Awesome Easter and Passover proclamation from Trump. Have you ever heard a modern president speak so strongly about God?
How beautiful! I had just finished reading our bishop's Easter letter that was included in our parish bulletin. It was all about the environment, migrants, and throwing a considerable amount of shade on the Trump administration. This video was much more uplifting. Thanks for posting this.
I admit it. If Pope Francis was named the pastor of my church, I would yank my family out of it and go to one that has a catholic priest leading it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/tru...oil-waivers-try-to-drive-exports-to-zero.html The Trump administration will sharply accelerate its goal of driving Iran’s oil exports to zero, ending sanctions exemptions that it previously granted to some of the Islamic Republic’s biggest customers. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran last May and restored wide-ranging sanctions on the Iranian economy in November. At the time, his administration granted six-month waivers to eight countries that allowed them to continue importing limited quantities of crude oil from Iran. The market widely expected Washington to extend the waivers for five of the countries. However, the administration says that any country still importing oil from Iran will be subject to U.S. sanctions beginning on May 2. “President Donald J. Trump has decided not to reissue Significant Reduction Exceptions (SREs) when they expire in early May,” the White House said in a statement. “This decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue.” The Trump administration is trying to force Iran to the negotiating table. Last year, it laid out 12 demands that Iran must meet before the U.S. lifts sanctions. The list asks Iran to accept new limits on its nuclear program, end ballistic missile tests, cut off support for U.S.-designated terror groups and free U.S. citizens held in detention. The decision to stop issuing sanctions waivers threatens to wipe roughly 1 million barrels per day off the market at a time when analyst say oil supply is already tightening. Crude futures spiked to nearly six month highs on news of the policy, which was first reported Sunday by the Washington Post. The Trump administration will partner with Iran’s regional rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to offset the drop in Iranian supplies, the White House said. The Saudis and Emiratis are currently partnering with their fellow OPEC members and several other oil producing nations, including Russia, to limit oil supplies. The so-called OPEC+ alliance has been trying to keep 1.2 million bpd off the market since January, following a collapse in oil prices in the final months of 2018. The White House statement suggests the group will soon reverse course and hike output, though Saudi Arabia stopped short of explicitly guaranteeing a change in policy. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih on Monday said the kingdom will “coordinate with fellow oil producers to ensure adequate supplies are available to consumers while ensuring the global oil market does not go out of balance.” “In the next few weeks, the Kingdom will be consulting closely with other producing countries and key oil consuming nations to ensure a well-balanced and stable oil market, for the benefits of producers and consumers as well as the stability of the world economy,” Falih said in a statement. Three of the countries that received the exemptions — Greece, Italy and Taiwan — have already cut their imports from Iran to zero. However, analysts widely expected the Trump administration to extend the waivers to China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey, all of which took advantage of the waivers during the first six-month window that began in November.
When the stranglehold on Iranian oil exports is in place I think we will see the SoH mined by the Iranians to close all Arab oil exports from passing through. This is also I think the primary reason why the war in Yemen is happening with US support. SA desperately needs a port on an open shipping lane that can not be so easily threatened by it's enemies. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...lose-strait-of-hormuz-if-it-can-t-use-it-fars Iran Raises Stakes in U.S. Showdown With Threat to Close Hormuz By Arsalan Shahla and Ladane Nasseri April 22, 2019, 4:57 AM PDT Updated on April 22, 2019, 5:19 AM PDT Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway vital for global oil shipments, if the country is prevented from using it, a senior military official said on Monday in what appears to be a response to the U.S. plan to end waivers on Iranian oil exports. “If we are prevented from using it, we will close it,” the state-run Fars news agency reported, citing Alireza Tangsiri, head of the Revolutionary Guard Corps navy force. “In the event of any threats, we will not have the slightest hesitation to protect and defend Iran’s waterway.” Oil Jumps as U.S. Is Said to End Iran Waivers After May 2 Expiry Iranian officials have threatened to close the waterway in the past amid rising tension with the U.S. and Tangsiri’s remarks could be an attempt to deter the U.S. from its plan to slash the nation’s oil exports. The price of Brent crude, already at a six-month high, was little changed after the statement. But the commander’s response comes as President Donald Trump prepares to deal a severe blow to the Islamic Republic’s economy. On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver the decision that no waivers from sanctions will be renewed to importers of Iranian oil, according to four people familiar with the matter. The U.S. will also announce offsets through commitments from other suppliers such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway carrying a fifth of the world’s traded oil that Iranian officials have threatened to block in retaliation for sanctions targeting the country’s nuclear program. The U.S. has said it would move to stop any Iranian attempt to block the waterway. — With assistance by Ladane Nasseri
