This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful I am not in control

I think most would agree that this calendar year has been a fitting example of particularly turbulent times in American society. We have been confronted with the coronavirus pandemic, racial unrest in the streets, and a contested election that, for at least half of America, appears not to have gone the way they had hoped. And that is not even to mention the various a personal changes and tragedies that you may have encountered that are unrelated to the "bigthree" listed above. In short, things seemed manifestly out of control.

On a personal note, as the chaos progressed I began to notice the effects: a growing frustration in my own heart. The emotions were a surprise to me since I do not at all consider myself a "control freak." Yet here I was, plainly upset in response to things not having gone the way that I believed was best.

As Christians well know, a sure-fire sign of idol possession is if a negative response is triggered when that idol is taken away. With that in mind, despite all of my supposed "righteous frustration" over the evil winning and the good losing, I was forced to acknowledge the obvious: I was a symptomatic carrier of a sickness — the loss of my idol of control.

Thankfully, a well-timed message from Psalm 46 taught by a pastor at my church reminded me that though I am not in control, God assuredly is, and he even uses chaos to make this especially clear. My lack of control is meant to serve as a foil to the One who exercises ultimate control over the course of history, from the smallest events to the most momentous occasions.

God is in control

Here’s what the psalmist declares:

1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 "Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

The passage clearly illustrates that God’s sovereignty is not diminished by surrounding chaos, but is magnified. And this truth, according to the psalmist, is meant to be an encouragement to believers, not a reason to be frustrated or fearful.

What does this mean for us?

The apparently disturbing reality stated above — that we are not in control — is actually what we are meant to embrace.

In times of chaos, we are given a heightened awareness of what has always been ultimately true; that we are not in control, but God is. In times of chaos, the reality of our true situation hits home. It’s no longer out there in the abstract; it’s right here. This is where the rubber meets the road as far as our beliefs go.

Yet, if I’m honest, my knee-jerk reaction to the reality of the situation is often exactly the opposite of what it should be. I don’t just narrowly miss the mark, I turn the whole thing on its head.

Here are a couple examples: in times of chaos, my knee-jerk reaction is frustration, but God says "be still." In times of chaos, my knee-jerk reaction is to think God is smaller, but God says he is "exalted."

I’m still learning the lesson and working hard to trust in Psalm 46. Part of that is resisting the temptation to believe that I know what is best for the long-term. For the short-term, sure, I may know what is best to produce a certain outcome and I will fight for that outcome wholeheartedly. But as far as God’s cosmic plan for the universe, yeah, I’ll leave that to him.

So this Thanksgiving, I’m thankful that I’m not in control, because I know who is and I can rest in that.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Sidney Powell Released Separate Kraken in Michigan Last Night Along With Georgia!

OH MY:  Not only did Attorney Sidney Powell File a 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in the Georgia Election late last night, she also made a similar filing in Michigan.

HERE IS A COPY OF THE FILING: Copy of the Filing

This was a Thanksgiving surprise!

Sidney Powell released a 104 page report last night in Georgia.  She also released a similar 75 page document in Michigan:

The Michigan document like the Georgia document claims the fraud was executed to steal the election for Joe Biden:

There were at least an estimated 289,000 votes that must be discarded due to the fraud in Michigan:

Powell makes the following requests for relief as a result of all the Democrat efforts to steal the election:

There is more:

Happy Thanksgiving!

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BOOM! Unsupervised Election Workers Messed with Voting Machines in Georgia After False Claim of Water Main Break Sent People Home – ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO

We reported last night that Attorney Sidney Powell Filed a 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in the 2020 Georgia Election

General Flynn Attorney Abigail Frye posted the following:

The Kraken came down to Georgia on this Thanksgiving Eve in the form of a 104 pg BOMBSHELL complaint exposing the massive fraud that overwhelmed the 2020 Georgia Elections. Georgia, you are most certainly on our minds. Link to filing to come, stay tuned!

More from Sidney–

UPDATE — HERE IS A COPY OF THE FILING.

