May 4, 2026

04b Theory and Analysis

The more advanced AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they’re being tested– www.livescience.com

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The more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) gets, the more capable it is of scheming and lying to meet its goals — and it even knows when it’s being evaluated, research suggests.

Evaluators at Apollo Research found that the more capable a large language model (LLM) is, the better it is at “context scheming” — in which an AI pursues a task covertly even if it misaligns with the aims of its operators.

The more capable models are also more strategic about achieving their goals, including misaligned goals, and would be more likely to use tactics like deception, the researchers said in a blog post.

Media Spread Lies As Obama Intel Agencies Created Them– thefederalist.com

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Using a declassified document released this week, it has never been easier to see how the propaganda press partners with politicians to hoodwink the public and shape the political landscape.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, released a 2020 Oversight Investigation and Referral report about a 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) titled, “Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election.”

It showed that under the direction of former President Barack Obama, then-CIA Director John Brennan and a handful of intelligence agents slapped together an ICA in two weeks, soon after Hillary Clinton lost the election. The ICA was used as the foundation of the Russia collusion hoax — the lie that Trump and Russia together cheated to win the 2016 election.

But the ICA was a terrible foundation for such a claim, because it was hastily written and had sketchy sourcing, including the fabricated and now debunked Steele dossier; and a six-word fragment of a sentence that mentioned Trump out of context. The report shows that intelligence agents argued with Brennen, telling him not to use information that was substandard, unclear, of uncertain origin, biased, or implausible.

 

Obama and the Whole Truth: Revenge or Justice?– www.dailysignal.com

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard just released a trove of apparently once-classified documents—with promises of much more to follow.

The new material describes the role of the Obama administration’s intelligence and investigatory directors—purportedly along with former President Barack Obama himself—in undermining the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. In addition, their efforts extended to sabotaging the 2016-2017 presidential transition and, by extension, the first three years of the Trump presidency.

The released documents add some new details to what over the last decade has become accepted knowledge.

Congressional committees, special prosecutors, and the inspectors general had all previously issued reports that largely confirmed the general outlines of the skulduggery that began in 2015-16.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign, later aided by the top echelon of the FBI, CIA, and the director of national intelligence, sought—falsely—to seed a narrative that Donald Trump had colluded directly with Russia to win unfairly the 2016 election.

Misinformation identification as a digital literacy skill in an ultra-orthodox community: an eye tracking study – Nature

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ABSTRACT: Online misinformation can provoke social disputes, promote the normalization of prejudice, and bias social perceptions of social groups. In Israel, where society is already polarized, exposure to misinformation could exacerbate existing tensions between the ultra-orthodox (Haredi) and the general population.

Furthermore, the low digital literacy of the Haredi population presumably makes them more vulnerable to the influence of misinformation.

This study compared the ability of Haredi and non-Haredi Jews to detect misinformation, while examining the relationship between misinformation detection and digital literacy and knowledge. 83 Jewish participants (Haredi and non-Haredi) evaluated the credibility of online news articles. Eye tracking technology was used to examine participants’ scan patterns and attention to information metadata. The results showed that Haredi participants were less successful in identifying false messages and less attentive to metadata.

However, when combined with other predictors in multivariate regression, Haredi became a non-significant predictor, and digital knowledge and activity on social networks were found to be significant and strong predictors of misinformation identification. In terms of digital literacy, while there was no difference in subjective assessment, the study found a significant gap between the two populations in terms of psychophysiological behavioral indices (i.e., scan patterns) and digital knowledge.

The implications of such dramatic differences in skills and the vulnerability to false messages of a secluded, disadvantaged population, as well as the need to invest resources to increase digital literacy among the Haredi population to reduce these gaps, are discussed.

<b>Is Israel Losing American Christians? - The American Conservative</b>

Is Israel Losing American Christians? – The American Conservative

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As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, enables settler violence in the West Bank, and launches strikes on Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, American conservatives are taking special note of one form of Israeli belligerence: attacks on Christians in the Holy Land.

