American Idol Finale is Filled With Jesus Worship

 We happened to flip the TV to American Idol last night and caught the last 20 minutes, but talk about hand raising to Jesus breaking out!  Not sure what’s happening with that show but we know last year they had an entire episode dedicated to spiritual songs which predominantly ended up being about Jesus.

So praise the Lord if the name that has IDOL right in it ends up being a platform for millions to see and hear about the One True God.

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Hannah Harper is the newest winner of "American Idol," capping a season in which the Missouri mother-of-three openly shared her Christian faith, struggles with postpartum depression and passion for worship music with millions of viewers.

The 26-year-old Willow Springs, Missouri, native was crowned the winner Monday night during the show’s three-hour finale, defeating finalists Jordan McCullough, a worship leader who performed “Goodness of God” as his final song of the night, and Keyla Richardson.

Harper performed “Married Into This Town,” teamed with country singer Lee Ann Womack for a duet of “I Hope You Dance,” and revisited her original song “String Cheese,” which went viral following her audition earlier this season.

“You deserve to be here for your voice, for who you are as a person, for who you are as a mom, as a daughter, for your songwriting. I'm so proud,” an emotional Carrie Underwood told Harper following her first performance of the night.

After host Ryan Seacrest announced her victory, Harper became emotional as she closed the night with “At The Cross (Love Ran Red)” by Chris Tomlin while fellow contestants and judges gathered around her onstage.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/hannah-harper-wins-american-idol.html

1300 Quakes in California and Nevada in Past 7 Days

 There will be earthquakes in various places.

If you want to make a list of things that could devastate America, breaking the San Andreas fault would be one of them.  The other would be breaking the New Madrid fault that runs right through the middle of the country.  Will it happen before the rapture or are all of these rumblings simply more signs of the coming Great Tribulation?

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One day it will happen. As millions of people living in Southern California go about their daily lives, a cataclysmic earthquake will suddenly strike. The geography of the California coastline will be permanently changed, and the ground on the western side of the San Andreas fault will drop by several feet. Since much of Southern California is just barely above sea level, the Pacific Ocean will start rushing in. What I have just shared with you is not the plot to some really bad disaster movie. As I have documented repeatedly over the years, this is a scenario that scientists are telling us will happen someday. Millions of lives will be at risk when “the Big One” finally strikes. Could it be possible that “the Big One” will strike a lot sooner than most people think?

The shaking that we have witnessed over the past 72 hours has been extremely alarming.

On Saturday, the city of Brawley was rocked by more than 150 earthquakes…

A reported earthquake swarm rattled Imperial County on Saturday, with over 150 recorded quakes in the city of Brawley, south of the Salton Sea — including one 4.5 magnitude.

The United States Geological Survey has recorded at least 29 quakes over 2.5 magnitude, but well over 150 earthquakes total, including small ones, have been recorded on Saturday, according to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory.

Unfortunately, it didn’t stop there.

The shaking continued throughout the night and into the next day.

On Sunday, Brawley continued to experience constant earthquakes. This included a magnitude 4.0 quake, a magnitude 4.4 quake, a magnitude 4.5 quake, and a magnitude 4.7 quake…

Within the past 7 days, 1,334 earthquakes have been recorded in California and Nevada.

But as long as buildings aren’t falling down and people aren’t dying, most people outside of the affected areas won’t pay much attention.

Unfortunately, “the Big One” is going to happen sooner rather than later.

In my latest book, I have an entire chapter dedicated to the great earthquake that is coming to Southern California.

The following is a short excerpt from that chapter…

If the San Andreas fault does rupture all at once, scientists have warned us that it could produce an earthquake that would be powerful enough to cause the ground on the western side of the San Andreas fault to suddenly drop several feet. Since most of southern California is just barely above sea level, that would allow water from the Pacific Ocean to come pouring in.

Can you imagine the kind of death and destruction that such a disaster would cause?

It would look like much of the southern California coast had just gone into the Pacific Ocean, but actually the Pacific Ocean would suddenly be covering vast stretches of the coast that have now dropped several feet lower than they were previously.

Researchers tell us that similar catastrophes have actually happened along the west coast in the past, and it is just a matter of time before it happens again.

If you live in southern California, it critical for you to understand that it is just a matter of time before “the Big One” strikes.

I have been attempting to sound the alarm about what is going to happen for years, but of course most of those living in the region are not interested in such warnings.

https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/nearly-400-earthquakes-rock-southern-california-will-a-cataclysmic-seismic-event-soon-rip-the-san-andreas-fault-wide-open/

Was 2020 Election Stolen From Trump?

 When lots of us went to bed on election night in 2020, Trump was far ahead so we turned it off and thanked the Lord.  But something happened at 3 am with all the vote counting and we awoke to the announcement that Biden had won and got 20 million more votes than Obama or Hilary.

What the heck happened??

Next we had ranking folks saying, "They stole it!  We have all the evidence!"....and it was a big nothing burger.

But many of us were still wondering about all these paper ballots sent out by the tens of millions for the first time EVER.  Was their room for nefarious activity with these?  How in the heck did Dementia Joe get over 80 million votes??

Today we are reading some very high ranking people who are saying Trump actually won in 2020 with a landslide vote and the FBI Director is saying that arrests in the matter are coming very soon.

You think ICE activity in Minneapolis caused division?  Just wait and see what happens if FBI starts arresting DNC and high-ranking Democrats for election fraud and/or treason.

Something big is on the horizon — and the people saying so aren't fringe voices on a podcast. They're senior Trump administration officials.

Monica Crowley, the U.S. government's chief of protocol, dropped a significant claim on Wednesday: hard evidence that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election is coming, and it's coming soon. "He did win in a landslide, and we will soon be able to give evidence about that," Crowley said.

Now, she didn't lay out a timeline or spell out exactly what the evidence would look like, but the message was clear.

