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Archaeological research carried out at the La Peña del Castro site, located in the municipality of La Ercina, in the province of León (Spain)... Researchers from the University of León have identified an inscription belonging to the Celtiberian alphabet, engraved on a small object linked to the textile activities of the settlement. This object is a spindle whorl, a counterweight used in spinning spindles, dating back to the 1st century BC.This finding is significant because it represents one of the earliest examples of alphabetic writing documented in the province of León and in the northern Iberian Peninsula. One of the...

Judge Boasberg ordered the Trump Administration to turn around planes that were deporting dangerous Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang members. “Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished,” Boasberg said, according to Politico. “Make sure it’s complied with immediately.” According to the ACLU, there are two flights en route to Central America. One flight bound for El Salvador may have already taken off.

Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend absolutely tore into Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for rounding up a sufficient number of his fellow Dem senators to vote for the continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown. Co-host Michael Steele said Republicans had demonstrated their ability to "absolutely punk" Schumer.Then it was Donna Edwards' turn to dump on Schumer. The former Democrat congresswoman, now an MSNBC analyst, said Schumer's actions were a "black mark, a stain," on his leadership. She called support for the CR by 10 Democrat senators an "absolute disaster."And then there was the ever-emotive Symone Sanders. The...

The government of Greenland called President Donald Trump's comments about taking control of the country "unacceptable" in a statement Friday. Officials noted the statement was prompted by Trump's meeting with the NATO secretary general Thursday, when he reportedly "reiterated his desire for annexation and control of Greenland." In response, the leaders of all political parties elected to Inatsisartut, the Parliament of Greenland that includes the Demokraatit, Naleraq, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut and Atassut parties, issued the statement on. "We — all the party leaders — cannot accept the repeated statements regarding annexation and control of Greenland," leaders wrote. "We find this...

CONCRETE LOVE Our Daily BreadJuly 28, 1998 "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:3 The story is told of a child psychologist who spent many hours constructing a new driveway at his home. Just after he smoothed the surface of the freshly poured concrete, his small children chased a ball across the driveway, leaving deep footprints. The man yelled after them with a torrent of angry words. His shocked wife said, "You're a psychologist who's supposed...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. Praying daily since 2015:I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

@RandPaulReview "No fiscal conservative should support this" @RandPaul slams funding bill, $2 trillion spending deficit

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that General Keith Kellogg's role has been narrowed from special envoy for Ukraine and Russia to only Ukraine, after Russian officials had sought to exclude him from talks aiming to end the war. "General Kellogg, a Highly Respected Military Expert, will deal directly with President (Volodymyr Zelenskiy), and Ukrainian leadership," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "He knows them well, and they have a very good working relationship together." Russian officials had communicated to their counterparts in the United States that they did not want Kellogg involved in top-level discussions aimed at...

Why did the State Department (taxpayers) pay for Hillary Clinton’s 5-star hotel room and rental vehicles in France in 2024? Hillary Clinton traveled to Bordeaux, France, on February 23, 2024 and the American taxpayer paid for her lavish retreat. Clinton reportedly traveled to Bordeaux to promote climate change garbage at the World Impact Summit to benefit the Clinton Foundation. The twice-failed presidential hopeful stayed at the 5-star Mondrian Hotel (a Clinton favorite). The total cost for the luxury hotel ($16,759.18) and transportation ($22,570.19) set taxpayers back $39,329.37. Clinton also took a few “personal visits to the city” according to French...

On Saturday, March 15, 2025, an estimated 100,000 Serbians and others held one of the largest protests in Belgrade in history. The demonstrators called on the democratically elected government led by President Aleksandar Vucic, to step down. The protesters accused the government of corruption. In truth, Serbia officially aspires to EU membership, but the current leadership is strengthening its ties with Russia and China. This is forbidden for The EU called for the safety of protesters and the avoidance of violence. The opposition is likely to support integration with the EU, but its position on Ukraine remains unclear. President Aleksandar...

Washington’s new archbishop expresses concern about impact of policies on undocumented immigrants and federal workersIn an interview five days before he would be installed as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy expressed concern about the personal impact of the Trump Administration’s controversial policies of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and the widespread firings of federal workers.When asked what his message would be to the immigrant community at this time, Cardinal McElroy said, “Sorrow. Love, embrace, compassion. Advocacy and solidarity. And all done in God’s name.”In the wide-ranging March 6 interview with the editors of the Catholic Standard...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizens pursuant to the president's recent proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Less than two hours after President Donald Trump attempted to invoke the 18th century law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens currently in custody pursuant to the president's recent proclamation.

In recent days, the Trump administration has announced two high-profile and controversial policy changes it says are meant to combat waste and fraud in Social Security. First, the agency said it would resume garnishing entire benefit checks from Americans who receive overpayments, undoing a reform that had capped clawbacks at a smaller amount. Social Security officials claim the change will help the government recover an additional $7 billion over 10 years. Later, the agency announced that enrollees would no longer be allowed to change their direct deposit information over the phone but would instead be required to use an online...

In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Bondi made it clear that the government’s history of stonewalling crucial information is coming to an end under the new administration. During the interview, Bartiromo pointed out that MAGA supporters are furious over the lack of transparency regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s associates. .... Snip.... Bondi had hyped the release on Fox News with Jesse Watters the night before, promising “flight logs, names, and a lot of information” about Epstein’s depraved criminal network. Conservatives braced for a bombshell that would finally unmask the elite swamp creatures tied to the notorious pedophile. Instead, they got a dud....

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Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones. Joe Biden’s response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going. It has been over a year since a U.S. flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden. The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen...

President Trump said he will stop the FBI’s plan to move out of its massive downtown Washington headquarters and relocate to suburban Maryland, pledging to keep the law enforcement agency in the nation’s capital. “We’re going to stop. We’re not going to let it happen,” Mr. Trump said in remarks Friday at the Department of Justice. The president condemned the plan to build a new FBI headquarters on a 61-acre plot near the Metro station in Greenbelt. He complained that the Greenbelt location was too far from the Justice Department’s headquarters and the bureau needs to remain downtown to help...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson Alex Jones rolls up to a Tesla Dealership in a Cybertruck and humiliates protestors. So based. 🔥 1:05 / 1:05 From MAGA Voice 5:05 PM · Mar 15, 2025

For years now The View has been a rather successful show on ABC, why, I’m not sure as I fail to see the appeal. The original idea, via the show’s creator, Barbara Walters, was for a panel of women to discuss the issues of the day, great idea in concept. The problem is that The View was always a little bit slanted to the left, but if you run the show, you can do as you please, provided the show generates a healthy viewership, which in turn pulls in the big ad money. The View won awards for the show,...

[Catholic Caucus] Permanent Synod: Francis Initiates Three Years of "Implementation Phase"Francis initiates a "new phase" of the Ex-Synod approving a three years "process of accompaniment" to implement the ex-synod's final document.It will culminate in an "ecclesial assembly" to be held at the Vatican in October 2028 [if by then the Vatican still has money to pay for such useless events].Cardinal Mario Grech, head of the synod secretariat, claimed in a March 15 letter that the "process of accompaniment" [= more meaningless meetings] will not be a new synod. He uses one buzzword after another to talk about "exchange and dialogue...