Free Republic

Hiram R. Revels (Republican) – Served from 1870 to 1871. And so was the second: Blanche K. Bruce (Republican) – Served from 1875 to 1881. Just thought you all should know. Or in case anyone needed reminding... Would be nice for the Party to look back to its roots a bit...

While many news outlets are using colorful terms like “Super El Niño” to describe this year’s very strong weather event, it’s just feeding an alarmist narrative, meteorologist Christ Martz says. El Niño will have impacts, he said, but they won’t be catastrophic. ===================================================================== This year’s fall and winter will be hit with a meteorological phenomenon called El Niño, and multiple reports have latched onto the term “Super El Niño” to describe the expected elevated intensity of the current cycle. While the term makes for catchy headlines, meteorologist Chris Martz says “Super El Niño” is not a meteorological term and calling...

Taking shots of olive oil has become a popular trend on social media, with celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian and Hailey Bieber touting the practice for its supposed health benefits. However, some health professionals disagree with the claim that shooting olive oil is a viable wellness ritual. "I think health trends like these become popular because they're novel and go viral," Megan Meyer, Ph.D., a science communication consultant based in Durham, North Carolina, told Fox News Digital.

If you’re upset about the Midterm Election results, I have something I think you’re really going to like. This is Hank Kunneman and he has a pretty incredible word about the Midterms. Multiple words, in fact. And what’s really impressive to me is the fact that most of these he released BEFORE the Midterms and it’s incredible how well they hold up now looking back in hindsight. I think you’re going to love this, please enjoy (and a transcript and summary are provided below if you prefer that instead of watching): VIDEO AT LINK............. FULL TRANSCRIPT AT LINK.............

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Vice President JD Vance to focus “his complete and total attention” on any crime and corruption in Democratic-run US cities, saying that effort could save more money than a deal with Iran. “Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity. CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood!” Trump wrote on social media. “We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!” Vance has participated recently in outreach...

When an election produces outcomes that run completely counter to historical precedent, polling baselines, and raw mathematical probability, the dispute ceases to be a conventional political debate and transforms into an indictment of the process itself. The case asserting that this midterm was systematically subverted rests upon four primary pillars: statistical impossibility, software and algorithmic manipulation, unauthorized cyber penetration, and administrative chain-of-custody collapse. The foundational argument against the legitimacy of the results begins with the numbers that show uniform swings across non-contiguous battlegrounds violating basic demographic distribution principles. The primary anomaly centers on contested battleground outcomes where one party captures...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang aren't the only Huangs making headlines in the wake of their affair. Outlets including the New York Times have turned their lens on Lori Huang, the low-profile engineer-turned-philanthropist who married Jensen Huang in 1985 and has spent the past 40 years by his side. Forced into the spotlight with her husband's public apology, the 64-year-old president of the Jen-Hsun Lori Huang Foundation helped her husband launch his chip start-up and could now receive half his fortune, currently worth around $62 billion, should the couple divorce, per SFist. It could be...

At least 17 injured as rescuers were still pulling people from rubble early Thursday At least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, New York City's mayor said Thursday, as firefighters kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage. ABC7 reports four of the victims are believed to be construction workers. The building came down Wednesday afternoon. At least 17 people have been injured, including three firefighters, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Scores of firefighters and police officers wielding pickaxes and power saws...

Colorado Democrats aren't bothering to hide their disdain for Coloradans and liberty anymore. California was once said to be the “laboratory of Democracy" that set the tone for the rest of the nation, but Colorado is hot on its heels. True, California hasn’t done that, except for its blue-state influence for a long time, and some of those states are working hard to out-Californicate California. Following the midterms, Colorado appears poised to influence, or at least largely reflect, congressional Democrat designs on America. The Washington Examiner explains: Last week, Colorado voters passed several propositions that run counter to the state...

