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🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(9/26/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the Bible1 Kings 17:7-16Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring...

Former FBI Director James Comey has declared himself "not afraid" of President Donald Trump's Justice Department after being indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. "My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way," Comey, who denies the allegations, said in an Instagram video. "We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, and she's right." "But I'm not afraid,"...

A new study suggests that fetal exposure to acetaminophen significantly increases the risk of ADHD in children, raising concerns about its safety during pregnancy. While acetaminophen has long been considered a low-risk pain reliever for pregnant women, this research—tracking a cohort of over 300 mothers—found that children exposed to the drug had nearly double the likelihood of developing ADHD. The effect was even more pronounced in girls, though researchers are unsure why. Acetaminophen in Pregnancy: A Hidden Risk? A new study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that fetal exposure to acetaminophen may increase the risk of ADHD in children....

Much of America’s youth is in free fall, with the only question being why. On every metric, our kids lag behind the world, are abysmally unhappy and unprepared for a life that’s less kind and forgiving than it was fifty years ago. It didn’t happen by accident, and the divided nature of our country means we are unprepared to make necessary changes. Our society tolerates confrontation and excuses, always finding superficial reasons why Johnny can’t read, and why everyone’s so angry. It’s certainly not about money; we spend more per pupil than anyone else. SNIP During COVID, roughly 31% of...

Tom Wolfe, the celebrated author of The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities, famously skewered New York’s cultural elite in his 1970 essay “Radical Chic.” He brilliantly satirized a high-society dinner party where wealthy Manhattanites, dressed in their finest, toasted their own virtue while feigning solidarity with the Black Panthers. The posturing that Wolfe’s original critique targeted has since devolved into something far more chilling: a modern cynical flirtation with violence and extremism, best described as terrorism chic. Mind you, our cultural elite don’t do the actual terrorism. They leave the dirty work to their more fervent devotees,...

House of Guinness has sparked a furious backlash in Ireland just a day after it launched - with one real-life family member claiming bosses at the streaming giant 'got it all wrong'. The gritty period drama, starring James Norton, Anthony Boyle and Louis Partridge, tells the story of the legendary family behind the world-famous brewery, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Dublin and New York. However, the saga - which Netflix explains in the opening is 'inspired by true stories' - has come under fire in Ireland for its 'cliched' portrayal of the country's history, 'jarring' attempts by British actors...

British police officers have been accused of acting like the 'Stasi of East Germany' after they arrested a man last night over a social media post. Pete North was arrested at around 9:30pm at his home for a public order offence after he shared a meme on August 5 on X which read: 'F*** Hamas, F*** Palestine, F*** Islam. Want to protest? F*** off to a Muslim country and protest'. The activist, who also has autism and tourettes, shared the exchange on his social media page where it has quickly gather more than 800,000 views.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our justice system deters and punishes the most reprehensible crimes that often involve grotesque and lethal violence against innocent Americans. Restoring Federal capital punishment has been a priority for my Administration since its first day under Executive Order 14164 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring the Death Penalty and...

It's time for Week 5 of the 2025 college football season! Notable matchups include Alabama at Georgia and Oregon vs. Penn State on "College GameDay." Check out the full Week 5 slate below:

A Florida high school football coach is accused of hitting three students in a heated brawl during practice, weeks after he allegedly fought another student at a different school. Blanche Ely High School assistant football coach Jamir Clarke was arrested Monday after getting into a physical altercation with the students during practice, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office police report obtained by Local 10. Clarke, 29, had allegedly confronted one of his student players for posting something negative online about someone he knew. When the player admitted to making the post, the 6-foot-7, 400-pound coach allegedly called the student a...

There is no Charlie Kirk equivalent on the left.There is no leftist individual willing to enter the intellectual or philosophical gauntlet of debate and challenge a conservative audience to “come to the front of the line” and convince the audience of their viewpoint.There is no person of leftist ideology capable of advocating their man-made construct against the natural laws that underpin the conservative worldview of a Charlie Kirk audience. Because the only place their ideology can survive is in an arena without challenge.Consider the example of the ‘Law of the Farm’ vs. the ‘Law of the School’. Natural principles vs....

@amuse @amuse UK: Islamic migrants are eating Britain’s swans which are halal according to Sharia law.

Washington steals HALF of healthcare spending! As Democrats threaten government shut-down over Medicaid cuts; as Americans are bracing for another increase in their healthcare costs; and as patients wait an average maximum of 132 days to see a primary care doctor, Americans can’t seem to wake up from the nightmare called U.S. healthcare. The rise in insurance premium costs is estimated at 7–10 percent next year. This is on top of already unaffordable family spending with the average American family expending $32,066 on healthcare in 2024 according to Milliman Medical Index. Faced with increasing pressure on their bottom lines, employers...

What if I told you that cartels and other bad actors from around the world conspired to undermine the integrity of the health care system in the U.S. and came way too close to succeeding? If you didn’t hear about the bust of 324 people; the U.S.-based cartel shell medical supply companies; the pill mills pushing opioids; the doctors on the take; or how law enforcement captured many of the bad guys at the U.S. border and airports as they rushed to escape, that’s understandable. The feds revealed this potential $14.6 billion "depth charge" planted inside the Medicaid, Medicare, and...

I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0 🚨BREAKING: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office has thrown out charges against Brianna J. Rivers, who was caught on video assaulting pro-life advocate Savannah Craven in April. What began as a felony was reduced to a misdemeanor—and now erased completely. "Brianna J. Rivers was arrested and reportedly charged with felony assault but after an interview with two prosecutors, I was informed that the felony had been downgraded to a misdemeanor." "On July 23, 2025, I find out the prosecution simply allowed this misdemeanor to be dismissed on speedy trial grounds, apparently due to the...

It's been a tough start to the NFL season for some quarterbacks. But Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who is clearly itching to get out on the field, says he can measure up with the rest of the league's QBs. After a competitive race for the Browns' QB1 job, Sanders and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel lost out on the starting job to Joe Flacco. While waiting on the bench, Sanders, who has yet to play a regular-season snap, said Thursday he could do better than some other NFL starters.

Imminent changes to the U.S. credit scoring system could see millions of Americans face lower credit scores as FICO prepares to incorporate “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) loan data into its calculations this fall. Knewz.com has learned that the move reflects the growing prevalence of BNPL services, which allow consumers to spread out payments with little or no interest, but experts warn that the change may negatively affect users who struggle to make timely payments. BNPL services have surged in popularity, with an estimated 81.5 million Americans using them in 2024 and projections reaching 91.5 million in 2025, according to...

Researchers have found that the carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into images and videos is far worse than we previously thought. As detailed in a new paper, researchers from the open-source AI platform Hugging Face found that the energy demands of text-to-video generators quadruple when the length of a generated video doubles — indicating that the power required for increasingly sophisticated generations doesn’t scale linearly. For instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip.

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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey will surrender to authorities on Friday morning, CNN reported, citing two people familiar with the plan. The development follows his indictment by a federal grand jury earlier in the day. He faces charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding.