Dear Friends,
Robert Murray M’Cheyne said, “A believer longs after God, to come into His presence, to feel His love, to feel in the crowd that He is nearer than all the creatures. Ah! Dear brethren, have you ever tasted this blessedness? There is greater rest and solace to be found in the presence of God for one hour than in an eternity in the presence of man.”
1. NEW DEM SCHEME TO STEAL 2024 ELECTION WITH ILLEGAL VOTES: Muckraker and The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project found that a Mexican NGO is giving flyers to illegals with the following message: “Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his term to stay open.” The NGO has ties to a Soros-funded organization that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas formerly served on the board of.
In a Congressional hearing, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) asked Mayorkas what he was doing to ensure that illegals “are being prevented from registering and voting unlawfully?” Mayorkas evasively replied, “We do not oversee the election enrollment process. What we do is enforce our borders.”
Charlie Kirk wrote, “In 2024, the new vector for electoral attacks is clear: (1) Illegals registering to vote with phony social security numbers by the hundreds of thousands, (2) Illegals being told to vote for Joe Biden by radical left NGOs, (3) 600 federal agencies being deputized as Democrat GOTV arms via Executive Order 14019 signed in 2021 – Zuckerbucks on steroids, (4) A taxpayer-funded ‘work-study’ program paying college kids to register voters.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Green (R-GA) warned, “They are going to steal the election with illegal votes.”
2. U.S. SENATE DISMISSES MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT: Rather than conduct a full trial, the Democratic-led Senate ignored historical and Constitutional precedent by dismissing the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas brought by the GOP-led House. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) responded, “Today, the Senate made history in the worst way. Lying to Congress is impeachable. So is deliberately facilitating a border invasion in violation of federal law. Senate Democrats shut down any discussion of these issues. And disposed of impeachment articles with no trial.” Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) added, “They all should be impeached, every Democrat…the entire administration.”
3. THE MIDDLE EAST HEATS UP: On Sunday morning, Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Damascus that killed two top Iranian generals. Most of the missiles were shot down by Israeli and U.S. forces, resulting in minor damage. Daniel Greenfield asserts that this was not a serious attack by Iran but rather a testing of Israel’s defenses.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the U.S. knew about the attack beforehand, but told Iran that any action had to be “within certain limits.” The Epoch Times’ Roger Simon argued that the U.S. government “paid for Iran’s attack on Israel” via Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s financial bonuses and sanctions relief to the Iranian regime, including the over $10 billion that Biden released to Iran just last month.
On Thursday, Israel retaliated with a limited missile strike on Iran.
4. FISA’S INTERNET TAKEOVER ATTEMPT: After FISA’s Section 702 surveillance powers passed the U.S. House, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) invoked a rare procedural move to force another vote on the renewal. Unfortunately, the bill passed again, 259-128, with no provision to require warrants for spying on Americans.
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice revealed that an obscure section of the bill would require “any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored – such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc.” NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden concurred, “The NSA is just DAYS from taking over the Internet…” Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) said, “This bill represents one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.”
Ed. Note: World Affairs Brief Editor Joel Skousen writes, “It must be admitted that we can’t trust the government to stop spying even when made illegal. This entire debate about restricting government surveillance with warrants is fake. Warrants by a secret court are only a fig leaf to cover what they do constantly under the cover of National Security anyway.”
5. WILL SPEAKER JOHNSON BE OUSTED OVER UKRAINE AID? Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joined Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) in calling for Mike Johnson (R-KY) to be removed as Speaker. Zero Hedge summarized, “Massie has criticized Johnson for backing aid packages for Ukraine and Israel, kick-the-can spending bills, and the extension of warrantless NSA spying via the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – while failing to bolster border security.”
Despite previously promising to fix America’s own border before funding Ukraine, Speaker Johnson introduced four foreign aid bills providing $26bn in aid for Israel, $61bn for Ukraine, $8bn for US allies in the Indo-Pacific, and over $9b in “humanitarian assistance” to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The bundle also includes a watered-down “border security” bill and a TikTok ban. A senior Republican official said that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was “on the Senate floor bragging to other members about Speaker Johnson giving Democrats everything they wanted in the Ukraine and foreign aid packages.”
