NBA Players Reveal Why They Chose to Stand for the National Anthem

Beth Baumann "As professional sports ramp up again, players are having to decide whether or not to stand for the national anthem. Because of Colin Kaepernick, kneeling during the national anthem has been seen as a sign of "protesting" in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and against police brutality. 
"Not all players are falling into the trap. In fact, the Orlando Magic's Jonathan Issac and the Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard both decided to stand for the national anthem.
"Isaac chose to break from his team and stand for the national anthem. He also refused to wear a Black Lives Matter t-shirt, instead opting for his normal jersey."

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"Following the game, Issac explained why he chose to stand, citing his Christian faith.
" 'I believe that Black Lives Matter. A lot went into my decision and part of it is, first off, is my thought that kneeling or wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt don't go hand-in-hand with supporting black lives. ... I believe that for myself, my life has been supported through the Gospel and Jesus Christ," he explained.
" 'Every morning He's made in the image of God and through God's glory, each and every one of us, each and every day, do things we shouldn't do, say things that we shouldn't say. We hate and dislike people we shouldn't hate and dislike," Issac explained. 
  "The NBA player said that everyone makes mistakes and he believes it's God's grace that sets us free. Issac said if more people turn to Jesus and had a relationship with Him that our society would be able to get past things that divide us.
" 'Racism isn't the only thing that plagues our society, that plagues our nation, that plagues our world," he explained. " . . .

NFL Great Herschel Walker Calls Out Leagues for BLM Support: ‘Wake Up, America!’

. . . "Every person of good will believes that “black lives matter.” But supporting the BLM because they have a nice sounding name without looking at what they are all about or the history of what their supporters have done is a bit like thinking Antifa is really antifascist or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is actually “democratic.”

"But that’s the problem. Many companies and organizations don’t look beyond the name and/or they want to go along with the crowd and not get cancelled.

"But NFL great Herschel Walker had a message for those people, particularly the ones in sports, the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB: Do you really understand what you are supporting? Wake up, are we being played? If we love our Country, let’s speak up, stand up and protect it!" . . .

On Socialism: Zina Brodovsky Interviewed by Brad Zinn ...

Founders Keep "Hear from a patriotic American who is a real-life survivor of Soviet socialism. Zina was there, from Khrushchev through Gorbachev. She warns that unless we stop it, we are on our way to the kind of secular, socialist hell that she and her daughter fled from! Not surprisingly, Zina strongly supports President Trump."

Part 1 – Life in the former USSR 00:22  Zina’s recollections of communist indoctrination growing up in Odessa, Ukraine, USSR 02:12  Zina’s first realization that the socialist promise was a lie 03:55 Government involvement in everything 04:45  Socialism’s false promise of “fairness” 05:20 The black market and corruption 06:20 First truths about Stalin era come to light after his death 07:25  Zina’s personal history, KGB intimidation, and emigration to America with her daughter 10:00 Departure via Moscow, more intimidation 11:30  The socialist view of capitalism 12:30  Socialism and the press Part 2 – Soviet Socialism — Lies, Starvation, and Slavery 13:30 Famine in the Ukraine — 1921 — Government theft and murder — the Red Terror 15:28 Famine in the Ukraine — 1931,32 — Stalin’s confiscation & concentration camps 17:30 Pavlik Morozov — making a Soviet hero out of a boy who betrayed his family 20:10 Soviet brainwashing of youth 20:47 Famine leads to cannibalism, and the truth is hidden beneath press propaganda 22:40 Millions die of starvation, and the world is silent 23:30 The brutality of the 20th century eclipses all others combined 24:25 Soviet era deaths and slavery, all in service to the state 25:40 The false promises of Marxism — forced study of “dialectic materialism” Part 3 – The Lessons of Socialism — A Message for America 27:00 Zina’s first impressions of America, plentiful food and opportunity 28:00 American naïveté about sharing and “social justice” 29:20 How the Russian people started out believing in the promises of socialism 30:15 Could socialism work if the “right people” were in charge of it? 31:30 What happens when socialist governments gain power? 31:50 What happens to the idealists who start the revolutions? 33:00 What Zina thinks when she sees Occupy Wall Street demonstrations 33:35 Occupy-ers should know how history repeats itself 34:20 Substitution of Communism for religion in the USSR 36:10 The worst of the horrors that Zina fortunately missed 38:10 Zina’s heartfelt message to her fellow Americans

