Former NFL Star Jason Kelce Celebrates July 4th, Finds Out the Hard Way That Leftists Hate America

RedState  "Jason Kelce is eviscerated by the left after a July 4th post."

"Man I love the 4th! One of the great days we all can set aside our differences in this country, and enjoy the one thing we all share in common. That we are American! Cheers to you oh beautiful America," he posted.

"It would seem like a patriotic, inoffensive July 4 post celebrating America on her 249th birthday and lauding the commonality we all share.

"Recently retired Philadelphia Eagles great Jason Kelce took to social media Friday to declare his “love for the 4th!” Nothing wrong with that, right?

"Man I love the 4th! One of the great days we all can set aside our differences in this country, and enjoy the one thing we all share in common. That we are American!

Cheers to you oh beautiful America.

"But nooooo, leftists didn’t like that. How dare you praise the country that is oh so evil, that wants to imprison everyone, that is worse than Iran, that is now a Donald Trump autocracy? 

"Poor Kelce—the craziness came hard, and it came quick:

Almost immediately, he was ripped in the comments.

Kelce's post came hours after President Donald Trump signed the "big, beautiful bill," which seemed to be the catalyst for the backlash in the former NFL player's comment section. 

"Set aside differences? One party wants to feed children. The other wants to feed brown people to alligators," one person wrote.

"Unfortunately Jason this is not real life for many. They signed the worst bill for so many Americans today just to rub it in our faces. I know it’s hard to understand, but so many will suffer," another added.

Another user called his post "tone deaf."

. . . "This isn’t an endorsement of Jason Kelce—his wild antics are not for everyone, and as the brother of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis, or Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, as some know him—he’s bound to take some incoming. But is it really fair to smash him over saying he loves July 4th, fireworks, and putting our differences aside for one day?"

Zohran Mamdani's Independence Day Post Is Everything Wrong With His Candidacy

  . . ."Keep in mind, Mamdani has only been an American citizen for six years. Yet he pretends to be an authority on what America is and how it should be. It's an unseemly amount of arrogance from a man who has never even held a real job unless you count his failed rap career (no, I'm not joking). That he also falsely claimed to be black in a bid to get into Columbia University doesn't exactly speak well of his character either. 

"Mamdani is a dishonest, antisemitic grifter who is so deranged that he defended members of Al Qaeda. He has no expertise. He has no abilities. He does not speak for America. He would be a disaster for New York City and the country, given the economic influence at play, and his Fourth of July post is yet more evidence of everything wrong with his candidacy." . . . 

2016 Report on Russian Election Interference Was ‘Deliberately Corrupted’ by Top-Ranking Obama Officials

 Legal Insurrection   

"In an interview with Devine, Ratcliffe said, “This was Obama, Comey, Clapper, and Brennan deciding ‘We’re going to screw Trump'.'”

NY Post

"In May, CIA Director John Ratcliffe commissioned members of the agency’s Directorate of Analysis to conduct a “lessons-learned” review of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian interference in the presidential election. The review focused on the ICA’s most controversial judgment: that Russia had interfered in the U.S. presidential election to benefit then-candidate Donald Trump. This was precisely the impression the ICA’s authors intended to convey.

:The New York Post’s Miranda Devine, the first journalist to obtain the review, summed up its findings as follows:

The review found that the ICA was deliberately corrupted by then-CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who were “excessively involved” in its drafting, and rushed its completion in a “chaotic,” “atypical” and “markedly unconventional” process that raised questions of a “potential political motive.  ”Brennan’s decision to include the discredited Steele dossier, over the objections of the CIA’s most senior Russia experts, “undermined the credibility” of the assessment.

"Brennan’s determination to include the Steele dossier in the ICA was especially significant given that he knew in July 2016 that it was nothing more than a collection of bogus stories commissioned by the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign and conjured up by former British spy Christopher Steele and his sub-sources. And so did then-President Barack Obama.

