AGENDA Weekly Brief Week of May 20-26 OF 2023 – CURTIS BOWERS

Dear Friends,

Nathaniel William Taylor writes, “A person who has experienced great difficulties will not be easily parted from his Bible. Another book may appear to others to be identical, but to him it is not the same. Over the old tear-stained pages of his Bible, he has written a journal of experiences in words that are only visible to his eyes. Through those pages, he has time and again come to the pillars of the house of God and ‘to Elim, where there were…palm trees.’ (Exodus 15:27). Each of those pillars and trees have become a remembrance for him of some critical time in his life.”

1. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEAD WARNS OF ANOTHER PANDEMIC: World Health Organization Director Tedros warned, “The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains. And the threat of another pathogen emerging with even deadlier potential remains.” Tedros further said, “When the next pandemic comes knocking – and it will – we must be ready to answer decisively, collectively, and equitably.” Tedros also described “climate change” as a top health crisis. Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield recently predicted, “I told you that the great pandemic is coming. It’s going to be a bird flu virus that is manipulated to be able to transmit human-to-human, very similar to what we saw with Covid.”

Ed. Note: Attorney Rogan O’Handley warns that another crisis will be manufactured to justify further election procedure changes and help Biden win the 2024 “election.”

2. TOP INSURANCE ANALYST SAYS COVID VACCINES MAY BE KILLING 600K AMERICANS EACH YEAR: Data from a recent United Kingdom government report reveals that the Covid vaccinated have a 26% higher mortality rate than the unvaccinated. The mortality rate is 49% higher for those under 50 who are vaccinated. Former Bernstein senior analyst Josh Stirling says, “If you were to take these numbers and apply them to the United States, that ends up being something like 600,000 excess deaths per year.”

Technocracy expert Patrick Wood comments, “It simply cannot be argued that these excess deaths are just coincidental or due to bad luck within Big Pharma. Rather, the world is being brazenly assaulted. The fact that mRNA vaccine programs are not being halted is proof of malicious intent.”

3. OATH KEEPERS LEADER SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (who never entered the Capitol on January 6) has been sentenced to 18 years in prison under the charge of “seditious conspiracy.” The Washington Post notes that the sentence is the first “seditious conspiracy” conviction and “the longest given” to any of the hundreds of January 6 political prisoners. Rhodes compared himself to Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and told the court, “I’m a political prisoner, and like President Trump, my only crime is opposing those who are destroying our country.” Julie Kelly observes, “Not a single Oath Keeper brought a weapon to the Capitol on January 6.” Kelly also says that one of the lead DOJ prosecutors in the Oath Keepers case is Troy Edwards, the son-in-law of former FBI director James Comey.

Ed. Note: For more, see last week’s interview with Diana West on “America’s Show Trials and the Death of Justice.”

4. FORMER TRUMP OFFICIAL SAYS FBI WILL RIG 2024: In a recent interview, Former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland warned, “We now have black-and-white evidence that the FBI interfered in the 2016 election. When they failed to elect Hillary Clinton, they set out to destroy the Trump administration. Go back to 2020. This time, the CIA got involved in the election with those 51 former intel agents who said the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. So they’ve gotten away with it for two elections. They will surely try and get away with it in 2024, right? Because there are no consequences…They are tearing up the Constitution…This is just a gut punch to the American people.”

5. FOX FURTHER EMBRACES TRANS AGENDA: A recently disclosed January 2021 company handbook reveals that Fox News employees are permitted to use bathrooms corresponding with their preferred “gender identity,” must be addressed by their “preferred pronouns” in the workplace, and are allowed to dress in accordance with their “gender identity.” The Daily Signal reports, “Fox drew strong backlash for a June 2022 on-air segment praising a child’s gender transition as an ‘inspiration to others.’” 

In related news, Chadwick Moore, author of the upcoming definitive autobiography of Tucker Carlson, revealed that Tucker was scheduled to speak about January 6 and Ray Epps on his Monday, April 24 show that was canceled by Fox.

Ed. Note: Fox appears to be little more than “controlled opposition.” Alternative, truthful sources of news have never been more important.

