AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of August 19-25 of 2023 by Curtis Bowers

Dear Friends,

Andrew Murray said, “Beware in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things above all that we ask or think. Each time you intercede, be quiet first and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, of how He delights to hear Christ, of your place in Christ, and expect great things.”

1. DEMOCRATS ARREST OPPOSITION LEADER FOR THE FOURTH TIME: President Donald Trump, along with 18 co-defendants, including many of his attorneys, was arraigned again by the Biden regime, this time in deep-blue Fulton, Georgia. Trump posed for a defiant mugshot, becoming the first U.S. President in history to have his mugshot taken. At the courthouse, he said, “This is a sad day for America. I thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election—and I should have every right to do that. As you know, you have many people that you’ve been watching over the years do the same thing…Whether it’s Hillary Clinton or Stacey Abrams or many others.”

Mollie Hemingway, editor of The Federalist, responded, “Stalin, Hussein, Putin, Hitler, Mao, Castro all got their guilty verdicts. This will be no different. This is a show trial that is completely fixed. There is no reason to give it the legitimacy of legal analysis. Call it what we all know it is. A show trial.”

Ed. Note: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, both Republicans, could step in and use their power to stop this political prosecution. Thus far, they have done nothing and are therefore complicit in the criminal conspiracy against Trump and the American republic. Even if the case is somehow won, many of Trump’s fellow defendants will be financially devastated through exorbitant legal fees.

2. 8 GOP CANDIDATES DEBATE, TUCKER INTERVIEWS TRUMP: The first Republican debate, between Donald Trump’s distant rivals, was hosted by Fox News and drew a reported 13 million viewers. By contrast, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Donald Trump, released at exactly the same time, garnered a staggering over 250 million views (and counting). Steve Bannon declared, “…The Old Republican Party ended in Milwaukee last night.”

Daniel Horowitz identified one massive issue missing in both the debate and interview: “The Fox moderators did not utter the word COVID the entire night, nor did Tucker ask Trump about his doubling down on the vaccines and refusing to acknowledge any mistakes with the lockdowns, even as the biomedical fascists begin bringing back COVID fascism…It’s the policy that led to the greatest loss of life and now permanent destruction of the economy.”

Jack Posobiec reacted to the debate, “The biggest standout for me was how can we be in a situation where the front runner for the opposition in this party is about to be arrested for the fourth time in a row the next day, which is today.”

Ed. Note: See here for a summary of the interview and here for a summary of the debate.

3. LEFTISTS AND “CONSERVATIVES” ADVANCE DANGEROUS NEW LEGAL THEORY TO KEEP TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT: Two “conservatives,” retired federal judge J Michael Luttig and constitutional law professor Laurence H. Tribe, argued that Donald Trump should be kept off the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “Insurrection” clause. Luttig predicted that the issue will ultimately be settled at the Supreme Court.

Law professor Jonathan Turley, a former Bill Clinton voter, responded, “I think this is the single most dangerous constitutional theory I have seen pop up in decades,” Charlie Kirk tweeted, “The obvious purpose of this is a backup plan. Even if all of Jack Smith and Fani Willis’s rigged charges fail, their plan is to get swing-state radicals like Adrian Fontes in Arizona or Jocelyn Benson in Michigan to unilaterally kick Trump off the ballot in order to make the 2024 election unwinnable. Nobody is a bigger enemy of democratic elections or our Constitution than elite Democrats.”

Former Trump official Russ Vought tweeted, “Every single GOP presidential candidate must be forced to say whether they support the Dem’s Hail Mary 14th amendment strategy of booting President Trump from the ballot and whether they want it to happen. It is a real threat, it will destroy the country, and it seems to be the unstated cornerstone of most of the campaigns. Support for this should lead to political exile for a lifetime.”

4. WILL BIDEN BRING BACK ANOTHER ROUND OF COVID RESTRICTIONS? Last week, Border Patrol and TSA whistleblowers revealed that the Biden regime is preparing another round of Covid lockdowns, vaccinations, and restrictions. Now, several universities and businesses – including Morris Brown College, Lionsgate, and Upstate University Hospital – are bringing back mask mandates and social distancing measures. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) responded to the returning mandates, “To see this coming up again, these people have no shame.”

Additionally, the Biden regime will encourage all Americans to take Covid boosters, flu, and RSV shots ahead of new Covid-19 “variants.” Journalist Natalie Winters reports that the Biden Department of Defense recently signed contracts worth millions for Covid-19 equipment. During a recent interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the Covid lockdown “was absolutely justified” and suggested lockdowns should be used again, saying, “If you have a vaccine available, you might want to lock down temporarily so you can get everybody vaccinated.”

Ed. Note: Leftists want to use lockdowns to condition the public to accept climate lockdowns and embrace radical lifestyle changes. They also want to facilitate even more mail-in ballots ahead of the crucial 2024 election. As the old saying goes, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Americans can defeat this new wave of tyranny by refusing to comply with these new tyrannical restrictions.

5. INCOMPETENCE OR MALEVOLENCE IN HAWAII FIRES? The Associated Press reports, “Those who disobeyed the barricaded road closures during the Maui fires survived the disaster, while many of those who heeded orders to turn around perished in their cars and homes with no way out.” Mayor Richard Bissen of Maui, Hawaii, refused to directly answer the question, “How many children are missing?” Rather than take full responsibility for government incompetence that contributed to the wildfires, Hawaii Governor Josh Green blamed the fires on climate change and said, “We are in the midst of it with a hotter planet and fiercer storms.”

During his belated visit to Maui, Biden heartlessly compared the devastating fires to a small kitchen fire he and Jill once had. Biden also fell asleep during a ceremony honoring the victims of the fire.

Ed. Note: Leftist elites couldn’t care less about the Hawaiian people who lost their homes and loved ones in the fire. Their primary concern is using Hawaii to advance the climate control agenda. For more, see here, read What Caused the Deadly Maui Fires? and watch last week’s episode,Climate Crisis or Totalitarian Terrorism?

6. LEFTISTS CALL FOR CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION: Fraudulently elected Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs has declared a “heat state of emergency” in the desert state of Arizona. Last week, Hobbs urged Biden to “take action to address the extreme heat we are facing.” Washington Democratic Governor Jay Inslee said, “It seems like the whole world is on fire.” Inslee demanded, “We need to decarbonize our economy so these fires don’t ravage us. There’s not enough firetrucks in the world to protect us if we don’t stop climate change.”

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), one of several leftist senators who called for Biden to declare a climate emergency in 2022, doubled down, asserting, “The devastation in Maui is a clear sign that the president must declare a climate emergency — now.”

7. DR. JORDAN PETERSON ORDERED TO UNDERGO “REEDUCATION”: A Canadian court upheld an order from Canada’s College of Psychologists to mandate “re-education” training for best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson for tweets criticizing Covid lockdowns, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and transgenderism. Peterson vowed to fight back: “If you think that you have a right to free speech in Canada, you’re delusional. I will make every aspect of this public, and we will see what happens when utter transparency is the rule. Bring it on.”

Canadian journalist Anthony Furey commented, “This ruling is going to send a free speech chill to anyone in a regulated profession. They’re going to think twice now before they make any public comment that doesn’t fit the very narrow window of what’s currently considered an acceptable view. This is a problem. A big problem. It’s why the Peterson ruling is wrong and why, by fighting it, the famed author is standing up for the basic free speech rights of all of us.”

8. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO ABUSE CHILDREN: A new report from Parents Defending Education finds that over 18,000 U.S. schools representing almost 11 million students are hiding the gender identities of students from their parents. Meg Kilgannon of the Family Research Council responded, “At this point, parents need to assume they will be deceived by their school if their child makes a gender identity declaration to a teacher or counselor at school.” Meanwhile, in New Jersey, state Judge David Bauman blocked three schools from implementing policies that would notify parents of their children’s “gender transitions.” One mom of three told a New Jersey school board, “I do not, will not ever co-parent with the government.”

Ed. Note: For more on how to escape the corrupt government schools, visit publicschoolexit.com.

9. NEW REPORT DETAILS DNC FRAUD IN VOTER REGISTRATION: Capital Research has released a new report detailing how Democrats have illegally used charities to register millions of voters. Parker Thayer summarizes, “This investigation reveals the shocking true story of the Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt ‘charitable’ voter registration effort in American history—that may have decided the 2020 presidential election and could decide 2024. Commissioned by Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, funded by the Democratic Party’s biggest donors, and coordinated with cutthroat Democratic consultants, the Everybody Votes campaign used the guise of civic-minded charity to selectively register millions of ‘non-white’ swing-state voters in the hopes of getting out the Democratic vote for a 2020 presidential win. It worked.”

10. MORE ON THE PERVERSION OF JUSTICE: Brazil’s leftist Supreme Court recently arrested eight more conservatives. The Gateway Pundit has released pictures revealing the horrific condition of January 6 political prisoner Ryan Samsel’s prison cell. Former Republican President George W. Bush has remained silent during the Trump indictments.

Darren J. Beattie observed, “Candidates who challenge the regime can expect to be criminally indicted. Anyone associated with those candidates can expect to be criminally indicted. That’s just the new reality in the United States.”

