Robert Bratch

Is it time to start dumping the tea into the harbor yet?

I have two stacks on my desk. The left stack is financial disclosure forms from members of Congress. The right stack is waivers for members who filed their financial disclosures late. The right stack is always taller. On Wednesday morning, I watched a soldier get arrested on CNN. I am a Disclosure Analyst for the House Ethics Committee. I have held this position for eleven years. My job is to receive the forms, verify their completeness, and file them. I do not investigate. I do not flag. I do not refer. I file. I have a lanyard. The lanyard says ETHICS. The soldier's name is Gannon Ken Van Dyke. He is thirty-eight years old. He was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was Special Forces. In December, he created an account on a prediction market called Polymarket. On January 2nd, he bet $32,500 that the president of Venezuela would be removed from power. On January 3rd, he helped remove the president of Venezuela from power. He collected $409,881. He has been charged with five federal crimes. Commodities fraud. Wire fraud. Unlawful use of confidential government information. Theft of nonpublic government information. Unlawful monetary transaction. The Department of Justice called it "the first-ever insider trading prosecution on event contracts." I watched this on the television in our break room. Then I walked back to my desk and processed a late financial disclosure from a member of the House Financial Services Committee who purchased $250,000 in bank stocks eleven days before his subcommittee held a closed-door hearing on proposed capital reserve changes. The filing was forty-seven days late. The STOCK Act requires disclosure within forty-five days. The penalty for late filing is $200. I waived it. I waive most of them. In 2021, fifty-four members of Congress and senior staff violated the reporting rules. The fines were minimal. Most were waived. I have a form for the waiver. The form has a box that says "Reason." I write "administrative delay." In ethics, "administrative delay" means the member's office forgot and then remembered when a reporter called. My approval rate is one hundred percent. In any other field, that number would trigger an audit. In mine, it is called thoroughness. Let me show you what I processed this year. January. A senator on the Armed Services Committee sold defense contractor shares worth $1.2 million. Three days later, his committee received a classified briefing that the Iran campaign had exceeded its projected cost by 340%. The stock dropped 8%. He filed the disclosure sixty-one days late. I calculated the fine. $200. His chief of staff asked if it could be waived. He did not ask what the senator traded on. Nobody asks that. The form does not have a field for it. I waived the fine. The senator's portfolio returned 23.4% in 2025. The S&P 500 returned 16.8%. February. A representative on the Energy and Commerce Committee bought pharmaceutical stocks worth $400,000. Two weeks later, her committee advanced a bill that would extend patent exclusivity for the exact drug class she purchased. The stocks rose 14%. She filed on time. There was no fine. There was no investigation. There was nothing to investigate because buying stocks in companies regulated by your own committee is not illegal. It is legal. The STOCK Act made it legal by making it disclosed. In Congress, disclosed means legal. In my office, legal means filed. March. A member whose spouse manages a portfolio worth $9.2 million reported forty-three separate transactions in a single quarter. Twelve of them were in sectors directly affected by legislation the member co-sponsored. The timing on eight of those twelve was within a two-week window of committee action. I logged all forty-three. None were flagged. We do not flag. We file. I asked my supervisor once what would happen if I flagged a filing. She said we do not have a form for that. I never asked again. In 2020, I processed 847 disclosures. In 2023, 1,211. In 2025, 1,614. The number of enforcement actions in each of those years was zero. The numerator changes. The denominator does not. I want to tell you about the soldier again. He made $409,881. He tried to delete his Polymarket account by calling customer service and saying he lost access to his email. He moved his profits into a foreign cryptocurrency vault and then into a new brokerage account. He used his real identity. He placed thirteen bets. Every single one was connected to an operation he personally participated in. In my eleven years, I have processed disclosures from members of Congress who traded on: Pending FDA approvals they learned about in committee. Defense appropriations they voted on. Trade policy they negotiated. Pandemic response measures they drafted. Interest rate decisions they were briefed on before the public. None of them have been charged. None of