(I just want to preface this article by stating that after the last four years, and realizing how much of what we know has all been a lie, how much of our history is a lie? Is the origin story of the 1st Thanksgiving 100% true or has it been tweaked here and there? Our system has long been usurped by those that control the world and our history has been rewritten. We see them at work even now trying to do that. They don’t like Thanksgiving and are now trying to link it to something only ‘evil White people’ celebrate. But alas, we can still celebrate all God has done for us and offer Him thanksgiving, this Thursday, and every day.) Despite the Establishments attempt to rewrite history, truth will out. Yes? Here’s a collection of 10 headlines talking about how White people are evil and how they ruined Thanksgiving: White People Bad: Thanksgiving Edition pic.twitter.com/5PqjFCz5fm — Daniel Concannon (@TooWhiteToTweet) November 25, 2024 And here’s the origin story as we know it: Yahoo News reports: Thanksgiving is celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 28 this year, and as the holiday quickly approaches many are left wondering: When was the first Thanksgiving? What were the first Thanksgiving Day traditions? Well, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a bit of history about Thanksgiving and traditions surrounding the holiday. Who attended the first Thanksgiving? The first Thanksgiving Day “celebration” is said to have taken place in 1621, the History Channel reports. The story, historically told from the white pilgrim’s perspective, is that colonists shared a meal with the indigenous Wampanoag people to give thanks for a successful fall harvest. This lore, however, is not completely accurate. Most accounts of the event’s significance are often overstated, USA TODAY journalist Eryn Dion noted in her reporting. Members of the Wampanoag were not formally invited as a gesture of good grace. Instead, the pilgrims became rowdy at their feast and began shooting into the air. Fearing violence, Wampanoag warriors came to identify the commotion — prepared for war if need be — but saw it was a celebration and eventually joined in. When did Thanksgiving become national holiday? The holiday was recognized nationally in 1863. What president made Thanksgiving a national holiday? President Abraham Lincoln designated the final Thursday of November to be “Thanksgiving,” the History Channel reports. It was observed on that day until 1939 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt solidified it as the fourth Thursday, hoping to increase retail sales during the Great Depression. This sentiment has continued throughout the decades as holiday shopping and spending flourishes around Thanksgiving and thereafter. When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an American tradition that started in 1924 and has been telecast on NBC since 1953. The parade makes its way from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Macy’s flagship store at Herald Square, drawing more than 3 million spectators along the route each year. Here’s a fun fact that the System likes to gloss over, Native Americans owned slaves. Notice the shock this actor gets discovering this tidbit: Actor Don Cheadle learns that his ancestors were enslaved by Native Americans – even after Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation following the Civil War. What savages! Happy Thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/XWUgseTYEA — Mark Dice (@MarkDice) November 23, 2023 And what Disney’s Pocahontas taught us about Native Americans wasn’t anywhere near the truth. “He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.” https://t.co/QicgfjK0Rl pic.twitter.com/9G7WLW1EIo — Wr!te W!nger (@WrteWingWriter) September 7, 2023 Here’s to a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! May you all have popcorn, jelly beans and ice cream, just like the original Pilgrims and Indians did. Artist depiction of the first Thanksgiving meal: Classic Thanksgiving prayer that’s very appropriate for right now: We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world of freedom and justice. And that’s precisely what’s happening right now.

