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Political differences, once again, have descended to physical blows as an "anti-Trump" Georgia House speaker banned a Trump-supporting senator from the House floor during a state of the state event, and he tried to enter anyway.

He was slammed to the floor by police and arrested.

Colton Moore, a Georgia state senator, had been banned from the House floor when he commented on the career, negatively, of the late House Speaker David Ralston.

He also had been dropped from the Senate Republican Caucus over his demands for a special legislative session to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who hired her paramour at the cost of $600,000 in tax money to create a failed organized crime case against President-elect Donald Trump.

She's still trying to move forward on that case, even though she and her paramour both have been thrown of the case by higher courts for the appearance of impropriety.

Social media video and explanations document how Moore "just got handcuffed & arrested by the RINO House Speaker after he tried to attend the State of the State session to do his job."

The report said, "Moore tried to enter the Chamber and got physically blocked from entering. They stationed cops and guards outside the door, and when he tried to get in, they wrestled him to the ground (LITERAL ASSAULT). Moore got suspended from the GOP Caucus last year after he called for the impeachment of Fani Willis. The State establishment led by Brian Kemp decided to put a target on his back because his advocacy to impeach Willis embarrassed them on a national stage. What just happened is super unconstitutional, and people need to get locked up."

Fox reported he was trying to attend the state address from Gov. Brian Kemp.

Moore had told an officer "This is a joint session of the General Assembly. Your House rules do not apply. I'm going into the chamber."

Moore then was pushed to the ground and surrounded by state patrol officers.

Moore's comments about Ralston came when there was a plan to name a building at a university in his memory. Moore's opinion of Ralston? "One of the most corrupt Georgia leaders that we are ever going to see in my lifetime."

Then-House Speaker Jon Burn claimed Moore was saying "some of the vilest that you can make about a good man" and ordered him banned from the House floor.

Moore's response was, "I will NEVER back down. I will ALWAYS speak the truth and represent the people of Northwest Georgia as their trusted America First Senator."

Georgia Republican chairman Josh McKoon said the arrest was "deeply" disappointing and he was "shocked" Moore was taken into custody.

"It was not only legally appropriate to admit him to today's proceedings — it was simply the right thing to do," McKoon said. "Our focus should be on the excellent agenda being outlined by Governor Kemp today to continue to make Georgia the best place in the country to live, work, and raise a family — not internal conflicts."

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A Deep Stater in the Washington federal government complex who boasted about secret meetings with retired military members to "protect" the American people from President-elect Donald Trump, in fact, orchestrating a resistance, has been fired.

Confirmation comes from O'Keefe Media Group with had released an undercover video of Jamie Mannina, an "adviser" to the Department of Defense, who revealed the skullduggery that was going on.

Mannina explained he works, now worked, at a "top consulting firm" for the Pentagon, after time in the FBI.

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Many major corporations across America already have publicly renounced the extremist "diversity" ideology that insists men who call themselves women should be on womens' sports teams. And in womens' private spaces like locker rooms and showers.

Some state and local governments have abruptly backed away from that campaign too.

Now the U.S. House of Representatives has joined.

Members voted Tuesday to adopt H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

It affirms that allowing men on womens' teams violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

"Girls shouldn't be spectators in their own sports. Allowing males who identify as female to compete in girls' sports ignores the biological differences between the sexes—destroying fair competition and erasing women's athletic prospects. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act reaffirms the vital protections for women's sports guaranteed by Title IX, ensuring that women and girls truly have equal athletic opportunities," explained Kristen Waggoner, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

"As we continue to witness increasing incidents nationwide of males dominating girls' athletic competitions, it is imperative to affirm that biology, not identity, is what matters in athletics. We commend Rep. Greg Steube and his colleagues for their unwavering support of this critical legislation, and we thank Speaker Mike Johnson and the U.S. House of Representatives for making its passage a top priority in the new year. It is encouraging to see Congress take an early, strong stand for women and girls. The Senate should now promptly consider and pass this critically important legislation."

The ADF has worked with lawmakers in dozens of states on laws protecting women's sports.

According to a report at the Daily Signal, Steube said, "The last time my bill passed the House, not a single Democrat supported it. The Democratic Party should listen to the mandate we just received from America: 70% of moderate voters said [President-elect Donald] Trump's protection of women's sports and bathrooms was a driving factor in their vote this fall"

The bill, adopted 218-206, included support from two Democrats, Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Henry Cuellar D-Texas.

"Biological men competing against women also poses a threat to the safety of our girls," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., explained after the vote. "It's dangerous, it's unfair, it's a rejection of reality, and it is just plain wrong."

The proposal would ban "a recipient of federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls."

Violators would lose federal funds.

The report noted, "Nearly three-quarters (72%) of registered voters think biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's and girls sports, according to national polling from Scott Rasmussen shared with The Daily Signal."

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On Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. Most students are taught that.

Most are also taught about King's nonviolent civil disobedience and protests to fight racism.

What most students aren't taught was that King believed in Americans' right to bear arms, as outlined in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. King even once possessed "an arsenal," posted armed guards in front of his home and applied for a concealed weapons permit.

Before admitting to King bearing arms, a lot of people love to throw out the disclaimer that his gun possession was before he was committed to the principle of passive nonviolent resistance. But that's not exactly true. Let me explain.

In the mid-1950s, King applied for a firearm permit and amassed guns and guards in order to protect himself and his family. He rejected violence but also understood the realities of self-defense. He believed in self-defense as a moral and legal right, but he also believed in nonviolence as a means for social change.

In 1959, King wrote that the principle of self-defense "has never been condemned, even by Gandhi," indicating that even Mahatma Gandhi, a staunch advocate for nonviolence, recognized the legitimacy of self-defense in certain situations.

Back in 1955, several Montgomery, Alabama, churches were bombed and set ablaze. Rosa Parks was arrested for violating laws that mandated racial segregation on buses. And in neighboring Mississippi, the Rev. George Lee was fatally shot after attempting to register to vote, and voting rights activist Lamar Smith was also murdered.

On Jan. 30, 1956, in retaliation for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther King's house was bombed by segregationists. King was at a meeting, but his wife and 7-week-old daughter were at home though uninjured.

King came home to 300 angry people outside his home, many of whom were his congregants, ready to avenge him.

However, King said to them, "If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not seek them. We cannot solve this problem through violence. We must meet violence with nonviolence. [Quoting Jesus, he said,] Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, [and] pray for them that despitefully use you."

Interestingly, at the very same time, King protected his own home and family not only with guns but also with armed guards.

Dr. Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional Law at UCLA and author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America," explained, "Most people think King would be the last person to own a gun. Yet in the mid-1950s, as the civil rights movement heated up, King kept firearms for self-protection. In fact, he even applied for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. A recipient of constant death threats, King had armed supporters take turns guarding his home and family."

Dr. Winkler added, "William Worthy, a journalist who covered the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, reported that once, during a visit to King's parsonage, he went to sit down on an armchair in the living room and, to his surprise, almost sat on a loaded gun. Glenn Smiley, an adviser to King, described King's home as 'an arsenal.'"

Notice King balanced and drew a distinction between what he knew would bring success to his civil rights movement (non-violent resistance and love) and what would protect him and his home (violent resistance and guns). He was more concerned as a family man than a civil leader, and carried out the success and protection of each differently.

That is why Dr. Winkler gleaned, "One lesson the gun advocates took from the early King and his more aggressive followers: If the police can't (or won't) protect you, a gun may be your last line of defense."

King did not acquire his concealed carry permit because it was rejected for prejudicial reasons, but that didn't stop him from trying and applying.

While Rosa Parks was pushing the bounds of buses, King was pushing the borders of bullets by requesting state authorities grant him a firearm permit because his life was threatened daily, clearly meeting the law's requirements.

(Interestingly to note, in addition to the First Amendment's "right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances," the Second Amendment also provided what, in 1787, framer of the U.S. Constitution Luther Martin [unrelated to King] described as the "last coup de grace" that would enable states "to thwart and oppose the general government," if run awry. That aligns with the tough language in the latter part of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.)

After the assassinations of King, JFK and RFK, the first major federal gun control since the 1930s, the Gun Control Act of 1968, was passed. From that point onward, progressives have used civil rights sentiment as a weapon to dismantle rather than justify Americans' Second Amendment rights.

Again, while people love to show how King altered some of his self-defense views later in life, the facts are what they are.

When it came to self-defense, as a man of the cloth in the 1950s, King, so to speak, held the Bible in one hand and a gun in the other.