them have been investigated by the Department of Justice. None of them have been referred to the SEC. The STOCK Act has produced zero prosecutions since it was signed on April 4th, 2012. Fourteen years. Five hundred and thirty-five members. $635 million in trades last year alone. Zero cases. My daughter asked me once what happens when someone breaks the rules. I told her we write it down. She asked what happens after that. I said it depends. She was nine. She is twenty now. It does not depend. Nothing happens after that. The soldier made $409,881 and faces decades in prison. Nancy Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 with a portfolio worth approximately $785,000. It is now worth $133.7 million. That is a return of 16,930%. The Dow Jones returned 2,300% over the same period. Professional fund managers who beat the market for three consecutive years are considered exceptional. She has beaten it for thirty-seven. If a hedge fund produced those returns, the SEC would subpoena the records on a Thursday. She produced them from a building with a chapel and a gift shop. She announced her retirement last year. No investigation was opened. No disclosure was flagged. Her filings were on time. In my office, on time means compliant. Compliant means closed. I want to tell you about the fine. $200. That is the maximum penalty for violating the STOCK Act's disclosure requirements. $200 for a member of Congress whose portfolio gained $4.7 million in a single quarter. I calculated what $200 represents as a percentage of $4.7 million. It is 0.004%. I could not find a comparison that made it meaningful. It is less than the price of the parking pass in the Rayburn garage. It is less than lunch at the members' dining room if you order the crab cakes, which I am told are excellent though I eat at my desk. Since 2012, thirty-one bills have been introduced to restrict congressional trading. I keep a list. The list is longer than the STOCK Act itself. On March 5th, 2026, a representative from Michigan introduced the thirty-second. He called it the "No Getting Rich in Congress Act." The bill would prohibit the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and their spouses from trading individual stocks, cryptocurrency, futures, and commodities while in office. The bill was referred to committee. The committee has not scheduled a hearing. The committee is chaired by a member whose spouse executed $2.1 million in trades last year. The bill will be reviewed. In my office, reviewed means read. Read means acknowledged. Acknowledged means a status has been assigned. A status is the absence of an action that has been given a name so it looks like one. The soldier used classified information to make $409,881 on a prediction market. He has been charged with five federal crimes. The Department of Justice announced the case on the same day I processed three disclosures from members who traded on committee knowledge worth a combined $3.8 million. The difference between the soldier and the members is not what they did. It is the building they did it in. He did it from Fort Bragg. They did it from the Capitol. He used a prediction market. They used the New York Stock Exchange. He bet on a military operation. They bet on the legislation they write. He did not write the law. They did. They wrote the STOCK Act. Then they funded its enforcement at zero dollars. Then they set its maximum penalty at $200. Then they gave my office the authority to waive it. Then they traded $635 million. The soldier flew to Caracas. He breached a compound. He put his body between a mission and a bullet. The people who ordered the operation were in a building with a credenza and sparkling water. They did not go to Caracas. They went to their brokerage accounts. The soldier made $409,881 and is now in federal custody. The people who knew what he was going to do before he did it made more and filed less. His prosecution is not a failure of the system. It is the system. One conviction per decade, at the lowest level, so the briefing slides can say enforcement exists. The $409,881 is not the crime. It is the cost of making $635 million look supervised. In my field, we call this self-regulation. The soldier's Polymarket account has been frozen. His military career is over. He will spend years in federal prison. My office will process every congressional disclosure filed this year. Every trade logged. Every $200 fine calculated and waived. The system is immaculate. Fourteen years. Zero prosecutions. $635 million a year. A 16,930% return. I have not leaked a document. I have not filed a complaint. I have not deviated from the process one single time. The process was written by the people whose forms I process. As long as the disclosures go up and the cases don't, my performance review says I am meeting expectations. My lanyard still says ETHICS. In eleven years, nobody has asked me to define the word.

