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Posted By: 4250Luis, 1/31/2025 7:25:34 AM

As I watched Vice President J.D. Vance swear in our new Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, I couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh of relief. At last, our military forces will be restored to its full potential to protect this great nation. If we are looking for further proof that a higher power is watching over us, consider this one question: why haven’t our enemies taken advantage of the fact that for the past four years, America has been at its most vulnerable because the man in charge of that nuclear football has been non compos mentis since he took office? As if that wasn’t bad enough,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 1/31/2025 8:02:18 AM (No. 1885870)
A distance of two millimeters and a difference of two milliseconds and the world and the entire flow of human events would have been different. If this was not Divine Intervention give me a better explanation.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 1/31/2025 8:16:18 AM (No. 1885880)
FTA - "There has never been a wider divide between our two political parties. We have one whose presidential convention members booed when someone said the word 'God.' And the other proudly utters praise and gratitude for His intercession in this great nation’s life. The latter is for MAGA." As usual, very well put, Alicia.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Highlander 1/31/2025 8:38:49 AM (No. 1885896)
Amen! I say Amen!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jalo1951 1/31/2025 8:49:33 AM (No. 1885906)
The short and often used phrase “Thank God” never had more meaning.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: 4Liberty2020 1/31/2025 10:55:23 AM (No. 1885999)
We still need to pray daily for the safety for President Trump and his family. God has so blessed our Country, He must have great plans ahead for us and His people, Israel.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Zigrid 1/31/2025 10:57:36 AM (No. 1886002)
Yes...WE did dodge a bullet... a bloody ear and new resolve to fight...fight...fight....as a devote Catholic I'm convince God is in charge...and has stepped in ...just at the right time...to secure our country....there will be dark days ahead...but I'm convinced President Trump is up to the task....as he took charge yesterday with the flight accident in DC....he wants answers and no excuses...this is not the bundled biden buffoonery regime...it MAGA time!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: privateer 1/31/2025 11:29:30 AM (No. 1886039)
It is faint praise to say that Alicia Colon never disappoints. She never fails to inspire and uplift. I especially enjoyed the parts about Washington. I knew his service in the French and Indian War, but the quotes from his former Indian foe were a revelation to me. Thanks AC, and OP.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 1/31/2025 1:00:01 PM (No. 1886114)
My Christian mom who was an FDR democrat if she had lived today would never have voted for these godless Leftists.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Dreadnought 1/31/2025 1:47:58 PM (No. 1886147)
The key word in the Indian warrior's comments: "rifle".
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Hermoine 1/31/2025 1:54:14 PM (No. 1886158)
FTA: "...why haven’t our enemies taken advantage of the fact that for the past four years, America has been at its most vulnerable because the man in charge of that nuclear football has been non compos mentis since he took office?" I'm not so sure we can state this with confidence. I worked for a very high ranking Republican member of Congress from 1994-1999, and after the Clinton's finally exited the scene in (albeit briefly), and GWB was elected in 2001, a friend of mine (not in gov't) said to me, "I bet your glad they are gone, now we can start to move in a new direction." I replied, "Well, they may be gone, but mark my words, they did a lot of damage, and we won't know the extent of it for another a year or two." In all honestly, I was referring to programs like SS and Medicare, which they had been raiding left and right and using to game the entire health care system. Unfortunately, 9 months later, we discovered just how bad the damage was...the policies they instituted (the wall b/t CIA/FBI, overstayed VISAs, etc) that led to 9/11. The Clinton Administration has never been held responsible for the huge, gaping holes in our national defense...and I am totally frightened by the number of terrorists that were let in under the Biden Administration. Between the terrorist cells and the Cartels operating in broad daylight, something big is going to happen. Not a matter of "if," but "when." (And, NOLA, may just been a test run.)
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Reply 11 - Posted by: JackBurton 1/31/2025 2:24:54 PM (No. 1886178)
I'm with poster number 7. The quotes from the Indian foe of Geo Washington, and the prophecy, were marvellous. I only wish there was a link to the source of those.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: danu 1/31/2025 2:40:23 PM (No. 1886188)
fta: There is something bids me speak in the voice of prophecy: Listen! The Great Spirit protects that man and guides his destinies – he will become the chief of nations, and a people yet unborn will hail him as the founder of a mighty empire.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Red Ghost 1/31/2025 3:48:39 PM (No. 1886206)
Alicia Colon never, ever disappoints. It's always a special treat to have her on Lucianne.com As many others do, I believe the hand of God has been protecting DJT since at least 2015. That protective hand couldn't be more visible to the entire world than on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. I posit a thought to Ms. Colon about our enemies and their lack of aggression against our diminished county during these last four years. I firmly believe, our enemies, China number one, had a big hand in the steal of the 2020 election.( No one wanted Trump gone more than China.) I believe that's why they could have their way with Biden and company, because that's what they held over his head. Not the piddling money bribes but, the stolen election. Once they had the fraudulent Biden government in place, they and our other enemies, with Biden's and the democrats' help, could nicely and quietly go about trying to destroy our country. No bombs, no physical wars. So much easier and way less messy and expensive than using conventional warfare methods. However, our enemies, foreign and domestic, are Godless creatures so they don't understand God; they just don't get Him. We mortals, believers as well, cannot even begin to reason why on God's earth things happen. I firmly believe the 2020 steal was, as always, God's will, but who the heck understood that chess play. Well not until November 5 and these subsequent days leading to January 20, 2025 did it become clear. If Trump had won in 2020, his second administration would have been hobbled with continuing investigations and traitorous staff. It would have been a weaker administration. But, while Trump has always been a juggernaut, his second administration's power is both massive and glorious. As Michael Goodwin put it in a recent column, Trump is no mere man surviving and thriving through all of his tribulations getting to where he is today. It is clear, President Donald J. Trump, like George Washington is God's messenger. And his and our country's enemies, both foreign and domestic can only watch in astonishment at his, and, His power.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 1/31/2025 5:30:29 PM (No. 1886260)
We have dodged a number of bullets. A number of enemies tried to take advantage of our senile pResident. Iranian intrigue got Hamas killed off. Russia will never have an ally in Ukraine and they lost an ally in Syria. The Taliban is still in charge in Afghanistan and an ally of terrorists. ISIS is still out there. So is China. Time will tell what the fallout is from our open border to the south. There is the debt. All in all, things could be much worse. Yes, we should thank God.
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