Posts on Saturday, July 4, 2020
Thomas Jefferson's "original Rough draught," or rough draft, of the Declaration of Independence, written in June 1776, includes dozens of edits from historical figures, including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. The Library of Congress has made high-resolution microfilm scans of the document available online. (Photo) Congress appointed a committee to draft the declaration on June 11, 1776. It included Jefferson, Franklin and Adams along with Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. Jefferson had previously drafted the Virginia Constitution in May of that year, and historians say that earlier writing influenced the Declaration of Independence. (Photo)
Far-left “anti-fascist” and Black Lives Matters (BLM) activists stomped and danced on the United States flag Saturday as part of a Fourth of July protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.The activists were caught on camera by Breitbart News stomping and dancing the Cha-Cha Slide on the flag. A number of those in attendance appeared to be affiliated with Refuse Fascism, an Antifa group founded in 2017 to combat President Donald Trump’s administration. Others in the crowd were also seen wearing BLM t-shirts and identified themselves as supporters of the cause.“This flag has hurt so many of us, so come step on this flag,”
Baltimore—Protesters tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it the Inner Harbor Saturday in Baltimore. Video recorded by Louis Krauss/The Baltimore Brew shows a group of people pulling the statue down and dumping it into the water.(Snip) City Council President Brandon Scott, who is also the Democratic nominee for mayor, released a statement late Saturday night, saying: "I suggested that the last administration remove this statue when they removed the Confederate monuments. I support Baltimore's Italian-American community and Baltimore's indigenous community. I cannot, however, support Columbus."
At 10 p.m., protesters blocked the intersection of Pratt and President streets.
President Trump is once again blasting the New York Times. On Twitter, the president called the Times a “very corrupt and dishonest media outlet.”He suggested the newspaper suffers from “Trump derangement syndrome.” The term referenced irrational criticisms of the president not relating to actual policy positions.(Tweet/Video) He shared the White House press secretary’s response to uncorroborated statements regarding alleged Russian bounties on U.S. troops, which were shared by the news outlet earlier this week.“For those of you that are always taking the New York Times at their word, they erroneously reported that the president was briefed on this. He was not briefed on this, and neither was the vice president.
Joe Biden emphasized racial issues in the United States in a Fourth of July post.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee released an Independence Day message video on social media focused on racial issues, lauding the creed written in the Declaration of Independence, though asserting the U.S. has never lived up to its ideals."Our nation was founded on a simple idea: We're all created equal. We've never lived up to it — but we've never stopped trying. This Independence Day, let's not just celebrate those words, let's commit to finally fulfill them. Happy #FourthOfJuly," Biden said in a caption of the video on Saturday.
President Trump evoked the history of American patriots who defeated Nazis, toppled communists and chased down terrorists, but warned of another threat now in today's political climate--the "radical left." In a Fourth of July speech at the White House in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and racial unrest, Trump made a full-throated defense of America's past and said he won't allow an "angry mob" to tear down statues, "indoctrinate our children" or "trample" freedoms.(Snip)Trump cast blame on the media for "slander" sowing racial divisions and said the press dishonors the memory of soldiers "by insisting they fought for racism."
Melania Trump definitely got everyone’s attention Saturday when she stepped out in a jaw-dropping white dress for a Fourth of July celebration at the White House. (Photos) The first lady looked just as striking as ever in sleeveless number that went down past her knees as she joined President Donald Trump for the 2020 Salute to America on the South Lawn. (Photos) She completed the jaw-dropping look with a red sparkling leather belt and white flats.
Trump Eviscerates the 'Web of Lies'
Behind the 'Angry Mob,' Defends Mount
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Behind the 'Angry Mob,' Defends Mount
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At Mount Rushmore, President Donald Trump delivered a stunning Fourth of July rebuke to the iconoclast mobs and rampant cancel culture ravaging American life. He championed America’s spirit, its history, and its magnificent Declaration of Independence in a celebratory speech that could not be more different from The New York Times‘ “1619 Project” and the rioters toppling statues of America’s founders. He gave a full-throated defense of America’s heritage just when Americans need to hear it most.
