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July 4th News Updates: Trump Has Made a Mockery of Our 250th Nazis march through DC, the power grid buckles under record heat, and Trump spends the country's biggest anniversary posting memes about Pee-wee Herman Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jul 4 ∙   Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 - Canada v Morocco - Houston Stadium, Houston, Texas, U.S. - July 4, 2026 A fan holds an America 250 flag in the stands before the match as the United States celebrates its 250 th anniversary on Independence Day REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Hi all, Ben here. It’s Saturday, July 4. I want to start by wishing everyone in the United States a Happy 250th! The country may be far from perfect, but that’s exactly the reminder that our work is never finished. It will always be worth fighting for. And we will never give up on the values and principles that truly make this country great. And remember: the reason we celebrate this day is because average people stood up to the authoritarians ...

  Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah "Who the hell wrote that?" Trump stops mid-speech to ask what a "corner store" is The guy who's somehow managed to convince an alarming number of Americans that he's a real "man of the people" is so fundamentally out of touch, so disconnected from reality, so unfathomably privileged, he stopped mid-speech — about tax cuts for small businesses! — to ask outloud what the hell a "corner store" was. Donald Trump, born in New York City in 1946, doesn't know what a bodega is. Let that sink in for a second. We shouldn't really be all that surprised, to be honest. This is the same man who declared "groceries" an old-fashioned word a few months ago. Champion of the people and voice of the forgotten Donald Trump finds both the concept of groceries  and  the buildings in which they're sold to be foreign mysteries. Beyond parody. Take Action:...

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