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In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Nato details the three times he's left his hometown of San Francisco.   The first was when he went to college, which was at Reed in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-Nineties. To get us there, Nato rattles off all of the ways that he was a "comedy head" before that was even a thing. At Reed, he met a guy who's dad was the manager of the Comedy Underground in Seattle. Nato's first time doing stand-up on stage was at the Comedy Underground, in fact.   As he describes it, to say that he bombed that first time would be an understatement. "It's the closest I've ever come to literally shitting my pants." Nato then does a rendition of his first joke that night. Audible growls are heard in our recording.   Nevertheless, he did a few more open-mics at that spot in Seattle. He liked it enough. But after graduating from college and moving back to The City, he dedicated his life to being a union organizer.   As a history student at Reed, he'd written a thesis about the anti-Chinese movement in San Francisco in the 1870s. Nato then explains how the series Warrior is based on this time in SF. There's bits in the story about the incredibly racist and anti-union human for which Kearny Street is sometimes attributed to. That thesis is what got Nato interested in doing labor work.   He resumed going to comedy shows, but not getting up on stage. Around the time he turned 30, he found himself laboring over the jokes he'd tell at all the weddings he'd go to. He was also asked to give talks at labor conferences, which doubled as canvasses for Nato to deliver more of his own comedy material.   All of these comedic sprinklings led him back to the stage. His first regular spot back in SF was the BrainWash (RIP) on Folsom Street. Once again, the jokes bombed, though his pants fared better this go-round. He offers up another telling of a joke from that era of his. You've been warned. As he left the BrainWash one of those nights, local comedy legend Tony Sparks asked him to come back the next week, and he did. Eventually, Nato invited his friends to come see him perform.   He'd moved back to San Francisco in 1997 to do union organizing, as we've mentioned. Two years before that, John Sweeney had been elected president of the AFL-CIO. Sweeney pushed to "organize the unorganized" and bring young people into the labor movement. Nato was part of this wave. He got a job at Noah's Bagels and organized a union there.   He went to anything he heard about that interested him. He and his then-girlfriend/now wife would attend talks and rallies together. Nato would sometimes find himself that only ally at, say, LGBTQIA union meetings. This was well before we even used words like "ally."   Nato was approached to organize workers at the Real Foods on 24th Street. Then the International Longshore and Warehouse Union was beginning to organize bike and car messengers in San Francisco. Nato worked as a car messenger, which he did for three years, and helped organize his coworkers. We go on a short sidebar about bike messenger culture in The City in the late-Nineties. It was huge.   A few moves from union to union here and there, and Nato found himself raising money and helping to open a low-wage workers' center for young and immigrant folks in the service industry. That center is still around today.   The second time Nato left San Francisco was in 2012. This flight took him to New York City, where he relocated to write for his friend W. Kamau Bell's first TV show, Totally Biased. As Nato puts it, he "got the chance to be a Jewish comedy writer living in Brooklyn for six months." Then, in 2018, he and his family moved to Havana, Cuba, for six months while his wife worked on her PhD research.   Nato says that the only time he was tempted to relocate permanently was during his time in NYC. His kids liked it there. They looked at different neighborhoods and even schools. But Nato wasn't all that happy in New York. The experience took a toll on his friendship with Kamau (they've since moved on and are tight once again). And then the show got canceled. The universe had spoken.   That center he'd helped to found back in San Francisco had passed the nation's first minimum-wage municipal law. In 2006, they helped pass paid sick days here in The City. Nato had left the organization just before that to join the California Nurses' Association (CNA). Through that org, he was part of the ultimately successful effort to keep St. Luke's hospital open.   It was after his time with the CNA, 2011 or so, that Nato returned to doing stand-up.   He recorded his first comedy album and went on his first comedy tour (with Kamau). In 2014, he returned to organized labor, joining Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1021. He works there today, as head of collective bargaining.   We return to comedy and Nato lists off some more folks doing open-mics with him a decade or so ago who've moved on to various levels of fame and recognition—Ali Wong, Chris Garcia, Shang Wang, Kevin Camia, Moshe Kasher, and Brent Weinbach, to name a few.   Nato takes us on yet another sidebar, but it's a good one. It's all about the "Punchline Pipeline," the system by which local comics can test their chops for a while until they're ready (or not) to move on to bigger and better things.   It took Nato three years to work up to the level of paid host at The Punchline. Around 2006, to go back, he and Kamau started doing political comedy shows together. This was during the George W. Bush years, when "leftist," "liberal" comedy was big. Then Obama got elected and that type of comedy cooled off considerably. Nato started to host shows at The Make-Out Room monthly. He credits that stint as the time that he "figured it out."   Nato still does stand-up, though not with the intensity with which he performed in his Thirties. Today, he contributes regularly to The Bugle Podcast. He works with Francesca Fiorintini and her Bitchuation Room show. He's also trying to find time to write a book—a funny take on union organizing. And he's kicking around the idea of another comedy album, which would be his third.   Follow Nato on Instagram and Blue Sky. His two albums are available to stream or buy on BandCamp.   We end the podcast with Nato's thoughts on our theme this season: Keep It Local.   We recorded this episode at Nato's home on Bernal Hill in January 2025.   Photography by Nate Oliveira

Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for example, a significant number of Republicans convinced themselves that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was actually going to defeat incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama. There was a lot of talk about "unskewing" the polls. Then Obama beat Romney handily.

Today - rocket ships, self driving cars - and now Twitter. What's Elon up to? And - will he impact the mid terms? We'll investigate. Then - Obama on misinformation. He says he underestimated the threat. I'm Laura Fitton and this is Future Forward I'm Steven Rosenbaum- let's launch

Welcome to episode 255 of the Love Live Connection podcast, How I Found Love Part 4. Previously in part 3, after hitting a low point, things in Charleston were beginning to look up. I loved my new city, had a great job, and quickly developed a great group of friends. I also dated someone for the first time who was respectful and actually wanted to be with me, and I found new confidence that allowed me to dodge a bullet with another guy. Then Obama’s people called me, and that’s where I continue my story now. 4:23 - A missed call and grueling days on the Obama campaign 7:23 - Why I was obsessed with my weight, despite being physically fit 11:59 - How ditching dieting and becoming a vegan helped me practice self-love   I hope you enjoyed this episode! Find me on Instagram or email me with your feedback. I look forward to hearing from you! After you listen to this episode, here are your next steps: Listen to the previous episodes in the series: How I Found Love, Part 1 How I Found Love, Part 2 How I Found Love, Part 3 Join me for the on-demand workshop, The 5-Step Strategy to Banish Anxiety and Overwhelm in Your Love Life. If you have it all but love, you can attract a fulfilling partnership and live a life of purpose.  Sign up here. If you are interested in being coached on the Love Live Connection, sign up for my waitlist here. Finally, If you get value from the Love Life Connection, please rate & review it on Apple Podcasts. It only takes a sec to impact our ranking + it’ll help other women find our community!

