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While taking questions from reporters Thursday, Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz said, “David Hogg is a good friend of mine.” Hogg is well-known as a gun control activist and Walz supports numerous gun controls, including an “assault weapons” ban, universal background checks, and red flag laws. During Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, Walz pushed for more gun control and, following a moderator’s question, admitted he supports an “assault weapons” ban.

New York Times columnist Thomas L. “Tom” Friedman, a close friend of President Joe Biden, has had enough. The seemingly tear-stricken writer used an opinion piece Friday to counsel the octogenarian to withdraw from the 2024 race after his “heartbreaking” showing in the debate. Friedman’s editorial offering got straight to the point. Under the headline Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race, Friedman highlighted his own personal distress at what unfolded: I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember...

Gov. Kristi Noem has “no shot” at being Donald Trump’s running mate after revealing in a forthcoming book that she shot and killed her puppy, sources close to the 45th president tell The Post. *** “She was already unlikely to be picked as VP, but had a shot,” the person said of Noem, who has been widely projected to be on Trump’s shortlist. “After this, it’s just impossible.” Noem writes, according to the Guardian, that she executed Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, after determining that the pooch’s “aggressive personality” made her “untrainable” as a hunting dog. “It was not a...

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and regime-approved commenters on the tightly controlled Chinese internet praised the late Henry Kissinger on Thursday as an “old friend” and “trail-blazer” in American politics. Kissinger, a former secretary of state and the architect of a form of diplomacy that granted Mao Zedong’s China access to the civilized world despite its rampant human rights atrocities, died on Wednesday at the age of 100. His last major public engagement was a visit to China in July, where he met with Xi personally and received a lavish welcome banquet.

For many years, Pastor Charles Henrickson has posted a good Scriptural sermon here on FR. Please pray for him. He has a health challenge; that's all I can say. Some laudable things about Pastor Henrickson: - he has posted a very good Confessional Lutheran sermon here every week for a long time - he uses his real name - he's openly being a member of Free Republic when so many, even in a conservative church body, would look down upon him for that. I don't know any other MO Synod pastor who does this, and I know quite a few....

Rep. Jim Jordan secured the in-person testimony of former FBI officials Garret O'Boyle, Steve Friend and Marcus Allen - all who have been suspended for vocalizing concerns. The witnesses will detail on Thursday how they have been 'retaliated' against by the FBI for speaking out. The officials say the FBI has inflated statistics on 'domestic violent extremism' to fit the Biden administration's political narratives ... Three FBI officials will testify on alleged 'abuses of power' by FBI leadership - ranging from discrimination against conservatives to inflation of domestic terrorism statistics - during a public whistleblower hearing by the House Select...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 Retweeted @RealStevefriend @RealStevefriend The Vegas shooter’s girlfriend did it. She was assisted by Larry Nassar. A member of the Wolverine Watchmen drove the getaway car. @julie_kelly2 Quote Tweet Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 · 37m Two years ago tonight, some rando allegedly set pipe bombs outside DNC and RNC HQ. Kamala Harris, who’s never been asked about it, was reportedly at DNC when devices found. Let’s commemorate one of FBIs biggest investigative failures. http://ow.ly/lMoV50Mily5

More evidence of how vindictive, obsessive, and downright sinister Facebook is, now it appears to be monitoring private messages and suppressing material related to the whistleblower complaint of hero FBI special agent Steve Friend. After Friend’s bombshell revelations last week in a whistleblower complaint to the Department of Justice inspector general, his cause received an avalanche of public and private support, including from former FBI agents and conservative groups. As reported in this column, Friend’s complaint alleges that the FBI has been manipulating case-file management in order to falsely inflate the threat of domestic terrorism, and has been using unconstitutional...

A friend of mine, Rob Morse, has been attempting to join freerepublic. He has submitted his email and information several times, but never gets a return email. What can be done to help him become a member of this community?

The Washington Post and Rolling Stone issued corrections on stories about the House Republican-led Weaponization of Government Subcommittee after making claims about FBI whistleblower and former agent Stephen Friend. The Washington Post's correction, which was added to the top of an article published Friday titled "Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims," stated: "An earlier version of this article erroneously said former FBI official Stephen Friend had not reported to a supervisor one of his concerns related to the use of a SWAT team in arrests related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots. He said...

However, NBC offers new details this morning on the police response before the attack — and Paul Pelosi’s curious reaction to it, at least at first. According to their sources, Pelosi himself opened the door when police arrived, and rather than walk out, began to walk back toward assailant David DePape. DePape even assured police that everything was “good,” which — given the broken window — police clearly didn’t believe. Only then did the hammer attack occur, prompting an immediate response from the surprised officers, according to NBC:

Paul's 'friend' David; what really happened at the Pelosi residence? Greg Kelly breaks it down.

Paul Pelosi attacked. Okay, but why aren't there more details? Why was the San Francisco Police Department so vague? We need more information. Greg Kelly reacts.

Paul Pelosi reportedly told 911 dispatch that the individual who allegedly attacked him with a hammer in his home “is a friend,” according to a police dispatch call early Friday morning. The alleged intruder reportedly attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, which forced him to undergo emergency surgery for his injuries. [cut] The dispatch official then said that Pelosi informed 911 that he did not know who the attacker was but gave his name and then explained that “he is a friend.” [cut] “RP [Reporting Person] stated that there’s a male in the home and that he’s going to wait...

First lady Jill Biden told a story on Friday recounting a situation when she assisted her friend in the aftermath of an abortion in Pennsylvania when the procedure was illegal in the late 1960s and accused Republicans of wanting to go "back to that time." Biden, speaking at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Women's Lunch and Issues Conference, told the story of how when she was 17 when one of her friends got pregnant in the late 1960s. The two lived in Pennsylvania, where abortion was illegal.

An FBI whistleblower who alleges the bureau has been diverting resources to create a false political narrative that America has a violent domestic extremism problem has been suspended, raising concerns about retaliation for cooperating with Congress Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and its likely chairman if the GOP wins the House in November, confirmed to Just the News that Steve Friend, a whistleblower whose identity was outed on TV recently, is facing some form of disciplinary action. "We now understand based on what we've learned that he's been suspended, which appears to be...

President Joe Biden welcomed John Podesta, one of Washington’s biggest swamp creatures, back to the White House on Wednesday. “John is a good friend,” Biden said, speaking to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “This is his first day on his new job.” Biden brought in Podesta to help the White House allocate $370 billion in funding from the president’s climate change bill to green energy projects. “John, thanks for agreeing to come aboard,” Biden said. Podesta slipped in and out of Democrat administrations for decades, pulling strings in Washington to gain enormous personal power and wealth.

...Before responding to the question, the two leaders were heard breaking out into laughter. “Okay. A friend in need is a friend indeed,” Harris said from the podium while laughing aloud.

Former President Obama is wishing a happy birthday to his “best friend,” his wife, Michelle. The ex-commander in chief shared a lovey-dovey message directed to his spouse on Twitter on Monday, her 58th birthday.

My friend has been going through a rather prolonged bout with the virus. 13 days in the hospital, still recuperating at home now for the last 5 days. In our circle of friends and acquaints there are many opinions. I wrote this open rant to that circle in response to one kind of opinion that's raised it's perverse, ugly head.