Even Jesus, while encouraging followers to refrain from personal retaliation, still believed in self-defense as he told his disciples: "Whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one" (Luke 22:36).

So, maybe the answer isn't "either or" but "both and," when it comes to balancing faith and self-defense.

As the Good Book also prescribes: "But we prayed to our God and because of [our enemies] we set up a guard against them day and night" (Nehemiah 4:9).

It is not a coincidence that our Founders erected the First and Second Amendments in the chief positions they are: the freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, side by side, protecting each other.

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PALM BEACH, Florida – President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday continued to scorch "incompetent" politicians in California for their handling of wildfires that have been devastating the Golden State since last week.

"The fires are still raging in L.A.," Trump posted on Truth Social.

"The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out. Thousands of magnificent houses are gone, and many more will soon be lost.

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Former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended a conference at the headquarters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI, in Paris along with Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Iranian Resistance organization. In his speech, referring to the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Pompeo stated, "Now is the time for optimism for the people of Iran. The regime is undoubtedly at its weakest point."

Noting that he was not speaking officially on behalf of the upcoming Trump administration, Pompeo added, "However, I am confident that the maximum pressure campaign will resume, marking the beginning of the end for the malicious regime and a step to help the people of Iran."

A year of defeats for the Iranian regime
The past year was full of heavy and unprecedented defeats for the Iranian regime. There was a widespread boycott of both the parliamentary and presidential elections. More young people joined the Resistance Units, and their activities expanded. Even inside prisons – where the Iranian dictator exercises absolute control – female prisoners nevertheless staged protests and chanted slogans such as "Death to the dictator."

The regime is currently facing a crippled economy, 40% inflation, widespread poverty and massive systemic financial corruption, especially among commanders within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a primary branch of Iran's armed forces. Rifts within the regime's loyal forces, particularly the IRGC, are on the rise.

Under such circumstances, the regime's main proxy force, Hezbollah in Lebanon, suffered severe blows. Ultimately, the main pillar of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei's regional strategy, the Assad dictatorship in Syria, collapsed in the final months of 2024. Now, Khamenei faces the real possibility of a popular uprising against his rule.

At one time, IRGC commanders proudly proclaimed, "Iran's influence extends from Iran, Iraq, and Syria to the Mediterranean Sea." They referred to Syria as Iran's "35th province." However, events in Syria exposed the fragility of the regime's forces. At the beginning of the battles in Aleppo, the regime had over 30 bases in the region. Yet, as soon as opposition forces launched their attacks, the regime's forces rapidly disintegrated.

As one media outlet reported, "350 opposition fighters entered Aleppo, and 30,000 members of government forces and Iranian loyalist forces fled without any resistance, destroyed their positions, and left the area. Similar situations occurred across Syria."

The fall of Assad and the weakness of the Iranian regime
In her speech at the conference, Maryam Rajavi highlighted the regime's weakness, stating, "What happened in Syria clearly reflects the regime's frailty. If the regime were strong and stable within Iran and not surrounded by the people's anger, it might have been able to remain in Syria and protect its most important ally."

Pompeo emphasized this reality, stating, "The speed at which the Assad regime fell showed the world that the Ayatollah's era is over."

Khamenei's mistake: The October 7 War
In 2023, when Khamenei ignited the flames of a destructive war on Oct. 7, he made a grave mistake. However, he felt compelled to take this action so as to delay the threat of domestic uprisings within Iran by creating an external war.

Despite suffering significant defeats, the Iranian regime continues to follow the same path.

Rajavi believes there is only one solution to end the regime's influence in the region, halt its nuclear and missile programs, and force it to stop torturing and executing Iranian youth: "The regime must be overthrown by the Iranian people and their Resistance."

Recognition of Iran's resistance and the role of the resistance units
Rajavi calls on the international community to "recognize the Iranian people's struggle to overthrow the regime and the rebellious youth's fight against the IRGC. Recognizing the struggle of the Iranian Resistance and its Resistance Units is an essential part of a firm policy against the mullahs' regime."

Pompeo likewise emphasized that the Iranian Resistance' roadmap for overthrowing the regime does not rely primarily on the U.S. or any other country. Rather, he said, "This roadmap depends on the Iranian people, the organized resistance network inside the country, and the Resistance Units across the country."

