Free Republic

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared to rebuke a senior Pentagon official after she reportedly approved a plea-deal for 9/11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two accomplices that became a massive embarrassment for the Biden-Harris administration. After the Pentagon announced the deal, which was approved by senior Biden administration official Susan Escallier, a retired Army brigadier general, Austin revoked the deal, issuing a public memorandum that said he was now taking charge of the case. The Pentagon issued a statement Friday with the revocation, along with the memorandum. It said: Today, Secretary Austin signed a memo reserving for himself the...

After Trump’s appearance today with the National Alliance of Black Journalists, yet another feat of daring no other politician would attempt, it was time once again to watch the media narrative machine do its thing. It would be an all-day affair, blanketing Twitter, then finding its way to the entertainment trades, the high-minded legacy press, and, eventually, the New York Times’ front page. This is supposed to be the most important thing happening in America — in the world. Stop the presses: TRUMP SAID SOMETHING! The entire front page of the New York Times, on a day when Israel and...

FROM NASHVILLE. NASHVILLE, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1864. Gen. STONEMAN's raid along the Macon Railroad met with a great success in cutting the rebel line of communication, and thus completely isolating Atlanta. But I regret the necessity to add that one division of cavalry, while returning, met with a serious disaster. The Macon Railroad was torn up for eighteen miles, the rails twisted, the ties, tanks, bridges and depots burned, and the road rendered useless for months to come. Returning by way of Newman, captured a large wagon train, filled with much valuable private properly belonging to rebel officers, and among...

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael Kurilla is in Israel Monday on a pre-planned visit that would not have happened had President Donald Trump not made the decision to include Israel in CENTCOM. The U.S. divides military policy geographically, with different countries assigned to different areas based on their location. But Israel, while in the Middle East, had long been included in U.S. European Command (EUCOM), in deference to Arab hostility towards the Jewish state. Pro-Israel groups had argued that being in EUCOM put Israel at a disadvantage, because U.S. military officials in the Middle East had closer ties...

Do these look like WOMEN to you, IOC?????????........... This is a sham and a travesty......................

PM 4Liberty, if you want On/Off this listhttps://pluto.tv/live-tv/americas-voicehttps://americasvoice.news/Tune in via Roku/AppleTV/AmazonFire with the America’s Voice App https://americasvoice.appLIVE STREAM all Bannon shows & find past episodes here:https://rumble.com/c/BannonsWarRoomhttps://americasvoice.news/playlists/the-war-room/ https://rumble.com/v54s6ty-real-americas-voice-247.htmlPM 4Liberty, if you want On/Off this list

Wild West Bank Part 2: BOTH SIDES NOW 👥 On the same day I went to Ramallah (aka “Palestine”), I returned right to Tel Aviv and asked Israelis the EXACT same questions. The answers were day and night… If we want peace in the Middle East, which I believe is still possible one day, we must first acknowledge how much indoctrination there has been on one side. They’ve been taught peace is a curse word and that Jews are subhuman. “Palestine” can’t be free, until there’s freedom of thought.

A vocal anti-Israel activist, who has made several donations to Rep. Rashida Tlaib's, D-Mich., House campaigns, mourned the assassination of a top Hamas leader on Wednesday, saying his "martyrdom is not in vain." Zahra Billoo, a disgraced former Women's March leader and the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in San Francisco, took to social media after it was reported that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran, prompting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to vow "revenge" for the attack.

The Hubble Telescope captured this extraordinary image of the galaxy LEDA 857074, driven by the detection of the supernova SN 2022ADQZ. Despite being an obscure galaxy with minimal prior data, this event highlights its significance in the cosmic landscape, showcasing the serendipitous nature of astronomical discoveries. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley ============================================================================ This ethereal Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus. LEDA 857074 is a barred spiral galaxy, with partially broken spiral arms. It also has a particularly bright spot right in its bar: this is a supernova snapped by Hubble,...

