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The Senate approved the Pentagon’s massive $895 billion annual budget on Wednesday, which also prohibited the use of federal funds to provide transgender surgeries for minors with gender dysphoria, angering pro-LGBTQ Democrats. In an 85-to-14 vote, the Senate passed the 1,800-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which had cleared the House of Representatives last week and now just needs President Joe Biden’s signature. At the start of every new fiscal year on October 1st, Congress is tasked with passing the NDAA to authorize defense spending and specify expenditures. This year’s bill, which comes over two months late, amounts to a...

A U.S. senator told Breitbart News on Wednesday evening that President-elect Donald Trump’s push to have the debt ceiling increased as part of a government funding deal this week “makes sense” from Trump’s perspective but warned it is unlikely Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer would agree to such a push. The senator, who asked for anonymity to discuss the very fluid situation on Capitol Hill just days before a government funding deadline on Friday, said Schumer only has one real piece of “leverage” over Trump next year, and that leverage is the debt ceiling deadline.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President-elect Donald Trump was suing the media because that will make it easier to “steal” from the American public with the “kleptocracy that he is building.” Host Nicolle Wallace said, “When Trump targets someone, it is a red-hot assault on their reputation. Sometimes, it comes with public safety concerns. What is here in year nine of the Trump story, the strategy for protecting people who end up on the other side of Donald Trump?” Murphy said, “I think it’s really important to explain to people the why. Why is Donald...

"We'll never be the 51st state" Canadian comedian Mike Myers and Ontario Premier Doug Ford chiming in opposition to... Airstrikes carried out on Yemen... In Los Angeles an FBI raid on the home of Deputy Mayor Brian Williams...connection with bomb threat made against City Hall... In western Canada one of two police officers accused of sexual assault...taking his own life... Israeli air defenses intercepting a missile fired from Yemen... Ghana's Supreme Court ruling in favor of an LGBTQ law that imposes... California Governor Gavin Newsom declaring a state of emergency over bird flu... Politics in Washington President-Elect Donald Trump opposing...

Longtime ABC News star George Stephanopoulos has reached a new deal that will keep him at ABC News and as an anchor on “Good Morning America” for the near term. The news should end speculation that the well-paid Stephanopolous was on his way out as the Disney-owned network, along with every news organization, looks to trim the high overhead of pricey talent deals. An industry source with knowledge of the deal said the length of the extension was shorter than a typical on-air talent pact — which is another sign of the times for the TV news business. A source...

A new poll commissioned by Democratic members of Chicago’s City Council shows embattled Mayor Brandon Johnson with an unprecedented 15 percent approval rating – the lowest of any mayor in history as his office faces scrutiny after his former top communications advisor is confronted with multiple complaints of racism, sexual harassment, misogyny and intimidation. The poll also indicated that the mayor’s revised $150 million property tax increase proposal was dead on arrival and that 78 percent of Chicagoans would vote against their alderman if they supported Johnson’s latest tax increase. A few weeks ago – in a stunning and unprecedented...

Hping to keep tabs on the magnetic north's wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, revealing the latest official predicted placement of Earth's magnetic fields. This version will remain valid until late 2029, during which time we can expect to see the magnetic north pole slowly edge further toward Russia. The new version is of timely importance too as the magnetic north pole’s movement seems to be accelerating. Since the 1830s, the north magnetic pole of Earth has relocated some 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) across the upper stretches of the Northern Hemisphere from Canada towards...

[Catholic Caucus] Faggocardinal Cupich Embraces The Spirit Of SatanThis guy really is too much of a scoundrel. It is already bad enough that this little, miserable sissy undermines Catholicism at every step. It is a whole different problem when he suddenly invents new categories and definitions that have no place whatsoever in Church history.Receiving Holy Communion is not a cooperative act. The communicants aren’t playing baseball. They are not carrying a coffin. They receive individually, and they only receive because they have made an individual assessment on whether they are both worthy of receiving, and willing to do so.The idea...

It's finally done. Over 3 days of hand-plotting 173 years' worth of data. The end result is unbelievable. What an incredible dataset to look at.

The Dane County medical examiner's office has identified the three individuals who died in Monday's shooting at Abundant Life Christian School as Erin M. West, 42, of Deforest; Natalie "Samantha" L. Rupnow, 15, of Madison; and Rubi P. Vergara, 14, of Madison. The medical examiner's office initially reported West's first name incorrectly.

