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In the lineup while pitching for the first time in nearly a month, Shohei Ohtani hit the second leadoff HR by a pitcher ever (joining himself) and lowered his ERA to 0.73 with five shutout innings. 

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1 Corinthians 6:16-20 – Spiritual Roots of Adultery: Unfaithfulness to God and His Covenant

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(16) Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” (17) But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. (18) Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. (19) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? (20) For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 
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Adultery creates a second one-body/one-flesh bond in opposition to the marriage. This will inflict severe damage upon the marriage relationship. The apostle says such sexual sins hurt so much because they are “sins against [our] own body” (verse 18).

Paul comes to his primary point in verses 19-20: We are not our own! God bought us at an incredibly high cost, the blood of our Master, and thus He commands us to “glorify God in your body and in your spirit,” both of which are His! God owns us completely!

The import of this is staggering! When we commit sex sins—even in our minds—we have first become unfaithful to God! When we break the seventh commandmentwe show infidelity to God! Yes, it shows infidelity to the wronged spouse, but it all begins with unfaithfulness to God.

The road to adultery starts when we become willing to break the vows we made to God at our baptism. We promised then that we would honor and obey Him exclusively and faithfully, accepting Him as our Savior, Master, and soon-coming King and Husband. When we are willing to walk away from the commands He gives us about sex and marriage, we begin to walk into the arms of adultery. Physical adultery starts with spiritual adultery!

If an adulterer desires to repent, he must first acknowledge that he has sinned against God. King David, in his moving prayer of repentance after the murder of Uriah and adultery with Bathsheba, cries out, “Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight” (Psalm 51:4). Did he not also sin against Uriah, Bathsheba, the nation, his wives, and his children? Of course! But ultimately, his sin was against God! When we are faithful to God and our covenant with Him, we will not commit sex sins.

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Stocks broke a three-session losing streak in a tape shaped by two competing pulls: relief that Treasury yields finally pulled back, and anxiety over whether NVIDIA’s after-the-bell earnings would justify lofty AI-spend expectations. The session leaned risk-on, with small caps and high-beta baskets like space, quantum, and data centers leading, a welcome shift from recent narrow leadership.

The bond move drove the rotation. A tame UK inflation print and easing U.S.-Iran tensions cooled global rates and pulled oil back, softening the inflation overhang pressuring the Fed-path debate. When long yields relax, the discount-rate squeeze on growth equities eases, and consumer-tilted sectors get room to run.

Airlines surged on cheaper crude, with United, Delta, and Southwest leading the index, joined by Carnival and Norwegian as cruise stocks caught the same bid. AI-adjacent utilities NRG Energy and Constellation Energy advanced on power-demand enthusiasm, while Intel, AMD, and Micron firmed up into NVIDIA’s print. After the close, NVIDIA beat on both lines and guided Q2 above consensus, reinforcing the CapEx story. Traders are watching whether Thursday’s session converts that into broader follow-through, or whether long yields creep back into focus.

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International Business Machines Bear Case

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Electric Bills Could Be 2026 Election Shocker

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  • With electricity costs spiking for many of the nation’s 133 million households, this local issue could determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress or Democrats seize one or both chambers in November’s midterm elections.
  • Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro has been indicted on murder charges in the United States, court records unsealed on May 20 show. The move reflects intensifying U.S. pressure on the communist regime as the island grapples with severe economic turmoil.
  • Elon Musk is taking SpaceX public, filing paperwork for an initial public offering that would put one of the world’s most valuable private companies on the stock market.
  • President Donald Trump said he would have a direct conversation with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as he makes a decision on approving a weapons sale to Taiwan. Trump will be the first U.S. president to speak directly with a Taiwanese leader since 1979, when Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.
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Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) speaks to reporters after a roundtable on rising energy costs in Washington on March 17, 2026. Heinrich called the administration’s cancellation of renewable energy allocations “political revenge or intimidation” and said communities, workers, and businesses are counting on those investments to lower energy costs. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Electric Bills Could Be 2026 Election Shocker

If all politics is local, as former House Speaker Tip O’Neill said in tying politicians’ fortunes to constituents’ pocketbooks, then a voter’s electricity bill is about as local as an issue can get, landing on kitchen tables every month.

With electricity costs spiking for many of the nation’s 133 million households, this local issue could determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress or Democrats seize one or both chambers in November’s midterm elections.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, average residential electricity rates increased nationwide nearly 13 percent from April 2020 to April 2025. Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, they’ve increased 6 percent. 

Electricity prices are expected to increase, on average nationwide, by another 6 percent in 2026, the administration projects, and as much as 40 percent by 2030, warns economic development finance firm ICF.

