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6+ min ago (510+ words) All aboard the gravy train! Good-spirited subway riders set up a full Thanksgiving feast on board a Brooklyn-bound L train Wednesday, inviting strangers to help themselves to all the fixings in a quintessentially New York tradition. A group of charitable New Yorkers crafted the "Friendsgiving" experience " complete with festive decorations " on the L train and manned it throughout Wednesday afternoon as straphangers filtered on and off the subway cars. "Happy Thanksgiving, ladies and gentlemen!" one of the party's conductors announced to the packed car as music blasted in the background. A Thanksgiving spread featuring all the traditional fixings, including multiple succulent turkeys, was laid across two cloth-covered tables smack in the center of two subway cars. Complete strangers packed into the cars and loaded the bounty onto paper plates provided by the organizers. The subway car railings and hand bars…...

6+ min ago (162+ words) Dozens of people have died, and about 200 are still unaccounted for. That's after a blaze engulfed residential high-rises in Hong Kong, leaving residents devastated. Peace through strength. Taiwan will increase its defense budget by an additional $40 billion to counter China's growing threat in the region. "Taiwan, as the most important and most critical part of the first island chain, must demonstrate our determination and take on a greater responsibility in self-defense," Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said. Japan seeks to ease tensions with China after its prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, suggested a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action. From semiconductors to rare earths, the Trump administration is pouring billions of dollars into taking stakes in companies key to countering China. With President Donald Trump hinting at an end to the Russia'Ukraine war, what can we expect from China?...

10+ min ago (1506+ words) God's word is an expression of his wisdom, his knowledge. Before God speaks He has done all the computations, all the reasonings and they are in the word. So, as I receive his word I receive those thoughts, reasonings, computations. That's how you renew your mind to his word because his thoughts are in them so as you receive his word you receive his thoughts. That's what light is, it's his way of seeing things, his thoughts that's light. Ps 119:130 The entrance of thy word giveth light. It's his thinking, his way of seeing things. So, when his word... God's word is an expression of his wisdom, his knowledge. Before God speaks He has done all the computations, all the reasonings and they are in the word. So, as I receive his word I receive those thoughts, reasonings, computations. That's…...

13+ min ago (265+ words) The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story "ugly." Trump's post to Truth Social on Wednesday came less than two weeks after he said "quiet, piggy" to another female reporter, which drew attention to his gendered insults and general brusqueness. The Times' story analyzed Trump's public schedules this year and those during his first term in office. Americans see Trump "less than they used to," The Times found. He "has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling domestically much less than he did by this point during his first year in office, in 2017, although he is taking more foreign trips." Trump also "keeps a shorter public schedule than he used to," and "when he is in public, occasionally,…...

15+ min ago (124+ words) "So your support is telling me to stay in there until I'm murdered and keep fighting the broken system that can't be fixed"...part of the stark message from retiring Congresswoman... A panel of federal judges in North Carolina ruling in favor... A drone attack in northern Iraq tonight targeting a natural gas complex...leading to power outages... Late tonight explosions in the Odessa Region of Ukraine... President Trump proposing extension of operations for 11 coal-fired power plants... Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington DC... British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves introducing a budget that raises taxes... The... Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you....

21+ min ago (522+ words) Coming off a red-hot Full Gear pay-per-view, this week's episode of AEW Dynamite had a lot to live up to. It needed to follow up on Samoa Joe reclaiming the AEW World Championship from Adam Page, Hook's heel turn, and the return of Swerve Strickland. It also had to address the title changes in both the AEW World Tag Team Championship and the AEW TNT Championship divisions. Dynamite marked the return of the annual Continental Classic as well, although the tournament arrived with plenty of confusion about what the competitors are actually fighting for. The first night featured several key matchups, but the stakes were not as clear as they should have been. Here is everything that went down on an intriguing episode of Dynamite: Tony Khan said last week that AEW carries so many titles because they create stakes....

29+ min ago (134+ words) The unanimous decision denied a request for an injunction to block the state from using the map in the 2026 elections. Judges Uphold North Carolina's Redrawn Congressional Map Aimed to Benefit Republicans A three-judge panel ruled on Nov. 23 that North Carolina can move forward with its redrawn congressional map that aims to give the GOP an extra seat in the House in the midterm elections. The unanimous decision denied a request for an injunction to block the state from using the map in the 2026 elections. Suicides and Delusions: Lawsuits Point to Dark Side of AI Chatbot This Thanksgiving Travel Period Projected to Be Busiest on Record: What to Know Trump Says He Will Designate Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Multiple International Airlines Cancel Venezuela Flights Following US Warning...

30+ min ago (485+ words) As many as 85,000 Afghans came into the country quickly without complete vetting. The ambush shooting that critically wounded two National Guard troops patrolling near the White House confirmed the worst fears about President Joe Biden's decision to lightly vet Afghan refugees he let into the country after his bungled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan four years ago. The Homeland Security Department confirmed late Wednesday that the man suspected of shooting the two West Virginia National Guardsmen was a 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered the United States in 2021 under a controversial Biden-era visa parole program called Operation Allies Welcome. The program was widely criticized by members of Congress for allowing as many as 85,000 Afghans to come into the country quickly without complete vetting, and officials said Lakanwal was among those to enter during that timeframe. "The suspect who…...

39+ min ago (887+ words) Students attending American public schools are struggling. Test scores from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), released this year, indicate that 33% of 8th graders'a greater percentage than ever before'are reading at the "below basic" level. Additionally, only 22% of high school seniors are proficient or above in math, down from 24% in 2019, and only 35% are proficient in reading'the lowest score since NAEP began in 1969'down from 37% in 2019. Also, a record-high percentage scored at "below basic" levels in both math and reading compared to all previous assessments. Parents across the country, especially in big cities, have become aware of the problem and are removing their children. In Chicago, public school enrollment has decreased significantly over the past 15 years, from nearly 403,000 students in 2010-11 to just over 316,000 in 2025-26, according to the Illinois Policy Institute. Most recently, the district reported a decline of 9,081 students between 2024-25 and…...

39+ min ago (431+ words) Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; 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) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. 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 1 Corinthians 10:31: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God....