Free Republic

Republican Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin took full advantage of a day as acting governor in Republican Gov. Brad Little's absence to do away with mask mandates in her state. With Little traveling out of state and Idaho law granting the acting governor the same powers as the sitting governor, McGeachin signed Executive Order 2021-07, prohibiting the state, public schools, and all other "political subdivisions" from imposing mask mandates. "Today, as acting Governor of the State of Idaho, I signed an Executive Order to protect the rights and liberties of individuals and businesses by prohibiting the state and its political...

A Michigan high school student was directed by her principal to remove religious references she included in a valedictory address she was expected to deliver on June 6. “For me, my future hope is found in my relationship with Christ,” Hillsdale High School senior Elizabeth Turner wrote in her prepared remarks. “By trusting in Him and choosing to live a life dedicated to bringing His kingdom glory, I can be confident that I am living a life with purpose and meaning. My identity is found by what God says and who I want to become is laid out in scripture,”...

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have been investigating whether several Ukrainian officials helped orchestrate a wide-ranging plan to meddle in the 2020 presidential campaign, including using attorney Rudy Giuliani to spread misleading claims about President Joe Biden and tilt the election in former President Donald Trump’s favor, people with knowledge of the matter told The New York Times on Thursday. The criminal investigation, which began during the final months of the Trump administration and has not been previously reported, underscores the federal government’s increasingly aggressive approach toward rooting out foreign interference in American electoral politics. Much of that effort is focused...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says he “respectfully disagrees” with the family of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after policing the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, on the value of a commission to investigate the events of that day. In a statement, Johnson said he was “happy” to meet with Gladys Sicknick, Brian Sicknick’s mother, and his longtime girlfriend Sandra Garza, to offer “heartfelt condolences.” Johnson also said he met with Officers Michael Fanone, who unsuccessfully attempted to arrange a meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Harry Dunn, who previously detailed the racism...

In August, the Seattle City Council defunded the department in response to the riots following the death of George Floyd. Millions of dollars were funneled from the police department to local activist organizations, many of which were involved in the riots and the autonomous zone. Crime has spiked exponentially across the city, as have the length of 911 response times. Last month, it took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a gun on a public school campus. The Seattle homicide rate in 2020 doubled from 2019 and is continuing the same upward climb in 2021.

Bates’ experience seems to be a common one among employees at Amazon’s ‘fulfilment centers,’ who in some locations have been struggling to unionize against the wishes of their superiors. The retail giant regularly features on the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of unsafe employers, with the most recent pre-pandemic report citing 13 fatalities since 2013, “a high incidence of suicide attempts,” and “workers urinating in bottles because they are afraid to take breaks.” However, Amazon has supposedly noticed the toll its workplace takes on employees’ mental health and has given them something back: “a space...

A reporter with the Daily Caller and Judicial Watch sued Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and said she refused to grant an interview based on the reporter’s race. Thomas Catenacci, who is white, said he sought an interview with the Democrat mayor, who did not respond to multiple requests for an interview. Earlier this month, Lightfoot said she would give interviews to “black or brown” reporters to mark the second anniversary of her swearing-in. Now, the Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch on Thursday filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division,...

Floodwaters exceeded warning levels on May 22 across five major monitoring stations of the Yangtze River that runs from China’s west to east due to heavy rainfall in the past few days, according to state media Xinhua News Agency.The monitoring stations are mainly located in the middle and lower Xiang River section near Dongting Lake, Hunan Province, and in the Xin River section near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province.According to hydrological monitoring data released by the Changjiang Water Commission of China’s Ministry of Water Resources, as of 2 p.m. on May 22, the water levels at the monitoring stations of Qilishan...

On May 21, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House. On the same day, Biden and Moon issued a joint statement, stating that the United States and South Korea will strengthen cooperation in areas of advanced technology, vaccines, climate issues, economics, and many others. Among these, advanced technology cooperation is given priority.The United States and South Korea affirmed that they will build a strong and resilient supply chain and deepen cooperation in space and cyber domains, ensuring a trustworthy and value-oriented digital and technological ecosystem. The two sides committed to increasing...

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned the Chinese communist regime for blocking the island nation’s deal to obtain COVID-19 vaccines from German company BioNTech. At the same time, the regime has been pushing Chinese-made vaccines onto the island, a move described by one analyst as “vaccine warfare.”The president, speaking at a meeting of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party on May 26, said that while orders for AstraZeneca’s and Moderna’s vaccines have been “smoothly” booked, the nation hasn’t been able to obtain BioNTech’s vaccine, which was co-developed with Pfizer.“As for the German BioNTech company’s vaccine, we are close to completing the...

