Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban has confirmed to ESPN that he directed his team to stop playing the national anthem before home basketball games.
In case you haven’t noticed, America is in the midst of a radical civil war, and the very ideals on which this nation was founded are being torn to the ground and set on fire. When I was a kid, my WWII Army Air Force veteran father told me that men he had gone to school with gave their lives to protect our flag, and because of that it was special and should be treated with respect. In our day, the American flag and our National Anthem are so despised by the radical Left that they’re no longer deemed fit to have a place at silly game like basketball.
UPDATE: Despite an order from Mavs Owner Mark Cuban to not play the anthem reportedly because “many feel it does not represent them,” the league has stepped-in and mandated that “all teams” will play the anthem before games.
Black Lives Matter has nothing at all to do with ‘ending racial injustice’ or stopping ‘police brutality’, it is about bringing in a radical Marxist agenda loosely based around the black supremacy movement of Liberation Theology. It is nothing less than war and on a variety of levels. In 2020, I did not watch one minute of any professional sports game, and in 2021 I blissfully ignored the Super Bowl with its idiotic commercials and demonic Half Time Show. Hit them where it hurts and stop watching all professional sports, don’t buy any merchandise and let their businesses fall into receivership. If every Christian in America would do that, the effect would be overwhelming and immediate. Game on.
Dallas Mavericks Stop Playing National Anthem Before Home Games At Command Of Mark Cuban
FROM BREITBART NEWS: The move is not temporary and the team has no anticipation of resuming the long-standing tradition. The Mavericks have now become the first major American sports team to officially end the playing of the national anthem.
The Mavericks have not played the anthem before any of their 13 preseason and regular-season games. Though, until now, Cuban had not publicly confirmed the policy change. Cuban decided to stop playing the anthem after consultation with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, according to ESPN.
The NBA’s rulebook requires players to stand during the national anthem, but Silver has declined to enforce that rule, particularly as kneeling during the anthem became a popular way to protest social injustice in recent years. The vast majority of NBA players and many coaches kneeled during the national anthem during the NBA’s restart last summer in Orlando, Florida, when the league incorporated messaging supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and other social justice causes in the court design and other ways.
Mark Cuban has supported the desire of NBA players to kneel during the anthem as a form of protest.
“Whether it’s holding their arm up in the air, whether it’s taking a knee, whatever it is, I don’t think this is an issue of respect or disrespect to the flag or to the anthem or to our country,” Cuban told ESPN’s Outside the Lines in June. “I think this is more a reflection of our players’ commitment to this country and the fact that it’s so important to them that they’re willing to say what’s in their heart and do what they think is right.
“I’ll defer to Silver on any final judgments and [players’ union executive director] Michele Roberts. But the reality is, my hope is we’ll let the players do exactly what they think is the right thing to do.”
The anthem-kneeling movement began in the summer of 2016 when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat, and then knelt during the playing of the anthem. Kaepernick claimed his decision to kneel was a form of protest against racial injustice and police brutality. Since that time, the practice of kneeling during the anthem has been adopted by Major League Baseball players, NBA players, MLS and World Cup soccer players, and Olympic athletes. READ MORE
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THE DESTROYER: Trump Promised Peace And Prosperity, Delivered War And Division, And Opened The Door To The Very Political Forces We Elected Him To Stop, Now The Reckoning
The Bible is crystal-clear about how God views nations that fall into idolatry, whether it be His chosen people of Israel, or the Gentile nations round about them. Back in 2009, on the very day that NTEB was first launched, we warned you about the coming betrayal of America at the hands of our leaders. That betrayal was present and building during the 8 years of the Bush administration, it began to rapidly advance during the 8 years of Barack Hussein Obama, the open mockery of the 4 years of pretend president Joe Biden, finally reaching its stunning climax on Tuesday night. Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement has ushered in our most radical, most godless, the most idolatrous government ever.
“They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.”Hosea 8:4 (KJB)
We voted for Donald Trump in 2024 because we wanted him to keep his promises. We understood the man’s flaws, but we were hiring a president to deliver the specific agenda he promised us: no new wars, a prosperous economy, $2.00 gasoline, secure borders, and an America respected abroad. Then came the Iran war, a massive betrayal of his promise. Then came the tariffs and the kinetic economic disruption. Americans who voted for stability watched their president making decisions that were ushering in chaos and confusion. The consequences reached the gas pump, the grocery bill, with Republican candidates struggling to explain why voters should give their party more time. Trump owned those decisions. It was his name, his authority, his policies—and now his responsibility. You cannot campaign as the man who will fix everything and then demand immunity from blowback when your own decisions fail spectacularly.
And while Americans begged for relief, Trump only wanted to talk about war, golden statues, Reflecting Pools, bunker ballrooms, and lavish cavier and drag parties at Mar-a-Logo. What an extraordinary picture of misplaced priorities: a president celebrating the grandeur of his surroundings while the people who elected him worried about the cost of living. Republican advisers were hearing that frustration directly from voters, yet the renovation spectacle continued. Americans hired a president to improve their country, we did not hand him the country as a personal renovation project. Then came the reckoning.
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Today is day 1,716 of the Russia-Ukraine War
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Today is day 28,665 of The Regathering Of Israel
On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, on Tuesday night, the very same broad coalition that had ushered Trump into his 2024 landslide victory became the very same one that, finally, pulled the plug on him. But talk about locking the barn door after the cow has already gotten out. Because of Trump and the unchecked MAGA Movement, the most radical and godless candidates for office have won election. Today we are going to show you some of them, it’s not a pretty picture. This is what happens when a nation turns against the true and living God of the Bible, opting instead for man worship. Today’s podcast is a clarion call to the remnant born again Church to stand strong in these last days…the last days fight we told you was coming is here. TO THE FIGHT!!!