The existential question of our time: red pill, or blue pill? Long before Morpheus offered Neo the chance to see “how deep the rabbit hole goes”, people have been describing life altering moments of insight that shatters what they previously considered to be true. Ana Kasparian seems to be smack dab in the middle of one of those moments. As a co-host of The Young Turks, Ana Kasparian historically fit right in with the left-leaning diatribes the show is known for. But in recent months, something seems to have changed in Ana Kasparian’s outlook — and she has started to openly talk about it. First, check out the clip that just went viral (over 1.4 million views in less than 24 hours!) in which Kasparian tells the story of a Trump supporter who lives in her apartment building. “Jeff”, the neighbor she became good friends with, seems to have single-handedly cracked the shell of her previously blue-pilled mentality towards Trump supporters. How?  With a simple act of kindness.  Watch this! Kindness from a guy named Jeff completely changed Ana Kasparian’s view of Trump supporters: “Trying to get this bicycle up the stairs, this guy stops me, his name is Jeff, ‘Let me help you out with that’. Jeff and I became very close, he was my favorite person in the entire… pic.twitter.com/kKMt4WLHQa — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 24, 2024 Here’s a partial transcript from the video, shared by comedian and film maker Eric Abbenante on X yesterday: “Trying to get this bicycle up the stairs, this guy stops me, his name is Jeff, ‘Let me help you out with that’. Jeff and I became very close, he was my favorite person in the entire building. We’re in a HOA meeting: One of the people living in the building, said something about Trump that was negative. Jeff whispers in my ear ‘If she’s going to start trashing Trump, I’m out of here.’ I got to know Jeff before I got to know what his politics were: Incredibly kind guy, helps everyone in this building with anything they might need. That woke me up to : Not all Trump supporters are dangerous evil individuals. I’m embarrassed admitting that.” It’s sort of amazing that a simple act of kindness can have such a profound impact on someone’s worldview; particularly someone who is so intentional and conscious of their worldview to the degree that they make their living talking about it. Ana Kasparian isn’t even the “average person” who is far more unconscious and less thought-out concerning their feelings on things.  The fact is, most people couldn’t articulate what they think and feel about the world in a concise manner — because they’ve simply never been that intentional about it. Ana Kasparian has — and look how big of an impact that ONE ACT OF KINDNESS had in breaking through the “blue wall” of her mindset!  THAT IS AMAZING! And… it’s really good news for conservatives.  Because it means your average person is EVEN MORE likely to reconsider their “blue pilled” narratives than Ana was when faced with the humanity behind those on the other side of the political (and religious…) fence. Newsflash: God designed it that way.  Which means it isn’t rocket science when it comes to cracking the shell of illogical, progressive, left-leaning ideologies!  (Praise God!) In exactly the same way that the Biblical gospel message breaks through spiritual blindness with it’s seriously simple truth: Every one of us is sinful. Jesus paid our sin debt by his perfect life, death, and resurrection. We can each be saved by God’s grace, through faith in Christ… In the very same way that spiritual truths “ring true”, political principles “ring true”, as well.  God literally designed the fabric of reality out of the principles of truth — it can not HELP but work that way! Which means people with twisted up worldviews aren’t nearly as hard to reach as we tend to think! Kindness from a guy named Jeff completely changed Ana Kasparian’s view of Trump supporters:“Trying to get this bicycle up the stairs, this guy stops me, his name is Jeff, ‘Let me help you out with that’.Jeff and I became very close, he was my favorite person in the entire… pic.twitter.com/kKMt4WLHQa — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 24, 2024 Cenk Uygur, co-creator of The Young Turks who often sits alongside Ana Kasparian, also made waves recently with comments that seem far more indicative of common-sense conservatism than that of the illogical liberal left. Uygur even recently defended President Trump’s remarks about Liz Cheney, according to an article in the Daily Presser. Is there a shift happening at The Young Turks? Recent comments from Ana Kasparian and her co-host, Cenk Uygur, suggest surprising new perspectives emerging from the progressive platform. Uygur recently defended former President Donald Trump’s remarks about Liz Cheney, while Kasparian has praised certain conservative policies in Florida. The latest buzz surrounds Kasparian’s candid account of a personal experience that shifted her view of Trump supporters—a moment that’s now sparking conversations across social media. In a viral video, Kasparian recounts an encounter with a neighbor that profoundly challenged her preconceptions about Trump voters. She described how a simple act of kindness from this neighbor, who she later discovered was a Trump supporter, made her pause and reflect on her assumptions. According to Kasparian, the neighbor had gone out of their way to help her during a difficult