With frustrating delays on the tarmac during holiday travel at one the busiest airport in the world, one might expect only cranky people to make the news. But on flight 1238, stuck in Atlanta, Georgia, last night, some unexpected holiday cheer broke out—and everyone joined in for the chorus. Passengers aboard the packed Delta Airlines […] The post Saved by a Saxophone: Delayed Flight Gets Unexpected Holiday Cheer for Cranky Travelers (WATCH) appeared first on Good News Network.

For days, a kitten hid among a pile of logs. Kind people showed up, determined to change her world. FridayThriftedKittensAnimalRescueA concerned community member heard cries coming from an alley and discovered a gray tabby hiding in a pile of logs. The kitten had wedged herself into the pile and refused to come out.The finder began leaving food out, hoping to coax the kitten out of hiding. She remained concealed, venturing only far enough to eat.The kitten cried for her mom for four days, but her mom never returned. The finder turned to her community, seeking assistance to bring the little one to safety. She was found alone, hiding in a pile of logsThriftedKittensAnimalRescue"Two of our volunteers, Haley and Sarah, saw the post in a neighborhood Facebook group and immediately went to help," Thrifted Kittens Animal Rescue shared with Love Meow."Thankfully, they were able to move the wood and bring the tiny kitten to safety." ThriftedKittensAnimalRescueOnce freed from her predicament, the kitten's demeanor changed almost instantly.She found solace in her rescuers' arms, leaning into their hands as they gently petted her. After days of living in fear, her cries ceased as she soaked up the affection she had longed for. Haley and Sarah rushed to rescue the kittenThriftedKittensAnimalRescue"The kitten is understandably terrified after the ordeal. She will never be cold or hungry again."They tucked her under their jacket to keep her warm and calm. The kitten melted into their embrace, her fear dissipating. Volunteers soon secured a foster home, giving her a safe space to start anew. Friday finally felt safe and warm with her rescuersThriftedKittensAnimalRescueWithin days, the kitten, named Friday, came out of her shell and truly thrived. She was delighted to have food available all day, plenty of toys to pounce on and wrestle with, a cat tree to scale, and the company of her human and furry friends.She quickly filled out, her coat became soft and gleaming, and her energy levels soared. Friday has blossomed into a happy, playful house catThriftedKittensAnimalRescueAfter being lost outdoors, Friday decided never to be alone again. She clung to her companions, basking in their affection.Her rescuers may never know how she ended up by herself, but now she spends her days as a cherished indoor cat, surrounded by loving humans and friends. She enjoys the company of her furry friendsThriftedKittensAnimalRescueFriday enjoys playing "tetherball" by the cat post and constantly amuses her people with her goofy antics. She's fascinated by the clock on the table, watching the hands move as if she's on a mission.Seeing how much she flourished in her foster home, they were certain that the perfect family would find her soon. She's very playful and curious about anything that movesThriftedKittensAnimalRescueThanks to her compassionate rescuers, Friday was saved from an uncertain future. She found courage in her foster home and learned to get along with other animals. She blossomed into a pampered house cat and wouldn't have it any other way.A family fell head over heels for the sweet kitten and welcomed her into their loving home. Friday has found her forever familyThriftedKittensAnimalRescueOnce a frightened little soul hiding among a pile of logs, she now sleeps peacefully in her cozy bed at her forever home, dreaming of her next adventure. Happy and lovedThriftedKittensAnimalRescueShare this story with your friends. More rescued cats and kittens like Friday at Thrifted Kittens Animal Rescue on Instagram and Facebook.Related story: Cat Curls Up Between a Couple After 848 Days Wishing for a Home from the Time He was Just a Kitten

NBC caught the coveted first post-election Regime Media interview of President-Elect Donald Trump. Meet the Depressed host Kristen Welker’s sit-down with the once and future president featured some newsworthy items, but was mostly a showcase for her blatant deceptions. WATCH, for example, as Welker regurgitates the debunked and ridiculed lie about migrants not taking over apartment complexes in Colorado (click “expand” to view transcript): Why no one trusts the media, part infinity: NBC's Kristen Welker repeats the well-debunked lie that violent migrant gangs DID NOT take over apartment complexes in Colorado pic.twitter.com/UW6PcDWvmQ — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 DONALD TRUMP: And the Venezuelan are the worst in the world. They’re vicious, violent people. And you see what they've done in Colorado and other places. They’re taking over- literally taking over apartment complexes and doing it with impunity. They don't care. They couldn’t- they’re just, I’m telling you- they're in the real estate business. KRISTEN WELKER: You know the local police say they’re- that is not the case in Colorado. TRUMP: Oh, it's totally the case. I mean’ they have it on tape. WELKER: You don't believe the local police? TRUMP: I play it- I used to play it at my rallies every single night. No. It was- they’re breaking into doors, they’re taking over the building.  