West Virginia State Flower: Rhododendron

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Rhododendron is a genus of more than 1,000 deciduous or evergreen flowering shrub species, with more than 25,000 cultivars and hybrids. They come in a wide range of sizes, flower colors and shapes, and many are North American natives. The bloom time is usually spring into summer, but some cultivars bloom in late winter or late summer. The growth rate and preferred conditions of rhododendron species vary widely. However, most prefer moist, well-draining soils, partial shade, and conservative fertilization. All rhododendrons are toxic to people and pets.

Rhododendron Plant Care 

While rhododendron species vary in their care preferences, and many grow in a wide range of conditions, the typical main rhododendron requirements are:

Plant in fertile, well-draining, acidic soil.

Position in partial or dappled shaded.

Water to maintain even moisture, but avoid soggy soils.

Fertilize with a rhododendron formula annually only when soils are poor.

Light

In their native habitats, rhododendron grows in dappled woodland shade and under trees. Choose a location in partial shade where the plant isn’t exposed to the hot afternoon sun, which is especially important in a warmer climate. 

Soil

Rhododendrons need moist, well-draining soils rich in organic matter. They’re sensitive to soggy, heavy clay, or compacted soil with poor drainage, which can lead to root rot. These shrubs prefer acidic soils with a pH between 4.5 and 6.0.

Water

Rhododendrons have shallow roots and require even moisture to thrive, especially during the first year after planting. Water the plant slowly and deeply around twice a week during the first growing season, not leaving the roots in standing water.

Even if the plant doesn’t show signs of drought stress, water established rhododendron every two to three weeks during dry spells. Adding a layer of mulch helps with water retention.

Temperature and Humidity

Temperature ranges vary depending on the rhododendron variety. Some tolerate heat and humidity, and others are cold-hardy. Most varieties don’t like strong winds and are sensitive to temperature extremes. 

Fertilizer

If you plant your rhododendron in rich soil with plenty of organic matter, there’s usually no need to fertilize. In less fertile soil, use a formula for acid-loving rhododendron in late winter or early spring, following the label instructions. 

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    1. Good morning, Pat! I figured it would be in the single digits this morning, going by the local weather report last night, but it was 32 when I got up. It has dropped to 31, tho, and predicted to get to single digits tonight. Then back up to a high of 32 tomorrow, 39 Friday, 35 Saturday, 24 Sunday, 39 Monday, 47 Tuesday – talk about see-sawing temps!!! Crazy!

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  5. Charlotte99

    December 3, 2025 4:54 am

    Reply to  Troublemaker10

    Sean Hannity:

    They have similar questions. Do you think, especially with the drought issue Iran is dealing with and Maduro basically being told by the president to get out, are we possibly on the verge of regime change in both countries?

    Marco Rubio: Well, look, at the end of the day, with Maduro the problem is this: if you wanted to make a deal with him, I don’t know how you do it.
    He’s broken every deal he’s ever made. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. If there were a way to bring stability to the hemisphere, to make Venezuela a country that isn’t a base for Iranian influence and activities against the United States, that would be ideal.

    You could have a Venezuela that isn’t trafficking drugs or sending people to our country like Trinidad Agua gang members. The problem is Maduro has made five deals with different parties over the last decade and broken every one of them.

    The Biden administration also made a deal with him, no one talks about this. Maduro asked for his nephews, convicted drug traffickers, to be released from U.S. prisons, and for his chief money launderer, his “bag man,” to be released before trial.

    In exchange, he promised free and fair elections. He got his nephews back, he got the bag man back, and he never delivered the elections.
    They stole the elections.
    They suckered Joe Biden.

    They’re not going to sucker Donald Trump. The president is unique in modern American history. He’s prepared to sit down and talk with anyone.

    He just met with the president of Syria, who has an interesting past, to say the least.

    He’s willing to meet with Putin, with Xi, with Kim Jong Un, like he did in his first year.

    He’ll meet with anybody. But at the end of the day, you need someone who can actually keep a deal.

    We’ve made deals with the Chinese, but Maduro has never kept one.
    That doesn’t mean the president won’t try. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

    https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/1996129491358240864#m

    The only language Maduro (and Iran) understands is WAR

    Wipe out the scum that imports deadly drugs and interferes in our elections

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    1. NE could do it easily except for Omaha and that region. Hell, it wouldn’t even take half an hour here in my town, and 90% of the other small towns.

