Devin Foley

Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?

Statement regarding Mrs. Carrie Prejean Boller   In recent days, I have become aware of the removal of Mrs. Carrie Prejean Boller from the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission, along with the public accusations that have followed. After reviewing her account and the circumstances surrounding this matter, I believe it is necessary to speak plainly.   Ms. Boller has been treated unjustly.   A Catholic woman, speaking from a well-formed conscience and in fidelity to the teachings of the Church, has been publicly criticized and removed – yet no clear, substantiated reason has been provided. Such a lack of transparency does not serve justice. It damages reputations and undermines trust.   More troubling still is the apparent cause: that she raised legitimate questions about Zionism and defended the simple truth that Catholics are not bound to any political ideology.   Let me be clear.   The Catholic Church does not teach that the modern State of Israel holds a divine mandate that must be supported by all believers. Nor does the Church teach that opposition to political Zionism is inherently antisemitic. These are not doctrines of the Catholic faith.   At the same time, the Church unequivocally rejects all hatred toward the Jewish people. Every human person is to be loved, defended, and treated with dignity. But this truth must not be distorted. To question the policies or actions of a modern nation – any nation – is not hatred. It is a moral responsibility when innocent life is at stake.   We are witnessing great suffering in the Holy Land. Innocent men, women, and children – especially in Gaza – have endured immense devastation. To speak on behalf of human life, wherever it is threatened, is not political extremism. It is fidelity to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.   Mrs. Boller did what many are now afraid to do: she spoke.   She spoke for Catholics who are increasingly pressured to conform to political narratives that do not reflect the fullness of our faith. She spoke to ensure that antisemitism is not wrongly conflated with legitimate moral concern. She spoke for the dignity of all human life – Jew and Palestinian alike.   For this, she has been mischaracterized.   It is especially disheartening when such treatment appears to come, in part, from those within the Church who should be the first to defend the faithful when they speak truthfully and in good conscience. Shepherds are called to protect, not to abandon; to clarify, not to confuse; to stand with the sheep, especially when they are under attack.   Silence in the face of injustice is not prudence. It is a failure of charity and truth. Therefore, I express my support for Mrs. Carrie Prejean Boller.   I affirm her right, as a Catholic and as an American, to speak clearly about matters of faith, morality, and public life without being unjustly labeled or removed without explanation. I also call for greater clarity and fairness from those responsible for her removal, so that truth – not speculation – may prevail.   This moment calls for courage.   Not political courage, but Christian courage – the kind that stands firmly in truth while remaining rooted in charity. We must reject hatred in all its forms, but we must also reject the misuse of that charge to silence those who speak in defense of life and moral truth.   Let us pray for peace in the Holy Land – for Jews, for Palestinians, and for all who suffer. And let us pray for the Church, that she may always speak with clarity, charity, and unwavering fidelity to Jesus Christ, who is the Truth.   In Christ, Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

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“We are very disappointed that the Trump administration has officially removed Carrie Prejean @CarriePrejean1 from the Religious Liberty Commission. We understand that there may be disagreements among those on the Commission who do not profess the Catholic faith. However, the very purpose of the Commission is to allow for differing points of view while maintaining respect for one another’s beliefs. Carrie’s position on Zionism, which is the Catholic view, is not an antisemitic position. While all followers of Christ reject hatred of any kind—including toward the Jewish people— anti-zionism is NOT the same as anti-semitism. We at Catholics for Catholics also stand with Jewish Americans who take offense at being called “second-class Jews” simply for being America First. In fact, many younger voters in the United States increasingly sympathize with the Catholic view on Zionism, as they embrace patriotism, reason, and common sense. Ironically, Carrie’s courageous stand has only amplified her voice, precisely because of her refusal to compromise her Catholic beliefs and her steadfast defense of religious freedom. We renew our previous petition to the Bishops, who are part of the Commission’s panel, to speak up on Carries defense" John Yep President of Catholics for Catholics

Tucker Carlson stuns Saudi Arabian journalist by calling for America to abandon Israel in their war against Iran!

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

Having experienced cancellation, shadow-banning, and other games, what happened to @tyleraloevera is infuriating.

