Free Republic

A Pennsylvania appeals court today ruled that images of completed absentee and mail-in ballots are public records under state election law, after a voter sought such records from the 2020 election. The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania says a lower court erred in holding that images of absentee and mail-in ballots were shielded from public disclosure under Section 308 of the Election Code, which says certain election materials are available to the public “except the contents of ballot boxes and voting machines and records of assisted voters …” In its opinion, the court said the Common Pleas court failed to recognize...

Unpacks the rapidly deteriorating relationship between Israel and Turkey. From President Erdogan's shocking military threats to the broader trend of radicalization in Turkey, this video delves into the complex factors driving this geopolitical crisis. Internal shifts, including the erosion of secular principles and increased authoritarianism, are reshaping Turkey's foreign policy.

The Greenbrier Hotel, owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family, has been announced for auction on the courthouse steps late this month because of default, according to a legal advertisement placed in Lewisburg’s West Virginia Daily News. Justice gained goodwill and steps toward statewide name recognition when he bought The Greenbrier out of bankruptcy in spring of 2009. Justice, a two-term governor, is now a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate and is considered the frontrunner because of his broad name identification and West Virginia’s recent voting trends. The foreclosure is on The Greenbrier Hotel Corp., which is represented by...

The Harris-Biden administration is a boon to Putin. A Trump presidency will destroy all that. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelen, both of whom have been languishing in the Soviet, I mean, Russian prisons for years on trumped-up espionage charges, have been released. It appears that their release is part of a larger, multi-nation prisoner swap that includes the exchange of prisoners from Germany, Great Britain, the US, and Slovenia on the one side and Russia and Belarus on the other. The basis for the suspicion about the multi-national, multi-prisoner release is the sudden...

A teenager charged with murdering three children and harming 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport has been named as Axel Rudakubana. The 17-year-old, who turns 18 in just six days time, was born to Rwandan parents in Cardiff in 2006 before moving to the village of Banks in Lancashire in 2013. He is accused of carrying out the attack that killed Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine. The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard Skip Ad...

Quick video clip explaining YOUTUBE has banned videos sponsored by gun manufacturers, or companies which manufacture gun accessories, as of June 18. Video less than 3 minutes in length.YOUTUBE link for Hickok video featured below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KWxaOmVNBEransomnote: Here's the original text under the YOUTUBE videos created by Hickok45, a father and son Duo. Hickok45 videos are filmed on my own private shooting range and property by trained professionals for educational and entertainment purposes only, with emphasis on firearms safety and responsible gun ownership. We are NOT in the business of selling firearms or performing modifications on them. Do not attempt to...

Just because Joe Biden isn't capable of being president doesn't mean Kamala Harris is. To elect Harris would be disastrous for many reasons, least of all this: It would mean that America, after realizing that a shadow government may have been in control for the last four years, is perfectly comfortable with electing another figurehead. A puppet. Rather than learn from their past, Dems and their establishment enablers are basking in a post-Joe glow while making the same mistake again: unifying behind a candidate who is patently unsuited to the job. Why? Simply put, Kamala Harris is not the best...

Fox News’s Harris Faulkner criticized ABC’s Rachel Scott for causing an “emotional” start to former President Trump’s interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention on Wednesday. Faulkner said the moderators should have welcomed Trump on stage and acknowledged that just weeks prior he had undergone an assassination attempt. Scott opened the question-and-answer session with Trump by citing his past comments about Black people, asking him why Black voters should trust him. Trump shot back and said he didn’t think he’d ever been asked a question “in such a horrible manner.” “He walks out onstage and not a...

Four teenagers, initially charged as adults with murder and conspiracy in the beating death of a Rancho High School student, have accepted a plea that will allow them to plead guilty in juvenile court, according to information revealed in a hearing in Clark County District Court Thursday morning. The teens agreed to the plea that will allow them to plead guilty as juveniles to manslaughter. Damien Hernandez, Dontral Beaver, Gianni Robinson, Treavion Randolph, all under the age of 18 when the alleged crime was committed, were formally charged with murder in Jan. 2024 in the beating of Jonathan Lewis, 17,...

It ain’t Donald Trump, and it ain’t J.D. Vance. Democrats have apparently decided that their new line of attack against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance is to call them “weird.” Weird. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! Think of Biden alternately yelling and whispering during an address, then turning to shake hands with someone who isn’t there. Or Kamala Harris describing her love for yellow school buses and Venn diagrams, then cackling like the Joker. Conjure up the image of Sam Brinton, a non-binary Biden administration nuclear official whose hobby is stealing women’s suitcases from airport baggage claims....

Weird or Not Weird? You decide. Correct! Your Answer: Weird Explanation: Four kids? Does he know how bad that is for the climate? WEIRD.

In this image, the person on the left is real, while the person on the right is AI-generated. Their eyeballs are depicted underneath their faces. The reflections in the eyeballs are consistent for the real person, but incorrect (from a physics point of view) for the fake person. Credit: Adejumoke Owolabi ==================================================================================== By using astronomical methods to analyze eye reflections, researchers can potentially detect deepfake images, though the technique includes some risk of inaccuracies. In an era when anyone can create artificial intelligence (AI) images, the ability to detect fake pictures, particularly deepfakes of people, is becoming increasingly important. Now,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a notable development in a case that has spanned over two decades, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks was given a plea deal after the FBI confirmed that he was not present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, held in U.S. custody since 2003, agreed to a deal that will allow him to avoid the death penalty after investigators were able to rule out his involvement in the far more terrible and tragic events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. "He did some things to some people, but he wasn't...

Today is my 20 year anniversary at FR. I am making my first post of 20 years to thank Jim Rob and all my fellow FReepers for helping to maintain my sanity (such as it is) for the last 20 years. FR has always been my go-to source of news. After Rush, there is only FR. Thank you all. - NurdlyPeon.

Robert Colin, of Cape Canaveral, faces felony charge Composite image of photographs taken by Robert Colin showing the alligator he's accused of tying to a handrail in Cape Canaveral. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) ============================================================================== CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A 71-year-old Florida man faces a felony charge after deputies say he lassoed an alligator by its upper jaw and left it tied to a handrail above a canal Wednesday morning in Cape Canaveral. Robert Colin, 71, of Cape Canaveral, called deputies to the scene around 7:30 a.m. in the area of West Central Boulevard and Oak...

WASHINGTON D.C. — In a historic meeting today former Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met with current presidential nominee Kamala Harris to work on improving Harris's black accent. The meeting came after Harris's campaign rally this week in Atlanta where some accused Harris of affecting a rather flimsy black accent. "With my extensive experience of campaigning and pandering to black communities, I just had to step in and offer to help," explained Clinton. "Kamala has her heart in the right place but I think everybody was just having a hard time believing that accent." Harris turned down an initial offer...

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) is taking action to remove hundreds of noncitizens from state voter rolls. LaRose’s office made the announcement on Thursday, stating that “county boards of elections are being directed to remove an additional 499 non-citizen registrations from Ohio’s voter rolls.” The press release said it is part of an audit of the state’s voter registration database before Americans head to the polls to cast their ballots in the November general election. LaRose said: I swore an oath to uphold the constitution of our state, and that document clearly states that only United States citizens...

Leftists are desperate to have the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, believing that higher rates are hampering the “country’s ability to combat the climate crisis.” As the media increasingly speculates about the prospect of the Federal Reserve cutting rates in September, clean energy companies and their backers on Wall Street are hoping that the presumed rate cuts would alleviate the heavy borrowing costs for “Big Renewables” over the last two years. Charlie Gailliot, a global cohead of climate at the private equity firm KKR, said, “The energy transition is very capital-intense. In a lower rate environment, you’ll see a tailwind...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday declared Friday, Aug 2, a day of national mourning over the killing of the head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh. "In order to show our support for the Palestinian Cause and our solidarity with our Palestinian siblings, a day of national mourning was declared tomorrow (August 2 Friday) due to Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh's martyrdom," he said on social media platform X.

A ransomware attack against blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood, which services more than 250 American hospitals, has "significantly reduced" the org's ability to take, test, and distribute blood. In a notice today, OneBlood revealed the intrusion disrupted a "software system," and had forced the organization to use manual processes and procedures to remain operational. The outfit provides blood for healthcare facilities across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. "Manual processes take significantly longer to perform and impact inventory availability," OneBlood spokesperson Susan Forbes explained in a statement. "In an effort to further manage the blood supply we have asked the more...