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  8. Wall Street Apes
    @WallStreetApes
    🚨 Large scale voter fraud taking place in Michigan

    • 36% of new voter registrations last year have invalid Social Security numbers but were allowed to complete voter registration anyway
    • Michigan has 500,000 more voters registered than we have voting age adults

    “A state senator, Johnson has sounded the alarm about election insecurity in Michigan. Johnson points to the Help America Vote Verification System

    Last year, 100,000 people registered to vote in Michigan. 36% of them, 36,000 had invalid four-digit Social Security numbers and they were allowed to register anyway

    Michigan has 500,000 more voters registered than we have voting age adults. How many of those are non-citizens?“

    “We know that Jocelyn Benson, our Secretary of State, has shared Michigan voter data with nonprofits — Every Democrat operative in America has access to our voter data if they want it”

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  11. Jake
    December 3, 2025 6:55 am

    War Crimes and the law:

    A reader at the New Neo’s site posted better details about what the laws are on striking boats without flags in international waters, which applies to this case:

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/venezuela_boat_strike_baloney.html

    “But of course this was no warship, and the drug-runners are not signatories to the Geneva Convention. What law does apply?”
    The laws of stateless vessels.

    The laws of a country extend 12 miles out from its shores. All vessels within that limit are subject to that country’s jurisdiction. Beyond that limit all vessels must fly the flag under whose jurisdiction they are sailing. Someone committing a crime in international waters is subject to the laws of the country under whose flag he is sailing. In addition, that country is responsible for the actions of a vessel flying its flag.

    These boats are not flying Venezuela’s flag, and thus Venezuela is not legally responsible for them. They’re not flying any flag — so no country is responsible for their actions, but they don’t receive the protections of any country either. They are stateless vessels and, under the law, essentially pirates.

    Vessels in international waters are required to monitor specific radio frequencies and to respond to the hailing of any coast guard or navy. A stateless vessel which fails to do so can be considered a pirate vessel and dealt with accordingly. Much like a soldier out of uniform picking up a gun on a battlefield and fighting, pirates are not subject to the Geneva Conventions. The laws of piracy, not warfare, apply.

    This is useful, too, from a maritime expert:
    It’s a pirate ship. The U.S. Marine Corps has a storied history of getting rid of pirate ships. They’re a threat no matter how you look at them. And this one contained 11 Tren de Aragua gang members, the world’s worst of the worst.
    Darn right they needed to get rid of it. The Trump team was right in calling it self-defense.

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    1. Ummmm…no, I don’t think this is accurate – we have many soldiers fighting in plain clothes i.e., undercover: “Much like a soldier out of uniform picking up a gun on a battlefield and fighting,….”

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  12. Just The News: “Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special congressional election in Tennessee Tuesday night over Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tennessee for a vacant House seat, as the Associated Press has projected. 

    With 99% of the vote counted, Van Epps has 53.9% of the vote, and Behn has 45%.

    The special election to replace retired Republican Rep. Mark Green in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district was another test along the way to next year’s midterm elections in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs. 

    Following last month’s off-year elections, in which Democrats did well in New York, Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia, this was the next big race. It is a district that Donald Trump won in 2024 by over 20 points. 

    Behn, a progressive Tennessee state representative, has been referred to as the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of Nashville. Van Epps was a combat veteran and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services.” 

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  13. “The Case for Pardoning Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez — I took a particular interest in Hernandez’s case because of how his situation mirrored mine.”

    Roger Stone, Dec 03, 2025

    EXCERPT: “Last week, President Donald Trump made an announcement that rocked the foundation of Honduran politics when he said he was issuing a pardon for the country’s former President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH). True to his word, Hernandez was released from custody on Tuesday and is now a free man after serving little over one year in prison.

    Contrary to some in the mainstream media as well as various internet trolls, I was compensated nothing for my advocacy of a pardon for the former Honduran president and simply forwarded a compelling letter from Hernandez to President Trump because a review of the case led me to the clear conclusion that the charges against Hernandez were both politically motivated and false. Hernandez was charged and prosecuted utilizing the same tactics of lawfare in which President Trump himself was charged by Special Counsel Jack Smith. In short, Juan Orlando Hernandez was framed. President Trump’s clemency for the former Honduran president is an act of both justice and mercy.

    In fact, President Hernandez’s letter was sent to me by investigative journalist Shane Trejo, as I disclosed on my syndicated radio show at 77WABC Radio, where I hosted former Honduran First Lady Ana Garcia de Hernandez and their two daughters, Ana Daniela and Isabela Hernandez, after the pardon was announced.

    The pardon came days before the national election where the ruling LIBRE Party hoped to remain in control. Immediately after Hernandez was termed out of office in 2022, the LIBRE Party President Xiomara Castro, wife of former President Mel Zelaya, worked with the Biden/Harris DOJ to extradite Hernandez over allegations of drug trafficking. Examining the facts of the case show that it was nothing more than a politically motivated hit by the Biden/Harris administration in their witch hunt against President Trump and his allies, both foreign and domestic.

