Iran-Linked Group Attacks Synogogue in the UK;
Keir Starmer Refuses to Ban the IRGC in Britain

In fairness, Keir Starmer can't even protect his own properties from arson by strangely-antagonistic gay Ukranian male model rent-boys.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis
@chiefrabbi

Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack. It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London in less than a week.

A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the UK is gathering momentum. This sustained attack on our community's ability to worship and live in safety is an attack on the values that bind us all together. Thank God, no lives have been lost, but we cannot, and must not, wait for that to change before we understand just how dangerous this moment is for all of our society.

The IRGC -- a notorious and inarguable world sponsor of terror -- continues operating in the UK with the full blessing of Starmer's illegitimate traitor-government.

Arson attempt hits London synagogue; Iran-linked group claims attack

UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis: A 'sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community'; no injuries reported; counter-terror police investigating

Despite the fact that an Iran-linked terror group has already claimed responsibility, UK police are continuing to say they don't know if this is terrorism and (say it with me) The Motive May Never Be Known, Allah-Willing.

A synagogue in northwest London was targeted in an arson attack overnight Sunday, officials said, in the latest in a string of assaults in recent weeks that Britain's chief rabbi called a "sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community."

There was minor smoke damage to a room inside Kenton United Synagogue, the Community Security Trust (CST) said, after police and fire teams were called to the Jewish house of worship.

A pro-Iranian government Islamist group, which says it is also behind a spate of attacks across Europe on US, Israeli and Jewish targets, said on Sunday afternoon that it was responsible for the overnight attack.

UK counter-terrorism police, in the wake of the incident, said they were heading up investigations into the incidents.

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The newly founded Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam, said in a statement published on Telegram on Sunday afternoon that it had targeted Kenton United Synagogue because it is "one of the centers of Zionist influence in the British capital."

The synagogue, it claimed, "holds ceremonies such as 'Shabbat for Israel,' and sings the so-called 'Hatikvah' anthem in support of the Israeli occupation."

Among other perceived crimes, it said the synagogue had hosted relatives of one of the hostage soldiers abducted by Hamas in the terror group's October 7, 2023, attack.

Identifying the synagogue's leadership by name, the group accused them of being "key instruments of this Zionist base in London."

Separately, the UK’s The Sunday Times said the Islamist group has also claimed responsibility for a Friday night arson attack on a London building that was formerly used by a Jewish organization.

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Eric Swalwell Charged 100 Big Booze Deliveries to His Campaign, as Well as Vegas Trips

Disgraced ex-congressman Eric Swalwell -- who is accused of raping and sexually assaulting multiple women after nights of heavy drinking -- billed an eye-watering amount of booze deliveries to his campaigns, including charges during a series of jaunts to Las Vegas.

Over a four-year period starting in 2020, Swalwell's donor-funded congressional campaigns recorded more than 100 separate charges with now-defunct alcohol delivery company Drizly, according to federal campaign disclosures -- purchases that even caught his team off guard.

While the ex-congressman's boozy campaign spending could be legal, "it might not be the best use of donor money," Swalwell's former chief of staff Alex Evans told the California Post.

"He knew exactly what he was doing."

Swalwell's Drizly spending alone accounted for roughly a quarter of all payments to the service from various candidates' campaigns, political committees and PACs since 2019, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Campaign records show that his tab -- totaling roughly $6,100 -- also overlapped with him curiously taking multiple trips to Las Vegas in the summer of 2021.

In July of that year, Swalwell racked up thousands of dollars in charges for hotel stays at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, a five-star hotel and casino. Swalwell appears to have visited the Cosmopolitan three times over a 10-day period that month -- on July 9, 12 and 19.

Wasn't this during the lockdown? I mean, the lockdown of citizens, while the would-be aristocrat class dined at the French Laundry?

During that period, he made several purchases from Drizly while also billing his campaign for a $117.54 charge at STK Steakhouse and a $439.57 bill at Jean Georges Steakhouse at Aria. Charges continued through July 19, including a $940.01 transaction at the Cosmopolitan, bringing the total cost of his time in Vegas over 10 days to more than $3,100.

