On this date, April 28, 1758, James Monroe was born — the last Founding Father to serve as President of the United States.
A young lieutenant in the Continental Army, Monroe crossed the Delaware with Washington and was severely wounded leading a charge at the Battle of Trenton (1776). He fought at Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown, endured Valley Forge, Monmouth and served as a scout and intelligence officer.
As the 5th President (1817–1825), Monroe served during the “Era of Good Feelings.” Some of his key achievements:
• Acquired Florida from Spain
• Issued the Monroe Doctrine (1823), warning Europe against further colonization in the Americas.
• Oversaw the nation’s first major infrastructure push (Cumberland Road)
• Strengthened the military and stabilized the economy after the War of 1812.
After leaving office, Monroe retired to his Virginia plantation, Oak Hill. Financial troubles plagued his later years (Presidents often died broke or with financial troubles back then). He served briefly as rector of the University of Virginia and helped promote colonization efforts for freed slaves in Liberia (Monrovia named after him). He died on July 4, 1831 — the third president to pass on Independence Day.
A Virginian whose steady leadership helped define America’s early identity. 🇺🇸
I believe in the power of prayer. Please join me in praying for Maddox. Dear Jesus, please heal him and help his family get through this difficult time 🙏✝️🙏
Last night Maddox Graser had two hits and helped his Wooster High School baseball team win 10 to 0.
He was perfectly fine.
By 8 pm he was throwing up at home. It got worse fast. He was rushed to the hospital in Wooster and then life flighted to the Pediatric ICU at Akron Children’s Hospital this morning.
Maddox is a sophomore. A second baseman. A teammate. A son.
Right now he has no brain activity.
From a baseball field celebrating a win to a pediatric ICU fighting for his life in less than twelve hours. His family never saw this coming. Nobody did.
His mom and dad are sitting in that hospital right now needing every prayer they can get.
If you believe in miracles please stop scrolling right now and say one for Maddox. His family is pleading for them.
Please share this post. The wider this reaches the more people are praying over this young man tonight.
Maddox Graser. Remember that name and lift it up.
I'm signing off now to bury my father tomorrow.
Brigadier General James Emory Mace, Sr. was a real war hero. He died with shrapnel from Vietnam still lodged in his body. He deserves my full attention and so much more. The most decorated living graduate of The Citadel ever, when he was still with us.
If you'd like to pay your respects, our family would be honored to have you, we are opening his service to the public:
Summerall Chapel, The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC
5:00 PM EDT tomorrow
He’s 100% being recognized at the VMI game, right?
Nothing makes more sense than a decorated veteran being honored before the Military Classic of the South.
The Citadel is mourning the loss of Brig. Gen. James Emory Mace, ’63, a distinguished alumnus whose leadership and service left a lasting impact on the college and its cadets. Read more here: bit.ly/48b2rJ3
@BuzzPatterson The only response that could possibly be is, God Bless the United States of America, the military that defends it, and a President with the will to believe that evil and threats must be eradicated, then stand and act. 🇺🇸
It looks like peace with Iran is imminent. Stocks are way up, and oil prices are way down. The US Navy controls the Strait and the EU countries will take it over at some point.
Iran lost everything and they are no longer allowed to enrich uranium. They’ve significantly damaged their relationships with their former Gulf allies.
The US military won. They just executed the most flawless and historically unthinkable military operation in my lifetime. We are back!
It’s over. The US won. Trump won. And, by extension, the American left lost. They, once again, chose the wrong team.
Let their gnashing of teeth and prehistoric animal screeching commence! And I’m here for it!
What are your thoughts? Agree or disagree? Please reply. I read ALL responses.
Birthday 59 for me today. Feel like I’m 39. Very blessed with an amazing family and dear friends. We all go through tough trials in life, and I certainly have, but somehow those trials make you a tougher and more loving person at the same time. More excited than ever about the future. Julie and I have three married children and six sweet grandchildren. What a journey. Just having a great day on my way to get Taco Bell for lunch before I guest host for Laura Ingraham tonight at 7:00p ET.
BREAKING: Flynn Family statement about today’s DOJ settlement regarding my case.
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Today, after ten years of fighting, I have reached a settlement agreement with the United States Government in my case regarding the Russian Hoax FBI lawfare against me.
Nothing can fully compensate for the hell that my family and I have endured over these many years—the relentless attacks, the destruction of reputations, the financial ruin, and the profound personal toll inflicted upon us all. No amount of money or formal resolution can erase the pain caused by a prosecution that should never have been brought.
This ordeal stemmed from partisan government officials in a coordinated effort to pursue an innocent man as part of a broader campaign to undermine @realDonaldTrump and his administration. It was a relentless, partisan pursuit that weaponized federal law enforcement in an audacious and unjust manner.
Yet this settlement goes far in demonstrating that the current Department of Justice, under the leadership of President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, and other dedicated departmental leaders, is committed to bringing accountability for the bad acts of those partisan actors. It marks a meaningful step toward righting a profound wrong.
