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Highlights and Bullet Points From Republican Mid-Term Convention

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Wednesday, September 9

  • Trump presented his administration’s economic and domestic-policy record. His speech covered tax cuts, immigration enforcement, domestic oil and gas production, and prescription-drug pricing. He credited his administration with increased energy production and highlighted its “most favored nation” approach to drug prices. These were the accomplishments he presented to the audience; the speech itself does not independently establish every numerical claim.
  • He announced a proposed $5,000 “Trump dividend.” Trump said every adult U.S. citizen would receive the payment if Republicans retained both the House and Senate. He also said the money would have to be spent in the United States. This was a proposed payment announced in his speech, not an enacted benefit. He repeated the proposal Thursday.
  • Texas’s Senate contest received considerable attention. Ken Paxton presented his economic message, thanked Trump, and criticized Democratic opponent James Talarico. Trump subsequently highlighted Paxton’s candidacy and pledged to return to Texas to campaign for him. Representative Brandon Gill also devoted part of his remarks to Talarico and other Democratic candidates.
  • John Fetterman appeared in a recorded introduction for Dave McCormick.The Democratic Pennsylvania senator praised his Republican colleague and discussed working together with Trump on Pennsylvania’s steel industry. Fetterman identified himself as a Democrat in the message. McCormick thanked him when he came onstage. C-SPAN video
  • The program connected policy themes to individual families and workers. It included border residents Wanda and Ron Liptow; National Border Patrol Council president Paul Perez; manufacturing workers appearing with McCormick; and Laken Riley’s family appearing with Mike Collins. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Dr. Mehmet Oz were also on Wednesday’s program. Oz’s remarks emphasized healthcare affordability. Official program, Night-one transcript

Thursday, September 10—the evening you attended

  • Vance’s keynote emphasized party unity despite policy disagreements. He defended the administration’s record and asked Republicans who disagreed with particular decisions to remain engaged in the midterms. He also criticized Democratic candidates and discussed family, faith, and national identity. The audience greeted him with chants of his name. A protester carrying a Mexican flag interrupted the address and was escorted out.
  • Kennedy explained his political break with the Democratic Party and alliance with Trump. He discussed his family’s Democratic history and argued that the party had departed from its earlier values. His remarks addressed pandemic restrictions, constitutional rights, corporate influence, immigration, and women’s sports. He also recalled his 2024 presidential campaign and credited Charlie Kirk with helping bring him and Trump together. His health-policy discussion centered on the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda and childhood chronic disease. FOX 4’s full Kennedy speech and summary
  • Mayor Eric Johnson focused on public safety and Dallas’s economic development. He explained his move from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in terms of policing, business policy, and city government. He discussed efforts to expand the police department, reduce crime and homelessness, and attract financial businesses. He used the phrase “Y’all Street” for his vision of Dallas as a financial center and contrasted his approach with policies in several Democratic-led cities. Full speech and FOX Local reporting
  • Ted Cruz addressed religion, the Constitution, and what he described as Islamist influence. He argued against incorporating Sharia into American law and characterized parts of the Democratic coalition as hostile to Christians, Jews, capitalism, and constitutional principles. Those were Cruz’s characterizations of his political opponents. Mike Rogers, Michigan’s Republican Senate nominee, also criticized his opponent’s association with commentator Hasan Piker, including Piker’s positions concerning Israel.
  • The Charlie Kirk remembrance marked the anniversary of his killing. The convention showed a roughly five-minute memorial video. Vance spoke about Kirk’s influence and invoked his memory while appealing for Republican unity. Donald Trump Jr. also addressed Kirk’s legacy.
  • September 11 remembrance was part of the evening’s program. On the eve of the attacks’ 25th anniversary, the schedule included a commemorative segment and Tunnel to Towers chairman and CEO Frank Siller. Other scheduled speakers included House Speaker Mike Johnson, Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Representative Mike Lawler, Karoline Leavitt, and Donald Trump Jr. Thursday program
  • Trump closed by asking supporters to turn out for congressional candidates.He urged the audience to approach November as though he were on the ballot and led attendees in a repeat-after-me pledge to vote. His closing remarks again emphasized maintaining Republican congressional majorities.

