Friday, July 04, 2025
Happy Birthday to America!
She’s 249 today, and even though she is showing some wear and tear, she is still a pretty good-looking lass. - Michael SmithI am always proud of her, but today I woke up optimistic about the next year as we run up to a milestone birthday, her 250th.
There are those who don’t like her very much.
There are those who don’t like her very much.
Well, that’s not true, they certainly seem to enjoy a lot of what she is while they gripe, even to the point of calling us the bad country in the world and inviting other countries to sanction us for our badness.
These people are, put simply, morons.
- But that is what the American Democrat Party has become.
- It is the anti-American party, the party of communists, malcontents and dare I say, traitors and it is time we call a spade a spade...
"Cleen, green...affordable"???-----Consumers Energy makes 6th rate hike request in 6 years Jamie A. Hope
Monopoly energy company asks for a historic rate increase three months after dipping more into consumers walletsConsumers Energy’s request for a $436 million rate increase is one of the largest requests on record and comes just three months after a $154 million rate hike took effect...
“Consumers Energy is committed to delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 2 million homes and businesses,” said Katie Carey, director of media relations for CMS Energy & Consumers Energy, in an email to CapCon...
CMS Energy, the company that owns Consumers Energy, had a 13.23% increase in profits year-over-year in 2024, according to Macrotrends.
Recent major rate-hike requests include:
“Consumers Energy is committed to delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 2 million homes and businesses,” said Katie Carey, director of media relations for CMS Energy & Consumers Energy, in an email to CapCon...
CMS Energy, the company that owns Consumers Energy, had a 13.23% increase in profits year-over-year in 2024, according to Macrotrends.
Recent major rate-hike requests include:
- $100 million in 2020
- $27 million in 2021
- $155 million in 2023
- $92 million in 2024
- $154 million in 2025.
"Recent inflation has pushed food prices up, but over the long-term, food has become far more affordable.
In 1930, Americans spent a quarter of their income on food. - Human Progress@HumanProgress
Recent inflation has pushed food prices up, but over the long-term, food has become far more affordable.
Recent inflation has pushed food prices up, but over the long-term, food has become far more affordable.
- In 1930, Americans spent a quarter of their income on food.
- Today, that's fallen to around 10 percent.
Anti-Trump judges obliterated by SCOTUS' landmark ruling | Blaze Media
Anti-Trump judges obliterated by SCOTUS' landmark ruling | Blaze Media:
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling limiting nationwide injunctions has been hailed as a massive win for common sense after 40 such orders — 62% against Donald Trump.
A wonderful July 4th story!-----Freed hostage Edan Alexander welcomed at White House, reveals his treatment in captivity improved after Trump's election.
“I came to thank the person responsible for saving my life. - Anthony Blair 
Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander has met President Trump and the first lady in the White House — where he revealed that his treatment during captivity improved after Trump was elected in November...
“I came to thank the person responsible for saving my life. It was deeply moving to be in the White House, the same place where my parents had fought for my release so many times, but this time together with them,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
He told Trump that, following his presidential election victory, his treatment at the hands of his Hamas captors improved...
“I came to thank the person responsible for saving my life. It was deeply moving to be in the White House, the same place where my parents had fought for my release so many times, but this time together with them,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
He told Trump that, following his presidential election victory, his treatment at the hands of his Hamas captors improved...
History for July 4
History for July 4 - On-This-Day.com 
Calvin Coolidge (U.S.) 1872 - 30th President of the United States
- 1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America.
- 1802 - The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY.
- 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. The property was purchased, by the U.S. from France, was for $15 million (or 3 cents an acre). The "Corps of Discovery," led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, began the exploration of the territory on May 14, 1804.
- 1817 - Construction began on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
- 1966 - U.S. President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year.
- 1976 - The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.
Thursday, July 03, 2025
CNN's fake news fumble: Shaky anonymous sources backfire as Trump's Iran strike proves devastating | Blaze Media
CNN's fake news fumble: Shaky anonymous sources backfire as Trump's Iran strike proves devastating | Blaze Media:
Chad Prather, host of "The Chad Prather Show," asked CNN, "How bout all the other things you've lied about?"
Conservative commentator Vince Dao wrote, "Firstly, you blatantly misrepresented what that report even said. Secondly, [you're] literally spreading Pentagon propaganda to justify a war. How does it feel to abandon everything the 'free press' stood for 20 years ago? Pathetic."
