Former celebrity vocal coach shares how 'darkness' in Hollywood inspired album on spiritual warfare

 Christian Post  "A Hollywood celebrity vocal coach has shared how, after God opened her eyes to the “darkness” surrounding her in the secular music industry, she felt compelled to write a worship album focusing on spiritual warfare.

"For years, Kira Fontana worked as a successful vocal coach to major labels and shows such as Glee and The Voice. But the longer she spent in the music industry, the more disillusioned she became by the darkness she witnessed all around her. 

“ 'It’s darker than most people could ever imagine,” Fontana told The Christian Post. “If you look at the content of the lyrics of the songs that are played on the radio, it’s unbelievably immoral and dark and anti-Jesus. When I started to see the sheer percentage of songs and videos that were leaning heavily in that direction, I came to recognize that it could not be an accident. People in very powerful positions are backing it; there are gatekeepers who are wanting this content that we hear now to be prevalent in our society.”

“ 'It’s akin to poisoning our community, and our kids are drinking from a very, very, very destructive cup,” she said. “I saw the effect on kids as I worked in the city, and that effect is spreading. LA is the communication center for this planet; when you go to other countries, you still see content made in Los Angeles. It became a really heavy responsibility.”

"Though an unbeliever, Fontana felt a strong, invisible pull away from the secular music industry." . . .

“I think the song 'Refuge' will always have a special place in my heart because that's where God started to just redeem everything for me by giving me that song,” she said. “It’s such a declaration of who He is. No matter what's going on around us, if we are abiding in Him, we are safe and secure.”

 "Now, Fontana also serves as a Christian music producer and the founder of KINGDOM SOUND, a boutique music production company and record label.

CNN plans climate change town hall after staffer reveals plan to sell climate 'fear' in leaked recording

CNN plans climate change town hall after staffer reveals plan to sell climate 'fear' in leaked recording   "Technical director told Project Veritas climate change will be 'next COVID thing' for CNN"

"CNN is set to host a live town hall with senior Biden administration officials this weekend on the topic of climate change, weeks after a network employee told an undercover journalist the network planned to push "fear" about the issue.

"The town hall, moderated by CNN anchor Dana Bash, will focus on "The Climate Crisis" and will air on Friday night to mark this year's celebration of Earth Day, the network announced. 

"The participants include Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, all of whom will be asked about Biden's campaign promise to remake American climate policy. 

"Earlier this month, right-wing guerilla news outlet Project Veritas published a series of explosive conversations between one of its reporters and a CNN technical director named Charles Chester. In one of the conversations, Chester revealed that following the "COVID fatigue" from CNN's coverage of the pandemic, the network will "start focusing mainly on climate.' " . . .

""Our focus was to get Trump out of office," Chester said. "Without saying it, that's what it was, right? So our next thing is going to be for climate change awareness."

" 'Do you think it's going to be just like a lot of like fear for the climate?" the undercover journalist asked. 

" 'Yeah. Fear sells," Chester responded. 

" 'Who decides that?" the journalist asked. 

" 'The head of the network," Chester answered.

" 'Who's that? Is that Zucker?" she followed, referring to CNN President Jeff Zucker.

" 'Zucker, yeah," Chester replied. 

"In another exchange, Chester repeated that climate change is "going to be the next COVID thing for CNN" that "we're going to hone in on.' " . . .

Chester: “It's going to be our [CNN’s] focus. Like our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that's what it was, right? So, our next thing is going to be for climate change awareness.” "

Chester: “We would always show shots of him [Biden] jogging and that [he’s] healthy, you know, and him in aviator shades. Like you paint him as a young geriatric.”

"Chester went on to say that COVID-19 media coverage should be coming to an end in the near future. He added that CNN is already preparing its shift in coverage to push and promote climate change fear." 

“ 'I think there's a COVID fatigue. So, like whenever a new story comes up, they're [CNN’s] going to latch onto it. They've already announced in our office that once the public is -- will be open to it -- we're going to start focusing mainly on climate,” Chester said.

