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Amid a national crisis of confidence in the Federal Bureau of Investigation following years of revelations the agency has repeatedly abused its powers to rig elections for Democrats, newly public documents display yet another FBI abuse of power. Documents obtained by Daily Caller reporter Gabe Kaminsky indicate the FBI has secretly pressured an unknown number of Americans to sign away their constitutional right to bear arms without being convicted of any crime in a regular court of law, another constitutional right. The existence of a form that FBI employees have reportedly pressured Americans to sign after appearing at their doors...

Columbia, Penn and Yale at bottom of FIRE’s annual free speech rankingsSeveral of the nation’s Ivy League schools are considered among the worst when it comes to free speech, according to a comprehensive list of rankings released Wednesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.Several of the nation’s Ivy League schools are considered among the worst when it comes to free speech, according to a comprehensive list of rankings released Wednesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.Columbia University came in last on the list of 203 colleges and universities, followed by the University of Pennsylvania. Yale University’s...

One of mass shooter Ezekiel Kelly’s victims from Wednesday night’s massacre has been identified as a young medical assistant named Allison Parker.

As you know, I don’t typically write articles about who says what on Twitter. But this one was too fun to pass up.Matt Hoh, a Green Party candidate seeking a Senate seat in North Carolina, utterly beclowned himself in a Twitter exchange over the question that is on everyone’s minds nowadays: What is a woman?It’s a question made even more popular by the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, who filmed a documentary with the same name. Now, some have taken to asking left-leaning candidates seeking office this same question to see how, or if, they will answer. Not surprisingly, not many...

A woke New York City principal admitted that he would not hire teachers if they identify with the Republican Party. Revealed in under cover footage obtained by conservative group Project Veritas, Todd Soper, the assistant principle at Neighborhood Charters Schools, was heard saying that he only hires people based on if they follow a woke far-left ideology. When asked whether or not he would hire a conservative, Soper quickly responded “no.” “If they [candidates] say that diversity is about — if they say something that lends itself to be colorblind, which could happen, like, ‘Oh, it’s like, you know, like...

Five speech therapists in Hong Kong have been convicted of a conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books on Wednesday, in what is a major blow to free speech. The therapists were convicted of using allegories to describe the Chinese Communist oppression of Hong Kong. The charges refer to a set of picture books about wolves and sheep with the sheep resisting an invasion of their home by wolves — a thinly disguised reference to the Chinese oppression of Hong Kong. CNN:In one book, the wolves tried to takeover a village and eat the sheep, in another, 12 sheep are forced...

Fellow FReepers, I'm asking you if you have taken or know someone who has taken Shark Cartilage as part of Cancer therapy, and if so, what sort of cancer, which brand, and what the results were. I'm digging into this for a friend whose mother is currently Stage 4, but has been fighting metastatic ovarian cancer for a couple of years now. Please share your knowledge whether your findings were good or bad. Thanks!

The Biden administration has gone nuclear in the culture wars by launching an attack on the First Amendment rights of Americans daring to challenge the far-left’s transgender agenda, two new court filings from Wednesday reveal.On Wednesday, the attorneys representing the Eagle Forum of Alabama and the Southeast Law Institute filed two separate motions to quash documents subpoenaed by the United States as part of the discovery in the ongoing case of Eknes-Tucker v. Marshall. In Eknes-Tucker, four transgender-identifying children, their parents, and several others sued the governor of Alabama and other state officials, challenging the constitutionality of the Alabama Vulnerable...

The Justice Department on Thursday said Trump may not have turned over all of the classified documents taken from the White House. Joe Biden’s corrupt Justice Department on Thursday appealed Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago. “Notice is hereby given that the United States of America. Defendant in the above-captioned matter, appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from the order of the district court entered on September 5, 2022.” the DOJ attorney wrote. The DOJ in its filing asked Judge Cannon to...

Much has been said about President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of student loan debt. The income cap (individuals making over $125,000 per year will not be included in the plan) does little to limit the massive spending the government will incur in wiping out this debt. This is an irresponsible policy; it doesn’t accomplish anything long-term. If colleges will continue to charge exorbitant tuition rates and the federal government will continue to loan young people exorbitant amounts of money to pay those tuition rates, we will inevitably end up in the same place later.To really fix...