In an unprecedented act, Johnson enlisted Democrats on the Rules Committee to override the opposition of conservative Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Ralph Norman (R-SC). In another unprecedented move, 165 Democrats helped Johnson bring the rule to the floor, setting up a final House vote on the package.
Former Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said, “It’s disheartening to witness Speaker Johnson morphing into McCarthy 2.0, or perhaps even worse. While McCarthy’s allegiance to the Democrats was no secret, Johnson’s chameleon-like behavior is particularly alarming. Shifting his stance with the wind, he’s become a symbol of spinelessness and political expediency, betraying the very principles he was elected to uphold.” Russ Vought, head of Center for Renewing America, commented, “If Mike Johnson is vacated from the Speakership, Washington will erupt with fury, but he alone will be responsible for his own demise.”
6. GLOBALISTS TRY TO SHUT DOWN NATCON IN BRUSSELS: In Brussels, Belgium, local authorities ordered the National Conservative Conference (NatCon) to be shut down for causing a “public disturbance.” The event, attended by hundreds, included speeches from Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Brexit Party founder Nigel Farage, and former French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour. Two previous venues had canceled the event over political pressure.
Author and NatCon speaker Rod Dreher said, “The Islamo-left municipal government, collaborating with Antifa, are showing the world the kind of Europe they will impose if they aren’t stopped. I never imagined I would live to see something like this in the free and democratic West. Yet here we are. Nothing anybody will have said from the NatCon stage will speak as powerfully about the dark realities of the moment as what the Brussels authorities have done.”
Even Belgium’s globalist Prime Minister harshly denounced the shutdown. The event continued after a Belgian court struck down the police barricade.
Hungarian PM Victor Orbán called on attendees to reject globalism in the upcoming European elections and said, “The sense of this European election is: change the leadership. If the leadership proves to be bad, it must be replaced. That’s so simple.”
7. INFLATION IS STILL DESTROYING THE MIDDLE CLASS: A new report from GOBankingRates states that it now takes over $100,000 (over $140,000 in 38 states) a year to live the “American Dream.” Moody Analytics’ Mark Zandi reports that the typical American household spends $1,069 more a month to purchase the same basic goods and services it did three years ago.
The Federalist reports, “Homeownership has long been a critical component of the American Dream. But under Bidenomics, owning a home is beyond the reach of many Americans due to the rising cost of owning and maintaining a home, according to the latest report by The Wall Street Journal. Buying a home is more than having a roof over one’s head. Homeownership is the primary driver that has helped generations of Americans build wealth.”
Ed. Note: For more, see Food Is Now An Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon by Brandon Smith. Vladimir Lenin once said, “The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”
8. NPR CONFIRMS MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS PURE PROPAGANDA: Last week, Uri Berliner, a 25-year veteran of NPR, published an essay decrying the organization’s rapid leftist turn since the election of Donald Trump. Berliner found that the outlet had “87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.” In response to the essay, NPR punished Berliner by suspending him for five days without pay. Berliner finally resigned from NPR, stating, “I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay.”
Old statements from Katherine Maher, NPR’s woke head, resurfaced following the firing. Maher once called the First Amendment “the number one challenge” in fighting disinformation, defended BLM looters by claiming that private property is linked to a “system of oppression,” and said, “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that is getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.”
Ed. Note: Almost 100 years ago, Edward Bernays asserted, “Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.” Thankfully, the media’s blatant lies over the past eight years (Russia collusion, COVID-19, and more) have awakened millions of Americans to this reality.
9. PFIZER PAYS EXACTLY ZERO IN TAXES: Independent journalist Jordan Schachtel reported that Pfizer is actually getting a hefty refund this year and wrote, “Despite bringing in $58 billion in revenue and billions in net income for 2023, Pfizer is not paying a dime in taxes. Thanks to their scale, size, and taxpayer-funded support system, Pfizer and its peers reap tax benefits that allow for the zeroing out of their tax burden. Such privileges are not afforded to Main Street businesses, highlighting an incredibly unequal tax code that benefits mega corporations at the expense of the average citizen and small businesses.”