"Chester: “It's going to be our [CNN’s] focus. Like our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that's what it was, right? So, our next thing is going to be climate change awareness.”

"Veritas Journalist: “What does that look like?”

"Chester: “I don't know. I'm not sure. I have a feeling that it’s going to be like, constantly showing videos of decline in ice, and weather warming up, and like the effects it’s having on the economy--' ” . . .

The roots of this notion polluting our schools that it's racist to make a black student actually answer the question.

Racist Math Problems - YouTube

Dumbing down schools in the name of 'equity'  . . . "The intellectually gifted among us are a precious resource needing careful cultivation, for they create new knowledge that grows our economy and keeps our national defense strong.  This is so obvious that it ought not even need stating.

"Educating down to the level of the lowest common denominator will ultimately impoverish and militarily defeat us, a national catastrophe.  As Richard Baehr asks, rhetorically: "Do you think China will try this to achieve equity among its various peoples?' " . . .

John McWhorter in Substack

   NO MORE TESTS: WE SHOULD MEASURE BLACK KIDS ON THEIR "DESIRE TO KNOW." (St. Ibram, 2019)

. . . "First, instead of emphasizing the kinds of racial differences that economists and sociologists usually study (parents’ economic resources, parents’ position in the occupational hierarchy, parents’ exposure to formal education, and parents’ living arrangements), successful theories will take more account of the factors that psychologists have traditionally emphasized (the way family members interact with one another and with the outside world, for example). A good explanation of why white five-year-olds have bigger vocabularies than black five-year-olds is likely to focus on how much the parents talk to their children, how they deal with their children’s questions, and how they react when their children either learn or fail to learn something, not on how much money the parents have.

"Second, instead of looking mainly for resource differences between predominantly black and predominantly white schools, successful theories will probably have to look more carefully at the way black and white children respond to the same classroom experiences, such as being in a smaller classroom, having a more competent teacher, having a teacher of their own race, or having a teacher with high expectations for those who perform below the norm for their age group.

"Successful theories will therefore have to pay more attention to psychological and cultural influences, which are much harder to measure than income, education, and living arrangements. Collecting accurate data on black and white parents’ habits, values, behavior, and ideas is not easy, and it would take time." . . . 

Is it racist to expect black kids to do math for real?   "Yes, serious people are arguing this. Make sure they don't infect your school district." . . .

No police to intervene: Where Are LeBron and the Media? 13-Year-Old Cincinnati Girl Stabbed to Death by Another 13-Year-Old Girl

RedState

"It is approximately 110 miles between Columbus, Ohio, and Cincinnati, Ohio.

"But apparently, news travels slowly between those two communities because LeBron James and the national media have not yet mentioned Monday’s death of 13-year-old  Nyaira Givens who was stabbed to death by another 13-year-old girl during a fight near her family’s home in Winton Hills, a suburb of Cincinnati.

"Givens’ father held her in his arms as the life drained away from her body, helpless to do anything to prevent her from dying.

“I held her. I watched her as she died. I watched her, you know. All I could do was just hold her, hold her,” Maurice Jackson said.

Devastation, heartache and loss are all emotions that Jackson, Nyaira Givens’ father, is feeling after her sudden death.

“I tried. I tried to stop the bleeding,” Jackson said.

"The 13-year-old Nyaira, a high school freshman, didn’t wake up Monday morning with the thought that it would be her last day on earth.  But she had been involved in a series of incidents with an “off-and-on” friend from school, and there was a confrontation between them on Monday afternoon.

"Her assailant, not named in the media because of her age, made her first appearance in court on Wednesday." . . .

Lebron James defends a knife-wielding maniac! His sponsorships should be stripped! WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY?!

Lebron James defends a knife-wielding maniac! His sponsorships should be stripped! WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY?!