There were two people aboard and both were killed, The plane was a Piper Sport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The airport’s single runway sits amid residential neighborhoods in the city of more than 90,000 on the Pacific Ocean. City leaders and many residents advocate closing the airport, citing noise and safety concerns. KABC

The owners of an Ohio bakery celebrated on Thursday their $36.5 million victory over the liberal arts institution Oberlin College in a defamation case, declaring that 'David has overcome Goliath'. The college had been ordered to pay after jurors ruled that it had defamed Gibson's Bakery by describing the institution as racist, after the store owner chased down three black students who stole from the business in November 2016. Finally, in a statement on Thursday, the college announced it 'has initiated payment in full of the $36.59 million judgment in the Gibson's Bakery case and is awaiting payment information from...

Why is the White House leaking information to the Washington Post? Why hasn’t Garland recused himself? Wait—isn’t Trump being indicted for his Federal tax returns? Or was it the emoluments clause? No, no—January 6th. Guess what folks, it’s all a scam and a cover up.

Her Majesty The Queen Is Dead But The End Of The Week Torrent Of Newsdumping Continues... An attack at a park in Uvalde, Texas this evening. Two juveniles hurt... In Memphis four killed and three wounded in the mass murder attacks yesterday... The US Justice Department appealing a federal district judge's order appointing a special master in connection with the FBI's raid on President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home... Pennsylvania politics with Republican US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz calling for a September debate with Democrat candidate... The national political scene tonight new polling done by Fox local stations and Insider Advantage...

KINGSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The accession of King Charles to the British throne has stirred renewed calls from politicians and activists for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state and for Britain to pay slavery reparations. Charles succeeds his mother, Queen Elizabeth, who ruled for 70 years and died on Thursday afternoon. The prime minister of Jamaica said his country would mourn Elizabeth, and his counterpart in Antigua and Barbuda ordered flags to half-staff until the day of her burial. But in some quarters there are doubts about the role a distant monarch should...

HUGE revelations pertaining to the content of the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago. Trump made some comments to Newsmax and now today Devin Nunes saying he thinks that the docs are about Russiagate. In Report today from Newsmax, Trump claims he kept them under Executive Privilege, to PROTECT THEM FROM BEING DESTROYED BY THE DEEP STATE.

The Virginia Attorney General’s Office said Michele White faces three corruption charges but did not outline specifics of the alleged crimes. . .... In fact, there have been many criminal cases involving voter fraud and corruption that the public does not really know about.... . .. According to the Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database,.. . .. which presents a sampling of recent proven instances of election fraud from across the country,... . .. there have been .. . .. 1,182 ... . .. criminal convictions... . .. from the 2020 election.

Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson described the Left's "psychodramas" used to divert from issues that matter most to the American people on Tuesday's "The Ingraham Angle." VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: It's really ironic because, why were we leaking? Because we had this disinterested special master that was taking charge, and they were going to adjudicate the entire file. It was almost like they went into panic and they wanted to prejudice whatever that finding might be by polluting the well. And then the two authors of The Washington Post news scoop, Mr. Barrett and Leonnig, they were essential in...

Joe Biden on Thursday delivered remarks at a reception for the DNC at the Marriott Gaylord National Resort in Maryland. The crowd size was pathetic. Biden delivered another angry and divisive speech on Thursday. It sounded a lot like his famous Moloch speech… minus the red glow. Biden said MAGA Republicans “threaten our very democracy.” “We’re literally in a battle for America’s soul! I know I’ve been saying it for a year and a half but I mean it! Extreme MAGA Republicans just don’t threaten our personal and economic rights, they embrace political violence… They threaten our very democracy,” said...

A fringe candidate, angry at being excluded from an upcoming forum at a Jewish temple, emailed antisemitic messages to local reporters and public figures.Peter Liu, pictured at a recent mayoral candidate forum, has sent a slew of attacks against Jewish people on an email thread this week. Credit: Amir Aziz A candidate for Oakland mayor has been widely condemned for making antisemitic comments in mass emails first sent on Sunday. A fellow candidate has been criticized for his initial response to those comments. On Sunday, Peter Liu, who has twice run for Oakland mayor and never gotten more than 1%...