WELKER: But, Sir, you raise the point… TRUMP: And, by the way, the police… WELKER: Yeah. TRUMP: The police are afraid to do anything. That moment was an immediate callback to Vice President-Elect JD Vance’s annihilation of ABC’s Martha Raddatz over the same issue, but Welker took it a step further by denying that the takeovers ever happened. Even Raddatz stipulated to three apartment complexes taken over by Tren de Aragua. The exchange proves that facts are secondary to the media’s practice of reflexive fact-checking, even when the facts are not in dispute. The exchange on immigration occurred shortly thereafter. After promising to work on legalization of the “DREAMers”, Trump vowed to end birthright citizenship (click “expand” to view transcript): TRUMP on birthright citizenship: "We have to end it." pic.twitter.com/FHS9XZo9mn — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 WELKER: Let me ask you about some of your other promises on this topic.  TRUMP: Okay. WELKER: You promised to end birthright citizenship on Day One. Is that still your plan? TRUMP: Yeah, absolutely. WELKER: The 14th Amendment, though, says that, quote, “all persons born in the United States are citizens.” Can you get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action? TRUMP: Well, we’re going to have to get a change. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it. We're the only country that has it. You know? WELKER: Through an executive action? TRUMP: You know we're the only country that has it. You know, if somebody sets a foot- just a foot. One foot, you don't need two. On our land. Congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America! Yes, we're going to end that, because it's ridiculous. Do you know…? WELKER: Through executive action? TRUMP:  Well, if we can, through executive action. I was going to do it through executive action but then we had to fix Covid first, to be honest with you. We have to end it. Again, Welker with the fake fact-check predicated on a lie. The lie, in this case, is Welker’s incomplete reading of the 14th Amendment, a fact not lost on Senator Mike Lee (R-UT): Trump to Welker on abortion pill availability: "I hate to go on shows, like Joe Boden: 'I'm not going to give my son a pardon...' I watched this, and I always knew he was going to give him a pardon. And so to- I don't like putting myself in a position like that." pic.twitter.com/2YCn9noChz — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 “Subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in this context is a significant bad-faith omission that presumes an entitlement to U.S. citizenship. Birthright citizenship has never faced a significant challenge, and it is ripe for exploration given the millions of illegal migrants that have streamed over the border over the last four years. On abortion, Welker tried to engage Trump on access to the abortifacient pill, which Trump turned into a point on the pardon of Hunter Biden  (click “expand” to view transcript): Trump to Welker on abortion pill availability: "I hate to go on shows, like Joe Boden: 'I'm not going to give my son a pardon...' I watched this, and I always knew he was going to give him a pardon. And so to- I don't like putting myself in a position like that." pic.twitter.com/2YCn9noChz — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 WELKER: Will you restrict the availability of abortion pills when you're in office? TRUMP: Probably we’re- I'll probably stay with exactly what I've been saying for the last two years. And the answer is "No". WELKER: You commit to that? TRUMP: Well, I commit. I mean, are things- do things change? I think they change. I hate to go on shows like, Joe Biden, “I’m not going to give my son a pardon. I will not under any circumstances give him a pardon.” I watched this, and I always knew he was going to give him a pardon. And so did- I don’t like putting myself in a position like that. So things do change. But I don’t think it’s going to change at all.  After the exchange on weaponization of government, Welker delves into the nomination of Kash Patel as Director of the FBI (click “expand” to view transcript):  Trump on FBI Director Wray: "I'm very unhappy with the things he's done." pic.twitter.com/38wbCJxowW — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 WELKER: Sir, are you going to fire the current FBI Director, Christopher Wray, who you appointed? TRUMP: Well, I can't say I'm thrilled with him. He invaded my home -- I'm suing the country over it. He invaded Mar-a-Lago. I'm very unhappy with the things he's done. And crime is at an all-time high. Migrants are pouring into the country that are from prisons and from mental institutions, as we've discussed. I can't say I'm thrilled. I don't want to say- I don’t want to- again, I don't want to be Joe Biden and give you an answer and then do the exact opposite. WELKER: We're going to talk about that. TRUMP: So I'm not going to do that. What I'm going to say is, I certainly cannot be happy with him. You take a look at what's happened. And then when I was shot in the ear, he said, “oh, maybe it was shrapnel.” Where's the shrapnel coming from? Is it coming- is it coming from Heaven? I don't think so. So we need somebody to straighten- you know, I have a lot of respect for the FBI. But the FBI's respect has gone way down over the last number of years. WELKER: Don't you have to fire him in order to make room for Kash Patel if he is, in fact, confirmed?  