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Wishing Our Readers a Great Start to the New Year!
Note From the Founder…
Today we start a brand new year, and even though 2023 did not turn out the way many people wanted it to turn out when the year began, or did not fulfill everyone’s expectations, 2023 is history. We now have the choice to stay stuck in the past with whatever holds one there, or to move onward into this fresh new year, humbly receiving the lessons of the past year, and being more capable to improve from mistakes or capitalize on successes. It is up to all of us to decide how we are going to step across the threshold into 2024. Our CSN writers, our editorial staff, and other volunteers wish all our readers a very great beginning to 2024! We invite you to please join us on a more regular basis in freedom’s fight!
It is true that God has blessed America with much, and it is now our turn to defend Freedom itself. Today, the battles that patriots are still fighting need to be won. This war we are involved in is for the very soul of America. It will take many American citizens to wake up, stand up, and to join up in pockets of patriotism all across the nation to ensure we still have a nation when 2024 comes to a close in twelve months.
God has indeed blessed America with much; yet, it has been said that the cost of Freedom is eternal vigilance. The reality is that the vigilant have been sounding the alarms, and now it is our turn to defend Freedom itself. We the People cannot wait for those intent on destroying all of our freedoms to change their minds, alter their agendas, and terminate their treason and treachery. This is a time in which one’s relationship with God must be revitalized and our relationships with family and friends can be refreshed and renewed. At least for those who seek it, they will make it happen. Now is the moment when one must decide, when one must determine to hold on to self-evident truths, to retain and restore the Republic, and to triumph over evil.
These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman… Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine in the first volume of a series of his pamphlets: “The American Crisis” - December 19, 1776
The holidays are over. Beginning this New Year, we offer strong words to renew your spirit and to strengthen your resolve as It will take all of us to stand – and deliver our nation from evil.
Our first feature in today’s edition is a poem from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which was a prayer to begin the new year of 1945. He included the poem in a letter he had written to his fiancée Maria von Wedemeyer as more of a communication around Christmas as “a few verses that occurred to me the last evenings.” The letter expressed greeting to Maria and parents and siblings. The poem relates to his own predicament and that of his family. Bonhoeffer is hopeful, but realistic, and he prayed for a future reunion with those he loved. Compared with Bonhoeffer, and Nazi Germany at the time, there should be much with which contemporary patriots can relate.
Our second message is from A. Dru Kristenev, who takes a hard look at one who is behind the efforts to remove Donald J. Trump from state ballots. Citizens of the United States are now witnessing the concerted efforts of Socialist marginalization. It is how the Nazis marginalized the mentally handicapped or mentally ill in Germany before they started in with marginalizing the Jews. Actually, we are witnessing both in this time, as anti-semitism is on the rise around the world. In this coming new year, Americans will be challenged to get their priorities straight, but that can only happen if they keep their heads on straight and their hearts in the right place.
Please remember we’ll still have a Zoom call this Wednesday, even though there may be some hangover syndrome from the holiday season. To start off the year, we are offering an interview with author Michael J. Lewinski, and we’re going to focus more on the articles included in the “Founder’s Focus” edition that came out last Friday: CSN Founder’s Focus – 12/29/2023 -
Mr. Lewinski has written two books and is working on a third. He will answer questions about all his work, and the upcoming book. Our readers need to check in with other like minded readers.
For those readers who are able to join us this Wednesday evening, please get ready with any questions you may have. Readers can partake in this call Wednesday and participate (or just listen) in our discussion, by reaching out. Readers who are not on our list already to receive the Zoom link to the call, please send an email request to this address: d.jamzon@gmail.com We’ll honor the request and add you to our mailing list.
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We hope our readers will enjoy the new year and take in some of our features today. Absorb, share and have a Great New Year’s holiday!
“By Powers of Good” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prayer for a New Year
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Trans. T. Boerger)
Berlin, December 19, 1944
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Tr. Fred Pratt Green and Keith Clements English versification *© Copyright Stainer & Bell Ltd.
By kindly pow’rs encircled, silent and true,
So gloriously guarded and wondrously cheered,
I long to live these fleeting days beside you,
And journey with you into a new year.
Still would the past our hearts torment and harry;
Still crushed are we by weight of bitter days.
Oh, Lord, please pour into our startled souls
The endless life for which You have us made.
And should You proffer us the heavy cup
Of bitter grief, filled up unto the brim,
In thanks we take it without any trembling,
Received as from Your good and dearest hand.
But should You give us once again Your joy
Upon this world and in the bright sun’s light,
Then we will contemplate the former things
And back to You will render our whole life.