11. THE RISE OF DIGITAL TYRANNY: Cuba is rapidly moving toward a “cashless society.” Brazil has announced the rollout of DREX, its new digital currency.

The Defender reports, “A growing number of global governments are considering implementing biometric digital ID programs that would require citizens to obtain digital identification credentials to access public goods and services.”

The National Pulse reports, “X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, is actively seeking to hire a so-called disinformation specialist, releasing a call for applications in an effort to censor certain users ahead of the 2024 election.”

12. DESANTIS VS. TRUMP ON COVID AND J6: One day after the GOP Presidential debate, Donald Trump re-posted an MSNBC article written by leftist Mehdi Hasan, attacking Ron DeSantis for not pushing more Covid-19 vaccines or shutting down Florida for longer.

Journalist Julie Kelly noted how Governor Ron DeSantis at the GOP debate once again advocated for “moving on” from January 6, 2021, as he has repeatedly done since announcing his presidential bid.

13. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:

• The Blaze reports, “A Portland, Oregon, school district recently issued new ‘equitable grading’ practices that will require teachers to accept late work without penalty and refrain from giving students zeros, even if they are caught cheating.”
• The Washington Post reports, “Home ownership — the main driver of wealth for most Americans — is out of reach for large swaths of the population. But the pinch is most pronounced for millennials, who are buying homes at a slower pace than those before them.”
• Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy warns that Turkey and its ally Azerbaijan are targeting Armenian Christians in the Nagorno-Karabach region and writes, “120,000 followers of Jesus are currently being starved to death by a Sharia-supremacist nation still treated as a NATO ally and its surrogate.”
• Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Tucker Carlson that 36,000 “death scientists” are working full-time to develop bioweapons in the United States and abroad.
• The Daily Caller reports that the California Republican Party is considering a platform that “does not include language opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.”
• The Federalist reports, “Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization…which has an ‘ambitious target’ by the year 2030 of ‘0 kg [of] meat consumption,’ ‘0 kg [of] dairy consumption,’ ‘3 new clothing items per person per year,’ ‘0 private vehicles’ owned, and ‘1 short-haul return flight (less than 1500 km) every three years per person.’”
• Encounters with illegals at the Southern border have increased almost 300% since Joe Biden took office. At the same time, the Biden administration is quietly selling off unused materials for Trump’s border wall.
• Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is now the world’s highest-paid Big Pharma executive, earning $33 million in 2022.
• The State of the Bible USA 2023 reports that 34% of GenZers are atheists, agnostics, or religiously unaffiliated. 58% call themselves Christians, but only 13% identify as practicing Christians.

FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT

1. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE GEORGIA PROSECUTOR FANI WILLIS: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan asked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to turn over all documents related to her political prosecution of Donald Trump. Jordan wrote, “Was Fulton County DA Fani Willis working with Jack Smith?  Was she communicating with the Executive Branch? Were any federal funds used in the investigation of President Trump?”

2. ABORTION BY MAIL BANNED: In a unanimous decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that abortion pills could not be sent through the mail. While avenues for chemical abortions remain, The Washington Stand reports the new ruling “reduces the number of weeks mifepristone may be dispensed from 10 weeks to seven…bars abortion pills from being sent through the mail, and mandates that abortionists report all adverse events caused by mifepristone.” However, these new regulations have not yet gone into effect.

3. COURT UPHOLDS SOUTH CAROLINA HEARTBEAT BILL: In a huge win for pro-lifers, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the Constitutionality of the state’s six-week abortion ban, making it law. Holly Gatling, executive director of South Carolina Citizens for Life, stated, “We anticipate that the number of abortions now occurring in South Carolina…will be reduced maybe as much as 80%. That’s saving a lot of lives.”

4. CONSERVATIVES STAND AGAINST MASKS: Christian Actor Kevin Sorbo clearly stated, “I’m not wearing a mask. You can stay home if you don’t feel safe.” Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler explained, “We don’t have to wait and see if they impose mask mandates again. If we say NO like we should’ve done in the first place and refuse to comply, the mandates mean NOTHING. It’s actually up to us, not politicians.”

Ed. Note: Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “The simplest and most accessible key to our self-neglected liberation is this: personal non-participation in lies…when people renounce lies, it cuts short their existence.”

5. SENATE CANDIDATE FIGHTS MANDATES: Bernie Moreno, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Ohio, clearly laid out his convictions on masking and vaccinations, declaring, “Any school that reimposes mask or vax mandates should have all of their Federal funding cut. Any corporation that reimposes these mandates on their workers or consumers should be barred from receiving government contracts.”

