Kim McMillin

God is good all the time and all the time God is good

[Jerry Thornton @jerrythornton]

They left home as boys 8 decades ago to go out and save the world. Last night they sat at the WWII Memorial together and celebrated their country's 250th. Still heroic.

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

This film is resonating in such a powerful way. We want all who can to experience this on the 250th so because of generous Angel’s Pay It Forward contributors, anyone can use the code “FREEDOM” and get two free tickets to showtimes after 8:00 pm at https://t.co/Du1k3x30Hb today ONLY. Help us make this the number #1 movie in America today. We are so close.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

The approval of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on the 4th of July, 1776 represented the ultimate political gamble.

The American revolutionaries were fighting against the world’s most powerful country, and the vast majority of colonists in America either opposed or were indifferent to independence.

While the odds were slim, the consequences for failure were severe. All 56 men who later signed the Declaration faced an assured death by hanging were the Revolution to fail.

And they had a lot to lose. The leaders of the Revolution were generally wealthy and influential in the colonies.

But they had suffered what Jefferson called a “long train of abuses” over the previous decade, and believed that failure to take a stand would lead to the destruction of their liberty.

So when they pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor, they meant it.

The Declaration was the ultimate political line in the sand: rights are God-given, not government-granted; government is legitimate only upon the consent of the governed; and government’s purpose is to safeguard the natural rights of the people.

What began as a conservative rebellion seeking the preservation of traditional English rights evolved into a political revolution that laid the foundation for the rise of the greatest republic in history — and that produced transformational consequences around the world.

We as Americans in 2026 are inheritors of this legacy of liberty and the beneficiaries of the courage, wisdom and dedication of the Founding Fathers.

We can acknowledge that our society and nation face a lot of problems. Whether there will be an America 500 celebration may very well depend on how this generation of Americans tackle these challenges.

But there can be no doubt that we are fortunate to be citizens of this republic. And we have a small group of patriots, who took a risky stand 250 years ago, to thank for that.

Happy America 250!

[Global Box Office @GlobalBoxOffice]

YOUNG WASHINGTON overperformed yesterday and made $7.6M domestically on its opening day.

It’s now on track for a $17M-$21M domestic debut, another sleeper hit from @AngelStudiosInc after SOUND OF FREEDOM and DAVID.

[Greg Laurie @greglaurie]

Happy 250th birthday, America! 🇺🇸 What a monumental day in our nation's history.
We just produced this video honoring our nation and thanking God for the United States:

America is more than a nation. It is an idea. A dream — planted in the hearts of our founding fathers by God Himself. A dream that ordinary men and women could be truly free. Not because a king permitted it. Not because a government granted it. But because God Himself declared it.

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

Every time I learn something new about our founding, I think, “There’s no way this was all by chance.” Thank the Lord for His providence and grace in the creation of this outstanding nation. Happy 4th to y’all and happy 250th to my beloved America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Billy Graham @BillyGraham]

"On this Independence Day, we should be on our knees thanking God for all He has given us." —Billy Graham

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

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. 🇺🇸

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

.@TrumpAccounts are now live, giving every child a stake in the American Dream from day one thanks to @POTUS.

The Trump Accounts app is now updated with the full suite of account capabilities: you can start funding your child’s account, exploring financial education modules, and more.

Visit https://t.co/PEeRkzlkD1 and download the official Trump Accounts app to access your child’s account before markets open on Monday.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! JD Vance just dropped TRUTH NUKES on the leftist traitors who trash America on our 250th

"You will hear a couple small but loud voices today speak obsessively not of our national GREATNESS, but of our national imperfections."

"THEY ARE WRONG."

"They will speak of the powerless and the dispossessed. They will tell you that America is just another country where the weak struggle against the strong, and if they acknowledge that there is anything to be proud of in our history, they'll say it's the fact that sometimes the powerless have won a zero-sum paddle..."

"They'll talk about America's sins with the anger and zeal of a brimstone preacher, but without ANY of the grace or forgiveness that must be present in the Christian faith."

"These people misunderstand the essence of America from Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kaiser."

"They misunderstand that we all have moments of great power despite those very real imperfections, that there are victims and heroes who live inside of each of us, from the most ambitious leaders and builders to steal welders like my grandfather, people who had their own role to play in turning this dangerous wilderness into the proudest civilization in history."

"So what I'd ask you to do, my fellow Americans, on our 250th birthday is to REJECT the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country."

"REJECT America is a place for zero-sum thinking because it is not! Our history is one of people carving a great civilization out of the wilderness."

