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Sports and exercise make you comfortable with your body. Porn makes you comfortable with committing sex acts that are generally harmful. Worse, it breaks down your self-control, breeds addiction, and encourages viewing the body as a thing for use. There's a huge difference.
Everywhere Christians went when they explored the world they found horrors. It's crazy Europeans were losing their Christianity even as they kept finding proof of the difference grace makes on societies.
Infanticide amongst Mungari Aboriginals on Elsey Station, Northern Territory in the 1930s, and White efforts to stop it.
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When Saladin took Jerusalem, he destroyed all the crosses, including the relic of the True Cross which the Muslims took in battle. They paraded them before Christians before destroying them, even urinating on some of them.
He had 200-300 Christian Knights beheaded while he watched.
He had 8000 women and children enslaved that day alone, including noble women and nuns forced into concubinage. Muslims enthusiastically described the deflowering and r*pe of the Christian women.
Through his entire campaign it's estimated that 40-50k Christians were enslaved.
This is what modern Hollywood films present us instead. Interfaith dialogue and a Saladin who respects the cross more than....the Crusaders.
This is how you end up with CAIR endorsed candidates winning office. A population fed CAIR endorsed films like this one.
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Bo French’s tweet was seen as a racial attack on Indians. The marginal gains republicans had seen with Indian voters were reversed. To many this seemed to enforce French’s point, that the ethnic interests of Indians mattered more than their political values. It seemed both French was right and Indian voters were acting rationally.
French was not the only Texas politician to talk about racial interests. Gene Wu, Democrat, gave an interview where he explicitly said white people are the oppressors and it’s in the interests of black Latino and Asians to come together to take over the country, to fight the oppressors. This of course is exactly what French said, but instead of condemning it, it was stated as a positive political vision. That racial interests override political ones, and that democracy ends up an ethnic head count. Wu is now the majority leader in the Texas State house. It seems this is how minority groups feel. They do vote for their ethnic interests above all else, and they view white people as the enemy. French is right to be concerned as his ethnic group becomes smaller and smaller. Especially when the political leadership of the other side explicitly lays this out.
I talked to some of my cousins in Texas last night about Bo French. Indian Americans, conservative evangelical Christians, lifelong Republicans. Basically me, except they wear Cowboys jerseys instead of 49ers jerseys.
The older folks didn’t fully understand his comments because of the language barrier. The younger folks saw the posts on their phones and were pissed.
These are families raising 4.0 students, valedictorians & salutatorians who earned their way into UT. We are supposed to be the party of merit, and here’s a guy on our ticket treating American kids like garbage..
You can argue taxes or public safety all day long, but once you start questioning whether their honor roll kids even belong in their own country, these voters don’t care what else you are selling. Buy all the TV, digital and mail you want. Cool. Good luck with that.
Please, nominate normal people, even for the most obscure office. There’s a downticket impact.
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The real life Agnes from Malachi Martin's Windswept House is still alive and has broken her silence.
Reader discretion strongly advised.
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One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
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Every GOP strategist, consultant, and candidate should be forced to participate in a role-playing exercise this morning.
Your name is Bob. You’re a 49-year-old blue-collar worker in Ohio. You’ve always struggled to make ends meet. The good jobs were all shipped to China and the few remaining pay a pittance wage, undercut by endless illegal labor.
You’re a 3x Trump voter because you believed he would finally make America great again.
You put your son through Ohio State. He graduated cum laude in computer science. You couldn’t have been prouder. After months searching, he landed an entry-level job at Microsoft. Beneath his qualifications, but a good start for a smart kid.
Then he got laid off. That same month, Microsoft applied for 150,000 more H-1B visas because it can’t find qualified Americans.
Your son has spent six months back in his childhood bedroom, sending hundreds of applications without landing an interview.
On TV, Trump boasts about the greatest economy in history and how many women and minorities are finding jobs.
You decide a father-son steak night might cheer him up.
Gas is $4.50 a gallon. Filling your truck costs over $100. At Kroger, ribeyes are $30/lb. You settle for hamburger, even though 70/30 ground beef still costs $10+.
At checkout, a fat black woman is screaming at the cashier because her EBT will only cover most of the filet mignon and lobster in her cart.
You think to yourself how the Iran war has made everything expensive, but at least we’re stopping their nuclear bomb. You weren’t even sure where Iran was before you googled it after we first bombed them in March.
After dinner, you take your son to the county fair. Half the people aren’t speaking English. Virtually none of the crowd looks like you. You’re forced to leave early after a “teen takeover” turns violent. A foreign born judge pledges none of them will go to jail.
Back home, you turn on the TV. Vivek Ramaswamy is lecturing the crowd about American mediocrity and why Ohio needs more foreign talent.
Your son grows upset. You change the channel.
Now a Republican surrogate, the daughter of a governor or wife of an elderly billionaire, explains that young White men are the REAL welfare queens. They’d rather play videogames in their parents’ basements than work.
Your son says nothing. He just goes back to his childhood bedroom. You turn off the TV.
Then your neighbor starts blasting reggaeton and cracking open Modelos. He brought his cousin’s family from Mexico to help with all the minority-business contracts his construction firm keeps winning. Tonight they’re celebrating his nephew’s birth, the family’s first birthright American citizen.
You sit alone in your living room.
You worked hard, paid taxes, obeyed the law, and raised your son to do everything right. You voted Republican again and again because you believed somebody in Washington would finally fight for you.
Instead, your wages are stagnant. Groceries are unaffordable. Your community is unrecognizable. Your country is fighting another foreign war.
And upstairs, the son you sacrificed everything for is lying awake in the bedroom he slept in at twelve, wondering what the heck he’s even supposed to do with his life now.
Every time you turn on the TV, the Republicans you elected are either congratulating themselves or explaining why you and your son are the problem.
For ten years, they told you America’s future depended on your vote. Now you aren’t even sure America has a future worth defending.
The Republican Party needs to answer one simple question this morning:
You’ve spent a decade demanding Bob’s loyalty. You’ve given him stagnant wages, unaffordable groceries, another foreign war, and a son who did everything right but can’t find work.
And when they complain, you call them lazy, entitled, and racist.
What possible reason have you given Bob and his son to vote Republican? Do you honestly think you deserve their vote?
Ok, I genuinely hate to say this. But there's a book that's starting to look awfully relevant to the future again....
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🇺🇦REVOLUTION IN KYIV!
I will now explain what, according to the information currently available, is happening right now in Kyiv, Ukraine.
I urge @elonmusk Elon Musk, as well as all journalists, reporters, and bloggers, to help bring the truth to the attention of the world!
Activists and citizens claim that they have discovered a private house in Kyiv where Zelensky’s authorities, as well as representatives of the leadership of the National Guard and the Azov unit, are illegally holding approximately forty men.
According to eyewitness accounts, people are being tortured and beaten there, and money is being demanded from their families in exchange for their release.
Throughout the entire day, the police and other law enforcement agencies, which are under the control of the authorities, refused to ensure the release of the people from this illegal detention.
Later, more and more Ukrainians began arriving at the building. People attempted to storm it, demanding the immediate release of those being held inside.
Then several men were successfully freed from the captivity of the Ukrainian authorities: the men had their ribs broken and their eyes gouged out; they had been blinded. Witnesses also claim that, in front of other prisoners and detainees, as an act of intimidation, one person was killed — executed.
Over the past month, eight Ukrainians who did not want to be sent back to the war were killed there. They were officially registered as missing, and their bodies were buried in a forest near Kyiv. Their families are being given false information about their disappearance on the front line.
Later, the Head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, arrived at the scene. According to those present, his position provoked outrage among the citizens, who were demanding the release of the people. Budanov sided with those holding people captive.
After that, Budanov stated that similar places where Ukrainians are illegally detained exist not only at this address but also in other regions of the country. He knows about this and considers it normal.
Then a 14-year-old child was discovered in the house who, according to eyewitness testimony, had been subjected to brutal torture and beaten with a shovel. In the video, the child is in a state of severe shock.
After this, according to reports from participants in the events, unknown individuals wearing balaclavas arrived at the scene and began beating the protesters — these are the authorities’ gangs, which arrived as soon as Budanov fled the scene.
In addition, eyewitnesses report power and internet outages throughout the entire district, as well as the use of electronic warfare equipment. According to them, all of this may have been intended to prevent information about the events from spreading.
Emergency medical personnel who took part in the release of the prisoners stated that they are being threatened with death.
The world must know the truth. The United States, Europe, and international human rights organizations cannot ignore such allegations and continue supporting Zelensky.
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On this Reformation Sunday let's remember that the Reformers were wrong about literally everything. They weren't on the correct side of even a single disagreement they had with the Catholic Church. To the extent that a reformation was necessary at all, it happened at Trent.
Visited an NO parish today due to work at the hospital. First time actually ran into the situation of a really solid Fr. Youngtrad at a guitar Mass Boomer parish. You could tell he was trying to find some balance where they wouldn't get out the pitchforks but he was still attempting to inspire them to take the Faith seriously. He gave a great homily about the Saints. We need to pray for our faithful young priests that they navigate these next few years well.
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We have a society that actively kneecaps young men in the name of ‘justice’ and then sit around scratching our heads about why men are ‘falling behind.’
It’s even worse than Anish notes here because boys make up 61% of the top SAT scores. So despite that fact and the fact that men apply about 2x as often to MIT; @MIT admits more women every year than men. It’s impossible for this to be merit based. Just mathematically impossible.
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Ram Chhetri came to the US as a refugee, but this might be worst day of his life: It's the moment he realizes the $80k-$160k/year salary he's bilked from Medicaid for no-show work is coming to an end because @realdailywire caught the truth on camera.
We conducted months of surveillance that shows why "home care aide" is now the *most common job* in states like NY, CA, MN, and PA: Because a large part of those jobs are unambiguous Medicaid fraud.
Thanks to home care, Bhutanese refugees now make more money than actual PA families. The state doesn't just look the other way, but helps them get away with it. Converting federal health dollars into a universal basic income for certain communities relieves the financial burden they place on the state.
The scammers easily deceive the feds' woefully broken monitoring system. You'll see Ram pull into a driveway for 2 minutes in the morning, then 2 minutes in the evening. He clocks in and out of his shift from the right place, and the GPS system doesn't notice that he goes home in between.
$20 an hour doesn't sound like much, but at 77 hours a week, it's $80k–and it's easy to bill huge hours when you don't actually have to work them. And that's just for the low-level guys in this scheme.
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Here’s Sir Patrick Stewart reading the closing words of the final Narnia book, “The Last Battle.”
Farewell to the Shadowlands
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AMERICA ONSHORE 🇺🇸
AT&T just announced that they’re bringing customer service call center jobs back to the U.S.
This is a win for American jobs and for every customer who gets frustrated speaking with overseas operators.
AT&T: “By the end of next year, all AT&T home internet, home phone, and post-paid wireless consumers will be served by Care experts located in the United States.”
Thank you, AT&T.
Americans get frustrated when they call a U.S. business and end up speaking with someone at a call center located in a foreign country.
Language & communications barriers only make it harder for callers to get the results they want.
So the FCC is seeking comment on several ideas that could help, including
✅ Facilitating the onshoring of foreign call centers
✅ Requiring operators at call centers to be proficient in American Standard English
✅ Further cracking down on illegal robocalls from abroad through the use of targeted tariffs or bonds.
The FCC’s proposals focus on the call centers run by the communications providers regulated by the FCC. And could represent steps for the government to build on more broadly.
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Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.
A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.
Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”
Excuse me, but…what?
Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.
When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!
Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.
Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.
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I’m pretty sure I know exactly why Samuel Sey is having immigration trouble. In my view, several things in the public record suggest that he may have entered the United States on a non-immigrant visa, despite having had a clear intent to marry. If that was not disclosed when obtaining his non-immigrant visa, that would be a serious problem under current regulations.
Consider the recent statement from his family:
“My husband Samuel Sey entered the United States legally and has been working ever since in good faith with a lawyer to obtain permanent legal status. Our family is trying to understand what went wrong in the process. In the spirit of Romans 13, our family fully supports and respects American law and are prayerfully working to get him home through the legal process.”
What immediately stands out about this statement is what it doesn’t say. In particular, it tells us nothing about why it would take four years of working with a lawyer to obtain that status.
Legal Entry*:
Initially it was not clear whether or not Sey is (or was) a Canadian citizen, so the mechanism by which he entered the United States was not clear. However, I found a February 14, 2022 interview that he did with Allie Beth Stuckey which makes it clear that he had to obtain a visa to enter the United States (as opposed to entering visa-free as Canadian citizens do):
podscripts.co/podcasts/relat…
There are three very significant things in that interview:
Sey indicates that he entered the United States in the weeks before the February 14, 2022 interview, with the following exchange taking place:
“And so speaking of hurdles, let's talk about some of the hurdles, Samuel, that you had to jump over in order to get to Annie in the States. Because I know even up until like couple weeks ago, things were kind of up in the air, right?”
“Yeah, man. About the wedding day, people kept asking me when. I said, I don't know. We have dates in mind, but it depends on what happens with the visa. So essentially, so even to get my, so what's happening is in the visa process right now in Canada is this. it's very hard to get an appointment for the visa because of COVID restrictions and everything.”
Sey Discusses the Process of Obtaining a U.S. Visa and Going to an Interview in Calgary, Alberta:
“Yeah. So I got it. And then finally, I had the appointment, which was all the way in Calgary, the other side of the country. The reason why is because the Toronto embassy, the U.S. Embassy in Toronto, was essentially closed. It has been essentially close to the last two years, which is one of the reasons why I couldn't come over the last couple of years. So I go to Calgary. They approve me. They approve the visa.”
Sey got Engaged in August of 2021:
“But then in 20, but then from that year, 2019 until 2021, we didn't see each other for two years. Wow. Until I saw her in August, for the the first time since 2019, and then I proposed to her.”
We also know that he was married on April 23, 2022: instagram.com/p/DXfpiT0lmBB/
Problems With Potential Visa Misrepresentations:
Taken together, all of this is a huge problem for Sey because, under U.S. gudiance, someone who enters in a non-immigrant visa and takes certain actions inconsistent with that status within 90 days is presumed to have engaged in willful misrepresentation: fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FA…
And we know that this is a possible problem in this case, because Sey discussed at length going to an interview in 2021 or 2022 in Calgary. However, all interviews for fiancé visas (the K-1 visa) are conducted in Montreal, Quebec: ca.usembassy.gov/fiancee/ and have been since 2016 berardiimmigrationlaw.com/fi…. So whatever visa got, could not have been a fiancé visa. Moreover, based upon my knowledge and experience, if he had declared an intent to marry and remain in the United States to the visa officer, he would not have been granted a B-2 visa and would have been told to apply for a K-1 visa instead.
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