lobbyist for oppression AnnGarrison. This is what she’s supporting... below. Ignoring us won’t make us go away, Stop turning a blind eye, Say their names they’re not coming back, feel our pain. They deserved a chance at life. USA TODAY President Donald J. Trump Simon Ateba Secretary Antony Blinken Netherlands at the EU Shut down Eritrean festivals in the diaspora which fund this terror. #saytheirnames #Eritrean_Justice_Seekers #FreeEritreanPrisoners #mypeoplekilled #Dictatorship #bluerevolution #freejohnblack #netherlandshameonyou #london #UnitedKingdom #slavery #HumanTrafficking #freeeritrea #brigadenhamedushow more

NEW: 🚨 QATAR’S DOHA FORUM HOSTED FORMER IRANIAN FOREIGN... MINISTER JAVAD ZARIF WHO PRAISED IRANIAN TERRORIST QASEM SOLEIMANI AS HIS “FRIEND” AND WHO CHANTED DEATH TO AMERICA 🚨 Further proving Qatar is not our ally, as I previously reported, they invited Former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Javad Zarif to speak at Doha Forum, even though President Trump sanctioned Zarif during his first term for supporting Islamic terrorism. I found an old tweet posted by Javad Zarif from 2022, in which he said, “The world needs brave fighters like #Soleimani—not coward warmongers like Trump, Netanyahu & Co.” President Trump ordered the Air Strike that killed Soleimani on January 3, 2020. Soleimani was the architect of the road side bomb, and he is responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers. Here’s a video of Javad Zarif chanting “DEATH TO AMERICA! DEATH TO BRITAIN! DEATH TO ISRAEL!” This is one of the many pro-Islamic speakers who Tucker Carlson shared a stage with today in Doha, Qatar at the Doha Forum. Shameful! Qatar is not our ally!!!!!! Secretary Marco Rubio President Donald J. Trump JD Vance Stephen Miller RECEIPTS 👇🏻show more

Venezuela. Nearly 8 million people were forced to leave... their country under Maduro. Inflation erased everything. Families crossed the border with nothing. People cried in the streets, begging for food, work, and safety. An entire "brain-power" generation left. The young, the educated, the future. What kept many families alive was the money sent back by those who escaped. At the time Colombia gave legal refuge when they had nowhere else to go. Some of the people closest to me are Venezuelans. I have lived this with them. I have seen what was done to them with my own eyes. Today, every single one of them is crying with happiness. Not just happy. This is trauma-healing level ecstatic. This is a day that will go down in history. A dream come true. God Bless the United States of America. 🇺🇸 Thank you Mr. President President Donald J. Trumpshow more

🚨 URGENT SAFETY CONCERN – LAS VEGAS 🚨 I’m... from UK Today in Las Vegas, I was threatened by a group of individuals identifying as Khalistan supporters while I was with my family. They stopped stopped me and issued a direct threat, stating “this is not the UK and you are not safe here”, clearly referencing my peaceful but vocal stance on social media against radical extremism. During this incident, my daughter was pushed, which has left us extremely shaken. The situation escalated quickly, and security at the Forum Shops failed to intervene or provide any meaningful assistance. This is a serious threat to the safety of my family and myself. I urge Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to urgently investigate this incident. No one should be threatened or physically assaulted for expressing their views, especially in front of their children. Freedom of speech must never be answered with intimidation or violence. I thought London is gone but didn’t expect this in Las Vegas USA Donald J. Trump LVMPD U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Donald J. Trump ‼️ My family’s safety is in danger and must be taken seriouslyshow more

🚨HAPPENING NOW: Leftwing agitators are swarming the University of... Memphis ahead of tonight's campus event with Kyle Rittenhouse, chanting "Lock his a** up" and later "F*** his a** up." The school has gone to incredible lengths to hamstring this event, including: 1 - Forcing us to change our ticketing system the day of the event. The university's excuse is they want to ensure "fair and equitable" ticketing. This means the hundreds of students who thought they had tickets will not get in. This has never happened at one of our events. 2 - Protester groups were somehow tipped off about the school's new ticketing system and the timing of when they'd be made available, allowing them to reserve large numbers of tickets to stage a walk out. We know this because our students are also in those group chats and alerted us. This also has never happened before. 3 - We had thousands of people register for tickets to this event, but the school would only give us a venue with 330 seat. No overflow. No larger venue. 4 - Our chapter president has been doxxed with his number and address published on social media. The campus police and school administrator shrugged their shoulders. 5 - The administration has said they cannot step in or ask protesters to leave if they attempt to disrupt the event or shout down Kyle. 6 - The school has allowed into the event the student that doxxed our chapter president, knowing this person was responsible for the doxxing. 7 - The protestors have entered the event and are taping the names of the people involved in Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense. The school is not stopping them. This is what happens when school administrators pander to petulant children. You get chaos. Our brave students will press forward but this is unacceptable, especially in a Tennessee. Memphis had record homicides last year, but apparently our students and Kyle Rittenhouse are the problem for the University of Memphis. Julio Rosas FRONTLINES TPUSA Turning Point USAshow more

🚨 WOW! Venezuela just WITHDREW from the International Criminal... Court (ICC), following President Trump and Marco Rubio's lead Venezuela is turning BASED! 🇺🇸🇻🇪 They just told the globalists to screw off! Time for more nations to follow suit Welcome to the Donroe Doctrine. Venezuela has officially notified the UN: We're leaving and WE'RE NOT COMING BACK. RUBIO earlier this month: "As we speak, the ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes and compacts and the force of so-called international law!" "They believe that they should be in charge of YOUR laws, of YOUR country, YOUR life, and they don't care whether or not you agree." "Halfway across the world, there's an institution that calls itself the International Criminal Court. Maybe you've heard of it, maybe you haven't. The chances are you don't know the names of its judges, of its prosecutors, or its president!" "It was a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claimed their power is almost unlimited. The danger of this global court has only continued to grow." "It threatens every aspect of our political and legal system. Border Patrol agents removing violent criminals from our country, American Marines risking their lives to defend our homeland, prosecutors working to dismantle terrorist plots to attack and kill Americans." "If we stand idle, all of them would be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so-called crime of defending their own country." "The American people never agreed to any of this, and they never will. Read the words of our Declaration of Independence. We fought a revolution against a foreign power transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses!" "Independence is our birthright. We will never let foreign bureaucrats take that away from us. This administration will not sit by as the ICC and its allies seek to threaten our people." "If they believe they can deprive us of our sovereignty, we will teach them the full meaning of American resolve."show more

Trump Has Effectively Declared the United States an Ally... of Russia in the War Against Ukraine Let’s break down the exact phrases he used today, because every word matters. Trump: “The United States is no longer involved in the war in Ukraine.” Really? At a Cabinet meeting today he said: “We’re trying to get it settled. I settled eight wars. This will be number nine. […] This is a war that would never have happened if I were president.” And the key line: the US is “no longer financially involved.” But that’s a lie. Here’s why. 1994. Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine gives up the world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal (1,700+ warheads) for security guarantees from the US, UK, and Russia. We built it. We serviced it. We even shipped warheads to Russia for repairs until 2014 because they had no experts left. The US forced us not only to give up nukes, but also 44 Tu-95 & Tu-160 bombers. Those exact planes are bombing Ukrainian cities right now. Now Trump calls it the “Ukrainian crisis” — the same term used by: → Putin → Kim Jong-un → Xi Jinping → Iran’s ayatollahs When America parrots the Kremlin–Pyongyang–Tehran–Beijing dictionary, it’s not a slip of the tongue. It’s alignment. His “peace plan” demands: — total Ukrainian capitulation — reward Russia for aggression — legalize occupation — destroy global order (exactly what Russia + China want) — zero punishment for war criminals — no reparations — unfreeze Russian assets Only a fool would say Trump isn’t a Russian asset. The only open question: money or kompromat? If the US sells out Ukraine, the consequences: — full or partial occupation of Ukraine — next wave of Russian attacks on NATO (Moldova, Baltics) — global nuclear blackmail explosion — Iran, NK, everyone will go nuclear — end of America as a trusted ally (Taiwan, Korea, Japan already see it) This is not “ending the war.” This is how new world wars begin. Same script as 1938–1939. Trump: “This war wouldn’t have happened under me.” It literally started in 2014 and never stopped during his first term. When the US says it’s “not involved” while Russia kills us with planes America made us hand over — that’s not neutrality. That’s complicity. What a sick world. P.S. I’m done amplifying this garbage and his verbal diarrhea. History will list him among the weakest, most cowardly, Kremlin-controlled idiots ever to sit in the Oval Office. So why even give him the oxygen? The White House President Donald J. Trump NATO Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський European Parliament European Commissionshow more