An Israeli tank last week shelled the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing three and gravely wounding several. Over in the West Bank, settlers in recent weeks have intensified their attacks on Christian communities, including in the town of Taybeh, where they set cars aflame and erected a sign that read “there is no future for you here,” among other indignities.

Many American Christians, including high-profile MAGA influencers, have had enough—jeopardizing one of Israel’s most vital bases of Western support.

Sen Johnson: Media ‘either duped or complicit’ in Russia election interference ‘narrative’– thehill.com

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) accused the media of being “either duped or complicit” on the interference of the 2016 election by Russians.

“I want the press to be honest. I want Pulitzer Prizes to be returned. They were either duped or complicit in pushing that false narrative that put America in political turmoil for years,” Johnson told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill.”

“It’s continuing to go on, all based on a Hillary Clinton dirty trick, the Steele Dossier that those guys knew was a dirty trick, and yet they used that to gin up the Mueller investigation, impeachments, everything else,” he added. “Listen, this is, again election interference orders of magnitude worse than anything Russia or China ever, ever could hope to achieve,” he added.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard put out a report last week alleging that Obama administration officials manipulated intelligence linked to Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Gabbard argued in a statement that former officials took part in a “treasonous conspiracy” and said her office was turning over evidence to the Justice Department for possible criminal referrals.

Graham likens chances of DC grand jury indicting Obama to ‘me being in the NBA’– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) believes it is unlikely former President Barack Obama will be indicted by a grand jury for his administration’s alleged role in ignoring intelligence pointing to Russia not being involved in the 2016 election.

Graham compared the chance of Obama, ex-CIA Director John Brennan, or former FBI Director James Comey being indicted to him “being in the NBA.”

“When you show these documents to a DC grand jury, and we know all about DC grand juries, what do you think the chances are of an indictment coming for Brennan, Comey, Barack Obama, or any of these guys?” Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Graham.

“Probably like me being in the NBA,” Graham responded.

How Assassinations of Iranian Scientists Set Back Tehran’s Nuclear Program How Assassinations of Iranian Scientists Set Back Tehran’s Nuclear Program– freebeacon.com

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Israel successfully assassinated 19 senior Iranian nuclear scientists during the 12-Day War, depriving Tehran’s atomic “weapons program of its most capable and experienced personnel,” according to a new intelligence assessment by a leading nonproliferation organization.

The military campaign evaporated decades of nuclear know-how, striking at the heart of Tehran’s weapons program in a way kinetic attacks could not, according to the Institute for Science and International Security.

“This act weakened Iran’s base for building nuclear weapons, eliminating needed expertise and hard-to-get management experience,” the organization determined. “This time the Israeli effort is different, and recovering may be far more difficult and take far longer.”

President Trump Shared a Weird AI Video of Obama Being Arrested– www.distractify.com

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The TikTok ends with an AI-generated version of Obama ending up in prison.

It’s rare to see more than one unifying topic on the internet, but July 2025 ushered in two social media obsessions. One was the Coldplay cheating scandal and the jumbotron footage heard ’round the world. The other was the existence, or alleged lack thereof, of Jeffrey Epstein’s client list. The latter has folks on both sides of the political spectrum in a frenzy.

The Democrats are putting pressure on President Donald Trump and his administration to release the files, suggesting his lack of transparency could be some sort of cover-up. The MAGA Republicans have done a full 180 and are now gaslighting their constituents into oblivion.

In an effort to distract everyone from the Epstein controversy, the president shared a bizarre video of Barack Obama being arrested.

Explained: Who is Somalian-American Omar Fateh – and how he won Democratic nomination of Mayor of Minneapolis | World News– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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TL;DR:

  • Somali-American State Senator Omar Fateh, a 35-year-old democratic socialist, has won the DFL (Democratic Party) endorsement for Mayor of Minneapolis, defeating two-term incumbent Jacob Frey at a chaotic party convention.
  • While Frey remains in the race for the November general election, Fateh’s victory signals a growing shift toward progressive and minority-led leadership in urban Democratic strongholds.

 

What happened?

Over the weekend, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, Minnesota’s branch of the US Democratic Party, held its Minneapolis convention to decide who it would endorse for mayor. After a tumultuous day marked by technical glitches, paper ballots, and a dramatic walkout by Frey supporters, Omar Fateh emerged with the endorsement, receiving over 60% of delegate support by a show-of-hands vote.

Scientists Discover a Second Law for Quantum Entanglement– www.techexplorist.com

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Entanglement has now become the key resource in quantum information theory. It is being used in quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography, quantum computing, communication, and precision measurements.

More than 200 years after Sadi Carnot introduced the second law of thermodynamics, scientists have discovered a similar rule for the quantum world. This new “second law of entanglement” demonstrates that quantum entanglement can be altered and reversed in a controlled manner, much like the behavior of energy in classical thermodynamics. Until now, many researchers doubted this was possible.

The study could advance the understanding of entanglement’s basic properties. It also offers significant insight into effectively regulating entanglement and other quantum phenomena in practice.

Scientists have noticed many parallels between quantum entanglement and thermodynamics. One key example is entanglement entropy, which behaves like thermodynamic entropy, a measure of disorder, but in ideal, perfectly controlled quantum systems.

WAYNE ROOT: Does Trump DOJ Have the Balls to Charge Obama & Hillary with Treason- a Death Penalty Offense? | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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By Wayne Allyn Root

Hillary was desperate to stop Trump because she knew the crimes Obama, Biden and herself had carried out during the preceding eight years constituted high crimes and misdemeanors, and TREASON.

Here’s a few of the highlights…

*They opened the borders to flood America with illegal aliens desperate for welfare and free healthcare for life, who would vote Democrat forever more, to keep the checks coming, and therefore turn America into a one party state.

*The Obamacare scam that literally destroyed healthcare for every working class and middle class American, and raised healthcare prices through the roof, in order to give it away free to every poor Democrat voter and millions of illegal aliens.

*Benghazi- a PR disaster that led to the deaths of Americans to cover up a gun-running operation between the Obama administration and Islamic terrorist groups in Iraq.

*Pallets of cash handed to Iran on an unmarked cargo plane- billions of dollars that would be used to fund terrorism all over the world.

*Hillary- with Obama’s approval- extorted over $100 million from Russian businessmen to the Clinton Foundation, in return for giving away a large portion of America’s Uranium stock.

<b>After Trump’s historic Iran-Israel truce, do ceasefires really bring peace?</b>- <i> www.foxnews.com</i>

After Trump’s historic Iran-Israel truce, do ceasefires really bring peace?– www.foxnews.com

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President Donald Trump brokered an historic ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran on Monday, marking a dramatic pause in the most significant military confrontation between the two foes.

The Monday evening announcement took effect 12 hours later, following a timeline designed to allow final military maneuvers on both sides. However, a barrage of Iranian missile fire in the hours that followed left many Israelis questioning whether the truce had already been violated.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, said such delayed implementation is not unusual. “It’s hard to turn things off on a switch. You have aircraft in flight. You have forces in position,” he explained.

Censorship Is Democrats’ Only Means Of Political Survival– thefederalist.com

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The modern Democrat Party is many things. But an ardent defender of Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech is not one of them.

This theme was front and center during a sit-down interview former President Barack Obama participated in at The Connecticut Forum earlier this week. At one point in his conversation with historian and author Heather Cox Richardson, America’s 44th commander-in-chief broached the subject of “propaganda” and how “[t]hose in power, those with money, exploit [the information] space in which nobody knows what’s true.”

“Vladimir Putin and the KGB had a saying that was then adopted proudly by Steve Bannon, which was if you want propaganda to be effective, you don’t have to convince people that what you are saying is true,” Obama said. “You just have to flood the zone with so much poop. They use a different word. But you have to flood the zone with so much untruth, constantly, that at some point people don’t believe anything.”

The former president went on to take an indirect shot at President Donald Trump’s contesting of the 2020 election results, saying, “it doesn’t matter if a candidate running for office just is constantly, just hypothetically, saying untrue things, or if an elected president claims that he won when he lost and that the system was rigged, but then when he wins, then it isn’t rigged, because he won.” Tying it back to his remarks about “propaganda,” he noted, “It just matters if everybody starts kind of throwing up their hands and saying, well, I guess it doesn’t matter.”

“And that’s what’s happened. That’s what’s happened in one of our major political parties. You have a whole bunch of people who know that’s not true, but we will pretend like it is. And that is dangerous,” Obama said.

Trump’s National Guard Order Is Not a Danger to America, but Hyperpolitical Generals and Admirals Are – RedState– redstate.com

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One of the most disturbing trends in politics since the 2000 election has been retired admirals and generals trading on their former military rank to meddle in partisan politics. The trend really hit its stride in 2008, when Barack Obama enlisted about 60 retired flag officers/general officers as campaign surrogates. Since then, Democrat presidential candidates trotting out tamed FOGOs to give them national security cred has become a standard, reaching a possible nadir when at least ten of them endorsed Kamala Harris and characterized Trump as “dangerous.”

President Trump’s well-founded decision to federalize a portion of the California Army National Guard (4,100 of a force of about 24,000) has caused another spasm of inappropriate political activity by retired generals. Several joined Gavin Newsom’s specious lawsuit attempting to limit Trump’s authority granted by Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution by filing an amicus brief. That case was demolished by a panel of the Ninth Circuit on Thursday; see Breaking: 9th Circuit Issues Stay Pending Appeal in CA National Guard Case, Handing Trump a Big Win.

One of their allies was granted editorial space on Fox News to spread what can only be called a disingenuous, bordering on overtly dishonest, description of the situation. Retired Major General Randy Manner essentially paraphrases the arguments in the amicus brief filed supporting Newsom’s push to institutionalize lawlessness in California. In his profile, he omits the small fact that he endorsed Kamala Harris, but full disclosure is for losers, anyway.

In a vapid op-ed headlined I led National Guard and regular Army units. Using the military to intimidate Americans is 100% wrong. Manner makes the extraordinary charge that the Trump administration is engaged in a “dramatic misuse of power and could lead to disastrous legal, operational and ethical outcomes.” So what are the specific instances of “misuse of power?”

Scientists may have found a way to extend lifespan without strict dieting; here’s what the research shows |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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For centuries, humanity has pursued the secret to a longer life through alchemy, mythology, and, more recently, science. While the philosopher’s stone remains a myth, researchers have discovered a reliable method to extend lifespan in animals: eating less. Known as dietary restriction, this practice triggers biological mechanisms that slow aging and improve longevity. However, strict dieting is difficult and unsustainable for many. The pressing question now is whether we can replicate these benefits without giving up the joy of food. Could science develop treatments that mimic the effects of calorie restriction, offering a longer, healthier life—without constant hunger?

… Rapamycin, which was initially identified in Easter Island soil in the 1970s, is a potent immunosuppressant drug utilised to suppress organ transplant rejection. Its anti-aging applications result from its capacity to inhibit a primary molecular switch (mTOR) that informs cells that nutrients are abundant. By suppressing this message, rapamycin mimics the action of dietary deprivation at the cell level. Actually, a combination of rapamycin with another medication, trametinib, has been found to further prolong the lifespan of mice.Metformin is a compound found in the French lilac plant that is commonly prescribed to manage blood sugar levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Like rapamycin, it targets the body’s nutrient-sensing mechanisms. With its extensive record of safety and widespread use, it’s been a potential life-extending candidate.Yet the review of 167 studies involving eight vertebrate animals—from fish to rats—found no persistent evidence that metformin prolonged lifespan. This would indicate it might not be able to deliver all the benefits of dietary restriction, at least singly.

Did Christianity birth the trans craze? Exposing the left’s shocking historical hit job– www.theblaze.com

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Every so often, an academic wrapped in the robes of theory decides to rewrite history — not to correct it, but to commandeer it.

The latest example comes from the Conversation, in which a University of Iowa scholar, Sarah Barringer, claims that Christianity has a “transgender” heritage. You heard that right: Saints who renounced the world to live in chastity and devotion are now being posthumously enlisted in a modern identity crusade they never chose.

The modern obsession with identity — splintering the self into ever-narrower categories — is antithetical to the Christian ethos.

