Free Republic

After reading a “guidance reminder” posted last week by NPR, it’s become even more obvious why those in favor of abortion and those opposed to it are increasingly at odds with one another. Mark Memmott, supervising senior editor of standards and practices for NPR, put together the guide after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed into law the most stringently pro-life legislation in the country and not long after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill into law barring abortion after a heartbeat is detectable, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy. The style guide makes one thing...

<p>A 69-year-old disabled woman working at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) repeatedly reported harassment from her coworkers to her superiors, linked to her support for President Donald Trump. Instead of investigating her concerns, someone at the agency reported her for a violation of the Hatch Act.</p>

The loss of ARM will take a long time to impact Huawei but if it ever takes effect, it is likely to have the most devastating impact on Huawei’s business. The ARM processor family has become one of the most central and fundamental pieces of technology in any device that is not either a PC or a data centre. Almost every smartphone, feature phone, tablet or wearable uses one or more arm processors and Huawei has been pursuing its own chipset designs. The aim is to become more self-sufficient and to rely less on silicon procured from Qualcomm, MediaTek, Broadcom...

Obstruction of Justice? Hillary is the undisputed world champ! How many thousands of emails did she destroy, hide or otherwise attempt to withhold to avoid prosecution? How many computer drives, handheld devices, other computer media did she destroy? How did she undermine our country's security through her deliberate use of unsecured networks and systems? Investigate HER! Collusion? Conspiracy? Where did Obama get the cash to pay Iran to get them to sign the nuclear treaty? Investigate HIM! What about Biden & Son's dealings with Iran and China? Investigate THEM! Add your own examples below:

Changes include: making it easier for small businesses to band together to offer 401(k) plans, requiring businesses to let long-term, part-time workers become eligible for retirement benefits and repealing the maximum age for making contributions to traditional individual retirement accounts (right now, that’s 70½). It also would raise the age when required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from certain retirement accounts must start to age 72, from 70½, along with making changes to allow more annuities to be offered in 401(k) plans. ...it will now head to the Senate, where a similar bill has yet to be voted out of committee....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is suggesting an "intervention" with President Donald Trump after he vowed to not work with Congress unless Democrats stop investigating him. The California Democrat described a pattern of "stunts" by Trump to change the subject amid the investigations and unflattering news about him. On Wednesday, Trump stalked out of a meeting with Democrats that had been set up to talk about how to pay for a $2 trillion package to repair the nation's roads and bridges.

If conservatives think dealing with Google is hard from the outside, they should try coping with its “outrage mobs and witch hunts” from the inside, a Google employee writes in an expansive indictment of the tech giant’s corporate culture. Mike Wacker, a Google software engineer and self-identified Republican, took to Medium on Tuesday and posted an expansive and detailed picture of the troubles facing a conservative trying to survive life inside Google. The post does more than give a glimpse into a hostile corporate culture. Wacker drew a connection between the hostility to conservatives he has experienced to the extensive...

Pregnant Mexican national Isabel Lopez waits at BP checkpoint near Nogales, AZ by Brian Hayes For the first time ever, Border Patrol officers are returning pregnant migrants to Mexico -- most of them crossing the border in their 8th and 9th months of pregnancy -- and the media and Democrats are absolutely livid over it. Under the headline, “Pregnant women, other vulnerable asylum seekers are returned to Mexico to await hearings,” the Los Angeles Times described how President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy is reducing the ability of adventurous migrants to give birth in the United States: When Enma Hernandez crossed the...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a bill Tuesday that, if enacted, would call for sanctions[...] over the mass imprisonment of potentially millions of Muslims in concentration camps in eastern Xinjiang province. [...] building hundreds of “re-eduation centers” that it claims are “vocational training” facilities for Uighurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other minorities. [...] “concentration camps” – locations where they are taken by force to learn Mandarin, renouncing their Muslim faith, memorize communist propaganda songs, and engage in slave labor. Survivors report the widespread use of torture, including electroshock and sleep deprivation, [...] killing. Up to 3 million Muslims and others...

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to adopt a permanent ban on earmarks, in a move that signals as long as the GOP controls the chamber the practice of pork-barrel spending won’t return. A ban had been adopted every Congress since House Republicans imposed it after taking the majority in that chamber in 2011, but it needed to be renewed every two years. Sen. Ben Sasse said it was time for the GOP to make the ban permanent. “The last thing taxpayers need is for the same politicians who racked up a $22 trillion national debt to go on an earmark binge,”...

