YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. The New Socialists: Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever.

WELL, YOU KNOW THE LEFTIST VERSION IS A LIE BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT LEFTISTS DO: Roger Kimball: A Tale of Two Countries: On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, America’s story is cast as either triumphant inheritance or unfinished grievance, with no neutral ground in between.

THEY DON’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU CALL OUT COMMUNISTS. THOSE ARE THEIR FRIENDS. Trump’s Mount Rushmore Speech Outrages the Media Like Nothing Since the Days of Reagan.

HORRIBLE LITTLE MAN. SHOULD BE EXILED FROM POLITICS. AND PROBABLY FROM AMERICA.

So Mamdani is now trying to clean up after himself following that horrifically hateful speech he gave. Yet he still cannot help himself. Even on his best behavior, with an army of advisors undoubtedly telling him not to further besmirch America on the Fourth of July, he still… https://t.co/Jmi2qT9CWY

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 4, 2026

OPEN THREAD: No static at all.

FAR STARS: America at 500: Where will we be in space in 2276?

THAT OLD LECH HAS NOTHING TO SAY TO US:

Bill Clinton: “The people in charge have unleashed masked agents on American communities to seize people from their homes”

Also Bill Clinton: https://t.co/YYY9CKxoqb pic.twitter.com/ROhuqzyDJC

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) July 4, 2026

PROGRESS: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Has a Profound Impact on Severe Depression, Major Trial Finds.

SCIENCE: An Underground Mystery Had Engineers Stumped Until They Followed the Rain. “Engineers discovered that falling rainwater can unexpectedly reverse airflow deep underground, solving a mystery with important implications for mine safety.”

TRUTH.

America is exceptional because the people who bitch about it the loudest refuse to leave https://t.co/CSF7o7u3a3

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 3, 2026

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does the Average Man Actually Need an Electrolyte Supplement? I usually just sip a little pickle juice if I’m going out in the heat.

IT WAS BETTER BEFORE BENCH SEATS WENT OUT, THOUGH YOU’D BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN DO IN A 1969 VW BEETLE: America’s Love Affair with Sex in Cars.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Gun Owners Have Even More Than Usual to Celebrate This Independence Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: 1 private spacecraft intercepts another on Space Force’s groundbreaking ‘Victus Haze’ mission.

ISN’T THIS HOW THE MOVIE STARTS? Scientists Have Created a Cell from Scratch and Researchers Say ‘We Can Engineer It:’ The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, researchers said.

WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: Taylor Swift was right about sourdough bread.

THE LIE’S NAME IS HOWARD ZINN: 1976 and the Lie That Broke Our National Unity.

Related:

Compare Calvin Coolidge on America’s 150th anniversary:

“It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore… https://t.co/yTbh1DK6jm

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) July 3, 2026

GOOD: Civics education expands ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

I’m on the board of UT’s Institute of American Civics at the Baker School, which among other things has been pushing out course content to high schools across the state.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Virginia, Ohio explore three-year bachelor’s degrees amid debate over college costs.

This has more implications than just lowering tuition. With fewer “general ed” requirements, humanities courses will lose demand, which means losing funding and faculty slots.

THIS ISN’T JUST A BURN, IT’S DEEP-FRYING THE HUFFPO:

A special Happy 4th of July shout out to the patriots at @JimmysSeafood who expanded their business this year by telling anti-American trash to go fuck themselves.

This was one of my favorite X moments ever… 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/IoYZ2ElJZQ

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 4, 2026

HISTORY!

Ben Franklin didn’t plow through dozens and dozens of French whores so that you could abide by fireworks ordinances

— Ingenuous Firebrand 🐆🇺🇸 (@ING2Firebrand) July 4, 2024

ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TURN OUT TO BE LEFTIST FRONT GROUPS: Committee to Protect Journalists in Turmoil After 17-1 Vote Upholding Tangled Definition of ‘Journalist’ for Gaza List: Fox News Is Sole ’No’ Vote.

Farragut, Tennessee. Happy Fourth of July!

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE, AND MEN NOT TO ENABLE THEM: Husband’s unbelievable decision after wife convicted of sexually assaulting underage hockey players she met in hotel hot tub.

I’M FEELING MORE PATRIOTIC ALREADY: Celebrate America’s Birthday Like a Patriot and Piss Off a Gun-Grabber – Build Your Own AR-15 Rifle.