ISN’T THIS HOW THE MOVIE STARTS? Scientists Have Created a Cell from Scratch and Researchers Say ‘We Can Engineer It:’ The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, researchers said.

OLD AND BUSTED: Moscow on the Hudson.

The New Coldness? Siberia at Gracie Mansion!

Turns out like all communists, Zohran lies and demands the people sacrifice while he is blasting the A/C in his office

Via @nypost https://t.co/Ek3bR6Wmom pic.twitter.com/z8facfY84H

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 3, 2026

WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: Taylor Swift was right about sourdough bread.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

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— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 3, 2026

QUESTION ASKED:

“The U.S. Air Force is playing Guns N’ Roses at Mt. Rushmore on the eve of #America250 , and you’re blackpilling???” pic.twitter.com/JFWfkvWNgm

— Dillon I. Ivy 🇺🇸 (@DillonIIvy1) July 4, 2026

That’s great, but it’s not as great as Steve Gadd, who went on to play with just about everybody, playing drums in 1970 in the US Army band to provide the backbone of a surprisingly funky “Cissy Strut:”

THE LIE’S NAME IS HOWARD ZINN: 1976 and the Lie That Broke Our National Unity.

Related:

Compare Calvin Coolidge on America’s 150th anniversary:

“It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore… https://t.co/yTbh1DK6jm

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) July 3, 2026

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Sophia and the Fourth.

KEEP YOUR DISHWASHER CLEAN: Affresh Dishwasher Cleaner. #CommissionEarned We use this and it works well!

GOOD: Civics education expands ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

I’m on the board of UT’s Institute of American Civics at the Baker School, which among other things has been pushing out course content to high schools across the state.

WELL, NO, BUT WHAT THE HELL: Need Another Reason to Loathe Michelle Obama?

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

Communism isn't popular. Never has been.

Hence all Communist revolutions are spearheaded by a small number of academic elites, while the underlings—the ones who invariably perish in such a revolt—must be manipulated into participating with some other pet issue. https://t.co/dkGniT3Q1u

— RazörFist (@RazorFist) July 4, 2026

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.