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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: A Virginia judge has STRUCK DOWN state Democrats' push to gerrymander the state to get more blue seats for the 2026 midterms "This could foil their efforts to pick up House seats in November...the judge ruled it's INVALID." BIG WIN! 🔥

India and the European Union have finalized a trade deal to remove tariffs on more than 90% of goods traded between the two...In 2025, India's bilateral trade in goods with the EU stood at $136.54 billion...New Delhi's exports to Europe were $75.85 billion and imports were $60.68 billion...

Leaked Signal chats allegedly link Minnesota officials to a coordinated anti-ICE network accused of obstructing federal enforcement, sparking calls for investigations as evidence spreads nationwide.

Is something going on with FR? The same article is posting multiple times on one screen. The same heading and article.

A Kansas elementary school teacher has been found dead in the snow amid a massive winter storm that has spread throughout the country. Rebecca Rauber, 28, an elementary school teacher in Emporia, was found dead in a wooded area about 300 yards from where she was last seen on surveillance footage late Friday night as a tundra, named Winter Storm Fern, battered the United States. It brought more than a foot of snow to some parts of the country as temperatures plunged below freezing. Police now say they believe Rauber died of hypothermia, as she was fully covered in snow...

It is to laugh - the Democraps are taxing their businesses out of the state to continue The Somali Walz. 10:58 long

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A man at a Minneapolis town hall hosted by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., confronted her Tuesday night and tried to spray her with a substance before he was removed from the venue. Omar, who has faced a barrage of near-daily attacks from President Donald Trump, had called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment moments before the man lunged toward her.

BONHAM, Texas (AP) — Three brothers — ages 6, 8 and 9 — died in Texas during the massive winter storm gripping the U.S. after falling through an icy pond across the street from a house where they were staying, authorities said Tuesday. The brothers fell into a private pond Monday north of Bonham, a rural community of about 10,000 people near the Oklahoma border, the Fannin County Sheriff's Office said. First responders and a neighbor pulled the two older boys from the water and the youngest sibling was recovered after an extensive search of the pond, according to the...

President Donald Trump endorsed Stacy Garrity for governor of Pennsylvania on Tuesday in a post on Truth Social. He said, in part, " Stacy is a true America First Patriot who has been with me from the beginning. As your next Governor, Stacy will work tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion American Energy DOMINANCE, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, Keep our Border SECURE, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Safeguard our Elections, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment." Stacy Garrity responded on Facebook, saying she is truly honored to receive the endorsement of...

A top Democrat fundraising boss in Michigan shared a picture honoring her grandfather, who fought for Nazi Germany in World War II, on Veterans Day. Kelly Neumann, a fundraising co-chair for several Democratic candidates, shared images of her late grandfather, Albert Neumann, on Facebook in 2024. The unearthed post was a tribute to all of her family and friends who served in the miliary, including Albert, who she said was on the 'German side in WWI & WWII.' In her post, Neumann, who is also a principal attorney at Neumann Law Group, shared images of her grandfather in his military...

Portland Police Make Nine Arrests At Protest PORTLAND, Maine – On Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 1:03 p.m., Portland Police responded to Senator Collins’ office on the eighth floor of One Canal Plaza for a report of approximately 50 people protesting. The group was repeatedly told if they did not disperse, individuals would be charged with Criminal Trespass. After several warnings, many of the protesters left the building, while nine remained and asked to be arrested. The following individuals were arrested, charged with Criminal Trespass and transported to the Cumberland County Jail: 65-year-old Norman Allen of Portland 60-year-old Christine Dyke...

Blue states appear to be on the brink of a growth decline after a census analysis released Tuesday found that Democratic strongholds are likely to lose congressional seats to their Republican counterparts after 2030. New York and California specifically are projected to lose a combined six seats, while Texas and Florida may gain eight, according to the 2025-based estimates forecast by Jonathan Cervas at Carnegie Mellon University and shared by Redistricting Network. The new data most notably underscores a looming downfall for the Empire State, which has been steadily losing seats since the 1940s. "This is not good news for...

Agitators swarm Minnesota capitol and chant outside Tim Walz’s office Dozens gathered inside the Capitol building, shouting anti-ICE slogans and demanding accountability as they marched toward the governor’s doors. Dozens of agitators packed the Minnesota Capitol on Tuesday, their chants echoing through the halls as tension over federal immigration enforcement boiled into a standoff just feet from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. The protest comes amid a broader wave of demonstrations following recent fatal encounters involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, with activists calling for accountability and changes to enforcement policies. On Tuesday afternoon, around 200 agitators gathered outside Walz’s office...

@danwootton The Manchester by-election will now be a bitter battle between white Christians and Islamists. That's why it's fascinating Reform UK has picked GB News host Matt Goodwin to contest the seat who has been on quite the journey from the guy who once roasted Tommy Robinson over Islam.

Former President Joe Biden, who oversaw what is widely considered the “worst border crisis in U.S. history,” took to social media on Tuesday to condemn the immigration crackdown happening in Minneapolis. Biden, 83, issued a statement following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday by Border Patrol officers in the city, which occurred the same month as the fatal shooting of Renee Good during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation. The former president, who is still plagued with the scandal of the autopen and the apparent coverup of his mental deterioration, said the events that have unfolded in...

U.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration January 27, 2026 Press Release Number: CB26-20 JAN. 27, 2026 — Population growth in the United States has slowed significantly with an increase of only 1.8 million, or 0.5%, between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the new Vintage 2025 population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This was the nation’s slowest population growth since the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the population grew by a historically low 0.2% in 2021. The slowdown also comes after a sizeable uptick of growth...

As described in Sean McMeekin’s To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, where it has been adopted, communism has become politically dominant mostly at the point of a spear. In Russia and elsewhere, when Communism first took over the state, famine was an early result. By 1922, Lenin had to adopt a New Economic Policy (NEP), which allowed at least some limited access to market-driven commerce in order to suppress a possible counter-revolution. After Stalin’s death in 1953, Khruschev was appalled by the empty shelves in Soviet stores. Shortly after McMeekin’s book got off the...

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. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) 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. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

A man is facing federal charges after investigators said he got on an Air France flight in Phoenix Monday despite not having a valid boarding pass and then refused to get off the flight. Court documents said Qais Ahmad Tillaw bought a ticket online around 2 p.m. for an Air France flight leaving the Valley. However, the airline canceled the boarding pass minutes later because of an “unauthorized credit card.” He showed up at Phoenix Sky Harbor, ditched his rental car at Terminal 4 and headed to the TSA security checkpoint. The FBI said he made it through security despite...