CNN: US Troops in Iraq Should Be Punished for Supporting Trump

NewsPunch  CNN has called on the Department of Defense to discipline US troops who openly showed support for President Trump.
"Shortly after Donald and Melania Trump surprised troops in Iraq Wednesday with a post-Christmas visit to Al Asad Air Base, CNN executives and anchors recoiled in horror after the troops gave the President a standing ovation.
"Thegatewaypundit.com reports: President Trump also signed red MAGA hats and took selfies with the troops to boost morale.
"CNN later decided to attack President Trump and our wonderful troops who sacrifice everything to serve their country.

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"Fake News CNN ran a headline Wednesday that angered Americans. “Troops bringing Trump hats to sign may violate military rule.” said CNN’s headline.
"It’s Christmastime and the troops are away from their families, but leave it to CNN to attack them.
"But it didn’t end there.
"CNN’s Jim Acosta led a panel discussion on how US troops in Iraq should be disciplined for their horrible behavior of having President Trump sign their MAGA hats." . . .

CNN wants the US troops in Iraq disciplined for their horrible behavior.

'Settle For Biden' Is Real, and It's Spectacular

PJ Media "A Biden-adjacent social media project that started off slowly in February has suddenly exploded, and it’s everything we need to know about the Joe Biden campaign. A website, Twitter account, and Instagram account have been created, called Settle for Biden, and it’s a way to convince disappointed leftists to vote for Joe Biden despite their utter lack of enthusiasm."

Settle for Biden  "One of their Instagram memes reads, “Over the past few weeks, we’ve grown from an account run by one former Bernie Sanders volunteer into a grassroots collective of volunteers from around the country. We believe it’s important for our followers to understand who we are and what drives us.”
"Another reads, “All of us are under 25 – and some of us aren’t even old enough to vote.”
"And this one: “Joe Biden isn’t perfect but we’ll settle for white lies over white supremacy … and a president we can influence over a president we can’t.”
"That one, in particular, appears to acknowledge Biden’s cognitive issues and openly call for manipulating the leader of the free world.
"As satirical as this whole thing sounds, it appears to be an earnest effort to bolster Biden’s campaign.

"This from their website:

America, You've Really Had a Wonderful Life

But most devastating is Americans' loss of their God-given right to pursue happiness.  From morning to night, America's airwaves carry nothing but soul-sucking, spirit-killing hatred.  Leftists preach either directly or through their mouthpieces abject hatred for white people, Christians, conservatives, pro-life advocates, the president of the United States and any who support him.  They preach seething hatred for America.

American Thinker  "In the movie It's a Wonderful Life, an angel, Clarence, is sent to help George Bailey, a man who's sacrificed his dreams for family and community but is now falsely accused of stealing $8,000 and facing jail.  When George wishes he'd never been born, Clarence grants that wish. 

"Suddenly, George finds himself in a world where his beloved hometown, Bedford Falls, has been turned into anarchy and slums.  The town's named Pottersville after a greedy, power-hungry oligarch, Henry Potter, who now owns everything.  In this new world, George sees people he'd helped to succeed now destitute, living in run-down projects, with no hope for anything but survival.  Here his once-quiet, peaceful town is a cacophony of flashing lights, sirens, drunken brawls, and strip clubs.  Those who haven't turned to drink or chaos are locked behind closed doors, trapped in fear, depression, and hopelessness. 

"Like George Bailey, America's been given a glimpse of what our country would look like if Hillary Clinton had been elected president or what it will look like if Joe Biden wins in November.  In this new world, our beloved country is now the People's Republic of America.

"In the  People's Republic, people stand helplessly by as their jobs disappear, as shortages of water, meat, toilet paper, and other essentials drive hoarding, panic.  They're confined to quarters, denied freedom of movement even on beaches and in parks. 

"Here there's no competition, no pesky ads and commercials for restaurants, high-end sneakers, or luxury cars, because government allows only state stores, Walmart, Target, big-box stores.  Gone are the small businesses that offer designer clothes and shoes, the mom-and-pop ice cream shops, bookstores, jewelry stores, hair salons — the list goes on of businesses deemed nonessential.  In the People's Republic, it doesn't matter what people want; they'll get only what they need to survive." . . .  Keep reading...

