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Three of 15 Irish citizens held by Israel after it intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla returned to Dublin Airport before midnight. Thomas McCune, Sarah Clancy and Donna Schwartz were welcomed at the airport by family, friends and supporters. They were given a change of clothes, rehydration packs, water and essential medications when they arrived. The 15 Irish left Tel Aviv for Athens in Greece yesterday. […] Niamh MacNamara, coordinator with Global Movement to Gaza Éire, said the Irish Government’s “inaction” had “directly led to this situation, ordinary Irish citizens forced to risk their lives because leaders refused to act”. She...

Magnesium depletion is associated with an increased risk for overactive bladder (OAB), according to a study. Hege Bian and colleagues examined whether magnesium depletion is associated with OAB symptoms among U.S. adults. Data were included from 28,621 participants aged 20 to 80 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005 to 2018. The researchers found that a higher magnesium depletion score (MgDS) was significantly associated with an increased risk for OAB, with 9% higher odds of OAB for each 1-point increase in MgDS in the fully adjusted model (odds ratio, 1.09). Individuals in the middle and high MgDS...

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) confirmed Sunday that 400 Texas National Guard soldiers will be deployed to Illinois and other sanctuary states under a federal directive from President Trump, igniting a fierce interstate clash. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) denounced the move as “Trump’s Invasion” and called for immediate withdrawal. Governor Abbott confirmed a plan by President Trump to send Texas Army National Guard soldiers to Illinois and other parts of the country to protect federal law enforcement officials. The move, confirmed by Abbott in a social media post on Sunday, drew criticism from Illinois Governor Pritzker, who asked Abbott...

The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform. The Insurrection Act needs a major overhaul. Originally enacted in 1792, the law grants the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military domestically and use it against Americans under certain conditions. While there are rare circumstances in which such authority might be necessary, the law, which has not been meaningfully updated in over 150 years, is dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse. More on Domestic Deployment of the Military >> What is the...

🚨 BREAKING: Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd goes BERSERK on Chicago PD for abandoning federal agents after a terror attack this weekend. 🔥 "Let me say this, for other law enforcement leaders across this state and nation: you need to be standing UP saying the SAME EXACT THING that I am. Because when you have a breakdown of the rule of law, when you allow anarchist criminals to take over the streets and attack law enforcement officers and then not send them help? That's a slippery slope, a REAL slippery slope." "Let me give you the antithesis of this....

A U.K. member of Parliament has called for the reinstatement of a nurse who was suspended for correctly using male pronouns for a convicted pedophile. The case involves allegations of religious discrimination, racial abuse and institutional bias within the National Health Service. Claire Coutinho, the shadow equalities minister and Conservative MP for East Surrey, last week met with nurse Jennifer Melle at Westminster to discuss the disciplinary action taken against her, the conservative group Christian Concern reported. Coutinho said she would write to the chief executive of the Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, as well as to...

Days after the man who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was given a light sentence, police arrested a 41-year-old man on bomb charges after he showed up to a mass traditionally attended by Supreme Court justices to mark the beginning of the high court’s annual term.According to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, authorities “engaged an individual who set up a tent on the steps” of Saint Matthew’s Cathedral ahead of the Red Mass. Louis Geri refused to vacate the premises and was arrested. During the arrest, “officers observed multiple suspicious items, including vials of liquid and...

At the beginning of September, I told you how French President Emmanuel Macron was on the hunt for Prime Minister Number Four after yet another French government went le poof like a deflated soufflé.It's always entertaining to watch the turgid burps of the excitable Gallic political process as they go about trying to form and reform governments, with cranky citizens (and others) taking to the streets in rowdy, car-b-quing mobs expressing either their delight or disgust. Public unions often join the fray in generally making things even more difficult by striking various aspects of the national service industries.Macron settled on...

This home is locked, loaded — and listed. Luxury homes often come with pools, spas or screening rooms. This $8.95 million estate in Warren Township, New Jersey, comes with all of that — and a 75-foot indoor shooting range. The 26-room residence at 4 Mason Hill, completed in 2020 on a 7-acre parcel, was custom-built by its current owners, who are now relocating out of state, according to NJ.com. Designed by architect Jeffrey A. Beer, the 11,000-square-foot home combines contemporary architecture with resort-style amenities, from dual outdoor kitchens to a multimillion-dollar movie theater. But it’s that one quirky amenity that...

Norberto Celerino, 53, of Stockton, is charged with six counts of murder after a Sept. 7 Napa County crash that killed six farmworkers in Pope Valley. Federal officials said Celerino, also known by several aliases, had been deported multiple times. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office rejected ICE’s claims blaming California’s sanctuary laws for the crash, calling the accusation false and politically motivated.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has slammed Donald Trump as travelers in Los Angeles brace for chaos and major delays to flights due to the government shutdown.The Federal Aviation Authority on Monday warned air traffic control towers at Hollywood Burbank Airport would be unmanned until at least 10pm local time.Newsom blamed the lack of staffing on the government shutdown and hammered Trump on X. 'Thanks, @realDonaldTrump! Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown,' the California governor wrote. The White House, when asked for comment by The Daily Mail, sent an automatic...

We highlight the flourishing Catholic community life in Phoenix, Arizona — Erik Rosales takes us there.

oin with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the c onfidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the...

Japan is still in many ways a traditionalist – not to say a sexist – society. But the times they are a changing, and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have just chosen Sanae Takaichi as its leader, which means that she will become the country’s first ever female Prime Minister, and it’s most stridently right-wing one. Takaichi, 64, revels in the nickname the “Iron Lady” and is a hardline patriotic right-winger who is an avowed admirer of the original Iron Lady – Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who Takaichi has cited as her role model. She was elected...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Campbell, KentuckyFort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Campbell is home to the 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The fort is named in honor of Union Army Brigadier General William Bowen Campbell.The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army specializing in air assault operations. The 101st Airborne can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operations to seize key...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo’s scandalous abortion remarks could help Democrats: here’s howFor decades faithful American clergy and lay groups have fought to ensure that abortion is considered a preeminent moral evil. Pope Leo's comments effectively undo all of that.While a handful of Catholics on social media seem to be downplaying Pope Leo’s scandalous remarks about abortion and immigration, the sad reality is that his comments will actually have far-reaching consequences that will enable pro-abortion politicians in the U.S. continuing to promote their diabolical agenda.For decades faithful clergy and Catholic lay groups have fought to ensure that abortion is considered a...

It's been quite a while since I've done one of these, but here it goes: As of October 2025, Democrats in the Senate are using the filibuster to block a Republican bill that would temporarily fund the government, triggering a government shutdown. This is meant to pressure Republicans to negotiate on health care and other policy demands. Given that Republicans control both the White House and Congress, Democrats are using the filibuster to provide them a measure of leverage in budget negotiations. Democrats are demanding an extension of enhanced subsidies for health care plans under the ACA, aka "ObamaCare" which...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cognizant and eight other major corporations have been questioned by U.S. Senators for filing thousands of H-1B skilled labour visa petitions after conducting "mass layoffs" of American employees. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and ranking member Richard Durbin have also questioned Amazon, Apple, Deloitte, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, Microsoft, and Walmart, asking them for details on their hiring and recruitment practices as well as any variation in salary and benefits between H-1B visa holders and American employees. The Senators said their "inquiry" comes at a time when the unemployment rate in America’s tech sector is...