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American Spirit / Nate Jackson

What Is America? Trump and Mamdani Disagree

The president delivered America-loving remarks on and before Independence Day, while the New York mayor gave a bitter list of grievances.

Headlines / The Editors

Monday Executive News Summary

Trump pardons Clean Air Act violators, Paul Pelosi’s hit-and-run, illegal alien kills state trooper, U.S. in race to the moon against China, and more.

Politics / Thomas Gallatin

Harris Eyes 2028, Solicits Socialism

The former vice president and failed 2024 presidential candidate is clearly laying the groundwork for another run for the Democrat presidential nomination.

Re: The Left / Rich Lowry

What Marx and Engels Thought About Socialism in the United States

Sanders, Mamdani, and AOC hope to substitute socialism for Americanism, a project that even Marx and Engels had their doubts about.

Re: The Left / Emmy Griffin

America-Haters Harass European America-Lover Into Hiding

A popular German tourist who is here for the World Cup has experienced both the best and the worst of American culture.

Sports / Douglas Andrews

Trump Flexes American Muscle at World Cup

By using his personal friendship with the FIFA president to right a grievous wrong, Donald Trump gave the Left one more reason to root against their country.

Immigration / Josh Hammer

Congress Can Still Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here’s How.

We the People are not helpless. Our representatives in Congress can act. They should do so posthaste.

Big Tech / Geoffrey Douglas

AI Is Bringing Sticker Shock to Everything

Silicon Valley is building an AI future, and ordinary families are about to discover how much it costs.

American Spirit / Roger Helle

America’s DNA: Pride, Patriotism, and Coming Together

I’ve lived too long and traveled to too many places to think that communism is going to take root across the fruited plain.

Humor / The Babylon Bee

7 Tips for Europeans to Stay Cool Without Air Conditioning

Build a wooden ship and sail to America: Discover the strange, air-conditioned New World for the glory of Spain.

Quotes / The Editors

Monday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Jennifer Welch, Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, Zohran Mamdani, Adam Corolla, Victor Davis Hanson, Todd Blanche, and more.

American Spirit / Imprimis

How to Think About the American Revolution

The revolutionary and founding generations did their heroic part in bequeathing to us this legacy of freedom.

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The 14th Amendment

It wasn’t written for birth tourists on airplanes.

How George Washington Became George Washington

Everybody knows George Washington. Very few know how badly he failed before he became the man whose name we still invoke 250 years later.

Why the American Republic Has Survived for 250 Years

Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc discuss why the U.S. republic has endured for 250 years.

The Real Reason Gen Z Doesn’t Care About 1776

A generation raised with little independence and everything on demand can’t fully understand the values woven into the Declaration.

How to Keep Our Golden Age

Will this be the fall of the American empire? Some headlines suggest that. But historian Johan Norberg says, “We can still save this golden age.”

The War That Made America Before 1776

The forgotten conflict that helped shape George Washington, redrew the map of the continent, and planted the seeds of the American Revolution.

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