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Newsdump Alerts: Trump, Zelensky Meet... Hundreds Hurt In Explosion In Iranian Port City... New Round Of US-Iran Talks Slated For Next Weekend... Another attempt at media excellence your host with you again "Senator Dick Turban" announcing his retirement this week... I get the impression President Donald Trump wants peace. His envoy Steve Witkoff talking with both Russia and Iran seeking to avoid warfare... 15 of the 9/11 hijackers came from one nation the President of the United States will visit again next month... Qatar is a nation linked to Hamas, Turkey (Türkiye) and the Muslim Brotherhood. This week King Abdullah...

I asked Grok: “In the past 10 years in the entire world, as far as you know, how many people were killed by each of the following? Pit bulls. Border collies. Cheetahs. No need for a long explanation. Just the numbers will be fine.” This is the answer that it gave: Pit bulls: ~400 (U.S. and Canada only; global data unavailable) Border collies: 0 Cheetahs: 3

Cecil B Demille’s 1927 film, King Of Kingz, is a visual feast, one of the most unremittingly great depictions of the story of Jesus I have ever seen. Ave Maria for Mary and Waltzing Matilda for Peter. AVE Matilda.

US politics an appeals court in North Carolina ruling in favor of the Republican... The US government will not pay...weight-loss drugs... In Israel an autopsy on a 17-year-old Palestinian prisoner... In the UK a Pro-Life activist ordered...The US State Department monitoring... Ukrainian officials say at least 18 were killed... "Axios" reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at the White House...dependent on cancellation...testimony at his corruption trial... Israeli domestic intelligence chief Ronen Bar says...Netanyahu wanted him to tell a court... A Houthi drone taken down by Israel... President Trump signing an order allowing TikTok...another 75 days...China said to...

More files related to the 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassination released by the National Archives... In Jerusalem late tonight police clashing with demonstrators as the cabinet met to fire the chief of domestic intelligence. Windows of cars being used by demonstrators smashed by police... Universities in Maine saying they will not discriminate against female athletes by allowing biological males...message given to US Department of Agriculture... Judge James Boasberg is doing everything in his power to usurp the Power of the Presidency" That is some of the messaging from President Trump... President Trump signing an executive order... Israeli air strikes late...

Air raid alerts across Ukraine tonight in Kiev and 10 other regions with explosions... The polls are closed in Greenland...a lead for the Naleraq Party... The US Department of Education firing more than 1,300 employees... The Houthi government in Yemen announcing a 'resumption of military operations' against Israel... In Portugal the government of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro losing a confidence vote... The plan to keep spending money in Washington called a "Continuing Resolution" isn't conservative. That's the message from... In Saudi Arabia Ukraine agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire at talks with US officials... In South Africa at least 16 people...

In spite of using Article 49.3 to force through budget legislation Premier Francois Bayrou survived censure motions thanks to the Socialists and National Rally declining to support them. A large faction of... The online trolling of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife-former teacher Brigitte kept up this week by influencer Candace Owens who separated from the Conservative Media subculture as an alleged Antisemite... the first Mirage 2000 warplanes were delivered to Ukraine... And France's aircraft carrier "Charles De Gaulle" joining US and Japanese carriers in a show of force opposite China... On Friday former French President Nicolas Sarkozy shaking...

Russia's ambassador in the UK saying his country is ready for a serious conversation about a peaceful solution... At the White House President Trump surrounded by girls and young women in athletics signing an executive order... Political wrangling in France today as President Emmanuel Macron's government used Article 49.3... The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels back on the attack in Congo violating their own self-imposed unilateral ceasefire... The United States Postal Service reversing yesterday's announcement on not accepting packages from China and Hong Kong... Police in Sweden identifying the suspect in the school attack that killed 11 people... Inflation in Russia measured...

A massive Ukrainian drone attack repelled in Russia's Rostov Region... The Rwandan-backed rebels say they intend to follow up on seizure of Congo's largest city Goma with a move on the capital city... Israeli air strikes late tonight in two parts of Lebanon... A US Appeals Court ruling that a federal ban on selling handguns to 18, 19 and 20-year-olds is unconstitutional... Top officials in the Federal Bureau of Investigation being asked to resign or retire... President Donald Trump says the 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico begin Saturday... The US Federal Aviation Administration says that air traffic controller...

The selection of the cabinet of new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou moved forward dependent... On Wednesday night a basketball game in a suburb of Paris between a French team and an Israeli team. A judge ruling against the local mayor who sought the banning of fans. But a protest by Pro-Palestinian activists was banned outside the arena. In the end... The justice system in France this week with one case involving a famous man and another case involving a group of infamous men. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy losing his appeal... Sentences handed down in the Mazan mass rape case this...

The US Navy dropping charges against two Navy SEAL officers... President Biden got it absolutely wrong...some children took their own lives..."...Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro reacting to Joe Biden's pardon... In Miami real estate broker Tal Alexander ordered held without bail...sexual assault and sex trafficking...prosecutor warned Alexander may flee...Israel... Israeli television news program says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was told about Israel's vulnerability to attack... President-Elect Donald Trump lining up...pushing for an end to Daylight Savings Time... A massive Ukrainian drone attack...fuel fire...Russia's Oryol Region... A US appeals court rejecting a bid by social media app TikTok to stop...

It's December and seems the right time to play music related to Christmas back in the 1970's Boney M... "I'm praying for you China" Those lyrics in that song wow! We were all praying for China when it opened up opening up opportunities for evangelism in my youth. Well, the situation with China today is... It seems to me listening to folks like Gordon Chang a decade before COVID that China was in the crosshairs to become 'the enemy'... COVID was more than its 'origin' it was lockdowns, masks and vaccines... As I reflect on March of 2020 I was...

The family of slain civil rights militant Malcolm X filing a 100-million US dollar lawsuit... President-Elect Donald Trump naming Karoline Leavitt... White House press secretary... Political polling in Israel the latest Lazar Poll shows parties in the current government lagging... Israel carrying out a fourth wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon... 155-millimeter artillery shell struck a United Nations headquarters in southern Lebanon... Texas Supreme Court ruling that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to delay the execution... German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine... Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia looks forward to...

In Amsterdam attacks on Israeli fans after a soccer match involving a visiting Israeli team... The US Federal Reserve Board lowering the key interest rate .25 percent... In Israel completion of the cabinet shuffle with "Right" politician Gideon Sa'ar becoming Foreign Minister... In Argentina three people charged...death of One Direction singer Liam Payne... President-Elect Donald Trump appointing campaign manager Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff... Six US Senators including Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina want the International Criminal Court to delay any arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister... US politics the Associated Press projected Elissa Slotkin Democrat winner...

In Hawaii "Phase 2" of the state Attorney General's report...deadly Maui wildfire disaster... The lengthy trial of organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy truckers protest against COVID mandates wrapped up... An inquest opened in the UK today regarding the suicide of an autistic teenager...arrested by police on terrorism charges... Police in Portland, Oregon suspect fentanyl is involved in the death of a two-year-old girl... "Against Life" The view of Pope Francis regarding the two major party presidential candidates... Three Americans among 37 sentenced to death in connection with a coup attempt in Congo... US Central Command said tonight that US...

Russian air defenses downing... The notion that Iran could produce materials needed for a nuclear weapon in 'one or two weeks'... The man who tried to kill President Trump flew a drone over the site... Democrat US Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio joining the list of Democrats calling for Joe Biden to step aside... The Biden Administration setting a goal for the federal government to eliminate single-use plastic... Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President... Tunisian President Kais Saied, who has ruled with wide ranging powers since July of 2021, wants re-election... In Kenya President William Ruto announcing 11 cabinet appointments......

The US Central Command reporting two Houthi radar sites destroyed... A senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike... Security at some US military bases in Europe adjusted after the raised level of alert in recent days... The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General Eric Smith says the Marines aim to shut down the sea lanes coming out of China... Two injured, one missing in an explosion at a munitions factory in Camden, Arkansas... Plenty of talk this afternoon about Joe Biden and whether her will continue to run for re-election... The British Election tomorrow a poll...Reform leader...

US Central Command reporting destruction of a drone in the Red Sea launched from Yemen... "The Real Debate" independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joins the Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate... Also, from tonight's debate the remarks of Joe Biden regarding rapes... In Oklahoma the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters directing...all classrooms in the state have a Bible...school curriculum include teaching from the Bible... Ursula von der Leyen selected for a second term as European Commission President... Fires and power outages reported in the northern Israeli city of Safed following a rocket barrage from Lebanon... An attack on a...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arriving in Ukraine... Tonight, more towns taken by Russian forces advancing in the Kharkiv Region northeast of the city of Kharkiv... US Central Command downing a missile and two drones launched by Houthi... Israel downing a drone entering Israeli airspace from the east... A curfew decreed in the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. All public gatherings banned... Armenia's opposition leader Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan calling for more protests against the government tomorrow... At least 12 killed dozens of other injured when a billboard collapsed in Mumbai, India... US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying...

Its early Friday morning in the UK results beginning to come in for the local government elections... Turkey (Türkiye) halting all trade with Israel... Eight Syrian soldiers wounded in an Israeli attack tonight in a Damascus suburb... A massive fire tonight in Moscow.. In the Uk 45 people arrested resisting efforts to detain illegal immigrants for transfer to Rwanda... Swedish authorities granting permission for a Quran burning rally on May 10th in Malmo... "If the Russians were to break through the front line, if there were a Ukrainian request--which is not the case today--we would legitimately have to ask ourselves...