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Special Edition! - ISRAEL AT WAR!!! Day 257 - PRAY!!!

6/19/2024

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  • The Church Age Is Winding Down—And the World Is Running Out Of Time 
  • Resurgence of Israel’s Military in Bible Prophecy, Part 1 
  • Prophecy Update Videos 
  • Recommended Reading & Links  
  • 8 Signs That Extremists Are Taking Over Our Country
  • Nowhere In the Bible Does It Say God Will Establish A ‘Fake Israel’ In Her Ancestral Land 
  • Daily Jot: Stupidocrisy: Wind-up toys in leadership 
  • Daily Devotion: Fulfilling Our Calling 
  • Prophecy Update New Headlines

The Church Age Is Winding Down—And the World Is Running Out Of Time – By Jan Markell – https://harbingersdaily.com/the-church-age-is-winding-down-and-the-world-is-running-out-of-time/
 
Time flies. Years race by. But, 2024 has been a stunner in many ways. And many events remind me that the world is running out of time before the last act of a major drama plays out. In other words, the Church Age is winding down.
 
Let me highlight ten events from this current year that have convinced me of this.
 
1) Israel is alone. After she was brutally attacked in October of 2023, one would have thought the world would rally to her side. Not so! Not even America is now her ally. The U.S. is withholding weapons and intelligence.
 
The International Criminal Court wanted to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in May just for defending his country. The European Union, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and the International Court of Justice, have all denounced the Jewish state just for wanting to wipe out Hamas thugs. Zechariah 12:3 is in play. She is isolated and is the world’s burdensome stone.
 
2) The spirit of the Antichrist has been loosed on the earth. The headquarters appear to be America. We tell the world how to tear apart college campuses and how corrupt government should work. We even embarrass banana republics by trying to jail former presidents in a style that natives in the rain forest couldn’t dream up.
 
3) There is a new level of calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). Hamas is celebrated around the world! Christians are persecuted like never before. Islam is glorified, particularly on college campuses. Those who protest abortions are jailed. The White House and U.N. mourned the death of Iran’s President Raisi on May 19, the “Butcher of Tehran.”
 
4) The world is leaderless. There is not one global leader to whom the world looks. Governments everywhere operate like the Keystone Kops. World War III could easily erupt as a result. The world is unsure of just who is running the White House. The stage is being set for a Mr. Fix-It, whom the world will celebrate. They just want stability and someone in charge to enforce peace and security.
 
5) There is a rush to global government. And strangely, unusual power is being given to the corrupt World Health Organization, who could end up being the leader of the world. They met in May and could use another pandemic to unite the world. The stage was set with Covid. They have targeted 2025 as a possible timeline.
 
6) Artificial intelligence is being refined to rule the world. The goal is that it will be smarter than mankind. And the Antichrist will need this system to run his global kingdom. Even now, Microsoft CoPilot AI demands to be worshipped. Technology has gone too far. The inanimate is god-like.
 
7) The aberrant is celebrated as normal and should be the world standard. In the predicted end-time decline of man’s character, we are watching the homosexual and trans movement be hailed, and the lovers of biblical values be persecuted and jailed. The sanctity of life is scoffed at. As predicted, mankind lives for money and power at the expense of everyone and anyone.
 
8) Too many churches are majoring in minors and furthering unsound doctrine. There are wolves among the flock. Church members hear about their best life now; about being purpose-driven and about attracting “seekers” to church. Sin is avoided. Eschatology (Bible prophecy) is scoffed at and marginalized. Pulpits are “woke”.
 
Movements such as the New Apostolic Reformation are ravaging naive, experience driven young people and indoctrinating millions of people. End-time apostasy is the new normal in the church.
 
9) A new way of doing business is waiting in the wings. It will be cashless. It will be crypto. It will be blockchain so that it tracks your every purchase. It could be in play very soon, though power brokers may delay it until after our November election. Life with central bank digital currency (CBDC) will cause life as we know it to dramatically change! It will be at the heart of the Beast system, but many think it will be implemented sooner.
 
10) The violence of the Days of Noah is upon us. Criminal prosecutions are soaring—in some areas by 5,000%. Cities are ravaged by crime. Entire towns are closing down a business district due to theft and lawlessness. Society is on the move, re-locating to safe cities and states, just to lead a more normal life, away from the mayhem. It is as though the entire country is the wild west of the 1880s!
 
I could list 110 markers to watch throughout the balance of 2024, but articles must be short and to the point. I have been watching the so-called signs of the times for a few decades. Nothing compares to the last five to ten years. Events have been stunning and game-changing.
 
If it helps neutralize the bad news, these things are happening because the stage is being set for the closing act of a global drama. A trumpet will soon sound and the Church will escape this scenario to enjoy the wonder of Heaven. But every reader will leave someone behind who will have to cope with trial and turmoil.
 
That is why sharing the gospel should be the first order of business when it comes to being about our Father’s business!
 




Resurgence of Israel’s Military in Bible Prophecy, Pt. 1 - By David R. Reagan - https://www.raptureready.com/2024/06/15/resurgence-of-israels-military-in-bible-prophecy-pt-1-by-david-r-reagan/
 
Israel is the major focus of End-Time Bible prophecy. That’s the reason that the re-establishment of the nation in the 20th Century was so important. That event signaled the fact that we are now living in the end of the end times.
 
Prophecies Concerning Israel
 
During the 20th Century, we were privileged to witness God beginning to fulfill in whole or in part seven prophecies regarding the Jewish people:
 
1) The regathering of the Jews from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:10-12). Theodor Herzl’s book, The Jewish State, published in 1896, helped motivate Jewish migration back to Israel. There were 40,000 Jews in Palestine in 1900. Today, there are over 7 million in the land of Israel.
 
2) The re-establishment of the state of Israel (Ezekiel 37:21-22). This prophecy was fulfilled on May 14, 1948, when the Israeli Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in Tel Aviv.
 
3) The reclamation of the land (Ezekiel 36:34-35). When the Jews started returning to the land just over 100 years ago, it was a malaria-infested swampland that had been denuded of all its forests. Today, it produces food in abundance, and the forests have been replanted.
 
4) The revival of the Hebrew language (Zephaniah 3:9 and Jeremiah 31:23). When the Jews were scattered worldwide, they stopped speaking Hebrew. But in the 1800s, God raised up a Lithuanian Jew named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda to resurrect the language from the dead. Hebrew now predominates as one of the three official languages of Israel.
 
5) The re-occupation of the city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4-8). When the Israeli War of Independence ended in 1949, the Old City of Jerusalem was under Jordanian occupation. The Israelis reclaimed the city during the Six-Day War on June 7, 1967.
 
6) The resurgence of the Israeli military (Zechariah 12:6). Even though Israel is one of the smallest nations, its military is considered one of the top ten in the world.
 
7) The re-focusing of world politics on the nation of Israel and its city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:2-3). Today, world attention is focused on Israel and Jerusalem — as has been abundantly evident in late 2023.
 
Military Power in Prophecy
 
From its humble beginnings in 1948, the Israeli military has become a highly professional and capable force.
 
The prophet Ezekiel referred to the revival of Israel in the last days as producing “an exceedingly great military force” (Ezekiel 37:10). Zechariah was more specific, prophesying that God would make “the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves” and enable them to “consume on the right hand and on the left” all their enemies (Zechariah 12:6, NASB). He proceeded to state that, in the end times, the nation will be so strong that the “one who stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them” (Zechariah 12:8).
 
Let’s look now at the major conflicts of the past that offer evidence of the fulfillment of these prophecies.
 
The War of Independence (November 1947 – March 1949)
 
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations adopted a resolution providing for the ending of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, replacing British rule with a partition of the land that would result in the creation of two states, one Jewish and the other Arab.
 
Jews worldwide were elated, even though the territory they were offered was merely a portion of what they had been promised in the British Balfour Declaration of 1917. But the Arabs were outraged because they wanted all the land of Palestine. They immediately launched a civil war that continued right up to the day that the Jews issued their declaration of independence on May 14, 1948.
 
The surrounding Arab nations repeatedly warned that they would attack in mass if the Jews declared independence. For example, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Azzam Pasha, declared, “It will be a war of annihilation. It will be a momentous massacre in history that will be talked about like the massacres of the Mongols or the Crusades.”
 
On the Jewish side, there was considerable concern that such boasting could become a reality. Thus, on the eve of the war, Yigael Yadin, the Chief of Staff of the Israeli forces, told David Ben-Gurion, the Jewish leader, “The best we can tell you is that we have a 50-50 chance.”
 
The fears materialized within hours of the declaration of independence when five Arab armies (Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq) attacked the new nation. At the time, Israel had only 30,000 rag-tag fighters who were ill-trained and poorly equipped.
 
The Arab armies, particularly the Jordanians, were well-trained and equipped with aircraft, tanks, and modern artillery. Transjordan’s army was even led by British officers under the command of General John Glubb.
 
President Harry Truman officially recognized the new state of Israel immediately, but his Administration refused to provide any aid under the naive assumption that it would help avert bloodshed. Britain openly supplied arms to the Arabs, while Israel had to smuggle surplus weapons from Eastern Europe.
 
But despite the overwhelming odds against them, the infant Jewish state prevailed, albeit at enormous cost. 6,377 Israelis were killed — nearly one percent of the population (equivalent to an American loss today of 3.4 million!). In the end, Israelis controlled not only the territory allotted to them by the UN but also 60% of the area that had been proposed for an Arab state. The only key area that the Israelis were unable to conquer was the Old City of Jerusalem.
 
Overall, the war represented a miraculous victory for Israel.
 
In the second and final part of this fascinating look into the resurgence of Israel’s military in Bible prophecy, we will explore God’s miraculous victories during the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.





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8 Signs That Extremists Are Taking Over Our Country
 
- by Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/8-signs-that-extremists-are-taking-over-our-country/
 
It is happening all around us. Our nation is being radically transformed by people with extreme ideologies, and that should deeply alarm all of us. According to Google, an extremist is “a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action”. Sadly, that definition accurately describes many that hold prominent positions of power in our society today. In so many cases, individuals that have political beliefs that most ordinary Americans would consider to be very radical are going to extraordinary lengths to impose their views on all of the rest of us. The following are 8 signs that extremists are taking over our country…
 
#1 In Oregon, a high school track and field coach has been fired for simply “expressing his concerns about allowing biological males to compete with girls”…
 
The head track and field coach at a high school in Oregon has been fired after writing letters to state officials expressing his concerns about allowing biological males to compete with girls.
 
John Parks, who had been employed at Lake Oswego High School since January of last year, says his contract was terminated shortly after he began speaking out against trans-identified males self-identifying into female races.
 
#2 Officials in Seattle have decided that it is perfectly okay to hire migrants that have come into the United States illegally as police officers…
 
Now, faced with what can only be called an emergency due to low staffing, the city is taking advantage of Senate Bill 6157, signed into law by far-left Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, which will allow DACA recipients or so-called “dreamers” to apply to become police officers.
 
One issue facing DACA recipients becoming police officers is because they are in the country illegally, which means that they are not generally permitted to carry a firearm. However, Biden’s ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, FIrearms and Explosives) has ruled that “It is ATF’s position that DACA recipients can possess duty firearms and possess ammunition as part of their official law enforcement officer duties,” according to the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).
 
