Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2026 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $47,315
58%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $475 to reach 59%!! Thank you all for your continued support!! God bless.

Forum: General/Chat

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Manhunt underway for Kansas City suspect of mass shooting near World Cup venue — FBI offers $25K reward

    06/20/2026 4:50:33 PM PDT · by Libloather
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 6/20/26 | Alexandra Koch
    A multi-agency manhunt is underway for a 22-year-old suspect accused of a violent cross-state crime spree, which included a string of highway shootings near the FIFA World Cup at Arrowhead Stadium and a fiery standoff with police. The FBI’s Kansas City field office announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, who is described as a White and Hispanic man weighing about 184 pounds. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, has brown hair, brown eyes and a tattoo on his right forearm. Authorities are issuing a stern warning to...
  • Your Freedom Vs. Democrat Control: The 2026 Midterms Will Decide America’s Future

    06/20/2026 4:25:08 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 4 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 20 Jun, 2026 | Joseph Ford Cotto
    We can either renew the spirit of liberty that made America exceptional, or watch her collapse under policies that pull toward perdition. President Donald J. Trump marked the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta this month, a momentous occasion which went virtually unnoticed. That is a true pity. In Magna Carta, we find the timeless principles that shaped our nation’s foundation. Signed on June 15, 1215, at England’s Runnymede, this charter stood as one of the first bold limits on unchecked government power. The text came to pass when feudal barons, the forerunners of modern elected representatives, demanded limits upon King...
  • The UK Government Has Just Explained Why People Own Gold

    06/20/2026 3:25:15 PM PDT · by delta7 · 11 replies
    Goldcore ^ | 19 June 26 | Dave Russell
    When David Lammy addressed the World Gold Council and London Bullion Market Association this week, he intended to warn his audience about illicit gold. Instead, almost accidentally, he explained why so many people own it. “Unlike cash,” he said, gold “ does not need a bank account, a password or an internet connection.” This was meant to sound sinister. To anyone who has ever dealt with a frozen account, a failed payment system, a banking scare, a cyberattack, a currency crisis or the creeping absurdity of modern digital finance, it sounded rather more like a sales pitch. That is the...
  • I’m a Tradwife Influencer—Here Are My Thoughts on the Book “Yesteryear"

    06/20/2026 3:09:28 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 28 replies
    Heritage Foundation ^ | May 2026 | Liana Graham
    Yesteryear opens by introducing its narrator, Natalie, a 32‑year‑old influencer who amasses millions of followers by posting about her pioneer‑like lifestyle. Unbeknownst to her audience, staff keep the household running, her marriage is strained, and her children hate being filmed. One day, she wakes up in a place that looks like her home, except it’s the early 19th century. As the story develops, Natalie proves anything but content. She meets her husband, Caleb, at a church group. After they marry, she finds herself pregnant at 20 (and with a husband more of a buffoon than she expected). I left Yesteryear...
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: New York Goes Down

    06/20/2026 2:14:30 PM PDT · by Twotone · 9 replies
    SteynonLine ^ | June 20, 2026 | Rick McGinnis
    "There is no other city one can know as completely from the movies and television as New York," wrote film location scout Nick Carr in 2015. "Even if you've never set foot in Manhattan, there's a good chance you can instantly picture a multitude of its neighbourhoods: Carrie Bradshaw's favourite cupcake spot (the Village); the Ghostbusters' firehouse (TriBeCa); the deli where Harry met Sally (Lower East Side)." Or, if you're a movie fan with a particular taste in New York cinema, your mind's eye can easily recall the setting of the conclave of New York gangs in TheWarriors (Riverside Park...
  • Trump’s ready to reopen mental institutions and liberals are furious…

    06/20/2026 2:08:58 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    Revolver News ^ | June 20, 2026 | Staff
    How did we get to a place in this country where we’ve decided that the humane approach to severe mental illness is to just leave people alone and let them fend for themselves? If someone is living on a sidewalk, talking to invisible people, wandering through traffic, or spiraling deeper into psychosis, government intervention is now treated like the “evil” thing to do. Activists, disability-rights groups, and this massive network of NGOs have spent decades arguing mental institutions should be used only in the rarest circumstances. And the results of that disastrous agenda speak for themselves. Cities all over America...
  • X Greenlights Israeli National Security Minister’s ‘Burn Lebanon’ Post

    06/20/2026 2:00:08 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 15 replies
    AlexJonesLive.com ^ | June 20th, 2026 10:52 AM | RT
    Social media platform X has declined to remove a post by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the destruction of Lebanon, despite its rules prohibiting threats and incitement targeting people on the basis of ethnicity, national origin or religion.Published on Friday, the call came amid fragile efforts to halt fighting in the region. Despite a US-Iran-brokered ceasefire intended to cover all fronts, including Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to withdraw forces from its northern neighbor, prompting Tehran to delay follow-up peace talks in Switzerland.Reuters reported later in the day that Hezbollah and Israel had agreed...
  • Did the Iran war work?