Figures displayed in Wednesday's US House Oversight Committee on fraud, during which Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were questioned. Gov. Walz was asked he he believed the MN Somali population has successfully assimilated and is a net positive to the state. He answered yes. Comparisons of the state's MN-born population to the state's Somali population, below. Living below poverty line: MN-born 8% Somali 52% Food stamp recipient: MN-born 7% Somali 54% No HS diploma: MN-born 5% Somali 39% Medicaid recipient: MN-born 18% Somali 73% Welfare recipient: MN-born 21% Somali 81% Percent of fraudsters charged: MN-born 13% Somali 87% Watch the exchange: x.com/townhallcom/st…

"The temple will never be rebuilt. Julian the Apostate tried to rebuild it and it was destroyed in the process. Christ put an end to the Jewish sacrifice on purpose — he gave them one generation to convert to Christianity, and when they didn't, he put an end to their sacrifice. There hasn't been practicing Jews in 2,000 years because the temple hasn't been around."

The “Wikilaundering” scandal is finally blowing wide open and it’s worse than we thought A massive investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism just exposed the ugly truth: Wikipedia is corrupt to its core You do not get information. You get propaganda.... articles manipulated by the highest bidder, billionaires, PR firms, and woke activists Here’s exactly how the rot works: 📍 Shadow Network: London-based PR firms like Portland Communications run secret “black hat” editors and middlemen to bypass every rule 📍 Reputation Scrubbing on Steroids: They delete scandals, human rights abuses, and even controversial Epstein files for powerful politicians...... while scrubbing migrant worker deaths and slave labor scandals for Qatar, covering up ties to terrorists, and burying corporate crimes for billionaire clients 📍 The Price of Truth: Billionaires and corporations pay huge money to bury failures and push lies while their “achievements” sit at the top 📍 Gatekeeping at Scale: A tiny insider group controls what billions see as “fact” Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia It’s a bought-and-paid-for propaganda brochure run for the elite and woke activists This is exactly why Elon was hell-bent on creating Grokipedia.......the exact opposite: information that can’t be corrupted, altered by price, and is written by real AI that delivers raw data and unfiltered truth instead of the sanitized woke lies sold to the highest bidder Stop trusting the laundered version of reality

I’ve appreciated Mike for a long time. He gave me a letter of recommendation for law school, gave me an invite to his Governor’s Gala, and for a brief time I was tasked with keeping his son, John Mark, occupied and away from the cameras along with his handler, Lt. Col Dallas Woods (the boy is different). The Huckabees are kind people. But yesterday, I said that Huckabee’s remark would go down as the single most catastrophic sentence in the history of U.S. diplomacy. He said the quiet part out loud: Israel has a mandate to relocate or rule over 310 million indigenous people and occupy 400,000 square miles of the Mideast. Called “Greater Israel” by the Israelis, it’s the real Zionist ambition. When the Jews speak of Zionism, they don’t mean Israel’s current boundaries, but all of it. And for 50 years, we have given assurances to our Mideast allies we don’t support the Israeli’s plan to invade and conquer them. And today, we see the consequences of Huckabee’s Jew-Fetish Theology. Since uttering that idiotic sentence, the U.S.-Israeli alliance has been denounced by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, and by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). And they should denounce it, because the claim was outrageous. It makes the U.S. into a liar. It makes our foreign policy captive to a bizarre 19th eschatology invented by an Irish cult. And the consequences couldn’t be greater. The United States relies on working relationships with all of these nations. Egypt and Jordan are central to regional stability and our peace deals; Egypt controls access to the Suez Canal - which we must have remain open. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman are key energy producers and host our critical military bases across the region. Turkey is a NATO member and controls access to the Black Sea. Pakistan is a freaking nuclear power. Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy and our partner in the Indo-Pacific. If the U.S. loses cooperation with them it will be catastrophic for our energy markets, military basing, counterterrorism, and global trade. We are already a hairs breadth from losing U.S. dominance in the Mideast and China and Russia would take those nations into their pocket overnight. And this blooming jack-hat just declared that Israel has a divine right to their land. Have you got ANY IDEA how much the leaders of these nations personally sacrifice to work with the U.S.? Their citizens loathe Israel (for many good reasons) and working with the U.S. costs those national leaders politically. Maintaining security partnerships, intelligence sharing, military base agreements, energy coordination, and diplomatic alignment with the U.S. exposes them to accusations of betrayal from their citizens and political rivals, clerics, and local media. Some of them are hanging on by a thread, with anti-U.S. political opponents waiting in the wings. A statement as dumb as Huckabee’s literally has the capacity to throw the entire Mideast into chaos as those leaders are replaced with extremists or Russian puppets. Huckabee’s claim was not a gaffe. It was a tragic display of what happens when you place a Dispensational cult follower into a position of authority in a Mideast embassy. He needs recalled immediately and replaced with an ambassador who holds to historic Christian theology and has loyalty to U.S. interests rather than Israel’s bloodlust and bottomless greed.

