AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of February 1-7-2025 – by Curtis Bowers

Dear Friends,

Charles Spurgeon urged, “Never lose heart in the power of the gospel. Do not believe that there exists any man, much less any race of men, for whom the gospel is not fitted.”

1. TRUMP, MUSK, DISMANTLE USAID: President Donald Trump and Elon Musk moved to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Musk called USAID a “criminal organization, while Trump said it “should have been done a long time ago.”

Democrats, including America-hater Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Marxist Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), protested after authorities stopped Congressional Democrats and USAID employees from entering its D.C. headquarters.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will fire most of the agency’s 14,000 employees, leaving only 294. USAID’s D.C. building has been officially closed, and will now be occupied by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Founded in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, USAID has morphed from a humanitarian outfit into a $50 billion CIA/Deep State slush fund that promotes regime change and destabilization worldwide. Former USAID director John Gilligan once admitted that USAID was “infiltrated from top to bottom with CIA people.”

Under Biden, USAID was led by Obama ally Samantha Power, and Liz Cheney began her career at USAID.

2. WHAT USAID FUNDS: USAID-funded initiatives include the following:

Pandemics:

• $53 million to the EcoHealth Alliance, which likely created COVID-19 through gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.
• $4 billion to Covid vaccine manufacturer Pfizer.

Regime Change:

• $5 billion to inflame riots and topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government in 2014 (according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.).
• Millions for the Biden family’s money laundering in Ukraine.
• $26 million for a color revolution in the country of Georgia.
• Millions to undermine Viktor Orban’s government in Hungary.
• Tens of millions to oust Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro by implementing censorship and information control.

Media and Censorship:

• $20 million to “journalists” to instigate the first Trump impeachment by smearing Rudy Giuliani’s work in Ukraine.
• Tens of millions to Politico, The New York Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, and other regime media outlets.
• Funding to the Stanford University’s Censorship group.
• Support to 6,200 journalists, 707 news outlets, and 279 media sector civil society organizations in 30 countries.

Additional Projects:

• Funding for heroin production in Afghanistan.
• $2 million to Never Trumper Bill Kristol.
• $1.3 billion to terrorist groups.
• $1.8 million to Christianity Today.
• Millions to woke, green, and LGBTQ causes, and George Soros-linked initiatives.
• Millions to religious charities that fund illegal immigration.
• $68 million to the World Economic Forum.

3. MORE REACTIONS: One individual with sources in the Democratic Party revealed, “This is worse than 9/11 for Democrats… USAID is and always has been the primary source of funding for their influence peddling schemes and for their indirect sources of income.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “USAID supports freedom fighters everywhere in this world!” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) panicked, “If DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS or intelligence agencies.”

Bill Gates said “millions of deaths” could follow if his “foundation partners with USAID” don’t get out their “vaccines.”

Ed Dowd said the Harris campaign slogan “Defending Democracy” should have been, “Vote for us! We are defending grift and fraud!”

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced a bill to permanently abolish USAID. Mike Benz revealed that Republicans who profit from USAID and could join Democrats to stop its shutdown.

Ed. Note: Read more here, here, and here.

4. BONDI CONFIRMED AS AG: Trump ally and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General 54-46, with all Republican Senators and only one Democratic Senator, John Fetterman (D-PA), supporting.

After her swearing-in, Bondi promised Trump, “I will make you proud, and I will make this country proud. I will restore integrity to the Justice Department, and I will fight violent crime throughout this country and throughout this world, and make America safe again.”

Bondi immediately ordered the DOJ to pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities and warned, “Let me be very clear: if you don’t comply with federal law, YOU WILL BE NEXT.” She established a Weaponization Working Group to investigate the prosecutions of Trump, January 6 political prisoners, pro-lifers, and others. The day of Bondi’s confirmation, the FBI submitted the names of 5,000 agents who targeted January 6-ers to the DOJ.

Bondi stressed that DOJ employees who refuse to support Trump’s agenda may be fired.

5. VOUGHT CONFIRMED AS OMB DIRECTOR: The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Russ Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after Democrats tried to stall the vote. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Vought “the most radical nominee, who has the most extreme agenda, to the most important agency in Washington.”

