Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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I don't know if JD Vance killed the Pope, but I think we should deport him to El Salvador just in case.
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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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So are we still more upset about Diverse, but qualified, yet presumed unqualified hires, than DUI hires?
(Asking for anyone who cares about US National Security)
Pete Hegseth needs to go for the safety of the United States & the allies that we still have.
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you may think you miss the man.
but you really miss the intimacy, the connection, etc.
in reality, you can get that from someone else and be just fine. so again, it’s not the man you’re missing, babe. it’s the experience.
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Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.
She has been on a govt salary for years.
Something aint right
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no one talks about how soul-affirming it is to get a “had so much fun with you” text after hanging out. not a meme. not a tiktok. not a link. just a plain little sentence saying “i like you. i like your company.” we live for that.
like when someone sends “still smiling from earlier” hours after the hang. or when they walk you to your car even though it’s 30 feet away. that’s the kind of stuff that ruins me.
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Hey MAGA Christians, school shootings have nothing to do with a lack of prayer in public schools.
I’ve studied the Bible extensively and served as a pastor for nearly three decades.
Trust me: there is no prayer that will suddenly make children bulletproof.
Cut the BS—it’s the guns.
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The League of Women Voters has declared that the United States is in a constitutional crisis. If you know anything about LWV, you know this isn’t a group that makes dramatic proclamations. They’re nonpartisan, measured, and focused on protecting democracy through voter education and participation. For them to use language this strong—it should wake us all up.
Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He's now planning to end the free IRS Direct File program.
Apple donated $1M. Trump exempted most of Apple’s imports from tariffs.
Coinbase donated $1M. Trump’s SEC dropped a major lawsuit against them.
See how this works?
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BREAKING: ELON MUSK STEPPING BACK FROM DOGE TO FOCUS ON TESLA.
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I love when Trump supporters say some shit like “Well go be a better president then,” like we don’t all know dogs more capable of performing this task.
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Russians Return to Religion, But Not to Church
This might explain the apparent contradiction:
"The religious renaissance in Russia has less a religious than a national and political character, with most people equating being Russian with being Orthodox. Talk should therefore be of a borrowed religious boom, one that has less to do with the internal dynamics of the religious than with political, cultural, and economic factors."
Seems to me the basic question here is whether there's an actual spiritual revival taking place, or if Russians are simply identifying as Orthodox as a matter of national identity.
Given the Orthodox emphasis on large families, along with huge improvements in incomes and living standards since 1991, plus government incentives that encourage large families, you'd expect this trend to have reversed by now:
Then there's the divorce rate:
and of course this rather thorny issue:
All of which casts doubt on the idea of an actual religious revival.
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All good points. I saw an Andrei Martyanov video some time ago. He's an outspoken atheist but says he's "Orthodox"--meaning, I guess, Russian. The author I referred to definitely has an axe to grind. He makes good points in his critique of the West but glosses over some problems in the East.
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