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Ron DeSantis is offering two supporters a trip to NYC or Washington, D.C. as alternatives to their debate ticket sweepstakes as the campaign slams Nikki Haley for refusing to commit to show up for a head-to-head showdown. As with previous debates, DeSantis' campaign is offering donors a chance to win two tickets to the debate in Iowa next month, which includes airfare, hotel rooms and a meet-and-greet. But this time, in a troll of former United Nations Ambassador Haley, the campaign is offering alternatives if she is 'too coward to debate Governor DeSantis one-on-one,' according to sweepstake conditions obtained by...

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R&B singer and actor Jill Scott blasted America by changing the words of the National Anthem into claiming it is an oppressor state during a live performance on stage. Jill Scott was performing on the second day of the Essence Festival on the perceived systemic racism in America, saying the country is "not the land of the free."

Though Ron DeSantis hasn’t even announced his candidacy for the presidency yet, a Trump-supporting super PAC has filed an ethics complaint against him with the Florida Commission on Ethics. According to the 15-page complaint, the Trump super PAC, MAGA Inc., is calling on the commission to investigate DeSantis for allegedly “leveraging his elected office and breaching his associated duties in a coordinated effort to develop his national profile, enrich himself and his political allies, and influence the national electorate.”Though publicly noncommittal, privately sources say DeSantis’ presidential candidacy for the upcoming presidential election is inevitable. As such, the complaint claims that...

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kapernick accused his adoptive parents of "perpetuating racism," in an interview that aired Thursday. snip Kaepernick illustrated one specific example of this in the novel, depicting a fight he had with his parents during high school over his hairstyle. Inspired to braid his hair in cornrows like his hero, NBA star Allen Iverson, Kaepernick recalled received pushback from is parents. "He's getting what rolls?" his mom says in the graphic novel. Kaepernick said that after styling his hair this way his mom warned his hair was "not professional" and he "looked like a little thug."

Paul Ryan, a member of the Fox Corporation Board of Directors, said this weekend he will skip the 2024 Republican National Convention if former President Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primary. In an interview on WISN ABC, Ryan was asked where he would be during the 2024 convention held in Milwaukee. “Where will you be?” the host asked. “It depends on who the nominee is,” Ryan replied. “I’ll be here if it’s not named somebody Trump.”

Chris Cuomo is speaking out after his ousting from CNN more than a year ago, claiming "I'll never be what I was" in an interview with the "No BS News Hour" podcast last week. "I am emotionally and psychologically beat up and changed by what I went through," Cuomo told podcast hosts Charlie LeDuff and Karen Dumas, as reported by the New York Post on Saturday. "My show is different because I am different, not that I was in some lefty silo."

Last night I didn’t win the $1.3 b mega million, but I had the mega number plus one other good for $4. So I bought a scratcher at the local Ralphs(Kroger in most of the country). The scratcher won $200. But the store refused to cash it saying they didn’t have enough money. The manager was in the back of the store but the guy who refused to cas my ticket would not let me talk to the manager. I got my money from a smoke shop two doors down. I filed a complaint with California lottery and gave the...

I was looking for an article, typed in (without quotes) 'flu' under 'titles' and got "Nothing matched your criteria." I then type in under 'keyword' and get innumerous articles with 'flu' in the title. IOW, search failed. Bigly. I'm not asking tongue-in-cheek: I genuinely want to understand this obvious glitch. In this case, I found what I wanted. But I'm of the opinion that many have had the same experience and also have the same question.

What's up with Ben Shapiro's obsession with this stupid Depp Heard trial thing? Does Ben think people tune in to hear the latest on something stupid Hollywood tabloid trial? Of all that is going on in the world, he posts about this trial every ten minutes.

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I'd like the ability to post by entering only the Source URL, clicking a button and having software populate the entries of Title, Author, Date Published, and Source. The user would still supply Topics and Keywords (if any). This would be optional -- the user could still fill out the fields as is done now. It's good to have diversity of sites. Free Republic is text-heavy, which makes it easy and fast to scan many posts. But I do think the suggested feature would make it easier to use, like Reddit, where if you enter a URL, it generates a...

Tired of my vanitys???? I thought FR was supposed to be an open forum to discuss things. I've brought pertinent articles and discussion items to the forefront. To me, what you did was no better than what Twitter and Facebook does on their website. Federal employees and military members deserve to know what's going on, and you shut me down, cancel my posting? Admin Moderator, I believe you have some explaining to do!

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James mocked alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse over a video showing the 18-year-old crying in court while testifying in his murder trial. "What tears?????" the 17-time All-Star tweeted Wednesday evening after the conclusion of Rittenhouse’s testimony in his unfolding murder trial, where the teen broke down on the stand recounting the August 2020 shooting he was involved in that left two people dead and one injured. "I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court," James added. The tweet was retweeted thousands of times and liked...

MY getting ordered out of the library today. *suddenly* masks are required to enter AGAIN. New rule because the hellhole of denver, colorado runs the library system. "Sir, you can't come in here without a mask!" quoth the mask enforcer. "This is bullsh*t" quoth Dynachrome *New rule" quoth the mask stalinist. "Bullsh*t quoth Dynachrome and exited while giving the finger to the sad looking little gulag guard.

I'm noticing that I have been having super slow uploads as well as downloading of files this morning. Anyone else have this problem?

I've had a running battle with FB - I post truthful articles, they ban them if they don't fit their narrative. Tonight they banned me for 7 days because I dared to post truth about several issues. So I'm through with FB and encourage all to drop them and cause their following to shrink rapidly.

Were there no Americans capable of doing Olympic coverage?It just bothers me that I need to listen to an obvious non-American doing the Olympic coverage for USA network TV.Ms. Lowe may be a very nice person but her accent makes her sound like a snotty bitch.

The GETTR account creation process requires an email address to which a verification code is sent. I tried both my yahoo and gmail email accounts and never received the code. Had to create a new ProtonMail account, after which the code was received almost immediately. Others evidently are having the same problem: https://www.uncomanor.com/articles/gettr-may-have-been-shadowbanned