https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-gun-church-waco-compound-b1856407.html

A cult-like group that incorporates AR-15s into its worship ceremonies and embraces Donald Trump's MAGA politics has bought a compound for its "patriots" 40 miles from Waco in Texas.

The compound is meant to be a place of refuge for members of the Sanctuary Church – which is also called Rod of Iron Ministries – ahead of a "war" and "genocide" that will supposedly be brought against them by the "deep state”.

Vice News reported that the church is led by Pastor Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon, who is often referred to as "King" by his followers.

The Sanctuary Church has an unusual pedigree; while it incorporates American resentment politics and syncretic-Christian ideology, the group is also a direct descendant of the Unification Church, who were also known as the "Moonies”.

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah and leader of the Moonie cult, is the father of "Sean" Moon, who founded the Sanctuary Church in 2017.

Sean Moon claims his inclusion of AR-15s into his church's worship ceremonies is Biblically based, citing a passage in the Book of Revelation that speaks of Jesus using a "rod of iron" to assert his authority during the End Times. Traditional readings of the verses interpret the "rod of iron" to be a shepherd's staff, which was a symbol of authority, particularly when in reference to Jesus.

Under Sean Moon's reading, the rod of iron was not a scepter or staff, but an American-made AR-15.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/wuhanlab-origin-covid19-donaldtrump/2021/05/28/id/1023155/

Scientists at the Wuhan lab eyed as a potential source of the pandemic claim they were bitten by bats and spattered with blood.

According to Chinese state-run TV, footage showed researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology handling bats while disregarding the use of personal protective equipment. The footage that first aired in China on Dec. 29, 2017, cuts to a clip of a person's limb badly swollen.

Virus expert Cui Jie at one point, according to Taiwan News, related how being bit by a bat was "like being jabbed with a needle."

In a now-deleted article, according to the New York Post, Shi Zhengli, a researcher at the Wuhan lab, said, "this job is not as dangerous as everyone thinks."

Before the breakout of the pandemic, Zhengli wrote, "The odds of directly infecting humans is very small." It is not clear whether she is referring to handling bats or viruses in the lab. "In most cases, only ordinary protection will be utilized," she added.

The video was aired on Chinese state TV to showcase the lab and celebrate its "bat woman" director Zhengli.

The lab became the focus as a possible origin following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The origins of the virus, however, remain a mystery. According to The Sun, a scientist dubbed "patient zero" vanished from the lab at the outbreak's start. It is suspected that virus expert Huang Yanling first contracted the virus in the fall of 2019.