David LaDow

@RepOgles You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said: 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,     but their hearts are far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me,     teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ ” (Matt. 18)

Just as Christians recognize, fast, and reverently participate in the life of Christ during Holy Week, America’s institutions should reflect that same reverence. That is why I have introduced legislation to lower the US flag to half-staff on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. This would serve as a solemn reminder of Christ, who was crucified for our transgressions against a holy God. Christ is King of America, and we should honor Him accordingly.

I just had a very disturbing Good Friday encounter with an ICE agent at the airport As I was going through security, an ICE agent asked me for my ID. I told him this isn’t Soviet Russia and that the only citizenship papers I planned to show him were the Declaration of Independence “Sir, I’m just asking for ID, not proof of citizenship,” he said. “Today is the anniversary of Jesus’s resurrection,” I replied. “He was an American. Would you have asked to see his papers too? Would the scars on his hands not have been enough for you?” He was stunned silent. I strode past him without showing my ID and went through the metal detector I received a standing ovation

@anukasan1977 @DavidAFrench Many of the "Framers" also endorsed slavery and didn't give rights to women. So I don't really care what most of them would have thought about current issues.

@DavidAFrench Yes, it's the same Constitution—which none of the Framers (most of whom were anti-open-immigration) thought granted birthright citizenship. And it's the same 14th Amendment whose writers said in Congress did not grant birthright citizenship to foreigners. x.com/i/status/20397…

There was an incredibly telling exchange between Chief Justice John Roberts and the solicitor general. “We’re in a new world,” Sauer said, because “eight billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who is a U.S. citizen.” Chief Justice Roberts’s retort was perfect — “Well, it’s a new world,” he said, but “it’s the same constitution.” In that one moment you saw the contrast between the MAGA legal philosophy and the legal philosophy of most of the justices. MAGA wants specific results, the justices interpret texts. And when MAGA’s argument contradicts the constitutional text, it’s almost always going to lose — as it has lost time and again before this court. nytimes.com/2026/04/03/opi…

JUST IN: You do not fire your Army Chief of Staff in the middle of a war for no reason. You fire him because of what comes next. Pete Hegseth called General Randy George on April 2 and told him to retire immediately. The Pentagon confirmed it within hours. No reason was given. Not publicly. Not privately. A senior Army official told Fox News that Hegseth offered George nothing: no misconduct, no operational failure, no policy disagreement on the record. Just a phone call and a career ending in the middle of the most significant American combat operation in two decades. George is the 24th general or admiral Hegseth has removed. But he is not the 24th. He is the one that matters. The Army Chief of Staff. The man whose signature sits between a president’s intent and the order that sends soldiers across a beach or into a tunnel complex. The 82nd Airborne is deploying right now. Marines from the 31st MEU are staged on the USS Tripoli. JSOC operators are at forward bases in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Kharg Island, 90 percent of Iranian oil exports, sits 16 kilometres off a coast that someone will have to decide whether to approach. And the four-star general whose job it was to advise whether that approach should happen was removed 48 hours after Trump told the nation the war would continue for two to three more weeks. The replacement is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve. He was Hegseth’s senior military aide before this appointment. The man who carried the Secretary’s briefcase now commands the Army the Secretary is reshaping. The chain of command did not break. It shortened. The distance between a television studio and a combat order just collapsed to zero intermediaries who were not personally selected by the man giving the order. No reason was given. That is the tell. When someone is removed without explanation during a crisis, the explanation is the crisis itself. George either objected to something or was about to. The ground option. The power plant strikes. The Kharg raid. The escalation that turned a highway bridge in Karaj into rubble on the same day he was told to leave. Something in the next two weeks requires a chief who will not push back, and the Pentagon solved that problem by installing one trained as Hegseth’s aide. A former Fox News weekend host just fired a four-star general with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, replaced him with his own former assistant, and did it during a live war in which the next decision could put American soldiers on Iranian soil for the first time in history. No hearing was held. No misconduct cited. The Army woke up on April 3 with a new chief it did not choose, in a war it did not start, preparing for a phase the previous chief apparently could not be trusted to execute. The question is not why George was fired. Every general in the building knows why. The question is what order is coming in the next fourteen days that required removing the one man in the chain of command who might have said no. The war has no perimeter. The chain of command has no objectors. And the next phase has no one left to stop it. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

republicans genuinely think you are cattle designed to suffer for their glory

@Siolenas @Microinteracti1 Maybe Trump, Vance, et al shouldn't have been shitting all over NATO for the better part of the past 2 years. And maybe we shouldn't have unilaterally decided to go into war without consulting our allies, and then just expect them to kowtow to our demands.

@Microinteracti1 Let me explain to you. Trump wasn't asking missiles strikes. He was asking to use the bases they they fund and have US troops in them. Using airspace isn't joining the war. It's common ground amongst allies which NATO proved they are not