Let’s acknowledge the truth up front: There is no such thing as a “transgender saint.” There are saints who disguised themselves, fled arranged marriages, and shaved their heads and donned robes to live among men in monasteries because that was the only place they could escape danger, obligation, or temptation.

But calling this “transness” is like calling Joan of Arc gender-fluid because she wore armor. It’s historical trespassing and spiritual identity theft dressed up as scholarship.

President Trump, please disavow the Commission on Population Growth– www.lifesitenews.com

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(LifeSiteNews) — U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s past actions overseas are another matter.)…

The blueprint for this assault on American families and American fertility was drawn up way back in 1972 by something called the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future.

The Commission was the brainchild of one of America’s original population bomb fanatics, John D. Rockefeller III, who also happened to be one of the wealthiest men on the planet.

Like many of his fellow globalist elites—think Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—Rockefeller had long been convinced that Americans were having way too many babies. And he decided that it was past time to use a whole-of-government approach to put a stop to this reckless reproduction.

Rockefeller badgered President Richard Nixon into setting up the Commission on Population Growth in 1970 and appointing him as chairman. Over the next two years he steered it with an iron hand, using it to concoct a comprehensive plan that he hoped would stop America’s population growth dead in its tracks.

The report that he issued, called Population and the American Future, was a population controller’s dream. It began—as such screeds always do—with a stark warning: Unless something was done to stop America’s high birth rates, the population of the U.S. would explode from 203 million in 1970 to 300 million by 2000.

Grim consequences would follow, the report warned: Cities would become overcrowded cesspools of poverty and racial tension. Inequality would grow. Hordes of children would strain schools and other social services to the breaking point. Pressure on natural resources like water and energy would escalate as cities sprawled across the landscape, full of people sowing pollution wherever they went.

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Editor’s Commentary: Trust in God? How?

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By William Collier, Publisher

Originally published June 13, 2025 for our Mid-Month Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor.  Subscribe to get semi-monthly issues.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.” – Proverbs 3:5-8

  1. NOTE: Here is a special editor’s commentary from our publisher, Bill Collier, about what it means to trust God, a challenge for many during these trying times, and yet a source of comfort in the midst of chaos for many others.

Trust in God.

It’s so easily said. It just rolls out of your voice, almost as predictable as the tide.

But do we trust God?

I have been experiencing something like I haven’t experienced since I was maybe 10 years old. This “feeling” had been dormant in me for years, though I only realized it recently. It was a specific and unique feeling of joy/peace and quiet certainty that if I but stewarded my life and actions with honor to God as the driving energy behind that, God would take care of an outcome that serves my eternal good, even if suffering and loss in this life are needed to shape me into who He wants me to become.

Of course, I’m paraphrasing here; the kid version of me would have used much different language. Still, looking back, I realize, in essence, this is what I was really thinking in that incredible moment of joy/peace.

I do trust God, overall, but I have not been living in that joy/peace I experienced back then. I have not experienced the trust in God that gives you the REST within, replaces anxiety with peace, and gives a heart thankfulness, filled with the simple joy of following and knowing Jesus Christ.

Of course, this was not a deliberate choice, to kill this joy/peace within me, and it didn’t happen overnight. It was a gradual ebbing out of the spirit of peace as I struggled to finitely figure out for myself how to essentially save myself.

I trust God. I trust the outcomes. I trust when I am merely suffering the consequences of my own failing or mistake, knowing He has grace and mercy and that whatever is resetting me, if I give it to Him, He will transform me as I seek to obey Him until I can put those traits or flaws behind me.

I trust when I suffer for something that was not true, something that was a total lie (yet is laid at my charge), that God’s provision will give me exactly what I need to fulfill His purpose and intentions for my life.

I trust Him when the outcomes are good and bring joyful results, success, and prosperity. But I also trust Him when it seems that in every direction, there is bad news and failures.

I trust when I have more than I need or when I am totally lacking and overwhelmed by the needs I cannot at present meet.

I trust in Jesus Christ to shape and utilize me through this life experience to be prepared for my eternal destiny and to fulfill His scroll of destiny and purpose for me in this life as well.

