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My daughter is reading at a 3rd grade level. Her school isn’t teaching her American History (or at least Columbus Day). Any recommendations for American history friendly books for that age? Especially if it has pictures and pro-trump

While demonstrators in London celebrated the terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue, national leaders warn only of immigration restrictionists. A day after an Islamist rampage against a British synagogue and two days after the indictment in Berlin of three suspected Hamas members for planning terror attacks in Germany, German chancellor Friedrich Merz and French president Emanuel Macron met in Saarbrücken, Germany, and warned of . . . right-wing threats to European democracies. Neither said a word about the Manchester assault or the Berlin indictment. Instead, Merz announced to the European potentates commemorating the 35th anniversary of German reunification that “our...

A 30-year-old Texas businessman and owner of Boundaries Coffee in suburban Dallas, Daniel Keene, faced severe backlash after posting a video on X in early September showing a local Ganesh Chaturthi procession. In the now-deleted post, he criticised Indian immigrants and called for ending H-1B visas, stating, "We have to cancel the H-1Bs. I want my kids to grow up in America. Not India." The post went viral, leading to his expulsion from his church and gym, significant business losses, and alleged extortion threats. Despite the controversy, Keene remains unapologetic, claiming his intent was to highlight the policy's real-world impact....

Saleh Aljafarawi, a well-known social media influencer affiliated with Hamas known as "Mr. FAFO", was killed by an anti-Hamas militia in the Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City, Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV confirmed on Sunday. According to reports, Aljafarawi — one of the most prominent pro-Hamas voices online in the Gaza Strip — was found shot in the head. The influencer had gained global attention for his viral videos from Gaza, frequently appearing in clips even after being falsely reported dead. On several occasions, he filmed himself from hospital beds after reportedly surviving attacks. Additional reports from the Gaza Strip said...

LOL. Senator Hashmi @SenatorHashmi · Follow On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we celebrate & honor the Indigenous nations that have contributed so much to the history, cultures, & communities of the Commonwealth & country. We also recognize the ongoing need for reconciliation, healing, and partnership. Sen. Ghazala Hashmi is the running mate of Abigail Spanberger, the Virginia Democrat who wants to be governor and refuses to condemn her colleague who wished death upon his Republican opponent and his opponent's "fascist" children. Using typical far-left rhetoric, Hashmi is celebrating "Indigenous People" on the holiday that marks Christopher Columbus' historical journey to...

Violent cartel members have threatened US tourists in Mexico in an effort to send a warning to FBI Director Kash Patel as the administration continues to crack down on drug and weapons trades. Extraordinary banners have been erected in Baja California responding to recent raids and weapons seizures conducted by the FBI. The messages claim that starting Sunday, cartel gunmen from the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel will begin targeting US citizens who are in Mexico with violence. In particular, tourists and Americans living in Cabo San Lucas and San Jose have been warned they will be targeted....

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.Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

SEATTLE (AP) — Ramón Rodriguez Vazquez was a farmworker for 16 years in southeast Washington state, where he and his wife of 40 years raised four children and 10 grandchildren. The 62-year-old was a part of a tight-knit community and never committed a crime. On Feb. 5, immigration officers who came to his house looking for someone else took him into custody. He was denied bond, despite letters of support from friends, family, his employer and a physician who said the family needed him. He was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington, where...

Tear gas still hung in the air as Albany Park neighbors and elected officials hugged and cried, processing the scene they had just witnessed Sunday afternoon after at least four vehicles full of federal agents had taken a man and tear gassed their neighborhood as residents responded. A man spoke to Chicago police officers in the 3200 block of West Wilson while his hands bled after being shoved to the ground by federal agents. Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33rd) led the crowd of rapid responders, some on bikes and others with dogs, as she sprinted toward each call with state Sen....

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has introduced H.R. 5704, the Repeal the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2013 in an effort to reestablish safeguards against government-led influence campaigns targeting Americans. The bill seeks to prohibit the domestic dissemination of U.S. government-funded media content intended for foreign audiences. The legislation would reverse a provision included in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that lifted a decades-old ban on distributing State Department and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) content within the United States. "The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act opened the door for taxpayer-funded propaganda to be used against the American people," said Massie...

