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American Cities Are Making The Pride Flag Their Official Flag

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Boise

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Idaho

LGBT

Matt Walsh

Opinion

Pride Flag

Utah

President Donald Trump announced today he will personally fund the installation of two nearly 100-foot-tall American flags at the White House, declaring that the presidential residence has &#8220;needed flagpoles for 200 years.&#8221;
The President was spotted Wednesday morning with White House groundskeepers surveying the north side of the grounds, gesturing to demonstrate where the massive flagpoles would stand.
&#8220;We&#8217;re putting up a beautiful, almost 100-foot-tall American flag on this side and another one on the other side, two flags, top of the line,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/us-news/trump-announces-self-funded-change-to-white-house/">told</a> reporters outside the White House, per the New York Post.
The two flags, to be positioned on the North and the South Lawns respectively, will significantly alter the White House&#8217;s exterior appearance, making the American flag more prominently visible from multiple vantage points around the presidential residence.
Currently, there is no freestanding flagpole on the White House property, with the only American flag flying from the top of the building itself.
&#8220;They needed flagpoles for 200 years. It was something I&#8217;ve often said, you know, they don&#8217;t have a flagpole per se,&#8221; Trump explained to reporters. &#8220;So we&#8217;re putting one right where you saw us, and we&#8217;re putting another one on the other side, on top of the mounds. It&#8217;s going to be two beautiful poles.&#8221;
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President Trump: &quot;We&#39;re putting up a beautiful, almost 100 foot tall, American flag&#8230;they&#39;ve needed flag poles for 200 years.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AxTJul7Z2K">pic.twitter.com/AxTJul7Z2K</a>
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Trump emphasized that the new additions would be &#8220;paid for by Trump,&#8221; noting the flags are scheduled to arrive next week.
The patriotic addition is part of several changes Trump has made since returning to office, the Post reports, including transforming the Oval Office with more portraits of past presidents and gold-accented decorations reminiscent of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
He has also announced plans to rebuild the Rose Garden with an artificial platform instead of grass to make it more practical for hosting events without dealing with soggy ground.
Trump previously proposed building a $100 million ballroom at the White House during the Biden administration, but apparently &#8220;never heard back.&#8221;
The President stated his intention to carry out the proposal himself to create more room for ceremonies without requiring massive, bulky tents.
The President recently <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/trump-uses-golden-shovel-to-plant-replacement-for-historic-jackson-magnolia/">participated</a> in planting a replacement for the historic Jackson Magnolia on the South Lawn, using a golden shovel to plant a 12-year-old sapling that is reportedly a descendant of the original tree, which was nearly 200 years old and had been deemed a safety hazard.
Previous presidents have similarly made changes to the executive residence, from Jackie Kennedy&#8217;s historic restoration efforts to the Obama family&#8217;s addition of a vegetable garden.

President Trump Inspects White House North Lawn For New Flagpole Placement

Trump To Personally Fund New Patriotic Addition To White House Grounds

Donald Trump

Patriotism

White House

California Democratic Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> will order U.S. flags to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
Newsom joins Republican governors around the country who have said that U.S. flags in their states will be raised to full-staff for the inauguration. Izzy Gardon, a spokesman for Newsom, confirmed to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-flag-trump-inauguration-02a521a422b128b71b8e8cac4f02e3dd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> on Wednesday that the governor will direct the raising of the American flags on Monday.
Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter on December 29, U.S. flags will fly at half-staff for 30 days. Republican Governors Ron DeSantis (FL), Greg Abbott (TX), Kay Ivey (AL), Bill Lee (TN), Kim Reynolds (IA), and Kelly Armstrong (ND) announced earlier this week that U.S. flags in their states will be raised on January 20 and then lowered again to half-staff on January 21. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-orders-flags-at-u-s-capitol-to-fly-at-full-staff-for-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> U.S. flags at the Capitol to be raised on Inauguration Day.
Earlier this month, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-dems-are-giddy-about-american-flag-being-flown-at-half-staff-during-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said,</a> &#8220;Nobody wants to see&#8221; the American flag at half-staff during the inauguration, adding, &#8220;no American can be happy about it. Let&#8217;s see how it plays out.&#8221; The president-elect also blasted Democrats who he said were &#8220;giddy about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration.&#8221;
&#8220;They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves. Look at what they’ve done to our once GREAT America over the past four years – It’s a total mess!&#8221; he wrote on Truth Social.
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Newsom&#8217;s decision to join Republican politicians in ordering flags to be raised to full-staff comes as he faces intense criticism from Republicans, including Trump, on his handling of the state&#8217;s wildfire prevention after fires erupted across Southern California last week.
Last week, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113793724958051185" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> Newsom of refusing &#8220;to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way.&#8221; Newsom shot back, saying Trump&#8217;s criticisms are &#8220;incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state,&#8221; NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/newsom-slams-trump-disinformation-california-wildfires-rcna187301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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Gavin Newsom To Order That U.S. Flags Be Raised For Trump Inauguration

California

Elections

Inauguration

Politics

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said during a rally in Florida on Friday that the pro-Hamas extremists who rioted in the nation&#8217;s capital this week were supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic Party&#8217;s presumptive presidential nominee this week.
Trump&#8217;s comments come after the far-Left rioters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-hamas-protesters-chant-allahu-akbar-as-they-tear-down-and-burn-american-flags-hamas-is-coming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tore down</a> American flags and burned them while chanting “Allahu Akbar” and waving Hamas terrorist flags.
The United States Park Police (USPP) released a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-blast-pro-hamas-extremists-while-few-democrats-speak-out-this-is-the-democrat-base" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statemen</a>t saying that officers had arrested eight extremists at the riot at Columbus Circle because they “damaged and destroyed park property, including vandalizing statues and fountains, tearing down and burning flags, and starting several small fires.”
&#8220;Within days of the heinous October 7th attack on Israel, Kamala Harris praised the anti-Israel protesters,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;She praised them. She betrayed America&#8217;s ally and sided with the radical fringe of her party, only for political gain, maybe for personal gain. I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;
&#8220;And this week, many of those Kamala Harris supporters burned American flags in the heart of our nation&#8217;s capital and desecrated our monuments,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They sprayed very powerful spray paint into limestone. Magnificent. The lions, the bells. You saw it. And, you know, when that gets into limestone, you never really get it out. You&#8217;ll see it in 100 years from now. They desecrated it.&#8221;
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During the &#8220;Believers Summit&#8221; in Florida, Republican nominee for United States President Donald Trump claims that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; supporters burned American flags in Washington D.C. earlier this week. <a href="https://t.co/3k5cPZzEPl">pic.twitter.com/3k5cPZzEPl</a>
— KATV News (@KATVNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KATVNews/status/1817007942744375521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-park-police-made-few-arrests-during-violent-far-left-riot-because-it-was-severely-understaffed-union-chief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Park Police Made Few Arrests During Violent Far-Left Riot Because It Was Severely ‘Understaffed’: Union Chief</a>

Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Addresses Turning Point USA Summit

Trump: ‘Kamala Harris Supporters Burned American Flags … And Desecrated Our Monuments’

Kamala Harris

Pro-Hamas

U.S.

Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday morning that demonstrators who light the American flag on fire should face a one-year jail sentence.
Trump called for jail sentences for flag burners during an interview with &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; hosts the day after anti-Israel protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., and burned an American flag as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress.
&#8220;Rarely have we seen anything like this,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;And I think you should get a one-year jail sentence if you do anything to desecrate the American flag. Now people will say, &#8216;Oh, it&#8217;s unconstitutional.&#8217; Those are stupid people. Those are stupid people that say that.&#8221;
&#8220;We have to work in Congress to get a one-year jail sentence,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When they&#8217;re allowed to stomp on the flag and put lighter fluid on the flag and set it afire — when you&#8217;re allowed to do that — you get a one-year jail sentence, and you&#8217;ll never see it again. And all over the world, Putin and President Xi of China, all over the world they&#8217;re watching this. Kim Jong Un, he looks at us like we&#8217;re a bunch of babies. They see that, that wouldn&#8217;t happen in their countries. It&#8217;s impossible for that to happen in their countries. We look so bad to the world. That was a disgraceful display yesterday.&#8221;
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Donald Trump calls for a &#8220;one-year jail sentence&#8221; as punishment for desecrating the American flag.
&#8220;People will say, &#8216;Oh, it&#8217;s unconstitutional.&#8217; Those are stupid people. Those are stupid people that say that.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/sGXcTwd1my">pic.twitter.com/sGXcTwd1my</a>
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) <a href="https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/1816482353189163048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A large group of anti-Israel demonstrators faced off with police at Union Station in the nation&#8217;s capital on Wednesday as they protested Netanyahu&#8217;s speech before Congress. The protesters chanted &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; and painted the words &#8220;Hamas,&#8221; &#8220;Gaza,&#8221; and &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; on a monument outside of Union Station. Hamas flags and headbands were also spotted on Capitol Hill.
As Trump calls for flag burners to be jailed, some Republicans have introduced legislation &#8220;to deport any foreigner involved in violence and vandalism on federal property,&#8221; according to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).
&#8220;The actions of the pro-Hamas lunatics at Union Station in DC are shameful, and anyone on a visa who took part should have it revoked immediately,&#8221; Cotton said.
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This morning my colleagues and I introduced a bill to deport any foreigner involved in violence and vandalism on federal property.
The actions of the pro-Hamas lunatics at Union Station in DC are shameful, and anyone on a visa who took part should have it revoked immediately. <a href="https://t.co/A0I2FVmeh8">pic.twitter.com/A0I2FVmeh8</a>
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1816244870387745259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Burning the American flag is protected political speech. In the 1980s, a Texas man named Gregory Lee Johnson was sentenced to one year in jail for burning an American flag to protest the Reagan administration. A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Johnson&#8217;s conviction, and the Supreme Court ruled in <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1988/88-155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnson v. Texas</a> in 1989 that the Texas man&#8217;s burning of the flag was protected speech under the First Amendment. The 5-4 majority opinion was written by liberal Justice William Brennan Jr. and joined by conservative Justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia.
Shortly before his death, in a 2015 public appearance, Scalia <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/originalism-on-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the precedent-setting 1989 decision, saying, “If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.”

Trump Calls For Jail Time For Demonstrators Who Burn The American Flag

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Fox News

Washington D.C.

Several House Republicans replaced the three American flags that were torn down in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday by &#8220;pro-Hamas protesters&#8221; who burned them while chanting &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221;.
&#8220;Earlier today, pro-Hamas protesters took down the American flags at Union Station, burned them and raised Palestinian flags,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) posted on X. &#8220;Tonight, we righted their wrong. American flags are once again flying over Union Station. We will not let the terrorist mob win.&#8221;
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🚨 Speaker Johnson and a group of House Republicans led by <a href="https://twitter.com/RepWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepWilliams</a> say the Pledge of Allegiance after replacing the American flags that were taken down by those protesting Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Capitol Hill <a href="https://t.co/lvwm0SMBoS">pic.twitter.com/lvwm0SMBoS</a>
— Ryan Schmelz (@RyanSchmelzFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanSchmelzFOX/status/1816298016917058026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
Johnson was accompanied by multiple Republican members of Congress, many of whom are U.S. military veterans, including Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), and Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX).
&#8220;We raised the flags back up🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸,&#8221; Crenshaw posted on X. &#8220;Earlier today, terrorist sympathizers tore down the American flags at Union Station, burned them, and raised the Palestinian flag in its place. After votes tonight, a group of members, including many veterans and the Speaker of the House, took our flag back and raised it.&#8221;
&#8220;Took a while to get it done because the Hamas supporters broke the connections, but DC police helped us out and got us zip ties,&#8221; he added.
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We raised the flags back up🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Earlier today, terrorist sympathizers tore down the American flags at Union Station, burned them, and raised the Palestinian flag in its place. After votes tonight, a group of members, including many veterans and the Speaker of the House, took… <a href="https://t.co/hYbqLmxe21">pic.twitter.com/hYbqLmxe21</a>
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1816307303588474895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Tearing down and burning the American flag in the name of Hamas is disgusting and reprehensible,&#8221; Van Orden wrote. &#8220;These terrorist sympathizers will not win. The American flag will fly again.&#8221;
The extremists, some of whom were flying Hamas flags and wearing Hamas headbands, were protesting in response to the Israeli Prime Minister delivering a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday where he thanked lawmakers for their continued support of Israel.
“We recently learned from the U.S. Director of National Intelligence that Iran is funding and promoting anti-Israel protests in America,” he said. “They want to disrupt America.”
He said that those participating in the protests were “Iran’s useful idiots” since they were supporting a terrorist regime that “hangs gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair.”
“Some of these protestors, it’s amazing. Absolutely amazing. Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming, ‘Gays for Gaza,’” he said. “They might as well hold up signs saying, ‘Chickens for KFC.’ These protesters chant, ‘From the river to the sea,’ but many don’t have a clue what river and what sea they’re talking about. They not only get an F in geography, they get an F in history.&#8221;
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Netanyahu</a>: “They refuse to make the simple distinction between those who target terrorists and those who targets civilians, between the democratic state of visual and the terrorist thugs of hamas we recently learned from the national security… <a href="https://t.co/eYH02IEWQo">pic.twitter.com/eYH02IEWQo</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1816180871298249209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Republicans Raise American Flags, Recite Pledge Of Allegiance After Far-Left Protesters Tore Them Down, Burned Them

