For people across America, our flag is a reminder of our Nation’s founding principle. It stands for the sacred idea that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. Our flag is also a reminder of our shared calling: to stand for the ideals our country was founded on — democracy, freedom, and justice for all. On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we take pride in the promise and purpose represented by our Nation’s flag.
Our country’s flag was created in 1777, when America was still a new idea. Americans flew it at their homes during the Revolutionary War as brave troops fought for our country’s independence from British rule — representing the resolve and resilience of our Nation’s 13 colonies with 13 stripes and stars. As our Nation evolved, so too did our flag — with every new star added to Old Glory, we were reminded that the work of forging a more perfect Union never ends.
Ever since, our flag has served as a source of pride and inspiration. It has flown high on many battlefields, acting as a beacon of light and purpose at home and around the globe. It flies over military cemeteries where our country’s service members have been laid to rest, reminding us of the unmoving faith they had in our Nation and the ultimate sacrifice they made. It flies over buildings, classrooms, and courthouses ‑- across small towns, in big cities, and around the world — a constant reminder that democracy begins and will be preserved in the habits and the hearts of ordinary people and that we all share a responsibility to stand up for it each and every day.
Across the country, Americans are writing the greatest comeback story our Nation has ever known. They are finding new ways to lead America into a future of possibilities, helping build a democracy with dignity — one worthy of our dreams. On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we honor all that the flag means to the American people and continue working to ensure that America is a land of possibilities for all. No matter how dark the night, Americans will always pursue our Nation’s North Star — our flag will always be there.
To commemorate the adoption of our flag in 1777, the Congress, by joint resolution approved on August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as “Flag Day” and requested the President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as “National Flag Week” and calling upon all citizens of the United States to display the flag during that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2024, as Flag Day and the week starting June 9, 2024, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during this week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by displaying the flag and honoring all of our brave service members and revering those who gave their last full measure of devotion defending our freedoms. I encourage the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor the American spirit, to celebrate our history and the foundational values we strive to uphold, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
ms. alito, some helpful hints from your neighborhood cub scout troop:
Headlines across Wisconsin — Trump calls Milwaukee, host of next month’s GOP convention, a “horrible city”
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Thursday protested an amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that bars funding for drag performances with a blown-up photo of former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and Trump attorney, dressed in drag.
An amendment filed this week to the annual defense policy bill by Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) would prevent funding made available by the measure from being used for drag events. The amendment passed Thursday by voice vote.
[…]
Garcia on Thursday criticized Brecheen’s amendment, which he said reflects anti-LGBTQ sentiment more broadly.
“My Republican colleagues want us to believe that gays are trying to murder us,” Garcia said Thursday while gesturing to a meme of Jennifer Coolidge’s character in HBO’s “White Lotus.” “They want to believe that drag is harmful or immoral or wrong. This is completely ridiculous.”
“Now, I hate to break it to my Republican colleagues, but LGBTQ people have fought and died for this country since the American Revolution, even if they were forced to hide their true selves,” Garcia continued. “The USO and Red Cross hosted drag shows during World War II — the army that defeated Hitler and saved the world included drag queens.”
Garcia added that former President Reagan, who began his career as a Hollywood actor, starred in the 1943 film “This is the Army,” about an actor whose WWI and WWII musicals include drag performers.
“And he’s not the only Republican president who knew that drag can be fun and sometimes silly,” Garcia said, accompanied by the blown-up photo of Trump and Giuliani. The image is from a comedy sketch the duo recorded in 2000, when Giuliani was mayor of New York City, for the Mayor’s Inner Circle Press Roast that year.
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The laughing part of the sfb cult came in the excuses. “he never said that” “he was referring to X, not the city” and many more chuckles as the cult tried to lie their way out of the truth. That he said it is just part of his demented universe, remember his speech before the biggest crowd to ever see an inauguration where all is doom and gloom. That continues to yesterday.
Continuing my concern about the fat slob either wearing special jacket and a mouth piece to keep from biting and harming himself, or going room temperature. The cult is liable to explode. I am sure a few of the brain damaged would pretend a civil war is taking place. But, so many of they do not play nice within the cult, making the magat party just go wild.
putie is squealing like a stuck pig.
the stick that stuck the pig: that usa/ukraine 10-year agreement and the G-7’s $50 billion loan backed by the russian frozen funds interests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO.
Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which wants to join the military alliance and has demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from all of its territory.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on social media that there was nothing new in Putin’s proposal and that the Russian leader “voiced only the ‘standard aggressor’s set,’ which has been heard many times already.”
“There is no novelty in this, no real peace proposals and no desire to end the war. But there is a desire not to pay for this war and to continue it in new formats. It’s all a complete sham,” Podolyak wrote on X.
