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It’s a situation unprecedented in human history: most of the world’s people live in a country that has dipped below replacement rate, its population now spiraling downward. No place on earth is exempt from declining birth rates, including Africa, which is just a few steps behind the rest of the world. The scenario is – perhaps without exaggeration – quietly apocalyptic.

There’s much talk about whom the 2024 Republican presidential nominee should be. Would Donald Trump pass voter muster? Florida governor Ron DeSantis? Someone else? Who can win?The answer is, well, no one — according to a new report.That is, unless Republicans radically change how they approach swing-state politics. This is for a simple reason, avers Jay Valentine, a fractal-technology expert with electoral integrity entity Project Omega:

Just taking a break from the therapy necessitating news these days to appreciate some fun (and impressive) video editing skillz.

An attorney for the family of Banko Brown — the transgender Black man who was shot and killed by a private security guard outside a Walgreens store in downtown San Francisco last month — announced Friday that he was filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens, the security guard and the guard's employer, Kingdom Group Protective Services. The lawsuit comes days after California's attorney general announced he would review San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' decision to not charge the guard. The attorney, John Burris, said at a Friday news conference that Brown's death particularly appalled him because he believes...

At a speech before the pro-abortion Emily's List, President Joe Biden announced he would award the Medal of Freedom to Rep. Nancy Pelosi "for her pivotal role in assisting President Roosevelt rescue the economy in the Great Depression." What's even more amazing is that Pelosi was born in 1940 and was only five years old when Roosevelt died. This latest Biden Gaffe inspired former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to point out that "he's 80 years old. His age is an issue, and people have every right to consider it when considering whether to reelect him. Polls show that only...

Swim star Riley Gaines on Friday called out two transgender girls who had qualified for the state finals but failed to show up, archly noting: 'Did they realize they clearly possess an unfair advantage?' Gaines, a college swimmer, has become a campaigner against trans people in sport since she competed against Lia Thomas. The NCAA champ argues that having trans people in school sports discourages others from competing.

I PERSONALLY THANK ALL THAT HAVE SERVED OUR NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. On this Memorial Day, we honor, reflect and mourn the military personnel who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. For this purpose, I submit an autobiographical view of military service from one of our honored Freeper family: Lt.Col Lindsey. REVIEW: "An extraordinary, detailed and vividly presented first-hand account of the Vietnam War as experienced by one front line marine... especially and unreservedly recommended addition to the growing library of Vietnam War Histories & Memoirs..." - Reviewer's Choice, The Midwest Book Review SYNOPTIC...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom 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. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God...

Trans Cyclist Emily Bridges has launched a scathing attack on British Cycling, accusing it of “genocide” against transgender cyclists after trans ‘women’ were permanently banned from racing against females in British competitive events. The Telegraph has the story (with pronouns below corrected for errors in the original report – the Telegraph insists, like almost all mainstream media, on using biologically inaccurate pronouns, apparently mistaking pronouns for a matter of individual preference rather than a social device for differentiating males and females). The announcement [of the ban] all-but eliminates the likelihood of Bridges competing at Paris 2024 as he will race...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’ Chief of Staff, Allie Bones, has resigned after working with Hobbs for four and a half years. She worked in her current role for five months. ... Kari Lake (R-Ariz.), Hobbs’ gubernatorial opponent in the 2022 election, shared her thoughts ... Everyone close to @katiehobbs is fleeing as fast as they can. Hobbs is a disaster. She's a sinking ship. I just hope she doesn't take our state down with her. ... She is the fourth member of Hobbs’ administration to resign within the first six months of the governor’s reign.

The white supremacist host of a podcast that made “vile” racist attacks in an attempt to stir up hatred, divide communities and spread fear has been jailed for two and a half years. James Allchurch, 51, from Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, and his guests used extreme racial slurs and propagated racist ideology while discussing topics such as grooming gangs, immigration, slavery and crime... But the judge, Huw Rees, told Allchurch he was a “perfectly intelligent man” whose lack of work “gave you the time you needed to harbour and promote your warped thinking and express it in highly emotive, racial and...

