Law enforcement officers in front of the Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan where Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro is expected to appear before a federal judge in New York City on Jan. 4, 2026.…

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Freida had the whole world on notice… Last fall, Dolly Parton announced that she would be postponing her upcoming Las Vegas residency due to unspecified “health challenges.” Her six shows scheduled to take place at The Colosseum in Caesar’s Palace in December of 2025 have been moved to September of this year, but it was Dolly’s younger sister, Frieda, who had everyone freaking out that something might be seriously wrong with Dolly, after posting on Facebook asking fans to pray for her recovery: “Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!” As you can imagine, fans were seriously concerned after reading that, and it became an international news story making headlines all over the world… So much so, that Freida had to post another statement clarifying that she didn’t want to “scare anyone or make it sound so serious,” but she believes in the power of prayer, and since Dolly has been feeling under the weather, she wants to help her in any way she can. She explained it was “nothing more” than a little sister looking out for her big sister, but we all certainly got a good scare out of it. And during an interview with News Channel 11 this weekend, she elaborated on the whole fiasco further, saying she simply asked for prayers because her Mama raised her to do so, and she wasn’t trying to make the situation sound worse than it was or blow anything out of proportion: “I just said what I said because Mama told us to pray. And, so I prayed, and I wanted people to pray for her because she wasn’t feeling good. It’s like, hey, I didn’t mean it to happen. I just asked, you know, for people to pray for. Because that’s the way I was raised, you know, pray.” Dolly came out with a video shortly after the story blew up to reassure fans that she was fine, and Freida says her older sister wasn’t made at her for it… she thinks Dolly knew she just didn’t fully understand how the internet works: “She probably thought, ‘Well, she didn’t know about the internet then. She had no idea.’ So I didn’t get in trouble with her or none of the family. But some people were very upset with me because I had said that.” I mean, it really was a kind gesture, and the internet is gonna internet, that’s for sure… Freida also talked about “The things that we lived through and the things that meant everything to me, and if there’s not a song that doesn’t have a memory or doesn’t have a reason to write, I’m not writing it. But I like to take the fans back and hope it helps them in their life of raising their children and all that. Dolly’s always been a guardian angel to me. And Mama got sick when we were 13 in Floyd, and we had to go live with Dolly and Carl. And in Brentwood, they hadn’t even built the big house yet. They used to let us go out there and pick up wood and stuff, for extra money.” Dolly continues to outwork pretty much everyone through her many business ventures, and she’s also headed back to the stage in 2026, so it’s great that she took some time to rest at the end of last year following the loss of her beloved husband, Carl Dean, because she’s going to be as busy as ever this year: View this post on Instagram Here’s a little more from Freida.. she’s a character and I’m here for it: The post Dolly Parton’s Sister Says Her Family Wasn’t Mad About Viral Post Praying For Her Sister’s Health first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

There appears to be some kind of major fight happening in Venezuela tonight near the presidential palace, given that there’s a vacancy of power. Below are three videos that show heavy anti-aircraft . . .

One of the most distinctive aspects of Michael Jackson's mega-stardom was that he grew up almost entirely in the public eye. He began performing with his brothers at age five and remained a significant figure in American pop culture until he died in 2009.He burst onto the scene as a child with an incredibly soulful voice. He became an electrifying performer as a teen before rocketing to superstardom at 20 with the release of his first solo album, 1979's Off the Wall. One of the pivotal moments when the public witnessed this transformation came in 1975, when 16-year-old Michael performed with his brothers, The Jackson 5, on The Cher Show.The Jackson 5 and Cher performed a medley of the band's biggest hits, including "I Want You Back," "I'll Be There," and "Never Can Say Goodbye." But the most memorable moment came when Michael and his brothers broke into the robot dance during "Dancing Machine," and Cher did her best to keep up. The Jackson 5 and Cher do the robot danceIt's fun watching Cher try to fall in line with the Jacksons, while Michael absolutely kills it, gyrating like an animatronic on hyperdrive during his solo. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Jackson 5 may have helped bring the robot dance into the public consciousness by incorporating it into performances of their 1973 hit "Dancing Machine." But it traces back to mechanical "mannequin" dances from the early days of film. In the 1960s, Robin Shields, a popular mime, performed as a robot on late-night talk shows. By the 1970s, dancers had set those moves to music on shows such as Soul Train. - YouTube www.youtube.com In a 2003 interview, Cher said she had to learn the moves on the fly from the Jacksons. "Think of how hard it was for me to learn to do that, and the guys just knew how to do it. I've been working all day, and they just came on and said, 'Okay, sure, this is how you do it,'" Cher recalled. "I had a lot of fun on that show. It was a lot of work, but I had a lot of fun. You know, and I got to work with some great people."What's also notable about the performance is that Michael's voice had changed, and he sang in a deeper register than he had as a child a few years earlier.Things changed for Cher and the Jacksons in 1976By the following year, things had changed for both The Jackson 5 and Cher. Cher reunited with her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, for The Sonny and Cher Show, which ran until 1977. In 1976, The Jackson 5 left Motown Records for Epic Records and changed their name to The Jacksons. Jermaine Jackson temporarily left the group to pursue a solo career, and he was replaced by his brother, Randy.Here's The Jackson 5's complete performance on The Cher Show from March 16, 1975: - YouTube www.youtube.com

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by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice: Former US Secretary of State and CIA director Mike Pompeo has voiced his support for the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran. He has also suggested that intelligence operatives from Israel were on the ground and involved in the unrest. In a post on X, he said the Iranian leadership […]

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