Dear Friend,
How do we maintain proper perspective and know how to respond in light of current events? Consider these timely words from prodigious hymn writer Horatius Bonar:
“The morning is a critically important time of day. You must never face the day until you have faced God, nor look into the face of others until you have looked into His. You cannot expect to be victorious if you begin your day in your strength alone.”
“Begin the work of every day after having been influenced by a few reflective, quiet moments between your heart and God. Do not meet with others, even the members of your own family, until you have first met with the great Guest and honored companion of your life: Jesus Christ.”
1. BIDEN SHOOTS DOWN THREE MORE “FLYING OBJECTS”: The Biden Administration spent millions to shoot down three “unidentified flying objects,” which Biden claimed were all from private entities and not connected to foreign surveillance programs. After sitting through a classified briefing on the three “objects,” Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said, “Many people…have been given the impression that [until] a couple weeks ago, our skies were clear, and then all of a sudden we have spy balloons and other unidentified flying objects raining down on us like confetti. That’s not accurate. These objects have been flying over us for years, many years… What’s different about the last two weeks is that we started shooting them down.”
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said that shootings were an “engineered panic” and an “attractive nuisance” designed to distract from Hersch Seymour’s bombshell story on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
2. IS THE OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT THE BIGGEST ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY? On Friday, February 3, a train derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio. Officials attempted a “controlled burn” after five of the derailed cars began leaking vinyl chloride, sending up a massive plume of smoke. The Daily Signal notes, “Burning vinyl chloride produces phosgene and hydrogen chloride. Phosgene caused 85,000 deaths during World War I, where it was used as a chemical weapon. Hydrogen chloride forms hydrochloric acid, a highly corrosive acid, upon contact with atmospheric water vapor.”
Alexandra Bruce called it “an American Chernobyl” and “the largest ecological disaster” in American history, noting that 100,000 gallons (1,000,000 pounds) of the highly toxic vinyl chloride “leaked, spilled and burned.” “The entire Ohio River Basin is affected, where over 30 million people (10% of the U.S. population) lives, including the metropolitan areas of Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Nashville. The Ohio River alone provides drinking water to over 5 million people. And it drains into the Mississippi, affecting all those downstream.”
Bruce concludes, “The Netflix movie, ‘White Noise’ appears to have been one of those Event 201-type tabletop exercises, training for the events in East Palestine. It’s quite stunning how the images of the derailment and the plume that we’re seeing from this event are almost exactly the same as the images foreshadowed in the film. And guess where they shot the film in 2022? In East Palestine! Many of the chemically-bombed residents appeared as extras in the film.”
The Daily Mail reports, “As residents return to their homes, some are reporting burning sensations and persistent coughs. Local farmers have also claimed that livestock are suddenly dropping dead, as state officials say that more than 3,000 fish across seven and a half miles of streams have died.”
For more, read Sen. J.D. Vance: Ohio Train Derailment Exposes Biden Administration, Liberal Media and East Palestine, Ohio Train Wreck: It’s the Dioxin.
3. BRAZIL TESTS SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM, WELFARE RECIPIENTS MUST BE VACCINATED: International Communist, convicted criminal, and questionably-elected Brazilian President Lula da Silva ordered that families and all children six years and up must receive government-mandated “vaccines” to get welfare payments, claiming, “It’s a question of science.” Mark E. Jeftovic explains, “Covid vaxports have already been weaponized in China, Brazil is doing it with their UBI [Universal Basic Income] program, and when this is all formalized into a CBDC, they will probably not launch it without the framework for widespread social credit and control systems being part of the plumbing.” For more, read Social Credit Brazilian Style: All UBI Recipients Must Be Vaxxed.
4. FBI WHISTLEBLOWERS ON BUREAU WEAPONIZATION: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, reviewed the testimony of “dozens and dozens” of brave FBI whistleblowers. Two former FBI agents, Thomas Baker and Nicole Parker, testified before the Subcommittee. Parker said that during her 12 years with the bureau, “The FBI became politically weaponized.” Baker, a 33-year FBI veteran, said it was FBI director Robert Mueller (the same Mueller who later led the phony “Russian Collusion” probe against Trump) who “set out deliberately to change the culture of the FBI from a law enforcement agency to an intelligence-driven agency.”
