Hard working mother, grandmother, who love’s my Country! 🇺🇸❤️I’ve never been given anything in life but the influence, respect, and courage from my Father!
🇦🇪🇸🇦🇾🇪 A quiet Gulf rivalry is exploding into the open.
Many expected the U.S.-Israel war against Iran to force Saudi Arabia and the UAE back together.
Instead, the opposite is happening.
The UAE is doubling down on its alliance with Israel and taking a harder line against Tehran, while Saudi Arabia keeps diplomatic channels open and prioritizes mediation.
Their once-close partnership, already strained over Yemen, Sudan, oil policy, and economic competition, is cracking further.
What used to be the Middle East’s strongest Gulf duo is now competing for influence, and the fallout could reshape the entire region.
Source: DW News YT / Writer: Val
An 8-year-old boy named Bryson Kliemann from Lebanon, Virginia, set up a roadside stand to sell his prized Pokémon card collection after his puppy, Bruce (a black lab mix), was diagnosed with parvovirus (parvo), a potentially fatal infection.
The treatment was estimated to cost around $650–$700 (sources vary slightly on the exact initial goal, but it's consistently in that range). Bryson raised a few hundred dollars himself (around $400 from card sales over a couple of days), but the story went viral after local news coverage.
His family set up a GoFundMe campaign titled something like "Just a boy trying to save his dog." Donations poured in from across the country (and even internationally), eventually raising over $19,500 (some reports note figures like $17,000–$24,000 at different points, but $19,500+ is commonly cited in summaries).
Bruce received the necessary life-saving treatment and recovered. The extra funds were used to help other animals in need (e.g., donating to local shelters and vet care for struggling families). As a bonus, The Pokémon Company heard about it and sent Bryson a package of rare cards and a letter to help rebuild his collection.
There was the night of the election, November 3, 2020, when Fox News literally called for the overthrow of the U.S. government.
And then there was this: when Fox fired @laralogan.
I have not recovered from this, and it appears I never will.
Fox News has been banned in my house ever since. RuPaul Murdoch can kiss my ass.
A company with the highest derailment rate among Class I railroads, accused of coaching employees to give scripted answers to federal safety inspectors, and whose CEO reportedly threatened customers who opposed the merger …
🚨Now wants control of nearly half of America’s rail traffic!
What could possibly go wrong?
I just watched @BishopBarron's first Thomas Aquinas lecture for @petersonacademy.
He's one of the best lecturers I've ever heard.
He's engaging and coherent, well-armed with stories, an effective synthesizer, and able to shift up and down levels of analysis with ease ("here's the social impact; here's the theological significance; here's the historical context, etc.).
I've interviewed him, and we have spent time together, and that was all exceedingly worthwhile. But a full lecture requires a different skill set, and not many people have it.
He captured my attention, despite my current difficulty with pain. And I learned a lot.
He's also eminently likeable.
It's a privilege to have the Bishop's lectures on Peterson Academy.
Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola says President Trump and Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts were "damaging" to Alaskans.
The Working Families Tax Cuts secured a nearly $25 billion investment for the Coast Guard & the largest ever investment in rural healthcare.
France has made planned obsolescence a criminal offense, becoming one of the first countries in the world to treat deliberate product shortening as a serious crime.
Manufacturers caught intentionally designing electronics, appliances, or other goods to fail prematurely or become unusable, whether through hardware flaws, software updates that slow performance, or other engineered limitations, now face steep penalties: up to 2 years in prison and fines reaching €300,000, or as high as 5% of their average annual turnover in the most serious cases.
This landmark law, building on France’s earlier consumer-protection framework and reinforced by high-profile scandals (such as the 2017–2018 investigations into smartphone “battery-gate” slowdowns), explicitly targets both physical and digital tactics used to push consumers toward frequent replacements.
The legislation is more than just punishment, it’s a cornerstone of France’s broader “right to repair” agenda. By criminalizing practices that drive premature disposal, the government aims to:
- Slash the massive environmental footprint of electronic waste,
- Protect consumers from hidden “forced upgrades,”
- Encourage manufacturers to prioritize durability, repairability, and longer-lasting support.
