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The fight over the Colorado River’s dwindling resources is made for MAGA — but so far the Trump administration has been playing it straight. President Donald Trump loves a good water war — and the biggest one yet is about to land in his lap. A quarter century of climate change and drought has driven water levels along the Colorado River and its two main reservoirs to historic lows, threatening supplies that support 40 million people and economies from Phoenix to Denver to Los Angeles. The seven states that share the West’s most important river are locked in battle over...

There’s nothing California Gov. Gavin Newsom hates more than a lying politician. At least, that’s what he, very condescendingly, told an NBC News reporter during a recent interview. Oh that is really RICH! The hypocrisy is just astounding. Watch for yourself: Did you see that head tilt? It’s like he knows he’s lying as he lies about hating liars! By the way, Newsom made that comment just before defending Joe Biden’s cognitive state. Utterly shameless. These people are so brazen with their lies. Here’s a longer clip: 🚨 JUST IN: In a bizarre moment, Gavin Newsom tilts his head like...

WATCH: Nonprofit Executive Caught Instructing Illegal Immigrant to Vote in NYC Mayoral Election. La Jornada Executive Director Pedro Rodriguez Tells Undercover OMG Journalist Posing as an Unregistered Migrant to “Vote for the Guy That Starts with ‘M’” -Despite 501(c)(3) Regulation Prohibiting Political Activity by Tax-Exempt Organizations. Rodriguez Acknowledges Knowing the Individual Is “Not Registered” Before Advising him How to Vote - a Potential Violation of Federal & State Election Laws. In a Prior Encounter with James O’Keefe, Rodriguez Was Caught Falsifying Documents to Provide Illegal Immigrants with NYC Residency. “You’re not registered? Okay.” “It’s three guys. Vote for…the guy that...

In what officials called “a monumental betrayal of public trust,” more than a dozen law enforcement officers are among 20 defendants charged in Mississippi and Tennessee for an alleged drug trafficking bribery scheme. The federal indictment alleges the defendants, which includes two sheriffs, of accepting bribes from FBI agents posing as drug cartel members to facilitate the passage of illicit drugs through the Mississippi Delta region. Federal officials initiated a years-long investigation after hearing complaints from real drug traffickers about having to pay bribes to law enforcement officers. WLBT has more: According to indictments, the co-conspirators received bribes to provide...

Zohran Mamdani’s rise from little-known New York state assemblyman to front-runner in the New York mayoral election has sparked a newfound sense of optimism among left-wing politicians in Europe ahead of their own local elections next year. Party strategists from across Europe are making the trek across the Atlantic to learn from the millennial who skyrocketed from anonymity to the precipice of the most important city in the United States (or the world, if you ask a New Yorker). They want to see if Mamdani’s grassroots campaign, which has been laser-focused on affordability issues, will work in their cities and...

According to a local legend, the Texas horned toad can live a century without food or water. One local Texas man put that idea to the test, using his son's frog Blinky. Ol' Rip, the Texas horned toad that allegedly lived over 30 years. Image credit: ToddKent/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) If you go to the Eastland County Courthouse in Texas, you may lay your eyes on an unusual sight: a dead Texas horned lizard on display in its own velvet-lined coffin. According to local legend and newspaper reports from the 1920s, the reptile certainly earned this honor, living an...

Democrat strategist James Carville recently criticized former President Joe Biden’s (D) son, Hunter, saying he simply needs to shut his mouth. During an episode of the podcast Politics War Room with Al Hunt, Hunt recalled a 2024 event where Hunter became angry after former President Barack Obama helped his father off a stage. Hunt said, “For God’s sakes, he needed to be helped off the stage. He was a doddering old man.” Hunt went on to say the Democrat Party has “a lot of problems.” Carville then added his thoughts. He said, “And we’ll talk about in terms of Hunter...

The March for Justice rally was held by the Free Republic to promote and support the investigation of the president. Speakers discussed the importance of the investigation and its benefits to the country. They emphasized their moral disgust with the actions of the president and encouraged people to influence government by voting.

