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  • House Passes Plan to Officially Rename the Department of Defense to 'Department of War.' Here's Why It Matters

    07/26/2026 1:18:13 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    Military.com ^ | Updated Jul 23, 2026, 12:57 PM EDT | Douglas Lindsay
    The Pentagon's "Department of War" rebrand ignited debate over cost, psychology, strategy and America's military identity.When workers at the Pentagon quietly removed “Department of Defense” plaques and replaced them with new bronze signs reading “Department of War,” the reaction was immediate. Photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth installing a 60-pound “Department of War” plaque spread across social media within hours. Supporters praised the symbolism. Critics argued it sent the wrong signal to allies and adversaries.But behind the headlines, the change raises a deeper question: How much power does a name really have? And when it comes to America’s most important...
  • NYT: "Now Mr. Trump has three main options [in Iran]: military escalation, economic crackdown or declaring victory and getting out." [Tr]

    07/26/2026 1:03:04 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 44 replies
    X.com ^ | 7/26/2026 | Ann Coulter
    "No. 1 has been tried for the past 5 months with no effect. No. 1 has been tried since 2018 with no effect. No. 3 can't be done because Israel is against it, so everyone will blame Vance and call him an antisemite."
  • Mitch McConnell update: Will Kentucky Senator attend Monday's vote at Capitol? What we know so far

    07/26/2026 12:47:40 PM PDT · by RandFan · 44 replies
    hindustantimes ^ | July 26 | By Shamik Banerjee
    Mitch McConnell has missed 38 Senate votes since his June 12 fall. If absent Monday, it will be his 39th missed vote, extending his absence beyond six weeks.The United States Senate is set to convene on Monday, July 27, for a key vote to appoint Donald Trump's nominee Walter Clayton as the new Director of National Intelligence. But the lingering question remains on the Republican Party camp: will Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell be present for Monday's roll call at the Senate? McConnell remains hospitalized at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC undergoing rehabilitation after his treatment, according to...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms

    07/26/2026 12:19:32 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    NASA ^ | 26 Jul, 2026 | Video Credit: IllustrisTNG Project; Visualization: Dylan Nelson (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysi
    Explanation: How do clusters of galaxies form? Since our universe moves too slowly to watch, faster-moving computer simulations are created to help find out. One famous effort is TNG50 from IllustrisTNG, an upgrade of the famous Illustris Simulation. The first part of the featured video tracks cosmic gas (mostly hydrogen) as it evolves into galaxies and galaxy clusters from the early universe to today, with brighter colors marking faster moving gas. As the universe matures, gas falls into gravitational wells, galaxies forms, galaxies spin, galaxies collide and merge, all while black holes form in galaxy centers and expel surrounding gas...
  • Catherine Herridge Exposes The Forces Working Against Trump From Within Intel Agencies

    07/26/2026 12:06:44 PM PDT · by Signalman · 25 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 7/25/2026 | Cullen McCue
    Veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge reported during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” that a senior member of former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s Director’s Initiatives Group, known as the DIG, described a pattern in which intelligence community officials acted on the belief that they needed to protect a globalist perspective by limiting certain information provided to policymakers, including President Donald Trump. Herridge’s comments came amid discussion of recently declassified federal documents related to intelligence assessments from 2020 concerning China’s election influence operations. Those records, which were released in connection with a primetime address by President Trump the...
  • Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?

    07/26/2026 12:02:29 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 34 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 12:56 AM CDT, July 26, 2026 | BEN FINLEY, SAMY MAGDY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war. But it remains to be seen whether the U.S. and Iran are at an inflection point in a mercurial conflict that will reach the five-month point Tuesday. President Donald Trump both has threatened more strikes and said talks are pressing on, all while brushing off concerns that rising gas prices tied to the fighting could hurt Republicans in November’s midterm elections.Adding to the uncertainty is the...
  • Trans person BEGS to return to the US after fleeing Trump's America to be placed in notorious Islamic asylum center in the Netherlands: 'I will be hurt or killed'

    07/26/2026 11:47:23 AM PDT · by DFG · 53 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 07/26/2026 | Anna Wright
    A transgender woman who fled the US seeking asylum in the Netherlands now fears she could be 'hurt or killed' after the notorious refugee camp she was placed in became so dangerous that the Red Cross pulled out aid workers. Ter Apel, the Netherlands' largest refugee camp, is home to around 2,000 asylum seekers from across the globe. For years, it has sheltered people fleeing war and persecution, including Eritreans, Somalis and Syrians, who say it remains too dangerous to return home despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Now, a new wave has begun arriving: transgender Americans who say they...
  • Unreleased Documentary Footage Captures Graham’s Obsessive Push for Iran War

    07/26/2026 11:00:12 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 26, 2026 6:00 am ET | Josh Dawsey
    Sen. Lindsey Graham planned to travel to Florida in early March to persuade President Trump to join Israel in the bombing of Hezbollah in Lebanon—until a friend talked him out of it. The friend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told him on a call before the trip that bringing the U.S. into the operation, in the midst of the Iran war, was going too far, too fast, according to unreleased footage from a documentary about the South Carolina Republican lawmaker that was being filmed before he died earlier this month.“We’re concentrating right now on Iran,” Netanyahu said on the...
  • Dear America, from an immigrant...

