Rally and march along Habib Bourguiba Avenue to support President's choices and call for no foreign interference in national decisions A large number of citizens staged a rally in front of the municipal theatre, followed by a march along the Habib Bourguiba Avenue to support the choices and decisions of President of the Republic Kais ... 05/19/2024 - 2:31 am | View Link
Janet Napolitano: How Arizona shifted from 'flyover country' to political 'ground zero' Arizona's 21st governor sat for an exclusive interview with The Arizona Republic during a return trip to the state she led for six years. 05/19/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Iranian rapper facing the death penalty after calling out Islamic Republic This coupled with his support for the #womenlifefreedom protests - sparked by the 2022 death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini - has made Salehi a figure of hope for Iranians who want a free Iran, while ... 05/18/2024 - 12:08 pm | View Link
Opinion: Let’s be honest about who’s spreading election disinformation If the event I attended recently in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is any indication, you do it by never uttering the words "Democrat" or "Republican," and by refraining from pointing out exactly who is ... 05/18/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Dominican Republic free zones: why they are key and what effect do “tax holidays” generate These are free zones and industrial parks with more lenient fiscal and customs rules than in the rest of the Caribbean, and through which two-thirds of Dominican exports currently flow. These areas ... 05/18/2024 - 4:32 am | View Link
FReeper Alert! Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'. Keep ... In animal tests, the researchers found that taking fluconazole in combination with a low-carb, high-fat keto diet worked significantly better at killing the fungus than taking the medication alone. For the new study, the researchers wondered if a keto diet—which deprives the body of glucose by cutting carbohydrate... 05/17/2024 - 6:53 pm | View Website
Breaking News (News/Activism) President Biden said he is willing to debate former President Donald Trump twice ahead of the election — but only if Trump agrees to his strict terms. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and now he wants to debate me again,” Biden said in the fiery video released Wednesday. “Well, make my day, pal,” Biden, 81, added. 05/17/2024 - 1:16 pm | View Website
Free Republic Free Republic is a loosely organized group of grassroots Americans who support our Constitution and look for honesty, integrity and honor from those in government. Like millions of Americans, we are fed up with our out of control federal government. 05/17/2024 - 6:14 am | View Website
Free Republic Home Page Free Republic is a site dedicated to the concerns of traditional grassroots conservative activists. We're here to discuss and advance our conservative causes in a more or less liberal-free environment. 05/17/2024 - 5:24 am | View Website
Forum: News/Activism The federal student loan interest rate will be 6.53% for undergraduate students, up from 5.5% for the current year. The interest rate has not been that high on any undergraduate loans since the 2012-13 school year. Graduate students will see an 8.08% interest rate this coming academic year, up from 7.05%. 05/16/2024 - 2:22 pm | View Website
President Joe Biden is giving a commencement speech at Morehouse, one of the country's preeminent historically Black colleges, as pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US. Follow here for live news updates.
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Workers at a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers union Friday, potentially stalling hopes of a rapidly growing organizing wave for autoworkers in the southern United States. Via CNN:
The result was a close outcome. Out of the valid votes counted, 56% of workers voted “no,” while 44% voted “yes” for unionization, according to Mercedes-Benz.
Wisconsin Republicans are so very confused about where they stand on ballot drop boxes, they don't even know their own position anymore. For decades, Republicans were all for drop boxes and wanted them in every county. Then when Trump lost in 2020 and blamed, in part, voter fraud because of drop boxes, the Republicans were dead set against them.
“If you choose the path of zealots, dragging the country into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government. We will turn to the people and build a government that will earn the people’s trust.”
— Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet quoted by the New York Times, giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum