By Leanna Knapp.

It's incredibly sad to me that people will not do the research into why decisions are made by our Government and/or President. Because of their hatred for him and their political affiliation they are blinded by what's truly taken place.

When it comes to the termination of a 157-year old relationship with Canada that people are so appalled over, take a good look at what actually happened and lead to the breakdown.

President Trump asked Canada to close their border to narcotraffickers. The Canadian govt chose not to.
President Trump asked the Canadian government to remove trade tariffs, remove non-tariff trade barriers, and initiate reciprocal trade. The Canadian govt chose not to.
President Trump asked the Canadian govt to stop being a pass-through for Chinese goods that violates the USMCA. The Canadian govt chose not to.
President Trump asked the Canadian govt to open access to U.S. banks and financial services. The Canadian govt said no.
President Trump asked the Canadian govt to live up to the NATO commitment of 2.5% GDP spending on military defense. The Canadian govt said no, you will defend us free of charge and basically just accept it.

Now, members of the Canadian government are saying they want to "inflict the maximum amount of pain on Americans possible."
Canada destroyed most of their heavy industry and chases the climate change hoax in all economic policies. They are destroying themselves.

Canada imported Steel and Aluminum from China, then shipped it into the USA, undercutting U.S. industry and trying to weaken U.S. heavy industry to match their own level of dependence. President Trump said ENOUGH!

Because President Trump is holding them accountable and asking them to contribute equally or pay the tariffs, they are mad. Because President Trump is trying to protect and help America, you are mad?

Come on now people, stop focusing on political BS and look at the big picture. Really do your research and look into all the facts.

DESANTIS' DOGE: 10 examples of outrageous spending on Florida’s campuses
https://www.campusreform.org/article/desantis-doge-10-examples-outrageous-spending-floridas-campuses/27764

Here are the 26 Republicans that voted against codifying DOGE foreign aid spending cuts into law:
Time to audit everyone of them.

Senator Lindsey Graham
Senator Barrasso
Senator Boozman
Senator Capito
Senator Cassidy
Senator Collins
Senator Cramer
Senator Crapo
Senator Fischer
Senator Grassley
Senator Hoeven
Senator Hyde-Smith
Senator Lankford
Senator McConnell
Senator McCormick
Senator Moran
Senator Mullin
Senator Murkowski
Senator Ricketts
Senator Rounds
Senator Scott (SC)
Senator Sullivan
Senator Thune
Senator Tillis
Senator Wicker
Senator Young

Well will you look at this!


https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback-president-obama-urged-making-tough-decisions-cut-government-spending

Babylon Bee - Republicans Clarify That Deficit Spending Only A Problem When Democrats Do It:

https://babylonbee.com/news/republicans-clarify-that-deficit-spending-only-a-problem-when-democrats-do-it

#ProfligateSpending #DeficitSpending #Deficit #Spending #FederalBudget #Budget #NationalDebt #Debt #Bankruptcy #BlameGame #Hypocrisy #Finance #Humor

LINCOLN’S VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

The Presidential oath of office that Lincoln swore to was "to preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution of the US.

I apologize up front for truthful, accurate, factual posts here that may hurt any Lincoln fan's feelings...

Secession of states was not prohibited by the US Constitution at that time. Therefore it was completely legal...


#1 Lincoln ordered the military blockade of Southern ports.

This an act of war.

Only Congress can do that.

At that time Lincoln certainly violated the US Constitution.


#2 Lincoln ordered hundreds of Northern newspapers who dared to speak out against him to be shut down. And their owners and editors were arrested for disloyalty.

This is a clear violation of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution that Lincoln swore to uphold.


#3 Lincoln ordered the arrest of Ohio Congressman Clement Vallandigham for the crime of speaking out against him.

Can you imagine that?


#4 Ex parte Merryman,

Chief Justice of the US Roger Taney, sitting as a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, ruled that Lincoln had violated the US Constitution when he illegally suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

After hearing this Lincoln signed an arrest warrant to have the Chief Justice of the US arrested.

#5 US Constitution Article lll...

Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them.

Lincoln committed treason.

Lincoln waged war upon his own country. Unless one considers secession legal and the Confederacy was a sovereign nation.

#6 Lincoln sent Union troops door to door in areas of Maryland, a Union state, to confiscate weapons.

This is a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution.

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Many Constitutional violations against Maryland

'Maryland my Maryland' was published calling Lincoln a tyrant and a despot and a vandal.

Lincoln as already mentioned, trashed the Constitution by suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus and sending troops door to door confiscating weapons in areas of Maryland.

Maryland was a Union state.

Lincoln ordered the arrest of thousands Marylanders for the crime of 'suspected Southern sympathies'.

Lincoln ordered the arrest of US Congressman Henry May representing Maryland. #7

Lincoln also had arrested...

Most of the Maryland State Legislature #8

Most of the Baltimore city council #9

The police commissioner of Baltimore #10

The mayor of Baltimore #11

Thousands of prominent Maryland citizens. #12

These people were arrested and held in Military prisons, without trial, some of them for years.

This trashing of the Constitution upset many Marylanders. One of them was named Booth.

Committing so many crimes against Maryland would end up giving Lincoln a big "headache".

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS



April 25 1861, When it looks as though Maryland may secede from the Union, Lincoln sends a letter to General Winfield Scott giving him permission to bombard Maryland's Cities.

This war criminal Lincoln couldn't wait to bombard innocent civilians. We call that Terrorism these days.



#13 Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

This is a direct violation of the US Constitution and the US Supreme Courts decision on the matter.



#14 The Lincoln administration allowed the taking of private property for public use without just compensation or due process of law.

This is a clear violation of the 5th Amendment.

A prime example is the Union army stealing Robert E Lees home, Arlington House, which they used as Headquarters.

Since dead Union soldiers were stacking up like cordwood, they started burying them in Lee's yard. There were so many Union soldiers graves here, this was to become Arlington National Cemetery.


#15 The Lincoln Administration routinely used water torture against the thousands of Union prisoners arrested and jailed without trail.

This violates the 8th Amendment,

"Cruel and unusual punishment".


#16 Lincoln was Commander-in-Chief of an Army whose invasion of the South resulted in the deaths of 50,000 Southern civilians.

This post was written by Michelle Lesley, women's Bible teacher and incredible woman of God. Enjoy.
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A little story about church...

We had a fellowship tonight at church. Somebody told me last week that it was a church-wide fellowship, so my husband and I were planning to go, but this morning I noticed in the bulletin that it was for the young adults' SS classes (early 20s-early 40s). We're almost 56 and 61.

I mentioned this offhand to a couple of the younger women I was chatting with after the service this morning and said we probably wouldn't go because we didn't want to be "party crashers". They both declared that to be silly and said, "Just come. Nobody's going to give that a second thought.".

So we decided to go, mainly because we love these young people, but also because we think the Titus 2 multi-gen model is important and we want to help foster that. (Just an aside- all my life I've attended churches with age segregated adult SS classes, and in my experience this really hinders Titus 2 multi-gen fellowship and relationships.)

So we went. Out of about 75 attendees, we were the oldest people there. And we had a wonderful time spending time with these young adults we love. And they seemed to feel the same way, and acted like it was perfectly natural that we were there.

This is just one of the reasons I love my church so much.

But I'll be honest- I have encountered so many downright ugly younger professing Christians on social media who take every chance they get to disrespectfully slander their older "Boomer" brothers and sisters in Christ, that every time I'm in a situation like I was in tonight, I wonder if any of the younger people I'm with are secretly thinking such things about my husband and me. And sometimes I'm hesitant to fellowship with them because of that.

And you know what I do? I tell that thought to shut up and go away, because the younger people at my church aren't like that. They love us, and we love them.

Moral of the story: Don't listen to ungodly idiots on X who wouldn't know Christian character if it walked up and introduced itself, and go love your church.

knew they had to be receiving money:

https://www.wnd.com/2025/02/fed-spending-on-media-outlets-now-canceled/

‘The mission is veterans’: Nominee for VA secretary pledges to protect vets benefits from possible spending cuts
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-01-21/veterans-affairs-secretary-confirmation-hearing-16560426.html

NATO defense spending set to kick into high gear, Rutte says as Trump takes office
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-21/trump-nato-defense-spending-16552649.html

There seems to be a struggle emerging regarding legal immigration policy, arguably the first real test of Trump's ability to reconcile his team of political opponents. On the one side are those representing the tech world engaged in US-based global enterprises like Musk's Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, etc. He's well supported by Vivek, who also advocates for expansion of H1B visas for tech workers. Vivek brings much better communication and policy expertise to the debate, Elon brings actual production and design experience. Elon is being accused of demoting and suspending X/Twitter users who criticize expanded importation of tech and managerial talent, primarily from India.

On the other side is MAGA adherents, who want to see jobs return to native-born or naturalized Americans and current legal residents.
Here's some exhibits:

Spending Bill Subsidizes State Department’s Conservative Censorship Slush Fund
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/18/spending-bill-subsidizes-state-departments-conservative-censorship-slush-fund/

Elon BLASTS Illegal Alien Spending!
https://freepressbeacon.com/elon-blasts-illegal-alien-spending/

https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/harris-talks-immigration-at-dnc-black-community-outraged-over-migrant-spending/

America Last: NYC Mayor Blows Another $2.6 Million Taxpayer’s Money on Pre-Paid Debit Cards for Illegal Aliens — Bringing Total Spending to a Whopping $2 Billion

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/america-last-nyc-mayor-blows-another-2-6/