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Epoch Inspired @EpochInspired - The daily diary of President Gerald Ford (1913–2006) reveals that on Sunday, Sept. 8, 1974, he took breakfast at 7 a.m., attended an early service at nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church, and then spent approximately two hours in the Oval Office speaking by phone with certain members of Congress, including luminaries like Tip O’Neill and Barry Goldwater.
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/gerald-ford-presidents-principles-and-a-pardon-6018897
https://x.com/EpochInspired/status/2054570017274974681
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh - Video: 🚨 HOT MIC IN CHINA: "Get the F*CK out of here!" unknown voice says as the press and cameras struggle when President Trump and Xi walk in
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2054750292965572913
Eric Teetsel @EricTeetsel - My daughter was assigned Zachary Taylor for her U.S. President report. She was bummed because “who knows anything about Zachary Taylor?!” I tried to explain that this is a good thing because now she’s one of the few who does. She’s unpersuaded. Nevertheless, here are 3 facts she taught me about Zachary Taylor:
https://x.com/EricTeetsel/status/2054336468340863448
Evan Bentley @evan_bentley - HREF/SREF/NAM retirement:
I have seen some people provide some clarity on aspects of this, but since this is something at the SPC we have been working with for awhile, I wanted to address all aspects of this in one spot.
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https://x.com/evan_bentley/status/2054544214952665366
EWTN Global Catholic Network @EWTN - Video: 45 years ago, on May 13, 1981, the world changed. Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter's Square. Miraculously, he survived, and credited his life to the intervention of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on her feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. EWTN's Joan Lewis, recalls what happened as though it were yesterday.
"I was on my way to St. Peter’s Square for the 5:00 pm general audience that Pope John Paul had just begun to preside. The weather had been very warm and the Vatican had moved the audiences from the hot noonday sun to a later time in the afternoon.
As I walked towards the square after having coffee in a small coffee bar nearby, I saw a group of Italian students, perhaps 30 of them, perhaps 10-years old, walking away from St. Peter’s Square with their teachers. They were not running so there was no reason to worry and I didn’t give them a second thought, except to wonder why they were leaving the papal audience, instead of attending it.
And then I heard a scream! A voice shouted in Italian, “they’ve shot the Pope.” My mind could not process those words together. My feet seemed nailed to the sidewalk, I was momentarily paralyzed – it may have been five seconds or less but I couldn’t move! When I finally absorbed the shock, I ran towards St. Peter’s Square where people were not quietly listening to what should have been a papal catechesis, rather they were going in all directions, asking each other what they heard, asking each other what they had seen. There were a lot of tears, so many people holding their heads, shaking their heads in disbelief, but always the tears.
My mind still could not conceive the words “they’ve shot the Pope.” It was unbelievable, unimaginable. Who in their right mind would want to shoot a man of such magnificent spirituality, such great teaching, such wisdom and humanity and humor, a man whose entire life was a life of prayer, of service, of dedication, of singular love for his Church love for his people, for all people.
Where was that life now – 5:30 in the afternoon of Wednesday, May 13? Had it ended? Was it hanging in the balance? Was it possible to go from joy to sorrow in only a nanosecond?
As I was running towards the square to see what had happened, one of the more amazing things happened.
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