    06/20/2026 1:34:41 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 53 replies
    The Spectator ^ | Saturday, June 20, 2026, 5:00 AM | Vahid Beheshti
    When Donald Trump signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran earlier this week, the accepted narrative was that it was an abject failure of US foreign policy. What had begun with the dramatic assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei in the opening seconds of the war had concluded with America’s hands tied. But this rhetoric fails to align with the reality within Iran. Beneath the noise, the regime, with its nuclear capabilities and ballistic stockpile severely downgraded, is also in a vulnerable position – perhaps the most weak it has been in its 47 years. I fled the regime myself 28 years...
  • Nancy Pelosi’s net worth down $8M in 2025 — as She-Wolf of Wall Street suffers real estate blow

    06/20/2026 1:23:17 PM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/20/26 | Gabrielle Fahmy
    Maybe the She-Wolf of Wall Street has been de-fanged. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suffered an rare, $8 million dip in her net worth last year — dropping to $249 million from $257 million in 2024, according to research platform Quiver Quantitative. The value of the former House speaker’s stake in Russell Ranch — an upscale housing development just outside Sacramento known for its hilltop views — plummeted to a range of $1 million to $5 million — down from and estimated value of $5 million to $25 million in 2024, according to Pelosi’s newly released annual disclosure report. The 11,000-home...
  • “National Security Advisor @AmbassadorRice admitted the existence of two secret “side deals” between Iran & the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to accompany the main Iran nuclear deal agreed last week between Iran and the P5+1 powers" [2015]

    06/20/2026 1:20:48 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 2 replies
    X.com ^ | June 19, 2026 | Karma Patriot @patriot_karma
    Karma Patriot@patriot_karma·21ah@BreitbartNews JULY 22, 2015……“White House National Security Advisor @AmbassadorRice admitted the existence of two secret “side deals” between Iran & the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to accompany the main Iran nuclear deal agreed last week between Iran and the P5+1 powers (U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China).”In 2015, @mikepompeo said:"This agreement is the worst of backroom deals. In addition to allowing Iran to keep its nuclear program, missile program, American hostages, & terrorist network, the @BarackObama administration has failed to make public separate side deals that have been struck for the 'inspection' of one of the...
  • 6 Things We Learned From the Obama Center Opening Ceremony

    06/20/2026 12:56:54 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 47 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 19, 2026 | Andrew Stiles
    The Barack Obama Presidential Center is finally open to the public. The Obamas threw themselves an invite-only launch part..... Here are six things we learned: 1) It really is that ugly. The primary edifice, sometimes called the Obamalisk, is a hulking gray tower that appears to have been based on a model that just won third prize in a middle-school architecture competition for gifted nerds..... 2) It was built on stolen land. Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who makes $740,000 as CEO of the Obama Foundation, kicked things off by recognizing the "original inhabitants" of the stolen land on which...
  • The hidden expiry date on everything you own (... and be happy)

    06/20/2026 12:50:15 PM PDT · by powerset · 15 replies
    techyorker.com ^ | November 12, 2025 | Tarun Yarlagadda
    Still Works -- Not Supported
  • HELLLLLLP! We have 10 DAYS to collect $33,685 in FREEPATHON donations. Please help ASAP. :D THANK YOU to all who have already donated!

    06/20/2026 12:46:23 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 19 replies
    Free Republic Donations ^ | 6/20/2026 | vanity
    It's going to be close but FReepers have always punch though in tight races to the finish. Please donate ASAP. Full Clip On IMGURWe're also grateful to collect prayers for our FReepathon.Here's a shout-out to our monthly donors. THANK YOU! :DMonthly Donors · Dollar-a-Day Donors · 300 Club DonorsDonate by CC or by PayPal or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 THANK YOU FOR HELPING KEEP FREE REPUBLIC ONLINE! :DPrayers up! 🙏🏻
  • Will Freeman, creator of DeFlock: @therealDeFlock. He noticed plate cameras going up on street corners, so he mapped them. All 100,000+ of them. [Deflock round table begins at 4pm Eastern]

