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This bill addresses issues regarding immigration and border security, including by imposing limits to asylum eligibility. For example, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; provides statutory authorization for Operation Stonegarden, which provides grants to law enforcement agencies for certain border security operations; prohibits DHS from processing the entry of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) arriving between ports of entry; limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals who arrive in the United States at a port of entry; authorizes the removal of a non-U.S. national to a...

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Melvin E. Biddle Info from here and here. Melvin Earl "Bud" Biddle (November 28, 1923 December 16, 2010) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II.Biddle was born on November 28, 1923, in Daleville, Indiana, to Owen J. and Blanche Olive (Bowen) Biddle. He had two...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he was blackmailed during the #MeToo movement, and paid off an accuser to keep her silent, his attorney Timothy Parlatore tells The Post. Hegseth, who worked as a Fox News host until Trump picked him for his Cabinet, paid an undisclosed amount to a woman who accused him of sexual assault, which he maintains was consensual, his lawyer confirmed. “Basically, he was totally innocent. He did nothing wrong here,” Parlatore said. “We went through a mediation and ultimately settled for far less than what she wanted. And that should...

Don’t look at the man behind the curtain. Leaders of the Resistance is a new Freedom Center Investigates series that highlights key figures and organizations in the anti-Trump movement and the secret forces behind them. Ahead of Election Day, women wearing red Handmaid’s Tale costumes, rainbow scarves, and toting warning signs about their private parts rallied in D.C. for Kamala and abortion. The crowd was so small that the media hardly bothered reporting on the rallies. The Women’s March had come a long way since it claimed to have brought out millions to protest Trump in 2017. And the long...

As Jacob Payen, a co-founder of the Haitian Community Alliance who runs a business that includes helping Haitians in Springfield to file tax returns, said: “People are fully aware of the election result, and that is why they are leaving; they are afraid of a mass deportation. “Several of my customers have left. One guy with his family went to New Jersey; others have gone to Boston. I know three families that have gone to Canada.” Some are thought to have moved to nearby cities such as Dayton, where they believe they would be less visible to law enforcement. Others...

THE WOMAN WITH THE ROSE John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front...

President-elect Donald Trump tapped longtime fracking advocate Chris Wright to lead his administration’s Department of Energy, he announced Saturday. Wright, the chief executive of oilfield services group Liberty Energy, helped launch the American Shale Revolution of the mid-2000s that significantly increased US production of oil and natural gas. “As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace,'” Trump said in a statement. Wright’s appointment to the Trump administration cabinet signifies the president-elect’s determination to boost fossil fuel production in the...

The Israel Air Force allegedly struck one of Iran's secret nuclear research facilities as part of an operation that took place at the end of October, according to a Friday Axios report that cited former and current US and Israeli officials. According to the report, the attack caused significant damage to the site in the Parchin military complex, about 20 kilometers southeast of Tehran. The strike dealt a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear development efforts, the officials cited in the report claimed.

It's currently unclear how many times the aircraft was hit. DALLAS — A Southwest airplane was reportedly struck by gunfire at Dallas Love Field Friday night, according to the airline. A Southwest spokesperson said the plane was hit while preparing for departure to Indianapolis and no injuries were reported.

Soon-Shiong said he was specifically looking for influential conservative voices like Scott Jennings at CNN. Jennings has been a commentator on the left-leaning outlet since 2017. Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong on Thursday night said that he was looking to hire conservative voices to help balance out the editorial section of his newspaper. Soon-Shiong previously stated that he would be working to make the newspaper more fair moving forward, after deciding not to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 elections. Several newspaper owners withheld endorsements in the 2024 elections, with Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos claiming it...

***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: ~ Potpourri ~ *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time &...

It is beyond deplorable that this congress, like all others, always vote against the best interests of the nation and its citizens. All bills presented to this congress were analyzed as to whether an aye or Nay vote was Conservative or just a liberal dodge by a liberal congressman. In the House of Representatives only 66 out of 1 members voted conservatively ‘(Above 79%) Thirteen members, all Republican of course, are as follows: Donalds (F) Greene (G) Massey (K) Higgins (L) Harris (Md) Burleson (MO) Davidson (OH) Breecheen (OK) Duncan (SC) Ray (TX) Williams (X) Good (VA) Mooney (WV) Inl...

The New York Post is reporting that incoming Border Czar and former Border Patrol agent Tom Homan will reassign U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who are currently engaged in processing asylum applications and other office work to the field. During the Biden administration, up to 70% of ICE officers from field offices were assigned to desk jobs. Most of them will be assigned and, after training in fieldwork, hit the streets of America's sanctuary cities. Homan put those cities on notice. “If they’re not willing to do it then get out of the way — we’re coming,” Homan said....

Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler slammed Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday for alleging President Joe Biden was stronger than President-elect Donald Trump on securing the southern border. Under the Biden-Harris administration, the southern border remained open: Nearly two million known gotaways evaded U.S. Border Patrol under the Biden-Harris administration, according to numbers released by Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security in April. The administration allows up to 650,000 criminal migrants and suspects — including at least 13,099 migrant convicted murderers and 222,141 migrants facing criminal charges — to roam through American communities, according to data released...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are tasked with cutting down the $6,750,000,000,000 that the federal government spent in 2024 under their new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The group will work outside the government to “dismantle bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies,” according to a statement from President-elect Donald Trump. John Hart, CEO of watchdog Open the Books, which monitors fiscal waste, told The Post they will curb “spending that has been on autopilot where there’s no real thought or purpose behind it.” Finding areas to cut isn’t hard — many jaw-dropping examples are revealed...

A prominent Seattle minister and homeless activist has been arrested on child sex crime charges, including possession of child pornography, with some victims being as young as five years old. David Bloom, 82, of north Seattle, was taken into custody on Sept. 20. Court documents state that Seattle police detectives found Bloom in possession of multiple images of children engaging in sexual acts alone and with men and women. Bloom was booked into King County Jail on one count of second-degree dealing and one count of second-degree possession of explicit images of children, CBS 12 reported. He was released on...

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Members of US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon. The planning for the firings is at an early stage after the former US president’s November 5 election victory and could change as Trump’s administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans. One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon. It...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it will relocate control of the Newark, New Jersey, airspace area to Philadelphia to address staffing issues ... The FAA, which has struggled with air traffic staffing issues, said it and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) signed a memorandum to relocate control of Newark at New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) (N90) to Philadelphia Tower/TRACON by the end of June. The FAA said the change will help "meet continued traffic demand in the busy Northeast Corridor." Several controllers are expected to voluntarily transfer to Philadelphia. New York TRACON is...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Ready! Aim! Fire! CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – US Army Sgt. Justin Ross, a 304th Military Police Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) Soldier and Engagement Skills Trainer (EST) instructor, performs systems checks on the M249 Squad Assault Weapon training equipment at the EST site on Camp Shelby, Mississippi on August 10, 2024. The EST is designed to simulate live weapon training events that directly support individual and crew-served weapons qualification, including individual marksmanship and escalation-of-force exercises in a controlled environment. Ross is just one of approximately 1,100 Soldiers,...