moment. The gesture was unexpected and deeply appreciated, leading her to question the stereotypes she had previously associated with Trump supporters. “I just couldn’t reconcile this kind and generous act with the narrative I had in my head,” Kasparian admitted in the video. Kasparian’s story highlights a larger issue: the dangers of reducing individuals to political labels. She acknowledged that her experience with the neighbor forced her to confront her biases and rethink how she views people with opposing political beliefs. It was only a week ago that Uygur set off a firestorm by daring to relate the facts surrounding his direct question to Elon Musk regarding an offer to help cut the Pentagon’s wasteful spending, and Elon’s subsequent request for Uygur’s suggestions. Now, which side seems more open and inclusive? Which side seems more welcoming and which side tries really hard to drive you away if you disagree even a little with orthodoxy? Which side is asking for suggestions and which one is demanding compliance and obedience? — Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) November 19, 2024 Imagine that… a beneficial dialogue.  The left is crumbling because it disdainfully resists any true dialogue of substance. Why?  Because very little of the rhetoric spawned from the democratic party is substantial, but tends to be the shallow oft-repeated soundbites devoid of fact and disconnected from reality that stick in the minds of those who hate anyone who doesn’t agree with them — who are looking for something resembling a “principle” to justify their hatred. Check out another clip shared by Eric Abbernante of Ana Kasparian making almost that exact point. Ana Kasparian admitting she was guilty of TDS and that Trump ‘broke her brain’:“Politics has substituted religion. I am 1 million % guilty of allowing him to break my brain.” Most liberals would rather die or destroy their lives rather than admit they were wrong about Trump. pic.twitter.com/RMABn9RNp5 — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 24, 2024 Kasparian literally just admitted that the narrative being pushed by the democrats about President Trump was so contradicted by the reality of who Trump is and what he stands for that it was not reconcilable in her mind. I think I’ve discovered one of the primary issues that allowed Ana Kasparian to begin her journey of being “red pilled”. At some point she realized that identity politics was a deceptive tactic of the left. The redpilling of Ana Kasparian is accelerating: “I’m done with the identitarian garbage. I’m done with it!” pic.twitter.com/AuoG8KKXXB — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 3, 2023 I would bet her interaction with Jeff the Trump supporter had something to do with shattering that “identitarian garbage” and any power it had over propping up those left-leaning narratives that previously lived unmitigated in her brain. Check this out — during the same interview on the Modern Wisdom podcast, she started talking about the flawed immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration. She then gives President Trump credit for having been right on his immigration policies all along! Ana Kasparian realizing she was wrong about Trump’s immigration policies specifically ‘Remain in Mexico’:“I didn’t realize that the remain in Mexico policy was very successful, and Biden reversing it did lead to the crisis at the border.” Honesty? You’re not cut out for media pic.twitter.com/q8IyBYDmbG — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 24, 2024 If that’s not a classic case of being “red pilled”, I’m not sure what would qualify. But if you think that’s amazing, watch this.  Ana Kasparian yesterday on The Young Turks completely scroches the democratic party’s failed policies and illogical self-affirming pride over those failed policies. And don’t miss this — she’s not attacking anything but the POLICIES.  She’s talking like a PRINCIPLED conservative voice of common sense.  Amazing! Joe Biden being marginally better on labor issues doesn’t make up for workers being crushed for years.@AnaKasparian explains: pic.twitter.com/C5KcaS3TXm — The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) November 25, 2024 While I would pushback against her “Biden was a ‘little better” comment, that is real movement from her ideological blind positions of the past, when she would have blindly lambasted the republican position as devilry while praising the saintly position of the democrats. There is a lesson here for all of us.  First, don’t give up.  Solid principles truly do carry the day, eventually, when the flimsy nature of pure rhetoric doesn’t deliver. But also, keep the faith.  People truly are waking up.  Democrats, republicans, and independents alike have been forced by the extreme nature of the last few years to take an INENTIONAL and CONSCIOUS look at what they believe. For far too long, the emotional has hidden behind the misleading label of “pragmatism”, masquerading as principle. If there is one good thing that has come from the turmoil of the last few years, it is this: the stark reality between circumstantial pragmatism and actually standing on solid principles has NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR. And if I’m right… we’re about to see masses of people from every corner of our society “red pilled” beyond our wildest imaginations.  Ana Kasparian may just be the tip of the iceberg.

