I hadn’t read the Declaration of Independence since high school history class. Ah, yes, history class! In fact we had American history throughout the tenth grade, then world history during our junior year. When I listen to the TikTok crowd spew the nonsense they champion today, I think how easily their knuckle-headed thinking could have been cured with a few good history classes. Alas, I don’t see much hope for the future, as long as the teachers in our urban areas are in the clutches of politicians and unions with a far different agenda from real education.
Now rereading the document for the first time in decades (shame on me for taking so long), I had forgotten that the bulk of the text is a list of grievances suffered by the American colonists at the hands of the king and various elements under his tyrannical regime. What has truly stunned me these 250 years later, however, is how familiar these grievances feel in our contemporary situation. Let’s take a peek at the exact text, and see if anything feels uncomfortably close to home (the “He” refers to King George, of course, and I will use the original spelling and punctuation):
“He has refused to Assent to Laws”
Hmm, every “sanctuary state” governor today for starters…
“He has made Judges dependent of his Will alone”
Hmm, activist judges anybody?
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people”
Hmm, 87,000 new armed IRS agents. Ring a bell?
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent”
Hmm, ever looked at your tax bill?
“…transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny…”
Hmm, thirty million military-age males pouring across our open borders from 2020 to 2024…
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us”
Hmm, BLM and Antifa riots…
SHORT VERSION: LEAVE US ALONE!
The very essence of the Declaration of Independence is a concerted celebration of God’s gift of our “unalienable” right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” It was argued, researched, debated yet again, drafted by Jefferson, then edited by Adams, Franklin, and others. Together the bravest men stood together against the storm of tyranny and gambled it all. As I reread it today, I literally shed tears at those miraculous words:
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortune and our sacred Honor.”
And then, of course, there were those who shed more than tears. They shed their blood, watched their homes burn, and too many gave the ultimate sacrifice. Whether they formed local militias or joined the Continental Army, colonists now dedicated to the cause, gambled their very lives. One of those Americans was my ninth generation ancestor. He fought in one of the most consequential battles of the American Revolution, the Battle of Cowpens. I am forever honored that his blood runs in my veins.
I know that this will be a joyful and glorious weekend for all of you, God willing. It should also be, if I may presume to say, a solemn one as well. The sacrifices made by simple men and women those many years ago have made these precious rights and this glorious day possible. Take a moment and honor them in your heart. I know I will.
🚨Warning: Minnesota’s Daycare Fraud Scandal Just Got a Political Upgrade
While federal prosecutors are still untangling one of the largest childcare and social services fraud schemes in U.S. history, with hundreds of millions stolen through fake daycare billing, nonprofits, and housing programs, another player is stepping forward.
Somalian Abdi Daisane is running again for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 14A.
He owns and operates a childcare center.
And he’s campaigning on expanding childcare funding and programs.
Let that sink in.
A man who profits from an industry drowning in documented fraud is running for office to help write the rules, control the oversight, and direct the taxpayer money flowing into that same industry.
Daisane didn’t grow up in Minnesota. He spent 18 years in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp before arriving in the U.S. as an adult in 2009. He quickly entered the taxpayer-funded childcare and nonprofit world, started a business, got appointed to local government boards, and is now running for state legislature.
This isn’t random.
This is the model:
Arrive through refugee channels
Build businesses and nonprofits heavily dependent on government funding
Embed into local boards and agencies
Run for office to control the purse strings and regulations
Minnesota didn’t lose control of its daycare system by accident. It was captured from the inside by networks that treat public money as a business model.
Now one of them wants a seat in the statehouse.
When the same people run the programs, collect the money, and write the laws, there is no accountability left. Fraud investigations get called “racism.” Audits become “Islamophobia.” And the American taxpayer keeps getting billed.
This isn’t representation. This is a consolidation of power.
And Minnesota is paying for it, again
Listen to Abdi Boast of the "changing demographics," of his district - he views this as an accomplishment...
I’m more pissed about the fact that we all defended Barrett when she was being confirmed. We all thought she’d be our person. We all thought she’d be the one to finally start putting this country on the right track. It wouldn’t have to fall to Clarence Thomas, alone, anymore.
We were pissed when they put her through the wringer. We were pissed when they tried to go after her family. We were all ready to fight -peacefully- for her.
She made us all out to be fools. Between her and Roberts, all they did was weaken this nation of ours. All she did was give every illegal an opportunity to destroy this country.
I’m pissed and there’s so much more I want to say, but won’t. I hate this decision. I truly do…
The hysteria over the unsurprising resent decisions of the Roberts Court shines a light on the real problem facing America today. Of the three branches of government, we currently have an activist Judiciary, a powerful Executive, but a flat tire when it comes to the Legislative branch.
Birthright citizenship, for example, was not expected to be overturned by the Supreme Court. Congress could easily establish common sense legislation that would define more clearly the original purpose and boundaries intended by the 14th Amendment. That would, however, require John Thune to act like an American statesman rather than a RINO hack, so there is, as usual, no hope.
As long as the pansy-ass Republicans mince around the halls of Congress, we are doomed.