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In late November, a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee met to discuss Trump’s proposal to withdraw troops in Afghanistan. Out of the 57 members present, only Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida recommended a full withdrawal from the country, stating that “...the corruption in Afghanistan is unsolvable, the war in unwinnable, and the strategy is undecipherable.” A Joe Biden-authorized air-strike in Syria this February drew widespread praise from multiple GOP officials, including Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Jim Inhofe, and Rep. Mike McCaul. Meanwhile, critics of the strike included Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Nancy...

On Earth Day 2021 — on Thursday, April 22 — climate activist Greta Thunberg will testify before Congress during a special hearing dedicated to conservation and climate change initiatives. Politico reports that Thunberg, aged 18, will testify before a House Oversight Committee panel within the hearing “The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis.” The hearing will be led by the Oversight Environmental Subcommittee Chair Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) The subcommittee has jurisdiction over climate change, environmental protection, public lands, endangered species, air and water quality, international accords, energy policy and research, among other relevant topics....

It’s just the flu, bro. https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-indian-double-mutation-variant-arrives-in-britain-and-has-hallmarks-of-very-dangerous-virus-12276922 Indian double mutant strain hits Great Britain! Run for the hills! - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3951227/posts Universities are putting up barriers to exercise due to the Coronavirus, even though exercise and fitness is protective against Coronavirus. - https://www.westernjournal.com/desantis-get-vaccine-still-cant-act-like-immune-point/ Desantis says what’s the point of the vaccine if you won’t act immune. The odds of getting Coronavirus are low if you are vaccinated, and if you do happen to contract Coronavirus then the symptoms will be less. So why act like the bubonic plague is with us if the coronavirus is as “deadly” as the common cold vaccinated...

When I was young, Americans prided themselves in being part of the "great melting pot" — good times. People from diverse cultures throughout the world could come here and become full-fledged Americans. Our constitution provided a framework for anyone to become successful. All that was required was determination and hard work. In achieving the American dream, our forefathers shed their ancestral heritages and became enthusiastic Americans — and that was something to be proud of. But we don't melt anymore. Now we categorize. I blame it on the diversity movement. The diversity movement was initiated by a number of universities...

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Ida B. Wells, born into slavery in 1862 and orphaned at 16, rose to fame as a journalist by shining light on things we didn't want to see — in particular, the horror of lynching. Five thousand Americans were lynched over 90 years, three quarters of them black. The numbers don't account for the notoriety of the practice; rather, the demonic zeal of its practitioners does. Even reading about it will turn your stomach. Do not look at the photos they displayed with pride of charred bodies. Lynch mobs spread terror among non-white people and those who would defend the...

Currently, the Democrats’ arrogance means that they're blind to the possible consequences of their actions, and we’re just hoping for the best. Every once in a while, we all need to have moments of self-doubt. To be humbled by a reminder that no, we don’t know it all. That maybe we don’t know much at all. That the things we are sure of are as transient as life itself. I envy people with deep religious faith, who are certain about their rules and promises of their faith. I’m never certain, just hopeful because the alternative is too grim. Without humility,...

For months, the big tech overlords have indulged in censorship to a degree unseen in American history. Mostly, they have feebly tried to justify their censorship under the guise of preventing the spread of so-called misinformation. Whatever that means.However, more and more, they are censoring content that has absolutely nothing to do with possible misinformation but everything to do with protecting their preferred political ideology.Case in point: Twitter and Facebook have taken it upon themselves to prevent the American public from its right to know that Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors has purchased multiple mansions over the past few...

The very politicians who are adamantly against laws that would require voters to present any type of I.D. to vote for them, want to pass a law that would grant them access to the personal information of anyone who might wish to see them removed from office. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, and his friends in government, are upset that the state’s electorate might be acting up and engaging in representative democracy. More than two million citizens of the formerly Golden State have thus far exercised their right and signed a petition to recall the tyrannical and hypocritical Governor. This...

This is a chart of the Nasdaq Composite Index over the last 20 years. It shows a phenomenal rise in the Nasdaq. Perhaps some Free Republic investors can provide insight as to how this is going to play out going forward. Click here for 20 year Nasdaq chart.

