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During portions of an interview with NPR aired on Monday’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the border is more secure than it was at the end of the last year before the pandemic, but the Biden administration didn’t succeed “in communicating to the American people successfully the challenges of migration at a historic level since World War II.” Mayorkas said, “The border right now is more secure than it was at the end of 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck.” And that the number of people crossing the border has been lower...

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, CITY POINT Va., Jan. 7, 1865. Hon. E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War: SIR: Herewith I have the honor to forward Major-Gen. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER's and subordinates' reports of the expedition against Fort Fisher, N.C. As the report of Rear-Admiral D.D. PORTER has been published in the papers, I would respectfully request that Gen. BUTLER's report, with all the papers accompanying it, be also given to the public. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, U.S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. HEADQUARTERS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, ARMY OF THE JAMES, IN THE FIELD, Jan. 3, 1865. Lieut-Gen....

An Army veteran who rose to the rank of major and served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hegseth, 44, says he believes that standards have declined and that efforts to expand diversity, equity and inclusion have driven white men away. He complains in his latest book that “woke” generals and the leaders of the elite service academies have left the military dangerously weak and “effeminate” by promoting DEI. He says, “the next commander in chief will need to clean house.” “Turns out, all the ‘diversity’ recruiting messages made certain kids — white kids — feel like they’re not wanted,”...

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. An Israeli official said progress has been made, but the details are being finalized. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposed agreement, and an Egyptian official and a Hamas official confirmed its authenticity. The plan would need to be submitted to the Israeli Cabinet for final approval.

VIDEOABC's Jonathan Karl recently appeared at the Politics & Prose liberal bookstore in Washington D.C. with the lead investigator of the evidence destroying J6 Committee, Timothy Heaphy, who was there to flack his J6 book. Since the book ranks only #7533 on Amazon as of this writing it is obvious that Heaphy's payoff came in the form of a fat advance check, not from sales royalties from the book. During his appearance at Politics & Prose both he and Jonathan Karl were flabbergasted by being hit with a REAL question about J6 from REAL journalist Matt Orfalea. Jonathan Karl's reaction...

The number of restaurants in the Emerald City could drop by up to 8% this year.. Seattle’s new $20 minimum wage for 2025 has caused a 6th restaurant to close since the new year. Pike Place Market bakery The Confectional closed on Sunday after 18 years in business. ... Owner Destiny Sund told KIRO News Radio, “I wanted my team to have a wonderful holiday season, so I didn’t mention to them that we would be closing until after New Year’s Day. So this has been a long week for all of us at The Confectional.” The minimum wage for...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s new RTX electric fire truck has returned to the dealership for repairs to the tank. The vehicle was undergoing familiarization and testing activities Wednesday before being placed into service when water began leaking from the tank, according to Rosenbauer, the truck’s manufacturer. Photos: LAFD Gets Rosenbauer Electric Fire Apparatus Rosenbauer said in a statement that tank issues on new vehicles are not uncommon and service technicians are investigating the cause of the trouble. The story first surfaced in online videos showing water leaking from the truck. Rosenbauer said the leak will not effect the driveline...

When Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and her staff of clowns bungled a four-day ramble in 2023 to show off the wonder of electric vehicles, the lasting impression would be the report of her advance team blocking an open charger so she wouldn’t have to wait for one. A federal report, however, reveals details that cast the entire charade in an even worse light. The Granholm tour was to take her from Charlotte, N.C., to Memphis, Tenn., and was intended to justify the billions of taxpayers’ dollars the Biden administration was pouring into green energy initiatives. The message was lost when...

During an interview with MSNBC aired on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to a question on whether there should be more consequences for China over its cyberhacking by stating that we’re trying “to stay ahead of it, both in terms of our defenses, both in terms of taking action, as necessary, against China, making sure that others are doing the same thing, other countries, working from the same page.” Blinken stated, “[W]hat we’ve done over these past years is to shore up our defenses everywhere, including right here at this department, to do everything possible...

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[HARTFORD, CT] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today issued the following statement on the death of United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut Jeffrey Meyer: “Judge Meyer was a brilliant legal thinker, a relentlessly fair jurist, and a wonderful human being. He epitomized the ethos of doing justice from the bench with courage, compassion and strength. He was endlessly kind and generous, and I was proud to count him as a friend. My heart and thoughts go out to his family.”

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (1/14/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Grace) Hebrews 10:2929 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

A chef (Gordon Ramsey?) had a video where he's preparing the perfect hamburger. He made the statement that he only eats red meat twice a week so that he can indulge in ground beef. What say ye? Red meat is unsafe if eaten more than twice a week? Three times a week? Enquiring minds want to know what Freepers think.

Nothing in DC is a coincidence when it happens at this level. Doug Collins, Doug Burgum and Pete Hegseth were all scheduled for committee confirmation hearings today (January 14). However, as noted in the statements and activity by Democrats in opposition, including Senator Chuck Schumer, they wanted to focus on targeting Hegseth first. Well, what coincidentally happens? The FBI reports on Collins and Burgum are coincidentally delayed, and as a result there will only be one confirmation hearing today… and that will be for Pete Hegseth. Huh, imagine that? WASHINGTON DC – The Senate confirmation hearing slated for Tuesday for...

Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy after almost seven years, now requiring that people make a purchase if they want to hang out at its coffee shops or use its restrooms. The coffee giant said on Monday that a new code of conduct – which will be posted in all company-owned North American stores – will also ban discrimination or harassment, consumption of outside alcohol, smoking, vaping, drug use and panhandling. The new rules reverse an open-door policy put in place in 2018, after two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they had gone for a business...

When JD Vance, his wife Usha and their three young children move into the Naval Observatory residence on Jan. 20, it will be their first time inside the white Queen Anne-style mansion that has been home to vice presidents since the 1970s. Vice President Kamala Harris has not extended an invitation for a formal sit-down or tour, multiple Democratic and Republican sources told CBS News. In November, Usha Vance, via intermediaries, reached out to staff for the home's current occupants, Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, seeking details including what they would need to childproof it. Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel...

William Thibeau, the Director of the American Military Project at the Claremont Center for the American Way of Life, speaks with Tom Klingenstein about how "woke" racial quotas and gender ideology are harming military readiness and unit cohesion. He also offers some pieces of advice for Donald Trump, including to stop categorizing members of the military by race. Klingenstein asked: "The basic claim of the military is that diversity improves readiness. You wrote an article in The American Mind that debunked this claim. One of the claims was that we need Black officers so Black enlisted men have role models....

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A bill endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump that would enact nationwide reciprocity for any state-issued concealed carry permit has been introduced in the House of Representatives. As reported by Just The News, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act was authored by Congressman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). If passed, the bill would amend title 18 in the United States Code to allow anyone with a concealed carry permit in one state to carry their weapons in any other state. “Our Second Amendment right does not disappear when we cross invisible state lines, and this commonsense legislation guarantees that,” said Hudson in a...

14 January 2025 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Church of St Kentigern, Mungrisedale, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 2:5-12The one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are of the same stockGod did not appoint angels to be rulers of the world to come, and that world is what we are talking about. Somewhere there is a passage that shows us this. It runs: What is man that you should spare a thought for him, the son of man that you should care for him? For a short while you made him...