SHOCK: LeBron James tweeted a photo of a police officer who was present when Ma’Khia Bryant was shot, with the caption, "You're Next." https://t.co/4mVSao8Uub

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 21, 2021

 At Breitbart, Tim Young posted:

To clarify: Lebron is ok with black people killing other black people... he's only upset when a white police officer stops the murder from happening.

Townhall; Apr 21 JOURNALIST: "Can an officer shoot the leg? Can they shoot somewhere that would not result in a fatal wound?"   . . . "How about an apology, LeBron?  And how about all that money you're raking in from China, where they practice slavery?

"But most idiotic of all are the Black racists who tried to normalize knife attacks as horseplay, such as BLM activist Bree Newsome: 

"She raises the specter of police following her recommendations and letting Black children murder each other with impunity, as this tweet mockingly reminded her and us:

And finally, there is this event elsewhere:   

That was close...almost had another officer involved shooting @KingJames https://t.co/0dEv1CzCk0

— Herd Level Immunity Prison Mitch (@MidnightMitch) April 22, 2021

Maxine Waters Gets Smoked by GOP Challenger in Viral Ad: 'Our District is in Ruins!'

 Neon Nettle

Republican congressional candidate Joe E. Collins III slams California Democrat

"GOP congressional candidate Joe E. Collins III, who is running for Waters' 43rd Congressional District, rolled out his new ad campaign over the weekend.

"In the ad, Collins, a Navy veteran who grew up in Waters’ south Los Angeles district, specifically targets his Democratic opponent.

"Collins highlights how Rep. Waters lives in a mansion outside of the 43rd Congressional District she represents while her constituents battle with poverty.

Speaking from outside Waters' $6 million mansion, Collins also detailed the many ways in which L.A. has declined in recent years.

"He reveals that the decline is thanks in large part to policies Waters has supported.

“Do you know where I am right now?” Collins says in a video depicting him walking up to Waters’ house." 

© press

Joe E. Collins III filmed his ad from outside Maxine Waters' $6 million mansion

“Maxine Waters’ $6 million mansion," he reveals as the camera pans around to show the lavish property.

"Yep, that’s right. Maxine does not live in her district, but I do.”"Do you know where I’m not right now? Maxine Waters’ district," he adds.

“I was born right here in South L.A., in a place Maxine refuses to live,” Collins continues." . . .

Biden & Maxine Waters' Pre-Verdict Comments Eyed as Grounds for Chauvin's Appeal

Neon Nettle

"Conviction not set in stone as defense likely to use remarks to overturn guilty verdict"

"[Andrew C.] McCarthy said that Waters, who represents California, went to Minnesota "to interfere in its judicial system" in violation of a curfew.

"He argued that "her remarks can only be interpreted as an incitement to violence" and that she "ought to be under investigation."

"Biden had also weighed in on the case before the verdict was announced, telling reporters that he was "praying that verdict is the right verdict" and that "I think it's overwhelming, in my view."

"The president claimed that he only said this because the jury was already sequestered, but McCarthy argued that this  "is no excuse" for making those remarks." . . .

The term “JoeBama” is not a meme… It is a REALITY.

The Last Refuge  "Those behind the scene are using the Biden administration as an extension of the third term of Barack Obama.  Same people; same policies; same agenda, and same exact goals.   As a consequence U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is duplicating the exact same policy directives as former DOJ Attorney General Eric Holder.  The people in place are identical; the actions they take are identical; the purpose of their activity is identical.  The DOJ is politically weaponized to achieve ideological goals.

"The most recent example of the synergy happens today with AG Garland announcing a DOJ civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis police department.  Cut to the chase, the result of the investigation will be another municipal authority placed under a federal consent decree.  THAT will happen, the investigation to justify the consent decree is a farse.  This is JoeBama and the Chicago team replicating the same process.

"“Attorney General Merrick Garland today announced a new investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department and City of Minneapolis for possible pattern and practice unconstitutional actions. This investigation is not related to the already announced investigation into the murder of George Floyd, but is instead examining the entire department for continuous misconduct.' ”

America in the hands of the left

 ...The public is astonishingly misinformed as to the truth, thanks to the media.  Nor do the hundreds, even thousands of black-on-black murders that take place routinely in Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and other cities merit much media notice.  Black Lives Matter does not lift a finger or donate a dime to fighting black-on-black homicide....  Patricia McCarthy

                                                             Rich Terrell

Official BLM Account: Black Communities ‘Terrorized’ More Under Biden ‘Than They Had Been Under Trump’   "Via Daily Caller:

A Twitter post from the official Black Lives Matter account alleged that black communities are being “terrorized” at a greater rate than they were under former President Donald Trump.

In a post from Tuesday, Black Lives Matter alleged that black communities were better off under Trump than they are under President Joe Biden. The post demanded that Biden end the 1033 program—which allows the Department of Defense to offer excess equipment to local police authorities—by the end of his first 100 days in office.   Keep reading…

In Defense of Teenage Knife Fighting

Since when do we need the cops to intervene in the recreational stabbings of our youth?

Young skulls full of mush doing as they were programmed to do.

. . . "It’s hypocrisy, too. Who among us hasn’t come within a second or two of murdering someone else with a steak knife? My best friend in school, Bobby “The Blade” Simpson, used to throw shivs at the smaller kids in the music room. Did we need the authorities to step in when that happened? No, we did not. As MSNBC’s Joy Reid argued smartly on her show last night, pranks such as these were dealt with by our teachers — just as we all expected they would be. And if something went wrong? Well, that’s why we had substitutes.

"In all honesty, I worry that this sort of helicopter policing is making us weak. Back in my day, the people who survived a good stabbing came out stronger for it. I learned a lot of lessons from my time in the ring: self-reliance, how to overcome fear, the importance of agility, the basics of military field dressing. And, given the turnover, I also learned how to make new friends." . . .

My First Knife Fight? Leftists call knifings kid stuff in wake of Columbus police intervention

 

Kids will be kids

"The far left has been mouthing so many phony, untrue things about crime and punishment in the U.S. that some of its unhinged denizens can no longer recognize reality.

"That would likely explain why one Black Lives Matter activist, Bree Newsome, found herself the subject of ridicule on Twitter and beyond for jumping the shark on the subject of stabbings, which is the topic of the day regarding a police intervention in Columbus, Ohio, where an officer shot a 16 year-old in the act of stabbing another girl. Newsome's twisted herself into a pretzel over the incident to whip up the narrative that cops are evil and knife stabbings are everyday occurrences, effectively declaring the vicious near-disemboweling of a teenager in pink jammed up against the hood of a car at the hands of another teen, Ma'Khia Bryant, a sort of rite of passage for Black people. And after a torrent of ridicule, she won't stop digging.

"Here's her first tweet, which, as of this writing, is still up: 

DEFUND & ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES

·

Apr 20, 2021

Teenagers have been having fights including fights involving knives for eons. We do not need police to address these situations by showing up to the scene & using a weapon against one of the teenagers. Y’all need help. I mean that sincerely.

Doc the Dano

@DocDano_sartie1

I remember the good ol’knife fights when I was growing up. Was cool. Like when little Johnny got disemboweled we just laughed uncontrollably on the ground. It even made Johnny chuckle. Good times.

Why does the left so passionately want to venerate criminals?  . . . "Oprah Winfrey, a multi-billionaire, basks in her own perceived victimhood, as do all those multi-millionaire athletes "of color."  We must be grateful for the many, many black conservatives who have not and never will fall victim to the oppression meme — Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Larry Elder, Allen West, Candace Owens, Vernon Jones, Tim Scott, Jason Riley, Carol Swain, and others.  But these folks are reviled by the left, for they threaten leftists' plan to render all black people Democrats for life, to accept the second-class status to which the left means to condemn them.  Their job?  To hate all white people." . . .

Pigs fly! ‘He Has A Duty’: Don Lemon And Chris Cuomo Defend The Officer Who Shot Ma’Khia Bryant  Credit where credit is due.