We know that because in October 2020, Fox News reported that Brennan briefed Obama and others present during a July 28, 2016, Oval Office meeting on “Hillary Clinton’s purported ‘plan’ to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as ‘a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server’ ahead of the 2016 presidential election.” . . .  MORE

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Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from start: CIA review

"A bombshell new CIA review of the Obama administration’s spy agencies’ assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump was deliberately corrupted by then-CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who were “excessively involved” in its drafting, and rushed its completion in a “chaotic,” “atypical” and “markedly unconventional” process that raised questions of a “potential political motive.” 

"Further, Brennan’s decision to include the discredited Steele dossier, over the objections of the CIA’s most senior Russia experts, “undermined the credibility” of the assessment.

"The “Tradecraft Review of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment [ICA] on Russian Election Interference” was conducted by career professionals at the CIA’s Directorate of Analysis and was commissioned by CIA Director John Ratcliffe in May." . . . 

Leftists: how they love America and the fourth of July

Melania Trump Beams at 4th of July Ceremonies, Does 'That' Special Dance With the President

..." Contrast [Melania] to the glowing coverage they gave former First Lady Michelle Obama, who seems to be growing increasingly bitter in recent months, and Jill Biden, who many believe committed elder abuse by urging her husband to continue his reelection bid despite obvious cognitive issues." . . .

"Disgusting; Sunny Hostin says First Lady Melania "hates" President Trump, "wants to take him out." This is your modern Democrat Party, folks."

Zohran Mamdani's Independence Day Post Is Everything Wrong With His Candidacy

Another Twitter user said in a quote-tweet on Mamdani's post: "Stop lying. Every organization you're part of wants to bring down this country and destroy everything that makes it great. You don't belong anywhere near the Mayors office."

Kamala Harris: This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better. But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.

Your Tax Dollars at Work: PBS Exploits Independence Day to Trash Trump's Deportation of Illegal Aliens "PBS NewsHour" on Friday used the Fourth of July holiday as a concocted opportunity to trash Trump’s enforcement of federal immigration and deportation laws by absurdly suggesting they run counter to American values. 

"And who other than Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart would have the intestinal fortitude to declare that his viewpoint on the issue of deporting illegals embodies the ideals symbolized by the Statue of Liberty? No, really." . . .

STUDY: Media Remain Nearly Blind to the Far Left, Panic Over ‘Far Right’

Media Research Center   

"But if the extreme behavior from the far-left over the past few months continues, cracks may begin to form in the trend. At the very least, the restraint shown by ABC, CBS, and NBC in their withholding of extreme labels for both sides is a promising start."

"Despite the growing trend of left-wing extremist violence during the first six months of the Trump administration (including the DC Jewish Museum shooting, the firebombing of a GOP building in Albuquerque, and the anti-deportation riots Los Angeles), talking heads on TV news remained reluctant to acknowledge the existence of the American far left. However, those same journalists had no qualms about slapping a “far right” label on practically anything they deemed to be right of center.

"MRC analysts examined all coverage on liberal cable (CNN and MSNBC) and broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS) from January 21 through June 21, 2025, recording every instance in which a journalist or nonpartisan guest used an extreme political label. During that time period, labels such as “far right” were used a whopping 1,222 times. Conversely, “far left” and similar terms were used just 86 times.

"We found no such labels used on the flagship morning or evening shows of any of the “big three” broadcast networks. Thus, all of our data for this study is limited to coverage on CNN, MSNBC, and PBS.

Summary of Findings:

• Over the past six months, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS have used the terms “far right” (or something similar) 1,222 times, and “far left” 86 times.
• Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC used no such labels in any of their flagship morning or evening newscasts.
• PBS was 42 times more likely to deem someone or something “far right” than “far left.”
• Across CNN, MSNBC, and PBS combined, the GOP was deemed far right 81 times, while Democrats were called far left only once.
• Political violence was 5.5 times more likely to be brought up in association with the far right.

" PBS was the most slanted in their application of political epithets. " . . . More

Journalist Up Late Trying To Decide Whether To Compare Trump's Bill To Jim Crow Or Holocaust  Parody or MSNBC? 

. . ."Journalists said they were hoping to get the perfect language into their stories in time for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to read them during his morning filibuster." . . .

 From One Unapologetic Media Hoax to the Next  . . . "Trump was right that the Bidens were knee deep in Ukrainian bribes and influence peddling.