Copied from WilliamKoening.com———

The mid-term elections will be a defining moment in American history. The future direction of our great nation hangs in the balance. We must, as Christian conservatives get out and vote! Choose this November the direction of the country. We cannot allow the socialist democrats to continue to win elections and bring down our great Republic. I will hold my nose and vote against the democrats. We must retain control of both houses of Congress to have any chance to save our nation. Rh

Never Vance

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Below is a re-post from Koenig.com. I will update a personal post later, but this is too important for the future of our country not to get this out there. The wheels are in motion to select Vance, not allow the common people make that choice. Unfortunately we are seeing more of this. Byron Donalds selected by Trump before Donalds even announced, Graham’S sister coronated successor in South Carolina. This is not democracy. Money, donors and connections mean more than the common man’s opinion? Look closely in this article at the connections Vance has with big foreign money, that has been funneled through corporations. More on Vance’s personal believes in a later article. Rh

The clock is ticking on the chances to stop JD Vance: informally began his 2028 campaign with a fundraiser hosted by Tucker Carlson’s financier

Jonathan S. Tobin – JNS

When the Republican Jewish Coalition gathers this week in Las Vegas for its annual conference, it will honor the legacy of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and hear from many other prominent figures in the pro-Israel community. Doubtless, the proceedings will include the usual celebration of the U.S.-Israel alliance and President Donald Trump’s historic support for the Jewish state and his opposition to Iran and its Islamist terror network.

Equally, if not more important, will be an effort to sound the alarm about the hijacking of the Democratic Party by its intersectional and antisemitic left-wing led by the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA.

That’s exactly what the RJC should be talking about. But participants should also be aware that along with the merits of the current administration and the threat that the Democrats’ increasing assumption of a position as America’s anti-Israel party poses, there’s another just as troubling peril hanging over their party and the country. And his name is Vice President JD Vance.

But what didn’t escape notice was that the event in the mega-wealthy beachside village of Southampton on the East End of Long Island, N.Y. was held at the home of Omeed Malik, the venture capitalist who heads the 1789 Capital firm among other lucrative holdings. Those sorts of credentials and a net worth estimated at $100 million don’t make Malik anything all that special in that kind of neighborhood. The reason his name may ring a bell is that 1789 Capital, a company in which Donald Trump Jr. is also a partner, was the entity that invested the seed money in the amount of $15 million to help establish the Tucker Carlson Network. Malik and Don Jr. are reportedly close friends of Tucker. The same is also true of the vice president.

For full article: Jonathan S. Tobin – JNS

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Turkey: Testing The Waters

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Article below re-posted from WilliamKoenig.com

Israel strikes an air base in northwest Syria to prevent Turkish troops from deploying

Why Israel targeted a Syrian air base linked to Turkey

Netanyahu discussed the reason for the strike in a clip released on Wednesday. “We will not tolerate a Turkish military buildup extending southward. We conveyed that in every possible way.”

“Now we saw that Turkey intended to establish itself at an air base farther south, close to Aleppo, and we sent a message,” he continued. “How shall I put that message? ‘Don’t.’”

The prime minister said that although the original message had been received, “apparently it wasn’t heard,” so Israel acted to ensure that the Turks “understood it better.”

“We will not tolerate a Turkish military buildup extending southward,” he reiterated.

Jerusalem had given Damascus several warnings about Turkey’s military presence in the country.

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Israel’s new Syria dilemma: Netanyahu’s Russia playbook faces ‘Turkey test’

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Can the kind of deconfliction mechanism PM Benjamin Netanyahu established with Putin in Syria be replicated with Erdogan’s Turkey?

On Tuesday, Israel attacked the runway and storage facilities at the Abu al-Duhur air base in the Idlib province, some 60 kilometers from the Turkish border. Israel believed the base was being prepared for Turkish forces, according to foreign media reports, and a military delegation from Turkey had visited the site just hours before the attack.

On Tuesday, Israel attacked the runway and storage facilities at the Abu al-Duhur air base in the Idlib province, some 60 kilometers from the Turkish border.Israel believed the base was being prepared for Turkish forces, according to foreign media reports, and a military delegation from Turkey had visited the site just hours before the attack.

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Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ – interview

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told The Jerusalem Post that Israel had received clear intelligence indicating that Turkey intended to significantly expand its military presence in Syria, a move Jerusalem viewed as crossing a red line.

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a red line was crossed,” he said.

His comments came following Israel’s strike in Syria and subsequent criticism from both the Syrian and Turkish governments.

Let there be no mistake the world is a much dangerous place since Trump has put a leash on Israel. Israel has always feared fighting on three fronts, but they have been forced into just that scenario. Again, beating a dead horse, but why does Trump have man-crushes on despots and dictators? As I have repeatedly stated the most dangerous is Turkey, by far. Watch and pray! Rh

Is England’s Historic Drought a Warning From God?

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Britain’s green countryside is turning brown as a historic drought scorches much of England. For Christians, the images present more than an environmental crisis. They offer a vivid picture of what happens when a nation abandons the God who once stood at the center of its identity.

More than two-thirds of England is now in drought, according to the Daily Mail. Satellite images released by the European Union show large sections of southern England transformed from green fields in August 2025 into parched land one year later.

London’s Hyde Park appears almost entirely scorched.

“Over the summer of 2026, dry conditions have been affecting the United Kingdom,” the EU said. The Met Office reported that Wisley, Surrey, endured 61 consecutive dry days. Heathrow and Odiham each went 55 days without meaningful rain. Several other locations across southern England experienced dry spells lasting more than six weeks.

Elijah, Baal and the Withheld Rain

The drought carries a striking biblical parallel.

In 1 Kings 17-18, Israel suffered a prolonged drought after King Ahab and Queen Jezebel led the nation into Baal worship. Baal’s followers considered him a god of storms, fertility and rain. Yet when Israel embraced Baal and rejected the Lord, the heavens closed.

The drought exposed Baal’s powerlessness.

Elijah eventually confronted 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. Their false god failed to answer, but the Lord responded to Elijah’s prayer with fire. Only after the people fell before God and declared, “The Lord, He is God,” did rain return.

Britain’s Christian Retreat

Britain once sent missionaries around the world and built its institutions upon a Christian foundation. Today, that inheritance is being dismantled.

King Charles III remains the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, but he has recast the monarchy’s public religious posture around protecting all faiths and secular beliefs. The leader charged with defending the Christian faith now presents Christianity as one spiritual path among many.

Parliament has moved in the same direction. Christian street preachers have faced arrest and investigation for proclaiming biblical truth. Parliament has restricted prayer and religious expression near abortion facilities. Evidence increasingly shows the world a two-tier system in which authorities treat public expressions of Christianity as threats while showing greater sensitivity toward other religions such as Islam.

This is the spiritual progression Cahn describes: A nation removes God, empties its house and opens the door to the gods it once rejected.

A Call to Return

Rain is forecast, but the Met Office urged the public to be “cautious about how much impact it will have.” Heavy downpours can run off hardened ground instead of soaking into the soil.

That warning carries its own spiritual lesson. A brief shower cannot restore land hardened by prolonged drought. Likewise, ceremonial Christianity cannot heal a nation that has rejected the authority of Christ.

We must recognize the biblical pattern before us. Britain’s scorched landscape stands as a warning to a nation that has turned from its Christian foundation.

The answer is the same one given on Mount Carmel: repentance, wholehearted devotion and the public declaration that the Lord alone is God.

James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, 

The open rebellion of the government against anything that speaks of God is alarming. When one allows their country to be overrun by Islam and push their religion while stifling Christianity, we can expect God to respond. Is this God’s judgement, who knows, but likely. Europe is lost without a genuine move of God. America pay attention! Rh

Who Is The real Puppet Master??

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A lot of talk has been made about how Donald Trump has allowed Prime Minister Netanyahu to push him into attacking Iran. They seem to forget that every President has warned Iran to not develop nuclear weapons, even putting sanctions etc on the regime. As far back as 2012 I expressed an opinion that if the U.S. did not help Israel stop the nuclear plans of Iran that they, (Israel), would have to go it alone.

What should have been a quick and successfully war has now dragged on and on, why? Because of a failure by Trump to finish the job. Throughout the whole process of so called negotiations Iran continues to fire missiles and thumb their nose at America. On again off again attacks and warnings are a foolish school boy tactic that never works. I can’t remember how many times we are about to end the existence of Iran, which is nonsense, only to announce at the last minute renewed talks or agreements.

Let’s just say the real puppet masters could be Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Deals are what Trump lives for. He is not a politician or a tactician. He is a deal maker! Islamic $$ and deals hold him captive to failure. Once again a Muslim nation or nations have convinced Trump to stop the attacks and seek a deal. A deal that will fail.

The smartest man in the room is Netanyahu. He just keeps on protecting Israel while the so called geniuses in the room talk and talk. As an old country comedian said,”git er done”.

“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a deal”. The president wrote.

And the beat goes on….. Rh

Christian Teacher Released from Prison After 700 Days for Refusing to Use Preferred Pronouns

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This headline is enough to cause major concern over the state of the world. Have we lost our collective minds? Unfortunately due to the Gender Mafia and the radical Luciferian leftist who attempt to push their agenda, ungodly and unscientific agenda, this has happened far too often. We will not participate in your fantasy, it is not my truth and I will not honor a lie. Rh

An Irish teacher was released from prison in the latest stage of his legal battles against preferred pronoun policies — and related contempt of court charges — forcing him to violate Christian sexual ethics.

Enoch Burke, an evangelical Christian and former teacher at Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, was suspended from his teaching job in 2022 for objecting to a policy requiring staff to address so-called transgender students by their preferred pronouns, per a July 2 report from Christian Today.

He eventually received court orders telling him to stay away from the school, which he has refused to honor, resulting in him spending around 700 collective days in prison.

The High Court in Dublin ordered his latest release.

For full article: Charisma

Elections

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Israel Analysis

Elections

By Jim Fletcher copied from Koenig World Watch Daily

You can almost smell the desperation of Netanyahu’s political enemies to upend his political career. Rarely in my lifetime have I seen a more hated politician. I believe this is essentially due to the Netanyahu threat to globalism and Leftist pro-terrorism policies. I won’t fall into the left-wing trap of first listing his bad qualities. No quantifying things here.

I will focus on the things he’s accomplished for his people in the last 40 years. Fifty years ago, his older brother Jonathan fell at Entebbe, as hostages were rescued from terrorists and the Ugandan army. Bibi has said this is what drove him to politics. All three Netanyahu brothers served in the elite counter-terrorism unit, Sayeret Matkal.

Beginning in the early 80s, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu began what would become a robust political career. His perfect English, practiced in American schools, was the perfect match for his intellect and quick-study traits. Starting in the Israeli embassy, he networked heavily among Western diplomats and politicians. Combining humor and charm with sober-minded vigilance, he set out to make sure Israel stayed safe.

That was no small order back then, or now. Israel’s situation from a human perspective was always precarious. Bibi also at least understands the biblical issues. He and Menachem Begin are the only Israeli prime ministers to hold Bible studies at the residence in Jerusalem.

His father, Benzion, was a renowned history professor and fierce Zionist. Good for him. Unapologetic, he stood for Israel’s right to self-determination his whole life, and he knew early Zionists like Ze’ev Jabotinsky. The three Netanyahu brothers, growing up in a Jerusalem suburb, learned Zionism around the family dinner table.

Bibi won his first premiership in 1996, fending off Shimon Peres, who had lost his way by embracing disingenuous “peace” partners. He fell into the trap of thinking a robust economy would turn the “Palestinians” away from their thirst for Jewish blood. Nothing will, and some understood this. Charles Krauthammer once famously wrote about Peres’ vision for a “Maginot Line of five-star hotels” in Arab lands. Meaning, the “Palestinians” don’t care about no stinking robust economy. They remain committed to wiping Israel off the earth.

All this to say, we are now hearing from the usual suspects in Western media that Israel is ready to move on from Netanyahu in the upcoming October elections. He has served as prime minister for 19 of Israel’s modern 78 years. Remarkable.

