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Trafalgar Square isn’t some random patch of concrete where London needed something colorful to fill an empty corner. This is one of the most famous historic spaces in Britain. Nelson’s Column towers over the square. Statues of King George IV, Sir Henry Havelock, and Sir Charles James Napier have stood there for generations. Whatever anybody thinks of those men today, they represent actual pieces of British history. And now, into the middle of all that comes Lady in Blue… She’s an overweight black woman in a bright, skin-tight blue dress, striding forward on the Fourth Plinth. The idea is that...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/20/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 28Of David.1 To you, Lord, I call; For you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.2 Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.4 Repay them for their deeds and for...

Since at least 2019, Trump has publicly spoken out about the need to protect the Arctic corridor by replacing the 1951 Treaty. And he was reviled unfairly for the effort. This week the U.S. entered into an agreement with both Denmark and Greenland which protects U.S. sovereignty, deters Russian and Chinese aggression, circles an increasingly fey and unreliable Canada with U.S. states and bases, and makes the U.S. exit from a sclerotic NATO more possible, if not more likely. First, a little background. Contrary to the press and jokesters who ridiculed President Trump’s offer to buy Greenland, a territory of...

The Talk Shows Sep 20th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO-La.); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.); Gary Cohn, former Director of the National Economic Council in the first Trump administration. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Michael Kratsios, Science advisor to President Trump; Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.); Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Panel: Richard ‘Dick’ Fowler, Stef Kight, Josh Kraushaar and Reince Priebus. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Chief NBC pollster Steve Kornacki with new polling; Senate...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, currently polling 4th in the 2028 Dem presidential primary behind AOC, took another victory lap claiming that he protected California from ‘election interference’ especially from the federal government, by signing a bunch of illegal laws banning examination of ballots. Three of these are especially problematic. AB 282 (Pellerin) – Makes it a felony 1) to seize or cause or assist in the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified by the elections official and 2) for any person with authority to direct another person subject to their supervision or authority...

At least two people have been killed and six injured in a "massive" overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading for the capital had been shot down in what he called an "unprecedented attack". The city's main oil refinery was damaged and several homes were set ablaze. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv had hit a "key" Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region, representing "billions of dollars that sustain the war machine". The overnight attack is thought to be among the largest...

"Take the helmet of salvation" (Eph. 6:17). Discouragement and doubt are deflected when you know you’re secure in Christ. The Roman soldier's helmet was a crucial piece of armor designed to deflect blows to the head—especially the potentially lethal blow of a broadsword. Soldiers of that day carried a swift and precise dagger designed for close- quarter hand-to-hand combat. But they also carried a giant broadsword, which was a two-edged, three to four-foot long sword. It had a massive handle that, similar to a baseball bat, was held with both hands. With it they could take broad swipes from side...

A slew of Democratic candidates running in states and districts won by President Donald Trump are breaking with the party on transgender rights issues, especially on the question of allowing transgender girls to play school sports, often in the face of criticism from the party’s base. The most recent was Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who is trying to win reelection in a northwestern Ohio district Trump won by seven points in 2024. Kaptur, an 80-year-old who has spent most of her career in Congress as a stalwart populist liberal, touts her vote for a Republican bill that would require schools to...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was spotted rubbing elbows with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars in Malibu Friday night as the drama over Paramount’s merger battle dragged on. Newsom was seen leaving the hot spot restaurant Nobu along along with actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Tobey Maguire. De Niro co-owns the iconic Japanese spot, where the actors sat down for dinner with the governor, according to TMZ. De Niro has been one of President Trump’s fiercest celebrity critics, urging Americans to “resist, resist, resist” during a podcast interview in February. He has also praised Newsom for his confrontational approach...

