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About Those Medicaid Cuts…
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On Tuesday, Issues & Insights posted an article about the ‘Draconian Medicaid cuts’ some Democrats are crying about.
The article reports:
When the Treasury Department released its final budget numbers for fiscal year 2026 on Friday, what little coverage there was focused on the deficit, which came in just a hair’s breadth short of $2 trillion.
But what the “news” media missed was the much bigger story the report told. Namely, that the ongoing claims about “massive” cuts to Medicaid are one big, pre-Ozempic-fat lie.
According to the latest “Monthly Treasury Statement,” revenues in FY 2026 came in at just over $5.4 trillion while spending was just under $7.4 trillion, leaving a deficit of $1.992 trillion.
News outlets such as CNN tried to blame Trump’s 2025 tax cuts, saying they are “starting to have an effect.” But revenue this year is up 3% over last year, which is ahead of GDP growth.
On the spending side, most news outlets focused on interest payments on the national debt. But that accounts for only $82 billion of the $385 billion spending increase this year. Where did the rest of it come from.
Most of it was entitlements. Social Security spending was up $86 billion, Medicaid up $76 billion, veterans’ benefits up $39 billion. And, believe it or not, Medicaid.
Yes, Medicaid. You know, the program that Republicans allegedly “slashed” with “draconian” cuts that were going to cause untold horrors. Even now, the media are peddling the claim that Republicans cut Medicaid to the bone, causing hospitals to close and cost thousands of people their lives.
Just for the record, I do not consider Social Security an entitlement. If the government wants it to be an entitlement, it needs to stop collected money for it from working people!
The article includes the following chart:
The article concludes:
Incredible as it might seem, Medicaid spending is projected to be higher under Trump’s “draconian” budget cuts than under Biden through 2031.
It’s only after that, when spending forecasts become completely unreliable, that the spending lines cross the other direction.
And already, spending under Trump is exceeding the CBO’s forecast.
According to the Treasury report, federal Medicaid spending in FY 2026 was $723 billion – which is $15 billion higher than the CBO had projected just seven months ago.
The question the mainstream press should be asking the Trump administration is: Why is Medicaid spending still going up nearly four times the rate of inflation?
Because any time the government gets involved, the cost goes up and the quality of service goes down.
Doing A Much-Needed Audit
On Tuesday, the Social Security Administration released the following Press Release:
Social Security Corrects Tens of Millions of Files in the Social Security Number Database Improving the Integrity of Vital Records
Baltimore, MD—The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced substantial progress in its ongoing effort to strengthen the accuracy and integrity of the Social Security Number (SSN) database. This work represents the most comprehensive SSN record clean‑up in the agency’s 91-year history.
“The Social Security Number database is our country’s books and records. The database’s accuracy is essential to maintaining integrity of government services for citizens. Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits,” said Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano. “This is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy.”
Since the beginning of the Trump Administration, SSA has corrected nearly 15 percent of all active SSNs across approximately 330 million U.S. citizens and nearly 390 million total records. SSA records are referenced by agencies across the federal government and in states to validate identities and prevent improper payments of taxpayer dollars. These improvements demonstrate a government‑wide commitment to safeguarding identity data, preventing fraud, and preserving proper program administration.
As part of this effort:
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- SSA has added 17 million dates of death to records that previously lacked this information, using a combination of internal SSA systems and Department of State data.
- Through data received from the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) service, SSA has updated approximately 25 million records that previously had missing citizenship information.
- SSA is currently in the process of correcting an additional 8.5 million records with inaccurate citizenship status.
- The agency has implemented stronger internal controls to prevent inaccuracies due to manual data entry from occurring in the future.
These improvements reflect the first time SSA has undertaken a record‑integrity initiative of this magnitude and marks a significant step toward strengthening the SSN system for the American public.
For more Social Security news, follow the agency on X @SocialSecurity.
This should have been done a long time ago!
The Tip Of The Iceberg?
On Monday, American Greatness posted an article about some arrests for illegal voting in California.
The article reports:
Federal agents arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals across California on Monday, for fraudulently registering and voting in U.S. elections.
Specifically, the 28 suspects are being charged with a combination of illegal voting, making a false claim of U.S. citizenship in order to vote, and “knowingly depriving the residents of California of a fair and impartial election process,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.
The statewide sweep was executed by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other federal law enforcement agencies as part of “Operation Protect the Vote.”
“This operation marks an important step in ongoing efforts to investigate election-related crimes. HSI will continue to investigate alleged voter fraud and hold those responsible accountable under the law,” HSI stated on X.
Operation Protect the Vote spans all four federal judicial districts in the state, with Homeland Security Investigations leading the coordinated arrests. One prominent case involves Alexander Muñoz, a 72-year-old Belizean national in Commerce, CA, who allegedly claimed U.S. citizenship in 2019 to register and subsequently voted in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
The crackdown follows a DOJ lawsuit filed against California on October 15 after state officials refused to review a list of over 20,000 suspected noncitizens on voter rolls within a 48-hour deadline. While federal prosecutors assert these arrests confirm widespread noncitizen voting, California Governor Gavin Newsom and state election officials dispute the scale of the issue, characterizing the federal intervention as an attempt to bully and suppress voters ahead of the November 3 midterm election.
An American citizen should have no fear of the government reviewing voter rolls.
The article notes:
President Donald Trump issued his own warning on Friday, advising California election officials they could face lengthy prison sentences if they count ballots cast by suspected illegal aliens and noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections.
“They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” Trump declared Friday on Truth Social, sharing a DOJ letter warning to Los Angeles County officials.
This is a small number, but if the Department of Justice carries through on its threats of serious jail time for illegal voters, it may discourage the activity.
The Red/Green Alliance At Work
On Monday, The Federalist posted an article examining the organizations behind the current riots in France.
The article reports:
The rioters burning and pillaging cities across France are not led primarily by disgruntled students, as corporate media claim, but rather by a red-green alliance of communist activists and Muslim agitators, a recent investigation found.
The network is made up of 54 organizations representing communism, revolutionary socialism, unions, climate change activism, Muslim student and pro-Palestinian groups, as well as corporate media, according to Fox News’ Asra Nomani. Only 16 of the 54 are actually student groups.
We should have figured that out when Greta Thunberg showed up.
The article concludes:
According to Fox News, 28 communist and socialist organizations are pushing young people to agitate in 12 European countries with walkouts, blockades, and occupations, using the slogan “fight for our future, not their wars.” The outlet said that the French unrest has benefitted from groups linked to Singham (communist and tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham), including paid-protester group CodePink, founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, and a New York-based media organization called BreakThrough News.
BreakThrough News shared videos of the chaos, fires, and the hoisting of Palestinian flags across numerous cities on social media, while featuring LFI politicians.
Evans told BreakThrough News that the campaign across the West will come to Washington, D.C., in November in opposition to military spending, telling Americans to “look at France, Spain and India” as inspiration for what to do in D.C.
Riot organizers are already planning to unleash another outbreak of unrest on Nov. 20 in Europe, with several United Kingdom-based groups endorsing agitation, including Counterfire, the British Socialist Party, Socialist Students, and Stop the War Coalition.
It’s not even about the war in Iran. America is standing in the way of the success of those who want one-world government under communism. We love our freedom and we like our ‘stuff.’ The goal of the people behind the riots in France (who are planning the riots in America) is to get people to turn against their government and demand change without realizing that the change they will bring will end their freedom.
Please follow the link above to read the entire article.
Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant
On Monday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the federal government’s efforts to track the foreign money that is coming into American universities.
The article reports:
Foreign influence on university campuses in the U.S. is a serious threat to national security. In 2024, a congressional investigation exposed nearly $40 million in unreported research contracts between the Chinese Communist Party and two top U.S. research universities.
To protect national security and provide greater transparency to the American people, the U.S. Senate should consider the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act to shine sunlight on university dealings with foreign entities.
Yet some organizations are trying to stop any attempts to provide transparency over such funding. For example, earlier this month, the Association of American Universities filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education in a bid to stop the second Trump administration from publishing data on foreign spending sources on U.S. colleges just as the administration was prepared to release it. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order pausing the release of the data.
The Education Department intends to proceed, stating that “Americans deserve transparency about the billions flowing from overseas to U.S. campuses, and [the Department of Education] will fight AAU in court to deliver it.”
In this case, I totally agree with the Department of Education.
The article concludes:
Unfortunately, the Senate has yet to consider DETERRENT. Earlier this month, however, 27 organizations asked the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services committees to include DETERRENT in the final conference report for H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027. Passed each year, the NDAA authorizes the operations of the Department of War and sets annual spending levels.
However, institutions don’t have to wait for federal action to take necessary steps to safeguard against the influence of foreign adversaries. Universities should strengthen internal reviews of foreign gifts and contracts, proactively disclose foreign funding, and refuse partnerships with entities tied to hostile governments.
By adopting these safeguards now and supporting stronger federal reporting requirements, institutions can protect academic independence, national security, and public trust.
It would be interesting to know what is blocking the Senate from considering DETERRENT. Those involved in that blocking need to be unelected when their term expires.
When You Can’t Control The Creature You Created
One of the interesting plot twists in the story of Frankenstein is that the mad scientist was able to create life, but after he created it, he couldn’t control it. I think that there are a number of people in the Democrat party that are feeling that way right now. The Democrat Socialists of America may have created new life in the Democrat party and enlarged the party tent, but at what price?
In his newsletter of April 22, 2026, Alan Dershowitz stated:
Until the Democrat’s gain their sanity, I will do everything in my power to try to prevent the current Democratic party from taking control of the House, the Senate and the Presidency.
And I will choose to join the Republican Party because today it stands strong on some of the gravest issues facing America and the world.
Other prominent Democrats have also expressed alarm at the severe left turn the Democrat party has taken in the past two years.
On Monday, Ed Morrissey posted an article at Hot Air about the Michigan election.
The article reports:
With 15 days to go before Election Day, RealClearPolling still shows El-Sayed ahead of Mike Rogers, but only by 2.6 points in their aggregate average. Is this accurate? Perhaps, but someone will have to explain how El-Sayed can be out in front while leaders of his own party are telling Democrats to leave that race blank on the ballot. David Kramer and Lon Johnson pitched abstention in a column at the Detroit News this weekend:
Supporting a nominee after a hard-fought primary is an act of party unity, not a surrender of principle. Democrats asked to set aside their differences for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed had every right to expect something in return: a commitment to earn their trust, address legitimate concerns and unite a party whose nomination he won with less than 50% of the vote.
He has failed that test. As a result, we will not vote for Abdul El-Sayed. Some may then conclude we, or other loyal Democrats, need to vote for a different party, but for many of us, leaving the ballot blank is an act of dignity.
Party unity does not require silence, and no nomination entitles anyone to our votes.
I am not sure you can win when your local paper, known for supporting candidates in your party, does not support you.
The 2026 Elections Could Be Very Interesting
New York State’s last Republican Governor was George Pataki, who served as Governor from January 1, 1995, to January 1, 2007. It seems that the current race for Governor may actually be close.
On Sunday, Legal Insurrection reported:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has a considerable financial advantage over Republican Bruce Blakeman. Apparently, Democrats would like a little more insurance.
A Democratic Governors Association-backed super PAC has collected $4.34 million for the final weeks of the governor’s reelection campaign. Greater Empire State reported the contributions between late July and October 2, then rolled out two ads Saturday targeting Blakeman over his support for President Donald Trump.
Three donors accounted for $3 million. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $1 million, as did the Greater New York Hospital Association Management Corp. Another million came from Leadership for New York, a super PAC headed by Jay Martin, formerly of the New York Apartment Association.
The Sports Betting Alliance and Hess Corporation CEO John Hess also contributed.
