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  • JUST IN: House Sets Vote To End America’s Twice-Yearly Clock Changes

    07/13/2026 9:30:45 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 3 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | July 13, 2026
    Congress is finally putting America’s twice-a-year clock ritual on the floor. The House will vote Tuesday, July 14, on legislation that would stop the spring-forward, fall-back cycle and make daylight saving time permanent across most of the country. For millions of Americans, that means no more changing clocks in March and November. No more resetting the oven after every time change. No more watching sleep schedules, school mornings, work routines, and family calendars get knocked sideways because Washington keeps moving one hour back and forth. Rep. Vern Buchanan announced the floor vote Monday. Rep. Vern Buchanan says his Sunshine Protection...
  • Hollywood Snubs Its Own Audience, Then Wonders Why It's Broke

    07/13/2026 9:24:33 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind
    Townhall ^ | 07/13/2026 | Jay Rogers
    Last week, the Television Academy announced its 78th Emmy nominations, and Taylor Sheridan's entire slate got the reception you'd give a telemarketer. “Landman,” Paramount+'s flagship drama with Billy Bob Thornton and Sam Elliott, walked away with nothing. “The Madison,” led by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, got nothing either. Sheridan's grand total across two of the most watched shows on television: one nomination, for stunt coordination on “Tulsa King.” Meanwhile Ryan Murphy's “All's Fair,” a show even its own network calls critically panned, picked up two nods. I coached high school track and field for years. If a kid runs...
  • OOPS! Dem Senator Elissa Slotkin Says the QUIET PART OUT LOUD About the SAVE America Act (VIDEO)

    07/13/2026 9:16:14 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 2 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | July 13, 2026 | Mike LaChance
    Screencap of Twitter/X video. Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan was recently speaking to a crowd of supporters about the SAVE America Act and she accidentally gave the game away without even seeming to realize it. Conservatives know why Democrats oppose the act. They want people to be able to vote without IDs so that illegal immigrants can vote. They keep trying to claim that it’s just too difficult for certain Americans to obtain an ID but that’s ridiculous. You can’t do anything in life today without a valid ID. Slotkin’s comments take things a step even further. In the...
  • Hat Tip to Justice Kavanaugh: Sen. Jim Banks Tests His Birthright Citizenship Theory With ‘Invaders’ Bill

    07/13/2026 9:13:55 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 3 replies
    Red State ^ | 07/13/2026 | Bob Hoge
    The Supreme Court dealt a setback to President Trump at the end of June when they ruled that so-called “birthright citizenship” was enshrined by the 14th Amendment and that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment. The Court, in Trump v. Barbara, rejected Trump’s executive order banning the practice 6-3, although only five justices held that the order violated the 14th Amendment. Justice Brett Kavanaugh supplied the sixth vote on narrower statutory grounds.As we’ve written, the Department of Justice immediately launched a crackdown on birth...
  • SC Gov. McMaster Taps Darline Graham Nordone to Fulfill the Rest of Lindsey Graham's Term (Updated)

    07/13/2026 9:07:57 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    Red State ^ | 07/13/2026 | Jennifer Oliver O'Connell
    On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) held a press conference to announce the person who will serve the remainder of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R) term. As RedState reported earlier, both President Donald Trump and McMaster indicated that their choice to fill the seat would be none other than Lindsey Graham's younger sister, Darline Graham Nordone.Trump TRUTH ™️: I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina. This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly! President DONALD J. TRUMP...
  • The Shocking Cost of New York’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Experiment Has Finally Been Exposed

    07/13/2026 8:59:04 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 7 replies
    Red State ^ | 07/13/2026 | Rusty Weiss
    New York has spent years aggressively taxing its wealthiest residents in the name of fairness, and the results are now in. Suffice it to say, they’re not pretty.A new study released Monday by the Citizen Budget Commission (CBC) reveals the state’s share of America’s millionaires has dropped sharply since 2010, triggering a nearly $11 billion shortfall in tax revenue in a single year as high earners quietly packed up and left for lower-tax states.The analysis shows New York’s share of millionaires fell from 12.7% in 2010 to just 8.7% in 2022 — the steepest decline of any state in the...
  • Massie: If GOP ‘Won All the Damn Elections,’ Why Focus on Election Fraud?

