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We must not be complacent about communist and woke ideology:Marxism and related ideologies are still very much with us. The Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall may have come crashing down some 35 years ago, but the pernicious threat that is Communism and godless Socialism remain. They are found throughout Western institutions, be it the media, academia, or the political and cultural arenas.In a recent piece I examined a new book by the important Christian thinker Os Guinness: Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds (Kildare, 2024). In it he argues that there...

Today marks a watershed moment in the fight for constitutional rights and the protection of government whistleblowers. The ACLJ is proud to announce a complete and total victory for our client, FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle, who has been fully vindicated through a comprehensive settlement agreement with the DOJ made possible by President Trump’s Administration and his new leadership at the DOJ and FBI. The DOJ has agreed to fully restore FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle with back pay, benefits, damages, and full reinstatement – including his security clearance – after years of persecution under the Biden Administration. As we...

On August 1, the Trump Administration quietly announced a rule change to end abortions at hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and stop paying for abortions and abortion counseling for veterans and their dependents. Up until September of 2022, VA hospitals generally did not perform or fund abortions except to save the life of the mother. Under the Biden Administration, the VA added broad “health” exceptions for abortion as part of an effort to expand abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Health exceptions for abortion are notoriously vague and can lead to abortion on...

Both the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory observatory SPHEREx snapped new images of 3I/ATLAS this week, almost two months after it was first spotted in the skies above Chile. 3I/ATLAS glows red in the new images with a seemingly threatening aura, though most scientists believe the object to be merely a 12-mile-wide interstellar comet. The snaps showed that 3I/ATLAS is “outgassing” as it approaches the Sun, which was expected. However, the object is dumping out a conspicuous amount of carbon dioxide and a surprisingly small amount of water and carbon monoxide, according to experts, including Harvard...

One astonishing element of the second Trump administration is the radical Left’s hapless pattern of choosing to fight on what amounts to political quicksand. In the latest installment of this phenomenon, The New York Times complains that “the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) … has apportioned only $2.9 billion of $6 billion appropriated by Congress for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR].” That’s right. The Trump administration is saving billions in taxpayer dollars, and the Times wants you to be mad about it. I commend the article for its comedic value. “If Congress does not intervene, the...

[Catholic Caucus] LEAKED AUDIO: Cardinals and Bishops caught supporting sexually deviant priest group at AUSCPBreaking news just released by our friends at the Lepanto Institute. Founder and president Michael Hichborn has been after this group called the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP). But let me first give you that list of cardinals and bishops who Hichborn is literally taking down with this audio:Cardinal Blase Cupich (Chicago)Cupich is a frequent attendee and presenter at the AUSCP’s annual assemblies, showing high-level episcopal support.Cardinal Wilton Gregory (Washington, D.C.)Gregory has also served as a speaker at AUSCP gatherings, adding his considerable prominence to...

Explanation: That yellow spot -- what is it? It's a young planet outside our Solar System. The featured image from the Very Large Telescope in Chile surprisingly captures a distant scene much like our own Solar System's birth, some 4.5 billion years ago. Although we can't look into the past and see Earth's formation directly, telescopes let us watch similar processes unfolding around distant stars. At the center of this frame lies a young Sun-like star, hidden behind a coronagraph that blocks its bright glare. Surrounding the star is a bright, dusty protoplanetary disk -- the raw material of planets....

In a resounding victory for constitutional principles and the rule of law, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker just delivered a decisive blow to the abortion industry’s latest attempt to circumvent the democratic process and force taxpayers to subsidize their operations. In Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the court correctly denieda preliminary injunction that would have blocked implementation of the “Big Beautiful Bill’s” provision that defunds major abortion providers. This victory comes alongside the parallel Massachusetts case, Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy, where Planned Parenthood Federation of America challenged the same legislation. While a...

This week, Axios ran a fascinating piece about the supposed "redefinition" of Americanism under President Donald Trump. Titled "Inside Trump's American identity project," Axios posited that "President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of what it means to be American." What would this new definition entail? "In MAGA's telling, America is the heir to ancient European civilizations, built on a Judeo-Christian foundation of white identity, meritocracy, traditional gender roles and the nuclear family," says Axios. "These tenets are cast as universal truths — and mantras such as 'America is an idea' or 'diversity is...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Ice Anyone? Sgt. Josue Barrera, a horizontal construction engineer with the 1017th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserves, brings bags of ice to his platoon to ensure his Soldiers can properly hydrate in “The Box” at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana. Temperatures here reached the high 90s degrees Fahrenheit during the day. Various Soldiers from USAR and National Guard were at Fort Polk supporting the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, NJARNG, rotation 23-08 at JRTC. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Armando...

