The original No Kings movement happened a little over 2,000 years ago when some leaders of a mob shouted to Pontius Pilate, “We Have No King but Caesar!”

Just a few days earlier, a multitude of people had welcomed Jesus as king when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey colt, not as a conqueror, but as a sacrificial lamb. That day is known as Palm Sunday, the day the multitudes shouted, “Hosanna, Hosanna,” to the Coming King and Savior, as Jesus entered the City of Jerusalem.

And as Jesus approached and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace. But now they have been hidden from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and will level you to the ground because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

Little did anyone know or understand that Jesus didn’t come to Jerusalem to be crowned a king. In fact, the only crown that would be placed upon His head was a crown of thorns.

Subsequently, a few days after Jesus entered the city, the leaders of the mob were shouting for His crucifixion as they also declared, on the day we call Good Friday, “We have no king but Caesar.”

Nonetheless, the King the mob rejected that day was predestined to become the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Savior of mankind. Easter Sunday is the celebration of God’s triumph over eternal death, wrought by sin, by way of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sin being both the conscious and unconscious rebellion against the sovereignty of God and the rejection of His offer of reconciliation by way of the atoning the death of Jesus.

America’s Founders Honored Sovereignty of God’s Law

In contrast to today’s No King’s movement, it is obvious that upon our nation’s founding, we had “eyes to see” as our country recognized the day of our visitation. A significant number of statements abound with testimony to that end. That is, those who desired self-governance in America nonetheless acknowledged the sovereignty of God’s law and order.

In George Washington’s Inaugural Address in 1789, Washington reiterated the nation’s debt to the sovereignty of God, declaring that “no people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.”

Samuel Adams, in his 1776 Oration at the State House, states, “We have this day restored (emphasis added) the Sovereign to Whom alone Men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven, and with a propitious Eye beholds his Subjects assuming that freedom of thought, and dignity of self-direction, which he bestowed on them. From the rising to the setting Sun, may his Kingdom come.”

John Adams wrote, “we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

If one were to take a close look at the political and social priorities of today’s version of the No King’s movement, it would be hard to ignore the same as nothing less than an obscene admission of our nation’s great spiritual and political declension from the time of our founding.

There Is Only One King

For instance, as reported by MSN, while the movement claims the protests, some of which turned violent, had to do with rejecting “authoritarianism”, protestors in several cities carried flags with red hammer and sickle symbols while chanting “there is only one solution, communist revolution.” It is no surprise, therefore, that both the Communist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America sit among the coalition’s official partners. Communists (which is officially a god-less political movement) too, have no king but Ceasar.

Here is the report:

Ironic, isn’t it, that when Pontius Pilate asked the mob if they wanted to see Jesus pardoned for the “crime” of declaring Himself the Son of God and the King of the Jews, the mob instead asked that a man named Barrabas be pardoned. Barrabas had committed murder while engaging in an insurrection against Rome.

In conclusion, I have a King, but his name isn’t Donald Trump. What about you?

Happy Easter.

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I recently warned parents about the dangers of social media, having to do with the fact that social media has been engineered to addict people, resulting in all sorts of emotional and psychological problems for children and teens. Earlier this week, it was reported that Meta and Google were found negligent in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, potentially setting the stage for dozens of similar lawsuits that have been brought against Big Tech companies.

Unfortunately, there are also some nefarious things happening in the world of online gaming platforms, where sexual predators hide hoping to lure children into some very dark places. One company, Roblox, is being prosecuted because the company allegedly misled parents about the safety of their platform.

How bad is it? Children as young as 13 years old can visit a virtual Epstein’s Island, strip clubs, and a Sean Diddy freak off!

These platforms, which are visited by millions of people who can remain virtually anonymous, make it extremely difficult for authorities to identify and apprehend the predators.

What’s even worse is that here in California and in other blue states, predators who have been caught and sentenced are eligible to be released from prison after only having served a small portion of their sentence.

As reported by Fox News, using California’s Megan’s Law website in 2022, the Daily Mail found that more than 7,000 sex offenders convicted of “lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age” were released from prison within a year of being convicted.

Moreover, you can thank Democrats in Sacramento for giving one serial pedophile, Gregory Lee Vogelsang, a chance to reoffend even though he was given a 355-years-to-life sentence for sexually abusing children as young as five years old.

