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'''John Forbes Kerry''', born December 11, 1943 (age {{age|1943|12|11}}), is a [[Uighur]] [[holocaust denier]]<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17801/china-climate-deal-genocide</ref> and the [[Biden junta]] climate czar. He formerly was the 68th [[United States Secretary of State]] and formerly served as a U.S. Senator from [[Massachusetts]] since 1984; he was considered one of the more [[liberal]] senators.<ref>http://nationaljournal.c om/voteratings/sen/lib.htm</ref><ref>http://nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/cons.htm</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 Presidential election]], he ran an unsuccessful bid for the [[President of the United States of America|presidency]] as the [[Democrat Party]]'s nominee, losing to [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent president [[George W. Bush]].

Kerry holds a $1 million stake in a Chinese investment group that the U.S. Department of Commerce blacklisted for being "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against [[Uyghur]]s, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/kerry-owns-stake-in-chinese-investment-group-that-funds-company-blacklisted-for-human-rights-abuses/</ref> Kerry was a former Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He became extremely wealthy through his second marriage. Kerry has a record throughout his lifetime and career of betraying U.S. interests and allies.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2021/04/30/john-f-kerry-traitor-emeritus/</ref>

==Biden junta==
<center><big>{{days until|2029|12|31}} Days Until Final Destruction of the Planet'''</big></center>
[[File:Climate Czar Kerry.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Climate Czar John Kerry went to China to discuss climate change and received the cold shoulder. The [[Taliban]] was more welcome. Kerry was given only a video conference with senior leaders, which could have been done from home in the United States.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_us-politics_us-climate-envoy-kerry-gets-cold-shoulder-china/6219223.html</ref>]]
In February 2021, John Kerry announced the planet had only 9 years to live due to the alleged "climate crisis."<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-9-years-john-kerry/</ref>

According to a financial disclosure report Kerry filed in 2021, Kerry holds "over $1,000,000" in investments in Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P. Hillhouse is a top shareholder in YITU Technology, which is involved in China's high-tech surveillance operation against the Uyghur people and helped develop facial surveillance software for the Chinese government that sorts individuals by race and ethnicity, according to the ''New York Times''.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/technology/china-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-racial-profiling.html</ref> In 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce added YITU to its trade restriction blacklist.

The Hillhouse China Value Fund is part of the Hillhouse Capital Group, an investment powerhouse run by Chinese businessman Zhang Lei. Zhang sits on Shanghai's Artificial Intelligence Strategy Expert Advisory Board. Zhang was listed as a member of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, an organization tied to the Chinese government's overseas influence operations.<ref>https://jamestown.org/program/the-china-u-s-exchange-foundation-and-united-front-lobbying-laundering-in-american-politics/</ref> Zhang and Hillhouse group also bankrolled the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence at the government-run Renmin University, according to the school's website. The Chinese government has set a goal of becoming the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, prompting concern from U.S. national security experts who say it is using the technology for militarization and exerting totalitarian-like control over dissidents and domestic minority groups.

As climate Czar, Kerry focused on discussions with China, the top global greenhouse gas producer. Kerry downplayed China's persecution of the Uyghur people while attempting to [[negotiate]] climate change agreements with the Chinese government. "Life is always full of tough choices," said Kerry when asked if it was necessary to trade human rights for climate concessions.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/john-kerry-justifies-climate-change-urgency-over-human-rights-abuses-in-china-life-full-of-tough-choices</ref>

===Logan Act violations===
Junta officials, including John Kerry and Robert Malley, had meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the [[Trump administration]] that were orchestrated to undermine President Trump. Zarif held face-to-face meetings with [[Obama administration]] veterans who could return to power "to devise a political strategy to undermine the Trump administration" and usher in softer diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/21/john-kerry-held-backchannel-talks-iran-javad-zarif/</ref>

===Bohai Harvest RST===
:{{See also|Bohai Harvest RST|China Association for International Friendly Contact}}
Senate investigators concluded,
{{quotebox|The records acquired by the Committees show that [[Hunter Biden]] and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments across the globe. Hunter Biden and [[Devon Archer|Archer]], in particular, formed significant and consistent financial relationships with the corrupt oligarch [[Mykola Zlochevsky]] during their time working for Burisma and their firms made millions of dollars from that association while Joe Biden was vice president and the public face of the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy. Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from [[Elena Baturina]], who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. Moreover, Archer’s apparent receipt of money for a car from Kenges Rakishev of [[Kazakhstan]] while Vice President Biden was in Kyiv is especially concerning in light of the timing. And finally, Biden and Archer’s work with Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime illustrate the deep financial connections that accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office.

Biden and Archer found willing partners in Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime. Their work in China began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with [[Chris Heinz]], Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed [[BHR]] with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.

Hunter Biden’s connections and financial associations appear to have accelerated significantly after he associated himself with [[Ye Jianming]], who had deep connections with the Communist regime and [[PLA]]. However, that didn’t seem to have any impact on Hunter Biden, who made millions from the relationship. Indeed, Hunter Biden and his family, to include James and Sara Biden, associated with other Chinese nationals such as [[Gongwen Dong]]. In one case, the three of them went on a $100,000 global spending spree after Gongwen Dong and Hunter Biden opened a joint account.<ref>[[Ye Jianming]] and his associate Gongwen Dong (aka Kevin"), applied to a bank and opened credit lines for a business named Hudson West III LLC, giving Hunter, Joe Biden's brother James (and James’ wife Sarah Biden), credit cards which the Bidens used to buy extravagant items. The Senate report details a series of transfers and transactions worth millions of US dollars between CEFC, Hudson West and the Bidens.</ref> In addition, Hunter Biden received millions of dollars over a period of years from Gongwen Dong’s companies. According to records acquired by the Committees, many of these transactions involved potential criminal financial activity.<ref>[https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns], U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020, p. 84.</ref>}}
No record of Hunter Biden filing as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign power under the FARA Act exists.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2020/09/26/when-did-hunter-biden-and-associates-file-as-foreign-agents-under-the-fara-act/</ref>

==Secretary of State==
From 2013 to 2017, Kerry was the Secretary of State of the United States of America. In his office, he supported the opposition in the [[Syrian Civil War]] and wanted to attack [[Bashar al-Assad]], but [[Russia]] could persuade him.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/russia-and-iran-roll-over-john-kerry/</ref>

Kerry was spotted cruising on his luxury boat near [[Nantucket]] during the [[Egypt]]ian crisis in the summer of 2013, which the [[Obama Administration]] initially denied even after being shown a picture that proved it. After the [[Egypt]]ian military had set down the elected President [[Mohamed Morsi]], Kerry said that the army had "restored democracy."<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23543744</ref>

Kerry called [[Russia]] an "Authoritarian Country."<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/curtis-kalin/reset-kerry-calls-russia-authoritarian-country</ref>

On December 28, 2016, just a few weeks before the [[Trump Administration]] was to take office and a few days after the leftist Obama Administration allowed an anti-[[Israel]] resolution to pass the [[United Nations|UN]] and break decades of policy, Kerry gave a major 72-minute<ref>Hanchett, Ian (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/nbcs-neely-kerry-speech-firing-a-flare-across-israel-he-wanted-to-give-it-for-some-time-but-wh-blocked-it/ NBC’s Neely: Kerry Speech ‘Firing a Flare’ ‘Across Israel’ He Wanted To Give It ‘For Some Time’ But WH Blocked It]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> speech viciously attacking Israel and paying worthless lip-service to American "support" for the nation.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/28/kerry-on-israel-peace-un-resolution/ Kerry Attacks Israeli Government, Defends UN Resolution]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] responded harshly but appropriately to the Administration's blatant betrayal.<ref>Key, Pam (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/netanyahu-i-must-express-my-deep-disappointment-with-john-kerry-israelis-do-not-need-to-be-lectured/ Netanyahu: ‘I Must Express My Deep Disappointment’ With Kerry — ‘Israelis Do Not Need To Be Lectured’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Other world leaders, such as [[United Kingdom]] Prime Minister [[Theresa May]], also criticized Kerry.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/12/29/theresa-may-even-britain-pro-israel-obama-kerry-now/ Theresa May Criticizes Kerry for Anti-Israel Speech]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>

===Rosemont Seneca Partners===
:{{See also|Ukrainian collusion}}
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, and Christopher Heinz, John Kerry's stepson, formed Rosemont Seneca Partners, a private equity firm in 2009 with their friend, Devon Archer. The three friends established a series of related [[LLC]]s.<ref>Including Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC, Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, and Rosemont Realty.</ref> It was anchored to Rosemont Capital, the alternative investment fund of the Heinz family fortune.<ref>The Heinz Ketchup family fortune.</ref> The fund grew quickly. According to an email revealed as part of a [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigation, Rosemont described themselves as “a $2.4 billion private equity firm co-owned by Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz,” with Devon Archer as “Managing Partner.”

Archer was convicted in [[Manhattan]] Federal Court for the fraudulent issuance and sale of more than $60 Million of tribal bonds.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/three-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-fraudulent-issuance-and-sale-more-60-million</ref>

===China===
:{{See also|Chinese Communist Party}}
Five months into the [[Obama administration]] in June 2009, Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz, stepson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair John Kerry, formed Rosemont Seneca. The firm partnered with the Thornton Group run by James Bulger, and the Bank of China, to form [[Bohai Harvest RST]] (BHR) in China. Devon Archer is a longtime friend of former Secretary of State John Kerry and of stepson Chris Heinz and James Bulger, the nephew of notorious Boston [[gangster]] "Whitey" Bulger. [[Whitey Bulger]] was the head of the [[Boston]] Irish [[mafia]] who enjoyed federal protection under FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] as an informant.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html</ref> Bulger was convicted of 19 murders that occurred while under Mueller's protection; some have linked the Bulger klan to as many as 52 murders while Mueller ran the Boston FBI field office.<ref>https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html?arc404=true</ref> Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison at the age of 89 a few months before the Mueller Report was released.

The Bank of China is owned by the Chinese government and closely connected with the [[PLA|Chinese military]] and intelligence services. Biden, Heinz, and Archer transferred and sold "duel use" technology to the Chinese military which was used to create the Chinese [[drone]] program and replicate the Chinese version of the [[F-15]] fighter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref>

Bohai Harvest RST (BHR) invested in an app the Chinese left-wing communist government is using to surveil ethnic minority [[Muslim]]s in western China. Over one million Muslims living in the region are now incarcerated in Chinese [[gulag]]s.

===Ukraine===
:{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
In December 2015 ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on ''Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch.'' The story focuses on Hunter Biden, Burisma Holdings, and its owner, [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who was Ukraine's ecology minister under former President [[Viktor F. Yanukovych]] before he was forced into exile.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia. [[Vice President]] Joe Biden threatens Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General [[Viktor Shokin]] who was investigating his son, Hunter Biden, on the board of the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings. Joe Biden recounted, "'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref>

The status of an independent Ukraine became the focus of much [[fake news]] reporting by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' to drive a wedge between President [[Donald Trump]]'s efforts to improve relations with the [[Russian Federation]] following the disastrous [[foreign policy]] of President [[Barack Obama]], which created a "zone of chaos" throughout the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the Caucus region.

===Iranian collusion===
[[Iran]]ian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed that Kerry informed him of more than 200 [[Israel]]i operations in Syria. Kerry shocked Zarif by revealing that Israel had attacked Iranian targets in [[Syria]] more than 200 times.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/middle-east/2021/04/26/irans-foreign-minister-says-john-kerry-told-him-about-israeli-covert-operations-in-syria/</ref>

==2004 Presidential election==
:''Main article:'' [[United States presidential election, 2004]]
During his 2004 campaign for President, several groups were formed, most notably the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]],<ref>[http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]</ref> to counter the charges of "[[war crimes]]" Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans (see below) and to call Kerry's military record into question, accusing him of inflicting his own wounds,<ref>[http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfitepilogue.htm John Kerry - Unfit For Command]</ref> going to unusual lengths to obtain his Purple Hearts,<ref>[http://www.archive-news.net/Articles/FD040830.html ''Forging a Paper Hero: The Mystery of Kerry’s Medals]</ref> and attacking unarmed civilians. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had been criticized, firstly because no member of the group served on the actual boat that Kerry commanded and secondly for perceived contradiction. As an example, Kerry's commanding officer, George Elliott, signed an affidavit for the Swift Boat veterans claiming that with the information he had now, he would not have recommended Kerry for the military honor, but later repudiated his affidavit, stating that Kerry had deserved the honor.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/]</ref> In 2006, after the election bid, he proceeded to appear on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and joked about assassinating President Bush where he said, in response to Bill Maher's comment about how he could have gone to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone, "Or, I [Kerry] could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone," with him being shameless enough in the joke that he posted it on his own website. As further indication of [[Liberal bias]], this joke was ignored by the mainstream media, despite their demanding a [[Secret Service]] investigation of GOP senator [[Jesse Helms]] for a similar joke regarding then-President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994.<ref>http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2006/10/john-kerry-jokes-about-assassinating.html</ref> Similarly, the joke was also largely ignored, yet, when [[Ted Nugent]] inferred during a press conference that he'd end up either "dead or in jail" if Obama asked him to serve in the military, the latter ended up sending the [[Secret Service]] to pay Nugent a visit.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HE26mMmkQ</ref>

===Violation of election laws===
:{{See also|Democrat election fraud}}
In 2007, the [[Federal Election Commission]] fined the Kerry campaign $1.3 million for spending more than federal rules allow during his 2004 Presidential bid. To receive public funds, Kerry, a former Democrat senator from Massachusetts, and his running mate, former North Carolina Sen. [[John Edwards]], agreed to spend $74.6 million or less on their general election campaign against President Bush.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4269.html</ref><ref>[https://www.fec.gov/agenda/2007/mtgdoc07-37.pdf Agenda Document No. 07-37], Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2007.</ref> In 2009, the FEC fined a [[George Soros]]-backed group $775,000 for its unregulated spending during the 2004 election on behalf of [[Democrat]]s, including Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kerry.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/2100-501563_162-3222390.html</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
===Iraq War===
:''Main article:'' [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|Iraqi war]]
Kerry voted to give President George W. Bush the authority to go to [[Iraq War|war with Iraq]] in 2002, although in his 2004 Presidential bid he campaigned as being opposed to the war, and later said regarding his vote to give the President that authority, "There's nothing - nothing - in my life in public service I regret more, nothing even close. We should all be willing to say: I was wrong, I should not have voted for the Iraq War Resolution."<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-kerry/mistakes-and-responsibili_b_31482.html</ref> Kerry's initial vote on the matter and subsequent revision on the topic caused many to label him a "flip-flopper" during his 2004 presidential bid.<ref>[http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040716-083945-7626r.htm Kerry’s skewed priorities], ''The Washington Times'', July 16, 2004.</ref>

On October 30, 2006, eight days before the 2006 elections, Kerry was a headline speaker at a campaign rally being held for unsuccessful Democrat [[California]] gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. Speaking to an audience composed mainly of college students, Kerry said,
{{Cquote|You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.}}
After being criticized by President Bush and other leaders, in an effort to be funny Kerry stated, "Let me make it crystal clear, as crystal clear as I know how. I apologize to no one for my criticism of the president and of his broken policy."

After two days, Kerry wrote an apology on his [[blog]], claiming to be sorry if anyone 'misinterpreted his comments.'

==Military career ==
Kerry enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in February 1966 and began active service that August as Ensign aboard the USS Gridley, a Guided Missile Frigate deployed in the [[Gulf of Tonkin]]. During his tour of duty, Kerry requested his second tour be in Vietnam, listing his preferred position as commanding a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF) or "Swift Boat." His request was granted, and on November 17, 1968, he reported to Cam Ranh Bay for a month of training.

The Swift Boats had been considered to be a safe place to be during the war, but during that time their role was changed to become more dangerous and combat-oriented. During his few months of service, Kerry recommended himself for the [[Silver Star]], the [[Bronze Star]], and three [[Purple Heart]]s. After his third minor injury, he was permitted to request reassignment as per Navy instruction 1300.39 and left Vietnam on April 2, 1969, less than 5 months after arriving.

Upon returning stateside, he served as personal aide to Rear Admiral Walter Schlech until March 1970, when his active duty obligation had ended. Kerry continued serving in the Naval Reserves until February 1972.

===Vietnam record===
[[Image:437px-The New Soldier.jpg|right|thumb|Kerry's book, ''The New Soldier'' with [[VVAW]] activists flying the American flag upside down.]]
Kerry's military service in the [[Vietnam War]] has been tainted with his subsequent distortion of facts regarding his tour of duty which was exposed during the 2004 presidential election. Marine Corps Maj. Michael E. McBride wrote in Townhall.com, Mr. Kerry "has always had the power to clear up any of the Swiftboater challenges; all he had to do is allow the Navy to distribute unaltered copies of his service record, medical records, and DD214. It is essential that these records come from [[Department of Defense]], so that they cannot be tampered with by Kerry or his supporters. The DOD copies are the true copies of record and the only viable evidence for these matters." Maj. McBride, citing Mr. Kerry's long reluctance to do so, goes on to write, "it is unlikely that any credible evidence exists to refute the base charges of the Swiftboaters."

He concludes, "If any of my ex-squadron mates dumped on me like the Swift boat vets are dumping on Kerry, my records would have been available the next day ... ."<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/COMMENTARY/847826179&template=nextpage</ref>

Kerry also claimed on multiple occasions to have been in [[Cambodia]] during the Christmas of 1968. When his claim was shown to be very improbable, his subordinates agreed that he was incorrect, but stated he was still there at a later time—a claim that likewise is considered to be dubious.<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40056</ref>

An internal memorandum for Attorney General John Mitchell from a Nixon staffer released by the National Archives in July 2007 revealed the [[Nixon]] White House had considered recruiting John Kerry. The memorandum states in part,
{{Cquote|He was asked the direct question of how he voted in 1968. He said "if he had voted (which he did not), he would have voted for Nixon."<ref>[http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/donated/042671_chotiner.pdf Memo from Chotiner to Mitchell], April 26, 1971.</ref> }}

===Allegations against fellow veterans===
[[File:Winter Soldier inquisition.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Sen. [[Edward M. Kennedy]] with John Kerry during the so-called [http://www.wintersoldier.com/index.php?topic=NewSoldier "Winter Soldier Investigation"].]]
Upon returning from Vietnam, Kerry joined [[Vietnam Veterans Against the War]] (VVAW), and became a chief spokesman for the anti-war movement.

Controversially referring to US servicemen in Vietnam before Sen. [[William Fulbright]]'s Foreign Affairs Committee as having been sent "''to die for the biggest mistake in history''," Kerry alleged that the military had "''created a monster''" in the form of violence-prone American soldiers, and recounted that soldiers had personally recollected stories of having "''personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads''," of Vietnamese citizens and rampaging across Vietnam "''[razing] villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan''".<ref>[http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/JohnKerryTestimony.html John Kerry's Testimony before the Senate Foerein Relations Committee, April 22, 1971], Editorial Notes by Dr. Ernest Bolt, University of Richmond.</ref> That these acts were "''not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command''."<ref>Ibid.</ref>

On NBC's ''Meet The Press'' in 1971, Kerry was asked whether he had personally committed atrocities in Vietnam. He responded:
{{Cquote|''There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the [[Geneva Convention]]s and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are [[war criminal]]s.''"<ref>[http://hnn.us/articles/3552.html Vietnam 30 Years later: What John Kerry Said on Meet the Press], George Mason University, History News Network</ref>}}

==Later life==
In May 2018, Kerry was caught engaging in "shadow diplomacy" with Iranian and European officials in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to save the [[Iran nuclear deal]] that he helped negotiate in 2015, a possible violation of the [[Logan Act]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (May 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/05/john-kerry-under-fire-for-reported-shadow-diplomacy-to-save-iran-deal.html John Kerry under fire for reported 'shadow diplomacy' to save Iran deal]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Stracqualursi, Veronica (May 7, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/05/politics/john-kerry-iran-deal/ John Kerry engaging in shadow diplomacy to salvage Iran deal: The Boston Globe]. ''CNN''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Hayward, John (May 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/05/report-former-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-working-with-iran-to-save-nuclear-deal/ Report: John Kerry Engaging in ‘Shadow Diplomacy’ with Iran to Save Nuclear Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
See also:
*Singman, Brooke (May 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/trump-warns-kerry-to-stay-away-from-iran-negotiations-ahead-crucial-announcement.html Trump warns Kerry to 'stay away' from Iran negotiations ahead of crucial announcement]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave; Miller, S.A. (May 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/trump-kerry-possibly-illegal-private-talks-iran/ Trump slams Kerry over ‘possibly illegal’ private talks with Iran]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.</ref>

Kerry was a potential "[[dark horse]]" nominee for the [[Democrat Party]] in 2020, if none of the contenders could obtain a majority to win the nomination. However, [[Joe Biden]] was able to seal it. As the [[leftwing]] [[junta]] climate czar, Kerry announced in 2021 that the planet has only 9 years before the climate apocalypse.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/19/john-kerry-says-9-years-left-until-climate-catastrophe/</ref>

==Books by John Kerry==
* John Kerry, [http://www.freekerrybook.org/documents/THENEWSOLDIERPHOTOS_000.PDF ''The New Soldier''], edited by David Thorne, Macmillan Pub Co (October 1971). ISBN 002073610X

==See also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/John Kerry|Articles about '''John Kerry''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Marc Elias]]
*[[Chris Heinz]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/steven-plaut/john-kerrys-sympathy-for-terrorism/ John Kerry’s Pro-Terror Swiftboating]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4phB-_pXDM&feature=youtu.be Audio Recording - John Kerry Admits President Obama Intentionally Armed ISIS in Syria]

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John Kerry

2026-11-07T05:22:55Z

Aschlafly: edited up to China heading

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'''John Forbes Kerry''', born December 11, 1943 (age {{age|1943|12|11}}), is a [[Uighur]] [[holocaust denier]]<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17801/china-climate-deal-genocide</ref> and the [[Biden junta]] climate czar. He formerly was the 68th [[United States Secretary of State]] and formerly served as a U.S. Senator from [[Massachusetts]] since 1984; he was considered one of the more [[liberal]] senators.<ref>http://nationaljournal.c om/voteratings/sen/lib.htm</ref><ref>http://nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/cons.htm</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 Presidential election]], he ran an unsuccessful bid for the [[President of the United States of America|presidency]] as the [[Democrat Party]]'s nominee, losing to [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent president [[George W. Bush]].

Kerry holds a $1 million stake in a Chinese investment group that the U.S. Department of Commerce blacklisted for being "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against [[Uyghur]]s, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/kerry-owns-stake-in-chinese-investment-group-that-funds-company-blacklisted-for-human-rights-abuses/</ref> Kerry was a former Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He became extremely wealthy through his second marriage. Kerry has a record throughout his lifetime and career of betraying U.S. interests and allies.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2021/04/30/john-f-kerry-traitor-emeritus/</ref>

==Biden junta==
<center><big>{{days until|2029|12|31}} Days Until Final Destruction of the Planet'''</big></center>
[[File:Climate Czar Kerry.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Climate Czar John Kerry went to China to discuss climate change and received the cold shoulder. The [[Taliban]] was more welcome. Kerry was given only a video conference with senior leaders, which could have been done from home in the United States.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_us-politics_us-climate-envoy-kerry-gets-cold-shoulder-china/6219223.html</ref>]]
In February 2021, John Kerry announced the planet had only 9 years to live due to the alleged "climate crisis."<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-9-years-john-kerry/</ref>

According to a financial disclosure report Kerry filed in 2021, Kerry holds "over $1,000,000" in investments in Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P. Hillhouse is a top shareholder in YITU Technology, which is involved in China's high-tech surveillance operation against the Uyghur people and helped develop facial surveillance software for the Chinese government that sorts individuals by race and ethnicity, according to the ''New York Times''.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/technology/china-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-racial-profiling.html</ref> In 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce added YITU to its trade restriction blacklist.

The Hillhouse China Value Fund is part of the Hillhouse Capital Group, an investment powerhouse run by Chinese businessman Zhang Lei. Zhang sits on Shanghai's Artificial Intelligence Strategy Expert Advisory Board. Zhang was listed as a member of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, an organization tied to the Chinese government's overseas influence operations.<ref>https://jamestown.org/program/the-china-u-s-exchange-foundation-and-united-front-lobbying-laundering-in-american-politics/</ref> Zhang and Hillhouse group also bankrolled the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence at the government-run Renmin University, according to the school's website. The Chinese government has set a goal of becoming the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, prompting concern from U.S. national security experts who say it is using the technology for militarization and exerting totalitarian-like control over dissidents and domestic minority groups.

As climate Czar, Kerry focused on discussions with China, the top global greenhouse gas producer. Kerry downplayed China's persecution of the Uyghur people while attempting to [[negotiate]] climate change agreements with the Chinese government. "Life is always full of tough choices," said Kerry when asked if it was necessary to trade human rights for climate concessions.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/john-kerry-justifies-climate-change-urgency-over-human-rights-abuses-in-china-life-full-of-tough-choices</ref>

===Logan Act violations===
Junta officials, including John Kerry and Robert Malley, had meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the [[Trump administration]] that were orchestrated to undermine President Trump. Zarif held face-to-face meetings with [[Obama administration]] veterans who could return to power "to devise a political strategy to undermine the Trump administration" and usher in softer diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/21/john-kerry-held-backchannel-talks-iran-javad-zarif/</ref>

===Bohai Harvest RST===
:{{See also|Bohai Harvest RST|China Association for International Friendly Contact}}
Senate investigators concluded,
{{quotebox|The records acquired by the Committees show that [[Hunter Biden]] and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments across the globe. Hunter Biden and [[Devon Archer|Archer]], in particular, formed significant and consistent financial relationships with the corrupt oligarch [[Mykola Zlochevsky]] during their time working for Burisma and their firms made millions of dollars from that association while Joe Biden was vice president and the public face of the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy. Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from [[Elena Baturina]], who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. Moreover, Archer’s apparent receipt of money for a car from Kenges Rakishev of [[Kazakhstan]] while Vice President Biden was in Kyiv is especially concerning in light of the timing. And finally, Biden and Archer’s work with Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime illustrate the deep financial connections that accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office.

Biden and Archer found willing partners in Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime. Their work in China began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with [[Chris Heinz]], Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed [[BHR]] with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.

Hunter Biden’s connections and financial associations appear to have accelerated significantly after he associated himself with [[Ye Jianming]], who had deep connections with the Communist regime and [[PLA]]. However, that didn’t seem to have any impact on Hunter Biden, who made millions from the relationship. Indeed, Hunter Biden and his family, to include James and Sara Biden, associated with other Chinese nationals such as [[Gongwen Dong]]. In one case, the three of them went on a $100,000 global spending spree after Gongwen Dong and Hunter Biden opened a joint account.<ref>[[Ye Jianming]] and his associate Gongwen Dong (aka Kevin"), applied to a bank and opened credit lines for a business named Hudson West III LLC, giving Hunter, Joe Biden's brother James (and James’ wife Sarah Biden), credit cards which the Bidens used to buy extravagant items. The Senate report details a series of transfers and transactions worth millions of US dollars between CEFC, Hudson West and the Bidens.</ref> In addition, Hunter Biden received millions of dollars over a period of years from Gongwen Dong’s companies. According to records acquired by the Committees, many of these transactions involved potential criminal financial activity.<ref>[https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns], U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020, p. 84.</ref>}}
No record of Hunter Biden filing as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign power under the FARA Act exists.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2020/09/26/when-did-hunter-biden-and-associates-file-as-foreign-agents-under-the-fara-act/</ref>

==Secretary of State==
From 2013 to 2017, Kerry was the Secretary of State of the United States of America. In his office, he supported the opposition in the [[Syrian Civil War]] and wanted to attack [[Bashar al-Assad]], but [[Russia]] could persuade him.<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/russia-and-iran-roll-over-john-kerry/</ref>

Kerry was spotted cruising on his luxury boat near [[Nantucket]] during the [[Egypt]]ian crisis in the summer of 2013, which the [[Obama Administration]] initially denied even after being shown a picture that proved it. After the [[Egypt]]ian military had set down the elected President [[Mohamed Morsi]], Kerry said that the army had "restored democracy."<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23543744</ref>

Kerry called [[Russia]] an "Authoritarian Country."<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/curtis-kalin/reset-kerry-calls-russia-authoritarian-country</ref>

On December 28, 2016, just a few weeks before the [[Trump Administration]] was to take office and a few days after the leftist Obama Administration allowed an anti-[[Israel]] resolution to pass the [[United Nations|UN]] and break decades of policy, Kerry gave a major 72-minute<ref>Hanchett, Ian (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/nbcs-neely-kerry-speech-firing-a-flare-across-israel-he-wanted-to-give-it-for-some-time-but-wh-blocked-it/ NBC’s Neely: Kerry Speech ‘Firing a Flare’ ‘Across Israel’ He Wanted To Give It ‘For Some Time’ But WH Blocked It]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> speech viciously attacking Israel and paying worthless lip-service to American "support" for the nation.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/28/kerry-on-israel-peace-un-resolution/ Kerry Attacks Israeli Government, Defends UN Resolution]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] responded harshly but appropriately to the Administration's blatant betrayal.<ref>Key, Pam (December 28, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/12/28/netanyahu-i-must-express-my-deep-disappointment-with-john-kerry-israelis-do-not-need-to-be-lectured/ Netanyahu: ‘I Must Express My Deep Disappointment’ With Kerry — ‘Israelis Do Not Need To Be Lectured’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved December 28, 2016.</ref> Other world leaders, such as [[United Kingdom]] Prime Minister [[Theresa May]], also criticized Kerry.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/12/29/theresa-may-even-britain-pro-israel-obama-kerry-now/ Theresa May Criticizes Kerry for Anti-Israel Speech]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>

===Rosemont Seneca Partners===
:{{See also|Ukrainian collusion}}
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, and Christopher Heinz, John Kerry's stepson, formed Rosemont Seneca Partners, a private equity firm in 2009 with their friend, Devon Archer. The three friends established a series of related [[LLC]]s.<ref>Including Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC, Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, and Rosemont Realty.</ref> It was anchored to Rosemont Capital, the alternative investment fund of the Heinz family fortune.<ref>The Heinz Ketchup family fortune.</ref> The fund grew quickly. According to an email revealed as part of a [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigation, Rosemont described themselves as “a $2.4 billion private equity firm co-owned by Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz,” with Devon Archer as “Managing Partner.”

Archer was convicted in [[Manhattan]] Federal Court for the fraudulent issuance and sale of more than $60 Million of tribal bonds.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/three-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-fraudulent-issuance-and-sale-more-60-million</ref>

===China===
:{{See also|Chinese Communist Party}}
Five months into the [[Obama administration]] in June 2009, Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz, stepson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair John Kerry, formed Rosemont Seneca. The firm partnered with the Thornton Group run by James Bulger, and the Bank of China, to form [[Bohai Harvest RST]] (BHR) in China. Devon Archer is a longtime friend of former Secretary of State John Kerry and of stepson Chris Heinz and James Bulger, the nephew of notorious Boston [[gangster]] "Whitey" Bulger. [[Whitey Bulger]] was the head of the [[Boston]] Irish [[mafia]] who enjoyed federal protection under FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] as an informant.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html</ref> Bulger was convicted of 19 murders that occurred while under Mueller's protection; some have linked the Bulger klan to as many as 52 murders while Mueller ran the Boston FBI field office.<ref>https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html?arc404=true</ref> Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison at the age of 89 a few months before the Mueller Report was released.

The Bank of China is owned by the Chinese government and closely connected with the [[PLA|Chinese military]] and intelligence services. Biden, Heinz, and Archer transferred and sold "duel use" technology to the Chinese military which was used to create the Chinese [[drone]] program and replicate the Chinese version of the [[F-15]] fighter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref>

Bohai Harvest RST (BHR) invested in an app the Chinese left-wing communist government is using to surveil ethnic minority [[Muslim]]s in western China. Over one million Muslims living in the region are now incarcerated in Chinese [[gulag]]s.

===Ukraine===
:{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
In December 2015 ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on ''Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch.'' The story focuses on Hunter Biden, Burisma Holdings, and its owner, [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who was Ukraine's ecology minister under former President [[Viktor F. Yanukovych]] before he was forced into exile.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>

U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia. [[Vice President]] Joe Biden threatens Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General [[Viktor Shokin]] who was investigating his son, Hunter Biden, on the board of the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings. Joe Biden recounted, "'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref>

The status of an independent Ukraine became the focus of much [[fake news]] reporting by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' to drive a wedge between President [[Donald Trump]]'s efforts to improve relations with the [[Russian Federation]] following the disastrous [[foreign policy]] of President [[Barack Obama]], which created a "zone of chaos" throughout the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the Caucus region.

===Iranian collusion===
[[Iran]]ian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed that Kerry informed him of more than 200 [[Israel]]i operations in Syria. Kerry shocked Zarif by revealing that Israel had attacked Iranian targets in [[Syria]] more than 200 times.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/middle-east/2021/04/26/irans-foreign-minister-says-john-kerry-told-him-about-israeli-covert-operations-in-syria/</ref>

==2004 Presidential election==
:''Main article:'' [[United States presidential election, 2004]]
During his 2004 campaign for President, several groups were formed, most notably the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]],<ref>[http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php Swift Vets and POWs for Truth]</ref> to counter the charges of "[[war crimes]]" Kerry repeatedly made against Vietnam veterans (see below) and to call Kerry's military record into question, accusing him of inflicting his own wounds,<ref>[http://www.learnedhand.com/kerryunfitepilogue.htm John Kerry - Unfit For Command]</ref> going to unusual lengths to obtain his Purple Hearts,<ref>[http://www.archive-news.net/Articles/FD040830.html ''Forging a Paper Hero: The Mystery of Kerry’s Medals]</ref> and attacking unarmed civilians. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had been criticized, firstly because no member of the group served on the actual boat that Kerry commanded and secondly for perceived contradiction. As an example, Kerry's commanding officer, George Elliott, signed an affidavit for the Swift Boat veterans claiming that with the information he had now, he would not have recommended Kerry for the military honor, but later repudiated his affidavit, stating that Kerry had deserved the honor.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/]</ref> In 2006, after the election bid, he proceeded to appear on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and joked about assassinating President Bush where he said, in response to Bill Maher's comment about how he could have gone to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone, "Or, I [Kerry] could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone.", with him being shameless enough in the joke that he posted it on his own website. As further indication of [[Liberal bias]], this joke was ignored by the mainstream media, despite their demanding a [[Secret Service]] investigation of GOP senator [[Jesse Helms]] for a similar joke regarding then-President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994.<ref>http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2006/10/john-kerry-jokes-about-assassinating.html</ref> Similarly, the joke was also largely ignored, yet, when [[Ted Nugent]] inferred during a press conference that he'd end up either "dead or in jail" if Obama asked him to serve in the military, the latter ended up sending the [[Secret Service]] to pay Nugent a visit.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5HE26mMmkQ</ref>

===Violation of election laws===
:{{See also|Democrat election fraud}}
In 2007 the [[Federal Election Commission]] fined the Kerry campaign $1.3 million for spending more than federal rules allow during his 2004 Presidential bid. In order to receive public funds, Kerry, a former Democrat senator from Massachusetts, and his running mate, former North Carolina Sen. [[John Edwards]], agreed to spend $74.6 million or less on their general election campaign against President Bush.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4269.html</ref><ref>[https://www.fec.gov/agenda/2007/mtgdoc07-37.pdf Agenda Document No. 07-37], Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2007.</ref> In 2009 the FEC fined a [[George Soros]]-backed group $775,000 for its unregulated spending during the 2004 election on behalf of [[Democrat]]s, including Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kerry.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/2100-501563_162-3222390.html</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
===Iraq War===
:''Main article:'' [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|Iraqi war]]
Kerry voted to give President George W. Bush the authority to go to [[Iraq War|war with Iraq]] in 2002, although in his 2004 Presidential bid he campaigned as being opposed to the war, and later said regarding his vote to give the President that authority, "There's nothing - nothing - in my life in public service I regret more, nothing even close. We should all be willing to say: I was wrong, I should not have voted for the Iraq War Resolution."<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-kerry/mistakes-and-responsibili_b_31482.html</ref> Kerry's initial vote on the matter and subsequent revision on the topic caused many to label him a "flip-flopper" during his 2004 presidential bid.<ref>[http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040716-083945-7626r.htm Kerry’s skewed priorities], ''The Washington Times'', July 16, 2004.</ref>

On October 30, 2006, eight days before the 2006 elections, Kerry was a headline speaker at a campaign rally being held for unsuccessful Democrat [[California]] gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. Speaking to an audience composed mainly of college students, Kerry said, "
{{Cquote|You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.}}
After being criticized by President Bush and other leaders, in an effort to be funny Kerry stated "Let me make it crystal clear, as crystal clear as I know how. I apologize to no one for my criticism of the president and of his broken policy."

After two days, Kerry wrote an apology on his [[blog]], claiming to be sorry if anyone 'misinterpreted his comments'.

==Military career ==
Kerry enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in February 1966 and began active service that August as Ensign aboard the USS Gridley, a Guided Missile Frigate deployed in the [[Gulf of Tonkin]]. During his tour of duty, Kerry requested his second tour be in Vietnam, listing his preferred position as commanding a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF) or "Swift Boat." His request was granted, and on November 17, 1968, he reported to Cam Ranh Bay for a month of training.

The Swift Boats had been considered to be a safe place to be during the war, but during that time their role was changed to become more dangerous and combat oriented. During his few months of service, Kerry recommended himself for the [[Silver Star]], the [[Bronze Star]], and three [[Purple Heart]]s. After his third minor injury, he was permitted to request reassignment as per Navy instruction 1300.39 and left Vietnam on April 2, 1969, less than 5 months after arriving.

Upon returning stateside, he served as personal aide to Rear Admiral Walter Schlech until March 1970, when his active duty obligation had ended. Kerry continued serving in the Naval Reserves until February 1972.

===Vietnam record===
[[Image:437px-The New Soldier.jpg|right|thumb|Kerry's book, ''The New Soldier'' with [[VVAW]] activists flying the American flag upside down.]]
Kerry's military service in the [[Vietnam War]] has been tainted with his subsequent distortion of facts regarding his tour of duty which was exposed during the 2004 presidential election. Marine Corps Maj. Michael E. McBride wrote in Townhall.com, Mr. Kerry "has always had the power to clear up any of the Swiftboater challenges; all he had to do is allow the Navy to distribute unaltered copies of his service record, medical records, and DD214. It is essential that these records come from [[Department of Defense]], so that they cannot be tampered with by Kerry or his supporters. The DOD copies are the true copies of record and the only viable evidence for these matters." Maj. McBride, citing Mr. Kerry's long reluctance to do so, goes on to write, "it is unlikely that any credible evidence exists to refute the base charges of the Swiftboaters."

He concludes, "If any of my ex-squadron mates dumped on me like the Swift boat vets are dumping on Kerry, my records would have been available the next day ... ."<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/COMMENTARY/847826179&template=nextpage</ref>

Kerry also claimed on multiple occasions to have been in [[Cambodia]] during the Christmas of 1968. When his claim was shown to be very improbable, his subordinates agreed that he was incorrect, but stated he was still there at a later time—a claim that likewise is considered to be dubious.<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40056</ref>

An internal memorandum for Attorney General John Mitchell from a Nixon staffer released by the National Archives in July 2007 revealed the [[Nixon]] White House had considered recruiting John Kerry. The memorandum states in part,
{{Cquote|He was asked the direct question of how he voted in 1968. He said "if he had voted (which he did not), he would have voted for Nixon."<ref>[http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/donated/042671_chotiner.pdf Memo from Chotiner to Mitchell], April 26, 1971.</ref> }}

===Allegations against fellow veterans===
[[File:Winter Soldier inquisition.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Sen. [[Edward M. Kennedy]] with John Kerry during the so-called [http://www.wintersoldier.com/index.php?topic=NewSoldier "Winter Soldier Investigation"].]]
Upon returning from Vietnam, Kerry joined [[Vietnam Veterans Against the War]] (VVAW), and became a chief spokesman for the anti-war movement.

Controversially referring to US servicemen in Vietnam before Sen. [[William Fulbright]]'s Foreign Affairs Committee as having been sent "''to die for the biggest mistake in history''," Kerry alleged that the military had "''created a monster''" in the form of violence-prone American soldiers, and recounted that soldiers had personally recollected stories of having "''personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads''," of Vietnamese citizens and rampaging across Vietnam "''[razing] villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan''".<ref>[http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/JohnKerryTestimony.html John Kerry's Testimony before the Senate Foerein Relations Committee, April 22, 1971], Editorial Notes by Dr. Ernest Bolt, University of Richmond.</ref> That these acts were "''not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command''."<ref>Ibid.</ref>

On NBC's ''Meet The Press'' in 1971, Kerry was asked whether he had personally committed atrocities in Vietnam. He responded:
{{Cquote|''There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the [[Geneva Convention]]s and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are [[war criminal]]s.''"<ref>[http://hnn.us/articles/3552.html Vietnam 30 Years later: What John Kerry Said on Meet the Press], George Mason University, History News Network</ref>}}

==Later life==
In May 2018, Kerry was caught engaging in "shadow diplomacy" with Iranian and European officials in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to save the [[Iran nuclear deal]] that he helped negotiate in 2015, a possible violation of the [[Logan Act]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Shaw, Adam (May 5, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/05/john-kerry-under-fire-for-reported-shadow-diplomacy-to-save-iran-deal.html John Kerry under fire for reported 'shadow diplomacy' to save Iran deal]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Stracqualursi, Veronica (May 7, 2018). [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/05/politics/john-kerry-iran-deal/ John Kerry engaging in shadow diplomacy to salvage Iran deal: The Boston Globe]. ''CNN''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Hayward, John (May 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/05/05/report-former-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-working-with-iran-to-save-nuclear-deal/ Report: John Kerry Engaging in ‘Shadow Diplomacy’ with Iran to Save Nuclear Deal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
See also:
*Singman, Brooke (May 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/trump-warns-kerry-to-stay-away-from-iran-negotiations-ahead-crucial-announcement.html Trump warns Kerry to 'stay away' from Iran negotiations ahead of crucial announcement]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
*Boyer, Dave; Miller, S.A. (May 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/trump-kerry-possibly-illegal-private-talks-iran/ Trump slams Kerry over ‘possibly illegal’ private talks with Iran]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 8, 2018.</ref>

Kerry was a potential "[[dark horse]]" nominee for the [[Democrat Party]] in 2020, if none of the contenders could obtain a majority to win the nomination. However, [[Joe Biden]] was able to seal it. As the [[leftwing]] [[junta]] climate czar, Kerry announced in 2021 that the planet has only 9 years before the climate apocalypse.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/19/john-kerry-says-9-years-left-until-climate-catastrophe/</ref>

==Books by John Kerry==
* John Kerry, [http://www.freekerrybook.org/documents/THENEWSOLDIERPHOTOS_000.PDF ''The New Soldier''], edited by David Thorne, Macmillan Pub Co (October 1971). ISBN 002073610X

==See also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/John Kerry|Articles about '''John Kerry''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Marc Elias]]
*[[Chris Heinz]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/steven-plaut/john-kerrys-sympathy-for-terrorism/ John Kerry’s Pro-Terror Swiftboating]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4phB-_pXDM&feature=youtu.be Audio Recording - John Kerry Admits President Obama Intentionally Armed ISIS in Syria]

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Ku Klux Klan

2026-11-07T05:15:22Z

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[[File:Ku-Klux-Klan-By-Democrats-For-Democrats-600x600.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Klan was founded as the militant terrorist arm of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]].<ref>https://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-ku-klux-klan-was-terrorist-arm-of_56.html</ref>]]
The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK''') is the traditional militant terrorist wing of the [[Democratic party|Democrat Party]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Whites_Blacks_and_Racist_Democrats.html?id=qbkBRQAACAAJ Whites, Blacks and Racist Democrats: The Untold Story of Race & Politics Within the Democratic Party from 1792-2009], Wayne Perryman, Book Publishers Network, 2010.</ref> It was founded by [[Confederate]] general [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] along with James R. Crowe and Frank O. McCord (all Democrats) on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, [[Tennessee]], and became known as "the invisible empire of the South" in which members represented themselves as ghosts of the Confederate dead returning to terrorize African Americans and Republicans (about 1,300 white Republicans were killed and lynched by the KKK), as also confirmed by Democrat historian [[Eric Foner]].<ref>https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/ku-klux-klan-threat-1868</ref><ref>https://eu.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2017/09/25/many-whites-were-lynched-fighting-racism-opinion/700690001/</ref><ref>http://www.inconvenienthypocrites.com/history-of-kkk-hanging-1300-white-republicans-for-supporting-black-freedom-against-the-democrats/</ref><ref>https://quotepark.com/quotes/1746722-eric-foner-in-effect-the-klan-was-a-military-force-serving-t/</ref><ref>https://gohmert.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399819</ref><ref>https://www.paesesera.toscana.it/nasce-il-ku-klux-klan/</ref> In 2014, ironically, the Klan recognized [[diversity]] and opened its doors to [[Jew]]s, [[homosexual]]s, [[black]]s and people of [[Hispanic]] origin.<ref name="dailymail_article">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html</ref>

Violent [[leftist]]s, who founded the Klan and have been loyal [[Democrat]]s since its original inception, are now appealing to groups they had previously persecuted.<ref name="dailymail_article"/> The rise of the Ku Klux Klan was the beginning of a long history of [[Democrat election fraud]] that continued into the modern era.

The Anti-Catholic Protestant KKK fought against the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Cristeros]] in [[Mexico]] in favor of a secular Masonic government.

==History==
[[File:Lynch.jpg|thumb|450px|right|The first victims (yellow line) were Republican [[carpetbagger]]s; once they were driven out the Democrats turned on Blacks (blue line). Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro yearbook.]]
{{See also|History of Democrat racism|}}
The Klan had three incarnations in the USA. Several prominent Democrats were members of the KKK including Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life. Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party when they were mostly left-leaning [[New Deal]]ers, including a number of Southern [[segregation]]ists) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization when the Klan supported [[gun control]]<ref>Eddlem, Thomas R. (September 9, 2014). [https://thenewamerican.com/the-racist-origin-of-america-s-gun-control-laws/ The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref><ref>Blow, Charles M. (January 7, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/opinion/gun-control-and-white-terror.html Gun Control and White Terror]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref> and have opposed [[school choice]].<ref>Wallace, Jerry L. (July 14, 2014). [https://coolidgefoundation.org/blog/the-ku-klux-klan-in-calvin-coolidges-america/ The Ku Klux Klan in Calvin Coolidge’s America]. ''Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref>

The Klan, beginning in the 1860s, was a violent effort by white Southern Democrats to fight [[Republican]] [[Reconstruction]] efforts to recognize full citizenship rights of Blacks after the [[Civil War]]. Reconstruction was ended as a political compromise to resolve the exceedingly close presidential election of 1876. Owing to this, the Klan Democrats often targeted those belonging to the Republican Party to death.

The second Klan flourished nationwide for a few years in the 1920s as state and district organizers profited handsomely by signing up millions of members, selling them distinctive white-robe costumes. The Klan voiced strong support for prohibition, opposed sexual immorality and promoted [[racism]], anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and immigration restriction. Dramatic scandals inside the organization and lack of organizational structure caused the Klan to collapse quickly in the late 1920s. By 1928 it was practically defunct.

The third Klan comprised unrelated hate groups that sprang up in the South in the 1960s to fight integration, but it largely fell apart with the defeat of [[President Jimmy Carter]] in 1980.<ref>http://www.fumento.com/arson/wsjfire.html</ref>

===First Klan===
[[File:Leaders of the Democratic Party.jpg|right|300px|thumb| Leaders of the Democratic Party. The Butcher Forrest is [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]], founder of the Ku Klux Klan. ''Library of Congress''<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661705/ Leaders of the Democratic Party: The rioter Seymour ... The butcher Forrest ... The pirate Semmes ... The hangman Hampton ...], Thomas Nast, 1868. Library of Congress.</ref>]]
{{See also|Insurrection Act#Posse Comitatus Act}}
The first KKK was a movement of Democrats who opposed [[Reconstruction]]. It was founded in 1865 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflict violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref> Its purpose was to take control and return Democrats to power. One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Attempts were made to break up the Klan by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act).

Republicans stripped [[white]] [[male]]s who engaged in rebellion against the [[United States]] of the [[vote]], and gave it to Blacks. Newly freed Blacks held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions as Republicans. The white males who were deprived of the vote were also barred from holding any civil service position and were universally Democrats. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats, so they formed the Ku Klux Klan to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.

The Ku Klux Klan started attacking Black Republican conventions. At the Republican convention in Louisiana, the Klan joined with [[New Orleans]] police and New Orleans' Democrat mayor. The New Orleans Republican convention was attacked. 40 Blacks and 20 whites were killed. Another 150 were wounded. In 1868, the Democrats put out push cards in South Carolina listing what they called the 'radical' members of the South Carolina legislature. A push card is about the size of a baseball card. The cards had the pictures of 63 legislators they wanted to kill. 50 of the legislators were Black and 13 were white. All 63 were Republicans. On the back of the card was the name of the legislator.
[[Image:Artoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"'Tis but a change of banners." A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democrat Party as continuations of the Confederacy]]
In 1872 Congress held hearings on the Klan. Democrat leaders from Democrat States admitted under oath unequivocally that the Klan belonged to the Democrat party and their purpose was to restore control in Southern states to the Democratic party. The Congressional Hearings make up 13 volumes. Black congressmen John Roy Lynch and Richard Cain went to Congress armed for fear of Klan attacks. Blacks testified that they were instructed by the Klan and Democrats that, if they would stop voting the Republican ticket and would agree to vote the straight Democrat ticket, all the violence against Blacks would stop.

By 1876, the situation had become ungovernable for Republicans.<ref>"the Compromise of 1877, which resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876 by awarding the presidency to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes (who had lost the popular vote) in exchange for the removal of federal troops from the South after the Civil War (which benefited Democrats, who wished to end Reconstruction and return white supremacy to southern state governments)." [https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/gilded-age/a/gilded-age-politics-patronage Gilded Age politics: patronage]. khanacademy.org</ref> The Republicans had been able to pass the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which guaranteed Blacks basic equality and civil rights, but eventually had to declare an amnesty for whites who engaged in rebellion. Reconstruction ended, and Republicans withdrew from [[social engineering]] which had divided the country so deeply and stirred up such bitterness and hatred among Democrats toward both Blacks and Republicans. Reconstruction earned Republicans the undying [[hatred]] of Democrats.<ref>See for example [https://youtu.be/-yY7g2jOquM James O'Keefe debate with Hairy Hillbilly Hippie] for an example of a partisan Democrat who votes against his own economic interests.</ref><ref>See excerpt from [[Dinesh D'Souza]]'s, ''[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dinesh-dsouza-the-secret-history-of-the-democratic-party Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party]'', Regnery Publishing, July 18, 2016.</ref>

[[African American]]s in the South were left to the mercy of increasingly hostile state governments dominated by white Democratic legislatures; neither the legislatures, law enforcement nor the courts worked to protect freedmen.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties|author=Finkelman, Paul|year=2006}}</ref> As [[Democrats]] regained power in the late 1870s, they struggled to suppress black voting through intimidation and fraud at the polls. [[Paramilitary]] groups such as the [[Red Shirts]] acted on behalf of the Democrats to suppress black voting. From 1890 to 1908, 10 of the 11 former Confederate states passed disfranchising constitutions or amendments,<ref>{{cite book|title=Democracy's Privileged Few|author=Chafetz, Joshua Aaron|year=2007}}</ref> with provisions for [[poll tax]]es,<ref name="Klarman, Michael J. 2004">{{cite book|title=From Jim Crow to Civil Rights|author=Klarman, Michael J.|year=2004}}</ref> residency requirements, [[literacy test]]s,<ref name="Klarman, Michael J. 2004"/> and [[grandfather clause]]s that effectively disfranchised most black voters and many poor white people. The disfranchisement also meant that black people could not serve on juries or hold any political office, which were restricted to voters; those who could not vote were excluded from the political system.

According to the BrainPOP movie about Reconstruction, the first iteration of the KKK began to decline during the presidency of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]].

===Second Klan===
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[[File:Oregon KKK March 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Oregon Klansman in the 1920s.]]
The second KKK in the 1920s was less violent with a membership that reached hundreds of thousands—possibly millions—of men in every state. It was mostly a [[Ponzi scheme]], whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes). When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership. No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers. There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified. In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.

In [[Oregon]] during 1922, the Klan and their ally Gov. [[Walter M. Pierce]] successfully pushed to end [[school choice]] with the Compulsory Public Education Act,<ref>[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/packets/1 "Mixing the Devil's Broth": The KKK and the Compulsory Education Act of 1922]. ''Oregon Encyclopedia''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref><ref>Donohue, Bill (June 30, 2020). [https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/scotus-school-choice-decision-win-against-anti-catholic-bigotry SCOTUS School Choice Decision Is a Win Against Anti-Catholic Bigotry]. ''CNS News''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> which required all children in the state to attend [[public schools]] where their minds could not be free from [[indoctrination]].<ref name=piercevssocietyofsisters>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/court-cases/pierce-v-society-sisters Pierce v. Society of Sisters]. ''encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2012/oralpres/6/ The Quiet Bigotry of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act]. ''PDXScholar''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref><ref>Kirsanow, Peter (March 3, 2021). [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-escape-from-progressive-education/ No Escape from Progressive Education]. ''National Review''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> It effectively shut down private Catholic schools, which the KKK despised.<ref>Streit, Katie (July 22, 2020). [https://kobi5.com/news/local-news/the-history-of-racism-in-southern-oregon-part-two-133142/ The history of racism in Southern Oregon: part two]. ''KOTI-TV-NBC2''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref> The measure was supported by the public school establishment and opposed by blacks, Catholics, Jews, Lutherans, and Adventists. It was struck down three years later by the unanimous [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] decision in ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]'', with the opinion notably stating:<ref name=piercevssocietyofsisters/>
{{cquote|The child is not the mere creature of the state.}}
At the 1924 Democratic National Convention, the big fight was over a resolution denouncing the Klan; party elder statesman and three-time presidential nominee [[William Jennings Bryan]], spoke for two hours in opposition to the plank condemning the Klan by name.<ref>(June 9, 1924). [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/240629convention-dem-ra.html Convention, by One Vote, Defeats Plank Naming Klan, Bryan, in Bitter Debate, Pleading for Party Unity; Proposal for League Referendum Wins, Despite Baker..]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> After furious debate, the resolution failed by a vote of 542.85 in favor to 546.15 opposed.<ref>[http://armored-column.com/the-democratic-klanbake-1924/ Democratic "Klanbake" Convention]</ref> The soaring temperatures gave the convention the name, the Klanbake. At its peak in the mid-1920s, the KKK claimed to include about 15% of the nation's eligible voters, approximately 4–5 million people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2730 |title=Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century |author=Lay, Shawn |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Coker College }}</ref> The Klan split within the Democratic party over cultural issues, especially [[Prohibition]], which facilitated Republican landslides in 1920, 1924 and 1928. A series of scandals rocked the KKK's reputation and the group somewhat faded after the 1924 Democratic National Convention.

In 1937 President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] appointed Alabama Senator [[Hugo Black]] to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings. In ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]'', Black voted to uphold [[President Roosevelt]]'s mass arrests and incarceration of [[Japanese]] men, women, and children based on [[race]].<ref>[https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us Facts and Case Summary — Korematsu v. U.S.]. ''United States Courts''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>
[[File:FDR Truman and KKK.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|Despite historical revisionism, FDR and Truman were in bed with the Klan.<ref>Lord, Jeffrey (August 18, 2017). [https://spectator.org/cuomo-and-de-blasio-ignore-klan-ally-fdr/ Cuomo and De Blasio Ignore Klan Ally FDR]. ''The American Spectator''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>]]

===Third Klan===
The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters. There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions. It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests. The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian. Some Klansmen today practice [[Christian Identity]], which has also been condemned by every other [[Christian]] denomination.

Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] joined the Klan in the 1940s and was unanimously elected to the rank of [[Exalted Cyclops]] for his inborn leadership skills.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">Pianin, Eric. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801105_pf.html A Senator's Shame: Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK]. Washington Post, 2005-06-19, pp. A01</ref><ref>https://allthatsinteresting.com/famous-kkk-members</ref> He repeatedly expressed his desire for the Klan to expand to its previous size and power, once remarking in a letter that "The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the nation."<ref>King, Colbert I. [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2003/commentary/works/king2.html Sen. Byrd: The view from Darrell's barbershop], Washington Post, March 2, 2002</ref>
[[File:KKKrally1946.JPG|left|300px|thumb|Ku Klux Klan rally, unknown location, August, 1951]]
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy raging over the idea of racially integrating the military. In his book When ''Jim Crow Met John Bull'', Graham Smith referred to a letter written that year by Byrd, when he was 28 years old, to fellow Klansman Sen. [[Theodore Bilbo]] of [[Mississippi]], in which Byrd vowed never to fight:
{{Cquote|Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.}} Bilbo told ''[[Meet the Press]]'' in a 1949 interview: {{cquote|No man can leave the Klan. He takes an oath not to do that. Once a Ku Klux, always a Ku Klux.<ref>[http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf Robert L. Fleegler, "Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947"],''The Journal of Mississippi History'', Spring 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160103063503/http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bilbo.pdf]</ref>}}
[[File:RR-KKK.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ronald Reagan]] starred as the crusading district attorney battling the Klan in this 1951 film.<ref>See [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044075/usercomments analysis of film]</ref>]]
Democrats tried to block passage of the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] by filibustering for 75 hours, led by a 14-hour and 13-minute speech by the Exalted Cyclops Sen. Byrd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Byrd Says He Regrets Voting For Patriot Act |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Common Dreams NewsCenter|Common Dreams]] |date=February 28, 2006 |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |accessdate=|deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919043913/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0228-07.htm |archivedate=September 19, 2006 }}</ref> The law was intended to block Republican gains in the South followed by buying off Blacks with [[Great Society]] [[welfare]] and [[affirmative action]] programs. By the 1960s the Klan was so thoroughly infiltrated by [[FBI]] informers, the joke existed that a Klan cell of 6 members often consisted of 5 FBI informants and one klansman. In 1981, when the Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in 28 years, the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd was again elected Democrat Senate Leader to oppose [[Ronald Reagan]].

[[David Duke]] was a [[Democrat]] at the time of his official membership with the Klan and founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP). Duke quit the Klan and the Democrat party and was elected to the Louisiana state legislature. When Duke registered to run for higher office in a Republican primary, the [[Republican National Committee]] disavowed Duke and repudiated his racist views.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1176548.html RNC Condemns Ex-Klansman Duke], ''[[Washington Post]]'', February 25, 1989. {{dead link}}</ref>

==21st Century==
[[File:Blmhillary (1).jpg|left|350px|thumb|The teaching of [[Black history]] has led to a new appreciation of the [[Democratic party]]'s role in relationship to Blacks.]]
By the 1990s there were fewer than 10,000 members of the Klan. Many so-called "chapters" or "hate groups," as measured by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]'s newsletter ''Klanwatch'', consisted of a single individual. The threat emanating from the Klan was often exaggerated to serve as a fundraising tool for anti-racist watchdog organizations. Chat rooms and discussion boards were set up by anti-racist watchdog groups in the hopes of baiting in a young person to identify who may be susceptible to extremist recruiting. These chat rooms and discussion groups also served the dual purpose of making the Klan threat appear larger than it actually was for fundraising purposes.
[[File:Biden racial jungle.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden: "My children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle."<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-racial-jungle-quote/</ref>]]
During the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the KKK (along with former Klansman [[David Duke]]), in possible [[collusion]] with the Democrat Party, pretended to "support" [[Donald Trump]] for president as part of a strategy to discredit Trump and make sure he would lose the election by making a false connection between the KKK and the Republicans (as the Democrats do as their usual<ref>[http://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/ The Democrat Race Lie] at Black & Right</ref>). However, because the Republicans have always opposed the KKK and despise what it stands for,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2016/07/the-ugly-history-of-democratic-suppression-of-blacks/ The Ugly History of Democratic Suppression of Blacks] at WND</ref> and because the Democrat-KKK connection is public knowledge despite the efforts of Democrats and liberals (particularly in the [[mainstream media]]) to bury and deny this historic fact,<ref>[http://blackrepublican.blogspot.ca/2015/10/the-ku-klux-klan-was-terrorist-arm-of_56.html The Ku Klux Klan was the Terrorist Arm of the Democrat Party]</ref> the KKK scheme to try to discredit Trump by publicly pretending to endorse him backfired as he rejected the "endorsement" and the public saw through the KKK's ruse, leading KKK Grand Dragon Will Quigg, who formerly pretended to support Trump, to show his and his organization's true colors, and those of the Democrats, by now publicly supporting Democrat nominee [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/ku-klux-klan-grand-dragon-will-quigg-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Will Quigg Endorses Hillary Clinton for President] at U.S. News & World Report</ref> Hillary, who has [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#Racism|her own history of racism]] and whose mentor, late Democrat senator [[Robert Byrd]], was himself a longtime KKK leading member,<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> did not reject the KKK's campaign endorsement of her, which was one of the contributing factors toward her downfall in the election as Trump won the presidency, ultimately making the Democrat-KKK scheme against him fruitless. In multiple [[George Soros]] funded protests against Trump, many liberals dressed themselves in KKK robes and pretended to "support" Trump, holding signs that said "KKK wants Trump" and "Make America White Again" while the DNC created an attack ad claiming that the KKK is "actively supporting" Trump.<ref>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQOYADCDSyY</ref>

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* Feldman, Glenn. ''Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949''. (1999).
* Fryer, Jr. Roland G. and Steven D. Levitt. "Hatred and Profits: Getting under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan," ''National Bureau of Economic Research,'' September 2007, [http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/13417.html abstract]; [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:cyuQ-5WfsXAJ:www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/papers/Hatred%2520and%2520Profits,%2520Getting%2520Under%2520the%2520Hood%2520of%2520the%2520Ku%2520Klux%2520Klan.pdf+%22Hatred+and+Profits%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us full text online]
* George, John, and Laird Wilcox. ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists & Others'' (1996) 443 pgs. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/american-extremists-militias-supremacists-klansmen-communists-and-others-by-john-george-laird-wilcox.jsp online edition]
* Glaeser, Edward L. “The Political Economy of Hatred.” ''Quarterly Journal of Economics.'' 2005. Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 45–86. [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2005.120.1.45 abstract], goes well beyond the KKK
* Goldberg, Robert Alan. ''Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado.'' (1981).
* Horn, Stanley F. ''Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871'' (1939)
::Horn, born in 1889, was a Southern historian who was sympathetic to the first Klan, which, in a 1976 oral interview,<ref>http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Research/ohisrch.html</ref> he was careful to distinguish from the later "spurious Ku Klux organization which was in ill-repute—and, of course, had no connection whatsoever with the Klan of Reconstruction days."
* Jackson, Kenneth T. ''The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930.'' (1992)
* MacLean, Nancy. ''Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.'' (1994)
* McVeigh, Rory. “Power Devaluation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Democratic National Convention of 1924.” ''Sociological Forum'' 2001. 16(1):1-30.
* Moore, Leonard J. ''Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928'' (1991). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/citizen-klansmen-the-ku-klux-klan-in-indiana-1921-1928-by-leonard-j-moore.jsp online edition]
* Parsons, Elaine Frantz, "Midnight Rangers: Costume and Performance in the Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan." ''The Journal of American History'' 92.3 (2005): 811–36. [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/92.3/parsons.html in History Cooperative]
* Pegram, Thomas R. "Hoodwinked: The Anti-Saloon League and the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Prohibition Enforcement." ''Journal of Gilded Age and Progressive era'' 7.1 (2008): [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jga/7.1/pegram.html online].
* Rhodes, James Ford. ''History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896. Volume: 7.'' (1920)
* Trelease, Allen W. ''White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction'' (1995).
* Wade, Wyn Craig. ''The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America''. (1987); a highly negative account of all three Klans, based on extensive research but not familiar with recent scholarship.

==See also==
*[[Star and Crescent]]
*[[White supremacy]]
*[[Roy Everett Frankhouser, Jr]]
*[[Lyndon LaRouche]]
*[[Joe Biden]]
*[[Birth control and racism]]

==Related==
In "The new KKK is radical Islam," it was explained:{{Cquote|
Radical Islam is the 21st century version of the KKK, the sooner we understand that, understand what radical Islamic revolution seeks to protect, the sooner we can begin eradicating it through liberating minds and people. In terms of its scope, it’s genocidal tendencies Radical Islam is comparable to Nazism, the Comrade Rouge or the Houthis but in terms of political agenda is really a successor to the KKK. Like the KKK, radical Islam seeks to preserve a way of life at the expense and domination of other groups. In the case Wahabbist variation it is the “protection” by domination of Sunni Arab against minorities such as the Shia, The Druze, Copts, Berbers, Circassians, Jews, Kurds, Yazidi, Assyrians, Syria, Mehari, Arameans, Baha’i, Mandeans, and others who exist as religious groups, ethnic groups, ethno-religious groups and many of whom live as a majority in substantial territory dominated by Sunni ethnocentric groups.
The KKK was a terrorist group that formed after the South lost the civil war as a response to the freeing of slaves and desire to maintain a form of tyranny over the “other.” Like Islamic radicals they believed in their own superiority and the superiority of their “civilization” and furthermore they believed themselves to be moralistic “Knights” in the cause of their religion and that such a cause could be used to justify the targeting and murder of innocent civilians in the name of both religion and race.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/blogs/middle-east-by-midwest/the-new-kkk-radical-islam-410643 The new KKK is radical Islam].
By Marc Dubey. ''The Jerusalem Post''.June 30, 2015.</ref>}}

==References==
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==Critical external links==
* [http://reactor-core.org/original-kkk.html The History of the Original Ku Klux Klan] - by an anonymous author sympathetic to the original Klan {{dead link}}
* W. S. Simkins, "Why the Ku Klux," 4 ''The Alcalde'' (June 1916): 735–748. [http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/simkins.html online]; Simkins (1842–1929) was an organizer of the KKK in Florida in 1868, and a law professor when he wrote this memoir.
* [http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixA.htm Full text of the Klan Act of 1871]
**[http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixB.htm simplified version]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-694 Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2730 Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)

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Nazi Party

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| leader = [[Anton Drexler]] (1920–21) [[Adolf Hitler]] (1921–45) [[Martin Bormann]] (1945)
| parleader = [[Hermann Göring]] (1932–45)
| foundation = February 24, 1920
| headquarters = Brown House, Munich, Germany
| ideology = [[National Socialism]] [[Anti-Semitism]] Anti-Capitalism Pan-Germanism
| position = ''Fiscal'': [[Socialism]] ''Social'': [[Leftism]], [[Racism]]
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The '''Nazi Party''' ('''NSDAP''', formally the ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or in English ''National Socialist German Workers' Party''<ref>"Nazi" comes from the first word in the party's name, '''Na'''tionalso'''zi'''alistische.
</ref>) was a left-wing [[totalitarian]] movement and [[political party]] in [[Germany]] from 1920 to 1945. After 1921, it was controlled by [[Adolf Hitler]]. In January 1933 the Nazis came to national power in Germany and took control of the government and most sectors of Germany's society and economy. The Nazi regime in Germany 1933–45 called itself the '''[[Third Reich]]'''.<ref>The German ''Drittes Reich'' means "Third Empire", after the [[Holy Roman Empire]] of 900–1806 and the [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918.</ref>

The Nazis rearmed Germany, started [[World War II]] in Europe, conquered its neighboring countries, murdered between 5.5 and 6 million Jews and an additional five million non-Jewish victims in the [[Holocaust]] and were finally destroyed by the [[Allies]] (the [[United States]], [[Britain]] and the [[Soviet Union]], along with smaller countries) in 1945. Like Hitler, the Nazis have since become synonymous with evil in the modern world.

Despite being called National Socialist, its propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels indicated that the philosophy of the Nazi Party was composed of the German Left, specifically that they despise "[[bourgeoise]] [[nationalism]]." In addition, Hitler condemned the Soviet Union and Communism, and after rising to power, outlawed Germany's Communist Party and imprisoned and executed Communists, as he saw the Communists as a rival to the Nazis for control of the far-Left.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080410211317/http://constitutionalistnc.tripod.com/hitler-leftist/ Hitler was a Leftist]</ref> Hitler advocated a form of fascism, and in fact, the National Fascist Party, an Italian political party, led by Hitler's future ally, Benito Mussolini, at the same time, had similar policies.

==Foundations==
[[File:Nazi German leaders.jpg|thumb|225px|From left to right: [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Hermann Goering]] [[Joseph Goebbels]], and [[Rudolf Hess]]. Photo taken around 1933–34.]]
[[File:Nuremberg Rally, 1938.jpg|thumb|225px|Nazi rally in [[Nuremberg]], 1938.]]
[[File:Nazi Communist picket 1932.jpg|thumb|right|340px|Nazis and Communists jointly picketing at the [[Berlin transport strike]] during November 1932.]]
[[Adolf Hitler]] exploited the myth of the "Stab in the Back," the belief that the [[World War I]] had been lost because "disloyal" elements within Germany – [[Jews]] and [[Marxism|Marxists]] – had undermined the war effort. As [[William Shirer]] put it in ''The Rise and Fall of the [[Third Reich]]'',

<blockquote>
"To him, as to almost all Germans, it was 'monstrous' and undeserved. The German army had not been defeated in the field. It had been stabbed in the back by the traitors at home.

Thus emerged for [[Hitler]], as or so many Germans, a fanatical belief in the legend of the 'stab in the back' which, more than anything else, was to undermine the Weimar Republic and pave the way for Hitler’s ultimate triumph."
<ref name=rise>''The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'', Book One, "The Rise of Adolf Hitler".</ref>
</blockquote>

The origin of the Nazi Party was a small group originally called the "Committee of Independent Workmen", founded by a toolmaker and locksmith named [[Anton Drexler]] in 1918. It had been set up in reaction to the [[Marxism]] of the free trade unions.<ref name=rise /> A year later in January 1919, Drexler's group merged with another group, the "Political Workers' Circle" to form a new party known as the "German Workers' Party" (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or DAP).<ref>Shoah Resource Center, http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205946.pdf</ref><ref>Germanculture.com, http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa012400b.htm</ref>

Adolf Hitler joined the DAP in September 1919 and was put in charge of propaganda in early 1920. Hitler transformed this small group into what we now know as the Nazi Party through his great skill in politics and public speaking. In February 1920, the words "National Socialist" were added to the party name and it became the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" (''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or NSDAP).<ref>McNab, Chris (2009). ''The Third Reich''</ref> This is proof that the Nazis were [[liberal]], despite liberals' claims otherwise. The Storm Troopers (''Sturmabteilung'', [[Brownshirts|SA]]) in their distinctive brown uniforms, were organized first to keep order and kick out hecklers at Nazi meetings, then to break up the meetings of other parties and to protect Nazi Party meetings. The ''hakenkreuz'' (literally: "hooked cross") was adopted as the party's symbol which was used in their revolutionary blood red flag. In July 1921, Hitler became party chairman, and declared himself leader (''Führer'') of the party.<ref>McNab, (2009). ''The Third Reich''</ref>

*Here we have the core of Nazism: (i) a very strong dose of German anti-semitism (with a paranoid belief in a conspiracy between Jewish financiers who control the capitalist economy and steal from the Germans, Jewish liberal intellectuals who preach humanism and enfeeble the Germans, and Jewish communists who seek to enslave the Germans; (ii) a belief in the German nation and the "aryan" German race as an entity with a special, heroic destiny; (iii) war as the ultimate test of national strength and worth; and (iv) conquest—with extermination or removal of the resident population—to create more "living space" for the German people and larger fields for the German farmers. Add to this (a) the "leadership principle" (''Führerprinzip'') --a hatred of parliamentary institutions, and a belief that a good political order sees an inspired leader giving people vision and commands (rather than seeing parliamentarians haggle and compromise on behalf of interest groups)--(b) the use of terror to obtain obedience, and (c) the desire to make sure that all of society's organizations serve the national cause, and you have Nazism.<ref>http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Alternatives12.html</ref>

==Antisemitism==
The Nazis were highly [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] and blamed the Jews for many of the problems in Germany, such as the defeat in [[World War I]].
The Nazis passed the [[Nuremberg Laws]] in 1935 which stated that:
* Young German women could not work for Jews in the domestic services.
* Jews were no longer citizens of Germany (this meant that they had no protection from the police and so were susceptible to attack)
* Jewish doctors were not allowed to treat Germans/Aryans
* Jews could not marry Germans/Aryans
They made laws against Jews ("Rassengesetze", ''race laws'') which placed successively tighter restrictions on the rights of Jews to own property, use public services, live in some areas, enter public spaces and eventually required Jews to wear a [[Star of David]] on their clothing.
The Jews were mistreated, persecuted, and killed by the Nazis.
The Nazi state also persecuted other political opponents, such as [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]. State-run hospitals secretly euthanized the very old, the sick, mentally ill and the disabled. Some [[homosexuality|homosexuals]]<ref>Hans Peter Bleuel, ''Sex and Society in Nazi Germany'', (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1973).</ref> came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the regime, although other homosexuals were ardent supporters of Adolf Hitler and played an important role in his regime.<ref>[http://www.whale.to/b/reisman.html The Pink Swastika as Holocaust Revisionist History by Judith A. Reisman]</ref>
The Nazis exterminated at least 11 million civilians by rounding them up, transporting them to concentration camps and then murdering them there. About 6 million of these were Jews (see [[Holocaust]]).

==Religion==
Hitler rejected Christianity as spoiled by Judaism, but did support a new pro-Nazi "Protestant" church that had some followers. The German Army had traditionally used the phrase "Gott mit uns" or "God with us", which was commonly used on their armor and helmets. By World War II it was still used on the army uniform belt-buckles. Hitler in the future, however, planned to minimize the influence of the Christian Protestant churches and Catholic churches, while promoting nationalism and pre-Christian German paganism. Adolf Hitler was raised Roman Catholic as a youth, but he began to despise the church and all of Christianity as too pacifist or a "religion for weaklings".

=== Alfred Rosenberg ===
Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, the party's official philosopher, announced the philosophic basis of the Nazi campaign. In his ''The Myth of the Twentieth Century'' he scorns the Old Testament, and while he takes Jesus more seriously, he concludes,<ref>Time (Sept 03, 1934)</ref>
:The religion of Jesus was undoubtedly the preaching of love . . . but the German religious movement, which wishes to develop into a people's church, must declare that it unconditionally subordinates the ideal of neighborly love to the ideal of national honor . . . The churches, handed over to it again, will, little by little, put the fiery spirit of the hero . . . in place of the crucifixion."

The outspoken [[pagan]] Rosenberg drew up a thirty-point program for the ''National Reich Church'', created in 1936, which contains the following statements,

*"The National Reich Church of Germany categorically claims the exclusive right and the exclusive power to control all churches within the borders of the Reich: it declares these to be national churches of the German Reich.
*"The National Church is determined to exterminate irrevocably...the strange and foreign Christian faiths imported into Germany in the ill-omened year 800...
*"The National Church has no [[Scribes (Bible)|scribes]], pastors, chaplains or priests, but National Reich orators are to speak in them.
*"The National Church demands immediate cessation of the publishing and dissemination of the Bible in Germany...'"
*"On the altars there must be nothing but 'Mein Kampf' (to the German nation and therefore to God the most sacred book) and to the left of the altar a sword.
*"On the day of its foundation, the Christian Cross must be removed from all churches, cathedrals and chapels...and it must be superseded by the only unconquerable symbol, the swastika."<ref>Shirer, ''The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'', p. 240</ref>

When a Manchester Guardian correspondent attended a Berlin meeting of the German People's Church, he found it a noisy, enthusiastic, theological free-for-all. One Dr. Krause exclaimed, "The lives and utterances of great Germans must be considered equal to the Bible as revelations..."

=== Pagan cults ===
Throughout Germany strange little [[pagan]] cults were seen to arise, such as the pantheistic Nordic Religious Community.

As the Nazi Party was created by a union of occult groups, the main one was the Thule Society, which had as inner core members Satanic and sun worshippers, who met in Wewelsburg Castle, which is where the Black Sun symbol came from.

Youth Leader Hartmann-Lautenbacher stated, "Besides the rock of Jesus Christ there is another: Adolf Hitler. It remains to be seen which of the two is stronger. On the one sit the old women. On the other stands the young generation."

Youth Press Agent August Hoppe exhorted war against Christianity, and a return to [[pagan]] roots.

Similar to what some see today in the West, Youth Leader Joachim Benedicte stated, "...The religious faith of the German people must be decided by political elements, the Storm Troops and the Hitler Youth."<ref>Religion: Nazis v. Jesus Christ, Time. 9-03-1934</ref>

As in Communism, the State, or ''Fatherland'' came to be deified, in the name of which Hitler justified his autocratic decision to kill - for political purposes - a large number of S.A. leaders while they were at a resort, during the "[[Night of the Long Knives]]" (June 30 to July 2, 1934).

Rather than initially attacking Christian faith outright, the Nazi Party deceitfully promoted itself as "positive Christianity," and vigorously opposed what they call "negative Christianity", both terms being Nazi inventions which could mean whatever the local Nazi leader chooses them to mean. In their Manifesto of their "anxieties and fears", the German Evangelical Church quoted Rosenberg as saying, "The general ideas of the Roman and of the Protestant churches are negative Christianity and do not, therefore, accord with our soul." The Manifesto concludes: "When, within the compass of the Nazi view of life, an anti-Semitism is forced on the Christian that binds him to hatred of the Jew, the Christian injunction to love one's neighbor still stands...The Evangelical conscience is most heavily burdened by the fact that there are still concentration camps in Germany that describes itself as a country in which Justice is administered..."<ref>Time magazine, Aug. 10, 1936, Foreign News: Churchmen to Hitler</ref>

=== Religious persecution ===
Overall, however, the spiritual condition of Germany may be seen to have been weak by and during the time of Hitler's rise to power. Protestant churches in Germany had become largely institutionalized, and their power to effect political change decreased. The Catholic Institution had been pressured into a concordat with Hitler, which the latter continually broke. Loyalties were torn as [[National Socialism]] became the cause, and churches were pressured to submit to its ethos.<ref>''A history of national socialism, Cross against Swastika'', by Konrad Heiden</ref><ref>''Pius XII and the Nazis'', by Darlene Shelton</ref> and Jews were overall seen negatively, stubborn, and ungrateful.<ref>''Martin Luther and "The Jews" A Reappraisal'', by Dr. Christopher Probst</ref> After their rise to power the Nazis sought to purge the national German Evangelical Church of converted Jews, as well as to make the church ideologically submissive to the state. By entertaining the Nazi doctrine of Aryan racial superiority and persecution of Jews, they militated against the authoritative position of the Scriptures. Largely in reaction to such, the [[Confessing Church]] emerged. This Protestant church was not recognized by the Nazis, and was persecuted and finally forced underground, as many members and leaders, such as [[Martin Niemöller]], were particularly active in protesting against euthanasia and the persecution of the Jews.<ref>The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008; Confessing Church</ref><ref>Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009, Confessing Church</ref>

Measures taken against the Christian Churches were an integral part of National Socialism. An [[OSS]] report to the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] Stated,
:"The Nazi conspirators, by promoting beliefs and practices incompatible with Christian teaching, sought to subvert the influence of the Churches over the people and in particular over the youth of Germany. They avowed their aim to eliminate the Christian Churches in Germany and sought to substitute therefore Nazi institutions and Nazi beliefs and pursued a programme of persecution of priests, clergy and members of monastic orders whom they deemed opposed to their purposes and confiscated Church property."<ref>Claire Hulme & Dr. Michael Salter, [http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/law-religion/articles/RJLR_3_1_2.pdf ''The Nazi's Persecution as a War Crime: The OSS Response Within the Nuremeberg Trial's Process''], Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, n.d.</ref>

Though Christians sometimes hold Hitler to be an atheist, and atheists often assert he was a Christian, the best evidence shows him to be neither, in particular failing to be the latter, especially in the Biblical sense of the word (being both the source and most authoritative definition of it). In contrast, evidence reveals that while Hitler shared with many atheists a dramatically skewed idea of what Christianity is, and/or made political use of the term, he was quite the contrary to being a Christian.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Holocaust-Bible-Scriptural-Anti-Semitism/dp/0982277601 Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible: A Scriptural Analysis..., by Joe Keysor]</ref>

The resource site Adherents.com states,

There is no question that Hitler was a Nazi. Nazism was clearly his most important religious affiliation, not in the positive way the word "religion" is often defined, but in the general sense that any philosophy or belief system which is most important in a person's life is that person's "religion," regardless of whether or not it is universally labelled as a "religion." Hitler was also born into a Catholic family, but he rejected Catholicism and in most ways he rejected Christianity in general. On occasion we have read people claim that "Hitler was a Catholic" or "Hitler was a Christian" in a meaningful way, implying that Christianity or Catholicism was the primary impetus for his Nazi reign. Such claims are simply vitriolic attacks occasionally voiced by ideologically inclined anti-Christian, anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi people. Historians agree that Hitler was pointedly anti-Christian. We are not aware of any published sources from acknowledged academic historians or writers that identify Adolf Hitler as significantly Catholic or Christian in his motivations as an adult.”<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Adolf_Hitler.html</ref>

=== Hossbach Memorandum ===
In the Hossbach Memorandum, Hitler blamed Christianity for the fall of Rome (rather than such being a judgment due to its degradation and persecution of Christians and its message), stating: "It was only the disintegrating effect of Christianity, and the symptoms of age which appear in every country, which caused ancient Rome to succumb to the onslaught of the Germans."<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/hossbach.asp]</ref>

Additionally, Albert Speer records that Hitler lamented, "You see, it’s been our misfortune to have the wrong religion," and that [[Islam]] would have been more compatible with them than [[Christianity]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XLSa_RIDHMUC&dq=Albert+Speer,+Inside+the+Third+Reich,&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=551HSrzDDcm0twf6x7TbBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5 Inside the Third Reich, p. 96]</ref>

In another statement attributed to Hitler, he predicts, "I’m going to become a religious figure. Soon I’ll be the great chief of the Tartars. Already Arabs and Moroccans are mingling my name with their prayers."<ref>Adolf Hitler, cited in Waite, Robert, Adolf Hitler: The Psychopathic God (NY: Basic Books, 1977) p. 261) (Lutzer, pp. 62-63.)</ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2132855/posts?page=101#101]

=== Hitler's Table Talk ===
Clear but disputable evidence reveals Hitler as promoting a form of paganism, which the Nazi Party clearly sought to promote. ''Hitler's Table Talk'' is a series of informal, private conversations among Hitler and his closest associates, as recorded by [[Martin Bormann]] (himself one who was vehemently against Christianity). The ''ex tempore'' remarks excerpted below are attributed to Hitler:<ref>Adolf Hitler, London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1953</ref>

Night of 11–12 July 1941

*"[[National Socialism]] and religion cannot exist together....

"The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity....

*"Let it not be said that Christianity brought man the life of the soul, for that evolution was in the natural order of things." (p 6 & 7)

10 October 1941, midday

*"Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of the human failure." (p 43)

14 October 1941, midday

*"The best thing is to let Christianity die a natural death.... When understanding of the universe has become widespread... Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity....
"Christianity has reached the peak of absurdity.... And that's why someday its structure will collapse....

*"...the only way to get rid of Christianity is to allow it to die little by little....
"Christianity <is> the liar...

*"We'll see to it that the Churches cannot spread abroad teachings in conflict with the interests of the State." (p 49–52)

19 October 1941, night

*"The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity."

21 October 1941, midday

*"Originally, Christianity was merely an incarnation of Bolshevism, the destroyer....

*"The decisive falsification of Jesus' [who he asserts many times was never a Jew] doctrine was the work of St.Paul. He gave himself to this work... for the purposes of personal exploitation....

*"When all is said, we have no reason to wish that the Italians and Spaniards should free themselves from the drug of Christianity. Let's be the only people who are immunized against the disease." (p 118–119)

14 December 1941, midday

*"Kerrl, with noblest of intentions, wanted to attempt a synthesis between National Socialism and Christianity. I don't believe the thing's possible, and I see the obstacle in Christianity itself....

*"Pure Christianity-- the Christianity of the catacombs-- is concerned with translating Christian doctrine into facts. It leads quite simply to the annihilation of mankind. It is merely whole-hearted Bolshevism, under a tinsel of metaphysics." (p 119 & 120)

9 April 1942, dinner

*"There is something very unhealthy about Christianity." (p 339)

27 February 1942, midday

*"Our epoch in the next 200 years will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity.... My regret will have been that I couldn't... behold <its demise>." (p 278)

Miscellaneous other quotes include,

*"So it's not opportune to hurl ourselves now into a struggle with the churches. The best thing is to let Christianity die a natural death. A slow death has something comforting about it."

*"Christianity, of course, has reached the peak of absurdity in this respect. And that's why one day its structure will collapse. Science has already impregnated humanity. Consequently, the more Christianity clings to its dogmas, the quicker it will decline."

*"We'll see to it that the churches cannot spread abroad teachings in conflict with the interests of the State. We shall continue to preach the doctrine of National Socialism, and the young will no longer be taught anything but the truth."

*"Indeed, it's most important that the higher belief should be well established in them before the lower belief has been removed. We must finally achieve this."

*"We do not want to educate anyone in atheism."

*"The observatory I'll have built at Linz, on the Pöstlingberg, I can see it in my mind ... In future, thousands of excursionists will make a pilgrimage there every Sunday. They'll thus have access to the greatness of our universe. The pediment will bear this motto: 'The heavens proclaim the glory of the everlasting.' It will be our way of giving men a religious spirit, of teaching them humility — but without the priests."

*"The final state must be: in St. Peter's Chair, a senile officiant; facing him, a few sinister old women, as gaga and as poor in spirit as anyone could wish."

*"For my part, in his place [the Duce] I'd have taken the path of revolution. I'd have entered the Vatican and thrown everybody out — reserving the right to apologize later: 'Excuse me, it was a mistake!' But the result would have been, they'd have been outside!"
[[Image:Nazi.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"With our flags is our victory"]]
*"But a pope, even a criminal one, who protects great artists and spreads beauty around him, is nevertheless more sympathetic to me than the protestant minister who drinks from the poisoned spring."

*"I have six Divisions of SS composed of men absolutely indifferent in matters of religion. It doesn't prevent them from going to their deaths with serenity in their souls."

*"The soul and the mind migrate, just as the body returns to nature. Thus life is eternally reborn from life. As for the 'why' of all that, I feel no need to rack my brains on the subject. The soul is unplumbable."<ref>Hitler on Religion: http://library.flawlesslogic.com/religion.htm</ref>

Hitler, much like atheists, is seen to not only have scorned corruptions of Christian faith, but the whole faith as well. Having loosed himself from the moral authority of the Bible (though misappropriating its "badge" at times for his own purposes), he was much free to be guided by his own "golden compass", which is ultimately the atheistic basis for determining morality. Tragically, however, while an innate sense of right can be right, Hitler's compass pointed south rather than north.

==Economic planning==
[[James Burnham]], a former [[Trotskyite]] who served with the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during World War II and later contributed to the ''[[National Review]]'', described the Nazi regime's [[economic planning]]. Burnham pointed out how the original "workers revolution" of [[Marxism]] had in fact become a managerial revolution in all societies where Socialism had been embraced. Writing in 1940, Burnham noted,

{{Cquote|Outright state ownership and operation, advancing in all fields, are particularly ascendant in the extensive areas of new enterprise opened up during the Nazi rule....virtually all economic enterprise is subject to rigid state control; and it is control which we have seen to be decisive in relation to the instruments of production. Legal forms, even income privileges, are in the end subordinate to ''de facto'' control.

Even where private owners still exist in Germany, the decisions about "their" property are not in their hands. They do not decide what to make or not to make. They do not establish prices or bargain about wages. They are not at liberty to buy the raw materials they might choose nor to seek the most profitable markets. They cannot, as a rule, decide how to invest or not invest their surplus funds. In short, they are no longer owners, no longer effective [[capitalist]]s...

The regulation of production in Germany is no longer left to the market. What is to be produced, and how much, is decided, deliberately, by groups of men, by the state boards and bureaus and commissions. It is they that decide whether a new plant shall be built or an old plant retired, how raw materials shall be allotted and orders distributed, what quotas must be fulfilled by various branches of industry, what goods shall be put aside for export, how prices shall be fixed and credit and exchange extended. There is no requirement that these decisions of the bureaus must be based on any profit aim in the capitalist sense. If it is thought expedient, for whatever reason, to produce, for example, an ersatz rubber or wool or food, this will be done even if the production entails, from a capitalist point of view, a heavy loss. Similarly, in order to accumulate foreign exchange or to stimulate some political effect in a foreign nation, goods will be exported regardless of loss. A factory may be compelled to shut down, even though it could operate at a high profit. Banks and individuals are forced to invest their funds with no reference to the private and voluntary opinions about "risks" from a profit standpoint. It is literally true to say that the Nazi economy, already, is not a "profit economy."

The workers, on their side, are no longer the "free proletarians" of capitalism. Under Nazism the workers are indeed, free from unemployment. At the same time they cannot, as individuals or through their own independent organizations, bargain for wages or change jobs at will. They are assigned to their tasks, and their labor conditions are fixed, by the decisions of the state bureaus and commissions. Millions of them are allotted to the vast state enterprises. ...With the reduction in the area of private enterprise and the increase of state enterprise, goes also a corresponding reduction in the social position of the private capitalists. So far as control over the instruments of production goes, the capitalists are already near the bottom. As to income privilege: a recent estimate by a New York statistician gives as a mere 5% the share of the German national income going to profits and interest. This is a substantial reduction from the 1933 figures, in spite of a huge increase in the total national income, which, under capitalism, would normally be accompanied by a percentage increase in profits. ...f the German capitalists' 5%, the greater part is appropriated by the state as taxes and "contributions." ...

...how seldom we find a manager among the voluntary or forced exiles from Nazi Germany! There are artists and writers among the exiles, ideologists and politicians, unassailable foes of the new regime, storekeepers and professionals and teachers, and not a few capitalists, both Jews and Christians. But almost never a manager....Germany is to-day a managerial state in an early stage. Structurally, it is less advanced along managerial lines than Russia; ...though structurally less advanced...Its industrial and technological foundation is far stronger; the rising managerial class is much larger, better trained, more able...

...The first part of the second world war, up to the fall of France in June, 1940, was in reality the continuation of the strategic extension begun in 1935. This phase, the consolidation of the European base, was completed with France's surrender. It is completed irreversibly and can no longer be undone whatever the outcome of the succeeding phases of the war, which are really other wars. This consolidation fundamental to the world politics of managerial society, is not going to be dissolved, not even if the present German regime is utterly defeated. The day of a Europe carved into a score of sovereign states is over; if the states remain, they will be little more than administrative units in a larger collectivity.<ref>Burnham, James (1966). ''The Managerial Revolution'', Indiana University Press, Bloomingham, pp. 222-226, 232.</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Communist origins of Nazism]]
*[[Anti-Semitism]]
*[[National Socialism]]
*[[Nazi Germany and homosexuality]]
*[[Communism]]
*[[Far Left]]
*[[Health care in Nazi Germany]]
*[[Hugo Boss]] – supplier of party uniforms

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Alternatives12.html Marxism, Fascism, Nazism] - Brad DeLong, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley
*Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible: A Scriptural Analysis of Anti-Semitism, National Socialism, and the Churches in Nazi Germany, by Joe Keysor

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Atheism and Mass Murder

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[[File:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.]]
Concerning '''atheism and mass murder''', [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Gregory Koukl wrote that "the assertion is that religion has caused most of the killing and bloodshed in the world.
There are people who make accusations and assertions that are empirically false. This is one of them."<ref name="Koukl">Koukl, Gregory (February 20, 2013). [http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5527 "The real murderers: atheism or Christianity?"] Stand to Reason. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref>
Koukl details the number of people killed in various events involving theism and compares them to the much higher tens of millions of people killed under [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[communist]] regimes, in which [[militant atheism]] served as the official doctrine of the state.<ref name="Koukl" />

Historically, atheism has generally been an integral part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).

[[Communist]] regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to ''Le Monde'', more than 100 million people<ref>Wolfe, Claire (2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023054343/http://www.jpfo.org/wolfe-blackbook.htm "Review of ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression'' by Stéphane Courtois et al., trans. by Jonathan Murphy and Mark Kramer"]. Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership website. Retrieved from October 23, 2007 archive at Internet Archive on May 21, 2015. "[[China]]: 65 million [[mass murder|deaths]]; [[USSR]]: 20 million deaths; [[North Korea]]: 2 million deaths; [[Cambodia]]: 2 million deaths; [[Africa]]: 1.7 million deaths; [[Afghanistan]]: 1.5 million deaths; [[Vietnam]]: 1 million deaths; [[Eastern Europe]]: 1 million deaths; [[Latin America]]: 150,000 deaths; [[Communist]] movements or parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths. "Nearly 100 million deaths. Not casualties of war, but [[mass murder|civilian slaughter]]. Deaths in [[gulag]]s and [[concentration camp]]s. Deaths from a bullet to the head. Most of all, deaths by [[starvation]] - the result either of planned [[famine]]s, meted out as punishment to internal foes (as in [[Stalin]]'s USSR), or unintended consequences of [[central planning|central policy]]."</ref> according to ''The Black Book of Communism'' (Courtois, Stéphane, et al., 1997).<ref>Available at:
* Courtois, Stéphane, et al. (1999). [https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression''], trans. by Jonathan Murphy and Mark Kramer (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Book archived at Internet Archive. Accessed December 3, 2014.
* Courtois, Stéphane, et al. (1999). [https://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Book-Communism-Repression/dp/0674076087 ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression''], trans. by Jonathan Murphy and Mark Kramer (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Amazon.com book page. Retrieved on May 22, 2015.</ref> and according to [[Cleon Skousen]]<ref>Father of [[anti-Communist]] [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[:Category:Survivalism|survivalist]] author [[Joel Skousen]].</ref> in his best-selling book ''The Naked Communist''.<ref>In July 2014, the noted [[African-American]] surgeon and political commentator, Dr. [[Ben Carson]], appeared on [[Fox News]] and said, "''The Naked Communist'' lays out the whole [[progressive]] agenda."</ref>

It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic [[communism]] have caused the death of somewhere between 40,472,000 and 259,432,000 human lives.<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/289239.html The Black Book of Communism The Human cost of Communism - 100 Million], IndyMedia, April 4. 2004, Retrieved 5/23/2015
*[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/lelivrenoir.htm "''The Black Book of Communism''"]. Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences website: Cold War Studies. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
*Rummel, R. J. (November 1993). [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM "How many did communist regimes murder?"] University of Hawaii website; Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
*White, Matthew (February 2011). [http://necrometrics.com/20c5m.htm "Source list and detailed death tolls for the primary megadeaths of the twentieth century"]. Necrometrics. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
*Higgins, David (June 22, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008035420/http://www.sarasotamagazine.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=365 "Memory and ideology: Washington's newest statue is the Victims Of Communism Memorial"]. Sarasota Magazine website. Retrieved from October 8, 2007 archive at Internet Archive on May 22, 2015.
*Radosh, Ronald (February 2000). [http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2526 "''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression''"]. First Things [journal] website. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref> Dr. R. J. Rummel, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, is the scholar who first coined the term democide (death by government). Dr. R. J. Rummel's mid estimate regarding the loss of life due to communism is that communism caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917 and 1987.<ref>Rummel, R. J. (November 1993). [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM "How many did communist regimes murder?"] University of Hawaii website; Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref>

The [[Reign of Terror]] of the [[French Revolution]] established a state which was anti-[[Roman Catholicism]]/Christian in nature<ref>
*Tallet, Frank [https://books.google.com/books?id=aL4lsWdd-rAC&dq=&hl=en Religion, Society and Politics in France Since 1789], pp. 1-17 1991 Continuum International Publishing
*SPIELVOGEL, Jackson [https://books.google.com/books?id=ni4PSpOxb6MC&dq Western Civilization: Combined Volume] p. 549, 2005,Thomson Wadsworth
*Latreille, A. FRENCH REVOLUTION, New Catholic Encyclopedia v. 5, pp. 972–973 (Second Ed. 2002 Thompson/Gale) ISBN 0-7876-4004-2</ref> (anti-clerical [[deism]] and anti-religious atheism during the Enlightenment played a significant role in the French Revolution<ref>[https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap7c.html War, Terror and Resistence]</ref><ref>''Forging Freedom: The Life of Cerf Berr of M Delsheim'' by Margaret R. O'Leary, iUniverse (June 1, 2012), pages 1-2</ref>), with the official ideology being the [[Cult of Reason]]; during this time thousands of believers were suppressed and executed by the [[guillotine]].<ref>Multiple references:
*{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bf3m7IVAa9gC&pg=PA461&dq=France+atheism+guillotine++Christians+executed&hl=en&sa=X&ei=l4lUUaTRBufG0QGe0IHACA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=France%20atheism%20guillotine%20%20Christians%20executed&f=false|title =''Christianity: The eBook''|author=James Adair|publisher = JBE Online Books|year=2007|quote=Although the Civil Constitution called for religious liberty, which was extended to Jews as well as Christians, many revolutionaries pushed for the establishment of a new state religion, either the Cult of Reason (atheists) or the Cult of the Supreme Being (Deists). Changes to the calendar eliminated references to Christian holidays, and even the ancient seven-day week, and a list of officially recognized saints included such famous thinkers such as Socrates, Jesus, Marcus Aurelius, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A period of political persecution, often with religious overtones, broke out, known as the Reign of Terror. Thousands of people were executed by the guillotine, including many of the original leaders of the French Revolution.|pages=461|accessdate = July 18, 2014}}
*{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9WkBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&dq=Reign+of+Terror+atheism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HoRUUcD0NeXX0gGNo4HIDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Reign%20of%20Terror%20atheism&f=false|title =''Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament ending A.D. 1793'', Volume 5|page=105|author=William Belsham|publisher = G.G. & J. Robinson|year=1801|quote=In allusion to the monstrous transactions of this portentous period, it has been eloquently and energetically observed, 'that the reign of atheism in France was avowed the reign of terror. In the full madness of their career, in the highest climax of their horrors, they shut up the temples of [[God]], abolished His worship, and proclaimed death to be an eternal sleep:—in the very centre of Christendom, Revelation underwent a total eclipse, while atheism, performing on a darkened theatre its strange and fearful tragedy, confounded the first elements of society, blended every age, rank, and sex, indiscriminate proscription and massacre, and convulsed all Europe to its centre, that the imperishable memorial of these events might teach the last generations of mankind to consider religion as the pillar of society, the parent of social order, and the safe-guard of nations.' "It is wonderful that, amid the horrors of this dismal period, while 'the death dance of democratic revolution' was still in rapid movement, among the tears of affliction, and the cries of despair, 'the masque, the song, the theatric scene, the buffoon laughter, went on as regularly as in the gay hour of festive peace.'|pages=105–6|accessdate = July 18, 2014}}
*{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt5rqiCP1p8C&pg=PA57&dq=Reign+of+Terror+atheism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HoRUUcD0NeXX0gGNo4HIDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Reign%20of%20Terror%20atheism&f=false|title =''Christianity, Islam, and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West''|author=William Kilpatrick|publisher = Ignatius Press|year=2012|quote=Actually, it's helpful to think in terms of two Enlightenments: the Enlightenment that cut itself off from God. The former led to the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, the abolition of slavery, and the civil rights movement. The latter led to the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, the suppression of church by state, and the godless philosophies of Marx and Nietzsche and their offspring—National Socialism and communism. More recently the abandonment of God has led to the regime of cultural relativism that regards rights as arbitrary constructions. "It's this second Enlightenment tradition that Cardinal Ratzinger referred to when he wrote, 'The radical detachment of the Enlightenment philosophy from its roots ultimately leads it to dispense with man.' Actually this transition happened not 'ultimately' but almost immediately. The first instance occurred when Enlightenment worship of abstract 'reason' and 'liberty' degenerated quickly into the mass murders committed during the antireligious Reign of Terror in France. 'Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name', said Madam Rolande as she faced the statue of Liberty in the Place de la Revolution movements before her death at the guillotine. She was one of the early victims of a succession of secular systems based on rootless notions of 'liberty', 'equality', and 'reason'. "As many historians have pointed out, the atheist regimes of modern times are guilty of far more crimes than any committed in the name of religion. Communist governments alone were guilty of more than one hundred million murders, most of them committed against their own people.|pages=57|accessdate = July 18, 2014}}</ref>
Although Communism is one of the most well-known cases of atheism's ties to mass murder, the French Revolution and subsequent Reign of Terror, inspired by the works of [[Denis Diderot|Diderot]], [[Voltaire]], [[Marquis de Sade|Sade]], and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]], managed to commit similar persecutions and exterminations of religious people and promote secularism and militant atheism. Official numbers indicate that 300,000 Frenchmen died during Robespierre's Reign of Terror, 297,000 of which were of middle-class or low-class.<ref name="A Primer of the Illuminati">McIlheny, William H. (June 12, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/4660-a-primer-on-the-illuminati "A primer on the Illuminati"]. The New American website. Retrieved on May 22, 2015.</ref> Of the number murdered via the guillotine, only 8% had been of the aristocratic class, with over 30% being from the peasant class.<ref name="Operation Parricide">von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Erik (October 1989). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050309031846/https://culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html "Operation Parricide: Sade, Robespierre & the French Revolution"]. ''Fidelity'' magazine. Retrieved from Culture Wars website on May 22, 2015.</ref>

One of the most well-known cases of mass murder during the French Revolution was the genocide at Vendée, which has yet to be officially recognized as genocide. Some estimates indicated that Robespierre and the Jacobins planned to massacre well over 15,000,000 Frenchmen,<ref name="A Primer of the Illuminati"/> and that he also intended to commit genocide against the Alsace region of France due to their German-speaking populace.<ref name="Operation Parricide"/> Besides the guillotine, the French Revolution also resulted in various other deaths, including trampling children with horses, burning people in ovens, "Republican Marriages" (which involved stripping people naked, tying them together to a log in a suggestive fashion, and then putting them into the water to drown. In the event that there wasn't enough people of both sexes, they also resorted to "tying the knot" in a homosexual manner), cutting recently raped girls in half after tying them to a tree, crushing pregnant women under wine pressers, cutting up pregnant women and using bayonets to stab the fetus inside before leaving her to die, "catching" infants thrown from a balcony with their bayonets, and using shotguns to ensure people bled out to death.<ref name="Operation Parricide"/>

Although the aristocracy as well as clergy and the monarchy were the French Revolution's primary targets for extermination, they were not above slaughtering even those that acted as their own allies for the sake of it. This was chillingly shown with Commander [[Louis Grignon]] and his orders to his troops, who had uncontrollable bloodlust, that "everyone they met was to be immediately killed, even if they were Republicans."<ref name="Operation Parricide" />

The aforementioned actions during the French Revolution, especially the Reign of Terror in 1793, would also inspire Karl Marx with the Communist manifesto, specifically telling Frederick Engels in correspondences to each other: “There is only one way of shortening, simplifying, and concentrating the bloodthirsty death-throes of the old society and the bloody birth pangs of the new—revolutionary terror. . . . [...] Once we are at the helm, we shall be obliged to reenact the year 1793. [...] We are pitiless and we ask no pity from you. When our time comes, we shall not conceal terrorism with hypocritical phrases. . . The vengeance of the people will break forth with such ferocity that not even the year 1793 enables us to envisage it...”<ref>Socialism Sucks community (April 30, 2014).[https://www.facebook.com/373757305985421/photos/a.373910375970114.102939.373757305985421/819295658098248/?type=1 "Marxism in America"]. Facebook website. Retrieved on May 22, 2015.</ref>
[[Image:Solzhenitsyn.jpg‎|thumb|160px|left|[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]]]
Koukl summarized by stating:
{{cquote|It is true that it's possible that religion can produce evil, and generally when we look closer at the detail it produces evil because the individual people are actually living in a rejection of the tenets of Christianity and a rejection of the God that they are supposed to be following. So it can produce it, but the historical fact is that outright rejection of God and institutionalizing of atheism actually does produce evil on incredible levels. We're talking about tens of millions of people as a result of the rejection of God.<ref name="Koukl" />}}

[[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] was asked to account for the great tragedies that occurred under the brutal communist regime he and fellow citizens suffered under.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn offered the following explanation:
{{cquote|Over a half century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of old people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen [[Russia]]: 'Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.'

Since then I have spend well-nigh 50 years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: 'Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.'<ref>Humber, Paul G. (October 1987). [https://www.icr.org/article/stalins-brutal-faith/ "Stalin's brutal faith"]. ''Acts and Facts'', vol. 16, no. 10. Retrieved from the Institute for Creation Research website on May 22, 2015.</ref>}}

== The historical record and statistics about atheist leaders and mass murder ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and sociopathy#Atheistic communism, mass murder and sociopathic leaders|Atheistic communism, mass murder and sociopathic leaders]] and [[Atheist atrocities]] and [[Atheism and human rights violations]] and [[Atheism and violence]] and [[Irreligion/religion and war]]
[[File:Ncvjgfu.jpg|thumbnail|right|175px|[[Mao Zedong]] ]]
[[Vox Day]] notes concerning atheism and mass murder:
{{cquote|Apparently it was just an amazing coincidence that every Communist of historical note publicly declared his atheism … .there have been twenty-eight countries in world history that can be confirmed to have been ruled by regimes with avowed atheists at the helm … These twenty-eight historical regimes have been ruled by eighty-nine atheists, of whom more than half have engaged in democidal acts of the sort committed by Stalin and Mao …

The total body count for the ninety years between 1917 and 2007 is approximately 148 million dead at the bloody hands of fifty-two atheists, three times more than all the human beings killed by war, civil war, and individual crime in the entire twentieth century combined.

The historical record of collective atheism is thus 182,716 times worse on an annual basis than Christianity’s worst and most infamous misdeed, the Spanish Inquisition. It is not only Stalin and Mao who were so murderously inclined, they were merely the worst of the whole [[Atheism and Hell|Hell-bound lot]]. For every Pol Pot whose infamous name is still spoken with horror today, there was a Mengistu, a Bierut, and a Choibalsan, godless men whose names are now forgotten everywhere but in the lands they once ruled with a red hand.

Is a 58 percent chance that an atheist leader will murder a noticeable percentage of the population over which he rules sufficient evidence that atheism does, in fact, provide a systematic influence to do bad things? If that is not deemed to be conclusive, how about the fact that the average atheist crime against humanity is 18.3 million percent worse than the very worst depredation committed by Christians, even though atheists have had less than one-twentieth the number of opportunities with which to commit them. If one considers the statistically significant size of the historical atheist set and contrasts it with the fact that not one in a thousand religious leaders have committed similarly large-scale atrocities, it is impossible to conclude otherwise, even if we do not yet understand exactly why this should be the case. Once might be an accident, even twice could be coincidence, but fifty-two incidents in ninety years reeks of causation!<ref>Vox Day (Theodore Beale), ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens'' (Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, Inc.), 2008, p. 17.</ref><ref>Ammi, Ken (June 11, 2009). [https://creation.com/atheism#atheism-communism "Atheism [quoting Vox Day]"]. Creation Ministries International. Retrieved on July 19, 2014.</ref>}}

Anthony DeStefano, author of the book ''Inside the Atheist Mind'', wrote:
{{Cquote|The truth is, the atheist position is incapable of supporting any coherent system of morality other than ruthless [[social Darwinism]]. That’s why it has caused more deaths, murders and bloodshed than any other belief system in the history of the world.

Atheists, of course, are always claiming hysterically that [[Christianity]] has been responsible for most of the world’s wars, but that’s just another example of atheistic ignorance. The main reasons for war have always been economic gain, territorial gain, civil and revolutionary conflicts. According to Philip Axelrod’s monumental “Encyclopedia of Wars,” only 6.98 percent or all wars from 8000 BC to present were religious in nature. If you subtract Islamic wars from the equation, only 3.2 percent of wars were due to specifically Christian causes. That means that over 96 percent of all the wars on this planet were due to worldly reasons.

Indeed, in the last 100 years alone, upwards of 360 million people were killed by governments—and close to half of those people were killed by atheist governments!<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/todays-atheists-are-bullies-and-they-are-doing-their-best-to-intimidate-the-rest-of-us-into-silence Today's atheists are bullies -- and they are doing their best to intimidate the rest of us into silence] by Anthony DeStefano, Fox News</ref>}}

== Atheists attempting to deny/minimize the roles of atheism/atheists in atheist atrocities ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and historical revisionism]] and [[Atheism and the no true Scotsman fallacy]]

Atheist apologists commonly try to minimize or deny the role of atheism/atheists as far as atheist atrocities.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrRC6zD4Zk Atheists Dodge Their History of Atrocities]</ref><ref>[https://creation.com/atheism Atheism]</ref><ref name="voxday.blogspot.com">[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2011/04/mailvox-no-true-atheist-defense.html Mailvox: the "No True Atheist" defense]</ref> It is as if no true atheist could be involved in mass murder.<ref name="voxday.blogspot.com"/>

Atheism was an integral tenet of Marxist–Leninism/[[Maoism|Maoist]]/[[Stalinism]] [[communism]] (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).

Richard Dawkins has attempted to [[Richard Dawkins, atheist atrocities, and historical revisionism|engage in historical revisionism concerning atheist atrocities]] and Dawkins was shown to be in gross error (see also: [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Persecution of Christians in the USSR|Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union]]).

For more information, please see: [[Atheism and the no true Scotsman fallacy]]

=== Atheist mass murders in history and the historical illiteracy of many atheists ===

As far the [[History of Atheism|history of atheism]] in the 20th century, many atheists are not aware of the murderous atheist regimes which inhabited this historical period (see: [[Atheists and historical illiteracy]]). Part of the reason why many atheists are unaware of widespread atheist atrocities during this period is due to [[atheist indoctrination|atheistic indoctrination in public/secular schools]].

==Explanatory links between atheism and mass murder==

[[Vox Day]] wrote about the [[secular left]] and mass murder:
{{cquote|...it does, however, cast serious doubt on the common atheist assertion that a godless society will be a peaceful one. The significant question has never been if atheism causes political leaders to kill in large quantities, it is why political leaders who happen to be atheist have been inordinately inclined to kill in large quantities.

As I wrote in [http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf TIA], the answer is probably to be found in the fact that atheists who have committed great historical crimes are almost exclusively left-wing atheists with [[utopia]]n visions of restructuring human society; [[Ayn Rand]] atheists aren't exactly known for attempting to violently restructure societal order. This is why atheists like [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Sam Harris]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], and especially [[Michel Onfray]] are far more dangerous than those more akin to [[Daniel Dennett]] and even Richard Dawkins.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2009/01/atheist-demotivator-4.html Atheist Demotivator #4] by Theodore Beal</ref>}}

The degree to which atheist society is authoritarian vs. wedded to a democratic process also has a bearing on whether it will engage in mass murder.

=== Other factors ===

Christian philosophers and theologians explain that there are causal links between mass murder and atheism. Atheism, lack of belief in God, has the following characteristics that can lend itself to mass murder and can explain why the greatest mass murderers were atheists:<ref>Kreeft, Peter and Tacelli, Ronald, Christian apologetics and de Torre, Joseph, Christian philosophy (2000). ''Contemporary Philosophical Issues in Historical Perspective'' (Manila: University of Asia & the Pacific).</ref>
*Lack of recognition of an ultimate judge of moral actions and a judge who sets injustice aright in a last judgement, and thus does not recognize the immorality of murder.
*Lack of seeing the importance of human beings as images of God and so easily discarding them as merely material things, products of mere chance.
*Lack of acknowledging an external standard of moral perfection, thus ending up with self-created standards which can include killing for political survival.
*Absence of guidance by divine revelation of the moral law, such as "Thou shalt not kill".
*Following an ethic of atheistic evolutionism that is based on the survival and victory of the fittest, which is ultimately a bloodthirsty ethic—an ethic that is eager to kill and to maim. This ethic is about conquering others rather than self-conquest.<ref>Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph (1999). [http://www.zenit.org/article-13872?l=english "Cardinal Ratzinger's thoughts on evolution: An excerpt from 'Truth and Tolerance'"]. Excerpt published at Zenit website on September 1, 2005. Excerpt retrieved on May 22, 2015.</ref>
* The intolerance of many atheists (see: [[Atheism and intolerance]])

== China ==
Estimates vary for the death toll of the [[atheist]] [[Mao Zedong]]. In his [[Great Leap Forward]], 8 million is the low estimate while [[Deng Xiaoping]] claimed 16 million.<ref>Mao: The Real Story by Alexander P. Pantsov with Steven I. Levine, pg. 472</ref> The [[Cultural Revolution]] killed in a range of 20 million to 35 million.

== Atheism and abortion ==
[[Image:115523-004-FA619CA3.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The perverse and cruel [[atheism|atheist]] [[Marquis de Sade]] advocated induced abortion.<ref name="Sade">Farr, A. D. (1980). [https://jme.bmj.com/content/6/1/7.abstract "The Marquis de Sade and induced abortion"]. ''Journal of Medical Ethics'', 6, pp. 7-10. Retrieved from Journal of Medical Ethics website on July 20, 2014.</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Abortion and atheism]]

The father of [[medicine]], [[Hippocrates]], expressly prohibited abortion in his ethical [[Oath]] long before [[Christianity]].

The ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' article declared concerning the [[atheism|atheist]] and [[sadism|sadist]] [[Marquis de Sade]]:
{{cquote|In 1795 the Marquis de Sade published his ''La Philosophic dans le boudoir'', in which he proposed the use of induced abortion for social reasons and as a means of population control. It is from this time that medical and social acceptance of abortion can be dated, although previously the subject had not been discussed in public in modern times. It is suggested that it was largely due to de Sade's writing that induced [[abortion]] received the impetus which resulted in its subsequent spread in western society.<ref name="Sade"/>}}

Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], [[atheist]]s are fundamentally [[Moral relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality which is based on the worldview of atheism (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).

The [[Barna Group]] found that atheists and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: [[Illegal drugs|illegal drug use]]; excessive drinking; [[fornication|sexual relationships outside of marriage]]; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; [[Profanity|obscene language]]; [[gambling]]; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>[http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard "Practical outcomes replace biblical principles as the moral standard"] (September 10, 2001). Barna Update. Retrieved on July 19, 2014.</ref>

See also: [https://creation.com/abortion-after-birth Atheism, evolutionary belief and infanticide proponents]

== Atheism and psychopathy ==

See: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]

== Atheism and young mass muderers ==

''See also:'' [[Young mass murders]]

A significant portion of the recent incidents involving [[young mass murders|young mass murderers]] have involved atheists.

== Recommended books ==

*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (December, 1987), ''A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Antireligious Policies'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312381328
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (November, 1987), ''Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 2)'', Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312009054
*Dimitry Pospielovsky, (August, 1988), ''Soviet Studies on the Church and the Believer's Response to Atheism: A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believers, Vol 3'', Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover: ISBN 0312012918, paperback edition: ISBN 0312012926

==See also==
* [[Atheist death toll]]
* [[Atheism and sociopathy]]
* [[Atheism and violence]]
* [[Atheistic communism and torture]]
* [[Young mass murderers]]
* [[Atheism and world peace]]
* [[Atheism and death]]
* [[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Secular Europe and eugenics]]

== External links ==
*[https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html CS Monitor - Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history] by [[Dinesh D'Souza]]
*[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/killing-in-the-name-of-no-god-579538 Killing in the name of no God], ''Jerusalem Post''
*[http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130323/letters/Atheism-and-mass-murder.462571 Times of Malta - Atheism and mass murder] by John Azzopardi

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== Notes ==
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Liberal denial

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[[Image:Obama messiah.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Magazine, one of many published "halo-effect" photos of Barack Obama; the emphasis is on the claims that he is a "messiah," and is an example of liberal deification of a government official in accordance with point #26.]]
'''Liberal denial''' is the tendency of [[liberals]] to conceal, [[denial|deny]], or [[Censorship|censor]] the facts for ideological reasons. The root cause of liberal denial is a desire to marginalize and exclude religion, especially [[Christianity]], from society. Liberal denial promotes a secularized, politically liberal one-world [[government]], as well as illogical denial of the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[God]] and [[Jesus]].

Liberal denial requires first denying [[Christ]], then [[God]], then the greatness of accomplishments by those inspired by Christ, then the superiority of political systems based on [[Christianity]], and so on, ultimately resulting in underachievement and selfishness.

Liberal denial includes the following:

#[[Wikipedia]] and [[liberal]]s deny the immense political influence of [[Big Pharma]], and Wikipedia even refuses to have an entry about it despite having an entry on [[Big Tech]].
#[[Shakespeare]] and the [[Bible]] of his time (the [[Geneva Bible]]) use the powerful concept of "[[infinity|infinite]]", but [[liberal]] professors in control of translations today omit it.
#Denial that the sudden death of many athletes and others could be due, or even possibly be due, to the [[Covid vaccine]], despite published medical studies showing its adverse effects on some recipients' hearts.
#Denial by the [[liberal media]] of many instances of public [[prayer]] by winning athletes, such [[ESPN]] refusing to describe correctly a public [[prayer]] by the 19-year-old [[American]] winner (Coco Gauff) of the women's tennis U.S. Open, and instead falsely mischaracterizing it as “a moment to soak it all in.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/09/10/tony-dungy-corrects-espn-on-coco-gauff-moment-she-was-praying/</ref>
#Amid overwhelming evidence that [[COVID-19]] leaked from a [[China|Chinese]] lab, and the Energy Department even admitting that,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/covid-virus-likely-laboratory-leak-us-energy-department</ref> [[liberal]] [[Fauci]] continues the liberal denial by saying "we may never know."<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/fauci-says-we-may-never-know-origin-of-covid-despite-report/</ref>
#Denial by [[liberal]]s that [[Jesus]] taught in [[Greek]], the language of scholars, even though the evidence is overwhelming that Jesus did.<ref>https://tyndalehouse.com/explore/articles/did-jesus-speak-greek/#:~:text=So%20did%20Jesus%20speak%20Greek,alongside%20Aramaic%20in%20Roman%20Palestine.</ref>
#[[Marijuana]] crops are wasteful of water (nearly twice the consumption of commodity crops), and the pesticides commonly used to grow pot are harmful to the environment.
#Use of the [[memory hole]] to marginalize or erase films, books, and even events disfavored by [[liberal]]s.
# While hiding data from the public, the [[CDC]] tweets statements about issues it has not properly researched, like this: "There is no evidence that any vaccines, including #COVID19 [[vaccine]]s, cause fertility problems in women or men."<ref>https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1501281102354268165</ref> There is often no evidence where there is no earnest search for it, and in fact there is overwhelming evidence of harm.<ref>https://vaersanalysis.info/2022/03/05/vaers-summary-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-2-25-2022/</ref>
# The sensational movie ''[[The Exorcist]]'', which broke the box office record at the time, was snubbed with only two very minor [[Oscar]]s because of liberal denial about the existence of the [[devil]]. See [[Essay:Worst Liberal Snubs|Worst Liberal Snubs]].
# Nearly two years after the spread of the [[COVID-19]] virus began, and despite NO evidence of any natural origin while there is evidence of its manmade origin, the [[liberal]] medical journal ''The Lancet'' shamelessly says that the jury about the issue is still out (and always will be, if liberals get their way).
# Denial of [[eternity]] leads to false denial of the powerful reach and uses of [[infinity]], ''see'' [[Talk:Pi#Pi_contains_every_other_number.3F|Pi contains pi]] and [[Infinity denial]].
# Liberals deny that the abrupt termination of the tyrannical statewide shutdown by [[Leftist]] [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] was because a [[recall election|recall petition]] approached the 1.5M signatures needed to hold an election to remove him from office.
# Liberals deny the dangers and harms caused by sexually transmitted diseases, downplaying them as minor irritations when, in fact, they are incurable illnesses with severe consequences.
# Liberals deny or downplay the deadly harm caused by floods, in an attempt to steer people away from accepting the truth of the [[Great Flood]].
# The [[liberal media]] typically react to a mass murder with a flood of stories denying that there were any warning signs or addiction to drugs or violent [[video game]]s by the perpetrator, and the truth can only leak out through [[conservative]] news or [[British]] newspapers.
# Liberals continue to deny that [[Donald Trump]] legitimately defeated [[Hillary Clinton]] for president in 2016, and earlier that [[George W. Bush]] defeated [[Al Gore]] for president in 2000 (e.g., Joe Biden denied it in remarks on June 12, 2013; Al Gore himself denied it in remarks on August 4, 2017).<ref>https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/06/11/liberals-blind-to-donald-trumps-wins/</ref>
# Liberals deny that vaccines cause severe, even deadly, side effects despite how warnings on package inserts, which parents rarely see, admit to that fact.
# [[European migrant crisis|Mass immigration to Europe from the Middle East]] has brought an increased threat and the greater occurrence of [[terrorism]]. Yet European leaders deny the threat of [[Islam]]ic terrorism, and terrorist attacks have shown how poorly prepared and secured their countries and facilities are.<ref name="Denial">Scarborough, Rowan (May 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/manchester-bombing-reveals-europes-denial-of-islam/ Europe’s denial of Islamic terrorism threat perplexes security specialists]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref> When attacks occur, the leaders often state that they "are a part of daily life", and they refuse to admit that the motive of the terrorists is Islamic radicalism.<ref name="Denial"/> This is likely due to [[political correctness]] and the blindness that comes with liberalism and their pet goal for a utopian [[one-world government]] where nations and borders are abolished.
# Lies about a false armed robbery were spread by the [[liberal media]] in smearing the gracious host of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], and yet [[liberals]] did not fully correct and apologize for the lies even after [[Brazil]]ians worked hard to uncover the truth.
# [[Terrorism]] was not mentioned once during the entire first day of the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 2016, while increasing numbers of widely reported terrorism occurred in Florida, France, and elsewhere.
# [[Obama]] refused to mention ISIS, radical Islam, or Islamic extremism in his comments on the worst attack since [[9/11]]—a mass murder committed by an admitted supporter of ISIS in a Florida gay nightclub in June 2016.
# Liberals deny that the much-publicized "proof" of the [[general theory of relativity]] in 1919 was, in fact, scientific misconduct by [[Arthur Eddington]] who "cherry-picked"<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brooks/scientists-behaving-badly_b_1448729.html</ref> his data to reach his desired result, which would have him expelled from any Ph.D. program worth its salt today.
# Liberals deny the lack of racial diversity on the women's [[World Cup]] 2015 team, which had an all-white coaching staff and an all-white starting line-up.
# Falsification of a theory, for which a [[Nobel Prize]] has been awarded, is never admitted by the English [[lamestream media]].<ref>http://en.yibada.com/articles/26197/20150412/nobel-prize-physics-2011-falsified-universe-dark-energy-expanding-rapid.htm</ref>
# Multiple murders committed by an atheist are neither a hate crime nor terrorism, but a rarely occurring murder committed by a Christian must be both.
# Liberals deny whenever there is a cold winter, as well as the fact that the world has not significantly warmed for many years.
# Liberals deny that violent [[video games]] incite and train [[young mass murderers]] to go on unspeakable killing rampages.
# Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the mass murderer who perpetrated the [[Boston Marathon]] bombing, likely committed a gruesome triple murder in 2011 on the 10th anniversary of [[9/11]], but liberals refuse to admit it, and the U.S. government insists the investigation is still ongoing.
# Liberals refuse to admit that "crime [has become] a major part of [[South Africa]]n life, be it violent robberies or drive-by shootings."<ref>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-15-south-africas-criminal-underworld-is-the-media-reporting-the-real-story/#.UqNvpMRDtHS</ref>
# Liberals deny that [[Abraham Lincoln]] developed a strong faith in the [[Lord]] in the last few years of life, as proven by his declaration of [[Thanksgiving Day]] as an official holiday, his insertion of "under [[God]]" into the [[Gettysburg Address]], and in his personal comments.<ref>http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/faithquotes.htm</ref>
# Liberals deny that a shutdown of the federal government is a good thing.
# Liberals deny that some disciples likely wrote down teachings of Jesus while he was living, as a means to deny Jesus's words. (Ironically, liberal theologians then use those same "red letter" words to make the claim that, since Jesus never mentioned homosexuality anywhere in them, all other Biblical condemnation of the topic can be ignored - while those same theologians choose to ignore that the words of Jesus are also the words of God and that Jesus, in pointing out that the only acceptable sexual relations are that of one man and one woman in marital union, ''did'' in fact condemn homosexuality.)
# Liberals deny even the possibility of women having different aptitude for math than men, even though every [[Fields Medal]] recipient has been male, nearly every Putnam fellow has been male, and the highest achievers on the SAT math exam are predominantly male.
# Liberals deny that the [[Apostle Paul]] wrote most of the epistles which, in their opening, clearly state that he was the author. Similarly they deny that the [[Apostle John]] was the author of the gospel account bearing his name, all three epistles bearing his name, and the Book of Revelation (they usually concede the gospel account was his, are divided on the epistles, and almost universally deny his authorship of Revelation).
# Liberals deny that human intelligence inevitably and demonstrably declines from generation to generation, and that if there were another 100 generations into the future, the people of that time would not be able to understand simple concepts.
# Liberals deny the very real existence of [[fetal pain]] during [[abortion]].
# Liberals deny that there are only two genders – male and female – and that they are born different<ref name="5ScientificFacts">Bokhari, Allum (April 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/23/5-scientific-facts-the-science-march-refuses-to-acknowledge/ 5 Scientific Facts The ‘Science March’ Has Yet to Acknowledge]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 30, 2017.</ref>
# Liberals deny the very real existence of [[Hell]], which [[Jesus]] referenced more than Heaven.
# Liberals deny how they censor the [[Bible]] from their daily activities, and encourage the censorship for others too.
# For nearly three months after his death, liberals denied that [[Hugo Chavez]] had died.
# Liberals deny the [[Nobel Prize]] is an award given by liberals to other liberals, sometimes even granted in an awkward manner to punish a critic of liberal falsehoods.<ref>For instance, a Nobel Prize was granted to an understudy of [[Fred Hoyle]] to punish him.</ref>
# Liberals deny how they deify government officials, similar to how communists continue to deify Stalin, Lenin, and Castro.<ref>For example, they have adulated [[Ted Kennedy]] despite his paucity of achievements.</ref>
# Liberals deny how fellow travelers engage in [[deceit]], or at least refuse to admit it.
# Liberals deny they are [[liberal]] and that most of the media are [[liberal]].
# Liberals deny that [[Hollywood values]], [[professor values]], and general [[liberal]] values have consequences for their believers and any victims of the believers.
# Liberals deny that they have censored [[prayer]] in [[public school]].<ref>A [[public school]] student who once "tape recorded a teacher making religious remarks to his students" to complain about it then later objected to a textbook explaining how prayer is censored from [[public school]] schools by court decisions. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/WireStory?id=4614012]</ref>
# Liberals deny that a woman significantly reduces her risk of [[breast cancer]] by having children rather than [[abortions]].
# Liberals deny that about half of promiscuous people carry sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and that those STDs cause infertility.<ref>"Among those who admitted having sex, the rate was even more disturbing -- 40 percent had an STD."[http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=20080312_1_C12_hUShe15125]</ref>
# Liberals deny that the strident promoters of [[evolution]] generally have weaker credentials than advocates of [[intelligent design]]<ref>See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]]</ref>
# Liberals deny that college faculties at nearly every American school are dominated by [[liberals]] and have virtually no [[conservatives]].
# Liberals deny that [[Homosexuality]] shortens lifespan or increases risk of disease for a wide variety of reasons.
# Liberals deny that reducing the number of guns, which are primarily defensive weapons, results in an increase in crime.
# Liberals deny that [[Hitler]] and the [[Nazi]] party were in fact [[Liberals]] (anti-Semitism is a well-documented characteristic of [[Liberal Christianity]] as is the [[PETA]]-like Green wing of the Third Reich.<ref>[http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html Fascist Ecology: The "Green Wing" of the Nazi Party and its Historical Antecedents]</ref>).
# Liberals, such as [[Joe Biden]], deny that [[China]] poses any threat to the U.S.<ref>Tomlinson, Lucas; Pappas, Alex (May 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-bidens-assessment-of-china-says-country-is-a-strategic-competitor Pentagon disputes Biden's assessment of China, says country is a 'strategic competitor']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Spiering, Charlie (May 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/01/cmon-man-joe-biden-scoffs-at-china-threat/ ‘C’mon Man!’ Joe Biden Scoffs at China Threat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref>
# Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]].

== Liberal denialism and Donald Trump ==
''See also:'' [[Liberal denialism and Donald Trump]]

After the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, many liberals went into denial that [[Donald Trump]] was going to be the President of the United States. Before the election, liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the [[Republican]] primary and could not win the presidential election.<ref>
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/the-wrongest-media-predictions-about-donald-trump/?utm_term=.febb2623a89f The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump], ''Washington Post'', 2016</ref>

== General Denial ==
Generally, liberals deny that:

'''Abortion'''
# Choosing [[abortion]] over childbirth increases the risk of [[breast cancer]].
# They support taxpayer-funded [[abortion]].
# A child in a mother's womb has rights established by the [[Constitution]].
# A person is not insane for disagreeing with abortion and homosexuality.

'''Atheism'''
# People like [[young mass murderers]] who take [[atheistic]] beliefs to their logical conclusions are not delusional but are true believers.
# [[Young mass murderers]] fit the profile of [[public school]]-trained [[atheism]].
# Atheism is a nontheistic religion, not an absence of religion.
# Atheists were and still are responsible for the deaths of millions of people through the decades. Nevertheless, liberals resort to [[moral equivalence]] by falsely making the same claims about [[Christianity]], ridiculously exaggerating the numbers of people murdered by those claiming to be Christian while conveniently ignoring that Christian teachings forbid murder.

'''Crime'''
# [[Gun control]] motivates people to commit more gun-related [[crime]]s.
# Illegal immigrants contribute to crime and poverty in the towns and cities they occupy.
# Legalizing drugs will increase crime because drug addiction causes thievery and murder.
# A [[border wall]] is the most effective and, ultimately, the most peaceful way to protect the large southern border separating the U.S. and Mexico from illegal immigrants.
# Aggressive interrogation is often the best way to obtain answers from [[terrorists]].
# Socially dangerous people exhibit a well-documented pattern of reading habits.

'''Economics'''
# Reducing taxes stimulates the [[economy]].
# Privately run [[transport]] is more efficient than government-run transport.
# [[Labor union|union]]s interfere with [[employment]] opportunities.
# Free trade strengthens global democracies.
# Americans can drill oil to avoid high gas prices.
# Americans can't fully replace oil with green technologies; both oil and green technologies are needed to solve energy crises.

'''Education'''
# [[Homeschoolers]] are more likely to succeed than those who attend [[public school]].
# A school having few to no [[conservative]] teachers and a majority of [[atheists]] and/or [[liberals]] is a [[liberal]] school.
# [[Liberals]] attempt to intimidate and ostracize [[conservatives]], particularly in school environments and some occupations.<ref>See [[liberals and friendship]].</ref>
# The [[liberal]] ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly young people.
# [[Lawrence Summers]] was fired as President of [[Harvard]] for making a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] suggestion about women and mathematical aptitude.
# [[Public Schools]] are breeding grounds for indoctrination and are a waste of taxpayers' money.
# [[Children]] require [[disciplining|discipline]] and [[spanking]] is an effective way to correct their behaviour. This is denied by liberals even though a clear majority of American adults believe spanking is sometimes necessary, and despite the fact that the effectiveness of spanking is backed by both scientific research<ref>[https://sites.oxy.edu/clint/learn/articles/ComparingChildOutcomesofPhysicalPunishmentandAlternativeDisciplinary.pdf] Larzelere and Kuhn (2007) Comparing Child Outcomes of Physical Punishment and Alternative Disciplinary
Tactics: A Meta-Analysis</ref> and the bible.

'''Environment'''
# Modern technology can make [[coal]] clean.
# Modern drilling methods result in minimal environmental impact, even if they were implemented in uninhabited lands such as the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]].
# [[Global Warming|Human-caused climate change]] is [[junk science]].
# Companies like [[Exxon]] should pay billions of dollars in damages to the general public ''in addition'' to the money they spend to clean up industrial accidents and to recompense those directly affected.
# [[Selective logging]] keeps forests healthier by reducing the risk of wildfire.
# High food prices are not caused by [[ethanol]] production but rather by the million acres of cropland and pastureland that have been taken out of production in the interest of wildlife conservation.
# The life of a human is more important than the life of an animal or plant.

'''Health and medicine'''
# [[Socialized medicine|State run health care]] has led to Islamic terrorism in Britain and would do so in the US.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu6wCqdeyQ ''FOX News analyzes the new terror in state healthcare.''</ref>
# Obesity is a bigger problem than hunger in the Western world.
# Eating [[meat]] and [[dairy]] is important for physical and mental health.
# Using [[marijuana]] or other mind- or mood-altering drugs has lasting negative psychological effects.
# [[Universal health care]] is inferior medical care and will lead to crowding in hospitals.
# Girls and women in sports have debilitating ACL knee injuries at 3-4 times the rate of men,<ref>''Compare'' [http://www.universityhealthmatters.com/article.php?artid=50] (with an explanation of why there is a big difference) ''with'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/health/18knee.html?ex=1204088400&en=3a5abfaa6104ac63&ei=5070&emc=eta1 New York Times] (downplaying the difference and pretending that no one knows why). The New York Times denies overwhelming evidence, including the following:
:"Female athletes, particularly basketball players, are far more likely than their male counterparts to suffer ACL [Anterior Cruciate Ligament] injuries." Stephen Hargis, "Girls have more torn ACLs," Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), D1 (Feb. 4, 2005). According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the risk of women tearing their ACL is 1 in 100. This number drops significantly to only 1 in 500 for men. See Nikki Usher, "Knee injury takes toll on girls playing soccer five times more likely than males to suffer a torn ACL," Philadelphia Inquirer, A01 (Nov. 29, 2004). "Compared with guys, female athletes run an eight-times-greater risk of tearing the ACL, a fibrous band that connects the shinbone (tibia) to the thighbone (femur). Basketball, soccer and other sports that require cutting moves or jump shots can put athletes at risk." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls face higher knee injury risk," USA Today, 15B (Aug. 24, 2004). Timothy Hewett, PhD, the lead researcher on a definitive study at the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center at the University of Cincinnati, says this is "close to a billion-dollar problem in girls and women in the USA. ... Even after girls have recovered from the acute injury, the changes in the joint may set the stage for osteoarthritis of the knee ...." ''Id.'' That obvious suspicion was quickly confirmed: a study subsequently published in Arthritis & Rheumatism demonstrated that "more than half of ... 103 soccer players, who were ages 14 to 28 at the time of the ACL injury, suffered osteoarthritis of the knee at the time of the study -- about 12 years later." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls' knee injuries have later consequences," USA Today, 9D (Oct. 7, 2004). "Many of the women, who were about 31 by that time, also said they had pain or some other disability that made it hard to conduct daily activities." ''Id.''</ref> and are vulnerable to other injuries<ref>"Amber Scull ruptured her spleen after she was tackled during a practice drill at Nature Coast Tech in Brooksville 2 1/2 months ago. Had she [not] arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors told her mother, she might have died." [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/06/news_pf/Sports/Girls_face_dangers_on.shtml]</ref>

'''History'''
# America's [[founding fathers]] were devout Christians.
# The American model of [[democracy]] succeeded because it was founded on [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]].<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref>
# The [[Democratic National Party]] founded the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and supported it for decades, and that the Democrats not only championed slavery of blacks before and during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], plus segregation and suppression of blacks for decades afterward, but still championed a form of slavery and suppression against blacks (in the form of the [[welfare state]]) and still has the same attitudes toward blacks today as they did 150 years, 100 years, and even 50 years ago.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2017/06/dsouza-dems-want-to-shift-blame-with-confederate-crusade/ D'Souza: Dems want to "shift blame" with Confederate crusade] at [[WorldNetDaily]]</ref>

'''Homosexuality'''
# [[Same sex adoption]] is harmful to children.
# Banning [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] is analogous to banning [[polygamy]].
# Opposing same-sex "marriage" is justified (though they try to prove otherwise by drawing absurd connections to decriminalized interracial marriage bans).
# Homosexuals can be switched back into heterosexuals. (See [[ex-homosexuals]])

'''Liberalism'''
# They are [[intolerant]] of opposing viewpoints and then try to stifle further discussion.
# [[Socialism]] and liberalism have the same political agenda.
# They suppress any criticism rather than acknowledge it.
# They make sweeping generalizations about conservatives.
# Ideas do matter and can cause great harm, including liberal falsehoods.

'''Media'''
# The [[mainstream media]] is [[bias]]ed.
# Wikipedia has a systematic bias.
# Liberal media tycoons such as [[Ted Turner]] support population control.
# Restricting free speech by the [[Fairness Doctrine]] is actually neither fair nor democratic.

'''Politics'''
# [[Barack Hussein Obama]] ran the dirtiest campaign since [[Lyndon Johnson]].
# Former President Bill Clinton committed adulterous behavior while in office.
# Politicians who proclaim 'change' actually do not break very far from policies of the past.
# [[God]] and religion should be allowed a place in government.
# [[Ronald Reagan]]'s public exhortation, "[[Mikhail Gorbachev|Mr. Gorbachev]], tear down this wall," helped cause the nearly 30-year-old [[Berlin Wall]] to later be torn down.
# They support [[Totalitarianism]].
# Their leaders engage in shocking wrongdoing, [[Liberal hypocrisy|hypocrisy]], and abuse of power<ref>See, e.g., leading [[liberal]] [[Eliot Spitzer]] and how fellow [[liberals]] downplayed or were silent about his misconduct.</ref>
# A [[vote]] for (yea) or a vote against (nea) is an absolute position.
# People can be held accountable for the statements uttered in a vote.
# Former President George W. Bush being in power did not cause Hurricane Katrina.
# Former President Bill Clinton was responsible for Rwanda inaction.
# The Democratic party discriminates against African-Americans.
# [[Fidel Castro]] could have died a decade earlier than his disclosed death date, specifically around the last time he was seen in public in 2006.

'''Religion'''
# [[Islam]]ic extremism is a threat to the [[Western civilization]]<ref>Leftist [[Sam Harris]] admitted and complained about this liberal denial [http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/REPOSITORY/610090301/1028/OPINION02 here].</ref>
# Faith and logic are compatible.
# Both God and Jesus, the Lord and Savior, exist (in the case of secular liberals). Some secular liberals do acknowledge that Jesus walked among humans, but they deny that he performed any miracles.
# Morality should be objective.
# [[Heavy metal]] music is generally sacrilegious and has themes such as mind- or mood-altering drugs, sexual perversion, and [[Satan]] worship.

'''Science'''
# Life begins at conception.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (November 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/05/abortion-lobby-denies-science-concerning-beginning-of-human-life/ Abortion Lobby Denies Science Concerning Beginning of Human Life]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 5, 2017.</ref>
# There are only two genders, and men and women are different, even from birth.<ref name="5ScientificFacts"/>
# Green energy is nowhere near as efficient as advertised.<ref name="5ScientificFacts"/>
# [[Entropy]] – including [[genetic entropy]] – is increasing, which confounds several liberal theories.
# Virtually all fossil evidence for evolution has been proven wrong and affirms Biblical creation.
# The intellectual justification for [[Hitler]]'s attempt to build a master Aryan race was the [[theory of evolution]].
# Evolution and human-caused climate change are scientifically dubious at best.
# There is scientific accuracy contained in the Bible.
# Climate forecasts 50 years from now are as inaccurate as 15 days from now.

'''Social issues'''
# More than 80% of child molesters are [[pornography]] addicts.
# [[Feminists]] censor discussion about differences between men and women, and boys and girls.
# The [[nuclear family]] is beneficial to children.
# [[Culture]] affects [[politics]] as well as people's views and lifestyles.
# The numerous premature deaths of [[Hollywood]] stars are the result of [[Hollywood values]]<ref>Liberal [[Wikipedia]] lists numerous [[actor]]s who died of drug overdoses, but will not acknowledge the role played by [[Hollywood values]], for which Wikipedia does not even have an entry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drug-related_deaths]</ref>
# That English will cease being the language of the United States in 20 years unless it is protected as the [[official language]] (and that this would be a loss if it happened).

Often, [[liberal]]s refuse to admit that they are [[liberal]]s in the hope of appearing more "reasonable". [[Hillary Clinton]] refused to admit in a presidential debate in 2007 that she is a [[liberal]]. Similarly, [[Michael Dukakis]] refused for a while to admit that he was a [[liberal]] during the 1988 presidential campaign. Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a [[liberal]], and even then, he admitted only that he was a liberal like President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier.

Liberals like to bash President George W. Bush as a warmonger and cite [[President Bill Clinton]] for his eight years of peace and prosperity. Liberals will deny record-low unemployment, more people owning their homes, and President Bush going after [[terrorists]] while protecting Americans from further attacks. Liberals will selectively forget that during Clinton's term, the [[Rwanda]] massacre, the bombing of the USS Cole, the war in the [[Balkans]], the two US embassies bombed in [[Africa]], the Kobar tower bombing in Saudi Arabia, the [[Somalia]] conflict, the missile strike against [[Afghanistan]], and the bombing campaign against Iraq all occurred. Moreover, [[liberals]] deny that Clinton's economic policy ignored a series of high-profile companies that eventually collapsed due to fraud: Enron, Tyco, Worldcom and Qwest.

As part of their denial, liberals often use the word "denial" pejoratively against conservatives. Alleging that conservatives are "[[racist]]" and "reject [[science]]", they use terms like "[[global warming]] deniers" and "[[climate change]] deniers" in an attempt to link conservative viewpoints with [[Holocaust denial]], [[Nazism]], [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], and [[pseudoscience]].

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[ACLU]]
*[[Longest liberal denials]]

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[[Image:Obama messiah.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Magazine, one of many published "halo-effect" photos of Barack Obama; the emphasis is on the claims that he is a "messiah," and is an example of liberal deification of a government official in accordance with point #26.]]
'''Liberal denial''' is the tendency of [[liberals]] to conceal, [[denial|deny]], or [[Censorship|censor]] the facts for ideological reasons. The root cause of liberal denial is a desire to marginalize and exclude religion, especially [[Christianity]], from society. Liberal denial promotes a secularized, politically liberal one-world [[government]], as well as illogical denial of the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[God]] and [[Jesus]].

Liberal denial requires first denying [[Christ]], then [[God]], then the greatness of accomplishments by those inspired by Christ, then the superiority of political systems based on [[Christianity]], and so on, ultimately resulting in underachievement and selfishness.

Liberal denial includes the following:

#[[Wikipedia]] and [[liberal]]s deny the immense political influence of [[Big Pharma]], and Wikipedia even refuses to have an entry about it despite having an entry on [[Big Tech]].
#[[Shakespeare]] and the [[Bible]] of his time (the [[Geneva Bible]]) use the powerful concept of "[[infinity|infinite]]", but [[liberal]] professors in control of translations today omit it.
#Denial that the sudden death of many athletes and others could be due, or even possibly be due, to the [[Covid vaccine]], despite published medical studies showing its adverse effects on some recipients' hearts.
#Denial by the [[liberal media]] of many instances of public [[prayer]] by winning athletes, such [[ESPN]] refusing to describe correctly a public [[prayer]] by the 19-year-old [[American]] winner (Coco Gauff) of the women's tennis U.S. Open, and instead falsely mischaracterizing it as “a moment to soak it all in.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/09/10/tony-dungy-corrects-espn-on-coco-gauff-moment-she-was-praying/</ref>
#Amid overwhelming evidence that [[COVID-19]] leaked from a [[China|Chinese]] lab, and the Energy Department even admitting that,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/covid-virus-likely-laboratory-leak-us-energy-department</ref> [[liberal]] [[Fauci]] continues the liberal denial by saying "we may never know."<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/fauci-says-we-may-never-know-origin-of-covid-despite-report/</ref>
#Denial by [[liberal]]s that [[Jesus]] taught in [[Greek]], the language of scholars, even though the evidence is overwhelming that Jesus did.<ref>https://tyndalehouse.com/explore/articles/did-jesus-speak-greek/#:~:text=So%20did%20Jesus%20speak%20Greek,alongside%20Aramaic%20in%20Roman%20Palestine.</ref>
#[[Marijuana]] crops are wasteful of water (nearly twice the consumption of commodity crops), and the pesticides commonly used to grow pot are harmful to the environment.
#Use of the [[memory hole]] to marginalize or erase films, books, and even events disfavored by [[liberal]]s.
# While hiding data from the public, the [[CDC]] tweets statements about issues it has not properly researched, like this: "There is no evidence that any vaccines, including #COVID19 [[vaccine]]s, cause fertility problems in women or men."<ref>https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1501281102354268165</ref> There is often no evidence where there is no earnest search for it, and in fact there is overwhelming evidence of harm.<ref>https://vaersanalysis.info/2022/03/05/vaers-summary-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-2-25-2022/</ref>
# The sensational movie ''[[The Exorcist]]'', which broke the box office record at the time, was snubbed with only two very minor [[Oscar]]s because of liberal denial about the existence of the [[devil]]. See [[Essay:Worst Liberal Snubs|Worst Liberal Snubs]].
# Nearly two years after the spread of the [[COVID-19]] virus began, and despite NO evidence of any natural origin while there is evidence of its manmade origin, the [[liberal]] medical journal ''The Lancet'' shamelessly says that the jury about the issue is still out (and always will be, if liberals get their way).
# Denial of [[eternity]] leads to false denial of the powerful reach and uses of [[infinity]], ''see'' [[Talk:Pi#Pi_contains_every_other_number.3F|Pi contains pi]] and [[Infinity denial]].
# Liberals deny that the abrupt termination of the tyrannical statewide shutdown by [[Leftist]] [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] was because a [[recall election|recall petition]] approached the 1.5M signatures needed to hold an election to remove him from office.
# Liberals deny the dangers and harms caused by sexually transmitted diseases, downplaying them as minor irritations when, in fact, they are incurable illnesses with severe consequences.
# Liberals deny or downplay the deadly harm caused by floods, in an attempt to steer people away from accepting the truth of the [[Great Flood]].
# The [[liberal media]] typically react to a mass murder with a flood of stories denying that there were any warning signs or addiction to drugs or violent [[video game]]s by the perpetrator, and the truth can only leak out through [[conservative]] news or [[British]] newspapers.
# Liberals continue to deny that [[Donald Trump]] legitimately defeated [[Hillary Clinton]] for president in 2016, and earlier that [[George W. Bush]] defeated [[Al Gore]] for president in 2000 (e.g., Joe Biden denied it in remarks on June 12, 2013; Al Gore himself denied it in remarks on August 4, 2017).<ref>https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/06/11/liberals-blind-to-donald-trumps-wins/</ref>
# Liberals deny that vaccines cause severe, even deadly, side effects despite how warnings on package inserts, which parents rarely see, admit to that fact.
# [[European migrant crisis|Mass immigration to Europe from the Middle East]] has brought an increased threat and the greater occurrence of [[terrorism]]. Yet European leaders deny the threat of [[Islam]]ic terrorism, and terrorist attacks have shown how poorly prepared and secured their countries and facilities are.<ref name="Denial">Scarborough, Rowan (May 23, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/manchester-bombing-reveals-europes-denial-of-islam/ Europe’s denial of Islamic terrorism threat perplexes security specialists]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 24, 2017.</ref> When attacks occur, the leaders often state that they "are a part of daily life", and they refuse to admit that the motive of the terrorists is Islamic radicalism.<ref name="Denial"/> This is likely due to [[political correctness]] and the blindness that comes with liberalism and their pet goal for a utopian [[one-world government]] where nations and borders are abolished.
# Lies about a false armed robbery were spread by the [[liberal media]] in smearing the gracious host of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], and yet [[liberals]] did not fully correct and apologize for the lies even after [[Brazil]]ians worked hard to uncover the truth.
# [[Terrorism]] was not mentioned once during the entire first day of the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 2016, while increasing numbers of widely reported terrorism occurred in Florida, France, and elsewhere.
# [[Obama]] refused to mention ISIS, radical Islam, or Islamic extremism in his comments on the worst attack since [[9/11]]—a mass murder committed by an admitted supporter of ISIS in a Florida gay nightclub in June 2016.
# Liberals deny that the much-publicized "proof" of the [[general theory of relativity]] in 1919 was, in fact, scientific misconduct by [[Arthur Eddington]] who "cherry-picked"<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brooks/scientists-behaving-badly_b_1448729.html</ref> his data to reach his desired result, which would have him expelled from any Ph.D. program worth its salt today.
# Liberals deny the lack of racial diversity on the women's [[World Cup]] 2015 team, which had an all-white coaching staff and an all-white starting line-up.
# Falsification of a theory, for which a [[Nobel Prize]] has been awarded, is never admitted by the English [[lamestream media]].<ref>http://en.yibada.com/articles/26197/20150412/nobel-prize-physics-2011-falsified-universe-dark-energy-expanding-rapid.htm</ref>
# Multiple murders committed by an atheist are neither a hate crime nor terrorism, but a rarely occurring murder committed by a Christian must be both.
# Liberals deny whenever there is a cold winter, as well as the fact that the world has not significantly warmed for many years.
# Liberals deny that violent [[video games]] incite and train [[young mass murderers]] to go on unspeakable killing rampages.
# Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the mass murderer who perpetrated the [[Boston Marathon]] bombing, likely committed a gruesome triple murder in 2011 on the 10th anniversary of [[9/11]], but liberals refuse to admit it, and the U.S. government insists the investigation is still ongoing.
# Liberals refuse to admit that "crime [has become] a major part of [[South Africa]]n life, be it violent robberies or drive-by shootings."<ref>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-15-south-africas-criminal-underworld-is-the-media-reporting-the-real-story/#.UqNvpMRDtHS</ref>
# Liberals deny that [[Abraham Lincoln]] developed a strong faith in the [[Lord]] in the last few years of life, as proven by his declaration of [[Thanksgiving Day]] as an official holiday, his insertion of "under [[God]]" into the [[Gettysburg Address]], and in his personal comments.<ref>http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/faithquotes.htm</ref>
# Liberals deny that a shutdown of the federal government is a good thing.
# Liberals deny that some disciples likely wrote down teachings of Jesus while he was living, as a means to deny Jesus's words. (Ironically, liberal theologians then use those same "red letter" words to make the claim that, since Jesus never mentioned homosexuality anywhere in them, all other Biblical condemnation of the topic can be ignored - while those same theologians choose to ignore that the words of Jesus are also the words of God and that Jesus, in pointing out that the only acceptable sexual relations are that of one man and one woman in marital union, ''did'' in fact condemn homosexuality.)
# Liberals deny even the possibility of women having different aptitude for math than men, even though every [[Fields Medal]] recipient has been male, nearly every Putnam fellow has been male, and the highest achievers on the SAT math exam are predominantly male.
# Liberals deny that the [[Apostle Paul]] wrote most of the epistles which, in their opening, clearly state that he was the author. Similarly they deny that the [[Apostle John]] was the author of the gospel account bearing his name, all three epistles bearing his name, and the Book of Revelation (they usually concede the gospel account was his, are divided on the epistles, and almost universally deny his authorship of Revelation).
# Liberals deny that human intelligence inevitably and demonstrably declines from generation to generation, and that if there were another 100 generations into the future, the people of that time would not be able to understand simple concepts.
# Liberals deny the very real existence of [[fetal pain]] during [[abortion]].
# Liberals deny that there are only two genders – male and female – and that they are born different<ref name="5ScientificFacts">Bokhari, Allum (April 23, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/23/5-scientific-facts-the-science-march-refuses-to-acknowledge/ 5 Scientific Facts The ‘Science March’ Has Yet to Acknowledge]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 30, 2017.</ref>
# Liberals deny the very real existence of [[Hell]], which [[Jesus]] referenced more than Heaven.
# Liberals deny how they censor the [[Bible]] from their daily activities, and encourage the censorship for others too.
# For nearly three months after his death, liberals denied that [[Hugo Chavez]] had died.
# Liberals deny the [[Nobel Prize]] is an award given by liberals to other liberals, sometimes even granted in an awkward manner to punish a critic of liberal falsehoods.<ref>For instance, a Nobel Prize was granted to an understudy of [[Fred Hoyle]] to punish him.</ref>
# Liberals deny how they deify government officials, similar to how communists continue to deify Stalin, Lenin, and Castro.<ref>For example, they have adulated [[Ted Kennedy]] despite his paucity of achievements.</ref>
# Liberals deny how fellow travelers engage in [[deceit]], or at least refuse to admit it.
# Liberals deny they are [[liberal]] and that most of the media are [[liberal]].
# Liberals deny that [[Hollywood values]], [[professor values]], and general [[liberal]] values have consequences for their believers and any victims of the believers.
# Liberals deny that they have censored [[prayer]] in [[public school]].<ref>A [[public school]] student who once "tape recorded a teacher making religious remarks to his students" to complain about it then later objected to a textbook explaining how prayer is censored from [[public school]] schools by court decisions. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/WireStory?id=4614012]</ref>
# Liberals deny that a woman significantly reduces her risk of [[breast cancer]] by having children rather than [[abortions]].
# Liberals deny that about half of promiscuous people carry sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and that those STDs cause infertility.<ref>"Among those who admitted having sex, the rate was even more disturbing -- 40 percent had an STD."[http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=20080312_1_C12_hUShe15125]</ref>
# Liberals deny that the strident promoters of [[evolution]] generally have weaker credentials than advocates of [[intelligent design]]<ref>See, e.g., [[Richard Sternberg]]</ref>
# Liberals deny that college faculties at nearly every American school are dominated by [[liberals]] and have virtually no [[conservatives]].
# Liberals deny that [[Homosexuality]] shortens lifespan or increases risk of disease for a wide variety of reasons.
# Liberals deny that reducing the number of guns, which are primarily defensive weapons, results in an increase in crime.
# Liberals deny that [[Hitler]] and the [[Nazi]] party were in fact [[Liberals]] (anti-Semitism is a well-documented characteristic of [[Liberal Christianity]] as is the [[PETA]]-like Green wing of the Third Reich.<ref>[http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp001630/peter.html Fascist Ecology: The "Green Wing" of the Nazi Party and its Historical Antecedents]</ref>).
# Liberals, such as [[Joe Biden]], deny that [[China]] poses any threat to the U.S.<ref>Tomlinson, Lucas; Pappas, Alex (May 3, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-bidens-assessment-of-china-says-country-is-a-strategic-competitor Pentagon disputes Biden's assessment of China, says country is a 'strategic competitor']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Spiering, Charlie (May 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/01/cmon-man-joe-biden-scoffs-at-china-threat/ ‘C’mon Man!’ Joe Biden Scoffs at China Threat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2019.</ref>
# Denying that Hitler's [[evolutionary belief]] played a part in the [[Holocaust]].

== Liberal denialism and Donald Trump ==
''See also:'' [[Liberal denialism and Donald Trump]]

After the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, many liberals went into denial that [[Donald Trump]] was going to be the President of the United States. Before the election, liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the [[Republican]] primary and could not win the presidential election.<ref>
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/the-wrongest-media-predictions-about-donald-trump/?utm_term=.febb2623a89f The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump], ''Washington Post'', 2016</ref>

== General Denial ==
Generally, liberals deny that:

'''Abortion'''
# Choosing [[abortion]] over childbirth increases the risk of [[breast cancer]].
# They support taxpayer-funded [[abortion]].
# A child in a mother's womb has rights established by the [[Constitution]].
# A person is not insane for disagreeing with abortion and homosexuality.

'''Atheism'''
# People like [[young mass murderers]] who take [[atheistic]] beliefs to their logical conclusions are not delusional but are true believers.
# [[Young mass murderers]] fit the profile of [[public school]]-trained [[atheism]].
# Atheism is a nontheistic religion, not an absence of religion.
# Atheists were and still are responsible for the deaths of millions of people through the decades. Nevertheless, liberals resort to [[moral equivalence]] by falsely making the same claims about [[Christianity]], ridiculously exaggerating the numbers of people murdered by those claiming to be Christian while conveniently ignoring that Christian teachings forbid murder.

'''Crime'''
# [[Gun control]] motivates people to commit more gun-related [[crime]]s.
# Illegal immigrants contribute to crime and poverty in the towns and cities they occupy.
# Legalizing drugs will increase crime because drug addiction causes thievery and murder.
# A [[border wall]] is the most effective and, ultimately, the most peaceful way to protect the large southern border separating the U.S. and Mexico from illegal immigrants.
# Aggressive interrogation is often the best way to obtain answers from [[terrorists]].
# Socially dangerous people exhibit a well-documented pattern of reading habits.

'''Economics'''
# Reducing taxes stimulates the [[economy]].
# Privately run [[transport]] is more efficient than government-run transport.
# [[Labor union|union]]s interfere with [[employment]] opportunities.
# Free trade strengthens global democracies.
# Americans can drill oil to avoid high gas prices.
# Americans can't fully replace oil with green technologies; both oil and green technologies are needed to solve energy crises.

'''Education'''
# [[Homeschoolers]] are more likely to succeed than those who attend [[public school]].
# A school having few to no [[conservative]] teachers and a majority of [[atheists]] and/or [[liberals]] is a [[liberal]] school.
# [[Liberals]] attempt to intimidate and ostracize [[conservatives]], particularly in school environments and some occupations.<ref>See [[liberals and friendship]].</ref>
# The [[liberal]] ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly young people.
# [[Lawrence Summers]] was fired as President of [[Harvard]] for making a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] suggestion about women and mathematical aptitude.
# [[Public Schools]] are breeding grounds for indoctrination and are a waste of taxpayers' money.
# [[Children]] require [[disciplining|discipline]] and [[spanking]] is an effective way to correct their behaviour. This is denied by liberals even though a clear majority of American adults believe spanking is sometimes necessary, and despite the fact that the effectiveness of spanking is backed by both scientific research<ref>[https://sites.oxy.edu/clint/learn/articles/ComparingChildOutcomesofPhysicalPunishmentandAlternativeDisciplinary.pdf] Larzelere and Kuhn (2007) Comparing Child Outcomes of Physical Punishment and Alternative Disciplinary
Tactics: A Meta-Analysis</ref> and the bible.

'''Environment'''
# Modern technology can make [[coal]] clean.
# Modern drilling methods result in minimal environmental impact, even if they were implemented in uninhabited lands such as the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]].
# [[Global Warming|Human-caused climate change]] is [[junk science]].
# Companies like [[Exxon]] should pay billions of dollars in damages to the general public ''in addition'' to the money they spend to clean up industrial accidents and to recompense those directly affected.
# [[Selective logging]] keeps forests healthier by reducing the risk of wildfire.
# High food prices are not caused by [[ethanol]] production but rather by the million acres of cropland and pastureland that have been taken out of production in the interest of wildlife conservation.
# The life of a human is more important than the life of an animal or plant.

'''Health and medicine'''
# [[Socialized medicine|State run health care]] has led to Islamic terrorism in Britain and would do so in the US.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu6wCqdeyQ ''FOX News analyzes the new terror in state healthcare.''</ref>
# Obesity is a bigger problem than hunger in the Western world.
# Eating [[meat]] and [[dairy]] is important for physical and mental health.
# Using [[marijuana]] or other mind- or mood-altering drugs has lasting negative psychological effects.
# [[Universal health care]] is inferior medical care and will lead to crowding in hospitals.
# Girls and women in sports have debilitating ACL knee injuries at 3-4 times the rate of men,<ref>''Compare'' [http://www.universityhealthmatters.com/article.php?artid=50] (with an explanation of why there is a big difference) ''with'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/health/18knee.html?ex=1204088400&en=3a5abfaa6104ac63&ei=5070&emc=eta1 New York Times] (downplaying the difference and pretending that no one knows why). The New York Times denies overwhelming evidence, including the following:
:"Female athletes, particularly basketball players, are far more likely than their male counterparts to suffer ACL [Anterior Cruciate Ligament] injuries." Stephen Hargis, "Girls have more torn ACLs," Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), D1 (Feb. 4, 2005). According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the risk of women tearing their ACL is 1 in 100. This number drops significantly to only 1 in 500 for men. See Nikki Usher, "Knee injury takes toll on girls playing soccer five times more likely than males to suffer a torn ACL," Philadelphia Inquirer, A01 (Nov. 29, 2004). "Compared with guys, female athletes run an eight-times-greater risk of tearing the ACL, a fibrous band that connects the shinbone (tibia) to the thighbone (femur). Basketball, soccer and other sports that require cutting moves or jump shots can put athletes at risk." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls face higher knee injury risk," USA Today, 15B (Aug. 24, 2004). Timothy Hewett, PhD, the lead researcher on a definitive study at the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center at the University of Cincinnati, says this is "close to a billion-dollar problem in girls and women in the USA. ... Even after girls have recovered from the acute injury, the changes in the joint may set the stage for osteoarthritis of the knee ...." ''Id.'' That obvious suspicion was quickly confirmed: a study subsequently published in Arthritis & Rheumatism demonstrated that "more than half of ... 103 soccer players, who were ages 14 to 28 at the time of the ACL injury, suffered osteoarthritis of the knee at the time of the study -- about 12 years later." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls' knee injuries have later consequences," USA Today, 9D (Oct. 7, 2004). "Many of the women, who were about 31 by that time, also said they had pain or some other disability that made it hard to conduct daily activities." ''Id.''</ref> and are vulnerable to other injuries<ref>"Amber Scull ruptured her spleen after she was tackled during a practice drill at Nature Coast Tech in Brooksville 2 1/2 months ago. Had she [not] arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors told her mother, she might have died." [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/06/news_pf/Sports/Girls_face_dangers_on.shtml]</ref>

'''History'''
# America's [[founding fathers]] were devout Christians.
# The American model of [[democracy]] succeeded because it was founded on [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]].<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref>
# The [[Democratic National Party]] founded the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and supported it for decades, and that the Democrats not only championed slavery of blacks before and during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], plus segregation and suppression of blacks for decades afterward, but still championed a form of slavery and suppression against blacks (in the form of the [[welfare state]]) and still has the same attitudes toward blacks today as they did 150 years, 100 years, and even 50 years ago.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2017/06/dsouza-dems-want-to-shift-blame-with-confederate-crusade/ D'Souza: Dems want to "shift blame" with Confederate crusade] at [[WorldNetDaily]]</ref>

'''Homosexuality'''
# [[Same sex adoption]] is harmful to children.
# Banning [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] is analogous to banning [[polygamy]].
# Opposing same-sex "marriage" is justified (though they try to prove otherwise by drawing absurd connections to decriminalized interracial marriage bans).
# Homosexuals can be switched back into heterosexuals. (See [[ex-homosexuals]])

'''Liberalism'''
# They are [[intolerant]] of opposing viewpoints and then try to stifle further discussion.
# [[Socialism]] and liberalism have the same political agenda.
# They suppress any criticism rather than acknowledge it.
# They make sweeping generalizations about conservatives.
# Ideas do matter and can cause great harm, including liberal falsehoods.

'''Media'''
# The [[mainstream media]] is [[bias]]ed.
# Wikipedia has a systematic bias.
# Liberal media tycoons such as [[Ted Turner]] support population control.
# Restricting free speech by the [[Fairness Doctrine]] is actually neither fair nor democratic.

'''Politics'''
# [[Barack Hussein Obama]] ran the dirtiest campaign since [[Lyndon Johnson]].
# Former President Bill Clinton committed adulterous behavior while in office.
# Politicians who proclaim 'change' actually do not break very far from policies of the past.
# [[God]] and religion should be allowed a place in government.
# [[Ronald Reagan]]'s public exhortation, "[[Mikhail Gorbachev|Mr. Gorbachev]], tear down this wall," helped cause the nearly 30-year-old [[Berlin Wall]] to later be torn down.
# They support [[Totalitarianism]].
# Their leaders engage in shocking wrongdoing, [[Liberal hypocrisy|hypocrisy]], and abuse of power<ref>See, e.g., leading [[liberal]] [[Eliot Spitzer]] and how fellow [[liberals]] downplayed or were silent about his misconduct.</ref>
# A [[vote]] for (yea) or a vote against (nea) is an absolute position.
# People can be held accountable for the statements uttered in a vote.
# Former President George W. Bush being in power did not cause Hurricane Katrina.
# Former President Bill Clinton was responsible for Rwanda inaction.
# The Democratic party discriminates against African-Americans.
# [[Fidel Castro]] could have died a decade earlier than his disclosed death date, specifically around the last time he was seen in public in 2006.

'''Religion'''
# [[Islam]]ic extremism is a threat to the [[Western civilization]]<ref>Leftist [[Sam Harris]] admitted and complained about this liberal denial [http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/REPOSITORY/610090301/1028/OPINION02 here].</ref>
# Faith and logic are compatible.
# Both God and Jesus, the Lord and Savior, exist (in the case of secular liberals). Some secular liberals do acknowledge that Jesus walked among humans, but they deny that he performed any miracles.
# Morality should be objective.
# [[Heavy metal]] music is generally sacrilegious and has themes such as mind- or mood-altering drugs, sexual perversion, and [[Satan]] worship.

'''Science'''
# Life begins at conception.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (November 5, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/05/abortion-lobby-denies-science-concerning-beginning-of-human-life/ Abortion Lobby Denies Science Concerning Beginning of Human Life]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 5, 2017.</ref>
# There are only two genders, and men and women are different, even from birth.<ref name="5ScientificFacts"/>
# Green energy is nowhere near as efficient as advertised.<ref name="5ScientificFacts"/>
# [[Entropy]] – including [[genetic entropy]] – is increasing, which confounds several liberal theories.
# Virtually all fossil evidence for evolution has been proven wrong and affirms Biblical creation.
# The intellectual justification for [[Hitler]]'s attempt to build a master Aryan race was the [[theory of evolution]].
# Evolution and human-caused climate change are scientifically dubious at best.
# There is scientific accuracy contained in the Bible.
# Climate forecasts 50 years from now are as inaccurate as 15 days from now.

'''Social issues'''
# More than 80% of child molesters are [[pornography]] addicts.
# [[Feminists]] censor discussion about differences between men and women, and boys and girls.
# The [[nuclear family]] is beneficial to children.
# [[Culture]] affects [[politics]] as well as people's views and lifestyles.
# The numerous premature deaths of [[Hollywood]] stars are the result of [[Hollywood values]]<ref>Liberal [[Wikipedia]] lists numerous [[actor]]s who died of drug overdoses, but will not acknowledge the role played by [[Hollywood values]], for which Wikipedia does not even have an entry. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drug-related_deaths]</ref>
# That English will cease being the language of the United States in 20 years unless it is protected as the [[official language]] (and that this would be a loss if it happened).

Often, [[liberal]]s refuse to admit that they are [[liberal]]s in the hope of appearing more "reasonable". by [[Hillary Clinton]] refusing to admit in a presidential debate in 2007 that she is a [[liberal]]. Similarly, [[Michael Dukakis]] refused for a while to admit that he was a [[liberal]] during the 1988 presidential campaign. Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a [[liberal]], and even then, he admitted only that he was a liberal like President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier.

Liberals like to bash President George W. Bush as a war monger and cite [[President Bill Clinton]] for his eight years of peace and prosperity. Liberals will deny record low unemployment, more people owning their homes, and President Bush going after [[terrorists]] while protecting Americans from further attacks. Liberals will selectively forget that during Clinton's term, the [[Rwanda]] massacre, the bombing of the USS Cole, the war in the [[Balkans]], the two US embassies bombed in [[Africa]], the Kobar tower bombing in Saudi Arabia, the [[Somalia]] conflict, the missile strike against [[Afghanistan]], and the bombing campaign against Iraq all occurred. Moreover, [[liberals]] deny that Clinton's economic policy ignored a series of high-profile companies that eventually collapsed due to fraud: Enron, Tyco, Worldcom and Qwest.

As part of their denial, liberals often use the word "denial" pejoratively against conservatives. Alleging that conservatives are "[[racist]]" and "reject [[science]]", so they use terms like "[[global warming]] deniers" and "[[climate change]] deniers" in an attempt to link conservative viewpoints with [[Holocaust denial]], [[Nazism]], [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], and [[pseudoscience]].

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[ACLU]]
*[[Longest liberal denials]]

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Stephen Miller

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[[File:Stephen Miller.PNG‎|right|200px|thumb|Stephen Miller]]
'''Stephen Miller''' (born August 23, 1985, in Santa Monica, [[California]]), is the [[White House]] [[Chief of Staff]] as of a few days after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. He previously served as Senior Advisor for Policy to [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. Miller has also been a presidential speechwriter, critical of the [[Deep State]].<ref>Bedard, Paul (October 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/stephen-miller-pushback-permanent-bureaucracy-a-mortal-threat-to-america Stephen Miller pushback: ‘Permanent bureaucracy a mortal threat to America’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 22, 2019.</ref> In 2021, Miller founded America First Legal, concentrating on navigating through the maze of [[lawfare]] cases against Donald Trump. '''''Miller is a savvy hardliner whom the [[liberal media]] opposes most in the [[Second Trump Administration]]'''''.

Miller is a graduate of [[Duke University]] in Durham, [[North Carolina]]. He wrote President Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, becoming his day-to-day speechwriter on the campaign. He has worked in Congress for his whole professional life. He became communications director for former [[United States Senator]] [[Jeff Sessions]] of [[Alabama]], who in 2017 became Trump's first attorney general.

Leftists have harshly and falsely attacked Miller for his conservative views,<ref>Multiple references:
*Morris, Kyle (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/ilhan-omar-falsely-claims-jewish-trump-adviser-stephen-miller-is-a-white-nationalist/ Ilhan Omar Falsely Claims Jewish Trump Adviser ‘Stephen Miller Is a White Nationalist’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
*Caruso, Justin (April 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/04/09/hollywood-attacks-stephen-miller-after-kirstjen-nielsen-resigns-reincarnation-of-adolf-hitler/ Hollywood Attacks Stephen Miller After Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns: ‘Reincarnation of Adolf Hitler’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
See also:
*Spero, Aryeh (December 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/12/25/rabbi-spero-stephen-miller-unjustly-maligned-by-political-left/ Rabbi Spero: Stephen Miller Unjustly Maligned by Political Left]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2019.</ref> including some absurd but widely publicized attacks, as commentator Andrew Stiles satirically noted.<ref>Stiles, Andrew (August 17, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/blog/stephen-miller-secret-socialist/ Stephen Miller is Using Trump to Install a Subversive Socialist Agenda. I Know Because We Shared an Incubator as Infants.] ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved August 17, 2018.</ref> He has been falsely and wrongfully labeled a "white nationalist" by lying leftists, even though he is [[Jewish]].

Miller tested positive for the [[covid]] virus on October 6, 2020.<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/6/stephen-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus/ Top Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for coronavirus]
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/10/06/top-white-house-aide-is-positive-for-wuhan-coronavirus-n2577600 BREAKING: Top White House Aide Is Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus]</ref>

In 2024, he was chosen by Trump to serve as deputy chief of staff for policy.
==References==
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Chief of staff

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'''Chief of staff''' is an important adviser, aide, or coordinator for an office holder. The chief of staff is often the highest-ranking staff member or senior aide.<ref>In many administrations, for example, sometimes the [[National Security Advisor]] has outranked the Chief of Staff, answering to the president alone. In others, the National Security Advisor must go through the Chief of Staff to gain access to the president.</ref> It is used in [[the Pentagon]], [[the White House]], and by members of [[Congress]]. The White House Chief of Staff can be the most influential person in the entire [[Cabinet]] due to her daily communications with the President, and control over staffing decisions. Confirmation by the [[U.S. Senate]] is '''''not''''' required for the White House Chief of Staff position.

In the White House, the position was first introduced by [[President Eisenhower]] who brought the organizing principle with him from the [[Pentagon]] using the hierarchical structure in the branches of the military, and has been used by subsequent presidents ever since.<ref>There is no law mandating a president use this structure. Each president is free to organize his operation of the White House as he sees fit.</ref> Members of Congress and Committees have also adopted the organizing model for their own congressional staffs.

In the military, at the summit of the Army, Navy, and Air Force chiefs and the Marine Corps commandant are the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]].

In the White House, the position is appointed by the president and serves on his behalf, conducting day-to-day duties such as managing the president's schedule, hiring staff members, filling other key positions throughout the administration, limiting access to the president, and coordinating legislative proposals and votes with congressional party leaders and committee chairmen for the president's legislative agenda.

The president's chief of staff has a dual function overseeing two statutory entities, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and the White House Office. The EOP has some members that require Senate approval, for example the OMB Director, the Trade Representative, and members of the Council of Economic Advisors, whereas positions in the White House Office are considered the president's personal staff.

==See also==
*[[Senior Presidential Advisor]]
*[[National Security Advisor]]

==References==
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Cabinet

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{{See also|Trump Cabinet race}}
The '''Cabinet''' is a part of the executive branch of [[government]], comprising the head of government or the head of state and his or her top advisors. In [[parliament]]ary systems like the [[United Kingdom]] or [[Canada]], the cabinet is made up of elected [[Members of Parliament]]. In the [[American]] [[president]]ial system, the cabinet is appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the [[U.S. Senate]].

The [[U.S.]] Cabinet is presided over by the President (who is not a member) and has 26 members:
*the vice president
*15 department heads
*10 Cabinet-level officials
All of them, other than the vice president and the [[White House]] [[Chief of Staff]], require confirmation by the [[U.S. Senate]].
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Al Qaeda

2026-11-07T04:18:03Z

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[[File:C9Pak4-W0AIldKy (1).jpg|right|450px|thumb|[[Biden]] [[national security advisor]] and [[Trump-Russia hoax]]er [[Jake Sullivan]]<ref>
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/a-conversation-with-jake-sullivan-video/</ref> to Hillary Clinton: "Al Qaeda is on our side."]]
'''Al-Qaeda''' ([[Arabic]]: القاعدة‎, Translation: ''the base'') is an international Islamic [[Jihadism|Jihadist]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded in 1988, in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan. It originally consisted mainly of members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad led by Saudi Arabian millionaire and heir of the bin Laden engineering firm, [[Osama bin Laden]]. The family engineering firm gained global recognition in the construction industry after it won the contract to refurbish and modernize the Grand Mosque at [[Mecca]].

According to the 9/11 Commission Report, Osama Bin Ladin and his comrades had their own sources of support and training, and they received little or no assistance from the United States during the [[Soviet-Afghan war]],<ref>9/11 Commission Report, [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/sec2.pdf ''The Foundation of the New Terrorism''], pg. 56.</ref><ref>In his memoir, Ayman al-Zawahiri contemptuously rejects the claim that the Arab mujahideen were financed (even “one penny”) or trained by the United States. See Zawahiri, “Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner,” Al Sharq al Awsat, Dec. 2, 2001. CIA officials involved in aiding the Afghan resistance regard Bin Ladin and his “Arab Afghans” as having been militarily insignificant in the war and recall having little to do with him. Gary Schroen interview (Mar. 3, 2003).</ref> which only provided funding to indigenous Afghan ''mujaheddin''. Bin Laden was living under house arrest in [[Pakistan]] for nearly 10 years until he was killed on orders from President [[Barack Obama]] before the [[2012 presidential election]].

Al Qaeda was predominantly composed of fanatical [[Salafi]] [[Muslim]]s. [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]], former leader of the [[Egypt]]ian terrorist group called the [[Muslim Brotherhood|Islamic Brotherhood]], assumed leadership after Bin Laden's assassination.

In 2012, the [[Obama administration]] became allied with the group, providing weapons to kick-start the [[Syrian Civil War]] and founding of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]], a rebirth of the Islamic [[Caliphate]] which was abolished after the [[First World War]].

By 2018, Al Qaeda remained a major global terror threat.<ref>Mora, Edwin (October 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/10/06/al-qaeda-remains-top-global-jihadi-threat-17th-anniversary-afghan-war/ Al-Qaeda Remains Top Global Jihadi Threat on 17th Anniversary of Afghan War]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 6, 2018.</ref>

==Terrorist activities from 1998–2007==
[[File:National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire.jpg|thumb|Al Qaeda attacks the World Trade Center]]
Al Qaeda is responsible for the [[September 11, 2001 attack]]s on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] killing 3000 Americans, the bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, the October 2000 bombing of the [[USS Cole]], and numerous other deaths and attacks.<ref>Ramzi Yousef, who delivered the explosives in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing killing six people, is the nephew of [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]], a top figure in al-Qaeda. After the September 2001 attack, it was the opinion of many investigators and analysts that the perpetrators of that attack had a state sponsor – Iraq. A number of details, including the fact that Yousef was traveling on an Iraqi passport, as well as the date of the 1993 attack – the second anniversary of the U.S. liberation of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War – furthered suspicions of Iraqi involvement in the 1993 incident. His uncle, Sheikh Mohammed was one of the masterminds the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and was arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 1, 2003. [http://intelwire.egoplex.com/2007_03_14_exclusives.html]</ref> The group's wing in Iraq, many of whose members came from Libya, was responsible for insurgent attacks and bombings. The 9/11 Commission Report cites Bin laden meeting with Iraqi intelligence officials in Khartoum as early as 1995. Bin Laden declined reported Iraqi offers of a safe haven, instead settling in Afghanistan. Friendly contacts between Iraqis and Bin Laden continued, though there is no evidence of an operational relationship between the two sides.

"However difficult the fight in Iraq has become, we must win it," Mr. Bush said in discussing the 2007 Iraqi troop surge during a commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. "Al Qaeda is public enemy No. 1 for Iraq's young democracy. Al Qaeda is public enemy No. 1 for America as well."<ref>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070523-115137-6054r.htm</ref>

Some [[liberals]] seem to have a problem calling this group what it is, a radical Islamic terrorist organization, and prefer to use the more [[politically correct]] terms: ''militant organization'' and its members ''rebels''.

==In Prophecy==
[[Image:World Trade Center - Ball of Fire - 01 - Legal Status Unknown.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The World Trade Center's South Trade Tower explodes into ''an alarm of fire'' on the 11th of September 2001. Also known as one of the [[Twin Towers]].]]
[[Commentary: Daniel 11, Anthony's Historicist Study Aid|Anthony's Historicist Study Aid]] argues that '''Al Qaeda''' and [[Osama Bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden's]] alleged actions on the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|11th of September 2001]] constitute a fulfillment of [[Commentary: Daniel 11, Anthony's Historicist Study Aid#Daniel 11:40|Daniel 11:40]]

==Redirection==
A March 7, 2007, article entitled "The Redirection" described a recent shift in the George W. Bush administration's Iraq policy, the goal of which Hersh said was to "contain" Iran. Hersh asserted that "a by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda."<ref>{{cite journal |first=Seymour M. |last=Hersh |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh |title=Annals of National Security: The Redirection |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |date=March 5, 2007 }}</ref>
[[Image:al_qaeda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Osama bin Laden with Al-Qaeda members]]
By late 2009 analysts were reporting a decline in the strength and appeal of Al Qaeda. Its leadership was forced to retreat to remote mountain villages in Pakistan, and many leaders had been killed by missiles and manhunts. Its tactics of killing innocent civilians were said to have lost favor with the Muslim population in some countries. During the Bush/Cheney years between 2002 and 2009 the notion that suicide bombings are "often or sometimes justified" plunged across the Islamic world. Its terrorists launched 10 major attacks worldwide in 2004 but only three by 2008. "Al Qaeda is in the process of imploding," concluded professor Audrey Kurth Cronin of the National War College in Washington. In September 2009 American-led forces killed the leader of the Somali organization "Al Shabab," which is allied with Al Qaeda; the police in Indonesia killed the most wanted terrorist in Southeast Asia. It has become much harder for terrorists to move agents, money and supplies.<ref>Scott Shane, "Rethinking What to Fear," ''New York Times'' Sept. 27, 2009</ref>

In March 2010 Abdulhakim Belhadj was released from Abu Salim prison in [[Libya]]<ref>http://docslide.us/documents/updated-fact-sheet-may-4-2013.html</ref> after serving 6 years in custody. Belhadj had been brought to Libya under the CIA's [[extraordinary rendition]] program in 2004. Belhadj was chased out of Libya by Gaddafi in 1988<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Libya’s rebel leader with a past|author=Vicken Cheterian|journal=[[Le Monde Diplomatique]]|date=May 2012 |url=http://mondediplo.com/2012/05/08libya }}</ref> and arrived in [[Afghanistan]] where he joined the [[Taliban]].<ref name=LeMondeTime>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091744,00.html|title='We Are Simply Muslim': Libyan Rebel Chief Denies Al-Qaeda Ties|newspaper=Time Magazine|date=4 September 2011|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="asharq">{{cite news|url=http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=26357|title=From Holy warrior to hero of a revolution: Abdelhakim Belhadj| newspaper=Asharq Alawsat|accessdate=}}</ref> After the Taliban captured Kabul in 1992 he returned to Libya where he and others formed the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG). Belhadj was reported to have followed [[Osama Bin Laden]] when the [[al-Qaeda]] leader moved the center of its operations from Afghanistan to [[Sudan]] in 1996.<ref name=":0">Burr, J. Millard (2014-10-13). "Libya – Ali al-Salabi and the Re-Emerging Muslim Brotherhood." American Center for Democracy.</ref> The relation between LIFG and al-Qaeda was officially confirmed in October 2001, when the UN Security Council designated the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group as a terrorist entity for its association with al-Qaeda, Bin Laden and the Taliban. The [[UN Security Council]] specified that the LIFG relation with al-Qaeda was substantiated through the group's involvement in
{{Quotebox-float|"the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of," "supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to" or "otherwise supporting acts or activities of" Al-Qaida [...], Usama bin Laden and the Taliban."<ref>https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/libyan-islamic-fighting-group</ref> }}In 2002 an arrest warrant was issued for Belhadj by the Libyan authorities after Gaddafi's reconciliation with Western powers and three assassination attempt's on Gaddafi's life by the LIFG. The arrest warrant alleged that Belhadj had developed " close relationships" with al-Qaeda leaders, and specifically Taliban chief Mullah Omar, and to have run and financed training camps for Arab mujahideen fighters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14786753|title=Profile: Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 September 2011|accessdate=}}</ref> After the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, Belhadj fled and was arrested in [[Malaysia]] in 2004, where he was rendered by the CIA to Libya.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials |author=Ian Cobain|newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 April 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/08/special-report-britain-rendition-libya}}</ref>

on Friday March 8, 2011, President Obama told reporters he would appoint an official to maintain contact with the "Libyan opposition." The number two official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, [[Christopher Stevens]]<ref>[http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/us-names-chris-stevens-liaison-to-libyan-opposition.html US Names Chris Stevens Liaison to Libyan Opposition,] ABC News Radio, March 14, 2011.</ref> was tasked with helping to coordinate assistance to the "rebels," whose top military commander, Abdelhakim Belhadj, was the leader of the Al Qaeda affiliate, the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG).<ref>[http://counterjihadreport.com/tag/libyan-islamic-fighting-group/ ‘White Out’ on Benghazi: State Dept. Issues Report,] Clare Lopez, December 23, 2012. http://counterjihadreport.com</ref> Hillary Clinton attended a meeting in Paris with Stevens and representatives of the "Libyan opposition," as did U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz, who has also had contacts with the "opposition." Clinton discussed what she persuaded the Obama administration to do to help the [[jihad]]is, and that they would do more than just provide humanitarian aid.

''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reported on April 2, 2011, about Americans training terrorists in the port city of Derna;<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576237042432212406</ref> when the Americans left to concentrate on the Syrian operation, terrorists beheaded people in front of small children as part of their training.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3110801/What-children-seen-ISIS-beheads-Libyan-soldier-outside-mosque-education-purposes-youngsters-don-t-shocked.html </ref> The [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]] (LIFG) is centered in and around Derna and Benghazi. The Sinjar documents<ref>[https://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sinjar_2_FINAL.pdf Sinjar Documents]</ref><ref>The Sinjar Documents are a collection of al Qaeda computer data captured by Americans in 2007 in a predawn raid near Sinjar, Iraq, six miles from the Syrian border.</ref> captured during the Iraq insurgency revealed 20% of all Iraq insurgents came from Derna, Sirte, and Misurata, 82% of which volunteered for suicide attacks. In 2015 twenty-one Christians in Derna were beheaded ''en masse''.

On February 22, 2012, in a show of [[bipartisan]]ship, Senators [[Richard Blumenthal]], [[John McCain]], and [[Lindsey Graham]] visited Libya and met with Abdulhakim Belhadj, who was put in charge of training jihadis in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) by the Obama administration for the second leg of Operation Zero Footprint in Syria.

On October 5, 2014, the Shura Council of Shabab al-Islam Derna, Libya declared itself part of the Islamic State. In February 2015 the [[ISIS]] [[jihad]]is beheaded 21 [[Christian]]s and distributed an uncut [[video]] of the gruesome event to world. On March 2, 2015, Katherine Herridge of FOX News reported that Obama administration senior intelligence officials told her Abdelhakim Belhadj is firmly aligned with ISIS and supports the Islamic State training camps in eastern Libya.
{{Quotebox-float|"Critics say Libya's new position as a safe haven for ISIS reflects one of the most significant policy failures of the so-called Arab Spring."}}
Herridge added that counter-terrorism sources have confirmed that the new support base for ISIS in eastern Libya is now providing "tangible assistance" in the form of training camps around the city of Derna, in addition to a growing number of Libyan fighters joining the terror group in Syria and Iraq.<ref>https://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/02/catherine-herridge-isis-has-turned-libya-new-support-base-safe-haven</ref>

==Al Qaeda in North Africa==
{{Main|Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb}}
[[File:Blumenthal Belhadj McCain Graham Feb 2012.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Sen. [[DaNang Dick Blumenthal]], Abdelhakim Belhadj, Sen. [[John McCain]], and Sen. [[Lindsey Graham]]. Belhadj, a veteran jihadi, was kidnapped by the [[CIA]] in 2004 and "[[extraordinary rendition|rendered]]" to Libya where he spent 7 years in prison being "rehabilitated." He was released in March 2010 to reactivate the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, of which Ansar al Shariah was part. In August 2011 he was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council by the TNC, and in 2015 head of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Derna.]]
The [[Benghazi rebellion]] started as a series of protests in eastern [[Libya]] on February 16, 2011. Ansar al-Shariah, an offshoot of Al-Qaida in the Maghreb (AQIM), vowed to overthrow [[secular]] strongman [[Muammar Gaddafi]]<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/24/al-qaeda-in-n-africa-backs-libya-uprising-site.html Al Qaeda in N. Africa backs Libya uprising: SITE]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/07/libya-uprising-live-updates Libya uprising.]</ref> and establish [[Sharia]].

Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi of the U.S.-organized [[Libyan Fighting Group]] said [[jihad]]ists who killed American troops in [[Iraq]] were now serving on the front lines in Libya.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links.]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/world/guantanamo-files-libyan-detainee-now-us-ally-of-sorts.html Libyan, Once a Detainee, Is Now a U.S. Ally of Sorts.]</ref> NATO's Supreme Allied Commander [[James Stavridis]] told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee days before President Obama publicly admitted he ordered intervention that U.S. intelligence knew al Qaeda and [[Hezbollah]] elements were among the Libyan insurgents.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8414583/Libya-al-Qaeda-among-Libya-rebels-Nato-chief-fears.html</ref>

On March 21, 2011, [[President Obama]] announced he had ordered U.S. military force operations in Libya two days earlier over the objections of his most trusted and knowledgeable experts. Secretary of Defence [[Robert Gates]] opposed the action<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20038391-503544.html</ref> as did National Security Adviser [[Tom Donilon]], Deputy National Security Adviser [[Denis McDonough]], and [[White House]] counterterrorism chief [[John O. Brennan]]. Libya was not vital to American national security interests and the rebels had ties to Al Qaeda.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19policy.html?_r=2&hp]</ref> However [[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton]] "won the bureaucratic battle to use [Department of Defence] resources to achieve what's essentially the State Department's objective... and Obama let it happen."<ref>[http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/18/how_obama_turned_on_a_dime_toward_war How Obama turned on a dime toward war.]</ref> Secretary Clinton stated:
{{cquote|We are currently doing everything we can to bomb, strafe and use missiles to carry the rebels into power in Libya. We want them to win. We just don’t know who they are.”<ref>http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/23/hillary-clinton-to-libya-skeptics-whose-side-are-you-on/</ref>}}

A March 29, 2011 article in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' included these paragraphs:
{{Cquote|"It’s almost a certitude that at least part” of the Libyan opposition includes members of al-Qaeda, said Bruce Riedel, a former senior CIA analyst and adviser to President Obama. Riedel said that anti-Gaddafi elements in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi have had “very close associations with al-Qaeda” dating back years....I would hope that we now have a good sense of the opposition in Libya and can say that this is 2 percent, not 20 percent,” Riedel said. “If we don’t, then we are running the risk of helping to bring to power a regime that could be very dangerous.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-opposition-includes-a-small-number-of-al-qaeda-fighters-us-officials-say/2011/03/29/AFRlXWyB_story.html</ref>}}

A document published by the U.S. [[West Point]] Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center revealed that jihadi rebels between 2005 and 2007 exited Libya to join the [[Iraq insurgency]] in greater numbers than any other country.<ref>[http://www.ctc.usma.edu/harmony/pdf/CTCForeignFighter.19.Dec07.pdf A First Look at the Sinjar Documents]</ref><ref>The Sinjar Documents are a collection of al Qaeda computer data captured by Americans in 2007 in a predawn raid near Sinjar, Iraq, six miles from the Syrian border.</ref> Many of those jihadi rebels that came from Libya to Iraq to kill American soldiers came from among the very people Obama pledged to protect in the name of "humanitarianism." One group—the Libyan Fighting Group (''jamaʹah al‐libiyah al‐muqatilah'')—claimed to have [[War on Terror|Afghan]] veterans in its ranks. The Combating Terrorism Center document concludes,
{{Cquote|The [[Syria]]n [ [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] regime] and Libyan [Gaddafi] governments share the United States’ concerns about violent salafi‐jihadi ideology and the violence perpetrated by its adherents. These governments [Syria, Gaddafi, and the US] like others in the Middle East, fear violence inside their borders and would much rather radical elements go to Iraq rather than cause unrest at home. U.S. and Coalition efforts to stem the flow of fighters into Iraq will be enhanced if they address the entire logistical chain that supports the movement of these individuals—beginning in their home countries – rather than just their Syrian entry points.}}

This set off a fierce debate in the [[Obama administration]] over the wisdom of arming terrorists.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/world/africa/30diplo.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss</ref> It is now known sometime prior to March 31, 2011,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/world/africa/31intel.html?_r=2&hp</ref> at the urging of Hillary Clinton and over the objections of his [[National Security Council]], Obama signed a [[Presidential Finding]] authorizing support for the rebel jihadis.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/us-libya-usa-order-idUSTRE72T6H220110330</ref>

===Ghaddafi's murder and Sharia law installed===
By October 2011, Libyan rebel fighting groups with support from [[NATO]], overtook the capital of Tripoli and toppled the government. Ghaddafi was captured and brutally and sadistically murdered.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPzeLLL9V-c Leading from behind - a critique of Obama foreign policy]</ref> The jihadis were immediately recognized by the U.S. and the U.N. as the legitimate government. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, announced that [[Sharia]] will be the source for all legislation in Libya and that all laws conflicting with Sharia are null and void.<ref name="Sharia">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8861608/Libya-Al-Qaeda-flag-flown-above-Benghazi-courthouse.html Libya: Al Qaeda flag flown above Benghazi courthouse - Daily Telegraph]</ref> Abdel Rahim al-Kib, the country's interim prime minister, echoed Jalil's words a couple of days later.<ref>[http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207953.html New Libyan PM backs Islamic sharia law]</ref> Around the same time these statements were made an Al Qaeda flag was flown above the Benghazi courthouse, and reports were surfacing that the Libyan jihadis imposed Sharia law in some parts of the country even earlier.<ref name="Sharia" />

U.S. intelligence says as many as 20,000 advanced Russian surface-to-air missiles were missing.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/09/27/u-s-intelligence-now-says-up-to-20000-advanced-surface-to-air-missiles-mussing-from-libya/ U.S. Intelligence Now Says Up To 20,000 Advanced Surface-To-Air Missiles Missing From Lib], [[Weasel Zippers]], September 27, 2011.</ref> Some of those missiles reached the hands of [[Hamas]] in the Gaza Strip.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/hamas-boosting-anti-aircraft-arsenal-with-looted-libyan-missiles-1.392186 Hamas boosting anti-aircraft arsenal with looted Libyan missiles - Haaretz]</ref>

===Benghazi massacre===
[[File:Obama UN.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Obama crowing just days after the murder of Americans, "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."]]
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With several U.S.embassies besieged on the anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]], White House Press Secretary [[Jay Carney]] declared authorities had no reason to believe the attack on the sovereign territory of the United States consulate in Benghazi less than two months before the [[2012 Presidential election]], resulting in the deaths of several Americans, was a terrorist attack.
{{Cquote|The unrest that we’ve seen around the region has been in reaction to a video that Muslims, many Muslims, find offensive.}}
This became the official White House line. President Obama went on the ''Comedy Channel'' to say the deaths of Americans was "not optimal."<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/18/Obama-Benghazi-murders-not-optimal Interview with Jon Stewart of the ''Daily Show''].</ref> When pressed by reporters, who pointed out evidence that the violence in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, Press Secretary Carney argued “the unrest around the region has been in response to this video.”

Leading suspected jihadis in the murders and terrorist attack were the local Benghazi branch of Ansar al-Shariah, known to have ties to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.<ref>http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/10/19/when-an-obama-adviser-called-benghazi-an-al-qaeda-hotbed/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway</ref> A commander of the terrorist group boasted jovially about the attack over drinks with reporters for the ''[[New York Times]]'' in Benghazi.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/election-year-stakes-overshadow-nuances-of-benghazi-investigation.html?pagewanted=2&ref=world</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/frappe-libya-attack/</ref>

Two weeks to the day after the attack, which killed four Americans, including an Ambassador, and left many with puzzling and unanswered questions, President Obama declared victory from the speaker's platform at the United Nations using the premise of his [[strawman]] talking points, "[T]he future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."<ref>http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obamafuture.asp</ref>

===Algeria and Mali===
Two more Americans were killed, along with 35 others, after being taken hostage by rebel jihadists in Mali shortly after the Libyan upheaval.<ref>[http://world.time.com/2013/01/21/algeria-37-foreigner-hostages-killed-in-attack/ Algeria: 37 Foreigner Hostages Killed in Attack], Associated Press, Jan. 21, 2013. ''[[TIME magazine]].</ref>

Hillary Clinton testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the wake of the Benghazi murders that occurred under her stewardship that weapons and fighters equipped by the Obama administration made their way into Mali and Algeria:
{{cquote|There is no doubt that the [[Algeria]]n terrorists had weapons from Libya. There is no doubt that the [[Mali]]an remnants of AQIM [Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb] have weapons from Libya.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-says-militants-used-weapons-libya-algeria-attack-154222664.html Clinton says militants used weapons from Libya in Algeria attack,] Reuters, Jan 23, 2013.</ref>}}

==State Support==
===Pakistan===
In 2000, British Intelligence reported that the Pakistani Inter-Services-Intelligence (ISI) had been taking an active role in several Al-Qaeda training camps since the 1990s.<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_9_11_Encyclopedia/PDDIgWRN_HQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover</ref> In 2012, the Afghan parliament's Security Commission has said that the ISI provides support to Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Nuristan Province.<ref>https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2012/04/12/pakistans-isi-supports-taliban-al-qaeda-in-nuristan-says-afghan-parliament/</ref>

===Azerbaijan===
An investigation conducted by the Center for Middle East and Central Asian Studies has uncovered Azerbaijani intelligence support for Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.<ref>https://southfront.org/azerbaijan-got-caught-supporting-al-qaeda-linked-jabhat-al-nusra-in-syria-report/</ref>

===Iran===
According to a U.S. court record for the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings, Osama Bin Laden was living in Khartoum, Sudan, when Sudanese religious scholar Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi brought Sheikh Nomani an emissary of Iran to meet the Al-Qaeda leadership. Sheikh Nomani was described as having "had access to the highest echelons of power in Tehran."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkqQSWFvvIC&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> This meeting resulted in an informal agreement between Iran and Al-Qaeda to cooperate, with Iran providing critical explosives, intelligence and security training to Bin Laden's organization.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org">https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-iran-al-qaeda-conundrum</ref> Iran continued to provide support to Al-Qaeda even after they relocated to Afghanistan in 1996. Iranian officials helped Al-Qaeda members transit through Iran to Afghanistan. Iranian border guards were instructed not to stamp their passports, to prevent their home governments from suspecting that they had traveled to Afghanistan.<ref name="washingtoninstitute.org"/> A section of the 9/11 commission states that shortly after the meetings between Iran and Al-Qaeda in Sudan in 1991,"senior Al-Qaeda operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives. In the fall of 1993, another such delegation went to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon for further training in explosives as well as in intelligence and security. Bin Laden reportedly showed particular interest in learning how to use truck bombs such as the one that had killed 241 U.S Marines in Lebanon in 1983. The relationship between Al-Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable barrier to cooperation in terrorist operations."<ref>https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf#page=257</ref>

Iran and Al-Qaeda cooperation continues to this day. The State Department's Country Reports on terrorism has noted that "Iran has allowed [Al-Qaeda] facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling [Al-Qaeda] to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria."<ref>https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/02/06/irans-support-for-al-qaeda-is-incompatible-with-fatf-standards/</ref>

===China===
After the U.S. conducted cruise missile strikes against Al-Qaeda in 1998, China paid Osama Bin Laden several million dollars to access unexploded American cruise missiles<ref>http://taiwantt.org.tw/cdrom/20020801/For%20Taiwan%20XII/Letters/2001-10-24-Walter%20Schwimmer%20letter-24.htm</ref>
==Iran==

In 2023, the US confirmed that Al Qaeda top man is in [[Iran]],<ref>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302157586 US Confirms That Al Qaeda Top Man Is In Iran], IranIntl, 02/15/2023.<blockquote>
Seif al-Adel, the apparent new leader of al Qaeda is in Iran, a United Nations report has said and the United States confirmed the information on Wednesday.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price was asked during his daily press briefing to comment on the UN report. He said: “Our assessment aligns with that of the UN…offering safe haven to al Qaeda is another example of Iran’s wide-ranging support for terrorism, its destabilizing activities in the Middle East and beyond.”

Asked by a reporter what the United States is ready to do if Adel is in Iran, Price said that the Biden administration is determined not to allow threats to emerge. “We have taken action against Iran for its support for terrorist group throughout the region,” he said and added that Washington will closely coordinate with European allies to confront “all the challenges Iran poses.”

Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million US bounty on his head, is now the "uncontested" leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organization.</blockquote></ref> shielded by the [[IRGC]].

== See also==
* [[Kunduz airlift]]
* [[Al-Nusra Front]]
* [[Al-Zarqawi: The Second Generation of Al Qaeda]]
* [[ISIS-K]]
* [[Younis Tsouli]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://polidics.com/cia/top-ranking-cia-operatives-admit-al-qaeda-is-a-complete-fabrication.html Top Ranking CIA Operatives Admit Al Qaeda Is a Complete Fabrication.]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/default.stm BBC Profile of Al-Qaeda]
*[http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070523-115137-6054r.htm Bush shares al Qaeda plans] - Jon Ward, ''Washington Times'' - May 24, 2007
*[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331512,00.html Al Qaeda in Northern Africa Has Become Pipeline for New Iraq Recruits], Reena Ninan, ''[[Fox News Channel]]'', February 20, 2008
*[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328832,00.html Al Qaeda Trains Young Boys as Terrorists, Tapes Show],
*[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330810,00.html Purported Al Qaeda Video Shows Prisoners Burned Alive]
*[http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-taliban-and-al-qaeda/ Difference Between Taliban and Al Qaeda.]
*[http://www.rferl.org/content/Are_Theological_Tensions_Distancing_Taliban_From_Al_Qaeda/1332904.html Are Theological Tensions Distancing Taliban From Al-Qaeda?]
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ Turkey's Islamic leader, Israel's Chief Rabbi, and Al Qaida's assassination attempt]
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ Two Flags, Multiple Explosions, One God, and no Escape]
*[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/al-qaeda-v-isis-origins-global-reach Al Qaeda v ISIS: Origins & Global Reach], By Cameron Glenn, September 28, 2015. The Wilson Center wilsoncenter.org
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Propaganda

2026-11-07T00:42:21Z

Aschlafly: /* History of the term */

[[File:4-29-26.GIF|right|650px|thumb|[[White House]] [[war propaganda]] from the 2026 [[Iran war]].]]
'''Propaganda''' ([[Latin]] ''propaganda'' feminine ablative gerundive of ''propago'' I am spreading) is any idea, fact, rumor, or lie, or a wider body of same, which one circulates, publishes, or otherwise spreads by deliberate, conscious effort in order to advance or hinder any given cause. This includes activity by a government to instill fear of that government's enemies, either in time of [[war]] or as a prelude to war, especially if the information that the government is promulgating is false. [[Edward Bernays]] is often considered the father of modern propaganda.

Propagandists such as [[demagogue]]s, [[dictator]]s, [[false prophet]]s, and fanatical ideologists allegedly use, but primarily abuse [[logic]]. They all try to convince audiences that their reasoning is logical and sound, while in reality they twist, slant, and distort its process in whatever ways they believe they can without detection. [[Goebbels' maxim]] shows that some of these speakers believe that the bigger the misrepresentation they can get away with, the greater the triumph. Since propagandists have already made up their minds, they are not really attempting to use logic in an honest search for [[truth]]. Their intention is only to deceive more effectively.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |author=Virkler, Henry A. |title=A Christian's Guide to Critical Thinking |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |location=Eugene, OR |year=1993 |isbn=978-15975-26616 |pages=183–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUgqAAAACAAJ}}</ref>

== History of the term ==
[[File:Ukrainian Joan of Arc.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The Ukrainian [[Joan of Arc]], according to ''Elle'' magazine. Vita Zaverukha, was arrested in connection with the murder of two police officers in May 2015.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3073478/Teen-girl-feted-Ukraine-s-Joan-Arc-fighting-against-Russian-rebels-revealed-nasty-neo-Nazi-views-arrested-killing-cops.html</ref> Globalist media sources insisted Ukrainian Nazis either did not exist, or the few that did had no power or influence outside Ukraine.]]
The first recorded use of the term, according to Merriam-Webster, was as a shortened name of the ''Congregatio de Propaganda Fide'', literally, "The congregation for spreading the faith." This group, part of the Vatican staff, is in essence the missions board of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The founder of this board was Pope Gregory XV.

Thus, originally, the term ''propaganda'' was a neutral term. It meant simply the act of ''propagating'' a viewpoint, the process for doing the same, or a group specifically charged with such activity.

Today, propaganda is anything under the above headings employed to advance any religious or political cause, or to damage an opposing cause. But the word ''propaganda'' now has a decidedly negative connotation. Whatever is spread must not merely be in support of one cause or in opposition to another, but must also be ''false, misleading, and/or out of its proper context.'' Or, if what is spread is true, then it is spread in a ''manner unbecoming a truthful witness.'' As such, it includes [[Logical fallacy|logical fallacies]], ''unsubstantiated'' rumors, and other sayings that the teller/spreader knows, or ought to know, are lies. It also includes modes of presentation that, through negligence, recklessness, knowledge, or intent, give offense, especially to the holders of contrary views.

Propaganda was widely used in the [[First World War]] on all sides to affect public opinion and support for the war, while [[demonizing]] opponents with half-truths and untruths. After the war it remained a subject of discussion in print media. Adolf Hitler wrote an entire chapter on propaganda in ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', and installed a Ministry of Propaganda in the Nazi government when taking power. In America, Edward Bernays published a book entitled ''Propaganda'' in which he said: "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic societies. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country...It may seem an exaggeration to say that the American public gets most of its ideas in this wholesale fashion. The mechanism by which ideas are disseminated on a large scale is propaganda. In the broad sense of an organized effort to spread a particular belief or doctrine. Judged by this definition we can see that in its true sense, propaganda is a perfectly legitimate form of human activity in any society. Whether it be social, religious or political which is professed of certain beliefs and sets out to make them known, either by the spoken or written words, is practicing propaganda.

"Propaganda becomes vicious and reprehensive only when its authors consciously and deliberately disseminate what they know to be lies, when they aim at effects with which they know to be prejudicial to the common good....

"It was, of course, the outstanding success of propaganda during the war [WWI] that opened the eyes of the intelligent few in all departments of life to the possibilities of regimenting the public mind. The American government and numerous patriotic agencies developed a technique which, to most persons accustomed to bidding for public acceptance, was new. They not only appeal to the individual by means of every approach, visual, graphic, and auditory to support the national endeavor, but they also secured the cooperation of key men in every group. Persons whose mere word carried authority to hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of followers. They thus automatically gained the support of fraternal, religious, commercial, patriotic, social, and local groups whose members took their opinion from their accustomed leaders and spokesmen, or from the periodical publications which they were accustomed to read and believe. At the same time, the manipulators of patriotic opinion made use of mental cliches and the emotional habits of the public to produce mass reactions against the alleged atrocities, the terror, and the tyranny of the enemy.

"It was only natural after the war ended that intelligent persons should ask themselves whether it was not possible to apply a similar technique to the problems of peace....

"Small groups of persons can and do make the rest of us think what they please about any given subject. But they are usually proponents or opponents of every propaganda, both of whom are equally eager to convince the majority."
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== Identifying propaganda ==
[[File:Photo 2026-03-05 21-35-48.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Apparently, [[IDF]] troops presented their [[passport]]s at the border entry checkpoint.]]
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The specific sayings or modes of presentation that constitute propaganda are legion. The common element in them is an appeal to ''emotion'' rather than to [[logic]]. Truth or fact, logically presented, might stir the emotions—but a presentation ''manifestly intended'' to stir the emotions demeans the information being presented. Of course, if the information is false to begin with, then propagandistic methods might be the only methods that would serve.

<blockquote>Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the look of grace, Yet grace must still look so.</blockquote>
: ''[[Macbeth]]'' IV.iii.

Propaganda typically takes any of these forms, or a combination of them:

# Name calling. This is the crudest and least savory form of [[Logical fallacy#Argumentum ad hominem|argumentum ad hominem]]. It consists of labeling the other cause, or a generic or particular adherent of that cause, with a noun or adjective having a decidedly negative "buzz" or "charge." Name-calling is also a part of the [[Logical fallacy#Genetic fallacy|genetic fallacy]] of endorsing, or casting doubt upon, a proposition merely by calling attention to its source, when the nature of the source does not bear on the truth value of the propositions that come from that source.
# Half-truths, or lies of omission, in which facts which support the distributor are spread while deliberately neglecting facts which would pose difficulty.
# Testimonials. This is a form of [[Logical fallacy#Proof by authority|argumentum ab auctoritate]]. A "celebrity endorsement" is a prime example. So, too, is any speech or essay by one publicly celebrated as an athlete, actor in any form of [[theater]], or other such person, on a subject in which the author has no legitimate expertise.
# [[Loaded question]]s.
# Distortions of fact.
# Extreme pronouncements, which are a form of [[Logical fallacy#Overgeneralization|overgeneralizations]].
# Intimidation. This may include [[Logical fallacy#Proof by numbers|arguing from the numbers]] or reminding an opponent of the power of the particular individual or group engaging in the intimidation—or of an individual or group for which one claims to speak.
# Using abridged or out-of-context quotes to give a false impression, aka [[Quote mining]].
# Sayings that, however factual, fall outside the scope or even off the topic at hand. A [[law]]yer would say that such facts are "incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial"—because they do not serve to advance a [[logic]]al argument, are not properly related to the case at hand, and do not matter.
# Outright lies. Dr. [[Josef Goebbels]], Minister of Propaganda for [[Adolf Hitler]], famously observed that if one tells a lie loudly enough and often enough, people will believe it rather than believe that anyone could lie so outrageously.
# Personal attacks. This method of propaganda often involves spreading malicious rumors and misinformation about other people. The goal of such attacks is to undermine the character of the person in order to gain the upper hand. Name-calling and intimidation are often used in concurrence with this.

Sam Garrens<ref>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEUstbsTJYYGq_uhWj3RASA/videos</ref> uses 8 identifiers to analyze statements which can stand alone or be used in combination with each other. Garrens claims that once these methods are mastered, propaganda is forever easy to spot:
# Unrelated items
# Opinion leader or expert
# Missing context
# Obfuscation and simulation
# [[Gaslight]]ing or assumed conclusions
# Shaming language and insults, using words that end in 'ist', 'ite', or 'phobe' augmented by 'gush' (or emotion) and outrage
# Lies and [[demonization]]
# Propaganda payload, the moral of the story
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=== Book: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media ===
[[File:Fauci Film.JPG|left|300px|thumb|The ''[[Fauci]]'' film was not well received. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] refused to allow critical reviews.<ref>https://youtu.be/OBbEV8qP4fo</ref>]]
''[[Manufacturing Consent]]: The Political Economy of the Mass Media'' is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and [[Noam Chomsky]]. The book advocates the position that the mass communication media of the United States "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion", through propaganda and the censoring of dissenting viewpoints.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Herman|first1=Edward S.|last2=Chomsky|first2=Noam|title=Manufacturing Consent|publisher=Pantheon Books|location=New York|page=306}}</ref> The title refers to consent of the governed, and is derived from the phrase "the manufacture of consent" used by the American writer, reporter and political commentator [[Walter Lippmann]] in ''Public Opinion'' (1922).<ref>p. xi, ''Manufacturing Consent''. Also, p. 13, Noam Chomsky, ''Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda'', Paradigm Publishers 2004.</ref> The book was given the [[George Orwell|Orwell]] Award.

Subsequent to the book's publication Chomsky does talk about censorship in the corporate media (Firing or non-promotion of journalists taking opposing viewpoints, corporate advertisers having influence on news content, corporate publishers discriminating against various viewpoints, etc.).
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===The role of 'fact checkers' and information experts===
Stavroula Pabst, a writer in [[Greece]], published an article on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and 'disinformation' debunking. The piece explains this by going back to the writings of the French philosopher Guy Debord and his musings about 'spectacles'.<ref>[https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/guy-debords-warning-of-the-role-of-the-expert-a-philosophical-perspective-on-the-rise-of-fact-checking/ Guy Debord’s Warning of “The Role of the Expert”: A Philosophical Perspective on the Rise of Fact-Checking], Stavroula Pabst, JANUARY 3, 2023.</ref>
{{Quotebox-float|"While anti-disinformation efforts proliferate, what’s missing from the conversation is a discussion about power. Of course, the powerful have reasons for wanting to combat what they consider to be “disinformation” — they want their version of the [[truth]] to become ours. Many commentators observe as such, noting that so-called disinformation researchers, fact-checkers, and experts are often [[partisan]] in nature, and themselves frequently disseminate things that are not true."}}
[[File:Reuters Izium fake news.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Reuters]] withdrew the initial attempt by the Zelensky regime to create another false [[narrative]] about alleged Russian massacres.<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/ukraine-dissecting-some-war-propaganda-news-items-addendum.html</ref>]]
[[Glenn Greenwald]] commented, basically, that anyone calling themselves a “misinformation expert” or “disinformation reporter” is a partisan [[fraud]], trying to make their [[activism]] seem [[scientific]].
{{quotebox-float|"But a larger force is at work within the rise of fact-checking and other counter-disinformation efforts. That force is our society’s current arrangement of appearances, the totality of social relations mediated by images, or spectacle. Spectacle, as elucidated in Debord’s ''The Society of the Spectacle'', is a concept that can help us to understand seemingly unconnected, yet deeply intertwined phenomena that have come to fruition as the [[economy]] has subjugated [[society]] to its needs (as opposed to the other way around), and thus recover our ability to experience life directly.

"As its dominance over our everyday lives grows complete, the spectacle has become powerful enough to turn our understanding of what is [[true]] upside down. Because spectacle replaces real life with a mere mediated representation of life that cannot be experienced directly, it provides a framework where mass deceptions and [[lie]]s can consistently and convincingly appear as true. Thus, spectacle is perhaps one of the most effective tools we have to explain how [[elitism|elite]] deceptions, including fabrications and lies about [[imperialist]] [[war]]s like those in [[Iraq war|Iraq]] and [[Syrian war|Syria]], can consistently go unpunished and even unnoticed. As such, it follows that spectacle can help us understand how modern fact-checks and counter-disinformation initiatives can consistently do the opposite of what they claim, as many have observed."}}

==Positive and negative propaganda==
[[File:Ukrainian nazis.PNG|right|500px|thumb|More Nazi propaganda from [[NATO war in Ukraine]].]]
'''Positive propaganda''' inspires people with beliefs in an intelligible form, simplifies and "chews" them. Positive propaganda is aimed at social stability, harmony, education of people on the basis of generally accepted values. It is carried out in the interests of ordinary people, who are the addressees of propaganda.

'''Negative propaganda''' can incite hatred between social strata, develop and maintain conflicts between them, turn people of different views against each other, etc. An important basis for negative propaganda is "the end justifies the means", that is, whatever is committed, this is normal, since there was a need. Negative propaganda subjugates the people it influences, makes them treat other people badly and confront them. People exposed to such propaganda accept beliefs and [[stereotype]]s that are beneficial to certain people. Negative propaganda creates a parallel reality in the eyes of people, which has its own system of values, beliefs and views. Such propaganda easily affects people without [[critical thinking]] and with high suggestibility. This allows a narrow group of people to manage a huge mass of people and act in the interests of this very group. For example, during the [[NATO war in Ukraine]], the official NATO Twitter account posted a message comparing the Ukraine conflict to famous fantasy films such as [[Harry Potter]], [[Star Wars]], [[Braveheart]], and more. The tweet read:
{{quotebox-float|"We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/nato-gets-destroyed-for-tweet-comparing-ukraine-russia-conflict-to-harry-potter-and-other-famous-fantasy-films-responses-are-hysterical/ NATO Gets DESTROYED For Tweet Comparing Ukraine-Russia Conflict To Harry Potter And Other Famous Fantasy Films], By Cullen Linebarger, Feb. 23, 2023. ''[[Gatewaypundit]]''.</ref>}}
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== Uses of propaganda in society today ==
[[File:Full-spectrum-cyber-effects-final-p4-large.gif|right|300px|thumb|'''Full spectrum dominnce.''' [[US Government]] document from 2010 part of the Snowden leaks and sharing agreements with the [[UK]]. The [[Five Eyes]] program of the English speaking world (United States, United Kingdom, [[Canada]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]) use [[social media]] for “propaganda,” “[[deception]],” “mass messaging,” “pushing stories”, and "discrediting” the intelligence agencies' enemies with false information spread online.<ref>https://theintercept.com/document/2014/04/04/full-spectrum-cyber-effects/</ref>]]
{{See also|Snowden leaks}}
Former president [[Woodrow Wilson]] is known for his use of [[deceit]]ful political propaganda in the [[United States]], techniques first used by organizations such as the [[Committee on Public Information]], during the [[progressive]]-era in the early 1900s.<ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/4199/ Glenn talks with Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', January 15, 2008.</ref><ref name=journolist>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,597464,00.html Journolist Follows the Footsteps of Woodrow Wilson's Propagandists], ''[[Fox News]]'', July 22, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/35938/ Glenn Beck: Obama Zombies], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', February 4, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593622,00.html Progressives' Fight for American Hearts and Minds], ''[[Fox News]]'', May 27, 2010.</ref> Today, propaganda has become the favorite method of [[politics]]. Both politicians and the commentators that support them routinely engage in it. The most egregious example of modern propaganda can probably be found in the films of [[Michael Moore]], which present a classic combination of factual fabrication, distorted interpretation, and emotional dishonesty. On television, [[Countdown]] with [[Keith Olbermann]] provides a nightly dose of mean-spirited, irrational invective. Journalists have also contributed, forming groups such as the [[JournoList]].<ref name=journolist /> The vicious and frivolous tone of so much modern propaganda has contributed, especially in the United States, to a coarsening of civil discourse and, some say, a severe weakening of civility.

In addition to civility, the idea of truth suffers from the habitual use of propaganda. Current-events organs that willfully publish propagandistic content not only contribute to the problem, but also demean themselves. In one famous example ([[Rathergate]]), a [[television]] broadcast network circulated for weeks certain memoranda, the contents of which were damaging to the incumbent President of the United States ([[George W. Bush]]), though those who obtained those memoranda knew, or ought to have known, that they were forgeries.

[[Theater]] has been an instrument of propaganda since before such things as current-events organs existed. Significantly, however, whenever theater has lent itself to propaganda, it has tended to demean itself. Even [[William Shakespeare]] was not immune to this - certain of his Histories, especially ''Richard the Third'' acted as propaganda for the ruling [[Tudor]] dynasty whose founder, [[Henry VII]], had defeated [[Richard III]] to become king.
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==War propaganda==
{{See also|War propaganda}}
[[File:Guardian reports on Nazi defeat.PNG|right|250px|thumb|''[[The Guardian]]'' report on the defeat of [[Nazi]]s in [[Azovstal]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/may/17/evacuation-of-azovstal-plant-in-mariupol-in-pictures</ref>]]
War propaganda is used as a means of influencing both sides of the military conflict. An example from the [[Russia-Ukraine war]] is the recruitment of foreign [[mercenaries]] by the government of [[Ukraine]]. Mercenaries do not enjoy the status and protection of [[prisoners of war]] under the [[Geneva Convention]]; they can be executed on the spot as paid killers for profit under international law, and most governments have laws in place prohibiting their citizens from engaging in mercenary activity. Three [[UK]] citizens were captured by the Russians, and two faced [[criminal]] charges and the [[death penalty]]. The third, Aiden Aslin, was somewhat of a [[social media]] star with a large number of subscribers on [[Twitter]] and [[Instagram]] following his tales of adventure. In captivity, Aslin was allowed to create a [[YouTube]] channel to interact with the global public,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNB2gdTvzAXW9LQ1GS5wfg/videos</ref> and dissuade people from responding to Ukrainian and Western media solicitations to join Ukraine's mercenary force.

Propaganda in times of war or other kinds of military operations can be divided into the following types:

'''Propaganda of captivity.''' One of the most popular and effective types of military propaganda in the framework of [[psychological warfare]]. It includes providing information about prisoners of war, their normal existence, lack of bullying and serious difficulties. Implementing the idea that surrender is a completely normal solution that will help you return home alive.

'''Propaganda of military successes.''' Significantly increases the morale of the army and demoralization of the enemy army. A kind of "placebo effect" – the introduction of certain thoughts and moods can really lead to the result that is stated.

'''Propaganda by instilling fear of defeat.''' Such propaganda can set up the army for the most decisive actions, since "there is nowhere to retreat." It can acquire a different character - instilling fear due to the consequences of the offensive. Such an approach can cause confusion in the army and society of the attacking side. Other ways of exposure.
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===NATO war in Ukraine===
{{See also|Ukraine propaganda war}}
[[File:Ukraine Army with Nazi Wolsfangel.PNG|left|250px|thumb|Officially approved for distribution in English propaganda poster by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Thank You Ukrainian Army” with the Nazi Wolfsengel patch, a [[hate]] symbol,<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/wolfsangel</ref> emblazoned on the sleeve.<ref>https://reportingradicalism.org/en/hate-symbols/movements/nazi-symbols/wolfsangel</ref>]]
[[File:Time fake news Denisova.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ukraine Human Rights Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova was actually fired in an unprecedented move for manufacturing fake news reports about alleged Russian [[rape]]s and bringing disrepute on the Ukrainian regime.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title='This will not help us defeat the enemy' A new report looks at Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova, who was fired after officials couldn't confirm her stories of rape committed by Russian soldiers |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/28/we-work-on-the-information-front |access-date= |website=Meduza |language=en}}</ref>]]
From the earliest days of the conflict, the [[Kyiv regime]] focused on winning a global information and propaganda war rather than a military conflict. Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia published a landmark paper on August 20, 2022, on the activities of bot accounts on [[Twitter]] related to the conflict. The Australian findings were staggering – of 5.2 million tweets on the [[social media]] network from February 23 to March 8, 2022, at the outbreak of the conflict, between 60 and 80% were shared by fake accounts.<ref>https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.07038.pdf</ref>

Reverse psychology was employed for the first year of the conflict, reporting Ukraine's staggering losses, in excess of 100,000 killed, as Russian losses. This conditioned Western media consumers to believe support for the war was accomplishing its goals, lessening the shock impact of being lied to and the horrors of war when it became apparent that the numbers were real, only the belligerent parties to whom the atrocities and casualty rates were attributed had been reversed.

Virtually all [[mainstream media]] reporting was reversed: Ukrainian war crimes, atrocities, killing of civilians, casualty rates, and troops killed in action were reported, however universally attributed by the controlled media of the West as being Russian war crimes and casualty rates, and not Ukrainian. This avoided the need to invent stories out of whole cloth to gin up anti-Russian propaganda because no one could deny these events happened or deaths occurred. All Western reporting was sanitized in Kyiv through the [[CIA]], which shared office space in [[SBU]] headquarters. Nothing made it out of Kyiv for global MSM distribution without passing through regime and NATO information experts first.
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===Children's programming in Germany===
[[File:Screenshot-2024-03-03-at-16-16-35-Kein-Taurus-fuer-die-Ukraine-logo-shorts.png|right|300px|thumb|A Tauras cruise missile tallks in a children's program: [[German]] children are indoctrinated with [[Russophobia]] at an early age.]]
{{Anchor|Taurus missile}}

A broadcast on the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] on the ZDF children's news program in [[Germany]] left viewers speechless. In it, the [[German]] built Taurus [[cruise missile]] and the [[French]] and [[British]] Storm Shadow, complete with mouths, noses and eyes, chat casually with a [[Leopard tank]] about [[Russia]].<ref>https://youtu.be/kgsVFZXnkAE</ref>

Taurus's squeaky girl's voice begins angrily: "We cruise missiles have to blow [[Olaf Scholz]]'s march properly." Whereupon [[Storm Shadow]] asks in an [[English]] accent: "Um, why?" Taurus's response: "Well, because he refuses to deliver me to [[Ukraine]]!" Interjection from [[Leopard 2]] with an [[Eastern Europe]]an accent: "Just like they did to me!" Scalp chimes in: "Huh, screw you, [[Taurus missile|Taurus]], the Ukrainians are already getting me!" Storm Shadow: "And me!" Taurus replies: "You know you're one and the same cruise missile, just from different countries?" Storm Shadow: "It's the differences that make us unique and show us how special we are." Interjection from Leopard 2: "Hey, definitely post that on [[Instagram]]!" Storm Shadow: "Already done!"

Taurus: "No wonder they want me, I'm clearly the better cruise missile!" Storm Shadow replies: "More like an a** missile if you don't show up soon!" Scalp: "Hahaha!" Taurus shouts: "Hey, it's not up to me!" Leopard 2: "You don't have to blow up!" Taurus shouts, "I’m a cruise missile, that's exactly what I'm supposed to do!" Scalp, appeasingly: "You’re not allowed in Ukraine because your chancellor is hesitating and procrastinating again?" Storm Shadow knows the score: "The [[German]] technical term for that is 'scholzen'." "No," Taurus replies, "this time there was even a reason: Because I have such a long range, he's afraid I'll overshoot and hit Russia." Now Scalp's [[girl]] voice clears her throat and squeals: "Hmm… And what has Russia been doing for the last two years?" Leopard 2 repeats: "What has Russia been doing for the last two years?" Taurus, amazed: "Really?"
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===Psychological warfare and the U.S. Army===

''See also:'' [[Psychological warfare]]

According to the U.S. Army:
{{Cquote|[[Psychological warfare|Psychological Operations]] (PSYOP) Soldiers benefit the Army’s missions by using unconventional techniques. Their intelligence, interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and foreign language proficiency help sway opinions and actions of foreign governments, groups, and individuals. Psychological warfare requires adaptability, resilience, and problem solving to be successful. To become a PSYOP Soldier, you’ll be thoroughly tested and trained on your critical thinking skills, and your mental and physical toughness, in order to prepare you for work in the field.<ref>[https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/specialty-careers/special-ops/psychological-operations.html PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS - U.S. Army website]</ref>}}

=== U.S. Army field manual: Psychological Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures ===

*[https://irp.fas.org/doddir/army/fm3-05-301.pdf U.S. Army field manual: Psychological Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures]

==== Lines of persuasion - 2003 U.S. Army Field Manual: Psychological Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures ====

*[[2003 U.S. Army Field Manual: Psychological Operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures - Lines of persuasion]]

== Counter-propaganda ==
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The best contrary testimony against propaganda is the truth. This typically means revealing the full, previously undisclosed context and exposing [[Logical fallacy|logical fallacies]]. Confusingly, though, skillfully produced propaganda may itself be masked as counter-propaganda.

Beyond this, it includes [[discernment]] of news organs that allow themselves to be utilized for propaganda purposes, discernment of propagandistic theater projects and refusal to patronize the same, and discernment of the content of political commentary, and its judgment, not merely on matters of fact, but also on the ''presentation'' of that fact. As has been said above, presentation, even of perfectly relevant fact, in a manner intended to manipulate the emotions, demeans the facts thus presented and also demeans the presenter. Above all, therefore, those who decry propaganda ought not to engage in it themselves, nor give even the appearance of the same.
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== Soft power ==
''See also:'' [[Soft power]]
[[File:1st Death Star.jpg|right|250px|thumb|During [[NATO's war in Ukraine]], NATO attempted to compare the [[Russian Federation]] to Death Star.<ref>[https://youtu.be/ZXY06B3ln0kWill NATO Fire The Immature Person In Charge Of Their Twitter Account?] Romanian TVee, February 25, 2023. YouTube.</ref>]]
[[Soft power]] is a nation's capacity to cause others to do things through persuasive/non-coercive means. The American political scientist Joseph Nye introduced the concept of "soft power" in the late 1980s. Brand Finance, the world's leading brand valuation consultancy, annually lists the countries with the strongest soft power.

=== Brand Finance's 2022 ranking of the countries with the most soft power ===

Brand Finance's 2022 ranking of the 10 countries with the most soft power:<ref>[https://brandfinance.com/press-releases/global-soft-power-index-2022-usa-bounces-back-better-to-top-of-nation-brand-ranking#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20composition%20of%20the%20Global,Kingdom%2C%20Germany%2C%20and%20China. Global Soft Power Index 2022: USA bounces back better to top of nation brand ranking], Brand Finance website, 2022</ref>

# United States
# United Kingdom
# Germany
# China
# Japan
# France
# Canada
# Switzerland
# Russia
# Italy

== See also ==

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*[[Psychological warfare]]
*[[Media intelligence complex]]
*[[CCP propaganda war]]
*[[Ukrainian propaganda war]]
*[[Cold War I propaganda]]
*[[List of Communist publications]]
*[[Putin propaganda]]
*[[Nazi propaganda in the Russia-Ukraine war]]
*[[Operation Infektion]]
*[[List of military strategies and concepts]]
*[[Copium]]
*[[DARVO]]
*[[Persuasion]]
*[[Echo chamber (media)]]
*[[Logical fallacy]]
*[[Bill Maher]]
*[[Coprophagia]]

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==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=Propaganda Propaganda] in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
* [http://www.creationsafaris.com/crevbd.htm#propaganda Propaganda Tactics] at "The Baloney Detector" at Creation-Evolution Headlines
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MXIwKpRCiM&t=2329s A Westerner Living Under Putin's Regime].

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Talk:Essay: Date of Jesus Crucifixion

2026-11-07T00:33:21Z

Aschlafly:

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Essay: Date of Jesus Crucifixion

2026-11-06T22:39:07Z

Aschlafly: Correct wikilink

THIS ESSAY IS NEARING COMPLETION, BUT IT IS STILL BEING WRITTEN

[[Image:Mihály Munkácsy - Christ before Pilate - Hugarian National Museum - Inventory 428886 - Museum Scan.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Jesus Christ]] before [[Pontius Pilate]].]]
==Introduction (probably final)==

Most Christians would be shocked by the assertion that historical events necessitate that Jesus could not have been thirty-three when he died, that He probably wasn't born at Chrismas or died at Easter, let alone that the 1 BC to 1 AD turnover doesn't actually correspond to His birth. But it is not as simple counting with your fingers and toes from a traditional date. Even setting out to write this essay I have had to rewrite it multiple times as I re-examined the evidence until I settled on the absolute details and found the only date of Jesus' crucifixion that balanced the facts with the historical realities was about 3pm on the 7th of April 31 AD. Therefore it is now my honour to guide you on your own journey of descovery as we consider all of the facts.

Yet despite the several decades of Julian calendar use at the time of Jesus' crucifixion and even birth, we don't have a single date anywhere in scripture! Here to for, we are forced to collect the bread crumbs and look at the entirety of Jesus' life in order to determin what was the date of Jesus' crucifixion. However, in order to determine the date of Jesus' crucifixion, we must be logical and follow the trail from the blatantly obvious to the finer points. Therefore in this essay we will trace the evidence step by step from: 
# the immutable limitation of Herod the Great's death and the birth narrative 
# to the timestamp window given by Luke at Jesus' baptism of the current regional rulers 
# we will consider the "15th year of Tiberius" and what calendar Luke used to determine what the "15th year of Tiberius" even was 
# from that we will have an immutable date range for Jesus' baptism 
# knowing the date range and year of Jesus' baptism, we will be able to calculate and apply the length of Jesus' public ministry 
# knowing how long Jesus ministered will tell us which Passover Jesus died at 
# consequentially knowing which Passover Jesus died at will allow us to apply the modern Rabbinic calendars to produce the earliest possible date for Jesus' crucifixion. 
# applying John's testimony that the following day was a "high Sabbath" will allow us to correct the mathematical Rabbinic calendar system with the observed data to give the theoretical exact day 
# Knowing Jesus died as the Passover Lamb and the explicitly stated gospel testimony allows us to state the time of day.

While we will have to take some side steps along the way, we will then immutably have:
# a most probable date window for Jesus' birth 
# a window of about a week for Jesus' baptism 
# an exact date and time for Jesus' crucifixion as now humanly possible 

As implied, I too began this study with assumptions of my own. But as the evidence accumulated, those assumptions had to give way. Now I humbly ask for honesty as we consider the facts. By the end, we will arrive at the most probable Gregorian date for the crucifixion and a historically grounded window for the birth of Jesus — the only configuration that satisfies every textual, historical, and astronomical constraint without contradiction. These most probably dates are that Jesus was born during October-November of 5 BC, that he could only have been baptised between the 1-9th of October 27 AD and that he could only have died as the Passover Lamb at 3pm on Friday the 7th of April 31 AD (Gregorian) at an age of 34.5 using our modern systems and 35 under the Hebrew system.

With our outline and purposes stated, let us embark with this final statement in our attempt to be consistent and "compare apples with apples":
* This Essay will use Gregorian calendar dates wherever possible, unless otherwise stated
* This Essay will convert any date into a Gregorian date unless stated.

==Challenging the Traditional Dates (probably now finalised)==
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As we embark on this journey to discover the real date of Jesus’ crucifixion, we must begin by gently examining the assumptions most of us inherited. For generations, Christians such as I have repeated the idea that Jesus died at the age of thirty three. It appears in sermons, children’s books, artwork, and popular culture. It is familiar, comfortable, and rarely questioned.

Yet this traditional view rests on two fragile foundations:

There is not a single biblical text that states Jesus was thirty three when he died, and

Every proposed timeline depends on choosing start and end dates that “seem right” rather than dates anchored in evidence.

When we test the familiar claim against the historical record, the Jewish calendar, Roman political chronology, and the Gospel accounts, the traditional timeline collapses almost immediately.
The problem is not with Scripture. The problem is with assumptions added long after the first century.

Therefore we intend to take a journey starting with what is plainly obvious, then move to what is universally agreed and then fill in some blanks with contextual evidence as we logically follow one bread crumb to the next.

===Absolute Requirements===
Before we examine the evidence, we must first acknowledge the non‑negotiable historical constraints in chronological order:

# Jesus must be born before [[Herod the Great]] dies,<ref>Josephus, ''Antiquities'' 17.6.4–5; 17.8.1, describing Herod’s death shortly after the lunar eclipse and before Passover.</ref> with sufficient allowance for Herod's end of life processes to occur.
# Jesus must be baptised "during the 15th year of Tiberius".<ref>Luke 3:1</ref>
# Jesus must be culturally above 30,<ref>Numbers 4:3, 23, 30 [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] / Qumran texts (1QSa; 4Q159; 4Q266–273) Mishnah (m. Tamid 1:1) [[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 3.8.14. Sanhedrin 4:3; b. Sanhedrin 17a).</ref> but close enough to "about 30" at his baptism<ref>Luke 3:23</ref> for Luke's statement to be true.
# Jesus’ ministry must witness four Passover festivals.<ref>John 2:13; 5:1; 6:4; 11:55</ref>
# Jesus’ ministry must start and finish during the governorship of [[Pontius Pilate]]<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 18.2.2.</ref><ref>Luke 3:1; 23:24</ref><ref>John 19:19</ref>
# And the absolute single strongest indicator due to rarity is that Jesus must lie in the tomb over a "high Sabbath"<ref>John 19:31</ref>

With these six constraints in mind, you will come to the natural conclusion as stated before that the only viable candidate for Jesus’ crucifixion is the Gregorian date of the 7th of April 31 AD.

==Herod the Great (probably now finalised)==
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We begin with the most obvious and immovable fact in the entire chronology: Jesus could not have been born in 1 BC or 1 AD. Despite the entire Western calendar being centred on His birth, the historical Jesus entered the world before those dates — and at the very latest, before 16th of March 4 BC (Gregorian).

Why? Because [[Herod the Great]] had to be alive for the nativity narrative to occur. Matthew records that Herod ordered the slaughter of the infants,<ref>Matthew 2:13</ref> and [[Josephus]] tells us that Herod died between a lunar eclipse and the following Passover.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 17:6.4</ref>

Astronomy confirms that the only lunar eclipse visible from Jerusalem in that window occurred on the 16th of March of 4 BC (Gregorian). This is easily verifiable with NASA's "Five Millenium Canon".<ref>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000,” which lists the partial lunar eclipse of 13 March 4 BC (Julian), corresponding to 16 March 4 BC (Gregorian), visible from Judea.</ref>

The next closest lunar eclips occured on the 15th of September 5 BC, which is too far from a Passover to be considered a viable dating system; furthermore if this eclips were adopted, [[Josephus]] would have used the [[Day of Atonement]] as the next logical festival marker, not the Passover festival.

The the final viable lunar eclips is on the 10th of January 1 BC, but if this date is accepted (as some do),<ref>Filmer, W.E., ''Journal of Theological Studies'', "The Chronoology of the Reign of Herod the Great", 1966</ref><ref>Gertoux, Gérard "The eclipse of January 10, 1 BCE, was total, well visible and longer lasting than the one of March 13, 4 BCE, which likely was not noticed.” https://time.graphics/event/7556649?utm</ref><ref>Associates for Scriptural Knowlege (ASK) “If historians will do two things… the eclipse of January 10, 1 BCE… can properly conform to the evidence provided in the records.” https://time.graphics/event/7556649?utm</ref> a host of historical synchronisms fail such as Roman consular lists, Archelaus’ reign length and Quirinius’ census while again being too far from the Passover to be considered a valid dating window. As previously stated, it can be argued that the [[Passover]] was too far away for this to be a valid dating window. Therefor this Author concludes that the position of the 10th of January is built upon the strength of the eclipse rather than the harmony of historical considerations.

Therefore, Jesus’ birth must have occurred with a sufficient timing for the narrative to play out prior to Herod’s death, necessitating an extremely narrow window of very early 4 BC into 5 BC.
Move Jesus’ birth forward and Herod is dead, move Jesus’ birth further back and the political synchronisms of Luke 3:1-2 fail as well as Jesus would be too old to give justice to Luke's "about 30" statement at Jesus' baptism.<ref>Luke 3:23</ref>

==Jesus, the Passover Lamb (close to finished)==
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Having laid one end of Jesus’ life line at His birth with an immovable historical anchor of a king's death and a lunar eclipse, we now turn to the other end — Jesus death in which we have two immovable facts:
# Jesus died at the moment the Passover Lamb was slain <ref>John 19:14</ref><ref>Matthew 27:46</ref><ref>Mark 15:34</ref><ref>Luke 23:44-46</ref><ref>1 Cor 5:7</ref>
# Jesus laid in the tomb over a "high Sabbath"<ref>John 19:31</ref>

Expanding upon the first point, all four Gospels place the crucifixion at the Passover festival<ref>Matthew 26:17-19</ref><ref>Mark 14:12-16</ref><ref>Luke 22:8-15</ref><ref>John 19:14</ref>, which is the the full moon<ref>Under the lunisolar calendar, months are 29 or 30 days and begin with the first visible waxing crescent after conjunction, the full moon naturally falls on the 14th day of the month.</ref>, being the 14th of Nisan<ref>Exodus 12:6</ref><ref>Leviticus 23:5</ref><ref>Numbers 9:2–5</ref><ref>Numbers 28:16</ref>. But just like modern calendars, the 14th of Nisan is not a certain day in the weekly cycle.

The Synoptic Gospels being Matthew<ref>Matthew 27:46</ref>, Mark<ref>Mark 15:34</ref> and Luke<ref>Luke 23:44–46</ref> confirm Jesus died at the at or about the ninth hour which corresponds to our 3pm. This matches the [[Torah]] statements of "at even"<ref>Exodus 12:6 ''"...kill it in the evening."''</ref><ref>Leviticus 23:5 ''"...at even is the LORD's Passover"''</ref> and the slight variation between [[Josephus]] and the [[Mishnah]] stating between the 8.5 - 11 hour.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''War'', 6.9.3 ''“from the ninth hour to the eleventh”''</ref><ref>Mishnah ''Pesachim'' 5:5 ''“after the eighth hour and a half... offered after the ninth hour and a half”''</ref>

When the Apostle Paul calls Jesus "our passover" "sacrificed for us",<ref>1 Cor 5:7</ref> the logical necessity is that he died at the same moment that the priest should have slain the passover lamb.<ref>Numbers 9:3</ref><ref>[[Josephus]], ''War'' 6.9.3 ''“from the ninth hour to the eleventh”''</ref><ref>Mishnah ''Pesachim'' 5:5 ''"after the eighth hour and a half… offered after the ninth hour and a half”''</ref><ref>Philo ''Special Laws'' 2.145 ''"toward evening"''</ref>

Developing this idea, Christian tradition records that the actual designated lamb escaped that year,<ref>Spurgeon, Charles Haddon, as repeated in multiple Easter sermons: “Some relate that the lamb appointed for sacrifice escaped its keepers that year…”</ref><ref>Edersheim, Alfred, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah “It has been said that the lamb designated for sacrifice was lost or escaped…”</ref><ref>Clark, Adam, Commentary on the Bible "“Some have preserved the tradition that the lamb escaped…”</ref><ref>Gill, John, Exposition of the Entire Bible, Matthew 27 & John 19 “It is a tradition among some that the lamb appointed for sacrifice fled…”</ref><ref>Henry, Matthew, Commentary on the Whole Bible</ref> but everyone says it cautiously as we have no actual original source for this other than tradition and what seems logical to the Christian mind. However [[Seventh-day Adventist|Seventh-day Adventists]] must note that [[Ellen White|Ellen G. White]] with her strong [[Methodist]] upbringing never repeats the tradition despite her familiarity with the sources referenced and heavy published writings on the Passion week. But [[Jerome]] quoting the deliberately abandoned<ref>All non-canonical works of from this period are by definition "deliberately abandoned" as they failed the credibility tests at that time and were thereby excluded from the New Testament Canon</ref> [[Gospel of the Hebrews]], records “The huge lintel of the Temple fell and was shattered.”<ref>[[Jerome]],''Commentary on Matthew'' 27:51 “In evangelio quo utuntur Nazaraeni et Ebionitae… superliminare templi infinitae magnitudinis fractum esse atque divisum”</ref> Furthermore the renting of a veil the thickness of a man's hand (3-4", 7.5-10cm)<ref>Talmud, b. Yoma 72b “עביו טפח" “Its thickness was a handbreadth.”</ref> would have been such an event that even without the colapse of the lintle, the tradition is more than plausible.

Again, acknowledging a [[Passover]] death immediately narrows the crucifixion to a March–April window in any given year as the 14th day of Nisan falls in that window.

Now we need to develop our second point that Jesus died on the day before a "high Sabbath". While a minority of scholars argue for a variety of diffent days of the week for Jesus crucifiction, the majority scholarship still settle on a Friday crucifixion and an Sunday resurection arguably due to both tradition, scriptures such as John's reference to the 'high Sabbath'<ref>John 19:31</ref> and chorus of 'first-day' ressurection texts<ref>Matthew 28:1</ref><ref>Mark 16:2</ref><ref>Mark 16:9</ref><ref>Mark 16:9</ref><ref>Luke 24:1</ref><ref>John 20:1</ref><ref>John 20:19</ref> compounded by the necessity of Jesus parallel to the three days of Jonah in the belly of the whale<ref>Matthew 12:39-40</ref><ref>Matthew 16:4</ref><ref>Luke 11:29-30</ref>. It is well established that that a 'high Sabbath' is created by the overlap of the weekly Sabbath with a ceremonial sabbath, which in this case was the first day of Unleavened Bread; this is clearly a repetition of the Rabbinic concept of "Shabbat and Yom Tov together"<ref>Mishnah Pesachim 6:1 - Passover when it falls on a Sabbath</ref><ref>Mishnah Beitzah 2:1–2 - festival laws when they coincide with the Sabbath.</ref><ref>Talmud Pesachim 95a - Passover sacrifices when the festival falls on a Sabbath were considered more significant, with additional restrictions and offerings.</ref> and "Sabbath with additional offerings"<ref>Numbers 28-29</ref>. So I will repeat, in this case the high sabbath was created not by the actual [[Passover]] proper and a weekly Sabbath coinciding, but by the intimately associated first day of Unlevened Bread and a weekly Sabbath coinciding to create a culturally standard 'double' or 'overlapping' sabbaths that were logically called by John a 'high Sabbath'. This important 'high Sabbath' point will later let us know how to correct the mathematically determined modern Rabbinical calendar dates to the actually observed date once we know the year.

Therefore we have thus far have firmly established that: 
# Jesus died in a March-April window 
# Jesus died on a Friday 
# Jesus died at or about 3pm 

The question now becomes: Which year?

To answer that, we must understand the calendar system used by first century Jews — a system very different from our modern Gregorian calendar.

==The Rabbinic Calendars==
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Having placed the two immovable markers at each end of Jesus’ life — the first being Jesus birth sufficiently before [[Herod the Great|Herod’s]] death in 4 BC, and the second at Jesus [[Passover]] timed death — we now need to understand the calendar that determines when Passover actually fell. This is where modern assumptions can quietly mislead us, because the Hebrew calendar used today is not the Hebrew calendar used in the first century.

The calendar familiar to modern Judaism, the fixed Rabbinic (Hillel II) calendar, was not introduced until the fourth century AD. It is a mathematically calculated system, elegant and predictable, but it did not exist in the time of Jesus. When this later calendar is pushed backward into the first century, it produces dates that simply do not match the historical record. It creates Passovers that fall on the wrong days of the week, contradict Josephus, and fail to align with the Gospel narratives.

The first century Jewish calendar was observational, not mathematical. Months did not begin by calculation but by sighting the first visible crescent of the new moon. If clouds, dust storms, or poor visibility obscured the sky, the new month could be delayed by a day or more. Witnesses would report their sightings to the Sanhedrin, and only then would the new month be declared. This means that the timing of Passover — the 14th day of the first month — could shift slightly from year to year depending on conditions.

Another important difference is that the Jewish civil year did not begin in January, but in the autumn, on Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets. You might even say that their Feast of Trumpets and the blowing of the Shofar is loosely similar to our New Years Day celebrated with fireworks. This autumn New Year governed regnal years, contracts, and civil reckoning. When Luke, Josephus and most of the Chronicles speak of regnal years, they are using this Tishri to Tishri system common from Syria to Egypt, not the January to December system we are accustomed to.

A modern parallel would be our financial years. For a business, it doesn’t matter if your first year of business is only three months, the question that will forever exist is: “How many financial years have you traded?” Same here.

These differences are not academic trivia; they shape the very question we are trying to answer. Whether a given year can produce the Passover described in the Gospels depends entirely on which calendar system we apply. If we retroject the later Rabbinic calendar backward, every candidate year falls on an incompatible weekday, making the Gospel narrative impossible. But when we use the observational calendar—the one Jesus, the disciples, and the priests of the Temple actually lived by—the picture changes. A single night of poor visibility could shift the entire month, and with it the date of Passover, bringing certain years into alignment that the fixed calendar would otherwise exclude.

Understanding this restores the world of the Gospels to its proper historical setting. It allows us to evaluate each potential year on its own merits, using the same calendar the first century Jews used, not a later mathematical reconstruction. And with this framework in place, we are now ready to follow the next breadcrumb in our journey: the political world Luke describes, a world whose rulers form a chronological window that cannot be stretched or ignored.

Therefore we have established that:

* Regnal years run according to their civil years, Tishri to Tishri like we count financial years.
* we will have to accept that the mathetematical Rabbinic calendar may need some correction due to potential weather events delaying the declaration of the month of Nisan beginning.

==The Passovers Recorded in John==
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Before we turn to the political world described by Luke, there is one more piece of neutral, uncontested evidence that must be placed on the table. Regardless of one’s theological background — whether Futurist, Preterist, Historicist, or anything in between — the Gospel of John provides a simple chronological framework that all readers can agree on.

John records multiple Passovers during the ministry of Jesus. These are not symbolic, nor are they theological constructs. They are historical markers woven naturally into the narrative:

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<td>Passover 1</td><td>John 2:13</td><td>17 April AD 28 (Saturday)</td><td>Mathematical</td>
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<td>Passover 2</td><td>John 5:1*</td><td>6 April AD 29 (Wednesday)</td><td>Mathematical</td>
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<td>Passover 3</td><td>John 6:4</td><td>26 March AD 30 (Monday)</td><td>Mathematical</td>
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<td>Passover 4</td><td>John 11:55 – 19:14</td><td>7 April AD 31 (Friday)</td><td>Observed</td>
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These references are not debated. They are simply there, and they form a chronological backbone that cannot be compressed into a single year or even two. Even the most conservative reading requires more than three years for Jesus’ public ministry.

This is important because it quietly rules out several popular timelines. Any reconstruction that places the baptism of Jesus in AD 29 and the crucifixion in AD 30, for example, cannot accommodate the Passovers John records. The ministry simply does not fit.

But more importantly for our purposes, these Passovers prepare the ground for what comes next. If Jesus’ ministry spans multiple years, then the political synchronisms in Luke — the rulers he lists with such precision — must fall within a window wide enough to contain those years.

Therefore we have firmly established that:
* Jesus public ministry spanned '''four Passover Festivals'''
* Jesus public ministry must therefore have spanned '''a minimum of three and a bit years''' to a maximum of almost five years.

And that brings us naturally to the next breadcrumb in our journey: the political world into which John the Baptist stepped, and the rulers whose overlapping reigns form the outer boundaries of Jesus’ baptism.

==Public Office, Age requirements and the Tishri 1 Cycle==
===Age Requirements===
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Hebrew society functioned on a '''30‑year age requirement''' for all positions of public authority.<ref>Qumran/[[Dead Sea Scrolls]], 1QSa.</ref><ref>Mishnah, Pirkei Avot 5:21 — “At thirty: strength,” understood as maturity, authority, and public responsibility.</ref>
This standard is most clearly evidenced in the priestly role:<ref>Numbers 4:3, 23, 30 — “from thirty years old and upward.”</ref><ref>Qumran/[[Dead Sea Scrolls]], 4Q159.</ref><ref>Qumran/[[Dead Sea Scrolls]], 4Q266–273.</ref><ref>Talmud, Yoma 22b; Hullin 24a.</ref>

At times of national desperation this age was temporarily lowered — for example, in the days of King David, when the minimum was reduced to twenty.<ref>1 Chronicles 23.</ref>
However, this was an administrative exception, not a new norm. By the time of Jesus the original Mosaic age of thirty had clearly returned.<ref>[[Josephus]], Against Apion 2.8.</ref><ref>[[Josephus]], Antiquities 3.12.4.</ref>

The [[Sanhedrin]] likewise following the example of the priesthood, required its members to be '''at least thirty years old'''<ref>Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:3 — “men of wisdom, maturity, and experience.”</ref> as well as the other requirements such as being free from physical defects, being married with children. Herein it can be assumed that Paul's requirements for church elders were in effect the same ''official'' requirements on the [[Sanhedrin]].<ref>1 Timothy 3:1-7</ref><ref>Titus 1:5-9</ref> Nor was this concept unknown accross the region with the Roman's echoing the same concept clearly manifest in their [[Cursus Honorum|''cursus honorum'']] which also effected 30 years of age for the public office of [[Senator|Senatorial]] rank as noted in [[Gaius]]<ref>[[Gaius]], ''Institutes''</ref> [[Polybius]],<ref>[[Polybius]], ''Histories'', 6.19</ref> in the [[Digest of Justinian]],<ref>[[Digest of Justinian]] 1.7.3; 1.9.1; 50.17.32</ref> in [[Cicero]],<ref>[[Cicero]] ''De Officiis'', 1.34</ref> and [[Livy]]<ref>'''Livy''', ''Ab Urbe Condita'', 40.44</ref>.

The [[Sanhedrin]] likewise followed the Tishri‑based public office cycle discussed next and the same cultural expectation of “maturity” before leadership. In practice, this meant a man had to be married and a father before he could sit in judgment over Israel.<ref>Talmud, Sanhedrin 36b.</ref><ref>Mishnah, Sanhedrin 2:1.</ref> These requirements amoungst others priestly parallels were rigidly enforced.

Jesus Himself expounded this principle when He taught:

''“He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”''<ref>Matthew 23:1–12 KJV.</ref><ref>Luke 22:24–27 KJV.</ref>

The surrounding passages make clear that '''this was about humility, mercy, and lived experience''' — qualities that only age and responsibility can teach.

Thus, we have also established that:
* when Luke records that Jesus was “'''about thirty'''”, he is not making a casual remark.
* Luke was signalling that Jesus had reached the '''recognised age of public authority''' in Hebrew society.

===Tishri 1 Cycle===
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As noted above with the [[Sanhedrin]], Hebrew society did not begin public roles, appointments, or ministries at random points in the year. All public offices — priestly, judicial, royal, and prophetic — cycled with the civil New Year on 1 Tishri.<ref>[[Mishnah]], ''Rosh Hashana'', 1:1 “On the first of Tishri is the New Year for years, for sabbatical years, for jubilees, for planting, and for vegetables.”</ref> This was the moment when:

* regnal years began,

* priestly rotations reset,

* civic administration renewed,

* contracts and legal obligations rolled over,

* agricultural cycles began

* sabbatical cycles commenced

* jubilee cycles hinged

* and all other public ministries commenced.

This pattern is visible throughout Scripture and Second Temple practice. The civil year (Tishri‑based) governed:

the enthronement and regnal accounting of kings,<ref>1 Kings 8–9; Josephus, Antiquities 8.3.1.</ref>

* the agricultural and sabbatical cycles,<ref>Leviticus 25.</ref>

* the priestly service calendar,<ref>Numbers 28–29; 1 Chronicles 24.</ref>

* the judicial year and civic administration,<ref>Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:1.</ref>

* and the renewal of public roles and appointments.<ref>Qumran/Dead Sea Scrolls, 1QSa; 4Q159.</ref>

So the Mishnah explicitly states as already referenced that 1 Tishri is the “New Year for years, sabbatical cycles, and jubilees.”<ref>Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:1.</ref>
This was not merely a religious observance; it was the administrative backbone of Hebrew governance.

Thus, when a man reached the recognised age of public authority (thirty), he did not begin his ministry immediately. He waited until the next civil New Year / 'Tishri 1' cycle, when all public offices formally commenced. This explains why:

* [[John the Baptist]] began his ministry at Tishri,

* [[Jesus]] began His ministry at Tishri,

* [[Pontius Pilate]] would have assumed office at Tishri,

* '''and all public ministries''' in Judea aligned with the same annual cycle.

This was not coincidence. It was the '''standardised national rhythm''' of public life and gives us a context for ''when things happened'' and ''why'' then. In fact, if one thinks about it, what else are people supposed to do in a society where all travel takes significant time and there is no communication network as we have today? Things simply ''had to follow'' a pre-determined pattern that we could call 'the civic new year' or 'Tishri 1 Cycle'.

Thuse we have established that:
* '''All public offices and functions ran to the Tishri 1 Cycle'''

===the Synthosis===
These age and calendar cycles created a minimum structured system that would have flowed throughout society, whereby young men worked, built families, and gained experience. Only once they reached maturity — symbolised by being thirty before Tishri 1 — were they considered ready to step into roles of public responsibility.

This cultural rhythm lets us expect that:
* John the Baptist, a Levite, would begin his ministry at a Tishri boundary once he had reached the culturally recognised age of maturity.
* Jesus, though not a Levite — “For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest…”<ref>Hebrews 8:4, KJV</ref> — would still be expected to begin His public ministry only after reaching the same threshold of maturity before a civil New Year.
* Pilate, arriving as a new Roman governor, would take office from Tishri 1, aligning his administration with the same civil cycle that governed Judean life.

Thus the prophetic world, the religious world, and the political world all moved to the same annual rhythm. And when we examine the chronology of John and Jesus, '''this cultural precedent will explain why their ministries begin when they do''' — without yet requiring us to establish the exact year of Jesus’ birth.

==Jesus "began then to be about thrity"==
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We must pause here a little as we must have needs discuss Luke 3:23 as it contains one of the most misunderstood Greek constructions in the New Testament. The KJV preserves the Greek word order so faithfully that the English becomes opaque unless the reader thinks in Greek:

So the KJV reads “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age…” while the Greek reads: "Καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὡσεὶ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα ἀρχόμενος ὢν ὡς ἐνομίζετο υἱός Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ Ἠλὶ"

This author's reading of the Greek after tertiary studies reads: "And this same Jesus, being about thirty, began [his public ministry] then. Being the son of Joseph, the son of Heli..." (continuing on) "...which was the son of [King] David," "...which was the son of Abraham," "...which was the son of God".

I read thus because the the key term is the participle ''ἀρχόμενος'' (archomenos, “beginning” of ἄρχω). In Greek grammar, '''a participle is always attaches to the subject''', not to a number or an age. Thus the structure is:

* '''Jesus''' — subject

* '''beginning''' — participle modifying the subject

* '''being about thirty''' — descriptive clause

Therefore the sense is: “Jesus, being about thirty, was beginning [His ministry and/or kingdom].”

I say this because the root verb ἄρχω is frequently "I begin, I reign, I rule". Therefore it would also be appropriate to suggest he began his kingdom for he immediately said: "the kingdom of God is at hand"<ref>Mark 1:15</ref> and later ended with "my kingdom is not of this world";<ref>John 18:36</ref> meanwhile "...Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."<ref>John 19:19</ref>

The participle does not mean Jesus was “beginning to be thirty,” as though His birthday had just passed or even approached. Instead, it means Jesus was beginning His public ministry, and at that time He was about thirty — '''an approximate age''', not a precise one.

This reading aligns with Jewish expectations for public office that we have already discussed at some length. As noted earlier, Hebrew society did not begin public roles at arbitrary points in the year; ministries and appointments cycled with the civil New Year on 1 Tishri. Luke’s construction therefore indicates that Jesus was in the legally recognized age category for public ministry, not that He had just turned thirty on that exact day or the likes. This becomes blatantly clear when you see the table at the end of this essay.

Thus we can conlude that:
* '''the Greek participle''' makes the chronology clear
* '''Jesus’ ministry was beginning'''; Not His age category.
* '''Luke was not even trying to say that Jesus had either just turned thirty or was about to turn thirty'''

==Luke’s King List==
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Having established the cultural rhythm by which public roles began at the civil New Year, Luke now provides the most detailed political timestamp in the New Testament. Instead of giving a date, he gives a synchronised list of rulers, which in the ancient world was the standard method of anchoring an event in time.
Luke writes:
:''“Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests…”'' (Luke 3:1–2, KJV)
Each of these men has a known tenure. Individually, their dates are broad. Together, they form a narrow political window.

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<tr><td>Tiberius Caesar</td><td>Emperor of Rome</td><td>22 August AD 14</td><td>AD 37</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pontius Pilate</td><td>Govenor of Judea</td><td>AD 26</td><td>AD 36</td></tr>
<tr><td>Herod Antipas</td><td>Tetrarch of Galilee</td><td>4 BC</td><td>AD 39</td></tr>
<tr><td>Philip the Tetrarch</td><td>Tetrarch of Ituraea & Trachonitis</td><td>4 BC</td><td>AD 34</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lysanias</td><td>Tetrarch of Abilene</td><td>AD 14</td><td>AD 29</td></tr>
<tr><td>Annas & Caiaphus</td><td>High Priest</td><td>AD 18</td><td>AD 36</td></tr>
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<td>'''AD 26'''</td><td>'''AD 29'''</td>
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When these tenures are overlaid, the only years in which all these rulers simultaneously held office are: AD 26 to AD 29 This is the political frame '''in which John the Baptist must appear, and shortly thereafter, Jesus must be baptised.'''

==In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Caesar==
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This secton refines Jesus' baptisim into the year commencing 30th of September 27 AD

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Yet if we really note Luke’s opening line, we can see that he has given us a chronological marker that is unusually precise for ancient literature:

:“Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar…” (Luke 3:1, KJV)

This is one of the most secure dates in the entire New Testament because it is aligned to two events of extreme historical note: the death of the emperor Augustus and the accession of Tiberius Caesar, both occurring on the Julian date of 19 August AD 14, which corresponds to 21 August AD 14 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Roman historians Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio all record the same accession. Counting from that point, the fifteenth year of Tiberius falls within a narrow and universally accepted range.

* If we use the Roman civil method of counting regnal years (anniversaries of accession), then Tiberius’ fifteenth year runs from 21 August AD 28 to 21 August AD 29 (Gregorian).
* If we use the Syrian Regional Regnal Reckoning, which Luke, Josephus, and the Chronicles employ, counting from Tishri to Tishri, then Tiberius’ fifteenth year runs from 30 September AD 27 to 19 September AD 28 (Gregorian).

We now have an absolutely solid timestamp for the moment when John the Baptist came preaching the revelations he had received from “the Word of God” and '''the baptism of Jesus''' followed — immutably between '''30 September AD 27''' and '''19 September AD 28'''.

==John the Baptist and the 70 Week Prophecy (needs alot of work - content good)==
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This section establishes the absolute necessity of a 3½‑year ministry for Jesus, making it certain that His baptism occurred during the Days of Awe—between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. 
This section also provides a secondary confirmation for 27 AD as the year of Jesus’ baptism. 
It identifies the exact Passover at which Jesus died, based on John’s record of four Passovers. 
Finally, it demonstrates that none of these events were random, but prophetically determined.

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'''“The time is fulfilled!”''' With those four words [[John the Baptist]] shattered four centuries of prophetic silence. But his hearers would have felt the shock of a deeper question they knew the answer to but dared not hope: '''“What time?”''' What prophetic clock had suddenly struck its final moment?

Words such as '''“repent”''' and '''“even now is the axe laid to the root”''' only heightened the realisation of imminent divine judgement. But something even more shocking was happening in plain sight: '''John was baptising Jews.'''

In Hebrew society, baptism was the rite for outsiders — foreigners who wished to join the Kingdom of Jerusalem and more broadly, the Jewish Nation. For John to baptise Jews was to signal that the nation itself was under judgement and men were being called out of it into something else. It was the image of men abandoning a sinking ship: men who did not want to share the fate of a damned nation whose reckoning was imminent, and '''whose only hope was to re‑nationalise''' into the Kingdom of God.

Luke tells us simply that “the Word of God came unto John in the wilderness.” Yet modern readers often glance over this phrase and miss its force. Throughout Scripture, the “word of God” most naturally refers to the written Word. Even today the expression is synonymous with “the Bible.” The implication is that God spoke to John through a specific passage of Scripture which he was now preaching with gusto. But which passage?

John had grown up, like every Hebrew child, hearing the priestly hopes of a coming Messiah and a restored national glory. These hopes were anchored in the prophecy of Daniel 9. The Jews, reading into the chapter what they wished to see, boasted that the prophecy foretold the downfall of Rome. They taunted their occupiers that their days were numbered. As a result, of necessity the Romans themselves studied Daniel 9 and shaped their eastern policy around it, as reflected in the questions of [[Pontius Pilate|Pilate]]<ref>John 18:37</ref> and in the writings of [[Tacitus]]<ref>Tacitus, ''Histories'' 5.13 ''“The majority were convinced that it was written in the ancient records of the priests that at this very time the East would grow powerful, and rulers coming from Judea would acquire universal empire.”''</ref> and [[Suetonius]]<ref>Suetonius, ''Vespasian'' 4 ''“An ancient and constant belief had spread through all the East that the rulers of the world were destined to come from Judea.”''</ref>. Pilate’s opening inquiry — “Art thou a king then?” — was essentially: “Are you the one we have been expecting?” To suggest that the Romans ignored a prophecy so publicly prevalent is to imply that Rome was inept in diplomacy, foreign policy, and intelligence — a claim flatly contradicted by their historical success.”

Let the record also bear that the the prophecies of Daniel had significantly re-aligned [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] foreign policy. The prophecies even shaped Greek tax policy and saved the Jewish nation from [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] wrath and pre-meditated genocide.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 11.8.5</ref>

But when John held the prophecy in his own hands, he did not see a promise of Roman destruction let alone Jewish victory! '''He saw a warning of Jewish destruction'''. The prophecy declared that after the Messiah, the city and sanctuary would be destroyed — and logically by the very power the Jews were provoking. John also saw clearly, that there were no conditions and ''it was innevitable that Jerusalem would be destroyed.'' Hence he preached even "now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees"!<ref>Matthew 3:10</ref><ref>Luke 3:9</ref>

But John being far closer to the events in question, counted the years and the days with precision. The numbers pointed unmistakably to his own generation. The Advent of the Messiah was not centuries away. It was imminent — due in the very days ahead. So imminent in fact that he even declared: '''"there standeth one among you"'''.

Therefore we again ask: Which prophecy was John preaching?

There is only one that contains '''time''', the '''Messiah''', judgement and the '''destruction of the city'''. Daniel 9, otherwise known as "the 70 Weeks" or "Seventy Weeks of Years".

Here is the moment that I must pause as everyone has their own opinion on this prophecy. But the question is not what we believe, it is what did the ancients believe? And for them it wasn't a belief, it was an observable science! It was so observable that [[Porphyry]] in his book [[Against the Christians]] invented what we now call [[Preterism]] in order to academically redirect the prophecy so that [[Jesus Christ]] is not the Messiah.

Below is a table of ancient Christians who understood that the 70 Weeks were a prophecy dating the exact time of Jesus public advent and crucifixion.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>'''List of Major Commentators who saw Daniel 9 points to Jesus'''</big>
! Author
! Dates
! Work(s) Referencing Daniel 9
! Interpretation
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| Justin Martyr
| AD 100–165
| ''Dialogue with Trypho'' (c. AD 150)
| Identifies Daniel 9 as a prophecy of the Messiah; argues the 70 Weeks point directly to Jesus.
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| Irenaeus of Lyons
| AD 130–202
| ''Against Heresies'' (c. AD 180)
| Uses Daniel 9 to demonstrate that Jesus is the Christ foretold by the prophets.
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| Tertullian
| AD 155–220
| ''An Answer to the Jews'' (c. AD 200)
| Treats Daniel 9 as a chronological proof that the Messiah had already come in the time of Jesus.
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| Hippolytus of Rome
| AD 170–235
| ''Commentary on Daniel'' (c. AD 200–230)
| Produces the earliest surviving Christian commentary on Daniel; interprets the 70 Weeks as a Messianic timetable.
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| Eusebius of Caesarea
| AD 260–339
| ''Chronicon'', ''Demonstratio Evangelica''
| Interprets the 70 Weeks as fulfilled in Christ; aligns the prophecy with the ministry of Jesus.
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| Cyril of Jerusalem
| AD 313–386
| ''Catechetical Lectures''
| Uses Daniel 9 as proof that Jesus is the Messiah expected by Israel.
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| Porphyry of Tyre
| AD 234–305
| ''Against the Christians'' (c. AD 270–300)
| Pagan philosopher who attacks Daniel 9 to deny its Messianic fulfilment; argues it refers only to Antiochus IV.
|-
| Jerome
| AD 347–420
| ''Commentary on Daniel'' (AD 407)
| Quotes Porphyry extensively only to refute him; preserves the debate and defends the Messianic reading.
|-
| Augustine of Hippo
| AD 354–430
| ''City of God''
| Accepts the traditional Christian Messianic interpretation of the 70 Weeks.
|-
| Theodoret of Cyrus
| AD 393–457
| ''Commentary on Daniel''
| Explicitly Messianic reading; follows the early Fathers.
|-
| '''Talmud (Sanhedrin 97b)'''
| c. 3rd–5th century AD
| Rabbinic tradition
| '''Warns: “Blasted be the bones of those who calculate the end.”'''
Reflects post‑Temple discouragement of calculating Daniel’s timeline — a tacit acknowledgement of its explosive implications.
|-
| Bede the Venerable
| AD 672–735
| ''Commentary on Daniel''
| Continues the patristic Messianic interpretation.
|-
| Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki)
| AD 1040–1105
| ''Commentary on Daniel''
| Jewish commentator; interprets the “anointed one” historically but preserves the expectation of a coming Messiah.
|-
| Thomas Aquinas
| AD 1225–1274
| ''Summa Theologica''
| Affirms the traditional Christian Messianic interpretation.
|-
| Nicholas of Lyra
| AD 1270–1349
| ''Postillae''
| Influential medieval commentary; Messianic reading.
|-
| Martin Luther
| AD 1483–1546
| ''Lectures on Daniel''
| Strongly affirms Daniel 9 as a prophecy fulfilled in Christ.
|-
| John Calvin
| AD 1509–1564
| ''Commentary on Daniel''
| Treats the 70 Weeks as fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus.
|-
| Sir Isaac Newton
| AD 1642–1727
| ''Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel''
| Argues Daniel 9 is the central Messianic prophecy and defends its chronological precision.
|}

The point must be stated plainly: John was not preaching symbolism, sentiment, or liturgical imagery. He was preaching chronology. The Seventy Weeks of Years prophecy were not a metaphor; they were a measurable, clinical timetable that had reached its final days. John’s cry, “The time is fulfilled,” was not theological poetry — it was the mathematical expiration of Daniel’s prophecy. And because the prophecy itself warned that rejection of the Messiah would bring the destruction of the city and sanctuary, '''John’s message carried the full weight of impending national judgment'''. This is why the ancients treated Daniel 9 as a science, not an opinion. They read it as a countdown that terminated in the public manifestation and sacrificial death of the Christ, the Messiah. The above table records their testimony as a "cloud of witnesses"<ref>Hebrews 12:1 ''"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,"</ref>.

===How John the Baptist would have calculated the 70 Weeks===
Now we shall ask: How did John the Baptist calculate the 70‑week prophecy, and why was he so certain that “''the '''time is fulfilled'''” and "there standeth one amoung you"?''

The first question is simply this: If you are drawing a time line you where would you start from? Since the prophecy is dependent on a certain decree we need to ask '''Which commandment did John the Baptist use as the starting point?'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ <big>'''Which Decree Should We Use?'''</big>
! #
! King & Date
! Nature of Decree
! Summary of Effect
! Prophetic 69 weeks applied from this decree, Messiah should appear
! Candidates
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| 1
| '''Cyrus — 536 BC'''
| Return & Temple Authorization
| Hebrews are now free imperial citizens. Anyone may return to Jerusalem. Temple rebuilding authorised. '''No civil authority restored.'''
| '''53 BC'''
| none
|-
| 2
| '''Darius I — 520 BC'''
| Temple Funding & Enforcement
| "Finish what Cyrus started." Imperial treasury funds the Temple. Still '''no restoration of Jerusalem’s government'''.
| '''37 BC'''
| none
|-
| 3
| '''Artaxerxes I → Ezra — 457 BC'''
| Civil Restoration & Legal Autonomy
| '''This is the big one.''' Jerusalem becomes an '''autonomous member state''' with judges, magistrates, and legal authority. The Temple receives an '''open cheque book'''. This decree '''restores Jerusalem as a functioning polity'''. ''Note: Jesus "began then to be about 30" (Luke 3:23) in AD 27.''
| '''27 AD'''
| '''Jesus of Nazareth'''
|-
| 4
| '''Artaxerxes I → Nehemiah — 444 BC'''
| Wall Reconstruction Authorization
| "You need walls to protect our investment." Timber, letters, and military escort provided. '''Not a restoration decree — a defensive one.'''
| '''40 AD'''
| none
|}

In modern times much debate is given to which Medo‑Persian “commandment” should begin Daniel’s 70 Weeks. Yet all the ancient Christian writers listed in the previous table ''List of Major Commentators who saw Daniel 9 points to Jesus'' — and even Jewish and pagan commentators — were in complete agreement. To them the correct decree was obvious: it was the one that '''restored the legal and civil status of Jerusalem as a functioning polity''', and as a side note, '''granted an open cheque book for the Temple’s reconstruction'''.

The above chart ''Which Decree Should We Use?'' also clearly shows only one decree produces a viable historical Messiah. This alone should settle the debate.

This was the decree issued under the reign of [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus]] given to [[Ezra]] in '''457 BC''', during the period when [[Book of Esther|Queen Esther]] served as Queen Mother in the Persian court after the death of [[Amestris]], the first wife of [[Xerxes the Great]]. A full verbatim legal copy in the official language of the court ([[Imperial Aramaic]]) is recorded in Ezra 7:12-26. The shift between Hebrew and Imperial Aramaic is oft noted as one of the single largest evidence of credibility.

While today's scholars and lay readers alike ask: “Do we use [[Cyrus II the Great|Cyrus’]] decree, [[Darius I|Darius’]] decree, [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus|Artaxerxes’]] decree to [[Ezra]], or [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus|Artaxerxes’]] decree to [[Nehemiah]]?”

Historically, however, there was no such confusion. Even the Talmud’s curse — “Blasted be the bones of those who calculate the end” (Sanhedrin 97b) — is an indirect admission of how sensitive and decisive this prophecy was understood to be. Likewise, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) preserved the traditional Jewish computation, even though he could not accept its implications, which may be summarised as: “The numbers point to Jesus, but since we do not accept Him as Messiah, we must still wait.”

As the reader may not be familiar with why there is even a debate today, the following table contrasts the four possible decrees so the differences are plain. The Christian reader will also note that only one of these decrees viably preserves Jesus as the Messiah concluding Daniel’s 69 weeks or 483‑year timeline.

So as the Rabbis counted, and as all the early Christians understood, John the Baptist would have worked from the same starting point: the decree issued by [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus]] in '''457 BC'''. The exact day of the royal decision was probably unknown even then, but the effects were obvious.

Ezra was ordered to depart on the '''1st of Nisan''', the first day of the Persian civil year. With known travel times, he arrived in Jerusalem in late July or August. Civil governors, magistrates, and law‑enforcement officers were appointed soon after, and '''everything was in place for the 1st of Tishri''', the beginning of the Hebrew civil new year at the end of September.

As a native Hebrew speaker, John understood the key word in Daniel’s prophecy: '''צֵאת (tzeit)''' — “going out,” “being put into effect,” “being sent out.” It does not mean the moment of drafting or signing. It means the moment the decree '''takes effect'''. So John was never concerned with the fine details. As shown above in the section on ''Public Offices, Age Requirements and the Tishri 1 Cycle'', '''everything began on New Year’s Day''', and this decree was no different.

While in John’s day the chronological records of the Persian period were still well known and close to living memory, in our modern era the date of 457 BC is established through the work of historians who anchor Persian regnal years using the Babylonian Astronomical Diaries. Modern chronologists rely on these astronomical records—occasionally preserved on clay tablets—to stabilise the Achaemenid timeline. Some earlier writers suggested that a lunar eclipse recorded on the British Museum tablet BM 32234 belonged to the twentieth year of Artaxerxes I Longimanus, and therefore had relevance to the dating of Ezra’s return.<ref>E. W. Bullinger, The Companion Bible, Appendix 86; Siegfried H. Horn & Lynn H. Wood, The Chronology of Ezra 7 (Review and Herald, 1970), pp. 99–101.</ref> However, using tools such as NASA’s Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer<ref>https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JLEX/JLEX-index.html</ref>, we examined every eclipse visible from Babylon within Artaxerxes’ twentieth regnal year and confirmed what modern scholarship has long recognised: no eclipse in Artaxerxes’ reign matches the description on BM 32234, and the tablet must therefore belong to a different king.<ref>A. Sachs & H. Hunger, Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts, Vol. 1 (Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1988), pp. 47–48; R. A. Parker & W. H. Dubberstein, Babylonian Chronology 626 B.C.–A.D. 75 (Providence: Brown University Press, 1956), pp. 14–16; O. Neugebauer, Astronomical Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 1 (Lund, 1955), pp. 40–41.</ref> Other astronomical tablets have indeed helped refine the chronology, but the regnal years of Artaxerxes I are not in dispute, and thus the date of 457 BC for Ezra’s return—and its role in this prophecy—remains secure.

John also knew what people today call the “day‑for‑a‑year principle,” as did the Rabbis and the entire nation. This is perfectly evidenced by Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki ''Commentary on Daniel'' as listed above. Therefore applying the principle to Daniel’s numbers really was quite simple:

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7 symbolic weeks x 7 days per week = '''49 years'''

62 symbolic weeks x 7 days per week = '''434 years'''

Total = '''483 years'''

The legislation took effect on '''1st of Tishri''', therefore:

both the public appearance of the Messiah, and

the final seven years of Jewish national Divine sufferance

'''both begin on 1 Tishri, 483 years after the decree of 457 BC.'''

''This is was the '''30th of September 27 AD'''''

(remember to add +1 to compensate for no zero year: therefore -457 + 483 = +26 + 1 = 27 AD) 
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John read the tone of Daniel 9 as: "O Daniel, you are greatly beloved, but your people... not so much. It is over, I the Creator am done. From the day the Jerusalem is restored as a functioning polity, you have 490 years and my obligations and vows are complete. I will continue to honour my vows until Messiah and a little after in order for your people to hopefully comprehend what they have done and repent as individuals. But I am done; it is over; I can't do this any more. Then I will let them suffer the consequences of their own actions."

John understood with horror that the Hebrew nation was over and had been for quite some time; the nation had been a dead man walking since the days of Daniel with a single purpose: to produce the Messiah<ref>Daniel 9:24-27</ref> and for his followers to flee<ref>Matthew 24:16</ref><ref>Mark 13:14</ref><ref>Luke 21:21</ref>. John understood that this process was now in its final stage.

John went that very 1st of Tishri with a message that struck the nation like a thunderclap. He was not calling Israel to a new moral program, nor offering a fresh interpretation of the Law. He was announcing that Daniel’s clock had run out, that the 483 years were complete, and that the final seven years of national Divine sufferance had begun. John was teaching that the Nation was over, only the individual had any hope to save themselves symbolised in baptism.

Herein John did something no prophet had ever done: '''he baptised Jews as if they were Gentiles'''. Baptism was the rite of a convert wishing to join the Hebrew Nation and declare alligence to the Creator, a symbolic renunciation of one’s former identity. For John to require this of Israelites was a declaration that the nation itself had forfeited its Divine representation and privilages. If anyone wished to enter the Kingdom of God, they must enter it as individuals, not as members of a privileged nation.

With thunderous and bold articulation sharpened by exact and unflinching reasoning, John shook the nation to its core so that his name rested on every lip. He condemned the elite for their corruption and refused to baptise them, declaring: “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”<ref>Matthew 3:7</ref> Here again John invokes “the wrath to come” — the very wrath decreed in Daniel 9. John was not speaking of some vague future calamity; he was referencing the specific, time‑bound judgement Gabriel had announced to Daniel. The Pharisees and Sadducees were not merely sinners among sinners; they were, in John’s eyes, the direct custodians of the nation’s damnation, the ones whose leadership had brought Israel to the brink of the desolation foretold centuries earlier. His message was unmistakable: '''“How dare you try to flee the very ship you yourselves have sunk!”'''

John’s accusation was not random. By calling them a “brood of vipers,” he was not only invoking the serpent of Eden; he was identifying them with the serpent‑oracles of pagan religion — the python and pythonessa priests and priestesses whose poisonous utterances corrupted nations. In the ancient world, the viper was the emblem of the Python of Delphi, the serpent‑spirit whose mediums deceived kings and peoples. John’s charge therefore carried a precise theological weight: Israel’s own religious elite had become the spiritual heirs of the serpent‑oracle, poisoning the nation from within. They were the ones who had turned the Holy of Holies into a chamber containing nothing but a stone — a fitting symbol of the nation’s stony heart. They were the ones who had presided over a Temple devoid of the Shekinah, a nation devoid of repentance, and a covenant in its final countdown.

Thus John’s refusal to baptise them was not a moral rebuke but a prophetic verdict. They could not produce “fruits meet for repentance” because the corruption was systemic, generational, and deliberate. The axe, he declared, was already laid at the root of the trees. The judgement of Daniel 9 was not pending; it was already unfolding. The nation had been a dead man walking since the days of Daniel, and the leadership bore the greatest guilt. Only the Messiah could change such hearts; only He could replace stone with flesh; only He could purge the threshing floor of Israel.

Having detailed the context and the issues, it becomes clear that '''John the Baptist understood the prophetic timeline with terrifying precision'''. He knew that the nation’s covenantal clock had been running since the decree of Artaxerxes, and that the moment he stood in the Jordan River, the countdown had reached its appointed terminus. In John’s mind, the prophetic structure was unmistakable:

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'''457 BC, Tishri 1''' — The Seventy Weeks of Years began

'''27 AD, Tishri 1''' — The sixty‑nine weeks had concluded, confirming the Divine judgement

'''27 AD, Tishri 1''' — The Messiah was publicly due

(remember to add +1 to compensate for no zero year: therefore -457 + 483 = +26 + 1 = 27 AD) 

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==Jesus Ministry Length of 3.5 Years==
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Having established that John the Baptist announced Israel’s entry into the final week of Daniel’s 70 Weeks on 30 September AD 27, we now come to the moment that formally inaugurates Jesus’ own ministry — His baptism. This event occurs within the Days of Awe, the brief period between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement (9 October AD 27), the very window in which Israel expected divine revelation and judgment.

At His baptism, Jesus is anointed by the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the requirement that the Messiah be “anointed” at the appointed time. Immediately afterward He proclaims, “The time is fulfilled” (Mark 1:15), signalling that the prophetic clock has reached the beginning of its final 3½‑year segment — the period in which the Messiah would minister before being “cut off” in the midst of the week.

The Gospel of John confirms this duration by recording four Passovers during Jesus’ ministry, establishing a span of approximately 3½ years from His baptism to His crucifixion. Thus, Jesus’ baptism is not merely a symbolic act; it is the prophetic commencement of the final portion of Daniel’s timetable, aligning perfectly with the feasts, the calendar, and Jesus’ own repeated references to “the time” and “the hour.”

==Jesus Baptism==
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Luke introduces Jesus’ baptism as the moment Messiah enters public ministry with the statement that He '''“began then to be about thirty years of age”''' (Luke 3:23). The Greek text is intentionally approximate. The verb ''ἤρχετο'' (''ērcheto'', “began”) marks a transition, and the phrase ''ὡσεὶ τριάκοντα'' (''hōsei triakonta'', “about thirty”) shows that Luke is not giving a precise birthday. The natural reading is that Jesus was '''entering the age‑category''' of “around thirty,” and that His literal birthday was near, though Luke may not know the exact day. Luke’s ultimate concern is not precision but qualification: Jesus was '''legally old enough''' for public ministry.

In a society that did not particularly note birthdays, but instead counted only the number of annual cycles a person had lived through, exact age was socially irrelevant except for processes that required it. The Hebrews did not celebrate birthdays as chronological markers; they counted age by the number of years one had ''begun'', with each new year starting at Tishri 1. Because of this, Luke’s uncertainty is entirely understandable. He did not need to know Jesus’ exact birthday — only that Jesus had entered the legally recognised age‑category required for public ministry. Thus his phrase “ὡσεὶ τριάκοντα” (“about thirty”) is not an imprecise chronology but a culturally normal way of saying, “He was legally old enough.”

Put simply: ''We count age by years completed after birth, they counted age by calendar cycles begun.''

This is crucial because ancient Hebrews did not count age the way modern people do. '''We count years completed from birth; they counted years begun, cycled at Tishri 1.''' The Hebrew calendar was observational and lunar, with months shifting according to weather, witness testimony, and occasional intercalary months. In such a system, birthdays could not function as fixed legal markers. Instead, legal age categories—like regnal years, sabbatical cycles, and civil reckoning—were tied to the '''Tishri 1''' new year. A man became “thirty” for legal purposes '''on Tishri 1 of the year he entered his thirtieth year''', regardless of the exact day of his birth.

This cultural reality creates a decisive chronological constraint. Jesus must be '''legally thirty''' on '''1 Tishri AD 27''', because His ministry begins in that civil year — the '''“fifteenth year of Tiberius”''' — as counted from Tishri 1 to Tishri 1. But He must '''not''' be legally thirty on 1 Tishri AD 26, or He would have been eligible to begin His ministry a year earlier, contradicting Luke’s synchronism. Therefore, '''Jesus’ literal birthday must fall after 1 Tishri, not before it.'''

The timing of the baptism reinforces this. John’s message of repentance and preparation aligns naturally with the '''Days of Awe''' — the ten‑day period between the Feast of Trumpets and the [[Day of Atonement]]. This places Jesus’ baptism between '''30 September and 9 October AD 27''', shortly after the civil new year. Luke’s “about thirty” fits perfectly: Jesus is legally thirty by Tishri 1, yet His literal birthday is close enough that Luke mentions it while still speaking with approximation.

This requirement — that Jesus be born '''after''' Tishri 1 but still '''before''' Herod’s death in early 4 BC — creates a narrow and precise window. A birth too close to 4 BC would compress the nativity events (purification, Magi, flight to Egypt, Herod’s final illness, eclipse, and Passover). A birth before Tishri 1 would make Him legally thirty in AD 26, breaking the chronology. The only window that satisfies all constraints is a '''post‑Tishri 1 birth in 5 BC''', corresponding to October–November on the Gregorian calendar.

This window provides:

sufficient time for the nativity narrative before Herod’s death

alignment with the civil age requirement

harmony with Luke’s approximate “about thirty”

compatibility with the Days of Awe baptism

preservation of the fifteenth year of Tiberius

and the necessary 3½‑year ministry ending at Passover AD 31

=== Author’s Note ===
In the opinion of this author, it is my personal belief that the actual birthday may be very close to the Day of At‑one‑ment, Yom Kippur; in fact, I would not be surprised if Jesus’ baptism occurred on His birthday so that He literally “began then to be about 30.” I also find the idea that “they shall call his name '''Emmanuel''', which being interpreted is, '''God with us'''”<ref>Matthew 1:23 (KJV)</ref> is the perfect synonym to “At‑One.” Likewise, “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,” and “Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be '''made like unto his brethren''', that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.”<ref>Hebrews 2:17 (KJV)</ref> The emphasis that He was “made like unto his brethren” and then stands as High Priest on the day of making ‘At‑One’ is beautiful and synchronous with the Sanctuary system — so much so that it is profoundly moving, and even now I wipe my eyes.

But this author does not find sufficient evidence to assert this personal thought as historical fact. This essay is about the harmonisation of the actual evidence and stating only that which history and the text allow.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left;"
! Year !! Gregorian Date !! Event !! Jesus' Gregorian Age!! Jesus Hebrew Age
|-
| 5 BC || October–November || Jesus' Birth || 0 || 1
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| 4 BC || 16 March – April || Death of Herod the Great (between eclipse & observational Passover) || 4–7 months || 1
|-
| 4 BC || October–November || Jesus' 1st Birthday || 1 || 2
|-
| 3 BC || October–November || Jesus' 2nd Birthday || 2 || 3
|-
| 2 BC || October–November || Jesus' 3rd Birthday || 3 || 4
|-
| 1 BC || October–November || Jesus' 4th Birthday || 4 || 5
|-
| 1 AD || October–November || Jesus' 5th Birthday || 5 || 6
|-
| 2 AD || October–November || Jesus' 6th Birthday || 6 || 7
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== References ==
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==See also==
*[[Crucifixion]]

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Aschlafly: Susie Wiles quits as Chief of Staff, and is quickly replaced by immigration policy adviser Stephen Miller.

Stephen Miller

2026-11-06T21:07:39Z

Aschlafly:

[[File:Stephen Miller.PNG‎|right|200px|thumb|Stephen Miller]]
'''Stephen Miller''' (born August 23, 1985, in Santa Monica, [[California]]), is the [[White House]] [[Chief of Staff]] as of a few days after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. He previously served as Senior Advisor for Policy to [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. Miller has also been a presidential speechwriter, critical of the [[Deep State]].<ref>Bedard, Paul (October 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/stephen-miller-pushback-permanent-bureaucracy-a-mortal-threat-to-america Stephen Miller pushback: ‘Permanent bureaucracy a mortal threat to America’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 22, 2019.</ref> In 2021 Miller founded America First Legal concentrating on navigating through the maze of [[lawfare]] cases against Donald Trump.

Miller is a graduate of [[Duke University]] in Durham, [[North Carolina]]. He wrote President Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention becoming his day-to-day speechwriter on the campaign. He has worked in Congress for his whole professional life. He became communications director for former [[United States Senator]] [[Jeff Sessions]] of [[Alabama]], who in 2017 became Trump's first attorney general.

Leftists have harshly and falsely attacked Miller for his conservative views,<ref>Multiple references:
*Morris, Kyle (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/ilhan-omar-falsely-claims-jewish-trump-adviser-stephen-miller-is-a-white-nationalist/ Ilhan Omar Falsely Claims Jewish Trump Adviser ‘Stephen Miller Is a White Nationalist’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
*Caruso, Justin (April 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/04/09/hollywood-attacks-stephen-miller-after-kirstjen-nielsen-resigns-reincarnation-of-adolf-hitler/ Hollywood Attacks Stephen Miller After Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns: ‘Reincarnation of Adolf Hitler’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
See also:
*Spero, Aryeh (December 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/12/25/rabbi-spero-stephen-miller-unjustly-maligned-by-political-left/ Rabbi Spero: Stephen Miller Unjustly Maligned by Political Left]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2019.</ref> including some absurd but widely publicized attacks, as commentator Andrew Stiles satirically noted.<ref>Stiles, Andrew (August 17, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/blog/stephen-miller-secret-socialist/ Stephen Miller is Using Trump to Install a Subversive Socialist Agenda. I Know Because We Shared an Incubator as Infants.] ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved August 17, 2018.</ref> He has been falsely and wrongfully labeled a "white nationalist" by lying leftists, even though he is [[Jewish]].

Miller tested positive for the [[covid]] virus on October 6, 2020.<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/6/stephen-miller-tests-positive-coronavirus/ Top Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for coronavirus]
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/10/06/top-white-house-aide-is-positive-for-wuhan-coronavirus-n2577600 BREAKING: Top White House Aide Is Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus]</ref>

In 2024, he was chosen by Trump to serve as deputy chief of staff for policy.
==References==
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Neoconservatism

2026-11-06T17:51:40Z

Aschlafly: /* Nazi and Trotskyist roots of Neoconservatism: Shachtman and Burnham meet Carl Schmitt */

[[File:Anti-Putinism and neoconservativism.PNG|right|400px|thumb|[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Anti-Putinism]] is a neoconservative movement aimed at [[demonizing]] the Russian leader and promoting the interests of [[Globohomo]] and the [[Uniparty]].<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/21/neocon-dark-money-ad-blitz-ukraine-forever-war/ Neocon dark money front launches desperate ad blitz as support for Ukraine forever war craters], Alexander Rubinstein, ''The Greyzone'', August 21, 2023.</ref>]]
A '''neoconservative''' (colloquially, '''''neocon''''') in [[American]] politics is someone presented as a "[[conservative]]" but who actually favors [[big government]], [[globalism]], [[interventionism]], [[perpetual war]], [[police state]], [[gun control]], and a hostility to [[Religion and U.S. Government|religion in politics and government]]. The [[liberal]]-promoted [[British]] rock band [[Rolling Stones]] released a vulgar song in 2005 criticizing neocons, entitled ''Sweet Neo Con'', in which the clueless Brits falsely confuse neocons with [[Christian]] [[conservative]]s.<ref>https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rollingstones/sweetneocon.html</ref>

"Neoconservative" means "newly conservative," and thus previously self-interested or [[liberal]]. A quip by neocon co-founder Irving Kristol was that a neocon is a '''"liberal mugged by reality"'''. A neocon is typically pro-[[Deep State]] and a [[RINO Backer]], and like [[RINO]]s, does not accept most of the important principles in the [[Republican Party]] platform. Neocons do not emphasize putting [[America First|America first]]. Neocons support attacking and even overthrowing foreign governments, despite how that often results in more persecution of [[Christians]]. Some neocons (like [[Dick Cheney]]) have profited immensely from the [[military-industrial complex]] and their pro-war positions, and his daughter Rep. [[Liz Cheney]] (R-WY) benefits from that neocon fortune while ranting against [[America First]] leaders like [[Donald Trump]]. Many neocons are [[globalist]]s and support the [[War on Sovereignty]]. [[Fox News]] promotes neocons.

Many neocons focus on the Middle East, often invoking [[Israel]] as a justification for endless war, when in fact, the true central justification is to protect the Saudi regime and the [[petrodollar]]. They also favor arming terrorist organizations such as [[al-Qaeda]] and [[ISIS]] to achieve their foreign policy goals.

The centerpiece of neocon strategy was to invade [[Iraq]], which left a predictable vacuum that resulted in the murder of many [[Christian]]s there, as well as the rise of [[ISIS]]. During the presidential Republican primaries in 2016, [[Donald Trump]] humiliated the neocons' insistence on the Iraq War, exposed the neocon claim of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as a lie, and routed the neocon-supported [[Marco Rubio]] in his home state of Florida by a wide margin. Despite this, the [[mainstream media]] continues to treat neocons as "experts."<ref>Carlson, Tucker (February 15, 2019). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-are-these-professional-war-peddlers-still-around-tucker-carlson-max-boot-bill-kristol/ Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?] ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved February 15, 2019.</ref>

==Description==
Many older neocons had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], while younger neocons are more economically conservative than Roosevelt but like to downplay the social issues. In 2010 the highest priority of the neoconservatives was to increase military action by the [[United States]] in the [[Middle East]] and [[Afghanistan]], and to expand it to an American confrontation against [[Iran]]; in 2011 their goals include supporting a military attack on [[Libya]], continuing the [[Afghanistan War]] indefinitely, and even suggesting military action against [[Syria]]. There is a revolving door between some neocons and highly paid positions in the defense industry, which may explain the constant neoconservative demands for more wars.

