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On Monday, President Donald Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced a new series of what they called "Trump Class" battleships, a new initiative to revamp and restore the maritime industry and shore up America's maritime dominance. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also in the Oval Office and offered remarks. Navy's new class of Large Surface Combatants: THE BATTLESHIP.The most lethal surface combatant ever constructed. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/7AH5G4IJj5— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 22, 2025The president was flanked by images of the first Golden Fleet battleship, "The U.S.S. Defiant." Trump opened his remarks...

I've been looking for one particular caricature of Buckley that evidently was not as popular as I thought. Can't find it and looked and looked. It is not the usual ones that come up but was very well done. Probably came out years ago, but I don't know when, where or who did it. Hoping someone here can find it.

A county run by a construction industry magnate with a net worth to rival Trump's, a magnate whose tainted son-in-law keeps getting re-elected Sheriff on the Republican ticket with never any serious opposition in the primary. A county illegal aliens stick to like iron shavings to a magnet, because there's tons of construction jobs just waiting for them here and law enforcement (there's an oxymoron for ya) looks the other way, and where the cost of labor for that magnate I was telling you about is negligible because of his cheap labor pool protected by the son-in-law. Try visiting one...

What I see as irony concerning Somalia

December 20th marks ny 25th anniversary of joining FR. When I joined I was a career cop in My early thirties. I was freshly married and optimistic. I am now divorced, retired and disabled. Through all the crap that's gone on these 25 years I can honestly say that my optimism is somewhat diminished . But not entirely extinguished. I still believe we can make a difference in the here and now. But added to that, I've come to understand that it's also preparing for a much longer future when we leave this world. Jim: RIP, God bless you and...

I asked Grok why I have been inundated with liberal content on X. Reply at link.

RUFUS is popping up on ordering from Amazon How to remove it or stop it Thank you.

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Inflation is only at 2.6% year-over-year. This means that nearly 100% of the cost of tariffs has been eaten by the foreign manufacturers and importers. Which is exactly what I’ve been arguing would happen. Let me explain what is happening: The notion that tariffs would be passed onto customers has always been laughable on its face, once you understand that manufacturing is only 20% to 40% of the price of an item for sale. The rest includes advertising, warehousing, transportation and sales markup. (Importers have high transportation costs to get the product to America, but that’s all part of replacing...

Luke 1:68-70 (King James Version) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: Last weekend it looks like there were two murders of two very different people who are most likely in two eternities right now. There was a young Christian girl who apparently was targeted for her faith and one of the richest most famous man killed by...

It has become clear to me that we need to expose the notions of "privilege" and "entitlement" for what they are. Thus this opus. Not a FReerepublic exit opus, just an opus, aka a rant. Privilege and Entitlement are the Rhetoric of Resentment and Envy THESIS: Privilege and entitlement are resentment and envy, laundered through FAFSA, glorified by inflated credentials, and paraded as moral superiority. Today’s rant is grounded in the gospel of 2 Diplomians 2:9-14 – · 2:9 - Blessed are those who anchor merit in wisdom and capability, for they shall not be deceived by inflated credentials. ·...

There's a lot of economic numbers that don't make sense lately. For one, 2.1 million immigrants and aliens have left the country in the past year; the native-born population has been declining for years now; and yet there are now 2.7 million working-aged people in America than there were a year ago. Another BLS stat shows that the "workforce" has grown by 3 1/4 million workers. That seems like about 5 million workers too many. If employers are hiring legal workers instead of under the table, those legal workers would be now entering the workforce appearing on any tally of...

Donald Trump has very high "strongly disapprove" ratings. And it seems like conservative social-media users and on-air personalities seem to be presuming this will translate into a bloodbath on Election Day 2026. But polling data doesn't bear this out. First, things WILL get better, as far as polls go. Trump's low ratings are a result of disastrously low approval on the economy. This is probably because voters are just now registering the unofficial recession of 2024-25, which saw a worse decline in GDP than any recession between 1983 and 2008. Even though it was unofficial, there has never been such...

Matthew 5:43-48 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. What a weekend of massacres this one had. In the three however they...

Trumps Honeymoon is over. Before we count the ways, a couple of simple observations: 1) Why are we surprised? For every action, there is an equal (or greater) reaction. It just took a bit more to get over Shock and Awe. and 2) Why listen to the Democrats when they speak about Republicans? They certainly, when the shoe is on the other foot, don't. And, ditto, that goes for their minions in the press.There, a couple moments of clarity you won't find on 24 hour news.-> It took a while for the Good Old Boy network of the GOP to...

Could someone explain to me, like I am 8, why we need data centers, centralized processing, and AI ? Why? Who decided?

Why do we have a constitution? How and why did it come into existence? Just what, exactly, prompted the calling of the Constitutional Convention, which gave birth to it? Most Americans believe, logically enough, that after we sent His Britannic Majesty packing, it was time to create a new government. This is false, and it entirely overlooks the fact that we already had a functioning government at the time of the Convention. That government had been in effect for the entirety of the Revolution and for six years following the final British defeat at Yorktown. No, the Convention was prompted...

Would some of you give me an opinion of Candice Owens? I know we have some loose cannons on the right. I feel like overall we have healthy disagreements that are based on honest differences compared to libs that line up perfectly for the strict purpose of power. Steven Crowder had Nick Fuentes on and asked him straight questions about some controversies and the exchange was refreshing. Not a gotcha interview but an informative one. Lots of decent conservative shows like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Micheal Knowles invite other conservatives to discuss their issues so that they can argue openly...

Thank you Indiana! /max sarcasm Democrats everywhere want to offer their most sincere thank you to the Republicans in the state of Indiana for saving 2 democrat House seats. Those unselfish efforts will certainly help ensure that Hakeem Jeffries will be the new Speaker of the House, and they will be able to stifle/obstruct President Trump in his last 2 years. In addition, it will also help in their promised Impeachment efforts. Thank you, again, Indiana Republicans—democrats will be eternally grateful and will never forget your willingness to sacrifice your party loyalty and help move this country further to the...

FReepers of a certain vintage will recall that strange species of missive, the “Opus.” Periodically members would leave, but would pen an “Opus,” the lengthy explanation. I never quite understood these; they seemed a bit self-important to me. Today is my 25th anniversary on FR. I’m not going to anywhere, so this is my “No-Pus.” Many thanks to my FRiends for this great community. Apologies if I’ve ever been unduly unkind. As of today I have 12,777 replies, 1.4 per day on average for 25 years. When I post a stat like this, some of my FRiends will point out...