@IsmailI3360 @KarolineGosling Read John Chapter 1. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

@KarolineGosling I think you should lock yourself in your room and ask yourself some basic questions such as this Jesus is a son of Man and also son of God, is God a Man? Jesus Christ is son of God and also God Himself, God now gave birth to himself? Next question,

Jesus Christ is King. He is God. Christianity and all true Christians believe this. If you think respecting Jesus is reducing him to an Islamic prophet, you are just lying and trying to get us to cave to your religion. Jesus Christ, Son of Man, is God. Not an Islamic prophet. A true Christian will never tolerate such disgusting lies.

@pukhtunkaka @KarolineGosling Is Jesus performing his Hajj and kissing the Hajar al-Aswad when he returns?

@KarolineGosling We Muslims consider Jesus the best of the best of human beings, sent by God to Reform Judaism & broader humanity. He is the true messiah & will come back to this world to establish his kingdom & clean the world from sins & disobedience of God. Do you want to agree on later part.

"Jesus said you're not going to get it until the Holy Spirit comes... What's the mystery? We're not all going to die." – @JohnBevere This was a fascinating conversation about the end times 👇

Want to see something WILD? A non profit organization received almost $32 million in grants. Who did they give some of the grants to for "research"? -Almost $12k to a distillery -$215k for 2 different butchers -$75k to an autoshop -$75k to an Indonesian Grill -$50k for a cabinet shop All in the name of......"research" What's the name of the non-profit? NINETWELVE INSTITUTE INC If you get bored google "chad pittman 3 kings"

@MakisMedicine The Cancer part is critical for your work. The Wellness is vital as we have lost faith in our medical community to want us well. Just you doing what you do here is a blessing!

BREAKING NEWS: A New Florida Cancer Center is being named. Options include: Makis Cancer Center Makis Cancer Clinic Makis Cancer Institute Makis Cancer & Wellness Makis Medical Center Makis Health Institute What's your preferred name? 😃 Please feel free to make suggestions. I'm hoping quite a few Big Pharma folks are going to be upset by this post, maybe even spit out their morning coffee! 😂 Let's have some fun!! 😉

@armypah @KarolineGosling Jesus had always had a close relationship with the Father. It was at this time, as Jesus bore the true cost of our sin, the Father was turning his back on Jesus so that he could turn his face towards us, his creation. This was the plan for salvation.

When Jesus proclaimed, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" MARK 15:34 Surely he didn't think he was God, but the son of God. I believe Jesus is the son of God. I see the Father (God) and his son (Jesus). The way to the Father is through his son. The Lamb, King of Kings. REV 17:14

Every time I post that Jesus Christ is God and not an Islamic Prophet I often get 500+ comments calling me an idiot. I may be an idiot. But Jesus Christ is King. God. He is not a mere human prophet in your religion. You lie about Christ. You may mean some dude called Jesus. But not Jesus Christ ✝️ (And yes, that is pork on my pizza)

@jwhaifa HOOAH!

