Ian Hall

Moran in the Makin

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Authorities in California were forced to shut down businesses from Newport Pier to Pacific Coast Highway due to non-residents wreaking havoc on July 4th.

Hundreds of people reportedly swarmed police officers and threw debris at them before fighting each other.

Newport Beach stores were also looted, according to local reports, including a Pavilions grocery store. Video footage shows a massive amount of trash and debris left outside the store.

Authorities say about 100 people were arrested and multiple police officers were injured.

[Ian Hall @Ianhall_12]

@Surflick This makes me pretty sad. Newport had the best 4th of July’s. Word gets out and then everyone starts going. Then this happens. It won’t be the same again.

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

Playing Country Roads/Elvis/Freebird/Sweet Home Alabama is A+. So much American exceptionalism. Imagine not being us? Would suck!

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

This crowd is incredible. Mexico is unstoppable

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

250 years ago today, on June 29, 1776, New Yorkers looked out at the water and saw a nightmare on the horizon. The British fleet had arrived, and so many ships filled the bay that witnesses said the masts looked like "a forest of pine trees" growing out of the sea. The timing could not have been more brutal.

This was the empire's answer to the rebellion, and it was overwhelming. The first wave of around 45 warships and transports dropped anchor off Sandy Hook and Staten Island carrying General William Howe and roughly 10,000 troops. Within days it kept growing. Then his brother Admiral Richard Howe arrived with more. It would eventually swell into one of the largest seaborne invasion forces of the entire 18th century, hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of professional soldiers and German mercenaries, aimed at one city.

Now sit with the timing. While that forest of masts was filling the harbor, delegates down in Philadelphia were in the final days of debating whether to declare independence. They voted for it on July 2 and signed off on the wording on July 4. So at the exact moment America was being born on paper, the most powerful military on earth was already anchored off its coast, getting ready to strangle it in the cradle.

The people of New York understood exactly what they were seeing. Alarm bells rang, panic spread through the streets, and soldiers sprinted to their posts to stare at a force they had almost no hope of matching. Washington's army was outnumbered, outgunned, and about to get badly beaten in the battles for New York that followed.

That's the part that gets lost in the fireworks every Fourth of July. Independence wasn't declared from a position of strength. It was declared with an enemy armada already sitting on the doorstep, knowing full well what was coming. They signed their names anyway.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Thomas Paine publishes an open letter in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, under the name “Republicus,” which advocates for the name “United States of America” for the new nation now emerging.

This is the first time such a term has been used.

[Ian Hall @Ianhall_12]

@BarstoolChief Yeah this is pretty good

[East Carolina Pirates @ECUAthletics]

We love you 💜 @ChrisJohnson28

[Miami New Times @miaminewtimes]

The dog that went viral at a Miami Marlins game for looking longingly at another pup eating a hot dog has been identified.

🔗 https://t.co/TIzpu1W9GR

[Prompter @PromptLLM]

Crazy take from Claude

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

We’ve reached the part of Freddy’s journey when a private jet operator, two $5B+ airlines and the Governor of Utah are sliding into his DMs so he can make it to Canada to watch the German World Cup team play. Incredible.

[Ian Hall @Ianhall_12]

@blazerbanter It is absolute perfection. I don’t want it to end.

[Ian Hall @Ianhall_12]

@unusual_whales This

[Investing Addict @InvestingAddict]

POV: Me and the SpaceX lunch lady when she becomes a millionaire after the IPO.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

Kids have safety scissors now.
But back in the day, we were totally allowed to use the classroom guillotine at 10 years old.

[Ian Hall @Ianhall_12]

@Stuckey2 Disagree. Season 2 overall is solid

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The trade of the off-season:

[amir @blumenfeld]

imagine this dude skipping stones?
are you fucking kidding me?

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Your children always wanting to be in your room, in your space, or just near you is really a sign that they feel safe with you. They love your presence, your energy, and the comfort of home you created for them. That’s not something to take lightly. Job well done.