Free Republic

Stew, a 35-year-old from Montana, has enjoyed dabbling in sports bets since he downloaded the Kalshi app about 18 months ago. But just a few weeks ago, after spotting reports of elevated pizza deliveries around the Pentagon during some late-night scrolling, he made a different kind of bet - wagering $10 (£7.50) on the odds that Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be "out" by 1 March. It was a trade that tested the limits of the kinds of bets Americans are allowed to make. So-called predictions markets - overseen by firms such as Kalshi - have exploded in popularity over...

Oil pumping operations are expected to begin imminently off the coast of California after President Trump issued an executive order Friday to resume oil drilling operations near Santa Barbara, The Post has learned. Officials for Sable Offshore Corp. informed local fire officials of their intent to “resume pumping operations within 24 hours.” The notification is a standard protocol for industrial activities involving hazardous materials pipelines. “This coordination allows the department to maintain readiness for potential emergency response, including resource staging, personnel alerting, and collaboration with other agencies, in the event of any incident such as a leak, spill, or fire,”...

A cover song by the man in black.

@TuckerCarlson When you discover the CIA has been reading your texts in order to frame you for a crime.

The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president’s highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June. Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in former President Barack Obama’s legacy of civic engagement. The recruitment campaign comes after Fox News Digital reported that the organization’s CEO, former top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, was paid $740,000 in 2024. Foundation officials told Fox News Digital the volunteers will complement about 300 full- and part-time employees at the long-delayed center, which the organization is promoting as a...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Christ is King’ billboard unveiled in CaliforniaA group of Catholic pro-life activists in San Diego gathered on Saturday to welcome the unveiling of LifeSiteNews' first 'Christ is King' billboard in California.A group of Catholic pro-life activists in San Diego gathered on Saturday to welcome the unveiling of LifeSiteNews’ first “Christ is King” billboard in California.Made up mainly of sidewalk counselors, including 40 Days for Life activists, the group consecrated the human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and prayed the Rosary under the billboard on Pacific Highway.They were joined by LifeSiteNews reader Mario Cataldo, who regularly displays...

CHOICES An elderly carpenter was about to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was very sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials....

The movie is just another sign that Hollywood has once again driven itself to total moral, artistic, and creative ruin.What would I do if I were one of America’s greatest film directors?The thought occurred to me sometimes as I was dawdling through film school, admiring the work of men and women whose talent I knew I lacked. With little hope of ever joining the pantheon myself, I daydreamed about what it must be like to be, say, Paul Thomas Anderson. Suppose I were him? Having delivered three of the finest cinematic masterpieces in recent history—Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), and...

A person was shot inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Saturday. PRT officials say the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. in a P1 bus near the Homewood Station along the East Busway.

A tech entrepreneur has created a personalised cancer vaccine for his dog, a breakthrough experts say could shape the future of human medicine. Sydney man Paul Conyngham adopted his 'best mate' Rosie, an eight-year-old staffy-Shar Pei cross in 2019. In 2024, the canine was diagnosed with mast cell cancer after large tumours started to appear on one of her back legs. Mast cell cancer is the most common skin cancer found in dogs, and often appears as lumps, nodules or masses in the skin. Mr Conyngham spent thousands on veterinary chemotherapy for Rosie, which slowed the spread of the tumours...

A founder of the Mexican Communist party. Does that sound like someone for whom politics in general was incidental and communism in particular was just a passing fad?Of course not, but that is how Mexican muralist Diego Rivera is often depicted in the media. As for his sometime wife and lover, Frida Kahlo, she was even more fanatic in her devotion to communism. She was not only a party member, but a staunch Stalinist as well. And yet it appears that the their communist connection which was at the core of their beings as well as their art, as the...

(KTLA) — After nearly three decades, NBC Universal is pulling the plug on the entertainment magazine show “Access Hollywood.” The move comes as the media giant announced it will stop producing first-run syndicated television programming. The move also affects “Karamo” and “The Steve Wilkos Show.” “NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align with the programming preferences of local stations,” said Chairman Bravo & Peacock Unscripted Frances Berwick in a statement obtained by Variety. Free on Your TV • FOX31+ for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung “First-run syndication sells programs created exclusively for sale to...

The US embassy in Baghdad has warned its citizens to leave Iraq "immediately". It also urges anyone who is thinking about staying put to "reconsider". "Iran and its aligned terrorist militias pose a major threat to public safety in Iraq. Attacks have occurred against US citizens, US interests, and critical infrastructure," it writes on X. As we reported earlier, the embassy building was hit in an attack on Saturday - watch our video of thick smoke rising from the site below. "Do not attempt to come to the Embassy in Baghdad or the Consulate General in Erbil due to the...

Conservative pundit Dave Rubin argued on Tuesday that Jimmy Kimmel proves his “blow job theory,” or the idea that men publicly spout liberal views and act like a “cuck” so that they can hopefully get some action from their wives or girlfriends. He shared his theory on the latest episode of his Rumble show. Rubin got on the topic after showing his viewers a clip in which comic Rob Schneider told Bill O’Reilly why late night hosts like Kimmel and Stephen Colbert all seem to hate President Donald Trump. “I think it’s liberal women that have lost their minds [who]...

For generations, Italy has followed a simple rule called jus sanguinis, or “right of blood.” In practice, it meant that if you had an Italian ancestor and could document the family line, you could claim Italian citizenship, sometimes even several generations later. That approach made Italy’s system one of the most generous citizenship policies in Europe. It allowed millions of people in places like the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia to reconnect with their roots and apply for an Italian passport. Now, that long-standing system may be about to change in a major way. What the Court Decided On...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Brandon Herrera, the de facto GOP nominee for a Texas congressional district whose past comments about Nazis have drawn scrutiny. “Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the U.S. House," the President wrote on his social network Truth Social about the gun-enthusiast YouTuber. Trump added that Herrera would “[p]rotect our always under siege Second Amendment" and concluded, “HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" Herrera won his primary race after his opponent, incumbent Rep. Tony Gonzales, admitted to having conducted an affair with a former staffer...

The U.S. military devastated the military installations on Kharg Island, Iran’s major oil transport facility, but left the oil infrastructure alone. President Trump threatened to blow up the oil facilities, too: “The United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” Trump said in a statement Friday evening, referring to an island in the Persian Gulf where most of Iran’s oil is processed. “I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should...

In 1991, American officials flew to Israel to keep the country from retaliating against Scud missile attacks and joining the Gulf War. In 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned it would be “in Israel’s overwhelming best interests not to get involved” in the looming invasion of Iraq. In 2026, the United States went to war alongside Israel. “It’s the first time,” said Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, “that Israel is going to war together with a superpower.” The United States has been the Jewish state’s most important backer for decades, providing it with weaponry and working...

Ted Cruz calls ‘Christ is King’ an anti-Semitic ‘code word’I agree with the statement 'Christ is King,' although it is being used online in a way that is meant to say, 'Screw you Jews,'' Cruz claimed.U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has joined in the chorus of voices who maintain that the phrase “Christ is King” is anti-Semitic.In a sit-down interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this week, Cruz argued that those who use the phrase intend it to be an insult to Jewish people.“I’m really troubled by how the phrase ‘Christ is King’ is being used,” Cruz said. “I agree with...

Officer Lew@officer_Lew·3hWATCH🚨: This officer in Richland County, South Carolina didn't just save this young man's life—he sat down with him afterward to really talk and connect 🫡True heroes show up in the moments that matter most. Not all heroes wear capes. Bravo sir 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