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Of Course FEMA Funds Were Used for Migrants and Ukraine

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A buddy sent this in a group text… pic is linked to Twi-X:

So I did some digging on the matter.

… In April 2024, the Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, provided $300 million in grants to communities to resettle immigrants.

On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters that FEMA is running out of money for hurricane season.

“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” Mayorkas said. “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.” ….

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) 

In a HERITAGE FOUNDATION article from 2023, they highlight the issue:

  1. The White house is now trying to push through a $40 billion “supplemental” funding bill that holds bailout money for FEMA hostage.
  2. DHS asked for $800 million—$650 million more than last year—“for communities to support migrants who have been released from DHS custody.”
  3. Tying a FEMA top-up to Ukraine aid shows that the Biden administration will maintain open borders at any price.

More:

Federal spending is hard enough to keep track of at the best of times, but the Biden administration is highly adept at hiding how they fund their open-borders agenda. In a cynical budget negotiation tactic, the White house is now trying to push through a $40 billion “supplemental” funding bill that holds bailout money for FEMA hostage to sending billions more to Ukraine with insufficient accountability.

It gets worse. If the White House tactic works, and Congress coughs up enough aid to Ukraine that rescue money for FEMA can get through, hundreds of millions of that funding won’t go to disaster-afflicted Americans, but to providing housing, food, health care and transportation for illegal immigrants through grants to activist NGOs and “sanctuary” cities.

That’s right. Even though FEMA grants are meant to help taxpaying Americans prepare for and cope with hurricanes, fires and floods, the Biden administration has used these same funds to pay activist NGOs to settle migrants illegally in the United States. FEMA’s major disaster relief and flood insurance programs are already in debt and need to be refilled each year. The White House’s supplemental request uses that as a smokescreen to slip in grant money for their open-border operation. ….

(READ IT ALL)

 

 

MSM’s Biggest Lies Backfire | Chamath Palihapitiya

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RUBIN REPORT’s partial description…. see WHOLE show HERE:

  • Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to “Impact Theory’s” Tom Bilyeu and former CIA officer Mike Baker about Joe Rogan explaining to the “All-In Podcast’s” Chamath Palihapitiya how Democrat-run mainstream media’s biggest lies about Donald Trump are beginning to blow up in their faces….

As a side-note…. I have had luck showing people some of these biggest lies. They believe major instances by the mainstream media (MSM) and continue on as if it were true. It makes my job easier when I come up and have a meaningful discussion and show that Trump didn’t mock a disability of a reporter, or the facts on rapes and assaults on women who are making their way to the U.S. border. Or that Trump said the opposite of the “’Fine People’ trope [calling Nazis ‘fine people’]”, or that racists are voting for Trump en masse. Etc., Etc. Once people see how the media lied and tricked them, they start to be more open to policy discussion.

FOR MORE, SEE:

RPT: Snopes Facts Checks Trump’s “Good Nazis” | 7-Years Later

RPT: Trump Should Denouncing the KKK, White Supremacists, and the Like

RPT: Some Trump Sized Mantras

The Radical Kamala Harris | Conversations That Matter

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Wow… great stuff! I had no idea on some of it. Also, I ALWAYS noted the Black Panthers were a black nationalist cult. NO MORE. They are strictly a Maoist movement/cult.

Trevor Loudon joins the podcast to talk about Kamala Harris’s Marxist roots, how she ascended to the vice-presidency, and what she plans to do to America.

Kamala’s “holistic” Sit Down w/Stephanie Ruhle

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(Some of the best commentary on the “holistic thing”)

Kamala Harris sat down with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle—for what might be the most favorable, comfortable possible conditions for the Democrat presidential nominee to speak with a “reporter.”

It did NOT go well.

Connect with Larry:

There But for The Grace Of God, Go I (Al Mohler on Dr. Lawson)

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(See my post on Dr. Lawson) Dr. Mohler addresses chapel and gives his thoughts on Dr. Lawson’s fall from grace. The video is via Clint Pressley’s X. The music is below.

This is an excerpt from Jon Harris’ article on the matter. One can also catch his full podcast on YouTube.

