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A consent degree was signed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in the case of Missouri v Biden. It stems from the covid era where several prominent people challenged the official narrative on how to handle to disease. Louisiana and Missouri had plaintiffs make the case related to social media censorship during covid and other events in 2020. The decree finds that “calling something misinformation doesn’t make it unprotected speech.” Read more from Justin Hart at Rational Ground.

The Trump Administration is now negotiating an end to Operation Epic Fury with Iran. There are now two factions leading the country: People who would lead like the past 47 years; and “reformers.” How does one justify “regime change” from a group that has oppressed its citizens for 47 years and killed tens of thousands over two months? President Donald Trump is focused on nuclear production and saying little if anything about the slaughter of Iranians the past two months.

There are many people in the American church who have turned on Israel, and Israeli Prime Minister gave them ammo on March 19 with comments made by historian Will Durant. Part of what he said included: “He also wrote The Lessons of History, a very brief, 100-page book, in which he said, ‘Well, history proves that, unfortunately and unhappily, Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan.’ Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good. Aggression will overcome moderation.” Some people who have seen the comments paint it as either/or: You’re a Christian Zionist; or you understand a Christian can’t support Israel. Two things can be right at the same time. One can support Israel because it has enemies all around them and it is the sole democracy in the Middle East, and a Christian would never go to Bejamin Netanyahu on the theology of Durant’s historical observations. And at the end of time, Jesus Christ gets the last word.

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Democrats and the media are working overtime to not only create the impression the U.S. isn’t winning this war, which it it, and that the U.S should lose. Julian Epstein, who worked with House Judiciary Committee Democrats on the President Bill Clinton impeachment hearings in 1998, remains active in Democratic party politics. He recently spoke to Mark Levin and chastised Democrats for their rhetoric during Operation Epic Fury. Meanwhile, there was some social media influencer pretending to be brilliant when he was being a traitor against the U.S. He gave the coordinates of a U.S. defensive position in Israel. He deserves to be indicted, prosecuted, and thrown in jail. It has gotten so bad that President Donald Trump has complained about media coiverage of Operation Epic Fury. Trump also lost a counterterrorism adviser. Joe Kent resigned from that position Tuesday saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States while also saying the Israel lobby convinced him to act in Iran. Kent has communicated Iran’s threat in the past. Here is another interesting fact.

Iran also is imposing its will on the Iranian National Women’s Soccer Team, where some took asylum offers from Australia, by making threats on their families if they don’t return to Iran. The team didn’t sing the national anthem in a recent tournament.

NYS Gov. Kathy Hochul is finally admitting affordability issues in the one-party rule state. However, she fails to own the problem Democrats created or offer any reflection on doing things differently. This comes amid two scandals in this election year: A Medicaid fraud investigation at the federal level; and sticker-shock increases in utility bills to comply with the NYS Democrats’ green new deal—$2,300 increases for bills in NYC, $4,100 increases for Upstate billls, and an added $2.23 on top of the price for gas at the pump. Albany Democrats need to own the mess they created.

The Cleveland area was the location Tuesday of a metor exploding upon entering the earth’s atmosphere.

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Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, there have been two homeland terrorist attacks: Austin, Texas on March 1; and New York City on March 7. Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Senegal, fired a semi-automatic pistol at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on West 6th Street in Austin in the early morning of March 1. He shot 18 people, killing three, before Austin police killed him. Diagne expressed support for Iranian leaders and Islam being the one true religion. Meanwhile, there was a protest of the Islamification of New York City at Gracie Mansion on March 7. Some Islamists showed up to counter that protest. Ibrahim Kayumi, 19 of Newtown, Pa., and Emir Balat, 18 of Langhorne, Pa., have been charged by the feds for the ISIS-inspired attack at this protest. They attempted to set off an IED filled with screws, nuts, and bolts. If it had detonated, it would have injured and killed many people. Both incidents should be getting wall-to-wall coverage, but that’s not happening with our irresponsible news media.

The Iranian National Women’s Soccer Team recently had a match in Australia. They gained attention when they stood silent instead of singing the Iranian national anthem before the soccer match. As the team went home Sunday, some players were doing S-O-S with sign language. Australia offered asylum to seven connected to the team, with six doing so. Meanwhile, the plane had a stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday. The updated information is players told authorities in Malaysia they didn’t want to return to Iran. These girls cannot return to a nation that would deliver their certain death. The world will see how it plays out. President Donald Trump told Austrlian Prime Minister on Monday the U.S. would take all of them.

There is fraud all over America. Somali fraud is still getting attention. Now, the feds are investigating Medicaid fraud in New York state connected to the home healthcare program. And CBS News did an investigation into hospice fraud in California.

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A Gallup poll revealed last year that just 36 percent of Democrats view themselves as patriotic. The Democratic party has never come to grips with the fact too many of their rank and file hate America? That isn’t a healthy sign for a thriving nation.

The war in Iran is now on Day 5 (March 4). America and Israel have dominance of air and sea, but that hasn’t stopped Iran from propagandizing to the world a version of events that don’t reflect reality.

This war has already exposed western leftists and Islamists who cheer on the Islamic regime in Tehran while the people most impacted by the regime danced in the streets at the word of Ali Khameini’s death.

This war also shows:

* Israel has amazing intel on the ground to kill multiple Iranian leaders in single attacks. Each one of them eliminated is better for the world.

* The U.S. revealed the weakness of Chinese-made defense systems in Venezuela and Iran. However, China was helping Iran and something that put Iran at a competitive advantage. It is one of the things that convinced the U.S. to act.

* A vast history of Iran attacks on the U.S. over 47 years.

* Under the right circumstances where the mullahs no longer have power, the west will need to eliminate sanctions on Iran quickly to give that leader the opportunity to succeed.

In other news:

Two Washington state middle schoolers have been charged with attacking a peer.

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Ep. 119 His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast

During the State of the Union speech Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump created a defining moment. He said: "So tonight, I'm inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle: if you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens." Democrats didn’t stand for that statement. Americans have seen Democrats engage in mind-boggling things that we are supposed to just accept as reality: transitioning kids from their biological gender; not protecting girls and women in bathrooms and lockerrooms; and assorted other idea that reject reality. Americans must grapple with the question: How do you co-exist in a nation with people who accept that American citizens are not the top priority? Democrats also failed to stand for the greiving parents of Ukrainian migrant Iryna Zarutska who was killed on a Charlotte train last year.

On Piers Morgan’s Uncensored he had four guests, leftist Cenk Uygur, comedian Dave Smith and Iranian women Elica Le Bon and Goldie Ghamari. Smith made the statement: “The only people who want this war is Israel and the Israel lobby.” Le Bon gave the rebuttal and left the three men speechless as she traced Iranian and Middle Eastern history. She argued the only way things change in Iran is regime change. There’s hundreds of Americans who have died at the hands of the Iranian regime—and that’s likely a conservative number. When does a nation that purports to stand for freedom and liberty engage in actions that would stand by those virtues?

“Morning Joe” recently had Hillary Clinton as a guest and she clearly took aim at white, male Christians. Clinton is a national security threat. The American people don’t like her or trust her. All of these efforts to resuscitate her credibility are tone deaf and media malpractice.

Two big stories that need far more attention:

A 13 year-old girl was beaten by two peers at a Washington middle school over President Trump and ICE.

Aaron Marin is a Republican running for a County Commissioner seat in North Carolina. Gunfire rang out at his home recently. Coincidence? Doubtful.

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Ep. 118 His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast

YouGov is a polling firm that is active on gauging the mood of the electorate for elections. For President’s Day, it produced a look at how Americans view 20 of the 47 presidents. They sought perspective of outstanding, average, and below average presidents. Some bring agreement, too many others, not so much. YouGov clearly leans progressive.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14. It’s one of the best speeches by an American official since former President Ronald Reagan’s “tear down this wall” speech in June 1987. Rubio wants European American allies to remember what they’ve been through for the past 80 years, realizing that a variety of factors, including globalization and mass migration, pushed the decline of the West. Rubio wants them to remember their heritage, culture, and faith to understand what made the West great. In outlining this vision, Rubio underscored that America want to move ahead with our allies, but will go it alone if it becomes necessary. Did the standing ovation European leaders gave him matter? Or was it just symbolism to appease the Americans? Of all the Americans who went to this conference, Rubio was the adult in the room.

Events are moving closer and closer to military action against Iran. The commemoration of the 40th day since the massacres in Iran came with drama in some places and normalcy elsewhere. Security forces continue to take action against Iranians.

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It didn’t take long for some American Olympians to dip into politics at the Winter Olympics in Italy. Journalists are doing something that hasn’t been done in recent Olympics: asking questions to get American athletes to engage in politics. It’s an agenda to get clickbait responses against President Donald Trump. Demand they ask questions of Chinese, Iranian, and even European athletes. Rebuke them for bringing politics into sports. And how among the Olympics organizing did they fail to tell athletes to avoid politics like the plague? We need more Breezy Johnsons, Lindsey Vonns, and Brady Tkachuks.

Retired NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason pointed out a big problem in California right after the Super Bowl. He used Seattle Seahawks QB Sam Darnold as an example of someone who will owe California money for duty days while being in the San Francisco area for Super Bowl LX. For winning the game Darnold and teammates earned $178,000 each. But that plus his salary for the duty days and the price tag is $249,000, causing the Super Bowl champion QB to owe California $71,000. Esiason said the NFL Players Association should insist on no Super Bowls in California moving forward. Amen.

February 17 is a big day in Iran, according to Jewish Iranian Nioh Berg. People across Iran will be memorializing the dead of the recent massacre. Watch what happens.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear used his faith on “The View” to justify sterilization and mutilation of children under transgenderism. It’s inexplicable and he is deserving of all the criticism coming his way.

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President Donald Trump proclaimed weeks ago the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” to help Iranians seeking freedom, and that “help was on the way.” Every day that passes, more Iranians are being killed. So, Team Trump has decided to go to the negotiating table—not to determine the exit strategy of the mullahs, but to talk about nukes. Talkj about your mixed messages. Any agreement that’s achieved would be torn up upon the time a new president takes office. The talk of negotiations is simply a stall tactic of the mullahs. In fact, they believe their continued threats against the U.S. and Trump have prevented any U.S. military action. It’s a really ugly look for Trump.

Meanwhile, his National Prayer Breakfast comments underscore his massive ego and incessant need to personally attack others. It’s conduct unbecoming of the event and someone should’ve pulled him from the stage. It’s a failure to act presidential for a serious spiritual event.

The GOP got bad news one week ago when a Texas state senate special election allowed Democrats to flip a seat. The Democrat won a district that Trump won by +17 in 2024. Any race demands quality candidates, but it doesn’t bode well for Republicans in the midterm elections. Team Trump just saw the worst layoffs since the Great Recession. Trump and congressional Republicans have failed to deal with affordability issues.

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Ep. 115 His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast

Iranians are begging for help. Multiple messages have gotten into the hands of folks on social media to press the case—once again—to help the cause for freedom in Iran. The mullahs in Iran are bracing for an American attack and have positioned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to certain spots in the nation. So, the mullahs called in Arab thugs from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere to be mercenaries against Iranian citizens on behalf of the mullahs. Meanwhile, the American armada has assembled and two camps have emerged: negotiate and regime change. It’s hard to believe we have that much firepower sitting there and they will do nothing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping supposedly quashed a move in the military to arrest him on Jan. 18. When Xi found out about it in advance, he arrested multiple people. It’s unknown if any of them have been killed. This story underscores that Jinping is on tenuous footing. It also underscores the lack of stability in the Chinese military. Because of tight control of the media in China, it is difficult to believe which version is accurate. This video also is worth listening to also understand what is happening in China.

Minneapolis is a powder key of chaos driven by communist agitators who are being provocative to drive a response from ICE agents. They also have adopted deep military tactics. A former Green Beret analyzed the information that emerged last weekend about how this group communicates on the Signal app. He isn’t recommending military action against them. He is simply informing Americans of the tactics that they use mirror the military. And two things can be true at the same time. You can dislike how ICE handled the matter with the death of Alex Pretti, but also believe ICE must carry on with its mission. Events in Minneapolis are an attempt to nulliify the government by insurrection, and it should concern every American.

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On Iran, I refuse to let go of it as an issue. The freedom of Iran is that important. I do believe President Donald Trump will be doing something soon. The USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in the Middle East sometime Saturday and forces are near operational readiness. Meanwhile, there are rumblings in the region that a growing number of Arab nations might support regime change in Iran. The U.S. also had a new message in Persian Wednesday. But I want to trace some of the information regarding deaths in Iran. It includes a message that surfaced around dinner time on Wednesday. The mullahs are the epitome of evil in the world at this moment.

I don’t say much about the disruption of the worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. last Sunday. It is the subject of my Sunday column/newsletter. Just know that you will be made to care.

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