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https://x.com/TGLetter/status/2072932821144903907 The Global Letter@TGLetter·15hNobody is telling you how INSANE America's 250th birthday flyover schedule actually is.Everyone's talking about "fireworks" and "a parade."Nobody is talking about the fact that DC is about to run SEVEN STRAIGHT HOURS of military airpower starting 1:15 PM ET.Not a flyover. A full-day aerial campaign.→ VC-25B — the NEW Air Force One — leading the formation→ Air Force tri-bomber wave — three bombers in one pass→ Stealth airpower slot — B-21 speculation is real 👀→ Blue Angels AND Thunderbirds — same day, same skyEvery single branch is flying. Not one. ALL of them.→ F-22 / F-35...

You may have read the article from the New York Post about the FBI enlisting a close insider to California Governor Gavin Newsom to wear a wire and record conversations within Newsom’s circle. However, did you overlay the timeline? Remember, there is no possibility this FBI wired surveillance of Gavin Newsom would take place without the DOJ being completely aware of the operation. The person in the DOJ who would be responsible for both authorizing the operation and conducting the surveillance would have been Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. A sensitive FBI operation carrying this political consequence would never take...

Wow! I'm Excommunicated By My Papa...or Am I?This photo says it all. My mom always said, "Birds of a feather flock together." So here we have the scandalous porn-writing head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith sharing an intimate moment with the pope, il papa, my daddy in the spiritual life. I'm heartbroken and shaking my head after reading the explanatory note from Fernandez. [Published at the end.]Will I stop going to the SSPX? No. My conscience tells me that in order to be in "full Communion" with Rome these days, I must accept those things I...

WASHINGTON -- Three-time U.S. Olympian David Hearn has been indicted in Washington, D.C., for allegedly "maliciously" destroying the lining at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn was indicted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on a single count of destruction of property worth $1,000 or more, a felony charge that carries up to 10 years in prison. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced the charges at a press conference on Thursday, saying Hearn will face "accountability." "The indictment is in response to an incident that occurred on June 19 of 2026 in which...

Summary: Researchers have shown that ultracold atoms can be driven into a strange new quantum state called a fractional Fermi sea, where particles organize themselves in unexpected ways. The discovery points to a new phase of matter that goes beyond established quantum theories and could expand the possibilities of quantum simulation...The newly created state displays several unusual characteristics. Mathematical correlations between particles reveal pronounced ripples, known as Friedel oscillations, along with distinctive decay behavior across all levels of repulsive interactions.Perhaps most importantly, the state exhibits properties that differ from those expected for Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids, which have long served as the...

"As NBC News reports, the account is called "ZnotluvuiSamez," and features the Ukrainian flag as its profile picture. The account made multiple big bets surrounding the Russo-Ukrainian war, including $409,000 on a contract that asks if "Putin out as President of Russia by December 31, 2026?" According to users' overall bets, there's currently a "11 percent chance" that Putin will be out by the end of the year. Of course, a massive bet is far from a guarantee that Putin will no longer be president, whether through an ouster or a decision to step down. For one, Putin isn't up...

This week, the French National Assembly adopted for the third time a bill to legalize a right to “assisted dying” and rejected a conscience clause that would have protected private healthcare institutions from being forced to assist in suicide or euthanasia services. The bill now goes to the Senate, which will likely strike it down once more, before returning to the National Assembly for a final, decisive vote on July 15. Key Takeaways: The National Assembly approved the text twice, in May 2025 and February 2026, but the Senate struck it down. It will now return to the Senate, and...

Welcome to the spectacular America250 Celebration in New York City, commemorating the 250th Anniversary of American Independence with an unforgettable Grand Military Parade & Independence Celebration. Experience a breathtaking patriotic event as New York hosts an extraordinary celebration honoring 250 years of American history, freedom, and national unity. Watch magnificent military formations, ceremonial honor guards, precision drill teams, military bands, veterans, first responders, patriotic parade floats, and cultural performances representing the diversity and spirit of the United States. Enjoy an impressive display of modern military vehicles, historic equipment, mounted honor guards, marching bands, giant American flags, and inspiring patriotic ceremonies...

The power didn't go out...they turned it off!! Mamdani says turn AC to 78... City hall's inside temperature is 72. NYC has over 500 electric buses... Some cell towers are out, and traffic lights are out.

Largest U.S. power grid operator PJM ​said on Friday ​it was ​under a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its territory as ⁠it ‌battled generator outages, massive overloading ⁠on its transmission lines and a surge in air conditioning use from prolonged sweltering ‌heat. PJM said it told utilities to reduce electricity to customers ​who are under contract to reduce consumption during emergencies. PJM serves 67 million people ⁠in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Washington, D.C., area. Spot ‌wholesale electricity prices ‌in northern Virginia, home to the largest collection of data centers in the ⁠world, have surged beyond $2,000 per megawatt...

As New York baked under another summer heat wave, parts of the Riverdale neighborhood in the Bronx, home to a large Jewish community, lost power after Con Edison shut off electricity to protect its equipment. Con Edison announced the outages Thursday, saying it temporarily cut power to some customers in Riverdale to reduce strain on the electrical grid and speed up service restoration. The utility directed affected residents to report outages and seek relief at city cooling centers. The outages left parts of Riverdale sweating without air conditioning during a dangerous citywide heat wave. The timing also puts intense pressure...

Zo say can you see…Mayor Zohran Mamdani decried capitalism and the US’ involvement in foreign wars during an address marking America’s 250th anniversary Friday — while sitting at George Washington’s desk.The 15-minute speech — which Mamdani gave while flanked by newly naturalized US citizens — balanced critiques with a celebration of a “grand experiment in self-governance.”The democratic socialist mayor elevated the plight and contributions by downtrodden Americans — slaves, Continental Army soldiers, immigrants of all types — with the alleged smallness of the “powerful.”“We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions,” he intoned. “We see the wealthiest...

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. There were about 689 deaths for every 100,000 people in the US in 2025, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the lowest rate recorded in more than a century of tracking. The age-adjusted rate has fallen 22% since 2021, landing about 4% lower than it was just before the pandemic in 2019. ... Life expectancy is essentially a population-level...

"Coming to [Christ] as to a living stone" (1 Pet. 2:4). Jesus is the only source of eternal life and the foundation upon which the church is built. Peter's description of Christ as "a living stone" is paradoxical because stones aren't alive. In fact, we sometimes speak of something being "stone dead." Yet Peter's symbolism is profound because it beautifully incorporates three realities about Christ. First, Jesus is the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. The Old Testament referred to the Messiah as a stone, and Peter incorporated those texts into His description of Jesus in 1 Peter 2:6-8: "Behold I lay in...

"Coming to [Christ] as to a living stone" (1 Pet. 2:4). Jesus Christ is the source of every spiritual privilege. Often Christians speak of salvation as "coming to Christ." That's an accurate, biblical description, for Jesus Himself said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28); "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst" (John 6:35); "If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink" (John 7:37). Those are metaphors for salvation. Coming...

Initiative allows newborns to be enrolled in new and streamlined processes Baltimore, MD – Today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it is launching processes for parents to enroll newborns in Trump Accounts. This automatic system will help ensure that every newborn has the opportunity to benefit from a Trump Account from the start of life. One year ago, on July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cuts, which created Trump Accounts, a new type of individual retirement account for eligible minors under the age of 18. "Trump Accounts represent one of the...

Secret Service Missed 102 Warnings Before Butler Assassination Attempt on Trump, DHS Report Finds Inspector general says agents missed 102 warnings that could have prevented the attack on President Trump. BIG LEAGUE POLITICS JUL 03, 2026 A new Department of Homeland Security inspector general report concludes that the U.S. Secret Service failed to act on dozens of warning signs before the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at his July 13, 2024, campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report, released Thursday by the DHS Office of Inspector General, details a cascade of communication failures, security lapses, and planning deficiencies that...

Law enforcement officials say three people were shot and two are dead after a shooting at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan, Friday afternoon. Dearborn police confirmed that there is an active investigation at the mall and ask that people avoid the area. Michigan State Police are on the scene alongside Dearborn police. The mall has been placed on lockdown. Henry Ford Medical Center - Fairlane is also currently on lockdown, according to hospital officials. Sources say shooting victims have been taken to Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital. Authorities have not released any further information on the shooting. The mall is...

An innocent driver is stopped by a gun-waving police officer who sics a dog on him and he ends up in jail for hours, or even days. It’s happening more and more in America, a new study confirms, and it’s all because the technology for machines to read license plate numbers, and report them, fails. The results are from a study by the Institute for Justice, which confirmed such cases coming up over and over. The list, large already, is growing: A Colorado driver was repeatedly pulled over after officers mistakenly put his license plate number on a Flock hotlist....

RIPON, Wis. — As the United States marks its 250th anniversary this weekend, a one-room schoolhouse in Ripon stands as the birthplace of the Republican Party and a reminder of Wisconsin's place in the nation's political history. The Little White Schoolhouse, about 60 miles northeast of Madison, commemorates a meeting held March 20, 1854, when opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act gathered to organize against the expansion of slavery. "It was really cold and it was a blizzard," said Ellen Sorensen, the interim executive director of the Little White Schoolhouse. "It was a three-point objection," Sorensen said. "There was a moral...