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[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@eeponemoretime @TheKevinDalton You seem nice🤦‍♀️ There’s only so much room HEPA filters can do, but, yes, they’re better than nothing. At least, AQI has returned to normal much faster compared to last July 5.

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@VGmt0800 @TheKevinDalton Such nonsense!🤦‍♀️

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@VincentJCurtis1 @jonburkeUK I take it as a cautionary statement…be vigilant stewards of the only home we inhabit.

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

Google➡️2025 Enforcement Results: During the 2025 Fourth of July period, the Carson Sheriff's Station issued nearly 100 citations for illegal firework violations.
2025 Fine Amounts: Violators faced fines of $2,000 for the first offense, $3,000 for the second, and $5,000 for the third.
2025 Drone Program: The city utilized drones to monitor for illegal activity to identify and fine users.
2025 Reward Program: The city offered residents rewards ranging from $250 to $500 for reporting the use of illegal fireworks.

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@VGmt0800 @TheKevinDalton So, let’s not add to anymore bad AQI days when there are ways to mitigate this and still celebrate🤷‍♀️

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

I’m familiar with the national anthem "And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air”. I love it and fireworks, at least, in a more limited capacity. Maybe along the lines of ➡️ in urban areas, cities would host displays on a rotating annual basis (density would depend on population), 15-20” max, large fines for selling/using illegal fireworks anywhere. If you can’t pay fine, then community service). We should be at liberty to breathe healthy air. Traditional fireworks produce a lot of pollutants. This is another screen shot (from last year’s Independence Day celebration. SoCal daycare centers had to keep kids inside because of poor air quality. TX Dallas/Ft Worth area put on a fine drone show which should be encouraged in more cities. I know those shows are expensive, but prices have dropped in the past many years.

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@VGmt0800 @TheKevinDalton An hour? This screenshot was taken July 5 around 11 am. It might have been gone from your area, but not mine. No reason for fireworks to be going off til 2 am…we can and must prevent this pollution.

[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.

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Citizenship is more than legal status—it is a solemn obligation.

As America turns 250, I make the case that a nation can endure only if its citizens embrace allegiance, assimilation, and the responsibilities that sustain liberty.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"We cannot let the oil companies, the gas companies, and petro states tell us what is permissible," @algore

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

He played a soldier who lost both legs.

The role earned him an Oscar nomination.

Then real wounded veterans started calling him “Lieutenant Dan.”

It changed his life forever.

After portraying Lt. Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump (1994), Gary Sinise became one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actors.

But after 9/11, something shifted.

As thousands of Americans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with life-changing injuries, Sinise began visiting military hospitals.

The veterans didn’t see a movie star.

They saw someone who understood, even if only through a role.

So he kept showing up.

In 2003, he formed the Lt. Dan Band, performing free concerts for troops, veterans, and military families around the world.

Then, in 2011, he launched the Gary Sinise Foundation.

While still starring on CSI: NY, he spent his days filming and his nights raising money, visiting hospitals, and supporting military families.

Eventually, the mission became his full-time work.

One program became the heart of it all:

R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment).

The goal wasn’t simply to thank wounded veterans.

It was to give them their independence back.

The foundation builds specially adapted, mortgage-free smart homes for America’s most severely wounded veterans.

Wider doorways.

Roll-in showers.

Accessible kitchens.

Voice-activated technology.

Homes designed for people whose lives were permanently changed in combat.

Each one is given to the veteran free of charge.

Since its founding, the Gary Sinise Foundation has delivered more than 100 of these custom-built homes while also providing mobility equipment, mental health support, emergency relief, and millions of meals to service members, veterans, first responders, and their families.

Sinise once said:

“We can never do enough for our nation’s defenders, but we can always do a little more.”

He could have spent the last two decades chasing bigger movie roles.

Instead, he chose hospital hallways over red carpets.

A character he played for two hours became a mission he has lived for more than twenty years.

Sometimes the greatest role a person ever plays…

isn’t on a screen.

It’s in real life.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Africa is building a wall... Made of trees.

8,000 km of green defiance stretching from Senegal to Djibouti: it’s called the Great Green Wall - a plan to stop the Sahara desert, restore dead land, and lift 100 million people.

[🎞️ africabusinessheroes]

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨BADASS ALERT: Patriot Parachute Team Drops In!

Former Navy SEALs and Special Ops veterans just flew giant American flags into the Cody Stampede Rodeo for America’s 250th!

This is patriotism looks like, elite warriors honoring our country from the sky!

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

In 1942, James Cagney was told to just walk down the stairs in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Instead, he decided to improvise a tap dance down the slick marble steps. The crew tried to stop him due to the high injury risk. He ignored them, nailed it in ONE take.

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

🔘 I had never considered the physics of hula hooping at scale

This is the world record from 2019 at 17’8” by Yuya Yamada of Japan

[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@Lexman999 @MikeHudema Curious what is your source backing claim that UN , IPCC and NASA now disagree? I can’t find support for your claim. This would be pretty big news, but maybe I missed the memo too.🤷‍♀️

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

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[lisa l mcgrath @lisalmcgrath1]

@QueenMother1976 In this, greater efficiency eats its own.