"And that the whistleblower had no first-hand knowledge of the Trump call but was spoon fed a script cooked up by the gadfly Vindman and Rep. Adam Schiff.

"The result was journalistic glee that we impeached a president for crimes that he did not commit but exempted another president, Joe Biden, who had actually committed them.

"Then came the next hoax of the Russian fabricated facsimile of Hunter’s laptop.

"The 2020 Biden campaign along with an ex-CIA head rounded up “51 intelligence authorities” to mislead the country into believing that Russian gremlins in the Kremlin had fabricated a fake laptop.

"Ponder that absurd fantasy: Moscow supposedly had created fake nude pictures, fake photos of Hunter’s drug use, and fake email and text messages from Hunter to the other Bidens.

"The media preposterously convinced the country that the Russians and by extension Donald Trump had once again sandbagged the Biden campaign.

"No apologies followed when the FBI later admitted it had kept the laptop under wraps for more than a year, knew it was authentic, and yet said nothing as the media and former spooks misled." . . .

How the B‑2 Hit Iran’s Nuclear Facility Undetected – Operation Midnight Hammer

Megaprojects Uncovered  "No radar. No trace. Yet one of Iran’s deepest sites was reached.

"This is the story of a B‑2 Spirit mission so precise, so deeply coordinated, it became known as Operation Midnight Hammer — the most advanced showcase of stealth systems and aerospace engineering in recent history.

"Using the 30,000-lb GBU‑57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator — a next-gen bunker buster — the U.S. deployed breakthrough technology against one of the hardest targets on Earth: the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran’s most fortified underground nuclear facility.

"What makes this operation remarkable isn’t just the secrecy — it’s the synchronization: 145+ aircraft, near-perfect radar evasion, and a smart-fused penetrator capable of navigating through geological complexity. It’s a case study in military design, engineering megaproject execution, and digital-era targeting intelligence.

"Was it a mission… or a masterclass in how engineering can quietly rewrite the rules of deterrence?"

"No radar. No trace. Yet one of Iran’s deepest sites was reached."

Where Is Whoopi Goldberg on 'The View' This Week?

 Entertainment & Pop Culture

"With The View being a staple program on daytime TV, people tune in every weekday to see Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro discuss the latest pop culture news. The group of women are also notably opinionated about their views on world events, so folks eagerly wait to see what debates they'll get into at any particular moment.

"Even though Whoopi, Sara, Joy, Sunny, Alyssa and Ana are all staples on The View, it's not often one of them is not on TV for an extended period of time. But such was the case on June 23, when viewers realized Whoopi was not on their screens and Joy was in her place.

"So, where is Whoopi Goldberg and why isn't she on The View? Well, Joy made sure to clue folks in on what's going on — and it turns out she won't be on TV for some time.

While viewers may be worried about Whoopi being absent from The View, there's no need to stress. According to Joy on the June 23 taping, Whoopi is taking some time away for a reason that's personal to her." 

"We are all jealous of Whoopi today because she's in Italy — I hope it's 100 degrees," Joy shared about Whoopi's hiatus from The View, per Entertainment Weekly. "She's in Italy accepting an award for her book Bits and Pieces, so she will be out this week.". . .

Israel’s Man at the UN Sharpens the Message Ahead of Netanyahu’s Washington Visit

 The American Spectator    

"But the ambassador was blunt about what won’t happen: Israel will not withdraw prematurely, not without hostages, not with Hamas in power. “We cannot move on,” he said. “We’re a peaceful country. But we still have the hostages.' ”

DryBones

"It was a brisk Tuesday afternoon when Danny Danon, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, stepped into a Washington, D.C. conference room and fielded questions from reporters ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming third trip to the United States, scheduled for Monday. Danon’s tone? Resolute and impatient with diplomatic euphemism, yet optimistic for the region. His target? Iran — plus the U.N., Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, European trade bureaucrats, and, occasionally, the complacency of the West.