    06/20/2026 12:31:05 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 8 replies
    X.com ^ | June 19, 2026 | vp.net @vpnet_official
    https://x.com/vpnet_official/status/2068082936100929607ransomnote: at the time of this posting, the featured DeFlock broadcast begins in about half an hour (4pm Eastern)vp.net@vpnet_officialOur Hero of the Week: Will Freeman, creator of DeFlock: @therealDeFlock. He noticed plate cameras going up on street corners, so he mapped them. All 100,000+ of them. Flock sent a cease and desist. He put his name on a lawsuit instead.Full conversation in the thread 👇June 19, 2026 vp.net @vpnet_official·21h This Saturday we go live with the DeFlock and anti-ALPR organizers carrying his fight forward. Live Saturday, 4pm ET, the full roundtable: vp.net @vpnet_official·21h DeFlock lets you see where the Flock...
  • Auto glass repair businesses suffer as Oakland break-ins decline

    06/20/2026 12:26:47 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 19 replies
    KTVU.com ^ | 6/19/2026 | By Jesse Gary
    A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses. Police data show a sharp drop in vehicle burglaries over the past year. According to the Oakland Police Department’s crime dashboard, car break-ins are down 37 percent year-to-date, comparing May 2025 to May 2026. At Low Price Auto Glass on San Leandro Street in East Oakland, owner Raj Singh said the decrease has directly impacted a once-reliable portion of his business. "There is the door glass repair if there is...
  • President Trump Notes Opposition Effort to Destroy DC Reflection Pool

    06/20/2026 12:17:46 PM PDT · by sopo · 38 replies
    The Conservative Treehouse ^ | 6/19/2026 | Sundance
    Team Algae and Filth has been busy at work, supported by CNN, ABC and various leftist media, in an attempt to grow algae back in the DC reflection pool, and cut out the newly installed lining. A few arrests have been made by DC park police. Yes, these folks are that unstable. Liberalism is a mental disorder. President Trump responds to the effort via Truth Social: “We’ve cleaned, renovated, and beautified over 45 Monuments and Memorials, 28 Statues, and 22 Fountains in Washington, D.C. Things are really looking good in our Nation’s Capital, and add to that the fact that...
  • Observation of the World Cup....DEI edition...

    06/20/2026 12:15:13 PM PDT · by DeplorableTrumpSupporter · 17 replies
    Me | June 20 2026
    I was just watching the Sweden versus Netherlands World Cup and I thought I was seeing two American soccer teams playing. I believe 50% of Swedish players are not the stereotypical Sweden and Netherlands (okay I guess the Caribbean Territory of Netherlands are still Dutch citizens) are not Dutch...It is Amazing when you need immigrants to populate your country and you can see what will happen...The Swede gets replaced... I'm trying to see if an African Soccer team has 50% Caucasians on it...I bet no...
  • Grisly photos released of Karmelo Anthony’s victim Austin Metcalf’s wound, a bloody coat and murder weapon

    06/20/2026 12:06:20 PM PDT · by Morgana · 17 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 19, 2026 | Priscilla DeGregory and Ariel Zilber
    Newly released photos show the fatal wound Austin Metcalf suffered when Karmelo Anthony stabbed him with a $13 Walmart knife during a confrontation at a Texas high school track meet. The grisly images, made public Friday by Collin County court, show a deep gash in the 17-year-old football player’s chest, with a forensic ruler placed beside the wound.
  • James Webb Space Telescope Made a Salty Discovery in This Unusual Exoplanet’s Skies

    06/20/2026 11:57:11 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    The Debrief ^ | June 20, 2026 | Ryan Whalen
    Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations have revealed the colorful secret of the Pink Planet, the coldest object of its type ever directly observed. A team of astronomers led by Northwestern University has revealed their findings in a recent paper published in The Astronomical Journal, finally describing the rose-colored haze covering the planetary-mass companion GJ504b, thanks to JWST data. For over a decade, researchers have speculated that atmospheric salt clouds may create the pink planet’s strange hue, but this is the first concrete evidence for the hypothesis. The Pink Planet Since its discovery in 2013,...
  • stronomy Picture of the Day - Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star

    06/20/2026 11:55:50 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 12 replies
    NASA ^ | 20 Jun, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Debra Ceravolo
    Explanation: Venus is now appearing on the celestial stage as Earth's brilliant evening star, performing with the Moon, other wandering planets, and bright stars in western skies. For evening sky gazers on June 17, the celestial beacon rose after sunset close by a young, slender, crescent Moon. But from some locations the Moon could be seen to occult or pass in front of Venus. And from a backyard observatory in southern British Columbia, Canada, the lunar occultation was played out in daylight. This stunning telescopic snapshot captured a scene in dramatically cloudy skies, following Venus' hour long disappearance, as the...