AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of January 6-12 of 2024 by Curtis Bowers

Dear Friends,

Frederick Douglass stated, “Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

1. THREE YEARS SINCE JANUARY 6, IS THE TIDE TURNING? More Americans are awakening to the truth about January 6, with a recent poll finding that 43% of registered voters believe the Capitol protestors “had a point.” The Epoch Times released a second documentary on January 6, focusing on the Gestapo-like treatment of J6 political prisoners. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) appeared with Tucker Carlson to discuss the 200 FBI agents embedded in the crowd on January 6.

On January 6, Republican Presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted out “Happy Entrapment Day.” By contrast, Joe Biden celebrated the day with an Orwellian speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where he claimed, “Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time. It is what the 2024 election is all about.” The FBI commemorated the day with a public show of force by arresting three more January 6 subjects.

On January 9, suspected federal agent Ray Epps, who told J6ers, “We need to go into the Capitol,” was given a $500 fine and only one year of probation (no prison time). Journalist Julie Kelly warns that U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves wants to prosecute thousands of individuals who did not even enter the Capitol building.

Encouragingly, legal experts predict that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule that an Enron-era obstruction law has been improperly used against January 6 political prisoners, throwing out charges against hundreds of defendants and benefiting President Trump’s obstruction case. In more good news, The Gateway Pundit announced they have raised at least $2.6 million for January 6 families through their subscribers.

2. JOHNSON SEEKS TO PASS MASSIVE DNC-SUPPORTED SPENDING DEAL: On Wednesday, 13 conservative House members temporarily blocked a spending deal from coming to the floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced a $1.659 trillion spending deal endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). While Johnson claimed the deal was “the most favorable budget agreement Republicans have achieved in over a decade,” the House Freedom Caucus called it a “total failure.” The legislation includes $886 billion for defense spending, $704 billion for discretionary non-defense spending, and a “side deal” with another $69 billion in non-defense spending.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) opposed the package, noting that the agreement “does nothing to secure the border, stop the invasion, or stop the weaponized government targeting Biden’s political enemies and innocent Americans.” Daniel Horowitz, senior editor at The Blaze, said, “You can swap out the leadership of the Republican Congress, but some things never change. They forge the same deals with the same talking points every single time.”

Russ Vought, President of Center for Renewing America, explained that Johnson still could outmaneuver Schumer and cut at least $73 billion in non-defense spending if he listens to conservatives, rejects the agreement, and makes the right strategic moves. However, on Friday, Johnson said that he is sticking with the original deal made with Democrats.

3. TUCKER CARLSON AND BRET WEINSTEIN ON THE W.H.O.’S PLOT TO END FREE SPEECH: Tucker Carlson’s 60th interview on X featured biologist Bret Weinstein, Ph.D. and covered the COVID-19 plandemic. You can watch the full interview or read the transcript here. Below are a few highlights:

• Weinstein explained how the COVID-19 public health emergency measures provided cover for the unsafe mRNA technology injections and observed, “Because they called it a vaccine, people were much more willing to accept it.”
• Weinstein referenced a September 2023 report that estimated a staggering 17 million deaths globally from COVID-19 vaccines.
• Weinstein asserted that Big Pharma, media, and government agencies were surprised that a “small number of dissidents” were able to “bend the narrative” and raise awareness regarding the danger of mRNA vaccines.
• Weinstein warned that the World Health Organization is seeking a rematch and wants to cancel free speech this year with its Global Pandemic Treaty (supported by the Biden administration) by “revising the structures that allowed the dissidents to upend the narrative.”

4. DR. FAUCI APPEARS BEFORE CONGRESS: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the COVID-19 response during the Trump and Biden administrations, said he “did not recall” over 100 times when asked about COVID-19 before a Congressional Committee. Fauci reluctantly admitted that the six-foot social distancing rule had no scientific backing but was simply made up. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded, “If you doubted it back then, you were ridiculed as anti-science, censored, silenced. Now it becomes clear: ‘trust the science’ really means ‘obey authority.’”

