🚨 LOS ANGELES BANNED FIREWORKS.
Thousands of residents lit them anyway.
Sometimes, governments discover that you can ban an activity...
But you can't ban tradition.
🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day
Today, I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the generations of Americans who have sustained our great nation for the past 250 years. America is a place of incredible freedom, spirit and opportunity—all thanks to those who came before us. May we honor their memory by fighting to make the next 250 years even better than the first. May God bless you all, and happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
Have you ever heard the Declaration of Independence read out loud?
You should. It’s the greatest break-up letter ever written.
At just 33 years old, Thomas Jefferson, with cold moral clarity, told the British government to pound sand:
“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to ABOLISH it.”
The power of that line isn’t just what it says. It’s how it’s said.
Jefferson wasn’t writing from a place of outrage. He was transmitting conviction—moral clarity delivered from a steady frame of mind.
It’s said Jefferson revised the Declaration of Independence with the help of Franklin and Adams dozens of times before it was finalized.
And that deliberate, cutting language, paired with emotional steadiness, is precisely why the words still land 250 years later.
Today, we’re blessed to be the inheritors of the great nation those steady hands wrote into existence.
Happy Birthday, America. 🇺🇸
🚨 JUST IN: Japan has LIT UP the Tokyo Tower red, white and blue to honor America's 250th birthday and July 4th — same with the Rainbow Bridge
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS JAPAN!
Yet another reason why Americans respect the Japanese people, our allies 🇺🇸🇯🇵
So much for Ohio to be proud of, as our nation turns 250. The state of Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison. Led the first Industrial Revolution. The glass capital of the world, the steel & rubber production capitals of the West. Soon we’ll lead our nation once again. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
America is turning 250 years old🗽
This is the greatest country in the world. Built by PATRIOTS. Defended by HEROES. Rooted in the strength of FAMILY. Driven by DREAMERS.
Happy Birthday to the USA! 🇺🇸
PRESIDENT TRUMP closes out his Mount Rushmore speech: "Tomorrow, we reach a milestone like no other, and celebrate with joyful hearts and soaring spirits — because after two and a half centuries, we know that this is not an ending, this is only the beginning of the golden age of America.
And together we will make America bigger, better and stronger than ever before — I promise you that." @America250@Freedom250
Drone operator sends 2,500 drones into the air for a drone show celebrating America's 250th birthday in North Richland Hills, Texas.
"...For America 250, we celebrate in style!" said Sky Elements Drones.
Remarkable.
🚨 BREAKING: Mitch McConnell Found Unconscious in DC Home, Possible Heart Attack — (Video: AI)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 84, was discovered unconscious at his Washington residence on June 14 with CPR in progress for cardiac arrest, per EMS dispatch audio. He was rushed to the hospital and later reported in recovery — but details remain limited.
The longtime Senate GOP leader has faced multiple health scares in recent years. Is it about time McConnell resigns — for his own sake and that of the USA? And has anyone seen him since?
Secretary Marco Rubio: "There's nobody in the Senate who can lecture me on immigration."
He's right!
Listen as Rubio schools the senate on good vs bad immigration.
This man is brilliant and needs to be our next president.
Clint Eastwood !!!! ❤️
Aos 96 anos, Clint Eastwood quebrou nossas ilusões sobre envelhecimento. Não ofereceu consolo sobre anos dourados cheios de serenidade. Pintou a verdade: "A luz machuca os olhos. Respirar pode ser um trabalho duro. O teu corpo já não está a cooperar. Cada passo requer estratégia."
Mas o verdadeiro peso da velhice não é físico. É emocional. Ao cruzar os anos 90, seu círculo social diminui. A maioria das pessoas que te conheceram quando eras jovem desapareceram. O telefone parou de tocar. O ritmo dos dias abranda. A pílula mais amarga não é a dor. É a ausência de alguém que queira te ouvir.
Eastwood explicou por que os idosos repetem histórias. Não é para me gabar. É para se ancorar a uma realidade onde eles eram ativos, amados e relevantes. "Você se encontra repetindo histórias, adicionando detalhes, não para convencer ninguém, mas para sentir que você ainda está conectado a algo", disse. "Você tenta transmitir coisas aos jovens, mesmo quando vê o tédio nos olhos deles".
Vivemos em uma cultura que trata a longevidade como um troféu, mas ignora a solidão que a acompanha. Louvamos o rápido e o brilhante. Não deixamos espaço para o ritmo lento dos idosos.
Clint Eastwood é um gigante do cinema, mas suas palavras falam por cada idoso de 90 anos. São bibliotecas vivas da nossa história. Quando os ouvimos, algo mágico acontece. Fechamos o fosso entre gerações. Rugas não são sinais de envelhecimento. São mapas de uma vida plenamente vivida. E é um privilégio ouvir sua viagem.