The sordid history of the USA from the last hundred years or so is a tale of weapons and war. The use of technology to better genocide others. The exploitation of God and religion. Then Obama got an HIV test and went through marriage counseling for his people. 2006 seems like long ago. Then Obama got elected and the tilt was made just in time as to avoid the ice berg. There is a vacuum of leadership needing to be filled. Those that fill it are chosen by the people. The people have no choice. And The world will never be the same. It never is. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Podcast: Pod Save America (LS 90 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: “Pardon me?”Pub date: 2020-12-03Covid relief has new life after a bipartisan group of Senators announces a new plan that wins the support of Joe Biden and Democratic leaders, and Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House by potentially handing out pardons and announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. Then Obama data guru Dan Wagner talks to Dan Pfeiffer about why the polls were so wrong in 2020 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Crooked Media, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Covid relief has new life after a bipartisan group of Senators announces a new plan that wins the support of Joe Biden and Democratic leaders, and Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House by potentially handing out pardons and announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. Then Obama data guru Dan Wagner talks to Dan Pfeiffer about why the polls were so wrong in 2020 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump’s taxes reveal that he’s heavily in debt and doesn't pay income taxes, Republicans want to make Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination about her Catholicism instead of her opposition to the Affordable Care Act, and Joe Biden prepares to face off with Donald Trump in the first of three presidential debates. Then Obama campaign manager David Plouffe talks to Jon Favreau about prepping for debates and the battleground states that Joe Biden needs to hit 270 electoral votes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump cheers on violent supporters in Kenosha and Portland, Joe Biden gives a speech in Pennsylvania condemning violence and Trump, Covid outbreaks on college campuses get worse, and the White House weighs a strategy of herd immunity and a quick vaccine. Then Obama pollster Cornell Belcher talks to Jon Lovett about the state of the race after both conventions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Delivered from Captivity (3) David Eells - 7/5/20 (Audio) They Are Coming For the Factious Sandy Shaw, 6/30/20   (Don and Merlene transcribed) (David’s notes in red) (This political war against the faction and ultimate win over them is a parallel to the same war of the religious faction against the Man-child/Bride. Keep in mind the parallel when you read this. The Man-child has been shown in the dreams and scripture as a giant who conquers the Edomite faction. David was anointed and conquered the old man in Jebus, which became Jerusalem the Bride.  Then David as Man-child went to conquer Esau’s descendants who factioned against them. - Just the dream without any notes was sent to the President.)  The way this dream starts, there is man running down a dark hall. And from this point, I see what he sees. He opens the two doors and the room is dimly lit. On the outer part of the room, I see men with assault rifles. Some dressed in camel, others in green, and others in black. There is about one hundred people in the room, and I don’t know who they are. But they are arguing. Then, I see Hillary Clinton with Barack Obama. Hillary is arguing, “You told me I had nothing to worry about that I was going to win.” Obama said, “Well, you also told me that your satanic friends were going to stop the true believers from praying.” (The faction, reaping what they sowed, factioned against each other.) That’s when I saw the man that was running. He was a GIANT (Like King Kong). And in one hand he grabbed Hillary and in the other hand, Obama. Then they started yelling at the giant. “You stupid fool, bigger men than you have tried to take me out.” Then Obama said, “Do you know who I am? I’m the president of the United States.” The giant turned around and started running. When he got to the door outside, there was an old fashioned paddy wagon. Now it was dusk. He threw them into the paddy wagon and that's when I saw that the giant was A. G. Barr. (President of the paddy wagon and Gitmo) Now it's dark. There is an old building. The giant walked in there and opened the double doors. It looked like a courtroom, full of judges. The giant went in there and grabbed four in one hand and four in the other hand. And they all were panicking and screaming. “You can’t incarcerate us, we are judges; we are the law.” He turned around and went outside and threw them in with Hillary and with Obama. (The constitutionally lawless judges who defend the wicked to destroy the country for the faction) The judges started yelling. They were saying, “You said we could do whatever we wanted as long as we kept your agenda and do the bidding for you.” (Which they have not)  When the giant turned around, I saw that it was Trump! Barr went to Adam Shiff’s house. It was the middle of the night. He grabbed him in one hand and threw him in another paddy wagon. He was saying, “You can’t take me in, you don’t have the authority! And who in the hell do you think you are.” Barr said, “Shut up. You have a gag order.” Trump goes to Nadler’s house and pulls him out of bed. He said. “You can’t take me anywhere, I’m not going! Where’s the media? (The bought and paid for factious media)  People will kill you for this.” Trump throws Nadler in the paddy wagon with Adam Shiff. He’s yelling, “I told you, I won’t go. I’ll have you killed for this.” Trump gave him a thump on the forehead and said, “Shut up. We are all tired of hearing you talk.” There are two men talking, both upset. “Why haven’t you stopped the true believers…?” (From praying as above. The leftist are factioning against each other as we speak blaming others for their sins as usual.) He, (Satan) himself told us to do whatever it takes.” “Well, he told you to start the civil war.” “Well he is not going to be happy for what is going on now.” “How come you didn’t know that they were going to arrest us.” “I don’t know. I can’t understand it. They have a special covering...I don’t know what it is.” “Oh no, I feel it now”. (The covering of God is on those doing His will_ Now I’m standing in front of an old building. Barr and Trump opened the doors and went down some steps. Then they opened double doors. It was a large room with people arguing against themselves. (It was loud and it was hectic). There were three groups, Black Lives Matter, Antifa and Aryan Nation. (These are like the faction against the Man-child) There were a lot of them armed with assault weapons plus other weapons. When they saw Barr and Trump, the leader said, “Attack!” They started shooting and ran to them to beat them up. But Barr and Trump both took a stance with their legs spread and their arms far apart and the bullets bounced off of their hands and went back to the sender.  (As with the factious against the Man-child and Bride) The sun came out and the doors opened and more sun came in and I woke up. (The Son rules) I received by faith at random Dan. 5:14. 