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Benjamin Benny Rapoza was reported missing from Hilo, Hawaii, on 20 December 2019 at the age of five. He is a non verbal autistic child. His family has endured years without resolution. A video now circulating asserts that a disturbing clip found among the Epstein materials depicts a boy...

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There are moments when silence becomes unbearable in the face of injustice. Being separated from my own child, watching a sacred bond be broken, and living under the weight of narratives that do not reflect the truth is a pain no mother should ever have to endure. But the truth does not disappear simply because it has been hidden. It remains, waiting to be seen, heard, and acknowledged. Today, more than ever, I call for justice to do its job. Not out of revenge, not out of pride, but for a child’s right to know the truth and for a mother’s right not to be judged by distortions, omissions, or false narratives. Time is passing, and every day lost is a day that can never be returned to a mother and her child. That is why this matter is urgent. Justice delayed has real human consequences. Every moment that the truth remains buried deepens a wound that should never have existed. I will continue to fight through lawful means, with dignity and determination, because facts matter, truth matters, and the bond between a mother and her child matters. The truth must be revealed. The facts must be examined. Justice must prevail. For the sake of a child, for the sake of truth, and for the sake of what is right, this cannot wait any longer.
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There are moments when silence becomes unbearable in the face of injustice. Being separated from my own child, watching a sacred bond be broken, and living under the weight of narratives that do not reflect the truth is a pain no mother should ever have to endure. But the truth does not disappear simply because it has been hidden. It remains, waiting to be seen, heard, and acknowledged. Today, more than ever, I call for justice to do its job. Not out of revenge, not out of pride, but for a child’s right to know the truth and for a mother’s right not to be judged by distortions, omissions, or false narratives. Time is passing, and every day lost is a day that can never be returned to a mother and her child. That is why this matter is urgent. Justice delayed has real human consequences. Every moment that the truth remains buried deepens a wound that should never have existed. I will continue to fight through lawful means, with dignity and determination, because facts matter, truth matters, and the bond between a mother and her child matters. The truth must be revealed. The facts must be examined. Justice must prevail. For the sake of a child, for the sake of truth, and for the sake of what is right, this cannot wait any longer.

Amanda Ungaro

55,011 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

LMAO 😭 This is the “big reveal” that all the Bondi-haters have been hyping up? This is an absolute nothing burger. Bondi is asked when the Epstein files will be released, she says she cannot give dates, and that the FBI are working on it, and there are tens of thousands of videos of “little kids” that the FBI are going over. Firstly, this is not news, as Bondi has been on Fox News very consistently for weeks, keeping the public updated, and she has told us that the SDNY delivered tens of thousands of files, audio, video, etc. Epstein was running a honeypot/blackmail operation, trafficking children, and arrested on charges for abusing children. This is not breaking news. We have known this for years. Yet that scumbag O’Keefe is trying to paint this as if Bondi is somehow covering up the Epstein files. When in reality, she just confirmed, once again, that they are still looking over it, and hopefully it will be done “soon”. This doesn’t paint Bondi in a bad light AT ALL, and those trying to push this as some sort of scandal are no allies of MAGA or the American People.
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LMAO 😭 This is the “big reveal” that all the Bondi-haters have been hyping up? This is an absolute nothing burger. Bondi is asked when the Epstein files will be released, she says she cannot give dates, and that the FBI are working on it, and there are tens of thousands of videos of “little kids” that the FBI are going over. Firstly, this is not news, as Bondi has been on Fox News very consistently for weeks, keeping the public updated, and she has told us that the SDNY delivered tens of thousands of files, audio, video, etc. Epstein was running a honeypot/blackmail operation, trafficking children, and arrested on charges for abusing children. This is not breaking news. We have known this for years. Yet that scumbag O’Keefe is trying to paint this as if Bondi is somehow covering up the Epstein files. When in reality, she just confirmed, once again, that they are still looking over it, and hopefully it will be done “soon”. This doesn’t paint Bondi in a bad light AT ALL, and those trying to push this as some sort of scandal are no allies of MAGA or the American People.