In the European nations of [[Britain]] and [[France]], globalists dominate "right"-leaning politics and are sometimes referred to as "neocon," although European globalists tend to be more Eurocentric than Amerocentric. Preserving American [[Imperialism]] in the post-Cold War [[unipolar]] order is the basis of the neocon movement.

In the United States, neocons are less influential than the [[conservative movement]]. For example, neocons begrudgingly supported [[Mitt Romney]] as the Republican nominee for [[Presidential Election 2012|President in 2012]], even though he was not their first choice and Romney has never supported the neocon agenda.
[[File:Nuland and Kagan.png|right|300pc|thumb|Robert Kagan and wife [[Victoria Nuland]].]]
Neoconservatives tend to oppose the appointment of social conservatives to high governmental positions, such as nomination to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Neoconservatives support candidates who are liberal on social issues instead.

Neoconservatives favor expensive foreign interventionism with massive federal spending, often to replace a dictator with a new system of government that may be worse. Sometimes this is expressed as a desire to install a democracy in a culture that may be incompatible with it. The neoconservative position was discredited in the failure of democracy in the Iranian elections of 2009.

The neoconservative movement emerged in the mid-1970s, played a limited role in the [[Ronald Reagan]] Administration, and then had a voice in the Defense Department under the [[George W. Bush]] Administration after [[9/11]]. Neoconservatives were prominent in the Bush Administration by supporting an interventionist domestic policy they called "[[compassionate conservatism]]" and a strong foreign policy, and especially favored the [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|Iraq War]] and its efforts to spread democracy worldwide.

Some prominent spokesmen include [[Bill Kristol]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Robert Kagan]], [[Christopher Hitchens]], [[Bernard Lewis]], [[Stephen Schwartz]], Elliott Abrams, Ben Wattenberg, and Carl Gershman.

In contrast to traditional conservatives, neoconservatives favor [[globalism]], downplay religious issues and differences, are unlikely to actively oppose [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]]. Neocons disagree with [[conservatives]] on issues such as classroom prayer, the [[separation of powers]], cultural unity, and [[immigration]]. Neocons favor a strong, active state in world affairs.

On foreign policy, neoconservatives believe that democracy can and should be installed by the [[United States]] around the world, even in Muslim countries such as [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], and [[Syria]].

==Dual origins==
[[Image:Kris.gif|thumb|right|Irving Kristol was dubbed by many as "the Godfather" of Neo-conservatism]]
One major strand of Neoconservatism emerged from a group of New York intellectuals, many of whom attended City College of New York in the late 1930s, a group that includes [[Irving Kristol]], Daniel Bell, [[Seymour Martin Lipset]] and Nathan Glazer.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Neoconservative-Revolution-Jewish-Intellectuals-Shaping/dp/0521836565/ref=sr_1_3/102-2076504-6567320?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175142752&sr=8-3 The Neoconservative Revolution: Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy, Murray Friedman, 2005]</ref> Many of this group came to despise the counterculture of the 1960s and what they felt was a growing "[[anti-Americanism]]" among many baby boomers. During the [[Cold War]] era, most vigorously opposed the Stalinist regime.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/magazine/neo.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=4126fa38fefd80de&ex=1298005200 After Neoconservatism, February 19, 2006]</ref>

Paleoconservatives, who dislike Neoconservatism intensely, have argued that it emerged from [[Trotskyite]] theories, especially the notion of permanent revolution. There are four fundamental flaws in the paleoconservatives' attack: most of the neoconservatives were never Trotskyites; none of them ever subscribed to the right-wing Socialism of Max Shachtman; the assertion that neoconservatives subscribe to "inverted Trotskyism" is misleading; and neoconservatives advocate democratic globalism, not permanent revolution.<ref>William F. King, "Neoconservatives and 'Trotskyism'" ''American Communist History'' 2004 3(2): 247-266 online at [[EBSCO]]</ref>

===Strauss===
A second main line of development of neoconservatism was strongly influenced by the work of German-American political philosopher [[Leo Strauss]]. Some of Strauss' students include Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], former Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Paul Wolfowitz]], former Assistant Secretary of State [[Alan Keyes]], former Secretary of Education [[William Bennett]], ''Weekly Standard'' editor [[William Kristol]], political philosopher [[Allan Bloom]], former New York Post editorials editor [[John Podhoretz]], former National Endowment for the Humanities Deputy Chairman [[John T. Agresto]]; political scientist Harry V. Jaffa; and [[Nobel Prize]] winning novelist [[Saul Bellow]].

== Values ==
Neoconservatives also tend to minimize or overlook the significance of religious beliefs in conflicts and policies, as in advocating the installation of democracy in [[Muslim]] countries with little regard for Islamic beliefs and practices.

Neoconservatives hold an idealistic belief in social progress and the universality of [[human rights]], coupled with anti-Communism. They hold the view that there is a universal desire to live in a technologically advanced and prosperous society and liberal democracy is one of the byproducts of such modernization.

Neoconservatives, who hold [[Marxist]] views on "shaping the world," strongly oppose nationalism.<ref>Maitra, Sumantra (November 11, 2019). [https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/11/freakout-over-nationalism-book-illustrates-the-end-of-traditional-left-right-politics/ Freakout Over Nationalism Book Illustrates The End Of Traditional Left-Right Politics]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved December 2, 2019.</ref>

== Publications ==
The leading publications of neoconservatives since the 1970s have been ''[[Commentary]]'', ''[[The Public Interest]]'' (founded by Daniel Bell and Irving Kristol) and ''[[The Weekly Standard]]''. Many Washington think tanks, such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] (AEI), the [[Project For New American Century]] (PNAC), Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), and Henry Jackson Society are now dominated by neoconservatives.

== Social Issues ==
[[Image:Wolfowitz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|As Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001–4, [[Paul Wolfowitz]] was a prominent advocate of neocon foreign policy ideas in the George W. Bush administration, especially the "[[Bush Doctrine]]."]]
Neoconservatives' positions on social issues are mixed with some holding to [[liberal]] positions on social matters, and are unlikely to agree with religious conservatives on issues like abortion, prayer in school and same-sex "marriage". Other neoconservatives of the Straussian type tend to have greater degrees of agreement with religious and cultural conservatives on social issues. Neoconservatives differ from libertarians in that neoconservatives tend to support [[big government]] policies to further their objectives, and to support Bush's 2001 [[Patriot act]].

Neoconservatives often describe themselves as "conservative". [[William Kristol]], a leading neoconservative, described himself as the "[[token conservative]]" when he taught at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]].<ref>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/03/12/news/7602.shtml</ref>

In anticipation of vacancies on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], the neoconservatives urged on Bush the selection of [[Michael McConnell]], a [[libertarian]]-leaning jurist, and [[J. Michael Luttig]], who declared ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' to be "super-stare decisis"<ref>http://althouse.blogspot.com/2005/07/arlen-specter-makes-up-term.html</ref> and later left the judiciary to become general counsel of Boeing.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051000929.html</ref> Both were passed over in filling the vacancies and both left the judiciary entirely after missing their best chance for being appointed to the Supreme Court passed.

The term was coined by Socialist party leader [[Michael Harrington]] to describe the rightward turn of onetime liberals, and it was proudly accepted first by Irving Kristol, then by most of the others.

==Neoconservatives in the Obama era==
{{See also|Obama war crimes}}
Neoconservatives in the Obama era engineered both the rise of the [[Islamic State]] and the [[Syrian War]] which claimed in excess of 400,000 lives and created more than 6,000,000 homeless refugees abroad. They also inadvertently created the [[European migrant crisis]].

The original intention of the neocons was regime change in [[Syria]] – the overthrow of [[Bashar Assad]] – without using American troops. Radical Islamic terrorists, many of their leaders supposedly "de-radicalized" while in American detention, were returned to their groups to form new militias armed and trained by American, Turkish, Saudi, and Qatari Special Operations Forces and advisors. By removing the Syrian Alawite regime aligned with [[Iran]], the hope was to rid Syria of [[Hezbollah]], a 10,000-man force which is directly under the command and control of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and deemed a threat to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Gulf states.

The [[Benghazi massacre]], however, slowed the progress of arming the Syrian jihadis, now dubbed "moderate rebels" by the Obama administration and its sycophantic media. The Syrian government gained popular support as the people of Syria witnessed foreign jihadis backed by the Obama administration and its allies, flood Syria with psychotic killers and weapons. With a quick resolution not in the offing, Russian troops intervened, preventing the Obama administration from establishing a no-fly zone to aid its radical jihadis on the ground to overthrow the government, as had been done in [[Libya]].

== Neoconservatism and Donald Trump ==
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Foreign policy}}
Despite campaigning against endless foreign wars and a humanitarian-based foreign policy that promotes democracy, President [[Donald Trump]] appointed several internationalists and neoconservatives to his administration, including [[Elliot Abrams]], [[John Bolton]] and [[Mike Pompeo]]. Despite this, neocons continued opposing Trump and even praising leftist Democrats.<ref>Jasper, William F. (January 19, 2021). [https://thenewamerican.com/national-review-cnn-wsj-backstabber-liz-cheney-is-new-hero-conscience-of-gop/ National Review, CNN, WSJ: Backstabber Liz Cheney Is New “Hero,” “Conscience of GOP”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 31, 2021.</ref><ref>Jasper, William F. (December 16, 2020). [https://thenewamerican.com/national-reviews-neocons-and-the-bulwarks-bidenistas-reviling-trump-rejoicing-in-biden/ National Review’s Neocons and The Bulwark’s Bidenistas: Reviling Trump, Rejoicing in Biden]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 31, 2021.</ref><ref>Jasper, William F. (December 19, 2020). [https://thenewamerican.com/full-exposure-nevertrump-neocons-kristol-and-schmidt-reach-out-to-biden-aoc/ FULL EXPOSURE: NeverTrump Neocons Kristol and Schmidt Reach Out to Biden, AOC]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 31, 2021.</ref>

[[Alex Jones]] has claimed that neoconservatives, as part of a [[Deep State]], have been fighting a civil war inside the United States Government in order to gain control of the government and influence President [[Donald Trump]]. [[Paul Joseph Watson]] himself and David Knight also claimed this throughout [[Infowars]] segments, and that the recent missiles launched against Assad were a result of neocons attempting to control Donald Trump.

[[Stefan Halper]], a neoconservative of the Bush Sr. era, colluded with Obama CIA Director [[John Brennan]] and FBI agent [[Peter Strzok]] to set up Trump advisors [[Carter Page]] and [[George Papadopoulos]] as supposed agents of the [[Russia]] government, to initiate an FBI [[counterintelligence]] investigation and procure a [[FISA]] warrant to surveil the [[2016 Trump campaign]], [[Trump transition]] team, and well into the first year of the [[Trump Administration]].

== Neoconservatives in the Biden junta ==
{{See also|Biden/Harris regime foreign policy}}
Many neocons are prominent in the junta, including his foreign minister, [[Anthony Blinken]], and undersecretary [[Victoria Nuland]], who are neocons who want endless wars. In the second month after seizing power, they bombed Syria. Biden also plans war with Iran.

Prof. [[Jeffrey Sachs]] summarized the destruction neocons wrought upon [[Ukraine]]:
{{quotebox-float|"The US neocons carry much blame for undermining Ukraine’s 1991 borders. Russia did not claim [[Crimea]] until after the US-backed overthrow of Ukraine’s [[President Viktor Yanukovych]] in 2014. Nor did Russia annex the [[Donbas]] after 2014, instead calling on Ukraine to honor the UN-backed [[Minsk II agreement]], based on autonomy for the Donbas. The neocons preferred to arm Ukraine to retake the Donbas by force rather than grant the Donbas autonomy."<ref>[https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/towards-peace-in-ukraine Beyond the Neocon Debacle to Peace in Ukraine], JEFFREY D. SACHS, October 4, 2023. jeffsachs.org</ref>}}

==Nazi and Trotskyist roots of Neoconservatism: Shachtman and Burnham meet Carl Schmitt==
Neoconservative [[globalism|globalist]] ideas on foreign policy have their roots on the writings of renegade Trotskyists Max Shachtman and James Burnham in the 1940s and 1950s, while on domestic policy they derive their [[authoritarianism]] from the writings of [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[jurisprudence|jurist]] Carl Schmitt during the same period.

Burnham and Shachtman were American Trotskyists who had clashed with [[Leon Trotsky]] in 1939–40 on the issue of whether the international workers' movement should support the [[Soviet Union]] in the event of a Nazi attack. Trotsky said it should, while Burnham and Shachtman said it should not. Both Burnham and Shachtman abandoned [[Marxism]] in the 1940s (ostensibly) and entered the [[conservative]] movement. In fact, they never really abandoned the idea of "[[Permanent Revolution]]", they just reshaped it to make it look more "conservative": the [[one-world government]], for them, wouldn't come through the USSR or through workers' revolution, but through American [[internationalism|internationalist]] and [[imperialism|imperialist]] foreign policy. Burnham explicitly wrote:

<blockquote>A World Federation initiated and led by the United States would be, we have recognized, a World Empire. In this imperial federation, the United States, with a monopoly of atomic weapons, would hold a preponderance of decisive material power over all the rest of the world. In world politics, that is to say, there would not be a balance of power.<ref>James Burnham, ''The Struggle for the World'' (Toronto: Longmans, 1947), 190, 210.</ref></blockquote>

As regards domestic policy, the neoconservatives' advocacy for the aggressive curtailing of freedom and [[civil liberties]] has its roots in the ideas of a self-proclaimed post-war ally of American imperialism, Carl Schmitt, who before the war had been a Nazi jurist for Hitler. The proponent of the theories of "state of exception" and "unitary executive power" (which, according to Schmitt, "frees the executive from any legal restraints to its power that would normally apply"), during the [[Weimar Republic]], Schmitt had advocated for the imposition of a Presidential dictatorship by [[Paul von Hindenburg]], then after 1933 he willingly offered his services to Hitler and produced legal theories that justified Nazi invasion of neutral countries, infamously proclaiming "woe to the neutrals".<ref name="edisciplinas.usp.br">https://edisciplinas.usp.br/mod/resource/view.php?id=2252381</ref> Schmitt called for an imposition of an open dictatorship of a system aligned to the needs and interests of [[big government]] and [[corporation]]s against the people. He argued that the massacre of large numbers of people without due process of law signifies the creation of a new world order of law and justice.<ref>https://davidarthurwalters.wordpress.com/tag/neoconservatism/</ref>

Some have argued that [[neoconservativism]] has been influenced by Schmitt.<ref name="The Return of Carl Schmitt">Legal justification
* [http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/04/thinking-out-loud-about-john-yoo.html Thinking out loud about John Yoo (and about Carl Schmitt)] by [[Sandy Levinson]], Balkinization, April 12, 2008
* [https://ssrn.com/abstract=942865 The Bush Regime from Elections to Detentions: A Moral Economy of Carl Schmitt and Human Rights] by Abraham, David, University of Miami – School of Law, University of Miami Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2007 – 20 May 2007
* [https://ssrn.com/abstract=870602 Torture, Necessity and Existential Politics] by Kutz, Christopher L., [[University of California]], Berkeley – School of Law (Boalt Hall), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 870602, December 2005
* [http://balkin.blogspot.com/2005/11/return-of-carl-schmitt.html The Return of Carl Schmitt] [[Scott Horton]], Balkinization, 7 November 2005
* [http://harpers.org/archive/2008/01/hbc-90002226 Deconstructing John Yoo] by Scott Horton, Harpers, 23 January 2008
* [http://mondediplo.com/2006/09/08democracy The will to undemocratic power] By Philip S Golub, ''[[Le Monde Diplomatique]]'', September 2006
* [http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,259860,00.html The Leo-conservatives] by GERHARD SPÖRL, ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 4 August 2003</ref> Most notably the legal opinions offered by [[Alberto Gonzales]], [[John Yoo]] et al. by invoking the unitary executive theory to justify highly controversial policies in the [[war on terror]]—such as introducing unlawful combatant status which purportedly would eliminate protection by the Geneva Conventions,<ref>War crimes warning
* [http://www.newsweek.com/memos-reveal-war-crimes-warnings-128415 Memos Reveal War Crimes Warnings] By Michael Isikoff, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 19 May 2004
* [https://www.thenation.com/article/torture-and-accountability/ Torture and Accountability] by Elizabeth Holtzman, ''The Nation'', 28 June 2005
* [http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/attack/law/2003/0128uslawyers.htm US Lawyers Warn Bush on War Crimes] By Grant McCool, Lawyers Against the War, [[Global Policy Forum]], 28 January 2003</ref> [[enhanced interrogation techniques|torture]], NSA electronic surveillance program—mimic his writings.<ref name="The Return of Carl Schmitt" /> Professor David Luban said in 2011 that "[a] Lexis.com search reveals five law review references to Schmitt between 1980 and 1990; 114 between 1990 and 2000; and 420 since 2000, with almost twice as many in the last five years as the previous five".<ref>David Luban, "Carl Schmitt and the Critique of Lawfare", ''Georgetown Public Law and Legal Theory [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1797904 Research Paper No. 11-33]'', p. 10</ref>

In 1934, Schmitt wrote an essay bearing the title: 'The Führer Protects Justice'. In it he defended the crassest form of arbitrary [[fascism|fascist]] justice and most firmly upheld the view that the Führer had the sole right to distinguish between friend and foe:

<blockquote>The Führer is in earnest over the warnings of German history. That affords him the right and the power to found a new State and a new order ... The Führer is protecting justice from the vilest misuse when, in the hour of danger, he creates justice directly as the supreme authority by virtue of his leader's office ... The office of judge emanates from that of Führer. Anyone ... wishing to separate the two is seeking to put the State out of joint with the aid of justice . . . The Führer himself determines the content and scope of a transgression against the law.<ref name="edisciplinas.usp.br"/></blockquote>

Schmitt not only supported Hitler's moves in home affairs. Already before the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], during the preparations for it, he became the leading law ideologist of Nazi Germany's foreign policy. He resisted the 'universalist' claims of the [[League of Nations]] and called instead for the application of the [[Monroe Doctrine]] to Germany and territory in which she had interests. He quoted a statement by Hitler on this subject and commented:

<blockquote>'That expresses the idea of a peacefully arbitrated (schiedlich-friedlich) demarcation of the major territories in the simplest business-like terms. It eliminates the confusion that an economic imperialism created around the Monroe doctrine by twisting its reasonable idea of territorial demarcation into an ideological claim to global intervention.<ref name="edisciplinas.usp.br"/>'</blockquote>

This theory too rested on the Nazi dogma of the 'Reich'. 'Empires in this sense are the leading and supporting powers whose political idea is radiated over a specified major territory and which fundamentally exclude the intervention of extraterritorial powers with regard to this territory.' Such a division of the world, which would guarantee the appropriate 'major territories' for Germany and [[Japan]], would, in Schmitt's view, mark the start of a new and higher condition of international justice. There would no longer be nation-states, as before, but only 'empires'. The concrete consequences of this Schmitt spelled out in another essay bearing the significant title 'Woe to the Neutrals!' Here it was argued that the concept of major territories implied the abolition of neutrality. So in 1938, Schmitt had penned in advance the 'international' legal apologia for unbridled imperialism: Empires had the "right" to conquer nations. It is this core legal ideology that he rent to the Americans after the war.

Shortly after Nazi defeat, he re-invented himself as a spokesman of American globalism. In "Nomos of the Earth" (1950), he gave the best definition of the principle behind American globalist foreign policy which he supported. Schmitt's formulation rivals Burnham's in cynicism but surpasses it in precision: 'cujus economia, ejus regio'. This is a cynically candid expression of the United States' absolute claim to global dominion; and not by chance is it an up-to-date secular variant on the 1555 Augsburg Convention (cujus regio, ejus religio). In both cases naked power relations are stated as absolute determinants, only now of course at a more advanced stage, hence economic in substance and absolute in all political respects.<ref name="edisciplinas.usp.br"/>

Being a proponent of war and foreign intervention on the part of [[Nazi Germany]], after the war he advocated, with equal fervor, a policy of interventionism and [[perpetual war]] (or, as he called it, "world-wide civil war") on the part of the [[United States]]. Hence he showed in "Nomos of the Earth" (1950) the ineluctability of the dilemma of isolation or intervention for the U.S.A.:

<blockquote>The contradictions stem from the unresolved problems of a territorial development involving an obligation either to set limits to the invasion and to find other major territories beside those recognizing themselves as such, or else to turn back what has hitherto been a war of national claims into a world-wide civil war.<ref name="edisciplinas.usp.br"/></blockquote>

As a short summary, Neoconservatives take their advocacy for [[globalism]], interventionism, [[perpetual war]], [[police state]] and the trampling of citizens' [[civil rights|rights]] from two Trotskyists (Shachtman and Burnham) and one Nazi (Schmitt).

==List of Neocons==

<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">

*[[Barack Obama]], chief architect of the [[Arab Spring]]

*[[Hillary Clinton]], chief architect of the [[Libyan war]] and [[Syrian war]]

*[[Joe Biden]], chief architect of the [[Russia-Ukraine war]]

*[[John Kerry]]

*[[Jake Sullivan]], chief architect of the [[Islamic State]]

*[[Antony Blinken]]

*[[Samantha Power]], chief architect of the R2P doctrine (Responsibility to Protect)

*[[Stefan Halper]]

*[[Elliot Abrams]]

*[[Robert Kagan]]

*[[Victoria Nuland]], chief architect of the [[Maidan coup]]

*[[John Bolton]]

*[[Richard Perle]]

*[[Dov Zakheim]]

*[[Paula Dobriansky]]

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==See also==

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* [[Globalism]]
* [[Right-wing dictatorship]]
* [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Dick Cheney]]
* [[Donald Rumsfeld]]
* [[Bill Kristol]]
* [[Irving Kristol]]
* [[Permanent Revolution]], a Trotskyite idea that Neocons do ''not'' accept
* [[Norman Podhoretz]]
* [[Leo Strauss]]
* [[Lionel Trilling]], a major literary critic who influenced many neocons
* [[Paul Wolfowitz]], a powerful #2 under [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in the Defense Department in 2001–04, chief architect of the Iraq War
* [[David Petraeus]]
*[[Mike Pompeo]]
*[[Steve Bannon]]
*[[Totalitarianism]]
*[[Terrorism]]
*[[Police state]]
*[[Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]]
*[[liberal claptrap]]

</div>

==Further reading==
* Bloom, Allan. ''The Closing of the American Mind'' (1988)
* Dorrien, Gary. ''The Neoconservative Mind,'' (1993)
* Friedman, Murray. ''The Neoconservative Revolution: Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy''. (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Neoconservative-Revolution-Jewish-Intellectuals-Shaping/dp/0521545013/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241491052&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search].
* Fukuyama, Francis. ''America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy,'' (2006)
* Gerson, Mark. ''The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to Culture Wars'' (1997)
* [[Stefan Halper|Halper, Stefan]] and Jonathan Clarke. ''America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order'' (2004) [https://www.amazon.com/America-Alone-Neo-Conservatives-Global-Order/dp/0521674603/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255319175&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Heilbrun, Jacob. ''They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons'' (2009) [https://www.amazon.com/They-Knew-Were-Right-Neocons/dp/140007620X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241491052&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
* Murray, Douglas. ''Neoconservatism: Why We Need It'' (2006)
* Steinfels, Peter. ''The Neoconservatives: The Men Who Are Changing America's Politics.'' (1979)
* Stelzer, Irwin. ''Neo-conservatism'' (2004)
===Primary sources===
* Demuth, Christopher, and William Kristol, eds. ''The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol'' (1995) [https://www.amazon.com/Neoconservative-Imagination-Essays-Irving-Kristol/dp/0844738999/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241491256&sr=1-18 excerpt and text search]
* Gerson, Mark, ed., ''The Essential Neo-Conservative Reader'' (1997)
* Kristol, Irving. ''Neoconservatism: the Autobiography of an Idea'' (1999) [https://www.amazon.com/Neo-conservatism-Autobiography-Idea-Irving-Kristol/dp/1566632285/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241491185&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]
* Stelzer, Irwin, ed. ''The NeoCon Reader'' (2005) [https://www.amazon.com/Neocon-Reader-Irwin-Stelzer/dp/0802141935/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241491185&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]

==External links==
*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110010684 Neoconservatism's Future: It's still the only game in town], Joshua Muravchik, OpinionJournal.com, October 3, 2007. From ''Commentary''.
*[http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/ The Henry Jackson Society]
*[https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/000tzmlw.asp The Neoconservative Persuasion by Irving Kristol]

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[[Image:Chomsky3.gif|right|thumbnail|170px|Noam Chomsky]]
'''Noam Chomsky''' (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist who was a pioneer in [[Chomsky hierarchy|generative grammar]]. Later he became an extreme left-wing propagandist and genocide denier.<ref>http://www.jim.com/chomsdis.htm</ref><ref name="paulbogdanor.com">http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomsky/labedz.pdf</ref> He advocates holding America to an absolute standard of ethics in foreign relations, but has not held such a standard elsewhere. He tends to ignore such violations by other countries, even when they have been far worse. Fellow liberal academic, [[Arthur Schlesinger]], once referred to Chomsky as "an intellectual crook."<ref>"He begins as a preacher to the world and ends as an intellectual crook." -- [[Arthur Schlesinger]] - ''Commentary'' magazine, December 1969</ref>

He is an institute professor of [[linguistics]] (Emeritus) at the [[MIT|Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT)<ref>http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/people/faculty/chomsky/index.html</ref> and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The ''New York Times'' News Service/Syndicate. His professed discoveries in linguistics that form the basis of his intellectual authority are treated as the springboard to the credibility of his political analysis but, perhaps surprisingly because of their wide renown, have not held up to close intellectual scrutiny.<ref>Collier, Peter and Horowitz, David (2004). ''Anti Chomsky Reader'' (New York City: Encounter Books).</ref>

Chomsky is very critical of [[America]]n and [[Israel]]i foreign policy, sympathizes with [[Palestine|Palestinians]] and has shown support for the terrorist organization [[Hezbollah]].<ref>http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1151</ref> He has also been criticized for [[anti-Semitism]]. It should be noted that Chomsky comes from a Jewish family and in the past has spoken and written in Hebrew,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RKUbyYPG4mcC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=noam+chomsky+%22jewish+heritage%22&source=bl&ots=_DSi5cwxKc&sig=xHoUkX3zV4_dFwO2Gb-xrIxMJbw&hl=en&ei=Bf8iS7-DB5CXlAeXx8zzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBQ#v=snippet&q=chomsky%20jewish%20family&f=false]</ref> but it is possible to argue that he is a self hater.

True to his [[totalitarian]] convictions at the age of 92, Chomsky advocated [[covid]] [[gulag]]s for the unvaccinated.<ref>https://youtu.be/IpEch0McjZ0</ref> Chomsky is an [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>http://hollowverse.com/noam-chomsky/</ref>

== Background ==
Chomsky was born '''Avram Noam Chomsky''' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Chomsky, a [[Russia]]n immigrant, and Elsie Simonofsky Chomsky. His parents both practiced [[Judaism]]. His father taught [[Hebrew]], and published a scholarly edition of a medieval Hebrew grammar.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/chomsky_noam.html</ref> He received his education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy, and eventually earned his Ph.D. in 1955. Since then, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He previously held the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics, and is now an Institute Professor.

=== Religious views ===

Chomsky appears to be an [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and not an [[Atheism|atheist]]. He said "I try not to have faith".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Q4F5yf2D8 Noam Chomsky on Atheism, Religion, and the Scientific Method]</ref> Chomsky said about religion: "I am a child of the [[Enlightenment]]. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational belief. My view could be wrong, of course, but my position is that we should not succumb to irrational belief.<ref>[https://chomsky.info/1990____/ Remarks on Religion Noam Chomsky interviewed by various interviewers]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and irrationality]]

==Linguistic Works==
Chomsky's work is considered to be the spark of modern linguistic thought. His research deals with questions including the critical analysis of language and grammar, the role of biology in language and language acquisition, and the importance (or lack thereof) of structural grammar and formal grammar in language function and development.

Chomsky has argued that the primary role the linguist should play is to decipher a language's grammatical structure. Chomsky has provided the field of linguistics with a path and policy in describing language as a concept and particular languages, as well as core functions of any particular language.

===Generative Grammar===
Noam Chomsky advocates the view that the human mind has an innate ability to generate grammatical sentences, thus, all utterances deemed sensible to the speaker are necessarily grammatical. All humans, he argues, share a core of grammar that explodes into the thousands and thousands of distinct languages spoken by humans over time and place. Generative grammar ultimately suggests that the brain is like an unlabeled map, and a child's role is to assign different "paths" with particular labels.

===Universal Grammar===
Noam Chomsky also proposed the theory that a kind of universal grammar, a grammar that underlies all human languages, is hard-wired in the human brain. Thus all human languages are fundamentally the same, with only superficial differences.

===Manufacture of Consent===
{{See also|Manufacturing Consent}}
Chomsky is highly critical of [[Walter Lippmann]] and [[Edward Bernays]], both of whom wrote about the "Manufacture of Consent" (Bernays uses the phrase "the engineering of consent").<ref name="Manufacturing">{{cite book|last1=Chomsky|first1=Noam|last1=Herman|first1=Edward S.|title=Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media|date=2011|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0375714498|pages=lix-lxii}}</ref> Particularly Lippmann, whom Chomsky begins the preface by criticizing.<ref name="Manufacturing" />

===Criticism===
Both the theory of universal grammar as well as generative grammar have been criticized over time. A primary argument is that the majority of Chomsky's studies are based in English, and do not represent "human language" as a whole. Linguist Geoffrey Sampson suggests that the core of his arguments are not scientifically falsifiable, and therefore hold no more weight than mere opinion or conjecture. Sampson follows that Chomsky does not seem to be able to make predictions of what is possible in a language.
Finally, many of his critics claim that Chomsky's books are riddled with factual inaccuracies.<ref name="ReferenceA">http://www.paulbogdanor.com/200chomskylies.pdf</ref>

===Challenges===
In 2005 former [[missionary]] Daniel Everett published a controversial article titled "Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã" which challenged the notion that [[recursion]] is inherent in universal grammar. Since this publication, Everett has experienced academic and (stemming from this) political bullying and Chomsky himself labelled him a charlatan.

==Political Views==
Chomsky has stated that his "personal visions are fairly traditional anarchist ones, with origins in The Enlightenment and classical liberalism" and has praised libertarian socialism.

His opponents accuse him of expressing admiration for governmental systems such as the Soviet Union, Chinese and Cambodian governments which are characterized by central control, xenophobia, and rejection of free expression, though he has openly expressed opposition to the Soviet Union and other regimes characterized by authoritarianism, arguing that they are not legitimate forms of socialism.<ref>http://chomsky.info/articles/1986----.htm</ref> He also counters that he is merely pointing out the West's own crimes and not condoning authoritarian governments that the West opposes. His stated justification for this is that criticism of other authoritarian governments will do nothing except give the United States ammunition against other countries, while being able to freely ignore their own crimes, whereas criticism of his own country may bring about what he considers to be positive reform. Chomsky identifies himself as a "libertarian socialist" who is opposed to both neoliberalism and authoritarianism.<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19446</ref>

Despite being very far to the left, even Chomsky had his limits, in particular regarding how far things should go if the Proletariat were to take over in a Communist revolution, which was best demonstrated during a 1971 blind debate with French post-structuralist philosopher [[Michel Foucault]], where the latter's answers in relation to what should happen if the Proletariat were to take over shocked even him, as well as admitting after the debate that he "felt like [Chomsky] was talking to someone who didn’t inhabit the same moral universe." Specifically, the responses in question were "When the proletariat takes power, it may be quite possible that the proletariat will exert towards the classes over which it has just triumphed, a violent, dictatorial and even bloody power. I can’t see what objection one could make to this",<ref>https://stream.org/foucault-intellectuals-venerate-sado-masochistic-suicidal-drug-addict/</ref> as well as replying to Chomsky's insistence that the proletariat "must act as sensitive and responsible human beings" that such ideas as responsibility, sensitivity, justice, and law were merely “tokens of ideology” that completely lacked legitimacy as well as stating “The proletariat doesn’t wage war against the ruling class because it considers such a war to be just,” he argued. “The proletariat makes war with the ruling class because … it wants to take power.”<ref>http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-perversions-of-M--Foucault-4714</ref>

=== Anti-Semitism ===
Chomsky has been accused of [[anti-Semitism]].<ref>http://www.jbooks.com/interviews/index/IP_Dershowitz.htm</ref><ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15381</ref> In addition to his support for Hezbollah, He has stated that Jews are "the most privileged and influential part of the population", and that "Anti-Semitism is no longer a problem. It's raised, but it's raised because privileged people want to make sure they have total control, not just 98% control".<ref>http://www.variant.randomstate.org/16texts/Chomsky.html</ref>

<blockquote>
''"For a century, the Zionist colonization of [[Palestine]] has proceeded primarily on the pragmatic principle of the quiet establishment of facts on the ground, which the world was to ultimately come to accept. It has been a highly successful policy... Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course: Israel’s brutalization of Palestinians through exercises like “mowing the lawn” will persist without a change in U.S. policy".''<ref>[http://inthesetimes.com/article/17214/noam_chomsky_keeping_palestine_gaza_in_a_stranglehod Noam Chomsky: Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course.]</ref>
</blockquote>.

Chomsky has supported controversial author [[Norman Finkelstein]], author of ''The Holocaust Industry'', who has argued that claims of anti-Semitism are used to silence critics of Israel and that the Holocaust is exploited by some Jewish institutions for their own gain.<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=311000&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news University denies tenure to Holocaust academic], ''Mail & Guardian'', 12 June 2007.</ref> Noam Chomsky has also supported the right of Holocaust deniers, among them the notorious Robert Faurisson, to express their views. Chomsky has claimed he sees this as a free-speech issue and does not himself support Holocaust deniers.<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/15/chomsky-calls-elie-wiesel-%E2%80%9Cone-of-the-major-frauds-of-our-time%E2%80%9D/ Chomsky Calls Elie Wiesel “One of The Major Frauds of Our Time”] - [[FrontPage Magazine]]</ref>

It should be noted that both Finkelstein and Chomsky are from Jewish-American backgrounds,<ref>[http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=150]</ref><ref>http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/noamchomsky2005</ref> and that both Chomsky's parents were devout and involved in Jewish scholarship.

=== Chomsky's coauthoring of the book Manufacturing Consent ===

See also: [[Manufacturing Consent]]

''[[Manufacturing Consent]]: The Political Economy of the Mass Media'' is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. The book advocates the position that the mass communication media of the United States "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion" (Firing or non-promotion of journalists taking opposing viewpoints, corporate advertisers having influence of news content, etc.), through propaganda and the censoring of dissenting viewpoints.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Herman|first1=Edward S.|last2=Chomsky|first2=Noam|title=Manufacturing Consent|publisher=Pantheon Books|location=New York|page=306}}</ref> The title refers to consent of the governed, and is derived from the phrase "the manufacture of consent" used by the American writer, reporter and political commentator Walter Lippmann in Public Opinion (1922).<ref>p. xi, ''Manufacturing Consent''. Also, p. 13, Noam Chomsky, ''Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda'', Paradigm Publishers 2004.</ref> The book was given the [[George Orwell|Orwell]] Award.

===Controversies===
<ol><li>Chomsky denied the Cambodian Genocide, claiming that the killing had been inflated "by a factor of 100."<ref name="paulbogdanor.com"/><ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomsky/encounter.pdf</ref> He further asserted that the (in reality) 2 to 3 million Cambodians slaughtered by the [[Khmer Rouge]] from 1975 to 1978 were morally comparable to Nazi collaborators during WW2, and that [[Pol Pot]]'s Cambodia was "comparable to France after liberation [from the Nazis]."<ref>http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/chomsky.htm</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky recently (1995) claimed, in the wake of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that the death toll in Cambodia may have been inflated "by a factor of a ''thousand''."<ref>http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/chomsky.htm#fn61</ref>
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Since he was responding to an estimate of two million dead, his words would imply that the real toll was on the order of two thousand. (Note: Investigators have uncovered and examined the remains of 1,386,734 Cambodians found in mass graves near Khmer Rouge execution centers whose cause of death has been determined by the investigators to have been virtually exclusively execution by the former Khmer Rouge regime.<ref name="mekong.net">http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/deaths.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/toll.htm</ref><ref>http://welcome.to/dccam</ref>)</li>
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Because no ''more'' than roughly ''half'' of those who died during the Khmer Rouge years were executed (the rest having died from other causes like state-created famine, the deliberate withholding of basic necessities by the state, the refusal by the state to allow foreign aid, the abolishing of medicine and hospitals by the state, systematic overwork and slave labor by the state, and normal mortality), the Documentation Center of Cambodia estimates that the former regime killed or otherwise caused the unnecessary deaths of between 2 and 2.5 million Cambodians (with 2.5 to 3 million dying and half a million of these representing normal mortality for the period).<ref name="mekong.net"/>
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A UN investigation reported 2-3 million dead, while UNICEF estimated 3 million dead.<ref>William Shawcross, ''The Quality of Mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust, and Modern Conscience'' (Touchstone, 1985), p115-6</ref> Even the Khmer Rouge acknowledged that 2 million had been killed—though they attributed those deaths to a subsequent Vietnamese invasion.<ref>Khieu Samphan, Interview, ''Time'', March 10, 1980</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has claimed that [[Pearl Harbor]] saved millions of lives and that America and Britain used Nazi armies to attack the [[Soviet Union]] and prolong the [[Holocaust]].<ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomsky/newyorker1.html</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has stated: “Of course, no one supposed that Mao literally murdered tens of millions of people, or that he ‘intended’ that any die at all.”<ref>“Second Reply to Casey,” ZNet, September 2001: http://www.zmag.org/chomreply2.htm</ref> In fact, a comprehensive analysis by Professor R.J. Rummel concluded that Mao was responsible for the deaths of 76 million Chinese.<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky regularly compares the "alleged" genocide in Cambodia to the 24-year occupation of [[East Timor]] by [[Indonesia]]. He wrote: “The harshest critics claim that perhaps 100,000 people have been slaughtered [in Cambodia]… Comparing East Timor with Cambodia, we see that the time frame of alleged atrocities is the same, the numbers allegedly slaughtered are roughly comparable in absolute terms, and five to ten times as high in East Timor relative to population… my own conclusion is that the sources in the [case of] East Timor are more credible…”<ref>Radical Priorities (rev. ed., AK Press, 2003), p80.</ref>
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Based on the findings of genocide investigators, as mentioned above; about 2.2 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in less than 4 years. A Truth Commission found that 89-214,000 Timorese out of more than 700,000 were killed during the 24-year occupation, about 3/4 of them by Indonesia.<ref>Final Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (CAVR), January 30, 2006, part 6, paras. 47, 56-7: http://www.ictj.org/en/news/features/846.html</ref>
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[[Suharto]] killed far fewer people in absolute terms over decades in one of the world's most populous countries than Pol Pot killed in three years in a country with 8 million people, and exponentially less relative to the size of the population.</li>
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<li>Chomsky denied any genocide or mass reprisals in [[Laos]] after the Communist victory, stating that the Pathet Lao "have made some efforts to achieve a reconciliation with the mountain tribesmen who had been organized in the CIA clandestine army."<ref>After the Cataclysm (South End Press, 1979), p122.</ref> Some 100,000 tribespeople had been exterminated in a campaign of genocide at the time.<ref>Forced Back and Forgotten (Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights, 1989), p8 (estimate); Jane Hamilton-Merritt, Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992 (Indiana Uniersity Press, 1999), pp337-460 (atrocities).</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky once wrote: “At the end of 1978 Cambodia [under the Khmer Rouge] was the only country in Indochina that had succeeded at all in overcoming the agricultural crisis that was left by the American destruction.”<ref>Language and Politics (AK Press, 2004), pp245-6. Cf.: “it was a condition of survival to turn (or return) the populations to productive work. The victors in Cambodia undertook drastic and often brutal measures to accomplish this task… At a heavy cost, these measures appear to have overcome the dire and destructive consequences of the US war by 1978,” After the Cataclysm (South End Press, 1979), pviii.</ref> By late 1979, UN and Red Cross officials were warning that another 2.25 million Cambodians faced death by starvation due to “the near destruction of Cambodian society under the regime of ousted Prime Minister Pol Pot,”<ref>''New York Times'', August 8, 1979.</ref><ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,912511,00.html</ref> who were saved by American and international aid.
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The Cambodian communists' economic plans were, at times, utterly surreal. Scholar David Chandler notes that, in a Democratic Kampuchea report on General Political Tasks of 1976, there are three lines devoted to education, and six devoted to urine. The document states that, regarding human urine, "We collect thirty per cent. That leaves a surplus of 70%." These were indicative of the types of policies that Chomsky and his co-writer, Edward Herman, claimed had lifted Cambodia out of the ashes of war.</li>
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<li>Chomsky openly claimed in 1977 that Pol Pot had saved up to one million lives.<ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomsky/cambodiacomments.pdf</ref>
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He did so by citing a Ford administration prediction that the Khmer Rouge would likely kill more than one million people, and then falsely restating it to imply that more than one million Cambodians would starve to death if US aid were cut off.
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At the time of this essay, the Khmer Rouge had probably already killed more than one million people, but Chomsky was still claiming that "executions numbered at most in the thousands," that Khmer Rouge atrocities had been "inflated by a factor of 100," and that those the Khmer Rouge had allegedly refrained from killing were actually ''saved'' by the Khmer Rouge.
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One million people had not died since aid was terminated, he said, therefore one million lives had been saved from starvation by the Khmer Rouge's ingenious economic policies. Thus did Chomsky praise Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge for "saving" the lives of dead people ''who they had murdered''. (Chomsky is also implying that the US cut off aid to Cambodia, when it actually had an unconditional offer to supply aid to it. Aid was terminated ''by the Khmer Rouge'').</li>
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<li>Chomsky has praised Imperial Japan for allegedly "saving maybe tens of millions of lives."<ref>Interview, International Socialist Review, September–October 2002.</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has expressed support for the former Communist dictatorship of [[Angola]]: “The defense of Angola was one of Cuba’s most significant contributions to the liberation of Africa.”<ref>Hegemony or Survival (Penguin, 2004), p94.</ref>
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Cuban military intervention in support of the communist MPLA dictatorship in Angola led to decades of civil war that cost 1 million lives. Other Cuban “contributions to the liberation of Africa” include fighting for the communist dictatorship in Ethiopia, which killed 1.25 million people by massacre and forced starvation.<ref>Médecins Sans Frontières, “Angola: An Alarming Nutritional Situation,” August 1999 (Angola death toll); Washington Post, March 18, 1978 (Ethiopia intervention); ''New York Times'', December 14, 1994(Ethiopia death toll).</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has repeatedly denied that the former Sandinista regime in [[Nicaragua]] committed any human rights violations at all.<ref>The Culture of Terrorism (South End Press, 1988), p137.</ref> According to the Nicaraguan Commission of Jurists, the regime carried out some 8,000 political murders within its first three years in power.</li>
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<li>Chomsky also strongly approved of the Sandinista's economic policies, writing that “the crime of the Sandinistas was to carry out successful development… they immediately began to divert resources to the poor part of the population.”<ref>Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization (Ocean Press, 1999), p57.</ref>
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Within a few years of Sandinista rule, wages had been fixed below poverty level and there was mass unemployment. There were shortages of nearly all basic goods, with inflation at 30,000%. Government studies found that three-quarters of schoolchildren suffered from malnutrition, while living standards were lower than Haiti. The World Bank found that Nicaragua was on the economic level of Somalia.<ref>Roger Miranda and William Ratliff, The Civil War in Nicaragua (Transaction, 1993), pp183-4.</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky referred to 22 Israeli schoolchildren murdered by Palestinian terrorists as "members of a paramilitary youth group."<ref>Pirates and Emperors, Old and New (rev. ed., Pluto Press, 2002), p65.</ref> He falsely claimed there had been "an exchange of fire" between the schoolchildren and the terrorists.</li>
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<li>Chomsky claimed after the [[9/11]] attacks that “Western civilization is anticipating the slaughter of, well do the arithmetic, 3-4 million people or something like that [in Afghanistan]… Looks like what’s happening is some sort of silent genocide… we are in the midst of apparently trying to murder 3 or 4 million people…”<ref>“The New War Against Terror,” Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 18, 2001.</ref> Far from killing millions, the American intervention saved lives. UNICEF figures indicate that the deaths of 112,000 children and 7,500 pregnant women have been prevented every year since as a result.<ref>''New York Times'', February 1, 2002.</ref> The US invasion ''saved'' millions of Afghans from starvation.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42858-2001Dec30?language=printer</ref><ref>http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=24019</ref>
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Chomsky responded by claiming in 2002 that it was still possible that millions might starve to death, but that the Americans and the media could cover it up: "What the effects will be, we will never know. Starvation is not something that kills people instantly. People eat roots and leaves and they drag on for a while. And the effects of starvation may be the death of children born from malnourished mothers a year or two from now, and all sorts of consequences. Furthermore, nobody’s going to look because the West is not interested in such things and others don’t have the resources."<ref>http://www.leftwatch.com/articles/2004/chomsky-backpedals-on-silent-genocide-in-afghanistan/</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky believes that there are “no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the Holocaust.”<ref>Quoted in W.D. Rubinstein, “Chomsky and the Neo-Nazis,” Quadrant, October 1981.</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has repeatedly claimed that there has never been so much as a misplaced comma in any of his writings and that no valid criticism of any of his statements or ideas has ever been published by anyone.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKPtwYzehYM</ref></li>
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<li>Chomsky has lied about the views of Holocaust deniers (Faurisson, Serge Thion) by praising them as "libertarian Socialists with a long-standing record of opposition to all forms of totalitarianism."<ref>“His Right to Say It,” ''The Nation'', February 28, 1981.</ref>
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He also published one of his books (''The Political Economy of Human Rights'', a book filled with more noble efforts to disprove the bloodbath in Cambodia) in a series directed by a Holocaust denier (Pierre Guillaume). He has praised Holocaust deniers, endorsed their political and academic credentials, collaborated in their propaganda campaigns, and whitewashed their antisemitic and neo-Nazi agenda.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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He signed a petition in support of Faurisson's denials of the Holocaust; although he claimed that he was only expressing solidarity with his right to free speech, the petition that Chomsky signed dignified Faurisson's writings by affirming his scholarly credentials (“a respected professor” of “document criticism”); describing his lies as “extensive historical research”; placing the term “Holocaust” in derisory quotation marks; and portraying his lies as "findings" (a very typical Chomsky propaganda technique).<ref>The text of the petition is reproduced in Werner Cohn, Partners in Hate: Noam Chomsky and the Holocaust Deniers (Avukah Press, 1995), pp53-4.</ref>
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More obscenely, Chomsky added that "I sign innumerable petitions of this nature, and do not recall ever having refused to sign one."<ref>Language and Politics (AK Press, 2004), p290.</ref> At the time of this controversy, Chomsky had just finished publicly bragging about his outspoken refusal to sign petitions calling for human rights in Communist Vietnam—even as it massacred many hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese men, women, and children ''en masse'' and drowned at sea hundreds of thousands more.
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On that occasion, he had explained that “public protest is a political act, to be judged in terms of its likely human consequences,” which included the likelihood that the American media “would distort and exploit it for their propagandistic purposes.”<ref>Unpublished interview, March 28, 1977; ''Language and Politics'' (AK Press, 2004), p176.</ref></li>
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<li>More recently, Chomsky has promoted a conspiracy theory (now popularized in Oliver Stone's ''Untold History of the United States'') that [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] (national security advisor under president [[Jimmy Carter]]) secretly armed the Afghan mujahideen prior to 1979 in an elaborate plot to "trap" the Soviets. Brzezinski, however, has strongly denied anything of the kind,<ref>Interview, ''The Real News'', January 15, 2010.</ref> while Cyrus Vance, Sr.'s close aide Marshall Shulman "insists that the State Department worked hard to ''dissuade'' the Soviets from invading and would never have undertaken a program to encourage it."<ref>''The Nation'', November 12, 2001.</ref>
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Needless to say, declassified records from the time are at variance with Chomsky's fantasy. (It is likely, given the crucial Soviet role in initiating the Korean and Vietnam wars, that this claim is the product of projection.)</li>
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<li>In May 2017, Chomsky stated in an interview that the [[Republican Party]] was more dangerous than any other organization "in human history," including [[Islamic State]] and those who committed [[mass murder]] in the 20th century.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/11/noam-chomsky-republican-party-the-most-dangerous-o/ Noam Chomsky: Republican Party the most dangerous organization ‘in human history’]. ''The Washington Times''. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.</ref></li></ol>

===2016 presidential election===
Chomsky endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] in the presidential primaries.
==With convicted Jeffrey Epstein ==
[[File:Chomsky with Jeffrey Epstein.png|right|thumb|300px|Chomsky with Jeffrey Epstein.]]
Documents reveal anti-Zionist fanatic Noam Chomsky maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein's conviction<ref>[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article312933902.html Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation]. Shirsho Dasgupta, ''Miami Herald'', Novembet 18, 2025.
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With Jeffrey Epstein’s reputation in tatters following a 2018 Miami Herald investigation into his sex crimes – and how he evaded serious consequences – the financier hit on a plan: He would produce a documentary to present himself in a favorable light.

He had several ideas about who could appear on it and provide favorable testimonies, emails and phone messages show.

And one of the first friends to allegedly give Epstein the thumbs up was famed left-wing academic Noam Chomsky.</blockquote></ref> and wrote a letter supporting Epstein’s image-rehabilitation efforts.<ref>Jacob Silverman @SilvermanJacob:<blockquote>
Here's some kind of letter of recommendation that Noam Chomsky wrote for his "highly valued friend" Jeffrey Epstein.</blockquote>
[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G5uLPgsXoAAoh6X?format=jpg&name=small].
[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G5uLRofW0AAxYAu?format=jpg&name=900x900]
Nov 14, 2025.
[https://x.com/SilvermanJacob/status/1989336932308877484 on X]</ref> Chomsky had deeper ties with J. Epstein than previously known.<ref>Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal.
<blockquote>The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal.</blockquote>
Ramon Antonio Vargas. ''The Guardian'', 22 Nov 2025.</ref>
{{clear}}

(See related:
[https://www.tyla.com/news/epstein-files-celebs-named-anti-israel-list-004510-20260205 Celebrities who were named in Epstein files' 'anti-Israel list'].
tyla.com. Feb 5, 2026)

==Quotes==
*''[[People]] who call themselves supporters of [[Israel]] are actually supporters of its [[moral]] degeneration and ultimate destruction.''

==See also==
* [[Professor values]]

== External links ==
*[http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/people/faculty/chomsky/publications.html List of Chomsky's Publications]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8pxyAWTBk Chomsky Speaks about American Politics] Chomsky believes the Democrats and Republicans are a single entity
*[http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1136# Video of Noam Chomsky with Hezbollah Leaders in Lebanon]
*[http://www.paulbogdanor.com/chomskyhoax.html The Chomsky Hoax] by Paul Bogdanor
*[http://www.grsampson.net/AGwg.html Grammar Without Grammaticality] by Geoffrey Sampson
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23543 Chomsky's New Blood Libel] by Alan Dershowitz
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXMZZCvFtlw Chomsky on Middle East Television] Chomsky speaks about American "imperialism."

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| name =Joseph Stalin
| birth =December 18, 1878 Gori, Tiflis Governorate ([[Republic of Georgia|Georgia]]), Russian Empire
| parents =Vissarion Dzhugashvili Catherine Dzhugashvili
| religion =Georgian Orthodoxy (rejected) [[Atheism]]
| education =Tiflis Theological Seminary, Georgia
| spouse =Ekaterina Svanidze (d. 1906-1907) Nadezhda Alliluyeva (d. 1919-1932)
| children =Yakov Dzhugashvili Vasily Dzhugashvili Svetlana Alliluyeva
| death =March 5, 1953 Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow
| deathmanner =Complications of a stroke
| burial =Near the Kremlin Wall, Moscow, Russia
| country =[[Soviet Union]]
| military =Soviet Armed Forces (1943–1953)
| rank =Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943–1945) (de jure) Generalissimus of the Soviet Union (1945–1953) (de facto)
| polbeliefs =[[Communism]] [[Marxism-Leninism]]
| party =[[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
| dictatordate =By 1929
| war =[[Great Purge]]
| deathnumber =8,000,000 according to soviet records; 20,000,000 is the average estimate, while 62,000,000 is the high estimate
}}
'''Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin''' (born '''Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili'''; Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Джугашви́ли) (1878–1953) was the dictator of the Soviet Union and General Secretary of the [[Communist Party]] of the [[Soviet Union]] ([[CPSU]]) from 1922 until his death from a stroke in 1953.<ref name="BBC Stalin">https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stalin_joseph.shtml</ref> Joseph Stalin, who was a brutal proponent of [[atheism|atheistic]] [[Communism]], was greatly influenced by the work of the [[evolution|neo-Lamarckian]] [[Trofim Denisovich Lysenko]] as were other Communist leaders.<ref>https://creation.com/the-darwinian-foundation-of-communism</ref><ref>https://creation.com/stalins-ape-man-superwarriors</ref><ref>https://creation.com/a-tale-of-four-countries</ref><ref>https://creation.com/darwin-trotsky-connection</ref> During 1942–1943, knowing that few people were inspired by Communism, Stalin reinstated the Russian Orthodox Church in order to boost morale while The USSR was at war with [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>http://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2008/08/stalin-reinstates-church-1942-43.html</ref><ref>http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/frroman1.aspx</ref> When the war ended, many Red Army soldiers and Christians who defeated [[fascism]] were shipped off to Soviet [[concentration camp]]s - the [[gulag]]. On a similar note, largely because his predecessor Vladimir Lenin's passage of unrestricted abortion threatened to cause all of the USSR to die out quickly, Stalin also ended up making abortions temporarily illegal during the 1930s.<ref>https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/11/17/november-1920-2020-a-century-of-abortion-in-russia/</ref>

The son of a poor Georgian cobbler, Stalin was a former seminary student who joined the Communist Party when Georgia was still under the rule of the Russian Tsar. He became one of [[Lenin|Lenin's]] closest allies when the Kerensky regime was overthrown by Lenin's faction in 1917. During the [[Russian Civil War]] Stalin, who chose his name from the Russian word for steel, held the city of Tsaritsen on the Volga from counter-revolutionary forces. Stalin later renamed Tsaritsen [[Stalingrad]] in honor of his victory; Stalingrad would be the site of [[Germany]]'s massive defeat in [[World War II]].

Stalin was affectionately known as "Uncle Joe"<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Joe-FDR-DEEP-STATE/dp/0692939784</ref> by [[Democrat]]s before [[Joseph Biden]] adopted the nickname.<ref>https://archive.is/XjGXa</ref>

==Rise to Power==
Stalin was tapped by the Okhrana, the Tsarist secret police, as a low-level informer shortly after he was expelled from the Tiflis seminary in 1899. Stalin then began to systematically inform revolutionary comrades in party organizations in Tiflis, Baku, and Batum over the next few years. He acquired a highly unsavory reputation among the [[Social democracy|Social Democrats]] of these cities and was finally arrested for cover purposes in 1902 when suspicions about him were about to boil over. It was the Okhrana that furnished the invisible means of support for the family he acquired after 1904.

In 1917, the Commissariat of Nationalities was formed with Stalin as its Commissar (Minister). The Commissariat addressed the question of the nationalities of the Russian Empire, and helped integrate them into the [[Soviet Union]]. From 1919 to 1922, he was also the People's Commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection (Rabkrin, from Russian), which was founded to be a check on the burgeoning Soviet bureaucracy.

In 1920, Stalin was tasked with invading Poland and then Germany, after having chased the Polish army out of a Ukrainian revolt it had aided. However, when the Red Army reached Warsaw, it was defeated in battle and forced to retreat back to Russia. This damaged Stalin's reputation as a general and helped persuade Lenin to adopt the long-term strategy of inducing another European war through political agitation and seizing the opportunity to invade when the nations were thought to be at their weakest.

In 1922, Lenin named Stalin General Secretary of the CPSU. In 1924, Stalin in turn created the "Secret Department," a unit of 94 of his personal functionaries that maintained special privileges as the ''[[nomenklatura]]'', or a list of trusted individuals. He also appointed regional party secretaries who all, of course, supported Stalin. Through the Secret Department, Stalin gained control of the [[Red Army]] after removing [[Leon Trotsky]] in 1925 and the OGPU (later, [[KGB]]) when its leader [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]] died in 1926. Lenin had foreseen all of this and had warned in his last testament that Stalin should be removed from General Secretary because the position's power was unlimited.
[[Image:Stalin-Lenin.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lenin]] left, Stalin right]]
Stalin, however, did not allow this to happen. His most powerful rival, Leon Trotsky, who was the commander of the Red Army, was painted as a danger to the Revolution, because he continued to push the idea of international revolution; the "left opposition." Other Soviet leaders, like [[Zinoviev]], leader of the [[Comintern]], and [[Kaminev]], the head of the Communist Party in Moscow, were painted with the same brush because they supported Trotsky and did not wish to expel him from the CPSU in 1927. Later, he accused his ally [[Bukharin]] of being a member of the "right opposition," i.e., he was in favor of a more capitalistic economic system, as seen under the [[New Economic Policy]] (NEP) of the early 1920s. Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 by [[Ramón Mercader]] in an extensive conspiracy that included underground operatives from the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA). Zinoviev, Kaminev, and Bukharin were the center of the infamous "[[Great Purge|show trials]]" of the 1930s. All were put to death.

==Objectives of the Comintern==
In 1932, [[Sergei Ivanovich Gussev]], who had served as [[Comintern]] agent and Stalin's personal representative in the United States, "commanded the [[Communist Party of the United States|Communists in the United States]] to take up four tasks. Two of them were the defense of the Soviet Union and the furtherance of the Red conquest of [[China]]." In 1933 the notorious [[Gerhart Eisler]] "was secretly sent into the United States by Moscow to make sure these orders were carried out."<ref>[[Louis F. Budenz]], ''The Techniques of Communism'', (Chicago: Henry Regnery and Company, 1954), pp. 162-163.</ref> [[Edgar Snow]] wrote in his 1937 book, ''Red Star Over China,'' "The political ideology, tactical line and theoretical leadership of the [[Chinese Communists]] have been under the close guidance, if not positive direction, of the Communist International, which during the last decade has become virtually a bureau of the [[Russian Communist Party]]. In the final analysis, this means that for better or worse, the policies of the Chinese Communists, like the Communists in every other country, have had to fall in line with, and usually subordinate themselves to, the broad strategic requirements of [[Soviet Russia]], under the dictatorship of Stalin."<ref>''Red Star Over China'' by Edgar Snow, New York, 1937, pg. 374.</ref>

==Catch and Overtake==
In 1928 Stalin decided that the Soviet Union was not properly industrialized to enjoy a communist future, so he initiated the First Five-Year Plan and the campaign to collectivize agriculture in order to "build socialism," and to "catch and overtake" the capitalist world. Stalin fanned the fires of collectivization, claiming that peasants had been hoarding grain and that they needed to be controlled. Under this program, rich peasants (kulaks) were exiled or killed for being enemies of the people, and peasants' land was taken in order to introduce collective farming to expedite grain appropriations. Many were called kulaks by jealous neighbors, while the remaining peasants were often the laziest and most ill-suited to producing enough grain. Collectivization caused massive famine in Russia, particularly in [[Ukraine]] (see [[Holodomor]]), where Stalin ordered the Red Army to blockade certain regions and take grain by force. It is estimated that the famine of 1931–33 killed 6–7 million people, while 20 million starved.

The First Five-Year Plan was a program of crash-industrialization. After [[World War I]] and the Russian Civil War, Russia had an industrial capacity equal to that of its 1861 capacity. The only way for Russia to be able to break the "capitalist encirclement," Stalin declared was to industrialize. Brigades of shock workers were formed to work faster and harder than the world had ever seen. Most of this, however, was pure propaganda, although the shock workers did set the record for concrete poured in a single shift. Compared to the capitalist world which was experiencing the Great Depression, Soviet growth was impressive. Between 1929 and 1937, 8,000 factories were constructed, the average GDP growth was around 10%, and the official unemployment statistics, which included gulag detainees, were 0. In 1936, after the Second Five-Year Plan, Stalin declared socialism "built." Nevertheless, the capitalist world lived better than the Soviet Union, despite the Great Depression. [[John Scott]], an American CPUSA member and Comintern operative who was living in the Soviet Union during the Five Year Plans, notes this in his memoirs of that period ''Behind the Urals.'' The legacy of the Five Year Plans (most of which Stalin declared "completed" in 4 years) injured the Soviet's production models, because they encouraged quantity and speed over quality. However, the planning of the 1930s enabled the Russians to defeat the Nazis in the 1940s.<ref>Suvorov, Viktor. ''Icebreaker: Who Started the Second World War?// (Viking Press/Hamish Hamilton; 1990) ISBN 0241126223.</ref>

==Famine of 1933==
{{main|Holodomor}}
* "This famine was deliberately engineered by the regime of Joseph Stalin {{years since|1933}} years ago claimed millions of lives, mostly in [[Ukraine]] but also in some other parts of the [[Soviet Union]]. It is today considered one of the worst [[atrocities]] of the Soviet regime and a terrifying act of [[genocide]]. Even so, the famine of 1933 is relatively unknown. ... Estimates of how many people died in Stalin's engineered [[famine]] of 1933 vary. But they are staggering in their scale -- between seven and 11 million people."<ref>[http://www.ukemonde.com/news/rferl.html Stalin's Starvation of Ukraine – Seventy Years Later, World Still Largely Unaware Of Tragedy], By Askold Krushelnycky, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Prague, 8 April 2003.</ref>

Besides Ukraine, the Northern Caucasus, Volga Region and Kazakhstan, the South Urals, and West Siberia were also affected.<ref>[https://www.philosophy.nsc.ru/sites/default/files/journals-old/humscience/2_98/15-MAL.HTM] (Russian)</ref><ref>http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/2003/0101/analit02.php (Russian)</ref>

==Stalin's Terror==
[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|260px|right|thumb|Joseph Stalin]]
In 1934, Sergei Kirov was approached by Communist Party delegates to run against Stalin for Secretary General. This initiated Stalin's campaign to destroy the independence of the Communist Party along with all other Soviet groups that might provide independent centers of power. By the next Party Congress in 1939, 98% of its former delegates had been executed or sent to the Gulag.

Between 1936 and 1938, Joseph Stalin launched his purges to rid the Soviet Union of "fifth columnists," or spies who were loyal to the [[capitalist]] world. During the Terror, 3 million people were arrested on various and often made-up charges, while 750,000 were executed. Due to the interrogation techniques of the NKVD (later, KGB), which often were torturous, most of those arrested confessed and were sent to work camps called the [[Gulag]] for 10 years and sometimes even 25. Here, prisoners were forced to labor in mines, to log forests, or to do construction. Few lived through their sentences.

In early 1937, a senior officer of the OGPU (KGB) stumbled upon a highly classified file in the old archives of the Tsarist secret police, the Okhrana. It detailed the work of one J. V. Djugashvili as an informant and agent provocateur for the Okhrana inside the Bolshevik Party before the Russian Revolution. The OGPU officer, Stein, was shocked. Djugashvili was the true name of Stalin, who was now purging the Old Bolsheviks on charges of being foreign spies and counter-revolutionaries.

Stein took the file to a close friend, the head of the OGPU in Ukraine, who went over it carefully with his trusted deputy, Zinovy Katsnelson, a cousin and close friend of Alexander Orlov. Convinced of its authenticity, they shared it with Jonah Yakir, commander of the Red Army in the Ukraine, and Stanislav Kossior, secretary of the Communist Party in the Ukraine. Alarmed by the file's revelations, Yakir flew to Moscow and revealed its contents to [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]], Supreme Commander of the Red Army. They brought his deputy, Yan Gamarnik, into their confidence and decided to overthrow Stalin in a coup d'état, denounce him and execute him.

As the coup plan was being developed, Katsnelson traveled to Paris and informed Orlov. The plot was foiled and Orlov's fate was sealed.

The infamous show trials of former leaders of the Soviet Union occurred during this period, where they were accused of working with Trotsky or sabotaging the Soviet Union. Stalin also eviscerated the high command of the Red Army, killing 90% of the leadership. The minions of oppression were not spared either; of the NKVD's 809 officials, 43 lived through the purges. The leadership of the communist party was persecuted as well. For example, in 1934, 130 members of the 139-member Central Committee were arrested. The Terror forever made Russians afraid to speak out against the government, and also made sure that no one but Stalin could ever rule the Soviet Union as effectively. This also ensured that the Red Army could not fight effectively when Nazi Germany invaded the USSR during Operation Barbarossa.

==Censorship and propaganda policies==
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During Stalin's time in power, Stalin often altered various newspapers to push his agenda, and even edited out anyone who displeased him, which was most infamously evident with former NKVD head [[Nikolai Yezhov]] subsequent to his death in 1940 via execution, where a photograph of him walking with Stalin near the Moscow-Volga Canal had Yezhov airbrushed out. Ironically, after his death and Khrushchev's secret speech, Stalin himself would end up falling victim to the very same censorship policies he himself had used against his enemies, with footage of him in Soviet propaganda films depicting Lenin's rise to power often adding a silhouette of a soldier conveniently placed where Stalin was in the original footage.

==World War II==
To avoid war with [[Nazi Germany]], Stalin ordered the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, [[Molotov]], to sign a non-aggression pact with [[Adolf Hitler]], named the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]], on August 19, 1939. The treaty detailed the agreement to split up [[Poland]] between Germany and the Soviet Union, give Stalin the Baltic Republics of [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Estonia]], and to allow the Soviets to wage war on [[Finland]], a war that ended in a Soviet victory, but with large casualties. Part of the reason why Stalin arranged for the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was so he would use Nazi Germany and have them fight a prolonged front against France and Britain so as to weaken Europe enough to have Communism spread quickly through the continent, largely because he realized war would have benefited Communism's spread better than peace. Both sides, however, knew that they would eventually engage in hostilities.<ref>Albert L. Weeks: Stalin`s Other War. Soviet Grand Strategy 1939-1941 Rowman & Littlefield, USA 2002 '''STALIN:''' ''"The question of war or peace has entered a critical phase for us. If we conclude a mutual assistance treaty with France and Great Britain, Germany will back off of Poland and seek a modus vivendi with the Western Powers. War would thus be prevented but future events could take a serious turn for the USSR.'' ''"If we accept Germany’s proposal to conclude with it a non-aggression pact, Germany will then attack Poland, and Europe will be thrown into serious acts of unrest and disorder. Under these circumstances, we will have many chances of remaining out of the conflict while being able to hope for our own timely entrance into war.'' ''"The experience of the past 20 years shows that in peacetime it is impossible to maintain a Communist movement throughout Europe that would be strong enough so that a Bolshevik party could seize power. A dictatorship by this party becomes possible only as a result of a big war. We are making our choice and it is clear. We must accept the German proposal and politely send the Anglo-French delegations back home. The first advantage we will get will be the destruction of Poland up to the very approaches to Warsaw, including [[Ukrainian Galicia]].'' ''"Germany has given us full leeway in the Baltic countries and has no objection to returning Bessarabia to the USSR. Germany is also prepared to yield by giving us a sphere of influence in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. The question of Yugoslavia still remains open.'' ''"At the same time we must anticipate what will ensue from the destruction of Germany in war as well as from a German victory. If it is destroyed, the Sovietization of Germany follows inevitably and a Communist government will be established. We must not forget that a Sovietized Germany would face great danger if such Sovietization occurred after the defeat of Germany in a short war. England and France would be powerful enough to seize Berlin and destroy a Soviet Germany. We would not be able to come to the aid of our Bolshevik comrades in Germany.'' ''"Therefore, our task consists in helping Germany wage war for as long as possible with the aim that England and France would be in no condition to defeat a Sovietized Germany. While hewing to a policy of neutrality and while waiting for its hour to come, the USSR will lend aid to today’s Germany and supply it with raw materials and foodstuff. Of course, it follows that we will not allow such shipments to jeopardize our economy or weaken our armed might."'' ''"At the same time we must conduct active Communist propaganda especially as directed at the Anglo-French bloc and primarily in France. We must be prepared for the fact that in France in wartime the Communist Party there must abandon legal activities and go underground. We realize that such work will require an enormous sacrifice in lives. However, we have no doubts about our French comrades. Above all, their task will be to break up and demoralize the French army and police. If this preparatory work is completed in a satisfactory way, the security of Soviet Germany is assured. This will likewise ensure the Sovietization of France.'' ''"To realize these plans it is necessary that war last as long as possible and that all efforts should be made, whether in Western Europe or the Balkans, to see that this happens.'' ''"Let us look now at the second possibility – namely, that Germany becomes the victor. Some propose that this turn of events would present us with a serious danger. There is some truth in this notion. But it would be erroneous to believe that such a danger is as near and as great as they assume. If Germany achieves victory in the war, it will emerge from it in such a depleted state that to start a conflict with the USSR will take at least 10 years.'' ''"Germany’s main task would be then to keep watch on the defeated England and France to prevent their restoration. On the other hand, a victorious Germany would have at its disposal a large territory. Over the course of many years, Germany would be preoccupied with the exploitation of these territories and establishing in them the German order. Obviously, Germany would be too preoccupied to move against us.'' ''"There is still another factor that enhances our security. In the defeated France, the French Communist Party would be very strong. A Communist revolution would follow inevitably. We would exploit this in order to come to the aid of France and to win it over as an ally. Later these peoples who fell under the “protection” of a victorious Germany likewise would become our allies. We would have a large arena in which to develop the world revolution.'' ''Comrades! It is in the interests of the USSR, the Land of the Toilers, that war breaks out between the Reich and the capitalist Anglo-French bloc. Everything must be done so that the war lasts as long as possible in order that both sides become exhausted. Namely for this reason we must agree to the pact proposed by Germany and use it so that once this war is declared, it will last for a maximum amount of time. We must step up our propaganda within the combatant countries so that they are prepared for that time when the war ends."''</ref>
[[File:Sword of Stalingrad.jpg|400px|thumb|Stalin presented with the Sword of Stalingrad by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt during a ceremony at the [[Teheran Conference]]. The sword was specially forged and bejeweled by command of [[King George VI]].<ref>https://russianswords.com/the-sword-of-stalingrad/</ref>]]
It seems that Stalin anticipated this less than Hitler, who, in June 1941, invaded the Soviet Union with the largest land army ever assembled. It consisted of 170 divisions, or 3.5 million troops. Stalin was caught off guard, and the Nazis [[History of Ukraine#Nazi colloboration: 1941-1945|blazed a path through the Ukraine]] picked up many [[Banderite]] collaborators. Reaching [[Moscow]] in European Russia in October 1941, the Nazis threatened Stalin and the entire Soviet Union with defeat. In only 6 months, the Nazis controlled one-third of the Soviet economy, a total of 5% of the Earth's surface. Hitler's troops were defeated at Moscow during the winter of 1941–42 after Stalin appointed [[Georgy Zhukov]] as commander of the Red Army. A spy in the German embassy in Tokyo, [[Richard Sorge]], informed Stalin that Japan was not going to attack [[Siberia]], freeing thousands of winter ski troops to move to Moscow to defeat the Nazis. It was during this time that Stalin famously invoked the name of [[God]] and allowed religious services to be conducted after 20-plus years of repression. Also, 1500 factories were evacuated and restored in Siberia and 12-15 million workers were moved east of the [[Urals]], where Soviet production was higher than Germany's in 1942, despite Germany holding some 50% of Soviet industry.

The Red Army went on the offensive after the defense of Moscow, but soon the Nazis gained the advantage and pushed to Stalingrad. More than one million troops fought on each side in urban combat. Hitler refused to allow surrender, and eventually the Nazis were encircled and routed.

The [[Nazi]]'s obsession with exterminating the Russian nation turned [[World War II]] into a [[Patriot]]ic one. So it was natural that in a bid to overpower the enemy, the nation turned to its traditions and Russian history. The [[Orthodox Christian]] [[faith]] was the Russian main [[spiritual]] basis. Stalin realized this, so he sought assistance from the [[Church]] during that dangerous period of time in Russian history. 20,000 churches were opened during the war years. In spring 1942, the Soviet regime allowed [[Easter]] celebrations for the first time in many years. On September 4, 1943, Stalin invited the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church to the [[Kremlin]] to discuss the need for reviving [[religious]] life in the [[USSR]] and the speedy election of a Patriarch.<ref>[https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/08/miraculous-kazan-icon-taken-by-nazi-to.html Orthodox Christianity Then and Now], August 17, 2009. www.johnsanidopoulos.com</ref><ref>[https://www.pravmir.com/article_107.html Russian Orthodox Church in the Second world war], ''Orthodoxy and the World'', May 8, 2006. www.pravmir.com</ref>

After turning the tide of war in the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], the 1943 [[Kursk]] tank battle was decisive in pushing the Nazis from European Russia. In two years, the Red Army pushed the Nazis all the way back to [[Berlin]]. Stalin used his control of Eastern Europe to extract concessions from [[President Roosevelt]] at Allied conferences, including control over the region. [[Winston Churchill]] warned against this very control, for he greatly feared Soviet hegemony in Europe. Victorious, Stalin named himself Generalissimo and became more popular than ever in the Soviet Union and more dangerous than ever to the capitalist world.

Over the course of World War II, around 26 million Russians died. Eight million were in the armed services and about 18 million were innocent civilians. The total number of 26 million reflects half of the worldwide losses of human life during World War II. The population did not recover until 1956. Many Soviet POWs, like famous writer [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]], were sent to the Gulag after the war because they had fallen into German hands, and were accused of being spies. This swelled the prison camps by the thousands.

==Post-War Period and Death==
Similar to the 1930s, Stalin undertook a harsh campaign of industrialization, which hurt the Soviets as much as it helped them rebuild. Money was devalued to one-tenth of its previous value, 2 million German and Japanese POWs were forced to stay in the Soviet Union and rebuild the country, and 10% of investment from 1945 to 1946 was from looted machinery. The crops produced by household plots were collected by the government to sell, and a famine in 1947 caused by drought and Soviet single-crop farming killed 2 million. The recovery was built on the Soviet subjects.
[[Image:Stalinfuneral.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Right to left:'' Lavrenti Beria, Georgi Malenkov, Vassily Stalin, V.M. Molotov, Nikolai Bulganin]]
After World War II, Stalin's [[cult of personality]] emerged as the dominant force of Soviet life. He was credited as the savior of the Soviet Union and the architect of victory, though it was really General Zhukov who was responsible for most of this. The communist youth group, the [[Komsomol]], devoted songs to "the Father of All Nations" or "the Driver of the Locomotive of History." Party membership increased by one million people between 1945 and 1953. Books quoted Stalin as an expert in communism, while he was often photographed surrounded by children to make him seem friendlier. This all served to form a deep, personal connection with Stalin for many Soviets. Indeed, he was loved by the Soviets. Between 1949 and 1952 Stalin increasingly took vacations and met with the [[Politburo]] less and less.

The atheistic Stalin became increasingly paranoid as he grew older.<ref name="BBC Stalin"/> Beginning with the [[Doctor's Plot]], other members of the [[Politburo]] feared another round of murderous purges in which they themselves, family, and friends. and other innocents could be caught up in. They conspired to remove him by poisoning that induced a stroke. Ironically, his own megalomaniacal nature beforehand ensured no one dared try to check up on him, as his own guards feared checking up on him lest they be executed due to his leaving explicit orders to not disturb him in his room. Following the stroke on March 1, 1953, Stalin died on March 5 after a period of declining performance. On his deathbed, he also glared at the attendees with disgust and wordlessly pointed at each of them before eventually pointing at a wall, with Svetlana, his daughter, recalling this event, indicating this was the most haunting event she ever experienced.

When he died in 1953 an anxious mob at his viewing crushed and trampled some mourners to death. Dissidents like Sakharov, the man forced into a prison to build the Soviet atomic bomb, cried upon hearing that Stalin had died, despite their intense hatred of him. Despite his terror, he had convinced millions that he was their father. When he died a short power struggle ensued, one which led to the execution of KGB head [[Beria]] as a spy. Eventually [[Khrushchev]] became the General Secretary of the CPSU and denounced Stalin's repressive tactics, his purges, gulags, and his cult of personality in the [[Secret Speech]] at the 20th Party Congress of 1956. Gulags were dismantled and the political climate was slightly less tense, but Soviet oppression still continued. The period following Stalin's rule is called the "thaw," the start of life again after a long winter.

==Quotes==
[[File:Chrese Evans.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Stalin's great-granddaughter is an American citizen and lives in the US.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3496532/Tank-Girl-Josef-Stalin-s-tattooed-British-educated-granddaughter-mother-abhorred-murderous-tyrant-s-dark-past.html</ref>]]
* "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic." ~ to Churchill, 1945.

* "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?"

* "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything"

* "The only real power comes out of a long rifle."

* "When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

* “Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.”

* [[C.S. Lewis]] wrote:
:Of all tyrannies, a [[tyranny]] sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most [[oppression|oppressive]]. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral [[busybody|busybodies]]. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own [[conscience]]. [http://www.tsowell.com/quotes.html]

* "The one aim of these [[banker|financiers]] is [[New World Order|world control]] by the creation of inextinguishable [[debt]]." - [[Henry Ford]]

* "Educate and inform the whole mass of [[citizen|the people]]... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our [[liberty]]." -- [[Thomas Jefferson]]

*“Quantity has a quality all its own.” - Joseph Stalin (Related to war armaments in WWII)

==See also==
* [[Similarities between Communism, Nazism and liberalism]]
* [[Stalinism]]
* [[Darwin-Stalin connection]]
* [[List of dictators]]
* [[Dictatorship of the proletariat]]
* [[List of Communist States]]
* [[List of Socialist States]]
* [[Death toll of communism]]
* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]
* [[The Gulag Archipelago]]

==References==
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==Sources==

* Hosking, Geoffrey. ''The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.

* Kotkin, Stephen. ''Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as Civilization.'' Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995.

* Scott, John. ''Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia’s City of Steel''. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1989.

* Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]], 1918-1956; an experiment in literary investigation'', Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney, Publisher: New York, Harper & Row (1974–78), 1st Edition, pg. 67n.

==External links==
*[https://youtu.be/VntYTYWDBSQ J. V. Stalin interviewed by H. G. Wells]

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Christian apologetics

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'''Christian apologetics''' is the defense of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[faith]] through evidence and [[logic]]-based arguments.<ref>The word [[apologetics]] comes from the [[Greek]] word apologia (from Greek ἀπολογία), which means "speaking in defense." Christian [[Witnessing|witness]] to [[Jesus Christ]] in an informal, spontaneous setting, most often in conversation, is an oral form of Christian apologetics. ''See'' [[First Epistle of Peter (Translated)#3:15|1 Peter 3:15]].</ref> Compelling evidence for Christianity includes:
*According to [[Simon Greenleaf]], the legal scholar who was a chief early figure at Harvard Law School, the [[Gospel]]s corroborate each other's accounts, and he viewed their mutual support as a key strength under the rules of evidence. ''See'' [[Christian legal apologetics]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_3e694dc6-5fc5-405e-b6df-12ac7543c531 Provide information on Simon Greenleaf's Testimony of the Evangelist. Also, does Simon Greenleaf indicate that the four gospels corroborate each other?]</ref>
*There is extensive [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and many prophecies in the [[Bible]] have remarkably been fulfilled.<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_20e9ac23-9c56-4dbc-a7a3-8a306444fc2d Do Christians indicate that the Bible has many fulfilled prophecies? Please summarize the book Science Speaks by Peter Stoner.]</ref> ''See'' [[Bible prophecy]].
*Non-believers have no plausible explanation for who [[Jesus]] was and his immense influence, if he weren't [[God]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_0bd7af04-49b1-415c-977e-d0eb390da507 How much influence did Jesus have on the world? How much influence has Christianity had on the world? Also, please cover Dr. James Kennedy's work ''What if Jesus was not born?''. Please cover the article "The Triumph of the Gospel of Love" at: http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/themistocles_triumph_love.html Also, cover the article The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries at https://archive.is/cDMnA#selection-1017.0-1017.76]</ref>
*[[Christianity]], in contrast with [[atheism]] and other religions, urges searching for the truth with evidence, [[logic]], and [[faith]], and taking the less-traveled road.<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Matthew, Chapter 7|Matthew 7:13-14]].</ref> See: [[Evidential apologetics]] and [[Logical arguments for the existence of God]]
*Phenomenal art, music, writings, and architecture were inspired by Christianity: ''e.g.'', "to err is human / to forgive, divine." ''See'' [[Christian art]], the [[Sistine Chapel]], [[King James Bible's influence on the world]] and [[Famous Cathedrals]].
*2,000 years after the [[New Testament]] was written, its books remain as vibrant, compelling, and helpful as ever before. That cannot be said about merely human works.
*The [[Shroud of Turin]] has been impossible to replicate, and it is unexplained by non-believers; it provides evidence that there was an intense flash of light in the [[Resurrection]].<ref>The flash of light captured on the Shroud includes even the flesh and bones of the man, analogous to an X-ray. Non-believers cling to doubt based on a 1988 carbon-dating of a corner sample containing cotton fibers, which was not an uncontaminated original. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPLEu1MMYfo]</ref>
*The [[Bible]], including the [[New Testament]], is by far the best-selling book today and throughout history, and it rings true while being more helpful to people than any alternative.

Christian apologetics are based on evidence, reason, history, linguistics, science, and human experience. [[Atheist]]ic societies or values are notoriously inhumane and hostile to [[free speech|freedom of speech]].

Three major schools of Christian apologetics are: [[classical apologetics]], [[evidential apologetics]] and [[presuppositional apologetics]]. A lesser-known school of Christian apologetics is [[integrated apologetics]] which is a system of Christian apologetics introduced by [[Johnson C. Philip]]. Philip is a Christian apologist from India, and he argues that while each school of Christian apologetics contains a part of the truth, they tend to be too narrow to do justice to the broad field of Christian apologetics. He proposes that all these schools of apologetics should be integrated into a harmonious whole.<ref>[http://creationwiki.org/Integrated_apologetics Integrated Apologetics] at [[CreationWiki]].</ref>

There are a number of subfields within apologetics. Some apologists specialize in internal biblical consistency (such as [[JP Holding]], owner of the website tektonics.org), others in scientific defenses of the Bible, and still others in historical or philosophical defenses of Christianity (such as [[Gary Habermas]] or [[Lee Strobel]]). Although some feel that their faith needs no justification, many feel that Christians should be prepared to defend and spread their faith by intellectual means, especially as many people will not accept Christianity without a "rational" reason to do so.

==History of Christian Apologetics==
Christian apologetics has existed as long as Christianity itself. [[Jesus]] himself spent time in the temple and the synagogues, debating and explaining the meaning of the scriptures. The [[Saint Peter|Apostle Peter]] exhorted early Christians to practice apologetics, writing,
:"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." 1 Peter 3:15-16.

The Apostle Paul also spent time in [[Athens]], debating [[Stoicism|Stoic]] and Epicurean philosophers. Acts 17:16.

Great theologians such as Athanasius, [[Irenaeus]], [[Justin Martyr]], [[Augustine]], and [[Aquinas]] continued the tradition of apologetics on a dramatic scale. At the same time, apologetics was practiced by countless individual Christians, explaining and defending their beliefs.<ref>e.g. Acts 18:25-26; James 5:19-20.</ref>

===Purposes===
Apologetics has generally been used for two purposes: Efforts to ''persuade'' others of the truth of Christianity, and efforts to ''defend'' the reasonableness of one's own beliefs, while not seeking to convince others of their truth.

==Types of Christian Apologetics==

===Evidentialist apologetics===

Evidential apologetics seeks to defend Christian belief through [[evidence]]. This can take the form of:
* [[Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ|Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ]]
* [[Christian historical apologetics|Defense of the historical accuracy of the Bible]]
* [[Biblical Archaeology]], seeking to show that the Bible is consistent with the physical evidence;
* [[Christian Legal Apologetics]]
* [[Bible prophecy]]
* [[Creation science]] and [[Creationism]], seeking to show that the creation accounts of the Bible are the most reasonable explanation for life as we know it and that the [[evolution|evolutionary paradigm]] is untenable.
* [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]]

===Philosophical apologetics===
[[File:Watches have a purpose.png|thumbnail|400px|William Paley was an advocate of the [[teleological argument]].
 
 
One of the most famous statements about the teleological argument using the watchmaker analogy was given by William Paley in his 1802 book ''Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity''.<ref>[http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/paley/ William Paley - William Carey University]</ref>]]
Philosophical apologetics seeks to defend Christian belief through philosophical argument: primarily [[arguments for the existence of God]]. This can take the form of:
* The [[Teleological argument]]: When you find a watch in the sand, you infer that it is designed, even if you do not see the designer, because it is complex, has a definite purpose, and could not have come to be through any known non-intelligent causes. Therefore, when we observe a complex, purposeful universe which could not have come to be through any known non-intelligent cause, it is reasonable to infer the existence of a designer, aka God.

:This is connected to the [[anthropic principle]], which is the argument that so much fine-tuning and exact physiological constants allow us to be here and provide evidence in support of an intelligent designer.
* The [[Cosmological argument]]: Every event in the universe is caused by something. It is impossible that everything should have a cause, going back to eternity. Therefore, there must be a [[first cause]], which itself is not caused, and that first cause must be capable of causing the universe, aka God. [[Creation science|Creationist scientists]] demonstrate that the [[First Law of Thermodynamics|first law of thermodynamics]] and [[second law of thermodynamics]] argue against an eternal [[universe]] and they also demonstrate that these laws point to the universe being supernaturally created.<ref>[http://godevidences.net/space/lawsofscience.php Evidences for God From Space—Laws of Science]</ref><ref>Thompson, Bert, [http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2329 So Long, Eternal Universe; Hello Beginning, Hello End!], 2001 (Apologetics Press)</ref><ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/AstroPhysicalSciences14.html</ref>

In the 20th century, this argument has been strongly supported by [[science]], with the discovery that the universe had a beginning. Prior to the 1920s, it had been widely believed that the universe's existence had been eternal.<ref>http://www.harvardhouse.com/Science-Religion.htm</ref> This verifies the very first three words of the [[Bible]]: "In the beginning."
* The [[Ontological argument]]: God is the being than which no greater can be conceived. It is greater to exist than not to exist. Therefore, if you conceive God as not existing, you are not conceiving the being than which no greater can be conceived, and are therefore not conceiving God. Therefore, it is impossible to conceive of God as not existing. Therefore, God exists.
* The Argument from morality: All humans are born with a natural, moral code. A moral code implies a moral code giver, aka God.

*[[Christianity and logic]]

===Presuppositional apologetics===

[[Presuppositional Apologetics]] seek to defend Christian belief by showing that belief in Christian precepts is necessary to make sense of the human experience as a whole.

=== Growth of Christian apologetics in the world today while atheist apologetics is stagnating ===

Today, there is a growth of Christian apologetics in the world, while the atheist apologetic community is in a state of stagnation. See: [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments|Growth of Christian apologetics]]

== Evidence and arguments for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ==
[[Image:27 2blinka fig01f.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Dr. [[Simon Greenleaf]] is often cited in the field of [[Christian Legal Apologetics|Christian legal apologetics]]. ]]

''See also:'' [[Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ]] and [[Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ]]

The [[resurrection of Jesus Christ]] is critical to the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Corinthians:15:14).

There is a great amount of compelling evidence from multiple lines of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ (See: [[Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ|Evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ]]).

Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt</ref> The Christian apologist Michael Horner of [[Campus Crusade for Christ|CRU]] has an excellent resource which offers a defense of the resurrection of Jesus Christ entitled [http://powertochange.com/discover/faith/jesusrose1/ Did Jesus really rise from the dead?]. In addition, Dr. Gary Habermas offers [http://www.garyhabermas.com/audio/audio.htm an online audio library which defends the resurrection of Jesus Christ].

In recent history, Dr. [[Gary Habermas]] is considered the foremost Christian apologist for defending the resurrection of Jesus.<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html</ref><ref>http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection2-CTR.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html</ref> Dr. Habermas had a debate against the philosopher Antony Flew regarding the resurrection which was chronicled in the work ''Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate'' and the debate had a panel of debate judges. J. Hampton Keathley, III, Th.M. in his essay ''Evidences for the Resurrection'' wrote: "The decision of the judges were as follows. The panel of philosophers judging content cast four votes for Habermas who argued for the fact of the resurrection, none for Flew, and one draw. The panel of professional debate judges voted three to two, also in favor of Habermas, this time regarding the method of argumentation technique."<ref>http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=639</ref>

In recent history some notable defenders of the resurrection include: [[William Lane Craig]], Ben Witherington, [[Lee Strobel]], [[Josh McDowell]], Edwin M. Yamauchi, [[N.T. Wright]] and Michael Horner.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/josh2.html</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html</ref><ref>http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Early_Traditions.htm</ref><ref>http://powertochange.com/discover/faith/jesusrose1/</ref>

Legal scholars, legal authorities, and eminent lawyers such as [[Simon Greenleaf]], John Warwick Montgomery, Lord Darling, John Singleton Copley, [[Hugo Grotius]], Lord Caldecote, J. N. D. Anderson, [[Lionel Luckhoo]], and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ.<ref>http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm</ref><ref>http://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_lawreligionculturereview_archive.html</ref><ref>http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html</ref> See: [[Christian legal apologetics]]

== Christian Apologetic Ministries ==
There are a number of [[Internet]] based Christian apologetic Ministries or Christian apologetics ministries which have an Internet presence. Some of the more notable Christian apologetic ministries are: Reasonable Faith, [[Ravi Zacharias]] Ministries, Fixed Point Foundation,<ref>http://www.fixed-point.org</ref> Tekton Apologetics Ministries, LeadershipU, Probe Ministries, Christian Answers Network, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, A Christian Thinktank, Answers for Hope, Brace E. Barber and Catholic Answers.<ref>http://www.catholic.com</ref>

Brace E. Barber leads a [https://www.bracebarber.com Christian Apologetics Ministry]. Brace brings a message of hope along with step-by-step instructions to churches, parents and organizations in order to retain youth raised in Christian homes in the Christian faith. Brace challenges commonly held assumptions about the shallow nature of Christian youth education. Brace is a West Point graduate and Army Veteran. He brings a military-strategist mindset to the problem of the loss of youth from the Christian Church. He provides insights, analysis and solutions to solve the problem.

== Christian websites with a large focus on the topic of atheism ==

[[File:TFT.JPG|right|250px|thumbnail|[[True Freethinker]] is a Christian apologetics Facebook page run by Ken Ammi which offers many refutations of [[atheism]].]]

{{See also|Atheism vs. Christianity}}

Four of the more notable Christian apologetics which have a large focus on the topic of atheism are: [[True Freethinker]], the [[Creation Ministries International and atheism|Creation Ministries International resources on atheism]] and the [[Fixed Point Foundation]] website.

== Christian apologetics clubs on college campuses ==

[[Ratio Christi]] is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ.

The Christian apologetics organization Stand to Reason wrote:
{{cquote|Ratio Christi, a fairly new apologetics organization that is seeking to change the intellectual atmosphere at universities by bringing Christianity into public, academic discussion. Their goal is to start on-campus apologetics clubs at 500 universities in the next five years. This is where you come in--because it’s also Ratio Christi’s goal to connect each of these clubs with a person who has been trained in apologetics (but who probably has a different day job) to act as chapter director.

Ratio Christi helps each chapter organize one or two campus-wide events a year by connecting them with speakers and debaters like William Lane Craig and Gary Habermas, helping them find the funding, etc. But after the event has come and gone, the lay apologist is still there to lead discussions and interact with the Christians, skeptics, atheists, and seekers who may never have realized that Christianity has a weighty intellectual tradition behind it.<ref>[http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2011/05/ratio-christi-apologetics-clubs.html Ratio Christi Apologetics Clubs]</ref>}}

== Christianity apologetics and the developing world ==

{{See also|Christian apologetics and education}}

Because of the rapid growth of Christianity in the developing world where people often have modest incomes, there is a large pent up demand for theological/Christian apologetic higher education which has spawned various initiatives such as [[Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology]] which offers free/low cost training in these academic disciplines.<ref>[http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/09/global-survey-documents-theological-education-trends.aspx Global survey documents theological education trends],'' Anglican Community News Service'', September 19, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.trinitytheology.org/why-free-graduate-theology-programs/ Why Free Graduate Theology Programs]</ref> Trinity has over 40 international, highly qualified, and highly experienced faculty members and mentors.<ref>[http://www.trinitytheology.org/trinity-international-committee/ Trinity International Committee]</ref> The majority of degrees obtained through Trinity are done so through distance learning over the internet.

Students from developing countries receive a free education from Trinity and students from developed countries pay a nominal registration, but they pay no fees.<ref>[http://www.trinitytheology.org/why-free-graduate-theology-programs/ Why Free Graduate Theology Programs]</ref>

== Growth of creationist apologetics and its effect on Christendom ==
[[Image:Answers in Genesis logo adopted 2016.png|thumbnail|right|[[Answers in Genesis]] is a Christian apologetics ministry which offers origins apologetics and other Christian apologetics.]]
''See also:'' [[Answers in Genesis]] and [[Creation Ministries International]] and [[Global creationism]] and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity]]

Dr. [[Johnson C. Philip]] & Dr. Saneesh Cherian wrote in their work ''Introduction To Integrated Christian Apologetics'':
{{cquote|American evangelical Christians have begun to notice in the fifties that compromise is a slow poison that ultimately destroys respect for truth. Some of them came together and started writing aggressively on themes defending the historical and scientific reliability of the Bible. This gave birth to the modern interest in Apologetics and Creationism. At the dawn of the twenty-first century the influence of this revival has spread all over the world, and today more than one hundred and fifty organizations function around the world, devoted solely to apologetics. Their influence has be so strong that a large number of Seminaries all around the world have begun assert the historical and scientific reliability of the Bible...

...with the birth of the modern creationism and apologetics, a revival set in motion among the evangelical Christians. This group became quite vocal and aggressive in the sixties, and by seventies they started exerting significant influence among theologians, thinkers, and the Bible teachers all over the world.

Thousands of apologetic books, hundreds of magazines, and tens of thousands of articles have been produced defending the Bible since. In turn, this has started to diminish the influence of [[rationalism|rationalists]] and radicals on Christians.

From the middle of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century the rationalists had their heyday, snatching away millions of young people from their Christian faith and commitment. The wounds of this loss can been seen in Christendom even today, but at the same time this loss has been greatly minimized now because of the work of Christian apologists.

Today anyone desiring to know about the Bible, and its connection with science, evolution, history, archaeology, has read any number of books on this topic. Literally thousands of titles are available, and he can choose anywhere from the most simple books to the most technically advanced ones. Thus the modern apologetics movement has been able to arrest the way in which rationalists have been bleeding the Christian church.<ref>[http://www.brethrenassembly.com/Ebooks/Apol_001A.pdf Introduction To Integrated Christian Apologetics, Dr. Johnson C. Philip & Dr. Saneesh Cherian]</ref>}}

== Recommended books ==
[[Image:Mlogo.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Ex-atheist [[Lee Strobel]] ]]
'''General Christian apologetics:'''

*Carl Gallups, ''The Magic Man in the Sky: Effectively Defending the Christian Faith'', WND Books, 2012, ISBN 1936488523 [https://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Man-Sky-Effectively/dp/1936488523]
*[[Josh McDowell]], ''The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today'', 1999, ISBN 0785242198
*[[Lee Strobel]], ''Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus '', Zondervan, 1998, ISBN 0310209307
*[[Gary Habermas]] and Michael Licona, ''The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus'', Kregel Publications, 2004, ISBN 0825427886
*[[Brace E. Barber]], ''TESTED: A New Strategy for Keeping Kids in the Faith'', 2018, ISBN 978-0967829241

'''Old Testament apologetics:'''

*Walter C. Kaiser Jr., ''The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable & Relevant?'', IVP Academic, 2001, ISBN 0830819754
*Kenneth Kitchen, ''On The Reliability of the Old Testament'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN 0802803962

'''Biblical creation apologetics:'''

*[[Jonathan Sarfati]], ''Refuting Evolution'', Master Books, 1999 [http://www.creation.com/content/view/4014/ (Free on-line version)] ISBN 0890512582
*Jonathan Sarfati, ''Refuting Evolution 2'', Master Books, 2002, [http://www.creation.com/content/view/4013/ (Free on-line version)] ISBN 0890513872
*[[Phillip E. Johnson|Phillip Johnson]], ''Darwin on Trial''. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois. 1991<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/darwin.html</ref> ISBN 0-8308-1324-1
*[[Duane Gish]], ''Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No!'', El Cajon: [[Institute for Creation Research]], 1996<ref>https://www.icr.org/store/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=2176</ref> ISBN 9780890511121

*[[R. C. Sproul]], ''Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology'', Baker Book House: 1994<ref>http://www.ldolphin.org/chance.html</ref> ISBN 080105852X
=== History of Christian apologetics books ===

*''The History of Apologetics: A Biographical and Methodological Introduction'', ‎Zondervan Academic (June 16, 2020), ISBN-13: 978-0310559412

=== Christian apologetics books on atheism ===

* [[Christian apologetics books on atheism]]

== Major Christian apologetics websites and their web traffic ==

See: [[Major Christian apologetics websites and their web traffic]]

==See also==

*[[Resources on becoming a Christian]]
* [[Logical arguments for the existence of God|22 arguments for the existence of God]]
*[[Philosophical naturalism]]
*[[Eucharistic miracles]]
*[[Atheism]]
*[[Evolution]]
*[[Christian apologetics websites|Christian apologetics website resources]]
*[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)]]
*[[Israel Tourism]] for some biblical archaeological sites available to tourists
*[[Inspiration of Holy Scripture: An Eastern Christian and Jewish Perspective]]
*[[List of proofs of God]]
*[[Essay: How to "get" a church]] For the experience of the supernatural as aid to the acceptance of the miraculous of the Biblical story
*[[Essay: The superiority of the King James Bible: Looking through!]] For the support that correct linguistic understanding gives to the resolution and reasonableness of apparently confusing, conflicting, or non-convincing understandings.
*[["Catholic Heresies and Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Course of 1600 Years"]]
*[[Adiabene]] for the support of history for the Biblical Son and rule of David
*[[House of David]] for the support of archaeology and epigraphy for the Biblical witness to David and David's kingdom
*[[New Testament understanding through the Jewish perspective]] For the contemporary 1st century and normative Jewish approach and custom authenticating New Testament data and perspective.
*[[Life and Doctrine]]
*[[Christianity in Africa]]
*[[Christianity in Asia]]
*[[Christianity in Australia | Christianity in Australia, Oceania, New Zealand]]
*[[Christianity in Europe]]
*[[Christianity in North America]]
*[[Christianity in South America]]

== External links ==
[[Image:Jesus resurrected.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Resurrection" by Carl Heinrich Bloch]]
''See also:'' [[Christian apologetics websites|Christian apologetics websites and articles]] and [[Major Christian apologetics websites and their web traffic]]

*[https://answersingenesis.org/apologetics/ Christian apologetics] by [[Answers in Genesis]]
*[https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/apologetics/christian-apologetics-who-needs-it Christian Apologetics: Who Needs It?] by [[William Lane Craig]]

Videos:

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUWRCSw8xvQ 72 Minutes of Apologetics Training] by J. Warner

=== Introduction to Christian apologetics video series ===

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c-irygQqHk&list=PLc2eSR_oncVjRl5DnjKemiRdeVcf1jWWw Introduction to Christian apologetics video series]

=== General Christian apologetics websites ===
*[http://searchcreation.org SearchCreation.org Search Engine]
* [https://creation.com/christian-apologetics-questions-and-answers Christian apologetics]
* [http://www.str.org/site/PageServer Stand to Reason]
* [http://www.apologetics.com Apologetics.com]
* [http://www.tektonics.org Tekton Apologetics Ministries]
* [http://www.carm.org Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]
* [http://www.probe.org/ Probe Ministries -Christian Apologetics]
* [http://www.ApologeticsWiki.com/ Christian Apologetics Wiki] — [[Wiki]]-based Christian apologetics
* [http://www.rbc.org/rtb/ 10 Reasons to Believe]
* [http://www.equip.org Christian Research Institute]
* [http://www.typologetics.com Typologetics - Apologetics through literary analysis of the sacred texts]

=== Historical and legal apologetics ===
[[Image:David Christ on the Cross.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Christ on the Cross by [[Jacques Louis David]].]]
'''Historical apologetics:'''

*[http://powertochange.com/discover/faith/jesusrose1/ Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?] by Michael Horner
*[http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/articles.htm Journal articles of Dr. Gary Habermas]
*[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/bib-docu.html Are the Biblical Documents Reliable?]
*[http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nowayjose.html The Impossible faith] by [[JP Holding]]

'''Christian legal apologetics:'''

*[[Christian legal apologetics]]

=== Bible archaeology ===
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/archaeology/ Bible archaeology]
*[http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/saint-luke.htm St. Luke, archaeology, Book of Acts]
*[http://www.inplainsite.org/html/acts_and_archaeology.html Archaeology and the Book of Acts]
*[http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/McRay-ArchaeologyActs-CTR.pdf Archaeology and the Book of Acts] - Gordon College
*[http://www.ucg.ca/booklets/BA2/paultravels.asp Book of Acts - Paul's travels]
* [https://www.probe.org/archaeology-and-the-old-testament/ Archaeology and the Old Testament] by Patrick Zukeran
* [https://www.probe.org/the-archaeological-evidence-for-the-bible-is-non-existent/ The Archaeological Evidence for the Bible is Non-Existent!] A reply from James F. Williams

'''Bible archaeology and dating:'''

* [http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2020 Dating in Archaeology: Challenges to Biblical Credibility] by Garry K. Brantley, M.A., M.Div.

=== Christian worldview/Christian philosophy ===
* [http://www.rzim.org/ Ravi Zacharias, modern apologist]
* [http://www.str.org/ Stand to Reason]
* [http://www.leaderu.com/menus/theology.html Leadership U]
* [http://www.worldview.org Worldview Academy]

'''Videos on atheism:'''

*[[Atheism videos|Videos on atheism]]

'''Websites, articles and videos focusing on atheism:'''

*[[Atheism website resources]]
*[[True Free Thinker]].
*[http://www.fixed-point.org Fixed Point Foundation] — Committed to publicly defending Christianity by empowering Christians and challenging skeptics.
*[[Rebuttals to atheist arguments|Rebuttals to common atheist arguments]]

=== Creation science ministries and other resources===
*[http://associationforcreation.org/ The International Association For Creation]
*[http://creationnetwork.org/ The Creation Network]
*[http://visitcreation.org/ The Big Map of Creation]
* [https://creation.com/ Creation Ministries International]
* [http://www.answersingenesis.org Answers in Genesis]
* [https://www.icr.org Institute for Creation Science]

[[Conservapedia]] articles on evolution and creation science:

*[[Evolution]]
*[[Creation science]]

=== Bible prophecy articles and websites ===

'''Analysis of Bible prophecy from Christian scholars/apologists'''

*[http://sciencespeaks.dstoner.net/Prophetic_Accuracy.html#c8 Science speaks - Prophetic accuracy] by Dr. Peter Stoner
*[http://www.drjbloom.com/public%20files/PubTheoData.pdf Public Theology and Prophecy Data - Factual Evidence that Counts for a Worldview] by Dr. John Bloom, Robert C. Newman, and Hugh G. Gouch Jr.
*[http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/ATRJ/proof/ATRJ1103PDF/ATRJ1103-16.pdf The Case for Jesus the Messiah — Incredible Prophecies that Prove God Exists] by Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon and Dr. Walter Kaiser Jr.
*[http://www.johnankerberg.com/Articles/_PDFArchives/apologetics/AP1W1299.pdf The Case for Jesus the Messiah — Incredible Prophecies that Prove God Exists - Part Two] by Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. John Weldon and Dr. Walter Kaiser Jr.
*[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ AboutBibleprophecy]
*[http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/prophecy-about-jesus.htm Prophecy about Jesus]
*[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2009/12/07/ezekiel-261-14-a-proof-text-for-inerrancy-or-fallibility-of-the-old-testament.aspx#Article Defense of city of Tyre prophecy]

'''Rebuttal to atheist Steven Carr concerning Bible prophecy:'''

*[http://www.tektonics.org/af/carrs01.html Steven Carr's The Jury Is In Chapter 11: Rebuttal] by [[JP Holding]]

=== Biblical inerrancy resources ===
* [http://www.tektonics.org Tekton Apologetics Ministries]
* [http://www.christian-thinktank.com Christian Thinktank]
* [http://www.inerrancy.org/ Inerrancy.org]
* [http://www.christianthinktank.com/ A Christian Thinktank]

=== Free Christian apologetics books ===

*[https://www.whyfaith.com/docs/The%20Historical%20Reliability%20of%20the%20New%20Testament.pdf The Historical Reliability of the New Testament] by Dan Hewer

*[https://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-apologetics-e-book-library.html Free Apologetics E-Book Library]

==References==
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[[Category:Christian Authors]]
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'''[[Dem]]s reach 250 seats in [[House]]''' [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/05/congress/democrats-house-250-wins-01152314] and [[GOP]] regroups.
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'''[[First Lady Melania Trump]] delivers remarks''' with representatives from [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] at the [[White House]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/05/first-lady-melania-trump-delivers-remarks-with-representatives-from-russia-and-ukraine/][https://julianmacfarlane.substack.com/p/seeing-is-believing]
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'''[[Socialist]] wins as mayor of [[L.A.]]''', ousts Karen Bass. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/progressive-nithya-raman-unseats-karen-bass-la-mayors-race]
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'''Election was a "crushing rebuke" to [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]''': "more than two dozen former Foxers hired to key positions" by [[Trump]], such as [[Pete Hegseth]] as failed [[War Secretary]]. ''"The network received a significant drop in viewership leading up to [[Election Day]]."'' [https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/midterm-results-are-crushing-rebuke-fox-news-trump-propaganda MediaMatters] [[Robert Barnes]]: [[Rubio]] may quit. [https://youtu.be/f5o1HeonVhE]
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[[Texas]] [[Republican]]s Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] refused to debate, and [[Gen Z]] voted overwhelmingly against them such that they lost by wide margins. ''Patrick has refused to debate since 2014''.
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'''[[Idaho]] voters rejected a [[pro-abortion]] [[ballot initiative]]''', by a wide margin of 56-44%. [https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/elections/prop-1-idaho-reject-abortion-ballot-initiative-results-vote/277-710b4b76-f734-4c88-91a3-599bfbfe6ea5]
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'''[[Mario Nawfal]]: [[Trump]] and [[JD Vance|Vance]] blame [[Israel]]''' for loss. [[Ana Kasparian]]: [[Democrat]]s on notice they will suffer the same fate if they continue the same [[BS]]. [https://youtu.be/r93hVXTJQi4] [[Ann Coulter]]: Who gave us this disastrous [[war]]? [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/who-gave-us-this-disastrous-war/]
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'''[[JD Vance]] takes the lead for [[MAGA]]''', and rebukes the policies that caused the landslide losses. [https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=DgidaYoF3v6MbrCwG94&s=20] Vance's home state [[Ohio]] goes Blue.
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'''Mission Accomplished: [[Gas]] and [[diesel]] prices begin to drop.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/05/mission-accomplished-as-expected-gas-and-diesel-prices-begin-dropping/][https://oilprice.com/]
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'''[[Judge Napolitano]]: [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]] fallout''' & the great unraveling of [[Trump]] and [[America First]] - [[Glenn Diesen]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-midterms-fallout] [[Musk]] blows $275 million in [[Texas]].
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'''"Historic Trashing Of Legal [[sports gambling|Sports Betting]] At [[U.S.]] Ballot Box"''', including 55-45% defeat of DraftKings' and FanDuel's ballot initiative in [[Nebraska]]. [https://gamblingharm.org/nebraska-online-sports-betting-vote-2026-defeat/] Abolish [[ICE]] is back. [https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-votes-back-eliminating-ice-trump-expands-deportations-12327959][https://www.latintimes.com/democratic-candidates-ice-abolition-midterm-races-600792]
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'''[[Kelley Vlahos]] of ''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': The stunning rebuke''' of [[Trump]] in [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://youtu.be/vliPkq3zrpY] If you lie to [[voter]]s about not starting a new [[war]], the voters make you pay. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/if-you-lie-to-voters-about-not-starting] [[JD Vance]]: 'The reason we lost is the war'.
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'''[[Democrats]] win a majority in the US House and Senate elections''', [https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-stunned-catastrophic-midterm-blue-tsunami-blame-trumps-iran-war-high-gas-prices][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-seize-senate-blue-tidal-wave-crashes-deep-trump-country-topples-gop-strongholds] with [[Abdul El-Sayed]] winning in [[Michigan]] and gaining access to classified materials. '''[[International law]] expert:''' [[Trump]] may seek refuge in [[Russia]]. [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictators-2678178310/]
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'''''[[JtN]]'': [[Trump]] concedes [[Iran war]], [[gas]] prices''' played role in [[election]] rout, vows to work with [[Democrat]]s. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-concedes-iran-war-gas-prices-played-role-election-rout-vows]
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'''[[Trump]]: 'I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people,''' but if we have to, we'll have to'. [https://youtu.be/jzhFWVe2OK8] The Pendulum of [[Delusion]]: [[Fox News]], the [[partisan]] blind spot, and the unspoken cause of the [[2026 Midterms|Midterm crash]]. [https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-pendulum-of-delusion-fox-news]
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'''[[Dem]]s lead in [[Texas]] and [[South Carolina]] [[U.S. Senate]] elections''', indicating they will probably take control of the Senate. ''So [[GOP]] support of [[data center]]s and [[sports gambling]] was not such a great idea after all''.
 '''[[Dem]]s win [[House]] easily''', and [[Pete Hegseth]] will resign to avoid [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] (he should have resigned earlier).
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'''Setback for [[homosexual agenda]]''': [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justices rebuke [[Colorado]] for excluding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] pre-schools that reject [[LGBTQ]], in a state-funded daycare program. [https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/11/03/supreme-court-colorado-catholic-preschool/]
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"'''[[Trump]] says [[United States|US]] will stop $4 billion''' in annual funding to [[Israel]] at end of 2026," observing that [[Dem]]s used this issue against [[Republican]]s for today's [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-us-will-stop-paying-israel-after-year-end-2026-11-03/]
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'''[[Torture]] scandal rocks [[Zelensky]] [[Berlin]] visit''' as opposition demands answer. [https://youtu.be/b8-yvyozYlY][https://the307.substack.com/p/azov-run-torture-chamber-discovered][https://youtu.be/5mTqFoIMHoQ] The limits of [[military]] authority when public [[trust]] fractures. [https://theduran.substack.com/p/the-war-behind-the-gate] [[Ukraine]] arrests [[woman]] who exposed [[Azov Battalion]]'s torture chamber. ''Deserters were tortured and kidnapped men off the street were held for ransom.''
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"Pilot of doomed Learjet heard '''[[prayer|praying]] the ‘[[The Lord's Prayer|Our Father]]'''.’" [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pilot-of-doomed-learjet-heard-praying-the-our-father/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Record-breaking [[early voting]] in [[Texas]] and elsewhere''' [https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/more-than-77-million-texans-voted-early-in-2026-election-surpassing-2018-record] which is how [[Dem]]s turn out their vote.
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'''[[Zelensky]] outlines clouded threats to [[Trump]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/02/zelenskyy-outlines-clouded-threats-to-trump-lukoil-remains-a-target-until-u-s-gives-weapons/] [[US]] at cross purposes on [[Ukraine]]: [[CIA]] vs [[Trump]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/us-at-cross-purposes-on-ukraine-cia] [[Alastair Crooke]]: As [[Trump]] ‘makes nice’ with [[Moscow]], the [[CIA]] has other ideas. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-trump-makes-nice-with-moscow-the-cia-has-other-ideas/]
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'''[[Trump]]’s window to do something useful''' on [[foreign policy]] is about to close. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/trumps-window-to-do-something-useful]
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'''[[Slotkin]], [[Applebaum]] complicit in [[Polish coup]].''' [https://youtu.be/-OFWRxwaFuA]
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'''Pro-[[Ukraine]] party defeated''' 58% - 39% in [[NATO]] member state [[Bulgaria]]. [https://kyivindependent.com/russia-friendly-yotova-wins-bulgarias-presidential-runoff/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for [[Detroit]] player''' with neck injury during [[NFL]] game. [https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/article/lions-lb-jack-campbell-taken-to-hospital-with-neck-injury-after-being-carted-off-immobilized-on-backboard-205940273.html]
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'''Never trust a [[liberal]]''': [[Dem]] Congresswoman [[Haley Stevens]] reneges on her endorsement of [[El-Sayed]], and suddenly endorses his opponent [[Mike Rogers]] instead. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186882-stevens-rogers-church-michigan/]
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'''[[Poland]] is the symptom and [[Europe]] is the patient.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe] ''The defenders of democracy have written a manual for dismantling one.'' [https://theduran.substack.com/p/polands-judicial-coup-and-the-battle] [[Tusk]]: I had to destroy the [[Republic]] in order to save it. [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/tusk-i-had-to-destroy-the-republic] Poland's [[coup]] will shape the post-[[war]] order. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will-shape-the-post-war-european-order.html] [[Molotov-Ribbentrop]] ''[[deja vu]]?'' [[Korybko]]: [[Germany]]’s attempted takeover of Poland by [[proxy]] is to prepare [[Europe]] for [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/germanys-attempted-takeover-of-poland]
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'''[[Leftist]] riots spread to [[Germany]]''', as [[Europe]] is helpless against the hostile migrants it allowed in. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/31/french-style-riots-erupt-in-germany-as-far-leftists-clash-with-police-in-frankfurt-and-hamburg/][https://www.zerohedge.com/political/looting-and-chaos-erupt-germany-europe-slides-deeper-crisis]
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'''[[Godfrey Bloom]]: Have you been [[brainwash]]ed on the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia Ukraine war]]?''' [https://youtu.be/dVHXTWUN3zY]
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'''[[Abdul El-Sayed]] disinvites his defeated [[Dem]] opponent Haley Stevens from campaign events''', while Stevens fails to fully support him as the frontrunner for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events] [[Dem]] attempt at unity in [[Michigan]] collapses into bickering: [[El-Sayed]] criticizes [[Haley Stevens]] for seeming "intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185985-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-senate/]
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'''[[EU]] [[globalist]]s incite [[Poland]]'s [[liberal]] [[prime minister]] to attempt to take control of [[Poland]]'s top court''', while [[conservative]] [[President Nawrocki]] was outside of the country. [https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/globalists-have-launched-coup-poland-police-move-against/] [[Neocon]] [[fascist]] [[Donald Tusk]] sends police to occupy Supreme Court building. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will][https://youtu.be/tqnmINgIcSw] '''Alarming Update''' from [[Polish]] [[media]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/31/alarming-update-on-coup-effort-from-polish-media/] The [[Constitutional]] [[crisis]] at the heart of Poland’s Judicial 'coup'. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the] ''[[Germany]] is complicit in the coup. 'They want to drag us into the eurozone so that we abandon our own [[currency]]. They want to send [[illegal migrant]]s across the border'.''
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'''3 refineries burning''' as [[Zelensky]] ignores [[Trump]]. [https://youtu.be/7xitBbQJ77M] [[US]] embassy in [[Moscow]] issues [[terrorist]] attack and mass casualty warning for Moscow. [https://youtu.be/EZntCW9r_wE]
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'''[[Lawfare]] arguments around [[Ilhan Omar]]''' search warrant on desk of [[corrupt]] [[DC]] judge [[James Boasberg]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/30/pentagon-tells-baltic-states-to-tone-it-down-stop-antagonizing-russia/] ''[[JtN]]'': [[Ilhan Omar|Omar's]] brother and ex-husband says he's [[gay]]; [[Minneapolis|Mpls]] mayor aide says allegations 'almost certainly [[true]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omars-ex-husband-and-alleged-brother-describes-himself-gay-man-while-frey-aide-says]
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'''[[World Affairs in Context]]: [[America]]'s [[allies]] dump [[T-bill|US debt]].''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/us-treasuries]
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'''Dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries''' strike to protest [[Israel]]i actions in [[Gaza]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-dock-workers-strike-to-protest-arms-shipments-including-to-israel/]
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'''Sanctioning Truth Part 2.''' [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/sanctioning-truth] Introducing [[Jacques Baud]] Part 1. [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/introducing-jacques-baud]
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'''Setback for [[Dem]]s''': "New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics." [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-5953069/national-education-association-nea-president-princess-moss-politics]
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'''Trump talks [[peace]] while the CIA is fueling the [[war in Ukraine]].''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trump-talks-peace-while-the-cia-is][https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/ukraine-cia-more-aggressive-starlink-and-refinery-strikes-higher-casualties-on-ukrs-side.html][https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/] [[US]]-[[Russia]] reconciliation & [[Europe]]an [[vassal]]age. [https://youtu.be/Fyae_Ohvjf4]
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"'''[[Conservative]] party wins''' first election in nearly a century in [[British Columbia]]." [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/conservative-party-wins-first-election-nearly-century-british-columbia-2026-10-25/]
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'''[[James O'Keefe]] charged with felonies''' for exposing '[[law]]s' that facilitate [[election fraud]] in [[Minnesota]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/minnesota-charges-james-okeefe-and-cam-higby-felonies-over-polling-place-vouching-stunt]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Finally, [[FBI]] Agents face [[justice]]''' over [[Laptop from Hell|Hunter Biden’s laptop]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/finally-fbi-agents-face-justice-over-hunter-bidens-laptop/]
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'''[[Marta Havryshko]]: The Dark Reality of [[Ukraine]]’s [[Conscription|Wartime Mobilization.]]''' [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/heroes-wanted-consent-denied-the] ''In 90% of cases [[citizen]]s’ [[rights]] are violated.'' [[Havryshko]]: [[Azov Battalion]] will kill [[Zelensky]] if he makes [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/yG2_r4laL34]
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'''Desperately Seeking [[Fascism]].''' [https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-fascism] ''They may not like what they actually get.''
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'''Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are forced to flee [[Brazil]] to the [[U.S.]]''', as vindictive [[socialist]]s want him punished for challenging [[Lula]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-u-s-visa-presidential-election-loss/]
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'''[[Chess]] Grandmaster [[Gary Kasparov]]: Without more [[money]] from [[the West]]''' [[Ukraine]] will be defeated. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/putin-defeat-ukraine-unless-europe-seizes-last-chance/] [[Riot]]s continue protesting rising [[cost of living]] to fund [[endless war]]s. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/france-protests-europe-cost-living-violence.html] [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]]'s choice as Ukraine collapses: [[negotiate]] or [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-natos-choice-as]
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'''[[Microsoft]] asks 60,000 employees to leave''', in its latest buyout offer. ''It wants to spend more on [[data center]]s'' [https://deadline.com/2026/10/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-a-quarter-of-workforce-1237197224/]
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'''[[Trump]]'s [[war]] overreach''' may be the straw that breaks the back of [[the West]]'s [[financial]]ised architecture. [https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/trumps-war-overreach-may-be-the-straw-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-wests-financialised-architecture]
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'''[[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] bends the knee to [[Iran]].''' [https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114750564940861587] '[[Islamic NATO]]' meets in [[Tehran]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] wasn't invited. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-western-media-ignores-mecca-alliance-sought-regional-security-meeting-in-tehran-would-republican-midterm-wipeout-force-trump-into-iran-and-ukraine-retreats.html] ''[[Middle East]]ern [[state]]s already looking past [[US]] withdrawal.'' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/the-gulf-holds-a-security-meeting]
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'''[[Iran]] prepares [[citizen]]s for [[nuclear]] attack.''' [https://x.com/ir_tv_24/status/2114703655999815708]
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'''Disgraced former [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] charged''' with transmitting national defense information. [https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-charges-james-comey-transmission-national-defense-information][https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/new-federal-case-against-james-comey-centers-again-leak-classif][[Swalwell]] donor's home raided. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/fbi-raids-beverly-hills-mansion-owned-swalwell-donor-cnn]
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'''"[[New York City]] shuts down [[bus]] fare enforcement despite rampant evasion"''' by nearly half the riders. [https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mta-shuts-down-bus-fare-enforcement-following-assault]
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'''[[Socialist]] [[tyranny|tyrants]] hold onto power in [[Brazil]]''', [https://youtu.be/SyqDj8-KTm0] finding a way to reverse their initial defeat even though this turnaround has never happened before. ''The reported results declaring [[Lula]] the winner are contrary to "a broader [[conservative|rightward]] political shift across [[Latin America]],"'' admits [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-intl-latam ''CNN'']
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'''[[Finland|Finnish]] Defense University reverses [[NATO]] & [[the West|Western]] [[narrative]]s''' about high [[Russian]] losses and low [[Ukrainian]] casualty figures. [https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/195520/Russia%20Seminar%20publication%202026_web.pdf p. 166][https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114054330643108290]
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'''[[Liberal]]s are running to [[religion]]''' to rescue [[AI]] from its own [[evil]]. [https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-moral-artificial-intelligence-religion-2bb91e3334fd6d732edf22288cabf4ec]
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'''[[Elon Musk]] trashes [[corrupt]] [[Zelenksy regime]].''' [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/musk-lashes-out-at-ukraine-claiming-its-elites-grew-very-rich-off-wartime-aid/ar-AA2fWIoF] Musk clarifies [[Zelensky]] violated [[Starlink]] terms of service. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/24/elon-musk-sets-record-straight-ukraine-was-violating-starlink-terms-and-using-it-to-guide-weapons-into-russia/][https://youtu.be/CzISy1eGgUk][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-starlink-mystery-finally] Musk to Zelensky: 'Burn in [[Hell]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-admits-spacex-throttled-starlink-ukraine-because-kiev-violated-terms-service] [[Korybko]]: [[Musk]]-[[Trump]] leverage of [[Starlink]]/Starshield is the key to [[peace]] in [[Ukraine]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-musk-trump-duos-leverage-of-starlinkstarshie]
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'''Relax, it's only an Exxon Valdez on steroids.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/relax-its-only-an-exxon-valdez-on]
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'''As weekend riots continue in [[France]]''', "The [[NFL]] should relocate the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]]-[[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] game in [[Paris]] to [[London]]" [https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-nfl-should-relocate-the-steelers-saints-game-in-paris-to-london] ''but [[greed]] dictates the league''.
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'''[[Russia]] evacuates [[diplomat]]s, [[military]] and [[technology|technical]] advisors''' from [[Iran]] in anticipation of [[US]] attacks. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/the-iran-strike-plan-is-dated-after]
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'''"[[Neoliberalism]] Is Over”'''. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/neoliberalism-is-over-2.html]
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'''[[Big Tech]] is pouring millions into elections in [[Florida]]''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/florida-midterms-big-tech-spending-legislature-01132207] as many tech billionaires have fled [[California]] and more [[data centers]] are being planned for Florida.
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] [[LeBron James]] refuses to apologize''' for practicing his golf swing during the [[National Anthem]]. [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-shocking-response-donald-174522102.html] ''LeBron makes far more from promoting [[gambling]] than playing [[basketball]]''.
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'''[[US]] banks scramble to shut down [[AI]] access''' to customer accounts. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/us-banks-scramble-to-shut-down-ai-access-to-customer-accounts.html] ''Banks can't tell the difference between AI and real [[human]]s accessing an account.''
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'''Surge in [[early voting]] in [[swing states]]''' deciding control of [[U.S. Senate]]: [https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba] ''Sometimes that reflects the [[Dem]] political machine''.
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'''Political spending breaks records without any measurable impact''': [[Dem]] Senate [[PAC]] raises $354M & [[Elon Musk|Musk]] donates $442M. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/22/congress/senate-dems-big-haul-01132834]
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'''[[Conservative]] success''': "[[Alabama]] reports just 3 [[abortion]]s in 2025." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-reports-just-3-abortions-in-2025/?utm_source=latest_news]
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'''2 [[FBI]] officials charged with [[lying]] to [[Congress]]''' about [[Russian]] involvement with the [[Hunter Biden]] [[Laptop from Hell]]. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-making-false-statements-about-hunter-bidens-laptop][https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': "Prepping a [[Postmortem]] for [[Zelensky]]’s Presidency."''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prepping-a-postmortem-for-zelenskys-presidency/] [[Conservative populist]] frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]: [[France]] will cut [[Ukraine aid]] to the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]]. [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/15/zelensky-says-ukraine-france-cooperation-is-win-win-after-le-pen-argues-for-cutting-aid-to-kyiv_6758639_4.html]
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'''"52% of [[Gen Z]] investors"''' are taking money from savings to waste it on [[sports gambling]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/sports-betting-young-investors-compounding.html]
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'''Setback for [[video games|video game]] [[addiction]]''': "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA." [https://apnews.com/article/bioware-ea-electronic-arts-shutdown-mass-effect-6b6e5c930fe56dd2cd18985d89f6ef24]
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'''[[Liberal]]s push to legalize [[abortion]] in [[Poland]]''' [https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-parliament-eases-abortion-laws-ichallenge-conservative-president/] as a result of last year's election defeat of [[conservative]]s who sided with [[Zelensky]] and accepted 1.6M migrants.
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Russiagate]] II: Loser Edition.''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/russiagate-ii-loser-edition/] ''[[Liberal]]s are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.'' How [[Trump]]’s turn against [[Zelensky]] can lead to [[peace]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trumps-turn-against-zelensky-can-lead-to-peace/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for another [[lifespan of NFL players and fans|NFL lifespan cut too short]]''', at only age 37: former Chiefs lineman dies reportedly of natural causes. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/21/former-chiefs-defensive-end-allen-bailey-dead-at-37/]
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'''[[Dem]] [[dark money]] funded the defeat of more than two dozen [[conservative]] [[GOP]] state legislators in [[Wyoming]]''', as proven by a recent analysis of its August primary. [https://www.libertynation.com/democrat-dark-money-funded-wyoming-gop-freedom-caucus-massacre/]
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'''Polling group trusted by [[MSM|mainstream outlets]]''' admits its [[poll]]s were [[fake]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/polling-group-trusted-by-mainstream-outlets-admits-its-polls-were-fake/ar-AA2fLNKu]
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'''Setback for [[AI]]''': [[San Francisco]]-based [[Anthropic]] reports a "staggering" $81B loss for the first half of 2026. [https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/business/anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries/]
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'''Do [[socialist]] candidates unwittingly help [[Republican]]s?''' "[[GOP]]-linked [[PAC]] spends over $1M to boost third-party [[socialist]] in [[Ohio]] Senate race." [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091]
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'''[[Rubio]]: [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]] officials are [[lying]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/following-45-minute-call-with-zelenskyy-secretary-marco-rubio-notes-ukraine-officials-are-lying-and-manipulative-which-he-told-zelenskyy-openly/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/interesting-following-the-cut-the-bs-confrontation-by-rubio-suddenly-zelenskyy-thanks-usa-and-says-all-early-warning-systems-working-great/]
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'''[[France]] admits [[Leftist]]s are fomenting the riots, which the [[liberal media]] have falsely attributed to deteriorating schools''': [https://justthenews.com/world/europe/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots] "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday accused the 'ultra-left movement' of 'orchestrating profound disorder.'" [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6157897-trump-vance-france-riots/]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': Is [[Europe]] doomed?''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-europe-doomed/] What comes next in [[Europe]]? [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/years-of-lead-await-europe.html] ''After years of neglecting population needs and shoveling [[money]] into the bottomless pit of [[NATO war in Ukraine|Project Ukraine]], the situation is now exploding across Europe.''
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'''As [[Paris]] burns, [[Macron]] blames [[Trump]],''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/during-national-address-to-france-president-macron-says-he-doesnt-know-what-is-going-on-but-hes-sure-president-trump-is-to-blame/] flees to [[Kuwait]] for 3-day tour of [[Persian Gulf]]. [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/19/macron-bids-au-revoir-to-burning-france-flees-to-kuwait-for-middle-east-tour/]
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'''[[Trump]]: It's time somebody else to [[negotiate]]''' on behalf of [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-calls-on-somebody-else-to-negotiate-for-ukraine-with-russia/ar-AA2fBp3q] [[Dr. Brovkin]]: Zelensky is running out of options. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/vladimir-brovkin-a0f] [[Zelensky]] is in it for the [[money]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''[[NFL values]]''': another player is ejected for spitting at an opponent. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/18/watch-bills-cj-gardner-johnson-ejected-for-spitting-at-raiders-brock-bowers/]
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'''[[RINO]]s are losing [[Texas]]''': [[Karl Rove]] made millions as a RINO consultant, and Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] has spent more than $140M and yet barely leads in polling against an obscure opponent. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/ ''Paxton could lose due to others'']
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'''[[Rubio]] responds to [[Zelensky]]' false claims''' about [[Ukraine]], [[Starlink]] and Starshield. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/zelenskyy-is-lying-secretary-marco-rubio-responds-to-false-claims-about-ukraine-starlink-and-starshield/] [[Bessent]]: 'Zelenskyy needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true'… [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/sunday-talks-treasury-secretary-bessent-zelenskyy-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-making-statements-that-are-not-true/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-facade-finally-cracks-trump-drops] [[Trump]]: [[Financial]] motivation for Zelensky to keep [[war]] going. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''Replacing Europe''' - Full Documentary [https://youtu.be/9bq5Z8e684I]
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'''520 [[drone]]s hit [[Russia]] via [[NATO]] airspace.''' [https://youtu.be/uLqZVnry4WU][https://youtu.be/8Yf2q0P2ge0]
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'''Violent [[Leftist]] protesters set [[France]] ablaze''', while similar protests spread to other [[European]] nations. [https://www.reuters.com/world/students-trade-unions-yellow-vests-set-protest-across-france-2026-10-17/][https://youtu.be/6jbnRAo5CSU]
 ''[[State Department|State Dep't]] warns [[American]]s before [[NFL]] game there.'' [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-department-state-issues-travel-202512876.html]
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'''[[Joe Kent]]: Why the [[US]] [[proxy war against Russia]]''' must end now. [https://youtu.be/CXZioBNWhQg]
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'''''[[CTH]]'': ''[[NYT]]'' leads [[Leftist]] [[MSM|media movement]]''' to target [[Trump]] for exempting [[Russia]] from new [[US]] [[economic sanctions|sanctions regime]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/new-york-times-leads-leftist-media-movement-to-target-trump-for-exempting-russia-from-new-u-s-sanctions-regime/]
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'''Sports team billionaire owners continue to loot the public''': "Over $22 billion earmarked for new stadiums and arenas between 2027 and 2032." [https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/10/15/nearly-20-billion-earmarked-for-new-stadiums-and-arenas-between-2027-and-2032/] ''Meanwhile, [[sports gambling]] robs [[Gen Z]]''.
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'''"20 minutes from being [[abortion|aborted]]"''' explained Katie Zacharia last year about how a phone call to her teenage mom saved Katie's life [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-former-press-secretary-was-20-minutes-away-from-being-aborted/] ''and now the [[liberal media]] drives her out of the position of [[White House Press Secretary]]''.
 '''''[[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] is [[demonic]]'''''.
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'''Setback for [[gun control]]''': a random armed citizen gunned down the [[young mass murderers|young mass murderer]] who was massacring children in the [[Oregon]] elementary school. ''The hero broke the school gun control law to save lives, and is being praised by even [[Dem]]s now''. [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16215473/hero-father-kaylub-giamanco-killed-oregon-school-shooter.html]
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'''High [[voter turnout]] as [[conservative]] [[Alberta]] voters cast ballots on whether to consider [[secession]]''' from [[liberal]] [[Canada]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/] ''[[Mark Carney]] and other [[globalist]]s seem panicked about this''.
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''''I come from your future':''' A [[French]]man's warning to all [[American]]s voting [[Democrat]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-come-your-future-frenchmans-warning-all-americans-voting-democrat] ''[[Zerohedge]]'': [[Riot]]s spread from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] to [[Albania]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-falling-riots-spread-france-and-belgium-albania] Riots, looting and arson erupt in France with [[chaos]] across urban regions in [[Western Europe]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/riots-looting-and-arson-erupt-in-france-with-chaos-across-urban-regions-in-western-europe/] ''[[War]] funding has created a rising cost of living.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] demands another $155 billion to continue [[war]].'''
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'''Why [[BoJo]] must answer''' for [[Ukraine]]’s destruction — and why the public should decide on future [[Ukraine aid]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/why-boris-johnson-must-answer-for] [[Glenn Diesen]]: Toward the end of [[Zelensky]]'s autocracy? [https://youtu.be/V2IYgnFsycI?t=3097] [[CTH]]: Zelensky urgently sits down for interviews as [[Trump]] begins highlighting 'The Zelenskyy problem'. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-urgently-sits-down-for-interviews-as-trump-begins-highlighting-the-zelenskyy-problem/][https://youtu.be/WQ1s53hBU3w]
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'''[[Zelensky]] defies [[President Trump]],''' continues strikes on [[Russian]] refineries. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-announces-attacks-russian-refineries-144836571.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-restarts-attacks-against-russian-oil-refineries/] [[Trump]]: 'Zelensky is not a Good Guy...Where is the [[cash]] that we gave to Ukraine?...Where is all the equipment?' [https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-russia-ukraine/2026/10/15/id/1272958/]
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"'''Parents Outraged''' After Daughters Cut from [[public school|High School]] [[Volleyball]] Team While [[transgender|Trans]] Athlete Plays." [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/14/parents-outraged-after-daughters-cut-from-high-school-volleyball-team-while-trans-athlete-plays/]
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'''Another [[liberal media]] failure''': "[[Netflix]] to lay off roughly 1,000 employees, or 6% of workforce" [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/14/netflix-layoffs.html]
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'''[[Nord Stream pipeline]] bomber says''' he was operating on instructions from [[Zelensky regime|Ukraine government]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/] ''So it was [[Zelensky]] who destroyed the [[German]] [[economy]].''
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'''[[Sports gambling]] is ruining lives''': "fixer in [[NCAA]] hoops betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in [[prison]]." [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/50177926/ncaa-basketball-fixer-sentenced-six-years-prison]
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'''"Adults Are Regressing"''': "For the first time ever, the majority of toys — 55 percent — are being purchased by adults who do not have children." [https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]
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'''[[Putin]] laughing all the way to the bank:''' The [[diesel]] deal that humiliated [[Zelensky]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/putin-laughing-all-the-way-to-the] [[US]] cuts the [[intel]]: [[Ukraine]] left blind as [[ballistic missile]]s hit [[Kyiv]]. [https://youtu.be/htbgKRtySlg]
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'''[[EU]] bought $250 billion in [[Russian]] [[energy]]''' last year to feed the Russian [[war]] machine. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/made-right-choice-america-first-trump-defends-russia-diesel-deal-amid-bipartisan-backlash/articleshow/134899954.cms][https://youtu.be/9XxV5z_xPV8] '''Update:''' [[Tootie Fruitie O'Rutte]]: No imminent threat to [[Europe]] from Russia. [https://youtu.be/qTiJY48u-CU] Why is [[NATO]] threatening Russia> [https://youtu.be/sIwYsGwS6XQ]
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'''[[Aramco]] burns, oil execs avoid [[Saudi]] confab, [[MbS]] in the bunker. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/aramco-burns-oil-execs-avoid-saudi-confab-mbs-in-the-bunker.html]
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'''[[Wolfowitz Doctrine]] led to the disastrous [[War in Iraq]]''': Now it is leading to a potentially even more cataclysmic [[war]]. [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/10/23/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-led-to-the-disastrous-war-in-iraq-now-it-is-leading-to-a-potentially-even-more-cataclysmic-war-in-asia/]
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'''Brutal stabbing murder was allegedly committed by a [[transgender]]ed suspect (biological male)''', after criticism earlier in the day about use of a [[McDonald's]] women's restroom. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/transgender-suspect-fatally-stabs-victim-more-than-13/]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] on [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] flight: blonde actress "Selma Blair''' screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after allegedly biting one flight attendant, hitting another," and was later "repeatedly kicking a cop in the head and attacking a nurse." [https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-screamed-maniacally-as-she-was-dragged-off-plane-after-alleged-midair-crew-attack-audio/]
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'''Setback for [[liberal]] WNBA''': several of its championship games are being embarrassingly scheduled in a small arena not much bigger than a large high school gym.
[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/wnba-embarrassment-angel-reese-atlanta-dream-forced-tiny/]
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'''Suddenly [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] is opposing [[illegal alien]]s''': he just vetoed a bill to require [[college]]s to offer jobs to the 60,000 (!!!) of them on [[campus]]. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/newsom-veto-student-jobs-trump-01113178]
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'''[[Zelensky]] bombed fuel terminal''' after [[Trump]] asked him not to. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/ukraine-reportedly-bombs-russian-oil-terminal-which-is/] [[Elon Musk]]: Zelensky's gone too far. [https://ukranews.com/en/news/1180412-he-s-gone-too-far-musk-backed-trump-s-idea-to-replace-zelenskyy] ''Should the [[US]] cut off [[Starlink]] if the [[Kyiv regime]] continues to defy the [[United States]]?'' [[Energy]] [[ceasefire]]? [[Europe]]/[[Neocon]]s turn on Trump. [https://youtu.be/ZULSj7xGkRc]
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'''[[MBS]] asked [[China]] for help''' against the [[Houthis]]. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/pepembs-called-beijing-for-help-against] ''We may be witnessing the final days of the [[Saudi]] regime.'' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/how-saudi-arabia-is-collapsing][https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-104-the-fall-of-the][https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-at-the-breaking-point] '''Update:''' MBS on the run. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/occasional-sitrep-saudi-arabia-under]
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'''[[JD Vance]] rebukes [[Hegseth]]'s plan to livestream''' the Dec. 3d execution of Hasan by a military firing squad: “If it’s ultimately live-streamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/09/jd-vance-says-he-wont-watch-fort-hood-shooter-execution-if-live-streamed/]
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'''[[Data center]] [[diesel]] generators polluted community for 24 hours, forcing residents to flee''' their homes in [[Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]]. [https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes]
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'''[[Trump]] says it's time for [[Zelensky]] to go.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/10/president-trump-says-its-time-for-zelenskyy-to-be-replaced/] ''The [[corrupt]] [[dictator]] cancelled [[election]]s 2 1/2 years ago. Polls say Zelensky would finish fourth in a new election.''
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'''[[Putin]] agrees to sell [[America]] [[diesel]].''' ''Russian war machine to make $5 billion.'' [[Zelensky]] threatens [[US]].
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'''[[General Armageddon]] returns.''' [https://youtu.be/eXrJp6442bY] ''He got his reputation by destroying [[ISIS]] in [[Syria]].''
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'''[[Saudi]]s have to go it alone.''' [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/larry-johnsonmbs-went-back-to-war] ''As Custodian of the [[Islamic]] Holy Places [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], [[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] crawling in bed with [[Jeffrey Epstein]] didn't help him with [[Muslim]]s.'' [[Riyadh]] Airport hit, Saudi forces in [[Yemen]] collapse. [https://youtu.be/ANhGIkKiROU] MBS is more at risk intermnally than from the [[Houthis]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/mbs-is-more-at-risk-internally-than]
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'''[[California]] forces [[church]]es to indoctrinate employees against so-called "[[hate speech]]"''' (which includes criticism of [[liberal]] conduct), starting in less than three months. [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-california-law-forces-churches-to-provide-hate-speech-training/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Critic of [[Israel]]i [[war]]s awarded [[Nobel Peace Prize]].''' [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911163]
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'''''[[Zerohedge]]'': Golden naked [[Trump]] statue''' unveiled at [[European Parliament]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/golden-naked-trump-statue-unveiled-european-parliament]
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'''Panic among [[Leftist]]s in [[Spain]]''': they set a snap election for Nov. 29 after being defeated by [[conservative]]s in the [[Parliament]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-spain-headed-after-the-snap-election-announcement/a-79567959]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[French]] [[President]]ial frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]:''' "If [[Ukraine]] joined the [[EU]], we would be the first losers." [https://kyivindependent.com/frances-le-pen-opposes-ukraine-eu-membership-over-farming-fears/] [[Trump]]: France's [[escalating]] [[riot]]s driven by uncontrolled [[immigration]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-waltz-link-france-riots-mass-immigration-thousands-arrested]
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'''[[Lena Petrova]] interviews [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]] is defeated''' in [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]]'s existential [[war]] & [[strategic]] dominance. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/john-mearsheimer]
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'''[[Dem]]s surge in [[Ohio]] by opposing [[data center]]s''', and lead by 6 points to flip [[U.S. Senate]] seat there. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6136241-brown-leads-husted-ohio-poll/amp/]
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'''Both candidates were impressive in their first [[Iowa]] [[U.S. Senate]] debate''', in a race that is too close to call and may decide which party controls that chamber beginning in January. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135522-turek-hinson-spar-in-first-iowa-senate-debate-3-takeaways/]
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'''[[JD Vance]]'s "tone is noticeably different from President [[Donald Trump]]"''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/sometimes-im-frustrated-with-it-vance-makes-the-case-for-patience-01108356] ''as Vance works overtime to stem landslide [[GOP]] losses in the upcoming [[2026 midterm elections|midterm elections]]''.
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'''[[Mortgage]] rates surge above 7%.''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/housing-market] ''The post-[[Cold War]] [[Unipolar moment]] is over.''
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'''Sen. "[[Susan Collins]] Is the Pro-[[LGBT]] Candidate in [[Maine]] [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] Race"''' [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/susan_collins_is_the_pro-lgbt_candidate_in_maine_senate_race_154563.html] while her [[progressive]] opponent once opposed the [[homosexual agenda]], and he's ahead.
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Red scare: Solid [[GOP]] districts reeling''' from [[war]], [[price]] backlash. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-republicans-midterms/]
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''' Max Boot: More [[oil]], same [[war]]: Why increased [[export]]s''' aren’t a sign of [[Iran]]’s imminent defeat. [https://www.cfr.org/articles/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'' vindicates [[Russian]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]]''' warning of [[Ukrainian]]-connected [[Latin American]] [[drug cartel]] threat to [[US]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-vindicated-svrs] ''[[Drug cartel]] [[mercenaries]] enlisted with the [[AFU]] to learn how to fly [[drone]]s.''
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'''[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]] warns of ‘[[demographic replacement]]’''' in [[Europe]]. [https://youtu.be/mUdckfM5yAM]
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] "[[LeBron James]] [[Prediction market|Polymarket]] Deal Worth $15 Million a Year"''', which is more than 3 times his salary playing for the 76ers. [https://frontofficesports.com/article/lebron-james-polymarket-deal-worth-15-million-year/] Meanwhile, ''"[[Gambling]] Is Sending More People to the ER."'' [https://time.com/article/2026/10/05/gambling-emergency-room-visits/ ''Time'' magazine]
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'''[[Ted Cruz]] v. [[JD Vance]] heats up already in anticipation of 2028''': Cruz says Vance is "insecure" for saying that "Ted Cruz is running for president." [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/ted-cruz-blasts-jd-vance-as-insecure-says-hes-focused-on-helping-gop-win-midterms-01106033]
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'''Native [[West Ukraine]] & Holocaust Museum Fellow [[Dr. Marta Havryshko]]:''' '[[Slava Ukraini]]' and [[Anti-Jewish]] [[violence]]: Why a popular slogan is problematic. [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-and-anti-jewish-violence][https://www.threads.com/@stillgray/post/DdmHeVmjmLT/video-apparently-ukraine-is-now-a-member-of-nato-official-promo-video-slava-ukraini/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Hegseth]]’s love of [[war]]''' isn’t [[conservative]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservatives-dont-relish-war/] Hegseth and [[Huckabee]] misuse the [[Bible]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hegseth-and-huckabee-misuse-the-bible/]
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'''[[French]] [[School]] [[Riot]]s Update: 'Wild horde' '''beats [[police]] commander unconscious, stomps his head. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-riots-escalate-wild-horde-beats-police-commander-unconscious-stomps-his-head]
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'''$150M mega-flop for [[Hollywood]]'s movie about [[climate change]]''': ''Digger'' is an unfunny movie that not even [[Tom Cruise]] can salvage. [https://deadline.com/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-movie-bombs-1237146199/] ''Bombing oil refineries, and the [[economic]] damage that results, is not helping [[climate hoax]]ers.''
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'''[[Conservative]] Flávio Bolsonaro outperforms the polling and edges the [[socialist]] [[Lula]] for president of [[Brazil]]''', but a runoff is needed because neither candidate exceeded 50%.
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'''Closely watched presidential election in [[Brazil]]''' Sunday, where voting is mandatory for [[literacy|literate]] adults. Polls closed at 4pm ET. [https://apnews.com/live/brazil-election-2026#000001a0-ffc8-de35-a1e8-fffa3ed60000]
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'''Future presidential candidate Sen. [[Tom Cotton]] (R-AR) defies''' [[Trump]]'s push for permanent [[Daylight Savings Time]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/sen-tom-cotton-digs-after-trump-posts-his/]
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'''[[Woke]] [[Disney]] imposes more [[layoff]]s''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/disneypresident-says-layoffs-extremely-094448360.html] and its latest film fails with >$100M loss at the box office.
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'''[[Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo]] torches [[Europe]]''' in 'pro-[[Russia]]' speech, blasts [[war]] and [[military]] spending. [https://youtu.be/gHItxoEH-vI]
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''' 'We are watering the desert': [[EU]] pushes back''' on [[Zelensky]]'s latest demand for more [[money]]. [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/10/01/watering-the-desert-kievs-new-request-has-caused-irritation-in-brussels] [[Foreign]] embassies exit [[Kyiv]] for eastern [[Poland]]. [https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/western-embassies-prepare-evacuation-plans-1790968668.html]
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'''[[Tucker]] takes on [[UK]] [[warmonger]] [[Rees-Mogg]].''' [https://youtu.be/WDwKfFV8eCU]
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'''"Absolutely not"''': [[French]] superstar Victor Wembanyama rejects [[prediction markets]] ([[gambling]]) endorsements, observing "it’s very sad to see some players promote it." [https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/10/02/absolutely-not-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-rejects-prediction-market-endorsements/]
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'''[[Iran War]]: The [[narrative]] [[war]] continues''' to confuse and confuddle. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-the-narrative-war-continues-amidst-false-flags-and-big-explosions.html] 10,000 more troops headed to [[Middle East]]. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-up-to-10-000-more-troops-to-middle-east-42996f7a]
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'''[[Larry Johnson]]: [[Russia]] is not collapsing:''' A reply to Con Coughlin. [https://sonar21.com/russia-is-not-collapsing-a-reply-to-con-coughlin/]
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"'''[[Migrant]] Caravan Headed North''' Is Anticipating [[Democrat]] Win in [[2026 midterm elections|Midterms]]." [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/migrant-caravan-headed-north-is-anticipating-democrat-win/] [[France]] descending into chaos. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/01/french-youth-migrants-riot-and-burn-schools-during-three-days-of-violence-1949-arrests/] '''Update:''' France closes 400 [[school]]s, [[riot]]ers planning [[escalation]] October 6 & 7, next target [[London]] and [[UK]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/03/france-closes-400-schools-rioters-planning-major-escalation-october-6th-and-7th-next-target-london-and-u-k/]
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"'''[[IBM]]'s [[quantum computing|Quantum Computer]] Completes in 19 Seconds''' What Could Take a [[Supercomputer]] a Century." [https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century]
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'''[[Ukrainska Pravda]]: Enough for two more years of war:''' [[Russia]]'s [[economy]] just won't slip into [[recession]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/30/8055738/]
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"'''Most [[data center]]s refusing to say''' how much [[water]], [[electricity]] they use." [https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/30/data-centers-refusing-say-much-water-electricity-use]
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'''Lame "[[Fox News]] hires disgraced [[Andrew Cuomo|Cuomo]] aide''' who covered up [[COVID]] nursing-home deaths." [https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/fox-news-hires-former-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-covering-nursing-home-deaths]
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'''Relief from [[transgender activism]]''': "[[Department of Education|Education Department]] formally rescinds [[Title IX]] protections for [[LGBTQ]] students." [https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': If [[Trump]] had been more like [[Massie]]''', he might be winning the [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-trump-had-been-more-like-massie-he-might-be-winning-the-midterms/]
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'''Last of [[American]] forces withdraw''' from [[Iraq]] after 23-year occupation. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-completes-withdrawal-iraq-234832035.html][https://youtu.be/Z0-_03IaVT0]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: Situation [[escalate]]s''' across all fronts — [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]]/[[Yemen]]. [https://youtu.be/J98JGMm7fzA]
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'''[[William Schryver]]: Panic fever.''' [https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/panic-fever] ''As 2026 ebbs, Europe is running a panic fever in the realization the [[US]] intends to leave them to their own devices against the Russians — and, worst of all, against each other.''
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'''[[British]] authorities mess up''' another scare mongering scheme. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/british-authorities-mess-up-another-scare-mongering-scheme.html] '[[Terrorism|Terror]]' suspects released on bail. [https://youtu.be/hYlNYMDG3Ls]
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'''[[GOP]] collapse in polling extends even to [[South Carolina]]''': [[Dem]] pulls into a tie with [[Lindsey Graham]]'s sister for his seat. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6113414-graham-andrews-south-carolina-poll-close/?tbref=hp]
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'''The [[Gen Z]] stare''': many are noticing it.
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/theyre-famous-for-the-gen-z-stare-a-new-survey-tells-a-different-story-161317446.html] ''Over-[[vaccination]] could be a factor but the [[liberal media]] won't mention that''.
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'''Massive [[German]] protests''' against [[globalist]] efforts to rekindle German-[[Russian]] [[hatred]]s and [[war]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/german-students-strike-against-mandatory-military-service-videos/][https://youtu.be/tgHoeYGJhZ8]
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'''[[Liberal logic]]''': "[[Socialist]] [[Spanish]] PM Tells [[U.N.]] That Inequality and Misinformation to Blame for [[Ceuta]] [[Migrant]] Invasion."
[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/25/socialist-spanish-pm-blames-inequality-and-misinformation-for-ceuta-invasion-in-u-n-speech/]
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'''[[Dem]] challenger to Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] (R-TX) runs a new ad featuring a [[J6]], pro-[[Trump]] protester''', and some say this race is close. [https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/texas-gina-hinojosa-abbott-ad-jan-6-tribfest-2026/]
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'''[[Putin]] wins landslide,''' [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/the-duma-landslide-for-putin/] [[Trump]] faces bloodbath. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms]
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'''[[The West|West]] humiliated: Only 50 of 193 [[UN]] states''' back [[Ukraine]], with the [[US]] & [[BRICS]] countries sitting out. [https://youtu.be/jUuuMhU0eG8]
'Some of you will have to die' - [[war]] [[psychosis]] reaches fever pitch in [[UK]]. [https://youtu.be/na0TDIFyIhM][https://youtu.be/GQyXscuclcw] [[Alexander Stubb|Finnish President Stubb]] tried to talk some sense into his hysterical [[NATO]] counterparts. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-finnish-president-tried-to-talk]
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'''More evidence the public doubts longterm solvency by the feds''': 19-year high in interest rates required by investors in 10-year [[Treasury bond]]s. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/23/10-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-19-year-high/]
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'''[[GOP]] slides further for [[2026 midterm elections]]''': downgrade to a toss-up for [[Byron Donalds]] for governor of [[Florida]].
[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6107124-ddhq-shifts-florida-governor-race-tossup/amp/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Republican]]s try to oppose the [[war]]''' without opposing the war. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-republicans-want-to-have-it-both-ways/]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'': More [[US]] troops have died''' amid [[Iran war]] than [[Pentagon]] has disclosed publicly; [https://archive.is/mGGy2#selection-291.0-291.77] [[GOP]] [[Senator]]s run for the exits. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-wapo-pentagon-casualty-count-off-gop-senators-trump-un.html] [[Trump]] talks smack at [[UN]]. [https://youtu.be/xRcIl4p8SNY][https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-to-world-to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/][https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/trumps-unconscionable-un-rant/]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: [[Ukraine proxy war]] enters dangerous new phase.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/ukraine-proxy-war-enters-dangerous]
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'''"A [[diesel]]-powered panic for [[GOP]] in [[Iowa]]"''': [[farming]] depends heavily on [[trucking]], and "it costs more than $500 to fill up a small commercial truck." [https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6102812-ashley-hinson-iran-war/] [[Louisiana]] declares State of Emergency. [https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2026/9/22/governor-jeff-landry-declares-emergency-allows-farmers-and-loggers-to-use-cheaper-off-road-dyed-diesel-on-louisiana-roadways]
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'''''[[NYT]]'': [[Mark Carney]] prepared [[military]] [[combat]] operations''' against [[USA]], plans closer ties to [[China]], wants alternate global [[reserve currency]] like stablecoin to replace [[US dollar]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/24/canadian-prime-minister-tells-new-york-times-hes-prepared-military-combat-operations-against-usa-plans-closer-ties-with-china-and-wants-alternate-global-reserve-currency-to-u-s-dollar/]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Russia]] [[strategic]] [[diesel]] supplies full,''' excess production now flowing to 'Stans' [[Central Asia]] – The Rule of 96. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosted-diesel-exports-central-asia-august-traders-say-2026-09-21/][https://english.nv.ua/business/russia-boosts-diesel-supplies-to-central-asia-2-5-fold-amid-export-restrictions-50643219.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/22/russia-strategic-diesel-supplies-full-excess-production-now-flowing-to-stans-central-asia-the-rule-of-96/] ''The [[US]] diesel shortage is caused by the [[Iran war|war in Iran]], not [[Ukraine]].''
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'''Congratulations to [[pro-life]] [[conservative]]s in [[Germany]]''': their [[AfD|AfD Party]] rises in power to counter the growing [[Leftism]] there [https://www.axios.com/2026/09/21/germany-election-results-afd-merz] ''similar to what is happening in the [[U.S.]]''
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'''The People Have Spoken:''' [[Putin]]'s [[political party|party]] wins big, [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-election-cast-test-support-ukraine-war-enters-final-day-2026-09-20/] [[Merz]]'s [[CDU]] loses big in [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz/a-79348585] ''Neither the [[German]] people nor the [[Russian]] people want [[war]] with each other again, despite the machinations of [[elitism|elites]] & [[globalist]]s.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary: 'Zelensky is''' destroying [[Ukraine]]'. [https://youtu.be/E4-pZhxqm1w] [[Election]]s would be [[political]] [[suicide]] for Zelensky, [https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/] Zelensky humiliates [[Trump]] with continued attacks on refineries. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-manipulating-trumps-russiagate]
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'''[[US]] puppet convicted of [[war crime]]s.''' [https://political.org/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25-years/#:]
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'''[[Alastair Crooke]]: A World Turned Upside Down.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/a-world-turned-upside-down]
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'''World's greatest athlete - [[Kylian Mbappe]] - is strongly opposed to [[gambling]] and takes greater control of his brand''' by moving from [[Nike]] to a [[Swiss]] apparel company. In contrast with [[NFL]], [[MLB]], and [[NBA]] players, Mbappe objects to use of his image to promote gambling. [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25_balsa_cadenas.pdf]
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'''While canceling [[Ukraine]] [[election]]s, [[Zelensky]]''' attempts to disrupt [[Russian]] [[democratic]] elections. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-voted-under-fire-washington]
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'''[[Yemen]]is criticize [[Saudi]] association''' with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. [https://ansarollah.com.ye/en/archives/799397] ''Saudis gave Epstein artifacts from the [[Kaaba]] for his 'mosque' on [[Epstein Island]], [[Justice Dept]] confirms.'' [https://youtu.be/FmO9Ri8JGq0]
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'''[[Canada]]’s [[Mark Carney|Carney]] panders to [[Europe]]''' "to [[Troll]] [[Trump]]." [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/19/canadas-carney-sucks-up-to-europe-to-troll-trump/]
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'''[[Poland]]’s ruling [[liberal]]s plotting major [[escalation]]''' against [[Russia]]. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/polands-ruling-liberals-appear-to-be-plotting-a-major-escalation-against-russia.html] [[Fico]] warns: '[[The West]] wants to provoke [[NATO]]-[[Russia]] [[war]]' - [[Lavrov]] warns of devastating response. [https://youtu.be/rks0CcmC2zc][https://korybko.substack.com/p/slovakias-fico-wont-let-a-false-flag] [[Donald Tusk]]: [[Ukraine]] losing 27,000 men per month. [https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-closes-orekhov-trap-tusk-admits-ukraine-loses-27k-each-month-us-diesel-export-ban-shocks-eu/]
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'''"[[Lake Powell]] Drops to Record-Low Levels"''' as [[cannabis]] grows and [[data center]]s soak up vast amount of [[water]]. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/]
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"Former [[Transgender]] [[Atheist]] Says One [[Bible]] Verse Helped Lead Her Back to [[Jesus]]." [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspirationreport/2026/09/former-transgender-atheist-says-one-bible-verse-helped-lead-her-back-to-jesus.html]
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'''[[N.C.]] [[Dem]] 'running to restore human decency' '''endorses [[genocide]] of [[Trump]] [[voter]]s. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/north-carolina-dem-candidate-supposedly-running-restore-human/]
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'''The [[demonic]] [[NFL]] just stripped''' the outspokenly [[pro-life]] critic of [[LGBTQ+]], twice-[[Super Bowl]]-winning (as a player, later as head coach) [[Tony Dungy]] of his vote in [[NFL Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] selections. [https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tony-dungy-lisa-salters-stripped-pro-football-hall-of-fame-votes.html] In March the [[liberal media]] ended his job too. '''''[[Unplug the NFL]]'''''.
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'''[[Quebec]]'s hostility to [[conservative]]s''': "Conservative forced out as candidate because he’s not [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[LGBT]]." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservative-forced-out-as-candidate-because-hes-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt/?utm_source=most_recent]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': Given the chance, [[Ukrainian]]s would''' give [[Zelensky]] the boot. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/given-the-chance-ukrainians-would-give-zelensky-the-boot/] ''The [[war]]time leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.'' ''Too bad Ukraine is no longer a [[democracy]].''
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'''[[Censorship]] Update:''' [[Trump]] bans [[CNN]], [[MSNOW]] & [[Politico]] from [[White House]] press pool. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/18/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-and-politico-from-the-white-house/] ''Pro-[[gay]] & pro [[neocon]] [[globalist]] [[FOX News]] untouched.'' [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary barred from speaking to [[EU Parliament]].
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'''To avoid the [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[War Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]]''', the [[House]] abruptly adjourns until after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/johnson-cancels-another-house-session-day-01079318][https://youtu.be/xHPG7Wi2g4U] ''Why isn't Hegseth fired before the midterms instead?'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/thomas-massie-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-hegseth/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/i/215955235/3-domestic-disintegration-impeachment-legal-gymnastics-and-the-tehran-contrast]
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Will '[[America First]]' survive''' [[Trump]]'s [[war]]-first presidency? [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/america-first-jd-vance/]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[The Spectator|UK ''Spectator'']]: [[Zelensky]]’s [[strategy]] is [[nation]]al [[suicide]].''' [https://spectator.com/article/zelenskys-strategy-is-national-suicide/] ''Zelensky is interfering in the [[2026 Midterms]] by striking [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries, trying to topple [[Trump]].'' [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-truce-shambles-ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-despite-trumps-warning-amid-global]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Trump]] strikes deal with [[Houthis]],''' tosses [[Saudi Arabia]] overboard. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-met-iran-backed-houthis-oman-over-weekend-sources-say-2026-09-16/] ''Funny, the [[US]] went to [[Iran war|war with Iran]] for [[regime change]], and now it looks like the [[Saudi]] [[monarchy]], Iran's traditional enemy, might not survive.'' [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-europe-oil-and-us-diesel-crunch-worsens-tucker-exposes-massive-trump-israel-bombing-campaign-right-after-midterms-experts-question-survival-of-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-jordsn.html][https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/saudi-arabias-potentially-destructive]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board|Fed]] raises [[interest rate]]s 1/4 pt.''' [https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-41]
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'''Fourth Chief Prosecutor in a row''' flees [[Ukraine]] to escape [[corruption]] charges. [https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/kompromat-war-sharpens] [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary flees to [[US]] for protection from the [[corrupt]] and murderous regime. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-walls-close-in-zelensky-lashes-out/]
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'''Limit foreigners to 20% of [[college]] sports rosters''': [[Republican]] Sen. [[Jon Husted]], in a tight reelection race in [[Ohio]], introduces sensible legislation for [[American]]s. [https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09/a-new-bill-from-us-sen-husted-could-reshape-college-sports-rosters.html]
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'''"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court]]"''', [[Trump]] observes about his appointees to [[SCOTUS]] after they all rule against new postal regulations for [[early voting|mail-in voting]], while Justices [[Sam Alito|Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Thomas]] side with the [[U.S. Postal Service|Postal Service]] and Trump. [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/]
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'''"[[Trojan Horse]]"''': [[JD Vance]] sees through the demands by [[AI]] [[oligarch]]s for [[federal]] [[regulation]] of themselves [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trojan-horse-jd-vance-suggests-its-suspicious-ai-ceos-are-calling-for-government-regulation/] which would just give more power to the [[bankrupt]] [[Deep State]] in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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'''[[US]] provides both the [[missile]]s & [[intelligence]]''' for long-range deep strikes on [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries. [https://archive.ph/caeMM#selection-531.0-535.107]
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'''[[Diesel]] rises to historic record high of $6 per gal''' and everything will [[cost]] more. [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/diesel-record-price-trump-inflation-rcna596843] [[Trump]] tells [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to stop striking [[Russian]] [[energy]] [[infrastructure]]. [https://youtu.be/0SiZa8g52lY][https://youtu.be/AXlkH2xdRUQ][https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-trump-calls-zelensky-targeting-russian-diesel-refineries/] [[Neocon]] [[warmonger]]ing rag ''[[WSJ]]'': Trump Lectures [[Ukraine]], not [[Russia]]. [https://archive.is/LWIUx] ''Of course, the [[propaganda]] rag still attributes the actions of Ukraine to Russia.''
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''See also [[Main Page/Archive index|Previous Conservapedia Breaking News]]''.