“Make no mistake, this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution,” Trump warned. “In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions
British Media Outlets Wake Up, Begin
Distancing Themselves From UK
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Distancing Themselves From UK
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In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, we saw protests and violent riots break out across America. Marchers carried signs that read “silence is violence” and “Black Lives Matter.” “Black Lives Matter,” as we all know, is more than just a slogan. It’s a radical left-wing organization with an anti-capitalism, anti-police, anti-America, and anti-Israel agenda. (Snip) There is, of course, a big difference in saying you believe black lives matter versus saying you agree with the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s a very important, key distinction to make in this debate.
ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Police Department released its plan for enforcing Governor Greg Abbott's mandatory mask order. "In an effort to be transparent and supportive of our citizens, the City Manager and I are releasing my enforcement protocols," said Chief Stan Standridge. "It is very important to note that the Governor’s Executive Order does not authorize detention for mask violations. This makes enforcement difficult at best, so we need our citizens to voluntarily comply." According to the order signed Thursday, masks are mandatory in any county with 20 or more active cases of COVID-19.
During Friday’s address at Mount Rushmore’s Independence Day celebration, President Trump said the radical left’s goal is “not a better America, their goal is to end America.”“Those who seek to erase our heritage want Americans to forget our pride and our great dignity so that we can no longer understand ourselves or America’s destiny,” Trump told the crowd in front of the American landmark Friday evening.“In toppling the heroes of 1776, they seek to dissolve the bonds of love and loyalty that we feel for our country and that we feel for each other,” he explained. “Their goal is not a better America, their goal is to end America.
Former Vice President Joe Biden urged Americans to commit to ripping “out the roots of systemic racism” on Saturday when delivering his Fourth of July message to the nation. Biden, the presumptive Democrat nominee, began his remarks by quoting the Declaration of Independence’s assertion that “all men are created equal.” “Our country was founded on an idea,” the former vice president said, invoking the quote. “We never lived up to it. [Thomas] Jefferson himself didn’t. He held slaves. Women were excluded. But once proposed, it was an idea that couldn’t be contained.” Arguing that the notion of universal equality had survived the Civil War,
Wisconsin has set a new daily high for new positive COVID-19 tests, state officials report. Saturday, the state reported 738 new cases, the most it has had in one day since the start of the pandemic, surpassing a late May total by five cases. At the same time, the state did not report any new deaths from COVID-19, as daily death numbers have slowed somewhat in recent weeks. Since the start of the pandemic, Wisconsin has reported 796 deaths. (Snip) At the same time, the state is seeing fewer hospitalized patients, with currently 235 hospitalized with COVID-19 while 129 await
In a potential sign that California Sen. Kamala Harris may be inching closer to being named former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate, her Wikipedia page has seen a flurry of activity in recent days. (Snip) The user, who goes by the username "Bnguyen1114," has mostly focused on cleaning up portions of Harris' record as California Attorney General that contradict her claims of being a "progressive prosecutor." The editor removed mentions of her decision to not prosecute then-CEO of OneWest Stephen Mnuchin for alleged mortgage fraud-related crimes in 2013 and also removed a section on her support of prosecutors in
Anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln
Project makes epic humiliating mistake over
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Project makes epic humiliating mistake over
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An anti-Trump Republican group was torched on social media after stepping on a rake in an attempt to attack President Donald Trump.
The Lincoln Project objected to the President of the United States, and the nation’s commander-in-chief, for saluting during his July 4th celebration from Mt. Rushmore. [Tweet]
The jab at the president was one of many by the political action committee formed by Republicans – and some former Republicans – for the express purpose of preventing Trump’s reelection. The group has launched several ads aimed at attacking the president in the 2020 race,
The gravestone of a dog named the 'N word' based in Warwickshire has been removed amid the Black Lives Matter movement. The dog passed away in July 1902 and his memorial in Coombe Abbey Park, a popular cultural attraction, displayed his controversial name along with the date of his death. Following complaints made last year, Coventry City Council refused to remove the gravestone due to property reasons, but it has finally been taken away following the worldwide protests sparked by George Floyd's death in the United States. A council spokesperson said: 'We can confirm the historical gravestone in memory of a loved pet was removed.
“Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy wondered aloud Thursday when the wearing of masks in public during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic “became political,” after suggesting that science proves they work to help curb the spread of COVID-19.“For some reason, over the last couple of weeks, a month, masks have become political. But the science of masks is not,” Doocy said ahead of introducing Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a family and emergency medicine physician who sees coronavirus patients daily. (Video) During her segment, Nesheiwat explained that, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wearing a mask in public can reduce the spread of coronavirus
Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter on Independence Day to deliver a strong rebuke to the celebration of the nation’s founding.According to Kaepernick, America has “dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized” blacks for centuries. He further called the celebrations commemorating the nation’s founding a “celebration of white supremacy.” (Tweet/Video) Kaepernick, the NFL’s original anthem protester, has not played in the NFL since the end of the 2016 season. After a long legal battle with the NFL, in which he accused the league of “blackballing” him and fellow protester Eric Reid, the NFL eventually settled the suit with Kaepernick. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently apologized for not listening to Kaepernick and other protesters.
Friends of Ghislaine Maxwell are worried the disgraced socialite could get whacked in prison or die by suicide like her predator ex-lover and boss, Jeffrey Epstein.
“I’m absolutely worried for her safety,” said Christopher Mason, a TV host and journalist who has known Maxwell since the 1980s. “Do I think [she’s] in danger? Yes.”
An American flag presented at a Richmond, Va. construction site was taken down almost as soon as it went up Friday after city officials voiced concerns that it could be a "target" for demonstrators and protesters. Since the death of George Floyd in police custody in late May, protests and marches have continued throughout the nation. While most protests have remained peaceful, officials worried the flag could pose a "safety risk" for the July 4 weekend, according to the Washington Post. (Snip) "Since when is this flag, on this weekend, IN THIS COUNTRY, a Target!!" wrote Eric Winston of American
Stillwater, Okla.—Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took a $1 million pay cut and had his contract shortened by a year as part of an internal review prompted by sharp criticism from his star running back for wearing a T-shirt promoting a far-right news channel. Athletic director Mike Holder said Friday the adjustments to Gundy’s contract were the coach’s idea. Holder reiterated his belief Gundy has always treated Black players well a day after releasing a statement saying the review found “no sign or indication of racism” in the football program. Two weeks ago, running back Chuba Hubbard lashed out at Gundy
Boeing’s Communications Chief Niel Golightly resigned Thursday following an employee complaint over a 1987 article opposing women serving in military combat.
Golightly, who served as the troubled planemaker’s senior vice president of communications once wrote that “introducing women into combat would destroy the exclusively male intangibles of war fighting
Someone smashed the head off of the Christopher Columbus statue that has stood in front of Waterbury’s city hall on Grand Street for many years.
The decapitated statue was discovered Saturday morning and police are investigating. The Waterbury chapter of UNICO, an Italian-American service organization, said on its Facebook page Saturday it would offer a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for damaging the statue.(Snip) The statue was the scene of a protest Thursday. Black Lives Matter protesters called for the removal of the statue and clashed with about 20 counter-protesters
Florida health officials recorded another record-breaking day, as cases of coronavirus spiked to their highest numbers yet in both Miami-Dade and Broward County on Saturday. Despite beach closures ahead of Fourth of July weekend to prevent large crowds from congregating, there were 2,418 new cases of coronavirus in Miami-Dade County on Saturday.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber chastised residents for "not listening" and refusing to adhere to social distancing protocols and mask mandates that have been in effect for weeks.
"For some people, they're listening to mixed messages from Washington and they're deciding they don't need to wear a mask,"
President Donald Trump delivered a fiery July 4th address from Mt. Rushmore that — though it garnered accusations from the left-wing press of being “dark” and “divisive” — earned him nothing but praise from die-hard patriots, and for good reason.
The president spent the majority of the roughly 45-minute long speech Friday night highlighting America’s core history and values and making it clear they, including Mt. Rushmore itself, will NOT be excised from history so long as he remains in office.
“Today we pay tribute to the exceptional lives and extraordinary legacies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt,” he said.
A man trying to break up a fight at a Harlem subway station Friday was killed when he was pushed as a train barreled in, wedging him between the platform and a subway car, police and witnesses said. Cops said the victim intervened between a man and two teenage girls who were fighting on the platform at the 125th Street and Lenox Ave. station, which serves the Nos. 2 and 3 trains. According to witnesses, the man in the fight pushed the victim as a downtown No. 2 train pulled into the station. Passengers said the pushed man lost his balance,
Deloitte says Harvard grad who wept dramatically
over loss of ‘dream job’ was NEVER an employee replies
over loss of ‘dream job’ was NEVER an employee replies
The story involving Harvard graduate Claira Janover has taken on bizarre elements of a Seinfeld episode after the company she claimed she was fired from said that she never worked for them.
A teary-eyed Janover said she was fired from her “government and public-service analyst” job at Deloitte amid the fierce backlash over her threatening to stab anyone who dare to say “All Lives Matter,” rather than Black Lives Matter.
The only problem with Janover playing the victim is that Deloitte confirmed that she was never an employee of the company, the Daily Mail reported Friday.
Two can play that game …
In an ironic twist of fate, on Friday anonymous pro-police “vandals” “defaced” a “Defund the Police” mural outside Milwaukee City Hall.
According to Urban Milwaukee, the original mural was painted Wednesday “without any city permits” by a group of 30 so-called anti-cop “activists.”
But two nights later, it appears that a group of anonymous pro-cop vandals decided to give the left-wing “activists” a taste of their own medicine.
“The mural, which runs on N. Water St. from E. Wells St. to E. Kilbourn Ave., now spells out ‘Defend the Police.’ The ‘D’ is now painted blue,
Cancel culture is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future, which means that the name for Washington D.C.’s NFL franchise – the Washington Redskins – is pretty likely to go. It was only a matter of time, of course. Thanks to years of public pressure that culminated in the woke do-gooders at FedEx, the company that sponsors the stadium, formally requesting a change on Thursday, the organization is set to “undergo a thorough review of the team’s name.”“This process allows the team to take into account not only the proud tradition and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the organization, sponsors,
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump campaign official and Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, has tested positive for COVID-19. Guilfoyle, who is a former Fox News personality, tested positive Friday ahead of Trump's Fourth of July celebration event at Mount Rushmore. Trump, Jr. tested negative, but both will self-isolate, Trump Victory Finance Committee Chief of Staff Sergio Gor said. "She's doing well, and will be retested to ensure the diagnosis is correct since she's asymptomatic," Gor said in a statement. "But as a precaution will cancel all upcoming events.
Its been three days now since former Vice President Joe Biden told reporters that he’s been “tested and am constantly tested” for cognitive decline. The media has, unsurprisingly, swept this story under the rug, but the candidate’s claim still raises a lot of questions. Who’s been doing these assessments? Why are we only hearing about these “constant” tests after the cognitive question has plagued the campaign for well over a year? And most importantly, Biden never actually said what any of the results were. So what were they?
Former ‘ET’ co-host Mary Hart becomes
left’s new punching bag for her part in
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left’s new punching bag for her part in
Trump’s July 4th event replies
Long-serving “Entertainment Tonight” co-host Mary Hart was as the master of ceremonies ahead of President Donald Trump’s Independence Day rally at Mount Rushmore Friday evening, sparking no shortage of outrage from liberals on social media.And while many users expressed shock that she appears to be conservative, it shouldn’t: She’s been backing the GOP for years.Hart, who is from South Dakota (where the monument is located) and was Miss South Dakota in 1970, appeared as ET’s co-host from 1981 to 2011. During that period, she appeared with several male co-hosts, the most notable of whom was John Tesh,
Almost five years ago CTH first outlined the GOPe splitter strategy and the subsequent tripwires showcasing how the Republican political establishment manipulated the conservative movement, and our activity within elections, for many years. In the background it took almost two years of research and tracking to identify their 2016 agenda before we could intercept it. What follows below is of a similar level of importance.
