United States President Donald Trump has pledged there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country. Trump's statement, made in a Saturday afternoon post on Truth Social, is the latest sign that a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) may be unravelling. "There will be NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days during the Cease Fire Period, and there will be NO TOLLS after the 60 day period has expired," Trump wrote, "unless they are imposed by and for the United States of America."
A volunteer projected images of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the tarp of the Kennedy Center. Other messages projected on the tarp: "Boys Will Be Boys" and "No one bends the knee like the GOP" highlighting Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), and uber-incompetent D/FBI Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel.
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Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have been "guided" throughout her more than 24 years in politics by Chris Butler, the leader of a group countless ex-members have described as a "cult," an extensive report from The Washington Post revealed Sunday. Gabbard began her career in politics as a Hawaii state House representative in 2002, climbing the ranks over decades before being appointed as Director of National Intelligence last year, a position she resigned from last Friday citing her husband's deteriorating health. However, after obtaining "hundreds of confidential memos," the Post revealed that much of her decision making over the past two decades " from what she should say to what bills she should introduce " may have been "guided" by Butler, who founded the Science of Identity Foundation, a new religious movement that began in the 1970s, which some scholars have called a "cult."
New cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed in West Texas, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its response, including immediate sterile fly dispersal flights over Crockett County. In a post on X from the USDA's New World Screwworm Rapid Response, the agency said that "in the last 24 hours, 1 lamb in Crockett County, TX, and 2 calves in Edwards County, TX have tested positive for New World Screwworm, bringing the total number of domestic confirmed detections to 15." The USDA said it "has already taken action and will be starting sterile fly dispersal flights over Crockett County (outside current affected areas) immediately."
On MAGA, Evangelicalism & Christian Nationalism
In this clip from Ask N.T. Wright Anything, Michael Bird and Tom Wright discuss the rise of Christian nationalism, the influence of MAGA ideology within white evangelicalism, and why many believers are struggling to reconcile faith with political movements centered on power, nationalism, and culture wars.
LAPD officers responded to reports of a woman screaming on 13 June, which turned out to be harmless cheering, the night that the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA finals. Terrified at the sight of Jameson, a two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle wearing a blue NY Knicks jersey, one of the LAPD officers fired four rounds into the defense animal, killing him.
Since 2000, the LAPD has faced 2,000 claims of police brutality
Donald Trump likes this woman. She's someone's daughter. Does he think it's one of his own? She doesn't look like Tiffany or Ivanka. The blonde woman looks like she's sitting in a room with a blanket or flag from The Great State of New York.
Donald Trump is really worried about showers ruining his -- self-described == "perfect" hair.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the "unlawful and illegitimate" Israeli seizure of its property in occupied East Jerusalem. During the operation, "the Patriarchate's representative was forcibly removed, his equipment was confiscated, trees were uprooted, and the property was enclosed with fencing and gates."
Christian America's so-called "ally"
The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938 " 1956) introduced three transgender characters to Americana, a pioneering concept that may have been considered taboo by the mainstream media (MSM) back then. First, early Superman villain "The Ultra-Humanite" had his brain transplanted into the body of a beautiful young Hollywood starlet. Dangerous criminal "He-She" made a solo appearance fighting "Crimebuster," while the campy super-hero "Red Tornado" was secretly a woman named Ma' Hinkel. Although these are only three obscure instances from thousands of heroes and villains from the 1940s, for that time these comic book writers broke societal norms, like their counterparts who wrote Science Fiction.
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A member of a family that runs a California raisin company is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly terrorized his Jewish neighbors in Pacific Palisades. On Wednesday, Bruce Lion, who was arrested over the weekend, was set to be arraigned. But the proceeding was reportedly postponed because the 64-year-old would not come out of his jail cell. Cunin detailed moments when Lion allegedly approached the rabbi's wife and made antisemitic statements: "I hate you, Jews. You killed my lord and savior. Your husband killed my lord and savior." Another instance included allegedly hosing down a congregant's car. This behavior allegedly went on for weeks, with several neighbors calling the police almost daily, according to Cunin.
Is the number of girls raped in the United Kingdom by grooming gangs definitively documented to be 250,000? No, that's not true: That figure is an extrapolation using an unclear methodology based on data from smaller communities with headline-grabbing scandals and is not an actual count of rape cases across the United Kingdom. A 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said, "it is simply not possible to know the scale of child sexual exploitation by networks."
The Michigan State Police (MSP) is robustly investigating CPAC Christian youth pastor Zachary Radcliff (29) for allegedly grooming and sexually assaulting scores of underaged boys and girls, some as old as ten. The phony Christian is facing at least 60 felony charges and the MSP is asking anyone with any information on Zachary Radcliff to please contact them ASAP at 517-899-6174 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.
"Christian rock and pedophilia are cool, Dude!"
Cody Johnston analyzes how we're making the same mistakes we did in 1980 and how what we now call AI "slop" has always been here. Watch to the end (without skipping ahead) before you comment. I dare you.
Ukraine's e-Points system is pushing soldiers toward higher-value Russian targets. Units earn points for confirmed hits and use them to buy drones, robots, and other gear. The system shows how Ukraine is using incentives, data, and decentralization to fight faster.