Let me explain something to the MAGA crowd, because clearly someone needs to. They seem to think NATO is cosmic room service. You pick up the phone, say “hello, we’re having a bit of a war here,” and thirty-one countries march to your rescue. A continental Uber for military adventures. That is not how it works. Article 5 is a mutual defense clause. The clue is in the word mutual. And it has been triggered exactly once in NATO’s entire history. After September 11. When America was attacked. Not Europe. America. Every NATO member showed up. They went to Afghanistan. They fought. They bled. They died. In America’s war. On America’s behalf. Now imagine they hadn’t. Over 1,100 allied soldiers died in Afghanistan. British, Canadian, German, Danish, Polish. And yes, even Ukrainian soldiers, who had no NATO obligation whatsoever. Gone. Without them, those are American names on those graves. Sons from Ohio. Fathers from Georgia. Kids from Nebraska who never came home. Then there is the money. NATO allies spent over 100 billion dollars on a war that started on American soil. Without that, Washington pays every cent. On top of the 2 to 3 trillion the war already cost. And without allied bases across Europe and Central Asia, American supply lines collapse entirely. Without British forces in Helmand and Canadians in Kandahar, the Taliban reconstitutes in three years instead of ten. The gaps get filled one way. More American deployments. More American coffins arriving at Dover. Afghanistan was bloody. But NATO took the hit. Without them, every single one of those casualties would have had an American name. Trump called allies like these losers. Suckers. If you are a certain kind of broken person, that probably makes sense to you. But for the rest of us, what those soldiers did has a different name. Honor. The bond between men who have been in the same dirt, under the same fire. Between Brits and Americans, Frenchmen and Norwegians, Canadians and Danes. Not a diplomatic relationship. A blood bond. Brotherhood forged in places most people will never see and cannot imagine. In that culture, you do not mock a fallen ally. You do not sneer at the dead. It is the lowest thing a human being can do. Trump did it to a standing ovation. If you are a MAGA supporter travelling to NATO countries, understand this. There are no friendly pats on the back waiting for you. No one will buy you a beer. The governments who share your worldview sit in Minsk, Moscow and Pyongyang. Brutal dictatorships where journalists disappear, elections are theatre and dissent is a medical condition treated in basements. Not London. Not Paris. Not Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin or Ottawa. You have abandoned the open societies, the free press, the rule of law, the places where people actually want to live. You traded the best of civilization for a very small, very dark room. Frankly, it serves you right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

@mattgaetz Pretty sure she's a little old for you...

Pam Bondi will be known as one of the great crime fighters of our time. She is a patriot who has all of our appreciation. Todd Blanche left his comfortable job at a major firm to defend President Trump against horrendous lawfare. He has shown moral courage, strength and exquisite legal talent. Todd will do a great job for the Trump/Vance Administration and us all.

@3YearLetterman @mioff6969 @PerlaMiseriax @trapperkeeper @JanetReno @JanetJackson @SamuelLJackson @Snake_store2 @snakestakes @LiquidPlumr @DC_Draino @Whitesnake What's he talking about, Coach? This is Megan Kelly...

@mioff6969 @PerlaMiseriax @trapperkeeper @JanetReno @JanetJackson @SamuelLJackson @Snake_store2 @snakestakes @LiquidPlumr @DC_Draino @Whitesnake I’m a licensed notary public - if I say that’s Pam Bondi, it’s Pam Bondi

🚨🚨 BRAKING 🚨🚨 My sources have confirmed that President Trump has officially impeached (Latin for “Terminated”) Pam Bondi from her position as attorney general She was the first woman to hold this roll, released the Epstein files, and never lost a case I’m speechless

@AvailableLite9 @ericmetaxas the same as Ishtar. One has a Germanic root, the other Semitic. And they have nothing to do with each other.

@AvailableLite9 @ericmetaxas Bede mentions an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, Eostre, who was celebrated in April. So English, and other Germanic speaking peoples, adopted the name "Easter" (or their equivalent) because it fell around the same time as the month and celebration of Eostre. But Eostre was not

PRESIDENT TRUMP PREACHES THE GOSPEL On Good Friday, the Son of God was nailed to the cross, crucified, and he died. For all of us, it was a day of darkness, but it wasn't the end. By any means, it was not the end. On Easter Sunday, the stone was rolled away and the grave was empty. Christians everywhere rejoiced, and we continue to rejoice. Easter is one of the incredible days. It was the miracle in all of history, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was one of the great... It was the great miracle, I guess, right? The great miracle. He told his followers, "I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Because of the events of Holy Week twenty centuries ago, people from every nation, language, and background can take on any difficulty, press through any trial, and endure any hardship. With Christ, not one thing can separate humanity from the powers of God's everlasting love.

@AvailableLite9 @ericmetaxas There is no evidence or a connection between "Easter" and "Ishtar."

@dmlash123 @ericmetaxas Actually... It is.

@AvailableLite9 @ericmetaxas That is not accurate.

@ericmetaxas Can we PLEASE STOP calling it ‘Easter’ now? Easter is the pagan name for the Spring festival. Named after Ishtar, a pagan figure… The Catholic church thought this was a good idea.🙄

@wontfoundit @esjesjesj Pyongyang and the North Korean military aren't in the Stone Age... While most of the population may be living in third world conditions of poverty, those in power, and those who have the power to make weapons, certainly are not.

@dmlash123 @esjesjesj North Korea is in the Stone Age and actually has nuclear weapons.

Remember when they were going to save the Iranian people

@anticulturepro I wouldn't think real patriotism needed merch...

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@gobucs4444 @MildlyPeppery @ClayTravis Sounds like what you're saying is, in a choice between the US Constitution and Trump, you'd prefer Trump. Well, you and he are free to leave and form your own country with its own set of laws elsewhere, if you'd like.

@MildlyPeppery @ClayTravis Sorry to tell you pepper - Americans love President Trump and agree with his policies. America would be totally fucked without that good man.

An American citizen’s baby can’t become a Chinese citizen by being born on the soil of China. Can anyone explain why a Chinese citizen’s baby should be able to become an American citizen by being born on the soil here? It’s absolute insanity.

all this, with a Catholic bishop in attendance next to president Trump who Paul White compared to Jesus. Such a blasphemous parody of Holy Week prayer.

Read that again. He’s openly calling to cut your health care to fund his war with Iran.

@FlintDibble One thing I never understood about the Planet of the Apes franchise: we're already a planet of the apes, with us as the dominant species...

We aren't headed back to the stone age, we are going all the way back to the Miocene Epoch