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It's not Right V. Left but Right v. Wrong. Deus Vult. Λόγος. RT ≠ Endorsement

[FreeSpeech @LibertasLogos]

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” ― Benjamin Franklin #VeritasVosLiberabit

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

How do tyrants destabilize?

[Joshua Charles🇻🇦 @JoshuaTCharles]

J.R.R. TOLKIEN ON THE DEAD END OF PROTESTANTISM

I read this letter in the years leading up to my conversion. As I discovered, not only was Tolkien right about the mistaken search for “primitive” purity in the Church (read Scripture—it never existed), but the primitive church—to the extent we have artifacts of it in documents, archaeology, etc.—was very Catholic in its beliefs and practices. What I had been told my whole life were “medieval accretions” were widespread in the ancient Church, and defended from both Scripture, and the constant practice of the Church since the Apostolic age. The protestant claim to have restored the ancient Faith was, I discovered, completely false.

To this day, I have not yet found anything uniquely protestant in the ancient Catholic Church, except (I am sad to say) the heresies. All of them—no matter how different their doctrines from one another (and virtually none of them resembled protestantism)—ultimately relied on a novel/erroneous interpretation of Scripture (including subtracting or adding to its canon), coupled with a rejection of the authority of the Church. In this, each of them resembled protestantism. It was very sobering to realize that the Church Fathers’ descriptions of how heresy and heretics operated was disturbingly similar to how my native protestantism had operated since the 16th century.

TOLKIEN’S LETTER

The 'protestant' search backwards for 'simplicity' and directness—which, of course, though it contains some good or at least intelligible motives, is mistaken and indeed vain. Because 'primitive Christianity' is now and in spite of all 'research' will ever remain largely unknown; because 'primitiveness' is no guarantee of value, and is, and was in great a reflection of ignorance. Grave abuses were as much an element in Christian liturgical behavior from the beginning as now. (St Paul's strictures on Eucharistic behavior are sufficient to show this!)

Still more because 'my church' was not intended by Our Lord to be static or remain in perpetual childhood; but to be a living organism (likened to a plant), which develops and changes in externals by the interaction of its bequeathed divine life and history—the particular circumstances of the world into which it is set.

There is no resemblance between the 'mustard-seed' and the full-grown tree. For those living in the days of its branching growth, the Tree is the thing, for the history of a living thing is part of its life, and the history of a divine thing is sacred.

The wise may know that it began with a seed, but it is vain to try and dig it up, for it no longer exists, and the virtue and powers that it had now reside in the Tree…But they will certainly do harm if they are obsessed with the desire of going back to the seed or even to the first youth when it was (as they imagine) pretty and unafflicted by evils.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter to his son Michael (August 25, 1967)

[American Reform @AmericanReform_]

CONDEMNED by Pope Pius IX in the 1864 Syllabus — Prop. 18:

“Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church.”

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe says Benjamin Netanyahu is about to release the real Epstein files in an effort to sabotage the peace deal.

He says the material would include never-before-seen material involving a majority of U.S. government officials.

He says Netanyahu will do anything to derail peace.

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

🚨 TRUMP’S OWN AMBASSADOR JUST BROKE WITH HIM

Mike Huckabee openly defied Trump’s position, declaring:

“Without Israel, there would not be an America.”

“We owe our very existence to what happened in this land.”

[AF Post @AFpost]

Trump has lost nearly half of Israel in 3 weeks, a 46-point swing against him, with the majority of Israel disapproving of him after major Israeli figures started attacking him for the Iran ceasefire.

Follow: @AFpost

[Austin Dyches for Congress @AustinDyches]

Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir says "Israel does not take orders from the United States."

Then you don't take aid, either.

[Brave Report @BraveReport]

There is nothing a 19 year old, especially one I did not know, could ever say to me that would make me this rageful.

He could talk about my looks, my gender, my race, my ancestry, my personality, even my immediate family and it would never have this effect on me.

Something is seriously mentally wrong when tons of powerful grown adults’ first instinct is to shift into a collective effort to make sure this 19 year old is punished indefinitely. A healthy society does not encourage this kind of vindictiveness.

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Trump is the first leader in history to “defeat” a country 60 times, then be forced to pay them $300 BILLION

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Trump says Lebanon is included in peace deal and Israel has to withdraw from southern Lebanon. Netanyahu says they won't do that. They will continue to attack in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria. The answer is obvious - cut them off. Not another dollar. Why would we pay them to defy us?

[Darth Powell @VladTheInflator]

The wildest part of this whole story is the guy who doxxed the kid runs a ID verify company.

The guy you're supposed to trust with you identity doxxed a kid.

[Ethan Levins 🇺🇸 @EthanLevins2]

🚨🇮🇱 U.S. Government seeks to BAN EMPLOYMENT for citizens who are antisemitic.

Leo Terrell, head of the DOJ’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, says he will try to make Austin Franco PERMANENTLY unemployable after he publicly refused working for a Jewish boss.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 JD Vance confirms that Iran will get $300 billion for war damages

[Buckley Carlson @buckleycarlson]

More like a Trillion, all in.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 The FBI and Kash Patel's BIGGEST problem just got WORSE thanks to Candace:

"Via FOIA, we formally requested Kash Patel’s travel itinerary for the 3 days leading up to Charlie Kirk’s assassination and we just heard back and were told the burden of the request is too great.

How is this even remotely legal?"

Source: @RealCandaceO / Writer: Ian

[The Constitutionalist 🇺🇸 @WeWillBeFree24]

SCAM

India born Sriram Krishnan, Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, is "voluntarily leaving the position. Reportedly, he purchased his degree in India and entered the US on a VISA to work with Microsoft.

Krishnan was a huge advocate for the India tech pipeline and removing per-country caps for green-card employment based permanent residency, to clear the massive backlog of Indian applications to enter the US. Allegedly, there were tensions about the H1B reform and 60 day waiting period.

How much more will it take to convince you that the India-US corridor and those involved, doesn't benefit the US AT ALL?

Ohio this is to you. Either you want your jobs, or you want to elect this. Vivek is selling data centers and automation. Tech jobs. Do you think you will get them? Vivek is selling ending Ohio engineering programs, to remove any competition from Ohio American graduates. Vivek is selling vocational training, so you can work for them.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not comply with President Trump’s peace deal with Iran and will strike Iran and Lebanon whenever he deems necessary.

Netanyahu says he does not see eye to eye with Trump on the issue and that he is responsible for Israel’s security.

Nethanyahu needs to be removed.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇱🇺🇸 BREAKING:

Netanyahu just told Trump

Israeli forces will NOT withdraw from Lebanon, and Israel does NOT consider itself bound by the Lebanon clause in the US-Iran MoU.

Directly rejecting of a core pillar of the deal.

This could blow up the entire Memorandum before the ink is even dry.

Source: Maariv / Writer: Oliver

[Alex Jones @RealAlexJones]

Massive Incoming Streisand Effect: Sean Strickland has been arrested and put into the back of a police van after meeting with fans outside the UFC at the White House event!

“I’m pretty sure I didn’t break any laws”

[Bo French @bofrench]

Pat Buchanan was right about everything.