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America’s 250th birthday party was a roaring success.
From Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, California and yes, even Socialist New York City, patriotism just become Americans’ most fashionable accessory this summer.
A record 850,000 fireworks were set off in the nation’s capital, another 85,000 in New York City, and countless others across the USA.
Everyone loved it, right?
Not exactly.
In his ever-evolving genius, President Trump placed Liberals in the most precarious position of being the resident party poopers.
Instead of showing American pride, liberals instead took to the airwaves to complain about the show of patriotism. The New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro took to X to complain that the military flyover practices in the nation’s capital were causing her extreme stress, claiming it was “nerve-wracking” and “like the apocalypse.” (Madam, we hate to break it to you but that’s the sound of freedom.) No surprise that she’s also an alum of the lefty National Public Radio (NPR).
She wasn’t the only one.
Pennsylvania’s Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro and his Economic Development Council pulled the plug on the Quaker State’s participation in the Great American State Fair on the national mall over the Fourth of July. Families from Pennsylvania showing up to their booth were turned away. Why? Shapiro claimed that the president had made the nation’s 250th birthday and “patriotism… partisan and personal. Pennsylvania was one of 8 states led by blue governors — in addition to Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington, Illinois, Oregon, Connecticut and Maine — that chose not to have a presence at the national fair.
Thankfully, Pennsylvania’s Senators John Fetterman (D) and Dave McCormick (R) stepped in in the eleventh hour in a bipartisan effort to save the day, ensuring that residents of Pennsylvania visiting our nation’s capital over the Fourth of July would indeed have a place to visit — and they did it all with private funding from organizations without a single dime of cost to taxpayers. Now that’s a Fourth of July miracle!
Despite all of the liberal hand wringing, Trump’s maneuver was brilliant. It’s what we call a “wedge issue” in American political strategy.
By simply showcasing American might during Independence Day, Trump placed Democrats in an awkward position: support the beauty, grandeur and accomplishments of America, or risk looking like the dour, bitter, anti-American party they’ve become — during a Midterm Election year, no less.
Apparently, that was a risk some liberals were willing to take.
New York City’s First Lady Rama Duwaji decided to skip America’s Independence Day altogether. The Muslim Mrs. chose instead to jet off to “an Islamic spiritual wellness retreat” in Spain rather than be subjected to the ghastly sights and sounds of red, white and blue patriotic fireworks over New York harbor. Meanwhile her husband, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, used the Fourth of July to denigrate the United States of America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and President Trump while smirking and sitting behind the resolute desk of our nation’s most precious founding father, George Washington.
No matter their protestations, the big losers of the day were democrats. So much so that their negative, depressing, anti-American sentiments completely drowned out their recent election victories in their precious blue cities, as they looked entirely out of vogue with the rest of the country who reveled in the streets celebrating the birth of this great nation.
Ringing in at 250 years — a quarter of a millennium — America has exceeded all expectations, including surpassing the standard rule of survival for a Republic which is a stunningly short 200 years.
As fireworks rang out from coast to coast on the Fourth of July — all liberal hand-wringing be damned — it became more evident than ever that the state of America is strong — and we’re only getting started.
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Must-See TV
If you were out enjoying your own fireworks and missed the glorious displays of patriotism over the weekend, never fear — we’ve got you covered!
We’ve compiled a roundup of the best Fourth of July displays this country had to offer — including the full video of President Trump’s stirring speech on the beauty of the American experiment on her 250th birthday.
Enjoy, savor, and take a moment to realize how blessed we are to live here.
President Trump’s Address to the Nation on America’s 250th Birthday: (full speech):
Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra - 1812 Overture:
CNN’s Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen’s “Independence Day Eve” (surprisingly non-political, which is why we’re including it):
Macy’s 50th Annual Fireworks over New York City: (USA Today):
“Sail 250” Official Tall Ships Parade in New York Harbor (editor’s note: YouTube has the title mislabeled, but we have the program correct):
President Trump’s Remarks at the Opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library: (July 3, 2026):
“America 250” Official Fireworks Display in Washington, D.C.: (FOX 5 D.C.):
And a special Congratulations to our friends at Newsmax for entering the European TV market on the Fourth of July with the launch of “Newsmax Polska” in Poland!
New Podcast Launching Soon: “Golden Boy: The REAL Life & Times of Gavin Newsom”
Is he, or isn’t he?
Running for President, that is…
Well, California Governor Gavin Newsom has finally let the cat out of the bag. Meow.
Just two weeks ago, the governor himself said for the first time he is “considering running for president“ in 2028.
The Golden State governor made the admission in his sharp response to the Trump administration’s announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in payments that went to friends and family members as part of the governor’s “behested payments“ program, including millions that may have been funneled to his own wife’s charity.
Newsom claims he is only being investigated because he is considering a bid for the White House just two years from now.
The average listener may not have caught it, but it was the first time Gavin has admitted he’s likely throwing his hat into the ring.
Just a few years ago during the Recall Election which nearly cost him his job, Newsom suggested he was only interested in serving the people of California, shrugging off a potential White House run in future years.
Well, now it’s GAME ON.
Enter a new Podcast — one that will shine the light on who Gavin Newsom really is, what he truly stands for, and how far reality is from the clever narrative he has spun about his life thus far.
In “Golden Boy: The REAL Life & Times of Gavin Newsom,” you will hear how:
— Gavin Newsom is not the poor, forlorn son of a working-class single mother — instead, he’s the fortunate son of a powerful multimillionaire father who managed the $4 Billion Getty family fortune;
— Gavin Newsom is not the climate change fighter he claims to be — instead, he was once the Mayor of San Francisco who vacationed in Hawaii as 50,000 barrels of oil were perilously spilled in the San Francisco Bay.
— Gavin Newsom doesn’t practice what he preached in his book “Citizenville” when he suggested citizens ought to be ultra-engaged in government — instead, he has worked to silence his critics, lock down millions of his own people, threaten to arrest pastors, and penalize political opponents with retaliatory investigations. So much for freedom of assembly and free speech!
Now that he’s looking to run on the national stage, it’s time America knows who the REAL Gavin Newsom is.
Hear from the experts who know him best.
Hosted by Jennifer Kelly, former Spokeswoman for the California Republican Party and the only press secretary to ever beat Gavin Newsom at the ballot box (2008 California elections), she is joined by a star-studded lineup of California experts who have lived and worked around Governor Hair Gel for decades.
Be the first to get the Podcast link when it drops this month — Visit GoldenBoyPodcast.com for a preview.
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