THE PROS AND CONS OF JUDGE NEIL M. GORSUCH
(I.E. NEITHER PROTESTANT NOR A PASTOR
IN THE BIBLICAL SENSE)
ABOVE: SUSAN SPRINGER, RECTOR OF APOSTATE, PRO LGBT, PRO ABORTION, ANTI GUN, PRO CLIMATE CONTROL,
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BOULDER, COLORADO
to also be prayerful without words. The chanted prayers and psalms, as
well as the hymns and sacramentals, help prepare us for longer periods
of silence where one might simply rest in the presence of God.”
monastic communities. It is the final office of the day in the Christian
tradition of canonical hours.
The English word “Compline” is derived from the Latin word
“completorium” meaning completion, since Compline completes the liturgy
of the day. As is characteristic of monastic offices. The sanctuary is dark and quiet; there are candles, but no cell phones,
no responses to have to follow, no preaching. It’s short: just 30-35
minutes. People are free to sit on the floor, sit up around the altar,
or even lie down and allow the music to wash over them.”
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THE
PROS AND CONS OF JUDGE NEIL M. GORSUCH
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February 8, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
young are so full of innocence and capabilities that are not yet known.
Why would anyone want to destroy that through abortion? One of the most
absurd pro-choice claims is that those who are pro-life do not like or
care for the baby after he or she is born. In fact, pro-lifers find equal
importance of life inside and outside of the womb. The gravity in a baby’s
eyes, showing such extreme happiness for life, is one of the most beautiful
things in the world. —G. K. Chesterton
overjoyed that Donald J. Trump is our 45th President, and I’m thrilled
with 95% of his nominees. Nevertheless, unlike the sycophants who supported
Obama and Hillary, when I am in doubt, I’m going to let my readers
know about it.
Said, CHOOSE LIFE
Lord said in Deuteronomy
to Choose Life! When those of us who hate Roe v. Wade think of the suffering
of millions of little babies in their mothers’ wombs when abortion
is chosen, we cry out for it to come to a screeching halt. We know too
what happens to those little murdered bodies. It is why our 45th President
has promised to put pro-life justices on the Supreme Court. We can thank
God Hillary Clinton is not nominating a justice.
choice would have been Judge Charles Canady from Florida. While he was
in Congress, Canady was credited for coining the term “partial-birth
abortion” while developing the Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act of 1995. He has proven to be stellar on pro-life
issues.
Gorsuch and Antonin Scalia
introducing Neil Gorsuch, our President said, “I took the task of
this nomination very seriously. I have selected an individual whose qualities
define, really, and I mean closely, define what we’re looking for.
Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous
discipline and has earned bipartisan support.” He added that Gorsuch’s
resume was as good as he’s ever seen.
searched for a nominee to ultimately take Scalia’s empty seat, Trump said
he spoke “regularly” with Scalia’s wife, Maureen McCarthy Scalia,
according to Kellyanne Conway. Mrs. Scalia has been a rock throughout
this entire process,” Conway said. “She has been somebody who
the President has talked to regularly throughout this process and he has
very much enjoyed his time with her in person and over the phone.”
is better than half of those on the list who really don’t see much
that can be done in stopping abortion. He does have sterling credentials,
and in theory believes in the Constitution. However, no one can truly
say whether or not he’d vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which is ultimately
the definition of pro-life.
and Scalia were friends, and obviously had enjoyed time together in Colorado
as the signed photo suggests.
insignia reads, “To Neil Gorsuch, Fond memories of a day on the
Colorado. With warm regards, Antonin Scalia.
President Trump’s announcement of Neil Gorsuch as his nominee, Gorsuch
met Mrs. Scalia and chatted amiably with her and her son, Fr. Paul Scalia.
and Hobby Lobby
believe Gorsuch is pro-life because he ruled for the Christian Hobby Lobby
stores against Obamacare’s demand (via Secretary
Sebelius) that this Christian for-profit organization provide all
contraceptive funding in their insurance. The left would have you think
that Hobby Lobby was against all contraception for women, which is untrue.
The reality is that the FDA approved 18 forms of female contraception,
and Hobby Lobby took offense to only the ones that killed an already fertilized
egg, Plan B “morning-after pill,” Ella “morning-after pill,”
and two hormonal and copper intrauterine devices (IUDs). They didn’t
object to most birth control pills, sponges, condoms and even sterilization.
key issue on appeal in the 10th was whether or not a “for-profit
corporation” may be considered a “person exercising religion”
under the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act, which came into play in the decision
for Hobby Lobby from the lower court. The case was about religious
freedom, not about abortion per se. Gorsuch sided with the Little Sisters
of the Poor in a similar religious freedom case involving Obamacare.
Supreme Court decision, Justice Alito wrote that, “The owners of
the businesses have religious objections to abortion, and according to
their religious beliefs the contraceptive methods at issue are abortifacients.”
to ABC News, Gorsuch “is a defender of the ‘Free Exercise
Clause,’ which says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” As such,
he has also championed the rights of religious groups to display their
religion in public places. And that’s a big Amen.
and Assisted Suicide
disagreed with Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit. Posner has written in favor of permitting physician-assisted
suicide, arguing that the government should not interfere with a person’s
decision to take his or her own life, especially in cases where the patient
is terminally ill.
rejected that view, writing it would “tend toward, if not require,
the legalization not only of assisted suicide and euthanasia, but of any
act of consensual homicide.” Posner’s position, he writes, would
allow “sadomasochist killings” and “mass suicide pacts,”
as well as duels, illicit drug use, organ sales and the “sale of
one’s own life.”
concludes his book by suggesting that the law could allow for terminally
ill patients to refuse treatments that would extend their lives, while
stopping short of permitting intentional killing.
book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (2006), Gorsuch
praised the pro-abortion ruling that upheld Roe v. Wade as follows:
“The plurality in Casey expressly sought to provide a firmer basis
for the abortion right and to shore up the reasoning behind Roe’s
result.” (p. 79) This is extremely troubling, as no one who is pro-life
would ever assert that there is a “firmer basis” and better
“reasoning” that can support the horrifically unjust result
of abortion-on-demand.
the Judge’s book as proof that he is pro-life is not valid inasmuch
as pro-abortion supreme court judges have ruled against physician assisted
suicide in the past.
and Stare Decisis
also clings to bad precedent, and is an extreme supporter of stare
decisis, both of which are excuses for upholding Roe v. Wade rather
than overturning it. “Our duty to follow precedent sometimes requires
us to make mistakes,” Gorsuch declared in ruling against the Second
Amendment rights of a man before his court. United
States v. Games-Perez, 667 F.3d 1136, 1142 (10th Cir. 2012) (Gorsuch,
J. concurring).
is stare decisis? It is Latin for “to stand by things decided,”
and is the doctrine of precedent. Courts cite to stare decisis when an
issue has been previously brought to the court and a ruling already issued.
Generally, courts will adhere to the previous ruling, though this is not
universally true. See, e.g. Planned
Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 US 833. The
doctrine operates both horizontally and vertically. Horizontal stare decisis
refers to a court adhering to its own precedent. A court engages in vertical
stare decisis when it applies precedent from a higher court. Consequently,
stare decisis discourages litigating established precedents.
courts seldom overrule precedent, Justice Rehnquist explained that stare
decisis is not an “inexorable
command.” On occasion, the Court will decide not to apply the
doctrine if a prior decision is deemed unworkable.
In addition, significant societal changes may also prompt the Court to
overrule
precedent; however, any decision
to overrule precedent is exercised cautiously. (Cornell
University Law School)
Nominated by George W. Bush
a single Democrat opposed #NeilGorsuch’s
confirmation in 2006,” tweeted
Mitch McConnell on February 1st. Both
Bush families stated they were pro-choice after they were out of office.
It is likely the Democrat Senators knew the families were really pro-choice
and thus confirmed their nominee. Here’s
the list of the leftists who confirmed him.
and the CFR
Gorsuch was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, listed
in the 2008 CFR Annual Report Membership Roster. He is not listed in the
2017 Annual Report, but is listed as a member in his 2006 nomination by
President George W. Bush. (See
part 8)
from his stint at Harvard Law, can we conjecture that his term membership
in the CFR might have influenced him with the One-World-Socialist-Police-State-under-the-United-Nations
goals of the CFR? Here is a short
tutorial on the CFR. You can also purchase
a booklet about the CFR.
of his membership, will he will be a shoe-in for the post, as he was in
2006? Other CFR Members of the Court are Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen
Breyer.
only way you can find out about CFR Membership rosters is to obtain the
CFR Annual Reports through purchase from Amazon for a nominal fee. (Hat
tip to Sue.)
Pro-Abortion Church
Gorsuch and his wife attend the apostate St.
John’s Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colorado, that has a woman
rector, Rev. Susan Springer, who considers homosexuality as acceptable,
and who believes that women have the right to kill their unborn babies.
Springer also promotes climate control and gun control. [Link]
have had union blessing ceremonies in the church. Here
is an article written by Rev. Susan Springer in 2010 supporting homosexuals
and their behavior.
as the anti-abortion movement mobilized to restrict reproductive freedom
of American women, the Episcopal Church added this resolve:
“The
Episcopal Church expresses its unequivocal opposition to any legislative,
executive or judicial action on the part of local, state or national
governments that abridges the right of a woman to reach an informed
decision about the termination of pregnancy or that would limit the
access of a woman to safe means of acting on her decision.”
this article
in Huffington Post, it appears Gorsuch is also pro-gay marriage, and
unlikely to ever change Roe v. Wade.
membership
in an Episcopal church in Boulder, Colorado, whose female senior pastor
attended the Women’s March in Colorado, and has been associated
with other liberal causes, gives great pause to most pro-life conservatives.
Influence
influence, primarily by the pro-abortion Federalist
Society and Heritage Foundation lobbyists, over the Supreme Court
decision by our President was unprecedented. Why did Trump lock himself
into only 21 names given by these organizations?
to media accounts Trump considered only candidates whom the Federalist
Society recommended, and no others. Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles
Canady is pro-life and more qualified than Gorsuch, but apparently, Trump
never even interviewed Canady. Other prominent pro-life candidates, both
on and off the list, who Trump cited during his campaign, were also not
seriously considered.
were merely the first time that a Supreme Court nominee was supposedly
pro-life, but was actually pro-choice, then perhaps a “wait and
see” approach might be reasonable. However, unborn children have
been sacrificed time and time again by this deception. President Ronald
Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, who was supposed to be pro-life
but wasn’t, and then likewise for Anthony Kennedy. The first President
Bush appointed David Souter, who was also supposed to be pro-life, but
became stridently pro-abortion instead.
the pro-choice,
pro-gay-marriage billionaire Koch brothers have thrown their weight
behind Judge Gorsuch. [Link]
They launched a digital campaign urging senators to confirm Gorsuch, and
they plan to mobilize the network’s 3.2 million activists to put
pressure on lawmakers.
on Other Issues
analysis by Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America, he pointed out that
Gorsuch joined an opinion that adhered to the anti-gun view that “concealed
weapons create an immediate and severe danger to the public.” United
States v. Rodriguez, 739 F.3d 481, 490 (10th Cir. 2013).
transgender issue, Gorsuch joined an opinion holding that “it is
unlawful to discriminate against a transgender (or any other) person because
he or she does not behave in accordance with an employer’s expectations
for men or women.” Kastl
v. Maricopa Cty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 325 F. App’x 492, 493 (9th Cir.
2009).
will Gorsuch come down on in the issue of whether men, who claim to be
women, may enter women’s public bathrooms, showers and locker rooms.
His opinion would affect children in public school facilities. Will he
even be questioned on this issue by senators during his hearing proceedings?
for us, Gorsuch’s views on abortion are not well defined. In his
book, he wrote, “In Roe, the Court explained that, had it found
the fetus to be a “person” for purposes of the Fourteenth
Amendment, it could not have created a right to abortion because no constitutional
basis exists for preferring the mother’s liberty interests over
the child’s life.”
the sake of the unborn babies in America, I pray that Gorsuch truly is
pro-life.
Joe Friday of Dragnet, I’m just giving you the facts, the decision
is yours.
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Representatives from seven faiths discussed same-sex marriage on Nov.
2 as part of the Center for Women and Gender lecture series at Utah
State University. Titled, ““Gays and Marriage: Religious Perspectives,”
the panel discussion was open to students, faculty and members of the
general community.
Panel members included the Rev. Susan Springer of St. John’s
Episcopal Church; Michael Sowder, associate professor of English and a
practicing Buddhist; Dr. Vikram Garg, gastroenterologist and internist
who practices the Hindu tradition; Harrison Kleiner, adjunct assistant
professor of philosophy and Roman Catholic; William Duncan, director of
the Marriage Law Foundation and member of the Church pf Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints; Eldon Peterson, pastor of the Cache Valley Bible
fellowship; and Rabbi Ilana Schwartzman of the congregation Kol Ami in
Salt Lake City.
“We realize we don’t have all possible religions represented and many
will argue that we should have had an atheist on the panel,” said
director for the Center for Women and Gender Ann Austin. “But this panel
is an important step in understanding the diverse points of view around
this very sensitive topic.”
The panel was organized by Philip Barlow, USU’s Arrington Chair of
Mormon History and Culture, and Camille O’Dell, director of the School
Counseling program in USU’s Department of Psychology.
Rev. Springer said all voices are important to such a discussion and, as a society, it is necessary that they are made public.
“Currently, the Episcopal Diocese of Utah permits the blessing of
same gender unions, but not every Episcopal diocese in this country
permits them,” Springer said. “Unlike, for example, the Roman Catholic
and LDS churches, Episcopalians have no central figure or group that is
our doctrinal authority.”
“We endeavor to be a safe place and to be welcoming,” Springer said.
“We’re not perfect, we don’t always succeed, but that’s our goal.”
Duncan said the controversy over the Proposition 8 measure in
California – which was overturned by a San Francisco judge –
demonstrates that same-sex marriage is a threat to religious liberties.
