NYT: "Lionel Messi's Soccer Career Ends In Heart Break." Messi Disagrees.

While an estimated one and one-half billion people watched the World Cup soccer championship game yesterday, about half the viewers screamed in joy as Spain beat Argentina and its star player Lionel Messi, while the other half of the world bowed their heads in defeat.

Except for Messi. 

The New York Times summed it up from their perspective with this:

Spain wins 2026 World Cup.

Spain defeated Lionel Messi’s Argentina in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup.

Substitute Ferran Torres struck in the second half of extra time to secure Spain’s second World Cup after a disappointing Argentina were reduced to 10 men.

The defending champions did not register an attempt on goal until the 117th minute and fell short in their bid to become only the third nation to retain the World Cup.

Instead, Messi’s glorious World Cup career ended in heartbreak at the age of 39.

Messi has a different perspective because he has a different worldview.

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Radio Schedule for the Week of July 13th, 2026

Hello Friends,

Gary will be out of the studio this week for vacation. The daily blog and live radio program will resume on July 20th. Thank you for your continued prayers and support!

Rick Wilson

Spencer Pratt: The Profile of Leadership

Back on June 12, Townhall published an article titled "Spencer Pratt just declared war."

Despite losing the Los Angeles mayoral primary, the Republican candidate did not hunker down. In a post on X that has already received over a million views, Pratt declared war on Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the city’s corrupt political machine, Townhall reported.

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News Media Couldn't Bring Itself to Celebrate America

"It’s official," Media Research Center reported yesterday, "Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News hate America, and MRC has the evidence."

As Americans rejoiced over the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Big Four News Apps delivered a starkly different message, filling their feeds with bizarre headlines that distorted America's semiquincentennial and turned it into an opportunity to smear President Donald Trump and advance partisan narratives.

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Christian Pastor Released from Prison on Independence Day

A prominent Christian pastor has been freed from prison in China and is now safe inside the U.S. 

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingiri arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 4, 2026. The release came after President Trump raised his case during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing two months ago.

Jin founded Zion Church in 2007. In 2018, the communist government banned the church, prompting Jin to help establish an underground house church. Zion Church then grew to 10,000 members.

Here's the rest of the story.

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