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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY NINTH

Here’s a mid-week current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog, here in an America where ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable anti-Trump zealots continue to run around as mindlessly as the torch bearing mobs in a Frankenstein movie. Not a single rational thought among all of them.

TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SMACKS DOWN MORE OF DEMOCRAT MEDIA EMPLOYEE DANA BASH’S LIES ABOUT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT. So far, no criticism outside the fact that it’s a goofy name for a legislative item has been proven right.

MORE ECONOMIC EXPERTS ADMIT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT TARIFF MANAGEMENT ALL ALONG.

BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER NINA TURNER COURAGEOUSLY CALLS OUT THE RABID LIES BLAMING TRUMP FOR THE TEXAS FLOODING.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES AWAY WITH BIDEN REGIME RULE TO LET NON-CITIZEN FARMERS ENJOY UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS BUT NOT AMERICAN FARMERS. People warned Democrat fascists that their grotesque excesses would come back to bite them.

DEMOCRATS CONTINUE ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE AGAINST ICE AGENTS.     SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE MATTHEW GAUNA CALLED OUT BY DHS FOR HIS STATEMENT “I WANNA SEE A FEW DEAD ICE AGENTS, LOS ANGELES! DON’T LET ME DOWN”. What an animal. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE.       

HERE’S YET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE HATE-FILLED GIBBERISH FROM THE VIOLENT DEMOCRAT MOBS WHO PRETEND TO BE “PEOPLE WITH EMPATHY.”  Continue reading

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JULY SEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another current events roundup.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMEET DHILLON COME DOWN HARD ON WHITE SUPREMACIST MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT.

A LOOK AT EIGHTEEN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S GREATEST WINS IN RECENT MONTHS.

DEMOCRAT MAMDANI’S HANNUKAH VIDEO MOCKING JEWS EXPOSED. Well, it’s no secret that Democrats are the party of rabid antisemitism and rabid support of Hamas. 

PRO-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEMOCRATS ARE NOW TARGETING THE CHILDREN OF ICE AGENTS. Have I mentioned lately that 21st Century Democrats are the combined Nazis and Mafia?

TRUMP’S U.S. ATTORNEY ALINA HABBA LEADS OPERATION THAT JUST APPREHENDED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR WANTED CRIMINALS. 95 gang members were among those arrested. More HERE

ABC, NYT, CBS, MARQUETTE POLLS SHOW LARGE MAJORITIES OF THE VOTERS SUPPORT TRUMP’S LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATIONS. But we all know Democrats will continue to lie that the policy is “not popular.” 

LARGE-SCALE NEW YORK BRIBERY RING EXPOSED FOR PROVIDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH FALSE DRIVER’S LICENSES. Continue reading

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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2025

American flagBalladeer’s Blog wishes a happy birthday to the USA! What happened in early July of 1776 certainly needs no rehashing so in keeping with my blog’s theme of addressing more out of the way subjects this post will examine various events that took place on other July 4ths throughout American history.

JULY 4TH, 1778 – George Rogers Clark led his rebel forces in taking the British stronghold of Kaskaskia, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers. Clark and his Rangers were on a mission for then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

JULY 4TH, 1783 – The Massachusetts Supreme Court is finalizing its written decision holding that slavery has been illegal in the state since adoption of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in 1780. 

continental soldierJULY 4TH, 1788 – The Constitution of the United States is starting to come into full effect this calendar year, instituting the government we are still officially ruled by. First elections are scheduled for later in the year.

JULY 4TH, 1789 – Congress passes a tariff that taxes goods imported in American ships at a rate 10% lower than on goods imported in ships under foreign flags.

JULY 4TH, 1794 – The “Whiskey Rebellion” is underway in western Pennsylvania. Farmers protesting a federal tax on grain alcohol act against it by refusing to pay it and by tarring and feathering the revenue agents sent to collect the tax money. They also take to burning down the homes of revenue officials. The rebellion ends in November.    Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JULY FOURTH

Time for an end of the week current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT PASSES IN TIME FOR JULY FOURTH SIGNING CEREMONY. Another win for populist President Donald Trump. Bradley Jaye and others noted: “The bill, which codifies into law much of what Trump has done through executive action and unlocks much more that required Congressional approval, may be considered by history as Trump’s crowning achievement” AND “manages to include almost every campaign promise Trump made …”

        Trump’s bill also fulfills his pledges regarding “no taxes on tips, overtime, or social security.” Plus there’s the biggest middle class tax cut in history and full funding for the Border Wall.

