Free Republic

In my Sunday Smiles essay, I riffed on this Washington Post retrospective on Joe Biden's presidency and how it soft-pedaled Biden's disastrous policies and all the important questions about who was really in charge over the past few years. I reserved for today the most important "revelation" in the story: Biden considers one of his biggest mistakes the choice of Merrick Garland for Attorney General. Garland, in his view, was not political enough. It may seem odd to normal people that anybody could think that Garland was anything but a political hack over the past four years, but seen through...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (1/1/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Peace) Colossians 3:15-1715 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and...

FAST FACTS At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured after a driver plowed a car into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans at approximately 3:15 a.m. ET on New Year's Day City officials said 30 injured people, including a police officer, have been transported by NOEMS to five local hospitals Police plan to hold a news conference Wednesday morning to discuss the incident

In my younger days, I couldn’t imagine living in the year 2025. It sounded so futuristic. Still does. But here we all are…and still without the flying cars that Popular Mechanics promised were just around the corner back in 1969. In elementary school, our teacher once gave us an assignment to draw a picture of what the year 2000 would look like. If I recall, mine included big satellite dishes on homes. I have no idea what I thought they’d be used for — they just looked futuristic to me, and I assumed they’d have a very important purpose. Now...

Comedian/actress Whitney Cummings used the platform provided by CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live 2025 special on Tuesday night to take a swipe – or three – at both her host and a litany of other topics from the year now passed. The 42-year-old referenced herself in one joke promoting her 2025 tour dates while also roasting far-left CNN with its fast diminishing viewership numbers. Standing alongside hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper in Times Square, the comedian boasted she was playing “bigger and bigger venues now” following the birth of her son in December 2023. “I thought being a mom...

Click on link

And Carter and Biden have a lot in common. ... On his way out the door, the media continues to insist that Biden is a good man. And that Carter, despite presiding over one of the worst administrations in history, was a good man. Biden and Carter had many things in common, record unpopularity, crooked brothers, and empowering Islamic terrorists, but decency was never one of them. Joe Biden was not a good man. Neither was Jimmy Carter. Carter ran for office promising an administration “that’s turned away from scandal and corruption and official cynicism and is once again as...

ZHQ BHLN'G SLB PG HRHNB JLZ'G OPNKWSLB. --EWLNYHG YLJO

Ukraine and Syria’s new terror regime are enamored of each other. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister just visited Damascus to meet the leader of the new terrorist regime in charge, now that the U.S. has removed the $10 million bounty on his head. It turns out Ukraine had long been assisting the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters with intelligence and drones, presumably paid for by us. We had also directly been sending aid to a terrorist network which over the years had variously been ascribed to al-Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra, ISIS, or ISIL. Once HTS triumphed over Assad, the terror killings commenced. The...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts slammed what he described as “dangerous” talk by some officials about ignoring federal court rulings, using an annual report weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office to stress the importance of an independent judiciary. Officials “from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings,” Roberts wrote in the report, released by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. “These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected.” The chief justice didn’t detail which officials he had in mind – and both Republicans and Democrats have hinted at ignoring court...

A night of intense action across the Middle East: • The U.S. and Britain launched airstrikes in Yemen targeting Houthi weapons depots. • Sirens rang throughout Israel as a ballistic missile from Yemen was intercepted just before entering Israeli airspace. • On Israel’s northern front, IDF tanks encircled key buildings in southern Syria, while in Lebanon, Iranian funding fuels Hezbollah’s reconstruction efforts near the Israeli border.

On January 1, 2025, New Hampshire employers must respect employees’ Second Amendment rights in locked vehicles in parking lots.On May 22, 2024, the New Hampshire legislature passed House Bill 1336. The bill was signed into law on July 7, 2024, by Governor Sununu, and it will go into effect on January 1, 2025. The bill passed with reasonable margins. 201 – 172 in the House and 14 – 10 in the Senate. From the text of the bill:159:27 Stored Firearms in Vehicles. I. Any public or private employer that receives public funds from the federal or state government or any...

At least 10 people killed after driver in pickup truck plows into crowd in New Orleans, followed by gunfire - WGNO

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Multiple people are dead after the New Orleans Police Department reports a car may have plowed into a group of people on Bourbon Street. It happened around 3:15 a.m. at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville.

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 501C, 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, LLC...

Gazprom reportedly confirmed the stoppage, saying Kyiv refused to extend a deal. LONDON -- Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian natural gas through its territory to Europe at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, as a long-held deal expired, Kyiv officials said. "We stopped the transit of Russian gas, this is a historic event," Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister, said in a statement. "Russia is losing markets, it will suffer financial losses." The move had been expected, as Galushchenko and other officials signaled they were preparing to stop the transnational pipelines and discussing the move with neighboring nations. "We have undergone a...

A block display at a packed arcade in Massachuseatts collapsed Tuesday afternoon when employees triggered a New Year’s balloon drop — injuring 10 people, including eight who were sent to the hospital. The shocking, caught-on-camera accident during the “Happy Noon Years” event at In The Game on Lowell Street in Peabody, Mass., stunned the crowd of revelers. In a video obtained by NBC Boston, the crowd chanted and cheered ahead of the balloon release. But as soon as the barrage fell, it took with it a display of Legos assembled into what looked like an old-school arcade game — which...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit between a middle school librarian and furious parents who accused her of promoting pornography and 'erotic content' to children. Amanda Jones, the school librarian at Live Oak Middle School, sued the Citizens for a New Louisiana, its leader Michael Lunsford, and parent Ryan Thames for defamation in 2022. Her lawsuit, seen by DailyMail.com, claimed they publicly accused her of promoting porn and 'erotic contents' to minors by placing 'inappropriate' books in the 'kid's section' of her library. The controversial books involved in the argument include 'Dating and Sex: A Guide for the...

The woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a New York City subway car has been identified as Debrina Kawam of New Jersey. Shocking footage stunned the Big Apple as Kawam, 57, was seen engulfed in flames in horror scenes on the train near Coney Island on December 22. She was allegedly set on fire by illegal immigrant Sebastian Zepeta, who cops say used a lighter before fanning the flames with his shirt. Zepeta, 33, is facing murder and arson charges following the horror incident. Officials used fingerprint data, dental records and DNA evidence to identify...

Kemi Badenoch has been accused by Reform UK of peddling "delusional conspiracy theories" as party insiders claimed membership was growing at a rate of 6,000 a day following her intervention last week. Tory leader Ms Badenoch launched her scathing attack after the launch of Reform's membership counter, and specifically over claims that the party led by Nigel Farage had overtaken. The MP for North West Essex claimed the counter had been "coded to tick up automatically", adding:"Farage doesn't understand the digital age. "This kind of fakery gets found out pretty quickly, although not before many are fooled." In response, Clacton...