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Lies aren’t just meant to deceive. They are also designed to confuse and divide. This week’s lies certainly fit that description. As intercessors, however, we are called to pray against these deceptions, while also sharing truth.
Have you taken your place on the wall?
The first lie told by the Left this week revolves around the city of San Francisco and their plan to pay reparations to the city’s black residents, “to the tune of $5 million per person.” Fox News recently reported that the mayor of San Francisco signed an ordinance that creates a Reparations Fund, which “establishes a legal framework for the fund,” that “can be financed with private donations, foundations, and other non-city sources.”
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie told Fox News that “no taxpayer money would be paid into the potential pot, given the city’s $1 billion budget deficit.”
Restitution or More Discrimination?
The ordinance reads, “the Reparations Plan outlines a variety of methods to provide restitution, compensation and rehabilitation to individuals who are Black and/or descendants of a chattel enslaved person and have experienced a proven harm in San Francisco.”
Reparations bills have been attempted before. In 2023, the former Mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, rejected the proposal. Antonio Quinio, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, insists that the program is unconstitutional because of its racial preferences. He specified that “the ordinance has a very explicit racially discriminatory purpose.”
The five-million-dollar payment isn’t all that’s wrapped up in this bill. The ordinance “includes debt forgiveness, 250 years of tax abatement, and income subsidies.”
Some demands from the San Francisco African-American Reparations Committee include “prioritizing Black industries, creating Black campuses, Black business hubs, manufacturing, cannabis, media, AI, and biotech, providing cash payments to Blacks to alleviate stress and anxiety caused by financial insecurity, and creating Black banks.”
Townhall explains that the Reparations Plan alleges “genetic trauma” and “current policy of white supremacy” in San Francisco. In response, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took to social media and called the plan a “woke mind virus in its most aggressive form.”
Plan Will Create More Division
The Left wants people to believe that solving the problem of what they term “systemic racism” can be rectified by creating MORE systemic racism. Their ideas stem from Marxism, where the goal is to enslave people under the guise of “freedom from oppression.” The Reparations Bill, if funded, will not lift people out of poverty or “trauma,” but instead cause more division among racial classes.
Pro-Maduro Protesters Have Ties to China
The next lie told by the Left this week involves the pro-Maduro protesters who demonstrated in Times Square, as well as outside the Brooklyn federal lock-up where the notorious leader is being held. These protesters were organized by the People’s Forum, a group that has ties to communist China.
The People’s Forum released a statement which said, “This war is not about drug trafficking, it is not about democracy–it is about stealing Venezuela’s oil and dominating Latin America.”
Don’t Ignore the Connection
A little bit of digging reveals that this same communist-affiliated group has been behind many anti-Israel demonstrations around the United States. Moreover, the People’s Forum organized large-scale protests in New York City just one day after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks that killed at least 1,200 Israelis. Disturbingly, some protesters displayed images of swastikas.
Flyers passed out by some protesters in Manhattan read, “The United States was founded on the genocide of indigenous peoples and the forcible displacement, enslavement, and exploitation of African people from its beginning. This settler state has relied on kidnapping, imprisonment, and terror to maintain control.”
The People’s Forum “works closely with the Communism-aligned Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), with a number of the same people serving on the boards of both groups.” Additionally, much of the group’s financing comes from American tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham, an “extreme leftist” based in Shanghai. The protestors are demanding the release of Maduro, as well as the ending of sanctions against Venezuela.
Leftist groups like the People’s Forum claim they are for the people, but truthfully, they are tools for communism. Their goal is to stir up division and hate, while claiming to defend the innocent and marginalized. Nicolas Maduro is certainly not innocent or marginalized. He is a cold-blooded criminal who is supported by a long list of communist leaders, groups, and influencers.
Governor Hochul Honors Islam
The third lie told by the Left this week comes from New York’s Governor, Kathy Hochul. Just one day after Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office on the Quran, the governor ordered 16 state landmarks to be lit up in green for Islam. Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) in New York City was illuminated as well. One World Trade Center now stands on the site of World Trade Center Six, which was heavily damaged during the collapse of the North Tower on 9/11.
Islamic violence destroyed the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, claiming the lives of approximately 3,000 Americans, but that didn’t keep the governor from honoring “Islamic contributions.”
Governor Hochul shared, “New York remains committed to being a beacon of hope, tolerance, and inclusivity that celebrates the diversity of its Muslim American population and protects them from Islamophobia, hate, bias, and harm.” She designated the month of January as Muslim American Heritage Month in the state of New York.
Leftist governors like Hochul continue to lift up Islam while ignoring the grave threat it poses to Western society. The truth is that Islam and socialism have united to weaken American freedoms. It’s important that intercessors pray that this alliance is exposed and defeated. America is not a nation built on the principles of Islam, but rather Christian ideals which inspired our Constitution and way of life.
Lord Jesus, the lies we encounter are continuous and unrelenting. Help us use discernment as we filter through the newsfeeds, and give us the courage to take action against the constant threats to our freedoms.
These are just a few of the lies being propagated by the Left. How are you praying?
Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger, and former teacher who studies the signs of the times, as well as the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the United States. You can visit her blogs at 67owls.com and 100trumpets.com. She is also the author of Psalm 91: Under the Wings of Jesus and Hallelujah’s Great Ride. Photo Credit: Danny Butlin-Policarpo on Unsplash.
