Religion, Nations, and Geopolitical Review: SATURDAY, JULY 20

by A. Joseph Lynch
& Past Commentary of Dr. David Pence

THE WEEKLY BRIEF
TRUMP VERSUS "THE SQUAD"

A week ago Nancy Pelosi and mainline Democrats were fending of attacks from the four most radical women of their party. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ("AOC") insinuated she was a racist. Not long after a leaked Axios poll for Democrats revealed that AOC had a 22% approval rating while Ilhan Omar stood at only 9%. Omar, an immigrant from Somalia with a questionable marital history, had made many remarks disparaging America.

Trump, playing four dimensional chess, brilliantly entered into the fray with some over-the-top tweets. The nature of the tweets can be summed up by a new sign at a Virginia church: "America: Love It or Leave It." Calling them "the squad," Trump has voiced and denounced their craziest comments. But by wording his tweets in a way that would enrage the radical Leftist media and the radicals in the Democrats' base, the moderate wing of the Democrats has been forced to defend the squad and their statements. In doing so they, with the media and the radical Left, are further discredited. Trump took a calculated risk. His tweets could ding him in the polls, but the effect on the Democrats would be much worse. A new poll revealed, however, that Trump's approval has since jumped four points to hit the 50% mark. He thanked the squad.

Pelosi, who had been defending herself from the squad, wrapped herself around the radical wing of her party and pushed through a condemnation of Trump's tweets. Omar took her newfound fame and prestige as an opportunity to push sanctions against Israel. Meanwhile, Rep. Al Green managed to bring presidential impeachment proceedings to a full floor vote in the House. It failed. Only ninety-five House members voted to move forward with impeachment. All of this plays right into the hands of the president.

What's most important, however, is that the verbal diarrhea of the Left about Trump's tweets completely drowned out the big story of the week: Trump effectively ended America's current asylum program by invoking the "safe third country" policy. From now on, asylum seekers who, on the way to America, pass through a third country that accepts asylum seekers must first apply for asylum there. This should have been the news story of the week. Instead of "defending the refugee" the Left in the media and Congress defended four radicals who hate America. Like it or not, this week brought Trump - and the nation - huge victories.

I. POPE FRANCIS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

BISHOP EXORCISES CITY: After a ten-year old girl was brutally murdered in the crime-ridden city of Buenaventura, Columbia, its bishop, Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoya, knew what to do. This past Sunday he performed an exorcism across the whole city, declaring: "We have to drive the devil out of Buenaventura, to see if we can restore the peace and tranquility that our city has lost due to so many crimes, acts of corruption and with so much evil and drug trafficking that invades our port." We need more bishops who think like this.

AFRICA IS THE FUTURE: Hundreds of African priests - particularly from Nigeria (the world's sixth largest Christian nation and fifth largest Islamic nation) - are filling the priest shortage in the US. Many Catholics aren't used to the way the speak. No, not just the accent. African men speak like men, using the imperative and declarative moods, while many effeminate men in the American priesthood speak in the motherly subjunctive.

BEHOLD, THE MILLENNIAL NUNS: An intriguing story from an unlikely source covering the rising number of millenials headed to the convent.

II. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AMERICA

RESIGNED UK AMBASSADOR BACKED STEELE: The same ambassador who trashed Trump in cables to the UK government told a former State Department official that Steele - who wrote the infamous Trump dossier - was absolutely legit. We invite readers to re-read Dr. David Pence's Weekly Brief of September 18, 2018. Here is a quote from the article on the British, Steele, and Trump:

Is it foreign collusion when a white English speaking "ally" tries to frustrate American policy to favor British interests? The Russians buy Facebook ads. The British have relationships. The Brits are pretty good at getting bigger countries to help them in their foreign policy goals. Christopher Steele acted for his country against his country's enemy (Russia). He is loyal to his countrymen. The problem for a lot of us Americans with Mr Steele is that we elected Donald Trump who favored a policy of  making substantial changes in our policy toward Russia. Most British intelligence and government officials (in and out of government) see an American Russian alliance as very bad for Britain. Mr. Steele has tapped into the hatred of Donald Trump by the Democratic Party, the neocon wing of the Republican Party, and Intelligence officials who share the Anglo-American transatlantic vision of international relations. Those wellsprings of energy serve the foreign agent and the home grown resistance quite well. It comes as no surprise that "our allies" don't want too much about the Russian dossier to go public. Beware of white men speaking English who "look like us" but are serving another nation.