So warm and bright may now the candles glow,
Which You have brought into our deepest night.
Lead us, if it may be, back to each other;
We know that in the darkness shines Your Light.
And when the silence deep spreads all around us,
Then let us hear those swelling tunes begin
From world unseen which all about us widens
As all Your children raise their highest hymns.
By kindly powers wonderfully harbored,
We boldly live in hope, so come what may;
For God is near in evening and in morning,
And surely He is with us each new day.
—RSHA Prison, Berlin, 1944
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who took part in resisting the Nazi government during World War II. He became a modern Christian martyr known for opposing Nazi ideologies, conspiring to overthrow Hitler, and helping Jews escape Germany. Bonhoeffer was eventually hanged as a war criminal in the German concentration camp at Flossenburg. His best-known work is a Christian classic: The Cost of Discipleship.
Where’s the funding coming from to remove Trump from state ballots?
By A. Dru Kristenev ——Bio and Archives--December 31, 2023
John Anthony Castro, of whom almost nobody has previously heard, has made it his mission to challenge Trump’s name appearing on the ballot in 17 states. According to the FEC, he has $678 in his war chest. Who, then, is bankrolling these lawsuits?
Who is this guy?
Who is this guy? Castro’s website state’s he’s a tax attorney with a history of union organizing for government workers – sounds like a real republican enterprise – and, now, he has promised $20 million to target marginalizing Trump, the candidate with a gargantuan lead over all other presidential hopefuls, including the incumbent White House resident. Of interest is this “He ran, as a Democrat in 2004 for a county court of commissioners position in Texas, finishing fifth of five.” (From WV METRO NEWS)
From his campaign website is this, “In a span of only a few years, John Anthony goes from struggling under the pressure of mounting student loan debt to having a net worth in excess of $20 million.” The statement would indicate that Castro is so convinced of Trump’s evil that he is willing to spend every penny of his “net worth” to dethrone the former president. That’s dedication.
The obvious question is, where is the cash really coming from? He launched his own company, “Castro and Co.,” that represents international business and investment interests on taxation issues.
Trump’s commitment to public service, not self-aggrandizing tyranny as Castro and others insist
Dealing directly with multi-national tax advice, Castro is registered with the federal government rather than obtaining membership with individual state bars. As a young man of 40, he has quickly risen in the world of international tax consultancy, advising investors in “Offshore Tax Compliance” and “Exit Tax Planning. Before departing the U.S. it is important to know how you will be taxed upon leaving.”
All of the foregoing is wholly legal, which is not being challenged here. Where the curiosity surfaces is how his company’s expertise is applied. If Castro is such a free market advocate, it’s a wonder as to why he would so vehemently oppose the candidacy of a self-made billionaire who has already served the Office of President without depositing a single dollar of that salary into his own bank account. That action demonstrates Trump’s commitment to public service, not self-aggrandizing tyranny as Castro and others insist.
Castro’s success has generated millions in revenue in a short period of time, and according to ZoomInfo, his company is based in Augusta, Georgia, though offices are situated in seven other major national business hubs, including Washington, D.C. That’s not a crime as corporate entities are often domiciled in states other than where they maintain offices, but it still leads to conjecture about the company’s connection to K Street and other global (globalist?) business interests.
Castro is little more than a uniparty shill attempting to blockade Trump’s inevitable nomination
It’s hard not to consider that Castro, who is only a write-in presidential candidate, indicating a lack of serious intent, is little more than a uniparty shill attempting to blockade Trump’s inevitable nomination. The “why” would be fairly obvious, taking into account the probable contacts Castro and Co. has with global business interests that have no wish to see an “America First” agenda that President Trump would again usher in.
Like Chris Christie, Castro appears to have thrown his hat in the race in an attempt to create a legitimate platform to berate, block and trash Donald J. Trump. Neither are worth receiving any media coverage except as a waste of space, and, in the case of Castro, judicial time and effort.
Finally, we still haven’t answered the initial query – who is funding John Anthony Castro’s legal challenges to the candidacy of Donald J. Trump? Got any ideas?
Consider: Podcast Points –
From The American Minute with Bill Federer: American Minute for January 1
— On this day slaves were freed in 1863 as Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, read the Emancipation Proclamation against the wishes of Southern Democrats.
Podcast – From The Victor Davis Hanson Show: End the Year with Hesiod and 2023 Highlights – 12/30/2023
Podcast – From “Bold & Blunt” w/ Cheryl Chumley: Bridging Divides and Other Great American Ideas i Washington Times – 12/20/23
ICYMI > From The Academy of Ideas: Why are People so Obedient? – Compliance and Tyranny
Consider: Current Concerns –
From Kim Iversen: SHOCKING: Republicans Are Behind The Trump Ballot Ban | FINALLY: 177 Epstein Names Drop Jan 1 – 12/28/23
From The Hill - Rising: Trump FREED?! SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Jan 6 Ruling That Could DESTROY Charges Vs DJT – 12/28/23
From Steve Bannon’s War Room: Episode 3284: WarRoom 2024 A New Year Special – 1/1/24
Kimberly Guilfoyle: New Year's Day Special: The Most Memorable Moments of 2023 - And Why 2024 Matters More Than Ever | Ep.86 – 1/1/24
From The Glenn Beck Show: Patrick Bet-David CALLS OUT Conservatives to Grow a BACKBONE! | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 204 – 12/9/22
The Dan Bongino Show [WARNING URGENT] This Was A Warning – 1/1/24
From The Hill - Rising: BLACK BOOK RECKONING? Judge Order New Documents Released In Jeffrey Epstein Case – 12/28/23
Consider: World Events –
From UPI: South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed in Busan – 1/1/24
From Just the News: More than half world’s voters face elections in 2024, potentially reshaping global history – 1/1/24
From UPI: Iran dispatches warship to Red Sea after U.S. sinks Houthi small boats – 1/1/24
In Case You Missed IT! (ICYMI leftovers)
From American Center for Law and Justice: The Jay Sekulow Band New Year's Eve Concert
ICYMI > From the War Room w/ Steve Bannon: Raheem Kassam Stresses Importance Of Election Integrity Ahead Of 2024 – 12/4/23
ICYMI > From Tucker Carlson: Tucker Carlson Visits Julian Assange – 12/26/23
ICYMI > From UPI.com: GOP expands impeachment probe into Hunter Biden's defiance of subpoenas – 12/28/23
ICYMI > From The Voice of Rural America: United Sovereign Americans CEO Marly Hornik – 12/20/23
ICYMI > From National Pulse: Ex UK PM Boris Johnson Blasts Attempts to Keep Trump off Ballot. – 12/31/23
ICYMI > From Military.com: The Top 10 Military.com News Stories of 2023
What affects one, can affect all!
* News From The Growing Free Union -
From Just the News: 4 out of 10 American voters say that 2023 was a good year for them on a personal level: poll – 12/30/23
From Washington Examiner: Why 14th Amendment effort to oust Trump could backfire on Democrats – 12/30/23
From Christian Headlines: Fellowship of Christian Athletes Celebrates Spiritual Transformation of over 51,000 Salvations in 2023 - Amanda Casanova – 12/27/23
From Washington Examiner: Michigan beats Alabama 27-20 in overtime on Blake Corum's TD run to reach national title game – 1/1/23
From Open.Ink: J6: A True Timeline | Open.Ink - trailer - full video coming 1/1/24
From Open.Ink: J6: The Gallows Special Collection
From Just The News: Bill Clinton mentioned in over 50 filings in Jeffrey Epstein document dump: Report – 1/1/24
* News From the States –
News From California -
Washington Gun Law: How Californians Will Wake Up Tomorrow to No Second Amendment Rights – 12/31/23
From UPI.com: Magnitude 4.1 quake rattles southern California on New Year's Day - UPI.com – 1/1/24
ICYMI > From American Wire News: 'Heartbeat of America': Dodgers legend Steve Garvey to run for Feinstein's Senate seat – 12/31/23
News From Colorado -
From FOX News: Colorado's secretary of state announces Trump is back on ballot – 12/28/23
ICYMI > From Breitbart: Trump's Name Will Appear on CO Ballot as Legal Team Appeals Decision – 12/28/23
News From Florida -
ICYMI > From FOX 35 Orlando - Florida elected officials quit across the state in light of new law – 12/28/23
News From Georgia -
From Emerald Robinson’s The Right Way: Georgia Election Officials Decline To Defend Voting Machines! – 12/26/23
From The Gateway Pundit (w/ video): Going Viral: New Evidence Suggests There Was Never Voting Machine Election Audit Performed in Georgia Following 2020 Election - Raffensperger Caught Again! – 12/27/23
News From Maine -
From American Wire News: Republicans in Maine reportedly preparing for impeachment of state secretary who booted Trump from ballot – 12/30/23
News From New Mexico -
Washington Gun Law: A Move So Dumb, It Makes the New Mexico Governor Look Smart – 12/24/23
News From Wisconsin -
From The Center Square: Brandtjen: Monday Count bill worries focus on Milwaukee’s past ‘election shenanigans | Wisconsin | thecentersquare.com