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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed. Trump's Board of Peace said last month it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. But Hamas said handing over its heavy weapons was contingent on Israel ending "all forms of aggression" and withdrawing its forces from Gaza. Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Gaza since agreeing to an initial ceasefire in the territory last October. "Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu...

John Goodman is giving fans a closer look at his dramatic transformation after losing more than 200 pounds. The 74-year-old actor recently appeared in an Instagram selfie with Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place star David DeLuise, who happened to run into Goodman while at a supermarket. The photo quickly caught attention, with Goodman looking noticeably different from the actor fans remember from his years playing Dan Conner on ABC's Roseanne. Goodman starred as the lovable but complicated family patriarch throughout the sitcom’s original run from 1988 to 1997. His character’s weight was often referenced on the show, but Goodman later...

Across the country, opposition to the license plate cameras created by Flock Safety is mounting. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., is vowing to pursue legislation in Congress to rein in the proliferation of Flock cameras by law enforcement after he experienced his own traffic stop aided by the controversial license plate readers. “I just don't like where we're going with Flock cameras. I think that it's invasive, as you said. It's too big government,” Stutzman told the Just the News, No Noise television show on Friday night. “You know the law enforcement folks would argue that they can use these as...

Former Member of Parliament, 78-year-old Inky Mark, has been a long-time and vocal opponent of the increasingly restrictive Canadian firearms laws. Mark’s father and grandfather had immigrated to Canada from China in 1923. Mark and his mother came to Canada when he was five years old, fleeing Chinese communist oppression in 1953. Mark could not immigrate earlier due to the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.Inky Mark served as a member of Parliament for 13 years, 3 months, and 15 days. He was fiercely independent with a strong conservative bent. He criticized highly restrictive Canadian firearms laws and Conservative Prime Minister...

Two female figures, Lady Wisdom and Madame Folly. A lesson for every human to learn from. You can accept the lesson as one that compares a wise woman of virtue as mentioned in Proverb 31, versus an immoral woman of folly who tears down her home with her actions as in Proverb 14. Or as I will share with you today, it's a lesson of good versus evil. The right way to live versus the wrong way to live your life. Either way, it's very common for God to teach us different lessons from the same passage throughout the...

Texas Republicans are turning years of warnings about political Islam into a state policy campaign focused on foreign money, land, financial practices, public institutions, private tribunals, and terrorism laws. The Republican Party of Texas made “Don’t Sharia Our Texas” one of its official 2026-2028 legislative priorities on June 13. The party is calling for new investigations, expanded attorney general authority and laws aimed at organizations and practices it says could establish a competing political and legal system inside Texas. Republican lawmakers carried that effort into the True Texas Project’s August 1 conference in Fort Worth. The official program included sessions...

eing labeled a cheater on the golf course is a black mark that’s virtually impossible to remove. Whether it’s a wild cheating scandal at Q School or someone fluffing their lie during a Saturday morning scramble, cheating in golf isn’t new. But what happened recently at WingHaven Country Club near St. Louis rocked the local golf scene and is spreading after the culprit went on ESPN Radio in St. Louis to confess.

Iranian leadership has a dramatic new list of eight demands that the United States must follow to reach Donald Trump's goal of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The key waterway has been closed for much of the time since the war on Iran began in late February. Iran's politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States 'corrects its behavior,' issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it. The head of Iran's SNSC, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr,...

Whether the government is Islamic or communist, the leaders can reach into every sphere of life and can truly make the rules up as they go along. In revealing the commonalities of the Reds and the Greens in the Red-Green Axis, we have elucidated their shared goals of violence, wealth redistribution, inequality before the law, a binary world, and monopoly rule by the elites. Here we explore their intent to reshape the totality of society. Islamic political systems and Marxist-Leninist communism both claim more than the right to regulate what is currently unsettled. Each claims the standing authority to redraw,...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (8/9/26)[Prayer]Personalities2 Samuel 1:17-27 David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan 17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar): 19 “A gazelle[a] lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen! 20 “Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice. 21 “Mountains of Gilboa, may you...