Duncan’s group was formed a year after a Massachusetts Court decision
which declared banning gay marriage as unconstitutional with a mission
of “reaffirming the legal definition of marriage as the union of a
husband and wife.”
“Increasingly, groups are seeking to harness religion along with
other social institutions, such as family and church, to accomplish
their aims of cultural reconstruction,” Duncan said.
Duncan said that many saw opponents to interracial marriage in the ’60s as bigots.
“Just because the LDS Church does not believe in same-sex marriage does not mean Latter-day Saints are prejudiced,” he said.
Peterson said Christians do not condone same-sex marriage and likened
the debate to “what color the grass is … there’s only one definition of
same-sex marriage.” He said he wishes gays would “take responsibility”
for their orientation and not “claim to be a victim.”
Sowder said that Buddhism has no central religious authority but
largely welcomes gays as it would welcome anybody. He quoted the Dalai
Lama, who said that homosexuality is considered “sexual misconduct,” but
that the Tibetan stance of gay marriage is “subject to change.”
“Compassion is the ultimate ideal in Buddhism,” Sowder said. “Why is
sexuality such a highly charged issue in religion? I think that’s why we
have this focus on it, it freaks us out.”
Kleiner said Catholics believe “marriage was founded for man.”
“We are most complete as organisms when we join with opposite flesh.”
He said he does not believe gay marriage is a choice: “You can’t choose how you feel but you can choose how you act.”
Garg said that Hinduism, currently, has no one leader who would
stand up for gay marriage, though there is no reference to it in
scripture.
“Love, in Hinduism, means a devotion between two people, whether it
is romantic or platonic,” Garg said. “There’s really no information in
religious scriptures about marriage and same sex.”
He said for some it is a challenge to accept gay marriage since males play a dominant role in a heterosexual marriage.
Schwartzman said the Torah “is divinely inspired, not divinely
written,” so more Jewish people are becoming accepting of same-sex
marriage and that even the more conservative members are “teetering” on
whether or not to fully embrace the concept of same-sex marriage.
Springer ended the panel saying she felt discussions such as this panel are necessary to moving forward.
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control, Muslim outreach and ‘climate crisis’ solar panels on the roof:
Meet Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s ultra-liberal church
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St. John’s Episcopal Church is led by a pastor who proudly
attended the anti-Trump Women’s March in Denver the day after the
President’s inauguration
Rev. Susan Springer has said she is pro-gay marriage and offers blessings to same-sex couples
Another member of the clergy is outspoken about the need for gun control
The church’s Rev. Ted Howard also signed a letter slamming the
‘disrespectful rhetoric’ directed at Islam as Trump floated a ban on
Muslim immigrants
Church authorities also appear to be strongly in favor of environmental
initiatives and added solar panels to the roof because of ‘climate
crisis’
If Gorsuch is confirmed, he will renew the Supreme Court’s Christian majority and join as the only non-Catholic member
By Ruth Styles In Boulder, Colorado
DailyMail.com
6 February 2017
He has been described as ‘the heir to Scalia’ and is a religious
conservative whose appointment to the Supreme Court was greeted with
jubilation on the pro-gun, anti-abortion Right.
But DailyMail.com can reveal that Neil Gorsuch’s own church, in
Boulder, Colorado, is a hotbed of liberal thinking – and is led by a
pastor who proudly attended the anti-Trump Women’s March in Denver the
day after the President’s inauguration.
Another member of the clergy at St. John’s Episcopal Church is
outspoken about the need for gun control, and helped organize opposition
to a gun shop giveaway of high-capacity magazines in the run-up to a
2013 law that banned them from the state of Colorado.
In December 2015, shortly after the San Bernardino terrorist attack,
Rev. Ted Howard, 74, also put his name to a public letter slamming the
‘criticism and disrespectful rhetoric’ directed at Islam – just as
President Trump was floating a total ban on Muslim immigrants.
And in a twist that may surprise religious conservatives who welcomed
Gorsuch’s appointment, church leader Rev. Susan Springer, 58, has said
she is pro-gay marriage and offers blessings to same sex couples.
The church, which trumpets its ‘inclusive’ ethos on its website, also
operates a homeless outreach program that includes an LGBT center and a
sexual health clinic in a pamphlet setting out the best places for
those in need of help.
Church authorities also appear to be strongly in favor of
environmental initiatives – even adding solar panels to the roof in
January last year saying it was because of the ‘climate crisis’.
Gorsuch, 49, moved to Colorado with his British wife Louise and
daughters Emma, 18, and Belinda, 16, a decade ago after being appointed
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by President
George W. Bush.
The judge, who grew up in Denver but relocated to Washington DC as a
teenager, has been a member of the congregation ever since and regularly
volunteers as an usher.
Gorsuch was brought up as a Catholic by his mother Ann, and attended
an elite all boys Catholic school in Washington D.C. run by the Jesuit
order.
The Rest…HERE
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EXCERPTS: Prior to joining Garrison, Levin-Epstein in 2011, Josh worked at a large corporate firm in Washington, DC, and interned at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in Boston
Former Law Clerk for Supreme Court Nominee Says Gorsuch Supported His ‘Gay Marriage’
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WASHINGTON — Discussion is stirring over how Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch might rule on issues such as homosexuality and abortion should he be confirmed. His former law clerk told reporters last week that Gorsuch was supportive of his “gay marriage,” but reports also note that Gorsuch outlined over a decade ago that he does not believe the courts are the place to effect social change.
Joshua Goodbaum served as a clerk for Gorsuch in 2009, and now works as an attorney. He told Reuters on Friday that on the week of his 2014 “wedding” with his partner, Gorsuch expressed his support.
“He said, ‘This is a wonderful thing. You’ll see how your relationship grows,’” Goodbaum recalled.
“I have never felt the least whiff from him of homophobia or intolerance toward gay people,” he added.
As previously reported,
Gorsuch is an Episcopalian, and attends St. John’s Episcopal Church in
Boulder, Colorado. St. John’s identifies itself as “inclusive” on its
website and is led by female minister Susan Springer. All of its deacons
are also female.
In 2013, Springer expressed her support for same-sex “marriage.”
“I don’t think anybody in my faith tradition is out to destroy marriage between a man and a woman,” she told
the Daily Camera. “I think we are out to find a way to offer the same
blessing and the same sense of inclusion to same-sex couples. And I
think we stand as prophetic witness, that same-sex couples ought to
enjoy the same legal benefits, if you will, as heterosexual couples.”
However, in 2005, Gorsuch penned an article
for the National Review, where he opined that issues such as same-sex
nuptials and others should be battled in the ballot box rather than in
the courts.
He pointed to the writings of Washington Post
columnist David von Drehle, who remarked that pushing agendas through
the court system damages progressive purposes. Gorsuch said that
liberals would do well to heed those sentiments.
“von Drehle recognizes that American liberals have become
addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than
elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting
their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide
to the use of vouchers for private-school education,” he wrote.
“Liberals may win a victory on gay marriage when preaching
to the choir before like-minded judges in Massachusetts. But in failing
to reach out and persuade the public generally, they invite exactly the
sort of backlash we saw in November when gay marriage was rejected in
all eleven states where it was on the ballot,” Gorsuch noted.
He reiterated that letting the American people sort out
matters in elections is the best way to solve social arguments rather
than placing issues in the hands of judges.
“During the New Deal, liberals recognized that the ballot
box and elected branches are generally the appropriate engines of social
reform, and liberals used both to spectacular effect—instituting
profound social changes that remain deeply ingrained in society today,”
Gorsuch wrote. “It would be a very good thing for all involved—the
country, an independent judiciary, and the Left itself—if liberals take a
page from David von Drehle and their own judges of the New Deal era,
kick their addiction to constitutional litigation, and return to their
New Deal roots of trying to win elections rather than lawsuits.”
But Gorsusch has weighed in on social issues at times. As previously reported,
Gorsuch is the author of the book “The Future of Assisted Suicide and
Euthanasia,” in which he concludes that “human life is intrinsically
valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong.”
Gorsuch is also known for ruling in favor of the popular
craft chain Hobby Lobby, which had sued the Obama administration over
its abortion pill mandate. The company had sued to retain the right not
to cover contraceptives that it considers to be abortifacients, such as
the morning-after pill. Gorsuch pointed to the federal Religious Freedom
Restoration Act in his ruling.
“It is not for secular courts to rewrite the religious
complaint of a faithful adherent, or to decide whether a religious
teaching about complicity imposes ‘too much’ moral disapproval on those
only ‘indirectly’ assisting wrongful conduct,” he wrote in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius.
“Whether an act of complicity is or isn’t ‘too attenuated’ from the
underlying wrong is sometimes itself a matter of faith we must respect.”
Gorsuch was likewise a part of a ruling in favor of the Roman Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor, which had also sued the Obama administration over the abortion pill mandate.
Gorsuch is stated as being much like the late Antonin Scalia
in that he is an originalist, that is, he seeks to interpret the
Constitution in the original intent of the Founding Fathers. Scalia,
however, noted during his tenure that he opposes both the complete
abolition of abortion, as well as requiring legalization. He said that
the Constitution does not require a state to ban abortion as he believes
the 14th Amendment only applies to those who have been born.
“I will strike down Roe v. Wade, but I will also strike down
a law that is the opposite of Roe v. Wade,” Scalia outlined in a 2002
Pew Forum. “You know, both sides in that debate want the Supreme Court
to decide the matter for them. One [side] wants no state to be able to
prohibit abortion and the other one wants every state to have to
prohibit abortion, and they’re both wrong.”
“And indeed, there are anti-abortion people who think that
the Constitution requires a state to prohibit abortion. They say that
the equal protection clause requires that you treat a helpless human
being that’s still in the womb the way you treat other human beings. I
think that’s wrong,” Scalia further explained in a 2008 60 Minutes
interview. “I think when the Constitution says that persons are entitled
to equal protection of the laws, I think it clearly means
walking-around persons.”
The Trump administration, while identifying as pro-life with exceptions, has also expressed its support for the homosexual agenda. As previously reported, during his RNC acceptance speech in July, Trump told those gathered that he would work to protect homosexuals if elected.
“As president, I will do everything in my power to protect
LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign
ideology,” he declared, being met with applause.
“And, I have to say, as a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said,” he said in response.
Trump had also declared at a fundraiser in June that he is the best candidate for the “gay community.”
“So you tell me, who’s better for the gay community, and who’s better for women than Donald Trump? Believe me!” he said.
In February, he replied in the affirmative when asked by a lesbian reporter if the nation can expect “more forward motion” on homosexual issues if elected president.
U.S. SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO REDIRECT PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING TO WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
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WASHINGTON — Two U.S. Senators have introduced a
bill that would redirect more than $500 million in federal funding from
the abortion and contraceptive giant Planned Parenthood to women’s
health care providers that do not perform abortions.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and James Lankford, R-Okla., recently introduced the “Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act” with the support of 127 co-sponsors.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no federal funds may be
made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or to any of
its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors or clinics,” the bill reads in
part. “All funds no longer available to Planned Parenthood will
continue to be made available to other eligible entities to provide
women’s health care services.”
The Act notes that community health centers, local health
departments, physicians’ offices and others provide a variety of women’s
services and pregnancy care—minus the killing. Reports state that there
are over 13,500 community health centers alone that assist with women’s
health.
“Such health services include relevant diagnostic laboratory and
radiology services, well-child care, prenatal and postpartum care,
immunization, family planning services such as contraception, sexually
transmitted disease testing, cervical and breast cancer screenings, and
referrals,” the bill outlines. “Many such entities provide services to
all persons, regardless of the person’s ability to pay, and provide
services in medically underserved areas and to medically underserved
populations.”
As previously reported, the organization Live Action found in an
investigation that the vast majority of Planned Parenthood locations do
not offer prenatal care, and ultrasounds are only conducted in order to perform a guided abortion.
Sen. Lankford opined in a statement that the federal government
should not be distributing millions in taxpayer funds to a controversial
organization such as Planned Parenthood.
“For years, our nation has debated life and abortion, but at least we
should agree that no taxpayer should be forced to fund the largest
provider of abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars,” he said.
“There is no reason for a private non-governmental organization, like
Planned Parenthood, to receive $500 million a year in taxpayer money.”
Lankford also noted that “[r]edirecting taxpayer money from Planned
Parenthood to other entities that provide women’s health care won’t put
Planned Parenthood out of business; it will just ensure that taxpayers
don’t fund their activities.”
As previously reported,
according to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, during the 2014-2015
fiscal year, the organization received $553 million in taxpayer
funding/grants in 2014, up from $528 million the year prior, which
equated to 43 percent of its total income. $48 million of Planned
Parenthood’s income was used for sex education, and $39 million was used
for public policy, or to influence legislation, up from $33 million in
2013. Despite its expenditures, it still garnered a $61 million dollar
profit.
It aborted 323,999 babies nationwide during that fiscal year,
equating to approximately one-third of the more than 900,000 annual
abortions in America.
Planned Parenthood has not yet released its 2015-2016 report for unknown reasons.
ANTI-GLOBALIST TED MALLOCH, TRUMP’S AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN UNION IS LIKE U.K.’S NIGEL FARAGE
Trump’s
pick for US Ambassador to the EU, Ted Malloch, has been met with calls
to block his appointment. But Malloch fired back in European interviews
over the weekend, pointing out that choosing an ambassador is the
prerogative of President Trump who just won the election and saying that
Trump would not be cowed down. He went on the offensive against
the President of the European Commission, the EU bureaucracy and
political correctness in a series of frank statements that showed he
would not be cowed down either.
The
man tipped to be Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the EU made the rounds
this weekend with the European press. Candid, frank and defiant to the
unelected EU bureaucrats who are trying to block his appointment to the
EU, Ted Malloch has seen the global elites from the inside, organizing
their summits. He now pulls back the curtain and proclaims — “the Davos
Man is dead”.