    07/13/2026 8:56:55 PM PDT · by RandFan · 26 replies
    NewsWeek ^ | June 28 | By Steve Mollman
    Representative Thomas Massie on Friday questioned why Republicans continue to emphasize widespread election fraud even as the party holds total governing power across Washington, calling it a contradiction at the heart of the GOP's message. “I mean, we won all the damn elections and we’re in charge,” he said. “And what are we doing with it? We're bankrupting the country, we're starting new wars, we're violating the Constitution. We're not cracking down on the fraud."
  • More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders; There is one notable exception

    07/13/2026 8:48:54 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    Reuters ^ | 06/27/2026 | Lawrence Delevingne
    At least 100 members of the last sitting Congress, are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people, representing at least 8% of Democrats in Congress and 28% of Republicans. The group includes Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James Lankford, and Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. President Joe Biden and every living former U.S. president except Donald Trump are direct descendants of slaveholders: Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.Governors of 11 of the 50 U.S. states in 2022 were descendants of slaveholders, as were two U.S. Supreme...
  • Welder miraculously walks away after car explodes with him inside in quiet NJ suburb

    07/13/2026 8:22:36 PM PDT · by Libloather · 15 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/13/26 | Zoe Hussain
    A welder miraculously walked away after his car exploded in a quiet New Jersey suburb on Monday morning — waking up residents to debris flying into their homes, according to authorities. A 28-year-old man was inside his vehicle on Congressional Lane in Totowa, about 20 miles from Manhattan, around 5:30 a.m. when it was suddenly blown apart, the Totowa Police Department said in a statement. The man was able to escape from the wrecked vehicle on his own and was taken to a local hospital for treatment and observation, cops said. The victim, who is a welder, was alert and...
  • Criminals scamming billions from Medicare using fake AI voices, hacking data — all without setting foot in the USA

    07/13/2026 8:08:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/13/26 | Chadwick Moore
    Medicare and Medicaid are losing billions of taxpayer dollars to criminals because they can’t keep pace with their high-tech scams, a Post investigation has found. International criminal networks employ hackers who steal sensitive patient data then sell it on the dark web or use it to then bill for fake medical equipment or services in people’s names. Scammers even use AI voice bots to coax info out of seniors on the phone, posing as US healthcare workers, often from thousands of miles away in Europe or Asia. They use the same techniques on the insurance companies, with one Philippines-based outfit...
  • Gay Couple Sues Surrogate for Refusing to Kill Baby With Cleft Lip in Abortion

    07/13/2026 8:00:14 PM PDT · by Morgana · 15 replies
    life news ^ | July 13 2026 | Steve ertelt
    A same-sex couple in Ontario has sued their surrogate mother after she refused to abort their baby diagnosed with a cleft lip, a relatively minor and easily correctable condition with surgery. The lawsuit, filed in Ontario Superior Court in May, seeks approximately $600,000 in damages. It alleges the surrogate failed to keep the couple informed about the baby’s health, put the child at risk, failed to follow their directions on medical care, violated confidentiality and caused one parent serious emotional distress. The conflict began in late June 2024 when an ultrasound at about 22 weeks showed the baby had a...
  • Idaho Measure for Abortions Up to Birth Qualifies for November Ballot

    07/13/2026 7:54:10 PM PDT · by Morgana · 10 replies
    life news ^ | July 13, 2026 | Stanton Public Policy Center |
    The Idaho abortion voter initiative qualifies for the ballot this November. The ballot initiative would allow abortions for the full nine months of pregnancy if passed this November and nullify the “Defense of Life Act.” Since the “Defense of Life Act” legislation began being enforced on August 25, 2022, it is estimated nearly 6,000 innocent children have been saved from abortion in Idaho. Also, not one woman has been arrested for having a miscarriage, no doctor has been prosecuted under the “Defense of Life Act” and not a single woman has died seeking an “illegal abortion” as pro-choice activists claimed...
  • Marco Rubio: Why We’re Dismantling the International Criminal Court

