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LISTEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE MUST FOCUS ON PRIORITIES TO SAVE OUR NATION

On Sunday (7/13), we relived that horrific yet awesome moment one year ago, when God’s Millimeter Miracle saved our President’s life, then captured by the most iconic photo of our day, he stood defiantly to challenge us all to Fight! Fight! Fight! to save and preserve our country.

We must rise to that challenge.

Politics and governing are generally not complicated. It is often shaded to appear complicated or confusing by those looking to push their own agendas, cash in, or both.

The politics and governing of today are filled with irrefutable certainties. 24 hours in a day; about 15 months to the most crucial midterm election of our lifetimes; a majority of the mainstream media – national, local, and even international – working with their allies in the Democrat Party, academia, science, medicine, and entertainment to continually smear and destroy the most transformative President in U.S. history along with his MAGA movement.

A large percentage of the Deep State still imbedded in the federal government and our three-letter agencies seeking to sabotage the agenda of the President; a small percentage in the federal government and our three-letter agencies desperately trying to help the President save our nation from within while protecting it from our enemies; and a finite – and precious -- amount of energy left to accomplish the task.

We all know how much real-world experience holds significance.  Occasionally, it can mean everything.

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WHY THE LEFT FROM NORMAL DEMS TO ANTIFA HAVE LOST THEIR COLLECTIVE MINDS

left-their-mindsAcross the political left, from orthodox Democrats to Antifa in the streets, the opposition to President Trump has lost its collective mind.

A selection of examples:

* The House minority leader and now-self-styled tough guy, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, poses with a baseball bat to show how dangerous he is in opposing Trump’s budget bill.

* Jeffries harangued Congress for eight hours; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker went on for 25 — both to no effect.

* Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hit the rally trail in private jets to rail about oligarchs, omitting that the ultra-rich are not only mostly leftists but also the funders of the Democratic Party.

* Democrats in Congress make bizarre videos, featuring profanity like f*** or s***. On other occasions, they scream and interrupt Congress.

And we’re just getting started...

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BREAKING VLAD

NY Post today, July 15, 2025
NY Post today, July 15, 2025

Hooray! President Donald Trump’s decision to send “billions of dollars” worth of weapons to Ukraine via NATO could prove a game-changer in Kyiv’s 40-month-old war against Russian aggression.

POTUS  on Monday (7/14) also announced 100% “secondary tariffs” targeting Moscow if it fails to agree to a cease-fire within 50 days.

It’s a terrific combination.

Russia’s been stepping up its attacks civilian areas, while the sanctions could break Russia’s economy.

In addition to defensive systems,  Ukraine will also get offensive weapons, including long-range missiles that can reach far into Russia territory, Axios reports. The Russian public, and Putin himself, will feel the consequences.

Best of all, NATO countries will be paying the bill — with proceeds going to US manufacturers for weapons they produce. Sweet.

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TRUMP MAY SMASH APART THE AXIS OF EVIL

US President Donald Trump’s very public volte face in his attitude towards Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is aimed at forcing the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.

Another consequence, though, of the package of measures Trump announced this week is that it could end the toxic alliance of despotic regimes that has formed with the specific goal of targeting the West.

Trump’s mounting frustration with Putin’s refusal to take Washington’s ceasefire plan seriously has led the American leader to authorize a new arms package for Ukraine – including Patriot air defense systems. He is also threatening to impose punitive tariffs on any country that continues to do business with Putin’s repressive regime if no agreement to end the war is reached within 50 days.

And it is the latter measure, with talk in Washington of tariffs ranging from 100-500 per cent, that will send alarm bells ringing in Beijing, Pyongyang and Tehran about the wisdom of maintaining ties with Putin.

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BIDEN’S AUTOPEN PARDONS — WHO GOT RICH SELLING THEM?

Much has been written about the enormous scandal involving the Biden administration’s cover-up of Joe Biden’s dementia.

His senility was obvious when he ran for president in 2020, but was covered up by the manufactured COVID pandemic. He was even then an easily manipulated fool/tool of the far left from the moment he took control of the presidency.

Now we know that he was never an acting president.   He was the radical left’s frontman.

What is pathetic is that his handlers ever thought for even one moment that putting him before the public was wise.  The man was a disaster of monumental proportions.  Consider that satanic, scarlet speech he spewed in Philadelphia as if he were the devil incarnate.  He sort of was.

Back to the autopen.

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WASHINGTON POST, APRIL 16, 1986

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This is the story on me in WaPo that chronicled my creation and implementation of The Reagan Doctrine and established my reputation in DC.  The WaPo writer was very gracious and genuinely interested in my story.  He told it straight and accurately quoted the people in the Reagan White House with whom I worked.  I had no idea, though, that the story would be so large, spread across the front page of the Style section and continuing for another full page.

Unfortunately, you need get behind the WaPo paywall to read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/04/16/jack-wheelers-adventures-with-the-freedom-fighters/7869872b-a5db-4acf-9ed9-7bc14dac9e9e/.  .  (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #301, photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE HANI RICE TERRACES

hani-rice-terracesThe Hani people in the mountains of Yunnan have been carving out rice terraces on dozens of steep mountainsides for over a dozen centuries. After the late fall harvest, in winter they flood the terraces in preparation for spring planting. At sunrise and sunset, the light reflecting off them creates a scene of phantasmagorical surrealism. Unknowingly, the Hani have created one of humanity’s most magnificent works of natural art the world has ever seen. What you see here is only one of hundreds of terraced areas. It is a sight beyond belief. Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #156 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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SCOUNDREL’S VIEW OF MOUNT EVEREST

You’re looking face on Everest’s West Ridge, the border of Tibet and Nepal. On the right is the Southwest Face in Nepal, on the left is the North Face in Tibet.

