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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

It is to laugh.

Trump praises MTG and claims she is ‘very respected in Congress’

"She is a fantastic person, a very smart person and very respected in Congress.”

Mr Trump went on to claim that “a lot of people don’t know how respected” MTG is."
That's from the past. Perhaps he was giving her a chance, but she proved unworthy... You won't see Trump say such things today.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

I've also never met a republican who amplified the messages of Marjorie Taylor Green. To be honest, she was also a left wing favorite in the same way.
It is to laugh.

Trump praises MTG and claims she is ‘very respected in Congress’

"She is a fantastic person, a very smart person and very respected in Congress.”

Mr Trump went on to claim that “a lot of people don’t know how respected” MTG is."
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Judge dismisses James Comey and Letitia James cases, finding prosecutor's appointment invalid

That one judge is merely attempting to help Comey and James instead of allowing them to go to trial.
If the judge was biased, the case should be appealed to a higher court to seek reversal of the judge's decision.

I have confidence in the American judicial system. While I may not always concur with its decisions, I believe that, in most cases, our courts and judiciary have acted with greater honor and adherence to the law compared to other branches of government.
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Are the Jews Israel, or is the church Israel? Or does it depend on the context of the passage?

And your scriptures to back that up?
I already gave you an article with 3 chapters of from Isaiah that back that up. Start with it . If you need more I can show you more since there are a couple dozen chapters of it. Linked below.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

I've also never met a republican who amplified the messages of Marjorie Taylor Green. To be honest, she was also a left wing favorite in the same way.

Difference between Green and Fuentes is that she was actually in politics, so she got the deserving boot. Fuentes is just a free citizen with a lot of energy, and an inflated ego.
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Are the Jews Israel, or is the church Israel? Or does it depend on the context of the passage?

What do you believe happens at the Second Advent?
You seem to have misunderstood my reply. The phrase second advent or second coming of the Lord does not exist in the Bible. Therefore I believe the same exact things that have always happened when the Lord physically and literally comes down to earth will continue to happen. Judgement, overseeing calamity and to fulfill promise and prophecy,

You really should read that article I linked rather than assuming you understand the subject. There are a dozen examples in the Bible of the coming of the Lord.
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The Reality of Free Will

But particularly in the moral/immoral context, it's my contention that Love fulfills the law and it is love that causes us to act responsibly and care about how our actions affect others, not our ability to volunteer or not volunteer.
Well . . . yes love causes us to do something.

But we do have ability to choose to do something. So, this would mean we have some sort of free will . . . meaning ability to choose.

However, we have how there is "the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience" > in Ephesians 2:2. Satan's spirit is working people to do what they do, I see this means, since his evil spirit "works in" disobedient people. And his spirit has anger, fear, lust, and unforgiveness which were not in Adam and Eve when God created them "very good".

Humans now in sin are not "very good". And so their wills are not in the "very good" state in which humans were first created.

So, their wills are free, meaning they can make choices; however . . . where does the Bible say they work their own wills???? And we have, for children of God >

"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)

So, I see from this, that God is the One who works in our wills, to get us to do whatsoever is "for His good pleasure". And this would be in His love having us so submit to Him.

So, we might say we have the ability to choose this, but who in us is working us to use this ability the right way? Are we of our own selves freely getting our own selves to submit to God working at every moment . . . or does God change our character so we become submissive to Him in His love?
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Republican Senator Jim Justice (WV) to pay $5m in back taxes following government lawsuit regarding funds due since 2009

Lawsuit filed in West Virginia maintained that Justice and his wife received notice of the funds due since 2009 but didn’t pay

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in their home state of West Virginia, maintained that the Justices had received notice from the US treasury department of the funds due since 2009 but had “neglected or refused to make full payment of those assessments”.

A separate filing later on Monday said the US justice department had struck a settlement with the political couple, who agreed to satisfy the full amount “plus statutory interest and other additions to tax accruing thereafter”. The agreement was pending a judge’s approval.

[Justice] had previously sought to dismiss as political attacks attempts to collect on financial debts for which he was on the hook.

The windows of heaven shall be opened...

Peace in Christ.

IF The Son of man is lifted up from out of the earth, He will draw all men (those people of the outside world) unto Him. If we lift Him up, then the people around us will come to us because of Him.