The article includes some comments by Kathy Hochul’s opponent, Republican Bruce Blakeman:
Speaking in an interview published Saturday, the Nassau County executive accused Hochul of using Trump to avoid discussing her record. He didn’t deny knowing the president or supporting him. Quite the opposite.
“Donald Trump is my friend. He has supported me, and I have supported him. But the decisions that I make will be decisions made solely in what I feel is in the best interest of New Yorkers.”
His criticism went further when the conversation turned to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Hochul has tried to maintain her reputation as a moderate while supporting the city’s socialist mayor. Blakeman isn’t buying the distinction. He accused her of allowing Mamdani and the Democratic Party’s progressive wing to dictate where the state is headed.
The article concludes:
New York Republicans have been here before. In 2022, Lee Zeldin came within six points of defeating Hochul, despite running in a state where Democrats substantially outnumber Republicans. The GOP hasn’t elected a governor since George Pataki.
Affordability may be the bigger obstacle to Hochul’s preferred campaign argument. A September Quinnipiac survey found that 28 percent of likely voters considered the cost of living their top concern. Another 21 percent chose the economy, while nine percent named immigration.
Those are different priorities from the Trump-centered attacks now filling the airwaves.
Hochul’s allies say they’re not worried. The $4.3 million says otherwise.
Early voting starts October 24.
Stay tuned.
A Step Toward Peace?
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has been excluded from a suggested peace conference between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On Sunday, CNBC reported:
- The Wall Street Journal reported Vladimir Putin had reportedly suggested a summit between himself, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping for a deal to end the Ukraine war.
- The summit is not confirmed, but if it takes place will not involve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- The report comes amid mounting tensions between Ukraine and the U.S., its largest military backer.
At some point we need to acknowledge that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not want the war to end and that the American left does not want the war to end. According to AI, as of March 31, 2026, the U.S. Congress has made available $195 billion in total spending related to the war in Ukraine, according to the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve. [1, 2] There has never been an auditing of that spending. It is extremely possible that a good portion of that money has found its way into American political campaign coffers and another portion has gone into Zelenskyy’s pockets. The recent bombing of the Russian refineries was an indication that Zelenskyy was trying to influence the midterm elections in America to weaken President Trump. Zelenskyy is terrified that the money spigot is going to be turned off.
The article at CNBC concludes:
The Telegraph reported on Friday that Musk “approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine,” and both had a hand in imposing the restrictions.
Additionally, Zelenskyy told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that intelligence sharing between the two countries had been interrupted, but later “de-blocked.”
Rubio on Monday denied that Washington had suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, contradicting Zelenskyy’s claim that the flow of information had been briefly interrupted, Reuters reported.
Speaking to reporters in Uzbekistan, Rubio insisted there had been no pause and said Zelenskyy should instead focus on ending the war, marking another public disagreement between Washington and Kyiv amid deteriorating relations.
On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse noted:
Again, there are multiple dynamics unfolding inside this story. However, as to the central component of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy complaining about hampered access to Starlink and/or Starshield, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sets the record straight.
Ukraine has never had access to the U.S. military version of Starshield; providing that level of guidance access would be akin to the United States being in direct conflict with Russia using a proprietary U.S. military system. This is not our circus and not our war; there is no need for U.S. military conflict with Russia.
Remember the history. Zelenskyy was installed by the deep state. His words cannot be trusted.
This Would Be Comical If It Were Not So Sad
According to AI, this is a partial list of recent riots in Paris, France:
- Yellow Vest Movement (Gilets Jaunes) (2018–2019): Months of recurring Saturday protests and riots in Paris centered on fuel taxes and cost-of-living issues, featuring extensive property damage, vehicle burnings, and clashes around the Champs-Élysées.
- Pension Reform Protests & Unrest (2023): Widespread strikes and violent street demonstrations erupted across Paris after the government pushed through controversial retirement age reforms.
- Suburban / Nahel M. Riots (June–July 2023): Severe nationwide urban unrest and riots following the police shooting of a teenager in Nanterre, with intense rioting, looting, and clashes extending into Paris and its suburbs.
- Cost-of-Living, Fuel, and Lycée Protests (October 2026): Major cross-generational demonstrations uniting students, trade unions, and yellow vest elements escalated into severe riots, arson, and looting in Paris and other French cities, leading to hundreds of arrests in the capital region alone.
As we know, AI is only as good as the information it is given. Paris has had a riot problem for a while. Notice that there is no mention of the Palestinian flags seen in the current riots in Paris.
On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the speech French President Emmanuel Macron gave addressing the riots.
The article reports:
Following days of riots, violence, arson, buildings destroyed and mass looting, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a national address to the people of France. Remarkably, in the beginning of his remarks Macron says no one in the French government understands what is happening, but he is demanding an investigation.
A few paragraphs into the prepared transcript and Macron says high fuel prices driven by President Trump’s war against Iran, “a war we had nothing to do with,” is certainly the cause of the protests that have mysteriously turned violent for some unknown reason. Macron further notes those protests are righteous, justified and he agrees with them.
At some point, Europe needs to understand that they are within range of the missiles Iran would use to deploy its nuclear bombs. Europe also needs to wake up to the dangers of unlimited immigration by people who do not share your culture or your values, although it may be too late for them to undo the damage they have done to themselves.
Some Politicians Don’t Understand The Two-Party System
On October 18th, Power Line Blog posted an article about some recent comments by Senator Elissa Slotkin.
The article reports:
As John notes below, a sitting U.S. Senator (considered a “moderate” within her party) is demanding the prosecution of Trump Administration officials, not because they have committed crimes, but pour encourager les autres. This is French Revolution-level thinking. But, perhaps, the fightback has begun.
The article includes an X post where she explains that the people in the Trump administration should be prosecuted (even if they have not committed crimes) in order to discourage young people from joining the administration. Theoretically any young people who considered joining the Trump administration would look at the prosecutions and decide that they did not want to take a chance on that happening to them. This is a basic intimidation tactic to keep young people away from the Trump administration.
