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Christian-Conservative Journo | Managing Editor / Editorial Board @WesternJournalX | Cultural Politics & Pop Culture | Opinions = My Own.

Des Moines, Iowa
Joined June 2019
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Replying to @triggerpod
The truth on any given subject is almost never found directly in the middle between two opinions (for example, let’s say conservative and liberal opinions). Most often, the truth lies more on one side than the other, and those that regularly seek to find a middle-ground truth are overly agreeable and guided more by (often unconscious) self-interest than virtue.
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Earlier this week, our dear brother Samuel Sey @SlowToWrite was en route to appear on our podcast when he got detained by ICE. Samuel is from Canada, and has been living here as a legal resident of the United States. We are confident this clerical mistake will be fixed, but this has been a terrible experience for his family. Please consider supporting his lovely wife Annie and their three small children as they deal with the legal and living expenses of this terrible ordeal. If you know Samuel, you know what a good man of character he is. So many of us have been blessed by his writing and ministry. Please help! givesendgo.com/support-for-s…
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Disdain for your forebears is a sin.
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‘You Can See Everything’ was sold out so I saw this instead. It was predictable.
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Pennsylvania Ballots Returned 🟦 243,560 🟥 74,709 As of right now, Republicans are going into Election Day with a deficit of -168,851 votes in PA. I strongly encourage you to visit your county elections office TODAY to vote “On-Demand.” Most offices are open until 4 p.m.
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Oh my God! Was working just found out about RJ I am heartbroken Though RJ didn’t play my TV son, I always looked out for him as a young kid on set. He was a sweetheart of a young man and will be greatly missed. This is so heartbreaking, I can’t believe it. Thinking of him and his family. 💔💔💔💔💔💔
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THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO tonight at this very hour, Justice Clarence Thomas lowered the boom and utterly destroyed the Democrats’ efforts to destroy him with one of the biggest lies ever concocted. Anita Hill’s story was 100% a lie, and the American people knew it, with the NYT/CBS poll showing Americans believed Thomas 58%-24%, with only 26% of women believing Hill at the end of those hearings. God Bless Justice Thomas for not backing down and having the strength to fight back and crush the lies of Anita Hill and her Democrat allies. And a big shout out to his wonderful wife, Ginni, who was a rock of support and leaned into the fight. Justice Thomas is our nation's greatest Justice.
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We need serious immigration reform. Thank God Trump eliminated the refugee program.
In Minnesota, Somalis are 10 times as likely as white residents to be on food stamps.
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CNN’s reporting on the mob of masked Islamists waving terrorist flags and cheering October 7th. “Zohran Mamdani received a hostile welcome from both Palestinian and Jewish groups.” You don’t hate the media enough.
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I may be in a small cohort here, but I experienced October 7 and Charlie Kirk’s assassination very similarly. Not because the scale or facts were similar or comparable, but because they showed me with equal clarity who would cheer if my family and I were murdered. This understanding is now central to my politics.
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It sticks with me that Gazans invaded Israel and just started murdering random people. It also sticks with me that there are literally zero videos of israeli soldiers ever doing this.
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"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" - Isaiah 5:20
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God, I miss movies like this.
This is one of the most psychologically intense movies with great actors and no one would have played this role better than Denzel 📺🍿
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I will be making zero sports purchases from @DICKS because they are #CHRISTIANOPHOBIC
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Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar: “I knew these might be my final moments, I was ready to die. But I told myself: just open the door, just do it.” One of the greatest heroes in history 🙏🇮🇳🇮🇱
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Dems have had a lot of very good polls from Iowa, Mich & Ohio. But are polls underestimating the GOP again? In all 3 states, GOP did better by 5+ pt in 2024 than polls had at this point. Same thing in Trump's 1st midterm. Same happens in 2026? GOP probably holds the Senate.
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Thank you for this piece on my work exposing woke corporations 🙏🏻🇺🇸
On Sunday morning, it was revealed that Dick's Sporting Goods appeared to be banning Christian phrases from their customizable merchandise. They eventually gave in to the indignant masses, but not without trying to hide the public outrage. The story… w-j.co/s/a39cf
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It’s the end of CNN as we know it.
The mood at CNN is “like a funeral,” according to a source, as Paramount Skydance prepares to acquire the company in October. Staffers are concerned about the company’s business plans being changed — yet again. “What an enormous loss and disruption it would be to shuffle leadership for the umpteenth time in the midst — finally — of reshaping the business,” says one CNN staffer. variety.com/2026/tv/news/cnn…
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The Romans thought Christianity was just a small sect. Irrelevant and weak. The entire empire became Christian in AD 380, and Rome is now the center of 1.4Billion Catholics. Vikings thought Christians were weak when they attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne. All of Scandinavia was Christianized by 12th/13th centuries. The cross is the ultimate weapon. It may lose some battles, but it always wins the war, any war, physical or spiritual.
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Communists are never fully defeated. They must be beaten back constantly. They are locusts, cancer, water damage, decay, infestation. @MarkRuffalo is proof.
Keep fighting to the bitter end. I have been surprised along the way. As long as you keep fighting there is always a chance. Getting the fracking ban in NYS, one of the most important and last significant environmental and political wins for the people in the last 30 years. We fought against the enviro NGOs the fossil fuel industry, the media NYTimes et al and still won. But it means fighting to the bitter bitter end.Beyond what anyone thinks is possible.
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