Rededicate 250

Ecclesiastes 5

19 And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.

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Dr. David Jeremiah:

"Dear Father, living in uncertain times, you are a certain God. Seeing turmoil all around us, you are the peace within us. And though the future may seem dim, you are the light that illuminates our path forward.

Make us one nation under God. May we remember the high cost that was paid to live in one nation, a nation under God. May we not be fractured by politics or pettiness, but stand together as an indivisible people, ready to face the challenges of our future.

May we graciously live within the freedom and liberty endowed to us by our Creator. And may we seek justice for all, no matter their race, color, or creed. Make us one nation under God.

Though imperfect, let us become a more perfect union. Sometimes divided, let us learn to live indivisibly. And at times ungrateful. Let We the People be grateful for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In you, God, we trust to heal the wounds of our past. Give us strength to endure the trials of today and provide guidance to live together in a more peaceful tomorrow. Make us one nation under God. May Your word direct us, Your promises keep us, Your power protect us, and Your purpose restore us.

May our courage propel us, love define us, humility constrain us, and faith unite us. Make us one nation under God. Father, we are blessed beyond measure, thankful beyond words, and hopeful beyond imagination. Make us one nation under God. One nation under God." .......

Amen. 

Our future is not dim, but spectacular, Hallelujah!

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Faith & Freedom: Why 'Rededicate 250' is bringing faith, music & prayer to National Mall--National Desk's Jan Jeffcoat interviews Eric Metaxas

Revolution: Faith in Action, American History & the Super Centennial Feat. Eric Metaxas:

Metaxas dives into his new book "Revolution," exploring the Christian roots of the American Revolution and why understanding our founding story is crucial today. From the origin of the term "Super Centennial" for America's 250th anniversary to the call for churches to live out faith boldly amid cultural and political challenges, Metaxas draws parallels to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's warnings and urges listeners to embrace American exceptionalism grounded in God's truth. Discover how faith in action shaped our nation and how rededicating ourselves to these principles can renew our future.

Eric Metaxas

“Once upon a time there was a REVOLUTION.”

There’s never been a nation like the United States of America. It's impossible to imagine the world without it—but do you know the wild and true story of how it came into existence? 

On our 250th anniversary, the hunger for America’s story has never been greater. 

Who better to tell it than historian Eric Metaxas, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including the ground-breaking, million-selling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer?  

With the passion, erudition, and irrepressible wit that have become his signature, Metaxas’s REVOLUTION brings the epic of America’s birth to life so fully that you will feel you are a part of the story, which is precisely the point. By turns deeply moving, gripping, and spectacularly entertaining, these are the stories every American must know, including some of history’s noblest heroes — and some despicable villains.  

REVOLUTION also touches on the role that sacrifice, character, and faith played in the great struggle for “the Sacred Cause” of liberty. George Washington, John Adams, Nathan Hale, Henry Knox, Horatio Gates, Israel Putnam, Benedict Arnold and many others all come to life for a new generation of Americans. 

At more than 600 pages—with photos, maps, and illustrations—REVOLUTION is definitive and sweeping, an astonishing epic containing a dazzling array of stories, ranging from the explosive events that led up to Lexington and Concord,all the way through the impossible twists and turns of the war itself—including the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Crossing of the Delaware, Saratoga, and the bitter winter at Valley Forge — all the way to the final victory in Yorktown and “The World Turned Upside Down.” 

Unless we ourselves know the true story of the Revolution—what some have called America’s “founding myth”—we cannot play the role we are meant to play in the Revolution that still continues today.  

This is our story. We need to know it. For such a time as this. 

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Romans 11

A Complete Israel

25-29 I want to lay all this out on the table as clearly as I can, friends. This is complicated. It would be easy to misinterpret what’s going on and arrogantly assume that you’re royalty and they’re just rabble, out on their ears for good. But that’s not it at all. This hardness on the part of insider Israel toward God is temporary. Its effect is to open things up to all the outsiders so that we end up with a full house. Before it’s all over, there will be a complete Israel. As it is written,

A champion will stride down from the mountain of Zion;
he’ll clean house in Jacob.
And this is my commitment to my people:
removal of their sins.