"To a question about Israeli intelligence’s assessments of the U.S. strategic bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Danon said: “We pushed them back. It’s too early to say by how much — whether a year or more — but we pushed them back.” He then added that the media tends to fixate on the nuclear aspect, suggesting that there is a point to be made about how Iran’s aim to ready “thousands of ballistic missiles” was comparable to a nuclear threat. In destroying sites relevant to these missiles, he assures the operation was incredibly successful.

"When asked how closely Israel cooperated with the U.S. leading up to the recent strikes, Danon replied: “We speak to our colleagues in DC all the time — before the attack, during the attack, and after the attack. I don’t think we got any commitments that they would join the effort [before Israel’s surprise strike earlier last month]. After we cleaned the area, it made it easier for the U.S. to send the B-2s and finish the job.” Note here that Danon suggests that the U.S. had not made commitments to join the military effort preceding Israel’s first attack, casting doubt on the claims that President Donald Trump’s administration’s initial calls for constraint were just a deception effort." . . .

Palestinians’ ‘Allies’ Need to Abolish Hamas, Not Israel  

"Every last Jew could vanish into the sea, yet until Hamas has been decimated, the Palestinian people will remain oppressed."

In truth, although countless self-styled ‘Palestinian allies’ throughout North America continue to regurgitate the tattered narrative that ‘the state of Israel must be abolished in order for the Palestinian people to be free,’ it is readily apparent that anyone who earnestly seeks to help or liberate the Palestinian people must unequivocally strive to confront Hamas and expel its extremist blight from the Palestinian Territories, not abort the state of Israel or exterminate the Jewish people.

A Big, Beautiful Bill...if you can keep it

Bill Hansmann 

 "If, however, Trump’s OBBB proves to be OBFB (One Big Failed Bill), the Democrats will have a field day. There will likely be little doubt. So, Mr. President, we have OBBB, if you can make it work."

unclepaulsparodies

"On September 17, 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by Elizabeth Willing Powell, “Well, Doctor, what have we got: a republic or a monarchy?”  Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” 

"Throughout the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, he has begged, cajoled, threatened, sweetened, and done everything humanly possible to see his signature piece of legislation passed into law.  On July 4, 2025, it was formally signed on the White House lawn, with many of the legislators who had pushed the bill across the finish line in attendance.  They were joined by members of the armed forces who had participated in arguably the greatest military mission in history: the destruction of Iran’s nuclear sites, in one mission, with no loss of American life.

"The question must be asked: “Mr. President, just what do we have here?”  President Trump would surely answer, “We have One Big Beautiful Bill.” 

"Franklin was asked the famous question after his prepared speech was presented to the Constitutional Convention, headed by George Washington, by Pennsylvania delegate Wilson, as Franklin was too ill from gout and kidney stones to deliver the speech personally.  However, he was able to answer Ms. Powell’s question with a quote as famous as any to come from that first convention of the states. 

"At the time of the presentation of the speech, Franklin was attempting to get three delegates who had not signed the Constitution — Delegates Gerry of Massachusetts, Randolph of Virginia, and Mason of Virginia — to add their signatures to the document.  Franklin thought the proposed Constitution to be an imperfect document, though as near perfect as possible.  The three abstainers never acquiesced. 

"Signing the document held no legal effect.  The Constitution needed to be ratified by nine of the thirteen colonies to go into effect.  It was ratified on May 29, 1788, when Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the document after its delegates had initially rejected it on March 24, 1788.  It has survived nearly a quarter-millennium as the most successful governing document in history." . . .

Bill Hansmann is a dentist and dental educator with over fifty years in the profession.  He continues to teach and write political blogs and semi-mediocre novels while living with his wife and cats in Georgia. 

Israel has "dismantled" Hamas, Netanyahu can agree Gaza ceasefire from "position of strength"

Clube Vortex    "Israel has severely degraded Hamas’s military capability — but has it achieved its war objectives?

"In this exclusive analysis, IDF reservist, combat veteran, and MirYam Institute CEO Benjamin Anthony breaks down the current state of the Gaza war, the potential 60-day ceasefire, and why Prime Minister Netanyahu can now approach negotiations from a “position of strength.” With Hamas reduced to a guerrilla force and Iran’s nuclear program reportedly set back by up to two years, Israel’s leadership is weighing next moves. This video features Benjamin’s expert commentary combined with explosive IDF military footage from the ground in Gaza." . . .