Mystery:Did Jesus Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?

2026-11-06T01:27:02Z

Aschlafly:

The [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] was written by [[Jesus]], as proven by the following:
* it speaks with authority far greater than any other [[New Testament]] [[Epistle]], as confirmed by [[AI]];<ref>ChatGPT ranks this Epistle as having the most authoritarian style -- by far -- of all the Epistles in the [[New Testament]]. For example, this Epistle is the only book that threatens [[retribution]]. ''See'' {{Bibleref|Heb|2|2}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
* the process of elimination has ruled out every plausible author other than Jesus, including [[Paul]];<ref>The vocabulary and style of this epistle are vastly different from Paul's, who identified himself in the first word of his letters, but there is no such identification in this Epistle. See generally [https://rsc.byu.edu/how-new-testament-came-be/authorship-epistle-hebrews#_note-1]. This Epistle was written in the highly refined "[[Attic Greek]]," rather than the more common "[[Koine Greek]]" used by the rest of the [[New Testament]], including many of Paul's letters, and by the [[Septuagint]].</ref>
* the quality of this writing in elegant Greek is at the highest level found anywhere, which no [[Christian]] other than Jesus was capable of doing, and whoever authored this wrote nothing else;<ref>The superiority of the Greek in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is seen in multiple ways:
*Vocabulary: Hebrews uses an unusually rich vocabulary, including many words occurring nowhere else in the New Testament.
*Syntax: Its author readily employs long, carefully constructed sentences, subordinate clauses, participial constructions, and rhetorical devices characteristic of educated Greek prose.
*Style and rhetoric: The work displays deliberate literary composition—parallelism, alliteration, wordplay, balanced clauses, carefully structured arguments, and sophisticated transitions.
*[[Septuagint]] use: The author handles the Greek Old Testament with considerable sophistication and develops arguments that sometimes depend upon its Greek wording.
*Opening sentence: Hebrews 1:1–4 is one of the clearest demonstrations. In Greek, those four English verses constitute essentially one elaborate periodic sentence, beginning Polymerōs kai polytropōs (“In many portions and in many ways…”). It is markedly literary Greek.</ref>
* this Epistle has an "unusually dense concentration" of [[Jesus]]'s personal knowledge, according to ChatGPT;<ref>Examples of Jesus's personal knowledge contained in this Epistle include the following, as confirmed by ChatGPT:
*'''The Son's pre-creation role''': God “made the worlds” through the Son (Heb. 1:2), and the Son “laid the foundation of the earth” (1:10).
*'''The Son's heavenly status''': He is “the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person” (1:3), followed by an extended description of what God says to the Son (1:5–13).
*'''A divine statement associated with Christ's coming into the world''': Hebrews 10:5–7 attributes to Christ, upon “coming into the world,” the declaration, “a body hast thou prepared me . . . Lo, I come . . . to do thy will, O God.” Although constructed through Psalm 40, Hebrews presents this as Christ speaking.
*'''Jesus' private suffering and prayers''': Hebrews 5:7 says that during his earthly life Jesus “offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears.” The canonical Gospels provide related material, particularly Gethsemane, but not this precise description.
*'''Christ's heavenly priestly activity''': Hebrews 7:25; 8:1–2; 9:11–12, 24 describe what Christ does in heaven after the Ascension—appearing before God, interceding, and functioning as heavenly high priest.
*'''Christ's knowledge concerning his incarnation and mission''': Hebrews 2:10–18 and 10:5–10 contain theological information extending beyond externally observable events.</ref> and
* the author had apparently shed blood as [[Jesus]] did, but his audience had not yet: "In your struggle against [[sin]] ''you'' have not yet resisted to the point of shedding ''your'' blood."<ref>{{Bibleref|Hebrews|12|4}} ([[ESV]]) (emphasis added).</ref> Shedding blood then and there without hospitals typically meant dying, and only Jesus rose from the dead to give this admonition.
The [[liberal denial]] that Jesus authored this is based on its reference to "us" as having heard about the teachings of Jesus, but it is common for teachers to invoke a rhetorical "we/us" to bond with an audience, as in telling students that "we are here to learn." Some Christians resist Jesus as the author because [[Martin Luther]] was critical of this Epistle, or because this Epistle implies no salvation for those who reject Jesus.

The ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' says this work "is extremely polished, elegant, and cultured [[Greek]],"<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/biblical-literature/The-Letter-to-the-Hebrews</ref> and commentators confirm its "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style."<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm</ref> Its advanced style of Greek is similar, but even better, than the style of the [[Epistle of James]] (Jesus's brother). '''''There are 52 reasons that Jesus was its author''''', see [[#Evidence that Jesus wrote this|below]].

Just as in the encounter on the [[Road to Emmaus]] disciples of [[Jesus]] failed to recognize Him as they walked together, many fail to recognize Jesus as the author of this masterpiece. '''''The same process of elimination method that is used in science (e.g., discovery of [[Neptune]]) and medicine (e.g., [[differential diagnosis]]) points to Jesus as the author'''''.

This Epistle was likely written soon after the [[Resurrection]], ''see'' [[Date of Hebrews]], because it was prior to martyrdom of [[Stephen]] (34 A.D.) and before disciples understood the theology ("You need milk, not solid food,"<ref>{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|12}} ([[ESV]])</ref> in theological instruction, this Epistle tells the disciples). [[Paul]] apparently used this Epistle in his letters he began writing by 48 A.D. This Epistle was certainly written prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, and ''The First Epistle of Clement'', written in A.D. 70 or 95,<ref>https://earlychristianhistory.net/1clement.html</ref> refers to and incorporates many phrases from the Epistle to the Hebrews.

In contrast with all other epistles and letters in the [[New Testament]], it is a misnomer to call this the "Epistle" to the Hebrews. It is not a letter; there is no introduction, and it reads like a sermon. Nor was it formally addressed to the "Hebrews"; its teachings are for all. This Epistle begins with an unusually detailed discussion of [[angel]]s, apparently picking up on the very same topic of discussion as on the [[road to Emmaus]] described in {{bibleref|Luke|24|23}}

Recognizing the possibility of [[Jesus]] as the author helps eliminate translation errors, such as the mistaken use of the supposition ("If") by the [[KJV]] in {{bibleref|Hebrews|6|6}} (click "all English translations"). Recognizing the early [[Date of Hebrews|date of this Epistle]] enables rejection of the fiction that any community turned against [[Christianity]] to necessitate this letter, which is the false narrative often taught.
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==Evidence that Jesus wrote this==
'''''There are 52 reasons for concluding that Jesus wrote (or dictated) this Epistle''''':
#{{Bibleref|Hebrews|13|19}} references the return of Jesus in the first person: "I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner."
#the author quotes [[Jesus]] in the first person: "Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O [[God]], as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’"<ref>Hebrews 10:7 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#the first chapter {{bibleref|Hebrews|1|5-13}} quotes [[God]] directly many times, including statements by God to Jesus, with some wording found nowhere else in all of [[Scriptures]].<ref>Portions of these quotes are similar to Psalms 45:6-7, 102:25-27, and 110:1, while other portions of the quotations are new to this Epistle. ''See generally'' https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/hebrews-1/ Note that the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] was completed in the 2nd century [[B.C.]]</ref>
#this Epistle is a sermon having subject matter identical to the detailed sermon given soon after the [[Resurrection]] by Jesus to two travelers on the [[road to Emmaus]], and it's implausible that this important sermon would be lost without a trace. Jesus would have wanted all to benefit from that sermon, not merely the two travelers, and He would have done so anonymously as He did on that walk. The length of this Epistle -- about 90 minutes when spoken with breaks -- matches the length of the brisk walk from Jerusalem to [[road to Emmaus|Emmaus]] as nightfall approached, see {{bibleref|Luke|24|13-35}}.
#the author wrote this spectacular work but nothing else: this book has the largest number of unique words not used anywhere else in the [[New Testament]] (154),<ref>https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/how-any-words-are-in-the-greek-new-testament/</ref> and 10 words not found anywhere else in all of classical or Biblical Greek. Great writers at the highest literary level composed more than one work in their lifetimes, and Jesus as God is the only plausible exception to that rule.
#the author states that he is instructing his disciples for the second time: "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God."<ref>{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|12}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#the author twice uses the verb for "Gospel" to describe Jesus's preaching (euaggelizō - to proclaim good news, at Hebrews 4:2 and 4:6), which is the same novel use of that term which [[Jesus]] himself used repeatedly as quoted in the [[Gospel of Mark]] (and then the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke]]; it is also used often in the [[Acts of the Apostles]] and in [[Paul]]'s letters but only as a noun by Paul);
#the style of Jesus was not to identify himself, but to await others to seek and find him, just as he never identified himself during the walk on the [[Road to Emmaus]]; likewise, it is up to us to recognize Him as the disciples on that journey eventually did.
#the author has the same unique style of witty, yet loving, humbling of mankind as in [[Jesus]]'s teachings: '''''compare''''' Jesus's foregoing "You need milk, not solid food" '''''with''''' his parable about giving people one last chance by fertilizing them with manure: "I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8And [the servant] answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.’"<ref>{{bibleref|Luke|13|7-8|ESV}}</ref>
#the first chapter compares the role of [[Jesus]] to that of angels, which only He would know about and emphasize. In addition, Jesus's emphasis on the role of angels in this Epistle explains his enigmatic quoted statement perfectly at {{bibleref|Matthew|11|11}}: "Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than" [[John the Baptist]].
#the author explains Jesus's mental state, which only Jesus would know, as in "That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers."<ref>Hebrews 2:11 ([[ESV]]) [https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+2/]</ref>
#the author hints that he knows more than he can reveal, at {{bible ref|Hebrews|9|5}} ("Above it were the [[cherubim]] of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.").
#the author refers to "the", "your", and "their" fathers in the [[Old Testament]], not "our" fathers because [[Jesus]] (as the author) pre-existed them.
#This Epistle quotes from the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] [[Old Testament]], as [[Jesus]] did when preaching (see Mark 7:6–7 and Luke 4:17–21), while [[Paul]] quoted from the Masoretic [[Hebrew]] version as a [[Pharisee]] would.
#"if he shrinks back [from his [[faith]]], my soul has no pleasure in him" ({{bibleref|Hebrews|10|38}}) is falsely presented in modern translations as a quotation from the [[Old Testament]], which it is not, and is instead a statement by the author about himself, who must therefore have been [[Jesus]]; similarly, this appears to be a direct warning by Jesus, in reference to Himself: "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the [[living God]]." {{bibleref|Hebrews|10|31}}
#the date of this Epistle is very soon after the [[Resurrection]], and there was insufficient time for anyone other than [[Jesus]] to develop and perfect this masterpiece;<ref>See [[Date of Hebrews]].</ref>
#only the victim of [[The Passion]] including the [[Crucifixion]] -- [[Jesus]] himself -- would use the term "fitting" to describe such a horrible ordeal, and no third person would rudely describe it with that term as {{bibleref|Hebrews|2|10}} does;
#the [[Epistle of James]], as written by Jesus's younger brother [[James the Just|James]], is uniquely similar in content and elegant style of [[Greek]] to the Epistle of Hebrews, which suggests that both came from the same family of authors just as similar [[DNA]] can so indicate. For example, {{bibleref|Hebrew|1|1}} says, "God spoke to our fathers by the prophets," and {{bibleref|James|5|10}} states, "the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." Also, Jesus appeared to James after the [[Resurrection]], and James met with [[Paul]], which would have assured distribution of this Epistle through James and Paul, see [[1st Corinthians, Chapter 15|1 Corinthians 15:7]] and [[Galatians, Chapter 1|Galatians 1:19]]: "But other of the apostles saw I none, save [[James the Just|James]] the [[Lord]]'s brother."
#the tone of authority is greater than in any other letter in the Bible, as in Hebrews 9:27: "It is reserved for men to die once, and then be judged"; also, the author uses the "royal we," which is the plural form for the first person as used by a king, sovereign, or other person having great authority, see {{bibleref|Heb|11|3|ESV}}: "Through [[faith]] we understand that ...." Elsewhere, the author also uses the "rhetorical we" to bond with the audience;<ref>See {{Bibleref|Heb|2|3}} ([[ESV]]), discussed further below.
#the author makes additional observations about Jesus that only Jesus himself could make, and does so in the present perfect progressive tense to convey his ongoing presence at the time, such as "in every respect [Jesus] has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." {{Bibleref|Hebrews|4|15}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#by describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine.
#the author says at [[Hebrews, Chapter 3|Hebrews 3:7-8]] that the [[Holy Spirit]] was speaking in [[Psalm 95|Psalm 95:7-8]], which reflects Jesus's unique emphasis on the [[Holy Spirit]] in contrast with the view of the [[Pharisee]]s (notice also the remarkable alignment of verses 7-8 in the two books).
#the term for "somewhere" is used twice in this Epistle and nowhere else in the entire [[Bible]], at {{bibleref|Heb|2|6}} and {{bibleref|Heb|4|4}}, similar to Jesus uniquely imploring people to "seek, and you will find," {{bibleref|Matthew|7|7}} ([[ESV]]).
#this Epistle uniquely emphasizes the power of the Word of [[God]] as a person ("him"): "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account."<ref>Heb 4:12-13 ([[NAB]]). See [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hebrews/4]</ref>
#this Epistle was written before any physical persecution of the disciples: "In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood." ({{Bibleref|Heb|12|4}}<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>) Stephen was martyred around A.D. 37, merely a few years after the [[Crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], so this Epistle was written before then. But there is indication of some afflictions having occurred prior to this Epistle.<ref>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A32-34&version=RSV Hebrews 10:32-34] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+13%3A3&version=RSV 13:3] which testifies to their sufferings and physical abuse (Strong's numbers ''3804'' and ''2347'' and ''2558'': KJV "afflictions" ''hardship'' or ''pain'', and "afflictions" ''pressure, anguish, burden, persecution, tribulation'', and "adversity" ''maltreat, torment''). See text analysis: [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-32.htm Hebrews 10:32], [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-33.htm 33], [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-34.htm 34] and [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/13-3.htm 13:3]</ref> It is quite possible this Epistle was written prior to the [[Ascension]], during Jesus's time here.
#this Epistle uses the same reference to [[Jesus]] as "the truth" ("For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" [[Hebrews, Chapter 10|Hebrews 10:26]]) which the [[Gospel of John]] quotes Jesus as saying, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." [[John, Chapter 18|John 18:37]].
#the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> There is not a single grammatical flaw in the entire work, despite its complexity.
#it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the [[road to Emmaus]].
#the substance of this work is a firsthand account of Jesus becoming man, subsequently crying out to God to save Jesus from real death, which God then did by intervening; only Jesus could have described this;<ref>Jesus "offered up prayers and heartfelt stirrings with loud cries and tears to Him having the power to save Him from death, and He was heard, for he feared God."</ref> the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.
#the Epistle was directed at the [[Hebrew]] population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.
#Jesus was surely capable of writing a great work, and there is no other known written work by Him.
#It is fitting that Jesus would make one last attempt -- post-Resurrection -- to persuade the Hebrew people for whom His ministry was originally intended.
#In light of the rejection and [[censorship]] of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, this Epistle attained wider distribution without censorship by the powers-that-be by being anonymous; [[Samaritan]]s rejected all of the [[Old Testament]] other than the [[Pentateuch]], so to artfully avoid alienating Samaritans, Jesus had to remain anonymous as he cited Old Testament prophets not recognized by Samaritans.
#The Epistle to the Hebrews is unique in its attempt to explain the concept of [[faith]] -- something that Jesus emphasized in His ministry, and perhaps only He could explain as this Epistle does.
#Jesus spent 40 days on Earth between the Resurrection and the Ascension, and it is implausible that He did not continue His ministry in an effective way. Writing an Epistle is the most plausible activity, given what had transpired.
#{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|5}} quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.
#Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the [[Gospels]], there is no reference to post-Ascension events.
#ancient manuscripts refer in {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|21}} to God working among "you", not "us", which is what Jesus (rather than a disciple) would say. There are additional references to "you" when "we" would be expected if the author were another disciple, rather than Jesus. ''See, e.g.'', {{bibleref|Hebrews|3|15|ESV}} (“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”); {{bibleref|Hebrews|9|14|KJV}} ("How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God").
#"Amen" was typically added later at the end of New Testament letters (and the Book of Revelation), which means that the ending ''following'' Hebrews 13:21 is almost certainly not part of the original. Someone probably thought this letter was by Paul (since disproven) and copied the endings from his letters (''see, e.g.'', [[Titus]]), but made a mistake because Paul always said "Timothy our brother" while the added ending to Hebrews says "brother of ours Timothy."
#the father-son analogy to explain the nature of God (Hebrews 7:4) was a personal favorite of Jesus in explaining life.
#in Hebrews 12:4, the distinction between the speaker and the audience with respect to shedding blood in resistance to sin would have likely been only by Jesus: "You have not yet shed blood in resistance and striving against sin."
#any writing by Jesus would intentionally and necessarily be anonymous, so that it would not eclipse the valuable other writings by disciples.
#the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] contains more warnings against [[apostasy]] than any other book in the [[Bible]], as one might expect [[Jesus]] to emphasize. See Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 12:15-29.
#the Epistle to the Hebrews is written in Jesus's style, as you can read in the Gospels: say the truth simply and straightforwardly, use comparisons, and put in some questions. If you pick any part in the Epistle to the Hebrews and compare and contrast it with Jesus's words in the Gospels, you will note this.
#the Epistle to the Hebrews shows things no one had ever thought of before. It perfectly explains the Law and Prophets (which did Jesus in Luke 24), it shows Jesus's soul (which only Jesus could do), it re-explains important doctrines (which Jesus explained), it shows adoration and complete understanding of God (which only Jesus had) and it reveals going-ons unknown to anyone else (like Jesus's entering of the Temple). In other words, it is written from Jesus's point of view.
#It uses the Greek term "μυρίος" in the sense of "[[infinity|infinite]]" to describe the number of [[angel]]s, which is a sense of the term different from its use in other biblical books.
#{{bibleref|Hebrews|13|4}} quotes [[God]] directly, and while there is a similar phrase at {{bibleref|Deut|31|6}}, that is not a direct quote of God.
#this Epistle uniquely uses, as only [[Jesus]] would know, the concept of "universe" in [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] about the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]], see {{bibleref|Heb|1|11}} (the universe "will all wear out like a garment"), and [[quantum mechanics]], see {{bibleref|Heb|11|3}} ("By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.").
#this Epistle contains surprising praise of a sinner that was unique to Jesus's style as recounted in [[the Gospels]]: "By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." [[Hebrews, Chapter 11|Hebrews 11:31]].
#this Epistle refers sympathetically to prisoners just as [[Jesus]] uniquely did, ''compare'' {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|3}} ("Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.") ''with'' {{bibleref|Matt|25|36}} ("I was in prison and you came to me."). ''See also'' {{bibleref|Heb|10|34}} ("For you had compassion on those in prison ....").
#this Epistle does not use the phrase "as it is written" as frequently used in the [[Gospels]] and by [[Paul]] in his letters, but instead quotes [[Jesus]] and God the Father directly.
#this Epistle has the same style of unique wit about self-interested conduct that Jesus expressed in his [[parable]]s, such as telling everyone "to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares," {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|2}}.

== Corroboration ==
A posting by "Hermas" in the Biblical History and Criticism Forum observes that:
{{cquote|Almost every verse of James [the brother of Jesus] corresponds in some way with the Hebrews. [Another commentator observed strong parallels between John's letters and this Epistle also.]
Then, after the Apostles, Clement, Justin Martyr and other Fathers focus on the Hebrews.<ref>https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8747 (Dec. 22, 2021).</ref>}}

An additional point is that the author makes no direct mention of [[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]], as was the humble custom of writers of that time (and of Jesus in his preaching) not to refer to their own mother; [[Mark]] likewise omitted any acknowledgement of his mother [[Salome]] (also, Mary was still alive and thus potentially at some risk if identified).
== Fundamental Flaws in the [[Liberal Denial]] ==
[[Liberal denial]] that [[Jesus]] was the author of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] includes these fundamental flaws:
*the denials do not even consider the ''possibility'' of [[Jesus]] as the author, reflecting bias in the denials;
*the denials make up, like [[fake news]], a non-existent straying of a community from [[Christianity]] decades later, which never happened; and
*the denials are circular in falsely presuming a late [[Date of Hebrews]], and then use that assumption in order to reject Jesus as the author.
=== Google AI ===
Google AI suffers badly from [[liberal bias]] and is controlled by near-illiterates. Google AI rejects Jesus as the author based on its misunderstanding of the "rhetorical we" as a common device whereby a speaker bonds with his audience by using "we" rather than "you". For example, Rev. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] used the "rhetorical we" in his famous letter from the Birmingham Jail: "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."<ref>https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/mlkjail.html</ref> Under Google AI's theory, Rev. Martin Luther King's letter from the jail could not have been written by him, because of its use of "we".

Google AI relies on this plainly mistaken logic to conclude that Jesus did author the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] based on this verse in it: "how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard ...."<ref>{{Bibleref|Hebrews|2|3}} ([[ESV]]).</ref> Just two verses earlier, in {{Bibleref|Hebrews|2|1}}, the author likewise uses the rhetorical we as a substitute for an accusatory you: "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." ([[ESV]])

Google AI resorts to strident bias to criticize the hypothesis that Jesus wrote this Epistle: "However, a highly obscure, fringe theory proposing Jesus as the author does exist on alternative platforms like Conservapedia."

=== ChatGPT ===
ChatGPT fallaciously relies on the same Hebrews 2:3 passage as Google AI, but ChatGPT is not so stridently biased in its tone. ChatGPT then illogically says that Jesus was not the author because there are some third-person references to Jesus in Hebrews:
{{cquote|Hebrews 3:1 says, “consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.” The author speaks of Jesus in the third person.
Hebrews 4:14 similarly says, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest … Jesus the Son of God.”
 Hebrews 12:2 tells the readers to look “unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” Again, Jesus is presented as the subject of the author's discussion."}}
But when asked, ChatGPT then admits that Jesus often referred to Himself in the third person in the [[Gospels]] too:
{{cquote|Matthew 8:20 (parallel Luke 9:58):

:“The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” (KJV)

Jesus is plainly referring to himself while using the third person.

There are many stronger examples:

*Matthew 9:6: “the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins.”
*Matthew 12:8: “the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.”
*Matthew 17:22–23: “The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him.”
*Matthew 20:28: “the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”
*Mark 8:31: “the Son of man must suffer many things … and be killed.”
*Luke 19:10: “the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

There is an even more striking example in John 17:1–3. While Jesus is praying, he refers to himself as “thy Son” and then as “Jesus Christ”:

:“Father … glorify thy Son.... And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”}}

== Views of Biblical Scholars ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Biblical Scholar !! View of Authorship
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| St. [[Jerome]] || Doubted Paul wrote it, but went along with the prevailing view at that time
|-
| [[William Tyndale]] || Said the authorship is unknown, with wit that "learned men" debate it
|-
| [[Martin Luther]] || Disliked this Epistle and even questioned its authenticity; ultimately included it in his translation of the [[New Testament]]. Suggested that Apollos (an Alexandrian Jew) wrote it.
|-
| [[Origen]] (c. 185–253 AD) || Famously stated that only God knows who wrote this Epistle, and it wasn't Paul because there are too many differences in vocabulary and style with Paul's letters
|-
| [[John Calvin]] || Not Paul, and suggested that the author might possibly have been either Luke or Clement; Calvin was persuaded by Heb 2:3 ([[ESV]]): "This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him." But this verse is plainly the "rhetorical we" to unite the author with his audience, as [[Jesus]] would have necessarily used for greater effect than an accusatory pronoun "you". If this was Jesus's sermon on the [[Road to Emmaus]], then he would have had to use "we" to disguise his identity during the walk.
|-
| Bruce Metzger || Not Paul, who referenced "Christ Jesus" 90 times in Paul's letters, and yet that does not occur even once in this Epistle
|-
| Bart Ehrman || Not Paul, for the additional reason that the meaning of "[[faith]]" in this Epistle is confidence in an unseen reality, while in Paul's letters it is more a mystical personal connection with Jesus
|-
| St. [[Augustine]] || in his earliest work (e.g., 406 AD), he felt Paul wrote this Epistle, but in his latest works (409–30 AD) Augustine always refers to it as anonymous
|}

== Rebutting Grok's Counterarguments ==

The [[AI]] [[Grok]], which is managed by [[liberal]]s despite [[Elon Musk]]'s ownership, generates and ranks its top five counterarguments. Here are rebuttals to them:

1. The Epistle to the Hebrews was composed between 70-90 CE, decades after Jesus' death around 30 CE, making it chronologically impossible for him to have written it. (Strength: 100)

'''Rebuttal:''' this counterargument is circular and based on a false premise about when it was written. The evidence is overwhelming that the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] was written soon after the [[Resurrection]], not decades later. ''See'' [[Date of Hebrews]].

2. "The author describes receiving the gospel message second-hand from those who heard it from the Lord (Hebrews 2:3-4), indicating the writer was not Jesus himself, the original source. (Strength: 99)"

'''Rebuttal:''' This is a "rhetorical we," similar to what Rev. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and others have used throughout history. Also, several translations omit the "to us" on which this argument relies, as the point of the Greek is that there are witnesses to the Lord's original teachings who have confirmed what He said. The author of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is merely persuading here, rather than identifying himself as part of the audience rather than the [[Lord]].

3. "The letter mentions " our brother Timothy" as recently released (Hebrews 13:23), referring to a Christian leader active well after Jesus' ascension. (Strength: 98)

'''Rebuttal:''' This refers to a short passage appended later, after the final "Amen", which is not part of the original and is not a credible basis for establishing who wrote the original.

4. "The text is written in highly sophisticated Koine Greek, a language Jesus, as a first-century Galilean Jew, primarily spoke Aramaic in and likely had limited proficiency with for such advanced composition. (Strength: 97)"

'''Rebuttal:''' Grok's argument here is [[liberal claptrap]]. [[Jesus]], as the [[Son of God]], obviously had the ability to write in elegant, flawless [[Greek]].

5. "The epistle extensively quotes the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament), whereas Jesus would have primarily used and referenced Hebrew or Aramaic scriptures. (Strength: 96)"

'''Rebuttal:''' False again by Grok. Jesus taught using the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]], with which his audience was more familiar, rather than the [[Masoretic]] [[Old Testament]]. ''See, e.g.'', [[Mark, Chapter 7|Mark 7:6–7]] and [[Luke, Chapter 4|Luke 4:17–21]].

== Counter Arguments that Christ Didn't Author Hebrews ==
Although, technically, Christ (as the Second Person of the Trinity, and thus God Himself) is the co-author of ALL Scripture ({{bibleref|2Timothy|3|16}}), that has nothing to do with the physical authorship of the epistle.

*{{bibleref|Hebrews|10|7}} quotes Jesus in the first person: "Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

This is misleading, as it is merely a quote of Christ speaking in the OT. It doesn't mean that He wrote Hebrews. [Rebuttal: But the quotes are not referenced as being from [[Scriptures]], but instead [[God]] is quoted directly. ''See, e.g.'', [[Hebrews, Chapter 1]].]

*{{bibleref|Hebrews|4|15}} makes observations about Jesus that only Jesus himself could make and does so in the present perfect progressive tense to convey his ongoing presence at the time, such as "in every respect [Jesus] has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."

Notice that the author says, "as WE are," distinguishing himself from Christ. [Rebuttal: several modern translations do not render this "as we are, see: [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Hebrews%204%3A15 Biblegateway comparison of translations for verse 4:15].]

*By describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine.

This is a paper-thin argument. Paul was capable of doing the same thing, especially inspired by the [[Holy Spirit]]. [Rebuttal: Paul wrote in [[Koine Greek]], not in this extremely elegant form of Greek that is at the very highest level.]

*The tone of authority in Hebrews is no greater than any of the other epistles. For example:

Romans 14:12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

*//This Epistle was written before any physical persecution of the disciples: "In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood." (12:44)//

This just means that the AUDIENCE had not yet been persecuted in that manner, not ALL Christians. The author makes this SAME point contradicting himself later when he argues that the speaker is distinguishing himself from the audience with respect to shedding blood (see rebuttal later).

It is more likely that Hebrews was written in the early sixties, just before the tribulation began. [Rebuttal: the persecution and [[martyrdom]] began in A.D. 34, with the stoning of [[Stephen]].]

Hebrews is FILLED with timing statements that allude to the very nearness of the coming judgment upon the Jews and Jerusalem and the end of the age, which began in AD 66/67. [Rebuttal: there was some unrest and suppression in AD 66/67, culminating in the destruction of the [[Second Temple]] in AD 70, but Jesus's disciples had dispersed or been [[martyr]]ed long before then. These references to, for example, an age about to come are not about governance in [[Judea]].]

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who are ABOUT to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 2:5 He did not subject to angels the age ABOUT to come.

Hebrews 6:5 ...and have tasted ...the powers of the age ABOUT to come.

Hebrews 8:13 In the calling [it] new He has declared that what is now former is becoming obsolete, even growing old, near disappearing.

Hebrews 9:8-10 The Holy Spirit was making clear that the way of the [heavenly] Holy Places was not yet revealed, while the first tent was standing, which [is] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices offered are not able to perfect the conscience of the worshiper… until a time of correction (compare Gal. 4:19; Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17; 4:13).

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ has come as a high priest of the good things ABOUT to come...

Hebrews 9:26 …NOW but once, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin, by the sacrifice of Himself, He has appeared.

Hebrews 10:1 …the Law, a shadow of the good things ABOUT to come...

Hebrews 10:25 ...encouraging [each other], even much more as you see the Day DRAWING NEAR.

Hebrews 10:27-28 ...a certain expectation of judgment and a fury of a fire which is ABOUT to consume the adversaries, anyone who rejected the Law of Moses…

Hebrews 10:36-37 In order that… you may receive the thing promised, for yet in a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE, the one who is coming will come, and not delay.

Hebrews 13:12-14 Because here we do not have a permanent city but we are seeking the one coming (see Rev. 18:4)

*MOST of the Epistles quote or refer to what Jesus said in the Gospels. That doesn't mean He authored them.

*The scholarship and grammar of the Epistle do not prove that the author is Christ.

*//Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that God does have a sense of humor...//

This is speculative at best. We don't know that it wasn't FIRST written in Hebrew. There is a great deal of historical evidence that the Gospels, other than Luke, were first written in Hebrew or Aramaic. [NB: the evidence is overwhelming that all the Gospels were originally written in Greek.] However, many of the Jews in the first century were of "the dispersal" and did not even speak Hebrew as their primary language, but the common language of the day--koine Greek.

*//The substance of this work is a firsthand account of Jesus becoming man, subsequently crying out to God to save Jesus from real death, which God then did by intervening; only Jesus could have described this;[6] the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.//

Again, the Gospel authors did the exact same thing. For example, they wrote what Christ was THINKING, when it says that He KNEW what was in man's hearts, or He KNEW their thoughts.

*//The Epistle was directed at the Hebrew population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.//

As was Peter's primary mission. Furthermore, Paul always went to the Jews FIRST, in every city he came to. He expressed his burden for his fellow Jews in Romans (Romans 9:3; 10:1). In addition, Peter wrote to the Jews twice (1Pet. 1:1; 2Pet. 3:1) and said that Paul had written to them before (2Pet. 3:15).

*//It is fitting that Jesus would make one last attempt -- post-Resurrection -- to persuade the Hebrew people for whom His ministry was originally intended.//

//Jesus spent 40 days on Earth between the Resurrection and the Ascension, and it is implausible that He did not continue His ministry in an effective way. Writing (or distributing) an Epistle is most plausible activity, given what had transpired.//

True, but this is again speculative. Furthermore, why is it that the early church fathers were virtually unanimous that this letter was written by Paul, and NONE of them said or suggested that it was Christ?

*//The Epistle to the Hebrews is unique in its attempt to explain the concept of faith -- something that Jesus emphasized in His ministry, and perhaps only He could explain as this Epistle does.//

Again, as does Paul in Romans.

*//Many have attributed the Epistle of James to a brother of Jesus, and if His brother wrote a letter, then why wouldn't Jesus?//

Yet ANOTHER paper-thin argument.

*//Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.//

First, MANY of the Scriptural authors quote things that they couldn't have known. They were revealed to them by the Spirit.

Second, this is a direct quote of Psalm 2:7.

*//The sermon/writing was likely intended for an audience in Jerusalem, which is where Jesus was most focused.//

The recipients of the letter were predominantly Jewish, with few Gentiles in their group, which fits with the church of ROME. The majority of the Jewish recipients were facing persecution, or pressure from unconverted Jews to remain Jewish, and many were turning away from Christ. Paul dealt with this in Romans and Galatians.

Hebrews appears to have been written in Italy, likely Rome, where Paul was imprisoned for a time; or rather, the author was with Italians and writing it to Jews who were in Rome (13:24). Clement was in Rome and he quoted Hebrews very early, so the latter is the more accurate conclusion.
*//The verse on which this relies (13:24) was surely added later, as done to the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of John]]. Scribes could easily add something at the end of a manuscript.//

There is also a possible reference to a previous, brief letter from the author to the recipients (13:22), unless that is a reference to the present letter. If this is the case, then it fits with Paul’s previous letter to the Romans. However, if this was the letter in which Peter was referring to his recipients (2Pet. 3:15), then this letter was not to the Romans, as Peter’s letters were to the dispersed Jews. If Paul wrote this from Rome, after release from his first imprisonment, then this is also fitting.

*//Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the Gospels, there is no reference to post-Ascension events.//

There are hardly ANY references to post-ascension events in ANY of the Epistles.

*//Ancient manuscripts refer in Hebrews 13:21 to God working among "you", not "us", which is what Jesus (rather than a disciple) would say.//

OR someone not AMONG the recipients would say. The NT epistles are full of second-person references like this...

*//"Amen" was typically added later at the end of New Testament letters (and the Book of Revelation), which means that the ending following Hebrews 13:21 is almost certainly not part of the original. Someone probably thought this letter was by Paul (since disproven) and copied the endings from his letters (see, e.g., Titus).//

Several of Paul's letters have the amen well BEFORE the end (Ephesians 3:21; Philippians 4:20; 1Timothy 6:16; 2Timothy 4:18), and Peter's first epistle did too (1Peter 5:11).

And some of the letters don't even CONTAIN an "amen" (2Corinthians; Colossians; 1Thessalonians; 2Thessalonians; Titus; Philemon; and James).

*//The father-son analogy to explain the nature of God (Hebrews 7:4) was a personal favorite of Jesus in explaining life.//

This verse speaks nothing of a father-son analogy. The ONLY father-son analogy is in Hebrews 12:5-8, about the father disciplining a son. This was a reference to Proverbs 3:11-12. Christ NEVER used this analogy.

Hebrews 7:3 speaks of Melchizedek being without a father and mother listed in Scripture as a type of Christ, but Jesus never spoke of this.

*//In Hebrews 12:4, the distinction between the speaker and the audience with respect to shedding blood in resistance to sin would have likely been only by Jesus: "You have not yet shed blood in resistance and striving against sin."//

Earlier, this verse was used to say that NO ONE had been persecuted yet. So which is it?

And again, this could have been nearly ANY of the Apostles. Paul especially had been through NUMEROUS physical trials where his blood was shed (2Corinthians 11:23-25).

*//Any writing by Jesus would intentionally be anonymous, so that it does not eclipse the other valuable writings by disciples.//

Another speculation. And, as said previously, ALL Scripture is co-authored by Christ.

*//The Epistle to the Hebrews contains more warnings against apostasy than any other book in the Bible, as one might expect Jesus to emphasize. See Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 12:15-29.//

This is one final speculation. The warning about Jews returning to their tradition is fitting for the audience, regardless of the author.

*The only interesting coincidental argument is that Hebrews is the same length as the walk to Emmaus. However, this doesn't prove that Christ was the author. It could just as easily have been one of those whom HEARD Christ on that walk, or even someone whom they shared it with. Given the brilliance of the entire discussion, is it any wonder that the two who heard Christ that day shared this with numerous people?

== Other Objections -- and Rebuttals to the Objections ==

But of course there are many reasons which shed doubt on such an idea:

*Jesus didn't leave any writings while he walked the earth. Therefore, a note from the grave would have been doubly surprising for his pupils.

:But this rebuttal is circular, assuming what it attempts to prove.
::No, it just stresses the point how surprising this idea of Jesus's authorship is.

:::No, it would be more surprising if Jesus, as intelligent as He was, never ever ever wrote anything.
::::Pythagoras ''never ever ever'' wrote anything.

:::::But scripts were plentiful in Jesus's time, and the importance of writing was widely recognized. The Old Testament relied on it.

*Traditionally we expect God's word to be carved in stone, not scribbled on parchment...

:But humor is no substitute for logical argument ...
::Humor comes into place when there isn't any logical argument in the first place: your ''reasons'' are at best circumstantial, and the question "what did Jesus do during the forty days" is amusing - perhaps he had 39 days of a writer's block, and then started scribbling?

*In light of the rejection of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, it makes sense that Jesus would write a post-Resurrection letter to the Hebrew people '''''not''''' anonymously, as this would persuade them more easily.

:No, it's clear that people who rejected Jesus when He was alive would not be persuaded by something attributed to him after the [[Passion of Christ]].
::So, why write then at all?

:::Because Jesus would not have simply given up.

*The idea of the authorship Jesus doesn't fit the first verses of the letter, where the author takes the position of one to whom God spoke in his Son:
{{cquote|But in these the Last Days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom He determined to be the inheritor of everthing, the Son, by whom He made the worlds, [[Epistle_to_the_Hebrews_(Translated)#Chapter 1|Hebrews 1:2]]}}

*The idea that this letter was written before the [[Ascension]] is ridiculous and stems from ignorance: the last verses include greetings from "those in Italy"...

::The last verses could have been added later. By Martians. I mean, if you're going to make wild suppositions and treat them as serious claims, why hedge your bets?

:::See the explanation above. The final verses that mention Italy were added after the final "Amen", which itself was an addition to several letters and the [[Book of Revelation]], signifying "The End."--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:24, 5 November 2012 (EST)

::::Even if we suppose that the words "those in Italy" were part of the original, who's to say they weren't authored by Jesus? Jesus is The Word made in flesh, there's nothing to prevent him from going to Italy and then quickly coming back to Galilee during the 40 days before his Ascension. Sending an epistle from Italy would have also symbolized the universal message of Christianity - an epistle to the Hebrews is sent in Greek from Italy, the center of Latin culture. - [[User:Markman|Markman]] 14:55, 18 August 2013 (EDT)

* There is zero archeological or documentary evidence to support such a claim.

:No such evidence would be expected for a one-time sermon or epistle.

== Rebuttals in detail ==
*"''the teaching is virtually identical in style and substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus as described in the [[Gospel of Luke (Translated)]], which He likewise did while appearing to be someone else, and while speaking about Himself in the third person.''"
:'''Contra:''' This statement is not only counterfactual - it doesn't fit into Aschlafly's line of reasoning, either: Aschlafly himself states the epistle is very much different in style from the other parts of the New Testament. As for the substance of the teachings: "''The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.''" (from the [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm source] used by Aschlafly). Needless to say, e.g., Jesus's status as a high-priest isn't mentioned on the road to Emmaus.
::'''Pro:''' Why wouldn't Jesus mention his status as a high priest, when addressing a Hebrew audience???
:::'''Contra:''' You are missing the point: you claim that the '''"teaching is virtually identical in [...] substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus'''" - but you are not able to show that!
::::'''Pro:''' It was the same sort of explanation -- the same style -- as the Epistle to the Hebrews, as inferred from the account of the discussion on the road to Emmaus in the [[Gospel of Luke]].
:::::'''Contra:''' You write ''Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.'' But if Hebrews is ''virtually identical'' in substance to the teaching on the road to Emmaus, the author of the epistle could have taken those ''somethings'' from reports of the encounter.
*''the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> There is not a.:'''Contra:''' God isn't the only one with decent grammar! This shows only that great intellects were attracted by Christianity even in the early years (as later was [[Augustine|Augustinus]]). BTW: As the German language, Greek allows for an easy creation of new words. See e.g., ἀνασταυρόω: this word is uniquely used in the epistle and means "to crucify again" - it's just a merge of ἀνα and σταυρόω. A German could speak of a "Zweitkreuzigung" in a similar manner.
::'''Pro:''' Not the very early years, when this Epistle was written. Jesus's work was not yet made available and known to intellectuals at this early time.
:::'''Contra:''' An extraordinary statement! Do you think that not one gifted, well-educated man heard (and was touched) by the teachings of Jesus in the early years?

*''it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the road to Emmaus.''
:'''Contra:''' The author could choose between Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. Why shouldn't he write in Greek? Obviously, he mastered the language very well (perhaps better than Aramaic and Hebrew), and Greek was spoken throughout the whole Roman empire.
::'''Pro:''' The reason why it is surprising to be in Greek is because the audience primarily spoke Hebrew.
:::'''Contra:''' Did his audience "primarily spoke Hebrew"? Are you sure? Did the author address the priests - or perhaps traders, scholars, even carpenters, etc.? [[World_History_Lecture_Two#Did_Jesus_Preach_in_Greek.3F|To quote you]]: ''"For teaching purposes, the powerful Greek language would have been useful. Greek was in common use by Jewish people in Palestine, thanks in part to the conquest by Alexander the Great. Greek was even widely used in Jewish ossuaries to bury the dead. Commerce took place often in Greek, and Jesus had been in business as a carpenter. He surely knew the language. Several of the key terms, such as Jesus' criticism of the Pharisees as "hypocrites", is derived directly from Greek without any comparable term in Aramaic or Hebrew.''"

::::'''Pro:''' The Epistle is obviously directed to those well-versed in the Hebrew scriptures, which means Hebrew was their first language. Why would anyone other than Jesus quote Hebrew scriptures for a Hebrew audience in perfect Greek???--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:58, 10 December 2012 (EST)
:::::'''Contra:''' As you said: ''For teaching purposes, the powerful Greek language would have been useful.''

*''...speaking about Himself in the third person'''
:'''Contra:''' The use of the third person for the author can be found often in classical literature. E.g., when we read
::{{cquote|Caesar saw the horse.}}
:it could well be that Caesar was the author of this sentence. But what about
::{{cquote|Caesar saw me.}}
:Here it is obvious that Caesar is not the author, as we have an instance of the first person (''me''). The same holds true for the ''Epistle to the Hebrews''. One example is Hebrews 3:6

:Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· οὗ οἶκός ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς ἐάνπερ τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ καύχημα τῆς ἐλπίδος μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν

:Reading this, one sees that Christ is set over the house, while ''we'' (including the author!) are the house. A diligent study of the epistle reveals a couple of such examples.

*''...the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.''
:'''Contra:''' If this logic were to hold true, it would mean that God was the author of Genesis. Along with every other event that is described in the Bible that no mortal man could have been a witness to.

== Historical considerations: Critical analysis ==

''See [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]]

'''The LETTER TO THE HEBREWS'''. The Book of Hebrews is a perfect supporting conclusion to the list of texts of OLD TESTAMENT Bible proofs that the long-expected Christ is Jesus.
:This outstanding exposition of scripture, ''which also stands as one of the finest pieces of world literature'', is best read within the context of the interpretation of everything written about Jesus in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms, as presented in Luke 24:44-48, and as [[Christian apologetics|apologetical literature]] written during the time setting between Acts 18 and 19, and as an encouragement to remain faithful in the context of the discouraging persecution being inflicted on the believers by the Jews [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-20.htm John 15:20].
::[[Andy Schlafly]] is persuaded that Jesus himself wrote this work during the 40 days he appeared to the apostles he had chosen, while he was with them and spoke of the kingdom of God, and that he left it with them—just as Isaiah, Jeremiah and Daniel also entrusted their writings to their disciples, copies to be kept in earthen jars. See Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 36 and 51:59-60; Daniel 12:4, 9. This is fully in accord with the practical and material secondary meaning of 2 Corinthians 4:5-7, "''We have this treasure in earthen vessels''". See [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. Hebrews is written to the whole church as an encouragement to every follower of Christ to remain faithful during the persecutions they were already facing from the Jews and in the coming persecutions from the pagan nations which were certain to occur in centuries to come (Matthew 5:11-12; John 15:18-20). The same message of encouragement to persevere and remain faithful in the face of terrible persecution of Christianity is presented in the [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)|Book of Revelation]]. The claim that Hebrews is from Jesus himself who is ''the perfection of God'' (Hebrews 1:3; 6:26; Colossians 1:19), is a highly controversial claim never advanced before the 21st century, based on the critically attested grammatically '''''perfect''''' Greek of the text. This claim was met with universal rejection by biblical scholars and theologians the moment it was publicly proposed. No mention of Jesus composing or dictating any writing is found in any early Christian writings or commentaries on scripture from the second century onward, other than the apocryphal ''[http://gods-kingdom-ministries.net/teachings/articles-and-poetry/jesus-letter-to-abgar-the-toparch/ Letters of Christ and Abgarus]''.

:Everything in the Book of Hebrews and the Gospels that could only have been known to Jesus he disclosed to his disciples during the forty days after his resurrection when he appeared to them, and spoke of the kingdom of God. They in turn shared this knowledge with their disciples in word and in writing. Matthew 10:27; Mark 4:22; Luke 12:2-3; John 16:12.

:Among the various authors of ''Hebrews'' historically proposed since the second century are '''Paul, Priscilla, Barnabas, Apollos, Timothy, Epaphras, Silas, Philip, Clement of Rome''' ([http://biblehub.com/commentaries/philippians/4-3.htm Philippians 4:3]), and others. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/1-1.htm ''multiple commentaries on'' Hebrews (biblehub.com)]. Each can be eliminated (for example, the author refers to himself with a male pronoun in Greek, which eliminates Priscilla as the author). See also the following five articles:
:*[http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/writer-hebrews/ '''The Writer of Hebrews''' by R. C. Sproul. Reformed Bible Studies (ligonier.org)]
:*[http://biblehub.com/library/pullan/the_books_of_the_new_testament/chapter_xviii_the_epistle_to.htm '''The Epistle to the Hebrews''' The Books of the Bible - Leighton Pullam (biblehub.com)]
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews '''Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews''' (en.wikipedia.org)]
:*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia '''Epistle to the Hebrews''' (newadvent.org)] ''scroll down to'' '''Author'''.
:*[http://biblescripture.net/Hebrews.html '''The Letter to the Hebrews''' (biblescripture.net)] ''also includes entire Douay-Rheims text of Hebrews''.

"'''but in these days he has spoken to us by a Son'''" Hebrews 1:2. Third person reference to Jesus.
:This verse poses a difficulty for those who claim that this epistle was written by Jesus Christ Himself: He (God) has spoken to us (men, including the writer) through His Son (Jesus Christ) - which implies that His Son and the writer are different entities. But upon closer investigation, one realizes that many early Apostles, in imitation of Jesus, spoke about themselves in this modest style of using the third person, as when John referenced himself as the "One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23, ESV) and Mark referenced himself as "but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked." (Mark 14:52, ESV) Jesus himself, of course, frequently referred to himself in the third person as in the phrase Son of Man.
:On the other hand, there is no other example where Jesus or an Apostle spoke about himself using both the first and the third person in the same sentence!

:The strongest internal textual evidence against Jesus being the author of the ''Letter to the Hebrews'' during the forty days he appeared to the disciples and spoke of the kingdom of God is in Hebrews 1:3, which says (past tense), "''When he had made purification for sins, '''he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high'''...''". (RSV) Conservative Bible scholars carefully consider the following facts in assessing the claim that Jesus is the author of ''Hebrews''. On the day Jesus ascended into heaven and the disciples stood gazing into heaven as he went, "''two men stood by them in white robes, and said, 'This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.' ''" (Acts 1:11 RSV) Peter later testified to the Jews that Jesus is "''...the Christ appointed for you, '''whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke''' by the mouth of his holy prophets...''". (Acts 3:20-21 RSV) There is no evidence in scripture that Jesus, after having ascended into heaven, "''and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high''" descended to earth in a second coming to write this document. The writer explicitly refers to the fact that Jesus "''sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high''" as being an already accomplished fact '''before''' ''Hebrews'' was written. Compare Acts 1:11 (already cited) and the following supportive texts:
:*"''But he, full of the [[Holy Spirit]], gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God''". Acts 7:55.
:*"''...their Master and yours is in heaven...''" Ephesians 6:9.
:*"''...our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ...''" Philippians 3:20.
:*"''When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.''" Colossians 3:4.
:*"''Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.''" Colossians 4:1.
:*"''...wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.''" 1 Thessalonians 1:10.
:*"''For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.''" 1 Thessalonians 4:16.
:*"''...when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire''" 2 Thessalonians 1:7.
:*"''But when Christ appeared as a high priest...he entered once for all into the Holy Place...thus securing an eternal redemption.'''" Hebrews 9:11a, 12.
:*"''For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf...so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.''" Hebrews 9:24 and 28.
:*"''But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, '''then to wait''' until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.''" Hebrews 10:12-13.
:*"''For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.''" 1 Corinthians 15:25-26.
:*"''...Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.''" 1 Peter 3:21b-22.
:*"''...whom '''heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke''' by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old''" Acts 3:21.
:*"''he commands all men everywhere to repent, because '''he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed''', and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.''" Acts 17:31.

:In answer to the objection that the ascension of Christ into heaven is presented in ''Hebrews'' as a past event, supporters of the claim that Jesus is author of Hebrews can point to the Bible pattern of prophetic writing which includes the Semitic manner of referring to a divinely guaranteed future fulfillment as having already been accomplished, because it is an absolute certainty. The divine guarantee of the future is written in the past tense. Thus, Jesus as author of Hebrews is argued as having written in the past tense of his own future ascension to the glorious throne of God the Father as an already accomplished reality. See the following article:
:*[http://www.plainerwords.com/artman2/publish/2007/Prophecy_Past_Or_Present_Tense.shtml '''Prophecy: Past or Present Tense?''' (plainerwords.com)]

:Against the authorship of Jesus there are also those passages all through the Letter to the Hebrews, emphasized in boldface here, that Jesus cannot be saying of himself, even in referring to himself in the second and third person. The words "we, us, our" include the speaker and would need to be changed to "you" and "your":
:*"''spoken to '''us''' by his Son''" Hebrews 1:2 (spoken to you by his Son)
:*"''purified '''us''' of '''our sins'''''" Hebrews 1:3 (purified you of your sins)
:*"'''''we''' ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps '''we''' drift away''" Hebrews 2:1 (you ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps you drift away)
:*"''how will '''we''' escape if '''we''' neglect so great a salvation...confirmed to '''us''' by those who heard''" Hebrews 2:3 (how will you escape if you neglect so great a salvation...confirmed to you by those who heard)
:*"''whose house '''we''' are, if '''we''' hold fast''" Hebrews 3:6 (whose house you are if you hold fast)
:*"''Let '''us''' therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that '''we''' may receive mercy''" Hebrews 4:16 (Let us together therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that you may receive mercy)
:*"''where as a forerunner Jesus entered for '''us'''''" Hebrews 6:20 (where as a forerunner Jesus entered for you)
:*"''For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for '''us'''''" Hebrews 9:24 (...now to appear in the presence of God for you)
:*"''Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for '''us'''...let '''us''' draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having '''our''' hearts sprinkled from an '''evil conscience'''''" Hebrews 10:19-22 (Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for you...let us together draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having your hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience)
:*"''let '''us''' also, seeing '''we''' are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and '''the sin which so easily entangles us''', and let '''us''' run with patience the race that is set before '''us''', looking to Jesus''" Hebrews 12:1-2a (let us together also, seeing you are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles you, and let us together run with patience the race that is set before you, looking to Jesus)
:*"''Through him, then, let '''us''' offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually''" Hebrews 13:15 (Through him, then, offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually)
:*"'''''Pray for us'''''" Hebrews 13:18 (Pray for the brothers)

:Probably the best scriptural response to the above objection is found in the words of Jesus in the [[Lord's Prayer]] and his word to Saul on the road to Damascus:
:*"'''''Our''' Father...give '''us''' this day...forgive '''us''' our debts...lead '''us''' not into temptation, but deliver '''us''' from evil''" Matthew 6:9-13, also Luke 11:3-4.
:*"''Saul, Saul, why do you persecute '''me'''''" Acts 9:4.
:In support of the argument that Jesus is the author of ''Hebrews'' by dictation to his chosen ''amanuensis'' (just as Tertius wrote Paul's letter to the Romans, 16:22), is the fact that Jesus after having ascended into heaven appeared to chosen individuals on earth, including John, who at Jesus' command '''wrote''' the ''Book of Revelation''. See the following texts:
:*"''...he fell to the ground and '''heard a voice saying''' to him, ...''" Acts 9:4.
:*"''Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. '''The Lord said to him''' in a vision...''" Acts 9:10-17.
:*"''...I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and '''bear witness to the things in which you have seen me''' and to those in which I will appear to you...''". Acts 26:16.
:*"''Now '''write''' what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter.''" Revelation 1:19.
:*"''And he who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' Also he said, ''''Write''' this...' ''" Revelation 21:5.
:A reasonable counter-argument to this response is the fact that every extant manuscript witness of the text of ''Hebrews'', unlike the witness of the text of ''Revelation'' and the accounts of Jesus' appearances in ''Acts'', lacks witness to any appearance of the Lord Jesus for the purpose of commanding the writing of this sacred text. This leaves the Holy Spirit as the author of ''Hebrews'', testifying to Jesus, and revealing things no man could have known, in accordance with the promises Jesus made on the night he was betrayed:
:*''when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, '''he will bear witness to me'''''" John 15:26.
:*''I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. '''He will glorify me''', for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.''" John 16:12-14.

== Institutional reluctance ==
The [[Reformation]] created institutional biases on both sides. [[Martin Luther]] questioned the authenticity of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] because he was uncomfortable with some of its contents, and this may deter [[Protestant]]s from recognizing [[Jesus]] as its author. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] does not want people shifting to reliance on the [[Bible]] alone (rather than the Church), so it may not welcome recognition of [[Jesus]] as the author of one of its books. The hierarchy of both Protestants and Catholics may see a risk in dramatically recognizing Jesus as an author. A young pastor or professor, Protestant or Catholic, would be risking his career by suggesting that Jesus wrote the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].

Moreover, neither the Protestant nor Catholic hierarchy has been willing to admit that anything in the [[New Testament]] was added later, and was not in the original. Admitting Jesus authored the Epistle to the Hebrews would require also admitting that the reference to Timothy at the end ({{bibleref|Hebrews|13|23}}), after the final Amen, is probably not authentic.

But this institutional reluctance is misplaced, as a rising tide of [[faith]] lifts all boats, Protestant and Catholic.

Atheists and university professors resist the notion that Jesus could have written the finest Greek work found anywhere, as Jesus lacked a formal education. Atheists in particular oppose the acceptance of an intellectual Jesus who was smarter than they are. Part of the atheists' approach is to dumb down the perception of Jesus as much as possible, and accepting that Jesus wrote the magnificent Greek in the Epistle to the Hebrews disproves the atheists' argument.

== See also ==
*[[Mystery:Was Epistle to the Hebrews the Foundation of NT]]?
*For a scholarly discussion of the authorship of this epistle see [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].
*Another scholarly analysis is at [https://icksp.org.uk/newbrighton/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2023-05-20-The-epistle-to-the-Hebrew-conclusion.pdf "The epistle to the Hebrews: General conclusion," New Brighton, Saturday 20th May 2023]
*[[Logos]]
*[[Bible]]
*[[Date of Hebrews]]

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Mystery:Did Jesus Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?

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Aschlafly:

The [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] was written by [[Jesus]], as proven by the following:
* it speaks with authority far greater than any other [[New Testament]] [[Epistle]], as confirmed by [[AI]];<ref>ChatGPT ranks this Epistle as having the most authoritarian style -- by far -- of all the Epistles in the [[New Testament]]. For example, this Epistle is the only book that threatens [[retribution]]. ''See'' {{Bibleref|Heb|2|2}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
* the process of elimination has ruled out every plausible author other than Jesus, including [[Paul]];<ref>The vocabulary and style of this epistle are vastly different from Paul's, who identified himself in the first word of his letters, but there is no such identification in this Epistle. See generally [https://rsc.byu.edu/how-new-testament-came-be/authorship-epistle-hebrews#_note-1]. This Epistle was written in the highly refined "[[Attic Greek]]," rather than the more common "[[Koine Greek]]" used by the rest of the [[New Testament]], including many of Paul's letters, and by the [[Septuagint]].</ref>
* the quality of this writing in elegant Greek is at the highest level found anywhere, which no [[Christian]] other than Jesus was capable of doing, and whoever authored this wrote nothing else;<ref>The superiority of the Greek in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is seen in multiple ways:
*Vocabulary: Hebrews uses an unusually rich vocabulary, including many words occurring nowhere else in the New Testament.
*Syntax: Its author readily employs long, carefully constructed sentences, subordinate clauses, participial constructions, and rhetorical devices characteristic of educated Greek prose.
*Style and rhetoric: The work displays deliberate literary composition—parallelism, alliteration, wordplay, balanced clauses, carefully structured arguments, and sophisticated transitions.
*[[Septuagint]] use: The author handles the Greek Old Testament with considerable sophistication and develops arguments that sometimes depend upon its Greek wording.
*Opening sentence: Hebrews 1:1–4 is one of the clearest demonstrations. In Greek, those four English verses constitute essentially one elaborate periodic sentence, beginning Polymerōs kai polytropōs (“In many portions and in many ways…”). It is markedly literary Greek.</ref>
* this Epistle has an "unusually dense concentration" of [[Jesus]]'s personal knowledge, according to ChatGPT;<ref>Examples of Jesus's personal knowledge contained in this Epistle include the following, as confirmed by ChatGPT:
*'''The Son's pre-creation role''': God “made the worlds” through the Son (Heb. 1:2), and the Son “laid the foundation of the earth” (1:10).
*'''The Son's heavenly status''': He is “the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person” (1:3), followed by an extended description of what God says to the Son (1:5–13).
*'''A divine statement associated with Christ's coming into the world''': Hebrews 10:5–7 attributes to Christ, upon “coming into the world,” the declaration, “a body hast thou prepared me . . . Lo, I come . . . to do thy will, O God.” Although constructed through Psalm 40, Hebrews presents this as Christ speaking.
*'''Jesus' private suffering and prayers''': Hebrews 5:7 says that during his earthly life Jesus “offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears.” The canonical Gospels provide related material, particularly Gethsemane, but not this precise description.
*'''Christ's heavenly priestly activity''': Hebrews 7:25; 8:1–2; 9:11–12, 24 describe what Christ does in heaven after the Ascension—appearing before God, interceding, and functioning as heavenly high priest.
*'''Christ's knowledge concerning his incarnation and mission''': Hebrews 2:10–18 and 10:5–10 contain theological information extending beyond externally observable events.</ref> and
* the author had apparently shed blood as [[Jesus]] did, but his audience had not yet: "In your struggle against [[sin]] ''you'' have not yet resisted to the point of shedding ''your'' blood."<ref>{{Bibleref|Hebrews|12|4}} ([[ESV]]).</ref> Shedding blood then and there without hospitals typically meant dying, and only Jesus rose from the dead to give this admonition.
The [[liberal denial]] that Jesus authored this is based on its reference to "us" as having heard about the teachings of Jesus, but it is common for teachers to invoke a rhetorical "we/us" to bond with an audience, as in telling students that "we are here to learn." Some Christians resist Jesus as the author because [[Martin Luther]] was critical of this Epistle, or because this Epistle implies no salvation for those who reject Jesus.

The ''[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]'' says this work "is extremely polished, elegant, and cultured [[Greek]],"<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/biblical-literature/The-Letter-to-the-Hebrews</ref> and commentators confirm its "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style."<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm</ref> Its advanced style of Greek is similar, but even better, than the style of the [[Epistle of James]] (Jesus's brother). '''''There are 52 reasons that Jesus was its author''''', see [[#Evidence that Jesus wrote this|below]].

Just as in the encounter on the [[Road to Emmaus]] disciples of [[Jesus]] failed to recognize Him as they walked together, many fail to recognize Jesus as the author of this masterpiece. '''''The same process of elimination method that is used in science (e.g., discovery of [[Neptune]]) and medicine (e.g., [[differential diagnosis]]) points to Jesus as the author'''''.

This Epistle was likely written soon after the [[Resurrection]], ''see'' [[Date of Hebrews]], because it was prior to martyrdom of [[Stephen]] (34 A.D.) and before disciples understood the theology ("You need milk, not solid food,"<ref>{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|12}} ([[ESV]])</ref> in theological instruction, this Epistle tells the disciples). [[Paul]] apparently used this Epistle in his letters he began writing by 48 A.D. This Epistle was certainly written prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, and ''The First Epistle of Clement'', written in A.D. 70 or 95,<ref>https://earlychristianhistory.net/1clement.html</ref> refers to and incorporates many phrases from the Epistle to the Hebrews.

In contrast with all other epistles and letters in the [[New Testament]], it is a misnomer to call this the "Epistle" to the Hebrews. It is not a letter; there is no introduction, and it reads like a sermon. Nor was it formally addressed to the "Hebrews"; its teachings are for all. This Epistle begins with an unusually detailed discussion of [[angel]]s, apparently picking up on the very same topic of discussion as on the [[road to Emmaus]] described in {{bibleref|Luke|24|23}}

Recognizing the possibility of [[Jesus]] as the author helps eliminate translation errors, such as the mistaken use of the supposition ("If") by the [[KJV]] in {{bibleref|Hebrews|6|6}} (click "all English translations"). Recognizing the early [[Date of Hebrews|date of this Epistle]] enables rejection of the fiction that any community turned against [[Christianity]] to necessitate this letter, which is the false narrative often taught.
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==Evidence that Jesus wrote this==
'''''There are 52 reasons for concluding that Jesus wrote (or dictated) this Epistle''''':
#{{Bibleref|Hebrews|13|19}} references the return of Jesus in the first person: "I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner."
#the author quotes [[Jesus]] in the first person: "Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O [[God]], as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’"<ref>Hebrews 10:7 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#the first chapter {{bibleref|Hebrews|1|5-13}} quotes [[God]] directly many times, including statements by God to Jesus, with some wording found nowhere else in all of [[Scriptures]].<ref>Portions of these quotes are similar to Psalms 45:6-7, 102:25-27, and 110:1, while other portions of the quotations are new to this Epistle. ''See generally'' https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/hebrews-1/ Note that the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] was completed in the 2nd century [[B.C.]]</ref>
#this Epistle is a sermon having subject matter identical to the detailed sermon given soon after the [[Resurrection]] by Jesus to two travelers on the [[road to Emmaus]], and it's implausible that this important sermon would be lost without a trace. Jesus would have wanted all to benefit from that sermon, not merely the two travelers, and He would have done so anonymously as He did on that walk. The length of this Epistle -- about 90 minutes when spoken with breaks -- matches the length of the brisk walk from Jerusalem to [[road to Emmaus|Emmaus]] as nightfall approached, see {{bibleref|Luke|24|13-35}}.
#the author wrote this spectacular work but nothing else: this book has the largest number of unique words not used anywhere else in the [[New Testament]] (154),<ref>https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/how-any-words-are-in-the-greek-new-testament/</ref> and 10 words not found anywhere else in all of classical or Biblical Greek. Great writers at the highest literary level composed more than one work in their lifetimes, and Jesus as God is the only plausible exception to that rule.
#the author states that he is instructing his disciples for the second time: "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God."<ref>{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|12}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#the author twice uses the verb for "Gospel" to describe Jesus's preaching (euaggelizō - to proclaim good news, at Hebrews 4:2 and 4:6), which is the same novel use of that term which [[Jesus]] himself used repeatedly as quoted in the [[Gospel of Mark]] (and then the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke]]; it is also used often in the [[Acts of the Apostles]] and in [[Paul]]'s letters but only as a noun by Paul);
#the style of Jesus was not to identify himself, but to await others to seek and find him, just as he never identified himself during the walk on the [[Road to Emmaus]]; likewise, it is up to us to recognize Him as the disciples on that journey eventually did.
#the author has the same unique style of witty, yet loving, humbling of mankind as in [[Jesus]]'s teachings: '''''compare''''' Jesus's foregoing "You need milk, not solid food" '''''with''''' his parable about giving people one last chance by fertilizing them with manure: "I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8And [the servant] answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.’"<ref>{{bibleref|Luke|13|7-8|ESV}}</ref>
#the first chapter compares the role of [[Jesus]] to that of angels, which only He would know about and emphasize. In addition, Jesus's emphasis on the role of angels in this Epistle explains his enigmatic quoted statement perfectly at {{bibleref|Matthew|11|11}}: "Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than" [[John the Baptist]].
#the author explains Jesus's mental state, which only Jesus would know, as in "That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers."<ref>Hebrews 2:11 ([[ESV]]) [https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+2/]</ref>
#the author hints that he knows more than he can reveal, at {{bible ref|Hebrews|9|5}} ("Above it were the [[cherubim]] of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.").
#the author refers to "the", "your", and "their" fathers in the [[Old Testament]], not "our" fathers because [[Jesus]] (as the author) pre-existed them.
#This Epistle quotes from the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] [[Old Testament]], as [[Jesus]] did when preaching (see Mark 7:6–7 and Luke 4:17–21), while [[Paul]] quoted from the Masoretic [[Hebrew]] version as a [[Pharisee]] would.
#"if he shrinks back [from his [[faith]]], my soul has no pleasure in him" ({{bibleref|Hebrews|10|38}}) is falsely presented in modern translations as a quotation from the [[Old Testament]], which it is not, and is instead a statement by the author about himself, who must therefore have been [[Jesus]]; similarly, this appears to be a direct warning by Jesus, in reference to Himself: "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the [[living God]]." {{bibleref|Hebrews|10|31}}
#the date of this Epistle is very soon after the [[Resurrection]], and there was insufficient time for anyone other than [[Jesus]] to develop and perfect this masterpiece;<ref>See [[Date of Hebrews]].</ref>
#only the victim of [[The Passion]] including the [[Crucifixion]] -- [[Jesus]] himself -- would use the term "fitting" to describe such a horrible ordeal, and no third person would rudely describe it with that term as {{bibleref|Hebrews|2|10}} does;
#the [[Epistle of James]], as written by Jesus's younger brother [[James the Just|James]], is uniquely similar in content and elegant style of [[Greek]] to the Epistle of Hebrews, which suggests that both came from the same family of authors just as similar [[DNA]] can so indicate. For example, {{bibleref|Hebrew|1|1}} says, "God spoke to our fathers by the prophets," and {{bibleref|James|5|10}} states, "the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." Also, Jesus appeared to James after the [[Resurrection]], and James met with [[Paul]], which would have assured distribution of this Epistle through James and Paul, see [[1st Corinthians, Chapter 15|1 Corinthians 15:7]] and [[Galatians, Chapter 1|Galatians 1:19]]: "But other of the apostles saw I none, save [[James the Just|James]] the [[Lord]]'s brother."
#the tone of authority is greater than in any other letter in the Bible, as in Hebrews 9:27: "It is reserved for men to die once, and then be judged"; also, the author uses the "royal we," which is the plural form for the first person as used by a king, sovereign, or other person having great authority, see {{bibleref|Heb|11|3|ESV}}: "Through [[faith]] we understand that ...." Elsewhere, the author also uses the "rhetorical we" to bond with the audience;<ref>See {{Bibleref|Heb|2|3}} ([[ESV]]), discussed further below.
#the author makes additional observations about Jesus that only Jesus himself could make, and does so in the present perfect progressive tense to convey his ongoing presence at the time, such as "in every respect [Jesus] has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." {{Bibleref|Hebrews|4|15}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
#by describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine.
#the author says at [[Hebrews, Chapter 3|Hebrews 3:7-8]] that the [[Holy Spirit]] was speaking in [[Psalm 95|Psalm 95:7-8]], which reflects Jesus's unique emphasis on the [[Holy Spirit]] in contrast with the view of the [[Pharisee]]s (notice also the remarkable alignment of verses 7-8 in the two books).
#the term for "somewhere" is used twice in this Epistle and nowhere else in the entire [[Bible]], at {{bibleref|Heb|2|6}} and {{bibleref|Heb|4|4}}, similar to Jesus uniquely imploring people to "seek, and you will find," {{bibleref|Matthew|7|7}} ([[ESV]]).
#this Epistle uniquely emphasizes the power of the Word of [[God]] as a person ("him"): "Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account."<ref>Heb 4:12-13 ([[NAB]]). See [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hebrews/4]</ref>
#this Epistle was written before any physical persecution of the disciples: "In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood." ({{Bibleref|Heb|12|4}}<ref>[[ESV]].</ref>) Stephen was martyred around A.D. 37, merely a few years after the [[Crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], so this Epistle was written before then. But there is indication of some afflictions having occurred prior to this Epistle.<ref>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A32-34&version=RSV Hebrews 10:32-34] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+13%3A3&version=RSV 13:3] which testifies to their sufferings and physical abuse (Strong's numbers ''3804'' and ''2347'' and ''2558'': KJV "afflictions" ''hardship'' or ''pain'', and "afflictions" ''pressure, anguish, burden, persecution, tribulation'', and "adversity" ''maltreat, torment''). See text analysis: [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-32.htm Hebrews 10:32], [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-33.htm 33], [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/10-34.htm 34] and [http://biblehub.com/text/hebrews/13-3.htm 13:3]</ref> It is quite possible this Epistle was written prior to the [[Ascension]], during Jesus's time here.
#this Epistle uses the same reference to [[Jesus]] as "the truth" ("For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" [[Hebrews, Chapter 10|Hebrews 10:26]]) which the [[Gospel of John]] quotes Jesus as saying, "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." [[John, Chapter 18|John 18:37]].
#the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> There is not a single grammatical flaw in the entire work, despite its complexity.
#it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the [[road to Emmaus]].
#the substance of this work is a firsthand account of Jesus becoming man, subsequently crying out to God to save Jesus from real death, which God then did by intervening; only Jesus could have described this;<ref>Jesus "offered up prayers and heartfelt stirrings with loud cries and tears to Him having the power to save Him from death, and He was heard, for he feared God."</ref> the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.
#the Epistle was directed at the [[Hebrew]] population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.
#Jesus was surely capable of writing a great work, and there is no other known written work by Him.
#It is fitting that Jesus would make one last attempt -- post-Resurrection -- to persuade the Hebrew people for whom His ministry was originally intended.
#In light of the rejection and [[censorship]] of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, this Epistle attained wider distribution without censorship by the powers-that-be by being anonymous; [[Samaritan]]s rejected all of the [[Old Testament]] other than the [[Pentateuch]], so to artfully avoid alienating Samaritans, Jesus had to remain anonymous as he cited Old Testament prophets not recognized by Samaritans.
#The Epistle to the Hebrews is unique in its attempt to explain the concept of [[faith]] -- something that Jesus emphasized in His ministry, and perhaps only He could explain as this Epistle does.
#Jesus spent 40 days on Earth between the Resurrection and the Ascension, and it is implausible that He did not continue His ministry in an effective way. Writing an Epistle is the most plausible activity, given what had transpired.
#{{bibleref|Hebrews|5|5}} quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.
#Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the [[Gospels]], there is no reference to post-Ascension events.
#ancient manuscripts refer in {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|21}} to God working among "you", not "us", which is what Jesus (rather than a disciple) would say. There are additional references to "you" when "we" would be expected if the author were another disciple, rather than Jesus. ''See, e.g.'', {{bibleref|Hebrews|3|15|ESV}} (“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”); {{bibleref|Hebrews|9|14|KJV}} ("How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God").
#"Amen" was typically added later at the end of New Testament letters (and the Book of Revelation), which means that the ending ''following'' Hebrews 13:21 is almost certainly not part of the original. Someone probably thought this letter was by Paul (since disproven) and copied the endings from his letters (''see, e.g.'', [[Titus]]), but made a mistake because Paul always said "Timothy our brother" while the added ending to Hebrews says "brother of ours Timothy."
#the father-son analogy to explain the nature of God (Hebrews 7:4) was a personal favorite of Jesus in explaining life.
#in Hebrews 12:4, the distinction between the speaker and the audience with respect to shedding blood in resistance to sin would have likely been only by Jesus: "You have not yet shed blood in resistance and striving against sin."
#any writing by Jesus would intentionally and necessarily be anonymous, so that it would not eclipse the valuable other writings by disciples.
#the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] contains more warnings against [[apostasy]] than any other book in the [[Bible]], as one might expect [[Jesus]] to emphasize. See Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 12:15-29.
#the Epistle to the Hebrews is written in Jesus's style, as you can read in the Gospels: say the truth simply and straightforwardly, use comparisons, and put in some questions. If you pick any part in the Epistle to the Hebrews and compare and contrast it with Jesus's words in the Gospels, you will note this.
#the Epistle to the Hebrews shows things no one had ever thought of before. It perfectly explains the Law and Prophets (which did Jesus in Luke 24), it shows Jesus's soul (which only Jesus could do), it re-explains important doctrines (which Jesus explained), it shows adoration and complete understanding of God (which only Jesus had) and it reveals going-ons unknown to anyone else (like Jesus's entering of the Temple). In other words, it is written from Jesus's point of view.
#It uses the Greek term "μυρίος" in the sense of "[[infinity|infinite]]" to describe the number of [[angel]]s, which is a sense of the term different from its use in other biblical books.
#{{bibleref|Hebrews|13|4}} quotes [[God]] directly, and while there is a similar phrase at {{bibleref|Deut|31|6}}, that is not a direct quote of God.
#this Epistle uniquely uses, as only [[Jesus]] would know, the concept of "universe" in [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] about the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]], see {{bibleref|Heb|1|11}} (the universe "will all wear out like a garment"), and [[quantum mechanics]], see {{bibleref|Heb|11|3}} ("By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.").
#this Epistle contains surprising praise of a sinner that was unique to Jesus's style as recounted in [[the Gospels]]: "By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." [[Hebrews, Chapter 11|Hebrews 11:31]].
#this Epistle refers sympathetically to prisoners just as [[Jesus]] uniquely did, ''compare'' {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|3}} ("Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.") ''with'' {{bibleref|Matt|25|36}} ("I was in prison and you came to me."). ''See also'' {{bibleref|Heb|10|34}} ("For you had compassion on those in prison ....").
#this Epistle does not use the phrase "as it is written" as frequently used in the [[Gospels]] and by [[Paul]] in his letters, but instead quotes [[Jesus]] and God the Father directly.
#this Epistle has the same style of unique wit about self-interested conduct that Jesus expressed in his [[parable]]s, such as telling everyone "to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares," {{bibleref|Hebrews|13|2}}.

== Corroboration ==
A posting by "Hermas" in the Biblical History and Criticism Forum observes that:
{{cquote|Almost every verse of James [the brother of Jesus] corresponds in some way with the Hebrews. [Another commentator observed strong parallels between John's letters and this Epistle also.]
Then, after the Apostles, Clement, Justin Martyr and other Fathers focus on the Hebrews.<ref>https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8747 (Dec. 22, 2021).</ref>}}

An additional point is that the author makes no direct mention of [[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]], as was the humble custom of writers of that time (and of Jesus in his preaching) not to refer to their own mother; [[Mark]] likewise omitted any acknowledgement of his mother [[Salome]] (also, Mary was still alive and thus potentially at some risk if identified).
== Fundamental Flaws in the [[Liberal Denial]] ==
[[Liberal denial]] that [[Jesus]] was the author of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] includes these fundamental flaws:
*the denials do not even consider the ''possibility'' of [[Jesus]] as the author, reflecting bias in the denials;
*the denials make up, like [[fake news]], a non-existent straying of a community from [[Christianity]] decades later, which never happened; and
*the denials are circular in falsely presuming a late [[Date of Hebrews]], and then use that assumption in order to reject Jesus as the author.
=== Google AI ===
Google AI suffers badly from [[liberal bias]] and is controlled by near-illiterates. Google AI rejects Jesus as the author based on its misunderstanding of the "rhetorical we" as a common device whereby a speaker bonds with his audience by using "we" rather than "you". For example, Rev. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] used the "rhetorical we" in his famous letter from the Birmingham Jail: "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."<ref>https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/mlkjail.html</ref> Under Google AI's theory, Rev. Martin Luther King's letter from the jail could not have been written by him, because of its use of "we".

Google AI relies on this plainly mistaken logic to conclude that Jesus did author the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] based on this verse in it: "how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard ...."<ref>{{Bibleref|Hebrews|2|3}} ([[ESV]]).</ref> Just two verses earlier, in {{Bibleref|Hebrews|2|1}}, the author likewise uses the rhetorical we as a substitute for an accusatory you: "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." ([[ESV]])

Google AI resorts to strident bias to criticize the hypothesis that Jesus wrote this Epistle: "However, a highly obscure, fringe theory proposing Jesus as the author does exist on alternative platforms like Conservapedia."

=== ChatGPT ===
ChatGPT fallaciously relies on the same Hebrews 2:3 passage as Google AI, but ChatGPT is not so stridently biased in its tone. ChatGPT then illogically says that Jesus was not the author because there are some third-person references to Jesus in Hebrews:
{{cquote|Hebrews 3:1 says, “consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.” The author speaks of Jesus in the third person.
Hebrews 4:14 similarly says, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest … Jesus the Son of God.”
 Hebrews 12:2 tells the readers to look “unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.” Again, Jesus is presented as the subject of the author's discussion."}}
But when asked, ChatGPT then admits that Jesus often referred to Himself in the third person in the [[Gospels]] too:
{{cquote|Matthew 8:20 (parallel Luke 9:58):

:“The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” (KJV)

Jesus is plainly referring to himself while using the third person.

There are many stronger examples:

*Matthew 9:6: “the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins.”
*Matthew 12:8: “the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.”
*Matthew 17:22–23: “The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him.”
*Matthew 20:28: “the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”
*Mark 8:31: “the Son of man must suffer many things … and be killed.”
*Luke 19:10: “the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

There is an even more striking example in John 17:1–3. While Jesus is praying, he refers to himself as “thy Son” and then as “Jesus Christ”:

:“Father … glorify thy Son.... And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”}}

== Views of Biblical Scholars ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Biblical Scholar !! View of Authorship
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| St. [[Jerome]] || Doubted Paul wrote it, but went along with the prevailing view at that time
|-
| [[William Tyndale]] || Said the authorship is unknown, with wit that "learned men" debate it
|-
| [[Martin Luther]] || Disliked this Epistle and even questioned its authenticity; ultimately included it in his translation of the [[New Testament]]. Suggested that Apollos (an Alexandrian Jew) wrote it.
|-
| [[Origen]] (c. 185–253 AD) || Famously stated that only God knows who wrote this Epistle, and it wasn't Paul because there are too many differences in vocabulary and style with Paul's letters
|-
| [[John Calvin]] || Not Paul, and suggested that the author might possibly have been either Luke or Clement; Calvin was persuaded by Heb 2:3 ([[ESV]]): "This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him." But this verse is plainly the "rhetorical we" to unite the author with his audience, as [[Jesus]] would have necessarily used for greater effect than an accusatory pronoun "you". If this was Jesus's sermon on the [[Road to Emmaus]], then he would have had to use "we" to disguise his identity during the walk.
|-
| Bruce Metzger || Not Paul, who referenced "Christ Jesus" 90 times in Paul's letters, and yet that does not occur even once in this Epistle
|-
| Bart Ehrman || Not Paul, for the additional reason that the meaning of "[[faith]]" in this Epistle is confidence in an unseen reality, while in Paul's letters it is more a mystical personal connection with Jesus
|-
| St. [[Augustine]] || in his earliest work (e.g., 406 AD), he felt Paul wrote this Epistle, but in his latest works (409–30 AD) Augustine always refers to it as anonymous
|}

== Rebutting Grok's Counterarguments ==

The [[AI]] [[Grok]], which is managed by [[liberal]]s despite [[Elon Musk]]'s ownership, generates and ranks its top five counterarguments. Here are rebuttals to them:

1. The Epistle to the Hebrews was composed between 70-90 CE, decades after Jesus' death around 30 CE, making it chronologically impossible for him to have written it. (Strength: 100)

'''Rebuttal:''' this counterargument is circular and based on a false premise about when it was written. The evidence is overwhelming that the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] was written soon after the [[Resurrection]], not decades later. ''See'' [[Date of Hebrews]].

2. "The author describes receiving the gospel message second-hand from those who heard it from the Lord (Hebrews 2:3-4), indicating the writer was not Jesus himself, the original source. (Strength: 99)"

'''Rebuttal:''' This is a "rhetorical we," similar to what Rev. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and others have used throughout history. Also, several translations omit the "to us" on which this argument relies, as the point of the Greek is that there are witnesses to the Lord's original teachings who have confirmed what He said. The author of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is merely persuading here, rather than identifying himself as part of the audience rather than the [[Lord]].

3. "The letter mentions " our brother Timothy" as recently released (Hebrews 13:23), referring to a Christian leader active well after Jesus' ascension. (Strength: 98)

'''Rebuttal:''' This refers to a short passage appended later, after the final "Amen", which is not part of the original and is not a credible basis for establishing who wrote the original.

4. "The text is written in highly sophisticated Koine Greek, a language Jesus, as a first-century Galilean Jew, primarily spoke Aramaic in and likely had limited proficiency with for such advanced composition. (Strength: 97)"

'''Rebuttal:''' Grok's argument here is [[liberal claptrap]]. [[Jesus]], as the [[Son of God]], obviously had the ability to write in elegant, flawless [[Greek]].

5. "The epistle extensively quotes the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament), whereas Jesus would have primarily used and referenced Hebrew or Aramaic scriptures. (Strength: 96)"

'''Rebuttal:''' False again by Grok. Jesus taught using the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]], with which his audience was more familiar, rather than the [[Masoretic]] [[Old Testament]]. ''See, e.g.'', [[Mark, Chapter 7|Mark 7:6–7]] and [[Luke, Chapter 4|Luke 4:17–21]].

== Counter Arguments that Christ Didn't Author Hebrews ==
Although, technically, Christ (as the Second Person of the Trinity, and thus God Himself) is the co-author of ALL Scripture ({{bibleref|2Timothy|3|16}}), that has nothing to do with the physical authorship of the epistle.

*{{bibleref|Hebrews|10|7}} quotes Jesus in the first person: "Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

This is misleading, as it is merely a quote of Christ speaking in the OT. It doesn't mean that He wrote Hebrews. [Rebuttal: But the quotes are not referenced as being from [[Scriptures]], but instead [[God]] is quoted directly. ''See, e.g.'', [[Hebrews, Chapter 1]].]

*{{bibleref|Hebrews|4|15}} makes observations about Jesus that only Jesus himself could make and does so in the present perfect progressive tense to convey his ongoing presence at the time, such as "in every respect [Jesus] has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."

Notice that the author says, "as WE are," distinguishing himself from Christ. [Rebuttal: several modern translations do not render this "as we are, see: [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Hebrews%204%3A15 Biblegateway comparison of translations for verse 4:15].]

*By describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine.

This is a paper-thin argument. Paul was capable of doing the same thing, especially inspired by the [[Holy Spirit]]. [Rebuttal: Paul wrote in [[Koine Greek]], not in this extremely elegant form of Greek that is at the very highest level.]

*The tone of authority in Hebrews is no greater than any of the other epistles. For example:

Romans 14:12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

*//This Epistle was written before any physical persecution of the disciples: "In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood." (12:44)//

This just means that the AUDIENCE had not yet been persecuted in that manner, not ALL Christians. The author makes this SAME point contradicting himself later when he argues that the speaker is distinguishing himself from the audience with respect to shedding blood (see rebuttal later).

It is more likely that Hebrews was written in the early sixties, just before the tribulation began. [Rebuttal: the persecution and [[martyrdom]] began in A.D. 34, with the stoning of [[Stephen]].]

Hebrews is FILLED with timing statements that allude to the very nearness of the coming judgment upon the Jews and Jerusalem and the end of the age, which began in AD 66/67. [Rebuttal: there was some unrest and suppression in AD 66/67, culminating in the destruction of the [[Second Temple]] in AD 70, but Jesus's disciples had dispersed or been [[martyr]]ed long before then. These references to, for example, an age about to come are not about governance in [[Judea]].]

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who are ABOUT to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 2:5 He did not subject to angels the age ABOUT to come.

Hebrews 6:5 ...and have tasted ...the powers of the age ABOUT to come.

Hebrews 8:13 In the calling [it] new He has declared that what is now former is becoming obsolete, even growing old, near disappearing.

Hebrews 9:8-10 The Holy Spirit was making clear that the way of the [heavenly] Holy Places was not yet revealed, while the first tent was standing, which [is] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices offered are not able to perfect the conscience of the worshiper… until a time of correction (compare Gal. 4:19; Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17; 4:13).

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ has come as a high priest of the good things ABOUT to come...

Hebrews 9:26 …NOW but once, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin, by the sacrifice of Himself, He has appeared.

Hebrews 10:1 …the Law, a shadow of the good things ABOUT to come...

Hebrews 10:25 ...encouraging [each other], even much more as you see the Day DRAWING NEAR.

Hebrews 10:27-28 ...a certain expectation of judgment and a fury of a fire which is ABOUT to consume the adversaries, anyone who rejected the Law of Moses…

Hebrews 10:36-37 In order that… you may receive the thing promised, for yet in a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE, the one who is coming will come, and not delay.

Hebrews 13:12-14 Because here we do not have a permanent city but we are seeking the one coming (see Rev. 18:4)

*MOST of the Epistles quote or refer to what Jesus said in the Gospels. That doesn't mean He authored them.

*The scholarship and grammar of the Epistle do not prove that the author is Christ.

*//Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that God does have a sense of humor...//

This is speculative at best. We don't know that it wasn't FIRST written in Hebrew. There is a great deal of historical evidence that the Gospels, other than Luke, were first written in Hebrew or Aramaic. [NB: the evidence is overwhelming that all the Gospels were originally written in Greek.] However, many of the Jews in the first century were of "the dispersal" and did not even speak Hebrew as their primary language, but the common language of the day--koine Greek.

*//The substance of this work is a firsthand account of Jesus becoming man, subsequently crying out to God to save Jesus from real death, which God then did by intervening; only Jesus could have described this;[6] the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.//

Again, the Gospel authors did the exact same thing. For example, they wrote what Christ was THINKING, when it says that He KNEW what was in man's hearts, or He KNEW their thoughts.

*//The Epistle was directed at the Hebrew population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.//

As was Peter's primary mission. Furthermore, Paul always went to the Jews FIRST, in every city he came to. He expressed his burden for his fellow Jews in Romans (Romans 9:3; 10:1). In addition, Peter wrote to the Jews twice (1Pet. 1:1; 2Pet. 3:1) and said that Paul had written to them before (2Pet. 3:15).

*//It is fitting that Jesus would make one last attempt -- post-Resurrection -- to persuade the Hebrew people for whom His ministry was originally intended.//

//Jesus spent 40 days on Earth between the Resurrection and the Ascension, and it is implausible that He did not continue His ministry in an effective way. Writing (or distributing) an Epistle is most plausible activity, given what had transpired.//

True, but this is again speculative. Furthermore, why is it that the early church fathers were virtually unanimous that this letter was written by Paul, and NONE of them said or suggested that it was Christ?

*//The Epistle to the Hebrews is unique in its attempt to explain the concept of faith -- something that Jesus emphasized in His ministry, and perhaps only He could explain as this Epistle does.//

Again, as does Paul in Romans.

*//Many have attributed the Epistle of James to a brother of Jesus, and if His brother wrote a letter, then why wouldn't Jesus?//

Yet ANOTHER paper-thin argument.

*//Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.//

First, MANY of the Scriptural authors quote things that they couldn't have known. They were revealed to them by the Spirit.

Second, this is a direct quote of Psalm 2:7.

*//The sermon/writing was likely intended for an audience in Jerusalem, which is where Jesus was most focused.//

The recipients of the letter were predominantly Jewish, with few Gentiles in their group, which fits with the church of ROME. The majority of the Jewish recipients were facing persecution, or pressure from unconverted Jews to remain Jewish, and many were turning away from Christ. Paul dealt with this in Romans and Galatians.

Hebrews appears to have been written in Italy, likely Rome, where Paul was imprisoned for a time; or rather, the author was with Italians and writing it to Jews who were in Rome (13:24). Clement was in Rome and he quoted Hebrews very early, so the latter is the more accurate conclusion.
*//The verse on which this relies (13:24) was surely added later, as done to the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of John]]. Scribes could easily add something at the end of a manuscript.//

There is also a possible reference to a previous, brief letter from the author to the recipients (13:22), unless that is a reference to the present letter. If this is the case, then it fits with Paul’s previous letter to the Romans. However, if this was the letter in which Peter was referring to his recipients (2Pet. 3:15), then this letter was not to the Romans, as Peter’s letters were to the dispersed Jews. If Paul wrote this from Rome, after release from his first imprisonment, then this is also fitting.

*//Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the Gospels, there is no reference to post-Ascension events.//

There are hardly ANY references to post-ascension events in ANY of the Epistles.

*//Ancient manuscripts refer in Hebrews 13:21 to God working among "you", not "us", which is what Jesus (rather than a disciple) would say.//

OR someone not AMONG the recipients would say. The NT epistles are full of second-person references like this...

*//"Amen" was typically added later at the end of New Testament letters (and the Book of Revelation), which means that the ending following Hebrews 13:21 is almost certainly not part of the original. Someone probably thought this letter was by Paul (since disproven) and copied the endings from his letters (see, e.g., Titus).//

Several of Paul's letters have the amen well BEFORE the end (Ephesians 3:21; Philippians 4:20; 1Timothy 6:16; 2Timothy 4:18), and Peter's first epistle did too (1Peter 5:11).

And some of the letters don't even CONTAIN an "amen" (2Corinthians; Colossians; 1Thessalonians; 2Thessalonians; Titus; Philemon; and James).

*//The father-son analogy to explain the nature of God (Hebrews 7:4) was a personal favorite of Jesus in explaining life.//

This verse speaks nothing of a father-son analogy. The ONLY father-son analogy is in Hebrews 12:5-8, about the father disciplining a son. This was a reference to Proverbs 3:11-12. Christ NEVER used this analogy.

Hebrews 7:3 speaks of Melchizedek being without a father and mother listed in Scripture as a type of Christ, but Jesus never spoke of this.

*//In Hebrews 12:4, the distinction between the speaker and the audience with respect to shedding blood in resistance to sin would have likely been only by Jesus: "You have not yet shed blood in resistance and striving against sin."//

Earlier, this verse was used to say that NO ONE had been persecuted yet. So which is it?

And again, this could have been nearly ANY of the Apostles. Paul especially had been through NUMEROUS physical trials where his blood was shed (2Corinthians 11:23-25).

*//Any writing by Jesus would intentionally be anonymous, so that it does not eclipse the other valuable writings by disciples.//

Another speculation. And, as said previously, ALL Scripture is co-authored by Christ.

*//The Epistle to the Hebrews contains more warnings against apostasy than any other book in the Bible, as one might expect Jesus to emphasize. See Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 12:15-29.//

This is one final speculation. The warning about Jews returning to their tradition is fitting for the audience, regardless of the author.

*The only interesting coincidental argument is that Hebrews is the same length as the walk to Emmaus. However, this doesn't prove that Christ was the author. It could just as easily have been one of those whom HEARD Christ on that walk, or even someone whom they shared it with. Given the brilliance of the entire discussion, is it any wonder that the two who heard Christ that day shared this with numerous people?

== Other Objections -- and Rebuttals to the Objections ==

But of course there are many reasons which shed doubt on such an idea:

*Jesus didn't leave any writings while he walked the earth. Therefore, a note from the grave would have been doubly surprising for his pupils.

:But this rebuttal is circular, assuming what it attempts to prove.
::No, it just stresses the point how surprising this idea of Jesus's authorship is.

:::No, it would be more surprising if Jesus, as intelligent as He was, never ever ever wrote anything.
::::Pythagoras ''never ever ever'' wrote anything.

:::::But scripts were plentiful in Jesus's time, and the importance of writing was widely recognized. The Old Testament relied on it.

*Traditionally we expect God's word to be carved in stone, not scribbled on parchment...

:But humor is no substitute for logical argument ...
::Humor comes into place when there isn't any logical argument in the first place: your ''reasons'' are at best circumstantial, and the question "what did Jesus do during the forty days" is amusing - perhaps he had 39 days of a writer's block, and then started scribbling?

*In light of the rejection of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, it makes sense that Jesus would write a post-Resurrection letter to the Hebrew people '''''not''''' anonymously, as this would persuade them more easily.

:No, it's clear that people who rejected Jesus when He was alive would not be persuaded by something attributed to him after the [[Passion of Christ]].
::So, why write then at all?

:::Because Jesus would not have simply given up.

*The idea of the authorship Jesus doesn't fit the first verses of the letter, where the author takes the position of one to whom God spoke in his Son:
{{cquote|But in these the Last Days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom He determined to be the inheritor of everthing, the Son, by whom He made the worlds, [[Epistle_to_the_Hebrews_(Translated)#Chapter 1|Hebrews 1:2]]}}

*The idea that this letter was written before the [[Ascension]] is ridiculous and stems from ignorance: the last verses include greetings from "those in Italy"...

::The last verses could have been added later. By Martians. I mean, if you're going to make wild suppositions and treat them as serious claims, why hedge your bets?

:::See the explanation above. The final verses that mention Italy were added after the final "Amen", which itself was an addition to several letters and the [[Book of Revelation]], signifying "The End."--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:24, 5 November 2012 (EST)

::::Even if we suppose that the words "those in Italy" were part of the original, who's to say they weren't authored by Jesus? Jesus is The Word made in flesh, there's nothing to prevent him from going to Italy and then quickly coming back to Galilee during the 40 days before his Ascension. Sending an epistle from Italy would have also symbolized the universal message of Christianity - an epistle to the Hebrews is sent in Greek from Italy, the center of Latin culture. - [[User:Markman|Markman]] 14:55, 18 August 2013 (EDT)

* There is zero archeological or documentary evidence to support such a claim.

:No such evidence would be expected for a one-time sermon or epistle.

== Rebuttals in detail ==
*"''the teaching is virtually identical in style and substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus as described in the [[Gospel of Luke (Translated)]], which He likewise did while appearing to be someone else, and while speaking about Himself in the third person.''"
:'''Contra:''' This statement is not only counterfactual - it doesn't fit into Aschlafly's line of reasoning, either: Aschlafly himself states the epistle is very much different in style from the other parts of the New Testament. As for the substance of the teachings: "''The central thought of the entire Epistle is the doctrine of the Person of Christ and His Divine mediatorial office.''" (from the [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm source] used by Aschlafly). Needless to say, e.g., Jesus's status as a high-priest isn't mentioned on the road to Emmaus.
::'''Pro:''' Why wouldn't Jesus mention his status as a high priest, when addressing a Hebrew audience???
:::'''Contra:''' You are missing the point: you claim that the '''"teaching is virtually identical in [...] substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus'''" - but you are not able to show that!
::::'''Pro:''' It was the same sort of explanation -- the same style -- as the Epistle to the Hebrews, as inferred from the account of the discussion on the road to Emmaus in the [[Gospel of Luke]].
:::::'''Contra:''' You write ''Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know.'' But if Hebrews is ''virtually identical'' in substance to the teaching on the road to Emmaus, the author of the epistle could have taken those ''somethings'' from reports of the encounter.
*''the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> There is not a.:'''Contra:''' God isn't the only one with decent grammar! This shows only that great intellects were attracted by Christianity even in the early years (as later was [[Augustine|Augustinus]]). BTW: As the German language, Greek allows for an easy creation of new words. See e.g., ἀνασταυρόω: this word is uniquely used in the epistle and means "to crucify again" - it's just a merge of ἀνα and σταυρόω. A German could speak of a "Zweitkreuzigung" in a similar manner.
::'''Pro:''' Not the very early years, when this Epistle was written. Jesus's work was not yet made available and known to intellectuals at this early time.
:::'''Contra:''' An extraordinary statement! Do you think that not one gifted, well-educated man heard (and was touched) by the teachings of Jesus in the early years?

*''it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the road to Emmaus.''
:'''Contra:''' The author could choose between Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. Why shouldn't he write in Greek? Obviously, he mastered the language very well (perhaps better than Aramaic and Hebrew), and Greek was spoken throughout the whole Roman empire.
::'''Pro:''' The reason why it is surprising to be in Greek is because the audience primarily spoke Hebrew.
:::'''Contra:''' Did his audience "primarily spoke Hebrew"? Are you sure? Did the author address the priests - or perhaps traders, scholars, even carpenters, etc.? [[World_History_Lecture_Two#Did_Jesus_Preach_in_Greek.3F|To quote you]]: ''"For teaching purposes, the powerful Greek language would have been useful. Greek was in common use by Jewish people in Palestine, thanks in part to the conquest by Alexander the Great. Greek was even widely used in Jewish ossuaries to bury the dead. Commerce took place often in Greek, and Jesus had been in business as a carpenter. He surely knew the language. Several of the key terms, such as Jesus' criticism of the Pharisees as "hypocrites", is derived directly from Greek without any comparable term in Aramaic or Hebrew.''"

::::'''Pro:''' The Epistle is obviously directed to those well-versed in the Hebrew scriptures, which means Hebrew was their first language. Why would anyone other than Jesus quote Hebrew scriptures for a Hebrew audience in perfect Greek???--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 21:58, 10 December 2012 (EST)
:::::'''Contra:''' As you said: ''For teaching purposes, the powerful Greek language would have been useful.''

*''...speaking about Himself in the third person'''
:'''Contra:''' The use of the third person for the author can be found often in classical literature. E.g., when we read
::{{cquote|Caesar saw the horse.}}
:it could well be that Caesar was the author of this sentence. But what about
::{{cquote|Caesar saw me.}}
:Here it is obvious that Caesar is not the author, as we have an instance of the first person (''me''). The same holds true for the ''Epistle to the Hebrews''. One example is Hebrews 3:6

:Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· οὗ οἶκός ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς ἐάνπερ τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ καύχημα τῆς ἐλπίδος μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν

:Reading this, one sees that Christ is set over the house, while ''we'' (including the author!) are the house. A diligent study of the epistle reveals a couple of such examples.

*''...the work quotes Jesus' thought process, which only Jesus would know.''
:'''Contra:''' If this logic were to hold true, it would mean that God was the author of Genesis. Along with every other event that is described in the Bible that no mortal man could have been a witness to.

== Historical considerations: Critical analysis ==

''See [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]]

'''The LETTER TO THE HEBREWS'''. The Book of Hebrews is a perfect supporting conclusion to the list of texts of OLD TESTAMENT Bible proofs that the long-expected Christ is Jesus.
:This outstanding exposition of scripture, ''which also stands as one of the finest pieces of world literature'', is best read within the context of the interpretation of everything written about Jesus in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms, as presented in Luke 24:44-48, and as [[Christian apologetics|apologetical literature]] written during the time setting between Acts 18 and 19, and as an encouragement to remain faithful in the context of the discouraging persecution being inflicted on the believers by the Jews [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-20.htm John 15:20].
::[[Andy Schlafly]] is persuaded that Jesus himself wrote this work during the 40 days he appeared to the apostles he had chosen, while he was with them and spoke of the kingdom of God, and that he left it with them—just as Isaiah, Jeremiah and Daniel also entrusted their writings to their disciples, copies to be kept in earthen jars. See Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 36 and 51:59-60; Daniel 12:4, 9. This is fully in accord with the practical and material secondary meaning of 2 Corinthians 4:5-7, "''We have this treasure in earthen vessels''". See [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. Hebrews is written to the whole church as an encouragement to every follower of Christ to remain faithful during the persecutions they were already facing from the Jews and in the coming persecutions from the pagan nations which were certain to occur in centuries to come (Matthew 5:11-12; John 15:18-20). The same message of encouragement to persevere and remain faithful in the face of terrible persecution of Christianity is presented in the [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)|Book of Revelation]]. The claim that Hebrews is from Jesus himself who is ''the perfection of God'' (Hebrews 1:3; 6:26; Colossians 1:19), is a highly controversial claim never advanced before the 21st century, based on the critically attested grammatically '''''perfect''''' Greek of the text. This claim was met with universal rejection by biblical scholars and theologians the moment it was publicly proposed. No mention of Jesus composing or dictating any writing is found in any early Christian writings or commentaries on scripture from the second century onward, other than the apocryphal ''[http://gods-kingdom-ministries.net/teachings/articles-and-poetry/jesus-letter-to-abgar-the-toparch/ Letters of Christ and Abgarus]''.

:Everything in the Book of Hebrews and the Gospels that could only have been known to Jesus he disclosed to his disciples during the forty days after his resurrection when he appeared to them, and spoke of the kingdom of God. They in turn shared this knowledge with their disciples in word and in writing. Matthew 10:27; Mark 4:22; Luke 12:2-3; John 16:12.

:Among the various authors of ''Hebrews'' historically proposed since the second century are '''Paul, Priscilla, Barnabas, Apollos, Timothy, Epaphras, Silas, Philip, Clement of Rome''' ([http://biblehub.com/commentaries/philippians/4-3.htm Philippians 4:3]), and others. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/1-1.htm ''multiple commentaries on'' Hebrews (biblehub.com)]. Each can be eliminated (for example, the author refers to himself with a male pronoun in Greek, which eliminates Priscilla as the author). See also the following five articles:
:*[http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/writer-hebrews/ '''The Writer of Hebrews''' by R. C. Sproul. Reformed Bible Studies (ligonier.org)]
:*[http://biblehub.com/library/pullan/the_books_of_the_new_testament/chapter_xviii_the_epistle_to.htm '''The Epistle to the Hebrews''' The Books of the Bible - Leighton Pullam (biblehub.com)]
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews '''Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews''' (en.wikipedia.org)]
:*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia '''Epistle to the Hebrews''' (newadvent.org)] ''scroll down to'' '''Author'''.
:*[http://biblescripture.net/Hebrews.html '''The Letter to the Hebrews''' (biblescripture.net)] ''also includes entire Douay-Rheims text of Hebrews''.

"'''but in these days he has spoken to us by a Son'''" Hebrews 1:2. Third person reference to Jesus.
:This verse poses a difficulty for those who claim that this epistle was written by Jesus Christ Himself: He (God) has spoken to us (men, including the writer) through His Son (Jesus Christ) - which implies that His Son and the writer are different entities. But upon closer investigation, one realizes that many early Apostles, in imitation of Jesus, spoke about themselves in this modest style of using the third person, as when John referenced himself as the "One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23, ESV) and Mark referenced himself as "but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked." (Mark 14:52, ESV) Jesus himself, of course, frequently referred to himself in the third person as in the phrase Son of Man.
:On the other hand, there is no other example where Jesus or an Apostle spoke about himself using both the first and the third person in the same sentence!

:The strongest internal textual evidence against Jesus being the author of the ''Letter to the Hebrews'' during the forty days he appeared to the disciples and spoke of the kingdom of God is in Hebrews 1:3, which says (past tense), "''When he had made purification for sins, '''he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high'''...''". (RSV) Conservative Bible scholars carefully consider the following facts in assessing the claim that Jesus is the author of ''Hebrews''. On the day Jesus ascended into heaven and the disciples stood gazing into heaven as he went, "''two men stood by them in white robes, and said, 'This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.' ''" (Acts 1:11 RSV) Peter later testified to the Jews that Jesus is "''...the Christ appointed for you, '''whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke''' by the mouth of his holy prophets...''". (Acts 3:20-21 RSV) There is no evidence in scripture that Jesus, after having ascended into heaven, "''and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high''" descended to earth in a second coming to write this document. The writer explicitly refers to the fact that Jesus "''sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high''" as being an already accomplished fact '''before''' ''Hebrews'' was written. Compare Acts 1:11 (already cited) and the following supportive texts:
:*"''But he, full of the [[Holy Spirit]], gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God''". Acts 7:55.
:*"''...their Master and yours is in heaven...''" Ephesians 6:9.
:*"''...our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ...''" Philippians 3:20.
:*"''When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.''" Colossians 3:4.
:*"''Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.''" Colossians 4:1.
:*"''...wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.''" 1 Thessalonians 1:10.
:*"''For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.''" 1 Thessalonians 4:16.
:*"''...when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire''" 2 Thessalonians 1:7.
:*"''But when Christ appeared as a high priest...he entered once for all into the Holy Place...thus securing an eternal redemption.'''" Hebrews 9:11a, 12.
:*"''For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf...so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.''" Hebrews 9:24 and 28.
:*"''But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, '''then to wait''' until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.''" Hebrews 10:12-13.
:*"''For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.''" 1 Corinthians 15:25-26.
:*"''...Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.''" 1 Peter 3:21b-22.
:*"''...whom '''heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke''' by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old''" Acts 3:21.
:*"''he commands all men everywhere to repent, because '''he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed''', and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.''" Acts 17:31.

:In answer to the objection that the ascension of Christ into heaven is presented in ''Hebrews'' as a past event, supporters of the claim that Jesus is author of Hebrews can point to the Bible pattern of prophetic writing which includes the Semitic manner of referring to a divinely guaranteed future fulfillment as having already been accomplished, because it is an absolute certainty. The divine guarantee of the future is written in the past tense. Thus, Jesus as author of Hebrews is argued as having written in the past tense of his own future ascension to the glorious throne of God the Father as an already accomplished reality. See the following article:
:*[http://www.plainerwords.com/artman2/publish/2007/Prophecy_Past_Or_Present_Tense.shtml '''Prophecy: Past or Present Tense?''' (plainerwords.com)]

:Against the authorship of Jesus there are also those passages all through the Letter to the Hebrews, emphasized in boldface here, that Jesus cannot be saying of himself, even in referring to himself in the second and third person. The words "we, us, our" include the speaker and would need to be changed to "you" and "your":
:*"''spoken to '''us''' by his Son''" Hebrews 1:2 (spoken to you by his Son)
:*"''purified '''us''' of '''our sins'''''" Hebrews 1:3 (purified you of your sins)
:*"'''''we''' ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps '''we''' drift away''" Hebrews 2:1 (you ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps you drift away)
:*"''how will '''we''' escape if '''we''' neglect so great a salvation...confirmed to '''us''' by those who heard''" Hebrews 2:3 (how will you escape if you neglect so great a salvation...confirmed to you by those who heard)
:*"''whose house '''we''' are, if '''we''' hold fast''" Hebrews 3:6 (whose house you are if you hold fast)
:*"''Let '''us''' therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that '''we''' may receive mercy''" Hebrews 4:16 (Let us together therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that you may receive mercy)
:*"''where as a forerunner Jesus entered for '''us'''''" Hebrews 6:20 (where as a forerunner Jesus entered for you)
:*"''For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for '''us'''''" Hebrews 9:24 (...now to appear in the presence of God for you)
:*"''Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for '''us'''...let '''us''' draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having '''our''' hearts sprinkled from an '''evil conscience'''''" Hebrews 10:19-22 (Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for you...let us together draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having your hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience)
:*"''let '''us''' also, seeing '''we''' are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and '''the sin which so easily entangles us''', and let '''us''' run with patience the race that is set before '''us''', looking to Jesus''" Hebrews 12:1-2a (let us together also, seeing you are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles you, and let us together run with patience the race that is set before you, looking to Jesus)
:*"''Through him, then, let '''us''' offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually''" Hebrews 13:15 (Through him, then, offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually)
:*"'''''Pray for us'''''" Hebrews 13:18 (Pray for the brothers)

:Probably the best scriptural response to the above objection is found in the words of Jesus in the [[Lord's Prayer]] and his word to Saul on the road to Damascus:
:*"'''''Our''' Father...give '''us''' this day...forgive '''us''' our debts...lead '''us''' not into temptation, but deliver '''us''' from evil''" Matthew 6:9-13, also Luke 11:3-4.
:*"''Saul, Saul, why do you persecute '''me'''''" Acts 9:4.
:In support of the argument that Jesus is the author of ''Hebrews'' by dictation to his chosen ''amanuensis'' (just as Tertius wrote Paul's letter to the Romans, 16:22), is the fact that Jesus after having ascended into heaven appeared to chosen individuals on earth, including John, who at Jesus' command '''wrote''' the ''Book of Revelation''. See the following texts:
:*"''...he fell to the ground and '''heard a voice saying''' to him, ...''" Acts 9:4.
:*"''Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. '''The Lord said to him''' in a vision...''" Acts 9:10-17.
:*"''...I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and '''bear witness to the things in which you have seen me''' and to those in which I will appear to you...''". Acts 26:16.
:*"''Now '''write''' what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter.''" Revelation 1:19.
:*"''And he who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' Also he said, ''''Write''' this...' ''" Revelation 21:5.
:A reasonable counter-argument to this response is the fact that every extant manuscript witness of the text of ''Hebrews'', unlike the witness of the text of ''Revelation'' and the accounts of Jesus' appearances in ''Acts'', lacks witness to any appearance of the Lord Jesus for the purpose of commanding the writing of this sacred text. This leaves the Holy Spirit as the author of ''Hebrews'', testifying to Jesus, and revealing things no man could have known, in accordance with the promises Jesus made on the night he was betrayed:
:*''when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, '''he will bear witness to me'''''" John 15:26.
:*''I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. '''He will glorify me''', for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.''" John 16:12-14.

== Institutional reluctance ==
The [[Reformation]] created institutional biases on both sides. [[Martin Luther]] questioned the authenticity of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] because he was uncomfortable with some of its contents, and this may deter [[Protestant]]s from recognizing [[Jesus]] as its author. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] does not want people shifting to reliance on the [[Bible]] alone (rather than the Church), so it may not welcome recognition of [[Jesus]] as the author of one of its books. The hierarchy of both Protestants and Catholics may see a risk in dramatically recognizing Jesus as an author. A young pastor or professor, Protestant or Catholic, would be risking his career by suggesting that Jesus wrote the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].

Moreover, neither the Protestant nor Catholic hierarchy has been willing to admit that anything in the [[New Testament]] was added later, and was not in the original. Admitting Jesus authored the Epistle to the Hebrews would require also admitting that the reference to Timothy at the end ({{bibleref|Hebrews|13|23}}), after the final Amen, is probably not authentic.

But this institutional reluctance is misplaced, as a rising tide of [[faith]] lifts all boats, Protestant and Catholic.

Atheists and university professors resist the notion that Jesus could have written the finest Greek work found anywhere, as Jesus lacked a formal education. Atheists in particular oppose the acceptance of an intellectual Jesus who was smarter than they are. Part of the atheists' approach is to dumb down the perception of Jesus as much as possible, and accepting that Jesus wrote the magnificent Greek in the Epistle to the Hebrews disproves the atheists' argument.

