David Journal

Tag: current events

  • Threats and bluster

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    I’ve never seen it before but there are striking similarities between MAGA leaders and Giddianhi. They all make bold claims about the strength and rightness of their movement. They pretend or even imagine that they represent overwhelming majorities of the populace and they use violence and threats of violence to try to seize the power…

  • King Jacob

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    I started reading the Jack Smith brief where he outlines why Trump’s conduct in trying to overtime the election was not protected by presidential immunity. He starts by outlining the basic case and it is so clear that Trump has surrounded himself with a large number of people who had zero interest in the law.…

  • Patriotic Sunday School

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    For our 5th Sunday lesson today we had a combined adult meeting and talked about supporting our divinely inspired Constitution. I really enjoyed the lesson and they didn’t cross any lines by mentioning any candidates but I would hope that the message may stick in a few minds and make people less inclined to support…

  • Is there anything we can say?

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    The five who ran did not believe Nephi but they were willing to believe if his words proved true. The sign was clear enough to them for their conversion. It makes me wonder if there is anything today that we can offer to people who are basically decent but still don’t believe in the danger…

  • Dare I hope?

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    Tonight while walking I found the third Harris/Walz sign in our neighborhood. We still only have 1 Trump sign. It made me begin to have some hope that people have been silently waking up. In fact, I dared to imagine Utah flipping blue in a rebuke of Trump after January 6th. That would be incredible…

  • A feeling in the air

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    I watched Unite for America tonight—a gathering for the Harris campaign where the many groups that held fundraising calls for the campaign earlier got together. It was hosted or MC’d by Oprah Winfrey but I was struck by the tenor of the gathering. It was joyful, earnest, inclusive, and tender. While there were comments about…

  • Campaign season

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    Today marks the beginning of the general election and I found myself donating to the Harris presidential campaign. I also came to a resolution within myself that I am absolutely done with MAGA — I will fight their influence with everything I have until they have lost all political power. I will not vote for…

  • A Harris yard sign

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    When I went out walking tonight I noticed one of our neighbors has a Harris/Walz 2024 yard sign. I was so happy to see that. I would still like to get one myself but it’s good that we now have as many Harris/Walz signs as we do Trump/Vance signs.

  • This one reason is enough

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    I watched Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech at the DNC. Her declaration of foreign policy priorities alone would be reason to vote for her even if I didn’t like any of her domestic priorities (and I do like several of them). This is her foreign policy position (from memory): I will stand with Ukraine and our…

  • An “end” to dissenters

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    Moroni put an end to the king-men “that there were not any known by the appellation of king-men.” Even knowing that there were many who were still king-men in their hearts who would cause trouble later in the war, I would love to see us reject Trump soundly enough that finally none would proudly wear…