Free Republic

The Mohave County Sheriff's Office in Arizona discovered the sisters alive and well in California through DNA, and now it wants justice for whoever killed their mother.Two California sisters missing for 36 years were found alive and well in their home state with the help of familial DNA, authorities investigating their case in Arizona said. When they were discovered in August, Jasmin and Elizabeth Ramos were living under new names given by foster parents who raised them in Ventura County, California, unaware of their missing status. Now authorities want to find the killer of their mother, Marina Ramos of Bakersfield,...

This police officer with the Leon County (Florida) Sheriff's Office is so paranoid, that he sees a guy (Robert) parked at a gas pump, with a gas pump in his hand, trying to pump some gas, and he immediately thinks it's something else in his hand. He gets scared. He pulls into the gas station, gets out of his police cruiser and draws down on the guy, shouting at him. Details: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/10/01/paranoid-cop-mistakes-gas-pump-for-a-pistol/

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday became the first person ever to achieve a net worth of nearly $500 billion, propelled by a rebound in the EV company's shares and surging valuations of the tech entrepreneur's other startups this year. His net worth stood at $500.1 billion as of 4:15 p.m. E.T., according to Forbes' billionaires index. Musk's fortunes are tied closely to Tesla, where he held a more than 12.4% stake as of September 15. The stock has risen more than 14% so far this year and closed 3.3% higher on...

A pub has been renamed The George Orwell in protest over Labour's plans for new digital ID cards. Signage with Sir Keir Starmer's face has been placed on the building of the rebranded The James Atherton boozer in New Brighton, Merseyside. While images were also projected onto the side of the building with phrases from George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, such as 'war is peace' and 'freedom is slavery'. In others, the PM is depicted as the leader of the state of Oceania, while 'Big Brother is watching you' flashes before a large eye appears. Landlord Daniel Davies said he...

Brooklyn black community runs off Antifa thugs Brooklyn, NYC — Antifa showed up in Crown Heights to agitate for a riot in honor of a black child who was killed in 1991 when a Jewish person was involved in a car accident there. Antifa were not welcomed by the black people in the neighborhood.

Elon Musk had a message for his social-media followers on Wednesday morning: "Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids." The Tesla CEO, who made the remarks in response to criticism of an animated Netflix show featuring a teenage protagonist who is trans, indicated earlier on Tuesday that he had canceled his subscription to the streaming service. It's the latest example of Musk wading into the culture wars and urging his 226 million followers to take action against a company with which he disagrees. Netflix's stock was down around 2% on Wednesday amid a volatile market. Musk's denouncement of Netflix...

The case has raised numerous questions about Roberts’ background. A NewsNation investigation found discrepancies in his birthdate across various records — athletic competition records list Dec. 18, 1973, while court documents and his 2017 marriage certificate show Dec. 18, 1970. Universities deny credentials listed on Ian Roberts’ official biography Roberts’ LinkedIn profile and official biography list degrees from multiple institutions, including Morgan State University. However, Morgan State said Roberts “did not receive any degree or certificate” from the institution. St. John’s University confirmed he received a master’s degree but not a doctorate. Roberts’ attorney said his client obtained a doctorate...

Yom Kippur concludes at sundown Thursday, ending the 10-day period on the Jewish calendar known as Days of Teshuvah.The San Diego Police Department said its officers would be on heightened alert against any potential threats to the Jewish community starting Wednesday, when Yom Kippur begins at sundown. "As always, when it comes to Yom Kippur, or any other significant event, we will conduct extra patrols in the areas where there are places of worship," SDPD spokesman Lt. Travis Easter said Tuesday. The department cited tension in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war and recent attacks on places of worship,...

When federal agents led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a South Shore residential building early yesterday, it understandably raised eyebrows. So what was that all about? And why was that particular building targeted? On Tuesday night, Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) claimed on Twitter that the Venezuela-based street gang Tren de Aragua was behind it. “TdA’s took over the building,” Lopez wrote, adding, “they will not be missed — except by @ChicagosMayor & the Leftinos!” In fact, CWBChicago has learned the building raided by the feds was the site of a murder where a migrant was shot dead while...

Democrats want to provide extravagantly expensive free healthcare to illegal aliens from throughout the world so as to draw them here to receive benefits at other people’s expense, thereby building their voter base for generations to come. This treasonous strategy may have worked for them in the past due to their stranglehold on the media. But that control is slipping. Journalists sometimes ask uncomfortable questions. Watch prominent congresskook Maxine Waters (D-CA) squirm and snap when called on her party’s willingness to shut down the government over free healthcare for foreign invaders: video on link When a Democrat calls you “divisive,”...