Time to get the popcorn going? WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: What Did Obama Know and When Did He Know It? Attorney General William Barr made it all clear on Thursday morning- with no wiggle room. Trump is completely 100% vindicated and exonerated. Now comes the legitimate criminal investigation and prosecution. It’s time- as I’ve argued for two years now in this column- to turn the tables and go after the real criminals. Trump and AG Barr must name “Special Counselors” to investigate all the Democrat and Deep State scandals. The entire Hillary email/private server/national security leaks and her destruction of 40,000 emails after being subpoenaed need to be re-investigated. So does the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich (who many believe leaked damaging DNC emails to Wikileaks). The entire fake Dossier that led to the FISA warrant (and therefore the entire investigation of Trump on “trumped-up charges) paid for by Hillary’s campaign, the DNC and the FBI, needs to be investigated. The entire FBI/DOJ leadership needs to be investigated for fraud, bribery, bias and leaks of their investigations to the media. The Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative need to be investigated. They were nothing more than “pay for play” scams, set up to extort billions from foreign countries and global billionaires, in return for access and favors from Hillary. The proof is that all donations dried up the minute she lost the presidential election. The other key to exposing these crimes is the location of the Clinton Foundation- offshore. Why does a US charity that owes no taxes on donations need to be based outside the USA? Could it be to avoid prosecution? Could it be because they were a scam that gave virtually nothing to charity? Could it be because they took money directly from terrorists and evil dictators? Could it be because they paid out bribes to Democrat politicians in the USA and it was all hidden in a web of offshore accounts? The Uranium One deal needs to be investigated. Hillary as Secretary of State approved the sale of a large portion of America’s uranium stock to the Russians. In return Bill Clinton received a $500,000 speech payoff and the Clinton Foundation received $140 million. Hillary likely committed treason against the citizens of the United States. There’s your real “Russian Collusion.” The spying by Obama’s government on the Trump campaign needs to be investigated. It’s Watergate on steroids. The Obama government spied on the Trump presidential campaign to dig up dirt, or slander him, or frame him for crimes he didn’t commit. Or more likely to try to fix a presidential election in favor of Hillary. The IRS scandal needs to be investigated. Was Obama using the IRS to enforce, intimidate and cover-up all the crimes going on under his watchful eye? Then we come to Vice President Biden. Biden funneled $1.8 billion in aid money to Ukraine, while his son Hunter received $166,000 per month from a major Ukrainian company. Then Biden bragged on camera at a press conference how he threatened Ukraine with the loss of billions in US government funds, if they didn’t fire their chief prosecutor. That prosecutor just happened to be investigating crimes committed by Hunter Biden’s company. All of these crimes come back to one man- Obama. He likely coordinated it all. He certainly oversaw it all. Nothing happened without his approval. He was the chief ringleader of the Obama Crime Family. He ran his government like organized crime- enforced ruthlessly by “hit men” from the FBI, DOJ, CIA, IRS and NSA. Was Obama on the Clinton Foundation payroll? Was he on Hunter Biden’s payroll? If he gave approval to Hillary and Biden to loot and defraud US taxpayers, he must have gotten a cut for himself. It all leads back to Obama. What did Obama know and when did he know it? When is the FBI going to raid his home and personal lawyer’s office? This is going to be fun! https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-what-did-obama-know-and-when-did-he-know-it/
Amazing! The real "Russian collusion" was between the democrats and the fake dossier from Christopher Steele formulated by the Russians .Amazing how PF has gone quiet on "fake news." He is a terrible shepherd who fleeces his own flock, forget about guarding them. We are being led to the slaughter by our own pope. I hope Trump takes down Hillary and O Bama and the pope's boys, the Podesta's.
Could this be the reason Biden is even thinking of running for President at his age and why he's delaying his decision for so long, perhaps waiting to see just how AG Barr will be treating all of the real "crime family" activities in which he is involved? Is Obama urging him to run in order to occupy the public's attention, again, and to use Biden to become another focus menace against Trump to attempt to stave off such reverse investigations? They all wind up using each other and throwing one another under that crowded bus to try to save their sorry........!!
The Conspiracy Against Trump: The Deep State plot to undermine the president By Philip Giraldi The real “deplorable” in today’s United States is the continuation of a foreign policy based on endless aggression to maintain Washington’s military dominance in parts of the world where Americans have no conceivable interest. Many voters backed Donald J. Trump because he committed himself to changing all that, but, unfortunately, he has reneged on his promise, instead heightening tension with major powers Russia and China while also threatening Iran and Venezuela on an almost daily basis. Now Cuba is in the crosshairs because it is allegedly assisting Venezuela. One might reasonably ask if America in its seemingly enduring role as the world’s most feared bully will ever cease and desist, but the more practical question might be “When will the psychopathic trio of John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Elliott Abrams be fired so the United States can begin to behave like a normal nation?” Trump, to be sure, is the heart of the problem as he has consistently made bad, overly belligerent decisions when better and less abrasive options were available, something that should not necessarily always be blamed on his poor choice of advisers. But one also should not discount the likelihood that the dysfunction in Trump is in part comprehensible, stemming from his belief that he has numerous powerful enemies who have been out do destroy him since before he was nominated as the GOP’s presidential candidate. This hatred of all things Trump has been manifested in the neoconservative “Nevertrump” forces led by Bill Kristol and by the “Trump Derangement Syndrome” prominent on the political left, regularly exhibited by Rachel Maddow. And then there is the Deep State, which also worked with the Democratic Party and President Barack Obama to destroy the Trump presidency even before it began. One can define Deep State in a number of ways, ranging from a “soft” version which accepts that there is an Establishment that has certain self-serving objectives that it works collectively to promote to something harder, an actual infrastructure that meets together and connives to remove individuals and sabotage policies that it objects to. The Deep State in either version includes senior government officials, business leaders and, perhaps most importantly, the managed media, which promotes a corrupted version of “good governance” that in turn influences the public.... ...A review of what is already known about the plot against Trump is revealing and no doubt much more will be learned if and when investigators go through emails and phone records. The first phase of the illegal investigation of the Trump associates involved initiating wiretaps without any probable cause. This eventually involved six government intelligence and law enforcement agencies that formed a de facto task force headed by the CIA’s Director John Brennan. Also reportedly involved were the FBI’s James Comey, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson, and Admiral Michael Rogers who headed the National Security Agency. Brennan was the key to the operation because the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court refused to approve several requests by the FBI to initiate taps on Trump associates and Trump Tower as there was no probable cause to do so but the British and other European intelligence services were legally able to intercept communications linked to American sources. Brennan was able to use his connections with those foreign intelligence agencies, primarily the British GCHQ, to make it look like the concerns about Trump were coming from friendly and allied countries and therefore had to be responded to as part of routine intelligence sharing. As a result, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Gen. Michael Flynn were all wiretapped. And likely there were others. This all happened during the primaries and after Trump became the GOP nominee. In other words, to make the wiretaps appear to be legitimate, GCHQ and others were quietly and off-the-record approached by Brennan and associates over their fears of what a Trump presidency might mean. The British responded by initiating wiretaps that were then used by Brennan to justify further investigation of Trump’s associates. It was all neatly done and constituted completely illegal spying on American citizens by the U.S. government. The British support of the operation was coordinated by the then-director of GCHQ Robert Hannigan who has since been forced to resign. Brennan is, unfortunately still around and has not been charged with perjury and other crimes. In May 2017, after he departed government, he testified before Congress with what sounds a lot like a final unsourced, uncorroborated attempt to smear the new administration: “I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign that I was concerned about because of known Russian efforts to suborn such individuals. It raised questions in my mind whether or not Russia was able to gain the co-operation of those individuals.” Brennan’s claimed “concerns” turned out to be incorrect. Meanwhile, other interested parties were involved in the so-called Steele Dossier on Trump himself. The dossier, paid for initially by Republicans trying to stop Trump, was later funded by $12 million from the Hillary campaign. It was commissioned by the law firm Perkins Coie, which was working for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The objective was to assess any possible Trump involvement with Russia. The work itself was sub-contracted to Fusion GPS, which in turn sub-contracted the actual investigation to British spy Christopher Steele who headed a business intelligence firm called Orbis. Steele left MI-6 in 2009 and had not visited Russia since 1993. The report, intended to dig up dirt on Trump, was largely prepared using impossible to corroborate second-hand information and would have never surfaced but for the surprise result of the 2016 election. Christopher Steele gave a copy to a retired of British Diplomat Sir Andrew Wood who in turn handed it to Trump critic Senator John McCain who then passed it on to the FBI. President Barack Obama presumably also saw it and, according to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, “If it weren’t for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller’s investigation.” The report was leaked to the media in January 2017 to coincide with Trump’s inauguration. Hilary Clinton denied any prior knowledge despite the fact that her campaign had paid for it. Pressure from the Democrats and other constituencies devastated by the Trump victory used the Steele report to provide leverage for what became the Mueller investigation. So, was there a broad ranging conspiracy against Donald Trump orchestrated by many of the most senior officials and politicians in Washington? Undeniably yes. What Trump has amounted to as a leader and role model is beside the point as what evolved was undeniably a bureaucratic coup directed against a legally elected president of the United States and to a certain extent it was successful as Trump was likely forced to turn his back on his better angels and subsequently hired Pompeo, Bolton and Abrams. One can only hope that investigators dig deep into what is Washington insiders have been up to so Trumpgate will prove more interesting and informative than was Russiagate. And one also has to hope that enough highest-level heads will roll to make any interference by the Deep State in future elections unthinkable. One hopes. https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/the-conspiracy-against-trump/
With the Democrats in control of all three branches now(unlikely to be reversed anytime soon), it will only get worse! Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
What Cuomo did with abortion in NY sealed it. It’s the most evil legislation in this country. Then they lit up the city to celebrate it! Satan is running that government for sure. I pity the good folks that have to live there. God help them.
