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With all the (alleged) social justice activism recently, we are supposed to be living in a nirvana of racial equality. We are supposed to be sensitive to anything that could be perceived as a racial bias, as it could offend others. We were warned that what some find humorous, others may find hurtful and insulting, and we must curb our speech. And, in an effort to treat everyone fairly, we have been told we must stop the aggression in our speech — both micro and macro. Yet all of these guidelines get completely ignored when it comes to one specific...

When anything goes wrong in America, our liberal friends are first on the hustings to assign the blame to corporations or right-wing extremists. If it’s soaring prices, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is the first to blame it on “corporate greed.” If some kid murders a bunch of elementary school kids, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweets that a “serious cause of gun violence [is] Domestic terrorism and white supremacy.” But I say to my liberal friends, if there is anything wrong in America today it is because of Youse Guys. Because you guys have been the ruling class in America for...

President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday to discuss the state of the economy. The central bank is currently battling decades-high Inflation. The meeting will be the first time the two have met since Biden announced Powell’s re-election as chair in November. The Senate confirmed Powell to the position in early May. Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, has shown some signs of a slowdown. Total consumer prices rose 0.6% in April, a decline from March’s 1.2% increase. Year over year, prices rose 8.3% in April, down from 8.5% in...

THE entire city of Wadena was under a shelter in place order as hazardous materials burned at Minnesota Valley Irrigation. The building has since been deemed a total loss after the Wadena Fire Department issued a warning for all residents in the Minnesota city to stay inside as the fire raged. The shelter in place was lifted around 6.20pm local time. The fire reportedly broke out at 3pm local time. Emergency responders on the scene were briefly evacuated around 6pm due to a tornado warning, taking refuge at the Wadena County Courthouse, according to the Wadena Fire Department. When crews...

<p>The attention American Legion posts receive every Memorial Day is often overshadowed by what happens during the rest of the year; and what’s been happening for the last several decades.</p><p>The once-thriving membership of veterans — from World War I and World War II, followed by the Korean and Vietnam wars are getting older. But George Van Der Wall, station commander at the post in North Haledon in Passaic Counry, isn’t ready to give up the fight just yet.</p>

<p>An NYPD detective captured and removed 8,000 honeybees from the side of 3 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan late Saturday night, police said.</p><p>The swarm of bees was relocated to an apple orchard. It’s not the first or biggest swarm of the year in New York City.</p>

Brian May has revealed a ‘weird’ condition that causes him to keep falling asleep suddenly, months after contracting Covid. The Queen star fell ill with the virus in December after a birthday lunch with friends, and he has now said he has been dealing with a ‘strange’ condition that causes him to nod off all of a sudden. The rock icon, 74, told the How Do You Cope?… with Elis and John podcast: ‘I have a strange persisting condition, I think from the Covid, which are kind of brown-outs… ‘Generally, I’m OK, I’m not tired all the time, but I’ll...

Volkswagen has been summoned before a labor court in Brazil on June 14 and faces accusations of using “slavery-like practices” and “human trafficking” in the country between 1974 and 1986. The automaker was notified by the judiciary in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 19, reports Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The German giant said it is taking these accusations very seriously. “We can assure you that we take the possible events at Fazenda Rio Cristalino, to which the investigation by the Brazilian investigating authorities refers, very seriously,” Volkswagen told Reuters. “Please understand that we are not commenting further due to possible legal proceedings...

Florida snipers gave cover for divers who jumped into an alligator-infested pond to search for a missing mother and son, according to reports. Nieves Matos, 80, and her son, Mario Laza, 56, were traveling along the Florida Turnpike in Miami Friday when they lost control of their vehicle and careened into a retention pond off the highway. Witnesses dove into the water, and police rescue teams followed behind them, according to WSVN.

Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine was a story of blunders. Moscow is now making steady progress in Donbas. Russian troops advanced to within several kilometres of the road leading from the city of Bakhmut to Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. The advance has made other Ukrainian positions untenable. Ukrainian forces pulled out of the town of Svitlodarsk, which until then constituted the south-eastern anchor of their foothold in Donbas. “We couldn’t hold them there [anymore],” says Yuri, 58, the unit’s commander. The amount of firepower hitting their positions further drives the disparity home. “We were on the frontline last week,” Artyom says....

A Missouri woman was tortured with a knife, had her dentures stolen and suffered a brain bleed after she went on a date with a recently-released convict she'd met on Facebook. Preacious Brower, 30, said she suffered two days horrific physical abuse at the hands of James Larson, Jr., 29, after meeting him on May 14, just weeks after he'd been released from prison for a date at his father's house. 'He seemed pretty cool, ya know? I thought I found somebody, ya know, and it turned out to be a complete Jekyll and Hyde,' she told Fox4. Brower said...

The Russian Union of Grain Exporters (Rusgrain) has turned to the Bank of Russia to get the necessary tools to start selling domestic produce for rubles. Market participants are facing serious restrictions on logistics, insurance and payment for grain, according to the Rusgrain Chairman Eduard Zernin, who said that the union had to turn to the central bank to avoid supplies being disruped. Since March 10, Russia has exported 28.1 million tons of grain, including 23 million tons of wheat, which is about 30% lower compared to the same period in 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. Turkey, Egypt, Iran...

This is the 64 year-old New York City 'tenant from hell' who has made her neighbors' lives a misery while running up $40,000 in rent arrears. Annamarie Hosang, 64, has been exclusively pictured by DailyMail.com after her antisocial antics at the building in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood where she lives were revealed by the New York Daily News. Hosang stopped paying her $1,750-a-month rent in April 2020, with landlord Mathew Hanan saying he's at his wit's end trying to evict her. Meanwhile, Hosang has flooded her apartment and left the unit below uninhabitable. She's held an indoor barbecue, trashed her...

Kansas City police shot a black woman who was reportedly pregnant multiple times as they searched for a stolen vehicle on Friday. Authorities say officers in two cars were following up on a call about an armed carjacking just before 8pm on Friday, after dispatchers provided the officers with a description of the vehicle and license plate. The officers then apparently spotted the vehicle with two suspects inside at the parking lot of a Family Dollar store at Sixth and Prospect Avenues in Kansas City, and approached it. At that point, authorities say, the male driver fled northeast as two...

An 18-year-old in Florida has been arrested and charged with a felony after he posted a photo of a rifle, handgun and tactical vest online and captioned the image: 'Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school'. Corey Anderson, from Lutz, 15 miles north of Tampa, was arrested on Sunday after police were tipped off about the post. The weapons were later discovered to be airsoft guns. Anderson could face 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of making a threat of a mass shooting. 'This type of threat is unacceptable. This man intentionally instilled fear into our...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Righteousness shall go before Him; and shall set us in the way of His steps. (Ps. 85:13)

A law enforcement source said that the former federal agent regularly stoked the accused gunman Payton Gendron with racism, anti-Semitism and other propaganda designed to inflame the deranged man. “These were like-minded people who used this chat group to talk about their shared interests in racial hatred, replacement theory and hatred of anyone who is Jewish, a person of color or not of European ancestry,” the law enforcement source stated. “What is especially upsetting is that these six people received advanced notice of the Buffalo “The FBI has verified that none of these people called law enforcement to warn them...

Rumors in Westminster are that Conservative Members of Parliament have submitted 54 letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson which should trigger a leadership contest. Apparently Sir Graham Brady (the steward of the process) is going to wait until after the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations to announce this. Latest opinion poll: @BritainElects Westminster voting intention: LAB: 42% (+2) CON: 31% (-3) LDEM: 11% (+1) GRN: 3% (-2) They surely cannot allow this Lefist wave to sweep Britain as well as Australia, etc?! The Conservatives are 10 points down in mid-term! Time to dump Boris and elect another leader and give...

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