION IN SEATTLE

The leftist tantrum is an information operation -

and Trump is winning it.

BY KURT SCHLICHTER

SEE: https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/06/leftist-tantrum-information-operation-and-trump-stanley-kurtz;

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It’s certainly frustrating to watch a pack of reeking leftist scumbags declare a portion of an American city an “autonomous zone” – what is it with Democrats and their secession fetish? – but do not get frustrated because Donald Trump has not sent the 101st Airborne in to powerwash the human grunge from Seattle’s feces-bedecked streets. That’s what the Democrats want. And Trump – a better strategic thinker than all the media geniuses, hack politicians, and Afghan War-losing generals who cry about him – is not only not going to give them the victory they crave. He’s going to jam their cheesy plan down their throats.

The libs’ plan to win in November corresponds to Trump’s plan to crush them yet again. Skeptical? Consider this. In the five years since he rode down that escalator bringin’ hell with him, how many times have they come at Trump and won? Zero. He’s spent half a decade on the edge of doom and he’s still here. Why would you think that the walls are suddenly closing in now? You shouldn’t.

Let’s understand the strategic scenario. The long-term strategic objective of the leftists is to turn the United States into Venezuela, and they want to be Maduro. The major strategic objective that will put them in position to do so is victory in the November elections. Everything happening right now is part of their overall strategy to achieve that objective.

But what kind of operation are they using to achieve that objective? There are two types of operations relevant here – kinetic and information. A kinetic operation is actual warfare. It’s violence designed to defeat the enemy and cause his surrender by either physically destroying him or occupying his territory and compelling surrender. An information operation is designed to affect the perceptions, and thereby the actions, of the target. Kinetic ops tend to do something to the enemy; and info op tends to get the target to do something to himself.

Elections are usually information operations. They attempt to build a narrative and play on perceptions and cause the target to take the action that will lead to victory. That is, get the target (the electorate) vote for the candidate the info operator wants elected.

Okay, so what is the 2020 elections, with the rioting, vandalism, violence and occupations?

This is still an information operation, not a kinetic one.

They want to convince us we are powerless, that everyone else supports their commie agenda, that we cannot win. Their tactics are designed to create that impression and crush our morale. These include the 24/7 media hype, the outright media lies, the movie stars with their dumb PSAs, the staged statue attacks, the corporate solidarity proclamations, the social media cancellations, and the craven kneeling by people who are supposed to stand up for us.

But another tactic, familiar to any student of insurgencies, is to provoke an overreaction by those in power in order to undermine its moral authority. They want  to make us (including the president) think this is a kinetic operation, and get our side to make fundamental strategic errors by failing to recognize the true nature of the threat. They hope that such a mismatch between perception and reality will then lead to gravely damaging blunders. One of those would be Trump succumbing to his legit frustration and sending in a bunch of federal troops to crack skulls in Seattle.

Defining this insurgency as a kinetic operation supports the leftists’ information operation goal of making Americans perceive the situation as out of control, of there being chaos, and of making the election of Grandpa Joe being the only thing that will resolve the situation. But there is no kinetic situation to resolve – at least none that is strategically significant in a kinetic sense.

Despite the hype, the protests may have involved a peak of 2 million people across the country – out of 330 million. That’s nothing kinetically; it’s significant informationally because it is pushed by so many cultural influencers. The scurvy scumbags of Antifa hold essentially no ground except the turf they are physically standing on at the moment, and that is minuscule. Even the hilarious Road Warrior Republic of Seattle is not even a rounding error of a rounding error in terms of US territory. It’s significant only in the context of an information operation.

Many of us cons are furious that Trump is “doing nothing.” This is the wrong thing to think. Trump is only doing nothing if this is a kinetic operation; because this is an information operation, not going kinetic (sending in the troops) is doing something. And in fact, Trump is employing the law enforcement component of his kinetic assets by having the feds wait and arrest Antifa types after the protests end, and hitting them with hardcore federal rioting-related charges. Previously, they would get ticketed and released; now, looking at a five-to-ten stretch, the lawyers their daddies hired to get these sunshine anarchists out of their beefs are going to be advising them to roll over so they can start back up at Cornell in September and not at Leavenworth.

Trump can and should let Seattle’s problem be Seattle’s problem. A small-scale riot in a peripheral city known for coffee, drizzle, and droning, garbage music is the very definition of a local problem. Why would Trump interject himself into it and relieve the mayor and governor of the consequences of their failure to keep order? Why would he stop them from showing the electorate exactly what the reeking cesspool they could expect after Gropey Joe defunds the police looks like?

Scumbagistan is a giant zit on the face of liberalism, and why should Trump pop it? He’s letting it fester for all of us to see – and winning the information war.

Understand that the leftist establishment would like nothing better than for Trump to go kinetic. That’s why it is baiting him, and hoping that those of us who are sick of these Lil’ Red Guards will pressure him into dropping in the paratroopers to bust some heads and – oh please, oh please, oh please – get caught on video Kent Stating up a batch of fresh new martyrs. Trump’s too smart for that, and frankly the establishment is too dumb and undisciplined to carry it out. The media shot its wad on the hyperbolic reaction to clearing out the park in front of the White House, demonstrating that even the most gentle and restrained of kinetic actions was going to get transmogrified into Hitler’s blitz across the Low Countries.

And those generals screwed-up too, bad. They should have waited to wring their hands over Trump’s violent and dangerous employment of the military until he actually violently and dangerously employed the military. A bunch of allegedly (but not actually) neutral and nonpartisan military figures with heaps of establishment street cred coming down on POTUS in the wake of a bloodbath could have had a devastating political effect, but they pulled the trigger too early. Mattis and Milley and the rest of the medal men we’re supposed to think are superb strategic operators, but who still haven’t won the war against a pack of turbaned banditos after about 20 years, screwed-up yet again. They were supposed to deliver an info op kill shot to define Trump to the masses as a bloody tyrant and instead got just one news cycle of play with the Twitter blue checks. The only casualty was not Trump’s rep, but their own credibility with anyone outside of the Beltway.

