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The Alternate Reality Just a few short weeks ago, people on the right were praising my posts, applauding free speech, and condemning the left for not asking enough questions. SCREECH President Trump lied, yes, he lied several times, and some of us want to know why. We supported the president up until this moment. And what is he doing now? The same thing he’s doing to Iran, trying to obliterate us, with some of your help, to silence the questions. Why? Usually, people react th

American Values? Kathy just read a news story about the amount of money being dumped into Senate races this year. The number that sticks out the most was something like 79 million dollars in one race in Ohio. Let that sink in. 79 million dollars. These same politicians talk about government waste, shutting down the government over a lack of money, and claim to want to do what’s right to put the people back in charge. Liars. Now our President writes this on a Truth Social post

Something Big Is Coming, Establish Boundaries Now Something big is coming. I can feel it. On the surface, it won’t look “good.” But if it’s God’s Will, it must be. Here’s the point where people like to ask me for my sources. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SvuiG0aGFIbTXqoIEGRI9?si=3db858fe2f394711 I’m listening to this priest, and what he is saying settles in my soul as truth. You may disagree. That is your God-given right. But hear me out, or leave, it’s up to you. It’s no

The Paradigm Switch I believe we are in for a giant reset of how our world works. The United States is no longer the superpower that can or will set policy for the rest of the world. Our stature is no longer what it was, although we are still quite powerful. I think this is a time when we need to stop being the world's police force and focus on our own hemisphere. This war with Iran shows our strength but also our weaknesses. We don’t have the finances or the will to do it al

What a Disappointment My ideological side came out last night as I watched the President’s speech to the nation. I was hoping to hear the war was won or that we were pulling out. Instead, what I heard was that we were going to send Iran and its people back to the Stone Age. We sound like a bully throwing its weight around. Is that the goal of this war? If it is, I’m even more opposed to it than I was the day before. The Iranian leadership is awful, but do the people of that c

Go With Your Gut Proverbs 14;12 “There is a way which seems right to a man, But it’s end is the way of death.” I got a message from someone yesterday. It came across as caring and concerned, but it also conveyed judgment and misinformation. The message was sent in a way that made it difficult for me to respond, which tells me everything. At first, it irritated me. I don’t even know this guy, and yet, he had the gall to sit in his seat of judgment and pretend to be concerned f

Walk Through The Door I remember the first time I really came under public attack was when I quit my job as a news anchor and ran for Secretary of State in Oregon. Some were so offended to find out I was a Republican, as if it were the kiss of death. The next big bust was when the town I lived in, Eugene, Oregon, got overrun with lawless criminals, the city liked to refer to as the unhoused. These weren’t just homeless people; these were criminals who came to town because the

Questions: The Weapon of the Warriors I just read where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expanding its push along Lebanon’s border. Over the weekend in America, many of the so-called “ No Kings Rallies” turned violent. I heard a report over the weekend as to how many Republican and Democratic members of Congress are retiring, saying the atmosphere in DC is too nasty and they want out. To destroy a society, all it takes is the right amount of chaos, sprinkled with

Man Says Be Afraid, God Says Don’t Be. There’s a whole lot of fearmongering going on in our world, and I, for one, am done with it. I’m tired of the propaganda. I’m bored with the storyline that sounds awfully familiar to a time not so long ago, when the pandemic was the end of the world. I had Oregon author Rick Steber on my Get Real With Rick Dancer podcast the other night. We reminisced about the stupidity of the reaction to COVID and how it was used to scare mankind into

God Isn’t Afraid of Our Questions, Why Are We? When the river runs in one direction, and you run in the opposite, the pressure to go with the flow intensifies. When I was a reporter at KEZI-TV, I did a story on how to survive in the river when the force of the water was trying to drown you. Unlike a typical water rescue, we got to wear wetsuits and helmets, and we had experts right there to help us if things got out of hand. The key to survival is not to panic. You ignore th

So, this is A Holy War? Unbelievable how quickly people turn on those of us who are asking questions about our involvement in Iran. We may end up being wrong, but not questioning is worse than failure to me. The assumptions made by some of you are astounding. You can’t accept that; the questioners still support the president, just not in this instance. You want us to shut up, get in line, and put on our blinders. You expect us to be all in, or we are your enemy. I’ve been tol

Mr President, Please Listen To Your Critics Too One thing I admire about President Trump is his ability to listen to people with whom he disagrees. That’s why many others and I who support him, most of the time, were so surprised when, after promising not to go to war, he led the country into this war with Iran. I’m encouraged by the latest news: President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that an end to the Iran war is fast approaching . “We are getting very close to meeting

Save America Act It’s insane that we live in a country that doesn’t require an ID to vote. It’s crazy that we must show Identification to buy alcohol, cigarettes, and many other things, but don’t require ID to vote in an election. I read the arguments for and against. Opponents site passage of this bill will make it more difficult for women or trans people when they’ve changed their names. The small burden that is put on these folks is well worth the cost if it means making a

Never Say It’s Over Many of us who don’t agree with Trump over the Iran war feel a bit let down and defeated. We’ve gone through president after president who tell us one thing and do another. I had two women from Washington State on the podcast last night. Their story turned out to be just what I needed to ease my frustration. When neighbors in Tri-Cities, Washington, found out by accident that someone had purchased a home in their middle-class neighborhood and planned to ho

Say It Enough, and the lie becomes truth? I had several emails this morning from people trying to find the truth. They read headlines, hear stories, and just want to know right from wrong. I see where the FCC is warning legacy media that it will crack down on these businesses for false narratives. I’m no fan of the media, but I’m wondering who gets to decide which narrative is right and which one is wrong? Shouldn’t that be up to us? I can’t believe I’m sticking up for this g

Some Of You Aren’t Very Happy With Me I hear the mumbling. “What happened to Rick Dancer?” “Why does he hate Donald Trump?” “Why is he questioning our president?” “Is he a liberal?” “Why is he listening to Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, among others, on our no-fly list?” What you liked about me three months ago, you now abhor. My willingness to ask hard questions, dig a little deeper, and talk about things we’re not supposed to talk about, you now dislike. It’s good when you

He Is In The Dark Cloud When we think of darkness, we don’t often look for God in such places. But He promises, in his word, that He is there. Darkness can be a blindness, a place of misunderstanding, or in our minds. I think the more time you spend in hard places (the darkness), the more you get used to it. It is natural to want to explain things when those around you make accusations against you that are untrue. I’ve experienced a lot of that lately. But once you realize wh

The Boy On The Plate I have this plate. Glued on the inside is a picture of me when I was probably 7 years old. Even as a kid, I thought it was odd that my grandma had my face on a plate, hanging on her wall. She gave me the plate when I was still pretty young. I think I’ve had it longer than she did. When I pulled it out of a box the other day, my mind flooded with memories of her, of me, of her with me. I was an insecure little boy. The boy in the plate was timid and cried

The Ugly Side of War I wake up each day, scroll through my news feeds, and think to myself, how much of what I’m reading is just propaganda? As a former Journalist, that’s just part of how I operate, but this war, or whatever some of you want to call it, started, my level of skepticism has skyrocketed. I lost my trust in the liberal messaging during COVID. I won’t go into that right now. But the level of propaganda oozing out of the conservative camps is becoming too much to

I Don’t Like To Be Lied To But the Truth sets us free The reasons I became a Journalist are simple: I love to tell people’s stories, I believe everyone should have their voice heard, and I hate to be lied to. I think that’s why the whole public office thing didn’t work out for me. The public says it wants the truth, but in reality, the truth hurts, and many are mesmerized by what sounds good, not what is true. Politicians know this and tell us just enough to keep us from digg