Putin’s remarks came as leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations met in Italy and as Switzerland prepared to host scores of world leaders — but not from Moscow — this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine. The U.S. and Ukraine this week also signed a 10-year security agreement that they hailed as a milestone in relations and Russian officials, including Putin, denounced as “null and void.”
“We will do it immediately,” Putin said of his propsals in a speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
[…]
Putin said his proposal is aimed at a “final resolution” of the conflict in Ukraine rather than “freezing it,” and stressed that the Kremlin is “ready to start negotiations without delay.”
Broader demands for peace that the Russian leader listed included Ukraine’s non-nuclear status, restrictions on its military force and protecting the interests of the Russian-speaking population in the country. All of these should become part of “fundamental international agreements,” and all Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted, Putin said.
“We’re urging to turn this tragic page of history and to begin restoring, step-by-step, restore the unity between Russia and Ukraine and in Europe in general,” he said.
Putin’s remarks, made to a group of somber Foreign Ministry employees, represented a rare occasion in which he clearly laid out his conditions for ending the war in Ukraine, but it didn’t include any new demands. The Kremlin has said before that Kyiv should recognize its territorial gains and drop its bid to join NATO.
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Howard on Imus’s blow-up.
The truth of the Imus blow-up was that Imus frequently empty-headedly having nothing of his own would simply repeat a line fed to him by one of his side men, in this case, Bernard McGuirk (RIP)
To his credit he never threw Bernie under the bus or even mentioned it, but instead took all the fallout for the slur.
It was also at that time Don Ho died which resulted in Ran’s great line about his being a “Happy Headed Ho”.
(I’m glad Ran didn come back as a trumper like Nash did. )
How Mark Burnett created the phony image of Donald Trump who was a known failure, not a billionaire, and already viewed as a conman by his contemporaries.
Alternative headline: Gun Nut Justices Side With Historic Las Vegas Bump Stock Murderer…
Joe Biden: “Weapons of war have no place on the streets of America, but Trump’s justices have decided the gun lobby is more important than the safety of our kids and our communities”
Milwaukee Mayor Johnson:
“Donald Trump calls Milwaukee ‘horrible.’ Let’s talk about things that are horrible. All of us lived through his presidency. So, right back at you buddy. I find it kind of strange that he would insult the largest city in Wisconsin because he’s running for president. To insult the state that’s hosting your convention, I think is kind of bizarre. Actually, it’s kind of unhinged. You’re calling our home ‘horrible.’ I don’t quite understand that”
Speaking of sharks, and batteries, and very stupid people, why wouldn’t the shark be electrocuted? Shark immunity?
But to feign seriousness for a second, if I were a shark I would bite the guy before the electricity could get to him.
The implications of the decision are frightening. The way i see it as long as the gun itself is not a machine gun under the 1934 Firearms Act, nothing that is attached to it that requires human activation would be violative of the Act, and any regulation that purports to comply with the Act would be subject to a 2nd Amendment challenge, and you can guess how that would turn out.
“Trump’s businesses collected $4.6 million in campaign money through payments for food, transportation, and facilities, Forbes reports, citing Federal Election Commission records. Some $4.2 million went to Tag Air, one of Trump’s aviation companies. Of that, $800,000 was reportedly for travel expenses paid by the Secret Service. The campaign separately paid $332,000 to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and personal residence, $36,000 to Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, and $20,000 to the Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami.”
“Trump’s leadership political action committee, Save America, spent $335,000 at Trump hotels, per Forbes. The political action committee that formed out of Trump’s 2020 campaign spent about $500,000 on rented space in Trump Tower from November 2020 to February 2022 while Trump’s joint-fundraising committees paid Trump businesses an additional $1 million, Forbes reports. Trump’s joint fundraising committee paid $411,287 to Mar-a-Lago in February and March alone, per USA Today. The outlet notes “other GOP candidates also have been spending considerable campaign cash at Trump properties.”
“The transactions are legal as long as they represent fair market value, though critics say they show an effort by Trump to enrich himself.”
…another anti-social decision from the anti-America wing of SCOTUS, contriving rationalizations for access to weapon enhancements that have no purpose other than terrorism demonstrates how little interest they have in helping foster a better society
very disgusting people
bId… I live in a small rural town in NH… and it’s mostly conservative. When anyone says anything political to me about loving republicans, I just smile and say “I disagree with that point of view”. If they persist, I’ll usually add… “isn’t it great that we live in a democracy where we both get to choose.” That usually shuts them up. What I have found is that as long as you’re friendly and respectful, you’ll be fine. One thing about small towns… most people help each other out no matter the political stripe.
I use this site to get my frustrations out… and to say what I really think.