Attorney Mike Davis celebrated, “Russ and his OMB team will help President Trump make the Executive Branch accountable to the American taxpayers who fund it. The uniparty era of waste, fraud, and abuse is over.” The New York Times has called Vought “The most important person in Trump 2.0.”

Vought is a born-again Christian and Southern Baptist who has urged believers not to “privatize” their faith. One year ago, Vought said, “If you’re a Christian, they want to call you a ‘Christian nationalist’… [America] was meant to be a Christian nation, we should be a Christian nation, [and] we should provide religious liberty for everyone in this country to practice their faith.”

6. DNC DOUBLES DOWN ON MARXISM: Last Saturday, Democrats elected Ken Martin, head of Minnesota’s Democratic Party, as the new DNC chair. They also tapped 24-year-old radical gun activist David Hogg as one of three vice chairs. All eight candidates for DNC chair agreed that “racism and misogyny” contributed to Kamala Harris’ defeat.

Martin said the DNC’s policies are correct, but the “messaging and brand” need to be improved. In 2022, Hogg said he would “much rather own a Porsche and have a Portuguese water dog and golden doodle” than have children.

The New York Times assessed, “In private meetings and at public events, elected Democrats appear leaderless, rudderless, and divided. They disagree over how often and how stridently to oppose Mr. Trump. They have no shared understanding of why they lost the election, never mind how they can win in the future.”

A new Quinnipiac poll found that 57% of voters have an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, while 45% have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party.

The Federalist’s Sean Davis said that “spineless” Senate Republicans are the only ones who can block Trump now. Davis urged voters to “mercilessly bully them [Senators] every time they even think about providing aid and comfort to Democrats…”

7. TRUMP SPEAKS AT NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST: In his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump said, “From the earliest days of our republic, faith in God has always been the ultimate source of the strength that beats in the hearts of our nation.” Trump praised Puritan John Winthrop, “who famously proclaimed that America would stand as a city upon a hill, a light to all nations,” and Baptist missionary Roger Williams, who made “religious liberty part of the bedrock of American life.”

Trump announced a new DOJ task force to “immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government” and “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.” Trump said, “We will bring our country back together as one nation under God.”

8. TRUMP SAYS U.S. WILL “TAKE OVER” GAZA: At a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump declared, “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip… We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site…create an economic development…” Trump said that 1.8 million Palestinians should be resettled to neighboring Islamic countries.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the proposal would “doom our treasure and spill our soldiers’ blood.”

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified, “It’s been made very clear to the president that the United States needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort to ensure stability in the region for all people. But that does not mean boots on the ground in Gaza. That does not mean American taxpayers will be funding this effort. It means Donald Trump, who is the best dealmaker on the planet, is going to strike a deal with our partners in a region.”

9. PANAMA RESPONDS TO TRUMP: Following a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino announced that Panama will not renew its Belt and Road agreement with Communist China. The move comes as Panama has allowed Chinese-affiliated companies to operate ports on both sides, violating the 1977 Neutrality Treaty. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the announcement “a great step forward for U.S.-Panama relations, a free Panama Canal, and another example of President Trump’s leadership to protect our national security and deliver prosperity for the American people.”

Ed. Note: For more, read Trump’s Deal Is Only The First Step At Countering China’s Strategic Moves In Panama.

10. TRUMP CONTINUES TARIFF DIPLOMACY: President Trump agreed to temporarily suspend the implementation of 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to crack down on illegal immigration and fentanyl, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum committed to assist in rounding up drug traffickers and send 10,000 troops to its border to stop the flow of fentanyl. Trump emphasized, “As President, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that.”

The National Pulse reacted, “In 24 hours, Trump got more from Mexico and Canada on borders and fentanyl than any President in the last 24 years.”

11. J.D. VANCE SPARKS BACKLASH, AFTER DEFENDING CHRISTIAN TEACHING ON IMMIGRATION: In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Vice President J.D. Vance said, “It’s a very old-school, very Christian concept…you love your family, and then you love neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then, after that, you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world. A lot of the far left has completely inverted that. They seem to hate the citizens of their own country and care more about people outside their own borders. That is no way to run a society.”

