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[Denise 🇺🇸 @NoDMsPerfavore]

Democrats killed a bill for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle,
THEN APPROVE subsidizing the education and healthcare of Illegal Immigrants. This is who they are…

[DC_Draino @DC_Draino]

California Democrats are trying to steal the election right in front of our eyes.

3% of total votes were received and not a SINGLE vote for Spencer Pratt?!

Nobody believes this BS.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

🚨 Victor Davis Hanson just exposed what the media refuses to admit about Trump's first 100 days.

This was a masterclass breakdown—and it changes everything you think you know about Trump's second term.

If you want the raw truth about Trump, not media spin, read this thread. 🧵

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

Would be a gift to the American people if this guy could get that traitor out of office.

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

WHAT THE HELL 🚨⚠️

A JEWISH TRANSGENDER activist in the U.S. grabs the mic and openly declares war on Families:

"your kids belong to us."
"your kids will love us"
"your kids will join us."

[MaxPreps @MaxPreps]

You want March Madness a little early, here you go! @barretboesiger for the win!! 🤯

@nsaahome @NFHSNetwork

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

WATCH 🔴

Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk, the Turkish student who was detained:

“We revoked her visa. It’s an F-1 visa, I believe. We revoked it, and here’s why—I’ve said it everywhere, and I’ll say it again.

Let me be abundantly clear: If you apply for a student visa to come to the United States and you say you’re coming not just to study, but to participate in movements that vandalize universities, harass students, take over buildings, and cause chaos—we’re not giving you that visa.

If you lie, get the visa, and then engage in that kind of behavior once you’re here, we’re going to revoke it. And once your visa is revoked, you’re no longer legally in the United States. Like every country, we have the right to remove you. It’s that simple.

It’s crazy—stupid, even—for any country to let people in who say, ‘I’m going to your universities to riot, take over libraries, and harass people.’ I don’t care what movement you’re with. Why would any country allow that?

We gave you a visa to study and earn a degree—not to become a social activist tearing up our campuses. If you use your visa to do that, we’ll take it away. And I encourage every country to do the same.

Every country has the right to decide who enters as a visitor. If you invite me to your house for dinner and I start putting mud on your couch and spray-painting your kitchen, you’re going to kick me out. We’ll do the same if you come to the U.S. and cause a ruckus.

We don’t want that here. Go do it in your own country—but not in ours.”

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Yep, Don’t Forget they are insane.

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

THIS IS WHERE A 17-YEAR-OLD SHAMED THE MEDIA 🔥

KARAN THAPAR: If these tender changes had not been made, would Coempt Edutech have qualified?

SARTHAK: Absolutely not, sir.

KARAN THAPAR: So Coempt Edutech practically benefited from the changes?

SARTHAK: You could say that, sir.

KARAN THAPAR: How concerned are you by what you found?

SARTHAK 🎯: I am concerned that the system is not transparent enough. These things should not be uncovered by students like me. They should be available to journalists and investigators.

[Just Dave now @justdavenow89]

Almost like Farage and Boris Johnson lied to us....

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

Our demands are simple:

From now on no one comes in, and millions must go.

[San Francisco 49ers @49ers]

Primetime thriller 🍿

@Netapp | #FTTB

[Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan]

Already one of the greatest political ads we’ve ever seen.

Like and share and send to all your crazy liberal friends.

[Matthew Watkins @ITalkOfChrist]

"What are the fruits of Joseph Smith?"

There are dozens of good fruits I can list-- our language training program the government tries to copy, our ministering program other faiths try to copy (and fail), our youth and missionary culture-- and so much more.

But I'll focus on the three most important fruits:

1. The Book of Mormon

I can't overemphasize this one. The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our whole religion-- a "sudden death proposition." All our claims live or die based on the veracity of that book. If it's a fraud, then Joseph, his revelations, the church he organized, priesthood authority, Joseph's successors-- everything goes with it.

On the other hand, if it's true (as I know it is), then all that it implies is true, too: living Prophets and Apostles, priesthood, revelation, temples, dorky prom invites and carrots in your jello (obvious jk on those last two 😉).

For 196 years, this book has been critically analyzed perhaps like no other book in modern religious history. No critic can account for how an uneducated farm boy correctly wrote inexplicable Hebraisms, dozens of short and long Near Eastern style poems, a story more intricate than Lord of the Rings with an internally consistent geography, verified distinct wordprints across characters, hundreds of names, interwoven storylines, rich theology, etc. Then to leave easter eggs for archaeologists and linguists to discover centuries later.