I rest in that trust.

When anxiety comes because I want an outcome, fear an outcome, or am just confused and uncertain how to proceed, I just focus my heart and mind on the fact God oversees my life BECAUSE I have surrendered to Him. While I need to be a good steward through my worship of Him, He truly is in total control of my outcomes, and I surrender that to Him.

Being a good steward means you take responsibility for your actions, and you utilize all God has given you according to His design, His blueprint, and His purpose, to the best of your understanding and through the means God has given you.

Even if you fumble your stewardship in some way, seeking God and trusting that He will always control your outcomes for your eternal good, allows you to recover and be transformed until you no longer fumble in that manner.

Trust comes as we obey, and as we learn and grow through knowledge and experience over time, we become ever more attuned to God’s voice, understanding of God’s Word, and surrounded by wise Christian counsel through fellowship, and thus, we suffer less for our mistakes.

When we do suffer, it is not necessarily because we made a mistake or a bad choice, but we trust it serves God’s purpose.

As we learn to trust in bad times, we also learn to trust in good times. When riches increase, we do not set our hearts upon those riches. When we are praised and honored, we acknowledge our honor comes from God and goes back to God. When we no longer have the urgency of needing to retreat within ourselves to the Presence of God, we remember this need to abide under His shadow during good times as well, lest we become tempted by our own sense of well-being and our pride.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” –Romans 8:35-39

I survey the unresolved problems I do not know how I will overcome, but yet, even here, I trust in God. I can see that when I lacked the ability, resources, or knowledge to solve a problem, it becomes resolved through God’s provision and/or guidance in sudden, unexpected ways.

Deus Ex Machina isn’t just a dramatic device, it’s real. I can attest to this fact, even through my marriage (maybe even especially through it).

I consider all the impossible things and trying things and what I must face or do that will be hard or have uncertain outcomes, and I yet trust in God. In suffering, the fellowship of His suffering is a place of honor. In happy prosperity, victory, and abundance, I guard my heart but revel in a thankful heart toward God for all He has done.

When I have abundance, I enjoy and take pleasure in distributing the benefits of living for Jesus and of His Kingdom to others. When I lack, I trust in Him and endure knowing these outcomes too serve God’s eternal purpose for my life, and I bear up, seeking counsel in the Word, the meditations of my heart, and the support and encouragement of my circles of family, friends, and fellow saints.

I say these things as a statement of faith, for I am not different than most in that I do not always do these things. But as I am learning to do these things more, I am experiencing more trust and more peace, and therefore more joy. Even in the midst of great blessings (and I have had plenty of those lately as well), I set not my heart upon them but stay in a place of seeking the JOY of HIS Presence.

It is easy for success to make you confident in your own false self-salvation powers; even great Kings of Israel fell to such snares. Remember Joash? He was the King who was saved from the only Queen of Judah, Athaliah, by Jehoiada the Priest.

She had murdered all the male descendants of Judah, save one (Joash), so she could take power for herself. Jehoiada protected the child Joash and worked to finally get him restored to the throne. He saved his life and his Kingship. These blessings were through God.

Under Jehoiada’s guidance, Joash was a righteous King, and his Kingdom prospered. After Jehoida died, Joash let men satisfy his ego, and he turned away from the Lord, ending his days by killing Jehoida’s son, Zechariah, for challenging his unrighteous ways (2 Chronicles 24).

I sense that old pure, innocent, and unquestioning faith in Jesus Christ in its joy and peace is growing anew, at a deep level to where I feel more fearless and overcoming, without fretting over results which, ultimately, I must acknowledge are in God’s hands. That is JUST where I WANT them to be. This means I surrender my expectations or desires as to outcomes, not that I don’t make my requests known or seek to be a good steward and work toward goals.

This isn’t laziness or pacifism. We bear stewardship responsibility for our actions; this includes how we manage and use everything God gives into our hands (stewardship).

Yet God knows we are a work in progress and ultimately, if we let Him, if we TRUST in Him and HIS ways, HIS timing, He will control the outcome for our eternal good. That is rock solid, and the more you live in that, the better your decision-making abilities will become, and the more peace and joy you will experience.