Ed. Note: The once anti-Communist FBI is being weaponized against patriotic Americans today. For more on the Communist rot of America’s intelligence agencies, see Diana West’s well-researched work, “The Red Thread: A Search for Ideological Drivers Inside the Anti-Trump Conspiracy.”
5. BIDEN RESHAPES AMERICA WITH MARXIST JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: Democrats recently celebrated the 100th Biden judge confirmed by the U.S. Senate. One of Biden’s recent radical nominees could not describe Article V, III, or II of the Constitution. Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller warned, “Senate GOP needs a plan to slow down the confirmation of radical Marxist judges, urgently. This is madness. The disastrous consequences to our society will be felt for generations.” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed the Senate Judiciary Committee’s move to advance 24 of Biden’s judicial nominees at once: “The Biden Administration is attempting to cram through all their most partisan, controversial nominees at once—the proverbial ‘worst of the worst’—to shield them from focused public scrutiny. These people have no business being near the federal bench, let alone having life tenure.”
Ed. Note: In None Dare Call It Treason: 25 Years Later, the late John Stormer (featured in AGENDA: Grinding America Down) detailed the Communist strategy to overcome industrialized countries like the United States. The blueprint was the 1948 Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia, not accomplished by a violent 1917-style revolution but through a “peaceful” infiltration and takeover of government institutions. The same strategy is rapidly accelerating in the United States today.
6. U.S. SET TO ADD $19 TRILLION MORE DEBT IN NEXT 10 YEARS: The New York Times reports, “The United States is on track to add nearly $19 trillion to its national debt over the next decade, $3 trillion more than previously forecast, as a result of rising costs for interest payments, veterans’ health care, retiree benefits, and the military, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.” The CBO projects that by 2033, the national debt will hit a record 118% of GDP. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that Republicans must vote to raise the debt ceiling without any spending cuts, and “It’s something that simply can’t be negotiable.”
7. LEFTISTS STILL CAN’T TOLERATE FREE SPEECH: In a recent interview, former press secretary Jen Psaki urged Americans to “think of the danger” of unrestricted free speech. The Biden regime is trying to imprison 33-year-old Douglass Mackey for ten years for posting humorous viral memes about Hillary Clinton in 2016. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) are demanding investigations into Biden’s gift of $665,000 to the Global Disinformation Index, an entity working to censor conservative media outlets.
In California, Christian teacher Jessica Tapia was fired for refusing to deceive parents about their children’s “gender transitions” and for not allowing biological males in the girl’s locker room. Tapia said, “It was crazy to be in the position where I realized that I couldn’t be a Christian and a teacher…” Also in California, authorities ordered burger chain Shake Shack to shell out $20,000 to a former employee who claims he was “repeatedly misgendered by co-workers.”
8. NIKKI HALEY ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID: Former South Carolina Governor and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley became the second Republican to announce a 2024 Presidential bid. Haley declared, “It is time that we get a Republican in there that can lead, and that can win a general election.” Nikki Haley was a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Honoree in 2011. In a 2021 interview, Haley said that she first ran for political office “because of Hillary Clinton.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene tweeted, “Nikki Haley is just another George (or Jeb!) Bush. If we wanted a ‘Bush in heels,’ Republicans would vote for Liz Cheney.” Greene continued,” She is weak on the border, doesn’t want a wall, claimed ‘Legal Immigrants are more patriotic than most Americans these days,’ and she defended Obama when Pres. Trump criticized his terrible open-borders policy. And Nikki Haley refused to support a transgender bathroom bill to protect children.”
