Happy 250th Birthday, America

My fellow Americans, happy 250 birthday to the greatest country ever to exist on earth.  Due to the continued high temperatures, I've decided to take it easy today and not go anywhere.  So as usual, I now present a few things going on:

From Townhall, American patriotism is alive and well on its 250th birthday.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 250 things to love about the United States of America.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump and Senator John Thune (R-SD) share a friendly greeting after recent clashes.

From American Thinker, the birth of America was not easy.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post seeks to condemn the description of Native Americans in the Declaration of Independence.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a sad announcement.

From the Daily Mail, Egyptian World Cup fans riot in London - after their team wins.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is banned from attending his father's funeral.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's regime believes that is has "no choice but to build the nuclear bomb".

From The American Conservative, all honor to American Founder Thomas Jefferson.  (Jefferson and his political rival John Adams passed away 200 years ago today, on the 50th birthday of the country that they helped create.)

And from the New York Post, what were the temperatures like 250 years ago today in Philadelphia?

Friday Fuss

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, American has a 250-year winning streak.

From FrontpageMag, pro-Hamas rioters will soon have their own congresscritters.

From Townhall, two illegal aliens from Romania plead guilty to wire fraud in a plot to defraud SNAP.

From The Washington Free Beacon, preserving America's principles in a world without any.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump tells Second Lady Usha Vance that he has to be "careful" or he'll break President William Howard Taft's weight record.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision is Chief Justice John Roberts's Roe v. Wade.

From American Thinker, the other declaration of 1776, made by General George Washington.

From NewsBusters, the media go the wrong way on the facts when it comes to girls' sports.

From Canada Free Press, the one thing that Christianity and socialism have in common.

From TeleSUR, FIFA decides to donate $500,000 to Venezuelan children affected by the two recent earthquakes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s King Charles has become the "ditherer of the faith".

From Snouts in the Trough, "there is no economic growth" in the U.K.

From EuroNews, European police hunt for a Ukrainian woman allegedly involved in a bomb attack in Monaco.

From Free West Media, racism against the mixed-race "coloured" people of South Africa.

From ReMix, according to President Zelensky, Ukraine urgently needs more Patriot missiles after a Russian attack on Kyiv.

From Balkan Insight, in a retrial, former Serbian forces leader Ekrem Bajrović, an ethnic Bosniak from Kosovo, is found guilty of war crimes against ethnic Albanian civilians in May 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian records a sharp increase in suspicious financial transaction reports between 2020 and 2025.

From The New Arab, the Houthis in Yemen threaten Saudi Arabia after an alleged intrusion into Yemeni airspace.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N.'s human rights "experts" are "biased, bought and paid for".

From The Daily Signal, a review of a book about George Washington.

From Radio Free Asia, a Tibetan activist dies after setting himself on fire outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

From The American Conservative, President Washington's Farewell Address is still very relevant.

From The Western Journal, according to an opinion column, to make Colombia free again, it should be brought back to its Judeo-Christian roots.

From BizPac Review, White House advisor Stephen Miller gives an inspirational and timely speech to National Guard troops.

From the New York Post, in a road rage incident, a "Karen" in Santa Clarita, California hurls racist insults at her neighbor.

From Breitbart, singer Lauren Mascitti pays a musical homage to her great-grandfather's journey to Ellis Island.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, nearly half of Americans don't know what tomorrow's milestone commemorates.

And from SFGate, a resident of San Francisco goes from sushi in Mission, California to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City.

Thursday Tidings

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, injustice toward Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

From FrontpageMag, why right-wing opponents of mass immigration have no problem with the Amish, who "don't assimilate".

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, you should annoy a Democrat and celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday.

From the Washington Examiner, all the ways by which President Trump earns his money.

From The Federalist, 37 All-American places to eat on your summer road trip.  (I've been to three of them: the Tune Inn in Washington, D.C., Bob & Edith's in Arlington, VA, and the Texas Tavern in Roanoke, VA.)

From American Thinker, rent freezes, such as in New York City by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), fit right in with the definition of fascism.

From NewsBusters, the worst outbursts from the anti-American Hollywood left.

From Canada Free Press, Trump is finishing what started in 1776, which is why the Democratic Socialists of America and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney want him gone.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela decorates Italian and Swiss rescue teams for their earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration and the Labour Party's war against the British people.

From Snouts in the Trough, should your kids start learning Chinese?

From EuroNews, almost 1.2 million illegal migrants apply for Spain's amnesty regularization scheme.

From Free West Media, after Morocco beats the Netherlands in the World Cup, several Dutch cities go into civil war mode.

From ReMix, French police raid offices and residences of members of the party National Rally.

From Balkan Insight, protesters are detained and police are injured at an anti-government rally outside the Albanian parliament building.

From The North Africa Post, Sudan extends the opening of the Adré border crossing with Chad for three months to keep allowing aid to enter.

From The New Arab, six people are killed in an explosion at a cafe in Damascus, Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the man who allegedly shot six people in Stade, Germany was driven to the scene of the crime by a member of a government sponsored NGO.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From the Daily Mail, a woman passes out while being publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

From Gatestone Institute, why negotiating with terrorists such as Hamas and terrorist regimes such as Iran is a terrible idea.

From The Daily Signal, why talk show host Bill Maher has become liberalism's apostate.

From Radio Free Asia, Papua New Guinea received millions of dollars after Cyclone Maila, but some residents still haven't gotten any relief.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court demands that America commits national suicide.

From The Western Journal, the media omit an unpleasant detail in former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's story about Child Protective Services taking his kids away for a day.

From BizPac Review, a CNN segment "goes off the rails" when a guest tells some uncomfortable truth about immigration and foreign exploitation of birthright citizenship.

From the Daily Caller, Congress plans to "reign in" birth tourism scams after the recent Supreme Court ruling.

From the New York Post, air traffic control audio reveals a New York Police Department helicopter pilot's to the two people who climbed the Empire State Building.  (The line between the labels "badass" and "stupid people" can be pretty thin, but because they allegedly committed several crimes with their stunt, I give them the latter.)

From Breitbart, more Americans are in the American work force.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Tom McClintock (R-Cal), government housing subsidies should be eliminated because they cause home prices to rise.

And from Page Six, singer Madonna appears to take aim at her ex-husband Sean Penn in a new song.

Sites At Union Station

During my running around today, I went through Union Station in Washington, D.C.  As I did about two years ago, I took a shot of the Liberty Bell replica on the south side of the station.  Unlike then, the bell today is very clean, as seen here.  The station and a "USA 250" banner are behind it.

A Few Wednesday Links To Start July

On a hot and sunny Wednesday on the start of July, now that I'm back from my usual running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, socialism should not have a home in the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, an Iranian court sentences singer Parastoo Ahmani 74 lashes for performing without wearing a hijab.

From Townhall, ProFa threatens to kill the judges who gave some of its members long prison sentences.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump should ban the "food truck pirates" from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

From the Washington Examiner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) confirms that he has been "in touch" with former Vice President Harris.

From The Federalist, birthplace citizenship and mass migration are incompatible.

From American Thinker, the "very Christian" founding of the United States.

From NewsBusters, experts and Politico get it wrong about gas prices.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the Labiour Party's "new safe and legal" refugee routes will flood the U.K. with more migrants.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Iranian government threatens to confiscate the Qavam church in Tehran and evict the 20 families living near it.

From The Times Of Israel, an anti-Israel candidate wins a Democratic congressional primary in Colorado.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. "handed Iran the paper and kept the war".

From The American Conservative, the new "Mamdani wave" looks like Republican agitation from about 15 years ago.

And from the Genesius Times, the British are horrified to learn that rape gangs in the U.K. use air conditioning.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a very warm and sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court rules against President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

From FrontpageMag, when has negotiating with Muslim terrorists ever accomplished anything?

From Townhall, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) calls on Congress to address the issue of birthright citizenship.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Ro Khanna (D-Cal) lives like the rich people he claims to oppose.  (To steal a line from noted British economist John Lennon, "baby you're a rich man, too".)

From the Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C.'s plan for a 180-acre stadium complex for the Washington Commanders includes housing, hotels, and a grocery store.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court upholds state laws women's sports from trans-identifying men.

From American Thinker, "the history of white flight and gentrification", whose cause and impact has been lied about.

From Newsbusters, ABC frets the ruling allowing state to limit female sports to real females, and so does CNN.

From Canada Free Press, if Muslims want to rewrite American history, then let's rewrite the Koran.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans save their fellow Venezuelans.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the West cannot survive Islamo-communism.