Drizly was folded into Uber Eats in early 2024, and records show Swalwell's congressional campaigns continued to use the Uber Eats food and drink delivery app more than 220 times after Drizly shut down, including as recently as this year. The charges, which don't detail whether the purchases were for food and/or alcohol, totaled more than $19,000.

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Marines Seize Iranian Ship Attempting to Breach Blockade; Trump Threatens to Blow Up Power Plants and Bridges Unless They Agree to a Deal

That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat.

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THE MORNING RANT: State of Texas Cutting off Funds to Houston after it Revives Sanctuary City Policies

Red states do not have to tolerate their blue cities operating in a state of rebellion. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas deserves praise for imposing punitive consequences on the city of Houston for deciding to defy state law regarding cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

To help criminal non-citizens avoid being deported, the Houston City Council recently passed an ordinance that prohibits its police from holding a person with an immigration warrant if that person is involved in a police action. This reverses the previous Houston policy which sought to provide a bare minimum level of compliance with federal immigration law. Previously, if police interacted with a person with an immigration warrant, ICE would be called and was given 30 minutes to arrive and take custody. This new policy instructs police to release the person without even giving ICE a chance to arrive.

“Houston City Council Revives Sanctuary Policies for Illegal Aliens” [Texas Scorecard – 4/08/2026]

Houston City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday redefining the boundaries of its police department’s interactions with federal immigration authorities, a move that critics are calling a de facto sanctuary city policy in violation of state law. Approved in a 12-5 vote, the ordinance eliminates the previous requirement that Houston Police Department officers hold individuals up to 30 minutes to allow ICE agents time to respond to the scene. Under the new policy, a routine stop ends when the original lawful reason for the stop ends.

After voting in favor of Houston’s new sanctuary city policies, Houston’s mayor, John Whitmire, prevaricated that “I’ve always been clear: Houston follows local and state law. We are not ICE, and we do not enforce federal immigration law. Today, I joined a majority of City Council to pass a sensitive ordinance on immigration procedures.”

In an act of amazing political cowardice, Houston Mayor John Whitmire voted for the new ordinance, out of fear of the Democrats’ far-left base, but then he immediately started advocating to reverse the ordinance he just voted for because of its consequences, which puts Whitmire in a civil and criminal bind for defying state law.

In 2017, the state of Texas passed “Senate Bill 4” into law. This law requires local officials to comply with federal immigration authorities and to honor federal detainer requests from ICE. It also provides for civil and criminal penalties for officials who violate this law, including their removal from office and fines of up to $25,000 per day for rogue officials.

Greg Abbott moved swiftly to put down the insurrection in Houston, advising that the state was cutting off funding that would cripple the city. On April 13 the governor sent a letter to Whitmire advising him that his actions constituted a breach of Whitmire’s certification under the laws of the state, and that revocation of $110 million of grants from the state to the city must be repaid if the city remains in defiance of the law.

That got Whitmire’s attention. The mayor quickly released a statement stating that, “This is a crisis situation. The potential loss of state funding poses real challenges for the Houston Police and Fire Departments and will impact public safety services across our city.” Despite having voted for the ordinance himself, Whitmire pointed his finger at fellow council members, stating, “I repeatedly warned the ordinance sponsors, Council Members Salinas, Kamin, and Pollard about the legal and financial risks associated with this approach.”

The city of Houston is on the clock to repeal their ordinance. I kind of hope they don’t. I’m ready for the state of Texas to reel in rebellious, pro-crime municipalities. De-funding rogue cities is a nice start, but I’d argue that so long as these blue cities (including Dallas and Austin) remain pro-crime and anti-immigration enforcement, their city charters should also revoked. Those neighborhoods not supporting insurrection can be re-incorporated as new entities. Those areas that remain in rebellion should be denied self-governance until reconstructed.

Below the fold are Mayor Whitmire’s “This is a crisis situation” letter, as well as a tweet from Governor Abbott about the situation.