6. AMERICAN PARENTS FAVOR HOMESCHOOLING: A new poll conducted by Rasmussen found that almost two-thirds of parents are in favor of homeschooling. According to the poll, “Less than a third of Americans think the country’s public schools are doing a good or excellent job, and most parents of school-age children approve of homeschooling.”

7. DESANTIS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Florida Governor and Presidential candidate Ron Desantis (R) spoke up about attacks from the left against parents and religious freedom, stating, “They have an orthodoxy on the Left that they want to impose on society; it’s basically their religion. It’s not a faith in God, per se; it’s a faith in the leftist ideology. The family and faith are the building blocks of society, and those are the two areas that they’re really waging an assault against right now.”

8. RAMASWAMY SAYS AMERICA IS HEADED TOWARD REVOLUTION: In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy said that America is on the verge of revolution, and “Either we rise to that occasion and we take that 1776 spring spirit and we channel it into a revival, or else we will be the Israelites lost in the desert asking to go back and be ruled by Pharaoh on a march towards quietly becoming a people of sheep so our government can be a government of wolves.”

9. RFK JR. SAYS ELECTION SYSTEM IS “BROKEN”: Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a reporter, “…Americans who suggest that an election can be stolen — I think they should be listened to. Their evidence should be seen and considered, and they shouldn’t be dismissed as people who are enemies of the United States. We have an election system that is broken because elections can be tampered with, and we ought to fix that.”

10. TEXAS DEMOCRAT CHANGES PARTIES: Kleberg County attorney Kira Talip Sanchez announced she was changing parties, stating, “There is an unprecedented crisis at our southern border. I believe that the GOP’s policies of law and order protecting safety and backing the blue best align with my values and the values of the citizens of Kleberg County.”

11. ALABAMA CAN ENFORCE BAN ON TRANSGENDER SURGERIES: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a law in Alabama banning transgender drugs and surgeries on minors after it had been blocked in district court. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded, “The Eleventh Circuit reinforced that the State has the authority to safeguard the physical and psychological wellbeing of minors, even if the United States Attorney General and radical interest groups disapprove.”

12. FLORIDA PUNISHES MEDICAID INSURERS: After Florida banned transgender surgeries for minors, the state announced it would be fining Medicaid healthcare insurers for continuing to allocate taxpayer funds for such surgeries. Jason Weida, secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, stated, “Given the notice that they are on now, with the rule being passed last year…any type of violation going forward would be deemed an intentional violation and would be subject to very severe consequences.”

13. TARGET POSTS A LOSING QUARTER: After Target actively promoted homosexual and transgender ideologies, boycotts and backlash caused Target to post its first quarterly loss in 6 years, a 5.4% decline. Michael Seifert, CEO of Public Square, noted, “As it turns out, working with Satanists to push transgenderism on children was not a wise business strategy.”

14. ANDY NGO AWARDED $300,000: Andy Ngo, senior editor of Post Millennial, was awarded $300,000 after he accused Antifa members of assaulting him in 2020. The defendants refused to show up in court, and Ngo responded, “While it will continue to be a steep uphill battle to collect today’s awarded damages given the default defendants’ history of evasion, I remain determined to hold Antifa and its members accountable for their violent attacks.”

15. UNVACCINATED DJOKOVIC RETURNS TO US: Novak Djokovic, the winningest tennis player in the history of the sport, returned to the US without having taken a Covid shot after President Biden finally lifted the Covid vaccine requirement for foreigners. Djokovic stated, “Throughout my life, I’ve really developed this kind of mindset that I don’t look back with regret on things. I have zero regrets. I’m very excited to return to the country after two years.”

16. PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS RELEASED IN ERITREA: 13 prisoners were released in Eritrea after Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) unleashed a massive prayer campaign. VOM spokesman Todd Nettleton said, “We may never have ‘proof,’ but I believe that the prayers of God’s people, and the bright light of attention to the unjust persecution of Christians in Eritrea, was a significant factor in the release of those prisoners.”

17. HAWAIIAN CHURCH UNTOUCHED BY WILDFIRES: In the wake of the massive wildfires that destroyed the city of Lahaina, the Lahaina Baptist Church was miraculously left standing. Pastor Barry Campell stated, “Lahaina Baptist Church is like an oasis, and the grass is green, the trees are still alive, surrounded by ash. We are really praying that our facility will be a symbol of hope for the people and a beacon, like a light, to draw people to the living Lord Jesus Christ.”

HYMN OF THE WEEK

Jesus Calls Us by Cecil F. Alexander

Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
Of our life’s wild, restless sea.
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, “Christian, follow Me!”

Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love Me more!”

In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love Me more than these!”

Jesus calls us! By Thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear Thy call!
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all.