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Japan’s iron lady has catalyzed another JGB bond and yen currency crisis.
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Japan’s iron lady has catalyzed another JGB bond and yen currency crisis.
A THREAD: 🔥🧵👇
The ascension of Sanae Takaichi to the pinnacle of Japanese power has unleashed forces that threaten to unravel not just Japan’s financial markets, but the entire stability of their currency.
As the new Prime Minister, Takaichi has just announced a ¥17 trillion stimulus package that markets are treating as fiscal dynamite.
Japan has entered uncharted political and economic territory where traditional rules no longer apply.
Japan has entered uncharted political and economic territory where traditional rules no longer apply.
SitRep - 26/11/25 - Witkoff is a Russian: tool, spy, asset. You name it.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In leaked conversations between Ushakov and Witkoff is became clear: Witkoff's work is beneficial to the Kremlin.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In leaked conversations between Ushakov and Witkoff is became clear: Witkoff's work is beneficial to the Kremlin.
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Seven Ways to Worship Without Music
Introduction
Most Christians today have reduced worship to a melody. They think if the guitar is soft, the lights are dim, the singer stretches a vowel for twelve seconds, and the atmosphere feels emotional, they have entered the presence of God. But the Bible never taught that worship depends on a soundtrack. Worship is not a genre. Worship is not a performance. Worship is not a musical mood. Worship is the posture of a heart bowed before God in truth. Jesus said “God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). Not spirit and melody. Not spirit and emotion. Spirit and truth.
Music can assist worship, but it cannot create it. A heart that does not worship without music is a heart that has learned to depend on emotional stimulation instead of spiritual discipline. When your worship collapses without a song, it reveals that your faith has become more sensual than scriptural. But God has always desired worship that flows from obedience, reverence, gratitude, and submission. Those things require no instrument.
Long before Israel ever sang a Psalm, Abraham worshipped by offering his son. Moses worshipped by bowing to holy ground. David worshipped by repenting on his face. Daniel worshipped with his windows open toward Jerusalem. Paul worshipped in a prison cell. John worshipped exiled on an island. Not a guitar string among them. Not a worship team to be found. But heaven recognized every act just the same.
Worship without music is not inferior. It is deeper. It is sharper. It is more rugged. It is worship rooted in the will, not the senses. And when a Christian learns to worship without a soundtrack, their faith becomes unshakeable, because no one can take their worship from them.
Here are seven ways to worship God without music, and every one of them is anchored in Scripture.
1. Worship by Obedience Even When It Costs You Something
The first act of worship recorded in Scripture appears in Genesis when Abraham was told to sacrifice Isaac. He told his servants “I and the lad will go yonder and worship” (Genesis 22:5). There was no harp. No altar call music. No emotional buildup. Worship was obedience. Worship was surrender. Worship was giving God what He asked, even when it hurt. That is worship without music, and it is the kind of worship the Lord treasures most.
Most Christians want a worship experience that makes them feel spiritual without requiring them to be spiritual. They want to raise their hands in a song but refuse to surrender their will in obedience. But the Bible says “To obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22). Obedience is worship in its purest form. When you obey the Lord in a difficult moment, heaven sees that as worship far more genuine than anything you sing on Sunday morning.
If you want to worship without music, obey quickly. Obey fully. Obey quietly. Obey when no one notices except God. That is worship anchored not in emotion but in loyalty. When obedience becomes your reflex, worship becomes your lifestyle.
2. Worship by Submitting Your Will in Prayer
Worship begins where self-will ends. Jesus said “Not my will but thine be done” (Luke 22:42), and that sentence is the definition of worship. No singing. No choir. No crowd. Just a solitary Savior kneeling in the dark, submitting every fiber of His humanity to the will of His Father. That is worship at its highest form, because worship is always an act of surrender before it becomes an expression of praise.
When you pray with a spirit of submission rather than a list of demands, you are worshipping. When you bow your heart before the Word of God and allow it to contradict your opinions, you are worshipping. When you tell the Lord that His authority outweighs your desire, you are worshipping. Prayer becomes worship the moment your will bends.
Many Christians pray only to change their circumstances, but worshipful prayer
Introduction
Most Christians today have reduced worship to a melody. They think if the guitar is soft, the lights are dim, the singer stretches a vowel for twelve seconds, and the atmosphere feels emotional, they have entered the presence of God. But the Bible never taught that worship depends on a soundtrack. Worship is not a genre. Worship is not a performance. Worship is not a musical mood. Worship is the posture of a heart bowed before God in truth. Jesus said “God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). Not spirit and melody. Not spirit and emotion. Spirit and truth.
Music can assist worship, but it cannot create it. A heart that does not worship without music is a heart that has learned to depend on emotional stimulation instead of spiritual discipline. When your worship collapses without a song, it reveals that your faith has become more sensual than scriptural. But God has always desired worship that flows from obedience, reverence, gratitude, and submission. Those things require no instrument.
Long before Israel ever sang a Psalm, Abraham worshipped by offering his son. Moses worshipped by bowing to holy ground. David worshipped by repenting on his face. Daniel worshipped with his windows open toward Jerusalem. Paul worshipped in a prison cell. John worshipped exiled on an island. Not a guitar string among them. Not a worship team to be found. But heaven recognized every act just the same.
Worship without music is not inferior. It is deeper. It is sharper. It is more rugged. It is worship rooted in the will, not the senses. And when a Christian learns to worship without a soundtrack, their faith becomes unshakeable, because no one can take their worship from them.
Here are seven ways to worship God without music, and every one of them is anchored in Scripture.
1. Worship by Obedience Even When It Costs You Something
The first act of worship recorded in Scripture appears in Genesis when Abraham was told to sacrifice Isaac. He told his servants “I and the lad will go yonder and worship” (Genesis 22:5). There was no harp. No altar call music. No emotional buildup. Worship was obedience. Worship was surrender. Worship was giving God what He asked, even when it hurt. That is worship without music, and it is the kind of worship the Lord treasures most.
Most Christians want a worship experience that makes them feel spiritual without requiring them to be spiritual. They want to raise their hands in a song but refuse to surrender their will in obedience. But the Bible says “To obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22). Obedience is worship in its purest form. When you obey the Lord in a difficult moment, heaven sees that as worship far more genuine than anything you sing on Sunday morning.
If you want to worship without music, obey quickly. Obey fully. Obey quietly. Obey when no one notices except God. That is worship anchored not in emotion but in loyalty. When obedience becomes your reflex, worship becomes your lifestyle.
2. Worship by Submitting Your Will in Prayer
Worship begins where self-will ends. Jesus said “Not my will but thine be done” (Luke 22:42), and that sentence is the definition of worship. No singing. No choir. No crowd. Just a solitary Savior kneeling in the dark, submitting every fiber of His humanity to the will of His Father. That is worship at its highest form, because worship is always an act of surrender before it becomes an expression of praise.
When you pray with a spirit of submission rather than a list of demands, you are worshipping. When you bow your heart before the Word of God and allow it to contradict your opinions, you are worshipping. When you tell the Lord that His authority outweighs your desire, you are worshipping. Prayer becomes worship the moment your will bends.
Many Christians pray only to change their circumstances, but worshipful prayer
changes their posture. It alters their attitude. It reshapes their desires. If music disappeared from every church on earth tomorrow, the believer on their knees would still worship with the same intimacy and the same access to God. Worship without music is found in the quiet places where only God hears.
3. Worship by Giving Thanks in Everything
Thanksgiving is one of the highest forms of worship, and it requires no melody at all. Scripture says “In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). When you choose gratitude in the middle of difficulty, you are worshipping God by declaring His goodness above your circumstances. Worship is not just saying God is good when life is good. Worship is saying God is good when life is complicated, confusing, or painful.
Gratitude is worship because it acknowledges that God is sovereign, wise, and faithful. The Israelites complained even while surrounded by miracles, and their murmuring was counted as rebellion because it was anti-worship. But Paul and Silas worshipped at midnight in a prison cell before any song was sung, because their gratitude was louder than their chains.
You worship when you thank God for the small blessings. You worship when you thank Him for what He withheld. You worship when you thank Him for what He allowed. You worship when you thank Him for His mercy, even when life feels unfair. And every time you choose gratitude over grumbling, your thanksgiving rises like incense before the throne.
Worship without music is thanksgiving that does not need a soundtrack to be sincere.