Trump’s EU Ambassador: Trump Will Only Make Trade Deals With Nations, Not the EU
BY BOB ADELMANN
SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/25321-trump-s-eu-ambassador-trump-will-only-make-trade-deals-with-nations-not-the-eu;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Ted Malloch (shown), President Donald Trump’s proposed ambassador to the
European Union, made it clear on Sunday that the administration’s goal is to destroy the European Union. During an interview on BBC on Sunday, Malloch warned that the EU is in for a rude awakening: Whether the EU powers-that-be like it or not, Trump will only deal with countries on a nation-by-nation basis. That would effectively end the supposed underlying reason for the EU.
Malloch said, “Trump won’t cow down to the powers that be. He’ll
speak his mind even if it gets him in trouble or held in disregard for
others. It used to be called honesty but in the age of baby talk and
political correctness, and mostly bullshit, it’s now regarded as
dishonesty.”
EU leaders and media supporters have seen this coming since November.
Patrick Wintour, the diplomatic editor for the liberal British paper The Guardian, spelled it out last Friday:
and Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, do not really want to end
the US leadership role in Europe.
The policy is to help oversee the break-up of the EU, using the bully
pulpit of the presidency and the Breitbart website to do all they can to
cheer on the populist forces across Europe. Victories for nationalist
parties in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy this year would
ensure the EU’s implosion, and as such are to be encouraged.
Previous pronouncements from Malloch have confirmed that intent. In January Malloch told BBC News,
“I had a previous career in a diplomatic post where I helped bring down
the Soviet Union. So maybe there’s another union that needs a little
taming.” Malloch was a vocal supporter of Brexit, and has predicted that
the euro would collapse. He expressed his hope that all members of the
European Union would hold similar referendums.
In January Malloch, in an interview on BBC One’s This Week,
said that Donald Trump doesn’t like the idea of EU’s “integration”:
“[He] doesn’t like an organization that is supranational, that is
unelected, where the bureaucrats run amok, and is not frankly a proper
democracy.”
Malloch can be best described as the insiders’ “maverick,” supporting
various efforts but not buying into the ideology. He has served — he
calls himself a Sherpa — on the executive board of the World Economic
Forum, which hosts the Davos meeting of elites in Switzerland every
year. He has held an ambassadorial position in the UN. He headed up the
consulting division of Wharton-Chase Econometrics. He worked at the
international banking firm Salomon Brothers. He served in senior policy
positions with the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well
as in the U.S. State Department. He is a research professor at Yale.
He’s even expressed support for the EU in the past, but usually with a
qualifying disclaimer: The EU is a “very important arrangement that was
largely brought about by American contributions.… For some long decades
it’s been absolutely critical to the trans-Atlantic alliance and to
US-Europe relations.” But he added, “I do believe it has more and more
become a supranational organization with political ambitions that
probably don’t fit with all of its member states’ ambitions.”
He has spoken critically of some of the EU’s top people, including
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. Juncker, said
Malloch, “was a very adequate mayor, I think, of some city in
Luxembourg, and maybe he should go back and do that again.”
This has not surprisingly generated genuine concern among those top
people. The liberal leader of the European Parliament, Guy Verofstadt,
and the head of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, sent a
letter to Juncker last week demanding that the EU not grant
“credentials” to Malloch if Trump does in fact name him as his
ambassador to the organization. The letter cited Malloch’s “outrageous
malevolence against the values that define this European Union. We are
strongly convinced that people seeing as their mission to disrupt or
dissolve the European Union should not be accredited as official
representatives to the EU.”
Nervousness bordering on panic has forced the New York Times to weigh in against Trump as Malloch’s potential employer. Steven Erlanger of the Times
launched a broadside against the president: “Mr. Trump has expressed
disdain for other multilateral institutions such as the European Union,
His praise has been reserved for populists and strongmen, like Nigel
Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party, President
Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines and, of course, President Vladimir V.
Putin of Russia.” Erlanger added:
counterparts to recognize that Mr. Trump may represent a truly dire
challenge, one that threatens to upend not only the 70-year European
project of integration and security, but just about everything they
stand for, including liberal democracy itself.
Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, added:
since the E.U. was created not to be in favor of deeper European
integration. Not only that, he’s against it and sees the destruction of
the European Union as in America’s interest.
biggest threat to global order and the European ideal of how the world
should be organized. The U.S. has been a crucial part of the ballast
meant to be upholding the global order … in face of challenges….
By negotiating with the EU’s member states individually —
nation-by-nation — Trump and his ambassador-to-be, Ted Malloch, hope to
cut the legs out from under the primary foundational assumption that has
falsely and fraudulently supported the EU’s raison d’être:
that the union could obtain for them better economic performance than
individually. It would end the real reason for the EU: an economic union
leading inevitably to a political one as a step toward a One World
Government.
SOROS PUPPET JUDGE AIDS ISIS BY BLOCKING TRUMP
Washington Federal Judge James Robart based his judgement of the Trump
administration’s decision to follow through with a travel ban of seven
Muslim countries as “not rationally based”. However, this purported
logical judge was quoted by CNBC as stating “Black lives matter.”
In
August of 2016 Breitbart reported that The Black Lives matter movement
was funded by U.S. National Security public enemy number one George
Soros ” ….in a detailed 69-page Open Society report on the agenda of
an Open Society U.S. Programs board meeting held in New York October 1
to October 2, 2015.” A portion of the Soros funded agenda read.
Recognizing
the need for strategic assistance, the U.S. Programs Board approved
$650,000 in Opportunities Fund support to invest in technical assistance
and support for the groups at the core of the burgeoning #BlackLivesMatter movement”
Soros’ shaping of Black Lives Matter was used to alter the 2016
elections, oddly never mentioned by the Democratic zeal to solely blame
the Russians. As a hacked open society document stated “Leaders of #BlackLivesMatter
and The Movement for Black Lives worked to influence candidate
platforms during the 2016 primary season. This came alongside the recent
acknowledgement by political strategists that African-American voters
may be much more pivotal to the 2016 general election than previously
forecasted.”
President Trump responded to Judge Robart in a tweet
stating”What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland
Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into
U.S.?” The DHS has stopped flagging travelers. And direct flights have
resumed from the previously banned countries to the United States.
After
the DOJ quickly appealled Judge Robart’s decision a Federal 9th Circuit
Appeals Court declined to reinstate the Travel Ban. We are now playing
Russian roulette with our National Security. Set into motion by a
Federal judge basing his decision on political opinion rooted in the
subversion of George Soros’ Open Society initiatives.
Judge
Robart’s name won’t fade into mainstream media history. Because when the
next inevitable terror attack occurs on U.S. soil, we’ll know exactly
who to hold accountable for this dangerous subversion of U.S. National
Security. Jon Bowne reports.
MISSISSIPPI TOWN RALLIES AFTER ATHEIST COMPLAINT RESULTS IN REMOVAL OF CHRISTIAN FLAG
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Mississippi town rallied on Saturday after a complaint from a prominent
professing atheist organization that took issue with a Christian flag
being displayed in a public park resulted in the removal of the banner.
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a
letter on Jan. 20 to Rienzi Mayor Walter Williams to assert that the
flag, which had been flown in Veterans Memorial Park, was
unconstitutional. It said that it had been contacted by a local
resident—who was not named—to advise them of the flag’s presence.
“We write to ensure that the town remove the Christian flag from its
memorial garden in order to avoid unconstitutional religious
endorsement,” the letter
read. “We appreciate that the town of Reinzi is attempting to
memorialize [veterans’] sacrifice. But as numerous government entities
have already discovered, honoring those who have served their community
and country does not override the need to remain neutral toward
religion.”
FFRF urged Williams to utilize a completely secular display instead,
and noted that it can be “quite costly” to ignore their request as
another city settled with FFRF in 2015 for $500,000.
“There are countless ways to recognize the sacrifice of our veterans
and military members without also endorsing one religion over all others
in violation of the Constitution,” it said. “By flying a Christian flag
over the memorial, Rienzi sends the message that the town values the
service of minority religious and nonreligious service members less than
their Christian counterparts.”
As a result of the letter, Williams had the flag removed.
“I never dreamed that something like this would have happened in a
town this small, but it happened,” he told local television station
WREG. “We’re gonna fly that flag again and I’m hoping it’s not going to
be long.”
On Saturday, more than 100 residents from the small town of 300 held a
rally in support of the flag, some themselves bearing the emblem.
“We’re not gonna let other people, or a foundation, or anybody else
up in Wisconsin tell us that we can’t fly our flag!” organizer Kevin
Nelms proclaimed to those gathered.
“My whole point behind this [is], you’re gonna take one down, we’re
gonna put a hundred back up,” he added to reporters. Supporters ran
another Christian flag up the flagpole during the event.
Nelms and his group rode from the VFW on their motorcycles to Veterans Memorial Park, flying the flag as they went.
“As a proud American, but number one as a proud Christian, I came
today to stand up for the Lord and stand up for our freedom,”
participant Susan Woodruff stated.
Williams says that he has hired an attorney and further discussion
about the matter will be held at its next board meeting on Tuesday. He
was among those who attended the rally on Saturday.
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crowd of people waving Christian flags descended on the Veterans
Memorial in Rienzi on Saturday after the Freedom From Religion
Foundation sent a letter to the town. The letter stated, “A religious
memorial, like any other religious display endorsed by the government,
is unconstitutional.” The town removed the flag for the time being, but
Rienzi Mayor Walter Williams hopes the Christian flag can fly again at
the site soon.
A MISSISSIPPI TOWN HAVE TO REMOVE A CHRISTIAN FLAG?
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Jake MacAulay
February 8, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
United States Code refers to the Declaration of Independence as the “organic
law” of the United States. And the Declaration clearly claims that
there is an Almighty Creator God, that our rights come from Him, and that
the purpose of civil government is to protect and defend the God-given
rights of the people. The Declaration makes reference to the Bible, God’s
Word, as the source of earthly, legal authority.
government includes federal, state, and local city governments like the
town of Rienzi, Mississippi, where this past weekend more than 1/3 of
the town’s population showed up to a rally in defense of a Christian
flag flying over their Veterans Memorial Park.
the Freedom from Religion organization wrote a letter that threatened
a half-million-dollar lawsuit against the small town of 300 people if
the flag wasn’t taken down.
folks like organizer Kevin Nelms responded like Americans, declaring,
“We’re not gonna let other people, or a foundation, or anybody else
up in Wisconsin tell us that we can’t fly our flag! You’re gonna take
one down; we’re gonna put a hundred back up.”
there were city government leaders showing a bit more bewilderment and
naiveté. Believing that he had no choice in the matter, Rienzi
Mayor Walter Williams pulled the flag down, saying, “I never dreamed
that something like this would have happened in a town this small, but
it happened.”
sure this mayor is shocked that the First Amendment, which states, “Congress
shall make no Law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof…” would be used as a legal threat
by an assailing organization that hates God.
the legal question I present to you is whether the city has broken the
law by flying a Christian flag, among others, at a Veterans memorial?
In other words, does flying a flag equate to Congress making a law, the
effect of which is to establish an official United States religion?
the answer seems to clearly be “NO” for at least two very
simple reasons:
city of Renzi is NOT “Congress”
2. A flag being hung is not a “law”
to find that a flag hung in Mississippi (or anywhere else) is a violation
of the Establishment Clause, the first thing you have to conclude is that
the city of Renzi is, in legal contemplation, the Congress of the United
States.
you say?
But this is exactly the conclusion that some maintain through a “legal
fiction” the courts call the “Incorporation Doctrine.”
Washington, our First President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
that won the war for our independence, and the President of the Congress
that gave us our Constitution and the First Amendment, insisted:
all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion
and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man
claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great
Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and
citizens.”
words, George Washington would have called dysfunctional organizations
like the Freedom from Religion “un-Patriotic” and therefore
“un-American”! So along with the city of Renzi, let’s
be Patriots and hang our Christian flags!
more about your Constitution with Jake MacAulay and his Institute on the
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TRUMP’S DEFENSE SECRETARY MATTIS WARNS NORTH KOREA: U.S. RESPONSE WILL BE “OVERWHELMING”
U.S.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned North Korea that any use of nuclear
weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met
with what he called an “effective and overwhelming” response.
U.S.
defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and
Japan that its nuclear “umbrella” will protect them, but Mattis’s
statement was perhaps more pointed than most. He made the remarks during
an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Han
Min Koo.
“North Korea continues to launch missiles, develop its
nuclear weapons program, and engage in threatening rhetoric and
behavior,” Mattis said with Han standing at his side and U.S. and South
Korean flags at their backs.
“We stand with our peace-loving Republic
of Korea ally to maintain stability on the peninsula and in the
region,” he added. “America’s commitments to defending our allies and to
upholding our extended deterrence guarantees remain ironclad: Any
attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any
use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be
effective and overwhelming.”
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESS AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, TAMPA BAY
NATHAN LEAN OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CALLS FOR “PUBLIC UPRISING” TO OVERTHROW TRUMP
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Georgetown’s Nathan Lean is a supreme example of how academia has
become a radioactive desert of hard-Left indoctrination and opposition
to the freedom of speech. He is supposedly an expert on “Islamophobia,”
which really means that he is an expert on character assassination of
those whom he deems “Islamophobes.”
A longtime foe of the freedom of speech, Lean has dedicated his life to defaming and lying about
anyone and everyone who dares to utter a critical word about the
religious ideology that guides Islamic jihadists and incites them to
commit mass murder. His targets have included Richard Dawkins, Sam
Harris, Maajid Nawaz and me, and in every case, Lean plays fast and loose with the facts, cheerfully purveying falsehoods even when he has been shown that they are false
(the images are gone from that old post, but it still conveys the
substance), so desperate is he to clear away all obstacles to the
advance of jihad terror. Not content to defame his targets over their
opposition to jihad terror, he stalks them elsewhere: I was scheduled to
speak several years ago at an education conference that had nothing to
do with Islam, but Lean mounted a defamation campaign that intimidated a
cowardly Catholic bishop, Jaime Soto, to cancel the event (it was held at another location) because of my work on Islam.
