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City Council meeting in Hamtramck, MI Hard to believe that this is America
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“People in authority lie.” “My father told me when I was 13-years old, he said, ‘People in authority lie, & that the job of a citizen in every democracy is to maintain a fear & skepticism of government authority.’”
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Muslims went crazy after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this: "Radical Islam doesn’t want just a small caliphate in Iraq or Syria. They see the United States as the greatest evil on Earth and seek to dominate the entire West. Radical Islam is revolutionary, it wants endless expansion, terrorism, assassinations, and total control. They hate America, Europe, Israel, and every Muslim nation that partners with us. Orlando, Pensacola, and domestic attacks prove it. Radical Islam is a clear and imminent threat to the world." I agree with every single word he said.
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President Trump isn't allowed to restore our fountains and monuments, or build stunning structures showcasing American craftsmanship, engineering, and architectural excellence. Apparently, government spending is only acceptable when it's funding drag queens, the Taliban, Somalian pirates, and the pockets of Ukrainian oligarchs.
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🔻 Trump just moved the man who has seen every mortgage, every bank record, and every financial transaction of his enemies — into the chair that controls all 18 intelligence agencies. Bill Pulte. Head of Fannie Mae. Head of Freddie Mac. The man who oversees every home loan in America. Today he was appointed Acting Director of National Intelligence. The media is laughing. "A housing guy running intelligence?" They think it's incompetence. They think Trump made a mistake. They don't understand what just happened. For 18 months, Pulte has had access to the mortgage files of sitting congressmen. Exposed fraudulent property claims by political operatives. Opened investigations into financial records that were supposed to stay buried. One congressman filed a federal complaint last week — claiming Pulte accessed his CONFIDENTIAL mortgage files without authorization. He didn't deny it. Now that same man sits above the CIA. Above the NSA. Above the FBI. Above every classified database in the United States. A man who already knows WHERE they live, WHAT they own, WHO paid for it, and WHICH names are on the deeds — now has access to WHERE they travel, WHO they call, and WHAT they hide. Tulsi didn't leave because of her husband. She left because her part was FINISHED. The intelligence community has been restructured from the inside. The next phase does not require a diplomat. It requires a forensic accountant with top-secret clearance. The hunt doesn't begin when you see the arrest. It begins when the man reading the files changes. The man just changed. June 9. First sealed indictment unsealed. ⟁ Forward this before it disappears.
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𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 Congressman Burgess Owens just resurfaced a Thomas Sowell interview that condenses sixty years of American social policy into 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬: “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 1960, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 100 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴.” Sowell’s closing line on the historical record: “𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥.” Read the receipts behind the claim. In 1960, the Black two-parent household share was approximately 𝟕𝟖 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. By 1996, after a single generation of Great Society welfare incentives that paid more to single mothers than to married ones, that figure had collapsed to about 𝟑𝟔 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. The data is from the U.S. Census itself, not a think tank. On the policy mechanism that did it. The original 1965 Aid to Families with Dependent Children formula 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐟𝐨𝐫-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. The federal government, in writing, 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. On who benefits from pretending the legacy of slavery did this. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 that wrote those welfare formulas, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 that has now run every major Black-majority American city for the last fifty years, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 whose entire electoral coalition depends on the broken household it created. 𝐒𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤. @BurgessOwens
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In the Old Testament, we are told of good kings who “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,” but who did not tear down the high places. These were places of idolatrous worship. And even though Israel would go back to mostly serving the true God under the leadership of these kings, they were still willing to allow this little bit of culturally destructive compromise to stand. So when the good king died, the mechanism for the gross idolatry was still there, and the idol worship would come roaring back with a vengeance. But the best kings in the Old Testament were those like Hezekiah and Josiah, who completely dismantled these high places. Who tore out every vestige of idolatry root and branch. And that is what needs to be done with this demon god of the rainbow flag. Because we know now the level of depravity to which it inevitably leads. -It represents the buying and selling of human babies for homosexual couples who can never create a child on their own. -It represents dressing little boys up as girls so they can perform sexualized movements for grown men in ritual dances. -It represents cutting off the breasts of healthy young girls, mutilating and defacing their natural beauty. -It represents giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to boys who will never be fathers and who will lose all sexual function. -It represents stocking gay pornography in school libraries for even the tiniest kids and adult men engaging in sexual fetish performances for children. -it represents placing women in danger by requiring the admittance of predatory men to their private, vulnerable spaces. Right now, we learn from scripture, is the moment where good people following the true God will be tempted to think, we’ve had enough victories. Who cares about these June pride posts. The LGBTQ movement has lost so many battles recently, we can rest on our laurels, knowing that we have turned back the tide on the worst excesses of this movement. But that is exactly the opposite of what we need to do. Tearing down high places is hard work. Especially when the high place is manifested as a Supreme Court ruling. But it can be achieved with patience, diligence, and strength of purpose. We have had some significant victories in the last few years. But clearly, we are not done. So let’s grab a virtual ax and refuse to allow them any peace on these demonic celebrations. Like Hezekiah and Josiah, we need to tear it out root and branch.
Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA members of our community. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Israel owns the United States. 🤡🤡 1956 — Israel withdrew from the entire Sinai Peninsula under Eisenhower’s economic threats despite having just captured it militarily 1957 — Israel withdrew from Gaza under U.S. pressure despite security concerns 1973 — Israel halted its encirclement of the Egyptian Third Army at U.S. insistence despite having a complete military victory within reach 1982 — Israel halted the siege of Beirut and allowed PLO fighters to evacuate under U.S. brokered deal Israel didn’t want 1991 — Israel did not retaliate against Iraqi Scud missile attacks hitting Israeli cities — at direct U.S. request to preserve the Gulf War coalition 2005 — Israel withdrew every settler and soldier from Gaza under enormous U.S. and international pressure 1967 — Israel did not launch a preemptive strike on Arab armies until it became absolutely unavoidable, having waited weeks under U.S. pressure not to fire first 1973 — Israel did not launch a preemptive strike despite knowing an Arab attack was imminent because the U.S. explicitly told them not to strike first 1981 — After Osirak, Israel accepted public U.S. condemnation and a UN censure without significant retaliation diplomatically 1991 — Absorbed Scud attacks on civilian population centers without responding militarily 1991 — Absorbed Scud attacks on civilian population centers without responding militarily 2006 — Agreed to ceasefire in Lebanon before achieving stated military objectives under U.S. and international pressure 2009 — Agreed to ceasefire in Gaza before completing stated objectives under U.S. pressure 2012 — Agreed to ceasefire in Gaza under U.S. and Egyptian brokered deal 2014 — Accepted multiple ceasefire frameworks brokered by the U.S. during Gaza operation 2024 — Paused certain operations and opened specific humanitarian corridors directly in response to U.S. demands 1978 — Signed Camp David Accords returning all of Sinai to Egypt, including dismantling Israeli settlements there, under Carter’s intensive pressure 1991 — Attended Madrid Peace Conference under heavy U.S. pressure despite serious reservations 1993 — Engaged in Oslo process and recognized the PLO under U.S. encouragement despite enormous domestic opposition 1994 — Signed peace treaty with Jordan partly through U.S. facilitation and pressure 1998 — Signed Wye River Memorandum under Clinton’s intense personal pressure including a famously exhausting negotiating session 2000 — Attended Camp David summit and made unprecedented territorial offers under Clinton pressure 2007 — Attended Annapolis Conference under Bush administration pressure 2010 — Agreed to a temporary partial settlement freeze under Obama pressure
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🚨 TO EVERYONE SAYING “ISLAM IS COMPATIBLE WITH AMERICA” — READ THIS: In Pakistan, a Muslim man kidnapped a 13-year-old Christian girl, held her captive for 6 months, raped her, forced her to convert to Islam, and “married” her. When her father fought to get her back, the Sharia court ruled in favor of the kidnapper — declaring the child “mature enough” and granting him full custody. This isn’t rare. It’s Islamic doctrine and Sharia in action: non-Muslim girls treated as property, forced conversions rewarded, and religious law above basic human rights. America stands for equality, consent, and secular law — not this. You cannot import this ideology at scale and keep American values alive. Wake up. Denial isn’t tolerance — it’s suicide. Share this for every silenced girl. #Islam #ShariaLaw #WakeUpAmerica #ChristianPersecution #ReligiousFreedom
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Most people have no idea what President Trump’s new election-mail Executive Order USPS rule actually does. 1. Plain English: it creates a chain-of-custody system for mail ballot envelopes in federal elections. 2. Not the vote, the envelope. 3. Under the proposed USPS rule, states using mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections would have to use standardized ballot envelopes: -Official Election Mail logo -Automation-compatible design -Unique Intelligent Mail barcode -USPS review of envelope/barcode placement 4. That means the ballot envelope becomes trackable. 5. States or election mailers would also submit key data through a USPS portal: -Voter name -Voter address -Outbound envelope barcode -Return envelope barcode -Originating election office state 6. So officials can know: this ballot envelope was sent out, and this return envelope came back. 7. USPS would review outbound ballot mail before accepting it. -Is it in the right envelope? -Does it have the proper barcode? -Is it going to someone enrolled on that state’s mail- ballot participation list? 8. If not, the mailing goes back to the election mailer to fix. 9. The broader Executive Order also directs DHS SSA to help create State Citizenship Lists using federal citizenship, naturalization, SSA, SAVE, and related data. 10. Those lists go to state election officials before federal elections. 11. Important: states still run voter registration. The federal list does not register anyone by itself. 12. Bottom line: this is not “tracking your vote.” 13. It tracks the envelope, creates a sent-vs-returned audit trail, helps flag discrepancies, preserves ballot-envelope records, and leaves states responsible for their voter rolls. 14. Chain of custody is not suppression. It is basic election accountability. 15. I used “proposed rule” because USPS has not finalized the rule yet. 16. The proposal says it applies to general, special, and runoff federal elections, not primaries or UOCAVA military/overseas ballots, and it requires unique barcodes on outbound and return envelopes. 17. The rule would require voter name/address plus outbound and return envelope barcode data through a USPS portal, with updates allowed until the last day ballots may be mailed under state law. 18. It also says USPS does not alter voter eligibility or manage state voter rolls. 19. The EO separately directs DHS/SSA to create State Citizenship Lists and directs DOJ enforcement and five-year preservation of participation records, excluding cast ballots. 20. There is one more thing it does, all I'll say is, watch out ballot mills. 😎
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