Rutgers University molecular biologist Richard Ebright, Ph.D., summarized, “Fauci repeatedly and flagrantly violated U.S. government policies implemented to protect the public from lab-generated pandemics. He lied – brazenly – to Congress about his policy violations in three Senate hearings in 2021-2022. He lied – brazenly – to Congress about his policy violations again yesterday.”

The Daily Caller reported that a new letter from Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, revealed that “The CIA brought in Dr. Anthony Fauci to its headquarters ‘without a record of entry’ to help ‘influence’ the agency’s review of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

5. ALMOST 80% OF EMBALMERS REPORT WHITE FIBROUS CLOTS: Tech entrepreneur and vaccine researcher Steve Kirsch revealed that 75% of embalmers in a new survey reported seeing white fibrous clots in 20% of corpses in 2023, down from 30% in 2022. Kirsch wrote, “The CDC and FDA are still ignoring this…These clots were never seen before COVID…It seems highly likely that most of these cases are caused by the COVID-19 vaccines. 20% of deaths is roughly around 600,000 Americans a year…600,000 American deaths a year, and nobody cares. What is it going to take to get their attention?”

Slay News reported, “The number of obituaries that cite ‘sudden’ and ‘unexpected’ deaths has skyrocketed since 2021…” In her 2023 New Year’s Eve address, Hungarian President Katalin Novák said, “In many families, there is almost constant sickness, as if our immune systems have been weakened.”

6. TWO NEW FRONTS IN BIDEN’S WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS: First, the Biden regime’s Department of Labor announced a new rule that could force millions of independent contractors in healthcare, trucking, and “gig” services to be registered as employees, under the guise of protecting workers from “exploitation.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned the rule would “decrease flexibility and opportunity and result in lost earning opportunities for millions of Americans.”

Second, the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule passed under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act took effect on January 1, 2024, to “prosecute and deter money laundering” and “deter tax fraud.” However, cultural analyst Geoffrey Botkin warns that the Act targets “the peaceful operation of small businesses whose owners don’t have time to stay current on every new complex regulation,” requiring “companies to file new sets of paperwork with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…Reporting is mandatory. Failure to comply with CTA carries a maximum fine of $500 per day up to $10,000 and criminal penalties, including up to two years in prison.” While small businesses are singled out, hedge funds, banks, insurance firms, and large publicly traded companies are exempt.

7. STATE CONTROLS MEDIA IN CANADA AND AMERICA: Royal Canadian Police arrested reporter David Menzies of Rebel News after he asked Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia Freeland why the Canadian government has not classified Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. By contrast, Canadian police recently brought coffee to pro-Palestinian protestors.

Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign staff has begun meetings with various news organizations, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, ABC, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, Fox, NPR, Reuters, Bloomberg, and others, instructing them on how to cover the 2024 election. Mollie Hemingway, editor of The Federalist, pointed out, “Democrat privilege includes having corporate media 1000% in your pocket and being able to demand they turn up the propaganda even more. This is almost comical.”

8. EMPLOYERS SAY GEN Z-ERS ARE ENTITLED, DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH: A December 2023 survey by intelligent.com revealed the following:

• 38% of employers avoid hiring recent college graduates in favor of older employees.
• 1 in 5 employers have had a recent college graduate bring a parent to a job interview.
• 58% say recent college graduates are unprepared for the workforce.
• Nearly half of employers have had to fire a recent college graduate.
• Unreasonable salary demands, lack of eye contact top list of interview blunders for recent college grads.
• 2 in 3 employers say recent college grads can’t manage their workload.
• 63% of employers say recent college grads are entitled.

9. BOEING ILLUSTRATES THE DANGEROUS FAILURE OF DEI: Alaska Airlines temporarily canceled all Boeing 737 Max 9 flights after a door plug blew out, opening a hole in the plane mid-flight. Professor James Lindsay noted, “Boeing’s corporate filings with the SEC reveal that in beginning 2022, the annual bonus plan to reward CEO and executives for increasing profit for shareholders and prioritizing safety was changed to reward them if they hit DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion] targets.” Elon Musk responded, “People will die due to DEI.” Whistleblowers have claimed, “Boeing no longer does the same quality control that they used to.”