5:13 Then Daniel (A type of the Man-child like Joseph) was brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou Daniel, who art of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? 14 I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee. (The Man-child will be advisor to the President like Daniel and Joseph were) 15 And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing and make known unto me the interpretation there of; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing. 16 But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretation, and dissolve doubts; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. The real Giant, Jesus in the Man-child body of spiritual Davids, is coming now to destroy the faction just as David did and he put garrisons in the Edomite faction cities, i.e. He jailed them.  Isa 11:1-5  And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.  2  And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.  3  And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;  4  but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.  5  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. Isa 61:1-3  The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;  2  to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;  3  to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.   Luk 2:34  and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;   The Lord Induces Labor of the Man-child  Garrett Crawford - 5/25/20 (David’s notes in red) In this dream I was walking up to a large coliseum. It was a large venue and an event was going to happen inside. I remember I was quite early for the show, they were not letting anyone in just yet. As I was in front of the coliseum I saw David Eells walking over to me. I could not believe he was there too, it was a pleasant surprise. We had a brief conversation and as we were talking we saw a group of protesters across the street making some commotion. They kind of caught my attention but David told me not to pay them any mind. I walked away from David and then walked back up near the coliseum.  I saw a man standing behind a table. He might have been passing out literature, I am not really sure. But he had a lot of materials on his table he was giving them out. Although he doesn't really exist in real life in the dream,(Meaning he is not a physical individual person but a representation of many pastors who hand out our materials) I knew who he was and I was quite familiar with him. (And we are with many of them)  He was David's right hand man, and assistant pastor. But he was very happy to see me and I him. We talked for a while and he had great news to tell me. He said that UBM has a orphanage or mission in Kazakhstan (or surrounding country) (A land that had been conquered by the mongols but was later set free. The Mongols were a fierce and vicious people who regarded not the lives of others and were factious against all, very much like the D-S which has also conquered many lands that are now being set free. UBM does have an orphanage and mission in other countries, some pastors who hand out our materials in the midst of peoples who are just like the vicious factious people mentioned.)  God is doing many mighty works there. (Yes He is). He told me the man-child is about to be birthed and they know the young girl in whom he is coming. She was a poor virgin girl in the church (Among the factious peoples) there and she is with child. He said they have seen the sign that he was ready to be birthed.  I said "But it's too soon!" He said "No, He is coming and we have seen the sign!” (We have been shown that the Man-child is coming sooner than many believe; He will come early.) As he was explaining to me in greater detail I had a vision of the womb of the young girl and I could see the fetus of the man-child. It was a supernatural fetus, translucent and luminous like a glowing jelly fish. It was not a normal flesh and blood fetus but a supernatural one. (A spiritual virgin birth)  As he continued speaking - my vision continued: I saw a hand stick what appeared to be a hooked rod like a tiny little shepherd's rod inside the womb of the mother. (David received the heart of a shepherd defending the sheep from the lion and bear before he was birthed as the anointed Man-child King)  The rod was meant to induce labor, I saw the little rod scrape against the umbilical cord and at that very moment the little fetus made a quick reaction and assumed the position of a woman who was about to give birth. It was mimicking a woman in her labor position, knees up and legs open.  It reminded me when a drill sergeant gives a command to a disciplined soldier, He stands at attention immediately. This little fetus reacted just as fast to the command. I was very impressed with the little guy. He was so little, not even a full baby yet but had an intelligence that was beyond his age. When I saw this vision I had trouble comprehending how such a small fetus was ready to be birthed, but labor was being induced and he was coming out regardless. (I feel like we have to be prepared that the man-child will come sooner than we think or what he has planned for. Yes, a baby is born at 9 months but this baby was only about 5 or 6 months old.)   Dam Collapse and Flood Sign of Water Breaking Garrett Crawford 7/1/20 (David’s notes in red) For the past few months I have been getting this recurring image in my mind of a dam breaking and a great flood ensuing. I often connected it to the water breaking in a woman before her child is born. I would find myself asking the Lord if we would see a physical sign of a dam breaking before the man child is birthed. I have never gotten an answer. Well maybe today I got an answer, but only time will tell and be the judge. The dam image came to mind again today while I was out riding my scooter. I was thinking "Hey we really need to be watching for a great big dam to break, maybe like the 3 Gorges Dam in China or the Hoover dam in the US. Something may possibly happen in the future!" As I got home, I thought about my dream concerning Kazakhstan and the surrounding region. I thought, I wonder if a dam will break in that area? Maybe that is the area where a dam will break one day. So I looked it up and too my amazement a large dam just broke and flooded the entire area between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on May 5th. I thought it could very well be the sign the woman's water has broken. Dam burst displaces over 70,000 in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan You know, oftentimes we want big huge signs, something  momentous, something we can point to and all the world will marvel with us and acknowledge the hand of God. But I have found that usually signs are hidden and discrete, not able to be discerned by the world and the worldly church. What does a dam inside some Muslim country that nobody has ever heard of have to do with the birth of the Man-child? (The birth of the Man-child in the midst of the factious people who do not believe and fight against His coming.) I don't know, but I do know this: When the man-child Jesus was born the sign was only seen by a few, while the whole of Israel who were all awaiting the Messiah missed the birth because they were waiting on something on a much grander scale. Only a few shepherds were given the sign from the Angel that a child was born in a place of no significant importance. I don't know why God showed me the young Girl who was carrying the man-child was in the area around Kazakhstan, but by faith I included that in the retelling of the dream. I wanted to leave it out because it made no sense at all! But I think that it was part of the clue and we see now that it was more important than even I first realized. I also have learned the very signs we are waiting for might have already come to pass without us being aware. Just like the Jews who for 2,000 years have awaited for the sign of the coming of their Messiah. They are waiting for something that has already happened.   