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Trump pardons Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, all fake electors for their attempt to overturn 2020 election, pardon official says

President Trump has pardoned a long list of political allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to Justice Department Pardon Attorney Ed Martin.

A proclamation published on Martin's personal X accountlate Sunday listed 77 people who received "full, complete, and unconditional" pardons, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, a former Trump attorney who spread conspiracy theories about ballot fraud after Trump lost the 2020 election.

The pardons are largely symbolic as none of the names listed were ever charged with federal crimes. Dozens of people listed were charged in multiple swing states that were the center of unfounded claims of election fraud, including Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin.


Nevertheless it continues to send the message -- break the law for me and you get a pardon.

NO MAGA LEFT BEHIND

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He can't protect them from state courts.
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Will Russiagate scandal forever taint Obama’s legacy?

Russiagate is one of the most significant scandals in American history, and it totally shatters the media-manufactured myth of Barack Obama.
It sure is - in Trump's mind.
But that mind is clouded by NPD - and should not be trusted.
Rather than this "Trumped-up" tactic, it's time for the 25th on Trump himself.
He's not fit for office.
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MARK OF THE BEAST - REVELATION 13-14; 17; 18

You haven't answered the above issues.
John clearly said the events were starting soon, in 4 different ways.
"near", "soon", he "Shared in their tribulation" - and he wanted them to obey his message.
That's NOT possible for THEM if we narcissistically assume it's all about US!

John wrote in a genre called apocalyptic symbolism which was common to 200 BC to about 200 AD.
Have you read any of the other works of the period? I've read snatches - years ago.
Enough to be convinced by those theologians that show it's a style that comments on the period the author lives in.

It's like dressing up the day's political events in the language of comic book heroes.

It's not a linear timeline of the future, it's a waltz around certain themes.
It's not a timeline, it's a circular thematic sermon.
And sermons often encourage us to consider the promised return of the Lord!

This does so by not just theologically asserting the promise of the Lord's return in judgement and salvation - as Paul might.
It does it by picturing it. But if you look closely - we see the Lord's return in judgement at a number of different points!

EG: In the end of Chapter 6, and multiple times, from multiple different points of view, at the end.
How can it be a timetable of the future if it's got Jesus returning at the end of Chapter 6, and multiple points at the end?
That doesn't make sense.

Anyone approaching it with today's trendy interpretive goggles of "What do me, myself, and I all think this means for the next decade?" is going to end up a bit...
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Are Tattoos, Even Works Of Art Placed On Human Skin, Immoral?

Are Tattoos, Even Works Of Art Placed On Human Skin, Immoral? – Mike Pantile on Facebook

(Very short video. Less than 5 minutes.)

What do you think? Do you think tattoos need to be decommissioned? Do they have any sort of powers spiritually?
Oh, I hope not. I have several, though they all are Christian themed, if that makes a difference.
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Missouri Pastor Defends Polygamy After Taking Second Wife

Someone, somewhere, will sue a Christian cake-baker over this burgeoning atrocity and the baker will lose because it's not as strongly forbidden in Scripture (even though Christ defines marriage as one man and one woman for life pretty strictly. But we already ignore that.)
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Stop Giving Your Jewish Kids Dumb Names

In that case then, again, they're not unique. Go re-read the story of the Exodus, and tell me if you had a friend who behaved the way the Jews did, would you want him as a friend?

Setting aside the fact that Moses committed premeditated murder and fled from justice...they get freed from captivity by supernatural miracles from their God which they witness, then they see the pursuing enemy miraculously destroyed, then they complain that the free food (manna) isn't good enough (which sounds like a lot of EBT recipients in 2025 America), then when they feel Moses is taking a little too long on Sinai, they reject their savior who saved them (God) and worship a gold calf.

But I'm not picking on them. When I say they're not unique, the way they behaved could have been the same if they were any other people, like you or me.
Gentiles behaved just as badly or worse. Everyone behaved badly from Adam forward and there were consequences. Hence the need for a New Covenant...
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Trump proposes 50-year mortgage

That's true only if you stick to the payment plan provided, but - provided that there is no prepayment penalty,
Its my understanding that most mortgages do not have prepayment penalties. Ive owned four different houses and also had several different re-financing and every one of them had no pre-payment penalty. So is that really a common thing to have one?

Or are you just concerned lenders would go to that if they did 50 years?
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Do any of you follow MAGA theology?

> mideast peace deal
> in the middle of a plague (covid)
> being called the messiah
> doesn't care about the desire of women (I remember twenty years ago being sheltered and thinking it meant an 18+ guy, not the being friends with Epstein and Ehud Barak)
> family Jesuit ties because of course
> CONSTANTLY blasphemously compared to Jesus Christ on s level even Obama wasn't
> art of the deal / "makes craft prosper in his hand"

No I don't follow "Krav Maga."

I honestly think he's the guy in Revelation. I was actually working on collecting the data on it- which was very overwhelming and constituted multiple years of research- before I realized the talmud teaches the age of consent should be three and (except for the kids) I don't care if they get torched. ****

If I were in Israel, I'd get out.

****I don't claim to be a good person.
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Trying to find people to debate for online content

What is it about Kirk that has you interested in demeaning him?