Gone is the rush of joy when proud parents watch their kids or grandkids "walk," because in this world, there are no graduations, no celebrations, no joys.  Gone is the pride and sense of accomplishment when Americans land a great job, buy their first homes, or start their own businesses.  In the  People's Republic, these aren't accomplishments — merely proof of white supremacy, proof of capitalist greed.

Town Rises Up to Defend Pizza Joint From Anti-Trump Online Mob

Todd Starnes   "The online fascists picked the wrong Long Island, New York pizza joint to bully.
"A woman came into Patio Pizza over the weekend and noticed there was a Trump flag posted in the 43-year-old restaurant.
"Patio Pizza owner Guy Caligiuri told Fox Business that the woman took offense at the sign and said she planned on launching a protest on social media.
"A short time later the phone began ringing off the hook.
“ 'This woman who had posted nasty things about me online and was asking the St. James community to boycott Patio Pizza,” he said. “This woman took it upon herself to — not knowing me, not knowing my family, not knowing my grandchildren… She took it upon herself because she saw a flag in the back to try to put me out of business.”
"But instead of backing down to the fascists, the pizza joint vowed to keep flying the Trump flag and the American flag. And that’s when something very interesting happened.
"Nearly the entire town rallied around Patio Pizza.
" 'A Smithtown mom was offended by his trump flag in the back and tried to ruin him on Fb by putting it on the Smithtown Supportive Moms,” Debbie Az wrote on Facebook. “We should all patronize this restaurant!!!”
"Mr. Calgiuri said he was moved by the overwhelming support.
“ 'They supported our president. They support the flag that I had hanging in the back of my store,” he said.

Open letter to Democrats

ACT! FOR CANADA (Quoting:) I just have a few questions for you...Let me start with, I already know you don't like President Trump...that's a given, SO...let's move on from that...

How about the division of America.

Do you really blame Trump for that?

How about when NONE of the DEMOCRATS showed up for his inauguration? Don't you think that started the division? He hadn't even been president yet, and EXCEPT for Clinton and Obama, not one democrat showed up...Is that when Trump divided America? Can you imagine if the REPUBLICANS didn't show up for Obama's inauguration because they lost??? Can you even start to imagine what would have happened?

How about when 19 minutes after Trump was inaugurated, the Washington Post declared the IMPEACHMENT CAMPAIGN has STARTED? Was that when Trump divided America?

How about when Nancy Pelosi ripped up Trump's state of the union right in front of the world, showing complete disrespect for the president of the United States? Did that bring the country together and is THAT when Trump divided America?

How about when America had to endure, 3 years and over 30 million dollars spent on trying to PROVE that Trump only won because of RUSSIAN COLLUSION and NOT because America voted him in and 17 democrats did EVERYTHING in their power to PROVE that there was Russian Collusion...and came up with ZERO...?

Was THAT when Trump divided America?

I can't even start to go over the NEGATIVE PRESS he's received since his surprise win...

Remember, the DONORS, the likes Bloomberg, who gave 27 million, Tom Steyer who gave 17 million, George Soros who gave 9 million and MANY MORE that gave MULTI-MILLIONS to Hillary, wanted a return on their investment...

Do you really think that donors give MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS just because they love Hillary?

NO, these weren't campaign donations, they were INVESTMENTS into what HILLARY had promised them when she became president....

They were so sure she would win and they would be SHOWERED with HUGE RETURNS, and when it didn't happen and they LOST all those millions, they went all out to TAKE TRUMP out of OFFICE by any means possible...

DID YOU KNOW that 90% of the Mainstream media and the corporations that own them are owned by or run by BIG DEMOCRAT DONORS? You can verify all of that for yourselves...I did...

Since the moment Trump won, even before he was inaugurated, the mainstream media's reporting was 92% negative on Trump, do you know why?

It was those big donors that lost their dream of MILLIONS of dollars, on their returns that they were going to receive win Hillary was president and they weren't going to take that loss lightly...They needed to PUNISH TRUMP and those that VOTED HIM IN...

I've said this since the night he was elected...

"There is NOTHING the left won't do to take down our President”, our country and us, no low they won't go to, to get their power back", and sadly, we have seen this every single day since his election.

Let me ask you this...Have you ever listened to Trump or appreciated any accomplishment or campaign promises he's kept, have you ever gone to one of his rallies or have you just closed your mind to ANYTHING he does?