Lean is not content to spread lies about those whom he hates; he is
also the lowest kind of thug, and has repeatedly tweeted out links to
what he thinks is my home address and places that I frequent (he was
wrong in both cases, but that’s beside the point), in an obvious attempt
either to frighten me into silence or to signal to his jihadi friends
and allies where I can be found and killed. He is an expert, practiced
hater — a look at his Twitter feed shows that he regularly revels in
crude and vicious abuse of those who dare to say the slightest negative
word about the Religion of Peace. As he claims to be opposing “haters,”
he is easily one of the most hateful individuals I have ever encountered
in my entire life.
And now he has shown his true colors. This is sedition. Will
Georgetown University continue to employ someone with such contempt for
the Constitution and the rule of law? Of course they will, because the
Saudis remunerate them handsomely.
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EXPOSED: INSIDER COUP TO SABOTAGE TRUMP
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NEW YORK – Acclaimed Haitian-rights activist Ézili Dantò, who endorsed Donald Trump
for president in 2016, has alerted Infowars.com of an attempt to
sabotage from within Trump’s campaign pledge to be the “champion” of
repairing damage Haitian activists claim the Clintons have done.
The
Clintons were reportedly stealing possibly billions from the relief
effort organized in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake through the
State Department, while Hillary was secretary of state, and the Clinton
Foundation.
Specifically, Dantò is concerned Omarosa
Manigault, director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison
in the Trump administration is organizing a delegation to travel to
Haiti on Monday to witness the inauguration next Tuesday of
president-elect Jovenel Moïse.
Dantò and other prominent Haitian activists in the U.S. that voted
for Trump consider Moïse to be another corrupt candidate hand-picked by
the Clintons to perpetuate their crime syndicate grip upon their beloved
homeland.
At time of publication, Infowars.com is waiting for a
response to an inquiry placed with the White House press office for
comment.
Former president of the Haitian Senate, Bernard Sansaricq, issued a blistering statement last September that was posted on the Trump campaign website
accusing that Bill and Hillary Clinton used the 2010 earthquake
disaster as an excuse “to steal billions of dollars from the sick and
starving people of Haiti.”
The Clintons’ financial exploitation of
Haiti is discussed at length by Peter Schweizer in his 2015 bestselling
book, “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign
governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.”
In
my 2016 book, “Partners in Crime: The Clinton’s Scheme to Monetize the
White House for Personal Profit,” can be found documentation that after
the 2010 earthquake, President Clinton formed the Clinton Foundation
Haiti Fund and raised $16.4 million from individual efforts for
immediate relief efforts.
Yet on the Clinton Foundation website
there is no documentation an IRS Form 1023 application to form the
Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund had ever been filed, nor is there any
documentation of an IRS letter determination granting the Clinton
Foundation Haiti Fund tax-exempt status.
In 2016, the pages of the
Clinton Foundation annual reports and website remain peppered with
photographs of the Clinton family members mixing with the Haiti people.
The Clinton Global Initiative prose waxed eloquently with praise for
the philanthropic good Bill and Hillary Clinton have accomplished in
Haiti.
The Clinton Foundation 2013-2014 annual report mentions Haiti 48 times,
with the section entitled, “Clinton Foundation in Haiti: Investing in
sustainable economic growth,” displaying on pages 38-39 the text against
a two-page spread of full-page color photographs showing smiling
Haitian children at their desks in a schoolroom, being instructed by a
smiling teacher at the chalkboard at the front of the class.
Yet, as noted by Breitbart.com in an article published July 27, 2016, reports persist
that “black lives don’t really matter to Bill and Hillary Clinton when
it comes to Haiti,” as the evidence persists that the Haitian people
continue to live in essentially the same misery as they experienced in
the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, while billions of dollars in aid
money went missing as it funneled through the Clintons’ grasp over
Haiti.
Also of concern was that Hillary’s brother, Tony Rodham,
“landed a lucrative and historically rare Haitian ‘gold exploration
permit’ while Clinton Foundation donors, including Digicel mobile phone
company founder Denis O’Brien, were winning multi-million dollar
contracts that would siphon massive profits from the poorest country in
the Western Hemisphere.”
Omarosa gained fame as a guest appearing
during Season One of Donald Trump’s NBC reality-television show, “The
Apprentice.” Yet her roots are solidly in the Democratic Party.
Her
job history shows she worked for Vice President Al Gore in the White
House, despite a controversial history of supposedly being banished from
four jobs in two years with the Clinton administration, according to a report published by People Magazine in 2004.
The
2004 story in People Magazine reported that Omarosa “was asked to leave
as quickly as possible, she was so disruptive,” according Cheryl
Shavers, the former Under Secretary for Technology at the Commerce
Department, where Omarosa worked several weeks in 2000. “One woman
wanted to slug her,” Shavers said, according to the magazine article.
Evidence suggests Omarosa traveled to Haiti in 2007 with the Haiti Support Project – a group founded by Dr. Ron Daniels, the president of the Black World 21st Century, an organizer of the Black World Conference.
APPLE 6’S NEW “EYE OF SAURON”: HOW THE CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL TRACK YOU EVERYWHERE
HOW THE CASHLESS SOCIETY
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Alex Jones discusses the move towards a cashless society and
reveals how digital currency is designed to track and analyze humanity.
CRAZY LADY KICKED OFF FLIGHT FOR HARASSING TRUMP SUPPORTER SEATED NEXT TO HER
A
lunatic liberal was kicked off a flight for harassing a passenger
sitting next to her when she found out he was a Trump supporter. Media
analyst Mark Dice has the story. Full video here: https://www.facebook.com/scott.kotesk…
TO SHARON FROM BETHEL CHURCH: A RESPONSE TO YOUR REBUKE
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Dear Sharon,
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Be assured that
yours is not the first “rebuke” that we’ve received for what is viewed
as an “attack” on Bethel Church, nor will it be the last.
But I would, at least, like to offer a response of my own to you. I
attempted to reply privately to the email address you provided.
However, my email was undelivered as the address you provided was
invalid.
It is true that I have engaged – and Pulpit & Pen has engaged –
in vigorous polemics against Bethel Church. But it has been done as a
result of something that you actually mentioned in your email – it’s
because “the Bible itself says.”
In places like Jude 3, “the Bible itself says”
to “contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” This
is what compels me – and others – to write or speak in a polemical
fashion against Bethel. The “faith” that Bethel represents is clearly
not the “faith once for all delivered.” (You can review the many assessments about the dangers of Bethel by going HERE.)
I contend not for the sake of winning an argument, but in the hopes
that you, and those like you, being deceived by evident and identifiable
error, might be prompted to “examine yourself to see if you are in the
faith.” (2 Corinthians 13:5) It’s as a result of a Berean-like comparison (Acts 17:11)
of Bethel’s practice and teaching against Scripture that I – and many
others – realize that Bethel is a toxic-waste dump spewing spiritual
poison at undiscerning, emotions-driven souls. We contend because those
souls matter and Scripture tells us to contend.
“The Bible itself says” in Romans 16:17-18
that we are to “watch out” for those who come along with “contrary
doctrine” who not only “cause divisions” in the church, but also who,
with “smooth talk and flattery,” “deceive the hearts of the naïve.” It’s
in those same verses where we are explicitly told to “avoid them.”
But, Sharon, “avoiding them” does not preclude me, or any believer, from
warning those caught in the clutches of their deception. To not tell
the blind man he’s about to plummet over the
unseen-by-him-but-assuredly-approaching precipice would be, as “the Bible itself says,” sin.
“So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” James 4:17
Like the summertime ice cream truck as it drives by the playground
broadcasting child-enticing melodies through its loudspeakers, so too
does Bethel appeal with its spiritual charms that offer the exact thing
that fallen human nature desires – an experience that empowers us beyond
the often mundane realities of our sin-ridden human existence.
It’s not, as you say Sharon, that they “do it different than you”
that prompts the polemics. It’s that they do it wrong – not according to
my standards – but according to God’s, in His Word. The “Jesus” lauded
by Bethel – though the “Holy Spirit” gets lauded far more often, and as equally illegitimately
– is not the Jesus of His Word. The real Jesus revealed in Scripture
is not driving the Bethel ice-cream truck as it plays enticing tunes to
the world promising treats for your soul. The driver of Bethel’s
vehicle is far more nefarious, far more deceptive. The real driver is
an imposter who’s favorite alias is “Jesus,” and he’s selling spiritual
treats in return for your soul.
It’s because, Sharon, that “the Bible itself says,” in places like Matthew 7:15, that “false prophets” will most certainly plague the church. You said, “I hardly think Satan could be behind such great fruit!” Again, however, “the Bible itself says”
that these false prophets Jesus warned against would come attired not
in the garb of the devil. The enemy doesn’t appear with fangs dripping
blood and an angry, whipping pointed tail, bearing in his long-nailed
clutches a scythe of death and mayhem. Jesus said the agents of the
enemy will appear superficially just like the sheep, but that they are
“inwardly ravenous wolves.”
Please be reminded also that “the Bible itself says,” in 2 Corinthians 11:14,
that “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” That’s the very
logical reason that his deception works. It works because it masquerades
as authentic, and those who don’t actually know what “the Bible itself says”
are intentionally naïve and vulnerable to false teachers, false
doctrines, and eternal destruction. It is imperative that we know
exactly what “the Bible itself says” in order to recognize deception, especially the deception that comes slathered in an appealing veneer of Scripture and Christianese.
“The Bible itself says that it cannot possibly contain everything that could have been written. There is so much more to Him.” Sharon from Bethel Church
The Apostle John wrote, in John 21:25,
that “there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one
of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain
the books that would be written.” But Sharon, your implication about
this is decidedly different than that of the Apostle, or, indeed, of the
rest of the testimony of Scripture.
John’s intent in writing what he did – by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit – was very clear. “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30-31)
While there is indeed “so much more to Him,” there is nothing “more”
that we need to know in order to arrive at the saving knowledge of Him
for which John wrote his inspired Gospel, which happens to be the point
of ALL of Scripture. God did not leave the Bible unfinished and
lacking; He gave it as complete, closed, and sufficient.
“I pray that you would not be afraid of the ‘more’ of God, knowing Him, not just His written Word” Sharon from Bethel Church
The Apostle John did NOT suggest, encourage, advise, or endorse the need for – or the practice of – going beyond what had been written. In fact, God Himself has told us specifically NOT to do this. “The Bible itself says,” in places like Deuteronomy 4:2, that “You shall not add to the Word which I am commanding you.” “The Bible itself says,” in Proverbs 30: 6, “Do not add to His words or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.” Again, in Revelation 22:18-19, “the Bible itself says,”
in a very dire warning, that “if anyone adds to them, God will add to
him the plagues which are written in this Book; and if anyone takes away
from” what “the Bible itself says” that “God will take away his part from the tree of life.”
There are many ways we may “add to” or “take away” from Scripture.
To do either doesn’t mean we take actual ink to paper, penning what we
presume are missing parts, pasting them in as an addendum to the actual
bound book. We add or take away by failing to comprehend the Book we
already have. We can do it by our professed theology, but, more often,
we do it by our behavior. (Bethel does both, btw.) We
naturally – or, as Paul would say it, “in the flesh” – want to avoid the
difficult truths of Scripture while embracing the ones that comfort,
console, and encourage us. This neglect of Scripture, though, is taking
away from it. But, by falsely validating our desired behavior with
favorite verses we’ve twisted to fit our ends, we are adding to that
Word.
But your comment above is very reminiscent of what the “apostle” Bill Johnson wrote in his Scripture-twisting book, isn’t it? (No, though C. Peter Wagner referred to Johnson as an apostle,
be assured of this: there are NO apostles on the planet today. If you
want to hear from one, read their inspired New Testament works. They’re
still talking today … in the Bible.)
“Those who feel safe because of their intellectual grasp
of Scriptures enjoy a false sense of security. None of us has a full
grasp of Scripture, but we all have the Holy Spirit. He is our common
denominator who will always lead us into truth. But to follow Him, we
must be willing to follow off the map—to go beyond what we know.” Bill
Johnson, When Heaven Invades Earth
It’s the mixture of truth with error that serves a lethal cone to the
undiscerning Bethel ice-cream buyer. Johnson is correct that “none of
us has a full grasp of Scripture.” And he is correct that for those who
are authentically regenerated by Him – and false teachers are NOT among them – “we all have the Holy Spirit.” The Holy Spirit will lead us into truth.
However, the truth taught by the Holy Spirit is NEVER found by
following “off the map” of His inspired Word as Johnson claims. It is
precisely because we have not grasped the fullness of Truth in Scripture
that the Holy Spirit drives us deeper into that Word. The Holy Spirit
never, ever, ever takes you off the path of Scripture.
The explicit point of God’s revelation in Scripture is so that we may
KNOW Him and His redemptive Truth in Christ. The Holy Spirit does not
lead us “beyond what we know” through ecstatic experiences but, instead,
always leads us to more and deeper knowledge and continually growing
understanding of His Truth so long as we “abide in my word.” (John 8:31).
But this knowledge – this understanding- based on Truth, is divinely
given as objective and propositional, not subjective and emotional.