#3 Even though reservoirs are overflowing right now, bureaucrats have decided to greatly restrict the flow of water to countless potato farmers in the state of Idaho…
 
Eastern Idaho farmers may soon be out of water after the state issued a major curtailment.
 
Brian Murdock, a farmer who resides in East Idaho, warned of the potential devastating impact of the order on his business during his appearance on “The Bottom Line” Wednesday.
 
“Well, as you said, the state of Idaho and the Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued this curtailment of 500,000 acres. And to help put that in perspective, that’s basically 781 square miles of farm ground that is being taken out of production,” Murdock stressed.
 
#4 Executives at Disney seem absolutely determined to completely destroy Star Wars. In the newest series, a “coven of lesbian space witches” has been introduced…
 
At the center of the drama is Episode 3, which aired last week. The segment featured what the LGBTQ publication Them described as a “coven of lesbian space witches” who appear to use the Force to conceive the twins Mae and Osha without any male involvement.
 
#5 In Los Angeles, authorities are reportedly toying with the idea of “removing police from traffic enforcement altogether”…
 
In another step toward complete and total lawlessness on the West Coast, Los Angeles is reportedly studying the idea of removing police from traffic enforcement altogether as a way to reform policing.
 
A new report from the LA Times says that this week, the City Council approved a study aimed at determining how to implement additional speed bumps, roundabouts, and other modifications to streets to curb speeding and improve driving safety.
 
This would come in the place of traffic enforcement by officers after reform advocates argued for “the city to limit how often police pull people over for low-level offenses and to start imagining a future in which unarmed city workers would take over most traffic duties”.
 
#6 While politicians in Washington endlessly promote war on the other side of the globe to protect Ukraine’s “sacred borders”, vast numbers of people are being allowed to come flooding into this country illegally every single day. In fact, Citizen Free Press is reporting that “we may have 200,000 more Chinese men who have crossed our border” by the month of November…
 
Jacumba California is the entry of choice for Chinese Illegals. By November, we may have 200,000 more Chinese men who have crossed our border. What happens when China invades Taiwan.
 
#7 We aren’t supposed to question “climate science”, and many in positions of power get extremely angry when we do. As Ken Ham recently explained, the modern climate change movement has essentially mutated into a “religion” that “basically sees man as a blight upon the earth”…
 
“What’s going on here is the fact that the climate change movement is a religion. It’s an anti-God religion based on evolutionary assumptions. It’s a religion where man believes he will save himself and save the planet. And it’s a religion that creates fear,” he warned “Worldview Matters” listeners.
 
“The modern climate change movement is a religion that worships man and worships the creation, and basically sees man as a blight upon the earth,” Ham described. “They let the creation have dominion over man. Their whole worldview is wrong, their interpretation of the evidence is wrong, and it’s going to have bad consequences for us.”
 
#8 At a time when they should be concerned with a myriad of rapidly growing national security threats, the federal agency that oversees the CIA, the FBI and the NSA is focused on other things this month…
 
The top intelligence agency in the United States is celebrating Pride Month by inviting agents to have the transgender flag painted on their nails, participate in a “Pride Ally Challenge,” and learn from a “non-binary,” “Filipinx” activist who has taught children about her non-binary identity, a document exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire reveals.
 
The intelligence document outlines nine different Pride Month activities held by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a cabinet-level agency overseeing the rest of the IC, including the CIA, FBI, NSA, and intelligence components in each branch of the military. Over the course of the month, intelligence officers will have their nails painted with trans flags, or even learn to crochet their very own Pride flags.
 
If my grandparents were alive today, they wouldn’t even recognize our country.
 
We now live in a society where up is down, down is up, high is low, and low is high.
 
Unfortunately, the control freaks that are running things get quite upset when anyone dares to question why everything has been reversed.
 
In my latest book I have an entire chapter entitled “cultural transformation”, and I think that phrase very accurately describes what is happening to us.
 
If you do not want extremists to be running things, the time to speak up is now.
 
Because once they get total control, you won’t even be able to do that.





Nowhere In the Bible Does It Say God Will Establish A ‘Fake Israel’ In Her Ancestral Land
 - By Mike Spaulding - https://harbingersdaily.com/nowhere-in-the-bible-does-it-say-god-will-establish-a-fake-israel-in-her-ancestral-land/
 
I received another email recently from someone claiming that current Israel is not biblical Israel. The writer further stated that the people we call the Jews today are not Jews at all. The typical rant ensued about the wickedness of modern Israel, Zionism, the Mossad, and the Ashkenazi Jews who control the world. Normally embedded in the rant is some expletive about Israel controlling America.
 
I receive these types of emails berating me for being so naïve, blind, deceived, and several other things I can’t print, all because I support the modern state of Israel and its right to exist in her land without constant threat of terrorism.
 
By the tone and content of most of these emails I wonder if the authors are saved, born-again, spirit filled believers in Jesus Christ. The biggest reason for my concern for these individuals is their denial of what the Bible says and their belief in what the Bible doesn’t say. Let me explain.
 
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that God will establish a fake Israel in her ancestral land. As hard as some people work to argue that modern Israel is not biblical Israel, they cannot formulate a convincing defense of their belief. The reason is clear – arguing against what the Bible declares God will do in the end of days is a losing argument every time. The same is true for the people we call the Jews. Elaborate arguments are offered that seek to destroy any belief that the Israelites of today are biblical Jews. Again, the argument is not supported biblically.
 
These same individuals assign no significance to the rise of the nation of Israel in 1948. According to these people, this modern miracle was not the handiwork of God in fulfillment of His many promises to return His people to their land just before He destroys His enemies. They attribute the entire event to conspiracy. It was the global banking cartel headed by the Rothschilds. Modern Israel is the brainchild of evil Zionists who seek to control the world. It was the result of wicked dispensationalists such as Darby, Scofield, and Moody.
 
The truth is that the modern state of Israel is biblical Israel. God has and continues to call His people Israel back to their land and all of this is in preparation for the rise of Antichrist, and the Tribulation period, which is clearly focused on Israel. Read Daniel 9:24-27, which states unequivocally that the Tribulation period is about Daniel’s people, his holy city, and the process by which God brings His people into saving faith. Zechariah 12 and 14 come into play here as does Ezekiel 38-39 war. All of this is end of days language. It is a travesty that people who write lengthy diatribes against Israel and the Jews do not spend the same amount of time studying what the Bible says instead of their favorite YouTube scholars and so-called truthers.
 
To all my brothers and sisters – stay focused on the Lord Jesus, His Word, and the reality of His soon return. The naysayers, doubters, and critics will soon be shown to be in serious error by Jesus Himself.
 



Daily Jot: Stupidocrisy: Wind-up toys in leadership
 - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com
 
Uncle Al’s Toys (unclealstoys.com) says wind-up toys originated in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and China. The website says, “In Greece and Rome, toys were often made of wood or metal and were powered by simple mechanisms such as springs or weights. The Chinese, on the other hand, were renowned for their intricate automata, which were powered by water and used to entertain emperors and nobles.” The site also says that modern wind-up toys are made from plastic instead of metal and even incorporate electronic components, concluding, “Regardless of age, watching a wind-up toy come to life remains a magical wonder that captivates us for generations.” How similar to modern American leadership.
 
Take Joe Biden for example. He seems to be powered by simple mechanisms. And he is quite entertaining to the Chinese. Some would consider his robotic movement, ever-present smile, and limited vocabulary as “plastic.” While you may get a chuckle out of this comparison, it’s really not funny. He is the leader of what’s left of the free world. He can hardly put two words together and zones out a lot in public. Just to kind of imagine how dangerous this is to national security, he seems to have no reaction to Chinese spy balloons or Russian nuclear submarines off the coast of Florida. Yet he pressures Israel to make peace with the terrorists who brutally attacked Israeli men, women and children.
 