Border Patrol agents operating in the Del Rio, Texas, sector said they’ve encountered significantly more convicted sex offenders who are attempting to illegally cross the U.S.–Mexico border.Since the start of fiscal year 2021, which began last October, agents have arrested 95 convicted sex offenders apprehended near the border—a 3,166 percent increase over the same time frame during the fiscal year 2020, according to a statement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 26.Agents arrested 10 sex offenders between May 17 and May 24, shortly after they illegally crossed into the United States, the news release stated. On...

Are there big nationwide shortages on blood lately? I've been getting hounded by the blood bank to donate more than I've ever seen. If so, I wonder if this is vaccine related, is there a preference for blood from unvaccinated people?

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has accused the United States of initiating a “color revolution” in China after the U.S. Embassy in China posted its 2021 “Public Diplomacy Grants Program,” (pdf) offering up to a $30,000 grant for “projects that strengthen ties between the United States and China.”According to the program, individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions can apply for a grant to support priority areas such as: American society and values, culture, health, and language. One of the priority areas is projects that “support the enhancement of U.S.-China people-to-people relations, particularly understanding of the United States among...

Hillary Clinton is really drinking in New York City’s post-coronavirus atmosphere. The former Secretary of State was seen using two hands to down a big glass of white wine at a posh Upper East Side restaurant on Tuesday evening. Clinton was enjoying her beverage as she waited at Fleming by Le Bilboquet on 62nd Street near Madison Avenue for her hubby, Bill, and some pals, including rocker Sting’s wife, Trudie Styler, to arrive. The 73-year-old former Democratic presidential nominee got to the chic eatery with a team of Secret Service protection at around 6:30 p.m., and didn’t wait long before...

I’m not sure we’ve had a presidential administration as weak as Joe Biden’s since, well, the Obama administration. Actually, when I put it that way, I guess it hasn’t really been that long. Still, the stakes are high and making impotence a key part of one’s foreign policy is a recipe for disaster.Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Biden and his handlers are doing. The impotence is the point.Biden Covid adviser @ZekeEmanuel dismisses the importance of investigating China's role in unleashing the virus: "The real issue is not how did this happen, the real issue is how do we protect ourselves from...

Sick Russian Metal band/video. Old school Headbangers Ball quality video. The song gets epic at about 2:00 mark. Be open minded if you are not into metal and decide to watch.

Several whistleblowers came forward in the months leading up to the November 2020 election, and even for a few weeks afterward, to warn about votes being unlawfully handled or distributed by the USPS. They were disregarded by the dishonest mainstream media. Whistleblowers and anyone who believed them were mocked by the Democratic Party. Now, a US Postal Service employee has admitted to tossing 1,875 pieces of mail into the dumpster, including ballots for the November 2020 election. The Hudson County USPS mail carrier revealed today that he dumped mail from his assigned routes in Orange and West Orange, including 99...

The four officers claimed to have legitimate reasons for calling out sick over the July 4 weekend, when the Los Angeles Police Department alleged that hundreds of officers had engaged in an illegal labor action by calling out sick en masse to send a political message. The officers alleged the discipline they received was unlawful and harmed their careers.

Vaccinated Californians could win up to $1.5 million in a lottery Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, part of a $116.5 million effort to persuade more Golden State residents to get their COVID-19 shots. Ten Californians who got at least one dose will split a $15 million pot on June 15. Vaccinated Californians will also be automatically entered for chances to win $50,000, with 15 winners drawn June 4 and the rest drawn June 11. All Californians 12 years or older are eligible, except for those incarcerated as well as some state workers and their families. The money will be put...

The St. John County Sheriff’s Office announced earlier this month that a medical examiner had determined that the cause of death for Bailey was “sharp force trauma by stabbing.” The manner of death was ruled a homicide. Larizza confirmed during Thursday’s press conference Fucci stabbed Bailey 114 times with a folding Buck knife, which is commonly used for hunting. In addition to stabbing the 13-year-old girl, an arrest report from the sheriff’s office stated Fucci admitted to “engaging in an argument with (Bailey) in which he forcefully pushed (her) to the ground, striking her head.” He did not admit to...