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On Thursday evening European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen cancelled today's planned signing in Brazil of a trade deal between the European Union and five South American MERCOSEUR countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). The deal will now be signed next month. It's a deal farmers in Europe see as a direct threat to their livelihood. Several months ago US ranchers bristled when President Donald Trump... French farmers have been protesting the MERCOSEUR trade deal for months with various demonstrations that sometimes include the dumping of manure and trash at government buildings. Protests continued in France this week... Meanwhile...

Exchanges of fire between Afghan and Pakistani forces... US President Donald Trump's popularity 55 percent disapproval to 43 percent approval in... "We did talk about the Epstein Files and he was extremely angry at me...he said that it was going to hurt people"...Marjorie Taylor Greene... "The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 'jabs', for perfectly healthy babies..."...President Trump tonight endorsing the decision of the CDC Vaccine Panel... The European Union fining social media platform "X"... Explosions reported in Kiev and other... The US Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge to President Trump's executive order... In Florida a federal...

After last week's shock speech from France's Chief of Staff speaking about France faltering if it is not willing to 'accept the loss of its children' President Emmanuel Macron appearing at a military base Thursday to announce phased-in military service for French youth... Political polling this week showing Jordan Bardella the man to beat in the April 2027 Presidential Election. The President of the National Rally (RN) and European Parliament member is the back-up candidate of the RN since the conviction of Marine Le Pen for misusing European Parliament funds disqualifies her from being a candidate for President. Bardella is...

The US Federal Aviation Administration warning of a 'potentially hazardous situation'...Venezuela... Israel's Chief of Staff warning about nationalist settler violence... President Trump on the attack via social media...Friday night routine... US Vice-President JD Vance says Canada's liberal immigration policies have... Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announcing her resignation... "I met with a man...who really wants New York to be great again. I'll really be cheering for him" President Donald Trump after he met New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani... Tonight, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily reinstating the redrawn US House districts in Texas... Six Hamas operatives killed...Gaza......

Newsdump Alert: Israeli Attacks Continue In Gaza Despite Hamas Acceptance Of Trump Plan To End Fighting And Trump's Call For Israeli Attacks To Stop... "You shall have no other Gods before me" Exodus 20:2 The First Commandment Back in the early 1980's I lived in this drunken delusion of an America being "Christianized" by people like... Talking Of Peace When War With Iran Could Be Coming Soon... A Department of War Update the theme from that classic movie "Patton"... And fast forward to this week and the speech of the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth... What Did China Find Out...

Newsdump Alert: Gaza War Continues Dozens More Killed, 21 Point US Gaza Plan Is Leaked Out That Will Not Expel Gaza's Population And Create Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue... Newsdump Update More Drone Sightings In Denmark... Here again another attempt at media excellence your host winner of the American History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution back in 1978 I was the 4.0 student in that area. Historically American Presidents have laid down the law to Israeli Prime Ministers on certain occasions... They may get somewhere on Gaza but the intentions of Mr. Netanyahu made very clear at the UN yesterday...

..."Disobey Trump's order"...Colombian President Gustavo Petro...visa revoked by the United States... The FBI has fired as many as 20 agents... Explosions ringing out late tonight in the central Ukrainian... Controversy over the release of the military records of Democrat candidate... Sources tell NBC News that US military officials...possible attacks on sites in Venezuela... A retired investment banker...arrested on federal sex trafficking charges... The US and allied nations vetoing a UN Security Council resolution... The medical charity 'Doctors Without Borders' (MSF) suspending...work in Gaza... Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee releasing Jeffrey Epstein documents... Trump tonight speaking of four days...

Newsdump Alert: A "Very Clever Cyber Attack' Disrupts... Newsdump Update: UN Secretary General Calls On Nations Around The World Not To Be Intimidated By Israel... "Submit yourselves then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up" James 4:7-10... Your host with you again seeking media excellence and coming clean by...

...the home of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. searched following a bomb threat... "War, a lot of strange things happen"...Trump asked about the safety of Israeli hostages... Israel's military spokesman warning of 'unprecedented force' as that assault on Gaza... Trump Administration seeking Congressional approval for a six billion dollar weapons... French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirming...recognize a Palestinian state... More than 70 people killed in a drone attack on mosque in Sudan's... Shots fired at a television station building in Sacramento... US Attorney for Eastern Virginia Eric Seibert resigning under pressure... Turkish President...Trump at White House next...

A lot has happened in the last week including "Free Republic" going down... Support Free Republic The premier conservative site a favorite of Rush Limbaugh I support it and her are links to support FR... Newsdump Alert: A Mass Protest In London... Newsdump Alert: Trump Pledges Russia Sanctions If NATO Countries Do The Same, Calls For NATO Tariffs On China... And here we are what a week Benjamin Netanyahu bombing Qatar and I think lusting for more war with Iran anything to divert from "Qatargate"... Charlie Kirk spoke out against war with Iran directly to President Donald Trump... In last...

