‘The wheels are coming off’: readers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the American experiment

Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynicalAs the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary on 4 July, the country faces a turbulent moment under the Donald Trump administration.The anniversary coincides with sweeping rollbacks of civil rights, deteriorating relations with traditional allies and growing domestic opposition to the administration’s handling of immigration and free speech. Against this backdrop, many Americans say they feel increasingly cynical about the country’s future. Continue reading...

Trump says U.S. keeping current support levels for NATO would be "ridiculous"

President Trump says it would be "ridiculous" for the United States to continue its "one sided" relationship with NATO. His remarks came less than a week before a NATO summit in Turkey.

James Talarico Keeps Hammering on an Issue Nobody Cares About

Rose Unplugged Fourth of July Special: 250 Years Later: A Republic to Keep (VIDEO)

As America celebrates 250 years of independence, Rose Unplugged takes a thoughtful look at the ideas that made this nation unlike any other in history—and asks whether we still have the courage to preserve them. The post Rose Unplugged Fourth of July Special: 250 Years Later: A Republic to Keep (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Canada celebrates its birthday as Mark Carney battles to keep it intact

As Canadians celebrate their nation's birthday, independence movements in two provinces are eyeing the exit from the country.

Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms

President Donald Trump has received another setback in his ongoing quest to control U.S. elections. In a 5-4 split, the Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots do not need to be received by Election Day to be counted, as long as they were postmarked by then. Although a “rare victory for voting rights,” the conservative justices’ assertion that voting by mail is prone to fraud — a disproven theory that Trump blames his loss in the 2020 election for — is “very disturbing,” says Ari Berman, the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. “My fear is that this is going to embolden Republicans to double down on their efforts to try to get rid of mail voting, including the SAVE America Act, Trump’s sweeping voter suppression bill, which he seems desperate to go to any lengths to try to pass,” says Berman, who also comments on the court’s decision to strike down a federal law limiting campaign spending.

Massachusetts keeps digging its immigration hole deeper

Gov. Maura Healey already has a dubious record on immigration. Under her watch, Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system spiraled into a burden of more than $1 billion a year, with migrant families housed in hotels and even a shuttered prison at roughly $3,500 per family per week, all at taxpayers’ expense. She then promptly signed orders […]

Mamdani ripped for telling New Yorkers to keep AC at 78 degrees during heat wave

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to conserve electricity as a dangerous heat dome settled over the East Coast, prompting criticism from several prominent Republican officials who seized on the appeal as evidence of shortcomings of his socialist agenda. “New York: it’s hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to […]