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  • Sen. Lindsey Graham's powerful speech during Kavanaugh confirmation (2018)

    07/13/2026 10:00:21 PM PDT · by RandFan · 3 replies
    X ^ | 2018 | Sen. Lindsey Graham
    @JamesOKeefeIII Regardless of what you think of him, this will always be one of the most powerful speeches in the history of the Senate. Back in 2018 when this happened, friends of mine who were not political teared up after watching this.
  • Massie: If GOP ‘Won All the Damn Elections,’ Why Focus on Election Fraud?

    07/13/2026 8:56:55 PM PDT · by RandFan · 33 replies
    NewsWeek ^ | June 28 | By Steve Mollman
    Representative Thomas Massie on Friday questioned why Republicans continue to emphasize widespread election fraud even as the party holds total governing power across Washington, calling it a contradiction at the heart of the GOP's message. “I mean, we won all the damn elections and we’re in charge,” he said. “And what are we doing with it? We're bankrupting the country, we're starting new wars, we're violating the Constitution. We're not cracking down on the fraud."
  • Dearborn Muslim Police Chief Proudly Announces 45% Arab Force & Hijab Respect in Policing

    07/13/2026 2:22:56 PM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 70 replies
    instagram.com ^ | 7/5/26 | 4xvirals
    Dearborn Muslim Police Chief Proudly Announces 45% Arab Force & Hijab Respect in Policing
  • Free Republic Is 30 Years Old this Year

    07/13/2026 12:16:43 PM PDT · by JoeVortex · 168 replies
    I clicked on my bookmark for Free Republic. The splash page came up. And then in dawned on me: Free Republic is 30 years old this year!
  • Renowned Feminist Historian Loses Professorship as Experts Tear Apart Her So-Called Historical Findings (racist black historian)

    07/13/2026 10:47:21 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 37 replies
    Gateway pundit ^ | 7-13-26 | Jack Davis
    A black feminist historian whose work is being labeled as misleading — and who may have lost her cushy academic job — says it all comes down to an attack on black women. The New York Times tells the tale of Kerri Greenidge, whose 2022 book “The Grimkes” was hailed for its narrative about a slaveholding family and its work in the abolitionist movement. Publishers Weekly put the book on its list of that year’s top books, while the American Historical Association handed Greenidge the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, which honors scholars in women’s history and feminist theory. But the...
  • Leftist Comedian Celebrates Death Of Lindsey Graham, Hopes For More; Margaret Cho said she's looking forward to more Republicans dying

    07/13/2026 9:58:50 AM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 37 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | 7/13/2026 | Amanda Harding
    Stand-up comedian Margaret Cho posted a video on her Instagram mocking the death of South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and expressing her hope that another prominent Republican will die next. The 57-year-old celeb said in the video, “Bye, Lindsey Graham … bye, Lindsey! From the closet to the coffin, real seamless,” referencing rumors that the senator was secretly gay. “Um, also, yeah Mitch McConnell,” she went on. “So, it’s Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham … it does happen in threes. Hope!” Cho is believed to be indicating that the third “death” would be President Trump. ... Even people who commented...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    07/13/2026 2:43:17 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 11 replies
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  • I Visited Obama's $1B Library [video - Conservative Youtuber Angela Rose]

    07/12/2026 7:14:40 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 27 replies
    YouTube ^ | 6/21/2026 | Angela Rose
    "The diversity, the unity. This is for everybody. This is a safe space for everybody. So beautiful. ...Now, this library cost about $850 million to make. Now, that is still less than the $1.7 billion that Obama gave to Iran in cash on wooden pallets. Iran provided all of that footage, the tape of taking that money off that airplane..."I Visited Obama's $1B Library
  • Fox guest on DSA: Most of them have never had jobs. They repeat Marxist & socialist clichés. They align themselves with racist ME Nazi movements

    07/12/2026 7:10:42 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 27 replies
    Again. And I think you nailed it. They are looking to find Platner wannabes, cookie cutters, rather than the Democratic establishment. The moderate stepping in and saying the leftward drift is going to take us nowhere. Good. The moderates in the party are stepping back because they're scared of the socialist wing. But this socialist wing is basically, as I say, they're cookie cutters, they're boring people. They're very boring. Most of them have never had jobs. They repeat Marxist and socialist clichés. They align themselves with racist Middle East Nazi movements. They sell the voters a con job because...
  • The Data Center Debate: Fact vs. Fiction

    07/12/2026 9:24:17 AM PDT · by PROCON · 115 replies
    goldwaterinstitute.org ^ | April 13, 2026 | Goldwater Institute
    The digital economy runs on data centers, a vital core of modern infrastructure most people never see. But there’s a debate brewing about data centers, with plenty of misinformation aimed at slowing data center development and, in some cases, halting it altogether. The Goldwater Institute has put together the following Free-Market Guide to Data Center Infrastructure to dispel some of the data center misconceptions.Is it just “Big Tech” that needs data centers? What is really driving their growth?No, it’s not just about “Big Tech.” Data centers are the 21st-century version of a power plant or water tower, providing the essential...
  • Patti LuPone’s Gay Cruise Ship Blocked (Again) From Entering Egypt