Confusion and fear gripped H-1B visa holders over the weekend as a sudden US policy change forced some to choose between family commitments abroad and their careers in the United States. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, part of a broader immigration crackdown, sent shockwaves through the tech and finance sectors, prompting workers from India and China to abandon travel plans and rush back to the US. At San Francisco airport, an engineer whose wife was scheduled to fly to Dubai described the impossible decision he faced. “It is a situation where we...

A member of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints has raised nearly $200,000 for a shooter who fatally gunned down four Mormons while they were worshipping at church. Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, rammed his pickup truck into the Grand Blanc Township church on Sunday morning, before opening fire and setting it ablaze, killing four. He was then shot dead by police who were responding to the bloodbath. Now, David Butler, a Mormon, has started a GiveSendGo to help Sanford's family despite him taking the lives of his fellow churchgoers which has so far raised more than $192,000. 'Like...

A government shutdown may worsen conditions for the already struggling economy of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, hammering a region that has been affected by dramatic federal job losses under the Trump administration.With congressional leaders unable to reach an agreement on federal funding levels and health care policy changes, the government shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, with no clear resolution to the impasse or indication of how long it will last. Shutdowns typically involve hundreds of thousands of federal employees being furloughed or working without pay. Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget released a memo last week...

Elon Musk told his 226 million X followers to “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids” at 7:42 AM on October 1, 2025, and he had already replied “Same” to a user’s cancellation the night before, which sparked a #CancelNetflix wave. His posts followed a clip of the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park and renewed circulation of screenshots attributed to creator Hamish Steele after the September 10, 2025, killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Within hours, “#Cancel Netflix” trended on X, and the call drew millions of views. Netflix shares slipped about 2 percent in early trading, though...

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Wednesday that the federal government is cancelling $8 billion in green energy funding amid the Democrat-forced government shutdown. Vought took to X on Wednesday to announce the cuts after government funding expired early Wednesday morning. “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled,” Vought wrote in a post on X, adding that more details would become available via the Department of Energy. The cuts are to projects in blue, or blue-leaning states, including: California Colorado Connecticuit Delaware Hawaii Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota...

The government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 AM Wednesday after Democrats rejected multiple offers from Republicans to keep the lights on and pass a continuing resolution (CR). While both parties are predictably pointing the finger at one another, all signs point to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ultimately being the biggest loser of this standoff.The full story of this shutdown begins with the CR passed in March of this year which extended government funding through September 30. At the time, Schumer stated plainly his belief that “there are no winners in a government shutdown” to justify his decision to...

Meanwhile, Republicans seem very comfortable with a shutdown.The government is now in its first shutdown since 2019 — and there is little sign that either party will soon give in to the other side’s demands and turn the lights back on.There are already signs some Democrats may want to cave, however.Hours before the midnight funding deadline, Senate Republicans blocked a spending proposal from Democrats, 47-53, that would have funded the government and extended subsidies for Affordable Care Act health care plans, giving people on the Obamacare exchanges the certainty that Democrats say they need ahead of open enrollment in...

President Trump said the US no longer funds the Ukraine war. He said we now sell weapons to NATO, and NATO can do whatever it wants with them. The MSM and NATO vigorously describe this as Trump's continued support for the Ukraine war.I asked GROK AI specific questions about what kind of aid we are giving in terms of military, budgetary and humanitarian/economic support. Grok says there have been no new appropriations by Congress in 2025; any US funds being spent now (e.g., training Ukrainian troops) were from prior appropriations (Biden). There is still tens of billions in Biden era...

The "Great Replacement" theory is a conspiracy theory that envisions a scheme to replace white, Christian populations in Western nations with nonwhite immigrants. It was once confined to the fringes of the far-Right. Now, the theory seems to have taken root in the mainstream of the GOP.

Sam Altman’s OpenAI is set to release a standalone app for its Sora 2 video generation AI model that will allow users to create and share AI-generated short videos in a format resembling TikTok. Wired reports that OpenAI, the AI startup behind ChatGPT, is preparing to launch a new standalone app for its advanced video generation AI model called Sora 2. According to documents viewed by Wired, the app will feature a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll navigation, closely resembling TikTok. However, instead of user-generated content, the app will exclusively feature AI-generated videos. The Sora 2 app will allow users...