Right now, the American people are seeing chaos. But chaos does not necessarily play against Trump in the long term. Biden is trapped, trying to nuance his unsteady carcass through the conflict between the Democrats’ “’Defund the Police’ means ‘Reform the Police’” faction and the “No, ‘Defund the Police’ really means ‘Defund the Police’” faction. All the while, Trump is tweeting “LAW AND ORDER!” 

Do you think this is all helping the Dems? If you do, stop watching MSNBCNN. Except among Hollywood jerks, urban hipsters and whiny woke wine women from Westchester, the attack on order means “Advantage: Trump.” You can see the results if you look behind the media curtain. Remember how the media had a collective panty-wetting over the meaningless Georgia primary and the GOP’s alleged voter suppression? Did you wonder why the media felt it was such a big deal? The answer is in the actual results, which you did not hear about if you listen to the garbage mainstream media. Trump, who had the nomination sewn up, crushed Biden and the rest of the Dems combined in votes. Wait, didn’t all the smart people tell us that Georgia, under the carb-curious leadership of Governor Stacy Abrams, was turning blue?

Trump is winning this information battle. Conservative Americans – and moderate Americans who want law and order – can’t wait to vote against defunding the police, rioting and appeasement. The Silent Majority is being roused again.

 

SEATTLE “CHOP” ZONE TURNS DEADLY; RESIDENT “WANTS NEIGHBORHOOD BACK”

BY DAVE WORKMAN

SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2020/06/seattle-chop-zone-turns-deadly-resident-wants-neighborhood-back/#axzz6QBypr0q6;

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Seattle Police montage of Seattle's CHOP area during the fatal shooting that could change things dramatically in the "occupied zone." (YouTube, KIRO, Seattle Police)
Seattle Police montage of Seattle's CHOP area during the fatal shooting that could change things dramatically in the “occupied zone.” (YouTube, KIRO, Seattle Police)

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The slaying of a 19-year-old man and wounding of another in Seattle’s so-called “CHOP” (for Capitol Hill Organized Protest) zone over the weekend could be a game-changer politically for the city’s far-left administration.

A Twitter message from “Capitol Hill Neighbors” sums it up: “This is no longer about BLM – it’s chaos. A teenager is dead and somewhere a mother grieves. Neighbors support BLM and free speech but demand the City Council comes to its senses and negotiates w/SPD and mayor to clear the area. We want our neighborhood back!”

Six city blocks in uptown Seattle’s Capitol neighborhood, including a popular city park, were essentially surrendered to protesters in the wake of violent demonstrations in the city. The riot and aftermath protests were initially in reaction to the death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis, Minn., police, one of whom kept a knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes.

But things have gone beyond that, and an assertion by Socialist Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, published in The Stranger, a Seattle alternative newspaper, attempts to blame the deadly shooting on right-wing extremists, and ultimately President Donald Trump. At least nobody has so far blamed it on the “easy availability of guns,” but that is certainly possible.

According to The Stranger, Sawant issued this statement: “It is no accident that right-wing hate and violence has grown dramatically with Donald Trump in the White House. If this killing turns out to be a right-wing attack, President Trump bears direct responsibility, since he has fomented reactionary hatred specifically against the peaceful Capitol Hill occupation, and even threatened to intervene with federal troops. Also responsible are the conservative and corporate media outlets, both locally and nationally, which have themselves whipped up right-wing hate by completely misrepresenting the nature of the peaceful protest occupation, and who are continuing to do so even now, claiming that this shooting proves the CHOP is descending into chaos. Seattle’s establishment Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best also share responsibility for having portrayed our protest movement as violent.”

Apparently Sawant believes Seattleites have forgotten some burned police vehicles and trashed and looted businesses downtown. That unrest eventually led to the occupation several days later, and she knows it.

At a rally in Tulsa, Okla., over the weekend, Trump told the audience he has offered to help take back the seized area, but so far Democrat Washington Gov. Jay Inslee apparently hasn’t requested it.

KIRO News, the local CBS affiliate, identified the dead teen as Lorenzo Anderson, “a local rapper who goes by the name ‘Lil Mob.’”

What happened when police tried to respond to the shooting turned into bad publicity for supporters of the CHOP zone. According to the Seattle Police Blotter—with body cam video to back it up—“Officers attempted to locate a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims.” By the time police were able to safely move in, both shooting victims had been transported separately by private vehicle to the hospital with “volunteer medics” attending their wounds. At last report, the surviving wounded victim was in intensive care.

KOMO News, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, quoted Victoria Beach, representing the African American Community Advisory Council, stating, “I’m so mad at the mayor. I feel like she might as well have had her hand on that gun because she’s allowing this.”

She was referring to Mayor Jenny Durkan, whom many critics of the CHOP zone believe has treated those behind the takeover of several square blocks on the city’s Capitol Hill with proverbial kid gloves. She has talked about negotiating, but now one person is dead in a shooting.

Durkan is the mayor who said the protesters aren’t terrorists, they are patriots.

KOMO ran a survey via Twitter asking whether the city should “move in now to end” the CHOP zone occupation. More than 22,000 viewers responded, with 72 percent favoring an immediate end to the zone.

During his remarks in Tulsa, the president stated that every city where there are continuing problems of unrest is governed by Democrats. Durkan is among the most liberal. A gun control supporter, her administration hasn’t made a peep about a widely-circulated video showing one of the alleged leaders in the CHOP handing an AR15 from the trunk of his car to an unidentified young man with no background check or waiting period, as required by citizen initiatives heavily supported by Seattle voters.

