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📱 Memory chip squeeze Data: FactSet. Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios Memory chip makers are raking in record profits with no end in sight. You'll see it in the price of your next phone or laptop, Axios Markets co-author Matt Phillips writes. Why it matters: Shares of Micron Technology, Sandisk and the like have helped carry the market over the last year, as seemingly inexhaustible demand from the AI boom pushed profitability to unprecedented levels. 🔬 Zoom in: Prices for DRAM memory chips used in PCs and servers were up roughly 660% in the year through June, according to data from Bernstein Research. Benchmark prices for broadly used NAND flash memory — which allows devices to retain data when powered off — are also up 660% over the last year. Apple has blamed surging memory costs for its recent price increases. 🇨🇳 Between the lines: Bernstein's Mark Newman warned that desperate buyers may push the government to loosen restrictions on cheaper Chinese memory chips — some from companies currently blacklisted by the Pentagon.

⚽ Inside Trump's FIFA call Via Truth Social President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino about U.S. striker Folarin Balogun's suspension before soccer's governing body lifted it, clearing him to play Belgium tonight, U.S. officials tell Axios' Marc Caputo and Rebecca Falconer. Why it matters: The reversal — and the White House's role in it — has become the biggest twist of this year's World Cup. Balogun drew a red card in Team USA's 2–0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina. The reversal appears to be the first time since 1962 that a red card during a World Cup didn't result in a suspension. FIFA cited Article 27 of its rules, which lets its disciplinary committee "fully or partially suspend the implementation of a disciplinary measure" and place a player on probation instead. 🔎 Zoom in: Trump called Infantino to understand why a red card was given to Balogun and why the one-game suspension was imposed, according to a source familiar with the call. Infantino explained the rules, noted the U.S. had already filed a challenge, and said an independent FIFA body was reviewing the matter. "There's nothing I can do," Infantino said, per the source. "He wanted to understand what the red card meant and what the process is," a source familiar with the call said, adding that Trump "just knew the guy was 'suspended'" and isn't "a soccer guy." 👀 Behind the scenes: The effort to challenge the red card started before Trump's call. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who led the U.S. delegation to the Bosnia game, read through FIFA's rules on the flight home and began mapping out how the U.S. might contest the call. Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House Task Force on the World Cup, then took up the effort, pulling in Trump-aligned lawyers and supporters to pressure FIFA. A Trump adviser downplayed the idea that the president shaped the outcome, noting he hadn't asked Infantino for specific action: "If Trump had put his thumb on the scale and achieved this result, he would have a field day bragging about it." 📺 What's next: The U.S. men's national team faces Belgium tonight at 8 ET in Seattle in the Round of 16 (Fox). Oddsmakers call it a coin flip as the U.S. tries to make the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years. Match Day preview.

Vance's hot summer Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photos via Getty Images This is JD Vance's summer: The vice president penned a bestselling book, helped broker a tentative peace deal with Iran, embarked on a media blitz and — most importantly for him — impressed the man in the Oval Office, Axios' Marc Caputo writes. Why it matters: Vance's performances on TV, in polls and on the global chessboard underscore how, at least at this moment, the VP looks like President Trump's undisputed political heir if he runs in 2028. "JD is earning it, and Trump sees it," a senior Trump adviser said, adding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the other top aide seen as a potential heir — "wasn't planning to run anyway, and he'd be even less likely to do so now." 🔎 Inside the room: For months, Trump has compared and almost pitted Vance and Rubio against one another, asking advisers whom they'd prefer atop a 2028 ticket. That parlor game is now on hold. "POTUS isn't asking, 'JD or Marco?' anymore," an insider said. "He's no longer asking: 'How's JD doing?' He's now saying: 'JD looks great, right?'" Zoom in: Vance's inflection point came in mid-June, when he and presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff helped broker the memorandum of understanding with Iran, a step toward ending the war. Vance, already scheduled to go on a book tour for "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith," benefited from the breaking news attention on his role in the peace talks. 🧮 By the numbers: Vance gave 33 interviews in June, from conservative podcasts to a White House press briefing to gaggles with reporters to sit-downs with Bill Maher on HBO and the liberal daytime talk show "The View" on ABC, according to Vance's office. "The president doesn't watch 'The View.' But he saw the clips and loved what he saw," one of Trump's advisers said. Vance, as finance chair of the Republican National Committee, has made fundraising trips coast to coast and accounted for about $70 million in contributions, building a network he'd tap if he runs for president. Vance's favorability among all Americans is underwater, roughly equal to Trump's. But among Republicans, his net favorability rating is 62%, just shy of Trump's 65% and well above Rubio's 51%, according to polling released last month by Navigator Research, a Democratic-aligned firm. 🎙️ The intrigue: Though Trump is pleased with Vance at the moment, the president isn't too happy with a top veep ally — commentator Tucker Carlson, who's become increasingly critical of the president. "So far, Tucker isn't a problem. But it could be if Trump tells JD to distance himself from him," another adviser to Trump said.

Lost Byzantine City Egyptian officials announced the discovery of a Byzantine-era city in the country’s western desert on Saturday. The well-preserved city is located in the Dakhla Oasis and reveals scenes of daily life. See photos here. The city was organized by north-south and east-west streets, forming public squares. Many of the houses had vaulted roofs and reception halls, with researchers also uncovering bread ovens, kitchens, and stone grinding tools. Overlooking the city was a basilica-style church, alongside two watchtowers to protect the town. There was also a building fortified with thick defensive walls. The city dates back to the fourth century, with gold coins discovered from the reign of Roman Emperor Constantius II. Bronze coins were also found showcasing Byzantine emperors, Latin phrases, and Christian symbols (When did Christianity come to Egypt?). Separately, Egypt revealed the discovery of 18 additional tombs at Marina el-Alamein, an archaeological site 62 miles west of Alexandria. See photos.

Now every sales pitch that these guys gave for solar on my house said it would basically pay for itself... Dont believe it, for every dollar per kilowatt hour I pay the electric utility, they give literally less than 2 cents for what I give them...and yet they put it everywhere... Before You Go Solar In 2026 | Panels That Pay You Back

Will have to go over it...

Well that got personal fast... Sorry my brother if my posts did harm or caused any distress.

If they are caught, a full scale revolt is in the offing..

Not sure what version of Gods Word you use, but mine has the following.. Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Yes, just have to dig a little and see who all he has as the members of his cabinet..... President Donald Trump’s Cabinet includes several prominent Catholics, making it one of the most Catholic administrations in U.S. history. If all nominees are confirmed, more than a third of Trump’s Cabinet would be Catholic National Catholic Reporter. Confirmed Catholic Cabinet Members Marco Rubio – Secretary of State, Florida Catholic, first Latino to hold the position Christianity Today. John Ratcliffe – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), confirmed 74–25 Christianity Today. Sean Duffy – Secretary of Transportation, confirmed after leading his family in prayer before the Senate hearing National Catholic Reporter. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services; Catholic, credits faith for recovery from addiction, but supports legal abortion EWTN. Scott Turner – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Catholic EWTN. Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defense, though not Catholic, is part of the broader administration team Christianity Today. Doug Collins – Nominee for Veterans Affairs Secretary, former Southern Baptist pastor and chaplain Christianity Today. Other Catholic Administration Figures Elise Stefanik – Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations EWTN. Tom Homan – “Border Czar,” Catholic, former ICE Director EWTN. J.D. Vance – Vice President, Catholic, considered one of the most articulate Catholic politicians in modern times EWTN.

The core beliefs of followers of God go directly to these questions... Was He fully man (as well as fully God) or not..

It would be accurate to say that the other two "groups" (as in all Adventist groups in that article) believe that it was possible for Jesus to sin and eternally cease to exist. However the hairs are split on the question of nature doesn't much matter if the end result is identical, i.e. the anointed Christ, God the Son, the Lamb slain from the foundations of the earth - passes into permanent non-existence due to mutation from Holy God to sinner. I've been waiting for many years now for an SDA to explain how this works.

This episode starts with Jesus eating with His disciples in the house of Matthew with some of Matthew's peers. They are interrupted by a couple of Pharisees expressing their displeasure in seeing Jesus dining with sinners. Then it takes us to Nicodemus and his wife discussing a speech he will give and he brings up Hagar. Hagar is the one God sees. Jesus then talks to Eden and tells her He sees her. The theme of this episode is that God sees us in a compassionate way. In this episode, Nicodemus asks if He calls us. The picture of God drawn in the Bible is a loving God that has a tender heart and sees us. He sees the pain we experience. He sees the mistakes we make and how we are led astray. He isn't a God sitting on high looking at our sins so He can strike us down with a lightening bolt. It is sinners that He seeks to save. It was Jesus walking in the Garden of Eden that called out "Adam, where are you?" He calls us. He called everyone sitting at Matthew's table. He called the Pharisees that came to the door. He called Nicodemus. He called the Samaritan women. He calls you. He calls me. What we do with that calling not only decides our eternal destination but also decides how many we take with us. I posted another thread on this same episode entitled "Season 1 Episode 8 A Pastor's Wife" on April 22, 2023.

