Flotsam and Jetsam - BBB Signed, Sealed and Delivered

In a big beautiful July 4 picnic at the White House, with a flyover of Big Beautiful B2 bombers, President Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill (sorry Chuck, we're keeping the name) into law. Catturd ™ @catturd2 "The BBB has been signed and it’s the law of the land." Balmer Sun, Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic. Matt Vespa at TownHall, BREAKING: The One Big Beautiful Bill Is Now Law. At Althouse Live: Trump signing the Big Beautiful Bill. And Sundance, President Donald Trump Signs Big Beautiful Bill – 5:00pm ET Livestream. And the lamentations of their women continue. From LifeZette, AOC Nearly Cries After Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Clears the House: ‘People Gonna Go Hungry’ and ‘Define Wins’: Wasserman Schultz Melts Down Over Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ At TAG, Gun-Ban Advocates Enraged That Latest ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Slashes Suppressor, SBR Taxes. Rep. Darrell Issa @repdarrellissa "Can’t believe President “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” is accusing anybody of lying about health care." Quote Barack Obama @BarackObama "More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act. If the House passes this bill, it will increase costs and hurt" Fox Bus lists Five major policies to know from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. At Da Wire, Joe Biden Says His Accomplishments Are Disappearing ‘So Rapidly’ Under Trump, "Many of the things I worked so damn hard, that I thought I changed in the country, are changing so rapidly,” the former president complained."

A video at Hat Hair, President Trump's Smashing Victory on the Hill - This Week on Capitol Hill - 7-4-2025. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Trump Just Guaranteed a Republican Landslide in 2026, but Adam Turner at RedState hears Republicans Doomed, Once Again: This Time in the 2026 Mid-Terms from Paul Begala. In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Althouse finds "Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks. I hope. Famous last words. My famous last words: Trump said, 'Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks.' You always have to think positive. I didn't like that sound either." "Said Donald Trump, quoted in "5 takeaways from Donald Trump's speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines"" Steve Richards at JTN reports Trump to start notifying countries of new tariff rates ahead of July 9 deadline. "Trump said tariff rates could rise to as high as 70% on some countries if no trade deals are reached." At Da Wire, Trump Admin To Adjust National Park Fees To Prioritize American Families Over Foreign Tourists ""The National Parks will be about America first." Seems a bit petty to me. Pop Times sees Trump TAKING OUR JOBS BACK: Native-Born Employment EXPLODES, Foreign Down, Amid Trump Deportations. From Fox, White House reveals highest-paid staffers – and 8 taking no salaries "Salaries range from $59,070 to $225,700 with press secretary Karoline Leavitt and border czar Tom Homan among those earning just under $200,000." She's worth every penny nickel. ET hears Bessent Say Trump Admin to Begin Search for New Fed Chair This Fall. "The Treasury secretary’s comments add to the president’s pressure campaign for lower rates. Bessent did not rule out taking the role himself." Sundance calls it Transformational – President Trump Holds Quiet Meeting with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, MbS Younger Brother. The Great VDH at TownHall, The Decline and Fall of Our So-Called Degreed Experts, "The first six months of the Trump administration have not been kind to the experts and the degree-holding classes."

Stacy McCain has a reminder about July 4, Of Declarations and Independence. "First, it was not the words of the declaration, but rather the military action of soldiers, to which Americans owe our independence. By the time Congress in Philadelphia issued the declaration, the American colonists had been in a de facto state of war against Britain for more than a year. The “shot heard ’round the world” — the battles of Lexington and Concord — had happened on April 19, 1775. " From Twitchy, They Can't Even Win a Meme War: Americans FIRE BACK After a (Pretty Good) Zinger From the Brits and LIAR! X Drops a YUGE Ratio on Adam Schiff's Watermelon Head for Post About 4th of July Prices Katie Jerkovich at RedState hears Sen. Fetterman Shares Unapologetic Patriotic Fourth of July Post Torching His Party. Matt Vespa asks Did You See Kamala Harris' Fourth of July Post? Is the Woman Brain Dead Like Joe? Charles Gasparino @CGasparino "Umm...unemployment is low, the stock market is high, Iran's nuclear program has been defanged, DEI is on the retreat, men can no longer compete in women's' sports and we have an actual border. Sounds like things are pretty good right now. God Bless America and Happy 4th of July!, Quote Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris "This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better. But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation." The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Liberals Run In Terror As Pride Flags Replaced With American Flags"

Matt Vespa asks Did NYC's Communist Mayoral Candidate Just Get Busted Peddling a Race Hoax? Althouse says no, Mamdani didn't lie. He is an African American. "I see that among the many attacks on Zohran Mamdani is the charge that he filled out a college application form deceptively. But the fault was in Columbia's form — and, some will say, in its policy of race consciousness:" Just like Elon Musk.

From Behind the Black, EPA employees who publicly signed letter opposing Trump’s agenda have now been put on leave, "with the expectation that they will eventually lose their jobs as well." Good.

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's is disappointed the Supreme Court Declined to Hear Case Addressing Whether “Reverse Discrimination” is also Prohibited by Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Matt Vespa, ABC News, NYT, Marquette, and CBS News Polled on Mass Deportations. It Will Shatter Libs. "The American people have spoken, and they want MORE ICE RAIDS. They want the wall. They want the border to be secure. Immigrant citizens have swung at least 40 points toward the GOP on immigration issues, need we say more?" Dan Greenfield at Front Page, Border Invasions Fall 92% to Lowest Level Since 1960s, "Deterrence works." Drew Berquist, Tom Homan Says Deportations to Skyrocket as Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Takes Effect. From the Pop Times, Trump’s Timeline to Restrict Birthright Citizenship Released — No More Anchor Babies!, BOMBSHELL: Trump to Denaturalize Immigrants Who Commit Crimes after Gaining U.S. Citizenship and Blood on Radical Dems’ Hands: New Data Reveals SHOCKING Surge in Attacks on Federal Officers. From Breitbart, Khanna: Illegal Immigrants Do Get Some Medicaid, But BBB Puts It All on States. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Oops, Narrative Fail. TheFOO@PolitiBunny, "But they said illegals don’t get Medicaid. Gosh, how could this be?" Quote The Denver Post @denverpost, "Colorado and 19 other states sued the federal government Tuesday to prevent Medicaid data from being used for immigration enforcement." Hat Hair's John Sexton hears NY Times confess There Really Was a Gang Problem in Aurora, Colorado.

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed enjoys as the Bad Week For Poison Ivies Continues: Harvard's Budget Bust, Columbia's Bumbling Backpedal. 

Democrats Confused By Parades Without Any Naked People Or Sex Toys https://t.co/Kh1Lcw3aZi pic.twitter.com/TLkSqGF1ai

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 4, 2025

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