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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
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The Chaplain of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison In Louisiana Writes Asking For King James Bibles And Any Available Bible Study Materials We Can Supply Them
The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison In Louisiana needs Bibles and Bible study materials to help their male and female inmates renew their minds in the word of God
You, it’s a funny thing. In our world, we are consumed on an hourly basis with the endless bombardment of “breaking news!” that takes over our screens, our minds, defying us to think about anything else. But behind the bars of any jail, prison or detention center, time comes to an sudden and severe halt, and the only thing that reverberates through the minds of the inmates is…time. Lots and lots of time. Time to think about the wrongs they have done, time to reflect on those they’ve hurt, time to think about the length of their sentence, but also time to consider the promises of the Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. That’s where Bibles Behind Bars comes in. We have the ‘good news’ they don’t even know they need, and we have a mandate to give it to them.
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”Psalm 56:3 (KJB)
Chaplain Jackson of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison In Louisiana writes “As the Chaplain of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, I have a tremendous task of witnessing to men and women who have made wrong decisions in life. As you know , the only way to have a renewed mind is through the word of God. Please assist in the ministry of our prison population by donating paper back bibles in English, also please send any other paperback literature you feel that will help them as they study and learn Gods word. Your ministry is much appreciated, and I want to thank you for the great work you are doing for God’s Kingdom.” I would love to flood the cells and corridors of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with hundreds of King James Bible, and copious amounts of Bible study materials to help them with right division as Paul commands. We need to raise about $2,500 to do this, please pray about that.
In addition to this request, we’ve also been contacted this week by the Columbia CI Annex Chapel in Florida, the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, and the Wakulla Correctional Institution also here in Florida. While the world wants to distract you with politics and all the flashy things of Satan’s earthly kingdom, we have a mandate from Jesus of Nazareth to send out His word as far and as wide as we possibly can. Come help us to do that, we need you!!
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Europe Faces Another Wave Of Airline Bomb Threats As Anonymous Warnings Trigger Military Responses And Expose The Vulnerability Of A Society Dependent On Uninterrupted Travel
Someone is demonstrating just how quickly Europe’s skies can be thrown into turmoil. Around fifteen passenger flights targeted by bomb threats in a single day, fighter jets scrambled, aircraft diverted, and security teams mobilized across national borders. This follows earlier waves of threats during the same week. Searches have found no explosives, but the disruption payload has already been delivered with interrupted journeys, frightened passengers, military responses and costly investigations. Whoever is responsible has exploited a vulnerability that every traveler should understand—authorities must take a potential bomb seriously, even when an anonymous warning is the only evidence that one exists. The chaos comes two days after around ten commercial flights, including two from the UK, were targeted by bomb threats. In a seemingly unrelated story, a Russian military spacecraft that approached a Western satellite last month could have been rehearsing an attack, a military space specialist said.
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”Psalm 56:3 (KJB)
Could Russia or Iran be behind the threats to commercial flights in Europe? It is either one of them, mostly likely Russia. In March 2026, Eurojust announced that investigators had identified twenty-two suspects in a separate incendiary-parcel operation allegedly connected to Russian military intelligence. One package caught fire at Leipzig airport shortly before being loaded onto an aircraft. Britain’s MI5 has also reported tracking more than twenty potentially lethal Iran-backed plots in a single year, largely involving targeted violence against opponents. These are documented allegations from security and judicial authorities, and they show why foreign involvement deserves scrutiny. Responsibility for this week’s airline threats remains unidentified at the moment.
BREAKING: At least 14 flights across Europe are forced to change course, land early or receive fighter-jet escorts following a series of bomb threats.
The disruption stretches across multiple countries. Italian fighter jets escort one passenger plane to Rome, while another flight departing Dublin is redirected to a French military base.
Flights from Warsaw, Milan, Copenhagen, Madrid and London are among those affected. Despite searches of several aircraft, authorities report finding no explosives. | @foxandfriends @Jeff_Paul
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EI-DEH Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome, diverted to Evreux, France
FR6410 Ryanair flight from Madrid to Sofia
FR3606 Ryanair flight from Copenhagen to Sofia
FR1730 Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Sofia, diverted to Plovdiv, Bulgaria
LO235 LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw to Brussels
W46387 WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Warsaw-Okęcie, diverted to Vienna, Austria
AY1761 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Rome Fiumicino airport
AY1471 FinnAir flight from Helsinki to Vienna
WizzAir flight from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest, Romania
Four unidentified flights heading towards Prague
A3552 Aegean Airlines flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Milan Malpensa
FR8953 Ryanair flight from Porto to Milan Malpensa source
The strategic attraction of a campaign like this is obvious. Spread fear, consume resources, interrupt commerce and make ordinary people question whether their next journey is safe. This is a classic psychological terror campaign, and highly effective. A coordinated operation could impose those costs repeatedly while its organizers remain behind anonymous messages. Aviation analysts have already flagged the unusual timing and frequency of these threats as suggestive of coordination. Europe needs answers about who sent them, whether they share a common source, and what their authors intend to accomplish. Trump’s half-fought, unfinished war with Iran that only served to destabilize the Middle East is also a contributing factor that’s emboldening hostile nations like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.
But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”Titus 2:13 (KJB)
“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB
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