Usurper Overthrown, Man-child Anointed Garrett Crawford - (David’s notes in red) As I was reading the email David sent (About the Man-child being before the Lord)  the word of the Lord came to me. I didn't even have time to ponder on it, It came instantly out of nowhere and here it is: Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not. 5 Then Adonijah (The factious usurper) the son of Haggith (a Son of David like the factious leader) exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (I was told years ago he would gather the faction against us.) 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom. (There have been a few factious leaders who were sons of David spiritually but lusted for authority that wasnt given them by God) 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.  8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brethren, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants: 10 but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. (They dont call people who are righteous and see through them. We have invaded their inner sanctums where they lure the unsuspecting victims into and heard their slander and plots. Psa 21:11  For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.) 11 Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not: 19 and he hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, Long live king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 30 verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye the trumpet, and say, Long live king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too. 37 As Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king: 44 and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule; 45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house. (But as we know Adonijah, the factious usurper, and type of the factious leader, went on to try to take the virgin bride of David, Abishag the Shunammite. Adonijah asked Bathsheba to request Solomon to give him Abishag to wife in (1st Kings 2:13-18). She then delivers the request to Solomon. Abishags relationship with David would then link her factious husband to the throne. Solomon knew this and since the factious usurper did not repent he had him killed. Adonijah the usurper son of David will fail when the Lord, the prince of peace, in the Man-child comes. As the outer man of David is decaying the inner man is being renewed. The prince of Peace, Solomon/Jesus in the Man-child, the son of David, is coming to slay Adonijah. Adonijah a type of the factious leader, the usurper son of David will fail when the Lord comes in the Man-child. As the outer man David is decaying the inner spiritual man and fruit of David is being renewed. The prince of Peace, Solomon (Peaceful) the son of David is coming to slay Adonijah who sought to take the bride so he could have the kingdom.  The factious leader fits all of this.)   The Left is Spreading Covid 19, to Bring Trump to Disrepute Sandy Shaw, 6/19/20 (David’s notes in red) In this dream, I was standing in a coliseum. There were people dressed all in black, but it wasn’t street clothes. (They are walking in total darkness. Antifa, BLM, Islam ?). They were completely covered with gloves and face masks that covered the whole head except the eyes. They wore special goggles and face shields. (Because of the disease they were working to spread. Covid19?) (Update 7/4:  Now they are spreading it all over the world at once which is not how a second wave would spread but they have to beat the heat which would kill it. Especially when they spread it in Texas, the state Obama hates and has hit with weather warfare when they defied him. The numbers are inflated because if one person is sick in a household they claim all of those living or close to them are also sick.). Some had a spray bottle in one hand and a rag in the other. Then the next thing I see are the air ducts, they are all spraying and wiping all around them. (To spread the plague through the air)  When they got to the end where the air filter was, they really sprayed and saturated it. They then patted it in with the cloth.  (To spread the plague through the air) Now, I’m back down where the seating was. They are spraying and wiping every single seat. They wiped all handrails. There was a man, (I think because of his build because he was dressed like all the others in black) he was mopping every inch of the floor. They were even wiping down all the bathrooms. I even thought, “How nice they are, sanitizing everything”... but I was wrong in the dream. There were two people talking, one said to the other, “The nerve of him to have a rally here. He knows we’re all democrats!” (A rally in a democratic stronghold or more likely spiritually the Presidents Rallies across the US where he is protested by Democrats.) In the dream I knew a small amount of time had passed. There is a man that I just knew that was from the Trump team and was talking and asked a man working for the venue, he said, “Has everything been sanitized?” The worker answered in a sinister kind of way with a crooked grin, because he knew what was done. He answered, “Yes sir.” Everything has been wiped, top to bottom. Then I’m looking at the headlines of a newspaper, and it said, “Donald Trump is responsible for thousands of people coming down with the Covid 19.” Then I woke up.  (My e-mail to the President including the dream without my notes: They have said openly that you would be responsible for the second wave if you opened your rallies.  Remember I told you they were going to spray the first wave by Chemtrails almost 3 years ago. Now you know they did. Also that Antifa, BLM, Islam would burn cities and churches. This is no credit to us but God has been speaking to us this way for many years….Dreams are sometimes prophecy and will come to pass and sometimes warnings that can be avoided. . ..   Faction is Cleansing the Body of Evil Debbie Fenske 7-2-20  (David’s notes in red) I share this random word that I actually asked for myself,  just to see what God would give me, concerning the fast.  Its an interesting confirmation of what the Lord wants us to do (Meaning be cleansed when the Man-child reformer ministry comes), and what He wants to do in us before He does what we know He is quickly going to do. (He has used Faction and witchcraft spirits to cleanse his body of evil people and spirits.)  I landed in 2 Chronicles 29:18, 16-19. 16 So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley. 17 Now they began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the Lord. Then they consecrated the house of the Lord in eight days, and finished on the 16th day of the first month. 18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed the whole house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils. 19 “Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.”