Fox News' Sean Hannity didn't mince words Wednesday, calling out House Speaker Nancy's Pelosi for her accusation that President Trump "engaged in a cover-up," calling the speaker a figurehead who answers to radical elements in her party led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the "real speaker of the House." "Covering up exactly what, Speaker Pelosi? What is the president of the United States covering up? Investigations from the FBI, [Special Counsel] Bob Mueller, House Intel Committee, bipartisan Senate panel, on the same Russia collusion lie, all cleared the president," Hannity said. "Speaker Pelosi -- by the way, she is only...

<p>CHICAGO, Illinois, May 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The parish bulletin of Holy Name Cathedral in the Chicago archdiocese advertised that a group of parishioners is getting together to watch the pornographic film Rocketman.</p> <p>Father Greg Sakowicz serves as rector of the cathedral, which is the see of Cardinal Blase Cupich. The bulletin of the parish he serves lists a number of different activities involving parishioners, including a Shabbat service at a Chicago synagogue, a book group, “Centering Prayer,” and an “Afternoon Movie Group.”</p>

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attacked conservative people on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday over their advocacy for pro-life stances on abortion."I rise today to defy the horrifying attacks happening against women's reproductive rights all across this country," Omar began."Religious fundamentalists are currently trying to manipulate state laws in order to impose their beliefs on an entire society, all with complete disregard for voices and the rights of American women."[snip]Omar continued by highlighting other measures across the U.S., saying that if they were happening anywhere else on Earth that they would be considered "a dangerous violation of...

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan embarks Tuesday, May. 28 to visit Hawaii, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo. In Singapore, Secretary Shanahan will attend the Shangri La Dialogue where he will meet with key leaders from the region and announce the Department of Defense’s new strategy for the Indo-Asia Pacific. Throughout his trip, Secretary Shanahan will meet with key leaders to reaffirm defense relationships and conduct bilateral and multilateral meetings with senior officials.

Lori Rodriguez, a 27-year-old communications professional in New York City, is not saving for retirement, and it isn’t necessarily because she can’t afford to — it’s because she doesn’t expect it to matter. Like many people her age, Rodriguez believes climate change will have catastrophic effects on our planet. Some 88% of millennials — a higher percentage than any other age group — accept that climate change is happening, and 69% say it will impact them in their lifetimes. Engulfed in a constant barrage of depressing news stories, many young people are skeptical about saving for an uncertain future. “I...

Anyone else getting this email garbage from the DNC and team Pelosi...LMAO? Not sure how they got my email address as I've been a registered republican my entire life and I'm 57y/o. Aren't you glad their accomplishments listed below have improved your life? They've drastically changed mine. /s/ ********** Subject: [External] [BULK] Re: Trump's temper tantrum this morning Date: 22 May 2019 14:04 (GMT -07:00) ** Nancy Pelosi :: Speaker of the House ** Donald Trump walked out of Nancy's meeting this morning after only a few minutes, refusing to work together on issues that are important to the country....

An Illinois judge on Thursday ordered "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's criminal case file unsealed, setting up the release of a wealth of information surrounding the controversial -- and often confusing -- case. The decision came months after Cook County prosecutors dropped charges alleging that the “Empire” actor staged a hate crime attack on himself. Cook County judge Steven G. Watkins vacated the sealing order on Smollett's docs. When the state attorney asked whether they could have more time to redact personal information, Watkins said "act as if the documents were never sealed in the first place."

One of the New York City teens wanted in connection with Saturday's brutal assault of an FDNY firefighter was arrested early Thursday morning, the NYPD officials confirmed to Fox News. Damir Johnson, 17, was charged with one count of second-degree assault after police identified him as a member of the group that assaulted the firefighter, leaving that man with several broken teeth and a concussion. Cops released an image on Wednesday of the six suspects, but they didn't immediately identify which of the teens in the picture was Johnson. Saturday's incident began when the unidentified 38-year-old firefighter, traveling on East...

As Wall Street analysts worry that demand for Tesla vehicles is waning, CEO Elon Musk told employees that the company has received more than 50,000 new orders this quarter. That number was disclosed to all Tesla employees in an email sent late Wednesday, a copy of which was viewed and confirmed authentic by Business Insider. Musk also added that the company could surpass its vehicle delivery record of 90,700 which it set in the fourth quarter of 2018.

It is a remarkable thing that the U.K. and Irish parliaments were able to hypnotize themselves and pass climate emergency legislation when the southern half of the planet has not warmed at all in 120 years. For example, this record of Cape Leeuwin (courtesy of Erl Happ), on the southwest corner of the Australian landmass, shows recent January mean maximum temperature back below the 120 average: The U.K. and Irish parliaments were able to work themselves up into a lather over climate even though parts of the northern hemisphere set new cold records this last winter. A spike in food...