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President Trump: “There is more to come.” War Erupts Tehran launched more than 100 drones at Israel on Friday morning, Israel’s military said. It was not long after Israel announced it had begun a major operation against Iran. Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, scientists and senior military commanders. Israel appears […] The post Iran Launches About 200 Drones on Israel appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Donald Trump on Friday urged Iran to reach a nuclear agreement to avoid further military conflict following Israel’s overnight strikes on Iran. “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump said. “Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!” Later Friday morning, Trump posted on social media: “Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance.” NEW: Trump says Iran should’ve listened to his 60 day deadline pic.twitter.com/6Z6xaSXkUX — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) June 13, 2025 Trump’s comments come after Israel launched a successful strike on Iran which led to the elimination of three top Iranian military leaders, including Commander of the IRGC’s Air Force Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami, and Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya (Emergency Command) Gholam Al-Rashid. ISRAEL ELIMINATES IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD COMMANDER IN STRIKE, SAYS IRANIAN MEDIA The operation included more than 200 Air Force jets striking more than 100 targets across Iran, and a secret Mossad-built drone base within Iran destroying Iran’s missile launchers, preventing an effective defense or immediate retaliation by the regime. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), all Israeli Air Force personnel who participated in the attack returned to Israel unharmed.  Trump said that Israel is using the United States’ military equipment, which is the “best and most lethal in the world,” and that there will be “much more to come.” NEW: Trump is still pushing for Iran to “make a deal, before there is nothing left.” “Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!” pic.twitter.com/mKaC9mTy9T — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) June 13, 2025 “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end,” Trump said. “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” Prior to the attack, the Trump administration was set to have its sixth round of nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday, despite the rising tensions. Iranian officials have since announced that the negotiations are canceled.  Israel claims it significantly damaged one of Iran’s key nuclear sites, the Natanz Nuclear facility. RUBIO SAYS UNITED STATES NOT INVOLVED, WARNS IRAN AGAINST ATTACKING U.S. PERSONNEL This site was believed to have the ability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for multiple nuclear weapons within a month. “We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program,” Netanyahu said in live remarks. “We targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz.” In a statement, the IDF said the underground area of the site, which contains a multi-story enrichment hall with centrifuges, electrical rooms, and additional infrastructure, was damaged. Iran fired its first retaliatory attack on Friday morning, launching more than 100 drones at Israel. The IDF said it had “control over the situation,” and Israel’s Home Front Command told civilians that it was no longer necessary to remain close to bomb shelters. Both the IDF and the Jordanian Air Force reportedly worked to intercept the drones. None of the Iranian drones have reportedly made it to Israel’s borders. The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, responded to Israeli airstrikes in his first public message on Friday, promising a “severe punishment.” IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER RESPONDS TO ISRAEL’S ATTACK “The Zionist regime has opened its dirty and bloody hand to commit a crime in our beloved country at dawn today, and has revealed its evils more than ever before by targeting residential areas,” he said. “This regime must expect severe punishment. The strong hand of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not abandon it, God willing.” Khamenei confirmed that some Iranian leaders and scientists were killed in the Israeli strikes. He added that their “successors and colleagues will return to their positions immediately.” “With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared for itself a bitter and painful fate, and it will surely meet it.”

Womanhood is oh-so-special. This is true, in part, because it looks different for everyone. That said, there are certain elements of womanhood that are universal. For starters, there’s the joy of celebrating each other’s wins. Then there’s the camaraderie we feel over shared life experiences, like being a mom. In the viral video below, however, we see a third tenet of being a woman: supporting other women. A woman named Jay did so in a particularly heartwarming way. She and her friends were exploring Monaco when a suspicious man caught her eye. From a distance, he was filming a woman that Jay did not know. Erring on the side of caution, she decided to say something to the woman. See what happened next in the clip below. @yourdreamgirlfromheaven I love Monaco girls they’re the sweetest and so supportive #girls #girlssupportgirls #woman #monaco #cute #dreamgirl #blonde #barbie #pilatesprincess #supermodel #model #dream #future ♬ оригинальный звук – ????????.????? “Seeing [a] woman protecting [another] woman in this unfair and cruel world heals me,” someone shares in reply to this heartwarming video. Many others share in this sentiment, adding “This is what being a girl’s girl really is” and “The stern eye contact with the camera ooooooo she was willin to throw hands for her girlie.” What Does “Women Supporting Women” Mean? This Stranger in Monaco Demonstrates with her Heartfelt Actions Although that woman wasn’t in danger, if she had been, Jay’s actions had the potential to save her life. She truly deserves all the praise and recognition she’s getting. Luckily, this girl’s girl is seeing it all! In fact, Jay even made her own video to thank everyone for the love. Watch it below! @itsms.jay #stitch with @yourdreamgirlfromheaven #monaco #girlswholift #girlssupportgirls #girlsgirl #blacktiktok #girlssupportinggirls ♬ original sound – Itsms.jay The world can be a dangerous place for anyone. Sadly, this can be especially true for women. That’s part of the reason why it’s so vital for us to have each other’s backs. Because, when it comes down to it, that’s what womanhood is all about — creating a support system that allows us to protect and lift each other up. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Women Supporting Women: Stranger Walks Up To Woman For Heartwarming Reason appeared first on InspireMore.

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An architecture firm is having fun building microlibraries across Java with playful designs that offer respite from the heat. Envisioned as an excellent way to increase literacy, they attract children with the designs who then get to enjoy a reading environment that inspires imagination and creativity. They were recently profiled in a Guardian photo essay. […] The post Indonesia’s Stunning Micro-Libraries Attract Young Readers with Fun-Filled Architecture appeared first on Good News Network.

Proxy voting is a key responsibility of all fiduciaries. Why in particular should conservatives, and especially traditional worshippers, take care with that responsibility? Because in an era of plentiful and typically controversial “shareholder resolutions,” the invested financial assets of individuals and institutions—including religious organizations (dioceses, temples, hospital chains, orders, colleges, etc.)—are quite powerful things. They are tools able to prove consequential to public policy. That consequence is not always a good thing: Proxy advisers—empowered to vote the value of stock shares for or against shareholder resolutions, can have, and often do have, their own ideological agendas, schemes, and stratagems. And this proxy voting all too often is misaligned with the stated beliefs and missions of the distracted shareholders. Keeping track of these shareholder resolutions may prove taxing for bandwidth-stretched institutions, which can delegate this voting function—despite its importance and opportunity for mischief. Most organizations’ investment committees do. The delegating works this way: The committee either entrusts its organization votes to a proxy adviser—with the expectation that they vote in the organization’s best interest——or the proxy voting is assigned to the asset manager, who in turn also delegates to a proxy adviser. Blind trust should not be part of this delegation. Each organization must clearly ensure that its values are reflected in its proxy voting approach. For Christian organizations, this typically means ensuring alignment between the proxy voting strategy and any values-based investment screening already in place. For example, if an organization screens out companies involved in pornography or abortion, its proxy voting should reflect those same values. Should—in principle. Often not—in practice. More on that shortly. Trust but Verify When using separately managed accounts, it is important for organizations—especially those which are religious or particularly mission-driven—to evaluate the proxy voting practices of the asset managers they engage. À la Ronald Reagan: Trust but verify. If a manager’s approach does not align with the organization’s values, the organization can opt to install a third-party proxy adviser to ensure votes follow custom guidelines, (This option comes typically at no additional cost to the institution). Many organizations use a combination of separately managed accounts, mutual funds, other pooled products, and partnerships on other vehicles common in the alternative asset space. Overall objectives, asset allocation, portfolio size, and other factors drive these decisions. For investors with mutual funds, the proxy voting responsibility lies with that mutual fund. Especially with Christian products, the expectation is that each mutual fund’s proxy voting and screening process is outlined in the prospectus and should align with Christian values. Expectations and reality can often be quite different. Christian Proxy Votes Are Not Lining Up With Christian Values, Analysis Shows A third-party analysis conducted in 2023 by Bowyer Research reviewed the proxy voting records of several Christian and Catholic mutual fund families. The study established a baseline expectation for how a values-aligned fund might vote on various shareholder resolutions. While there is some minor latitude on how these fund families would vote, it became apparent that some either had surprising biases or were asleep at the wheel, unaware as to how their proxy votes were terribly misaligned with their institution’s stated beliefs. Here are some examples: A Christian/Catholic fund voted in favor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resolutions in 38 out of 40 instances. Another voted to allow companies to conceal abortion data 14 of 19 times. Another voted 52 of 56 times to limit political speech. Another voted to defund pro-life states 10 of 19 times. Another agreed with the Bowyer Research Christian overall proxy voting baseline only 48 of 367 times. This is disappointing. Some funds were better than others, but all have room for improvement, some significantly. When the results of the analysis were shared with each fund, many were surprised by the results, and are now using the analysis to make changes. No more wheel-sleeping. Some have already made solid improvements by creating better guidelines that align more with the Christian faith. Still others have either taken back proxy voting from a proxy adviser or have hired a firm more aligned with Christian values. Unfortunately, others stated that their voting reflected their beliefs and aligned with their values. Of interest: The best Christian proxy voter of the whole group against the Bowyer baseline was a “secular” family with a “social” fund. What Can Christian Organizations and Conservative Nonprofits Do? What is a Christian organization, or a conservative nonprofit—strapped for in-house financial expertise, lacking bandwidth, but holding valuable assets that are annually confronted by a spate of shareholder resolutions and other actions that force voting—to do? Ignoring such decision-making should not be an option. Instead, organizations are encouraged to regularly review the proxy voting behavior of the investment products they use and ensure that this voting behavior reflects their core mission and values. Conducting annual proxy voting analyses and engaging with asset managers about misalignment can be an effective way to promote long-term change and improve fidelity between investment strategies and organizational principles. This would also avoid an organization being party to bringing about consequential public-policy changes—the things usually sought by controversial shareholder resolutions—that are at odds with their doctrines of faith, mission statements, and raison d’etres. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Results of Christian Mutual Proxy Voting Analysis Leave Significant Room for Improvement appeared first on The Daily Signal.