10. DEFENSE SECRETARY HID HOSPITALIZATION FOR DAYS: The White House and the Pentagon claimed they were unaware for several days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized following surgery for prostate cancer, creating a national security crisis. Former special forces helicopter operator L. Todd Wood responded, “I don’t believe the Biden administration. I think they knew full well the health problems of the SecDef. They didn’t tell the public because Austin is integral to implementing the regime’s nefarious, treasonous priorities, and keeping the illegitimate Biden regime in power. Austin has been the lynchpin to forcing our troops to digest the odious, Marxist instruction of DEI, CRT.”

In related news, white recruits for the U.S. Army dropped to 25,070 in 2023 from 44,002 in 2018. Also, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) criticized Austin and Biden for refusing to mention American hostages still held by Hamas. Scott said, “Why don’t we have a president that cares about the hostages that Hamas is holding right now? He never talks about them. And what’s Austin doing to get American hostages back?”

11. TRUMP LEGAL UPDATES: Closing arguments wrapped up in the New York case seeking $370 million against Donald Trump for alleged fraud. Trump noted that the banks never complained and said, “This is an out-of-control attorney general…This is a case that should have never been brought, and I think we should be entitled to damages.”

Breitbart reported that Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis “secretly colluded” with the January 6 Committee. Additionally, Willis has been accused of having an “improper” relationship with Nathan Wade, the lead prosecutor on Trump’s case, with Wade reportedly using county funds to take Willis on luxury vacations. Wade also met twice with Biden’s White House counsel before the August Trump indictment.

Twenty-seven states have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the case to keep Trump on the Colorado ballot.

12. IMMIGRATION NEWS: A Brooklyn high school forced students into virtual classes after making room for 2,000 illegals in its gym. Elon Musk responded, “This is what happens when you run out of hotel rooms. Soon, cities will run out of schools to vacate. Then they will come for your homes.” The Immigration Accountability Project warned that the Senate Republican Leadership-White House draft border bill would reward and encourage more illegal immigration.

Glenn Beck explained two reasons elites are accelerating the immigration invasion: “elections” and to “overwhelm the system.” Beck warned, “We’re going to be a third-world country. If you don’t stand up, if Congress doesn’t stand up and say, ‘No budget if there’s no border security,’ then this will come to your community.”

13. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:

• The Washington Stand reports, “For the third consecutive year, the Biden administration’s Department of State has left Nigeria off of its list of ‘Countries of Particular Concern,’ a list that catalogues the countries around the world that have perpetrated or tolerated ‘particularly severe violations of religious freedom.’ The move comes despite the fact that Nigeria leads the world in the number of Christians that have been killed for publicly practicing their faith.”
• The New York Post reports, “Google co-founder Sergey Brin vacationed on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘pedophile island’ with his ex-wife, according to another round of court documents unsealed Monday.”
• Modernity News reports, “Parents who refuse to accept their children identifying as transgender could face seven years in jail under a new law in Scotland.”
• The Gateway Pundit reports, “Sean Edward Leonard Gravells, 39, the ex-president of the North Peace Pride Society, is now facing multiple sex crime charges, including child pornography offenses.”
• Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has officially dropped out of the Presidential race, leaving only four Republican contenders ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
• A survey from Resume Builder reported that 38% of U.S. companies are likely to conduct layoffs in 2024.

14. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES

• “The FBI raided Epstein’s island in 2019 and confiscated tapes and evidence of child rape and human trafficking. If the FBI was legit, the child rapists would be in jail, but instead, they hide the evidence and protect the rich and powerful elites in order to keep them under control.” –Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA)
• “Prolonged sitting actively promotes dozens of chronic diseases, including obesity and Type 2 diabetes, even if you’re very fit and exercise regularly. It’s also an independent risk factor for premature death, even if you lead an otherwise healthy lifestyle. In fact, chronic sitting has a mortality rate similar to smoking….” –Dr. Joseph Mercola
• “The people who cannot lead and cannot be trusted have chased all the real leaders away. What we have is a leadership vacuum. For too many years, the worst among us have risen to the top, while the best take cover to avoid being seen.” –J.B. Shurk
• “Private property is important. It is family wealth that creates community wealth and stands between us and the abyss in emergencies or challenging times. Remove our assets and our access to wealth-building, and we lose our independence and the reserves that make the difference. We lose the entrepreneurial seed corn that creates an enlightened and productive society. If we own nothing in a world with central transaction control, we are no more than slaves.” –Catherine Austin Fitts
• “The almost general mediocrity of fortune that prevails in America, obliging its people to follow some business for subsistance, those vices that arise usually from idleness are in a great measure prevented. Industry and constant employment are great preservatives of the morals and virtue of a nation. Hence bad examples to youth are more rare in America, which must be a comfortable consideration to parents.” –Benjamin Franklin, 1784
• “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” –Charles R. Swindoll

FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT

1. OHIO HOUSE OVERTURNS VETOED SAFE ACT: Ohio House Republicans voted 65-28 to overturn Republican Governor Mike Dewine’s veto of the SAFE Act. The Senate will decide whether to overturn the veto on January 24. ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp stated, “We urge the Ohio Senate to act and join over 20 other states and several European countries in fighting for truth and curtailing the deployment of harmful surgeries and drugs that are devastating countless lives.”

2. DESANTIS CONSIDERS BARRING BIDEN FROM FLORIDA BALLOT: In response to various states seeking to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot, Florida Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Ron Desantis vowed to consider banning Biden from the Florida state ballot. In related news, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) declared that his state will consider removing Biden from the ballot if the Supreme Court does not overturn the Colorado decision.

3. RAMASWAMY SHARES TRUTH ON JANUARY 6TH: Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shared his opinion about the J6 protest. Ramaswamy stated, “Three years ago, if you would have asked me if Jan. 6 was the product of government entrapment, I would have told you that that was crazy conspiracy stuff…We’ve seen new video footage coming out of Capitol Police officers allowing people to just walk straight into the Capitol who were then arrested later for what the Capitol Police allowed them to do. That footage wasn’t available two years ago.”

4. J6 PRISONER URGES FELLOW PRISONERS TO LOOK TO JESUS: January 6 political prisoner Leo Kelly sent an open letter to other J6 prisoners, encouraging them to turn to Jesus during their persecution. Kelly wrote, “If you want to be free, leave room for God’s vengeance: it is assured. Your best strategy is to forgive, to do good to those who have abused you, and to love God with everything you’ve got.”

5. DESANTIS PROMISES JUSTICE AGAINST FBI: Republican Presidential candidate Ron Desantis promised, “If an FBI agent is going after parents going to a school board meeting, I’m firing those people. If the FBI is colluding with Big Tech to censor dissent in this country, I’m firing those people. If the FBI is passing around memos saying observant Catholics are potential terrorists, I’m firing those people.”

6. GERMAN FARMERS CONTINUE TO PROTEST: Thousands of German farmers continued their protests against the destructive green policies of their globalist government, blocking roads and highways with their tractors. Farmer Anthony Lee clearly related, “We’re sick of the lies. It’s not only farmers…Everybody is sick of politicians who have no idea what they are talking about, who have no education to tell us how our lifestyle should look.” A survey found that an overwhelming 69% of Germans support the farmers.

7. “VOTING VAN” BANNED IN WISCONSIN: A Wisconsin judge ruled it was against state law to have mobile absentee voting sites after conservatives challenged the use of a “voting van” in the 2022 elections. Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz ruled, “Nowhere can this Court find or has been provided any authority allowing the use of a van or vehicle as an alternate absentee voting vehicle.”

8. CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO IMPEACH DEFENSE SECRETARY: Congressman Matt Rosendale (R-MT) called to impeach Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he failed to report his recent illness. Rosendale stated, “Secretary Austin has violated his oath of office time and time again, and has jeopardized the lives of the American people.”