4. Worship by Meditating on Scripture Until It Changes You
The Bible says “I will meditate in thy precepts and have respect unto thy ways” (Psalm 119:15). Meditation in Scripture is worship because it places the mind under the authority of the Word of God. It slows you down. It silences distractions. It focuses your attention on divine truth instead of earthly noise. Meditation is worship because it says Lord, speak, and my soul will listen.
Most believers read Scripture, but few meditate on it. Reading gives you information. Meditation gives you transformation. Meditation allows the Spirit to carve truth into your mind. It exposes motives. It deepens conviction. It strengthens faith. It cleanses the imagination. It renews the mind. It magnifies Christ. All of these are acts of worship.
You do not need a worship leader to enter the presence of God. You need a quiet room, an open Bible, and an attentive spirit. If you can sit with Scripture long enough for its meaning to unfold, you are worshipping the Lord with your mind. Worship without music looks like a Christian sitting still, pondering the Word, letting it rebuke them, comfort them, sharpen them, and anchor them.
Meditation turns truth into treasure. And treasure is always worship.
5. Worship by Doing Your Work Unto the Lord
Most Christians never consider that their job can be worship. Yet Scripture explicitly commands it. “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men” (Colossians 3:23). That means folding laundry is worship. Changing diapers is worship. Filing paperwork is worship. Hammering nails is worship. Answering emails is worship. Running errands is worship. When done unto the Lord, your labor becomes a living sacrifice.
Work becomes worship when the motive behind it is spiritual, not merely practical. You worship when you work with integrity even when no one is watching. You worship when you refuse to cut corners. You worship when you show patience with difficult customers. You worship when you maintain a testimony under pressure. You worship when you choose diligence over laziness. That is why the Bible says “Present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1).
3. Worship by Giving Thanks in Everything
Thanksgiving is one of the highest forms of worship, and it requires no melody at all. Scripture says “In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). When you choose gratitude in the middle of difficulty, you are worshipping God by declaring His goodness above your circumstances. Worship is not just saying God is good when life is good. Worship is saying God is good when life is complicated, confusing, or painful.
Gratitude is worship because it acknowledges that God is sovereign, wise, and faithful. The Israelites complained even while surrounded by miracles, and their murmuring was counted as rebellion because it was anti-worship. But Paul and Silas worshipped at midnight in a prison cell before any song was sung, because their gratitude was louder than their chains.
You worship when you thank God for the small blessings. You worship when you thank Him for what He withheld. You worship when you thank Him for what He allowed. You worship when you thank Him for His mercy, even when life feels unfair. And every time you choose gratitude over grumbling, your thanksgiving rises like incense before the throne.
Worship without music is thanksgiving that does not need a soundtrack to be sincere.
4. Worship by Meditating on Scripture Until It Changes You
The Bible says “I will meditate in thy precepts and have respect unto thy ways” (Psalm 119:15). Meditation in Scripture is worship because it places the mind under the authority of the Word of God. It slows you down. It silences distractions. It focuses your attention on divine truth instead of earthly noise. Meditation is worship because it says Lord, speak, and my soul will listen.
Most believers read Scripture, but few meditate on it. Reading gives you information. Meditation gives you transformation. Meditation allows the Spirit to carve truth into your mind. It exposes motives. It deepens conviction. It strengthens faith. It cleanses the imagination. It renews the mind. It magnifies Christ. All of these are acts of worship.
You do not need a worship leader to enter the presence of God. You need a quiet room, an open Bible, and an attentive spirit. If you can sit with Scripture long enough for its meaning to unfold, you are worshipping the Lord with your mind. Worship without music looks like a Christian sitting still, pondering the Word, letting it rebuke them, comfort them, sharpen them, and anchor them.
Meditation turns truth into treasure. And treasure is always worship.
5. Worship by Doing Your Work Unto the Lord
Most Christians never consider that their job can be worship. Yet Scripture explicitly commands it. “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men” (Colossians 3:23). That means folding laundry is worship. Changing diapers is worship. Filing paperwork is worship. Hammering nails is worship. Answering emails is worship. Running errands is worship. When done unto the Lord, your labor becomes a living sacrifice.
Work becomes worship when the motive behind it is spiritual, not merely practical. You worship when you work with integrity even when no one is watching. You worship when you refuse to cut corners. You worship when you show patience with difficult customers. You worship when you maintain a testimony under pressure. You worship when you choose diligence over laziness. That is why the Bible says “Present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1).
