Free Republic

We've all been having a lot of fun following the triumphs of the second Trump presidency. All of us to the right of the Democratic Party, which right now would appear to be about 80 percent of the country if polling is any indicator, are watching as the Trump administration proceeds doggedly on the path set for it by President Trump, and by the voters who put him back in the Oval Office by a comfortable, mandate-indicating margin. It sure seems like Donald Trump has been back in office for a long time, doesn't it? But it hasn't yet been...

Germany’s likely new coalition government, expected to be formed between the conservatives (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD), is planning a law that could effectively ban politicians deemed ‘unpleasant’ or ‘populist’ from standing for election. A draft coalition paper, presented to the press last week, proposes a significant tightening of the country’s already repressive ‘incitement of the masses’ law. Under the proposal, politicians convicted more than once under the law would no longer be allowed to stand as a party candidate. Germany’s law against incitement of the masses (Section 130 of the Criminal Code) has long been a tool to...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear in an interview with CNN that the era of trade imbalances is over, and under President Trump, the U.S. will no longer tolerate unfair treatment. During a discussion with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Bessent confidently explained the administration’s position on tariffs and trade policy, signaling that Trump’s economic strategy is deliberate and well thought out. When pressed on how the administration’s policies could impact the auto industry, particularly regarding vehicles made with foreign parts, Bessent was blunt. “If half the cars coming into the United States are foreign-made, that's hard to turn around overnight,...

A day after a bruising defeat in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, Badger State conservatives were mired in the usual questions, second-guessing, what ifs and — in some corners — recriminations that come with big losses. And make no mistake, Tuesday’s loss was a big one for so many reasons. Far-left Dane County Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel by 10 percentage points (55% to 45%). In historically high turnout for a spring election in which 2.3 million people voted, Crawford drew nearly 230,000 more votes than Schimel. And for conservatives across the country, the price of...

The history of the conflict between Israel and Palestine has become a contest of one-sided interpretations and outright myths. For Israelis, Palestine was never a country. For Palestinians and their supporters in the West, Israel is an illegitimate settler-colonial state. There is perhaps no historical moment that has been more distorted by such mythmaking than 1948, the year the British colonial ‘mandate’ ended and the modern state of Israel was founded. It was a moment of celebration for the Zionist movement, which had finally realised its dream of a Jewish homeland. But it was a moment of misery for Arabs....

Summary. This WIP document was created to help understand Jew-hatred (Antisemitism) - the world's oldest form of racism. As well as provide essential resources and outline the following: — How Islamist propaganda goes hand in hand with leftist Marxism through the process of Soviet/Russian. — The connection between Islam and the Nazis (how Nazism transformed into Islamism). — How the "Palestinian Cause / Movement" is the pinnacle and forefront of Arab imperialism, Islamic Jihadi terrorism, invasion and colonialism. — How Israel isn't fighting the Islamic Republic of Iran, Qatar, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis etc - it's fighting Islam. — How we’re...

A Southwest Airlines passenger who was denied boarding for allegedly being drunk and disorderly let out demonic screams as she was arrested. The woman has to be wrestled to the ground during the incident at Nashville International Airport in December, footage of which emerged this week. Fellow passengers were left stunned after she began shrieking at the top of her lungs when the cops first approached.

Yeshiva University’s approval of a campus LGBTQ+ club in a landmark settlement seemed to herald a new era of acceptance for queer students at the flagship Orthodox Jewish university. But amid uproar in the wider Orthodox community, the school’s rabbinic leaders have tried to make clear in the days since that nothing could be further from the truth. ... Were the school forced to recognize a club that espoused pride in queer identity, one RIETS rosh yeshiva (head rabbi) indicated he would quit. “It would be akin to the Yeshiva being asked to teach the New Testament,” said Rabbi Aryeh...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has fired Anthony Fauci’s wife, Christine Grady, from her post heading up the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centers’ bioethics department, according to reports. Kennedy reportedly fired Grady on Tuesday, according to Politico, which spoke to several individuals familiar with the matter. Further, Kennedy is also said to have “reassigned” a handful of Fauci’s colleagues. Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and served as a medical adviser to the White House during the pandemic, has come under fire...

Well, he did it. President Trump earned every bit of the label “Liberation Day.” Simply put, it was the most aggressive U.S. trade action in modern history. Nothing else even comes close. “April 2nd, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed,” President Trump told a large audience at the Rose Garden yesterday afternoon. “It’s our Declaration of Economic Independence,” he soaringly explained. The speech was equal parts policy, data, and classic Trumpian showmanship. And, having slept on it, I have decided it was a historic speech for a historic...

