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A New Jersey man is facing a fine of $32,000 for cutting down thirty-two of his neighbor's trees to improve the view from his $1.75m mansion of New York City's skyline. Grant Haber is said to have violated local legislation in the town of Kinnelon, New Jersey, that requires a permit to be acquired before removing trees. Haber is alleged to have hired individuals to cut down 32 mature trees on his neighbor Samih Shinway's property in order to get a better view of New York City. Pictures show the extensive mess left by those hired to take out the...

The harder Democrats hit Donald J. Trump, the higher his poll numbers go. On June 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal indictment against Trump for allegedly mishandling classified records. But rather than sandbag Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 37 charges pumped helium into the reelection odds of America’s 45th president. Trump’s Poll Numbers Rise Despite Indictment Ten days later, ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl was astonished to see Trump rising in public opinion after becoming the first former president to face federal prosecution. “A poll from Quinnipiac on a possible Biden/Trump matchup puts Biden at 48 percent,...

LGBTQ activists have defended a video of drag queens chanting 'we're coming for your children' during a Pride parade in New York City. The video of the incident sparked widespread revulsion online - but prominent allies within the community have now said that it was taken out of context. Brian Griffin, the original organizer of the NYC Drag March, defended the words that were chanted in the city over the weekend by crowds of people, including a topless woman. He told NBC: 'It's all just words. It's all presented to fulfill their worst stereotypes of us.' Griffin said he himself...

The long ordeal of Pride Month is almost at a close, but this festival would not be truly complete without prominent figures advancing the argument for child sexualization. Adults exposing themselves to random children on the street is de jure illegal; those who do so are criminals who should receive a prison sentence and a spot on the sex offender registry. ... Police now stand idly by as grown men enthusiastically display themselves to the public while confused children look on, hoping that some adult will recognize the absurdity of the situation. Officers ignore the law, knowing better than to...

A trans woman intentionally burnt her own penis in a desperate attempt to get it removed. The 57-year-old, from Australia, was born a man but felt that she had been living in the wrong body. The unidentified woman only sought medical help seven days after suffering a self-inflicted chemical burn injury. Doctors who shared her tale in a medical journal did not reveal how it happened. Gender-affirming surgery, which can involve removing the penis, is currently not covered by Medicare, Australia's national public health insurance. Instead, patients must seek costly private ops. While some local health authorities do provide clinics...

“What is the line of communications between Hunter Biden and his business partners and Joe Biden when he’s Vice President of the United States?” Schweizer said. “It’s not the government phone. It’s not Joe Biden’s personal phone. We know from the laptop that Hunter Biden’s business paid for a private phone line that Joe Biden used while he was Vice President. Schweizer continued, “It was from AT&T. It was $300 a month. It was a global phone where you could access somebody anywhere around the world.” As Banks Fail and Americans Scramble to Protect Retirement Accounts With Physical Gold and...

The Kentucky Republican said that his panel has identified “six specific policy decisions” where Biden, 80, took actions that indicate he may have been “compromised Comer noted that of the six policy decisions, four of them “were made while Joe Biden was president early on — [where] we cannot come to any other conclusion as to why these decisions were made, other than the fact that this president is compromised.” “This was organized crime. There’s no other way to define it,” Comer alleged. The Oversight Committee chairman explained that as recently as “in the last five days” his panel has...

A cervical cancer trust is under fire for disgustingly suggesting that people call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender people. Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, based in the UK, suggested the language in 2020 — but it just went viral after it was noticed by people and posted to Twitter. “Bonus hole – An alternative word for the vagina. It is important to check which words someone would prefer to use,” the glossary on the trust’s website states. The website claims, “Using the correct language when referring to someone’s gender identity is a simple and effective way to demonstrate support...

More than two decades after Islamic terrorists exploited the U.S. government’s inefficient system for tracking foreigners who overstay visas, the problem is only getting worse with a startling 853,955 visa overstays in fiscal year 2022. A new report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tries to downplay the severity of the situation by shining a light on the positive, that the overstay rate is a mere 3.67% compared to 96.33% of over 23 million nonimmigrants that departed the country on time in accordance with the terms of their admission. The reality is that the latest available overstay figure...

No one wants nuclear war but the United States has destroyed the system designed to prevent it. That message from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov... An Amtrak passenger train partially derailed around 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles... The Teamsters Union at United Parcel Service (UPS) says a strike is "imminent"... A gunmen killed near the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Also killed a Nepalese security guard.... At Fox New remaining workers on Tucker Carlson's staff losing their jobs... "It's hard to tell really. But he's losing the war in Iraq" Joe Biden's comments regarding Vladimir Putin today in...

Japan was the only Group of Seven country to dispatch a male minister to the recently held G7 Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. The event, which closed Sunday, was attended by nine representatives of countries and organizations, with Japan’s gender equality minister Masanobu Ogura — who chaired the Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture meeting — being the sole official male presence. The gathering was expected to highlight women’s activities in Japan but ended up demonstrating the conspicuously small role women play in contemporary Japanese politics. The convocation was attended by G7 ministers and representatives of the European Union and...

The dispute between the Diocese of Fort Worth and nuns at an Arlington monastery entered a Tarrant County civil courtroom Tuesday. Judge Don Cosby of 67th District Court heard testimony Tuesday to decide whether the civil court has any jurisdiction to step into the dispute between the diocese and the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington. SNIP The nearly six-hour proceeding included explosive testimony from diocese officials, numerous references to “sexting,” and drug use, and a 40-minute audio recording of a conversation between Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson and the monastery’s former head nun, The Dallas Morning News reported. District Court...

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. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

The remains of 10 men and six women have been pulled from the Chicago River and Lake Michigan since the beginning of last year, prompting fears of a serial killer terrorizing the community. Patterns have been noticed as the bodies have piled up, with five men’s bodies recovered in the last six months. “There’s too many coincidences,” Tracy Walder, former CIA and FBI federal agent told The Post by phone. Walder thinks a serial killer could be at work, pointing out the cases of “accidental” drownings, bodies being recovered far from where the victims were reported missing, and short periods...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin said they plan to appeal the ruling to the Eighth CircuitA federal judge on Tuesday ruled an Arkansas law that bans hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery for transgender minors is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody said that the first-in-the-nation law violated the due process and equal protection rights of transgender youth and their families and it violated the First Amendment rights of health care providers by prohibiting them from referring patients elsewhere. "Rather than protecting children or safeguarding medical ethics, the evidence showed that the prohibited medical...

Well, to put it bluntly, this sucks. I was in our local Aldi store earlier today and they were in the midst of going to all digital pricing. That is, there's essentially a bar code on the shelf under each group of boxes of items, or under the 2% milk rack, etc., which you scan with a smart phone to get the price. No printed prices are on the shelves, and won't be, according to the employee I spoke with.

Diagnosed with Stage 4 follicular lymphoma at the age of 45, Meta's Nicola Mendelsohn overcame the darkest moments of her life, fought back and now helps others through her international Follicular Lymphoma Foundation and a Facebook support group.A social media honcho and mum-of-four, Nicola Mendelsohn’s life was in full swing in 2016 when she unexpectedly discovered a pea-sized lump at her groin while showering. She called a girlfriend, a doctor, who arranged for her to see a specialist in London, United Kingdom, where she and her family were living then. “He thought I was fine. I was leaving and literally...

The White House said Wednesday that President Joe Biden, 80, has started using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea - after he was spotted with visible indentations on his face. The mask lines were apparent as the president spoke with reporters on the South Lawn Wednesday morning before a day trip to Chicago. The West Wing quickly shut down conspiracy theories by confirming the lines were caused by the device that helps sufferers breath when they sleep. 'Since 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports. He used a CPAP machine last...

Denver, Colo., Jun 21, 2023 / 15:45 pm Catholic organizations and medical professionals won’t be forced to perform gender-transition surgeries or provide insurance coverage for them after the Biden administration declined to defend the challenged “transgender mandate” federal rules with an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Becket, a religious-liberty-focused legal group, served as legal counsel for a coalition of Catholic organizations that represented hospitals, doctors, and clinics in the case known as Sisters of Mercy v. Becerra. In January 2021, a federal district court ruled that the intrusion on the Catholic plaintiffs’ free exercise of religion was sufficient to...

Now convicted mass shooter, Anderson Aldrich, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder in the Club Q shooting, but many are still wondering what’s to come in the shooter’s federal case. “The death penalty still matters,” Michael Allen said, the 4th Judicial District Attorney and lead prosecutor on Aldrich’s state case. “[The death penalty] is a big reason why this defendant took a plea and avoided trial, was to mitigate toward that death penalty process in the federal system.” Allen explained how Aldrich pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder on the state level could help the shooter on the...