On page 3  of the filing the purpose of the fraud is stated – to make certain Joe Biden won the 2020 election:

Then on page 8 of the filing we noted this bombshell –

This is consistent with our prior reporting on the false water main break in Atlanta:

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: More on Georgia Water Main Break Scam on Election Day – There’s No Evidence to Show It Even Occurred

But in addition to our reporting, Powell states that there is a video of unsupervised election workers unchallenged working on the computers!

BOOM – these actions appear criminal as well as being sufficient to meet the burden of proof standard for fraud.

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UN-HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Why Do Journos Hate This Holiday So Much?

Assuming you are allowed to meet up with your family for even the smallest of get-togethers this Thanksgiving (CNN doesn’t want you to), the media want you to use that day of giving thanks to instead lecture your conservative Donald Trump-supporting family members about America’s atrocities. 
Over the years the MRC has tracked liberal journalists’ hatred of this very American holiday and how they’ve tried to ruin it for everybody. 
The following are some of the most egregious examples of lib journos attempts to wreck Thanksgiving: 
 
1. HOW DARE YOU CELEBRATE THAT DAY OF ATROCITY!
 
Media Check Our Thanksgiving Privilege, Tout “Day of Mourning”
In 2019, NB’s Gabriel Hays wrote up the attack on the hallowed day by The New Yorker and CNN:
The New Yorker did some heavy historical lifting to remind white European-Americans just how much their hallowed “creation stories” are lies meant to distract them from what this country is: a place of racial injustice that was founded on racial injustice. During America’s civil war era, “American mythmakers discovered that the Pilgrims, and New England as a whole, were perfectly cast as national founders: white, Protestant, democratic, and blessed with an American character.”
Thus a story was born to serve white megalomania for centuries to come. The outlet claimed, “Glorifying the endurance of white Pilgrim founders diverted attention from the brutality of Jim Crow and racial violence, and downplayed the foundational role of African slavery.”
The piece clarified the savage truth behind this myth: “the Thanksgiving story buries the major cause of King Philip’s War — the relentless seizure of Indian land. It also covers up the consequence.” Oh yes, as we’ve been told time and time again, much raping and pillaging happened.
It even threw in the idea that the fabled meeting between both Wampanoags and Pilgrims happened because the cautious Indians were perturbed by the settlers having a good old time shooting guns, those rednecks. “It was a party, not a prayer, and was full of people shooting at things,” historians have claimed, affirming that Indians weren’t actually there to celebrate, but see if everything was all right.
“They came not to enjoy a multicultural feast but to aid the Pilgrims: hearing repeated gunfire, they assumed that the settlers were under attack.” Of course what followed were centuries of land seizure, small-pox, and yes, genocide.

Even CNN’s Victor Blackwell had to start his Thanksgiving coverage by mentioning the “Day of Mourning,” the alternative Thanksgiving where the last few Wampanoags living in Massachusetts remember they were robbed, and are still waiting for justice for the wanton destruction of their tribes.
 
Curry: Indians “Feel Thanksgiving Should Be Day of Mourning”
 
 
During an interview on the November 24, 2003 Today show with the author of a book urging families to learn more about the history of Thanksgiving and to appreciate being American, Curry countered: “You know there are some American Indians who feel that Thanksgiving should be a day of mourning, not a day of celebration, because of what happened to their people.”
 
HuffPost: Cancel Thanksgiving to Save the Planet
Back in 2019 NB’s Alexa Moutevelis discovered a Huffpost article that posited we forgo Thanksgiving to save the planet: 
HuffPost recommends forgoing Thanksgiving all together to save the planet from global warming. Because traveling to gather with family and friends to offer thanks is selfish.
Author Alexandra Emanuelli began her article on Nov. 5 with a reminder that Trump is pulling out of Paris climate agreement and the surely non-political Climate Action Tracker rates America’s efforts as “insufficient.” This leads Emanuelli to write, “With that in mind, one wonders: How much damage are we doing with our epic Thanksgiving meal every year?” No, actually, normal people don’t wonder such ridiculous things. And yet she talked to researchers in an attempt to calculate “Thanksgiving’s carbon footprint.”
 
Thanksgiving Is “The Supremely White American holiday,” “Most Ghoulish Event on the National Calendar”
In 2007, NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham stumbled upon this anti-Thanksgiving rant featured on the Website The Black Commentator: 
“Nobody celebrates Thanksgiving quite like Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. It is reserved by history and the intent of ‘the founders’ as the supremely white American holiday, the most ghoulish event on the national calendar. No Halloween of the imagination can rival the exterminationist reality that was the genesis, and remains the legacy, of the American Thanksgiving. It is the most loathsome, humanity-insulting day of the year — a pure glorification of racist barbarity.”
 
New York Times: Happy Thanksgiving, Trumpian Bigots and Other Ignorant Folks
In 2019 NB’s Clay Waters found a couple of cheery holiday items by New York Times columnists:
With the woke left busy repurposing Thanksgiving as a day of Western guilt and genocide against Native Americans, Times columnist Paul Krugman counterintuitively, perhaps insincerely, portrayed the Thanksgiving holiday as something worth celebrating. Why? To bash Trump and his supporters as bigots, naturally in the piece: “Why Trump Should Hate Thanksgiving” 
“Do Trump and his band of bigots even understand what Thanksgiving is about? If they did, they would hate this most American of holidays. After all, the Pilgrims were refugees fleeing persecution by the English monarchy, which at the time was still an autocratic regime. They were, in other words, exactly the kind of people Trump and company want to keep out. Furthermore, the traditional portrait of the first Thanksgiving is as a moment of racial tolerance and multiculturalism: European immigrants sharing a feast with Native Americans. That moment didn’t last: Much of New England’s native population was wiped out over the next few decades. And such an outcome may well have been inevitable. But we still celebrate the tale of a benign meeting of races and cultures.”…
Columnist Charles Blow was on more familiar ground, explaining the real history of Thanksgiving to the ignorant in “The Horrible History of Thanksgiving — Before you fill your plate, please remember why we mark this day.”
At least he didn’t spare himself from condemnation:
“I thought it was such a beautiful story: People reaching across race and culture to share with one another, to commune with one another. But that is not the full story of Thanksgiving. Like so much of American history, the story has had its least attractive features winnow away — white people have been centered in the narrative and all atrocity has been politely papered over.”
 
2. POLITICS RUINS THANKSGIVING, UNLESS YOU ARE LECTURING CONSERVATIVES
 
Blame Trump for Why Civility Has Disappeared from Thanksgiving Dinner
 
 
In 2019, NB’s Kristine Marsh recounted how ABC’s The View crew complained that Donald Trump had ruined the holiday: 
Whoopi [Goldberg] went on to wish for times where there wasn’t animosity towards family members for their political differences.
“I want the America where we’re all sitting around going, ‘Well, I don’t know if I agree with that?’ Not, ‘You’re a terrible, horrible person’ because remember, like, 20 years ago when people started saying, ‘Well, you’re not really an American if you don’t agree with me’?’ I want to go back to those days. I want the days back where we can sit and disagree and pick our teeth and eat food. That’s what I want. You know? That’s what I want.”
This was met with applause but Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar couldn’t help but blame Trump.
“I think that will come back when people believe in their government, when people believe that their president is acting for their own — for Americans,” Hostin remarked.
Behar piped up with “Instead of himself!” to Hostin’s agreement.
Whoopi asked her co-hosts, “Do you think it will come back if we believe in ourselves as well?” before adding, “Civility seems to have gone away.” 
 
CNN: How to Talk Impeachment at Thanksgiving Dinner
In 2019, NB’s P.J. Gladnick discovered this CNN item on how to become the most annoying guest at the Thanksgiving Dinner table: 
Do you have a bizarre desire to both bore and annoy your fellow Thanksgiving dinner guests? Well, good news! CNN’s Zachary B. Wolf on Wednesday provided a handy dandy guide on how to easily accomplish this task with “Get smart on impeachment before Thanksgiving dinner.” 
Wolf somehow assumes that hearing the mainstream media hype impeachment (which is now losing steam) 24/7 is not enough for the public. His fantasy is that the public will not only have its fill of turkey and stuffing but will have room left over for a discussion about impeachment that the media is so obsessed about.
“Happy Thanksgiving! You probably don’t want to talk politics with your Uncle Al, but it’s going to come up. A CNN poll this week found that about 4 in 10 Americans are paying very close attention to the impeachment proceedings — but almost everyone has an opinion about it. Here’s what you need to know about impeachment to not sound like a stuffed turkey in front of your family and friends.”
 
Chicago Tribune Columnist: How to Mock Your Crazy Trump-Loving Family Members This Thanksgiving
In 2019, Kristine Marsh wrote up Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke’s guide on how to talk to the Trump-loving, Fox News-watching members of the family: 
Huppke also goes into a pompous lecture bashing Republicans as a cult without brains:
“We are living not just in a divided America but in an America made up of two wholly separate realities. One is inhabited by those of us who have managed to keep at least one foot in the world where provable facts exist and good and bad mean what we’ve always believed them to mean. The other is populated by those who have joined President Donald Trump’s cult of lack-of-personality and had the left hemisphere of their cerebral cortex replaced with a Sean Hannity bobblehead that, every five minutes, shouts, “BENGHAZI!!”
 
Harper’s Bazaar Writer: Become Annoyingly Political at Thanksgiving Dinner
Back in 2018, P.J. Gladnick found this thoughtful bit of dinner conversation advice by Harper’s Bazaar writer Rachel Elizabeth Cargle: 
Cargle has come up with a bunch of ways to destroy the Thanksgiving mood by going annoyingly political as you can read in her November 19 article, “How to Talk to Your Family About Racism on Thanksgiving.” Cargle kicks things off by dispensing advice from a famous American Communist:
“After a year of relentless atrocities that don’t always make for easy conversation at the dinner table, it’s important to make Thanksgiving preparations beyond the tablescape and the menu. This year, I want you to prepare for something a little more nuanced than stuffing or cranberry sauce: I want you to prepare to rock the family boat, with important discussions that stretch beyond the surface of “How’s the weather?” and “Who are you dating these days?” So, I’m coming to you with a guide that should push you beyond apathy, and instead, teach you how to be a part of the solution. As Angela Davis reminds us, it is not enough to not be racist. You have to be anti-racist, and if you are not actively being part of the solution, then you are a part of the problem. So here is some language to help you navigate Thanksgiving day dinner.”
 
3. HOW DARE (REPUBLICAN) PRESIDENTS EXPLOIT THANKSGIVING FOR PHOTO-OPS
 
MSNBC’s Ruhle Calls Trump’s Thanksgiving Visit to Afghanistan a “Photo-Op”
 
 
In 2019, NB’s Alex Christy wrote-up MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle ascribing cynical motives to President Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving visit to the troops: 
Surprise presidential visits to war zones to spend time with the troops during Thanksgiving or other holidays have become a bipartisan tradition that everyone can support. While most view such visits as a way to honor the troops and express amazement at the amount of planning and secrecy that goes into such trips, MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle took Friday to call Trump’s Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan a “photo-op” and wonder that if he will plan more foreign visits as part of a strategy to counter impeachment.
Ruhle theorized that the trip was about the imagery of the presidency, “The imagery of the president standing there with troops behind him, the President literally, maybe he’s watching, tweeted a bunch of photos from the trip. That’s a big win for him.”
She then asked Washington Post White House correspondent Anne Gearan, “Given the impeachment battle is going on, the president is under attack in all sorts of ways, are we going to see more overseas trips that give him these kind of photo-op scenarios?”
 
Obama “Wins Troops’ Cheers” in Iraq, But Bush’s Thanksgiving Visit Greeted With Petulance
Back in April 2009, Barack Obama wowed the press with his trip to Iraq, which was a different reaction George W. Bush received from journalists when he made a Turkey Day visit to the troops in 2003: 
The front page of Wednesday’s Times featured a huge Associated Press photo of President Obama greeting troops on his surprise trip to Baghdad. The caption (from the print edition, emphasis in original):
“In Unexpected Visit to Iraq, Obama Wins Troops’ Cheers – Military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad applauded President Obama on Tuesday when he said ‘It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis.’”
That teased a favorable story about Obama’s visit on Page 11, which included another photo of Obama and the troops, with a more straightforward caption (again from the print):
“President Obama spoke to American troops at Camp Victory, Iraq, on Tuesday. The president said that it was time for Iraqis ‘to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty.’” 
Compare the photographic enthusiasm the Times showed over Obama’s first trip as president to Iraq to the coolness with which the paper’s photo-caption writers greeted President George W. Bush’s dramatic first, secret visit to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day 2003, which occurred during intense wartime hostilities.
While even Bush-hostile reporter Elisabeth Bumiller admitted in her front-page story that the president was surrounded by “stunned, whooping soldiers,” none of that enthusiasm made it into the photo captions from Bush’s visit to Baghdad.
The caption accompanying a front-page photo of Bush carrying a turkey among troops was coolly descriptive:
“President Bush with American troops yesterday at the mess hall at Baghdad International Airport.”
And a photo caption that evidently appeared on the article’s jump page was self-obsessed and petulant. According to the Times archive (the photo itself is not online), the text read:
“President Bush posed for a photograph yesterday during his surprise visit to American troops at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq. Few journalists were told of the trip or allowed to cover it.”

