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It’s well substantiated that liberals tend to suffer madness and depression more than conservatives. Unfortunately, psychotherapies for depression are not always effective. Perhaps a complicating factor is that the afflicted often try to explain away their disease by insisting they care more about social problems, especially perceived inequality. Then why did the mental health issues become even more exacerbated during the first Trump (45th) presidency? Even research from leftist academia concedes that wealth inequality in the U.S. decreased during Trump’s first term — for the first time in three decades. Under Trump, lower-income Americans were particularly sanguine about economic expansion,...

Have you ever stopped to ask where nearly a quarter of your tax dollars is really going? Recent estimates hint that somewhere between 23.87% and 25% of the Treasury’s budget might be vanishing into a vortex of fraud and waste. That’s not mere mismanagement—it’s a systemic drain on your hard-earned money. And why is the entire DC swamp, along with the mainstream media, scrambling to hush up what the DOGE team is laying bare? It’s almost as if they’re terrified that the truth might burst forth and expose the rot at the core of our government. In a move that...

The Vermont killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David 'Chris' Maland brought more scrutiny on the 'Zizians'.. A cult expert lifted the veil on the "Zizian" fringe group that is linked to the Vermont U.S. Border Patrol agent shooting. The "Zizians" are named for a 34-year-old computer engineer, Jack Amadeus LaSota, who goes by the nickname "Ziz," ... LaSota, who is transgender, goes by female pronouns and created the group of vegan activists... ... Maland was involved in a shootout with German national Felix "Ophelia" Bauckholt and University of Washington student Teresa "Milo" Consuelo Youngblut near the U.S. border with...

Donald Trump could be poised to pull back the curtain on UFOs, according to an expert. Dr Steven Greer, one of the driving forces behind the UFO disclosure movement, claims the new administration is considering executive orders that would publicize the government's involvement in secret UFO research. He says a wave of new whistleblowers are set to come forward exposing how they worked on top-secret projects which involved retrieving and back-engineering otherworldly craft. Dr Greer said: 'With the new president, I've been working with a number of people close to him, encouraging a number of executive orders to launch this...

Cali's gonna Cali, am I right? In a move that absolutely everyone could have seen coming, Commiefornia is taking their stand against Orange Man Bad by forcing girls to share locker rooms with dudes. The State of California and its public school athletics association has indicated it will not fall in line with President Donald Trump's latest executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls' and women's sports. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said it will continue to follow the state's law that allows athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

LOS ANGELES: The guy Mayor Bass hired as the Pacific Palisades Recovery Czar is getting paid $500,000 for three months of work. His job is to build the plan and she's going to hire additional consultants to do the rest of the work. Steve Soboroff is best known for his tweet about Trump's supporters being too white. Previously he ran the Parks and Rec Commission - expect good things Los Angelinos. 🤣

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, has been a godsend. Prior to Trump taking office and the subsequent founding of DOGE, too many Americans were slumbering happily away, not knowing that their government was misusing their tax dollars for culturally insane and politically problematic purposes, and giving them the shaft. This is the Crime of the Century. The corruption and graft run both wide and deep. Those in numerous federal government agencies didn't just squander Americans’ money, they stole their freedom, dignity, and trust in their government -- without which no society can long endure. Government...

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“He opened His mouth and began to teach them” (Matthew 5:2). Because of the Sermon on the Mount’s seemingly impossible demands and behavioral standards that are counter to everything the world practices and holds dear, many Christians have taught that the Sermon applies only to the millennial age. If it were not just for a future kingdom era, the argument goes, Jesus would not have commanded believers to be perfect, just as their “heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). But such an argument is invalid, for a number of reasons. First, and most obvious, the body of Jesus’ sermon nowhere...

In his first term, and approaching his taking of office in his second term, President Trump spoke of the importance of Greenland to American security and the desirability of purchasing Greenland.Historically, the United States of America has been interested in Greenland because of its strategic position. Attempts have been made to purchase the island. In WWII, the United States became the de facto protector of the island. The USA maintains a military base in Greenland.It is uncertain if President Trump will acquire Greenland for the United States. This may be the opening gambit in a negotiation for more control over...

The Talk Shows February 9th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.); Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Somalia.) … Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) … Samantha Vinograd, DHS assistant secretary under Joe Biden; Chris Krebs, former Trump administration cybersecurity chief turned into Never Trumper.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; Louisiana first lady Sharon Landry. NFL panel: Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson and Howie Long. Panel: Will Cain and Clay Travis. MEET THE PRESS...

Rev. Brent Hawkes argues that churches should remove references to Jesus being the "Savior" from their websites, so as not to offend Muslims and other religions, and because it is a "stumbling block" for people who might otherwise attend. on X

As Europe crumbles under the weight of Muslim immigrants, whose ideological stance and numbers combine to destroy a civilization built on Judeo-Christian values, its original inhabitants must prepare for submission or flight. The irreversible process of “transculturation” is underway. Without question, the West has changed profoundly alongside the sustained immigration from the Third World, legal and otherwise. Particularly affected by the change is Europe, the “eastern pillar” of the West, which borders the dominion of Islam. In this part of the world, the presence of Muslims has a troubled history; to those with a grain of historical awareness, it brings...

🇼🇸🇮🇱Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (2/9/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spokesman) Acts 4:23-2623 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26...

Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare. The late Queen of England and Ireland - who ruled from 1558 until her death in 1603 - was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era, its very own epoch of the famed Tudor period. But one rumour has threatened to crack her tenable legacy, leading doubters to ask whether the Virgin Queen was the fiercely independent leader that history claims her to be.

A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a "boondoggle" that harmed the environment. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under former President Barack Obama issued $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to finance the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, a green energy project that consists of three solar concentrating thermal power plants in California. The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an "example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy."...

Allstate Insurance and its subsidiary Arity are being sued for col­lect­ing, using, and sell­ing over 45 mil­lion Amer­i­cans' dri­ving data to insur­ance companies without consent, according to Malwarebytes. This case comes amid a tumultuous year for insurance companies, mainly on the home insurance front, as many have recently come under fire for dropping coverage ahead of major weather disasters.

Over the past two weeks Elon Musk and his cadre of young computer geniuses have cracked the code. Over the past two weeks Elon Musk and his cadre of young computer geniuses have cracked the code. Like Toto pulling the curtain on the Wizard of Oz, they’ve pulled back the cover on government secrecy. They've shown how oceans of tax revenue have flowed through Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), charitable-sounding foundations, the UN, and others to fund terrorists, disrupters like BLM, and reporters to promote Democrats and censor the opposition, most often to enrich Democrat politicians and their friends, families, and allies....

During an appearance on the ‘All In’ podcast this week, David Sacks, Trump’s ‘crypto-czar’ talked about the exposure of USAID by DOGE and why it’s causing so much anxiety for the establishment in Washington, DC. Sacks points out that it’s a giant scam, which awards a ton of money to all of these people and their favored media outlets. He questions how much of this cash was used to create artificial support for progressive policies in the form of Astroturf. Partial transcript via Kanekoa the Great on Twitter/X: “We’re in debt almost $40 trillion, and anytime anyone tries to cut...

How much power would you have if you had a giant money machine that showered your political allies and political causes that you favor with tens of billions of dollars every year? The corruption that is being uncovered at USAID is truly historic. USAID has a budget that is larger than the CIA and the State Department combined, and much of that money was funding a vast network of liberal activists and liberal causes all over the globe. When Laura Ingraham of Fox News asked U.S. Senator Josh Hawley about this, Hawley explained that Democrats “are just losing their minds”...