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Melvin C. McDowell
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I am a Christian and a semi-retired attorney, former IRS revenue officer, and former naval intelligence officer. I am also a Son of the American Revolution and a Gideon. I oppose racism and antisemitism (please keep such stuff off my timeline). You can follow me on Mastodon at melmc@freeatlantis.com. #DeSantis2024 Make America Florida - SOLI DEO GLORIA

Finally, Conservatives Have Workable Plan

https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/finally-conservatives-have-workable-plan-5484270

If you want to see what the target is, have a look at the Federal Register that lists 436 agencies, only a few of which can justify their existence according to the words of the U.S. Constitution. Here you have the problem. Here is the core issue. And now we have also the answer to the great question: what then should be done? What needs to be done is wholesale reform and abolition.

Recovering a Lost Legacy: The Bible and Western Culture

https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/recovering-a-lost-legacy-the-bible-and-western-culture-5477338?utm_source=pocket_saves

The Bible was a pillar of Western civilization, yet 12 percent of Americans believe that Joan of Arc ...

'Right to Rock Act' seeks to protect artists' performances from social media censorship

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/05/rep-joel-rudman-wantschampions-right-to-rock-act-to-safeguard-freedom-of-expression-in-entertainment/70677488007/

A physcian once criticized for speaking against COVID mandates now champions the 'Right to Rock Act' to shield entertainers from cancel culture.

Inside Fulton County Jail with Jenna Ellis

https://lizwheeler.com/episode/fulton-county-jail-jenna-ellis/?utm_source=pocket_saves

“but if conservatives would actually look at the record in Florida that he has been able to accomplish, and they would compare that with what would be frankly a lame duck four years, even if Donald Trump were able to get in office, there is no comparison on any metric. DeSantis is the better conservative choice if we want actual accountability and real solutions. “

RT @SteveDeaceShow@twitter.com:

“Today's @BlazeTV show: Trump does the full Romney by vowing to oppose Democrats redeploying the very Covid tyranny he initiated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU839SWciro

https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/1697363505018548327

I received my invite code from Bluesky. Is anybody here on there? Can you recommend anyone to follow?

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[Rev 21:8 ESV] 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

Ron DeSantis' solid record of accomplishment and plan for a Great American Comeback:

Grounded in his unshakeable belief in America’s founding principles, Governor DeSantis has enacted a bold agenda to transform Florida into a blueprint for the Nation’s revival. Governor DeSantis has delivered win after win on conservative priorities:

Saving livelihoods from job-killing lockdowns and vaccine mandates

Protecting citizens from the harmful impacts of Biden’s border crisis by enacting E-Verify and other bold policies against illegal immigration, such as banning sanctuary cities

Defending parental rights and eliminating CRT

Defunding DEI bureaucracy in higher ed and holding tenured professors accountable

Waging war on woke power-grabs like ESG and central bank digital currency

Enacting the strongest medical freedom laws in the nation

Turning Florida into a model for election integrity

Protecting the unborn

Standing up for the 2nd Amendment by making Florida a constitutional carry state

Expanding education freedom

Prohibiting land purchases by the CCP and related individuals and entities

Lowering prescription drug costs

Holding woke corporations and school unions accountable

Creating a universal school choice program

Delivering record-breaking tax relief

Helping families achieve the American dream of homeownership

Supporting law enforcement and our veterans

Enacting tougher penalties for drug dealers and sex offenders

Appointing seven conservative justices to the Florida Supreme Court

...and so much more.

After leading Florida with common sense and conviction throughout his first term, DeSantis delivered a record-setting victory of nearly 20 points in 2022. He earned his second term by the largest raw vote margin in state history, winning by more than 1.5 million votes.

But history didn’t stop there:

Governor DeSantis flipped Miami-Dade County red, winning the majority-Hispanic urban county by double digits. Conventional wisdom assumed this was impossible for a Republican – as recently as 2016, Hillary Clinton won Miami-Dade County by nearly 30 points.

Governor DeSantis flipped several other blue counties red, including Palm Beach County. He won 62 out of 67 counties overall.

Compared to his first statewide election in 2018, Governor DeSantis was up +19% with Independents, up +30% with Hispanics, and up +9% with women.

Governor DeSantis delivered a record-setting victory with battle-tested leadership, a bold policy agenda, and never backing down to corporate media or special interests. As he said at his inauguration: “When the world lost its mind – when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue – Florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow Americans and even for people around the world. In captaining the ship of state, we choose to navigate the boisterous sea of liberty rather than cower in the calm docks of despotism.”

Governor DeSantis has ensured that Florida is a free and safe place to raise a family. Thanks to the governor’s leadership, Floridians enjoy a low tax burden, quality education opportunities, and a bulwark in place against the Biden Administration’s overreach and various elite power grabs that seek to force people to adopt a particular ideology. Thanks to the governor’s vision, this year’s legislative session delivered the most ambitious conservative policy victories in Florida’s history.

This year, Governor DeSantis signed:

Record tax relief

ESG prohibitions

Measures counteracting the influence of the CCP

The strongest medical freedom protections in the nation.

Reforms reducing the costs of medications by delivering transparency

Bold higher education reforms; defunding DEI

Improvements to our state’s infrastructure

Tough-on-crime, law and order measures, including the death penalty for child rapists

The strongest measures protecting Florida from Biden’s border crisis

Reforms for paycheck protection, holding accountable wayward school unions

Prohibitions on centralized digital currencies in Florida

No leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor DeSantis. He is now sharing his bold vision with the country, leading a movement to deliver the Great American Comeback.

Proverbs 28:1 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.28.1.ESV

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:1 ESV

[1Jo 3:9-10 ESV] 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

[Rom 8:6-9 ESV] 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Eph 1:3-6 ESV

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/1/4/s_1098004

[Eph 1:3-6 ESV] 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

2 Corinthians 5:21

https://bible.com/bible/59/2co.5.21.ESV

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

This is a concise statement of what God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ did for us.

Isaiah 55:11

https://bible.com/bible/59/isa.55.11.ESV

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV

This is the theme verse of the Gideons and it encourages us that there is always merit in sharing God's word because we can be confident that God will use his word to accomplish his purposes:

2 Corinthians 5:21

https://bible.com/bible/59/2co.5.21.ESV

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

Isaiah 55:11

https://bible.com/bible/59/isa.55.11.ESV

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV