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Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 04 Jul 2026 19:39:03 -0400<![CDATA[I wanted to use several other ideas for a headline that highlights the Guardian's open hatred of America, but since it's a holiday, I figured it best to keep it simple.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/04/the-guardian-meets-america-at-250-and-finds-only-fault-n4954671<![CDATA[Speaking at Mount Rushmore on Friday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of our nation, President Donald Trump sounded the alarm: “As we approach this magnificent anniversary, we see our American identity under a renewed attack.” He observed that “a generation after we fought and won the Cold War against the menace of communism, there is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our great success.”]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Marxism]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/07/04/trumps-mount-rushmore-speech-outrages-the-media-like-nothing-since-the-days-of-reagan-n4954672<![CDATA[Francesca Hong isn't hiding the ball. The Madison Democrat is a Wisconsin state representative, a candidate for governor, and a self-described democratic socialist.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/04/wisconsins-2026-governor-race-has-a-socialist-problem-with-the-last-name-of-hong-n4954666<![CDATA[You may be familiar with the agitprop group called the Patriot Front. They always showed up at convenient times when the Democrats were in power, obviously to make it look like the right is nothing but khaki-wearing white supremacists akin to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Kash Patel]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/04/patriot-front-agitprop-group-tries-to-ruin-america-250-celebration-in-washington-n4954667<![CDATA[What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the Revolution; it was only an effect and a consequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected, from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years before a drop of blood as shed at Lexington. The records of thirteen legislatures, the pamphlets, newspapers in all the colonies, ought to be consulted during that period to ascertain the steps by which the public opinion was enlightened and informed concerning the authority of Parliament over the colonies.—John Adams to Jefferson, 1815]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Churchill Barrow]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-barrow/2026/07/04/our-founders-had-their-own-version-of-x-pamphlets-n4954639<![CDATA[Happy 250th birthday to the greatest country on earth, the United States of America! I am honored to be reporting from Mount Vernon, the home of the “Father of our Country,” George Washington.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-george-washingtons-home-n4954661<![CDATA[America's 250th birthday is here, and so much that has led up to this moment has made it clear we have a lot of work to do to restore pride in this country… for those on the left. And an answer is underway.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[DOE]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/04/this-might-be-the-most-important-initiative-to-save-our-country-n4954664<![CDATA[Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't dress up the message in diplomatic lace. In a June 29 letter to Judge Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, Blanche told The Hague what President Donald Trump's administration had already made clear: Americans answer to American courts.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/04/trumps-doj-tells-the-icc-americans-answer-to-america-so-pound-sand-n4954663<![CDATA[We live in an era where children in their formative years do not know what patriotism means. My grandparents’ generation knew what it meant to love America and to stand up for its ideals, but the leftists of my parents’ generation — the Baby Boomers — screwed it up for all of us. To them, the only measure of patriotism was opposition to President George W. Bush. Remember: “Dissent is patriotic.” Tell that to the IRS.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/07/04/how-disney-kept-faith-with-america-n4954632<![CDATA[Actually, the title is wrong: It’s more like getting drunk near Alzheimer’s patients, because for the most part, their medications (plural, of course) don’t play nicely with alcohol. But that’s okay.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:44:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/07/04/what-getting-drunk-with-alzheimers-patients-teaches-us-about-america-on-her-250th-birthday-n4954660<![CDATA[The Supreme Court just handed Donald Trump one of the biggest expansions of presidential power in decades. It took a federal appeals court all of a few days to act as if the ruling didn't exist.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/04/federal-court-defies-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-fire-dei-officers-n4954659<![CDATA[This started as a piece on why America is a Christian nation, but on this day, one compelling notion pushed itself forward and wouldn’t let go; thus the title you see before you.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/04/on-america-250-a-prayer-for-our-country-n4954658<![CDATA[Revolutionary greetings, fellow Americans, on our semiquincentennial. How odd it is that we who disdain revolution celebrated it. Some may consider this an irony of history. In fact, it is built into the new system of government from its birth in 1775 through the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Greg Byrnes]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[National Debt]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Washington]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2026/07/04/revolutionary-greetings-fellow-americans-on-our-semiquincentennial-n4954642<![CDATA[A family paying the electric bill doesn't care how noble a subsidy sounds in Washington. They care whether the lights stay on, the furnace runs, the air conditioner works, and the bill leaves enough money for groceries.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[EPA]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/04/wind-and-solar-finally-meet-the-taxpayers-breaking-point-n4954653<![CDATA[Two hundred and fifty years ago, a new nation came into being, utterly unique in history, conceived in liberty, acknowledging only one king (God), and destined to become the greatest country upon earth.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/04/my-love-letter-to-america-n4954654<![CDATA[Greets and welcome to Saturday, July 4, 2026..&nbsp;The traditional Independence Day is today, as well as, National Barbecued Spareribs Day, National Caesar Salad Day, National Country Music Day, and (how appropriate given the weather in the northeast), it’s National Sidewalk Egg Frying Day.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/04/armerica-250-it-wasnt-the-fourth-you-know-n4954655<![CDATA[Two hundred and fifty years ago, 56 men, with God's divine providence, changed the course of world history.]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[PJ Media Staff]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/pj-media-staff/2026/07/04/pj-media-celebrates-america-250-n4954573<![CDATA[A grandmother in Queens didn't need a lecture about her thermostat; she needed electricity.]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/03/new-yorks-heat-wave-exposes-the-cost-of-political-fantasy-n4954649<![CDATA[The Supreme Court has committed a grievous moral and legal error in Trump v. Barbara, the landmark case on birthright citizenship. In holding that the 14th Amendment confers automatic citizenship on virtually all children born on American soil, the court has severely vitiated the sanctity of American citizenship — in this "America 250" celebration year, no less. Moreover, on a prosaic level, the court's majority botched the basic constitutional question.]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:57:25 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Justice Amy Coney Barrett]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/josh-hammer/2026/07/03/congress-can-still-ban-birthright-citizenship-heres-how-n4954647<![CDATA[Try as it has, the left has still not been able to kill one of America’s most timeless virtues, which is best known as rugged individualism. No other country has ever embraced this value the way America has. It represents a uniquely American cultural ideal that places the emphasis on self-reliance, independence, initiative, and resilience against all odds.]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:54:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/03/america-250-try-as-it-might-the-left-still-cant-kill-americas-embrace-of-rugged-individualism-n4954650