US president vows forces will remain in the region in leadup to peace talks in Pakistan as uncertainty about Lebanon and Strait of Hormuz threatens fragile ceasefire The post Trump threatens to renew war if Iran doesn’t comply with ‘real agreement’ appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...Read More
U.S. forces raced to recover two airmen who ejected from an F-15E Strike Eagle after it was hit by enemy fire during operations over Iran Friday....Read More
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“Saturday Night Live” cast member Chloe Fineman is facing intense backlash after she admitted in a Vanity Fair game show video that she was fired as a teenage camp counselor for "pantsing" a 6-year-old boy as a prank.“I was fired as a camp counselor. I pantsed a boy, and he wasn’t wearing underpants, and then a giant school bus drove by,” she recounted, noting that the boy was “6” when this incident happened.When her fellow cast members reacted in shock, Fineman continued, “No, it was a different time! Like he would be like, ‘Hey, can I have a hug?’ and I'd go to hug him and then he’d like lift my shirt like a d**k. And then I was like, ‘I'm going to get back at you,’ and so we were on a hike, and I was like, ‘Hey, Ollie, go look over there, it's a hawk,’ and then I yanked his pants down. He wasn't wearing underwear. His little ding-a-ling was out.”Although Vanity Fair has since edited out some of Fineman’s most controversial statements — specifically her admission that the boy was 6 and her use of the term “ding-a-ling” — Sara Gonzales has the fully intact clip. On a recent episode of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” she played the unedited video and reacted to it. “Chloe [Fineman] thought that she was being funny when she admitted to sexually assaulting a child,” says Sara, lamenting the devolution of "SNL" from genuinely good comedy into woke, preachy politics.“It wasn’t a ‘different time’ then. There was not a time where adult camp counselors could pants 6-year-olds,” she continues.Sara notes that there’s been unsurprising silence from the left on Fineman’s disturbing comments.“Not a peep. The same people who were like, ‘The Epstein files, we hate child predators, release the files’ — but nothing to say about this woman admitting that she sexually assaulted a 6-year-old. This is crazy,” she condemns.“Is she going to be removed from 'SNL'? Are the cast members going to continue to work with a sexual predator?” she asks. “Probably, because the left has no morals and no values. They only wish to use those morals and values against you.”To watch the original, unedited Vanity Fair clip and hear more of Sara’s commentary, watch the video above.Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred takes on news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream....Read More
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There was a time when James Carville was one of the sharpest political minds in the country — quick, blunt, and effective. He could take a complicated moment and reduce it to something people could carry. That skill is what makes watching him now so unsettling.Sitting alone, looking into a camera, and unleashing a stream of profanity and rage, it feels less like strategy and more like something unraveling in public. The volume is high, the emotion even higher. It’s completely out of proportion to the moment.Someone willing to torch his career, his reputation, or even his freedom is not waiting around for your argument.There’s a sadness to that. Somewhere along the way, he decided this was necessary. You can almost trace the descent, step by step, to a place where that kind of display felt reasonable.But this isn’t just about one man.We used to have a line. Not perfection or agreement, but a shared understanding that how we conduct ourselves matters.That line has eroded, and most people can feel it. This didn’t start yesterday. We’ve been coarsening for a long time.Years ago, if you were furious, you wrote it out, read it, said it out loud, and then burned it.Now we broadcast what used to be processed privately. And once it’s out there, it multiplies.Some people don’t just brush up against this behavior. They live in orbit around it.Family caregivers know this terrain in a way most people don’t, not because they’re wiser, but because they’re required to learn. Addiction. Dementia. Chronic pain. They discover that not every situation can be reasoned through.And those lessons transfer.What you learn sitting across from someone in addiction or confusion applies when you’re standing in front of someone screaming in a parking lot or filming themselves in a rage they can’t govern. There is a moment where something crosses a line. The defensiveness sharpens. The aggression follows. The reaction no longer fits the moment.And in that moment, you realize you are no longer dealing with the issue in front of you. You are dealing with something underneath it.There’s a story behind it, which is why, if it’s hysterical, it’s historical. At that point, you are not in a conversation. You