Free Republic

Applebee's recently brought back their all you can eat appetizer, which includes their double-crunch shrimp, tender riblets and boneless buffalo wings for just $15.99. With that, you also get unlimited fries — just as long as you don't share them. It's a rule the restaurant tells patrons of ahead of time (it's noted on the menu), but a woman in Illinois disregarded that warning and shared her appetizers anyway. She likely regrets it now. It all went down on August 2 at approximately 8:30 PM, when Portage, Ill. police responded to a verbal disturbance at an Applebee’s Bar &...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed former President Trump for his attacks on the intelligence of Vice President Harris Friday. “I don’t pay attention to what he has to say,” Pelosi told MSNBC host Joy Reid on “The ReidOut.” “It’s pathetic.” At a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Trump said Harris is “not smart enough to do a news conference.” The former president’s campaign has aimed criticism at Harris for not taking questions from reporters since she kicked off her campaign last month. On Thursday, Harris took some questions from reporters who went with her to Michigan...

The White House is “deeply concerned” about reports of civilian deaths in Gaza related to Israel striking a school in Gaza City that killed at least 80 people, saying the strike “underscores the urgency of a ceasefire.” “We are deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties in Gaza following a strike by the Israel Defense Forces on a compound that included a school,” NSC spokesperson Sean Savett wrote in a statement to The Hill. “We are in touch with our Israeli counterparts, who have said they targeted senior Hamas officials, and we are asking for further details.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed recent attacks against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) by former President Trump as “mushy and lazy” on Friday, suggesting Trump’s heart may not be in the race anymore. “It’s also pretty mushy and lazy for Donald Trump’s best attack to be, what was it, ‘He’s heavily into lotsa different worlds,’ like?” Buttigieg said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins.

Demonstration outside Parliament, especially against genocide against Hindus going on in Bangladesh. Link to transcript below video.

Kamala's stunning intellect Dear God, please tell me this country is not insane enough to elect this woman President

ransomnote: I will post the title of the video below, without a link, in case some here are not aware of the problem with Google's YOUTUBE pages right now. Basically landing on a YOUTUBE page, even if you don't launch a video, can steal your FR password and passwords to any other application you have open. Read more about it on the following Free Republic thread: Google is at it again, new YouTube security threatransomnote: I just watched a 75 minute video update on the war in Ukraine. The first part of the video deals withthe Ukraine. The last 10...

The Trump campaign has confirmed that internal communications have been hacked and leaked to the media. The campaign confirmed the cybercrime after Politico received a series of stolen documents on Saturday. Trump’s team believes Iran may have been behind the hack but has not released any information on the perpetrator. Politico reports: The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” citing a Microsoft report on Friday that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email in June to a high-ranking official on a presidential campaign.” Microsoft did not identify the campaign targeted by the email and declined to comment...

I have been around FreeRepublic for over 26 years, and one thing I notice is how the more things change, the more they get worse, not better. Everyone needs to understand that we the people are the inmates, and what ultimately happens to us is of no concern of those running this asylum we call America. I have learned that while there are good people elected to office, the vast majority of them are in it for themselves. After all, the days of the citizens getting elected to do their civic duty, then going back home after a few terms...

In the months after Israel’s conquest of the West Bank in 1967, Tzvi Raski, the Israeli military governor of Jenin, realized that the war between Israel and Jordan had disrupted the grain harvest for local Palestinians. Raski ordered five modern combines to help farmers collect their crops and put his soldiers to work. One of them recalled: “I was among those who conquered the place. […] A month before I was risking my life, and now here I was helping them harvest their grain.” “We are incapable of being conquerors,” the man commented. The anecdote is highlighted in a new...

A major liberal media outlet published a piece calling on journalists to ask Vice President Kamala Harris questions about her policies ahead of the election so that voters know who she really is. The New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian King wrote about Harris’ campaign strategy on Thursday, saying it involves her staying away from the press and waiting for former President Trump to make a mistake. However, he argued that it is the media’s job not to let the Democratic candidate get away with hiding prior to potentially assuming the most powerful office in the world. He wrote that...

"How could you vote for Donald Trump?" If you’re a woman that doesn’t vote straight-ticket Democrat, I am sure you have been asked this question more than once. For years, Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris have built their campaigns on empty promises in exchange for women’s votes – but after Election Day, these candidates abandon women to pursue their extreme-left agenda that only serves the fringe of their political base. As a wife, the mother of former President Trump’s grandchildren, and the RNC Co-Chair who has spent months on the campaign trail speaking to women on my father-in-law’s behalf,...

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked. The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation.

Australian Olympic great Anna Meares says the social media mocking of a breaker for her routine and choice of clothing is "really disappointing". Rachael Gunn, 36, failed to win over the judges as she lost her three round-robin contests in the competitive form of breakdancing by an aggregate score of 54-0 on Friday. The university lecturer - who competes under the name Raygun - wore a green and yellow Australian Olympic tracksuit, while her rivals were kitted out in streetwear as breaking made its debut as a Games event. As well as criticising her attire, social media users mocked the...

President Michael D. Higgins has said there is “no room anymore for anyone to avert their gaze" from Gaza. His comments come after an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza city that had been used to house people displaced by the war. The attack on the compound housing displaced families (and) killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said, while the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants and cast doubt on the Palestinian death toll. President Higgins said that airstrike will be “condemned by all those seeking to find peace in what is a continuing horrific...

[Catholic Caucus] Pontifical Academy Against Life: Member Calls for Justifying Homosexual Sins"It is necessary to develop a new [= immoral] approach to homosexuality and contraception," Don Maurizio Chiodi, a priest of the Italian Diocese of Bergamo and member of the Pontifical Academy Against Life since 2017, told Katholisch.de (2 August).Chiodi has already made similar comments in 2019, and has since been known as the Italian James Martin in reference to the notorious homosexual activist. Francis appointed Chiodi, an immoral theologian, among the seven members of the Synod's study group on 'controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues'.His way into moral decadence...

LONDON — In a surprise move today, Elon Musk purchased the entirety of the United Kingdom in order to allow citizens to again have the freedom of speech they once enjoyed. "How much is it?" asked Musk in a post on X, after user 'Tom_Bomb_420' had posted that Musk should consider purchasing the former empire. Musk then followed up with a post of a thinking emoji, a sure sign that the billionaire was seriously weighing the pros and cons of purchasing the United Kingdom. Though several British politicians insisted that one could not simply purchase their country, Musk simply responded,...

Paris Blasphemy: What Took the Vatican So Long to Respond?COMMENTARY: The Vatican’s brief Aug. 3 statement in the wake of the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremonies culminated a disjointed seven days.It was a very strange week for Vatican communications. The week after the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremonies ought to have been comparatively easy for Vatican communications to handle. When there is a global denunciation of anti-Christian blasphemy, it ought to be simple for the Vatican to add its voice. But instead, the Holy Father kept silent for eight days, and only released a tepid statement on a Saturday evening in the...

Dear FRiends, We need your continuing support to keep FR funded. Your donations are our sole source of funding. No sugar daddies, no advertisers, no paid memberships, no commercial sales, no gimmicks, no tax subsidies. This means no spam, no pop-ups, no ad trackers. And because we are not a 501 C, we have preserved our God-given constitutionally protected right to free speech without government intervention. If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today: Click here: to donate by Credit CardOr here: to donate by PayPalOr by mail to: Free Republic,...

Iranian Morality Police Under Fire for Harassment and Violence Against Young Girls A video on social media showing the harassment and arrest of teenage girls by the Morality Police has caused global outrage. According to a state-run website, a 14yr old girl was severely beaten by the Iran regime’s hijab enforcers for not complying with hijab laws in mid-June. Her mom said agents put their foot on her neck in the van after her arrest.