9. HOBBY LOBBY, EVANGELICALS PROMOTE IMMIGRATION, LGBTQ AGENDA WITH “HE GETS US” ADS: Revolver News reports, “Many of you may not realize this, but Hobby Lobby and other so-called ‘conservative’ Evangelicals are behind the new ‘He Gets Us’ and ‘Jesus Was a Refugee’ ads.” NPR says, “In one of the commercials, a black and white slideshow of photos tells the story of Central American migrants who must flee their home to avoid persecution. At the end, it is revealed the story being told is that of Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph.” NPR also reports, “The campaign is attempting to appeal to groups that may have felt excluded or repelled by the church in recent years, like members of the LGBTQ community, different races and ethnicities, those who lean more liberal politically, or people who have kept up with scandals of abuse.”
Ed. Note: These ads are confusing at best and evil at worst. Of course Jesus will save all who come to Him in faith and repentance! However, these ads imply Jesus wants people to stay just the way they are, which is simply not true. Psalm 5:5 says, “Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.” We must never be deceived into thinking that any cause that mentions Jesus is automatically being used for good.
10. THE WAR ON THE FAMILY: “Abolish the family!” declared Karl Marx. South Dakota State Representative Erin Healy (D) tweeted, “Extremist group Family Heritage Alliance said this morning that the safest place for kids are in families that have a married mom and dad. What a dangerous and un-American belief.” Chicago father Terry Newsome found himself on a flight watchlist after he opposed pornographic material in his children’s schools. New Jersey mom Angela Reading was targeted by the government after complaining about “perverse” posters at her local elementary school.
Ed. Note: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk said, “The left has no greater enemy than the family.” If the family is the left’s greatest threat, raising children who love truth and resist evil is the most significant thing we can do to combat the Marxist agenda.
11. GLOBALISTS HAVE SINISTER PLANS FOR AI: Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, World Economic Forum head Klaus Schwab said of fourth industrial revolution technologies, “Our life in 10 years from now will be completely different, very much affected, and who masters those technologies, in some way, will be the masters of the world.” In a recent interview, Globalist Bill Gates said, “You’ll have to take AI into consideration” to “solve the digital misinformation [problem].”
12. COVID VACCINE NEWS: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Pentagon spearheaded the effort to create the Covid vaccine: “There were 138 companies that were involved in manufacturing and distributing the vaccine. They’re all military contractors. The Pentagon and the National Security Agency ran the entire pandemic response.”
The Gateway Pundit reports, “A mother of two from Victoria, Australia, was denied the chance to undergo a lifesaving heart transplant because she refused to receive the COVID-19 shot, despite having a medical exemption.” U.S. World Series Poker player Jeffrey Farnes shared his regrets on taking the Covid “vaccine” with a fellow player: “I wish I never got the vaccine. I’ve been having chest pains ever since I had that thing.”
13. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- The Biden Administration plans to drain 26 million more barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
- Hillary Clinton announced the Clinton Global Initiative is partnering with the Rockefeller Foundation and several other globalist groups to promote “digital cash” to fight climate change.
- The Republican-controlled South Dakota Senate voted to suspend outspoken Covid vaccine critic Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller without disclosing the allegations against her.
- In 2020, only 45% of 17-year-olds and 25% of 16-year-olds had driver’s licenses, compared to 62% and 43%, respectively, in 1997. The Washington Post reports, “Unlike previous generations, they [Gen Z] don’t see cars as a ticket to freedom or a crucial life milestone.“
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was criticized for saying, “only Americans should vote in American elections.”
- Conservative YouTuber Lauren Southern revealed that her parents were banned from Airbnb for being “closely associated” with her. Airbnb reversed the ban after public outcry. Robert Spencer comments, “One of the most horrifying aspects of totalitarian regimes is their habit of targeting not just dissidents, but their family members as well.”
- The Epoch Times reports, “Federal prosecutors on February 10 asked U.S. District Judge John Bates to have January 6 defendant and police beating victim Victoria White jailed because she met with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.”
- Warren Buffett’s business partner Charlie Munger called for the U.S. government to follow China’s example by banning cryptocurrencies.
- Newsmax reports, “The British government claims that works from authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, and C.S. Lewis can radicalize readers, author Douglas Murray alleges in a column published by The Spectator.”
- Breitbart reports, “James Biden secretly negotiated a $140 million settlement deal in 2012 between a U.S. company and the Saudi Arabian government due to his relationship with then-Vice President Joe Biden, court documents reveal.”
FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT
1. REVIVAL BREAKS OUT IN KENTUCKY: Kentucky’s Christian Asbury University is witnessing a growing revival that began during a service on Wednesday, February 8. CBN News reports, “For days, people have been giving testimonies, reading scripture, worshipping God, and praying in the ongoing revival. Students, professors, and local church leaders have taken part.” Videos from the revival have gone viral, and attendees have poured in from out of state, with some expected soon from Canada and Singapore. 3,000 worshippers gathered on Tuesday night, February 14.
Asbury theology professor Thomas H. McCal wrote, “They were praising and praying earnestly for themselves and their neighbors and our world—expressing repentance and contrition for sin and interceding for healing, wholeness, peace, and justice.” McCal continued, “There is no pressure or hype. There is no manipulation. There is no high-pitched emotional fervor. To the contrary, it has so far been mostly calm and serene.”
2. SUPER BOWL QUARTERBACK GIVES GOD THE GLORY: Quarterback and MVP Patrick Mahomes of the triumphant Kansas City Chiefs explained the importance of his faith shortly before the game: “My Christian faith plays a role in everything that I do. I always ask God to lead me in the right direction and let me be who I am in His name… And obviously, it will be on a huge stage and a Super Bowl that he’s given me, and I want to make sure I’m glorifying him while I do it.”
3. PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CANCELS GROUP OVER HOMOSEXUAL MEMBERS: Pensacola Christian College canceled the prominent British male a cappella group The King’s Singers, after learning that one of their members is an active homosexual. Pensacola stated it “cannot knowingly give an implied or direct endorsement of anything that violates the Holy Scripture, the foundation of our sincerely held beliefs.” Homosexuals and their supporters are calling Pensacola’s action discriminatory, homophobic, and unloving.
4. SENATOR HAWLEY INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM GENDER MUTILATION: The Protecting Our Kids From Child Abuse Act would hold doctors and clinics liable for inflicting “bodily injury or harm to mental health” on minors via transgender surgeries. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said of his bill, “Children who are harmed by these dangerous procedures, which are often irreversible and sterilizing, will now be able to fight back against those who perpetrated their abuse. And federal taxpayers will no longer be forced to foot the bill for abusive treatment.”
5. SOUTH DAKOTA PROTECTS CHILDREN FROM GENDER MUTILATION SURGERIES: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed a bill banning transgender mutilation surgeries and treatments for minors, after the state legislature overwhelmingly passed it with veto-proof majorities. Noem declared, “With this legislation, we are protecting kids from harmful, permanent medical procedures. I will always stand up for the next generation of South Dakotans.”
Ed. Note: It seems that the “Help Not Harm” bill passed in spite of Noem, not because of her. Sadly, in 2021, Governor Noem refused to sign a bill protecting women in sports, although she ultimately signed a similar bill in 2022. Last year, intense lobbying from Noem’s ally Sanford Health effectively killed a bill to protect children from transgender surgeries. For more on Kristi Noem, read, Who Is Kristi Noem, Really?
6. MOORE AND MASSIE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ABOLISH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Both Representative Barry Moore (R-AL) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have introduced legislation to abolish the Department of Education and return control to states, communities, and families. Moore said, “The Department of Education is a nest of radical D.C. activists masquerading as educators pushing indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas. For our children’s protection, it must be abolished.” Massie stated, “There is no Constitutional authority for this federal bureaucracy to exist.”
Ed. Note: These bills are another reminder that concerned parents need to get their children out of the government schools, if possible. For more, see publicschoolexit.com.
7. UNITED AIRLINES PILOTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST VACCINE MANDATE: Life Site News reports that thirty former United Airlines employees who were denied religious exemptions from their company’s Covid vaccine mandate have filed a lawsuit “claiming that the airline colluded with the U.S. government, acting as its puppet to force employees to receive a dangerous experimental drug that is not actually a vaccine, but a form of ‘gene therapy.’” Former United Airlines pilot Tom Floyd said, “If we win, if we prevail, it will set a precedent so that no other employer could ever, ever do this to their employees again.”
