John V. Westra

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[Telemundo Deportes @TelemundoSports]

¡¡¡CIERREN EL ESTADIO!!! ¡¡¡EL GOL DE LA COPA DEL MUNDO!!! ¡¡¡GOLAZO DE CABO VERDE!!!

Sidny Lopes Cabral saca un TREMENDO DISPARO y hace un GOLAZAZAZO sobre Argentina.

Páez verlo una y otra vez:

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

SIDNY LOPES CABRAL CAN'T BELIEVE IT, AND NEITHER CAN WE 😱

STOP YOUR SCROLL WATCH THE GOAL OF THE 2026 WORLD CUP 🇨🇻

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Son of God, through whom all things were created, was not welcomed, and a poor manger for animals was his crib. The eternal Word of the Father whom the heavens cannot contain chose to come into the world in this way. Out of love, he accepted poverty and rejection, identifying himself with those who are discarded and excluded. #Christmas

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Apollo 8 were first astronauts to photograph whole earth, this week 1968:

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close because of the big beautiful bill

REP. MIKE FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals in America that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being like an emergency room model

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence.

Maria Corina Machado – awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize – has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of the population are not unique in the world. We see the same trends globally: rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair.

#NobelPrize

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te on love for the poor
https://t.co/igPQ1r2XMJ

[ABC News @ABC]

ON THIS DAY: In 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” https://t.co/Qhee1yww52

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

This is an iron lung for polio victims.

Remember these?

Me neither. It's now in a museum..where it should stay.

Why?

Because vaccines work

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

No one should be forced to flee, nor exploited or mistreated because of their situation as foreigners or people in need! Human dignity must always come first!

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Whenever a politician claims that God is on their side, all they are doing is reducing God to a mere tool of manipulation in order to get people on their side.

It is blasphemy. It is using God’s name in vain.

Christians should be the loudest ones opposing such behavior.

[Scott Evans @UNLScottEvans]

Know your risks for killing frost and freezes. #NebExt #newx

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

The 7 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:

1. Trump, 3/16/20
-2,997.10

2. Trump, 3/12/20
-2,352.60

3. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,013.76

4. Trump, 6/11/20
-1,861.82

5. Trump, 4/3/25
-1,679.39

6. Trump, 3/11/20
-1,464.94

7. Trump, 03/18/20
-1,338.46

Tired of winning yet?

[John V. Westra @JVWestra]

Don’t drink from Comus’s cup #rexcomus

[John V. Westra @JVWestra]

Chicago? Comus and Rex #rexcomus

[John V. Westra @JVWestra]

@bajahockeyfan But only at the end of the show

[John V. Westra @JVWestra]

Shout out to hubig’s pie #rexcomus

[John V. Westra @JVWestra]

Errol finally kicked off the set for a coughing jag #rexcomus