Unlike the off-roading Bethel ice-cream truck, the Holy Spirit will
only drive you down the narrow path bounded by the guard rails of His
inspired Word. (Matthew 7:13-14)
(For some worthwhile verses on the importance of “knowing” from Scripture, consider Colossians 1:9-10, Galatians 4:8-9, Colossians 2:2, Proverbs 2:1-6, Ephesians 4:17-24, Philippians 1:9-11, 1 Peter 1:13, John 17:3)
Sharon, it’s very much worth your study to consider another place where “the Bible itself says”
that altering God’s word, adding to it, deleting from it, or seeking
for “more” beyond it, brings condemnation, not the life-promising “more”
offered warmly by the subtle deceiver of souls. In Mark 7:9-13, “the Bible itself says” that Jesus was engaged in dialogue with some Pharisees. Jesus chided them in Mark 7:9
by saying, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in
order to establish your tradition!” This had to be a shock to the
Pharisees. They were the experts in the Law. They were the religious
elite of the day.
But what did Jesus say about them? Look at Mark 7:13
… they were “making void the word of God” by their “tradition.” The
handed-down tradition of the Pharisees missed the intent of the Law of
God and made His Word void. The “tradition,” Sharon, was their behavior.
It was how they acted by adding “more” to God’s Word. They demanded
behavior and practices un-endorsed by God for the people of God that
promised – by adherence to them – righteousness. The Pharisees were
driving an ice-cream truck of legalism that promised “more.” But, if
you’ll look over at what “the Bible itself says” in Matthew 23:15, you’ll find that the “more” of the Pharisees was not positively affirmed by the Lord. Rather, it was condemned.
hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single
proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a
child of hell as yourselves.”
Sharon, it’s the “more” that you encourage and seek that is the
precise problem with Bethel. There is no “more” that we need, have been
given, or are to seek. In John 8:31, “the Bible itself says”
that a disciple of Jesus would be known by one preeminent thing: they
would “abide in my word.” It is by abiding in that Word that such
wonderful – and authentic – fruit of the Holy Spirit is generated. As
He guides us to grasp more understanding of His biblically-revealed
Truth, the more we grow in legitimate spiritual fruit. That fruit is
never found outside the boundaries of that “Word.”
The “more” traditions of the Pharisees, born outside the Word, are no
different than the behaviors of Bethel which are also clearly outside
the Word. Both bring condemnation – despite how good, spiritual,
righteous or ecstatic those behaviors make you feel.
Regardless of how enticingly soul-soothing the melodies of Bethel’s
attractions are, its intentional willingness to “go beyond” what God has
revealed in His Word will result in a Pharisee-like condemnation by the
Lord.
Sharon, when I read your line about the “more of God,” I hear someone
who has been deceived by the subtlety of an enemy doing the very same
thing he did with Eve in the Garden. It’s the same sin-inducing query of
“Hath God said?” He’s appealing to you that there is “more” to be had
and that God is holding out. Sadly, Sharon, for you – and others at
Bethel – the subtle echoes of an Eden serpent’s suggestive appeal “What else hath God said and how can you get ‘more?” is being heard – and you are following that voice at your peril.
But Sharon, from the fall of man onward, the deceit of the enemy has
always been the subtle suggestion promising “more.” If he’s not trying
to persuade that there is no God, he’s trying to suggest there are many
ways to Him and that He is instinctively holding back the good until
you get it right. But “the Bible itself says” that God has
given us, by His divine power in the revealed Truth of His Word, “all
things that pertain to life and godliness.” (2 Peter 1:3) In fact, the Apostle Peter, a few verses later, in 2 Peter 1:19, said that “we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed” – the “prophetic word” is, by the way, the Bible. But Peter adds a sobering reminder that “you will do well to pay attention” to that Word.
And that “Word,” Sharon, must always be the “Word” in your hands,
consumed by your study, and comprehended by your mind. It is not a voice
in your head, an impression in your soul, or a sensation in your
emotions. By studying it, we may be “approved unto God,” as the KJV puts
2 Timothy 2:15.
We are not approved to – or by – going beyond it in a destruction-sure
pursuit of “more.” The lure of an Eden-esque “more” always leads away
from the “rightly handled word of truth.” So Sharon, when someone
suggests an extra-biblical detour, you should take note and be warned.
The Holy Spirit will NEVER abandon His holy, inspired Word.
We are to “know the truth,” (John 8:32)
so that we may be set free; not “feel” the truth. Jesus said, “I am
the way, the truth, and the life.” He didn’t say “I am the experience.
Go beyond my word to find “more.” We do not know Jesus outside His
Word. The presence of His Word, the Bible, is more than a mere clue
about how He intends to reveal Himself and His Truth.
The ultimate end of our Christian life is holiness. Though we will
only be fully sanctified when finally in His eternal presence, the
process goes on here by the illuminating and convicting work of the Holy
Spirit. But sanctification – this process of becoming “holy as I am
holy” (1 Peter 1:16)– is also not driven by experience nor confirmed by emotions, regardless of how ecstatic. Sanctification is through His Word. “The Bible itself says,”
in perhaps the most epic chapter of the entire Bible, that Jesus prayed
to the Father for our sanctification. Note the mechanism highlighted
by our Lord for that sanctification. “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
Truth is not experientially apprehended, it is objectively
comprehended. Truth comes not from feelings, but from understanding.
It is found exclusively in “your word.”
It is not the “Holy Ghost gold dust” blowing from Bethel’s air ducts
that indicate the presence of God. The evidence of God’s presence in a
believer isn’t experientially spiritual. Rather, it is propositionally
spiritual. We understand Truth, apprehend it, comprehend it – and that
Truth develops within us a renewed mind (Romans 12:2) and authentic fruit of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23) We think differently and, as a result, we act differently, in accordance to the Word, not in addition to the Word. Spiritual fruit is never grown in an off-the-narrow-path orchard that is beyond the rightly handled Word of God.
Sharon, I’m not trying to win an argument here. But you have much to
lose. Bethel, by its practice and by its proclamations, goes beyond
the explicit, evident, and perspicuous Truth of God’s Word, twisting it
to validate its appealing, though illicit, endeavors.
For the sake of your soul, Sharon, please consider that you are being
deceived by an appeal from the wide path. And you can be absolutely
sure it is from the wide path because it goes far beyond the boundaries
of God’s Word. And once you fail to heed precisely what “God hath
said,” you open yourself up to deception in this life and destruction in
the next. (Matthew 7:13-14)
Sharon, once you are willing to go beyond what “the Bible itself says,”
you have opened yourself up to certain deception, for you have nothing
against which to compare truth from error. Outside the known revealed
Truth of Scripture, you will be deceived by an enemy bent on
your destruction. Warm-fuzzies and ecstatic spiritual “highs” don’t
validate truth and those experiences quickly become our goal. Only
knowing what “the Bible itself says” can you, or I, be
absolutely certain about our faith, our practice, and our feelings.
Emotional experiences can often deceive; God’s Word never does. Please
don’t sell your soul in exchange for such temporal charms.
But, again, thank you for commenting, Sharon. I will pray for you,
and the others caught in the deceptive trap of Bethel. To body-tackle
the blind man approaching the cliff may appear unloving and cruel to one
who cannot see the approaching precipice, but for those who see the
danger, it’s the most loving thing that could be done. Such is this,
Sharon. Such is this.
God bless you.
Bud Ahlheim
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republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Pulpit & Pen Resources
- Defrauding Millions: Bethel Church and Benny Hinn Together
- Bethel Redding, Danny Silk Mocks People Who Question Their ‘Glory Clouds’
- Strange Fire Pentecostal out of Bethel Redding Attacks John MacArthur
- Bethel Music – Unfruitful Works of Darkness
- Bill Johnson’s Feelings Hurt for Being Called a False Teacher
Other Resources
- The Berean Call: Bethel Redding a Christ-denying Cult
- Pirate Christian: Bethel Church Tells Witch that She’s “On the Right Path” and “God is So Proud of Her!”
- Pirate Christian: Bethel Church Cancels ‘Serious Death’
- Pirate Christian: Heidi Baker’s Demonic Impartations at Bethel Church
- Pirate Christian: Kris Vallotton, Bill Johnson – Release the November Surprise
- An Invasion of Error-Book Review of “When Heaven Invades Earth” by Bob Dewaay
- Off The Map: Bill Johnson and the Pursuit of Extrabiblical Revelation by The Christian Research Institute
- The New Age Propensities of Bill Johnson by Lighthouse Trails Research
- Bill Johnson’s Christology-A New Age Christ? by CrossWise (with links to more articles)
- Bill Johnson-A Comedy of Errors by Marsha West (with links to more articles)
- False Apostle Bill Johnson by Apostacy Watch (with links to more articles and videos)
- Bill Johnson: “Jesus was so empty of Divine capacity” by My Word Like Fire (with links to more articles)
- Bill Johnson’s $400.00 Thumb Drive
- The Physics of Heaven by Herescope (multi-part series)
- Warning: Bill Johnson and Bethel Church by Andrew Strom
- Bethel Church Tells Witch That “God is So Proud of Her” and “She’s on the Right Track” by Steven Kozar
- The Charismatic Day of Infamy by Steven Kozar
- List of Fighting for the Faith episodes with Bill Johnson
- Errors of Bethel and Jesus Culture by Tony Wood
- Cross Encounters Radio: Bethel Church by Tony Miano
- Bill Johnson in Denial by Bud Press
- Bill Johnson Uses Non-Biblical Story to Correct Bible-Believers by Steven Kozar
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ALSO SEE OUR NUMEROUS POSTS ABOUT BILL JOHNSON, BETHEL CHURCH, & NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION
THERE’S A WOLF IN THE HOUSE: 18 SIGNS OF APOSTASY
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There is a danger that has come into the sheepfold; apostates have
come in and they probably have always been here. However, with the
prevalence of social media, their influence has spread and it is more
important than ever before to recognize the marks of an apostate, a
person who at one time knew and maybe even taught the truths of the
Bible but walked away or a person who consistently teaches false
doctrines to the Church. Jude, the Lord’s youngest human brother, points
out several signs of an apostate and I want to draw your attention to
them.
(This may be a different post than what you are used to from Pulpit
& Pen but I write from a primarily pastoral approach so I hope it
will be helpful to you.)
Book of Jude (HCSB),
To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.
3 Dear friends, although I was
eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to
write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the
saints once for all. 4 For some men, who were
designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are
ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying
Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Right away we begin to see the characteristics of the Apostates that Jude warns about…
1.) Apostates are ungodly (v. 4)
When the New Testament writers say that a person is ungodly, it does
not simply mean that the person does not know God, it also means that he
does not have a character that is consistent with the revealed Person
and Nature of God.
2.) They are morally perverted (v. 4)
In the NIV, promiscuity is translated as “license to commit
immorality.” Among other things, these apostates teach that there is no
need to struggle to overcome sin. The Greek word rendered as contend, or
contend earnestly (NKV, NASB) is agonizomai from which we derive
the word agonize. Because our sinful nature will not easily be
transformed into Christlikeness, it can seem agonizing, at times to give
up that sin in order to be more like Christ.
Many, many apostates teach instead that God will give you all the
things you want: health, wealth, possessions, influence, etc and all you
have to do is “sow the best offering that you can” without any call to
true repentance or humility. Examples of such teachers include but are
not limited to Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, Jesse
Duplantis, Rod Parsley, Joyce Meyer, TD Jakes, Mark Chironna and scads
of others. One has even gone so far as to say that anyone who tells you
to deny yourself is from Satan. These ignore the command of Jesus to
deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him (Matthew 16:24).
In truth, you do not even have to teach grace as a license to sin
however you please to turn grace into license, all you have to do is
refuse to teach the truth of God’s grace, that it saves you from sin and
its power not simply that it saves you from hell. And just in case you
were going to object and say that such things are not perverted, the
definition of perverse is something that is contrary to the generally
accepted standard or practice. Since the Bible is our standard, anything
contradicting the Bible or anything taught in the pulpit that does not
match Scripture is, by definition, perverted.
3.) Apostates Deny Christ (v. 4)
Ultimately, this leads to a denial of Christ; the Jesus taught and
embraced by the apostates simply is not the Jesus of the Bible.
Apostates: Past and Present
remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a
people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; 6 and
He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the
great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted
their proper dwelling. 7 In the same way, Sodom and
Gomorrah and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and
practiced perversions, just as angels did, and serve as an example by
undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.
4.) They defile the flesh (v.7& 8)
As we are seeing today, apostates defile the flesh in ungodly and
unbiblical ways. Some of my evangelical brethren will immediately point
to homosexuality but what about other sins: drunkenness, gluttony (I
think I have only heard one sermon on gluttony in 25 years),
fornication, domestic violence (yes the Bible actually addresses this
topic which I have never in my life heard addressed in the pulpit).
Defiling the flesh refers primarily to sexual sin (1 Corinthians 6:18)
which is a sin against one’s own body, but this is not exclusive.
Remember that Jude’s oldest half-brother, the Lord Jesus Himself, even
went so far as to equate contemplating the sin with the actual sin
itself (Matthew 5:27-28).
When is the last time you heard a sermon about sexual lust (lust of the
flesh), greed (lust of the eyes), or counteracting the boastful pride
of life by being poor in spirit?
5.)Apostates are Rebellious (v. 8)
By not teaching what the Bible actually says, these apostates live in
and encourage rebellion in others. A pastor once told me that 1% out of
submission is equal to being 100% in rebellion against God. To deny a
doctrine, the reality of hell for example (Rob Bell) and to teach that
denial to others is absolute rebellion against God. To refuse to yield
to the Authority of Scripture is to refuse to yield to the Author. They
go hand in hand; authority entails submission.
6.) Apostates Revile holy angels (v. 8)
This is a mark against Pentecostals if I ever saw one. Growing up
Pentecostal, I cannot tell you how many times I have seen pastors “bind”
satan or command him to do this or that; both of which are patently
absurd. If Michael, the highest angel (archangel means chief angel)
dares not to speak against the devil, what in the world possesses a
“Christian” to do so? There is no biblical justification to think you
can command an angel to do anything. Even fallen angels serve at the
pleasure of God Almighty and Him alone. They advance His agenda and they
fulfill His sovereign decrees and so, not matter how much your favorite
teacher might tell you otherwise, you cannot command them to do
anything and it is ridiculous to think the opposite.