There should never again be such a brazen attempt to weaponize federal law enforcement against political opponents or innocent citizens. It is essential that we remain guardians of the rule of law. A huge part of that guardianship is accountability, holding those who abuse power to answer for their actions.
It is not this Department of Justice that created this crisis of politicized justice, but they are doing right by truly pursuing justice now—ensuring that the facts prevail and that such abuses are not repeated. This resolution, while imperfect, brings to an end this chapter of injustice. This small measure of accountability should help the nation heal regarding the abuses of the past. It allows my family and me to move forward.
My family and I remain grateful for the support of so many who stood by us. It was their support and our faith in God Almighty that sustained us and gave us the strength to endure. I will continue to advocate for the restoration of integrity in all our institutions.
@jbinnall@SidneyPowell1
🚨BREAKING: In an emotionally charged moment, "Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao publicly apologized — on camera — to every sailor and Marine" who was kicked out of the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. "He vows to REINSTATE them and never allow this to happen again."
Do you firmly support Hung Cao on this?
A. Huge Yes
B. No
IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!!
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
Heartbreaking moment at Fort Knox: Family embraces as the body of Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, arrives home after he succumbed to injuries from the March 1 Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base. He was the 7th U.S. service member lost in the Iran conflict.
Rest in peace, hero. Thank you for your sacrifice. 🇺🇸🙏
Prayers for his loved ones. 💔🥲🇺🇸🙏
🚨BREAKING: Retired Marine Joey Jones just NAILED IT on VOTER ID: "If you can't handle proving you're a citizen...I don't give a D*MN if you don't vote again, because I don't CARE what you have to say!"
“If that’s mean or elitist, I really don’t care! And if you’re a politician and those are the people you’re advocating for, I really hope you lose too!"
“If you’re going to be in the greatest and most prosperous country in the world, you should want to take part in it and give a little to do it."
"JFK said ‘don’t ask what your country can do but ask what you can do for your country’: You can find your birth certificate and go get a free ID to vote. That is what you can do for your country!" 🇺🇸
PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.
Do you firmly support this?
IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!!
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
FLASHBACK:
Ambassador Stevens was sent to Benghazi to secretly retrieve US made Stinger Missiles that the State Dept had supplied to Ansar al Sharia in Libya WITHOUT Congressional oversight or permission.
Sec State Hillary Clinton had brokered the Libya deal through Ambassador Stevens and a Private Arms Dealer named Marc Turi, but some of the shoulder fired Stinger Missiles ended up in Afghanistan where they were used against our own military. On July 25th, 2012, a US Chinook helicopter was downed by one of them. Not destroyed only because the idiot Taliban didn't arm the missile. The helicopter didn't explode, but it had to land and an ordnance team recovered the missile’s serial number which led back to a cache of Stinger Missiles kept in
Qatar by the CIA.
Obama and Hillary were in full panic mode, so Ambassador Stevens was sent to Benghazi to retrieve the rest of the Stinger Missiles. This was a "do-or-die" mission, which explains the Stand Down Orders given to multiple rescue teams during the siege of the US Embassy.
It was the State Dept, NOT the CIA, that supplied the Stinger Missiles to our sworn enemies because Gen. Petraeus at CIA would not approve supplying the deadly missiles due to their potential use against commercial aircraft. So then, Obama threw Gen. Petraeus under the bus when he refused to testify in support of Obama’s phony claim of a “spontaneous uprising caused by a YouTube video that insulted Muslims.”
Obama and Hillary committed TREASON!
THIS is what the investigation is all about, WHY she had a Private Server, (in order to delete the digital evidence), and WHY Obama, two weeks after the attack, told the UN that the attack was the result of the YouTube video, even though everyone KNEW it was not.
Furthermore, the Taliban knew that the administration had aided and abetted the enemy WITHOUT Congressional oversight or permission, so they began pressuring (blackmailing) the Obama Administration to release five Taliban generals being held at Guantanamo.
Bowe Bergdahl was just a useful pawn used to cover the release of the Taliban generals. Everyone knew Bergdahl was a traitor but Obama used Bergdahl’s exchange for the five Taliban generals to cover that Obama was being coerced by the Taliban about the unauthorized Stinger Missile deal.
So we have a traitor as POTUS that is not only corrupt, but compromised, as well and a Sec of State that is a serial liar, who perjured herself multiple times at the Congressional Hearings on Benghazi. Perhaps this is why no military aircraft were called upon for help in Benghazi: because the administration knew that our enemies had Stinger Missiles that, if used to down those planes, would likely be traced back to the CIA cache in Qatar and then to the State Dept’s illegitimate arms deal in Libya.
Two dozen people died in California wildfires. Bridge broke in Maryland and it’s not fixed. Millions of gallons of sewage escaped from dilapidated pipes in Maryland. That’s not fixed. Now the poop is in the Potomac river in Virginia. To get third world conditions, vote Democrat.