TRUMP: Well, I mean, it would sort of seem pretty obvious that if Kash gets in he’s going to be taking somebody's place, right? That somebody is the man you’re talking about. Welker took another pass at retribution, at the 2020 election, and at blaming Trump for the divisions in the country, getting shot down on all three premises (click “expand” to view transcript): Welker takes another pass at retribution and gets shot down: pic.twitter.com/DnfbtZSdfS — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 WELKER: Sir, I don't have to tell you this, because you've talked about it. It comes at a time when the country is deeply divided and now you're going to be leading this country for the next four years. For the sake of unifying this country, will you concede the 2020 election and turn the page on that chapter? TRUMP: No. No. Why would I do that? But let me just tell you… WELKER: You won't ever concede? TRUMP: When you say the country is deeply divided. I'm not the president. Joe Biden is the president. WELKER: But you're going to be the president. TRUMP: No, no. I'm not the president. So when you say it's deeply divided, I agree, but Biden's the president, I'm not. And he has been a divider. And you know where he divided it more than anything else and it probably backfired on him, I think definitely, is weaponization. When he weaponized the Justice Department and went after his political opponent, me. He went after his political opponent violently, because he knew he couldn't beat him. And I think it really was a bad thing. And it really divided our country. WELKER: Sir, Democrats have control of The White House now, they didn't in 2020. If they are going around stealing elections -- TRUMP: Are you saying Democrats have control? Now? WELKER: Of The White House. TRUMP: Yeah. WELKER: So why didn't they steal this election, since they have more power now? TRUMP: Because I think it was too big to rig. WELKER: So you won't -- TRUMP: Too big to rig. WELKER: To the people who say that you're now directing your Justice Department to investigate the 2020, and they want to move on, is that a good use of precious resources… TRUMP: I have very capable- I think Pam is going to be great. WELKER: Is that what you want them to do? TRUMP: By the way. Just so you know, I have the right to do that, but I'm not interested in that. WELKER: Oh, you're not? You're not going to do that. TRUMP:  I'm not interested -- I have the absolutely right. I'm the chief law enforcement officer. You do know that? I'm the president. I'm the- but I’m not interested in that. You know what I’m interested in? Drilling and getting prices down and stopping people from pouring into our border that come from prisons and mental institutions.  Individual analyses will vary on what the main takeaway from this interview might be, but I was struck by this Trump quote towards the end of the Meet the Press broadcast: “I have to bring civilization back to our country.” (click “expand” to view transcript):  The most significant quote from the @realDonaldTrump-Welker interview, a generational quote: "I have to bring civilization back to our country." pic.twitter.com/8v46xEFmGB — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) December 8, 2024 WELKER: I want to ask you, Sir, one final question. What do you want to say to Americans who didn't support you in this campaign? TRUMP: I'm going to treat you every bit as well as I have treated the greatest MAGA supporters. There's never been anything like MAGA in the history of this country. These people are so dedicated to making America great again, it's very simple. And I'm going to treat them just the same as I treat MAGA. We’re going to treat everybody good. We want success for our country, we want safety for our country. Our country is under threat, as you know. We have a tremendous threat militarily because of the power of weapons and weaponries. It's a tremendous threat. Nobody talks about it, but it's a tremendous threat. I want to treat everybody the same. I want to treat them well. And at the end of this four years, and I'll have a big head start, because I was there for four years fairly recently. A lot of bad things were done during the four years that I wasn't there. And mostly in what they've done, in terms of our reputation overseas…our reputation is so bad, so shot, I've got to bring it back. And I also have to -- I have to bring back civilization to our country. Our country is a crime pod. We have to get rid of crime. We have so many things to do. We have to do the prices, we have to do all of that. But we have to get the criminals out of our country. We have to bring down crime. People have to be able to walk across the street and buy a loaf a bread without being shot. And that's going to happen. But what I say to them is, I love you, and we're going to all work together. And we're going to bring it together. And you know what's going to bring it together? Success. I saw, just prior to Covid coming in, I had polls that were the highest anyone -- (John) McLaughlin and (Tony) Fabrizio said, “George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, if they came back from the dead and ran as president and vice president couldn't beat you, sir.” We were doing so well. And I was getting along with the left. Let's call it the left. We'll be nice. We'll just call it -- but I was getting along with people that you would consider liberal or Progressive, as they like to say, at levels that  I never thought was possible. You know what it was? Success. Success was bringing the country together, and that’s what I want to do. Is this interview a preview of what the next four years will look like? Probably not. As one presidency transitions to the next, it is not unreasonable to expect the media to transition from Regime to Resistance. But today, we have a glimpse. A media insistent on plodding forward with fake narratives, and a President Trump that plows right through them.  Exit question: how many people will have watched the Meet the Press interview versus the Joe Rogan interview? Those 24-hour splits will be WILD.