Among the demands of CHOP zone occupiers is to defund or abolish the police. A headline piece in Liberty Park Press on that subject was almost prescient. Apparently, keeping them out of the CHOP is having a similar effect.

It could only be a matter of time before the situation becomes politically untenable.


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LEFTISTS HUMILIATED AS CHAZ AUTONOMOUS ZONE IMPLODES & LIBERAL CITIES BEGIN TO COLLAPSE 

★★★ A NEW CONSERVATIVE AGE IS RISING ★★★

Leftists throughout the nation are being humiliated on a daily basis as it becomes more and more apparent that the CHAZ Autonomous Zone is completely imploding. In this video, we’re going to take a look at the descent into chaos that this cultural Marxist experiment has become, and why President Trump stands to be the major political beneficiary of this social embarrassment; you’re not going to want to miss it!

 

6.7 MILLION WATCH TRUMP RALLY ONLINE AS BIDEN CAMPAIGN DITHERS INTO IRRELEVANCE

★★★ A NEW CONSERVATIVE AGE IS RISING ★★★

6.7 MILLION People Watched the TRUMP RALLY Online on Saturday night, all as the Biden Campaign DITHERS into TOTAL IRRELEVANCE! In this video, we’re going to look at the latest Trump rally and its disappointing attendance and put it in its proper perspective, which we’ll then compare with the increasingly dithering Biden campaign and why such a comparison suggests nothing less than a Trump blowout in November; you’re not going to want to miss this!

SCOTUS INACTION FRUSTRATES SECOND AMENDMENT SUPPORTERS; EMBOLDENS ANTI-GUNNERS

BY JIM GRANT 

SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2020/06/scotus-inaction-frustrates-2a-supporters-emboldens-anti-gunners/#axzz6QC2U3Gjn;

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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Gun owners are by now used to being disappointed with the U.S. Supreme 
Court’s refusal to uphold their rights or even to defend its own Second Amendment precedents. But 
the court’s neglect reached a new low last Monday, with its sweeping decision to deny review of the 
many Second Amendment cases pending on its docket.

At issue were 10 petitions that offered the court opportunities to clarify the most important and contentious issues in the modern Second Amendment landscape, controversies that in some cases have led to radically different approaches by public officials and the lower courts.

The high court, however, passed on all of them. The Supreme Court’s most recent “punt” prompted outrage not only from pro-gun activists but by members of the court itself who remain committed to upholding Second Amendment rights.

Justice Clarence Thomas, who has long criticized his colleagues’ neglect of the Second Amendment, chose the NRA-backed case of Rogers v. Grewal to renew his objections to what he characterized as “the Court simply look[ing] the other way” on infringements of the right to keep and bear arms.

The Rogers petition asked the Supreme Court to review a decision from the Third Circuit that upheld New Jersey’s “may-issue” concealed carry regime, effectively allowing New Jersey officials to deny ordinary citizens the right to bear arms in public for self-defense.

In a 19-page dissent from the court’s refusal to hear the case, Thomas argued that the court should have granted review, that the Second Amendment protects a right to bear arms in public for self-defense, and that New Jersey’s “may-issue” regime violates that right. Trump appointee Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined Thomas in dissent.

Thomas wrote that “many courts have resisted our decisions in Heller and McDonald” by ignoring its analytical approach and substituting a “made up” test with no basis in the Second Amendment or the Supreme Court’s precedents on that provision. Moreover, he stated, the lower courts’ application of that test “has yielded analyses that are entirely inconsistent with Heller,” which “cautioned that ‘[a] constitutional guarantee subject to future judges’ assessments of its usefulness is no constitutional guarantee at all’”.

“[W]e explicitly rejected the invitation to evaluate Second Amendment challenges under an ‘interest-balancing inquiry, with the interests protected by the Second Amendment on one side and the governmental public-safety concerns on the other,’” Thomas reminded the court. “But the application of the test adopted by the courts of appeals has devolved into just that,” he said.

While bystanders can only speculate on the reason the court continues to “look the other way” on the Second Amendment, at least two clear implications for gun owners emerge from this latest development.

One, they must continue to support President Trump’s unprecedented efforts to seat fearless and unapologetic constitutionalists to all levels of the federal courts.

Second, they must redouble their activism in the political sphere to ensure that if the courts too often won’t respect their rights, their elected officials will.

As always, your NRA will be at the forefront of these and other efforts to protect the right to keep and bear arms.


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NYC MUSEUM TO REMOVE STATUE OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Erasing history altogether

BY STEVE WATSON

SEE: https://www.infowars.com/museum-to-remove-statue-of-president-theodore-roosevelt/;

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Not content with defacing and pulling down statues of founding fathers and former presidents, the woke mob has now succeeded in influencing a MUSEUM in New York to remove a statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt.

The reasoning behind the move according to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, is that the statue, which features Roosevelt on horseback, with an African man and a Native American man at either side, could be construed as representing a “racial hierarchy”.


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In a statement, the museum said “The statue was meant to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as a devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history. Roosevelt’s father was one of the Museum’s founders, and the Museum is proud of its historic association with the Roosevelt family.”

“At the same time, the statue itself communicates a racial hierarchy that the Museum and members of the public have long found disturbing.” the statement continues.

Paul Joseph Watson

@PrisonPlanet

Called it. Now the statues can't even be part of museums. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1274816919250636801 

The New York Times

@nytimes

Theodore Roosevelt's statue will be removed from the Museum of Natural History in New York City. The memorial has long prompted objections as a symbol of colonialism.https://nyti.ms/2YZX7Ui 

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The move appears to have been spurred by a previous incident in 2017, when protesters smeared “blood” on the statue and published a statement calling for its removal as an emblem of “patriarchy, white supremacy and settler-colonialism.”

Patrick Manning

@PatrickDManning

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The decision seems bizarre, given that the museum made a point of saying it feels there is no problem with Roosevelt in general, just the statue.

Indeed, the museum has several areas named after Roosevelt, including Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda and Theodore Roosevelt Park directly outside.

The museum also announced that it will rename its Hall of Biodiversity after Roosevelt as a nod to the former president’s work as a conservationist.

“It’s very important to note that our request is based on the statue, that is the hierarchical composition that’s depicted in it,” said The museum’s president, Ellen V. Futter.

“It is not about Theodore Roosevelt who served as Governor of New York before becoming the 26th president of the United States and was a pioneering conservationist,” Futter added.

The move comes as antifa leftists and BLM agitators continue to target statues nation-wide, having already pulled down statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, Francis Scott Key, and Christopher Columbus among others.

Andy Ngô

@MrAndyNgo

The nearly 100-year-old statue of George Washington in NE Portland has been pulled down. There are no police in the area.

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Andy Ngô

@MrAndyNgo

Another American flag was laid over the toppled George Washington statue in Portland and set on fire.

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Andy Ngô

@MrAndyNgo

Portland wakes up to see what antifa did overnight. A century old statue of George Washington was toppled & set on fire with an American flag. “White fragility,” “Damn white men” & other messages are written on the moment. On the ground nearby: “Defund white men.”

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Nick Streiff@nickstreiff

BREAKING: Protesters have toppled the Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota State Capitol. @WCCO

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Bonnie Silkman KPTV

@BonnieSilkman

Thomas Jefferson statue now toppled over at Jefferson High School. This was the meeting spot for tonight’s march in Portland. Wasn’t like this before we left at 7:15.

A speaker here says, “We’re taking the city back, one racist statue at a time.”

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Marc Caputo

@MarcACaputo

Lost Cause meet Crazy Cause: using Juneteenth to tear down of the San Fran. statue of Ulysses S. Grant —who won the Civil War that led to emancipation, long before had freed the 1 slave he had been given & who was later eulogized by Frederick Douglass

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Donald Trump Jr.

@DonaldJTrumpJr

Dem radicals are trying to destroy American history.

They're illegally tearing down monuments to Catholic Saints, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant & more.

Why aren’t the police arresting these criminals? And why isn't @JoeBiden condemning this crimewave? https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1274320350529163264 

The Hill

@thehill

Protesters tear down statues of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, national anthem lyricist Francis Scott Key http://hill.cm/QEVZWsz 

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Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray

Antifa topples statue of Francis Scott Key in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

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Meanwhile, a clip of John Oliver mocking President Trump in 2017 for warning that Washington and Jefferson statues would be targeted next is re-surfacing online:

Barrett Wilson@BarrettWilson6

WATCH: John Oliver mocked Trump in 2017 for suggesting Washington and Jefferson statues would fall

Trump was right.https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-john-oliver-mocked-trump-in-2017 

WATCH: John Oliver mocked Trump in 2017 for suggesting Washington and Jefferson statues would fall

A clip has resurfaced on Twitter of comedian John Oliver mocking President Trump for predicting that the trend of removing statues would lead to the toppling of Washington and Jefferson.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’S DAUGHTER TO STAR AS JESUS IN UPCOMING MOVIE

SEE: https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/michael-jackson-s-daughter-to-star-as-jesus-in-upcoming-movie/;

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Michael Jackson’s 22-year-old daughter, Paris Jackson, will play a gender-bending Jesus Christ in the upcoming movie Habit. She will portray the religious figure wearing a traditional robe, tousled hair including a single accent braid, and a nose ring.

The actress and musician will star in the indie film opposite Bella Thorne, who will play a street-smart girl with a Jesus fetish who masquerades as a nun while trying to escape the consequences of a violent drug deal. Other confirmed cast members include a handful of singers such as rocker Gavin Rossdale.

One of the film’s producers, Donovan Leitch, told Entertainment Weekly that music will also play a central role in the film: “We intentionally stacked the film with rock stars and will have a very rocking soundtrack.”

This sacrilegious movie Habit mocks Christianity and ridicules people of faith. Elevated Films represents the US rights to the project. Elevated Films has obviously gone too far. The company would never, in a million years, produce a film that defamed Muhammad in a similar fashion.

Habit, directed by first-time feature director Janell Shirtcliff, was already filmed before the coronavirus pandemic and is currently in post-production. The film does not yet have a release date or a distributor.

One Million Moms needs to make sure this film is not released. 1MM needs your help to convince Elevated Films not to release Habit – not now, not ever.

TAKE ACTION

Sign our petition to Elevated Films now, urging it to cancel all plans to release the blasphemous film Habit.

 

AWANA ABANDONS ITS FIRST LOVE FOR “WOKE RELIGION”

Seth Dillon@SethDillon

The chief communications officer at @Awana is threatening to sue us if we don't take this down. The claim is that this article is "beyond satire" — whatever that means — and contains offensive material (an image of the president of the United States).https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-shows-off-completed-awana-vest 

Trump Shows Off Completed Awana Vest

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are firing Bible photo ops back and forth, as you would expect politicians to be doing at a time like this.But Trump won the...

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SEE: https://pulpitandpen.org/2020/06/09/awana-abandons-its-first-love-for-woke-religion/;

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There’s been no shortage of parachurch ministries that have gone ‘woke’ in the last several years. Most notably, organizations for young adults like Cru (formerly Campus Crusades for Christ) and InterVarsity have traded the real Gospel for the Popularity Gospel. But agonizingly, the leftists have even set their eyes on children. Awana is the latest organization to abandon its first love for ‘woke religion.’

