Free Republic

... The 13-year-old girl took to Instagram to share her inspiring interview with Michelle.... Zaya, who came out as transgender at 12, hid her nervousness in a fashionable black dress. Zaya looked starstruck, looking at Michelle, the first-ever African-American first lady. Throughout their interview, Zaya asked the 56-year-old lawyer...

Answering questions from his audience on Zoom at a Likud event on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of two reasons four Arab states normalized ties with Israel in the past year, and more want to join them: the economic advantages of cooperating, and shared security aims. Netanyahu referred to his 2015 speech before both houses of the US Congress against the Iran deal: “During the speech, during the live broadcast, senior people from the Arab world called my people – I was still speaking – and they said: ‘We cannot believe what we are seeing... the daring of the...

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemLambs, Sheep, and Shepherds Psalm 79:1313 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.New International Version (NIV)(End of Scripture Passage) We are the "Sheep of His Pasture."New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

His desperate desire to keep his job might explain why we saw Chris Harrison, once a self-assured and respectable man, prostrate at the feet of the woke police, begging for forgiveness and employment.Chris Harrison has spoken. Weeks after his departure from “The Bachelor” over controversial comments, the longtime host broke his silence in an exclusive interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America”. But it left us with more questions than answers and underscored just how egregious the whole incident was and continues to be. Harrison, who has become synonymous with “The Bachelor” franchise after hosting every season of it...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said that “there is no place for racist imagery” when asked to respond to the ongoing controversy about Dr. Seuss, whom the city has honored in the past. The company that handles Dr. Seuss’s books withdrew six of his books from publication this week over concerns about early caricatures, and the left has been critical of Dr. Seuss for preaching racial tolerance without concern for “structural power imbalances.”

Every year, the House Democrat Caucus holds an Issues Conference in the early spring, and this year was the same save for one glaring difference. Thanks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this year’s conference turned into a stunningly sycophantic and horrifyingly cringe ode to President Joe Biden. During the Speaker’s remarks, after being introduced by Congresswoman Angie Craig of Minnesota, she told a strange story about her grandchildren and Joe Biden. Pelosi remarked that her 4 and 5-year-old grandsons were “longtime friends of Joe Biden” and that they “love him.” Pelosi said she was taking the children to see Biden...

SN10 on the padSpaceX SpaceX has made a miraculous first landing of its Starship spacecraft, a momentous step forward in the company's ambitions to reach the Moon and Mars. The landmark test flight follows less successful attempts in which earlier Starship prototypes exploded on touchdown, demonstrating a groundbreaking landing technique unique for a vehicle of its size. The 10th prototype of SpaceX's Starship in flight - SpaceX SpaceX's Starship program has continued at a rapid rate, with the company progressing from the first prototype reveal in January 2019 to the sub-orbital test flights of prototypes eight and nine in December...

Jason Kilar, the CEO of CNN's parent company WarnerMedia, has apologized after he said at a conference that the COVID-19 pandemic is 'really good for ratings.' Kilar made his comments during his keynote address at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media and Telecom Conference and apologized after he was called out on Twitter by the Wall Street Journal's Joe Flint. 'It turns out the pandemic is a pretty big part of the news cycle and that's not going away any time soon,' Kilar said during the conference. He continued: 'If you take a look at the ratings and the performance, it's going...

As federal law enforcement agencies braced for QAnon conspiracy theorists to engage in potential acts of violence on Thursday, leading affiliates of the far-right extremist movement seemed to amend formerly held beliefs about the significance of March 4. QAnon, a viral set of online conspiracy theories pushed predominantly by followers of former president Donald Trump, gained widespread notoriety ahead of the most recent general election. Supporters believe a range of false conspiracies, whose overarching theme alleges that distinguished Democrats belong to a secret, global network of sex traffickers and Satan worshipers that Trump was appointed to disband.

During an investor conference Thursday, Lachlan Murdoch predicted that his Fox News Network would be the big ratings winner with President Joe Biden in the White House. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says his Fox News Network will be the big ratings winner while President Joe Biden is in the White House. "The main beneficiary of the Trump administration from a ratings point of view was MSNBC. That's because they were the loyal opposition," Murdoch told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference during a virtual session that was webcast on Thursday. "That's what our job is now with...

Walter Gretzky, the ultimate Canadian hockey dad who taught and nurtured the Great One, has died. He was 82. The father of Wayne Gretzky became a name himself, a constant in Wayne’s world. As Wayne’s star ascended, Walter remained a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them. Wayne Gretzky confirmed his father’s death on Thursday night with a social media post. “It’s with deep sadness that Janet and I share the news of the passing of my dad,” said Wayne. “He bravely battled Parkinson’s and other health issues these last few years, but he...

