Monday Morning Briefing (June 23, 2025)

We bombed Iran - https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1936572896492797987

How to make Doritos at home - https://x.com/MichelleMaxwell/status/1936522814774731018

Police continue to restrain GMC congregations from worshiping -

“22 killed after suicide bomber opens fire at church in Syria - and then detonates explosive vest” by Sky News - https://news.sky.com/story/syria-22-killed-after-suicide-bomber-opens-fire-at-church-and-then-detonates-explosive-vest-13387261 and https://x.com/CoastSyrianMoni/status/1936845032637509934 and https://x.com/assyrian_army/status/1936906707730636828

Paula White continues to be sorta crazy and to advise our president on matters of faith - https://x.com/GabeZZOZZ/status/1936897713951437126

Amish young folk singing in a cave - https://x.com/matt_vanswol/status/1936794100021305749

Nate Friedman tracks Soros funding “professional protesters” - https://x.com/NateFriedman97/status/1936585093608329534

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