The two candidates mark the pandemic death toll reaching 100,000 Americans in starkly different ways, a masked Biden emerges from his home, and both campaigns compete for black voters amid new incidents of racism and violence. Then Obama veteran Paul Tewes talks to Jon about recruiting an army of organizers to beat Trump in 2020. Adopt A State: http://votesaveamerica.com/adopt

Hello! And welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom. Today’s guest is… Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs Harvard University’s Kennedy School, columnist at Foreign Policy magazine and author of several books on foreign affairs. I saw Stephen speak in person at LSE a few weeks ago and, after hearing Stephen talk on whether the U.S. could have a successful foreign policy again, I had to get him on the pod. The timing couldn’t have been better as it came days after Donald Trump sporadically decided to withdraw troops from northern Syria, leaving his Kurdish allies to be butchered by Turkish forces. Stephen and I took it all the way back to the early 2000s to figure out where the U.S. went wrong, and what events led to the U.S. still being at war with the Taliban in Afghanistan 18 years later. Below is a post-game of everything we covered. Enjoy 🤓Like Me, PleaseBefore you read on, please like this edition of Inside The Newsroom by clicking the ❤️ below the title. That way I’ll appear in clever algorithms and more people will be able to read. Cheers.Can the U.S. Still Have a Successful Foreign Policy?The simple answer to this complicated question is yes. Measuring how successful foreign policies are can be put down to a) whether the U.S. (or any country for that matter) has made another country a safer and more stable place b) whether the U.S. has made more friends than enemies after its operation and c) whether its enemies are stronger or weaker. Some say the last time the U.S. had a successful foreign policy was when the Cold War ended back in 1991, but since then things have largely been a failure. Starting with Bill Clinton when he took over the reins in 1993, carried on by George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and now hopelessly continued as we speak by Donald Trump, both Republicans and Democrats have got it wrong. And that’s exactly where a common misconception lies. The Republicans are often perceived as the party that supports war and the military, and rhetoric in speeches and debates often supports that theory. But when it comes down to real action, the past two presidents from each party have increased the number of troops in war zones, and have all been lousy in looking after its veterans. That said, surveys have shown that in more recent times, younger veterans tend to lean Republican.That brings us to the worst U.S. conflict of the modern era, a war that is still going on after 18 years: the war in Afghanistan.The Unwinnable WarIt came as a shock to me that the war in Afghanistan was still going on. I thought it was done and dusted and that U.S. troops were there to maintain stability. But that’s not the case and the war in Afghanistan has slowly become a deadly quagmire. Since Bush invaded Afghanistan in 2001, and seemingly wiped out the Taliban within months, he went for another bite of the cake and invaded Iraq in 2003. By doing so, Bush transferred the majority of his military’s power and resources more than a 1,000 miles west to eliminate Saddam Hussein, and left open the possibility for the Taliban to return to Afghanistan after hiding out in safe havens across the border in Pakistan. After 18 years of war, thousands of lives lost and hundreds of billions of dollars spent, the U.S. is still trying to ‘win’ the war in Afghanistan. But the fact is the Taliban haven’t been vanquished and remain a threat to the U.S. and its allies, even more so after Trump cancelled secret peace talks with the group in September. The Taliban have warned that more U.S. lives would be lost as a result.Stephen M. Walt for Foreign PolicyRealism vs IdealismSo how did the U.S. get into this Middle Eastern mess via Bush, make no apparent progress under Obama and, well, have all of its credibility shattered under Trump? It remains in this quandary because it has consistently sided with idealism, instead of realism.As we discussed earlier, when Bush thought he’d steamrolled through the Taliban in Afghanistan, he went for the jackpot in Iraq to remove Hussein, but as his military jumped from one country thousands of miles away to another, the inevitable game of Whac-A-Mole began. Then Obama announced he’d withdraw troops from the region, reversed his decision, then went ahead with his plan until there were just less than 10,000 troops in the country at the end of his presidency. And then we have Mr. Trump, who has never experienced realism in his life, and opened the door to a bloody Turkish invasion of northern Syria and killing thousands of Kurdish allies in the process.Idealism trumped (pardon the pun) realism in all of these cases, and explains why the U.S. is still in a conflict with the Taliban, the rise and fall of ISIS, and potential rise again of the Islamist group. Stephen M. Walt for Foreign PolicyWhy Do Countries Go To War?As I wrote back in July after I interviewed author Sebastian Junger, there’s something in the brain that keeps humans engaging in war. I was always taught that wars were fought over for money or religion, which is true, but what I wasn’t told was that going to war has positive psychological effects. Wars bring people together, create a sense of unity, and can provoke human qualities that often lie dormant in ordinary life, such as courage and self-sacrifice. It seems that the emotion of war has gotten the better of U.S. foreign policy for the best part of the past two decades, preventing economically and politically stable nations to be built. Instead, a series of power vacuums were created that see no end in sight. Peace depends on creating societies rich with opportunities and democracy. The fact that so many nations fail to do this makes our future prospects of peace look very bleak.Steve Taylor for the GuardianLast week…#56 — Jamil Smith (Rolling Stone) on voter suppression and the life of congressman Elijah CummingsRelated podcasts…#51 — Jason Kander (Democratic Party) on PTSD and how the U.S. has neglected its veterans #44 — Sebastian Junger (Tribe, The Perfect Storm) on why countries go to warJob CornerEach week I’ll feature a selection of new journalism jobs. This week, Cal Matters has a number of cool positions including… California Divide ReporterCollege Journalism Network EditorData JournalistDeputy News EditorEngagement EditorEvents DirectorHealth ReporterNewsletter Editor Get on the email list at insidethenewsroom.substack.com

