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"We're thinking about a little rebate," Trump said Friday before leaving on his trip to Scotland. President Donald Trump told reporters that the administration was considering rebate checks for Americans based on tariff revenue."We're thinking about a little rebate," Trump said Friday before leaving on his trip to Scotland. "But the big thing we want to do is pay down debt. But we're thinking about a rebate."He added that the rebate checks would be "for people of a certain income level," but didn't go into any details, according to CBS News.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during an interview with Fox...

By Dr. John BergsmaWho has the guts to bargain with the Divinity? Abraham, the father of the Israel, does. In the Readings for this Sunday, we find united several themes: persistence in prayer, the justice and mercy of God, the generosity of God. 1. Our First Reading is Genesis 18:20-32:In those days, the LORD said: “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, that I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out.” While Abraham’s visitors...

The George Soros-linked Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is pushing mass amnesty under the cloak of evangelicalism instead of representing the interests of Southern Baptist Churches who fund its existence. In a letter sent to Congress, the ERLC claimed that the recently re-introduced DIGNITY Act is “necessary reform” to “protect our communities.” The DIGNITY Act would provide mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens who broke the law by placing them in a twilight-legal status after they’ve paid a certain fee.It’s terrible legislation — to say the least — but perhaps it is not surprising that ERLC would try...

Every day when I see Al Roker on NBC, he shows the weather map, and he claims that everything is caused by climate change. And of course, the public has been indoctrinated to believe that the climate has suddenly started changing because of humans and our use of natural resources, or eating meat and doing other nefarious human things.It is all a scam.In. USA Today article entitled “Late July’s oppressive heat forecast isn’t normal,” you can see in the opening paragraphs how the scam works. The not-normal, we’re told, is that it’s going to be really hot, so that people...

...In 1991, researchers first revealed that the fossilized bones of Neanderthals had high ratios of nitrogen 15 compared with nitrogen 14 -- usually the signature of a high-meat diet... bigger meat eaters than even hypercarnivorous hyenas and lions. Butchered animal bones at archaeological sites reinforced the view that our close relatives relied heavily on meat from big game hunting....archaeologist John Speth of the University of Michigan... described accounts by missionaries and Arctic explorers of people who fell sick with "rabbit starvation" -- an illness that afflicts those who eat mainly lean, high-protein game meat and too little fat...Speth's paper offered...

Fourteen Hours is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway that tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel. The film stars Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Page, Grace Kelly and Jeffrey Hunter."Fourteen Hours" 1951 Film Noir Thriller - Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes

In 1980, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin saw an ad for the Central Intelligence Agency on a bus. John Brennan decided to apply, thinking that such a job would satisfy his “wanderlust.” This month, the “wanderlust” of John Brennan came to an end, as the former CIA director stands accused of false testimony regarding the Russian collusion investigation. Ironically, Brennan was first selected for his honesty — at least in part. During his entry polygraph, Brennan admitted that he had voted for the communist party candidate for president in 1976. He was impressed that the...

No one, especially the president, is above the law. No one is above the law. Nobody is above the law!

The effort to bring water sometimes hundreds of miles to serve the needs of the city of Los Angeles has resulted in engineering marvels, no small degree of controversy, and one great disaster. Los Angeles Water and the St Francis Dam Disaster | 16:16 The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered | 1.57M subscribers | 75,829 views | January 13, 2025

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.

Yesterday, in the warm, cozy, Sunshine State climate, “Todd Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s top deputy, concluded a second extraordinary day of interviews with Ms. Maxwell,” the article explained. In other words, after years of Biden Administration stonewalling (and file padding), Ghislaine Maxwell got a two-day DOJ interview faster than Little Caesars could deliver a jailhouse pizza. And not just any random DOJ interviewer, either. They didn’t send some junior prosecutor with a legal pad who used to work for Maurene Comey.

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, is blasting a measure from House Republicans that would rename the Kennedy Center’s famed Opera House in honor of Melania Trump. “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces — but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers,” Schlossberg, quoting his grandfather, wrote in a Tuesday post on Instagram. “JFK believed the arts made our country great and could be our most effective weapon in the fight for civil rights and against authoritarian governments around the world,” Schlossberg, a vocal critic of President Trump,...

Oregon is facing its second lawsuit in a month over the issue of biologically male trans athletes competing in girls' high school sports. Two of the state's girls' track and field stars, Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard, filed a lawsuit against the Oregon School Athletics Association (OSAA) after an incident on May 31 when they refused to stand on a medal podium with a transgender competitor at a state title meet. Footage of the stunt went viral, as Anderson later told Fox News that officials instructed them to step away from the podium and get out of the shots of...

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President Trump has seemingly reignited his feud with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over proceeds from the California FireAid concert, arguing that $100 million in donations intended for Los Angeles residents who were affected by the January fires is “missing.” “‘FIREAID’ IS A TOTAL DISASTER. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DEMOCRAT INSPIRED SCAM. 100 MILLION DOLLARS IS MISSING. WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE LOS ANGELES FIRE VICTIMS, FIRES THAT, WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT, WOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN HAPPENED. GOVERNOR NEWSCUM REFUSED TO RELEASE BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,” Trump wrote Friday evening on Truth Social. “WHAT...

Sacramento, California – A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California’s voter-approved requirement that ammunition buyers undergo background checks, ruling the measure violates the Second Amendment. The decision delivers a significant blow to California’s efforts to strengthen its already strict gun control laws.In a 2–1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s 2024 ruling that the ammunition law is unconstitutional. Originally passed by voters in 2016 as Proposition 63, the law took effect in 2019 and required individuals to pass a background check—costing either $1 or $19—each time they purchased ammunition.The court concluded that...

Diversity is a ‘core value’ but Minnesota State Mankato won’t share with the public what an ‘equity lens’ in coaching means When Minnesota State University-Mankato defensive linemen hit tackling dummies and run sprints this summer, they will do so under the watchful eye of a coach with an “equity lens.” But how exactly the coaching staff defines “equity” and “anti-racism” remains shrouded in mystery, since the school denied a College Fix request to view submitted diversity statements. The Fix requested copies of the diversity statements submitted by its defensive assistant coaching applicants as required by a May job posting. The...

A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Illinois and Chicago over sanctuary policies that the government has said interfere with federal immigration enforcement. In a ruling released Friday, U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins said the government lacked standing to override local laws that limit cooperation and information-sharing between law enforcement. Jenkins said the government doesn’t have the legal authority “to commandeer states under the guise of intergovernmental immunity.” The Justice Department didn’t respond to a request for comment.

26 July 2025 Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time Sts. Anne & Joachim Catholic Church, Fargo, NDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 24:3-8This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with youMoses went and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. In answer, all the people said with one voice, ‘We will observe all the commands that the Lord has decreed.’ Moses...