The government is "working to remove" Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's last honorary military title at the King’s request, the defence secretary has said. John Healey said King Charles had "indicated that's what he wishes". Andrew, who was stripped of his title as a prince on Thursday, retained his rank as a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy after giving up his other military positions in 2022.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon, who was kidnapped from the Nova festival on October 7, said his Hamas captors told him they intensified their beatings against him and other hostages because of inflammatory comments made by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, describing a brutal routine of violence and starvation during his two years in captivity. In a Channel 12 interview aired Saturday, following his release under the October ceasefire deal, Kalfon said, “Whatever Ben Gvir said or did, they’d take it out on us.” In a separate interview aired Saturday on Ynet, Kalfon recounted that around the 270th...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss President Trump’s use of tariffs. He was also optimistic that the Supreme Court would side with President Donald Trump on emergency tariffs. “What did and didn’t get accomplished when Presidents Trump and Xi met face to face?” Bream asked. “What do you make of his characterization of what happened in China?” Bream referencing Rep Hakeem Jeffries’ inaccurate comments on President Trump. “I think it’s ignorant, and I think it’s kind of sad he has no idea how ignorant he is, because I was in the room and I can...

When Holocaust scholars accuse Jews of becoming Nazis, moral clarity collapses into performance guilt.Every few months, another academic or journalist decides that the best way to honor Holocaust memory is to accuse Israel of repeating it. The latest comes from The New York Times, where Professor Marianne Hirsch, interviewed by Masha Gessen, claims we need to “rethink how we think about the Holocaust.” It’s a long conversation—ostensibly about pedagogy and post-memory—but it eventually lands in the same familiar place: Holocaust memory, they say, has been “misused” to justify Israeli actions in Gaza, while Israel itself now stands accused of committing...

C3 @C_3C_3 Well well well… Judge McConnell donated $700K to Democrats. He runs nonprofit Crossroads Rhode Island that has received $128 million in government funding. McConnell is now demanding POTUS Trump illegally fund SNAP. After he tried to block DOGE cuts. He’s a Dem activist.

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ NEMO Info from here. In March 1965, military working dogs were approved for use in Vietnam. By July 17th, forty teams had been deployed to three bases - Tan Son Nhut, Ben Hoa and DaNang. This was only the beginning, by the end of the year there were 99 dogs in the country. By September 1966 more than 500 dog teams were deployed to ten...

President Trump did a sit-down interview with ’60 Minutes’ with correspondent Norah O’Donnell. This is President Trump’s first interview with ’60 Minutes’ in five years. President Trump discussed his recent trip to Asia and his high-stakes trade meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. “One potential flashpoint with China, probably the potential flashpoint with China in the coming years, is over the issue of Taiwan,” O’Donnell said to President Trump. Could you order US forces to defend Taiwan?” Norah O’Donnell asked Trump. President Trump replied, “You’ll find out if it happens. And [Xi] understands the answer to that.” Trump told Norah O’Donnell...

Cardinal Cupich claims Church backing for all migrantsCupich claims Church backing for all migrants Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich has once again courted controversy by weighing in on the immigration controversy and giving the Catholic Church’s full backing to migrants. In a video message posted online October 21, Cupich voiced his stance regarding the current topic of immigration, an issue which has dominated headlines in the nation for months. The Chicago cardinal said he spoke both as a “shepherd,” but also “as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities.” He took aim at the actions...

Please join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.1 Timothy 2:1-2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

Someone needs to inform Jay Caspian Kang of the New Yorker that "dirtbag" is considered to be a pejorative, not a positive. Yet, Kang seems to think that he is somehow helping to restore the sinking candidacy of Democrat Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate from Maine by repeatedly referring to him as the "embodiment of the dirtbag left" as he did on Friday with "What Explains Graham Platner’s Popularity?"And Kang weirdly does his worst to help Graham's supposed popularity by emphasizing Platner as a "dirtbag" starting with the subtitle: "The U.S. Senate candidate from Maine seems like the embodiment...

Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted President Donald Trump’s overseas strikes on alleged drug boats “insane” and not something “civilized people” do. Paul joined Glenn Greenwald on the System Update podcast where he called out Trump and his Republican colleagues over US strikes against alleged drug boats in South American waters. Paul accused Republicans of supporting actions they would be up in arms over if a Democrat were in office. The senator argued the strikes include no due process and could be leading to the death of innocent people.