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By Douglas V. Gibbs
From the vastness of space, Artemis II mission pilot Victor Glover spoke of God and humanity’s divine connection as he gazed upon Earth. When asked about his thoughts on Easter, he responded, “I don’t have anything prepared. I’m glad you brought it up, though; I think these observances are important.”
He then shared an impromptu sentiment rooted in scripture: “You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe. Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but we’re the same distance from you. And I’m trying to tell you – just trust me – you are special.”
Glover’s words continued a godly tradition among astronauts. In 1968, as America grappled with the Vietnam War and racial unrest, Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman read from Genesis, bringing comfort and perspective to billions worldwide. While orbiting the moon on December 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 crew read the first ten verses of Genesis during a live television broadcast that reached approximately a quarter of Earth’s population. Mission commander Frank Borman concluded with, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”
Similarly, Apollo 11’s crew took communion on the lunar surface.
In a Truth Social post, President Trump concluded a message directed at the Iranian regime with, “Glory be to God!”
The U.S. airman rescued in Southwest Iran sent a message after ejecting from his aircraft that illustrated his deep faith: “God is good.”
Trump commented on this message, stating, “This brave warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour.” He later noted that those who knew the officer understood he was “religious,” so “it made sense for him to say that.”
The recent Easter holiday celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christians recognize Jesus as the only figure in history to conquer death, believing Him to be our Lord and Savior – fully man and fully God, King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
Authoritarian governments find Christianity threatening. Karl Marx called religion the “opiate of the masses.” How can one depend on government and give complete allegiance to the state when they believe in a higher power that reigns over all things? Consequently, those who would be masters of the world hate God, Christ, and religion – especially Christianity.
In Canada, quoting from the Bible is considered “hate speech.” Also in Canada, over eighty churches have been set on fire across the country. A similar attack on churches in America is underway, though largely unreported. Government sponsors the lies that instigate these attacks, as Marxist, globalist, and Muslim governments view Christ, Christians, and Christianity as their foremost enemies (with Israel holding a similar position on their list of hatred). The Left has taught generations that everything is relative – no absolute good or evil, no truth or falsehood. These concepts, they claim, are merely instruments of “oppression.”
Followers of Jesus Christ have been accused of seeking a theocracy the Left calls “Christian Nationalism.” The progressive-communist orthodoxy understands that to dominate the political landscape, it must smother its enemy, for nothing should be allowed to place anyone or anything above the level of government.
The enemies of Christianity have positioned themselves as false prophets, proclaiming that nothing exists above their emerging system. To them, religion is “superstition.” Yet their hatred reveals their fear of Christ and Christianity. In their mission to dominate Western society, they reveal their own defeat, for if they were truly triumphant in their own eyes, they would treat Christianity with “pity” and “indifference.” Their rage exposes their recognition of the threat against them. Christianity remains an insurmountable obstacle, and unable to confront this reality, they resort to the rage of a cornered animal.
This partly explains Trump Derangement Syndrome. President Trump has the support of Christians, and as Christianity’s light shines brightly in America, it reveals the Left for what they truly are. Darkness recedes when light strikes it, and the youngest generation is reaching for the faith of their grandparents. Truth has taken hold of America’s reins, while flawed ideologies like WOKE and DEI crawl back into society’s dark corners.
These victories will be met with greater hatred from those who seek things not of God. As the old saying goes, the flak increases when one is over the target. But we must remember that our churches are more than bricks and mortar, and our faith more than mere belief. While leftist mobs seek to demoralize their opposition, faith in Christ stands on reason and truth. As Scripture reveals, their false, resentful rage and evil ways will ultimately die, wither, and fade into nothing.
A friend once said to me, “God is winning. He remains on the throne.” I corrected him: “God has already won.”
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By Douglas V. Gibbs
America’s free market system combined with liberty provides anyone the freedom to rise above the noise. We have the incentive to innovate, activate, produce, create wealth, or become someone who enjoys the efforts of others through employment and consumerism. The Founding Fathers were quite “liberal” in their thinking. Liberal was not associated with a political party or ideology. It was rooted in individual liberty, limited government, and free markets.
“Liberal” was a devotion to liberty; a deep commitment to individual liberty. They believed people have natural rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of property (or happiness, as Jefferson put it) that existed prior to government. The primary purpose of government was to secure these pre-existing rights, not to grant them.
Limited government was especially liberal because it stood outside the norm. They were skeptical of concentrated power, viewing it as the greatest threat to freedom. A “liberal” government was strictly limited in scope and power. The Constitution, with its separation of powers, checks and balances, and enumerated powers, was a practical application of this liberal principle. They wanted a government powerful enough to secure rights and ensure the Union’s protection, but not so powerful that it could infringe upon rights or lives.
They believed in the Rule of Law, meaning society would be governed by laws, not arbitrary whims of rulers. Law applied equally to everyone, including those in power. The written constitution was a liberal innovation designed to bind government to fixed legal principles. The Constitution is a compact, not a “living breathing document” that changes at society’s whims or judges’ opinions.
The Founders, influenced by Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (1776), were strong proponents of economic liberty. They believed in free markets, private property rights, and freedom to contract without governmental interference. They viewed mercantilism, government-granted monopolies, and market control through heavy regulation as infringements on liberty.
The Founding Fathers were part of the Enlightenment, believing in reason and progress. They celebrated reason as the primary tool for understanding the world and improving the human condition. A “liberal” embraced this rational, scientific approach to politics and society, rejecting emotion-based ideas in favor of universally applicable principles. They viewed history as a template, discovering through research the failures of collectivism and the success of revolutionary opportunities when rugged individualism and a free market of ideas and innovation take place.
To be “liberal” to them was to be revolutionary; believing in the individual against tyranny from centralized government or government controlled by factions like nobility, established religion, or collective oligarchy. Their philosophy was one of emancipation, individualism, and skepticism of authority.
Progressive leftist Democrats consider themselves liberal, believing they advance civilization with their “liberal” ideas. However, they rage against anyone espousing concepts leading to true liberty and a free market of ideas and products. Their natural impulses, shrouded in claims of liberalism and progress, are inherently authoritarian. They claim to be for liberal progress, but their policies lead to an authoritarian police state, globalism, and repressive governance.
They believe they’re on the side of progress but deny any connection to individualism. Their policies seek to eliminate private property, deconstruct the family, remove religion from public view, eliminate national sovereignty, and move economic markets to centralized State control. Everything to them, thanks to their Marxist foundation, is class struggle, with only communal existence controlled by centralized authority acceptable. Children are no longer trusted to their parents’ care; prayer and morality are dangerous to their WOKE culture; inheritance is to be taxed and eliminated; market production must be regulated to the limit; and we’re instructed to “trust the experts” on all issues.
This aligns with Karl Marx’s writings: seize capital, control means of production, force possessions into “common ownership,” and eliminate religion as an “opiate of the masses.”
History reveals that when such communal control takes hold, little innovation or entrepreneurial activity occurs. Investment in innovation dies, and when workers lack incentive to make a better life because everyone is “equal,” Marx explained the government must force them to work using the whip.
Communism, socialism, progressivism – whatever you call the Democrats’ political religion – ultimately kills human freedom, innovation, and societal advancement. The Founding Fathers knew this, which is why they created the Constitution as they did. They knew Marx’s ideas before he was born because those ideas had already emerged and died throughout history. They limited federal powers to prevent a centralized leviathan. They left most powers to States to serve as natural checks against centralized government. They minimized democracy (only House members were democratically elected originally) to protect from democracy’s excesses and majority tyranny. They set factions against each other, giving minority factions more voice through their “republican form of government” to keep tyranny at bay and liberty in the driver’s seat. States had a voice in the Senate, partially in choosing electors for President, and the final say on amendments to prevent federal overreach. The Separation of Powers existed between branches and between the federal government and the States. We the People, through our states, were to check government, and federal power was limited to external issues and matters directly tied to protecting and promoting the union of States, as James Madison explains in Federalist 45.
At the time, the Constitution was a progressive and liberal idea, and its original intent has nothing in common with today’s liberal progressives, not because the Constitution has changed, but because those claiming to be liberal and progressive are nothing of the sort.
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By Douglas V. Gibbs
Opponents of constitutional principles and conservatism consistently advocate throwing more money at problems rather than addressing their root causes. This mindset is particularly evident in education, where despite states with the highest education spending continuing to see declining results, the solution proposed is always more funding. Meanwhile, students achieving the best scores typically come from private schools and homeschooling environments that operate with minimal funding but focus on challenging curricula rather than ideological indoctrination. This explains why these same opponents panic whenever spending cuts are proposed – they’ve never encountered an expenditure they don’t like.
Enter the Golden Age under President Donald J. Trump, who approaches governance from a business perspective. When something can be streamlined or is unnecessary, he believes it should be reevaluated, reduced, or eliminated. As he cuts federal spending, he simultaneously attracts U.S. and foreign investments to areas where he believes government shouldn’t be the primary funding source. His philosophy is clear: if the private sector is willing to invest, why should government shoulder that burden?
President Trump has aggressively worked to eliminate wasteful federal spending by terminating redundant contracts, streamlining government operations, and eradicating waste, fraud, and abuse. When his administration targeted budget cuts for NASA and the science sector, opponents predictably reacted with alarm. Their perspective? Less funding equals disaster. That kind of thinking led them straight to framing Trump as anti-science despite his ambitious goals for lunar and Martian exploration.
