Just a few days before Christmas, Denzel Washington made a big move in his relationship with God. The 69-year-old Gladiator II star was baptized on December 21 at Harlem’s Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. To commemorate the special moment in his faith journey, The First Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ Eastern New York live-streamed the service on Facebook so everyone could share in the special moment. The ceremony was two-fold for Denzel. In addition to his baptism, he received his minister license, permitting ordination into the church sometime in the future. The father of four said during the ceremony, “In one week, I turn 70,” he said. “It took a while, but I’m here.” Denzel Washington gets baptized and becomes a licensed minister in training. pic.twitter.com/rrVFv7miT1— My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) December 22, 2024 Denzel Washington Shared The Importance of God In His Life In November, he shared a personal essay with Esquire about his childhood and why God meant so much to him.   “Things I said about God when I was a little boy, just reciting them in church along with everybody else, I know now,” Denzel wrote. “God is real. God is love. God is the only way. God is the true way. God blesses.” He added that God’s presence in him is more important than the public’s opinion. “I don’t care what anyone thinks,” he wrote. Seeing him dedicate his life to God meant a lot to those who watched his baptismal ceremony on Facebook. One woman wrote, “So Happy for my Little Brother Denzel Washington. Love you Denzel, I know your Mother Lennies Washington and your Dad Supt. Denzel Washington Senior Rejoiceing in Glory.” Another congratulated him, “Praise the Lord Minister Denzel Washington. What a beautiful blessing to witness the goodness of God! May God continue to bless you and your family.” This person loves seeing Denzel’s faith in God in action. “What a blessing it is to see Denzel Washington get baptized.” This story’s featured image is by Fred Duval via Shutterstock. The post Acting Legend Denzel Washington Gets Baptized, Becomes Licensed Minister: PHOTOS appeared first on InspireMore.

"I have since had more traumatic experiences with the paranormal and have shut myself off to their influences, but I still remember the events with my grandpa vividly."The following account was forwarded to me:"Thanks for reading this. Before my grandpa passed away, he had always been telling us how after he had died, he would appear to us in his white clothes and watch over us. He passed away from cancer when I was 8.The years passed and I was a very unhappy kid, with undiagnosed autism, and a sexual assault victim, so at age 14 I tried to hang myself. It failed thank God. As I was drifting away, my grandpa's image appeared to me and told me this wasn't my time to go yet and begged me to wake up. I did wake, lying on my bedroom floor and I ran downstairs to my mum, crying, telling her what I had done. She went upstairs shortly after to clean up the ropes and told me much later that it looked as if they had been cut clean with a knife.After that traumatic event, I began seeing things, puffs of mist outside in front of my bedroom window. When I was 16 was the first time I actually saw that it was my grandpa, just floating in front of my window. I tried to talk to him a few times, I asked him why he couldn't come inside, and he responded that he couldn't, because my mum had asked him not to. We spoke about a few things on occasion, when he mentioned the day when I tried to take my own life. He told me he tried to save me by cutting the rope and then went to check on me a few times. One time, my younger brother apparently saw him slip into my bedroom and got scared, after which my mother apparently went upstairs, and asked my grandpa if he was there to please not come in anymore as he was scaring her son.I decided to tell my mum about all this and took her out for dinner, telling her everything. She was shocked and amazed and confirmed that she did tell her father to not come inside and that was why he stayed outside. I'm just glad she believed me.I have since had more traumatic experiences with the paranormal and have shut myself off to their influences, but I still remember the events with my grandpa vividly." FNOTE: I have read numerous accounts from people who believe that a loved one's energy intervened during a suicide attempt or other dangerous situation. Does it really occur or is it a thought form unconsciously manifested by the victim? Your thoughts? Lon**********ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! EXPERIENCER TESTIMONIES | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (OTHERWORLDLY INFESTATION!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

"There were 2 of them. Very large (wing span of Cessna airplane) transparent flying creatures flying or swimming high in the sky near the Bremerton beach and over my in-law's house."I received the following account:"Hi, Lon, I've been searching the internet for years for an explanation of what my husband and I saw back in July 1997 in Bremerton, Washington on a warm summer night at about 10pm. They began to glide over the evergreen tree line into the moonlight which made them visible.There were 2 of them. Very large (wing span of Cessna airplane) transparent flying creatures flying or swimming high in the sky near the Bremerton beach and over my in-law's house. The head was clearly similar to a prehistoric bird with a pterodactyl-type beak and although the body/wings reminded us of a sting ray (no feathers), it had feet and a long prehistoric bird-like tail. They seemed to glide in the air.They glided about ten feet above our heads (colorless and transparent) like Wonder Woman's airplane. Hold a glass underwater and examine how that looks. You can clearly see the shape but not much more. That is exactly how it looked in the moonlight. It took on the reflection of everything around it as if reflective glass when the light hit it just right.They made no noise, completely silent. One swooped down so low that if we had stood on his dad's truck we could have reached up and touched it as it flew overhead. It glided above us and seemed to almost run into the neighbor's house, then veered and glided down the street & then into the darkness. We heard no wing flapping. It was silent.None of the family believed us. I wouldn't have believed my husband except I saw it with my own eyes. We didn't feel threatened by them, and they didn't seem to be stalking us, but rather cruising by.I hope one day this mystery is solved, but I did think maybe it's two dimensions colliding for a brief time? It seemed so prehistoric. I'm religious so I had also wondered if it could have been spiritual. Anyway, glad to know we are not alone in similar sightings. Some comfort in that." KNOTE: Even though the descriptions were similar to pterosaurs, they seemed to have the same qualities described in many of the flying ray sightings I've been investigating over the years. Some of these factors included body shape, transparency, stealth, silence, and near water. The state of Washington has a history of cryptid bird sightings, notably, smaller pterosaur-like creatures. Are these manifestations or flesh & blood creatures? Lon**********ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! EXPERIENCER TESTIMONIES | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (OTHERWORLDLY INFESTATION!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.OUR PRIVACY POLICYThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

1. 26 Canning Ideas And Recipes For The Homestead | Homesteading Canning ideas and recipes are perfect for your harvested fruit and veggies. It will allow you to store your harvested produce longer. Before you start canning food, you must first prepare the mason jars that you will be using for your produce. Also, make sure all your canning equipment is ready before you get started. Here’s a list of quick easy canning recipes you should definitely try… Click to read more 2. Dremel Projects To Make America Great Again Looking for awesome Dremel projects? If you do, then we got you covered. Using power tools can be a bit intimidating, especially you haven’t used one at all. A Dremel drill is the ideal gateway tool to start your venture into the realm of power tools, crafts, and upcycling. Read on and check out the cool things to do with a Dremel tool! Click to read more 3. How To Make Essential Oils At Home | Homesteading Skills Learn how to make essential oils at home and discover more amazing benefits you can get from these natural wonders. We will give you a thorough guide in making essential oils at home plus the best tips and tricks in making essential oils from dried herbs and plants. We will be extracting the essence of your favorite herbs and flowers right in the comfort of your kitchen! Click to read more   What have you done this week? Let us know in the comments below.

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The front page of Monday's Washington Post bubbled over with liberal panic after ABC News settled with President Trump over George Stephanopoulos repeatedly smearing Trump on his show This Week as "liable for rape." Somehow, that's not as hostile or combative as Trump's rhetoric.  Media reporters Sarah Ellison and Jeremy Barr are all about pushing scary talk about Trump oppressing his haters in the press. The headline:  Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media Press freedom advocates say they fear that the second Trump administration will ramp up pressure on journalists, in keeping with the president-elect’s combative rhetoric. "Press freedom advocates" are apparently those who think Stephanopoulos should be free to say all kinds of nasty things about Trump. Saying nasty things about Trump is their idea of journalism.  Ellison and Barr says this settlement has "spurred concerns that his efforts could drastically undermine the institutions tasked with reporting on his coming administration, which Trump has promised will take revenge on those he perceives as having wronged him." If someone said "Jeremy Barr is liable for rape," would it just be he perceived being wronged?  They turned to lawyer (and Kamala Harris donor) David Korzenik to admit that gee, media law hasn't suddenly changed, but "the atmosphere and hostility to the press is intense, and that emboldens plaintiffs of all kinds." So the media can dish out intense hostility to Trump, but they can't take it.  Then came the anonymous sources within Trump's orbit:  The pressure from Trump and his allies on the media is already growing and will continue to intensify, according to two Trump aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive internal deliberations. In the two months before the presidential election, Trump attacked the media more than 100 times in public speeches or other remarks.  At the very least, the Post admitted ABC didn't want public eyes on its internal communications:  Continuing with the case might have made public any damaging internal communications to and from Stephanopoulos. If the case made it to trial, it would face a jury in Florida — a red state that Trump carried by 13 points — that could side with the president-elect and award a penalty that could easily exceed the price of a settlement." The story included cheers from Steve Bannon and boos from former Meet the Press host Chuck Todd: "“This was stunning to me and absolutely a gut punch to anybody that works for a major media company." Law professor RonNell Anderson Jones added “The concern here is that we might be seeing a confluence of forces — legal, political and social — that work together to erode the confidence we once had in the vibrancy of the American press,” and "pressure other media outlets to self-censor." Now ask if the media's four years of downplaying or ignoring Biden's cognitive decline defines "vibrancy" or knuckling to Democrat pressure to "self-censor."  Ellison and Barr closed with an "expert in polarization," without imagining that the expert is saying polarizing stuff:  Experts in polarization said that Trump’s posture toward the press has eroded trust in the Fourth Estate. From the Oval Office, he can do even more. “My concern is what he does when he has the power of the U.S. government in his hands,” said Liliana Hall Mason, a political science professor at the University of Maryland. “It looks to me like all the guardrails have been removed, and we are in for a presidency unlike any we’ve experienced before.”