Far-left outlet Mother Jones slammed Vance for promoting “white nationalism.” Former Trump official William Wolfe summarized, “Liberal Christians really are like: ‘There is no such thing as a hierarchy of love, and also all white men are the worst.’”

Christian commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote, “J.D. Vance is, of course, correct about the proper ordering of loves. Allowing a stranger into your home to sleep in your kids’ beds and eat their food doesn’t make you a good person; it makes you a bad parent.”

12 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING LAST WEEK’S FATAL COLLISION: Journalists asked why the U.S. Army waited until three days after the fatal collision between a passenger jet and a Blackhawk helicopter to release the name of the third pilot in the Blackhawk, 28-year-old Rebecca Lobach. Suspiciously, Lobach’s entire social media was deleted, along with that of her parents and sisters.

Others asked if the crash was a suicide mission or if Lobach was a DEI hire. Lobach previously worked in the Biden White House, attended pride events, and was allegedly a lesbian.

Former Pfizer employee Karen Kingston said the pilots could have been vaccine-injured and noted, “The number one symptom is cognitive decline. This is similar to Alzheimer’s and dementia. There is lack of memory, responsiveness, fatigue, and exhaustion.”

13. NEW STUDY CALLS FOR COVID VAX TO BE REMOVED: A new peer-reviewed study authored by epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, and Dr. Peter McCullough calls for the removal of all COVID-19 vaccines from the market.

From the study: “More than 81,000 physicians, scientists, researchers, and concerned citizens, 240 elected government officials, 17 professional public health and physician organizations, 2 State Republican Parties, 17 Republican Party County Committees, and six scientific studies from across the world have called for the market withdrawal of COVID-19 vaccines… The criteria for an FDA Class I recall, which applies to products with a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences or death, have been far exceeded.”

In May 2021, Dr. Peter McCullough said, “This whole pandemic, from the beginning, was about the vaccine…stakeholders want compulsory vaccination…a needle in EVERY arm.”

14. TRUMP NOMINEE UPDATES:

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard both appear on track for confirmation, after being voted favorably out of committees.
• Senate Democrats have delayed Kash Patel’s confirmation in a last-ditch effort to persuade RINO Republicans to oppose him.
• The U.S. Senate voicemail system reportedy crashed after receiving 600 calls per minute demanding Kennedy, Gabbard, and Patel be confirmed.
• The Senate confirmed Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (77-23), Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy (59-38), and Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (55-44).

15. TRUMP AGENDA UPDATES:

• Trump has ordered DOGE to audit the Pentagon as its next assignment.
• Trump repeated his desire to eliminate the Department of Education and praised Iowa and Idaho as models for education.
• A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s February 6 buyout deadline for government employees, but over 60,000 have already accepted the offer.
• Trump cut funding to South Africa over its land confiscations of white citizens.
• Army recruitment hit a 15-year high following Trump’s election win.
• El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has offered to house American criminals in his country’s prisons, along with deported illegals.
• Trump withdrew America from the U.N. Human Rights Council and defunded the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
• Border czar Tom Homan vowed to find and punish those who leaked a planned ICE raid on Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang members.
• Boston University assistant media technician Jared May posted a “Wanted Dead or Alive” image on Bluesky featuring six DOGE employees.
• Trump launched a new Faith Task Force led by female pastor and prosperity gospel promoter Paula White.

16. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:

• The Daily Mail reports that mega hedge funds “are making a multi-billion-dollar gamble against the U.S. economy.”
• Visa is partnering with X to launch digital payments, furthering Elon Musk’s goal to make X the “everything app.”
• The Maine Wire reports that up to 40% of illegals in Maine voted in the 2024 election.
• 81% of Germans believe their country has welcomed too many immigrants. Almost half of all rapes committed in Berlin last year were perpetrated by foreigners.
• Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D., who sued against mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, warned against the WHO pandemic treaty and drafted the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, died at age 74.
• The Epoch Times reports, “Young Americans are dying at unprecedented rates, with a new study showing a surge in mortality driven by drug poisoning, alcohol-related deaths, and emerging health challenges.”
• Timothy Kashin reveals, “[Former] USDA Inspector Phyllis Fong, a 22-year Deep State operative…ordered the culling of MILLIONS of healthy birds [in 2024], using the FAKE excuse of ‘mutating bird flu’… Now you know why the price of eggs has shot through the roof.”
• Alex Newman warns, “The government-school establishment and liberal educators were more than pleased – if a little perplexed – with the nomination of controversial former Tennessee education chief Penny Schwinn to serve as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education under President Donald Trump.”

17. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:

• “But better education doesn’t mean a bigger Department of Education. In fact, that Department should be abolished. Instead, we must do a better job teaching the basics, insisting on discipline and results, encouraging competition, and, above all, remembering that education does not begin with Washington officials or even State and local officials. It begins in the home, where it is the right and responsibility of every American.” –President Ronald Reagan, 1983
• “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” –Thomas Jefferson
• “The crossings on the border are down 93%. That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration… We’ve achieved success on the border already. We’ve got more work to do.” –Border czar Tom Homan
• “It’s going to liberate us. The WHO was advancing what’s called a Pandemic Treaty Alliance, international health regulations, that would have constrained us and bound us to what the WHO wants to do with respect to plants, animals, humans.” –Dr. Peter McCullough on Trump’s exit from the World Health Organization
• “The United States has plugged scandalous spending leakage at a rate of $4 billion per day, thanks to the work of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. That appears just to be the beginning. Agencies and funding sources are being shut down by the day and hour… What is popularly known as the ‘Deep State’ has never faced such disruption.” –Jeffrey Tucker
• “President Trump is working each day like it may be his last. He’s doing everything he can to restore America as a great nation and restore the American people as the custodians and governing citizens of our nation… Donald Trump does in a day what a normal president does in a month.” –Gary Bauer
• “Trump’s first two weeks have been as consequential as any presidency, certainly as Reagan’s was in terms of government reform and oversight…” –Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch
• “The only way America can be great again is for America to turn back to the God who made America great in the first place. Return to God and greatness will follow.” –Jonathan Cahn
• “Love is always ready to deny itself, to give, sacrifice, just in the measure of its sincerity and intensity. Perfect love is perfect self-forgetfulness. Hence, where there is love in a home, unselfishness is the law. Each forgets self and lives for others. But where there is selfishness it mars joy.” –J.R. Miller
• “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” –Isaiah 55:6-7

FAITH, FAMILY & FREEDOM REPORT

1. DOD WILL NO LONGER FUND ABORTIONS: The Department of Defense announced it would no longer be funding abortions for military members, reversing the policies put in place by the Biden administration. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) responded, “I took a lot of heat when I held senior military promotions for nearly a year over the Pentagon’s illegal and immoral taxpayer-funded abortion travel policy. But as of today, it was all worth it.”

2. “LIFE AT CONCEPTION” ACT INTRODUCED: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) introduced the Life at Conception Act, which recognizes unborn children as humans to be protected under the 14th Amendment. Burlison stated, “Every life is a sacred gift from God, deserving of dignity and protection from the moment of conception. The Life at Conception Act uses Congress’ constitutional authority to define personhood, fulfilling our moral and legal obligation to safeguard the lives of the unborn.”

3. TRUMP BANS MEN FROM WOMEN’S SPORTS: President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning males from competing in women’s sports. The order states, “It is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.” Following the order, the NCAA officially banned transgenders from women’s sports.

4. TRUMP ORDERS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE PRONOUNS FROM BIOS: A government memo instructed “federal agencies to turn off all email features that prompt users for pronouns, cancel trainings that have in the past ‘promoted gender ideology,’ disband employee resource groups, and ensure bathrooms are designated only for ‘women, girls, or females (or for men, boys, or males).”

5. ARGENTINA WITHDRAWS FROM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Argentinian spokesman Manuel Adorni said the country had “profound differences regarding…health management, especially during the pandemic.” Adorni declared, “We Argentinians will not allow an international organization to intervene in our sovereignty, much less in our health.”