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Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Vale of Rest
Sir John Everett Millais

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The Morning Report -- 4/ 20/26

Good morning kids, Well for sure the Epic Fury in and around Iran continues epically and furiously...

The USS Spruance destroyer intercepted Iran’s Touska cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, taking custody of the ship after it refused warnings to stop, according to the president.


Yet with that the kabuki theatrics of so-called "negotiations" with the mullahs continues. Or at least would continue if they even decided to attend, instead of flipping the bird at President Trump. For the Trumpteenth time, it ultimately will lead nowhere. Unless the last vestiges of the Islamic regime are ripped out of Iran root and branch, regardless of how much ordnance is dropped, how many power plants, bridges and infrastructure is destroyed and ships sunk, they along with every other Muslim on the planet will never cease in their eternal quest to conquer the world and/or destroy it in the process.

Talk of a “grand bargain” with Iran revives a failed playbook of concessions and deception that history shows only strengthens Tehran’s regime. . . Here’s what you need to know. . .When the Iranian regime hears the term “grand bargain,” they begin to salivate. It’s better than hot mint tea after a day-long forced march in the Great Salt Desert.To them, it means they will survive. Even better, they will have succeeded in suckering those stupid Americans once again into a very bad deal.

Still, the prospect of an Iranian A-bomb or a nuclear arsenal replete with the long range missiles to deliver them to any sane person was and remains completely intolerable. A little pain at the pump or watching your children die of radiation sickness until your own eyes melt like the Nazi. Trump gets it.

And speaking of Nazis, here at home we have their kissing cousins, the Democrat Leftists and their coven of power-mad insane fiends to who originated the phrase "Death to America" which the Mullahs glommed onto and made their own.

During a recent livestream, Piker declared that “if you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott.” Scott (R-Fla.) has since pushed for Yale University to lose funding for allowing Piker to speak at an event. “He wants me killed. He wants every capitalist murdered,” Scott bemoaned matter-of-factly on “Fox News Sunday.” “He said that we deserve 9/11. He’s clearly antisemitic. Democrats are campaigning with this guy.” “The Democrat Party supports this stuff,” he added. “Yale, if they want to go support somebody that wants to be a capitalist murdered in this country, right, so I don’t want them to get any federal funding. I mean, it’s pretty simple to me. They shouldn’t be doing this.”

WIth backstabbing criminal Quisling traitors and vermin like Chris Murphy, is it any wonder we have assassination attempts, firebombing, drive-by shootings, riots. This is the kind of incitement that leads to complete dissolution.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) was in Spain this weekend for some reason, trashing the United States as being in the midst of a crisis, claiming that Trump is trying to take over our democracy, calling him a totalitarian, and on and on.Murphy reminds me a lot of Senator Elizabeth Warren. Like Warren, Murphy has not dialed down his insane anti-Trump rhetoric below eleven even once since the 2024 election. It makes me think he is planning a 2028 run for president, not because he thinks he can win, but because he wants a position in the next Democrat administration, or a job in media.This performance, and it is a performance, is a total disgrace.

Of course he went to Spain:

Pedro Sanchez’s anti-American crusade exposes a deeper truth: the global Left’s ideology remains rooted in recycled Marxism, repackaged through expediency and contradiction.

Ah yes, Murphy does the "Dirty Sanchez" smearing his own country in a foreign capital during a time of war.

It really is us or them. Something's got to give, and if push comes to shove, it's not going to be me.

Compare and contrast this cancerous fistula with one of the greatest American patriots of all time, Justice Clarence Thomas:

Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence and hence our form of government.  It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God but from government.  It requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with a constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights.

It is unfortunately rare these days to hear any public figure describe the threats of “progressivism” so clearly.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• UFO-linked scientist Amy Eskridge who warned ‘my life is in danger’ before she was found dead at age 34.
  11th Scientist Added to List of Missing, Dead Officials with Access to US Secrets

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Daily News Stuff 20 April 2026

Top Story

• The memory shortage could last for years. (The Verge)
  
  16GB is the new 128GB, and you might as well get used to it:

  Nikkei says that production would need to increase by 12 percent a year in 2026 and 2027 to meet demand. But according to Counterpoint Research, an increase of only 7.5 percent is planned.

