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Belarus and Russia are not forcing anyone to participate in the Union State, State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Sergei Glazyev said at a press conference dedicated to the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned. “I would like to address the issue regarding the Union State and its interaction with the Eurasian Economic Union. First of all, I want to emphasize that participation in the Union State is entirely voluntary. This is the key principle on which our cooperation is built. We do not force anyone into this union. Countries join it...

🚨 Fetterman Drops a Bomb on Oprah: Senator John Fetterman just exposed how Oprah Winfrey allegedly tried to buy his vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” “She had her assistant approach me and offer me $20 million to vote against the bill,” Fetterman told the Senate Oversight Committee. “I told her that’s not how our country works.” He immediately informed Democrat leadership. Their response? “They swept it under the rug.” A Democrat senator turning down $20M from one of the most powerful liberals in America — and his own party buried it. Integrity over cash. Rare sight in DC. What...

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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.Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Ottawa, April 1, 2026 — In a move that has sent shockwaves across North America, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a historic accord today formally ceding Canada's sovereignty and integrating the country as the 51st state of the United States. The "Continental Unity Agreement," inked during a brief ceremony at Rideau Hall, dissolves Canada's independent parliament, replaces the maple leaf flag with the Stars and Stripes, and transitions the loonie to the U.S. dollar effective immediately. Carney, flanked by U.S. officials, described the decision as "a bold step toward shared prosperity and unbreakable security in an uncertain world." "Canada...

Yes, Elon Musk's first wife, Justine Musk (née Wilson), demanded equity stakes in his companies during their contentious 2008–2010 divorce proceedings, including 10% of his Tesla shares and 5% of his SpaceX shares.⁠Reuters Contemporary reporting from 2010 confirms this. A Reuters article from May 2010 stated that Justine wanted "10 percent of her husband's stake in the carmaker [Tesla]" along with "5 percent of his stake in space exploration company, SpaceX," plus alimony/child support, $6 million, and a Tesla Roadster. Similar details appeared in other outlets at the time, noting her push to rescind a post-nuptial agreement that limited her...

"When [Jesus] saw the multitudes, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. And opening His mouth He began to teach them" (Matt. 5:1-2). Only Christians know true happiness because they know Christ, who is its source. Jesus' earthly ministry included teaching, preaching, and healing. Wherever He went He generated great excitement and controversy. Usually great multitudes of people followed Him as He moved throughout the regions of Judea and Galilee. Thousands came for healing, many came to mock and scorn, and some came in search of truth. On one such occasion...

A Russia-flagged tanker carrying 730,000 barrels of oil has docked in Cuba, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker has reached the island nation. ...The Anatoly Kolodkin entered the Bay of Matanzas under clear skies and light winds at sunrise. Much of the nearby city – and the majority of Cuba – was without power when the tanker arrived at the port area. Cuba has not received an oil tanker in three months, according to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, exacerbating an energy crisis that has led to seemingly endless blackouts across the country of 10 million people...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.” Matthew 26:21–23The Last Supper was both a glorious moment of grace and a painful moment of betrayal. During that meal, Jesus instituted the Eucharist, the gift of His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity that perpetuates His saving sacrifice until the end of time....

The United States Department of Defense has demanded the retraction of a newspaper report alleging that a broker for defence chief Pete Hegseth attempted to make a large investment in weapons companies in the run-up to the war on Iran. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell demanded the “immediate” retraction on Monday after the Financial Times reported that a wealth manager for the defence secretary contacted BlackRock about making a multimillion-dollar investment in a defence-related fund in the weeks leading up to the war. Hegseth’s broker at Morgan Stanley ultimately did not go ahead with the investment in the exchange-traded fund, whose...

Many come here to read dispatches from the War between Good and Evil, to red-pill and encourage.....and to pray and give thanks to the God who fights for us.Q has reminded us repeatedly that together, we are strong. As the false "narrative" is destroyed and the divisive machinery put in place by the Deep State fails, the fact that patriotism has no skin color or political party is exposed for all to see. 3038 Mar 12, 2019 2:55:14 PM EDTQ !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 4fe510 No. 5643022>Decide for yourself (be free from outside opinion).>Decide for yourself (be objective in your conclusions).>Decide for...

Did Masoud Pezeshkian just signal a capitulation by the Iranian regime? Or is he just trying to claim turf in a power struggle among what's left of the mullahcracy's leadership? Perhaps the answer is ... yes. Iran's president has been sidelined during the conflict as the IRGC seized power after the death of Ali Khamenei. Both the US and Israel left him alone while targeting other top-ranked regime officials, either to have a potential negotiating partner, a reflection of Pezeshkian's impotence in the war, or both. With Trump threatening to wipe out what's left of Iran's energy infrastructure and B-52s...

The Daily Mail UK has exclusively reported about a new scandal surrounding former Department of Homeland Security Secretary and current Special Envoy to the Shields of America Kristi Noem. However, the focal point of this report is not Noem herself, but her long-suffering husband, businessman Bryon Noem. "Kristi Noem's husband is today revealed as a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake breasts and pink hotpants to chat with online fetish models."While his wife has operated at the highest echelons of government, handling matters of national security in her recent role as DHS secretary, Bryon Noem, 56, has been dressing up...

When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. In this episode of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Isaiah Granet, the CEO and co-founder of Bland, a voice AI company that has grown from pre-seed to Series B in just 10 months. Their team has ballooned to 75 people and Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places. With a founding team fresh out of college, Bland’s early hires were selected for their passion, rather than pedigrees. “We were searching for a really...

The American relationship with NATO has never been more strained. Despite decades upon decades of propping up Europe's defense while its leaders spend all their money on welfare programs and mass migration, the United States is now having to fight over something as mundane as transiting the airspace of its alleged "allies."According to President Donald Trump, France denied the use of its airspace to American cargo planes transporting munitions to Israel as part of Operation Epic Fury. 🚨Trump: “The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory. France has been...

Gov. Josh Shapiro reacted swiftly to news that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order attempting to restrict voting rights, blasting it with a post on the governor’s social media pages: “President Trump can sign whatever the hell he wants to, but it won’t change the Constitution. The authority to set our election rules belongs to the states — and as Governor, I will protect your right to vote. That includes your right to vote by mail." Trump’s order would create a nationwide list of eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting, among other restrictions. Under the order, the Department...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on March 30, and immediately coming out of that meeting, at a joint press conference, Merz said that a significant number of Syrian refugees who’ve made a home in Germany will be repatriated to Syria. How many are we talking, exactly? Try 80% of the Syrians in Deutschland, or 700,000 to 800,000. That’s how many Syrian immigrants will be returned to Syria from Germany over the next three years. Merz is now trying to repatriate 80% of the 900,000 Syrians in an attempt to fix the migrant crisis that Merkel...

Recent press reports and opinion poll results declare the U.S. economy is in worse shape than it was in 2021 through 2024. This impression prevails despite very high gross domestic product growth and falling inflation in the second and third quarters of last year, in the wake of slower growth and steady inflation numbers in the fourth quarter.An accurate gauge of the overall health of the economy is critically important considering the federal government’s assumption of authority and control over the nation’s economic well-being. A false diagnosis will lend credence to bad policy choices.Overall, the U.S. economy is not yet...

An argument between two men in a Christian town in central Syria led to sectarian attacks that caused widespread damage to homes, shops and cars in a reminder of religious violence that followed the fall of longtime leader Bashar Assad two years ago. The attacks in the predominantly Christian town of Suqaylabiyah in Hama province are the latest to target members of Syria’s Christian minority, many of whom have left the country since the conflict began 15 years ago, leaving half a million people dead and the population deeply divided. There was no immediate word on casualties in the attacks...

Identical twins who had sex with the same woman within four days of each other can’t know for sure who fathered her child, a UK court ruled recently. Only one of the brothers can be listed on the birth certificate for the child, but right now it is “not possible” to confirm who the biological parent is, the Court of Appeals in London said, according to reports. The baby’s mother and one of the twins sought court intervention to grant him parental responsibility after the other brother was registered as the tot’s father on the paperwork based on a past...