This is the link to the X post:
https://x.com/ThinkerChicago/status/2111560599167795418/video/1
The good news is that the post has attracted more than 3 million views and that the Senator’s words speak for themselves. The Post notes that Slotkin is a former CIA analyst (“former”?) and she seems to be bringing her training to her current government role.
The article concludes:
The good news is that the post has attracted more than 3 million views and that the Senator’s words speak for themselves. The Post notes that Slotkin is a former CIA analyst (“former”?) and she seems to be bringing her training to her current government role.
This is NOT politics as usual. This is someone who has no respect for our government or the rule of law. It is a sad reflection on the CIA that she was once employed by them. This is the thinking that results in political abuses of power and the targeting of innocent people. She belongs nowhere near elected office.
Still Misinformed After All These Years
On Saturday, The New York Post posted an article about some fake history promulgated by former President Obama. I don’t know whether or not former President Obama is a Muslim or not, but I do know that a lot of his perspective is in agreement with Islamic teaching. One of those areas of alignment is a total misunderstanding of the history of Israel.
The article reports:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at former President Obama after he claimed Israel had stolen Palestinian land.
“The Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of our forefathers,” Netanyahu responded in a stern video rebuke posted on X Friday.
Obama made headlines when he slammed the founding of Israel and defended Palestinian terrorism in a conversation with Irish journalist Susan McKay during a paid speaking engagement at the O2 Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday. The paid speaking event drew about 7,000 people.
“They took land off people and they were expelled. And those people understandably said, ‘This is injustice and I want my land back,’” Obama said, after first explaining that European persecution had driven Jews to seek refuge in the Middle East.
He also accused Israel of ceding “moral ground” by its conduct in the war against Hamas in Gaza, which was launched after the terrorist group invaded Israel and killed over 1,200 people in their barbaric Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
One of the basic tenets of the political left is that Israel is not allowed to fight back after it is attacked. The United Nations has held that position for years.
The article includes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response:
Netanyahu firmly rejected the idea that Israel had stolen land and said that Jews were indigenous to the Levant.
“Our land is not stolen land. This is our homeland; it’s called Judea. That’s where Jews come from. We’ve been attached to it for thousands of years,” he said.
The Israeli prime minister also claimed that the Jewish State was not the obstacle to peace in the region, and said that Israel’s enemies were also the enemies of the US.
“The obstacle to peace is not Israel, it’s not our fight for our very right to exist in our own state, it’s the refusal of our enemies, and America’s enemies to recognize the Jewish people’s right to a state of our own, in any boundaries,” Netanyahu said.
President Obama did more to prevent peace in the Middle East than most American Presidents have done to preserve it.
We Have Reached Total Insanity
The execution of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan has been scheduled for December 3rd. Initially it was going to be livestreamed, but that has been changed. Major Hasan is not a sympathetic character to me, but I guess to some people he is. On November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, Texas, Major Hasan opened fire. He killed thirteen soldiers, one of whom was pregnant, and wounded 32 people. He was stopped by a base police officer who shot him twice in the leg. He has been in a wheelchair ever since.
On Friday, Breitbart posted an article about New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill’s comments on the upcoming execution.
The article reports:
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) discussed the now-canceled plans to publicly stream the planned execution of the Fort Hood shooter and said that soldiers are going to be told, “you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair.” And “there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Sherrill said, “I think the thing, as I think about it, that just keeps breaking my heart, imagine the 20-year-old, imagine, maybe, the 18-year-old, that stepped up to serve, that gets orders and says, you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair. Imagine feeling like, I don’t know what to do here. And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Somehow I think her sympathy is misplaced. What about the people Major Hasan shot who are still dealing with injuries as a result of being shot? Why does the shooter (because he is in a wheelchair as a result of his own actions) deserve more sympathy than the families of the people he murdered? I think New Jersey needs a new governor.
From my friends at Power Line Blog:
Being A Responsible Voter
In the October 2026 edition of Decision Magazine (posted by Billy Graham.org), there is an article titled, “How to Vote Like Jesus.”
The article reminds us:
What a Vote Is—and Is Not
Some Christians sit out elections or paralyze themselves because they misunderstand what a vote means.
A vote is not a valentine. You are not declaring your love for a candidate or endorsing everything that person has ever done. Personalities come and go; policies can shape generations. So do not vote on vibes. Ask who is most likely to govern well and whose platform most aligns with Scripture.
A ballot is not a mailbox. Some believers decide that sitting out an election “sends a message.” It does not, because nobody reads it. Don’t waste your chance to make a difference trying to make a point nobody will receive.
A vote is not a sacrament. Casting a ballot isn’t a holy act that demands absolute purity in the person you’re voting for. Jesus is not on the ballot. The task is not to identify a sinless candidate, but to choose wisely among the best available options.
A vote is a lever. Jesus called His people the “salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). Salt slowed decay. When Christians vote, they are not declaring that a candidate embodies all their values. They are choosing to leverage the policies most likely to slow societal decay by restraining evil, protecting the vulnerable and preserving space for what is good.
Choosing Among Imperfect Leaders
Because Jesus isn’t on the ballot, our options are imperfect. Fortunately, the Old Testament kings give us a framework for how to make tough choices when we don’t love our options.
Because Jesus isn’t on the ballot, our options are imperfect. Fortunately, the Old Testament kings give us a framework for how to make tough choices when we don’t love our options.
There is the Josiah leader: a righteous person who promotes righteous things. Josiah rediscovered God’s Law and led the nation toward repentance. But Josiah is not always on the ballot.
There are Ahab and Jezebel leaders: unrighteous people who advance wicked things. They led Israel into idolatry, persecuted the prophets, stole from citizens and murdered the innocent.
Then there are Jehu leaders: deeply flawed people used by God to accomplish good things. Jehu executed judgment on godless leadership but also tolerated idolatry. He was not a Josiah, but he was vastly preferable to Ahab.