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💰 Stat du jour Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios Nearly a million investors have lost $3.8 billion on President Trump's memecoin through the end of June, the N.Y. Times reports from an analysis by the crypto analytics firm Nansen (gift link). Trump walked away with a $636 million payout from the same crypto bet — part of a haul that last year brought him over $1 billion in crypto gains and $2.2 billion from his businesses overall. NYT gift link.

📜 Flashback: Always a boom in doom Graphic: Bruce Mehlman Bruce Mehlman, in his "Six-Chart Sunday" Substack post, notes today: "If you fear America's best days are behind us … fear not. Americans have always worried that we're in decline. So far, we've always found a way to improve, innovate & overcome." The great David Ignatius writes in a Washington Post column that the U.S. is "glowing and decaying all at once … The country still dazzles the world. But it no longer leads it the way it did." 🇺🇸 Ignatius concludes: "[H]ow lucky we are, still, to be part of the American story." (Gift link)

👶 Trump Accounts are live Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The Treasury Department officially launched Trump Accounts, including an app that lets parents and kids securely access their accounts, see funds in real time, and contribute from a phone or tablet. Why it matters: Advocates argue the accounts, an IRA-style investment vehicle for kids, represent the broadest upgrade to America's social contract in a generation — starting infants with the financial infrastructure to invest for the rest of their lives. The accounts provide U.S. citizens born between 2025 and 2028 a government-funded investment of $1,000 that families can build on, with the aim of promoting investing and financial literacy from birth. (Reuters) What to know about Trump Accounts ... Get the app ... Read the announcement.

📷 America turns out for 250 Photo: Finn Gomez/Getty Images Fireworks mark the nation's 250th anniversary over the National Mall in Washington. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Crowds gather on the National Mall as fireworks close out Washington's Salute to America 250 celebration. Photo: Craig T. Fruchtman/Getty Images. The Macy's Fourth of July fireworks light up the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan after the show began early because of severe weather.

How Americans are feeling about the country’s 250th anniversary, according to new polls WASHINGTON (AP) — Duane Mitchell has big plans for America’s 250th anniversary. https://apnews.com/article/poll-america-250-fourth-of-july-trump-dc30264ee64ce1cfdfb756c729165d9b?

The Declaration’s forgotten (non)signer: John Dickinson’s missing 1776 signature haunts his legacy NEW YORK (AP) — For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era. She has championed a founder mostly remembered, when remembered at all, as the man who wouldn’t sign the Declaration of Independence — the lawyer and statesman John Dickinson. https://apnews.com/article/john-dickinson-1776-declaration-independence-940e074f90c1a9e1ffe5eee6f253b897?

How Americans celebrated the bicentennial — with fireworks, a Freedom Train and Farrah WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1976’s “ Rocky,” heavyweight champion Apollo Creed arrives for the title fight dressed as George Washington, reenacting the crossing of the Delaware as models costumed as the Statue of Liberty lead the way. https://apnews.com/article/bicentennial-200-years-america-250-3645e76b264e0978a05717da44a23644?

Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s brought with it a tidal wave of displacement and cultural suppression for Native Americans. https://apnews.com/article/native-americans-250-history-4c953698465c5bfc957808c0415484d7?

Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward WASHINGTON (AP) — Holiday gatherings and major life events have come with an empty seat. Certain dates on the calendar meant time at a cemetery, standing before granite stones. https://apnews.com/article/america-250-voting-rights-supreme-court-south-51dde3f92534a35fcd3873312491abae?

Beyond the byline: Journalists share their brush with US history Flying commercial with former President Joe Biden. Meeting actor Bill Murray while covering Groundhog Day. In this new video series, AP reporters recount those on-the-job moments that felt like a bit of American history in the making. Watch more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Watch: AP Reporter recalls impact of a rural West Virginia newspaper closing after 100 years Watch: Reporter covering Groundhog Day in 1992 meets Bill Murray

Touring Trump’s Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation’s capital A trip to the nation's capital is a summer vacation staple. We walk you through the changes President Donald Trump has made to the city since he returned to office. He has put his image and name on buildings, torn down storied structures, altered others, started massive construction projects and deployed armed military personnel. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ A Jefferson for every era, from Lincoln to Trump, and the contradictions that endure Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary ‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s keep democracy going.’ Americans weigh in on state of a 250-year-old nation America split from monarchy 250 years ago. Trump’s presidency is testing how far it’s come