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

One of the helpful things to remember first, and a warning I’ve noticed coming from wiser men, is to consider the deception of sin. As a child, I remember the familiar teaching: a lie becomes bigger the longer you tell it. All sin is like this. James 1:14-15 says: But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

Sin doesn’t begin with the most egregious violations of God’s moral order; it often starts with small, gradual steps away from His clear teachings. It is quite literally “to miss the mark.” The arrow may only be an inch off the first time. Solomon presented sexual temptation in Proverbs 7 as cunning, persuasive, and flattering. It does not consider the potential consequences until it is too late.

For Steve Lawson, it is too late to avoid some serious consequences, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late for you if you’re struggling with similar temptations. The potential for grievous sin is always close to a heart that thinks too highly of itself. We must remember the tools God has provided to help us gain victory over temptation—no matter what form it takes. Steve Lawson was surrounded by theology, adored by fans of expository preaching, and stood at the pinnacle of Reformed evangelicalism. Yet, in the end, his battle was the same every common person faces, between his own flesh and His God.

Another Man Of God Stunted By Sin

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God is good. Remind yourself daily of His redemptive plan in your life.

At a Saturday meetup with some guys at Starbucks, the discussion of Steven J. Lawson has come up a couple of times in the past month. He has been preaching down in the valley from us at Grace Community Church and one of the guys in the group is going over a book from Dr. Lawson. So he has been on my radar in a positive way.

Dr. Lawson has written many a book, BTW. Here is his Amazon bio:

  • Steven J. Lawson is founder and president of OnePassion Ministries, a ministry designed to bring about a new reformation in the church. He is a teaching fellow for Ligonier Ministries, director of the Doctor of Ministry program at The Master’s Seminary, and a visiting professor in the Doctor of Ministry program at the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies. He has written two dozen books, including The Passionate Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Evangelistic Zeal of George Whitefield, and John Knox: Fearless Faith.

Here is the reason for this post. A friend of this Saturday group, who now resides in another state, sent this to me 1:30 AM this morning — 3:30 his time. He had no idea that Dr. Lawson was part of conversation in the group.

This is NOT to point an accusing finger at Dr. Lawson in a spiteful or mean way, but as a call for men to watch their six, in all aspects of their lives.

A Dallas pastor has been removed indefinitely from the church he has served at since 2018 due to him having an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman, according to the church’s leadership.

Trinity Bible Church announced the removal of Steven J. Lawson on its website after its elders became aware of his relationship “several days ago.” The church did not detail the nature of the relationship or identify the woman.

“The elders have met with Steve and will continue to come alongside him and pray for him with the ultimate goal of his personal repentance,” the church said. “Steve will no longer be compensated by Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.”

Lawson, 73, has served as a pastor for over 40 years in Arkansas and Alabama before he became the lead preacher at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas, according to his profile on OnePassion Ministries, a ministry he founded and is president of.

“In light of this, may we be reminded that we are ALL sinners, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners – and Christ remains Head of His Church, which is bigger than any fallen man,” according to Trinity Bible Church. “In fact, Jesus Christ will continue to lead His Church, including Trinity Bible Church here in Dallas, just like He has from the start of this work on Jan. 5, 2018.” …

(USA TODAY)

Even though I am a bibliophile, I was not too aware of Dr. Lawson.

Someone I WAS intimately knowledgeable of and have read most of his works was Ravi Zacharias, who fell…

  • A more egregious fall, so to speak, probably not redeemed in any meaningful way under those whom he should have placed himself [– but probably did not –] under, for accountability and guidance.

But even though Dr. Lawson may be redeemed in his walk and marriage, which is what I pray for, he has ruined a career that could have grown in influencing generations to come, in a more meaningful way. He has – I assume, if the allegations are true, removed himself from the pulpit for the remainder of his career.

Not only that, but he has also stained the blouse of the larger body politic of the Church.

Instead, he stunted God’s larger plans for his life influencing generations to come.

Obviously, God deals with us in a corporate sense as a “Church Universal,” but also on an individual plane. So, God’s plans of redemption are still in full affect in Dr. Lawson’s life. Which in an individual sense is, coming to the foot of Calvary when we fail.