== See also ==
*[[Mystery:Was Epistle to the Hebrews the Foundation of NT]]?
*For a scholarly discussion of the authorship of this epistle see [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].
*Another scholarly analysis is at [https://icksp.org.uk/newbrighton/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2023-05-20-The-epistle-to-the-Hebrew-conclusion.pdf "The epistle to the Hebrews: General conclusion," New Brighton, Saturday 20th May 2023]
*[[Logos]]
*[[Bible]]
*[[Date of Hebrews]]

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'''[[Socialist]] wins as mayor of [[L.A.]]''', ousts Karen Bass. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/progressive-nithya-raman-unseats-karen-bass-la-mayors-race]
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'''Election was a "crushing rebuke" to [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]''': "more than two dozen former Foxers hired to key positions" by [[Trump]], such as [[Pete Hegseth]] as failed [[War Secretary]]. ''"The network received a significant drop in viewership leading up to [[Election Day]]."'' [https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/midterm-results-are-crushing-rebuke-fox-news-trump-propaganda MediaMatters]
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[[Texas]] [[Republican]]s Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] refused to debate, and [[Gen Z]] voted overwhelmingly against them such that they lost by wide margins. ''Patrick has refused to debate since 2014''.
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'''[[Idaho]] voters rejected a [[pro-abortion]] [[ballot initiative]]''', by a wide margin of 56-44%. [https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/elections/prop-1-idaho-reject-abortion-ballot-initiative-results-vote/277-710b4b76-f734-4c88-91a3-599bfbfe6ea5]
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'''[[Mario Nawfal]]: [[Trump]] and [[JD Vance|Vance]] blame [[Israel]]''' for loss. [[Ana Kasparian]]: [[Democrat]]s on notice they will suffer the same fate if they continue the same [[BS]]. [https://youtu.be/r93hVXTJQi4] [[Ann Coulter]]: Who gave us this disastrous [[war]]? [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/who-gave-us-this-disastrous-war/]
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'''[[JD Vance]] takes the lead for [[MAGA]]''', and rebukes the policies that caused the landslide losses. [https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=DgidaYoF3v6MbrCwG94&s=20] Vance's home state [[Ohio]] goes Blue.
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'''Mission Accomplished: [[Gas]] and [[diesel]] prices begin to drop.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/05/mission-accomplished-as-expected-gas-and-diesel-prices-begin-dropping/][https://oilprice.com/]
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'''[[Judge Napolitano]]: [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]] fallout''' & the great unraveling of [[Trump]] and [[America First]] - [[Glenn Diesen]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-midterms-fallout] [[Musk]] blows $275 million in [[Texas]].
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'''"Historic Trashing Of Legal [[sports gambling|Sports Betting]] At [[U.S.]] Ballot Box"''', including 55-45% defeat of DraftKings' and FanDuel's ballot initiative in [[Nebraska]]. [https://gamblingharm.org/nebraska-online-sports-betting-vote-2026-defeat/] Abolish [[ICE]] is back. [https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-votes-back-eliminating-ice-trump-expands-deportations-12327959][https://www.latintimes.com/democratic-candidates-ice-abolition-midterm-races-600792]
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'''[[Kelley Vlahos]] of ''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': The stunning rebuke''' of [[Trump]] in [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://youtu.be/vliPkq3zrpY] If you lie to [[voter]]s about not starting a new [[war]], the voters make you pay. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/if-you-lie-to-voters-about-not-starting] [[JD Vance]]: 'The reason we lost is the war'.
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'''[[Democrats]] win a majority in the US House and Senate elections''', [https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-stunned-catastrophic-midterm-blue-tsunami-blame-trumps-iran-war-high-gas-prices][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-seize-senate-blue-tidal-wave-crashes-deep-trump-country-topples-gop-strongholds] with [[Abdul El-Sayed]] winning in [[Michigan]] and gaining access to classified materials. '''[[International law]] expert:''' [[Trump]] may seek refuge in [[Russia]]. [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictators-2678178310/]
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'''''[[JtN]]'': [[Trump]] concedes [[Iran war]], [[gas]] prices''' played role in [[election]] rout, vows to work with [[Democrat]]s. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-concedes-iran-war-gas-prices-played-role-election-rout-vows]
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'''[[Trump]]: 'I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people,''' but if we have to, we'll have to'. [https://youtu.be/jzhFWVe2OK8] The Pendulum of [[Delusion]]: [[Fox News]], the [[partisan]] blind spot, and the unspoken cause of the [[2026 Midterms|Midterm crash]]. [https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-pendulum-of-delusion-fox-news]
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'''[[Dem]]s lead in [[Texas]] and [[South Carolina]] [[U.S. Senate]] elections''', indicating they will probably take control of the Senate. ''So [[GOP]] support of [[data center]]s and [[sports gambling]] was not such a great idea after all''.
 '''[[Dem]]s win [[House]] easily''', and [[Pete Hegseth]] will resign to avoid [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] (he should have resigned earlier).
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'''Setback for [[homosexual agenda]]''': [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justices rebuke [[Colorado]] for excluding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] pre-schools that reject [[LGBTQ]], in a state-funded daycare program. [https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/11/03/supreme-court-colorado-catholic-preschool/]
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"'''[[Trump]] says [[United States|US]] will stop $4 billion''' in annual funding to [[Israel]] at end of 2026," observing that [[Dem]]s used this issue against [[Republican]]s for today's [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-us-will-stop-paying-israel-after-year-end-2026-11-03/]
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'''[[Torture]] scandal rocks [[Zelensky]] [[Berlin]] visit''' as opposition demands answer. [https://youtu.be/b8-yvyozYlY][https://the307.substack.com/p/azov-run-torture-chamber-discovered][https://youtu.be/5mTqFoIMHoQ] The limits of [[military]] authority when public [[trust]] fractures. [https://theduran.substack.com/p/the-war-behind-the-gate] [[Ukraine]] arrests [[woman]] who exposed [[Azov Battalion]]'s torture chamber. ''Deserters were tortured and kidnapped men off the street were held for ransom.''
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"Pilot of doomed Learjet heard '''[[prayer|praying]] the ‘[[The Lord's Prayer|Our Father]]'''.’" [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pilot-of-doomed-learjet-heard-praying-the-our-father/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Record-breaking [[early voting]] in [[Texas]] and elsewhere''' [https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/more-than-77-million-texans-voted-early-in-2026-election-surpassing-2018-record] which is how [[Dem]]s turn out their vote.
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'''[[Zelensky]] outlines clouded threats to [[Trump]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/02/zelenskyy-outlines-clouded-threats-to-trump-lukoil-remains-a-target-until-u-s-gives-weapons/] [[US]] at cross purposes on [[Ukraine]]: [[CIA]] vs [[Trump]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/us-at-cross-purposes-on-ukraine-cia] [[Alastair Crooke]]: As [[Trump]] ‘makes nice’ with [[Moscow]], the [[CIA]] has other ideas. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-trump-makes-nice-with-moscow-the-cia-has-other-ideas/]
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'''[[Trump]]’s window to do something useful''' on [[foreign policy]] is about to close. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/trumps-window-to-do-something-useful]
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'''[[Slotkin]], [[Applebaum]] complicit in [[Polish coup]].''' [https://youtu.be/-OFWRxwaFuA]
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'''Pro-[[Ukraine]] party defeated''' 58% - 39% in [[NATO]] member state [[Bulgaria]]. [https://kyivindependent.com/russia-friendly-yotova-wins-bulgarias-presidential-runoff/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for [[Detroit]] player''' with neck injury during [[NFL]] game. [https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/article/lions-lb-jack-campbell-taken-to-hospital-with-neck-injury-after-being-carted-off-immobilized-on-backboard-205940273.html]
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'''Never trust a [[liberal]]''': [[Dem]] Congresswoman [[Haley Stevens]] reneges on her endorsement of [[El-Sayed]], and suddenly endorses his opponent [[Mike Rogers]] instead. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186882-stevens-rogers-church-michigan/]
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'''[[Poland]] is the symptom and [[Europe]] is the patient.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe] ''The defenders of democracy have written a manual for dismantling one.'' [https://theduran.substack.com/p/polands-judicial-coup-and-the-battle] [[Tusk]]: I had to destroy the [[Republic]] in order to save it. [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/tusk-i-had-to-destroy-the-republic] Poland's [[coup]] will shape the post-[[war]] order. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will-shape-the-post-war-european-order.html] [[Molotov-Ribbentrop]] ''[[deja vu]]?'' [[Korybko]]: [[Germany]]’s attempted takeover of Poland by [[proxy]] is to prepare [[Europe]] for [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/germanys-attempted-takeover-of-poland]
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'''[[Leftist]] riots spread to [[Germany]]''', as [[Europe]] is helpless against the hostile migrants it allowed in. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/31/french-style-riots-erupt-in-germany-as-far-leftists-clash-with-police-in-frankfurt-and-hamburg/][https://www.zerohedge.com/political/looting-and-chaos-erupt-germany-europe-slides-deeper-crisis]
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'''[[Godfrey Bloom]]: Have you been [[brainwash]]ed on the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia Ukraine war]]?''' [https://youtu.be/dVHXTWUN3zY]
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'''[[Abdul El-Sayed]] disinvites his defeated [[Dem]] opponent Haley Stevens from campaign events''', while Stevens fails to fully support him as the frontrunner for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events] [[Dem]] attempt at unity in [[Michigan]] collapses into bickering: [[El-Sayed]] criticizes [[Haley Stevens]] for seeming "intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185985-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-senate/]
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'''[[EU]] [[globalist]]s incite [[Poland]]'s [[liberal]] [[prime minister]] to attempt to take control of [[Poland]]'s top court''', while [[conservative]] [[President Nawrocki]] was outside of the country. [https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/globalists-have-launched-coup-poland-police-move-against/] [[Neocon]] [[fascist]] [[Donald Tusk]] sends police to occupy Supreme Court building. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will][https://youtu.be/tqnmINgIcSw] '''Alarming Update''' from [[Polish]] [[media]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/31/alarming-update-on-coup-effort-from-polish-media/] The [[Constitutional]] [[crisis]] at the heart of Poland’s Judicial 'coup'. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the] ''[[Germany]] is complicit in the coup. 'They want to drag us into the eurozone so that we abandon our own [[currency]]. They want to send [[illegal migrant]]s across the border'.''
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'''3 refineries burning''' as [[Zelensky]] ignores [[Trump]]. [https://youtu.be/7xitBbQJ77M] [[US]] embassy in [[Moscow]] issues [[terrorist]] attack and mass casualty warning for Moscow. [https://youtu.be/EZntCW9r_wE]
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'''[[Lawfare]] arguments around [[Ilhan Omar]]''' search warrant on desk of [[corrupt]] [[DC]] judge [[James Boasberg]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/30/pentagon-tells-baltic-states-to-tone-it-down-stop-antagonizing-russia/] ''[[JtN]]'': [[Ilhan Omar|Omar's]] brother and ex-husband says he's [[gay]]; [[Minneapolis|Mpls]] mayor aide says allegations 'almost certainly [[true]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omars-ex-husband-and-alleged-brother-describes-himself-gay-man-while-frey-aide-says]
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'''[[World Affairs in Context]]: [[America]]'s [[allies]] dump [[T-bill|US debt]].''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/us-treasuries]
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'''Dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries''' strike to protest [[Israel]]i actions in [[Gaza]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-dock-workers-strike-to-protest-arms-shipments-including-to-israel/]
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'''Sanctioning Truth Part 2.''' [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/sanctioning-truth] Introducing [[Jacques Baud]] Part 1. [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/introducing-jacques-baud]
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'''Setback for [[Dem]]s''': "New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics." [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-5953069/national-education-association-nea-president-princess-moss-politics]
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'''Trump talks [[peace]] while the CIA is fueling the [[war in Ukraine]].''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trump-talks-peace-while-the-cia-is][https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/ukraine-cia-more-aggressive-starlink-and-refinery-strikes-higher-casualties-on-ukrs-side.html][https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/] [[US]]-[[Russia]] reconciliation & [[Europe]]an [[vassal]]age. [https://youtu.be/Fyae_Ohvjf4]
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"'''[[Conservative]] party wins''' first election in nearly a century in [[British Columbia]]." [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/conservative-party-wins-first-election-nearly-century-british-columbia-2026-10-25/]
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'''[[James O'Keefe]] charged with felonies''' for exposing '[[law]]s' that facilitate [[election fraud]] in [[Minnesota]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/minnesota-charges-james-okeefe-and-cam-higby-felonies-over-polling-place-vouching-stunt]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Finally, [[FBI]] Agents face [[justice]]''' over [[Laptop from Hell|Hunter Biden’s laptop]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/finally-fbi-agents-face-justice-over-hunter-bidens-laptop/]
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'''[[Marta Havryshko]]: The Dark Reality of [[Ukraine]]’s [[Conscription|Wartime Mobilization.]]''' [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/heroes-wanted-consent-denied-the] ''In 90% of cases [[citizen]]s’ [[rights]] are violated.'' [[Havryshko]]: [[Azov Battalion]] will kill [[Zelensky]] if he makes [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/yG2_r4laL34]
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'''Desperately Seeking [[Fascism]].''' [https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-fascism] ''They may not like what they actually get.''
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'''Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are forced to flee [[Brazil]] to the [[U.S.]]''', as vindictive [[socialist]]s want him punished for challenging [[Lula]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-u-s-visa-presidential-election-loss/]
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'''[[Chess]] Grandmaster [[Gary Kasparov]]: Without more [[money]] from [[the West]]''' [[Ukraine]] will be defeated. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/putin-defeat-ukraine-unless-europe-seizes-last-chance/] [[Riot]]s continue protesting rising [[cost of living]] to fund [[endless war]]s. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/france-protests-europe-cost-living-violence.html] [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]]'s choice as Ukraine collapses: [[negotiate]] or [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-natos-choice-as]
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'''[[Microsoft]] asks 60,000 employees to leave''', in its latest buyout offer. ''It wants to spend more on [[data center]]s'' [https://deadline.com/2026/10/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-a-quarter-of-workforce-1237197224/]
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'''[[Trump]]'s [[war]] overreach''' may be the straw that breaks the back of [[the West]]'s [[financial]]ised architecture. [https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/trumps-war-overreach-may-be-the-straw-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-wests-financialised-architecture]
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'''[[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] bends the knee to [[Iran]].''' [https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114750564940861587] '[[Islamic NATO]]' meets in [[Tehran]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] wasn't invited. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-western-media-ignores-mecca-alliance-sought-regional-security-meeting-in-tehran-would-republican-midterm-wipeout-force-trump-into-iran-and-ukraine-retreats.html] ''[[Middle East]]ern [[state]]s already looking past [[US]] withdrawal.'' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/the-gulf-holds-a-security-meeting]
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'''[[Iran]] prepares [[citizen]]s for [[nuclear]] attack.''' [https://x.com/ir_tv_24/status/2114703655999815708]
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'''Disgraced former [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] charged''' with transmitting national defense information. [https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-charges-james-comey-transmission-national-defense-information][https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/new-federal-case-against-james-comey-centers-again-leak-classif][[Swalwell]] donor's home raided. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/fbi-raids-beverly-hills-mansion-owned-swalwell-donor-cnn]
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'''"[[New York City]] shuts down [[bus]] fare enforcement despite rampant evasion"''' by nearly half the riders. [https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mta-shuts-down-bus-fare-enforcement-following-assault]
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'''[[Socialist]] [[tyranny|tyrants]] hold onto power in [[Brazil]]''', [https://youtu.be/SyqDj8-KTm0] finding a way to reverse their initial defeat even though this turnaround has never happened before. ''The reported results declaring [[Lula]] the winner are contrary to "a broader [[conservative|rightward]] political shift across [[Latin America]],"'' admits [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-intl-latam ''CNN'']
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'''[[Finland|Finnish]] Defense University reverses [[NATO]] & [[the West|Western]] [[narrative]]s''' about high [[Russian]] losses and low [[Ukrainian]] casualty figures. [https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/195520/Russia%20Seminar%20publication%202026_web.pdf p. 166][https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114054330643108290]
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'''[[Liberal]]s are running to [[religion]]''' to rescue [[AI]] from its own [[evil]]. [https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-moral-artificial-intelligence-religion-2bb91e3334fd6d732edf22288cabf4ec]
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'''[[Elon Musk]] trashes [[corrupt]] [[Zelenksy regime]].''' [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/musk-lashes-out-at-ukraine-claiming-its-elites-grew-very-rich-off-wartime-aid/ar-AA2fWIoF] Musk clarifies [[Zelensky]] violated [[Starlink]] terms of service. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/24/elon-musk-sets-record-straight-ukraine-was-violating-starlink-terms-and-using-it-to-guide-weapons-into-russia/][https://youtu.be/CzISy1eGgUk][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-starlink-mystery-finally] Musk to Zelensky: 'Burn in [[Hell]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-admits-spacex-throttled-starlink-ukraine-because-kiev-violated-terms-service] [[Korybko]]: [[Musk]]-[[Trump]] leverage of [[Starlink]]/Starshield is the key to [[peace]] in [[Ukraine]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-musk-trump-duos-leverage-of-starlinkstarshie]
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'''Relax, it's only an Exxon Valdez on steroids.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/relax-its-only-an-exxon-valdez-on]
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'''As weekend riots continue in [[France]]''', "The [[NFL]] should relocate the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]]-[[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] game in [[Paris]] to [[London]]" [https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-nfl-should-relocate-the-steelers-saints-game-in-paris-to-london] ''but [[greed]] dictates the league''.
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'''[[Russia]] evacuates [[diplomat]]s, [[military]] and [[technology|technical]] advisors''' from [[Iran]] in anticipation of [[US]] attacks. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/the-iran-strike-plan-is-dated-after]
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'''"[[Neoliberalism]] Is Over”'''. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/neoliberalism-is-over-2.html]
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'''[[Big Tech]] is pouring millions into elections in [[Florida]]''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/florida-midterms-big-tech-spending-legislature-01132207] as many tech billionaires have fled [[California]] and more [[data centers]] are being planned for Florida.
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] [[LeBron James]] refuses to apologize''' for practicing his golf swing during the [[National Anthem]]. [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-shocking-response-donald-174522102.html] ''LeBron makes far more from promoting [[gambling]] than playing [[basketball]]''.
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'''[[US]] banks scramble to shut down [[AI]] access''' to customer accounts. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/us-banks-scramble-to-shut-down-ai-access-to-customer-accounts.html] ''Banks can't tell the difference between AI and real [[human]]s accessing an account.''
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'''Surge in [[early voting]] in [[swing states]]''' deciding control of [[U.S. Senate]]: [https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba] ''Sometimes that reflects the [[Dem]] political machine''.
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'''Political spending breaks records without any measurable impact''': [[Dem]] Senate [[PAC]] raises $354M & [[Elon Musk|Musk]] donates $442M. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/22/congress/senate-dems-big-haul-01132834]
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'''[[Conservative]] success''': "[[Alabama]] reports just 3 [[abortion]]s in 2025." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-reports-just-3-abortions-in-2025/?utm_source=latest_news]
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'''2 [[FBI]] officials charged with [[lying]] to [[Congress]]''' about [[Russian]] involvement with the [[Hunter Biden]] [[Laptop from Hell]]. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-making-false-statements-about-hunter-bidens-laptop][https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': "Prepping a [[Postmortem]] for [[Zelensky]]’s Presidency."''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prepping-a-postmortem-for-zelenskys-presidency/] [[Conservative populist]] frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]: [[France]] will cut [[Ukraine aid]] to the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]]. [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/15/zelensky-says-ukraine-france-cooperation-is-win-win-after-le-pen-argues-for-cutting-aid-to-kyiv_6758639_4.html]
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'''"52% of [[Gen Z]] investors"''' are taking money from savings to waste it on [[sports gambling]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/sports-betting-young-investors-compounding.html]
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'''Setback for [[video games|video game]] [[addiction]]''': "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA." [https://apnews.com/article/bioware-ea-electronic-arts-shutdown-mass-effect-6b6e5c930fe56dd2cd18985d89f6ef24]
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'''[[Liberal]]s push to legalize [[abortion]] in [[Poland]]''' [https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-parliament-eases-abortion-laws-ichallenge-conservative-president/] as a result of last year's election defeat of [[conservative]]s who sided with [[Zelensky]] and accepted 1.6M migrants.
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Russiagate]] II: Loser Edition.''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/russiagate-ii-loser-edition/] ''[[Liberal]]s are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.'' How [[Trump]]’s turn against [[Zelensky]] can lead to [[peace]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trumps-turn-against-zelensky-can-lead-to-peace/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for another [[lifespan of NFL players and fans|NFL lifespan cut too short]]''', at only age 37: former Chiefs lineman dies reportedly of natural causes. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/21/former-chiefs-defensive-end-allen-bailey-dead-at-37/]
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'''[[Dem]] [[dark money]] funded the defeat of more than two dozen [[conservative]] [[GOP]] state legislators in [[Wyoming]]''', as proven by a recent analysis of its August primary. [https://www.libertynation.com/democrat-dark-money-funded-wyoming-gop-freedom-caucus-massacre/]
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'''Polling group trusted by [[MSM|mainstream outlets]]''' admits its [[poll]]s were [[fake]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/polling-group-trusted-by-mainstream-outlets-admits-its-polls-were-fake/ar-AA2fLNKu]
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'''Setback for [[AI]]''': [[San Francisco]]-based [[Anthropic]] reports a "staggering" $81B loss for the first half of 2026. [https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/business/anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries/]
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'''Do [[socialist]] candidates unwittingly help [[Republican]]s?''' "[[GOP]]-linked [[PAC]] spends over $1M to boost third-party [[socialist]] in [[Ohio]] Senate race." [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091]
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'''[[Rubio]]: [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]] officials are [[lying]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/following-45-minute-call-with-zelenskyy-secretary-marco-rubio-notes-ukraine-officials-are-lying-and-manipulative-which-he-told-zelenskyy-openly/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/interesting-following-the-cut-the-bs-confrontation-by-rubio-suddenly-zelenskyy-thanks-usa-and-says-all-early-warning-systems-working-great/]
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'''[[France]] admits [[Leftist]]s are fomenting the riots, which the [[liberal media]] have falsely attributed to deteriorating schools''': [https://justthenews.com/world/europe/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots] "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday accused the 'ultra-left movement' of 'orchestrating profound disorder.'" [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6157897-trump-vance-france-riots/]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': Is [[Europe]] doomed?''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-europe-doomed/] What comes next in [[Europe]]? [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/years-of-lead-await-europe.html] ''After years of neglecting population needs and shoveling [[money]] into the bottomless pit of [[NATO war in Ukraine|Project Ukraine]], the situation is now exploding across Europe.''
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'''As [[Paris]] burns, [[Macron]] blames [[Trump]],''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/during-national-address-to-france-president-macron-says-he-doesnt-know-what-is-going-on-but-hes-sure-president-trump-is-to-blame/] flees to [[Kuwait]] for 3-day tour of [[Persian Gulf]]. [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/19/macron-bids-au-revoir-to-burning-france-flees-to-kuwait-for-middle-east-tour/]
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'''[[Trump]]: It's time somebody else to [[negotiate]]''' on behalf of [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-calls-on-somebody-else-to-negotiate-for-ukraine-with-russia/ar-AA2fBp3q] [[Dr. Brovkin]]: Zelensky is running out of options. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/vladimir-brovkin-a0f] [[Zelensky]] is in it for the [[money]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''[[NFL values]]''': another player is ejected for spitting at an opponent. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/18/watch-bills-cj-gardner-johnson-ejected-for-spitting-at-raiders-brock-bowers/]
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'''[[RINO]]s are losing [[Texas]]''': [[Karl Rove]] made millions as a RINO consultant, and Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] has spent more than $140M and yet barely leads in polling against an obscure opponent. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/ ''Paxton could lose due to others'']
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'''[[Rubio]] responds to [[Zelensky]]' false claims''' about [[Ukraine]], [[Starlink]] and Starshield. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/zelenskyy-is-lying-secretary-marco-rubio-responds-to-false-claims-about-ukraine-starlink-and-starshield/] [[Bessent]]: 'Zelenskyy needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true'… [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/sunday-talks-treasury-secretary-bessent-zelenskyy-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-making-statements-that-are-not-true/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-facade-finally-cracks-trump-drops] [[Trump]]: [[Financial]] motivation for Zelensky to keep [[war]] going. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''Replacing Europe''' - Full Documentary [https://youtu.be/9bq5Z8e684I]
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'''520 [[drone]]s hit [[Russia]] via [[NATO]] airspace.''' [https://youtu.be/uLqZVnry4WU][https://youtu.be/8Yf2q0P2ge0]
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'''Violent [[Leftist]] protesters set [[France]] ablaze''', while similar protests spread to other [[European]] nations. [https://www.reuters.com/world/students-trade-unions-yellow-vests-set-protest-across-france-2026-10-17/][https://youtu.be/6jbnRAo5CSU]
 ''[[State Department|State Dep't]] warns [[American]]s before [[NFL]] game there.'' [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-department-state-issues-travel-202512876.html]
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'''[[Joe Kent]]: Why the [[US]] [[proxy war against Russia]]''' must end now. [https://youtu.be/CXZioBNWhQg]
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'''''[[CTH]]'': ''[[NYT]]'' leads [[Leftist]] [[MSM|media movement]]''' to target [[Trump]] for exempting [[Russia]] from new [[US]] [[economic sanctions|sanctions regime]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/new-york-times-leads-leftist-media-movement-to-target-trump-for-exempting-russia-from-new-u-s-sanctions-regime/]
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'''Sports team billionaire owners continue to loot the public''': "Over $22 billion earmarked for new stadiums and arenas between 2027 and 2032." [https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/10/15/nearly-20-billion-earmarked-for-new-stadiums-and-arenas-between-2027-and-2032/] ''Meanwhile, [[sports gambling]] robs [[Gen Z]]''.
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'''"20 minutes from being [[abortion|aborted]]"''' explained Katie Zacharia last year about how a phone call to her teenage mom saved Katie's life [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-former-press-secretary-was-20-minutes-away-from-being-aborted/] ''and now the [[liberal media]] drives her out of the position of [[White House Press Secretary]]''.
 '''''[[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] is [[demonic]]'''''.
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'''Setback for [[gun control]]''': a random armed citizen gunned down the [[young mass murderers|young mass murderer]] who was massacring children in the [[Oregon]] elementary school. ''The hero broke the school gun control law to save lives, and is being praised by even [[Dem]]s now''. [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16215473/hero-father-kaylub-giamanco-killed-oregon-school-shooter.html]
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'''High [[voter turnout]] as [[conservative]] [[Alberta]] voters cast ballots on whether to consider [[secession]]''' from [[liberal]] [[Canada]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/] ''[[Mark Carney]] and other [[globalist]]s seem panicked about this''.
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''''I come from your future':''' A [[French]]man's warning to all [[American]]s voting [[Democrat]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-come-your-future-frenchmans-warning-all-americans-voting-democrat] ''[[Zerohedge]]'': [[Riot]]s spread from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] to [[Albania]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-falling-riots-spread-france-and-belgium-albania] Riots, looting and arson erupt in France with [[chaos]] across urban regions in [[Western Europe]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/riots-looting-and-arson-erupt-in-france-with-chaos-across-urban-regions-in-western-europe/] ''[[War]] funding has created a rising cost of living.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] demands another $155 billion to continue [[war]].'''
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'''Why [[BoJo]] must answer''' for [[Ukraine]]’s destruction — and why the public should decide on future [[Ukraine aid]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/why-boris-johnson-must-answer-for] [[Glenn Diesen]]: Toward the end of [[Zelensky]]'s autocracy? [https://youtu.be/V2IYgnFsycI?t=3097] [[CTH]]: Zelensky urgently sits down for interviews as [[Trump]] begins highlighting 'The Zelenskyy problem'. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-urgently-sits-down-for-interviews-as-trump-begins-highlighting-the-zelenskyy-problem/][https://youtu.be/WQ1s53hBU3w]
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'''[[Zelensky]] defies [[President Trump]],''' continues strikes on [[Russian]] refineries. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-announces-attacks-russian-refineries-144836571.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-restarts-attacks-against-russian-oil-refineries/] [[Trump]]: 'Zelensky is not a Good Guy...Where is the [[cash]] that we gave to Ukraine?...Where is all the equipment?' [https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-russia-ukraine/2026/10/15/id/1272958/]
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"'''Parents Outraged''' After Daughters Cut from [[public school|High School]] [[Volleyball]] Team While [[transgender|Trans]] Athlete Plays." [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/14/parents-outraged-after-daughters-cut-from-high-school-volleyball-team-while-trans-athlete-plays/]
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'''Another [[liberal media]] failure''': "[[Netflix]] to lay off roughly 1,000 employees, or 6% of workforce" [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/14/netflix-layoffs.html]
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'''[[Nord Stream pipeline]] bomber says''' he was operating on instructions from [[Zelensky regime|Ukraine government]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/] ''So it was [[Zelensky]] who destroyed the [[German]] [[economy]].''
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'''[[Sports gambling]] is ruining lives''': "fixer in [[NCAA]] hoops betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in [[prison]]." [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/50177926/ncaa-basketball-fixer-sentenced-six-years-prison]
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'''"Adults Are Regressing"''': "For the first time ever, the majority of toys — 55 percent — are being purchased by adults who do not have children." [https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]
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'''[[Putin]] laughing all the way to the bank:''' The [[diesel]] deal that humiliated [[Zelensky]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/putin-laughing-all-the-way-to-the] [[US]] cuts the [[intel]]: [[Ukraine]] left blind as [[ballistic missile]]s hit [[Kyiv]]. [https://youtu.be/htbgKRtySlg]
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'''[[EU]] bought $250 billion in [[Russian]] [[energy]]''' last year to feed the Russian [[war]] machine. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/made-right-choice-america-first-trump-defends-russia-diesel-deal-amid-bipartisan-backlash/articleshow/134899954.cms][https://youtu.be/9XxV5z_xPV8] '''Update:''' [[Tootie Fruitie O'Rutte]]: No imminent threat to [[Europe]] from Russia. [https://youtu.be/qTiJY48u-CU] Why is [[NATO]] threatening Russia> [https://youtu.be/sIwYsGwS6XQ]
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'''[[Aramco]] burns, oil execs avoid [[Saudi]] confab, [[MbS]] in the bunker. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/aramco-burns-oil-execs-avoid-saudi-confab-mbs-in-the-bunker.html]
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'''[[Wolfowitz Doctrine]] led to the disastrous [[War in Iraq]]''': Now it is leading to a potentially even more cataclysmic [[war]]. [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/10/23/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-led-to-the-disastrous-war-in-iraq-now-it-is-leading-to-a-potentially-even-more-cataclysmic-war-in-asia/]
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'''Brutal stabbing murder was allegedly committed by a [[transgender]]ed suspect (biological male)''', after criticism earlier in the day about use of a [[McDonald's]] women's restroom. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/transgender-suspect-fatally-stabs-victim-more-than-13/]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] on [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] flight: blonde actress "Selma Blair''' screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after allegedly biting one flight attendant, hitting another," and was later "repeatedly kicking a cop in the head and attacking a nurse." [https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-screamed-maniacally-as-she-was-dragged-off-plane-after-alleged-midair-crew-attack-audio/]
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'''Setback for [[liberal]] WNBA''': several of its championship games are being embarrassingly scheduled in a small arena not much bigger than a large high school gym.
[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/wnba-embarrassment-angel-reese-atlanta-dream-forced-tiny/]
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'''Suddenly [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] is opposing [[illegal alien]]s''': he just vetoed a bill to require [[college]]s to offer jobs to the 60,000 (!!!) of them on [[campus]]. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/newsom-veto-student-jobs-trump-01113178]
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'''[[Zelensky]] bombed fuel terminal''' after [[Trump]] asked him not to. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/ukraine-reportedly-bombs-russian-oil-terminal-which-is/] [[Elon Musk]]: Zelensky's gone too far. [https://ukranews.com/en/news/1180412-he-s-gone-too-far-musk-backed-trump-s-idea-to-replace-zelenskyy] ''Should the [[US]] cut off [[Starlink]] if the [[Kyiv regime]] continues to defy the [[United States]]?'' [[Energy]] [[ceasefire]]? [[Europe]]/[[Neocon]]s turn on Trump. [https://youtu.be/ZULSj7xGkRc]
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'''[[MBS]] asked [[China]] for help''' against the [[Houthis]]. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/pepembs-called-beijing-for-help-against] ''We may be witnessing the final days of the [[Saudi]] regime.'' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/how-saudi-arabia-is-collapsing][https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-104-the-fall-of-the][https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-at-the-breaking-point] '''Update:''' MBS on the run. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/occasional-sitrep-saudi-arabia-under]
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'''[[JD Vance]] rebukes [[Hegseth]]'s plan to livestream''' the Dec. 3d execution of Hasan by a military firing squad: “If it’s ultimately live-streamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/09/jd-vance-says-he-wont-watch-fort-hood-shooter-execution-if-live-streamed/]
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'''[[Data center]] [[diesel]] generators polluted community for 24 hours, forcing residents to flee''' their homes in [[Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]]. [https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes]
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'''[[Trump]] says it's time for [[Zelensky]] to go.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/10/president-trump-says-its-time-for-zelenskyy-to-be-replaced/] ''The [[corrupt]] [[dictator]] cancelled [[election]]s 2 1/2 years ago. Polls say Zelensky would finish fourth in a new election.''
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'''[[Putin]] agrees to sell [[America]] [[diesel]].''' ''Russian war machine to make $5 billion.'' [[Zelensky]] threatens [[US]].
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'''[[General Armageddon]] returns.''' [https://youtu.be/eXrJp6442bY] ''He got his reputation by destroying [[ISIS]] in [[Syria]].''
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'''[[Saudi]]s have to go it alone.''' [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/larry-johnsonmbs-went-back-to-war] ''As Custodian of the [[Islamic]] Holy Places [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], [[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] crawling in bed with [[Jeffrey Epstein]] didn't help him with [[Muslim]]s.'' [[Riyadh]] Airport hit, Saudi forces in [[Yemen]] collapse. [https://youtu.be/ANhGIkKiROU] MBS is more at risk intermnally than from the [[Houthis]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/mbs-is-more-at-risk-internally-than]
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'''[[California]] forces [[church]]es to indoctrinate employees against so-called "[[hate speech]]"''' (which includes criticism of [[liberal]] conduct), starting in less than three months. [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-california-law-forces-churches-to-provide-hate-speech-training/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Critic of [[Israel]]i [[war]]s awarded [[Nobel Peace Prize]].''' [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911163]
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'''''[[Zerohedge]]'': Golden naked [[Trump]] statue''' unveiled at [[European Parliament]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/golden-naked-trump-statue-unveiled-european-parliament]
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'''Panic among [[Leftist]]s in [[Spain]]''': they set a snap election for Nov. 29 after being defeated by [[conservative]]s in the [[Parliament]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-spain-headed-after-the-snap-election-announcement/a-79567959]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[French]] [[President]]ial frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]:''' "If [[Ukraine]] joined the [[EU]], we would be the first losers." [https://kyivindependent.com/frances-le-pen-opposes-ukraine-eu-membership-over-farming-fears/] [[Trump]]: France's [[escalating]] [[riot]]s driven by uncontrolled [[immigration]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-waltz-link-france-riots-mass-immigration-thousands-arrested]
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'''[[Lena Petrova]] interviews [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]] is defeated''' in [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]]'s existential [[war]] & [[strategic]] dominance. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/john-mearsheimer]
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'''[[Dem]]s surge in [[Ohio]] by opposing [[data center]]s''', and lead by 6 points to flip [[U.S. Senate]] seat there. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6136241-brown-leads-husted-ohio-poll/amp/]
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'''Both candidates were impressive in their first [[Iowa]] [[U.S. Senate]] debate''', in a race that is too close to call and may decide which party controls that chamber beginning in January. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135522-turek-hinson-spar-in-first-iowa-senate-debate-3-takeaways/]
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'''[[JD Vance]]'s "tone is noticeably different from President [[Donald Trump]]"''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/sometimes-im-frustrated-with-it-vance-makes-the-case-for-patience-01108356] ''as Vance works overtime to stem landslide [[GOP]] losses in the upcoming [[2026 midterm elections|midterm elections]]''.
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'''[[Mortgage]] rates surge above 7%.''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/housing-market] ''The post-[[Cold War]] [[Unipolar moment]] is over.''
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'''Sen. "[[Susan Collins]] Is the Pro-[[LGBT]] Candidate in [[Maine]] [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] Race"''' [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/susan_collins_is_the_pro-lgbt_candidate_in_maine_senate_race_154563.html] while her [[progressive]] opponent once opposed the [[homosexual agenda]], and he's ahead.
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Red scare: Solid [[GOP]] districts reeling''' from [[war]], [[price]] backlash. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-republicans-midterms/]
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''' Max Boot: More [[oil]], same [[war]]: Why increased [[export]]s''' aren’t a sign of [[Iran]]’s imminent defeat. [https://www.cfr.org/articles/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'' vindicates [[Russian]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]]''' warning of [[Ukrainian]]-connected [[Latin American]] [[drug cartel]] threat to [[US]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-vindicated-svrs] ''[[Drug cartel]] [[mercenaries]] enlisted with the [[AFU]] to learn how to fly [[drone]]s.''
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'''[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]] warns of ‘[[demographic replacement]]’''' in [[Europe]]. [https://youtu.be/mUdckfM5yAM]
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] "[[LeBron James]] [[Prediction market|Polymarket]] Deal Worth $15 Million a Year"''', which is more than 3 times his salary playing for the 76ers. [https://frontofficesports.com/article/lebron-james-polymarket-deal-worth-15-million-year/] Meanwhile, ''"[[Gambling]] Is Sending More People to the ER."'' [https://time.com/article/2026/10/05/gambling-emergency-room-visits/ ''Time'' magazine]
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'''[[Ted Cruz]] v. [[JD Vance]] heats up already in anticipation of 2028''': Cruz says Vance is "insecure" for saying that "Ted Cruz is running for president." [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/ted-cruz-blasts-jd-vance-as-insecure-says-hes-focused-on-helping-gop-win-midterms-01106033]
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'''Native [[West Ukraine]] & Holocaust Museum Fellow [[Dr. Marta Havryshko]]:''' '[[Slava Ukraini]]' and [[Anti-Jewish]] [[violence]]: Why a popular slogan is problematic. [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-and-anti-jewish-violence][https://www.threads.com/@stillgray/post/DdmHeVmjmLT/video-apparently-ukraine-is-now-a-member-of-nato-official-promo-video-slava-ukraini/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Hegseth]]’s love of [[war]]''' isn’t [[conservative]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservatives-dont-relish-war/] Hegseth and [[Huckabee]] misuse the [[Bible]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hegseth-and-huckabee-misuse-the-bible/]
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'''[[French]] [[School]] [[Riot]]s Update: 'Wild horde' '''beats [[police]] commander unconscious, stomps his head. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-riots-escalate-wild-horde-beats-police-commander-unconscious-stomps-his-head]
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'''$150M mega-flop for [[Hollywood]]'s movie about [[climate change]]''': ''Digger'' is an unfunny movie that not even [[Tom Cruise]] can salvage. [https://deadline.com/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-movie-bombs-1237146199/] ''Bombing oil refineries, and the [[economic]] damage that results, is not helping [[climate hoax]]ers.''
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'''[[Conservative]] Flávio Bolsonaro outperforms the polling and edges the [[socialist]] [[Lula]] for president of [[Brazil]]''', but a runoff is needed because neither candidate exceeded 50%.
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'''Closely watched presidential election in [[Brazil]]''' Sunday, where voting is mandatory for [[literacy|literate]] adults. Polls closed at 4pm ET. [https://apnews.com/live/brazil-election-2026#000001a0-ffc8-de35-a1e8-fffa3ed60000]
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'''Future presidential candidate Sen. [[Tom Cotton]] (R-AR) defies''' [[Trump]]'s push for permanent [[Daylight Savings Time]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/sen-tom-cotton-digs-after-trump-posts-his/]
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'''[[Woke]] [[Disney]] imposes more [[layoff]]s''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/disneypresident-says-layoffs-extremely-094448360.html] and its latest film fails with >$100M loss at the box office.
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'''[[Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo]] torches [[Europe]]''' in 'pro-[[Russia]]' speech, blasts [[war]] and [[military]] spending. [https://youtu.be/gHItxoEH-vI]
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''' 'We are watering the desert': [[EU]] pushes back''' on [[Zelensky]]'s latest demand for more [[money]]. [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/10/01/watering-the-desert-kievs-new-request-has-caused-irritation-in-brussels] [[Foreign]] embassies exit [[Kyiv]] for eastern [[Poland]]. [https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/western-embassies-prepare-evacuation-plans-1790968668.html]
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'''[[Tucker]] takes on [[UK]] [[warmonger]] [[Rees-Mogg]].''' [https://youtu.be/WDwKfFV8eCU]
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'''"Absolutely not"''': [[French]] superstar Victor Wembanyama rejects [[prediction markets]] ([[gambling]]) endorsements, observing "it’s very sad to see some players promote it." [https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/10/02/absolutely-not-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-rejects-prediction-market-endorsements/]
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'''[[Iran War]]: The [[narrative]] [[war]] continues''' to confuse and confuddle. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-the-narrative-war-continues-amidst-false-flags-and-big-explosions.html] 10,000 more troops headed to [[Middle East]]. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-up-to-10-000-more-troops-to-middle-east-42996f7a]
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'''[[Larry Johnson]]: [[Russia]] is not collapsing:''' A reply to Con Coughlin. [https://sonar21.com/russia-is-not-collapsing-a-reply-to-con-coughlin/]
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"'''[[Migrant]] Caravan Headed North''' Is Anticipating [[Democrat]] Win in [[2026 midterm elections|Midterms]]." [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/migrant-caravan-headed-north-is-anticipating-democrat-win/] [[France]] descending into chaos. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/01/french-youth-migrants-riot-and-burn-schools-during-three-days-of-violence-1949-arrests/] '''Update:''' France closes 400 [[school]]s, [[riot]]ers planning [[escalation]] October 6 & 7, next target [[London]] and [[UK]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/03/france-closes-400-schools-rioters-planning-major-escalation-october-6th-and-7th-next-target-london-and-u-k/]
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"'''[[IBM]]'s [[quantum computing|Quantum Computer]] Completes in 19 Seconds''' What Could Take a [[Supercomputer]] a Century." [https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century]
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'''[[Ukrainska Pravda]]: Enough for two more years of war:''' [[Russia]]'s [[economy]] just won't slip into [[recession]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/30/8055738/]
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"'''Most [[data center]]s refusing to say''' how much [[water]], [[electricity]] they use." [https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/30/data-centers-refusing-say-much-water-electricity-use]
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'''Lame "[[Fox News]] hires disgraced [[Andrew Cuomo|Cuomo]] aide''' who covered up [[COVID]] nursing-home deaths." [https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/fox-news-hires-former-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-covering-nursing-home-deaths]
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'''Relief from [[transgender activism]]''': "[[Department of Education|Education Department]] formally rescinds [[Title IX]] protections for [[LGBTQ]] students." [https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': If [[Trump]] had been more like [[Massie]]''', he might be winning the [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-trump-had-been-more-like-massie-he-might-be-winning-the-midterms/]
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'''Last of [[American]] forces withdraw''' from [[Iraq]] after 23-year occupation. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-completes-withdrawal-iraq-234832035.html][https://youtu.be/Z0-_03IaVT0]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: Situation [[escalate]]s''' across all fronts — [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]]/[[Yemen]]. [https://youtu.be/J98JGMm7fzA]
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'''[[William Schryver]]: Panic fever.''' [https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/panic-fever] ''As 2026 ebbs, Europe is running a panic fever in the realization the [[US]] intends to leave them to their own devices against the Russians — and, worst of all, against each other.''
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'''[[British]] authorities mess up''' another scare mongering scheme. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/british-authorities-mess-up-another-scare-mongering-scheme.html] '[[Terrorism|Terror]]' suspects released on bail. [https://youtu.be/hYlNYMDG3Ls]
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'''[[GOP]] collapse in polling extends even to [[South Carolina]]''': [[Dem]] pulls into a tie with [[Lindsey Graham]]'s sister for his seat. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6113414-graham-andrews-south-carolina-poll-close/?tbref=hp]
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'''The [[Gen Z]] stare''': many are noticing it.
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/theyre-famous-for-the-gen-z-stare-a-new-survey-tells-a-different-story-161317446.html] ''Over-[[vaccination]] could be a factor but the [[liberal media]] won't mention that''.
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'''Massive [[German]] protests''' against [[globalist]] efforts to rekindle German-[[Russian]] [[hatred]]s and [[war]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/german-students-strike-against-mandatory-military-service-videos/][https://youtu.be/tgHoeYGJhZ8]
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'''[[Liberal logic]]''': "[[Socialist]] [[Spanish]] PM Tells [[U.N.]] That Inequality and Misinformation to Blame for [[Ceuta]] [[Migrant]] Invasion."
[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/25/socialist-spanish-pm-blames-inequality-and-misinformation-for-ceuta-invasion-in-u-n-speech/]
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'''[[Dem]] challenger to Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] (R-TX) runs a new ad featuring a [[J6]], pro-[[Trump]] protester''', and some say this race is close. [https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/texas-gina-hinojosa-abbott-ad-jan-6-tribfest-2026/]
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'''[[Putin]] wins landslide,''' [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/the-duma-landslide-for-putin/] [[Trump]] faces bloodbath. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms]
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'''[[The West|West]] humiliated: Only 50 of 193 [[UN]] states''' back [[Ukraine]], with the [[US]] & [[BRICS]] countries sitting out. [https://youtu.be/jUuuMhU0eG8]
'Some of you will have to die' - [[war]] [[psychosis]] reaches fever pitch in [[UK]]. [https://youtu.be/na0TDIFyIhM][https://youtu.be/GQyXscuclcw] [[Alexander Stubb|Finnish President Stubb]] tried to talk some sense into his hysterical [[NATO]] counterparts. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-finnish-president-tried-to-talk]
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'''More evidence the public doubts longterm solvency by the feds''': 19-year high in interest rates required by investors in 10-year [[Treasury bond]]s. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/23/10-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-19-year-high/]
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'''[[GOP]] slides further for [[2026 midterm elections]]''': downgrade to a toss-up for [[Byron Donalds]] for governor of [[Florida]].
[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6107124-ddhq-shifts-florida-governor-race-tossup/amp/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Republican]]s try to oppose the [[war]]''' without opposing the war. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-republicans-want-to-have-it-both-ways/]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'': More [[US]] troops have died''' amid [[Iran war]] than [[Pentagon]] has disclosed publicly; [https://archive.is/mGGy2#selection-291.0-291.77] [[GOP]] [[Senator]]s run for the exits. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-wapo-pentagon-casualty-count-off-gop-senators-trump-un.html] [[Trump]] talks smack at [[UN]]. [https://youtu.be/xRcIl4p8SNY][https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-to-world-to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/][https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/trumps-unconscionable-un-rant/]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: [[Ukraine proxy war]] enters dangerous new phase.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/ukraine-proxy-war-enters-dangerous]
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'''"A [[diesel]]-powered panic for [[GOP]] in [[Iowa]]"''': [[farming]] depends heavily on [[trucking]], and "it costs more than $500 to fill up a small commercial truck." [https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6102812-ashley-hinson-iran-war/] [[Louisiana]] declares State of Emergency. [https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2026/9/22/governor-jeff-landry-declares-emergency-allows-farmers-and-loggers-to-use-cheaper-off-road-dyed-diesel-on-louisiana-roadways]
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'''''[[NYT]]'': [[Mark Carney]] prepared [[military]] [[combat]] operations''' against [[USA]], plans closer ties to [[China]], wants alternate global [[reserve currency]] like stablecoin to replace [[US dollar]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/24/canadian-prime-minister-tells-new-york-times-hes-prepared-military-combat-operations-against-usa-plans-closer-ties-with-china-and-wants-alternate-global-reserve-currency-to-u-s-dollar/]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Russia]] [[strategic]] [[diesel]] supplies full,''' excess production now flowing to 'Stans' [[Central Asia]] – The Rule of 96. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosted-diesel-exports-central-asia-august-traders-say-2026-09-21/][https://english.nv.ua/business/russia-boosts-diesel-supplies-to-central-asia-2-5-fold-amid-export-restrictions-50643219.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/22/russia-strategic-diesel-supplies-full-excess-production-now-flowing-to-stans-central-asia-the-rule-of-96/] ''The [[US]] diesel shortage is caused by the [[Iran war|war in Iran]], not [[Ukraine]].''
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'''Congratulations to [[pro-life]] [[conservative]]s in [[Germany]]''': their [[AfD|AfD Party]] rises in power to counter the growing [[Leftism]] there [https://www.axios.com/2026/09/21/germany-election-results-afd-merz] ''similar to what is happening in the [[U.S.]]''
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'''The People Have Spoken:''' [[Putin]]'s [[political party|party]] wins big, [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-election-cast-test-support-ukraine-war-enters-final-day-2026-09-20/] [[Merz]]'s [[CDU]] loses big in [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz/a-79348585] ''Neither the [[German]] people nor the [[Russian]] people want [[war]] with each other again, despite the machinations of [[elitism|elites]] & [[globalist]]s.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary: 'Zelensky is''' destroying [[Ukraine]]'. [https://youtu.be/E4-pZhxqm1w] [[Election]]s would be [[political]] [[suicide]] for Zelensky, [https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/] Zelensky humiliates [[Trump]] with continued attacks on refineries. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-manipulating-trumps-russiagate]
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'''[[US]] puppet convicted of [[war crime]]s.''' [https://political.org/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25-years/#:]
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'''[[Alastair Crooke]]: A World Turned Upside Down.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/a-world-turned-upside-down]
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'''World's greatest athlete - [[Kylian Mbappe]] - is strongly opposed to [[gambling]] and takes greater control of his brand''' by moving from [[Nike]] to a [[Swiss]] apparel company. In contrast with [[NFL]], [[MLB]], and [[NBA]] players, Mbappe objects to use of his image to promote gambling. [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25_balsa_cadenas.pdf]
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'''While canceling [[Ukraine]] [[election]]s, [[Zelensky]]''' attempts to disrupt [[Russian]] [[democratic]] elections. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-voted-under-fire-washington]
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'''[[Yemen]]is criticize [[Saudi]] association''' with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. [https://ansarollah.com.ye/en/archives/799397] ''Saudis gave Epstein artifacts from the [[Kaaba]] for his 'mosque' on [[Epstein Island]], [[Justice Dept]] confirms.'' [https://youtu.be/FmO9Ri8JGq0]
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'''[[Canada]]’s [[Mark Carney|Carney]] panders to [[Europe]]''' "to [[Troll]] [[Trump]]." [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/19/canadas-carney-sucks-up-to-europe-to-troll-trump/]
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'''[[Poland]]’s ruling [[liberal]]s plotting major [[escalation]]''' against [[Russia]]. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/polands-ruling-liberals-appear-to-be-plotting-a-major-escalation-against-russia.html] [[Fico]] warns: '[[The West]] wants to provoke [[NATO]]-[[Russia]] [[war]]' - [[Lavrov]] warns of devastating response. [https://youtu.be/rks0CcmC2zc][https://korybko.substack.com/p/slovakias-fico-wont-let-a-false-flag] [[Donald Tusk]]: [[Ukraine]] losing 27,000 men per month. [https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-closes-orekhov-trap-tusk-admits-ukraine-loses-27k-each-month-us-diesel-export-ban-shocks-eu/]
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'''"[[Lake Powell]] Drops to Record-Low Levels"''' as [[cannabis]] grows and [[data center]]s soak up vast amount of [[water]]. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/]
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"Former [[Transgender]] [[Atheist]] Says One [[Bible]] Verse Helped Lead Her Back to [[Jesus]]." [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspirationreport/2026/09/former-transgender-atheist-says-one-bible-verse-helped-lead-her-back-to-jesus.html]
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'''[[N.C.]] [[Dem]] 'running to restore human decency' '''endorses [[genocide]] of [[Trump]] [[voter]]s. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/north-carolina-dem-candidate-supposedly-running-restore-human/]
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'''The [[demonic]] [[NFL]] just stripped''' the outspokenly [[pro-life]] critic of [[LGBTQ+]], twice-[[Super Bowl]]-winning (as a player, later as head coach) [[Tony Dungy]] of his vote in [[NFL Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] selections. [https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tony-dungy-lisa-salters-stripped-pro-football-hall-of-fame-votes.html] In March the [[liberal media]] ended his job too. '''''[[Unplug the NFL]]'''''.
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'''[[Quebec]]'s hostility to [[conservative]]s''': "Conservative forced out as candidate because he’s not [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[LGBT]]." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservative-forced-out-as-candidate-because-hes-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt/?utm_source=most_recent]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': Given the chance, [[Ukrainian]]s would''' give [[Zelensky]] the boot. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/given-the-chance-ukrainians-would-give-zelensky-the-boot/] ''The [[war]]time leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.'' ''Too bad Ukraine is no longer a [[democracy]].''
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'''[[Censorship]] Update:''' [[Trump]] bans [[CNN]], [[MSNOW]] & [[Politico]] from [[White House]] press pool. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/18/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-and-politico-from-the-white-house/] ''Pro-[[gay]] & pro [[neocon]] [[globalist]] [[FOX News]] untouched.'' [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary barred from speaking to [[EU Parliament]].
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'''To avoid the [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[War Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]]''', the [[House]] abruptly adjourns until after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/johnson-cancels-another-house-session-day-01079318][https://youtu.be/xHPG7Wi2g4U] ''Why isn't Hegseth fired before the midterms instead?'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/thomas-massie-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-hegseth/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/i/215955235/3-domestic-disintegration-impeachment-legal-gymnastics-and-the-tehran-contrast]
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Will '[[America First]]' survive''' [[Trump]]'s [[war]]-first presidency? [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/america-first-jd-vance/]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[The Spectator|UK ''Spectator'']]: [[Zelensky]]’s [[strategy]] is [[nation]]al [[suicide]].''' [https://spectator.com/article/zelenskys-strategy-is-national-suicide/] ''Zelensky is interfering in the [[2026 Midterms]] by striking [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries, trying to topple [[Trump]].'' [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-truce-shambles-ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-despite-trumps-warning-amid-global]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Trump]] strikes deal with [[Houthis]],''' tosses [[Saudi Arabia]] overboard. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-met-iran-backed-houthis-oman-over-weekend-sources-say-2026-09-16/] ''Funny, the [[US]] went to [[Iran war|war with Iran]] for [[regime change]], and now it looks like the [[Saudi]] [[monarchy]], Iran's traditional enemy, might not survive.'' [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-europe-oil-and-us-diesel-crunch-worsens-tucker-exposes-massive-trump-israel-bombing-campaign-right-after-midterms-experts-question-survival-of-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-jordsn.html][https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/saudi-arabias-potentially-destructive]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board|Fed]] raises [[interest rate]]s 1/4 pt.''' [https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-41]
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'''Fourth Chief Prosecutor in a row''' flees [[Ukraine]] to escape [[corruption]] charges. [https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/kompromat-war-sharpens] [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary flees to [[US]] for protection from the [[corrupt]] and murderous regime. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-walls-close-in-zelensky-lashes-out/]
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'''Limit foreigners to 20% of [[college]] sports rosters''': [[Republican]] Sen. [[Jon Husted]], in a tight reelection race in [[Ohio]], introduces sensible legislation for [[American]]s. [https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09/a-new-bill-from-us-sen-husted-could-reshape-college-sports-rosters.html]
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'''"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court]]"''', [[Trump]] observes about his appointees to [[SCOTUS]] after they all rule against new postal regulations for [[early voting|mail-in voting]], while Justices [[Sam Alito|Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Thomas]] side with the [[U.S. Postal Service|Postal Service]] and Trump. [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/]
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'''"[[Trojan Horse]]"''': [[JD Vance]] sees through the demands by [[AI]] [[oligarch]]s for [[federal]] [[regulation]] of themselves [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trojan-horse-jd-vance-suggests-its-suspicious-ai-ceos-are-calling-for-government-regulation/] which would just give more power to the [[bankrupt]] [[Deep State]] in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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'''[[US]] provides both the [[missile]]s & [[intelligence]]''' for long-range deep strikes on [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries. [https://archive.ph/caeMM#selection-531.0-535.107]
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'''[[Diesel]] rises to historic record high of $6 per gal''' and everything will [[cost]] more. [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/diesel-record-price-trump-inflation-rcna596843] [[Trump]] tells [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to stop striking [[Russian]] [[energy]] [[infrastructure]]. [https://youtu.be/0SiZa8g52lY][https://youtu.be/AXlkH2xdRUQ][https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-trump-calls-zelensky-targeting-russian-diesel-refineries/] [[Neocon]] [[warmonger]]ing rag ''[[WSJ]]'': Trump Lectures [[Ukraine]], not [[Russia]]. [https://archive.is/LWIUx] ''Of course, the [[propaganda]] rag still attributes the actions of Ukraine to Russia.''
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Aschlafly: Socialist wins as mayor [L.A.]], ousts Karen Bass.

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'''[[Socialist]] wins as mayor [L.A.]]''', ousts Karen Bass. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/progressive-nithya-raman-unseats-karen-bass-la-mayors-race]
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'''Election was a "crushing rebuke" to [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]''': "more than two dozen former Foxers hired to key positions" by [[Trump]], such as [[Pete Hegseth]] as failed [[War Secretary]]. ''"The network received a significant drop in viewership leading up to [[Election Day]]."'' [https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/midterm-results-are-crushing-rebuke-fox-news-trump-propaganda MediaMatters]
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[[Texas]] [[Republican]]s Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] refused to debate, and [[Gen Z]] voted overwhelmingly against them such that they lost by wide margins. ''Patrick has refused to debate since 2014''.
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'''[[Idaho]] voters rejected a [[pro-abortion]] [[ballot initiative]]''', by a wide margin of 56-44%. [https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/elections/prop-1-idaho-reject-abortion-ballot-initiative-results-vote/277-710b4b76-f734-4c88-91a3-599bfbfe6ea5]
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'''[[Mario Nawfal]]: [[Trump]] and [[JD Vance|Vance]] blame [[Israel]]''' for loss. [[Ana Kasparian]]: [[Democrat]]s on notice they will suffer the same fate if they continue the same [[BS]]. [https://youtu.be/r93hVXTJQi4] [[Ann Coulter]]: Who gave us this disastrous [[war]]? [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/who-gave-us-this-disastrous-war/]
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'''[[JD Vance]] takes the lead for [[MAGA]]''', and rebukes the policies that caused the landslide losses. [https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=DgidaYoF3v6MbrCwG94&s=20] Vance's home state [[Ohio]] goes Blue.
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'''Mission Accomplished: [[Gas]] and [[diesel]] prices begin to drop.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/05/mission-accomplished-as-expected-gas-and-diesel-prices-begin-dropping/][https://oilprice.com/]
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'''[[Judge Napolitano]]: [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]] fallout''' & the great unraveling of [[Trump]] and [[America First]] - [[Glenn Diesen]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-midterms-fallout] [[Musk]] blows $275 million in [[Texas]].
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'''"Historic Trashing Of Legal [[sports gambling|Sports Betting]] At [[U.S.]] Ballot Box"''', including 55-45% defeat of DraftKings' and FanDuel's ballot initiative in [[Nebraska]]. [https://gamblingharm.org/nebraska-online-sports-betting-vote-2026-defeat/] Abolish [[ICE]] is back. [https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-votes-back-eliminating-ice-trump-expands-deportations-12327959][https://www.latintimes.com/democratic-candidates-ice-abolition-midterm-races-600792]
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'''[[Kelley Vlahos]] of ''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': The stunning rebuke''' of [[Trump]] in [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://youtu.be/vliPkq3zrpY] If you lie to [[voter]]s about not starting a new [[war]], the voters make you pay. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/if-you-lie-to-voters-about-not-starting] [[JD Vance]]: 'The reason we lost is the war'.
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'''[[Democrats]] win a majority in the US House and Senate elections''', [https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-stunned-catastrophic-midterm-blue-tsunami-blame-trumps-iran-war-high-gas-prices][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-seize-senate-blue-tidal-wave-crashes-deep-trump-country-topples-gop-strongholds] with [[Abdul El-Sayed]] winning in [[Michigan]] and gaining access to classified materials. '''[[International law]] expert:''' [[Trump]] may seek refuge in [[Russia]]. [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictators-2678178310/]
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'''''[[JtN]]'': [[Trump]] concedes [[Iran war]], [[gas]] prices''' played role in [[election]] rout, vows to work with [[Democrat]]s. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-concedes-iran-war-gas-prices-played-role-election-rout-vows]
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'''[[Trump]]: 'I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people,''' but if we have to, we'll have to'. [https://youtu.be/jzhFWVe2OK8] The Pendulum of [[Delusion]]: [[Fox News]], the [[partisan]] blind spot, and the unspoken cause of the [[2026 Midterms|Midterm crash]]. [https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-pendulum-of-delusion-fox-news]
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'''[[Dem]]s lead in [[Texas]] and [[South Carolina]] [[U.S. Senate]] elections''', indicating they will probably take control of the Senate. ''So [[GOP]] support of [[data center]]s and [[sports gambling]] was not such a great idea after all''.
 '''[[Dem]]s win [[House]] easily''', and [[Pete Hegseth]] will resign to avoid [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] (he should have resigned earlier).
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'''Setback for [[homosexual agenda]]''': [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justices rebuke [[Colorado]] for excluding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] pre-schools that reject [[LGBTQ]], in a state-funded daycare program. [https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/11/03/supreme-court-colorado-catholic-preschool/]
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"'''[[Trump]] says [[United States|US]] will stop $4 billion''' in annual funding to [[Israel]] at end of 2026," observing that [[Dem]]s used this issue against [[Republican]]s for today's [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-us-will-stop-paying-israel-after-year-end-2026-11-03/]
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'''[[Torture]] scandal rocks [[Zelensky]] [[Berlin]] visit''' as opposition demands answer. [https://youtu.be/b8-yvyozYlY][https://the307.substack.com/p/azov-run-torture-chamber-discovered][https://youtu.be/5mTqFoIMHoQ] The limits of [[military]] authority when public [[trust]] fractures. [https://theduran.substack.com/p/the-war-behind-the-gate] [[Ukraine]] arrests [[woman]] who exposed [[Azov Battalion]]'s torture chamber. ''Deserters were tortured and kidnapped men off the street were held for ransom.''
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"Pilot of doomed Learjet heard '''[[prayer|praying]] the ‘[[The Lord's Prayer|Our Father]]'''.’" [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pilot-of-doomed-learjet-heard-praying-the-our-father/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Record-breaking [[early voting]] in [[Texas]] and elsewhere''' [https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/more-than-77-million-texans-voted-early-in-2026-election-surpassing-2018-record] which is how [[Dem]]s turn out their vote.
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'''[[Zelensky]] outlines clouded threats to [[Trump]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/02/zelenskyy-outlines-clouded-threats-to-trump-lukoil-remains-a-target-until-u-s-gives-weapons/] [[US]] at cross purposes on [[Ukraine]]: [[CIA]] vs [[Trump]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/us-at-cross-purposes-on-ukraine-cia] [[Alastair Crooke]]: As [[Trump]] ‘makes nice’ with [[Moscow]], the [[CIA]] has other ideas. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-trump-makes-nice-with-moscow-the-cia-has-other-ideas/]
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'''[[Trump]]’s window to do something useful''' on [[foreign policy]] is about to close. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/trumps-window-to-do-something-useful]
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'''[[Slotkin]], [[Applebaum]] complicit in [[Polish coup]].''' [https://youtu.be/-OFWRxwaFuA]
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'''Pro-[[Ukraine]] party defeated''' 58% - 39% in [[NATO]] member state [[Bulgaria]]. [https://kyivindependent.com/russia-friendly-yotova-wins-bulgarias-presidential-runoff/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for [[Detroit]] player''' with neck injury during [[NFL]] game. [https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/article/lions-lb-jack-campbell-taken-to-hospital-with-neck-injury-after-being-carted-off-immobilized-on-backboard-205940273.html]
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'''Never trust a [[liberal]]''': [[Dem]] Congresswoman [[Haley Stevens]] reneges on her endorsement of [[El-Sayed]], and suddenly endorses his opponent [[Mike Rogers]] instead. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186882-stevens-rogers-church-michigan/]
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'''[[Poland]] is the symptom and [[Europe]] is the patient.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe] ''The defenders of democracy have written a manual for dismantling one.'' [https://theduran.substack.com/p/polands-judicial-coup-and-the-battle] [[Tusk]]: I had to destroy the [[Republic]] in order to save it. [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/tusk-i-had-to-destroy-the-republic] Poland's [[coup]] will shape the post-[[war]] order. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will-shape-the-post-war-european-order.html] [[Molotov-Ribbentrop]] ''[[deja vu]]?'' [[Korybko]]: [[Germany]]’s attempted takeover of Poland by [[proxy]] is to prepare [[Europe]] for [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/germanys-attempted-takeover-of-poland]
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'''[[Leftist]] riots spread to [[Germany]]''', as [[Europe]] is helpless against the hostile migrants it allowed in. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/31/french-style-riots-erupt-in-germany-as-far-leftists-clash-with-police-in-frankfurt-and-hamburg/][https://www.zerohedge.com/political/looting-and-chaos-erupt-germany-europe-slides-deeper-crisis]
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'''[[Godfrey Bloom]]: Have you been [[brainwash]]ed on the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia Ukraine war]]?''' [https://youtu.be/dVHXTWUN3zY]
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'''[[Abdul El-Sayed]] disinvites his defeated [[Dem]] opponent Haley Stevens from campaign events''', while Stevens fails to fully support him as the frontrunner for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events] [[Dem]] attempt at unity in [[Michigan]] collapses into bickering: [[El-Sayed]] criticizes [[Haley Stevens]] for seeming "intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185985-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-senate/]
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'''[[EU]] [[globalist]]s incite [[Poland]]'s [[liberal]] [[prime minister]] to attempt to take control of [[Poland]]'s top court''', while [[conservative]] [[President Nawrocki]] was outside of the country. [https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/globalists-have-launched-coup-poland-police-move-against/] [[Neocon]] [[fascist]] [[Donald Tusk]] sends police to occupy Supreme Court building. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will][https://youtu.be/tqnmINgIcSw] '''Alarming Update''' from [[Polish]] [[media]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/31/alarming-update-on-coup-effort-from-polish-media/] The [[Constitutional]] [[crisis]] at the heart of Poland’s Judicial 'coup'. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the] ''[[Germany]] is complicit in the coup. 'They want to drag us into the eurozone so that we abandon our own [[currency]]. They want to send [[illegal migrant]]s across the border'.''
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'''3 refineries burning''' as [[Zelensky]] ignores [[Trump]]. [https://youtu.be/7xitBbQJ77M] [[US]] embassy in [[Moscow]] issues [[terrorist]] attack and mass casualty warning for Moscow. [https://youtu.be/EZntCW9r_wE]
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'''[[Lawfare]] arguments around [[Ilhan Omar]]''' search warrant on desk of [[corrupt]] [[DC]] judge [[James Boasberg]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/30/pentagon-tells-baltic-states-to-tone-it-down-stop-antagonizing-russia/] ''[[JtN]]'': [[Ilhan Omar|Omar's]] brother and ex-husband says he's [[gay]]; [[Minneapolis|Mpls]] mayor aide says allegations 'almost certainly [[true]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omars-ex-husband-and-alleged-brother-describes-himself-gay-man-while-frey-aide-says]
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'''[[World Affairs in Context]]: [[America]]'s [[allies]] dump [[T-bill|US debt]].''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/us-treasuries]
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'''Dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries''' strike to protest [[Israel]]i actions in [[Gaza]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-dock-workers-strike-to-protest-arms-shipments-including-to-israel/]
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'''Sanctioning Truth Part 2.''' [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/sanctioning-truth] Introducing [[Jacques Baud]] Part 1. [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/introducing-jacques-baud]
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'''Setback for [[Dem]]s''': "New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics." [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-5953069/national-education-association-nea-president-princess-moss-politics]
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'''Trump talks [[peace]] while the CIA is fueling the [[war in Ukraine]].''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trump-talks-peace-while-the-cia-is][https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/ukraine-cia-more-aggressive-starlink-and-refinery-strikes-higher-casualties-on-ukrs-side.html][https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/] [[US]]-[[Russia]] reconciliation & [[Europe]]an [[vassal]]age. [https://youtu.be/Fyae_Ohvjf4]
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"'''[[Conservative]] party wins''' first election in nearly a century in [[British Columbia]]." [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/conservative-party-wins-first-election-nearly-century-british-columbia-2026-10-25/]
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'''[[James O'Keefe]] charged with felonies''' for exposing '[[law]]s' that facilitate [[election fraud]] in [[Minnesota]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/minnesota-charges-james-okeefe-and-cam-higby-felonies-over-polling-place-vouching-stunt]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Finally, [[FBI]] Agents face [[justice]]''' over [[Laptop from Hell|Hunter Biden’s laptop]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/finally-fbi-agents-face-justice-over-hunter-bidens-laptop/]
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'''[[Marta Havryshko]]: The Dark Reality of [[Ukraine]]’s [[Conscription|Wartime Mobilization.]]''' [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/heroes-wanted-consent-denied-the] ''In 90% of cases [[citizen]]s’ [[rights]] are violated.'' [[Havryshko]]: [[Azov Battalion]] will kill [[Zelensky]] if he makes [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/yG2_r4laL34]
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'''Desperately Seeking [[Fascism]].''' [https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-fascism] ''They may not like what they actually get.''
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'''Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are forced to flee [[Brazil]] to the [[U.S.]]''', as vindictive [[socialist]]s want him punished for challenging [[Lula]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-u-s-visa-presidential-election-loss/]
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'''[[Chess]] Grandmaster [[Gary Kasparov]]: Without more [[money]] from [[the West]]''' [[Ukraine]] will be defeated. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/putin-defeat-ukraine-unless-europe-seizes-last-chance/] [[Riot]]s continue protesting rising [[cost of living]] to fund [[endless war]]s. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/france-protests-europe-cost-living-violence.html] [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]]'s choice as Ukraine collapses: [[negotiate]] or [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-natos-choice-as]
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'''[[Microsoft]] asks 60,000 employees to leave''', in its latest buyout offer. ''It wants to spend more on [[data center]]s'' [https://deadline.com/2026/10/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-a-quarter-of-workforce-1237197224/]
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'''[[Trump]]'s [[war]] overreach''' may be the straw that breaks the back of [[the West]]'s [[financial]]ised architecture. [https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/trumps-war-overreach-may-be-the-straw-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-wests-financialised-architecture]
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'''[[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] bends the knee to [[Iran]].''' [https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114750564940861587] '[[Islamic NATO]]' meets in [[Tehran]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] wasn't invited. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-western-media-ignores-mecca-alliance-sought-regional-security-meeting-in-tehran-would-republican-midterm-wipeout-force-trump-into-iran-and-ukraine-retreats.html] ''[[Middle East]]ern [[state]]s already looking past [[US]] withdrawal.'' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/the-gulf-holds-a-security-meeting]
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'''[[Iran]] prepares [[citizen]]s for [[nuclear]] attack.''' [https://x.com/ir_tv_24/status/2114703655999815708]
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'''Disgraced former [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] charged''' with transmitting national defense information. [https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-charges-james-comey-transmission-national-defense-information][https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/new-federal-case-against-james-comey-centers-again-leak-classif][[Swalwell]] donor's home raided. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/fbi-raids-beverly-hills-mansion-owned-swalwell-donor-cnn]
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'''"[[New York City]] shuts down [[bus]] fare enforcement despite rampant evasion"''' by nearly half the riders. [https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mta-shuts-down-bus-fare-enforcement-following-assault]
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'''[[Socialist]] [[tyranny|tyrants]] hold onto power in [[Brazil]]''', [https://youtu.be/SyqDj8-KTm0] finding a way to reverse their initial defeat even though this turnaround has never happened before. ''The reported results declaring [[Lula]] the winner are contrary to "a broader [[conservative|rightward]] political shift across [[Latin America]],"'' admits [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-intl-latam ''CNN'']
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'''[[Finland|Finnish]] Defense University reverses [[NATO]] & [[the West|Western]] [[narrative]]s''' about high [[Russian]] losses and low [[Ukrainian]] casualty figures. [https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/195520/Russia%20Seminar%20publication%202026_web.pdf p. 166][https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114054330643108290]
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'''[[Liberal]]s are running to [[religion]]''' to rescue [[AI]] from its own [[evil]]. [https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-moral-artificial-intelligence-religion-2bb91e3334fd6d732edf22288cabf4ec]
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'''[[Elon Musk]] trashes [[corrupt]] [[Zelenksy regime]].''' [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/musk-lashes-out-at-ukraine-claiming-its-elites-grew-very-rich-off-wartime-aid/ar-AA2fWIoF] Musk clarifies [[Zelensky]] violated [[Starlink]] terms of service. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/24/elon-musk-sets-record-straight-ukraine-was-violating-starlink-terms-and-using-it-to-guide-weapons-into-russia/][https://youtu.be/CzISy1eGgUk][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-starlink-mystery-finally] Musk to Zelensky: 'Burn in [[Hell]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-admits-spacex-throttled-starlink-ukraine-because-kiev-violated-terms-service] [[Korybko]]: [[Musk]]-[[Trump]] leverage of [[Starlink]]/Starshield is the key to [[peace]] in [[Ukraine]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-musk-trump-duos-leverage-of-starlinkstarshie]
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'''Relax, it's only an Exxon Valdez on steroids.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/relax-its-only-an-exxon-valdez-on]
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'''As weekend riots continue in [[France]]''', "The [[NFL]] should relocate the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]]-[[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] game in [[Paris]] to [[London]]" [https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-nfl-should-relocate-the-steelers-saints-game-in-paris-to-london] ''but [[greed]] dictates the league''.
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'''[[Russia]] evacuates [[diplomat]]s, [[military]] and [[technology|technical]] advisors''' from [[Iran]] in anticipation of [[US]] attacks. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/the-iran-strike-plan-is-dated-after]
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'''"[[Neoliberalism]] Is Over”'''. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/neoliberalism-is-over-2.html]
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'''[[Big Tech]] is pouring millions into elections in [[Florida]]''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/florida-midterms-big-tech-spending-legislature-01132207] as many tech billionaires have fled [[California]] and more [[data centers]] are being planned for Florida.
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] [[LeBron James]] refuses to apologize''' for practicing his golf swing during the [[National Anthem]]. [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-shocking-response-donald-174522102.html] ''LeBron makes far more from promoting [[gambling]] than playing [[basketball]]''.
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'''[[US]] banks scramble to shut down [[AI]] access''' to customer accounts. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/us-banks-scramble-to-shut-down-ai-access-to-customer-accounts.html] ''Banks can't tell the difference between AI and real [[human]]s accessing an account.''
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'''Surge in [[early voting]] in [[swing states]]''' deciding control of [[U.S. Senate]]: [https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba] ''Sometimes that reflects the [[Dem]] political machine''.
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'''Political spending breaks records without any measurable impact''': [[Dem]] Senate [[PAC]] raises $354M & [[Elon Musk|Musk]] donates $442M. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/22/congress/senate-dems-big-haul-01132834]
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'''[[Conservative]] success''': "[[Alabama]] reports just 3 [[abortion]]s in 2025." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-reports-just-3-abortions-in-2025/?utm_source=latest_news]
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'''2 [[FBI]] officials charged with [[lying]] to [[Congress]]''' about [[Russian]] involvement with the [[Hunter Biden]] [[Laptop from Hell]]. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-making-false-statements-about-hunter-bidens-laptop][https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': "Prepping a [[Postmortem]] for [[Zelensky]]’s Presidency."''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prepping-a-postmortem-for-zelenskys-presidency/] [[Conservative populist]] frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]: [[France]] will cut [[Ukraine aid]] to the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]]. [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/15/zelensky-says-ukraine-france-cooperation-is-win-win-after-le-pen-argues-for-cutting-aid-to-kyiv_6758639_4.html]
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'''"52% of [[Gen Z]] investors"''' are taking money from savings to waste it on [[sports gambling]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/sports-betting-young-investors-compounding.html]
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'''Setback for [[video games|video game]] [[addiction]]''': "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA." [https://apnews.com/article/bioware-ea-electronic-arts-shutdown-mass-effect-6b6e5c930fe56dd2cd18985d89f6ef24]
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'''[[Liberal]]s push to legalize [[abortion]] in [[Poland]]''' [https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-parliament-eases-abortion-laws-ichallenge-conservative-president/] as a result of last year's election defeat of [[conservative]]s who sided with [[Zelensky]] and accepted 1.6M migrants.
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Russiagate]] II: Loser Edition.''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/russiagate-ii-loser-edition/] ''[[Liberal]]s are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.'' How [[Trump]]’s turn against [[Zelensky]] can lead to [[peace]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trumps-turn-against-zelensky-can-lead-to-peace/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for another [[lifespan of NFL players and fans|NFL lifespan cut too short]]''', at only age 37: former Chiefs lineman dies reportedly of natural causes. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/21/former-chiefs-defensive-end-allen-bailey-dead-at-37/]
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'''[[Dem]] [[dark money]] funded the defeat of more than two dozen [[conservative]] [[GOP]] state legislators in [[Wyoming]]''', as proven by a recent analysis of its August primary. [https://www.libertynation.com/democrat-dark-money-funded-wyoming-gop-freedom-caucus-massacre/]
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'''Polling group trusted by [[MSM|mainstream outlets]]''' admits its [[poll]]s were [[fake]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/polling-group-trusted-by-mainstream-outlets-admits-its-polls-were-fake/ar-AA2fLNKu]
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'''Setback for [[AI]]''': [[San Francisco]]-based [[Anthropic]] reports a "staggering" $81B loss for the first half of 2026. [https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/business/anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries/]
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'''Do [[socialist]] candidates unwittingly help [[Republican]]s?''' "[[GOP]]-linked [[PAC]] spends over $1M to boost third-party [[socialist]] in [[Ohio]] Senate race." [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091]
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'''[[Rubio]]: [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]] officials are [[lying]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/following-45-minute-call-with-zelenskyy-secretary-marco-rubio-notes-ukraine-officials-are-lying-and-manipulative-which-he-told-zelenskyy-openly/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/interesting-following-the-cut-the-bs-confrontation-by-rubio-suddenly-zelenskyy-thanks-usa-and-says-all-early-warning-systems-working-great/]
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'''[[France]] admits [[Leftist]]s are fomenting the riots, which the [[liberal media]] have falsely attributed to deteriorating schools''': [https://justthenews.com/world/europe/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots] "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday accused the 'ultra-left movement' of 'orchestrating profound disorder.'" [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6157897-trump-vance-france-riots/]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': Is [[Europe]] doomed?''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-europe-doomed/] What comes next in [[Europe]]? [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/years-of-lead-await-europe.html] ''After years of neglecting population needs and shoveling [[money]] into the bottomless pit of [[NATO war in Ukraine|Project Ukraine]], the situation is now exploding across Europe.''
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'''As [[Paris]] burns, [[Macron]] blames [[Trump]],''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/during-national-address-to-france-president-macron-says-he-doesnt-know-what-is-going-on-but-hes-sure-president-trump-is-to-blame/] flees to [[Kuwait]] for 3-day tour of [[Persian Gulf]]. [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/19/macron-bids-au-revoir-to-burning-france-flees-to-kuwait-for-middle-east-tour/]
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'''[[Trump]]: It's time somebody else to [[negotiate]]''' on behalf of [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-calls-on-somebody-else-to-negotiate-for-ukraine-with-russia/ar-AA2fBp3q] [[Dr. Brovkin]]: Zelensky is running out of options. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/vladimir-brovkin-a0f] [[Zelensky]] is in it for the [[money]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''[[NFL values]]''': another player is ejected for spitting at an opponent. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/18/watch-bills-cj-gardner-johnson-ejected-for-spitting-at-raiders-brock-bowers/]
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'''[[RINO]]s are losing [[Texas]]''': [[Karl Rove]] made millions as a RINO consultant, and Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] has spent more than $140M and yet barely leads in polling against an obscure opponent. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/ ''Paxton could lose due to others'']
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'''[[Rubio]] responds to [[Zelensky]]' false claims''' about [[Ukraine]], [[Starlink]] and Starshield. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/zelenskyy-is-lying-secretary-marco-rubio-responds-to-false-claims-about-ukraine-starlink-and-starshield/] [[Bessent]]: 'Zelenskyy needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true'… [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/sunday-talks-treasury-secretary-bessent-zelenskyy-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-making-statements-that-are-not-true/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-facade-finally-cracks-trump-drops] [[Trump]]: [[Financial]] motivation for Zelensky to keep [[war]] going. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''Replacing Europe''' - Full Documentary [https://youtu.be/9bq5Z8e684I]
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'''520 [[drone]]s hit [[Russia]] via [[NATO]] airspace.''' [https://youtu.be/uLqZVnry4WU][https://youtu.be/8Yf2q0P2ge0]
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'''Violent [[Leftist]] protesters set [[France]] ablaze''', while similar protests spread to other [[European]] nations. [https://www.reuters.com/world/students-trade-unions-yellow-vests-set-protest-across-france-2026-10-17/][https://youtu.be/6jbnRAo5CSU]
 ''[[State Department|State Dep't]] warns [[American]]s before [[NFL]] game there.'' [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-department-state-issues-travel-202512876.html]
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'''[[Joe Kent]]: Why the [[US]] [[proxy war against Russia]]''' must end now. [https://youtu.be/CXZioBNWhQg]
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'''''[[CTH]]'': ''[[NYT]]'' leads [[Leftist]] [[MSM|media movement]]''' to target [[Trump]] for exempting [[Russia]] from new [[US]] [[economic sanctions|sanctions regime]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/new-york-times-leads-leftist-media-movement-to-target-trump-for-exempting-russia-from-new-u-s-sanctions-regime/]
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'''Sports team billionaire owners continue to loot the public''': "Over $22 billion earmarked for new stadiums and arenas between 2027 and 2032." [https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/10/15/nearly-20-billion-earmarked-for-new-stadiums-and-arenas-between-2027-and-2032/] ''Meanwhile, [[sports gambling]] robs [[Gen Z]]''.
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'''"20 minutes from being [[abortion|aborted]]"''' explained Katie Zacharia last year about how a phone call to her teenage mom saved Katie's life [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-former-press-secretary-was-20-minutes-away-from-being-aborted/] ''and now the [[liberal media]] drives her out of the position of [[White House Press Secretary]]''.
 '''''[[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] is [[demonic]]'''''.
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'''Setback for [[gun control]]''': a random armed citizen gunned down the [[young mass murderers|young mass murderer]] who was massacring children in the [[Oregon]] elementary school. ''The hero broke the school gun control law to save lives, and is being praised by even [[Dem]]s now''. [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16215473/hero-father-kaylub-giamanco-killed-oregon-school-shooter.html]
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'''High [[voter turnout]] as [[conservative]] [[Alberta]] voters cast ballots on whether to consider [[secession]]''' from [[liberal]] [[Canada]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/] ''[[Mark Carney]] and other [[globalist]]s seem panicked about this''.
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''''I come from your future':''' A [[French]]man's warning to all [[American]]s voting [[Democrat]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-come-your-future-frenchmans-warning-all-americans-voting-democrat] ''[[Zerohedge]]'': [[Riot]]s spread from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] to [[Albania]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-falling-riots-spread-france-and-belgium-albania] Riots, looting and arson erupt in France with [[chaos]] across urban regions in [[Western Europe]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/riots-looting-and-arson-erupt-in-france-with-chaos-across-urban-regions-in-western-europe/] ''[[War]] funding has created a rising cost of living.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] demands another $155 billion to continue [[war]].'''
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'''Why [[BoJo]] must answer''' for [[Ukraine]]’s destruction — and why the public should decide on future [[Ukraine aid]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/why-boris-johnson-must-answer-for] [[Glenn Diesen]]: Toward the end of [[Zelensky]]'s autocracy? [https://youtu.be/V2IYgnFsycI?t=3097] [[CTH]]: Zelensky urgently sits down for interviews as [[Trump]] begins highlighting 'The Zelenskyy problem'. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-urgently-sits-down-for-interviews-as-trump-begins-highlighting-the-zelenskyy-problem/][https://youtu.be/WQ1s53hBU3w]
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'''[[Zelensky]] defies [[President Trump]],''' continues strikes on [[Russian]] refineries. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-announces-attacks-russian-refineries-144836571.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-restarts-attacks-against-russian-oil-refineries/] [[Trump]]: 'Zelensky is not a Good Guy...Where is the [[cash]] that we gave to Ukraine?...Where is all the equipment?' [https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-russia-ukraine/2026/10/15/id/1272958/]
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"'''Parents Outraged''' After Daughters Cut from [[public school|High School]] [[Volleyball]] Team While [[transgender|Trans]] Athlete Plays." [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/14/parents-outraged-after-daughters-cut-from-high-school-volleyball-team-while-trans-athlete-plays/]
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'''Another [[liberal media]] failure''': "[[Netflix]] to lay off roughly 1,000 employees, or 6% of workforce" [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/14/netflix-layoffs.html]
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'''[[Nord Stream pipeline]] bomber says''' he was operating on instructions from [[Zelensky regime|Ukraine government]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/] ''So it was [[Zelensky]] who destroyed the [[German]] [[economy]].''
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'''[[Sports gambling]] is ruining lives''': "fixer in [[NCAA]] hoops betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in [[prison]]." [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/50177926/ncaa-basketball-fixer-sentenced-six-years-prison]
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'''"Adults Are Regressing"''': "For the first time ever, the majority of toys — 55 percent — are being purchased by adults who do not have children." [https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]
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'''[[Putin]] laughing all the way to the bank:''' The [[diesel]] deal that humiliated [[Zelensky]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/putin-laughing-all-the-way-to-the] [[US]] cuts the [[intel]]: [[Ukraine]] left blind as [[ballistic missile]]s hit [[Kyiv]]. [https://youtu.be/htbgKRtySlg]
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'''[[EU]] bought $250 billion in [[Russian]] [[energy]]''' last year to feed the Russian [[war]] machine. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/made-right-choice-america-first-trump-defends-russia-diesel-deal-amid-bipartisan-backlash/articleshow/134899954.cms][https://youtu.be/9XxV5z_xPV8] '''Update:''' [[Tootie Fruitie O'Rutte]]: No imminent threat to [[Europe]] from Russia. [https://youtu.be/qTiJY48u-CU] Why is [[NATO]] threatening Russia> [https://youtu.be/sIwYsGwS6XQ]
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'''[[Aramco]] burns, oil execs avoid [[Saudi]] confab, [[MbS]] in the bunker. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/aramco-burns-oil-execs-avoid-saudi-confab-mbs-in-the-bunker.html]
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'''[[Wolfowitz Doctrine]] led to the disastrous [[War in Iraq]]''': Now it is leading to a potentially even more cataclysmic [[war]]. [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/10/23/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-led-to-the-disastrous-war-in-iraq-now-it-is-leading-to-a-potentially-even-more-cataclysmic-war-in-asia/]
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'''Brutal stabbing murder was allegedly committed by a [[transgender]]ed suspect (biological male)''', after criticism earlier in the day about use of a [[McDonald's]] women's restroom. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/transgender-suspect-fatally-stabs-victim-more-than-13/]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] on [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] flight: blonde actress "Selma Blair''' screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after allegedly biting one flight attendant, hitting another," and was later "repeatedly kicking a cop in the head and attacking a nurse." [https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-screamed-maniacally-as-she-was-dragged-off-plane-after-alleged-midair-crew-attack-audio/]
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'''Setback for [[liberal]] WNBA''': several of its championship games are being embarrassingly scheduled in a small arena not much bigger than a large high school gym.
[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/wnba-embarrassment-angel-reese-atlanta-dream-forced-tiny/]
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'''Suddenly [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] is opposing [[illegal alien]]s''': he just vetoed a bill to require [[college]]s to offer jobs to the 60,000 (!!!) of them on [[campus]]. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/newsom-veto-student-jobs-trump-01113178]
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'''[[Zelensky]] bombed fuel terminal''' after [[Trump]] asked him not to. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/ukraine-reportedly-bombs-russian-oil-terminal-which-is/] [[Elon Musk]]: Zelensky's gone too far. [https://ukranews.com/en/news/1180412-he-s-gone-too-far-musk-backed-trump-s-idea-to-replace-zelenskyy] ''Should the [[US]] cut off [[Starlink]] if the [[Kyiv regime]] continues to defy the [[United States]]?'' [[Energy]] [[ceasefire]]? [[Europe]]/[[Neocon]]s turn on Trump. [https://youtu.be/ZULSj7xGkRc]
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'''[[MBS]] asked [[China]] for help''' against the [[Houthis]]. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/pepembs-called-beijing-for-help-against] ''We may be witnessing the final days of the [[Saudi]] regime.'' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/how-saudi-arabia-is-collapsing][https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-104-the-fall-of-the][https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-at-the-breaking-point] '''Update:''' MBS on the run. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/occasional-sitrep-saudi-arabia-under]
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'''[[JD Vance]] rebukes [[Hegseth]]'s plan to livestream''' the Dec. 3d execution of Hasan by a military firing squad: “If it’s ultimately live-streamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/09/jd-vance-says-he-wont-watch-fort-hood-shooter-execution-if-live-streamed/]
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'''[[Data center]] [[diesel]] generators polluted community for 24 hours, forcing residents to flee''' their homes in [[Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]]. [https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes]
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'''[[Trump]] says it's time for [[Zelensky]] to go.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/10/president-trump-says-its-time-for-zelenskyy-to-be-replaced/] ''The [[corrupt]] [[dictator]] cancelled [[election]]s 2 1/2 years ago. Polls say Zelensky would finish fourth in a new election.''
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'''[[Putin]] agrees to sell [[America]] [[diesel]].''' ''Russian war machine to make $5 billion.'' [[Zelensky]] threatens [[US]].
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'''[[General Armageddon]] returns.''' [https://youtu.be/eXrJp6442bY] ''He got his reputation by destroying [[ISIS]] in [[Syria]].''
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'''[[Saudi]]s have to go it alone.''' [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/larry-johnsonmbs-went-back-to-war] ''As Custodian of the [[Islamic]] Holy Places [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], [[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] crawling in bed with [[Jeffrey Epstein]] didn't help him with [[Muslim]]s.'' [[Riyadh]] Airport hit, Saudi forces in [[Yemen]] collapse. [https://youtu.be/ANhGIkKiROU] MBS is more at risk intermnally than from the [[Houthis]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/mbs-is-more-at-risk-internally-than]
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'''[[California]] forces [[church]]es to indoctrinate employees against so-called "[[hate speech]]"''' (which includes criticism of [[liberal]] conduct), starting in less than three months. [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-california-law-forces-churches-to-provide-hate-speech-training/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Critic of [[Israel]]i [[war]]s awarded [[Nobel Peace Prize]].''' [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911163]
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'''''[[Zerohedge]]'': Golden naked [[Trump]] statue''' unveiled at [[European Parliament]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/golden-naked-trump-statue-unveiled-european-parliament]
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'''Panic among [[Leftist]]s in [[Spain]]''': they set a snap election for Nov. 29 after being defeated by [[conservative]]s in the [[Parliament]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-spain-headed-after-the-snap-election-announcement/a-79567959]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[French]] [[President]]ial frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]:''' "If [[Ukraine]] joined the [[EU]], we would be the first losers." [https://kyivindependent.com/frances-le-pen-opposes-ukraine-eu-membership-over-farming-fears/] [[Trump]]: France's [[escalating]] [[riot]]s driven by uncontrolled [[immigration]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-waltz-link-france-riots-mass-immigration-thousands-arrested]
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'''[[Lena Petrova]] interviews [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]] is defeated''' in [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]]'s existential [[war]] & [[strategic]] dominance. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/john-mearsheimer]
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'''[[Dem]]s surge in [[Ohio]] by opposing [[data center]]s''', and lead by 6 points to flip [[U.S. Senate]] seat there. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6136241-brown-leads-husted-ohio-poll/amp/]
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'''Both candidates were impressive in their first [[Iowa]] [[U.S. Senate]] debate''', in a race that is too close to call and may decide which party controls that chamber beginning in January. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135522-turek-hinson-spar-in-first-iowa-senate-debate-3-takeaways/]
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'''[[JD Vance]]'s "tone is noticeably different from President [[Donald Trump]]"''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/sometimes-im-frustrated-with-it-vance-makes-the-case-for-patience-01108356] ''as Vance works overtime to stem landslide [[GOP]] losses in the upcoming [[2026 midterm elections|midterm elections]]''.
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'''[[Mortgage]] rates surge above 7%.''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/housing-market] ''The post-[[Cold War]] [[Unipolar moment]] is over.''
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'''Sen. "[[Susan Collins]] Is the Pro-[[LGBT]] Candidate in [[Maine]] [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] Race"''' [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/susan_collins_is_the_pro-lgbt_candidate_in_maine_senate_race_154563.html] while her [[progressive]] opponent once opposed the [[homosexual agenda]], and he's ahead.
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Red scare: Solid [[GOP]] districts reeling''' from [[war]], [[price]] backlash. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-republicans-midterms/]
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''' Max Boot: More [[oil]], same [[war]]: Why increased [[export]]s''' aren’t a sign of [[Iran]]’s imminent defeat. [https://www.cfr.org/articles/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'' vindicates [[Russian]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]]''' warning of [[Ukrainian]]-connected [[Latin American]] [[drug cartel]] threat to [[US]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-vindicated-svrs] ''[[Drug cartel]] [[mercenaries]] enlisted with the [[AFU]] to learn how to fly [[drone]]s.''
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'''[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]] warns of ‘[[demographic replacement]]’''' in [[Europe]]. [https://youtu.be/mUdckfM5yAM]
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] "[[LeBron James]] [[Prediction market|Polymarket]] Deal Worth $15 Million a Year"''', which is more than 3 times his salary playing for the 76ers. [https://frontofficesports.com/article/lebron-james-polymarket-deal-worth-15-million-year/] Meanwhile, ''"[[Gambling]] Is Sending More People to the ER."'' [https://time.com/article/2026/10/05/gambling-emergency-room-visits/ ''Time'' magazine]
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'''[[Ted Cruz]] v. [[JD Vance]] heats up already in anticipation of 2028''': Cruz says Vance is "insecure" for saying that "Ted Cruz is running for president." [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/ted-cruz-blasts-jd-vance-as-insecure-says-hes-focused-on-helping-gop-win-midterms-01106033]
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'''Native [[West Ukraine]] & Holocaust Museum Fellow [[Dr. Marta Havryshko]]:''' '[[Slava Ukraini]]' and [[Anti-Jewish]] [[violence]]: Why a popular slogan is problematic. [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-and-anti-jewish-violence][https://www.threads.com/@stillgray/post/DdmHeVmjmLT/video-apparently-ukraine-is-now-a-member-of-nato-official-promo-video-slava-ukraini/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Hegseth]]’s love of [[war]]''' isn’t [[conservative]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservatives-dont-relish-war/] Hegseth and [[Huckabee]] misuse the [[Bible]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hegseth-and-huckabee-misuse-the-bible/]
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'''[[French]] [[School]] [[Riot]]s Update: 'Wild horde' '''beats [[police]] commander unconscious, stomps his head. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-riots-escalate-wild-horde-beats-police-commander-unconscious-stomps-his-head]
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'''$150M mega-flop for [[Hollywood]]'s movie about [[climate change]]''': ''Digger'' is an unfunny movie that not even [[Tom Cruise]] can salvage. [https://deadline.com/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-movie-bombs-1237146199/] ''Bombing oil refineries, and the [[economic]] damage that results, is not helping [[climate hoax]]ers.''
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'''[[Conservative]] Flávio Bolsonaro outperforms the polling and edges the [[socialist]] [[Lula]] for president of [[Brazil]]''', but a runoff is needed because neither candidate exceeded 50%.
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'''Closely watched presidential election in [[Brazil]]''' Sunday, where voting is mandatory for [[literacy|literate]] adults. Polls closed at 4pm ET. [https://apnews.com/live/brazil-election-2026#000001a0-ffc8-de35-a1e8-fffa3ed60000]
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'''Future presidential candidate Sen. [[Tom Cotton]] (R-AR) defies''' [[Trump]]'s push for permanent [[Daylight Savings Time]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/sen-tom-cotton-digs-after-trump-posts-his/]
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'''[[Woke]] [[Disney]] imposes more [[layoff]]s''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/disneypresident-says-layoffs-extremely-094448360.html] and its latest film fails with >$100M loss at the box office.
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'''[[Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo]] torches [[Europe]]''' in 'pro-[[Russia]]' speech, blasts [[war]] and [[military]] spending. [https://youtu.be/gHItxoEH-vI]
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''' 'We are watering the desert': [[EU]] pushes back''' on [[Zelensky]]'s latest demand for more [[money]]. [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/10/01/watering-the-desert-kievs-new-request-has-caused-irritation-in-brussels] [[Foreign]] embassies exit [[Kyiv]] for eastern [[Poland]]. [https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/western-embassies-prepare-evacuation-plans-1790968668.html]
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'''[[Tucker]] takes on [[UK]] [[warmonger]] [[Rees-Mogg]].''' [https://youtu.be/WDwKfFV8eCU]
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'''"Absolutely not"''': [[French]] superstar Victor Wembanyama rejects [[prediction markets]] ([[gambling]]) endorsements, observing "it’s very sad to see some players promote it." [https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/10/02/absolutely-not-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-rejects-prediction-market-endorsements/]
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'''[[Iran War]]: The [[narrative]] [[war]] continues''' to confuse and confuddle. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-the-narrative-war-continues-amidst-false-flags-and-big-explosions.html] 10,000 more troops headed to [[Middle East]]. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-up-to-10-000-more-troops-to-middle-east-42996f7a]
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'''[[Larry Johnson]]: [[Russia]] is not collapsing:''' A reply to Con Coughlin. [https://sonar21.com/russia-is-not-collapsing-a-reply-to-con-coughlin/]
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"'''[[Migrant]] Caravan Headed North''' Is Anticipating [[Democrat]] Win in [[2026 midterm elections|Midterms]]." [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/migrant-caravan-headed-north-is-anticipating-democrat-win/] [[France]] descending into chaos. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/01/french-youth-migrants-riot-and-burn-schools-during-three-days-of-violence-1949-arrests/] '''Update:''' France closes 400 [[school]]s, [[riot]]ers planning [[escalation]] October 6 & 7, next target [[London]] and [[UK]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/03/france-closes-400-schools-rioters-planning-major-escalation-october-6th-and-7th-next-target-london-and-u-k/]
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"'''[[IBM]]'s [[quantum computing|Quantum Computer]] Completes in 19 Seconds''' What Could Take a [[Supercomputer]] a Century." [https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century]
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'''[[Ukrainska Pravda]]: Enough for two more years of war:''' [[Russia]]'s [[economy]] just won't slip into [[recession]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/30/8055738/]
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"'''Most [[data center]]s refusing to say''' how much [[water]], [[electricity]] they use." [https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/30/data-centers-refusing-say-much-water-electricity-use]
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'''Lame "[[Fox News]] hires disgraced [[Andrew Cuomo|Cuomo]] aide''' who covered up [[COVID]] nursing-home deaths." [https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/fox-news-hires-former-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-covering-nursing-home-deaths]
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'''Relief from [[transgender activism]]''': "[[Department of Education|Education Department]] formally rescinds [[Title IX]] protections for [[LGBTQ]] students." [https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': If [[Trump]] had been more like [[Massie]]''', he might be winning the [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-trump-had-been-more-like-massie-he-might-be-winning-the-midterms/]
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'''Last of [[American]] forces withdraw''' from [[Iraq]] after 23-year occupation. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-completes-withdrawal-iraq-234832035.html][https://youtu.be/Z0-_03IaVT0]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: Situation [[escalate]]s''' across all fronts — [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]]/[[Yemen]]. [https://youtu.be/J98JGMm7fzA]
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'''[[William Schryver]]: Panic fever.''' [https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/panic-fever] ''As 2026 ebbs, Europe is running a panic fever in the realization the [[US]] intends to leave them to their own devices against the Russians — and, worst of all, against each other.''
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'''[[British]] authorities mess up''' another scare mongering scheme. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/british-authorities-mess-up-another-scare-mongering-scheme.html] '[[Terrorism|Terror]]' suspects released on bail. [https://youtu.be/hYlNYMDG3Ls]
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'''[[GOP]] collapse in polling extends even to [[South Carolina]]''': [[Dem]] pulls into a tie with [[Lindsey Graham]]'s sister for his seat. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6113414-graham-andrews-south-carolina-poll-close/?tbref=hp]
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'''The [[Gen Z]] stare''': many are noticing it.
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/theyre-famous-for-the-gen-z-stare-a-new-survey-tells-a-different-story-161317446.html] ''Over-[[vaccination]] could be a factor but the [[liberal media]] won't mention that''.
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'''Massive [[German]] protests''' against [[globalist]] efforts to rekindle German-[[Russian]] [[hatred]]s and [[war]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/german-students-strike-against-mandatory-military-service-videos/][https://youtu.be/tgHoeYGJhZ8]
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'''[[Liberal logic]]''': "[[Socialist]] [[Spanish]] PM Tells [[U.N.]] That Inequality and Misinformation to Blame for [[Ceuta]] [[Migrant]] Invasion."
[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/25/socialist-spanish-pm-blames-inequality-and-misinformation-for-ceuta-invasion-in-u-n-speech/]
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'''[[Dem]] challenger to Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] (R-TX) runs a new ad featuring a [[J6]], pro-[[Trump]] protester''', and some say this race is close. [https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/texas-gina-hinojosa-abbott-ad-jan-6-tribfest-2026/]
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'''[[Putin]] wins landslide,''' [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/the-duma-landslide-for-putin/] [[Trump]] faces bloodbath. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms]
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'''[[The West|West]] humiliated: Only 50 of 193 [[UN]] states''' back [[Ukraine]], with the [[US]] & [[BRICS]] countries sitting out. [https://youtu.be/jUuuMhU0eG8]
'Some of you will have to die' - [[war]] [[psychosis]] reaches fever pitch in [[UK]]. [https://youtu.be/na0TDIFyIhM][https://youtu.be/GQyXscuclcw] [[Alexander Stubb|Finnish President Stubb]] tried to talk some sense into his hysterical [[NATO]] counterparts. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-finnish-president-tried-to-talk]
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'''More evidence the public doubts longterm solvency by the feds''': 19-year high in interest rates required by investors in 10-year [[Treasury bond]]s. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/23/10-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-19-year-high/]
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'''[[GOP]] slides further for [[2026 midterm elections]]''': downgrade to a toss-up for [[Byron Donalds]] for governor of [[Florida]].
[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6107124-ddhq-shifts-florida-governor-race-tossup/amp/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Republican]]s try to oppose the [[war]]''' without opposing the war. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-republicans-want-to-have-it-both-ways/]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'': More [[US]] troops have died''' amid [[Iran war]] than [[Pentagon]] has disclosed publicly; [https://archive.is/mGGy2#selection-291.0-291.77] [[GOP]] [[Senator]]s run for the exits. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-wapo-pentagon-casualty-count-off-gop-senators-trump-un.html] [[Trump]] talks smack at [[UN]]. [https://youtu.be/xRcIl4p8SNY][https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-to-world-to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/][https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/trumps-unconscionable-un-rant/]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: [[Ukraine proxy war]] enters dangerous new phase.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/ukraine-proxy-war-enters-dangerous]
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'''"A [[diesel]]-powered panic for [[GOP]] in [[Iowa]]"''': [[farming]] depends heavily on [[trucking]], and "it costs more than $500 to fill up a small commercial truck." [https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6102812-ashley-hinson-iran-war/] [[Louisiana]] declares State of Emergency. [https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2026/9/22/governor-jeff-landry-declares-emergency-allows-farmers-and-loggers-to-use-cheaper-off-road-dyed-diesel-on-louisiana-roadways]
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'''''[[NYT]]'': [[Mark Carney]] prepared [[military]] [[combat]] operations''' against [[USA]], plans closer ties to [[China]], wants alternate global [[reserve currency]] like stablecoin to replace [[US dollar]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/24/canadian-prime-minister-tells-new-york-times-hes-prepared-military-combat-operations-against-usa-plans-closer-ties-with-china-and-wants-alternate-global-reserve-currency-to-u-s-dollar/]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Russia]] [[strategic]] [[diesel]] supplies full,''' excess production now flowing to 'Stans' [[Central Asia]] – The Rule of 96. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosted-diesel-exports-central-asia-august-traders-say-2026-09-21/][https://english.nv.ua/business/russia-boosts-diesel-supplies-to-central-asia-2-5-fold-amid-export-restrictions-50643219.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/22/russia-strategic-diesel-supplies-full-excess-production-now-flowing-to-stans-central-asia-the-rule-of-96/] ''The [[US]] diesel shortage is caused by the [[Iran war|war in Iran]], not [[Ukraine]].''
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'''Congratulations to [[pro-life]] [[conservative]]s in [[Germany]]''': their [[AfD|AfD Party]] rises in power to counter the growing [[Leftism]] there [https://www.axios.com/2026/09/21/germany-election-results-afd-merz] ''similar to what is happening in the [[U.S.]]''
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'''The People Have Spoken:''' [[Putin]]'s [[political party|party]] wins big, [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-election-cast-test-support-ukraine-war-enters-final-day-2026-09-20/] [[Merz]]'s [[CDU]] loses big in [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz/a-79348585] ''Neither the [[German]] people nor the [[Russian]] people want [[war]] with each other again, despite the machinations of [[elitism|elites]] & [[globalist]]s.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary: 'Zelensky is''' destroying [[Ukraine]]'. [https://youtu.be/E4-pZhxqm1w] [[Election]]s would be [[political]] [[suicide]] for Zelensky, [https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/] Zelensky humiliates [[Trump]] with continued attacks on refineries. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-manipulating-trumps-russiagate]
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'''[[US]] puppet convicted of [[war crime]]s.''' [https://political.org/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25-years/#:]
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'''[[Alastair Crooke]]: A World Turned Upside Down.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/a-world-turned-upside-down]
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'''World's greatest athlete - [[Kylian Mbappe]] - is strongly opposed to [[gambling]] and takes greater control of his brand''' by moving from [[Nike]] to a [[Swiss]] apparel company. In contrast with [[NFL]], [[MLB]], and [[NBA]] players, Mbappe objects to use of his image to promote gambling. [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25_balsa_cadenas.pdf]
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'''While canceling [[Ukraine]] [[election]]s, [[Zelensky]]''' attempts to disrupt [[Russian]] [[democratic]] elections. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-voted-under-fire-washington]
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'''[[Yemen]]is criticize [[Saudi]] association''' with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. [https://ansarollah.com.ye/en/archives/799397] ''Saudis gave Epstein artifacts from the [[Kaaba]] for his 'mosque' on [[Epstein Island]], [[Justice Dept]] confirms.'' [https://youtu.be/FmO9Ri8JGq0]
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'''[[Canada]]’s [[Mark Carney|Carney]] panders to [[Europe]]''' "to [[Troll]] [[Trump]]." [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/19/canadas-carney-sucks-up-to-europe-to-troll-trump/]
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'''[[Poland]]’s ruling [[liberal]]s plotting major [[escalation]]''' against [[Russia]]. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/polands-ruling-liberals-appear-to-be-plotting-a-major-escalation-against-russia.html] [[Fico]] warns: '[[The West]] wants to provoke [[NATO]]-[[Russia]] [[war]]' - [[Lavrov]] warns of devastating response. [https://youtu.be/rks0CcmC2zc][https://korybko.substack.com/p/slovakias-fico-wont-let-a-false-flag] [[Donald Tusk]]: [[Ukraine]] losing 27,000 men per month. [https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-closes-orekhov-trap-tusk-admits-ukraine-loses-27k-each-month-us-diesel-export-ban-shocks-eu/]
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'''"[[Lake Powell]] Drops to Record-Low Levels"''' as [[cannabis]] grows and [[data center]]s soak up vast amount of [[water]]. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/]
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"Former [[Transgender]] [[Atheist]] Says One [[Bible]] Verse Helped Lead Her Back to [[Jesus]]." [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspirationreport/2026/09/former-transgender-atheist-says-one-bible-verse-helped-lead-her-back-to-jesus.html]
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'''[[N.C.]] [[Dem]] 'running to restore human decency' '''endorses [[genocide]] of [[Trump]] [[voter]]s. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/north-carolina-dem-candidate-supposedly-running-restore-human/]
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'''The [[demonic]] [[NFL]] just stripped''' the outspokenly [[pro-life]] critic of [[LGBTQ+]], twice-[[Super Bowl]]-winning (as a player, later as head coach) [[Tony Dungy]] of his vote in [[NFL Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] selections. [https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tony-dungy-lisa-salters-stripped-pro-football-hall-of-fame-votes.html] In March the [[liberal media]] ended his job too. '''''[[Unplug the NFL]]'''''.
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'''[[Quebec]]'s hostility to [[conservative]]s''': "Conservative forced out as candidate because he’s not [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[LGBT]]." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservative-forced-out-as-candidate-because-hes-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt/?utm_source=most_recent]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': Given the chance, [[Ukrainian]]s would''' give [[Zelensky]] the boot. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/given-the-chance-ukrainians-would-give-zelensky-the-boot/] ''The [[war]]time leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.'' ''Too bad Ukraine is no longer a [[democracy]].''
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'''[[Censorship]] Update:''' [[Trump]] bans [[CNN]], [[MSNOW]] & [[Politico]] from [[White House]] press pool. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/18/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-and-politico-from-the-white-house/] ''Pro-[[gay]] & pro [[neocon]] [[globalist]] [[FOX News]] untouched.'' [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary barred from speaking to [[EU Parliament]].
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'''To avoid the [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[War Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]]''', the [[House]] abruptly adjourns until after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/johnson-cancels-another-house-session-day-01079318][https://youtu.be/xHPG7Wi2g4U] ''Why isn't Hegseth fired before the midterms instead?'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/thomas-massie-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-hegseth/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/i/215955235/3-domestic-disintegration-impeachment-legal-gymnastics-and-the-tehran-contrast]
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Will '[[America First]]' survive''' [[Trump]]'s [[war]]-first presidency? [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/america-first-jd-vance/]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[The Spectator|UK ''Spectator'']]: [[Zelensky]]’s [[strategy]] is [[nation]]al [[suicide]].''' [https://spectator.com/article/zelenskys-strategy-is-national-suicide/] ''Zelensky is interfering in the [[2026 Midterms]] by striking [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries, trying to topple [[Trump]].'' [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-truce-shambles-ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-despite-trumps-warning-amid-global]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Trump]] strikes deal with [[Houthis]],''' tosses [[Saudi Arabia]] overboard. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-met-iran-backed-houthis-oman-over-weekend-sources-say-2026-09-16/] ''Funny, the [[US]] went to [[Iran war|war with Iran]] for [[regime change]], and now it looks like the [[Saudi]] [[monarchy]], Iran's traditional enemy, might not survive.'' [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-europe-oil-and-us-diesel-crunch-worsens-tucker-exposes-massive-trump-israel-bombing-campaign-right-after-midterms-experts-question-survival-of-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-jordsn.html][https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/saudi-arabias-potentially-destructive]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board|Fed]] raises [[interest rate]]s 1/4 pt.''' [https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-41]
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'''Fourth Chief Prosecutor in a row''' flees [[Ukraine]] to escape [[corruption]] charges. [https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/kompromat-war-sharpens] [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary flees to [[US]] for protection from the [[corrupt]] and murderous regime. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-walls-close-in-zelensky-lashes-out/]
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'''Limit foreigners to 20% of [[college]] sports rosters''': [[Republican]] Sen. [[Jon Husted]], in a tight reelection race in [[Ohio]], introduces sensible legislation for [[American]]s. [https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09/a-new-bill-from-us-sen-husted-could-reshape-college-sports-rosters.html]
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'''"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court]]"''', [[Trump]] observes about his appointees to [[SCOTUS]] after they all rule against new postal regulations for [[early voting|mail-in voting]], while Justices [[Sam Alito|Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Thomas]] side with the [[U.S. Postal Service|Postal Service]] and Trump. [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/]
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'''"[[Trojan Horse]]"''': [[JD Vance]] sees through the demands by [[AI]] [[oligarch]]s for [[federal]] [[regulation]] of themselves [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trojan-horse-jd-vance-suggests-its-suspicious-ai-ceos-are-calling-for-government-regulation/] which would just give more power to the [[bankrupt]] [[Deep State]] in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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'''[[US]] provides both the [[missile]]s & [[intelligence]]''' for long-range deep strikes on [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries. [https://archive.ph/caeMM#selection-531.0-535.107]
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'''[[Diesel]] rises to historic record high of $6 per gal''' and everything will [[cost]] more. [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/diesel-record-price-trump-inflation-rcna596843] [[Trump]] tells [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to stop striking [[Russian]] [[energy]] [[infrastructure]]. [https://youtu.be/0SiZa8g52lY][https://youtu.be/AXlkH2xdRUQ][https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-trump-calls-zelensky-targeting-russian-diesel-refineries/] [[Neocon]] [[warmonger]]ing rag ''[[WSJ]]'': Trump Lectures [[Ukraine]], not [[Russia]]. [https://archive.is/LWIUx] ''Of course, the [[propaganda]] rag still attributes the actions of Ukraine to Russia.''
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''See also [[Main Page/Archive index|Previous Conservapedia Breaking News]]''.

Liberal myths

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'''Liberal myths''' are falsehoods heavily supported by a destructive belief system.

==List of liberal myths==

Liberal beliefs include:<ref>http://www.twilightslastgleaming.com/myths.htm</ref>

*The claim that neither [[evil]] nor the [[devil]] exist.
*The claim that government titles make someone important or significant.
*The claim that there is man-made "[[global warming]]."<ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/some-exasperating-liberal-myths Some Exasperating Liberal Myths] NowPublic.com, August 27, 2007</ref>
*The claim that [[Earth]] and the universe are billions of years old.
*The claim that government regulations create jobs.
*The claim that environmental regulation saves lives.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/15/why-republican-attacks-environment-laws]</ref>
*The claim that there is no voter fraud, it's about the GOP wanting to "prevent" people from voting.
*The claim that "The failed economic policies of George W. Bush" caused the recession and high unemployment.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/let-s-discuss-the-failed-economicy-policies-of-president-george-w-bush Let's discuss the "failed economicy policies" of President George W. Bush, Washington Examiner, December 9, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30660 The unemployment ‘benefits’ compassion sham, CanadaFreePress, December 3, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that the U.S. put Japanese soldiers to death for waterboarding.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/12/16/cheneys-claim-that-the-u-s-did-not-prosecute-japanese-soldiers-for-waterboarding/]</ref>
*The claim that GOP gerrymandering was responsible for the Democrats' [[2014 Midterm Elections]] defeat.
*The claim that Democrats lost the [[2010 Midterm elections]] because [[Barack Obama]] was not liberal enough.
*The claim that banning plastic bags, bottles, and other products will improve the environment.<ref>[http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_23695266/gust-column-save-planet-use-plastic-bag Guest column: Save the planet, use a plastic bag, The Daily Camera, July 21, 2013]</ref>
*The claim that [[nationalism]] is the opposite of [[patriotism]].<ref name="Hazony2018">Hazony, Yoram (August 24, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberty-of-nations-1535120837 The Liberty of Nations]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Gregor, A. James (November 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/18/gregor-the-false-dichotomy-of-nationalism-versus-patriotism/ Gregor: The False Dichotomy of Nationalism Versus Patriotism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref><ref>Ryun, Ned (November 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-vs-macron-what-the-french-president-doesnt-understand-about-nationalism Trump vs. Macron: What the French president doesn't understand about nationalism]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that Early American [[Pilgrim]]s were illegal immigrants when there were no such things as national boundaries in what is now the United States prior to its establishment.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/26/msnbc-analyst-on-thanksgiving-pilgrims-were-illegal-immigrants-indians-99-percenters/ MSNBC Analyst On Thanksgiving: Pilgrims Were “Illegal Immigrants,” Indians 99 Percenters], [[Weasel Zippers]], November 26, 2011.</ref> No government or immigration laws were in existence at the time.
*The claim that human beings are beginning to overpopulate. This myth is used as an attempt to justify abortion and the theory of anthropogenic "global warming."
*The claim that people today are more knowledgeable and intelligent than in prior centuries.
*The claim that the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the [[budget]] deficit.
*The claim that the Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
*The claim that some people are so poor they can only afford to eat Ramen Noodles.
*The claim that a [[fetus]] is not a living person.
*The claim the [[embryonic stem cell]]s will provide many cures. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic cells have provided no known cures.
*The claim that [[gun control]] reduces crime.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and [[breast cancer]] are unrelated.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and mental depression are unrelated.
*The claim that [[gambling]] financially benefits state school systems.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/cbsnews_investigates/main3269456.shtml Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?] CBS News, September 17, 2007</ref>
*The claim to support the rights of women, never mentioning the oppressed women in Islamic countries.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html About the Women's Rights Project] ACLU</ref>
*The claim that the [[media]] is not biased toward the liberal agenda.
*The claim that enabling [[oil]] drilling will not reduce long-term [[energy]] prices.<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/07/nancy_pelosis_energy_policy.php?comments=show Nancy Pelosi's Energy Policy] Rightwingnews.com, July 8, 2008</ref>
*The claim that enabling oil drilling will not provide [[energy]] security.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33767 Oil Money May Buy Drilling Vote, Liberal Says] CNSNews.com, August 7, 2008</ref>
*The claim that same-sex couple adoptions can replace the [[love]] from a mother and a father.<ref>[http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption_2.htm Lesbian and Gay Adoption Rights] About.com</ref>
*The claim that an individual's [[sexual]] preference needs to be a protected civil "right".<ref>[http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/sexualorientation.html GAYS AND LESBIANS] Civilrights.com</ref>
*That there is a "[[vast right-wing conspiracy]]"<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359741,00.html THE VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY] Fox News, May 29, 2008</ref>
*The claim that opposing the [[homosexual agenda]] is "[[bigotry]]".<ref>[http://www.boycottmcdonalds.com/detail.aspx?id=102 Boycott McDonald's!] American Family Association</ref>
*The claim that the US acted unilaterally in Iraq. The USA and Britain led a 30-nation coalition in Iraq.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm558.cfm The Myth of U.S. Isolation] The Heritage Foundation, September 7, 2004</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] "cheated" in the 2000 Presidential election.<ref>[http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=239 Floridagate] Democrats.com</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] lied about WMD in [[Iraq]] to grab [[oil]].
*The claim that [[Saddam Hussein]] was not seeking to buy yellowcake Uranium.<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/14/tenet-niger/ Tenet Agrees To Cooperate With Congressional Investigation Into Niger Fraud] ThinkProgress, May 14, 2007</ref>
*The claim that the [[9/11]] Islamic terrorist attacks were an "inside job" by the [[USA]].
*The claim that the Foreign Intelligence & Surveillance Act (FISA) is for spying on Americans.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35928prs20080709.html Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill] ACLU, July 9, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[big government]] will benefit its citizens.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/politics/candidates_public_service/2008/09/11/130009.html McCain, Obama Discuss Views on Public Service] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[military]] recruits are poor and uneducated.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/research/nationalsecurity/cda05-08.cfm Who Bears the Burden? Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Recruits] Heritage Foundation, November 7, 2005</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200612/ai_n17197505 Rangel Is Wrong About Recruits] Human Events, December 4, 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/31/kerry.mccain/ Bush on Kerry remark: U.S. troops are 'plenty smart'] CNN, November 1, 2006</ref>
*The claim that [[government]]-run [[healthcare]] is better than a capitalist healthcare system.<ref>[http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr009=j7lglh8nq9.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=9238&news_iv_ctrl=1283 Free, universal health care must be a right!] VotePSL.org, may 30, 2008</ref>
*The claim that going on the offense against [[terrorists]] creates more terrorists.<ref>[http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/madeleine-albright-we-created-more.html Madeleine Albright: "We Created More Terrorists... Our Soldiers Are the Problem"] Gateway Pundit, March 27, 2008</ref>
*The claim that terrorism should be handled by [[law]] enforcement.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902041.html Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted] Washington Post, July 30, 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406901,00.html Bush: War on Terror is Not Law Enforcement Matter] AP, August 20, 2008</ref>
*The claim that the USA should negotiate with rogue [[nations]] and terror groups.
*The claim that [[socialism]] is "superior" to [[capitalism]].
*The claim that there is a [[gene]] which causes people to become homosexuals. No such gene has been found by the scientific community.
*The claim that [[humans]] and [[ape]]s have a common ancestor.
*The claim that [[gender]] is more than male and female.
*The claim that misogynistic sexism is the reason for any supposed gender gap in wages. Numerous studies show that the difference in wages for men and women doing similar jobs is caused mainly by personal choices.
*The claim that the [[death penalty]] does not deter [[crime]]. Overwhelming evidence shows that the death penalty does deter crime.
*The claim that [[atheists]] are just as moral as [[Christians]] who regularly go to a church, or, in some cases, claim atheists are "morally superior".
*The claim that all [[religions]] teach the same thing.
*The claim that [[intelligent design]] is not a science and has no evidence.
*The claim that no climatologist or [[physicist]] rejects "global warming". Ironically, the founder of The Weather Channel rejects "global warming", as do thousands of other scientists.
*The claim that Hitler was a [[Catholic]].
*The claim that opposition to [[Obama]] is "racism".
*The claim that the general welfare clause in the Constitution gives government the right to force American citizens to buy government-run healthcare.
*The claim that Jesus was the first [[socialist]] simply because he shared with others.<ref>Reed, Lawrence W. (December 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-jesus-was-not-a-socialist No, Jesus was not a socialist]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 24, 2019.</ref>
*The claim that [[affirmative action]] works.
*The claim that the [[Old Testament]] is immoral.
*The claim that [[Jews]] of today aren't the Jews of the Bible.
*The claim that [[Christmas]] is about the story of a "refugee family."<ref>Adams, Becket (December 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-nativity-story-isnt-about-refugees-where-are-you-guys-getting-this-from The nativity story isn’t about refugees. Where are you guys getting this from?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that [[feminism]] has no bias.
*The claim that [[homosexuals]] do not try to convert [[heterosexuals]].
*The claim that [[same-sex "marriage"]] will not result in [[polygamy]] also being written into law.
*The claim that the [[Bible]] is fictional, allegorical, or partially allegorical.
*The claim that [[Liberal Christianity]] is compatible with the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]].
*The claim that proper tire inflation can replace the need for additional oil drilling.
*That people should eat less red meat in order to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418801,00.html</ref>
*The claim Jesus was a "liberal" or political leftist.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/09-communism.htm The 'Diggers' movement is held up as an example of good Christianity]</ref>
*The claim that the [[Nation of Islam]] is unrelated to Islam, the ideology.
*The claim that portable school vouchers would destroy [[public schools]], yet liberals send their own children to private schools.
*The claim that, if a person is [[pro-life]], that person does not care about people after birth.<ref>[https://twitter.com/movingleft Obnoxious supporter of Obama Twitter Account @MovingLeft (Warning:Vulgar)]</ref>
*The claim that more African Americans died in wars of [[America]] than in [[abortion]]. 1,786 blacks are killed '''daily''' by abortion; a large percentage of [[pregnant]] African Americans are misled into having an abortion. [http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1685410938.html]
*The claim that renaming [[War on Terror]] to Overseas Contingency Operation will reduce the threats facing America.
*The claim that cutting back on America's missile defenses will somehow make the country more secure.
*The claim that the nation will go bankrupt if we don't spend more tax dollars.
*The claim that the United States must switch to unproven technologies for the environment's sake, such as wind or solar power. Yet, proven clean energy generated by nuclear power is not an option.
*The claim that a person cannot be pro-life if that person is [[pro-gun]] or pro-[[capital punishment]].
*The claim that opposition to homosexuality and homosexual "marriage", equals "hatred" of homosexuals or "bigotry".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s supporters are all "racists", "fascists", or, in Hillary Clinton's words, "deplorables".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s views resemble [[Hitler]]'s.
*The claim that [[Hitler]] was a "conservative".
*The claim that violent [[video game]]s like ''Doom'' or ''Quake'' aren't contributing to real life [[violence]].
*The claim that guns are responsible for deaths. By that same logic, pencils are responsible for misspelled words.
*The claim that 47 million Americans don't have health insurance, while the actual number is between 10 and 15 million<ref>[[Essay:47 million Americans without health insurance lie‎]]</ref>
*The claim that homosexuality cannot be overcome by therapy and prayer.
*The claim that homosexuality is inherent to a person's biology and not a choice of lifestyle.
*The claim that higher income earners in America are not paying a "fair share".
*The claim that the liberal [[mainstream media]] is "unbiased", "reliable", "fair", and "unchallengeable".
*The claim that [[conservative media]] is "biased" and "unreliable".
*The claim that [[fake news]] is a conservative problem, when in fact it is a liberal problem.
*The claim that the [[Democratic Party]] is moderate, centrist, or even center-right compared to left-wing political parties and their platforms elsewhere, mainly Western Europe, with the ultra-rare exceptions of moderates [[Joe Manchin]], [[Kyrsten Sinema]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]].
*The claim that they are better than those who disagree with them. They open fire on anyone who doesn't agree with them, particularly conservatives and fundamentalist and biblical Christians, calling them false (and thus meaningless) slur words such as "fascist," "racist," "bigoted," "sexist," "misogynistic," "neo-Nazi," etc. They do this without realizing that the people they name-call are oftentimes more friendly and caring than themselves.
*The claim that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>
*The claim that it's impossible to be racist against White people because racism requires prejudice + power which is not only not the definition of racism, but it is also not even true that non-whites don't have institutional power to harm whites. False accusations of racism have been used to attack white people many times<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/360083-systemic-racism-is-so-rare-in-america-the-media-just-cant-stop-lying</ref>
*The claim that conservatives are war hawks, even though since 1900, it was Democrats that got the United States involved in most of the wars, with the exception of the Bushes and Trump in his second term, as Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon withdrew from the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]], respectively.

== Liberal myths about Donald Trump ==

*The claim by prominent Democrats, media elites, RINOS, and liberals in general that [[Donald Trump]] could not possibly be elected to be president of the United States.<ref>[Best Compilation- People Who Laughed at TRUMP...and said he would never be President]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iZSW_76TE Democrats and Media Agreed: There Was No Way Donald Trump Could Be Elected]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQgq_R13V3s "You aren't laughing anymore, are you?" - Donald Trump - Deplorables Remix]</ref>
*The claim by liberals that Donald Trump is a "[[Fascism|fascist]]". In reality, Trump's agenda includes cutting back several areas of government. Trump says he plans on going directly to the American public via Twitter after he is elected president. There are no indications that Trump will have a state-controlled media. Trump has some hostility to the media, which was colluding with the Democrat Party, especially Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election.
*The claim that Donald Trump is a "[[Misogyny|misogynist]]". The ''Washington Post'' reported, "Today, according to Trump’s attorney, [[Michael Cohen]], there are more women than men holding executive positions in the Trump Organization, heading such departments as human resources, golf and hotel management, and global licensing, even though women make up just 43 percent of the overall workforce."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-a-champion-of-women-his-female-employees-think-so/2015/11/23/7eafac80-88da-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html Donald Trump, a champion of women? His female employees think so.]</ref> Among two of the first picks to fill positions in the Trump administration were Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations and Betsy DeVos to serve as education secretary. [[Trump Tower]] was also constructed by a woman named Barbara Res who was also the first woman to construct a skyscraper.
*The claim that Donald Trump was unqualified to be president. He has executive experience and is a politically astute real estate developer in New York City and other geographic areas. [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[William Taft]], [[Zachary Taylor]] and [[George Washington]] were never elected to a government office before becoming President of the United States. Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton the "most qualified" person ever to run for president while leaving out her major foreign policy failures and other shortcomings as Secretary of State.
*The myth that American liberals are terrified of Donald Trump. [[Michael Moore]] compared Trump's election to [[Kristallnacht]], but no Trump supporters engaged in widespread acts of oppression or violence on the day of his election. No prominent liberals have fled the United States after Trump's election, nor has there been a large flight of liberals from the United States after Trump's elections. No prominent liberals who claimed they would move out of the country if Trump was elected have indicated that they were leaving the country.
*The liberal myth that Donald Trump is a virulent "racist". One of the first acts of President-elect Trump was to pick the Indian-American [[Nikki Haley]] to become ambassador to the United Nations. In addition, Trump made several minority appointments, including [[Ben Carson]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD Secretary]].
*Liberal denialism associated with the fact that Donald Trump was elected to be president of the United States. Twitter hashtags and protest cries of "Not my president" despite widespread liberal complaints that Donald Trump would not accept the results of the election. Liberal schemes of getting electors of the electoral college to switch their votes.
*Liberals claim that Trump "[[Russian collusion hoax|colluded with Russia]]".

==Patriotism==
[[Liberal]]s believe that an individual can claim to support the U.S. military, just not the mission and still be considered a 'Patriot'. In fact, the exact opposite is the truth. A liberal's patriotism, party-specific position, cannot support the troops if they impede liberals' political left-wing strategy. The main reason for this has to do with passionate, partisan hatred for George W. Bush or any other conservative as Commander-in-Chief, the [[President of the United States of America]]. Liberals claim to support the military, claim not to support the mission, and refuse to support the Commander-in-Chief. The extremist left discounts the counter-effect of troop morale. To understand the true liberal mindset when it comes to supporting our U.S. troops, observe the often-tried protest march. Though frustration boils over, actions follow from protest to outright sabotage or [[anarchism]].<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/anti-war-protest-at-gop-convention-turns-violent/ Anti-War Protest at GOP Convention Turns Violent] Fox News, September 1, 2008</ref> Liberal credibility fails, and a lack of concern for the support of America shows. The left-wing cares so much for America's military that they condone and actually prop up politicians that abuse troops with reckless accusations,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Federal_judge_order_Murtha_to_testify_in_Haditha_defamation_case.html Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case] Politico, September 28, 2007</ref> and negative media coverage and ego trips.<ref>[https://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-kerrystuckiniraq.htm Political Humor] About.com</ref>

Liberal protesters look the other way as war memorials are vandalized. Liberals protest America's severely injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.crosswalk.com/1347570/ Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital] Crosswalk.com</ref> Liberal protesters harass, damage or block military recruitment centers from operating business as usual.<ref>[http://mfvov.com/blog/?p=505 Recruiting Center Attacks Coast to Coast] Military Families Voice of Victory, March 19, 2008</ref> This left-wing position, the myth, is successful in feeding media-driven discontent and mediocrity shame. If the news is bad, a liberal is spoon-fed. If the news is good, the spoon-fed liberal is oblivious. ''See, e.g.'', "a complete suspension of disbelief."

Patriotism, to your brother who volunteers and risks the ultimate sacrifice out of love, will never be diminished. True patriots will always be in [[American]]s' gratitude and held in the highest light.

==America Perceived==
The myth liberals give says we need to restore America's image in the world. Again, this mostly has to do with liberals' negative view of [[President Bush]]. Liberals want the two linked even though the myth is false. They blame Bush and Iraq for the bad USA image, but the truth is that the credibility of the American left is a worse image than America's image abroad. The main need for liberals to propagate this myth is the fact that [[socialist]] governments of Europe oppose the policy of [[Iraq]]. This further fuels liberals' political agenda to remove [[Republicans]] from power. Liberals love Europeans and cite their false socialist utopia at every chance. European opposition automatically reinforces their belief that America's image is damaged. As of 2008, most of the [[European]] leaders that opposed Iraq are no longer in positions of power. As a result, European [[conservatives]] were elected who publicly aligned themselves with America.

Those [[liberals]] that use the myth and regularly bash the USA are often called the "Blame America First" crowd. Though they never seem to mention that America gives more in donations, in total dollars, than any other country on Earth.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm Americans give record $295B to charity] USA Today, 6/25/2007</ref> A sure way to change America's image in the world is to show the world we respect life. The repeal of Roe Vs. Wade would be a start.

Reasons why [[America]] was hated prior to 2003 include wealth, women's rights, support for our democratic ally [[Israel]], democratic government, capitalist economy and exporting immorality.

==Bad Successful Companies==
In the attempt to point fingers and lay blame, the liberals produce the myth that profits made by successful companies are bad for America. Only a select group of companies are targeted for public shame. This is a false myth because successful corporations actually create jobs and [[tax]] revenue. Retirement funds and municipal bonds rely heavily on the profits from these companies. Also, the reason these companies flourish is because the capitalist system rewards their hard work. The liberals will try to create sympathy, that they care for the average American; they are the ones going after wrongdoers to make it right.

[[Liberals]] have demonized such companies as RJ Reynolds, Walmart, Halliburton and [[Blackwater]]. Their latest target is Exxon Mobil for its enormous profits and futures-market oil speculators. Most of their accusations are absurd. Liberals in [[Congress]] don't blink an eye when it comes time to spend all that tax revenue generated. Liberals in Congress have been called on their [[hypocrisy]] for owning stocks in those companies. Which, in turn, they divest their portfolios like nothing was ever wrong. For years, for decades, these companies have lobbied members of Congress; they have worked together for their common goals. In return, hefty [[campaign]] donations are their reward. Then, for opportune reasons, liberals will publicly ridicule and verbally attack these bad, greedy capitalists. Corporate heads are brought before congress for a sideshow grilling to explain their actions.<ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/01/MNU7VU217.DTL Congress asks Big Oil to justify big profits] The SF Chronicle, April 2, 2008</ref> The Windfall Tax is just another example of the sham created by this liberal myth. Those companies make enough money; they should now be forced to give some back. They are threatened with nationalization<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111 Congresswoman threatens to nationalize oil industry] Worldnetdaily.com, May 23, 2008</ref> and further government regulation, a socialist scheme. As the price of gas fell, Congress just pretended like nothing ever happened; Big Oil off the hook.

==The Economy From The Previous 8 Years==
In an attempt to spread Bush hatred without mentioning his name, it is common for liberals to lie and say ''"we're in this economic mess because of the policies over the previous eight years."'' This is a myth, perpetuated by the corrupt in order to link bad economics with [[Conservatism]] and Bush policy. These liberals are the very same individuals that would not recognize George W. Bush's economic successes when the economy was creating jobs. Bush, [[McCain]], [[Alan Greenspan]] are all on record as trying to fix the corrupt lending policies and government mismanagement for the past eight years.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Financial Meltdown Video] YouTube</ref> All the while, Democrats were lining their pockets with [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] donations. Democrats are overwhelmingly responsible if they should point fingers. Democrats [[Barney Frank]], [[Chris Dodd]], [[John Kerry]], [[Charles Schumer]] and even [[Barack Obama]] are as much, if not directly, indirectly responsible for the failed economics of this country over the past eight years. The same people who got us into this mess are now responsible for getting us out of financial meltdown. Blame can go all around on this one, both Republicans and Democrats. This was the result of many bad decisions over a long period of time. Then out of nowhere came financial calamity that nobody saw coming, except congressmen and women who were privy to bank collapses. They made good money while the rest of America suffered.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/06/members_of_us_house_financial.html Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market Cleveland.com June 25, 2009]</ref>
{{cquote|The truth of the matter; Bush-era 4.5% unemployment, Obama-era will it go higher than 10%?}}

==Torture==
In an attempt by liberals to claim the [[U.S.]] committed war crimes after [[9/11]], Congress held an investigation into [[Enhanced interrogation]] by the CIA. The report would absolve the role of Congress, who were advised along the way, and label waterboarding as torture in violation of the Geneva convention. Liberals, backed by comments of Senator [[John McCain]], would argue that we put Japanese to death for waterboarding. It's a ridiculous notion that waterboarding was reason enough to justify execution. [[Japanese]] soldiers would beat U.S. servicemen to death, forced labor to death, starved to death. Many lost limbs to sword-wielding commanders.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zNN6M97vYMEC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=japanese+put+to+death+for+torture&source=bl&ots=bixUXAub86&sig=IRA-eCfErn8PtEB01sgMqiZBC-I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-57b9kd_MAhVG4CYKHb3FAhA4ChDoAQhaMAk#v=onepage&q=japanese%20put%20to%20death%20for%20torture&f=false Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931-1945, By Werner Gruhl]</ref> Many U.S. servicemen and civilian contractors were executed without trial. Also, they were waterboarded. If GITMO detainees had it as bad as liberals claim, they wouldn't seek to stay.<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17sr7z_latest-gitmo-snag-prisoners-don-t-want-to-leave_news Latest Gitmo Snag: Prisoners Don't Want to Leave, DailyMotion, November 29, 2013]</ref> To equate enhanced interrogation with torture is a liberal myth.

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'''Liberal myths''' are falsehoods heavily supported by a destructive belief system.

==List of liberal myths==

Liberal beliefs include:<ref>http://www.twilightslastgleaming.com/myths.htm</ref>

*The claim that neither [[evil]] nor the [[devil]] exist.
*The claim that government titles make someone important or significant.
*The claim that there is man-made "[[global warming]]."<ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/some-exasperating-liberal-myths Some Exasperating Liberal Myths] NowPublic.com, August 27, 2007</ref>
*The claim that [[Earth]] and the universe are billions of years old.
*The claim that government regulations create jobs.
*The claim that environmental regulation saves lives.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/15/why-republican-attacks-environment-laws]</ref>
*The claim that there is no voter fraud, it's about the GOP wanting to "prevent" people from voting.
*The claim that "The failed economic policies of George W. Bush" caused the recession and high unemployment.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/let-s-discuss-the-failed-economicy-policies-of-president-george-w-bush Let's discuss the "failed economicy policies" of President George W. Bush, Washington Examiner, December 9, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30660 The unemployment ‘benefits’ compassion sham, CanadaFreePress, December 3, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that the U.S. put Japanese soldiers to death for waterboarding.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/12/16/cheneys-claim-that-the-u-s-did-not-prosecute-japanese-soldiers-for-waterboarding/]</ref>
*The claim that GOP gerrymandering was responsible for the Democrats' [[2014 Midterm Elections]] defeat.
*The claim that Democrats lost the [[2010 Midterm elections]] because [[Barack Obama]] was not liberal enough.
*The claim that banning plastic bags, bottles, and other products will improve the environment.<ref>[http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_23695266/gust-column-save-planet-use-plastic-bag Guest column: Save the planet, use a plastic bag, The Daily Camera, July 21, 2013]</ref>
*The claim that [[nationalism]] is the opposite of [[patriotism]].<ref name="Hazony2018">Hazony, Yoram (August 24, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberty-of-nations-1535120837 The Liberty of Nations]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Gregor, A. James (November 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/18/gregor-the-false-dichotomy-of-nationalism-versus-patriotism/ Gregor: The False Dichotomy of Nationalism Versus Patriotism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref><ref>Ryun, Ned (November 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-vs-macron-what-the-french-president-doesnt-understand-about-nationalism Trump vs. Macron: What the French president doesn't understand about nationalism]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that Early American [[Pilgrim]]s were illegal immigrants when there were no such things as national boundaries in what is now the United States prior to its establishment.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/26/msnbc-analyst-on-thanksgiving-pilgrims-were-illegal-immigrants-indians-99-percenters/ MSNBC Analyst On Thanksgiving: Pilgrims Were “Illegal Immigrants,” Indians 99 Percenters], [[Weasel Zippers]], November 26, 2011.</ref> No government or immigration laws were in existence at the time.
*The claim that human beings are beginning to overpopulate. This myth is used as an attempt to justify abortion and the theory of anthropogenic "global warming."
*The claim that people today are more knowledgeable and intelligent than in prior centuries.
*The claim that the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the [[budget]] deficit.
*The claim that the Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
*The claim that some people are so poor they can only afford to eat Ramen Noodles.
*The claim that a [[fetus]] is not a living person.
*The claim the [[embryonic stem cell]]s will provide many cures. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic cells have provided no known cures.
*The claim that [[gun control]] reduces crime.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and [[breast cancer]] are unrelated.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and mental depression are unrelated.
*The claim that [[gambling]] financially benefits state school systems.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/cbsnews_investigates/main3269456.shtml Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?] CBS News, September 17, 2007</ref>
*The claim to support the rights of women, never mentioning the oppressed women in Islamic countries.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html About the Women's Rights Project] ACLU</ref>
*The claim that the [[media]] is not biased toward the liberal agenda.
*The claim that enabling [[oil]] drilling will not reduce long-term [[energy]] prices.<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/07/nancy_pelosis_energy_policy.php?comments=show Nancy Pelosi's Energy Policy] Rightwingnews.com, July 8, 2008</ref>
*The claim that enabling oil drilling will not provide [[energy]] security.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33767 Oil Money May Buy Drilling Vote, Liberal Says] CNSNews.com, August 7, 2008</ref>
*The claim that same-sex couple adoptions can replace the [[love]] from a mother and a father.<ref>[http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption_2.htm Lesbian and Gay Adoption Rights] About.com</ref>
*The claim that an individual's [[sexual]] preference needs to be a protected civil "right".<ref>[http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/sexualorientation.html GAYS AND LESBIANS] Civilrights.com</ref>
*That there is a "[[vast right-wing conspiracy]]"<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359741,00.html THE VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY] Fox News, May 29, 2008</ref>
*The claim that opposing the [[homosexual agenda]] is "[[bigotry]]".<ref>[http://www.boycottmcdonalds.com/detail.aspx?id=102 Boycott McDonald's!] American Family Association</ref>
*The claim that the US acted unilaterally in Iraq. The USA and Britain led a 30-nation coalition in Iraq.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm558.cfm The Myth of U.S. Isolation] The Heritage Foundation, September 7, 2004</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] "cheated" in the 2000 Presidential election.<ref>[http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=239 Floridagate] Democrats.com</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] lied about WMD in [[Iraq]] to grab [[oil]].
*The claim that [[Saddam Hussein]] was not seeking to buy yellowcake Uranium.<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/14/tenet-niger/ Tenet Agrees To Cooperate With Congressional Investigation Into Niger Fraud] ThinkProgress, May 14, 2007</ref>
*The claim that the [[9/11]] Islamic terrorist attacks were an "inside job" by the [[USA]].
*The claim that the Foreign Intelligence & Surveillance Act (FISA) is for spying on Americans.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35928prs20080709.html Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill] ACLU, July 9, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[big government]] will benefit its citizens.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/politics/candidates_public_service/2008/09/11/130009.html McCain, Obama Discuss Views on Public Service] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[military]] recruits are poor and uneducated.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/research/nationalsecurity/cda05-08.cfm Who Bears the Burden? Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Recruits] Heritage Foundation, November 7, 2005</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200612/ai_n17197505 Rangel Is Wrong About Recruits] Human Events, December 4, 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/31/kerry.mccain/ Bush on Kerry remark: U.S. troops are 'plenty smart'] CNN, November 1, 2006</ref>
*The claim that [[government]]-run [[healthcare]] is better than a capitalist healthcare system.<ref>[http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr009=j7lglh8nq9.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=9238&news_iv_ctrl=1283 Free, universal health care must be a right!] VotePSL.org, may 30, 2008</ref>
*The claim that going on the offense against [[terrorists]] creates more terrorists.<ref>[http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/madeleine-albright-we-created-more.html Madeleine Albright: "We Created More Terrorists... Our Soldiers Are the Problem"] Gateway Pundit, March 27, 2008</ref>
*The claim that terrorism should be handled by [[law]] enforcement.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902041.html Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted] Washington Post, July 30, 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406901,00.html Bush: War on Terror is Not Law Enforcement Matter] AP, August 20, 2008</ref>
*The claim that the USA should negotiate with rogue [[nations]] and terror groups.
*The claim that [[socialism]] is "superior" to [[capitalism]].
*The claim that there is a [[gene]] which causes people to become homosexuals. No such gene has been found by the scientific community.
*The claim that [[humans]] and [[ape]]s have a common ancestor.
*The claim that [[gender]] is more than male and female.
*The claim that misogynistic sexism is the reason for any supposed gender gap in wages. Numerous studies show that the difference in wages for men and women doing similar jobs is caused mainly by personal choices.
*The claim that the [[death penalty]] does not deter [[crime]]. Overwhelming evidence shows that the death penalty does deter crime.
*The claim that [[atheists]] are just as moral as [[Christians]] who regularly go to a church, or, in some cases, claim atheists are "morally superior".
*The claim that all [[religions]] teach the same thing.
*The claim that [[intelligent design]] is not a science and has no evidence.
*The claim that no climatologist or [[physicist]] rejects "global warming". Ironically, the founder of The Weather Channel rejects "global warming", as do thousands of other scientists.
*The claim that Hitler was a [[Catholic]].
*The claim that opposition to [[Obama]] is "racism".
*The claim that the general welfare clause in the Constitution gives government the right to force American citizens to buy government-run healthcare.
*The claim that Jesus was the first [[socialist]] simply because he shared with others.<ref>Reed, Lawrence W. (December 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-jesus-was-not-a-socialist No, Jesus was not a socialist]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 24, 2019.</ref>
*The claim that [[affirmative action]] works.
*The claim that the [[Old Testament]] is immoral.
*The claim that [[Jews]] of today aren't the Jews of the Bible.
*The claim that [[Christmas]] is about the story of a "refugee family."<ref>Adams, Becket (December 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-nativity-story-isnt-about-refugees-where-are-you-guys-getting-this-from The nativity story isn’t about refugees. Where are you guys getting this from?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that [[feminism]] has no bias.
*The claim that [[homosexuals]] do not try to convert [[heterosexuals]].
*The claim that [[same-sex "marriage"]] will not result in [[polygamy]] also being written into law.
*The claim that the [[Bible]] is fictional, allegorical, or partially allegorical.
*The claim that [[Liberal Christianity]] is compatible with the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]].
*The claim that proper tire inflation can replace the need for additional oil drilling.
*That people should eat less red meat in order to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418801,00.html</ref>
*The claim Jesus was a "liberal" or political leftist.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/09-communism.htm The 'Diggers' movement is held up as an example of good Christianity]</ref>
*The claim that the [[Nation of Islam]] is unrelated to Islam, the ideology.
*The claim that portable school vouchers would destroy [[public schools]], yet liberals send their own children to private schools.
*The claim that, if a person is [[pro-life]], that person does not care about people after birth.<ref>[https://twitter.com/movingleft Obnoxious supporter of Obama Twitter Account @MovingLeft (Warning:Vulgar)]</ref>
*The claim that more African Americans died in wars of [[America]] than in [[abortion]]. 1,786 blacks are killed '''daily''' by abortion; a large percentage of [[pregnant]] African Americans are misled into having an abortion. [http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1685410938.html]
*The claim that renaming [[War on Terror]] to Overseas Contingency Operation will reduce the threats facing America.
*The claim that cutting back on America's missile defenses will somehow make the country more secure.
*The claim that the nation will go bankrupt if we don't spend more tax dollars.
*The claim that the United States must switch to unproven technologies for the environment's sake, such as wind or solar power. Yet, proven clean energy generated by nuclear power is not an option.
*The claim that a person cannot be pro-life if that person is [[pro-gun]] or pro-[[capital punishment]].
*The claim that opposition to homosexuality and homosexual "marriage", equals "hatred" of homosexuals or "bigotry".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s supporters are all "racists", "fascists", or, in Hillary Clinton's words, "deplorables".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s views resemble [[Hitler]]'s.
*The claim that [[Hitler]] was a "conservative".
*The claim that violent [[video game]]s like ''Doom'' or ''Quake'' aren't contributing to real life [[violence]].
*The claim that guns are responsible for deaths. By that same logic, pencils are responsible for misspelled words.
*The claim that 47 million Americans don't have health insurance, while the actual number is between 10 and 15 million<ref>[[Essay:47 million Americans without health insurance lie‎]]</ref>
*The claim that homosexuality cannot be overcome by therapy and prayer.
*The claim that homosexuality is inherent to a person's biology and not a choice of lifestyle.
*The claim that higher income earners in America are not paying a "fair share".
*The claim that the liberal [[mainstream media]] is "unbiased", "reliable", "fair", and "unchallengeable".
*The claim that [[conservative media]] is "biased" and "unreliable".
*The claim that [[fake news]] is a conservative problem, when in fact it is a liberal problem.
*The claim that the [[Democratic Party]] is moderate, centrist, or even center-right compared to left-wing political parties and their platforms elsewhere, mainly Western Europe, with the ultra-rare exceptions of moderates [[Joe Manchin]], [[Kyrsten Sinema]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]].
*The claim that they are better than those who disagree with them. They open fire on anyone who doesn't agree with them, particularly conservatives and fundamentalist and biblical Christians, calling them false (and thus meaningless) slur words such as "fascist," "racist," "bigoted," "sexist," "misogynistic," "neo-Nazi," etc. They do this without realizing that the people they name-call are oftentimes more friendly and caring than themselves.
*The claim that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>
*The claim that it's impossible to be racist against White people because racism requires prejudice + power which is not only not the definition of racism, but it is also not even true that non-whites don't have institutional power to harm whites. False accusations of racism have been used to attack white people many times<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/360083-systemic-racism-is-so-rare-in-america-the-media-just-cant-stop-lying</ref>
*The claim that conservatives are war hawks, even though since 1900, it was Democrats that got the United States involved in most of the wars, with the exception of the Bushes and Trump in his second term, as Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon withdrew from the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]], respectively.

== Liberal myths about Donald Trump ==

*The claim by prominent Democrats, media elites, RINOS, and liberals in general that [[Donald Trump]] could not possibly be elected to be president of the United States.<ref>[Best Compilation- People Who Laughed at TRUMP...and said he would never be President]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iZSW_76TE Democrats and Media Agreed: There Was No Way Donald Trump Could Be Elected]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQgq_R13V3s "You aren't laughing anymore, are you?" - Donald Trump - Deplorables Remix]</ref>
*The claim by liberals that Donald Trump is a "[[Fascism|fascist]]". In reality, Trump's agenda includes cutting back several areas of government. Trump says he plans on going directly to the American public via Twitter after he is elected president. There are no indications that Trump will have a state-controlled media. Trump has some hostility to the media, which was colluding with the Democrat Party, especially Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election.
*The claim that Donald Trump is a "[[Misogyny|misogynist]]". The ''Washington Post'' reported, "Today, according to Trump’s attorney, [[Michael Cohen]], there are more women than men holding executive positions in the Trump Organization, heading such departments as human resources, golf and hotel management, and global licensing, even though women make up just 43 percent of the overall workforce."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-a-champion-of-women-his-female-employees-think-so/2015/11/23/7eafac80-88da-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html Donald Trump, a champion of women? His female employees think so.]</ref> Among two of the first picks to fill positions in the Trump administration were Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations and Betsy DeVos to serve as education secretary. [[Trump Tower]] was also constructed by a woman named Barbara Res who was also the first woman to construct a skyscraper.
*The claim that Donald Trump was unqualified to be president. He has executive experience and is a politically astute real estate developer in New York City and other geographic areas. [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[William Taft]], [[Zachary Taylor]] and [[George Washington]] were never elected to a government office before becoming President of the United States. Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton the "most qualified" person ever to run for president while leaving out her major foreign policy failures and other shortcomings as Secretary of State.
*The myth that American liberals are terrified of Donald Trump. [[Michael Moore]] compared Trump's election to [[Kristallnacht]], but no Trump supporters engaged in widespread acts of oppression or violence on the day of his election. No prominent liberals have fled the United States after Trump's election, nor has there been a large flight of liberals from the United States after Trump's elections. No prominent liberals who claimed they would move out of the country if Trump was elected have indicated that they were leaving the country.
*The liberal myth that Donald Trump is a virulent "racist". One of the first acts of President-elect Trump was to pick the Indian-American [[Nikki Haley]] to become ambassador to the United Nations. In addition, Trump made several minority appointments, including [[Ben Carson]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD Secretary]].
*Liberal denialism associated with the fact that Donald Trump was elected to be president of the United States. Twitter hashtags and protest cries of "Not my president" despite widespread liberal complaints that Donald Trump would not accept the results of the election. Liberal schemes of getting electors of the electoral college to switch their votes.
*Liberals claim that Trump "[[Russian collusion hoax|colluded with Russia]]".

==Patriotism==
[[Liberal]]s believe that an individual can claim to support the U.S. military, just not the mission and still be considered a 'Patriot'. In fact, the exact opposite is the truth. A liberal's patriotism, party-specific position, cannot support the troops if they are an impediment to their political left-wing strategy. The main reason for this has to do with passionate, partisan hatred for George W. Bush or any other conservative as commander in chief, the [[President of the United States of America]]. Liberals claim to support the military, claim not to support the mission, and refuse to support the Commander. The extremist left discounts the counter effect of troop morale. Understanding the true liberal mindset when it comes to supporting our U.S. troops, observe the often tried protest march. Though frustration boils over, actions lead from protest to outright sabotage or anarchism.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/anti-war-protest-at-gop-convention-turns-violent/ Anti-War Protest at GOP Convention Turns Violent] Fox News, September 1, 2008</ref> Liberal credibility fails, and lack of concern for the support of America shows. The left-wing cares so much for America's military, they condone and actually prop up politicians that abuse troops with reckless accusations,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Federal_judge_order_Murtha_to_testify_in_Haditha_defamation_case.html Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case] Politico, September 28, 2007</ref> and negative media coverage and ego trips.<ref>[https://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-kerrystuckiniraq.htm Political Humor] About.com</ref> Liberal protesters look the other way as war memorials are vandalized. Liberals protest America's severely injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.crosswalk.com/1347570/ Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital] Crosswalk.com</ref> Liberal protesters harass, damage or block military recruitment centers from operating business-as-usual.<ref>[http://mfvov.com/blog/?p=505 Recruiting Center Attacks Coast to Coast] Military Families Voice of Victory, March 19, 2008</ref> This leftwing position, the myth, is successful in feeding media-driven discontent and mediocrity shame. If the news is bad, a liberal is spoon-fed. If the news is good, the spoon-fed liberal is oblivious. e.g. "a complete suspension of disbelief".

Patriotism, to your brother, who volunteers and risks the ultimate sacrifice out of love, will never be diminished. True patriots will always be in our gratitude and held in the highest light.

==America Perceived==
The myth liberals give says we need to restore America's image in the world. Again, this mostly has to do with liberals' negative view of [[President Bush]]. Liberals want the two linked even though the myth is false. They blame Bush and Iraq for the bad USA image, but the truth is that the credibility of the American left is a worse image than America's image abroad. The main need for liberals to propagate this myth is the fact that [[socialist]] governments of Europe oppose the policy of [[Iraq]]. This further fuels liberals' political agenda to remove [[Republicans]] from power. Liberals love Europeans and cite their false socialist utopia at every chance. European opposition automatically reinforces their belief that America's image is damaged. As of 2008, most of the [[European]] leaders that opposed Iraq are no longer in positions of power. As a result, European [[conservatives]] were elected who publicly aligned themselves with America.

Those [[liberals]] that use the myth and regularly bash the USA are often called the "Blame America First" crowd. Though they never seem to mention that America gives more in donations, in total dollars, than any other country on Earth.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm Americans give record $295B to charity] USA Today, 6/25/2007</ref> A sure way to change America's image in the world is to show the world we respect life. The repeal of Roe Vs. Wade would be a start.

Reasons why [[America]] was hated prior to 2003 include wealth, women's rights, support for our democratic ally [[Israel]], democratic government, capitalist economy and exporting immorality.

==Bad Successful Companies==
In the attempt to point fingers and lay blame, the liberals produce the myth that profits made by successful companies are bad for America. Only a select group of companies are targeted for public shame. This is a false myth because successful corporations actually create jobs and [[tax]] revenue. Retirement funds and municipal bonds rely heavily on the profits from these companies. Also, the reason these companies flourish is because the capitalist system rewards their hard work. The liberals will try to create sympathy, that they care for the average American; they are the ones going after wrongdoers to make it right.

[[Liberals]] have demonized such companies as RJ Reynolds, Walmart, Halliburton and [[Blackwater]]. Their latest target is Exxon Mobil for its enormous profits and futures-market oil speculators. Most of their accusations are absurd. Liberals in [[Congress]] don't blink an eye when it comes time to spend all that tax revenue generated. Liberals in Congress have been called on their [[hypocrisy]] for owning stocks in those companies. Which, in turn, they divest their portfolios like nothing was ever wrong. For years, for decades, these companies have lobbied members of Congress; they have worked together for their common goals. In return, hefty [[campaign]] donations are their reward. Then, for opportune reasons, liberals will publicly ridicule and verbally attack these bad, greedy capitalists. Corporate heads are brought before congress for a sideshow grilling to explain their actions.<ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/01/MNU7VU217.DTL Congress asks Big Oil to justify big profits] The SF Chronicle, April 2, 2008</ref> The Windfall Tax is just another example of the sham created by this liberal myth. Those companies make enough money; they should now be forced to give some back. They are threatened with nationalization<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111 Congresswoman threatens to nationalize oil industry] Worldnetdaily.com, May 23, 2008</ref> and further government regulation, a socialist scheme. As the price of gas fell, Congress just pretended like nothing ever happened; Big Oil off the hook.

==The Economy From The Previous 8 Years==
In an attempt to spread Bush hatred without mentioning his name, it is common for liberals to lie and say ''"we're in this economic mess because of the policies over the previous eight years."'' This is a myth, perpetuated by the corrupt in order to link bad economics with [[Conservatism]] and Bush policy. These liberals are the very same individuals that would not recognize George W. Bush's economic successes when the economy was creating jobs. Bush, [[McCain]], [[Alan Greenspan]] are all on record as trying to fix the corrupt lending policies and government mismanagement for the past eight years.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Financial Meltdown Video] YouTube</ref> All the while, Democrats were lining their pockets with [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] donations. Democrats are overwhelmingly responsible if they should point fingers. Democrats [[Barney Frank]], [[Chris Dodd]], [[John Kerry]], [[Charles Schumer]] and even [[Barack Obama]] are as much, if not directly, indirectly responsible for the failed economics of this country over the past eight years. The same people who got us into this mess are now responsible for getting us out of financial meltdown. Blame can go all around on this one, both Republicans and Democrats. This was the result of many bad decisions over a long period of time. Then out of nowhere came financial calamity that nobody saw coming, except congressmen and women who were privy to bank collapses. They made good money while the rest of America suffered.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/06/members_of_us_house_financial.html Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market Cleveland.com June 25, 2009]</ref>
{{cquote|The truth of the matter; Bush-era 4.5% unemployment, Obama-era will it go higher than 10%?}}

==Torture==
In an attempt by liberals to claim the [[U.S.]] committed war crimes after [[9/11]], Congress held an investigation into [[Enhanced interrogation]] by the CIA. The report would absolve the role of Congress, who were advised along the way, and label waterboarding as torture in violation of the Geneva convention. Liberals, backed by comments of Senator [[John McCain]], would argue that we put Japanese to death for waterboarding. It's a ridiculous notion that waterboarding was reason enough to justify execution. [[Japanese]] soldiers would beat U.S. servicemen to death, forced labor to death, starved to death. Many lost limbs to sword-wielding commanders.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zNN6M97vYMEC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=japanese+put+to+death+for+torture&source=bl&ots=bixUXAub86&sig=IRA-eCfErn8PtEB01sgMqiZBC-I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-57b9kd_MAhVG4CYKHb3FAhA4ChDoAQhaMAk#v=onepage&q=japanese%20put%20to%20death%20for%20torture&f=false Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931-1945, By Werner Gruhl]</ref> Many U.S. servicemen and civilian contractors were executed without trial. Also, they were waterboarded. If GITMO detainees had it as bad as liberals claim, they wouldn't seek to stay.<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17sr7z_latest-gitmo-snag-prisoners-don-t-want-to-leave_news Latest Gitmo Snag: Prisoners Don't Want to Leave, DailyMotion, November 29, 2013]</ref> To equate enhanced interrogation with torture is a liberal myth.

==References==
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Liberal myths

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'''Liberal myths''' are falsehoods heavily supported by a destructive belief system.