  That's bad enough - projected growth will only fall further behind demand. But it gets worse:

  The new facilities will primarily focus on producing high-bandwidth memory (HBM), which is used in AI data centers. With the companies already prioritizing HBM over general-purpose DRAM used in computers and phones, it's not clear how much these new fabs will help alleviate the price crunch facing consumer electronics.

  But it gets worser: HBM memory is stacked vertically just like AMD's 3D-Vcache. And exactly like AMD's 3D-Vcache it uses TSVs - though-silicon vias - to transfer the signals between the layers.
  
  And those TSVs take up about half the space on HBM chips, meaning the factories need to churn out twice as many wafers for the same amount of memory, when they already can't produce enough.

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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - April 19, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Thank for stopping by for the Sunday night ONT. Somewhat in the style of one of Ace's weekday Cafe threads tonight. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Gun Thread: Post Tax Day Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving hell did it get to be the Post Tax Day Edition?

Q: Weasel, should we ask you about taxes?
A: No. Still in a bad mood. Ask again in about 25 years.

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Food Thread: Oatmeal Venison Cookies...The Best Of Both Worlds?

That is the vegetable platter served at a rather good Sunday Roast last week. The selection was delicious, and just enough of each food to entice, but not enough to seem as if we had to eat our vegetables before dessert or we wouldn't get any!

The carrots and parsnips (?) were roasted very simply, and as our waiter pointed out, they tasted good because the cook used a ton of butter. And this was said with pride! Which suggests that maybe the United Kingdom still does have a bit of life in her!

That cabbage medley was also damned good, in part of course because there is bacon in it, but also pretty good fresh green peas. Even those dark leafy greens (Kale?) were good.

Look, I'm not an evangelist for vegetables. I consider them a pleasant counterpoint to meat, but not the focus of the meal. But that doesn't mean they have to be tasteless.

These were delicious!

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First World Problems...

Apparently the demand for candy for trick-or-treaters drops off markedly beginning the late evening of October 31st.

Not that we got any...the trend in our town is for street parties and organized events, which is, I believe, a sure sign of the profound degradation of our culture.

But what to do with the leftover candy? I am far too cheap to discard it, but it isn't getting any better, especially since it was milk chocolate to begin with, which is a pale and sad simulacrum of the only chocolate that counts: dark chocolate!

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Islam Never Takes Its Eyes Off The Prize, And That Prize Is Our Destruction

Islam is predicated on the goal of world domination: the creation of a worldwide caliphate. Lest you think that is simply one religious government controlling all Muslims, the reality is that the existence of non-Muslims is an affront to Islam, and the conversion or destruction of all non-Muslims is implicit.

Taqiyya is the Islamic concept of lying in furtherance of the goals of Islam. Concealing the goals of Islam, whether it is cheating a non-Muslim in a business deal, or hiding a nuclear weapons program, is entirely appropriate, and is considered a legitimate tactic.

So the earnest and honest Westerners who negotiate with Iran from a position of overwhelming strength will be confronted with lies and subterfuge, because the goals of the Iranian negotiators have nothing to do with improving the current situation, and everything to do with furthering the goals of Islam...the domination and destruction of the West.

Trump Says US Negotiators Will Travel to Pakistan for Peace Talks With Iran

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that U.S. representatives will arrive in Pakistan on Monday evening in preparation for negotiations with Iran.

Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social media account and said that Iran had violated a ceasefire agreement by firing shots Saturday aimed at a French ship and freighter from the United Kingdom in the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our blockade has already closed it. They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day!” Trump posted Sunday.

Trump warned that if Iran does not agree to a deal, the United States could target key infrastructure.

“The United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social.

“If they don’t take the deal, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done.”

Luckily, President Trump is far more aware of the negotiating tactics of the Iranians, but the only measure of success will be actual changes in Iran and in its terrorist proxies across the world. The words spouted by the various Iranian factions that claim to be in charge are meaningless.

