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Most of the left, including virtually every corporate media “journalist” who publishes news and opinion pieces about politics, hold the nation’s founding fathers in low regard. The public is daily subjected to screeds enumerating the faults of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, et al. Yet, when these scribblers wish to justify some pernicious Democrat policy proposal, they frequently rummage through the writings of these men for some quote “proving” that its author would have supported the latest bone-headed boondoggle. A classic example is “Benjamin Franklin, Champion of the Wealth Tax,” by Harold Meyerson at the American Prospect.
AMERICA, July 6, 2026 — Issues & Insights, a commentary site founded by the journalists behind the great IBD Editorials Page (RIP), announced that it canceled its relationship with online ad networks, including Google’s AdSense, and is now 100% reader-supported.
“Since our founding in 2019, we have been blessed with many loyal and generous readers,” the team said. “We tried working with ad networks, and have found them to be increasingly frustrating and intrusive, while producing little revenue. That’s particularly true of Google’s AdSense network, which routinely demonetizes content that strays from the company’s leftist politics, on the spurious grounds
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, federal agencies and independent analysts are examining several persistent challenges facing American citizens, including national debt, border security, declining mental health, shifting family structures, and eroding trust in institutions.
Below are five key areas that reports show have already negatively impacted or could significantly affect the daily lives of Americans in the coming years. The U.S. national debt has continued to rise, as previously reported on by The Dallas Express. As of late June 2026, total public debt stood at approximately $39.3 trillion, according to U.S. Treasury fiscal data.
Congresswoman turns Hillary Clinton's
infamous phrase against her after intel
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infamous phrase against her after intel
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Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, is turning Hillary Clinton's most infamous phrase against her, sharply criticizing the former First Lady's suggestion that spy agency workers resist Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte and keep intelligence from him.
“I’m going to use Hillary Clinton's own words: deplorable," Miller/Meeks told the Just the News, No Noise TV show on Thursday. "That is disgusting behavior from a former secretary of state, from a former first lady, from a former senator."
A Mississippi woman who spent 11 years behind bars for murder has been released on bond after the state’s highest court allowed a ruling to stand that found prosecutors failed to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Tameshia Shelton, 48, walked free this week after the Mississippi Supreme Court declined to overturn a December 2025 decision by the Mississippi Court of Appeals granting her a new trial. Shelton was convicted in 2015 in the 2009 shooting death of Danelle Young, the 21-year-old boyfriend of her youngest sister.
Trump spoke with both Putin and Zelensky
on Fourth of July ahead of Tuesday's NATO
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on Fourth of July ahead of Tuesday's NATO
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President Donald Trump spoke with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 4, according to Moscow and Kyiv. The White House has not confirmed the conversations, nor have they disputed that they occurred.
The Russian foreign ministry described the call, their fourth this year, as “businesslike and highly constructive,” according to CNN. They added that Trump had “reaffirmed his readiness to facilitate the earliest possible cessation of hostilities” between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump called FIFA president asking to
review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s
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review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s
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He played the Trump card!
President Trump asked FIFA’s president to review the red-card suspension of the US men’s team’s breakout star – before the organization shockingly announced he could play in Monday’s do-or-die game against Belgium, The Post has confirmed.
Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to take a second look at US star Folarin Balogun’s suspension that came as a result of controversial red card in the the national team’s Round of 32 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, a US official confirmed to The Post.
While most of us were focused on family and friends over Independence Day and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, our heroes in the Fourth Estate found a more interesting subject. Hundreds of masked members of Patriot Front showed up to provide the dot from a laser pointer for the media to chase. According to the Telegraph channel allegedly operated by Patriot Front, some 400 members of the organization descended on Washington, D.C. to link the Trump administration to White supremacy.
On Saturday, Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. Shockingly, according to a detailed new report from the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) did not.
The report, titled “Saving America’s Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History Erases Our Heritage,” was released Saturday night during America 250 commemorations. It concludes the museum has been captured by “radical, activist ideology that is fundamentally opposed to telling the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.”
Specifically, in regard to America’s 250th, the report stated:
Mamdani's wife attends Islamic 'spiritual
wellness' retreat in Mallorca while US
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wellness' retreat in Mallorca while US
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The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji, headed off for an Islamic “spiritual wellness” retreat on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, rather than partake in America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
The “Dallas-raised, Dubai-educated, Syrian-American artist,” as the New York Post described her, went to the sold-out retreat run by The Women’s Sanctuary, where the “29-year-old illustrator and ceramist is the for-profit’s ‘artist in residence’ and among the gathering’s hosts.”
The “Plants Of The Quran” retreat costs $3,400 for guests to attend.
Planned Parenthood’s beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans’ failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year.
Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients.
I have been following the antics of Scientific American, the Bud Light of science journals, for quite some time now.
The low-lights from the magazine’s stack of articles include:
Scientific American colluding with other media to normalize “climate emergency” terminology, despite vast swaths of scientific evidence showing the Earth’s climate has continuously changed over 4 billion years.
The magazine pushing “birth parent” terminology, which is utter nonsense in the face of real biology.
The magazine offering a ridiculous take on football injuries…tying them to racism.
Endorsing Kamala Harris for President.
A firework mortar hit a Delta Airlines plane as it came in for a landing on the South Side of Chicago on the Fourth of July.
The flight was headed into Midway International Airport when a firework smacked into it, the airline told NBC 5 Chicago.
“Tower, we just had a firework hit our plane, Delta 1076, we’re continuing,” cabin crew told Air Traffic Control, according to radio traffic.
