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407. 100 Days of Trump: What to Know, What to Do & What's Coming Next  | Jessica Yellin Amanda and Webby Award Winning Journalist, Jessica Yellin, dive deep into the first 100 days of Trump's second term in office, discussing the implications of his administration's actions and policies. -The importance of the first 100 days in a presidency—and what Trump's actions during that time reveal. -How proposed Medicaid cuts are tied to tax breaks for the wealthy.-The dire consequences of RFK Jr. and DOGE on our healthcare system-Why denying due process to anyone endangers due process for everyone.-What actions you can take now to drive change—and why waiting on Congress isn't an option. Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a pioneering Webby award-winning independent news brand -- dedicated to helping you manage your  “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy, Peabody and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent. You can follow her on Instagram at Jessica Yellin.

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Can we be in relationship with things, ideas, people, politics, and still stand outside someone else's unique relationship with those very same things? - Dropping the lens of perception - Finding the gold in people - Bill Maher meets Trump - What is good art? - Identity is a co-residence of heart - Gandolf not coming to a conclusion - Accepting and extending invitations Matt's forthcoming book - https://mattmccloskey.substack.com/p/introducing-good-morning Matt's dad's eulogy - https://mattmccloskey.substack.com/p/a-good-man Bill Maher monologue - https://youtu.be/RxlopbcfXpQ Megyn Kelly on Kid Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Bw453hCBI Find us here: x.com/mattmccloskey x.com/michaelvaclav All Matt's Links - https://solo.to/mattmccloskey All Michael's Links - https://solo.to/michaelvaclav Sovereign Goods - www.etsy.com/shop/SovereignThreadGoods Cafe Medici - mediciroasting.com/?srsltid=AfmBOo…9eDe2OliQmjTc2A

Solidarity 736, 12 March 2025. Articles: Trump and Netanyahu push to restart war Block the cuts! Tax the rich! Against Putin-Trump! Ceasefire-protection troops in Ukraine? Stop Trump's oligarchy! Permanent ceasefire! Rebuild Gaza! No increase in military spending! Unhealthy enthusiasm for Wagenknecht Belarus: Time for solidarity against Putin Climate change feeds child marriages Sanctions on Syria increase poverty The evolution of Extinction Rebellion Sheffield holds anti-cuts referendum Film shows Israeli-Palestinian “co-resistance” How McSweeney made his coup Minerals deal? Stand with Ukrainian workers Former Polish political prisoners denounce Trump What was “militancy” in Northern Ireland in 1968-69? After Reform UK, the RCP's turn next? Gaining a real right to strike A new threat from H5N1 bird flu This “four day week” is no good PCS ballots in Rayner's department The best Australian film ever? FM strikes may restart NEU strike against victimisation A lot more online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-736-12-march-2025

In what has become an annual tradition for this podcast, Futures Industry Association President and CEO Walt Lukken stops by the show to preview what's in store at the annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. It is the 50th anniversary of Boca, so this year's gathering is a big one. While the agenda is packed with fireside chats, speeches and panel discussions featuring some of the most influential leaders in the derivatives industry, Lukken shared his insights on a few other topics, including:How Boca has evolved throughout the yearsWhat will be this year's hottest topic? (Spoiler alert!: Trump, Trump and Trump)What a shift in regulators' views on capital might mean for the industryA stage-diving Walt???: We also had a bit of fun during our conversation. With Cheap Trick set to perform in concert at this year's conference, Walt reveals an interesting piece of personal music trivia when he explains how long he has been a fan of the band. When I asked Walt if one of the exchanges at the conference should launch an Event Contract based on whether he will do a stage dive during the concert, Walt said ... well ... you'll have to listen to hear his answer!Sign up for Modern Money SmartBrief

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Originally broadcast January 23, 2025 President Trump's first days in office have resulted in a number of important changes in the healthcare landscape. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, rolled back drug pricing policies and limited gender-affirming care. In addition, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., awaits his confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Conversations on Health Care hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter are bringing together... Read More Read More The post Health Care & President Trump: What's Happened So Far appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

The president did not take the oath of office while drunk ... nor did he deliver a 2-hour speech resisting a coat ... or end the day trying to keep "enthusiastic" supporters from standing on furniture at the White House - that just happened at OTHER inaugurations! A SmartHER take on the historic inauguration of President Trump: What to know and why it matters. SUPPORT OUR MISSION     If you'd like to help support SmartHER News' mission of a free, independent, nonpartisan press – here's how you can become a SCOOP insider: https://www.scoop.smarthernews.com/get-the-inside-scoop/     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smarthernews/  Website: https://smarthernews.com/  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/smarthernews  

In today's episode, we're diving into the recent meetings between high-profile CEOs and Donald Trump. What's being discussed behind closed doors, and how are these talks shaping business strategies and the markets? Plus, we'll examine how this is impacting the Magnificent 7 stocks and the broader market surge.

Torsten Reil is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Helsing, a new type of defence company providing artificial intelligence to protect our democracies. Torsten has raised over $825M from the likes of Prima Materia, Elad Gil, Accel and General Catalyst. Previously Torsten founded NaturalMotion, one of the UK's most successful games and technology start-ups. Torsten was named as one of MIT's Top 100 Innovators and is a member of the Munich Security Conference Innovation Board. In Today's Episode with Torsten Reil We Discuss: 1. The World Around Us: China, Russia and Trump: What will happen between China and Taiwan? What will happen between Russia and Ukraine? How will a Trump administration impact the US' commitment to fund European defence? What conflict do people not pay enough attention to in the world today? 2. Are We Ready and What Needs to Be Done: Are the west ready to fight against our adversaries as we stand today? What do we need to do to equip ourselves?  What needs to change in our defence budgets? Where do they need to go? How does the procurement process for defence need to change? 3. The Future of War:  Why does Torsten believe the future of war is contactless? In the next wave of defence, what are the most important elements for allies to own? What elements concern Torsten the most? What role does AI and autonomous play in the future of war? 4. Is Europe F********: Why does Torsten believe that Europe's biggest problem is ambition not capital? Why does Torsten believ that we put too much weight on the location in which companies are founded? Why does it not matter? How does Torsten respond to the statement that we do not have the depth of experienced talent in Europe to recruit?  

Welcome to today's episode of AI Lawyer Talking Tech, where we explore the latest trends and breakthroughs shaping the legal technology landscape. From groundbreaking advancements like Robin AI's expansion into small law firms and Panoram's multi-LLM platform to Australia's sweeping privacy reforms and the rise of agentic AI, this episode dives into how technology continues to revolutionize legal practice globally. We'll also discuss how courts are transitioning into the digital age, the evolving role of generative AI in drafting, and the ethical debates surrounding privacy and AI applications. Whether you're a legal professional, technologist, or curious observer, this episode offers invaluable insights into the dynamic interplay between law and technology. Inhouse-Focused Robin AI Goes After 60,000 ‘Small Law' Lawyers06 Dec 2024Artificial LawyerWebinar Replay: ndMAX AI Assistant demo plus a discussion on the value and future of agentic AI05 Dec 2024Legal IT InsiderCourts in transition: Earning trust, enhancing access & preserving decorum05 Dec 2024Thomson Reuters InstituteExclusive: Panoram launches multi-LLM document review platform to “end human review”05 Dec 2024Legal IT InsiderFirst Tranche of Reforms to Australian Privacy Law Passed with Amendments04 Dec 2024Squire Patton BoggsAustralian Privacy Alert: Parliament passes major and meaningful privacy law reform06 Dec 2024Norton Rose FulbrightFacial recognition and privacy: Updated OAIC guidance06 Dec 2024Norton Rose FulbrightNavigating the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity06 Dec 2024Morris, Manning & Martin,LLPNo Harm, No Standing (For Now): DMCA Violation Claims Against OpenAI Dismissed05 Dec 2024Bond Schoeneck & KingLegal Update Dec 5, 2024 Tech Industry Outlook: Navigating Potential Policy Shifts in a Second Trump Administration05 Dec 2024Seyfarth ShawWhat To Expect From the Trump Administration on AI Policy05 Dec 2024Perkins CoieEU AI Act Targeted Stakeholders Consultation on Prohibitions and Definition of AI Systems05 Dec 2024Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldThe BR Privacy & Security Download: December 202405 Dec 2024Blank RomeThe risks of using Dropbox for client files06 Dec 2024The Daily Record of RochesterDr Barry Scannell: ChatGPT lawyer falls short of success in trademark case06 Dec 2024Irish Legal NewsA Law School Clinic's Latest Venture: AI Tools to Shield Media from Defamation Suits06 Dec 2024Columbia Journalism ReviewMentoring in the Legal Profession06 Dec 2024Feast-Magazine.co.ukTikTok ban under Trump: What to know about latest court case06 Dec 2024TodayHeadlineEngland footballers back Lawhive in £31.4m investment round06 Dec 2024BusinessCloud.co.ukLitigation Financing: A National Security Threat Or Lifeline For Startups?06 Dec 2024Forbes.comBreaking The Status Quo06 Dec 2024Entrepreneur EuropeThe Six Stages of AI Transformation in Law Firms06 Dec 2024JD SupraStephanopoulos, Buckland discuss the impact of AI on justice systems and democracy04 Dec 2024Harvard Law SchoolBreach Roundup: Vodka Maker Bankrupt After Cyberattack05 Dec 2024InfoRiskTodayLSC Awarding $5.9 Million In Grants To 31 Civil Legal Aid Providers05 Dec 2024Pulse 2.0Streamline Your Law Firm with Redbrick's Cloud Based Legal Case Management05 Dec 2024Today's ConveyancerHow Lawyers Can Overcome Fear and Embrace AI in 202505 Dec 20242CivilityPractice Pulse | Getting Started with GenAI in Legal Practice05 Dec 2024Wisconsin Lawyer MagazinePrivacy Laws 2025: Prepare for the 8 Laws Going into Effect05 Dec 2024JD SupraGenAI in legal drafting: The key to unlocking efficiency and productivity05 Dec 2024Financial Thomson ReutersResponding To Strong Market Interest In Its Gen AI Product, Josef Closes ‘Lightning-Fast' Funding Round05 Dec 2024LawSitesInsights from the 2024 LTH-EY GenAI and Data Enablement Conference05 Dec 2024IManage.com