Modern Christians think worship is something you feel for twenty minutes on a Sunday, but Scripture teaches that worship is how you conduct yourself every day. When you do your job with excellence for the glory of God, your work becomes an act of praise that rises to heaven more authentically than any song ever could.
6. Worship by Loving Others in the Way God Loved You
Jesus said “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). Love is worship because it imitates the character of God. When you choose patience instead of irritation, forgiveness instead of resentment, kindness instead of indifference, sacrifice instead of convenience, you are worshipping the Lord without singing a note. Love is the evidence that the Spirit is ruling your heart, not the flesh.
Music can stir emotion, but love reveals transformation. Anyone can lift their hands during a song while holding bitterness in their heart. Anyone can cry during worship while refusing to forgive a brother. But Scripture does not measure worship by tears. It measures worship by obedience. “If ye love me keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Loving others is not optional. It is worship in its most practical form.
Real worship is found in the person who visits the shut-in, forgives the offender, comforts the broken, gives generously, speaks gently, listens patiently, and carries burdens with humility. Music does not create that kind of worship. The Spirit does. And love is the sound heaven hears louder than any choir.
7. Worship by Living a Life That Reflects the Holiness of God
Holiness is worship because it is the visible testimony that you belong to the Lord. Scripture commands “Be ye holy for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). Holiness is not legalism. Holiness is not a dress code. Holiness is separation from sin because you love the God who saved you. A holy life is worship in motion. Every decision to resist temptation is worship. Every moment of purity is worship. Every act of self-denial is worship. Every refusal of compromise is worship.
Music can make you feel spiritual, but holiness proves you are spiritual. Worship that collapses outside the sanctuary was never worship in the first place. A holy Christian worships God with their body, their choices, their speech, their habits, and their testimony. That is why Paul wrote “Glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:20).
Holiness is worship because it declares to the world that Christ is worth more than your fleshly desires. It says God, I honor You more than I honor myself. And that is the essence of worship.
Conclusion
Worship without music is not a lesser form of worship. It is the backbone of worship. It is what remains when the music fades, the emotions settle, and the atmosphere disappears. True worship is obedience, surrender, gratitude, meditation, service, love, and holiness. These things cannot be manufactured by melody. They cannot be stirred by a chord progression. They are the fruit of a life fully yielded to the Lord.
Music can accompany worship, but it cannot replace it. Music can amplify worship, but it cannot produce it. Music can encourage worship, but it cannot sustain it. When your worship depends more on the musicians than on your maturity, you have missed the heart of what God desires.
The believer who learns to worship God without a song will worship Him no matter what season they enter. Prison cannot silence them. Trials cannot suffocate them. Loneliness cannot mute them. Their worship rises from truth, not from tunes. And heaven receives that kind of worship as a sweet savor that reflects the heart of Christ Himself.
This is worship in spirit and in truth. And this is the worship God seeks.
6. Worship by Loving Others in the Way God Loved You
Jesus said “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). Love is worship because it imitates the character of God. When you choose patience instead of irritation, forgiveness instead of resentment, kindness instead of indifference, sacrifice instead of convenience, you are worshipping the Lord without singing a note. Love is the evidence that the Spirit is ruling your heart, not the flesh.
Music can stir emotion, but love reveals transformation. Anyone can lift their hands during a song while holding bitterness in their heart. Anyone can cry during worship while refusing to forgive a brother. But Scripture does not measure worship by tears. It measures worship by obedience. “If ye love me keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Loving others is not optional. It is worship in its most practical form.
Real worship is found in the person who visits the shut-in, forgives the offender, comforts the broken, gives generously, speaks gently, listens patiently, and carries burdens with humility. Music does not create that kind of worship. The Spirit does. And love is the sound heaven hears louder than any choir.
7. Worship by Living a Life That Reflects the Holiness of God
Holiness is worship because it is the visible testimony that you belong to the Lord. Scripture commands “Be ye holy for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). Holiness is not legalism. Holiness is not a dress code. Holiness is separation from sin because you love the God who saved you. A holy life is worship in motion. Every decision to resist temptation is worship. Every moment of purity is worship. Every act of self-denial is worship. Every refusal of compromise is worship.