My daughter got detention for defending her late Marine father — but when FOUR MEN IN UNIFORM walked into the school the next day, the entire building went silent. "Mrs. Harrison, you have to understand: Grace’s behavior was completely UNACCEPTABLE. We respect your husband’s service to this country, but..." her teacher said. My 14-year-old daughter sat beside me, her eyes glassy. The day before, one of her classmates had made a joke about Grace not having a father. He was a Marine. Grace was only three when we lost him. So when that girl laughed and said, "Maybe your dad just didn’t want to come back," something inside Grace snapped. She shot to her feet so fast that her chair slammed to the floor. Through tears, she shouted, "My dad was a HERO. Don’t you ever talk about him like that again!" She was the one who got detention. She barely said a word the whole way home. That night, I found her sitting on the floor in my husband’s old sweatshirt. "I’m sorry I got in trouble," she whispered. "I just couldn’t let her say that about him." My heart cracked wide open. The next morning, the school called an emergency assembly. I assumed it had something to do with Spirit Week. A few minutes after the first bell, Grace texted me from the auditorium. Then my phone rang. "Mom..." she whispered, her voice shaky. "You need to come." I stood up so fast I knocked over my coffee. "What happened? Grace, are you okay?" There was a long silence on the other end. "Mom... four men in uniform just walked into the school." "Hide right now. What’s happening? I’m calling the police!" But Grace laughed. "No, Mom, they’re not doing anything bad. You have no idea WHAT JUST HAPPENED! Just get here, please!" she said, before the line went dead. I didn't bother grabbing my purse. I threw my keys into the ignition, my heart hammering against my ribs, and sped to the high school. When I burst through the double doors of the auditorium, I stopped dead in my tracks. The room, packed with over eight hundred teenagers, was completely, eerily silent. Down the center aisle stood four imposing figures in impeccable Marine Corps Dress Blues. The brass buttons caught the overhead lights, and their crisp white covers were tucked sharply under their arms. I recognized the man at the front immediately. It was Staff Sergeant Miller—my late husband’s closest friend and squad leader. I had called him in tears the night before, just needing someone who understood the weight of the disrespect Grace had faced. I hadn't expected him to do *this*. The principal, Mr. Davis, stood awkwardly at the podium, looking completely out of his depth. Staff Sergeant Miller didn't wait for permission to speak. He stepped up to the front, taking the microphone from the stand, and his booming, authoritative voice echoed through the massive room. "We apologize for the interruption, Principal Davis," Miller said, though his tone suggested he wasn't sorry at all. "But we received word that a young lady in this school was being disciplined for defending the honor of a fallen United States Marine." A collective gasp rippled through the student body. The teacher who had given Grace detention slunk back into her seat in the front row, her face turning crimson. Miller’s heavy gaze swept across the bleachers. "Where is Grace Harrison?" Grace stood up slowly from the middle row, still wearing her dad’s oversized sweatshirt. "Come down here, Grace," Miller commanded gently. As she walked down the bleacher steps, the three other Marines broke formation and fell perfectly into step behind her, creating an impromptu honor guard. They escorted her to the center of the floor. Miller turned to face the silent crowd. "Captain Mark Harrison didn't just 'not want to come back.' He gave his life pulling three wounded men out of a burning transport vehicle in the middle of a firefight. I know, because I was one of those men. None of us standing here today would be breathing if it weren't for Grace's father." The silence in the room was absolute. You could have heard a pin drop. A few rows up, the girl who had made the cruel joke the day before was staring at her shoes, visibly crying. Miller turned back to Grace and dropped to one knee, bringing himself to eye level with her. He pulled a small, velvet box from his pocket and opened it, revealing a gleaming Challenge Coin from their old unit. "Grace," he said, his voice thick with emotion but loud enough for the microphone to carry. "Your father was the bravest man I ever knew. You stood your ground yesterday, just like he would have. You protected his honor, and now, his squad is here to protect yours. We have your back. Always." He pressed the heavy metal coin into her palm, stood up, and then all four Marines snapped a crisp, perfectly unified salute to my fourteen-year-old daughter. Tears streamed down Grace's face, but they weren't tears of anger or shame anymore. She stood tall, squared her shoulders, and returned a clumsy but beautiful salute of her own. Suddenly, from the back row of the bleachers, a single student stood up and started clapping. Then another. Within seconds, the entire auditorium erupted into a deafening standing ovation. Even Mr. Davis and the teachers were on their feet. I hurried down the aisle, wiping away my own tears, and wrapped Grace in a massive hug. Staff Sergeant Miller tipped his head to me, a fierce, protective glint in his eye. Before we could leave the building, Principal Davis rushed over to us in the hallway. He looked thoroughly chastised. "Mrs. Harrison, Grace," he stammered, wringing his hands. "I... I want to formally apologize. The detention has been completely wiped from her record. We will be handling the bullying incident with the other student appropriately, and frankly, I think our staff needs a heavy refresher on empathy." Grace squeezed the coin in her hand, looking up at the four men in uniform who had dropped everything to stand by her side. She didn't need to say a word. The message had been delivered loud and clear. Captain Mark Harrison had left a legacy of courage behind, and that day, an entire school learned exactly what it meant to be a hero's daughter.