Called Scoundrel’s View because this is a better view than trekkers to Everest Base Camp see (a viewpoint called Kala Patthar), you have to make another trek up the Ngozumpa glacier (longest in the Himalayas) in the Gokyo valley, where above the fifth Gokyo lake at 16,400 feet you get to call yourself a “scoundrel” for seeing what Everest trekkers don’t.

High on the Northeast Ridge on the left horizon is the last place Mallory and Irvine were seen heading for the summit in 1924, and then disappeared. Hillary and Tenzing summited in 1953 via the Southeast Ridge over the right horizon. Everest Base Camp in Nepal is at the foot of the big snowy buttress below the West Ridge. Called the West Shoulder, it blocks any view of Everest from Base Camp.

On our Himalaya Helicopter Expeditions, we get an abundance of spectacular views of Everest, up close and personal – Scoundrel’s View is only one of many. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #29 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE LAND OF THE DRAGON’S BLOOD TREE

dragons-blood-treeThis is the Dragon’s Blood Tree, Dracaena cinnabari. It can be found in only one place on earth, a remote island called a Lost World for its uniqueness, the “most alien-looking place on our planet.”

Although it’s known as the most alien, strangest, weirdest, and bizarre place you can go to, it’s also completely safe and incredibly beautiful. Anybody who comes here returns saying, “You have to see it to believe it.” What is this place?

It’s the World Heritage Site of the island of Socotra, the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean,” 240 miles off the coast of Yemen and now secured by the UAE. It’s hidden, remote, and far away.

We were there in 2014, and it’s been almost impossible to get to ever since. But we’ll be back next year. Let me know if you’d like to be with us. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #34 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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MAMA CHEETAH

mama-cheetahThe Serengeti, March 2025. Mama Cheetah has two cubs to feed and protect – her mate is long gone, she and her cubs are alone. She must find something for them and herself to eat – but can’t be on the hunt for long, as hungry hyenas and jackals would love to eat her cubs.  And when she comes back with a fresh kill like a small gazelle, they all must eat it quickly before a skulk of jackals shows up to steal it.

It’s wonderful to watch how she cares for the cubs, giving them tongue baths, letting them tumble and crawl over her in play.  But these moments don’t last. Soon enough, she’ll be scanning the horizon, watching for any danger to her children, eager to be on the hunt again.

To see Mama Cheetah for yourself on the plains of the Serengeti, come with Rebel and me next March.  (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #304 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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HALF-FULL REPORT 07/11/25

Two giant American flags paid for by POTUS himself now fly at the White House, not just the teeny-weeny rooftop one.  They symbolize the love our POTUS along with all American patriots have for their country.

We have a lot of ground to cover in this HFR, so to put you in a good mood, here’s the Senate best humorist, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), commenting last night (7/10) on the FBI’s criminal investigation of Comey and Brennan:

Let’s hope both will be wearing orange jumpsuits before long.  As you say, “Nobody’s above the law,” right, Dems?

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THE SIEGE OF MALTA

Valletta, Fort St. Elmo in foreground

[This Monday’s Archive was originally published in TTP on December 4, 2009.  Malta is, for me, the world’s most interesting island.  This essay helps to explain why. All the photos are mine © Jack Wheeler save for the one above.  And note – in the TTP side bar you now find The Magic Of Malta: join your fellow TTPers and come with me and Rebel to explore Malta early this November.]

TTP, December 4, 2009

Valletta, Malta.  This small European island country in the Mediterranean south of Sicily and close to the north coast of Africa is where civilization emerged from the Stone Age.  It is where Western Civilization was saved from being conquered by Islam.

The story is both ancient and is at the vanguard of the future. Come and meet the heroic Christian people of Malta.

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DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING “THERE NEEDS TO BE BLOOD!”

House Democrats are getting torched by their own base - and some of their constituents are literally suggesting they light a match. Shocker, we know - from the party that held nationwide riots over George Floyd (though 'mostly peaceful' of course), tried to assassinate Donald Trump and Steve Scalise, and put Rand Paul in the hospital.

Liberal activists are confronting Democrat lawmakers in town halls, office meetings, and online, demanding they ditch political niceties and start “fighting dirty” — even if it means getting hurt, arrested, or worse.

“There is fear and despair and anger among our voters that puts us in a different position where  we can't keep following norms of decorum anymore,” one House Democrat admitted to Axios, as Dems face a mounting tidal wave of frustration from within their own ranks.

In candid interviews with over two dozen House Democrats, Axios found a theme of rage  and a dangerous appetite for violence.

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ELON’S FOOLISH IDEA

Has Elon Musk gone off the deep end yet again?

Until a few days ago, we thought he had established a cautious truce with President Trump, having apologized for all the awful things he said about the man who had given him a major role in government, estranging their relationship significantly.

Ostensibly, it was all supposedly over the passage in Congress of Trump's budget, known as the Big Beautiful Bill.

It's true that federal spending did increase with its passage and should not have, but it wasn't a massive expansion. It contained critical tax cuts, money for immigration enforcement, money for defense and other important spending.

Nevertheless, Musk was incensed, as if this was the first time he ever heard of it, his ego wounded because it seemingly negated his DOGE work (it didn't so long as DOGE remains in place as it does), and now he says he wants to start a third party, presumably to challenge Trump's party as well as the leftists.

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