0:00 SEG 1 Today's Speaker's Stump Speech is brought to you by https://www.hansenstree.com/  and is about how the Europeans feel about Donald Trump   16:04 SEG 2 Dr. Pat Feder, founder and owner of Comprehensive Chiropractic in Eureka TOPIC: Small business predictions under Trump | What he did on election night | Staying healthy now that it gets dark earlier | Staying healthy during the holidays | New Year's resolutions | People who are healthy don't have more time in the day | Accountability partner | Working on animals https://www.cchiropractic.com/     35:41 SEG 3 Aliens are definitely out there   It's a Wow Diamonds Christmas! WIN $500 to Neustaedter's at newstalkstl.com/wowdiamondschristmas   https://newstalkstl.com/  FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS  RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[Originally released 11/22]Maggie Haberman is, of course, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who's covered the political rise of Donald Trump for the New York Times...and her book, CONFIDENCE MAN: The Making of Donald Trump & The Breaking of America became an immediate best seller. In this conversation, Maggie dives into all things Trump...from his formative influences in the New York City of the 70s and 80s, to his political ascent, time in the White House, her take on the likelihood of another Trump run, what a Trump White House restoration would look like...and much more from perhaps the most authoritative voice on the Trump political phenomenon. IN THIS EPISODE…Maggie breaks down the influences that explain Trump's political persona…The member of Congress with whom has had a decades-long feud…Maggie talks Trump's ethos of “hate as a civic good”…Why Trump never wanted to be Mayor of New York City…Maggie talks the rise of Trump as a credible candidate in 2015…How Trump leveraged Twitter so successfully…Maggie on the connection between Trump and the National Enquirer…How Trump has recently lost allies among the conservative media…Why Trump as the “deal maker” fell flat in the White House…Maggie's thoughts on Trump's various legal entanglements, old and new…How Maggie thinks about the challenge of covering candidates who lie…Maggie's instincts on a Trump 2024 campaign…The faces Maggie would expect to see around Trump in a second term…What it's like to have 1-on-1 conversations with Trump…What's surprised Maggie most about Trump's behavior over the past year…The status of Trump relationships with names like Giuliani, McConnell, Bannon, Roger Stone...Some of Maggies favorite books and authors covering NYC politics...AND avenging angels, Bill Barr, Wayne Barrett, birtherism, Mike Bloomberg, E. Jean Carroll, catch-and-kill, the Central Park Jogger, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, Roy Cohn, James Comey, conspiracy theories, convention speeches, covfefe, Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuomo, Ron DeSantis, the Dobbs decisions, Meade Esposito,  the favor economy, Fox News, Stanley Friedman, Ric Grenell, Sean Hannity, instinctive racial paranoia, Andrew Kirtzman, Ed Koch, Jared Kushner, the Lavender Scare, Rush Limbaugh, low-interest federal loans, Donald Manes, John McCain, McCarthy acolytes, Mark Meadows, Andrew Meier, Robert Morgenthau, Rupert Murdoch, Muslim bans, Jack Newfield, NewsMax, Richard Nixon, OAN, George Pataki, Kash Patel, David Pecker, permanent enemies, Jeanine Pirro, Vladimir Putin, John Ratcliffe, rejecting objective reality, Seth Rich, rubber chicken dinners, Eric Schneiderman, Doug Schoen, Time Magazine, transactional media, Allen Weisselberg, white noise…. & more!

Happy Friday! We talked politics and social issues this episode. On the brink of the election ending and announcing our new 47th President making Donald Trump the 45th and 47th President of the United States. - Latinos for Trump - What the new order is looking like under a Trump Presidency - How you are affected - What should you do? No New Music Reviews this episode stream Glorious and Chromakopia Follow @degreescouchchronicles on all podcast platforms. Tune into our social for all updates. Click the link here for fitness by Phoenix fit workouts, meals, and more https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fitnesswithphoenix Glow Nude @Glow.nude on IG Shop GEOVANNY CO Jewelry Company https://geovannyco.myshopify.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/degreescouchchron/support

Just 12 hours left in one of the wildest presidential campaigns in American history. And if the polls are right, one of the tightest, with the two candidates offering sharply different visions at recent rallies:  Harris: "We have the momentum, because our campaign is tapping into the ambitions, the aspirations, and the dreams of the American people, because we are optimistic and excited about what we can do to together!"  Trump: "What a terrible thing they have done to our country. And you're going to say that to her. You're going to say, 'You've done a terrible job, you're grossly incompetent, we're not going to take it anymore. Kamala, you're fired! Get the hell out.'"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kamala Harris' campaign is pulling out all the stops to woo black and Latino Americans, over concerns that voters from these groups are signalling their support for Donald Trump in record numbers. Polling suggests some of the Democrat's core base will peel away to vote Republican in this election – so what's Trump's appeal? And could their votes decide the election?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuest: Tom Newton Dunn, covering the US election for The Times. Read Tom's reporting:Can Kamala Harris win back Arab-American voters lost to Gaza?Host: Manveen Rana. Clips: Kamala Harris, Univision Noticias, Washington Post. Photo: Getty Images Further listening: Why tech billionaires are backing Trump What happens if the American election is a tie? Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - MATT SCHLAPP - - chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU) / CPAC SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/mschlapp Trump edges out Harris with early voters in battleground states   Liz Cheney contacted controversial J6 witness on encrypted app behind lawyer's back, messages show PRESIDENT TRUMP: "What does the Wall Street Journal know? They've been wrong about everything. So have you, by the way... you've been wrong all your life on this stuff."  WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - JULIE KELLY -  publisher of the Substack "Declassified with Julie Kelly" and author of "January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right" WEBSITE: DECLASSIFIED WITH JULIE KELLY - SUBSTACK: https://www.declassified.live/ Real Clear Investigations: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/authors/julie_kelly/ SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2 Liz Cheney contacted controversial J6 witness on encrypted app behind lawyer's back, messages show Simu Liu criticizes Canadian boba tea company over concerns of cultural appropriation Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 / 8 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

[SEGMENT 1-1] Cap on interest rates   He's certainly brought his business acumen, his expertise to the political mainstream. I remember when Van Jones called him a “reality show”. Watching Trump does have that sort of feel, except nothing is staged. Trump shoots from the hip and doesn't worry about the outcomes. But Trump has become an amazing campaigner. He times the media cycles as good as anybody. And he's managed to find the pulse of the nation. Look at the unions, and their support of Trump. Unofficial of course.      [SEGMENT 1-2] Marijuana – Amendment 3  [SEGMENT 1-3] Marijuana   [SEGMENT 1-4] Learning more about Trump What wealthy conservatives do for others. John's story in St. Louis… [X] SB – Man tells a story about TrumpBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Mercedes Schlapp discussed: PRESIDENT TRUMP: I always said golf is a very dangerous game Q: "I get more angry when my pant pocket gets caught on a doorknob than you get angry about getting shot at. How do you process that?" President Trump: "What am I going to do, right?... Fortunately, so far I've been very lucky — or something is greater than all of us. TRUMP ON ALIENS AT AREA 51: “So, we have that so-called area, they consider it a sacred area and I will say this. I don't think I'm a believer but I've interviewed pilots.. They say all I know sir is there was a round object that was going 4x faster than my F22."  WMAL GUEST: 6:35 AM - INTERVIEW - KATIE GORKA - Fairfax GOP chairwoman WEBSITE: https://fairfaxgop.org/ SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/GorkaKatie Discuss Early voting starting on Friday and election integrity efforts Fairfax County Board considers implementing food tax despite voters rejecting it twice Ocasio-Cortez condemns Israel over pager attacks in Lebanon Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, September 19, 2024 / 6 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas AcademySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liberty at Night :: Second Assassination Attempt on Trump :: What foreign nation living off of American taxpayer dollars has the most motivation to kill Trump? :: Election polls show Kamala will win the popular vote, but show Trump winning electoral college :: Shooter hid for 12 hours :: Feds visit Jeremy Kauffman :: Dumb Bleep of the Week :: 2024-08-17 Hosts: Nate and Chuck

The gents have much to discuss regarding the events of the past week. Highlights from episode 186 include: RFK suspends campaign, joins forces with Trump What does that mean for current polling and November projections? Where in the hell is Sleepy Joe while Trump is attending memorial services of fallen soldiers? More DEI programs kicked [...]

