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6 Craziest Revelations From Scathing Report on Kash Patel — Including His Refusal to Leave a Plane Until He Was Given a Female Agent’s Jacket

Patel is taking it seriously enough to go on the Ingraham show and defend himself to a friendly audience.

“But when they’re talking about raid jackets and Velcro and FBI plane use, they are not talking about the facts because they know this FBI is succeeding in ways prior leadership failed. And those cronies will always stick together and, of course, band together with their enemies to come in and attack us.”
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Jude, and 1 Enoch

No. Inspired scripture stopped 70 AD (Daniel 9 said vision, and prophecy would stop 70 AD), and they have texts in their canon that are written after 70 AD like pseudo Josephus. The most important inspired apocrypha not pseudepigrapha texts for the wise only are 1 Enoch, 1/2 Maccabees, Assumption of Moses, Life of Adam, and Eve. For the NT it is gospel of Nicodemus, History of Joseph the Carpenter, Proto James.
Ok. Nevertheless, hyper Preterism really does not square with scripture.
Thanks for sharing!
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In act of transparency, K$H Patel fires FBI leader after it becomes known Patel used FBI jet to see his girlfriend perform

Patel defends FBI leadership, jet use: ‘I’m entitled to a personal life’

On Tuesday, House Democrats also launched an investigation into his jet usage, asking the FBI to turn over all flight records amid reports of Patel’s “date night” travels with his girlfriend and to sporting events as well as a hunting retreat called Boondoggle Ranch.

House Democrats on Tuesday slammed Patel for using the jet to meet his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, at an event where she performed before flying back to her home in Nashville. They also noted various trips to sporting events and the hunting trip as well as Patel’s efforts to remove the FBI jet from the flight tracking site Flight Aware.

“I’ve also used the airplane less than my prior two predecessors. And, yes, I’m entitled to a personal life just like my other agency counterparts with their partners. Do I support my girlfriend? Absolutely. And I do take trips with her? Absolutely,” he said.
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6 Craziest Revelations From Scathing Report on Kash Patel — Including His Refusal to Leave a Plane Until He Was Given a Female Agent’s Jacket

So the report comes from www.scribd.com rather than a .gov source and it was uploaded by NYT.

And the NYP seems to credit it back to SCRIBD.

And says "The report was written in the style of an official FBI intelligence assessment". Is it supposed to be from the FBIAA? Does it exist on any actual FBI website? I'm calling it codswallop until it's proven otherwise.

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Really?

Scribd isn't a source. It's a document hosting platform. It was uploaded to Scribd by the NY Post:
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I don't trust the NY Post, so I'm not giving much credence to this "report". I'm only commenting on the description of scribd as a source. It's not.
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Why Is It So Hard for Christians to Talk About Justice and Greed?

I’ve been reflecting lately on how often Scripture warns us about greed and how closely that warning is tied to God’s call for justice and care for others. Jesus speaks about money and the dangers of wealth more than almost any other topic, yet many Christians today find conversations about justice uncomfortable or “political.”

So I wanted to ask the community here:
Why do you think discussions about justice and greed create such tension among believers?
Is it a matter of theology, culture, politics, or something deeper in the human heart?


I’m preparing a video on this topic and would truly appreciate hearing a range of Christian perspectives!

Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Rand Paul: Hegseth is either ‘lying to us’ about boat strike or ‘he’s incompetent’

“Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn’t happen,” Paul said. “And then the next day, from the podium of the White House, they’re saying it did happen.”

“So, either he was lying to us on Sunday, or he’s incompetent and didn’t know it had happened,” he continued.

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“So as a country, are we just going to let people lie to us to our face? Are we going to let them kill people who they call enemies anytime in the world? Are we going to let them, like when someone is stranded and holding on to the scraps of a boat, put a second bomb on them?” he continued.

“I think it’s outrageous and should be universally condemned,” he said
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Recipes using inexpensive items

Anything with marrow bone is amazing. I once found an extremely old one in the back garden. It still tasted yummy!
Do any of you think Christians will still be living in cities in the end times? And if so, do you think any of them will live off the waste of society in that time period?
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So far, at least nine (now ~40) (now ~160) (now hundreds) judges, including Trump appointees, have ruled against Trump orders

Trump has come to an accommodation.

Trump’s name on the United States Institute of Peace in Washington

The name of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed after being recently added to the sign for the United States Institute of Peace ahead of Trump hosting the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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The ego is something.
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Trump’s Defense Secretary Accidentally Texted War Plans to The Atlantic: ‘I Didn’t Think It Could Be Real,’ Editor Says

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say

[One source] also said the report concluded that Hegseth violated Pentagon policy by using his personal device for official business and it recommended better training for all Pentagon officials.
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So far, at least nine (now ~40) (now ~160) (now hundreds) judges, including Trump appointees, have ruled against Trump orders

Judge strikes down DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace

A federal judge ruled that the actions of "illegitimately-installed leaders" — including the purported transfer of the institute's building — were "null and void."
Trump has come to an accommodation.

Trump’s name on the United States Institute of Peace in Washington

The name of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed after being recently added to the sign for the United States Institute of Peace ahead of Trump hosting the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Cluttered room - too many books and clothes

Now that I’ve gotten a job, my room is now the thing that is overwhelming me - my closet and dresser drawers are very full. I have bags piled on top of my dresser in front of the mirror and carts in walkways.

I don’t just want to get rid of all of my stuff though. A lot of it is valuable clothes that I just want to wear and wear out, and other stuff I want to sell. I have unfinished sewing projects and other unfinished projects that I want to finish. And I’m tired from work.

