John Paul Stroup, Jr

I am a writer.
How come do I want to write? To help the homosexual boy be himself with & for and in his hurt, confusion & violence and rejection. For I was one.

[John Paul Stroup, Jr @jpsok]

But what did Jesus say? 'Live God's love in the world.'
Gay 13-year-old kicked out of an “inclusive” church finds true community in love from strangers / LGBTQ Nation - https://t.co/5qwF63Qq1m

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

What if your brain never fully tunes out?

Scientists are discovering that even under anesthesia, the brain may continue picking up sounds and signals from the environment.

While you're unconscious, certain regions can remain surprisingly active, processing information in ways researchers are only beginning to understand.

The body appears asleep, but deep inside, the brain may still be listening.

This fascinating discovery is challenging long-held assumptions about consciousness and revealing just how complex the human mind really is.

What happens during those silent moments remains one of medicine's most intriguing mysteries.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Absolute chaos in Crimea as fuel has totally run out.

Drivers line up for days with no hope of enough to leave the penninsula.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 BOMBSHELL! MS NOW confirms Trump's base is completely collapsing. Voters are furiously turning against him over his disastrous economy, the horrific Iran war, and the Epstein files coverup.

Elected Republicans are finally breaking with the corrupt White House.

[DroneBomber @DrnBmbr]

🇺🇦23:30 | 13/06

Approximate flight routes of our UAVs:

🔴 Red arrows — directions of strike UAV movement;

According to Russian sources, around 300 drones were reported, though these estimates and the displayed routes remain highly approximate.

[The Blue Torch @_TheBlueTorch]

Correct 👇

[Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. @drhossamsamy65]

⛔️THE BIG FAILURE ⛔️⛔️

⛔️Tried to Destroy Iran 🇮🇷 : FAILED

⛔️Tried to Sanctions China 🇨🇳 : FAILED

⛔️Tried to take Greenland 🇬🇱 : FAILED

⛔️Tried to Control the Hormuz : FAILED

⛔️Tried to Control inflation : FAILED

⛔️Tried to Control NATO : FAILED

[Lawrence Poslaiko- America First! @RealLPoslaiko]

Is this BLACK privilege?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Democrats Just Escalated The Epstein Fight To The Highest Levels Of The White House.

Rep. Robert Garcia says new reporting shows Vice President J.D. Vance was directly involved in internal discussions about how the administration should respond to the Epstein controversy.

According to Garcia, those discussions weren't happening in a political war room.

They were happening in the Situation Room.

The same facility normally used for national security crises and military operations.

Garcia claims Vance, Susie Wiles, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, and other senior officials were involved in meetings focused on the Epstein fallout and how to protect the president politically.

He says that's why he now wants Vance questioned directly.

First the questions were about the files.

Then they were about the Attorney General.

Now they're about the Vice President of the United States.

[💙Brittney💙 @AZ_Brittney]

OMG! I’m laughing so hard! 😂

This is a much watch if you are anti-Trump!

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Property taxes have gone up 75% under Greg Abbott, but schools are in crisis.

As Governor, I will wipe clean Abbott’s corrupt vendor contracts and put that money back in the classroom.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

But Donald Trump’s name is still in the Epstein files over 38,000 times.

[Tanya N. Mansfield @TNMansfield001]

@GOP__Ls I wanna be the first US Ally to dispatch a Jan sixer.
'For Democracy'.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

🤣🤣

[John Paul Stroup, Jr @jpsok]

B. S. f'sure

[NWRain-Judi @RYboating]

State Department Ends Scams That Sent Hundreds Of Pregnant Women To US To Exploit Birthplace Citizenship

This is great news!

There were 70K cases in 2023 alone and 500K in the past 10 years.

That's a lot of foreigners taking advantage of this loophole! 😳

We really need for SCOTUS to end birthright citizenship for good! 😉

Thank you to the State Dept for doing its part to put a stop to birth tourism.

From the article:

The United States has shut down multiple birth tourism networks across Europe and Africa, the State Department announced Wednesday, stating, “No foreigner is permitted to obtain a visitor visa for the primary purpose of acquiring U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the U.S.”

According to the State Department, the networks have been trying to ship hundreds of pregnant foreign nationals into the United States homeland so they can give birth there and gain citizenship for the child. Foreigners who do so can then use the child’s citizenship as an anchor to stay in the country.

“A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right. The State Department is taking action around the world to stop this abuse, dismantle birth tourism networks, and hold accountable those who try to scam our system,” the State Department said on social media.

