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Tuesday, Maryland held its primary election. My wife and I were in line at 7 a.m. to cast our votes as residents of Maryland’s 6th Congressional district. Most of the votes we cast were symbolic. Maryland is not going to elect a Republican senator. The odds of a Republican being elected governor are slim. Some will point to Larry Hogan and say it can be done. For my money, the Maryland GOP would not have been worse off under an openly Democrat governor than a crypto-Democrat like Hogan. For us, the big votes on the ballot were for sheriff and...

“I do not accept second place for the United States of America.” That simple statement, delivered to rousing effect by Barack Obama in his first State of the Union, in January 2010, managed to summarize the current American strategic horizon in a single sentence. For decades, the United States has been in relative decline, facing the prospect of someday being overtaken by a rival power. Its main problem, however, is not the relative decline itself – it’s a natural phenomenon occurring as companies, sectors, regions and countries grow at uneven rates. Instead, its main problem is a failure to recognize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The idea of a law to ensure that same-sex and mixed-sex couples have a right to obtain a marriage license is gaining momentum. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) is one of several Republicans who on Wednesday voiced possible support for a bill passed Tuesday with bipartisan support in the House that would codify those rights.

A Hon Hai Technology Group company’s investment in China’s Tsinghua Unigroup has drawn the attention of Taiwanese regulators and raised new questions about semiconductor-related technology transfers to mainland China. Tsinghua Unigroup is China’s largest semiconductor company while Hon Hai Precision Industry, the core company of the Hon Hai Technology Group, is the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer. Headquartered in Taipei, Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, is best known as the primary assembler of Apple iPhones. Foxconn Industrial Internet, a Hon Hai subsidiary headquartered in Shenzhen and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, recently invested in Tsinghua Unigroup...

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A midterm election forecast predicts former Gov. Eric Greitens (R-MO) will win Missouri’s U.S. Senate race in a blow-out, with his odds of victory sitting at 96.1 percent against a Democrat opponent in the general election. A central talking point among establishment conservatives against the America First candidate is that Greitens would have trouble overcoming a Democrat in the general election, but Decision Desk’s model, which ran through 14,000,605 midterm election simulations, has Greitens winning 96 out of 100 races, dismantling the establishment’s talking points. As evidenced in Dan Cox’s Maryland’s GOP gubernatorial primary win Tuesday, a battle for the...

The primary is in two weeks, and the most nervous political demographic is the traditional, conservative Republicans with experience. It's hard to believe. Ronald Reagan-loving, John Engler-revered Republicans — the people who ran Michigan government for the better part of 25 years — have a pit in their stomach over Aug. 2. They're like the guilty boy who isn't sure if he's getting anything under the Christmas tree. They honestly don't know what they're getting. Let's start at the top with Tudor Dixon. She was a guest commentator on the fringe right radio network America's Voice with Steve Gruber before...

Recently, a team of individuals went after phone scam call centers in India in EPIC fashion. Mark Rober used his skills to fashion booby traps, Trilogy Media flew to India and had insiders plant them, and Jim Browning used his hacker skills to gain access to the scammers' internal systems. What follows is mind-blowing. Presented here are three separate videos from each of their channels detailing how it all went down and the aftermath.Mark Rober - Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb PaybackTrilogy Media - GLITTERBOMBING a Scam Call Center w/ Mark RoberJim Browning - Pranking Scammers ft. Mark Rober Each...

The Secret Service may have violated federal records laws by failing to preserve data - including information related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack - after it had been requested by investigators, the House committee investigating the riot said Wednesday. The condemnation came after the panel subpoenaed the agency following an allegation from the inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the Secret Service, that it had “erased” the texts during a device replacement program. “We have concerns about a system migration that we have been told resulted in the erasure of Secret Service cell phone...

Most of us have an innate fondness for small businesses for one reason or another. *snip*But aside from our subjective preferences, it's objectively true that small businesses function as the heart of our economy, on both a micro and macro scale. Why are small businesses so important? And how can you start one of your own? Why Small Businesses Are So Important for the Economy These are just some of the reasons why small businesses are so important for our economy: Innovation and growth. When businesses get large, bureaucratic, and complexly organized, they tend to slow down in terms of...

The U.S. is shipping four additional HIMARS launchers to Ukraine as part of its latest package of military assistance to counter Russia. It will include artillery ammunition and rockets and be the 16th drawdown of firepower from the Pentagon’s own inventory since last August. Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS from the U.S. and four more rocket launchers from other allied countries...Proxy officials working on Moscow’s behalf will arrange sham referendums on joining Russia, officials said. “Russia is attempting to set the conditions on the ground by seeking to establish branches of Russian banks, to establish the ruble as the default...

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. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil. (Matt. 5:37)

Caught Red Handed! CNN tech director speaks about instilling the next fear (Climate change) as COVID is no longer a fear factor in controlling Americans. https://twitter.com/aboutparesh/status/1549770683890253825

Facing the disintegration of his climate agenda as ferocious heatwaves hit large parts of the world, Joe Biden has unveiled a new plan to push billions of dollars to US cities and states to help them cope better with extreme heat. The president stopped short, however, of declaring a climate emergency.

John Kerry continued to run from questions about his under-the-radar climate office Wednesday on the same day another Biden administration bigwig opted for transparency. U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh responded to a Herald Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request within six days - Kerry has said to expect his office details by October of 2024. **SNIP** But Walsh gave the Herald what was asked for in a similar FOIA Kerry was sent more than a year ago. Kerry, without explanation, has said he will respond to the records request by the fall of 2024 just a month before the November...

Trying to understand the rational of our executive leadership here to go to this empty lot in Somerset, Mass to give a 10 minute speech to a hand picked audience. I just dont get it. WTH kind of image was he trying to put on display for the cameras? Why leave the White House lawn and not just do it there? Are they bug-bombing the white house so he had to leave for eight hours? All he did was put on his president mask (which doesnt work) and try to sound tough for the cameras. Color me confused...again.

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BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump wasted no time in escalating his verbal attacks on Germany in the opening leg of his European tour. Seated across from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at breakfast Wednesday morning ahead of the alliance’s meeting, Trump expanded his criticism beyond how little – in his view – Europe’s most powerful economy spends on defense to target where they buy their energy. “Germany is totally controlled by Russia,” he said. “They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline.”

Amazing cover of Simon & Garfunkel's beloved song "America".

“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath” (Proverbs 21:13-14).