Trump promises a foreign leader something so alarming that an intelligence staffer becomes a whistleblower, Corey Lewandowski launches his Senate campaign during an impeachment hearing, and the President wages war on California. Then Obama campaign manager David Plouffe joins Jon and Dan to talk about the 2020 election and his new podcast, Campaign HQ.

I had planned to touch on the economy today and then shift to some stories on regulation since we've been targeting that aspect of government overreach in the last week. Then Obama was kind enough to give me a little gift. Given the numbers were so bad, Obama felt it was necessary to come out and calm the waters. What he had to say gave me all the material I needed for a full episode. I'm not going to say anything more. Just watch the episode and share it with a friend! JasonSupport the show.

Coming to Freedom 2015 is religious rights activist, Kelly Shackelford, from Liberty Institute.    Al Fadi  is a Christian convert from Islam.  He’ll be speaking at Grace Church the weekend of 24-25th.     Then Obama fires pork products from the federal prison system.  Boom!

David Bozell is President of ForAmerica…fixing the tax code.   Then Obama’s press secretary says Senator Grassley has been in Washington too long.  Plus no minimum wage hike for Iowa?  Then,  Governor Huckabee warns against getting into the military until we have a new Commander in Chief.

This week, we're all over the place. First, Fouad Ajami joins to discuss the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war. Was it worth it? Fouad says yes. Tell us what you think in the comments. Then Obama in Israel, Pat Caddell on the scourge of political consultants, Peter Robinson outs himself as an unabashed Rick Santorum supporter, and a crackling conversation on the role of video games in the... Source

Matt Schultz,  Iowa Secretary of State,  updates Iowa on efforts to ensure the integrity of our voting process.  Vigorous.   Then Obama apologizes to the cannibals for Columbus.  Plus other stuff.

Brian Peskin with Healthy for Life...seminar.   Then Obama's "recess" appointments...a Constitutional crisis.  Phil Kerpen with "Democracy Denied"...OMG.   Then,  a follow-up on the wrestly "hazing" story.  Powerful.   Ilana Mercer takes us "Into the Cannibal's Pot".   A horrific look at  post-apartheid South Africa...just what democracy looks like.

