Connie Long

former teacher, spouse of retired Marine, birder, book lover, paper crafter, patriot

[Shannon 🇺🇸I stand with America @thewriterme]

An upside down world.

[Connie Long @shaflong]

@MeganFoxWriter @Kiradavis And they smell like a skunk.

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Time is short and can easily Change!

[Elise Stefanik @EliseStefanik]

In a letter to his beloved wife Abigail, John Adams wrote:

“You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. — Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means.”

You see, the founders knew that this grand experiment of these new United States of America would not be easy, they knew that it would be messy. But above all, they knew that it would be worth it. 

The cause of independence cost blood, treasure, and lives of courageous men and women who risked it all to protect these words and forge a new nation. Brave American patriots fought and died for the freedom of their fellow citizens and future generations. Like our men and women in uniform do today. 

We understand this deeply where I am from. I was born and raised in Upstate New York - the cradle of the American Revolution. Home of Fort Ticonderoga. Plattsburgh. And Saratoga - the turning point of the Revolutionary War. These were some of the bloodiest battles of the war, the battlefields and hallowed ground where Americans, called by God, laid down their lives for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 

And not five months after the Declaration of Independence, during some of the darkest hours when all was thought to be lost, the great Thomas Paine called on his fellow countrymen and women to remain steadfast in their belief in the cause to secure a new nation. 

Paine wrote: “THESE are the times that try men’s souls…Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

And how glorious it was. And is. Because against all odds, despite thinking all was lost too many times to count, the Americans triumphed. And forged the greatest nation in the history of mankind, as the rest of the world watched in wonder and in awe. 

What joy and astonishment our founders would have if they could look back at the achievements of the past 250 years: 

America freed men and women from bondage. America rebuilt and re-united after the bloody Civil War. We survived the Great Depression, ushered in the Industrial Revolution, put a Man on the Moon, stormed, bled, and died on the beaches of Normandy to save the world from tyranny, built historic alliances, and delivered a economic and technological advancements fueling greater prosperity and quality of life than ever imagined. 

It is in their words on the very parchment in these Archives that our founders ensured that America always remains the world’s greatest hope. That we are the pioneers, the explorers, the believers, the inventors, the warriors and the peacemakers, the dreamers, the doers, the cowboys, the builders, and the leaders. 

What a privilege it is to be an American. I believe this always, but especially at such a time as this. 

Today May we cherish and remember our providential past, touched by the hand of God, and may we embark on the next 250 years guided by the same moral truths in these sacred documents in this very hall of We The People: Our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and our Declaration of Independence. 

250 years ago, when asked what form of government our founders envisioned and decided upon, Benjamin Franklin wisely said, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” 

We will fight for it. Strive for it. Protect it. And we will keep it.

For America is great. We are the Keeper of the Faith. The Defender of the West. And the Leader of the Free World.

Happy 250th Birthday America! You are still so young, so beautiful, and your future - of the people, by the people, for the people - is so blindingly bright. 

May God Bless You and May God continue to Bless the United States of America 🇺🇸

[Connie Long @shaflong]

@JaniceDean Sure will miss you, Janice. I always loved seeing you in the derby hats!

[F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli]

Today, under the leadership of @VP Vance and @DAGToddBlanche, we are announcing the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown involving 455 defendants charged in connection with $6.5+ BILLION in alleged fraud.

One person arrested by @FBILosAngeles in the Central District of California was Jeannie Choi, 57, of Torrance.

She is charged along with two other defendants—Oren David Shachar, 59, of Van Nuys, and Abraham Shin, 66, of Corona—with a hospice fraud scheme that caused Medicare to pay nearly $27 million in fraudulent claims.

Shachar allegedly exploited deceased Medicare beneficiaries by collecting their personal health data and medical records through meetings with surviving relatives. He then directed staff to use those identities to create false, backdated hospice records claiming evaluations and terminal certifications that never occurred.

Shachar paid Choi and Shin between $1,000 and $3,000 for each deceased beneficiary fraudulently enrolled in hospice care.

Shachar and Shin have pleaded not guilty and have a trial scheduled for August 11. Choi is expected to make her initial appearance and be arraigned today in Los Angeles federal court.

Public health programs intended to help the elderly and sick are being undermined by fraudsters, threatening the financial stability of these programs for all Americans. We are committed to rooting out the rampant fraud that has plagued our institutions for too long.

[Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan]

Things that triggered the left this week:

- a clean reflecting pool
- a name on a building
- a murderer getting convicted of murder
- a sporting event at the White House
- a successful IPO
- welders and janitors becoming millionaires

[Connie Long @shaflong]

@chilired47 @KatTimpf What is wrong with you? Kat is in the middle of grief and expressing herself is a part of healing.

[Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende]

I almost hesitate to promote this, because it wasn't really intended to be a piece. I just sort of sat down and it came out. Maybe someone else out there has the same type of day today, and it'll speak to them.
https://t.co/xSMUDOrHcC

[Connie Long @shaflong]

@SeanTrende Incredibly touching. Blessings to Judson and your family as you navigate the next step in his life’s journey.

[Connie Long @shaflong]

@KatTimpf Just devastating. I don’t know you other than watching you on Fox, but my heart goes out to you.

[Italian Mike2 @ItalysMike54]

Good morning my friends...I was just thinking; 🤔🤔

[Andrew Follett @AndrewCFollett]

This is Robert Morris, the richest man in America in 1776.

He literally bankrupted himself usinf his vast personal fortunate, shipping fleet, and fiscal acumen to pay for the American Revolution.

AOC is stupid.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

The New York Times has reported that the east coast beaches may disappear in as little as 25 years from now.

Just kidding; this was published in 1995.

[Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley]

251 years ago tonight 🇺🇸

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Thomas Sowell gets it: He's 94 years old and has never held political office, never had a viral moment, never begged for your attention. He just wrote 30 books, spent 50 years dismantling bad ideas with data, and let the work speak. No green room. No cable news contract. No ideology to sell you. While academics were chasing grants and politicians were chasing polls, Sowell was in the library proving them all wrong. The most dangerous intellectual in America isn't the loudest one. It's the one who doesn't need you to agree with him.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is being praised nationwide for dropping this TRUTH on leftism and "progressivism"

"Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government. It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government."

"It requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with a constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights."

You NAILED IT, Justice Thomas! 🇺🇸

This guy is the true GOAT.