Rep. Dusty Johnson on need to preserve
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US history: Dems forget how lucky they
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Democrats and activists are so obsessed with America's "imperfections," they seem to forget how lucky they are to be here, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-SD, said Saturday. Johnson, appearing on "Fox & Friends Weekend," said the racial justice activists tearing down statues and defacing monuments, many of them honoring confederate leaders, have no desire to put the nation's imperfect history in context."They want to erase it. They want to remove it," he said.Last week, Johnson introduced the Mount Rushmore Protection Act. The bill would prohibit the use of federal funds to alter or destroy
Victor Davis Hanson says Trump must
evoke Abraham Lincoln's July 4 address
in 1861 amid current unrest replies
evoke Abraham Lincoln's July 4 address
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Hoover Institution senior fellow and author Victor Davis Hanson told the "Ingraham Angle" Friday that President Trump must respond to America's current unrest with a firm statement along the lines of Abraham Lincoln's message to Congress on July 4, 1861. "In 1861, Lincoln gave a Fourth of July address to Congress, and it [the situation in America] was divisive, much more divisive than it is now," Hanson explained. "He wanted unity but it's very hard to have unity when a small proportion of the states don't want unity. So what Lincoln did was he said, basically, 'I have bent over backwards, I'm going to protect federal property.'
Seattle—A rally in North Seattle on Friday night was geared towards making sure protesters' message reached all corners of Seattle. Organizers stressed that this movement is a marathon, not a sprint. Hundreds of people gathered in Magnuson Park where speakers discussed the importance of consistency, power in numbers, and speaking with a single voice.(Snip) “I think it’s very easy for the rich wealthy individuals here to kind of ignore the situation of what’s occurring, there seems to be a lot of protests downtown and it’s important we have protests all over Seattle. There’s a lot of taxpayers here
Burien Police need your help identifying a crew of hate-filled theft suspects seen stealing dozens of flags honoring ‘Pride Month’ in downtown Burien. The flags had flown for weeks on light poles until two suspects seen on surveillance video went from pole to pole to steal 38 flags just after 3:45am on Saturday, June 20th. After gathering flags, video shows the pair meeting-up with two more suspects across the street and one person is seen placing a sticker on a pole. Detectives say the sticker said ‘United We Stand’ with the website of a known extremist group.
A car in Seattle plowed into protesters on a closed freeway early Saturday, sending bodies flying, according to footage of the incident. Two women sustained serious injuries after a white vehicle barreled down the road, tossing them into the air. The driver was later taken into custody. The moment was captured on video by horrified onlookers. Both victims are in their late twenties. “A vehicle drove through the closure and struck multiple pedestrians on the freeway. Two people were transported to Harborview,” Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Rick Johnson tweeted Saturday. “Troopers are investigating at this time.
Michael Cohen was released from prison in May to home confinement because of the coronavirus, but the threat posed by the bug isn’t stopping the former Trump lawyer from dining at restaurants in New York City, a hotspot for the pandemic.
The New York Post spotted Cohen on Thursday night eating at Le Bilboquet, a French restaurant near Cohen’s Park Avenue apartment in Manhattan. The newspaper reported that Cohen and his wife were dining with two other guests until 11:30.The Bureau of Prisons granted Cohen a furlough on May 20, releasing him to home confinement due to concerns about coronavirus.
Jobs Not Mobs
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oters have a clear choice this November.
If you want mobs vandalizing stores, destroying public property and setting churches on fire, then vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who has spent the majority of his time hiding out in his Delaware basement while our country has been in flames in the aftermath of the George Floyd tragedy.If you scroll through Uncle Joe's Twitter feed from the past several weeks, you'll notice he hasn't condemned the burning of St. John's Episcopal Church by violent protestors. He hasn't denounced the heinous assaults and killings of police officers that have taken place throughout the country.
Trump official claims China
‘deliberately’ sent coronavirus
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‘deliberately’ sent coronavirus
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Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has suggested China deliberately allowed hundreds of thousands of people infected with coronavirus to leave the country “to seed and spread the virus” abroad. Peter Navarro’s remarks follow the White House’s accelerated rhetoric against China, where the virus is believed to have originated, as the crisis in the US grows nearly four months after a pandemic was declared.(Snip) Mr Navarro claimed on MSNBC that the “Chinese communist party” is responsible for forcing Americans to “stay locked in our homes and lose our jobs” despite demands for increased testing and tracing and federal aid to help out-of-work Americans
The Time Has Come to ARM
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Last week in St. Louis, an angry mob trespassed on the property of Mark and Patricia McCloskey and threatened harm to the couple. “I was a person scared for my life who was protecting my wife, my home, my hearth, my livelihood,” McCloskey told reporters, describing his state of mind as he brandished an AR-15 and Patricia brandished a handgun. Their actions kept the mob at bay and brought to light another chilling reality.