And, in this way his voluminous writings can still help guide us in learning about God, as Ravi’s resources can still do, but the *asterisk exists in the bio of these men that the world can use in a Satanic [accusatory] way against the Church Universal.

Dr. Lawson is reminded once again that he need a Savior and that pride damages that daily realization and bold walk in our faith as we seek ways to rout God and replace Him with desire.

Which has me thinking about the last two Monday men’s groups at my church, and, as I see it, the two issues that have been at the center of this men’s Bible study sessions.

SEXUAL SIN AND UNCONTROLLED ~ SINFUL ~ ANGER.

Mind you, righteous anger in a stand against evil; and harm to innocence is needed. Psalm 97:10 starts with, “O you who love the Lord, hate evil!”, but here we are talking about anger being part of the problem. Not a Godly solution.

Dennis Prager, a radio personality I have listened to for over two decades, notes often that in the battle against self, men’s two main pillars to fight in their lives are anger and lust. These are typically the two biggies in a man’s life. I was more on the anger spectrum than the lust, but I have a few friends from the “olden days” who are on the “lust” spectrum of the scale.

Last Monday our church group of guys studied a bit of Samson’s life. And I saw a connection between two verses that are so miniscule, in that they are literally two sentences spanning 20-years, that I shared it with my table.

(Table Eleven Rules!)

And wrote a text to my sons to help them benefit from the Biblical warnings to us via the real lives of those who have struggled in their walk. So, we don’t have to. Or that is the plan…

Hopefully and prayerfully.

If you have children, you see that ideal rejected often. FYI, we are God’s children, and He sees this same thing in His relationship with us, His adoptive son’s and daughter’s lives.

Here is that note to them [my sons] to encourage learning from those who are giants in our faith. That these two sentences may open a meaningful study of God’s Word and the impact of two sentences often glossed over:

Added to just a tad for this post

A note to my boys:

We studied the life of Samson in Judges at our last men’s group at church. And I noticed something… 2 sentences. Chapter 15:20, and 16:1. No one at my table had seen it either. But in a group of men – a few of us with long marriages, and one married 10 years, and one getting married in a week – it led to great discussion and is an example of the simplicity of Scripture guiding men in their walk.

  • Judges 15:20 — Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Samson was not a good guy. He has an*asterisk in his bio… a few of them. Yes, he is in the Heroes Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11, but he is included as a wretched man who pushed God’s plans away most of his life.

Everyone is redeemable.

That is the point.

But in this simple one sentence, it seems the Bible is hinting that he got his act together to be a judge over Israel. For 20 years, he built a reputation. 20 years.

And much like Reagan warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” The same goes for our actions…

  • Judges 16:1 — One day, Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.

Our life’s goals and aspirations in our walk in the Lord can be overthrown by one egregious action, or, habitual chipping away at what God wants for us.

[I know this well, as, I am a 54 year old man just entering the “Dave Ramsey” portion of life.]

Marriage is the most fundamental covenant God wants us to be enjoined in. And keeping your and my reputation intact — put God in front of your plans. No matter how small or large. Rebuff desire for fruitfulness.

Love you boys.

After texting with a few guys on the topic, one of them sent some additional information to push the idea of of how important it is to treat our walk with the Lord in our actions towards one’s we love – trustworthy. A discussion of “trust in marriage being treated like fine china” is excerpted below from a book by Paul Tripp, Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make. My friend noted that trust could mean the same as “reputation” in my text to my son’s.

“We will work together to build a sturdy bond of trust. Trusting and entrusting, we will build a strong foundation. We simply cannot have a healthy, God-honoring, mutually satisfying marriage without trust.

In a fallen world, trust is the fine china of a relationship. It is beautiful when it is there, but it is surely delicate and breakable. When trust is broken, it can be very hard to repair. It is trust that allows a husband and wife to face all the internal and external threats to their unity, love, and understanding. It is trust that allows couples to weather the differences and discouragements that every marriage faces. It is trust that allows couples to talk with honesty and hope about the most personal and difficult things.

There are two sides to trust. First, you must do everything you can to prove yourself trustworthy. Second, you must make the decision to entrust yourself into your spouse’s care. What does it look like to engender a marriage where trust thrives? What does it look like to rebuild trust when it has been shattered? What are the characteristics of a relationship where trust is the glue?”

