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@DanielDiMartino @JebBush This can’t be true

Disgusting and disqualifying for a journalist to say this to the Cuban tyrant.

I took this picture on April 5, 2015, the last time my birthday fell on Easter. It was not a great day for me. I fought back tears at church, and not in the overwhelmed-by God's-great-mercy way. Little did I know at the time, my year was going to take much worse turns. But I was newly pregnant with my second child, and though very sick and feeling pretty sorry for myself that Easter morning, I knew I was blessed with this new life and a Savior who loves me. I took this photo because it was a reminder of new life and bread of life, and the light of the world. Later that year, I would lose my husband while 7 months pregnant. He died in September. My daughter was born in November. A lot of people wonder, and have asked me, how does one keep her faith through those dark days. I always wondered, how could I have made it through without it? I was angry and scared and so, so thankful I had met Jesus before that moment. I met Him while reading one of those 90s teen study bibles with neon graphics, in my childhood bedroom. In my sad, grey adult bedroom, I woke up panicking in the night, but He was always with me. I prayed Jeremiah 29:11 to calm myself down: "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.'" I prayed it even though I didn't really believe it at the time. It's not that Jesus solved all my problems in this fallen world or fixed my immediate pain right up. But I was in it with Him and with His promises. And he put the kind of brother in my life who would move in with me to help raise the kids for six months. He put parents in my life who showed up every weekend. He put a neighbor in my life who mowed my lawn every week and another who was a SEAL wife and understood grief like few do, and a best friend who could work out my paperwork (death is so much paperwork) when I couldn't. "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world," C.S. Lewis writes in "The Problem of Pain." I learned a lot while I was being shouted at. I think about Jeremiah 29:11 and 11 years ago today. I think about how my little girl who was not yet born then baked my birthday cake today. I think about how she has three siblings now and the most amazing dad— I remarried in 2020 and he adopted the girls. He took all four of our kids to the store to pick out something for my birthday and then let them each choose a walkout song on the karaoke machine as he gave them a Bruce Buffer announcement call when they came down the stairs to present them to me. I think about how they've gained grandparents and cousins and love and faith. (Our first holiday with Steve's family was Easter, and I took it as a good sign.) I pray they've watched our lives and gained trust in their Lord. I think about how my patience was tested by them several times today, as the patience of a parent always is, and how infinite my Father in heaven's patience for me must be. I think about how much I love each of them, and how much my heart grew when each was born just to fit it all in, and how much greater still is my Father's love for me. I think about how much I have to learn and how my faith is still not as mature as it should be at this point (occasionally illustrated on this app). Today in the car, my kids requested "No Fear" by @jonreddick , "Your Way's Better," by @forestfrank , and "Jesus Is Alive, It's a Happy Day" — that one came with sign language by the 3- and 4-year-old, which I recommend for making your heart soar on a Sunday. They listen to secular music, too, but those are their favorites. One time, reading the Christmas story with my kids, I read "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people," and my eldest (about 5 at the time) said, "Mom, the angel always says that!" She's right, the angel always says that! It is so hard not to be afraid, but we have a Good Shepherd. Our lives were touched by death, but He has conquered it. My kids like new worship songs, but I love the classics, and today as on every Easter, I sang "Blessed Assurance," because Jesus is mine. And in the darkest times, He is new life and bread of life, and the light of the world. I am remembering to rejoice in that every day.

@adamcarolla Joey

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Kudos to @israelpolice for resolving misunderstanding regarding access to Church of Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday. There is equal access for ALL faiths & equal guidelines for safety.

@neontaster Be nice, Noam.

“No one should have to fear death and destruction coming from the sky” says man who believes in the biblical God.

@jpodhoretz John, when I listen to Commentary in the car, I have to determine (often) if a fire truck is coming near me or police driving by your house. 9.5 times out of 10… it’s your home😂

Not until they're using 29 dollar mics, are in a Brady Bunch/Hollywood Squares configuration on screen, and you can hear ambulance sirens, someone's dog barking, and somebody breathing into the mic, will CNN seem like a podcast.

👏🏆 Congrats to Tammie Talley, Team Duval’s Director of Athletics, named to the National HS Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame! Honored at last night’s Board Meeting & receiving the Superintendent’s Coin of Excellence 💙🎉 #TeamDuval #AthleticsExcellence #DuvalDelivers

@TheFP Good call!

Aaron Maclean will make his Free Press debut today with a livestream, featuring special guest Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie, about the current conflict in Iran. You can watch at Thefp.com/livestream

Aaron MacLean is joining The Free Press as a columnist and host of the 'School of War' podcast. Read more here: paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-s…

@hughhewitt @Commentary @RuthieBlum Thank you

New @Commentary pod just posted w/ special guest ⁦@RuthieBlum⁩ from Israel podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@jpodhoretz Emergency pod today, John?

Well, that ought to do it. Clearly America and Israel will cease their actions because of your refusal to support their actions. You have saved the world. Take a bow.

BREAKING: 🔴🔴 U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: "A SHORT TIME AGO, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY BEGAN MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN."

Another week of human (and AI) folly perfectly summed up by @NellieBowles … Seriously wondering if I should just cancel everything else and read TGIF only. It’s all here. It’s the tragic-funny vibe to perfection. open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…

Honored by Garry Tan’s (YC CEO) coverage of my question Friday evening, and Bernie’s response (or lack thereof).

For anyone putting loyalty to a person above loyalty to the Constitution, Justice Gorsuch’s remarks should be required reading. His words are a reminder that our highest duty is to the rule of law and the founding principles that define America.

The official trailer we sent out this morning 🙏

Jimmy Lai should be in the same league as the many political prisoners who garnered widespread attention through international campaigns. People such as: > Nelson Mandela > Aung San Suu Kyi > Václav Havel Somehow, the international media and Hollywood celebrities are relatively muted. One can only speculate as to why. Many don’t want to anger Jimmy’s persecutors (the CCP), for they will suffer economic consequences. Perhaps Jimmy - being both a Christian and a vocal free market advocate - doesn’t align with their values. Whatever the reason, I hope the UK and US government manage to intervene somehow. The 78 yr old media mogul who founded Apple Day in Hong Kong has been convicted under national security offenses. Over the last 5 years he has been held in solitary confinement, awaiting his sentencing. During this time, the Chinese government denied him access to Holy Communion and other sacraments. As a British citizen, Jimmy could have fled and lived the remainder of his life as a free man. But he chose to stay behind alongside the people of Hong Kong whose plight he has illuminated and defended for so long. As @benedictrogers writes, “The two leaders who more than any other have a responsibility to demand his release: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo has at least sent a symbolic message by meeting Mr Lai’s wife and daughter recently. Keir Starmer has condemned the verdict. But both must now join forces to mobilise the world to free Mr Lai

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial cnn.it/4apuvsw

The moment was Covid. It happened. Almost every journalist in the nation failed to relay reliable information, instead succumbing to panic and the widest-spread daily curtailment of civil liberties in my lifetime. The rare figures who didn't were silenced or stifled or removed.

Scottie Scheffler birdied this hole.