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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel GandolfoAs Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on May 8, it was the post-Easter period in Rome. This, now, is the slow-down time in Rome, since the Vatican almost shuts down after the June 29 celebration of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.Unlike his predecessor, Pope Francis, Leo is continuing the tradition of spending the summer in the lakeside town about 15...

Director Sean Gunn on the new Superman movie: "It is about how we support immigrants and if you don't like it, you're not an American

Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, has faced backlash for a series of racist posts against Zohran Mamdani.Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, has faced backlash for a series of racist posts against Zohran Mamdani. Maguire is a well known name in Silicon Valley, having led or co-led Sequoia's investments in SpaceX, The Boring Company, and X. Before joining Sequoia, the tech investor was a partner at Google Ventures.On Saturday, Maguire made a series of derogatory comments against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the upcoming 2025 election. The comments did not focus on...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) 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...

Breaking: Four more violent Portland Antifa riot suspects have been federally charged. The four are accused of violently rioting at the Fourth of July direct action where the local ICE facility was besieged again. Riley Maxwell Freeman, 26, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony offenses of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Freeman faces up to 20 years in prison. archive.is/mCdJ6 Ian Joseph McCarthy, 35, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony offenses of assaulting a federal officer and depredation...

The cultural turnaround has begun. And I’m happy to be part of it — unlike my former friends.The biggest downside to being blocked by progressive former friends — like most in my old Hollywood circle — is I don’t get to observe their total breakdown as the liberal dreamworld crumbles around them. Yet every argument I made to them was exalted last Fourth of July, when President Trump and his gorgeous First Lady danced on the Truman Balcony as fireworks exploded over the incomparable Washington skyline. The couple were not only celebrating the 249th anniversary of the greatest country in...

With the passage of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the GOP won a generational victory. It did so by co-opting key Democratic messages and building a MAGA-based story of America and what ails it.Democrats are getting used to that. Most of them consider Trump as a sui generis political figure who voters don’t associate with the GOP’s least popular ideas.Ironically, Trump built that reputation in 2020, before he lost the presidency. He had scrapped the GOP’s old commitment to reforming Social Security and Medicaid in his 2016 campaign, denying Democrats one of their best issues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he...

NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of doctors’ groups and public health organizations sued the U.S. government on Monday over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association and four other groups — along with an unnamed pregnant doctor who works in a hospital — filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston.U.S. health officials, following infectious disease experts’ guidance, previously had urged annual COVID-19 shots for all Americans ages 6 months and older. But in late May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he was...

Are interest rates too high? A lot of people think they are, and a growing chorus of voices is calling on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut rates. Are they right? Does the central bank need to step in, slash interest rates, and loosen monetary policy? The honest answer to the question is that nobody really knows. However, from a historical perspective, interest rates are low, and monetary policy remains loose. What Are Interest Rates? Before we delve into whether the current interest rate environment is too high or too low, we need to understand exactly what an interest...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic ‘LGBT ministry’ supported by British cardinal marches in London ‘pride’ paradeLGBT+ Catholics Westminster is the official LGBT ministry of the Archdiocese of Westminster, which is led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols.A ministry of “LGBT Catholics” backed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster, participated in London’s annual “gay pride” parade over the weekend.The LGBT+ Catholics Westminster, the official LGBT ministry of the Archdiocese of Westminster, the country’s largest diocese, marched in the 2025 Pride in London Parade on July 5. The group promotes LGBT ideology regularly hosts “LGBT Masses,” and has participated in previous London “pride” parades.Per...

President Trump said Monday his administration would send Ukraine additional weapons after his administration imposed a pause on some shipments to Kyiv. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now,” Trump told reporters during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Defensive weapons, primarily, but they’re getting hit very, very hard. So many people are dying in that mess,” he added. The Pentagon last week confirmed a decision to halt the delivery of some air defense missiles and munitions to Ukraine, citing concerns...

Fox anchor John Roberts: "The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffry Epstein client? Will that really happen?" Bondi: "It's sitting on my desk right now to review. That's been a directive by President Trump. I'm reviewing that, I'm reviewing JFK files, I'm reviewing MLK files . That's all in the process of being reviewed because that was all At the directive of the President of all of these agencies " Link to Bondi's statement:

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HawaiiJoint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam is a United States military base adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii. It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010. Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam is one of 12 Joint Bases the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission created. It is part of Navy Region Hawaii and provides Navy and joint operations Base Operating Support that is capabilities-based and integrated.Pearl Harbor is 8 miles from Honolulu. Naval Station...

While Brennan, Clapper, and Comey all rightly deserve condemnation, Obama launched the plot and as president he holds greater responsibility for politicizing the intelligence community against his successor.President Barack Obama. Not CIA Director John Brennan. Not Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. And not FBI Director James Comey. But President Barack Obama. The 44th president of the United States directed the intelligence community to interfere in the peaceful transition of power to his successor — Donald Trump. And for that Obama should forevermore be considered a pariah in presidential history.Last week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe released the agency’s review of...

In a letter to President Trump last week, current HPSCI Chair Rick Crawford noted there was a strong public interest in the report being declassified.A still-classified staff report compiled by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) found the John Brennan-led 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (“ICA”) on Russian Election Interference significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than conveyed in the memorandum released last week by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, according to sources familiar with the report. The HPSCI staff report also reveals more details of the corruption, the sources told The Federalist.Revelations that the ICA crafted by Brennan was...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said in a new interview that she is most inspired when she sees people obstructing ICE. "Some of the most inspiring things have been when people encircle courtrooms and refuse to allow ICE agents in," Jayapal said during a conversation with Joy Reid on Friday's episode of "The Joy Reid Show." "There are all kinds of nonviolent resistance tactics that we have to use," Jayapal added. "And I've started something called Resistance Lab… It's a training on really the documented most effective ways to counter democratic backsliding, nonviolent resistance tactics to build that movement." The Resistance...

A new CESifo working paper, blandly titled “Making America Great Again? The Economic Impacts of Liberation Day Tariffs,” lands with all the drama of a footnote—until you read what it actually says. If the U.S. can impose tariffs without sparking retaliation, it can come out ahead. Higher wages. Smaller trade deficit. Slightly lower taxes. A net gain in welfare. That’s not a MAGA slogan. That’s a math-based result. The study, authored by economists from UC Davis, the Norwegian School of Economics, Indiana University, and the University of Milan, builds a global trade model to simulate Trump’s April 2 tariff policy—what...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A controversial bill to prevent Maine police departments from collaborating with ICE has reached the governor's desk, but she is not going to sign it. The bill was approved in the House and the Senate last month, but it will be held over until next year's legislative session. Governor Janet Mills can veto it, or allow it to become law without her signature, but not until the next session. Officials from the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition were hoping to see this bill pass to put immigrants at ease across the state. … In the last few...

Ryan Louis Mosqueda, a 27-year-old gunman, opened fire at a US Border Patrol building before being killed. He was reported missing from Weslaco, Texas. The gunman, who was killed after opening fire at a US Border Patrol building and its agents, was identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda. He was 27-year-old and was reported missing from a location in Weslaco, Texas, at around 4 am.

It appears that Marxist Zohran Mamdani might have more trouble winning the race to become mayor of New York City than he thought.The Democratic nominee appeared to have been shoo-in for the race, having defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo. But then some interesting facts about his past went viral. He advocates communist ideas. He despises Israel. And he wants to raise taxes on the city’s “white neighborhoods.”Late last week, he suffered another blow: The New York Times revealed that he lied on his application to Columbia University. An Indian born in Uganda, Mamdani claimed he is Asian and black.The Times’...