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Monday, October 19, 2026
Sunday, October 11, 2026
Mamdani advisor’s secret Cuba diary exposes anti-US plot, luxe trip
By David Spector
Published Oct. 11, 2026, 5:13 a.m. ET
A friend and advisor to socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with the president of Cuba during a luxe trip to the communist nation — where they conspired to subvert US foreign policy, according to a since-deleted travel diary obtained by The Post.
Danny Valdez, who hosted a fundraiser for Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in 2025, traveled to Cuba with a delegation from the DSA International Committee from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, 2023, according to the Nov. 9, 2023 blog post, entitled “The Cuba Diaries.”
The delegation met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel on the third day of the trip with the purpose of partnering to end the US embargo, in place since 1962, three years after Fidel Castro imposed a communist dictatorship on the island, he recalled.
DSA national co-chair Ashik Siddique and Valdez are seen posing in a group photo with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.Obtained by the NY Post
“It was genuinely a big accomplishment for our delegation that this meeting took place. It was a sign that the Cuban government took our organization seriously and saw us as potential partners in the work of ending the US blockade,” Valdez wrote.
During the meeting, the Cuban president whined about the US-imposed blockade.
“No other country has to operate under such conditions. Vietnam and China are not under blockade, and are able to develop their approach to socialism,” Diaz-Canel said, according to Valdez.
“It was genuinely a big accomplishment for our delegation that this meeting took place. It was a sign that the Cuban government took our organization seriously and saw us as potential partners in the work of ending the US blockade,” Valdez wrote.
During the meeting, the Cuban president whined about the US-imposed blockade.
“No other country has to operate under such conditions. Vietnam and China are not under blockade, and are able to develop their approach to socialism,” Diaz-Canel said, according to Valdez.
Friday, July 10, 2026
Rubio speaks with Vatican secretary of state about escalation of Russia-Ukraine war, peacemaking efforts
The conversation comes days after Russia launched one of its largest combined missile and drone attacks since the start of the war.
The Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a plenary session at the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. The two-day gathering brings together Ukrainian President and more than 50 other heads of state and government, to try to work out a way towards a peace process for Ukraine -- albeit without Russia. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
July 9, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a conversation July 9 with the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin regarding the war between Ukraine and Russia and efforts to achieve peace.
“The two leaders discussed efforts to achieve a negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine war,” U.S. Secretary of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a July 9 statement.
No additional details were provided.
The war in Ukraine saw a dramatic surge of violence earlier this month when Russia launched a missile and drone attack overnight, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 80 in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials, as Zeale News reported. This attack marked one of Russia’s largest combined missile and drone attacks since the war began, according to the report. More than 52,000 people sheltered overnight in Kyiv’s metro system the night of July 1 following a warning from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to seek shelter ahead of impending Russian strikes.
Reuters reported July 9 that Russian military experts have also been discussing escalation of the conflict, including potentially striking European targets “such as NATO bases in Baltic countries.”
“Such a step would risk drawing Russia into direct confrontation with the U.S.-led alliance, testing the NATO commitment that an attack on one member nation constitutes an attack on all,” Reuters added.
However, Ukraine has recently carried out strikes on oil refineries, storage depots and ports in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, causing Russian civilians to bear stark fuel shortages, according to Reuters. A source that regularly meets with President Vladimir Putin told Reuters that “Ukraine's recent successes, however, have made Putin more angry and more determined to give a tough response,” the outlet reported.
Two sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters on the condition of anonymity that Putin was more likely to escalate the war in the upcoming months rather than negotiate peace. President Donald Trump has had separate phone calls with Putin and Zelenskyy within the past week. Trump also met with Zelenskyy in person July 8 in Turkey during the NATO summit.
Rubio met Cardinal Parolin at the Vatican in May 2025 and communicated with him earlier this year about international situations. In January, the two had a conversation about promoting peace and religious freedom around the globe and efforts to improve humanitarian situations particularly in Venezuela. Pigott said at the time that during that conversation, the two leaders also “reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation between the United States and the Holy See in addressing shared priorities around the world.”
July 9, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a conversation July 9 with the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin regarding the war between Ukraine and Russia and efforts to achieve peace.
“The two leaders discussed efforts to achieve a negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine war,” U.S. Secretary of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a July 9 statement.
No additional details were provided.