This is one of those stories that’s worth taking another look at. Some may have missed it. If you or someone you know was fired from the military for rejecting the experimental jab, there’s a FAT paycheck coming! Along with getting rehired. You see, President Trump vowed at a rally in Asheboro, North Carolina to rehire and compensate military personnel. You know, those that were dismissed for refusing the “COVID-19 vaccine mandate.” This policy led to 8,000 dismissals under the Biden administration. He plans to make this right. BREAKING: President Trump plans to rehire military members Biden fired for rejecting the COVID-19 vaccine and give them an apology WITH FULL BACK PAY! God bless President Trump! — Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) November 25, 2024 Washington Examiner reported: President Donald Trump vowed, if elected come November, to rehire military service members who were let go for rejecting the COVID-19 vaccination and promised they would receive an apology with back pay. “Kamala [Harris] and Crooked Joe purged 8,000 service members from our military for refusing their COVID vaccine mandate. They refused to do it,” Trump said at an Asheboro, North Carolina, rally on Wednesday. He added, “We didn’t want a mandate. The mandate — you just can’t do that.” “I will rehire every patriot that was fired with an apology and back pay. They will get their back pay and an apology from our government,” he declared as the crowd loudly applauded. The Republican presidential nominee said he hopes the former military service members now have “great jobs” while “making a lot of money” but hopes they want to come back. “The mandate stuff should have never happened,” he said to the rallygoers. As of October 2023, only 43 of the fired 8,000 service members have rejoined the military following the repeal of the vaccine mandate. Several groups, including First Liberty Institute and New Civil Liberties Alliance, have sued over the federal vaccine mandates and unconstitutional COVID-19 executive action. While speaking during the rally, Trump also criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the military and its morale. “Thanks to Comrade Kamala and Joe Biden, morale in our military is now so low that almost every single branch is suffering a major recruitment and retention crisis,” the former commander in chief said. Big checks are coming soon! Here’s the clip: This is a win! Trump will rehire military who were kicked out for not taking the jab, with backpay and an apology. pic.twitter.com/Npr4BlhzkA — Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) August 21, 2024

Walmart will soon become the world’s largest retailer to retract its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies following criticism from conservative commentators who aim to perpetuate “anti-wokeness.” Walmart announced the changes on Monday, which include the end of a five-year commitment to an equity racial center set up in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, which will not be renewed once […] The post Walmart Ditches Racist, Anti-American DEI appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Israel is expected to enter a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in the coming hours that will bring the war in southern Lebanon to a halt for the time being. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address that he was recommending that the country’s war cabinet agree to the ceasefire deal. “The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon,” Netayahu said. “With the United States’ full understanding, we maintain full freedom of military action. If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself, we will attack.” “If it tries to rebuild terrorist infrastructure near the border, we will attack,” she continued. “If it launches a rocket, if it digs a tunnel, if it brings in a truck carrying rockets, we will attack.” Netanyahu pointed to three main reasons why Israel should agree to the ceasefire at this time. “The first reason is to focus on the Iranian threat, and I won’t expand on that,” he said. “The second reason is to give our forces a breather and replenish stocks.” “And the third reason for having a ceasefire is to separate the fronts and isolate Hamas,” he added. “From day two of the war, Hamas was counting on Hezbollah to fight by its side. With Hezbollah out of the picture, Hamas is left on its own. We will increase our pressure on Hamas and that will help us in our sacred mission of releasing our hostages.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Netanyahu pointed to Israel’s successes in decimating Hezbollah through intense strikes over the last year, including killing the group’s leader and nearly all of its top commanders. “We have destroyed most of their rockets and missiles, we have killed thousands of terrorists and we demolished their underground terror infrastructure abutting our border, infrastructure they had been building for years,” he added. He also confirmed during his address that Israel did strike a facility inside Iran late last month that was a critical component of their nuclear weapons program. The strikes inside Iran came in response to Iran firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles inside Israel at the start of October. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon. We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. We will continue united until victory.” Full remarks >>https://t.co/43nIjRoJQv pic.twitter.com/KiwT3ZKcog — Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 26, 2024

Former CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge revealed just a taste of what her former network had on Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, prior to the 2022 midterm elections — and she said that much of the information was either reported after an intentional delay or scrapped altogether. Herridge, who left Fox News for CBS in 2019 and was subsequently let go by CBS in early 2024, had done some serious digging on the Bidens and specifically on the now-infamous laptop that Hunter left behind at a Delaware repair shop — but much of what she found she now says that CBS would not let her report. WATCH: EXCLUSIVE: The Untold Story Of The Hunter Biden Reporting At CBS, “I wanted the cleanest copy of the laptop data, the same data that was provided to the FBI…” The full +22 minute video goes in depth on the controversy surrounding my investigation starting in October 2020.… pic.twitter.com/58stp0oNXi — Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) November 26, 2024 Herridge explained in a brief video posted to X on Monday that her first goal had been to get as close to the primary source as humanly possible. “I wanted the cleanest copy of the laptop data, the same data that was provided to the FBI,” she said. She went on to say that CBS had finally allowed a story verifying that the laptop was real and the data on it had not been manipulated — but that the network had not wanted to go ahead with the story prior to the 2022 midterm elections even though she had it ready to go. “When we did the story, we did it after the midterms. I argued against that because it was ready before the midterms,” she said. “My training is that you should always do the story when it’s ready to go, you should not be dictated by the political cycle.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Herridge then detailed a few other items of interest she’d found while studying the laptop data — and said that CBS had been uninterested in pursuing the leads she presented. “For example, in the text messages, there’s unfortunately the use of the ‘N-word,’ the liberal use of the ‘N-word.’ And I thought this was worth another story but I was told that it’s not something that interested CBS News,” she said. Herridge also noted that during a forensic review of the laptop, she’d found “half a dozen emails that were likely used by Joe Biden.” “I thought that was a story,” she said, but CBS was unwilling to move on that without the contents of those emails — which could have taken years to get. “There were a lot of reasons I was told not to do it, not to pursue it,” she concluded.

The Babylon Bee’s sister site has taken legal action in a high-profile case brought by the Justice Department against Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower Eithan Haim, calling for certain public dockets to be unsealed. Represented by The Dhillon Law Group, “Not the Bee” is asking that the court unseal “critical documents” in Haim’s case, arguing that they were sealed without clear justification. Unlike its satirical sister site, Not The Bee posts and promotes real news stories that are so absurd or outlandish sounding that they could be satire. That includes the proceedings surrounding Haim, whom the Justice Department has targeted for exposing a children’s hospital for performing gender transition procedures on children. Not the Bee is interested in publishing news coverage of Haim’s case to “draw attention to the absurd fact that when a doctor exposed highly unethical medical practices, it was the doctor who faced criminal prosecution, despite his whistleblower status.” “This case warrants maximum transparency,” the site argues in the filing, dated November 25, and filed in the United States District Court of Texas, Houston Division. “The unprecedented investigation and prosecution of Dr. Eithan Haim has been covered by many media outlets and news websites, including Not the Bee, and is a topic of conversation among prominent politicians, intellectuals, and legal commentators, as well as the public at large.” Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images “The press and public have demonstrated substantial interest in Dr. Haim’s whistleblowing, the medical procedures on minors that are the subject of his revelations, the misconduct by the government in pursuing this prosecution, and the various setbacks that the government has faced in attempting to criminalize Dr. Haim’s efforts to bring to light the illegal conduct of Texas Children’s Hospital,” they added. Not The Bee argues that it has standing to challenge the sealing of the documents since it is a member of the press, and the public and wants to obtain access to information concerning judicial proceedings. It also argues that the government hasn’t demonstrated any legitimate grounds for sealing the documents, “let alone the heightened grounds necessary to suppress the public’s First Amendment right of access to criminal proceedings and the press’s right to gather the news.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “Transparency in this case is essential — not just for justice but for public trust in the system,” Dhillon Law Group Founder and Managing Partner Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement this week. “The requested sealing [of] these documents is inconsistent with applicable law, violates the public right to examine the government’s conduct, and further would deprive the public of the First Amendment right to hear commentary about a matter of significant public interest — namely, the prosecution of a whistleblower raising alarm about alleged medical misconduct and mistreatment of minors in Texas.” Haim blew the whistle on Texas Children’s in May 2023, in an explosive story published by journalist Christopher Rufo, alleging that the hospital had lied about ending its transgender medical program and was still performing attempted transition procedures on children as young as 11. In June 2023, Haim received a home visit from federal agents, and learned the Justice Department was targeting him. On June 17, the Justice Department announced that it had indicted Haim for “obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and without authorization.” If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 maximum possible fine. In a post on X on Sunday, Haim argued that the Justice Department’s justification for a gag order is that they are concerned with “online bullying.” “This perfectly encapsulates the defining feature of the modern day woke aristocrat,” he wrote. “They zealously deploy the threat or the outright use of state-sanctioned violence against those who challenge their political ideology yet cast themselves as the victim when regular citizens stand up, take notice, and utilize their first amendment right to criticize their tyrannical behavior. These prosecutors have no qualms about sending me to prison for a decade. They have no problem inventing new crimes to do so.” The DOJ’s justification for a gag order is that they are concerned with “online bullying.” This perfectly encapsulates the defining feature of the modern day woke aristocrat. They zealously deploy the threat or the outright use of state-sanctioned violence against those who… pic.twitter.com/vqQZVm7wAo — Eithan Haim MD (@EithanHaim) November 24, 2024 “They had no problem sending heavily armed US Marshals to my home at 7AM even though I am a law-abiding citizen with no criminal history,” he added. “They had no problem taking away my right to possess firearms knowing the legitimate death threats I would face from radical transgender activists. And I don’t bring this up to garner sympathy for myself but rather to demonstrate the magnitude of their hypocrisy.” The Justice Department has no problem with any of the things he had previously mentioned, Haim, argued but they do have “a major problem with anyone noticing it happening.” “Their corrupt gambit relies on the silence of their target to legitimize their corruption,” he added. “In my case, they knocked on the wrong door. I simply refuse to voluntarily comply with my own destruction.”

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” co-writer Bob Geldof is still fully on board with the song he helped create for charity with Band Aid, and doesn’t agree with criticisms he’s been hearing lately, including from performer Ed Sheeran. The song was originally released in 1984 and has had several remakes since then, including one Sheeran collaborated on in 2014. It has raised millions of dollars for charity over the years. The latest version called Band Aid 40, which commemorates four decades since its debut, uses previous recordings including those of Bono and Sheeran. This “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is getting backlash, however, for allegedly promoting stereotypes about African culture. Last week, Sheeran said on social media that Band Aid never asked permission to use his vocals in the new version and that if they had, he “would have respectfully declined.” “A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed, eloquently explained by @fuseodg. This is just my personal stance, I’m hoping it’s a forward-looking one. Love to all,” the British musician shared to Instagram Stories. The explanation he referenced came from British-Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG who said he turned down Band Aid 30. He wrote on Stories: “While they may generate sympathy and donations, they perpetuate damaging stereotypes that stifle Africa’s economic growth, tourism, and investment, ultimately costing the continent trillions and destroying its dignity, pride and identity.” Now Geldof is responding to Sheeran’s comments and overall criticism of the song. The Irish songwriter told The Sunday Times that reality is more important than an “abstract wealthy-world argument.” “This little pop song has kept millions of people alive,” he told the outlet of the song that helped raise funds for Africans following a famine. “Why would Band Aid scrap feeding thousands of children dependent on us for a meal?” “Why not keep doing that? Because of an abstract wealthy-world argument, regardless of its legitimacy?” Geldof continued. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “No abstract theory, regardless of how sincerely held, should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality,” he went on. “There are 600 million hungry people in the world — 300 million are in Africa. We wish it were other, but it is not. We can help some of them. That’s what we will continue to do.” “And I can guarantee your personal action here will result in a kid sleeping warmer, fed that night. This is one issue in which you have power,” he said. “You get to tilt the world a fraction — and I know: ‘Here is f***ing Geldof banging on.’ But the instrument of this control, as corny as it may sound, is this thing — this OK tune.” The song’s co-writer Midge Ure told The Sunday Times that even though he believes it’s “not a great song,” he still sees the value. “There are many keyboard warriors out there, and in the time it takes them to write a scathing remark some child has died. They talk while we actually do something,” Ure told the outlet. “All those stars turned up on that Sunday morning with hangovers, but were there for a reason. Although it’s also possible that they were just scared of Bob.”