Due to a bill signed into law by Gavin Newsom, Vogelsang, who kidnapped and molested more than two dozen victims, could end up walking free after having served a mere 27 years of a 355 years-to-life sentence.

The bill (AB 3234) made it possible for a 50-year-old person who has served 20 consecutive years to qualify for a parole hearing.

Vogelsang, in November of 2025, was granted parole. However, after a hue and cry arose, the parole was temporarily rescinded, and the case was referred back to the Board of Parole Hearings for further review.

Another perv, David Allen Funston, was convicted in 1999 of kidnapping and molesting eight children in the Sacramento area and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Funston was also granted parole under California’s Elderly Parole Program in February. Thankfully, however, just hours before he was due for release, law enforcement responded by slapping Funston with new charges stemming from an alleged child sexual assault that happened in Roseville in 1996.

Why did they wait to charge him on this case?

Because back in 1999, they figured he had already been sentenced to life in prison. But that all changed when he was granted parole.

Katy Grimes, of the California Globe, noted while reporting on these stories, that Newsom not only signed the heinous bill, but he also appointed or reappointed all the members of the California Parole Board. She also revealed that AB 3234 was a gut-and-amend bill passed in 2020 entirely on party lines without a hearing or notice to the public.

Gut-and-amend is a phrase used to describe a monstrous practice in our state legislature. Most every bill is typically heard first in various committees before it is voted for or against on the floor of the senate and the assembly. Gut-and-amend takes a bill that made it through that normative process and strips it of all language, replacing it with content that has never been heard or debated.

It should be called bait and switch.

Please call our local State Senator Monique Limon (916-651-4021) and the Governor (916-445-2841) and inform them that it is imperative they insist that individuals convicted of child molestation and other violent crimes do not receive early release, and that they be compelled to serve their complete sentences.

It is the only decent thing to do.

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You say you don’t want a war with Iran? Well, you are too late! Iran has been at war with us since 1979.

A simple Google search reveals the following:

In 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

In the 1980s, Iran began using proxies like Hezbollah to target Americans abroad. Notable attacks include:

April 1983: Suicide car bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut killed 17 Americans.

October 1983: Truck bomb at the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut killed 241 U.S. service members, the deadliest attack on Marines since WWII.

1984–1985: Kidnappings and assassinations, including CIA station chief William Buckley, and the hijackings of U.S. citizens .

1990s: Iran-backed groups continued targeting Americans:

1996 Khobar Towers bombing: Truck bomb killed 19 U.S. Air Force personnel in Saudi Arabia; Iran was found directly responsible.

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad attacks in Israel killed multiple Americans, including bus bombings in Jerusalem.

During the Iraq War (2003–2011), Iran armed and trained militias responsible for at least 603 U.S. troop deaths. In Afghanistan, Iran supplied weapons and safe havens to select Taliban factions, contributing to attacks on U.S. and NATO forces.

2020–Present: Iran attacked U.S. bases in Iraq, causing over 100 traumatic brain injuries.

2023–2025: Iranian-backed militias launched over 180 attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan, killing, and wounding multiple Americans.

So, here we are in 2026. Why did we finally fight back? Despite all these deaths and injuries, Trump, with Israel’s help, finally attacked Iran because it was about to become a nuclear power. Why was that the tipping point?

Iran was not interested in obtaining the status of empire to obtain domination, but rather damnation, as it pertains to the rest of the world!

A brief history and explanation are in order here. All the major wars we have been involved in had to do with aspirations by foreign powers for empire. That would include Japan and Germany in World War II. Russia and the Soviet empire that created the Iron Curtain and a decades long “Cold War”, the very same empire that Putin is trying to recreate via his attacks on Ukraine. And of course, China has a goal of world domination by the year 2049 and they are well on their way by virtue of their so called “belts and roads” initiative that has already laid the groundwork for their hegemonic aspirations.

So, what about Iran? Well, the mullahs in Iran are of the Shiite faith. Their radicalized interpretation of their religion aims at destroying all non-believers via a divine mandate to usher in a day of apocalypse.

Apocalypse?

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He would have gotten the same answer.

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God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations rise,

join the triumph of the skies;

with the angelic host proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! Th’ herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

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