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Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.--Acts 17:21

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

This is why so few trust any corporate news media. They are not capable of reporting, only shaping political narratives.

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?

Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

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[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

So if Virginia's law prohibiting convicted child sex offenders from being within 100 feet of schools and child care programs is unconstitutional...I guess that it's perfectly legal for them to approach children? 😬😟😡
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[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Some things are just beautiful...

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Kalen Barksdale, a graduate at Milwaukee Lutheran in Wisconsin, and his sister, who had been serving in the military overseas, had a surprise reunion at Barksdale's graduation ceremony.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

This about sums it up.

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

Two simple Truths:

Jesus Christ died for our sins.

America’s fallen died for our freedom.

May we live worthy.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Question everything...

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Out of every disgusting, dishonest piece of filth the mainstream media has produced about Hurricane Helene...

This is the worst.

60 Minutes has NEVER done a story on the families FEMA denied.

They NEVER mentioned the Amish, who are STILL in the mountains rebuilding homes 550 days later.

They NEVER mentioned Jake Jarvis, who has worked 550 days STRAIGHT FOR FREE for Hurricane Helene victims.

Instead, they dug up some fringe conspiracy angle to smear the people who actually showed up as White Nationalists.

I'm so angry.

Let me tell you what 60 Minutes will NEVER report on

I was there. I lived it. I am still here.

I shared every story I could find.

Me, my wife, hundreds of volunteers delivered RVs to mothers holding babies who were sleeping in TOOL SHEDS AND TENTS in the freezing cold, in the mountains.

Because their homes had been ripped off the side of a mountain and washed down the French Broad.

So tell me 60 Minutes... WHERE WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

Tell me, WHY did all these volunteers NEED to show up?

Any thoughts on that?!!!!!

Any investigation AT ALL into the federal or state government's response to Hurricane Helene?

Please tell me... if the federal government was doing such a GREAT JOB, why did we need to put victims in RVs...

...A MONTH AFTER THE HURRICANE?!!!!!!!

Literally every single victim you talk to in Western North Carolina has a horror story about dealing with FEMA...

...and guess who they will all say actually cam through for them?

Neighbors.
Church groups.
The Amish.
The Cajun Navy.
Shawn Hendricks.
Samaritan's Purse.
MercuryOne.

The Mission Mules hauling insulin up washed-out roads, ONLY ACCESSIBLE by mules.

Greg Biffle burning his own fuel in helicopters.

Veterans like Adam Smith who organized helicopter rescues with other veterans BY HIMSELF and then was demonized by the media for it.

Volunteers like Jake Jarvis working TO THIS DAY, 550 days later without ANY PAY AT ALL.

THOSE ARE THE STORIES FROM HURRICANE HELENE WORTH TELLING.

But 60 Minutes won't tell ANY OF THEM.

Because the truth makes the federal government the villain and the "deplorables" are actually the heroes in this story and they can NEVER admit that.

So instead they smeared the rescuers as white nationalists.

This is unforgivable.

I was there. I saw it with my own eyes.

And I will BE DAMNED if I let CBS rewrite the history of what happened to my mountains.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

One day, perhaps tailgating drivers will understand that virtually attaching themselves to my vehicle means that I, not they, control their speed. Until then, I hope that they enjoy traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour under the speed limit on empty roads!

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Man attacks ROTC class.

Man is "rendered no longer alive."

Sounds about right.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

In the 2018 Olympics, Nathan Chen's short program landed him in 17th place. Knowing he wouldn't win a medal, he performed a mind-blowing free skate with a then-record 6 quad jumps. It brought him up to 5th place. I hope that Amber Glenn has a similar experience this week.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Bizarre. @WTOP teased an @CBSNewsRadio report on the @TPUSA Halftime Show... which then proceeded to talk about Trump's and other's reactions to the Bad Bunny show. False advertising, much?

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

I wonder how corporate news organizations would cover a group of people barging into and interrupting Friday prayer services at a mosque to "protest" Iranian government actions.

[Larry Elder @larryelder]

QUIZ: WHO SAID THE FOLLOWING?

1) (Referring to his increased use of drone strikes), “I’m really good at killing people.”

a. President Donald Trump, 2019

b. President Barack Obama, 2012, according to “Double Down: Game Change 2012”

2) “But, let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high – unless you change the dynamic in Mexico and – and you will not like this, and – punish American employers who knowingly violate the law when, in fact, they hire illegals. Unless you do those two things, all the rest is window dressing.”

a. President Donald Trump, 2017

b. Senator Joe Biden, 2006

3) "Today, I will issue a National Security Memorandum directing every federal Department and Agency to do even more to stop the flow of narcotics-including fentanyl-into our country. It will increase intelligence collection on traffickers' evolving tactics to smuggle narcotics into our country. And it will help our law enforcement personnel seize more deadly drugs before they reach our communities."

a. President Donald Trump, 2025

b. President Joe Biden, 2024

4) The United States and the world faced a choice. (The dictator) declared he would show ‘no mercy’ to his own people. He compared them to rats and threatened to go door to door to inflict punishment. In the past, we have seen him hang civilians in the streets, and kill over a thousand people in a single day. It was not in our national interest to let that [massacre] happen. I refused to let that happen.”

a. President Donald Trump, 2026, about Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro 

b. President Barack Obama, 2011, about Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi.

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ANSWERS/SOURCES 

1) b

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2) b

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3) b

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4) b

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[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Telling it how it is, calmly and reasonably.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

A New Hampshire Democrat representative is being criticized by his own party and accused of discrimination for speaking out against biological men using women's restrooms and other spaces.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

At times, misanthropy is highly appealing. Unfortunately, it does not align well with God's call to love others.

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

If Republicans are responsible for the Federal Government shutdown, why is it that changes in Democrat Senators' votes are ending it?

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.
It is good that he waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.
--Lamentations 3:25-26 NASB1995

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For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

--Jeremiah 29:11, 12 NASB1995

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[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
--Isaiah 40:30-31 NASB1995

[Think Wonder @ThinkingWonder]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
--Proverbs 3:5-7 NASB1995

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Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
--Psalms 119:105 NASB1995

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