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WORLD number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic surprised everyone yesterday with his command of the Spanish language. On Thursday, September 14, in Valencia, during the Davis Cup finals qualifiers, Djokovic took the spotlight not just for his tennis skills but for his attempt to converse in Spanish. The Serbian tennis star, known for his love of languages, confidently responded to the press in Spanish. He even paused the press conference to jot down a Spanish phrase, drawing laughter from the audience, according to 20 Minutos. A New Phrase For Djokovic ‘What word is used to say I miss in Spanish?’...

Guess their favorite tech brand isn’t the apple of their eye — or, i — anymore. Smartphone fans have been griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement of the forthcoming iPhone 15 on Tuesday. On X (formerly Twitter), users have gone so far as to claim “innovation died with Steve Jobs,” the co-founder and former Apple CEO who died in 2011 from cancer at the age of 56. The new iPhones, slated to drop on Sept. 22, feature never-before-seen color-infused glass — an “industry first” — and new charging ports.

Karl Rove’s article one month ago today … 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/6Ha9GBhRZG— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 16, 2023

A bar owned by Rep. Lauren Boebert’s apparent new beau has staged at least one drag show, according to a review of social media posts. In January, the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, which is co-owned by Quinn Gallagher, staged “a winter Wonderland Burlesque & Drag Show,” an invitation for the event reveals. In January 2020, Aspen Gay Ski Week hosted “an evening of cocktails, appetizers, and laughs” at Hooch, according to a Facebook post at the time. Gallagher, a Democrat, was caught on video getting frisky with Boebert, apparently grabbing her breast while she appeared to rub his...

Donald Trump ran away with @FRCdc’s #PrayVoteStand straw poll today. Social conservatives strongly support @realDonaldTrump! Most pro-life President ever and will be again. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/02q8ko9Kfr— Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) September 16, 2023

Member of the Ukrainian parliament and former emergency-services minister Nestor Shufrich has been arrested and is being held on charges of treason issued by a court in Kiev, the country’s capital. According to footage from Friday’s hearing published by outlet RBK-Ukraine, the judge has ruled that Shufrich will stay behind bars for the next two months. The politician, who was a member of the Opposition Platform-For Life party before it was banned as pro-Russian on the orders of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky last summer, has also been denied bail. Earlier in the day, masked operatives from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU)...

An Ohio man wanted for the murder of a 77-year-old woman was shot by a man defending his family during a home invasion on Thursday, according to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Michael James Brooks II, of Columbus, Ohio, was hospitalized Friday for injuries sustained during the home invasion. When he is released from medical care, he will face charges for burglary, home invasion and theft by receiving in Georgia and murder charges in Ohio, police said. Investigators said Brooks has an extensive criminal history. He is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of Emily Foster, which occurred on...

Staten Island secession might not be a bad thing — for New York City’s crime stats. Murders in the “forgotten” borough have surged 129% so far this year over last year, to 16 from seven. Major crimes are up in every category and 17% overall, according to NYPD data through Sept. 10. By contrast, murders citywide are down 10%, to 280 from 311 this year. And major crimes have dipped 0.2%, the data shows.

Alexander Demenchuk, rector of the Faculty of Political Science in Kyiv: “There is a lack of children, therefore a lack of future. Young women from the upper middle classes with excellent rates of schooling have left. And what is even more serious is that well over half of them do not intend to return to Ukraine. The children study in German, Polish, Austrian, French or Dutch schools. The mothers immediately found jobs,” writes the paper, adding: “We initially thought the European reception policy (for Ukrainian refugees) was a miracle of generosity, but it has turned out to be a curse.”...

I "saw one" on another FReepers home page and went looking for a merch. dept and found none.

The Biden campaign and its allies are rallying around Vice President Harris, rejecting chatter that President Biden should reconsider his running mate heading into 2024. A series of opinion columns published this week all suggested one way for Biden to juice enthusiasm among Democrats and quell concerns about his age heading into a second term would be to replace Harris on the ticket.

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted the shocking news on his Twitter/X account 23 minutes after midnight on Saturday morning: I’m very grateful that alert and fast-acting protectors from Gavin de Becker and Associates (GDBA) spotted and detained an armed man who attempted to approach me at my Hispanic Heritage speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles tonight. The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip federal ID. He identified himself as a member of my security detail. Armed GDBA team...

Ken Paxton Republican, Incumbent 53.4% 4,278,986 781,719 ahead Rochelle Garza Democratic 43.7% 3,497,267

We don’t just learn that corporations are broken and that Americans have had enough. We also see the societal inversion they seek. Dove went woke 20 years ago, but it doubled down by hiring BLM and “fat liberation activist” Zyahna Bryant. Bryant made a name for herself in 2020 with her damaging, race-based attacks on Morgan Bettinger. For that reason, there’s a growing Boycott against Dove. Bryant’s Dove video, however, is a useful insight into America’s societal collapse. Dove, founded in 1957 in America but now part of the British brand, Unilever, grew on its promise that it won’t dry...

Foolishly, I believed these women had hit the bottom of the stupid pit—I was so, so wrong. Did anyone remember to give these nasty women the memo that Joe Biden is out—he’s now way too much of a liability to the left—so they don’t have to keep making complete fools out of themselves to cover for the regime? Based on a recent segment from the program, it certainly doesn’t look like it. From a newly-launched impeachment inquiry over “unproven claims” of Joe’s involvement in certain business dealings, to official firearms charges against Hunter, “it’s been a rough week for the...

Border Patrol agents in San Diego have set hundreds of migrants free from buses as the US-Mexico border crisis continues to overwhelm California. The city is struggling to deal with a surge of migrants in the area and footage captured shows them being let go from overflowing facilities. A border agent was heard telling one person he could do what he wants as people from countries including China and Pakistan were dropped off on streets on Thursday afternoon. It comes as Southwest border towns and federal processing centers are overcapacity as a crush of crossings cripples the nation.

Letter thanking Texans and putting Biden on notice

A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine with his Mi-8 chopper said he did not want to continue taking part in the “genocide of the Ukrainian people” — and called on his former comrades to follow his example. “It’s a real disgrace what’s happening here,” Maksim Kuzminov, 28, told a TV documentary, “Downed Russian Pilots,” that aired in Ukraine Sunday.

"“In 2022, the number of births of Ukrainian women permanently residing in Poland is twice as high as in 2021 and almost 20 times higher compared to 2015,” reports the Statistical Office of Poland." Also from: https://www.wionews.com/world/theyre-easy-as-theyre-poor-brazil-politicians-remarks-on-ukrainian-women-go-viral-460164 "Last week, Arthur do Val, a So Paulo congressman and erstwhile supporter of Brazil's right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, visited the region for three days, ostensibly to raise awareness of Vladimir Putin's onslaught. "I’ve just crossed the border on foot between Ukraine and Slovakia. Bro, I swear to you … I’ve never seen anything like it in terms of beautiful girls. The refugee queue...

Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) announcement this week that he would not seek re-election won’t change the 2024 Senate math for Republicans — who are as bullish as ever about a red run. In contrast to their beating in the 2022 midterm elections — the GOP is insisting that 2024 will be a better year. In November, the GOP lost a seat in Pennsylvania and failed to pick up any new ones, leaving it two votes shy of taking the majority.Party leaders say the 2024 map — when 33 seats are up for grabs — offers uniquely rosy prospects. “We are...