07/07/2026 05:10 CDT
DEMS WOULD RATHER SALUTE BLM FLAG THAN AMERICAN FLAG; PLATNER ON WAY OUT?
TODAY’S TOP TEN
DEMS FAVOR BLM FLAG OVER AMERICAN FLAG
DEMOCRATS HAVE A MORE favorable opinion of BLM flag than American flag. The National Pulse.
SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS HOUSE will pass SAVE America Act one more time in reconciliation bill. The Hill.
KEY DEMOCRATS WITHDRAW endorsement of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after new sexual assault allegations emerge. ZeroHedge.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA fill loneliness void that churches once bridged. Restoration News.
LIBERAL CHICAGO TRIBUNE says Democrats can’t allow socialists to take over party. Chicago Tribune.
DEMOCRAT SENATOR MARK KELLY feeling backlash after openly wearing Mexico World Cup jersey. The Western Journal.
TOYOTA SHIFTS KEY TRUCK plant from Mexico to Texas to avoid Trump tariffs. The Last Refuge.
FLORIDA SHOWS THE WAY on how to restrain rogue judges who let violent criminals walk free. The Federalist.
DEMOCRATS’ NEW VIRGINIA budget will cost every Commonwealth family an extra $3,880. Restoration News.
LIBERAL PROPAGANDISTS TRY to turn normal summer weather into climate hysteria. Legal Insurrection.
COMMENTARY WORTH READING
Crossing state lines shouldn’t cost you the right to self-defense. John Lott Jr..
Some laws meant to protect — actually kill. John Stossel.
The silent Civil War on abortions. Samantha Flom.
VIDEO WORTH WATCHING
The Thread of Liberty: Keeping our Republic (full documentary). American Majority.
Mystery deepens as Iran’s new leader is missing from funeral of his father. Fox News.
Trump: If Republicans terminate filibuster, we will not lose an election for 100 years. Real Clear Politics.
LATEST ROA PODCASTS
Host Hayden Ludwig interviews Aaron Baer, president, Center for Christian Virtue, about the battle for America’s children. Restoration Spotlight.
Host Grace Reilly notes the taxes we pay today are far worse than what the Founders protested. Restoring America with Grace Reilly.
In episode 3, Doug Truax and Will Thibeau discuss fixing the military’s broken incentive system. Restore the Military podcast.
OFFBEAT BEAT
Pickleball’s popularity crowding out tennis court space. Real Clear Politics.
TWEETS OF NOTE
(@CynicalPublius) The United States of America is built on the primacy of the individual over the collective. It is a concept that permeates literally ever aspect of our founding documents, and to this day anyone who seeks to politically promote the collective over the individual is acting in a manner contrary to the very reason for our nation's existence. Tweet.
(@FloppingAces) Trump didn’t just give a speech at Mount Rushmore. He operated from a completely different moral operating system than the people losing their minds over it. He spoke with conviction. He named actual enemies ... communism, the people pushing it, and the cultural rot that makes it possible. He talked about inheritance, character, and the fact that America was built by people who refused to kneel to bad ideas. He treated the country like something worth defending without hedging or self-loathing. The reaction wasn’t disagreement. It was contempt. The same people who spent years demanding “nuance” and “context” suddenly had none when someone spoke plainly about loving this country and rejecting the ideology that has failed everywhere it’s been tried. They reached for the same tired sneers they used against Reagan. They called it apocalyptic because clarity scares them more than the actual threats do. That’s the gap. One side still believes there are things worth fighting for and enemies worth naming. The other side has spent so long marinating in resentment and moral ambiguity that real conviction now reads as aggression. They don’t have a competing vision. They have distaste for the man who still has one. Trump’s posture was offensive to them precisely because it wasn’t built on grievance or performance. It was built on the belief that America is worth preserving and that some ideas are simply incompatible with it. Their response proved the point better than the speech did. When conviction meets contempt, the side with nothing but contempt always reveals how little it actually has left to offer. Tweet.
MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM of American History hates our heritage and refuses to share it with the public. The Daily Signal.
BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL
Bombshell New Study Just Proved Biden’s Open-Border Policy Made Your Life WAY MORE Expensive BONGINO REPORT.
DOGE SAVINGS
$215 billion. DOGE website.
POLYMARKET PREDICTION MARKET
Will Democrats control House after 2026 midterms? 84%.
Will Republicans control the Senate after the 2026 midterms? 54%
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