“We just heard a bang on the plane … We’re just hoping it was just a mortar that went off underneath, but definitely felt a big bang,” the frazzled crew said.
The firework caused minor paint damage, police said,
Surprise! Late Hollywood icon Rob Reiner's final TV role is all about skewering President Donald Trump. The "When Harry Met Sally" director, who died in December, made an unannounced posthumous appearance in the July 3 episode of Larry David's history-themed HBO sketch comedy "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness," which is produced by former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. At the end of the episode, Reiner played George Washington in a sketch centered on roasting Trump without ever saying his name, and Trump's least favorite late-night comic, Jimmy Kimmel, even got involved. In the scene
Despite the severe weather delays, despite the Democrats being downers, the America 250 celebration for the Fourth of July was one heck of an event.
The threat of severe weather delayed it, and they even had to make people leave for their own safety. But, as we reported, President Donald Trump said they would make it, and they did, putting on an amazing celebration. “For 250 years, the United States of America has been the hope, the promise, the light, and the glory among all of the nations of the world, all over the world. They try and be like us. Nobody can be like us,”
Fourth of July descended into mayhem across Southern California as unruly crowds overwhelmed packed-out fireworks displays, looted stores, ignited fires and saw cops charge on horseback.
The worst unrest erupted in Newport Beach, where Independence Day revelers poured into Orange County, choking traffic and triggering a police response as disorder spread near the pier.
Authorities ultimately shut down businesses from the Newport Pier to Pacific Coast Highway as officers moved in to restore order.
Officers were swarmed by hundreds of people who hurled bottles and other debris at them before the crowd turned on one another and began fighting.
I am very glad to see Secretary of State Marco Rubio dropping away from this “America is an idea” gibberish I keep hearing about. America is not an idea, it is a nation of people – unique, distinct and very visible.
…. “America has never been merely a proposition. It has always been a very real and living civilization. A unique and distinctive people, unlike any nation or people in the history of the world.” ~Marco Rubio (Video)
Elaine Chao, the spouse of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, is said to have embarked on an official visit to China merely three days following her husband's cardiac arrest. The 73 year old Chao has been wed to the 84 year old Republican lawmaker since 1993. She held the position of transportation secretary during President Donald Trump's initial term. Images appearing in media outlets allegedly depict her in discussions with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, occurring just 72 hours after McConnell was admitted to hospital. It comes as McConnell's staff issued an update on senator's condition after he was taken to
A family paying the electric bill doesn't care how noble a subsidy sounds in Washington. They care whether the lights stay on, the furnace runs, the air conditioner works, and the bill leaves enough money for groceries.
President Donald Trump's tax law set July 4, 2026, as the deadline ending federal tax credit subsidies for new wind and solar projects not already under construction. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright called the deadline the end of roughly 35 years of federal support for wind and solar, and he noted that in 2025 they comprised about 3% of total U.S. primary energy consumption. From Just the News:
As the Nazis took over Germany, they were a minority party that no one really took all that seriously. Hitler was crazy, but his ramblings weren’t thought of by most Germans or the political establishment as foreshadowing. People today forget they were not a majority, as history tends to obscure reality for the sensational. Communists in Russia and China (or anywhere they destroyed, really) were a minority, too. But you should never underestimate the ability of a distinct minority to bring about massive devastation, as once radicals gain power they tend to wipe out their opposition and move quickly to consolidate control.
Two Hundred Fifty Glorious Years
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We are the oldest continuous democracy in the modern world. In large part, this is because our founders were the products of the Enlightenment who fashioned a written Constitution, which provides both freedom to citizens and checks and balances to restrain those in power. Massive celebrations are called for, with big ships, flyovers, and the largest ever fireworks display in the cleaned-up National Mall. It’s extremely hot, but that doesn’t seem to have dampened enthusiasm, and crowds have been large at scheduled events.
On this 250th anniversary of our birth as a nation - a truly monumental moment in our history - we see people pushing two competing views of America.
There is the radical left version being pushed by people like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He dared to sit behind the desk of George Washington and scold us on our history on our birthday.
Compare that with President Donald Trump's Mount Rushmore speech, where he spoke about our exceptionalism. We are not exceptional, as Mamdani claims, because "nothing is fixed." If nothing is fixed, it can be stepped aside by the political winds of socialism or Communism, as Trump warned.
South Korean authorities have repeatedly discriminated against the American company Coupang, violating its trade agreement, a Republican-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee report said.
The 35-page report titled, “Closed for Competition: South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses” was released Wednesday. It follows a large-scale data breach at the e-commerce firm last year that triggered investigations which have become a flashpoint for the Seoul-Washington relationship.
This comes after Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) slapped Coupang, an American-owned company operating in South Korea and known as the "Amazon of Asia," with a $410 million fine in June. Coupang has publicly stated that it will pursue judicial action in the Seoul Administrative Court.
Resilient Americans battle through searing
heat, intense storms to celebrate 250
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heat, intense storms to celebrate 250
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Like the soldiers at Valley Forge or the pioneers on the frontier of manifest destiny, Americans have always weathered difficulties to keep the light of freedom lit and the party rolling. A 250th anniversary bash in the nation’s capital was no exception.
From Boston to Washington DC, millions of revelers battled through intense storms and searing temperatures that peaked at a record 103 degrees on Saturday but managed to celebrate two and a half of centuries of liberty with hundreds of thousands of fireworks shells, symphony music, tall ships and even drones.