AWANA was founded in 1941 and its name is an acronym for “approved workmen are not ashamed,” taken from 2 Timothy 2:15. With its central focus being the memorization of Scripture verses and a rewards system with badges, swag, and “Awana cash” to purchase toys and candy from the club’s store, Awana has grown to the largest children’s ministry in the world and is in 61 thousand churches in more than 120 nations.

Awana, in fact, has been used in my own church for over a decade. But no more.

It’s hard to mess up a mission as simple as teaching kids Scripture memorization. The mission is so pure and simple it’s hard to go wrong. Like the Gideons, who give out Bibles, or Wycliffe, which translates Scripture, one wonders how it could possibly be messed up. How can these simple missions become controversial?

Well, in the plainest of terms, Woke Religion ruins everything. And I do mean, everything.

Awana first got people’s attention when it tweeted out a pandering, virtue-signaling and entirely unnecessary Facebook post about a topic irrelevant to their mission (see below).

The post from Awana made some broad assumptions about several of the Woke Religion’s sacred martyrs, including the names of both Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. In both cases, the “victims” were determined by courts and juries to be the victimizers. Trayvon Martin used the sidewalk as a weapon, as he bashed in George Zimmerman’s head into it, earning himself a taste of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Michael Brown was a violent criminal who was attacking police officers.

Why would Awana not accept the decision of courts and juries? Why would Awana side against law enforcement when fair trials didn’t not convict them? Why would Awana lump all of the names of dead black people together – most, but not all of whom, died committing criminal acts – and presume they were killed by “racist roots” in our culture?

For Awana, it seems that all that is required to prove “racism” in these incidents is that a black person lay dead, irrespective of how they got there.

But then, just a few days later, Awana forgot that 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 was one of their memory verses and threatened to sue the Christians over at Babylon Bee. What was the offense that would cause one Christian organization to threaten a lawsuit against another? The Babylon Bee posted a clearly photoshopped and satirical image depicting President Donald Trump in an Awana vest.

Awana didn’t want any association with the Commander in Chief, even if it was clearly satirical. Not only did Awana prove themselves to be without a sense of humor, but their freak-out over President Trump donning a Sparkies vest betrayed their political leanings. They acted as though it was Adolf Hitler who was wearing their colors.

Later, Awana told the Christian Post they weren’t planning to pursue a lawsuit. Apparently, the legal threat was just idle intimidation.

But a closer look at Awana’s material demonstrates that they’ve been on the Woke Religion bandwagon for some time.

In 2019, Awana posted an article on “How to talk with your kids about racial equality.” Unsurprisingly, it lauded Dr. Martin Luther King as a role model for kids, despite the fact he was a whoremongering Communist, sex-trafficker, and serial adulterer (not to mention he denied the deity of Christ and inspiration of Scripture).

The article then makes some claims about the United States that are dubious at best and not substantiated by empirical data…

Racism is alive and well in the United States of America. All too often this evil takes the form of hate and violence, but more often racism is invisible, undergirding social inequalities all the way to our foundations. From income levels to education, to housing, to health care, to our justice system, whether you are white, brown, or black can significantly impact your access, power, and privilege.

Awana’s article mirrors the language of Critical Race Theory, alleging that racism is “invisible” and can’t be documented or quantified but still ever-so-present in things called “micro-aggressions.”

Awana’s article presumes matter-of-factly that racism is the reason for disparities in education, housing, health care, and presumably incarceration. No attempt was made whatsoever to take into consideration that lots of variables factor in well before racism including general godlessness, illegitimate births, fatherlessness, and social programs that reward laziness rather than work ethic. No, sir. For Awana, the cause of these disparities is a secret, unobservable, invisible “racism.”

Awana provides for us a demonstration of what Woke Religion does; it steals the profoundly simple mission of the church – making disciples and spreading the Gospel – and replaces it with leftist political rhetoric cloaked in a clerical collar. Woke Religion creates such unbelievable mission drift in the organizations that embrace it that in short order they rarely stay on target and keep to the tasks originally set before them.

If your church is planning on doing Awana this Fall, parents and church leaders need to very carefully comb through their material to find and mark the very subtle aspects of Woke Religion propaganda that will no doubt be hidden there.

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SOME GENERALS WITHDRAW SUPPORT FROM TRUMP NOMINEE FOR CALLING ISLAM “VIOLENT”

BY DANIEL GREENFIELD

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/06/some-generals-withdraw-support-from-trump-nominee-for-calling-islam-violent;

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One wonders what exactly these generals think we’ve been doing for the past twenty years?

Why have thousands of American soldiers died and many more were wounded fighting… what… exactly?

But we mustn’t talk about the war. Or even mention that we can’t talk about the war.

At least three prominent retired general officers have dropped their support for President Trump’s nominee for the Pentagon’s top policy job, retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, over inflammatory tweets he made two years ago on Islam, President Obama and Democratic lawmakers.

“I now would not want him in that position,” said retired Army Gen. Joe Votel, who led U.S. Central Command until 2019, of Gen. Tata.

Gen. Votel was one of 35 former senior military officers, former State Department personnel and other former national security officials who had signed a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee in support of Gen. Tata’s nomination before the tweets had re-emerged.

What are these horrifying tweets?

In a series of remarks on Twitter, Gen. Tata called Islam “the most oppressive, violent religion” and referred to Mr. Obama as a “terrorist leader.” In a radio appearance, he falsely referred to Mr. Obama’s “Islamic roots,” according to CNN, which first reported his remarks June 12.

Falsely? Obama wrote an entire memoir based on that premise. He included it in his Cairo speech, saying, “I am a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims,”

His minister, Jeremiah Wright, had started out as a black Muslim. And retained the ideology, complete with Farrakhan ties.

