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"A libertarian interpretation” of the First Amendment is responsible for more “violent hate crime” in the United States than terrorism, a former Federal Election Commission chair claimed Thursday. “The libertarian interpretation of the 1st Amendment has permitted a huge spike in violent hate crimes in the US – many more than foreign attacks,” former FEC Chair Ann Ravel wrote on Twitter. el linked to a story noting a statistic from the left-leaning Anti-Defamation League, which found that 78% of the 50 U.S. murders related to extremism in 2018 were carried out by white supremacists. The story also noted the FBI...

The “Donald Trump/Mike Pence Prayer Vigil” and “Heroes and Nation Prayer Thread” have combined to form the AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL prayer thread! Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for our President and Vice President and for AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence 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. America the Beautiful Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD… Psalm 33:12 (NIV) ----

Julianna Margulies did not hold back her feelings about the moves that several states have made to outlaw abortion during an interview Thursday with Verizon Media's own BUILD Series in New York City. "Old white men telling women what they can do with their bodies is repulsive, and it’s abhorrent,” the former star of The Good Wife said. She cited Alabama lawmakers’ decision earlier this month to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. “I don’t even… I can’t. Are we going back to the Middle Ages?” Margulies, who was promoting her upcoming National Geographic mini-series The Hot...

It’s happy hour in Dublin and the drinks are flowing, but in Ireland’s first “dry pub” patrons are forgoing Guinness and whiskey for non-boozy beers and zero percent wine. The Virgin Mary, which opened this month, bucks the trend in a city where nightlife is fueled by stout and spirits, offering a menu of entirely non-alcoholic beverages. Thronging with customers within minutes of opening one weekday afternoon, its popularity is viewed by its owners as a sign that hard-drinking Ireland may be changing its ways. […] Like many other countries, Ireland is currently in the midst of a wellness craze...

Radical Pro-Abortion Feminists Can't Get Laid! | The Nick Di Paolo Show Angry, pro-abortion, far Left, radical, feminists took to the streets this week during the #StopTheBans rally to protest "heart beat Bills" being passed in multiple states. Nick Di Paolo unloads on the unlovable nature of these animals. ***VIDEO IS LESS THAN 5 MINUTES LONG AND WARNING LANGUAGE!!!!***

The Circus Comes to Austin Kaitlin Bennett visits the circus in Austin, Texas. **VIDEO IS 15 MINUTES LONG, WARNING THE USUALLY CLASSINESS FROM THE LEFT***

ROME, May 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The Chinese government is harvesting organs from prisoners while they are still alive to supply its lucrative organ transplant industry, a leading expert on China has told LifeSiteNews. He is therefore calling on the Vatican to speak out. Steven Mosher, founder and president of the Population Research Institute, sat down for an interview in Rome this week with LifeSiteNews editor-in-chief John-Henry Westen (see full video below). Westen spoke with Mosher at the May 20-21 John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family conference on “Brain Death: A Medicolegal Construct: Scientific & Philosophical...

A majority in Brazil's Supreme Court has voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes. Six out of 11 judges voted to consider discrimination against gays and transgender people equivalent to racism. The decision will give the community, which suffers constant attacks, real protection, activists say. At least 141 LGBT people have been killed in Brazil this year, according to rights group Grupo Gay da Bahia. The Catholic Church and the evangelical movement are frequently critical of gay rights and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, elected last year with strong support of conservative voters, is a self-described homophobic. "Homophobic crimes...

FFor months, the European Union’s leaders have waged a fierce battle against Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. They have accused him of targeting minorities and opposition media, and threatened to withdraw Hungary’s voting rights in the E.U. Parliament, and to eject permanently members of Orbán’s far-right Fidesz party from the biggest political grouping in the legislative body in Brussels. Yet none of that has succeeded in softening Orbán’s views — far from it. As his campaign has ramped up for this week’s crucial E.U. Parliament elections, so has his hardline rhetoric — especially his opposition to migrants coming to Europe....

"Lastly, CTH doesn’t traffic in ‘hope-porn’..." This is what EXACTLY what CNN/Maddow do. Let's pile on with this term to "Crazy Pelosi". Because this is what 'they' are all doing, absent true substance. Finally, we have a "name". Hope Porn.

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The former Smiths frontman has become an increasingly controversial figure in recent years for a string of remarks and his support for the far right. He voiced support for EDL founder Tommy Robinson in the wake of his sentencing for contempt of court, saying: “It’s very obvious that Labour or the Tories do not believe in free speech … I mean, look at the shocking treatment of Tommy Robinson.” He described halal meat preparation as evil and “requires certification that can only be given by supporters of Isis”

The curtains were…closed? Ok, now it’s all beginning to make “sense.” From “Russian collusion,” to “obstruction of justice,” and now: cover-up! Yes folks, the WH windows were covered up with curtains! POTUS needs to be impeached for covering up…the windows! Or something.

Donald Trump singled out four of his challengers for ridicule on Tuesday, mocking Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O’Rourke and Bernie Sanders and predicting one of them will win the 2020 Democratic nomination. ‘Boy, you got some beauties there!’ he said during a speech in Louisiana about energy infrastructure. ‘Three hundred and fifty million people and that’s the best we can do?’ ‘It’s going to be one of these people,’ he said. So far 23 different Democratic White House hopefuls have declared their candidacies. He poked fun at O’Rourke for quickly losing what a month ago looked like juggernaut momentum....

Moscow, May 23, Interfax - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov at a meeting with the delegation of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America has called for preserving Christian communities' significant role in the Middle East countries. Bogdanov received the delegation led by Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America Joseph on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "The Russian side reaffirmed its unwavering support to preserving Christian communities' tangible historical role in Middle Eastern societies based on the peaceful coexistence and fruitful cooperation with...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is urging China’s divided Catholic community to come together in communion, as he seeks to heal decades of estrangement following a landmark deal with Beijing over bishop nominations. Francis made a special appeal at the end of his weekly audience Wednesday, noting that May 24 is a feast day in China dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Fellow freepers... I'm sure many of you reading this have never seen a post from me before. My daily schedule is such that I am only able to check the FR forum sporadically, and most of the time, I'm just lurking in the threads enjoying what little free time I have. The purpose of this post is simple... I need your prayers. I've been through a lot in my life, but 2019 has so far been a living nightmare. My wonderful wife and son are right by my side... And we have faced hardship after hardship all year long. I'm...

The Keene-area child believed to be infected with measles was probably experiencing a reaction from the measles vaccine, and the public is not at risk of a measles outbreak, state health officials said. Earlier this week, state officials said that the child had visited a church and school in the Keene area and warned that those near the child were at risk of exposure. It was New Hampshire’s only supposed case of measles, and the news piggybacked on outbreaks in New York and California, where health officials blamed parents who did not immunize children against the disease...

A Movement of Conspiracy Theories They’re destroying the planet. They’re hoarding all the wealth. They killed JFK. May 21, 2019 Daniel Greenfield 82FrontPage comments Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Every movement has a mission statement. “Make America Great Again” is the conservative one. (It’s the “Again” part that makes it conservative.) The enemies of making America great have one too. If the radicals had red hats, they would say, “They’re Out To Get You.” TOTGY has been the leftist motto since...

Just a video of a Fox News segment.