HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Virginia, Ohio explore three-year bachelor’s degrees amid debate over college costs.

This has more implications than just lowering tuition. With fewer “general ed” requirements, humanities courses will lose demand, which means losing funding and faculty slots.

THIS ISN’T JUST A BURN, IT’S DEEP-FRYING THE HUFFPO:

A special Happy 4th of July shout out to the patriots at @JimmysSeafood who expanded their business this year by telling anti-American trash to go fuck themselves.

This was one of my favorite X moments ever… 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/IoYZ2ElJZQ

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 4, 2026

HISTORY!

Ben Franklin didn’t plow through dozens and dozens of French whores so that you could abide by fireworks ordinances

— Ingenuous Firebrand 🐆🇺🇸 (@ING2Firebrand) July 4, 2024

ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TURN OUT TO BE LEFTIST FRONT GROUPS: Committee to Protect Journalists in Turmoil After 17-1 Vote Upholding Tangled Definition of ‘Journalist’ for Gaza List: Fox News Is Sole ’No’ Vote.

Farragut, Tennessee. Happy Fourth of July!

STAY STRONG: Toniiq Liposomal NAD+ and Resveratrol Supplement. #CommissionEarned

I’M FEELING MORE PATRIOTIC ALREADY: Celebrate America’s Birthday Like a Patriot and Piss Off a Gun-Grabber – Build Your Own AR-15 Rifle.

HAPPY FOURTH. THIS IS FREE ON YOUTUBE THROUGH THE FOURTH:  1776, The Musical. (Video.)

Yes, it has flaws because of when it was written/produced. But it’s still pretty amazing.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE (CONT’D): Teacher accused of sex with students was allegedly blackmailed for better grades: warrants: Nichols, 25, faces 27 counts after allegedly having relations with six Alexander High School students, two under 16.

FISCAL LAB ON CAPITOL HILL: This new economic research and analysis team founded by former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Director Bill Beach is up and running, cranking out hard-hitting, data-driven examinations of key issues facing the nation. The latest is from the Lab’s Matthew Dickerson, Senior Fellow in Budgetary Analysis, who examines the economic impacts of the Trump administration’s working families tax cuts.

UPDATE ON DEMS, GOP LIES ON SPENDING, DEFICITS, DEBT: Two new charts added to yesterday’s Substack column — “Democrats and Republicans MUST Stop Lying About Their Deficit Spending and Debt, Beginning July 5, 2026, if America is to Survive” — illustrate in cold, hard data the reality of this crisis. Even if you read the column yesterday, it’s worth re-reading now in light of these charts. And Happy 4th of July, may the Republic go on another 250 years of liberty and prosperity.

VERY CHEERING:  The Phoenix and the Lady- Part Three. In which a great many things are set right.

THEY LEARNED YOU CAN FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME:  Secret pandemic plan that proves nothing was learned from covid.

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ANALOGY OF CAMELOT BUT…  Camelot’s Restoration – What Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame Should Have Been. There are two major errors in Infinity War and Endgame. For the 250th Anniversary, let us consider how the MCU’s Infinity Saga should have renewed Camelot rather than destroyed it.

Yes, because of the crazy left in the sixties, but also because Camelot was an illusion. We’re not. but that’s not what it means in her symbolism.

THEY’VE BURNED THEIR CREDIBILITY IN A DUMPSTER FIRE:  The climate scaremongers: Junk sites behind the Met Office’s so-called heat records.

WOULDN’T THAT ELIMINATE A LARGE NUMBER OF BUREAUCRATIC JOBS?  This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work.

OUR BUDDIES LOVE US:  We’ve gotta figure out some Japanese holiday we can celebrate to pay them back for this, it’s absurd.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DESTROY US:  Mamdani Trashes America, Trump in Speech Marking Country’s 250th Birthday.

YES, BUT THERE’S OTHER WAYS AROUND IT:  Supreme Court’s awful ruling encourages China’s Hunan Horse to invade America.

INTERESTING:  The Declaration of Independence’s 27 Grievances, Explained. Georgie’s been real quite since Jefferson dropped this one.

THE “AMERICA BAD” MESSAGING IS A ‘UNIFIED’ INFORMATION OPERATION (WHETHER OR NOT IT IS FORMALLY DIRECTED BY MALIGN ACTORS).  Reality is the antidote:  This is why the Scots Are More Excited About America Than You.

LET FREEDOM RING:  Bell Ringing Guidelines for America’s 250th,

WAY TO MAKE ME HOMESICK:  Colorado 48/48 — Ghost Towns & Black Bear Country: American Bucket List Completed Before the Semiquincentennial.

TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO PICK THE BEST MEMES TO SHARE:  Starting the Fireworks Early!

OPEN THREAD: You know I’m not to blame, you know my reputation for playing a good clean game.