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America’s Thanksgiving Heritage

America’s Thanksgiving HeritageORLANDO, FL—Thanksgiving is not only a time to express gratefulness to God for His provision but also a time to teach others about America’s true heritage. Public acknowledgements of the providence of God have been part of the history and traditions of this nation—from the Pilgrims, to the Founding Era, to the Civil War, and today—and it is important to share the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

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Twitter Now Showing “Unsafe Link” Warning Messages for Sidney Powell’s Website — Blocks Americans from Seeing MASSIVE Voter Fraud

On Thanksgiving eve Attorney Sidney Powell filed a 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT on massive voter fraud in the Georgia election this year.

General Flynn Attorney Abigail Frye broke the news late last night–

The Kraken came down to Georgia on this Thanksgiving Eve in the form of a 104 pg BOMBSHELL complaint exposing the massive fraud that overwhelmed the 2020 Georgia Elections. Georgia, you are most certainly on our minds. Link to filing to come, stay tuned!

UPDATE — HERE IS A COPY OF THE FILING.

But by Thanksgiving Day morning Twitter was already censoring links to the lawsuits!

Twitter ran a warning for “unsafe link” to Sidney Powell’s Defending the Republic website.

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Thanksgiving Proclamation: Donald Trump Celebrates 400th Anniversary of Plymouth Rock Landing


President Donald Trump celebrated the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims’ journey to America in 1620 in his annual Thanksgiving Proclamation.

“Propelled by hope for a brighter future, these intrepid men and women endured two long months at sea, tired and hungry, to arrive in a new world full of potential,” he wrote.

Trump recalled that the community celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America the following year despite unprecedented hardship in the New World.

“This seminal event in the history of our Nation is a continual reminder of the power of faith, love, perseverance, prayer, and fellowship,” he wrote.

The president recalled that the Mayflower Compact developed by the pilgrims was the beginning of democracy in America.

“Defined by majority rule through elected leaders responsible for creating ‘just and equal laws,’ the Mayflower Compact represents the first chapter in the long tradition of self-determination and rule of law in America,” he wrote, noting that 156 years later, the Founding Fathers enshrined that concept when forming the United States government.

He also recalled that the pilgrims lost nearly half of their community to exposure, disease, and starvation in the winter that followed, but they never lost their faith in God.

“Despite unimaginable hardships, these first Americans nevertheless remained firm in their faith and unwavering in their commitment to their dreams,” he wrote. “They forged friendships with the Wampanoag Tribe, fostered a spirit of common purpose among themselves, and trusted in God to provide for them.”

He cited the pilgrims’ struggle while acknowledging the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world in 2020.

“In the midst of suffering and loss, we are witnessing the remarkable courage and boundless generosity of the American people as they come to the aid of those in need, reflecting the spirit of those first settlers who worked together to meet the needs of their community,” he wrote.

He thanked first responders, medical professionals, essential workers who fought and sacrificed during the pandemic.

“Despite unprecedented challenges, we have not faltered in the face of adversity,” he wrote, noting that the country had rebuilt medical stockpiles and developed vaccines and therapeutics in record time.

The president also thanked members of the Armed Forces, law enforcement, and first responders for their sacrifices during the holiday season.