(Wheaton, IL: Crossway, April 2021), 71-72

Good stuff. Another commentary was noted as well in that conversation before church this morning. It comes by way of Don Green via his FACEBOOK. (See more at Pastor Don’s TRUTH COMMUNITY CHURCH on YOUTUBE):

My (lengthy) thoughts on Steve Lawson.

To the best of my memory, I have never spoken with Steve Lawson nor had my picture taken with him.   I very rarely was in an audience when he was the speaker.  It has been several years, even, since I consulted any of his work in the course of my ministry.

So yesterday’s news about his dismissal from Trinity Bible Church of Dallas due to “an inappropriate relationship” with a woman did not hit me personally in the way that it did many of you. 

I briefly debated whether to make this post, but since I think it may help the people of God process the news, I now proceed. 

The primary question for which I want to give some perspective is:  “How does a prominent Bible teacher DO that?  How could he preach the Word, by outward appearances with power, in the midst of such sin and compromise?”

It is a difficult question and one that is not easy to answer to the satisfaction of those who feel betrayed and hurt. 

Without much expansion, let me offer you five principles to consider. 

1.  Exercising a Spiritual Gift is Not the Same as Growing in Sanctification

I’ll stipulate, for the purpose of this discussion anyway, that SL has been a gifted Bible teacher.  He wouldn’t have reached the prominence in so many Christian teaching ministries otherwise.  But my dear friends, Scripture plainly teaches us not to confuse gifting with sanctification from sin. 

You need look no further than the church of Corinth in 1 Corinthians 12-14.  They had spiritual gifts, including speaking gifts, but Paul had to correct them for the carnal and ungodly way that they exercised them. 

2.  Exercising a Spiritual Gift Is Not the Same as Fearing God

Yes, this one hurts.  But in my opinion the fear of God is largely lost on the modern church with devastating consequences.  Scripture plainly says: 

“By the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.”  (Proverbs 16:6)

Do you see a man—any man—who is walking in sin?  No matter the outward appearance, somewhere in his life he has forsaken the fear of the Lord. 

3.  You Can Fool All of the People Some of the Time

This worldly maxim has a biblical counterpart.  Judas was a traitor and a thief in the inner circle of Jesus, but none of the eleven suspected him.  When Jesus said, “One of you will betray me,” they didn’t all look at Judas as the culprit.  With broken hearts they entertained the possibility, “Lord, is it I? 

Only in retrospect did they see Judas for who he was.  He had fooled them all. 

So I do not fault those who were close to Steve Lawson for not seeing this sooner. Their trust was broken.  Rather, I commend them for taking public action when it became known to them. 

4.  Scripture Must Be Joined with Faith and Obedience

Now I turn from Steve Lawson to the outwardly professing church of God.  Rather than speculate about how a man could do this, the biblical perspective is to turn humbly to self-examination:

12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  (Hebrews 3:12-13)

Satan, sin, and even our very selves are deceptive and subject to deception.  A man thinks he will never fall, or that he will not be exposed when he does, or that the thrill is worth it.  Whatever.  Lies, every one of them.

It’s not without reason that Scripture says:

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. (Hebrews 2:1)

Do you see a fallen leader?  Okay.  Next question.  What unconfessed sin is in your life?  There’s your focus going forward. 

5.  Let the Mockers Be Warned

The usual suspects will chortle over the news.  Sinners will be emboldened to dismiss the gospel; others are already smearing other prominent Christians by their association with Steve Lawson.  Such is inevitable, but still I must warn them:  let you enemies of the truth hold your tongues: 

17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, and turn His anger away from him. (Proverbs 24:17). 

It is a true wretch who can gloat over this news when it greatly hurts and hinders so many lives, families, churches, and institutions.  Indeed, I’m not unmindful that the mud splashes onto all biblical pastors by casting unfounded suspicion on them.

The Lord sees it all, and it kindles His wrath when you boast over a fallen one. 

Conclusion

This is a time of chastening for the church, but not a time for despair.  Christ, the Head of the Church, still reigns and will never forsake us.   His Word tells us enough to have perspective to go forward in the battle.

I am sad, frustrated, and even angry at this news. Many innocent people are harmed and betrayed.  The dear gospel of Christ is exposed to ridicule due to the sin of one who was supposedly one of its champions.

That’s not okay. 

But as for me and my house, our faith and hope are in Christ, and were never in any man—certainly not this man.  So I plan to keep walking forward with confidence in the risen Lord and make my path to the celestial city to come.

I invite you to do the same.

Amen. Well put and another example of iron sharpening iron.

The Narnia Code (2009) | BBC

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This was a video I played as part of an adult Sunday school class when the leader went on a missions journey to India. It is a documentary examining claims that CS Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles contain a hidden meaning.

CS Lewis wrote the Narnia Chronicles over 50 years ago, yet they are more popular today than ever. When they were first published, many critics thought them little more than childish scribblings, replete with random characters and unexplained events. Even Lewis’s good friend JRR Tolkien thought them confused and misconceived.

Other scholars were sure there was something more, something hidden beneath the stories. Although many tried, none could find this secret key of Narnia – until now. Dr Michael Ward, a young academic and expert in all things Lewisian, claims he has found the answer at last: he has discovered the Narnia Code.

Using dramatisations of Lewis’s early life and career, the programme travels the world, from the Mid-West of modern America to the battlefields of the First World War, meeting experts, testing evidence and uncovering surprising questions and ideas that still challenge readers today.

Louder w/Crowder Reacts to IDF’s “Pager Bombs”

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As the news of the “pager bombs” was breaking, Louder w/Crowder went to the story on CNN. Funny real time reaction to the breaking story. ORIGINAL VIDEO HERE (today, 9/17/2024):

NEW YORK POST has this:

The Israeli spy agency Mossad allegedly intercepted Hezbollah’s shipment of new pagers months ago and rigged them with high explosives — resulting in the stunning attack on the Lebanese terror group Tuesday, according to a new report.

Mossad agents reportedly placed Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a highly explosive material, inside the batteries of the pagers, sources told Sky News Arabia, according to a translation from the Times of Israel.

The devices were then detonated by an external signal that caused the batteries inside to overheat, the sources added.

AP has this:

  • … The pagers that blew up had apparently been acquired by Hezbollah after the group’s leader ordered members in February to stop using cellphones, warning they could be tracked by Israeli intelligence. A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press the pagers that were a new brand but declined to say how long they had been in use. …

MORE:

  • HOT AIR: Paging Hezbollah: War About to Erupt for Northern Israel; UPDATE: 9 Dead, 2800 Injured
  • HOT AIR: Hezbollah: We Bought Pagers from Some New Outfit
  • PJ-MEDIA: 9 Hezbollah Operatives Dead, Thousands Injured When Pagers Explode at Nearly the Same Time
  • GATEWAY PUNDIT: BREAKING UPDATE: 9 Killed, 3,000 Wounded, Mostly Hezbollah Terrorists, as New Pagers They Used to Communicate Explode Across the Country
  • RED STATE: REPORT: Mossad Intercepted Hezbollah Pager Shipment, Loaded Them With Explosives
  • RIGHT SCOOP: BREAKING REPORT: Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah pagers ordered from Taiwan
  • TOWNHALL: Thousands of Hezbollah Terrorists Blown Up in Wild Sneak Attack

The Sith Lord Endorsed Kamala Harris? LOL

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My idea of Cheney is not like the Democrats, or even Charlie Kirk. YES! He is wrong on his views of Donald Trump, and, I have debunked many of these lies over the years stated in the video. However, the point is that DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THIS … until 2-seconds ago.

Here are some of my posts for the record:

  • Dispelling the “CIA Trained-Funded Bin Laden/Taliban” Myth/Mantra
  • Halliburton
  • WMD
  • “We Supplied Most Of Iraq’s Weapons” ~ Mantra
  • Was The Iraq War About Oil?
  • The Yellow Cake Uranium Mantra (YUGE UPDATE!)

All those are found linked HERE:

Conspiracies

 Another worth mentioning:

  • Playing a Little “Concepts” Catch Up (Romney and Torture):

Playing a Little “Concepts” Catch Up (Romney and Torture)

I will be fixing that post’s dead media soon

No Active Duty Military In War Zones? WTH?

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  • “As of today there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.” – Kamala Harris

This was my quick ad-on to the video on my sites FB:

JUST A FEW HEADLINES, preceded by date:

  • (ABC | September 13th, 2024) Iraqi and US forces kill a top IS commander and other militants in joint operation — Iraq’s military says its forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States.
  • (Big News Network | September 13th, 2024) 2 officers killed in IS attack in N. Iraq — BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — Two army officers were killed and three soldiers wounded on Friday in an attack by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, said a local security source.
  • (WSJ | September 9th, 2024) U.S. Forces Try to Regroup as al Qaeda, Islamic State Sow Terror in West Africa — After being evicted from counterterrorism stronghold Niger, U.S. is adopting a smaller military footprint — The U.S. is gradually moving aircraft and commandos into coastal West Africa in an urgent effort to try to stop the march of al Qaeda and Islamic State militants across one of the world’s most volatile regions.

The NEW YORK POST has more:

Outraged family members of US troops hurt in the line of duty slammed Kamala Harris’ brazen claim that no Americans are serving in war zones — a statement which flies in the face of her own administration’s official list of active combat zones.

As many as 50,000 US service members currently patrolling countries and oceans across the Middle East and Africa are receiving either “hostile fire” or “imminent danger pay,” monthly payments of up to $225 for troops deployed in areas where they could easily be subjected to — or do come under — enemy attack, retired Army Col. and military analyst Jonathan Sweet told The Post.

Yet during Tuesday’s ABC debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the vice president to make it seem as if the Harris-Biden administration has heralded in a period of peace not seen in decades — and that all American military members are safe.

More via LIBERTY DAILY, emphasis in the original:

… it’s essential to recognize the gravity of the situation where service members like Chief Warrant Officer Garrett Illerbrunner are critically injured in active duty. His father, Brad Illerbrunner, expressed profound disappointment and anger towards Harris’s misleading assertions.

“really [hit] below the belt… She doesn’t even recognize that our own troops are getting hurt.” – Brad Illerbrunner

“We’re still in war zones.” – Brad Illerbrunner

“trying to snow the public.” – Brad Illerbrunner

These poignant words from a distressed father highlight the disconnect between the administration’s narrative and the ground realities. How can such blatant disregard for the truth be justified? Is it merely a ploy to divert the public’s attention from the ongoing dangers faced by our troops?

Michael DiMino, a fellow at the think tank Defense Priorities, also criticized the vice president’s claims for failing to reflect the true conditions experienced by U.S. forces deployed overseas.

“fail a basic kind of smell test” – Michael DiMino

“If you’re in Jordan in the middle of nowhere to fight ISIS, and you’re getting attacked by Iranian drones and rockets on a daily basis, you’re in a war zone.” – Michael DiMino

“to finagle a wording… to make a point we’re not engaged in all these conflicts — which we are” – Michael DiMino

“Those quibbling qualifiers ignore the fact American men and women in uniform are getting shot at on daily basis, and many just in the last eight months have died or been injured.” – Michael DiMino

Despite these glaring facts, a Harris campaign spokeswoman and a Defense Department official reiterated the administration’s stance, further fueling the narrative disconnect.

“taking risks for our country that should be honored no matter where they serve.” – Harris campaign spokeswoman

“An aspect of military service includes serving in locations where hostile actions may occur… Those locations are designated by executive order and/or the Secretary of Defense. However, it’s important to note that just because a service member is in one of these locations does not mean they are engaged in war.” – Defense Department official

The emotional toll on families is palpable. Holly Davis, whose husband is currently deployed in Syria, shared her distress over the vice president’s claims, which starkly contrast with her daily reality.

“It’s very hurtful that someone who is currently our vice president is making these claims when my husband is literally sacrificing his life every day over in the Middle East.” – Holly Davis

“I had to sit in those literal two minutes of hearing that, wondering if he was going to come back on the phone… It’s very real. Very war zone.” – Holly Davis

The Harris-Biden administration’s portrayal of a peaceful, conflict-free global stage under their leadership does not hold up against the testimonies of those directly impacted by the realities of war.