In keeping with the America 250 theme, here’s some history you may not be familiar with.

This is a different take on the Boston Tea Party. 252 years ago today, the British Empire closed the busiest port in North America to teach one colony a lesson, and accidentally turned thirteen colonies into one country. On December 16, 1773, a few dozen Bostonians had thrown 342 chests of East India Company tea …

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Welcome to Seattle at the end of May, 2026. Updated May 29.

Seattle seems to be doing its level best to make things miserable for everyone. These first few stories are all from the MyNorthwest.com site. Former King County Sheriff says City has Failed Aurora, but Arresting Sex Workers is first step. Seattle decriminalized prostitution, leading to gun battles on public streets between rival pimps. Major thoroughfare …

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Since when do the LOSERS in a war dictate terms to the WINNER?!

Since now, I guess. America and Israel have decimated Iran's war-making ability, sunk its navy, removed its mines from the Strait of Hormuz, and destroyed most of its missiles. So, we have: Iran refuses to back down from its "Red line" on nuclear talks. An Iranian official asserted Wednesday that Tehran will not back down …

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It’s America’s 250th Birthday. Celebrate the uniquely American Road Trip

Just recently, the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, and his wife and NINE CHILDREN, as publicity for the 250th, undertook, with corporate sponsorship, a Great American Road Trip, documenting it for a documentary film to be available on YouTube for free. As expected, the legacy media and the rest of the Angry Left are screaming …

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I would be ashamed to say I lived in Seattle. Just look at their representative in Congress, Pramila Jayapal. House Speaker Johnson, she must be expelled!

The representative from Washington's Seventh Congressional District (Seattle) is an Indian woman, a naturalized US Citizen. This non-American in Congress has been communicating with the Communist regime in Cuba lately. She has been trying to find a way to supply our sworn enemy, Communist Cuba, with the oil that President Trump denied them when he …

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Washington State Government Explained in One Commercial

This Sound Transit commercial is set to be released this week. For those not resident in Washington State, Sound Transit is the quasi-public agency which builds and runs the Western Washington bus and rail transit systems that run from Snohomish to Pierce Counties on the West side of the Cascade Mountains. Their head honcho, who …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #395: Revisiting #155, On The Water

Living in an area basically surrounded by water leaves lots of room for "on the water" photos! In response to one of Tina's photos, this one is a favorite. The Water is the Victoria BC Inner Harbour, and these are three of their cute water taxis that ply their way around the harbor, shuttling tourists …

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Hello! It’s May Day again!

In the recent past, May Day looked a lot like this in most places. https://twitter.com/rj_abel/status/2050193893719720057?s=20 https://twitter.com/HWarlow/status/2050126366482243986?s=20 Artist above is Margaryta Yermolaeva. Even black cats celebrate May Day! https://twitter.com/BluebellRaven/status/2049953525824967108?s=20 Unfortunately, May Day acquired a new meaning in the 20th Century, and that new meaning is not quite as joyful or benign as its previous celebratory meaning. …

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My Final Post on the War on Iran

First, I agree with the vast majority of actions the Trump Administration has taken on Iran. If anything, I think we need to be harder on them, taking out every bit of their war-making ability. The below economic activities are excellent, given that the mullahs have funds stashed almost everywhere in the world. The Mullahs …

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*What’s going on in Washington State? Yeah, just the usual.

What's "The Usual" you ask? Let's start with high gasoline and diesel prices. Per our local legacy media, Washington State has the second-highest gas prices in America. For example, here are some of my local gas station prices from earlier this week. Some are higher today! This KOMO Story tells us that the statewide average …

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