Obama recently said that we need to “re-imagine policing.” Without getting into whatever he meant by that, re-imagining policing would be a waste of time, effort, and money, which is always a major part of any Democrat “solution.” Why? Because what we need, instead, is to re-imagine behavior, especially in certain cultures. The left constantly preaches victimhood. If a person falls into a leftist victim class, it’s always somebody else’s fault. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Young people are not only being told this repeatedly, but many, especially in the inner cities, are taught to fear, disrespect, or even hate...

In case you missed the explosion, no worry. You may still be hearing its echoes and reverberations for a long time. This past week, reports within and outside Iran have confirmed a massive explosion deep underground at the Iranian Natanz nuclear facility. Iran claims that Natanz and other facilities like it are just for civilian, nuclear energy use, which they declare is their right. But successful foreign intelligence operations, as well as their own announcement that they will begin enriching uranium to 60%, leave no doubt that their intent is militaristic, and malicious. All this comes in context of a...

From the media’s response to the vaccinated Cruz’s decision, you’d think that he had a full-blown infection and had coughed in an old lady’s face. The vaccine was promised to the American public as a way to return to normal. It has become clear, though, that leftists, from the Biden administration, to Fauci, to every media talking head, do not want a return to normal. They like seeing people’s individuality erased and, most importantly, to see them fearful, for fear feeds into government control. That may explain why the entire leftist media establishment collapsed in a collective fainting fit when...

“It was 60 years ago this week that an uncertain new president launched an ill-conceived military venture of astonishing naivety (italics mine)…1,400 U.S.-trained Cuban exiles would land at the Bay of Pigs…It was an unmitigated disaster…Kennedy had learned the hard way not to blindly trust the advice of his decorated military and intelligence chiefs," wrote Beltway media stalwart and former Democrat White House official Lawrence Hass in The Hill.And yet again, rather than go through the trouble of concocting their own propaganda, communist Cuba’s KGB-founded and mentored media simply transcribed the U.S. beltway media….Think I exaggerate?“It was 60 years ago...

A data breach at a Christian crowdfunding website has revealed that serving police officers and public officials have donated money to fundraisers for accused vigilante murderers, far-right activists, and fellow officers accused of shooting black Americans. In many of these cases, the donations were attached to their official email addresses, raising questions about the use of public resources in supporting such campaigns. The breach, shared with journalists by transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, revealed the details of some donors who had previously attempted to conceal their identities using GiveSendGo’s anonymity feature, but whose identifying details the website preserved. The...

The stupidest ideas in the history of education were brought into the schools and made to seem normal. The Communist International started its worldwide campaign of subversion and sabotage circa 1920. The goal was always the same: wage a disciplined, low-budget attack on soft targets such as foundations, unions, universities, education, and media. The M.O. was the Fabian three-step: take a job, work up to higher management, overthrow the country. SNIP For example, if you wanted to make American citizens weak and unpatriotic, who gets this assignment? If you want children to be illiterate and without ambition, whom are you...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) rebuked President Joe Biden and other Democrats for referring to state election reforms as “Jim Crow” laws, reminding them it is their party that is the party of Jim Crow and voter suppression. Paul urged more state legislatures during a Heritage Foundation virtual event Tuesday titled “Safeguarding Our Elections” to act to secure election integrity. The senator also called on Americans to push their state lawmakers to pass such laws: YouTube LinkThe Kentucky Republican criticized Biden and other Democrats for referring to state election reform efforts as racist “Jim Crow” laws, which prohibited black Americans in...

Over the past two weeks, Russian military movements and deployments near Ukraine’s border have increasingly caught the attention of the West. In late March, such movements were occurring to Ukraine’s east, north, and south – including through the deployment of some Belarussian troops – but, last week, the centre of gravity of Russia’s military build-up shifted towards the occupied Crimean peninsula and the Krasnodar region, which borders Donbas. As the situation is still developing, there are varying estimates of the size of Russia’s deployments. But it deployed many of the Southern Military District’s manoeuvre brigades and regiments to the field,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 37Psalm 37[a] Of David. 1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your righteous reward...

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