Today, we talk with theologian and activist Jesse Wheeler about the rotten fruit of the West's theology in Palestine and the broader region. We get into:-        How everyday Christians can tell the difference between good and bad theology-        Examples of the fruit of bad Western theology in Palestine and the region of the Middle East/North Africa-        How we must acknowledge the horrible effects of the Zionism on both sides of the political aisle, even while rejecting Trump-        What the political witness of Christians should be with respect to how we handle power-        And after the interview, Sy and Jonathan discuss the Christian nationalism and bigotry in faith leaders' response to controversies at the OlympicsMentioned in the Episode-            Our anthology, Keeping the Faith-            Jesse's essay from the anthology, “Bad Theology Kills”-            Jesse's book, Serving a Crucified King-            Jesse's organization, Friends of Sabeel North America-            The new Institute for the Study of Christian ZionismCredits-            Follow KTF Press on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Subscribe to get our bonus episodes and other benefits at KTFPress.com.-        Follow host Jonathan Walton on Facebook Instagram, and Threads.-        Follow host Sy Hoekstra on Mastodon.-        Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.-        Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.-        Editing by Multitude Productions-        Transcripts by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra.-        Production by Sy Hoekstra and our incredible subscribersTranscriptIntroduction[An acoustic guitar softly plays six notes in a major scale, the first three ascending and the last three descending, with a keyboard pad playing the tonic in the background. Both fade out as Jonathan Walton says “This is a KTF Press podcast.”]Jesse Wheeler: The Kingdom of God, or Christians, or those who would seek to be citizens of the kingdom, cannot live in such a way that emulates the kingdoms of this world. What that entails is, I call it the proper use of power. It's not like physical versus spiritual as sometimes we try to kind of get. It's like, no, it's actually how we understand power and why Jesus through going to the cross, he was basically saying, “Okay, empire, the forces of violence and hatred and exploitation, give me your all.” And he took it to the cross and took it on the cross, and he rejected the violent option.[The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/ That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.]Sy Hoekstra: Welcome to Shake the Dust, seeking Jesus, confronting Injustice. I'm Sy Hoekstra.Jonathan Walton: And I'm Jonathan Walton. We have a great show for you today, including an interview with another one of our authors from our anthology on Christianity and politics in the era of Trump. This one's on how regular Christians can discern between good and bad theology, and how we can see bad theology playing out in the Middle East. Plus afterwards, hear our thoughts on the interview, and we'll be doing our segment, Which Tab is Still Open, diving deeper into one of the recommendations from our newsletter. This week it's all about the Olympic opening ceremony controversy, trans athletes at the games and the White Christian persecution complex.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs]. We should probably say non-trans athletes at the Olympic Games.Jonathan Walton: I was literally about to be like, “and not?” [laughs] but…Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, that's part of the persecution complex. But we will get to that folks, don't worry. You will hear the whole story on how ridiculous it is. Before we get there, a quick reminder, please, everybody consider going to KTFPress.com and becoming a paid subscriber. We will not be able to continue doing this work beyond this election season if we do not get a lot more paid subscribers. So if you want to see this work continue, please go there and sign up. That gets you all the bonus episodes of this show. It gets you access to our monthly Zoom subscriber chats and more community features. So please KTFPress.com, become a paid subscriber.If you already are a paid subscriber, consider upgrading to a founding member level and please share widely with your friends and family to anyone who you think might be interested in joining our community here. Thank you so much all. All right Jonathan, tell everybody about our guest this week.Jonathan Walton: Yes, we have the amazing Jesse Wheeler. For almost three years, Jesse has served as executive administrator and development director for Friends of Sabeel North America, an interdenominational Christian organization seeking justice and peace in the holy land through education, advocacy, and nonviolent action. Prior to that, he served just shy of seven years in Beirut, Lebanon as a project's manager for the Institute of Middle East Studies at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. He also ran the Master of Religion in the Middle East and North African studies program, working also as support instructor for MENA history, politics and economics.He has served in Nazarene, evangelical free and Presbyterian churches, and he holds a PG certificate in baptistic histories and theologies from the University of Manchester, a master of divinity with an emphasis in Islamic studies from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA in diplomatic in Middle Eastern history with a minor in political economics from the University of California Berkeley. Jesse's wife Heidi is Palestinian-American, and they have three amazing boys. Now, Jesse's essay in our anthology was called Bad Theology Kills: How We Justify Killing Arabs. We actually published that at one point on KTFPress.com, so we'll have the link in our show notes to that. And you can get the entire anthology with all 36 essays at Keepingthefaithbook.com. That link will also be in the show notes.Sy Hoekstra: So we did this interview like we did a lot of our interviews a few months ago, at this point [laughs]. We've been releasing these slowly. This one we did in April, which is relevant. I only say that now because we talk about Biden a decent amount, and when it comes to Palestine, which is what we're talking about when we mention Biden, there's not a lot of distance between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.Jonathan Walton: Nope.Sy Hoekstra: So [laughs], I just wanted to note that up top so that you know that effectively all the content, all the things that we actually say on the subject don't really change given the candidate switch. But that disclaimer behind us, here we go with the interview with Jesse Wheeler.[the intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Jonathan Walton: Jesse Wheeler, thank you so much for being with us today on Shake the Dust. We really, really appreciate it.Jesse Wheeler: Yeah, no, thank you so much for having me. I'm really happy to be with you guys.How Everyday Christians Can Tell Good Theology from Bad TheologyJonathan Walton: Yeah. We were privileged to publish your essay in our anthology, and you gave us a relatively simple and accessible test for judging the value of the theology that we hear from leaders. Could you talk a little bit about the fruit test?Jesse Wheeler: Yeah. The fruit test, basically, it's taken straight from the Sermon on the Mount. It's no secret that there are different theological systems that exist in the world, different schools of thought, different ways of thinking, and it can be overwhelming, actually. And I'm even thinking of either my own context back when I was in seminary and sort of some of the destabilizing aspects of it, or when I was working at a seminary and working with students who are introduced to new ideas. And it can be overwhelming even epistemologically overwhelming when they're getting ideas that sort of might butt up against core ideas that maybe they were grown up with that are core parts of their identity. It can be very destabilizing.And this question of is there a way to distinguish good theology quote, from bad theology quote- unquote, if, I mean, those are very reductionist [laughs] the terminology itself, of course. But I think it comes straight from the Sermon on the Mount actually. And Jesus in the concluding sections of Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7, Jesus gives this, “By your fruit you will recognize them.” How to tell true prophets from false prophets on the basis of their fruit. He doesn't necessarily say, go get a doctorate in systematic, [laughs] in dogmatics to determine whether they are… He's like, look at the fruit of what is happening.Jonathan Walton: Right.Jesse Wheeler: And it's for normal people too. This is like normal people without massive theology to say, “Hey, look at this. I see that the fruit of this is leading to hurt and harm and destruction, or the fruit of this is leading to healing and health and flourishing.” It's not to denigrate or dismiss theology. I mean, the title of my chapter is Bad Theology Kills. I think Theology is important.Jonathan Walton: ExactlyJesse Wheeler: [laughs] It's a litmus test for assessing theology. And right there, Jesus chapters five, six, and the first part of seven, he gives a whole list of instructions of teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, and then concludes with, “Therefore do to others what you would want others to do for you. This summarizes the law and the prophets,” which is of course, the scriptures. Basically saying, if you wanna know what the scriptures teach, what God is expecting of you, do for others. And even in other parts of the gospels, when people ask, “Oh, what's the greatest commandment?” And he comes back to, “Love the Lord your God,” it's the Shema.And then right on adds it, and your neighbor as yourself taking that from the Leviticus. And he's like, there you go. Basically says that and then immediately goes into this section on two roads, easy road and narrow road. And then right after that talks about the false prophets who will come, who might speak eloquently, lovely, and yet the fruit is rotten.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jesse Wheeler: The fruit is rotten.Sy Hoekstra: Absolutely.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: Out of the three of us, I feel like I am the one in the position to most appreciate your point, that you don't need a big theological education to apply this test [laughs]. Because for me and for a lot of the people listening, if you don't have a master's in divinity like Jesse, you haven't been doing ministry and Bible studies and everything for years and years like Jonathan, the more you learn about how little as kind of lay people we know about the whole wide world of theological academics and whatever, the more you realize, I don't feel equipped [laughs]. And so this is, I think, like Jonathan said, it's accessible. It's something that the average person can apply and have some success [laughs] according to Jesus, trying to figure out what's good and bad.Theologies that Have Born Rotten Fruit in the Middle East and North AfricaSy Hoekstra: And then I would like to hear from you, in your work doing work with advocacy in churches in the MENA, in the Middle East and North Africa, sometimes abbreviated MENA region, what have you seen bearing bad fruit? What kinds of theologies have you seen bearing bad fruit?Jesse Wheeler: So, I mean, I could start with the three I listed in my chapter, but I think I kind of want to say like, there is so, so much misunderstanding and prejudice and straight up bigotry that's filtered through a theological system that attempts to justify it.Colonialist PaternalismJesse Wheeler: But I'm going to start with the three I listed in my chapter, and the first one, colonialist paternalism.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Jesse Wheeler: It's a theology of colonial supremacy. Why one person gets to make the decisions for another person, gets to invade another country, gets to conquer, but it's couched in a paternalistic language, often. In a this is for your own good language.Jonathan Walton: Right.Jesse Wheeler: It's the, I'm not going to attempt to do the French, but the civilizing mission [laughs], hand in hand with the White man's burden from back in the 19th century of bringing our civilization, our Christianity, on one hand… I mean, sometimes it was the church and sometimes it was full on those modern secularists springing [laughs] their enlightened, was just, it was hand in hand with the colonial project too. And that's actually what muddies up the water sometimes in our discourses, especially on more left side of the aisle discourses [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, absolutely.Jesse Wheeler: Because you go from there and you go into speaking right in the Middle East, right after World War I, when you had the three competing promises, you had deals, you had The Balfour Declaration on the one hand, you had Hussein McMahon promising the Arabs of the Hajj, the like the Hussein family, a state, an Arab state, if they would help fight against the Ottoman Turks. And then you had the Sykes-Picot which was basically France and Britain getting together and saying, “Okay, here's how we're going to divide up the spoils.” [laughs]Sy Hoekstra: And the Balfour Declaration was Britain's intent to make a Zionist state.Jonathan Walton: Right.Jesse Wheeler: Yeah. Basically a Zionist state in historic Palestine. And so, but you get into afterwards and you had the 14 points, and Wilson came in with, “Oh, we're gonna create a whole new world of peace and…”Sy Hoekstra: The League of Nations.Jesse Wheeler: The League of Nations, yeah. And the mandate system, like the fruit of 2that, where basically it's like Sykes-Picot. It's like Britain takes control, France takes control of Lebanon, Syria, Britain, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and they had Egypt too. So it's just, but it's couched in this language of, it's for your own benefit. We are here to provide guidance to these native populations who need to be trained in the ways of democracy.Jonathan Walton: It's framed as benevolence. Like this is a good thing.Jesse Wheeler: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's a good thing. It's like we are colonizing you for your good thing. Of course, land extraction, resource extraction [laughs], all of these marks of colonialism are part of this, right, but this is how it's justified, how it's sold, how it's…Sy Hoekstra: But the theology, like basically you're saying there were always churches and people propping up those colonialist ideas in the Middle East with basically the stamp of approval of the Bible or the church.Jesse Wheeler: Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. And it's not a total. I do need to make the point that sometimes the missionaries were very much… actually in the Middle East and in, or very much part of the colonial project, sometimes they actually would actually fight and counter the colonial project in certain ways, even though they were also facilitated by it. But yeah, these theologies, the colonialist paternalism. But to continue on, you have a theology of the Cold War developed almost of democracy and we'll bomb your entire country, but we will protect you from communism [laughs], you know.Jonathan Walton: Right.Jesse Wheeler: To very much part of my life, the war on terror. We're bringing democracy to the Middle East.Sy Hoekstra: Right. I was going to say that just sounds like George W. Bush, like everything that they were saying post World War I. It hasn't changed a lot.Jesse Wheeler: It has not. It has not. And so that's the first one.Henotheism: My Good God Will Defeat Your Bad GodJesse Wheeler: The second one in my book I describe as, I take this term from a scholar Joseph Cumming, he's a comparative theologian of Christianity and Islam, but he calls, he speaks of Henotheism.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jesse Wheeler: Which is sort of your tribal deity. I don't want… people push back on using tribal as a negative, but sort of the sense of like God is our God and we are the holy ones, and their God is a demon, and we will defeat them and destroy them. And so I even take this quote again from this, the war and terror era where a general speaking about fighting this warlord, whatever, in North Africa, talking about, “We have God on our side, and their god's a demon, and that's why we're gonna win and be victorious.” And this is so much in situations of conflict and situations, you very much have this sense of, “we are the good, our God is the good, they're the evil. And so because they're so evil, any violence is justified against them.”Sy Hoekstra: And that dates like straight back to the crusades.Jonathan Walton: Yep.Jesse Wheeler: Oh, yeah. This is crusades [laughs]. Exactly. Exactly. It's a crusader theology, but it's also when you really dig into it and you ask, well, these are supposed monotheists. And isn't the whole point of monotheism that there's actually one God for everybody, and thus it's to turn the God of the cosmos, the monotheistic God into a territorial idol.Settler Colonialism/ZionismJesse Wheeler: I'll move on to the third one, which I think is very relevant in that what I listed as manifest destiny. But it's the settler colonial theology, where it's different from the colonialist paternalism, because this is really, it's a theology that justifies why I deserve to go into a land, remove the indigenous people and take it for my own, basically.Sy Hoekstra: Which is the difference between settler colonialism and like metropolis, distant ruler colonialism.Jesse Wheeler: Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. And Jim Wallace, once he wrote, the most controversial statement I ever wrote talking about something he previously wrote was how America was founded on the genocide of one people and the enslavement of another. There was a time in my life where hearing words like that would be so deeply, deeply disorienting for me. My identity, my understanding of who I am. I think part of that discomfort, which is very real, because that's part of my background, and is I think what drives people to someone like Trump. Less the logic behind it, but the emotional, the emotions of feeling safe to have this champion on my side. But that's the simple truth. I mean [laughs], there's this belief that we are god's, we have this divine mandate to come into this new territory. And so I'm talking here about America, but of course this happened all over the world, actually. France and Algeria.Jonathan Walton: Right.Jesse Wheeler: That was so utterly destructive of traditional Algerian society. And France would even talk about, “Algeria is fully France. We are one.” And so I don't understand why these people are rebelling because we've given them democracy and freedom, when it's like, no, you've completely disrupted their entire civilization and ruled, but how it affects the news, you have the whole Charlie Hebdo incidents and these attacks in France. And this was violent murderous acts, yes. And morally they should be condemned, but you have to see them in their historical context [laughs] of this, the Algerian conflict. But South Africa, this was a deeply theological Dutch Calvinist movement. Even Argentina was a settler colonial context as well.Sy Hoekstra: I mean, most things in the Western hemisphere are [laughter].Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Jesse Wheeler: Yeah. No, you're absolutely right. But in a way of the natives were cleared out more.Sy Hoekstra: Oh, yes. I see what you're saying. Right. In Argentina, yes.Jesse Wheeler: Compared to like Brazil, just to the north. And then of course, Zionism is right in there with that. I think it's a theology that justifies why one group gets to come in and displace another group. And those three are three big ones.The Rotten Fruit of Colonialism and Zionism is on Both Sides of the Political AisleJonathan Walton: Yeah. I think those three, if we could hold them together as we press into the conversation, all of them are relevant. As we kind of move from the anthology into the present day. So in 2020 you wrote, “If our task is to examine the fruit and avoid falling prey to seductive rhetoric, it is crucial to note that from the vantage point of the Middle East, Republican drones don't look or act much differently than Democrat drones. Biden's record on the Iraq War or Israel-Palestine, while not as appalling or destructive as that of the Republicans is nevertheless quite bad. He's the only viable choice put before us on election day, yet we must remain vigilant in holding a potential Biden administration to account in the weeks, months, years that follow.”Now, I don't think any of us knew when you wrote that [laughs], how relevant, prophetic and important that last sentence would be. Especially when we talk about the settler colonial ideas that you just talked about, and the deep enmeshment and entanglement with Christian Zionism and the colonial state that is Israel. So, can you… I don't know how to say this just in a simple way. Can you tell us a little bit about what you've been up to with the Friends of Sabeel over the past several months, since October 7th? And what are your thoughts about the two candidates? Because they're the same [laughter], as we look towards the election in the Middle East now. And I will also say our thoughts and prayers are with your friends and family in Palestine.Jesse Wheeler: Thank you.Jonathan Walton: And we've been praying that they would be safe in Jesus' name.Jesse Wheeler: Yeah. No, thank you. I'm trying to think of where do I start digging in? First, my wife is Palestinian. Her family, still a lot of family in Bethlehem. My kids therefore are Palestinian. So I have a deep personal connection. And so to your listeners, knowing that [laughs] who is this guy? I definitely have a deep and emotional pull and connection to what's happening right now. But to go back to what you were first saying is, as you were reading that quote, that passage, and you had wrote, Biden is the only viable [laughs] candidate, my heart sank [laughs]. I'm like, “Ugh.” I understand why I said it at the time, but the listeners need to understand the depth of feeling of the pain, the sense of betrayal, especially amongst the Arab and Palestinian-American community and even wider Muslim community. The utter hurt that they felt in these last six months by everything that has happened.And so, it's so hard because Trump, just to get into the politics of, it's like I don't even need to say it. From my perspective, from where I stand, Trump is bad [laughs]. I mean, it's like he's out there saying, re-implement the Muslim ban and all completely bigoted and horrible. His son-in-law's talking about, “Oh, yeah, and there will be prime real estate in Gaza,” and [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Yes. Right.Jesse Wheeler: You know, back to settler colonialism. And yeah, it's terrifying. But the thing about Biden, and here's where I just have to say, he will in one breath talk about the importance of combating anti-Arab bigotry and Islamophobia, and in the next breath give billion more dollars of armed shipments to a country that the International Criminal Court is saying in their legal language, is very plausibly in the midst of an active genocide [laughs]. I'm not a lawyer. Sy, you're the lawyer [Sy laughs]. And it's just the duplicity is what hurts. So KTF shaped, you talk of Christian nationalism a lot and the dangers of Trump, and that largely the anthology was digging into that. And I remember writing the idolatrous fruit is rotten. I mean, that is like, the man thinks he's Jesus, I mean, or… [laughs] It's just horrifying.Sy Hoekstra: But it's still there with Biden.Jesse Wheeler: It's still there.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jesse Wheeler: It's like when you are connected to the Middle East, either via family or study, or I lived in Lebanon for seven years, when you're paying attention, it's very hard to cheerlead one political party versus another when it comes to the American presence in the Middle East, which has been incredibly destructive.Sy Hoekstra: And we have come back to that point that you made in your essay. If you listen to a lot of episodes of this show, you will have heard Jesse's name and this point brought up before [laughs].What Should the Political Witness of Christians Be?Jonathan Walton: Mm-hmm. You explained in the essay and just now, drones do not own political parties. The bombs that are dropping are the same. The impact they have is the same, devastation is the same. So the idea of the cross to so many people around the world, particularly in the Middle East, North Africa, the MENA region is a symbol of hatred and violence when it's supposed to be like the ultimate expression of God's holy love. We are recording this just after Easter, contemplating the death and resurrection of Jesus. To you, what should the political witness be of people who carry the cross of Jesus?Self-Sacrifice and a Rejection of Imperial ViolenceJesse Wheeler: Self-Sacrificial love. Quite simply what the cross represents. But at the same time, to dig into it a little more, the cross is what? It's a instrument of imperial violence, that's what it is. There's a reason Jesus died on the cross. It is ultimately a rejection of the Imperial way. Theologically, we need to talk a lot of the kingdom of God and how the kingdom of God exists as a direct challenge to the kingdoms of Pharaoh, of Babylon, of Caesar. And one of the brilliant things of the Hebrew scriptures of the Old Testament is the fact that it's also the kings of Israel and Judah [laughs], who become the Babylonian leaders. So you have the prophets who rail against the injustices of the Assyrians, but also look back at their own kings.And when Jesus comes proclaiming the kingdom of God, and when he comes before Pilate and he's brought before Pilate, what does this show right now? And I'm just pulling straight from N. T. Wright, so don't [laughs] pretend I'm like some great Bible scholar here. No. But you have Jesus, who is the representative of the kingdom of God standing before Pilate, who is the full legal representative of Caesar, son of God as they were known and called. And it's just a straight back and forth. And what does Jesus say? He says, my kingdom, there's the quote that always gets misinterpreted. So if you're talking politics and faith, my people say, my kingdom is not of this world. Well, people tend to say, oh, well, Jesus is, it's a spiritual kingdom.So all we do is sit and pray, and then you just let the world live as what empire, as injustice, like do we have nothing to say? No, he says it's more like, my kingdom is not from this world. It's not in kind to those kingdoms of this world, but it's very much in and for this world. Why?Jonathan Walton: Amen.Jesse Wheeler: Otherwise, Jesus says, going back to the garden, we just came through holy week, otherwise what? My disciples would've fought. They would've picked up arms, they would've become revolutionaries, they would've fought my arrest. They would've holed up in the mountains. They would have… So you have the kingdom, but going full back to the cross, kingdom by way of cross. So the kingdom of God cannot, or Christians, or those who would seek to be citizens of the kingdom, cannot live in such a way that emulates the kingdoms of this world. What that entails is, I call it the proper use of power. It's not like physical versus spiritual as sometimes we try to kind of get… It's like, no, it's actually how we understand power and why Jesus, through non-violence, through going to the cross, he was basically saying, okay, empire, the forces of violence and hatred and exploitation, give me your all.And he took it to the cross and took it on the cross, and he rejected the violent option. He did not take up the swords and the arms. He just said, just previously, those who live by the sword will die by the sword. And so that is the witness of the cross. It's self-sacrificial love. It's not this assertion of like, “Hey, this is mine. This is my space, this is my territory.” This is why, back to America, this is why the Christian nationalism is so idolatrous.Sy Hoekstra: We just had a, our March bonus episode, you're like hitting a bunch of our points, actually [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yes. Keep going.Jesse Wheeler: Oh, no. Yeah. Thanks [laughs]. It's why it's so idolatrous, is because it's complete rejection of the way of Jesus. It's a complete rejection of what the cross is and what it's supposed to represent. I mean, scrolling through social media, I came across what this is like giant muscle Jesus breaking free from the cross. I'm like, no, that's the complete… no, the cross is the… Like Jesus says, you don't think… back in the garden, he says, you don't think I could call down angels? Call down [laughs] fire from heaven, and just like in an instant, make this all go away? He's like, “No, I'm going to the cross.” It's an example for us to follow.It Takes Faith in the Resurrection to Use Power Like JesusJesse Wheeler: And it's an article of faith. This is where people will come back and say, this is why it is hard for people, because it is a belief in the resurrection.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Jesse Wheeler: All the forces of death and all the things we do to avoid death. All the killing we do of others, the things we… all the hoarding of resources. All the things we do that we try to preserve ourselves and in the process hurt other people. And we build walls and we break them down. He's like, let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Go to the cross because the resurrection is happening. And it's hard for people because if you don't believe in resurrection, in a sense it's very difficult. But it is very much a faith stance and a faith position.The Roots of Sabeel in the Political Witness of Palestinian Liberation TheologyAnd going back to, you asked about Sabeel, you asked about where I work. So Sabeel is an organization founded by Palestinian-Christians out of the time of the first Intifada, the Palestinians uprising. Very much a movement, a spontaneous movement that didn't involve the PLO, which was largely external at the time, or the Palestine political leaders, and was a complete shock to many of the global leaders.And largely involved a lot of nonviolent direct-action, sort of creative actions, creative resistance and great violence actually was to try to throw it down in response. And yet, Naim Ateek, he was the founder of Sabeel, he wrote a book, published it 1989. It's called Justice and Only Justice, A Palestinian Theology of Liberation, basically started asking the question, how does our faith, our Christian faith, does it have anything to say to the situation, to us being under this violent, brutal occupation? And sort of the traditional, across the board, Orthodox Catholic, Protestant theologies weren't really saying much.So they started just, would preach there in St. George's Episcopal Church right in Jerusalem. And after the service, they'd kind of get together and start discussing. Like let's read a passage and let's think and just look. It's very much like you, if you think of the classic liberation theology in Latin America. The base communities just getting together. It's basically kind of got together and started thinking, but it grew from there to, so Naim Ateek sort of was the founder, but then it was really this core group that formed and they started inviting… because even back then, they're like, “We know the narrative imbalance that people are not hearing the Palestinian side of the story. Let's bring people and show them.”And they bring people, they show them, and immediately people are converted once they see the reality. People go on tours with the holy land all the time, they're highly curated and they don't go to those scary Palestinian areas. But the moment you enter Palestinian areas and are greeted with wonderful Arab hospitality and like [laughs]… But then here's what the reality of being under their military occupation is. And it is like, oh, I see it now. So people would go back and they founded, I work for Friends of Sabeel North America, but there's groups all over and it's been still going on. And then there's subsequent groups that have formed and other great partners too that we work with.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.Sy Hoekstra: Thank you so much for being here. I mean, you didn't just write for the book. You were an enormous help in actually getting it published. You did a ton of work for us, source checking and all kinds of other things. You were… and were not running around looking for credit for any of that. So you definitely had your head down and you were doing [laughs] what you needed to do to get the word out. And thank you so much for being here today to talk to us.Jesse Wheeler: Thank you for doing it. I mean, I was really proud to be.Jonathan Walton: Thank you so much, man.Jesse Wheeler: Thank you for having me. And thank you for your witness. I mean, Palestine is a wheat and chaff issue, and I feel like those who've really stood for the truth and stood for justice and stood for what's right in the face of so much that's wrong. And it's just been amazing to see the witness of you guys, and I just want to thank you for that. It's very, it means so much.Sy Hoekstra: No, thank you for everything you do as well. We so appreciate it, man.Jonathan Walton: Amen. Blessings on you and Friends of Sabeel. Amen.Jesse Wheeler: Thank you so much. Blessings to you guys.Jonathan Walton: Amen. Thanks.[the intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Jesse's Social Media and RecommendationsSy Hoekstra: You can find Jesse @intothenoisejsw on Instagram and Twitter. His organization, the Friends of Sabeel North America is at FOSNA.org, and those will both be in the show notes. And also, Jesse wanted us to mention another organization that just kind of had its grand opening over the summer after we recorded this interview. It's called the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism. It's a really cool new organization with a lot of people involved who you may recognize if you're familiar with kind of the field of that particular branch of theology [laughs]. And basically, they want to be a one-stop shop, a hub, a go-to resource for everything related to fighting the heresy, as they call it, of Christian Zionism.And so, that you can find that organization at Studychristianzionism.org. We'll also put that in the show notes, obviously.Jonathan's and Sy's Reactions to the InterviewSy Hoekstra: Okay, Jonathan. After that interview, what are your thoughts?Jonathan Walton: Bad theology kills people.Sy Hoekstra: Yes. Uh-huh. It's not a joke.How We Resist Institutions Built to Protect and Reinforce LiesJonathan Walton: [Laughs] I think we need to lean into that and say it over and over and over again. We cannot divorce what we believe from what we do. Can't. They are intertwined with each other. And it's baffling to me that particularly American Christians, and this like runs a gamut like Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, native, all the things, how strongly we cling to, I believe this, I believe this, I believe this, how deeply committed we are, how there are institutions, there are studies and conversations, there are all these different things that are built up around things that are just not true. Like just the level of intricacy of every apparatus to hold together a lie is mind-boggling to me.And it is so effective that we can get caught up in all the details and never think about the impact, which is what I feel has happened. Like, oh, all I do is read these books. All I do is write these articles. All I do is do these podcasts. All I do is give money to this organization. All I do is pray. All I do is watch these documentaries. All I do is host these little dinners at my house. Not knowing at all that it is undergirding the bombing of Palestinians and the rampant Islamophobia and the destruction of Palestinian Christian life. Don't even know it because it's just an encased system. So I think for me, I'm reminded of the power of the gospel transformation because the gospel and liberation is also a complete process, just like colonization is and settler colonialism is.So I'm challenged because the next time I think to myself, I'm going to change the world. I'll remember this conversation and realize only Jesus can [laughs] do that. And I need to have just as robust of a theology and apparatus built around me and participating as a follower of Jesus as the forces that are hell bent on destroying people's lives. That was just a thing I've been holding onto, particularly as we were talking about Easter, as we are reflecting on the reality of the resurrection, we need a theology of life, abundance and liberation that is just as robust, just as supported, just as active and engaged as the theology of destruction that we have now.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. The theology, specifically what he was talking about kind of toward the end about the use of power.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: I had that same thought basically that you just said. Like the way that we use power via sacrifice as opposed to using power via dominance. Like that needs to be as emphasized as anything else in our Christian discipleship.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: Because it is just, it's so absent. You cannot insist to so many Western Christians that that aspect of our faith is as important as the stuff that we'll get into a minute about arguing about like sexuality or whatever [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: We have just so deprioritized these things that were so central to Jesus when he said things like, my kingdom was not of this world. So there's that.We Emphasize the Importance of Theology for the Wrong ReasonsSy Hoekstra: The other thing that I was thinking about was also related to what you just said, which is, you say bad theology kills, and we need to understand how important our theology is in that sense. But we also need to understand the way that our theology is important because we actually do think theology is really important just in the wrong way.Jonathan Walton: Yeah. Right.We think theology is really important for defining who is in and out of Christianity or just for having proper orthodoxy and that sort of thing, just to tick all the boxes to make sure that your beliefs are correct.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: Which absolutely pales in comparison to the real reason that theology is important, which is it shapes our behavior, or it can shape our behavior [laughs]. Or it interacts with our behavior and they reinforce and shape each other in ways that create policies and government actions and whole social transformations and systems across the world [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: So yeah. That's what I am coming out of this thinking. We need to stay focused on. And I'm just so happy that there are people like Sabeel and others fighting in that way. And by the way, back on the point of how we exercise power and how important it is to exercise power in the way that Jesus did. Jesse actually wrote to us after the interview and said kind of, “Oh, shoot, there's a point that I forgot to make,” [laughs] that I wanted to bring up here, which is something that, so the founder of Sabeel, his name is Naim Ateek often raises, which is that, like Jesse said, Sabeel was founded after the first Intifada in 1987. But he says, there are two organizations that were founded out of that Intifada.One of them was Sabeel and the other was Hamas. And he said, basically just look at the two approaches [laughs]. There's armed insurrection and then there's non-violent direct action and education and advocacy and whatever. Like it is small what Sabeel is doing. It is certainly smaller than what Hamas is doing. And it is one of those things that probably to the rest of the world looks like it's less powerful, it's less effective. And like Jesse said, it is an article of faith to believe that that is actually the stronger way to go. You know what I mean? That is the more powerful road to take, even though it is the much more difficult one to take. And I just really wish that we could all have a faith like that.Jonathan Walton: Yes. Yes, and amen.Sy Hoekstra: Shall we get into Which Tab Is Still Open, Jonathan?Jonathan Walton: [laughs], all the tabs Sy. Let's go.Which Tab Is Still Open?: Christian Reactions to the OlympicsSy Hoekstra: All the tabs are still open. We're gonna talk about two stories that have to do with the Olympics, that also have to do with Western Christians [laughter], and how persecuted we feel.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: I'm just, let me quickly summarize what happened here. The details are very silly on the first one. You probably heard about this one, this is probably the more popular story. During the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, well, here's some background. The opening ceremonies to the Olympics are weird. They're always weird. They've always been weird [laughs]. I always come away from them thinking, “Wow, that was weird,” [laughter]. They usually include some kind of tribute to ancient Greece where the Olympics came from. And in this case, one of the things they did was a little tribute to the Festival of the Goddess Dionysus. Wait, goddess? Was Dionysus supposed to be a man or a woman?Jonathan Walton: A man. Dionysus is a man.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs] Okay.Jonathan Walton: No. Diana is a woman, but yeah.Sy Hoekstra: All right, fine [laughs]. So anyways, they had this staging of a feast, and the way it was staged with all of the people sitting at the table facing the audience and the cameras reminded a lot of Christians of the way that Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is staged with Jesus and all the disciples facing the painter [laughs]. But all of the, or not all, but the most of the people sitting at the table were drag queens. And so Christians took this as a massive insult, that people must be mocking the Last Supper and our religion and our beliefs about conservative traditional sexuality and et cetera. The Olympic organizers came out and said, “This had nothing to do with Christianity, we apologize for the offense. This was about Dionysus, and that was kind of it. We weren't talking about Christianity, but we're sorry if we offended you.”And that was the end of it. But basically Christians said, “We're being mocked, we're being persecuted, they hate us,” et cetera. Second story, a female boxer by the name of Imane Khelif was in a fight with an Italian female boxer and hit her pretty hard a couple of times. And then the Italian boxer quit and said that Khelif is a man who is a trans woman fighting in the women's competition in the Olympics. The only reason that this was a viable thing for the Italian woman to say was because in the year before that, at the 2023 World Championships, the International Boxing Association disqualified Khelif from the competition saying that she had elevated testosterone levels and that she had XY chromosomes and was in fact a man. So she failed the gender eligibility test.The reason this is a ridiculous thing for them to have said [laughs], is that Khelif was born assigned female at birth. Her birth certificate says she's a woman. She has lived her entire life as a woman, she has never claimed to be trans in any way. And they never published the results of the test. And they only came out and said that she had failed these gender eligibility tests after she defeated a previously undefeated Russian boxer. Why does that matter? Well, the president of the International Boxing Association is Russian, has moved most of the IBA's operations to Russia, has made the state-run oil company the main sponsor of these boxing events, has close ties to Putin, et cetera [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yep.Sy Hoekstra: It has become a Russian propaganda machine. The International Boxing Association, the International Olympic Committee has actually cut ties with them, is no longer letting them run the World Championships or the Olympic games boxing tournaments. They have suffered from corruption, from match fixing by referees, lack of transparency in finances, et cetera. It is a big old mess, and they never published the results of these gender eligibility tests. And it is pretty clear that they were made up in order to preserve the undefeated title of a Russian favorite boxer [laughter]. So it's absolute nonsense is what I'm saying.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: But that has not stopped anyone, including people like Elon Musk and JK Rowling from saying, “what we clearly saw here in the Olympics was a man punching a woman. And this is where you get when you follow the transgender agenda,” and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Obviously I just named, well, Rowling is a Christian, but lots of Christian leaders jumping on this same train. Jonathan, these were yours.Jonathan Walton: [exasperated exhale] These are mine.Sy Hoekstra: Why did you include these? You have been, I'll say you have been very focused on these, the Christian reaction to things going on in the Olympics has been on the brain for you. Why [laughs]?Fusing Faith with American PowerJonathan Walton: Because I think there's a couple things because bad theology kills people. Sy, we talked about this and like…Sy Hoekstra: Well, no, wait. How is this, explain the relation there, please.Jonathan Walton: Gladly. Gladly. So I think [laughs], I'm gonna read this quote by Andy Stanley who posted this after the Dionysus thing and then took it down because I think he realized the err of his ways. But I am grateful for the interwebs because somebody screenshot it. Here we go [Sy laughs]. “Dear France, the Normandy American Cemetery is the resting place of 9,238 Americans whose graves are marked by 9,238 crosses. American soldiers, who in most cases volunteered to come to your shores in your time of need. Their final prayers were to the God whose son you mocked in front of the entire world. It was during the very meal you went to such creative pains to denigrate, that Jesus instructed his followers to love one another and then define what he meant. Quote, greater love has no one than this, that one laid down his life for his friends, end quote. While you host the Olympic Games, remember your nation hosts 172.5 acre reminder of what love looks like. You don't just owe Christians an apology. You owe the West an apology.” End quote.Sy Hoekstra: It's so much Jonathan [laughs].Jonathan Walton: It is. That's a book. That is a book. It's called 12 Lies.Sy Hoekstra: That's your book, yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: And then it's an anthology that like [laughs] called Keeping the Faith, right? So that to me, and what's happened in this season of the Olympics has crystallized something for me that I think about. But these are such concrete, clear, succinct, edited examples of like, here is what happens when geopolitical power of the American apparatus is just completely inseparable, completely fused, completely joined together with the Jesus of empire.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: So much so that minutes after this ceremony was completed and broadcast, you have people with the language, you have people with the vocabulary, you have people with statistics. He's like, this is the number of crosses. That means he Googled something, he don't just know that.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: We are primed as… not me, because I'm not. But the White American church and folks affiliated and committed to White American folk religion, like this race-based, class-based, gender-based environmental hierarchy that dominates this false gospel of the merchant, the military and the missionary all coming together. Like that is just so frustrating to me. And it's not going to stop because the apparatus is in like, I feel like a full maturation right now because it is under threat and constantly being exposed. So what tab is still open for me is the reality that the people who are armed with a false gospel are finally being met online and in real life by people who are willing to challenge them.And so what was amazing to me was watching a Fox News segment where someone came on and said, “Hey, Imane Khelif was born a woman, is a woman. This is not a trans issue.” There are people willing to go on and say the things. There's an online presence of people willing to go online and say the things. And I think we have an articulation of faithful followers of Jesus who are willing not just to say this is wrong, but name the connection that when we have conversations about Christians being persecuted, boom, here's a picture of Christians actually being persecuted, Palestine. Right?Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: When we have conversations, oh, we are being persecuted and violence is being committed against us. No, no, no. Violence is actually happening to trans people at a staggering level. And it correlates with when we have these nonsensical conversations that actually create environments that are more dangerous for them in the bathroom, in schools and wherever they go. And so, I can have a conversation with someone and say—this was a real conversation—we have the luxury of having this conversation as people who are not involved directly, but we do not have the luxury of as followers of Jesus is not then following up and saying, “I was wrong.”So I had conversations about Imane Khelif with Christians who said, “You know what? Oh, I didn't know that. Let me go back and post something different. Let me post an apology. You know what, I see what you're saying. I clicked on the links. Yeah, we shouldn't be doing that. I'm gonna go and have a conversation with these people.” That to me is hopeful, and at the same time, I know that this will not stop because my mama would say, “When the lights come on, the roaches run everywhere.” I fully suspect that there will be more examples like this leading up to and beyond the election.Sy Hoekstra: Oh, for sure.Jonathan Walton: …as there is more light on the sheer nonsense that Andy Stanley and these other people are propagating on a regular basis.Christians Demonstrated How Christian Nationalism is Common and Acceptable in White ChurchesSy Hoekstra: And people who jumped on this by the way, were like, Ed Stetzer and people who are kind of like in the middle politically in America and in American politics at least. They're not Trumpers. These are regular Christians [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right. And that's the thing that we talked about a few episodes ago. This is the soft Christian nationalism, socially acceptable American exceptionalism. All these things are totally normal, totally fine in quote- unquote. that normal Christianity.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. And actually, so one of the things I want to emphasize about that thing you, that someone screenshotted from Andy Stanley, was that his idea of love in that post is like, I'm gonna sacrifice myself for you and then in exchange I get control over your culture so that you will not insult me.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: Which is not the love of Jesus. The love of Jesus is laying down your life for your friends, period, end of story. Jesus laid down his life for people who have nothing to do with him. You know what I mean? Who can't stand him, who don't like him, whatever.Jonathan Walton: Who desired to kill him [laughs]. Right.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, exactly. And did not demand then that they conform to his way. He let them go on their way.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: The quote unquote love that says, all these soldiers at Normandy sacrificed, therefore you cannot insult us, is not Christian. Has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus. And it does have everything to do with tying your faith to an empire that uses military might to demand conformity. That is colonizing faith, period.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Why White Christians Invent Enemies Where None ExistSy Hoekstra: That aspect of it then kind of plays into some of the stuff that I was thinking about it, which is that like if you are someone who has so fused your faith with dominance like that, then you are constantly looking for enemies who don't exist to come and defeat you because that's your way of living. You live by the sword. So it's almost like a subconscious, like you live by the sword, you expect to die by the sword. You live by cultural dominance, you expect people to culturally dominate you. So you're going to find insults against one European artist's rendering of a scene from the Bible where none exist. Just because they had drag queens you don't like.You are going to find trans women who don't exist [laughs] and argue that they are a sign of the things that are destroying the culture that you built in the West. And I just think that is so much more revealing of the people who say it than it is of anything that they were trying to reveal through what they said.Jonathan Walton: Absolutely. I wonder if there were followers of Jesus who when da Vinci painted what he painted, said, “This is not my savior.”Sy Hoekstra: I can think of one reason, but why would they have said that Jonathan?Jonathan Walton: [laughs] Because the Last Supper is a parody of an event in the scriptures. The reality is Jesus is not a Eurocentric figure sitting with flowing robes with people surrounding him. That's not how it happened. That's not how Passover looks[laughs]. So I mean, the reality of them being these American insurrectionist pastors who say, “You know what, we are going to get angry about a parody that isn't a parody, about a parody that we believe is actually sacred.”Sy Hoekstra: [laughs]. Well, okay. Calling the Last Supper parody I think is a little bit confusing.Jonathan Walton: No, the…Sy Hoekstra: Because I think da Vinci meant it the way that he… [laughs].Jonathan Walton: No, I'm sure da Vinci reflected his cultural reality on the scripture, which is something we all do.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: But to then baptize that image to be something that can be defiled and then demand capitulation because of our quote- unquote military might, those lines are bonkers to me. So I can be frustrated that I feel mocked, because that's a feeling, I feel mocked. But what should happen is we say, I feel mocked because I don't actually have cultural understanding and acuity to be able to differentiate my own emotional realities from the theology of the Bible when we don't have those skills. And actually we don't have that desire because we desire for them to be one and the same, like you said. I desire to feel affirmed and good and empowered all the time.And if that comes under any threat, then it's either the merchant, let's take money from you. Let's sanction you, let's get you out of the economic system so you cannot flourish in the way that we've defined flourishing to look. We will bring missionaries and people and set up institutions to devalue and debunk your own cultural narratives and spiritual things that you hold dear. And if that doesn't work, we'll just shoot you and make sure it does. Anyway, that's was more forceful than I expected it to be.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs] It wasn't for me because you keep putting these Olympics things in the newsletter and you keep telling me how frustrated you are about them, but it goes to stuff that is extremely important and I appreciate you bringing up and bringing us into this conversation.Outro and OuttakeSy Hoekstra: We have to go. You specifically have to leave in a couple minutes, so we're going to wrap things up here. Even though you and I could talk about this subject forever [Jonathan laughs]. Maybe Jonathan, maybe we'll talk about it more at the next monthly Zoom conversation.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: …on August 27th that people can register for if they become paid subscribers at Ktfpress.com, which you all should please go do if you want to see this work continue beyond this election season, get access to all the bonus episodes of this show, the ability to comment, other community features like that. The anthology, again, is at Keepingthefaithbook.com, that's what Jesse wrote for and what 35 other authors wrote for trying to give us a faithful path forward as so much of the church idolizes Donald Trump and the power that he brings them in this particular political era. Our theme song is Citizens by Jon Guerra. Our podcast Art is by Robyn Burgess, transcripts by Joyce Ambale, editing by Multitude Productions. Thank you all so much for listening and we will see you in two weeks.Jonathan Walton: Bye.[The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/ That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.]Jonathan Walton: The White Christian persecution complex. [Jonathan lets out a deep, croaky “Maaaaaaaah”].Sy Hoekstra: I really should have… what was that noise [laughter]?Jonathan Walton: I think it's appropriate [Sy laughs]. It was the exasperation of my soul. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ktfpress.com/subscribe

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:What does 17 Tammuz teach us today?    How do the Three Weeks reflect the twists and turns and ups and downs of our life cycles?  Since Rabbi Akiva laughed because he saw that the destruction of the Temple is really a step toward its rebuilding, why do we mourn during the Three Weeks?   What do we learn from the breach of the Jerusalem walls?  What does Yerushalayim mean, and what is its message?   What lessons can we derive from Pinchas' zealotry?  Should we be aggressive with someone who behaves immodestly?  Should we admonish someone who is not keeping Torah and mitzvos?  What is the significance of dividing the land by lots?  What can we learn from the daughters of Tzelafchad on how to address unfair situations in an appropriate and respectful manner?   Can we learn from Balaam that at times we may need to receive blessings from the “other side”?  Is it appropriate to express anger at G-d for allowing the events of October 7th?  Are we allowed to kill innocent people and children in a time of war?  Can we apply the lesson to speak rather than hit the rock to the way we deal with Hamas?  Should we see Trump's narrow escape as divine intervention?  Is political violence always bad?  What do we learn from Parshas Pinchas?   What do we learn from Parshas Balak? War in Israel Assassination attempt against former President Trump What should be our attitude to an article criticizing the Rebbe? Can we learn anything from the Rebbe about whom to vote for in the coming presidential election? 

Libby Handros - Trump - what's the deal?Nov 2, 2023Trump: What's the Deal? is an American documentary film about Donald Trump's business projects, finances, and relationships. The documentary film was made for television, but was never broadcast. It was screened in 1991 and released online in 2015.In 1988, work on the documentary film started. It was intended as the first part of a television series about rich and famous Americans.In 1989, the producers were unable to find a TV station that would broadcast the documentary film after syndicator LBS Communications pulled out.Executive producer Ned Schnurman claimed this happened under pressure of Trump, which both Trump and Henry Siegel of LBS denied.[2][1]On July 5, 1991, Trump: What's the Deal? was screened twice in the Bridgehampton Community House in Bridgehampton, New York.In 2015, after Donald Trump announced he would run for president of the United States, TV stations would still not broadcast the documentary. The 80-minute documentary film was then released online with the tagline "The new Trump. The old Trump. The same Trump."DocumentaryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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The Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments for Donald Trump's immunity case, and David has thoughts. However, he was too sick to join today so Sarah had to go solo (Ruminant style!), recapping the legal and political implications of the case, assessing the strength of the arguments and their significance for the future of our political system, and trying to imagine where we go from here in this bizarre election cycle. The Agenda: —Good and bad news for Trump —What presidential acts are immune? —Impeachment and conviction —Going through the specific charges —Can Trump stage a coup? —ANSWER THE HYPOTHETICALS! —Defining official acts —The effect on Trump's other cases —The effect on SCOTUS as an institution Show Notes: —Bonus Collision newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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(2:00) On this day, FOUR YEARS ago, WHO declared a "global pandemic"81 nations had not even pretended to have a single "case", another 51 nations had fewer than 10 "cases"What did Trump know and when did he know it? The timing of "orders"Fiat cash for fiat ordersMartial Law — without declarationBipartisan Betrayal(32:45) Lawsuit filed in Hollywood over religious exemption to vaccine — follower of "Church of Universal Wisdom".  Where do we draw the line on exemptions? (34:54) WSJ says Americans lost work ethic "due to pandemic".  They got a taste of UNIVERSAL WELFARE, aka Universal Basic Income, and loved it.  Another globalist precedent set by President Trump (35:54) User comments on the above (56:15) April 2020 — when I first showed prototypes of vaccine passports and Dark Winter plans (57:41) Big Conservative (BigCon) Media pushes MEASLES panic to push vaccines. Even BigCon "brought to you by Pfizer" (1:07:51) "You're Welcome Joe" — MAGA Influencers Hallucinate as Trump Boasts of Crimes Against Humanity It's getting harder to thread the needle and continue to support Trump What do the ReAwaken America grifters say about Trump boasting about the vaccine after SOTU.  Here's one guy who's made a career about the evils of the vaccine explaining how he STILL supports TrumpCVS employee admits she knows people who died from the shot, but is STILL offering it to customers — hey, it's YOUR choice said Bill MitchellDid Trump TRY to give people HCQ/Ivermectin?  Why didn't he GIVE IT AWAY for free like the mRNA Genetic Code Injections?There was a "good shot".  Who manufactured the "good shot" for Trump? Who got the "good shot"?  Did Trump give it to his supporters?Was Trump speaking in code about 15 years? Was the vaccine to save us from lockdown — that HE imposed?Trump would NEVER had mandated vaccines?  He called for it in 2019 and signed an Executive Order in 2020 to do it for the militaryTrump and his supporters blame China for the "Wu-Flu".  But Trump said he would take a vaccine from China if they were firstTrump saved lives with his shot?  He should have his face put on rebuilt Georgia GuidestonesTrump says he will CUT MONEY to schools that mandate jabs and masks after PAYING THEM to do it when he was President(1:42:57) TikTok Ban: Bannon Says "Trump is For SALE"It wouldn't be the first time (or the last) he sold us out. Should TikTok be banned? (1:54:07:03) A couple of quick observations about Biden SOTUMaking a virtue of murdering children (and then Nancy Mace with Stephanopolous does the same on Sunday)Apologies for saying "illegal alien" when referring to the murder of "Lincoln" Riley"They built this country"Paid $10 Million for showing signs of life at SOTU(2:06:38) Listener comments (2:09:06) Plagiarism in Hollywood - surprise?  Oscar nominated (5 noms) is brazenly, totally copied from a script Hollywood didn't even want to make a decade ago.  How fast it's fallen. And Washington Post talks about when Hollywood filmmakers WERE Marxist propagandists — WERE? (2:18:23) FDA fails to catch heavy metal contamination in apple sauce.  Imagine our surprise.  Politico casts desire for clean food and raw milk as political divide of right vs left.  Meanwhile, Reuters is astonished that people right AND left are prepping (2:39:00) Listener comments (2:39:00) Prepping the public for martial law Subway Subversion in New York CityNowhere was freedom destroyed by "pandemic" narrative more than in Hong KongConservative states push e-Verify mandates and ID as "solution" to the border manufacture problem(2:55:23) School choice, the money trap, and homeschool recommendations Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