🚨 BREAKING: Secretary of State of Marco Rubio has... just stunned the world, launching a plan to DESTROY the International Criminal Court (ICC) threats to American sovereignty Marco just confirmed it: NO GLOBALIST JUDGE HAS ANY AUTHORITY OVER AMERICANS, "international law" has NO EFFECT in the USA 🇺🇸 "As we speak, the ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes and compacts and the force of so-called international law!" "They believe that they should be in charge of YOUR laws, of YOUR country, YOUR life, and they don't care whether or not you agree." "Halfway across the world, there's an institution that calls itself the International Criminal Court. Maybe you've heard of it, maybe you haven't. The chances are you don't know the names of its judges, of its prosecutors, or its president!" "It was a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claimed their power is almost unlimited. The danger of this global court has only continued to grow." "It threatens every aspect of our political and legal system. Border Patrol agents removing violent criminals from our country, American Marines risking their lives to defend our homeland, prosecutors working to dismantle terrorist plots to attack and kill Americans." "If we stand idle, all of them would be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so-called crime of defending their own country." "The American people never agreed to any of this, and they never will. Read the words of our Declaration of Independence. We fought a revolution against a foreign power transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses!" "Independence is our birthright. We will never let foreign bureaucrats take that away from us. This administration will not sit by as the ICC and its allies seek to threaten our people." "If they believe they can deprive us of our sovereignty, we will teach them the full meaning of American resolve." BASED.show more

I have not seen enough about the decision from... Mike Vrabel and Tim Kelly to go for 2 down by 8 last night. Here’s why I loved it: 1) NFL teams this season have been successful on 55% of two-point conversion attempts. The odds were in the Titans’ favor. 2) Will Levis was dealing in the 2nd half. 3) Titans still had all three timeouts and the two-minute warning. 4) Miami struggled to move the ball on offense all night. Their three scoring drives went for 12, 7, and 59 yards. 5) If successful on the two-point conversion, a stop on defense and a TD wins the game. If unsuccessful, you can still send it to OT. 6) Titans offense marched down the field, scored the TD to make it a one possession game and essentially told Miami, “we are going for two because we know you cannot stop us right now.” The odds are in your favor. It’s a good mathematical decision. You want to psych out an opposing offense? Give them the ball knowing they need to run the clock out, or you are going to have a chance to WIN the game, not send it to overtime. They saw what your offense just did to their defense. They saw your QB on the sideline screaming and hyping everyone up. Cutting the lead to six put WAY more pressure on the Dolphins offense. You want to hype up your defense? Put them back on the field knowing your offense just did their job. Put them back on the field knowing a stop and a TD wins it. At that point, they aren’t in the mindset of “we need a stop to have a chance to go to OT.” They are thinking, “let’s go out here, get a stop, and give our offense a chance to WIN.” There’s a fundamental difference in playing to WIN and playing NOT to LOSE. This was a decision by a coaching staff that was playing to WIN. Brilliant game by Vrabel and Kelly. Brilliant execution late in the game by the offense and the defense. Completely out-coached one of the best offensive minds in the game. #Titansshow more

“They vote for me now, all of the Bobby... people are gonna vote for me.” MAGA please listen up. RFK supporters don’t owe Trump their vote just because RFK has endorsed Trump. Many RFK supporters don’t believe they can trust Trump and are on the fence. Would all Trump supporters support Nikki Haley if Trump randomly endorsed her? This isn’t a perfect analogy but you get the point. This whole “you need to vote for Trump or else you will help Kamala win” BS is what makes RFK supporters hesitant to vote for Trump. They hate the tribalism, and the them versus us mindset. Now a majority of MAGA has been great and all for Unity and rational thought. As with any group there are some bad actors which make it bad for everyone. It’s critical that MAGA call these people out who have been attacking RFK supporters for being hesitant to vote for Trump recently. Trump himself has also got to do a much better job persuading RFK supporters. As of late he has just been referring to RFK as a “good team player” and saying “all RFK’s voters will vote for me,” which is possibly the worse thing he could say to persuade on the fence RFK supporters. RFK’s supporters are filled with people from just about every part of the political spectrum, with a few common beliefs including that the two party system continually lets us down. So now it’s Trump’s job to persuade this group that the system they believe is corrupt (which it is) will be different under him. To be clear I’m not saying it won’t be different under him, but Trump has to make people believe that. In these battleground states where RFK just got removed and people were still planning on voting RFK, these are politically homeless voters now, they are not automatically Trump voters. They have just as high of a chance to vote for Harris. Attacking these people and calling their friends or influencers they follow idiots will only push them away. This isn’t a post to attack MAGA. This entire account was created for political unity between groups such as MAGA and RFK supporters. I just see a common trend starting to happen and have many disenfranchised RFK supporters reaching out to me saying they have no idea what to do. Long story short, if Trump wants to win this election, he needs the RFK voters in swing states. These are not votes that will just be handed to Trump, and if he thinks they are he’s going to send a lot of voters to Harris. Unity isn’t “your guy endorsed me so now you vote for me.” Unity is “I realize we’ve had our differences in the past, but I have grown and I promise to represent you to the best of my abilities.” MAHA will either be the future of politics or blow up internally, at the moment it’s a coin flip of which one will happen.show more