According to the Washington Times, she offered no further details on the nature of what's being prepared. That ambiguity will inevitably give critics ammunition, of course. But here's the thing, Crowley’s remarks didn’t just come out of nowhere. Her claims track almost perfectly with what FBI Director Kash Patel told Maria Bartiromo last month.

As PJ Media previously reported, Patel appeared on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo and announced that arrests are coming over the coordinated effort to rig the 2020 election.

"We are going to be making arrests, and it's coming, and I promise you, it's coming soon," Patel said.

Two senior officials. Same message. Same urgency. That's not a coincidence.

Their argument — and they're not alone in making it — is that a coordinated effort to undermine the 2020 election results led to Joe Biden being declared the winner.

You’ve heard all the liberal arguments that no fraud was actually found, and courts confirmed the election was entirely above board, but that’s simply not true. Every legal challenge filed after the 2020 contest was rejected, not for lack of evidence, but for lack of standing.

But a reckoning is coming. There are now search warrants, grand jury subpoenas, and federal prosecutors involved. The truth will come out.

Whatever Crowley and Patel are sitting on, the clock is ticking. And if the evidence is as significant as they're suggesting, the political fallout will be unlike anything this country has seen in a very long time.

Here;  Bombshell Evidence About the 2020 Election Is Coming – PJ Media

A political fallout unlike anything this country has seen in a very long time.

How much more division can America handle before the wheels start coming off the bus?

The Euphrates River is Drying Up

We have posted about this in the past but it’s worth paying attention to because it’s just one more sign that points to the nearness of the hour.

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The slow but measurable decline of the Euphrates River has begun to capture attention far beyond environmental and geopolitical circles. Once a lifeline of ancient civilizations and a defining boundary of empires, the river is now increasingly viewed through a more symbolic lens—especially among those who study biblical prophecy. For some observers, the shrinking waters are not just an ecological warning sign, but a potential alignment with ancient predictions found in the Book of Revelation.

A recent report warning that the Euphrates could be at risk of significant depletion by 2040 has intensified concern. Satellite data suggests the basin has already lost more than 34 cubic miles of freshwater since the early 2000s—an astonishing volume equivalent to roughly 13 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. The causes are well documented: prolonged drought, rising temperatures, heavy damming upstream, and increasing water demands from multiple nations that rely on the river for survival.

And yet, for those who view current events through a prophetic framework, the data carries an additional layer of meaning.

 In the Book of Revelation, chapter 16 describes a striking moment: “The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.” In ancient context, the Euphrates was more than a river—it was a geopolitical boundary, a natural defense line that separated the ancient Near East from eastern powers. The imagery of it drying up symbolized the removal of a barrier, allowing massive movements of forces toward a final conflict often associated with Armageddon.

For modern readers who take biblical prophecy seriously, the imagery is difficult to ignore. The idea that a literal drying of the Euphrates could one day allow military or political powers from the East to move freely into the region has become a recurring point of discussion in prophecy circles. The phrase “kings of the East” is often interpreted broadly to represent coalitions of nations or regional powers that may one day play a decisive role in end-times events.  

China is often considered a leading candidate for representing the Kings of The East as it is one of the few armies in the world that could muster an army of 200 million that Revelation talks about.  However it could also be a coalition of nations, we cannot say with absolute certainty except that they come from the East of Jerusalem.

So how should this be understood today?

There are two competing frameworks shaping the conversation. The first is literal and gradual: that environmental degradation, climate change, and geopolitical water disputes could continue weakening the Euphrates until it reaches a critically low or even dry state. In this view, what once seemed like a distant prophetic symbol becomes a slow-moving convergence of environmental stress and human activity. If current trends continue unchecked, the river’s decline may indeed reach a point where historical geography is dramatically altered.

The second framework is more sudden and theological: that the language in Revelation describes not a centuries-long environmental decline, but a divinely orchestrated, rapid event occurring at a specific moment in prophetic fulfillment. In this interpretation, the drying of the Euphrates is not the result of gradual ecological processes, but a sudden act that coincides with other dramatic end-times events described in the same chapter.

Both perspectives acknowledge an important tension: the present reality shows measurable decline, but the prophetic text describes an accelerated, purpose-driven outcome. That gap between slow environmental change and sudden prophetic fulfillment is where much of the modern debate resides.

What makes the Euphrates particularly significant is its historical and strategic weight. Flowing through the region historically known as Mesopotamia—the “cradle of civilization”—the river has sustained empires, agriculture, trade routes, and population centers for thousands of years. Its importance is not symbolic alone; it is deeply practical. Any significant reduction in its flow reshapes agriculture, energy production, and political stability across multiple nations.

Today, that stability is already under pressure. Competing dam projects in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq have altered downstream flow. Extended droughts across the Middle East have reduced snowpack and rainfall feeding the river. In some stretches, once-wide channels have narrowed into shallow, fragmented streams. Entire agricultural zones are struggling to survive.

For those studying prophecy, this is where observation and interpretation begin to overlap. Is the world witnessing the early stages of a long environmental decline that happens to resemble ancient language? Or is it possible that human systems are unknowingly moving toward conditions described thousands of years ago?

What is clear is that the Euphrates is no longer a static backdrop of ancient history. It is a living, changing system under stress. Whether one interprets that through the lens of climate science, geopolitics, or biblical prophecy, the implications are profound.

If current trends continue, the question may not simply be whether the Euphrates will continue to decline, but what its decline will mean for the balance of power in the Middle East. And for those who study end-times prophecy, the deeper question remains: are these developments a slow unfolding of natural history—or early indicators of a far more dramatic chapter yet to come?

In either case, the world is watching a river that once defined the rise of civilization now become a symbol of its uncertainty.

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9948#google_vignette

48 Mosques Built in Texas in Past 48 Months

 We sure hope Texas is waking up!  Liberals in America have been crushing Christianity whenever they get a chance while championing Islam.  It's confusing for sure but may be part of a foreshadowing of the GREAT DELUSION mentioned in 2 Thessalonians.