But these days, stating facts means that the media throws in a “falsely” and calls for your head, and the D.C. establishment, looking at its career options, quickly joins in.



“MASS RESISTANCE” DERAILS HORRIBLE BILL IN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD ALLOW HOMOSEXUAL ADULTS TO SEXUALLY PREY ON CHILDREN WITHOUT REGISTERING AS SEX OFFENDERS

Part of LGBT movement’s larger goals: Repealing age of sexual consent laws.

Other pro-family groups seemed afraid to take this on.

SEE: https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/20b/MR-CA-stopping-bill-SB145/index.html;

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June 21, 2020
ALT TEXT California State Assemblyman Al Maratsuchi (left) gets the message loud and clear from California MassResistance at his "town hall" event in his district.

A huge nightmare for parents is that their young teenage boys might be lured into homosexuality by “gay” older youth and adult males whom they might encounter. We have seen this first hand from anguished parents who have come to us over the years with their stories. The “chicken hawk” – a homosexual man who seduces boys – is part of the homosexual vocabulary. As far back as 1972, the homosexual movement called for the repeal of age of [sexual] consent laws.

Homosexual adults mingling with children

Unfortunately, it’s no longer in the shadows. State sanctioned events that allow adult homosexuals to mingle with teenagers (and younger children) has become a disturbing trend.

Public schools routinely steer young teenage boys (and girls) who are “unsure of their sexuality” to gay-straight alliance“clubs, annual LGBT youth dances, and so-called “Youth Pride” events that all have hideous homosexual men involved (often as official chaperones). The results are often tragic.

ALT TEXT An all too common sight at a "Youth Pride" event in Boston. [MassResistance photo]

Merging underage youth with adults has now even become an official part of the annual adult “Gay Pride” events in many cities. For example, last year:

LA Pride and the Los Angeles LGBT Center are once again hosting the FREE Youth Pride Dance for folks 24 and younger to kick-off LA Pride Weekend 2019! This circus-themed party will include food, drinks (non-alcoholic), giveaways, and so much more!

Frightening attempt to change the law in California

The LGBT movement in California is now attempting to push the envelope even further. This session, openly “gay” State Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a frightening bill, SB 145, in the Legislature.

Currently in California, if an adult (age 18 or over) has heterosexual relations with a teenager (age 14-17) and the age difference between them is less than 10 years, then the adult is not required to be a registered sex offender. But if the adult has homosexual relations with a teenager, then he is required to be registered as a sex offender. This rightfully recognizes the depraved and destructive character of homosexual sex (both physical and mental) and how it affects a child much more profoundly.

This disparity has long angered the homosexual movement, which has always been obsessed with getting access to young teenagers – and with being seen as normal.

SB 145 would eliminate that distinction for homosexual sex. Thus, adult homosexuals could prey on young teenagers sexually – as happens so much – and not be considered sex offenders. Many people have called it the “Sex Offender Freedom” Act.

Wiener represents one of the most LGBT districts in the country: the entire city and county of San Francisco, CA. He is one of the most vocal members of California’s LGBT Legislative Caucus and aggressively pushes “groundbreaking” LGBT legislation.

ALT TEXT Openly “gay” State Senator Scott Wiener (left) and “friend” at a recent San Francisco Gay Pride Parade.

The bill started out very strong …

Wiener introduced SB 145 in January 2019, at the beginning of the current two-year legislative session. It began in the State Senate, one of the most pro-LGBT in the country. The bill quickly gained momentum.

… And MassResistance jumped into the battle

This is another one of those situations where various pro-family groups raised the alarm and complained – but MassResistance was actually on the ground with people taking direct, confrontational action. And it paid off.

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To start, California MassResistance began a full-court press on Sen. Wiener’s office with letters, emails, phone calls, etc., from across the state to urge him to stop the bill. The California MassResistance team in his district even attended Sen Wiener’s town hall event in San Francisco to personally communicate to him their outrage.

But early on, California MassResistance could see that the best strategy was to not to focus on the Senate, but to begin pressuring the State Assembly (similar to the House of Representatives in other states). In March, April, and May 2019, California MassResistance activists throughout the state targeted key Assembly Members in their districts. They even showed up at the Assembly Speaker’s town hall event in his district.

ALT TEXT California MassResistance activists at town hall event in Gardenia, CA.
ALT TEXT Activist about to enter Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez' town local hall event.
ALT TEXT At town hall event for Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva in Orange County.

For most of those Assembly members, it is rare that pro-family conservatives in California actually show up and demonstrate their fierce opposition to a bill. The legislators are not used to it at all. It clearly had a pretty big effect.

As expected, SB 145 sailed through three Senate committees. On May 28, 2019 it passed the full Senate 25-3.

From there, SB 145 went to the State Assembly. California MassResistance stepped up the pressure even more, and things quickly started to slow down for SB 145.

ALT TEXT At an outdoor legislative town hall event.
ALT TEXT We also distributed information sheets about SB 145 to people who came to these events.

On July 10, it was approved by the Assembly’s Public Service Committee and was sent to the Appropriations Committee, where it basically ground to a halt. There was a committee hearing set for August 30, 2019 that was postponed. Nothing further has happened with it.

Right now, during the continued COVID-19 situation, the California Legislature is moving at pretty much a snail’s pace. And constitutionally, the entire session must end for good on August 31, 2020.

It’s looking now like SB 145 likely won’t be passed. But MassResistance is continuing to pressure the Appropriations Committee – and the rest of the Assembly – not to let adult homosexuals prey on children. We have a feeling they’re getting pretty tired of us. And we like it that way!

But make no mistake – without strong pro-family pressure, this bill would probably have been passed and signed into law last year. MassResistance will continue to be vigilant and on the ground ready for action!


SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ALITO & THOMAS WARN “PREPOSTEROUS” RULING BARRING EMPLOYERS FROM FIRING MEN IN DRESSES IS A “THREAT” TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: https://christiannews.net/2020/06/19/justices-alito-thomas-warn-preposterous-ruling-barring-employers-from-firing-men-in-dresses-threat-to-religious-liberty/;

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WASHINGTON — In their dissent from this week’s Supreme Court ruling reading sexual orientation and gender identity into the meaning of “sex” in federal civil rights law, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas called the decision a “brazen abuse of authority” and opined that it is “preposterous” for the court to claim that it only interpreted the statute rather than bypassed the legislature.

The two also expressed concern about what the ruling might mean for religious liberty from a variety of aspects — from the employment practices of churches, to the moral standards for workers at Christian schools, to the rights of doctors who decline to perform sex-change-related operations.

“Usurping the constitutional authority of the other branches, the court has essentially taken H. R. 5’s provision on employment discrimination and issued it under the guise of statutory interpretation,” Alito wrote, being joined by Thomas in his dissent. “A more brazen abuse of our authority to interpret statutes is hard to recall.”

“The court tries to convince readers that it is merely enforcing the terms of the statute, but that is preposterous,” he continued. “Even as understood today, the concept of discrimination because of ‘sex’ is different from discrimination because of ‘sexual orientation’ or ‘gender identity.’ And in any event, our duty is to interpret statutory terms to ‘mean what they conveyed to reasonable people at the time they were written.'”

“Before issuing today’s radical decision, the court should have given some thought to where its decision would lead,” Alito said, worrying what might become of the issue of the use of locker rooms and restrooms by those who identify as the opposite sex, as well as the future of women’s sports and housing for college students, who might have to share sleeping quarters with someone who is really the same sex.

“The court may wish to avoid this subject, but it is a matter of concern to many people who are reticent about disrobing or using toilet facilities in the presence of individuals whom they regard as members of the opposite sex,” he noted, adding that the definition of “transgender” could even “apply to individuals who are ‘gender fluid,’ that is, individuals whose gender identity is mixed or changes over time.”

“The Court’s decision may lead to Title IX cases against any college that resists assigning students of the opposite biological sex as roommates,” Alito also worried. “A provision of Title IX allows schools to maintain ‘separate living facilities for the different sexes,’ but it may be argued that a student’s ‘sex’ is the gender with which the student identifies.”

He and Thomas likewise expressed concern over the ramifications for religious liberty, writing, “As the briefing in these cases has warned, the position that the court now adopts will threaten freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and personal privacy and safety. No one should think that the court’s decision represents an unalloyed victory for individual liberty.”

Alito said that various religious groups, including Christians, had filed briefs in the consolidated cases, fearing that an adverse ruling “will trigger open conflict with faith-based employment practices of numerous churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious institutions.”

“They argue that ‘[r]eligious organizations need employees who actually live the faith,'” Alito outlined, “and that compelling a religious organization to employ individuals whose conduct flouts the tenets of the organization’s faith forces the group to communicate an objectionable message.”

Alito noted that Christian schools similarly have moral standards for employees, but under the ruling, those standards may be meaningless if able to be flouted, and workers may be able to sue if they are let go for violating the lifestyle covenant.

“A school’s standards for its faculty ‘communicate a particular way of life to its students,’ and a ‘violation by the faculty of those precepts’ may undermine the school’s ‘moral teaching.’ Thus, if a religious school teaches that sex outside marriage and sex reassignment procedures are immoral, the message may be lost if the school employs a teacher who is in a same-sex relationship or has undergone or is undergoing sex reassignment,” he explained.

“Yet today’s decision may lead to Title VII claims by such teachers and applicants for employment,” Alito lamented.

He also pointed out that transgenders have filed suit for being denied sex change operations, and “[s]uch claims present difficult religious liberty issues because some employers and healthcare providers have strong religious objections to sex reassignment procedures, and therefore requiring them to pay for or to perform these procedures will have a severe impact on their ability to honor their deeply held religious beliefs.”

Alito further expressed concern that employers and co-workers may be required to address those who identify as transgender by their preferred pronoun, and “[t]he court’s decision may also pressure employers to suppress any statements by employees expressing disapproval of same-sex relationships and sex reassignment procedures.”

“Employers are already imposing such restrictions voluntarily, and after today’s decisions employers will fear that allowing employees to express their religious views on these subjects may give rise to Title VII harassment claims,” he worried.

“Although the Court does not want to think about the consequences of its decision, we will not be able to avoid those issues for long. The entire Federal Judiciary will be mired for years in disputes about the reach of the court’s reasoning,” Alito said.

Read the dissent on page 38 of the ruling here.

BACKGROUND

As previously reported, the Supreme Court issued its 6-3 ruling on Monday morning, concluding that a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, known as Title VII, which bars job discrimination on the basis of sex, among other traits, may be read to include homosexual and “transgender” employees.

“An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court.

He and “conservative” Justice John Roberts joined the liberal justices on the bench to form the majority 6-3 ruling.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented, as well as Alito and Thomas, but applauded the result as an “important victory” that homosexuals can “take pride in.”

One of the three cases before the court surrounding the issue involved R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, an explicitly Christian home that was sued after firing a male employee who wanted to begin wearing a skirt uniform for work as he was diagnosed with “gender dysphoria.”

“R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes recognize that its highest priority is to honor God in all that we do as a company and as individuals,” the company’s website states. It also features a quote from Matthew 6:33, in which Jesus taught that men should “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.”

Because owner Thomas Rost Rost did not feel comfortable with providing a skirt suit due to his Christian convictions, Stephens was let go.

