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LIVE: President Donald Trump and Melania Enjoy Fourth Of July Fireworks From White House | N18G 7/4/25
Join us for the grand 4th of July 2025 celebrations with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump as they lead America’s Independence Day festivities. Watch stunning fireworks, patriotic parades, and Trump’s powerful speech
Starts about -35 minutesThey have fireworks in this videocool
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>>23278051 that was a really good video, you could see Trump and Melania and fireworks in the same video. I wonder how long those people were there today. Pretty amazing
>>23278036 God Bless Grassley He’s the only one in Senate that will say this, that tells you lots if Senators were involved that he works with, even Republicans
Tim Burchett
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My wife had spaghetti for supper I had some @CNN
8:08 PM · Jul 2, 2025
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Burchett is freakin funny.
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https://x.com/timburchett/status/1940563251512721678
Trump War Room
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The Star Spangled Banner plays at the White House as a B-2 bomber soars overhead—just moments before President Trump signs the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
5:23 PM · Jul 4, 2025
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https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1941246562258268269
Trump Administration Seeks To Defend Wyoming’s New Citizenship Voter Law
The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump filed a brief in court Tuesday to help defend Wyoming’s new voter citizenship law. Secretary of State Chuck Gray says he’s “extremely grateful” to the department and Trump.
Clair McFarland
President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday asked a Wyoming federal court to let it help defend the state’s new voter citizenship law by filing a brief.
The Equality State Policy Center, which is a coalition of other nonprofit groups, sued Secretary of State Chuck Gray on May 9 to stop the new law which, as of Tuesday, requires proof of U.S. citizenship and 30 days’ Wyoming residency to register to vote in the state.
The group said the law will heap unnecessary burdens on challenged groups like women, products of the foster-care system, transgender people, some Hispanic people and others.
The United States government, through the office of Acting U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Stephanie Sprecher, filed a motion asking permission to file an amicus brief in the case in support of Gray.
“This case presents important questions regarding enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment’s voting rights protections, in which the United States has a substantial interest,” says the filing.
This follows a Thursday motion by the Republican National Committee, which wants to intervene as a party in the case to defend the law.
The federal government’s proposed brief points to the U.S. Constitution’s grant of state authority to regulate the “times, places and manner of holding elections,” and the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires attestation of citizenship when registering for a driver’s license.
President Donald Trump on March 25 also signed an executive order to safeguard elections from fraud, the proposed brief says.
Governments are not allowed to burden the voting right to an unconstitutional level.
“Almost every voting rule will impose some burden,” the proposed brief says. “But slight inconveniences, including the processes necessary to acquire photo identification to register or vote, do not delegitimize the State’s interest in preventing fraud or seriously hinder the ability to vote.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Levi Martin and U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division attorney Timothy F. Mellett signed the proposed brief.
Gray celebrated the filing in a Tuesday statement, extending his thanks to Trump and pointing to Trump’s own agenda to prevent voter fraud.
"Proof of citizenship for registering to vote is a common sense, conservative measure pivotal to election integrity, and has been a key part of President Trump’s Executive Order to Preserve and Protect the Integrity of American Elections," Gray said in a Tuesday statement. "We have been diligently at work to implement President Trump’s election integrity priorities here in Wyoming with key, conservative reforms, like requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
“I am extremely grateful for President Trump’s and the DOJ’s leadership and prioritization of these important election integrity measures."
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/07/01/trump-administration-seeks-to-defend-wyomings-new-citizenship-voter-law/
@ForecasterEnten
Re: Mamdani & Israel, Democrats are longer pro-Israeli when it comes to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Dems sympathized more with Israelis by 13 pt in 2017. Now, it's Palestinians by 43 pt.
Among Dems under 50, it was Israelis by 14 pt in 2017. Now, Palestinians by 57 pt.
11:29 AM · Jul 2, 2025
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ALX 🇺🇸
@alx
A majority of Americans want to deport all illegal aliens.
Get it done.