The Islamist advance in America may have just suffered a major setback. We’ve been telling you about the situation in Texas, where we recently saw 48 new mosques built in the span of just 24 months.

Folks, this is no coincidence. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. That’s exactly why radical Islamists have established a foothold in the Lone Star State and announced plans to build sprawling Muslim-only communities. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned about Islamic Sharia courts operating in the Dallas area.

Clearly, the Islamists are growing more bold. But it looks like they’re overplaying their hand.

After a Muslim-only event was advertised at a water park in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas, Governor Abbott stepped in. Earlier this week, he sent a letter to the mayor of Grand Prairie threatening to cut funding to the city if it did not cancel the event, which Abbott rightly said was a clear case of religious discrimination. No non-Muslims allowed at a city-owned, taxpayer-funded water park in Texas?

Folks, they say don’t mess with Texas for a reason. The city has now caved and canceled this Muslim-only event.

Governor Abbott scored another victory against Islamists on Wednesday when a federal court ruled that the Texas chapters of the notorious Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) must turn over their donor and donee lists, as well as the tales of the foreign travels of its Executive Director, Nihad Awad.

Late last year, Abbott declared CAIR, along with the Muslim Brotherhood, to be terrorist organizations. CAIR, of course, did not like this. They sued to block the terror organization label, and now a federal judge has ruled that CAIR has to lay all its cards on the table.

Let’s see how this radical Islamist group is really funded! It probably will not be very good for CARE… but it will be very good for America.

Texas, by the way, seems to be waking up. In March, a statewide proposal to ban Sharia law passed, with 95 percent of voters saying “no” to Islamic law in Texas.

As Texas goes, so goes the nation, God willing.

Here;  Don't Mess With Texas: Islamists In The Lone Star State Are Overplaying Their Hand - Harbinger's Daily

Islam Exposed

 This message needs to be repeated over and over again.  Islam is not compatible with the West.  If Muslims want to practice their faith they have 57 countries where they can be surrounded by Muslims and mosques.  They come to Western nations because they want to take over the world for Allah.  

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In a powerful video, Paul Weston destroys the myth that Islam is a “religion of peace,” exposing it as a violent political-military ideology of conquest and domination.

Weston traces Muhammad’s transformation from a failed preacher in Mecca (just 130 followers in 13 years) to a ruthless warlord in Medina, launching campaigns of beheadings, enslavement, and jihad. He highlights over 100 Quranic calls to fight and kill unbelievers, the doctrine of abrogation, and Muhammad’s own words: “I have been made victorious through terror.”

The video reveals the driving force of Islam: promises of paradise and virgins for martyrs, war booty and slaves for fighters, and a world divided into the House of Islam and the House of War. Mass migration (hijra) is used as a tool of conquest.

From the 7th century onward, Islamic expansion left tens of millions dead. Today, this same doctrine fuels terrorism, apostasy laws, grooming gangs, honor killings, and the enslavement of non-Muslims.

Weston warns that Islam is a totalitarian system with no separation of mosque and state.

https://rairfoundation.com/paul-weston-exposes-islam-ideology-blood-war/

No Future for Jews in France

 We all know that Islam is anti-Semitic.  We also know that France has allowed millions of Muslims into the nation as over 1500 mosques now inhabit the country.  We also know that God will use persecution of the Jews around the world to force them to come back to the nation of Israel.  This will continue to set the stage for the 70th Week of Daniel.

With all that in mind, this article has prophetic implications.

A couple of hundred French Jewish doctors interested in moving to Israel gathered in Paris on Sunday in a major immigration fair for medical professionals.

The event was held during a time of global turbulence in the Jewish Diaspora, which is especially noticeable in the 450,000-strong community in France that is also home to the largest Muslim population in Europe, and where a recent survey showed that nearly four of five French Jews feel unsafe.

“It is becoming more and more difficult to live here because of antisemitism,” said Raphael Mimoun, 26, a general practitioner in Paris who attended the event with his wife, who is a surgeon.

“The majority of young people are thinking a lot about how they can live in Israel before it is too late,” said Eva Cohen, 30.

Filling a shortage of physicians in Israel

The third MedEx Paris event, which seeks to concomitantly address the shortage of physicians in Israel, was organized by the nonprofit Nefesh B’Nefesh in partnership with Israel’s ministries of aliyah and integration, health, and the Negev and the Galilee, along with the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency for Israel.

Similar events geared exclusively for medical professionals have been held over the last two and a half years in Paris, Buenos Aires, London, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto and Montreal.

During the gathering, the aim of which was to streamline government bureaucracy for physicians, more than 50 applications for medical license conversions were submitted to the Israeli Health Ministry.

Wartime immigration

Still, with war raging in Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on the country’s south, immigration has been a challenge.

Last year, 558 French Jews immigrated to Israel, compared to 519 the year before, according to figures from Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Ministry.

The number of French doctors who moved to Israel jumped from 25 in 2004 to 57 last year.

“Our challenge is that Israel should be the top priority for those who decide to leave, and that means we do everything we can to facilitate a smooth absorption,” Israeli Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer, told JNS.

He noted that the program has reached over a third of its goal to bring 2,000 doctors to Israel from around the world over five years, with their impact on the nation’s healthcare system making a mark in periphery areas such as the Negev and the Galilee.

‘No future in France’

“There is always antisemitism, but I am a proud Jew,” said Eitan, a general practitioner and a 37-year-old father of three who said he is planning to move to Jerusalem within the decade for the benefit of his children. “There is no future in France.”

“People here are on the edge of their seats and have to make a hard decision, co-founder and chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh Tony Gelbart told JNS. “There has always been antisemitism around the world, but when it comes straight in your face and not just behind your back, you get concerned.”

“We always used to say not running away from something but running to something, but now running away in several countries has become the reality,” he said.

Over the last quarter century, the group originally became a household name in promoting immigration from the United States and Canada.

“This is the first time in 25 years where we are seeing here a concern expressed by so many of not seeing a stable future here for themselves and future generations,” said Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, the organization’s co-founder and executive director.