From your point of view as you hear and embrace the good news of the Message, it looks like the Jews are God’s enemies. But looked at from the long-range perspective of God’s overall purpose, they remain God’s oldest friends. God’s gifts and God’s call are under full warranty—never canceled, never rescinded.

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He said "When Our [Father, Son and Holy Spirit] children worship their God with true devotion, they are protected and blessed by the all-consuming fire. If I become a wall of fire surrounding them, what will happen when a nation worships Me? Yes, I will be a wall of fire surrounding that nation. This is coming to your nation. Not only will I protect your nation, but many blessings straight from heaven will fall upon you. My glory, My very best blessings will cover your land from sea to sea.  A new day, a new hour is coming with lightning speed to your nation. As you consecrate your land to Us, We say truly, you truly belong to your God and We will bless, shield, and shower you with one blessing after another. Multitudes will be saved and many will be promoted and given great authority in My kingdom."

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Dutch Sheets, Give Him 15--May 15, 2026:

On Sunday, We Rewrite Our Epitaph

"Rededication 250: A Day of Prayer, Praise, and Worship will take place this upcoming Sunday, May 17th. Please pray that it accomplishes everything the Lord desires…and requires.

I have written previously about the Hebrew words for dedication/rededication. They also mean “consecration” or “set apart unto.” One of those words, qadash,(1) is used on four very important occasions when the people of Israel were told to dedicate themselves to God as a nation. Looking at these occasions will help us understand how to pray for Sunday.

SINAI

The first is in Exodus 19:10. Moses was told to qadash (dedicate) Israel for two days at the foot of Mount Sinai, before he went up the mountain to meet with God. Yahweh was preparing to supernaturally give Moses the government for Israel, formalizing them as a nation: laws, policies, procedures, important dates, etc. Four verses before these instructions, the Lord had told them: “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation” (verse 6). Sinai was, among other things, “government mountain.” And before Israel was formally born there, they were prepared by these two days of dedication.

This upcoming Sunday, we will meet at America’s “government mountain” to rededicate ourselves as “one nation under God.” We’ll declare allegiance to His will and ways, and worship Him there. Pray that His presence, power, and glory come spiritually over our nation, just as they did tangibly at Sinai.

THE PRIESTHOOD

In Exodus 28:41, Moses was told to qadash (dedicate) Aaron and his sons to the Lord before anointing them as the beginning of Israel’s priesthood. Qadash precedes anointing. God wanted more than a religious nation; He wanted a relationship, a connection, with people. And ultimately, not just with Israel, but with all people.

Israel was to play a significant role in this, helping Him save the world and recover His family: the Messiah would come through them! This partnership, obviously, would require that the connection remain strong. To aid in this, the priesthood was essential. And for this significant role, they had to be dedicated to Him.

America was also created by God to partner with Him in saving the world. Pray that our spiritual leaders rededicate themselves to this cause, and receive a fresh anointing to lead.

ENTERING CANAAN

In Joshua 3:5, Joshua told the people to qadash (dedicate) themselves to the Lord before crossing the Jordan into the promised land of Canaan. They were about to receive the fulfillment of a 430-year-old promise to Abraham: the gift of a homeland. But first, the Lord told them to spend a day connecting with Him. This shows us that the condition of our hearts affects our land and possessions.

Pray that this Sunday makes possible the healing of our land (2 Chronicles 7:14). The blood of multiplied millions of babies, as well as violence, broken covenants, immorality, and idolatry, have defiled our land. Ask that the blood of Jesus cleanses our homeland from ALL sin and unrighteousness (1 John 1:7).

RESTORATION

Joel 2 is a desperate, urgent call to national repentance amidst a catastrophic insect plague and severe drought in Israel. This plague - a judgment from Israel’s sin - threatened total economic destruction, just as their sin threatened spiritual destruction. The solution, Joel prophesied, was a national return to God. In Joel 2:15-16, the prophet declared that the people of Israel should qadash (dedicate) themselves to Him once again, to allow for the incredible restoration God wanted to perform. “Connect with Me, so I can heal you.” God told Israel He wanted their hearts, not religious ceremonies (verses 12-13). And He wanted to bless them abundantly (verses 18-27), including the pouring out of His Spirit (verses 28-29).

Pray with us that on Sunday, our nation responds in such a way that God can restore us, remove the curses we have brought on ourselves, and pour out His Spirit. There has already been much repentance for America by millions of believers; we have stood in the gap, repenting for the whole. Throughout history, God has accepted the repentance and intercession of a remnant for the sins of a nation. I believe He has for America, as well, and that restoration and revival are coming to our land. Ask that what happens on Sunday be the capstone for this.

In the book Is It Real When It Doesn't Work? Doug Murren and Barb Shurin recount:

“Toward the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel awoke one morning to read his own obituary in the local newspaper: ‘Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, devised a way for more people to be killed in a war than ever before, and he died a very rich man.’

“Actually, it was Alfred’s older brother who had died; a newspaper reporter had bungled the epitaph. But the account had a profound effect on Nobel. He decided he wanted to be known for something other than developing the means to kill people efficiently and for amassing a fortune in the process. So he initiated the Nobel Prize, the award for scientists and writers who foster peace. Nobel said, ‘Every man ought to have the chance to correct his epitaph in midstream and write a new one.’”(2)

God is giving America a chance to rewrite our epitaph. If written now, it would read, “Weighed in the balances and found wanting.”

On Sunday, we can change it.

Pray with me:

Lord, thousands will gather at America’s “government mountain” this weekend, and millions will join online, to rededicate our nation to You. We believe You led our President to ask for this. In response, we ask You to come to this mountain with Your presence, power, and glory, just as You did at Sinai. Re-consecrate America.

Purify and recommission our spiritual leaders, symbolized by Aaron, his sons, and Israel’s priesthood. Bring revival to the church, and start with the leaders.

And heal our land. As we dedicate ourselves to You on Sunday, let healing flow to our “Canaan,” our inheritance. Our land is defiled and groaning. From sea to shining sea, please cleanse our nation from innocent bloodshed and all other defilements.

Finally, restore us to You, and to our destiny. The plagues of Joel have become the plagues of America (Joel 1:4 KJV). “Worms” and “locusts” are eating us from the inside out; devastation is everywhere, and our land is ravaged. In wrath, please remember mercy. As we gather with You on Sunday, let us rewrite our epitaph. We pray this in Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Our decree:

Say it with me: America shall be saved/America is being saved." .......

Yes and Amen!

Acts 2

14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

President Trump in China

It is a Victory Lap to give them the terms of their Unconditional Pre-Emptive Surrender.

Praise God!

Isaiah 45

The God Who Forms Light and Darkness

1-3 God’s Message to his anointed,
    to Cyrus, whom he took by the hand
To give the task of taming the nations,
    of terrifying their kings—
He gave him free rein,
    no restrictions:
“I’ll go ahead of you,
    clearing and paving the road.
I’ll break down bronze city gates,
    smash padlocks, kick down barred entrances.
I’ll lead you to buried treasures,
    secret caches of valuables—
Confirmations that it is, in fact, I, God,
    the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

Fear not!

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"(1) Upon reelection President Trump told all U.S. energy providers to “drill baby drill” and maximize energy production. Trump then deregulated the industry for maximum efficiency: Secretaries Burgum (Interior), Wright (Energy) and Zeldin (EPA).

(2) Trump then meets with Putin in Alaska Aug 15, 2025.  Three days later, Aug 18, 2025, Putin restarts Russia’s flagship Arctic project, the LNG export facility via the Northern Route to Asia.