JUNE JOBS REPORT: TRUMP’S POLICIES ADD ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NEW JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS AGAIN. More HERE. Trump remains the best president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN LAMENTS THAT THEY DIDN’T GET THE JOBS SLOWDOWN THEY GLEEFULLY PREDICTED Continue reading

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THE PENOBSCOT CAMPAIGN: AMERICA’S REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRAGEDY

THE PENOBSCOT CAMPAIGN – Most sources refer to this military campaign as the Penobscot Expedition, but I feel the word campaign is far more accurate. At any rate, if it had been a success this combined land and sea effort against the British in 1779 would be hailed to this very day. Unfortunately, its failure has relegated it to the Memory Hole for most people.

This campaign was an attempt to drive the British out of the portion of Maine that they had seized and renamed New Ireland. Because Maine is central to this affair, I will first clarify a few things that some Americans as well as non-Americans can get thrown off by.

*** In general, we are all familiar with the original 13 Colonies that broke away from England during the American Revolution. Because Maine is not named among those 13 colonies, some people are confused when it is mentioned as the location for various battles of the Revolutionary War.

        Maine was a district of Massachusetts at the time. Similarly, Kentucky was not one of the 13 Colonies, but it was a department of Virginia, which is why Daniel Morgan’s Kentucky Rifles were part of America’s army during the war. Continue reading

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JULY 2nd ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another current events roundup.

AS TRUMP-BACKED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE HEADS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOW, HE CALLS FOR UNITY. “It’s everyone’s bill” he stated.   JENNINGS REMINDS BEGALA THAT IT WAS DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHO ADDED WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID, NOT TRUMP.    SCHMITT SHOOTS DOWN DEMOCRAT LIES BY POINTING OUT THE MEDICAID CUTS ARE FOR 1.4 MILLION ILLEGALS. Anti-Trumpers are still stuck in the pre-Trump past, when Republican policies were uniformly callous regarding public benefits.

TRUMP’S BBB KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO SENIOR CITIZENS REGARDING NOT HAVING THEIR BENEFITS TAXED. Trump continues to be the new FDR.

EVEN DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET CNN ADMITS FOURTH OF JULY GAS PRICES UNDER TRUMP HAVE DROPPED TO FOUR-YEAR LOW. Now that the corrupt and unfit figurehead Joe Biden and his handlers are gone.

HELEN LEWIS OF THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET THE ATLANTIC ADMITS DEMOCRATS PUSH “ZOMBIE FACTS” WHICH ARE NOT TRUE BUT WHICH THE POLITICAL BUBBLES THEY LIVE IN CONVINCE THEM ARE TRUE. As a former Democrat turned Independent, I certainly agree. Uninformed Democrats STILL spout lies about President Trump and other items on a daily basis.

HARVARD CALLED OUT AGAIN FOR THEIR VIOLATIONS OF STUDENT CIVIL RIGHTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMES * LEGAL * IMMIGRANTS AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS “INTO OUR NATIONAL FAMILY”. Democrats still pretend they don’t understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration.

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: JUNE THIRTIETH

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog in an America where Democrats pretend that enforcing laws they don’t like makes this an “authoritarian” administration.

PRESIDENT TRUMP BRINGS PEACE MEASURES TO DECADES-OLD AFRICAN CONFLICT. Incredible achievement. More HERE. And HERE. And HERE. CNN humiliated for claiming the agreement hadn’t really been signed HERE. More HERE. Their anti-Trump hysteria sinks to new lows. 

STOCKS SOAR TO RECORD HIGH UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES. And Trump is still fighting inflation and being the best president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime.

FINALLY, THE SUPREME COURT SMACKS DOWN THE NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION OVERREACH BY PARTISAN DEMOCRAT JUDGES IN LOWER COURTS. More HERE. They simultaneously insulted Ketanji’s inane, flawed reasoning for good measure. (More HERE.) Long overdue steps.

        And though Democrats are sniveling now, the ruling will also prevent Republican judges from abusing injunctions against any future Democrat presidents, too. Anti-Trump hysteria is what fueled the Party’s grotesque judicial overreach. More HERE.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SUMMARIZES ALL THE ABUSES OF INJUNCTIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP BY PARTISAN DISTRICT JUDGES. Those petty tyrants of the lower courts deserved to be put in their place.

GLOBAL ECONOMIST ADMITS PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTSMARTED EVERYONE WITH HIS TARIFF MANEUVERS.

DEMOCRAT MAMDANI CALLS FOR INCREASING TAXES ON WHITE PEOPLE. Racist hatemongering is in the DNA of the Democrats.