==List of liberal myths==

Liberal beliefs include:<ref>http://www.twilightslastgleaming.com/myths.htm</ref>

*The claim that neither [[evil]] nor the [[devil]] exist.
*The claim that government titles make someone important or significant.
*The claim that there is man-made "[[global warming]]."<ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/some-exasperating-liberal-myths Some Exasperating Liberal Myths] NowPublic.com, August 27, 2007</ref>
*The claim that [[Earth]] and the universe are billions of years old.
*The claim that government regulations create jobs.
*The claim that environmental regulation saves lives.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/15/why-republican-attacks-environment-laws]</ref>
*The claim that there is no voter fraud, it's about the GOP wanting to "prevent" people from voting.
*The claim that "The failed economic policies of George W. Bush" caused the recession and high unemployment.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/let-s-discuss-the-failed-economicy-policies-of-president-george-w-bush Let's discuss the "failed economicy policies" of President George W. Bush, Washington Examiner, December 9, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30660 The unemployment ‘benefits’ compassion sham, CanadaFreePress, December 3, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that the U.S. put Japanese soldiers to death for waterboarding.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/12/16/cheneys-claim-that-the-u-s-did-not-prosecute-japanese-soldiers-for-waterboarding/]</ref>
*The claim that GOP gerrymandering was responsible for the Democrats' [[2014 Midterm Elections]] defeat.
*The claim that Democrats lost the [[2010 Midterm elections]] because [[Barack Obama]] was not liberal enough.
*The claim that banning plastic bags, bottles, and other products will improve the environment.<ref>[http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_23695266/gust-column-save-planet-use-plastic-bag Guest column: Save the planet, use a plastic bag, The Daily Camera, July 21, 2013]</ref>
*The claim that [[nationalism]] is the opposite of [[patriotism]].<ref name="Hazony2018">Hazony, Yoram (August 24, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberty-of-nations-1535120837 The Liberty of Nations]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Gregor, A. James (November 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/18/gregor-the-false-dichotomy-of-nationalism-versus-patriotism/ Gregor: The False Dichotomy of Nationalism Versus Patriotism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref><ref>Ryun, Ned (November 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-vs-macron-what-the-french-president-doesnt-understand-about-nationalism Trump vs. Macron: What the French president doesn't understand about nationalism]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that Early American [[Pilgrim]]s were illegal immigrants when there were no such things as national boundaries in what is now the United States prior to its establishment.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/26/msnbc-analyst-on-thanksgiving-pilgrims-were-illegal-immigrants-indians-99-percenters/ MSNBC Analyst On Thanksgiving: Pilgrims Were “Illegal Immigrants,” Indians 99 Percenters], [[Weasel Zippers]], November 26, 2011.</ref> No government or immigration laws were in existence at the time.
*The claim that human beings are beginning to overpopulate. This myth is used as an attempt to justify abortion and the theory of anthropogenic "global warming."
*The claim that people today are more knowledgeable and intelligent than in prior centuries.
*The claim that the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the [[budget]] deficit.
*The claim that the Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
*The claim that some people are so poor they can only afford to eat Ramen Noodles.
*The claim that a [[fetus]] is not a living person.
*The claim the [[embryonic stem cell]]s will provide many cures. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic cells have provided no known cures.
*The claim that [[gun control]] reduces crime.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and [[breast cancer]] are unrelated.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and mental depression are unrelated.
*The claim that [[gambling]] financially benefits state school systems.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/cbsnews_investigates/main3269456.shtml Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?] CBS News, September 17, 2007</ref>
*The claim to support the rights of women, never mentioning the oppressed women in Islamic countries.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html About the Women's Rights Project] ACLU</ref>
*The claim that the [[media]] is not biased toward the liberal agenda.
*The claim that enabling [[oil]] drilling will not reduce long-term [[energy]] prices.<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/07/nancy_pelosis_energy_policy.php?comments=show Nancy Pelosi's Energy Policy] Rightwingnews.com, July 8, 2008</ref>
*The claim that enabling oil drilling will not provide [[energy]] security.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33767 Oil Money May Buy Drilling Vote, Liberal Says] CNSNews.com, August 7, 2008</ref>
*The claim that same-sex couple adoptions can replace the [[love]] from a mother and a father.<ref>[http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption_2.htm Lesbian and Gay Adoption Rights] About.com</ref>
*The claim that an individual's [[sexual]] preference needs to be a protected civil "right".<ref>[http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/sexualorientation.html GAYS AND LESBIANS] Civilrights.com</ref>
*That there is a "[[vast right-wing conspiracy]]"<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359741,00.html THE VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY] Fox News, May 29, 2008</ref>
*The claim that opposing the [[homosexual agenda]] is "[[bigotry]]".<ref>[http://www.boycottmcdonalds.com/detail.aspx?id=102 Boycott McDonald's!] American Family Association</ref>
*The claim that the US acted unilaterally in Iraq. The USA and Britain led a 30-nation coalition in Iraq.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm558.cfm The Myth of U.S. Isolation] The Heritage Foundation, September 7, 2004</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] "cheated" in the 2000 Presidential election.<ref>[http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=239 Floridagate] Democrats.com</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] lied about WMD in [[Iraq]] to grab [[oil]].
*The claim that [[Saddam Hussein]] was not seeking to buy yellowcake Uranium.<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/14/tenet-niger/ Tenet Agrees To Cooperate With Congressional Investigation Into Niger Fraud] ThinkProgress, May 14, 2007</ref>
*The claim that the [[9/11]] Islamic terrorist attacks were an "inside job" by the [[USA]].
*The claim that the Foreign Intelligence & Surveillance Act (FISA) is for spying on Americans.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35928prs20080709.html Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill] ACLU, July 9, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[big government]] will benefit its citizens.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/politics/candidates_public_service/2008/09/11/130009.html McCain, Obama Discuss Views on Public Service] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[military]] recruits are poor and uneducated.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/research/nationalsecurity/cda05-08.cfm Who Bears the Burden? Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Recruits] Heritage Foundation, November 7, 2005</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200612/ai_n17197505 Rangel Is Wrong About Recruits] Human Events, December 4, 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/31/kerry.mccain/ Bush on Kerry remark: U.S. troops are 'plenty smart'] CNN, November 1, 2006</ref>
*The claim that [[government]]-run [[healthcare]] is better than a capitalist healthcare system.<ref>[http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr009=j7lglh8nq9.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=9238&news_iv_ctrl=1283 Free, universal health care must be a right!] VotePSL.org, may 30, 2008</ref>
*The claim that going on the offense against [[terrorists]] creates more terrorists.<ref>[http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/madeleine-albright-we-created-more.html Madeleine Albright: "We Created More Terrorists... Our Soldiers Are the Problem"] Gateway Pundit, March 27, 2008</ref>
*The claim that terrorism should be handled by [[law]] enforcement.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902041.html Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted] Washington Post, July 30, 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406901,00.html Bush: War on Terror is Not Law Enforcement Matter] AP, August 20, 2008</ref>
*The claim that the USA should negotiate with rogue [[nations]] and terror groups.
*The claim that [[socialism]] is "superior" to [[capitalism]].
*The claim that there is a [[gene]] which causes people to become homosexuals. No such gene has been found by the scientific community.
*The claim that [[humans]] and [[ape]]s have a common ancestor.
*The claim that [[gender]] is more than male and female.
*The claim that misogynistic sexism is the reason for any supposed gender gap in wages. Numerous studies show that the difference in wages for men and women doing similar jobs is caused mainly by personal choices.
*The claim that the [[death penalty]] does not deter [[crime]]. Overwhelming evidence shows that the death penalty does deter crime.
*The claim that [[atheists]] are just as moral as [[Christians]] who regularly go to a church, or, in some cases, claim atheists are "morally superior".
*The claim that all [[religions]] teach the same thing.
*The claim that [[intelligent design]] is not a science and has no evidence.
*The claim that no climatologist or [[physicist]] rejects "global warming". Ironically, the founder of The Weather Channel rejects "global warming", as do thousands of other scientists.
*The claim that Hitler was a [[Catholic]].
*The claim that opposition to [[Obama]] is "racism".
*The claim that the general welfare clause in the Constitution gives government the right to force American citizens to buy government-run healthcare.
*The claim that Jesus was the first [[socialist]] simply because he shared with others.<ref>Reed, Lawrence W. (December 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-jesus-was-not-a-socialist No, Jesus was not a socialist]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 24, 2019.</ref>
*The claim that [[affirmative action]] works.
*The claim that the [[Old Testament]] is immoral.
*The claim that [[Jews]] of today aren't the Jews of the Bible.
*The claim that [[Christmas]] is about the story of a "refugee family."<ref>Adams, Becket (December 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-nativity-story-isnt-about-refugees-where-are-you-guys-getting-this-from The nativity story isn’t about refugees. Where are you guys getting this from?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that [[feminism]] has no bias.
*The claim that [[homosexuals]] do not try to convert [[heterosexuals]].
*The claim that [[same-sex "marriage"]] will not result in [[polygamy]] also being written into law.
*The claim that the [[Bible]] is fictional, allegorical, or partially allegorical.
*The claim that [[Liberal Christianity]] is compatible with the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]].
*The claim that proper tire inflation can replace the need for additional oil drilling.
*That people should eat less red meat in order to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418801,00.html</ref>
*The claim Jesus was a "liberal" or political leftist.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/09-communism.htm The 'Diggers' movement is held up as an example of good Christianity]</ref>
*The claim that the [[Nation of Islam]] is unrelated to Islam, the ideology.
*The claim that portable school vouchers would destroy [[public schools]], yet liberals send their own children to private schools.
*The claim that, if a person is [[pro-life]], that person does not care about people after birth.<ref>[https://twitter.com/movingleft Obnoxious supporter of Obama Twitter Account @MovingLeft (Warning:Vulgar)]</ref>
*The claim that more African Americans died in wars of [[America]] than in [[abortion]]. 1,786 blacks are killed '''daily''' by abortion; a large percentage of [[pregnant]] African Americans are misled into having an abortion. [http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1685410938.html]
*The claim that renaming [[War on Terror]] to Overseas Contingency Operation will reduce the threats facing America.
*The claim that cutting back on America's missile defenses will somehow make the country more secure.
*The claim that the nation will go bankrupt if we don't spend more tax dollars.
*The claim that the United States must switch to unproven technologies for the environment's sake, such as wind or solar power. Yet, proven clean energy generated by nuclear power is not an option.
*The claim that a person cannot be pro-life if that person is [[pro-gun]] or pro-[[capital punishment]].
*The claim that opposition to homosexuality and homosexual "marriage", equals "hatred" of homosexuals or "bigotry".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s supporters are all "racists", "fascists", or, in Hillary Clinton's words, "deplorables".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s views resemble [[Hitler]]'s.
*The claim that [[Hitler]] was a "conservative".
*The claim that violent [[video game]]s like ''Doom'' or ''Quake'' aren't contributing to real life [[violence]].
*The claim that guns are responsible for deaths. By that same logic, pencils are responsible for misspelled words.
*The claim that 47 million Americans don't have health insurance, while the actual number is between 10 and 15 million<ref>[[Essay:47 million Americans without health insurance lie‎]]</ref>
*The claim that homosexuality cannot be overcome by therapy and prayer.
*The claim that homosexuality is inherent to a person's biology and not a choice of lifestyle.
*The claim that higher income earners in America are not paying a "fair share".
*The claim that the liberal [[mainstream media]] is "unbiased", "reliable", "fair", and "unchallengeable".
*The claim that [[conservative media]] is "biased" and "unreliable".
*The claim that [[fake news]] is a conservative problem, when in fact it is a liberal problem.
*The claim that the [[Democratic Party]] is moderate, centrist, or even center-right compared to left-wing political parties and their platforms elsewhere, mainly Western Europe, with the ultra-rare exceptions of moderates [[Joe Manchin]], [[Kyrsten Sinema]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]].
*The claim that they are better than those who disagree with them. They open fire on anyone who doesn't agree with them, particularly conservatives and fundamentalist and biblical Christians, calling them false (and thus meaningless) slur words such as "fascist," "racist," "bigoted," "sexist," "misogynistic," "neo-Nazi," etc. They do this without realizing that the people they name-call are oftentimes more friendly and caring than themselves.
*The claim that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>
*The claim that it's impossible to be racist against White people because racism requires prejudice + power which is not only not the definition of racism, but it is also not even true that non-whites don't have institutional power to harm whites. False accusations of racism have been used to attack white people many times<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/360083-systemic-racism-is-so-rare-in-america-the-media-just-cant-stop-lying</ref>
*The claim that conservatives are war hawks, even though since 1900, it was Democrats that got the United States involved in most of the wars, with the exception of the Bushes and Trump in his second term, as Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon withdrew from the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]], respectively.

== Liberal myths about Donald Trump ==

*The claim by prominent Democrats, media elites, RINOS, and liberals in general that [[Donald Trump]] could not possibly be elected to be president of the United States.<ref>[Best Compilation- People Who Laughed at TRUMP...and said he would never be President]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iZSW_76TE Democrats and Media Agreed: There Was No Way Donald Trump Could Be Elected]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQgq_R13V3s "You aren't laughing anymore, are you?" - Donald Trump - Deplorables Remix]</ref>
*The claim by liberals that Donald Trump is a "[[Fascism|fascist]]". In reality, Trump's agenda includes cutting back several areas of government. Trump says he plans on going directly to the American public via Twitter after he is elected president. There are no indications that Trump will have a state-controlled media. Trump has some hostility to the media, which was colluding with the Democrat Party, especially Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election.
*The claim that Donald Trump is a "[[Misogyny|misogynist]]". The ''Washington Post'' reported, "Today, according to Trump’s attorney, [[Michael Cohen]], there are more women than men holding executive positions in the Trump Organization, heading such departments as human resources, golf and hotel management, and global licensing, even though women make up just 43 percent of the overall workforce."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-a-champion-of-women-his-female-employees-think-so/2015/11/23/7eafac80-88da-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html Donald Trump, a champion of women? His female employees think so.]</ref> Among two of the first picks to fill positions in the Trump administration were Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations and Betsy DeVos to serve as education secretary. [[Trump Tower]] was also constructed by a woman named Barbara Res who was also the first woman to construct a skyscraper.
*The claim that Donald Trump was unqualified to be president. He has executive experience and is a politically astute real estate developer in New York City and other geographic areas. [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[William Taft]], [[Zachary Taylor]] and [[George Washington]] were never elected to a government office before becoming President of the United States. Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton the "most qualified" person ever to run for president while leaving out her major foreign policy failures and other shortcomings as Secretary of State.
*The myth that American liberals are terrified of Donald Trump. [[Michael Moore]] compared Trump's election to [[Kristallnacht]], but no Trump supporters engaged in widespread acts of oppression or violence on the day of his election. No prominent liberals have fled the United States after Trump's election, nor has there been a large flight of liberals from the United States after Trump's elections. No prominent liberals who claimed they would move out of the country if Trump was elected have indicated that they were leaving the country.
*The liberal myth that Donald Trump is a virulent "racist". One of the first acts of President-elect Trump was to pick the Indian-American [[Nikki Haley]] to become ambassador to the United Nations. In addition, Trump made several minority appointments, including [[Ben Carson]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD Secretary]].
*Liberal denialism associated with the fact that Donald Trump was elected to be president of the United States. Twitter hashtags and protest cries of "Not my president" despite widespread liberal complaints that Donald Trump would not accept the results of the election. Liberal schemes of getting electors of the electoral college to switch their votes.
*Liberals claim that Trump "[[Russian collusion hoax|colluded with Russia]]".

==Patriotism==
The liberal belief that an individual can claim to support the U.S. military, just not the mission and still be considered a 'Patriot'. In fact, the exact opposite is the truth. A liberal's patriotism, party-specific position, cannot support the troops if they are an impediment to their political left-wing strategy. The main reason for this has to do with passionate, partisan hatred for George W. Bush or any other conservative as commander in chief, the [[President of the United States of America]]. Liberals claim to support the military, claim not to support the mission, and refuse to support the Commander. The extremist left discounts the counter effect of troop morale. Understanding the true liberal mindset when it comes to supporting our U.S. troops, observe the often tried protest march. Though frustration boils over, actions lead from protest to outright sabotage or anarchism.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/anti-war-protest-at-gop-convention-turns-violent/ Anti-War Protest at GOP Convention Turns Violent] Fox News, September 1, 2008</ref> Liberal credibility fails, and lack of concern for the support of America shows. The left-wing cares so much for America's military, they condone and actually prop up politicians that abuse troops with reckless accusations,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Federal_judge_order_Murtha_to_testify_in_Haditha_defamation_case.html Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case] Politico, September 28, 2007</ref> and negative media coverage and ego trips.<ref>[https://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-kerrystuckiniraq.htm Political Humor] About.com</ref> Liberal protesters look the other way as war memorials are vandalized. Liberals protest America's severely injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.crosswalk.com/1347570/ Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital] Crosswalk.com</ref> Liberal protesters harass, damage or block military recruitment centers from operating business-as-usual.<ref>[http://mfvov.com/blog/?p=505 Recruiting Center Attacks Coast to Coast] Military Families Voice of Victory, March 19, 2008</ref> This leftwing position, the myth, is successful in feeding media-driven discontent and mediocrity shame. If the news is bad, a liberal is spoon-fed. If the news is good, the spoon-fed liberal is oblivious. e.g. "a complete suspension of disbelief".

Patriotism, to your brother, who volunteers and risks the ultimate sacrifice out of love, will never be diminished. True patriots will always be in our gratitude and held in the highest light.

==America Perceived==
The myth liberals give says we need to restore America's image in the world. Again, this mostly has to do with liberals' negative view of [[President Bush]]. Liberals want the two linked even though the myth is false. They blame Bush and Iraq for the bad USA image, but the truth is that the credibility of the American left is a worse image than America's image abroad. The main need for liberals to propagate this myth is the fact that [[socialist]] governments of Europe oppose the policy of [[Iraq]]. This further fuels liberals' political agenda to remove [[Republicans]] from power. Liberals love Europeans and cite their false socialist utopia at every chance. European opposition automatically reinforces their belief that America's image is damaged. As of 2008, most of the [[European]] leaders that opposed Iraq are no longer in positions of power. As a result, European [[conservatives]] were elected who publicly aligned themselves with America.

Those [[liberals]] that use the myth and regularly bash the USA are often called the "Blame America First" crowd. Though they never seem to mention that America gives more in donations, in total dollars, than any other country on Earth.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm Americans give record $295B to charity] USA Today, 6/25/2007</ref> A sure way to change America's image in the world is to show the world we respect life. The repeal of Roe Vs. Wade would be a start.

Reasons why [[America]] was hated prior to 2003 include wealth, women's rights, support for our democratic ally [[Israel]], democratic government, capitalist economy and exporting immorality.

==Bad Successful Companies==
In the attempt to point fingers and lay blame, the liberals produce the myth that profits made by successful companies are bad for America. Only a select group of companies are targeted for public shame. This is a false myth because successful corporations actually create jobs and [[tax]] revenue. Retirement funds and municipal bonds rely heavily on the profits from these companies. Also, the reason these companies flourish is because the capitalist system rewards their hard work. The liberals will try to create sympathy, that they care for the average American; they are the ones going after wrongdoers to make it right.

[[Liberals]] have demonized such companies as RJ Reynolds, Walmart, Halliburton and [[Blackwater]]. Their latest target is Exxon Mobil for its enormous profits and futures-market oil speculators. Most of their accusations are absurd. Liberals in [[Congress]] don't blink an eye when it comes time to spend all that tax revenue generated. Liberals in Congress have been called on their [[hypocrisy]] for owning stocks in those companies. Which, in turn, they divest their portfolios like nothing was ever wrong. For years, for decades, these companies have lobbied members of Congress; they have worked together for their common goals. In return, hefty [[campaign]] donations are their reward. Then, for opportune reasons, liberals will publicly ridicule and verbally attack these bad, greedy capitalists. Corporate heads are brought before congress for a sideshow grilling to explain their actions.<ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/01/MNU7VU217.DTL Congress asks Big Oil to justify big profits] The SF Chronicle, April 2, 2008</ref> The Windfall Tax is just another example of the sham created by this liberal myth. Those companies make enough money; they should now be forced to give some back. They are threatened with nationalization<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111 Congresswoman threatens to nationalize oil industry] Worldnetdaily.com, May 23, 2008</ref> and further government regulation, a socialist scheme. As the price of gas fell, Congress just pretended like nothing ever happened; Big Oil off the hook.

==The Economy From The Previous 8 Years==
In an attempt to spread Bush hatred without mentioning his name, it is common for liberals to lie and say ''"we're in this economic mess because of the policies over the previous eight years."'' This is a myth, perpetuated by the corrupt in order to link bad economics with [[Conservatism]] and Bush policy. These liberals are the very same individuals that would not recognize George W. Bush's economic successes when the economy was creating jobs. Bush, [[McCain]], [[Alan Greenspan]] are all on record as trying to fix the corrupt lending policies and government mismanagement for the past eight years.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Financial Meltdown Video] YouTube</ref> All the while, Democrats were lining their pockets with [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] donations. Democrats are overwhelmingly responsible if they should point fingers. Democrats [[Barney Frank]], [[Chris Dodd]], [[John Kerry]], [[Charles Schumer]] and even [[Barack Obama]] are as much, if not directly, indirectly responsible for the failed economics of this country over the past eight years. The same people who got us into this mess are now responsible for getting us out of financial meltdown. Blame can go all around on this one, both Republicans and Democrats. This was the result of many bad decisions over a long period of time. Then out of nowhere came financial calamity that nobody saw coming, except congressmen and women who were privy to bank collapses. They made good money while the rest of America suffered.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/06/members_of_us_house_financial.html Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market Cleveland.com June 25, 2009]</ref>
{{cquote|The truth of the matter; Bush-era 4.5% unemployment, Obama-era will it go higher than 10%?}}

==Torture==
In an attempt by liberals to claim the [[U.S.]] committed war crimes after [[9/11]], Congress held an investigation into [[Enhanced interrogation]] by the CIA. The report would absolve the role of Congress, who were advised along the way, and label waterboarding as torture in violation of the Geneva convention. Liberals, backed by comments of Senator [[John McCain]], would argue that we put Japanese to death for waterboarding. It's a ridiculous notion that waterboarding was reason enough to justify execution. [[Japanese]] soldiers would beat U.S. servicemen to death, forced labor to death, starved to death. Many lost limbs to sword-wielding commanders.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zNN6M97vYMEC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=japanese+put+to+death+for+torture&source=bl&ots=bixUXAub86&sig=IRA-eCfErn8PtEB01sgMqiZBC-I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-57b9kd_MAhVG4CYKHb3FAhA4ChDoAQhaMAk#v=onepage&q=japanese%20put%20to%20death%20for%20torture&f=false Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931-1945, By Werner Gruhl]</ref> Many U.S. servicemen and civilian contractors were executed without trial. Also, they were waterboarded. If GITMO detainees had it as bad as liberals claim, they wouldn't seek to stay.<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17sr7z_latest-gitmo-snag-prisoners-don-t-want-to-leave_news Latest Gitmo Snag: Prisoners Don't Want to Leave, DailyMotion, November 29, 2013]</ref> To equate enhanced interrogation with torture is a liberal myth.

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Pete Hegseth

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'''Peter Brian Hegseth''' (born June 6, 1980) is the 2025 [[United States Secretary of War]]. He has no significant education, training, or experience in military strategy, and appears unaware of what constitutes a [[War crimes|war crime]]. Many speculate that his admission to [[Princeton University]] was as a recruit to play basketball, as its team is prominent at the university and would have had influence over admissions. The fact that Hegseth played in dozens of its basketball games, including as a freshman, strongly implies that he was a sports team recruit for admissions purposes.

On March 13, 2026, Hegseth responded dismissively to valid questions about [[Iran]]'s control of the [[Strait of Hormuz]]: "It's something we're dealing with, we have been dealing with it, and [you] don't need to worry about it," Hegseth said. He insisted that the [[U.S.]] would not allow this essential shipping channel to "remain contested."<ref>https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-worry-strait-hormuz-us-time-counter-irans/story?id=131036790</ref> Shortly before the [[2026 midterm elections]], Hegseth ordered the livestreaming of the upcoming execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, a decision Trump reversed after overwhelming bipartisan disapproval.

Hegseth is a former co-host of ''Fox & Friends Weekend'' cable show, which is how Trump began to admire him. Hegseth also served as [[CEO]]/executive director of Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), an organization funded by the [[Koch]] [[oligarch]]s that advocated for [[privatizing]] VA health care, limiting eligibility (e.g., to service-connected disabilities only), and reducing overall government-provided benefits to redirect funds toward “[[war]]-fighting capability.”

Hegseth's books: “Battle for the American Mind” (June, 2022) – spent over twelve weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list, including four straight weeks at #1. Two of Pete's previous books – “American Crusade” and “Modern Warriors” – were also best-sellers.<ref>[https://petehegseth.com Petehegseth.com]</ref>

In 2016, Trump considered Hegseth for [[VA]] Secretary.<ref>Morgan Chalfant, [https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-considering-brown-hegseth-va-secretary/ Trump Considering Brown, Hegseth for VA Secretary]. ''Free Beacon'', November 30, 2016</ref> Hagseth said regarding the [[Pentagon]], "First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs]]...Any general, any admiral, whatever, who was involved in [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] programs or [[woke]] sh*t has got to go."<ref>[https://archive.is/QceFX#selection-509.0-649.17 Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the Pentagon], By Missy Ryan, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Alex Horton, ''[[Washington Post]]'', November 12, 2024.</ref>

==Secretary of Defense==
===Feb 12, 2025 Brussels speech===

In a speech to [[NATO]] representatives in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] on February 12, 2025, shortly after taking office, Hegseth said,
{{Cquote|We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective.

Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the [[war]] and cause more suffering.

A durable peace for Ukraine must include robust [[security guarantee]]s to ensure that the war will not begin again.

This must not be [[Minsk Accords|Minsk 3.0]].

That said, the [[United States]] does not believe that [[NATO]] membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement.

Instead any security guarantee must be backed by capable [[European]] and non-European troops.

If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed as part of a non-NATO mission. And they should not covered under [[Article 5]]. There also must be robust international oversight of the line of contact.

[...]

The [[United States]] faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must – and we are – focusing on security of our own borders.

We also face a peer competitor in the [[Communist Chinese]] with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the [[Indo-Pacific]]. The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with [[China]] in the [[Pacific]], recognizing the reality of scarcity, and making the resourcing tradeoffs to ensure [[deterrence]] does not fail.

Deterrence cannot fail, for all of our sakes.

As the United States prioritizes its attention to these threats, [[European]] allies must lead from the front.

Together, we can establish a [[division of labor]] that maximizes our comparative advantages in Europe and Pacific respectively.<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/ Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered)], Feb. 12, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Brussels, Belgium. defense.gov</ref>}}
In late September 2025 as international tensions [[escalated]], Hegseth summoned all active duty generals and admirals to an urgent meeting in [[Quantico]], [[Virginia]] for an undisclosed meeting. Speculation abounded the purpose of the meeting. Many of the high-ranking officers were contact with each other to find out why Hegseth has ordered such an unprecedented gathering that will upend the schedules of hundreds of them.<ref>https://www.twz.com/land/war-secretarys-emergency-meeting-a-mystery-to-hundreds-of-top-officers-ordered-to-attend</ref> A consensus emerged that the order for all top military officers to meet in one place was for critical [[domestic]] reasons, as they would not be put in one place to plan [[war]] on a [[foreign]] country where they could wiped out with a single [[missile]] strike.

===Iran war===
{{See also|Iran war}}
Hegseth hid from the [[American]] public the number of [[U.S.]] casualties from [[Iranian]] retaliatory strikes after [[U.S.]] strikes on [[Iranian]] [[civilian]] [[infrastructure]].<ref>https://archive.is/rytER#selection-8059.0-8059.62</ref>

==Views==

Hegseth rightfully criticized [[Turkey]]'s membership of [[NATO]], saying Turkish [[Islamism|Islamist]] president [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] "openly dreams of restoring the [[Ottoman empire]]" and is "an [[Islamist]] with Islamist visions for the [[Middle East]].<ref name="dm">(Nov 25, 2024). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14123927/pete-hegseth-critical-nato-alliances-trump-pentagon.html Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth believes NATO should be 'scrapped' and remade]. ''Daily Mail''.</ref>

Hegseth believes, [[NATO]] should be 'scrapped' and remade.<ref name="dm"/>

From a written testimony, submitted to [[Congress]] ahead of (Jan/2025) confirmation vote:<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/hegseth-china-russia-nukes-policy What Hegseth thinks of Russia and China as he takes the Pentagon reins], ''Axios'', Jan 29, 2025</ref>
<blockquote>
*[[China]]: The potential seizure of [[Taiwan]], a "fait accompli," should motivate U.S. military modernization. [[Guam]] is a linchpin for [[Indo-Pacific]] success. Collaborating with [[Japan]] will pay deterrence dividends.

*[[Russia]]: Despite sanctions and other constraints, its war machine still packs a punch. [[Moscow]]'s digital subterfuge and [[Arctic]] ambitions "are particularly acute." The invasion of [[Ukraine]] is "settling into a [[war of attrition]]."

*[[Iran]]: The regime, which props up [[violent]] [[proxies]], creeps closer to [[nuclear weapon]]s. Its [[missile]] and [[drone]] arsenal demands countermeasures. The [[U.S.]] should help [[Israel]] defend itself.

*[[North Korea]]: An "intense focus" on [[missile]] development, hacking gains and [[nuclear arms]] is concerning. Its "space capabilities" must be monitored. [[Missile defense]] needs beefing up closer to home.

*[[Nuclear weapon|Nukes]]: A triad is a necessity. Full stop. And full steam ahead on the Sentinel nuclear missile, B-21 Raider and the Columbia-class [[submarine]]. Partnering with the National Nuclear Security Administration is of highest priority. NNSA labs, plants and sites want for dramatic renovations.

*Doing business: The [[Pentagon]] is thinking too narrowly; it should look beyond [[Cold War]] suppliers. Places like the Office of Strategic Capital and Defense Innovation Unit are oases. Delayed, over-budget projects require a "thorough review."

*Army upgrades: [[War]]s abroad underline the value of cyber, autonomy and precision fires. </blockquote>

[[File:Netanyahu with Pete Hegseth.2.5.25.jpg|thumb|[[Netanyahu]] with Pete Hegseth.2.5.25]]

At the Reagan National Defense Forum in December 2025 Hegseth outline [[Trump 2.0]] administration [[foreign policy]]:<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5637405-hegseth-speech-border-security-china/</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/LAQbqbhVsdc Secretary of War Pete Hegseth keynote address at the Reagan National Defense Forum.] [[Department of War]]. Dec 6, 2025.</ref>
{{Cquote|The [[War Department]] will not be distracted by [[democracy]] building, [[interventionism]], undefined [[war]]s, [[regime change]], [[climate change]], [[woke]] [[moral]]izing and feckless [[nation-building]]...We will instead put our [[nation]]'s [[pragmatic|practical]], concrete interests first...Out with [[idealistic]] [[utopia]]nism...In with hard-nosed [[realism]].}}

== Personal background ==

Hegseth served in the US Army and did tours in [[Guantanamo Bay]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-pete-hegseth-serve-defense-secretary Trump nominates Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary]. By Louis Casiano, ''Fox News'', November 12, 2024</ref> He is [[Princeton]] and [[Harvard]] educated. He has been married three times: during his first marriage he engaged in an affair with a woman who would become his second wife; and in his second marriage he engaged in an affair with a woman who would become his third wife (she became pregnant with his child during the affair).

==External links==
*[https://petehegseth.com/ Petehegseth.com - official page]
*[https://x.com/PeteHegseth Hegseth on X, formerly Twitter]
*[https://youtu.be/HFKEmV7rI0U Hitler phones Hegseth]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Pete Hegseth

2026-11-05T23:04:40Z

Aschlafly: Shortly before the 2026 midterm elections, Hegseth announced that he ordered the livestreaming of the upcoming execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, a decision Trump reversed after overwhelming disapproval.

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'''Peter Brian Hegseth''' (b. June 6, 1980) is the 2025 [[United States Secretary of War]]. He has no significant education, training, or experience in military strategy, and appears unaware of what constitutes a [[War crimes|war crime]]. Many speculate that his admission to [[Princeton University]] was as a recruit to play basketball, as its team is prominent at the university and would have had influence over admissions. The fact that Hegseth played in dozens of its basketball games, including as a freshman, strongly implies that he was a sports team recruit for admissions purposes.

On March 13, 2026, Hegseth responded dismissively to valid questions about [[Iran]]'s control of the [[Strait of Hormuz]]: "It's something we're dealing with, we have been dealing with it, and [you] don't need to worry about it," Hegseth said. He insisted that the [[U.S.]] would not allow this essential shipping channel to "remain contested."<ref>https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-worry-strait-hormuz-us-time-counter-irans/story?id=131036790</ref> Shortly before the [[2026 midterm elections]], Hegseth announced that he ordered the livestreaming of the upcoming execution of the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, a decision Trump reversed after overwhelming disapproval.

Hegseth is a former co-host of ''Fox & Friends Weekend'' cable show, which is how Trump began to admire him. Hegseth also served as [[CEO]]/executive director of Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), an organization funded by the [[Koch]] [[oligarch]]s that advocated for [[privatizing]] VA health care, limiting eligibility (e.g., to service-connected disabilities only), and reducing overall government-provided benefits to redirect funds toward “[[war]]-fighting capability.”

Hegseth's books: “Battle for the American Mind” (June, 2022) – spent over twelve weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list, including four straight weeks at #1. Two of Pete’s previous books – “American Crusade” and “Modern Warriors” – were also best-sellers.<ref>[https://petehegseth.com Petehegseth.com]</ref>

In 2016, Trump considered Hegseth for [[VA]] Secretary.<ref>Morgan Chalfant, [https://freebeacon.com/issues/trump-considering-brown-hegseth-va-secretary/ Trump Considering Brown, Hegseth for VA Secretary]. ''Free Beacon'', November 30, 2016</ref> Hagseth said regarding the [[Pentagon]], "First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs]]...Any general, any admiral, whatever, who was involved in [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] programs or [[woke]] sh*t has got to go."<ref>[https://archive.is/QceFX#selection-509.0-649.17 Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the Pentagon], By Missy Ryan, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Alex Horton, ''[[Washington Post]]'', November 12, 2024. </ref>

==Secretary of Defense==
===Feb 12, 2025 Brussels speech===

In a speech to [[NATO]] representatives in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] on February 12, 2025, shortly after taking office, Hegseth said,
{{Cquote|We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective.

Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the [[war]] and cause more suffering.

A durable peace for Ukraine must include robust [[security guarantee]]s to ensure that the war will not begin again.

This must not be [[Minsk Accords|Minsk 3.0]].

That said, the [[United States]] does not believe that [[NATO]] membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement.

Instead any security guarantee must be backed by capable [[European]] and non-European troops.

If these troops are deployed as peacekeepers to Ukraine at any point, they should be deployed as part of a non-NATO mission. And they should not covered under [[Article 5]]. There also must be robust international oversight of the line of contact.

[...]

The [[United States]] faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must – and we are – focusing on security of our own borders.

We also face a peer competitor in the [[Communist Chinese]] with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the [[Indo-Pacific]]. The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with [[China]] in the [[Pacific]], recognizing the reality of scarcity, and making the resourcing tradeoffs to ensure [[deterrence]] does not fail.

Deterrence cannot fail, for all of our sakes.

As the United States prioritizes its attention to these threats, [[European]] allies must lead from the front.

Together, we can establish a [[division of labor]] that maximizes our comparative advantages in Europe and Pacific respectively.<ref>[https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/ Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered)], Feb. 12, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Brussels, Belgium. defense.gov</ref>}}
In late September 2025 as international tensions [[escalated]], Hegseth summoned all active duty generals and admirals to an urgent meeting in [[Quantico]], [[Virginia]] for an undisclosed meeting. Speculation abounded the purpose of the meeting. Many of the high-ranking officers were contact with each other to find out why Hegseth has ordered such an unprecedented gathering that will upend the schedules of hundreds of them.<ref>https://www.twz.com/land/war-secretarys-emergency-meeting-a-mystery-to-hundreds-of-top-officers-ordered-to-attend</ref> A consensus emerged that the order for all top military officers to meet in one place was for critical [[domestic]] reasons, as they would not be put in one place to plan [[war]] on a [[foreign]] country where they could wiped out with a single [[missile]] strike.

===Iran war===
{{See also|Iran war}}
Hegseth hid from the [[American]] public the number of [[U.S.]] casualties from [[Iranian]] retaliatory strikes after [[U.S.]] strikes on [[Iranian]] [[civilian]] [[infrastructure]].<ref>https://archive.is/rytER#selection-8059.0-8059.62</ref>

==Views==

Hegseth rightfully criticized [[Turkey]]'s membership of [[NATO]], saying Turkish [[Islamism|Islamist]] president [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] "openly dreams of restoring the [[Ottoman empire]]" and is "an [[Islamist]] with Islamist visions for the [[Middle East]].<ref name="dm">(Nov 25, 2024). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14123927/pete-hegseth-critical-nato-alliances-trump-pentagon.html Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth believes NATO should be 'scrapped' and remade]. ''Daily Mail''.</ref>

Hegseth believes, [[NATO]] should be 'scrapped' and remade.<ref name="dm"/>

From a written testimony, submitted to [[Congress]] ahead of (Jan/2025) confirmation vote:<ref>[https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/hegseth-china-russia-nukes-policy What Hegseth thinks of Russia and China as he takes the Pentagon reins], ''Axios'', Jan 29, 2025</ref>
<blockquote>
*[[China]]: The potential seizure of [[Taiwan]], a "fait accompli," should motivate U.S. military modernization. [[Guam]] is a linchpin for [[Indo-Pacific]] success. Collaborating with [[Japan]] will pay deterrence dividends.

*[[Russia]]: Despite sanctions and other constraints, its war machine still packs a punch. [[Moscow]]'s digital subterfuge and [[Arctic]] ambitions "are particularly acute." The invasion of [[Ukraine]] is "settling into a [[war of attrition]]."

*[[Iran]]: The regime, which props up [[violent]] [[proxies]], creeps closer to [[nuclear weapon]]s. Its [[missile]] and [[drone]] arsenal demands countermeasures. The [[U.S.]] should help [[Israel]] defend itself.

*[[North Korea]]: An "intense focus" on [[missile]] development, hacking gains and [[nuclear arms]] is concerning. Its "space capabilities" must be monitored. [[Missile defense]] needs beefing up closer to home.

*[[Nuclear weapon|Nukes]]: A triad is a necessity. Full stop. And full steam ahead on the Sentinel nuclear missile, B-21 Raider and the Columbia-class [[submarine]]. Partnering with the National Nuclear Security Administration is of highest priority. NNSA labs, plants and sites want for dramatic renovations.

*Doing business: The [[Pentagon]] is thinking too narrowly; it should look beyond [[Cold War]] suppliers. Places like the Office of Strategic Capital and Defense Innovation Unit are oases. Delayed, over-budget projects require a "thorough review."

*Army upgrades: [[War]]s abroad underline the value of cyber, autonomy and precision fires. </blockquote>

[[File:Netanyahu with Pete Hegseth.2.5.25.jpg|thumb|[[Netanyahu]] with Pete Hegseth.2.5.25]]

At the Reagan National Defense Forum in December 2025 Hegseth outline [[Trump 2.0]] administration [[foreign policy]]:<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5637405-hegseth-speech-border-security-china/</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/LAQbqbhVsdc Secretary of War Pete Hegseth keynote address at the Reagan National Defense Forum.] [[Department of War]]. Dec 6, 2025.</ref>
{{Cquote|The [[War Department]] will not be distracted by [[democracy]] building, [[interventionism]], undefined [[war]]s, [[regime change]], [[climate change]], [[woke]] [[moral]]izing and feckless [[nation-building]]...We will instead put our [[nation]]'s [[pragmatic|practical]], concrete interests first...Out with [[idealistic]] [[utopia]]nism...In with hard-nosed [[realism]].}}

== Personal background ==

Hegseth served in the US Army and did tours in [[Guantanamo Bay]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-pete-hegseth-serve-defense-secretary Trump nominates Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary]. By Louis Casiano, ''Fox News'', November 12, 2024</ref> He is [[Princeton]] and [[Harvard]] educated. He has been married three times: during his first marriage he engaged in an affair with a woman who would become his second wife; and in his second marriage he engaged in an affair with a woman who would become his third wife (she became pregnant with his child during the affair).

==External links==
*[https://petehegseth.com/ Petehegseth.com - official page]
*[https://x.com/PeteHegseth Hegseth on X, formerly Twitter]
*[https://youtu.be/HFKEmV7rI0U Hitler phones Hegseth]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hegseth, Pete}}
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[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]]
[[Category:Veterans]]
[[Category:Evangelicals]]
[[Category:Christian Zionists]]
[[Category:Second Trump Cabinet]]

Liberal myths

2026-11-05T22:52:31Z

Aschlafly: further copy-edit improvements

'''Liberal myths''' are falsehoods heavily supported by a destructive belief system.

==List of liberal myths==

Liberal beliefs include:<ref>http://www.twilightslastgleaming.com/myths.htm</ref>

*The claim that neither [[evil]] nor the [[devil]] exist.
*The claim that government titles make someone important or significant.
*The claim that there is man-made "[[global warming]]."<ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/some-exasperating-liberal-myths Some Exasperating Liberal Myths] NowPublic.com, August 27, 2007</ref>
*The claim that [[Earth]] and the universe are billions of years old.
*The claim that government regulations create jobs.
*The claim that environmental regulation saves lives.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/15/why-republican-attacks-environment-laws]</ref>
*The claim that there is no voter fraud, it's about the GOP wanting to "prevent" people from voting.
*The claim that "The failed economic policies of George W. Bush" caused the recession and high unemployment.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/let-s-discuss-the-failed-economicy-policies-of-president-george-w-bush Let's discuss the "failed economicy policies" of President George W. Bush, Washington Examiner, December 9, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30660 The unemployment ‘benefits’ compassion sham, CanadaFreePress, December 3, 2010]</ref>
*The claim that the U.S. put Japanese soldiers to death for waterboarding.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/12/16/cheneys-claim-that-the-u-s-did-not-prosecute-japanese-soldiers-for-waterboarding/]</ref>
*The claim that GOP gerrymandering was responsible for the Democrats' [[2014 Midterm Elections]] defeat.
*The claim that Democrats lost the [[2010 Midterm elections]] because [[Barack Obama]] was not liberal enough.
*The claim that banning plastic bags, bottles, and other products will improve the environment.<ref>[http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_23695266/gust-column-save-planet-use-plastic-bag Guest column: Save the planet, use a plastic bag, The Daily Camera, July 21, 2013]</ref>
*The claim that [[nationalism]] is the opposite of [[patriotism]].<ref name="Hazony2018">Hazony, Yoram (August 24, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberty-of-nations-1535120837 The Liberty of Nations]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref><ref>Gregor, A. James (November 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/18/gregor-the-false-dichotomy-of-nationalism-versus-patriotism/ Gregor: The False Dichotomy of Nationalism Versus Patriotism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2018.</ref><ref>Ryun, Ned (November 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-vs-macron-what-the-french-president-doesnt-understand-about-nationalism Trump vs. Macron: What the French president doesn't understand about nationalism]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 15, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that Early American [[Pilgrim]]s were illegal immigrants when there were no such things as national boundaries in what is now the United States prior to its establishment.<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/26/msnbc-analyst-on-thanksgiving-pilgrims-were-illegal-immigrants-indians-99-percenters/ MSNBC Analyst On Thanksgiving: Pilgrims Were “Illegal Immigrants,” Indians 99 Percenters], [[Weasel Zippers]], November 26, 2011.</ref> No government or immigration laws were in existence at the time.
*The claim that human beings are beginning to overpopulate. This myth is used as an attempt to justify abortion and the theory of anthropogenic "global warming."
*The claim that people today are more knowledgeable and intelligent than in prior centuries.
*The claim that the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the [[budget]] deficit.
*The claim that the Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
*The claim that some people are so poor they can only afford to eat Ramen Noodles.
*The claim that a [[fetus]] is not a living person.
*The claim the [[embryonic stem cell]]s will provide many cures. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic cells have provided no known cures.
*The claim that [[gun control]] reduces crime.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and [[breast cancer]] are unrelated.
*The claim that [[abortion]] and mental depression are unrelated.
*The claim that [[gambling]] financially benefits state school systems.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/cbsnews_investigates/main3269456.shtml Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?] CBS News, September 17, 2007</ref>
*The claim to support the rights of women, never mentioning the oppressed women in Islamic countries.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/womensrights/index.html About the Women's Rights Project] ACLU</ref>
*The claim that the [[media]] is not biased toward the liberal agenda.
*The claim that enabling [[oil]] drilling will not reduce long-term [[energy]] prices.<ref>[http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/07/nancy_pelosis_energy_policy.php?comments=show Nancy Pelosi's Energy Policy] Rightwingnews.com, July 8, 2008</ref>
*The claim that enabling oil drilling will not provide [[energy]] security.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33767 Oil Money May Buy Drilling Vote, Liberal Says] CNSNews.com, August 7, 2008</ref>
*The claim that same-sex couple adoptions can replace the [[love]] from a mother and a father.<ref>[http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption_2.htm Lesbian and Gay Adoption Rights] About.com</ref>
*The claim that an individual's [[sexual]] preference needs to be a protected civil "right".<ref>[http://www.civilrights.org/research_center/civilrights101/sexualorientation.html GAYS AND LESBIANS] Civilrights.com</ref>
*That there is a "[[vast right-wing conspiracy]]"<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359741,00.html THE VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY] Fox News, May 29, 2008</ref>
*The claim that opposing the [[homosexual agenda]] is "[[bigotry]]".<ref>[http://www.boycottmcdonalds.com/detail.aspx?id=102 Boycott McDonald's!] American Family Association</ref>
*The claim that the US acted unilaterally in Iraq. The USA and Britain led a 30-nation coalition in Iraq.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm558.cfm The Myth of U.S. Isolation] The Heritage Foundation, September 7, 2004</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] "cheated" in the 2000 Presidential election.<ref>[http://archive.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=239 Floridagate] Democrats.com</ref>
*The claim that [[President Bush]] lied about WMD in [[Iraq]] to grab [[oil]].
*The claim that [[Saddam Hussein]] was not seeking to buy yellowcake Uranium.<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/14/tenet-niger/ Tenet Agrees To Cooperate With Congressional Investigation Into Niger Fraud] ThinkProgress, May 14, 2007</ref>
*The claim that the [[9/11]] Islamic terrorist attacks were an "inside job" by the [[USA]].
*The claim that the Foreign Intelligence & Surveillance Act (FISA) is for spying on Americans.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/35928prs20080709.html Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill] ACLU, July 9, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[big government]] will benefit its citizens.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/politics/candidates_public_service/2008/09/11/130009.html McCain, Obama Discuss Views on Public Service] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>
*The claim that [[military]] recruits are poor and uneducated.<ref>[https://www.heritage.org/research/nationalsecurity/cda05-08.cfm Who Bears the Burden? Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Recruits] Heritage Foundation, November 7, 2005</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200612/ai_n17197505 Rangel Is Wrong About Recruits] Human Events, December 4, 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/31/kerry.mccain/ Bush on Kerry remark: U.S. troops are 'plenty smart'] CNN, November 1, 2006</ref>
*The claim that [[government]]-run [[healthcare]] is better than a capitalist healthcare system.<ref>[http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr009=j7lglh8nq9.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=9238&news_iv_ctrl=1283 Free, universal health care must be a right!] VotePSL.org, may 30, 2008</ref>
*The claim that going on the offense against [[terrorists]] creates more terrorists.<ref>[http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/madeleine-albright-we-created-more.html Madeleine Albright: "We Created More Terrorists... Our Soldiers Are the Problem"] Gateway Pundit, March 27, 2008</ref>
*The claim that terrorism should be handled by [[law]] enforcement.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902041.html Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted] Washington Post, July 30, 2008</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406901,00.html Bush: War on Terror is Not Law Enforcement Matter] AP, August 20, 2008</ref>
*The claim that the USA should negotiate with rogue [[nations]] and terror groups.
*The claim that [[socialism]] is "superior" to [[capitalism]].
*The claim that there is a [[gene]] which causes people to become homosexuals. No such gene has been found by the scientific community.
*The claim that [[humans]] and [[ape]]s have a common ancestor.
*The claim that [[gender]] is more than male and female.
*The claim that misogynistic sexism is the reason for any supposed gender gap in wages. Numerous studies show that the difference in wages for men and women doing similar jobs is caused mainly by personal choices.
*The claim that the [[death penalty]] does not deter [[crime]]. Overwhelming evidence shows that the death penalty does deter crime.
*The claim that [[atheists]] are just as moral as [[Christians]] who regularly go to a church, or, in some cases, claim atheists are "morally superior".
*The claim that all [[religions]] teach the same thing.
*The claim that [[intelligent design]] is not a science and has no evidence.
*The claim that no climatologist or [[physicist]] rejects "global warming". Ironically, the founder of The Weather Channel rejects "global warming", as do thousands of other scientists.
*The claim that Hitler was a [[Catholic]].
*The claim that opposition to [[Obama]] is "racism".
*The claim that the general welfare clause in the Constitution gives government the right to force American citizens to buy government-run healthcare.
*The claim that Jesus was the first [[socialist]] simply because he shared with others.<ref>Reed, Lawrence W. (December 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-jesus-was-not-a-socialist No, Jesus was not a socialist]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 24, 2019.</ref>
*The claim that [[affirmative action]] works.
*The claim that the [[Old Testament]] is immoral.
*The claim that [[Jews]] of today aren't the Jews of the Bible.
*The claim that [[Christmas]] is about the story of a "refugee family."<ref>Adams, Becket (December 26, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-nativity-story-isnt-about-refugees-where-are-you-guys-getting-this-from The nativity story isn’t about refugees. Where are you guys getting this from?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref>
*The claim that [[feminism]] has no bias.
*The claim that [[homosexuals]] do not try to convert [[heterosexuals]].
*The claim that [[same-sex "marriage"]] will not result in [[polygamy]] also being written into law.
*The claim that the [[Bible]] is fictional, allegorical, or partially allegorical.
*The claim that [[Liberal Christianity]] is compatible with the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]].
*The claim that proper tire inflation can replace the need for additional oil drilling.
*That people should eat less red meat in order to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,418801,00.html</ref>
*The claim Jesus was a "liberal" or political leftist.<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/09-communism.htm The 'Diggers' movement is held up as an example of good Christianity]</ref>
*The claim that the [[Nation of Islam]] is unrelated to Islam, the ideology.
*The claim that portable school vouchers would destroy [[public schools]], yet liberals send their own children to private schools.
*The claim that, if a person is [[pro-life]], that person does not care about people after birth.<ref>[https://twitter.com/movingleft Obnoxious supporter of Obama Twitter Account @MovingLeft (Warning:Vulgar)]</ref>
*The claim that more African Americans died in wars of [[America]] than in [[abortion]]. 1,786 blacks are killed '''daily''' by abortion; one of two [[pregnant]] women will be suckered into pro-choice genocide. [http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1685410938.html]
*The claim that renaming [[War on Terror]] to Overseas Contingency Operation will reduce the threats facing America.
*The claim that cutting back on America's missile defenses will somehow make the country more secure.
*The claim that the nation will go bankrupt if we don't spend more tax dollars.
*The claim that the United States must switch to unproven technologies for the environment's sake, such as wind or solar power. Yet, proven clean energy generated by nuclear power is not an option.
*The claim that a person cannot be pro-life if that person is [[pro-gun]] or pro-[[capital punishment]].
*The claim that opposition to homosexuality and homosexual "marriage", equals "hatred" of homosexuals or "bigotry".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s supporters are all "racists", "fascists", or, in Hillary Clinton's words, "deplorables".
*The claim that [[Donald Trump]]'s views resemble [[Hitler]]'s.
*The claim that [[Hitler]] was a "conservative".
*The claim that violent [[video game]]s like ''Doom'' or ''Quake'' aren't contributing to real life [[violence]].
*The claim that guns are responsible for deaths. By that same logic, pencils are responsible for misspelled words.
*The claim that 47 million Americans don't have health insurance, while the actual number is between 10 and 15 million<ref>[[Essay:47 million Americans without health insurance lie‎]]</ref>
*The claim that homosexuality cannot be overcome by therapy and prayer.
*The claim that homosexuality is inherent to a person's biology and not a choice of lifestyle.
*The claim that higher income earners in America are not paying a "fair share".
*The claim that the liberal [[mainstream media]] is "unbiased", "reliable", "fair", and "unchallengeable".
*The claim that [[conservative media]] is "biased" and "unreliable".
*The claim that [[fake news]] is a conservative problem, when in fact it is a liberal problem.
*The claim that the [[Democratic Party]] is moderate, centrist, or even center-right compared to left-wing political parties and their platforms elsewhere, mainly Western Europe, with the ultra-rare exceptions of moderates [[Joe Manchin]], [[Kyrsten Sinema]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]].
*The claim that they are better than those who disagree with them. They open fire on anyone who doesn't agree with them, particularly conservatives and fundamentalist and biblical Christians, calling them false (and thus meaningless) slur words such as "fascist," "racist," "bigoted," "sexist," "misogynistic," "neo-Nazi," etc. They do this without realizing that the people they name-call are oftentimes more friendly and caring than themselves.
*The claim that [[Islam]] "has always been part of the American fabric" even as far back as the American Revolution.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/29/cnns-crusade-declare-islam-part-americas-founding/ CNN’s W. Kamau Bell: Islam Part of America’s Founding]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 29, 2017.</ref>
*The claim that it's impossible to be racist against White people because racism requires prejudice + power which is not only not the definition of racism, but it is also not even true that non-whites don't have institutional power to harm whites. False accusations of racism have been used to attack white people many times<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/360083-systemic-racism-is-so-rare-in-america-the-media-just-cant-stop-lying</ref>
*The claim that conservatives are war hawks, even though since 1900, it was Democrats that got the United States involved in most of the wars, with the exception of the Bushes and Trump in his second term, as Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon withdrew from the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]], respectively.

== Liberal myths about Donald Trump ==

*The claim by prominent Democrats, media elites, RINOS, and liberals in general that [[Donald Trump]] could not possibly be elected to be president of the United States.<ref>[Best Compilation- People Who Laughed at TRUMP...and said he would never be President]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iZSW_76TE Democrats and Media Agreed: There Was No Way Donald Trump Could Be Elected]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQgq_R13V3s "You aren't laughing anymore, are you?" - Donald Trump - Deplorables Remix]</ref>
*The claim by liberals that Donald Trump is a "[[Fascism|fascist]]". In reality, Trump's agenda includes cutting back several areas of government. Trump says he plans on going directly to the American public via Twitter after he is elected president. There are no indications that Trump will have a state-controlled media. Trump has some hostility to the media, which was colluding with the Democrat Party, especially Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election.
*The claim that Donald Trump is a "[[Misogyny|misogynist]]". The ''Washington Post'' reported, "Today, according to Trump’s attorney, [[Michael Cohen]], there are more women than men holding executive positions in the Trump Organization, heading such departments as human resources, golf and hotel management, and global licensing, even though women make up just 43 percent of the overall workforce."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-a-champion-of-women-his-female-employees-think-so/2015/11/23/7eafac80-88da-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html Donald Trump, a champion of women? His female employees think so.]</ref> Among two of the first picks to fill positions in the Trump administration were Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina as his choice to become ambassador to the United Nations and Betsy DeVos to serve as education secretary. [[Trump Tower]] was also constructed by a woman named Barbara Res who was also the first woman to construct a skyscraper.
*The claim that Donald Trump was unqualified to be president. He has executive experience and is a politically astute real estate developer in New York City and other geographic areas. [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[William Taft]], [[Zachary Taylor]] and [[George Washington]] were never elected to a government office before becoming President of the United States. Barack Obama called Hillary Clinton the "most qualified" person ever to run for president while leaving out her major foreign policy failures and other shortcomings as Secretary of State.
*The myth that American liberals are terrified of Donald Trump. [[Michael Moore]] compared Trump's election to [[Kristallnacht]], but no Trump supporters engaged in widespread acts of oppression or violence on the day of his election. No prominent liberals have fled the United States after Trump's election, nor has there been a large flight of liberals from the United States after Trump's election. No prominent liberals who claimed they would move out of the country if Trump was elected have indicated that they were leaving the country.
*The liberal myth that Donald Trump is a virulent "racist". One of the first acts of President-elect Trump was to pick the Indian-American [[Nikki Haley]] to become ambassador to the United Nations. In addition, Trump made several minority-appointments, including [[Ben Carson]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD Secretary]].
*Liberal denialism associated with the fact that Donald Trump was elected to be president of the United States. Twitter hashtags and protest cries of "Not my president" despite widespread liberal complaints that Donald Trump would not accept the results of the election. Liberal schemes of getting electors of the electoral college to switch their votes.
*Liberals claim that Trump "[[Russian collusion hoax|colluded with Russia]]".

==Patriotism==
The liberal belief that an individual can claim to support the U.S. military, just not the mission and still be considered a 'Patriot'. In fact, the exact opposite is the truth. A liberal's patriotism, party-specific position, cannot support the troops if they are an impediment to their political left-wing strategy. The main reason for this has to do with passionate, partisan hatred for George W. Bush or any other conservative as commander in chief, the [[President of the United States of America]]. Liberals claim to support the military, claim not to support the mission, and refuse to support the Commander. The extremist left discounts the counter effect of troop morale. Understanding the true liberal mindset when it comes to supporting our U.S. troops, observe the often tried protest march. Though frustration boils over, actions lead from protest to outright sabotage or anarchism.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/anti-war-protest-at-gop-convention-turns-violent/ Anti-War Protest at GOP Convention Turns Violent] Fox News, September 1, 2008</ref> Liberal credibility fails, and lack of concern for the support of America shows. The left-wing cares so much for America's military, they condone and actually prop up politicians that abuse troops with reckless accusations,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Federal_judge_order_Murtha_to_testify_in_Haditha_defamation_case.html Federal judge orders Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case] Politico, September 28, 2007</ref> and negative media coverage and ego trips.<ref>[https://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-kerrystuckiniraq.htm Political Humor] About.com</ref> Liberal protesters look the other way as war memorials are vandalized. Liberals protest America's severely injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.crosswalk.com/1347570/ Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital] Crosswalk.com</ref> Liberal protesters harass, damage or block military recruitment centers from operating business-as-usual.<ref>[http://mfvov.com/blog/?p=505 Recruiting Center Attacks Coast to Coast] Military Families Voice of Victory, March 19, 2008</ref> This leftwing position, the myth, is successful in feeding media-driven discontent and mediocrity shame. If the news is bad, a liberal is spoon-fed. If the news is good, the spoon-fed liberal is oblivious. e.g. "a complete suspension of disbelief".

Patriotism, to your brother, who volunteers and risks the ultimate sacrifice out of love, will never be diminished. True patriots will always be in our gratitude and held in the highest light.

==America Perceived==
The myth liberals give says we need to restore America's image in the world. Again, this mostly has to do with liberals' negative view of [[President Bush]]. Liberals want the two linked even though the myth is false. They blame Bush and Iraq for the bad USA image, but the truth is that the credibility of the American left is a worse image than America's image abroad. The main need for liberals to propagate this myth is the fact that [[socialist]] governments of Europe oppose the policy of [[Iraq]]. This further fuels liberals' political agenda to remove [[Republicans]] from power. Liberals love Europeans and cite their false socialist utopia at every chance. European opposition automatically reinforces their belief that America's image is damaged. As of 2008, most of the [[European]] leaders that opposed Iraq are no longer in positions of power. As a result, European [[conservatives]] were elected who publicly aligned themselves with America.

Those [[liberals]] that use the myth and regularly bash the USA are often called the "Blame America First" crowd. Though they never seem to mention that America gives more in donations, in total dollars, than any other country on Earth.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm Americans give record $295B to charity] USA Today, 6/25/2007</ref> A sure way to change America's image in the world is to show the world we respect life. The repeal of Roe Vs. Wade would be a start.

Reasons why [[America]] was hated prior to 2003 include wealth, women's rights, support for our democratic ally [[Israel]], democratic government, capitalist economy and exporting immorality.

==Bad Successful Companies==
In the attempt to point fingers and lay blame, the liberals produce the myth that profits made by successful companies are bad for America. Only a select group of companies are targeted for public shame. This is a false myth because successful corporations actually create jobs and [[tax]] revenue. Retirement funds and municipal bonds rely heavily on the profits from these companies. Also, the reason these companies flourish is because the capitalist system rewards their hard work. The liberals will try to create sympathy, that they care for the average American; they are the ones going after wrongdoers to make it right.

[[Liberals]] have demonized such companies as RJ Reynolds, Walmart, Halliburton and [[Blackwater]]. Their latest target is Exxon Mobil for its enormous profits and futures-market oil speculators. Most of their accusations are absurd. Liberals in [[Congress]] don't blink an eye when it comes time to spend all that tax revenue generated. Liberals in Congress have been called on their [[hypocrisy]] for owning stocks in those companies. Which, in turn, they divest their portfolios like nothing was ever wrong. For years, for decades, these companies have lobbied members of Congress; they have worked together for their common goals. In return, hefty [[campaign]] donations are their reward. Then, for opportune reasons, liberals will publicly ridicule and verbally attack these bad, greedy capitalists. Corporate heads are brought before congress for a sideshow grilling to explain their actions.<ref>[https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/01/MNU7VU217.DTL Congress asks Big Oil to justify big profits] The SF Chronicle, April 2, 2008</ref> The Windfall Tax is just another example of the sham created by this liberal myth. Those companies make enough money; they should now be forced to give some back. They are threatened with nationalization<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111 Congresswoman threatens to nationalize oil industry] Worldnetdaily.com, May 23, 2008</ref> and further government regulation, a socialist scheme. As the price of gas fell, Congress just pretended like nothing ever happened; Big Oil off the hook.

==The Economy From The Previous 8 Years==
In an attempt to spread Bush hatred without mentioning his name, it is common for liberals to lie and say ''"we're in this economic mess because of the policies over the previous eight years."'' This is a myth, perpetuated by the corrupt in order to link bad economics with [[Conservatism]] and Bush policy. These liberals are the very same individuals that would not recognize George W. Bush's economic successes when the economy was creating jobs. Bush, [[McCain]], [[Alan Greenspan]] are all on record as trying to fix the corrupt lending policies and government mismanagement for the past eight years.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Financial Meltdown Video] YouTube</ref> All the while, Democrats were lining their pockets with [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] donations. Democrats are overwhelmingly responsible if they should point fingers. Democrats [[Barney Frank]], [[Chris Dodd]], [[John Kerry]], [[Charles Schumer]] and even [[Barack Obama]] are as much, if not directly, indirectly responsible for the failed economics of this country over the past eight years. The same people who got us into this mess are now responsible for getting us out of financial meltdown. Blame can go all around on this one, both Republicans and Democrats. This was the result of many bad decisions over a long period of time. Then out of nowhere came financial calamity that nobody saw coming, except congressmen and women who were privy to bank collapses. They made good money while the rest of America suffered.<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/06/members_of_us_house_financial.html Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market Cleveland.com June 25, 2009]</ref>
{{cquote|The truth of the matter; Bush-era 4.5% unemployment, Obama-era will it go higher than 10%?}}

==Torture==
In an attempt by liberals to claim the [[U.S.]] committed war crimes after [[9/11]], Congress held an investigation into [[Enhanced interrogation]] by the CIA. The report would absolve the role of Congress, who were advised along the way, and label waterboarding as torture in violation of the Geneva convention. Liberals, backed by comments of Senator [[John McCain]], would argue that we put Japanese to death for waterboarding. It's a ridiculous notion that waterboarding was reason enough to justify execution. [[Japanese]] soldiers would beat U.S. servicemen to death, forced labor to death, starved to death. Many lost limbs to sword-wielding commanders.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zNN6M97vYMEC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=japanese+put+to+death+for+torture&source=bl&ots=bixUXAub86&sig=IRA-eCfErn8PtEB01sgMqiZBC-I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-57b9kd_MAhVG4CYKHb3FAhA4ChDoAQhaMAk#v=onepage&q=japanese%20put%20to%20death%20for%20torture&f=false Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931-1945, By Werner Gruhl]</ref> Many U.S. servicemen and civilian contractors were executed without trial. Also, they were waterboarded. If GITMO detainees had it as bad as liberals claim, they wouldn't seek to stay.<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17sr7z_latest-gitmo-snag-prisoners-don-t-want-to-leave_news Latest Gitmo Snag: Prisoners Don't Want to Leave, DailyMotion, November 29, 2013]</ref> To equate enhanced interrogation with torture is a liberal myth.

==References==
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:''For the impact of left-wing policies on the Netherlands and the rest of Europe, see [[European migrant crisis]]''
The '''Netherlands''' (Dutch: ''Nederland''), also known informally as ''Holland'' or ''The Low Countries'', is a country in northwestern Europe. It is the primary component of [[the Kingdom of the Netherlands]], which also includes the [[Caribbean]] countries of [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]] and [[Sint Maarten]]. It is bordered by [[Belgium]] to the south and [[Germany]] to the east, while facing the [[North Sea]] to the north and west. [[Amsterdam]] is the official capital, while [[The Hague]] is the actual seat of government.

The Netherlands is famous for being a small, low-lying, and densely populated country. Its total area is 16,160 square miles: only 12,900 (82%) of that is land, the rest is water, and its total population in 2020 was 17.3 million. With aquatic areas excluded, the country has a population density of 1,341/mi², the fifth-highest in the world and the second-highest in the [[European Union]], of which it is a leading member. The land area of the Netherlands would be much smaller if not for a complex process of land reclamation that dates back to the Middle Ages; more than a fourth of the land today is in fact below sea level, protected by a complex of dikes and drainage systems. The very name "Netherlands" almost directly translates as "Low Countries," in reference to its elevation.

Since 1848, the country has been a [[constitutional monarchy]] with a unitary system of government. Of its twelve provinces, the most important historically are North-Holland and South-Holland, which contain the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, and [[Rotterdam]]. Because of their disproportionate influence, the country is often referred to as "Holland". The official language is [[Dutch]] and the people are referred to in English as Dutchmen or collectively as the Dutch.

The major ethnic groups in the Netherlands are: [[Dutch]] 79%, Turks 2%, Surinamese 2%, Moroccans 2%.

The Netherlands has long been notorious for its left-leaning social policies, having in the recent past legalized prostitution, [[euthanasia]], [[gay "marriage"]], and the recreational use of many harmful drugs. Although a traditional adherence to pro-free-market policies has given the country one of the world's highest per-capita incomes, this has been endangered by a leftward drift in economic matters as well, as the ongoing persecution of [[Dutch farmers]] demonstrates. In certain respects, the country should be thought of as a [[technocracy]] rather than a parliamentary democracy.

==History==
See [[History of the Netherlands]]

In 1672, while the country was at [[war]] with [[France]] and [[England]], an angry mob [[lynch]]ed the [[prime minister]] Johan de Witt, and ate his remains.<ref>https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt</ref>

==Dike system==
The term "Netherlands" means "low country": about a quarter of the land area, containing more than half of the population, is actually below sea level, and would flood if the sea were not held back by a system of [[dike]]s. The Dutch have a saying that "God created the earth, but the Dutch made Holland."

A major breach of the dikes occurred in 1953, killing 1800 people. To avoid a repeat of the disaster the Dutch began construction of the "Delta Project" to protect the country from future inundations. Begun in 1953 and completed in 2002 the Delta Project is considered a modern wonder of civil engineering. After [[Hurricane Katrina]], a delegation of American engineers was invited by the Dutch government to see how the project works and how its technology can be applied in the United States for low-lying cities like [[New Orleans]]. Intentional flooding of the countryside has also been used to halt invading armies, dating back to the 80 years' war.

==Major cities==
[[Amsterdam]], named for the Amstel river, is the largest city, and the capital of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is ringed by an extensive system of concentric canals. The seat of government, however, is located for historical reasons in [[The Hague]] (''Den Haag'').

[[Eindhoven]], a city of the southern province of Brabant, is the location of the giant electronics corporation, '''Philips''' (full name: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.), with annual revenue equivalent to about $40 billion. (The U.S. corporation [[General Electric]] has revenues of about $150 billion, but much of it is from non-electronics businesses). The Eindhoven area is known for its high concentration of high-tech industries, which include '''ASML''', the world's primary producer of lithography systems for the production of semiconductors, and '''Océ''', a leading producer of printers and copiers.

[[Groningen]] is home to many branches of ''KPN'', the former state company of Post, Telegraphy and Telephony. It had its headquarters in Groningen when it was still state run, and moved to [[The Hague]] since. ''KPN'' stands for ''Koninklijke PTT Nederland'', or ''Royal PTT Netherlands''. Groningen is also home to ''Gasunie'' (Gasunion), a public-private partnership that exploits the natural gas reserves in the province of Groningen and the adjacent [[North Sea]].

[[File:Jongkind A Windmill near Delft 1857.jpg|thumb|left|[[Johan Barthold Jongkind]], A Windmill near Delft, 1857.]]
[[Delft]] is a small town in [[South Holland]], situated between [[Rotterdam]] and [[The Hague]]. It is noted for the blue-and-white Delft pottery, and as the home of the great artist [[Jan Vermeer]].

[[Arnhem]] is a city in Gelderland, lying on the north bank of the Lower Rhine river. It was the scene of a major battle during [[Operation Market Garden]] in September 1944, when British and allied paratroop forces captured its strategic road bridge before being overwhelmed by German forces in the area.

[[Leeuwarden]] ([[Frisian]]: ''Ljouwert'') is the capital of the northern province of Friesland; it was also the hometown of the spy [[Mata Hari]] and the artist [[M.C. Escher]].
It has a population of 92,000.

[[Utrecht]] is a city of the central province of Utrecht. It is the seat of a bishopric and is a major communications hub and rail center. With a population of 290,000, it is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands.
The city is best known as the site of lengthy peace negotiations to end the [[Wars of Spanish Succession]] in the 18th century. The resulting peace, called the [[Treaty of Utrecht]], was signed in April 1713.

Hoek van Holland ("Hook of Holland", literally 'corner of Holland') is a port in [[South Holland]], and is administratively part of the city of [[Rotterdam]]. It lies at the outflow of the Nieuwe Waterweg [[canal]] and the [[North Sea]], and is the base for ferry services to [[Harwich]] in eastern [[England]].

== Economy ==
The Dutch economy is almost $1 trillion, which is expected to be reached in less than 5 years. It is the 17th largest in the world. It was 10th in 1985, ahead of [[China]] at that time. The Netherlands is a major center of trade among European countries.

*GDP: $900 billion (2020)
*GDP per capita: $52,478 (2020)
*Natural resources: Land, farms, forests, oil.

On July 6, 2022, Dutch police fired on [[Dutch farmers]] protesting environmental regulations attempting to shut down family farms.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/</ref>

==Provinces==

South Holland contains the cities of [[The Hague]] and [[Rotterdam]].

Flevoland is the youngest of the twelve provinces, having the least population (ca. 360,000). It was created in 1986 on two [[polder]]s: just 80 years ago, there was no dry land but the [[Zuiderzee]]. Its capital is [[Lelystad]].

Friesland is a coastal province in the north, home to the [[Frisian]] language and people.

Gelderland borders [[Germany]] to the east, and extends north to the [[Ijsselmeer]]. Gelderland includes the major cities of [[Nijmegen]] and [[Arnhem]], as well as the extensive heathland known as the Veluwe, now a national park.

North Brabant is often referred to as ''Brabant'', as there is no ''south Brabant'' in the Netherlands.
The southern part of the former ''duchy of Brabant'' (including the important cities of [[Antwerp]] and [[Leuven]]) now belongs to Belgium. While [[Eindhoven]] is the biggest city in North Brabant, its capital is [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

==Business==
The Netherlands is the home of the Anglo-Dutch oil company [[Royal Dutch Shell]] . Other well-known Dutch or partly Dutch multinationals are [[Unilever]], a company owning many household brands, ''ING Group'', a banking group, ''Ahold'', an international chain of supermarkets, ''Reed Elsevier'', a publishing house, ''Nielsen Company'', owner of the [[Yellow Pages]], and ''Randstad Holding'', a company providing [[human resource services]]. The famous ''Dutch East India Company'', which dominated trade with South-East Asia in the 17th century, is regarded as the first multinational in history.
The Netherlands has long been famous for its production of flowers, and also for a related economic event, the "[[tulip mania]]" of 1636-1637. [[Tulip]]s were traded on stock exchanges, and bid up to fantastic prices by people who understood that the prices were crazy but hoped to sell at a profit to even crazier investors. Many people mortgaged their homes for a single tulip bulb and in one case an entire brewery was exchanged for a few bulbs. As with all [[economic bubble]]s, when bidding began to lag people tried to sell and the bubble burst with disastrous consequences. Since then the Dutch have been renowned for their carefulness with money and have established a significant presence in the banking and financial sectors.

==King's Day==
April 27 is King's Day - the national holiday to mark the official birthday of the monarch. King's Day is the one day of the year when ordinary Netherlanders are permitted to sell goods on the streets without a license. Consequently, the whole country is turned into a gigantic flea market (garage sale). The primary effect of this is that people buy goods they do not want or need, solely in order to sell them the following year. In an act of patriotism, most of the populace wear orange-colored clothing (the national color) to identify with the Royal House Of Orange-Nassau.

Those not involved with selling their surplus belongings celebrate the national holiday at outdoor parties in the cities or, with fine weather, spend the free day on a terrace of a pub, or cycle in the national ''Fietsen op Dijken'' tour around the nation's dikes.

==Anne Frank==
[[Anne Frank]] was a famous Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis in the house of friends in Amsterdam. She wrote a diary which was later published and became a bestseller. Her family left Germany in 1933 because of the Nazis, but the Nazis caught up with her and sent her to Belsen death camp, where she died before the end of the war in 1945. Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam is now a popular tourist attraction.

==The Netherlands in the Holocaust==
It is widely documented in the [[Holocaust]] that approximately 75% of Dutch Jews perished during the Holocaust. The Dutch Queen's consort Bertrand, who married Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1937, was an early member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP)<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/04/huisarchivaris-van-de-oranjes-voor-mij-is-wilhelmina-door-de-mand-gevallen-door-hoe-ze-haar-hofhouding-behandelde-a4176195</ref> as well as the brown shirts or [[Sturmabteilung]] (SA), and served as an officer in the [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS). While the Dutch government and much of the public initially opposed the Nazi occupation, the Dutch police and civil service eventually collaborated with the German occupying forces' persecution of Jews.
A significant act of resistance was the February Strike of 1941 in Amsterdam, organized by the [[Communist Party]] in protest of the first mass arrests and deportation of Jews to [[concentration camp]]s. The strike was [[violent]]ly suppressed by the Nazis, who subsequently imposed stricter measures and replaced Dutch officials in key positions to solidify their control and ensure the efficient implementation of anti-Jewish policies.
Factors contributing to the high death toll in the Netherlands include:
The effective and comprehensive Dutch civil administration, which had meticulously maintained population and address records that the Nazis exploited to identify Jewish citizens.
The Dutch geography, with few places to hide effectively and limited escape routes.
The pervasive collaboration of the Dutch bureaucracy and police in identifying, arresting, and deporting Jews, which allowed the Germans to manage the process with minimal manpower.<ref>[https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/german-invasion-netherlands/ The German invasion of the Netherlands]. Anne Frank House</ref><ref>Wybrand Op den Velde, Ellen Frey-wouters, Henk E. Pelser, The Price of Heroism: Veterans of the Dutch Resistance to the Nazi Occupation and the Holocaust in World War II, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, Winter 1994, Pages 335–348, [https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/8.3.335]
[https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article-pdf/8/3/335/9813356/335.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/714133/simon-schama-pbs-documentary-holocaust-80-years-on/ Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz].
"In ‘Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On,’ the author and PBS host leads an intimate journey into the humanity and inhumanity of the Shoah."
Dan Friedman, The Forward, April 22, 2025.
[https://www.pbs.org/show/simon-schama-the-holocaust-80-years-on/ Preview | Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On. Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On].
<blockquote>
Amid rising antisemitism around the world and 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Simon Schama traces the historical road of horror that culminated in the death camps. From Lithuania to Poland, the Netherlands and, finally, Auschwitz, Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust as both historian and 80-year-old Jew, to understand how it happened and in the hopes of never again.</blockquote></ref>

==[[Amsterdam Pogrom by Arab Muslims (2024)]]==
[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis AMS .jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game]]
[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game]]

On Nov 8, 2024: [[Amsterdam]], The [[Netherlands]], [[Arab]], [[Muslim]]
mobs of a about 1,000 ambushed [[Israel]]is, [[Jews]], with clubs, knives, some even ran over by cars. Called a 'hunt on Jews,' or a 'Jew hunt.'

The pogrom was planned ahead of a soccer match between Makabi and a local team.

'In coordinated Jihad: Jews run over, stabbed, thrown in canal.'

Hamas-affiliated PGNL sent messages to gather.

Amsterdam Arabic speakers on Jews: "beat him to kill".
Israeli-Druze soccer fan spoke in Arabic & saved Jewish friends.

<blockquote>As the Amsterdam Jewish community joined with local officials to commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the city’s Portuguese-Jewish synagogue—established by Jews who escaped the Inquisition—a pogrom was taking place outside. Following a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and the visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jewish and Israeli fans of the visiting club were ambushed and beaten in the city’s streets and alleys.

Footage shows an Israeli soccer fan being struck by a car, cartwheeling across the windshield. More footage shows the scene in downtown Amsterdam, where Israelis are pleading with their assailants, “not Jewish, not Jewish.” And they are beaten mercilessly.

In video of other attacks last night, a victim is struck and lays injured on the ground, seemingly unconscious. A father can be seen fleeing with his son. A man jumps into one of Amsterdam’s canals to escape his assailants. In the recording, where he is forced to say “Free Palestine,” his assailants laugh and jeer that he is a “cancer Jew”—a classic slur in Dutch, where both diseases and the Jewish ethnicity are deployed as put-downs.

Much about the origins of the attack are still unclear, but early reports suggest that it was carried out by youth gangs from the Dutch Moroccan and Dutch Turkish community, and was orchestrated in advance. Visiting Israelis report being ambushed by groups of 10 to 15 masked assailants in various alleys. Fleeing Israelis told Channel 12’s Elad Simchayoff that “Amsterdam police instructed [Israelis] not to go by taxis. Police officers told fans that taxi drivers in the city are helping organize the riots and assisting the gangs.”

Exit quote: “Dutch society repeatedly told its post-Holocaust Jewish remnant—and itself—that ‘never again’ was not merely a concrete promise, but a core concept of modern Dutch morality. However, the dominant culture of the country’s immigrant communities has proven manifestly hostile to that worldview—and to Jews.”</blockquote>

And:

<blockquote>
Footage shows an Israeli soccer fan being struck by a car, cartwheeling across the windshield. More footage shows the scene in downtown Amsterdam, where Israelis are pleading with their assailants, ‘not Jewish, not Jewish.’ And they are beaten mercilessly. In video of other attacks last night, a victim is struck and lies injured on the ground, seemingly unconscious. A father can be seen fleeing with his son. A man jumps into one of Amsterdam’s canals to escape his assailants. In the recording, where he is forced to say ‘Free Palestine,’ his assailants laugh and jeer that he is a ‘ca#cer Jew’ - a classic slur in Dutch….”

Aaron and Jacob are two young British Jews, fathers of young families from London, who visited Amsterdam for the game and were caught up in the pogrom. Aaron describes:

We left the game early to meet a friend, and as we walked towards the bar area, chaos broke out - mopeds appeared from alleyways, and a crowd surrounded an Israeli man. The man was on the ground, his head pinned between a curb and a metal gate, being viciously kicked.

Aaron and Jacob tried to push the mob away, only to be threatened with violence themselves. “Are you Yehudi? Are you Jewish?” the attackers asked, even demanding to see their passports to ascertain if they were Israeli. A gang member punched Aaron in the face, then was quickly joined by 20 other Muslim men.

“I told him to leave him alone and the next thing I know, he punched me in the face. It was so unexpected. My glasses were broken, my nose split. Blood everywhere,” Aaron described. A gang member realized that Aaron was Jewish and told the mob to leave him alone. “Yes, but he helped a Jew,” one of his attackers complained. “They knew what they were doing. It wasn’t a random ‘Let’s get an Israeli,” Aaron describes; “It was organized. It was ‘We want Jews. We want Jewish blood.’” Despite the violence, Aaron and Jacob recall, there were no police officers in the area to intervene.”

Attackers coordinated their pogrom using social media. “There is talk of people going on a Jew hunt,” explained Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema.

The many social media posts showing Jews and Israelis being beaten up in the streets and canals of Amsterdam were gleeful. “This coward jumped into the canal, afraid of getting beaten,” one typical post showed, along with “crying with laughter” emojis.

Another public post shows an unconscious man lying in the fetal position on a road in Amsterdam, being kicked by his attackers. Yet another post “shows a young Israeli football fan cornered in a narrow alley where he ends up crouching on the floor. He begs for mercy but his assailants knock him out with a punch to the head.” In these and other cases, the perpetrators appeared proud of what they were doing.</blockquote>

[[File:How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’.jpeg|thumb|Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam]]

The Telegraph reveals the messages of the pre-planned attack and pogrom of Jews in Amsterdam: “Tomorrow we will work them”
“Who can get fireworks”
“Come in this group tomorrow over here”
“Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt. Tomorrow we work them.”

The Arab networks are publishing a collection of videos from the pogrom, edited by the military wing of Hamas.
At the beginning of the recording, chants of "Allah Akbar" are heard before the attack by the Israelis, followed by cursing and attacking.

Many shouted pro "[[palestine]]" slogans, but as Dutch authorities said, this was no protest.

In fact, Arab-Muslims attacking Jews globally actually confirm the core of the "conflict" in the [[Middle East]] since 1913, as what it is, at the root: Arab [[racism]], Islamic bigotry.

It was denounced in that country, all over. Including the [[US]] & [[Canada| Canadian]] governments. The Dutch King said, we failed to protect the Jews again. Referring to [[WW2]].

The timing of being ahead of the [[kristallnacht]] anniversary was also brought up.

"Gaza of Europe": the messages embracing the State of Israel. The world did not remain indifferent to the documentation of the severe pogrom.

[[File:UNRWA teacher Ayman Nejmeh PGNL and 2024 Arab-Islamic Amsterdam pogrom.jpg|thumb|UNRWA teacher Ayman Nejmeh PGNL and 2024 Arab-Islamic Amsterdam pogrom]]

Apparently, former [[UNRWA]] teacher Ayman Nejmeh helped organize Islamo-Arab Amsterdam pogrom by [[PGNL]] - Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands.

"Moderate" [[Palestinian Authority]]'s official gloating over the Arab Islamic hate crimes casting the racist Arabs as the "world."

Days later, Anti-Semitic Arab-Islamic riots resumed in Amsterdam.
Footage: Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after a yob hurls a firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.

Pallywood debunked: in fact Arab Cab drivers were attacking Israelis in Amsterdam the night before Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv. Pre Islamo-Arab pogrom.

===Aftermath===

Over Amsterdam pogrom: Report: Dutch government could fall.
Dutch government says it needs ‘more time’ to implement antisemitism strategy.
It teeters over handling of antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans.

Pandering to its Arab immigrants: 'Pogrom... propaganda[sic]'
Amsterdam Mayor makes outrageous statement.

About 10 days after Pogrom:
Dutch Arab-Muslim official resigns over post-pogrom ‘polarization’. Ex-undersecretary Nora Achahbar, who was born in Morocco, quit after right-wing pol Geert Wilders called for the deportation of those behind the Nov. 7 assaults, "most of whom" were Moroccan.
The official resigned on Friday due to what she said were “polarizing attitudes” connected to the recent mass assaults by Arabs on Israelis in Amsterdam.
It underlined how the Nov. 7 assaults are widening pre-existing divisions on immigration and the rule of law between rightists and centrists in the country’s ruling coalition.

==Society==
[[File:Windmill.jpg|right|thumbnail|400px|Painting of a windmill in Holland]]

[[Same-sex marriage]] has been recognized by the Dutch government since 2001.<ref>[http://marriage.about.com/cs/samesexmarriage/a/samesex.htm About.com]</ref> Furthermore, legal [[prostitution]], [[euthanasia]], [[abortion]] and its drug policy (see above) make The Netherlands the most liberal country in the world by most standards. Christianity was once the dominant factor in Dutch society and politics, but since the 1970s it plays a secondary role in society, with only 15% of the population being [[Protestant]] (2015) and just under 24% being [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]. There is a rising [[Muslim]] population (5%) which has caused social strains. An overall decline in religion can be seen as of 2004. These days The Netherlands are considered one of the least churchgoing countries in Europe. However, the Dutch do have its own [[Bible]] belt which is still very [[conservative]].

===Drug policies===
The Netherlands is noted for its low-crime rate (although comparable to other western European nations) and [[libertarian]] legislation. Examples are licensed prostitution in designated areas of major cities, such as Amsterdam's Red Light District, the legal soft [[drugs]] sold in the country's many coffee shops, [[abortion]] rights, [[same-sex marriage]]s and [[euthanasia]].

Consuming and carrying (for personal use only) the "soft drugs" ([[marijuana]], [[hashish]] and [[hallucinogenic mushrooms]]) were made legal in the Netherlands in 1976 in a final attempt to stop drug-related crime in the 1970s. Soft drugs can be legally purchased by individuals over 18 in the famed (licensed) coffee shops, that do sell coffee as well, but are prohibited from serving alcohol.
The Dutch policy regarding soft drugs (and previously prostitution) is called "gedoogbeleid" (condonement policy). This means that although certain behavior is officially prohibited by law, a condonement clause prevents law enforcement agencies from prosecuting this behavior. This clause is, legally speaking, not a law and can be reverted much easier than a regular law.

The main reason for this policy is to try to split the market for "soft drugs" from the one for "hard drugs", this to avoid that users "upgrade" from soft to "hard drugs" (the latter are still illegal). So in short, the law tries to prevent citizens' exposure to hard drugs by providing a legal context in which to purchase cannabis. The policy also allows the police to focus on the war on hard drugs and criminal trade, and avoid the exhaustive bureaucratic costs associated with low-profile possession busts. In fact, most major cities in the world have similar non-prosecution policies, but the Dutch one is the only nationwide one.

Growing marijuana and hashish for commercial purposes is still officially illegal (it is legal to own up to four plants per household), causing coffee shop owners to rely on illegal homegrown products. Only two state-run companies are exempted from this rule in order to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes. Leftist movements have stated that the government should make up its mind: "either make growing marijuana and hashish legal, or ban soft drugs altogether".

Some argue that the legal status of soft drugs has had no significant adverse effects on Dutch society.{{who}} This is probably due to the fact that it has become a more or less socially accepted drug, like alcohol and tobacco, removing the need for dealers and effectively terminating cannabis' status as an anti-establishment symbol, and in effect diminishing its popularity somewhat amongst youth. Some disagree:
* {{marijuana-passive-Dutch}}

== See also ==

*[[Painting of the Dutch Century]]
*[[Gallery of Flemish and Dutch painting]]
*[[Flemish School of Painting]]
*[[Gallery of Dutch Still life Masterpieces]]
*[[Countries of the world - Gross Domestic Product per capita]]

==Bibliography==
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==Online resources==
* [http://www.iisg.nl/ International Institute of Social History (IISH)]
* [http://www.minbuza.nl/history/en/home History of the Netherlands, introduction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
* [http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/lowcountries/dutchrevolt.html Dutch revolt: maps]

==References==
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:''For the impact of left-wing policies on the Netherlands and the rest of Europe, see [[European migrant crisis]]''
The '''Netherlands''' (Dutch: ''Nederland''), also known informally as ''Holland'' or ''The Low Countries'', is a country in northwestern Europe. It is the primary component of [[the Kingdom of the Netherlands]], which also includes the [[Caribbean]] countries of [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]] and [[Sint Maarten]]. It is bordered by [[Belgium]] to the south and [[Germany]] to the east, while facing the [[North Sea]] to the north and west. [[Amsterdam]] is the official capital, while [[The Hague]] is the actual seat of government.

The Netherlands is famous for being a small, low-lying, and densely populated country. Its total area is 16,160 square miles: only 12,900 (82%) of that is land, the rest is water, and its total population in 2020 was 17.3 million. With aquatic areas excluded, the country has a population density of 1,341/mi², the fifth-highest in the world and the second-highest in the [[European Union]], of which it is a leading member. The land area of the Netherlands would be much smaller if not for a complex process of land reclamation that dates back to the Middle Ages; more than a fourth of the land today is in fact below sea level, protected by a complex of dikes and drainage systems. The very name "Netherlands" almost directly translates as "Low Countries," in reference to its elevation.

Since 1848, the country has been a [[constitutional monarchy]] with a unitary system of government. Of its twelve provinces, the most important historically are North-Holland and South-Holland, which contain the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, and [[Rotterdam]]. Because of their disproportionate influence, the country is often referred to as "Holland". The official language is [[Dutch]] and the people are referred to in English as Dutchmen or collectively as the Dutch.

The major ethnic groups in the Netherlands are: [[Dutch]] 79%, Turks 2%, Surinamese 2%, Moroccans 2%.

The Netherlands has long been notorious for its left-leaning social policies, having in the recent past legalized prostitution, [[euthanasia]], [[gay "marriage"]], and the recreational use of many harmful drugs. Although a traditional adherence to pro-free-market policies has given the country one of the world's highest per-capita incomes, this has been endangered by a leftward drift in economic matters as well, as the ongoing persecution of [[Dutch farmers]] demonstrates. In certain respects, the country should be thought of as a [[technocracy]] rather than a parliamentary democracy.

==History==
See [[History of the Netherlands]]

In 1672, while the country was at [[war]] with [[France]] and [[England]], an angry mob [[lynch]]ed the [[prime minister]] Johan de Witt, and ate his remains.<ref>https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt</ref>

==Dike system==
The term "Netherlands" means "low country": about a quarter of the land area, containing more than half of the population, is actually below sea level, and would flood if the sea were not held back by a system of [[dike]]s. The Dutch have a saying that "God created the earth, but the Dutch made Holland."

A major breach of the dikes occurred in 1953, killing 1800 people. To avoid a repeat of the disaster the Dutch began construction of the "Delta Project" to protect the country from future inundations. Begun in 1953 and completed in 2002 the Delta Project is considered a modern wonder of civil engineering. After [[Hurricane Katrina]], a delegation of American engineers was invited by the Dutch government to see how the project works and how its technology can be applied in the United States for low-lying cities like [[New Orleans]]. Intentional flooding of the countryside has also been used to halt invading armies, dating back to the 80 years' war.

==Major cities==
[[Amsterdam]], named for the Amstel river, is the largest city, and the capital of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is ringed by an extensive system of concentric canals. The seat of government, however, is located for historical reasons in [[The Hague]] (''Den Haag'').

[[Eindhoven]], a city of the southern province of Brabant, is the location of the giant electronics corporation, '''Philips''' (full name: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.), with annual revenue equivalent to about $40 billion. (The U.S. corporation [[General Electric]] has revenues of about $150 billion, but much of it is from non-electronics businesses). The Eindhoven area is known for its high concentration of high-tech industries, which include '''ASML''', the world's primary producer of lithography systems for the production of semiconductors, and '''Océ''', a leading producer of printers and copiers.

[[Groningen]] is home to many branches of ''KPN'', the former state company of Post, Telegraphy and Telephony. It had its headquarters in Groningen when it was still state run, and moved to [[The Hague]] since. ''KPN'' stands for ''Koninklijke PTT Nederland'', or ''Royal PTT Netherlands''. Groningen is also home to ''Gasunie'' (Gasunion), a public-private partnership that exploits the natural gas reserves in the province of Groningen and the adjacent [[North Sea]].

[[File:Jongkind A Windmill near Delft 1857.jpg|thumb|left|[[Johan Barthold Jongkind]], A Windmill near Delft, 1857.]]
[[Delft]] is a small town in [[South Holland]], situated between [[Rotterdam]] and [[The Hague]]. It is noted for the blue-and-white Delft pottery, and as the home of the great artist [[Jan Vermeer]].

[[Arnhem]] is a city in Gelderland, lying on the north bank of the Lower Rhine river. It was the scene of a major battle during [[Operation Market Garden]] in September 1944, when British and allied paratroop forces captured its strategic road bridge before being overwhelmed by German forces in the area.

[[Leeuwarden]] ([[Frisian]]: ''Ljouwert'') is the capital of the northern province of Friesland; it was also the hometown of the spy [[Mata Hari]] and the artist [[M.C. Escher]].
It has a population of 92,000.

[[Utrecht]] is a city of the central province of Utrecht. It is the seat of a bishopric and is a major communications hub and rail center. With a population of 290,000, it is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands.
The city is best known as the site of lengthy peace negotiations to end the [[Wars of Spanish Succession]] in the 18th century. The resulting peace, called the [[Treaty of Utrecht]], was signed in April 1713.

Hoek van Holland ("Hook of Holland", literally 'corner of Holland') is a port in [[South Holland]], and is administratively part of the city of [[Rotterdam]]. It lies at the outflow of the Nieuwe Waterweg [[canal]] and the [[North Sea]], and is the base for ferry services to [[Harwich]] in eastern [[England]].

== Economy ==
The Dutch economy is almost $1 trillion, which is expected to be reached in less than 5 years. It is the 17th largest in the world. It was 10th in 1985, ahead of [[China]] at that time. The Netherlands is a major center of trade among European countries.

*GDP: $900 billion (2020)
*GDP per capita: $52,478 (2020)
*Natural resources: Land, farms, forests, oil.

On July 6, 2022, Dutch police fired on [[Dutch farmers]] protesting environmental regulations attempting to shut down family farms.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/</ref>

==Provinces==

South Holland contains the cities of [[The Hague]] and [[Rotterdam]].

Flevoland is the youngest of the twelve provinces, having the least population (ca. 360,000). It was created in 1986 on two [[polder]]s: just 80 years ago, there was no dry land but the [[Zuiderzee]]. Its capital is [[Lelystad]].

Friesland is a coastal province in the north, home to the [[Frisian]] language and people.

Gelderland borders [[Germany]] to the east, and extends north to the [[Ijsselmeer]]. Gelderland includes the major cities of [[Nijmegen]] and [[Arnhem]], as well as the extensive heathland known as the Veluwe, now a national park.

North Brabant is often referred to as ''Brabant'', as there is no ''south Brabant'' in the Netherlands.
The southern part of the former ''duchy of Brabant'' (including the important cities of [[Antwerp]] and [[Leuven]]) now belongs to Belgium. While [[Eindhoven]] is the biggest city in North Brabant, its capital is [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

==Business==
The Netherlands is the home of the Anglo-Dutch oil company [[Royal Dutch Shell]] . Other well-known Dutch or partly Dutch multinationals are [[Unilever]], a company owning many household brands, ''ING Group'', a banking group, ''Ahold'', an international chain of supermarkets, ''Reed Elsevier'', a publishing house, ''Nielsen Company'', owner of the [[Yellow Pages]], and ''Randstad Holding'', a company providing [[human resource services]]. The famous ''Dutch East India Company'', which dominated trade with South-East Asia in the 17th century, is regarded as the first multinational in history.
The Netherlands has long been famous for its production of flowers, and also for a related economic event, the "[[tulip mania]]" of 1636-1637. [[Tulip]]s were traded on stock exchanges, and bid up to fantastic prices by people who understood that the prices were crazy but hoped to sell at a profit to even crazier investors. Many people mortgaged their homes for a single tulip bulb and in one case an entire brewery was exchanged for a few bulbs. As with all [[economic bubble]]s, when bidding began to lag people tried to sell and the bubble burst with disastrous consequences. Since then the Dutch have been renowned for their carefulness with money and have established a significant presence in the banking and financial sectors.

==King's Day==
April 27 is King's Day - the national holiday to mark the official birthday of the monarch. King's Day is the one day of the year when ordinary Netherlanders are permitted to sell goods on the streets without a license. Consequently, the whole country is turned into a gigantic flea market (garage sale). The primary effect of this is that people buy goods they do not want or need, solely in order to sell them the following year. In an act of patriotism, most of the populace wear orange-colored clothing (the national color) to identify with the Royal House Of Orange-Nassau.

Those not involved with selling their surplus belongings celebrate the national holiday at outdoor parties in the cities or, with fine weather, spend the free day on a terrace of a pub, or cycle in the national ''Fietsen op Dijken'' tour around the nation's dikes.

==Anne Frank==
[[Anne Frank]] was a famous Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis in the house of friends in Amsterdam. She wrote a diary which was later published and became a bestseller. Her family left Germany in 1933 because of the Nazis, but the Nazis caught up with her and sent her to Belsen death camp, where she died before the end of the war in 1945. Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam is now a popular tourist attraction.

==The Netherlands in the Holocaust==
It is widely documented in the [[Holocaust]] that approximately 75% of Dutch Jews perished during the Holocaust. The Dutch Queen's consort Bertrand, who married Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1937, was an early member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP)<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/04/huisarchivaris-van-de-oranjes-voor-mij-is-wilhelmina-door-de-mand-gevallen-door-hoe-ze-haar-hofhouding-behandelde-a4176195</ref> as well as the brown shirts or [[Sturmabteilung]] (SA), and served as an officer in the [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS). While the Dutch government and much of the public initially opposed the Nazi occupation, the Dutch police and civil service eventually collaborated with the German occupying forces' persecution of Jews.
A significant act of resistance was the February Strike of 1941 in Amsterdam, organized by the [[Communist Party]] in protest of the first mass arrests and deportation of Jews to [[concentration camp]]s. The strike was [[violent]]ly suppressed by the Nazis, who subsequently imposed stricter measures and replaced Dutch officials in key positions to solidify their control and ensure the efficient implementation of anti-Jewish policies.
Factors contributing to the high death toll in the Netherlands include:
The effective and comprehensive Dutch civil administration, which had meticulously maintained population and address records that the Nazis exploited to identify Jewish citizens.
The Dutch geography, with few places to hide effectively and limited escape routes.
The pervasive collaboration of the Dutch bureaucracy and police in identifying, arresting, and deporting Jews, which allowed the Germans to manage the process with minimal manpower.<ref>[https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/german-invasion-netherlands/ The German invasion of the Netherlands]. Anne Frank House</ref><ref>Wybrand Op den Velde, Ellen Frey-wouters, Henk E. Pelser, The Price of Heroism: Veterans of the Dutch Resistance to the Nazi Occupation and the Holocaust in World War II, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, Winter 1994, Pages 335–348, [https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/8.3.335]
[https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article-pdf/8/3/335/9813356/335.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/714133/simon-schama-pbs-documentary-holocaust-80-years-on/ Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz].
"In ‘Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On,’ the author and PBS host leads an intimate journey into the humanity and inhumanity of the Shoah."
Dan Friedman, The Forward, April 22, 2025.
[https://www.pbs.org/show/simon-schama-the-holocaust-80-years-on/ Preview | Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On. Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On].
<blockquote>
Amid rising antisemitism around the world and 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Simon Schama traces the historical road of horror that culminated in the death camps. From Lithuania to Poland, the Netherlands and, finally, Auschwitz, Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust as both historian and 80-year-old Jew, to understand how it happened and in the hopes of never again.</blockquote></ref>

==[[Amsterdam Pogrom by Arab Muslims (2024)]]==
[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis AMS .jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game]]
[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game]]

On Nov 8, 2024: [[Amsterdam]], The [[Netherlands]], [[Arab]], [[Muslim]]
mobs of a about 1,000 ambushed [[Israel]]is, [[Jews]], with clubs, knives, some even ran over by cars. Called a 'hunt on Jews,' or a 'Jew hunt.'

The pogrom was planned ahead of a soccer match between Makabi and a local team.

'In coordinated Jihad: Jews run over, stabbed, thrown in canal.'

Hamas-affiliated PGNL sent messages to gather.

Amsterdam Arabic speakers on Jews: "beat him to kill".
Israeli-Druze soccer fan spoke in Arabic & saved Jewish friends.

<blockquote>As the Amsterdam Jewish community joined with local officials to commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the city’s Portuguese-Jewish synagogue—established by Jews who escaped the Inquisition—a pogrom was taking place outside. Following a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and the visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jewish and Israeli fans of the visiting club were ambushed and beaten in the city’s streets and alleys.

Footage shows an Israeli soccer fan being struck by a car, cartwheeling across the windshield. More footage shows the scene in downtown Amsterdam, where Israelis are pleading with their assailants, “not Jewish, not Jewish.” And they are beaten mercilessly.

In video of other attacks last night, a victim is struck and lays injured on the ground, seemingly unconscious. A father can be seen fleeing with his son. A man jumps into one of Amsterdam’s canals to escape his assailants. In the recording, where he is forced to say “Free Palestine,” his assailants laugh and jeer that he is a “cancer Jew”—a classic slur in Dutch, where both diseases and the Jewish ethnicity are deployed as put-downs.

Much about the origins of the attack are still unclear, but early reports suggest that it was carried out by youth gangs from the Dutch Moroccan and Dutch Turkish community, and was orchestrated in advance. Visiting Israelis report being ambushed by groups of 10 to 15 masked assailants in various alleys. Fleeing Israelis told Channel 12’s Elad Simchayoff that “Amsterdam police instructed [Israelis] not to go by taxis. Police officers told fans that taxi drivers in the city are helping organize the riots and assisting the gangs.”

Exit quote: “Dutch society repeatedly told its post-Holocaust Jewish remnant—and itself—that ‘never again’ was not merely a concrete promise, but a core concept of modern Dutch morality. However, the dominant culture of the country’s immigrant communities has proven manifestly hostile to that worldview—and to Jews.”</blockquote>

And:

<blockquote>
Footage shows an Israeli soccer fan being struck by a car, cartwheeling across the windshield. More footage shows the scene in downtown Amsterdam, where Israelis are pleading with their assailants, ‘not Jewish, not Jewish.’ And they are beaten mercilessly. In video of other attacks last night, a victim is struck and lies injured on the ground, seemingly unconscious. A father can be seen fleeing with his son. A man jumps into one of Amsterdam’s canals to escape his assailants. In the recording, where he is forced to say ‘Free Palestine,’ his assailants laugh and jeer that he is a ‘ca#cer Jew’ - a classic slur in Dutch….”

Aaron and Jacob are two young British Jews, fathers of young families from London, who visited Amsterdam for the game and were caught up in the pogrom. Aaron describes:

We left the game early to meet a friend, and as we walked towards the bar area, chaos broke out - mopeds appeared from alleyways, and a crowd surrounded an Israeli man. The man was on the ground, his head pinned between a curb and a metal gate, being viciously kicked.

Aaron and Jacob tried to push the mob away, only to be threatened with violence themselves. “Are you Yehudi? Are you Jewish?” the attackers asked, even demanding to see their passports to ascertain if they were Israeli. A gang member punched Aaron in the face, then was quickly joined by 20 other Muslim men.

“I told him to leave him alone and the next thing I know, he punched me in the face. It was so unexpected. My glasses were broken, my nose split. Blood everywhere,” Aaron described. A gang member realized that Aaron was Jewish and told the mob to leave him alone. “Yes, but he helped a Jew,” one of his attackers complained. “They knew what they were doing. It wasn’t a random ‘Let’s get an Israeli,” Aaron describes; “It was organized. It was ‘We want Jews. We want Jewish blood.’” Despite the violence, Aaron and Jacob recall, there were no police officers in the area to intervene.”

Attackers coordinated their pogrom using social media. “There is talk of people going on a Jew hunt,” explained Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema.

The many social media posts showing Jews and Israelis being beaten up in the streets and canals of Amsterdam were gleeful. “This coward jumped into the canal, afraid of getting beaten,” one typical post showed, along with “crying with laughter” emojis.

Another public post shows an unconscious man lying in the fetal position on a road in Amsterdam, being kicked by his attackers. Yet another post “shows a young Israeli football fan cornered in a narrow alley where he ends up crouching on the floor. He begs for mercy but his assailants knock him out with a punch to the head.” In these and other cases, the perpetrators appeared proud of what they were doing.</blockquote>

[[File:How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’.jpeg|thumb|Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam]]

The Telegraph reveals the messages of the pre-planned attack and pogrom of Jews in Amsterdam: “Tomorrow we will work them”
“Who can get fireworks”
“Come in this group tomorrow over here”
“Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt. Tomorrow we work them.”

The Arab networks are publishing a collection of videos from the pogrom, edited by the military wing of Hamas.
At the beginning of the recording, chants of "Allah Akbar" are heard before the attack by the Israelis, followed by cursing and attacking.

Many shouted pro "[[palestine]]" slogans, but as Dutch authorities said, this was no protest.

In fact, Arab-Muslims attacking Jews globally actually confirm the core of the "conflict" in the [[Middle East]] since 1913, as what it is, at the root: Arab [[racism]], Islamic bigotry.

It was denounced in that country, all over. Including the [[US]] & [[Canada| Canadian]] governments. The Dutch King said, we failed to protect the Jews again. Referring to [[WW2]].

The timing of being ahead of the [[kristallnacht]] anniversary was also brought up.

"Gaza of Europe": the messages embracing the State of Israel. The world did not remain indifferent to the documentation of the severe pogrom.

[[File:UNRWA teacher Ayman Nejmeh PGNL and 2024 Arab-Islamic Amsterdam pogrom.jpg|thumb|UNRWA teacher Ayman Nejmeh PGNL and 2024 Arab-Islamic Amsterdam pogrom]]

Apparently, former [[UNRWA]] teacher Ayman Nejmeh helped organize Islamo-Arab Amsterdam pogrom by [[PGNL]] - Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands.

"Moderate" [[Palestinian Authority]]'s official gloating over the Arab Islamic hate crimes casting the racist Arabs as the "world."

Days later, Anti-Semitic Arab-Islamic riots resumed in Amsterdam.
Footage: Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after a yob hurls a firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.

Pallywood debunked: in fact Arab Cab drivers were attacking Israelis in Amsterdam the night before Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv. Pre Islamo-Arab pogrom.

===Aftermath===

Over Amsterdam pogrom: Report: Dutch government could fall.
Dutch government says it needs ‘more time’ to implement antisemitism strategy.
It teeters over handling of antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans.

Pandering to its Arab immigrants: 'Pogrom... propaganda[sic]'
Amsterdam Mayor makes outrageous statement.

About 10 days after Pogrom:
Dutch Arab-Muslim official resigns over post-pogrom ‘polarization’. Ex-undersecretary Nora Achahbar, who was born in Morocco, quit after right-wing pol Geert Wilders called for the deportation of those behind the Nov. 7 assaults, "most of whom" were Moroccan.
The official resigned on Friday due to what she said were “polarizing attitudes” connected to the recent mass assaults by Arabs on Israelis in Amsterdam.
It underlined how the Nov. 7 assaults are widening pre-existing divisions on immigration and the rule of law between rightists and centrists in the country’s ruling coalition.

==Society==
[[File:Windmill.jpg|right|thumbnail|400px|Painting of a windmill in Holland]]

[[Same-sex marriage]] has been recognized by the Dutch government since 2001.<ref>[http://marriage.about.com/cs/samesexmarriage/a/samesex.htm About.com]</ref> Furthermore, legal [[prostitution]], [[euthanasia]], [[abortion]] and its drug policy (see above) make The Netherlands the most liberal country in the world by most standards. Christianity was once the dominant factor in Dutch society and politics, but since the 1970s it plays a secondary role in society, with only 15% of the population being [[Protestant]] (2015) and just under 24% being [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]. There is a rising [[Muslim]] population (5%) which has caused social strains. An overall decline in religion can be seen as of 2004. These days The Netherlands are considered one of the least churchgoing countries in Europe. However the Dutch do have its own bible belt which is still very conservative.

===Drug policies===
The Netherlands is noted for its low-crime rate (although comparable to other western European nations) and [[libertarian]] legislation. Examples are licensed prostitution in designated areas of major cities, such as Amsterdam's Red Light District, the legal soft [[drugs]] sold in the country's many coffee shops, [[abortion]] rights, [[same-sex marriage]]s and [[euthanasia]].

Consuming and carrying (for personal use only) the "soft drugs" ([[marijuana]], [[hashish]] and [[hallucinogenic mushrooms]]) were made legal in the Netherlands in 1976 in a final attempt to stop drug-related crime in the 1970s. Soft drugs can be legally purchased by individuals over 18 in the famed (licensed) coffee shops, that do sell coffee as well, but are prohibited from serving alcohol.
The Dutch policy regarding soft drugs (and previously prostitution) is called "gedoogbeleid" (condonement policy). This means that although certain behavior is officially prohibited by law, a condonement clause prevents law enforcement agencies from prosecuting this behavior. This clause is, legally speaking, not a law and can be reverted much easier than a regular law.

The main reason for this policy is to try to split the market for "soft drugs" from the one for "hard drugs", this to avoid that users "upgrade" from soft to "hard drugs" (the latter are still illegal). So in short, the law tries to prevent citizens' exposure to hard drugs by providing a legal context in which to purchase cannabis. The policy also allows the police to focus on the war on hard drugs and criminal trade, and avoid the exhaustive bureaucratic costs associated with low-profile possession busts. In fact, most major cities in the world have similar non-prosecution policies, but the Dutch one is the only nationwide one.

Growing marijuana and hashish for commercial purposes is still officially illegal (it is legal to own up to four plants per household), causing coffee shop owners to rely on illegal homegrown products. Only two state-run companies are exempted from this rule in order to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes. Leftist movements have stated that the government should make up its mind: "either make growing marijuana and hashish legal, or ban soft drugs altogether".

Some argue that the legal status of soft drugs has had no significant adverse effects on Dutch society.{{who}} This is probably due to the fact that it has become a more or less socially accepted drug, like alcohol and tobacco, removing the need for dealers and effectively terminating cannabis' status as an anti-establishment symbol, and in effect diminishing its popularity somewhat amongst youth. Some disagree:
* {{marijuana-passive-Dutch}}

== See also ==

*[[Painting of the Dutch Century]]
*[[Gallery of Flemish and Dutch painting]]
*[[Flemish School of Painting]]
*[[Gallery of Dutch Still life Masterpieces]]
*[[Countries of the world - Gross Domestic Product per capita]]

==Bibliography==
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* ''Lonely Planet the Netherlands'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Netherlands-Travel-Guides/dp/1741042992/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209443999&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Mathijs, Ernest, ed. ''The Cinema of the Low Countries.'' (2004). 268 pp.
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* Arblaster, Paul. ''A History of the Low Countries.'' (2006). 298 pp.
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==Online resources==
* [http://www.iisg.nl/ International Institute of Social History (IISH)]
* [http://www.minbuza.nl/history/en/home History of the Netherlands, introduction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
* [http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/lowcountries/dutchrevolt.html Dutch revolt: maps]

==References==
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Georgia

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{{See also|Fulton County cases}}
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'''Georgia''', with its 16 [[Electoral College]] votes, is a must-win state in [[U.S.]] presidential elections and continues to be the focus of a multi-million-dollar get-out-the-vote effort by the [[Democrat]] political machine. Georgia is in southeastern [[United States]] as one of the original [[Colonial America|thirteen British colonies]].<ref>Georgia was the only colony not affiliated with a religious group: it was founded as a penal colony, much like [[Australia]] (though today it, like much of the American [[The South|South]], Georgia has a highly religious [[evangelical]] population)/</ref> Georgia's capital and largest city is [[Atlanta]], located near the state's center and where [[Dem]]s do "souls to the polls" to herd voters to polling booths.

In the [[2020 Presidential Election]], the reported results in Georgia were:
*[[Biden]]: 2,473,633
*[[Trump]]: 2,461,854

By October 31, 2024, [[early voting]] in Georgia for the [[2024 presidential election]] was already 48.1% of its registered voters, as "nearly 3.5 million Georgians have cast their votes."<ref>http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/election-2024-early-voting-records-georgia-locations</ref> Moreover, "Georgia has seen a record number of Black voters cast ballots during the early voting period": nearly 873,000 by October 31, 2024.<ref>
theatlantavoice.com/georgia-black-voters-record-turnout/</ref>

Like all of the other 50 states, the state Constitution of Georgia acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. Its Preamble says:
:''To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution.''

[[File:Col-ga.jpg|thumb|300px|Oglethorpe builds Savannah]]

Georgia joined the Confederate States of America, [[Confederacy]], before the beginning of the [[American Civil War]]. Today, a political issue in Georgia is the buying up of farmland by the [[CCP]].

==Politics==
[[File:Defund Ukkkraine.PNG|right|300px|thumb|"Defund Ukkkraine" protesters outside the Georgia State Capitol, June 24, 2022.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/oLetaxlh7V8r/</ref>]]
Georgia has been a [[red state]] in presidential elections since 1996, favoring [[Republican]] candidates. It last favored a [[Democratic]] Presidential candidate in 1992 when it supported [[Bill Clinton]]. However, growth in the Atlanta area has made that area solidly Democrat, as are the areas around Augusta and Macon; as the rest of the state is predominantly rural, it remains to be seen if Georgia will remain solidly red or trend toward becoming a [[purple state]] like its neighbor Florida. Although disputed, some people claim that [[Joe Biden]] won Georgia by 12,284 votes in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia|title=President:Georgia|accessdate=November 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Elected officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Raphael Warnock]] (D)
*Sen. [[Jon Ossoff]] (D)
*Rep. [[Buddy Carter]] [R, GA–1]
*Rep. [[Sanford Bishop]] [D, GA–2]
*Rep. [[Drew Ferguson]] [R, GA–3]
*Rep. [[Hank Johnson|Henry Johnson]] [D, GA–4]
*Rep. [[Nikema Williams]] [D, GA–5]
*Rep. [[Rich McCormick]] [R, GA–6]
*Rep. [[Lucy McBath]] [D, GA–7]
*Rep. [[Austin Scott]] [R, GA–8]
*Rep. [[Andrew Clyde]] [R, GA–9]
*Rep. [[Mike Collins]] [R, GA–10]
*Rep. [[Barry Loudermilk]] [R, GA–11]
*Rep. [[Rick Allen]] [R, GA–12]
*Rep. [[David Scott]] [D, GA–13]
*Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] [R, GA–14]

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Brian Kemp]] (R)
*Lt. Governor [[Geoff Duncan]] (R)
*Secretary of State [[Brad Raffensperger]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Christopher Carr]] (R)
*Agriculture Commissioner [[Gary Black]] (R)
*School Superintendent [[Richard Woods]] (R)
*Insurance Commissioner [[Ralph Hudgens]] (R)
*Labor Commissioner [[Mark Butler]] (R)

The Republican Party holds large majorities in both the State House and Senate, as of 2017.

==Election fraud==
[[File:GA PA election fraud.png|right|350px|thumb|New York Times Election Report Reveals
104,984 Stolen Votes in GA.<ref>https://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Central-City-News-11-19-20-Small.pdf</ref>]]
{{See also|Georgia election fraud|Democrat election fraud}}
On March 6, 2020, the Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, signed off on a secret legal agreement with the [[Democratic Party]] of Georgia, the [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]], and the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] to alter [[absentee ballot]] procedures in Georgia.<ref>https://www.dropbox.com/s/ta0rze1m3flzk5o/2020-11-13%20Complaint%20-%20L.%20Wood%20v.%20Raffensperger%20et%20al.pdf?dl=0</ref> The Democrats’ attorney for this secret deal was [[Marc Elias]] from [[Perkins Coie]],<ref>https://www.indiarightnownews.com/lin-wood-files-lawsuit-challenging-georgias-secretary-of-states-dark-unconstitutional-agreement-with-hillary-attorney-marc-elias/</ref> the bagman for [[Hillary Clinton]] who hired [[FusionGPS]] to write the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' during the [[2016 presidential election]].

Raffensperger announced the state's purchase of a $106 million BMD election system from Dominion Voting Systems in July 2019. In a lawsuit that originated in 2017, critics contend that the new system was subject to many of the same security vulnerabilities as the one it was replacing.

In an October 11, 2020 order, just weeks prior to the 2020 presidential election, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg agreed with the concerns associated with the new Dominion voting system, writing that the case presented “serious system security vulnerability and operational issues that may place Plaintiffs and other voters at risk of deprivation of their fundamental right to cast an effective vote that is accurately counted.”

“The Court’s Order has delved deep into the true risks posed by the new BMD voting system as well as its manner of implementation. These risks are neither hypothetical nor remote under the current circumstances,” Judge Totenberg wrote in her order.

In Forsyth County, Georgia, Biden overperformed Obama's 2012 performance by 189.64% or 27,632 votes. Granted the county has seen a 60% registered voter increase since 2012, but Biden's performance in that county, with a total registered population of approximately 172,000, singularly delivered Georgia to Biden.

On October 11, 2020, three weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Judge Amy Totenberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia wrote an opinion in ''Curling v. Raffensperger'' citing a risk of "stealth vote alteration or operational interference" in touchscreen voting devices sold by Dominion Voting Systems if they are not properly audited. Those risks "are neither hypothetical nor remote under the current circumstances," Totenberg wrote, adding that the machines can "deprive voters of their cast votes" by storing data in unverified digital QR codes, making any potential manipulation invisible to voters "at least until any portions of the system implode because of system breach, breakdown, or crashes."<ref>https://casetext.com/case/curling-v-raffensperger-3</ref>

===Alleged "glitches"===
[[File:Dominion-states-522x600.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dominion election equipment with [[Chinese]] components used in 28 states.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/huge-corrupted-software-used-michigan-county-stole-6000-votes-trump-also-used-swing-states-uses-chinese-computer-parts-machines/</ref>]]
{{See also|2020 election fraud}}
There were problems with the vote counting software of [[Dominion Election Systems]] used in 28 states. Georgia has four counties that experienced technical problems. Spalding and Morgan counties,<ref>https://www.lawofficer.com/two-georgia-counties-using-same-software-of-michigan-counties-encounter-software-glitches/</ref> Gwinnett (which led to a delay counting absentee ballots), and Fulton (which led to people being asked to fill out provisional ballots). Fulton has also indicated a problem with their vote count reporting leading to a rescanning of some ballots.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/georgia-secretary-of-state-dispatches-investigators-to-atlanta-arena-after-fulton-county-discovers-election-reporting-issue/</ref>

Voters were unable to cast machine ballots for a couple of hours in Morgan and Spalding counties after the electronic devices crashed, state officials said. The companies “uploaded something last night, which is not normal, and it caused a glitch,” said Marcia Ridley, elections supervisor at Spalding County Board of Elections. That "glitch" prevented poll workers from using the poll books to program smart cards that the voters insert into the voting machines. “That is something that they don’t ever do. I’ve never seen them update anything the day before the election,” Ridley said. Ridley said she did not know what the upload contained.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/04/georgia-election-machine-glitch-434065</ref>

According to statistician Edward Solomon, the probability of Joe Biden winning the number of votes as reported in Fulton County is 5.88 x 10−82, or roughly greater than the number of [[atom]]s in the observable [[universe]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eNr2qoHKdQ&t=676s</ref>

{{Anchor|Fulton county, Georgia}}

===Fulton county===
[[File:Shaya Moss.png|right|300px|thumb|Shaya Moss, an Fulton County Georgia election supervisor, stuffed the ballot box with tens of thousands of votes for Joe Biden on the night of November 3, 2020 and in the early morning hours after.]]
:{{See also|2020 Democrat primaries#Dominion Election Systems}}
Jeff Carlson of ''[[The Epoch Times]]'' reported the findings of Harri Hursti, an acknowledged expert on electronic voting security. Hursti provided a first-hand description of problems during the June 9, 2020, statewide primary election and runoff elections on August 11, 2020. Hursti summarized his findings:
*“The scanner and tabulation [[software]] settings being employed to determine which votes to count on hand marked paper ballots are likely causing clearly intentioned votes not to be counted”
*“The voting system is being operated in '''Fulton county''' in a manner that escalates the security risk to an extreme level.”
*“Voters are not reviewing their BMD [Ballot Marking Devices] printed ballots, which causes BMD generated results to be un-auditable due to the untrustworthy audit trail.”

During the runoff elections, on the night of August 11, 2020, Hursti was present at the Fulton County Election Preparation Center to observe the “upload of the memory devices coming in from the precincts to the [[Dominion Election Management System]] [EMS] server.” During this observation, Hursti noted that “system problems were recurring and the Dominion technicians operating the system were struggling with the upload process.”

Hursti also noted that it appeared that Dominion personnel were the only ones with knowledge of, and access to, the Dominion server. As Hursti stated in his declaration, “In my conversations with Derrick Gilstrap and other Fulton County Elections Department EPC personnel, they professed to have limited knowledge of or control over the EMS server and its operations.”

Hursti noted that this wholesale outsourcing of the operation of voting equipment to the vendor's personnel was “highly unusual in my experience and of grave concern from a security and conflict of interest perspective.” Hursti referred to Dominion's onsite operation and access as “an elevated risk factor.”

Hursti also noted that the Dell computers running the Dominion server appeared not to have been “hardened”—the process of “securing a system by reducing its surface of vulnerability.” Hursti said that he found it “unacceptable for an EMS server not to have been hardened prior to installation.”

Hursti observed that computers used in Georgia's system for vote processing appeared to have “home/small business companion software packages” on them. This raised areas of significant concern for Hursti as he noted: “[O]ne of the first procedures of hardening is removal of all unwanted software, and removal of those game icons and the associated games and installers alongside with all other software which is not absolutely needed in the computer for election processing purposes would be one of the first and most basic steps in the hardening process. In my professional opinion, independent inquiry should be promptly made of all 159 counties to determine if the Dominion systems statewide share this major deficiency.”

Hursti discovered that one of the computers had an icon for a 2017 computer game called “Homescapes” which Hursti noted called into question whether “all Georgia Dominion system computers have the same operating system version, or how the game has come to be having a presence in Fulton’s Dominion voting system.”

Hursti also found a troubling blend of old and new equipment which carried additional security risks due to a lack of patch updates: “Although this Dominion voting system is new to Georgia, the Windows 10 operating system of at least the ‘main’ computer in the rack has not been updated for 4 years and carries a wide range of well-known and publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.”

Hursti noted that the lack of “hardening” created security risks even for computers that were not connected to the internet. He observed that when flash drives were connected to the server, the “media was automounted by the operating system. When the operating system is automounting a storage media, the operating system starts automatically to interact with the device.”

Hursti noted that the management of Fulton County's EMS server appeared to be an “ad hoc operation with no formalized process.” This seemed particularly apparent in relation to the process of storage media coming in from various precincts throughout the night: “This kind of operation i[s] naturally prone to human errors. I observed personnel calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flash cards had been delivered from the early voting machines for processing, followed by later finding additional cards which had been overlooked in apparent human error. Later, I heard again one technician calling on the floor asking if all vote carrying compact flashes had been delivered. This clearly demonstrates lack of inventory management which should be in place to ensure, among other things, that no rogue storage devices would be inserted into the computer. In response, 3 more compact flash cards were hand-delivered. Less than 5 minutes later, I heard one of the county workers say that additional card was found and was delivered for processing. All these devices were trusted by printed label only and no comparison to an inventory list of any kind was performed.”

Hursti also observed that “operations were repeatedly performed directly on the operating system.” The election software has no visibility into the operations of the operating system, which creates additional auditing problems, and as Hursti noted, “Unless the system is configured properly to collect file system auditing data is not complete. As the system appears not to be hardened, it is unlikely that the operating system has been configured to collect auditing data.”

Raising even greater concerns was the apparent “complete access” that Dominion personnel appeared to have into the computer system. Hursti observed Dominion technicians troubleshooting error messages with a “trial-and-error” approach which included access to the “Computer Management” application, indicating complete access in Hursti's opinion.

As he stated in his declaration, “This means there are no meaningful access separation and privileges and roles controls protecting the county’s primary election servers. This also greatly amplifies the risk of catastrophic human error and malicious program execution.”

During these attempts to resolve the various issues that were occurring in real-time, Hursti noted that it appeared as though Dominion staff shifted from on-site attempts at remediation to off-site troubleshooting:
{{quotebox-float|“The Dominion staff member walked behind the server rack and made manual manipulations which could not be observed from my vantage point. After that, they moved with their personal laptops to a table physically farther away from the election system and stopped trying different ways to work around the issue in front of the server, and no longer talked continuously with their remote help over phone.

In the follow-up-calls I overheard them ask people on the other end of the call to check different things, and they only went to a computer and appeared to test something and subsequently take a picture of the computer screen with a mobile phone and apparently send it to a remote location.”

Hursti stated that this “created a strong mental impression that the troubleshooting effort was being done remotely over remote access to key parts of the system.”}}
Hursti also noted that a “new wireless access point with a hidden SSID access point name appeared in the active [[Wi-Fi]] stations list” that he was monitoring.

All of this raised material alarms for Hursti, who noted that
{{quotebox-float|“If in fact remote access was arranged and granted to the server, this has gravely serious implications for the security of the new Dominion system. Remote access, regardless how it is protected and organized is always a security risk, but furthermore it is transfer of control out of the physical perimeters and deny any ability to observe the activities.”<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2020/11/15/pre-election-concerns-over-dominion-voting-systems-highlighted-in-georgia-lawsuit/</ref>}}

===Chain of custody for machines===
A poll worker testified specifically to the breach of the chain of custody of the voting machines the night before the election stating:
{{quotebox-float|"we typically receive the machines, the ballot marking devices – on the Friday before the election, with a chain of custody letter to be signed on Sunday, indicating that we had received the machines and the counts on the machines when received, and that the machines have been sealed. In this case, we were asked to sign the chain of custody letter on Sunday, even though the machines were not delivered until 2:00 AM in the morning on Election Day.

The Milton precinct received its machines at 1:00 AM in the morning on Election Day. This is unacceptable and voting machines should
not be out of custody prior to an Election Day."}}

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===The pipe burst lie===
Originally when the [[mainstream media]] reported it at the time, a water main pipe allegedly burst, forcing the evacuation of the room where mail-in and absentee ballots were counted in the State Farm Arena. However, these [[fake news]] reports also claimed that no ballots were damaged.

Republican election observers were forced from the room. Employees were told ballot counting ceased for the night and would resume at 8:00 AM. Four workers remained behind. Within minutes after everyone's departure, surveillance cameras revealed the workers unloading tens of thousands of ballots secreted away beneath draped tables. The workers began furiously running the ballots through tabulation machines.

====Ballot box stuffing====
A voter fraud hearing in Georgia features explosive allegations of ballot stuffing. The witness said that after the observers left, the remaining workers "move[d] into action and began scanning ballots." This was allegedly not under any observation other than the surveillance cameras.<ref>https://youtu.be/nVP_60Hm4P8</ref>

===No down ballot voting===

President Trump gained 2,432,799 votes, while the GOP Senate candidate tallied 2,433,617 votes. This is a difference of only 818 votes. Joe Biden, in contrast, gained 2,462,857 votes, while Osoff, a Democratic Senate candidate, tallied 2,373,560 votes. This is a difference of 89,297 votes. However, Hazel, a third-party candidate, received 114,986 votes.

===Ineligible voters===
132,000 ineligible voters were identified in Fulton County.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/huge-breaking-news-georgia-132000-ballots-fulton-county-georgia-identified-likely-ineligible/</ref>

===Signature rejecion rate===
In Georgia, the signature verification requirement was a dead letter. The signature rejection rate announced by the Secretary of State was 0.15%. The signature rejection rate for absentee ballot applications was 0.00167% - only 30 statewide. Hancock County, Georgia, 86 population 8,348, rejected nine absentee ballot applications for signature mismatch. Fulton County rejected eight. No other metropolitan county in Georgia rejected even a single absentee ballot application for signature mismatch.

===Dead people voting===
27,000 90-year-olds and 2,000 100-year-olds were registered to vote.<ref>https://www.dickmorris.com/category/lunchtime-videos/</ref>

===First recount===
Fulton County Poll Manager Susan Voyles, a veteran poll worker of 20 years, testified some of the most significant improprieties she witnessed participating in the recount, which Joe Biden supposedly won by around 13,000 votes. Voyles described counting an unusual “pristine” batch of [[absentee ballot]]s that were cast 98% for Joe Biden. She states that the chain of custody of these absentee ballots was unsigned.
{{quotebox|“We came to one batch- it was surprising, it was stark- having done this for years, I’m very familiar with how the ballots work, how they fold, how they feel, their general appearance- these ballots appeared as though the first one had been bubbled in by a person and all of them were replicated, exactly the same.

We were further alarmed that in our count 98% of these ballots were for Joseph R. Biden. Two were for Donald Trump.

That’s a very odd count. My coworker agreed with me that there was something very unusual about these ballots.

Every single ballot was absolutely identical, and they appeared to be printed with some sort of marking device.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/watch-fulton-county-poll-manager-susan-voyles-recounts-election-improprieties-in-georgia-recount/</ref><ref>https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.283580/gov.uscourts.gand.283580.6.4.pdf</ref>}}
Carlos Silva, a trial lawyer for over 26 years and registered Democrat, volunteered as an observer during the recount. Silva swore under oath,
{{quotebox|"7. I watched them pull out a pile of what I observed to be absentee ballots and noticed two very distinct characteristics that these ballots had. One, I noticed that they all had a perfect black bubble and were all Biden select. I was able to observe the perfect bubble for a few minutes before they made me move away from the table. At no time did I speak to the poll workers or obstruct them in any way. I heard them go through the stack and call out Biden's name over 500 times in a row.

8. On the following day...I observed absentee ballots being reviewed with the same perfect bubble that I had seen the night before at Dekalb County....

12. I also saw absentee ballots for Trump inserted into Biden's stack and were counted as Biden votes. This occurred a few times.

13. I also observed throughout my three days in Atlanta, not once did anyone verify signatures on these ballots. In fact, there was no authentication process in place and no envelopes were observed or allowed to be observed.

14. I saw hostility towards Republican observers but never towards Democrat observers. Both were identified by badges.

16. Based on my observations, I have reached the conclusion that in the counties I have observed, there is widespread fraud favoring candidate Biden only. There were thousands of ballots that just had the perfect bubble marked for Biden and no other markings in the rest of the ballot.<ref>https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.283580/gov.uscourts.gand.283580.6.9.pdf</ref>}}
===2021 Senate runoff===
:{{See also|2021 Georgia Senate runoff}}
Following the [[2020 United States Senate elections]] in Georgia for both the [[2020 U.S. Senate election in Georgia|regular]] and [[2020 U.S. Senate special election in Georgia|special]] elections where the results for both showed no candidates with clear majorities, runoffs will be held on January 5, 2021<ref>[https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/georgia-has-two-runoff-election-dates-after-the-general-election/FGVQKJ2GBFAM3KGNZXQ66HOHZU/ Georgia has two runoff election dates after the general election]</ref> to determine who will serve in the two Senate seats until they are up for re-election. [[Republican]] senators [[David Perdue]] and [[Kelly Loeffler]] running in the general and special elections respectively face left-wing [[Democrat]] challengers [[Jon Ossoff]] and [[Raphael Warnock]] in what are expected to be close races that will decide which party will control the [[United States Senate]] for the 117th Congress.

[[Sidney Powell]] filed an emergency demand to seize all voting machines for a forensic audit.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/11/29/sidney-powell-files-emergency-demand-to-seize-all-voting-machines-for-forensic-audit-1000468</ref> A federal judge intervened in the election fraud suit.<ref>https://sharylattkisson.com/2020/11/read-federal-judge-orders-georgia-voting-machines-be-preserved-then-reverses-hearing-set-for-friday/</ref> The judge first blocked, then unblocked, then blocked again wiping or resetting the election machines.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-blocks-then-unblocks-georgia-from-wiping-or-resetting-election-machines_3597691.html</ref> Secretary of State [[Brad Raffensperger]] ordered the Dominion machines to be wiped. [https://youtu.be/EwyCk7l0owM]

A Dominion server crashed during the Recount.<ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/dominion-server-crashes-during-georgia-recount/</ref> The servers were being wiped in [[Atlanta]] and Fulton county.<ref>https://youtu.be/1OeKQV_xOJU</ref> A Dominion server had been removed from Fulton County.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/powell-dominion-server-removed-fulton-county-while-lawyers-sought-restraining-order</ref> Georgia lawyers representing the state defended Dominion's ‘trade secrets’ to stop inspection of machines,<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/bizarre-georgia-govt-lawyers-defended-dominions-trade-secrets-to-stop-forensic-analysis-of-machines-software/</ref> and warned the judge of ‘grave consequences’ if election officials were not allowed to wipe and reset the voting machines.
<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/12/05/georgia-officials-warn-judge-of-grave-consequences-if-theyre-not-allowed-to-wipe-reset-voting-machines-1002534/?utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Get+Response&utm_term=EMAIL&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_campaign=bizpac</ref>

A video showed hidden suitcases full of ballots in the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.<ref>https://youtu.be/nVP_60Hm4P8</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/09-XkfJLgCs</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/A3sqPxsbM1k</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/-lRfVS_aNX8</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/oGoXq2OsUYs</ref><ref>https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/ruby-freemans-daughter-provided-the-suitcase-of-votes-photos/</ref> The ballots were counted during the alleged "water pipe break".<ref>https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/slow-leak-text-messages-cast-doubt-on-georgia-officials-burst-pipe-excuse-for-pause-in-counting/news-story/19176f5113512210517c82debe684392</ref> Gov. [[Brian Kemp]] allegedly called for a signature audit.<ref>https://youtu.be/zCme9vXj8iA</ref>

it was confirmed: [[Dominion Voting Systems|Domininion]] machines were tampered with prior to the election.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/dominion-voting-machines-were-updated-before-election-georgia-official-confirms_3604668.html1</ref> Dominion had remote desktop access to voting machines.<ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/12/georgia-dominion-had-remote-desktop-access-to-voting-machines-poll-pads.html/</ref> Dominion gave Biden a 5% boost.<ref>https://youtu.be/iKYdr-MCvNU</ref> A Dominion employee was caught on video downloading data to a [[USB]], plugging it into a laptop, and manipulating data.<ref>https://dcdirtylaundry.com/dominion-employee-caught-on-video-downloading-data-on-usb-plugging-it-into-a-laptop-manipulating-data-then-palming-the-usb-video/</ref> A suspicious handoff of a USB in Fulton county was also recorded.<ref>https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/suspicious-usb-handoff-in-fulton-county/</ref>

==Memorials==
*Dem. Congressman, 7th District [[Larry McDonald]] (1935–1983), a conservative Member of Congress, was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by Soviet warplanes in 1983. His is the only reported Cold War death by the USSR of a sitting congressman. His memory is honored by renaming Interstate Highway 75, which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line.
*[[Georgia Guidestones]]

==See also==
*[[Zell Miller]]
*[[State Governors]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/lawrence-patton-mcdonald-b_15.html A Forgotten Man: Congressman Larry McDonald] passenger on board [[KAL 007]] shot down by the Soviets on Sept. 1, 1983
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-crossing-of-jesse-helms-larry.html#!/2012/11/the-crossing-of-jesse-helms-larry.html The Crossing of Jesse Helms, Larry McDonald, Noelle Anne, and Little Stacy Marie]
*[https://www.scribd.com/document/512147073/Sos-7-Hill-Strategy-Fulton-County-Notes#from_embed Unabridged Notes Detailing Everything Witnessed Nov 2-Nov 7, 2020]

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'''Dinosaurs''' (Greek: δεινός, deinos + σαῦρος, sauros) are an extinct superorder of the class Reptilia, known from remains and tracks found in sedimentary rock worldwide.

==Description==
Dinosaurs were immensely varied, and included both herbivores and carnivores. Although paleontologists have found many in the fossil record, they expect they have barely scratched the surface of the vast superorder the dinosaurs encompassed.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060905-dinosaurs_2.html Vast Majority of Dinosaurs Still to Be Found, Scientists Say], ''National Geographic''</ref>

The superorder Dinosauria has been divided into two main orders, based exclusively on pelvic bone structure.

===Order ''[[Saurischia]]''===
Saurischian dinosaurs are characterized by "lizard hips", i.e., the pubic bone of the pelvis juts forward towards the rib cage. Herbivorous species were almost all quadrupedal. They carried peg-like teeth that cut, rather than chewed, plant material, with gastroliths aiding the actual grinding of this food. Carnivorous species were exclusively bipedal.
*Infraorder Sauropoda
::Species of this infraorder are characterized by long necks and tails, barrel-shaped bodies, and column-like legs. In three families (notably Diplodocidae, Brachiosauridae, and Titanosauroidea) several species were determined to be of extreme size, estimated in excess of 125 feet in length and 100 tons, making them the largest animals to have walked the earth.
:::''[[Apatosaurus]]''
:::''[[Brachiosaurus]]''
:::''[[Ultrasaurus]]''
:::''[[Seismosaurus]]''
:::''[[Argentinosaurus]]''
:::''[[Diplodocus]]''

*Infraorder Theropoda
::Exclusively bipedal; forearms meant for grasping or holding. Fossil evidence for several species indicates pack hunting.
:::''[[Coelophysis]]''
:::''[[Ornithomimus]]''
:::''[[Allosaurus]]''
:::''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''
:::''[[Deinonychus]]''
:::''[[Velociraptor]]''
:::''[[Giganotosaurus]]''

===Order ''[[Ornithischia]]''===
Ornithischian dinosaurs are characterized by "bird hips," ''i.e.'', the pubic bone of the pelvis juts towards the rear of the animal. All species were herbivorous; most were quadrupedal. They lacked front teeth, but had a predentary bone at the front of the lower jaw. Several species (mainly within ''Ceratopsia'') had a distinctive parrot-like beak.
*Infraorder Ceratopsia
::Species of this infraorder carried one or more horns on their heads, as well as a shield-like frill to protect the neck.
:::''[[Triceratops]]''
:::''[[Pachyrhinosaurus]]''
:::''[[Torosaurus]]''
:::''[[Protoceratops]]''
:::''[[Styracosaurus]]''
*Infraorder Stegosauria
::Large dinosaurs with a row of bony plates on top of their backs and several spikes called thagomizers, used as a defensive weapon, at the end of their tails.
:::''[[Stegosaurus]]''
:::''[[Huayangosaurus]]''
:::''[[Kentrosaurus]]''
*Infraorder Ankylosauria
::Heavily-armored dinosaurs, some with a row of spikes along each side, and possessing a bony tail club.
:::''[[Ankylosaurus]]''
:::''[[Euoplocephalus]]''
:::''[[Edmontonia]]''
*Infraorder Ornithopoda
::Large, herd-dwelling dinosaurs that could run bipedally. Several species had a bony "boss" on their heads (Pachycephalosaurs) that may have been used for head-butting, similar to bighorn sheep; others had a bony crest (hadrosaurs) that may have been a sound resonator.
:::''[[Camptosaurus]]''
:::''[[Iguanodon]]''
:::''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]''
:::''[[Parasaurolophus]]''
:::''[[Edmontosaurus]]''
:::''[[Bactrosaurus]]''
:::''[[Maiasaura]]''

==History==
The first published description of a dinosaur occurred years before the word was created. In his ''Natural History of Oxford-shire'' Robert Plot, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford in 1676, described the lower end of a petrified femur which was too large to be from any known animal in Europe;<ref>http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/23488#/summary</ref> the femur itself was lost, but the description as well as an accompanying engraving would lead others to determine later that it belonged to the theropod ''Megalosaurus''. In 1824, the British scientist William Buckland published a paper titled ''"Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield"'', the first scientifically described dinosaur; a second dinosaur (''Iguanodon'') would be similarly described the following year by Gideon Mantell, with a third dinosaur (''Hylaeosaurus'') discovered in Brighton in 1832.

Despite its reptilian characteristics, the size and structure of the remains justified creating a new biological category, and in 1842 Richard Owen coined the name "dinosaur" from two Greek words meaning "terrible lizard".<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=dy5LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The three dinosaurs were reconstructed and displayed at the Crystal Palace in London as part of the Exhibition of 1851. In 1878, several dozen ''Iguanodon'' fossils were discovered in the course of mining operations at a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. This find suggested that dinosaurs could travel in herds.

===U.S. finds===
[[Image:Osborn.jpg‎‎|thumb|150px|right|[[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] was president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City from 1908 to 1935.]]
In July 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark unsuccessfully tried to retrieve ''"...the rib of a fish which was Semented within the face of the rock"'' at the Hell Creek formation, in what is now Yellowstone County, Montana; the ribs were later determined to have come from a terrestrial dinosaur.<ref>http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=1806-07-25&_xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl</ref>

In 1858, ''Hadrosaurus'', the so-called "duck-billed dinosaur", was found in a mineral pit in New Jersey. It was put on display at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1868. In 1869, Edward Drinker Cope (1847–1897) had reconstructed a ''[[plesiosaur]]''. Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899) established that Cope had attached the skull to the wrong end of the skeleton, humiliating Cope and beginning a long, bitter rivalry derisively called the "Bone War." While previous skeletons had been discovered by accident, Cope and Marsh went on expeditions to arid parts of the American West. The two men found numerous fossils in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico as they competed to find and name as many species as they could. Their museums worked out the techniques for mounting and displaying them. The feud between Cope and Marsh climaxed in 1890, when letters containing bitter recriminations were published in ''The New York Herald''. Congress responded by dismissing Marsh and revoking funds for his entire department.

In 1877, Marsh began digging at Como Bluff, Wyoming. This site proved to be the greatest of all paleontological finds. Many Late Jurassic dinosaurs, including ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Brontosaurus'' (later renamed ''Apatosaurus'' until 2015), were discovered here. J.B. Hatcher collected dozens of Late Cretaceous horned dinosaurs at Lance Creek in northeastern Wyoming in 1889–1894, including ''Triceratops.''

In 1905, [[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] applied the name ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', meaning "king of the tyrant lizards," to a fossil recently discovered at Hell Creek. This fearsome predator, perhaps 21 feet tall, would capture the public imagination. In 1909–1923, 350 tons of dinosaur bones were removed from what is now Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado under the direction of paleontologist Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

===History of dinosaurs===
[[Creation science]] asserts that the biblical account, that dinosaurs were created on day six of [[creation]]<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|1:25|ESV}}</ref> approximately 6,000 years ago, along with other land animals, and therefore co-existed with humans, thus [[Counterexamples to Evolution|debunking the Theory of Evolution]] and the beliefs of evolutionary scientists about the age and creation of the earth.

Creation science posits that dinosaurs lived in harmony with other animals (probably including in the [[Garden of Eden]]) eating only plants;<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|1:29-30|ESV}}</ref> that pairs of each dinosaur [[kind]] were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] during the [[Great Flood]] and were preserved from drowning;<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3967/ Were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref> that many of the fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood;<ref>Carl Wieland, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/219/ Dinosaur bones—just how old are they really?], ''Creation'', vol. 21 No. 1 p. 54</ref> and that possibly some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark are still around today.<ref Name="Today">Robert Doolan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/833/ Are dinosaurs alive today?], ''Creation'', vol. 15 No. 4 p. 12.</ref> At least 300 distinct [[genera]] of dinosaur have been identified.<ref>[http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/types.html USGS]</ref>

[[Archaeological]], [[fossil]], and documentary evidence support the [[faith and science|logical]] conclusion that dinosaurs co-existed with mankind until at least relatively recent times.

Because the term only came into use in the 19th century, the [[Bible]] does not use the word "dinosaur." However, the biblical account contains numerous references. For example, the [[behemoth]] in [[Job]] and the [[leviathan]] in [[Isaiah]] are clearly references to dinosaurs,<ref>Allan K. Steel, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1799 Could Behemoth have been a dinosaur?], ''Journal of Creation'' vol. 15 No. 2 p. 42.</ref><ref>[http://www.answersincreation.org/job4041a.htm], ''Answers in Creation''</ref> although others have claimed that Behemoth and Leviathan refer to a hippopotamus or elephant and a crocodile, respectively. However, the Biblical descriptions do not fit those creatures; hippopotamuses and elephants do not have a "tail like a cedar." Furthermore, even if the terms referred to other animals, that does not necessarily invalidate the existence of dinosaurs. The Creation account was not intended as a comprehensive list of all animals God created - it does not, for instance, state explicitly that He created the [[ferret]]. However, Genesis states that God created all animals, including those not mentioned by name.

==== Extinction ====

Creation science rejects the great impact theory and finds several faults in it.<ref>Jonathan Sarfati, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2426 Did a meteor wipe out the dinosaurs?].</ref> Despite these critiques, [[atheistic]] scientists widely accept the great impact theory but cannot prove it happened.

Creation scientists point out that evolutionists frequently propose new theories to explain the supposed extinction of the dinosaurs, and that those theories rest on false assumptions.<ref>Michael Matthews, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/1115dinosaur.asp Dinosaur demise theory, version #451], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>

====Dinosaur-like creatures in history and modern sightings====

Creation science cites a number of reasons to believe that dinosaurs have existed until relatively recent times, and perhaps still survive.
[[Image:AZ RockArtDino1a.jpg‎|right|thumb|right|Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which he claimed portrays dinosaurs and man coexisting]]
* There have been a number of sightings of dinosaur-like creatures reported by the [[best of the public]].
** A thousand people reported seeing a dinosaur-like monster in two sightings around Sayram Lake in Xinjiang according to the Chinese publication, China Today.<ref name="Today" />
** Locals in the Congo have reported a creature they name ''Mokele-mbembe'',<ref name="Today" /><ref>[http://www.mokelembembe.com/ Mokele-mbembe The Living Dinosaur!]</ref> and from its description it appears to be a small plant-eating dinosaur. The reports have been taken seriously enough that a biologist from the [[University of Chicago]] has made several expeditions to find the creature. Another biologist has reported seeing the creature.<ref name="Today" />
** Dinosaur-like creatures have been seen by several people in two different parts of [[Papua New Guinea]] since 1990.<ref>Anon., [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/381 A living dinosaur?], ''Creation'' 23(1):56, December 2000. Irwin, Brian, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5847 Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG?] 1st July, 2008 (Creation Ministries International).</ref>
* There are drawings of creatures resembling dinosaurs.
** An expedition which included Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which he claimed portrays dinosaurs and man coexisting.<ref>[http://www.creationism.org/swift/DohenyExpedition/Doheny01Main.htm Doheny Scientific Expedition, Hava Supai Canyon, Arizona], ''Creationism.org''</ref><ref>[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_hava_supai_dinosaur_carving The Hava Supai Dinosaur Carving], ''ChristianCourier.com''</ref>
** The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, a second century BC piece of art, contains a portion which depicts a group of Ethiopians hunting what some claim appears to be a dinosaur; there is much debate on this, however, and most modern art historians consider the mysterious animal to be a lion or a crocodile (the latter theory is supported by the presence of the Greek word for "crocodile" written near the image of the mysterious animal).<ref>[http://www.s8int.com/dinolit2.html Dinosaurs in Literature, Art & History-- Page 2], ''s8int.com''</ref>
[[Image:Palestrina1.jpg|right|thumb|A portion of the [[Nile Mosaic of Palestrina]], depicting the hunting of an animal which is often said to resemble a dinosaur (but which appears to be labelled "crocodile" in Greek).]]
* Engravings in the floor of Carlisle Cathedral appear to be of dinosaurs. They are on the tomb of bishop Richard Bell, who died in 1496.<ref>See picture on page 241 of Batten, Don, et. al., 2007, ''The Creation Answers Book''.</ref>
* Creatures matching dinosaurs and similar creatures have been described by various people groups.
* Descriptions of [[dragon]]s are widespread and match descriptions of dinosaurs, showing that dragons were real creatures and were actually very likely dinosaurs.
** The World Book Encyclopedia states that: "The [[dragon]]s of legend are strangely like actual creatures that have lived in the past. They are much like the great reptiles [dinosaurs] which inhabited the earth long before man is supposed to have appeared on earth."<ref>Quoted in [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ25.html What about the Dinosaurs?], ''CreationScience.com''</ref> Dragons exist in the folklore of many European and Asian cultures.<ref name="WB2000">''Dragon'' entry in World Book Millennium 2000 CD ROM</ref> World Book Encyclopedia says, "In Europe, dragons are traditionally portrayed as ferocious beasts that represent the evils fought by human beings. But in Asia, especially in China and Japan, the animals are generally considered friendly creatures that ensure good luck and wealth."<ref Name="WB2000" />
** Dragons appear in the flag of [[Wales]], in traditional [[China|Chinese]] New Year's Day celebrations, and in the Chinese [[calendar]]. Every other creature on the calendar is a real creature.
* That dinosaurs are not known from the fossil record above the [[Cretaceous]] strata is not reason to believe that they have not survived until more recent times.
** Living specimens of orders of animals that were believed to have been extinct for millions of years have been found before, such as the Diatomyidae Squirrel,<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/They-Thought-It-Went-Extinct-11-Million-Years-Ago-19557.shtml Diatomyidae Squirrel]</ref> the Wollemi Pine<ref>[http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/enviro/wollemi.cfm Wollemi Pine ''Biotechnology Australia'']</ref> and the [[Coelacanth]].<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanths.html Sulawesi Coelacanth. ''University Of California, Berkeley'']</ref><ref>[http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=54 More on the Coelacanth ''marinebio.org'']</ref>
* The recent dinosaur tissue find is a strong rebuttal of the claim that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.<ref>Carl Wieland, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3042 Still soft and stretchy], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref>
* The [[Welsh|Wales]] flag features an image of a [[dragon]], strongly implying that the ancient people in that part of the world were familiar with large, lizard-like creatures like dinosaurs.