(3) President Trump then signs contracts with Finland for the urgent start of Arctic icebreaking ship manufacturing in the USA and emphasizes the prior conversation about taking over Greenland which infuriates the Danes and EU.

(4) President Trump then triggers the Venezuela operation, captures Nicholas Maduro and -in addition to other benefits- forms a new strategic oil development relationship with the interim Venezuela government.  Russia stays silent.

(5) President Trump then triggers Operation Epic Fury against Iran; completely changing the geopolitical landscape that surrounds energy partnerships.  Energy flows through the Gulf of Oman are impacted.

(6) President Trump then removes specific sanctions against Russia permitting Russian oil and LNG to be sold (in petrodollars) into the Asian market.  Meanwhile, the European Union is forced to increase LNG purchases from the United States.

Sure, it could all be just coincidence… or not.  {GO DEEP} One thing is certain, the FIVE-EYES opposition (Canada, EU, U.K and Australia) do not think all of this downstream benefit that flows to Russia and the USA is coincidental.  The FIVE-EYES opposition clearly see all of this as a strategic realignment between the USA and Russia, and they are going to do everything in their power to stop it.

Last point.  The next world leader to visit China will be…. wait for it… Vladimir Putin." .......

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Thomas the Younger: "... China blacklisted him, sanctioned him, blocked him … unleashed a lethal virus into the world to destabilize his presidency; worked with Biden Democrats to flood key districts with fake ballots to remove him from office; bribed, blackmailed, and bullied American influencers to remove him from office and try to kill him … AND THEN Chairman Xi ended up having to shake his hand, because Donald J Trump rose again, neutralized the totalitarian leader’s proxies, cut off his oil, tossed sand into the gears of his Belt and Road initiative, and threw his BRICS experiment into disarray." .......

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Happy Mother's Day, Moms!

Thanks, Mom!

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Amen!

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Our Tulsi

"People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top."--Margaret Thatcher

DNI Tulsi Gabbard Delivers Remarks at 2026 Independent Women's Policy Summit - The Last Refuge:

"On May 7, 2026, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard addressed the 2026 Independent Women’s Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. Given her current position at the tip of the IC accountability spear, it is worth reviewing DNI Gabbard’s remarks."

Transcript: "... I have found too often in my time in politics, now that has spanned over 20-something years, my time serving in the military in different capacities, you know, the challenge and opportunity of leadership is a perpetual one. I find it now in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Intelligence Community across the board. And too often, what I see, especially in some of our young women and girls, but even some of the moms groups that I’ve met over the years, is a concern or question around not being qualified to lead.”

“Whether it’s running for office or taking on an organization, or going and testifying before Congress or before a school board meeting, people who haven’t done it before, never imagined themselves to be in this position, often say, “Well, you know, someone else can do it. Someone else will be better to do it. Someone else is more experienced. Someone else has the right qualifications and meets that criteria, for example, to be a candidate for office.”

And my response to them is always to focus on the most important characteristic that we should all look for in a leader, and that we should strive for in the leaders whom we choose to elect and that we choose to support. And that characteristic is someone who cares. If you care about serving and making a positive impact on your community, your state, your country, you will therefore then care about telling the truth.

You’ll care about standing up for what is right. And the courage that we see, especially in this vitriolic political environment that we are in, that courage is necessary because of the radical responses that we all get when we do very simple, common-sense things like stand up for the truth and speak the objective truth.

And obviously, the foremost example, and the one that’s been really gratifying to see the progress around, is the truth of the biological difference between men and women and girls and boys, and that, you know, girls should be able to play sports against girls. It’s a perfect case study. I think the fundamental issue is so much greater than this example because this whole fight and this whole challenge is impacting a generation. But when you look at what’s really at stake, the existence and acceptance that there is such a thing as objective truth is really the issue. And so this is the current fight over this, and the progress that’s been made here in the US and around the world with a lot of these international sporting entities is truly incredible. But it all drives down to the implications of what happens when we live in a society that rejects the existence of objective truth.

Tulsi Gabbard speaks at a rally against gender affirming care at War Memorial Plaza in Nashville , Tenn., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

It erodes and removes the guardrails that must exist in our society, that there is such a thing as truth, that we expect our lawmakers and our leaders to understand that there is such a thing as truth, and that we expect our media to understand that there is such a thing as truth. How does a journalist, a true, honest journalist, which is a rare breed these days–I know we have a few in the room, thank you for being here. How does a journalist report on the truth if they, the journalist or their outlet, reject the existence of truth?

You can apply this almost universally across the board, but all of this comes back to courage. When we care about each other, when we care about our country, when we care about the consequences of the decisions being made by policymakers, when we care about our Constitution, our fundamental freedoms, the bedrock of this republic that we are citizens of, that is the qualification that we need to step up and lead and to make that difference.

I went through my own version of facing these constant challenges and questions in the ways that I have tried to and chosen to serve over the last few decades, where people constantly told me, “You are too young. You are not qualified. You don’t have an Ivy League degree. You don’t have a degree at all,” back in the day. But I– I’m grateful to my parents for this, they homeschooled us– I’m the fourth of five kids. They instilled this ethic of service and being the solution to a problem that you see, that no matter the detractors who came my way, even those who meant well, who said, “Oh, you know, you’re too young to run for Congress.”

I was 31 at the time. “You’re too young to run for Congress. You know, the other guy who’s running, he’s got all the money, he’s got all the endorsements, he’s gonna win. Just hang back and try again in 20 years,” And they thought they were giving me good advice and were being helpful. And I smiled, and this is Hawaii, so I said, “Thank you, aloha.” And then proceeded to ignore their very helpful feedback.

But they were looking at all of the wrong things. They were looking at what they viewed as, like, the political resume, the political establishment requirements, rather, and fundamentally forgetting the most important thing, which is we step up to serve the people, period. And in my race for Congress, that was the big difference. I was running against a candidate who was highly funded, had all the endorsements, and nearly a hundred percent name recognition. He had just run a statewide race and lost. And my seat was essentially a statewide seat. He thought he was gonna win the big final debate night that we had.

I remember we were in two different green rooms right next to each other, about to walk out in the debate. I’d known him forever. It’s Hawaii, you know, we know everybody. And as he walked out two minutes before me, he was singing a song. He’s a former basketball player, probably like 6’8”. And he looked back over his shoulder at me as I was about to walk out, singing the Black-Eyed Peas song. And he looked at me, and he was like, “Tonight’s gonna be a good night.”

And I smashed him in the debate… because he took it for granted. He took the people for granted. He took me for granted. And so he didn’t prepare. I am a prepper. I did the work, and I came with the goods, and I was running on a very clear platform based on substance and how I could best serve my community. So, fast forward, I had like 3% name recognition when we started this race. Five months before the election, I had, I think, 20% in the polls. He had 60%. And there were a couple of other candidates who kind of had broken out the rest of the margins. He was already interviewing staff that he planned to hire for his office in Congress at that point in time. And then I ended up winning the race and beating him by a 22% margin.

We spent the same amount of money, but arguably, on paper, he was the candidate who was definitely going to win. As he was interviewing his future staff, I was going island by island, holding town halls, knocking on doors, standing outside the supermarket, introducing myself to people, and saying, “I’m interviewing for a job to work for you. How can I serve you? What do you care most about? Here’s what I care about and here’s what I stand for.” And I point to this story often as I’m talking to folks who are thinking about running for Congress, who are thinking to themselves, like, “How can I get involved? I don’t even know where to start.” And usually always going back to, “Well, I don’t have the resume that’s required. I don’t have the money. I can’t self-fund. I don’t know how to pick up the phone and call a donor to ask for support.

And I tell them my story because it’s a real one. Because that was me. That was me. And when we focus on having that servant’s heart guiding us, inspiring us, giving us that courage every single day, and focusing on those whom we are trying to serve and positively impact, this goes back to the vision that our founders had for our country. Truly, how do we have a government of, by, and for the people?

We have real people, not those who’ve been handpicked by the powers that be. We have real people who care and who want to serve, who are stepping up and responding to one of my favorite verses in the Bible from Isaiah 6:8, when the Lord says, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I am, Lord, send me.” He didn’t ask for a resume. He didn’t say, “Well, are you qualified?”

He said, “Who will go for us?” He said, “Here I am, send me.” And that, to me, is the fundamental question. It’s one that I ask and reflect on myself on a daily basis: how can I best serve? How and where can I make that most positive impact? And continuously reflecting on that throughout my life, it’s taken me in a lot of different interesting directions. It’s taken me in different political positions.

I started out in the State House when I was 21 years old, and then to Congress. When I got elected to Congress, the Democratic Party somehow rolled out the red, red carpet. I was named a, you know, the rising star. CNN was talking about who was gonna play me in the movie. True story. I was like, “I don’t know what’s going on here.” Vogue Magazine wanted to do a spread and, like, all of this stuff.

And I was like, “Hmm, this is interesting. How can I use any of these opportunities as a platform to be able to make the positive impact that I wanted to make?” The problem with them was that they really thought I was gonna be a puppet for them, and that whatever they were dangling in front of me was somehow going to entice me into allowing them to control what I was there to do. It didn’t last long.

Within a few months, then-President Obama was coming to Congress and wanted to start a new war in the Middle East, this time in Syria. And I was the first Democrat, that’s maybe the only one, I don’t remember, but the first Democrat who came out publicly and opposed his request and gave very specific reasons why. I was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the time, which was based on my own experience of having deployed to the Middle East twice and understanding the implications of what he was asking Congress to approve.

And the fact that the very most basic questions that we should always ask, especially when you’re talking about sending our men and women in uniform into harm’s way, is what is the objective?

At that time, John Kerry was the Secretary of State, and he came before the committee, and I came in with an open mind, saying, “Hey, if this is something we have to do to secure our nation, we have to take a hard look at it.” But when I asked what was the objective, they said, “Oh, well, we wanna go in and deliver a punch in the gut to the Syrian regime. Not a pinprick, not a decapitation. We wanna deliver a punch in the gut.”

I was like, “Okay, that’s not a clear objective. How does that serve our best interests as a country? How does that secure our nation? How does that make the American people more safe? And what’s the plan?” I asked. “When they punch back, or their friends punch back?” “Oh, we don’t think they will.” Like, also not a good plan. “We don’t think they will.”

But by taking that step and asking the tough questions, doing the work, and coming out in opposition to President Obama’s request at that time, the red carpet was quickly rolled up and taken away. I got a very quick call from the White House saying, “How dare you go against your president?” They had no questions and no statements to make about the substance of the issues and questions that I had raised. And that was the first of many examples that would follow over the eight years that I was in Congress, where I realized that they weren’t actually interested.

You know, they made a big deal. “I’m a veteran. I deployed twice to the Middle East.” They weren’t actually interested in hearing what I had to say or drawing on the experience that I had. And ultimately it became about their own, their own partisan politics." (transcript continues) ........

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FBI Launches Criminal Investigation into Senate Intel Committee Democrats for Leaking CLASSIFIED Intel on DNI Tulsi Gabbard to the New York Times: Report | The Gateway Pundit:

"...The intercepts reportedly captured two Hezbollah terrorists discussing Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where they claimed she met with “the big guy.”

The classified material was in the hands of Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats and their staff before it magically appeared in the New York Times hit piece.

Just the News reported:

The Times suggested the reference was taken by some to mean Gabbard had met with a top Hezbollah terrorist leader, a claim she adamantly denied.

NSA concluded the leak accurately contained information from one of its intercepts but that Gabbard had not in fact met with Hezbollah leaders.

The spy agency identified potential leakers among Senate Intelligence Committee Democrat staff who had access to the intercept prior to the Times report, sources said.