Pompeo concluded his remarks with a message for the Iranian people and the Resistance Units fighting on behalf of everyone: "Keep your focus on the IRGC. The United States and the pressure campaign will return, making the regime even more fragile. You, the Resistance, are on the right path."

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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom for not just failing to address issues that could have help minimize the raging wildfires that are destroying communities there this week, but actively refusing to address the needs of the state's residents.

Trump said, "The fires in Los Angeles may go down, in dollar amount, as the worst in the History of our Country. In many circles, they're doubting whether insurance companies will even have enough money to pay for this catastrophe. Let this serve, and be emblematic, of the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo. January 20th cannot come fast enough!"

"As of this moment, Gavin Newscum and his Los Angeles crew have contained exactly ZERO percent of the fire. It is burning at levels that even surpass last night. This is not Government. I can't wait till January 20th!" he added.

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JERUSALEM – Middle East/Israel Morning Brief

American Airlines passenger confronts flight attendant over pro-Palestinian watermelon pin

A Jewish passenger boarding an American Airlines flight in Miami encountered an unexpected situation when he noticed one of the flight attendants wearing a watermelon pin, a symbol that has become widely recognized as representing pro-Palestinian solidarity. The passenger subsequently documented the incident and shared it on his Instagram account, providing a detailed account of what transpired.

"The flight attendants became visibly upset and informed me that my act of filming them constituted a legal violation. They prevented me from disembarking and insisted that I remove the video footage, which I refused to do," according to Israel Hayom.

The situation was eventually resolved when law-enforcement officers arrived at the scene and directed the flight attendants to permit the passenger to leave the aircraft.

Unveiled Iranian woman removes cleric's turban in viral airport confrontation

A video has gone viral on social media showing a woman without a mandatory headscarf confronting a cleric at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, removing his turban and placing it on her own head like a scarf during the altercation.

The video, shared widely on social media on Sunday and Monday, shows the woman angrily removing the turban and saying to the cleric, "So you have honor now?"

She then searches for her husband, calling his name and asking, "What did you do to my husband?"

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The Democrats' years-long lawfare campaign against President-elect Donald Trump included a long list of cases, mostly felonies, in a long list of jurisdictions, over a long list of issues.

In the end it all will result in a "talking point … while it lasts."

That's according to constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, who has expressed his opinion that they likely never should have been launched.

The cases include fights over papers, fights over comments, fights over opinions and the like.

One that "remains," at least on paper, is the "hush money" claims created by anti-Trump Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who took business recording misdemeanors for which the statute of limitations had expired. He claimed they were felonies because they were in pursuit of other crimes that weren't specified, or even identified. The legacy media labeled it the "hush money" case because some of the payments involved distributions to Trump's lawyer, who paid a woman for silence about an affair that both "participants" deny happened.

"The 2024 election proved to be the largest verdict in history after years of lawfare and biased media reporting came to nothing. Merchan showed little self-awareness in claiming that he was only trying to avoid 'immeasurable damage to the citizenry's confidence in the Rule of Law' in continuing the case. Polls show the public saw these cases as lawfare and Merchan is widely viewed as causing precisely that 'immeasurable damage' with his handling of the case. Given this record, it may be fitting that the trophy from the New York case is a media talking point, while it lasts," he noted.

Multiple other lawfare cases against Trump already have been dismissed.

It is Juan Merchan, a judge in New York City, who facilitated Bragg's campaign against Trump.

He's delayed sentencing for months, a fact that has meant that Trump has not been allowed to appeal, so far. Now Merchan has said he will announce a punishment for Trump this week. He also suggested he doesn't plan to impose jail time.

Turley pointed out Trump detractors have "longed for" an "orange-jump-suit moment."

"They will likely be disappointed. As some of us noted after the verdict, this type of case would often result in an unconditional discharge or a sentence without jail time. That prediction became more likely after Trump was reelected in November. Limits on Trump's freedom or liberty would likely result in a fast reversal, and Merchan knew it," Turley explained.

He said one option was to "suspend" action on the case while Trump serves his second term as president, a scheme in which "Merchan would hold a leash on the president as a criminal defendant awaiting punishment."

But, Turley noted, "the whole point of a trophy-kill case is the trophy itself. Merchan will not disappoint. While indicating that he is inclined to a sentence without jail or probation, he will finalize the conviction of Trump just 10 days before his inauguration. In so doing, he will formally label the president-elect a convicted felon."