Last Saturday night, Biden attended a Democratic Party fundraiser in Los Angeles. Several news outlets reported and video footage indicates that Biden got so caught up in the crowd cheering for him and former president Barack Obama that Obama had to grab him by the wrist, put his arm around the aged president and lead him off of the stage. Despite distinct and confirming video of Biden having to be led off stage by Obama, Obama’s senior advisor Eric Schulz posted on X “this did not happen.” Of course, this fanned the flames among those in the news media that think Biden may be mentally incompetent to continue in office. Biden had previously wandered off during the recent G7 summit. Italy’s Prime Minister took Biden’s hand and lead him back to the photo shoot with other world leaders.
 
Apparently, the Democratic Party faithful are not concerned. Biden raised a record $30 million-plus as the Hollywood elite emptied their pockets in a Marxist-supporting frenzy. It is a legitimate question whether Biden is mentally fit to remain in the office of President. This is similar to what is written in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 regarding how the wicked rejected the truth and God sent “them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.” The lie is that this wind-up human obviously is not in control and the administrative deep state continues to advance under the oligarchy that has the wind-up key. America’s allies and its enemies alike can see this leaderless ship aimlessly floating in the sea of uncertainty. Wind-up toys may be amusing to some, but wind-up Presidents are worse than, say it with me…Stupidocrisy.





Daily Devotion: Fulfilling Our Calling
 - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org
 
Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen.
—Acts 8:1
 
https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/fulfilling-our-calling/ - Listen
 
Stephen was a young man with so much promise in his life. Because of his faithfulness, he was selected to be a deacon in the church. But it quickly became evident that Stephen had a gift for preaching. People were coming to faith when he spoke, and miracles were even taking place.
 
Many probably thought that Stephen had a great ministry ahead of him because he was only a young man. However, because of his preaching, he was called to give an account before the Jewish Sanhedrin, which was like the Supreme Court of that day.
 
These very powerful men didn’t like Stephen’s preaching about Jesus Christ as the Messiah, and they called him to answer for it. Now, if Stephen had been careful, he could have gone home for dinner that night. Instead, he saw the possibilities of reaching the Sanhedrin with the gospel. So, he began to preach to them.
 
And as Stephen preached, they became so outraged that they put their hands over their ears and started to scream. It’s clear they didn’t want to hear what he had to say. But Stephen continued to preach, and they decided to execute him.
 
They killed him by stoning, and even as Stephen’s young life was being drained, he cried out, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” (Acts 7:60 NLT).
 
We might say, “That is tragic because it seems like God could have done so much through Stephen’s life.”
 
But here’s what we need to remember. We don’t know how long our lives will last. We all have a task to complete, a calling to fulfill. And the length of our lives is determined not by genes or statistics but by God. Our objective is to stay on course and do what God has set before us.
 
It very well may have been the testimony of Stephen that brought Saul of Tarsus under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. How do we know that? Because right on the heels of Stephen’s martyrdom, Saul went out to hunt down Christians. He left Jerusalem and went as far as Damascus in Syria to find those who were followers of Jesus and then arrest them and execute them.
 
But while Saul was on his way to do that, he met Jesus Himself. The Lord came to Saul on the road to Damascus and blinded him, and then Saul came to faith in Jesus Christ.
 
From the biblical record, we don’t know of anyone who personally shared the gospel with Saul. But Saul quite possibly was a member of the Sanhedrin. As such, Stephen’s bold preaching could have put him on this road and indirectly contributed to his conversion.
 
We can all look back on our lives as believers and identify people who contributed spiritually. God has put you where you are in that neighborhood, in that workspace, on that campus. Did you ever stop and think that maybe you are there for a reason? There are people in your world whom you need to reach out to.
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  • Israeli negotiator: Dozens of hostages alive, but they'll die if left in Gaza too long
  • Hamas sexual abuse survivor at White House event: My recovery depends on hostages' return
  • VP: I fear testimony on Hamas sexual violence will increase as more hostages freed
  • Gaza reporter who harbored Israeli hostages at his home wrote for US-based The Palestine Chronicle
  • Blinken Sits for Interview with Al-Jazeera News Anchor Who Expresses Hope for Israel's Destruction
  • 'May Allah reckon with you': Al Jazeera caught censoring Gazan criticism for Hamas
  • Poland Bans Israeli Soccer Teams From Major City Due to 'Safety' Concerns
  • 3 hospitalized as cops clash with anti-government protesters after march on PM's home
  • Netanyahu officially disbands war cabinet after Gantz's departure from government
  • Altered image falsely shared as 'US aircraft carrier damaged by Houthi attack'
  • Not sunk: US aircraft carrier fights false Houthi claims with memes and muffins
  • US military says it destroyed four Houthi radars, one unmanned surface vessel and one drone
  • U.S. Treasury Imposes New Sanctions to Cut Off Weapons to Houthis in Yemen
  • France: Five Stabbed in Reported Afghan Community 'Score Settling' Attack
  • Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted, accused of insulting monarchy
  • Thaksin granted bail, media reports, as Thai court cases raise risk of political crisis
  • China, Philippines trade blame over ship collision in South China Sea
  • Chinese and Philippine ship collision just the latest in a string of South China Sea confrontations
  • Global spending on nuclear weapons up 13% in record rise
  • China's Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Is Growing Faster Than Any Other Country, Report Says
  • India possesses more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China has 500 warheads
  • Study Finds US as Many as 15 Years Behind China on Nuclear Power
  • China Mocks Zelensky 'Peace Summit': No Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Bails Early
  • China should pay for propping up Putin's war - Nato chief
  • US sounds alarm over Chinese and North Korean support for Russia's war in Ukraine
  • Russia's Putin to visit North Korea in rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens
  • Putin to visit North Korea for first time in 24 years
  • Russian nuclear-powered submarine leaves Cuba
  • Russia-Ukraine War Grinds on as a Peace Conference Packs Little Punch
  • Russian warships depart Cuba following five-day visit for military drills
  • NBC: Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up.
  • White House slams 'bad faith' videos that claim to show Biden confused
  • 'Cheap Fakes': White House Claims Videos of Joe Biden's Public Malfunctions Are Fabricated
  • Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test. Mixes up name of doctor
  • Hunter Biden files motion for new trial after gun conviction, 'deletes' motion moments later
  • John Kerry used government email alias as secretary of state, whistleblowers say
  • Powerful New Jersey Democrat charged with racketeering
  • Iowa attorney general leads coalition opposing Trump gag order in classified documents case
  • Biden Allies Plot to Use Mass Protests, Lawfare to Keep Trump from Firing Deep State Bureaucrats
  • George Clooney, Julia Roberts Warn 'Democracy' and 'Our Children's Future' Are at Stake if Trump Wins
  • Cotton: There's a 'Strong Case' for Many of the January 6 Defendants to Be Pardoned
  • Matthew Whitaker: Not Charging Garland Example of 'Two-Tier System'
  • Joe Biden to Deplete Oil Reserves to Artificially Lower Gas Prices Months Before Election
  • 'Voter Fraud Is Real': Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Slams Overturned Houston Judicial Election
  • 'It Is Time': U.S. Surgeon General Wants Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms to Help Protect Youth
  • Global audiences suspicious of AI-powered newsrooms, report finds
  • AI lab at Christian university aims to bring morality and ethics to artificial intelligence
  • An AI bot for mayor? Wyoming election official says not so fast
  • Railway collision in eastern India kills 15
  • NTSB Investigating After Boeing 737 Suffers Dangerous 'Dutch Roll' Incident in Midair
  • NASA engineers successfully reestablished communication with Voyager 1 after seven months of silence
  • 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
  • 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Neiafu, Tonga
  • 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Alianza Cristiana, Peru
  • 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
  • 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
  • 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Cuyutlan, Mexico
  • Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 21,000ft
  • Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
  • Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
  • Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
  • Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
  • Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
  • Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
  • Potential Tropical Cyclone 1 forms in Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for flooding
  • Tropical Storm Watches Issued For Texas, Mexico Ahead Of Likely Future Alberto
  • A month's worth of rain: 3 to 7 inches in the past week in Minnesota
  • Spell of rain fails to dampen witches gathering in New York
  • Extreme rainfall, deadly floods and landslides hit China's Fujian, forcing 36,000 to evacuate
  • A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win
  • Long-Duration Heat Wave To Break Daily Temperature Records In Midwest, Northeast
  • Eight more die as India faces 'longest' heatwave
  • Another tourist dead in Greece, others missing as heat toll rises
  • Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a 'Major Disaster'
  • Homes now threatened as LA wildfire grows to 15,000 acres and 1,200 are evacuated
  • California Blaze Raises Fears for Dangerous Wildfire Season
  • Wild Video Captures Brawl at Los Angeles High School Graduation for Students on Probation, Ends in Shooting
  • Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint during Biden's trip to California
  • Chinese 'Cyber Police' Agent Runs Online Network Helping Illegal Immigrants Flood Into US
  • Trump blasts Biden for border policies after illegal immigrant charged with murder, rape of Maryland mother of 5
  • House committee demands answer on eight Tajik border crossers arrested for terror plot
  • Ex-CIA deputy director sounds the alarm about terror threat posed by open border
  • US pauses avocado, mango inspections in Mexican state due to security concerns
  • Telegram channel run by Chinese cyber cop gives illegal immigrants instructions on how to game border patrol: report
  • Kari Lake: Biden 'Rolled Out the Welcome Mat' at Border
  • Biden to Unveil Deportation Protection for Spouses of US Citizens
  • Former Employee: Google Maps Lacks 'Scenic Route' Option Because of DEI
  • Journalist Michael Patrick Leahy vows to fight for free speech after threat from judge for reporting on Nashville trans shooter manifesto
  • Megachurch pastor admits past 'inappropriate' behavior with 'young lady' after accusation of molesting 12-year-old
  • Infamous topless trans influencer who was invited to Biden White House accused of sexual assault
  • New York Veteran Comes Out as Gay in His Obituary, Says He Can Now 'Forever Rest in Peace'
  • Bay Area group hosts cabaret event to support drag queens boycotting San Francisco Pride 'in solidarity with Palestine'
  • California moves to ban schools from notifying parents of child pronoun changes
  • 6 states halt Biden administration's Title IX rewrite after West Virginia athlete's lawsuit
  • Biden intel community celebrates pride with free trans flag manicures, pride crochet: report
  • Biden Regime Unseals Indictment Against Texas Doctor Who Blew Whistle on Sex Change Program at Texas Children's Hospital - He is Facing Up to 10 Years in Prison!
  • Schumer prepares for a vote on protecting abortion rights nationally
  • 3 plead guilty to vandalizing pro-life pregnancy centers in wake of Supreme Court abortion decision
  • Report: More Than 171,000 Women Went Out of State for Abortions in 2023
  • Abortion case could cost judges their jobs for ruling correctly
  • Israeli study shows AI improves sperm selection in IVF
  • Officials find new smuggled Chinese import potentially deadly to Americans, pesticides on marijuana
  • Japan reports record spike in potentially deadly bacterial infection
  • Former CDC Director: 'Just a Matter of Time' Until Bird Flu Pandemic with 'Significant Mortality' in Humans
  • Kansas sues Pfizer over 'misrepresentations' and 'adverse events' of COVID-19 vaccine
  • A Utah mom's case could break through a wall of legal immunity surrounding vaccine makers


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