Chuck Schumer said, “We’ll set up an appointment with him, anytime, anyplace.” Take him up on that offer today and the issue will be settled.
Mr. President, schedule a meeting for 5:00 pm today, October 23, 2025. Include in that meeting Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Include one simple provision in the scheduled meeting. The government must be open for business.
At 3:00 pm today, Senate Majority Leader John Thune schedule a vote on the no-strings attached continuing resolution. A YES vote sends the bill for the President to sign and keeps the meeting on schedule. A NO vote cancels the meeting.
Schumer gets his meeting, and the American people get their government back. It is a win-win for everyone.
I just read an open letter to President Trump by Pastor Douglas Wilson about questions of eternity. President Trump recently made comments about hoping that he would make it to heaven and even expressed a doubt that he would make it to heaven. Pastor Wilson took that opportunity to address the deep questions of human mortality.
Every time I hear President Trump talk about heaven and how he might get there, it appears that he judges his standing before God through mere mortal eyes. There is a general view that Christianity is like a set of scales.
Do good and it goes on one side. Do bad and it goes on the other. When the clock runs out in this life, just check the scales to see which side wins out.
Seems to be reasonable – but it is a lie straight out of the pit of hell. The Bible says, “There is a way which that seems right to a man but its end is the way to death.” (Proverbs 14:12 ESV)
So what is the right way to be assured of heaven and eternity with God? The right and only way is through the person of Jesus Christ.
The Condition of Man – Mankind is infected with sin. The Bible says, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23 ESV) Sin is not a behavior, it is a condition. The Bible says, “There is none righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3:10 ESV)
God’s Provision – Man was hopelessly lost in unrighteousness, “but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 ESV) Jesus came into this world, lived a perfect life, and gave Himself as payment for mankind’s unrighteousness. He is the unique and only provision that God made for man’s sin.
The Required Response – God presents to man a free gift of full payment for man’s sin. Here is the catch – man must accept God’s free offer. This becomes a sticking point for many. It appears that it may be a sticking point for President Trump.
It is not a matter of doing enough good works. Man’s condition rules that out. God holds up a standard of perfection which man could never meet, but God did in Jesus.
What does it require to be right with God and spend eternity in heaven?
It requires that an individual be humble enough to recognize that he cannot save himself.
It requires repentance or turning around in your thinking from relying on self.
It requires faith and trusting in Jesus Christ as the only way to be right with God.
The Bible says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
President Trump is surrounded by Christians who have received the gift of eternal life. That is no accident. Those around him understand how to be right with God. It would not surprise me to learn that some of them have had this discussion with President Trump.
What is his spiritual condition? He may need to stop relying on what he thinks are good deeds and trust in Jesus. Then again, he may have done that and just needs a clarification on what makes him right.
Whatever his standing with God, assurance is available as a free gift and it is available to anyone. Just humbly turn from any other reliance and place your trust in Jesus to experience hope, assurance, and confidence in your relationship with God.
Yesterday, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats rejected two compromise proposals from Republicans to open the government.
One was to guarantee a vote by a set date on an extension of Obamacare credits. This is what Democrats have been railing for.
Here was a deal offered up on a silver platter. Republicans would debate it and bring it up for a vote. There is no guarantee that what the Democrats want will pass, but there was a guarantee that they would get a vote.
Some Republicans, including the Georgia firebrand, Marjorie Taylor Greene, have expressed concerns about the anticipated rate increases in Obamacare when the credits expire at the end of the year. They may have her on their side. By the way, the expiration date for the credits was set by the Democrats when they adopted the credits during the Covid crisis.
The point here is that Democrats might get something out of the deal. There is no way to know until they open it up and debate it. But Schumer rejected the proposal.
Majority leader, John Thune, had a pointed response published by MSNBC. He reportedly said, “At some point, Democrats have to take ‘yes’ for an answer.”
A second compromise was to peel off appropriations for the War Department and pass that spending bill. This would assure that military and War Department personnel would get paid. Schumer rejected that offer as well.
There are no strings attached to the Republican bill. It simply authorizes the continued operation of the government at the current level through November 21. During this time, the House and the Senate would act on appropriation bills to fully fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2026.