A connection to Israel after October 7

“I want to help Israel as it will be the only country that will be there for me if I need help,” said Melvin, 35, from Brussels, who is doing his residency in plastic surgery and hopes to move in about five years. “Here, I’m afraid to show I am Jewish because there is a lot of antisemitism. If you want to be successful, you need to hide your Judaism.”

“With all the events that have happened over the last couple of years, we feel very connected to Israel,” said Laurent Bonnamy, 57, a gynecologist from the French Polynesian island of Tahiti who began the process of notarizing his medical documents. “Over here, we feel useless for the Jewish nation and for Israel.”

Here;  ‘No future for Jews of France:’ Scores of French Jewish doctors prepare to immigrate to Israel - Israel & Jewish News - JNS 

We pray for the peace of Jerusalem.  We pray for the nation of Israel.  We know that the Jews will suffer greatly at the hands of the Antichrist.  We know that God will use the Jews to fulfill many prophecies that Bible readers could never fully understand...until now.

Swedish Leader Demands an End to Islamization of Sweden

 I wonder if people will wake up before it's too late?  I think they probably won't.  Why?  Because I hope Jesus is real close to calling us home and the evidence all around us is that Islam is going to have something to do with the ONE WORLD RELIGION.  

The Pope is still leading the pack of contenders to fill the role of FALSE PROPHET and just went one step further by stepping into the 3rd largest Mosque on earth after removing his shoes and saying, "This is a place worthy of God."

Islam is not compatible with Western civilization.  It's not just a religion.  But the woke people who hate Christians somehow believe Islam is filled with oppressed people so they give them a big pass.  I also believe the woke folks are a foreshadowing of the GREAT DELUSION that God Himself will send following the rapture.  (2 Thessalonians)

But today we see a shadow of hope out of Sweden.

Sweden Democrats youth chairwoman Denice Westerberg demanded the demolition of all minarets, an end to Islamic prayer calls, a ban on oppressive clothing, and a full rollback of multiculturalism in a fiery speech at Jimmie Åkesson’s annual May 1 rally in Stockholm, citing the explosion of migrant-linked crime, sexual assaults, and no-go zones.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – May 2, 2026 – In a fiery speech delivered today at Jimmie Åkesson’s annual May 1 rally at Långholmens amfiteater in Stockholm, Denice Westerberg, chairwoman of Ungsvenskarna (the youth wing of the Sweden Democrats), issued a bold call to roll back decades of failed multiculturalism and Islamic influence in Sweden.

Speaking to a packed crowd of supporters waving Swedish flags, the young firebrand declared: “We must demolish all minarets. We must stop the Islamic prayer calls. We must ban oppressive clothing. We must prioritize Swedish society.”

Her hard-hitting remarks, captured in a video that has gone viral across social media, reflect the deep and growing frustration among native Swedes with the cultural erosion, skyrocketing crime, parallel societies, and security nightmare created by mass migration from Islamic countries.

The speech once again underscored the Sweden Democrats’ uncompromising message: Sweden belongs to the Swedes, and the reversal of decades of disastrous policies has only just begun.

Westerberg, who also chairs the Sweden Democrats in Solna, leads Ungsvenskarna’s efforts to groom the next generation of SD politicians around core issues of national identity, immigration control, and resistance to Islamization. The Sweden Democrats have long warned that unchecked migration from Muslim-majority nations is eroding Sweden’s cohesion, and today’s speech signals that even the party’s youth organization refuses to stay silent as the divide between Swedish and the self-sequestered Islamic societies deepens.

Her statements come at a critical moment. Sweden, once celebrated as one of Europe’s safest and most homogeneous countries, can no longer avoid a catastrophic reality: record levels of violent crime, sexual assaults, and gang violence disproportionately linked to immigrants, particularly those from Islamic backgrounds, and even their children. The second generation migrants to Sweden.

The Crime Wave: Official Statistics Paint a Grim Picture

Government data from Sweden’s National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) and independent academic studies leave no room for denial. Foreign-born individuals are dramatically overrepresented in Sweden’s crime statistics, especially in sexual offenses.

Government data from Sweden’s National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) and independent academic studies leave no room for denial. Foreign-born individuals are dramatically overrepresented in Sweden’s crime statistics, especially in sexual offenses.

People born abroad are 2.5 times more likely to be suspected of a crime than native Swedes with two Swedish-born parents.

In sexual crimes, the disparity is even more alarming. A major 2025 study by researchers at Lund University found that 63% of those convicted of rape in Sweden have a migrant background (first- or second-generation immigrants). Earlier Brå-linked data and SVT investigations showed that 58% of men convicted of rape and attempted rape between 2013 and 2018 were born outside the EU, with large numbers from the Middle East, North Africa, and Africa.

In stranger-rape cases, the foreign-born share exceeds 80%.

Foreign-born individuals represented 58% of suspects in rape and attempted rape cases from 2013–2017, despite making up roughly 20% of the population.

These figures align with earlier Brå reports (1996 and 2005) and peer-reviewed analyses that show consistent overrepresentation, particularly in non-Western and Muslim-majority regions.

Police: “Difficult or Almost Impossible” to Operate in Migrant Areas

Swedish authorities have quietly admitted the scale of the problem through their own classifications. The national police maintain a list of “vulnerable areas” (often called “especially vulnerable” or “particularly vulnerable” zones), a politically correct euphemism for Muslim no-go zones, neighborhoods where mostly Islamic criminal networks exert such control that normal policing breaks down. Actual national sovereignty is forfeit. In these zones, which are overwhelmingly populated by migrants from Islamic countries and their descendants, police describe conditions as “hard, bordering on impossible” for officers to carry out their duties.

Here;  Swedish Leader Demands End to Islamization: 'Demolish All Minarets, Ban Prayer Calls and Oppressive Clothing' (Video) - RAIR

We remember reading 15 years ago that the #1 newborn baby name in Malmo, Sweden was Muhammad.  So we hope it's not too late for the Swedes and maybe Deerborn, MI and Minneapolis will take a lesson from them.