    ‘WE’RE STOPPING DRUGS ON A LEVEL THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED’

    Throughout Hernandez’s tenure as Honduran President, he worked with the United States on drug interdictions and received President Trump’s praise for his work in doing so. Hernandez even signed the extradition treaty that allowed for criminals to be sent to the U.S. and prosecuted, a landmark agreement in cracking down against the scourge of illegal drugs.

    “President Hernandez is working with the United States very closely. You know what’s going on on our southern border. And we’re winning after years and years of losing. We’re stopping drugs at a level that has never happened,” President Trump said in Dec. 2019…..”

    “…..Like with the U.S. and with the resurrection of Donald Trump and his re-ascension to the Presidency, things did not go according to plan in Honduras. The Xiomara Castro regime failed miserably, and her hand-picked successor Rixi Moncada was decimated in the recent presidential elections. The Trump-backed National Party candidate, Tito Asfura, is now expected to win a nail-biter election against his closest competitor, Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party, to be the next President of Honduras.

    This is a nation that has pulled itself back from the brink of communism and has shown that they yearn for freedom and increased cooperation with the United States. The pardon for Hernandez is part of this Honduran national renaissance that is underway, as President Trump has demonstrated emphatically that the unprecedented meddling into Honduran political affairs was unjust. Now, the country can heal, and Hernandez can rejoin his family after their years-long nightmare. The actual Narco regime, the Zelaya family, is being run out of power, and Honduras has a chance to become great again.”

    https://www.stonecoldtruth.com/p/the-case-for-pardoning-former-president

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  15. Fox Weather, December 2, 2025 6:25pm EST

    MASON COUNTY, W. Va. – “A truck driver was heroically rescued from certain death after a commercial cargo truck veered off a snow-covered highway in West Virginia, leaving the semi-truck cab dangling off a bridge nearly 100-feet above the ground.

    At roughly 6:25 a.m., first responders from Hurricane Fire Department were dispatched to a snow-covered U.S. Route 35 in Mason County for a motor vehicle collision – and it wasn’t an average crash. At the scene, the cab of a large tractor trailer was dangling off a bridge, with the driver inside starting a deadly drop to the ground.

    A coalition of local first responders assembled on U.S. Route 35, where bystanders gathered and captured video and photographs of the truck that hung off the interstate bridge by the weight of its cargo.

    On scene, a team of local and county first responders closed the highway and began a rescue operation using a number of fire engines and emergency management vehicles to prepare to rescue the driver from the doomed truck. 

    According to local first responders, technicians from several responding departments implemented three rope systems using two heavy “wrecker” trucks, operating one as an anchor to the bridge and the other to secure the dangling truck to prevent it from plummeting to the ground below. 

    First responders strategically positioned emergency vehicles to allow for a challenging rope rescue, and heroically lowered down a first responder to rescue the at-risk truck driver. 

    Hurricane Fire Department volunteer firefighter Westley Quinn was propelled off of the bridge and into the truck cab, where he secured the driver using a harness. After roughly five hours dangling from the highway bridge, the driver was hoisted back up to safety unharmed. 

    According to Mason County Commission President Rick Handley, responding local fire departments that heroically assisted in saving the life of the truck driver included Hurricane, Point Pleasant, Winfield, Buffalo, St. Albans, Nitro and Teays Valley.”

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    1. Overall, very nice and comfy but I have to get used to the differences. It doesn’t go back completely flat and the foot rest portion isn’t as long. I still have to use a pillow to prop up my head. But the heat and massage are REALLY nice!!! It is what it is: the cheapest one I found on Amazon. LOL – still much better than the old one and I’ve been sleeping in my bed for a while now.

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  21. “Come read vets explain their dealings with Afghan “allies” to illustrate why they shouldn’t be in America”

    Not The Bee, Edward Teach, Dec 2, 2025

    Image for article: Come read vets explain their dealings with Afghan "allies" to illustrate why they shouldn't be in America

    EXCERPTS: “Many of you haven’t heard what Afghanistan is like, and it shows. After an Afghan “refugee” was charged with ambushing two National Guardsmen in D.C. the day before Thanksgiving, the Trump admin has gone full attack mode, criticizing the Biden admin for the international spectacle that was the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

    InfantryDort, one of the largest veteran accounts on X, decided to use the moment to share, in detail, what things American troops saw when they were in Afghanistan to help Americans understand, perhaps once and for all, that not all cultures, practices, and beliefs are equal.