Even though Republicans hold a slim majority in the Senate, they need 60 votes to end debate and vote on the simple, no-strings, continuing resolution that the House has already passed. They only have 55 votes right now with three of those votes being Democrats. They need five more Democrats to side with them but that is not happening.
Democrats say that Republicans are unwilling to discuss the many issues involved with the budget. Republicans are more than happy to debate and do what the Democrats say they do not want to do.
What they will not do is to hold up government operations and services to Americans while they debate. Republicans have a simple clean, continuing resolution on the table.
Republicans have compromised with two offers. Republicans want to open the government, keep providing the services to Americans and debate the points of contention with the Democrats.
Democrats reject both compromise offers. As Majority Leader Thune says, “At some point, Democrats have to take ‘yes’ for an answer.”
I cannot express enough how angry I am at this moment. I have just read multiple articles about several leaders in the Young Republican organizations who used vile, vulgar, racist language over the past several months in chat rooms.
The Board of Directors of the National Young Republicans has condemned the language and demanded the resignation of each one who used the language. I’ll take it a step further. If any of these happen to be holding or running for an elected position of any kind, they need to resign immediately and get out of the race.
I do not even want to repeat the language used but I need to in order to shine the light. Politico released 2900 pages of these references! Making reference to blacks people some referred to them as “monkeys,” “watermelon people,” and used the “n” word. Rape was referred to as “epic.” There were antisemitic and pro-hitler comments. I don’t need to go anymore and it only gets worse.
This scandal by some in leadership positions in several states cannot be tolerated. Thankfully, the Board of Directors released an immediate statement and called for the resignations of all involved.
“We are appalled by the vile and inexcusable language revealed in the Politico article published today. Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican, and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement represents. Those involved must immediately resign from all positions within their state and local Young Republican organizations. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity, respect, and professionalism. Board of Directors”
This should be a call to clean up language – not just politically incorrect language. It seems that over the past few years, the use of profanity has grown from taboo to tolerated to typical.
From President on down profane language in public has become common place. This Young Republican scandal reveals that the language in what is thought to be private is even worse.
We should not be surprised to hear of such stench coming out of the mouths and from the keyboards of some today. The intolerable language displayed by these Young Republicans started with the foul language that is more and more tolerated.
It is hypocrisy to say family values and in the same breath drop an f-bomb. Stop it! Right now.
The simple old-fashioned answer comes not with “regretting,” but with repentance. Mr. President, let it start with you. Make a commitment to clean up your language today.
You sports coaches (yes, in case there is any question, this includes Kirby Smart) who are charged with building character. Build some character by letting your players see the immediate change in the words you speak and the words you no longer utter.
Blasting this group of Young Republicans for their corrupt communications does not get to the root of the problem. Look deeper into the mindset and attitude that pollutes language with unwholesome words.
That’s all I have to say for right now. Let me just ask you, my friend, if you need to check the words you use. It does not begin with someone else, it begins with the first person singular. Thanks for reading.
Read this carefully because it is very important. Go Vote – Yes you can vote even if you do not live in a city. Keep reading, I promise you it is short and important.
If you let this slide by, then you will have two key positions decided by city voters, mostly Democrat.
Odd year elections are generally limited to municipal and special elections. This year, the Public Service Commission is a statewide election and it will be on every ballot.
If you do not live within the city limits, you cannot vote in a municipal election. Because of this, you probably do not think about the need to vote in the odd numbered years.
As a result we will have the city voters showing up to elect Mayors and City Council members. County voters can easily (and tragically) ignore this election, thinking that they cannot vote.
Yes, there is an election that needs your vote. Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson are two Republicans on the ballot. Go Vote for Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson.
Early voting starts on Tuesday, October 14. Don’t let this election slip by. Yes, there is a Georgia election and we need your vote.
Please forward this to your Georgia friends and ask them to vote for Public Service Commission.
One week ago I shared my thoughts on a deal to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza. One of the main actors in the deal was Hamas.
The reputation of Hamas is not one of reliability. President Trump, however, insisted that the deal was promising.
This morning, with respect to the remaining living hostages, the agreement came to fruition. President Trump flew to the region to put his signature on the agreement.
The last of the hostages were transferred from captivity to freedom at about the same time as Air Force One was touching down. It was almost as if Trump choreographed the scene.
Today is a day of rejoicing and thanking God for answered prayers. It is only the first step of a long journey in rebuilding, not only a war-torn region, but war-torn hearts.
I believe that President Trump has put the players on the right path. President Trump is looking at this next challenge through the eyes of a developer, not a diplomat.
He sees how Gaza and the entire region could be prosperous and peaceful and not just on paper. Peace and prosperity comes when the economic engine of freedom is cranked up and running full speed ahead.
Today is one of those days that you will remember. The hostages were freed today as a first step of peace. Hopefully we will see free enterprise at work to guide the journey tomorrow.
I am watching the news this afternoon and feel an anxious rumble in the depths of my soul about the hostages being held by Hamas.
The news is filled with fast-paced stories about events around the nation. Just look at headlines.
The national guard is rolling into Chicago. The shut-down debate rages. The Jay Jones e-mail scandal grows. The revelations that the FBI spied on members of congress breaks.
While I watch the stories on these headlines develop, the clock ticks as we anxiously wait and watch for the end of the two year war and the release of the hostages.
I am compelled to pray for their freedom. I am also compelled to call on others to pray that hostages will be released and these hostilities will come to an end.
That ought to be something on which we can all agree. My heart breaks for these families that are walking on egg shells as they wait and hope. They know that Hamas does not have a history of keeping its word. They are hoping that this time they will keep it.
That’s all I have to say for right now. Get beyond all the other noise and pray that this war will come to an end and the remaining hostages will be released.
We are now in day 3 of the Schumer Shutdown. The explanation is pretty simple.
The House passed a 24 page continuing resolution to keep things as they are and continue funding the government through November 21. The Senate received the resolution and put it on the floor for a vote.
Because of the filibuster rule in the Senate, there must be 60 votes to end debate. Democrat minority leader Schumer refused to call on Democrats to vote to keep the government open until November 21.
Instead, he introduced a bill that demanded:
Free health care for illegal aliens
$500 million in taxpayer funding to prop up liberal news outlets
A $50 billion cut in investments for improving rural health care
Billions in funding for DEI and climate projects in foreign countries
What a contrast between a simple 24-page resolution that kept the government open and the Democrat monstrosity. For years Democrats passed, with Republican support, continuing resolutions to give time to work out issues.
This time; however, Democrats demand that everyone rush to make radical changes. Republicans will not consider these changes.
For example, I looked at the Democrat bill. Page 57, Section 2141 is crystal clear – “Repeal of Health Subtitle Changes.” These were changes made in the Working Families Health Care Bill which, among others eliminated the Biden administration give-away of free health care for illegal aliens.
Democrats also wanted to do away with $50 billion investments made for rural health care. They wanted to add billions for DEI and projects related to climate.
Simply put, Republicans cut budget items that gave your tax dollars to illegal aliens and worthless projects in foreign countries. Democrats want to put those back.
So where does that leave us? Are we at an impasse where Republicans will have to fold in order to reopen the government?
It seems that was the way at always worked in the past. This time it is different.
Because there are no appropriations and the government is not funded, the President now has flexibility to make even more cuts without a congressional fight. I am amazed that Democrats are not willing to extend with a continuing resolution but are willing to hand the power to President Trump to cut programs.
President Trump has shown great patience as we enter into day three. He is meeting with Russ Vought of the Office of Management and Budget to look at programs that could be cut permanently or temporarily. Be assured. Cuts are coming.
In this case, Democrats think that they can win. They should realize that President Trump is not interested in cutting bait. He came to fish.
I recently wrote an article in which I was critical of Sanford Bishop’s Nay vote on a resolution regarding Charlie Kirk. That resolution condemned political violence, commended law enforcement and first responders, expressed condolences to the widow and family of Charlie Kirk, recommitted to respectful debate and recognized and honored the life of Charlie Kirk, the one who embodied the challenges expressed in the resolution.
