Sharing heartfelt Bible verses with a sister on her birthday can bring love and encouragement to their lives. From inspiring promises of God's presence and guidance, to affirmations of strength and wisdom, these verses offer a powerful way to celebrate the special bond between sisters.

Whether you prefer classic Easter hymns or modern worship Easter songs, this collection of popular Easter videos from your favorite performers is sure to move you! Jesus willingly paid all our debts, and these Easter songs and hymns are the perfect way to remember and worship Him!

Sharing heartfelt Bible verses with a sister on her birthday can bring love and encouragement to their lives. From inspiring promises of God's presence and guidance, to affirmations of strength and wisdom, these verses offer a powerful way to celebrate the special bond between sisters.

Whether you prefer classic Easter hymns or modern worship Easter songs, this collection of popular Easter videos from your favorite performers is sure to move you! Jesus willingly paid all our debts, and these Easter songs and hymns are the perfect way to remember and worship Him!

The media took its time explaining that the Rhode Island ice rink shooter was transgender. The man was mentally ill. The drugs they give transgender people can make people much worse. A shooter unleashed a flurry of bullets during a Rhode Island youth hockey game. He killed three people [his wife and two children, one a […] The post Mentally Ill Trans Father Kills Family in a Rhode Island Ice Skating Rink appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

WASHINGTON — The Department of War reduced its civilian workforce by 10% last year, according to Pentagon data first obtained by The Daily Wire. The War Department’s civilian workforce decreased from 794,538 to 712,677 employees last year, The Daily Wire has learned, resulting in a net reduction of 81,861 employees, about 10.3%. The reduction in force is one way War Secretary Pete Hegseth, under the direction of President Donald Trump, has worked to strengthen the American military. “The goal was straightforward: eliminate redundancies and ensure the Department operates as a well-oiled machine for our warfighters,” a War Department official shared. “Doing this is fully aligned with the president’s priorities.” Hegseth announced in March 2025 that reductions in the workforce were part of his larger plan to rebuild the military in the spirit of the Trump administration. Hegseth emphasized that to minimize involuntary separations, he wanted to ease the path towards voluntary reductions. “To deliver on my commitment to urgently rebuild our military, revive the warrior ethos and deliver maximum deterrence, we must aggressively refocus every available resource towards our core mission,” Hegseth said. “We will realign the size of our civilian workforce and strategically restructure it to supercharge our American warfighters consistent with my interim National Defense Strategy guidance.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) The War Department also hired 29,347 new employees and processed 109,441 departures in 2025. Of those departures, 14,606 were involuntary departures, and 94,835 were voluntary departures. Under the 2025 Voluntary Deferred Resignation Program, civilian employees could submit a voluntary resignation with an effective date of September 30, 2025, while still receiving full salary and benefits. That program received 70,481 applications, resulting in 49,991 signed separation agreements. Additionally, some 6,600 employees left the War Department using the Voluntary Retirement Authority program. Hegseth has argued throughout his tenure as the Secretary of War that his objectives are “restoring the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military and reestablishing deterrence.” The most fundamental of those three, he said, is “restoring the warrior ethos.” “Everything starts and ends with warriors in training and on the battlefield,” he told top military leaders at Quantico in April 2025. “We are leaving wokeness and weakness behind. And refocusing on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards and readiness.” At the time, he noted that the War Department was “optimizing the civilian workforce, ensuring that we have the right employees in the right roles, at the right time to support our warfighters.” “We’re doing this by voluntary means, to the greatest extent possible, through offerings like voluntary early retirement and separation initiatives,” he added, describing how the Pentagon was also ending telework and remote work culture, expecting employees to deliver results and respond to leadership needs. “It’s a lot of change very quickly,” he said at the time. “Now as you may have noticed, the media likes to call it chaos. We call it overdue. How are the men and women responding to this — to this call? Well, I can tell you personally it’s going better than we could have ever expected. This department, and you know it, across the joint force is filled with patriots who want nothing more than to focus — be laser focused on serving their country. And that’s why retention is rebounding as well, big time, in real time.”