    07/13/2026 7:51:42 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 13, 2026 10:00 am ET | Marco Rubio
    America never agreed to a world tribunal that can override our own courts and the Constitution. Most of us would struggle to imagine a world in which U.S. soldiers, police officers, Border Patrol agents and elected leaders could be dragged before an international court, tried by judges from random countries across the globe, found guilty under international laws we neither consent to nor control, and then imprisoned thousands of miles from America. But that is what the International Criminal Court now claims the power to do. The ICC was born at the turn of the century. At first, it was...
  • Democrats’ civil war is blazing — now the GOP will feast

    07/13/2026 7:49:45 PM PDT · by Libloather · 11 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/13/26 | Joe Gruters
    The Democratic Party is at war with itself — and in Maine, the fight has spilled into the open. Graham Platner, an alleged rapist with a Nazi tattoo on his chest, won the Democratic nomination for United States Senate last month, beating the candidate the party establishment had recruited by a commanding 53-point margin. For months, Republicans and others had warned that Platner was unfit for the job. The Democrats did not care. As soon as party leaders saw polling that suggested he could beat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November they embraced him, hosting him in Washington, DC, and...
  • World leaders begin public farewells to Sir Keir Starmer

    07/13/2026 7:11:53 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 12 replies
    The Standard ^ | July 13, 2026 | Helen William
    Sir Keir Starmer was praised by leaders in one of his last acts of diplomacy on the world stage. The Prime Minister said there had been a “very productive” meeting on Monday of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris, as other global leaders took the chance to publicly thank him for his work. At a press conference after the talks, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of how positive it had been to work with Sir Keir. Mr Macron spoke of “how grateful the coalition is as whole to him” and stated “we owe you a lot, Prime Minister”. German...
  • Trump says the US will take out Pickaxe Mountain in Iran

    07/13/2026 6:38:41 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 77 replies
    Reuters ^ | 07 13 2026 | Staff
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. would ​take out Pickaxe Mountain in Iran, as he ‌warned that Washington would continue to hit the country hard. "We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ​ready," Trump said in an interview on the Hugh ​Hewitt Show. "We're watching (Pickaxe Mountain) closely. We see no ⁠activity there. They're not doing well with their nuclear ​situation. Every time we hear about it, we blow ​it up. So they don't like talking about it. But we'll probably give Pickaxe a shot relatively soon," Trump said. Pickaxe Mountain,...
  • Erling Haaland brings taxidermied raccoon back to Norway after saying 'goodbye' to US World Cup run

    07/13/2026 6:19:53 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 18 replies
    MSN ^ | July 13, 2026 | Natasha Dye
    Erling Haaland and his taxidermy raccoon have touched back down in Norway after a sensational performance in his first FIFA World Cup “It followed me home,” Haaland joked in a post on social media after fans quickly circulated the photos of the Norwegian soccer star with his new decor. “It’s been quite a row, thank you for making it so special,” Haaland wrote in a post on X after Norway’s quarterfinals defeat by England Erling Haaland and his raccoon are back in Norway after the soccer star delivered a career-changing World Cup performance. As Haaland, 25, touched down back in...
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil (July 14, 2026) *Prayer*

    07/13/2026 6:19:25 PM PDT · by ViLaLuz · 10 replies
    Free Republic ^ | July 13, 2026 | Free Republic Intercessors
    Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico ~ 14 JULY 2026

    07/13/2026 6:00:27 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 31 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Kirtland Air Force Base, New MexicoKirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport. Kirtland AFB is the largest installation in Air Force Global Strike Command and sixth largest in the United States Air Force. The base occupies 51,558 acres and employs over 23,000...
  • Chip Roy Introduces Bill Requiring Hospitals to Report Illegal Immigrant Healthcare Costs

    07/13/2026 5:56:14 PM PDT · by SharpRightTurn · 28 replies
    Big League Politics ^ | JUL 13, 2026 | N/A
    Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is introducing legislation aimed at shedding light on the financial impact illegal immigration has on America’s healthcare system by requiring hospitals that receive federal healthcare funding to collect and report patients’ immigration status in aggregate form. Roy’s proposal, titled the Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act, would require hospitals participating in federal healthcare programs to include an immigration-status question during the patient intake process and submit quarterly reports to the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS). The legislation would also make compliance a condition of participating in federal healthcare programs, meaning hospitals...