“This Thanksgiving, we reaffirm our everlasting gratitude for all that we enjoy, and we commemorate the legacy of generosity bestowed upon us by our forbearers,” he concluded. “Although challenges remain, we will never yield in our quest to live up to the promise of our heritage. As we gather with our loved ones, we resolve with abiding faith and patriotism to celebrate the joys of freedom and cherish the hope and peace of a brighter future ahead.”

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I am grateful for one of God’s greatest blessings to mankind — the free market

First of all, thank you for coming to my free market Ted Talk, and I’d like to acknowledge that you here reading this sentence are among the blessed few who actually read an article instead of simply react to the headline.

So now, let’s talk about the free market.

It really should be four words, not two. People often use the word "capitalism" to refer to the free market system, but historically, this appears to be a term used to deride those proponents of the free market. The word "capitalism" implies that the system is set up to benefit only those with capital, not all participants.

I think even a cursory review of poverty statistics over the last hundred years shows this is simply not true. Across the globe, millions of people have had their lives improved when the free market is allowed to allocate resources to achieve the most effective and profitable outcome for everyone involved.

This is why I think it should be referred to instead as the "blessed free market system." I admit, this change in nomenclature would be an uphill battle.

In so many ways, the free market has improved our lives to such a degree that it would be completely impossible for the vast majority of humanity to imagine living like their forebears did just a hundred years ago. Compare this to those living a thousand years ago. Their circumstances did not change or improve much from generation to generation for countless years. But thanks to the free market system and the societies that implemented the circumstances for it to flourish, our quality of life has improved incredibly quickly.

Here is the section that will upset many people on the right, but I must state out of good conscience and intellectual honesty. It would be absurd to sing the praises of the free market without acknowledging the abuses. Wherever there is a good thing granted to humanity by God, there will be terrible humans to take advantage of it and ruin it for others. This is of course the same with the free market.

I will not address all the critiques of the free market system except to point out one major fallacy that underlines many of them. Many, though not all, of the critics of the free market do not compare it to other systems already in place in the world but instead compare it to a magical concept of a utopian ideal that exists only in their minds. This is irrational for all the obvious reasons that readers can ascertain for themselves.

This is not to say that we should never criticize our particular expression of the free market. A great theory can be implemented in various different ways, and we should be allowed to criticize its various applications in aid of seeking to improve it for all members of our society.

Lastly, it is important to note that this system is not good because it will make you happy. It won’t. The ability to make money and save money and invest money is a good thing. But as the founders noted about the republic they created for us, it cannot give you happiness; it can only give you the opportunity to pursue your own happiness.

And that brings us to Thanksgiving. The holiday where we pause to visit with friends and family and remember what really makes us happy. Wealth doesn’t make us happy, but instead it gives us the opportunity to seek those relationships that truly make our life blessed on this miraculous Earth.

So enjoy your time with friends and family, and be grateful for all the blessings God has given you. Including the blessed free market system.

That’s it. Thank you again for coming to my Ted Talk. Enjoy your turkey, and in all things, be thankful to God.

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A Letter to President Trump: “We Enter This Battle with You, Mr. President with God’s Help – If We Perish, We Perish”

Below is letter from an anonymous reader who sent this to the President of the United States.
We felt this was fitting on this national holiday.

Dear President Trump:

The 2020 elections have lived up to their expectations. They will be remembered as the critical juncture in our history, the point where either, the individual American citizen lost his or her right to freely consent for their choice of government , or the point where Americans of all creeds, with you at the helm rose up and beat back the elites.

For the past four years Mr. President, the media barraged you with an over 90 percent negative coverage, in spite of that, you prevailed in the hearts of the American public. Your political foes did their best to hamper your plans, yet you persisted. Unbeknownst to many, your foes had one last trick up their sleeves!  This year, they conducted a fraudulent election process across the US. Their mainstream media counterparts then abetted the scheme by prematurely declaring your opponent the winner. They are trying to create a sense of uncertainty to make you quit. They know the public witnessed incidences of corruption and fraud at the polls, cases that still must be litigated and settled in the courts. Only a few of the election results have been certified, yet they do not care. They just want you out!