Ha!….
once you let go of what you think your life should be and accept it for what it is you can start making it really great, takes a while but that’s the point
Said ‘bye to the ‘ham this morning at the crack of dawn. Back already in Mountain Time, my favorite time zone.
(don’t you love it when you walk back in the house from vacation and one of your smoke alarm batteries is blaring)
I hated Birmingham for my first six months. Then I discovered it wasn’t Birmingham’s fault.
Imus appeared as an authentic practitioner of the 12 Steps. He shared parts of his story from time to time, particularly with guests who were candid about their own path to recovery. His support for the Hanley Foundation was from that time. When he would receive a chip or coin for a recovery milestone, he’d bring it out to show us. It’s hard for celebrities to practice anonymity and humility when their position is anything but anonymous or humble. I thought he must have had an amazing sponsor who may forever remain anonymous.
A Proclamation on Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2024 | The White House
For people across America, our flag is a reminder of our Nation’s founding principle. It stands for the sacred idea that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. Our flag is also a reminder of our shared calling: to stand for the ideals our country was founded on — democracy, freedom, and justice for all. On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we take pride in the promise and purpose represented by our Nation’s flag.
Our country’s flag was created in 1777, when America was still a new idea. Americans flew it at their homes during the Revolutionary War as brave troops fought for our country’s independence from British rule — representing the resolve and resilience of our Nation’s 13 colonies with 13 stripes and stars. As our Nation evolved, so too did our flag — with every new star added to Old Glory, we were reminded that the work of forging a more perfect Union never ends.
Ever since, our flag has served as a source of pride and inspiration. It has flown high on many battlefields, acting as a beacon of light and purpose at home and around the globe. It flies over military cemeteries where our country’s service members have been laid to rest, reminding us of the unmoving faith they had in our Nation and the ultimate sacrifice they made. It flies over buildings, classrooms, and courthouses ‑- across small towns, in big cities, and around the world — a constant reminder that democracy begins and will be preserved in the habits and the hearts of ordinary people and that we all share a responsibility to stand up for it each and every day.
Across the country, Americans are writing the greatest comeback story our Nation has ever known. They are finding new ways to lead America into a future of possibilities, helping build a democracy with dignity — one worthy of our dreams. On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we honor all that the flag means to the American people and continue working to ensure that America is a land of possibilities for all. No matter how dark the night, Americans will always pursue our Nation’s North Star — our flag will always be there.
To commemorate the adoption of our flag in 1777, the Congress, by joint resolution approved on August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as “Flag Day” and requested the President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as “National Flag Week” and calling upon all citizens of the United States to display the flag during that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2024, as Flag Day and the week starting June 9, 2024, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during this week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by displaying the flag and honoring all of our brave service members and revering those who gave their last full measure of devotion defending our freedoms. I encourage the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor the American spirit, to celebrate our history and the foundational values we strive to uphold, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
ms. alito, some helpful hints from your neighborhood cub scout troop:
Headlines across Wisconsin — Trump calls Milwaukee, host of next month’s GOP convention, a “horrible city”
Already available on Biden-Harris web store.. https://shop.joebiden.com/not-a-horrible-city-tee1/
Nothing like trashing the biggest city in the most important state in the election. Local TV news all over it..
— “Trump’s alleged ‘Horrible City’ Milwaukee comment faces backlash” (FOX MKE) https://youtu.be/POqf2h9Go-0?si=wg3dTG1IjK9uZRDI
— “Trump calls Milwaukee a ‘horrible city’ ahead of RNC” (ABC 12) https://youtu.be/F1uTSCX-EZw?si=Lxdggzpc1hCPrubi
DNC billboards already up this morning in 10 Milwaukee locations
Trump, Giuliani in drag photo used by Democrat to protest NDAA amendment (thehill.com)
The laughing part of the sfb cult came in the excuses. “he never said that” “he was referring to X, not the city” and many more chuckles as the cult tried to lie their way out of the truth. That he said it is just part of his demented universe, remember his speech before the biggest crowd to ever see an inauguration where all is doom and gloom. That continues to yesterday.
Continuing my concern about the fat slob either wearing special jacket and a mouth piece to keep from biting and harming himself, or going room temperature. The cult is liable to explode. I am sure a few of the brain damaged would pretend a civil war is taking place. But, so many of they do not play nice within the cult, making the magat party just go wild.
putie is squealing like a stuck pig.
the stick that stuck the pig: that usa/ukraine 10-year agreement and the G-7’s $50 billion loan backed by the russian frozen funds interests.
Putin offers truce if Ukraine exits Moscow-occupied areas and drops NATO bid — a nonstarter for Kyiv (msn.com)
Howard on Imus’s blow-up.
The truth of the Imus blow-up was that Imus frequently empty-headedly having nothing of his own would simply repeat a line fed to him by one of his side men, in this case, Bernard McGuirk (RIP)
To his credit he never threw Bernie under the bus or even mentioned it, but instead took all the fallout for the slur.
It was also at that time Don Ho died which resulted in Ran’s great line about his being a “Happy Headed Ho”.
(I’m glad Ran didn come back as a trumper like Nash did. )
RWNJ SCROTUS idiots have lost their minds.
Step one for all cult members.
A Review of Apprentice in Wonderland.
How Mark Burnett created the phony image of Donald Trump who was a known failure, not a billionaire, and already viewed as a conman by his contemporaries.
Alternative headline: Gun Nut Justices Side With Historic Las Vegas Bump Stock Murderer…
Supreme Court Rejects Trump-Era Ban on Gun Bump Stocks https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-gun-bump-stocks.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Joe Biden: “Weapons of war have no place on the streets of America, but Trump’s justices have decided the gun lobby is more important than the safety of our kids and our communities”
Milwaukee Mayor Johnson:
https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1801330072357376221?t=7Hxo7bCMM439L3Pa0LoDKQ&s=19
Speaking of sharks, and batteries, and very stupid people, why wouldn’t the shark be electrocuted? Shark immunity?
But to feign seriousness for a second, if I were a shark I would bite the guy before the electricity could get to him.
The implications of the decision are frightening. The way i see it as long as the gun itself is not a machine gun under the 1934 Firearms Act, nothing that is attached to it that requires human activation would be violative of the Act, and any regulation that purports to comply with the Act would be subject to a 2nd Amendment challenge, and you can guess how that would turn out.
Sturg, 😂
today’s meme…
https://www.newser.com/story/351629/46m-in-campaign-funds-went-to-trump-businesses.html
“Trump’s businesses collected $4.6 million in campaign money through payments for food, transportation, and facilities, Forbes reports, citing Federal Election Commission records. Some $4.2 million went to Tag Air, one of Trump’s aviation companies. Of that, $800,000 was reportedly for travel expenses paid by the Secret Service. The campaign separately paid $332,000 to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and personal residence, $36,000 to Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, and $20,000 to the Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami.”
“Trump’s leadership political action committee, Save America, spent $335,000 at Trump hotels, per Forbes. The political action committee that formed out of Trump’s 2020 campaign spent about $500,000 on rented space in Trump Tower from November 2020 to February 2022 while Trump’s joint-fundraising committees paid Trump businesses an additional $1 million, Forbes reports. Trump’s joint fundraising committee paid $411,287 to Mar-a-Lago in February and March alone, per USA Today. The outlet notes “other GOP candidates also have been spending considerable campaign cash at Trump properties.”
“The transactions are legal as long as they represent fair market value, though critics say they show an effort by Trump to enrich himself.”
…another anti-social decision from the anti-America wing of SCOTUS, contriving rationalizations for access to weapon enhancements that have no purpose other than terrorism demonstrates how little interest they have in helping foster a better society
very disgusting people
bId… I live in a small rural town in NH… and it’s mostly conservative. When anyone says anything political to me about loving republicans, I just smile and say “I disagree with that point of view”. If they persist, I’ll usually add… “isn’t it great that we live in a democracy where we both get to choose.” That usually shuts them up. What I have found is that as long as you’re friendly and respectful, you’ll be fine. One thing about small towns… most people help each other out no matter the political stripe.
I use this site to get my frustrations out… and to say what I really think.
Ha!….
once you let go of what you think your life should be and accept it for what it is you can start making it really great, takes a while but that’s the point
Said ‘bye to the ‘ham this morning at the crack of dawn. Back already in Mountain Time, my favorite time zone.
(don’t you love it when you walk back in the house from vacation and one of your smoke alarm batteries is blaring)
I hated Birmingham for my first six months. Then I discovered it wasn’t Birmingham’s fault.
Imus appeared as an authentic practitioner of the 12 Steps. He shared parts of his story from time to time, particularly with guests who were candid about their own path to recovery. His support for the Hanley Foundation was from that time. When he would receive a chip or coin for a recovery milestone, he’d bring it out to show us. It’s hard for celebrities to practice anonymity and humility when their position is anything but anonymous or humble. I thought he must have had an amazing sponsor who may forever remain anonymous.
Ivy, how far back was that first 6 months?
too good not to share…
Pogo, 22 years ago.
Renee, their sides gigs are keeping them busy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/us/politics/supreme-court-rulings-june.html
Clarence wouldn’t lie about trips, would he???
Go Celtics…. GO!
Renee, you jinxed them!
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