The reason is simple: supply and demand. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. projected in its 2026 long-term reliability assessment report that electricity demand will increase in the coming decade by 70 percent more than what was estimated in 2024. Many analyses find that overall demand will increase 25 percent by 2030.

The surge is driven by the development of power-hungry data centers, artificial intelligence computing, advanced manufacturing, and “the electrification of everything,” with the average home featuring up to 21 digital devices—all eating electricity all the time. 

The solution is also simple: The nation’s 2,896 utility companies must increase the electricity their power plants produce with the most abundant, least expensive energy sources. Meanwhile, the nation’s seven major grid operators must add up to 7,500 miles a year to their 240,000-mile network of high-voltage transmission lines while also upgrading up to 100,000 miles of those live wires, through 2035.


But determining what solutions work best and what long-term investments to make is a complex $1 trillion challenge mired in partisan politics and buried in century-old federal, state, and local regulations. (More)

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  • A key housing affordability bill that includes restrictions on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes passed the House of Representatives.
  • The South Carolina House passed a new U.S. congressional map on May 20 that could eliminate the only Democratic seat in the state. The legislation, which would likely push out long-serving Democrat Rep. James Clyburn, moves to the GOP-majority state Senate.
  • A federal judge ordered Trump administration officials to comply with a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records.

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  • The surgeon general’s office on May 20 warned Americans that many children are spending excessive time on screens, and that screen time has been associated with problems such as difficulty paying attention.
  • A Bloomberg gauge of long-term sovereign debt yields has climbed to its highest level since the global financial crisis.

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  • U.S. Marines boarded an Iranian oil tanker on Wednesday due to concerns the vessel was attempting to violate a U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports.
  • Moscow’s allegation that Baltic countries are opening their airspace for Ukrainian drones to attack Russia was branded “ridiculous” by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
  • A new Ebola outbreak spreading in central Africa has killed 136 people, prompting officials around the world to take precautions to try to avoid the disease from entering their countries. Here’s what to know about the outbreak.

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  • Beijing Alters Its Education Emphasis—by Milton Ezrati (Read)
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Tune in Today: Giuseppe Verdi’s Unforgettable ‘La donna è mobile’ 

What makes a great tune? For opera composers throughout history, this question often meant the difference between a forgotten work and an instant sensation. Operagoers often went to the theater as much to hear star singers perform famous arias as to experience the opera itself. When a tune became popular, it was quickly imitated and heard throughout the city the next day.

When it comes to inventing unforgettable melodies, few composers were as gifted as Giuseppe Verdi. Born in Busseto, Verdi was one of the preeminent opera composers of 19th-century Italy, writing some of history’s most beloved operas, including “La traviata” and “Otello.” In the case of his controversial “Rigoletto,” one standout aria in the third act has become one of the most memorable in all of music.

While “Rigoletto” was a resounding success at its premiere, its inception was a complicated process. Based on Victor Hugo’s play “Le roi s’amuse,” the opera initially faced censorship concerns, since Hugo’s original drama had been banned in France for its portrayal of royal immorality. 

“Rigoletto” seemed likely to follow in its footsteps until the opera was saved after some timely edits to the plot. The revised libretto changed the King into a Duke, and the original jester of the story, Triboulet, was renamed as the opera’s title character “Rigoletto.”


While the drama and character psychology explored in this opera serve as the emotional core of the work, its music captured the hearts of audiences. In particular, Duke Mantua’s aria in the beginning of the third act, “La donna è mobile,” is one of the most recognizable melodies in all of opera. (More)

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MAY 21, 2026

Here’s what happened on this day in history — the stories that shaped the world.

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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m. — it was invented by a man who needed to wake up to make watches.

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Christian Health Workers Stand Alone Against Deadly Ebola Outbreak

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Churches Must Confront the Battle Over Family Before It’s Too Late

Federal Workers Challenge USDA Secretary Over Faith-Based Communications

Virginia Appeals Court Reopens Church Governance Battle After Disputed Election

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Meet The Democrat Candidate Calling For ‘American Zionist’ Prison Camps

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Meet The Democrat Candidate Calling For ‘American Zionist’ Prison Camps

Maureen Galindo, a Democrat candidate for Texas’ 35th Congressional District, stunned many Americans after comments in which she called for converting the Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for “American Zionists” and former ICE officers.

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ChatGPT Wants Access To Your Finances — What Could Go Wrong?

Financial records expose the deepest realities of a person’s life. That is an astonishing amount of power to place into the hands of an AI-driven ecosystem.

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In today’s America, a middle school student can reportedly criticize the Second Amendment, promote LGBT activism, discuss immigration politics, or even mock Christianity in front of classmates — but a 13-year-old girl expressing a pro-life view was told her words were too “unsafe” to be heard.

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Cities, States, And Individuals Are Pushing Back Against Pride Activism

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Doctor Warns Seniors That Foot Numbness Is Not Just Aging, Do This Tonight To Stop Nerve Damage (Watch)

Leading health researchers are sounding the alarm after uncovering a hidden cause behind nerve pain that’s affecting millions of Americans.

What they found challenges everything people believe about tingling, burning, and numbness in the feet and hands.

Instead of creams, medications, or endless treatments, their discovery points to a simple at home ritual that works with your body’s natural chemistry, and may begin restoring nerve function in just days.

So simple, in fact, that the team spent months rechecking their findings through multiple layers of review before going public.

Discover the “10 second nerve reset” easing numbness and tingling — watch this viral video.

by Sarah Mitchell, Health Correspondent at nervehealth.com Sunday, January 11, 2026

“When we first uncovered this, we were stunned. The real cause of nerve damage had been overlooked for years. We repeated the analysis again and again to be certain. The results never changed. This has the potential to restore mobility and independence for millions.”

– Dr. Barbara O’Neill

Nerve Pain Industry Blindsided

Although these findings surfaced recently, most people are only just hearing about them now because powerful forces within the pharmaceutical system have allegedly worked to keep this information out of the spotlight.

And it’s not hard to see why. The nerve pain treatment industry generates billions every year from medications that manage symptoms without ever addressing the root cause. But like any major breakthrough, the truth is beginning to spread. Even if this page disappears, this information is already making its way across the internet.

(Watch the video now to see this nerve reset method before it’s taken down.)

The success stories from people using this simple nerve reset are spreading rapidly. Here are just a few individuals who experienced remarkable relief:

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Carol, 73, once struggled to walk even short distances without fear of falling. The burning in her feet and constant numbness made daily life exhausting and unpredictable. After just a few days using this method, Carol noticed a powerful shift. Within weeks, she was walking confidently again, sleeping through the night, and enjoying time with her granddaughter without pain or fear holding her back.

“The burning faded from my feet, the numbness started disappearing, and for the first time in years I could actually feel the ground again. I didn’t change my routine or rely on medications. It felt like my nerves were finally waking up and it’s been absolutely life changing.”

— Carol, Austin, TX

And Jennifer isn’t alone.

How Has This Method Helped Others?

Meet Ashley, who went from constant tingling and numbness to feeling her feet again using this method.

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“I saw the video, and thought, why not try it? I had been dealing with tingling and numbness for years with no real relief. This turned out to be a complete game changer for me.”

– Ashley M., 29, Charlotte, NC

But it’s not just about temporary relief. Take Linda, 58, who had been living with constant burning and numbness in her feet that made even simple daily activities difficult.

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“I tried everything, creams, medications, even changing my diet, but the burning and tingling never stopped. Nothing worked. But watching that video changed everything, and it only took a few weeks.”

– Linda Martin, Denver, CO

And it’s not just women experiencing results. Here’s Mike, who noticed a dramatic difference in just three weeks.

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“I’ll be honest, I thought nothing would work for me. I had tried medications and still dealt with constant tingling and burning every day. But after trying what I saw in that video, everything started to change. It actually worked, and I still can’t believe the relief I feel now.”

– Mike P., 27, Phoenix, AZ

Watch the Video Before It’s Gone

We reached out to the team behind this discovery and obtained access to the full video for public viewing. As expected, there’s growing pressure from powerful pharmaceutical interests to have it removed. It could disappear at any moment but for now, we want as many people as possible to see it.

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Do You Have a Sinking Feeling in Your Gut?

Dear Reader,

Most Americans still believe the danger comes when institutions fail, when the border collapses, schools stop working, public safety breaks down, and the culture gives way.

But what if that’s not how it happens?

What if the greater threat isn’t that America’s institutions stopped working…

But that they’re still working — just no longer for you?

That is the chilling warning at the heart of Seth Barron’s explosive new book, Weaponized: The Left’s Capture and Destruction of America’s Sacred Institutions.

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Because the most effective revolution was never going to look like a revolution.

There would be no single moment. No dramatic overthrow. No clear line Americans could point to and say: That’s when everything changed.

Instead, it would happen quietly.

Gradually. Systematically. All in the name of compassion, fairness, inclusion, equity, safety, and progress.

And by the time millions realized what was happening…

The institutions they trusted most would already be operating by a completely different set of rules.

That’s the story Barron uncovers in Weaponized, a powerful, eye-opening account of how America’s most essential pillars were repurposed, politicized, and ultimately used to advance an agenda most citizens never voted for.

If you’ve ever felt like something in this country has shifted, but couldn’t quite explain how or why, this book connects the dots.

Claim Your Copy of Weaponized HERE Before It’s Gone

Don’t wait until the damage is impossible to ignore. See what’s really happening now.

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