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[Turning Point USA @TPUSA]

250 years of American freedom—fought for, built, and defended. Here’s to 250 more. 🇺🇸

[Erika Kirk @MrsErikaKirk]

This @nytimes op-ed completely misses the point on the purpose of marriage and children and completely misrepresents my views in the process. The entire article is laced with viewing family through the lens of money and career as if those things bring fulfillment and purpose. When you’re on your death bed, your money and your career won’t be whispering in your ear “I love you” as you take your last breath. The material goods and fortune of this world mean nothing when we go to our eternal resting place.

The author also conveniently leaves out the part of my Hillsdale commencement speech where I said “marry young, not rushed, but young.”

We serve a God of order and when you live a life ordered there’s a double portion of grace. Meaning marriage first, then kids, and everything else. Timing matters because life is shorter than you might think, and you never know what could happen. The point is, don’t put it off. Don’t rush it or force it if it’s not right, but don’t put it off.

I say this from a place of personal reflection. My marriage with Charlie and our babies are the biggest blessings of my life. I was 32 when I married Charlie, which in my mind is neither young to start a family or old. You just run up against statistics at that point and it just so happened to be the Lord’s timing and He still blessed us with two beautiful children. But I wish we met and were able to start our life and family together much sooner.

There is no such thing as perfect timing to have kids. Financial struggles are a part of life, but the problem is a lot of Americans are self-surviving, not self-sacrificing, and they expect to live a very distinct lifestyle based on what they see online. When Charlie encouraged young people to have more kids than they can afford, he wasn’t saying to recklessly bring a child into this world and have them on welfare. He was saying children aren’t a luxury item to have once you meet a certain tax bracket threshold. You don’t need a mansion in order to build a family.

It’s easy when you’re young to think that you have all the time in the world, but it’s a hard fact of life and science that that’s simply not the case. If you've met your person and you’re checking off boxes based on societal expectations of dating for a couple years, then a long engagement, then adjusting to married life before having children, you’re wasting valuable time. Getting pregnant in your late 30s and 40s is usually a lot harder than in your late 20s. Not always, but it’s a hard reality for many couples.

The inverted priorities of our current culture encourages women to believe that getting married and having children are weights on an otherwise rich and carefree existence. And yet, young Americans have never felt less happy or carefree. Children are not an obstacle, they're a gift from the Lord. They give life so much more meaning than you could ever imagine. When we stop looking at marriage and children as barriers to a happy life, maybe then there’ll be progress in this country.

[MELANIA TRUMP @MELANIATRUMP]

Freedom is more than a constitutional principle. 

Individual Liberty is the foundation that lets one create, build businesses, challenge convention, and pursue ideas without fear. 

Self-determination inspires different thinking. 

It’s the same free will our founders fought for in 1776 – and the same natural rights America protects today.

Happy 250th birthday, USA!🇺🇸

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

The America of 2026 is vastly different than the country our forefathers established in 1776. I hope you’ll join me and Christians across America in praying that we will turn our hearts back to the God of our Fathers so that we will truly be one nation under God.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Our founders staked their lives on a radical idea, that free men and women could govern themselves without a king or a distant bureaucracy telling them how to live. That idea built the freest, most prosperous nation in history.

On America’s 250th birthday, let's recommit to the Constitution and the liberty it protects. Happy Independence Day.

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Today, America wakes 250 years later as a beacon of hope, a republic entrusted to its people, an idea that changed the world.

A nation worth preserving. A dream worth pursuing. A freedom defended by every generation.

Happy 250th, America! 🇺🇸

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Good morning.

Today is July 4th 2026.

America is the greatest country in the world. 🇺🇸

And Christ is King 👑

[Stephen Stone - PhD Tricknologist @Stephen19718352]

Young Washington was an absolutely excellent film. Very based and well done. I highly recommend seeing it in theatres and bringing your sons if they are over maybe 9-10 years old.

It covered Washington from boyhood through receiving commission as commander of the Virginia forces. It portrays him as ambitious, moral and sturdy. It’s absolutely an ode to his greatness, even as a young man.

It refuses to delve into side moralizing about slavery it treatment of Indians. The slaves are simply there and it’s the way of things. Indians are self-dealing what you’d actually expect.

It will stir your patriotism and respect of one of the greatest men of history. I loved it and so did my 10 year old son, who immediately wanted to learn more about Washington and the war, even though he probably knows more than most kids his age.

See the movie in the theater

[U.S. Embassy Oslo @usembassyoslo]

Secretary Rubio: “As we commemorate 250 years of independence, I call on our allies and embassies around the world to join us in celebrating the American principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Happy Independence Day, and may God bless the United States of America.”