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GETTING UNDERWAY A young Ensign, who had just completed his first overseas deployment, was given the opportunity to "show his stuff" by getting his ship underway. As he yelled out commands with great confidence, sailors were running everywhere. In no time, the ship came out of the channel, headed for home. It was accomplished so well that he set a new record for getting a destroyer underway. He wasn't surprised when a seaman approached him with a message from his CO...he WAS surprised to find that it was a radio message. He was even more surprised as he read,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As demonstrators, including the headline-grabbing CodePink agitators, descend on the nation’s capital late Saturday afternoon for a “coordinated global day of action” against Israel, they will join a worldwide wave of marches and planned disruptions that may appear to be unfolding independently. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, anti-Israel demonstrators carried signs deploying emotionally charged language against Israel, including one featuring a Palestinian flag and a bloodied hand with the message, “STOP GENOCIDE.” Nearby, two women carrying mock machine guns flanked a cardboard image of a handcuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a noose around his...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority: in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. <And this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us. We know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him - I John 5: 14-15"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them". - Ephesians 5:11 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for...

At least 12 people were killed – including one American – and more than 300 injured in an attack Saturday at Saudi Arabia’s international airport in Riyadh, aviation authorities there said, as the Persian Gulf nation faced some of the biggest attacks it has seen in years by Iranian-backed Houthi militants. While the rebel group did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, it came during a week where smoke could be seen billowing above the airport and explosions sounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital in a wave of intensifying Houthi strikes. As Saturday’s attack forced aviation authorities to suspend operations...

"The spirits have spoken: the iconic Chipotle Margarita is back for a good time, not a long time...."

Former New York Times columnist Frank Rich has a long history of extreme TDS, including fantasizing in January 2020 about "Trump's collaborators" whom he labeled as "Vichy Republicans." Time has certainly not mellowed Rich whose bizarre vengeance porn fantasies have gone into overdrive as you can see in his New York magazine rant on Wednesday, "The Collaborators." The subtitle reveals Rich's deep deep desire for vengeance upon those who dare to work for or with President Trump: "The cronies of Trump’s second term are more brazen than the old ones. They’re also heading for a harsher comeuppance." Rich then went...

Nothing stirs the heart like a movie that captures the spirit of a nation. From tales of courage in war to stories of everyday people standing up for what’s right, patriotic films remind us of the values that shape America—freedom, resilience, and unity.These movies, spanning decades and genres, celebrate the grit and hope that define the American experience. Whether they’re set on battlefields or in small towns, they spark a sense of pride and inspire us to reflect on what it means to be American.15. ‘The Right Stuff’ (1983)Warner Bros. Pictures This epic dives into the early days of America’s...

Anti-ICE protestors attacked federal agents and tried to box in their vehicles in Salem, Oregon, on Saturday. The clash occurred Saturday morning in the parking lot near a Walgreens on Lancaster Drive NE. An anti-ICE 'rapid responder' livestreamed the attack on federal agents on Facebook. Federal agents deployed tear gas, pepperballs, and other nonlethal munitions to disperse the crowd. Masked agitators who may be affiliated with Antifa, a designated terrorist organization, used their cars to try to box in agents. Federal agents rammed their vehicles in order to safely leave the parking lot. At one point, a man used a...

The illegal migrant shot by federal ICE agents in a chaotic Bronx showdown terrorized his former neighbors with a machete—and a terrified resident said Saturday he’s relieved the violent gangbanger has finally been taken off the streets. Dominican Republic-native Oscar Belgal, 28, who authorities said has ties to the bloodthirsty Trinitarios street gang, wreaked havoc at the Washington Heights apartment building where he lived until about a year ago, according to a one-time neighbor. “He’s a menace to society,” the shaken resident said of Belgal — whom Mayor Mamdani outrageously called a “New Yorker” whose release he tried to negotiate...

Maricopa County election employees are believed to have been seen tampering with voting equipment late at night this week, appearing to install or download something on election equipment that has already been certified for use on November 3. The county claims that they were just "working on a legitimate election task, late into the night." But according to Phoenix-based election watchdog group We the People Alliance, the employees left for the day at approximately 6:20 pm, then returned late at night around 9:08 pm until 11:15 pm. Additionally, co-founder of We the People Shelby Busch tells The Gateway Pundit, "There...