    07/12/2026 6:46:00 AM PDT · by devane617 · 72 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 07/12/2026
    The LGBTQ+ cruise ship that Patti LuPone is performing on has been blocked from entering Egypt after being banned from entering Turkey. CNN confirmed Friday that Egyptian authorities did not allow Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady to enter its waters. Rich Campbell, the president and CEO of Atlantis Events, told the outlet, "We had full approval and they denied us clearance at the 11th hour."
  • Today's Cryptogram

    07/12/2026 3:57:54 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 15 replies
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  • Tim Walz on the foreign child sex offender he pardoned

    07/11/2026 3:46:27 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 48 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | July 11, 2026
    “I can find no reason how Minnesota is safer or better if he is deported to a country he has not been to since he was a child.”
  • Randolph Mantooth, ‘Emergency!’ star who played Johnny Gage, dead at 80

    07/11/2026 5:41:38 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 13 replies
    nypost.com ^ | July 11, 2026 | Adam Silverstein
    Randolph Mantooth, the actor best known for playing firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on NBC’s hit 1970s series “Emergency!,” has died. He was 80. Mantooth died Thursday at a hospice facility in Ventura, Calif., after a long illness, his brother Donald Mantooth told The Hollywood Reporter. Mantooth shot to fame in 1972 when he was cast as Johnny Gage on “Emergency!,” the NBC drama that introduced the profession of paramedics to millions of viewers. He starred alongside Kevin Tighe on the series, which ran for six seasons, and performed most of his own stunts. The actor later reprised his role as Gage...
  • California man doing donuts crushes own girlfriend as she flies from car in wild video

    07/10/2026 6:32:07 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 36 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 10, 2026 | By Sheetal Banchariya
    A Fourth of July celebration in Solano County turned into a gruesome scene when a 20-year-old woman was mowed down and allegedly abandoned by her boyfriend.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    07/11/2026 1:25:00 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 10 replies
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  • The shocking true story that inspired The Blob

    07/10/2026 9:52:59 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 40 replies
    https://www.thedigitalfix.com ^ | Jul 8, 2022 | Emma-Jane Betts
    In 1958, the world was introduced to an intergalactic horror movie about an alien gelatinous goo that consumes everything in its wake: The Blob. The '50s B-movie has gone down in history as a classic monster flick, that would later even spawn a gory remake in 1988. But, this terrifying UFO film isn't entirely fiction, and you may want to keep an eye on the sky after hearing the shocking true story that inspired The Blob.
  • From dance floor to jail cell: Woman arrested after alleged biting spree at Portland bar

    07/10/2026 7:51:43 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 42 replies
    KATU ^ | 7/10/2026 | Jeffrey Kirsch
    PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A 30-year-old woman is accused of biting two people and punching a security guard during a violent altercation at a Northwest Portland bar. For the third time in recent months, Portland police have made an arrest at the River Pig Saloon. The latest incident happened on July 2, when police were contacted about a woman who had been detained by security at the bar. According to court documents, a woman told officers she was dancing with friends when the suspect bumped into one of them and pulled her by the hair. When the suspect, later...
  • The Balancing Act: Will you tell Americans which lie is the real lie, 'Dr.' Biden?

    07/10/2026 7:44:52 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 16 replies
    The Mountain Democrat ^ | 7/8/2026 | Larry Weitzman
    Recently in the news, Dr. Jill Biden shared she was afraid that her husband Joe Biden had a stroke during the June 27, 2024 presidential debate between then President Biden and Republican nominee and now President Donald Trump. Immediately after the debate, Jill said, looking at her husband in the eye while on national TV, “Joe, you did such a great job, you answered every question; you knew all the facts.” Then she turned to the partisan crowd and said, “What did Trump do? He lied.” Here we are two years later and who is the liar? It’s Jill Biden,...
  • Randolph Mantooth, Firefighter-Paramedic Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

    07/10/2026 4:12:51 PM PDT · by Round Earther · 56 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 7/10/26 | Mike Barnes
    Randolph Mantooth, who starred as the goofy but gallant firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency!, the 1970s NBC action show that changed life-saving services as we know it, has died. He was 80. Mantooth died Thursday at a hospice facility in Ventura, California, his brother, Donald Mantooth, told The Hollywood Reporter. He had been “ill for a number of years and kept getting thinner and thinner,” he said. Mantooth also had two stints (1987-90 and 1993-95) as Clay Alden/Alex Masters on the ABC soap opera Loving, and he appeared on other daytime serials including ABC’s General Hospital, CBS’ As the World...