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  • How will ABC and NBC explain THIS damning ‘flashback’ to Trump and the American people?

    07/17/2026 7:55:37 PM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 9 replies
    ABC and NBC showed the entire world that they’re basically nothing more than leftist state-run media. The two broadcast giants decided not to air an address from the president of the United States to the American people because they decided it was a “conspiracy theory” to suggest any wrongdoing with the controversial, sketchy, and ridiculous 2020 election. (snip) Biden told the American people that MAGA was a threat to the very foundations of the republic. He openly trashed more than half the country, and ABC and NBC were perfectly fine with it. They had no problem watching American citizens smeared...
  • Trump’s Genius Strategy To Secure Midterm Elections Without SAVE Act Is Revealed: ‘A Thousand Cuts’

    07/17/2026 8:58:45 AM PDT · by Signalman · 22 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 07/17/2026 | jake
    President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with a sweeping effort to reshape the nation’s election system, relying on executive actions, agency shakeups and pressure on Congress after courts blocked some of his earlier initiatives. Critics, particularly Democrats, have described the strategy as “death by a thousand cuts,” arguing that the administration is gradually reshaping election policy hrough multiple fronts instead of one sweeping overhaul. Last week, Trump gutted the little-known Election Assistance Commission, a move that drew concern from election officials who warned it could weaken cybersecurity support for state and local election offices. The commission overhaul is only one...
  • Arrests of critics in Ghana provokes alarm over free speech under Mahama

    07/17/2026 8:17:46 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 7 replies
    al jazeera ^ | 06/06/2026 | Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin
    Ghana has recorded 14 arrests linked to false news and offensive speech in less than 16 months, nearly double the number documented during the previous administration’s entire eight-year tenure, according to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). The rise has triggered a sharp debate in one of West Africa’s most stable democracies over whether authorities are simply enforcing long-standing laws in a new digital environment, or edging into a more restrictive approach to public speech. The controversy carries added political weight because President John Mahama, while in opposition in 2022, warned that using state power to intimidate dissent was...
  • Friday Silliness Thread

    07/17/2026 7:27:56 AM PDT · by Nateman · 30 replies
    Free Republic ^ | July 17, 2026 | Nateman
    Once again it is time to get silly!
  • More Than 500 Feared Dead as Officials Investigate Rohingya Boat Disaster

    07/16/2026 10:15:58 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 5 replies
    newsmax ^ | 07/16/2026
    According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar's western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including some who had traveled from refugee camps across the border in Bangladesh, according to a statement from the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. One boat, believed to have been carrying around 250 people, lost contact shortly after departure. A second boat, reportedly carrying 280 people, is believed to have sunk off Myanmar's Ayeyarwady coast on July 8. The Rohingya, who have in recent years fled both Myanmar and Bangladesh's squalid refugee camps...
  • My amendment to withhold 100% of U.S. aid to Nigeria until its government stops the slaughter of Christians has PASSED. American taxpayers should NEVER bankroll governments that turn a blind eye while Christians are abducted, tortured, and murdered.

    07/16/2026 7:55:13 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 16 replies
    X.com ^ | 7/16/2026 | Congressman Greg Steube @RepGregSteube
    Congressman Greg Steube @RepGregSteube·20h BREAKING: My amendment to withhold 100% of U.S. aid to Nigeria until its government stops the slaughter of Christians has PASSED. American taxpayers should NEVER bankroll governments that turn a blind eye while Christians are abducted, tortured, and murdered. No more wasteful foreign aid! July 15, 2026
  • The era of the autonomous dinghy fleet is over. Until now, most autonomous naval drones have been tiny with minuscule payload, limited range, limited impact. The Marauder changes that. It has the size to carry meaningful cargo, weapons, and fuel.

    07/16/2026 7:47:12 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 22 replies
    X.com ^ | Jul 15, 2026 | John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad
    John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad·18h BREAKING: The era of the autonomous dinghy fleet is over. Until now, most autonomous naval drones have been tiny with minuscule payload, limited range, limited impact. The Marauder changes that. It has the size to carry meaningful cargo, weapons, and fuel. This is a major step toward building true ship-sized USVs the US Navy needs.
  • John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies and was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison

    07/16/2026 6:48:17 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 30 replies
    X.com ^ | July 15, 2026 | US Attorney Pirro @USAttyPirro
    US Attorney Pirro @USAttyPirro·16h John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies, then looked investigators in the eye and lied about it. And when that wasn’t enough, he lied again under oath at trial. Federal Reserve employees entrusted with America’s most sensitive economic information cannot sell out their country and their colleagues for personal gain and then expect to hide behind a single word. U.S. Attorney DC @USAO_DC John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison in...
  • Bret Weinstein said something that won’t leave my head: For the first time in 300,000 years of human evolution, we removed the cost from the single biggest reward nature ever invented — sex and pair-bonding.

    07/15/2026 7:22:39 PM PDT · by Chickensoup · 68 replies
    X ^ | 07.15.26 | Bret Weinstein
    Bret Weinstein said something that won’t leave my head: For the first time in 300,000 years of human evolution, we removed the cost from the single biggest reward nature ever invented — sex and pair-bonding. Reliable birth control + abortion = you can now cash the evolutionary lottery ticket without paying the 20-year mortgage of pregnancy, diapers, sleepless nights, and college funds. Result? An entire generation of 18–35-year-olds walking around with the energy, libido, hormones, and protective instincts that evolution spent millions of years calibrating for child-rearing… but with zero actual children. That energy didn’t disappear. It got redirected. Heather...
  • As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the @usmint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism. Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength....

    07/15/2026 3:35:48 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 86 replies
    X.co, ^ | July 15, 2026 | Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent
    Dr. Naomi Wolf. 8 NYT Bestsellers. DPhil, Poetry. reposted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent·11h As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the @usmint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism. Featuring President Trump, it celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all.
  • The FBI asked the NYT not to publish Air Force One's classified defense details. They ran it anyway. Trump already told you why: "They go after the big names." Lincoln. McKinley. Now him. What do all three have in common? [TRANSCRIPT]

    07/15/2026 1:35:52 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 24 replies
    X.com ^ | July 13, 2026 | Promethean Action @PrometheanActn
    https://x.com/PrometheanActn/status/2076728881831178400Promethean Action@PrometheanActn·7hThe FBI asked the NYT not to publish Air Force One's classified defense details.They ran it anyway.Trump already told you why: "They go after the big names." Lincoln. McKinley. Now him. What do all three have in common? TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~Susan Kokinda: The FBI asked them not to do it, but they did it anyway.Just before the President departed Ankara, the New York Times leaked classified information about Air Force One's self-defense capabilities, and they ran it at a momment of renewed hostilities with Iran, and renewed threats to the President.On July 11, the Department of Justice issued subpoenas to...
  • Special police team to investigate killing of an anti-migrant leader in South Africa

    07/15/2026 9:54:59 AM PDT · by BenLurkin
    bbc ^ | 07/15/2026 | Hafsa KhalilandMayeni Jones
    A special police team has begun investigating the killing of a provincial leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa. Police confirmed that Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada, the Gauteng province leader of March and March, was shot outside his home east of Johannesburg earlier this month and died several days later in hospital. ... Immigration - especially undocumented migration - has become a highly contentious political issue in South Africa, with protesters accusing them of placing pressure on public services, as well as being involved in crime. March and March had set an unofficial deadline of 30 June for all migrants...
  • Russia’s Wartime Support for Iran

    07/15/2026 8:53:22 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 36 replies
    Middle East Institute ^ | June 3, 2026 | Iulia Joja
    Although Russia has not directly intervened in the US-Israeli war with Iran, the conflict has underscored the nature and extent of its strategic partnership with the Islamic Republic. Moscow has provided Tehran with satellite targeting data for strikes on US forces as well as delivered advanced fiber-optic drone technology. It has amplified Iran’s propaganda campaign against the West, while benefiting from the war’s spillover effects. The Russia-Iran axis poses a real threat to the US and its allies; it demands a coherent and resolute response. Why It Matters for the US Russia is arming Iran. Russia has a long history...
  • China Aggressively Patrols Disputed Waters. Now the U.S. Coast Guard Is Moving In.