7.) Essentially, Apostates are ignorant (v. 8)
The behavior we have discussed so far demonstrates and absolute
willful ignorance of both the Things of God and of His Person. To know
Him as He is demands that one is to submit to Him. Look to Revelation
chapter one and see the reaction of John when he saw just a picture of
the Resurrected Christ and you will see what kind of response a true
knowledge of God the Son results in.
archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’
body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said,
“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people blaspheme
anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like
unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.
8.) Apostates are continually having vain ideas (vs. 8-10)
Continuing with the idea of ignorance, apostates have vain/foolish
ideas. Word of Faith teachers, for example, tell you that you can name
and claim your promise from Scripture and activate a response from God
based on your faith. This is hubris and is no different than the idea of
“binding satan.” I have heard them justify this nonsense by saying all
the promises of God are yea and amen. That is only half the truth and is
therefore not the truth. All of God’s promises are yea
and amen but only in so far as to the person(s) they apply to. I will
bless them that bless you and curse them that curse you is a very true
promise but it only applies to the Nation of Israel for that is whom God
made the promise to.
It is utter vanity and foolishness to presume anything upon Him Who
sits upon the Throne. Do not allow yourself to mistake God’s patience
for tolerance. Every person living will have their appointed time before
the Throne; the Righteous will see the Bema (the Judgment Seat for
rewards) and the wicked and apostates will see the Great White Throne as
Heaven’s court dispenses eternal justice.
9.) Apostasy leads to self-destruction (v. 10)
What is the natural end result of apostasy? Self-destruction. God
does not have to directly do anything to these, all He has to do is say
to them, “thy will be done” and step aside. How many ministries have
been damaged and even destroyed by ministers who thought they could get
away with this or that? I would list names but that is impractical.
I can say from personal experience, getting your own way can be
deadly, to your soul as well as your body. After all, there is a way
which seemeth right unto a man and the end thereof is destruction. (Proverbs 14:12 & 16:25)
they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the
error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
The Apostates’ Doom
ones who are like dangerous reefs[e] at your love feasts. They feast
with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless
clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice
dead, pulled out by the roots; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever! 14 And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them: Look! The Lord comes[f] with thousands of His holy ones 15 to
execute judgment on all and to convict them[g] of all their ungodly
acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things
ungodly sinners have said against Him. 16 These people
are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their
mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
Apostates are…
11.) Fault finders (v. 16)
12.) Self-seeking (v. 16)
13.) Arrogant speakers (v. 16)
14.) Flatterers (v. 16)
I will deal with all of these together: they are person centric and
reflect the oldest sin in the book, pride. Pride is that sin which
caused Lucifer to lose his place in heaven and it will do you the same
favor. Pride looks at another, finds his/her deficiency and then exalts
self because you don’t have that particular deficiency. It causes one to
puff up and think of oneself more than he/she really is. Pride, the
oldest known sin, is the truest and surest mark of the apostate. No
matter what other signs you see, the Christian that demonstrates pride
is on treacherous ground and in real danger of going where one does not
want to be, apostasy.
15.) In a sense, apostates are mockers (v. 18)
2 Peter 3:4,
They will say where is the promise of His coming. I would add to that,
they will say things like no serious Christian believes in Hell or, no
loving, tolerant Christian rejects gays, or they will dismiss the
creation account as a myth/a metaphor.
Mark it out, every single apostate has some passage or doctrine that
he does not like and by dismissing it, they make a mockery of God…for
now.
17.) Worldly-minded
18.) Without the Spirit(v. 19)
Apostates cause division in the church because they are worldly
minded and they are worldly minded because they do not have the Holy
Spirit and they do not have the Holy Spirit because they are worldly
minded.
It’s a vicious cycle once you walk away from the truth of Scripture and only the Holy Spirit can bring you back.
Exhortation and Benediction
to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand
in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy, 25 to
the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory,
majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.
Beloved, you may be reading this and say that you have seen some of
these signs in your own life. That is both good and bad news. It is bad
in that a propensity toward apostasy may exist but it is good in that
the Holy Spirit is doing His work of convicting sin. What should you do
if you see signs of apostasy in your life or if you are following a
False Teacher? Repent right away. If the Holy Spirit is convicting you,
agree with Him immediately and confess that sin. He will restore to
communion with Him and you can continue to grow in grace.
Until next time, ahava v’shalom (love and peace)
RUSSELL MOORE IMPLIES SOUTHERN BAPTISTS DISAGREE WITH TRUMP’S TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION ORDER
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Invoking fellow Southern Baptists in his rebuke of Donald Trump a
total of seven times, Russell Moore strongly sent the message that those
in his denomination agree with his assessment that the president’s
executive order temporarily halting immigration from hostile nations is
morally objectionable.
In a letter to Donald Trump, which he also sent to majority leaders
in both the House and Senate and published in the Washington Post this
morning, Moore used his position as president of the SBC’s Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission to imply that Southern Baptists
monolithically condemn the recent executive order.
First invoking a June 2016 resolution by SBC messengers that calls for compassion toward Refugees, Moore writes, “Southern Baptist churches throughout the United States lead the way in carrying out this calling.” The
resolution in question, however, does not explicitly condemn applying
common sense to the vetting process for Muslims hailing from nations
prone to terrorism, who have used refugee status to carry out actions
against citizens of the United States.
After tacitly comparing the President’s decision to not allowing Jews
refugee status while fleeing the Third Reich, Moore reluctantly points
out that the aforementioned resolution, calls for the government to
“implement the strictest security measures possible in the refugee
screening and selection process,” but doesn’t affirm the executive
branch for doing precisely that last Friday. Instead, Moore claims that
“refugees are already the most vetted category of immigrants,” implying
that no further scrutiny or evaluation of our immigration policy is
needed.
Moore continues to speaks for Southern Baptists, writing “…we
have concerns about the Executive Order’s consequences,” citing a
Southern Baptist lawmaker who opposed the President’s decision, before
citing Ed Stetzer’s socially progressive article also lamenting the
enforcement of United States immigration law. Rather than citing
statistics regarding the potential harm posed to American citizens (and
crimes already committed against Americans) by those of refugee status,
Moore invokes the concern for Southern Baptist missionaries living in
majority-Muslim nations who might face reprisals.
Moore, who has come under fire for signing an amicus brief demanding
the federal government usurp a New Jersey township’s local authority
and force them to allow the building of a Mosque despite their standard
and non-prejudicial zoning ordinances, closed his rebuke of Trump by
asking him that his policies not discriminate against Muslims, but
rather, “affirm your administration’s commitment to religious freedom
and the inalienable human dignity of persecuted people whether
Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Yazidi or other.”
Moore, who serves on George Soros’ Evangelical Immigration Table, has
called a border wall a “golden calf” and called Jesus an “illegal
immigrant,” did not speak of his concern for Christians in America, who
may be put at risk by radicalized Muslims who are not being properly
vetted, and ended by again invoking as moral authority the will of
Southern Baptists, writing “Southern Baptists know that our
responsibility is to care for and serve refugees here in the United
States and around the world, and we remain committed to that mission.”
If you are a Southern Baptist, do you agree with Russell Moore
invoking your name in his rebuke of President Trump’s immigration
policy?
ACTIVIST JUDGE JAMES ROBART STOPS TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICY
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By NWV Senior Political News Writer, Jim Kouri
Legislating From The Bench and putting America in danger
federal
judge — who on Friday issued a restraining order on President Donald
Trump’s program to prevent Muslim refugees and visitors from a number
of terrorist hotbeds from entering the United States until they can be
vetted and certified as no threat to American citizens — is an activist
who believes his job is to provide social justice rather than interpreting
the U.S. Constitution. www.judicialselectionstrikeforce.org
he is the same judge who made national headlines in 2016 when he ruled
that “Black Lives Matter” in a federal courtroom, thus giving
a radical, violence-prone group legitimacy.
District Court Judge James Robart made his Black
Lives Matter declaration while hearing a case against the Seattle
(Washington) Police Department that opposed the implementation of new
police procedures that city. According to Lt. Stuart Larkingwicz of the
American Federation of Police, Robart’s actions and statements amounted
to a federal judge officially supported the activist group from the bench.
of Robart’s overall career reveals he once represented Southeast Asian
immigrants attempting to “jump in front of the immigration line”
prior to his judicial work for the federal court system. His biggest case
involved police and black citizens in Seattle:
Seattle Police Department was accused of using excessive force against
non-whites in the city. The police chief and other officials promised
to make changes in order to avoid federal civil prosecution. But Robart
insisted the police union had been dragging its feet implementing changes.
then scolded the police officers’ union during an August 2016 hearing.
“The court and the citizens of Seattle will not be held hostage
for increased payments and benefits,” he said. “I’m
sure the entire city of Seattle would march behind me.”
decision was all politics and no substance. It’s not based on anything
in the U.S. Constitution, either. When Obama had a ban on Iraqis and others
coming into the country, where was Judge Robart? He was on the bench then,
as well. He’s a part of the RINO [Republican in name only] wing of the
GOP and sees his job as being someone who will mete out ‘social justice’
to the downtrodden,” said former military officer, police commander
and political strategist Michael Baker.
on Saturday, veteran watchdog Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial
Watch and now Freedom
Watch and a former Justice Department prosecutor, issued a statement
in the wake of the what he calls an illegal decision by a federal judge
in Seattle to place a temporary restraining order on the recent executive
action by President Donald Trump to put a 90-day hold on immigration from
7 Middle Eastern countries, all of which harbor huge numbers of Muslim
terrorists bent on harming the United States. www.freedomwatchusa.org.
had this to say:
ruling is regrettably not surprising, as this judge not only disobeyed
and flouted the law but apparently was more intent on making a name for
himself in a very leftist state, Washington, and around the nation. While
he was nominated by former President George W. Bush, this means little
to nothing. The Bush family and many of its Republican establishment officials,
after the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Jeb Bush, not only harbor
an animus against President Trump, but W.’s appointed federal judges
during his failed administration were generally not strict constructionists
of the Constitution, or the rule of law. In addition to this renegade
Seattle judge, James Robart, who also has taken over control of the Seattle
Police Department, I am reminded of another W. appointee, federal judge
Murray Snow who presides in the federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, who
not only also has taken control of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s
Office, but unethically persecuted former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, boasting
to his wife that he was bent on destroying Arpaio while presiding over
a contempt trial sparked by the ultra-leftist and itself unethical ACLU.
bottom line is this: Judge Robart has illegally and unconstitutionally
blocked executive power to curtail immigration of non-citizens and non-permanent
residents, all of which have no rights to enter this country at will.
Here, there was not even a bar put in place by President Trump, but simply
a temporary hold on issuing visas to allow time to put in place an extreme
vetting process to weed out terrorists.
President Trump’s reaction to this outrageous grab of judicial power
was mild. Judge Robart should be impeached for his blatant political act
and illegal grandstanding, obviously designed to make a name for himself.
www.freedomwatchusa.org.
this underscores why Freedom Watch’s Judicial Selection Strike Force
Coalition is so important an endeavor. There currently are about 100 judicial
vacancies on the federal lower courts and we intend to vet and recommend
judges to President Trump for appointment who adhere to the Constitution
and the rule of law in general, like Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Currently, by and large what we have on the federal bench, with some exceptions,
are ‘politicians in robes.’ This is very dangerous, as federal
judges are our most important public servants, as they were intended by
the framers of the Constitution to be independent and free of politics
to protect We the People from the tyranny of the other two branches of
government. What we see with Judge Robart’s illegal ruling ironically
is ‘judicial tyranny’!”
Washington Federal Judge James Robart based his judgement of the Trump
administration’s decision to follow through with a travel ban of seven
Muslim countries as “not rationally based”. However, this purported
logical judge was quoted by CNBC as stating “Black lives matter.”
In
August of 2016 Breitbart reported that The Black Lives matter movement
was funded by U.S. National Security public enemy number one George
Soros ” ….in a detailed 69-page Open Society report on the agenda of
an Open Society U.S. Programs board meeting held in New York October 1
to October 2, 2015.” A portion of the Soros funded agenda read.
Recognizing
the need for strategic assistance, the U.S. Programs Board approved
$650,000 in Opportunities Fund support to invest in technical assistance
and support for the groups at the core of the burgeoning #BlackLivesMatter movement”
Soros’ shaping of Black Lives Matter was used to alter the 2016
elections, oddly never mentioned by the Democratic zeal to solely blame
the Russians. As a hacked open society document stated “Leaders of #BlackLivesMatter
and The Movement for Black Lives worked to influence candidate
platforms during the 2016 primary season. This came alongside the recent
acknowledgement by political strategists that African-American voters
may be much more pivotal to the 2016 general election than previously
forecasted.”
President Trump responded to Judge Robart in a tweet
stating”What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland
Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into
U.S.?” The DHS has stopped flagging travelers. And direct flights have
resumed from the previously banned countries to the United States.
After
the DOJ quickly appealled Judge Robart’s decision a Federal 9th Circuit
Appeals Court declined to reinstate the Travel Ban. We are now playing
Russian roulette with our National Security. Set into motion by a
Federal judge basing his decision on political opinion rooted in the
subversion of George Soros’ Open Society initiatives.
Judge
Robart’s name won’t fade into mainstream media history. Because when the
next inevitable terror attack occurs on U.S. soil, we’ll know exactly
who to hold accountable for this dangerous subversion of U.S. National
Security. Jon Bowne reports.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
The showdown over President Trump’s executive order on immigration
continues. District Senior Judge James Robart of Seattle has issued “a
nationwide restraining order” to block Trump’s order, which restricts
immigration from seven Muslim countries – countries selected by the
Obama administration — suspends refugee admission for 120 days, and ban
Syrian refugees indefinitely.