9. PRO-LIFE COMEDIAN VOWS TO CONTINUE SHARING TRUTH: Pro-life comedian Nicholas De Santo declared that he would continue sharing his pro-life views, emphasizing, “Without being pretentious – I see my comedy as my duty…I feel like I must speak out about the absurdity – to speak truth to power. I like to offend what deserves to be offended.” De Santo was a reporter for the BBC before being suspended for his conservative views and jokes.

10. CONSERVATIVE BISHOPS STAND AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY: Conservative bishops are opposing the decision by Pope Francis to welcome homosexuality into the Catholic church. Hungarian Bishop János Székely stated, “When a same-sex couple requests a blessing…they express their desire for God’s blessing and the Church’s moral approval of their relationship, their life decision. We would distort Christ’s gospel and neglect our pastoral duty towards such a couple if we were to bless them.”

11. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS SAVE LIVES: A Massachusetts mom shared how a pregnancy center played a pivotal role in saving her babies from abortion. Marie Smith stated, “If it hadn’t been for the women there, I know my two sons wouldn’t be here today. I wouldn’t be so healed from my abortion at 16 years old. I am willing to bet I wouldn’t even be here at all.”

12. PLANS TO TEAR DOWN WILLIAM PENN STATUE REJECTED: The National Park Service reversed plans to tear down a statue of William Penn after the plan met firm opposition. Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro related that he was “pleased Welcome Park will remain the rightful home of this William Penn statue — right here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Penn founded.”

13. THOUSANDS COME TO CHRIST IN CUBA: People continue to turn to the Lord in Communist Cuba, with a recent revival bringing almost 5,000 to Christ. Pastor Manuel Barahora, who went with a team of missionaries from Florida to minister in Cuba, reported, “Our priority while we were there was getting the Word of God out and supporting our brothers and sisters. I’m ready to continue to do anything and everything I can to help.” Pastor Fred Pitts stated, “It is clear that God is moving among the churches and people in Cuba.”

14. MUSLIMS ENCOUNTER JESUS AT RECORD RATE: Despite the conflict raging in the Middle East, missionaries are reporting that Muslims are having encounters with Jesus at record rates. Missionary Dick Brogden stated, “Muslims are responding to Jesus in levels we have never seen, not in 1,400 years! Dreams of Jesus encourage [Muslims] along the way and give them the comfort that Jesus will be with them — though it costs them everything to follow Him.”

15. PASTOR CALLS OUT “AMERICANIZED LUKEWARM CHURCH-GOING CHRISTIANITY”: At the recent Passion 2024 conference in Atlanta, Georgia, Pastor Jonathan Pokluda observed that 70% of major Christian and non-Christian religious groups say religions lead to eternal life. He said, “And we might reject this in belief; maybe you hear that, [you think], ‘No, that’s not true.’ But we accept it in practice because we’re not bothered by someone not believing in Jesus. We sleep fine. We ride elevators and walk through hallways with people who are going to Hell, and we’re OK. It doesn’t seem like we believe that Jesus Christ is the only way… If you’re here and you’re a believer, I want to teach you how to address things like, ‘All religions lead to God,’ or ‘I’m glad that’s your truth.’ Or, ‘I’ll live my life and get right with God later before I die; I’ll figure out the Jesus thing.’”

Ed. Note: In Acts 1:8, Jesus assured his followers, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

HYMN OF THE WEEK

I Am Learning of My Savior by Georgia C. Elliott

I am learning of my Saviour,
Precious lessons every hour;
How the soul, which He has ransomed,
May be kept by mighty pow’r.

I am learning, I am learning,
Precious truths in Jesus’ word!
I am learning, I am learning,
Of the lowly Lamb of God.

Learning more and more to love Him,
Yielding all into His will;
While a joy beyond all utt’rance
Through and through my soul doth thrill!

I am learning how to serve Him
With my hands, my heart, my feet,
And each day my Master’s service
To my soul becomes more sweet.

I am learning how to trust Him
With my life, and for all things;
And my spirit, filled with glory,
In exceeding gladness sings!

I am learning, I am learning,
Precious truths in Jesus’ word!
I am learning, I am learning,
Of the lowly Lamb of God.