🚨Cristiano Ronaldo responds to people telling Roberto Martínez to sub him off after Portugal’s shocking 1-1 draw with DR Congo in their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener:
🗣️ “I’ve heard the noise. I’ve seen people saying I should have been substituted, people saying I shouldn’t be starting, people saying I’m the problem. That’s football. When Portugal wins, we win together. When Portugal doesn’t win, suddenly everybody wants to point at one player. I have lived with that for most of my career, so it doesn’t bother me anymore.
What matters is the team. We didn’t get the result we wanted tonight, and every player on that pitch has to take responsibility for that. Not just me, all of us. I am the captain of this team. My job is not only to score goals. My job is to lead, fight, and help this group stay united when things become difficult.
People are free to have opinions, but opinions do not decide matches. Performances do. I promise you this team will respond. The World Cup is not won in the first game. I have played in enough tournaments to know that. The important thing now is how we react.
I will never stop fighting for Portugal. Not because it is easy, but because representing this country means everything to me. The criticism can continue. The work will continue too.”
{@FabrizioRomano }
At the Wedding at Cana, Jesus says to Mary: “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” (John 2:4)🇻🇦
And from the Cross, in His final moments: “Woman, behold your son!” (John 19:26)
Why “Woman” and not “Mother”?
Because Jesus was intentionally pointing back to the very beginning, to Eve, the first woman.
In the Garden of Eden, Eve (the woman) listened to the serpent and brought sin and death into the world through disobedience.
But Mary, the New Eve, listened to the angel and said, “Let it be done to me according to your word” bringing the Savior into the world through perfect obedience.
When Jesus calls Mary “Woman,” He is declaring:
“Here is the New Eve. Through you, the woman, redemption begins.”
Just as Eve was the mother of all the living in the old creation, Mary becomes the spiritual mother of all the living in the new creation. At the Cross, Jesus gives her to us as our Mother when He says to the beloved disciple (and to all of us): “Behold your mother.”
This is why the Church has always honored Mary, not instead of Jesus, but because of Jesus. She is the perfect model of faith, the woman who crushed the serpent’s head by her “yes” to God.
I respect Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, but Italy is part of Europe, not the Americas — so at the end of the day, she has to prioritize EU interests over everything else.
Sometimes you have to redefine what “allies” really means.
When things are good, everyone aligns for the benefits — but when things go sideways, suddenly we’re not on the same page, even though the original agreement was clear.
Sometimes changes make us rethink our beliefs — especially when those at the top start acting like politicians instead of staying true to the core values they’re supposed to represent.
So the Pope met with David Axelrod last week. David Axelrod. Obama's campaign architect. A man who is not Catholic, has never met a pope before, and whose entire career has been engineering political narratives for the American left.
And then, by pure coincidence, the Pope immediately started lobbing shots at the Trump administration, and three US Cardinals popped up on 60 Minutes doing the same thing.
All organically, I'm sure.
I'm a practicing Catholic. I need you to understand that part. But in my opinion, Trump has all the right to lash out at him. Maybe you'll disagree, but in the end, Trump talks like Trump. Water is wet. I'm talking about MY Church being run like a DNC satellite office but with a golden throne.
This is the same Vatican that watched governments padlock churches during COVID and said nothing. That let Biden take communion while funding abortion and said nothing. That fired Bishop Strickland for defending actual Church doctrine. That removed Bishop Fernández in Puerto Rico for defending religious exemptions THE CATECHISM ITSELF supports.
But somehow Trump is the threat to human dignity.
Pope Francis was bad. Leo has turned out to be worse. Francis at least was vague about his politics. Leo went and hired the consulting firm.
The man has ignored the slaughter of Christians across Nigeria, the Sahel, India, Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Hundreds of believers murdered, churches burned, pastors kidnapped. His response? Platitudes about dialogue.
OF COURSE he won't even name who's doing the killing.
But he'll fly across continents to make interfaith gestures the week after his people coordinated a media hit on a sitting US president.
The weaponization of belief is obvious. You get the Pope to pick a fight with Trump, and suddenly millions of conservative Catholics have to choose between their faith and their vote.
Probably comes down to risk and scale, bigger companies have to deal with stricter regulations, safety testing, and a massive user base, so they can’t afford to move fast.
Meanwhile, smaller brands have less to lose, so they compete by pushing specs and new tech to grab attention
Every year around this time, the leaks start flooding in with the same narrative: “reasons to wait for the next iPhone.”
At this point, why not just wait for the one after that too? 😄
“And it’s very interesting that the Supreme Court said that the president can’t raise $1 of revenue with tariffs, but he can put on a full embargo.”
—@SecScottBessent, 2-22-2026
🚨BREAKING: Powerful moment as Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao—who fled communist Vietnam as a child—delivers a direct message on immigration to the Vietnamese American community in Orange County, CA!
"Don't come to this country and ask for the American DREAM if you’re not willing to obey the American LAWS and embrace the American CULTURE!"
Cao, a retired Navy captain confirmed as Under Secretary of the Navy in 2025 under President Trump, spoke from personal experience: His family arrived with nothing after escaping communism in 1975. They asked for nothing, built a life through hard work, and he went on to serve 25 years in the Navy, run for U.S. Senate in Virginia in 2024 (as a Trump-endorsed candidate), and now hold a key Pentagon role.
He also highlighted his own story in the remarks: "We came to this country with NOTHING. We asked nothing from this country... together, we will make America great again!"
Comment "🙌🏾" if you agree!
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At the end of the day, users just want simple things: great battery life, smooth displays, and fluid apps. Back in the iPhone 4–5–6–7–8 era, that was Apple’s “secret sauce” that Android brands were chasing. Now, it kinda feels like the roles have reversed.
Apple is basically being pushed to rethink both design and features. There are honestly moments where I feel like switching to Android — the Samsung Flip really catches my eye, and even Chinese phones like OnePlus are seriously solid options now.
A few months in, people are still complaining about the iPhone 17 Pro series. The regular iPhone 17 is clearly the real best seller — stable and reliable.
I’m still sticking with my take: grab a good deal on the 16 Pro or 16 Pro Max if you can.