“At that time Jesus declared, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’” –Matthew 11:25-30

Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids’ intellectual and spiritual development– abcnews.go.com

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ROME — ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that artificial intelligence could negatively impact the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people as he pressed one of the priorities of his young pontificate.

History’s first American pope sent a message to a conference of AI and ethics, part of which was taking place in the Vatican in a sign of the Holy See’s concern for the new technologies and what they mean for humanity.

In the message, Leo said any further development of AI must be evaluated according to the “superior ethical criterion” of the need to safeguard the dignity of each human being while respecting the diversity of the world’s population.

He warned specifically that new generations are most at risk given they have never had such quick access to information.

“All of us, I am sure, are concerned for children and young people, and the possible consequences of the use of AI on their intellectual and neurological development,” he said in the message. “Society’s well-being depends upon their being given the ability to develop their God-given gifts and capabilities,” and not allow them to confuse mere access to data with intelligence.

Donald Trump Is Hurtling America Into a Catastrophic Middle Eastern War– www.thenation.com

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In the both the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, Donald Trump cynically but effectively adopted the mantle of the anti-war candidate, accusing his rivals of a dangerous commitment to a policy of regime-change wars that threatened to usher in a new era of wars—and perhaps World War III. In October 2024, he specifically rejected the idea of regime change in Iran, saying, “We can’t get totally involved in all that. We can’t run ourselves, let’s face it.” In his Inaugural address in January, Trump promised to be a “a peacemaker” who would “stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable.” In a major foreign policy address in Saudi Arabia in May, Trump reiterated his oft-repeated critique of “Western interventionalists [sic]” and “neocons” who have tried to remake the Middle East in America’s image.

As I’ve repeatedly argued, while Trump’s words are a salutary rejection of the hubris of the bipartisan foreign policy elite, there’s little in Trump’s record to show that he knows how to redirect American foreign policy toward a more peaceful direction. Quite the reverse is true: Trump’s own limitations as a leader—his fickleness, lack of deep commitments, and desire to placate different factions in his political coalition—make him an easy prey to militarists who want to push for new conflicts. The current outbreak of hostilities against Iran initiated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a clear case in point.

Trump gave the green light to Israel’s attack on Iran, which started on Friday. These attacks have led to open salivation by Netanyahu and leading congressional Republicans such as Ted Cruz at the prospect of regime change in Iran. They have derailed, as they were intended to do, Trump’s ongoing push for a nuclear deal with Iran. They also threaten to drag the United States into an escalating Middle Eastern war—something Trump has repeatedly promised to avoid.

Trump doesn’t threaten democracy — he threatens its ruling class– www.theblaze.com

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For years, I’ve heard the same complaint from friends, family, and the nightly news: Donald Trump is his own worst enemy. The real problem, they say, is the man’s personality. If only he weren’t so obnoxious, if only he didn’t speak off the cuff or insult his critics, then maybe his enemies would stop calling him a Nazi. Maybe the protests would stop. Maybe the country could calm down.

It’s true that Trump’s tactlessness and unreflective speech can grate, even on those who support him. But let’s not pretend his critics hold anyone else to the same standard. Where was their outrage when Joe Biden declared that Trump supporters were “the only garbage I see,” smeared the GOP as “semi-fascists” and “terrorists,” or cursed at reporters who dared ask unscripted questions?

The rage over Trump’s language comes from anxiety. The ruling class members fear that his return to power could disrupt their ideological monopoly.

The same people clutching pearls over Trump’s tone cheered on mouthy scolds like Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. They ignored threats by former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who warned Supreme Court justices against overturning Roe v. Wade outside their own courthouse. When it comes to rhetoric, Democrats don’t offend them — only Republicans do.

And the hypocrisy doesn’t stop there. Anti-white racism is commonplace among Democrats. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as a purveyor of “white tears” for disagreeing with her. Crockett also derided “mediocre white boys” who oppose race-based preferences and once referred to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels” without consequence. No apology. No media outcry. Just applause.