    The responses from fellow vets are even more horrifying. [Warning: Graphic stories ahead]

    More….far too many: https://notthebee.com/article/twitter-thread-shows-war-on-terror-vets-explaining-their-dealing-with-afghans-during-the-war-and-why-the-refugees-need-to-go-back

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  23. Just The News: “President Trump on Wednesday pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted last year for allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds.

    “For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed with them,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to ‘take out’ a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border ‘Catastrophe.’

    “Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy! They will attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country. Because of these facts, and others, I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!”

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  28. EXCERPT: “FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday told Just the News his team has implemented a dozen major reforms that have made the bureau “faster, stronger, more accountable” than the one he inherited earlier this year and that agents are getting new tools that will allow them to better counter terror threats from drones and use artificial intelligence to more quickly detect crimes.

    “The results are already clear: historic crime reductions, major disruptions to criminal networks and record arrests across violent crime, espionage, terrorism, and child exploitation. This is the FBI doing exactly what it’s supposed to do,” Patel said in a statement.

    Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino went on the offensive this week to counter anonymous complaints published by news media – including New York Post columnist Miranda Devine – from former employees alleging the bureau is suffering from systemic problems and is “rudderless.” Bongino directly criticized Devine’s report in a post on X, calling her “deep-state Devine.”

    “You can always count on Miranda for a timed hit piece when the director and I make big changes,” he wrote. “Miranda prefers the old-guard. I don’t. Full steam ahead.”

    Devine, a favorite columnist of President Donald Trump whose work on Hunter Biden’s laptop led to a best-selling book, fired right back.

    “Anonymous sources do not ‘always lie,'” she wrote on X. “They are often the only way to expose corruption and abuse and bring accountability to the powerful. Multiple brave whistleblowers came forward to Sen. Grassley under Biden to expose wrongdoing at the FBI, for instance.”

    In a statement to Just the News, Bongino said the complaints from the anonymous sources were predictable because there are elements in the bureaucracy that don’t want to change the status quo…..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/security/exclusive-patel-tells-just-news-fbi-faster-stronger-more-accountable-after

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  29. “Beware: The Christmas Voicemail: Scams are everywhere, and the scammers are getting more sophisticated”

    Dr. Robert W. Malone, Dec 03, 2025

    EXCERPT: “AI voice cloning technology is incredibly accessible and works well with a small amount of voice data. Many programs can even clone a voice in as little as 10 to 30 seconds or less! This means that a simple Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook video on your own profile page can be voice cloned by anyone.

    This opens the door to a whole new generation of scams. A recent scam involved an AI-generated voice cloned from a Florida woman named Sharon Brightwell’s daughter. The call featured the victim’s “daughter,” sobbing and claiming she’d caused a car crash that injured a pregnant woman, and that the police were confiscating her phone. A fake “attorney” then demanded $15,000 in bail, instructed her to withdraw cash, put it in a box, and hand it to a driver. A follow-up call tried to push for an additional $30,000…..”

    “…..These scams are scalable and likely to grow rapidly. Studies show that even advanced voice-authentication and anti-spoofing systems are vulnerable to specially crafted “adversarial” attacks.

    How to Protect Yourself, and Your Loved Ones…..”

    https://www.malone.news/p/beware-the-christmas-voicemail

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  30. so prostitutes are only making money…insider traders are only making money…bank robbers are only making money…this is freakin insane!

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  32. “Larval stage of the Tripod Fish. Absolutely insane. Like floating X-Wing fighters with eyeballs.”

    🌊 NEW TYPE OF WAVE DISCOVERED IN LAKE GENEVA — THE “V2 KELVIN WAVE”

    Swiss researchers found a wave hidden in plain sight that moves between all three temperature layers of the lake at once. Not normal surface waves. Not internal sloshing. Something else:

    • triggered by strong winds
    • wakes up when the lake stratifies into warm/cool/cold layers
    • shifts nutrients and pollutants
    • rides the thermocline like a ghost

    A freshwater anomaly finally identified in 2025.

    Lake Geneva officially has boss-level waves…”

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  33. 🇩🇪 GERMANY’S ECONOMY “IN FREE FALL” — INDUSTRY ALARM BELLS RING

    BDI president Peter Leibinger didn’t sugarcoat it:

    “The economy is experiencing its deepest crisis since the founding of the federal republic.”

    Germany’s problem list:

    • high energy costs
    • China outcompeting Europe
    • US tariffs
    • labor shortages
    • crushing bureaucracy
    • two years of recession

    The EU’s engine is stalling — loudly…

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  34. Huh…..my Mom had the shingles vaccine and promptly got shingles; she gets it regularly now…..

    🧠 A REAL DEMENTIA “VACCINE”? — SHINGLES SHOT REDUCES RISK BY 20%

    New Stanford-led study: People in Wales (aged 79–80) who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia by 2020.

    Even more shocking: Among people who already had dementia, the vaccinated group died far less often over the next 9 years.

    Huge signal. Totally unexpected. Potentially revolutionary.

    Sometimes medicine stumbles onto miracles…

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  35. 🦁 LIONESS KILLS TEEN WHO CLIMBED INTO HER ENCLOSURE — BRAZIL

    A 19-year-old schizophrenic man obsessed with lions scaled the barriers and jumped in. The lioness reacted instantly. He died within minutes. The enclosure itself? Tiny. Concrete. Barely enriched. A tragedy layered on top of a tragedy…

    🚗 HUNDREDS OF PORSCHES IN RUSSIA DISABLED AFTER SATELLITE FAILURE

    Porsche suspended Russian operations in 2022, and now… Security systems are failing. Owners can’t start their cars. Porsche can’t fix them. Russia won’t let the company leave. Everything is jailbroken geopolitically.

    The future isn’t electric — it’s bricked…

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  36. 🌧️ ANGEL FALLS — A REMINDER THE WORLD IS STILL BEAUTIFUL

    The highest uninterrupted waterfall on Earth. Featured in BBC’s Planet Earth.
    One of the rare places where reality looks CGI. Momentary sanity break….

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  38. “America Welcomes a New G20”

    State Dept, Dec 03, 2025

    Author: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

    EXCERPT: “Next year, the United States will host the world’s 20 largest economies for the first time since 2009. Coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary, the 2026 G20 will be a chance to recognize the values of innovation, entrepreneurship, and perseverance that made America great, and which provide a roadmap to prosperity for the entire world. We’ll showcase these values and more when we host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in December 2026 in one of America’s greatest cities, Miami, Florida.

    Under President Trump’s leadership, the G20 will use four working groups to achieve progress on three key themes: removing regulatory burdens, unlocking affordable and secure energy supply chains, and pioneering new technologies and innovation. The first Sherpa and Finance Track meetings will be held in Washington, DC, on December 15-16, followed by a series of meetings throughout 2026. As the global economy confronts the changes driven by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, and shakes off ideological preoccupations around green energy, the President is prepared to lead the way.

    We will be inviting friends, neighbors, and partners to the American G20. We will welcome the world’s largest economies, as well as burgeoning partners and allies, to America’s table. In particular, Poland, a nation that was once trapped behind the Iron Curtain but now ranks among the world’s 20 largest economies, will be joining us to assume its rightful place in the G20. Poland’s success is proof that a focus on the future is a better path than one on grievances. It shows how partnership with the United States and American companies can promote mutual prosperity and growth.

    The contrast with South Africa, host of this year’s G20, is stark.

    South Africa entered the post-Cold War era with strong institutions, excellent infrastructure, and global goodwill. It possessed many of the world’s most valuable resources, some of the best agricultural land on the planet, and was located around one of the world’s key trading routes. And in Nelson Mandela, South Africa had a leader who understood that reconciliation and private sector driven economic growth were the only path to a nation where every citizen could prosper…..”

    https://statedept.substack.com/p/america-welcomes-a-new-g20

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  39. Friends,

    I’ve just popped a new video on my YouTube channel, which takes you inside Nigel Farage’s Reform Party conference from earlier this year. With Farage and his team now the bookmakers’ favorite to win the next UK election and embark upon an unprecedented, ambitious campaign to bring immigration to heel and return Britain to greatness, it is definitely worth seeing more than what the news cameras show from an event like this.

    As always, remember to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE. If you have questions, leave them in the YouTube comments section and I’ll get back to you directly.

    Cheers,

    Raheem J. Kassam, Editor-in-Chief, The National Pulse

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  47. “From an article published yesterday – An 88-year-old Army veteran heartbreakingly revealed he works five days a week at a local grocery store to help pay his bills before kindhearted shoppers rallied to raise over one million dollars for his retirement. Ed Bambas, a cashier at the Meijer store in Brighton, Michigan, lost his pension 13 years ago and is forced to work 40 hours a week – a full-time schedule – despite his age because “he doesn’t have enough income.”

    “I retired from General Motors in ’99. In 2012, they went bankrupt and they took my pension away from me,” Bambas told Australian influencer Samuel Weidenhofer. Weidenhofer gave Bambas a $400 tip to help him out before opening a GoFundMe that has raised over $1.18 million as of yesterday morning. “It came out of the clear blue – I really truly mean that,” Bambas said.”

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