When I couldn’t get anything but a blank screen when I went to freerepublic.com - I went over to drudgereport.com and clicked on the Free Republic link there. That took me to page one of Free Republic where I saw JimRob’s note about the FR server being down hard. There was a link there to Free Republic’s facebook page. I went there and read more from JimRob about what was going on plus some comments there by Freepers. So, at least, I knew what was going on.
Facebook wants me to log on before I can view the Free Republic Facebook group page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/26012226159/.
I don't use Facebook and don't want to use Facebook, but maybe I'll change my mind.