The Talk Shows Aug 9th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO_Loser_TDS-La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist/Communist I-Vt.) … NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.); Oliver Larkin, Democratic Socialist running for Congress (in FL-25CD) ; Kathryn Burgum, wife of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and anti-addiction advocate. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Richard (Who prefers Dick) Fowler, Doug Heye and Mario Parker. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Michigan Democrat...

The impetus for the absurd White House ballroom decision is the desire to hamstring the President in all things large or small. Article III of the Constitution allows Congress to establish courts below the Supreme Court, which includes federal District and Circuit Courts. If Congress can establish them, it can abolish them. In 1801, in the waning days of John Adams’ presidency, Congress did just that and abolished the district and circuit courts of the District of Columbia. These two courts display widespread intransigent partisanship and demonstrably poor scholarship, exemplified by this week’s ruling on the new White House construction....

North Korea has been grappling with record heat this week, prompting officials to recommend dog-meat soup as a way to cool off. State media promoted the concotion as a traditional summer health remedy as Pyongyang reached a sweltering 98 degrees Thursday, the highest recorded temperature since the capital city began tracking the weather. Ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a health feature on Aug. 2 where a Pyongyang General Hospital doctor recommended a myriad of “nutritious foods” to help North Koreans stay cool — including watermelon, cucumbers, fish porridge and mung beans. The newspaper, which devoted an entire separate feature...

Federal immigration officers arrested more than 1,200 illegal immigrants in the Atlanta, Georgia area, including 720 who DHS said had been convicted of or charged with crimes. Speaking on “Fox & Friends,” Marcos Charles, executive associate director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, said the sweep took violent criminals — including sex offenders and child abusers — off the streets. “We arrested over 1,200 aliens, illegal aliens, out in the Atlanta, Georgia area. More than half of those people had criminal histories,” Charles said. “We’re talking about sex crimes, assault and battery, some with DUI convictions, domestic violence. These individuals...

DONALD TRUMP was jubilant. “Great news for the Republican Party”, he wrote on Truth Social on August 5th, one day after the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan. Abdul El-Sayed, a leftist insurgent and former public-health official, had just eked out a one-percentage-point win over Haley Stevens, a congresswoman backed by most of her party’s establishment. Archived link

A California city pulled the plug on its entire computer network after a cyberattack knocked out key systems, including 911 routing and police and fire dispatch. Suisun City declared a state of emergency Saturday after malicious software breached its IT systems at about 5:45 a.m. Friday. The city’s response was drastic. Officials shut down the entire network to stop the threat from spreading and protect evidence for a federal investigation. Despite the digital chaos, Suisun City officials said residents are not facing an immediate danger. Emergency crews remain on the streets, with city dispatchers routing calls through the Solano County...

Reading FR then flicking to Twitter/X is sometimes like night and day. There's a lot of dissent there among those I happen to follow (NOT Lefitsts or anything like that) regarding: Israel, Iran War, foreign policy and the Administration generally. A lot of hot topics that get discussed here all the time and former Representatives or officials are leading the charge: MTG, Kent, Tucker Carlson and Massie the most prominent with many large accounts echoing them. It's clear to me this is more than just a few rebels who have no influence or standing in fact MTG says in one...

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Russia launched a massive strike on Odesa overnight, according to Ukrainian emergency services. The strikes caused extensive damage and fires in several districts of the city, they said. Preliminary reports indicate eight people were injured. A block of flats and two houses were set alight. Meanwhile, in Kharkiv, firefighters rescued seven people from the upper floors of a high-rise building after Russian strikes caused floors to collapse between the 7th and 10th floors.

Daily Readings from the USCCBNineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time“Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” Peter said to him in reply, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught Peter, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew...