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Last week, warships arrived in the Caribbean, and Venezuela’s dictator Vincent Maduro reacted with empty threats. He more recently appeared on TV in fatigues, boasting of China’s and Russia’s support to repel the “Gringo Empire.” When the warships arrived, Mr. Maduro said that he was deploying 4.5 million militiamen around the country. “No empire will […] The post The “Gringo” Warships Are Coming & Maduro Prepares to Fight appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

New details from the Minneapolis school shooter’s manifesto reveal his anguish over his transgender identity, sparking a fierce national debate over motive. A patriotic “flagging” movement sweeps the U.K. as public backlash grows against the government’s mass migration policies and a surge in migrant crime. The multi-billion dollar college football season kicks off this weekend amid a new era of paid athletes and an expanded playoff. It’s Friday, August 29, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Morning Wire is available on video! You can watch today’s episode here: If you’d rather listen to your news, today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below: Minneapolis Shooter’s Manifesto Reveals Transgender Anguish Topline: Newly deciphered writings from the trans-identified shooter who attacked a Minneapolis Catholic school reveal his anguish over his gender identity, sparking a fierce national debate over the motive for the massacre. Two days after the horrific attack that left two children dead and 17 others injured, authorities have deciphered parts of the shooter’s cryptic manifesto. According to a translation from the New York Post, the writings reveal a deep internal struggle: “I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” one passage reads. “I regret being trans. I wish I was a girl I just know I cannot achieve that body with the technology we have today.” Many on the Right are pointing to a growing number of mass shootings committed by transgender offenders and arguing that affirming a transgender identity, which they view as a form of mental illness, creates mental anguish that can lead to violence. The White House said Thursday that HHS is investigating potential links between “gender affirming drugs” and violence. End of Summer Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Many on the Left and in the legacy media have either avoided the transgender component or insisted that discussing it is bigoted. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community… has lost their sense of common humanity,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. MSNBC’s Jen Psaki claimed that discussing the shooter’s identity is an attempt to “distract from what matters,” which she said is gun control. Several outlets, including The New York Times, have run headlines claiming the shooter’s motive is a “mystery,” despite his explicitly anti-Christian and anti-Trump writings.   ‘Flagging’ Movement Sweeps U.K. Amid Migrant Backlash Topline: A new patriotic movement known as “flagging” is sweeping the United Kingdom, as public anger grows over the government’s mass migration policies and a surge in violent crime committed by migrants. The organic movement involves citizens raising the Union Jack and the St. George’s Cross flags on lampposts and in public spaces. It grew out of protests against the government’s practice of housing illegal immigrants in local hotels, which has led to a number of rapes and assaults on local people. Critics have labeled the movement “xenophobic,” but supporters point to a double standard, as local councils that have been quick to take down British flags have been afraid to remove Palestinian flags from heavily Muslim areas. The backlash comes as government data shows a surge in crimes committed by foreign nationals. According to the Centre for Migration Control, convictions of foreign nationals for sexual offenses increased by a “staggering 62%” between 2021 and 2024. A recent viral video from Scotland shows a 12-year-old girl brandishing an axe and a machete to defend herself and her 14-year-old sister from a man with a foreign accent who appears to have been harassing them. The girl has since been charged by police with possession of a knife — the man involved has not been charged and has publicly denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the girls approached him.   College Football Kicks Off in New Era of Paid Athletes Topline: The multi-billion dollar college football season kicks off this weekend, ushering in a new era of paid athletes, an expanded 12-team playoff, and a slate of high-stakes opening matchups. This season marks the second year of the expanded 12-team playoff and the first full season since the House v. NCAA settlement, which allows universities to pay athletes directly through revenue sharing, in addition to existing Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. The opening weekend is packed with marquee games. On Saturday, the action kicks off with preseason number one Texas, led by quarterback Arch Manning, visiting the reigning national champion Ohio State Buckeyes. The afternoon features Alabama traveling to Florida State, and the primetime game is a top-10 showdown between LSU and Clemson. The action continues through the holiday weekend with Miami hosting Notre Dame on Sunday, and the collegiate head coaching debut of eight-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick on Monday night, when his North Carolina Tar Heels host TCU.

Everyone probably thinks they know the Chick-fil-A cows, but the folks at the Milk & Honey Ranch beg to differ. When they showed up at the Chick-fil-A drive-thru, they had a special passenger in the back seat. It’s a mini Highland cow, Maple, who was there for a special mini-cow milkshake. They ordered nuggets and a chocolate milkshake, but Maple didn’t get the chocolate milkshake. She received a special bottle, which one of the employees helped her with. The employees couldn’t get enough of the floofy little cow, crowding the Chick-fil-A drive-thru to catch a glimpse. One employee gleefully walked up to the vehicle and said, “Eat mor chikn,” one of the Chick-fil-A cow’s catchphrases. Maple looked a little sad to be leaving. But this wasn’t her only adventure with a drive-thru. Image from YouTube. The folks at Milk & Honey Ranch don’t shy away from taking their mini Highland cows on road trips. Everyone knows about the Pup Cups at Starbucks, but did you know they also have Cow Cups? When they pulled up, the drive-thru worker asked, “Sorry, is that a cow?” With the affirmative answer, employees rushed to the window for a glimpse. They got a cow cup and posed for the obligatory pictures. The mini cow got a ton of adoration and exclamations of cuteness. The Milk & Honey Ranch tries to help people reimagine what life can be. In Burton, Texas, between Austin and Houston, they claim to be a place where people can “Retreat from city life’s constant rush and chaos by connecting with creation and each other in a fun, luxurious ranch vacation setting.” And you can interact with more than 400 animals of 13 different species in real life. Please share. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Chick-fil-A Workers Get Adorable Surprise When Mini Cow Shows Up In Drive-Thru appeared first on InspireMore.

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A rural village has led the transformation of a barren ravine into a flourishing forest mosaic in one of the least-habitable parts of their country. When Deng Xiaoping took control of Communist China in the 1970s, the land around the Mo Us desert was described by visiting environmental scientists as a heavily desertified landscape unfit […] The post Small Chinese County Reverses Desertification with Arduous Tree-Planting Method Across 240,000 Acres appeared first on Good News Network.

Episode 23 of the #RRPod is here, and we’ve brought in friend of the show Jym, host of “The Busy Signal Podcast“, with us to take a listening journey down memory lane as we each CONTINUE READING... The post The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 23 | Nostalgic Sounds appeared first on The Retro Network.

This week, Axios ran a fascinating piece about the supposed “redefinition” of Americanism under President Donald Trump. Titled “Inside Trump’s American identity project,” Axios posited that “President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American.” What would this new definition entail? “In MAGA’s telling, America is the heir to ancient European civilizations, built on a Judeo-Christian foundation of white identity, meritocracy, traditional gender roles and the nuclear family,” says Axios. “These tenets are cast as universal truths—and mantras such as ‘America is an idea’ or ‘diversity is our strength’ are dismissed as liberal fictions.” First off, America is heir to ancient European civilizations—particularly with reference to private property, the common law system, traditions of free speech, and freedom of religion, among others. Second, America is built on a Judeo-Christian foundation. Third, America is built on the meritocracy, which argues that the best and most productive ought to succeed in a free system. America is built on traditional gender roles and the nuclear family, as is every successful society in history. While America is an idea—or a set of ideas—those ideas must be reified in institutions and human behavior. And the notion that any nation can be built on a completely specious phrase like “diversity is our strength” is counterintuitive at best. So, what is Axios attempting to do? Axios is attempting to link actual traditional definitions of Americanism with white supremacy. Never mind that all the ideas Axios cites as “traditional” fundamentally reject ethnic identitarianism: equality before law, for example, presumes racial indifference; Judeo-Christian religion rejects racial classification; the meritocracy is definitionally opposed to racial preferences; and traditional gender roles and the nuclear family are institutions held in common by people of all races. The goal is simple: a forced choice between “racism” and a left-wing definition of Americanism that bears zero weight. This, presumably, is the real drive behind the Left’s opposition to much of Trump’s policy. The same Axios piece posits that the Trump administration’s decision to screen incoming immigrants for “anti-American” ideology ought to be seen as an outgrowth of nativism rather than common sense; that opposition to radical sexual politics in our nation’s military is a manifestation of bigotry rather than reason; that restoration of classicism in architecture represents a return to racial exclusivity rather than taste. As the authors write, “MAGA’s utopia looks a lot like America in the 1950s—before the sexual revolution, mass immigration, the Civil Rights Act, and expanded LGBTQ rights reshaped the country’s culture and demographics.” Well, actually, MAGA’s utopia looks mostly like what most Americans think of as the American dream: upward mobility, solid family structure, safety in the streets, decent education, and a vibrant social fabric complete with community and church. The fact that so many on the Left—and in the media—find this vision to be irredeemably “racist” demonstrates their utter disconnect with most Americans. And it’s why Trump is president for the second time. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Left’s Misdefinition of Americanism appeared first on The Daily Signal.