Joh 12:32-36 KJV

(32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

We lift Him up by keeping His daily sacrifice in our mortal bodies….bearing about the dying of our Lord Jesus in our body so that His life (the Light) is made manifest (shine) in our mortal bodies. 2nd Corinthians 4:11-12 . This is the "death" we must die...dying to the sin by the keeping of His "daily" sacrifice.

(33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.

This lifting up of the Son of man is the “heave” (meaning to lift up) offering that we are suppose to keep.

Mal 3:6-12
(6) For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Our church fathers have gone away from His ordinances and have not kept them. They (and their followers) keep and serve the church external handwriting of ordinances instead of His inward commandments.

We are to seek His kingdom first. The kingdom of God is within us. It does not come by the observation of external ordinances. His commandments are written upon our hearts and minds and we are to seek to do them in all we do. This is the true “tithe.”

(7) Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Will a man “rob”…that is, COVER UP…God?

The Hebrew word for “rob” is “qaba” which means “TO COVER.” We do not shine His glory light to the people of the outside world when we “cover” Him up.

We “cover” Him up (so that He cannot be seen) when we do not seek His kingdom first (the “tithe”) in all we do.

The heave (to lift up) offering is the keeping of the dying of our Lord Jesus in our mortal bodies so that His life is manifest there (to be seen by the people of the outside world.) We then lift up (“heave”) the Son of man. When we do not lift Him up, the people of the outside world cannot “see” Him shine through us.

(8) Will a man rob (COVER) God? Yet ye have robbed (COVERED) me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed (COVERED) thee? In tithes and offerings (that is, HEAVE offerings).

When we cover Him up so that the outside people of the world cannot “see” Him through us, then we are “cursed with a curse” for doing so. We are curse: All nations hate us. They rule over us. They are the head and we are the tail. See Deuteronomy 28:15 – 68 .

We become a byword among them:

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

(9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed (COVERED) me, even this whole nation.

If we seek first the kingdom of God, then we can truly feed His people with the meat of the Word of Truth.

Then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened….that is, the eyes of the ruling people of the outside world shall then see Him through us and will come to us. Kings shall then "see" Him as their eyes shall be opened.

(10) Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

We (His people) will no longer be despised by the people of the outside nations.

When we manifest the Son…the Holy One…in our mortal flesh to them, kings shall SEE and arise. The “windows of the heaven” …the eyes of the exalted rulers of this world…shall be opened and they will come to us.

Isa 49:7 KJV
(7) Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

When we lift Him up….

Isa 52:13-15 KJV
(13) Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
(14) As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:


….then the “windows of heaven” shall be opened up as the earthly kings shall SEE.

(15) So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

The people of the outside world will then come to us. Their kings (the heaven…those who are exalted) shall minister unto us for He shall glorify us then.

Isa 60:5-10 KJV
(5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
(6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
(7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
(8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
(9) Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

(10) And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

The people of the outside world shall then “see” Him. They shall see the Light of the Lord God through us. And there shall be no more curse….

Rev 22:3-5 KJV
(3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
(4) And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

(5) And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

He shall not destroy the fruits of our “ground”…that is, ADAMAH. The “Adamah” is the people of the outside world.

Mal 3:
(11) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground (ADAMAH); neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Then, all nations shall call us blessed and we (His people) shall be a delightsome earth (land) to them.

(12) And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

Fuentes broadcasts his flaws publicly, and his messages are amplified by those on the right.
You have no evidence to prove that. I already mentioned that I did a google search on Fuentes, and the majority of the results were in fact from the left condemning / exposing him. If I had noticed a lot of right wing sites quoting him, or speaking positively about him, I wouldn't have made the claim.

I stand by the statement that the left may actually be his biggest audience, and that the right hardly knows him at all.
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Eve and the Fallacy of Moral Choices

There's many reasons, one of which is kind of awesome in Romans 11:32

Romans 11:32

For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
You agree that satan and his messengers are not in heaven, so there is or are reasons why satan is here and not in heaven.
There is not one single named person said to have that fate in the entire Bible nor is there one named person in the entire Bible even threatened with that fate.

Jesus is The Savior of the world, remember? Not some wannabe
It is very individualistic, I know I am heaven bound by having and keeping the indwelling Holy Spirit which is our guarantee for all God’s promises, but the Spirit in me as my personal guarantee is not to be a guarantee for you.

If we knew for certain some people who did go to hell, how would that help us?

We need to spend our time and energy, help individual in their choice for heaven, which can happen anytime before their death.

Yes Jesus is the savior for everyone, but not everyone is willing and wanting to humbly accepts God’s pure charity as charity. It is a transaction with a choice and not some just bestowed upon you because you are human.
God kills, God makes alive. Blessed be the Name of the Lord

No one knows what life is going to be like apart from our current demonic influencers in any case so we have no idea what makes people happy or unhappy past this current life. That's just an excuse to have your neighbors and loved ones annihilated, which is the opposite of HOPE and LOVE for them all.
You are pulling all free will choices away from humans and making them only victims of life here on earth. We allow satan to come in and we are responsible for our own sins and the sin of allowing satan control.

What we find out while we are here on this earth for a short time is: who desires and is willing to humbly accept help and become a helper. That is the free will choice we are making.
Hmmm? Man's earthly objective? Are you in to works salvation or what?
You are pulling all free will choices away from humans and making them only victims of life here on earth. We allow satan to come in and we are responsible for our own sins and the sin of allowing satan control.

What we find out while we are here on this earth for a short time is: who desires and is willing to humbly accept help and become a helper. That is the free will choice we are making.
And humans have no choice in temptations as in stopping them. Zero. No one is free from that NOR are they free from the defilement that comes from evil lawless thoughts. Mark 7:21-23 applies to everyone.
The temper sins in tempting, while the individual sins by yielding to the temptation.

Yes we all sin, but that helps us to realize the help we need and the fact we cannot control ourselves by ourselves.
God ALWAYS meant for there to be a first man/person and a last. 1 Cor. 15:45-49 lays out a basic principle of God's Operations, that being FIRST the natural, THEN the spiritual.

The habitations of Satan and devils are dying dust piles, you, I and everyone else inclusive.


See Romans 11:32 cited previously.

The very first command God gave that we can read is that light would shine from the darkness.

His Light is LOVE in mankind, shining in the darkness of evil

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Gal. 4:1-3
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

We're supposed to have dominion OVER our adversary, not denial that we are bound to same in the flesh.

People who run around trying to damn everyone to hell who doesn't believe like them remain in the darkness of our adversary. Nothing personal. It happens to everyone. It' not even them doing it, but the beast they carry in their own hearts.
I do not see God excusing all the evil people do with: “The devil made them do it”.

People love to blame someone else for their sins, so they will never have to humble themselves to the point of accepting pure undeserved charity, since they really deserved to be forgiven for their non-part.

If you do not accept being forgiven of an unbelievable huge debt created by your sins, than you will never obtain a huge unbelievable Love (Godly type Love). Luke 7
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

To clarify, the left is infatuated with exposing Fuentes' flaws. Publicly.
Fuentes broadcasts his flaws publicly, and his messages are amplified by those on the right.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

But the Democratic candidate has played the role of "common enemy of the right-half factions" for the last few election cycles. That trend didn't start with Biden.
Never would have argued it did.

And we saw a similar sort of dynamic playing out in Trump's first run regarding that time he got an endorsement from David Duke, and then rather than rejecting that support, played the "I'm not familiar with David Duke" card. It didn't cause fracturing of the party after Trump won and the common enemy of Hillary was no longer "a threat".
Nah. Those people needed to incubate and Trump was a fine mother hen to keep those eggs warm enough.
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Trump praises NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani after White House meeting

Because despite all his faults, he’s still the President of the United States and the mayor of the biggest city in the country should be working with the president. When the president is a known spiteful, vindictive jerk who’s also a sucker for flattery, it’s not exactly a bad thing to try to get on his good side.

Likewise it’s a bit strange to now see people complain that Mamdani turned out to not be the Islamist socialist revolutionary the right wing media was painting him to be.
And perhaps Trump isnt the fascist Hitler that the left wing media was painting him to be.
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Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

‘An American nightmare’: L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids

  • A congressional hearing Monday explored how Trump’s immigration crackdown has harmed L.A. residents, including U.S. citizens who say they were wrongfully detained by ICE agents.
  • The Long Beach mayor reported immigration agents have arrested more than 50 residents in the city.
  • Lawmakers announced investigations into arrests of U.S. citizens and immigration raids, promising accountability for what one representative called “an American nightmare.”
There was the U.S. citizen who said she no longer feels safe after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer slammed her to the ground in downtown Los Angeles and later accused her of assault ... Prosecutors initially charged Velez with assault on a federal officer, alleging that Velez, who is 4 feet 11 inches, stood in the path of an ICE officer with her arms extended, striking his head and chest when they collided. Soon after, prosecutors dismissed the case.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach), announced last month that Congress was opening “a broad investigation” into arrests of U.S. citizens by ICE officers, as well as a separate probe into immigration raids overall.

The Monday hearing was scheduled after leaders of One LA-IAF — a network of faith and community based organizations across L.A. county — met with Bass and called for public hearings in order to document civil rights violations happening in communities.

More than 20 community members shared stories of the everyday impact across L.A.: Of a loved one thrown to the ground by immigration agents at a car wash. Of a father who showed agents his work permit and license, but was still detained as he sold food on the street. Of a student considering dropping out so he can work and not have his father be at risk. Of a parish that decided to close its doors during Sunday Mass to prevent ICE agents from getting inside. Of a Thai victim of sex trafficking — who had received a visa and is pending adjustment of status to permanent legal residency — who had their removal case reopened.
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Trump praises NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani after White House meeting

Everyone is talking about Trump's coziness with a socialist. Does anyone want to talk about why Mandami wanted to meet with a man he called a fascist? Unless, of course, Mandami new his accusations were not true.
Because despite all his faults, he’s still the President of the United States and the mayor of the biggest city in the country should be working with the president. When the president is a known spiteful, vindictive jerk who’s also a sucker for flattery, it’s not exactly a bad thing to try to get on his good side.

Likewise it’s a bit strange to now see people complain that Mamdani turned out to not be the Islamist socialist revolutionary the right wing media was painting him to be.
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B flat B♭

Well, your words, " top men at NASA, Leaders where most are Freemasons & Royalty" certainly seem to mean that NASA leaders are Masons and Royalty. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

I meant, Leaders who are mostly Freemasons & Royalty.

Sorry - It''s the way I must have worded it.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

That's certainly not true. The left is more repulsed by Fuentes than the right, when repulsion should be universal. Any infatuation is from elements on the right.
To clarify, the left is infatuated with exposing Fuentes' flaws. Publicly. Because they think it makes the Republican party look bad.

Key point, don't listen to kids when it comes to politics. It's a grown man's game.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

the left is more infatuated with Fuentes than the right.
That's certainly not true. The left is more repulsed by Fuentes than the right, when repulsion should be universal. Any infatuation is from elements on the right.
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Trump strikes friendly tone with NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani in Oval Office: 'We agreed a lot'

It is also taxing the people and giving money to they feel need it. Giving corporations tax money is socialistic, just as medicade, etc.. is.
No, it's not. That's propaganda and delusion. According to YOU, police are socialist. Fire departments are socialist. Roads are socialist. Has it ever occurred to you that you're an extremist? You are very extremist in your classification of "socialist". Indeed, any enforcement of any law at all would be socialist.
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Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage

Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas classrooms

In Galveston, the school board voted not to post the commandments until the law’s constitutionality is decided in the courts, but then found themselves the target of a state lawsuit.

From second link:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Galveston, Round Rock and Leander school districts for allegedly not following a new state law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms while the legislation is challenged in federal court.

“We were hopeful that we could avoid using scarce district resources for litigation when the question will be fully addressed by the Fifth Circuit in an upcoming decision set for hearing in January,” the [Round Rock] district’s statement said, referring to the appeals court considering one of Texas’ Ten Commandments cases. “However, in light of the attorney general’s premature actions, we will be consulting outside legal counsel.”

“America is a Christian nation, and it is imperative that we display the very values and timeless truths that have historically guided the success of our country,” Paxton said in a Friday news release announcing the lawsuit against Galveston ISD. “By refusing to follow the law, Galveston ISD chose to both blatantly ignore the Legislature and also ignore the legal and moral heritage of our nation.”

The lawsuits against the three school districts appear to contradict state attorneys’ arguments defending SB 10. In the first case challenging the law’s constitutionality, they said the law does not pose any threat or harm to families in part because it doesn’t specify what would happen to districts that choose not to comply.

[As noted up thread, two courts have halted implementation of the law in 25 school districts on constitutional grounds.]
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