The war in Ukraine saw a dramatic surge of violence earlier this month when Russia launched a missile and drone attack overnight, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 80 in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials, as Zeale News reported. This attack marked one of Russia’s largest combined missile and drone attacks since the war began, according to the report. More than 52,000 people sheltered overnight in Kyiv’s metro system the night of July 1 following a warning from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to seek shelter ahead of impending Russian strikes.
Reuters reported July 9 that Russian military experts have also been discussing escalation of the conflict, including potentially striking European targets “such as NATO bases in Baltic countries.”
“Such a step would risk drawing Russia into direct confrontation with the U.S.-led alliance, testing the NATO commitment that an attack on one member nation constitutes an attack on all,” Reuters added.
However, Ukraine has recently carried out strikes on oil refineries, storage depots and ports in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, causing Russian civilians to bear stark fuel shortages, according to Reuters. A source that regularly meets with President Vladimir Putin told Reuters that “Ukraine's recent successes, however, have made Putin more angry and more determined to give a tough response,” the outlet reported.
Two sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters on the condition of anonymity that Putin was more likely to escalate the war in the upcoming months rather than negotiate peace. President Donald Trump has had separate phone calls with Putin and Zelenskyy within the past week. Trump also met with Zelenskyy in person July 8 in Turkey during the NATO summit.
Rubio met Cardinal Parolin at the Vatican in May 2025 and communicated with him earlier this year about international situations. In January, the two had a conversation about promoting peace and religious freedom around the globe and efforts to improve humanitarian situations particularly in Venezuela. Pigott said at the time that during that conversation, the two leaders also “reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation between the United States and the Holy See in addressing shared priorities around the world.”
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Friday, March 13, 2026
Polyamorous Relationships Rapidly Gaining Gov’t Blessing
OPINION
(Photo: ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Natalie Sandoval
Patriots Writer
March 12, 20265:01 PM ET
A Quiet Coastal Revolution
“Why only two?”
The question, posed six years ago by J.T. Scott, a member of the city council of Somerville, Massachusetts, is at the heart of the debate concerning government recognition of polyamory.
Scott and his colleague on the city council were considering a domestic partnership ordinance. The original language of the draft specified a domestic partnership as being “between two people,” according to The Harvard Crimson.
Councilor Lance L. Davis paused, saying “something didn’t feel quite right,” reports The Crimson. Scott asked the question: “Why only two?”
Davis, in his words, executed a “few simple tweaks,” altering the ordinance to permit groups of more than two adults to register in domestic partnerships together. The city council voted 11-0 to pass the ordinance.
It was signed by then-Mayor Joe Curtatone on June 29, 2020, becoming the first “multiple-partner domestic partnership ordinance” in the United States, according to the Harvard Law Review.
Cambridge, Somerville’s neighbor, followed suit, amending their existing domestic partnership statute to cover two or more persons in 2021.
A Quiet Coastal Revolution
“Why only two?”
The question, posed six years ago by J.T. Scott, a member of the city council of Somerville, Massachusetts, is at the heart of the debate concerning government recognition of polyamory.
Scott and his colleague on the city council were considering a domestic partnership ordinance. The original language of the draft specified a domestic partnership as being “between two people,” according to The Harvard Crimson.
Councilor Lance L. Davis paused, saying “something didn’t feel quite right,” reports The Crimson. Scott asked the question: “Why only two?”
Davis, in his words, executed a “few simple tweaks,” altering the ordinance to permit groups of more than two adults to register in domestic partnerships together. The city council voted 11-0 to pass the ordinance.
It was signed by then-Mayor Joe Curtatone on June 29, 2020, becoming the first “multiple-partner domestic partnership ordinance” in the United States, according to the Harvard Law Review.
Cambridge, Somerville’s neighbor, followed suit, amending their existing domestic partnership statute to cover two or more persons in 2021.
Saturday, March 07, 2026
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney visits Beijing
The push by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who arrives Wednesday, is part of a major rethink as ties sour with the U.S. — the world’s No. 1 economy and long the largest trading partner for Canada by far.
By KEN MORITSUGU
Updated 7:17 AM EST, January 13, 2026
BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit.
China’s state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States — what it calls “strategic autonomy.”
Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump’s economic aggression — and, now, military action — against other countries will erode that longstanding relationship.
The government bristled at former U.S. President Joe Biden’s efforts to strengthen relations with Europe, Australia, India, Canada and others to confront China. Now it sees an opportunity to try to loosen those ties, though it remains cautious about how far that will go.
Carney, for his part, has focused on trade, describing the trip to China as part of a move to forge new partnerships around the world to end Canada’s economic reliance on the American market. Trump has hit Canada with tariffs on its exports to the United States and suggested the vast, resource-rich country could become America’s 51st state.
