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DAILY BIBLE VERSE
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2
A weekend of violence
Over the weekend, hundreds of young people swarmed downtown Chicago in a “teen takeover.” They smashed cars, blocked traffic, fought in the streets, and two teenage males were shot while standing in the crowd. Police tried to protect tourists, but the teenagers surrounded and climbed on cars, bashed windshields, and in one case attacked a couple in their car, sending the husband to the hospital.
Chicago’s new Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, who may actually be further left and softer on crime than Lori Lightfoot, issued this statement:
"In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city. However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities."
Funny, I would swear from the stats that they have plenty of opportunities to shoot each other in their own communities. He continued:
"Our city must work together to create spaces for youth to gather safely and responsibly, under adult guidance and supervision, to ensure that every part of our city remains welcome for both residents and visitors."
Yes, Heaven forbid we should demonize youth just for rioting, assaulting and shooting people. Kids will be kids, after all! For the record, there used to be “adult supervision” that prevented behavior like that. It was called “policing,” but “progressives” like Johnson severely curtailed it (we wouldn’t want to stifle Little Johnny’s creativity by sending him to jail when he’s inventing innovative new ways to attack people and rob stores.)
I pray for the victims of this mindless violence, and for the people of Chicago who did NOT vote to destroy civilization. But I am compelled to mention that this story does illustrate why the Democrats chose the perfect city for their convention, to show America what the entire nation could look like if voters don’t come to their senses and throw them out of power.
I still have to believe that a majority of voters can’t be insane enough to think that this kind of violent societal breakdown is worth tolerating just to protect the right of schools to take kids away from their parents and hack off their genitals, the right of men to invade women’s private sanctums, or the right to abort children up to the moment of their first birthday party. But don’t get complacent. A LOT of people – or at least some people with a LOT of money – really want to see this cancer spread nationwide.
Related: Apparently, even the baseball teams in Chicago have defunded their police:
Last minute tax tip
Because April 15th fell on a Saturday, and the IRS office in DC is closed on Monday for Emancipation Day, income tax deadline day this year is Tuesday, April 18th. If you’re still trying to finish all those intrusive, time-consuming tax forms, here are a few last-minute tips for you:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/still-need-file-your-taxes-last-minute-tips-late-filers
And here's the solution for ending all of this garbage once and for all:
Project 2025
This may be a little too “inside baseball” for some readers, but I’m sure many of you will find it thought-provoking, and I strongly encourage any Republican thinking of running for national office to read it.
It explains the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” a proposed blueprint for a conservative President on how to dismantle the Deep State and return power to the citizens, where it belongs. It’s a daunting task, but a necessary one if we want to preserve the Constitution and America itself.
It also gives some good background on how we went from being a government “of the people, by the people and for the people” to a sprawling bureaucracy of elites, running their fiefdoms with no oversight, making up regulations with the force of laws but no input from elected representatives, and receiving automatic raises, promotions and pensions with little fear of being fired, no matter how incompetent or unconstitutional their actions. You won’t be surprised to learn that all that started in the name of “progressivism.”