are standing in front of something that will not respond to reason.Someone willing to torch his career, his reputation, or even his freedom is not waiting around for your argument.It is a tug of war.If you win, you end up on your back. If you lose, you end up on your face. Either way, you are in the dirt.So do not pick up the rope.That runs against our instincts. We want to engage, correct, and win. But if you take hold, you are no longer engaging a person. You are engaging the disorder or the wound. That is a fight you cannot win.I have learned this lesson the hard way. I have leaned in, pressed harder, and tried to force clarity into moments that could not hold it. All it did was pull me deeper into the chaos. So you learn to do something different. You slow down, take a breath, and create space.RELATED: How the DC media machine actually works Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesSometimes that space is physical. Sometimes it is emotional. Sometimes it is simply refusing to engage. You do not have to comment, respond, or show up for every fight you’re invited to.Scripture speaks to this. The apostle Paul wrote, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all” (Romans 12:18).If possible.Sometimes it is not. Sometimes the other person has already decided otherwise. But you do get a vote on how you conduct yourself. That is where self-control comes in.Self-control is not passivity or cowardice. There are times to confront and times when authority must be exercised, even forcefully. But even then, you are not called to function out of rage. You are called to do what is necessary.And we are seeing more and more people choose escalation. A routine traffic stop becomes a standoff. A disagreement on a plane becomes removal from the aircraft. A minor infraction becomes handcuffs.Crazy doesn’t let go, but that does not mean you have to hold on.You don’t have to pick up the rope. You don’t have to match the volume. You don’t have to join the unraveling.In a culture that rewards outrage, the rarest strength is self-control. And self-control may be the only thing that allows you to walk through chaos without joining it....Read More
Islamic Republic retains missile capabilities and uranium stockpiles, after worried Gulf states press for maritime freedom The post As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but resilient, with leverage over Hormuz appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...Read More
Trump employed delay tactics to avoid following through on his pledges to relentlessly bomb Iran, following a pattern similar to his 11th-hour tariff compromises....Read More
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Lebanon says 182 dead, as IDF says it targeted 'hundreds' of Hezbollah operatives; Israel told residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to leave, but strikes in city's center came without warning The post Lebanese PM declares day of mourning after ‘unprecedented’ wave of IDF strikes appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...Read More
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IDF says 'soldier on vacation shot a terrorist after he threw rocks at Israeli citizens' near Tayasir, where Palestinians were said to clash with settlers over new wildcat outpost The post Palestinian killed by Israeli fire amid series of reported West Bank settler attacks appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...Read More
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Anthony Long allegedly told an Ohio father he would kill him "in the name of Allah" in a terrifying encounter caught on camera....Read More
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling on the TSA to bring back its controversial policy requiring travelers to remove their shoes before going through security checkpoints at airports....Read More
Democratic Iowa congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott wrote in an opinion piece published after criticism of her 2021 reading of a Muslim prayer in the Iowa Senate that the September 11 attacks made her more aware of “anti-Muslim bigotry” and the “harm” it caused. The post Iowa Democrat Pastor Running for Congress: 9/11 Taught Me About ‘Anti-Muslim Bigotry’ appeared first on Breitbart. ...Read More
Democratic Iowa congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott wrote in an opinion piece published after criticism of her 2021 reading of a Muslim prayer in the Iowa Senate that the September 11 attacks made her more aware of “anti-Muslim bigotry” and the “harm” it caused. The post Iowa Democrat Pastor Running for Congress: 9/11 Taught Me About ‘Anti-Muslim Bigotry’ appeared first on Breitbart. ...Read More
First Lady Melania Trump praised a significant milestone in her advocacy for digital safety this week, hailing the first federal conviction under the "TAKE IT DOWN Act."...Read More
Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not identify was arrested in Abaco and is being questioned. A Coast Guard spokesperson told The Associated Press late Wednesday that [...]...Read More