Updated 7:17 AM EST, January 13, 2026
BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit.
China’s state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States — what it calls “strategic autonomy.”
Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump’s economic aggression — and, now, military action — against other countries will erode that longstanding relationship.
The government bristled at former U.S. President Joe Biden’s efforts to strengthen relations with Europe, Australia, India, Canada and others to confront China. Now it sees an opportunity to try to loosen those ties, though it remains cautious about how far that will go.
Carney, for his part, has focused on trade, describing the trip to China as part of a move to forge new partnerships around the world to end Canada’s economic reliance on the American market. Trump has hit Canada with tariffs on its exports to the United States and suggested the vast, resource-rich country could become America’s 51st state.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
ADRA Mexico Opens New Headquarters to Expand Humanitarian Impa
The agency’s modern facility in Mexico City will enhance coordination, partnerships, and rapid response to emergencies nationwide.
November 4, 2025 | Mexico City, Mexico | Gabriela Chagolla and Inter-American Division News
Seventh-day Adventist leaders recently inaugurated the new central offices of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Mexico, aimed at expanding and strengthening humanitarian work across the country.
The inauguration brought together top church administrators from Adventist unions and institutions, donors, and ADRA partners for a brief but meaningful ceremony in Colonia Narvarte, located in the heart of Mexico City. Attendees toured the new facility, which features a reception area, two conference rooms, offices for area coordinators and accounting staff, a kitchen, a warehouse, and a multipurpose terrace.
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Ruben Ponce (left), ADRA Mexico director, shares the benefits of the new workspace for the church shortly after leaders participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sep. 19, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Behind him (from left): Pastors Luis Arturo King, president of the North Mexican Union; Tomás Torres, vice president of the Inter-American Division; Jorge García, president of the Central Mexican Union; and Ignacio Navarro, president of the Chiapas Mexican Union. [Photo: ADRA Mexico]
Thursday, November 13, 2025
LIVE: Winter Garden, Florida Webcam (sponsored by AdventHealth)
Started streaming on Aug 29, 2025 WINTER GARDEN
Welcome to downtown Winter Garden, Florida. The webcam looks west toward the clock tower on Plant Street from the Winter Garden Heritage Museum, operated by the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.
Downtown Winter Garden is home to dozens of locally-owned shops and restaurants, along with the Winter Garden Heritage Museum and the Central Florida Railroad Museum. The Winter Garden Farmer's Market opens every Saturday from 8:00am until 1:00pm.
Learn more about the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation including upcoming programs and events by visiting: https://www.wghf.org
The webcam is sponsored by AdventHealth. https://www.adventhealth.com
We appreciate their support of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation.
The camera view changes hourly to one of three preset positions. Audio is muted.
The live stream started on February 11, 2021 with a camera upgrade on August 19, 2025. The stream is maintained by Orlando Corporate Media: https://www.orlandowebcasts.com
Thursday, August 28, 2025
The Inaugural Symposium of the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU) (HE Memo#Y3.51)
27 Aug 2025 | Office of the Vice President for Higher Education
HE Memo#Y3.51
27 August 2025
TO:
The Higher Education Community
FROM:
[Sgd.] Maria Luz C Vilches, PhD
Vice President for Higher Education
SUBJECT:
The Inaugural Symposium of the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU)
We start the year with the good news that Ateneo de Manila is one of the founding members of the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU). GRAJU seeks to build a unified research network that enhances scholarly partnerships, interdisciplinary innovation, and mission-driven inquiry. Established on 4 August 2025, GRAJU has been initiated by six Jesuit universities, including Ateneo de Manila University (the Philippines), Fordham University (USA), Georgetown University (USA), ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (Mexico), Sogang University (South Korea), and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain).
And not only that! Ateneo de Manila is where the inaugural symposium will take place on 9–12 March 2026 on the theme: The AI Frontier and the Distinctives of Global Jesuit Higher Education. We are thankful to the Office of the Assistant VP for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation (RCWI) as well as the Office of the Assistant VP for University Partnerships and Internationalization (UPI) for coming together to jointly provide the overall support for this symposium. We shall also be forming committees that can help with necessary arrangements for the success of the symposium.