WASHINGTON POST REPORTER CHARGED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

DEMOCRAT “EDUCATION” – PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT GRADUATES “WITH HONORS” BUT CANNOT READ OR WRITE. The logical end result of decades of the Democrat war on the educational system. Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR NEGLECTED BATTLES: APRIL 1777

As the 4th of July approaches, here are some more often overlooked clashes during the Revolutionary War.

APRIL 2nd – Off the coast of Delaware the British frigates HMS Perseus and HMS Roebuck spotted the South Carolina Navy’s schooner the USS Defense, captained by Thomas Pickering. Outnumbered, the Defense fled and the British vessels pursued her from roughly 6:00am to 1:00pm.

        At that time the Roebuck and the Perseus caught up with the American ship and both of them opened fire. Ultimately, the Defense surrendered and was towed into New York Harbor by the English.

APRIL 13th – Near Bound Brook in the New Jersey No-Man’s Land, Redcoat General Charles Cornwallis and his 2,000 men caught American General Benjamin Lincoln and his 500 men by surprise. Militia units failed to warn him of the British approach. Continue reading

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JUNE TWENTY-SEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog serves up another current events roundup from an America where ignorant, uninformed and emotionally unstable anti-Trump fundamentalists still aren’t capable of calmly and rationally discussing their opposition to him. Instead, they still push their hysterical, irrational, “every week is the apocalypse” nonsense like they did during his first term.

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR BEING RUN BY INSIDE-THE-BELTWAY CONSULTANTS WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD

ALEX MARLOW’S NEW POLITICAL EXPOSE BREAKING THE LAW, ABOUT DEMOCRAT WARFARE AGAINST POPULIST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WILL BE AVAILABLE AUGUST FIFTH. Amazon link HERE

TYPICALLY COWARDLY CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATOR THUNE SURRENDERS ON BBB. Proving once again how clueless, outdated and useless most elected Republicans continue to be. Hiding behind an unelected partisan is peak conservative gutlessness of the “Gosh, our hands are tied” kind.         

        This parliamentarian maneuver is no different than judicial overreach and undermines the voters who gave a party the Senate majority. More HERE

UNSTABLE TRUMP HATER SAYS TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY MADE HER OVEREAT, DRINK AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY. So many anti-Trumpers are emotional cripples.

KAROLINE LEAVITT SMACKS DOWN CNN ACTIVIST OVER THEIR LIES ABOUT THE IRAN STRIKES.

FLAILING JASMINE CROCKETT STILL RABID OVER VOTERS REJECTING KAMALA HARRIS. She should instead be upset that her fellow Democrats were such racists that they kept covering up how unfit Joe Biden was. If they had not done that, Kamala would have succeeded to the presidency without even having to run and would have gained instant gravitas and credibility.

CORPORATE MEDIA STILL IGNORING REPORTER CATHERINE HERRIDGE’S REVELATION THAT HER MEDIA COLLEAGUES KNEW THERE WAS INTERFERENCE IN THE 2020 ELECTION TO INSTALL JOE BIDEN. Democrats went with the obvious lie that the election was “the most secure” ever rather than just go with rational defenses. So typical.   THE ANTI-TRUMP FBI COVERED IT UP, TOO. The 2020 election was as corrupt and tainted as were those in 1876 and 2000.

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION ADMITS THEY THINK THE PEOPLE’S CHILDREN ARE THEIR CHILDREN. Unsurprisingly, Democrats who pretend Trump presides over a “dystopia” ignored the grotesque remark. Continue reading

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“SALAMANDER” HARADEN: COMMERCE RAIDER AND PRIVATEER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

THE SALAMANDER – The 4th of July is fast approaching! As another seasonal post Balladeer’s Blog examines the Revolutionary War career of Captain Jonathan Haraden, nicknamed the Salamander because of “his ability to withstand fire.”

Haraden’s rise to fame began when he was serving as First Officer under Captain John Fisk on the American commerce raider the Tyrannicide, launched on July 8th, 1776. This ship, crewed by 75 men, was a 14-cannon sloop which preyed on British targets from July of 1776 until August 14th, 1779. After its launch from the Salisbury Naval Shipyard  the Tyrannicide  made Salem, MA its homeport.

The Tyrannicide   wasted no time, battling the HMS Dispatch on July 12th. The Dispatch boasted 20 cannons but after an hour & a half battle fell to Fisk and Haraden’s crew. The commerce raider towed this prize into Salem by July 17th and soon set out for more.

August of 1776 saw the ship working the waters off Cape Sable and Nantucket. During that time three more prizes fell to Tyrannicide – the Glasgow, the Saint John and the Three Brothers. Continue reading

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