One East Village block has transformed over the past few years into ground zero in the battle over delivery e-bikes in New York City. On any given day, hundreds of bikes line the curb of East 11th Street, between First Avenue and Avenue A, near a mosque where many workers congregate. The scene has drawn the ire of nearby residents, who complain of clogged streets. City officials have installed bike corrals and hired a contractor for extra street cleanings, and the NYPD has repeatedly confiscated bikes it says are parked illegally.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/12/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel’s “Messiah”Luke 2:8-148 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ...

What we prefer as customers or citizens is not what our betters have planned for us. We all know the adage: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Unfortunately, somewhere between the invention of PowerPoint and the proliferation of executive MBAs, this principle appears to have been replaced in executive suites by another: If it ain’t broke, you’re not innovating hard enough. Consider three seemingly unrelated developments: Bud Light’s ill-fated collaboration with Dylan Mulvaney, Tom’s of Maine’s decision to sweeten its once-distinctive toothpaste, and the role of Maine’s political elite in a facelift that fashioned the state as diverse and...

"He who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him" (Heb. 11:6). All who come to God in faith will receive the reward of eternal life. We've seen that without faith it's impossible to please God. And the first step in faith is believing that God exists. In addition, we must also believe that He answers our prayers—more specifically, that He redeems those who come to Him in faith. Scripture repeatedly tells us that God not only can be found, but also desires to be found. David said to...

The lunatic illegal migrant who allegedly tried to hijack a United Airlines flight out of New Jersey by threatening to detonate a bomb reportedly evaded deportation in 2019 by claiming he was trans. Honduran Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, who was deported from the United States twice, was granted asylum in 2020 after alleging that he would be persecuted back home for being transgender, law enforcement sources told The Daily Wire. Immigration officials previously told The Post that Gomez-Alberto, 34, was arrested twice in the US and deported – first in September 2011 near El Indio, Texas, and again in October 2014...

Europe stands on the brink of a structural shift in its energy landscape. In the first nine months of 2026, electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for 24.2% of all new car sales across the continent, marking a 41.9% surge compared to 2025. In September 2026, that market share climbed as high as 30.5%. This momentum is no passing anomaly; it is the direct result of targeted policy interventions, technological advances, and evolving consumer behavior. The electrification of passenger road transport is striking at the very core of the oil sector. Globally, EVs now displace 1.2 million barrels of oil per day—a...

Australian drivers have increasingly turned to electric cars, with EVs' share of new car sales having tripled in the past year. Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries figures reported by 7NEWS put battery EVs at 23.1% of new car purchases in October, compared with 7.3% a year earlier. Over that span, every Australian state and territory recorded growth in EV sales. Tesla alone notched 4,050 sales, a 342% increase from the previous October, while sales of gas and diesel vehicles declined. Peter Khoury, the NRMA head of media, pointed to growing frustration with fluctuating fuel costs as the primary reason for...

As seen on “The 700 Club,” November 10, 2026.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a $1 million fine or “damages award” in certain cases involving abortion-inducing drugs sent into the state. Under House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 2, a patient or other wrongful death beneficiary would have to prove that a defendant sent an abortion-inducing drug to the patient in Tennessee by courier, delivery or mail service and that the drug caused the death of an unborn child. The proposal is sponsored by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, and Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald. It would amend Tennessee’s law over damages. The...

The baby, Koah Sharp, was found buried in a crate that was wrapped in a towel, crying and “clinging to life,” Sheriff Jay Koon of Lexington County, S.C., said at a news conference on Tuesday. The child’s father had disappeared with him the day before, prompting a widespread search by county and state officials, as well as the F.B.I. Koah was receiving medical care at a hospital adding that he hoped the child would make a full recovery. He did not elaborate on the extent of the child’s injuries. Koah’s father, Michael A. Comer, 25, was arrested on Monday night...

Liu: Up until the ’70s, the Democratic Party was dominated by working-class people in unions — non-college-educated people. By ’77, they saw the complete takeover of the Democratic Party elite by what conservatives called the new class. I think Spiro Agnew called them the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” The conservatives understood that this class was taking power and was creating a huge rift between what the Democratic Party had once represented and what it was now going to represent. You could make a caricature of the Berkeley-to-Cambridge continuum. In my very, very wealthy neighborhood in Orange County, we see signs...