🚨 EXPOSED: The Multi-Million Dollar Psyop to Silence Candace... Owens BEFORE “The Bride of Charlie” Drops TODAY They’re not even hiding it anymore. Just hours before Episode 1 of Candace Owens’ explosive docuseries on Erika Kirk airs, a coordinated, well-funded campaign has been launched from Turning Point USA and top GOP-aligned influencers to paint her as “demonic,” “pure evil,” “spawn of Satan,” and a “witch hunt” against a widow. This isn’t organic outrage. This is a scripted, paid psychological operation. We now have the receipts: A leaked internal email from the “CU Team” (Charlie Kirk / Turning Point orbit) literally instructs influencers to use these exact talking points verbatim: “Candace Owens is evil. Pure evil.” “This is demonic.” “She’s a demon obsessed with destroying Charlie’s family.” “How can any real Christian stay silent?” Matt Wallace just came forward: he was offered money to join the attack. Look at the screenshots — Graham Allen, Catturd, Gunther Eagleman, and others are all repeating the exact same phrases word-for-word within hours of each other. This is textbook inorganic astroturfing. Bots are flooding replies with the same “demonic” script to make it look like the entire right is against her. Why the panic? Because Candace is the only person in Charlie Kirk’s inner circle who refused to move on. She’s the only one actually investigating who betrayed him and why he’s dead. Everyone else cashed the checks, made Erika the new CEO, and told you to “heal” and shut up. They want her silenced before America sees the truth in “The Bride of Charlie.” Do NOT fall for this cheap psyop. Any influencer calling Candace “demonic” or “evil” right now is compromised — bought, paid, or blackmailed. They sold their soul for a bag and a pat on the head. We see you. We’re not stupid. And we’re not abandoning the one person brave enough to ask the questions they’re terrified of. Episode 1 drops today. Stand with Candace. Share the truth. Do not let them bury this. Drop 🔥 if you’re not falling for the demonic smear campaign RT this far and wide — let them know their psyop failed Tag Candace Owens — tell her we’ve got her back The truth is coming. And they’re terrified. Don't miss Part 1 of her series "The Bride Of Charlie" which drops today on her podcast.show more

Today - 43% of Australians, about 9 million people,... have less than $1000 in the bank. That is about 9.2 million people. Also today, Jim Chalmers was running victory laps at the National Press Club. He told us they’re doing a great job managing the economy and have big plans for our nation - as he bounced from slogan to slogan. At some point Labor must stop campaigning and start answering for the mess we are in. A mess the political class have made. The establishment in Australia are so poll driven, so focused on the next sound bite they don’t seem to understand that their plans are not working. Too many Australians are worse off today than they were a decade ago. Housing, groceries and the everyday basics slipping further and further out of reach. Crime increasing as the situation worsens… and yet, the National Press Club in their pant suits fawn over every word that falls from Chalmers. He tells us the Labor government is modernising our electricity grid. As electricity becomes unstable and expensive. How very modern. He suggests they are “seizing the opportunities from Net Zero with a future made in Australia”, as long-standing businesses that used to make things here – close down for good. It sounds to me like he should instead have a PhD in spin. Not that the Australian media has much interest in questioning him. They don’t call out the obvious sloganeering and the absolute dishonesty – the whitewashing of the real situation of the Australian not privileged enough to sit in the club. Worse still, our economic situation is corroding, and it is the government that pours on the acid. Instead of talking about real problems and real solutions, Jim delighted the establishment crowd juggling balls of distraction drenched in sophistry. IT would seem that the big end of town doesn’t really care about Australia; they have the money and mobility to go anywhere – they’re global citizens. Their companies can make things anywhere. The media just want access, so they only ever go so far with their critique. The big banks are too big to fail. They don’t mind the digital cage closing on the rest of us… after all they have the keys. Oh… by the way, Chalmers will help our economy to digitise with a digital ID. That ought to fix it for those who are struggling. I think the government is out of its depth. The economy is getting much worse for real Australians - quickly. The establishment is immune, and the bubble is thick. We don’t really need the newspapers to tell us that it is getting tougher, or that Chalmers is more focused on his slogans than practical solutions. We can see that for ourselves. However, we do need significant cuts to immigration, cheap reliable electricity and a lot less regulation across the board. We need to transition back to an industrial economy. If we don’t, we will not recover – no matter what Dr. Jim says. I just want Australia back.show more