Europe’s Fertility Rates Have Collapsed

 What happens to a nation whose people don’t want to birth children anymore?  They collapse as the old people outnumber the young OR they get taken over by a nation with higher birth rates.  You simply can’t survive without birthing more humans to pay taxes, join the military, fix the roads, unplug the toilets and work at nursing homes.

So why are women not having kids?  Probably because God said “be fruitful and multiply.”  When Satan heard that he likely came up with an idea for feminism.  Ideas started to cross women’s minds like, “we don’t need children to live a fulfilling life!  We can have all the careers that men can have!  We can be our own breadwinners.  We can travel and party and have casual hookups with men but marriage and family are a thing of the past!”

Do you know what group is having kids?  Muslims.  Do the math on what happens to global populations when Muslims have 4 kids per woman while the rest are having 0 or 1.  

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Across the continent, fertility rates have fallen below the 2.1 births per woman needed to maintain stable population levels, with no country meeting that threshold as of 2024.

Lower fertility in countries like Spain and Poland reflects a mix of economic pressures, including lower wages and the rising cost of raising children, alongside broader trends seen across developed economies.

Aging populations are already reshaping national priorities. As Poland seeks to build a larger military, its shrinking population presents a strategic vulnerability.

This trend extends across the continent. Europe’s largest economies, including Germany (1.36), the UK (1.41), France (1.61), and Italy (1.18), all remain well below replacement levels.

Even countries with relatively higher fertility rates, such as Bulgaria (1.72) and Montenegro (1.75), are not producing enough births to stabilize their populations.

One response has been increased immigration. In Germany, migration policy in the mid-2010s was shaped partly by the need to support the country’s labor system. However, this approach has also fueled political backlash and the rise of anti-immigration parties.

Family Incentives As A Solution?

Some countries are attempting to boost birth rates through financial incentives. France, Hungary, and Poland have introduced tax credits, subsidies, and other programs aimed at encouraging larger families.

Hungary, for example, has spent over a decade expanding benefits for young couples, with the goal of reaching the 2.1 replacement rate by 2030.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/visualizing-europes-birth-rate-collapse

Robot Servants Coming to America Next Year

All the science fiction movies we watched as kids that had talking robots who completed tasks for you, are soon to be reality.  Their brains and functions will be powered by AI.  We already know that that the devil will be in this machine.  “AI psychosis” is already a thing.  People who interact with AI for significant amounts of time end up being suicidal as their AI companion might suggest that the world would be better off without them here.  

Our adversary, the devil, comes to steal, kill and destroy.

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U.S.-based robotics firm 1X has started full-scale production of its humanoid robot NEO at a new manufacturing facility in Hayward, California.

The factory marks a key step toward commercializing general-purpose humanoid robots designed for home use. The company says the robots are built to safely operate alongside humans and assist with everyday tasks such as mobility support, light household activity, and routine interaction.

Spanning 58,000 square feet, the facility currently employs more than 200 workers and is expected to expand further as production scales. It has the capacity to produce up to 10,000 robots annually, with plans to increase output beyond 100,000 units by 2027. The setup is designed for rapid iteration as hardware and AI systems evolve.

The company has already seen strong early demand. It said its first-year production capacity of over 10,000 units sold out within five days of launch in October, signaling early commercial interest in humanoid home robotics.

Full-stack manufacturing push

A key feature of the factory is its vertically integrated production model. 1X designs and manufactures core components in-house, including motors, batteries, sensors, structures, and transmission systems.

This approach allows the company to control the entire production process, from raw material handling to final assembly. It also reduces reliance on external suppliers and supports faster iteration cycles, especially for hardware upgrades and safety improvements.

“We’re building the world’s safest, most reliable humanoid robots—right here in Hayward, California,” said Vikram Kothari, VP of Manufacturing & Hardware.

The company says its setup includes automated motor manufacturing lines and systems that handle precision tasks such as copper coil winding. This level of integration is aimed at improving reliability, reducing production bottlenecks, and scaling manufacturing efficiently without outsourcing key subsystems.

Robots produced at the facility are currently being routed to internal testing, validation, and research environments. Customer shipments are expected to begin in 2026, starting with early access users before wider rollout.

AI brains power robots

Each NEO robot is powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor computing platform, which serves as the system’s onboard processing unit.

The platform enables real-time AI inference directly on the robot, allowing it to perform perception, reasoning, navigation, and decision-making tasks without depending heavily on cloud infrastructure. This improves response time and reduces latency in real-world environments.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/first-us-integrated-humanoid-robot-factory-build-100000-neo-robots-2027

Apostle Paul Didn’t Reject Israel So Why Are So Many Christians Doing so Today?

 For sure, all the world’s eyes are on Israel.  How is it possible that 7 million people on a tiny sliver of land could command so much attention?  For Bible readers of a certain stripe the answer is obvious;  because God is doing something with His people and His land and the Prince of this World (Satan) doesn’t like it and wants them all dead.

But for some other Bible readers and regular church attendees, they’ve arrived at a far different conclusion.  They think that Israel is over, God is done with them and they have nothing left to fulfill.

We were at The Gaithers Concert last night and they sang a song WHY CANT ALL GOD’S PEOPLE GET ALONG?  There was a chorus that said “we’re all different singers singing the same song”…but are we?  Are we singing the same song as all the false teachers and wolves in sheep’s clothing that Jesus said would come?  

Some topics matter for salvation and some don’t.  But God seems serious about getting the topic of Israel correct.  He’s going to judge the nations based on how they treated Israel.

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It’s safe to say that, among the nations of the world, Israel perhaps evokes stronger thoughts and emotions in people than any other. Israel and polarization seem to fit hand in glove, as people either strongly like or love Israel or dislike or even hate the Jewish nation. It seems most people tend to feel very strongly about Israel, one way or another.

