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Monday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller blasted the Democratic Party for its opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to tackle crime in American cities. According to Miller, the opposition party was a “domestic extremist organization.” “You know, Stephen, — I’ve been running a scroll of the names of people that have been shot and shot and killed, you can predict with pinpoint accuracy how many people on any given weekend are going to be shot and shot and killed in Chicago,” host Sean Hannity said. “They haven’t lifted a finger to solve the problem. You...

We’ve seen the demonic advance throughout our culture over the past decade and more.On Wednesday morning, the students at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis were attending a Mass in the church next to the school when, suddenly, the stained-glass windows were shattered by a hail of gunfire.The fusillade didn’t stop immediately. Witnesses said that between 50 and 100 bullets were pumped into the church, injuring at least 15 of the students badly enough to send them to the hospital and killing an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old.The shooter, whose indiscriminate hosing-down of that place of worship was preceded by a...

A wildfire that broke out at Britain’s North York Moors National Park has burned for weeks, reaching a ground layer containing unexploded ordnance from World War II. The Langdale Moor fire started on Aug. 11, the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said. Crews from the North Yorkshire service and other local firefighting departments were still fighting the blaze Thursday.The fire is affecting an area of almost 10 square miles according to the BBC, and is fueled by wind, vegetation and now peat. The peat layer also contains decades-old unexploded bombs and other ordnance from World War II.“As the peat...

President Trump’s border advisor confirmed in an interview Thursday morning that ICE is considering using a naval base north of Chicago as its hub when potential enforcement raids take place in that city. President Trump’s border advisor told reporters Thursday that federal authorities planned to increase immigration raids in Los Angeles and other so-called “sanctuary cities,” with Chicago likely the next target. “You’re going to see a ramp up of operations in New York; you’re going to see a ramp up of operations continue in L.A., Portland, Seattle, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE,” Tom...

This is my very first solo post after years on Free Republic. Please forgive me and let me know if I got some of the "must haves" wrong. I Just received this email from a family memberand it's content absolutely terrifies me. I can't believe that real US citizens believe this poop, nor that our military gives up their time and freedoms and put themselves in harms way to defend such opinions. When elections are stolen, history shows crowds flood the streets. Trump plans to crush the protests before they even begin… Monday night, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker came right...

In the months before director Susan Monarez was fired, the agency faced mass firings, changing vaccine advice and a shooting at its headquarters in Atlanta.The White House fired Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after she refused to resign amid pressure from the Trump administration to change vaccine policy. Her lawyers accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health for political gain” and “putting millions of American lives at risk” by purging health officials from government. Following her abrupt exit, weeks after the Senate confirmed her to lead...

In stark contrast to allegations leveled against the delayed first response to past school mass shooters in Parkland, Florida, and Uvalde, Texas – and the first assassination attempt of President Donald Trump – the first Minneapolis officer to go into the church Wednesday did so without hesitation. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara hailed the unnamed officer's bravery in an exclusive interview with Newsmax's "National Report" on Thursday morning, saying the officer acted fast with "nothing but a handgun and no special protection." "I had some parishioners who were present come up to me yesterday at the scene, very emotional, and...

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday morning while gathered for Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school to mark the first week of classes. Seventeen others were wounded, including 14 children between the ages of 6 and 15. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara identified 23-year-old Robin Westman as the shooter. Westman was later found dead in the back of the church from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities are still investigating her motive. The shooting is renewing debates over America's gun laws. And two of Minnesota's prominent leaders, both Democrats, are seizing the moment...

The deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops has caused some Black parents to return to the days of “the talk” about policing that they had hoped was no longer needed to keep their children safe.Days after President Trump ordered a surge of federal law enforcement agents in Washington, D.C., Charlene Golphin told her 17-year-old son that his curfew was being cut short by two hours. Ms. Golphin feared that as a Black boy, her son would be caught in the dragnet set up by officers tasked by the president with cracking down on the “roving mobs of wild...

Parts of U.S. Highway 1 in Martin County were shut down Thursday morning due to what officials are calling an "unsafe U-turn." A tractor-trailer became stalled at Southeast Osprey Street in Hobe Sound after making the turn. It's carrying at least five vehicles. lanes are shut down. In a social media post, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said to expect delays in the area. The driver was cited for making an unsafe U-turn.