==== Dinosaurs and birds ====
[[Creation science]] shows that the idea that birds are descendants of dinosaurs is not demonstrated by the evidence,<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3833/106/ Bird evolution?], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref><ref>Andy McIntosh, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/540/ 100 years of airplanes—but these weren’t the first flying machines!], ''Creation'' vol. 26 No. 1 p. 44</ref> and that the dinosaur-bird connection is even disputed by some evolutionists.

In his article, "Fifteen ways to refute materialistic bigotry", Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] wrote regarding dinosaurs being descendants of birds:
{{cquote|“The same logic applies to the dinosaur-[[bird]] debate. It is perfectly in order for creationists to cite [[Alan Feduccia|Feduccia]]’s devastating criticism against the idea that birds evolved ‘ground up’ from running dinosaurs (the cursorial theory). But the dino-to-bird advocates counter with equally powerful arguments against Feduccia’s ‘trees-down’ (arboreal) theory. The evidence indicates that the critics are ''both'' right — birds did not evolve either from running dinos or from tree-living mini-crocodiles. In fact, birds did not evolve from non-birds at all!<ref>Jonathan Sarfati, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2610 15 ways to refute materialistic bigotry], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref>}}

Creation science also cites the evolutionist and [[atheism|atheist]] [[Ernst Mayr]]<ref>Matthews, Michael, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/1208mayr.asp 99 and still fighting God], 8th December, 2003 (Answers in Genesis).</ref> who stated the following:
{{cquote|“It must be admitted, however, that it is a considerable strain on one’s credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the bird’s feather) could be improved by random mutations."<ref>[http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes10.html In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood], ''Center for Scientific Creation''</ref><ref>Find the full quote on [https://books.google.com/books?id=mAIjnLp6r_MC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=Ernst+Mayr+1942+%22It+must+be+admitted,+however,+that+it+is+a+considerable+strain+on+one%27s+credulity+to+assume%22&source=bl&ots=TRDzBtumPF&sig=XwvnT327A9sn3Uvs0RLOaQNo5Zo&hl=en&ei=P6H6Te37LMSwhAf03fimAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false], starting from line 6.</ref> }}

The March 2003 issue of ''Scientific American'' is also cited by creation scientists:
{{cquote|Of all the body coverings nature has designed, feathers are the most various and the most mysterious...The origin of feathers is a specific instance of the much more general question of the origin of evolutionary novelties--structures that have no clear antecedents in ancestral animals and no clear related structures (homologues) in contemporary relatives. Although evolutionary theory provides a robust explanation for the appearance of minor variations in the size and shape of creatures and their component parts, it does not yet give as much guidance for understanding the emergence of entirely new structures, including digits, limbs, eyes and feathers...."<ref>Michael Matthews, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0313sciam.asp Scientific American admits creationists hit a sore spot], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref><ref>[http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000CD7F6-B16F-1E41-89E0809EC588EEDF Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?], ''Scientific American''</ref>}}

Creation science also shows that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed.<ref>Dr. David N. Menton, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" Discovery?], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>

===Evolutionary/Old Earth Perspective===
The view of [[atheism|atheists]], evolutionists, and others who accept the uniformitarian timescale is that dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. In this view, the entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be a meteorite) about 65 million years ago.
This precludes humans and dinosaurs co-existing.

====Extinction====

According to evolutionists, close to 65 million years ago, at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period, and the beginning of what is called the [[Tertiary]] period, an event occurred which has come to be known as the [[K-T Event]]. This event would have obliterated most life on Earth, plunging the world into something that would now be likened to global nuclear winter, through which few extant species could survive. Although these scientists dispute the nature of the K-T Event (selecting among any number of catastrophes that could have caused the significant global cooling that resulted), most believe that the claimed K-T Event was caused by the collision of a massive asteroid with the Earth, the dust and debris from which would have shrouded the sky for thousands of years, cooling Earth considerably.<ref>Kevin O Pope, "Meteorite impact and the mass extinction of species at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available at [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/19/11028]</ref> According to this view, the dinosaurs did not survive this cataclysm.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0823_020823_asteroid.html Prehistoric Asteroid "Killed Everything"], ''National Geographic''</ref> A layer of rock containing high concentrations of [[Iridium]], a metal that is extremely rare on earth but common in asteroids, is said to be due to the vaporization and then fall of dust from the meteorite's impact, and its compression within the subsequent geological record.<ref>''Ibid''</ref> The evidence of a large impact crater can be found in rocks of the [[Yucatán]] Peninsula of the supposed age of this layer.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0307_030307_impactcrater.html "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time], ''National Geographic''</ref><ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html</ref>
Creationists assert that the assumptions underpinning the methods used by modern geologists are incorrect, and even though the validity of a large impact is accepted, this does not constitute proof that the impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.{{fact}}

====An explosion of new species ====

Evolutionists speculate that a mass extinction of the dinosaurs removed a major food competitor and predator of smaller animals. As a result of a new "vacancy" in the food chain, following the [[K-T Event]], it is theorized that vast speciation occurred, as the evolutionary pressure of a new cold age propelled animal species to adapt or die out. According to this view, [[mammals]] were some of the main beneficiaries of this explosion: their fur allowed them to adapt to the cold, and their small size allowed them to conserve energy relative to the huge dinosaurs of the previous age.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Life-Universe-Jeffrey-Bennett/dp/0805385770 Bennet, Shostak, Jakotsky, "Life in the Universe," viewable at]</ref>

====Dinosaurs and birds====

As a number of feathered fossils (claimed to be dinosaurs) have been discovered, and evolutionary scientists claim the similarity in the bone structure between birds and dinosaurs shows that modern birds are descendants of dinosaurs. This is often cited as an example of [[macroevolution]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref>

==Dinosaur fossils, human fossils and geological strata ==
Some evolutionary scientists assert that if human bones aren't found with dinosaur bones, then dinosaurs and man didn't live together.<ref name="HaD">Hodge, Bodie, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs If humans and dinosaurs lived together, why don’t we find human fossils with dinosaur fossils?] ''Answers'' 1(1):52, May 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CH/CH710.html Claim CH710] (The TalkOrigins Archive)</ref>
Creation scientists point out that this is a false assumption; if human bones aren't found buried with dinosaur bones, it simply means they weren't buried together.<ref name="HaD" />

Evolutionists speculate that [[radiometric dating]] of rocks containing dinosaur bones indicates them to have formed between 65 million years ago and 250 million years ago, whereas rocks with human bones in them are dated as being much newer (less than 5 million years old). Creation science shows that those methods of dating rocks provide false results, and therefore reject this argument.<ref>https://creation.com/radiometric-dating-questions-and-answers</ref>

Creation science points out that the fossil record contains mainly marine organisms and that a small sliver of the fossil record contains vertebrates and thus shows that we shouldn't expect to find many human fossils at all.<ref name="HaD" />
Moreover, as the biblical [[Great Flood|Flood]] would be a marine catastrophe, it would be expected that marine fossils would dominate the fossil record. This is in fact what we find.<ref name="NAB">Hodge, Bodie, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf Why Don’t We Find Human & Dinosaur Fossils Together?] (chapter 13 of the New Answers Book), 2006.</ref>

Approximately 70% of the Earth is covered in salt water, which would also explain the dominance of marine fossils. In addition, creation scientists show there may have been a small pre-flood human population and that massive amounts of flood sediment are why we haven't found human fossils in pre-biblical flood sediments.<ref name="NAB" />
Also, creation scientists point out that we don't find human bones buried with [[coelacanth]]s, yet humans and coelacanths coexist today.<ref name="HaD" />

== In Popular Culture ==
Dinosaurs have been a fixture of popular culture since their discovery. It is theorized that some of the myths of fantastical creatures stem from the accidental discovery of dinosaur fossils. More recently, dinosaurs have featured in popular stories including books, movies, television, video games, even music.

the 1912 novel "The Lost World" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holmes fame) was published describing an expedition into an Amazon basin where animals thought to be extinct (including dinosaurs) had survived.

Dinosaurs were introduced to a wide modern audience when movies like the Jurassic Park series were released.

== See also ==
*[[Evolution]]
*[[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]
*[[Young earth creationism]]

== External links ==

*[https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/humans/ Dinosaurs and Humans], [[Answers in Genesis]]

==References==
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'''Dinosaurs''' (Greek: δεινός, deinos + σαῦρος, sauros) are an extinct superorder of the class Reptilia, known from remains and tracks found in sedimentary rock worldwide.

==Description==
Dinosaurs were immensely varied, and included both herbivores and carnivores. Although paleontologists have found many in the fossil record, they expect they have barely scratched the surface of the vast superorder the dinosaurs encompassed.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060905-dinosaurs_2.html Vast Majority of Dinosaurs Still to Be Found, Scientists Say], ''National Geographic''</ref>

The superorder Dinosauria has been divided into two main orders, based exclusively on pelvic bone structure.

===Order ''[[Saurischia]]''===
Saurischian dinosaurs are characterized by "lizard hips", i.e., the pubic bone of the pelvis juts forward towards the rib cage. Herbivorous species were almost all quadrupedal. They carried peg-like teeth that cut, rather than chewed, plant material, with gastroliths aiding the actual grinding of this food. Carnivorous species were exclusively bipedal.
*Infraorder Sauropoda
::Species of this infraorder are characterized by long necks and tails, barrel-shaped bodies, and column-like legs. In three families (notably Diplodocidae, Brachiosauridae, and Titanosauroidea) several species were determined to be of extreme size, estimated in excess of 125 feet in length and 100 tons, making them the largest animals to have walked the earth.
:::''[[Apatosaurus]]''
:::''[[Brachiosaurus]]''
:::''[[Ultrasaurus]]''
:::''[[Seismosaurus]]''
:::''[[Argentinosaurus]]''
:::''[[Diplodocus]]''

*Infraorder Theropoda
::Exclusively bipedal; forearms meant for grasping or holding. Fossil evidence for several species indicates pack hunting.
:::''[[Coelophysis]]''
:::''[[Ornithomimus]]''
:::''[[Allosaurus]]''
:::''[[Tyrannosaurus]]''
:::''[[Deinonychus]]''
:::''[[Velociraptor]]''
:::''[[Giganotosaurus]]''

===Order ''[[Ornithischia]]''===
Ornithischian dinosaurs are characterized by "bird hips," ''i.e.'', the pubic bone of the pelvis juts towards the rear of the animal. All species were herbivorous; most were quadrupedal. They lacked front teeth, but had a predentary bone at the front of the lower jaw. Several species (mainly within ''Ceratopsia'') had a distinctive parrot-like beak.
*Infraorder Ceratopsia
::Species of this infraorder carried one or more horns on their heads, as well as a shield-like frill to protect the neck.
:::''[[Triceratops]]''
:::''[[Pachyrhinosaurus]]''
:::''[[Torosaurus]]''
:::''[[Protoceratops]]''
:::''[[Styracosaurus]]''
*Infraorder Stegosauria
::Large dinosaurs with a row of bony plates on top of their backs and several spikes called thagomizers, used as a defensive weapon, at the end of their tails.
:::''[[Stegosaurus]]''
:::''[[Huayangosaurus]]''
:::''[[Kentrosaurus]]''
*Infraorder Ankylosauria
::Heavily-armored dinosaurs, some with a row of spikes along each side, and possessing a bony tail club.
:::''[[Ankylosaurus]]''
:::''[[Euoplocephalus]]''
:::''[[Edmontonia]]''
*Infraorder Ornithopoda
::Large, herd-dwelling dinosaurs that could run bipedally. Several species had a bony "boss" on their heads (Pachycephalosaurs) that may have been used for head-butting, similar to bighorn sheep; others had a bony crest (hadrosaurs) that may have been a sound resonator.
:::''[[Camptosaurus]]''
:::''[[Iguanodon]]''
:::''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]''
:::''[[Parasaurolophus]]''
:::''[[Edmontosaurus]]''
:::''[[Bactrosaurus]]''
:::''[[Maiasaura]]''

==History==
The first published description of a dinosaur occurred years before the word was created. In his ''Natural History of Oxford-shire'' Robert Plot, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford in 1676, described the lower end of a petrified femur which was too large to be from any known animal in Europe;<ref>http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/23488#/summary</ref> the femur itself was lost, but the description as well as an accompanying engraving would lead others to determine later that it belonged to the theropod ''Megalosaurus''. In 1824, the British scientist William Buckland published a paper titled ''"Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield"'', the first scientifically described dinosaur; a second dinosaur (''Iguanodon'') would be similarly described the following year by Gideon Mantell, with a third dinosaur (''Hylaeosaurus'') discovered in Brighton in 1832.

Despite its reptilian characteristics, the size and structure of the remains justified creating a new biological category, and in 1842 Richard Owen coined the name "dinosaur" from two Greek words meaning "terrible lizard".<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=dy5LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> The three dinosaurs were reconstructed and displayed at the Crystal Palace in London as part of the Exhibition of 1851. In 1878, several dozen ''Iguanodon'' fossils were discovered in the course of mining operations at a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. This find suggested that dinosaurs could travel in herds.

===U.S. finds===
[[Image:Osborn.jpg‎‎|thumb|150px|right|[[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] was president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City from 1908 to 1935.]]
In July 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark unsuccessfully tried to retrieve ''"...the rib of a fish which was Semented within the face of the rock"'' at the Hell Creek formation, in what is now Yellowstone County, Montana; the ribs were later determined to have come from a terrestrial dinosaur.<ref>http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=1806-07-25&_xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl</ref>

In 1858, ''Hadrosaurus'', the so-called "duck-billed dinosaur", was found in a mineral pit in New Jersey. It was put on display at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1868. In 1869, Edward Drinker Cope (1847–1897) had reconstructed a ''[[plesiosaur]]''. Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899) established that Cope had attached the skull to the wrong end of the skeleton, humiliating Cope and beginning a long, bitter rivalry derisively called the "Bone War." While previous skeletons had been discovered by accident, Cope and Marsh went on expeditions to arid parts of the American West. The two men found numerous fossils in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico as they competed to find and name as many species as they could. Their museums worked out the techniques for mounting and displaying them. The feud between Cope and Marsh climaxed in 1890, when letters containing bitter recriminations were published in ''The New York Herald''. Congress responded by dismissing Marsh and revoking funds for his entire department.

In 1877, Marsh began digging at Como Bluff, Wyoming. This site proved to be the greatest of all paleontological finds. Many Late Jurassic dinosaurs, including ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Brontosaurus'' (later renamed ''Apatosaurus'' until 2015), were discovered here. J.B. Hatcher collected dozens of Late Cretaceous horned dinosaurs at Lance Creek in northeastern Wyoming in 1889–1894, including ''Triceratops.''

In 1905, [[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] applied the name ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', meaning "king of the tyrant lizards," to a fossil recently discovered at Hell Creek. This fearsome predator, perhaps 21 feet tall, would capture the public imagination. In 1909–1923, 350 tons of dinosaur bones were removed from what is now Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado under the direction of paleontologist Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

===History of dinosaurs===
[[Creation science]] asserts that the biblical account, that dinosaurs were created on day six of [[creation]]<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|1:25|ESV}}</ref> approximately 6,000 years ago, along with other land animals, and therefore co-existed with humans, thus [[Counterexamples to Evolution|debunking the Theory of Evolution]] and the beliefs of evolutionary scientists about the age and creation of the earth.

Creation science posits that dinosaurs lived in harmony with other animals (probably including in the [[Garden of Eden]]) eating only plants;<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|1:29-30|ESV}}</ref> that pairs of each dinosaur [[kind]] were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] during the [[Great Flood]] and were preserved from drowning;<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3967/ Were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref> that many of the fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood;<ref>Carl Wieland, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/219/ Dinosaur bones—just how old are they really?], ''Creation'', vol. 21 No. 1 p. 54</ref> and that possibly some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark are still around today.<ref Name="Today">Robert Doolan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/833/ Are dinosaurs alive today?], ''Creation'', vol. 15 No. 4 p. 12.</ref> At least 300 distinct [[genera]] of dinosaur have been identified.<ref>[http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/types.html USGS]</ref>

[[Archaeological]], [[fossil]], and documentary evidence support the [[faith and science|logical]] conclusion that dinosaurs co-existed with mankind until at least relatively recent times.

Because the term only came into use in the 19th century, the [[Bible]] does not use the word "dinosaur." However, the biblical account contains numerous references. For example, the [[behemoth]] in [[Job]] and the [[leviathan]] in [[Isaiah]] are clearly references to dinosaurs,<ref>Allan K. Steel, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1799 Could Behemoth have been a dinosaur?], ''Journal of Creation'' vol. 15 No. 2 p. 42.</ref><ref>[http://www.answersincreation.org/job4041a.htm], ''Answers in Creation''</ref> although others have claimed that Behemoth and Leviathan refer to a hippopotamus or elephant and a crocodile, respectively. However, the Biblical descriptions do not fit those creatures; hippopotamuses and elephants do not have a "tail like a cedar." Furthermore, even if the terms referred to other animals, that does not necessarily invalidate the existence of dinosaurs. The Creation account was not intended as a comprehensive list of all animals God created - it does not, for instance, state explicitly that He created the [[ferret]]. However, Genesis states that God created all animals, including those not mentioned by name.

==== Extinction ====

Creation science rejects the great impact theory, and finds a number of faults in that theory.<ref>Jonathan Sarfati, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2426 Did a meteor wipe out the dinosaurs?].</ref> Despite these critiques, the scientific community widely considers the great impact theory to be fact. However, those scientists cannot definitively prove the great impact theory.

Creation scientists point out that evolutionists frequently propose new theories to explain the supposed extinction of the dinosaurs, and that those theories rest on false assumptions.<ref>Michael Matthews, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/1115dinosaur.asp Dinosaur demise theory, version #451], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>

====Dinosaur-like creatures in history and modern sightings====

Creation science cites a number of reasons to believe that dinosaurs have existed until relatively recent times, and perhaps still survive.
[[Image:AZ RockArtDino1a.jpg‎|right|thumb|right|Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which he claimed portrays dinosaurs and man coexisting]]
* There have been a number of sightings of dinosaur-like creatures reported by the [[best of the public]].
** A thousand people reported seeing a dinosaur-like monster in two sightings around Sayram Lake in Xinjiang according to the Chinese publication, China Today.<ref name="Today" />
** Locals in the Congo have reported a creature they name ''Mokele-mbembe'',<ref name="Today" /><ref>[http://www.mokelembembe.com/ Mokele-mbembe The Living Dinosaur!]</ref> and from its description it appears to be a small plant-eating dinosaur. The reports have been taken seriously enough that a biologist from the [[University of Chicago]] has made several expeditions to find the creature. Another biologist has reported seeing the creature.<ref name="Today" />
** Dinosaur-like creatures have been seen by several people in two different parts of [[Papua New Guinea]] since 1990.<ref>Anon., [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/381 A living dinosaur?], ''Creation'' 23(1):56, December 2000. Irwin, Brian, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5847 Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG?] 1st July, 2008 (Creation Ministries International).</ref>
* There are drawings of creatures resembling dinosaurs.
** An expedition which included Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which he claimed portrays dinosaurs and man coexisting.<ref>[http://www.creationism.org/swift/DohenyExpedition/Doheny01Main.htm Doheny Scientific Expedition, Hava Supai Canyon, Arizona], ''Creationism.org''</ref><ref>[http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_hava_supai_dinosaur_carving The Hava Supai Dinosaur Carving], ''ChristianCourier.com''</ref>
** The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, a second century BC piece of art, contains a portion which depicts a group of Ethiopians hunting what some claim appears to be a dinosaur; there is much debate on this, however, and most modern art historians consider the mysterious animal to be a lion or a crocodile (the latter theory is supported by the presence of the Greek word for "crocodile" written near the image of the mysterious animal).<ref>[http://www.s8int.com/dinolit2.html Dinosaurs in Literature, Art & History-- Page 2], ''s8int.com''</ref>
[[Image:Palestrina1.jpg|right|thumb|A portion of the [[Nile Mosaic of Palestrina]], depicting the hunting of an animal which is often said to resemble a dinosaur (but which appears to be labelled "crocodile" in Greek).]]
* Engravings in the floor of Carlisle Cathedral appear to be of dinosaurs. They are on the tomb of bishop Richard Bell, who died in 1496.<ref>See picture on page 241 of Batten, Don, et. al., 2007, ''The Creation Answers Book''.</ref>
* Creatures matching dinosaurs and similar creatures have been described by various people groups.
* Descriptions of [[dragon]]s are widespread and match descriptions of dinosaurs, showing that dragons were real creatures and were actually very likely dinosaurs.
** The World Book Encyclopedia states that: "The [[dragon]]s of legend are strangely like actual creatures that have lived in the past. They are much like the great reptiles [dinosaurs] which inhabited the earth long before man is supposed to have appeared on earth."<ref>Quoted in [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ25.html What about the Dinosaurs?], ''CreationScience.com''</ref> Dragons exist in the folklore of many European and Asian cultures.<ref name="WB2000">''Dragon'' entry in World Book Millennium 2000 CD ROM</ref> World Book Encyclopedia says, "In Europe, dragons are traditionally portrayed as ferocious beasts that represent the evils fought by human beings. But in Asia, especially in China and Japan, the animals are generally considered friendly creatures that ensure good luck and wealth."<ref Name="WB2000" />
** Dragons appear in the flag of [[Wales]], in traditional [[China|Chinese]] New Year's Day celebrations, and in the Chinese [[calendar]]. Every other creature on the calendar is a real creature.
* That dinosaurs are not known from the fossil record above the [[Cretaceous]] strata is not reason to believe that they have not survived until more recent times.
** Living specimens of orders of animals that were believed to have been extinct for millions of years have been found before, such as the Diatomyidae Squirrel,<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/They-Thought-It-Went-Extinct-11-Million-Years-Ago-19557.shtml Diatomyidae Squirrel]</ref> the Wollemi Pine<ref>[http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/enviro/wollemi.cfm Wollemi Pine ''Biotechnology Australia'']</ref> and the [[Coelacanth]].<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanths.html Sulawesi Coelacanth. ''University Of California, Berkeley'']</ref><ref>[http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=54 More on the Coelacanth ''marinebio.org'']</ref>
* The recent dinosaur tissue find is a strong rebuttal of the claim that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.<ref>Carl Wieland, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3042 Still soft and stretchy], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref>
* The [[Welsh|Wales]] flag features an image of a [[dragon]], strongly implying that the ancient people in that part of the world were familiar with large, lizard-like creatures like dinosaurs.



==== Dinosaurs and birds ====
[[Creation science]] shows that the idea that birds are descendants of dinosaurs is not demonstrated by the evidence,<ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3833/106/ Bird evolution?], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref><ref>Andy McIntosh, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/540/ 100 years of airplanes—but these weren’t the first flying machines!], ''Creation'' vol. 26 No. 1 p. 44</ref> and that the dinosaur-bird connection is even disputed by some evolutionists.

In his article, "Fifteen ways to refute materialistic bigotry", Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] wrote regarding dinosaurs being descendants of birds:
{{cquote|“The same logic applies to the dinosaur-[[bird]] debate. It is perfectly in order for creationists to cite [[Alan Feduccia|Feduccia]]’s devastating criticism against the idea that birds evolved ‘ground up’ from running dinosaurs (the cursorial theory). But the dino-to-bird advocates counter with equally powerful arguments against Feduccia’s ‘trees-down’ (arboreal) theory. The evidence indicates that the critics are ''both'' right — birds did not evolve either from running dinos or from tree-living mini-crocodiles. In fact, birds did not evolve from non-birds at all!<ref>Jonathan Sarfati, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2610 15 ways to refute materialistic bigotry], ''Creation Ministries International''</ref>}}

Creation science also cites the evolutionist and [[atheism|atheist]] [[Ernst Mayr]]<ref>Matthews, Michael, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/1208mayr.asp 99 and still fighting God], 8th December, 2003 (Answers in Genesis).</ref> who stated the following:
{{cquote|“It must be admitted, however, that it is a considerable strain on one’s credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the bird’s feather) could be improved by random mutations."<ref>[http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes10.html In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood], ''Center for Scientific Creation''</ref><ref>Find the full quote on [https://books.google.com/books?id=mAIjnLp6r_MC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=Ernst+Mayr+1942+%22It+must+be+admitted,+however,+that+it+is+a+considerable+strain+on+one%27s+credulity+to+assume%22&source=bl&ots=TRDzBtumPF&sig=XwvnT327A9sn3Uvs0RLOaQNo5Zo&hl=en&ei=P6H6Te37LMSwhAf03fimAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false], starting from line 6.</ref> }}

The March 2003 issue of ''Scientific American'' is also cited by creation scientists:
{{cquote|Of all the body coverings nature has designed, feathers are the most various and the most mysterious...The origin of feathers is a specific instance of the much more general question of the origin of evolutionary novelties--structures that have no clear antecedents in ancestral animals and no clear related structures (homologues) in contemporary relatives. Although evolutionary theory provides a robust explanation for the appearance of minor variations in the size and shape of creatures and their component parts, it does not yet give as much guidance for understanding the emergence of entirely new structures, including digits, limbs, eyes and feathers...."<ref>Michael Matthews, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2003/0313sciam.asp Scientific American admits creationists hit a sore spot], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref><ref>[http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000CD7F6-B16F-1E41-89E0809EC588EEDF Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?], ''Scientific American''</ref>}}

Creation science also shows that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed.<ref>Dr. David N. Menton, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0328discovery.asp "Ostrich-osaurus" Discovery?], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>

===Evolutionary/Old Earth Perspective===
The view of [[atheism|atheists]], evolutionists, and others who accept the uniformitarian timescale is that dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. In this view, the entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be a meteorite) about 65 million years ago.
This precludes humans and dinosaurs co-existing.

====Extinction====

According to evolutionists, close to 65 million years ago, at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period, and the beginning of what is called the [[Tertiary]] period, an event occurred which has come to be known as the [[K-T Event]]. This event would have obliterated most life on Earth, plunging the world into something that would now be likened to global nuclear winter, through which few extant species could survive. Although these scientists dispute the nature of the K-T Event (selecting among any number of catastrophes that could have caused the significant global cooling that resulted), most believe that the claimed K-T Event was caused by the collision of a massive asteroid with the Earth, the dust and debris from which would have shrouded the sky for thousands of years, cooling Earth considerably.<ref>Kevin O Pope, "Meteorite impact and the mass extinction of species at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available at [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/19/11028]</ref> According to this view, the dinosaurs did not survive this cataclysm.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0823_020823_asteroid.html Prehistoric Asteroid "Killed Everything"], ''National Geographic''</ref> A layer of rock containing high concentrations of [[Iridium]], a metal that is extremely rare on earth but common in asteroids, is said to be due to the vaporization and then fall of dust from the meteorite's impact, and its compression within the subsequent geological record.<ref>''Ibid''</ref> The evidence of a large impact crater can be found in rocks of the [[Yucatán]] Peninsula of the supposed age of this layer.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0307_030307_impactcrater.html "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time], ''National Geographic''</ref><ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html</ref>
Creationists assert that the assumptions underpinning the methods used by modern geologists are incorrect, and even though the validity of a large impact is accepted, this does not constitute proof that the impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.{{fact}}

====An explosion of new species ====

Evolutionists speculate that a mass extinction of the dinosaurs removed a major food competitor and predator of smaller animals. As a result of a new "vacancy" in the food chain, following the [[K-T Event]], it is theorized that vast speciation occurred, as the evolutionary pressure of a new cold age propelled animal species to adapt or die out. According to this view, [[mammals]] were some of the main beneficiaries of this explosion: their fur allowed them to adapt to the cold, and their small size allowed them to conserve energy relative to the huge dinosaurs of the previous age.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Life-Universe-Jeffrey-Bennett/dp/0805385770 Bennet, Shostak, Jakotsky, "Life in the Universe," viewable at]</ref>

====Dinosaurs and birds====

As a number of feathered fossils (claimed to be dinosaurs) have been discovered, and evolutionary scientists claim the similarity in the bone structure between birds and dinosaurs shows that modern birds are descendants of dinosaurs. This is often cited as an example of [[macroevolution]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref>

==Dinosaur fossils, human fossils and geological strata ==
Some evolutionary scientists assert that if human bones aren't found with dinosaur bones, then dinosaurs and man didn't live together.<ref name="HaD">Hodge, Bodie, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/humans-and-dinosaurs If humans and dinosaurs lived together, why don’t we find human fossils with dinosaur fossils?] ''Answers'' 1(1):52, May 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CH/CH710.html Claim CH710] (The TalkOrigins Archive)</ref>
Creation scientists point out that this is a false assumption; if human bones aren't found buried with dinosaur bones, it simply means they weren't buried together.<ref name="HaD" />

Evolutionists speculate that [[radiometric dating]] of rocks containing dinosaur bones indicates them to have formed between 65 million years ago and 250 million years ago, whereas rocks with human bones in them are dated as being much newer (less than 5 million years old). Creation science shows that those methods of dating rocks provide false results, and therefore reject this argument.<ref>https://creation.com/radiometric-dating-questions-and-answers</ref>

Creation science points out that the fossil record contains mainly marine organisms and that a small sliver of the fossil record contains vertebrates and thus shows that we shouldn't expect to find many human fossils at all.<ref name="HaD" />
Moreover, as the biblical [[Great Flood|Flood]] would be a marine catastrophe, it would be expected that marine fossils would dominate the fossil record. This is in fact what we find.<ref name="NAB">Hodge, Bodie, [http://www.answersingenesis.org/PublicStore/pdfs/SampleChapter/10-2-267.pdf Why Don’t We Find Human & Dinosaur Fossils Together?] (chapter 13 of the New Answers Book), 2006.</ref>

Approximately 70% of the Earth is covered in salt water, which would also explain the dominance of marine fossils. In addition, creation scientists show there may have been a small pre-flood human population and that massive amounts of flood sediment are why we haven't found human fossils in pre-biblical flood sediments.<ref name="NAB" />
Also, creation scientists point out that we don't find human bones buried with [[coelacanth]]s, yet humans and coelacanths coexist today.<ref name="HaD" />

== In Popular Culture ==
Dinosaurs have been a fixture of popular culture since their discovery. It is theorized that some of the myths of fantastical creatures stem from the accidental discovery of dinosaur fossils. More recently, dinosaurs have featured in popular stories including books, movies, television, video games, even music.

the 1912 novel "The Lost World" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holmes fame) was published describing an expedition into an Amazon basin where animals thought to be extinct (including dinosaurs) had survived.

Dinosaurs were introduced to a wide modern audience when movies like the Jurassic Park series were released.

== See also ==
*[[Evolution]]
*[[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]
*[[Young earth creationism]]

== External links ==

*[https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/humans/ Dinosaurs and Humans], [[Answers in Genesis]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Dinosaurs]]
[[Category:Extinct Animals]]

Michelle Obama

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'''Michelle LaVaughn Obama''' (née '''Michael Robinson''' born January 17, 1964) held the office of [[First Lady]] of the U.S. as the partner of [[Barack Obama]]. She was the first [[African American]] First "Lady". As First "Lady", she has repeatedly gone on extravagant vacations at enormous taxpayer expense, including a $100,000-per-day trip to [[Spain]] in the summer of 2010 to enjoy lavish accommodations.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301302/Michelle-Obama-lunches-Spains-royal-family-backlash-extravagant-holiday-continues-home.html</ref> Obama convinced Chicago prosecutor [[Kim Foxx]] to drop all charges against convicted [[hate crime hoax]]er [[Jussie Smollett]] when Smollett attempted to incite a race war in the United States against [[MAGA]] supporters.<ref>https://meaww.com/kim-foxx-face-charges-chicago-defense-attorney-resign-shielding-jussie-smollett</ref>

Critics claim that despite all the "progress" the [[Gay pride]] movement has made, Michelle remains a closeted [[transgender]].

Michelle was born and raised on the south side of [[Chicago]]. "She" attended Whitney Young High School in 1981, later majoring in [[sociology]] and graduating ''[[cum laude]]'' at [[Princeton University]], and she then went on to obtain her [[Juris Doctor|J.D. degree]] at [[Harvard Law School]] in 1988. She is also sister to Craig Robinson, coach of the [[Oregon State University]]'s men's basketball team.

Michelle's parents are [[Fraser Robinson III]] (died in 1991) and his wife, Marian, who married in 1960. The ''New York Times'' wrote, in an article entitled "In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery," that Michelle's ancestry includes slaves: "Melvinia Shields, the enslaved and illiterate young girl, and the unknown white man who impregnated her are the great-great-great-grandparents of Michelle Obama, the first lady ... the more complete map of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery.]</ref> (Dolphus Shields was a very light-skinned, church-going carpenter who could read, write and advance in an industrializing town.) Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].

Michelle was employed at the law firm Sidley Austin along with [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] [[Bernardine Dohrn]],<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjY4YzdhMDBkZGQ3ZmU2MTUzYjdkMzc5ZjUzYmViZWM=#more ''Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?],
The years he won’t discuss may explain the Ayers tie he keeps lying about.'' By Andrew C. McCarthy, [[National Review]], October 7, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/chicago-obama.pdf Communism in Chicago and the Obama Connection], Cliff Kincaid, America's Survival, Inc.</ref> where she met Barack Obama. In 1991 [[Valerie Jarrett]], Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, offered Michelle Robinson a job as Assistant to Mayor [[Richard Daley]].

She served as vice president of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle earned $317,000 per year as a board member dealing with community relations. "She" had resigned those positions to campaign for Barack.

Forming a domestic union in 1992, the Obamas claim to have had two daughters together: Malia (born in 1998) and Natasha "Sasha" (born in 2001). She committed to campaign only two days out of the week during the election campaign in order to stay home with Malia and Sasha.

[[File:Michael Robinson Ellen Deeneres.png|right|300px|thumb|Michelle Obama on the [[Ellen DeGeneres]] Show.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/03/replace-ellen-screams-racism-and-sexism-after-rumored-possible-successor-is-named-955158</ref>]]
==Background==
[[File:Barack and Michael.png|right|200px|thumb|The Obamas.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/10/14/fact-check-doctored-photo-disparages-michelle-obamas-appearance-984292</ref> The photograph, which many alleged fact checkers and Obama apologists claimed was a fake, was used by [[ABC News]] to sell the Obamas as a [[heterosexual]] couple.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDBb88MOYuQ&t=44s</ref>]]

===Family===

Marian Shields Robinson (b. July 29, 1937) - Mother [[Malia Ann Obama]] (b. July 4, 1998) - Daughter [[Sasha Obama]] (b. June 10, 2001) - Daughter

As of 2021, no baby pictures of the Obamas with Malia or Sasha have ever been published.

Michelle's mother moved into the [[White House]] to help raise her grandchildren.

[[File:Robinson III and Marian.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Robinson III and Marian with their children.]]

===University of Chicago Medical Center===
While Michelle was executive vice-president at the medical center, she connected with [[David Axelrod]]'s company "ASK Public Strategies" and along with Valerie Jarrett, promoted the Urban Health Initiative. The hospital gave their approval. Some are calling for an investigation because the result was a patient-dumping scheme to avoid dealing with Medicare/Medicaid patients.<ref>[https://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/23/video-did-michelle-obama-start-a-patient-dumping-program/ Video: Did Michelle Obama start a patient-dumping program? Hotair.com, July 23, 2009]</ref> In March 2009, the ''[[American Thinker]]'' wrote:
{{cquote|Substantial coverage was given to a recent indictment of the program by the American College of Emergency Physicians. ACEP's president, Dr. Nick Jouriles, released a statement suggesting that the initiative comes "dangerously close to ‘patient dumping,' a practice made illegal by the Emergency Medical Labor and Treatment Act, and reflected an effort to ‘cherry pick' wealthy patients over poor."<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/michelle_obamas_patientdumping_1.html</ref>}}

In September 2011 it was revealed that a close friend, advisor and donor of Barack Obama, Chicago's Dr. Eric Whitaker is facing financial fraud charges. Dr. Whitaker left his job in the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2007 to work with Michelle Obama as executive vice president at University of Chicago Medical Center.<ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/sep/close-obama-pal-embroiled-grant-fraud-scandal Close Obama Pal Embroiled In Grant Fraud Scandal, Judicial Watch, September 22, 2011]</ref>

==Ideological views==
===Support for late-term abortions===
Michelle Obama wrote a fund-raising letter during her partner's 2004 US Senate campaign claiming the [[partial birth abortion]] ban "is clearly unconstitutional" and "a flawed law."<ref>[http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/05/michelle_obamas.html Michelle Obama's partial birth abortion fund-raising letter, JillStanek.com, May 8, 2008]</ref> A late trimester abortion of a woman's pregnancy involves the jamming of scissors into the back of a child's head. Michelle describes it as "legitimate" medicine.

===Militant racism===

Michelle Obama attended Princeton University where she created her graduating thesis paper. Media requests to view the documents during Barack's presidential campaign were denied. The university stated suspiciously that it would be available to the public after the general election and for good reason. Michelle identifies with black militancy, utterly obsessed with race in [[America]] and her own blackness.<ref>[http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1182 Michelle Obama’s Early Militant Racism Revealed, RightPundits.com, February 25th, 2008]</ref>

{{cquote|I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong. Regardless of the circumstances under which I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second.}}

{{cquote|Attending Princeton has probably forced [black alumni] to compete intellectually with Whites more than with Blacks and, thus, they have probably become more familiar with Whites intellectually, but in other activities they are likely to have gained familiarity with Whites if they did not spend time with Whites in other activities besides intellectual ones.}}

Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she elevates black over white in her world. Her attitude explains the very reason she felt comfortable attending Rev. [[Jeremiah Wright]]'s black liberation theology church for twenty years. Read the full thesis here: [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf Part 1] [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_26-501.pdf Part 2] [https://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_51-751.pdf Part 3] [http://dyn.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_76-981.pdf Part 4]

Always eager to remind the world how racist America was and is, she told students while vacationing in [[China]] "Many decades ago, there were actually laws in America that allowed discrimination against black people like me, who are a minority in the United States."<ref>[https://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/michelle-there-were-actually-laws-america-allowed-discrimination-against-black-people-me_785997.html Michelle: 'There Were Actually Laws in America that Allowed Discrimination Against Black People Like Me', WeeklyStandard.com, March 25, 2014]</ref>

In a 2014 speech to graduating Topeka Kansas high school students on the 60th anniversary of ''Brown v. Board of Education'', Michelle warned that [[segregation]] is on the rise, “We know that today in America, too many folks are still stopped on the street because of the color of their skin..."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/16/michelle-obama-to-students-brown-v-board-of-education-is-still-being-decided-every-single-day/ Michelle Obama to Students: Brown V. Board of Education Is ‘Still Being Decided Every Single Day’, TheBlaze.com, March 16, 2014]</ref>

===Ties to anti-Semitism===
While attending Princeton University, Michelle Obama joined two student groups, the Organization of Black Unity and the Third World Center. These groups were pro-Palestinian and had invited guest speaker Hassan Rahman of the [[PLO]] to the dismay of Jewish students. Rahman's comments were inflammatory, "reiterated the PLO’s position that the Palestinians deserve a homeland and that they are entitled to use terrorism [against Israel] to achieve their goal..."<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2013/10/28/michelle-obama-and-cgi-federal-executive-belonged-to-student-group-at-princeton-that-hosted-pro-terrorist-speaker/#ixzz2jhb5Valn Michelle Obama and CGI Federal executive belonged to student group at Princeton that hosted pro-terrorist speaker, DailyCaller.com, 10-28-2013]</ref>

Michelle Obama wanted to honor the [[Antiamericanism|antiamerican]] and [[Antisemitism|antisemitc]] author [[Samira Ibrahim]]. Ibrahim had cited [[Adolf Hitler]] and was happy about the terrorist attacks on Israelis.<ref>http://nation.foxnews.com/samira-ibrahim/2013/03/07/michelle-obama-john-kerry-honor-author-anti-semitic-tweets</ref>

==White House years==
===Liberal elitism===

''For more information please see:'' [[Michelle Obama and liberal elitism]] ''and also see'' [[Barack Obama and liberal elitism]]

In 2008, the Huffington Post was reported that Michelle Obama wore $540 sneakers to a food bank.
<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/michelle-obama-wears-silv_n_193138.html</ref>

''Powerline'' offers the following criticism of Michelle Obama:
{{cquote|She says that she and Barack were born to parents of modest means, not with "silver spoons" in their mouths. Nobody knows the trouble they've seen. The burden of paying for her undergraduate education at [[Princeton]] and her law school education at [[Harvard]] has scarred her. It remains a motif of her stump speech. No one is accorded a chance to ask her if she thought about attending the University of Illinois, or if she's grateful for any of the financial assistance that facilitated her and her husband's attendance at the finest institutions of higher learning in the United States.<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/05/020456.php</ref>}}

Michelle Obama's [[liberal elite|liberal elitism]] is not surprising given the [[Barack Obama and liberal elitism|high degree of liberal elitism that Barack Obama continually displays]].

===First Lady's staff of 22===
In just under three years, she has gone through three chiefs of staff, three secretaries, two communication directors and a press secretary.<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/stories/expert-blames-michelle-os-staff-turnover-on-race/ EXPERT BLAMES MICHELLE O’S STAFF TURNOVER ON….RACE?, THEBLAZE, May 27, 2011]</ref> American taxpayers are shelling out a staggering total of $1,591,200 annually for the First Lady's 22 member personal staff.<ref>[http://www.westernjournalism.com/how-big-is-michelle-obamas-staffs-budget/?utm_source=Western+Journalism&utm_campaign=502f59131d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email How Big Is Michelle Obama’s Staff’s Budget?, WesternJournalism.com, March 27, 2012]</ref>

*$172,200 - Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)
*$140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*$102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Winter, Melissa E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$90,000 - Medina, David S. (DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (DIRECTOR AND PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*Reinstein, Joseph B. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*$62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*$60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCE AND TRIP DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Lewis, Dana M. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND PERSONAL AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR SCHEDULING AND TRAVELING AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
*Tubman, Samantha (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SOCIAL OFFICE)
*$40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
*$36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
*Bookey, Natalie (STAFF ASSISTANT)
*Jackson, Deilia A. (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)<ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652 First Lady requires more than twenty attendants] [[Canadian Free Press]], July 7, 2009</ref>

[[File:Harvey Weinstein Michael Obama Whoopi Goldberg.PNG|right|300px|thumb|(''left to right:'') Hollywood [[oligarch]] and convicted serial rapist Harvey Weinstein, First Non-Birthing Person Michelle Obama, and [[Holocaust denier]] Whoopi Goldberg.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8641543/Michelle-Obama-praised-Harvey-Weinstein-wonderful-human-2013-video-resurfaced.html</ref>]]

===Harvey Weinstein===

At an event organized by Hollywood [[oligarch]], Democrat megadonor and convicted [[rape|rapist]] [[Harvey Weinstein]], Michelle had this to say about the prominent liberal [[activist]] and donor to [[leftwing]] causes:
{{quotebox-float|I want to start by thanking Harvey Weinstein for organizing this amazing day. This is possible because of Harvey. He is a wonderful human being, a good friend, and just a powerhouse. And the fact that he and his team took the time to make this happen for all of you should say something, not about me or about this place, but about you all, right? Everybody! We are here because of you!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pdB1XAVPC0</ref>}}
[[Whoopi Goldberg]] was also in attendance.

===Healthy eating initiative===

''See also:'' [[Overweight Obama administration officials]]

Michelle made the liberal media news cycle by promoting healthy eating from the White House garden. The food network filmed “Iron Chef America" showcasing Michelle's healthy food, cooking five dishes using the secret ingredient: produce from the [[White House]] garden. The two-hour special showed the chefs picking sweet potatoes, broccoli, fennel and tomatillos from the White House garden. An issue came to light that the foods were actually prepared in [[New York City]], speculating that the entire show was just staged to look like produce from her garden.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/14/everythings-staged-michelle-obamas-garden-food-was-fake/ Everything’s staged: Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake, Michelle Malkin, January 14, 2010]</ref> Also, her campaign against obesity has not stopped her and Barack from [http://conservapedia.com/Liberal_hypocrisy#The_Obamas_and_obesity taking their children out for ice cream while on vacation].

In Michelle Obama's first interview on the [[Fox News]] network, she would tout her responsible-eating initiative for kids. She would highlight the Obama Administration's $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative and her "Let's Move" campaign, which educates the danger of obese children and healthy eating.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61I5E820100219 U.S. launches program to end "food deserts", February 19, 2010]</ref> She would tie the promises of the program to saying it would create 5000 jobs and pointed out that childhood obesity is a threat to national security. She urges children and parents to just skip "food desserts".

She would promote healthy eating initiatives for schools. Barack sought and passed legislation costing more than $4 billion. It is a horrible example of nanny state politics with draconian requirements on what can or cannot be sold at school bake sales and at the school cafeteria.

Psychiatrist Keith Ablow called Michelle too fat to preach about nutrition, "And how well could she be eating? She needs to drop a few", and "We’re taking nutrition advice from who?"<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2014/08/13/fox-news-doc-calls-michelle-obama-too-fat-to-preach-about-nutrition-video/#ixzz3AP4fs56N Below The Belt? Fox News Doc Calls Michelle Obama Too Fat To Preach About Nutrition [VIDEO], DailyCaller.com, August 13th]</ref>

===Healthy eating failure===

Michelle's "healthy eating" initiative greatly compromised the lunch programs in American public schools, with many children opting instead to pack their lunches or simply skip lunch entirely out of a refusal to eat the options afforded to them. In some cases, children went hungry due to the small size portions. School districts suffered enormous financial losses<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/schools-want-out-of-michelle-obamas-lunch-rules-kids-say-yuck</ref>

In 2014, Republicans in Congress decided to strip her signature program, a decision she stated was 'unacceptable'. What wasn't unacceptable was the lunch her kids were fed in a private school. The prestigious Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., served the following to students,<ref>[http://www.ijreview.com/2014/05/141806-public-school-kids-eat-healthy-lunches-obama-girls-dine-lunches-designed-chefs/ While Public School Kids Eat ‘Healthy Lunches,’ Washington Elites Served Meatball Subs, Ice Cream, ijreview.com, may 27, 2014]</ref>

*BBQ wings
*Meatball subs
*Ice Cream
*Crusted tilapia
*Herb roasted chicken
*Pesto cream & garden-fresh marinara sauce
*Roasted edamame & Shitake mushrooms
*BBQ sliders
*Pesto pasta
*All-natural rosemary chicken
*All-natural beef nachos
*Baked three-cheese lasagna
*Pepperoni flatbread pizza
[[File:Carlia Bruni and Michael Robinson Obama.jpg|right|300px|thumb|France's First Lady Carla Bruni with Michelle Obama.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/8004129/Carla-Brunis-rivalry-with-Michelle-Obama-has-damaged-US-relations-with-France.html</ref>]]
In June 2011, Michelle Obama greeted an overweight U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin as they introduce the MyPlate initiative.<ref>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2011/06/06/food_guide_efforts_are_a_waste/</ref> In August 2011, [[Barack Obama]] and his staff ate a high-calorie meal at a burger joint. Obama said concerning his partner, "Michelle eats here all the time".<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-celebrates-debt-deal-with-1700-calorie-staff-lunch-at-burger-joint/</ref>

===Fashion disaster===

Michelle has been consistently ridiculed for her fashion choices. Since the age of television, the press has been keen to report on the First Lady's appearance by noting regal, stylish and elegant dresses she wears. The opposite can be said of Michelle. She makes headlines for sleeveless gowns, hideous color matching, $500 sneakers, always wearing torso belts, and exiting [[Air Force One]] in shorts and a T-shirt, among others. She gives the impression that she is trying to be a Diva, but in reality, she is far from being a trend-setter. In fact, reviews always return negative statements such as gaudy, tacky, and unbecoming of the role the First Lady inherits.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0226-sleeveless-michelle-obafeb26,0,3657652.story Some harrumph over Michelle Obama's sleeveless dress, Chicago Tribune, February 26, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/16/fashion-designers-keep-pretending-michelle-obama-has-style/ Fashion Designers Keep Pretending Michelle Obama Has Style, thehotjoints.com, JUNE 16, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/huggett/090611 Michelle Obama: First Lady of fashion victims, RenewAmerica.com, June 11, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article6470675.ece Michelle Obama's Abbey outfit: stacked like a wedding cake – but nice colours, The Times, June 10, 2009]</ref>

It was noted in April 2011 that Michelle has already replaced her first two fashion stylists.<ref>[http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/04/michelle_obama_may_have_switch.html Michelle Obama May Have Switched Stylists Again, NYMag.com, April 13, 2011]</ref>

===Vacationing abuse on the taxpayers credit card===

While the average American suffers under Obamanomics of low wages, no job growth, higher energy costs and higher food prices, Michelle Obama is living the high life with White House parties and tens of millions of dollars worth of vacations.

Michelle Obama has taken 17 vacations since 2008 and plans to take her 18th vacation in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2012/03/29/its-good-to-be-queen-mooch-heads-to-las-vegas-for-yet-another-vacation/ It’s Good To Be Queen: Mooch Heads To Las Vegas For Yet Another Vacation, WeaselZippers.us, March 29, 2012]</ref>

Other lavish vacations include:
*Honolulu, Hawaii
*Aspen, Colorado
*Martha's Vineyard
*Las Vegas
*Africa
*Spain
*Mexico
*Ireland
*China

===Bringing the Olympics to Chicago===
The First Lady, along with [[Oprah Winfrey]], traveled to [[Copenhagen]] to support Barack Obama's pitch for the Olympics in Chicago. She claimed that the trip was a sacrifice to visit for a few days.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Michelle-Obama-Its-a-sacrifice-to-travel-to-Europe-to-pitch-for-the-Olympics--For-Oprah-and-the-president-too--But-were-doing-it-for-the-kids-62928957.html Michelle Obama: It's a 'sacrifice' to travel to Europe to pitch for the Olympics. But I'm doing it for the kids, Washington Examiner, September 30, 2009]</ref> She would give a speech to Olympic officials saying, "Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection."<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/michelle.obama.olympics/ Michelle Obama steals the show in Copenhagen, CNN, October 2, 2009]</ref> It was noted that either she was lying or that it was a strange occurrence for her to be sitting on her dad's lap, since she was 20 years old when Carl Lewis first competed in the Olympics.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/02/quote-of-the-day-the-first-ladys-tall-olympic-tale/ tall tale of the day: The First Lady’s weird Olympic memory, Michelle Malkin, October 2, 2009]</ref>

==2008 presidential election putsch==
{{See also|Biden Putsch}}
Quotes while campaigning:

* "Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." - 2008

* '''"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."'''<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/michelle-obam-1.html</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331288,00.html</ref>

*"Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation."

*"There is still a lot of hard work that we as a country need to do. They can't look to any one individual, whether it's Barack or it's the next new hope that's going to appear to be that '''savior'''."

*"No matter what the outcome is, we have to keep our eyes on the bigger picture. We need some kind of change. We can't cut off our noses to spite our faces."

*"We have this window of opportunity; we have a chance to make something real happen. Something possible happen, to live beyond our fear, think about that, and help us. Help lift us up, help us fight this fight to change, - transform - this country in a fundamental way. This chance won't come around again."

*"Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need."

*"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service."

*"We had a miraculous victory in Iowa. '''Ain't no black people in Iowa!''' Something big, something new is happening. Let's build the future we all know is possible. Let's show our kids that America is ready for Barack Obama right now."

[[President Donald Trump]] was permanently banned from [[Jack Dorsey]]'s [[Twitter]] platform after phone calls from Michelle Obama and others to [[censor]] [[free speech]] and President Trump.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/11/twitter-files-shows-trumps-permanent-ban-came-after-michelle-obama-others-called-for-his-removal-1316104/</ref>

==Legacy==

Mrs. Obama gave an interview to [[Oprah Winfrey]] where she petulantly said that Americans are like little children in need of constant minding:

:Past first ladies have provided similar end-of-term interviews, in which they tend to display both astonishment and relief that it’s all over, coupled with the proper magnanimity and graciousness toward the next family to reside in the White House. Yet, this time was different. Far from feel-good, Mrs. Obama seemed more like a frustrated mother lamenting the rebelliousness of her growing child.<ref> [https://www.nationalreview.com/article/443572/michelle-obama-first-lady-oprah-winfrey-interview-voters-children Mrs. Obama, We Are Not Your Kids] - ''National Review''</ref>

Compared to the succeeding First Lady, [[Melania Trump]], the [[mainstream media]] was very biased in favor of Michelle Obama.<ref>Rogan, Tom (July 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-tale-of-two-first-ladies-and-troubling-media-bias/article/2628599 A tale of two first ladies and troubling media bias]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 13, 2017.</ref>

== External links ==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k3lmCE3HI America is Hell, compilation of Michelle Obama speeches]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kiGjE4_k0jI Michelle's Last Four Years - Lest We Forget]
*[http://www.life-in-spite-of-ms.com/fraserrobinson.html Fraser Robinson III ~ Michelle Obama's Father]

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'''Election was a "crushing rebuke" to [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]''': "more than two dozen former Foxers hired to key positions" by [[Trump]], such as [[Pete Hegseth]] as failed [[War Secretary]]. ''"The network received a significant drop in viewership leading up to [[Election Day]]."'' [https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/midterm-results-are-crushing-rebuke-fox-news-trump-propaganda MediaMatters]
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[[Texas]] [[Republican]]s Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and Lt. Gov. [[Dan Patrick]] refused to debate, and [[Gen Z]] voted overwhelmingly against them such that they lost by wide margins. ''Patrick has refused to debate since 2014''.
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'''[[Idaho]] voters rejected a [[pro-abortion]] [[ballot initiative]]''', by a wide margin of 56-44%. [https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/elections/prop-1-idaho-reject-abortion-ballot-initiative-results-vote/277-710b4b76-f734-4c88-91a3-599bfbfe6ea5]
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'''[[Mario Nawfal]]: [[Trump]] and [[JD Vance|Vance]] blame [[Israel]]''' for loss. [[Ana Kasparian]]: [[Democrat]]s on notice they will suffer the same fate if they continue the same [[BS]]. [https://youtu.be/r93hVXTJQi4] [[Ann Coulter]]: Who gave us this disastrous [[war]]? [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/who-gave-us-this-disastrous-war/]
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'''[[JD Vance]] takes the lead for [[MAGA]]''', and rebukes the policies that caused the landslide losses. [https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835?a=DgidaYoF3v6MbrCwG94&s=20] Vance's home state [[Ohio]] goes Blue.
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'''Mission Accomplished: [[Gas]] and [[diesel]] prices begin to drop.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/05/mission-accomplished-as-expected-gas-and-diesel-prices-begin-dropping/][https://oilprice.com/]
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'''[[Judge Napolitano]]: [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]] fallout''' & the great unraveling of [[Trump]] and [[America First]] - [[Glenn Diesen]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-midterms-fallout] [[Musk]] blows $275 million in [[Texas]].
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'''"Historic Trashing Of Legal [[sports gambling|Sports Betting]] At [[U.S.]] Ballot Box"''', including 55-45% defeat of DraftKings' and FanDuel's ballot initiative in [[Nebraska]]. [https://gamblingharm.org/nebraska-online-sports-betting-vote-2026-defeat/] Abolish [[ICE]] is back. [https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-votes-back-eliminating-ice-trump-expands-deportations-12327959][https://www.latintimes.com/democratic-candidates-ice-abolition-midterm-races-600792]
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'''[[Kelley Vlahos]] of ''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': The stunning rebuke''' of [[Trump]] in [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://youtu.be/vliPkq3zrpY] If you lie to [[voter]]s about not starting a new [[war]], the voters make you pay. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/if-you-lie-to-voters-about-not-starting] [[JD Vance]]: 'The reason we lost is the war'.
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'''[[Democrats]] win a majority in the US House and Senate elections''', [https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-stunned-catastrophic-midterm-blue-tsunami-blame-trumps-iran-war-high-gas-prices][https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-seize-senate-blue-tidal-wave-crashes-deep-trump-country-topples-gop-strongholds] with [[Abdul El-Sayed]] winning in [[Michigan]] and gaining access to classified materials. '''[[International law]] expert:''' [[Trump]] may seek refuge in [[Russia]]. [https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictators-2678178310/]
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'''''[[JtN]]'': [[Trump]] concedes [[Iran war]], [[gas]] prices''' played role in [[election]] rout, vows to work with [[Democrat]]s. [https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-concedes-iran-war-gas-prices-played-role-election-rout-vows]
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'''[[Trump]]: 'I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people,''' but if we have to, we'll have to'. [https://youtu.be/jzhFWVe2OK8] The Pendulum of [[Delusion]]: [[Fox News]], the [[partisan]] blind spot, and the unspoken cause of the [[2026 Midterms|Midterm crash]]. [https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-pendulum-of-delusion-fox-news]
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'''[[Dem]]s lead in [[Texas]] and [[South Carolina]] [[U.S. Senate]] elections''', indicating they will probably take control of the Senate. ''So [[GOP]] support of [[data center]]s and [[sports gambling]] was not such a great idea after all''.
 '''[[Dem]]s win [[House]] easily''', and [[Pete Hegseth]] will resign to avoid [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] (he should have resigned earlier).
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'''Setback for [[homosexual agenda]]''': [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justices rebuke [[Colorado]] for excluding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] pre-schools that reject [[LGBTQ]], in a state-funded daycare program. [https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/11/03/supreme-court-colorado-catholic-preschool/]
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"'''[[Trump]] says [[United States|US]] will stop $4 billion''' in annual funding to [[Israel]] at end of 2026," observing that [[Dem]]s used this issue against [[Republican]]s for today's [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-us-will-stop-paying-israel-after-year-end-2026-11-03/]
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'''[[Torture]] scandal rocks [[Zelensky]] [[Berlin]] visit''' as opposition demands answer. [https://youtu.be/b8-yvyozYlY][https://the307.substack.com/p/azov-run-torture-chamber-discovered][https://youtu.be/5mTqFoIMHoQ] The limits of [[military]] authority when public [[trust]] fractures. [https://theduran.substack.com/p/the-war-behind-the-gate] [[Ukraine]] arrests [[woman]] who exposed [[Azov Battalion]]'s torture chamber. ''Deserters were tortured and kidnapped men off the street were held for ransom.''
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"Pilot of doomed Learjet heard '''[[prayer|praying]] the ‘[[The Lord's Prayer|Our Father]]'''.’" [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pilot-of-doomed-learjet-heard-praying-the-our-father/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Record-breaking [[early voting]] in [[Texas]] and elsewhere''' [https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/more-than-77-million-texans-voted-early-in-2026-election-surpassing-2018-record] which is how [[Dem]]s turn out their vote.
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'''[[Zelensky]] outlines clouded threats to [[Trump]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/11/02/zelenskyy-outlines-clouded-threats-to-trump-lukoil-remains-a-target-until-u-s-gives-weapons/] [[US]] at cross purposes on [[Ukraine]]: [[CIA]] vs [[Trump]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/us-at-cross-purposes-on-ukraine-cia] [[Alastair Crooke]]: As [[Trump]] ‘makes nice’ with [[Moscow]], the [[CIA]] has other ideas. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-trump-makes-nice-with-moscow-the-cia-has-other-ideas/]
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'''[[Trump]]’s window to do something useful''' on [[foreign policy]] is about to close. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/trumps-window-to-do-something-useful]
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'''[[Slotkin]], [[Applebaum]] complicit in [[Polish coup]].''' [https://youtu.be/-OFWRxwaFuA]
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'''Pro-[[Ukraine]] party defeated''' 58% - 39% in [[NATO]] member state [[Bulgaria]]. [https://kyivindependent.com/russia-friendly-yotova-wins-bulgarias-presidential-runoff/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for [[Detroit]] player''' with neck injury during [[NFL]] game. [https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl/article/lions-lb-jack-campbell-taken-to-hospital-with-neck-injury-after-being-carted-off-immobilized-on-backboard-205940273.html]
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'''Never trust a [[liberal]]''': [[Dem]] Congresswoman [[Haley Stevens]] reneges on her endorsement of [[El-Sayed]], and suddenly endorses his opponent [[Mike Rogers]] instead. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186882-stevens-rogers-church-michigan/]
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'''[[Poland]] is the symptom and [[Europe]] is the patient.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe] ''The defenders of democracy have written a manual for dismantling one.'' [https://theduran.substack.com/p/polands-judicial-coup-and-the-battle] [[Tusk]]: I had to destroy the [[Republic]] in order to save it. [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/tusk-i-had-to-destroy-the-republic] Poland's [[coup]] will shape the post-[[war]] order. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will-shape-the-post-war-european-order.html] [[Molotov-Ribbentrop]] ''[[deja vu]]?'' [[Korybko]]: [[Germany]]’s attempted takeover of Poland by [[proxy]] is to prepare [[Europe]] for [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/germanys-attempted-takeover-of-poland]
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'''[[Leftist]] riots spread to [[Germany]]''', as [[Europe]] is helpless against the hostile migrants it allowed in. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/31/french-style-riots-erupt-in-germany-as-far-leftists-clash-with-police-in-frankfurt-and-hamburg/][https://www.zerohedge.com/political/looting-and-chaos-erupt-germany-europe-slides-deeper-crisis]
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'''[[Godfrey Bloom]]: Have you been [[brainwash]]ed on the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia Ukraine war]]?''' [https://youtu.be/dVHXTWUN3zY]
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'''[[Abdul El-Sayed]] disinvites his defeated [[Dem]] opponent Haley Stevens from campaign events''', while Stevens fails to fully support him as the frontrunner for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events] [[Dem]] attempt at unity in [[Michigan]] collapses into bickering: [[El-Sayed]] criticizes [[Haley Stevens]] for seeming "intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185985-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-senate/]
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'''[[EU]] [[globalist]]s incite [[Poland]]'s [[liberal]] [[prime minister]] to attempt to take control of [[Poland]]'s top court''', while [[conservative]] [[President Nawrocki]] was outside of the country. [https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/globalists-have-launched-coup-poland-police-move-against/] [[Neocon]] [[fascist]] [[Donald Tusk]] sends police to occupy Supreme Court building. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will][https://youtu.be/tqnmINgIcSw] '''Alarming Update''' from [[Polish]] [[media]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/31/alarming-update-on-coup-effort-from-polish-media/] The [[Constitutional]] [[crisis]] at the heart of Poland’s Judicial 'coup'. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the] ''[[Germany]] is complicit in the coup. 'They want to drag us into the eurozone so that we abandon our own [[currency]]. They want to send [[illegal migrant]]s across the border'.''
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'''3 refineries burning''' as [[Zelensky]] ignores [[Trump]]. [https://youtu.be/7xitBbQJ77M] [[US]] embassy in [[Moscow]] issues [[terrorist]] attack and mass casualty warning for Moscow. [https://youtu.be/EZntCW9r_wE]
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'''[[Lawfare]] arguments around [[Ilhan Omar]]''' search warrant on desk of [[corrupt]] [[DC]] judge [[James Boasberg]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/30/pentagon-tells-baltic-states-to-tone-it-down-stop-antagonizing-russia/] ''[[JtN]]'': [[Ilhan Omar|Omar's]] brother and ex-husband says he's [[gay]]; [[Minneapolis|Mpls]] mayor aide says allegations 'almost certainly [[true]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omars-ex-husband-and-alleged-brother-describes-himself-gay-man-while-frey-aide-says]
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'''[[World Affairs in Context]]: [[America]]'s [[allies]] dump [[T-bill|US debt]].''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/us-treasuries]
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'''Dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries''' strike to protest [[Israel]]i actions in [[Gaza]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-dock-workers-strike-to-protest-arms-shipments-including-to-israel/]
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'''Sanctioning Truth Part 2.''' [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/sanctioning-truth] Introducing [[Jacques Baud]] Part 1. [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/introducing-jacques-baud]
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'''Setback for [[Dem]]s''': "New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics." [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-5953069/national-education-association-nea-president-princess-moss-politics]
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'''Trump talks [[peace]] while the CIA is fueling the [[war in Ukraine]].''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trump-talks-peace-while-the-cia-is][https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/ukraine-cia-more-aggressive-starlink-and-refinery-strikes-higher-casualties-on-ukrs-side.html][https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/] [[US]]-[[Russia]] reconciliation & [[Europe]]an [[vassal]]age. [https://youtu.be/Fyae_Ohvjf4]
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"'''[[Conservative]] party wins''' first election in nearly a century in [[British Columbia]]." [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/conservative-party-wins-first-election-nearly-century-british-columbia-2026-10-25/]
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'''[[James O'Keefe]] charged with felonies''' for exposing '[[law]]s' that facilitate [[election fraud]] in [[Minnesota]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/minnesota-charges-james-okeefe-and-cam-higby-felonies-over-polling-place-vouching-stunt]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Finally, [[FBI]] Agents face [[justice]]''' over [[Laptop from Hell|Hunter Biden’s laptop]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/finally-fbi-agents-face-justice-over-hunter-bidens-laptop/]
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'''[[Marta Havryshko]]: The Dark Reality of [[Ukraine]]’s [[Conscription|Wartime Mobilization.]]''' [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/heroes-wanted-consent-denied-the] ''In 90% of cases [[citizen]]s’ [[rights]] are violated.'' [[Havryshko]]: [[Azov Battalion]] will kill [[Zelensky]] if he makes [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/yG2_r4laL34]
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'''Desperately Seeking [[Fascism]].''' [https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-fascism] ''They may not like what they actually get.''
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'''Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are forced to flee [[Brazil]] to the [[U.S.]]''', as vindictive [[socialist]]s want him punished for challenging [[Lula]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-u-s-visa-presidential-election-loss/]
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'''[[Chess]] Grandmaster [[Gary Kasparov]]: Without more [[money]] from [[the West]]''' [[Ukraine]] will be defeated. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/putin-defeat-ukraine-unless-europe-seizes-last-chance/] [[Riot]]s continue protesting rising [[cost of living]] to fund [[endless war]]s. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/france-protests-europe-cost-living-violence.html] [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]]'s choice as Ukraine collapses: [[negotiate]] or [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-natos-choice-as]
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'''[[Microsoft]] asks 60,000 employees to leave''', in its latest buyout offer. ''It wants to spend more on [[data center]]s'' [https://deadline.com/2026/10/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-a-quarter-of-workforce-1237197224/]
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'''[[Trump]]'s [[war]] overreach''' may be the straw that breaks the back of [[the West]]'s [[financial]]ised architecture. [https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/trumps-war-overreach-may-be-the-straw-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-wests-financialised-architecture]
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'''[[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] bends the knee to [[Iran]].''' [https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114750564940861587] '[[Islamic NATO]]' meets in [[Tehran]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] wasn't invited. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-western-media-ignores-mecca-alliance-sought-regional-security-meeting-in-tehran-would-republican-midterm-wipeout-force-trump-into-iran-and-ukraine-retreats.html] ''[[Middle East]]ern [[state]]s already looking past [[US]] withdrawal.'' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/the-gulf-holds-a-security-meeting]
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'''[[Iran]] prepares [[citizen]]s for [[nuclear]] attack.''' [https://x.com/ir_tv_24/status/2114703655999815708]
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'''Disgraced former [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] charged''' with transmitting national defense information. [https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-charges-james-comey-transmission-national-defense-information][https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/new-federal-case-against-james-comey-centers-again-leak-classif][[Swalwell]] donor's home raided. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/fbi-raids-beverly-hills-mansion-owned-swalwell-donor-cnn]
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'''"[[New York City]] shuts down [[bus]] fare enforcement despite rampant evasion"''' by nearly half the riders. [https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mta-shuts-down-bus-fare-enforcement-following-assault]
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'''[[Socialist]] [[tyranny|tyrants]] hold onto power in [[Brazil]]''', [https://youtu.be/SyqDj8-KTm0] finding a way to reverse their initial defeat even though this turnaround has never happened before. ''The reported results declaring [[Lula]] the winner are contrary to "a broader [[conservative|rightward]] political shift across [[Latin America]],"'' admits [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-intl-latam ''CNN'']
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'''[[Finland|Finnish]] Defense University reverses [[NATO]] & [[the West|Western]] [[narrative]]s''' about high [[Russian]] losses and low [[Ukrainian]] casualty figures. [https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/195520/Russia%20Seminar%20publication%202026_web.pdf p. 166][https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114054330643108290]
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'''[[Liberal]]s are running to [[religion]]''' to rescue [[AI]] from its own [[evil]]. [https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-moral-artificial-intelligence-religion-2bb91e3334fd6d732edf22288cabf4ec]
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'''[[Elon Musk]] trashes [[corrupt]] [[Zelenksy regime]].''' [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/musk-lashes-out-at-ukraine-claiming-its-elites-grew-very-rich-off-wartime-aid/ar-AA2fWIoF] Musk clarifies [[Zelensky]] violated [[Starlink]] terms of service. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/24/elon-musk-sets-record-straight-ukraine-was-violating-starlink-terms-and-using-it-to-guide-weapons-into-russia/][https://youtu.be/CzISy1eGgUk][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-starlink-mystery-finally] Musk to Zelensky: 'Burn in [[Hell]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-admits-spacex-throttled-starlink-ukraine-because-kiev-violated-terms-service] [[Korybko]]: [[Musk]]-[[Trump]] leverage of [[Starlink]]/Starshield is the key to [[peace]] in [[Ukraine]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-musk-trump-duos-leverage-of-starlinkstarshie]
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'''Relax, it's only an Exxon Valdez on steroids.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/relax-its-only-an-exxon-valdez-on]
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'''As weekend riots continue in [[France]]''', "The [[NFL]] should relocate the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]]-[[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] game in [[Paris]] to [[London]]" [https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-nfl-should-relocate-the-steelers-saints-game-in-paris-to-london] ''but [[greed]] dictates the league''.
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'''[[Russia]] evacuates [[diplomat]]s, [[military]] and [[technology|technical]] advisors''' from [[Iran]] in anticipation of [[US]] attacks. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/the-iran-strike-plan-is-dated-after]
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'''"[[Neoliberalism]] Is Over”'''. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/neoliberalism-is-over-2.html]
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'''[[Big Tech]] is pouring millions into elections in [[Florida]]''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/florida-midterms-big-tech-spending-legislature-01132207] as many tech billionaires have fled [[California]] and more [[data centers]] are being planned for Florida.
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] [[LeBron James]] refuses to apologize''' for practicing his golf swing during the [[National Anthem]]. [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-shocking-response-donald-174522102.html] ''LeBron makes far more from promoting [[gambling]] than playing [[basketball]]''.
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'''[[US]] banks scramble to shut down [[AI]] access''' to customer accounts. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/us-banks-scramble-to-shut-down-ai-access-to-customer-accounts.html] ''Banks can't tell the difference between AI and real [[human]]s accessing an account.''
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'''Surge in [[early voting]] in [[swing states]]''' deciding control of [[U.S. Senate]]: [https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba] ''Sometimes that reflects the [[Dem]] political machine''.
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'''Political spending breaks records without any measurable impact''': [[Dem]] Senate [[PAC]] raises $354M & [[Elon Musk|Musk]] donates $442M. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/22/congress/senate-dems-big-haul-01132834]
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'''[[Conservative]] success''': "[[Alabama]] reports just 3 [[abortion]]s in 2025." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-reports-just-3-abortions-in-2025/?utm_source=latest_news]
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'''2 [[FBI]] officials charged with [[lying]] to [[Congress]]''' about [[Russian]] involvement with the [[Hunter Biden]] [[Laptop from Hell]]. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-making-false-statements-about-hunter-bidens-laptop][https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': "Prepping a [[Postmortem]] for [[Zelensky]]’s Presidency."''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prepping-a-postmortem-for-zelenskys-presidency/] [[Conservative populist]] frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]: [[France]] will cut [[Ukraine aid]] to the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]]. [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/15/zelensky-says-ukraine-france-cooperation-is-win-win-after-le-pen-argues-for-cutting-aid-to-kyiv_6758639_4.html]
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'''"52% of [[Gen Z]] investors"''' are taking money from savings to waste it on [[sports gambling]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/sports-betting-young-investors-compounding.html]
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'''Setback for [[video games|video game]] [[addiction]]''': "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA." [https://apnews.com/article/bioware-ea-electronic-arts-shutdown-mass-effect-6b6e5c930fe56dd2cd18985d89f6ef24]
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'''[[Liberal]]s push to legalize [[abortion]] in [[Poland]]''' [https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-parliament-eases-abortion-laws-ichallenge-conservative-president/] as a result of last year's election defeat of [[conservative]]s who sided with [[Zelensky]] and accepted 1.6M migrants.
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Russiagate]] II: Loser Edition.''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/russiagate-ii-loser-edition/] ''[[Liberal]]s are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.'' How [[Trump]]’s turn against [[Zelensky]] can lead to [[peace]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trumps-turn-against-zelensky-can-lead-to-peace/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for another [[lifespan of NFL players and fans|NFL lifespan cut too short]]''', at only age 37: former Chiefs lineman dies reportedly of natural causes. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/21/former-chiefs-defensive-end-allen-bailey-dead-at-37/]
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'''[[Dem]] [[dark money]] funded the defeat of more than two dozen [[conservative]] [[GOP]] state legislators in [[Wyoming]]''', as proven by a recent analysis of its August primary. [https://www.libertynation.com/democrat-dark-money-funded-wyoming-gop-freedom-caucus-massacre/]
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'''Polling group trusted by [[MSM|mainstream outlets]]''' admits its [[poll]]s were [[fake]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/polling-group-trusted-by-mainstream-outlets-admits-its-polls-were-fake/ar-AA2fLNKu]
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'''Setback for [[AI]]''': [[San Francisco]]-based [[Anthropic]] reports a "staggering" $81B loss for the first half of 2026. [https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/business/anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries/]
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'''Do [[socialist]] candidates unwittingly help [[Republican]]s?''' "[[GOP]]-linked [[PAC]] spends over $1M to boost third-party [[socialist]] in [[Ohio]] Senate race." [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091]
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'''[[Rubio]]: [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]] officials are [[lying]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/following-45-minute-call-with-zelenskyy-secretary-marco-rubio-notes-ukraine-officials-are-lying-and-manipulative-which-he-told-zelenskyy-openly/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/interesting-following-the-cut-the-bs-confrontation-by-rubio-suddenly-zelenskyy-thanks-usa-and-says-all-early-warning-systems-working-great/]
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'''[[France]] admits [[Leftist]]s are fomenting the riots, which the [[liberal media]] have falsely attributed to deteriorating schools''': [https://justthenews.com/world/europe/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots] "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday accused the 'ultra-left movement' of 'orchestrating profound disorder.'" [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6157897-trump-vance-france-riots/]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': Is [[Europe]] doomed?''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-europe-doomed/] What comes next in [[Europe]]? [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/years-of-lead-await-europe.html] ''After years of neglecting population needs and shoveling [[money]] into the bottomless pit of [[NATO war in Ukraine|Project Ukraine]], the situation is now exploding across Europe.''
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'''As [[Paris]] burns, [[Macron]] blames [[Trump]],''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/during-national-address-to-france-president-macron-says-he-doesnt-know-what-is-going-on-but-hes-sure-president-trump-is-to-blame/] flees to [[Kuwait]] for 3-day tour of [[Persian Gulf]]. [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/19/macron-bids-au-revoir-to-burning-france-flees-to-kuwait-for-middle-east-tour/]
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'''[[Trump]]: It's time somebody else to [[negotiate]]''' on behalf of [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-calls-on-somebody-else-to-negotiate-for-ukraine-with-russia/ar-AA2fBp3q] [[Dr. Brovkin]]: Zelensky is running out of options. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/vladimir-brovkin-a0f] [[Zelensky]] is in it for the [[money]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''[[NFL values]]''': another player is ejected for spitting at an opponent. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/18/watch-bills-cj-gardner-johnson-ejected-for-spitting-at-raiders-brock-bowers/]
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'''[[RINO]]s are losing [[Texas]]''': [[Karl Rove]] made millions as a RINO consultant, and Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] has spent more than $140M and yet barely leads in polling against an obscure opponent. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/ ''Paxton could lose due to others'']
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'''[[Rubio]] responds to [[Zelensky]]' false claims''' about [[Ukraine]], [[Starlink]] and Starshield. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/zelenskyy-is-lying-secretary-marco-rubio-responds-to-false-claims-about-ukraine-starlink-and-starshield/] [[Bessent]]: 'Zelenskyy needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true'… [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/sunday-talks-treasury-secretary-bessent-zelenskyy-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-making-statements-that-are-not-true/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-facade-finally-cracks-trump-drops] [[Trump]]: [[Financial]] motivation for Zelensky to keep [[war]] going. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''Replacing Europe''' - Full Documentary [https://youtu.be/9bq5Z8e684I]
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'''520 [[drone]]s hit [[Russia]] via [[NATO]] airspace.''' [https://youtu.be/uLqZVnry4WU][https://youtu.be/8Yf2q0P2ge0]
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'''Violent [[Leftist]] protesters set [[France]] ablaze''', while similar protests spread to other [[European]] nations. [https://www.reuters.com/world/students-trade-unions-yellow-vests-set-protest-across-france-2026-10-17/][https://youtu.be/6jbnRAo5CSU]
 ''[[State Department|State Dep't]] warns [[American]]s before [[NFL]] game there.'' [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-department-state-issues-travel-202512876.html]
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'''[[Joe Kent]]: Why the [[US]] [[proxy war against Russia]]''' must end now. [https://youtu.be/CXZioBNWhQg]
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'''''[[CTH]]'': ''[[NYT]]'' leads [[Leftist]] [[MSM|media movement]]''' to target [[Trump]] for exempting [[Russia]] from new [[US]] [[economic sanctions|sanctions regime]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/new-york-times-leads-leftist-media-movement-to-target-trump-for-exempting-russia-from-new-u-s-sanctions-regime/]
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'''Sports team billionaire owners continue to loot the public''': "Over $22 billion earmarked for new stadiums and arenas between 2027 and 2032." [https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/10/15/nearly-20-billion-earmarked-for-new-stadiums-and-arenas-between-2027-and-2032/] ''Meanwhile, [[sports gambling]] robs [[Gen Z]]''.
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'''"20 minutes from being [[abortion|aborted]]"''' explained Katie Zacharia last year about how a phone call to her teenage mom saved Katie's life [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-former-press-secretary-was-20-minutes-away-from-being-aborted/] ''and now the [[liberal media]] drives her out of the position of [[White House Press Secretary]]''.
 '''''[[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] is [[demonic]]'''''.
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'''Setback for [[gun control]]''': a random armed citizen gunned down the [[young mass murderers|young mass murderer]] who was massacring children in the [[Oregon]] elementary school. ''The hero broke the school gun control law to save lives, and is being praised by even [[Dem]]s now''. [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16215473/hero-father-kaylub-giamanco-killed-oregon-school-shooter.html]
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'''High [[voter turnout]] as [[conservative]] [[Alberta]] voters cast ballots on whether to consider [[secession]]''' from [[liberal]] [[Canada]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/] ''[[Mark Carney]] and other [[globalist]]s seem panicked about this''.
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''''I come from your future':''' A [[French]]man's warning to all [[American]]s voting [[Democrat]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-come-your-future-frenchmans-warning-all-americans-voting-democrat] ''[[Zerohedge]]'': [[Riot]]s spread from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] to [[Albania]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-falling-riots-spread-france-and-belgium-albania] Riots, looting and arson erupt in France with [[chaos]] across urban regions in [[Western Europe]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/riots-looting-and-arson-erupt-in-france-with-chaos-across-urban-regions-in-western-europe/] ''[[War]] funding has created a rising cost of living.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] demands another $155 billion to continue [[war]].'''
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'''Why [[BoJo]] must answer''' for [[Ukraine]]’s destruction — and why the public should decide on future [[Ukraine aid]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/why-boris-johnson-must-answer-for] [[Glenn Diesen]]: Toward the end of [[Zelensky]]'s autocracy? [https://youtu.be/V2IYgnFsycI?t=3097] [[CTH]]: Zelensky urgently sits down for interviews as [[Trump]] begins highlighting 'The Zelenskyy problem'. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-urgently-sits-down-for-interviews-as-trump-begins-highlighting-the-zelenskyy-problem/][https://youtu.be/WQ1s53hBU3w]
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'''[[Zelensky]] defies [[President Trump]],''' continues strikes on [[Russian]] refineries. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-announces-attacks-russian-refineries-144836571.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-restarts-attacks-against-russian-oil-refineries/] [[Trump]]: 'Zelensky is not a Good Guy...Where is the [[cash]] that we gave to Ukraine?...Where is all the equipment?' [https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-russia-ukraine/2026/10/15/id/1272958/]
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"'''Parents Outraged''' After Daughters Cut from [[public school|High School]] [[Volleyball]] Team While [[transgender|Trans]] Athlete Plays." [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/14/parents-outraged-after-daughters-cut-from-high-school-volleyball-team-while-trans-athlete-plays/]
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'''Another [[liberal media]] failure''': "[[Netflix]] to lay off roughly 1,000 employees, or 6% of workforce" [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/14/netflix-layoffs.html]
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'''[[Nord Stream pipeline]] bomber says''' he was operating on instructions from [[Zelensky regime|Ukraine government]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/] ''So it was [[Zelensky]] who destroyed the [[German]] [[economy]].''
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'''[[Sports gambling]] is ruining lives''': "fixer in [[NCAA]] hoops betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in [[prison]]." [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/50177926/ncaa-basketball-fixer-sentenced-six-years-prison]
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'''"Adults Are Regressing"''': "For the first time ever, the majority of toys — 55 percent — are being purchased by adults who do not have children." [https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]
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'''[[Putin]] laughing all the way to the bank:''' The [[diesel]] deal that humiliated [[Zelensky]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/putin-laughing-all-the-way-to-the] [[US]] cuts the [[intel]]: [[Ukraine]] left blind as [[ballistic missile]]s hit [[Kyiv]]. [https://youtu.be/htbgKRtySlg]
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'''[[EU]] bought $250 billion in [[Russian]] [[energy]]''' last year to feed the Russian [[war]] machine. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/made-right-choice-america-first-trump-defends-russia-diesel-deal-amid-bipartisan-backlash/articleshow/134899954.cms][https://youtu.be/9XxV5z_xPV8] '''Update:''' [[Tootie Fruitie O'Rutte]]: No imminent threat to [[Europe]] from Russia. [https://youtu.be/qTiJY48u-CU] Why is [[NATO]] threatening Russia> [https://youtu.be/sIwYsGwS6XQ]
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'''[[Aramco]] burns, oil execs avoid [[Saudi]] confab, [[MbS]] in the bunker. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/aramco-burns-oil-execs-avoid-saudi-confab-mbs-in-the-bunker.html]
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'''[[Wolfowitz Doctrine]] led to the disastrous [[War in Iraq]]''': Now it is leading to a potentially even more cataclysmic [[war]]. [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/10/23/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-led-to-the-disastrous-war-in-iraq-now-it-is-leading-to-a-potentially-even-more-cataclysmic-war-in-asia/]
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'''Brutal stabbing murder was allegedly committed by a [[transgender]]ed suspect (biological male)''', after criticism earlier in the day about use of a [[McDonald's]] women's restroom. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/transgender-suspect-fatally-stabs-victim-more-than-13/]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] on [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] flight: blonde actress "Selma Blair''' screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after allegedly biting one flight attendant, hitting another," and was later "repeatedly kicking a cop in the head and attacking a nurse." [https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-screamed-maniacally-as-she-was-dragged-off-plane-after-alleged-midair-crew-attack-audio/]
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'''Setback for [[liberal]] WNBA''': several of its championship games are being embarrassingly scheduled in a small arena not much bigger than a large high school gym.
[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/wnba-embarrassment-angel-reese-atlanta-dream-forced-tiny/]
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'''Suddenly [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] is opposing [[illegal alien]]s''': he just vetoed a bill to require [[college]]s to offer jobs to the 60,000 (!!!) of them on [[campus]]. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/newsom-veto-student-jobs-trump-01113178]
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'''[[Zelensky]] bombed fuel terminal''' after [[Trump]] asked him not to. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/ukraine-reportedly-bombs-russian-oil-terminal-which-is/] [[Elon Musk]]: Zelensky's gone too far. [https://ukranews.com/en/news/1180412-he-s-gone-too-far-musk-backed-trump-s-idea-to-replace-zelenskyy] ''Should the [[US]] cut off [[Starlink]] if the [[Kyiv regime]] continues to defy the [[United States]]?'' [[Energy]] [[ceasefire]]? [[Europe]]/[[Neocon]]s turn on Trump. [https://youtu.be/ZULSj7xGkRc]
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'''[[MBS]] asked [[China]] for help''' against the [[Houthis]]. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/pepembs-called-beijing-for-help-against] ''We may be witnessing the final days of the [[Saudi]] regime.'' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/how-saudi-arabia-is-collapsing][https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-104-the-fall-of-the][https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-at-the-breaking-point] '''Update:''' MBS on the run. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/occasional-sitrep-saudi-arabia-under]
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'''[[JD Vance]] rebukes [[Hegseth]]'s plan to livestream''' the Dec. 3d execution of Hasan by a military firing squad: “If it’s ultimately live-streamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/09/jd-vance-says-he-wont-watch-fort-hood-shooter-execution-if-live-streamed/]
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'''[[Data center]] [[diesel]] generators polluted community for 24 hours, forcing residents to flee''' their homes in [[Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]]. [https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes]
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'''[[Trump]] says it's time for [[Zelensky]] to go.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/10/president-trump-says-its-time-for-zelenskyy-to-be-replaced/] ''The [[corrupt]] [[dictator]] cancelled [[election]]s 2 1/2 years ago. Polls say Zelensky would finish fourth in a new election.''
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'''[[Putin]] agrees to sell [[America]] [[diesel]].''' ''Russian war machine to make $5 billion.'' [[Zelensky]] threatens [[US]].
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'''[[General Armageddon]] returns.''' [https://youtu.be/eXrJp6442bY] ''He got his reputation by destroying [[ISIS]] in [[Syria]].''
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'''[[Saudi]]s have to go it alone.''' [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/larry-johnsonmbs-went-back-to-war] ''As Custodian of the [[Islamic]] Holy Places [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], [[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] crawling in bed with [[Jeffrey Epstein]] didn't help him with [[Muslim]]s.'' [[Riyadh]] Airport hit, Saudi forces in [[Yemen]] collapse. [https://youtu.be/ANhGIkKiROU] MBS is more at risk intermnally than from the [[Houthis]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/mbs-is-more-at-risk-internally-than]
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'''[[California]] forces [[church]]es to indoctrinate employees against so-called "[[hate speech]]"''' (which includes criticism of [[liberal]] conduct), starting in less than three months. [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-california-law-forces-churches-to-provide-hate-speech-training/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Critic of [[Israel]]i [[war]]s awarded [[Nobel Peace Prize]].''' [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911163]
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'''''[[Zerohedge]]'': Golden naked [[Trump]] statue''' unveiled at [[European Parliament]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/golden-naked-trump-statue-unveiled-european-parliament]
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'''Panic among [[Leftist]]s in [[Spain]]''': they set a snap election for Nov. 29 after being defeated by [[conservative]]s in the [[Parliament]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-spain-headed-after-the-snap-election-announcement/a-79567959]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[French]] [[President]]ial frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]:''' "If [[Ukraine]] joined the [[EU]], we would be the first losers." [https://kyivindependent.com/frances-le-pen-opposes-ukraine-eu-membership-over-farming-fears/] [[Trump]]: France's [[escalating]] [[riot]]s driven by uncontrolled [[immigration]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-waltz-link-france-riots-mass-immigration-thousands-arrested]
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'''[[Lena Petrova]] interviews [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]] is defeated''' in [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]]'s existential [[war]] & [[strategic]] dominance. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/john-mearsheimer]
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'''[[Dem]]s surge in [[Ohio]] by opposing [[data center]]s''', and lead by 6 points to flip [[U.S. Senate]] seat there. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6136241-brown-leads-husted-ohio-poll/amp/]
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'''Both candidates were impressive in their first [[Iowa]] [[U.S. Senate]] debate''', in a race that is too close to call and may decide which party controls that chamber beginning in January. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135522-turek-hinson-spar-in-first-iowa-senate-debate-3-takeaways/]
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'''[[JD Vance]]'s "tone is noticeably different from President [[Donald Trump]]"''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/sometimes-im-frustrated-with-it-vance-makes-the-case-for-patience-01108356] ''as Vance works overtime to stem landslide [[GOP]] losses in the upcoming [[2026 midterm elections|midterm elections]]''.
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'''[[Mortgage]] rates surge above 7%.''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/housing-market] ''The post-[[Cold War]] [[Unipolar moment]] is over.''
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'''Sen. "[[Susan Collins]] Is the Pro-[[LGBT]] Candidate in [[Maine]] [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] Race"''' [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/susan_collins_is_the_pro-lgbt_candidate_in_maine_senate_race_154563.html] while her [[progressive]] opponent once opposed the [[homosexual agenda]], and he's ahead.
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Red scare: Solid [[GOP]] districts reeling''' from [[war]], [[price]] backlash. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-republicans-midterms/]
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''' Max Boot: More [[oil]], same [[war]]: Why increased [[export]]s''' aren’t a sign of [[Iran]]’s imminent defeat. [https://www.cfr.org/articles/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'' vindicates [[Russian]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]]''' warning of [[Ukrainian]]-connected [[Latin American]] [[drug cartel]] threat to [[US]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-vindicated-svrs] ''[[Drug cartel]] [[mercenaries]] enlisted with the [[AFU]] to learn how to fly [[drone]]s.''
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'''[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]] warns of ‘[[demographic replacement]]’''' in [[Europe]]. [https://youtu.be/mUdckfM5yAM]
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] "[[LeBron James]] [[Prediction market|Polymarket]] Deal Worth $15 Million a Year"''', which is more than 3 times his salary playing for the 76ers. [https://frontofficesports.com/article/lebron-james-polymarket-deal-worth-15-million-year/] Meanwhile, ''"[[Gambling]] Is Sending More People to the ER."'' [https://time.com/article/2026/10/05/gambling-emergency-room-visits/ ''Time'' magazine]
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'''[[Ted Cruz]] v. [[JD Vance]] heats up already in anticipation of 2028''': Cruz says Vance is "insecure" for saying that "Ted Cruz is running for president." [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/ted-cruz-blasts-jd-vance-as-insecure-says-hes-focused-on-helping-gop-win-midterms-01106033]
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'''Native [[West Ukraine]] & Holocaust Museum Fellow [[Dr. Marta Havryshko]]:''' '[[Slava Ukraini]]' and [[Anti-Jewish]] [[violence]]: Why a popular slogan is problematic. [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-and-anti-jewish-violence][https://www.threads.com/@stillgray/post/DdmHeVmjmLT/video-apparently-ukraine-is-now-a-member-of-nato-official-promo-video-slava-ukraini/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Hegseth]]’s love of [[war]]''' isn’t [[conservative]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservatives-dont-relish-war/] Hegseth and [[Huckabee]] misuse the [[Bible]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hegseth-and-huckabee-misuse-the-bible/]
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'''[[French]] [[School]] [[Riot]]s Update: 'Wild horde' '''beats [[police]] commander unconscious, stomps his head. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-riots-escalate-wild-horde-beats-police-commander-unconscious-stomps-his-head]
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'''$150M mega-flop for [[Hollywood]]'s movie about [[climate change]]''': ''Digger'' is an unfunny movie that not even [[Tom Cruise]] can salvage. [https://deadline.com/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-movie-bombs-1237146199/] ''Bombing oil refineries, and the [[economic]] damage that results, is not helping [[climate hoax]]ers.''
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'''[[Conservative]] Flávio Bolsonaro outperforms the polling and edges the [[socialist]] [[Lula]] for president of [[Brazil]]''', but a runoff is needed because neither candidate exceeded 50%.
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'''Closely watched presidential election in [[Brazil]]''' Sunday, where voting is mandatory for [[literacy|literate]] adults. Polls closed at 4pm ET. [https://apnews.com/live/brazil-election-2026#000001a0-ffc8-de35-a1e8-fffa3ed60000]
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'''Future presidential candidate Sen. [[Tom Cotton]] (R-AR) defies''' [[Trump]]'s push for permanent [[Daylight Savings Time]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/sen-tom-cotton-digs-after-trump-posts-his/]
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'''[[Woke]] [[Disney]] imposes more [[layoff]]s''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/disneypresident-says-layoffs-extremely-094448360.html] and its latest film fails with >$100M loss at the box office.
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'''[[Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo]] torches [[Europe]]''' in 'pro-[[Russia]]' speech, blasts [[war]] and [[military]] spending. [https://youtu.be/gHItxoEH-vI]
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''' 'We are watering the desert': [[EU]] pushes back''' on [[Zelensky]]'s latest demand for more [[money]]. [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/10/01/watering-the-desert-kievs-new-request-has-caused-irritation-in-brussels] [[Foreign]] embassies exit [[Kyiv]] for eastern [[Poland]]. [https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/western-embassies-prepare-evacuation-plans-1790968668.html]
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'''[[Tucker]] takes on [[UK]] [[warmonger]] [[Rees-Mogg]].''' [https://youtu.be/WDwKfFV8eCU]
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'''"Absolutely not"''': [[French]] superstar Victor Wembanyama rejects [[prediction markets]] ([[gambling]]) endorsements, observing "it’s very sad to see some players promote it." [https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/10/02/absolutely-not-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-rejects-prediction-market-endorsements/]
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'''[[Iran War]]: The [[narrative]] [[war]] continues''' to confuse and confuddle. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-the-narrative-war-continues-amidst-false-flags-and-big-explosions.html] 10,000 more troops headed to [[Middle East]]. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-up-to-10-000-more-troops-to-middle-east-42996f7a]
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'''[[Larry Johnson]]: [[Russia]] is not collapsing:''' A reply to Con Coughlin. [https://sonar21.com/russia-is-not-collapsing-a-reply-to-con-coughlin/]
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"'''[[Migrant]] Caravan Headed North''' Is Anticipating [[Democrat]] Win in [[2026 midterm elections|Midterms]]." [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/migrant-caravan-headed-north-is-anticipating-democrat-win/] [[France]] descending into chaos. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/01/french-youth-migrants-riot-and-burn-schools-during-three-days-of-violence-1949-arrests/] '''Update:''' France closes 400 [[school]]s, [[riot]]ers planning [[escalation]] October 6 & 7, next target [[London]] and [[UK]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/03/france-closes-400-schools-rioters-planning-major-escalation-october-6th-and-7th-next-target-london-and-u-k/]
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"'''[[IBM]]'s [[quantum computing|Quantum Computer]] Completes in 19 Seconds''' What Could Take a [[Supercomputer]] a Century." [https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century]
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'''[[Ukrainska Pravda]]: Enough for two more years of war:''' [[Russia]]'s [[economy]] just won't slip into [[recession]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/30/8055738/]
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"'''Most [[data center]]s refusing to say''' how much [[water]], [[electricity]] they use." [https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/30/data-centers-refusing-say-much-water-electricity-use]
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'''Lame "[[Fox News]] hires disgraced [[Andrew Cuomo|Cuomo]] aide''' who covered up [[COVID]] nursing-home deaths." [https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/fox-news-hires-former-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-covering-nursing-home-deaths]
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'''Relief from [[transgender activism]]''': "[[Department of Education|Education Department]] formally rescinds [[Title IX]] protections for [[LGBTQ]] students." [https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': If [[Trump]] had been more like [[Massie]]''', he might be winning the [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-trump-had-been-more-like-massie-he-might-be-winning-the-midterms/]
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'''Last of [[American]] forces withdraw''' from [[Iraq]] after 23-year occupation. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-completes-withdrawal-iraq-234832035.html][https://youtu.be/Z0-_03IaVT0]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: Situation [[escalate]]s''' across all fronts — [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]]/[[Yemen]]. [https://youtu.be/J98JGMm7fzA]
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'''[[William Schryver]]: Panic fever.''' [https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/panic-fever] ''As 2026 ebbs, Europe is running a panic fever in the realization the [[US]] intends to leave them to their own devices against the Russians — and, worst of all, against each other.''
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'''[[British]] authorities mess up''' another scare mongering scheme. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/british-authorities-mess-up-another-scare-mongering-scheme.html] '[[Terrorism|Terror]]' suspects released on bail. [https://youtu.be/hYlNYMDG3Ls]
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'''[[GOP]] collapse in polling extends even to [[South Carolina]]''': [[Dem]] pulls into a tie with [[Lindsey Graham]]'s sister for his seat. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6113414-graham-andrews-south-carolina-poll-close/?tbref=hp]
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'''The [[Gen Z]] stare''': many are noticing it.
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/theyre-famous-for-the-gen-z-stare-a-new-survey-tells-a-different-story-161317446.html] ''Over-[[vaccination]] could be a factor but the [[liberal media]] won't mention that''.
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'''Massive [[German]] protests''' against [[globalist]] efforts to rekindle German-[[Russian]] [[hatred]]s and [[war]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/german-students-strike-against-mandatory-military-service-videos/][https://youtu.be/tgHoeYGJhZ8]
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'''[[Liberal logic]]''': "[[Socialist]] [[Spanish]] PM Tells [[U.N.]] That Inequality and Misinformation to Blame for [[Ceuta]] [[Migrant]] Invasion."
[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/25/socialist-spanish-pm-blames-inequality-and-misinformation-for-ceuta-invasion-in-u-n-speech/]
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'''[[Dem]] challenger to Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] (R-TX) runs a new ad featuring a [[J6]], pro-[[Trump]] protester''', and some say this race is close. [https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/texas-gina-hinojosa-abbott-ad-jan-6-tribfest-2026/]
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'''[[Putin]] wins landslide,''' [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/the-duma-landslide-for-putin/] [[Trump]] faces bloodbath. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms]
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'''[[The West|West]] humiliated: Only 50 of 193 [[UN]] states''' back [[Ukraine]], with the [[US]] & [[BRICS]] countries sitting out. [https://youtu.be/jUuuMhU0eG8]
'Some of you will have to die' - [[war]] [[psychosis]] reaches fever pitch in [[UK]]. [https://youtu.be/na0TDIFyIhM][https://youtu.be/GQyXscuclcw] [[Alexander Stubb|Finnish President Stubb]] tried to talk some sense into his hysterical [[NATO]] counterparts. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-finnish-president-tried-to-talk]
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'''More evidence the public doubts longterm solvency by the feds''': 19-year high in interest rates required by investors in 10-year [[Treasury bond]]s. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/23/10-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-19-year-high/]
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'''[[GOP]] slides further for [[2026 midterm elections]]''': downgrade to a toss-up for [[Byron Donalds]] for governor of [[Florida]].
[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6107124-ddhq-shifts-florida-governor-race-tossup/amp/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Republican]]s try to oppose the [[war]]''' without opposing the war. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-republicans-want-to-have-it-both-ways/]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'': More [[US]] troops have died''' amid [[Iran war]] than [[Pentagon]] has disclosed publicly; [https://archive.is/mGGy2#selection-291.0-291.77] [[GOP]] [[Senator]]s run for the exits. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-wapo-pentagon-casualty-count-off-gop-senators-trump-un.html] [[Trump]] talks smack at [[UN]]. [https://youtu.be/xRcIl4p8SNY][https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-to-world-to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/][https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/trumps-unconscionable-un-rant/]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: [[Ukraine proxy war]] enters dangerous new phase.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/ukraine-proxy-war-enters-dangerous]
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'''"A [[diesel]]-powered panic for [[GOP]] in [[Iowa]]"''': [[farming]] depends heavily on [[trucking]], and "it costs more than $500 to fill up a small commercial truck." [https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6102812-ashley-hinson-iran-war/] [[Louisiana]] declares State of Emergency. [https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2026/9/22/governor-jeff-landry-declares-emergency-allows-farmers-and-loggers-to-use-cheaper-off-road-dyed-diesel-on-louisiana-roadways]
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'''''[[NYT]]'': [[Mark Carney]] prepared [[military]] [[combat]] operations''' against [[USA]], plans closer ties to [[China]], wants alternate global [[reserve currency]] like stablecoin to replace [[US dollar]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/24/canadian-prime-minister-tells-new-york-times-hes-prepared-military-combat-operations-against-usa-plans-closer-ties-with-china-and-wants-alternate-global-reserve-currency-to-u-s-dollar/]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Russia]] [[strategic]] [[diesel]] supplies full,''' excess production now flowing to 'Stans' [[Central Asia]] – The Rule of 96. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosted-diesel-exports-central-asia-august-traders-say-2026-09-21/][https://english.nv.ua/business/russia-boosts-diesel-supplies-to-central-asia-2-5-fold-amid-export-restrictions-50643219.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/22/russia-strategic-diesel-supplies-full-excess-production-now-flowing-to-stans-central-asia-the-rule-of-96/] ''The [[US]] diesel shortage is caused by the [[Iran war|war in Iran]], not [[Ukraine]].''
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'''Congratulations to [[pro-life]] [[conservative]]s in [[Germany]]''': their [[AfD|AfD Party]] rises in power to counter the growing [[Leftism]] there [https://www.axios.com/2026/09/21/germany-election-results-afd-merz] ''similar to what is happening in the [[U.S.]]''
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'''The People Have Spoken:''' [[Putin]]'s [[political party|party]] wins big, [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-election-cast-test-support-ukraine-war-enters-final-day-2026-09-20/] [[Merz]]'s [[CDU]] loses big in [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz/a-79348585] ''Neither the [[German]] people nor the [[Russian]] people want [[war]] with each other again, despite the machinations of [[elitism|elites]] & [[globalist]]s.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary: 'Zelensky is''' destroying [[Ukraine]]'. [https://youtu.be/E4-pZhxqm1w] [[Election]]s would be [[political]] [[suicide]] for Zelensky, [https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/] Zelensky humiliates [[Trump]] with continued attacks on refineries. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-manipulating-trumps-russiagate]
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'''[[US]] puppet convicted of [[war crime]]s.''' [https://political.org/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25-years/#:]
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'''[[Alastair Crooke]]: A World Turned Upside Down.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/a-world-turned-upside-down]
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'''World's greatest athlete - [[Kylian Mbappe]] - is strongly opposed to [[gambling]] and takes greater control of his brand''' by moving from [[Nike]] to a [[Swiss]] apparel company. In contrast with [[NFL]], [[MLB]], and [[NBA]] players, Mbappe objects to use of his image to promote gambling. [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25_balsa_cadenas.pdf]
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'''While canceling [[Ukraine]] [[election]]s, [[Zelensky]]''' attempts to disrupt [[Russian]] [[democratic]] elections. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-voted-under-fire-washington]
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'''[[Yemen]]is criticize [[Saudi]] association''' with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. [https://ansarollah.com.ye/en/archives/799397] ''Saudis gave Epstein artifacts from the [[Kaaba]] for his 'mosque' on [[Epstein Island]], [[Justice Dept]] confirms.'' [https://youtu.be/FmO9Ri8JGq0]
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'''[[Canada]]’s [[Mark Carney|Carney]] panders to [[Europe]]''' "to [[Troll]] [[Trump]]." [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/19/canadas-carney-sucks-up-to-europe-to-troll-trump/]
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'''[[Poland]]’s ruling [[liberal]]s plotting major [[escalation]]''' against [[Russia]]. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/polands-ruling-liberals-appear-to-be-plotting-a-major-escalation-against-russia.html] [[Fico]] warns: '[[The West]] wants to provoke [[NATO]]-[[Russia]] [[war]]' - [[Lavrov]] warns of devastating response. [https://youtu.be/rks0CcmC2zc][https://korybko.substack.com/p/slovakias-fico-wont-let-a-false-flag] [[Donald Tusk]]: [[Ukraine]] losing 27,000 men per month. [https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-closes-orekhov-trap-tusk-admits-ukraine-loses-27k-each-month-us-diesel-export-ban-shocks-eu/]
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'''"[[Lake Powell]] Drops to Record-Low Levels"''' as [[cannabis]] grows and [[data center]]s soak up vast amount of [[water]]. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/]
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"Former [[Transgender]] [[Atheist]] Says One [[Bible]] Verse Helped Lead Her Back to [[Jesus]]." [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspirationreport/2026/09/former-transgender-atheist-says-one-bible-verse-helped-lead-her-back-to-jesus.html]
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'''[[N.C.]] [[Dem]] 'running to restore human decency' '''endorses [[genocide]] of [[Trump]] [[voter]]s. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/north-carolina-dem-candidate-supposedly-running-restore-human/]
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'''The [[demonic]] [[NFL]] just stripped''' the outspokenly [[pro-life]] critic of [[LGBTQ+]], twice-[[Super Bowl]]-winning (as a player, later as head coach) [[Tony Dungy]] of his vote in [[NFL Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] selections. [https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tony-dungy-lisa-salters-stripped-pro-football-hall-of-fame-votes.html] In March the [[liberal media]] ended his job too. '''''[[Unplug the NFL]]'''''.
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'''[[Quebec]]'s hostility to [[conservative]]s''': "Conservative forced out as candidate because he’s not [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[LGBT]]." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservative-forced-out-as-candidate-because-hes-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt/?utm_source=most_recent]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': Given the chance, [[Ukrainian]]s would''' give [[Zelensky]] the boot. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/given-the-chance-ukrainians-would-give-zelensky-the-boot/] ''The [[war]]time leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.'' ''Too bad Ukraine is no longer a [[democracy]].''
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'''[[Censorship]] Update:''' [[Trump]] bans [[CNN]], [[MSNOW]] & [[Politico]] from [[White House]] press pool. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/18/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-and-politico-from-the-white-house/] ''Pro-[[gay]] & pro [[neocon]] [[globalist]] [[FOX News]] untouched.'' [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary barred from speaking to [[EU Parliament]].
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'''To avoid the [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[War Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]]''', the [[House]] abruptly adjourns until after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/johnson-cancels-another-house-session-day-01079318][https://youtu.be/xHPG7Wi2g4U] ''Why isn't Hegseth fired before the midterms instead?'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/thomas-massie-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-hegseth/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/i/215955235/3-domestic-disintegration-impeachment-legal-gymnastics-and-the-tehran-contrast]
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Will '[[America First]]' survive''' [[Trump]]'s [[war]]-first presidency? [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/america-first-jd-vance/]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[The Spectator|UK ''Spectator'']]: [[Zelensky]]’s [[strategy]] is [[nation]]al [[suicide]].''' [https://spectator.com/article/zelenskys-strategy-is-national-suicide/] ''Zelensky is interfering in the [[2026 Midterms]] by striking [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries, trying to topple [[Trump]].'' [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-truce-shambles-ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-despite-trumps-warning-amid-global]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Trump]] strikes deal with [[Houthis]],''' tosses [[Saudi Arabia]] overboard. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-met-iran-backed-houthis-oman-over-weekend-sources-say-2026-09-16/] ''Funny, the [[US]] went to [[Iran war|war with Iran]] for [[regime change]], and now it looks like the [[Saudi]] [[monarchy]], Iran's traditional enemy, might not survive.'' [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-europe-oil-and-us-diesel-crunch-worsens-tucker-exposes-massive-trump-israel-bombing-campaign-right-after-midterms-experts-question-survival-of-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-jordsn.html][https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/saudi-arabias-potentially-destructive]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board|Fed]] raises [[interest rate]]s 1/4 pt.''' [https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-41]
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'''Fourth Chief Prosecutor in a row''' flees [[Ukraine]] to escape [[corruption]] charges. [https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/kompromat-war-sharpens] [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary flees to [[US]] for protection from the [[corrupt]] and murderous regime. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-walls-close-in-zelensky-lashes-out/]
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'''Limit foreigners to 20% of [[college]] sports rosters''': [[Republican]] Sen. [[Jon Husted]], in a tight reelection race in [[Ohio]], introduces sensible legislation for [[American]]s. [https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09/a-new-bill-from-us-sen-husted-could-reshape-college-sports-rosters.html]
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'''"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court]]"''', [[Trump]] observes about his appointees to [[SCOTUS]] after they all rule against new postal regulations for [[early voting|mail-in voting]], while Justices [[Sam Alito|Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Thomas]] side with the [[U.S. Postal Service|Postal Service]] and Trump. [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/]
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'''"[[Trojan Horse]]"''': [[JD Vance]] sees through the demands by [[AI]] [[oligarch]]s for [[federal]] [[regulation]] of themselves [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trojan-horse-jd-vance-suggests-its-suspicious-ai-ceos-are-calling-for-government-regulation/] which would just give more power to the [[bankrupt]] [[Deep State]] in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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'''[[US]] provides both the [[missile]]s & [[intelligence]]''' for long-range deep strikes on [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries. [https://archive.ph/caeMM#selection-531.0-535.107]
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'''[[Diesel]] rises to historic record high of $6 per gal''' and everything will [[cost]] more. [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/diesel-record-price-trump-inflation-rcna596843] [[Trump]] tells [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to stop striking [[Russian]] [[energy]] [[infrastructure]]. [https://youtu.be/0SiZa8g52lY][https://youtu.be/AXlkH2xdRUQ][https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-trump-calls-zelensky-targeting-russian-diesel-refineries/] [[Neocon]] [[warmonger]]ing rag ''[[WSJ]]'': Trump Lectures [[Ukraine]], not [[Russia]]. [https://archive.is/LWIUx] ''Of course, the [[propaganda]] rag still attributes the actions of Ukraine to Russia.''
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''See also [[Main Page/Archive index|Previous Conservapedia Breaking News]]''.

Trinity

2026-11-05T17:56:08Z

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{{Christianity}}
{{trinity}}The Christian '''Trinity''' consists of [[God the Father]], [[Jesus Christ|God the Son]], and God the [[Holy Spirit]], as established by the [[Nicene Creed]] of A.D. 325. The Trinity refers to the three Persons in a single unity who are the one God, all coequal, and all with one undivided divine nature forming one God.

Although not explicit in the [[Bible]],<ref>Many Christians teach that the [[Johannine Comma]] in I John 5:7 supports the view of the Trinity; however, others believe that the Comma was added by later scribes.</ref> the concept of the Trinity is embraced by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Orthodox Church]], and nearly all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, but denied by all [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]s and "Oneness [[Pentecostal]]s" (such as the United Pentecostal Church). The name "Trinity" was coined by the Church Father [[Tertullian]] (A.D. 145–220). It is based on inferences from texts emphasizing the closeness of God-the-Father and Jesus (such as [[Romans, Chapter 8|Romans 8:31-34), the role of the [[Holy Ghost]], and especially the baptismal formula in [[Matthew, Chapter 28|Matthew 28:19]]: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."<ref>The word "name" in this passage is singular. The plural word "names" is not said. Semitic peoples understood that the name of something or someone was not merely a label, a sound, but an expression of the very nature of the subject as the referent. God is Trinity, but God's nature is unity, having one name, one nature. Christians who accept the Trinity -- which is the vast majority -- are called Trinitarians, believing in Trinitarianism.</ref>

[[St. Augustine]] declared: "O Lord God, we firmly believe that You are a Trinity. For Truth (Jesus) would never have said, Be Baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, unless You were a Trinity. Nor would He have commanded us to be baptized into One Who was not Lord God." Augustine mentions the Trinity 24 times in his ''[[City of God]]''.<ref>E.g., Augustine wrote: "And this Trinity is one God; and none the less simple because a Trinity. For we do not say that the nature of the good is simple, because the Father alone possesses it, or the Son alone, or the Holy Ghost alone; nor do we say, with the Sabellian heretics, that it is only nominally a Trinity, and has no real distinction of persons; but we say it is simple, because it is what it has, with the exception of the relation of the persons to one another."</ref>

The [[Book of Genesis]] also contains a wonderful Theophany of the Three Divine Persons appearing to men in visible forms, that of the Three Persons in Genesis 18. It is said the Lord God appeared to Abraham, then that he perceived The Three Persons of the Holy Trinity as Three Men. Finally, that he adored Them. And yet spoke to Three Persons as to One Lord God, and thus the Holy Bible here clearly demonstrates that the Holy Trinity is One Lord God.

[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Genesis 18:1]] states, "And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:"

In the Eastern Liturgies, it is commonly taken for granted that this was a Theophany (a visible manifestation of the invisible God). For, e.g., "God in Three Persons appeared to Abraham at the oak of Mambre, and through mercy he was given as reward for his hospitality Isaac. That God we now glorify him as God of our Fathers."<ref>Octoechos, Sunday, Tone 3, Midnight Office, Ode 7.</ref><ref>https://www.academia.edu/13190369/The_Early_Christian_Reception_of_Genesis_18_From_Theophany_to_Trinitarian_Symbolism</ref>

St. Augustine comments: "But since three men appeared, and no one of them is said to be greater than the rest either in form, or age, or power, why should we not here understand, as visibly intimated by the visible creature, the equality of the Trinity, and one and the same substance in three persons?" <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/130102.htm</ref>

==Illustrations and analogies==

A good illustration is [[water|H2O]], one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. Remove any one of these three atoms from the molecule and it is no longer water.

Water can also take three forms: solid ice, liquid water, and floating clouds, steam, formless fog and invisible vapor, all of which are considered water. However, this [[analogy]] was historically taken too far as applied to God. The denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, as being in essence one Person only, not three divine Persons of One Being, was condemned as [[Monarchianism]] and as [[Modalism]] and as the [[heresy]] of Sabellianism<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref> Water is not simultaneously and always solid ice, liquid water, and vapor in every part and particle.

An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base.<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.

And just as a tetrahedron has a stable vertical configuration because of its [[Triangle|triangular]] base, likewise, any large object, or sturdy, movable, stationary, horizontal supportive platform, which stands firmly on uneven, basically level ground, with an equilateral triangular base of three equidistant points of contact, legs or feet (where a [[square]] base of four equidistant points of contact with uneven ground can wobble or tilt), having a measurable height not more than its width, and an upper structure or surface not extending its outward edges beyond bounds more broad or extensive than its base, has the most stable physical configuration, with a stable center of gravity, and the most reliable safety for those on such a platform, who depend on its help to stand securely without any danger of falling.

Also, for any solid physical object to exist, it must have
:a. position / location b. size / shape and c. matter / mass.
Its color includes the hue of its color, the intensity or purity of its color, and the degree of the brightness of its color (reflected, generated, or potential only, being absent in darkness without any light, but truly existing, and only becoming an evident fact in the presence of light). The [[sun]], for example, has size, shape, and luminosity. No one of these facts about the single object of the sun is the same as any one of the other two: size is not luminosity or shape; shape is not size or luminosity; luminosity is not size or shape; yet without these three realities there is no sun.

To be understood, a thing, or even a mental concept, requires knowledge of
:what it is how it works and what it does.
A universal concept involves
:a. its meaning or coherence, its correspondence to [[truth]] b. its purpose or reason for being, its "why" and c. its significance or importance to existent reality, the degree of its impact in or on the universe and the world of mankind.

Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref>

A good three-fold [[Human being|human]] analogy is —someone who is inwardly a healthy and intelligent individual, good, honest and truthful, and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge —someone who is outwardly modest and decent in dress, speech and actions, always kindly, generous, willing to help, and skillful in defending truth and right with wisdom, expressing good [[Moral|character]] —someone who with good reason is spiritually delighted and humbly pleased with both the reasonable self-knowledge of true personal goodness and the personally reassuring, consistent, successfully genuine self-expression of goodness in being an actual benefit to everyone else in the whole community. —We have the inner being, the outer expression, and a richly personal self-delight in both, as one well-balanced healthy individual.

In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God".
*[http://www.bibleanswerstand.org/God.htm The Origin of the English Word for God. Part One. By Craig Bluemal (bibleanswerstand.org)]
*[http://wahiduddin.net/words/name_god.htm Etymology of the Name ''God'' (wahiduddin.net)]</ref> the Perfect, All-powerful, ''Eternal One'', fully Self-expressing and Self-expressed with ''Loving Self-knowledge'', totally ''Complete'', limitlessly expressing the limitless expression of limitless self-giving loving [[Existence|Being]]. "''God is love''" [http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/4-8.htm 1 John 4:8b].

==Filioque controversy==

[[File:Dove blue background.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|In the Bible, a [[dove]] is often a symbol of the [[Holy Spirit]].<ref>[https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/why-is-the-dove-often-a-symbol-for-the-holy-spirit.html Why Is the Dove Often a Symbol for the Holy Spirit?], Christianity.com</ref>]]

One of the causes of the [[Great Schism|Great East-West Schism of 1054]] between the [[Catholic Church|Catholic orthodox Church]] and the [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox catholic Church]] was the addition of the ''[[filioque]]'' clause "and the Son" to the [[Nicene Creed]]. This clause asserts that the [[Holy Spirit]] proceeds "from the Father ''and the Son''".

==The Law of Contradiction and Confusion of person and being==

The [[Contradiction|law of contradiction]] states that a thing cannot both ''BE'' and ''NOT-BE'' at the same time. A statement cannot be both true and false at one and the same time.

Trinitarian doctrine does not claim that three Persons are one Person and that one Person is three Persons, or that three Beings are one Being and one Being is three Beings. That would be an absolute contradiction, and impossible. Instead, the doctrine of the Trinity holds that there are three Persons in one Being and one Being in three Persons.

Trinitarian apologists point out that confusion arises when "person" is taken to strictly mean "being" and personality is equated with nature. It is rooted in the common perception that a human being is a person, and on this basis concludes that therefore one person is one being and "being" means "person". This is entirely within the realm of ordinary human experience. But God is not a human being, and moreover, God is absolutely unique. The Trinitarian God is one being of three Persons, and is three persons of one Being. This is outside of normal human experience.

Those who are ignorant of the actual teaching of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and [[Falsehood|falsely]] represent it as an absolute contradiction which violates [[Intelligence|intelligent]] [[reason]] are only employing a [[straw man fallacy]]. The [[logical fallacy]] of [[philosophical skepticism]] also holds that anything outside of one's own personal experience and understanding is most probably not true and therefore not worthy of belief without the direct [[proof]] of personal experience. Another logical fallacy holds that anything that cannot be (eventually) explained and understood according to the laws of science is not real. See [[Philosophical naturalism]].

Christian Trinitarians acknowledge that because the Trinity is outside the realm of normal human experience, and is a mystery that cannot be fully grasped and understood, the doctrine therefore appears unacceptable and unbelievable to many people. They point out that while the doctrine is beyond—some of them prefer to say "above"—human reason and human intelligence, it is not necessarily therefore absolutely against human reason and human intelligence. And there is also the fact that there are many things within ordinary human experience that are not fully understood but are realities of normal human existence. Gravity and magnetism are primary examples. There are also those established [[paradox]]es in [[science]], [[philosophy]] and [[mathematics]] which defy logical analysis, but are real and not imaginary. Apologists advert to these admitted scientific facts as an aid in their argument of asserting that the Trinity of Persons of the one Being of God is not an impossible or contradictory doctrine but is simply a mystery beyond human understanding.

==Denials==
The [[Arian]]s of the 4th century denied the Trinity. They were condemned as heretics and they died out, but Arian ideas reappeared in Europe after 1500. [[Isaac Newton]] was secretly an Arian.

By the mid-18th century [[Unitarianism]] had emerged in England, and by 1800 it spread to the U.S. By 1820 it dominated schools like [[Harvard University]].

In the 20th century [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] did not believe in the Trinity, and saw it as contradicting the commandment to have no god but the one God.<ref>Watchtower, July 2008</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses disparage the Trinity by depicting it as a three-headed creature and claim the doctrine as a corrupt addition by [[Satan]] to Christianity. See [[Great Apostasy]].

The doctrine of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] teaches that God the Father and Jesus as God the Son are two separate physical beings of flesh and bone, and that the Holy Spirit is not a physical Person but a Spirit Personage with influence of guidance and holiness.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference, April 1974. The Holy Ghost,
Marion G. Romney [https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1974/04/the-holy-ghost?lang=eng]</ref>
:Joseph Smith declared, "I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost as a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods" (''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith'', p. 370).<ref>''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith'', 1977, Desert Book Co. ISBN 978-0877476269</ref>
Former Mormons have stated that, in the Mormon Temple, the traditional beliefs of orthodox Christians are portrayed as absurd and ridiculous.<ref>[https://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/mormon.htm Mormonism: Christian or Cult? —"The endowment ceremony mocked all doctrines held to by Biblical Christianity." (9. Temple Rituals.) (rapidnet.com)]</ref>

The Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist churches have no formulated [[creed]], but they do agree in their denial of the doctrine of the Trinity and their assertion that it has no biblical support. All of the scriptural evidences proposed by Trinitarians in support of the doctrine of the Trinity are rejected as misinterpretations and distortions of the plain meaning of the Bible.

[[Islam]] has [[Falsehood|falsely]] taught that the Trinity is Father, Son, and Mother (the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]]), and therefore represents the doctrine as promoting [[Blasphemy|blasphemous]] [[idolatry]].<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/MuminSalih/How-can-Allah-have-son-without-wife.htm Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims: How can Allah have a son when He has no wife? by Mumin Salih (islam-watch.org)]</ref>

Oneness Pentecostals (such as the United Pentecostal Church) also deny the Trinity, and believe that any person baptized "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (which is commonly done in most churches) must be baptized again in "Jesus name only". (The vast majority of those in the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements support the Trinity.) Another false teaching on the Trinity is Modalism, which claims the three Persons are actually manifestations of one Person; this view is believed to be the one held by [[T.D. Jakes]] (who refuses to specifically state his views on the Trinity, some argue he does so deliberately so as to pass himself off as orthodox on the Trinity when he is not).

See the following '''Christian Monarchian''' articles against Trinitarianism:
*[http://www.jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/trinity.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Trinitarian Heresy of the Council of Nicaea''', By Pastor G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
*[http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/creeds.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Creeds''', by G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
:—"''The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God in three manifestations. There is one God and one Spirit and this God and this Spirit as to time and eternity is Father in creation, Son in redemption, and Holy Spirit in regeneration.''" ...
:—"''No one can accept the trinity without becoming at that very instant a Catholic. The creeds state this, and those who use the Creeds to substanitiate their doctrine of the trinity proves they are Catholics.''" —G. Reckart (jesus-messiah.com)
Compare: [[Monarchianism]]; [[Modalism]]; [[Unitarianism]].
*[https://www.gotquestions.org/Dynamic-Monarchianism.html '''What is Dynamic Monarchianism?''' (gotquestions.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://carm.org/monarchianism '''Monarchianism''', Matt Slick - CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (carm.org)]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10448a.htm '''Monarchians''' - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)] ''Dynamists, Adoptionists, Modalists''
*[http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' - New World Encyclopedia (newworldencyclopedia.org)]
*[https://www.watchman.org/articles/other-religious-topics/heresies_then-and-now/ '''Heresies: Then and Now''', Jason Barker (watchman.org)] ''Offers scriptural refutations''

Those denominations, churches and groups that refused to accept the Trinitarian doctrine as formally defined at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] are called non-Chalcedonian. They are represented today by several churches and sects.
*[http://my.raex.com/~obsidian/eccnonch.html Ecclesiarchs - Non-Chalcedonian Churches (my.raex.com)]

Read '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A10-23&version=KJV John 14:10-23 (KJV)]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A26&version=KJV 15:26]'''; and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+16%3A7-15&version=KJV 16:7-15 (KJV)]'''. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26&version=KJV Genesis 1:26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11%3A7&version=KJV 11:7]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A16-17&version=KJV Isaiah 48:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+61%3A1&version=KJV 61:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A16-17&version=KJV Matthew 3:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A19&version=KJV 28:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=KJV Luke 1:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A21-22&version=KJV 3:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A38&version=KJV Acts 10:38]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A9&version=KJV Romans 8:9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A11&version=KJV 8:11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+15%3A30&version=KJV Romans 15:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+12%3A4-6&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 12:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1%3A21-22&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 1:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A14&version=KJV 13:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A6&version=KJV Galatians 4:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A4-6&version=KJV Ephesians 4:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A4-6&version=KJV Titus 3:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A14&version=KJV Hebrews 9:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A2&version=KJV 1 Peter 1:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A20-21&version=KJV Jude 20-21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+3%3A21-22&version=KJV Revelation 3:21-22].

*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A24&version=KJV John 4:24]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+3%3A17&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 3:17]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+44%3A6&version=KJV Isaiah 44:6]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A12-13&version=KJV 48:12-13]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+1%3A2&version=KJV Hebrews 1:2]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A1-3&version=KJV John 1:1-3]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8&version=KJV Revelation 1:8]''', '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A17-18&version=KJV 17-18]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A12-16&version=KJV 22:12-16]'''.

==Trinity Sunday==
The Trinity is remembered in [[worship]] in liturgical churches each year on Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after [[Pentecost]]. The solemn celebration of The Most Holy Trinity is officially scheduled for the following Sunday dates in the U.S.:<ref>[http://researchmaniacs.com/HolidayCalendar/TrinitySunday.html Trinity Sunday Future Dates (researchmaniacs.com)]</ref>
::2017 June 11 2018 May 27 2019 June 16 2020 June 7 2021 May 30 2022 June 12 2023 June 4 2024 May 26 2025 June 15 2026 May 31 2027 May 23

==See also==
*[[Arianism]]
*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]]
*[[Johannine Comma]], a verse in the Book of I John which is not considered in some circles to be part of the original text
*[[Seven Spirits of God]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.openbible.info/topics/trinity 100 Bible verses about Trinity (openbible.info)]
* [http://www.tms.edu/m/msj24l.pdf Did Constantine Invent the Trinity? The Doctrine of the Trinity in the writings of the Early Church Fathers, Nathan Busewitz (tms.edu)] pdf
* [http://www.aliveandpowerful.com/pdf/Doc%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Doctrine of the Trinity (aliveandpowerful.com)] pdf ''an outline''
* [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Filioque OrthodoxWiki article: Filioque]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06073a.htm Catholic encyclopedia - Filioque].
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/John%20Owen%20Vindication%20Doctrine%20of%20Trinity.pdf A Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, by John Owen (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/44/44-2/44-2-PP297-318_JETS.pdf The Trinitarian Doctrine of Jonathan Edwards: An Investigation of Charges Against its Orthodoxy, Richard M. Weber (etsjets.org)] pdf
* [http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? article by Matt Perman (desiringgod.org)] pdf
* [http://bible-truth.org/Trinity.pdf Understanding the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity (Godhead), By Cooper P. Abrams III (bible-truth.org)] pdf
* [http://21stcr.org/multimedia/PDF/The%20Doctrine%20of%20Trin.%20-%20Zarley%20-%203-30-10.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (A Brief Overview), by Kermit Zorley (21stcr.org)] pdf
* [https://adventistbiblicalresearch.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Reflections on the Doctrine of the Trinity, Raoul Dederen (adventistbiblicalresearch.org)] pdf
* [http://tobelikehim.com/ITAM%20Pdf%20Messages/3%20-%20Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (tobelikehim.com)] pdf
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/The%20Trinity.pdf The Trinity: Compiled and illustrated by Lionel Hartley PhD (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Trinity%2C+doctrine+of+the&page=3 Trinity, doctrine of the (archive.org)]
* [http://www.questia.com/read/98585702?title=The%20Three%20Persons%20in%20One%20God Slovan, Gerald S. ''The Three Persons in One God'' (1964) online edition (questia.com)]

;Catholic
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm The Blessed Trinity (newadvent.org)]

;Orthodox
* [https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/doctrine-scripture/the-holy-trinity/the-doctrine-of-the-holy-trinity Orthodox Church in America - The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (oca.org)]

;[[United Church of Christ]]
* [https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/is-god-a-trinity/the-surprising-origins-of-the-trinity-doctrine The Surprising Origins of the Trinity Doctrine, by United Church of Christ (2011)] ''supports rejection of the Trinitarian doctrine as being firmly rooted in paganism—"the true Church was largely absent from the scene, having been driven underground"'' (the true Church is then identified with [[Heresy|heretics]], and the orthodox leaders are identified as false teachers of corrupted doctrines.)
* [https://www.probe.org/the-council-of-nicea/ The Council of Nicea and the Doctrine of the Trinity, Written by Don Closson (probe.org)] ''answers by a [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and historian to all the points of objection raised against Trinitarian doctrine'' (a perfect counterpoint to the UCC article above)

;Unitarian
* [http://www.biblebelievers.com/greathouse_b1.html The Unitarian Church - A Study Outline: Salvation by Character, By Braxton Greathouse (1992) (biblebelievers.com)] ''history and beliefs, Unitarian reasons for rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity''
* [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/unitarianism.html Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Unitarianism (plato.stanford.edu)]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/539rlx/unitarians_what_are_some_reasons_or_arguments_why/ Unitarians: What are some reasons (or arguments) why you reject the doctrine of the Trinity? What are for you the best objections to the doctrine of the Trinity? (reddit.com)]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/trinity/articles/abandon.html The Trinity Delusion: Why I abandoned the Trinity, by Brother Kel, servant of Jesus (angelfire.com)] ''written by a former Lutheran''

; Trinitarian Apologetics
* [http://capro.info/Cults_and_Isms/Unitarianism/Unitarianism.html Unitarianism: The Close-Minded & Intolerant Religion, Paul Derengowski, ThM]
* [https://carm.org/trinity CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry. Trinity Chart, by Matt Slick (carm.org)]
* [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/t10.html Apologetics Index. The Doctrine of the Trinity (apologeticsindex.org)]
* [http://apologetics.com/blog/jdaniel/the-doctrine-of-trinity/ Apologetics.com The Doctrine of Trinity (apologetics.com)] ''the reasonableness of the mystery of God—"it is beyond reason, but it is not against reason."''

== Classic art ==
[[File:Andrej Rublëv The icon of the Trinity.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Icon of the Trinity'' by [[Andrej Rublev]], about 1410.]]

[[File:El Greco The Holy Trinity 1577.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Holy Trinity'' by [[El Greco]]]]

[[File:Murillo Two Trinities.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Two Trinities'' by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], about 1675–1682.]]

[[File:Vicente Castello Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad'' (Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity) by Vicente Castello (c. 1586–1640).]]

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Trinity

2026-11-05T15:47:14Z

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{{Christianity}}
{{trinity}}The Christian '''Trinity''' consists of [[God the Father]], [[Jesus Christ|God the Son]], and God the [[Holy Spirit]], as established by the [[Nicene Creed]] of A.D. 325. The Trinity refers to the three Persons in a single unity who are the one God, all coequal, and all with one undivided divine nature forming one God.

Although not explicit in the [[Bible]],<ref>Many Christians teach that the [[Johannine Comma]] in I John 5:7 supports the view of the Trinity; however, others believe that the Comma was added by later scribes.</ref> the concept of the Trinity is embraced by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Orthodox Church]], and nearly all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, but denied by all [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]s and "Oneness [[Pentecostal]]s" (such as the United Pentecostal Church). The name "Trinity" was coined by the Church Father [[Tertullian]] (A.D. 145–220). It is based on inferences from texts emphasizing the closeness of God-the-Father and Jesus (such as [[Romans, Chapter 8|Romans 8:31-34), the role of the [[Holy Ghost]], and especially the baptismal formula in [[Matthew, Chapter 28|Matthew 28:19]]: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."<ref>The word "name" in this passage is singular. The plural word "names" is not said. Semitic peoples understood that the name of something or someone was not merely a label, a sound, but an expression of the very nature of the subject as the referent. God is Trinity, but God's nature is unity, having one name, one nature. Christians who accept the Trinity -- which is the vast majority -- are called Trinitarians, believing in Trinitarianism.</ref>

[[St. Augustine]] declared: "O Lord God, we firmly believe that You are a Trinity. For Truth (Jesus) would never have said, Be Baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, unless You were a Trinity. Nor would He have commanded us to be baptized into One Who was not Lord God." Augustine mentions the Trinity 24 times in his ''[[City of God]]''.<ref>E.g., Augustine wrote: "And this Trinity is one God; and none the less simple because a Trinity. For we do not say that the nature of the good is simple, because the Father alone possesses it, or the Son alone, or the Holy Ghost alone; nor do we say, with the Sabellian heretics, that it is only nominally a Trinity, and has no real distinction of persons; but we say it is simple, because it is what it has, with the exception of the relation of the persons to one another."</ref>

The [[Book of Genesis]] also contains a wonderful Theophany of the Three Divine Persons appearing to men in visible forms, that of the Three Persons in Genesis 18. It is said the Lord God appeared to Abraham, then that he perceived The Three Persons of the Holy Trinity as Three Men. Finally, that he adored Them. And yet spoke to Three Persons as to One Lord God, and thus the Holy Bible here clearly demonstrates that the Holy Trinity is One Lord God.

[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Genesis 18:1]] states, "And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:"

In the Eastern Liturgies, it is commonly taken for granted that this was a Theophany (a visible manifestation of the invisible God). For, e.g., "God in Three Persons appeared to Abraham at the oak of Mambre, and through mercy he was given as reward for his hospitality Isaac. That God we now glorify him as God of our Fathers."<ref>Octoechos, Sunday, Tone 3, Midnight Office, Ode 7.</ref><ref>https://www.academia.edu/13190369/The_Early_Christian_Reception_of_Genesis_18_From_Theophany_to_Trinitarian_Symbolism</ref>

St. Augustine comments: "But since three men appeared, and no one of them is said to be greater than the rest either in form, or age, or power, why should we not here understand, as visibly intimated by the visible creature, the equality of the Trinity, and one and the same substance in three persons?" <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/130102.htm</ref>

==Illustrations and analogies==

A good illustration is [[water|H2O]], one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. Remove any one of these three atoms from the molecule and it is no longer water.

Water can also take three forms: solid ice, liquid water, and floating clouds, steam, formless fog and invisible vapor, all of which are considered water. However, this [[analogy]] was historically taken too far as applied to God. The denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, as being in essence one Person only, not three divine Persons of One Being, was condemned as [[Monarchianism]] and as [[Modalism]] and as the [[heresy]] of Sabellianism<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref> Water is not simultaneously and always solid ice, liquid water, and vapor in every part and particle.

An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base.<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.

And just as a tetrahedron has a stable vertical configuration because of its [[Triangle|triangular]] base, likewise, any large object, or sturdy, movable, stationary, horizontal supportive platform, which stands firmly on uneven, basically level ground, with an equilateral triangular base of three equidistant points of contact, legs or feet (where a [[square]] base of four equidistant points of contact with uneven ground can wobble or tilt), having a measurable height not more than its width, and an upper structure or surface not extending its outward edges beyond bounds more broad or extensive than its base, has the most stable physical configuration, with a stable center of gravity, and the most reliable safety for those on such a platform, who depend on its help to stand securely without any danger of falling.

Also, for any solid physical object to exist, it must have
:a. position / location b. size / shape and c. matter / mass.
Its color includes the hue of its color, the intensity or purity of its color, and the degree of the brightness of its color (reflected, generated, or potential only, being absent in darkness without any light, but truly existing, and only becoming an evident fact in the presence of light). The [[sun]], for example, has size, shape, and luminosity. No one of these facts about the single object of the sun is the same as any one of the other two: size is not luminosity or shape; shape is not size or luminosity; luminosity is not size or shape; yet without these three realities there is no sun.

To be understood, a thing, or even a mental concept, requires knowledge of
:what it is how it works and what it does.
A universal concept involves
:a. its meaning or coherence, its correspondence to [[truth]] b. its purpose or reason for being, its "why" and c. its significance or importance to existent reality, the degree of its impact in or on the universe and the world of mankind.

Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref>

A good three-fold [[Human being|human]] analogy is —someone who is inwardly a healthy and intelligent individual, good, honest and truthful, and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge —someone who is outwardly modest and decent in dress, speech and actions, always kindly, generous, willing to help, and skillful in defending truth and right with wisdom, expressing good [[Moral|character]] —someone who with good reason is spiritually delighted and humbly pleased with both the reasonable self-knowledge of true personal goodness and the personally reassuring, consistent, successfully genuine self-expression of goodness in being an actual benefit to everyone else in the whole community. —We have the inner being, the outer expression, and a richly personal self-delight in both, as one well-balanced healthy individual.

In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God".
*[http://www.bibleanswerstand.org/God.htm The Origin of the English Word for God. Part One. By Craig Bluemal (bibleanswerstand.org)]
*[http://wahiduddin.net/words/name_god.htm Etymology of the Name ''God'' (wahiduddin.net)]</ref> the Perfect, All-powerful, ''Eternal One'', fully Self-expressing and Self-expressed with ''Loving Self-knowledge'', totally ''Complete'', limitlessly expressing the limitless expression of limitless self-giving loving [[Existence|Being]]. "''God is love''" [http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/4-8.htm 1 John 4:8b].

==Filioque controversy==

[[File:Dove blue background.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|In the Bible, a [[dove]] is often a symbol of the [[Holy Spirit]].<ref>[https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/why-is-the-dove-often-a-symbol-for-the-holy-spirit.html Why Is the Dove Often a Symbol for the Holy Spirit?], Christianity.com</ref>]]

One of the causes of the [[Great Schism|Great East-West Schism of 1054]] between the [[Catholic Church|Catholic orthodox Church]] and the [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox catholic Church]] was the addition of the ''[[filioque]]'' clause "and the Son" to the [[Nicene Creed]]. This clause asserts that the [[Holy Spirit]] proceeds "from the Father ''and the Son''".

==The Law of Contradiction and Confusion of person and being==

The [[Contradiction|law of contradiction]] states that a thing cannot both ''BE'' and ''NOT-BE'' at the same time. A statement cannot be both true and false at one and the same time.

Trinitarian doctrine does not claim that three Persons are one Person and that one Person is three Persons, or that three Beings are one Being and one Being is three Beings. That would be an absolute contradiction, and impossible. Instead, the doctrine of the Trinity holds that there are three Persons in one Being and one Being in three Persons.

Trinitarian apologists point out that confusion arises when "person" is taken to strictly mean "being" and personality is equated with nature. It is rooted in the common perception that a human being is a person, and on this basis concludes that therefore one person is one being and "being" means "person". This is entirely within the realm of ordinary human experience. But God is not a human being, and moreover, God is absolutely unique. The Trinitarian God is one being of three Persons, and is three persons of one Being. This is outside of normal human experience.

Those who are ignorant of the actual teaching of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and [[Falsehood|falsely]] represent it as an absolute contradiction which violates [[Intelligence|intelligent]] [[reason]] are only employing a [[straw man fallacy]]. The [[logical fallacy]] of [[philosophical skepticism]] also holds that anything outside of one's own personal experience and understanding is most probably not true and therefore not worthy of belief without the direct [[proof]] of personal experience. Another logical fallacy holds that anything that cannot be (eventually) explained and understood according to the laws of science is not real. See [[Philosophical naturalism]].

Christian Trinitarians acknowledge that because the Trinity is outside the realm of normal human experience, and is a mystery that cannot be fully grasped and understood, the doctrine therefore appears unacceptable and unbelievable to many people. They point out that while the doctrine is beyond—some of them prefer to say "above"—human reason and human intelligence, it is not necessarily therefore absolutely against human reason and human intelligence. And there is also the fact that there are many things within ordinary human experience that are not fully understood but are realities of normal human existence. Gravity and magnetism are primary examples. There are also those established [[paradox]]es in [[science]], [[philosophy]] and [[mathematics]] which defy logical analysis, but are real and not imaginary. Apologists advert to these admitted scientific facts as an aid in their argument of asserting that the Trinity of Persons of the one Being of God is not an impossible or contradictory doctrine but is simply a mystery beyond human understanding.

==Denials==
The [[Arian]]s of the 4th century denied the Trinity. They were condemned as heretics and they died out, but Arian ideas reappeared in Europe after 1500. [[Isaac Newton]] was secretly an Arian.

By the mid-18th century [[Unitarianism]] had emerged in England, and by 1800 it spread to the U.S. By 1820 it dominated schools like [[Harvard University]].

In the 20th century [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] did not believe in the Trinity, and saw it as contradicting the commandment to have no god but the one God.<ref>Watchtower, July 2008</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses disparage the Trinity by depicting it as a three-headed creature and claim the doctrine as a corrupt addition by [[Satan]] to Christianity. See [[Great Apostasy]].

The doctrine of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] teaches that God the Father and Jesus as God the Son are two separate physical beings of flesh and bone, and that the Holy Spirit is not a physical Person but a Spirit Personage with influence of guidance and holiness.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference, April 1974. The Holy Ghost,
Marion G. Romney [https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1974/04/the-holy-ghost?lang=eng]</ref>
:Joseph Smith declared, "I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost as a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods" (''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith'', p. 370).<ref>''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith'', 1977, Desert Book Co. ISBN 978-0877476269</ref>
Former Mormons have stated that, in the Mormon Temple, the traditional beliefs of orthodox Christians are portrayed as absurd and ridiculous.<ref>[https://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/mormon.htm Mormonism: Christian or Cult? —"The endowment ceremony mocked all doctrines held to by Biblical Christianity." (9. Temple Rituals.) (rapidnet.com)]</ref>

The Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist churches have no formulated [[creed]], but they do agree in their denial of the doctrine of the Trinity and their assertion that it has no biblical support. All of the scriptural evidences proposed by Trinitarians in support of the doctrine of the Trinity are rejected as misinterpretations and distortions of the plain meaning of the Bible.

[[Islam]] has [[Falsehood|falsely]] taught that the Trinity is Father, Son, and Mother (the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]]), and therefore represents the doctrine as promoting [[Blasphemy|blasphemous]] [[idolatry]].<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/MuminSalih/How-can-Allah-have-son-without-wife.htm Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims: How can Allah have a son when He has no wife? by Mumin Salih (islam-watch.org)]</ref>

Oneness Pentecostals (such as the United Pentecostal Church) also deny the Trinity, and believe that any person baptized "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (which is commonly done in most churches) must be baptized again in "Jesus name only". (The vast majority of those in the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements support the Trinity.) Another false teaching on the Trinity is Modalism, which claims the three Persons are actually manifestations of one Person; this view is believed to be the one held by [[T.D. Jakes]] (who refuses to specifically state his views on the Trinity, some argue he does so deliberately so as to pass himself off as orthodox on the Trinity when he is not).

See the following '''Christian Monarchian''' articles against Trinitarianism:
*[http://www.jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/trinity.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Trinitarian Heresy of the Council of Nicaea''', By Pastor G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
*[http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/creeds.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Creeds''', by G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
:—"''The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God in three manifestations. There is one God and one Spirit and this God and this Spirit as to time and eternity is Father in creation, Son in redemption, and Holy Spirit in regeneration.''" ...
:—"''No one can accept the trinity without becoming at that very instant a Catholic. The creeds state this, and those who use the Creeds to substanitiate their doctrine of the trinity proves they are Catholics.''" —G. Reckart (jesus-messiah.com)
Compare: [[Monarchianism]]; [[Modalism]]; [[Unitarianism]].
*[https://www.gotquestions.org/Dynamic-Monarchianism.html '''What is Dynamic Monarchianism?''' (gotquestions.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://carm.org/monarchianism '''Monarchianism''', Matt Slick - CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (carm.org)]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10448a.htm '''Monarchians''' - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)] ''Dynamists, Adoptionists, Modalists''
*[http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' - New World Encyclopedia (newadventencyclopedia.org)]
*[https://www.watchman.org/articles/other-religious-topics/heresies_then-and-now/ '''Heresies: Then and Now''', Jason Barker (watchman.org)] ''Offers scriptural refutations''

Those denominations, churches and groups that refused to accept the Trinitarian doctrine as formally defined at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] are called non-Chalcedonian. They are represented today by several churches and sects.
*[http://my.raex.com/~obsidian/eccnonch.html Ecclesiarchs - Non-Chalcedonian Churches (my.raex.com)]

Read '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A10-23&version=KJV John 14:10-23 (KJV)]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A26&version=KJV 15:26]'''; and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+16%3A7-15&version=KJV 16:7-15 (KJV)]'''. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26&version=KJV Genesis 1:26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11%3A7&version=KJV 11:7]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A16-17&version=KJV Isaiah 48:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+61%3A1&version=KJV 61:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A16-17&version=KJV Matthew 3:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A19&version=KJV 28:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=KJV Luke 1:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A21-22&version=KJV 3:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A38&version=KJV Acts 10:38]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A9&version=KJV Romans 8:9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A11&version=KJV 8:11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+15%3A30&version=KJV Romans 15:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+12%3A4-6&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 12:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1%3A21-22&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 1:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A14&version=KJV 13:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A6&version=KJV Galatians 4:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A4-6&version=KJV Ephesians 4:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A4-6&version=KJV Titus 3:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A14&version=KJV Hebrews 9:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A2&version=KJV 1 Peter 1:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A20-21&version=KJV Jude 20-21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+3%3A21-22&version=KJV Revelation 3:21-22].

*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A24&version=KJV John 4:24]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+3%3A17&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 3:17]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+44%3A6&version=KJV Isaiah 44:6]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A12-13&version=KJV 48:12-13]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+1%3A2&version=KJV Hebrews 1:2]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A1-3&version=KJV John 1:1-3]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8&version=KJV Revelation 1:8]''', '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A17-18&version=KJV 17-18]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A12-16&version=KJV 22:12-16]'''.