We shouldn’t treat a Jehu like a Josiah by pretending imperfections do not exist in a candidate. But when the choice is between an Ahab and a Jehu, between leaders who will advance wickedness and a flawed leader who will do some good, that choice is not actually complicated. A flawed leader used for good purposes is better than suffering under wicked leadership.
That does not give Christians permission to ignore character. It gives us permission to make a sober choice without demanding a perfect one. Evaluate character and policy. Consider the consequences for society. And then choose the best available path with an open hand.
Please follow the link and read the entire article. God has placed us in a representative republic. There are certain responsibilities that come with living in America. We need to live up to those responsibilities.
Saving The Environment And Endangering The People
On October 17th, The American Thinker posted an article about incandescent light bulbs, which were pretty much banned in 2007. Well, it turns out that the light bulbs that the government pushed on us, light-emitting diode (LED) lights, are not healthy.
The article reports
Now the Department of Energy wants to bring incandescent bulbs back, which might be surprising, as the entire reason for banning them was saving energy, which LED bulbs do. So why now?
Two primary reasons: (1) The Trump Administration is largely focused on common sense and has, once again, made us strong in energy production. And (2) LED bulbs are bad for us and incandescent bulbs are good for us. When you’re saving the planet, what’s good for human beings, and particularly Americans, is a secondary worry if it’s considered at all.
The article quotes The Highwire reporting on Congressional testimony:
Indeed, the concern over LED light is mainstream and growing. Dr. Glen Jeffery at UCL’s Institute of Ophthalmology has found that the blue-heavy light from typical LEDs lowers the membrane potential in our mitochondria, thus impacting the electrical charge that lets our mitochondria produce ATP, the energy currency of the cell. Along with that, blue light in the evening suppresses melatonin and disrupts circadian rhythms, which in turn affects sleep, hormone balance, and overnight cellular repair. And studies on animals reveal that blue light causes retinal damage. Eye damage is significant because half of the human brain is wired, either directly or indirectly, to process what it receives through the eyes. Stare too long at a device and, yes, your eyes are wrecked. Think about it. The notion that it was safe to rewire the light—swap out the bulb—in every home, school, office, street, and so on, and see absolutely no biological cost is absurd.
Dr. Jack Kruse and others in the holistic world have been warning us about this for years. Kruse maintains that light, not food, is the master signal for human health. He has stated his concerns plainly around this topic for over a decade. He insists that our mitochondria respond directly to the light that hits our skin and eyes, and that the red and near-infrared wavelengths they need are exactly those emitted by incandescent light. The LED light does not have this. Indeed, long-wavelength red and near-infrared light support cellular energy, recovery, and sleep. And those key elements were both inside the incandescent bulb. But now, our bodies are starved of them all day under blue-heavy light, leading to exhaustion, shallow sleep, and a dry, dead feeling behind the eyes, with no explanation for where it came from.
It really doesn’t matter how healthy the planet is if you destroy the human race in the process!
Actions Have Consequences
On Thursday, Victor Davis Hanson posted an article at Townhall about Gaza. The title of the article is, “What Might Have Saved Gaza?” It’s an interesting question.
The article notes:
Could the destruction of Gaza after October 7 have been avoided? The answer is yes — had Hamas so wished.
First, if the Hamas leadership had simply complied with Israeli demands to (a) return the 251 hostages and (b) surrender the architects and perpetrators of the massacre of some 1,200 Israelis, the Israelis would not have had to fight Hamas in the streets and tunnels of Gaza.
When you take Israeli hostages, Israel tends to try and rescue them.
The article reminds us:
Note how critics of Israel consistently fail to offer any viable alternative to the Israeli ground effort to destroy the Hamas mass murderers.
Nor do Israel’s enemies ever bother to explain why Hamas did not return its hostages and give up the perpetrators of October 7. Why did nobody expect the International Criminal Court or the U.N. to have the slightest effect when they ineffectually interceded to demand the return of the hostages and issued arrest warrants for the “war criminals” of Hamas?
The answer, of course, is that there was no more likelihood of them getting Hamas to cooperate than there was of the defunct League of Nations convincing Hitler to stop the killing of Jews or the U.N. persuading Pol Pot to stop murdering Cambodians. And it is likely that many anti-Israeli U.N. members silently approved of the murders.
Moreover, there is no evidence that most Gazans objected to the terrorism. Indeed, large numbers joined in when possible. More than 2,000 civilians tagged along in hopes of killing, raping, torturing, and looting with impunity. And when corpses and hostages appeared in the trucks of the returning Hamas murderers, the killers had to protect their prizes from their own even more bloodthirsty people back home, who sought to beat and spit on already dead and wounded Jews. Imagine: the killers had to protect their hostages from an even more bloodthirsty “civilian” mob.
Second, Hamas didn’t just refuse to stand down and hand over the hostages and culpable terrorists to the Israelis. Far from seeking peace, Hamas and Hezbollah spent the 20 days between the slaughter of October 7 and the Israeli ground forces’ entry into Gaza launching thousands of missiles, rockets, and drones at civilians in Israel (barrages that would exceed, within a year, 25,000 launches).
Third, the death toll in Gaza would have been far lower had the killers of October 7 helped their own civilians keep clear of combat zones. Far fewer Gazans would have died had Hamas not deliberately situated its tunnel exits and entrances beneath private homes, hospitals, mosques, and schools.
The IDF warned civilians to leave the areas they were planning to attack. Hamas prevented the civilians from leaving.
Please follow the link to read the entire article. Sometimes we forget or are unaware of the background history that precedes wars.
The Skeletons In The Closet
The impeachments of President Trump were all kabuki theater. They were not designed to remove him from office–the Democrats didn’t have the votes for that even if they had managed to prove something. They were designed to cripple his administration and make people afraid to go to work for the administration. To some extent, that effort was successful. However, now some of the skeletons are beginning to come out of the closet.
On October 16th, Just the News posted an article about some issues with some of the testimony given during the impeachment.
