Free Republic

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar jobs as it attempts to lower costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles. Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers. The salaried worker cuts represent about 6% of a 31,000 workforce in the U.S. and Canada. Ford’s 56,000 union factory workers are not affected.

A BARRAGE of Ukrainian missiles has hammered the strategically crucial Antonovsky Bridge in the east of Ukrainian in another massive blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin. News website Visegrad 24 tweeted: "The Antonivsky bridge near Kherson looks very crisp this morning. Reports say that up to 10 Ukrainian missiles have hit the bridge." Another poster shared a different image, commenting: "RIP, Antonovsky Bridge!" A third suggested heavy casualties were inevitably, posting: "Ukraine hit the Antonovsky bridge just as nine Russian ammunition trucks drove onto it." Twitter user Eric Korsas said: "Seems that during the night #Ukrainian #HIMARS have visited #antonovskybridge...

Biden is riding his big boy bike and stupidly smiling because he owns a 2.7 million dollar beach house, recently adorned with a new security wall. The $500,000 wall will protect the prez and his entourage. Safety is important you know. Unfortunately, the southern border of America is wide open and remains unsafe. It is estimated that 2,000,000 unvetted, illegal aliens have invaded our country since Joe was installed. That was not a mistake. Joe's motto is: SECURITY FOR ME BUT NOT FOR THEE-STUPID PEASANTS.That sounds about right. American citizens who are trapped in violent, crime filled cities are collateral...

Earlier this year opposition to COVID mask and vaccine mandates led thousands of committed Kiwis to stage nationwide protests that culminated in an encampment near Parliament in the capital city of Wellington. The protest, inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, was one where threats and propaganda were used in a campaign to suppress it. The government's messaging carried out through mainstream media and social media included notions of extremists in the ranks of the protesters, sex offenders in the midst of the protest community and more. In the end when police used all out force on March 2nd the...

August 22, 2022 I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career. It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges. I am very...

The town of Volosovo, near St Petersburg, is booming. Not the economy - it's the loudspeakers. Like many towns in Russia, Volosovo has them installed on tall poles that line the main street. Traditionally they are used for playing patriotic music during national holidays. Now, though, they have a different purpose. "Two volunteer artillery battalions are being formed. We invite men from 18 to 60 years old to join," the speakers blare out. It's a message that's being repeated up and down this vast country. On social media, on TV and on billboards, men are being urged to sign short-term...

A pair of Georgia siblings have been awarded $1.7billion in punitive damages from Ford for a 2014 car crash that killed their parents, the largest ever civil verdict to have been awarded in the state. In 2014, Voncile and Melvin Hill died after their Ford F-250 blew a tire and rolled over. The couple - aged 62 and 74 - were on their way to pick up a new tractor part to be used on their farm in Georgia. A jury this week ruled that they should have survived the crash and would have had the roof of their F-250...

VIDEOPolitico White House Correspondent Mike Allen made a bold midterm elections prediction. Watch how it worked out for the Nostradamus of our times.

America’s Standing Army“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”—James MadisonThe IRS has stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition in recent years, including 621 shotguns, 539 long-barrel rifles and 15 submachine guns.The Veterans Administration (VA) purchased 11 million rounds of ammunition (equivalent to 2,800 rounds for each of their officers), along with camouflage uniforms, riot helmets and shields, specialized image enhancement devices and tactical lighting.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acquired 4 million rounds of ammunition, in addition to 1,300 guns, including five submachine guns and 189...

The Biden administration is proceeding with talks to unfreeze the $7 billion in Afghanistan’s assets held by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Reuters reported on Monday, despite the Taliban failing to meet human rights commitments and harboring al-Qaeda mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul. Reuters on Monday quoted “three sources with knowledge of the situation” who said the administration is prepared to overlook a great deal of misbehavior by the Taliban because of Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis.

Oh, Mike Pence, you soft, naive little man. Oh, Tim Scott, you kind and friendly gentleman. I like you both. I really do. I would love you to be my neighbors. If I ran short of sugar or charcoal, you'd square me away. Not so much bourbon, but whatever. If I asked you to help me move or give me a ride to the airport, you suckers would be all in because you are nice guys. And that's your problem and the problem of Republicans like you. You are nice guys in a time that calls for ruthless killers who...

“The president has delivered the largest economic recovery plan since Roosevelt, the largest infrastructure plan since Eisenhower, the most judges confirmed since Kennedy, the second largest health care bill since Johnson and the largest climate change bill in history.”

I was reminded of the original of this song when I saw the article linked below pop up on my news feed a couple of weeks back. Then the original song came up on Spotify today so I read the article and found this 2020 Lockdown version of the song. Love seeing these guys all old...lol. Just made me happy. This song to me is the epitome of the English New Wave movement. I saw them in 1982 at a small venue. My second ever concert...my first being The Who. I was 15 just about to turn 16, I'm guessing....

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) wanted to know "why did all the Democrats of the Senate vote against my amendment to the legislation that would have prohibited any use of funds to audit Americans with taxable incomes below $400,000 when President Biden's promise was that 'people earning less than $400,000 per year won't pay a penny more in taxes.'" The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office admitted that the just enacted "Inflation Reduction Act" will initiate IRS audits that are projected to result in $20 billion more taxes being collected from people making less that $400,000. Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that...

(NO search results!) For your edification, I would like to present you with another partial list of things that have been deemed racist and/or white supremacist (the two terms are often interchangeable) in the last few years. The list is growing daily, so this column can only be incomplete. This list is only presented as a public service, so it's up to you – as a proper woke American – to avoid all the things, terms, people, subjects, foods, books, pets, diseases, locations, beverages, fashions and activities that might offend someone because of your white supremacy and privilege (even if...

The outspoken Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin called on Monday for revenge against Ukraine and for Russia to push on in its invasion, in his first comments since a car bombing killed his daughter. The Russian authorities on Monday blamed Ukraine for organizing the killing of his daughter, Daria Dugina, on Saturday on a highway in an affluent district outside of Moscow. Mr. Dugin, who Russian media reports said was driving in a separate car behind his daughter when the blast went off, said she had been “brutally killed by an explosion in front of my eyes.” He said the attack...

The Ukraine - Russian War was planned well in advance before it's breakout in 2022. What paused it? The election of Donald Trump.(Note: there is no verification for this video)

The Cal State system graduates Black students at lower rates than other groups. Students, scholars and advocates say the reasons are myriad.

Every industry is being impacted by inflated costs, but retailers seem to be getting it the worst. Retail Dive recently reported that according to recent report findings by Alignable, a referral network for small business owners, the industry is poised to lose more than half of their companies. Per the findings, nearly half of small business owners, including 59% of retailers, shared they’re at risk of shutting down before winter, a jump from 12% from the 35% that said the same a year ago. It looks even more troubling for minority-owned businesses (52% could be shuttered by fall) and women-owned...