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Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker criticized a portion of the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony over social media on Friday that appeared to attempt to mimic Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. In between the participating countries being presented at the kick-off in Paris, several performances were presented that played off French cultural and history. One of the more controversial performances, however, was one where drag queens and other actors appeared to remake the scene of The Last Supper, which depicts the last meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before he was crucified. Butker posted a video to...

The advanced U.S. fighter aircraft will mark a significant upgrade to Ukraine’s air force, but their impact on the war with Russia will hinge on several factors.Ukraine is set to receive U.S.-made F-16 fighter aircraft within months, an upgrade that Kyiv and its Western allies hope will help level the playing field with Russia’s formidable air force. But the F-16s will only have a meaningful impact on the war in Ukraine if Kyiv and its partners can build and maintain the extensive support and logistics infrastructure necessary to keep these world-class warplanes in the air. What is the F-16 and...

A Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison after incriminating herself in a 1980 murder while she was a psychiatric patient has been freed from prison despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars. Sandra Hemme, 64, was the longest held wrongly incarcerated woman known in the U.S., according to her legal team at the Innocence Project, after she was found guilty of killing 31-year-old library worker Patricia Jeschke more than 40 years ago. But a judge overturned the conviction last month, agreeing that her lawyers had established evidence of her innocence...

A former Russian reality TV chef and suspected spy was nabbed in France after he reportedly bragged about an alleged plot to cause mayhem at the Paris Olympics during a drunken rant. Kirill Gryaznov, 40, was arrested at his flat in Paris Sunday after multiple European intelligence agencies had been monitoring his movements for months, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. Fench police said they found “diplomatic material” linking him to Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), upon searching the self-proclaimed private chef’s apartment at the French Interior Ministry’s request. Agents found evidence of a ‘large-scale...

...The team made the 'unprecedented' find after unsealing the 2,000-year-old sarcophagus in the historic 'Tomb of Cerberus' in Naples.The remains had been preserved by plant-based creams that were applied on the bodies prior to being sealed in the chamber...One of the bodies was found covered in a shroud, surrounded by grave goods, which the team unwrapped and found the individual was perfectly preserved.The particular care given to the deceased and the chronology of the objects found suggested that he may have been the founder of the family for whom the mausoleum was built...Archaeologists have previously found a large number of...

For the past four years, as both America and the world have descended in a downward spiral, from prosperity and security to recession and risk, Joe Biden has been assigned much of the blame. That’s not unusual; the executive branch traditionally gets much of the credit for good news and much of the blame for bad news, whether deserved or not. Since Joe Biden was installed in the Oval Office on January 20, 2021, it’s not surprising that the dumpster fire of the past four years would be largely laid at his feet. But it is not entirely fair. And...

Welcome to the PRAYER REQUESTS thread. This daily thread is a listing of prayer requests that have been posted by Freepers to the main forum who wish to have continued prayer. Hopefully this thread will remind us to continually pray for our fellow Freepers’ cares and needs. GOD hears and answers our prayers.

What is the abortion issue? Put simply, it’s the question of whether or not the law should allow an expectant mother to hire someone to kill the dependent infant growing within her body. But there’s more to it than that. In addition, the issue requires determinations on who should have a say in the decision – the future grandparents if she’s underage, the father if they’re married, the father if they’re not married. The issue also requires societal decisions on the licensing of who can perform such an operation, and whether it should be allowed anytime in the nine months...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly hired senior campaign adviser has a long history of online posts mocking women and gay people. Kamau Marshall, who was hired by the Harris campaign earlier this week, issued an apology in 2020 for his offensive posts and in has reportedly undertaken a digital purge in recent days. “Even though I like a power woman…I need her to know her place…Meaning I where [sic] the #pants…ight,” Marshall tweeted on Dec. 24, 2011. In another 2011 post on what is now known as X, he wrote, “As long as my woman looks good & turns me...

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Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachingsWhat is Project 2025 and what is Trump’s involvement?Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation president and the architect of Project 2025, the conservative thinktank’s road map for a second Trump presidency, has close ties and receives regular spiritual guidance from an Opus Dei-led center in Washington DC, a hub of activity for the radical and secretive Catholic group.Roberts acknowledged in a speech last September that – for years – he has visited the Catholic Information Center, a K Street institution headed by an Opus...

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A group of former Latin American presidents prevented from flying to Venezuela to observe Sunday's presidential election... US politics a Wall Street Journal Poll with Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris... Air raid alerts in seven eastern regions of Ukraine...In Russia's Kursk Region six Ukrainian drones downed... "I'm in it to win it" Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denying a report he's dropping out... US Central Command reporting destruction of six Houthi drones in Yemen and three Houthi drone boats... A British police investigation agency probing the officer... In Russia one village flooded several others evacuated after a dam break... Israeli Prime...

Taylor Swift has not endorsed anyone in this year’s presidential race. But her army of fans isn’t waiting for her. Swifties know which way she leans. Swift, currently traveling in Europe with her mammoth Eras Tour, endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020. Since Sunday, when Biden stepped down from his reelection campaign and Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee, Swifties have flooded social media supporting Harris, enchanted by the prospect of the first female president. If the mammoth success of Swift’s tour has demonstrated anything, it’s this: When millions of Swifties mobilize, get out of their way. And...

Miscalculations in the value of weaponry the United States has sent to Ukraine has again been uncovered, increasing the Pentagon's purse to supply its besieged ally by another $2 billion. At more than $53 billion in military assistance, the United States is by far Ukraine's largest backer in its two-year war against Russia. Last year, the Pentagon notified Congress that it had overvalued some of the defense articles it sent to Ukraine by about $6.2 billion. Because of this miscalculation, the Government Accountability Office was directed by Congress through the passing of the omnibus Consolidated Appropriation Act spending bill late...

(Jul. 26, 2024) — As posted Tuesday by the “X” account @Kancel Kamala, on August 20, 2020, then-Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Christopher John England sent a “Certification” to then-Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill naming the party’s 2020 nominees for President and Vice President, respectively, as “Joseph R. Biden” and “Kamala D. Harris.” The 18-page set of documents remains available at the Alabama Secretary of State’s website. As part of the “certification” process, each nominee provided a signed and notarized “Consent to Nomination of the Democratic Party” and “affirmed” he or she was constitutionally qualified for the position sought...

James Piereson is a political scholar and analyst for the Manhattan Institute. He recently wrote a column comparing Kamala Harris to failed 1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, but one of the most fascinating parts of the column is a passage where he predicts the outcome of the 2024 election. Piereson writes at The New Criterion (bolding added for emphasis): [Kamala Harris is now enjoying this kind of moment as she racks up endorsements in anticipation of the Democratic National Convention in August. Democrats and media allies are busy portraying her as a fresh face (she is not) and a youthful...

November 11, 2019 To Whom it may Concern: It is with a heavy heart that I submit my resignation as State Operations Director at Kamala Harris for the People, effective November 30, 2019. This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly. While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020, I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership. The treatment of our staff over the last two weeks was the final straw in this very difficult decision....

The CBO estimates the immigration surge will create $1.2 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, mostly from income taxes and spending by the estimated 8.7 million migrants living in the U.S. during that time. The recent surge in migration across the southern border could help slash the federal deficit by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, according to a recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO estimates the immigration surge will create $1.2 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, mostly from income taxes and spending by the estimated 8.7 million migrants living...

Former President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address at the Turning Point USA Faith Believers’ Summit.