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday that stops the Trump administration from pulling back more than $11 billion in public health funding from state and local health departments. Judge Mary McElroy of the federal district court in Rhode Island granted a 14-day restraining order to a group of 23 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this week. “The likelihood of success on the merits is extremely strong,” McElroy said at the conclusion of the brief hearing, noting that “the record is voluminous …...

Estimating the exact economic opportunity cost that Canada has imposed on Alberta since 2015 is complex and involves analyzing multiple factors, including federal policies, taxation, regulatory changes, and their impact on Alberta’s key industries, particularly oil and gas. While precise figures are not universally agreed upon due to varying methodologies and assumptions, I can provide an informed estimate based on available data and economic trends. Alberta’s economy is heavily tied to its energy sector, which has faced significant challenges since 2015 due to a combination of global oil price fluctuations and federal policies. A major point of contention is the...

On January 20, 2025, President Trump began his second term, having won the electoral vote and the popular vote, but in the next two months, his administration experienced an unprecedented 132 legal challenges by liberal judges. Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer explained his strategy in a PBS interview, March 21, 2025: “We did put 235 judges—progressive judges … last year on the bench, and they are ruling against Trump time after time after time.” Justin Evan Smith, writing for The Federalist, March 21, 2025: “Judge Boasberg’s ruling is just the latest example of a judge substituting his own political...

New study suggests a specialized low-calorie keto diet could reverse biological aging by more than six years A groundbreaking study from Spain has uncovered remarkable evidence that a very low-calorie ketogenic diet might literally turn back the clock on aging at the cellular level. The research, focusing on individuals with obesity, found that this specialized eating approach could reverse biological aging by more than six years—potentially opening new doors for health interventions beyond mere weight loss. Powered By TrackerDistroScale Logo What the research discovered about aging and obesity The Spanish researchers examined two distinct groups: individuals with normal weight and...

America has become addicted to cheap foreign baubles and easy money (i.e., fake fiat currency) at the expense of its long-term economic health. We allowed ourselves to be transformed from a cast iron economy that made things into a largely paper economy that depends on the good graces of foreign nations for its survival. This is a recipe for civilizational suicide. We don’t make our own weapons, food, machines, vehicles, plastics, medicines, or computers. The whole Covid insanity, with its shutdowns and shortages and supply-chain chaos, was a blaring alarm warning us that the economy we thought was so strong...

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg hinted at possible contempt proceedings as he grilled a government lawyer Thursday about whether the Trump administration violated his court order by failing to turn around planes carrying migrants to a Salvadoran prison. Boasberg made no decisions following a court hearing even as he otherwise pushed the administration to detail its timeline and decision-making as it loaded more than 200 migrants onto a plane amid a court battle to block the deportations. He pushed back when a Justice Department attorney said the administration followed the law and his orders. “It seems to me there’s...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spins a tale of Automaker Stellantis temporarily shutting down auto plants in Canada and Mexico as an outcome of President Trump’s tariffs. Unfortunately, the gaslighting by Carney might work on less intellectual SnowMexicans, but it fails here. Stellantis, an EU centered auto company who sell Dodge, Ram (made in Mexico) and Dodge, Durango (made in Canada), have been in a deepening crisis for over a year as a result of poor brand management, poor development and weak North American sales. In short, their cars and trucks are not selling, that’s why the CEO quit in...

A recent opinion piece for Newsweek discussing the evolving power dynamics in Africa, says China’s influence is waning and India is stepping in to assert itself. Gordon G. Chang, an author and commentator, highlighted that Africa, traditionally dominated by external powers like Europe, Russia, the U.S., and China, is now entering a period where it may determine its own future. Chang, in his piece, ‘Is China Losing Africa To India?’ noted that China had long been a dominant player in Africa, with its engagement dating back to the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Mao Zedong had sought Africa’s...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing global blowback after announcing a dramatic series of tariffs on countries around the world, with U.S. adversaries and allies alike promising crushing responses that could devastate the American economy.Stock markets in the United States, Europe and Asia plunged in the aftermath of President Trump’s announcement, which included a 10% base rate hike on nearly all foreign imports. Still other countries and trading blocs, including China, the European Union, South Korea and Japan, were hit with higher rates.“We’re now preparing for further countermeasures to protect our interests and our businesses if negotiations fail,” Ursula...

She was taken to hospital along with a man in the same car. He continues to receive treatment for life-changing injuries. Five people have been arrested in connection with the incidentA woman has died after a police chase resulted in a serious crash in a Welsh town. The collision happened on Monday evening in the Hightown area of Wrexham. Two days later, on Wednesday, a 47-year-old woman involved in the crash died in hospital, police have confirmed. Five people have been arrested and an appeal has been made for any witnesses who might have seen the incident to come forward....