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@reannadilley Ohhhhhhhh yeaaaaahhhhhh! Winning!

I grow weary of hairlip doomfags crying that "TrUmP hAsNt dOnE aNyThiNg hE pRomiSeD!" So here is a list of his current accomplishments in just his first year. Bookmark it!: -4.4% GDP -63 million workers hired -S&P total return up 18% -Average gas price $2.91 -Inflation down 2.4% -Over 3 Million deportations and counting -800k+ illegals arrested -96$ drop in border encounters -21% Homicide drop -Ended Israel-Hamas war -Captured Maduro, ending the drug trafficking regime -Destroyed Iran's Nuclear capabilities -Revolutionized homeland defense with Golden Dome -Supercharged Defense industrial base and arms transfer strategy -Energy dominance slashing gas costs -Required big tech to subsidize their own massive energy demands -Unleashed energy dominance via Drill Baby Drill -Future energy security via revitalizing nuclear power -MAHA health revolution prioritizing real food and slashing harmful adiditives -Reset federal nutritional food guidelines for better health -Revamped childhood vaccine recs -$10+ TRILLION in U.S. and foreign investments -Made America crypto capital of the world with Strategic Bitcoin Reserve -Groundbreaking AI initiatives for workers and education And I'm sure there are more I'm not even thinking of at the moment.

@dandakich When you drop truth bombs, all thr hurt liberals come out looking for blood. No Bang Bang Fang Fang.

They all knew about Swalwell and PROTECTED HIM They knew he was stooping a Chinese Spy They knew (or should have known) he was a predator They did nothing They lie They lie They lie Prosecute

INDIANA Connecting the dots. @GovBraun has recently espoused about “Iron Nation” and the lead being taken by the IEDC and the State of Indiana. The elusive public-private-partnership with no-bid contracts with Hoosier tax money. What Hoosiers are unaware is the partnership is with a foreign owned entity receiving tax credits and an open door to Hoosier resources for subsidizing their corporate welfare. Indiana Government committees have sounded the alarm 🚨 regarding the IEDC and the partnership with Elevate Ventures. The video of the public meetings outline the concerns by some of good intention elected officials on both sides of the political aisle. However, the warnings were unheeded and circumvented by Hoosier politicians receiving campaign contributions from the American Israeli Political Action Committee @AIPAC @TrackAIPAC The usual suspects receiving money from an Israeli PAC include @RepMessmer, @RepHouchin, @ToddYoungIN and many others. Earlier this month, Friedlander and another of Iron Nation’s managing partners, Jason Wolf, came to Indianapolis as part of a larger U.S. visit to meet with potential investors across the country. The two had a series of meetings while in town, including with the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and Elevate Ventures, which acts as the IEDC’s venture investing arm. At least nine companies with Israeli roots already have operations in Indiana, and former Gov. Eric Holcomb took multiple trips to Israel during his two terms. The IEDC’s network of international offices includes a location in Israel. Christopher Day, CEO of Elevate Ventures, said he sees Iron Nation as a source for learning about additional Israeli companies that might be interested in expanding or moving to Indiana. As a way to develop that pipeline, Day said, Elevate Ventures plans to invite an Israeli delegation to attend this year’s Rally innovation conference to be held in September in Indianapolis. This will be the third year for Rally, an Elevate Ventures event that aims to spur innovation and entrepreneurship by bringing together investors, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and others from a variety of industries. The event has drawn about 3,000 attendees each year from Indiana, other states and other countries. Day said foreign entrepreneurs who want to come to the U.S. probably think about the big cities they’ve already heard of—places like New York, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles. But if these entrepreneurs have a chance to learn about Indiana, Day said, they might decide they prefer the business climate and friendly vibe of the Hoosier state. “We are actually nice people who want to be proactively helpful.” During their recent visit to the U.S., Wolf and Friedlander also spent time in New York City, Milwaukee, Chicago and San Francisco. As they look toward U.S. expansion, not all of Iron Nation’s portfolio companies will gravitate to Indiana, Wolf said. For some, a traditional tech hub like San Franciso or New York City might be a better fit. But Indiana will definitely be in the mix, Friedlander said. “It’s still early-stage. Maybe there’s other states that this could work as well, but business at the end of the day is relationships between people, and we’re building a very strong relationship here,” he said.• The foreign companies have infiltrated Indiana and are abusing Indiana resources at the detriment of Hoosiers. All of it permitted by those elected officials being bribed from @AIPAC campaign donations to capitulate to Israel 🇮🇱. Even Evansville has been infiltrated with an Israeli business, facilitated by the local chapter of the IEDC; the @evvregion. Polyram Plastics Industries Ltd, operating as Polyram USA. A public-private-partnership without any details of the transaction. FINISH THE DAMN AUDIT. @GovBraun continues the rhetoric of the IEDC. Full article 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 ibj.com/articles/busin… @SenatorBanks @MorganCountyYR @LGMicahBeckwith @MicahBeckwith @GovBraun @INGOP @IndianaGOPWomen @RobMKendall @RBagsbyIndiana @BrendaWilsonIN @BBessolo @INFREEDOMCAUCUS @Trevor4indiana @CramerSez