Congress

Dan Crenshaw

Hamas

Mike Johnson

An internal memo from the 24 Hour Fitness Center labels <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pride">Pride</a> Symbols “freedom of expression” has drawn backlash over concerns the gym would be limiting display of the American flag. 
In the letter obtained by <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1800516615970365573/photo/1">Libs Of TikTok</a>, it informs employees that the fitness company is committed to “creating a more inclusive environment” before it details what is and is not allowed.
The memo said it encourages employees to “bring their full selves to work everyday” and then lists that “team members” can wear apparel that shows their “solidarity and support” for the following movements.
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">“Black Lives Matter/BLM words.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">“‘Pride’ and or pride rainbow logo.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">“Juneteenth logo, symbol or date on Juneteenth (June 19).”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">“[US] Flag or United States logo” on federal holidays like Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4th, Veterans Day, Patriots Day, etc.”</li>
</ol>
The leaked memo details come as Americans are being inundated all month long by corporate America from LGBTQ activists about embracing Pride.
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HOLY SHLIT. Internal memo from 24 hour fitness <a href="https://twitter.com/24hourfitness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@24hourfitness</a> advises that BLM and pride symbols are always approved forms of “freedom of expression” but the American Flag and US logos are only allowed to be worn on Holidays.
Credit: <a href="https://twitter.com/Carlos__Turcios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Carlos__Turcios</a> <a href="https://t.co/G8iPd1NmeD">pic.twitter.com/G8iPd1NmeD</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1800516615970365573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
In a statement to Newsweek, 24 Hour Fitness said that it would encourage all employees to wear American flag pins any day of the year.
&#8220;Currently and historically, 24 Hour Fitness&#8217; policy regarding staff expression has allowed and encouraged wearing symbols like American flag pins any day of the year, including prominent national holidays like Memorial Day, Flag Day, July 4th, and Veterans Day,&#8221; a spokesman <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/24-hour-fitness-american-flag-boycott-conservatives-1911978#:~:text=However%2C%20in%20a%20statement%20to,holidays%20like%20Memorial%20Day%2C%20Flag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Newsweek.
Last year, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/target">Target</a> faced a massive backlash when it put its June “Pride” merchandise like “tuck-friendly” female swimsuits front and center in the store.  This year the retail store has decided it will tamp back the LGBTQ push after it faced boycotts and sinking sales. 
The retailer <a href="https://apnews.com/article/target-lgbtq-pride-667ab2f6545645f5f86ca76394e531d6">told</a> the Associated Press that only a limited number of its stores would be carrying special LGBT-themed merchandise in June. The store said the merchandise would only be available in select markets, based on “guest insights and consumer research.”
Despite the pullback, the store said that it still maintained that it fully supported the LGBT movement. 
“Target is committed to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month and year-round,” Target said. “Most importantly, we want to create a welcoming and supportive environment for our LGBTQIA+ team members, which reflects our culture of care for the over 400,000 people who work at Target.”
Last year, merchandise that was part of the store’s Pride collection, like “extra crotch coverage” female swimsuits and Pride-themed onesies, spurred calls for boycotts of Target, leading to declining sales and stock prices. Its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-sales-sink-after-pride-backlash">sales plummeted</a> during the second quarter, after the backlash started, and fell for the first time in six years, falling 5.4% compared to the same period last year. Online sales fell nearly twice as much, 10.5%, Target said. 
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this piece.
This article has been updated to provide clarity about the memo and include comment from 24 Hours Fitness. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/planet-fitness-stock-plunges-after-it-canceled-membership-of-woman-who-photographed-man-in-the-womens-locker-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planet Fitness Stock Plunges After It Canceled Membership Of Woman Who Photographed ‘Man In The Women’s Locker Room’</a>