President Trump’s new Greenland security deal comes just 17 days after a US-based company quietly closed a deal to purchase a Greenland mining company that would produce more than a third of the world’s rare earth magnet supply outside of China. On Sept. 1, Greenland Mines, a NASDAQ listed US-aligned firm headquartered in North Carolina, closed a deal for the Sarfartoq Rare Earths Project in southwest Greenland. The company announced that it planned to produce NdPr oxide – a compound of neodymium and praseodymium used in the manufacturing of magnets for EVs and wind turbines, as well as defense capabilities....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against 16 people in multiple states in connection with alleged illegal voting, voter registration and other election-related crimes, including cases involving noncitizens accused of casting ballots in federal elections. DOJ followed the announcement with a warning on social media, saying some of those charged allegedly voted in the 2022 and 2024 elections, and warning others against attempting to illegally participate in US elections. “Let this be a warning to ANYONE trying to cheat and undermine our elections,” the DOJ wrote. “Spread the word!” According to DOJ, eight non-citizens residing in Texas were charged,...

In this segment of The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham critiques what she describes as a recurring history of "fear-mongering" by liberals, comparing past warnings about climate change and nuclear war to current concerns surrounding Artificial Intelligence (0:04 - 2:02). Key themes and points from the video include: Historical Context: Ingraham references Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 1983 television film The Day After as examples of how political narratives have historically used fear to drive agendas (0:09 - 1:47). The AI Debate: The video turns to the modern "doomsday" narrative regarding AI, arguing that this is another...

This 15 minute video is very prescient. A far cry from the mostly trite ramblings on the inter-webs ! ! !

The restaurant is taking legal action against the "unfounded claims"A diner asked for $5,000 in compensation after allegedly finding a cockroach in his plate of char kway teow from a restaurant at Serangoon. Speaking to AsiaOne, 35-year-old Syed Rafidhi said that the incident took place on Aug 22 at Al Majlis Serangoon Road. Video footage of the incident was also shared on Threads by his niece, who goes by the username shortangryman, showing a large cockroach wedged between the fried noodles on his plate. According to Syed, he had reported the cockroach to staff immediately. The plate of food...

Crooner Ed Sheeran called Israel’s actions in Gaza “unjustifiable” as he wept and broke his silence during his first concert since booting rapper Macklemore from his tour for tirades against the Jewish state. “I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet,” Sheeran told the Philly crowd of concertgoers Saturday night. Sheeran spoke multiple times about the controversy during Saturday night’s show at Lincoln Financial Field, growing progressively more upset as the night wore on...

This is the first time since Yemen's civil war resumed that strikes have threatened Riyadh.The United States warned on Saturday (Sep 19) that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed. US President Donald Trump cut short a weekend at Camp David, a secluded presidential complex in rural Maryland, to return unexpectedly to the White House on Saturday. The White House gave no explanation for the early return, which comes as a new threshold was crossed in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and...

Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei called for slower AI development over one weekend, sending chip stocks down 5.9% as OpenAI delayed its IPO. Billionaire Elon Musk has thrown his weight behind a call to slow the development of artificial intelligence, reviving his warning that artificial general intelligence carries "significantly higher risk than nuclear weapons" in a weekend that rattled AI stocks worldwide. Musk, who runs Tesla and SpaceX, reshared the April 2023 post on Sept. 12, the same day Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a roughly 3,900-word essay urging the industry to "pace the frontier" so that safety...

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(VIDEO) Breakdown of the Houthi offensive on the Red Sea coast that led to the capture of the strategic town of Mocha {in Yemen} 0:00 Turning point in the Middle East 3:54 Background on Yemen’s civil war 7:13 Government offensive 11:48 Fall of Mocha 14:29 Houthi breakthrough explained 20:58 Strategic situation for Saudi Arabia 22:01 What happened after Fall of Mocha

Daily Readings from the USCCBTwenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Matthew 20:1–2As the parable unfolds, the landowner returns to the marketplace four more times—at nine o’clock, noon, three, and finally at five—to hire additional workers. When the day’s labor concluded at six o’clock, each received the same full daily wage. Was this fair? To those who had worked the entire day, it...