@majeed66224499 President Trump has a glorious plan for the country. For the world. He's past tired of a few rotten apples spoiling the pie. When Trump is pissed, EVERYONE KNOWS IT! LFG!

I’m telling you, it gets better by the minute 🔥🎉😍

BREAKING: The FBI joins the search for missing Owen County teenager Lexie Mitchell. Lexie was last seen around 12 p.m. on March 31 at her home in Cunot, IN in Owen County. Mitchell is described as a 17-year-old white female with long red/auburn hair and blue-green eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white windbreaker-style jacket, and white boots. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Indiana State Police Putnamville post at 765-653-4114. Tips may be provided anonymously. The Indiana State Police and the Owen County Sheriff’s Department are leading the investigation but now the FBI is joining to help.

@DrShayPhD Let's not forget, they are pushing heavily behind the scenes for the One World religion. Those who understand God's word knows which direction that is going to go.

PAPAL ROME IS THE LITTLE HORN aka THE ANTICHRIST POWER. The Little Horn and the Antichrist are the same system. The Vatican is the ONLY church that is also a sovereign state. It is both a religious system and a political entity, just like the Bible says. The Vatican even has a seat at the UN. Were you aware of that? The pope is literally the head of state of Vatican City and also the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This is why the pope can address Congress and your pastor cannot. Many of my friends here on X tell me they were never taught these things. That is why you need to study Daniel and Revelation and not be afraid of them. Think of those books like a weatherman warning you that a dangerous storm is on the way. The warning is not given to scare you. It is given to help you prepare. When we turn to Daniel 7, we see it begins with a vision of four great beasts rising from the sea. Daniel 7:3 says: “And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.” These beasts represent kingdoms, just as Daniel explains: “Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth.” These four kingdoms are: 1. Babylon 2. Medo Persia 3. Greece, 4. Rome. The first beast, a lion with eagle’s wings, points to Babylon. The second, a bear raised up on one side, points to Medo Persia. The third, a leopard with four wings and four heads, points to Greece. The fourth beast is different from all the rest. It is dreadful, terrible, and exceedingly strong, with iron teeth and ten horns. This fits Rome. Rome is widely known for iron dominance [Polybius, Histories 6.19 to 6.26; Vegetius, De Re Militari 1.11 to 1.20; 2.15; Livy, Ab Urbe Condita; Tacitus, Annals 1.2, 3; Josephus, The Jewish War 3.5 to 3.7]. The iron kingdom in Daniel 2 also points to Rome. That said, Daniel’s attention is then drawn to something else. Out of the ten horns of the fourth beast comes another horn, a little one. Daniel 7:8 says: “I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.” That verse gives several clues. 1. The little horn rises among the ten horns, so it must come from the same general area as the divided Roman Empire. 2. The little horn rises after the ten horns, meaning after Rome was broken up. 3. The little horn uproots three horns, which shows that three kingdoms would be removed before it could fully establish itself. 4. The little horn has humanlike eyes and a boastful mouth, showing intelligence, leadership, and bold speech against God. When these points are laid out carefully, the identity becomes much narrower. 1. First, it arises among the ten horns, so it comes out of Western Europe. 2. Second, it appears after the breakup of Rome, which places it after 476 A.D. 3. Third, it uproots three kingdoms. History records these kingdoms as: the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths. They were wiped out in the process of papal supremacy rising to power. The Heruli fell in 493, the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 538 A.D. Daniel adds even more identifying features. Daniel says: 1. “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High.” 2. He “shall persecute the saints of the Most High.” 3. He shall “...intend to change times and law.” These are serious. In Scripture, blasphemy includes claiming divine prerogatives, such as forgiving sins [Mark 2:7], or taking upon oneself what belongs to God alone [John ]. The little horn has also persecutes God’s people and tampers with and changes God’s law. The prophecy also gives a time period as well. Daniel says: “Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time” [Daniel ]. This same prophetic period appears elsewhere in Scripture [Daniel 12:7; Revelation ]. A “time” is one year, “times” is two years, and “half a time” is half a year, making 1,260 prophetic days. Using the prophetic principle in [Ezekiel 4:6] and [Numbers ], that becomes 1,260 years. This fits the Papacy’s rise to dominance in 538 A.D. and the major blow dealt to it in 1798 A.D., when Napoleon’s general Berthier took Pope Pius VI captive, and the pope died. That span of 1,260 years matches the prophecy with remarkable Seal Team 6 precision. Daniel 7 does not stop with the little horn’s rise. It then moves to heaven’s courtroom. Daniel 7:9 and 10 describe a judgment scene where thrones are set in place, the Ancient of Days takes His seat, and the books are opened. Then Daniel says: “But the court shall be seated, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and destroy it forever.” In other words, this power would not last forever. God Himself would bring its dominion to an end. Then comes the good news. Daniel says: “Then the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.” The little horn will seem powerful for a time, but it does not get the last word. God does and God will avenge His people. His people do not lose in the end. When the prophetic points are put side by side and calculated with the benefit of history, the parallels are striking and ahrd to miss. 1. The power rises in Western Europe. 2. It comes after Rome’s division. 3. It is connected with the removal of three kingdoms. 4. It has a strong human leadership center. 5. It speaks great words against God. 6. It persecutes the saints. 7. It thinks to change times and law. 8. It rules for the prophetic period of 1,260 years. Then it comes into judgment. These details leads us straight to the Papacy as the little horn. And this is not just a modern conclusion. Major Protestant Reformers, saw the same thing. Martin Luther said: “We here are of the conviction that the Papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist.” John Calvin also identified the Papacy with the Antichrist of prophecy. John Knox, John Wesley, and William Tyndale reached similar conclusions. Their position was based on their reading of Scripture and the record of history. Still, the heart of Daniel 7 is not just about exposing a false system. It is about reassuring God’s people. The prophecy shows that earthly powers rise and fall, proud systems boast, and persecution may come, yet none of that overturns the plan of God. God wins. The little horn identifies the counterfeit power that opposes God and trouble His people. Yet the chapter ends with hope, not fear. God’s kingdom is everlasting. Christ will triumph. The saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom. That is the final message of Daniel 7, remain faithful, trust God’s judgment, and hold to His truth even when false religion appears strong. Instantly blocking profanity, hecklers and antagonists, personal attacks, burner accounts, and ignorant and juvenile comments. I will not be chasing or entertaining lunacy today! This is serious business.