France’s tough stance sends a clear message to global tech and appliance companies: the era of disposable-by-design products is ending. By leading the charge on sustainability and consumer rights, the country is helping shift the world toward a more circular economy, one where goods are built to last, repaired when needed, and discarded only when truly necessary.
Ok, I'm still making my way through but this entry is gigantically important. Trump on April 23 2020 fully realized that he had been hornswoggled by scamsters. This is the moment of the great turning. Also this is completely new.
@RepThomasMassie One day earlier, on April 23, 2020, Trump says to Deborah Birx:
"You and Fauci have destroyed the country and the economy. I should never have listened to you. You have completely destroyed us.”
The EcoHealth grant with the Wuhan lab started in 2014 under Obama, while you were already in Congress and remained there the whole time. Trump took office in 2017 and almost certainly knew nothing about this specific grant until April 2020, when his administration ended it. If anyone had more opportunity to know than the incoming president, it was sitting members like you.
Leader Thune, we now have 5 senators onboard, so no August recess until the SAVE Act is passed.
America is watching and you have no excuse now.
Pass the SAVE Act.
Joe Biden admits REPEATEDLY to his ghostwriter he retained classified docs: "I just found all the classified stuff downstairs..."
Charges should have been BROUGHT.
🚨 BREAKING: Americans are demanding a CUTOFF of tax dollars to Islam after it was confirmed $4 BILLION has gone to spread Islam in America, especially Texas
"330 mosques rapidly expanding...650+ Islamic nonprofits" 🤯
TIME TO WAKE UP! Repel Islam!
Christ is the singular promised seed in Galatians 3:16, Paul identifies Christ as the ultimate heir through whom Abraham’s blessing reaches the nations:
“The promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring… ‘And to your offspring,’ who is Christ.”
Christ is therefore the representative and fulfillment of Abraham’s family and those united in Christ become Abraham’s offspring.
Paul then says:
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ… And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” -Galatians 3:27, 29
The promise belongs to Christ, and everyone who belongs to Christ shares in his inheritance.
Jews and Gentiles do not become heirs through ethnicity, circumcision, or observance of the Mosaic law; they inherit through faith in Christ.
Paul is denying that physical descent from Abraham automatically makes someone an heir of the saving promise. Ethnic lineage by itself is insufficient:
“Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. - Galatians 3:7
The inheritance is not divided into one saving path for ethnic Jews and another for Gentiles. Both belong to Christ.
But and this is a huge BUT Galatians 3 does not by establish that ethnic Israel has no continuing historical, covenantal, or prophetic significance.
Paul’s immediate argument is about:
-who inherits Abraham’s saving promise;
-how that inheritance is received;
-whether Gentiles must become Jews or keep the Mosaic law to receive it.
Romans which was written after Galatians is where Paul addresses ethnic Israel.
“They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants…” Romans 9:4
He also says:
“God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.” Romans 11:2
Why would Paul say any of that things if the Abrahamic covenant (where Abraham was asleep and only God walked meaning that God bound himself to the irrevocable promise) had simply been revoked?
He wouldn’t.
And if you still need more clarity, then you should heed Paula’s warning, when he warns Gentile believers not to become arrogant toward the natural branches:
“Remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.” Romans 11:18
He then says:
“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29
IRREVOCABLE. Why does he use that word because the Abrahamic covenant (unlike the covenant of Sinai) is an irrevocable covenant. There are no conditions or provisions or requirements.
The biggest problem with replacement theology is what it says about God.
When you claim that God revoked a covenant He swore to uphold, you are not attacking Israel. You are attacking the faithfulness and character of God.
You are saying that God breaks his promises. And that is not the God we serve.
Republicans control the Senate.
So why are we still hearing excuses about the SAVE Act?
Americans have been crystal clear: secure our elections and protect the integrity of our vote.
You wanted the majority. You got the majority.
Now USE IT.
Stop talking. Stop stalling. Put the SAVE Act on the floor and make every senator put their vote on the record.
PASS THE SAVE ACT. 🇺🇸