6. KENNEDY ON THE DURHAM REPORT AND ELECTION FRAUD: 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to the Durham report, “This is no partisan skirmish. It is about the political weaponization of the FBI to destroy a candidate and then a sitting President. It’s about a matrix of lies so elaborate as to make a mockery of the democratic ideal of an informed citizenry.” Kennedy also tweeted, “Without 100% transparent and accurate elections, there will always be a fundamental doubt about whether elections actually embody the people’s will. When votes are tabulated by hidden algorithms inside black boxes, inaccessible to third-party verification, there will always be questions and doubts.”

7. FBI TARGETS WHISTLEBLOWERS – On Thursday of last week, three FBI whistleblowers who had been suspended for opposing the weaponization of the FBI testified before Congress. The day before they were scheduled to testify, FBI Director Christopher Wray revoked their security clearances.

When asked if he would advise other whistleblowers to come forward, Garrett O’Boyle said, “I would tell them first to pray about it long and hard…The FBI will crush you. This government will crush you and your family if you try to expose the truth about things that they are doing that are wrong.” Former agent Steve Friend testified that the FBI reassigned him from child pornography cases to investigating parents at school boards.

Ed. Note: You can support the three FBI whistleblowers who were suspended without pay here.

8. DR. RASHID BUTTAR HAS DIED: Medical freedom advocate Dr. Rashid Buttar was previously labeled one of the Covid “Disinformation Dozen” by leftist media. In February 2023, Dr. Buttar said he had experienced a stroke and myocarditis as a result of Covid vaccine “shedding.” Two days before his death, Dr. Buttar told Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, “I went through a very difficult personal health challenge a few months ago; I was in the ICU. I had been poisoned with 200 times the amount of what’s in the vaccinations. And I’ve said publicly, you know, you’d have to shoot me in the head with lead, because I’m never going to take the vaccine. So I was actually intentionally poisoned.”

9. BIDEN’S IMMIGRATION INVASION CONTINUES: Less than one week after her 20th birthday, Kayla Hamilton was murdered in her bedroom by a violent MS-13 illegal gang member. Her mother, Tammy Nobles, told Congress, “I don’t want any other parent to live the nightmare that I am living.” In April, Border Patrol caught 16 individuals from the FBI’s terror watch list.

The Biden administration is seeking to end DNA testing for illegal families, increasing illegal immigration and the likelihood of child trafficking. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supporting bipartisan legislation to grant amnesty to illegals. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that half of the hotel rooms in the city are filled with illegals.

In a recent interview, Donald Trump summarized, “We had the best border we ever had. And now we have the worst border, I think, in history…there’s going to be 15 million people by the end of the year…They come from prisons. They come from mental institutions, insane asylums; they’re dumping everybody all over the world…. This is a destruction of our country.”

Ed. Note: America’s birth rates have dropped to 1.6, well below the replacement rate of 2.1. The left is seeking to permanently change America’s demographics in order to create a Marxist one-party state. Matthew Boose warns the goal is “to replace the American people, with their stubborn patriotism and ancient faith, with foreigners more fit for subjection and forever indebted to the state. A more profound betrayal than this cannot be imagined.”

10. GOP PREPARING TO CAVE ON DEBT CEILING DEAL: Former Trump budget chief Russ Vought tweeted, “Kevin McCarthy is on the verge of striking a terrible deal to give away the debt limit through Biden’s term for little in the way of cuts. Nothing to crush the bureaucracy. They are lining up Democrats to pass it…” Vought said of Republicans, “I’m actually amazed at how incompetent they have been.” Freedom Caucus member Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) warned that if the final deal is approved, it will “collapse” the GOP majority.

11. 60,000 POUNDS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE “DISAPPEARS”: Around 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used for fertilizer and explosives, disappeared en route from Wyoming to California via train. This same explosive has been used for terror attacks in the past, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Dyno Nobel, the company which produced the chemical, claims it likely “leaked” from the train car during transit.

12. BAHMUT FALLS TO RUSSIA: Russia has reportedly taken control of the critical city of Bahmut after months of intense fighting. Meanwhile, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan claimed that an “accounting error” will allow the Pentagon to send $3 billion more of weapons to Ukraine. Also, German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl said Russia has enough manpower, equipment, and ammunition to sustain a “long-range war,” and “we see no cracks in the Putin system.”

13. DESANTIS ANNOUNCES 2024 RUN: Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis became the seventh GOP candidate to throw his hat in the 2024 ring. DeSantis criticized Joe Biden, “Our president lacks vigor, flounders in the face of our nation’s challenges, and he takes his cues from the woke mob. I don’t think it has to be this way. American decline is not inevitable, it is a choice. And we should choose a new direction, a path that will lead to American revitalization.”

14. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:

• Republican Louisiana state senator Fred Mills, a pharmacy owner and former Democrat, helped Democrats block a bill that would have protected children from gender “transitions” and drugs.
• Numerous U.S. Senators were issued emergency satellite phones “to ensure a redundant and secure means of communication during a disruptive event.”
• Breitbart reports, “Socialist Spain is leading the way in attempts to ban private messaging technology in the European Union.”
• Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has announced a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In 2018, Scott helped kill Trump’s nomination of Ryan Bounds to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2022, Scott endorsed RINO Senator Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate over her America First challenger.
• Speaking at the LGBTQ GLAAD Media Awards, Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declared, “These are our kids. They belong to all of us.”
• Two Democrat U.S. Senators have proposed the “Digital Platform Commission Act,” a bill which would give the government “comprehensive oversight” over online platforms.
• A recent report listed Airbnb, Alphabet, Amazon, eBay, Microsoft, PayPal, Pinterest, Twitter, Disney, and Adobe as the top 10 companies disrespecting freedom of speech and religion.
• A lab-grown meat from GOOD Meat, recently approved by the FDA, is produced with the help of JOINN Biologics, a Chinese firm linked to the CCP’s biowarfare program.
• The TSA is rolling out facial recognition technology at 25 airports, with plans to implement it at every airport in America.
• A new World Values Survey finds that only 49% of Britons believe in God, compared to 75% in 1981. Only five nations rank lower – Norway, South Korea, Japan, Sweden, and China.
• Biden’s Department of Homeland Security funded an “anti-terrorism” program that compared the Heritage Foundation, PragerU, Turning Point USA, the John Birch Society, and other conservative groups to Nazi and terrorist groups.

FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT

1. TARGET LOSES $10 BILLION: Conservatives are boycotting Target over their extreme LGBTQ policies that now include a new Pride collection from a Satanic designer and transgender swimwear. However, Target CEO Brian Cornell does not seem concerned, stating, “It’s the right thing for society, and it’s a great thing for our brand… It’s helping us drive sales…and those are just the right things for our business today.” Target has lost over $10 billion in market share since the release of its woke products.

In related news, NBC reports that Bud Light continues to suffer for its promotion of transgenderism, “Sales volumes of Bud Light for the week ending May 13 sank 28.4%, extending a downward trend from the 27.7% decline seen the week before.

2. NEBRASKA PROTECTS CHILDREN: Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signed legislation banning abortion after 12 weeks and protecting children from transgender madness. Pillen stated, “[This bill] is the most significant win for social conservatives in a generation, and is part of what has been a historic legislative session with senators voting for policies that protect our kids… and defend our Nebraska values.”

3. SOUTH CAROLINA TO BAN ABORTION AFTER 6 WEEKS: Following extensive legislative battles, South Carolina’s legislature voted to ban abortion at 6 weeks. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey stated, “It has been a long and bumpy road but…I’m glad we finally got a resolution on it. It’s something that’s going to make South Carolina not the abortion destination state of the Southeast…”

4. 250 ABORTION WORKERS QUIT: 40 Days for Life announced that over 250 abortion workers quit their jobs because of their campaigns. According to 40 Days for Life, “the 250th abortion worker has become pro-life and left her job in the abortion industry thanks to YOUR prayers….”

5. ARIZONA LEGISLATURE ORDERS END TO ELECTRONIC VOTING: The Arizona legislature ordered an end to electronic voting, exercising its constitutional plenary power over elections to circumvent Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs. Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borelli stated, “The Legislature is [making sure] that no electronic voting systems in the state of Arizona are used as the primary method for conducting, counting, tabulating, or verifying federal elections, unless those systems meet necessary standards of protection.”

6. KARI LAKE ANNOUNCES BALLOT CHASING OPERATION: Republican Kari Lake, who lost her most recent challenge to the corrupt 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, announced, “We are officially launching the largest, most extensive ballot chasing operation in our state’s history and frankly, possibly in American history. The courts just ruled that this corrupt election will stand… that our elections can run lawlessly…that anything goes. Well, we can play by those same rules. We’re going to inundate them with so many mail in ballots, their heads are going to spin.”

7. NORTH CAROLINA ORGANIZATION KEEPING STATE RED: Western Journal founder Floyd Brown shared how David Lane and the American Renewal Project are helping Christians get involved in politics. Brown wrote, “The dirty secret of GOP politics is that when Christians are engaged and vote, Republicans win. When Republicans ignore Christians and don’t work to turn them out to vote, Republicans lose.” In 2021, Lane hosted 2700 leaders for a series of lunches, after which 50 leaders decided to run for public office, and 10 ended up winning their elections.

8. TEXAS LEAVES ERIC: Texas passed legislation to withdraw from the leftist voting organization ERIC, joining Louisiana, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia in exiting the system. Texas State Rep. Carrie Isaac celebrated, “We joined ERIC to ensure safe and secure elections, but the Soros-funded system has proven to have great potential for fraud. This is a great step forward in securing our elections!”

9. TEXAS BANS DEI AT UNIVERSITIES: Texas banned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in its universities, eliminating racial standards for hiring. Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R) stated, “Conservatives began this session by recognizing this simple truth: Texas has allowed leftists to infiltrate our universities for far too long. If you’re voting to keep these people on the Texas tax payroll at these universities, you are complicit in their subversion.”

10. BLACK LIVES MATTER MAY GO BANKRUPT: The DC Enquirer reports Black Lives Matter raised only $9.3 million in 2022, compared to $80 million in 2020, an 88% drop in revenue. The drop in donations follows the dishonest dealings of top BLM leadership, including millions in personal spending.

Ed. Note: More and more people are seeing Black Lives Matter as a scam that raises money in the name of ending “racism.”

11. AMERICA FIRST LEGAL SUES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: America First Legal has sued the Biden administration over two dozen times over its policies and will continue to do so. General Counsel Gene Hamilton said, “We need to fight for the American people, advance conservative principles, and be there to really make a difference…Let’s be equipped and ready to bring the battles to the Left, wherever it may be, whether that’s in the government, whether that’s in big business, big education, wherever.”

12. GORSUCH DENOUNCES LOCKDOWNS AND MANDATES: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke out against the harmful policies that affected America during Covid, stating, “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country…The concentration of power in the hands of so few may be efficient and sometimes popular. But it does not tend toward sound government.”

13. VACCINE INJURED SUE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: Covid vaccine injured victims have filed the first vaccine injury lawsuit against the Biden administration. Brianne Dressen, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, stated, “Our constitutional freedoms must be protected, regardless of whether or not we are in a national emergency.” Many of the plaintiffs have been silenced on social media for speaking out.

14. MONTANA AND TENNESSEE UPHOLD BIBLICAL GENDER: Montana and Tennessee passed legislation affirming biological sex. Montana also signed a bill safeguarding parental rights, while Tennessee allowed teachers to abstain from using students’ “preferred pronouns.” One reader commented, “Reason and common sense seem to have entered lawmaking bodies. I hope it catches on and gets the needed support from parents and the clergy. It is about time the insanity stops.”

15. GROWING NUMBER OF MOTHERS ARE STAYING HOME: A new report found 24% of mothers are now staying at home with their children, up from 15% in 2022. According to the report, in order to return to work, 62% of women would need greater flexibility, while 45% would need cost-effective childcare.

Ed. Note: Many mothers surveyed wanted to spend more time with their children, which is an encouraging sign. William Ross Wallace declared in his old poem, “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”

HYMN OF THE WEEK

What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Joseph Scriven

What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.