Carl Frederick

Megyn Kelly: "I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I'm sorry but it was like watching Russian propaganda."

Today, Xi Jinping insulted Trump by publicly mentioning the Thucydides Trap in front of him, implying that the U.S. is a declining power and that China is a rising one.

Xi’s message at the US-China summit was simple: stay out of Taiwan. That’s not diplomacy. It’s a threat. Taiwan is what Xi cares about most — more than tariffs, markets, or any deal. The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t get to dictate American foreign policy.

It is a heavy judgment when God leaves a man to his own lusts and withdraws the restraining guidance of His Holy Spirit. Many think judgment is only when God strikes, but Scripture shows something even more terrifying. God may give a man over to what he insists on loving. Romans 1 says this with fearful clarity. “Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity” (Romans 1:24). That is not freedom. That is judgment. When God lets the sinner have the sin he refuses to forsake, the soul is not being liberated. It is being handed over to its own ruin. This is why David cried with trembling, “Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me” (Psalm 51:11). He knew that the most frightening thing was not losing comfort, reputation, position, or earthly blessing. It was to be left without the nearness, conviction, correction, and mercy of God. A man abandoned to himself will not rise. He will sink. His desires will rule him, his conscience will grow dull, his sin will feel normal, and his heart will become harder. “My people did not listen to My voice… so I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, to walk in their own devices” (Psalm 81:11-12). So we must pray for mercy. Lord, do not leave us to ourselves. Do not give us what our sinful hearts demand. Restrain us, convict us, wound our pride, guide us by Your Spirit, and keep us near to Christ. Better to be corrected by God than abandoned to our own lusts.

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Donald Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. MAGA is in spin mode heralding the “red carpet treatment,” but the visit is already at a rocky start. Instead of a presidential welcome, Trump was greeted by US Ambassador to China David Perdue; Xi’s vice president, Han Zheng; China’s Ambassador to Washington Xie Feng; and Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu. I’m sure Trump would hate if you shared this and rubbed it in all day long.

Trump had one of his worst mental health episodes yet last night, posting over 55 times in 3 hours. Here is the list: 10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016 10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump 10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a “traitor” and that he should be arrested 10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes 10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none) 10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?) 10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election 10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower 10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign 10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin 10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again 10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna 10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested 10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason 10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes 10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti 10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is “working hard” to arrest his enemies for treason 10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies 10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store 10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order 10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again 10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying 10:47 PM - Calls Obama the “most DEMONIC FORCE” in American politics 10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn’t fair 10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn’t) 10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted 10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton’s emails in some way 11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information 1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool This man is clearly not well.

My biggest worry about Trump's excursion to China is that he will say something off the cuff that will undermine US national security interests. I'm most worried about an imprudent statement about Taiwan.

I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly." The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal. When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience." Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable. When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates. I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped. The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault." I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology." Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident. Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize." I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time." They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again." I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes. © 6IX.

@its_The_Dr Where's the car door?

👋 how about you?

@atrupar He can’t handle days like today, because they’re not about him.

@GovernorShapiro Once again: How is it healthcare for the BABY Joshie? Also: If the woman is completely healthy and the baby growing inside her every day isn’t a threat to her health at all, why would she need “healthcare” to abort the baby? What’s the health risk?

@GovernorShapiro And with that, happy Mother’s Day, PA, from your ghoulish gov.

@allenanalysis Blah, blah, blah. How often has he said this? Or how often has it been repeated? If Ted Lieu had access, just release the files already! The Dems play games just as much as the GOP. I'm sick of all politicians.

Ted Lieu says the unreleased Epstein files show Trump r*ping children. That’s what’s being hidden. That’s why the files stay sealed. That’s why there are no arrests. Release everything. Or resign.

I can't believe all the "woe is me" by the #Dems regarding the #Virginia decision on redistricting. Maybe if the Dems had done it according the Virginia constitution, it wouldn't have been a problem.

The rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with Noah. Not a celebration of your sinful lifestyle.

Today is Harry Truman Day. Some things you should know about the most underrated president in American history: He didn't have a college degree. He's the only 20th-century president who didn't. He was a Missouri farm boy who fought as an artillery captain in WWI (his men called him "Captain Harry") and never lost a soldier under his command. After the war he opened a haberdashery, went broke in the 1922 recession, and spent the next 15 years paying off every dollar he owed because he refused to declare bankruptcy. The "S" in Harry S. Truman doesn't stand for anything. His parents couldn't decide between his two grandfathers, Anderson Shipp and Solomon Young, so they compromised on just the letter. He was Vice President for 82 days. He met privately with FDR exactly twice. Nobody told him the United States was building an atomic bomb. He learned about the Manhattan Project after he was already President. When he was summoned to the White House on April 12, 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt told him her husband was dead. Truman asked, "Is there anything I can do for you?" She replied: "Is there anything we can do for YOU? You're the one in trouble now." Four months later, he authorized the use of nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In May 1948, against the unanimous opposition of his Secretary of State, his entire State Department, and the Pentagon, he made the United States the first nation on Earth to recognize the State of Israel. Eleven minutes after it declared independence. Two months later, he desegregated the entire United States armed forces by executive order. Sixteen years before the Civil Rights Act. That November, every poll, every pundit, and every major newspaper said he would lose to Thomas Dewey. The Chicago Daily Tribune printed "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" before the votes were counted. Truman won, and the photo of him grinning while holding up that wrong headline became the most famous election photograph ever taken. In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate him at Blair House. A White House police officer named Leslie Coffelt was shot three times in the chest and still managed to kill one of the attackers before he died. Truman attended his funeral. Later that same year, a Washington Post critic named Paul Hume gave a mediocre review to his daughter Margaret's singing recital. The sitting President of the United States, commander in chief, holder of the nuclear codes, architect of the Marshall Plan, sat down and personally wrote Hume: "Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below." He kept a sign on his desk that read "The buck stops here." When he left the White House in 1953, he had no Secret Service detail, no presidential pension, and no staff. He and Bess loaded up their own Chrysler and drove themselves back to Independence, Missouri, stopping at roadside diners along the way. Congress was so embarrassed they invented the Former Presidents Act because of him. He was so broke as an ex-president he had to take out a personal bank loan. He refused every corporate board offer he received because he believed cashing in on the presidency would degrade the office. He left the White House with a 22% approval rating, the lowest of any president to that point. Today, historians consistently rank him in the top 10. The buck stopped there.

@VoicesofWW2 This German general reminds me of my German professor in high school.

The German General's Speech - Band of Brothers

@WarMonitor3 Jesus living a perfect life, died on a cross, and rose from the dead should be number 1.

The Top 10 most impactful moments in history: 1-Julius Caesar Assassination 2-Battle of the Marathon(The West defeats Persia) 3-Fall of Rome ends 1000 year roman order 4-Black Death Arrives in Europe kills half of Europe 5-Columbus reaches the Americas 6-Gutternberg prints the Bible 7-Assassination of Francis Ferdinand starts WW1 8-Dropping of the atomic bomb new nuclear order 9-Fall of the Berlin Wall 10-Hitler invading Poland starting WW2

#Consumersentiment is at a record low. Use of #creditcards and #personaldebt is way up. The #government is running a record deficit. Thousands are being laid off due to #AI. So we should believe employment numbers and #unemploymentrate are as good as reported? Something smells.