CNN reported Trump’s request for “deep cuts to NASA’s science budget to be nearly 50%” and characterized the proposed $5.6 billion reduction as “an existential threat to U.S. leadership in space science.” Scientific American echoed these concerns, particularly about environmental science programs, with Casey Dreier of the Planetary Society calling the cuts “an extinction-level event for science.” Politico highlighted Elon Musk’s criticism of the cuts, framing it as division within Trump’s circle, though notably Musk’s SpaceX would be affected by reduced subsidies.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has supported these budget cuts, which terminate 40 “low-priority” missions, including most climate change programs. This aligns with President Trump’s view that man-made climate change is a scam, making such expenditures wasteful from his perspective.
As a businessman, President Trump recognizes that advancement requires fiscal responsibility. These cuts aren’t the “traumatic death of science” that opponents claim, but rather an opportunity to redirect resources from wasteful projects to meaningful scientific pursuits. By eliminating unnecessary spending now, funding becomes available for significant initiatives like Mars missions, lunar surface systems, and new space telescopes – advancements that would be hindered by continued funding of inefficient programs.
The budget cuts and proposed investments “accelerate human space exploration to the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions.”
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
TikTok Video Reveals Anti-Ice Liars
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Bill O’Reilly, a former FOX News host, played a video that appeared on TikTok that had gone viral among the lefty anti-Trump crowd. It depicts a scene on an airplane, with what appears to be an ICE agent standing next to the flight attendant, speaking to passengers and requesting that Juan Garcia come to the front of the plane. The alleged federal agent says in the video that the aircraft will not be allowed to take off until the individual makes himself known and is taken into custody by the alleged ICE agent. The video then has an unseen passenger asking, “since when” is ICE allowed on planes to take custody of people, and the person playing the agent says, “because I have this badge on.” The “agent” is masked, and a female passenger then asks, “can we see your face” and “see identification,” with both requests denied by the agent as he walks up the aisle searching for his “victim.”
Mr. O’Reilly then states that after that video “dropped,” he got all kinds of texts from “liberal friends” saying, “See! See! See!” Bill says on his show that he responded to his friends, “Let me check this out.”
“It’s a phony,” exclaims O’Reilly on his internet program. “They’re actors. It’s a set that they used; they had to spend money on. This was a complete phony. No disclaimer that we could find. None! Just threw it on up. Millions of people believe it was true. Including – and I mean among my friends who texted me – are journalists, sophisticated people.”
According to a video by Politifact, the publishers of the video on TikTok have posted a number of skits and prank videos in the past, including some on the same airplane set. A number of the actors in the ICE agent video appear in other skits. The set has been identified as a product of the company “Network Media.” While ICE agents are indeed at airports right now to help with the TSA shortage, thanks to the Democrat DHS Shutdown, those agents are not operating in those airports in their immigration enforcement capacity, and there are no reports of ICE agents pulling people off of planes. With the ID requirements to even get on a plane in the first place, such a scenario would be very unlikely, anyway.
The problem for the liberal progressive Democrat Party-loving Left is that their narrative machine can’t find examples of the things they claim Trump, MAGA, or anyone else they claim is guilty of – so, they have to manufacture it. They don’t want you to see or know the context of things, so they post things that are likely real without the context, or they produce something fake, like the video in question, to elicit an emotional response. Since conservatives aren’t the violent fascists the lefties believe them to be, finding proof is hard to come by. So, as with pretty much everything else that comes from their ideology, deception becomes a major tool.
The thing about lying is that usually, to cover lies, you need to lie more, and eventually it all catches up to you. Plus, typically, when parts of real videos are put online by lefties making certain claims, or when something is produced as the TikTok video O’Reilly discussed, the people behind the scams are just careless enough to leave all kinds of clues about how fake the meme, video, or claim is.
The deceptive attacks reveal what the left is really all about. They need everyone to believe that Trump and his administration are fascist, white supremacists, and since in real life they can’t catch Trump or his personnel acting in the racist manner they seek, they have to find a way to produce it deceptively. Even more alarming is the fact that the Left’s ideological colleagues, like Joe Biden, have a long record of making racist comments. Of course, none of those truths has any place in the Left’s argument because it doesn’t fit the agenda of their anti-Trump narrative.
Truth is, when faced with the truth, and when it is pointed out to these lunatics in a setting where they can’t depend on deceptive tools at their fingertips, they can’t come up with one actual fact to defend their hatred for Trump, his supporters, or anything that is in line with the Republican Party platform, other than they disagree with their opponents’ stance on things.
It’s basically gotten to the point that they’ve been lying so long that they have even gotten to the point where they believe their own B.S., but can’t explain exactly why.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary