It’s Friday, March 7th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Nigerian states close all schools for Muslim Ramadan fast
Northern Nigerian governments of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, and Kebbi States issued a directive to close all schools — public and private — for up to five weeks during the Muslim Ramadan fast. It has ignited strong reactions from the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Middle Belt Forum.
The groups argue that the closures, which affect millions of students, pose serious threats to education, fairness, and national unity, reports International Christian Concern.
John 4:24 underscores the importance of worshiping the one true God, not the false Muslim deity. It says, “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Trump chastises Democrats for not applauding anything good
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump smartly confronted Democrats early on with their refusal to celebrate any good news.
Listen.
TRUMP: “This is my fifth such speech to Congress, and once again, I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud. Nothing I can do.
“I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out entire nations, or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded. And these people, sitting right here, will not clap, will not stand, and certainly will not cheer for these astronomical achievements. They won’t do it no matter what. Five, five times I’ve been up here. It’s very sad, and it just shouldn’t be this way. (applause)
“So, Democrats sitting before me for just this one night, why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for America? For the good of our nation, let’s work together and let’s truly make America great again.”
Despite his plea, Democrats, without exception, sat on their hands as he announced the acceptance by West Point of Jason Hartley, a high school senior in the gallery, the awarding of the honorary title of Secret Service Agent to D.J. Daniel, a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor in the gallery who aspires to be a law enforcement officer, and the naming of a national wildlife refuge in the Houston area after Jocelyn Nungary, the 12-year-old girl who was brutally killed by two Venezuelan illegal aliens. Jocelyn’s mother was in the gallery.
Rep. Al Green kicked out of Trump’s congressional speech
As he waved his cane, 73-year-old Democratic Congressman Al Green of Texas interrupted Trump by yelling, “You don’t have a mandate.” Despite House Speaker Mike Johnson’s patient pleas for Rep. Green to stop, he continued, prompting Johnson to have him removed.
TRUMP: “Small business optimism …”
GREEN: “You don’t have a mandate.”
TRUMP: “So, it’s the single largest one month gain ever recorded, a 41-point jump.”
CONGRESSMAN: “Sit down!”
JOHNSON: “Members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the house and to cease any further disruptions. That’s your warning.
“Members are engaging in willful and continuing breach of decorum, and the chair is prepared to direct the Sergeant at Arms to restore order to the joint session. (applause)
“Mr. Green, take your seat. Take your seat, sir.”
GREEN: “No mandate.”
JOHNSON: “Take your seat. Finding that members continue to engage in willful and concerted disruption of proper decorum, the Chair now directs the Sergeant at Arms to restore order. Remove this gentleman from the chamber.”
House censured Rep. Al Green for disruption of Trump speech
Two days later, the U.S. House of Representatives considered a resolution to censure Rep. Green for his disruptive behavior.
CLERK: “House Resolution 189: Resolution censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.”
After five minutes, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the vote results.
JOHNSON: “On this vote, the yeas are 224, the nays are 198, with two answering present. The resolution is adopted.”
The censure of Democratic Congressman Al Green of Texas passed largely along party lines, with 10 Democrats voting with Republicans in favor of the resolution and two lawmakers, including Green, voting “present,” reports USA Today.
JOHNSON: “Will Representative Green present himself to the well? By its adoption of House Resolution 189, the House has resolved that Representative Al Green be censured. That Representative Al Green forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure, and that Representative Al Green be censured with public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.”
DEMOCRATS: (sing “We Shall Overcome”)
After the vote, instead of standing silently while the censure was read, the Texas Democrat led a group of colleagues in a rendition of “We Shall Overcome,” a song long associated with civil rights protests, suggesting that somehow the censuring of Green for his disruptive behavior was racist, reports Roll Call.
JOHNSON: (Banging of gavel) “The House will come to order. The House will come to order.”
After the Democrats refused to stop singing “We Shall Overcome,” House Speaker Johnson was forced to impose a break called recess.
JOHNSON: “Pursuant to clause 12a of rule one, the House will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.”
A censure is considered a severe public rebuke of a legislator brought by other members of Congress, a form of punishment second only to expulsion.
The U.S. Constitution allows for Congress to “punish its members for disorderly behavior.” Censure is a formal disapproval intended to discipline members of the House.
Sen. Fetterman: Democrats are metaphorical car alarms nobody pays attention to
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania had some of the harshest criticism for his party’s protests from the chamber, reports RollCall.
On Wednesday, Fetterman tweeted, “A sad cavalcade of self and unhinged petulance. It only makes Trump look more presidential and restrained. We’re becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays attention to — and it may not be the winning message.”
In 1 Corinthians 13:11, the Apostle Paul wrote, “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
Falling just as flat as Congressman Green’s babbling were the Democratic congresswomen who staged a silent protest by wearing pink and other Democrats who held up little paddles emblazoned with lines including “FALSE”, “MUSK STEALS”, and “SAVE MEDICAID.” Plus, some Democrats walked out in the middle of the speech, revealing t-shirts with messages after they removed their jackets.
Oil prices dropped to lowest levels in 3 years
Oil prices have dropped to their lowest levels in over three years, driven by uncertainties related to the ongoing trade war, which is impacting the global economy and energy demand outlook.
Gold up
And finally, gold prices rose on Wednesday, supported by a weaker dollar, as investors awaited the release of the U.S. payrolls data later this week for additional insights into the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, reports CNBC.
U.S. gold futures rose by 0.2% to $2,927.50 per ounce.
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