Anthony Fauci was the most powerful man in the world, the darling of the media—and a complete narcissist.

Diary entries from the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, released by Sen. Rand Paul during an ongoing congressional investigation, are outrageous.

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His entry for May 21, 2020, for example, begins by listing the total deaths around the world. But the main subject he was interested in:

Big front page article abut [sic] me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson [sic] in the world. Countless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written abuyt [sic] me since I am so busy … —seriously. potus seems to be enamored [sic] of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him.

The next day: “Cases continue to soar. 30,000 in U.S.A. with 400 deaths …. Press is going wild with me.” And on it goes.

• This is the same man who insisted he was science and could not be argued with.

Fauci’s private thoughts, confessed to his diary, were also very different from his public statements released on air.

• Fauci said on March 11, 2020, that covid killed “somewhere around 1 percent” of those it infects, which means it is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.” A month earlier, he wrote in his diary, “This is acting like a bad influenza in its transmissibility” with “the case fatality rate (cfr) more like 0.2-0.3% rather than 2.0%.”
• For months Fauci insisted the notion that covid was man-made was a conspiracy theory. His diaries showed that while he thought the disease was natural, he took the possibility of it being man-made seriously and spoke to many credible scientists who thought it came from a lab.
• Fauci almost had a full-on panic attack in November 2021 despite being vaccinated. He wrote in his diary, “I’m well aware that many people who are vaccinated are still getting infected, and that worried me a lot.” A few months prior, he said on TV: “If you are vaccinated, you can feel safe that you will not get infected.”

COVID opened our eyes to so much about this world. But here is one of the most important things to take away from those crazy few months: “… Cursed be the man that trusteth in man …” (Jeremiah 17:5). Ordinary people, leaders and even experts around the world are going crazy trying to find someone in whom to invest their trust. They are trusting in man.

• The media treated Fauci as if he had the trustworthiness of Jesus Christ! His every word had to be obeyed without question, to the point of the entire society doing crazy, harmful and unscientific things in the name of “science”—that is, in the name of Fauci. Now he stands revealed as a deeply flawed man.

In 2021, long before this diary emerged, I wrote:

Scholars in science and other fields pride themselves on pursuing knowledge. What always bubbles to the surface is pride. Intellectual vanity breeds pride in our trifling accomplishments, contempt for God, and other evils.

That’s exactly what we see from Fauci.

Any human expert is a vain, selfish human being. His vanity makes him susceptible to Satan’s broadcast and deception.

The Apostle Paul wrote about the experts of his day: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22). That perfectly describes Fauci—and the nation that followed him.

Can Netanyahu Save His relationship With Trump?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first visit with Donald Trump since the Iran war began highlights the major division between Israel and the U.S. “Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Washington these days, among Democrats, Trump’s close circle and the maga base,” wrote Axios.

Netanyahu struggled to get a meeting with Trump at all. Axios claims he wanted to come last week but “couldn’t get an appointment.” Members of Trump’s cabinet “view Netanyahu with disdain,” it wrote.

Netanyahu has failed to influence many of Donald Trump’s biggest decisions in the Middle East in recent months. Netanyahu tried and failed to persuade him:

• Not to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran
• To rule out the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey
• To force Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a nuclear deal

This divide between the Jews in the Middle East and the U.S. revives one of the most destructive legacies of Barack Obama.

“In a world this hostile, Britain, America and the Jewish nation of Israel need to stick together and to turn toward God,” wrote Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry. “But they are splitting from God and from each other. There will be no helper for Israel—not even from other modern Israelite nations. It is shameful that we are causing so much of this division and bringing it upon ourselves.”

President Trump has been a great help to the Jews in the past, and we may see some kind of turnaround at the meeting today. But the mood in America is quickly turning against the Jews. This is dangerous for both powers.

Germany’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Merz Rules Like a ‘Feudal King’

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz completed a major cabinet reshuffle yesterday. It was triggered by the resignation of Jens Spahn on July 18, the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union.

• Merz used the chance to prune those who did not bear fruit and to concentrate power around himself, bringing considerable criticism.

Merz dismissed Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder amid widespread criticism over his failure to address Germany’s deteriorating transport infrastructure, despite overseeing an unprecedented multibillion-dollar investment program.

• However, Merz’s planned replacement withdrew at the last minute, leaving Schnieder in political limbo for several days. It fueled criticism of the chancellor, with people calling him a “feudal king,” accusing him of ruling arbitrarily and undermining trust in democracy.

Several other positions Merz is filling with former cabinet members or other current government officials. As German news source BR24 wrote:

With this reshuffle, the chancellor is placing close confidants in key positions. Internally, he is strengthening his leadership structure; externally, the restructuring is intended to signal a new beginning.

Germany’s future: For years Germany has been plagued by political division and compromise. Merz has tried to change this by leaning toward more-authoritarian rule. However, he lacks the necessary charisma to pull this off.

Bible prophecy reveals that Germany’s future will entail much more authoritarian rule than Merz currently provides.

IN OTHER NEWS

A jihadist stabbed three women in Paris yesterday. An off-duty policeman apprehended the man, whose name has yet to be released. One of the three women stabbed was pregnant. A video clip of the attack showed the assailant saying, “It is Allah who commanded me.”

Biden ghostwriter recordings released: Audio recordings of former President Joe Biden talking with his memoir writer in 2016 and 2017 have now been made public. Biden fought in court to keep the tapes private, but judges ruled against him, and he dropped his lawsuit last week. A conservative group released parts of the nearly 70 hours of recordings yesterday. In the tapes, Biden talks about notes from his time as vice president and reveals that he willfully took home classified documents, which is illegal. The recordings also show long pauses and moments when he struggles to remember details. These recordings were used in a 2024 investigation into how Biden handled classified documents.

Whistleblower: Biden official knowingly allowed abuse of migrant children: A whistleblower who worked at a California migrant child shelter in 2021 came forward this week claiming that children there suffered poor treatment, abuse and rape while Xavier Becerra was Joe Biden’s health secretary. The Pomona Fairplex site housed unaccompanied minors during a major border surge. The worker says the facility separated siblings, sent children to unverified addresses, and moved children out secretly at night, some of whom have never been relocated. The staff accepted fake papers or even a simple selfie as identification before handing children over to adults who claimed to be their relatives or sponsors. Becerra, now running for governor of California, visited the shelter and called it “a model.” Broader reports from 2024 noted hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors with whom the government lost contact after release, raising sex-trafficking concerns. Becerra’s team has not yet responded to the accusation that much of this happened directly due to his instructions to relax child safety requirements.