He supposedly made scores of ridiculous (at the time) guesses about the Old and New World that were eventually corroborated by archaeology—making Joseph an astronomically good guesser if he wrote the thing. Oh, and he dictated one of history's most rich and complex religious texts in a single draft over about 65 work days.

When you begin to study it, you'll find the case for the Book of Mormon is deeply impressive. The evidence, in the words of Farrer, "does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish."

For those who say "Well the Bible says any other scripture is impossible," we respectfully suggest that you're reading that message into 2-3 Bible verses when it's not there, and we'd be happy to explain why there is ample space in the Bible for continued revelation.

2. The lives of the people

Charles Dickens (yes, that Charles Dickens) boarded a ship of Latter-day Saint immigrants. He fully expected to find the "Mormons" would fit the stereotypes he'd heard, and was prepared to write about all the horrid things he saw. But after observing the Saints, he wrote:

"To my great astonishment they did not deserve it; and my predispositions and tendencies must not affect me as an honest witness. I [felt] it impossible to deny that, so far, some remarkable influence had produced a remarkable result, which better known influences have often missed... [they are] in their degree, the pick and flower of England."

Most people who join our Church don't become interested by an ad for a free copy of the Book of Mormon or a 19-year-old in a suit. It's because they knew members of our Church and could tell, like Dickens, that there was something wonderfully different in their lives.

And it's not anecdotes; it's quantifiable. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints produces higher outcomes in longevity, marital happiness, family togetherness, income, education, health, and virtually every other positive socioeconomic indicator there is. They are more devoted to God and more biblically literate than any other Christian faith per Pew Research.

If you're interested in the stats, @TeeplesCY has made it his hobby to accumulate all that data-- check his account for the receipts.

Latter-day Saints are happier, more devoted to God, and successful in their personal lives than virtually any other group in America. That's because of the truths we build our lives on-- the truths we learned from the revelations of Joseph Smith.

What about the "bad fruits?"

"He was a con man, a fraud, an adulterer, etc!"

None of those things are true. Dig past Reddit anti-Mormonism and look at the actual history. It's not that hard-- this was the nineteenth century-- not the ninth, after all. Thousands and thousands of documents-- journal entries and meeting minutes and newspaper accounts, etc.

And I'm sure it will come as a shock 😉, but most credentialed historians aren't Latter-day Saints. Yet what do they see when they study his life?

A get-rich-quick scheme? No. He lived and died penniless (and often houseless). He died in debt in large part because he was too generous with people who came asking. And he broke the mold by insisting members not be paid for their part-time service in the Church.

A sorcerer and a gold-digger? No. He was as superstitious as other 19th-century rural Americans as a youth, then abandoned his superstitions when he began his work as a prophet.

A philanderer? No. And the inspired, temporary practice of polygamy is a subject deserving a much longer explanation than a few sentences here.

Historians as a group do not accept Joseph as a Prophet. But they almost universally acknowledge Joseph was sincere-- that Joseph truly believed God had spoken to him, that he believed the revelations he received. Even to the extent that as he knew he was about to die, he turned to the Book of Mormon (which he supposedly fabricated) for comfort and inspiration as he went to his Maker.

Get past the sound bytes and caricatures and get to know Joseph Smith.

3. The ultimate fruit: Revelation

I have studied the fruits of the Book of Mormon for 30 years. I have studied the fruits of Church membership for a little longer than that. I have studied Joseph's life and read the gamut of literature from apologetic to apoplectic.

Most importantly, I have prayed to God about these things and received pure light and knowledge to my mind-- not "some warm fuzzies," but a divine witness, a seal, confirming to my spirit and my intellect the authenticity of the Book of Mormon and all that it implies.

I echo all the words of Elder @HollandJeffreyR below and likewise ask that my testimony "be recorded by men on earth and angels in heaven."

I wish I could make the whole world know that I know. The Book of Mormon is true. And Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God.

[Corn ✧⍣ @cornski]

they needa hang that Zack Fox tweet in a museum

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear MAGA Election Deniers: Cry harder.

Steve Hilton, the Republican nominee for CA Governor, said “we’ve seen nothing that would give us cause to intervene.”

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

Reporter: Stephen A. Smith said he would blame you if the Knicks lost tonight how do you respond

Donald Trump: I think he's a nice guy but you need a certain aptitude to run for president. You need a high IQ, I don't really think Stephen A Smith has that

LLLMMFFAAOOOOOOOO

[Oliver Alexander @OAlexanderDK]

MAGA and Elon simps right now

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

Of course he inconvenienced an entire city. Of course he was booed mercilessly. Of course he fell asleep. And of course the Knicks lost their first game of the NBA finals.

TRUMP. RUINS. EVERY. FUCKING. THING. HE. TOUCHES.