After years of uncertainty, delays, and preparations, we finally have a timeline for when the historic SS United States will be sent to the bottom of the Gulf.Late on Friday night, October 9, 2026, officials in Okaloosa County, Florida, announced that the legendary ocean liner is scheduled to be deployed as the world’s largest artificial reef during the second week of November 2026.The ship will be sunk approximately 22 nautical miles, or 25 miles, southwest of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.While an exact date has not been announced, county officials say the operation will be weather-dependent, meaning the timeline could change.This...

The MINERVA ZEN tanker carrying diesel left St. Petersburg on September 22. The shipment arrived in the United States less than a day after the announcement of the agreement. The first Russian diesel shipment to the United States is already arriving on the East Coast, less than 24 hours after the deal was announced. This was reported by the OSINT channel TheIntelFrog, according to UNN. DETAILS It is also noted that the tanker MINERVA ZEN departed from St. Petersburg on September 22 and appears to have been headed for the U.S. East Coast the entire time. ADDITIONALLY According to data...

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has claimed that President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected a proposal to hold elections after learning that former Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny intended to run. Fedorov made the claim in a wide-ranging interview with Ukrainska Pravda published on Monday, Sept. 21. Kyiv Post has not independently verified his account of the private conversation. According to Fedorov, he personally proposed holding elections in June. Zelensky was initially prepared to proceed but later changed his mind because Zaluzhny would have entered the presidential race, the former minister said. Fedorov recalled telling Zelensky that Ukraine needed to hold an election...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Saturday told Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky he had his “complete solidarity” after he clashed with US President Donald Trump over a diesel deal with Russia. In a call between the two leaders Burnham told the Ukrainian president he recognised that “the past 24 hours had been difficult for Ukraine and reiterated his complete solidarity”, according to a readout released by his Downing Street office. The leaders discussed “the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia”, with Burnham making it clear the UK “would continue to strengthen its sanctions on Russia and to take further action to...

Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.President Trump on Saturday accused Ukraine of causing a “world problem” with Russian refinery attacks and said it should “get a new president,” further undermining Kyiv a day after saying he would open U.S. markets to Russian diesel. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Saturday, he said the United States had told Ukraine, “you can do whatever you want to Russia. Don’t hit the refineries because that’s a world problem that’s caused.”...

Teens waved terrorist flags and learned Maoist war tactics at a radical “Anti-Imperialist Summer Camp” hidden in the Pacific Northwest, The Post has learned. The late August camp, run by the terror-linked Anti-Imperialist Front USA (AIF-USA), was attended by teenagers from their offshoot, Revolutionary Youth, along with community college students and young workers, in the Pacific Northwest, according to materials provided to The Post by education watchdog group the North American Values Institute (NAVI). Pictures from the trip showed nearly 20 hoodie- and bandana-clad campers sitting around a fire alongside flags from several terrorist groups, one of which read “Victory...

It is only in Jesus Messiah (the Savior of the world) that is found the PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESSthat we so desperately need to enter into Almighty God’s HOLY and PERFECT Heaven (John 3:16-17, Rom. 10:2-4, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 John 2:2, 4:10). Almighty God has provided a PERFECT solution to make atonement for the sins of the world and all who put their trust in Him will be saved from the wrath which is to come on ALL ungodliness (progressive- conservatism) (Matt. 1:20-21, Luke 1:30-35, John 1:14, Heb. 10:5, 1 Peter 1:19). We who know Him will be caught up in...

THOU ART MY GOD SONG DEVOTIONAL "O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You..." (Psalm 63:1) David wrote Psalm 63 while he was being hunted down by King Saul. While on the run, David was continually surrounded by uncertainty and hardship, yet his greatest desire was not for comfort or deliverance but God Himself! O beloved, those are the very times when the Almighty is beyond precious and desired above all. Indeed, our soul thirsts for the living God, knowing that God's steadfast agape love is better than life itself (Psalm 63:3)! The very same longing of the...

Blue Origin plans a $554.78 million manufacturing campus in Hutto that the company expects to add more than 2,000 jobs over the next decade, alongside an $18.171 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the expansion on October 8. His office said Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC is constructing an advanced manufacturing and operations campus and that the state has extended the company a $10,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus in addition to the grant. Blue Origin described the campus, called Constellation Park, as a 1.3 million-square-foot complex with multiple facilities that will manufacture satellite and communications equipment. “Texas...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end his country’s war with Russia and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S. “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump said. The president, who on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S....