The article reports:
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, one of the Democrats’ star witnesses in their first impeachment of Donald Trump, received repeated briefings, emails and memos related to the Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden, according to declassified documents that directly conflict with her and other witnesses’ testimony in the failed bid seven years ago to remove the president from office.
The documents released Friday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force show Yovanovitch and her aides were apprised of corruption concerns about Burisma Holdings, efforts by the company to repair its image or curry U.S. favor that would not “pass The Washington Post sniff test” and even a bid to get the Trump administration to approve a U.S. visa for Burisma’s controversial owner Mykola Zlochevsky, who was banned from American travel.
The memos provide a stark contrast to Yovanovitch’s testimony that the Biden-Burisma matter “just wasn’t a big deal” during her tenure as ambassador, and that she wasn’t briefed by staff on the issues surrounding Joe Biden’s son except for an initial briefing book during her 2016 Senate confirmation and what she read in the news media.
The article concludes:
Did a conflict of interest influence Obama administration policy decisions with respect to Ukraine and Burisma Holdings?” a congressional investigator asked Kent (U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission in Ukraine George Kent) in November 2019.
“In my view, no,” he replied.
Kent also told lawmakers that he raised concerns with Vice President Biden’s office in February 2015 about the poor public perception of Hunter Biden’s role.
“I raised my concern that Hunter Biden’s status as a board member could create the perception of a conflict of interest. Let me be clear, however, I did not witness any effort by any U.S. official to shield Burisma from scrutiny,” Kent testified.
The narrative had become so problematic that Kent said the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv should engage in discussions with the vice president’s office directly and raise concerns that the younger Biden’s work undercut U.S. policy. It was at that point that Kent sent the email to the ambassador, arguing the vice president’s son had “undercut” U.S. anti-corruption policies in Ukraine.
Please follow the link to read the entire article. Remember, if a Democrat were President right now, we wouldn’t know any of this.
Somehow The Mainstream Media Missed This Story
On Thursday, David Strom at Hot Air posted an article about some of the massive abuses of power by former Special Counsel Jack Smith and the media silence about those abuses.
The article notes:
Smith, you will recall, was the illegally appointed Special Counsel assigned to destroy Donald Trump and any of his supporters. Merrick Garland broke the law by appointing him, and Smith’s bogus case fell apart spectacularly when Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Garland broke the rules when appointing him.
Smith appealed, and in the meantime, Trump won reelection, and Smith resigned in disgrace.
Still, Smith was a busy beaver as Special Counsel. So busy, in fact, that the chances that you, my reader, wound up in his spreadsheet of potential insurrectionists?
Did you make a political donation over the past 20 years? You could be on his list!
The article quotes The New York Post:
Ex-special counsel Jack Smith obtained personal information on 639,000 Republican donors, voters and supporters — including some who contributed as little as $1 or bought “red MAGA hats” — according to subpoena returns obtained by a Senate Republican committee.
In a Wednesday memo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) disclosed the details of data Smith’s office received, denouncing the former prosecutor of President Trump for “abuse of authority.”
More than 148,000 rows on spreadsheets contained the findings, including donors from 2005 to 2021.
These are the items on the spreadsheets:
- Names; dates of birth; physical addresses (“most states and U.S. territories, including the home states of every Judiciary Committee member”); email addresses
- Whether the individual was a registered Republican; congressional district and state legislative district
- Occupation and place of employment — samples: “janitor, doorman, pool tech, driver, logger, safety manager and retired”
- Donation amount (“as low as $1; generally, donation amounts were under $1,000”)
- Credit card information (including last four digits)
- Donor analysis data (one-time vs. recurring donations, amounts)
- Earliest donor contribution captured dates back to 2005
- Merch strand: a catalogue of 2024 Trump campaign products (“these red hats, t-shirts, mugs, and door mats,” per the memo via the Post) plus hat-sale records tying individual purchasers to home shipping addresses.
The article concludes:
You can’t make it up. His investigation of the 2021 “insurrection” required investigating almost every Republican Senator and Trump’s 2024 campaign?
Uh, yeah, no. It was the creation of an enemies list, complete with backgrounds on and financial records of the “enemies.”
For this, Smith is a hero to the Democrats, and their only regret seems to be that he didn’t manage to keep Trump out of the Oval Office again. They were determined to jail him. Apparently, along with his aides and supporters.
I don’t care if you are disappointed in Trump right now. Voting for Democrats is voting for more of this type of tyranny.
Please consider this when you vote.
The Latest Economic Numbers
On Wednesday, CNBC posted the inflation numbers for September.
They report:
- The consumer price index showed annual inflation of 3.7% in September after rising 0.6% for the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
- The Core CPI, which strips out food and energy, posted an annual reading of 2.6% after climbing 0.3%.
- Energy prices were a major factor again as gasoline rose 9.1% and accounted for half the increase in the index.
- However, price pressures were broad-based, with gains in shelter, vehicle costs and apparel.
For the sake of comparison, a friend posted the following Inflation Chart on Facebook:
Part of the problem with inflation is that it is cumulative. Once prices go up, they somehow never go down. To give you an example, my husband and I paid about $19,000 for our first house in 1969. According to AI, $19,000 in 1969 equals $173,437.35 in 2026. According to Zillow, that house is now worth $436,300, putting it out of reach for many families.
The article at CNBC concludes:
The type of supply shocks that have driven the energy surge generally are considered temporary, and policymakers often will look through them when considering where to set rates. However, Fed officials fear that the longer the war drags on, the higher the likelihood that the spike will make its way through the broader economy and become embedded in consumer and business expectations.
Prices also have faced pressure from President Donald Trump’s tariffs as well as demand for goods associated with the artificial intelligence build-out.
In recent days, a number of key policymakers have expressed the belief that the Fed doesn’t need to rush to implement another hike. However, most say they expect another increase this year. Market pricing implies the Fed could raise rates at least twice more in 2027.
Fed officials follow the CPI and a host of other metrics but use the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures price index as their primary forecast and policymaking metric. The PCE numbers for September won’t be released until later this month.
A number of economists are opposed to President Trump’s tariffs. However, they tend to overlook the fact that manufacturing is coming back to America as a result of those tariffs. I expect that the benefits of the tariffs will not be instant, but will make themselves known in the next year or two. Hopefully there are enough Americans who understand that to keep the tariffs in place.
How Much Does It Cost?
On Tuesday, Just the News posted an article about the cost of Birthright Citizenship to Americans.
The article reports:
Birthright citizenship of immigrants’ children is costing federal, state and local taxpayers $150.7 billion annually, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
Half that amount covers education, with the rest spent on healthcare and nutritional assistance, according to FAIR.
Policy analysts warn that broad constitutional interpretations of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment have enabled foreign nationals to exploit legal loopholes through organized “birth tourism” and commercial surrogacy operations in states such as California, New York and Florida. Surrogacy operations are also common in Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory about 1,000 miles south of Japan.
The article notes:
Questions over surrogates giving birth to immigrants’ children are being raised as the Trump administration continues its efforts to target birthright citizenship and birth tourism. In August 2026, just five weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump’s initial broad executive order restricting birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara, the president signed two new executive orders. One focuses on “ending birth tourism,” while the other aims at “continuing to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship.”
FAIR filed amicus briefs at two stages of the Trump v. Barbara case, arguing for the original 19th-century understanding of the 14th Amendment. FAIR expressed disappointment with the justices’ ruling that everyone born in the U.S. is an American citizen, regardless of their parents’ background.
However, Forero (Mateo Forero, director of investigations at FAIR) noted that the administration’s revised approach on birth tourism takes a creative angle aimed directly at the legal gaps left by the Supreme Court.
The article concludes:
Because cross-border surrogacy remains largely legal and operates in a regulatory gray area, federal authorities have limited tools to police alleged abuses or the public benefit eligibility tied to dependents born with U.S. citizenship, according to Forero.
“You have the unintended consequences of having broad citizenship rules,” Forero told The Center Square. “States and Congress need to take a long, hard look at what the rules around surrogacy and cross-border surrogacy specifically need to be and what reforms are necessary.”
In addition to research and investigative work on birth tourism, FAIR actively engages in strategic litigation surrounding state immigration policies, including representing 15 New York sheriffs currently challenging New York’s sanctuary laws.
Ultimately, Forero said, he views tightening these statutory and constitutional loopholes as vital for the country. “It would be a win for the American people, which is what we should all be focused on from a policy perspective.”
We can have either a generous safety net or a porous border. We can’t have both.
Uncovering Political Abuses Of Power
On Wednesday, The New York Post posted an article about the Biden administration’s closing of bank accounts of people who disagreed with the policies of the administration.
The article reports:
Major banks closed accounts and refused credit to MAGA merchants, pro-life causes, religious groups, conservative organizations and sectors disfavored by the Biden administration, such as firearms, oil and gas, and private prisons, a bombshell report from the federal banking regulator has found.
The Debanking Review by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) investigated 100,000 complaints and scrutinized 50,000 internal bank records to reveal how customers were “debanked” based purely on their political, social, or religious beliefs.
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank, and BMO Bank were found to have discriminated against American consumers, citing “reputation risk” as a reason to deny service between 2020 and 2025.
Negative press, protests, criticism from advocacy groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, and reprisals from regulators or politicians were cited as the reputation risks most feared by the banks.
The 47-page OCC report, “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” released Wednesday, found that the nation’s largest banks targeted Christian organizations over abortion, LGBTQ issues, and traditional family values.
This is not surprising. Considering the questions about President Biden’s mental capacity, we need to remember who was actually running the administration. It was made up of a bunch of bitter Obama leftovers with input by Jill Biden and Hunter Biden. I seriously doubt that any of the people actually running the administration had any respect for the U.S. Constitution or the principle of free speech.
Please follow the link and read the entire article. Some of the excuses the banking institutions are making are laughable. There are also instances of accounts being restored after President Trump was elected. Hmm.
Choosing a Candidate 2026
Author: R. Alan Harrop, Ph.D.
When choosing a candidate to vote for, it is absolutely critical that you weigh the factors rationally and not emotionally. This is particularly true as we approach the final weeks of the election cycle when candidates resort to personal attacks rather than discussing the issues. Candidates who do not have a platform that includes the things that the majority of voters favor attempt to hide that fact by avoiding or misinforming the voters as to their true beliefs and what they are likely to vote for if elected. Many candidates on the left, who have a history of voting for and supporting issues contrary to the foundations of our country, try to present themselves as moderates when in reality they are socialists/communists. A prime example of this is governor Spanberger of Virginia, who ran as a moderate, but has implemented nothing but socialist policies since taking office.
There is an old practice in politics–if you can’t win on the issues, then attack the character of your opponent. What this does, of course, is to divert the voters from a rational assessment of the issues and puts their to focus on things that do not matter. Remember, the best candidate to vote for is the one who will support your values and beliefs because they are consistent with theirs. In the current state of things, where the Republican and Democrat parties are so dramatically different on all the major issues (such as open or closed borders, lower taxes, less regulation, and following Judeo/Christian values), we cannot allow ourselves to be diverted by personal attacks. Let’s face it, we all have things in the past that we have done that were inconsistent with our values and which we regret. None of us are perfect. To err is human. Fortunately, we are not voting to elect a Pope or pastor. All we should expect is that the person we vote for will follow the values and policies we believe in. Deciding which political party represents your values is the most important decision. The rest of it is easy. The Democrat party’s increasing support of socialist/communist and Islamist candidates should be all you need to know.
