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Well, it shouldn't shock anyone to learn that Instagram, the popular social media platform owned by Meta, is grooming children.Studies from The Wall Street Journal and Northeastern University computer science professor Laura Edelson found that the platform recommends sexualized content to young teens soon after they start using a new account.Test accounts were created for the study, with the age set at 13, and it was discovered that adult content was being shown within three minutes of scrolling through Instagram Reels. The tests, run over seven months ending in June, show that the social-media service has continued pushing adult-oriented content...

The authoritarians and their ever-abiding media minions of the fascist far left have always striven to lie with language to further their socialist national agenda. Their most recent project is conniving to convince everyone that we’re a “democracy” instead of a constitutional republic — for several reasons, but the most fundamental is that if they can change the foundations of our Republic, they can change anything.The far left has always laid claim to a counterfeit “right” to change the definition of any word they choose for their momentary convenience. George Orwell hinted at this in his dystopian epic 1984, with...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk fathered a third child with an executive at Neuralink, his brain-chip implant company, according to a report. Neuralink director Shivon Zilis had Musk’s child — whose name was not released — earlier this year, Bloomberg revealed Saturday. The birth came after Musk revealed in 2022 that he and Zilis had twins, which were reportedly conceived through in vitro fertilization. Musk, the world’s second richest man with some $200 billion, has fathered at least 12 children — six of them in the past five years — including three with Zillis and three with Canadian popstar Grimes, according...

In Atlanta to promote the Biden administration’s efforts to quell the import of illegal drugs into the U.S., Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced new sanctions against members of a Mexican drug cartel accused of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, meth and migrants through the southern border. Included in the sanctions are eight members of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, a notoriously violent group that wars for territorial control with a slate of other Mexican cartels. Also Thursday, Yellen issued an advisory to banks to help them identify and report suspicious transactions related to the sale an purchase of chemicals and...

In politics, it’s important to remember that even if your preferred issue or candidate is lagging in the polls, the direction in which it (or he) is moving matters. Currently, candidate Trump is moving up on every metric. I’m mindful of the many warnings against hubris: “There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip”; the Yiddish “Mann tracht, Un Gott Lacht” (“man plans and God laughs”); and, of course, Aesop’s “Never count your chickens before they hatch.” However, optimism is a driving force in momentum, so let’s celebrate a bit.Here, in no particular order, are seven causes for optimism:One. According...

The centerpiece of President Biden’s reelection campaign is labeling former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy, but critics say Mr. Biden’s attacks on the presumptive Republican nominee also pose a risk for Americans’ freedoms. In a series of speeches, Mr. Biden has apocalyptically warned that Mr. Trump and his followers would dismantle democracy if he wins the election. The source of such concern, Mr. Biden says, is Mr. Trump’s insistence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, which culminated in violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the building.Mr. Biden also...

In the Arthur Conan Doyle story “The Adventure of Silver Blaze,” master sleuth Sherlock Holmes deduces that the failure of a watchdog to bark while a horse was being stolen meant only one thing: the dog recognized the man who stole the horse. On January 6, vice president-elect Kamala Harris was the dog that didn’t bark. Harris did not bark then. Nor has she barked in the three-plus years since. This is surprising. On the surface, at least, she would have had a lot to bark about. Harris’s failure to bark suggests her complicity in a plot that—thanks to the...

President Trump claimed that "few communities have suffered more under the Biden regime than Philadelphia," while speaking to supporters at Temple University on Saturday evening in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. "Under crooked Joe, the city of brotherly love is being ravaged by bloodshed and crime," Trump said while discussing recent shootings and crime statistics. He added: "Under the Trump administration, we're going to bring law and order and safety back to our streets. We are going to bring success back to our schools. We're going to bring prosperity back to our forgotten communities. And we are going to...

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has described the emerging new leadership of the European Union, under a potential second term for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as a "coalition for war and migration." In an interview with a Hungarian state broadcaster on Friday, Orbán stated that the "increasingly left-wing" coalition of conservatives, social democrats and liberals, who hold a majority in the new European Parliament, have already reached an agreement on this matter. "A population exchange is taking place in Europe, the white, Christian, tradition-conscious - let's say European - person is becoming fewer, the number of imported migrants...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (I John 5:14) Religion forum threads labeled (Prayer) are closed to debate of any kind.

“Fat Beach Day” events are appearing across the United States, aiming to create spaces for the plus-size community to gather — including one Saturday in Far Rockaway. “We’re going through something culturally that is impacting us every day on an individual level and a systemic level,” Jordan Underwood, the event organizer told the Guardian. “We’re really trying to open up a space for people to be themselves.” “I’m so self-conscious at the beach, and I’m never around people that look like me,” Emma Zack, who started Berriez in 2018, told the outlet. “I’m excited we’ve created this space for folks...

The European betting markets have it between these 2 for Trump's VP Pick. Burgum: 3.8 VANCE: 5.0 The rest are huge odds so it's got to be between these 2 I suggest.

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he knows who his vice presidential pick will be — and gave a clue about his or her likely debate night plans. When asked by NBC News during a Philadelphia campaign stop whether he has decided on his vice presidential pick, Trump responded, "in my mind, yeah," adding that the person will “most likely” be at Thursday’s debate against President Joe Biden. "They'll be there," he continued. "I think we have a lot of people coming." Trump said that “nobody knows” his choice yet. NBC News has previously reported that...

If Minnesota wants to reach its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the state must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, a sector where pollution is still on the rise. A path to phasing out building emissions exists, according to a new report commissioned by Clean Heat Minnesota, a diverse group of energy experts, cities, community service organizations, and consumer advocates. The report, called the Minnesota Building Decarbonization Analysis, shows that billions of dollars in investments and dedicated planning will be needed to help the state hit its climate targets. But doing so is possible, and best accomplished...

On Wednesday police in New Caledonia staged early morning raids arresting eight people including Kanak independence leader Christian Tein... This week's visit to an arms show by National Rally President and prospective Prime Minister Jordan Bardella illustrated the mainstreaming of the RN. Bardella endorsing the sale of arms and ammunition... President Emmanuel Macron wants a discussion hour on 'racism and antisemitism' in all of France's schools. This follows the arrest of three 12-and1 13-year-old-suspects in the rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb... The reality of post October 7th politics in France coming to light this week...

Delegates from United Methodist churches that voted to leave the denomination but have been blocked from disaffiliating spoke up in frustration on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. A group of 44 churches that wanted to disaffiliate had sued the conference and appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled it is a matter that must be decided by the church, not secular courts.

Looking at staying at Hyatt place. Do we avoid mall of America?? Thanks Luigi

The White House is taking heat for statements on the deaths of a mother of five children in Maryland and a young Texas girl who were allegedly murdered by illegal aliens. The recent statements, which were short, did not comment on active police investigations regarding the two deaths, Fox News reported on Saturday. “We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Rachel Morin. We cannot comment on active law enforcement cases. But fundamentally, we believe that people should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law if they are found to be guilty,” the...

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) ramped up a crowd of supporters at a rally on Saturday, calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Bowman’s comments were made during a rally where Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also spoke. The New York congressman stated that people were “coming after” him, his family, and his children, and asked, “What am I supposed to do?” “What am I supposed to do?” Bowman asked the crowd. “You’re coming after me. You’re coming after my family. You’re coming after my children. I’m not supposed to fight back?...