HE Memo#Y3.51
27 August 2025
TO:
The Higher Education Community
FROM:
[Sgd.] Maria Luz C Vilches, PhD
Vice President for Higher Education
SUBJECT:
The Inaugural Symposium of the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU)
We start the year with the good news that Ateneo de Manila is one of the founding members of the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU). GRAJU seeks to build a unified research network that enhances scholarly partnerships, interdisciplinary innovation, and mission-driven inquiry. Established on 4 August 2025, GRAJU has been initiated by six Jesuit universities, including Ateneo de Manila University (the Philippines), Fordham University (USA), Georgetown University (USA), ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (Mexico), Sogang University (South Korea), and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain).
And not only that! Ateneo de Manila is where the inaugural symposium will take place on 9–12 March 2026 on the theme: The AI Frontier and the Distinctives of Global Jesuit Higher Education. We are thankful to the Office of the Assistant VP for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation (RCWI) as well as the Office of the Assistant VP for University Partnerships and Internationalization (UPI) for coming together to jointly provide the overall support for this symposium. We shall also be forming committees that can help with necessary arrangements for the success of the symposium.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Jamaica's Travel Changes Are Aggravating Americans
Adventure Chuckles
Aug 7, 2025 #JamaicaNews #Jamaica #InternationalRelations
Jamaica just made a SHOCKING decision that has American tourists and expats absolutely furious. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the controversial new policies that could change Caribbean travel forever.
Jamaica just made a SHOCKING decision that has American tourists and expats absolutely furious. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the controversial new policies that could change Caribbean travel forever.
Friday, July 11, 2025
17th BRICS Summit – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
Catholic refugee programs in the U.S. have been reeling since President Donald Trump froze federal funding after returning to office
Published: April 7, 2025, 12:25 p.m. MDT
Kelsey is an assistant managing editor for the Deseret News. She covers religion, sports and the Supreme Court.
U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.
“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.
Catholic refugee programs in the U.S. have been reeling since President Donald Trump froze federal funding after returning to office
Published: April 7, 2025, 12:25 p.m. MDT
Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Archbishop Broglio has served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November 2022. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press
Kelsey is an assistant managing editor for the Deseret News. She covers religion, sports and the Supreme Court.
U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.
“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Andrews University Is Joining The United Nations Climate Change Program
February 14, 2025 NewsHound
John Wesley Taylor brought to Andrews University some hope of reformation and ideological rebuilding of the drifting University.
According to this article in the Lake Union Herald, Taylor also brings with him an environmentalist worldview that buys into the United Nations climate change agenda.
Observations
Three decades ago, leftwing environmentalism was rebranded as “creation care” by an organization called the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN). This group receives a lot of funding from a Soros-funded think tank, New America, as well as the Clinton Global Initiative. The EEN also pushed for cap-and-trade legislation to curb carbon emissions.
Around the same time, ADCOM came out with four statements on environmentalism, two of which sound like they were written by AlGore himself and one that sounds eerily like things the Pope wrote in several of his green initiatives.
In her excellent book Shepherds For Sale, Megan Basham discusses how Christian leaders have been pressured to acknowledge climate change as an effect of systemic racism and to repent for it. Basham's book documents how progressive powerbrokers have tried to co-opt naive Christians for political gain.
In Shepherds for Sale, Basham reveals how Christian leaders have been pressured to: Whisper about sexual sins, Question the importance of abortion, Lament the effects of climate change, and Repent of “perpetuating systemic racism.
When the church trusts the world's wisdom instead of Scripture, it can lead to serious trouble.
Shepherds for Sale was an instant New York Times bestseller, and has grave implications for Adventists who are eager to climb on the climate change/global warming bandwagon.
Christian colleges (like Andrews) must remember that their existence makes sense only as a protest and an alternative to the dominant left-wing culture of academia.
Universities like Andrews join Climate Change initiatives under a guise of creation care, but it’s actually a sprint for a world government. If you can't see that you haven't been paying attention.
Giving recent revelations about entanglements with the United Nations becoming public, any effort of Andrews University to align themselves with the UN Climate Change agenda is a real bad look. That’s not reforming the University, it is taking it into dangerous waters.
If ADCOM wanted to actually do something useful they could issue a statement that Radical Environmentalism is an unbiblical veneration of creation over the Creator. I won’t hold my breath.
In fact, I’ll continue exhaling Co2.
Plants love it.
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Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Monday, September 16, 2024
Sunday, September 10, 2023
#BHARAT: Biden, Modi announce economic corridor linking India to Middle East
🐘Name changes🐍
-India is now BHARAT.
-A few years ago, Calcutta became Kolkata.
-Also, Bombay was changed to Mumbai.
ONE EARTHONE FAMILYONE FUTURE
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