Clandestine

219,366 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

CW: Suicide This is really bizarre — is this a video of Jeffrey Epstein attempting to take his own life? In the Epstein files, there is this short video that is dated on the day he was found dead, is time-stamped just a couple of hours before he was found dead, and has “J. Epstein” on it. The problem is, we’ve always been told by the DOJ that there was no camera in his cell. Video on the left, and an image from a 60 Minutes story about his suicide on the right. DOJ Link: H/T Riley Walz
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CW: Suicide This is really bizarre — is this a video of Jeffrey Epstein attempting to take his own life? In the Epstein files, there is this short video that is dated on the day he was found dead, is time-stamped just a couple of hours before he was found dead, and has “J. Epstein” on it. The problem is, we’ve always been told by the DOJ that there was no camera in his cell. Video on the left, and an image from a 60 Minutes story about his suicide on the right. DOJ Link: H/T Riley Walz

Yashar Ali 🐘

182,985 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Another disturbing video I found in the latest release of the Epstein files. It appears to be a girl around 11 or 12 years old dressed as a school girl or a sailor. We need to see all of the non-victim names and files that the Trump administration is redacting. They are obviously covering up for some real sickos!
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Another disturbing video I found in the latest release of the Epstein files. It appears to be a girl around 11 or 12 years old dressed as a school girl or a sailor. We need to see all of the non-victim names and files that the Trump administration is redacting. They are obviously covering up for some real sickos!

Ed Krassenstein

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🇺🇸 COMING SOON: REP. RO KHANNA ON NEW EPSTEIN FILES DEVELOPMENTS As pressure builds in Washington, Rep. Ro Khanna is leading the charge to force the full release of the Epstein files - and he's not alone. With support from Democrats and a growing bloc of Republicans, Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie are pushing legislation to compel the DOJ to make every document public. This comes ahead of a bombshell Capitol Hill press conference featuring 10 Epstein victims - some speaking for the first time - who will call for full transparency and justice for crimes that have long been buried. With elites still untouched, victims still waiting, and the DOJ still redacting, Khanna says it’s time to end the silence. In our exclusive interview, he breaks down why the Epstein files matter, how Congress is being forced to act, and what’s at stake if they don’t. In an era of cover-ups and crumbling public trust, this interview cuts straight to the core. Stay tuned - dropping soon.
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🇺🇸 COMING SOON: REP. RO KHANNA ON NEW EPSTEIN FILES DEVELOPMENTS As pressure builds in Washington, Rep. Ro Khanna is leading the charge to force the full release of the Epstein files - and he's not alone. With support from Democrats and a growing bloc of Republicans, Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie are pushing legislation to compel the DOJ to make every document public. This comes ahead of a bombshell Capitol Hill press conference featuring 10 Epstein victims - some speaking for the first time - who will call for full transparency and justice for crimes that have long been buried. With elites still untouched, victims still waiting, and the DOJ still redacting, Khanna says it’s time to end the silence. In our exclusive interview, he breaks down why the Epstein files matter, how Congress is being forced to act, and what’s at stake if they don’t. In an era of cover-ups and crumbling public trust, this interview cuts straight to the core. Stay tuned - dropping soon.

Mario Nawfal

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Hounslow, London. Grooming gang suspects not arrested Is the police protecting the suspect because he is a voter of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan? Or because they want to stick to the claim that there are no grooming gangs in London? Serious allegations that a Sikh girl was groomed for years and raped while under 16. Yet no arrest because she has now turned 16? If the crimes occurred when she was a child, her current age is irrelevant. Grooming is a crime. It’s about equal justice, child protection, and police accountability. Every child matters. The law must apply equally.
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Hounslow, London. Grooming gang suspects not arrested Is the police protecting the suspect because he is a voter of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan? Or because they want to stick to the claim that there are no grooming gangs in London? Serious allegations that a Sikh girl was groomed for years and raped while under 16. Yet no arrest because she has now turned 16? If the crimes occurred when she was a child, her current age is irrelevant. Grooming is a crime. It’s about equal justice, child protection, and police accountability. Every child matters. The law must apply equally.

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A grizzly bear family was spotted casually walking down a road in Alberta like they owned every inch of it - and after that video circulating of the woman and her dog coming face to face with a grizzly, maybe this explains everything. Maybe they were out looking for him because he wandered too far from the family 😂 One thing is for sure, that woman with the dog is thanking God this whole crew was not there for that encounter because one grizzly was already more than enough to handle. Are you calm in these situations? Nature is beautiful until it’s standing right in front of you.
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A grizzly bear family was spotted casually walking down a road in Alberta like they owned every inch of it - and after that video circulating of the woman and her dog coming face to face with a grizzly, maybe this explains everything. Maybe they were out looking for him because he wandered too far from the family 😂 One thing is for sure, that woman with the dog is thanking God this whole crew was not there for that encounter because one grizzly was already more than enough to handle. Are you calm in these situations? Nature is beautiful until it’s standing right in front of you.

Tony Lane 🇺🇸

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President Trump made putting an end to child trafficking a focus point of his first administration and that hasn’t changed. Anyone who has supported Trump from the beginning knows that to be a fact. When he says things like “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody” … he does not mean that, and if you believe that, then you have simply forgotten how Trump plays chess in order to make his opponents do what he wants. And it’s working phenomenally. All of the people on the right who refused to talk about Epstein when all of the Anons were, are now screaming for the Epstein files. All of the people on the left who called us conspiracy theorists, including the pedophiles themselves, are now screaming for the Epstein files. “When he says things like “Really only pretty bad people, including fake news want to keep something like that going” … it is more of the same tactic. It sounds so ridiculous that Howard Lutnick burst out laughing! This has always been about the children, and it still is. Protect your mind and control your emotions.
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President Trump made putting an end to child trafficking a focus point of his first administration and that hasn’t changed. Anyone who has supported Trump from the beginning knows that to be a fact. When he says things like “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody” … he does not mean that, and if you believe that, then you have simply forgotten how Trump plays chess in order to make his opponents do what he wants. And it’s working phenomenally. All of the people on the right who refused to talk about Epstein when all of the Anons were, are now screaming for the Epstein files. All of the people on the left who called us conspiracy theorists, including the pedophiles themselves, are now screaming for the Epstein files. “When he says things like “Really only pretty bad people, including fake news want to keep something like that going” … it is more of the same tactic. It sounds so ridiculous that Howard Lutnick burst out laughing! This has always been about the children, and it still is. Protect your mind and control your emotions.

RealAF Patriot

19,722 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

“There was no way that this court was gonna go against… uh, you know the findings of the security, the police, they’re not gonna go against that, and they’re not gonna go up against the police, against the royal family or the police” ~Tina Brown “They’re not gonna go up against the royal family” So granting Prince Harry and his family security, is considered going up against the royal family? Why is that? Why doesn’t the royal family want Prince Harry and his family to be safe? Tina Brown knows all of this and admitted it on tv. Yet today she posted that “there’s chaos around every Sussex trip” While knowing full well that the royal family, the police and the media intentionally create chaos around Prince Harry and Meghan, in the vain attempt of making them look unstable. People like Tina Brown are knowingly lying for the monarchy at the expense of a young family’s safety. It is unconscionable, it is unethical, immoral and shameful.
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“There was no way that this court was gonna go against… uh, you know the findings of the security, the police, they’re not gonna go against that, and they’re not gonna go up against the police, against the royal family or the police” ~Tina Brown “They’re not gonna go up against the royal family” So granting Prince Harry and his family security, is considered going up against the royal family? Why is that? Why doesn’t the royal family want Prince Harry and his family to be safe? Tina Brown knows all of this and admitted it on tv. Yet today she posted that “there’s chaos around every Sussex trip” While knowing full well that the royal family, the police and the media intentionally create chaos around Prince Harry and Meghan, in the vain attempt of making them look unstable. People like Tina Brown are knowingly lying for the monarchy at the expense of a young family’s safety. It is unconscionable, it is unethical, immoral and shameful.

Carmella

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My brother Mohammed has become an expert at starting fires, as if a flame inside him refuses to die out. He was supposed to be happy now, busy preparing for the start of a new school year, filled with dreams and ambitions for the future. But how could he, when there are no schools and no education in Gaza? The ongoing war, lasting for two whole years, has stolen two years of his childhood, two years of his life lost in destruction and fear. In that time, he has witnessed what no child on this planet should ever see… he has seen the very worst humanity could endure, all while being so young. And yet, what’s both astonishing and heartbreaking at the same time is that his smile still shines… It’s as if it’s a silent scream of defiance in the face of war, as if it’s saying: "You will not break us… we will keep dreaming, despite the pain." Mohammed is not alone; he is the face of an entire generation in Gaza, a generation forced to grow up before its time, a generation that has learned how to live on the edge of survival and plant joy in the desert of fear. Despite the fire, the siege, and the loss, his heart is still alive… and he still dares to dream.
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My brother Mohammed has become an expert at starting fires, as if a flame inside him refuses to die out. He was supposed to be happy now, busy preparing for the start of a new school year, filled with dreams and ambitions for the future. But how could he, when there are no schools and no education in Gaza? The ongoing war, lasting for two whole years, has stolen two years of his childhood, two years of his life lost in destruction and fear. In that time, he has witnessed what no child on this planet should ever see… he has seen the very worst humanity could endure, all while being so young. And yet, what’s both astonishing and heartbreaking at the same time is that his smile still shines… It’s as if it’s a silent scream of defiance in the face of war, as if it’s saying: "You will not break us… we will keep dreaming, despite the pain." Mohammed is not alone; he is the face of an entire generation in Gaza, a generation forced to grow up before its time, a generation that has learned how to live on the edge of survival and plant joy in the desert of fear. Despite the fire, the siege, and the loss, his heart is still alive… and he still dares to dream.

Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸

19,379 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

HOLLYWOOD CARTOON MADE FOR KIDS THREW IN YOUR CHILD’S FACE THAT ELITES & THE CIA WERE TRAFFICKING CHILDREN TO “EVIL SECRET ISLANDS” LIKE JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S! Hollywood has been throwing in our face for years that elite pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein are trafficking children in tandem with intelligence agencies like the CIA - that YOU pay for! They not only did this in entertainment meant for adults, they flaunted it in cartoons that are geared toward children. This should enrage every single American! In 2005, the Cartoon Network ran an episode of the kid’s show Johnny Test featuring a helicopter named CIA Pizza — pizza is a pedophile code word that has been confirmed by the FBI, DOJ records, local law enforcement, the Wall Street Journal and many other sources — with the slogan “We Deliver To Evil Secret Islands”. This cartoon ran at the same time when we know Epstein was not only trafficking kids to his island, he also had many connections to the CIA and was most likely working with them! 1. Epstein met with Joe Biden’s current CIA Chief, William Burns, after his first child sex crime convictions. 2. When Epstein was serving his first jail sentence for child sex crimes, his bodyguard went to CIA headquarters for an alleged special training course. The CIA gave Epstein’s bodyguard a book with a secret message to deliver to Epstein. 3. Ghislaine Maxwell had a helicopter and submarine license. Maxwell transported trafficking victims to Epstein’s pedophile island via a helicopter he bought for her. So a cartoon meant for children, just happened to run an episode about delivering pizza aka trafficking children to secret evil islands that perfectly sums up the child sex trafficking operation Epstein & Maxwell were running. They’ve been throwing it in YOUR face and your children’s faces for years — including in the cartoons they watch that YOU thought were innocent. If this as a parent doesn’t enrage you, nothing will. Now is the time to say enough is enough & take action!
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HOLLYWOOD CARTOON MADE FOR KIDS THREW IN YOUR CHILD’S FACE THAT ELITES & THE CIA WERE TRAFFICKING CHILDREN TO “EVIL SECRET ISLANDS” LIKE JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S! Hollywood has been throwing in our face for years that elite pedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein are trafficking children in tandem with intelligence agencies like the CIA - that YOU pay for! They not only did this in entertainment meant for adults, they flaunted it in cartoons that are geared toward children. This should enrage every single American! In 2005, the Cartoon Network ran an episode of the kid’s show Johnny Test featuring a helicopter named CIA Pizza — pizza is a pedophile code word that has been confirmed by the FBI, DOJ records, local law enforcement, the Wall Street Journal and many other sources — with the slogan “We Deliver To Evil Secret Islands”. This cartoon ran at the same time when we know Epstein was not only trafficking kids to his island, he also had many connections to the CIA and was most likely working with them! 1. Epstein met with Joe Biden’s current CIA Chief, William Burns, after his first child sex crime convictions. 2. When Epstein was serving his first jail sentence for child sex crimes, his bodyguard went to CIA headquarters for an alleged special training course. The CIA gave Epstein’s bodyguard a book with a secret message to deliver to Epstein. 3. Ghislaine Maxwell had a helicopter and submarine license. Maxwell transported trafficking victims to Epstein’s pedophile island via a helicopter he bought for her. So a cartoon meant for children, just happened to run an episode about delivering pizza aka trafficking children to secret evil islands that perfectly sums up the child sex trafficking operation Epstein & Maxwell were running. They’ve been throwing it in YOUR face and your children’s faces for years — including in the cartoons they watch that YOU thought were innocent. If this as a parent doesn’t enrage you, nothing will. Now is the time to say enough is enough & take action!

LIZ CROKIN

4,585,114 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

JD Vance is such a slithering snake and a shameless liar. How someone can talk about Epstein and ignore the fact that Trump was his best friend for 15 years is beyond me. To also say that Trump is demanding transparency on this issue is like spitting in the face of the victims and all the people who want to see the perps brought to justice. This administration is despicable and evil.
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JD Vance is such a slithering snake and a shameless liar. How someone can talk about Epstein and ignore the fact that Trump was his best friend for 15 years is beyond me. To also say that Trump is demanding transparency on this issue is like spitting in the face of the victims and all the people who want to see the perps brought to justice. This administration is despicable and evil.

Unfiltered☢Boss

12,477 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

Yesterday it was father's day, and I would like to share this post, that I find very moving: "Father’s Day in Ukraine is a day of pain and pride. It’s a holiday that should be about hugs, children’s laughter, and joyful family photos. But for thousands of Ukrainian families, it’s a day when a lump sits in the throat and eyes are full of tears. Those we call “Dad” are not at home today. Some are in captivity. Some are listed as missing. Some remained forever on the battlefield, having given their lives for their children and our land. And some still hold the line… There are also those who cannot say that word. Children stolen by Russia from Ukraine, their childhoods broken, stripped of ties with their loved ones. Children who are not allowed to remember their parents. It’s a day when every corner of the country carries a different pain, a different devastation. But also immense strength. Because Ukrainian fatherhood is about sacrifice, protection, and resilience. So today, we don’t just celebrate—we honor. Every father who was, is, and will be in the truest sense of the word. With pain. With love. With gratitude. For everything you do—even when you’re not by our side. Glory to Ukraine’s fathers. Honor to the living. Memory to the fallen. Hope to the missing and the captive." Yarina. Source: yaryna_myno/ insta
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Yesterday it was father's day, and I would like to share this post, that I find very moving: "Father’s Day in Ukraine is a day of pain and pride. It’s a holiday that should be about hugs, children’s laughter, and joyful family photos. But for thousands of Ukrainian families, it’s a day when a lump sits in the throat and eyes are full of tears. Those we call “Dad” are not at home today. Some are in captivity. Some are listed as missing. Some remained forever on the battlefield, having given their lives for their children and our land. And some still hold the line… There are also those who cannot say that word. Children stolen by Russia from Ukraine, their childhoods broken, stripped of ties with their loved ones. Children who are not allowed to remember their parents. It’s a day when every corner of the country carries a different pain, a different devastation. But also immense strength. Because Ukrainian fatherhood is about sacrifice, protection, and resilience. So today, we don’t just celebrate—we honor. Every father who was, is, and will be in the truest sense of the word. With pain. With love. With gratitude. For everything you do—even when you’re not by our side. Glory to Ukraine’s fathers. Honor to the living. Memory to the fallen. Hope to the missing and the captive." Yarina. Source: yaryna_myno/ insta

Oriannalyla 🇺🇦

39,061 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

The U.S. Congress has released new footage from Epstein Island Jeffrey Epstein and his wealthy guests exploited minors for years on his private island, Little St. James. The materials show a disturbing room resembling a dental office, filled with strange equipment and masks on the walls. The footage also reveals sterile bedrooms and perfectly clean corridors, as if prepared for visits. There is also a shower room stacked with pillows and towels. One detail drew particular attention: a telephone with speed-dial buttons showing the names Darren, Rich, Mike, Patrick, and Larry — with four more names hidden. In Epstein’s office investigators found a board covered with words like “political,” “plots,” “deception,” “power,” and “music.” Congressman Robert Garcia, who released the materials, called it “a troubling glimpse into Epstein’s world.” He stressed that he is pushing for full transparency in the case.
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The U.S. Congress has released new footage from Epstein Island Jeffrey Epstein and his wealthy guests exploited minors for years on his private island, Little St. James. The materials show a disturbing room resembling a dental office, filled with strange equipment and masks on the walls. The footage also reveals sterile bedrooms and perfectly clean corridors, as if prepared for visits. There is also a shower room stacked with pillows and towels. One detail drew particular attention: a telephone with speed-dial buttons showing the names Darren, Rich, Mike, Patrick, and Larry — with four more names hidden. In Epstein’s office investigators found a board covered with words like “political,” “plots,” “deception,” “power,” and “music.” Congressman Robert Garcia, who released the materials, called it “a troubling glimpse into Epstein’s world.” He stressed that he is pushing for full transparency in the case.

NEXTA

50,360 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Adam, a child not yet 5 years old, lost his entire family and his leg. He lived a childhood filled with pain that even adults couldn’t bear. This is the first time he's been able to stand and walk again after months of suffering a small moment of triumph in a life full of unbearable losses. Share these videos. Let the world see the truth as it is. Let those who claim to stand for "humanity" and "human rights" understand what it means for a child to be stripped of everything and left to face this hell alone.
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Adam, a child not yet 5 years old, lost his entire family and his leg. He lived a childhood filled with pain that even adults couldn’t bear. This is the first time he's been able to stand and walk again after months of suffering a small moment of triumph in a life full of unbearable losses. Share these videos. Let the world see the truth as it is. Let those who claim to stand for "humanity" and "human rights" understand what it means for a child to be stripped of everything and left to face this hell alone.

Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸

25,757 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

From a distance, this figure seems to be wearing a robe draped over his shoulders. Step closer, and you realize it is not a robe. It's his own skin... This is the statue of Saint Bartholomew, carved in 1562 by the Lombard sculptor Marco d'Agrate, and it stands inside the Duomo of Milan. Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Christ, and according to tradition he was martyred in the cruelest way imaginable: he was flayed alive, his skin stripped from his body, and then beheaded. D'Agrate chose to show him not in the moment of agony, but afterward, standing upright in defiance, his own flayed skin wrapped around him like a garment. What makes the sculpture extraordinary is the precision beneath that skin: every muscle, every tendon, every vein and cord of the human body is exposed and rendered with such accuracy that anatomists have studied it. This was the Renaissance at its most fearless, when the same curiosity that drove artists to dissect the human body in secret produced an image of a man turned inside out, his suffering transformed into a study of how a human being is actually made. And the sculptor knew exactly how remarkable his achievement was. At the base of the statue he carved a line in Latin that has outlived him by nearly five centuries: Non me Praxiteles, sed Marcus finxit Agrates. "I was not made by Praxiteles, but by Marco d'Agrate." He was comparing himself to the greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, and daring you to disagree... I started this newsletter because the artists of the past were truly extraordinary, and fewer and fewer people are showing us what they were capable of. 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.
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From a distance, this figure seems to be wearing a robe draped over his shoulders. Step closer, and you realize it is not a robe. It's his own skin... This is the statue of Saint Bartholomew, carved in 1562 by the Lombard sculptor Marco d'Agrate, and it stands inside the Duomo of Milan. Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Christ, and according to tradition he was martyred in the cruelest way imaginable: he was flayed alive, his skin stripped from his body, and then beheaded. D'Agrate chose to show him not in the moment of agony, but afterward, standing upright in defiance, his own flayed skin wrapped around him like a garment. What makes the sculpture extraordinary is the precision beneath that skin: every muscle, every tendon, every vein and cord of the human body is exposed and rendered with such accuracy that anatomists have studied it. This was the Renaissance at its most fearless, when the same curiosity that drove artists to dissect the human body in secret produced an image of a man turned inside out, his suffering transformed into a study of how a human being is actually made. And the sculptor knew exactly how remarkable his achievement was. At the base of the statue he carved a line in Latin that has outlived him by nearly five centuries: Non me Praxiteles, sed Marcus finxit Agrates. "I was not made by Praxiteles, but by Marco d'Agrate." He was comparing himself to the greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, and daring you to disagree... I started this newsletter because the artists of the past were truly extraordinary, and fewer and fewer people are showing us what they were capable of. 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.

