THE WHITE HOUSE — President Trump, accompanied by the First Lady, delivered an Independence Day message Friday evening at Mount Rushmore, outlining the founding ideals of America and emphasizing the need to pass those values and principles on to the next generation, to ensure America remains God-centered and self-governing. (Program starts at 16:16.) "We will state the truth in full, without apology: We declare that the United States of America is the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on earth," Trump said. "We are proud of the fact that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and we understand that these values have dramatically advanced the cause of peace and justice throughout the world."... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump tweeted his condolences to the victims of the shooting in Colorado, which took place early Sunday morning and resulted in one officer being killed. The incident took place near an apartment complex south of Denver, according to several news reports. Five officers and two civilians were wounded. One police officer has been confirmed dead.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — Here's an old, irrefutable chestnut: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging! But Regressives refuse to learn that lesson and are yet again falling into the chasm of a trap President Trump has set for them.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Which one of the following is true? 1. Massachusetts has passed a law requiring Alcoholics Anonymous to hang posters at their meetings to advertise where to get alcohol...... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — The barbarians are at the gates. Actually, the barbarians are inside the gates and on the streets. They are tearing down statues left and right. As we celebrate our national birthday this week, the Fourth of July, it doesn't feel like a celebration.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz says he's feeling the heat from family and friends over his defense of President Trump amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. "It's caused me to lose seven pounds," Dershowitz told Politico. "My liberal friends don't invite me to dinner anymore."... (more)

YOUTUBE — Popular a cappella group Home Free teams up with country star Lee Greenwood and the Singing Sergeants to record a sensational new rendition of Greenwood's 1984 patriotic hit, "God Bless the U.S.A."... (more)

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — 1) If the FISA Court orders to explore the purported Trump-Russian collusion were predicated on phony Steele/Fusion GPS documents and suppositions that prove largely untrue (Comey himself testified under oath that he could not verify their contents), then are subsequent transcripts of court-approved surveilled conversations somewhat poisoned?... (more)

YOUTUBE — During the 2019 State of the Union address, Donald Trump took a swipe at former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, stating that "America will never be a socialist country.'... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump numbered "the very dishonest Fake News Media" among the compendium of "supporters, enemies, [and] haters" who received his best wishes for the new year.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Black Lives Matter is run by Marxist organizers. They have not been silent about their agenda to dismantle the nuclear family, transform gender/sexual identity, and force radical change. So why are so many eagerly following along?... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — As we stand on the threshold of a new year, a phrase from Simon and Garfunkel's song "The Boxer" sums up why America's division into two warring worldviews seems to be widening. "A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." That's true for most folks, thanks to human nature. However, we're not on an equal playing field. The whole thing is tilted to the left. Liberal news and entertainment are everywhere, including airport lounges where thousands of travelers each day are afflicted with CNN's non-stop propaganda.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — [Hurling obscenities,] protesters chanted outside City Hall Tuesday night as the City Council worked overtime to slash the police budget in the middle of a crime wave. New York's Finest were stoic behind their masks as they took disgusting abuse from hundreds of champagne revolutionaries. Did their mothers not teach their anti-cop offspring manners?... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Climate change got its close-up in 2017. A gaggle of films either name-checked Al Gore's biggest fear or built their narratives around it. The timing, in theory, couldn't be better for Hollywood bean counters: Three major hurricanes. Massive fires in the West. Record-setting chills. Media reports routinely connected the disasters with a warming planet. Yet audiences stayed away from films influenced by eco-concerns. Far, far away.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones joined "Hannity" Wednesday for a live report from the site of New York City's Occupy City Hall protest, where he and his crew were "attacked" by demonstrators earlier in the day.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — The last time the Iranian people rose up to challenge their fanatical mullah rulers was in 2009. You might recall President Barack Obama's reaction. He sat on his hands. Initially, he offered no protest of the massive government repression. Only when the carnage lasted more than a week did Obama offer a toothless condemnation of the violence. He never addressed the root causes -- Iran's tyrannical regime that forces all to live under an oppressive code of Shia Islam that would make the Taliban blush.... (more)

YOUTUBE — CHOP era defined by anarchy and arson; Seattle radio show host Jason Rantz joins Tucker Carlson with insight on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight... (more)

DAILY HERALD — Officers with the Provo City Police Department arrested two individuals Tuesday after reports of shots fired during protests in Provo on Monday evening. According to the probable cause statements filed in support of the arrests, officers received reports at around 8:45 p.m. Monday of shots fired. The shooting was reported to have occurred in the area of Center Street and University Avenue in Provo where two protests were taking place.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Seattle Department of Transportation crews on Tuesday began removing concrete barriers marking the entrance to the area protesters are calling the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.... (more)

REV. MARK H. CREECH — There is violence throughout our land, and most of it in the name of eradicating racism. Any statue with the slightest perception of some racist association or history is either spray-painted with profane graffiti or pulled to the ground. Public buildings and businesses have been ransacked, looted, or burned. A Black Lives Matter leader from New York declares on national television that if the U.S. "doesn't give us what we want, then we will burn down this system."... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — If the upcoming presidential election on November 3, 2020, were not so serious, it would be downright hilarious just watching the Democrats twist themselves into pretzels in their efforts to project onto President Trump their own lengthy and shameful record of racism.... (more)

LLOYD MARCUS — A longtime white friend phoned me to talk him down from the cliff. He is concerned about how the new racial hatred dominating our country will impact his grandkids. For the first time, he and his wife believe they should purchase a gun for home protection. This headline confirms my friend's instinct to arm himself to protect his family. "BEWARE: The Woke Mob is Targeting You Next, Small-Town America."... (more)

LINDA GOUDSMIT — There are good cops and there are bad cops. There are good doctors and there are bad doctors. The 24/7 fake news media insists that the mob is tearing down statues, smashing windows, looting, and burning down cities because a bad cop killed a man. I don't think so.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump leads presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden by a slim margin in swing-state Wisconsin, according to a Trafalgar Group poll released Sunday. Georgia-based political strategist Robert Cahaly, who owns the Trafalgar Group, was the only pollster in 2016 to predict Trump's upset victory over Hillary Clinton. Trump beat Clinton in Wisconsin, 47.2% to 46.5% in 2016.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Outspoken critic of the Left and New York Times bestselling author David Horowitz says America is currently in a "civil war" and claimed that President Donald Trump is the "most vilified, libeled and slandered human in all history."... (more)