His successes have infuriated his enemies, of whom there are many. I suspect the media reports of his political demise—which have been trotted out for years—are largely bogus. They are even now using Trump’s alleged movement away from Netanyahu in much the same way Clinton and Obama sent their goons to Israel to interfere in Israeli elections.

But the Israeli people, even those who dislike him, know that Netanyahu has held off the genocidal terrorists. Notwithstanding October 7—which was inevitable—Netanyahu has held the killers at bay for 30 years. Never pleasing everyone, he has retained his Zionism against political realities. I predict he will win again.

Until he does, he has some interesting foes. Recent polling (I rarely trust this form of propaganda, which is intended to persuade the masses, many of whom can’t think for themselves) suggests that Netanyahu’s chief rival is Gadi Eisenkot, a former general and chief of general staff. Allegedly, as of this week, his party, Yasher, holds a lead over Likud. Remember, Israeli elections depend on the party, even over the candidate.

Eisenkot, born in Eilat, has a glittering resume. He has a post-graduate degree from Haifa University and was a member of the elite Golani Brigade. 

He also advocates for a two-state solution and draft exemptions for a percentage of the haredim.

In other words, he’s a typical heroic IDF man that becomes dumb when he enters politics.

A two-state solution? 

Are you daft, man?

Israel, especially after 10/7, can never agree to give those devils a state. To do so is to commit suicide. This is the non-starter issue.

Also, a Wikipedia entry for Eisenkot says this:

“Eisenkot advocates for a state rooted in national-Jewish values but with equal rights for all citizens. He supports a two-state solution with the Palestinians, prioritizing the Jordan Valley and settlement blocs, and advocates a long-term ceasefire and demilitarization in the Gaza Strip.

“He views Syria, Lebanon, and Iran not as existential threats, but rather emphasizes the internal challenge of domestic polarization in Israel. Eisenkot advocates for a two-state solution with the Palestinians to maintain a Jewish-democratic state and avoid a bi-national state, but insists on retaining portions of the occupied West Bank, including the Jordan Valley and settlement blocs.”

Is he serious? Syria, Lebanon and Iran are not existential threats? 

This can’t be a serious candidacy. Do you really think Israelis would entrust their security to such a person?

I don’t. 

Oil Refineries Running at Full Speed

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US oil refineries are running at full tilt as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine choke global supplies of fuels, increasing the risk of outages at a time when prices are already rising sharply.

Refineries across the US are running at 96 per cent of their capacity, with those in the Midwest and Rocky Mountains regions operating at 100 per cent, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Washington has released about 77 per cent of the 172mn barrels from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve that it pledged in March to use as a cushion for the supply shock from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and to keep prices low.

The SPR, which is held in underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana, has fallen to 311mn barrels, its lowest level since 1983. Its operational minimum, below which further withdrawals risk damaging infrastructure and disrupting pipeline operations, is estimated at 180mn to 200mn barrels, according to industry analysts. Source: Financial Times

I remember the OPEC oil embargo that hit the US back in the early 1970s. Long gas lines, even an odd and even lottery type ability to bet gas based on the days of the week. Oil prices quadrupled across the country. In this day and age of civil unrest over pronouns and other such nonsense, I can only imagine the chaos which would result from that type of situation now. This has always been the fear that the action in Iran could produce another oil shortage of immense proportions. Trump, you had them, now it MUST be finished to stabilize oil markets and bring economies back on line. Rh

Syrian President Meets With Trump

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Once again the bromance between Trump and the Syrian President throws a monkey wrench into Israeli security. Trump desperately wants to be a statesman, but leaving Netanyahu alone to do what is best for Israel would be the proper call. Reposted from All Israel News. Rh

President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove Israeli troops from Lebanon and Syria in a recent phone call, Axios reports.

“They don’t want you there. You should redeploy,” Trump reportedly told Netanyahu in a phone conversation last Thursday, according to a U.S. official who spoke with Axios.

According to Israel Hayom, Trump conveyed the Syrian demand for the withdrawal of IDF troops from its territory, but did not present it as an American demand.

The phone call between the two leaders came a day after Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey.

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https://allisraelnews.com/trump-tells-netanyahu-to-remove-israeli-troops-from-lebanon-syria-report