“Rivers of Living Water” (John 7:37-39)Last weekend Susan and I went to Excelsior Springs, Missouri, to attend the wedding of Pastor and Mrs. Paul Flo. Excelsior Springs got its name and its fame long ago from the springs of water located there--healthful, healing waters, with restorative powers, it was said. Well, it so happened that when we went out there on that Friday, I wasn’t feeling so well. But when we returned on Sunday evening, I came back . . . with a bad case of acute bronchitis. I guess the healing waters of Excelsior Springs didn’t do me much...

Ron Wears Lady Clothes... pic.twitter.com/PLC2shlfU0— C3PMeme (@C3PMeme) May 25, 2023

REDDING, Calif. — The attempted recall of Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye has quickly turned contentious and expensive. ... "When you come into my neighborhood and you start telling me my business is going to suffer because I support a man, that's hypocritical, that's not what they're supposed to be doing," Gibbons said. "They're wanting to get rid of Kevin Crye, for reasons, I want to support Kevin Crye, for my reasons, and I'm not going to let people like that push me around in my own neighborhood." ....

A 35-year-old woman was recently caught sexting and providing alcohol and drugs to teens. She was subsequently arrested. After being taken into custody, Amanda Dorrough, better known as “Taz” to her underaged friends, allegedly told Washington state officials that she identified as a 15-year-old boy. According to an article published yesterday (May 25) by Fox News, the Port Angeles Police Department claimed Dorrough had plans to flee to Seattle with the teens. Before she could evade authorities, she was taken into custody and charged with unlawful harboring of minors. May 4 is when school administrators first learned of the alarming...

Taiwanese-American actor, Benji Wang, 40, and his wife, Cindy, welcomed their baby girl into the world on 12 May. They posted a Reel on the husband's Instagram account, @kungfubenji, on 14 May. The Reel, which has been flagged by the platform as containing graphic content, shows Benji demonstrating how he cooked the umbilical cord and placenta by first washing and cleaning them. He then chops the placenta with the umbilical cord into bite-size pieces before boiling it in water. After boiling once, he changes the water and boils the pieces again. He then stir-fries them with onions, ginger, and capsicum...

Medical personnel were rushed into the East Room of the White House on Friday when a member of collegiate championship-winning Louisiana State University women's basketball team fainted at an event to honor the team. Joe Biden called for year-round support for women's sports when the player, who was standing in the risers behind the podium, slunk downward and was helped off the stage. ... Coach Kim Mulkey said that the player, freshman Sa’Myah Smith, was okay as personnel wheeled her out. ... The event marked a thawing of earlier tensions between the team and the administration, after first lady Jill...

With the X-date for potential US default now estimated at June 5, House GOP and White House negotiators appear to be settling on an agreement to raise the debt limit and cap federal spending for two years, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the discussions. That said, while the two sides have whittled down their differences over the past several days, the details are tentative, and a final agreement is not yet in sight. The two sides have yet to agree on the amount of the cap, however under the emerging agreement, defense spending would be allowed to rise 3%...

In Pakistan the campaign by the army and the government to discredit and isolate opposition leader... Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin today... Tomorrow in Austin, Texas the State House of Representatives set to vote on the impeachment... The CEO of JP Morgan Jamie Dimon deposed in the lawsuits over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein... The highest court in Guatemala tossing out the Presidential candidacy of populist Carlos Pineda... A military and political demonstration underway in Serbia... Hundreds protesting a crackdown on public protests in South Australia. The state government wants to...

Texas Children's Hospital will stop offering hormone therapy and other transgender care, according to the Houston Chronicle and ABC affiliate KTRK. In anticipation of a Texas bill — which aims to curb gender-transition care and which was sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk on May 19 — becoming law, Texas Children's CEO Mark Wallace told employees the hospital will cease providing some transgender care services within the next few months, according to an email sent May 24 and obtained by the news outlets. The hospital is one of two Texas facilities part of an attorney general investigation based on...