Music can make you feel spiritual, but holiness proves you are spiritual. Worship that collapses outside the sanctuary was never worship in the first place. A holy Christian worships God with their body, their choices, their speech, their habits, and their testimony. That is why Paul wrote “Glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:20).
Holiness is worship because it declares to the world that Christ is worth more than your fleshly desires. It says God, I honor You more than I honor myself. And that is the essence of worship.
Conclusion
Worship without music is not a lesser form of worship. It is the backbone of worship. It is what remains when the music fades, the emotions settle, and the atmosphere disappears. True worship is obedience, surrender, gratitude, meditation, service, love, and holiness. These things cannot be manufactured by melody. They cannot be stirred by a chord progression. They are the fruit of a life fully yielded to the Lord.
Music can accompany worship, but it cannot replace it. Music can amplify worship, but it cannot produce it. Music can encourage worship, but it cannot sustain it. When your worship depends more on the musicians than on your maturity, you have missed the heart of what God desires.
The believer who learns to worship God without a song will worship Him no matter what season they enter. Prison cannot silence them. Trials cannot suffocate them. Loneliness cannot mute them. Their worship rises from truth, not from tunes. And heaven receives that kind of worship as a sweet savor that reflects the heart of Christ Himself.
This is worship in spirit and in truth. And this is the worship God seeks.
Pending home sales in October 2025 came in -1.2% below last year, and -27% below the long-term average.
Today's contract signings are at the lowest level in 30+ years - even worse than the GFC - and showing no noticeable signs of improvement (even after 6 Fed rate cuts and a big spike in inventory)
Suggesting there's major structural inertia in housing right now. The market is unaffordable, overpriced, and cheaper to rent - and as a result homebuyers are fundamentally disinterested.
On top of that - many households are now delaying family formation and electing not to have kids, which further reduces the urgency to buy.
Sellers who are delisting their houses right now, in hopes of an improved market in 2026, could be making a big mistake.
Access Reventure's Price Forecast for your city and ZIP at reventure.app.
Today's contract signings are at the lowest level in 30+ years - even worse than the GFC - and showing no noticeable signs of improvement (even after 6 Fed rate cuts and a big spike in inventory)
Suggesting there's major structural inertia in housing right now. The market is unaffordable, overpriced, and cheaper to rent - and as a result homebuyers are fundamentally disinterested.
On top of that - many households are now delaying family formation and electing not to have kids, which further reduces the urgency to buy.
Sellers who are delisting their houses right now, in hopes of an improved market in 2026, could be making a big mistake.
Access Reventure's Price Forecast for your city and ZIP at reventure.app.
1) I can't stress enough how crazy it is that NAR's Pending Sales figures just came in -1.2% below last year.
Remember - last year at this time, we only had one double rate cut.
Since then, we've had another 4 quarter point rate cuts
And demand went down!
Remember - last year at this time, we only had one double rate cut.
Since then, we've had another 4 quarter point rate cuts
And demand went down!
2) On top of that, inventory has gone up over 15% since last year, and we now have the most homes for sale since pre-pandemic in South/West.
Plus prices dropping in half the U.S.
And demand is still going down.
Plus prices dropping in half the U.S.
And demand is still going down.
Republicans now fight each other over Trump’s Ukraine deal.
Senator McConnell says the plan “rewards aggression” and hands Putin gains he failed to win in two years of war, writes The New York Times.
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Senator McConnell says the plan “rewards aggression” and hands Putin gains he failed to win in two years of war, writes The New York Times.
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Vance fires back. He calls McConnell’s warning a “ridiculous attack” and defends the draft deal that cuts Ukraine’s army and forces Kyiv to give up territory.
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Senators say Rubio told them the plan was Russia-led, then reversed himself and claimed it was a U.S. document.
The White House says Kushner and envoy Witkoff wrote it after repeated meetings with Russian officials.
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The White House says Kushner and envoy Witkoff wrote it after repeated meetings with Russian officials.
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Girlfriend: “Were you looking at that girl? Do you think she’s prettier than me?”
You (smirk, calm, amused):
“You’re adorable. Come here and give me a kiss.”
Then pull her in, kiss her forehead or cheek, hold her firm for a second.
[Thread]
You (smirk, calm, amused):
“You’re adorable. Come here and give me a kiss.”