Please ask yourselves the following questions, if you dare...

What has Joe Biden done for America for the last 47 years that he's held an office?

What did Joe Biden ever do for BLACKS when HE and Obama were in office?

What has Joe Biden ever done in his entire life to create a private-sector job?

What has Joe Biden done to help the American middle class worker?

Let me also ask you this...Why do you think there are so many people tearing down statues, our burning flag, beating up police officers, disrespecting our founders and hating our country?

It comes straight from our SCHOOLS that have slowly been tearing down our history...

If there is a teacher out there, please tell me the following:

Do you teach the truth that it was the DEMOCRATS that:

Were the KKK?

That the GRAND LEADER of the KKK was Robert Byrd, who was elected to congress and served for decades, and that it was Hillary, Bill, and Obama that gave his EULOGY praising him?

That the DEMOCRATS fought the Civil war to KEEP SLAVERY?

That the inner-city ghettoes were created by DEMOCRATS to keep control of slaves after they were freed?

That planned parenthood was founded in inner cities to CONTROL the BLACK POPULATION?

Is any of this in your history books? Let me ask you this as well.

Can a student speak up when he/she disagrees with a teacher when they say that Trump is a horrible president or the electoral college has to be eliminated? Don't think so?

Well, I know a student that actually happened to...When the teacher said it had to be eliminated because Hillary lost, and he stated the reason it should stay,

She ripped him apart and gave the entire class a 5-hour test, and stated it was because he DARED to disagree with her...

Is that happening in your schools?

I'm only asking questions....I'd like your answers..

President Trump and his entire family has been vilified, demeaned, and disrespected, for one reason and one reason only.......HE WON...

Have you noticed the DEMOCRATS only throw tantrums and OBJECT to everything he does and have NEVER ONCE gotten behind him to make America the best it can be?

WHY? They can't afford to get behind him...he would WIN AGAIN, and they can't let that happen....if he wins again, the Democrat party will be destroyed and they know it...

Did you notice that the "CAGES" the left claimed that Trump built to put Illegal children in, WERE BUILT BY OBAMA for the very purpose of PUTTING ILLEGAL CHILDREN IN?

Was THAT all over the news when Obama did it? The very same "CAGES"...but the media was silent!!

How about when Trump commuted Roger Stone's sentence and was DEMONIZED 24/7 but NOT A WORD when Obama commuted 1715 inmates, which included 330 that he granted on his last day in office...

DID WE EVEN HEAR one WORD about it? Were there reporters even reporting it...NO! Just look at the difference in the reporting. By the way, since Trump's been in office he's commuted 10 people...compare that to Obama...Is that reporting fair?

How about when Biden and Obama allowed the H1N1, the SWINE FLU, to INFECT MILLIONS of Americans before declaring it a health emergency....

Was the press losing its minds and calling it the OBAMAFLU AND BLAMING OBAMA and BIDEN for the spread? SILENCE!

Compare this to the NEGATIVE COVERAGE that Trump got when he immediately halted travel from China when, in February, Nancy Pelosi went to Chinatown and said come on down, or when DeBlasio, in March, said ride the subways and go to broadway...BUT those same people are blaming Trump for the spread of coronavirus..

A FINAL QUESTION:

What have the DEMOCRATS done to help make America the best, to get behind a president that works tirelessly to care about WE THE PEOPLE instead of using us as political pawns..

What have the democrats done for people of color EXCEPT for GIVING ILLEGALS more rights than citizens and having us pay for it...

JUST imagine what this country could accomplish if the Democrats worked with him on the economy, the coronavirus, the inner cities where he's created opportunity zones, job training etc.

When Trump tried to get school choice for inner-city students they ran Betsy Devoss out!! The Dems running those innercity schools wanted no part of school choice.

Have you ever wondered why it's cities that have been run, for decades, that have the MOST HOMELESS, the MOST CRIME, the most MURDERS, the worst INNER CITY schools, ARE ALL RUN BY DEMOCRATS???

If you haven't started asking yourselves those questions, maybe you should..

As I said, my entire family used to be democrats, but NOT ONE will ever vote for a democrat again...They asked themselves the same questions and the answer was clear...

(End Quote by Anonymous)   Hat Tip to former Cpl Robert Hope, USMC