Texas Senator Ted Cruz dismantled California’s leftist Governor Gavin Newsom in a blistering history lesson after Newsom attempted to frame the presence of federalized National Guard troops in his state as some unprecedented act of tyranny. Newsom — apparently recalling President Trump invoking 10 U.S.C. § 12406 in June 2025 to federalize approximately 4,000 members of the California National Guard over  Newsom’s explicit objections — desperately attempted to stir up a narrative of “secret police” and “masked men,” comparing the federal response to Nazi Germany. “I want to remember all those images of masked men, the secret police, something familiar in Germany,” Newsom bloviated. “Those first images came out of my state. The second-largest city in the United States of America. We saw 4,000 National Guard federalized. First time. We’ve never seen anything like this. And 700 active duty Marines sent — not overseas, but to the second largest city in the United States of America. Militarizing the streets of my city.  Masked men. Masked men showing up. Unaccountable.” The problem for Newsom? History actually happened. Responding on his “Verdict” podcast, Senator Ted Cruz scorched Newsom’s grasp of the American timeline. “Just like AOC and Whitmer, Newsom is apparently thoroughly historically illiterate,” Cruz stated. “He said we’ve never seen National Guards federalized in the states. I guess his history book does not discuss the civil rights movement; he’s never heard of a president named Dwight D. Eisenhower; he’s never heard of sending the National Guard into Southern states. When Democrats, who refused to desegregate schools, resisted, Eisenhower sent the National Guard in. The pattern is the same; in this instance, you have Democrats who are saying, ‘We refuse to comply with federal immigration law.’ Then you had, in the 50s and 60s, you had Democrats saying, ‘We refuse to comply with civil rights law.’ In both instances, it is lawless Democrats attacking law enforcement. Gavin Newsom is proudly following the tradition of Bull Connor, another Democrat politician.” When Cruz took to X to reiterate that Newsom is “historically illiterate,” the California Governor — rather than defending his grasp of history — opted for the politics of grievance. Newsom, who has been open about his lifelong struggle with dyslexia, attempted to cast Cruz’s critique as a personal attack on his learning disability. “Ted Cruz calling a dyslexic person illiterate is a new low, even for him,” Newsom whimpered. Ted Cruz calling a dyslexic person illiterate is a new low, even for him. https://t.co/XC75ybiGKd — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 16, 2026 Cruz was having none of it. Firing back on X, the Texas Senator clarified for the Governor that “historically illiterate” refers to a lack of knowledge, not a lack of phonics. “I didn’t say you couldn’t read, you

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not consider the Munich Security Conference a springboard into the 2028 presidential election. At least, that’s what she told The New York Times after she was roundly criticized for failing to answer a basic question on U.S. foreign policy at the conference last week. The Munich Security Conference is considered one of the most important stages for lawmakers, diplomats, and world leaders to set themselves apart as important voices on foreign policy and the direction of global politics. For Ocasio-Cortez, the event came as speculation swirls around 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, with the New York leftist often floated as a top contender. After multiple missteps at the conference, Ocasio-Cortez picked up the phone and spoke to her hometown paper, telling the legacy media outlet that the link between her supposed presidential aspirations and the conference is far-fetched. “Everyone’s got this story wrong, that this is about me running for president,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I could give — whatever, about that, to be honest.” Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance in Munich was marked by an awkward response to a question on China and Taiwan and an indecipherable comment on the “rise of populism.” During one panel discussion, the congresswoman was joined by Matt Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, and Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who is also considered a 2028 presidential hopeful. When asked whether the United States should send troops to Taiwan if China advances on the island, Ocasio-Cortez struggled to speak for around 20 seconds before her attempt to answer the question. When she finally spit out an answer, she said only that the United States should “avoid any such confrontation,” and did not answer whether U.S. troops should be deployed if China attempted to invade Taiwan. Ocasio-Cortez was blasted over her response, including by President Donald Trump. “I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday night. “She had no idea what was happening,” he added. “She had no idea how to answer, you know, very important questions concerning the world.” Whitaker, Trump’s NATO ambassador who was sitting next to Ocasio-Cortez during the panel discussion, told Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning that he was surprised that Ocasio-Cortez and Whitmer “didn’t have better answers, or at least, better preparation.” “I think it’s really quite obvious that the Left really does not have an answer for President Trump’s very clear articulation and success on the international stage, and they’re struggling to do that,” Whitaker added. “But on the China and Taiwan issue, that issue is so obvious what the answer is; it’s to make sure China doesn’t make a move on Taiwan, that Taiwan is strong and can defend itself, and that the region is stable and prosperous and that American interests are protected.” Ocasio-Cortez told the Times that it is “out of touch” to consider the Munich Security Conference as an important gauge for the 2028 presidential election, adding that she was really there to send a warning about “right-wing populist movements” throughout the world. The lawmaker told the Times that a reporter asked her whether Munich is “the new New Hampshire,” referring to the important early primary election. “I cannot say enough how out of touch and missing the point, genuinely, that is,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Global democracies are on fire the world over, and established parties are falling to right-wing populist movements.” She added that she went to Munich “not because I’m running for president, not because I’ve made some kind of decision about a horse race or a candidacy, but because we need to sound the alarm bells that a lot of those folks in nicely pressed suits in that room will not be there much longer if we do not do something about the runaway inequality that is fueling far-right populist movements.” Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro told Fox News host Dana Perino on Tuesday, “It’s not our fault for noticing she’s horrible.” “My favorite conceit here is that she goes abroad and says a bunch of incredibly stupid things. … I’m sorry, but if you give an answer reminiscent of that famous clip of Miss South Carolina attempting to answer a question about the Iraq War from 15 years ago, and you’re on an international stage, that is your fault,” Shapiro added. “I’m sorry, but if you give an answer reminiscent of that famous clip of Miss South Carolina attempting to answer a question about the Iraq War… that’s your fault.”@benshapiro joins @DanaPerino to slam AOC’s geopolitical incompetence at the Munich Security Conference

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