Islam has been expanding at the expense of Western Civilization for 1,400 years. For centuries, its advance was retarded by the military superiority of the West. But as moonbattery eats away at our will to defend ourselves, the conquest has gone back into high gear — and not only in Europe. Muslims have established a colony from which to expand in Dearborn, Michigan: In November 2021, Abdullah Hammoud made history as the first Arab-American and Muslim elected as mayor of Dearborn. Just a year later, in 2022, he elevated Issa Shahin to become the city’s first Muslim police chief. Consequently,...

The Trump administration has levied billions in fines against illegal migrants who have refused deportation orders, according to a report. Immigrants have been fined at least $6.1 billion since President Trump took office in January, with some people facing millions in fines for staying in the US years after they were ordered to leave, the Wall Street Journal reported. In total, 21,500 fines have been issued, sometimes to the tune of nearly $1,000 for every day stayed past removal orders. One migrant, a Brooklyn restaurant worker who was ordered to leave the country in 1998, was fined $1.8 million in...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — A caped crusader helped put a stop to a crime happening overnight Wednesday in his neighborhood, Cape Coral police said. The Cape Coral Police Department said it was just after 2 a.m. when officers received reports of a burglary in progress at a home in the southeast part of the city. When officers arrived, they discovered the suspect, Justin Schimpl, 20, had already been detained by a neighbor. The neighbor, Kyle Myvett, was dressed in Batman pajamas. Myvett told officers he had gone to bed for the night but was later awoken when his...

[Catholic Caucus] Leftist students harass Catholic men protesting drag queen story hour: ‘Never heard so much profanity’At Loyola University (Chicago), Tradition Family Property Student Action volunteers were subjected to students screaming, giving them the finger and spitting on them while praying the rosary.oung women at Loyola University Chicago were captured on film raging at volunteers with Tradition Family Property (TFP) Student Action during their protest against drag queen story hour.Young men dressed in suits and red sashes assembled outside at the Jesuit school, holding up rosaries as they prayed them in reparation for a drag show that took place at...

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Tennessee woman after a brief pursuit in Dawson County. Just after one o’clock Sunday afternoon, a Ford Edge was called in for speeding and passing other vehicles on the shoulder of Interstate 80. The vehicle was reportedly traveling eastbound near Gothenburg. A trooper located the vehicle and clocked it traveling over 100 miles per hour on I-80. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued eastbound, reaching over 120 miles per hour. The trooper initiated a pursuit. Three miles into the chase, the driver of the Edge pulled...

India is now facing a 50% import tariff against the majority of their goods (electronics and pharmaceuticals exempted). However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed not to yield to the pressure. Modi said the world was witnessing a “politics of economic selfishness.” For approximately a decade many western countries including the U.S. have heaped effusive praise on India as corporations viewed the massive Indian population, the world’s largest democracy, as both workers and consumers. However, after the western sanctions against Russia were delivered, India -a BRICS nation- began pulling back from western alignment and influence. What we are witnessing...

Some political tricks are obvious, even to the chumbolones. Like the weak-minded fat man prancing along Chicago’s lakefront at dawn, downtown, telling us that he feels so safe in Chicago he’ll fight President Trump if Trump dares bring the National Guard to Chicago. Violent crime? What violent crime, says the weak-minded fat man to his adoring audience of corrupt corporate journalists who repeat his idiocies even as they protect his massive behind. Democrats are rabidly pro-crime, and I do mean rabid. Hey Gov. Pritzker, if Chicago is so safe why not prance around the West and South Sides at night...

Tommy Robinson will not be charged over an alleged assault at St Pancras railway stations last month. The Crown Prosecution Service concluded 'there was not a realistic prospect of conviction', British Transport Police said. It comes after the 42-year-old was arrested at Luton Airport on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with an incident at St Pancras station on July 28. The police force previously launched a probe after reports a man was assaulted at the busy London railway station. A day later, Robinson had gone to Tenerife and was wanted for questioning after video emerged of him walking...

An owner’s home is his property, not the government’s. Yet many Ohioans are paying more in property taxes than on the principal & interest payments on their mortgage. That’s un-American & we’re going to fix it once I’m in charge.

Robert “Robin” Westman, a man who identified as a woman, attacked Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis today, killing two and wounding 17 others. The two fatalities were children with 14 of the 17 wounded also being school kids. Three adults were also injured. Westman penned an alleged manifesto and posted a video before the attack. His mother reportedly used to work at the school before retiring in 2021. Some of the writings were written in Cyrillic, but New York Post reporter Diane Nerozzi translated some of the pages (via NY Post): Transgender Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman spoke of murdering “filthy...