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – Hurricane Debby made landfall early Monday morning along Florida’s Big Bend, blasting the state with flooding rain, damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge. The Category 1 storm hit near Steinhatchee about 7 a.m. ET with winds topping 80 mph. By midweek, the storm is expected to dump extreme amounts of nearly 2 feet of rain on parts of Georgia and South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is forecasting “potentially historic rainfall” across southeastern Georgia and South Carolina through Friday, causing widespread flash flooding and life-threatening conditions. The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have declared...

"Nasty Pelosi". LOL! This is commentary from Mark Dice. Love him or hate him...this one is pretty good.

STURGIS, South Dakota — A growing online political movement is trying to enlist Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attendees into pressuring Harley-Davidson to fire its chief executive for supporting climate change policies and diversity and inclusive programs. The movement is led by Robby Starbuck, a popular online conservative activist who targets companies over policies and practices he considers part of a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) progressive agenda. “Bikers @SturgisRally are going to be spreading the word about this,” Starbuck posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. “Harley is hoping this all blows over. Are y’all ready to give up or make...

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Monday vowed that the central bank would react to signs of weakness in the economy and indicated that interest rates could be too restrictive now. “The Fed’s job is very straightforward, maximize employment, stabilize prices and maintain financial stability. That’s what we’re going to do,” the central bank official said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” program. “We’re forward-looking about it. So if the conditions collectively start coming in like that on the through line, there’s deterioration on any of those parts, we’re going to fix it.”

Vladimir Putin suffered a devastating loss as Ukraine reported destroying a $38 million Russian bomber in its latest attack on the enemy. The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate claimed Kyiv's forces struck an SU-34 aircraft during a strike on the Morozovsk Airfield in Rostov Oblast, southwestern Russia. The Ukrainians said several buildings at the airbase were damaged in the bombing as it also struck ammunition deposits.

Stock markets around the world are crashing right now, but why?The answer to this question is the Yen carry trade, a term you'll probably hear many times this week.So what exactly is the Yen carry trade and why did it cause a market downturn?It all started after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to raise rates at their most recent meeting. The BOJ raised rates to ~0.25% in their second rate hike since 2007, effectively ending negative rate policy. For years, traders took advantage of these ultra low rates.The Yen Carry trade explained:For years, investors would borrow Yen at ultra...

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that committed the United States to fighting and then losing the Vietnam War. On Aug. 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats that wrongfully believed Maddox was part of a South Vietnamese strike group delivering a hit-and-run raid on the north. Two days later, the Maddox and USS Turner Joy were ordered back on patrol off the North Vietnamese coast. Both reported being attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats. But those attacks never took place. President Lyndon B. Johnson, however, used the...

According to @CryptoMichNL, the Federal Reserve (FED) is holding an emergency meeting today following a historic correction in Japan's stock markets. This significant market event could potentially impact global financial markets, including the cryptocurrency sector. (Source)

ROME — The Vatican said this weekend it was “saddened” by the drag queen parody of the Last Supper on display during the July 26 opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, after critics complained loudly over the Vatican’s prolonged silence on the matter. “The Holy See is saddened by some scenes of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games and cannot but join the voices that have been raised in recent days to deplore the offense done to many Christians and believers of other religions,” it said in a statement. “In a prestigious event where the whole world comes...

Democrats have been going after Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance ever since he was picked as former President Donald Trump's running mate.However, a new report charges that some of the attacks are coming from former Trump White House advisor 2016 campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Conway denies that she is trying to undermine VanceThat's according to Marc A. Caputo, who is a contributor for the anti-Trump website The Bulwark. He wrote in an article published this past week that Conway is "at the center of the friction" concerning Vance.

The Nikkei plunged 12%, the most since 1987. Stock futures traded sharply lower and investors sheltered in the safety of bonds. A global stock-market selloff intensified Monday, led by a more than 12% drop in Japan’s Nikkei 225. Tech-focused Nasdaq-100 futures were down more than 6%, while contracts tied to the S&P lost more than 4%. The declines extended what has been a dizzying few days on Wall Street during which this year’s most popular trades have been aggressively unwound. A selloff in tech shares continued premarket Monday, with Nvidia, Meta and Apple each losing 9% or more. (The iPhone...