It might be more effective if instead of focusing on Kirk personally, you shift your focus to Turning Point since that at least is an ongoing movement rather than being something that is past and not relevant moving forward.
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What do you do when your pastor embraces gender ideology?

This "He went on to repeat the familiar arguments: that the Bible doesn’t condemn loving same-sex relationships, that the word “homosexual” wasn’t in the text until modern translations, and that the biblical prohibitions were only about exploitation." does not amount to a justification for following "transgender ideology". Indeed, if exploitation is condemned in the Bible, perhaps people should be taking care not to support the exploitation of children, a minority of people who are truly gender ambiguous, those who might be traumatised and vulnerable to being misled, anyone who requires a traditional gender specific space from public bathrooms to sport, and the moral principles of multiple long established religious philosophies, all just to avoid bothering a few psychologists who are stronger on belief and opinion than any actual knowledge, and some folk in the business of selling drugs, gadgets and surgery who do not care if their products cause irreversible harm?
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Multi's Thoughts and More

So a few months ago, Cakewalk by BandLab was replaced by Cakewalk Sonar. At first I had some issues with Sonar: I could only open one song at a time, my music would briefly go silent while playing, then the Cakewalk synth I use disappeared and there was no sound. With some help from the Cakewalk forum, I managed to fix all these issues, so now I can make music again when I get the inspiration! It turns out that Cakewalk synth has been discontinued, but you can still use it if you keep an older version installed along with Sonar.

The only issue I have with Sonar now is the fact that almost every time I open it, I have to wait ten seconds for a message trying to get me to buy the paid version to go away. That's annoying, but at least I fixed the other problems I was having. I checked out some other free music software, but all of them were either not as good or too complicated.
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He’s a citizen with a Real ID. ICE detained him anyway. Twice.

An hour is nothing. Yes it does take a birth certificate to get a real ID. However there have been instances where illegals have obtained fake IDs. So officers have to confirm your identity and the validity of it. In typical police stops officers can verify an ID through dispatch who runs a check and can tell you whether ir not an ID is valid. It doesn't take long. However I don't believe ICE has that available to them like that. They dont have a dedicated dispatch or immediate access. So they have to detain and go through other processes to verify. And if they detain more than one person that takes time.
An hour is a short time for those that are not detained but it is a long time for someone detained, particularly if you are hand cuffed. Im sure you would not want to spend an hour detained.

ICE should have direct access to the same system that the border patrol uses. It is part of homeland security. The system contains access to the immigration data base and a portable finger print pad. Also, at least in Texas, real ids are extremely hard to forge. It can happen but is extremely rare. ICE should not default to an id being fake anyway given that, in the example in the OP, they entered a private work place where there is no probable cause that a criminal enterprise was happening.
An hour of time is relatively short and understandable under these circumstances. ICE is not allowed to use local dispatch for their checks.
See above.
If ICE is operating in an area wirh known illegals tgey are most certainly allowed to pick up people who are in the area who appear to be illegal, yes including skin color. But they must use due diligence to clear those that are not illegal.
Right. It is a huge assumption that a construction work place is harboring illegal activity. If they suspected illegal activity then they should have gotten a warrant through probable cause.
If LE raided an illegal gambling site where they knew a bunch of white guys were gambling and I was there not gambling, I would be picked up anyway because im white. And until they verified my story I would be held. Thats how they work and it’s perfectly legal and acceptable.
Is a construction site equal to an illegal gambling site? Did LE get a warrant based on probable cause like most have to do? Even to raid a drug house a warrant is required based on probable cause.
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Young earth vs Old earth?

So, you have no basis other than someone's opinions and interpretations... and back with that unsupported claim which was disproved.
The basis for it is the scriptures which says God created the heavens and the earth. Not from nothing... which is not scriptural, but from his vigor; power; force; substance; energy. Isaiah 40:26
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Isaiah 40:26 doesn't say anything about ex nihilo creation. It notes that God created heavenly lights, which everyone agrees with. But it doesn't say anything about what kind of creation is being referred to.
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"But Trump said that prices are falling and incomes are rising."

Wendy's to close hundreds of U.S. stores as low-income consumers cut back


November 11, 2025 / 10:17 AM EST / CBS/AP

Wendy's plans to close hundreds of U.S. restaurants in the coming months as revenue and profits decline, with the company citing cutbacks by lower-income consumers that it expects will persist through year's end.

On a Friday investor call, Ken Cook, Wendy's interim CEO, didn't disclose the exact number or locations of restaurants that it plans to shutter. But he said the Dublin, Ohio-based company is likely to close in the "mid-single digit percentage" of its 6,011 U.S locations, or roughly 300 store closures if it shuts 5% of its existing restaurants.

Wendy's said the closures will start in the fourth quarter this year. Closing underperforming locations will improve traffic and profitability at its remaining U.S. restaurants, Cook added.

Fast-food chains have been struggling to lift sales as lower-income consumers feel increasingly squeezed by rising food costs. Both Wendy's and McDonald's have introduced value meals to entice diners, but Cook said he doesn't expect the financial strain on these households to ease soon.

"We do see more pressure on the lower-income consumer," he said Friday. "We continued to see that in [the third quarter] and we expect that to continue into the fourth."

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