"Daily Mail" reporting on an affair involving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... Jeffrey Epstein paid the travel expenses of prominent British Labor Party... "They killed Charlie because he preached patriotism, faith and the merciful love of God...You have no idea what kind of fire you lit"...Erika Kirk... Tucker Carlson told podcaster Megyn Kelly...Kirk opposed War with Iran in the Oval Office... A Houthi missile fired at Israel successfully intercepted... Explosions reported in Odessa, Ukraine... The news leaking out of Israel...Mossad spy agency rejected a ground attack in Qatar... The commander of US Central Command...visiting Syria today... Nearly 200 people killed...

The pressure building on France this week over plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in New York later this month. Israel's UN Ambassador warning France and other countries aligned with it... The United States joined Israel's strongarming of France. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called French Foreign Minister... France's foreign ministry taking to social media to slam US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's accusation regarding its decision to recognize a Palestinian state... President Emmanuel Macron in the spotlight this week in connection with the "Coalition of the Willing" in Ukraine those 26 nations meeting... Meanwhile...

Newsdump Alert: Israeli Offensive Rolls On In Gaza City... In a previous life your host with his three thousand song collection playing it back to... "And then secondly there are those that want instant sex instead of true love The pregnancies of now 13, 14 to 17 year-old girls is now an epidemic. Don't blame the girls blame the boy too. We make it one sided all the time" Dr. Billy Graham... 37 Trillion Dollars In The Hole There Is A "Government Shutdown Deadline" coming up... Dad got a birthday card from me today I picked it up at the...

Tonight in Epping, England police making arrests...demonstrators protested...allowing migrants... A big lottery prize here in the US... ...all Palestinian representatives will be denied admission to the US for the UN General Assembly... ...in Missouri Republican Governor Mike Kehoe calling the Republican controlled legislature...to redraw US House ... In Germany a 31-year old Iraqi asylum seeker arrested...pushing a 16-year-old girl to her death... The Chief Data Officer of the US Social Security Administration resigning... ...federal appeals court ruling against President Trump's global tariffs... Late tonight Ukrainian drone debris igniting a blaze at a Russian oil refinery...Explosions reported for the fourth time...in...

In Brazil a senator banned from social media...appearing in a live... Iran will resume talks with the UK, France and Germany... Iran's defense minister speaking of new surprise weapons... President Trump speaking at the White House today about Israeli hostages...concerned reaction from a hostage family group... The Houthi movement in Yemen claiming attacks on Israel... Three people wounded...Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Volgograd... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth firing the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency... Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody... An Israeli air attack on southern Lebanon tonight... President Donald Trump announcing...US government now owns 10 percent of...

Newsdump Alert: Trump Seeks Peace Agreement In Ukraine War Following Putin Meeting... Newsdump Update: Jihadist Attack In Iran... Support Free Republic... Your host with another attempt at media excellence powerless over Jewish women at times in my life so... Does God have a sense of humor Helen Shapiro sang this 'corny' hit song in the recording studio in London back in the early 1960's... "We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds. You say, "I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity'" Psalm 75:1-2 NIV Bible......

Democrats in California putting out maps of new US House districts.. Tonight, the US Justice Department backing away from naming...Washington DC police commissioner...deciding... A US Army Major General demoted three ranks to retire...found to have engaged in an inappropriate relationship... The NCAA imposing fines and sanctions on the University of Michigan football...sign stealing incident... Nine are dead following a factory fire in Russia's... One killed, others injured...train derailed in Denmark... New Orleans Mayor Democrat Latoya Cantrell indicted on federal corruption charges... An Israeli military offensive on the outskirts of Gaza City... A report from Israel's "Yedioth Ahronoth" newspaper about increasing...

"Israel is likely to launch another war with Iran before December--perhaps even as early as late August" Trita Parsi-"Foreign Policy' Commentary 8/11/2025... "So here is the great news. The moment your country is free Israel's top water experts will flood into every Iranian city... We will help Iran recycle water...we'll help Iran desalinate water... I urge you to be bold and brave...take to the streets...protest tyranny" Portions Of Israeli Prime Minister's Video Message To The People Of Iran 8/12/2025... The next round of the Israel-Iran War is on the way with signs of US-Israeli activity to appease nations neighboring Iran...

Newsdump Alerts: On Saturday night hundreds of Orthodox Jews protesting outside an Israeli military prison... In Israel Saturday night mass demonstrations against 'eternal war mongers'. Calls for soldiers to refuse orders... Hundreds arrested in London for violating a ban on the "Palestine Action" group... Newsdump Update: Authorities in Gaza report 11 starvation deaths, 21 killed seeking aid at US-Israeli aid centers... Astronaut Jim Lovell passed at the age of 97 on Thursday reminding me of the Christmas Eve broadcast that he... "I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and...

US politics polling on President Trump's popularity... Meanwhile polling regarding the Democratic Party gives it strongly negative... "finish the job" President Trump says that Israel... Facebook and Instagram forced to ban political advertising in the European Union... Iran holding a 'serious, frank and detailed' discussion with Britain, France and Germany... It's Saturday in Taiwan where recall elections are underway for 24 members... After two days of clashes Cambodia saying it wants an 'immediate ceasefire' with Thailand... A Reuters report says that entrepreneur Elon Musk shut down Starlink... ...federal judge in Illinois throwing out a US Justice Department lawsuit against that...