Many of our readers will remember the funeral that the Democratic Party staged for Paul Wellstone after he died in a plane crash shortly before the 2002 election. Democrats from around the country attended, and the event quickly became a political rally. It was televised nationally, and most viewers were repelled by the crass partisanship on display. Wellstone’s campaign manager apologized, but the damage was done, and days after the funeral Norm Coleman was elected to the Senate over substitute candidate Walter Mondale. Last night, the City of Minneapolis–the Democratic Party–held a “vigil” for the victims of Robin Westman’s attack...

The UK Foreign Office tells Russia to "stop this senseless killing" after strikes on Kyiv kill at least 19 people, including four children It comes after the department summoned Russia's UK ambassador over the attacks which injured dozens, and damaged British Council and EU mission buildings Ukraine's President Zelensky accuses Moscow of choosing "ballistics instead of the negotiating table", while the White House says US President Trump is "not happy, but also not surprised" by the strikes "I'm scared, but I don't want to leave," a Kyiv resident who saw the explosions from her home tells the BBC Nobody in...

LONDON — In what political analysts described as a historic turning point for Western Civilization, Great Britain announced a "Reverse Crusade" where they invite Muslims to come and destroy England. With the original Crusades of the Britons journeying to the Middle East to free the Holy Land from Islamic rule long in the past, UK leaders said it was time to wipe the slate clean and turn the tables to allow Muslims to return the favor. "We're flipping the script," said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. "We can now look back and see the flaws in our approach to invading...

A mother whose 9-year-old daughter encountered a naked male trans-identified sex offender in a school locker room spoke out at a Virginia school board meeting last week. Jen McDougal was among several parents who spoke during the Arlington County School Board meeting last Thursday. The mother said that a year had passed since her family stopped registering for swim lessons at Washington Liberty High School in Arlington after an incident involving her then-9-year-old daughter. "Last September, my daughter and I walked into the locker room, and a biological male who identifies as transgender and who also happened to be a...

Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman confessed that he “was tired of being trans” and wished he “never brain-washed” himself in a manifesto posted online before he slaughtered two children and wounded dozens more at a Minneapolis church. In a twisted handwritten journal he shared on YouTube before the massacre — much of which is encrypted in a homespun code of Russian Cyrillic script and English words — Westman groaned about his long hair and his decision to transition. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being...

An Illinois man is facing homicide charges after allegedly slipping abortion pills to his girlfriend without her consent. WMBD-TV reported that 31-year-old Emerson Evans of the community of Normal appeared Monday in McLean County Circuit Court. Judge Amy McFarland agreed to prosecutors’ request to detain Evans pending a trial. Evans faces two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child, a felony comparable to first-degree murder. Emerson Evans pressured his girlfriend to abort — she refused. So he told the police he "made the decision for her." Evans bought abortion pills for $50. Then allegedly drugged his girlfriend without her...

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has revised travel rules and allowed men aged 18 to 22 to cross the border, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram on Aug. 26. Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 have been prohibited from leaving the country since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, with some exceptions. Men aged 25 to 60 can be conscripted into the armed forces. On Aug. 12, Zelensky asked the Cabinet to relax border crossing rules for Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22. On Aug. 18, Svyrydenko announced that the Cabinet was working on rules that would permit...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under stress from development. The sightings of members of Mashco Piro tribe come as a logging company is building a bridge that could give outsiders easier access to the tribe’s territory, a move that could raise the risk of disease and conflict, according to Survival International, which advocates for Indigenous rights. The Mashco Piro are among the world’s largest uncontacted groups,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bold response to the recent shootings in left-leaning cities, Democratic leaders courageously stepped up to demand common-sense prayer control. Sources disclosed that the Democrat Party has decided to take a stand by calling for common-sense regulations on prayer in order to address the recent spate of transgender, leftist school shooters opening fire on innocents. "In these difficult times, it's important to reduce perpetrators' motivations to attempt mass murders," said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. "That's why I support reasonable prayer restrictions — the only way to stop shooters from targeting little children is to abolish prayers....

Singer Gloria Gaynor‘s recent financial support for Republican politicians seemingly made her the perfect candidate for the upcoming Kennedy Center Honors hosted by President Donald Trump. According to Federal Election Commission records, the Grammy winner known for the disco anthem “I Will Survive” donated nearly $22,000 to right-wing politicians and groups from August 2023 to June of this year. The records show Gaynor — under her birth name Gloria Fowles — donated hundreds or thousands of dollars to the campaigns for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley,...