Ed. Note: To stand with these 30 brave pilots, donate to their legal defense fund here.
8. CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK COLLECTIVELY LOST OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE DURING PANDEMIC: New York saw a net loss of 524,079 people during Covid-19, while California experienced a net loss of 508,903, with nearly half of California’s loss coming from Los Angeles. While experts cite the high cost of living as a major factor, draconian Covid lockdowns were likely the greatest reason for the exodus.
9. WOKE DISNEY+ LOSING OVER $1 BILLION PER QUARTER: Disney continues to hemorrhage money as it refuses to back down on producing woke films. Breitbart reports, “For its first fiscal quarter, Disney’s direct-to-consumer business — which includes Disney+, Hulu, and other services — lost $1.05 billion, a 78 percent larger loss from the same period a year ago.”
10. ANOTHER TYRANT STEPS DOWN: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has resigned following backlash against her support for the radical Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which would have allowed individuals to identify as any gender of their choice, with few limitations. Toby Young suggests an additional reason, “I like to think Sturgeon is going for the same reason Jacinda Ardern went – because she realized no leader can hope to get re-elected after embracing the disastrous zero-Covid policy.” The Spectator pointed out that Sturgeon used the words “I,” “me,” and “my” 153 times in her resignation speech but only mentioned Scotland 11 times.
11. 19 ATTORNEYS GENERAL CALL ON FBI TO COME CLEAN ON TARGETING OF CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS: Virginia AG Jason Miyares and 18 other state attorneys general sent a letter calling on the FBI to produce all materials related to a retracted bureau memo calling for spying on “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists (RMVE) in Radical Traditionalist Catholic (RTC) Ideology.” The letter demanded that the FBI “immediately and unequivocally order agency personnel not to target Americans based on their religious beliefs and practices.”
12. FLORIDA TAKES ON MORE WOKE GIANTS: Two Florida medical boards extended the state’s ban on transgender surgeries and treatments for minors. Governor DeSantis said, “If you’re performing those procedures on these minors, you’re gonna lose your medical license here in Florida.” Florida’s legislature passed a measure establishing the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program to fly illegals from Florida to blue sanctuary states. DeSantis has proposed legislation to ban “ESG woke banking” in Florida and to prohibit financial institutions from using “social credit scores” on their customers.
13. ALASKANS FIGHT TO OVERTURN “RANKED CHOICE VOTING”: Alaskans for Honest Elections is working to place an initiative on the 2024 ballot that would repeal the state’s newly adopted ranked-choice voting system, which helped elect liberals Senator Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola. Art Matthias, who is spearheading the signature-gathering drive, said, “Alaskans are tired of being manipulated by rich people from outside [the state who] think they can tell us what to do.”
Ed. Note: Critics of ranked-choice voting have called it “rigged choice voting. Ranked choice voting allows voters to choice their top pick, following by their second, third, etc. The process makes it harder for conservatives to win and easier for nefarious actors to cheat.
14. ELON MUSK CRITICIZES WORLD GOVERNMENT: Elon Musk told attendees at the World Government, “I know this is called the World Government Summit, but I think we should be maybe a little bit concerned about actually becoming too much of a single world government. We want to avoid creating a civilizational risk by having, frankly — this may sound a little odd — too much cooperation between governments.”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
I Belong to the King By Ida Reed Smith
I belong to the King; I’m a child of His love!
I shall dwell in His palace so fair,
For He tells of its bliss in yon heaven above,
And His children its splendor shall share.
I belong to the King! I’m a child of His love,
And he never forsaketh His own!
He will call me some day to His palace above;
I shall dwell by His glorified throne!
I belong to the King, and He loves me I know,
For His mercy and kindness so free
Are unceasingly mine wheresoever I go,
And my Refuge unfailing is He.
I belong to the King, and His promise is sure,
That we all shall be gathered at last
In His kingdom above, by life’s waters so pure,
When this life with its trials is past!
I belong to the King! I’m a child of His love,
And he never forsaketh His own!
He will call me some day to His palace above;
I shall dwell by His glorified throne!