(2:00) On this day, FOUR YEARS ago, WHO declared a "global pandemic"81 nations had not even pretended to have a single "case", another 51 nations had fewer than 10 "cases"What did Trump know and when did he know it? The timing of "orders"Fiat cash for fiat ordersMartial Law — without declarationBipartisan Betrayal(32:45) Lawsuit filed in Hollywood over religious exemption to vaccine — follower of "Church of Universal Wisdom".  Where do we draw the line on exemptions? (34:54) WSJ says Americans lost work ethic "due to pandemic".  They got a taste of UNIVERSAL WELFARE, aka Universal Basic Income, and loved it.  Another globalist precedent set by President Trump (35:54) User comments on the above (56:15) April 2020 — when I first showed prototypes of vaccine passports and Dark Winter plans (57:41) Big Conservative (BigCon) Media pushes MEASLES panic to push vaccines. Even BigCon "brought to you by Pfizer" (1:07:51) "You're Welcome Joe" — MAGA Influencers Hallucinate as Trump Boasts of Crimes Against Humanity It's getting harder to thread the needle and continue to support Trump What do the ReAwaken America grifters say about Trump boasting about the vaccine after SOTU.  Here's one guy who's made a career about the evils of the vaccine explaining how he STILL supports TrumpCVS employee admits she knows people who died from the shot, but is STILL offering it to customers — hey, it's YOUR choice said Bill MitchellDid Trump TRY to give people HCQ/Ivermectin?  Why didn't he GIVE IT AWAY for free like the mRNA Genetic Code Injections?There was a "good shot".  Who manufactured the "good shot" for Trump? Who got the "good shot"?  Did Trump give it to his supporters?Was Trump speaking in code about 15 years? Was the vaccine to save us from lockdown — that HE imposed?Trump would NEVER had mandated vaccines?  He called for it in 2019 and signed an Executive Order in 2020 to do it for the militaryTrump and his supporters blame China for the "Wu-Flu".  But Trump said he would take a vaccine from China if they were firstTrump saved lives with his shot?  He should have his face put on rebuilt Georgia GuidestonesTrump says he will CUT MONEY to schools that mandate jabs and masks after PAYING THEM to do it when he was President(1:42:57) TikTok Ban: Bannon Says "Trump is For SALE"It wouldn't be the first time (or the last) he sold us out. Should TikTok be banned? (1:54:07:03) A couple of quick observations about Biden SOTUMaking a virtue of murdering children (and then Nancy Mace with Stephanopolous does the same on Sunday)Apologies for saying "illegal alien" when referring to the murder of "Lincoln" Riley"They built this country"Paid $10 Million for showing signs of life at SOTU(2:06:38) Listener comments (2:09:06) Plagiarism in Hollywood - surprise?  Oscar nominated (5 noms) is brazenly, totally copied from a script Hollywood didn't even want to make a decade ago.  How fast it's fallen. And Washington Post talks about when Hollywood filmmakers WERE Marxist propagandists — WERE? (2:18:23) FDA fails to catch heavy metal contamination in apple sauce.  Imagine our surprise.  Politico casts desire for clean food and raw milk as political divide of right vs left.  Meanwhile, Reuters is astonished that people right AND left are prepping (2:39:00) Listener comments (2:39:00) Prepping the public for martial law Subway Subversion in New York CityNowhere was freedom destroyed by "pandemic" narrative more than in Hong KongConservative states push e-Verify mandates and ID as "solution" to the border manufacture problem(2:55:23) School choice, the money trap, and homeschool recommendations Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT

Trump: What's happening to me is a 'form of Navalny'

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SPECIAL GUEST Marc Morano Website Climate Depot This is bigger than anything else b/c he is a sitting president. Hunter Biden laptop story give you an encompassing of everything that is happening w/ the great reset. Complete election interference - everything they claim Trump does or they claim he did they did with Hunter's laptop. I don't think Biden is going to be the candidate. I believe it is going to be Gavin Newsom. I think Robert F Kennedy Jr is throwing some serious numbers up there and the left is really worried about it. Trump and Kennedy should really run together to be honest. In terms of the whole Hunter thing, it is Washington as usual.  The American Trudeau = Gavin Newsom Don't even get me started on RFK. He has been red pilled. He won't talk about climate in this campaign. He says he has given up on the climate agenda b/c it was hijacked for totalitarian global agendas. THAT right there is HUGE! Operation Warp Speed, crushed any other treatment we could take, he keeps saying NYC did better than FL w/ COVID, he has to acknowledge his errors and admit it - Trump What did Biden tell Garland and what did Garland tell Smith? - Vivek Ramaswamy  He is pretty much saying all things that we are saying the middle of the road stuff. This is a massive fraud w/ what they are trying to do here. We know it was as warm or warmer then.  You can see the heatwave EPA index - 1936 was the hottest year many states set their hottest temps before the 50's. What they've done here is weaponize every weather event. Imagine if the media picked up how they did weather events the same way they did lottery winners. We are all experiencing the worst ever when in reality even the UN note no trend or a declining trend. They picked one single day and declare it was the hottest day! Then they claimed the hottest ocean we've ever measured - CNBC another division of NBC noted it wasn't! This was shallow murky water w/ heavy sediments and it wasn't even in METRIC and it wasn't even the hottest in 6 years. Two studies claim 90% - I'm not making this up 10,000 surveyed fiddled down to 77 scientist that are anonymous so even that is skewed and a lie. Climate change is real and CO2 is a warming agent but they skew these two things to fit their narrative. Other factors that cool the Earth -  We now know that the Biden administration and WHO, CDC, FBI they were all involved in suppressing COVID information they are doing the same thing w/ climate. If CO2 goes up, it is great for agriculture! Bill Gates owns more farmland in America than anyone else. MIT technology review - he stated the entire Western world should be switching to synthetic beef. Global wildfires are down dramatically over the century, they really aren't a thing. Wildfires deal w/ forest management, land use and other stuff. Their trends still aren't' up in Canada! However when we have them they make them seem impressive and unprecedented!  More than 1/2 forest fires are arson not climate change. Remember Donald Trump talked about the forest fires in California?  HEADLINE: Top climate scientists rubbish claims July was the hottest month ever – Public being ‘misinformed on a massive scale' by Marc Morano  This is how they get a trend they use ONE specific place and on specific year but if you look at it globally there is no there, there.