Horrible! My son is right in the thick of it in NYC, and just to make matters worse he is in the film industry. He is surrounded with super liberals, and he must tread very carefully or he will not get jobs. The whole situation with NY makes me sick, and I am a wreck over my son. I have to turn my worries over to God.
I have to admit I agree with you. I believe that he is our pope so I pray for him and hope in God. But I would leave if he was my pastor. I’m pretty sure I would.
HUGE! FBI Admits Hillary Clinton Emails Found in Obama White House – In the Executive Office of the President Once again Judicial Watch is doing the heavy lifting. Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch announced Tuesday that Bill Priestap, assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division admitted, in writing and under oath, that the FBI found Hillary Clinton’s emails in the Obama White House — specifically the Executive Office of the President! The FBI also admitted that almost 49,000 Hillary Clinton emails were reviewed as a result of a search warrant for emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. Thanks to Judicial Watch, in January a federal court ordered discovery on Hillary Clinton’s emails and Benghazi scandal. Judge Royce Lamberth ordered top Obama and Hillary officials such as Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes and other State and FBI officials to answer Judicial Watch’s questions under oath. Judge Lamberth said Hillary Clinton’s private email system was “one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency.” Via Judicial Watch: Priestap was asked by Judicial Watch to identify representatives of Hillary Clinton, her former staff, and government agencies from which “email repositories were obtained.” Priestap responded with the following non-exhaustive list: Bryan Pagliano Cheryl Mills Executive Office of the President [Emphasis added] Heather Samuelson Jacob Sullivan Justin Cooper United States Department of State United States Secret Service Williams & Connolly LLP Priestap also testifies that 48,982 emails were reviewed as a result of a warrant for Clinton email account information from the laptop of Anthony Weiner, who had been married to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. A complete list of Bill Priestap’s interrogatory responses can read here. Recall, Priestap helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email investigation (and made sure she was exonerated) then migrated over to the 2016 counterintel investigation into the Trump campaign. “This astonishing confirmation, made under oath by the FBI, shows that the Obama FBI had to go to President Obama’s White House office to find emails that Hillary Clinton tried to destroy or hide from the American people.” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “No wonder Hillary Clinton has thus far skated – Barack Obama is implicated in her email scheme.” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...use-in-the-executive-office-of-the-president/
"The wheel of God's justice grinds slowly perhaps but it grinds exceedingly small" NY is in for some hard times. I fear for the good people of NY and RI and other states who protested bitterly but were ignored in the mad crescendo of the culture of death. May God spare them and all of us who are caught in the belly of the beast as our state governments (democrats) lead the way to destruction.
Jo M, My son is there too.it makes me sick. He is surrounded by liberals in the work place as well. I pray constantly that God leads him home. I’ll keep both of our sons in my prayers! Like you, until that time comes, I am trusting God for his protection.
Wow...Judicial Watch demands these and gets them! Where is congress? They should have demanded these! Even when the republicans have the reign of power, they simply let the democrats skate! This is there job! Thank you JUDICIAL WATCH!
Jo I totally understand. I unite my prayers to yours and all parents on the forum. You are blessed to have a son who is on the right side. I am praying for protection for all our children. Lots of saints in NYC and NY. More than the 20 righteous men God required of Abraham. But I would not want to be Cuomo or Northrup et al.