The referral languished inside the Justice Department for months – with top leaders unaware of the concerns – until FBI Director Kash Patel was alerted to the existence of the referral a few weeks ago.

Tulsi Gabbard has been a wrecking ball to the Deep State. She referred multiple intelligence community leakers to the DOJ earlier this year, calling them out as “deep-state criminals” leaking for partisan purposes to undermine Trump.

She’s barred the IC from sharing classified intel with Five Eyes partners on Ukraine negotiations to protect American interests. And she’s declassified mountains of documents proving Barack Obama and his cronies knew the Russia collusion narrative was a total fraud from day one." .......

Trump's new DNI Tulsi Gabbard reveals somber reason behind gray streak in hair as 'many ask' about her 'daily reminder':

The Herd vs. the Hard

“… Gabbard, formerly of the Hawaii Army National Guard, served in Iraq in 2004 and revealed in a video that she started to “gray” following her first deployment.

“I’ve chosen to keep it as a daily reminder of the terrible cost of war, who pays the price of war, and the importance of peace,” she said. …

And, she raised eyebrows when she appeared to blame the Ukraine war on Biden.” …….

And now I like her even more.

TheLastRefuge

@TheLastRefuge2

"Here's the thing, and I do mean this with great seriousness.... If you take a close look at it, you realize that every function of the USAID as an institution came from the CIA. The CIA created the mechanics of USAID for CIA purposes and intents. Once you look at USAID as an outreach arm of the CIA, then suddenly everything USAID partnered with can realistically be looked at as a CIA operation with joint partners for CIA intents. This means everything. USAID funding The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which in turn was funding KKK ops, is just one recent example. In actuality it was the CIA directing activity and funding KKK ops. Implications? Remarkable. Just transitioning your thinking process to accept all the USAID activity was a CIA operation completely changes things. It also reconciles things. The Clinton Foundation partnership with USAID. Essentially Bill and Hillary partnered with the CIA. Now, does the lack of accountability for "Clinton Cash" or the pay-to-play make sense? The same thing applies to Joe/Hunter Biden in Ukraine. USAID Administrator Samantha Power traveling Europe organizing political movements inside European and non-European countries. That becomes the CIA organizing 'leftist' political groups, when you accept CIA as the chicken and USAID as the egg. The entire analysis of how govt is structured completely changes under this non-pretending perspective. Now, take recent events into THAT context. The Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, a long time Gang of Eight member, becomes the Secretary of State. What changes first? What is the priority first? USAID! USAID is dissolved inside the State Dept. Concurrently, the Directorate of Analysis inside the CIA, the office that connects the NSA to the CIA, is removed from inside the CIA and put under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The heads of the Directorate of Analysis are removed, and input feeding officials lose their security clearances. At the same time, the ODNI then replaces the CIA and becomes the principal director to assemble the President's Daily Intelligence Brief (PDB). Put together, the political manipulation of the CIA analysis desk is now confronted. The outcome equities of the CIA are fact-checked and confronted (pdb).... and the biggest move, the USAID operation that is run by the CIA to influence both foreign and domestic government operations is dissolved. However, that said... These are CIA generational constructs, legacy networks with the ability to shrink and expand their muscle memory depending on the motives of who is watching them. Then overlay the 5-eyes aspect to supporting the CIA operation, and what we get is that even if the domestic CIA is brought to heel, the U.K, Canada, Australia and EU alliance part can still operate on the original task. Now think about Obama and Carney recently. See it? This is our current status. All roads, historic, recent and generational; along with almost all significant political events and the background figures within them;... lead to Langley." (The CIA, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and John Brennan) .......

That is also true for all the Trump Derangement Syndrome and Trans Madness.

It is tempting to heap scorn but those are our fellow citizens and children of God who have been Professionally-Brainwashed by the Deep State and their Mockingbird Media. We need to try to remember this as we’ll need to walk these people back into sanity one day.

Matthew 25

39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

For You, Lord Jesus.

Isaiah 6

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Send us for our Destiny and Your Harvest, Lord Jesus, Amen!