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Merz backs not flying rainbow flag on German parliament during Pride
DPA
Wed, July 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM EDT
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has backed the decision not to fly the rainbow flag on the Reichstag building- which houses the German Parliament - during Berlin Pride celebrations, saying the building "is not a circus tent."
Julia Klöckner - the president of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag - had decided not to fly the flag on the Reichstag during Pride celebrations - known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD).
Asked about Klöckner's decision, Merz told German public broadcaster ARD on Tuesdaythat "the Bundestag is not a circus tent" on which flags can be hoisted at will.
The flag, a symbol for the =queer community, is hoisted one day a year on May 17 to mark the international day against homophobia==, he said. "On all other days, the German flag and the European flag are flown on the German Bundestag, and no others. And this decision is the right one."
Everyone can fly whatever flags they want on their own doorstep, said the chancellor. "But we're talking about the German parliament here, and in the German parliament, we don't fly any flags every day, but the German national flag and the European flag."
The Reichstag building - which houses the Bundestag - first flew the rainbow flag to mark CSD in 2022.
Former Bundestag president Bärbel Bas said raising the flag would show a commitment to diversity.
Klöckner's decision not to raise the flag at parliament on CSD was criticized by opposition parties the Greens and the Left, among others.
The term Christopher Street Day is used in Germany to refer to Pride celebrations for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) communities.
It is a reference to the location of the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village neighbourhood, where a protest against police discrimination on June 28, 1969, kick-started the gay liberation movement.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/merz-backs-not-flying-rainbow-040040951.html
5 Jul, 2025 00:44
Ukrainian spies infiltrated NATO state – media
The Ukrainian domestic security agency has reportedly monitored the local diaspora in Türkiye for “threats and opposition”
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) embedded an agent within the Ukrainian diaspora in Türkiye, establishing a covert intelligence network that operated for years, the Turkish newspaper Aydinlik reported on Friday.
The outlet cited four documents allegedly belonging to the SBU, including what appeared to be a service evaluation of Major Maksim Harchuk from the agency's counterintelligence unit and his activities in Türkiye.
According to a photographed document published by the outlet,Harchukallegedly established a spy network in the NATO state and“strengthened his agent positions in the Ukrainian communities of Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir.”
“A highly operational officer, calm in times of crisis, respected within the team, with a high sense of responsibility, able to protect confidential information, loyal to his state and an expert professional”was how the suspected Ukrainian agent was describedin internal correspondence cited by Aydinlik.
Harchuk reportedly tracked opposition figures and monitored the local diaspora for potential “threats.” Another document suggested Harchuk alsotargeted the Crimean Tatar ethnic group in Türkiye. He is also said to have conducted counterintelligence operations by tracking attempts from foreign intelligence services to recruit Ukrainian nationals.
He allegedly carried out these activities between 2023 and 2024, Aydinlik wrote, although it remains unclear exactly what his role involved or when his mission ended.
The Ukrainian diaspora in Türkiye currently numbers around 37,000, according to the newspaper.UN data shows approximately 145,000 Ukrainians fled to Türkiyeafter the escalation of the conflict in 2022, though most later left.
Despite being a NATO member,Ankara has largely refrained from supplying weapons to Kiev, instead urging both sides to pursue a diplomatic resolution.
In 2022, Türkiye hosted the first round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which Kiev later unilaterally abandoned. David Arakhamia, who led the Ukrainian delegation, later said that then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had persuaded Kiev to continue fighting.
Russia and Ukraine resumed Türkiye-hosted talks earlier this year after nearly three years without direct diplomatic contact.
Moscow remains committed to pursuing a diplomatic resolution but insists that the root causes of the conflict must be addressed, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump during a phone call on Thursday.
https://www.rt.com/news/621021-ukraine-spied-nato-state/
>>23278357 the only agency that could train Ukraine on how to do this is the rogue CIA embedded there
4 Jul, 2025 19:11
Flimsy defense of NATO warplanes exposed by media
The UK military reportedly still has vulnerable sites despite two of its aircraft being vandalized last month
The UK’s new nuclear-capable F-35 fighter jets are protected by only five-foot-high (1.5m) fencing and warning signs, leaving them vulnerable to potential attacks, The Telegraph reported on Friday.
A Royal Air Force (RAF) base suffered a vandalism attack just weeks ago, as the UK prepares for a major NATO rearmament push to counter the supposed “threat” from Russia. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed such allegations.
A number of the RAF’smost important airstrips are severely under-defended and vulnerable to potential attacksby “determined activists and foreign agents,” according to an investigation carried out by the outlet.
The security risks are clearly visible on publicly available Google Street View, and such activist groups as the group Palestine Action, as well as “hostile foreign powers,” have likely already assessed the weaknesses, the newspaper noted, citing analysts.
Two weeks ago,members of Palestine Action broke into the RAF Brize Norton base and damaged two British military planes. UK lawmakers have since moved to designate the group a terrorist organization. The British military has ordered a security review across all military sites since the incident.
According to The Telegraph, while the RAF has made attempts to strengthen the security of its bases, gaps remain.Some of the bases still have barbed wire “absent for large distances,”the security cameras did not have full coverage of the perimeters, and patrols are infrequent, the newspaper wrote.
The Labour government has been facing budget troubles as it struggles to free up more money for rising military commitments. Just this past Tuesday it partially reversed plans to cut back on social benefits.
According to Downing Street, the UK aims to reach 4.1% of GDP on military spending over the next two years. This is in line with a wider NATO military buildup that is being described as a deterrent to an alleged “long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security.” The figure is nearly twice as high as the roughly 2.3% the UK spent on its military in 2024.
(https://www.rt.com/news/621015-flimsy-defense-nato-warplanes-exposed/
Moscow has repeatedly dismissed claims that it has any intention of attacking NATO countries as “nonsense.” The EU and UK have “simply robbed” their taxpayers for years by diverting money to militarization rather than addressing “acute and aggravating socio-economic problems,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last week.
https://www.rt.com/news/621015-flimsy-defense-nato-warplanes-exposed/
These are the U.S. Allies, kind of scary
4 Jul, 2025 22:43
NATO member rules out sending troops to Ukraine
Romania will “under no circumstances” join the conflict militarily, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has stated
Bucharest will not deploy troops to Ukraine under any circumstances, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has said, although he indicated that the “eastern flank” country will continue to gradually boost its military budget to meet NATO demands and align with the broader EU militarization agenda.
A group of European NATO member states has for months been exploring the formation of a potential force for deployment to Ukraine, as part of a so-called “coalition of the willing,”ostensibly in a post-conflict peacekeeping capacity. Russia has repeatedly warned it would treat any foreign forces fighting alongside Ukrainian troops as legitimate targets, saying such actions could escalate the conflict.
Speaking during a live interview with broadcaster Antena 3 CNN on Thursday, Bolojan addressed a wave of disinformation suggesting that Romania might become militarily involved.
“We are not sending our young people or children to war,” he said, dismissing such claims as unfounded and emphasizing that the country’s position remains unchanged. “Romania, under no circumstances, is considering participating in the war – not before, not now.”
However, Bolojan argued that as an “eastern flank” country, Romania should “gradually increase defense spending” instead of prioritizing investments in “roads, hospitals, schools, and more,” in order to strengthen its military capabilities and fulfill NATO obligations.
“We can’t afford to rely on the idea that others – including the US – will ensure our protection without us contributing,”he said.
At a recent summit in The Hague, NATO member states committed to raising military spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, in response to what they described as the “long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security” – a claim Moscow has repeatedly rejected.
Last month, the European Commission approved the potential use of approximately €335 billion in pandemic recovery funds for military-related projects. In May, it introduced a €150 billion debt facility to support so-called defense efforts. Moscow has criticized these steps as further evidence of the bloc’s continued hostility.
The Kremlin has condemned the EU’s militarization drive and arms transfers to Kiev, describing the conflict as a NATO-led proxy war. President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Western concerns about Russian aggression as “nonsense,” accusing NATO of using fear to justify ballooning military budgets and blaming the bloc’s expansion and “aggressive behavior”for fueling the crisis.
https://www.rt.com/news/621016-romania-troops-ukraine-nato/