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A private meeting took place between Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the revered leader of the “Shuva Israel” institutions, and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. During a personal conversation held on Tuesday, Ye expressed profound remorse for his past statements concerning the Jewish people. Rabbi Pinto welcomed Ye warmly, offering him words of Torah and inspiration, and praised his desire to draw closer to truth. “A person is not defined by his mistakes, but by the way he chooses to correct them. This is the true strength of man: The ability to return, to learn, and to build bridges of...

Pastor Jack starts sharing at 10:36 minutes into the video. The video is 1:25:41 long but he shares from 10:36 - 44:34 minutes. The rest is worship music and the communion service.

Key Points Cybersecurity startup 1Password, by Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson, has topped more than $400 million in annual recurring revenue, the company said. CEO David Faugno told CNBC the company is benefiting from a shift in the threat landscape due to artificial intelligence and more complex protection needs. Big deals from Palo Alto Networks and Alphabet, and initial public offerings from Netskope and SailPoint have also put the cybersecurity in the spotlight this year. ========================================================================= Ryan Reynolds (L), Scarlett Johansson (C), and Matthew McConaughy Reuters Cybersecurity startup 1Password, backed by Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson,...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., avoided answering whether he would support eliminating the filibuster, as he did under President Joe Biden on Wednesday. Raskin was asked by CNN’s Dana Bash about President Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding several Republican losses nationwide Tuesday night and the ongoing government shutdown. “One of the things that he has been talking about for the last couple of days more intensely is getting rid of the filibuster. That’s actually something that you wanted to do when Joe Biden was president. Things weren’t getting through the Senate. So is that an area where you agree with him?”...

Nations were poised to approve the first fee on pollution from ships. That’s when the Trump administration began the threats.More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash pollution from cargo ships. That’s when the United States launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the Trump administration’s combativeness, according to nine diplomats on its receiving end. An ambassador from Asia was told that, if he voted in favor of the plan, his country’s sailors would no longer be allowed to disembark at American ports....

The guidance instructs consular officers to deny visas to applicants deemed likely to rely on public benefits, weighing a wide range of factors including health, age, English proficiency, finances and even potential need for long-term medical care. "Self-sufficiency has been a longstanding principle of U.S. immigration policy,"

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a policy aimed at limiting transgender rights that would restrict sex designations on passports to “male” and “female” based on sex assigned at birth. The justices granted an emergency request filed by the administration, which is seeking to reverse a policy introduced during the Biden administration that allowed people to put “X” as a gender marker or self-select male or female. "Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago will issue an extensive injunction restricting federal agents’ use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration crackdown repeatedly lied about threats posed by protesters and reporters.The preliminary injunction detailed in court Thursday came in response to a lawsuit filed by news outlets and protesters who allege federal agents have used excessive force during the operation that has netted more than 3,000 arrests and led to heated clashes across the nation’s third-largest city and its many suburbs. “I see little reason for the use of force that...

A noncitizen mayor in Kansas has been busted on several charges after voting illegally in several elections despite his status. As Fox News reported, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced they filed charges in Comanche County against Clearwater, Kansas Mayor Joe Ceballos, a permanent resident from Mexico, for voting in elections in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Kobach said Ceballos has been charged with three counts of voting without being qualified and three counts of election perjury. The Kansas Reflector notes that both are felony offenses. Kobach also stated that his charges carry a...

Sean C. Dunn, the man who pitched a sandwich at the chest of a federal agent in a viral act of opposition to President Trump's law enforcement policies in Washington, was acquitted on Thursday after a jury found him not guilty of misdemeanor assault. The verdict, which arrived after the jury deliberated for roughly seven hours, capped a nearly three-month effort to penalize Mr. Dunn for the August outburst and the resulting chase to arrest him, after the government previously failed to persuade a grand jury to charge him with a felony. It marked a significant setback for Jeanine Pirro,...

A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday sharply questioned the Justice Department's handling of evidence in its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, describing prosecutors' conduct as "highly unusual" and indicative of a rushed effort to indict Comey while potentially violating his constitutional rights. "We're in a bit of a feeling of indict first, investigate second," Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick said in a motions hearing in Alexandria, Virginia. The hearing stemmed from a dispute raised by Comey's attorneys over evidence the government obtained through four separate search warrants in 2019 and 2020 targeting the devices and communications of...

In one of their first major opportunities to shape the political landscape since the last presidential election, young voters played a major role in three key 2025 elections in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. In New York City, young voters (ages 18-29) provided Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani overwhelming support toward his historic victory. According to exit polls, 78% of youth voted for Mamdani, compared to 18% for former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and 4% for Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani won the three-way race with 50% of the overall vote; young people were his strongest supporters out of all...

Did you know that, after Donald Trump won his surprise upset victory to become president in the 2016 general election, there was an almost identical reactionary result in elections held the following year? Both New Jersey and Virginia held state-wide elections in 2017, and Democrats swept those handily. In Virginia's 2017 gubernatorial race, Democrat Ralph Northam (then-Lt. Gov.) trounced former RNC chair Ed Gillespie 53.9% to 45% — a 9-point margin and the widest Democratic win in Virginia since 1985. (Recall also that the 1985 election was one year after President Ronald Reagan won re-election. In 1981, the year after...

Welcome to the PRAYER REQUESTS thread. This daily thread is a listing of prayer requests that have been posted by Freepers to the main forum who wish to have continued prayer. Hopefully this thread will remind us to continually pray for our fellow Freepers’ cares and needs. GOD hears and answers our prayers.

President Donald Trump has picked up a big win at the U.S. Supreme Court on a key issue driving his presidency. The court annulled a lower court injunction that was obstructing the president from revoking the protected legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants presently living in the United States. The ruling was 8–1 in support of the president’s position, with the sole dissent originating from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, appointed by former President Joe Biden. The ruling facilitates the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke Biden-era Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 300,000 Venezuelan migrants residing in the U.S.....

I have some questions that I want to run by my fellow Freepers, but a little context first. The man who put a $45,000.00 bounty on Pam Bondi - Tyler Maxon Avalos - was released with no bail though "under strict conditions: a GPS ankle monitor, nightly curfew, restricted internet use, and mandatory mental health treatment. He is barred from possessing firearms or alcohol and cannot leave Minnesota while awaiting trial." The man who threw a sub sandwich at a Federal LEO, today was found not guilty of a misdemeanor. I live in Virginia and after Tuesday, I see this...

‘CHRIST IS THE VICTOR’: Interview with Bishop Eleganti "It can’t just be down to saying the New Mass in Latin, and everything is fine, or that there is no longer such a big difference between the Old and New rites. The people’s altar is an enormous invention, as is the reversal of the direction of prayer; the deletion of many priestly prayers in order to emphasize more the character of the meal and less that of the sacrifice and the central role of the priest..." - Bishop Marian Eleganti As Remnant readers are no doubt aware, Bishop Marian Eleganti spoke...

Senate Republicans must agree to end the filibuster now, acting before Democrats potentially take control of the chamber and end the procedure themselves, Sen. Ron Johnson told Newsmax on Thursday, while agreeing with President Donald Trump. Democrats, the Wisconsin Republican told Newsmax's "Wake Up America," have "no respect for the filibuster" and will eliminate it "to acquire and maintain power." "I've always been a big supporter of the filibuster," Johnson said. "It has stopped America from going down a socialist path for decades." Still, he said that Trump is right, and "I told him at this point in time that...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Abby Zwerner, the former Richneck Elementary School teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in 2023, has emerged victorious in her civil lawsuit surrounding the shooting. A jury found Ebony Parker, the school's former assistant principal, grossly negligent in preventing the shooting.

Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, has announced her retirement from politics.The 85-year-old, who was first elected to Congress in 1987 during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, said she would not be standing for re-election in her California district in 2026.As the first female speaker of the House, Mrs Pelosi ushered landmark legislation through Congress, and was widely seen to have ended the political career of Joe Biden during the 2024 presidential election.“I will not be seeking re-election to Congress. With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative,” she...