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For context, Paula White is essentially one of Trump's "faith advisors." She is the head of a national faith initiative. She plucked Fort Worth's own king cuck Nate Schatzline from TX-93 (a State Assembly slot) to serve on this initiative with her. Paula, who is perhaps most famous for her strike and strike and strike and strike video (look it up), spent this week comparing Trump to Jesus at various events, including in this clip.

If you are unfamiliar with Schatzline, i.e. the local tie to this story, he is also a pastor at Mercy Culture Church, which has two locations in 817. If you are unfamiliar with them, well, I cannot help you except to point you to Google. Just off video in this clip are Landon and Heather Schott, who run that church and are currently constructing a three-story dorm off 35 and Yucca for victims of sex trafficking. Seems like a great idea on face, perhaps, but there were numerous issues during the run-up to that, including "Where will the women come from?" and "Do these people at Mercy have a good track record with those who have been marginalized in society?"

Mercy people will also be doing a Sunday sermon at the White House in mid-May.

Some people look at this and love it, and I do know people in Ft. Worth who do think Trump is akin to a Jesus-like figure. If that's your boat, awesome and you're entitled to it. (Murica!) Personally I kinda think Fort Worth becoming a hotbed of Christian nationalism is maybe not the best look, especially when local "leaders" are willing to hand this church whatever they want in a given time frame, but ... perhaps I am in a minority here.

And again, I realize those snugly nestled in a three-car garage in Viridian could care less about any of this. I'm not really trying to change opinions. I'm just trying to show you the stuff happening around us.

More here.

Structure seems to be coming along. It's off 35 and Yucca. If you are unaware of what all happened with this, you can read this article and get some background -- but basically they tried to create a shelter for victims of trafficking starting back in 2021. In 2022, they had to abandon their approach, but in 2024, they lost at zoning but then won at City Council. It's not quite this simple, but basically City Council let a church dictate their own zoning -- which, at the time, was almost without precedent for the city.

It has taken them 18-19 months, but it looks like the building is coming together. One of the central questions in the lead-up to the city vote was "Where will the women residents be coming from?" Not sure that was ever answered, and the place is not yet close to being able to house anyone, but it's a tick-tick-tick-tick situation, and most people hope the final word for the city isn't "boom."

There is a school (MC Prep) on the other side of this property, and some parents at the school expressed concern during the process about a school being so close to this type of endeavor.

Still, City Council bent the knee extremely far back because they were scared of litigation efforts and Mercy perhaps trying to ride to SCOTUS on "religious freedom."

If you're nestled snugly in your Ventana new build, this might not seem relevant to you -- but this whole story speaks to what's happening to this city right now, so it might be worth keeping an eye on.