Free Republic

The GDPNow gauge, a widely watched measurement from the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, indicated Thursday that real gross domestic product shrank by 1.0% in the second quarter from April through June.

A group of 68 journalists sent a rare protest letter to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Thursday asking that President Biden’s staff abandon a mysterious pre-screening process and reopen large events to all journalists. TV correspondents, famed veteran reporters and leaders of the White House Correspondents’ Association rallied behind the call to end year-old restrictions on venues such as the East Room that in past administrations were “open press.” Biden aides have refused to tell the Correspondents’ Association the selection criteria for presidential events and individual reporters have received an array of conflicting explanations, resulting in a widespread belief...

Photographs showing that the crowd at Trump’s swearing-in was smaller than at Barack Obama’s first presidential inauguration in 2009 caused the first ruckus in his administration - but not the last. Trump’s first year in office was colored by an investigation into whether his campaign colluded with the Russian government to affect the election outcome, insults and threats of war with North Korea, and an effort to pass business-friendly legislation.

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (R) said the conservative members of the Supreme Court may look to review other current federally protected rights, such as access to contraception and same-sex relations, following the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade Gonzales, who led the Justice Department under former President George W. Bush, told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on Tuesday that Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe, specifically emphasizes that the court’s decision should not be taken to put other rights at risk. But Gonzales said...

CAMP BEFORE RICHMOND, Saturday, June 28, 1862. The Army of the Potomac has no longer need to complain of inactivity, for the comparative quiet of the past month has given place to three days of as desperate, determined and bloody work as the fiercest clamorer for active movements could desire. Though the contest is not yet decided, the result thus far, in its bearings on the general plan of operations, is all that could be desired. We have no great victory to report, no long list of trophies to record, and the movements of an army may present the indications...

A Florida vegan mother has been found guilty of murdering her 18-month-old son after only feeding him raw fruits and vegetables. Sheila O’Leary, 39, is facing life in prison after a jury convicted her Wednesday of murder and a string of child abuse charges over the 2019 death of her toddler, Ezra O’Leary, the News Press reported. Her little boy weighed just 17 pounds — seven pounds below average — when his parents noticed he had stopped breathing. O’Leary and her husband, Ryan O’Leary, told police that Ezra followed a strict vegan diet — but that he was also breast...

The Jan 6 committee is and has always been an echo chamber. It is a one sided highly partisan exercise that is entirely absent context. It's been a non-stop spewing of hearsay and innuendo which has been seized upon by the media, much to their detriment. The truth is escaping bit by bit despite being locked in a democrat chokehold. Cassidy Hutchinson offered essentially nothing but hearsay and was found twice to be mendacious. The account she gave of the alleged "lunging" simply could not have happened as she relayed it. She was not the author of the note as...

Climate change activists with a group calling itself Tyre Extinguishers are celebrating their first 'action' in New York City - deflating the tires of 40 SUVs on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The movement, which originated in the United Kingdom, seeks to dissuade people from owning SUVs in urban areas, and switch instead to more environmentally-friendly vehicles. The SUVs they vandalized had leaflets let on the windshield, which stated: 'Attention: Your gas guzzler kills'. On Twitter, they boasted about their actions. 'BIG NEWS: TYRE EXTINGUISHERS STRIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK CITY!' they tweeted on Tuesday. They said: '40...

Run runaway! For safety to Treasuries. A “recession shock” begins for markets following the worst first-half for the S&P 500 in more than 50 years. And investors are running to Treasuries for safety as US Treasury 10-year yields tank 14 basis points. Biden’s approval rating has collapse with inflation and rising gasoline prices. Note that Biden’s approval rating dropped below 50 in mid-August 2021, long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. Gasoline prices had risen 49% since Biden’s inauguration as President, but before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

God, in his love and mercy, is allowing disasters to strike the earth to warn all who hear that Jesus is coming back and that it’s time to get ready. He loves his children too much to bring his new kingdom to pass without warning. He knows that mankind is hard of hearing and that it takes disasters of earthquake proportions to get our attention. These disasters are a kind of countdown, too painful to ignore, allowed by God to set the stage for the final moments of time. These labor pains will become more frequent and intense as we...

Jesus Christ said that end-time events would be like those during the days of Noah. What were those conditions like, and why should we be concerned? As in the Days of Noah Discussing the time near His return to earth, Jesus declared, “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:26-27). It appears people thought they were living...

“‘Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves’” (Matthew 7:15). False prophets are not simply wrong teachers, propagating a different philosophy or alternative theology. They are spiritually dangerous and we should not expose our souls and minds to their perverse, poisonous influence. These purveyors of error and heresy are spiritual beasts and far more deadly than any physical ones. Peter warns that they are “like unreasoning animals. . . . reveling in their deceptions . . . enticing unstable souls” (2 Peter 2:12, 13, 14; cf. Jude 10). Therefore, perfectly understanding...

Freep mail 4Liberty if you want On/Off this list. Alternative streaming website - https://americasvoice.news

The memo came from Health and Human Services, and the White House passed it along on official letterhead. “Know Your Rights: Reproductive Health Care,” read the title of the document that represents the latest effort by the Biden administration to make good on the president’s post-Roe promise to “do all in my power to protect a woman’s right” to an abortion.

Citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi south of the Old River Control Structure don’t need all that water. All it does is cause flooding and massive tax expenditures to repair and strengthen dikes. The best solution would be for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build an aqueduct from the Old River Control Structure on the Mississippi to Lake Powell, fill it, and then send more water from there down the Colorado to fill lake Mead. About 4.5 million/gals a second flow past that structure on the Mississippi. As mentioned, New Orleans has a problem with that much water anyway,...

In the public testimony that’s come so far, the House Select Committee has carefully laid out the evidence showing that the assault on the Capitol was not a spontaneous event, but the result of a widespread conspiracy that went on over a period of months. That conspiracy put the Proud Boys in place to break through police lines and lead the way into the Capitol. It fabricated claims of election fraud that ensured thousand of the most gullible would be on hand, ready to be shaped into a weapon. It pressured local and state officials in an effort to create...

Three teens headed out early on June 22 to “Buford Springs Cave,” a beautiful natural attraction that boasts crystal-clear water and a tantalizing cave deep below the surface in Brooksville, Florida. The teens, aged 15, 15 and 17, according to a post by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, got to the waterhole located in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park around 9 a.m. Around 11 a.m., two adults — later identified as Todd Richard McKenna and Stephen Roderick Gambrell — arrived at the lake with their diving gear. They chatted with the teens for a bit before going for a short dive....

Jane’s Revenge, a pro-abortion domestic terror group, claims it has attacked pregnancy centers in California and Vermont over the weekend. Their threatening rhetoric of hate is ramping up and is now threatening to target pro-lifers at their homes while referring to vandalism as “absolutely titillating.” One message suggested supporters should “[l]earn the skill of accelerant bartending” and added, “Next time we’ll bring it Wisconsin-style” — a reference to the arson committed at the Wisconsin Family Action offices. Jane’s Revenge says it plans to make pro-lifers’ lives “a living hell” The Abolition Media Blog, which has been the catalyst for publishing...

How do we know the Biden regime was signaling the New World Order today with statements regarding their so-called “Liberal World Order”? Because Big Tech and corporate media went out of their way to claim the message from National Economic Council Director Brian Deese had nothing to do with the New World Order. It does. They know it. We all know it. Gas prices that are destroying families across America are a small price to pay to this regime when there’s a globalist agenda to protect. During an interview on CNN, Deese was asked what the Biden regime would say...

A new report shows that the homeless population in Sacramento, California is growing, with more people than ever living without shelter. California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, who once referred to himself as the "homeless czar," recently introduced a plan to house people across the state, but it only covers a fraction of what's needed.