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The Novocherkassk landing ship was damaged in an overnight Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port city of Feodosia, Russia’s defence ministry and officials said. The Interfax news agency cited the Russian defence ministry as saying that Ukraine had used guided missiles launched by aircraft to attack Feodosia.

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Those ungrateful white Americans! Why don't they appreciate all the wonderful things that Joe Biden has bestowed upon them? That was the Boston Globe's message via its cartoonist Ward Sutton on this Christmas Day. As you see, a svelte Santa Biden points to the gifts he's left under the tree for the family: low unemployment, inflation down, recession averted. And Biden says to them: "Look what I brought you folks -- this oughta make things merry and bright!" Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

In a worrisome turn of events, Ethiopia has become the latest casualty in the escalating global debt crisis, defaulting on its financial obligations. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg as the consequences of decades-high interest rates continue to reverberate across the world, putting immense pressure on the global economy. Some of the poorest nations are now on the brink, struggling under the weight of a historic debt burden. This crisis is a lagged effect of a global tightening campaign that, while seemingly over, continues to impact low-income countries. Soaring global interest rates make debt repayment increasingly expensive,...

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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. There arose another generation who did not know the Lord . . . (Judges 2:10)

The popular conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson recently shared his belief that the non-human beings the U.S. government has reportedly encountered are “not aliens” but are “spiritual” in nature.During a Timcast IRL podcast discussion hosted by Tim Pool on Tuesday, Carlson weighed in on the mounting whistleblower reports of UFO and “alien”-related government programs, which he has discussed in two interviews posted on X. He most recently discussed the subject on December 13 with former military intelligence officer and whistleblower Dave Grusch.“It’s my personal belief, based on a fair amount of evidence, that they’re not aliens. They’ve always been here....

**SNIP** “It’s getting to the point where [the car] is almost like a consumable, like a TV,” Benoit said. Benoit’s experience heralds a problem that early adopters of EVs, as well as electric micromobility devices like e-bikes and e-scooters, are beginning to face: These vehicles contain big, expensive batteries that will inevitably degrade or stop working over time. Repairing these batteries can have sustainability benefits, saving energy and resources that would otherwise be used to manufacture a new one. That’s particularly important for EVs, which contain very large batteries that must be used for years to offset the carbon emissions...

CNN's Abby Phillip pushed back on GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy when he doubled down on his conspiracy theory claims about the January 6 Capitol riot during a CNN town hall.

A Florida state trooper was seen on video accidentally pulling over a fellow officer after attempting a high-risk maneuver while attempting to catch a suspect in a police chase. State Trooper Walner Wroy was dispatched on November 29 to handle reports of a reckless, speeding motorist in the Miami Gardens area. Wroy located a Kia Stinger while on a freeway and turned on his lights in an attempt to get the car to pull over. The driver didn't stop and instead, went through multiple red lights at illegal speeds before getting out on an exit. Wroy eventually hit the rear...

A new round of stadium construction is underway for professional sports teams across the U.S., and taxpayers will be helping to pay the multibillion-dollar tab. The wave of construction has seen teams chasing both repairs and luxurious additions. Some teams have sought new public funding for the projects — with mixed support — even while debt from the last round of renovations a couple decades ago is still being paid off. This year alone, The Associated Press tallied about a dozen stadium projects that were unveiled or already underway for Major League Baseball and National Football League franchises. That doesn’t...

Iran's foreign ministry on Monday rejected Washington's claims that a drone attack targeting a tanker off the coast of India over the weekend was "fired from Iran", AFP reports. The Pentagon said on Saturday that the Japanese-owned Chem Pluto chemical tanker was targeted "by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran." "We declare these claims as completely rejected and worthless," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said on Monday when asked about the US accusations. "Such claims are aimed at projecting, distracting public attention, and covering up for the full support of the American government for the crimes of the Zionist...

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his spokeswoman said on Monday, after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks, Reuters reports. Navalny, 47, was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,900 km north east of Moscow, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. Navalny's lawyer managed to see him on Monday, she added. "This prison will be much worse than the one that was before," Yarmysh told Reuters. "They are trying to make his life as unbearable as it...

Elected officials across the political spectrum and local Democratic and Republican parties are fighting against ranked-choice voting (RCV) as the election system will be considered by voters in multiple states next year. RCV is an election process being introduced in states across the country, but is facing pushback from both sides of the political aisle, including efforts to ban it. With RCV, if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, then a runoff system is triggered. When voters cast their ballots, they rank each candidate in order of first-to-last. If one candidate doesn't reach the 50% plus-one vote...

"Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him." "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who...

An Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighbourhood on Monday killed Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a longtime adviser of the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guards in Syria, a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media has said. On Monday Israel struck the Sayeda Zeinab neighbourhood, located near a Shiite Muslim shrine, said Iran’s official news agency IRNA and the UK-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. IRNA described Mousavi as a close companion of Gen Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in January 2020.

In a significant development in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force successfully targeted and destroyed the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk. The military action took place in the early hours of December 26, in the port of Feodosia, located in the occupied territory of Crimea. The event was announced by the Ukrainian Air Force Commander, Mykola Oleshchuk, and signifies a strategic blow to the Russian military’s capabilities in the region. The Novocherkassk, a large landing ship, represents a significant asset in the Russian Navy. Its destruction likely involved the use of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles. This loss...

Another day, another leak. Special Counsel Jack Smith has “sprawling” evidence against President Trump, CBS News reporter Robert Costa said citing sources. “Based on our reporting at CBS News, the special counsel has phone records,” Robert Costa said. “He has memos and diary entries from key witnesses, like former Vice President Mike Pence, key eyewitness testimony from people who are inside the Oval Office with Trump.” Robert Costa continued, “But they had something in the special counsel’s office the January 6th Committee never had which is subpoena power to really go deep with witnesses and not just get public testimony...

The New York Police requested a Level 3 mobilization against the large Pro-Hamas protest in Midtown on Christmas night. The godless protesters did not let Christmas keep them at home tonight. The pro-Palestinian mob is attacking police in Midtown tonight. Several police officers were injured in the violence. The protest mob marched by St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown on Christmas to scream outside of the church. Pro-Palestinain advocates gathered at st. Patrick’s cathedral church in midtown Manhattan to remind people that Christmas is cancelled in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, in protest of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/SNjL37QnVz —...

In another tough break for the Gray Lady — one that's entirely self-inflicted — the New York Times found it "fit to print" an op-ed by the Hamas-appointed mayor of Gaza City. Unsurprisingly, the piece is as divorced from reality as one can expect from the Times' apparent attempt at pro bono public relations work for Hamas terrorists that killed more than 1,200 Israelis on October 7 and continue to shoot their own citizens when they try to access international aid deliveries. Unable to reach Al-Qaeda or the Taliban, the @nytimes settled on having Hamas write its guest essay.For the...