A U.S. embassy in West Africa found what the State Department called a “sophisticated birth tourism network” where more than 100 foreigners were “using fraudulent documents and visa ‘fixers'” to obtain access to the United States. The department said they “shut it down,” revoked the visas, and are working with local governments to identify and stop any other operations.

In a similar fashion a U.S. embassy in North Africa revoked more than 100 visas for parents who came to the U.S. for the purposes of giving birth and accessing U.S. citizenship. “Consular officers — working with law enforcement and using data analytics — identified several networks abusing the system and put a stop to it,” the department stated.

Embassy officials in Europe discovered more than 400 cases of suspected birth tourism dating back to 2024 and traced them to “at least six companies that coached applicants on what to say in their visa interview, arranged U.S. housing, and set up delivery plans,” the State Department said, adding that they shut those operations down as well and “permanently banned several fraudsters from ever traveling to the United States again.”

Birth tourism is yet another fraud scheme perpetrated by Third-Worlders who see the United States as a suicidally empathetic ATM, ripe for cultural invasion. More than half of all immigrants, and an even larger percentage of illegal immigrants, sap U.S. public welfare systems of billions of dollars, forcing Americans to be bled dry paying for their own replacement.

Birth tourism only works because of a nonsense interpretation of the 14th Amendment that allows so-called “birthright citizenship” (a.k.a birthplace citizenship), skewing the amendment to mean that anyone from anywhere who happens to be born on American soil is automatically a U.S. citizen.

It is easy to take advantage of the system. As The Federalist’s Brianna Lyman reported, a Chinese billionaire has reportedly sired more than 100 children through surrogacy, all of whom have ostensibly been granted U.S citizenship under the current framework. The surrogacy companies are U.S.-based, and there are other purely birth tourism companies that are U.S.-based as well, such as Have My Baby in Miami, Doctors Para Ti, and International Maternity Services, among others.

But the issue is not simply the hundreds of fraudulent citizenship-seeking births each year. The Center for Immigration Studies says there were about 70,000 births to temporary visitors in 2023, and an estimated 500,000 in the past 10 years, making every single one eligible for citizenship.

In order to solve part of the problem, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship, which correctly interprets the 14th Amendment to stop the birthplace citizenship scam.

That order is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court, where a decision is expected near the end of June.

Link to article in comments

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Jan. 6 rioter Kene Brian Lazo was charged with the rape and aggravated sexual battery of a 13-year-old.

Trump pardoned him anyway.

[ManfromRio @jrocinha99]

SLAVAAAAAAAAA

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: CNN Just Highlighted A Pretty Devastating Number.

84% of Americans say the Epstein files reinforce their belief that powerful people are rarely held accountable.

Think about that.

Not 84% of Democrats.

Not 84% of Republicans.

84% of Americans.

The breakdown was even more striking:

- 82% of Republicans
- 80% of Independents
- 90% of Democrats

Prediction markets have reportedly lowered the odds that Todd Blanche becomes Trump's next Attorney General.

The Epstein controversy isn't creating distrust.

It's validating distrust that was already there.

And now it's starting to affect people connected to the administration.

[Isaac @isaacrrr7]

🚨 TRUMP SUMERGE A ESTADOS UNIDOS EN UNA RENDICIÓN HUMILLANTE ANTE IRÁN

Donald Trump anunció que mañana se firmará un memorando de entendimiento con la República Islámica de Irán.

Tras meses de amenazas, exigencias y promesas de que el programa nuclear iraní sería desmantelado, Trump termina retirándose de sus propias líneas rojas.

Según sus declaraciones, no existe un acuerdo para eliminar el programa nuclear iraní, y ya ni siquiera descarta que el uranio enriquecido sea diluido en suelo iraní, algo que anteriormente rechazaba de forma categórica.

La guerra comenzó bajo la premisa de impedir que Irán mantuviera capacidades nucleares. Ahora, Trump firma un acuerdo sin haber conseguido ese objetivo.

Estamos ante una rendición humillante de Trump frente al régimen iraní y un abandono de las exigencias nucleares que él mismo prometió defender.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Struggling MAGA senior voter: I actually have panic attacks. I’ve heard a couple this past week, and I get very emotional over it. I don’t want to work anymore, but I can’t afford to retire…It’s not an overnight thing, but it’s been two years now. You said you’d bring down the grocery prices. Literally I must be the most angry person when I grocery shop because I buy the same things every week, and I see it jump EVERY WEEK, it’s not every couple month, it’s literally every week.” 😢

[Peter W Stocking @peterstocking]

@Sassafrass_84 #QuietPiggy