 Severe school fear syndrome?   Bunch of kids have it.   Senator Jane Cunningham from Missouri helped her state refuse Obamacare.  Should Iowa Democrats give back the tainted,  stolen money?     Then Obama's illegal alien aunt says we are obligated to make her a citizen.

Shortly after Obama was inaugurated, I wrote a commentary that was quite critical of his economic team, which was composed of the very people who had created the financial crisis in the first place. I ended the commentary by suggesting that the age of Obama was starting to sound more like ‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ than ‘a change is gonna come’. But disillusioned as I’d become about his domestic agenda, I still hoped that Obama would shine on foreign policy – that he might truly turn the ungainly ship of Empire around and return it to port. After all, it’s quite clear that America is following a long line of Imperial mistakes before it, vitiating itself with ever more military adventures, while provoking the ire of subjugated peoples, who are increasingly fighting back, weakening America like Lilliputians tying down Gulliver. But here, again, Obama has either caved to his corporate masters, or is showing his own true colors. He hasn’t extracted us from either of the costly wars we’re mired in; he’s escalated our involvement, apparently heeding the specious advice to ‘listen to the commanders on the ground’. Those commanders not surprisingly say what such men have always said, everywhere, throughout history: give us more men and arms and we’ll get the job done. Because their only tool is the hammer of military might, they perceive everything as a nail that must be struck repeatedly.Obama’s taken the Bush position that suspects can be held indefinitely without trial at our new Guantanamo, Bagram Air Force base. His administration has decided to continue the Bush policy of rendition, wherein suspects are picked up the world over and sent to ‘friendly regimes’ for questioning. The administration reassured the public that this policy would be closely monitored to prevent ‘prisoner abuse’. The entire purpose of rendition is to move a suspect to a country that has more brutal interrogation methods than our own! It’s extra-legal government-executed kidnapping that completely undermines American verbiage about ‘respecting the rule of law’.Then Obama refused to do anything more than lightly slap Israel’s wrist when that country once again threw gasoline on the fire by confiscating more land, tearing down more Palestinian housing, and going on a spree of new settlement building. The Palestinians have wisely refused to negotiate with Israel until this madness stops, but Obama is offering no carrot, and more importantly no stick, to compel the Israelis. Even George Bush senior was tougher on them, once suggesting that he would cease supporting loan guarantees for Israel if they didn’t stop building.President Obama is going to Copenhagen for climate talks, it’s true, and on the environment he is clearly a better president than either Bush was, but it’s still too little, too late. The massive public-works projects in renewable energy that this administration could have spent the stimulus money on have been largely swapped for bureaucratic expansion and conventional highway construction. His approach is more fiddling while Rome burns, than ‘change we can believe in’.White house visitor logs show that our president is eschewing meetings with progressive voices on health coverage, the economy, the environment, and economic justice, meeting instead with corporate interests and their lobbyists on these very subjects. Sound familiar?And this week, Mr. Obama topped it all. Our newly-minted Nobel Prize winner’s administration stated that the United States has decided to maintain the Bush administration's refusal to sign an international treaty banning land mines.But that makes sense: not only does America spend more on defense-related matters than all other countries on earth combined, but it’s also the biggest arms dealer, the biggest supplier of weapons of destruction, both mass and individual, on our planet as well. Frankly, I’m disgusted. Far from being instruments of seismic change, Obama’s policies support the status quo with an almost slavish fealty. I can’t for the life of me understand the hysterical comparisons of Obama to Stalin and Hitler on the right. These must be engendered by racism, pure and simple, because far from being on the radical fringe, Mr. Obama appears to be a middle of the road, bought-and-paid-for tool of corporate America, offering us a sort of ‘Bush Light’ foreign and domestic policy.At the end of the day, the man who wrote the brilliant, touching and humane ‘Dreams from my father’, and promised us sweeping change, has sold out himself, and all those who believed in him. But it’s our fault; for once again we wanted, needed to believe that this country could change, even though all of its institutions, from the legislative, executive and judicial branches to its ‘free’ press, are now basically appendages of multi-national corporations. Powered by Podbean.com All Content Worldwide Copyright - Samuel McKenney Claiborne

    How much does it take to raise a family in Iowa?  Beth Pearson from the Iowa Policy Project  takes a look.     Then Obama says America suffers from a severe moral. deficit.   Iowans agree,  and come up with their own list.