This is amazing, businessman Raj Bhakta is giving away an entire college campus in Vermont for free, but only for the specific purpose of promoting the Catholic faith and Western civilization. Civilization is healing.

EXCLUSIVE! 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 St. Louis County (Duluth, MN) responded to our Data Practice Request. 737 of the total 13,375 voters that registered to vote on Election Day in 2024 in St. Louis County 👉registered via vouching👈 This means that 737 people had a registered Minnesota voter basically vouch for their proof of Minnesota residency w/o any ID. 737 / 13,375 = 5.5% 5.5% of all voters that registered on Election Day in 2024 in St. Louis County were as a result of vouching. Imagine what this looks like all across Minnesota! This is a huge, massive earthquake of a story. I’ll remind you that Senator Al Franken “won” by 312 votes in 2008. 👉Pass the SAVE America Act NOW!👈

@Joerg_Resag @Simon_Ingari Corporate farm? You’re probably right. Small farm? No, a lot of them are grateful. He knew his chickens, their different personalities, etc. If you don’t own chickens, get some.

@Simon_Ingari Everyone is just a resource for the company, like a laying hen. After a while, it is replaced by a younger one and thrown away. I have never heard of a farmer being grateful to a laying hen.

One thing I was unprepared for in the professional world was how they do layoffs. There was this one guy who had worked at the company for 10 years. He had moved closer to the office to cut down his commute. He had never talked bad about the company, and you could tell that this company was his life. One day, he gets a call from his boss, who he had worked with for 10 years, and he joins a Zoom. Immediately, HR joins the call, and he knows what's going down. After that call, laid off. He goes back to his desk, picks up all his stuff, doesn't even say anything to anyone, doesn't say bye. I don't blame him, though. He's probably in so much shock. Gathers all his stuff, walks out the door. Just like that — 10 years, and gone. That's how layoffs happen. And the craziest part was no one around me looked surprised because it is so normalized. It's just another day in corporate life. And even the people who had known this guy for about 4–5 years weren't surprised. If you ever think a company cares about you, just know they don't. They're going to do what's in their best interest, and so should you.

For those fools/liars who say it is racist to require ID to vote (it obviously is not), why do majority Black countries require ID to vote?

Mind-blowing if the stats are true...

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James Van Der Beek passed away today. I’m a healthcare guy and I post about healthcare. Now I want to talk about James. He was special, he was 48 years old, a Father of six, a Husband. He was man who spent his final chapter teaching the ultimate guide to real life. James was part of my growing up. Dawson’s Creek. Varsity Blues. The 90s. He was just there, woven into the background. What he did over the last few years was bigger than any of that. He recorded a video on his last birthday. Cancer had taken everything he used to define himself. He couldn’t be the husband who helped around the house. He couldn’t pick up his kids and carry them to bed. He couldn’t work. He was too weak to prune the trees on his own property. And he sat with that. He asked himself the question most of us spend a lifetime avoiding: If I am none of the things I do, who am I? His answer was simple. Devastating. Beautiful. “I am worthy of God’s love simply because I exist. And if I’m worthy of God’s love, shouldn’t I also be worthy of my own?” That’s it. That’s the whole thing. We spend our careers building identities around what we produce, what we control, and what we can point to. And then life has a way of stripping it all down to the studs. James Van Der Beek faced that moment with the courage. He said cancer was the best thing that ever happened to him because it taught him how to live. He left behind his wife, Kimberly, six children, and a message that every father, husband, and man chasing the next thing needs to sit with. Watch this video. Then call someone you love. Thank you for your contribution. Rest easy…