Then pull her in, kiss her forehead or cheek, hold her firm for a second.
[Thread]
What you’re doing:
- Acknowledging her emotion without validating the insecurity
- Staying in your frame (she comes to YOU)
- Giving love + dominance at the same time
- Killing the jealousy spiral with amused mastery
- Acknowledging her emotion without validating the insecurity
- Staying in your frame (she comes to YOU)
- Giving love + dominance at the same time
- Killing the jealousy spiral with amused mastery
That one line + physical pull ends 95% of jealousy tests on the spot.
She feels seen, loved, and instantly reminded who’s in charge.
Memorize it. Use it every time.
Works like magic.
She feels seen, loved, and instantly reminded who’s in charge.
Memorize it. Use it every time.
Works like magic.
Two National Guard troops were shot outside the White House.
The violent left will NEVER stop.
Pray for these brave men who were just doing their jobs
The violent left will NEVER stop.
Pray for these brave men who were just doing their jobs
Condition unknown
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Super neat stuff, FoiaFan. Do you still suck Marc Elias’s dick for funsies and hang with Flynn Network Israeli operatives like Tracy Beanz?
Yes, I’m Alexis Wilkins’s handler. You didn’t know? I also dabble in VPNs, hence, the ‘connected via United States App Store’, dipshit.
But credit where due, this Durham Report was far more riveting than the last. And jewish’er.
But credit where due, this Durham Report was far more riveting than the last. And jewish’er.
But that’s the thing. You’re neither intelligent nor serious. You’re merely a treasonous jew limited hangout covering up election fraud because it benefits zio/bolshevik traitors to our republic, @15poundstogo. One of many.
You’ll be getting the fuck out of our country or going to prison. Right beside Marc Elias. Cunt.
You’ll be getting the fuck out of our country or going to prison. Right beside Marc Elias. Cunt.
Timothy Snyder explains why Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” is fatal and cannot produce lasting peace.
He writes six structural problems in the Witkoff–Dmitriev proposal in 1/ Wyborcza.pl
He writes six structural problems in the Witkoff–Dmitriev proposal in 1/ Wyborcza.pl
1. Nuclear risk
If Ukraine is forced to accept territorial losses because Russia has nukes, every state concludes that only nuclear weapons prevent invasion.
That triggers global proliferation and raises the risk of a nuclear world war. 2/
If Ukraine is forced to accept territorial losses because Russia has nukes, every state concludes that only nuclear weapons prevent invasion.
That triggers global proliferation and raises the risk of a nuclear world war. 2/
2. Borders
Rewarding Russia for seizing Ukrainian land overturns the core rule of the post-1945 order: borders cannot be changed by force. Turning this into a precedent normalizes invasions and makes future wars more likely. 3/
Rewarding Russia for seizing Ukrainian land overturns the core rule of the post-1945 order: borders cannot be changed by force. Turning this into a precedent normalizes invasions and makes future wars more likely. 3/
In the longest legal case of sustained comatose life, the case of Fani Willis was finally put to rest today when the formal declination of Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia. ...apnews.com/live/trump-new…
...As expected, once a competent prosecutor without a political agenda reviewed the case, it collapsed. Some of us have ridiculed the racketeering case as legal and factually incomprehensible...
...Willis spent millions on a case that was ultimately derailed by her own unethical conduct in hiring her former lover as prosecutor. She was lionized by the media and liberal pundits for her use of lawfare and ultimately reelected despite her ruinous handling of the prosecution
🧵Thanksgiving wasn’t born in a peaceful colonial feast—it was created by Lincoln in 1863 as a wartime ritual to hold a fractured nation together. Today’s polarized America faces its own internal divide and foreign adversaries eager to exploit it. The holiday’s lesson is clear: unity is national security and the only way to save a divided nation.
The myth most people imagine Thanksgiving as a colonial harvest ritual. But the holiday we celebrate today—this national pause for unity—was invented during the Civil War. Yes, Plymouth had a 1621 meal, but it wasn’t called Thanksgiving, wasn’t a tradition and it wasn't repeated.
The first real national Thanksgiving was proclaimed on November 26, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War. Lincoln issued it four months after Gettysburg, as the Union was still burying its dead. Thanksgiving wasn’t born from abundance. It was born from national desperation.