GOP WOMEN BACK TRUMP: CNN attempted to manipulate eight Texas women to call Trump racist over his recent tweets regarding the "the Squad" of four radical women in Congress. The women didn't cave. They went on the offensive.

APOLLO 11 AT 50: Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. The battle between America and Communist Atheism was on full display in the space race. The Cold War was not a battle between capitalism and communism but a battle between religion and nations against an evil atheist empire. When America landed on the moon, we planted the flag and consumed Communion. Before Neil Armstrong declared his "one giant leap," Buzz Aldrin declared as he took Holy Communion: "As Jesus said: 'I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in Him, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me'" (John 15:5). Communion with God was man's first meal on the moon. This moment was included in the HBO mini-series, From the Earth to the Moon. It never made it to air worldwide, however, because of a lawsuit by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of American Atheists. It was O'Hair who led the fight to ban prayer in school. A good article on the topic of Communion on the moon and O'Hair tells of her grim fate:

And as for O'Hair? History was unkind. She disappeared in 1995 along with her son Jon and granddaughter Robin Murray. After a long hunt, their dismembered and charred bodies were found in a field. Authorities believe that David Waters, a former employee of O'Hair, masterminded a plot to rob and murder O'Hair. Her born-again son, William Murray, who lost not only his mother but also his brother and daughter to Waters and his associates, has spoken very strongly about his upbringing under O'Hair. He mourns his family but believes his mother was pumped up by her own hype and was even evil. In a statement given in 1999 he said, "she honestly believed she had singlehandedly removed prayer from school. She honestly believed she had 'liberated' America sexually".

III. THE NATIONS

POLISH COMMUNITIES LGBT-FREE: Government officials across Poland are declaring their towns, cities, and regions free of LGBT ideology. More from Church Militant. A Polish magazine is giving "LGBT-free zone" stickers to its readers and the Sexual Left has labeled it a call to violence. What is missing in the press is the gender sanity we've lost and Poland intends to keep.

ORTHODOX RUSSIANS IN SPACE: Although Christian America was the first to the moon, today's Russians are becoming deeply Christian. It is not uncommon for Russian cosmonauts to take icons and relics with them to space. They even brought up a fragment of the True Cross. How things have changed in fifty years!

ORTHODOX WIN WIMBLEDON: Steve Turley, an Orthodox Christian nationalist, discusses the epic wins.

IV. CULTURE OF LIFE, CULTURE OF PROTECTION

ASKED TO LEAVE: Five cops - working July 4 so others could enjoy the civic holy day - were kicked out of Starbucks because they made someone "feel unsafe." Starbucks apologized. While the apology and reprimand of the employee are welcome, customers who would kick out law enforcement should be called out and given the boot themselves.

COACH RED PILL - BUSINESS LOVES FEMINISM: The video is a bit crass, but "Coach Red Pill" does a good job of explaining the close relationship - or "marriage" - between Big Business and Radical Feminism.

"GAY STREET" MAKEOVER: First it was LGB, then LGBT, then LGBTQ, and more recently LGBTQIA. They've since added the "+" because the list of letters is too long to write. Facebook offers its users the choice of fifty-eight different genders options. A TED Talk given by Mirjam Heine arguing that "pedophilia is an unchangeable sexual orientation, just like for example heterosexuality." When will that "P" be added to the acronym? Here's "Gay Street" in NYC:

"Gay Street" NYC