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Newsdump Alert: Both President Trump And Secretary Of War (Defense) Pete Hegseth Returning To Washington Saturday Night... Also, There Is A US State Department Security Alert Throughout The Middle East For Americans... Newsdump Alert: Yemen War Rages Attack On Saudi Capital Riyadh Houthis Claim Attacks On Sensitive Saudi Sites... Welcome to this weeks post the host a great hypocrite and sinner deserving of Hell for all the women I have imagined myself with... The 24th Largest Restaurant Chain In The US Is Steadily Growing Now In 26 States Eight years ago this month my wife and I discovered a place...

President Trump said on Sunday that he has agreed to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex," equipped with snipers and drone storage. "At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch," Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Work on the 250-foot-tall arch was expected to begin this month, with plans to...

This week Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu calling for extensions of fuel subsidies for construction, farmers and fishermen until the end of the year. With fishermen staging blockades in protest this week Lecornu calling for their subsidy of 25 cents per litre to be upped to 35 cents. The 15 cents a litre for farmers and 20 cents a litre for construction... This week Marine Le Pen interviewed by French news channel "LCI" taking on the issues including the Ukraine War, the Iran War and domestic matters. Le Pen said she is ready to become President of France following the 2027...

Explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh late tonight... power grid collapsing in Cuba... Trump signing the sanctions legislation...aimed at Iran and Russia... the Turkish banking regulator revoking the operating license of an Iranian bank branch... The US lifting sanctions on the nation of Eritrea...across the sea from Yemen's west coast... AI issues surrounding US-China relations... an incident where AI led the US military to believe a Chinese vessel was carrying nuclear... Yemen War air attack alerts...multiple parts of Saudi Arabia... investigation into diversion of parts for the US F-35 warplane to Hong Kong... Nations allied with the US...

Newsdump Alert: In Another Jab At The United Kingdom Following Its Imposition Of Sanctions On Israeli Nationalist Settlements US President Donald Trump Speaks Of Ireland Uniting With Northern Ireland Now British Ruled... Newsdump Alert: Wall Street Journal Report Links Chinese Satellite Imagery To Deadly Iranian Attack On US Base In Jordan... "25 years and still we have no justice for the role Saudi Arabia played in your murder" 9/11 Widow Terry Strada Calls Out Lack Of Justice Over Saudi Involvement In The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks... In world smelling of war "Why Can't We Be Friends" this song a big hit...

Two wars have cut France off from supplies of natural gas. First the Ukraine War shutting off the flow of Russian gas in 2022 now Middle East gas supplies disrupted by the Iran War. On October 1st the price of natural gas in France will rise on average 6.3 percent. This follows a 5.6 percent rise on September 1st... France joined the UK and Canada along with nine other countries in imposing sanctions on Israeli nationalist settlements this week. Israel bristled at the decision with immediate retaliation against the UK... France has also weighed in on the tensions between Israel...

Voters going to the polls in Sweden...latest set of polls showing a tighter race... Today's US inflation report showing the Consumer Price Index remained at 3.4... More than 3300 deaths now reported from the Ebola outbreak... 44 people hurt...train derailment in northwestern France... On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States family members called on President Trump to hold Saudi Arabia to account... In Brazil...Supreme Court and Federal Police opening a corruption probe...leading opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro... North Korea launching a projectile eastwards... In the British House of Commons assisted death legislation failing... "BRICS" leaders...

The Presidential Election year budget in France to be considered in the coming months with opinion polling this week pushing the notion of public support for cutting spending. The opinion poll conducted by the government itself with 40 percent respondents speaking of France's current financial situation as "very worrying'. That is up five percent from January... South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung on a four-day visit to France starting tomorrow. President Lee and French President Emmnuel Macron discussing security and economic connections between France and South Korea... France's increasingly confrontational stance towards China reflected in the new rules imposing fees...

At least 10 killed and 62 wounded in an explosion at a military base in Bolivia... At the Pentagon about 50 officials for the Joint Chiefs of Staff given polygraph... Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky says that President Trump's executive order on beef labeling falls short... US and Chinese officials are expected to discuss AI...safety risks... A new era of "Artificial General Intelligence" (AGI) has been proclaimed by Open AI CEO Greg Brockman... A federal district judge extending her order blocking US Postal Service mail-in ballot rules... Two killed in an Israeli attack on a motorcycle in southern Lebanon......

Join me to support Free Republic some posts from this blog are reposted on 'Free Republic' FR can now be supported via Venmo... Newsdump Update: The military government in the African nation of Niger speaking of a mutiny by soldiers overnight... Newsdump Alert: Russia Hits Back After Weeks Of Ukrainian Attacks On Russian Warehouses... Iranian President Urges "That Trump Not Create Turmoil" And "Israel Does Not Cause Insecurity And Aggresson'... Here we are again your host the winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution American History Award. It's right on my high school graduation program. Well historic events to...

At least seven wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack... The US Justice Department backing down on a claim...government agencies were hacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers... The transcript of former banking CEO Jes Staley's Jeffrey Epstein interview... deadly Israeli attack in the city of Jenin in the "West Bank"... In Ecuador former President Lenin Moreno found guilty of corruption... United States planning to cut off military aid to the Kurdish forces... Fitch Ratings Service keeping France at an A+... In the UK one person killed and six others injured when a sign fell... US House will meet next week to vote...

In less than six months the first round of France's Presidential Election will be held on April 18th with the second-round set for May 2nd if no candidate gains a majority. The leading candidate in polling right now is Marine Le Pen of the National Rally (RN). Her likely opponent in the second round would be a centrist candidate in the mold of current President Emmanuel Macron either Edouard Philippe or Gabriel Attal former Prime Ministers for Mr. Macron. Leftist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon likely to fall short in a first round if recent polling is accurate. Marine LePen envisions a...

Support Free Republic Some of the posts from this blog are reposted on the premier conservative site "Free Republic" and your host supports FR regularly. Join me in supporting this quarter's fundraising effort... Newsdump Alert: US Canada Trade Talks Break Down Late Friday night Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing a suspension of trade talks with the US. Carney's move followed a statement days ago from US President Donald Trump claiming a deal with Canada had been reached and dropping planned US tariffs... Newsdump Update: Fed Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Migrant Visa Ban... The music nd my music collection...

The Metropolitan Police's investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson is reportedly on the brink of collapse after US authorities ignored requests for information. The former US Ambassador faces charges of misconduct in public office over allegations he passed confidential information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis. But in order for Scotland Yard to properly investigate, detectives believe they need access to the unredacted Epstein files. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and FBI have so far ignored the Met's request for the documents, "The Daily Telegraph" reported...

On Friday France's Constitutional Council upheld the new assisted death law and ruled against the social media ban law for those under the age of 15... The Russian interference narrative synonymous with some recent US elections is front and center in France's presidential election now six months away. At a Monday campaign stop one of the leading centrist presidential candidates and one of Emmanuel Macron's prime minister Gabriel Attal driving home that message. He said the government reporting linking online criticism of himself and other candidates to Russia is proof that Russia has a favorites in the 2027 Presidential Election...

Lawmakers in the National Assembly and Senate imposing a social media ban for children under the age of 15. On September 1st, children under the age of 15 will not be able to establish new social media accounts... On Wednesday it was revealed that modeling scout Daniel Siad was found dead in his home in Colombes outside Paris on Monday. Siad linked to Jeffrey Epstein his name appearing almost 2,000 times in the controversial Jeffrey Epstein Files released by the US Justice Department. French authorities were already on the trail of Siad with accusations of rape and sexual violence against...

TEHRAN, Juy 25--RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry reported. "The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns Ukraine's attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea on the morning of Saturday July 25. The attack resulted in an explosion on the vessel, killing one sailor and injuring another. This attack is a violation of Article 2, paragraph 4, of the UN Charter and an act of aggression that could further fan the flames of war" the ministry said in a post on its Telegram channel. The...

Two airlines cancelling flights to Israel...concern for possible escalation of the Iran War... Trump speaking at the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner...donning a "Trump 2028" hat... preliminary hearing in Los Angeles...14-year-old girl...texted about having an abortion... Wounded tonight in Russia's Belgorod Region...Ukrainian drone attack... New York Times publishing a story...Trump switched...using the new "Air Force One'... Wall Street Journal publishing a story claiming... Houthis in Yemen conducting retaliatory attacks on Saudi Arabia... In England the first test subject receiving an experimental vaccine...Ebola... United Nations member countries approving Volkur Turk...second four-year term as UN Human Rights Chief... The fight against wildfires...

Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan M. Dershowitz was told by his attorneys that he could not legally testify before the House Government Oversight Committee on Monday, he said. Dershowitz was scheduled to sit for an in-person, transcribed interview on his ties to the convicted sex criminal Jeffrey E. Epstein as part of the monthslong investigation into Epstein and his associates. Dershowitz, high-profile defense attorney, helped negotiate Epstein's controversial 2008 plea deal. But his attorney has now reversed course, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee confirmed Friday, indicating to the committee that Dershowitz would not be present for the interview....

One could call this a week of "War and Death" in France. Tuesday's July 14th parade in Paris the annual Bastille Day event more militarized than ever 6,600 French soldiers with hundreds of soldiers from dozens of countries that support Ukraine also involved. A coalition of 36 nations dubbed the "Coalition of the Willing" involved. Leaders of those nations and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky participating in the parade. It was revealed that military maneuvers involving Ukrainian soldiers and the military forces of the coalition... Macron also proclaiming the work of rearmament done during his presidency that will end next year...