    07/15/2026 8:03:08 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 17 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | Julyl 14, 2026 | Mike Cherney
    SINGAPORE—U.S. Coast Guard ships previously deployed in the Middle East are now operating out of Singapore and the Philippines to help challenge China’s assertion of power in the Pacific.The six 154-foot fast-response cutters are part of the Coast Guard’s reimagined “expeditionary cutter squadron,” which can be sent anywhere in the world. Their first deployment is the western Pacific, where tensions have run high for years as China escalated what is called a gray-zone campaign to project control around Taiwan and the disputed waters of the South China Sea.
  • REVEALED: CHINA'S PLAN TO BOMB AMERICAN WARSHIPS

    07/15/2026 7:56:55 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 39 replies
    telegraph.co.uk ^ | July 15, 2026 | Allegra Mendelson
    China is not just building replicas of US warships. Satellite images analysed by The Telegraph reveal it is also building models of fighter jets, naval bases and Taiwanese presidential buildings. Beijing has been using these models to test its ever-growing stockpile of long-range weapons and new AI systems as it prepares to take control of Taiwan – a top priority of Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.The accuracy of the replicas “signals a highly specific focus on potential adversaries rather than generic capability building”....SNIPChina’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has also built to-scale models of Taiwan’s presidential office and key government buildings...
  • Infamous killer elephant stalks family — and murders four members 14 years apart: ‘Nowhere left for us to run’

    07/15/2026 4:39:22 AM PDT · by DFG · 49 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/12/2026 | Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    He has a long memory. A notorious rogue Nepalese elephant has stalked resident Shanichara Bote for years, killing four of his family members 14 years apart — including two even after they all moved miles away to try to escape the homicidal pachyderm. Bote’s nightmare began in December 2012, when Dhurbe — an infamous killer elephant whose human death toll is now up to 25 — fatally trampled the man’s parents in the Nepalese town of Madi near Chitwan National Park, the Kathmandu Post said. The grief-stricken son packed up and moved himself and the rest of his family to...
  • Astronomers discover sugar in space that's also found in raspberries: "Just floating out in the galaxy"

    07/14/2026 3:30:18 PM PDT · by Twotone · 39 replies
    CBS News ^ | July 13, 2026 | Staff
    The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars. Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts. Different varieties fuel our cells and even make up DNA. Scientists are itching to know how sugars form because they're a key ingredient for life as we know it. Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud near the...
  • Trump Backs Down on 20% Fee For Strait of Hormuz, Day After Announcing It

    07/14/2026 9:05:11 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 16 replies
    Mediaite ^ | July 14, 2026 | Alex Griffing
    President Donald Trump took back his 20% fee on all cargo transported through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, some twenty-four hours after first making the surprise announcement. In yet another yo-yo move of his tariff and trade policy, Trump claimed that he will replace the transit fee on the Strait with “trade and investment deals” for individual countries using the key energy hub. “Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military. A special salute to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, and Commander...
  • AR-15 Manufacturer Will Only Sell to Law Enforcement That Refuse to Enforce ‘Unconstitutional Restrictions’

    07/14/2026 8:10:30 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 14 replies
    Missouri-based AR-15 manufacturer CMMG put law enforcement on notice in states that ban guns, making clear the company will only sell to them if they make “public and written statements” refusing to enforce “unconstitutional restrictions.”
  • Why is everything so tiny and what do I need to do?

    07/14/2026 6:44:34 AM PDT · by kelly4c · 44 replies
    I haven't been here in a long time because something changed with the front resolution or whatever and now it's super tiny and even though I have my settings on maximum font and display there is no way to comfortably browse this site anymore but I miss it so I'm reaching out to find out if anything can be done.