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Iran on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump’s threats, claiming the US suffered a humiliation in the war and calling the President “delusional". A spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces Central Headquarters said, “The rude, insolent, and baseless threats of the delusional US President will not make up for the humiliation and disgrace of the United States in the West Asia region." “The Strait of Hormuz will never return to its previous state, especially for the US and Israel," the IRGC Navy Commander declared, as quoted in a social media account representing the IRGC Navy Command. “The IRGC Navy is completing...

UPDATE: Jennifer Lincoln, the Portland doctor whose contract was terminated for harassing ICE at an airport, uploaded a new video filled with useless leftist slogans and disabled the comments. She claims that she sees what “racism and fear” do to patients, that she can’t stay silent, and that she will continue to fight for “democracy.”

Nick Pope, a prominent voice in the study of unidentified aerial phenomena, has died after a battle with cancer. He was widely known for his work with the UK’s Ministry of Defence, where he investigated UFO reports in the 1990s, and was dubbed by the media as the real-life Fox Mulder (the fictional X-Files character portrayed by David Duchovny). After leaving government service, Pope became a leading civilian commentator on UFOs, and was regularly featured in documentaries, news programs, and conferences. He championed greater transparency and scientific inquiry, and was the author of a number of books including "Open Skies,...

Maine's Supreme Judicial Court said Monday that a proposed expansion of ranked-choice voting would violate the state constitution. A bill pending in the Legislature would expand ranked-choice voting to races for governor and legislative seats by counting only the final vote tally to decide a winner. The bill has enough support in the Democratic-controlled Legislature to pass, but lawmakers asked the state supreme court to examine the constitutionality of the measure, LD 1666, ahead of the 2026 elections. In a unanimous advisory opinion, the justices on Maine's highest court said the language of the state constitution makes clear that the...

SNIP But every now and then, a FiveThirtyEight article would “go viral” on News Feed. When this happened, it seemed literally almost completely random. It wasn’t even particularly well-correlated with the headline. And it was inversely correlated with the depth and quality of the article. But here’s the thing: that “viral” traffic was almost worthless. A lot of it quite literally consisted of people who visited the site for 5 to 30 seconds, read a paragraph or two, and never returned. Twitter, then also near the peak of its influence, was a comparatively better platform for us, often producing more...

They are now the safest country in Europe, which is something that nobody expected because they are unapologetic about the fact that they will put their citizens first before any kind of online manipulation, EU rhetoric that tries to make them feel bad and push them to taking in refugees that just end up destroying their country. Of course, when I say they, I am referring to Poland, which surprise, surprise, has turned out to be a bastion of freedom and peacefulness against this takeover that we're seeing across Europe. But not only are they doing a great job at...

California has the world's 4th biggest economy, but this shows what would happen if several eastern states were merged into one state of similar geographic size.

"He immediately opened the door and struck the clinician and an officer who was outside the door." Police "reforms" in Boston replaced cops with mental health clinicians and social workers, and on Saturday one of those clinicians was attacked by a delusional man wielding a sword. The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, attacked the clinician as well as police officers with the sword. Cops responded by shooting and killing the suspect. The incident took place near the Northeastern University campus on Saturday morning in Boston. Officers were responding to a 911 call about four people armed with guns...

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist. Directed and produced by Michael Curtiz, and starring Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, and Jody Lawrance. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 'The Scarlet Hour' (1956 Film Noir, Crime)

A Chinese company's publication of AI-enhanced satellite images of US bases in the Middle East is helping Iranian forces identify targets, US intelligence believes. The ABC has been briefed on the intelligence by a source inside US defence, who says ...

It turns out the over 100 women from Turkey who flew over to America to have their babies then signed up for Medicaid So not only did their kids get birthright citizenship but then the American taxpayer had to pay for the procedure and follow up care End Birthright Citizenship

Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, is once more calling on Congress to pass his bill to enshrine Easter Monday as a federal holiday. “In just seven years, we mark the 2,000th anniversary of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That milestone will be one of the most significant moments in the history of the world. We should be preparing for it,” Moore wrote in an April 6 social media thread. “More than 80% of Americans — Democrats and Republicans — celebrate Easter,” Moore said. “Most other Western nations already observe Easter Monday as a public holiday. The U.S....

The human population has already grown too large and demanding for Earth to sustainably support at current consumption levels, a new study warns. Based on more than two centuries of population data, a team led by Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University in Australia found humanity is living well beyond the bounds of what our planet can support long-term. Ecologists describe the ability of an environment to sustain a species' population as its "carrying capacity". It's an estimate of the number of individuals from any given species that can survive long-term, based on the resources at hand and the rate at...

How conspiracies spread has changed immensely over the history of the United States, as technology and media have evolved. But the nature of conspiracies has not. I teach communications courses at Villanova University, 12 miles from Philadelphia, on how conspiracy theories are created and disseminated. As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, I have been thinking about the early history of Philadelphia and the controversial people, stories and ideas, including conspiracies, that permeated the city during the second half of the 1700s. Conspiracy theories describe alternative versions of events – such as the collapse of the...

“Unlike Russia and China, which would need to independently find the technical means of downing the F-15, and unlike Turkey, which lacks such sophisticated capabilities, Qatar had all the secrets handed to them with the sale of F-15QA. All that was necessary was to give them to Iran. There is no known indication that the Russians or Chinese have overcome the technological problem of downing an American F-15E, whereas it is known that Qatar had the solution already in their hands. It would be advisable that the DOD experts who investigate the downing of the U.S. F-15E check the risk...

Four 17-year-old men are facing first-degree felony charges after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a classmate in an attack planned a week in advance. The suspects - identified as Jose Rojas-Alvarado, Oscar Armando Santiago-Martinez, Angel Lemus-Perez, and Carlos Roberto Oliva-Villeda - have each been charged with aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Lemus-Perez faces an additional charge of engaging in organized criminal activity. The Incident According to arrest affidavits, the attack occurred on February 19, 2026. The victim left Del Valle High School with three of the suspects under the impression they were going to get pizza. After a brief stop...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, 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)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North CarolinaMarine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, United States, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.The air station and its associated support locations occupy approximately 29,000 acres. The heart of Cherry Point is its massive four-point runway system, which is designed to provide multiple approach and departure advantages to all aviators...

The son of a notorious Iranian regime leader is enjoying an affluent lifestyle in Los Angeles, the California Post can reveal. Campaigners are calling for Eissa Hashemi, 43, to be investigated and deported for defiantly refusing to denounce his mother’s sickening past. On Monday, he appeared unfazed by the controversy and defiantly brushed off a reporter’s questions, declining to speak after a workout at his fancy gym. The college psychology lecturer is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, known as “Screaming Mary,” who acted as spokesperson for violent militants who stormed the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52...