... Even though 90% of Americans live within 3 miles of chain pharmacies, there are many others who live in so-called food and health care deserts, without a single grocery store or pharmacy in close range. According to ABC News' analysis of pharmacy locations across the country, there are 150 counties where there is no pharmacy, and nearly 4.8 million people live in a county where there's only one pharmacy for every 10,000 residents or more. The drugstore disparity is particularly significant in majority-nonwhite rural neighborhoods, where there is on average one pharmacy per 9,888 people, compared to one pharmacy...

Fox News will serve as the 'loyal opposition' to Joe Biden, CEO Lachlan Murdoch has announced - adding that the move was designed to boost their ratings. In what was seen as the most frank assessment of the network to date, Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, said that the network would hold the new president to account. Speaking on Thursday at a Morgan Stanley conference, the 49-year-old said that Fox News was aiming to echo MSNBC's success in acting as the main White House critic. 'The main beneficiary of the Trump administration from a ratings point of view...

Cartels and smuggling networks on the U.S.-Mexico border are growing more sophisticated, bracing for a historic surge of illegal immigration this spring.Cartels and smuggling networks on the U.S.-Mexico border are growing more sophisticated, bracing for a historic surge of illegal immigration this spring. WATCH: Evidence Of Cartels' Wristband ‘Inventory System’ For Illegal ImmigrantsThe bands are put on migrants’ left wrist at stash houses in Mexico, just across the border, before the groups come into the U.S., Jones told The Federalist. The bands all have numbers linked to a database of personal information: name, phone number, destination in the U.S., and...

It’s just the flu, bro. Even more of “experts say”: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/02/17/covid-19-likely-become-endemic-experts-say-heres-what-means/4487953001/ Experts say Coronavirus to become endemic and never go away. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-aud-nw-nyt-coronavirus-vaccine-masks-20210304-ac3k6x6psvdo3d6c476n5lis6q-story.html Experts say that you must wear your mask after getting the vaccine. https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2021/03/why-are-covid-19-cases-down-experts-say-rise-and-fall-depends-on-cycle-of-following-guidelines.html Experts say that the rise and fall of cases is a function of how closely Coronavirus’ guidelines are followed. When will there be an article that says that experts say that experts don’t n is what they are talking about? Of the 3 items above the only one that might make any sense is that Coronavirus might become endemic. Endemic viruses clash hard with the...

Orwellian Media Phrase: “Legally Registered” A phrase commonly found in news articles about self-defense with a firearm is “legally registered”. It is a bizarre phrase because the requirement to register guns is quite rare in the United States. In an article published on 21 February 2021, concerning an incident in Pennsylvania, bold added:“Because if he was getting into my house, I probably would have done the same thing if I had a gun,” neighbor Robert Gonzalez said. “I’m just going to do things a lot safer, look out for myself. Make sure whoever comes, got a look, look at his...

Ladies and Germs...Introducing...The Official Friday Silliness Thread...the Son of OFST!!!--------------------------So, this thread had taken a sabbatical...but we're BACK!!!!With a Sleepy Joe Biden administration, we will need (and get) all the silliness we can handle!Here we go...let's give this a try---------------A stranded motorist knocked on the door of an inn named “St George and the Dragon.” “Could you spare a poor stranded motorist a bite to eat?” he asked the woman who answered the door. “No!” she screamed, slamming the door. A few seconds later he knocked again. The same woman answered the door. “Could I please have a bite to...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will likely approve more than $100 million in permanent housing for low-income residents. At their Tuesday meeting, supervisors will consider approving five housing complexes that would total to 566 new units and house roughly 2,100 people. “This is our ‘all in’ program meaning we’re going to make sure we get our homeless community housed, and those who are also in high need of housing,” Chavez said in front of a potential site in Alum Rock on Monday. The funding will come from a 2016 Measure A housing bond passed by voters authorizing the...

A combined $1.3 million will go toward three developments in Bend that will create more than 400 units of affordable housing. Bend City Council this week approved $1.3 million that will go toward three new affordable housing developments. The projects will create more than 400 units of affordable housing in the coming years. Bend remains among Oregon’s fastest-growing cities, which has contributed to a housing shortage in recent years. The city doesn’t have enough available housing, particularly for low- and middle-income people, nor does it have adequate shelter space and transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness. Continued population growth makes...

No, conference goers didn't gather to spread conspiracy theories. No, they didn't bow down to a golden statue of Trump. And no, the stage wasn't designed to pay homage to Nazi symbology. Fascism, a form of big government, is hated among conservatives. Outsiders in the mainstream media really piled on the hate. "There will be no policy debates," claimed an MSNBC opinion columnist. That's false. The truth, it seems, was of no value in reporting on this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Among speeches from high-profile Republicans were dozens of panels and debates on a broad spectrum of policy...