Kat Von D on her renunciation of paganism: 'I just want Jesus'



In case you weren’t aware, tattoo artist and TV personality from "LA Ink" Kat Von D has had a spiritual awakening — one that has resulted in her renouncing all paganism and embracing evangelical Christianity.

Recently, she joined Allie Beth Stuckey on "Relatable" to tell the story behind her radical transformation.

While this may surprise many, Von D was “born in a literal third world country” to “missionary Christians,” and yet that time “was one of the most abundant times” in her life, she says.

However, despite being raised “with God in [her] household” and reading "the Bible twice” in her early teens, Von D “ended up straying.”

“I ended up being a pretty wild teenager and leaving home at the age of 14 ... and putting my parents through a literal hell,” she told Allie.

After being sent to what she calls “a lockdown facility” and “boarding school” around age 16, Von D started drinking to cope with the trauma, which she says was “the beginning of [her] addiction.”

By age 21, Von D, who was already starring in "Miami Ink," had become “a full-blown alcoholic” and was “introduced to drugs.”

After years of struggling with addiction, she eventually got clean and started “wanting to fix" herself, which led to the discovery of “New Age stuff.” However, she was “never in a cult,” “never a witch,” and “definitely not a satanist,” despite what the rumors say.

“I was trying to find answers in the wrong places,” she said, and while “transcendental meditation,” seeking an obscure “higher power,” and reciting a “mantra” helped for a while, these practices were “short-lived Band-Aids on a sinking ship.”

Eventually, she threw away all her “self-help” books — everything from witchcraft books to texts on meditation and yoga.

“Breathing techniques,” “spell work,” and “nature worship ... they're just crutches; they're not really my answer,” Von D said. “I just want Jesus.”

To hear how Kat Von D came to renounce paganism in exchange for Jesus, watch the video below.


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Progressive reporter lashes out at Obama campaign manager for saying 'women just went crazy' for abortion in the election



A reporter for a progressive watchdog group lashed out at the former Obama campaign manager after he said that "women just went crazy" during the midterm election.

Jim Messina was describing how women came out in droves to support some Democratic candidates and helped combat the "red wave" that did not sweep the nation. He made the comments on "America's Newsroom" on Fox News Wednesday.

"Abortion is becoming the issue that's driving turnout," Messina claimed.

"Last night, exit polls, as you guys talked about earlier, Democrats win independents in a non-presidential year, no poll saw that coming," said Messina, who also cited the successful referenda to defend abortion rights in five states.

"And it was because these woman just went crazy," he added.

Katherine Abughazaleh of Media Matters for America immediately criticized Messina for describing women as "going crazy," which some feminists identify as a misogynistic insult.

Abughazaleh tweeted, "bitches be voting," sarcastically.

"I really don't care how @Messina2012 meant for this to sound. Men need to think about how they speak about women," Abughazaleh said in a second tweet.

"Historic activism and voter turnout is not 'crazy' -- WE DON'T WANT TO DIE," she added.

Others agreed with Abughazaleh and lept into the online conversation to further assail and excoriate Messina.

"The arrogance and stupidity is just so pathetic," read one response.

"Exactly. It doesn't make us crazy. It makes us fight for what we believe in and telling men to stfu and think before you speak, please," replied another detractor.

"Every day misogyny like it’s nothing," responded another critic.

Messina apologized very soon after the complaint hit social media and gained steam.

"You’re totally right. I apologize for being inarticulate during the tv interview," he tweeted.

\u201c@abughazalehkat You\u2019re totally right. I apologize for being inarticulate during the tv interview. What I was trying to convey is that the energy of women voters and their political power is what saved the night for Democrats across the country.\u201d
— Kat Abu (@Kat Abu) 1668018148

"What I was trying to convey is that the energy of women voters and their political power is what saved the night for Democrats across the country," Messina added.

Abughazaleh thanked him for the response.

Messina was involved in another altercation, during which he was called an "absolute jerk" after he accused a conservative pundit of parroting Republican talking points on CNN. The war of words was quelled by host Alisyn Camerota.

Here's the video of the offensive comment:

\u201cRepublicans flopped last night because "these women just went crazy".\u201d
— Kat Abu (@Kat Abu) 1668018148

WaPo Fact Checker: Anger over baby formula sent to illegal immigrants when America's store shelves are bare is 'ridiculous faux outrage'



Glenn Kessler, chief writer for the Washington Post's Fact Checker department, said Republican U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack's baby formula sent to an illegal immigrant detention facility is "ridiculous faux outrage."

"The shortage of baby formula is a serious issue that the administration is seeking to address," Kessler noted in Thursday analysis for the Post. "But at the same time, the administration cannot be faulted for following the law and providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants."

Kessler gave Cammack's claim "Four Pinocchios."

What's the background?

Cammack, a Florida lawmaker elected in 2020, indicated in a pair of Facebook videos Wednesday that a Border Patrol agent at the Ursula facility in McAllen, Texas, sent her photos showing pallets of baby formula and other food for infants that had been delivered to the detention center.

“They are sending pallets — pallets — of baby formula to the border,” Cammack said. “Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."

The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula.\n\nThe second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce. \n\nThis is what America last looks like.pic.twitter.com/OO0V99njoy
— Kat Cammack (@Kat Cammack) 1652286854

Cammack added in her first video that "we literally are struggling to find baby formula around the country; moms are struggling, going from store to store to store and then the stores are actually capping the amount of baby formula they will sell them."

The congresswoman called it "unconscionable" and said the administration of President Joe Biden is responsible for the "open border policy" that is "crushing the middle class."

"They hate everything about [former President] Donald Trump so much ... they're willing to hurt their own citizens," Cammack added, saying it's "absolutely outrageous."

Cammack posted a second video later Wednesday and was no less outraged, saying the Border Patrol agent told her, "Kat, you would not believe the shipment I just brought in."

She went on to say that "he has been a Border Patrol agent for 30 years, and he has never seen anything quite like this. He is a grandfather, and he is saying that his own children can't get ... baby formula.”

What else did the WaPo Fact Checker have to say?

Kessler added in his piece that a 1997 federal ruling requires the government to provide illegal immigrant children "facilities that are safe and sanitary [with] access to toilets and sinks, drinking water and food as appropriate ..." and that the later Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act says that "food must be appropriate for at-risk detainees’ age and capabilities (such as formula and baby food).”

A Homeland Security spokesman told the Post that U.S. Customs and Border Protection "takes seriously its legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of individuals in our custody. Ensuring migrants, including children and infants, in our custody have their basic needs met is in line with this Administration’s commitment to ensuring safe, orderly, and humane processes at our border. CBP complies with all applicable regulations for the purchase of products used in CBP facilities.”

Illegal immigrants getting 'pallets' of baby formula at detention center while shelves are nearly empty in American stores, US congresswoman declares



Republican U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack said that "pallets" of baby formula are being delivered to an illegal immigrant detention center in Texas while Americans' chances of finding formula on supermarket shelves grow more slim by the day.

What are the details?

Cammack, a Florida lawmaker who was elected in 2020, indicated in a pair of Facebook videos Wednesday that a Border Patrol agent at the Ursula facility in McAllen sent her photos showing pallets of baby formula and other food for infants that had been delivered to the detention center.

“They are sending pallets — pallets — of baby formula to the border,” Cammack said. “Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."

The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula.\n\nThe second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce. \n\nThis is what America last looks like.pic.twitter.com/OO0V99njoy
— Kat Cammack (@Kat Cammack) 1652286854

"The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula," she wrote in a related Twitter post. "The second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce. This is what America last looks like."

Cammack added in her first video that "we literally are struggling to find baby formula around the country; moms are struggling, going from store to store to store and then the stores are actually capping the amount of baby formula they will sell them."

The congresswoman called it "unconscionable" and said the administration of President Joe Biden is responsible for the "open border policy" that is "crushing the middle class."

"They hate everything about [former President] Donald Trump so much ... they're willing to hurt their own citizens," Cammack added, saying it's "absolutely outrageous."

Cammack posted a second video later Wednesday and was no less outraged, saying the Border Patrol agent told her, "Kat, you would not believe the shipment I just brought in."

She went on to say that "he has been a Border Patrol agent for 30 years, and he has never seen anything quite like this. He is a grandfather, and he is saying that his own children can't get ... baby formula.”

While she wasn't happy that the baby formula was going to "illegals that are crossing into the United States," Cammack said "it is not the childrens’ fault at all."

Rather what is "infuriating" is "that this is another example of the America last agenda that the Biden administration continues to perpetuate," she added.

“I don't know about you, but if I am a mother in anywhere, any-town America, and I go to my local Walmart or Target or Publix or Safeway or Kroger or wherever it may be that you shop, and you are seeing their shelves, and you are seeing signs that you are not able to get baby formula, and then you see the American government sending by the pallet thousands and thousands of containers of baby formula to the border, that would make my blood boil," Cammack also said.

Anything else?

Cammack told her viewers that Republicans in Congress are doing what they can about the issue, but "we have zero leverage."

The federal Office of the Administration for Children & Families — which oversees the Office of Refugee Resettlement — on Thursday didn't immediately respond to TheBlaze's request for comment on Cammack's claims.

(H/T: Washington Examiner)