Apparently calls from the people of his Southwest Georgia led Bishop to give his account for voting Nay. His explanation only makes things worse. His statement reads that the resolution:
“…..was an attempt to use this tragedy as an opportunity to lionize his beliefs. While he was entitled to have and express his beliefs freely, some of them are offensive to me and to the many people targeted by his invective and vitriol. They do not reflect the highest and noblest values of America, nor my Judeo-Christian faith, and I cannot condone them.” (CONGRESSMAN BISHOP’S STATEMENT ON HOUSE RESOLUTION 719 | Congressman Sanford Bishop)
I would like to know which beliefs of Charlie Kirk are offensive and what is the invective and vitriol that targets “many people.”
Was it Charlie’s example of following the teachings of Jesus Christ that led a grieving widow to choose to forgive the man who took her husband’s life?
Was it the challenge to young people to fall in love, get married, and have children?
Was it his invitation for all to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ?
Was it because Charlie Kirk freely shared and encouraged those with differing opinions to take the microphone and engage in a conversation to seek the truth?
Perhaps it was his pointing out the negative impact in society of fatherless families.
Perhaps it was his desire to see healing in broken families.
I believe that what Sanford Bishop found offensive were the Democrat talking points. I doubt that he ever took the time to listen to what Charlie Kirk actually had to say.
Mr. Bishop should be more specific about which beliefs were offensive. Did he find them offensive merely because he did not agree with them?
Would Mr. Bishop give examples of Charlie Kirk’s “invective and vitriol.” I’m not referring to talking points of the Democrats, but real examples.
I suspect when one disagrees with a liberal policy position, that becomes “invective and vitriol” in the mind of Mr. Bishop and the Democrats who voted against the resolution.
What we need here is some clarity on what Mr. Bishop means by “offensive” and “invective and vitriol.” As it is now, with his explanation, he has dug himself deeper into a hard left partisan hole.
At one time many, many moons ago, 2nd District Congressman Sanford Bishop was considered a moderate Democrat. He has long since lost that label.
In the latest of his votes, in a resolution that passed on a bi-partisan basis by 310 Yeas to only 58 Nays, Sanford Bishop voted Nay. What was he against?
He voted Nay to condemn political violence.
He voted Nay to commend the law enforcement and emergency personnel who responded to the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
He voted Nay to extend his deepest condolences to Charlie Kirk’s young widow and two young children.
He voted Nay to call upon all Americans regardless of race, party, or creed to reject political violence.
He voted Nay to recommit to respectful debate and to respect one another as fellow Americans.
He voted Nay to honor the life, leadership and legacy of Charlie Kirk.
A young political leader was assassinated, cut down in the prime of his life, while peacefully engaging in open discourse. He did not just proclaim his position, he invited and listened to anyone, especially those who held diametrically opposing views. Charlie Kirk died doing what every politician says we ought to do – listen and peacefully debate.
Sanford Bishop, who at one time considered becoming a minister, could not find it within himself to express his sincere condolences to a grieving widow and two young children. He could not bring himself to condemn all forms of political violence.
Sanford Bishop, who says that there is too much partisan politics, could not bring himself to recommit to respectful debate and respect one another as fellow Americans.
Sanford Bishop does not represent the values of the vast majority of Southwest Georgians. It appears that he was more concerned about the opinions of the woke crowd in Washington than he was the people he supposedly represents.
Below is the exact text of what the House resolved in a resolution that passed in an overwhelming bi-partisan vote of 310 Yeas and only 58 Nays. Sanford Bishop should be ashamed to admit that he was one of the Nays.
Resolved that the House of Representatives –
(1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the assassination of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk, and all forms of political violence;
(2) commends and honors the dedicated law enforcement and emergency personnel for their tireless efforts in finding the suspect responsible for the assassination of Charlie Kirk and urges the administration of swift justice to the suspect;
(3) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to Charlie Kirk’s family, including his wife, Erika, and their two young children, and prays for comfort, peace, and healing in this time of unspeakable loss;
(4) honors the life, leadership, and legacy of Charlie Kirk, whose steadfast dedication to the Constitution, civil discourse, and Biblical truth inspired a generation to cherish and defend the blessings of liberty; and
(5) calls upon all Americans—regardless of race, party affiliation, or creed—to reject political violence, recommit to respectful debate, uphold American values, and respect one another as fellow Americans.
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