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An Israeli warship firing missiles destroying an unidentified aerial target... Joe Biden given the lead in a head-to-head contest with President Trump...In a multi-candidate field Trump and Biden at 38 percent each... A week ahead of a trial in New York brought by Democrat prosecutors, President Donald Trump... A wanted terrorism suspect from Tajikistan arrested in Rome... Hamas reported rejecting a Gaza ceasefire deal from US CIA Director William Burns... Canada unveiling a new defense strategy today...But in the end defense spending will top off at 1.76 percent of GDP short of the 2 percent expectation... Israel says it struck...

The US Central Command says...four drones shot down over the Red Sea... A yet to be installed Presidential Council pledging to restore 'public and democratic order' in Haiti... Four dead and seven others hurt in stabbing attacks in and around Rockford, Illinois... Former US Senator from Connecticut and Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman dead... A Lebanese media outlet saying Israel intends to go on the offensive in southern Gaza after...Ramadan ends... In Spain prosecutors want two and a half years in prison for...kissing women's player Jenni Hermoso... A Koran burning activist and leader of the PEGIDA movement arrested in the...

The Pentagon is considering a controversial move—sending military aid to Ukraine without waiting for Congress to give the nod. Reports suggest they have $4 billion set aside for Ukraine, and they might use it directly from their reserves. Here’s the catch: If they spend this money, Congress might not pay them back. This has raised eyebrows because usually, Congress needs to approve such decisions. The Pentagon seems hesitant to spend this money without a guarantee of getting it back from Congress. It’s led to speculation that they might just decide to send the aid on their own, bypassing the regular...

The US Army in Europe and Africa is spending its budget to train Ukrainian soldiers... In Stockholm, Sweden a gas smell incident at the headquarters of the Swedish Security Service... Russian authorities report a fire at metallurgical plant...may have been caused by a drone... ...balloon tracked over the Western United States... Two Mississippi National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash... A New York jury finding the National Rifle Association and its longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for lavish spending... President Trump calling for 'immediate action" in Alabama to reverse...Supreme Court decision affirming the humanity... An investigator for President Donald...

Avdeevka…. From where the Ukrainian Army has shelled the rebel civilians of Donetsk City for TEN YEARS, has fallen to the Russians after ten years, with many reports of the Ukrainian forces in an absolute rout. There are going to be lots of tactical, strategic, and political implications from this that we will see over the next days and weeks. There are reportedly few Ukrainian defenses behind Avdeevka, the Ukrainians put all their eggs into one basket, counting on the deep Soviet-era nuclear bunker system, and defenses built since the end of the civil war to make it impregnable.

Support Free Republic... What was that on Thursday evening was it the "Putin-Biden Debate"... I think there's some football game this weekend a lot of churches having events related to it I notice so let's go with a "Football Update"... The Joe Biden Update bring out the Benny Hill music... Why not an actual Benny Hill "Yakety Sax" show close to intro Joe Biden... And in his own words the Physical Occupant Of The White House... Are they trying to create sympathy for Biden... Back in the 1970's as a teenager I read all three volumes of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag...

"Israelis were dehumanized in the most horrific way on October 7...But that cannot be a license to dehumanize others." US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offering criticism... the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin... In Ukraine late tonight a powerful explosion in the port city of Odessa and explosions... The commander of a US warship based in Japan relieved of command... The US base at the Al Omar oil field in eastern Syria attacked with four missiles... An emergency order in the city of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands tonight,,, New US-UK air strikes reported in Yemen... "The voters want a...

US base in Syria at Conoco oil field attacked... Sometimes violent protests in Buenos Aires this evening following...passage of Argentine President Javier Milei's "Omnibus Bill"... A shakeup at the Turkish central bank. Central Bank Chief Hafize Gaye Erkan...abruptly resigning tonight... Russia's RIA Novosti News Agency reporting...British government...asking other NATO countries about participating in a military force in Ukraine... The trial of President Donald Trump on charges...January 6th postponed indefinitely... US airstrikes launched against Middle East targets tonight following the deadly attack on a US base... Wisconsin's Supreme Court ruling unanimously to put Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips on the April 2nd...

Politicians from the Religious-Conservative opposition in Poland arrested at the country's Presidential Palace tonight... Tonight the US Central Command says that military forces in the Red Sea thwarted an attack from Yemen... Meanwhile the British government sending the frigate HMS Richmond.... A meeting involving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah tomorrow... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapping up whirlwind tour of the Middle East in Israel today... Tonight the Israeli military says that a shell from one of its tanks struck a detonating cord...Six Israeli soldiers killed... Citing astronaut safety NASA...

IRS provides tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2024. TLDR — your taxes will DOUBLE unless you’re married, in which case your taxes will TRIPLE. via IRS: IR-2023-208, Nov. 9, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2024, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes. Revenue Procedure 2023-34 provides detailed information about these annual adjustments.

