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Big, high-profile liberal states like California and New York grab most of the headlines and would appear to lay legitimate claim to the title of “Most Outrageous Liberal State.” With their inept governors and big-city mayors, rampant crime, embarrassing homelessness and über-woke public policies, CA and NY definitely deserve the negative attention they attract. Massachusetts is more subtle. Sure, on a national level, we have the reputation for being “Taxachusetts” and everyone knows that John Kerry and the Kennedys are from here, but we don’t garner the adverse notoriety that CA and NY do. Instead of the humiliating blunders that...

A British aid worker detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of being a mercenary has died due to “illness and stress”, according to Russian state media reports. Paul Urey was captured in eastern Ukraine in late April and charged with “mercenary activities” by separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Russian media reports cite DPR ombudsman, Daria Morozova, who wrote on her Telegram account: “British representatives ignored even the possibility of negotiating his return as part of the prisoner exchange procedure. “Moreover, they did not provide the necessary medical preparations through the Red Cross. Paul Urey was...

BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) - The European Commission will sue Hungary over an anti-LGBT law and its refusal to renew the license of Klubradio, a broadcaster critical of the government, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters ahead of an official announcement on Friday.

TOKYO -- The family of the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to death was impoverished as a result of his mother's huge donation to a religious group, an uncle of the man told reporters Friday. The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, joined the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church, in 1991 and donated 20 million yen ($144,112) at the time of entrance, the uncle said. She continued to donate even after the family went bankrupt. Using a handmade gun, Yamagami shot Abe during a campaign event in the...

With Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s premiership on the brink of collapse, the European Union may be about to lose one of the last grown-ups in the room. Draghi, 74, is credited with saving the euro during the financial crisis and has played a crucial role in stabilizing the EU’s third-biggest economy as the bloc faces an energy crunch and war on its doorstep. But a domestic political feud within his coalition government proved too much for the Italian leader to tolerate and he announced on Thursday that he was offering to resign. His resignation was instantly rejected by Italian...

Kaja Kallas officially resigned as Estonia’s prime minister Thursday, bringing her government to an end. But she already has new coalition partners in place. On June 3, Kallas kicked the left-leaning Center Party out of the two-party coalition after escalating tensions over spending and welfare policies. The resignation of the prime minister was a formality needed in order to form a new government. In a statement, Kallas — who heads the center-right Reform Party — thanked the ministers with whom she led the country for one and a half years, saying that the coalition did “many good and great things”...

A previously unnoticed Proud Boys member, Robert Fussell, has shredded conspiracy theories about January 6 pushed by the House January 6 Select Committee and federal prosecutors Journalist Carter Walker of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster Online newspaper punches far above the paper’s fighting weight. Walker reported on July 7 that Robert Fussell revealed himself to be the third Proud Boys member that the federal prosecutors were trying to find in their conspiracy theory of a “seditious conspiracy.” That means that Seattle’s Fussell volunteered to be indicted for seditious conspiracy. Why would he do that? To prove that the Democrats and prosecutors are lying...

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. . . . standing firm in one spirit, contending together with one soul for the faith of the gospel, not frightened in any way...

The world's largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, more than doubled its imports of oil for power generation from Russia in the second quarter. According to Reuters news agency, citing Refinitiv date, 642,000 tons of oil reached the Kingdom through Russian and Estonian ports from Apri to June. That equates to 48,000 barrels (159 liters) per day (bpd). In the same period last year, the amount was 320,000 tons. Saudi Arabia uses the imported oil to generate electricity and can then export its own crude oil... Today US President Joe Biden is expected in Saudi Arabia, a traditional ally...

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Britain is set to face yet another rail strike later this month which could throw a spanner in the works for passengers hoping to attend some major sporting events. Rail workers announced a strike set to begin on July 27 and July 30 over pay and working conditions, which comes hot on the heels of the biggest rail strike the UK has seen in decades last month. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said Network Rail, the owner of most of the rail network in the UK, made an offer of a 4% increase in pay...

RNC launches program to prepare future voters for naturalization test in order to legally obtain US citizenship as a record number of illegal immigrants continue to surge at the border The Republican National Committee is launching the new 10-hour four-course Republican Civics Initiative training course in Doral, Florida on Thursday Goal is to help permanent legal residents – and future potential voters – with the civics part of the naturalization test Course launch comes after footage emerged Wednesday showing a huge mob of hundreds of migrants lined up crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas Nearly 26,000 migrants were...

Expect JWST to release more information faster than its predecessor telescopes.Our tiny corner of the cosmos has just gotten bigger, brighter, and bolder, and it’s all thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA just dropped some of the most high-definition images of the universe ever taken. Although the telescope began science operations merely six months ago, its first batch—including five neighboring galaxies called Stephan’s Quintet and the Carina Nebula, a gaseous expanse where stars are born—are among the most stunning celestial pictures yet made. Inspiring wonder in space-lovers around the world is harder than it looks. A lot...

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“Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” (Proverbs 15:11).

There are likely more sharks in New York waters today.“And that’s a good thing,” said Christopher Paparo, manager of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center. Sharks are increasing because they’re hunting smaller fish like bunker, Paparo said in a statement provided to The Post. The population of bunkers and other fish has rebounded after they dwindled decades ago due to overfishing and pollution, he added. SNIP But experts believe sand tiger sharks are the likely aggressors.

It wasn’t until Dave Coulier listened to the entirety of ex Alanis Morissette’s album “Jagged Little Pill” in 1995 that he realized he may have “really hurt” the singer. On Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM Faction Talk, the “Full House” star says he was driving in Detroit when he first heard Morissette’s vengeful heartbreak classic “You Oughta Know” — which has long been rumored to be about him — on the radio. The comedian, now 62, was really enjoying the song before he recognized the singer’s famous voice and thought to himself, “Ooh, oh no! Oh, I can’t be this guy!”

Eric Weinberg, a Hollywood producer who worked as a co-executive producer on hit shows such as “Scrubs” and” Californication,” was arrested in Los Angeles on alleged sexual crimes committed over the past decade, police said. Weinberg was picked up by cops at his home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles around noon on Friday for a number of sexual assaults he’s accused of committing in LA between 2012 and 2019, the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Thursday. According to police, the producer and writer would prey on women in their 20s and 30s in “grocery stores, coffee...

Protesters gathered outside of a Child vaccination center near Times Square in New York City on July 6. They were completely stunned by what they saw. “Don’t touch the kids! Don’t touch the kids! Don’t touch the kids!” the protesters shouted. After a police officer entered the premises, a journalist followed him in and documented that the clinic was almost entirely run by Chinese workers. “Don’t touch my phone,” the journalist said. “You’re not allowed to do that. So don’t touch my phone, please. Don’t touch my phone. You cannot. No, you cannot.” Who's your favorite former President?* The journalist...