Will China Force a Rethink of Biological Warfare? – War on the Rocks– warontherocks.com

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Is the Defense Department still preparing to fight biological warfare as if it’s 1970?

When preparing for biological warfare, most nations picture scenarios in which an enemy openly sprays traditional agents over wide areas to kill their adversaries.  However, revolutionary capabilities in the life sciences and biotechnology have transformed the threat. China’s approach to warfare, combined with these emerging technologies, reveals new vulnerabilities among Western forces that, to date, have not been fully acknowledged. In no small measure, this is due to the U.S. government’s continued reliance on a 20th-century strategy for countering weapons of mass destruction. In particular, as China is a major nuclear power, it cannot be threatened after it uses biological weapons as easily as a non-nuclear state. Given these points, can China be deterred from using such advanced biological weapons during a regional crisis in the Indo-Pacific, especially an invasion of Taiwan? And if not, is it possible to mitigate the damage from such a scenario?

Although Western attention has focused on the rapid expansion of China’s nuclear and conventional warfighting capabilities, one ought to expect equal analysis of China’s biological warfare potential. By examining China’s most recent efforts at biological research, we put forward that it has bypassed 20th-century Western concepts of biological warfare and has new capabilities that could be effective across the entire conflict spectrum. Given China’s new capabilities and nuclear arsenal, we assess that standard strategies of deterrence and protection likely will not work in the future. New approaches and new concepts will be necessary if the United States is to prepare itself for potentially new forms of biological warfare in the 21st century.

22 States Support Couple Who Lost Foster Care License in Vermont Because They’re Christians– www.lifenews.com

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Free speech and religious freedom advocates, groups speaking out on the harms of radical gender ideology, and 22 states have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of two Vermont families who had their foster-care licenses revoked by Vermont because of their religious beliefs. On May 30, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the families filed their opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Wuoti v. Winters.

Despite a track record of success and high praise from social workers who knew Brian and Katy Wuoti and Bryan and Rebecca Gantt, Vermont’s Department for Children and Families revoked their foster-care licenses after the couples expressed their religiously inspired and widely held belief that girls cannot become boys or vice versa. The state applies this policy categorically—prohibiting families with these views from caring for any child, even if they sought to care for a relative, provide respite care for an infant for just one day, or care for a child who shared their faith.

“Vermont’s foster-care system is in crisis: There aren’t enough families to care for vulnerable kids,” said ADF Senior Counsel Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse. “As numerous states have attested, religious families play a critical role in the foster-care system. Yet instead of inviting families from diverse backgrounds to help care for vulnerable kids, Vermont is shutting the door on them, putting its ideological agenda ahead of the needs of suffering kids. When it comes to finding kids a loving home, everyone should be able to recognize that the needs of kids should come first. And even Vermont agrees that the Wuotis and the Gantts are loving and caring parents willing to open their door to any child.”

MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth | The Nation– www.thenation.com

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The Trump administration’s rhetoric echoes the same old fantasy of racial purity that animated the 20th-century right.
Afrikaners from South Africa arrived Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP Photo)

On an otherwise unremarkable spring day, the Trump administration’s lawless assault on the rights of immigrants was interrupted by a government-chartered plane landing at Dulles International Airport. In a revealing reverse-image set piece, some 50 white Afrikaner immigrants from South Africa had arrived, in pursuit of an array of generous resettlement provisions. In February, Trump had signed an executive order granting them streamlined refugee status and a smooth path to US citizenship. The newcomers were feted with welcoming statements from the president, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and scores of MAGA-aligned commentators and pundits.

The same day that the Afrikaner “refugees” were getting the red-carpet treatment, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it was ending temporary protected status for immigrants from Afghanistan—many of whom had assisted the US war effort there and would thus face potential reprisals from the Taliban should they be deported. At a press conference after the Afrikaners’ flight landed, a reporter asked State Department spokesman Christopher Landau about the vast disparity in treatment between white immigrants with dubious claims of violent persecution in their homeland, and a group of their nonwhite counterparts who were exposed to real personal and political danger. Landau replied that “one of the criteria” in assigning refugee status to an immigrant population is making sure they can be “assimilated into our country.”