That, he said, will result in "punishment by soundbite."

In fact, Turley suggested, "Merchan seems at points to be writing the actual talking points for the talking heads. In his order, he states grandly that the jurors found that this 'was the premediated and continuous deception by the leader of the free world.'"

He explained the lawfare failure was clear, and even Joe Biden was disappointed that, "Attorney General Merrick Garland as insufficiently aggressive in pursuing Trump."

Turley explained the failings of the lawfare in the case that should be addressed at by higher courts: "Those appellate issues include charges based on a novel criminal theory through which New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg not only zapped a dead misdemeanor into life (after the expiration of the statute of limitation) but based a state charge on federal election law and federal taxation violations. So, after the Justice Department declined to prosecute federal violations, Bragg effectively did so in state court with Merchan's blessing. The issues also include Merchan's absurd instructions to the jury. The novel theory demanded a secondary offense, the crime that Trump was seeking to conceal by listing payments as legal expenses. Merchan allowed the jury to find that the secondary offense was any of an array of vaguely defined options. Even on the jury form, they did not have to specify which crimes were found. Merchan did not require even a majority, let alone a unanimous jury, to agree on what actually occurred. Under Merchan's instruction, the jury could have split four-four-four on whether this was all done to conceal a federal election violation, falsification of business records or taxation violations. Neither Trump nor the public will ever know."

Even one Democrat senator called the case total "b——."

Trump's response to Merchan was unvarnished:

He said Merchan's case was nothing but a "rigged charade."

The Article III Project, which advocates for the judiciary, similarly responded, revealing some of the conflicts that face Merchan's plans.

"Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan—who donated to Trump's opponents and whose adult daughter Loren is raising money off of this bogus case—once again proves he is partisan, corrupt, and dangerous. The Supreme Court must end this immediately," said Mike Davis, who helped win Senate confirmation battles for Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

ABC reported the case sentence will include an "unconditional discharge."

In fact, Trump's lawyers already have asked that the sentencing be put off while they appeal. They have asked a state appeals court to reverse Merchan's agenda to keep the case going with the sentencing.

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It was big news that President Joe Biden awarded George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom over the weekend, the highest decoration a U.S. civilian can receive, intended for individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

Past recipients have included great Americans from Helen Keller, Neil Armstrong and Martin Luther King Jr. to Antonin Scalia, Rush Limbaugh and Billy Graham.

So, what has George Soros done to deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Soros' name is typically preceded by the words "billionaire philanthropist," but that already poses a problem. Philanthropists donate money and property to needy individuals and institutions for the purpose of advancing human welfare, security and happiness. Indeed, with its anthro root, philanthropy literally means "love of mankind."

For decades, however, Hungarian-born left-wing "billionaire philanthropist" George Soros – to get right down to it – has supported, advocated and bankrolled everything subversive, destructive and evil.

During the Biden administration, Soros' name has most often been heard in conjunction with funding dozens of radically pro-criminal district attorneys across America, many of them household names due to the spectacular explosion in violent crime they have enabled: "Soros DA Larry Krasner" (Philadelphia), "Soros DA Kim Foxx" (Chicago), "Soros DA Chesa Boudin" (San Francisco) and scores of others, from George Gascon (Los Angeles) to Marilyn Mosby (Baltimore) to Kim Gardner (St. Louis), 75 in all – each elected because of massive infusions of Soros cash into their campaigns. In turn, the "Soros DAs" have transformed America's most beautiful, dynamic and storied cities into degraded, crime-infested hellscapes of skyrocketing murder, rape, robbery, rioting, arson, drug abuse, wild mass-shoplifting episodes and other mayhem, leading not only to widespread property loss, suffering and death, but also to major exoduses by those with the means to relocate.

Of course, the most notorious and high-profile examples of Soros-funded legal chaos involve the lawfare cases against President Donald Trump, including New York's Soros-funded Attorney General Letitia James (who openly campaigned on a promise to prosecute Trump) and Soros-funded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose bizarre case against Trump has resulted in the judge demanding to sentence Trump just days before he is inaugurated as America's 47th president.

And yet, radical-progressive prosecutors constitute just one recent manifestation of Soros' "philanthropy."