Local prosecutor Kimberly Gardner faulted the McCloskeys for protecting their lives and property. Missouri State Representative Rasheen Aldridge, who organized the protest, claimed “We’re not doing anything where we’re hurting anyone or putting anyone in danger.”
Heckuva Job, Biden’s Bushies!
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“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
That’s a phrase that has haunted Republicans for years. President George W. Bush naïvely praised his Federal Emergency Management Agency director, Michael Brown, as the federal response to Hurricane Katrina began.
Days later, more than 1,000 Americans had lost their lives in the flooding. Brown lost his job because of the Bush Administration’s botched response to the emergency.(Snip)Brown has reemerged as the most prominent organizer of a presidential campaign committee. (Snip) called “43 Alumni for Biden.” (Snip)
Does anyone want to know what sort of Republican intends to vote for Biden in November? There you have it.
President Trump delivered the speech of his presidency at Mount Rushmore Friday, a magnificent affirmation to Americans on their 244th national birthday that what they have always cherished is still cherished, along with a warning shot to those who hate and despise all the United States stands for. It was non-partisan -- there was no mention of Democrats or Joe Biden. It was inclusive - celebratory of people of all races, and celebratory in particular of the singularity of America being great for such diversity. It was also big-hearted, magnanimous, celebrating all the ranges achievements of the country. Yet it also did the thing Trump does best,
President Donald Trump said during his speech before Mount Rushmore on Friday night that America’s schools continue to indoctrinate America’s children, and children are taught to “hate their own country.”Trump said during his speech on Friday that the left has become increasingly radical and influential within the many facets of American society. Trump said that he will “expose” the left’s dangerous radicalism and “cultural revolution.” “In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance,” Trump said.
Calls to boycott the NFL trended Friday on social media following reports that the league plans to play the song known as the Black national anthem before all Week 1 regular season games.
Multiple media outlets, including The Associated Press and the Undefeated, cited sources saying that “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, would be played or performed before the first week’s games, immediately before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
The hashtag #BoycottNFL trended on Friday morning as some Republican lawmakers and others condemned the idea, saying it promoted the concept of a nation divided by race.
When we celebrate the Fourth, we’re not only observing our nation’s birthday. We’re also celebrating the things that came into the world along with it.
When we obsess over our faults, we lose perspective and forget that aspect of our past. Never before had a country been built upon the idea that it was not the rule of kings but the dignity of each person that formed the basis of political and social order. We did that.
Our liberty is founded not upon the gift of a favored few, but on the idea that each of us has certain inherent rights, bestowed by God and woven into the fabric of nature itself.
As Americans around the country and the world celebrate the founding of the United States this weekend, Democrats have made it clear whose side they’re on when it comes to attacking the values and traditions that matter most.
For weeks, cities across the country have been overrun by leftist anarchists seeking to destroy the United States from the inside out. Leftist mayors have not only stood by to watch but have openly endorsed criminal behavior. After all, it’s “for a good cause.”
In Seattle, Mayor Jenny Durkan allowed leftist anarchists to take over a number of city blocks and called it the beginning of a “summer of love.”
Today, prominent voices are asserting, with a straight face, that America’s birth and life have been nothing but a celebration of slavery and racism. Today, violent mobs are indiscriminately tearing down statues of the Founding Fathers — and just about any other statue, for that matter, indiscriminately.
This is why it has never been more important than it is now to celebrate the miracle of the nation’s founding.
This isn’t to say that the founders were perfect or that there weren’t dark chapters in our history. But those aspects, which shouldn’t be hidden, should not make us shy away from honoring the great events set in motion
CALW, Germany — As Germany emerged from its coronavirus lockdown in May, police commandos pulled up outside a rural property owned by a sergeant major in the special forces, the country’s most highly trained and secretive military unit.
They brought a digger.
The sergeant major’s nickname was Little Sheep. He was suspected of being a neo-Nazi. Buried in the garden, the police found two kilograms of PETN plastic explosives, a detonator, a fuse, an AK-47, a silencer, two knives, a crossbow and thousands of rounds of ammunition, much of it believed to have been stolen from the German military.
A s Americans discuss black livelihood in the context of recent high-profile black deaths at the hands of police officers, a merciless villain is quietly snatching away thousands of black lives each year: infant mortality.
To be sure, medicine has gone a long way toward keeping black babies alive. In 1850, the black infant-mortality rate was 340 per 1,000 (compared with 217 per 1,000 for whites). Still, despite progress, last year over 7,000 black babies died in the United States before reaching one year of age — one baby for every 87 born. Troublingly, the infant-mortality rate is far higher for blacks than for other races:
“Hushpuppi,” a Nigerian scammer suspected of trying to launder hundreds of millions of dollars, was taken into FBI custody in Chicago on Thursday evening.
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a. “Ray Hushpuppi” and “Hush,” a Nigerian national, had just been expelled from the United Arab Emirates for various suspected crimes after his arrest last week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that Abbas will face criminal charges “alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams, including schemes targeting a U.S. law firm, a foreign bank and an English Premier League soccer club.”
Alan Dershowitz told The Post on Friday that Ghislaine Maxwell should be “presumed innocent” — and that the feds’ sex case against her may fall apart because of statutes of limitation.
In 2008, the Harvard University law professor helped Maxwell’s perverted pal Jeffrey Epstein secure a plea deal with federal prosecutors in Florida while the sexual predator was under investigation for abusing underage girls.
Dershowitz also is embroiled in a lawsuit himself against Virginia Guiffre, who claims Epstein kept her as a teenage sex slave and forced her to sleep with both Prince Andrew and Dershowitz. The lawyer and royal both have vehemently denied this.
A Letter to My American Friends
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Dear Friends:
I like your country because you know how to celebrate holidays properly. As a good Spaniard, there is nothing that appeals to me more than a big party where most people seem to have gone crazy right from the start, forgetting what they were even celebrating. Noise, cholesterol-packed hot dogs, classic rock, drinks, and pretty girls with a Star-Spangled Banner painted on their faces. I could stay and live in a place like that. Any English historian might very well tell me I am mistaken, but I am convinced that we Spaniards sent over a load of money and ten thousand soldiers to help our American friends
The coronavirus pandemic was (and still is) a potential disaster for the homeless. In San Francisco, the city was forced to reduce the number of homeless people in each of the city’s shelters to prevent them from becoming hotspots for the virus. But doing that meant a lot more people living on the streets. In the Tenderloin district, the number of tents went from 158 on March 3 to 391 by May 1. Even the police officers who normally handle drug-dealing in the area were pulled out creating a defacto lawless zone, a homeless version of Seattle’s CHOP. And just as happened with CHOP, local residents
Retired Jacksonville detective arrested in cold
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A Florida man has been accused of killing a convenience store owner 21 years ago in a home invasion robbery that took place when the suspect was working as a detective for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and knew the victim from surveilling him for a drug investigation.
William Robert Baer Jr., 64, and his ex-wife Melissa Schafer, 50, were arrested after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said DNA and genetic genealogy linked them to the cold case murder and home invasion robbery of Saad Kawaf in the victim’s Deerwood home in May 1999.
Undersheriff Pat Ivey said Friday that Kawaf was beaten and fatally stabbed
Michael Dukakis, the former Democratic Massachusetts governor who lost his 1988 White House bid to then-Vice President George H. W. Bush, is warning Joe Biden not to take polls showing him with a double-digit lead over President Trump too seriously.
A recent Fox News poll has Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, leading Trump 50-38 nationally as concerns grow over the coronavirus pandemic, racism and unemployment. He also leads Trump by 8.8 percentage points in an average of the latest national polls compiled by Real Clear Politics.
By comparison, in late July 1988, a Newsweek/Gallup poll showed Dukakis with a 55-38 lead over Bush, according to The Boston Globe.
On July 4, 2020, our country celebrates its 244th birthday. We celebrate it midway through what has been called “the worst year ever.”
It is true that, so far, we’ve seen a lot of bad news in 2020. A pandemic has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands and affected the livelihoods of millions more. Some folks may turn on their TV or go online and think the country is falling apart. Yes, it’s been a tough six months. But our country’s fundamental goodness is still shining through if you know where to look.
President Trump said on Friday that he is creating a new monument honoring "the greatest Americans."
He made the announcement at the end of his speech during an Independence Day fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
"I am signing an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live," he said.