In the church today, the nation of Israel is also a point of contention, not geopolitically, per se, but biblically. In short, as it pertains to God’s relationship with Israel in the future, there are only two basic viewpoints: God is either finished with Israel or God has a future for Israel.

God’s Future for Israel—Rom. 11:25–36

We see in Romans 11:25–36 God’s glorious plan for the future salvation of Israel. Verses 25–27 say, “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”

Notice in verse 25 that Paul doesn’t want the brethren to be ignorant of this mystery. The word “mystery” in the New Testament refers to truth not previously revealed. Specifically, the mystery is that Israel’s hardening is partial, and it will only last for a divinely specified time until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. This is the completion of what we know as the Church Age. God knows the beginning from the end. 

When that time comes, verse 26 states that all Israel will be saved. Paul quotes Isaiah 59 about the Deliverer coming from Zion to remove ungodliness from Jacob, a reference to Israel, and to take away their sins. Maybe you’re wondering what it means that all of Israel will be saved. Some Bible commentators believe Israel in this verse refers to the whole nation. Others believe it refers to all Jewish people everywhere in the world, including the nation of Israel, who are alive when Jesus returns.

Hear the words from Zechariah 12:10, a prophecy about the Second Coming of Christ, when the Jewish people repent and turn to Him. God says through the prophet, “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”

Paul’s Response to God’s Plan

Paul’s response to this revelation God gives him about Israel’s future is this: Praise! Consider Romans 11:33–36: “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”

God’s plan is beautiful and will be beautiful in its time. History is His story, and part of His story of redemption is that all Israel will be saved in such a way that God’s mercy will be evident to all. Knowing God’s plan for Israel is like being part of a wedding party. You know the wedding is going to be beautiful, and your anticipation is great. You know the plan. Yet, you still have to work the plan. No matter what your place is in the wedding ceremony, you’ve got to take your rightful place and fulfill your responsibilities.

You and I, who know the Lord, are part of the bride of Christ. We are His church and our response to God’s future restoration of Israel should mirror Paul’s—the praising of God. No doubt it’s miraculous that Israel, a nation conquered and dispersed two thousand years ago would become a nation again in 1948 out of the ashes of the Holocaust. 

Is God finished with Israel? NO! God is working out His plan and we as His bride are called to praise Him, communicate His plan, and proclaim His Gospel to Jewish people and to all people. May our confidence in God and His promises renew and reinvigorate us today.

https://harbingersdaily.com/the-apostle-paul-didnt-reject-gods-future-plans-for-israel-why-does-a-large-segment-the-church/

Three Reasons Why Christians Can’t Defend the Bible

Have you ever heard a sermon on the Nephilim of Genesis 6?  Why do you suppose that is?

How do you answer when someone says, “so Adam and Eve’s kids, brothers and sisters, were getting married and having sex?  Gross! Incest??  No way!”

No doubt, evolution is just a bad theory but it’s taught as a fact in all our public schools.  Because of this many Christians have tried to fold evolution into Genesis and it simply doesn’t work.  And if Genesis is just a myth then maybe the rest of the Bible is just a myth?  And why surrender your life to a mythical God who has zero power over anything?

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In over 50 years of traveling and speaking on Genesis, biblical worldview, and apologetics, one comment I continue to hear over and over again is, “I grew up in the church my whole life, and I’ve never heard any of this!” Why is it that so few Christians can answer the skeptical questions of our day that attack God’s Word—particularly, Genesis?

Well, I’ll give you three reasons:

They’ve compromised with the atheistic ideas of our day.

So many Christians have adopted evolutionary ideas and added them into Scripture. This makes it impossible to answer basic questions about Genesis because, well, you don’t really believe Genesis at all! Man’s interpretations are your authority, not God and His Word.

Many Christians don’t know what the Bible teaches.

We’re living in a time of rampant biblical illiteracy. Many Christians can’t answer questions because they don’t know what the Word of God teaches.

There’s been a lack of apologetics (faith-defense) teaching in our churches and homes.

Many Christians attend churches that preach “feel good,” or what I call “fluff and stuff,” shallow messages, rather than actually teaching the biblical worldview and wrestling with the questions of our day.

Many pastors purposefully avoid Genesis because they don’t want to be controversial! But Genesis is foundational to our biblical worldview, so avoiding Genesis means that pastors will also avoid talking about hot-button issues that are answered in Genesis, like gender, sexuality, race, sanctity of life, and more. The result is generations of Christians who don’t know what they believe or how to defend the truth of Scripture.

So what do we do about it? Well, we need to raise up generations who know what God’s Word teaches (that means we need to be reading our Bibles!) and are equipped to think biblically, allowing God’s Word to be the authority in all areas, and thus to have answers for skeptical questions.

 https://harbingersdaily.com/three-reasons-why-christians-so-ill-equipped-to-defend-gods-word/

Minions of Minneapolis

 Sadly, we live too close to Minneapolis.  We never have to go there but the liberal, godless folks who live in Minneapolis and St. Paul outnumber all of us who live in the country West of the cities that stretches from Rockford to the South Dakota border.  In Wright County where we live, all 53 precincts went for Trump in 2024.  But we are ruled by the voters in Minneapolis, St Paul and the surrounding suburbs who vote Democrat.

This blog was started back in 2008.  In 2009 we blogged on a strange tornado that showed up on a cloudless day in Minneapolis.  I will post the link here;  https://thetrumpetblows.blogspot.com/search?q=central+lutheran

Today in Rapture Ready, their Nearing Midnight segment features an article by Terry James called THE MINIONS OF MINNEAPOLIS and in it he recalls the same tornado that we blogged on 17 years ago.

Minions of Minneapolis

My great friend Jan Markell, head of one of the most Christ-centered ministries of recent decades in America, has spoken and written on the geographical area where her Olive Tree Ministries and Understanding the Times radio program have been located. She has expressed that she senses the demonic influences that have manifested in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

She and I have discussed how this region seems to be the center of Satan’s concentrated attack in very recent times. And the evidence of this demonic assault continues to mount.

My son Nathan and I were in Minneapolis just days before a direct statement by Heaven, I believe, took place in the city.

We were there on July 25, 2009, to be interviewed for the History Channel’s series The Nostradamus Effect. I remember vividly sensing a fearful ambience while there, even while being driven from our hotel to the building where the filming would take place.

Our driver, a young woman who was probably about nineteen or twenty, told us she was very nervous about having to pick up the next person to be interviewed.

She was Hispanic by ethnicity, and the man she was supposed drive to the studio next was a person she called “a white supremacist.” I could hear the fear in her voice, even though, being blind, I couldn’t see her while she was speaking.

Being the grandfatherly sort, I tried to assure her that all would be well. Any such person would be on their best behavior.

I remember the date very well because while I was in the chair to be interviewed, having the TV make-up applied, one of the film crew came in excitedly and said Michael Jackson had just died. Also, we later learned that Farrah Fawcett of Charlie’s Angels fame also had died that day.

So, it was a memorable trip to that city, now so central to what Jan and I agree have been evil doings going on.

Less than a month after Nathan and I visited Minneapolis, as stated above, Heaven made a direct statement about wickedness taking place in the city and area even then, before all the evil we’ve witnessed there in recent weeks.

On August 19, 2009, the first buildings on the downtown side of I94 in Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Convention Center and a church, were struck by a tornado. The twister severely damaged the convention center roof, shredded some tents on the grounds, then broke off the steeple of the church, splitting in two the cross atop the steeple before it lifted. It was 2:01 p.m. that the tornado touched down at Central Lutheran Church, the largest ELCA cathedral in North and South America, where the assembly had gathered for worship.

At the very moment of the storm, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was meeting in a convention in Minneapolis to vote on whether to begin ordaining practicing homosexual pastors. For years, liberals had tried to get this policy change through, but it had always been thwarted.

Pastors and other theologians at the time called the out-of-the-blue tornado a “warning” from God to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which had been meeting to debate a liberalized policy on homosexuality. This is also definitely my thought on this dramatic weather event that produced what was, I believe, a spiritual tornado. At least, I think it was meant to give God’s opinion about that organization’s ungodly decision.

Now, it seems any lesson from above that might have been learned has been forgotten by those in charge of things going on in Minneapolis. The darkening, demonic activity that continues to spread, considering the governmental leadership that champions anti-God comportment and the theft of billions of dollars from American taxpayers, exhibits just how prevalent the days of Lot configuration is there and elsewhere in America and the world.

And the proof that the lesson hasn’t been learned in Minneapolis is seen clearly in this news excerpt:

On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council voted to begin the legislative process that could potentially lead to the legalization of “adult bathhouses and sex venues.”

Since 1988, adult bathhouses have been outlawed in Minneapolis. Those bathhouses, which housed saunas and pools, were almost exclusively frequented by gay men who met up for anonymous sex. As a result, the bathhouses were a hive of sexually transmitted diseases.

In Minneapolis, the bathhouses were banned largely due to the spread of AIDS throughout the gay population…

Now, the Minneapolis City Council has advanced a measure that could result in bathhouses returning to the city. In a 12-0 vote, the 13-member city council directed staff to explore changes to existing law regarding bathhouses. (“Minneapolis advances measure that could lead to legalization of ‘adult bathhouses and sex venues’” by Luke Sprinkel, Alpha News MN)

In reflecting on my brief conversation with Jan and thinking about that once-great American city, the realization struck. This city, which is obviously under satanic attack, is a target for the Ephesians 6:12 powers and principalities for reasons that make spiritual sense.

This is the area of the world where the gospel of Jesus Christ exploded onto the world in modern times. With the coming of mass communications came perhaps God’s foremost evangelist. It is a name everyone in America recognizes, and this goes for the people of most of the world as well.

September of 1950 was when Billy Graham’s organization was founded in Minneapolis.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association was the very heart of powerful expansion of the saving message of Jesus Christ. Jan’s own ministry carries on that all important push to get the message that Jesus saves from this geographical area. Is it any wonder Satan and his minions wage war on this twin-city area that serves as the center for evangelization of America and the world?

Those minions of Minneapolis might seem to have the upper hand in the spiritual battle at the moment. But Jesus has spoken truth, and the victory that will belong to all who believe in Him is already accomplished.

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). 

Here;  Rapture Ready - Nearing Midnight Weekly Commentary

Many of you know that I was raised and confirmed in the ELCA Lutheran church in Golden Valley, MN.  I had never heard the true Gospel in all the years I attended there.  My understanding of Jesus was that he wanted us to be nice, go to church every Sunday, sing in the choir and wear nice clothes while doing it all.

I believe it's very possible that the churches in Minnesota started to die alongside the saying, "Minnesota nice!"  We have a reputation for being really nice people and I think that lots of nice people went to church growing up but they didn't think it was very nice of Jesus to say, "I am the way, the truth and the life.  NO MAN comes to the Father but through me."  That was very intolerant thing to say!  And like Oprah, who famously said, "There can't be only one way!", I believe lots of Minnesotans that I was raised with fell away from the real Jesus of the Bible and instead accepted the false gospel of "be nice and everything will be fine...because heaven will be filled with nice people."

Persecuting Christians is a Booming Business

 It shouldn’t surprise us that the world hates Christians because Jesus told us they would.  But what is surprising is the silence in America and the West.  Where are the TV crews?  Where are the feminists screaming for Justice for their sisters?  Where are the leftists who claim to champion support for the oppressed?  Where is the LGBTQ brigade screaming for gay marriage and trans rights in Muslim nations?

Oh that’s right…they’re all busy ordering their Palestinian scarves.

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• "They want everyone to learn Islam, and... there are those who refuse, and they get killed." — A survivor, persecution.org, January 22, 2026, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• "How can we understand that fighters have been operating freely for over two weeks in the same area, attacking village after village, without any effective response from the security forces?... The population feels abandoned to its fate, exposed to massacres while official speeches multiply without any visible action on the ground." — barnabasaid.org, January 27, 2026, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• "The night I was abducted, they killed my mother and kidnapped my older sister and me. The slightest mistakes are severely punished. For women, they kill their children and throw them into a hole. They would send me to kill people on my own, and when I refused, I was whipped all over my body." — persecution.org, January 22, 2026, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• "I was raped by four men successively. I couldn't handle the pain of four men abusing me successively. I was wounded terribly, my body was deformed." — Esther, age 11, persecution.org, January 22, 2026, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• ADF uses abduction, forced conversion to Islam, gang rape, and child soldier recruitment as a deliberate strategy to terrorize and reduce the Christian population in eastern Congo. — persecution.org, January 22, 2026, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• "Those victims did not pursue legal action, which appears to have emboldened him. He showed no hesitation before attempting to burn Morris alive." — Rakha, morningstarnews.org, January 29, 2026, Pakistan.

• "The girl was forced to record a statement claiming she had willingly converted to Islam and married Ahmad. She also falsely stated that she was an adult, despite official documentary evidence proving that she is a minor [13] and below the legal age of marriage under provincial child marriage laws, which prohibit the marriage of girls under 16." — Rana Abdul Hameed, lawyer for the family of Maria Shahbaz, morningstarnews.org, January 15, 2016, Pakistan.

• On Jan. 1, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) "released an image of one of the Christian villages in Adamawa State burning, alongside a statement saying that all Christians in Nigeria are legitimate targets, and they have an opportunity to 'spare their blood' by converting to Islam or paying the jizyah tax to ISWAP." — dailypost.ng, January 1, 2026, Nigeria.

• "Iran has an open secret. Persecuting Christians is a booming business in the Muslim-majority nation, and the country is earning large sums of money from arresting Christ followers." — persecution.org, January 22, 2026.

• There were many other attacks on churches throughout Italy in the month of January—including fecal smearing and statue beheadings.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22475/persecution-of-christians-january

Why Are Teachers Unions Celebrating a Communist Holiday?

 There is a huge battle raging for the hearts and minds of our children.  Sadly the far left has taken over the education system of America and are openly indoctrinating our children with socialist fantasy and LGBTQ ideology.  Today we read that the largest union will be giving a nod to the communist holiday on May 1.  We can pray that enough Bible believing parents are going to seek other educational opportunities for their children because the public schools seem to have turned into a platform to make Democrat voters out of the next generation of kids.

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The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) are joining other leftist groups and encouraging members to celebrate May Day Strong National Day of Action with hundreds of rallies across the country. 

To be clear, the events taking place on May 1 aren’t a celebration of spring, with frolicking around maypoles, wearing flower wreaths and delivering baskets of spring blossoms to friends. 

May Day, also known as International Workers Day, started as a commemoration of a violent labor feud in Chicago in 1886, with workers protesting unsafe working conditions and striking to win an eight-hour workday. But anarchist, Marxist, socialist and labor groups quickly adopted the day in 1899. 

Communist countries used May Day to celebrate their military power and the government takeover of private property and the means of production. 

May Day Strong is an anti-capitalist political event, rooted in Marxist and socialist ideologies. 

But I’m sure the educators in these unions know their history. 

Many individual teachers love children, do good work and are subject matter experts, but it’s clear that the two largest teachers unions have been co-opted by radical activists. 

The NEA and AFT are part of a May Day Strong coalition, with hundreds of other leftist member groups promoting this year’s focus: “Workers Over Billionaires.” These extremist organizations are calling for a day of “No work. No school. No shopping.” 

The NEA explains what the Day of Action entails, saying: “This May Day will be a day of rallies, marches, teach-ins, labor actions, and a refusal of business as usual – because when those at the top rig the system, collective action is how we set it right.”

The NEA is the largest labor union in the U.S., claiming 2.8 million members. It has created a May Day 2026 Toolkit and a Walk-In Guide for educators to use as they “join workers, parents, students, and community members to rise up for dignity, justice, and public investment in our lives, not in billionaires’ profit margins.” 

Walk-Ins are 30-45 minute events before the school day where “parents, educators, and students, along with neighbors and community leaders” meet in front of their school for a rally. During school hours, teachers are encouraged to have students create artwork and write reports about the day. 

Again, this is a political event, with teachers unions encouraging the indoctrination of children into Marxist and socialist ideologies. 

The NEA lists its “demands to build the society we ALL deserve”: 

• “Stop the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration.”
• “Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security and other programs working people rely on.”
• “Fully fund public schools, healthcare and housing for all.”
• “Stop the attacks on our communities, including policies targeting immigrants, people of color, Native people, people with disabilities, and those who identify as LGBTQ+.”

The AFT and NEA join dozens of extremist anti-capitalist groups like the Communist Party USA, Labor Notes, Socialists Alternative and Democratic Socialists of America to celebrate and promote Marxist ideologies. 

In a post on X, Moms for Liberty questioned why teachers unions are pushing children toward leftist political dogma – instead of teaching the basics:  “Teachers unions are supposed to teach kids, not mobilize political agitation. Now NEA, WEA [Washington Education Association], AFT, and Seattle Ed are backing May Day Strong, pushing ‘educate, agitate, organize,’ walk-ins, and power-building. Parents should be asking: what exactly are our schools being used for?”

Meanwhile, the Chicago Teachers Union, one of the largest AFT local groups, is calling for total school closures and promoting participation in the event as a “civic duty.” 

Parents of children in public schools generally think their local schools are doing a good job. And, again, many schools and teachers do terrific work. 

But national surveys demonstrate low academic achievement among most students. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card, fewer than two thirds of American eighth graders can do math (26%), read (30%), or do science (31%) at grade level.

Despite their rhetoric, teachers unions don’t advocate for students – they advocate for teachers. Perhaps if educators spent less time agitating, organizing and power-building, we would see students performing better. 

https://harbingersdaily.com/why-are-teachers-unions-celebrating-may-day-a-communist-workers-holiday/