Fighting For Faith, Family & Freedom

Monday, October 20, 2025

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary Bauer

Day 274



It’s Day 274 of President Trump’s second term. No one has lost their Social Security, Medicare, or veterans’ benefits in spite of constant media and leftist lies.

BREAKING NEWS: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that President Trump can deploy Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. This is a big win for the president, the rule of law, and the citizens of Portland who are sick and tired of the Left’s chaos and violence.

Old White Hippies

Thankfully, there was no significant violence at Saturday’s much anticipated “No Kings” protests. I think I know the reason why. It’s tough to riot when you’re over 70, and most of these protesters looked like aging, white hippies.

Big Media says 7 million people participated around the country, but no one can prove that, so call me skeptical. The turnout in Chicago was a flop, even though the city has been Ground Zero in the battle between the Left and the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.

Several commentators noted that the protests appeared concentrated in liberal cities and states that no Republican will win. That reinforces the argument that the No Kings protests aren’t an organic grassroots movement but just another left-wing “astroturf” effort paid for by George Soros and other far-left groups.

Here’s something I learned fairly quickly in the political debate: The media downplays huge conservative crowds as “a few thousand,” while small leftist crowds are described as “hundreds of thousands.” The Washington Post always downplays the crowd at the annual March for Life, while it hypes the small gang of pro-abortion counter-protesters.

When Promise Keepers planned their Stand In The Gap rally in 1997, it quickly became clear that it was going to be big. At the time, I rented a helicopter to take aerial photographs over the gathering because I knew the media would minimize the size of the crowd.

Christian friends at the Pentagon, whose jobs involved carefully estimating crowd sizes, came up with a figure that was way beyond what the Washington Post and other media outlets reported.

At all costs, the fake news media had to stop conservative Christian men and their families from feeling like they mattered. They wanted them to feel like they were an insignificant group compared to whatever the Left’s latest fad was.

This is part of the propaganda war the Left plays every day, and minimizing the influence of conservatives is just one way they do it.

Left-wing Lunacy

Other than wanting no king, and I’m certain 100% of us don’t want a king, what were the protesters’ actual issues? Well, their signs were a good indication of what they wanted.

They want open borders, and they don’t want any illegal aliens deported from the country. In every video of protests I saw, there were signs calling for the end of private property and attacks on success. They want no fossil fuels, no oil, no coal, no natural gas, or anything we need to run a modern economy.

This was a nationwide socialist rally, and their agenda is a big danger to the future of our country and to our children and grandchildren.

There was also a lot of hate in these leftist mobs.

There were plenty of signs calling for Donald Trump’s death—from “86 47” to “Kings Get Guillotines” and “Cholesterol, Do Your Job.” Other signs read, “Charlie Kirk had it coming.”

One speaker at a No Kings protest in Chicago called for immigration police to be “shot and wiped out.” He works at a local college.

A Chicago elementary schoolteacher was seen on video mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination. How would you like your child in her class?

And there was this disgusting sign mocking the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the murder of Charlie Kirk: 

Hunting Trump

President Trump was seen at Palm Beach International Airport yesterday boarding Air Force One on the “short stairs.” Some on the Left mocked the president and speculated about his health, saying, “Look, he can’t get up the full flight of stairs.”

No, that was Joe Biden. President Trump used the short stairs for a much more disturbing reason.

Prior to the president’s arrival in Palm Beach, the Secret Service made a chilling discovery. During “advanced security preparations” before Air Force One landed, members of the presidential security detail found a “hunting stand” in a nearby tree. There’s no hunting around the airport.

While reports suggest the stand had been there for some time, it had a direct line of sight of Air Force One’s landing zone, including the president boarding and leaving the plane, which usually involves using an 18-foot staircase.

Obviously concerned that the hunting stand might have been set up by a potential assassin to “hunt” the president, the Secret Service took extra precautions when he boarded Air Force One for his return to Washington, D.C.

Just another reminder of the danger President Trump lives with daily—especially considering the Left’s hate-filled rhetoric.

Don’t Know Much About History

In eleven days, October will be over. Thankfully, with this president back in the White House, you probably didn’t notice that October is “LGBTQ History Month.” That’s on top of June being “LGBTQ Pride Month.” Barack Obama and Joe Biden always made sure that we knew.

And to think it all started in 1975 with just one day to “honor” the alphabet people. Now they have 61 days. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln must be jealous.

What could the LGTBQ crowd possibly need two entire months for? Our kids don’t know enough about American history, but we have radical teachers telling young children about “LGBTQ+ experiences as integral to the American experience.”

And when is Heterosexual History Month? And what about the other 57 genders? We don’t even have enough weeks to accommodate them all. Will the “furries” get a month of their own? They probably will the next time we elect a “progressive.”

Day 20

It’s Day 20 of the Schumer Shutdown. The Senate will vote later today on the House-approved funding bill to reopen the government, but few expect it will pass.

Democrats are demanding $1.5 trillion in additional spending. They want to restore taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal aliens. If we gave in to what they are demanding to reopen the government, it would be another $1.5 trillion in spending when we are already struggling with massive debt and deficits.

There is growing fear that we are approaching the point when the government will not be able to raise enough funds in bond sales to finance all the debt and spending. But Democrats are willing to do whatever they have to do to hurt the country in order to help themselves politically.

Speaker Mike Johnson is holding firm. He said yesterday, “I refuse to allow [the House of Representatives] to come back and engage in anything until the government’s reopened.”

Israel’s Christian Allies

Every year, the Israel Allies Founding (IAF) publishes a list of the top 50 Christian allies of Israel. Carol and I are very proud that our son, Zach Bauer, CEO of Passages, made this year’s list at Number 33. IAF recognized Zach’s strong support for Israel and commended his direction of Passages, writing:

“Under his leadership, Passages is not only continuing its mission to take Christian students to Israel, but also evolving into a leading voice in pro-Israel education and grassroots advocacy among the next generation of Christian leaders.”

Passages needs significant resources in this era of growing hatred for Israel and the Jewish people.

By the way, Number 2 on this year’s list is Charlie Kirk. There has been a lot of speculation about Kirk’s pro-Israel views since his assassination. Any suggestion that he was not a strong supporter of Israel is garbage.

As IAF noted, Kirk “made support for Israel a cornerstone of his work. Kirk traveled frequently to the Jewish state, spoke at leading Israeli institutions, and integrated pro-Israel programming into TPUSA’s national conferences and campus initiatives.”

Tune In To Family Talk

Please tune in to Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show. On today’s broadcast, I speak with Hobby Lobby founder David Green and Legacy Stone CEO Bill High to discuss their new book, The Legacy Life: Leading Your Family to Make a Difference for Eternity. They share intriguing insights about building a godly legacy through faith and family that spans generations.

Find station listings here. Or listen online here.

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