SPECIAL GUEST Marc Morano Website Climate Depot This is bigger than anything else b/c he is a sitting president. Hunter Biden laptop story give you an encompassing of everything that is happening w/ the great reset. Complete election interference - everything they claim Trump does or they claim he did they did with Hunter's laptop. I don't think Biden is going to be the candidate. I believe it is going to be Gavin Newsom. I think Robert F Kennedy Jr is throwing some serious numbers up there and the left is really worried about it. Trump and Kennedy should really run together to be honest. In terms of the whole Hunter thing, it is Washington as usual.  The American Trudeau = Gavin Newsom Don't even get me started on RFK. He has been red pilled. He won't talk about climate in this campaign. He says he has given up on the climate agenda b/c it was hijacked for totalitarian global agendas. THAT right there is HUGE! Operation Warp Speed, crushed any other treatment we could take, he keeps saying NYC did better than FL w/ COVID, he has to acknowledge his errors and admit it - Trump What did Biden tell Garland and what did Garland tell Smith? - Vivek Ramaswamy  He is pretty much saying all things that we are saying the middle of the road stuff. This is a massive fraud w/ what they are trying to do here. We know it was as warm or warmer then.  You can see the heatwave EPA index - 1936 was the hottest year many states set their hottest temps before the 50's. What they've done here is weaponize every weather event. Imagine if the media picked up how they did weather events the same way they did lottery winners. We are all experiencing the worst ever when in reality even the UN note no trend or a declining trend. They picked one single day and declare it was the hottest day! Then they claimed the hottest ocean we've ever measured - CNBC another division of NBC noted it wasn't! This was shallow murky water w/ heavy sediments and it wasn't even in METRIC and it wasn't even the hottest in 6 years. Two studies claim 90% - I'm not making this up 10,000 surveyed fiddled down to 77 scientist that are anonymous so even that is skewed and a lie. Climate change is real and CO2 is a warming agent but they skew these two things to fit their narrative. Other factors that cool the Earth -  We now know that the Biden administration and WHO, CDC, FBI they were all involved in suppressing COVID information they are doing the same thing w/ climate. If CO2 goes up, it is great for agriculture! Bill Gates owns more farmland in America than anyone else. MIT technology review - he stated the entire Western world should be switching to synthetic beef. Global wildfires are down dramatically over the century, they really aren't a thing. Wildfires deal w/ forest management, land use and other stuff. Their trends still aren't' up in Canada! However when we have them they make them seem impressive and unprecedented!  More than 1/2 forest fires are arson not climate change. Remember Donald Trump talked about the forest fires in California?  HEADLINE: Top climate scientists rubbish claims July was the hottest month ever – Public being ‘misinformed on a massive scale' by Marc Morano  This is how they get a trend they use ONE specific place and on specific year but if you look at it globally there is no there, there.

Mark Davis guest hosts for Dennis… Mark celebrates the victories conservatives have achieved through the Supreme Court. In just the last year, the reversal of Roe and Affirmative Action are major victories, almost unthinkable five years ago. Thank you, President Trump… What did the Supreme Court do in the last week? It followed the Constitution. Imagine that. Mark continues to review an important week of Court decisions. And, yes, the left goes berserk in response. The left is just beside itself with this week's Supreme Court decisions, most of which leaned right. For the left the sky is always falling. If it's not, who would pay attention to them?... With all our national troubles, there is much to be celebrate this Independence Day. The affirmative action, free speech, and school loan decisions are three good examples.  Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maggie Haberman is, of course, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who's covered the political rise of Donald Trump for the New York Times...and her new book, CONFIDENCE MAN: The Making of Donald Trump & The Breaking of America became an immediate best seller. In this conversation, Maggie dives into all things Trump...from his formative influences in the New York City of the 70s and 80s, to his political ascent, time in the White House, her take on the likelihood of another Trump run, what a Trump White House restoration would look like...and much more from perhaps the most authoritative voice on the Trump political phenomenon. IN THIS EPISODE…Maggie breaks down the influences that explain Trump's political persona…The member of Congress with whom has had a decades-long feud…Maggie talks Trump's ethos of “hate as a civic good”…Why Trump never wanted to be Mayor of New York City…Maggie talks the rise of Trump as a credible candidate in 2015…How Trump leveraged Twitter so successfully…Maggie on the connection between Trump and the National Enquirer…How Trump has recently lost allies among the conservative media…Why Trump as the “deal maker” fell flat in the White House…Maggie's thoughts on Trump's various legal entanglements, old and new…How Maggie thinks about the challenge of covering candidates who lie…Maggie's instincts on a Trump 2024 campaign…The faces Maggie would expect to see around Trump in a second term…What it's like to have 1-on-1 conversations with Trump…What's surprised Maggie most about Trump's behavior over the past year…The status of Trump relationships with names like Giuliani, McConnell, Bannon, Roger Stone...Some of Maggies favorite books and authors covering NYC politics...AND avenging angels, Bill Barr, Wayne Barrett, birtherism, Mike Bloomberg, E. Jean Carroll, catch-and-kill, the Central Park Jogger, Hillary Clinton, Michael Cohen, Roy Cohn, James Comey, conspiracy theories, convention speeches, covfefe, Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuomo, Ron DeSantis, the Dobbs decisions, Meade Esposito,  the favor economy, Fox News, Stanley Friedman, Ric Grenell, Sean Hannity, instinctive racial paranoia, Andrew Kirtzman, Ed Koch, Jared Kushner, the Lavender Scare, Rush Limbaugh, low-interest federal loans, Donald Manes, John McCain, McCarthy acolytes, Mark Meadows, Andrew Meier, Robert Morgenthau, Rupert Murdoch, Muslim bans, Jack Newfield, NewsMax, Richard Nixon, OAN, George Pataki, Kash Patel, David Pecker, permanent enemies, Jeanine Pirro, Vladimir Putin, John Ratcliffe, rejecting objective reality, Seth Rich, rubber chicken dinners, Eric Schneiderman, Doug Schoen, Time Magazine, transactional media, Allen Weisselberg, white noise…. & more!

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This week Sid and Joe go guest-free to bring you all the latest in the Travel Ban update, Supreme Court Roundup, Random Legal News, a Listener Question - and the podcast's newest feature: "Objection!" Along the way, they answer the following: Does the podcast now have one episode for every president of the United States (Hint: depends whether you count Trump) What's up with the Travel Ban 3.0 appeals (Hint: oral arguments in a month) What's the Supreme Court been up to (Hint: Three opinions, two oral arguments, and an upcoming case featuring podcast guest Jamie Lee Williams!) What's a bed bug bite worth? (Hint: around $50,000) Is Cal. Rule of Prof. Conduct 5-110(d) > Brady? (Hint: yes!) How can you revive the long-expired statutes of limitations on your sexual misconduct? (Hint: call someone a liar) Can you be prosecuted for laughing at Jeff Sessions? (Hint: can - yes; will - no) Is "opioid overdose" hard to say quickly? (Hint: seems to be) Should federal district judge nominees have some litigation experience? (Hint: we would hope so - but apparently not) What's up with Colin Kaepernick's NFL "collusion" grievance? (Hint: listen and find out!) All that and more - so turn on, tune in, and keep it legal!

The most highly anticipated presidential debate in history is over and to me, the anticipation was more like a highly-promoted professional boxing match Right away, as soon as the debate was over, CNN comes out with its poll, showing Clinton badly beating Donald Trump And I thought that, if this were like a prize fight, the ref's would have stopped the fight in the first 20 minutes That's how badly Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in this debate And then you see this poll coming out saying supposedly that Clinton clobbered Trump What debate were these guys watching? Like you see a fight and the decision goes totally against what you saw, and you think, "Aha, the fix is in". I think for CNN, the fix was in They badly wanted Hillary Clinton to win this debate, and so  I think Hillary was going to win this debate according to their poll, regardless I think anybody who watched the debate objectively is going to conclude that Trump won I was pretty critical of Donald Trump's performance in the first debate And while, I didn't think this one was perfect, I think were a couple of things I would have liked for him to have said But I am armchair quarterbacking this, from my living room; he's there, live But I think he did as good a job as possible and I think he advance his standing But before I even get into the debate, I want to talk about the elephant in the room, which was the 2005 Access Hollywood tape that everybody is talking about In fact, it really let Hillary Clinton off the hook from issues that should have been addressed on her end Regarding leaks from her Wall Street speeches, that Bernie Sanders kept demanding that she release, and, if she had, Bernie Sanders would be the Democratic nominee at this time, and we would have a very different debate  I want to address this topic in a way that no one else is addressing it I've mentioned my position on Facebook and I have noticed that I have lost some fans as a result of my candor But I am going to elaborate on my defense of Donald Trump I am not defending what he said His words were indefensible, and I do not condone his crude language I am putting this conversation into its proper context This is being portrayed as a revealing hidden contempt for women and that he is abusive to women No it doesn't This is a private conversation that Donald Trump had in 2005 with a much younger guy, Billy Bush - about 33 at the time and Donald was 59 He is having a private conversation, not knowing that his mic was live nor recording He was doing a cameo for "Days of Our Lives", and this conversation was not meant for public consumption More importantly, look at the scene that Donald Trump was there to shoot This is a scene where the actress is throwing herself sexually at Donald Trump She comes onto him in a major way Trump is standing there, ignoring it This is the scene Donald Trump is about to shoot