Lee Gelernt, the lawyer who successfully argued for a restraining
order against Trump’s so-called “ban” in federal court in Brooklyn, New
York, stated:
The courts have and will continue to recognize that this
executive order favors Christians and disfavors Muslims and that is
antithetical to American values and flatly inconsistent with the United
States Constitution.
This erroneous comparison between Christians and Muslims aims to stir
up division and once again reveals the myopia of leftists and the the
anti-Trump camp. The reason for the Trump immigration policy is solely
national security. How many Christians have been infiltrating
the refugee stream for the purpose of murdering Westerners? How many
Christians have been raping and sexually assaulting non-Christian
Western women and girls all across Europe? How many Christian migrants
have been committing crimes and wreaking havoc to the tune of the 46
billion dollars that German and European taxpayers now have to fork over to fix?
There is no discriminatory intent about the Trump order. At worst, it
can be described as a drastic measure in a crisis. This obvious point
was addressed by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who said in a
statement:
The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland
and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect
the American people.
“White House: DOJ plans to defend Trump’s immigration ban”, by Melanie Eversley, USA Today, February 3, 2017:
U.S. District Senior Judge James Robart of Seattle on
Friday issued a nationwide restraining order blocking the travel ban put
in place by President Trump last week.
Trump’s ban, created through an executive order, sought to block
people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United
States.
In issuing his decision, Robart was siding with Washington Attorney
General Bob Ferguson, who filed a suit to block key provisions of the
president’s executive order, which also bars Syrian refugees from
entering the country.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer released a statement Friday
night saying the Department of Justice would seek an emergency stay of
this “outrageous order.”
“The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has
the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American
people,” Spicer said in the statement.
Statement by the Press Secretary:
At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file
an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the
President, which we believe is lawful and appropriate. The president’s
order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional
authority and responsibility to protect the American people.
As the law states, “Whenever the President finds that the entry of
any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be
detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by
proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend
the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or
non-immigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may
deem to be appropriate.”
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, hailed Ferguson and applauded the decision.
“We should feel heartened by today’s victory and more resolute than
ever that we are fighting on the right side of history,” the governor
said in a statement. “Thank you to (Attorney General Bob Ferguson) and
his team for making the case that no person – not even the president –
is above the law.”
Amnesty International also applauded the development.
“This decision is a short-term relief for thousands of people whose
lives have been upended, but Congress must step in and block this
unlawful ban for good,” organization spokesman Eric Ferrero said in a
statement. “Trump’s Muslim ban is in humane, unlawful, and
discriminatory, which is why the courts and the public want it to be
stopped.”
Ferguson said his team has been working around-the-clock for the last week on reversing the executive order.
“It’s obviously an historic decision and an important one for the
rule of law and for the people of the state of Washington and the people
of our country. I have said from the beginning: it is not the loudest
voice that prevails in the courtroom, it is the Constitution, and that’s
what we heard from Judge Robart today.”
The decision is effective immediately nationwide, Ferguson said.
A lawyer with the national office of the American Civil Liberties Union said the decision was significant.
“The decision in Washington reaffirms that the courts will stand up
to the president,” said Lee Gelernt, the lawyer who successfully argued
for a restraining order against Trump’s ban in federal court in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
“The courts have and will continue to recognize that this executive
order favors Christians and disfavors Muslims and that is antithetical
to American values and flatly inconsistent with the United States
Constitution.”….
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S WEEKLY ADDRESS TO THE NATION FEBRUARY 3, 2017
LEFTIST TERROR AT U.C. BERKELEY: TRUMP SUPPORTERS BEATEN, PEPPER SPRAYED; FIRES STARTED; VANDALISM OF PROPERTY
Infowars Reporter Destroys Cowardly Anti-Trump Berkeley Terrorists
Published on Feb 2, 2017 Millie Weaver ( @Millie__Weaver ) destroys the narrative that the
leftist anti-Trump protestors are peaceful law abiding citizens.
Berserkeley RIOTS
Psychotic Rioters Brutalize Trump Supporters And Destroy Free Speech
Women beaten, pepper sprayed by crazed thugs before Milo event
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
SEE: http://www.infowars.com/prominent-leftists-defend-justify-violent-riot-at-uc-berkeley/;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Prominent left-wing journalists and celebrities responded to the violent
riot and beatings of Trump supporters outside a Milo Yiannopoulos event
at UC Berkeley by encouraging, defending or justifying the attacks.
Trump supporters were beaten with flag poles, punched and stomped
during the chaos, with another woman being pepper sprayed during a TV
interview.
My friend was giving an interview when some coward peppersprayed her #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/CDpEqDsw2A— janey (@janeygak) February 2, 2017
Others were chased and stomped as the baying mob chanted “beat his ass!”
“Beat his ass! Beast his ass!”Trump needs to list Antifa as a domestic terror group.
This has no place in a civil society. pic.twitter.com/XFhU3xc7eF
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 2, 2017
Rioters shot fireworks at the building in an effort to shut down the event.
A group of antifa are shooting fireworks at the building where Milo is set to speak at Berkeley pic.twitter.com/7Mtcer9ejO— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) February 2, 2017
The
behavior perfectly fits the definition of domestic terrorism, and
Antifa should now be officially designated as a domestic terrorist
group.
Antifa is a terrorist organization. pic.twitter.com/KxqKQupCcC— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) February 2, 2017
President Trump responded to the mayhem by threatening to cut off federal funds to UC Berkeley.
If
U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on
innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017
director Judd Apatow threatened Trump supporters with a since deleted
tweet in which he stated, “This is just the beginning. When will all the
fools who are still supporting Trump realize what is at stake?”
The Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin also legitimized the riots by calling them a reaction to “hate speech”.
Using
speech to silence marginalized communities and promote bigotry is
unacceptable. Hate speech isn’t welcome in our community.— Jesse Arreguin (@JesseArreguin) February 2, 2017
After the riots, Google engineer Adrienne Porter Felt called on people to donate to UC Berkeley.
last
night i got a call from the UC Berkeley alum association asking for
donations. wonder if they’re psychic? time to donate, i think https://t.co/SRj8TlhtY2— Adrienne Porter Felt (@__apf__) February 2, 2017
Buzzfeed’s Hannah Jewell apparently thought the beating and pepper spraying of women was funny.
lmao berkeley https://t.co/hFt21Z7jqf— Hannah Jewell (@hcjewell) February 2, 2017
MSNBC
producer Kyle Griffin slammed Trump for being “upset….over a Breitbart
editor,” presumably unaware of the fact that innocent people were beaten
by the rioters.
Trump is considering pulling federal funds from U.C. Berkeley because he’s upset about protests… over a Breitbart editor. https://t.co/7yukSzedlN— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 2, 2017
VICE columnist Hussein Kesvani’s main gripe was that Milo Yiannopoulos was made to appear “reasonable”.
Listening
to Milo on Fox, in light of all the stuff happening on Berkeley- and
how he’s been allowed to appear reasonable in all this— Hussein Kesvani (@HKesvani) February 2, 2017
is the violence that the mainstream media and the left has legitimized
for the last 18 months. This process intensified after news outlets like
the Nation and Newsweek celebrated alt-right leader Richard Spencer being punched in the face during the inauguration last month.
is also important to note that Antifa radicals do not care if they are
loathed and hated by the vast majority of Americans. They don’t care how
bad the optics look of masked thugs violently shutting down free
speech. They will always resort to violence because they can safely rely
on the media to report the as a “protest” and not what it actually was –
a violent riot laced with instances of domestic terrorism.
media will never acknowledge that this was a violent riot because they
want to maintain the “chaos narrative” that the Trump administration is
illegitimate, permanently in crisis and unstable.
reality, the only thing that is “illegitimate” is these “protests,”
because they are not protests, they are violent riots and have no place
in a civil society.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
In response to the anti-Milo riot at UC Berkeley, the city’s
mayor blasted the “ultra-nationalist far right” despite the exhaustive
news coverage showing socialists attacking Trump supporters.
Statement on last night’s #Berkeley protests. pic.twitter.com/Vesda0cYF2— Jesse Arreguin (@JesseArreguin) February 2, 2017
“Last
night, a small minority of the protestors who had assembled in
opposition to a speaking engagement featuring a prominent white
nationalist engaged in violence and property damage,”
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín said in a press release. “They also
provided the ultra-nationalist far right exactly the images they want to
use to try to discredit the vast majority of peaceful protestors in
Berkeley…”
But 1) Milo Yiannopoulos is not a “white nationalist,”
he constantly brags about sleeping with African-American men, and 2) all
the videos and photos of the riot – and there’s thousands – show it was
Trump voters who were violently attacked by leftist mobs flying
anarcho-communist flags and street thugs from nearby Oakland, so why not
point that out instead?
Arreguín’s response may trigger a federal
investigation into his city’s handling of the riot, especially after
some suggested the police didn’t do enough to stop the violence.
Would
Arreguín’s handling of the situation been different if it were Trump
supporters – who he calls the “ultra-nationalist far right” – attacking
socialists instead? Based on his politicized tweet, in which he
personally attacked Milo, it certainly appears so.
This brings to mind the city in Arizona where city officials were successfully sued after they denied prompt police service and constitutional rights to residents who were “non-believers” of the Mormon cult in control of the town.
That
begs the question: were pro-Trump victims at the Milo riot denied
better police protection and the right to peacefully assemble because
they were “non-believers” of the socialist cult in control of Berkeley?
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Senior Trump aide Kellyanne Conway has blasted the mainstream
media for “emboldening” rioting anarchists, in the wake of the unrest
at the University of California in Berkeley.
Appearing on Fox & Friends, Conway accused the media of implicitly supporting violence and non-peaceful protest.
“What’s going on out there is what’s going on all across the country,” Conway urged.
“You have protesters who feel very emboldened. They’ve got media cameras following them, they give interviews.”she added.
“I don’t even know if they know what they’re protesting. Really, what
is it, the free speech? Having someone on your campus who has a
dissenting point of view or wants to present an alternative point of
view?” Conway said, referring to Breitbart News editor, Milo
Yiannopoulos, who was forced to cancel an appearance at Berkley due to
the reaction.
Conway noted that when the rioters ‘grow up’ they are in for a shock.
“In
the real world, when these kids grow up and try to find jobs – which
they will in the Trump economy – [they’ll see] life doesn’t work that
way, folks.” Conway said.
The rioters took on police after
smashing private property, attacking motorists, and setting fires, as a
demonstration of their opposition to Yiannopoulos.
UC Berkeley anti-Milo protests right now. pic.twitter.com/d4nVVKU3gS— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) February 2, 2017
Yiannopoulos
blamed the cancellation of his appearance on “violent left-wing
protestors,” and said that they are “absolutely terrified of free speech
and will do literally anything to shut it down.”
MILO: What’s scary is this riot happened on an American campus where you should be able to have differing opinions (via #Tucker) pic.twitter.com/cT8Jgzkegz— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) February 2, 2017
video has emerged of the rioters attacking bystanders and Trump supporters:
@jwhitey_13 @TuckerCarlson @MMFlint Pro-Trump person attending Milo event attacked by Blk Rock fascist anachist protesters at UC Berkeley. pic.twitter.com/YpJiTDgyJJ— Tommy Morrison (@tonyromano1000) February 2, 2017
My friend was giving an interview when some coward peppersprayed her #Berkeley pic.twitter.com/CDpEqDsw2A— janey (@janeygak) February 2, 2017
President Trump responded to the unrest by threatening to cut funding for the University:
If
U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on
innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017
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SEE ALSO:
http://www.infowars.com/moscow-trains-anti-trump-us-radicals-cnns-putintrump-link-debunked/
SAN FRANCISCO SUES TRUMP TO STOP EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES
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A group of attorneys led by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis
Herrera filed a lawsuit on January 31 in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California against President Trump, Secretary of
Homeland Security John Kelly, and Acting Attorney General Dana Boente,
claiming that the “President of the United States seeks to coerce local
authorities into abandoning what are known as ‘Sanctuary City’ laws and
policies.”
The lawsuit objects to an executive order signed by Trump on January
25 (“Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”)
proclaiming that “Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States
willfully violate Federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from
removal from the United States.”
The order continues by stating: “It is the policy of the executive
branch to ensure, to the fullest extent of the law, that a State, or a
political subdivision of a State, shall comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373.”
Title 8, Section 1373 of the U.S. Code pertains to “Communication
between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization
Service.” It states:
Federal, State, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government
entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any
government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the
Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the
citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any
individual.
The Trump executive order goes on to put some teeth into its enforcement by stating:
Attorney General and the Secretary, in their discretion and to the
extent consistent with law, shall ensure that jurisdictions that
willfully refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373 (sanctuary jurisdictions)
are not eligible to receive Federal grants, except as deemed necessary
for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.
The Secretary has the authority to designate, in his discretion and to
the extent consistent with law, a jurisdiction as a sanctuary
jurisdiction. The Attorney General shall take appropriate enforcement
action against any entity that violates 8 U.S.C. 1373, or which has in
effect a statute, policy, or practice that prevents or hinders the
enforcement of Federal law.
Herrera and his co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit (including Chief
Assistant City Attorney Jesse Smith, and Chief Deputy City Attorney
Ronald Flynn) take issue with the Trump administration order, however.
In a statement quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, Herrera
questioned the constitutionality of the executive order. “Not only is it
unconstitutional, it’s un-American,” Herrera said at a January 31 City
Hall news conference. “It is necessary to defend the people of this
city, this state and this country from the wild overreach of a president
whose words and actions have thus far shown little respect for our
Constitution or the rule of law.”
“The fabric of our communities and billions of dollars are at stake,” said Herrera, who the Chronicle
reported was joined by Mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco Supervisor Hillary
Ronen, and several deputy city attorneys at the conference. “President
Trump does not appear to understand the Constitution and the limits it
imposes on executive power.”