From Snouts in the Trough, thanks to Volkswagen for exposing the uselessness of the people ruling the U.K.

From EuroNews, according to Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Ukraine has backed out of a "MiGs for drones" deal with Poland.

From Free West Media, the German military struggles to get new recruits.

From ReMix, two "dark-skinned" men allegedly rape a 16-year-old girl in a toilet facility in Stuttgart, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at SWR.)

From Balkan Insight, according to a report, freedom of information is still impeded in western Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, U.S. President Trump halts duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers.

From The New Arab, the Syrian parliament announces President Ahmed al-Sharaa's appointment of 70 new parliamentcritters to presently vacant seats.

From Arutz Sheva, the archbishop of Canterbury, terrorists, and the Christians whom she ignores.

From Gatestone Institute, who will enforce Trump's deal with Iran after he leaves office?

From The Daily Signal, according to right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote the article, the WNBA has a racist agenda toward player Caitlin Clark.

From The American Conservative, how the U.S. can last through its 500th anniversary.

From The Western Journal, more on the Supreme Court's aforementioned ruling on birthright citizenship.

From BizPac Review, a Democratic congressional candidate in Colorado ignites a (figurative) firestorm with her comments about 9/11.

From the Daily Caller, in her concurring opinion on the twice-aforementioned ruling on birthright citizenship, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson uses Gen Z slang.

From Breitbart, Dutch politician Geert Wilders calls for rioting Moroccan soccer fans and their families to be deported.

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court rules against limits to campaign spending by political parties.

And from the New York Post, the Nassau County, New York police department unveils drone "first responders".

Monday Mania

On a warm and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Iran makes a mockery of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, foreign World Cup tourists see what too many Americans have forgotten about.

From Townhall, President Trump has a message for the socialist candidate who has a good chance to become the next mayor of Washington, D.C.

From The Washington Free Beacon, documents show how then-President Biden's special envoy for "LGBTQI+ Persons" pushed gay and transgender issues to the forefront of American foreign policy.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court upholds a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court rules that the president leads the executive branch of the federal government.

From American Thinker, a reminder of why the Declaration of Independence is important.

From NewsBusters, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin "cooks" CNN host Jake Tapper's open borders advocacy.

From Canada Free Press, former President Biden needs to "exit stage left".

From TeleSUR, Mexico prepares more aid for earthquake-stricken Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the E.U. is deporting illegal aliens, why can't the U.K.?

From Snouts in the Trough, is there a cruise "gratuity" scam?

From EuroNews, the E.U. declines to take a stand about air conditioning amid a brutal heatwave.

From ReMix, five people are killed in a mass shooting in Stade, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Focus Online.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbia's governing party prepares to hold a rally in the capital city of Belgrade.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco starts construction of an international film hub in the city of Ouarzazate.

From The New Arab, who has been arrested in Iraq's crackdown on corruption?

From the Hungarian Conservative, the German government funds a pro-Muslim by an NGO linked to Islamist networks.

From Homeland Security Today, ISIS puts out an editorial for the Islamic new year calling for migration and jihad.

From Arutz Sheva, Christians are massacred and the media say nothing.

From Gatestone Institute, "paper agreements will not disarm terrorists".

From The Daily Signal, more on the Supreme Court ruling that the president indeed leads the executive branch.

From The American Conservative, will the Republicans let Trump get back on track?

From The Western Journal, a Republican study highlights the abortion drug crisis.

From BizPac Review, Republican heavyweights disagree on the deportation of Haitians who had temporary protected status.

From the Daily Caller, inmates take control of the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail in North Carolina.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) admits that candidates he endorsed in Democrat primaries benefitted from anti-Israel fervor.

From the Fox News, archaeologists in Peru discover 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes in "excellent" condition.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, Spain receives about 1.3 million mass applications for its mass amnesty process.

From Newsmax, Trump touts the success of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

And from The Babylon Bee, a nervous speaker at a "Pride" event calms himself down by imagining that his audience is fully clothed.

Rainday Links

On a slightly warm and rainy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the media mourns the death of the Iranian World Cup soccer team.

From Townhall, a Los Angeles sports reporter is forced to apologize for rooting for the U.S. World Cup team?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about America's Founding ideals and entrepreneurship, from then to now.

From the Washington Examiner, what to know about upcoming Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, D.C.

From American Thinker, the base that congressional candidate Scott Weiner (D-Cal) help to crease turns on him because he is a Jew.

From NewsBusters, The New York Times tells Europeans that a push for air conditioning is a far-right plot.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. right must unite - by following the playbook of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in February 2026.

From The American Conservative, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro blames socialism on "useless white people".

And from SFGate, a mansion in San Francisco was named after a man who never lived in it.

Saturday Stuff

On a warm and cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, communists and jihadists won primaries in New York City because few people voted.

From Townhall, the U.S. soccer team has a path to the World Cup final, and it won't be easy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, European World Cup fans in the U.S. find the land of plenty.

From the Washington Examiner, who is Colorado gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx (R), who claims to have been forced to kill someone when he was a child?

From American Thinker, The New York Times appears to have a problem with women being pregnant.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW host Ali Velshi cheers free plane trips for women seeking abortions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, former U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the digital age of being ungovernable.

From Snouts in the Trough, did the U.K.'s "gawking plods" strike again?

From Gatestone Institute, what happens to the "deal" with Iran after U.S. President Trump leaves office?

From The American Conservative, the American career diplomat plotting with the U.N. to oppose Trump on immigration.

From BizPac Review, comedian Bill Maher tells Vice President Vance that his vote in 2028 is in play.

From the Daily Caller, four major lawsuits shape the debate over AI.

From the New York Post, an asteroid will zip past the earth at a distance of about 1.6 million miles.

From Breitbart, a Saudi Arabian asylum activist in Germany gets a life sentence for attacking a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg.

From Newsmax, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) rips the Democratic Party's left flank and warns of an "orgy of socialism".

And from Only In Your State, the possibly nonexistent creature whose name I have appropriated is allegedly still hanging around in Illinois.

Friday Phenomena

On a partly sunny and very warm Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, angry whining people from both sides of the aisle get together.

From FrontpageMag, South Africa has had enough of illegal immigration.

From Townhall, Border Czar Tom Homan demolishes President Trump's critics in one emphatic speech.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a media watchdog launches an AI chatbot which suggests there are at least 72 genders.

From the Washington Examiner, former National Security Advisor John Bolton pleads guilty to a count of mishandling classified information.

From The Federalist, lies from the media and the Democrats about pro-life laws are not only false but also deadly.

From American Thinker, the West fails to understand that the Iranian regime's motivations are religious, not pragmatic.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post injects babble about climate change into stories about algae put into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From Canada Free Press, socialists, communist and con men gather to tell us who our new enemies are.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela reports an expanded relief effort as the combined death toll from its two earthquakes reaches 920.

From TCW Defending Freedom, former U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's parting gift is government surveillance at an unprecedented level.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the BBC ask U.K. political leaders any tough questions?

From EuroNews, the E.U. will exclude military-age Ukrainian men from temporary protected status.

From ReMix, what does Ukraine have planned for its operations against Russia in the next 40 days?

From Balkan Insight, a fire at a nearby landfill leaves the Bosnian city of Mostar "gasping for breath".

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution ending impunity for crimes committed by the militia Polisario against U.N. peacekeeping forces.

From The New Arab, an Israeli company might soon enter Egypt's oil industry.

From the Daily Mail, Shia Muslims observe the holy day of Ashura by leaving themselves drenched in blood.  (Due to the pictures, reader discretion is advised.)

From Gatestone Institute, did former German Chancellor Angela Merkel once work for the East German Stasi?

From The Daily Signal, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, stacked with allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), passes a rent freeze.

From The American Conservative, muddling through on the memorandum of understanding with Iran.

From The Western Journal, why ProFa resembles Nazi Germany's stormtroopers.

From BizPac Review, moderate Democrat congresscritters prepare "for war" over the surge of socialists in their party.

From The Daily Caller, congresscritter Brandon Gill (R-TX) presses a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program advocate about why taxpayers should pay for sugary drinks.  (Gill's father-in-law is my second favorite convicted felon.)

From the New York Post, World Cup fans visiting the U.S. get a "redneck crash course" in Texas, including a trip to a Buc-ee's.

From Breitbart, a 250th anniversary tribute to America from the aforementioned Brandon Gill.

From Newsmax, over 700 rabbis demand an apology from the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani over his remarks calling AIPAC "monsters".

And from the Genesius Times, the twice-aforementioned Zohran Mamdani oversees New York City's first public stoning of a rape victim.