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Thursday, November 14, 2024

"Q&A: How Pete Hoekstra rebuilt a broken state Republican Party"

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/09/qa-how-pete-hoekstra-rebuilt-a-broken-state-republican-party/76111773007/ 


"Early on, the DeVos family stepped up. Other folks from West Michigan stepped up, which was absolutely critical. Because the first question that I would get when I went into Southeast Michigan was, "Pete, are the donors in from Western Michigan? Are they contributing?" And when I could come back and say yes, all of a sudden they'd say, "OK, we'll contribute, too."

Pete Hoekstra - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hoekstra 


"Hoekstra was born Cornelis Piet Hoekstra in Groningen, Netherlands. He moved to the U.S. with his parents at the age of three, and Anglicized his name to Peter Hoekstra.[8] He graduated from Holland Christian High School (Holland, Michigan) in 1971.[9] He received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Hope College in 1975 and an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 1977. He then joined office furniture maker Herman Miller and remained there for 15 years, eventually becoming vice president of marketing."

Thursday, October 31, 2024

"CHINESE STUDENT Attending University of MI Voted In Michigan's Election Over The Weekend Using His School ID--"

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/chinese-student-attending-university-mi-voted-michigans-election/

"For instance, if you voted early for Donald J. Trump for President and for Republican Mike Rodgers for US Senate, and the 19-year-old student from China voted for Kamala Harris for President and Democrat Elissa Slotkin for Senator, your votes would be canceled out by a citizen of China. .."

Michigan: "Election Integrity Data Analysts Claim They Have Proof of 208,075 Ballots Cast By 82,674 Voters... An Excess of 125,428 Votes Cast!

"MI EARLY VOTE SHOCKER! Election Integrity Data Analysts Claim They Have Proof of 208,075 Ballots Cast By 82,674 Voters... An Excess of 125,428 Votes Cast! 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/mi-early-vote-shocker-election-integrity-data-analysts/ 


"According to the Daily Absentee Voter Reports obtained by FOIA from the MI Bureau of Elections, on October 28, 2024, Tim Vetter and Phani Mantravadi, who have peer-reviewed each other's work, claim 208,075 votes were cast in Michigan by 82,647 voters (based on their voter ID's).."

Friday, October 25, 2024

"MI Director of Elections Jonathan Brater Accused Of Lying Under Oath to Grand Jury To Persecute Election Integrity Patriots…”These charges have literally destroyed my life!"

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/mi-director-elections-jonathan-brater-accused-lying-under/ 

"MI Director of Elections Jonathan Brater Accused Of Lying Under Oath to Grand Jury To Persecute Election Integrity Patriots…"These charges have literally destroyed my life!" 


"
Although the MI State Police report clearly shows MI SOS Benson's investigator admitting that "a quantity of the voter application forms" they sampled were "clearly fraudulent," Muskegon Prosecutor DJ Hilson never charged a single individual with any crimes related to the 2020 GBI Strategies case..."

Thursday, October 17, 2024

"MI GOP & RNC File BOMBSHELL Lawsuit Against MI SOS Benson & Director of Elections - "

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/breaking-michigan-gop-rnc-file-bombshell-lawsuit-against/ 


"MI GOP & RNC File BOMBSHELL Lawsuit Against MI SOS Jocelyn Benson & Director of Elections - Challenge Benson's UOCAVA Guidance That Could Allow Non-MI Citizens to Cast Ballots In Nov Election | "

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

GRCH EAGLE ! NOW NBA CHAMPION ! "Grand Rapids native Xavier Tillman crowned an NBA champion"

The Grand Rapids Christian and Michigan State grad wins first NBA championship."

https://247sports.com/college/michigan-state/article/boston-celtics-nba-championship-xavier-tillman-sr-michigan-state-basketball-232974454/

"Averaged 13.9 points, 10.9 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 4.2 blocks while shooting 68 percent from the field as a senior at Grand Rapids Christian High School, leading his team to a 27-1 record and an appearance in the Class A state title game..."

"Celtics win 18th championship with Game 5 victory over Mavericks"

"Black Pastor in Detroit Accuses Kamala Harris of "Exploiting" the Black Community for Votes (Video) "

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

"RNC Wins Mail Ballot Case in Michigan - Making This Their 10th WIN Against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson "

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/rnc-wins-mail-ballot-case-michigan-making-this/ 


"state Republicans claim that Benson issued election guidance to election authorities to process these mismatched ballots as "challenged" ballots instead of "rejected." These "challenged" ballots, they claim, are still tabulated by election inspectors and applied to election results"

Friday, October 4, 2024

Our cousin Cousins shines in prime time πŸ‘ "Kirk Cousins has career night as Falcons win in OT vs. Bucs -"

OT win !  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41599710/kirk-cousins-lets-fly-career-night-falcons-win-ot 


I call Kirk Cousins our cousin because he went to Holland Christian and we went to Grand Rapids Christian, so we  jokingly call them our cousins (& they're also our rivals). We all come from the Reformed Christian tradition . 

"Cousins passed for 509 yards against Tampa Bay, the first time he has ever reached that milestone, breaking his personal best of 460 yards set two years ago. He also set a Falcons record for passing yards in a game, snapping a mark set by former Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, who threw for 503 yards in 2016 against Carolina.."

Saturday, September 28, 2024

✅πŸ‘"Michigan Mail-In Ballots Will Now Only Be Counted with Proof of Signature Verification After RNC Wins Another Lawsuit Against Lawless Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson | "

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/michigan-mail-ballots-will-now-only-be-counted/ 

"Recent guidance issued by the Michigan Secretary of State will undermine protections for absentee voters, leading to improper handling and counting of absentee ballots. We are suing to protect absentee ballot safeguards in Michigan which will help make it easy to vote and hard to cheat in the Wolverine State."

This was the NINTH lawsuit Jocelyn Benson has lost to the Republican Party!"

Friday, September 27, 2024

"Michigan Bureau of Elections Limits FOIA Data. Raises Concerns Among Election Integrity Groups"

MICHIGANDER 
PATRIOTS πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²
(where I grew up), 
U need to PROTEST 
THIS IMMEDIATELY :

State of Michigan suddenly changes their FOIA policy πŸ‘ŽπŸ˜‘


"The message from the Secretary of State's BOE indicated that data related to Absentee Ballot applications sent and received, as well as ballots returned by voters, will NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE under FOIA requests "


https://www.pureintegritymichiganelections.org/post/michigan-bureau-of-elections-limits-foia-data-raises-concerns-among-election-integrity-groups 

Sunday, September 22, 2024

i was wondering what happ'd to Jim V- Bosch one of my English profs. Apparently he's not happy with the CRC anymore

The churches – Calvin Church, Grace Church, and Church of the Servant (COS) – join Sherman Street Church in leaving the CRC. 

i was wondering what happ'd to Jim V- Bosch one of my English profs who I really appreciated ( I still remember "Anonymous Bosch" in the Chimes).  Apparently he's not happy with the CRC anymore after Synod 2024 ( btw, i was there! not as a CRC delegate, but just an interested individual who grew up in the CRC & GR, mostly).  I  sensed he wasn't a far -right conservative (neither am I) but I thought he was a moderate with some theological convictions about the danger of too much "compromise".  I personally agree with the CRC decision because I feel the church must have a minimum set of standards before it becomes meaningless.

 It's sad to see these CRC churches deciding to leave the denomination. I pray for the Lord to convict their hearts and turn them in the right direction! Hear our prayer Lord. 

"If you're not in agreement, you've got a year to change your mind. And then after that time, you are going to be forced to leave the denomination," said James Vanden Bosch, professor emeritus of English and a member of Calvin Church's disaffiliation committee. "We'd rather do it on our own terms and our own schedule."

NOTE: 
I attended three of the four churches above periodically during college. I remember when COS was starting out in the gym at Seymour School. I remember Jack Roeda. He was a great pastor & seemed to like me  (until he was told some false & blasphemous rumors about me spread by some of my so-called "friends" who I didn't realize were so far left; and actually despised me for being moderate, if not conservative at the time. They set a "honey pot" trap to try to bring me down; and when it failed they spread false rumors anyways. I wasn't savvy enough at the time to realize what they were doing. Shame shame shame on them). 

 And I remember Mark Vermaire preaching at Sherman (one time he played the song "What if God was one of us; just a slob like some of us" (by Alanis Morrisette) as a sermon illustration.  I also remember the pastor from Grace during the 80's when the Diekemas attended there, and then Jack Kooreman took over (he was in my Greek class at RBC). And my parents were married at Calvin CRC, a short walk from my mother's EGR childhood home. 

We pray for you to reconsider before you make a decision that will probably never be reversed. It's forever. Talk to God on your knees. 

Friday, August 30, 2024

Jocelyn Benson is disgusting SLIME "Michigan's Trump-hating Secretary of State just announced a chilling way to interfere in the 2024 election... -"

https://revolver.news/2024/08/trump-hating-michigan-secretary-of-state-just-announced-chilling-way-to-interfere-in-2024-election/ 


"Jocelyn Benson has found a chilling way to give Ms. Harris an advantage in the Mitten State by keeping RFK Jr.—who dropped out of the race and endorsed President Trump—on the ballot.

Do you think she'd do this if RFK Jr. endorsed Kamala? And on that note, Joe Biden suspended his campaign. Is she also refusing to remove Biden from the ballot?

Of course not."