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How Can We Celebrate Our Nation When We Hate Each Other?

Americans no longer trust one another, and for an entire generation, this is how it has always been

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Daniel Cox
Jun 18, 2026
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In less than a couple of weeks, the United States will celebrate its 250th birthday. A president incapable of civic good will preside over inevitably gaudy, self-aggrandizing, and perhaps polarizing festivities. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that this year’s July 4th will be “the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all.”

But even without Trump’s…

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