Don Surber

A few Brits on Twitter congratulated us on our 250th birthday as a nation by reminding us that this Sunday they will celebrate the 1,099th anniversary of their nationhood. Well, cheers to them as well. On July 12, 927, King Æthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, and the kings of Scotland, Deheubarth (Wales), Strathclyde and northern Northumbria met at Eamont Bridge near Penrith in Cumbria and agreed to form the Kingdom of England with Æthelstan as the king.

That’s the way the Graham Cracker crumbles. As the British would say, the Democrat Party is about to give Graham Platner the Spanish archer, aka, the El-Bow. The Nazi-tattooed misogynist mess who raises oysters for his mommy’s restaurant has begun to slip in the polls made public—an indication that Democrats are horrified by the results of their more accurate internal polling. On Monday, he suspended his campaign, which paves the way for replacing him before the weekend deadline.

Roger Kimball wrote, “Why socialism will fail,” a pretty nifty if overly intellectualized piece that encapsulates the common smug capitalist prediction of doom because “sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.” Hahaha, right? Really? Well, Congress ran out of other people’s money in the 1980s. We have a national debt approaching $40 trillion—$40 million million. Maybe we’re the socialists but we just won’t admit it.

ITEM 1: Matt Whitlock said of Britain’s universal health care, “In the UK, between 9/2024 and 8/2025, roughly 79,130 names were removed from healthcare waiting lists because patients died before getting care.” It is healthcare to die for. Yep, we got out in the nick of time. ITEM 2: The city of Buffalo, New York, raised the Somali flag on Wednesday to celebrate Somali Independence Day. But there will be no fireworks today for Independence Day because Mayor Sean Ryan is concerned about safety.

On July 17, 1980, Ronald Reagan accepted the Republican nomination for president. In his acceptance speech, he said, “For those who have abandoned hope, we’ll restore hope and we’ll welcome them into a great national crusade to make America great again!” Make America great again! He said it at a time when President Carter declared a national malaise and Muslims in Iran held 51 Americans hostage.

Kristen Waggoner of the Alliance Defending Freedom posted the above picture of one of the girls she represents in court. Waggoner tweeted: Today you will read many sympathetic media stories about B.P.J., the male athlete who challenged WV’s law and lost at SCOTUS. I’m guessing none will mention that B.P.J. defeated 470+ girls 1,400+ times (including a state title) and sexually harassed our client Adaleia (pictured) in the girls’ locker room.

Bummed by the news reports about the Supreme Court as it flooded the end of June with key decisions? Don’t be because the headlines are as misleading as a date with a tranny without being told she is a he. Reporters cover the courts about as well as they cover the White House, election polls and war. Consider Niña Totenberg of NPR, the doyenne of Supreme Court coverage, and winner of multiple duPont-Columbia, Peabody and other major journalism honors. She is in the Radio Hall of Fame.

Donald John Trump’s magical powers include the ability to make people reveal who they truly are. For example, a decade ago, John Kasich was billed as a conservative governor from Ohio. He was no more conservative than Paul Ryan or Mitt Romney. This weekend, Kasich said: On January 15, 2010, Obama granted Haitians Temporary Protected Status after an earthquake. That was 197 months ago. The law says TPS lasts 18 months.

On Saturday, the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary in this Year of the Bicentennial+50. The Continental Congress declared independence on July 2, 1776. Two days later, they debated and edited the Declaration of Independence. On July 8, 1776, Colonel John Nixon publicly read the Declaration aloud in Philadelphia’s State House yard (now Independence Square). This was accompanied by bell ringing (including the Liberty Bell), cheers, and some military displays.

ITEM 1: Sam Stein whined, “SCOTUS just sided with the administration’s desire to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. 350k of them now at risk of immediate deportation.” The cat “pawsed” long enough from poll-writing duties to meow a sigh of relief. The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government’s power over green card holders accused of crimes.