A small airplane crashed on I-195 in Dartmouth Monday morning, closing part of the highway, according to Massachusetts State Police. Officials did not immediately release any information on the identity of pilot, or say whether there were other passengers on board or if anyone was injured. State police said it received a report that an airplane crashed on the highway median at about 8:15 a.m. Police said the crash caused a fire. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation posted on social media at 9 a.m. that I-195 is closed in both directions at exit 22 due to the crash. Officials said...

A poll released Friday shows a record 62 percent of Americans say the federal government has too much power — the highest share since Gallup first began tracking this trend in 2001. In 2024, a little more than half (51 percent) of Americans surveyed said they believed the federal government had too much power. Among Democrats, the percentage holding this belief surged from 25 percent to 66 percent this year, when President Trump returned to the White House. Republicans trended in the opposite direction, though to a lesser degree. Seventy-five percent of Republicans surveyed last year believed the government had...

Five people were injured and rushed to hospitals after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday. The helicopter came down around 2 p.m. local time in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard, according to city officials. Videos taken by bystanders showed the wreckage lodged in palm trees near a hotel. Two people were pulled from the helicopter wreckage and three others on the ground were hurt, a city of Huntington Beach spokesperson said in a statement. The victims were all taken to area hospitals in unknown conditions, the spokesperson said. The city said...

President Trump absolutely lit up Biden’s worthless Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a gaggle aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Trump departed the White House en route to the Middle East after he secured a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Hamas is releasing the 20 living hostages, and Israel will withdraw to an agreed-upon line, thanks to President Trump’s courage and diplomacy. Meanwhile, Antony Blinken is giving Joe Biden credit for President Trump’s historic ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. “It starts with a clear and comprehensive post conflict plan for Gaza. It’s good that President Trump...

Gabby Giffords gun control group, Giffords, claims the public is less safe now Publix Super Markets made clear its Florida stores will comply with Florida’s open carry law. Open carry went into effect on September 25, 2025, and on October 9, 2025, Breitbart News reported that Publix confirmed its policies will be in compliance with the state’s new carry format. On October 12, 2025, Giffords posted to X: “We should all be able to go on a grocery run without worrying about if we’ll make it home, but now anyone can openly carry a gun in Florida’s largest grocery store...

There is a lot of rejoicing in America, Israel, and among normal people around the world about the peace deal in Gaza, but the Palestinian terrorist-huggers are heartbroken. And, of course, they should be. This isn’t really a peace deal. This is an utter capitulation, a total surrender by the losers of Hamas who have completely and utterly failed. They started a war and got their asses kicked, yet again. Their fight from the sewers, where they hid behind women and children, was not an example of brave resistance as they steadfastly endured victimhood. Every single misery that the Palestinians...

Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews BREAKING - Tatiana Martinez, an illegal who built a social media career doxxing ICE agents and their families and was arrested in Los Angeles in August, has now been deported back to Colombia.

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. As humans burn fossil fuels and ratchet up temperatures, it’s already driving more severe heat waves, floods, droughts, and wildfires. But there are even bigger impacts on the horizon. Climate change may also be pushing Earth’s crucial systems — from the Amazon rainforest to polar ice sheets — so far out of balance they collapse, sending catastrophic ripples...

Vice President JD Vance appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday, where he schooled the far-left host before Stephanopoulos abruptly ended the interview. Vance called him out for continuing to push hoaxes despite losing credibility with the American people, and ABC pulled the plug on the interview. “Here’s, George, why fewer and fewer people watch your program, and why you’re losing credibility, because you’re talking for now five minutes with the Vice President of the United States about this story regarding Tom Homan, a story that I’ve read about, but I don’t even know the video that...

Watch the emotional moments Israeli hostages reunite with families Emotional scenes show the final Israeli hostages freed from Gaza reuniting with their families after more than two years in Hamas captivity. Guy Gilboa Dalal, Yosef Chaim Ohana, Eitan Abraham Mor, and Matan Angrest are among the 20 Israelis released Monday as part of a historic cease-fire deal brokered by President Trump