Stephens consequently took the matter to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which sued Rost with the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in alleging gender discrimination.

“R.G. employees understand that the dress code requires funeral directors to wear company-provided suits,” attorneys for Rost outlined in a legal brief. “Rost sincerely believes that he would be violating God’s commands if he were to pay for or otherwise permit one of RG’s funeral directors to wear the uniform for members of the opposite sex while at work.”

A federal court ruled against Rost, but the Sixth Circuit overturned the decision. The matter was then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Stephens died last month following a lengthy battle with kidney disease.

 

DEPT OF JUSTICE TO CRUSH BIG TECH AS FACEBOOK BANS TRUMP AD ATTACKING ANTIFA

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The Department of Justice is moving to crush Big Tech as Facebook actually bans a Trump Ad attacking Antifa! In this video, we’re going to look at that absurd censorship move by Facebook, and see how it’s about to get stomped by new measures taken by the federal government to ensure that the days of Big Tech’s discrimination against conservatives are indeed coming to an end; you’re not going to want to miss it!

CHICK-FIL-A CEO DAN CATHY URGES WHITE CHRISTIANS TO REPENT OF THEIR “RACISM” & SHINE BLACKS’ SHOES!

BY STEVE BYAS

SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/36074-chick-fil-a-ceo-urges-white-christians-to-repent-of-their-racism-and-shine-blacks-shoes;

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Two days after a black man, Rayshard Brooks, was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer while being arrested for public drunkenness, the CEO of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy, said that white Christians need to repent of their racism. Speaking at Passion City Church in Atlanta on Sunday, Cathy said that to show black people that white Christians are serious about that repentance, they should shine the shoes of black people as way of expressing their “shame.”

During the 70-minute roundtable discussion with Louie Giglio, the pastor, and a black rapper, Lecrae, at the church, Cathy explained, “Most of us white people, we’re out-of-sight-out-of-mind oblivious to it,” speaking of injustice to black Americans. “We cannot let this moment pass.”

The church described the session as “an open and honest conversation around how racism has plagued our city for generations, and the steps we call all take to confront it head-on in our church, our neighborhoods, and our hearts.”

Actually, what was billed as a “conversation” was, of course, more of a lecture from Cathy and the others on the stage. After telling a story about a church service in Texas in which a young man was “gripped with conviction about the racism that was happening,” the young man kneeled down before an old black man and shined his shoes. “The tears began to flow in that service,” Cathy said.

Then, Cathy got up and knelt down before Lecrae with a shoe brush and said, “So I invite folks to just put some words to action here. If we need to find somebody that needs to have their shoes shined, we just need to go right on over and shine their shoes and whether they got tennis shoes on or not, maybe they got sandals on, it really doesn’t matter. But there’s a time at which we need to have, you know, some personal action here. Maybe we need to give them a hug, too.”

After finishing his act of contrition with Lecrae, Cathy told the crowd, “I bought about 1,500 of these and I gave them to all of our Chick-fil-A operators and staff a number of years ago and so any expressions of a contrite heart, a sense of humility, a sense of shame, a sense of embarrassment, but yet with an apologetic heart, I think that’s what our world needs to hear today.”

Cathy noted that “about a dozen Chick-fil-A restaurants” were “vandalized in the last week, but my plea would be for the white people, rather than point fingers at that kind of criminal effort, would be to see the level of frustration and exasperation and almost the sense of hopelessness that exists on some of those activists within the African-American community.”

Chick-fil-A has taken a sharp turn to the left recently after years of building a reputation as a Christian-oriented company. Defying conventional wisdom that a restaurant needs to be open on Sunday to capture profits on the day when most church services are held, Cathy’s father opted to close on Sundays. Anyone who drives by a Chick-fil-A during the other six days a week is amazed at the steady stream of cars in the drive-through and the full parking lots — the company clearly makes enough money without opening on Sundays.

A few years ago, Cathy was asked about the push for same-sex marriage, and he responded that he favored the biblical view of marriage — that is, between one man and one woman. That, plus his contributions to organizations that share that view, such as the Salvation Army, led gay-rights activists to launch a boycott of the restaurant. The boycott backfired miserably, as loyal customers swarmed Chick-fil-A to support the company’s Christian values.

Across the country, some colleges have refused to allow the restaurant space in their campus food courts for Chick-fil-A because of the company’s alleged “homophobia.”

But now, Chick-fil-A’s leadership is clearly taking a different approach. They have dropped their support for groups that might offend the LGBT community, essentially betraying not only those customers who loyally supported them during the LGBT boycotts, but also their franchisees, most of whom supported the Christian image of the company.

Insofar as Cathy’s latest comments go, he now seems to be abandoning the traditional Christian view that sin is something that an individual commits and is responsible for. White Christians are no more responsible for someone else’s racism than a black Christian is responsible for another person burning down a building, or looting.

Rather than helping race relations, Cathy’s remarks are more likely to exacerbate racial tensions. Instead of judging someone by his own actions, a person is now to be judged by the actions of others who just happen to share the same skin color. Nothing could be more racist than that.

Implying that every time a white person does something wrong, or at least is thought to have done something wrong, to a black person that the entire white “race” should repent for it only adds to the continuance of judging individuals not by the content of their character, but by the color of their skin.

 

TRUMP WINS! POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF VOTERS BELIEVE BIDEN IN EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA!

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A brand-new Zogby poll shows that a solid majority of voters believe that Joe Biden is in fact in the early stage of dementia, a belief that has more or less sealed the election for Donald Trump. In this video, we’re going to take a look at the latest Zogby poll that is already becoming a nightmare for the Biden campaign, and precisely why this latest development all but guarantees a Trump landslide in November. You’re not going to want to miss it!

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