If you all could pray about knowledge and strength for what to do with all of this stuff that God has over-provided me with, I would appreciate it. I start a better job in a week that is going to be even more exhausting that my current one, and so I’d like to tackle this problem the best I can before that happens. Thanks!
May God fill you with his wisdom and give you strength and perseverance! Amen!
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The One Who Comes to Christ

Dear Sue

Your works are truly a gift from God that He has supernaturally imbued into your soul.

Thank you so very much for sharing all of this with us, as this gift is meant to be shared.

He wants us to use our gifts, time and treasure to serve Him by reaching others with His love.

Your last song that you sang had me in tears as you sang to us from your heart.

It was the one you made on vimeo.

What a treasure you are creating for all of us and those to come!
JoyMercy, thank you for your kind and thoughtful words. All glory to God. God bless you.
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Trump Says US Will Permanently Pause Migration From 'Third World Countries'

Show me the science on that.
Without going off topic, first cousin marriage used to be pretty common and the norm up until the civil war in the United States. Queen Victoria was married to her first cousin (the late Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were third cousins and great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria).

It’s mostly taboo in the West. (Although legal in some states)
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6 Craziest Revelations From Scathing Report on Kash Patel — Including His Refusal to Leave a Plane Until He Was Given a Female Agent’s Jacket

Could you give an example of someone in history who's described as a mediocre strongman?
No, but I can give multiple examples of people who I think are mediocre and also happened to be strongmen. Let's not confuse things by combining terms in unusual ways.
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Hebrews Outline by Kenneth Wuest

II. The New Testament is better than and takes the place of the First Testament, (8:7-10:39), because...


1. It was prophesied to be better (8:7-13)


....a. The First Testament faulty in that it did not put away sin (v.7)

....b. New Testament made with Israel and Judah (v.8)

....c. First Testament dealt with Israel as with a minor (v.9)

....d. New Testament through indwelling Spirit brings believers to adult sonship (v.10)

....e. Under the New Testament, all Israel in millennium will be saved (v.11)

....f. Under New Testament, sins put away (v.12)

....g. New Testament displaces First Testament (v.13)

2. It is actual; The First Testament only typical (9:1-15)

....a. First Testament typical (vv.1-10)

--------(1) Its sanctuary on earth (v.1)

--------(2) Its appointments typical (vv.2-5)

--------(3) Its priesthood temporary (vv.6-10)

....b. New Testament actual (vv.11-15)

--------(1) The reality better than the type (v.11)

--------(2) The sacrificial blood better (v.12)

..............(a) Animal blood cleanses from ceremonial defilement (v.13)

..............(b) Jesus' blood cleanses from actual sin (v.14)

..............(c) Therefore, He is the Priest of a better Testament (v.15)

3. It is made effective with better blood (9:16-10:39)

....a. The heavenly Testator Himself dies (9:16-22)

--------(1) A last will or testament operative at testator's death (vv.16-17)

--------(2) First Testament made operative by death of an animal (vv.18-22)

--------(3) New Testament made operative by death of Christ

....b. The better tabernacle purified with better blood (vv.23,24)

--------(1) Earthly tabernacle cleansed with animal blood (v.23)

--------(2) Heavenly tabernacle cleansed with blood of Messiah (v.24)

....c. The once for all sacrifice our Lord better than all the sacrifices of the First Testament (9:25-10:39)

--------(1) He suffered once on the cross (9:26); He appears in heaven as High Priest now (v.24); He will come in His second Advent to Israel (v.28)

--------(2) Blood of animals cannot take away sin (10:1-4)

--------(3) In view of that fact, Messiah volunteers to become the sacrifice (vv.5-9)

--------(4) In so doing He sets aside the First and establishes the Second Testament (vv.9,10)

--------(5) Notwithstanding this, Aaronic priests still offered animal sacrifices. (v.11)

--------(6) The New Testament Priest procured a finished salvation (vv.12-14)

--------(7) The Holy Ghost through Jeremiah bears witness to the New Testament (vv.15-17)

--------(8) The Cross does away with the Levitical sacrifices (v.18)

--------(9) The unsaved professing Hebrew exhorted to place his faith in the High Priest Himself (vv.19-22)

--------(10) Exhorted to hold fast his profession and not waver between the desire to go on to faith in Christ or to go back to the sacrifices (v.23)

--------(11) Exhorted to continue attendance upon the New Testament assembly (v.25)

--------(12) Warned not to sin willfully in renouncing his professed faith in Christ and going back to the sacrifices (v.26)

--------(13) For the one who would go back, there remains only judgment (v.27)

--------(14) The one who rejected the First Testament was punished (v.28)

--------(15) The one committing the threefold sin against the three Persons of the Triune God would be punished more severely (vv.29-31) ; the sin namely of

................(a) Treading under foot the Son of God, a sin against God the Father who sent the Son

................(b) Counting Jesus' the same as ours, a sin against God the Son who shed his blood

................(c) Doing despite to the Holy Spirit in turning away from His further ministrations, a sin against God the Spirit who had led them into repentance

--------(16) The recipients are urged to remember the persecutions they endured for their testimony to Christ, and not let them go for naught by returning to the sacrifices (vv.32-37)

--------(17) They are urged to obtain justification through placing their faith in Messiah, and not draw back to perdition (vv.38,39)

Continued....
AND you wrote that Melchizedek. is a sinner saved by Grace. and where is there a verse. saying he was a sinner??

AND we have the FATHER , SON , HOLY SPIRIT. and then. we have Melchizedek. , who has no father nor mother

and. endless of days

We noe have three and you means we have FOUR ?? CAN. YOU EXPLAIN Heb 7:3. ??

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