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As protests in France convulsed into weeks of arson, looting, and street warfare that spread to other nations, the world had a front-row seat to watch the Red-Green Alliance in action. Red flags of socialists and communists flew alongside the Palestinian flags of Islamists. Student protests over bad schools were quickly hijacked by an alliance with the intent to overthrow democratic governments. The Far Left and Islamists who make up the Red-Green alliance have such different beliefs that the two sides should be attacking each other, but they have joined forces because there is something they both hate more and...

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was so worried that a 2028 ballot initiative might nullify an abortion law that was passed over the summer, and took effect November 8, that she issued an “emergency” declaration on November 6 that puts the law into effect while the referendum moves forward. The state’s four bishops denounced her decision, taking aim at her statement that abortion may be considered “health care.” Two aspects of Healey’s ruling make her among the most radical public officials in America today: (a) she knows abortion kills the innocent and (b) she falsely justifies her decision by citing her...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. 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 debate of any kind. And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you...

Three Bellingham residents have been arrested in connection to the alleged drugging of a woman in an attempt to induce an abortion without her knowledge. An investigation began Oct. 20, when a woman reported to the Bellingham Police Department that her former fiancé, 32-year-old Jean Brando Zintz, intentionally drugged her and gave her medication to terminate her pregnancy while she was sleeping. Zintz initially reacted negatively when he learned the woman was pregnant in March, according to court records. His mother offered her $10,000 to get an abortion, and Zintz encouraged the woman to accept it. She declined, and reported...

Now that pro-abortion Democrats have taken over all the statewide offices in Texas and the Texas state House, they’re on the warpath to legalize abortions. Only the Republican-controlled Texas Senate can stop them. Texas Democrats filed multiple bills this week seeking to repeal or weaken the state’s abortion ban, which protects the lives of unborn children and their mothers. State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, introduced House Bill 126, which would repeal Texas’ three abortion bans: the 2022 trigger law prohibiting abortion from fertilization until birth, the 2021 Heartbeat Bill (SB 8) banning abortion when an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detected,...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces fresh affair allegations involving healthcare VP Kimberly Powell, following earlier reports about his alleged relationship with Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy.

Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and MartyrAsked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” Luke 17:20–21The Pharisees, like many Jews of their time, expected the Kingdom of God to arrive in a dramatic, visible, and political way. They awaited a Messiah from the line of King David who would deliver Israel from Roman rule, restore national independence,...

WHY RUSSIA'S YAKOVLEV FACED A BANKRUPTCY PETITION DESPITE STATE BACKING Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev , responsible for the MC-21 and SJ-100 passenger jet programs, is facing a bankruptcy petition filed by a steel supplier over unpaid debts. The case has attracted attention because the company is controlled by the Russian state and plays a central role in the country's efforts to replace Western-built commercial aircraft. The Moscow Arbitration Court accepted the petition from Izhstal, a steel producer belonging to the private Russian industrial group Mechel, on October 30. A hearing has been scheduled for January 18, 2027, when the court...

Foreclosures and tighter credit reveal the hidden costs of price controls.Well, that didn’t take long. New York’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has managed to make the city’s already counterproductive rent regulations even worse, and the results are coming in. Mamdani tried for months to steer 38 largely rent-stabilized properties to an affordable-housing buyer. Instead, on Tuesday, the first of the buildings headed to foreclosure auctions. The troubled portfolio, formerly owned by Emerald Equities, contains about 850 mostly rent-stabilized apartments and carries roughly $250 million in mortgage debt. A prospective buyer offered $110 million last month, and creditors rejected the...

Salmonberries are a tasty edible berry in the rose family. Unlike regular raspberries which produce canes, salmonberries grow on perennial bushes and produce stunning floral displays followed by juicy sweet fruit. I’m always on the hunt for new edible berries to add to our permaculture homestead, and eventually, I hope to have every square inch covered in something delicious. It can be tricky to find crops that thrive in certain microclimates, and finding edibles that grow in wet/shady locations is a particular challenge.Salmonberries, unlike other fruit in the rubus genus, actually thrive in wet boggy soil. While regular raspberries can’t...

NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·Nov 10In August 1953, as American prisoners of war came home from Korea, a U.S. Army general stood a thin young soldier of Japanese descent in front of the reporters' microphones and told him something the Army had kept secret.He had been awarded the Medal of Honor while he was still a prisoner.They had hidden it on purpose. If his captors had found out, Brig. Gen. Ralph Osborne said, "they might have taken revenge on this young man. He might not have come back."Hiroshi Miyamura was born in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1925, to parents who had come from Japan....

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Rep. Don Bacon, who did not seek re-election for what could have been his sixth term for Nebraska, was asked Tuesday if he was preparing for a run for the presidency. He replied that he has a speech at the National Press Club next week. “I’m not announcing for president, but I want to lay out an agenda for America,” Bacon said. “It’s more about ideas and the principles that I think we need.” Bacon said he would be happy if someone else took up the message.

[Catholic Caucus] IMBISA theologians study challenges of inculturation in Africa The pastoral challenges of accompanying those in polygamous situations and the wider question of inculturation in the African Church were at the centre of a gathering of theologians representing the six episcopal conferences that make up the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA): Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST), Lesotho (LCBC), Mozambique (CEM), Namibia (NCBC), South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini (SACBC), and Zimbabwe (ZCBC). At the Padre Pio Retreat Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, participants recently examined how the Church can respond to African cultural realities...

A mysterious object once believed to be a simple space rock passing Earth is accelerating, and scientists cannot explain why. A new study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has determined that 1998 KY26, a suspected near-Earth asteroid, is speeding up in a way that the gravity of the sun and planets cannot account for. Simply put, the alleged space rock has something else powering it as it moves around our solar system. Near-Earth objects are rocky space bodies that orbit the sun and sometimes come relatively close to Earth. This object is roughly 36 feet in length,...

The willingness to sacrifice that makes a military effective can carry a hidden cost. What happens when a soldier learns to put his life second, then struggles to understand its value when the mission ends? Veterans take their own lives at roughly twice the rate of the general population. Veteran suicide stems from a number of factors, including post-traumatic stress, moral injury, difficulty transitioning to civilian life, loss of purpose and social connection, traumatic brain injury, pain, and proximity to firearms. There’s an obvious tension when it comes to the value of life. Christians know that our lives in this...

In this week's Avid Space Industry Update Blue Origin announces multiple new technologies in the works, astronauts perform another successful spacewalk at the ISS and a new heavy-lift rocket is announced. Blue Origin Unveils Their Northstar Engine! - Weekly Spaceflight News | 6:22 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 2,818 views | November 11, 2026

Russ Hudson was not supposed to be in Scott Colom’s protein ad. Mr. Hudson, 35, had known the district attorney for about a decade before Mr. Colom became the Democratic candidate for Senate in Mississippi. But it was Mr. Hudson’s father who was initially cast in the campaign ad mocking a suggestion from Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, the Republican incumbent, that Mississippi residents pick another type of protein to avoid rising beef prices. When the elder Mr. Hudson balked at a script that would require him to utter profanity on camera, his son volunteered. In a short-sleeved button down shirt, he...

I have a secret to share. Academics don't like Western Culture, and they aren't afraid to shout that from the rooftops. They are very passionate in their hatred. They announce it every day in the classroom. Students are genuinely scared to disagree because they are pretty sure the professor will punish them, which reduces the value of the $100,000/year in tuition and fees they pay for the privilege of being harangued. A new survey of nearly 2,200 students at five Chicago-area universities found 84% felt pressure to criticize Western civilization to succeed academically, while roughly 3 in 4 reported holding...