James Lucas

67,390 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen

John Cena’s family reportedly tried to convince him and his wife to have at least one child to carry on the family legacy and inherit his wealth, but the couple stood by their decision not to have children. Cena decided long ago that he didn’t want to become a father, a choice his family struggled to accept. They repeatedly tried to persuade him that having children was important, but he never changed his mind. In past interviews, Cena has explained that he sees parenthood as a huge responsibility and doesn’t believe it’s something he could fully commit to while living the life he wants. Over the years, some fans have speculated that another reason behind his decision is that he values the freedom to enjoy life with his wife without the responsibilities that come with raising children. For Cena, the decision has always been about living the life he wants with his wife and not taking on the lifelong responsibilities of parenthood.
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John Cena’s family reportedly tried to convince him and his wife to have at least one child to carry on the family legacy and inherit his wealth, but the couple stood by their decision not to have children. Cena decided long ago that he didn’t want to become a father, a choice his family struggled to accept. They repeatedly tried to persuade him that having children was important, but he never changed his mind. In past interviews, Cena has explained that he sees parenthood as a huge responsibility and doesn’t believe it’s something he could fully commit to while living the life he wants. Over the years, some fans have speculated that another reason behind his decision is that he values the freedom to enjoy life with his wife without the responsibilities that come with raising children. For Cena, the decision has always been about living the life he wants with his wife and not taking on the lifelong responsibilities of parenthood.

tribal chief ☝🏻🩸

84,045 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen

The lifeless body of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Mummar Gadaffi has been handed over to his family that has already lost a father, a nation, and a future. This is not closure. This is not justice. This is the price of believing Africa could be sovereign. They break the father, they break the son, and they break the land until only ghosts remain. We are watching a funeral for an entire idea of Africa. And some of us are cheering.
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The lifeless body of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Mummar Gadaffi has been handed over to his family that has already lost a father, a nation, and a future. This is not closure. This is not justice. This is the price of believing Africa could be sovereign. They break the father, they break the son, and they break the land until only ghosts remain. We are watching a funeral for an entire idea of Africa. And some of us are cheering.

New Direction AFRICA

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400 People Are Deported Every Week For Stealing Cars. He Killed 16. He is Still in Canada. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu killed 16 people and badly injured 13 others in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus massacre. Deportation was an immediate collateral consequence for his crimes. Yet he’s still in Canada… Every time he is back in the news, the families of the victims and the survivors are re-traumatized all over again. This is not a legal technicality. This is a failure of the Canadian justice system... Why is he still here? Watch the full conversation with Chris Joseph and Michelle Straczynski two parents who are still living with the consequences of that day 👇🏻
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400 People Are Deported Every Week For Stealing Cars. He Killed 16. He is Still in Canada. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu killed 16 people and badly injured 13 others in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus massacre. Deportation was an immediate collateral consequence for his crimes. Yet he’s still in Canada… Every time he is back in the news, the families of the victims and the survivors are re-traumatized all over again. This is not a legal technicality. This is a failure of the Canadian justice system... Why is he still here? Watch the full conversation with Chris Joseph and Michelle Straczynski two parents who are still living with the consequences of that day 👇🏻

Natasha Montreal

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