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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.
Evening, bjorkdream.
Thanks for the reminder. I just saw Sundance put up a thread for the speech.
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