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Flood-ravaged parts of Texas are set to be pounded by an additional 'wall of water' officials have warned, as they announced a new wave of evacuations. Nim Kidd, Chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, advised Kerr County to brace for more of the deadly rains which have already claimed the lives of at least 80 people. 'There are unconfirmed at this point reports of additional water coming in. And as the governor mentioned, there's rain still falling on the area,' Kidd said at a press conference. 'We've got DPS aircraft that are flying up to try to find...

I have a bookmark folder on X called "Democrat hate." When I think about it, I toss especially hateful posts into the folder as potential fodder for articles. I rarely dip into them unless some particularly prominent person utters some particularly hateful thing. Still, it is striking how many posts I find of Democrats wishing death or suffering on people for the crime of seeing things differently than they do. What prompted me to dip into this well was the liberal reaction to the flash flood tragedy in Texas. Two things stood out: the hoax that the National Weather Service...

On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, “We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.” While Musk didn’t say exactly what improvements to look for, he’d previously declared that xAI (which built Grok) would retrain the chatbot after it had been trained on “far too much garbage,” and he called on users at X (where Grok is heavily featured) to share “divisive facts” that are “politically incorrect, but nonetheless factually true.” (Musk recently merged the two companies.) One user subsequently asked Grok whether electing more Democrats would be a bad thing, to which it...

The treasurer and custodian of records for the party is Vaibhav Taneja, an Indian man who has served as Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2023. Musk launched the party in response to his public fallout with President Donald Trump over the “One Big Beautiful Bill” tax and spending package, which he fiercely opposed. The tech billionaire had launched a poll on his X platform, where over 65% of 1.25 million respondents supported creating a new party to challenge the “uniparty” system. The platform does not filter votes by country.

Poland is set to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania on Monday, in response to growing criticism of Berlin's decision to push thousands of migrants, who it claimed had crossed the border illegally, back to Poland. The Polish Government Security Centre (RCB) issued an alert on the issue, announcing "controls at the border with Germany and Lithuania are being introduced from 7 July". Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the decision on Tuesday of last week during a cabinet meeting. "We have taken the decision that we are re-establishing temporary control at the Polish border with Germany and the Polish...

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that he discussed his country's role in helping America win its independence during a call with President Donald Trump on July 3 in a bid to highlight the history of cooperation between their nations, according to Russian news agency Tass. -snip- But on Sunday, he revealed that he also tried to press upon Trump the historical ties between the two countries, going back to the founding of America. "We have always had, for a very long time, very good and special relations with the United States," Putin told Russian television host Pavel Zarubin. "We supported...

Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires should not exist. This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.https://x.com/DanielAlmanPGH/status/1942015133875601709#BernieSanders and #ZohranMamdani have both said that #BillionairesShouldNotExist.This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.#Socialism #DemocraticSocialism #Communism #Marxism #Capitalism #AynRand #Economics #Billionaires pic.twitter.com/L3qMsZI6ju— Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill (@DanielAlmanPGH) July 7, 2025I asked Grok:Please list the per capita number of billionaires in each the following countries: the United States, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan,...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Stephen Holden Doane Info from here. Stephen Holden Doane (October 13, 1947 – March 25, 1969) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.Doane joined the Army from Albany, New York in 1967, and went through Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning. By March 25, 1969 was serving...

Prosecutors in Toulouse, France, have requested a police investigation into the harassment of a South Korean livestreamer who was verbally abused while broadcasting in the city last week, an incident that has drawn widespread criticism in both South Korea and France. According to French news outlet Le Figaro on Sunday, Toulouse prosecutor David Charmatz said he has referred the case to the regional police department for investigation as a possible assault, which could involve racist and sexist motives. The incident occurred on May 7, when Yoo Yoon-jin, a South Korean content creator known online as Jinnytty, was livestreaming a walk...

Welcome to the PRAYER REQUESTS thread. This daily thread is a listing of prayer requests that have been posted by Freepers to the main forum who wish to have continued prayer. Hopefully this thread will remind us to continually pray for our fellow Freepers’ cares and needs. GOD hears and answers our prayers.

Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila issued a statement this week criticizing President Donald Trump’s recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill,” describing it as a “$5 trillion debt hike buried under a dump truck of partisan pork.” The legislation narrowly passed both chambers of Congress this week and is awaiting Trump’s signature. In his statement, shared by the Libertarian Party on Thursday, Nekhaila called the bill fiscally reckless and fundamentally dishonest, referring to it as “another lie wrapped in patriotism and passed with fake urgency.” He accused Republicans of “cosplaying” as fiscal conservatives while contributing to rising government spending and...

The New York Prohibition Party is calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to veto a bill that would require the state’s commissioner of economic development to actively promote New York–produced alcoholic beverages. The party warns that the legislation risks worsening public health issues and economic costs already associated with alcohol consumption. In a statement published on June 18, the party urged Hochul to reject Assembly Bill A03922, which amends the Economic Development Law to direct the commissioner to work with other state agencies in developing a strategic plan promoting policies that support the production and sale of New York–labeled beers, ciders,...

The U.S. Pirate Party and Transhumanist Party are preparing to formalize a coalition effort between the two organizations, with room for further expansion in the future. The two groups have been in communication since late last year. Initial outreach began last December when the Pirate Party hosted representatives from the Transhumanist Party on an early episode of Talk the Plank, the party’s then-pilot podcast. Transhumanist Party Chair Gennady Stolyarov II later joined the Pirate National Committee’s December meeting, followed by Pirate Party members participating in an episode of the Transhumanist Party’s Virtual Enlightenment Salon. According to a statement shared this...

“I can promise there will be no weapons funding for you,” Luna, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote.” “We are not your piggy bank,” she added, urging Zelensky to “negotiate for peace” instead.”

Democrats are rethinking ways to recapture voters they’ve lost to President Trump in recent election cycles, and they may have been offered an important lesson in the New York mayoral primary.In various post-mortems and focus groups done on the heels of their devastating 2024 election loss, Democrats have thoroughly examined exit polls and voter demographics in search of the gaps in their party’s appeal. But Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, who served as a senior adviser on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2020, said Democrats are “overthinking” the solution by analyzing the voters who flipped sides or skipped voting...

This one really takes the biscuit: the mask is now fully off. It's official: the whole 'proscribed terrorist' routine is nothing but a bad political pantomime. It's completely insane. So as far as the British state are concerned, Al-Qaeda & ISIS are now paragon of democracy and 'Arab reform' - all thanks to Israel's trusted pair of hands in Westminster, Secretary Lammy, gleefully giving the western stamp of approval on the head-chopping self-appointed Caliph in Syria. Unreal....

With the crazy weather we have been having (fires, floods, heat, etc). I thought it would be nice to start to a thread with recommendations for the sake of preparedness.RecommendationsBest Overall App: AccuWeather for its balance of accuracy, usability, and short-term forecasts.Best for Storm Chasing: RadarScope for professional radar data.Best Overall Weather Radio: Midland WR400 for reliable, localized alerts and home use.Best Portable Radio: Sangean MMR-88 for emergencies or outdoor activities.Best Budget Radio: Kaito Voyager KA500 for affordability and versatility.

A police officer was shot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas late Friday night and several armed people were taken into custody, the authorities said.The shooting took place outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.The detention center, which is about 28 miles south of Fort Worth, holds people who are awaiting deportation or are accused of violating immigration laws.Around 11 p.m. on the Fourth of July, officers from the Alvarado Police Department responded to a call about a suspicious person outside the detention center and saw...

With U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum and light-duty vehicles continuing to batter the Canadian automobile industry, the CEOs of Canada's big three automakers are asking for a break. They met with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week to lobby for the elimination of the Liberal government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Maintaining it, they say, will cripple their companies and put thousands of jobs at risk. Carney cancelled Canada's digital services tax last weekend to keep trade negotiations going with the U.S. Could the ZEV mandate also be removed to help an auto industry bleeding from the trade war? And what...

I find Suchet's reading so engaging; I feet like I am listening to someone who was there when events unfolded. :DI created this thread to store any observations or comments made by those of us listening David Suchet's narration of the Bible. Prior threads of this series are listed in post #1 below. This week's book is available in a few different formats. Below the video image, I linked Bible Gateway's convenient hub offering David Suchet and many others providing audio readings of the books of the bible.Here is the YOUTUBE link for the book of Romans.NIV BIBLE | Romans...