6. SUPPORT FOR VACCINE EXEMPTIONS GROWS: Children’s Health Defense reported, “Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults (63%) in 2025 ‘somewhat or strongly support’ a law allowing parents in their state to choose not to vaccinate their children for medical reasons. Public support for religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements also doubled.”

7. WIN FOR UNVACCINATED WORKERS FIRED IN SAN FRANCISCO: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that San Francisco must reinstate workers who were fired for not receiving the Covid shot. The ruling read, “Appellants’ coerced decision between their faith and their livelihood imposed emotional damage which cannot now be fully undone.  … [San Francisco’s] finding that Appellants’ religious beliefs were insufficient to warrant any accommodations can only be described as a ‘dignitary affront.’”

8. RFK JR. WINS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT: A Superior Court judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy’s libel lawsuit against Daily Kos writer David Vickrey can proceed. Kennedy’s attorney, Robert Barnes, declared, “The court noted that repeating these libels after Kennedy has already sued puts everyone on notice that it is libel with actual malice. Would be libelers pay heed!”

9. NEW HAMPSHIRE TO CRACK DOWN ON SANCTUARY CITIES: The New Hampshire Senate voted 15-8 to pass a bill banning sanctuary cities in the state. Bill sponsor Bill Gannan (R) explained, “It’s our responsibility to the residents of New Hampshire to make it known the immigration we welcome is legal immigration. We could do that by prohibiting sanctuary cities.” A similar bill has been introduced in the New Hampshire House.

10. STATE AGS STAND AGAINST BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: A group of 18 Republican state attorneys general filed an amicus brief supporting President Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship. Iowa AG Brenna Bird (R), who is heading up the coalition, explained, “If someone comes on a tourist visa to have an anchor baby, they are not under that original meaning of the United States Constitution.”

11. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DITCHES LGBTQ AGENDA: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the Department of Defense would no longer be celebrating Pride Month or other Cultural Awareness months. Hegseth said in a memo, “Going forward, DOD Components and Military Departments will not use official resources, to host celebrations or events related to cultural awareness month… We will focus on the character of their service instead of their immutable characteristics.”

12. REFORM UK PARTY OUTPERFORMING ESTABLISHMENT PARTIES: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party has outperformed the Labour Party in the latest poll, with 25% support compared to Labour’s 24%. Politico NOTED, “The study will ring alarm bells in No.10 Downing Street…”

13. KARI LAKE URGES ROMANIANS TO STAND UP: Former Senate candidate Kari Lake told the people of Romania, “The recent annulment of the presidential election is a huge step backwards… Your voice matters! Stand up and demand transparency, accountability, and the right to vote! Don’t give in!” The Balkan Press added, “It remains to be seen if the Trump administration will take action to free the Romanian people from the Iohannis dictatorship that now rules the country.”

14. STATE AGS LAUNCH INVESTIGATION INTO FAUCI – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) is leading 16 other Republican AGs in investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s role in COVID-19. They noted that Biden’s pardon does not “preclude state-level investigations or legal proceedings.” Wilson said, “President Biden’s blanket pardon of Dr. Fauci is a shameful attempt to prevent accountability. If any of these findings indicate violations of state laws, we are fully prepared to take appropriate action to ensure justice is served.”

15. VIRGINIA DEFEATS ANTI-HOMESCHOOLING BILL: The Virginia State Senate voted to table a bill that would have greatly encroached on homeschooling rights following a veto threat by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R). Scott Woodruff of HSLDA stated, “This was a test to see if the people of the state of Virginia still support the law and to see if elected officials will listen to constituents.”

HYMN OF THE WEEK

Praise Him, Praise Him by Fanny Crosby

Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Sing, O earth—His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail Him! Hail Him! Highest archangels in glory;
Strength and honor give to His holy Name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children,
In His arms He carries them all day long.

Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness;
Praise Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song!

Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died.
He our Rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him! Hail Him! Jesus the Crucified.
Sound His praises! Jesus who bore our sorrows,
Love unbounded, wonderful, deep and strong.

Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness;
Praise Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song!

Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever;
Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!
Christ is coming! over the world victorious,
Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.

Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness;
Praise Him! Praise Him! Ever in joyful song!