Schachtel continued, “The news is especially unsavory for American taxpayers, considering the fact that Pfizer’s income over the course of the Covid era was produced via the American and overseas taxpayers themselves. Taxpayers subsidized the research and development, approval process, purchasing, and implementation of Pfizer’s junk mRNA product line. The mRNA shots, coupled with the failed Paxlovid oral pill, gave Pfizer an unprecedented windfall, delivering tens of billions in annual profits.”
Ed. Note: In The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve (1994), G. Edward Griffin wrote, “The new business model for America is clearly recognizable. Its dominant feature is the merger of government, real estate, and commerce into a single structure, tightly controlled at the top. It is the same model used in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist China.”
10. MCCULLOUGH WARNS AGAINST VACCINES: In a recent interview, Dr. Peter McCullough reported, “In countries that actually did have the vaccine status, like the U.K., they found far more vaccinated in the hospital on ventilators and dying than the unvaccinated…With every single injection, one is more and more likely to get COVID-19…18,655 Americans dying after the vaccine doesn’t account for the underreporting factor of 30. We’re looking, as we sit here today, at 550,000 plus Americans who have died after the vaccine. The same pattern is seen worldwide…There are calls to pull these vaccines off the market. They’re so grossly unsafe because people die quickly after taking them.”
Ed. Note: Ed Dowd said, “The protocols instituted in 2020 were designed to kill people to get the COVID numbers inflated…When you design incentives, you get the results you want from the incentives.” For more, see last week’s episode, The Depopulation Cult Is Alive and Well.
11. 15 FEDERAL AGENCIES COVERED UP GAIN-OF-FUNCTION IN 2018: Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) investigation reveals that officials from 15 federal agencies knew the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus back in 2018. Paul wrote, “These officials knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID-19-like virus, and not one of these officials revealed this scheme to the public…Not one of these agencies warned anyone that this Chinese lab had already put together plans to create such a virus.”
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: COVID-19 and the Constitution.” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said the government’s COVID response triggered “some of the most aggressive usurpations of freedom [that] modern Americans have experienced.” Roy concluded, “Our rights are not to be negotiated. No matter how much they try to change the subject or rewrite history, we should never forget what they did to us. We must not be the victim of another government science experiment ever again.”
12. JURY RIGGING IN TRUMP’S MANHATTAN TRIAL: Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall explained how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Democratic donor/activist Judge Juan Manuel Merchan rigged the jury selection for the felony “hush money” case against Trump. Binnall said, “These questionnaires ask a whole bunch of questions that are meant to weed out Trump supporters, but apparently, they don’t have many questions that actually focus on who might be biased against President Trump.” One analyst added, “Judge Merchan purposely scheduled Trump’s trial to coincide with the start of Passover to make it impossible for Orthodox Jews to serve on the jury as they are the one group in Manhattan who overwhelmingly support Trump.”
13. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TRIAL: The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks, and Judge Merchan told Trump he will be arrested if he fails to show up for any of the trial. The Communist Party USA celebrated, “The trial will also throw cold water on Trump’s presidential bid, even if he’s already clinched the Republican nomination. Unlike civil cases…criminal defendants must attend all court sessions.”
Attorney Mark Davis assessed, “There’s no question that President Trump is going to be found guilty and convicted under these bogus charges.” Davis predicted the rulings would be appealed and reversed before election day, but that is “the whole point of this.”
Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said, “This is, by far, the weakest criminal case I have ever seen in my 60 years. There is nothing here. There is no misdemeanor, there is no felony, there is no federal crime. The feds refused to prosecute – even Bragg refused to prosecute until some of his young progressive woke prosecutors demanded that he prosecute.”
Ed. Note: For more, read Alvin Bragg Kicks Off Another Frenzied Lawfare Trial With Weakest Case Against Trump Yet.
14. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- The Washington Free Beacon reports, “Scores of ‘Free Palestine’ protesters across the United States took to the streets Monday to block major airports, highways, and bridges. Those who are arrested will receive bail money and legal support from a left-wing dark money behemoth funded by George Soros.”
- Dr. Joseph Mercola relates, “More infants are now dying in the U.S. than in the last two decades, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The U.S. provisional infant mortality rate rose 3% from 2021 to 2022 – the first increase since 2001 to 2002. Prior to this increase, infant mortality rates had declined 22%…”
- The Leading Report notes, “[A] majority of Americans think the FBI is politically weaponized, the media is the enemy of the people, January 6 was provoked by federal agents, the law is being used as a political weapon like a banana republic, and are concerned that the U.S. is becoming a police state, according to polling data from Rasmussen Reports.”
- The Epoch Times reports, “Recent studies show that chlormequat, a pesticide linked to reproductive issues, has been found in popular breakfast cereals like Quaker Oats and Cheerios. As this substance infiltrates the American food supply, the potential risks to our health and future generations loom larger, raising urgent questions about the safety of our everyday food choices.”
- The Daily Caller reports, “John Eastman, once an attorney for former President Donald Trump, was de-banked twice in the span of several months by two prominent financial institutions, Bank of America and USAA…His accounts were closed as he faced substantial backlash for his work advising Trump around the time of the 2020 election.”
- Cincinnati Insurance Companies recently sent policyholders this notice: “Your Commercial Inland Marine Coverage will include a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Hazards Exclusion.”
- The Daily Signal reports, “Scotland’s new ‘hate crime’ law already is demonstrating how it will be used to squash dissent and free speech. The so-called Hate Crime and Public Order Act, which went into force in Scotland on April Fools’ Day, adds age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and transgender identity to a list of protected classes…Scottish police reportedly ‘received more than 7,000 online reports of offenses in the first week since the introduction of a new hate crime law.’”
15. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “America is lending money it doesn’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That’s nuts.” –Mike Rowe
- “Going to college today does nothing but misallocate four critically important years of your life, permanently indebt you, and corrupt your mind with the idiotic ideas that Marxist professors and administrations cram down students’ throats. Educate yourself. Read constantly. Next, work to become self-employed, not to ‘get a job.’ You don’t want to rely on a job that somebody else gives you. And save your money – but don’t save in fiat dollars. Save in gold.” –International speculator Doug Casey
- “Shouldn’t we be talking about the fact that we have 1,000 ingredients in our food that are illegal in Europe? We are just systematically poisoning this generation of kids. BlackRock owns the processed food companies that are poisoning us, and they own the pharmaceutical companies that are making $4.3 trillion a year treating the chronic disease that’s been caused by BlackRock’s other companies.” –Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.” – H.L. Mencken, 1956
- “The U.S should oppose the WHO ‘treaty’ which threatens to compromise American sovereignty. China and the UN lied to us during COVID. They should not have power to declare a poverty, climate, or health ‘crisis’ that would result in pressure on us to obey their dictates.” –Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)
- “Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.” –J.C. Ryle
FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT
1. MARCH FOR LIFE HELD IN POLAND: 50,000 people marched for life in Warsaw, peacefully protesting efforts to expand abortion in the country. Bogusław Kiernicki, an organizer for the event, stated, “We want every Polish citizen to have the right to life from conception to natural death. It is not an (act of) grace that we allow a child to be born; it is their sacred right. We will not raise the white flag regardless of what happens.”
2. ALABAMA IMPOSES LIFE SENTENCES FOR CHILD TRAFFICKERS: Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed The Sound of Freedom Act requiring life imprisonment for child traffickers. The bill passed the State House and Senate unanimously. Governor Ivey remarked, “Human trafficking of minors is one of the most heinous and heart-wrenching crimes in America, and because the most defenseless among us are the victims, those found guilty should face the harshest penalties.”
3. DESANTIS PROTECTS CHILDREN: Florida Governor Ron Desantis (R) signed five new laws to crack down on sex trafficking and child groomers. The bills increase punishment for crimes such as possession of child porn and improve the state sex offender registry. Desantis declared, “We have taken action over these many years to protect the wellbeing of children in a variety of ways. When you have adults that are looking to harm them, we’ve got to step in and we’ve got to protect them…”
4. MUENSTER, TEXAS, PROTECTS THE UNBORN: The city of Muenster, Texas, passed an ordinance to become a “Safe Haven for the Unborn,” the 69th city in the country to do so. Kenneth Bierschenk, a resident of the city, stated, “Even though Texas has outlawed abortion at the state level, that does not mean our work is finished. There is still work to be done at every level of government: city, county, state, and federal.”
5. IDAHO BANS PORNOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN IN LIBRARIES: Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) signed a bill requiring libraries to prevent children from having access to pornographic material. Life Site News reported, “Idaho and Little have previously banned gender ‘transition’ procedures for minors, transgender pronoun mandates in schools, males competing in women’s sports, and male students using female restrooms.”
6. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS IDAHO’S BAN ON “GENDER TREATMENTS”: The U.S. Supreme Court allowed an Idaho law banning transgender treatments and mutilation surgeries for minors to take effect. State Attorney General Raul Labrador (R) stated, “The state has a duty to protect and support all children, and that’s why I’m proud to defend Idaho’s law that ensures children are not subjected to these life-altering drugs and procedures.”
7. TENNESSEE ALLOWS TEACHERS TO CARRY GUNS: The Tennessee State Senate passed a bill allowing teachers to conceal carry in the classroom. Teachers will be required to pass a background check and take a “comprehensive training program” before carrying. Resist The Mainstream added, “Tennessee law already permits school resource officers…to carry firearms on campus.”
8. FLORIDA PUNISHES LAWBREAKERS: The State of Florida took a different approach to pro-Hamas protests that recently shut down cities, bridges, and highways. Protestors in Miami who obstructed roadways were quickly removed and arrested. Bryan Griffin, Communications Director for Governor Desantis, wrote on X/Twitter, “In Florida, we drag these people out of the road and arrest them.”
9. REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL SUE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led seven Republican AGs in suing the Biden administration over its latest attempt to “forgive” student loans. Bailey wrote, “The Constitution is clear: Congress has the power of the purse, not the President. Joe Biden cannot unilaterally ‘cancel’ hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt and force everyday Americans to pick up the tab.”
10. JAPANESE PROTEST AGAINST THE WHO: Thousands of protestors in Tokyo marched against a proposed WHO treaty that would transfer sovereignty away from national governments. Mary Holland of Children’s Health Defense stated, “Japan has historically been ahead of the curve in resisting vaccine coercion…May the marches in Japan ignite them worldwide and may the WHO treaty and IHR amendments end up on the ash heap of history.”
11. KENTUCKY ENDS SALES TAX FOR PRECIOUS METALS: Kentucky became the 45th state to pass a ban on sales tax for gold and silver after Republicans overcame Democratic Governor Andy Bashear’s illegal veto of the bill. Republican Representative Steven Doan, who sponsored the bill, stated, “Sound money is the bedrock of economic stability, ensuring the preservation of wealth and purchasing power over time. For Kentuckians and businesses in the state, sound money fosters confidence in transactions, encourages savings, and facilitates long-term investment…”
12. SLOVAKIA DEFENDS ITS BORDERS: Slovakia announced that it would not implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, becoming the third European country to do so. Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke out about the tyrannical Pact, saying, “We say unequivocally that a country cannot be ordered to accept migrants that it knows nothing about or to pay 20,000 euros for each of them. This is not solidarity; it is a dictate.”
13. CONGRESS PROTECTS 4TH AMENDMENT: The U.S. House voted 219 to 199 to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, sponsored by Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Paul reacted on Twitter/X, “Great news! The House passed one good bill today! My bipartisan 4th Amendment is Not for Sale Act puts an end to the government’s practice of buying its way around the Bill of Rights by purchasing Americans’ personal data. Now it’s time for the Senate to do the same.”
14. BILL PASSED TO DISPLAY 10 COMMANDMENTS IN LOUISIANA CLASSROOMS: The Louisiana House passed a bill that would require state-funded schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The bill passed 82-19 and now heads to the Senate. The bill requires that “Each public school governing authority and the governing authority of each nonpublic school that receives state funds shall display the Ten Commandments in each building it uses and classroom in each school under its jurisdiction.”
15. JAVIER MILEI WANTS TO MODEL THE FOUNDING FATHERS: Argentinian President Javier Milei spoke to The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro about his efforts to copy the Founding Fathers in Argentina and explained, “We have decided to embrace the values of the West. And embracing the values of the West means embracing the Founding Fathers of the United States. We need to embrace the values of freedom, which are ideas in the United States – even though in recent times they may have been degraded…”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
Draw Me Nearer by Fanny Crosby
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee!
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died!
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine.
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine!
Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend!
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!
There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee!
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died!
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
