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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused the federal government of not being “forthcoming” about mysterious drones that have been spotted flying over New Jersey, and the lawmaker is keeping aliens on the table as a possible explanation. Mace joined Outkick’s Clay Travis on Monday for what the host described as a “special X-Files edition” of his podcast where they focused on the Jersey drones. Local authorities have not been able to explain the dozens of drones that have appeared in the sky, concerning citizens and leading to lots of speculation about their origin. The drones are about 8-10 feet and each...

For years, conservatives have been vilified as “conspiracy theorists” for claiming the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from President Trump. The mainstream media and liberal pundits mocked anyone who questioned the outcome, dismissing them as dangerous extremists or delusional crackpots. Now, the tide has turned, and the hypocrisy is glaringly obvious as liberals peddle their own wild predictions. Enter USAF veteran and vocal leftist Jerry Doran, who has taken to social media to allege that President Trump will be arrested on December 20th under Executive Order 13848. Doran, a nurse and substitute teacher, went further, urging a mass storming...

[OFFICIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 16, 8:30 P.M. To Maj.-Gen. Dix: Richmond papers of to-day state that on Wednesday Gen. Sherman carried Fort McAllister, commanding the entrance to the Ogeechee River, by storm, and that the capture of this position puts Sherman in communication with the Yankee fleet, and necessitates the reinforcement of Savannah. The Dispatch has the following: "Official intelligence was received yesterday that the enemy on Friday carried Fort McAllister by storm. The garrison of the fort consisted of a hundred and fifty men. Fort McAllister is on the Ogeechee River, fifteen miles southwest of Savannah, at...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson booted members of the public from a city meeting on his proposed 2025 budget on Monday after residents vocally protested against extensive funding for migrants. While Johnson's 2025 budget narrowly passed on Monday, it was only after the mayor ordered a temporary recess to allow police to clear residents from the hall to allow council members to vote. It took six weeks of debate for Johnson to secure the 26 votes necessary to pass the budget plan, with the opposition succeeding in removing a proposed $300 million property tax. The plan also adopts a $40 million...

Breen, currently a student at University of California-Los Angeles, not only began taking puberty blockers at 12 and testosterone at 13; she then had “top surgery” — a double mastectomy — at 14.

Last week the Department of Justice’s inspector general released a report on some of the DOJ’s tracking of communications from media and congressional figures as part of its purported investigation into who was leaking classified information against President Donald Trump in 2017. Three significant bombshells about the Russia collusion hoax were hidden inside the dense and dry 100-page report. For context, when Trump won the 2016 presidential election, anonymous Democrat operatives in the federal government and Congress began leaking like sieves as part of a coordinated effort to paint Trump as a mastermind spy who had worked with Russian President...

The Kiev regime once again resorts to ‘asymmetrical tactics’ (a.k.a. terrorism) and assassinates a top Russian General, in a move that is sure to generate a considerable escalation and also certain retaliation by the Russians against top Ukrainian officials. On today’s early morning (17), an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated on Moscow’s Ryazansky Prospekt. The massive, deadly blast killed high profile Russian chemical defense chief General Igor Kirillov. Sputnik reported on Telegram: “The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the murder of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense...

VIDEOI thought that as time elapsed from the election that TDS meltdowns would abate. I am happy to report that I was wrong. TDS meltdowns continue to multiply in their highly entertaining fashion. Here are a few of the latest TDS meltdowns. One thing I learned is that TDS is such a powerful force that it can even cause severe constipation. Really!

The 32-year-old, who had a great career playing for teams like Zenit Saint Petersburg and Orlando Magic, was discovered in the stairway of the high-rise building.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that he hasn’t paid attention to the issue of whether or not the Biden administration is disposing of border wall material and “We are expecting this to be a top priority next year, and we’ll deal with that as it comes.” After discussing Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) request for records preservation on border wall materials, host Bret Baier asked, “Sen. Kaine, about that, obviously, we had an election and immigration was one of the issues. And there are some people at home saying, why get...