Remember, once in office, the vast majority of congressmen and senators vote with the leadership of their party. This is just a fact. For example, the Democrats voted against the Trump tax cuts, they opposed his efforts to close the border to illegal aliens, they wanted to mandate electric vehicles and require that we stop using fossil fuels and rely on wind and solar, and they opposed requiring proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote. Another recent example was a bill written by the Republicans in the House that would have required all data centers to produce their own energy and not increase the rates in the surrounding community. The bill passed the House, but was blocked by Senate leader Chuck Schumer because he did not want to give President Trump a victory. All the Democrats in the Senate went along with their leader. The point is that the most important factor in deciding whom to vote for is the political party of the candidate. I suppose it would be nice if that were not the case, but it is the reality today.
Remember, all it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. Not voting is in reality a vote for the other side! Get out and ensure that this country continues as the greatest country the world has ever seen and that it is passed on to your children and grandchildren as it was given to you. As President Kennedy said at his inauguration, “The torch (of freedom) is being passed to a new generation; we do not shy from it we welcome it!” We must not fail to do our duty.
Proper Vetting Is Essential To Safety
On Tuesday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article about an Afghan refugee who was recently sentenced to jail in Texas.
The article reports:
The Department of Homeland Security announced that a 21-year-old Afghan alien, Badshah Sahi, was sentenced to 35 years for multiple child sex charges.
Following the Biden administration’s deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Sahi was released into the United States, along with roughly 190,000 Afghan nationals, without proper vetting.
Following an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Dallas, police departments in Arlington and Forney, as well as sheriff’s offices in Green and Hays Counties, authorities discovered Sahi was producing and was in possession of child sexual abuse material.
“A search of Sahi’s phone at the time of his arrest revealed numerous images and videos of a prepubescent girl and communication with other children online.”
The article concludes:
HSI Dallas acting Special Agent in Charge Antwoine Jones noted, “This dangerous child sex offender was recklessly released into the United States without proper vetting during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and went on to prey on innocent children both here in North Texas and online.”
“Thankfully, working with our law enforcement partners, we were able to remove him from the local community and ensure he spends the next 35 years behind bars, where he won’t be able to harm any more children.”
U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould added, “This lengthy sentence sends a resounding message: Child predators will find no safe harbor in the Northern District of Texas.”
“We will find them and ensure they face the full weight of federal prosecution. Our commitment to protecting children is absolute, and we hope this outcome serves as a clear deterrent to anyone contemplating similar crimes.”
Pedophilia is a problem in many Middle Eastern countries. We do not need to bring it here. Why didn’t they simply deport him?
The Consequences Of Uncontrolled Immigration
On Tuesday, Breitbart posted an article about the German welfare system and who is benefiting from it.
The article reports:
Germany’s anti-mass-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has revealed that nearly four in ten long-term welfare recipients are foreign nationals.
Figures from Germany’s Federal Employment Agency, requested by the AfD in the Bundestag parliament, have shown that there are around 1.4 million people in Germany who have received the so-called “citizen’s allowance” welfare payments for at least five years, or around forty per cent of all those who receive the state support, Die Welt reported.
According to the data, 62.2 per cent of recipients of the citizen’s allowance for at least five years are German citizens, while 37.8 per cent are foreign nationals. This means that migrants are significantly over-represented, with only around one in five people in the country being foreign nationals.
The true impact of migration on the programme is likely higher, since the figures do not distinguish German citizens born abroad, who immigrated to the country and were later naturalised.
This is not workable in the long term. It’s actually the same problem we are having in America (except that in America in 2024, 59% of households headed by immigrants utilized at least one major welfare program).
The article notes:
The AfD has called for a welfare-system reform that requires recipients who have been receiving benefits for more than six months to provide at least 15 hours of community service per week, and to cut off those who fail to do so.
AfD lawmaker and party policy expert René Springer said: “It cannot be that so many people receive citizen’s income at the taxpayers’ expense, even though they could go to work.”
Beyond costing the nation a disproportionate amount of money through welfare payments, foreign nationals are also significantly overrepresented in crime, with recent data from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) showing that foreign nationals accounted for 42.9 per cent of all suspects. Again, this likely downplays the impact of migration because it excludes naturalised migrants and the children of migrants.
The AfD has had a few victories in recent elections. I expect that if they gain control of the country, Germany’s immigration problems may come to an abrupt end.
Sad News
On Friday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the death of former Chicago Bears Football Coach Mike Ditka. I will admit that I wasn’t overly fond of him in 1985 when the Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, but he was a fantastic coach. I loved the spirit of the 1985 team when they made a video of “The Superbowl Shuffle.”
The article reports:
Jarrett Payton, son of Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, announced his passing by sharing a statement on behalf of Ditka’s family.
“It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sharing the Ditka family has announced the passing of Mike Ditka this morning,” Payton wrote. “Da Coach. Hall of Famer. The heartbeat of the ’85 Bears and a Super Bowl champion. Chicago won’t be the same.”
…Ditka became synonymous with Chicago football during a career that spanned more than three decades as both a player and coach.
Ditka entered the NFL as the fifth overall pick in the 1961 draft and spent his first six seasons with the Bears, establishing himself as a pioneer at the tight end position. He helped revolutionize the position, traditionally associated with blocking, by becoming one of the league’s most dangerous receiving threats. As a rookie, he recorded 1,076 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns, earning NFL Rookie of the Year honors.
He caught 316 passes for 4,503 yards and 34 touchdowns in 84 games with Chicago. The Bears traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1967, where he played for two seasons before finishing his career with the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 to 1972.
The article notes:
After retiring as a player in 1972, Ditka spent nine seasons as an assistant coach with the Cowboys under legendary head coach Tom Landry, helping the team win Super Bowl XII. He returned to Chicago in 1982 as head coach of the Bears, where he would cement his legacy as one of the NFL’s most recognizable personalities.
Ditka’s greatest triumph came in the 1985 season, when he guided the Bears to a Super Bowl XX title with a dominant 46-10 victory over the New England Patriots. The Bears finished the season with an 18-1 record, powered by a historically dominant defense that remains among the most celebrated in NFL history. Ditka became one of the few men in NFL history to win championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach.
He was a wonderful role model and a gifted player and coach. He will be missed.