Democrats Gone Wild

 Robin M. Itzler

 "No one was arrested during our run-in, but in my opinion, it was just another example of an elected Democrat official displaying a lack of respect and acting more like a two-year-old child than a mature adult."

"Democrats suffering from severe cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) are now displaying another symptom: staging ill-conceived confrontations to get street cred with their antifa progressive base. Some recent headlines:

• North Carolina state Rep. Julie von Haefen attended a “No Kings” protest and was photographed holding what appeared to be an effigy of the decapitated heads of Trump and his senior policy advisor, Stephen Miller.
• U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged in a three-count indictment for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers—all seen on video.
• New York City Mayoral candidate Brad Lander got the publicity he desired by trying to help illegal alien criminals by allegedly assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
• Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested as he and other elected Democrats allegedly tried to break into the Delaney Hall detention facility.
• California Senator Alex Padilla started shouting when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was giving a speech in Los Angeles. Because he was not wearing credentials showing that he is a sitting U.S. senator, law enforcement physically removed the threatening Padilla. Almost on cue, Governor Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom made a statement about what happened. Then, as predictable as the sun rising in the east, Padilla gave tearful interviews on MSNBC and other leftist “news” organizations. Of course, he cried on the senate floor...oh, the inhumanity!

Democrat juvenile behavior began in earnest during President Trump’s March 4 speech to a joint session of Congress. New York City Democrat Council Member Robert Holden, who represents District 30 in Queens, expressed it best as he opened his March 6 op-ed with:

As a lifelong Democrat, I never imagined I would watch my own party embarrass itself so thoroughly—and so publicly—as it did during Tuesday’s joint session of Congress.

Hakeem Jeffries' Theatrical House Floor Stunt to Stop 'Big Beautiful Bill' Backfires, Has Opposite Effect

 

Dems Reveal Frustration With Jeffries' Speaking Stunt, Make a Damning Admission

Jeffries watched Cory Booker's marathon and apparently gained no wisdom.

RedState

 "So even if they knew it wasn't going to change anything, it was about the performance for their base. That's all the Democrats are about now — bad performance art and "showtime." That's what they're trying to sell their base, rather than results. And they wonder why they're losing voters". 

"We reported on the ridiculous rant of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) that went on for about eight and a half hours in opposition to the "One Big Beautiful Bill." 

"It was a complete failure. The bill passed, and people mocked Jeffries. 

"Here was Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC): 

                

"Trump Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted a meme with the theme from "Titanic," an appropriate choice for such a failure. 

"As we reported, Jeffries' remarks were so uninspiring that Democrats like Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) were falling asleep behind him. Once Democrats realized that, they humorously replaced her so Jeffries wouldn't look so bad. They wanted to show a uniformly supportive picture behind him for his rant."

"But it turns out not every Democrat was happy, and some dished to Axios. Members from his caucus were frustrated with how it went down, with even his "inner circle" kept "in the dark about his plans." He told House Speaker Mike Johnson he was going to do about an hour, so that wasn't even true." . . .

READ MORE: Hilarious: The Inspiring Effect Hakeem Jeffries Had As He Gave Final Rant on the Floor

US Rolling Out Feared $13 Billion Supercarrier to dominate the PACIFIC

 Military Forces - YouTube

"The future of naval warfare has arrived! Meet the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the U.S. Navy's second Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier—a colossal warship engineered for unparalleled power projection. Named after President John F. Kennedy, this $13 billion marvel isn't just big; it's a game-changer designed to ensure American dominance in critical regions like the Pacific.

"In an era of rapidly evolving threats like hypersonic missiles, swarming stealth drones, and pervasive orbital surveillance, can a ship built for over 50 years adapt? We dive deep into the revolutionary technology packed into the CVN-79 that answers this question with a resounding "YES!" "The CVN-79 is set to be commissioned before the end of 2025, solidifying the U.S. Navy's plan for a fleet of 12 supercarriers, with 10 being of the Ford-class. This isn't just a ship; it's a testament to America's relentless pursuit of technological superiority." . . .