The US National Debt now exceeds 34 trillion dollars... Word that four closed border crossings on the US-Mexico border are to reopen... Politics in the USA and a USA Today/Suffolk Poll on the Presidential Contest. A two-way contest shows... Federal prosecutors dropping new charges on Democrat Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey... A big story in the Mainstream Media today is the success of Chinese owned electric car maker BYD... There have been several explosions near a merchant vessel in the Bab el Mandeb Strait just south of the Red Sea... Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigning... An Iranian-affiliated group...

Another missile launch by North Korea this time it was a long-range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile... In Chile a proposed constitution rejected by voters... A Ukrainian parliament member says three lines of defense are being prepared... Two Syrian soldiers hurt in an Israeli airstrike in the Damascus area tonight... Pakistan shut down access to social media today as imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI Party... The fighting continues in the civil war in Sudan... Heavy rains from the remnants of a cyclone causing major flooding in northeastern Australia... The French President Emmanuel Macron seeking out support from "the Right" ahead...

The Turkish member of parliament who collapsed after he attacked Israel's warfare in Gaza and the Turkish government's continued trade with Israel died today... "that vote...just threw away the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution" Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)...147 Republicans including US House Speaker Mike Johnson supporting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act today... The members of the European Union agreed tonight to start talks with Moldova and Ukraine about membership. Before the vote Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the room while the 26 other nations held a vote... The US Central Command says that Houthi-Yemeni forces launched a ballistic missile...

Powerful explosions in Kiev... US politics the New York Court of Appeals ordering a congressional district redraw in that state... Hungary enacting a law to protect national sovereignty from foreign interference. The legislation creating an agency to detect foreign efforts against Hungary's sovereignty... In the UN General Assembly 153 nations voting in favor of a resolution calling for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza... In Poland the new "Center-Left" government winning a vote of confidence... A US base in Syria at the Al Omar oil field attacked with missiles... In Washington Joe Biden meeting visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky... A slew...

This post is reposted to "Free Republic" and I support FR and if you are able to... Is Christmas Time again and El Rushbo brought us the music of Mannheim Steamroller for The Season. Peter Hitchens writes about the Advent Season... I ended this week thinking about Christ on the Cross being executed saying: "Father forgive them they don't know what they're doing"... The late famed preacher-evangelist Dr. Billy Graham said in his day that one day he saw Israel going all the way from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River in the middle of Iraq. In Washington DC they...

In Gaza tonight a failed attempt to rescue hostages with two Israeli soldiers wounded... Politico reports that the Biden Administration has given Israel until the end of the year to wrap up... At the UN Security Council the US vetoing a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza... The European Union reaching a provisional agreement for rules to regulate artificial intelligence... Militias affiliated with Iran striking US military bases in Syria and Iraq... In France a court deciding to put the leading 2027 Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on trial... In Texas Attorney General Kern Paxton reacting to...

A Finnish cabinet minister saying all indications are that a Chinese ship deliberately damaged... South Korea proclaiming the launch of its first spy satellite... The Israeli Air Force extending its bombing campaign into the southern portions of Gaza... A Pro-Palestinian protester torching herself in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta... A federal judge ruling that President Trump has no immunity... The Turkish military striking 16 targets in northern Iraq. The targets linked to Kurdish groups... A former federal prison guard sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing inmates... A US base in northeastern Syria attacked......

In New York City arrests tonight as Pro-Palestinian demonstrators moved towards the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony... Former US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger is dead at the age of 100... The Canadian government and Google reaching an agreement that makes Google pay Mainstream Media for links to their content... US Central Command acknowledging the Iranian drone overflight of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier... The US Navy destroyer Carney shooting down an Iranian-made Houthi drone near... In the Netherlands the Council of State the highest court ruling that asylum seekers in the country can...

The Pentagon not ready to comment on Iranian video of a drone overflying the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier... Starting on Friday warships from ten nations will patrol the Baltic Sea and North Sea... Outside the White House the national Christmas tree toppling... "We will not be part of a government that allows Hamas to exist" Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir warning... Peru's Attorney General Patricia Benavides formally accusing President Dina Boluarte of responsibility for the deaths of protesters late last year... "When the Minister of Justice insults the deputies of the National Rally, he insults millions...

At least one US solider hurt as three US military bases in Iraq and Syria were attacked... Two Australian navy divers suffered minor ear injuries when a Chinese warship... In the African nation of Liberia President George Weah conceding... Open AI CEO and founder Sam Altman fired... A recall of nearly 250-thousand Honda vehicles due to engine stalling concerns... In Washington Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky projecting the future spending and borrowing plans of Congress... US House Speaker Mike Johnson releasing tapes related to January 6th events at the US Capitol... Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter entering hospice...