    07/26/2026 10:02:10 AM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 17 replies
    Youtube.com ^ | 7/26/26 | Yoelandmari
    Dear America, from an immigrant Cuban tastes freedom for the first time in his life
  • Reparations for Blacks

    07/26/2026 9:25:15 AM PDT · by econjack · 62 replies
    Vanity | 7/26/26 | Econjack
    For almost four decades, I did expert witness testimony in wrongful death cases. The purpose of such testimony is often to place an affected party in a position of financial indifference between a "before" and "after" event. It's the same premise for black reparations. Most enslaved Africans brought to the United States came from Senegambia and west-central Africa, including present-day Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Angola, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Gabon. I did a calculation that compared wages in these countries today and compared them to current black wages in the US. I then did a present value...
  • ‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

    07/26/2026 9:21:28 AM PDT · by DFG · 25 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 07/25/2026 | Michael Sainato
    A humanoid robot is being introduced as part of a pilot program, along with an AI teaching assistant, at Salamanca high school in Salamanca, New York, located on the Allegany territory of the Seneca nation. Teachers have criticized the program, deeming it “inappropriate” and claiming it dehumanizes the profession with the introduction of human-like robots. Some local Native American residents have also criticized the pilot program, citing its implementation as “culturally tone deaf”. The robot, named Sally, was purchased by the Cattaraugus county school district – which includes Salamanca high school – for $57,590. According to a presentation on the...
  • 10 Foods That Food Safety Experts Never Eat

    07/26/2026 8:14:01 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 126 replies
    TIME ^ | July 26, 2026 | Angela Haupt
    Ask someone who investigates foodborne illness for a living what they won't put on their plate, and the list is shorter—and stranger—than you'd expect. It's not that these experts live in fear. Most will tell you that all food carries some risk, and the real skill is deciding which risks are worth taking. Frank Yiannas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s former deputy commissioner for food policy and response, says he doesn't think of foods as simply "good" or "bad." Instead, "I approach everything with what I would say is a quantitative risk assessment," he says. "I'm calculated." Still, after...
  • ‘Vibrant’ Florida grandma allegedly killed by illegal immigrant outside Publix, family fights for justice

    07/26/2026 8:03:49 AM PDT · by CFW · 20 replies
    Fox News ^ | 7/26/26
    A Venezuelan man allegedly in the United States illegally is in jail after being charged in the death of an elderly Florida woman by backing over her with an SUV in a grocery store parking lot. On May 17, Deborah Murphy, an 82-year-old grandmother, was walking back to her car on a crosswalk outside a Publix in Panama City Beach when she was struck by a Toyota 4Runner, according to court records. She was pushed to the ground by the SUV, but the vehicle continued backing up, "running over Ms. Murphy," according to an arrest affidavit submitted by the Florida...
  • The Complicated Path to DC Statehood. ANALYSIS(you must be kidding!)

    07/26/2026 7:51:39 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 36 replies
    *Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, “The Congress shall have Power …To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases over such District* *A new amendment could be added to the Constitution to make D.C. a state. This would require Congress to propose an amendment and three-fourths of the nation’s state legislatures to ratify it.*
  • Today's Topic - It’s definitely not diarrhea

    07/26/2026 7:45:35 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 15 replies
    Dave Barry’s Substack ^ | 24 Jul, 2026 | Dave Barry
    My topic today is: Why we’re not getting enough sleep. That was not originally going to be my topic. Originally my topic was going to be explosive diarrhea, which I apologize for even mentioning, but it has been in the news a LOT. Explosive diarrhea is everywhere. You can’t escape it! (By “it,” I mean the topic of explosive diarrhea.) Let’s say you’re interested in reading about federal legislation, so you go to the website of The Hill, a respected publication covering Congress, expecting to read about congressional matters such as bills and hearings. Here’s one of the headlines that...
  • Homer's Odyssey, Explained in Five Minutes

    I am asking your help. I will only see this movie if I am convinced that it's worth my three hours of time and money. THEREFORE, I am relying on my fellow Free Republic friends, WHO HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE, to give me their unabridged opinion. 1. 1 to 4 stars, how many stars would you give the movie? 2. Do you recommend the movie? Yes or No? 3. Any comments.
  • Women freak out over driver's Trump hat

    07/26/2026 7:06:53 AM PDT · by adorno · 52 replies
    YouTube ^ | UrbanPlusMedia
    I don't create new conversations often, but this got mi ire up. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vbUf82L7RNA Two ladies going full-blast TDS over driver wearing a Trump hat.
  • America’s plague of violence from the left

    07/26/2026 7:05:37 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 26 Jul, 2026 | Mike McDaniel
    In 2026, America is like a tinpot tyranny, where our politicians’ votes are being controlled by threats from communists and Islamists. One need not read much in the contemporary media to be treated to the idea that political violence is an exclusively right-wing phenomenon. Why, leftist organizations like Antifa are merely ideas, not violent anarchists, as Joe Biden told us. Black Lives Matter, socialists, communists, Islamists—they’re all just benign, legitimate political movements. It’s those MAGA maniacs, those soccer moms and Normal Americans who are too busy working every day to protest, loot and burn that are the real threat of...
  • Man who committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft to solicit donations from MAGA supporters using the identity of Shiloh Hendrix has been identified

    07/26/2026 6:45:56 AM PDT · by dennisw · 29 replies
    X ^ | 7 25 | Right Angle News Network
    Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews The black man who committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft to solicit donations from MAGA supporters using the identity of Shiloh Hendrix has been identified as Jamell Lewis of Indianapolis, Indiana. https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2081114798796795938
  • The Left Is Using Kids As A Trojan Horse For Total Online Surveillance

    07/26/2026 6:19:27 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 26 Jul, 2026 | Lewis Dovland
    It is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook. Anytime a Democrat politician looks into a television camera and declares a new policy is “for the kids,” history tells us it is time to do three things: grab your Bill of Rights, lock your wallet, and check your firearms. The political left has mastered the art of semantic camouflage. Because leftists’ true intentions—total state control and the systematic dismantling of individual liberty—are entirely unpalatable to the average citizen, they must cloak their radical agendas in the warm blanket of public safety. We are seeing this exact misdirection play out today...