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Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

In recent weeks, there have been a series of stories about the government cracking down on foreign agents allegedly working to influence the 2024 election.First, the intelligence community linked the Iranian government to a hacking of Trump campaign documents. Then the federal government seized several websites it claims were linked to a Russian campaign to circulate disinformation—meaning deliberately spread false information.The biggest story came last week when two employees of the Russian media organization RT—formerly Russia Today—were indicted for allegedly sending nearly $10 million to a Tennessee-based online media company.US officials claim the scheme aimed to inject Russian government messaging...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday slammed the GOP’s stopgap funding proposal as “unserious and unacceptable,” setting the stage for a close vote in the lower chamber on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) gambit to avert a government shutdown. Jeffries, in a letter to colleagues, said Johnson’s government funding legislation — which pairs a six-month continuing resolution with a Trump-backed bill to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — is “partisan and extreme.” Jeffries zeroed in on the timing of the continuing resolution, arguing that a shorter stopgap would...

Google prohibits ads with the image of Donald Trump. Change the image to Kamala Harris and it works. Election interference. "Google, you guys are nasty people."

Comedian Jim Breuer has claimed that the names on Jeffrey Epstein list are so powerful and influential that their exposure could bring down governments, topple Hollywood and the entire entertainment industry worldwide.

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government Trump says he’d create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, an idea suggested by billionaire Elon Musk, who would lead it. The commission is the latest attention-grabbing alliance between Trump and Musk, who leads companies including Tesla and SpaceX and has become an increasingly vocal supporter of Trump’s bid to return to the White House. The Republican presidential...

Could Finland´s next President be a foreigner? Finland´s current President Alexander Stubb speaking to the public. Finland´s President Alexander Stubb Credit: Alexander Stubb, Facebook Finland´s future President may be a foreigner, said current President Alexander Stubb during a recent presidential Q&A session on the local Yle Radio Suomi. The Finnish President emphasised that 10 per cent of residents in Finland have foreign backgrounds and argued that the future could see a foreign national leading the country. “Racism should not be politicised. Every nation has to go through this discussion,” emphasised Stubb. “In Finland, 10 per cent of people were not...

The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain announced Monday that it will be suspending dozens of arms export licences to Israel over concerns of UK weaponry being used to violate human rights in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons that the British government will be suspending 30 of its 350 arms export licences to Israel, including UK-made components used in military drones, helicopters, and aircraft, including fighter jets used by the Israelis. The move comes after months of protests by left-wing activists and a two-month review conducted by the Foreign Office, The Guardian reports. While the...

The Sheriff’s Office of Pasco County, Florida, harasses people in their homes using a method they call “predictive policing.” The program has unfolded like a dystopian nightmare for the Pasco residents it has ensnared, who have been subjected to near-constant police surveillance and harassment. The Sheriff'sOffice claims the program’s goal is to predict and prevent crime before it happens by targeting people they suspect may commit crimes in the future, dubbing the approach “intelligence-led policing.” This euphemism may make it seem like there’s thoughtfulness to the approach, but there’s nothing fair or smart about it. Using a crude computer-algorithm, the...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

The Department of Education is excluding Asians, whites, "Arabs and other Middle Eastern ethnicities … many Latinos and some Africans" from a $60 million program for students from "disadvantaged backgrounds" unless they meet a two-prong exception, a new lawsuit alleges. The McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, named after the black scientist who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, awards grants to colleges to prepare undergraduates "for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities," with a goal of increasing PhDs "from underrepresented segments of society." The eligibility page says "at least two-thirds of the participants must be low-income,...

A nationwide 911 outage has been reported, according to Downdetector, which noted a sharp increase in outage reports around 5:18 PM Pacific Time. The cause of the outage remains unknown at this time, and the extent of the issue is still unclear. Emergency services across the country may be impacted. When did the 911 outage occur? According to Downdetector, a significant spike in reports of 911 outages occurred around 5:18 PM Pacific Time. This surge indicates a potential widespread issue affecting emergency call services across the United States.

The Grok chatbot on the X social media platform has been updated following a letter sent to platform owner Elon Musk from five secretaries of state demanding he make changes over false election information. Democrat Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon announced the change Monday, after he had been informed of the change by the social media company last week. Simon, along with four other secretaries of state, sent a letter earlier this month to Musk claiming their combined "37 million constituents were recently impacted by false information" Grok provided about the election. The AI chatbot will direct users who...

~THE POST-DEMOCRATIC ERA (1): Since they took the tyre iron to him, whoever's really running the United States government has given up the time-consuming pretence that Joe Biden has anything at all to do with it. After his farewell address to the DNC, the dead husk of a moth-eaten sock puppet flew Air Force One for a week's vacation with some California billionaire. When that was done, he flew it again from the Golden State back to his beach house in Delaware for a second, week-and-a-half-long vacation: Biden's schedule is absolutely blank. Meanwhile, Emily Goodin reports Biden was "visibly shaking"...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that former President Trump asked him to serve on his transition team, if the GOP presidential nominee wins another term in office. “I’ve been asked to go on to the transition team, you know, to help pick the people who will be running the government, and I’m looking forward to that,” Kennedy said in a lengthy interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Kennedy ended his independent presidential bid Friday and threw his support behind Trump. He said his name would remain on the ballot in most red and blue states but withdrew...

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Hacienda Community Development Corp. is participating in a taxpayer-funded down payment assistance program that gives money to non-citizens to buy homes in Oregon while excluding American citizens from eligibility, according to records provided to the Daily Caller. Hacienda CDC is reportedly offering $30,000 for down payment assistance for eligible new homebuyers through their Camino a Casa program, according to a screenshot first reported by X user Oregon Citizen. “Clients work closely with financial coaches and HUD-certified housing counselors throughout the entirety of the homebuying process. In addition to mortgage readiness and financial fitness workshops, we provide various opportunities for down-payment...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center in DeKalb County confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that some services at the hospital have been temporarily moved to other facilities, or rescheduled, due to multiple “intermittent sightings of flying insects.” While a VA spokeswoman said they are taking immediate action to address the issue, they said it “is not classified as an infestation.” According to the Ehrlich Pest Control website, the signs of a fly infestation are “regular sightings of flies: large number of flies buzzing around refuse areas and the base of garbage bins or...

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For evildoers shall be cutoff, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land. In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. But the meek will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

"Executive Summary In the spring of 2024, the Transition Integrity Project (TIP 2024) ran a series of academic exercises to educate the public regarding crises that may arise in relation to the upcoming presidential election in the United States. A bipartisan group of about 60 well-known individuals with experience in politics, government, law, national security, media, and academia participated in role-playing scenarios which placed the election within the larger context of pressing issues that America faces at home and abroad: inflation, mass illegal immigration, Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, China’s increasingly bellicose actions in the seas around Taiwan and the...