Female cyclists protest after trans athlete wins USA Cycling title | Fox News
Trans athlete wins USA Cycling women's event as female opponents protest and speak out
The trans athlete, Kate Phillips, won first place at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Phillips beat out veteran women's cyclist Julie Peterson for the gold, and Peterson then refused to take the podium at the medal ceremony in protest.
"You could clearly see the power that he had," Peterson told Fox News Digital about Phillips.
- Athletes claim they weren't notified about transgender competitor Kate Phillips' participation prior to the event
The trans athlete, Kate Phillips, won first place at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Phillips beat out veteran women's cyclist Julie Peterson for the gold, and Peterson then refused to take the podium at the medal ceremony in protest.
"You could clearly see the power that he had," Peterson told Fox News Digital about Phillips.
"I've raced for 25 years in conditions that only women can understand. There's a lot that only a born female woman goes through because of the cycles that we have. Even that alone is something that a man-born biological male can never experience. There's nothing that can stimulate that, when you show up to the race and you are at the worst point of the monthly cycle and you know you're at a disadvantage."...
The Biden Administration Basically Trafficked Migrant Children - Matt Margolis
If you want to understand the full scope of the Biden administration’s border catastrophe, look no further than the horrifying reality that unfolded for thousands of migrant children.Under Joe Biden, the federal government
- didn’t just lose track of unaccompanied minors;
- it actively handed them over to criminals, abusers, and traffickers, putting these kids directly in harm’s way.
Under Biden, the Department of Homeland Security placed unaccompanied migrant children with so-called “sponsors” who were barely vetted, if at all.
These weren’t just distant relatives or family friends.
In many cases, these sponsors had rap sheets a mile long — charges ranging from aggravated assault and drug trafficking to prostitution and even attempted murder....
Chinese nationals arrested for espionage targeting US Navy personnel | Fox News
Chinese nationals arrested for espionage targeting US Navy personnel | Fox News:
Two Chinese nationals face serious charges after they allegedly acted as agents of the People's Republic of China’s government to collect intelligence about U.S. Navy service members and bases, while also recruiting other military members to carry out tasks for the country’s main foreign intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security (MSS).
Notice how SAD she is to hear this wonderful news for America!-----“This jobs market is like the Energizer Bunny.
Truth Details | Truth Social
“This jobs market is like the Energizer Bunny. Every single time we expect it to run out of steam, it just keeps going and going…”
Ex-DNC fundraiser claims Biden's inner circle hid cognitive decline | Fox News
Ex-DNC fundraiser claims Biden's inner circle hid cognitive decline | Fox News:
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Lindy Li, a former DNC fundraiser and National Finance Committee member, detailed her front-row seat to Biden's presidency and the people who pulled the strings behind the scenes.
Fomenting hate and ignorance...with your tax dollars!-----UPenn class to explore ‘violence’ threatening future of ‘Black food culture’ Emma Dayton - Liberty University
Fall classes ‘Black Food Matters’ and ‘Chocolat’ will study food, race, and ‘oppression’
- A critical writing seminar offered in the fall at the University of Pennsylvania will study how racism affects “contemporary food justice movements” and the “unjust” challenges it creates for “Black Food.”
- The course “Black Food Matters” will explore how “race and racism fit into, shape, and inform contemporary food justice movements,” according to the course description, listed on the university’s fall 2025 class schedule...
Rubio: 'Americans Should Not Pay Taxes to Fund Failed Governments In Faraway Lands.' - Sarah Anderson
"The era of government-sanctioned inefficiency is OVER. From now on, our foreign assistance programs will be accountable to the American taxpayer,"It appears that USAID is officially dead.
- For some time, Rubio has maintained that USAID is nothing more than a foreign aid or NGO industrial complex that spans the globe, spreading certain agendas that have little to nothing to do with the United States' interests and filling the pockets of corrupt leaders...
It's a beginning.
- We're not abandoning the world.
- We're lifting up those who want to be lifted while prioritizing our own needs and national interests at the same time.
It's basically common sense.
Canada and Mexico Want US Billions, but Also a Fight - Victor Davis Hanson
Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk about our two North American partners, Canada and Mexico. - Victor Davis Hanson@VDHansonRecently, Canada decided that they were going to enforce the digital services tax...
And what it was is a 3% tax on our tech companies—Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google—by anybody in Canada who uses their service.
- You buy something online, you buy an ad, you pay a fee to any of these and you’re Canadian, then you’re going to pay 3%...
- And they don’t even have to be in Canada.
- They can be in the United States. So, they’re going to charge them 3%.
And this is the killer.
- They’re going to enforce the law all the way back to 2022...going to be gouged for $2 or $3 billion...
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