And those Pakistani generals are also part of the drive for a worldwide caliphate and cannot be trusted...at all.

But the current situation is vastly different than the previous 47 years of lies that have emerged from Tehran. As Mike Tyson famously said: "everyone has a plan -- until they get punched in the face."

And Iran has gotten punched in the face for the very first time. Their tried-and-true playbook for dealing with the weak-kneed West has been tossed out, because President Trump decided that 47 years of lies was enough. They simply don't know what to do, and that is the true value of the President's strategy.

The President has stayed focused on a very simple goal...Iran can never have nuclear weapons. That is laudable, and future generations will look back and realize that he has created the conditions necessary for a fundamental realignment in the Middle East, and far more important, he has protected the world from Iran's apocalyptic visions.

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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 4-19-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]

Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading. Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...

So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?

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Daily Tech News 19 April 2026

Top Story

• How bad are things for PC gaming right now? The most anticipated products for 2026 are relaunches of AMD's 5800X3D CPU, which first appeared in 2022, and Nvidia's RTX 3060 graphics cards, which originally came out in 2021. (WCCFTech)
  
  The 5800X3D has AMD's 3D-Vcache, so while it uses DDR4 memory it doesn't lose a lot of speed from it. And the 3060 has 12GB of memory, so in that respect it is better than current low-end cards.
  
  
  
• Also relaunching this year after a long time away is SNK's Neo Geo console. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  If you missed out on this the first time because you couldn't afford the price tag or weren't yet born in 1991, the updated version will slash the cost from $649 to $249. And $649 in 1991 dollars is over $1500 today, so that's a heck of a discount.
  
  And while there are some modern conveniences like HDMI video and a rechargeable wireless option for the controllers, this is not emulated - not in software or in hardware. They actually spent the money for a new production run of the custom chips, and it's fully compatible with the original controllers and cartridges.
  
  And there are ten of the original games back as well. You can pre-order the whole lot - console, controllers, and the ten game cartridges - for $1000.
  
  The same company is also behind an Amiga 1200 reproduction and a number of other classic systems.

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Saturday Night Club ONT - April 18, 2026 [D Squared]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Find an old friend. Make a new friend. Just be friendly!

[Top photo: Beer at a random ballpark]. Those of you who attend pro baseball games (be it big leagues or the minors), how much is a beer at your local ballpark?

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Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 4/18/2026

The Blank Check Film

Every few years, a studio decides to make a large bet on a younger filmmaker. A weirdly large budget to a filmmaker who had proven their worth in some large way. Think Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate or, more recently, Damien Chazelle's Babylon. Or, if you want, every movie Christopher Nolan has made since The Dark Knight.

The ones that interest me most are the weird ones. Think Richard Kelly's Southland Tales (though...is it a blank check movie? It was only made for $17 million), weird movies with way too much ambition and suddenly a lot of money to pursue it from filmmakers who've never worked at that level and probably have no right to suddenly command those budgets.

Which is to say that I showed Junior Close Encounters of the Third Kind a couple of weeks ago.

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Hobby Thread - April 18, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) came up with castles as a theme for this Hobby Thread.

Castles? Yes, castles. Maybe more of a theme than a hobby per se, but who am I to argue with the Wheel of Hobbies (TM)?

[Top photo: Burg Eltz, Wierschem, Germany. Oil, 24 x 18 by polynikes]

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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 18

Courtesy Terry Glenn

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 18

From Don in Kansas, end of February:

The weather can always double-cross you - - this is Kansas, after all - - but it looks like spring is early this year. I snapped these pictures earlier today.

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Freedom of Thought and Religion

Family friends recently returned from a visit to D.C., where the photo above was taken.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions

Northwest Portico

"Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan of the holy Author of our religion . . . No man shall be compelled to frequent or support religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively."

-Excerpted from A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, drafted in 1777. First introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in 1779, after he had become Governor. Passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1786, while Jefferson was serving as Minister to France. The last sentence is excerpted from a letter to James Madison, August 28, 1789, as he was returning to America to assume his position as Secretary of State.

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