New poll shows Pope Francis has historically low favorability among AmericansRasmussen Reports found that only 41% of U.S. adults have a favorable impression of Pope Francis, down from 61% in 2013 when he was elected.A new study published by Rasmussen Reports indicates that favorability ratings of Pope Francis for adult Americans are at an all-time low.The study, which was released last Thursday, was conducted via an online and phone survey of 1,346 Americans.The report found that only 41% of American adults have a favorable impression of Pope Francis, down from 61% in 2013 when he was elected.Thirty-one percent (31%) of...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Important People Serving Our Airmen! John Faulkner, 88th Air Base Wing deputy director, adds mashed potatoes to a plate as Col. Travis Pond, 88 ABW deputy commander, stands by to add more Nov. 19, 2024, as the Pitsenbarger Dining Facility serves Thanksgiving dinner at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Base leadership helped serve for the Airmen ahead of the holiday so the Airmen going home for the holiday could take part. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military...

I first saw this guy on TIKTOK and followed to youtube. Pretty nice voice and message.

A New York City man accused of running a secret Chinese government police station in Chinatown, Manhattan, has pleaded guilty. On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace stated that Chen Jinping, 60, pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of the government of China. “A priority of my office has been to counteract the malign activities of foreign governments that violate our nation’s sovereignty by targeting local diaspora communities in the United States,” Peace said. “Today, a participant in a transnational repression scheme who worked to establish a secret police station in...

At least 17 military bases adjacent to Chinese-owned farmland across the US have experienced a rash of drone sightings in recent weeks... Mysterious drones have been reported near military bases in Hawaii and by installations in Utah, California, Maine and Florida — among other facilities scattered throughout the country. The Post previously identified 19 military bases that lie in close proximity to farmland bought up by Chinese-owned companies — a situation that has worried China analysts, who feared the Communist country would use the land to spy on US military operations. All of those facilities apart from Grand Forks Air...

New research suggests that dozens of Bronze-Age era Britons were killed in an attack unlike any previous known to archaeologists studying that time period and location. The research on human remains from Charterhouse Warren in southwest England, conducted by a team of researchers from multiple institutions including Oxford University, was published in Antiquity, a journal of world archaeology. It found that at least 37 Bronze Age-era men, women and children were "killed and butchered" and then cannibalized, with their bodies then thrown down a nearly 50-foot deep natural shaft. While archaeologists have found the remains of Bronze Age and later...

The woman was beaten to death following allegations of witchcraft against her.(Nigeria) A State High Court in Enugu State has discharged a Nigerian man who was charged with the murder of a woman accused of being a witch. The man, Michael Chukwuilo, was charged with the murder of the woman, Agatha Chukwuilo, in Ululor, a community in Awgu Local Government Area of the state. How it happenedIn January 2022, the man was said to have alleged that Agatha had killed many villagers through witchcraft and had perfected plans to kill her daughter and husband, Remigius Chukwuilo. Agatha was said to...

Judges in the French city of Avignon will hand down verdicts on 51 men on Thursday in a mass rape trial that has turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon. For almost a decade, Gisèle Pelicot was drugged by her ex-husband Dominique, who then invited dozens of men he had recruited online to have sex with her in her bed at home while she was unconscious and unaware. It was her decision to waive her anonymity and throw this trial into the open - in her words, making "shame swap sides" from the victim to the rapist. Although he...

George Stephanopoulos was repeatedly told by his executive producer not to “use the word rape” before going on the air to discuss Donald Trump but the ABC News anchor ignored the warning — a decision that cost the network $16 million, The Post has learned. Parent company Disney’s capitulation last week in the defamation lawsuit by Trump against ABC News and Stephanopoulos shocked media and legal experts, but the damning revelation could help explain why Mouse House CEO Bob Iger signed off on the settlement so quickly. The “This Week” host uttered that Trump was “liable for rape” while discussing...

You almost got a 1547 page present from the Grinches who were going to Steal Christmas by continuing the terrible garbage that DC has been spewing out for years. Johnson never should have ever allowed this Bill to get this far. He should NOT be afraid of Shutdowns. He should be VERY afraid to let Pork and Poison happen. Without further comment - please download your own copy of this 1547 page document that ought to be the death sentence to Mike Johnson's career if he hasn't made a huge 180 degree turn today in getting his priorities straight. I...