The White House quickly released the text of the executive order, which includes the creation of a task force "for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes" which will be led by the interior secretary.
Democrats may be trying to hinder U.S. Attorney John Durham's inquiry into the Russia investigation, according to a top House Republican.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, said that a resolution signed by Rep. Eric Swalwell and dozens of other Democrats seeking an investigation into whether Attorney General William Barr should be impeached is a byproduct of their fear of what Durham may find.
"The thing that scares [Swalwell] about Bill Barr is this investigation he has tasked John Durham to complete," Jordan told Fox News this week. "And Mr. Barr said it is going to be done sometime this summer."
On June 27, the House of Representatives made history by approving a bill to grant statehood to Washington, D.C. Though the Democrat-backed measure is dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate, there was unintended irony in the timing of its passage in the House. It came six days shy of the current U.S. flag’s 60th birthday. This is the longest stretch in American history that Old Glory has gone unchanged. As every schoolchild knows, the original flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes honoring the original 13 colonies-turned-states. Two more stars and stripes were added when New Hampshire and Kentucky joined the Union.
The New York Times on Thursday published an advertisement calling for Yale to be renamed after someone who was not a brutal, white supremacist slave-trader. A Harvard man named Jeremiah Dummer fits the bill, New Criterion editor and American Greatness contributor Roger Kimball argues.
In the oped, first published at American Greatness, Kimball adds his voice to a growing cacophony of conservative voices seeking to #CancelYale.
In the ad, Kimball writes, “if the Left can deface or destroy statues of George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, and countless others, shouldn’t we insist that they live up to their own ideals and cancel racially tainted liberal institutions like Yale?”
President Donald Trump will hold an Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening.A fireworks show will follow Trump’s remarks.Trump and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) have been ripped for not requiring masks and social distancing at the event. Activists are also protesting the existence of Mount Rushmore, saying it was built on stolen land by a KKK sympathizer, and warning that the fireworks show (the first since 2009) could cause wildfires.Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern. (Tweet/Video)
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia after a lengthy debate adopted a resolution in favor of declaring independence from Great Britain. The language of the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, which Americans have celebrated ever since as Independence Day. But John Adams, who sat on the committee appointed to draft the document and encouraged Thomas Jefferson to be the principal author, had a slightly different idea about which day his countrymen would remember. In two letters dated July 3 to his beloved wife, Abigail, Adams explained why he believed July 2 would be celebrated as “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.”
President Trump delivered an unforgettable speech on Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Park in South Dakota.The president defined the current battle between good and wickedness in America today. President Trump vowed to defend America, its heroes and its history.This is while Democrats vow to tear down statues, rewrite history and defund police. President Trump unloaded on the violent far left movement that is wreaking havoc in America today from coast to coast.In concluding his speech President Trump announced an executive order for a Statue Garden!
“While we write and print millions of words about race in America, why is it still so hard to have a truly respectful, decent, and humble dialogue about perhaps the most complicated and contentious issue in American life?” asks David French in his Dispatch article “American Racism: We’ve Got So Very Far to Go.” Yet he does not mention in his story of personal change the elephant in the room: the Black Lives Matter movement’s radical cultural hegemony.
Establishment Republicans made the same mistake by ignoring the movement’s radical premise: that at its core, America is rotten and systemically racist,
Independence Day Reflections
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A suggestion for this post came a few days ago from one of our Treepers. I think it is a wonderful idea, especially for today, and during these times.I will just copy here a portion of her letter to me.My friend, Jack is the father of four sons… and at the end of an email about his sadness over the dismantling of the statues of Washington and Lincoln, he mentioned that he and his boys had just been listening to “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” and then he commented that “pretty soon, they’ll come for that, too.”They very well could.It made me think….what if they come for it all—
Hillary Clinton once said we could not be civil with a political party that wants to destroy American values. She has a point.
It’s high time Americans throw out politicians who promote mob anarchists, the destruction of law and order, disgrace American heritage, delegitimize our institutions, abuse government power, exploit past injustices, and sow division in an all-encompassing 21st century cultural revolution. Where the stakes are high, so too are the demands to save America from the tyranny of the Jacobian thought police on the cusp of a takeover of the Democratic Party pledging a radical nationwide transformation.
Four years after Donald Trump’s triumphant victory,