I don’t share these videos or this story often.... At 5:45 PM on July 13, 2024 at the Butler Farm Show, my then 10-week pregnant wife and I spoke with President Donald J. Trump . He asked what I was noticing on the trail and about my work. I told him we were going to deliver him back to The White House. He commended me on my speech. My wife asked me if he had actually seen my speech. I told her I wasn’t sure but appreciated his compliments. At 6PM we saw pictures of President Trump on Trump Force One watching us as he flew in. We laughed. My wife teased me for doubting him. At 6:03PM, the President took the stage and stopped in front of us before taking the podium located 20 feet ahead. He turned to me, tilts his head, says “good job” as he points to the podium. My friends and family remind me I doubted the man watched us. At 6:11PM, bullets screamed past. The President went to the ground, facing us. Unarmed, all we could do was find the earth. I laid on my pregnant wife, praying to Christ. The shooter was 350 feet directly to our rear. Corey and his family 20 feet to our rear, James Copenhagen and David Dutch 100 feet ahead. The laughs and joy were stolen from us all. And when I remember how angry I was that such a joyous occasion was turned horrific and the sense of relief I felt as I saw the President rise from the floor, I remember that families exists that have a much different story. Just yesterday, I spoke with David Dutch who explained that a bullet fragment is still pushing its way out of his abdomen. A painful reminder of his near-death experience. And the story that Helen, Allyson, and Kaylee have to tell and remember is a constant hell. Every day is a reminder of the loss of Corey. There was nothing staged about this attack. The death, and pain , and grief of it is still very real. It’s our duty to keep the memory of that day alive. So to all of those who tell us to let it go, to quit talking about it, and who say it was fake, I say: “Never.”show more

The Australian government does not deserve our trust, or... our respect. Today, Minister Penny Wong sat back in her chair grappling for words, desperately looking for the right lie to tell. It is worse than dishonest - it is an absolute lack of care. Penny Wong came to this country when she was 8 years old. She came to a country that afforded her the ability to become who she is, and she is now doing her part to destroy it. Back in the 70’s, when she came, Australia was a fair-minded place and a great place to be. Yet here she is... Here in Australia. Undermining our country and lying to our faces. Because she can’t tell the truth. Because if she did, it would destroy any semblance of care for Australia tied to her old party’s Labor brand. It would say the quiet part out loud. The truth. The truth that the Albanese government is more interested in the fortunes of the ISIS brides, women who chose to leave this country to go and fight against our people, than those of us that can’t find or afford a place to live here at home. I am tired of being told how to think by people that completely lack morals and couldn’t care less. People that are elected and paid to operate in the national interest but always put their twisted ethics and back pockets ahead of our nation and our people. I don’t know when Labor stopped caring about Australian workers or worse, when they started hating Australia, but they have and they do. The absolute lack of opposition, the lack of authentic choice has pushed us into a place where these absolute traitors to the interests of the people who pay them - goes entirely unchecked. We are careening out of control, unchecked migration, an energy grid that is just about to collapse, no industry to speak of, and no good reason to start or maintain a business in this place. It happened fast, but those of us who pay our taxes and take risks to make Australia a better place, are being undermined and white-anted by our politicians. The people we are forced to trust, and must pretend to respect, because they have the force of law on their side. Not because they are any good at their jobs. Not because they have earned our affection. No. Simply because they are in charge and there is little to nothing that can be done about it. It is becoming apparent that the two party system has outlived its useful life. Too much corruption, too many words too carefully chosen in a pantomime between to political forces that don’t really want to change anything. They just want to have their go, to have their turn to jam their grubby hands into the till. Surely with this major and catastrophic failure by the so-called Honourable Minister Senator Wong, the people will be able to see through the veil and into the absolute and irresponsible lack of care at the heart of this deceitful Labor government. They lie about everything, and they can, because they don’t have an opposition worthy of the title. I am growing more confident by the day that the only solution to our woes is a new political force, a fresh, Australia first force, that will act in the national interest and put all these corrupt and useless used-car salesmen red and blue in the dustbin of history. It can’t come soon enough. Time is short. I just want Australia back.show more

Last night in Kyiv, for the first time, I... went down into the subway to shelter. I just got to the city at that time. The platforms were packed - not with commuters, but with families. Kids curled up on the floor with blankets. Parents sitting shoulder to shoulder. Elderly couples holding hands. Strangers sharing chargers, snacks, and quiet conversations. Above us, the city echoed with air defense and explosions. Below, people tried to make a few hours feel safe. At first, it was mostly silence. Then the stories began. A woman told me her husband was on the front line. A teenage boy showed me a photo of his older brother in uniform. Another family spoke about a son who hadn’t come back. These weren’t dramatic conversations. They were calm. Almost routine. Because for Ukrainians, this has become part of life. Standing there, surrounded by hundreds of people who never asked for this war, I didn’t feel fear. I felt responsibility. Responsibility to keep showing up. To keep helping. To keep turning support into real action. Because behind every donation, every delivery, every piece of equipment, there is a family like the ones I met that night. The war doesn’t pause. So neither do we. Our fundraising is still happening. Our work is still moving forward. For the people in the subway. For the people on the front lines. For Ukraine. Kyiv stands. Ukraine stands. And we keep going. Donate if you can:show more

The shelter manager stopped us right before we walked... into the kennel area and said quietly, “If you take the male out for a walk, don’t shut the door on the female. She’ll panic and could hurt herself trying to reach him.” We had arrived planning to adopt just one dog. Our farmhouse has a large yard, but we also have a budget to think about. Then we saw them — two massive, long-haired German Shepherds pressed tightly together in a small kennel. Their names at the shelter were Rex and Luna. A volunteer gently shared their story. They had already been returned twice, not because they were aggressive — in fact, they were incredibly gentle and affectionate. The real issue was how strongly they were attached to each other. If one of them left the room, the other would cry and panic as if something terrible had happened. The shelter was running out of space and had started discussing the possibility of separating them permanently to make adoption easier… even though everyone knew it would devastate them. I stood there watching Rex carefully place his large chin across Luna’s back. Both dogs were shaking slightly, aware that people were studying them and deciding they were simply “too much.” My husband looked at me, then back at the two nervous dogs clinging to each other. He didn’t ask about the cost. He didn’t hesitate. He just walked over to the wall and picked up two leashes. “We’re not the kind of people who split up a family,” he said. So now our house is a little more chaotic. Our vet bills doubled, our bed barely belongs to us anymore, and 140 pounds of fluffy German Shepherds somehow manage to take up every inch of space. But honestly? Bringing both of them home turned out to be the best decision we never planned to make. If you want to see what Rex and Luna look like today — safe, inseparable, and finally living the life they always deservedshow more

Look at the tips of her fingers. The marble... is turning into leaves... This is the most astonishing detail in Bernini's Apollo and Daphne, in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Daphne, fleeing the god Apollo, has begged to be saved, and at the instant he catches her she begins to turn into a laurel tree. Bernini carved the exact second it happens, and the change starts at her hands: her raised fingers are sprouting laurel leaves, so thin that in bright light they turn faintly translucent, the way a real leaf glows when you hold it up to the sun. To understand what that took, consider what marble actually is. It is heavy, brittle, and utterly unforgiving. A single slip, one vibration too many, and a leaf that took days to carve shatters, and there is no putting it back. When the sculpture was restored in 1997, conservators discovered how Bernini protected this fragile growth while he worked: he had wrapped the thinnest, most delicate parts in little cushions of plaster, to shield them from the vibrations traveling through the stone as he carved the rest. The same restoration revealed his real secret... The leaves and the strands of windblown hair are riddled with the marks of a bow drill, a tool that bores holes into stone. But Bernini did not drill straight in, which would have left round, mechanical holes. On the tiny leaves at Daphne's fingertips, he tilted the drill at an angle, cutting long shallow grooves instead, so the marble would mimic the natural veins and splits of a living leaf. He was imitating the way foliage actually grows. I wrote this so that the next time a sculpture detail takes your breath away, you do not see only marble. You see the months of patience of a human being who chose to spend part of his short life turning cold stone into a living leaf, so that four hundred years later a stranger would stop and feel something... I started this newsletter because our past is extraordinary, and fewer and fewer people are showing us how to truly see it. Every week I try to. If that is something you would like to be part of, you can join at the link below, and if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible: Thanks for reading.show more