@RealSpikeCohen The Man on the Middle Cross said I could come. Amen, Spike.

// RE: Hegseth praying imprecatory Psalms about Iran // 1) Romans 12 commands Christians, "Do not take revenge, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.'" (v19) 2) The obvious question = "Hmmm... How's God's wrath come on evil wrongdoers before Final Judgment? Are we really just supposed to stand idly by and let evil people advance evil?" 3) Paul answers exactly that question 3 verses later when he explains that governing authorities have been "instituted by God" and "bear the sword" (lethal force) as "a servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer." (Rom 13v4) 4) TRANSLATION: The Bible differentiates between the role of the INDIVIDUAL (who must not take revenge) and the role of the STATE (who is commanded to "avenge" evil, because "evil never stops itself, it must be stopped.") 5) So, when Iranian Christians whose families are being slaughtered by Islamic Iranian leaders choose not to take personal vengeance, but pray imprecatory Psalms asking God to give them justice... - They're doing what Romans commands them to do: Not taking vengeance but asking God to avenge them - Biblically, one thing they're praying for is a government to take up its God-given role to "bear the sword" and to both STOP and AVENGE the evil being done against them 6) So, when an appointed government leader invokes imprecatory Psalms in his office against overtly evil people doing overtly evil things as he engages in a Just War (Augustine), that government leader is... - Praying in alignment with the way God's wrath is supposed to be carried out on earth - Acting in line with the way God's wrath is supposed to be carried out to stop and avenge evil - Is himself one way God answers the prayers of unjustly suffering and persecuted Christians SUMMARY: Whether the war in Iran is a Just War is totally up for fair-game debate, I've seen compelling arguments both ways! But there is nothing wrong (and a lot right!) with a government leader praying in line with Romans 13 for the government to accomplish its God-given role as a servant of God's wrath to take vengeance against the wrongdoer.

@gracelover712 The commandment where God said to love thy neighbor, that wasn't a request. Jesus did not die for a group of people. He died for mankind. No distinction. We should be thankful Jesus did not have the same expectations of us that we have of everyone else.

@girlfromsouthie @mistressdivy You just described my ex-wife. I fought to go to counseling. I fought for the marriage. But, because a man will kill himself working to provide everything for his family, she has time to shop for a new man. Yet, we need the help? You must have a small circle of friends.

@mistressdivy It’s because divorced dads are a lot of the time terrible dads and husbands. Sorry but I’ve seen divorce in friends and family and the woman always wanted to fight for the marriage and the guy didn’t. They should have made their marriage work. It’s really on men.

So I work at a men’s divorce law firm, and I see this all the time. Guys get such a bad rap when they end up divorced, especially middle-aged with kids. People love to mock their appearance on dating apps or joke about “divorced dads” like it’s funny, but it’s honestly pretty cruel. These men have usually just gone through brutal battles.. in court, with their ex, financially drained, emotionally exhausted. Many have lost a ton of money, time with their kids, and their sense of stability. Now they’re trying to pick themselves back up, put themselves out there, and find someone who actually values them as a person.. something their ex maybe never did. It’s not desperate. It’s resilient. Starting over after divorce isn’t easy, especially when society acts like you’re damaged goods or a punchline just because you’re a middle-aged dad trying to date again. Cut them some slack. A little kindness and respect goes a long way when someone’s rebuilding their life. Respect to all the divorced dads out there grinding through it. You’re not alone ♥️