Cuomo agreed that tasers don’t work the way guns work, especially at the distance that the officer was standing away from Bryant and with just a split-second to make a decision. Lemon made the point that tasers don’t always connect with the target they are trying to hit.

 The White House’s Shameful Race-Baiting Framing Of The Death Of Ma’Khia Bryant (VIDEO)  . . . "Did Psaki offer any context, any nuance, or even the benefit of the doubt of an officer who had to make a life-or-death decision when one teen was poised to plunge a knife into another teen who was backed against the hood of a car, with only an outstretched leg to keep her attacker at bay?

"Nope. Because there is anger against the police and a dead black girl, whose death can be exploited for political gain! You know what comes next, don’t you?

"If you guessed ‘irrelevant inflammatory race-baiting’, you are right!" . . .

Media Ran With Early Reports On The Columbus Shooting Only To Be Wrong

. . . "Instead of waiting for the facts, people claimed that Bryant was unarmed. Many of the posts saying that the teenager was unarmed were still up as of Wednesday afternoon, even after body camera footage clearly showed that she had a knife. The tweets had been shared thousands of times. (RELATED: LeBron James Tweets Picture Of Officer Involved In Ma’Khia Bryant Shooting, Says ‘YOU’RE NEXT’)

“There has been yet another police shooting of an unarmed 16 year old Black teen girl by police in #ColumbusOhio,” CNN Legal Analyst Areva Martin wrote Tuesday night on Twitter.

Who can forget Obama's attack on the police during the Ferguson riots, but before that, recall his "the police acted stupidly" statement.  Yet again the Twitter warriors jumped to a conclusion about the officer-involved shooting in Columbus before the bodycam was released showing the girl was trying to stab somebody with a knife

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 21, 2021

The Democrats are the Real Enemies of Democracy

  Paul Krause

. . . "Tocqueville's prediction is frightening.  If the Union were "threatened" — and we constantly hear now about how it's threatened: threatened by domestic terrorism, threatened by white men, threatened by Donald Trump, threatened by "lies," threatened by right-wing extremism, threatened by anything that isn't the anti-American left, etc. — then the presidency would assume its supreme prerogative and powers and govern dictatorially.

"Get ready, folks.  With the Democrats back in the White House, we will hear, constantly, how America is threatened by something just so the dictatorship of the Democratic presidency can rule without checks and balances, without pushback, without consent or accountability.  (So much for democracy.)

"The real enemies of democracy are the Democrats and their cronies all over the media, Big Business, and destructive activism.  Conservatives need to understand this and call them out on their anti-democratic agenda.  We are the real guardians of democracy, the rule of the people, and the sanctity and importance of civil society against the encroachments of the totalitarian and parasitic bureaucratic state.  And we mustn't be afraid to use power to check power.  That was the original purpose of the Constitution and why the power and vibrancy of civil society and the courts must be crushed by the Democrats to make us all subservient to the federal state."

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BLM Protesters Kneel, Rally for Man Killed by Police, Then It Turns Out He's a White Suspected Carjacker

. . . Second, this story hurts the narrative that unarmed black men are disproportionately killed by police officers. While they try to frame every officer-involved shooting in the worst possible light, BLM and its mainstream media allies dismiss stories of cops doing heroic deeds such as stopping criminals.

Twits

The Federalist Papers  "Black Lives Matter has led the charge to make seemingly every issue in America a referendum on race. One example of this came during a protest outside Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s mansion in St. Paul on Sunday.

"The New York Post reported that dozens of protesters were kneeling outside the mansion amid reports of a shooting involving an officer in Burnsville, Minnesota.

"Mitti Hicks, a reporter for KMSP-TV in Minneapolis, tweeted a video of the kneeling protesters, some of whom were displaying Black Lives Matter signs, flags and other memorabilia.“ 'Protestors kneel after hearing there was an officer-involved shooting in Burnsville moments ago,” she reported. “This information HAS NOT been confirmed but this group says they’re heading there.”