President Donald Trump is headlining the Freedom 250 celebration at Mount Rushmore tonight, July 3, 2026, to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary. 
 He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at approximately 8:30 p.m. MT (10:30 p.m. ET), followed by a fireworks display around 9:30 p.m. MT. 

I know Treepers are familiar with DataRepublican.

Her mother has tweeted the following…

“Do people in the real.world understand what is happening in our country right now or is it just those of us on X? I only ask because my neighbor told me she isn’t interested in “politics”. How do I explain that this is so far beyond ” politics”? The apathy is astounding.”

People in the “real world”…

@Sundance

FWIW,

“”Of the 190 rigs working in Canada this week, 130 were oil-directed, down 7 from last week, but up 28 from this time a year ago. There were 58 gas-directed rigs working in Canada this week, unchanged form last week, but up 9 from this time in 2025.””

Looks like Canada is drilling more. Wonder who is contracting with the drillers?

https://www.ogj.com/drilling-production/news/55388575/north-america-rig-count-unchanged-as-us-gain-offsets-drop-in-canada?utm_source=OGJ+Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS260625050&o_eid=8561F6701201G1M&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C8561F6701201G1M&oly_enc_id=8561F6701201G1M

Another save:

https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2073019114155573638 and https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/impressive-drone-display-celebrates-americas-231845783.html have videos of lighted drones making pictures in the dark sky over North Richland Hills, Texas. It’s wonderful!

The FoxNews video has nice, impressive music. The Yahoo video is longer, and stutters less.

The Yahoo web age says the display was done July 1.

Unfortunately there are some negative comments on the FoxNews page just under the video, but you can ignore them.

The movie is Young Washington put out by Angel Studios. We are going to go see it. The reviews are really good. It is $5 on July 4.

Chris Pratt

Patriotism is contagious…

I haven’t even heard of the movie, but will now have to go see it myself.
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Video:

https://t.me/candlesinthenight/95306

Numbers 16

23-24 God spoke to Moses: “Speak to the community. Tell them, Back off from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

25-26 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram. The leaders of Israel followed him. He then spoke to the community: “Back off from the tents of these bad men; don’t touch a thing that belongs to them lest you be carried off on the flood of their sins.”

27 So they all backed away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram by now had come out and were standing at the entrance to their tents with their wives, children, and babies.

28-30 Moses continued to address the community: “This is how you’ll know that it was God who sent me to do all these things and that it wasn’t anything I cooked up on my own. If these men die a natural death like all the rest of us, you’ll know that it wasn’t God who sent me. But if God does something unprecedented—if the ground opens up and swallows the lot of them and they are pitched alive into Sheol—then you’ll know that these men have been insolent with God.”

31-33 The words were hardly out of his mouth when the Earth split open. Earth opened its mouth and in one gulp swallowed them down, the men and their families, all the human beings connected with Korah, along with everything they owned. And that was the end of them, pitched alive into Sheol. The Earth closed up over them and that was the last the community heard of them.

34 At the sound of their cries everyone around ran for dear life, shouting, “We’re about to be swallowed up alive!”

35 Then God sent lightning. The fire cremated the 250 men who were offering the incense.

“This Court is now adjourned.”

Rest in the Vine: The Supreme Court Declares War on America 250: God Wins!

https://www.intellectualfroglegs.com/episodes/cowboys-amp-communists

I guess its 2 months old….

Zohran Mamdani Desecrated Not Just George Washington’s Desk, But America’s Founding

https://tomwigand.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdani-just-desecrated-not

The Pilgrims Tried Socialism and It Failed

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-pilgrims-tried-socialism-and-it-failed

The Party has a bone to pick with the alphabet swamp.
https://scandasia.com/china-urged-finnish-embassy-to-cancel-lgbt-rainbow-run-in-beijing/

Election season in Ankara. Time to clamp down.
“The case followed 185 complaints filed with Turkey’s presidential communication center, according to a Justice Ministry note. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into Göktaş over alleged public denigration of religious values, while the case later included the charge of insulting the president.”
https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/07/03/opposition-artists-rights-groups-accuse-govt-of-criminalizing-satire-after-comedians-arrest/

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rym0virxgg