But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.
And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their King.
As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.
Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.
He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants.
Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use.
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord.
The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.
1 Samuel 8:6-22 NIV
Please pray for @RepThomasMassie and his family. This is heartbreaking. Rhonda was a brilliant and beautiful person. May her memory be eternal, and may God give their family strength in the difficult time ahead.
I am also upset that Trump has been removed from the Colorado ballot, but the GOP has ZERO room to talk.
ABSOLUTELY ZERO.
Y’all have lobbied and conspired to keep @lpnational and other 3rd party candidates off ballots since the dawn of time.
Since other organizations are chiming in with their position on Neocon presidential candidates, we thought we'd make ours clear:
#SayNoToNikki#NoMoreNeocons
We presented our check to the Director of My Brother’s Keeper tonight. We are so grateful for those of you who donated to this cause. We know that not just libertarian’s contributed, but people of all creeds and we thank you.
We are also grateful for Mission Waco and what they do to help so many in this area.
.@ComicDaveSmith said that we need a Libertarian Populism. We totally agree!
This is how we do it:
1) End The Fed
2) End The Wars
3) Defund The Regime
4) End Mass Immigration
5) Abolish Anti-Discrimination Laws
6) Destroy Leftwing Mobs
7) Destroy Street Gangs
8) Eliminate Welfare
9) End State Education
10) Do Not Trust Politicians and Parties
11) Abolish Abortion
12) Defend Traditional Families
Interesting story out of Barbados from @BreitbartNews:
This Christian dance troupe was unconstitutionally DISQUALIFIED from a government-funded national competition because they are public about their Christian belief that there are only 2 genders.
https://t.co/L5nn0tyKlV
NO ONE should have to work their entire life just to see their retirement savings disappear.
Privatizing, cutting, or defunding Social Security is theft.
MAGA people, don’t kill me for asking this question:
If the election was stolen from Trump in 2020, and nothing was done to effectively improve election integrity, and Trump is facing several indictments….
Why should we expect different results in 2024?
Conservatives: "Abortion among black mothers is sky high!"
Black People: "Ok here's an organization to help black mothers care for their children."
Conservatives: "Wait, we didn't actually want you do DO anything about it! We just like using the talking point! See you in court!"
The conservative groups who are suing to shut down the Abundant Birth Project:
Do No Harm
California Equal Rights Foundation
American Civil Rights Project
Abortion is systemically racist. If I’m “woke” for saying that, then so be it.
Abortion kills more Black and brown babies than white babies. Why is that? Ask yourself why you can find more abortion facilities in urban areas than rural areas. And read up on the history of Planned Parenthood so you can ACTUALLY understand what’s going on in our country.
Instead of rectifying the issues that lead to Black and brown mothers choosing abortion, these conservative groups stood against this project because it wasn’t made for white mothers.
It boggles me as to why conservatives keep shooting themselves in the foot on issues that the Black community cares about, but then turn around and wonder why they don’t have enough Black voters.
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, which provides 150 pregnant Black San Franciscans a $1,000 monthly stipend
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race https://t.co/UeNiDKXMWW