To make the situation worse, some of your opponents are calling for the creation of blacklists of your family and supporters. In the bible, the book of Esther in the fourth chapter, we find Queen Esther facing a similar situation. She and her people were facing annihilation in the hands of their enemy by the name of Haman. He had tricked the mighty King Xerxes, to issue an edict which would result in the elimination of the Jewish people in the Medo-Persian empire. Haman’s wrath transcended the wiping out of the Jewish nation. He had a special hatred for Mordecai, the queen’s cousin, who had refused to bow down and pay homage to him. He ordered gallows to be built 75 feet high where Mordecai would be hanged in the morning.

Your adversaries have this planned for you. To be clear, it will not be hanging in the literal sense, but the result in your livelihood will be the same. Jennifer Rubin, a prominent commentator on MSNBC made these statements last fall as the other guests on the AMJOY show nodded in agreement. Quote:

It’s not only that Trump has to lose, but his enablers also have to lose. We must collectively burn down the Republican Party. We must level them. Because if there are survivors, if there are people who weather this storm, they will do it again, they will take this confirmation as hey. It just pays to ride the waves. Look at me. I have made a thrill. And so, up and down the ticket, Federal, State, Local offices, the country has to repudiate them.”

She is not the only one echoing similar sentiments. Other groups are creating “Haman lists” on various websites with the names of your supporters. They plan to institute punitive measures against your people if they get in the positions to do so. A word of caution to the elected and non-elected so-called republicans/conservatives, to those who have already jumped ship or stayed silent. You are mistaken with the notion that you will escape the “Haman lists.” The book of Esther has the following relevant warning for your kind:

Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish.”

Esther 4:13,14 ESV version The past four years have been tough on you Mr. President. In hindsight, it seems the Lord was preparing you, just like Queen Esther, “for such a time as this.” Over the last few months, you have traversed the country touting messages of hope to every American. Your supporters waited in long lines and braved inclement weather just to hear you speak. They organized vehicle and boat rallies in support of you and your policies. These tens of thousands of freedom-loving citizens in towns both big and small love you. Your supporters appreciate your efforts to bring back their jobs via your championing of “Made in America”products.

These jobs had been offshored by greedy corporations seeking to maximize profit at the expense of the American worker. They have witnessed tangible change in their neighborhoods due to the opportunity zone programs. They enjoy your policies that have led America towards energy independence, decisions that have unshackled the country from harmful international treaties and unnecessary foreign wars. There is so much good you have done.

As we stand on aftermath of the 2020 elections, America itself stands on the brink. If we do not fight and win this battle, the individual citizen will never again have a voice in our government. All the decisions will be made by self-appointed experts and hand-picked politicians. We will be ruled via mandates and decrees, with no input from the public. The media will drive the narrative and dissenters will be permanently cancelled under the guise of creating unity. I hope the promise you made still holds. You promised “never to let the American people down.” You alone Mr. President stand in the unique position to lead this charge. I urge you to challenge the irregularities in all the jurisdictions where credible cases of fraud in the elections occurred. This should be more than recounting the ballots as they are already contaminated. Expose the suspect electronic voting machines, the dead voters, the addition and subtraction of votes from candidates. Unearth the disappearance of vote tallies and stuffing of ballot boxes. Not only should you go after the Swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada, but you should also pursue Georgia, Virginia, Minnesota, and Arizona.

We need to uncover and clean up the political corruption that happened during the election process once and for all. The Tech giants and mainstream media have made it clear that they oppose you. I urge you to bypass them and switch to the alternative platforms. Go to where your supporters are. They are on Parler, Gab, Rumble and Bitchute. Do live interviews on The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, OANN, RSBN, Newsmax, Dan Bongino Podcast,  Conservative Treehouse, etc. instead of the mainstream media. Go on another virtual rally on the Rush Limbaugh show. Address your people, all 73+ million strong, because they are dying to hear directly from you without any filters. Ask them to keep their Trump flags flying high in their homes. Encourage them to keep the car and boat parades going.

Finally, I urge you Mr. President, to follow the footsteps of Queen Esther. Ask your followers to go on a three-day period of prayer and fasting in preparation for battle to rescue the foundation of the nation. Your close team of confidants should do so as well. We enter this battle together with you Mr. President aided by God’s help. We know that we face insurmountable odds. We will fight with all our strength and in the end, if we perish, we perish. Sincerely, Proud Supporter.

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