Fresh back from Paris and holding his first major news conference since winning the November 5 election, President-Elect Trump has reportedly revealed plans to travel to Fresno, California to wrap up the current Freepathon. A highly placed FReeper reports a moose told his sister that it is possible that maybe, President-Elect Trump and Elon Musk could someday head to Fresno, to donate to FreeRepublic. Any actual or hypothetical double-secret meeting might occur at an undisclosed pizza parlor. They want to meet Jim personally instead of sending in their monthly support the usual way, via school-bus-sized electric drone delivery. Hey, it...

Last week, Joe Biden made history — and not in a good way — by granting clemency on an unprecedented scale, commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals and issuing 39 pardons in a single day. This marks the largest one-day act of clemency in modern history, surpassing the previous record set by Barack Obama, who issued 330 commutations during his final days in office. ... at least three Democrat politicians .. including a disgraced former judge infamous for orchestrating a scheme that sent thousands of children to jail in exchange for kickbacks ... Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan, one...

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction in the South Pacific island nation as the injured began arriving at a hospital and unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged. A tsunami warning was called off less than two hours after the quake. With communications still down hours later and official information scarce, witness accounts of casualties began to surface on social media and through patchy phone calls. The earthquake happened at just before 1 p.m. at a depth of 57 kilometers (35 miles) and was centered 30 kilometers west of Port Vila,...

Even before we knew the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione was politically motivated, many leftists were justifying, celebrating, and rationalizing the shooting. There’s a real debate going on in some quarters of the progressive Left over whether slaying CEOs is a bad thing. And it’s unsurprising. Of course, if any MAGA professors or journalists were online publicly defending the killing of perceived political enemies, there would be thousands of wringing hands lamenting the menacing rhetoric of conservatism. And rightly so. But the unhinged demonization of the health care insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and Big...

President Trump has a tool to push for the passage of legislation, such as the Hearing Protection Act. The executive branch, specifically the Secretary of the Treasury, can unilaterally declare an amnesty for people registering NFA items with the ATF. Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 under enormous pressure from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. At the same time, Congress passed a statute authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to declare amnesties to allow people to register items covered by the act.There are limitations. A single amnesty cannot last for longer than 90 days. The Secretary of...

One of the first things the new Trump administration will do at the Pentagon is a wholesale firing of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) contractors, a report said.

A Venezuelan migrant, charged with murdering another migrant, is hospitalized after being shot by yet another migrant who was angered by the killing, officials say. Both shootings occurred inside the same Washington Park apartment building where a 911 call reporting that armed migrants had taken over the complex was declared unfounded and decried as racism by mainstream news outlet “experts” in September. Carlos Reinaldo Maribal-Carvajal, 24, robbed and murdered Peter Sangronis-Medina inside the building in the 6100 block of South Martin Luther King on November 11 and then hid the body in a trash bin, prosecutors said this weekend. .Both...

If I wasted people's money like this, I'd be executed. Greg Price @greg_price11 · Follow The Biden admin has spent $3 billion on electric mail trucks. Only 93 have been built. They also spent $7.5B on electric vehicle charging stations. Only 7 have been built. We've covered both of these stories before. In 2021, we covered Biden's plan to roll out these weird new trucks in an effort to save the planet or something. The USPS is rolling out their next gen of delivery trucks and I have questions. If you were in charge of a delivery outfit that had...

A replica of an approximately 50,000-year-old Neanderthal cranium from La Ferrassie, France, compared to a recent Homo Sapiens cranium. Credit: Trustees of the Natural History Museum A study suggests that by the time H. sapiens expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the extent that they were distinct and recognizable as separate species. A recent study conducted by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven has strengthened the argument that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) should be classified as distinct species to more accurately trace our evolutionary history. Different...

“Plant-based diets are in a tough moment,” says Dr Marco Springmann. “Ten years ago there was a lot of excitement about them. But I think during the cost of living crisis many of the start-up companies struggled, because of their high prices. “Recently it has been framed as a culture issue, associated with wokeness, which is a shame,” he adds. “I try to believe that we are all concerned about preserving our environment and reducing diet-related diseases and stuff. I would hope that people don’t perceive it as a cultural issue. But it is having a tough moment.” As senior...