Author Joel Rosenberg believes some of the events unfolding around us hold biblical significance, particularly when it comes to Israel and the Middle East. Rosenberg, an expert on biblical prophecy who now lives in Israel, recently spoke with CBN News about Hamas, the war in Gaza, and how current events might play into what the Bible says about future happenings and the end of days. “That is the No. 1 question I’m getting asked. … ‘Can you put this [current moment] in a prophetic context?'” Rosenberg said. “I would say, No. 1, we’re definitely in a birth pang, right? Jesus speaks in Matthew 24 that there’s going to be contractions and releases, moments of wars and rumors of wars, and kingdom against kingdom, nation against nation, as well as earthquakes and famines and other disasters.” He continued, “Those are contractions, and just like when your wife gets close to delivering … the contractions are longer and more painful, and the release moments are shorter.” Rosenberg said Israelis were living in a time of release on Oct. 6, 2023, as it was safe, prosperous, and secure — the safest it had been in modern history. “You’d have to go back to the days of Solomon and David when the kingdom was peaceful and secure,” he said, noting that Israel had just come off making four Arab-Israeli peace treaties and normalization treaties via the Abraham Accords. “We were just about to finalize another deal — the biggest peace and normalization deal in Israeli history — and that would be with the Saudi government.” But all of that peace was obliterated by Hamas’ horrific terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023, an event he said was the “longest contraction” modern Israel has faced. “I would add that, just in context, I believe COVID was a biblical Matthew 24 contraction where … a lot of people died. But the other part was … not only was there this terrible health pandemic, plague, a biblical plague, but even the American government could say in an instant, ‘You can’t go to church. You can’t leave your house. You can’t go see your friends, but the strip clubs could stay open. The casinos could stay open. The bars could stay open, the liquor stores, but not churches. That was a contraction.” 'There’s no question in my mind that we’re seeing the chess pieces on the board align in a manner that’s consistent with the prerequisites of Ezekiel 38-39.' Another contraction, he said, is Russia’s prolonged war in Ukraine, a chaotic and deadly ongoing event further creating international stability. Rosenberg cited Amos 9:9 while discussing Israel’s current war after the Hamas invasion. That verse reads (NIV): “For I will give the command, and I will shake the people of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground.” He believes Amos 9:9 is a recurring prophecy but that the current war in Israel is another “shaking” that falls under its umbrella. “I don’t believe Israel’s under judgment. … In other words, God didn’t send this enemy, but God … allowed it,” Rosenberg said. “Why? To shake us, to help us realize that most Israelis either haven’t read, don’t remember, or don’t care about Psalm 23, in which David, our greatest king, told us the Lord is our shepherd.” He said some Israelis forgot, due to security, the realities inherent in this scripture. “We forgot as a nation that there are ravenous wolves trying to destroy us,” he said. “It shows what a moment of release of security we felt like we were in. But I think this is a wake-up call.” As for the Palestinians of Gaza, Rosenberg said he believes they are facing a “biblical judgment,” appealing to Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV) to make his case. Those verses read: The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Rosenberg said the Abrahamic Covenant makes it clear that God will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who do not. “If you curse Israel every day for 76 years, and you want to … elect a genocidal government, even if later you don’t want that, but what are you going to do now?” he said. “I believe we’re seeing a judgment. Doesn’t mean God doesn’t want to show mercy. Also, we need to pray as Christians. Who else is praying for the Palestinians? We need to be. We need to show compassion. But there’s a judgment going on from 76 years of hatred, hostility, cursing, and now, you know, an attempt at genocide against Israel and the Jewish people.” Considering the prophetic verses in Bible books like Ezekiel — particularly the Gog and Magog prophecy — Rosenberg broke down his beliefs on what’s happening now and how it might relate. “In terms of watching where we are going, there’s no question in my mind that we’re seeing the chess pieces on the board align in a manner that’s consistent with the prerequisites of Ezekiel 38-39 happening, the war of Gog and Magog,” Rosenberg said, referring to the Bible chapters that purportedly predict Russia, Iran, and Turkey attempting to invade Israel. But Rosenberg was also careful in addressing these issues, reminding Christians not to read too closely into what’s happening. He said dynamics can and do quickly shift. “I just want to caution people who are interested in those prophecies … don’t try to jump to a fast conclusion,” he said. “The data doesn’t support yet a conclusion, but it definitely supports [the premise], ‘Isn’t this interesting?'” This article originally appeared on CBN's Faithwire.

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