==Trinity Sunday==
The Trinity is remembered in [[worship]] in liturgical churches each year on Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after [[Pentecost]]. The solemn celebration of The Most Holy Trinity is officially scheduled for the following Sunday dates in the U.S.:<ref>[http://researchmaniacs.com/HolidayCalendar/TrinitySunday.html Trinity Sunday Future Dates (researchmaniacs.com)]</ref>
::2017 June 11 2018 May 27 2019 June 16 2020 June 7 2021 May 30 2022 June 12 2023 June 4 2024 May 26 2025 June 15 2026 May 31 2027 May 23

==See also==
*[[Arianism]]
*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]]
*[[Johannine Comma]], a verse in the Book of I John which is not considered in some circles to be part of the original text
*[[Seven Spirits of God]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.openbible.info/topics/trinity 100 Bible verses about Trinity (openbible.info)]
* [http://www.tms.edu/m/msj24l.pdf Did Constantine Invent the Trinity? The Doctrine of the Trinity in the writings of the Early Church Fathers, Nathan Busewitz (tms.edu)] pdf
* [http://www.aliveandpowerful.com/pdf/Doc%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Doctrine of the Trinity (aliveandpowerful.com)] pdf ''an outline''
* [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Filioque OrthodoxWiki article: Filioque]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06073a.htm Catholic encyclopedia - Filioque].
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/John%20Owen%20Vindication%20Doctrine%20of%20Trinity.pdf A Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, by John Owen (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/44/44-2/44-2-PP297-318_JETS.pdf The Trinitarian Doctrine of Jonathan Edwards: An Investigation of Charges Against its Orthodoxy, Richard M. Weber (etsjets.org)] pdf
* [http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? article by Matt Perman (desiringgod.org)] pdf
* [http://bible-truth.org/Trinity.pdf Understanding the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity (Godhead), By Cooper P. Abrams III (bible-truth.org)] pdf
* [http://21stcr.org/multimedia/PDF/The%20Doctrine%20of%20Trin.%20-%20Zarley%20-%203-30-10.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (A Brief Overview), by Kermit Zorley (21stcr.org)] pdf
* [https://adventistbiblicalresearch.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Reflections on the Doctrine of the Trinity, Raoul Dederen (adventistbiblicalresearch.org)] pdf
* [http://tobelikehim.com/ITAM%20Pdf%20Messages/3%20-%20Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (tobelikehim.com)] pdf
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/The%20Trinity.pdf The Trinity: Compiled and illustrated by Lionel Hartley PhD (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Trinity%2C+doctrine+of+the&page=3 Trinity, doctrine of the (archive.org)]
* [http://www.questia.com/read/98585702?title=The%20Three%20Persons%20in%20One%20God Slovan, Gerald S. ''The Three Persons in One God'' (1964) online edition (questia.com)]

;Catholic
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm The Blessed Trinity (newadvent.org)]

;Orthodox
* [https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/doctrine-scripture/the-holy-trinity/the-doctrine-of-the-holy-trinity Orthodox Church in America - The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (oca.org)]

;[[United Church of Christ]]
* [https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/is-god-a-trinity/the-surprising-origins-of-the-trinity-doctrine The Surprising Origins of the Trinity Doctrine, by United Church of Christ (2011)] ''supports rejection of the Trinitarian doctrine as being firmly rooted in paganism—"the true Church was largely absent from the scene, having been driven underground"'' (the true Church is then identified with [[Heresy|heretics]], and the orthodox leaders are identified as false teachers of corrupted doctrines.)
* [https://www.probe.org/the-council-of-nicea/ The Council of Nicea and the Doctrine of the Trinity, Written by Don Closson (probe.org)] ''answers by a [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and historian to all the points of objection raised against Trinitarian doctrine'' (a perfect counterpoint to the UCC article above)

;Unitarian
* [http://www.biblebelievers.com/greathouse_b1.html The Unitarian Church - A Study Outline: Salvation by Character, By Braxton Greathouse (1992) (biblebelievers.com)] ''history and beliefs, Unitarian reasons for rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity''
* [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/unitarianism.html Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Unitarianism (plato.stanford.edu)]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/539rlx/unitarians_what_are_some_reasons_or_arguments_why/ Unitarians: What are some reasons (or arguments) why you reject the doctrine of the Trinity? What are for you the best objections to the doctrine of the Trinity? (reddit.com)]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/trinity/articles/abandon.html The Trinity Delusion: Why I abandoned the Trinity, by Brother Kel, servant of Jesus (angelfire.com)] ''written by a former Lutheran''

; Trinitarian Apologetics
* [http://capro.info/Cults_and_Isms/Unitarianism/Unitarianism.html Unitarianism: The Close-Minded & Intolerant Religion, Paul Derengowski, ThM]
* [https://carm.org/trinity CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry. Trinity Chart, by Matt Slick (carm.org)]
* [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/t10.html Apologetics Index. The Doctrine of the Trinity (apologeticsindex.org)]
* [http://apologetics.com/blog/jdaniel/the-doctrine-of-trinity/ Apologetics.com The Doctrine of Trinity (apologetics.com)] ''the reasonableness of the mystery of God—"it is beyond reason, but it is not against reason."''

== Classic art ==
[[File:Andrej Rublëv The icon of the Trinity.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Icon of the Trinity'' by [[Andrej Rublev]], about 1410.]]

[[File:El Greco The Holy Trinity 1577.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Holy Trinity'' by [[El Greco]]]]

[[File:Murillo Two Trinities.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Two Trinities'' by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], about 1675–1682.]]

[[File:Vicente Castello Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad'' (Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity) by Vicente Castello (c. 1586–1640).]]

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Trinity

2026-11-05T06:14:53Z

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{{Christianity}}
{{trinity}}The Christian '''Trinity''' consists of [[God the Father]], [[Jesus Christ|God the Son]], and God the [[Holy Spirit]], as established by the [[Nicene Creed]] of A.D. 325. The Trinity refers to the three Persons in a single unity who are the one God, all coequal, and all with one undivided divine nature forming one God.

Although not explicit in the [[Bible]],<ref>Many Christians teach that the [[Johannine Comma]] in I John 5:7 supports the view of the Trinity; however, others believe that the Comma was added by later scribes.</ref> the concept of the Trinity is embraced by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Orthodox Church]], and nearly all [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, but denied by all [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]s and "Oneness [[Pentecostal]]s" (such as the United Pentecostal Church). The name "Trinity" was coined by the Church Father [[Tertullian]] (A.D. 145–220). It is based on inferences from texts emphasizing the closeness of God-the-Father and Jesus (such as [[Romans, Chapter 8|Romans 8:31-34), the role of the [[Holy Ghost]], and especially the baptismal formula in [[Matthew, Chapter 28|Matthew 28:19]]: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."<ref>The word "name" in this passage is singular. The plural word "names" is not said. Semitic peoples understood that the name of something or someone was not merely a label, a sound, but an expression of the very nature of the subject as the referent. God is Trinity, but God's nature is unity, having one name, one nature. Christians who accept the Trinity -- which is the vast majority -- are called Trinitarians, believing in Trinitarianism.</ref>

[[St. Augustine]] declared: "O Lord God, we firmly believe that You are a Trinity. For Truth (Jesus) would never have said, Be Baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, unless You were a Trinity. Nor would He have commanded us to be baptized into One Who was not Lord God." Augustine mentions the Trinity 24 times in his ''[[City of God]]''.<ref>E.g., Augustine wrote: "And this Trinity is one God; and none the less simple because a Trinity. For we do not say that the nature of the good is simple, because the Father alone possesses it, or the Son alone, or the Holy Ghost alone; nor do we say, with the Sabellian heretics, that it is only nominally a Trinity, and has no real distinction of persons; but we say it is simple, because it is what it has, with the exception of the relation of the persons to one another."</ref>

The [[Book of Genesis]] also contains a wonderful Theophany of the Three Divine Persons appearing to men in visible forms, that of the Three Persons in Genesis 18. It is said the Lord God appeared to Abraham, then that he perceived The Three Persons of the Holy Trinity as Three Men. Finally, that he adored Them. And yet spoke to Three Persons as to One Lord God, and thus the Holy Bible here clearly demonstrates that the Holy Trinity is One Lord God.

[[Genesis, Chapter 18|Genesis 18:1]] states, "And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:"

In the Eastern Liturgies, it is commonly taken for granted that this was a Theophany (a visible manifestation of the invisible God). For, e.g., "God in Three Persons appeared to Abraham at the oak of Mambre, and through mercy he was given as reward for his hospitality Isaac. That God we now glorify him as God of our Fathers."<ref>Octoechos, Sunday, Tone 3, Midnight Office, Ode 7.</ref><ref>https://www.academia.edu/13190369/The_Early_Christian_Reception_of_Genesis_18_From_Theophany_to_Trinitarian_Symbolism</ref>

St. Augustine comments: "But since three men appeared, and no one of them is said to be greater than the rest either in form, or age, or power, why should we not here understand, as visibly intimated by the visible creature, the equality of the Trinity, and one and the same substance in three persons?" ZZ<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/130102.htm</ref>

==Illustrations and analogies==

A good illustration is [[water|H2O]], one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. Remove any one of these three atoms from the molecule and it is no longer water.

Water can also take three forms: solid ice, liquid water, and floating clouds, steam, formless fog and invisible vapor, all of which are considered water. However, this [[analogy]] was historically taken too far as applied to God. The denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, as being in essence one Person only, not three divine Persons of One Being, was condemned as [[Monarchianism]] and as [[Modalism]] and as the [[heresy]] of Sabellianism<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref> Water is not simultaneously and always solid ice, liquid water, and vapor in every part and particle.

An excellent [[Mathematics|mathematical]] illustration of the unity of the Trinity is the [[Geometry|geometrical]] form of the [[Triangle|triangular]] three-sided ''[[tetrahedron]]'', a [[Pyramid (geometry)|pyramidal]] construct of a single, indivisible point extending into three [[equilateral]] triangular faces simultaneously united to a single triangular base.<ref>[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tetrahedron.html tetrahedron (mathsisfun.com)]</ref> This is especially evident when an equilateral tetrahedron is made of flawless transparent [[crystal]]. Through any one face of the crystal form each of the other sides is clearly visible. Each of the faces is a distinctly different face (they cannot be the same face) but all of them have exactly the same shape, the same size, and the same substance. What is predicated of any one of them is predicated of each of them. A tetrahedral crystal displayed standing on the flat surface of the jeweler's counter or the shelf of a display case cannot exist without three faces inseparably existing as extending from the single, undivided point of one apex to the same undivided triangular base at its surface or foundation on which it stands: a single crystal, not three, with three faces, not one. No matter how it is turned or rotated, it always looks the same and remains the same.

And just as a tetrahedron has a stable vertical configuration because of its [[Triangle|triangular]] base, likewise, any large object, or sturdy, movable, stationary, horizontal supportive platform, which stands firmly on uneven, basically level ground, with an equilateral triangular base of three equidistant points of contact, legs or feet (where a [[square]] base of four equidistant points of contact with uneven ground can wobble or tilt), having a measurable height not more than its width, and an upper structure or surface not extending its outward edges beyond bounds more broad or extensive than its base, has the most stable physical configuration, with a stable center of gravity, and the most reliable safety for those on such a platform, who depend on its help to stand securely without any danger of falling.

Also, for any solid physical object to exist, it must have
:a. position / location b. size / shape and c. matter / mass.
Its color includes the hue of its color, the intensity or purity of its color, and the degree of the brightness of its color (reflected, generated, or potential only, being absent in darkness without any light, but truly existing, and only becoming an evident fact in the presence of light). The [[sun]], for example, has size, shape, and luminosity. No one of these facts about the single object of the sun is the same as any one of the other two: size is not luminosity or shape; shape is not size or luminosity; luminosity is not size or shape; yet without these three realities there is no sun.

To be understood, a thing, or even a mental concept, requires knowledge of
:what it is how it works and what it does.
A universal concept involves
:a. its meaning or coherence, its correspondence to [[truth]] b. its purpose or reason for being, its "why" and c. its significance or importance to existent reality, the degree of its impact in or on the universe and the world of mankind.

Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref>

A good three-fold [[Human being|human]] analogy is —someone who is inwardly a healthy and intelligent individual, good, honest and truthful, and is personally aware of it with conscious self-knowledge —someone who is outwardly modest and decent in dress, speech and actions, always kindly, generous, willing to help, and skillful in defending truth and right with wisdom, expressing good [[Moral|character]] —someone who with good reason is spiritually delighted and humbly pleased with both the reasonable self-knowledge of true personal goodness and the personally reassuring, consistent, successfully genuine self-expression of goodness in being an actual benefit to everyone else in the whole community. —We have the inner being, the outer expression, and a richly personal self-delight in both, as one well-balanced healthy individual.

In the same way, God exists as the three distinct but united whole persons of one divine being, utterly unique.<ref>"unique" means the only one, one-of-a-kind. See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-21.htm Isaiah 45:21] and [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/45-22.htm Isaiah 45:22]</ref> God is the Uncreated Holy ''Good'',<ref>The word "good" was originally the Old English and Middle English word "God".
*[http://www.bibleanswerstand.org/God.htm The Origin of the English Word for God. Part One. By Craig Bluemal (bibleanswerstand.org)]
*[http://wahiduddin.net/words/name_god.htm Etymology of the Name ''God'' (wahiduddin.net)]</ref> the Perfect, All-powerful, ''Eternal One'', fully Self-expressing and Self-expressed with ''Loving Self-knowledge'', totally ''Complete'', limitlessly expressing the limitless expression of limitless self-giving loving [[Existence|Being]]. "''God is love''" [http://www.biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/4-8.htm 1 John 4:8b].

==Filioque controversy==

[[File:Dove blue background.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|In the Bible, a [[dove]] is often a symbol of the [[Holy Spirit]].<ref>[https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/why-is-the-dove-often-a-symbol-for-the-holy-spirit.html Why Is the Dove Often a Symbol for the Holy Spirit?], Christianity.com</ref>]]

One of the causes of the [[Great Schism|Great East-West Schism of 1054]] between the [[Catholic Church|Catholic orthodox Church]] and the [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox catholic Church]] was the addition of the ''[[filioque]]'' clause "and the Son" to the [[Nicene Creed]]. This clause asserts that the [[Holy Spirit]] proceeds "from the Father ''and the Son''".

==The Law of Contradiction and Confusion of person and being==

The [[Contradiction|law of contradiction]] states that a thing cannot both ''BE'' and ''NOT-BE'' at the same time. A statement cannot be both true and false at one and the same time.

Trinitarian doctrine does not claim that three Persons are one Person and that one Person is three Persons, or that three Beings are one Being and one Being is three Beings. That would be an absolute contradiction, and impossible. Instead, the doctrine of the Trinity holds that there are three Persons in one Being and one Being in three Persons.

Trinitarian apologists point out that confusion arises when "person" is taken to strictly mean "being" and personality is equated with nature. It is rooted in the common perception that a human being is a person, and on this basis concludes that therefore one person is one being and "being" means "person". This is entirely within the realm of ordinary human experience. But God is not a human being, and moreover, God is absolutely unique. The Trinitarian God is one being of three Persons, and is three persons of one Being. This is outside of normal human experience.

Those who are ignorant of the actual teaching of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and [[Falsehood|falsely]] represent it as an absolute contradiction which violates [[Intelligence|intelligent]] [[reason]] are only employing a [[straw man fallacy]]. The [[logical fallacy]] of [[philosophical skepticism]] also holds that anything outside of one's own personal experience and understanding is most probably not true and therefore not worthy of belief without the direct [[proof]] of personal experience. Another logical fallacy holds that anything that cannot be (eventually) explained and understood according to the laws of science is not real. See [[Philosophical naturalism]].

Christian Trinitarians acknowledge that because the Trinity is outside the realm of normal human experience, and is a mystery that cannot be fully grasped and understood, the doctrine therefore appears unacceptable and unbelievable to many people. They point out that while the doctrine is beyond—some of them prefer to say "above"—human reason and human intelligence, it is not necessarily therefore absolutely against human reason and human intelligence. And there is also the fact that there are many things within ordinary human experience that are not fully understood but are realities of normal human existence. Gravity and magnetism are primary examples. There are also those established [[paradox]]es in [[science]], [[philosophy]] and [[mathematics]] which defy logical analysis, but are real and not imaginary. Apologists advert to these admitted scientific facts as an aid in their argument of asserting that the Trinity of Persons of the one Being of God is not an impossible or contradictory doctrine but is simply a mystery beyond human understanding.

==Denials==
The [[Arian]]s of the 4th century denied the Trinity. They were condemned as heretics and they died out, but Arian ideas reappeared in Europe after 1500. [[Isaac Newton]] was secretly an Arian.

By the mid-18th century [[Unitarianism]] had emerged in England, and by 1800 it spread to the U.S. By 1820 it dominated schools like [[Harvard University]].

In the 20th century [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] did not believe in the Trinity, and saw it as contradicting the commandment to have no god but the one God.<ref>Watchtower, July 2008</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses disparage the Trinity by depicting it as a three-headed creature and claim the doctrine as a corrupt addition by [[Satan]] to Christianity. See [[Great Apostasy]].

The doctrine of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] teaches that God the Father and Jesus as God the Son are two separate physical beings of flesh and bone, and that the Holy Spirit is not a physical Person but a Spirit Personage with influence of guidance and holiness.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference, April 1974. The Holy Ghost,
Marion G. Romney [https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1974/04/the-holy-ghost?lang=eng]</ref>
:Joseph Smith declared, "I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost as a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods" (''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith'', p. 370).<ref>''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith'', 1977, Desert Book Co. ISBN 978-0877476269</ref>
Former Mormons have stated that, in the Mormon Temple, the traditional beliefs of orthodox Christians are portrayed as absurd and ridiculous.<ref>[https://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/mormon.htm Mormonism: Christian or Cult? —"The endowment ceremony mocked all doctrines held to by Biblical Christianity." (9. Temple Rituals.) (rapidnet.com)]</ref>

The Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist churches have no formulated [[creed]], but they do agree in their denial of the doctrine of the Trinity and their assertion that it has no biblical support. All of the scriptural evidences proposed by Trinitarians in support of the doctrine of the Trinity are rejected as misinterpretations and distortions of the plain meaning of the Bible.

[[Islam]] has [[Falsehood|falsely]] taught that the Trinity is Father, Son, and Mother (the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]]), and therefore represents the doctrine as promoting [[Blasphemy|blasphemous]] [[idolatry]].<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/MuminSalih/How-can-Allah-have-son-without-wife.htm Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims: How can Allah have a son when He has no wife? by Mumin Salih (islam-watch.org)]</ref>

Oneness Pentecostals (such as the United Pentecostal Church) also deny the Trinity, and believe that any person baptized "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (which is commonly done in most churches) must be baptized again in "Jesus name only". (The vast majority of those in the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements support the Trinity.) Another false teaching on the Trinity is Modalism, which claims the three Persons are actually manifestations of one Person; this view is believed to be the one held by [[T.D. Jakes]] (who refuses to specifically state his views on the Trinity, some argue he does so deliberately so as to pass himself off as orthodox on the Trinity when he is not).

See the following '''Christian Monarchian''' articles against Trinitarianism:
*[http://www.jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/trinity.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Trinitarian Heresy of the Council of Nicaea''', By Pastor G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
*[http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/catholic/creeds.html '''The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan: The Creeds''', by G. Reckart, Pastor (jesus-messiah.com)]
:—"''The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God in three manifestations. There is one God and one Spirit and this God and this Spirit as to time and eternity is Father in creation, Son in redemption, and Holy Spirit in regeneration.''" ...
:—"''No one can accept the trinity without becoming at that very instant a Catholic. The creeds state this, and those who use the Creeds to substanitiate their doctrine of the trinity proves they are Catholics.''" —G. Reckart (jesus-messiah.com)
Compare: [[Monarchianism]]; [[Modalism]]; [[Unitarianism]].
*[https://www.gotquestions.org/Dynamic-Monarchianism.html '''What is Dynamic Monarchianism?''' (gotquestions.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]
*[https://carm.org/monarchianism '''Monarchianism''', Matt Slick - CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (carm.org)]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10448a.htm '''Monarchians''' - Catholic Encyclopedia (newadvent.org)] ''Dynamists, Adoptionists, Modalists''
*[http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=Monarchianism '''Monarchianism''' - New World Encyclopedia (newadventencyclopedia.org)]
*[https://www.watchman.org/articles/other-religious-topics/heresies_then-and-now/ '''Heresies: Then and Now''', Jason Barker (watchman.org)] ''Offers scriptural refutations''

Those denominations, churches and groups that refused to accept the Trinitarian doctrine as formally defined at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] are called non-Chalcedonian. They are represented today by several churches and sects.
*[http://my.raex.com/~obsidian/eccnonch.html Ecclesiarchs - Non-Chalcedonian Churches (my.raex.com)]

Read '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A10-23&version=KJV John 14:10-23 (KJV)]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A26&version=KJV 15:26]'''; and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+16%3A7-15&version=KJV 16:7-15 (KJV)]'''. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26&version=KJV Genesis 1:26]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11%3A7&version=KJV 11:7]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A16-17&version=KJV Isaiah 48:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+61%3A1&version=KJV 61:1]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3%3A16-17&version=KJV Matthew 3:16-17]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A19&version=KJV 28:19]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A35&version=KJV Luke 1:35]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A21-22&version=KJV 3:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A38&version=KJV Acts 10:38]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A9&version=KJV Romans 8:9], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A11&version=KJV 8:11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+15%3A30&version=KJV Romans 15:30]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+12%3A4-6&version=KJV 1 Corinthians 12:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1%3A21-22&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 1:21-22]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A14&version=KJV 13:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A6&version=KJV Galatians 4:6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+4%3A4-6&version=KJV Ephesians 4:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3%3A4-6&version=KJV Titus 3:4-6]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A14&version=KJV Hebrews 9:14]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A2&version=KJV 1 Peter 1:2]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A20-21&version=KJV Jude 20-21]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+3%3A21-22&version=KJV Revelation 3:21-22].

*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A24&version=KJV John 4:24]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+3%3A17&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 3:17]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+44%3A6&version=KJV Isaiah 44:6]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A12-13&version=KJV 48:12-13]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+1%3A2&version=KJV Hebrews 1:2]'''; '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A1-3&version=KJV John 1:1-3]'''
*'''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A8&version=KJV Revelation 1:8]''', '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A17-18&version=KJV 17-18]''' and '''[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A12-16&version=KJV 22:12-16]'''.

==Trinity Sunday==
The Trinity is remembered in [[worship]] in liturgical churches each year on Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after [[Pentecost]]. The solemn celebration of The Most Holy Trinity is officially scheduled for the following Sunday dates in the U.S.:<ref>[http://researchmaniacs.com/HolidayCalendar/TrinitySunday.html Trinity Sunday Future Dates (researchmaniacs.com)]</ref>
::2017 June 11 2018 May 27 2019 June 16 2020 June 7 2021 May 30 2022 June 12 2023 June 4 2024 May 26 2025 June 15 2026 May 31 2027 May 23

==See also==
*[[Arianism]]
*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]]
*[[Johannine Comma]], a verse in the Book of I John which is not considered in some circles to be part of the original text
*[[Seven Spirits of God]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.openbible.info/topics/trinity 100 Bible verses about Trinity (openbible.info)]
* [http://www.tms.edu/m/msj24l.pdf Did Constantine Invent the Trinity? The Doctrine of the Trinity in the writings of the Early Church Fathers, Nathan Busewitz (tms.edu)] pdf
* [http://www.aliveandpowerful.com/pdf/Doc%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Doctrine of the Trinity (aliveandpowerful.com)] pdf ''an outline''
* [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Filioque OrthodoxWiki article: Filioque]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06073a.htm Catholic encyclopedia - Filioque].
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/John%20Owen%20Vindication%20Doctrine%20of%20Trinity.pdf A Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, by John Owen (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/44/44-2/44-2-PP297-318_JETS.pdf The Trinitarian Doctrine of Jonathan Edwards: An Investigation of Charges Against its Orthodoxy, Richard M. Weber (etsjets.org)] pdf
* [http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity What Is the Doctrine of the Trinity? article by Matt Perman (desiringgod.org)] pdf
* [http://bible-truth.org/Trinity.pdf Understanding the Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity (Godhead), By Cooper P. Abrams III (bible-truth.org)] pdf
* [http://21stcr.org/multimedia/PDF/The%20Doctrine%20of%20Trin.%20-%20Zarley%20-%203-30-10.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (A Brief Overview), by Kermit Zorley (21stcr.org)] pdf
* [https://adventistbiblicalresearch.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf Reflections on the Doctrine of the Trinity, Raoul Dederen (adventistbiblicalresearch.org)] pdf
* [http://tobelikehim.com/ITAM%20Pdf%20Messages/3%20-%20Doctrine%20of%20the%20Trinity.pdf The Doctrine of the Trinity (tobelikehim.com)] pdf
* [http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/The%20Trinity.pdf The Trinity: Compiled and illustrated by Lionel Hartley PhD (ntslibrary.com)] pdf
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Trinity%2C+doctrine+of+the&page=3 Trinity, doctrine of the (archive.org)]
* [http://www.questia.com/read/98585702?title=The%20Three%20Persons%20in%20One%20God Slovan, Gerald S. ''The Three Persons in One God'' (1964) online edition (questia.com)]

;Catholic
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm The Blessed Trinity (newadvent.org)]

;Orthodox
* [https://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/doctrine-scripture/the-holy-trinity/the-doctrine-of-the-holy-trinity Orthodox Church in America - The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (oca.org)]

;[[United Church of Christ]]
* [https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/is-god-a-trinity/the-surprising-origins-of-the-trinity-doctrine The Surprising Origins of the Trinity Doctrine, by United Church of Christ (2011)] ''supports rejection of the Trinitarian doctrine as being firmly rooted in paganism—"the true Church was largely absent from the scene, having been driven underground"'' (the true Church is then identified with [[Heresy|heretics]], and the orthodox leaders are identified as false teachers of corrupted doctrines.)
* [https://www.probe.org/the-council-of-nicea/ The Council of Nicea and the Doctrine of the Trinity, Written by Don Closson (probe.org)] ''answers by a [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and historian to all the points of objection raised against Trinitarian doctrine'' (a perfect counterpoint to the UCC article above)

;Unitarian
* [http://www.biblebelievers.com/greathouse_b1.html The Unitarian Church - A Study Outline: Salvation by Character, By Braxton Greathouse (1992) (biblebelievers.com)] ''history and beliefs, Unitarian reasons for rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity''
* [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/unitarianism.html Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Unitarianism (plato.stanford.edu)]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/539rlx/unitarians_what_are_some_reasons_or_arguments_why/ Unitarians: What are some reasons (or arguments) why you reject the doctrine of the Trinity? What are for you the best objections to the doctrine of the Trinity? (reddit.com)]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/trinity/articles/abandon.html The Trinity Delusion: Why I abandoned the Trinity, by Brother Kel, servant of Jesus (angelfire.com)] ''written by a former Lutheran''

; Trinitarian Apologetics
* [http://capro.info/Cults_and_Isms/Unitarianism/Unitarianism.html Unitarianism: The Close-Minded & Intolerant Religion, Paul Derengowski, ThM]
* [https://carm.org/trinity CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry. Trinity Chart, by Matt Slick (carm.org)]
* [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/t10.html Apologetics Index. The Doctrine of the Trinity (apologeticsindex.org)]
* [http://apologetics.com/blog/jdaniel/the-doctrine-of-trinity/ Apologetics.com The Doctrine of Trinity (apologetics.com)] ''the reasonableness of the mystery of God—"it is beyond reason, but it is not against reason."''

== Classic art ==
[[File:Andrej Rublëv The icon of the Trinity.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Icon of the Trinity'' by [[Andrej Rublev]], about 1410.]]

[[File:El Greco The Holy Trinity 1577.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Holy Trinity'' by [[El Greco]]]]

[[File:Murillo Two Trinities.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''The Two Trinities'' by [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], about 1675–1682.]]

[[File:Vicente Castello Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''Coronación de la Virgen por la Trinidad'' (Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity) by Vicente Castello (c. 1586–1640).]]

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'''Never trust a [[liberal]]''': [[Dem]] Congresswoman [[Haley Stevens]] reneges on her endorsement of [[El-Sayed]], and suddenly endorses his opponent [[Mike Rogers]] instead. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6186882-stevens-rogers-church-michigan/]
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'''[[Poland]] is the symptom and [[Europe]] is the patient.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe] ''The defenders of democracy have written a manual for dismantling one.'' [https://theduran.substack.com/p/polands-judicial-coup-and-the-battle] [[Tusk]]: I had to destroy the [[Republic]] in order to save it. [https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/tusk-i-had-to-destroy-the-republic] Poland's [[coup]] will shape the post-[[war]] order. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will-shape-the-post-war-european-order.html] [[Molotov-Ribbentrop]] ''[[deja vu]]?'' [[Korybko]]: [[Germany]]’s attempted takeover of Poland by [[proxy]] is to prepare [[Europe]] for [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/germanys-attempted-takeover-of-poland]
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'''[[Leftist]] riots spread to [[Germany]]''', as [[Europe]] is helpless against the hostile migrants it allowed in. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/31/french-style-riots-erupt-in-germany-as-far-leftists-clash-with-police-in-frankfurt-and-hamburg/][https://www.zerohedge.com/political/looting-and-chaos-erupt-germany-europe-slides-deeper-crisis]
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'''[[Godfrey Bloom]]: Have you been [[brainwash]]ed on the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia Ukraine war]]?''' [https://youtu.be/dVHXTWUN3zY]
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'''[[Abdul El-Sayed]] disinvites his defeated [[Dem]] opponent Haley Stevens from campaign events''', while Stevens fails to fully support him as the frontrunner for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events] [[Dem]] attempt at unity in [[Michigan]] collapses into bickering: [[El-Sayed]] criticizes [[Haley Stevens]] for seeming "intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185985-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-senate/]
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'''[[EU]] [[globalist]]s incite [[Poland]]'s [[liberal]] [[prime minister]] to attempt to take control of [[Poland]]'s top court''', while [[conservative]] [[President Nawrocki]] was outside of the country. [https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/globalists-have-launched-coup-poland-police-move-against/] [[Neocon]] [[fascist]] [[Donald Tusk]] sends police to occupy Supreme Court building. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/polands-attempted-judicial-coup-will][https://youtu.be/tqnmINgIcSw] '''Alarming Update''' from [[Polish]] [[media]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/31/alarming-update-on-coup-effort-from-polish-media/] The [[Constitutional]] [[crisis]] at the heart of Poland’s Judicial 'coup'. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the] ''[[Germany]] is complicit in the coup. 'They want to drag us into the eurozone so that we abandon our own [[currency]]. They want to send [[illegal migrant]]s across the border'.''
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'''3 refineries burning''' as [[Zelensky]] ignores [[Trump]]. [https://youtu.be/7xitBbQJ77M] [[US]] embassy in [[Moscow]] issues [[terrorist]] attack and mass casualty warning for Moscow. [https://youtu.be/EZntCW9r_wE]
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'''[[Lawfare]] arguments around [[Ilhan Omar]]''' search warrant on desk of [[corrupt]] [[DC]] judge [[James Boasberg]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/30/pentagon-tells-baltic-states-to-tone-it-down-stop-antagonizing-russia/] ''[[JtN]]'': [[Ilhan Omar|Omar's]] brother and ex-husband says he's [[gay]]; [[Minneapolis|Mpls]] mayor aide says allegations 'almost certainly [[true]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omars-ex-husband-and-alleged-brother-describes-himself-gay-man-while-frey-aide-says]
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'''[[World Affairs in Context]]: [[America]]'s [[allies]] dump [[T-bill|US debt]].''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/us-treasuries]
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'''Dockworkers at 113 ports in 22 countries''' strike to protest [[Israel]]i actions in [[Gaza]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-dock-workers-strike-to-protest-arms-shipments-including-to-israel/]
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'''Sanctioning Truth Part 2.''' [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/sanctioning-truth] Introducing [[Jacques Baud]] Part 1. [https://scottritter.substack.com/p/introducing-jacques-baud]
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'''Setback for [[Dem]]s''': "New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics." [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-5953069/national-education-association-nea-president-princess-moss-politics]
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'''Trump talks [[peace]] while the CIA is fueling the [[war in Ukraine]].''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/trump-talks-peace-while-the-cia-is][https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/ukraine-cia-more-aggressive-starlink-and-refinery-strikes-higher-casualties-on-ukrs-side.html][https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/ukraine-russia-trump-john-ratcliffe/689090/] [[US]]-[[Russia]] reconciliation & [[Europe]]an [[vassal]]age. [https://youtu.be/Fyae_Ohvjf4]
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"'''[[Conservative]] party wins''' first election in nearly a century in [[British Columbia]]." [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/conservative-party-wins-first-election-nearly-century-british-columbia-2026-10-25/]
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'''[[James O'Keefe]] charged with felonies''' for exposing '[[law]]s' that facilitate [[election fraud]] in [[Minnesota]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/minnesota-charges-james-okeefe-and-cam-higby-felonies-over-polling-place-vouching-stunt]
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'''[[Ann Coulter]]: Finally, [[FBI]] Agents face [[justice]]''' over [[Laptop from Hell|Hunter Biden’s laptop]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/finally-fbi-agents-face-justice-over-hunter-bidens-laptop/]
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'''[[Marta Havryshko]]: The Dark Reality of [[Ukraine]]’s [[Conscription|Wartime Mobilization.]]''' [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/heroes-wanted-consent-denied-the] ''In 90% of cases [[citizen]]s’ [[rights]] are violated.'' [[Havryshko]]: [[Azov Battalion]] will kill [[Zelensky]] if he makes [[peace]]. [https://youtu.be/yG2_r4laL34]
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'''Desperately Seeking [[Fascism]].''' [https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/desperately-seeking-fascism] ''They may not like what they actually get.''
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'''Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are forced to flee [[Brazil]] to the [[U.S.]]''', as vindictive [[socialist]]s want him punished for challenging [[Lula]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-u-s-visa-presidential-election-loss/]
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'''[[Chess]] Grandmaster [[Gary Kasparov]]: Without more [[money]] from [[the West]]''' [[Ukraine]] will be defeated. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/putin-defeat-ukraine-unless-europe-seizes-last-chance/] [[Riot]]s continue protesting rising [[cost of living]] to fund [[endless war]]s. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/france-protests-europe-cost-living-violence.html] [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]]'s choice as Ukraine collapses: [[negotiate]] or [[war]] with [[Russia]]. [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-natos-choice-as]
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'''[[Microsoft]] asks 60,000 employees to leave''', in its latest buyout offer. ''It wants to spend more on [[data center]]s'' [https://deadline.com/2026/10/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-a-quarter-of-workforce-1237197224/]
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'''[[Trump]]'s [[war]] overreach''' may be the straw that breaks the back of [[the West]]'s [[financial]]ised architecture. [https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/trumps-war-overreach-may-be-the-straw-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-wests-financialised-architecture]
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'''[[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] bends the knee to [[Iran]].''' [https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114750564940861587] '[[Islamic NATO]]' meets in [[Tehran]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] wasn't invited. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-western-media-ignores-mecca-alliance-sought-regional-security-meeting-in-tehran-would-republican-midterm-wipeout-force-trump-into-iran-and-ukraine-retreats.html] ''[[Middle East]]ern [[state]]s already looking past [[US]] withdrawal.'' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/the-gulf-holds-a-security-meeting]
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'''[[Iran]] prepares [[citizen]]s for [[nuclear]] attack.''' [https://x.com/ir_tv_24/status/2114703655999815708]
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'''Disgraced former [[FBI]] director [[James Comey]] charged''' with transmitting national defense information. [https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-admin-charges-james-comey-transmission-national-defense-information][https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/new-federal-case-against-james-comey-centers-again-leak-classif][[Swalwell]] donor's home raided. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/fbi-raids-beverly-hills-mansion-owned-swalwell-donor-cnn]
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'''"[[New York City]] shuts down [[bus]] fare enforcement despite rampant evasion"''' by nearly half the riders. [https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mta-shuts-down-bus-fare-enforcement-following-assault]
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'''[[Socialist]] [[tyranny|tyrants]] hold onto power in [[Brazil]]''', [https://youtu.be/SyqDj8-KTm0] finding a way to reverse their initial defeat even though this turnaround has never happened before. ''The reported results declaring [[Lula]] the winner are contrary to "a broader [[conservative|rightward]] political shift across [[Latin America]],"'' admits [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-intl-latam ''CNN'']
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'''[[Finland|Finnish]] Defense University reverses [[NATO]] & [[the West|Western]] [[narrative]]s''' about high [[Russian]] losses and low [[Ukrainian]] casualty figures. [https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/195520/Russia%20Seminar%20publication%202026_web.pdf p. 166][https://x.com/imetatronink/status/2114054330643108290]
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'''[[Liberal]]s are running to [[religion]]''' to rescue [[AI]] from its own [[evil]]. [https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-moral-artificial-intelligence-religion-2bb91e3334fd6d732edf22288cabf4ec]
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'''[[Elon Musk]] trashes [[corrupt]] [[Zelenksy regime]].''' [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/musk-lashes-out-at-ukraine-claiming-its-elites-grew-very-rich-off-wartime-aid/ar-AA2fWIoF] Musk clarifies [[Zelensky]] violated [[Starlink]] terms of service. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/24/elon-musk-sets-record-straight-ukraine-was-violating-starlink-terms-and-using-it-to-guide-weapons-into-russia/][https://youtu.be/CzISy1eGgUk][https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-starlink-mystery-finally] Musk to Zelensky: 'Burn in [[Hell]]'. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-admits-spacex-throttled-starlink-ukraine-because-kiev-violated-terms-service] [[Korybko]]: [[Musk]]-[[Trump]] leverage of [[Starlink]]/Starshield is the key to [[peace]] in [[Ukraine]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-musk-trump-duos-leverage-of-starlinkstarshie]
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'''Relax, it's only an Exxon Valdez on steroids.''' [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/relax-its-only-an-exxon-valdez-on]
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'''As weekend riots continue in [[France]]''', "The [[NFL]] should relocate the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]]-[[New Orleans Saints|Saints]] game in [[Paris]] to [[London]]" [https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-nfl-should-relocate-the-steelers-saints-game-in-paris-to-london] ''but [[greed]] dictates the league''.
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'''[[Russia]] evacuates [[diplomat]]s, [[military]] and [[technology|technical]] advisors''' from [[Iran]] in anticipation of [[US]] attacks. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/the-iran-strike-plan-is-dated-after]
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'''"[[Neoliberalism]] Is Over”'''. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/neoliberalism-is-over-2.html]
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'''[[Big Tech]] is pouring millions into elections in [[Florida]]''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/florida-midterms-big-tech-spending-legislature-01132207] as many tech billionaires have fled [[California]] and more [[data centers]] are being planned for Florida.
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] [[LeBron James]] refuses to apologize''' for practicing his golf swing during the [[National Anthem]]. [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lebron-james-shocking-response-donald-174522102.html] ''LeBron makes far more from promoting [[gambling]] than playing [[basketball]]''.
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'''[[US]] banks scramble to shut down [[AI]] access''' to customer accounts. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/us-banks-scramble-to-shut-down-ai-access-to-customer-accounts.html] ''Banks can't tell the difference between AI and real [[human]]s accessing an account.''
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'''Surge in [[early voting]] in [[swing states]]''' deciding control of [[U.S. Senate]]: [https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba] ''Sometimes that reflects the [[Dem]] political machine''.
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'''Political spending breaks records without any measurable impact''': [[Dem]] Senate [[PAC]] raises $354M & [[Elon Musk|Musk]] donates $442M. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/22/congress/senate-dems-big-haul-01132834]
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'''[[Conservative]] success''': "[[Alabama]] reports just 3 [[abortion]]s in 2025." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-reports-just-3-abortions-in-2025/?utm_source=latest_news]
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'''2 [[FBI]] officials charged with [[lying]] to [[Congress]]''' about [[Russian]] involvement with the [[Hunter Biden]] [[Laptop from Hell]]. [https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/two-ex-fbi-officials-charged-making-false-statements-about-hunter-bidens-laptop][https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/new-white-house-docs-expose-latest-effort-cover-biden-corruption-allegations]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': "Prepping a [[Postmortem]] for [[Zelensky]]’s Presidency."''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prepping-a-postmortem-for-zelenskys-presidency/] [[Conservative populist]] frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]: [[France]] will cut [[Ukraine aid]] to the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]]. [https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/15/zelensky-says-ukraine-france-cooperation-is-win-win-after-le-pen-argues-for-cutting-aid-to-kyiv_6758639_4.html]
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'''"52% of [[Gen Z]] investors"''' are taking money from savings to waste it on [[sports gambling]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/sports-betting-young-investors-compounding.html]
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'''Setback for [[video games|video game]] [[addiction]]''': "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA." [https://apnews.com/article/bioware-ea-electronic-arts-shutdown-mass-effect-6b6e5c930fe56dd2cd18985d89f6ef24]
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'''[[Liberal]]s push to legalize [[abortion]] in [[Poland]]''' [https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-parliament-eases-abortion-laws-ichallenge-conservative-president/] as a result of last year's election defeat of [[conservative]]s who sided with [[Zelensky]] and accepted 1.6M migrants.
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Russiagate]] II: Loser Edition.''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/russiagate-ii-loser-edition/] ''[[Liberal]]s are trotting out the 2016 playbook once again.'' How [[Trump]]’s turn against [[Zelensky]] can lead to [[peace]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trumps-turn-against-zelensky-can-lead-to-peace/]
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'''[[Prayer]]s for another [[lifespan of NFL players and fans|NFL lifespan cut too short]]''', at only age 37: former Chiefs lineman dies reportedly of natural causes. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/21/former-chiefs-defensive-end-allen-bailey-dead-at-37/]
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'''[[Dem]] [[dark money]] funded the defeat of more than two dozen [[conservative]] [[GOP]] state legislators in [[Wyoming]]''', as proven by a recent analysis of its August primary. [https://www.libertynation.com/democrat-dark-money-funded-wyoming-gop-freedom-caucus-massacre/]
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'''Polling group trusted by [[MSM|mainstream outlets]]''' admits its [[poll]]s were [[fake]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/polling-group-trusted-by-mainstream-outlets-admits-its-polls-were-fake/ar-AA2fLNKu]
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'''Setback for [[AI]]''': [[San Francisco]]-based [[Anthropic]] reports a "staggering" $81B loss for the first half of 2026. [https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/business/anthropic-books-staggering-81b-loss-warns-of-data-center-backlash-as-amodei-siblings-draw-modest-salaries/]
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'''Do [[socialist]] candidates unwittingly help [[Republican]]s?''' "[[GOP]]-linked [[PAC]] spends over $1M to boost third-party [[socialist]] in [[Ohio]] Senate race." [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/10/19/congress/gop-linked-pac-ohio-senate-socialist-01127091]
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'''[[Rubio]]: [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]] officials are [[lying]].''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/following-45-minute-call-with-zelenskyy-secretary-marco-rubio-notes-ukraine-officials-are-lying-and-manipulative-which-he-told-zelenskyy-openly/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/20/interesting-following-the-cut-the-bs-confrontation-by-rubio-suddenly-zelenskyy-thanks-usa-and-says-all-early-warning-systems-working-great/]
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'''[[France]] admits [[Leftist]]s are fomenting the riots, which the [[liberal media]] have falsely attributed to deteriorating schools''': [https://justthenews.com/world/europe/same-network-boosted-anti-israel-protests-us-center-french-unrest-riots] "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday accused the 'ultra-left movement' of 'orchestrating profound disorder.'" [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6157897-trump-vance-france-riots/]
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'''''[[TAC]]'': Is [[Europe]] doomed?''' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-europe-doomed/] What comes next in [[Europe]]? [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/years-of-lead-await-europe.html] ''After years of neglecting population needs and shoveling [[money]] into the bottomless pit of [[NATO war in Ukraine|Project Ukraine]], the situation is now exploding across Europe.''
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'''As [[Paris]] burns, [[Macron]] blames [[Trump]],''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/during-national-address-to-france-president-macron-says-he-doesnt-know-what-is-going-on-but-hes-sure-president-trump-is-to-blame/] flees to [[Kuwait]] for 3-day tour of [[Persian Gulf]]. [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/19/macron-bids-au-revoir-to-burning-france-flees-to-kuwait-for-middle-east-tour/]
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'''[[Trump]]: It's time somebody else to [[negotiate]]''' on behalf of [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-calls-on-somebody-else-to-negotiate-for-ukraine-with-russia/ar-AA2fBp3q] [[Dr. Brovkin]]: Zelensky is running out of options. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/vladimir-brovkin-a0f] [[Zelensky]] is in it for the [[money]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''[[NFL values]]''': another player is ejected for spitting at an opponent. [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/18/watch-bills-cj-gardner-johnson-ejected-for-spitting-at-raiders-brock-bowers/]
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'''[[RINO]]s are losing [[Texas]]''': [[Karl Rove]] made millions as a RINO consultant, and Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] has spent more than $140M and yet barely leads in polling against an obscure opponent. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/ ''Paxton could lose due to others'']
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'''[[Rubio]] responds to [[Zelensky]]' false claims''' about [[Ukraine]], [[Starlink]] and Starshield. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/zelenskyy-is-lying-secretary-marco-rubio-responds-to-false-claims-about-ukraine-starlink-and-starshield/] [[Bessent]]: 'Zelenskyy needs to be very careful about making statements that are not true'… [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/sunday-talks-treasury-secretary-bessent-zelenskyy-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-making-statements-that-are-not-true/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-facade-finally-cracks-trump-drops] [[Trump]]: [[Financial]] motivation for Zelensky to keep [[war]] going. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/18/president-trump-points-out-zelenskyys-financial-motivation-to-keep-war-going/]
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'''Replacing Europe''' - Full Documentary [https://youtu.be/9bq5Z8e684I]
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'''520 [[drone]]s hit [[Russia]] via [[NATO]] airspace.''' [https://youtu.be/uLqZVnry4WU][https://youtu.be/8Yf2q0P2ge0]
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'''Violent [[Leftist]] protesters set [[France]] ablaze''', while similar protests spread to other [[European]] nations. [https://www.reuters.com/world/students-trade-unions-yellow-vests-set-protest-across-france-2026-10-17/][https://youtu.be/6jbnRAo5CSU]
 ''[[State Department|State Dep't]] warns [[American]]s before [[NFL]] game there.'' [https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/us-department-state-issues-travel-202512876.html]
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'''[[Joe Kent]]: Why the [[US]] [[proxy war against Russia]]''' must end now. [https://youtu.be/CXZioBNWhQg]
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'''''[[CTH]]'': ''[[NYT]]'' leads [[Leftist]] [[MSM|media movement]]''' to target [[Trump]] for exempting [[Russia]] from new [[US]] [[economic sanctions|sanctions regime]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/new-york-times-leads-leftist-media-movement-to-target-trump-for-exempting-russia-from-new-u-s-sanctions-regime/]
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'''Sports team billionaire owners continue to loot the public''': "Over $22 billion earmarked for new stadiums and arenas between 2027 and 2032." [https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/10/15/nearly-20-billion-earmarked-for-new-stadiums-and-arenas-between-2027-and-2032/] ''Meanwhile, [[sports gambling]] robs [[Gen Z]]''.
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'''"20 minutes from being [[abortion|aborted]]"''' explained Katie Zacharia last year about how a phone call to her teenage mom saved Katie's life [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trumps-former-press-secretary-was-20-minutes-away-from-being-aborted/] ''and now the [[liberal media]] drives her out of the position of [[White House Press Secretary]]''.
 '''''[[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] is [[demonic]]'''''.
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'''Setback for [[gun control]]''': a random armed citizen gunned down the [[young mass murderers|young mass murderer]] who was massacring children in the [[Oregon]] elementary school. ''The hero broke the school gun control law to save lives, and is being praised by even [[Dem]]s now''. [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16215473/hero-father-kaylub-giamanco-killed-oregon-school-shooter.html]
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'''High [[voter turnout]] as [[conservative]] [[Alberta]] voters cast ballots on whether to consider [[secession]]''' from [[liberal]] [[Canada]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/] ''[[Mark Carney]] and other [[globalist]]s seem panicked about this''.
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''''I come from your future':''' A [[French]]man's warning to all [[American]]s voting [[Democrat]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-come-your-future-frenchmans-warning-all-americans-voting-democrat] ''[[Zerohedge]]'': [[Riot]]s spread from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] to [[Albania]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-falling-riots-spread-france-and-belgium-albania] Riots, looting and arson erupt in France with [[chaos]] across urban regions in [[Western Europe]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/17/riots-looting-and-arson-erupt-in-france-with-chaos-across-urban-regions-in-western-europe/] ''[[War]] funding has created a rising cost of living.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] demands another $155 billion to continue [[war]].'''
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'''Why [[BoJo]] must answer''' for [[Ukraine]]’s destruction — and why the public should decide on future [[Ukraine aid]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/why-boris-johnson-must-answer-for] [[Glenn Diesen]]: Toward the end of [[Zelensky]]'s autocracy? [https://youtu.be/V2IYgnFsycI?t=3097] [[CTH]]: Zelensky urgently sits down for interviews as [[Trump]] begins highlighting 'The Zelenskyy problem'. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-urgently-sits-down-for-interviews-as-trump-begins-highlighting-the-zelenskyy-problem/][https://youtu.be/WQ1s53hBU3w]
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'''[[Zelensky]] defies [[President Trump]],''' continues strikes on [[Russian]] refineries. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/zelensky-announces-attacks-russian-refineries-144836571.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/15/zelenskyy-restarts-attacks-against-russian-oil-refineries/] [[Trump]]: 'Zelensky is not a Good Guy...Where is the [[cash]] that we gave to Ukraine?...Where is all the equipment?' [https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-russia-ukraine/2026/10/15/id/1272958/]
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"'''Parents Outraged''' After Daughters Cut from [[public school|High School]] [[Volleyball]] Team While [[transgender|Trans]] Athlete Plays." [https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/14/parents-outraged-after-daughters-cut-from-high-school-volleyball-team-while-trans-athlete-plays/]
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'''Another [[liberal media]] failure''': "[[Netflix]] to lay off roughly 1,000 employees, or 6% of workforce" [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/14/netflix-layoffs.html]
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'''[[Nord Stream pipeline]] bomber says''' he was operating on instructions from [[Zelensky regime|Ukraine government]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/] ''So it was [[Zelensky]] who destroyed the [[German]] [[economy]].''
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'''[[Sports gambling]] is ruining lives''': "fixer in [[NCAA]] hoops betting scheme sentenced to 6 years in [[prison]]." [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/50177926/ncaa-basketball-fixer-sentenced-six-years-prison]
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'''"Adults Are Regressing"''': "For the first time ever, the majority of toys — 55 percent — are being purchased by adults who do not have children." [https://www.thefp.com/p/adults-are-regressing-disney-toys-comic-con-funko-pop?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]
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'''[[Putin]] laughing all the way to the bank:''' The [[diesel]] deal that humiliated [[Zelensky]]. [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/putin-laughing-all-the-way-to-the] [[US]] cuts the [[intel]]: [[Ukraine]] left blind as [[ballistic missile]]s hit [[Kyiv]]. [https://youtu.be/htbgKRtySlg]
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'''[[EU]] bought $250 billion in [[Russian]] [[energy]]''' last year to feed the Russian [[war]] machine. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/made-right-choice-america-first-trump-defends-russia-diesel-deal-amid-bipartisan-backlash/articleshow/134899954.cms][https://youtu.be/9XxV5z_xPV8] '''Update:''' [[Tootie Fruitie O'Rutte]]: No imminent threat to [[Europe]] from Russia. [https://youtu.be/qTiJY48u-CU] Why is [[NATO]] threatening Russia> [https://youtu.be/sIwYsGwS6XQ]
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'''[[Aramco]] burns, oil execs avoid [[Saudi]] confab, [[MbS]] in the bunker. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/aramco-burns-oil-execs-avoid-saudi-confab-mbs-in-the-bunker.html]
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'''[[Wolfowitz Doctrine]] led to the disastrous [[War in Iraq]]''': Now it is leading to a potentially even more cataclysmic [[war]]. [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/10/23/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-led-to-the-disastrous-war-in-iraq-now-it-is-leading-to-a-potentially-even-more-cataclysmic-war-in-asia/]
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'''Brutal stabbing murder was allegedly committed by a [[transgender]]ed suspect (biological male)''', after criticism earlier in the day about use of a [[McDonald's]] women's restroom. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/transgender-suspect-fatally-stabs-victim-more-than-13/]
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'''[[Hollywood values]] on [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]] flight: blonde actress "Selma Blair''' screamed maniacally as she was dragged off plane after allegedly biting one flight attendant, hitting another," and was later "repeatedly kicking a cop in the head and attacking a nurse." [https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-screamed-maniacally-as-she-was-dragged-off-plane-after-alleged-midair-crew-attack-audio/]
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'''Setback for [[liberal]] WNBA''': several of its championship games are being embarrassingly scheduled in a small arena not much bigger than a large high school gym.
[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/wnba-embarrassment-angel-reese-atlanta-dream-forced-tiny/]
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'''Suddenly [[California]] Gov. [[Gavin Newsom]] is opposing [[illegal alien]]s''': he just vetoed a bill to require [[college]]s to offer jobs to the 60,000 (!!!) of them on [[campus]]. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/11/newsom-veto-student-jobs-trump-01113178]
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'''[[Zelensky]] bombed fuel terminal''' after [[Trump]] asked him not to. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/ukraine-reportedly-bombs-russian-oil-terminal-which-is/] [[Elon Musk]]: Zelensky's gone too far. [https://ukranews.com/en/news/1180412-he-s-gone-too-far-musk-backed-trump-s-idea-to-replace-zelenskyy] ''Should the [[US]] cut off [[Starlink]] if the [[Kyiv regime]] continues to defy the [[United States]]?'' [[Energy]] [[ceasefire]]? [[Europe]]/[[Neocon]]s turn on Trump. [https://youtu.be/ZULSj7xGkRc]
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'''[[MBS]] asked [[China]] for help''' against the [[Houthis]]. [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/pepembs-called-beijing-for-help-against] ''We may be witnessing the final days of the [[Saudi]] regime.'' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/how-saudi-arabia-is-collapsing][https://scottritter.substack.com/p/ritters-rant-104-the-fall-of-the][https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/saudi-arabia-at-the-breaking-point] '''Update:''' MBS on the run. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/occasional-sitrep-saudi-arabia-under]
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'''[[JD Vance]] rebukes [[Hegseth]]'s plan to livestream''' the Dec. 3d execution of Hasan by a military firing squad: “If it’s ultimately live-streamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/09/jd-vance-says-he-wont-watch-fort-hood-shooter-execution-if-live-streamed/]
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'''[[Data center]] [[diesel]] generators polluted community for 24 hours, forcing residents to flee''' their homes in [[Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]]. [https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes]
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'''[[Trump]] says it's time for [[Zelensky]] to go.''' [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/10/president-trump-says-its-time-for-zelenskyy-to-be-replaced/] ''The [[corrupt]] [[dictator]] cancelled [[election]]s 2 1/2 years ago. Polls say Zelensky would finish fourth in a new election.''
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'''[[Putin]] agrees to sell [[America]] [[diesel]].''' ''Russian war machine to make $5 billion.'' [[Zelensky]] threatens [[US]].
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'''[[General Armageddon]] returns.''' [https://youtu.be/eXrJp6442bY] ''He got his reputation by destroying [[ISIS]] in [[Syria]].''
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'''[[Saudi]]s have to go it alone.''' [https://transitionprotocol.substack.com/p/larry-johnsonmbs-went-back-to-war] ''As Custodian of the [[Islamic]] Holy Places [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], [[Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|MBS]] crawling in bed with [[Jeffrey Epstein]] didn't help him with [[Muslim]]s.'' [[Riyadh]] Airport hit, Saudi forces in [[Yemen]] collapse. [https://youtu.be/ANhGIkKiROU] MBS is more at risk intermnally than from the [[Houthis]]. [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/mbs-is-more-at-risk-internally-than]
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'''[[California]] forces [[church]]es to indoctrinate employees against so-called "[[hate speech]]"''' (which includes criticism of [[liberal]] conduct), starting in less than three months. [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-california-law-forces-churches-to-provide-hate-speech-training/?utm_source=popular]
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'''Critic of [[Israel]]i [[war]]s awarded [[Nobel Peace Prize]].''' [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911163]
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'''''[[Zerohedge]]'': Golden naked [[Trump]] statue''' unveiled at [[European Parliament]]. [https://www.zerohedge.com/political/golden-naked-trump-statue-unveiled-european-parliament]
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'''Panic among [[Leftist]]s in [[Spain]]''': they set a snap election for Nov. 29 after being defeated by [[conservative]]s in the [[Parliament]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-spain-headed-after-the-snap-election-announcement/a-79567959]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[French]] [[President]]ial frontrunner [[Marine LePen]]:''' "If [[Ukraine]] joined the [[EU]], we would be the first losers." [https://kyivindependent.com/frances-le-pen-opposes-ukraine-eu-membership-over-farming-fears/] [[Trump]]: France's [[escalating]] [[riot]]s driven by uncontrolled [[immigration]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-waltz-link-france-riots-mass-immigration-thousands-arrested]
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'''[[Lena Petrova]] interviews [[John Mearsheimer]]: [[NATO]] is defeated''' in [[Ukraine]] - [[Russia]]'s existential [[war]] & [[strategic]] dominance. [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/john-mearsheimer]
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'''[[Dem]]s surge in [[Ohio]] by opposing [[data center]]s''', and lead by 6 points to flip [[U.S. Senate]] seat there. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6136241-brown-leads-husted-ohio-poll/amp/]
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'''Both candidates were impressive in their first [[Iowa]] [[U.S. Senate]] debate''', in a race that is too close to call and may decide which party controls that chamber beginning in January. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135522-turek-hinson-spar-in-first-iowa-senate-debate-3-takeaways/]
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'''[[JD Vance]]'s "tone is noticeably different from President [[Donald Trump]]"''' [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/sometimes-im-frustrated-with-it-vance-makes-the-case-for-patience-01108356] ''as Vance works overtime to stem landslide [[GOP]] losses in the upcoming [[2026 midterm elections|midterm elections]]''.
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'''[[Mortgage]] rates surge above 7%.''' [https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/housing-market] ''The post-[[Cold War]] [[Unipolar moment]] is over.''
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'''Sen. "[[Susan Collins]] Is the Pro-[[LGBT]] Candidate in [[Maine]] [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] Race"''' [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/susan_collins_is_the_pro-lgbt_candidate_in_maine_senate_race_154563.html] while her [[progressive]] opponent once opposed the [[homosexual agenda]], and he's ahead.
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Red scare: Solid [[GOP]] districts reeling''' from [[war]], [[price]] backlash. [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-republicans-midterms/]
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''' Max Boot: More [[oil]], same [[war]]: Why increased [[export]]s''' aren’t a sign of [[Iran]]’s imminent defeat. [https://www.cfr.org/articles/more-oil-same-war-why-increased-exports-arent-a-sign-of-irans-collapse]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'' vindicates [[Russian]] [[Intelligence agency|intelligence]]''' warning of [[Ukrainian]]-connected [[Latin American]] [[drug cartel]] threat to [[US]]. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-vindicated-svrs] ''[[Drug cartel]] [[mercenaries]] enlisted with the [[AFU]] to learn how to fly [[drone]]s.''
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'''[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]] warns of ‘[[demographic replacement]]’''' in [[Europe]]. [https://youtu.be/mUdckfM5yAM]
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'''[[Overrated Sports Stars|Overrated Sports Star]] "[[LeBron James]] [[Prediction market|Polymarket]] Deal Worth $15 Million a Year"''', which is more than 3 times his salary playing for the 76ers. [https://frontofficesports.com/article/lebron-james-polymarket-deal-worth-15-million-year/] Meanwhile, ''"[[Gambling]] Is Sending More People to the ER."'' [https://time.com/article/2026/10/05/gambling-emergency-room-visits/ ''Time'' magazine]
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'''[[Ted Cruz]] v. [[JD Vance]] heats up already in anticipation of 2028''': Cruz says Vance is "insecure" for saying that "Ted Cruz is running for president." [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/ted-cruz-blasts-jd-vance-as-insecure-says-hes-focused-on-helping-gop-win-midterms-01106033]
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'''Native [[West Ukraine]] & Holocaust Museum Fellow [[Dr. Marta Havryshko]]:''' '[[Slava Ukraini]]' and [[Anti-Jewish]] [[violence]]: Why a popular slogan is problematic. [https://martahavryshko.substack.com/p/slava-ukraini-and-anti-jewish-violence][https://www.threads.com/@stillgray/post/DdmHeVmjmLT/video-apparently-ukraine-is-now-a-member-of-nato-official-promo-video-slava-ukraini/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Hegseth]]’s love of [[war]]''' isn’t [[conservative]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservatives-dont-relish-war/] Hegseth and [[Huckabee]] misuse the [[Bible]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hegseth-and-huckabee-misuse-the-bible/]
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'''[[French]] [[School]] [[Riot]]s Update: 'Wild horde' '''beats [[police]] commander unconscious, stomps his head. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-riots-escalate-wild-horde-beats-police-commander-unconscious-stomps-his-head]
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'''$150M mega-flop for [[Hollywood]]'s movie about [[climate change]]''': ''Digger'' is an unfunny movie that not even [[Tom Cruise]] can salvage. [https://deadline.com/2026/10/digger-tom-cruise-movie-bombs-1237146199/] ''Bombing oil refineries, and the [[economic]] damage that results, is not helping [[climate hoax]]ers.''
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'''[[Conservative]] Flávio Bolsonaro outperforms the polling and edges the [[socialist]] [[Lula]] for president of [[Brazil]]''', but a runoff is needed because neither candidate exceeded 50%.
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'''Closely watched presidential election in [[Brazil]]''' Sunday, where voting is mandatory for [[literacy|literate]] adults. Polls closed at 4pm ET. [https://apnews.com/live/brazil-election-2026#000001a0-ffc8-de35-a1e8-fffa3ed60000]
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'''Future presidential candidate Sen. [[Tom Cotton]] (R-AR) defies''' [[Trump]]'s push for permanent [[Daylight Savings Time]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/sen-tom-cotton-digs-after-trump-posts-his/]
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'''[[Woke]] [[Disney]] imposes more [[layoff]]s''' [https://finance.yahoo.com/media-advertising/articles/disneypresident-says-layoffs-extremely-094448360.html] and its latest film fails with >$100M loss at the box office.
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'''[[Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo]] torches [[Europe]]''' in 'pro-[[Russia]]' speech, blasts [[war]] and [[military]] spending. [https://youtu.be/gHItxoEH-vI]
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''' 'We are watering the desert': [[EU]] pushes back''' on [[Zelensky]]'s latest demand for more [[money]]. [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/10/01/watering-the-desert-kievs-new-request-has-caused-irritation-in-brussels] [[Foreign]] embassies exit [[Kyiv]] for eastern [[Poland]]. [https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/western-embassies-prepare-evacuation-plans-1790968668.html]
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'''[[Tucker]] takes on [[UK]] [[warmonger]] [[Rees-Mogg]].''' [https://youtu.be/WDwKfFV8eCU]
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'''"Absolutely not"''': [[French]] superstar Victor Wembanyama rejects [[prediction markets]] ([[gambling]]) endorsements, observing "it’s very sad to see some players promote it." [https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/10/02/absolutely-not-spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-rejects-prediction-market-endorsements/]
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'''[[Iran War]]: The [[narrative]] [[war]] continues''' to confuse and confuddle. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-the-narrative-war-continues-amidst-false-flags-and-big-explosions.html] 10,000 more troops headed to [[Middle East]]. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-sending-third-aircraft-carrier-up-to-10-000-more-troops-to-middle-east-42996f7a]
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'''[[Larry Johnson]]: [[Russia]] is not collapsing:''' A reply to Con Coughlin. [https://sonar21.com/russia-is-not-collapsing-a-reply-to-con-coughlin/]
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"'''[[Migrant]] Caravan Headed North''' Is Anticipating [[Democrat]] Win in [[2026 midterm elections|Midterms]]." [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/migrant-caravan-headed-north-is-anticipating-democrat-win/] [[France]] descending into chaos. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/01/french-youth-migrants-riot-and-burn-schools-during-three-days-of-violence-1949-arrests/] '''Update:''' France closes 400 [[school]]s, [[riot]]ers planning [[escalation]] October 6 & 7, next target [[London]] and [[UK]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/03/france-closes-400-schools-rioters-planning-major-escalation-october-6th-and-7th-next-target-london-and-u-k/]
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"'''[[IBM]]'s [[quantum computing|Quantum Computer]] Completes in 19 Seconds''' What Could Take a [[Supercomputer]] a Century." [https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century]
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'''[[Ukrainska Pravda]]: Enough for two more years of war:''' [[Russia]]'s [[economy]] just won't slip into [[recession]]. [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/09/30/8055738/]
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"'''Most [[data center]]s refusing to say''' how much [[water]], [[electricity]] they use." [https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/30/data-centers-refusing-say-much-water-electricity-use]
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'''Lame "[[Fox News]] hires disgraced [[Andrew Cuomo|Cuomo]] aide''' who covered up [[COVID]] nursing-home deaths." [https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/fox-news-hires-former-cuomo-aide-who-admitted-covering-nursing-home-deaths]
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'''Relief from [[transgender activism]]''': "[[Department of Education|Education Department]] formally rescinds [[Title IX]] protections for [[LGBTQ]] students." [https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': If [[Trump]] had been more like [[Massie]]''', he might be winning the [[2026 Midterms|Midterms]]. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-trump-had-been-more-like-massie-he-might-be-winning-the-midterms/]
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'''Last of [[American]] forces withdraw''' from [[Iraq]] after 23-year occupation. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-military-completes-withdrawal-iraq-234832035.html][https://youtu.be/Z0-_03IaVT0]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: Situation [[escalate]]s''' across all fronts — [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]]/[[Yemen]]. [https://youtu.be/J98JGMm7fzA]
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'''[[William Schryver]]: Panic fever.''' [https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/panic-fever] ''As 2026 ebbs, Europe is running a panic fever in the realization the [[US]] intends to leave them to their own devices against the Russians — and, worst of all, against each other.''
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'''[[British]] authorities mess up''' another scare mongering scheme. [https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/09/british-authorities-mess-up-another-scare-mongering-scheme.html] '[[Terrorism|Terror]]' suspects released on bail. [https://youtu.be/hYlNYMDG3Ls]
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'''[[GOP]] collapse in polling extends even to [[South Carolina]]''': [[Dem]] pulls into a tie with [[Lindsey Graham]]'s sister for his seat. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6113414-graham-andrews-south-carolina-poll-close/?tbref=hp]
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'''The [[Gen Z]] stare''': many are noticing it.
[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/theyre-famous-for-the-gen-z-stare-a-new-survey-tells-a-different-story-161317446.html] ''Over-[[vaccination]] could be a factor but the [[liberal media]] won't mention that''.
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'''Massive [[German]] protests''' against [[globalist]] efforts to rekindle German-[[Russian]] [[hatred]]s and [[war]]. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/german-students-strike-against-mandatory-military-service-videos/][https://youtu.be/tgHoeYGJhZ8]
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'''[[Liberal logic]]''': "[[Socialist]] [[Spanish]] PM Tells [[U.N.]] That Inequality and Misinformation to Blame for [[Ceuta]] [[Migrant]] Invasion."
[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/25/socialist-spanish-pm-blames-inequality-and-misinformation-for-ceuta-invasion-in-u-n-speech/]
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'''[[Dem]] challenger to Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] (R-TX) runs a new ad featuring a [[J6]], pro-[[Trump]] protester''', and some say this race is close. [https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/24/texas-gina-hinojosa-abbott-ad-jan-6-tribfest-2026/]
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'''[[Putin]] wins landslide,''' [https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/the-duma-landslide-for-putin/] [[Trump]] faces bloodbath. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms]
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'''[[The West|West]] humiliated: Only 50 of 193 [[UN]] states''' back [[Ukraine]], with the [[US]] & [[BRICS]] countries sitting out. [https://youtu.be/jUuuMhU0eG8]
'Some of you will have to die' - [[war]] [[psychosis]] reaches fever pitch in [[UK]]. [https://youtu.be/na0TDIFyIhM][https://youtu.be/GQyXscuclcw] [[Alexander Stubb|Finnish President Stubb]] tried to talk some sense into his hysterical [[NATO]] counterparts. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-finnish-president-tried-to-talk]
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'''More evidence the public doubts longterm solvency by the feds''': 19-year high in interest rates required by investors in 10-year [[Treasury bond]]s. [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/23/10-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-19-year-high/]
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'''[[GOP]] slides further for [[2026 midterm elections]]''': downgrade to a toss-up for [[Byron Donalds]] for governor of [[Florida]].
[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6107124-ddhq-shifts-florida-governor-race-tossup/amp/]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': [[Republican]]s try to oppose the [[war]]''' without opposing the war. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-republicans-want-to-have-it-both-ways/]
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'''''[[WaPo]]'': More [[US]] troops have died''' amid [[Iran war]] than [[Pentagon]] has disclosed publicly; [https://archive.is/mGGy2#selection-291.0-291.77] [[GOP]] [[Senator]]s run for the exits. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-wapo-pentagon-casualty-count-off-gop-senators-trump-un.html] [[Trump]] talks smack at [[UN]]. [https://youtu.be/xRcIl4p8SNY][https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-to-world-to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/][https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/trumps-unconscionable-un-rant/]
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'''[[Conflicts Forum]]: [[Ukraine proxy war]] enters dangerous new phase.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/ukraine-proxy-war-enters-dangerous]
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'''"A [[diesel]]-powered panic for [[GOP]] in [[Iowa]]"''': [[farming]] depends heavily on [[trucking]], and "it costs more than $500 to fill up a small commercial truck." [https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6102812-ashley-hinson-iran-war/] [[Louisiana]] declares State of Emergency. [https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2026/9/22/governor-jeff-landry-declares-emergency-allows-farmers-and-loggers-to-use-cheaper-off-road-dyed-diesel-on-louisiana-roadways]
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'''''[[NYT]]'': [[Mark Carney]] prepared [[military]] [[combat]] operations''' against [[USA]], plans closer ties to [[China]], wants alternate global [[reserve currency]] like stablecoin to replace [[US dollar]]. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/24/canadian-prime-minister-tells-new-york-times-hes-prepared-military-combat-operations-against-usa-plans-closer-ties-with-china-and-wants-alternate-global-reserve-currency-to-u-s-dollar/]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Russia]] [[strategic]] [[diesel]] supplies full,''' excess production now flowing to 'Stans' [[Central Asia]] – The Rule of 96. [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosted-diesel-exports-central-asia-august-traders-say-2026-09-21/][https://english.nv.ua/business/russia-boosts-diesel-supplies-to-central-asia-2-5-fold-amid-export-restrictions-50643219.html][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/22/russia-strategic-diesel-supplies-full-excess-production-now-flowing-to-stans-central-asia-the-rule-of-96/] ''The [[US]] diesel shortage is caused by the [[Iran war|war in Iran]], not [[Ukraine]].''
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'''Congratulations to [[pro-life]] [[conservative]]s in [[Germany]]''': their [[AfD|AfD Party]] rises in power to counter the growing [[Leftism]] there [https://www.axios.com/2026/09/21/germany-election-results-afd-merz] ''similar to what is happening in the [[U.S.]]''
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'''The People Have Spoken:''' [[Putin]]'s [[political party|party]] wins big, [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-election-cast-test-support-ukraine-war-enters-final-day-2026-09-20/] [[Merz]]'s [[CDU]] loses big in [[Germany]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz/a-79348585] ''Neither the [[German]] people nor the [[Russian]] people want [[war]] with each other again, despite the machinations of [[elitism|elites]] & [[globalist]]s.''
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'''[[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary: 'Zelensky is''' destroying [[Ukraine]]'. [https://youtu.be/E4-pZhxqm1w] [[Election]]s would be [[political]] [[suicide]] for Zelensky, [https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/] Zelensky humiliates [[Trump]] with continued attacks on refineries. [https://korybko.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-manipulating-trumps-russiagate]
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'''[[US]] puppet convicted of [[war crime]]s.''' [https://political.org/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25-years/#:]
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'''[[Alastair Crooke]]: A World Turned Upside Down.''' [https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/a-world-turned-upside-down]
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'''World's greatest athlete - [[Kylian Mbappe]] - is strongly opposed to [[gambling]] and takes greater control of his brand''' by moving from [[Nike]] to a [[Swiss]] apparel company. In contrast with [[NFL]], [[MLB]], and [[NBA]] players, Mbappe objects to use of his image to promote gambling. [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25/wipo_ip_conv_ge_2_25_balsa_cadenas.pdf]
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'''While canceling [[Ukraine]] [[election]]s, [[Zelensky]]''' attempts to disrupt [[Russian]] [[democratic]] elections. [https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-voted-under-fire-washington]
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'''[[Yemen]]is criticize [[Saudi]] association''' with [[Jeffrey Epstein]]. [https://ansarollah.com.ye/en/archives/799397] ''Saudis gave Epstein artifacts from the [[Kaaba]] for his 'mosque' on [[Epstein Island]], [[Justice Dept]] confirms.'' [https://youtu.be/FmO9Ri8JGq0]
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'''[[Canada]]’s [[Mark Carney|Carney]] panders to [[Europe]]''' "to [[Troll]] [[Trump]]." [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/19/canadas-carney-sucks-up-to-europe-to-troll-trump/]
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'''[[Poland]]’s ruling [[liberal]]s plotting major [[escalation]]''' against [[Russia]]. [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/polands-ruling-liberals-appear-to-be-plotting-a-major-escalation-against-russia.html] [[Fico]] warns: '[[The West]] wants to provoke [[NATO]]-[[Russia]] [[war]]' - [[Lavrov]] warns of devastating response. [https://youtu.be/rks0CcmC2zc][https://korybko.substack.com/p/slovakias-fico-wont-let-a-false-flag] [[Donald Tusk]]: [[Ukraine]] losing 27,000 men per month. [https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-closes-orekhov-trap-tusk-admits-ukraine-loses-27k-each-month-us-diesel-export-ban-shocks-eu/]
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'''"[[Lake Powell]] Drops to Record-Low Levels"''' as [[cannabis]] grows and [[data center]]s soak up vast amount of [[water]]. [https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/lake-powell-drops-to-record-low-levels/]
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"Former [[Transgender]] [[Atheist]] Says One [[Bible]] Verse Helped Lead Her Back to [[Jesus]]." [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspirationreport/2026/09/former-transgender-atheist-says-one-bible-verse-helped-lead-her-back-to-jesus.html]
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'''[[N.C.]] [[Dem]] 'running to restore human decency' '''endorses [[genocide]] of [[Trump]] [[voter]]s. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/north-carolina-dem-candidate-supposedly-running-restore-human/]
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'''The [[demonic]] [[NFL]] just stripped''' the outspokenly [[pro-life]] critic of [[LGBTQ+]], twice-[[Super Bowl]]-winning (as a player, later as head coach) [[Tony Dungy]] of his vote in [[NFL Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] selections. [https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tony-dungy-lisa-salters-stripped-pro-football-hall-of-fame-votes.html] In March the [[liberal media]] ended his job too. '''''[[Unplug the NFL]]'''''.
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'''[[Quebec]]'s hostility to [[conservative]]s''': "Conservative forced out as candidate because he’s not [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[LGBT]]." [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/conservative-forced-out-as-candidate-because-hes-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt/?utm_source=most_recent]
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'''''[[The American Conservative]]'': Given the chance, [[Ukrainian]]s would''' give [[Zelensky]] the boot. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/given-the-chance-ukrainians-would-give-zelensky-the-boot/] ''The [[war]]time leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.'' ''Too bad Ukraine is no longer a [[democracy]].''
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'''[[Censorship]] Update:''' [[Trump]] bans [[CNN]], [[MSNOW]] & [[Politico]] from [[White House]] press pool. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/18/president-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-and-politico-from-the-white-house/] ''Pro-[[gay]] & pro [[neocon]] [[globalist]] [[FOX News]] untouched.'' [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary barred from speaking to [[EU Parliament]].
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'''To avoid the [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[War Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]]''', the [[House]] abruptly adjourns until after the [[2026 midterm elections]]. [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/johnson-cancels-another-house-session-day-01079318][https://youtu.be/xHPG7Wi2g4U] ''Why isn't Hegseth fired before the midterms instead?'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/thomas-massie-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-hegseth/][https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/i/215955235/3-domestic-disintegration-impeachment-legal-gymnastics-and-the-tehran-contrast]
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'''''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': Will '[[America First]]' survive''' [[Trump]]'s [[war]]-first presidency? [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/america-first-jd-vance/]
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'''[[Conservative]] [[The Spectator|UK ''Spectator'']]: [[Zelensky]]’s [[strategy]] is [[nation]]al [[suicide]].''' [https://spectator.com/article/zelenskys-strategy-is-national-suicide/] ''Zelensky is interfering in the [[2026 Midterms]] by striking [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries, trying to topple [[Trump]].'' [https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/energy-truce-shambles-ukraine-strikes-russian-refinery-despite-trumps-warning-amid-global]
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'''''[[Reuters]]'': [[Trump]] strikes deal with [[Houthis]],''' tosses [[Saudi Arabia]] overboard. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-officials-met-iran-backed-houthis-oman-over-weekend-sources-say-2026-09-16/] ''Funny, the [[US]] went to [[Iran war|war with Iran]] for [[regime change]], and now it looks like the [[Saudi]] [[monarchy]], Iran's traditional enemy, might not survive.'' [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/iran-war-europe-oil-and-us-diesel-crunch-worsens-tucker-exposes-massive-trump-israel-bombing-campaign-right-after-midterms-experts-question-survival-of-regimes-in-saudi-arabia-jordsn.html][https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/saudi-arabias-potentially-destructive]
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'''[[Federal Reserve Board|Fed]] raises [[interest rate]]s 1/4 pt.''' [https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fomc-41]
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'''Fourth Chief Prosecutor in a row''' flees [[Ukraine]] to escape [[corruption]] charges. [https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/kompromat-war-sharpens] [[Zelensky]] ex-press secretary flees to [[US]] for protection from the [[corrupt]] and murderous regime. [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-walls-close-in-zelensky-lashes-out/]
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'''Limit foreigners to 20% of [[college]] sports rosters''': [[Republican]] Sen. [[Jon Husted]], in a tight reelection race in [[Ohio]], introduces sensible legislation for [[American]]s. [https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/09/a-new-bill-from-us-sen-husted-could-reshape-college-sports-rosters.html]
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'''"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the [[United States Supreme Court]]"''', [[Trump]] observes about his appointees to [[SCOTUS]] after they all rule against new postal regulations for [[early voting|mail-in voting]], while Justices [[Sam Alito|Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Thomas]] side with the [[U.S. Postal Service|Postal Service]] and Trump. [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/]
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'''"[[Trojan Horse]]"''': [[JD Vance]] sees through the demands by [[AI]] [[oligarch]]s for [[federal]] [[regulation]] of themselves [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trojan-horse-jd-vance-suggests-its-suspicious-ai-ceos-are-calling-for-government-regulation/] which would just give more power to the [[bankrupt]] [[Deep State]] in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
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'''[[US]] provides both the [[missile]]s & [[intelligence]]''' for long-range deep strikes on [[Russian]] [[diesel]] refineries. [https://archive.ph/caeMM#selection-531.0-535.107]
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'''[[Diesel]] rises to historic record high of $6 per gal''' and everything will [[cost]] more. [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/diesel-record-price-trump-inflation-rcna596843] [[Trump]] tells [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to stop striking [[Russian]] [[energy]] [[infrastructure]]. [https://youtu.be/0SiZa8g52lY][https://youtu.be/AXlkH2xdRUQ][https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/watch-trump-calls-zelensky-targeting-russian-diesel-refineries/] [[Neocon]] [[warmonger]]ing rag ''[[WSJ]]'': Trump Lectures [[Ukraine]], not [[Russia]]. [https://archive.is/LWIUx] ''Of course, the [[propaganda]] rag still attributes the actions of Ukraine to Russia.''
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''See also [[Main Page/Archive index|Previous Conservapedia Breaking News]]''.

Greg Abbott

2026-11-05T05:48:04Z

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'''Gregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott''' (born November 13, 1957<ref name="Directory"/>) is the increasingly moderate [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[Texas]], a position which he held since January 2015 until he was defeated by a wide margin in November 2026. Previously, he was an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001 and the [[attorney general]] of his state from 2002 to 2015. Gov. Abbott governed in a petty way for the [[liberal agenda]] of the [[Texas oligarchy]], which includes vindictively vetoing good bills based on which Republican sponsored it<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/14/greg-abbott-veto-threat-property-taxes/</ref> and deceptively pushing for the [[Paxton Impeachment]] (which later failed), without even giving voters proper notice. On June 16, 2023, Abbott continued his vindictive rampage of vetoing bills simply because they were sponsored by [[conservative]] senators opposed to him on the [[Texas oligarchy|oligarchs]]' demand for property tax cuts to benefit them.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/15/greg-abbott-dan-patrick-veto-property-tax/</ref>

Abbott is a puppet for [[dark money]], as illustrated by his surprise trip to [[Israel]] during the last week of a contentious special legislative session that he called, which must have been paid for in connection with undisclosed actual or potential donors: "Abbott traveled to the [[Middle East]]ern country as his priority legislation over school vouchers was stalling and with less than a week before the special legislation session he called is set to conclude."<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/02/greg-abbott-travels-israel-legislature/</ref>

Formerly [[conservative]], Abbott is largely under the influence of billionaire, corporate lobbyist donors to his campaign, in a state that has no campaign contribution limits. The [[Koch brothers]] network, to whom Abbott has made presentations and from whom he has received large contributions, induced Abbott to push as one of four "emergency items" for the biennial legislative session the [[Convention of States]] resolution in 2017<ref>https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor_abbott_delivers_state_of_the_state_address</ref> and to shy away from meaningful socially conservative legislation during his tenure. That resolution passed only with a compromise to include an 8-year sunset provision, but in 2023 Abbott was apparently quietly supporting repeal of that sunset, again to appease [[dark money|dark-money]] [[globalist]]s. In 2019 and again in 2021, the Texas legislature did not enact any significant conservative bills, and instead in 2019 Governor Abbott pushed unsuccessfully for an increase in the sales tax and advocated for banning businesses from asking for the criminal histories of potential employees.<ref>Horowitz, Daniel (August 20, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/needs-leftists-gop-texas-gov-greg-abbott-endorses-radical-ban-box-pro-criminal-mandate-employers/ Who needs leftists? GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorses radical “ban the box” pro-criminal mandate on employers]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.</ref> '''''Meanwhile, Abbott does nothing meaningful to stop a flood of [[illegal alien]]s from pouring into the [[U.S.]] across the [[Texas]]-[[Mexico]] border''''', and was silent about the sham ambush [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of conservative [[Ken Paxton]] on May 27, 2023.

Abbott says that he's open to legalizing [[casino]]s in [[Texas]], while accepting a $1 million campaign contribution for reelection in 2022 from [[Las Vegas]] billionaire casino owner Miriam Adelson (wife of the late Sheldon Adelson).<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/08/miriam-adelson-dallas-mavericks-legalize-casinos/</ref>

Abbott won a third term by prevailing in the Republican primary election held on March 1, 2022. With 1,270,401 votes (66.4 percent), Abbott turned back six opponents.<ref>Abbott ran 310,463 votes ahead of O'Rourke in their respective primaries. The total Republican gubernatorial turnout was 1,937,543 votes compared to the Democrats' 1,057,637, a difference of 879,906 votes in favor of the GOP. O'Rourke, meanwhile, polled 959,938 votes (91 percent) in his primary contest.</ref> The runners-up were two strong conservatives, former [[Florida]] [[U.S. Representative]] and former Texas state Republican chairman [[Allen West]], with 12.3 percent, and the well-financed former state Senator [[Don Huffines]] of [[Dallas]], who finished third with 12 percent of the primary ballots cast. In the general election on November 8, Abbott will face off against a determined bid by the Democrat former U.S. Representative [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[El Paso]], who ran a strong but losing race in 2018 against Republican U.S. Senator [[Ted Cruz]]. Though he uses the [[Spanish]] nickname "Beto," O'Rourke is of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent.

==Background==
Abbott was born in [[Wichita Falls]], Texas, on November 13, 1957, and was reared in Longview, Texas<ref name="Directory"/> before graduating high school in [[Duncanville, Texas]]. He earned an undergraduate degree in finance from UT-Austin and a law degree at [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref name="Directory"/>

Abbott served from 1993 to 1995 as a trial judge on the 129th District Court.<ref name="Directory"/> In 1995, Texas governor [[George W. Bush]] appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court, and Abbott would remain a member of the court until he resigned in 2001.<ref name="Directory"/>

==Attorney General==
Abbott was first elected Texas AG in 2002.<ref name="Directory"/> He had a mostly conservative record and is known for successfully arguing before the [[Supreme Court]] in ''[[Van Orden v. Perry]]''.<ref name="Directory"/> Abbott sued the federal government 27 times during his tenure as Attorney General, and he served in that position until he began his term as Texas governor in 2015.<ref name="Directory"/>

==Texas governor==
===2014 election===
[[File:Texas Governor Election Results by County, 2014.svg.png|thumb|200px|left|Abbott won the 2014 election in a landslide, along with numerous other conservative Republicans.]]
Abbott won the 2014 general election with over 59 percent of the vote,<ref name="Directory">[https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/ Governor Greg Abbott]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Root, Jay (November 4, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/04/abbott-crushes-wendy-davis-gop-sweep/ Abbott Crushes Davis in GOP Sweep]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref><ref>Hoppe, Christy (November 5, 2014). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-politics/2014/11/05/greg-abbott-tops-wendy-davis-in-texas-governor-s-race Greg Abbott tops Wendy Davis in Texas governor's race]. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> in an election that was a disaster for [[Democratic Party (USA)|Democrats]].<ref>Thorburn, Wayne (November 17, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/how-the-democrats-lost-texas-112956 How the Democrats Lost Texas]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Hamilton, Reeve (November 5, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/05/little-show-battleground-texas-fights/ What Went Wrong With Battleground Texas?] ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref> In the same election, the [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] made large gains in the state.<ref name="Grissom">Grissom, Brandi (May 28, 2014). [https://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/28/tea-party-conservatives-win-top-gop-runoff-contest/ Tea Party Conservatives Win Top GOP Runoff Contests]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2015.</ref> Abbott's campaign was praised for its effectiveness.<ref>Carney, Dave (February 6, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/greg-abbott-texas-114972 How We Won Texas]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

===2018 election===

In the Republican primary held on March 6, 2018, Abbott polled 1,392,294 votes (90.4 percent) over two minor intra-party rivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref>

In the November 6 general election, Abbott defeated the [[liberal]] [[Lupe Valdez]], the former sheriff of Dallas County and an open lesbian, Abbott outpolled Valdez by nearly 956,000 votes in their respective party primaries.

===Gubernatorial tenure===
Abbott took office as governor on January 20, 2015.<ref name="Echoes">Fernandez, Manny (January 20, 2015). [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/us/politics/new-texas-governor-greg-abbott-expected-to-continue-on-perrys-path.html Texas’ New Governor Echoes the Plans of Perry]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> Abbott called a special session in 2017, ordering the legislature to focus on conservative priorities.<ref>Price, Bob (June 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/06/texas-governor-calls-legislative-special-session-bathroom-bill-others/ Texas Governor Calls for Legislative Special Session for ‘Bathroom Bill’, Others]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> Despite Abbott's conservative views, some conservative commentators voiced their concerns that Texas bureaucrats were increasing Texas regulations and making it more like California.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/28/lennon-texas-bureaucrats-becoming-regulation-friendly-obama/ LENNON: Texas Bureaucrats Are Becoming More Regulation-friendly Than Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.</ref> However, the Trump Administration nominated several conservative judges who once were employees of Abbott,<ref>Platoff, Emma (April 3, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/03/greg-abbott-andrew-oldham-fifth-circuit-judicial-appointees/ "A friendly vote on the court": How Greg Abbott's former employees could help Texas from the federal bench]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 17, 2018.</ref> and Abbott appointed several conservatives to the courts himself.<ref>Vertuno, Jim (March 7, 2019). [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/texas/article/Texas-governor-fills-courts-with-GOP-judges-13670767.php Texas governor fills courts with GOP judges voters rejected]. ''Houston Chronicle'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 8, 2019.</ref>

====Abortion====
In late November 2016, Texas, under Abbott, approved new rules that would require aborted babies to receive a burial or cremation, proper for a real human being, rather than be disposed of in a sanitary landfill.<ref>Stack, Liam (November 30, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/texas-burial-aborted-fetuses.html Texas Will Require Burial of Aborted Fetuses]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 1, 2016.</ref><ref>Perchick, Michael (December 1, 2016). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/01/new-texas-provisions-require-burial-cremation-aborted-fetuses/94721914/ New Texas provisions require burial or cremation of aborted fetuses]. ''USA Today'' (from ''KVUE-TV''). Retrieved December 1, 2016.</ref> Despite the common sense on protecting human life, a federal judge ruled against the law in late January 2017.<ref>Marissa Evans (January 27, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/27/fetal-remains-ruling/ Federal court blocks Texas fetal remains burial rule]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

In June 2017, Abbott signed a major [[pro-life]] bill into law banning dismemberment abortions, banning the sale of the body parts of aborted babies, and requiring the remains of the babies be either buried or cremated rather than disposed of in an inhumane manner.<ref>Multiple references:
*Price, Bob (June 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/07/texas-governor-inks-dismemberment-abortion-sale-body-parts-ban/ Texas Governor Inks Dismemberment Abortion, Sale of Body Parts Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
*Mekelburg, Madlin (May 26, 2017). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/26/sweeping-anti-abortion-bill-heads-gov-greg-abbotts-desk Sweeping anti-abortion bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk]. ''Dallas News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
*Gryboski, Michael (June 7, 2017). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-governor-signs-abortion-dismemberment-ban-law-186867/ Texas Governor Signs Abortion Dismemberment Ban Into Law]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
*Chretien, Claire (June 7, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-texas-governor-signs-law-banning-dismemberment-abortion Texas bans mutilating babies in abortion, selling their body parts]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
*Russell, Nicole (July 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/texas-law-recognizes-human-life-critics-rage/article/2627828 Texas law recognizes human life, critics rage]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 6, 2017.</ref>

In June 2019, Abbott signed a bill into law banning local governments from funding abortion providers.<ref>Berry, Susan (June 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/11/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-bill-banning-funding-abortion-providers/ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Bill Banning Funding of Abortion Providers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.</ref><ref>Freiburger, Calvin (June 11, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-bill-bans-cities-from-doing-business-with-planned-parenthood Texas prohibits cities from doing business with abortion providers like Planned Parenthood]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.</ref> Shortly afterward, he signed a bill protecting babies who survive abortions.<ref>Clabough, Raven (June 18, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32632-texas-gov-signs-bill-to-protect-babies-born-alive-during-abortions Texas Governor Signs Bill to Protect Babies Born Alive During Abortions]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 18, 2019. See also:
*Freiburger, Calvin (July 19, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-gov-signs-bill-making-it-illegal-to-kill-a-child-who-survives-abortion Texas gov. signs bill making it illegal to kill babies who survive abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
*Ertelt, Steven (July 18, 2019). [https://www.lifenews.com/2019/07/18/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-bill-to-stop-infanticide-care-for-babies-born-alive-after-abortion/ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Bill to Stop Infanticide, Care for Babies Born Alive After Abortion]. ''LifeNews''. Retrieved July 19, 2019.</ref>

Gov. Abbott failed to make the [[Heartbeat Bill]] a priority in 2019 and it did not pass in the Texas House of Representatives. Abbott's spokesman issued an ambiguous statement claiming that Abbott is [[pro-life]], yet not explaining why he allowed this bill to be blocked by Republicans.<ref>https://thetexan.news/texas-heartbeat-bill-on-life-support-stalled-in-the-house/</ref> In 2021, the legislature did pass the Heartbeat Act, which Abbott signed into law. The measure is being challenged before the [[United States Supreme Court]], which has permitted implementation of the law pending judicial review.

====Religious liberty====
On June 11, 2015, Abbott signed an act into law that gives pastors the right to refuse to "marry" homosexual couples if it violates their conscience.<ref>Crampton, Liz (June 11, 2015). [https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/11/gov-abbott-signs-pastor-protection-act/ Abbott Signs "Pastor Protection Act" Into Law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

On May 21, 2017, Abbott signed Senate Bill 24 into law, preventing state or local governments from subpoenaing pastors' sermons.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas">{{cite web | last1=Svitek | first1=Patrick | title=Abbott Signs Bill Protecting Sermons from Subpoenas | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-protecting-sermons-subpoenas/ | date=May 21, 2017 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Abbott Signs Bill Preventing Government From Subpoenaing Sermons | url=http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-preventing-government-subpoenaing-sermons/ | date=May 21, 2017 | publisher=CBS DFW | accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref> This bill was inspired by an [[Homosexual Agenda|pro-homosexual]] "anti-discrimination" ordinance in [[Houston]], where five sermons were subpoenaed.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas"/>

On June 15, 2017, Abbott signed H.B. 3859 into law, which gave adoption agencies to refuse to let homosexual couples adopt the children under their care due to religious reasons.<ref>Multiple references:
*Gryboski, Michael (June 16, 2017). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-governor-greg-abbott-bill-protecting-faith-based-adoption-188222/ Texas Gov. Signs Bill Protecting Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Adoption Groups]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
*Evans, Marissa (June 15, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/15/abbott-signs-religious-protections-child-welfare-agencies/ Abbott OKs religious refusal of adoptions in Texas]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
*Gill, Joshua (June 16, 2017). [https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/religious-adoption-agencies-can-reject-lgbt-parents-in-texas/ Religious Adoption Agencies Can Reject LGBT Parents In Texas]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
*LaBarbera, Peter (June 16, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-law-christian-adoption-agencies-wont-be-forced-to-give-kids-to-gay-coup New law: Christian adoption agencies won’t be forced to give kids to gay couples in Texas]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref> This law caused [[California]], a left-wing Democrat state, to add Texas to its governmental travel ban list.<ref>Multiple references:
*Watkins, Matthew (June 22, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/22/citing-religious-refusal-adoption-rule-california-bans-state-travel-te/ Citing religious refusal of adoption rule, California bans state travel to Texas]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
*Price, Bob (June 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/22/california-attacks-texas-travel-ban-alleged-lgbt-discrimination/ California Attacks Texas with Travel Ban over Alleged LGBT Discrimination]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 26, 2017.</ref>

On June 11, 2019, Abbott signed a bill into law which protected private organizations from any type of punishment for actions they took because of their religious beliefs.<ref>Multiple references:
*Tennant, Michael (June 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32581-texas-governor-signs-save-chick-fil-a-bill Texas Governor Signs “Save Chick-fil-A” Bill]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
*Bowden, John (June 11, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/448065-texas-governor-signs-save-chick-fil-a-bill Texas governor signs 'Save Chick-fil-A' bill]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
*Kaplan, Talia (June 11, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/texas-governor-save-chick-fil-a-bill-law Texas governor signs controversial 'Save Chick-fil-A' bill into law]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
See also:
*Axelrod, Tal (July 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/453978-texas-governor-holds-ceremonial-signing-of-save-chick-fil-a Texas governor holds ceremonial signing of 'Save Chick-fil-A' bill]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
*Halaschak, Zachary (July 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-governor-ceremoniously-signs-chick-fil-a-bill Texas governor ceremoniously signs 'Chick-fil-A bill']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
*Berry, Susan (July 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/20/gov-greg-abbott-signs-chick-fil-a-bill-into-law-protect-religious-liberty/ Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Chick-fil-A Bill into Law to ‘Protect Religious Liberty’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
*Freiburger, Calvin (July 23, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-governor-signs-save-chick-fil-a-bill-protecting-religious-businesses-from-discrimination Texas governor signs ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill protecting religious businesses from discrimination]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
*Russell, Nicole (July 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/chick-fil-a-inspires-new-religious-liberty-law-in-texas Chick-fil-A inspires new religious liberty law in Texas]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 19, 2019.</ref>

====Gun rights====
On June 13, 2015, Abbott signed the campus carry (SB 11) and the [[open carry]] (HB 910) bills into law.<ref name="OpenAndCampus">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.kvue.com/story/news/state/2015/06/12/gov-abbott-open-carry-campus-carry/71160338/ |title=Gov. Abbott signs open carry, campus carry into law |website=Kvue.com |date=2015-06-13 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> The campus carry law went into effect on August 1, 2015, and allows the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun on public college campuses, with private colleges being able to opt out.<ref name="OpenAndCampus"/><ref name="Open">{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/13/abbott-signs-open-carry-bill/ |title=At Shooting Range, Abbott Signs "Open Carry" Bill |publisher=The Texas Tribune |date=2015-06-13 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> The open carry bill went into effect on January 1, 2016, and allows the licensed carrying of handguns openly in all locations that allow concealed carry.<ref name="OpenAndCampus"/><ref name="Open"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/us/-2016-01-01-texas-open-carry-gun-law.html|title=Texas Open Carry Gun Law|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=January 2, 2016}}</ref> Texas is the 45th state to have open carry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc13.com/news/texas-becomes-45th-state-to-pass-open-carry-law/1143146/ |title=Texas becomes 45th state to pass open carry law |website=Abc13.com |date=2015-06-08 |accessdate=2016-01-02}}</ref> Later, in May 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law massively reducing handgun carry license fees.<ref>Price, Bob (May 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/28/texas-governor-signs-law-reducing-handgun-carry-license-fees/ Texas Governor Signs Law Reducing Handgun Carry License Fees]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Samuels, Alex (May 26, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/26/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-measure-reduce-handgun-license-fee/ Texas governor jokes about shooting reporters after signing gun bill]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 28, 2017.</ref>

In 2018, Abbott caved to the gun control lobby by canceling a shotgun giveaway for a contest after left-wing gun control activists criticized him for it.<ref>Folley, Aris (May 21, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/388646-texas-governor-cancels-plans-of-shotgun-giveaway-days-after-school Texas governor cancels shotgun giveaway days after school shooting]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref>

On June 6, 2019, Abbott signed a bill into law removing the state cap on the number of armed teachers allowed in school districts.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 6, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/06/greg-abbott-signs-bill-allowing-more-armed-teachers-texas-schools/ Greg Abbott Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers in Texas Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Barton, Regina (June 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-governor-signs-bill-allowing-more-armed-teachers Texas governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 7, 2019.</ref> To the consternation of left-wingers, Abbott signed several other pro-gun bills in 2019.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pearce, Tim (August 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-will-allow-guns-in-churches-schools-after-el-paso-shooter-targeted-low-security-walmart Texas will allow guns in churches, schools after El Paso shooter targeted 'low security' Walmart]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
*Vertuno, Jim (August 8, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/a69166e1f1074a0196deb70ef6e7f8b4 Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
*Fernandez, Marisa (September 1, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/texas-gun-laws-loosening-mass-shooting-19989b8a-3ece-4ac7-9cc4-f8c75fc419a8.html New Texas laws loosening gun restrictions officially go into effect]. ''Axios''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
*Wise, Justin (September 1, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/459549-looser-gun-restrictions-go-into-effect-in-texas-after-deadly-mass Looser gun restrictions go into effect in Texas after deadly mass shootings]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
*Hawkins, Awr (September 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/01/texas-firearm-laws-change-benefit-self-defense-gun-use/ Texas Firearm Laws Change to Benefit Self-Defense Gun Use]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
*Fung, Esther; Findell, Elizabeth (September 1, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-texas-deals-with-recent-violence-looser-gun-laws-in-state-take-effect-11567379542 As Texas Deals with Recent Violence, Looser Gun Laws in State Take Effect]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
*Bufkin, Ellie (September 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/new-texas-law-allows-residents-to-flee-emergency-with-legally-owned-guns New Texas law allows residents to flee emergency with legally owned guns]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
*Ozimek, Tom (September 3, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gun-laws-change-to-make-it-easier-to-carry-guns-for-self-defense_3066498.html Texas Gun Laws Change to Make it Easier to Carry Guns for Self-Defense]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved September 3, 2019.</ref>

However, Abbott signed a bill into law in 2019 that created a $1 million gun storage safety campaign that Second Amendment supporters opposed because of the high potential of the program being used to promote gun control.<ref>Chamberlain, Samuel (June 16, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-governor-greg-abbott-budget-gun-storage-safety-nra-opposed Texas governor approves budget with gun storage safety effort opposed by NRA]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 16, 2019.</ref> Additionally, Abbott undermined the freedom to conduct firearm sales without government interference,<ref>Silber, Clarice; Weber, Paul J. (August 22, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/f0c1ce26cf104ba897ac205c9d5b91a1 Texas governor expresses concern about private gun sales]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved August 22, 2019.</ref> among some other actions.<ref>Wolverton, Joe (January 2, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/34498-texas-gov-abbott-calling-for-new-fusion-centers-to-end-armed-violence Texas Governor Calling for New Fusion Centers to End Armed Violence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 2, 2020.</ref>

In the broader issue of self-defense, Abbott signed a bill into law legalizing brass knuckles for self-defense.<ref>Folley, Aris (August 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/457394-brass-knuckles-to-soon-be-legal-to-carry-in-texas-for-self-defense Texas set to end ban on brass knuckles]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 14, 2019.</ref>

====Illegal immigration and refugees====
Abbott signed the 2015 Texas state budget into law, which provided for a record amount of spending for border security and enforcement.<ref>Shadwick, Lana (June 10, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/10/texas-gov-signs-toughest-border-security-plan-of-any-state-and-seeks-fed-reimbursement/ Texas Gov. Signs Toughest Border Security Plan of Any State, and Seeks Fed Reimbursement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> Abbott vetoed almost $300 million in discretionary spending from the budget despite that.<ref>[http://gov.texas.gov/news/press-release/21105 Governor Abbott Signs State Budget Into Law]. ''Office of the Governor''. June 20, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/06/20/gov-abbott-cuts-300m-vetoes-bills-on-spousal-loopholes-prostitution/ Gov. Abbott Cuts $300M, Vetoes Bills On Spousal Loopholes, Prostitution]. ''CBS DFW''. June 20, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref> The Texas legislature did not pass a bill to end "[[Sanctuary City (Immigration)|sanctuary cities]]", so Abbott took matters into his own hands and established a plan to "strip state grant funding from county sheriff's" who do not enforce the law.<ref>Price, Bob (January 1, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/01/2015-texas-new-governor-attacks-sanctuary-cities-expands-border-security/ 2015: Texas’ New Governor Attacks Sanctuary Cities, Expands Border Security]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

In September 2016, Abbott withdrew Texas from a federal refugee resettlement program after the [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama Administration]] rejected "specific security conditions" from the state.<ref>Price, Bob (September 30, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/30/texas-withdraws-federal-refugee-resettlement-program/ Texas Withdraws from Federal Refugee Resettlement Program]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved October 1, 2016.</ref>

On February 1, 2017, Abbott blocked funding to Travis County after its left-wing sheriff introduced illegal [[Sanctuary City (Immigration)|"sanctuary city"]] policies to the county.<ref>Svitek, Patrick (February 1, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/01/sanctuary-fight-abbott-cuts-funding-travis-county/ In "sanctuary" fight, Abbott cuts off funding to Travis County]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (February 1, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/01/texas-governor-suspends-funding-sanctuary-county/ Texas Governor Cuts Cash for Sanctuary County]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> On May 7, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law which would criminally charge city or county officials who refuse to cooperate with federal officials in enforcing immigration laws and which gives the police the right to choose to check the immigration status of individuals if they choose, effectively banning "sanctuary" cities.<ref>Carter, Brandon (May 7, 2017). [https://thehill.com/latino/332317-texas-governor-signs-law-banning-sanctuary-cities Texas governor signs law banning sanctuary cities]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/07/live-video-texas-governor-signs-toughest-sanctuary-city-law-usa/ Texas Governor Signs Toughest Sanctuary City Law in U.S.A.]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/07/texas-governor-signs-bill-targeting-sanctuary-cities.html Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities]. ''Fox News''. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref> While a federal judge blocked portions of the law, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling.<ref>Price, Bob (September 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/09/25/texas-anti-sanctuary-city-law-can-enforced-appeals-court-rules/ Texas’ Anti-Sanctuary City Law Can Be Enforced, Appeals Court Rules]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 25, 2017.</ref> In March 2018, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled in favor of the law.<ref>Multiple references:
*Dedaj, Paulina (March 13, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/13/us-appeals-court-upholds-texas-law-targeting-sanctuary-cities.html US appeals court upholds Texas law targeting sanctuary cities]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
*Price, Bob (March 13, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/03/13/texas-sanctuary-city-law-survives-fifth-circuit-appeal/ Texas Sanctuary City Law Survives Fifth Circuit Appeal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
*Aguilar, Julián (March 13, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/13/texas-immigration-sanctuary-cities-law-court/ Federal appeals court's ruling upholds most of Texas' "sanctuary cities" law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved March 14, 2018.</ref>

In April 2018, Abbott pledged to send 250 [[National Guard]] troops to the U.S.–Mexico border in accordance with President [[Donald Trump]]'s order to send troops there,<ref>Multiple references:
*Zwirz, Elizabeth (April 6, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/06/arizona-governor-announces-plans-to-send-150-national-guard-members-to-border.html Arizona, Texas announce plans to send National Guard members to border]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/arizona-texas-prepare-send-guard-troops-united-states-mexico-border/4336285.html Arizona, Texas Sending National Guard to US-Mexico Border]. ''Voice of America''. April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
*Price, Bob (April 7, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/07/250-texas-national-guard-members-heading-border/ 250 Texas National Guard Members Heading to Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> and he defended the actions.<ref>Key, Pam (April 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/09/tx-gov-abbott-mathematical-need-national-guard-secure-u-s-mexico-border/ TX Gov Abbott: ‘Mathematical Need’ for National Guard to Secure U.S.-Mexico Border]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> A few days later, Abbott increased the number of pledged troops to at least 1,000.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (April 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/09/texas-arizona-new-mexico-pledge-hundreds-national-guard-troops-for-us-mexico-border.html Texas, Arizona, New Mexico pledge hundreds of National Guard troops for US-Mexico border]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*Sanchez, Luis (April 9, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/382370-arizona-hikes-number-of-national-guard-troops-its-sending-to-the-border Texas, Arizona hike number of troops heading to border]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/news/texas-to-send-up-to-1400-troops-to-u-s-mexico-border/ Texas to send up to 1,400 troops to U.S.-Mexico border]. ''Breitbart News'' (from ''UPI''). April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
See also:
*Price, Bob (April 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/04/10/texas-national-guard-troops-will-armed-says-governor/ Texas National Guard Troops Will Be Armed, Says Governor]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref>

On January 10, 2020, Abbott announced Texas would reject the importation of refugees in the state.<ref>Multiple references:
*Murphy, James (January 12, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/34598-texas-governor-state-will-refuse-new-refugees-in-accordance-with-trump-executive-order Texas Governor: State Will Refuse New Refugees in Accordance With Trump Executive Order]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
*Horowitz, Daniel (January 13, 2020). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-chooses-taxpayers-truth-special-interests-virtue-signaling/ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott chooses his taxpayers and truth over special interests and virtue-signaling]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
*Binder, John (January 10, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/10/texas-governor-greg-abbott-first-in-u-s-to-halt-refugee-flow-into-his-state/ Texas Governor Greg Abbott First in U.S. to Halt Refugee Flow into His State]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
*Dinan, Stephen (January 10, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/10/texas-becomes-first-state-to-reject-refugees-under/ Texas becomes first state to reject refugees under new Trump veto]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
*Pearce, Tim (January 10, 2020). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gov-greg-abbott-says-texas-will-no-longer-accept-refugees Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will no longer accept refugees]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
*Axelrod, Tal (January 10, 2020). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/477755-texas-governor-says-state-will-not-accept-new-refugees Texas governor says state will not accept new refugees]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
*Merchant, Nomaan (January 10, 2020). [https://apnews.com/7329dbc3dcbf32534689831455fa4246 Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
*Cuthbertson, Charlotte (January 12, 2020). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-is-first-state-to-opt-out-of-accepting-refugees-in-2020_3201721.html Texas Is First State to Opt Out of Accepting Refugees in 2020]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved January 12, 2020.</ref>

Jan 24, 2024 report: Abbott, defiantly, continued laying razor wire around migrant-engulfed border city despite recent Supreme Court ruling.<ref>https://nypost.com/2024/01/24/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-laying-razor-wire-despite-court-order/</ref> As he is genuinely concerned about security, declaring invasion at the border invokes [[constitutional]] 'right of self-defense'.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/24/texas-greg-abbott-border-fence-supreme-court/</ref>

====Israel====
Abbott signed three bills in 2017, one of which condemns the anti-[[Israel]] [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement and requires that every business that contracts for any Texas governmental unit not to boycott Israel,<ref>Hope, Merrill (May 2, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/02/texas-governor-signs-anti-bds-bill-law/ Texas Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bill into Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref> and the other two ban government contractors from doing business with [[Iran]], [[Sudan]], or "designated foreign terrorist organizations"; and expand anti-Iran restrictions.<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/09/texas-governor-israeli-pm-reaffirm-strong-ties-call/ Texas Governor, Israeli PM Reaffirm Strong Ties During Call]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 9, 2017.</ref>

====State and national sovereignty====
On June 14, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law prohibiting the use of any foreign law, including [[Sharia Law]], in Texas courts.<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 16, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/16/texas-enacts-anti-sharia-law/ Texas Enacts ‘Anti-Sharia’ Law]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 16, 2017.</ref>

====Voter fraud====
On June 2, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law reinstating and modifying Texas's voter ID law.<ref>Wilson, Reid (June 2, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/336093-texas-gov-signs-new-voter-id-plan Texas gov signs new voter ID plan]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 2, 2017. See also:
*Hope, Merrill (September 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/09/18/texas-declares-final-victory-in-voter-id-lawsuit/ Texas Declares ‘Final Victory’ in Voter ID Lawsuit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.</ref> Also in June 2017, Abbott vetoed a bill that would have allowed mail-in-ballot-only elections in some elections in rural counties because he thought the risk of [[voter fraud]] was too high for such a bill.<ref>Svitek, Patrick (June 15, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/15/gov-greg-abbott-vetoes-50-bills-passed-texas-legislature/ Abbott vetoes 50 bills passed by Legislature]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref> On August 11, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law increasing the penalty for mail-in ballot fraud.<ref>Hope, Merrill (August 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/14/texas-inks-stiffer-penalties-mail-ballot-voter-fraud/ Texas Inks Stiffer Penalties for Mail Ballot Voter Fraud]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2018.</ref>

====Other issues====
A few days later, he signed a bill into law cracking down on sexual teacher-student relationships.<ref>Hope, Merrill (May 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/25/texas-governor-signs-law-crackdown-teacher-sex-misconduct/ Texas Governor Signs Law to Crackdown on Teacher Sex Misconduct]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> He also signed a bill into law expanding Texas's [[hate crime]] law to include crimes against police officers and judges.<ref>Price, Bob (June 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/17/texas-makes-killing-cops-hate-crime/ Texas Makes Attacking Cops a Hate Crime]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 17, 2017.</ref><ref>Blake, Andrew (May 25, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/texas-legislature-broadens-hate-crime-law-protect-/ Texas legislature broadens hate crime law to protect police officers, judges]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2017.</ref> On June 6, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law banning texting while driving in Texas.<ref>Platoff, Emma (June 6, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/06/abbott-signs-texting-while-driving-ban/ Gov. Abbott signs statewide ban on texting while driving]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Hope, Merrill (June 8, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/08/texting-driving-ban-coming-texas/ Texting While Driving Ban Coming to Texas]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 8, 2017.</ref>

On June 9, 2017, Abbott signed a bill into law expanding Texas's ban on [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>Hope, Merrill (June 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/14/texas-expands-ban-female-genital-mutilation/ Texas Expands Ban on Female Genital Mutilation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref>

Polls in April 2018 showed Abbott "highly vulnerable" to the challenge of either of his two Democratic opponents, Lupe Valdez (the lesbian Dallas County Sheriff, who failed to pay her property taxes until late June 2018) or Andrew White (son of former Governor Mark White). Valdez and White competed in the May 22 runoff election for their party's nomination to contest Abbott's re-election bid; Valdez won. However, Abbott handily won re-election.

On June 1, 2019, Abbott signed a bill into law banning red light cameras.<ref>Multiple references:
*Price, Bob (June 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/06/02/new-texas-law-bans-red-light-cameras-statewide/ New Texas Law Bans Red Light Cameras Statewide]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
*Fedschun, Travis (June 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/red-light-cameras-texas-governor-greg-abbott-new-law Red light cameras banned in Texas]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 2, 2019.</ref> He also signed a bill protecting free speech rights on college campuses.<ref>Multiple references:
*Marshall, Victoria (June 10, 2019). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/victoriamarshall/2019/06/10/texas-governor-signs-law-protecting-free-speech-on-college-campuses-n2547867 Texas Governor Signs Law Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
*Schow, Ashe (June 10, 2019). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/48229/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-bills-protecting-free-ashe-schow Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Bills Protecting Free Speech, Allowing Beer Delivery, And Banning Red Light Cameras]. ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved June 10, 2019.</ref>

On November 4, 2019, Abbott began clearing up homeless camps in the state capital of Austin.<ref>Multiple references:
*Givas, Nick (November 4, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/media/homeless-cleanup-austin-texas-greg-abbott As homeless camps continue to spring up in Austin, Gov. Abbott orders cleanup effort]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
*Findell, Elizabeth (November 5, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-begins-clearing-homeless-from-austin-underpasses-11572993078 Texas Begins Clearing Homeless From Austin Underpasses]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
See also:
*Findell, Elizabeth (November 7, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-governor-to-establish-campground-for-homeless-in-austin-11573153372 Texas Governor to Establish Campground for Homeless in Austin]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
*Daugherty, Owen (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/469541-texas-governor-says-state-will-open-shelter-for-homeless-outside-austin Texas governor says state will open shelter for homeless outside Austin after camps in the city cleaned up]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
*Weber, Paul J.; Silber, Clarice (November 7, 2019). [https://apnews.com/5764ea4721574bf3b4d346cd5486ab5f Texas governor opens homeless campsite amid feud with Austin]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
*Phillips, Morgan (November 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-greg-abbott-homeless-campsite-austin-state-land Texas Gov. Abbott opens homeless campsite on state land in fight with Austin]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 8, 2019.</ref>

Abbott signed a pro-police pledge in late October 2020.<ref>Morris, Kyle (October 29, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/29/gop-texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-back-the-blue-pledge/ GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Back-the-Blue Pledge]. ''[[Breitbart News Network]]''. Retrieved October 31, 2020.</ref>

In March 2021, Abbott accused free speech platform [[Gab]] of being an "[[anti-Semitic]] platform."<ref>https://twitter.com/GovAbbott/status/1369822393678594061</ref>

==Personal life==
Abbott is married to Cecilia Phalen Abbott, the first Latina first lady of Texas.<ref name="Echoes"/> He is the first Texas governor to use a wheelchair, having used it since being paralyzed in 1984, when an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging.<ref name="Echoes"/> The Abbotts have an adopted daughter.<ref name="Directory"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Abbott Profile] on Ballotpedia

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Dan Patrick

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Dan Goeb Patrick
|image=DanPatrickSenate.jpg
|birth_place=[[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]
|birth_date=April 4, 1950
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=(1) Divorced 
(2) Jan Patrick (married 1975)
|children=Two children, including: 
Ryan Kelley Goeb Patrick
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|office=Lieutenant Governor of [[Texas]]
|term_start=January 20, 2015
|preceded=David Dewhurst
|office2=Texas State Senator for the 7th district (Harris County)
|term_start2=January 9, 2007
|term_end2=January 13, 2015
|preceded2=Jon Lindsay
|succeeded2=Paul Bettencourt
}}
'''Dan Goeb Patrick''' (born '''Dannie Scott Goeb''';<ref name="Truth">{{cite web|url=http://www.danpatrick.org/truth/|title=The Truth – Name Change » Dan Patrick for Lieutenant Governor|work=Dan Patrick for Lieutenant Governor|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref> April 4, 1950<ref name="PVS">[https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/57986/dan-patrick#.V-skcWwVBPY Dan Patrick's Biography]. ''Project Vote Smart''. Retrieved September 27, 2016.</ref>) was the 42nd lieutenant governor of [[Texas]], serving since January 2015, winning his third term in November 2022, and then losing by a wide margin in November 2026. Prior to being Lieutenant Governor, Patrick was a sportscaster and a [[conservative talk radio]] host. Like Texas Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] and many Texas state legislators, Patrick was controlled by the [[Texas oligarchy]] that is right-of-center on fiscal issues but not particularly [[conservative]]. Patrick is a [[Southern Baptist]].

The sham ambush [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of [[conservative]] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 27, 2023, unmasked the [[Republican]] officials, including Patrick, who are beholden to the [[Texas oligarchy]] that demanded it. Patrick immediately appointed the oligarchs' point man in the Senate, Sen. [[Brian Birdwell]], as the chairman of the rules committee for the Senate impeachment trial.

==Early life and career==
Patrick was born April 4, 1950, in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref name="PVS"/> Patrick graduated from University of Maryland, Baltimore County.<ref name="Crasher">Sweeney, Paul (Febaruary 24, 2006). [https://www.texasobserver.org/2143-party-crasher-can-houstons-king-of-right-wing-talk-radio-bust-into-the-texas-senate/ Party Crasher: Can Houston's king of right-wing talk radio bust into the Texas Senate?]. ''The Texas Observer''. Retrieved September 27, 2016.</ref>

Starting with a radio job in 1968, Patrick held several positions in radio and television in his life.<ref name="Truth"/><ref name="Crasher"/> As a broadcaster, Patrick was able to get attention through various stunts, such as painting himself blue in support for the Houston Oilers and wearing a large cowboy hat.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> He became the second most popular TV personality in Houston by 1983.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> Patrick also had excellent public speaking skills, which caused him to be nicknamed "the Silver-tongued Devil."<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle>{{cite web |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/here-comes-trouble/ |title=Here Comes Trouble |last=Swartz |first=Mimi |magazine=Texas Monthly |date=January 2007 |accessdate=December 28, 2017}}</ref>

During the 1980s, Patrick and several investors opened one of the first sports bars in the U.S., which they named Dan and Nick's Sportsmarket.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> The bar did well for a time, due to "the strength of Patrick’s personality"<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/> and an oil boom in Houston at the time, and they eventually took ownership of five sports bars in the city.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> The chain, however, was fatally hurt after the oil boom ended and Houston's economy experienced a downturn,<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> and Patrick went bankrupt in 1986.<ref name="Dallas News">{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20130919-dan-patrick-walked-away-from-large-business-debts.ece|title=Lieutenant governor candidate Dan Patrick knows struggles of going broke|publisher=Dallas News |date=September 19, 2013|accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The ordeal of bankruptcy would shape Patrick as a conservative and a Christian.<ref name="Dallas News"/>

==Conservative talk show host==
Soon after his bankruptcy, Patrick "reinvented himself,"<ref name="Crasher"/> becoming a [[conservative talk radio]] host in the 1990s.<ref name="Dallas News"/> He began by buying a four-hour timeslot at KSEV and originally was a sports talk host, operating out of his remaining sports bar.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> However, he was able to take over the radio station in 1988, and he switched to politics shortly afterward.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful">{{cite web | last1=Malewitz | first1=Jim | last2=Walters | first2=Edgar | title=Radio Made Dan Patrick Powerful in Texas. And it's Helping Him Stay that Way. | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/27/radio-made-texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-powerful-and-its-helping-him-stay-/ | date=July 27, 2017 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=December 28, 2017}}</ref>

Patrick grew very successful and influential through his talk radio career<ref name="Crasher"/><ref name="Dallas News"/> and earned high name recognition.<ref name="Crasher"/> As a talk radio host, Patrick promoted consistent conservative Christian views, and he became a very vocal opponent of [[illegal immigration]].<ref name="Crasher"/> Patrick's talk radio career was instrumental to Patrick's political rise, including his election and influence in the State Senate and his eventual election as lieutenant governor.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="RadioPowerful"/> He was also known as a [[populist]].<ref name="RadioPowerful"/> One notable decision Patrick made as the owner of a talk radio program was to sign [[Rush Limbaugh]], who was not well known at the time, on his radio station.<ref name="Dallas News"/>

By February 2006, Patrick already owned one radio station.<ref name="Crasher"/> In 2006, Patrick signed a deal to purchase the radio station KMGS AM 1160 in Highland Park, Texas.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kristen |last=Mack |title=Alvarado looks in Dallas for Latino legal support |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/mack/3994763.html |publisher=Houston Chronicle |date=June 23, 2006 |accessdate=November 3, 2012}}</ref> By 2013, Patrick was the majority owner of two radio stations, in [[Houston]] and [[Dallas]].<ref name="Dallas News"/> Patrick continued broadcasting after his election as a State Senator, and he continued to own KSEV after his election as lieutenant governor.<ref name="RadioPowerful"/>

==Texas State Senate==
Due to his influential career in talk radio, Patrick gained large name recognition.<ref name="Dallas News"/> He considered running for Congress in 2004.<ref name="Truth"/>

In 2006, Patrick was first elected to the [[Texas Senate]] in 2006, receiving almost 70 percent of the vote in the general election.<ref name=TexasTribuneStats>{{cite web |url = http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-patrick/ |title = Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick |work = The Texas Tribune |series = Elected Officials Directory |accessdate = September 27, 2016}}</ref> Patrick quickly built up a conservative record. Shortly after the 2010 elections, where the GOP received record election gains, Patrick announced, and subsequently created, a [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] Caucus in the Texas legislature, which at its creation has 48 legislators as members.<ref>Grissom, Brandi (December 16, 2010). [http://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/16/sen-dan-patrick-announces-tea-party-caucus/ "Sen. Dan Patrick Announces Tea Party Caucus"]. ''The texas Tribune''. Retrieved February 5, 2015.</ref>

==Lieutenant Governor of Texas==
===2014 election===
Patrick ran for Texas lieutenant governor in the 2014 elections, challenging the Republican incumbent [[David Dewhurst]]. Patrick stated that while he had been planning on retiring from politics after his Senate term ended, he decided to run for lieutenant governor after Dewhurst unsuccessfully tried to end then state Senator [[Wendy Davis]]'s filibuster of the [[pro-life]] Texas Senate Bill 5 – showing his weakness – and after another fellow Senator, Jane Nelson, refused to run herself.<ref name="ChristianFirst"/> Patrick ran as a [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] conservative, while Dewhurst was the [[establishment]] candidate.<ref name="Holdssway">{{cite news | last1=Fernandez | first1=Manny | title=Lieutenant Governor Loses Texas Runoff as Tea Party Holds Sway | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/us/politics/tea-party-favorite-beats-lieutenant-governor-in-texas.html | date=May 27, 2014 | publisher=The New York Times | accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> Dewhurst and Patrick went to a runoff after the primary, and Patrick won with 65 percent of the vote.<ref name=TexasTribuneStats/> Patrick won the general election with over 58 percent of the vote, in an election where Tea Party candidates made large gains in the state.<ref name="Grissom">Grissom, Brandi (May 28, 2014). [http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/28/tea-party-conservatives-win-top-gop-runoff-contest/ Tea Party Conservatives Win Top GOP Runoff Contests], ''[[Texas Tribune]]''. Retrieved April 2, 2015.</ref><ref name="Conservative">Koppel, Nathan (January 21, 2015). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-moves-quickly-to-advance-conservative-agenda-1421883867 "Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Moves Quickly to Advance Conservative Agenda"]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 2, 2015.</ref>

===2018 election===
Patrick won re-nomination with 1,172,830 (76 percent) to 368,995 (24 percent) in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018. He faced a single intra-party rival, Scott Milder, a member of the city council in Rockwall in the eastern portion of the [[Dallas]] Metroplex. Milder used the campaign theme "Return Texas to Normalcy," like [[Warren Harding]] employed nationally in his 1920 presidential race against James M. Cox. Milder carried the backing of the [[liberal]], anti-Patrick ''San Antonio Express-News.''<ref>"Milder, Collier for lieutenant governor," ''San Antonio Express-News'', February 18, 2018, p. F2.</ref> Despite claiming to be "conservative", Milder endorsed Michael E. "Mike" Collier (born c. 1961) of Harris County, Patrick's Democrat opponent in the November 6 general election.<ref>Ward, Mike (March 8, 2018). [https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Republican-endorses-Democrat-challenger-to-Lt-12738169.php Republican endorses Democrat challenger to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick]. ''The Houston Chronicle''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.</ref> Collier is a graduate of the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and a former auditor with PricewaterhouseCooper who claims to have previously been a Republican.

In 2014, Mike Collier was the Democrat nominee for Texas state comptroller on the Democrat ticket headed by the abortion backer [[Wendy Davis]], but he was handily defeated by the Republican Glenn Hagar, who is seeking his second term in the same general election. Josh Brodesky, columnist for ''The San Antonio Express-News'', postulates that Collier will run much better against Patrick in 2018 than he did against Hagar four years earlier. Brodesky cites as evidence for his claim the fact that Collier, fellow Democrat Michael Cooper, and Scott Milder combined out-polled Patrick in the primary election, 1,325,703 to 1,172,830. Hence the three non-conservative candidates outpolled Patrick by 152,873 votes statewide. Brodesky said that Patrick's support for the failed 2017 bill to require [[transgender]]ed persons to use the public restroom corresponding to their genitalia at birth, along with Patrick's perceived skepticism toward public education has brought forth "the unique political environment of energized Democrats" seeking victory in 2018.<ref>Josh Brodesky, "Collier challenge to Patrick may be the most interesting race", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', April 1, 2018, p. F3.</ref>

Patrick endorsed several Republican Senate candidates in their primaries,<ref>{{cite web | last1=Jeffers | first1=Gromer, Jr. | title=Already Playing with a Strong Hand, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Gambles by Endorsing in GOP Primaries | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/02/21/already-playing-strong-hand-lt-gov-dan-patrick-gambles-endorsing-gop-primaries | date=February 21, 2018 | publisher=''The Dallas Morning News'' | accessdate=September 20, 2018}}</ref> and nearly all of the endorsed candidates won.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Formby | first1=Brandon | last2=Greene | first2=Sydney | title=GOP State Sen. Craig Estes Ousted; Sen. Bob Hall Defeats Burkett | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/craig-estes-angela-paxton-bob-hall-texas-senate-primary-2018/ | date=March 6, 2018 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=September 20, 2018}}</ref> Later in the year, Patrick heavily supported Senate candidate [[Pete Flores]] in a special election, with Flores winning and flipping the Senate seat to the GOP for the first time in 139 years and strengthening Patrick's Senate majority.<ref>Price, Bob (September 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/09/20/texas-republican-wins-senate-seat-after-140-years-of-democrat-control/ Texas Republican Wins Senate Seat After 140 Years of Democrat Control]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 20, 2018.</ref><ref>Mikelionis, Lukas (September 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/20/texas-republican-wins-state-senate-race-in-district-held-by-democrats-for-139-years.html Texas Republican wins state Senate race in district held by Democrats for 139 years]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 20, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=McGuinness | first1=Dylan | title=Flores Defeats Gallego in Senate District 19 | url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Polls-close-at-7-p-m-in-Senate-District-19-13239398.php | date=September 19, 2018 | publisher=''San Antonio Express-News'' | accessdate=September 20, 2018}}</ref>

===Tenure===
Patrick was sworn in on January 20, 2015, and made no delay in showing his Christian conservative principles once again.<ref name=nextlevel>Lindell, Chuck (January 20, 2015). [http://www.statesman.com/news/news/dan-patrick-snaps-selfies-vows-next-level-conserva/njr2K/ "Dan Patrick Snaps Selfies, Vows ‘Next Level’ Conservatism"]. ''Austin American -Statesman''. Retrieved January 23, 2015.</ref><ref name="Echoes">Fernandez, Manny (January 20, 2015). [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/us/politics/new-texas-governor-greg-abbott-expected-to-continue-on-perrys-path.html?_r=0 "Texas’ New Governor Echoes the Plans of Perry"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 24, 2015.</ref> Soon after assuming office, the [[Texas Senate]] voted to drop the threshold needed to consider a bill from two-thirds to three-fiths, something that Patrick supported.<ref name="Conservative"/><ref>Smith, Morgan (January 21, 2015). [http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/21/change-procedure-senate-democrats-lose-clout/ "With Change in Procedure, Senate Democrats Lose Clout"]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved January 23, 2015.</ref>

On May 13, 2016, Patrick criticized the [[Obama administration]] after it released a "directive" stating that all public schools must allow transgender students to use the bathroom and locker facilities that correspond with their identified gender, stating that, on the prospect of the federal government withholding funding for Texas schools for not following the directive, "he can keep his 30 pieces of silver [and that w]e will not yield to blackmail from the president of the United States."<ref>{{cite web | last1=Gass | first1=Nick | title=Texas Lt. Gov. Accuses Obama of 'Blackmail' on Transgender Bathrooms | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/transgender-bathrooms-obama-texas-lieutenant-governor-223159 | date=May 13, 2016 | publisher=''Politico'' | accessdate=May 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Healy PÉREZ-PEÑAMAY | first1=Jack | last2=Pérez-Peñamay | first2=Richard | title=Solace and Fury as Schools React to Transgender Policy | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/us/transgender-bathrooms.html?_r=0 | date=May 13, 2016 | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | accessdate=May 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Texas to Instruct Schools Not to Obey Obama's Transgender Bathroom Decree|url=https://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/13/tx-lt-gov-dan-patrick-transgender-bathrooms-would-be-end-public-education|accessdate=14 May 2016|publisher=Fox News Insider}}</ref>

Patrick strongly supported a common-sense bill in 2017 that would have required people in Texas to use the restroom of their biological gender.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/new-bathroom-bill-in-texas-may-spark-north-carolina-like-outrage.html New bathroom bill in Texas may spark North Carolina-like outrage]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> He spoke out against the left-wing push for gun control, noting that the root cause of gun violence is traced to the devaluing of life in American culture, such as through [[abortion]].<ref>Key, Pam (May 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/20/texas-lt-gov-patrick-on-school-shootings-we-have-devalued-life-through-abortion-violence-in-pop-culture/ TX Lt. Gov Patrick on School Shootings: ‘We Have Devalued Life’ Through Abortion, Violence in Pop Culture]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref><ref>Freiburger, Calvin (May 21, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-lt.-gov-abortion-is-part-of-devaluing-life-that-leads-to-school-shoot Texas Lt. Gov: Abortion is part of ‘devaluing life’ that leads to school shootings]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref>

In April 2018, as he began preparing for the general election campaign against Mike Collier, Patrick strongly endorsed President Trump's request for National Guard troops on the Mexican border to protect the states from potential invasion by illegal aliens. Patrick even said that he hopes that "hell freezes over" until Trump's border wall can be constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/06/tx-lt-gov-i-hope-national-guard-stays-on-border-until-hell-freezes-over-until-that-wall-is-built/|title=TX Lt. Gov: I Hope National Guard Stays on Border ‘Until Hell Freezes over, Until that Wall Is Built’|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=April 6, 2018|author=Ian Hanchett|accessdate=April 7, 2018}}</ref>

While generally supporting Second Amendment rights, Patrick endorsed some additional gun controls in September 2019.<ref>Multiple references:
*Hanchett, Ian (September 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/09/02/tx-lt-gov-patrick-the-nra-needs-to-get-behind-trump-on-private-sales-between-strangers/ TX Lt. Gov Patrick: The NRA ‘Needs to Get Behind’ Trump on Private Sales Between Strangers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
*Hawkins, Awr (September 4, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/texas-lt-gov-patrick-voices-support-for-closing-loophole-on-private-gun-sales/ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick Voices Support for Closing ‘Loophole’ on Private Gun Sales]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
*Axelrod, Tal (September 6, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/460297-texas-lt-gov-stranger-to-stranger-gun-sales-should-require-background Texas Lt. Gov: 'Stranger-to-stranger' gun sales should require background check]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
See also:
*Hawkins, Awr (September 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/07/nra-texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-echoing-bloomberg-gun-control-push/ NRA: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Echoing Bloomberg Gun Control Push]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 7, 2019.</ref>

===Legislation passed===
Patrick and some conservatives considered his first legislative session as lieutenant governor a victory for conservative principles,<ref>Price, Bob (June 1, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/01/texas-legislature-closes-with-multiple-conservative-victories/ Texas Legislature Closes with Multiple Conservative Victories]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (June 2, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/02/hold-exclusive-end-of-session-interview-with-texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick/ EXCLUSIVE: End of Session Interview with Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref> while some others disagreed.<ref>Ward, Mike & Fikac, Peggy (May 30, 2015). [http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/A-conservative-wave-swept-the-Texas-Legislature-6297070.php A conservative wave swept the Texas Legislature, but it wasn't big enough for the tea party]. ''The Houston Chronicle''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Garrett, Robert (May 2016). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2015/05/29/best-texas-budget-ever-dan-patrick-says-but-others-disagree Best Texas budget ever, Dan Patrick says, but others disagree]. ''Dallas News''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref> Patrick moved to keep [[National Guard]] troops sent to the Texas-Mexico border during the illegal immigration surge of 2014 indefinitely, rather than in March 2015, as originally planned.<ref name=Natguard>The Associated Press (February 10, 2015). [http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/02/10/lt-gov-patrick-national-guard-not-leaving-texas-border/ "Lt. Gov. Patrick: National Guard Not Leaving Texas Border"]. ''CBS-DFW''. Retrieved February 10, 2015.</ref> Patrick's 2015 budget in the [[Texas Senate]] called for spending $815 million on border security, which he said was more than the previous seven years combined,<ref name=Natguard/> and was ultimately successful.<ref name="Priorities">[https://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/priorities/lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-and-the-texas-senate-achieved-your-priorities/ Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate Achieved Your Priorities]. ''Office of the Lieutenant Governor''. June 10, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref><ref>Shadwick, Lana (June 10, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/10/texas-gov-signs-toughest-border-security-plan-of-any-state-and-seeks-fed-reimbursement/ Texas Gov. Signs Toughest Border Security Plan of Any State, and Seeks Fed Reimbursement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref> Other bills signed into law during Patrick's tenure include an act that gives pastors the right to refuse to "marry" homosexual couples,<ref>Crampton, Liz (June 11, 2015). [https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/11/gov-abbott-signs-pastor-protection-act/ Abbott Signs "Pastor Protection Act" Into Law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref> and the legalization of open and campus carry.<ref>[http://www.kvue.com/news/state/gov-abbott-signs-open-carry-campus-carry-into-law/152502166 Gov. Abbott signs open carry, campus carry into law]. ''KVUE''. June 13, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.</ref>

Patrick strongly supported anti-[[Sanctuary city|"sanctuary" city]] legislation.<ref>[http://www.kcbd.com/story/35336420/lt-gov-dan-patrick-praises-passing-of-sanctuary-cities-bill Perry, Patrick praise passing of Sanctuary Cities bill]. ''KCBD''. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Aguilar, Julián (May 3, 2017). [https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/03/sanctuary-cities-bill-clears-latest-hurdle-heads-abbott-signature/ "Sanctuary cities" bill clears latest hurdle, heads to Abbott for signature]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref> On May 7, 2017, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law which would criminally charge city or county officials who refuse to cooperate with federal officials in enforcing immigration laws and which gives the police the right to choose to check the immigration status of individuals if they choose.<ref>Carter, Brandon (May 7, 2017). [https://thehill.com/latino/332317-texas-governor-signs-law-banning-sanctuary-cities Texas governor signs law banning sanctuary cities]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Price, Bob (May 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/05/07/live-video-texas-governor-signs-toughest-sanctuary-city-law-usa/ Texas Governor Signs Toughest Sanctuary City Law in U.S.A.]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/07/texas-governor-signs-bill-targeting-sanctuary-cities.html Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities]. ''Fox News''. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.</ref> The bill was much closer to what the Senate, under Patrick's control, supported than to what the House introduced at first.<ref>Barragán, James (April 27, 2017). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2017/04/26/follow-along-texas-house-set-fiery-debate-sanctuary-cities-bill Texas House finally passes harsher 'sanctuary cities' bill that's more like Senate version]. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Retrieved May 8, 2017.</ref>

In 2018, Patrick estimated that up to 30 million illegal aliens reside in the United States because only one in five seeking to gain illegal access are apprehended at the border. Traditional media have long put the figure at 11 million, but Patrick said that if 1.5 million had broken through each year since 2004, the current number of aliens would approach the 30 million figure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/as-many-as-30-million-people-live-in-us-illegally-says-texas-lt-gov-dan-Patrick/|title=As many as 30 million people live in US illegally, says Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick|author=Anna Giaritelli|date=June 22, 2018|publisher=''The Washington Examiner''|accessdate=June 23, 2018}}</ref>

Patrick made legislation prohibiting state or local governments from issuing subpoenas on pastors' sermons a priority in the 2017 session,<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas"/> as Governor Abbott signed that bill into law on May 21, 2017.<ref name="SvitekSubpoenas">{{cite web | last1=Svitek | first1=Patrick | title=Abbott Signs Bill Protecting Sermons from Subpoenas | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/21/abbott-signs-bill-protecting-sermons-subpoenas/ | date=May 21, 2017 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=May 22, 2017}}</ref>

===Presidential campaign involvement===
Patrick endorsed Texas Senator [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 Republican presidential primaries]] and served as his Texas campaign chairman.<ref>{{cite web | title=Texas' Lt. Gov. Now Backing Ted Cruz's Campaign for President | url=http://www.twcnews.com/tx/austin/politics/2015/10/26/lt--gov--dan-patrick-named-texas-chairman-of-ted-cruz-for-president-campaign.html | date=October 26, 2015 | publisher=''TWC News'' | accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> After businessman [[Donald Trump]] became the Republican nominee, Patrick endorsed Trump and eventually became the Texas state chairman for his campaign.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Svitek | first1=Patrick | title=Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Named Trump's Texas Chairman | url=https://www.texastribune.org/2016/09/16/patrick-named-trumps-texas-state-chairman/ | date=September 16, 2016 | publisher=''The Texas Tribune'' | accessdate=September 29, 2016}}</ref> While Patrick strongly criticized a tape showing Trump using obscene and graphic language concerning women,<ref name="Lewd">Svitek, Patrick (October 7, 2016). [https://www.texastribune.org/2016/10/07/patrick-condemns-trump-over-lewd-comments-about-wo/ Top Texas Republicans Condemn Trump's Lewd Comments]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved October 10, 2016.</ref> he continued to support Trump due to his knowledge of the destructiveness of [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[leftist]] policies compared to the conservative positions of Trump.<ref name="Lewd"/><ref>Benito, Marcelino (October 10, 2016). [http://www.khou.com/news/politics/texas-republicans-decide-whether-to-stick-with-trump/333408872 Texas republicans decide whether to stick with Trump]. ''KHOU''. Retrieved October 10, 2016.</ref>

Trump won the 2016 presidential election, as well as the state of Texas by more than nine percentage points.<ref>Svitek, Patrick (November 9, 2016). [https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/09/trumps-impact-texas-gop-unlikely-soon-fade/ Donald Trump's shocking upset emboldens Texas GOP]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> The conservative Texas GOP retained its large majorities in the state.<ref>Ketterer, Samantha (November 8, 2016). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2016/11/08/democrats-see-small-progress-texas-house-remain-far-behind Democrats see small progress in Texas House, but remain far behind]. ''Dallas News''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref>

===Education and property taxes===
Under Patrick's leadership of the state Senate, the state pays 52 percent of all public educational expenses, with local districts and colleges and universities responsible for the remainder. In 2010, that number was 61 percent. Patrick still notes that the 52 percent is a majority of the budget. Patrick proposes school vouchers to free the poor from inferior public schools. When the legislature killed the voucher program in 2017, a plan to increase public educational spending by $1.9 billion also failed. Patrick said that he was surprised that legislators "would have voted against both disabled children and a substantial increase for public schools."<ref name=jbrodeskyi>Josh Brodesky, "Patrick cares about public education, but ..." (commentary), ''The San Antonio Express-News'', April 29, 2018, p. F3.</ref>

Because of the steady decline in state expenditures for public education, school districts push hard for property tax increases or greater assessed values of the properties being taxed. Patrick has urged a cap on property taxes, but in most districts the tax bills steadily mount.<ref name=jbrodeskyi/>

===Intra-party squabbles in Texas GOP===
At the Republican State Convention in [[San Antonio]] in June 2018, Patrick declared that conservatives had defeated the [[Moderate Republican]] faction loyal to outgoing House Speaker [[Joe Straus]]. The convention even censured by a 5–1 vote the outgoing Representative Byron Cook of Corsicana, a key Straus ally. Straus himself was earlier censured by his own Bexar County Republican organization, now under the chairmanship of the conservative [[Cynthia Brehm]]. U.S. Senator [[John Cornyn]], another Moderate Republican, escaped a censure resolution at the convention. He is expected to seek a fourth term in 2020. The liberal ''Texas Observer'' said that the state party "crazies" had "reached a kind of equilibrium, which means there’s little left to fight over. One of the more contentious platform issues this year involved abortion "abolitionism" — the notion that Texas should ban abortion in violation of Supreme Court directives ... a way to signal that you're extra, extra anti-abortion and therefore morally superior to the people who are merely anti-abortion ... On the last day of the convention, one of the abolitionists, having offered an utterly meaningless change to an irrelevant portion of the platform, spoke his piece and concluded with the words of [[Martin Luther]] at the [[Diet of Worms]]: "Here I stand, I can do no other."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crazies-have-fully-taken-over-the-texas-gop/|title=The ‘Crazies’ Have Fully Taken Over the Texas GOP: At the state GOP convention, Dan Patrick said his side had "won." He’s right|publisher=''The Texas Observer''|accessdate=July 7, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Patrick and his wife, Jan, together they have two children.<ref name="PVS"/> Patrick has written a best-selling book, ''The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read: A Personal Challenge to Read the Bible'',<ref>Patrick, Dan (2002). ''The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read: A Personal Challenge to Read the Bible'', Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Inc., ISBN 0-7852-6286-5.</ref> and a film, ''The Heart of Texas''. Patrick's son, Ryan Kelley Goeb Patrick (born 1979), is an American lawyer and former judge who currently serves as the United States Attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He was formerly until his defeat at the polls a state district judge in Harris County. Ryan Patrick swore in his father as lieutenant governor in 2015.<ref name=nextlevel/>

According to Patrick, as his surname from birth, ''Goeb'', was not pleasant-sounding or spelled as it sounded, he did not use it from his first day as a radio host.<ref name="Truth"/> Instead, he used the [[Pseudonym|air name]] of ''Dan Scott''.<ref name="Truth"/> When Patrick became a television broadcaster in 1977, he changed his air name at the request of the person who hired him in order to avoid confusing Patrick with another anchor at a competitor station with the last name of Scott.<ref name="Truth"/> Patrick chose ''Dan Patrick'', with "Patrick" being his middle name of his wife's brother.<ref name="Truth"/> Patrick continued to use this name, and by the time he legally changed his name about 2004, he and his family were known as ''the Patricks''.<ref name="Truth"/>

===Strong Christian===
While growing up, Patrick and his family were "not very religious."<ref name="ChristianFirst">{{cite web | last1=Tilove | first1=Jonathan | title=As Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick Remains a 'Christian First' | url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/lieutenant-governor-dan-patrick-remains-christian-first/K53MlGMem1cZSfC2rPe4XJ/ | date=April 4, 2015 | publisher=''Austin American-Statesman'' | accessdate=December 28, 2017}}</ref> After moving to Houston, he and his wife attended a [[Roman Catholic]] church,<ref name="ChristianFirst"/> but he joined a Southern Baptist church soon thereafter.<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/> Though Patrick was a member of the conservative Second Baptist Church Houston since 1992, he stated that he was not truly a Christian until 1994, when, at a television-and-radio convention in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], he repented of his [[sin]]s, committed his life to [[Jesus Christ]], and was [[Salvation|saved]].<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/><ref name="ChristianFirst"/> After this, Patrick's faith became an important part of his life,<ref name=Jan2007TexasMonthlyArticle/> and he even considered going into Christian ministry.<ref name="ChristianFirst"/>

An [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Christian]], Patrick is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the International Bible Society,<ref name="PVS"/> and he has been a guest pastor of Second Baptist Church Houston.<ref name="PVS"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Meet Dan | url=http://danpatrick.org/meet-dan/ | publisher=''danpatrick.org'' | accessdate=December 18, 2017}}</ref> Outspoken about his Christian faith,<ref name="Crasher"/><ref name="ChristianFirst"/> Patrick said in his inaugural speech as lieutenant governor: "I respect all faiths and religions, but I am a Christian first, a conservative second and a Republican third, and I praise Jesus for this moment and this day."<ref name=nextlevel/><ref name="Echoes"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/ Official government website]
*[http://danpatrick.org/ Campaign website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Patrick Profile] at Ballotpedia
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckjgbjhhzqs Patrick's 2015 Inauguration ceremony and address]

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