The Chronicle noted that San Francisco receives
approximately $1 billion annually from the federal government, which
accounts for a little more than 10 percent of the city’s budget and that
federal aid is in jeopardy if the Trump administration enforces the
order.
The report quoted Bill Ong Hing, a professor of immigration law at
the University of San Francisco as saying, “I think there is a clear
violation of the 10th Amendment here. The federal government cannot
commandeer nonfederal officials to do its work.”
The language of the lawsuit also argued along those lines, stating:
“The City and County of San Francisco (“San Francisco”) seeks
declaratory and injunctive relief against the United States of America
and the above-named federal officials for violating the Tenth Amendment,
U.S. Const. amend. X.”
Interestingly, one portion of the suit employs language commonly used by strict constitutionalists:
power between the state and Federal governments, as well as among the
coordinate branches of Federal government, to prevent the excessive
accumulation of power in any single entity and reduce the risk of
tyranny and abuse from any government office. In so doing, the Tenth
Amendment provides that “[t]he powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States
That argument made in the above statement is unimpeachable, but does
it apply to the case of “sanctuary cities” — or to the Trump executive
order, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”?
If the San Francisco attorneys want to challenge the executive order on
constitutional grounds, shouldn’t they first challenge the federal law
(8 U.S.C. 1373) it attempts to enforce? If 8 U.S.C. 1373 is
constitutional, then the executive order demanding its enforcement
should also be constitutional. If the San Francisco attorneys think 8
U.S.C. 1373 is unconstitutional, then their fight should be with those
who passed that section of the U.S. code, which was part of Public Law
104-208 (H.R. 3610 and S. 1894), passed by the 104th Congress and signed
by President Bill Clinton on September 30, 1996.
The lawsuit complains: “The Executive Branch may not commandeer state
and local officials to enforce federal law”; however, the Trump
executive order attempts to do no such thing. It does not propose to
“commandeer” local officials, but merely have them comply with 8 U.S.C.
1373 (which, as noted, was signed into law by President Clinton) which
specifies that “a Federal, State, or local government entity or official
may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or
official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or
immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.”
Expecting a local government official to send information to (or
receive information from) the INS about the lawful or unlawful
immigration status of an individual hardly constitutes “commandeering”
that official — it merely expects him or her to perform as a good
citizen.
As we noted in a recent article
about an illegal alien from El Salvador who filed a lawsuit on January
17 against the city and county of San Francisco for violating San
Francisco’s sanctuary city law by arresting and detaining him, sharing
information with federal immigration authorities is not the same as
taking personal responsibility for enforcing federal immigration
statutes.
In that article, we stated that a law passed by San Francisco in
1989, and signed by then-mayor Art Agnos, the City of Refuge Ordinance,
also known as the “Sanctuary Ordinance,” included a prohibition on San
Francisco employees assisting or cooperating with any investigation,
detention, or arrest conducted by the federal agency charged with
enforcement of federal immigration law. However, we wrote:
most circumstances, even an ordinary citizen, not to mention a city
official, can be charged under federal law with “misprision of felony”
for failing to inform authorities about the commission of a crime.
Therefore, so-called sanctuary city laws create a dilemma for city
officials, who must decide which of two conflicting laws they will obey.
However, this point has not, to our knowledge, been addressed by any
court, probably because “misprision of felony” charges are difficult to
prove and are rarely brought.
The Trump executive order does not go so far as to attempt to bring
“misprision of felony” charges against local officials who fail to
comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373, probably because that would be a difficult
legal case to make. Instead, it relies on a tool that is based on more
solid constitutional grounds — the “carrot and stick” approach. A
municipality that insists on being a “sanctuary city” and refuses to
cooperate with federal immigration authorities is not eligible to
receive federal grants.
This also raises an interesting constitutional point. The strict
constitutionalist would say that most federal grants are not
constitutional anyway, because according to the 10th Amendment that the
city attorneys for San Francisco so nicely quoted for us, they provide
funding for areas not delegated to the United States (federal
government) by the Constitution.
However, the San Francisco city attorneys cannot have it both ways.
They cannot logically cite the 10th Amendment to stop the federal
government from withholding billions for dollars from the city on the
grounds that the Trump administration is intruding into areas not
authorized by the Constitution when the funds they so jealously covet
are going to pay for programs not authorized by the Constitution,
either.
And as we noted, if the San Francisco city officials have a problem
with the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order, which merely
serves to enforce existing law, then they should ask their
representatives in Congress to introduce legislation to change that law,
which was passed by the 104th Congress and signed into law by President
Bill Clinton. In the 20 years since that law was passed, no federal
court has ruled that it is unconstitutional.
Related articles:
California Advances Bills to Become Sanctuary State
Illegal Alien Sues San Francisco for Violating Sanctuary City Law
“Sanctuary Cities” Make a Mockery of Our Laws
NEW YORK GOVERNOR CUOMO SEEKS TO ENSHRINE ABORTION IN STATE CONSTITUTION IN CASE ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED
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ALBANY, N.Y. — The Democratic governor of New York
is calling for lawmakers to pass a bill enshrining abortion as a right
in the state Constitution in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court ever
overturns Roe v. Wade.
“As they threaten this nation with a potential Supreme Court
nomination that will reverse Roe v. Wade, I want them to know today: If
that’s what they do, we’re going to protect Roe v. Wade in the state of
New York,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared at a “I Stand With Planned
Parenthood” rally on Monday.
“I propose today a constitutional amendment to write Roe v. Wade in
to the New York State Constitution so that nobody can change it—no
Supreme Court nominee [can undo it],” he proclaimed to cheers and
applause. “We will not allow the progress of the women’s movement to be
stopped, and we must seize this opportunity to bring the state and the
nation forward and stand up for women’s health.”
Cuomo had been introduced by Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood.
“Let’s put it out on the ballot and let the people decide,” he said. “New Yorkers want to protect a woman’s right to choose.”
According to the Guttmacher Institute, there were 119,940 abortions
in New York in 2014, the latest statistics on file. There are 218
facilities in the state that provide abortions.
“Abortions in New York represent 12.9% of all abortions in the United States,” it outlines.
Figures released last month from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) also show that there were 69,840 abortions in New York
City alone, as compared to 116,777 registered births—equating to
abortion being 60 percent of the birth rate.
New York legalized abortion in 1970, and only allows late-term
abortion in instances when the woman’s life is deemed to be in danger.
Amendments to the state Constitution can only be made by passage in
the legislature for two consecutive years, along with statewide approval
by voters. Therefore, the earliest such a proposal could be passed is
in 2019.
It is unclear if the Cuomo plans to defy the U.S. Supreme Court by
pointing to the state Constitution should it be declared that the unborn
are persons, and that none have a right to kill an unborn child. Many
had said during the trial of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy
Moore that the marriage amendment enshrined in the Alabama Constitution
was automatically voided due to the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell
v. Hodges.
As previously reported, the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade centered on a
Texas woman named Norma McCorvey who sought an abortion over an alleged
rape. McCorvey later admitted that she had lied, writing in her book “I
Am Roe” that she made up the rape story at the advice of her feminist
attorneys to make her case more convincing.
She also never obtained an abortion, but placed her child up for
adoption and went on to become a vocal pro-life advocate, even going to
court in an effort to overturn the ruling.
“My decisions were wrong and I am fighting with every breath to
change what has occurred,” McCorvey, a Roman Catholic, said in 2008.
SCREAMERS, SNOWFLAKES AND MS. SARSOUR
SNOWFLAKES AND MS. SARSOUR
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
February 2, 2017
NewsWithViews.com
often wondered if the major university campuses have a special course
for University Women to teach them the “F” word. Females seem
so proficient at that once they graduate. Call the course, “Give
Me an ‘F’ and I’ll give you an ‘A’!” Have it taught by a finger-gesticulating
(wink-wink) burly, short cropped PhD female, of course, to get the full
effect……. But I digress….
point: I have witnessed many things much more horrific than the Women’s
March in D.C. this past January 21st. However, I do not believe I have
ever seen anything more revoltingly disgusting done in the name of women.
Girls. The gentler sex. Peaches and cream. Sugar and spice. Mom/Mommy.
Granny/Grandma. Aunt/Sister. Oh, and Pro-Life.
THROWN UNDER THE BUS!!
in the name of what? Let me just tell you “what”. And those
“sisters” out there aren’t going to like it one bit, too bad.
the whole wide world saw on display was a raging torrent of hate. At Trump,
you assume? Oh sure, he was in the mix. But he was used more for venting
rather than the being the full object. What actually was on display in
full living pink technicolor was an unkempt force of shrieking, foul females
literally and loudly hating their womanhood and all things associated
with being a woman.
is what we saw in that march – a bunch of females screaming about
their genitalia and the functions thereof, hating themselves and their
womanliness. Then crudely, vilely, viciously letting the world know all
about it, – and how rough they have it in comparison to men. (Shed
a tear here.)
“sisters”, there are surgical options opened to you to remedy
all of those complaints. Just don’t do it on my tax dollars.
“sisters”, I’ll tell you something else you’ll like even less.
Back in the day your disgusting vitriolic diatribe was called Penis Envy.
Put that in your little pink bonnets, huh?
OUT THE SNOWFLAKES….
Hannity had some ditsy female guest on his radio show on Friday, January
27th. She was all PRO the march; and Madonna’s threat about blowing up
the White House was just artistic free speech. He asked her (several times)
about partial birth abortion which she said she was good with because
there is no such thing… I could not make this up. She told Sean that
partial birth abortion did not create infanticide (the killing of a baby).
in her safe space no one had bothered her with the Planned Parenthood
videos of selling baby body parts and suggesting different ways of performing
partial birth abortions, done in the very last days of the pregnancy,
ie, at or near term, so as to make better, more mature organ parts available
for sale.
she had also not bothered herself with details of abortionist Kermit Gosnell,
now serving time for multiple infanticides. These truly gruesome details
are available in a book called “Gosnell”.
explained to Sean Hannity – very patiently – that partial birth abortion
was when the child was surgically removed by Caesarean Section. The baby
was NOT killed. And if there was just more sex education then there would
be less of an issue with abortion…
that were true! It would be so easy to birth the baby and hand it over
to an adoption agency. But killing the baby is just more feminine, you
think?
did you all catch Hillary when she said that the baby shouldn’t be considered
a baby until it’s mother took it home? In case Mom changed her mind about
having the baby? In fact if I recall correctly Hillary also mentioned
that the baby shouldn’t be considered a baby for two weeks after the birth……..
I don’t believe she ever indicated what should be done with the gurgling,
fist-waving little thingie there in the newborn nursery…..
OF SHARIA
could any good (?), progressive, sex pontificating, Me-First, pro-abortionist,
wear-what-I-want (or not), LGBT-hugging, social justice, open borders,
smoking/drinking/drugging angry socialist feminist ever trip into the
waiting arms of Sharia Law? (Hey, it worked for Hillary & Huma!)
in the name of Allah did they have a Brooklyn-born Palestinian Muslim
female social worker as one of their Women’s March co-chairs? Linda Sarsour.
The pictures I’ve seen show her in a full hijab, a nun-like head covering,
though in her case they are quite gaily colored. And her eyes are heavily
made up. Very Western.
that’s it: she wears makeup so she must be okay. Forget the mandates against
women in the Qu-ran (Koran): rape, honor killings, beatings, mutilation,
subjugation, and lots of motherhood. And I guess it would never occur
to Linda Sarsour to throw some of the gay boys off a high roof.
to worry! While you’re hugging Linda Sarsour like a comfortable little
pink teddy bear, Islam has it all figured out for you, dear “sisters”
and snowflakes. According to the Muslim site zawaj.com they teach that
the soul enters the fetus at 120 days, or 4 months. With the fewest possible
exceptions it is unlawful under Islam to abort the fetus before 120 days.
With absolutely no exceptions, it is also unlawful to abort the fetus
on or after 120 days. Rape and incest are not reasons.
Climate Change/Global Warming, clearly we have settled science by consensus
here… Male Muslim consensus you understand. And devout Muslim agent
Linda Sarsour is a poster girl for this Women’s March? Talk about a serious
disconnect.
AND TOUPEES……
a “NAAAA-STEEEEE” woman was bemoaning the feel of Hitler in
the streets of D.C. – a moustache exchanged for a toupee – she was apparently
coincidentally mindlessly embracing devout Muslim Palestinian Linda Sarsour.
I mentioned this before but let’s draw out a new and uncomfortable –
for them – observation. In the 1940s, when Hitler’s Field Marshall
Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, was romping victoriously with his North
Afrika Korps, just who was Hitler’s talented general aligning himself
with? Why, the Muslim Arabs, of course. He was going to liberate them
from British rule. Hitler, Rommel, Arab Muslims. Got it? Muslims, Rommel,
Hitler: Friends.
when we want to talk about Hitler, let’s keep it straight who was holding
hands with whom.
of the Brits, Teresa May, PM, is distressed with Trump’s temporary ban
on Mid-East immigration. 80 years ago the Brits were a dominant force
in North Africa. Now, the most prevalent male name for newborns inside
Britain is Mohammad. (Talk about the sun setting on the empire…))
OTHER MARCH
have a number on the tens of thousands that Marched for Life on January
27th in Washington, D.C. How thrilling it must have been for them to have
the Vice-President come and speak, how hopeful that some of this will
be rolled back.
I’ll make a bet that just like the Tea Party versus the Occupiers, the
Right-to-Lifers left one heck of a lot less trash than did the sisters,
snowflakes, and the beta boys. And no broken windows, torched cars, injured
cops, graffiti…? Anyone want to take me up on that…?
God! Thanks for your blessings!
TRUMP!!
Given what President Trump has already done so far, what’s he going to
do with the last 3½ years of this first term of his presidency?
Just in. Thanks to JT. Reba sings of God. Video. Guaranteed to make the
Left crazier than they already are. Enjoy and share.
GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP!
AND GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL YOUR DREAMS!