Google is desperately fighting to stop the federal government from breaking its powerful search engine monopoly, which it has exploited to manipulate elections to benefit leftist candidates.  In August, U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that Google‘s payouts to other tech companies to ensure that its search engine is automatically provided to users were illegal and monopolistic. After the Department of Justice asked the judge to force a sale of Google’s Chrome, Google countered with much less dramatic changes in hopes of appeasing the government and the court. The New York Times reported that Google’s attempts to “fend off the government’s sweeping requests” could “set a precedent for a string of other antitrust cases that challenge the dominance of tech behemoths.” MRC Free Speech America researchers have  repeatedly exposed Google’s blatant search engine manipulation before, during, and after the 2024 election, but Google is now in the midst of an antitrust legal battle that could change that.  Google consistently attempted to give the edge in search first to President Joe Biden, then to his appointed successor, Vice President Kamala Harris. In turn, Google repeatedly suppressed the campaign websites of President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans while elevating Democrats. In addition, Google also habitually elevated content from leftist outlets denigrating the policy positions of Trump and his vice presidential pick Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), all while burying election content from right-leaning media.   Now that its lucrative election-interfering apparatus is under threat, Google is scrambling to make itself appear like the victim of government overreach. Google has pleaded that the drastic changes would harm consumers, and decried the government for being supposedly “interventionist.”  MRC Vice President for Free Speech Dan Schneider explained, “Conservatives object to using antitrust enforcement against companies simply because they are big, but Google’s repeated and egregious abuses have made it easy for most of us to realize that the law was written to stop this kind of wretched behavior.” He continued: “Google has earned whatever it has coming.”  Google has proposed milquetoast changes to its agreements with other companies that really won’t change the grip it holds over the search engine market, which still hovers around 90 percent These include “multiple default agreements across different platforms (e.g., a different default search engine for iPhones and iPads) and browsing modes, plus the ability to change their default search provider at least every 12 months.” As The Times quipped, “Google said on Friday what it thought should change to address a ruling that it had illegally maintained a monopoly over online search: not much.” [Emphasis added.] None of this would change Google’s ability to manipulate its search engine to match its political preferences, as MRC research has shown. In fact, even Trump’s sweeping electoral victory wasn’t enough to get Google to stop putting its thumb on the scale. Recently, MRC found Google turning its sights on President-elect Trump’s nominees in searches with overwhelmingly leftist results for five consecutive weeks. Conservatives are under attack! Contact Google here and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to New York state charges in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.Manhattan prosecutors last week unsealed an 11-count indictment against Mangione in connection with Thompson's Dec. 4 killing, including first-degree murder, an act of terrorism, criminal possession of a weapon, and forgery for using a fake ID in the days before the murder, NBC News said.The defense attorney also blamed Mangione's 'perp walks' on New York City Mayor Eric Adams and said they are 'absolutely unnecessary' and 'perfectly choreographed, utterly political,' NBC News added.On Thursday in Pennsylvania, Mangione waived his right to an extradition hearing and was transported by plane to New York, where NBC News said Mangione was hit with new federal charges: two counts of stalking, murder through use of a firearm, and a firearms offense.Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to all state charges during the hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court, NBC News said, adding he spoke with defense attorney Karen Agnifilo and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld, who works with defendants on confinement issues. Photo by CURTIS MEANS/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesThe news network said Mangione is in federal incarceration at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro ordered Mangione to remain in custody in lieu of $1 bail, which NBC News called "a perfunctory act, since Mangione is being held in federal custody without bail and has no realistic chance of freedom until trial. Luigi Mangione leaves court in New York City, Dec. 23, 2024.Photo by Adam Gray/Getty ImagesAgnifilo argued that her client might not receive a fair trial because law enforcement, by presenting Mangione in public during trips to courtrooms and police stations, has been increasing the case's publicity, the news network said. Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty ImagesThe defense attorney also blamed Mangione's "perp walks" on New York City Mayor Eric Adams and said they are "absolutely unnecessary" and "perfectly choreographed, utterly political," NBC News added.“The mayor should know more than anyone about the presumption of innocence,” Agnifilo said of Adams, a former NYPD captain, the news network added. An Adams representative could not be immediately reached for comment Monday, NBC News said.'Free Luigi'Mangione appears to have a legion of fans. NBC News said Mangione supporters were seen outside a Pennsylvania court house Thursday where he appeared, and some were carrying signs that read "Free Luigi." The scene Monday in Manhattan appeared much the same: Demonstrators across from a Manhattan courthouse during the arraignment of Luigi Mangione, Dec. 23, 2024. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesYou can view the NBC News video report here about Mangione's pleas of not guilty.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Tyson Fury called an artificial intelligence scoring of his fight "absolutely s**t," saying that he wasn't a fan of the method, especially considering it scored the fight even worse for him than human judges.Fury faced off against Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk for the second time in 2024 and for the second time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Fury lost the fight by decision and wasn't particularly happy with the scorecard that had him on the wrong side of a unanimous 12-round score of 116-112.The English boxer was asked about an "AI experiment" announced days before the fight as part of which Saudi backers would be using an artificial intelligence judging model to score the match.Although the scoring was not factored in with official results, the AI actually scored the fight worse for Fury with a 118-112 score, according to DAZN.'Here's one, f*** all the computers.'Fury was asked by a reporter what he thought of AI scoring and whether he saw it as a potential solution to bad judging. He immediately asked what AI-outcome was, before replying, "by the review of that, absolutely s**t."Fury then explained that he wasn't very fond of many computer-led automated services."Here's one, f*** all the computers. Keep the humans going. More jobs for humans, less jobs for computers. And f*** electric cars too, while we're at it." Richard Pelham/Getty ImagesFury explained to reporters that several people told him he should have won by three or four rounds and he believed he was up by "at least two.""I'll just always feel a little bit hard done by it," Fury continued, before correcting himself. "Not a little bit, actually, a lot. But I think when you don't get the knockout this is what happens. You can't guarantee a win."The AI-generated judging was backed by Ring Magazine, the publication's first branded venture since it was purchased by Saudi Arabian adviser and minister Turki Alalshikh for the expressed purpose of revamping it.Alalshikh is the current chairman of the board of directors of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia. His cash injections have been responsible for many high-profile fights in recent years.For example, one of Alalshikh's most recent power moves in the boxing world was an offer to Mike Tyson of $700 million for a rematch against Jake Paul.Fury vs. Usyk 1 also took place in Riyadh and resulted in a split-decision victory for Usyk.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Christmas is only days away, and with it comes beautiful lights, the cozy scent of evergreen trees, and of course — presents. However, while the sentiment of Christmas has largely stayed the same, what people are wrapping and putting under the tree this year is a little different. “The No. 1 gift this year is sex toys,” Dave Landau of “Normal World” explains, reading an article from the Daily Beast. “According to a recent report, the U.S. sex toy market is currently worth $30 billion a year. Americans are now spending the same amount of money on vibrators, kinks, and lube as they are on books.” And the sex toy industry is welcoming it all, of course, with open arms. The Womanizer brand of sex toys has even produced an advent calendar featuring 24 different sex toys for $200, and Mariah Freya, the CEO and co-founder of a “pleasure-based sex education” site, told the Daily Beast why sex toys are such a hit this year. Freya reportedly told the magazine that “Christmas is a time when people are buying more sex toys because we tend to be more focused on sex at times of celebration, when life feels ‘fun and positive, like at Christmas.’” She also noted that “December is the month when people have the most sex in the Northern Hemisphere. You see a lot of babies born in September and October.” “We’re just a gross culture who has convinced ourselves that being sexually depraved isn’t just loneliness personified,” Landau comments, adding, “I can’t wait until 2050 when we skip Christmas dinner all together and cut right to dessert with our sex robots.” Want more 'Normal World'?To enjoy more whimsical satire, topical sketches, and comedic discussions from comedians Dave Landau and 1/4 Black Garrett, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.