He funds efforts to legalize dangerous drugs, he supports euthanasia and assisted suicide, and he funds Black Lives Matter. He is for socialism and globalism and open borders and "defunding the police." He's for devaluing America's currency – once telling the Financial Times that "an orderly decline of the dollar is actually desirable" – even though that amounts to an outright theft of Americans' life savings and investments. He favors the destruction of American sovereignty in favor of "global governance." He doesn't like Israel and has supported her enemies. He detests fair elections and truthful news coverage, and indeed funds organizations that daily attack the only free press America currently has (including Soros-funded attacks on WND and this writer).

In short, if it's immoral, subversive and anti-American, Soros favors, organizes and funds it. If it's noble and freedom-producing, like free markets, fair elections and constitutional government, he sets up and funds organizations to undermine and destroy it.

Why? What is really going on inside the mind and soul of George Soros?

'Messianic fantasies … the creator of everything'

Even though conservatives generally regard him as akin to the evil emperor in "Star Wars," the "Empire's" shadowy and malevolent behind-the-scenes power, George Soros simultaneously represents the lifeblood – indeed, life itself – to hundreds of organizations on the far left. They see him as a messianic figure, a revered leader, a godfather – almost a god, who provides good things for his children.

Indeed, Soros admits he wants to re-create the world in his image – like a god. That characterization is not opinion, hyperbole or rhetorical flourish: Living out "messianic fantasies" and openly likening himself to a "some kind of god" is precisely how George Soros – ironically, an atheist and self-hating Jew – describes himself in his more candid moments.

"I fancied myself as some kind of god," Soros once wrote. "If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood, which I felt I had to control, otherwise they might get me in trouble."

When the British online newspaper The Independent asked Soros to explain these extraordinary statements, he responded: "It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out."

As Rachel Ehrenfeld and Shawn Macomber wrote in a revealing Los Angeles Times op-ed, "George Soros: The 'God' Who Carries Around Some Dangerous Demons":

Soros has proved that with the vast resources of money at his command he has the ability to make the once unthinkable acceptable. His work as a self-professed "amoral" financial speculator has left millions in poverty when their national currencies were devaluated, and he pumped so much cash into shaping former Soviet republics to his liking that he has bragged that the former Soviet empire is now the "Soros Empire."

Now he's turned his eye on the internal affairs of the United States. Today's U.S., he writes in his latest book, "The Bubble of American Supremacy," is a "threat to the world," run by a Republican Party that is the devil child of an unholy alliance between "market fundamentalists" and "religious fundamentalists." We have become a "supremacist" nation.

… Despite his reputation as an international philanthropist, Soros remains candid about his true charitable tendencies. "I am sort of a deus ex machina," Soros told the New York Times in 1994. "I am something unnatural. I'm very comfortable with my public persona because it is one I have created for myself. It represents what I like to be as distinct from what I really am. You know, in my personal capacity I'm not actually a selfless philanthropic person. I'm very much self-centered."

Soros was more succinct when he explained his life philosophy to biographer Michael Kaufman. "I am kind of a nut who wants to have an impact," he said.

Yet Soros' remarkable visions – many would say delusions – don't end there, as Ehrenfeld and Macomber explain:

"Next to my fantasies about being God, I also have very strong fantasies of being mad," Soros once confided on British television. "In fact, my grandfather was actually paranoid. I have a lot of madness in my family. So far I have escaped it."

Except he hasn't "escaped it." Not only has George Soros succumbed to a form of madness, but he's been imposing his insanity on the United States of America. And that is precisely why Joe Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Soros has mightily helped Biden (and the neo-Marxist lunatics behind him) push a once-great nation ever further into social, economic, governmental, legal, moral and spiritual chaos.

After all, Soros' proclamation in his 1995 book, "Soros on Soros" – "I do not accept the rules imposed by others. … And in periods of regime change, the normal rules don't apply" – amounts to a moral code of total lawlessness and blind arrogance. And it is precisely this "the-normal-rules-don't-apply-to-me" philosophy that has been embraced not only by Soros, but by the entire America-destroying leftist ruling regime, on top of which the puppet Biden has been precariously perched for four years.

So, of course he must pay homage to his godfather and benefactor, George Soros – the super-wealthy atheist with "potent messianic fantasies" who admits he's a "self-centered" "nut" with "fantasies about being God."