Fitness Center Internal Memo Labeling Pride/BLM Symbols ‘Freedom Of Expression’ Draws Backlash

Black Lives Matter

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LGBTQ

News

Pride

The man who raised more than half a million to throw a &#8220;rager&#8221; for the University of North Carolina fraternity brothers who protected the American flag from the horde of pro-Hamas protesters on their college campus has set a date for the party, promising that &#8220;every cent of donor dollars&#8221; will go to the event.
The event, Flagstock 2024, will be held on Labor Day later this year, and will be free-of-charge for all invited guests. Though the exact location won&#8217;t be announced until closer to the event, organizers say &#8220;planning is in full swing.&#8221;
&#8220;These great young guys defended our flag and created a unifying national cultural moment,&#8221; said John Noonan, a military veteran with a long career of work for Republican officeholders. &#8220;Everyone in America wanted to thank these fine young patriots. On Labor Day, we will get to do just that.&#8221;
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Noonan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus">raised the money on GoFundMe</a> after video of the UNC students holding up the flag in the face of angry anti-American protesters went viral. The fundraiser, which was closed after a few days, ended up at $515,517, leaving big expectations for the rager that was promised to the fraternity men.
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Students at UNC Chapel Hill protect the American Flag from anti-Israel protesters who allegedly attempted to take it down.
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Noonan has set up an organization, Pints for Patriots, to plan and execute the event and says that it will &#8220;ensure every cent of donor dollars goes to throwing these fine young Americans the epic rager they earned.&#8221;
One of the men who sprung into action said he felt compelled after seeing that his &#8220;country&#8217;s flag was disrespected in order to advocate for another,&#8221; and he posted video of the men getting profanities and projectiles launched at them as they stood strong to protect the flag.
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(Thread) Today was a sad yet empowering day at Chapel Hill. When I walked to class, I saw the Palestinian flag raised on our quad flag pole, and was immediately upset at the act that these “protestors” had made. I cannot say I am fully educated on the Israel/Palestine conflict <a href="https://t.co/tZrZEOSu8a">pic.twitter.com/tZrZEOSu8a</a>
— Guillermo Estrada (@estradguillermo) <a href="https://twitter.com/estradguillermo/status/1785431824660873451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Country music star John Rich, an outspoken conservative and multi-platinum artist, has been enlisted to lead talent engagement for the event. The event says updates regarding plans for the rager will be posted at <a href="https://flagstock.live/">Flagstock.live</a>.
&#8220;Thank you to Americans of all stripes for their support,&#8221; Noonan said after he initially closed the fundraiser. &#8220;Done right, it will truly be &#8216;one for the ages&#8217; — and will inspire Americans all over again.&#8221;

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RAGER ON: After Raising $500k For Frat Boys Who Protected Flag, Organizers Set Date For ‘Flagstock’

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Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/samuel-alito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samuel Alito</a> told Democrat lawmakers on Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 presidential election after they used left-wing political attacks to demand that he do so.
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts last week demanding that Alito recuse himself after The New York Times published a hit piece on Alito claiming that he flew an upside down American flag, which the report claimed was also a link to the January 6 riot.
&#8220;The two incidents you cite do not meet the conditions for recusal,&#8221; Alito wrote in a letter distributed by the Supreme Court. &#8220;The first incident cited in your letter concerns the flying of an upside-down American flag outside the house in Virginia where my wife and I reside. In considering whether this event requires recusal, an unbiased and reasonable person would take into account the following facts. As I have stated publicly, I had nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of that flag. I was not even aware of the upside- down flag until it was called to my attention. As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused.&#8221;
&#8220;My wife and I own our Virginia home jointly. She therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit, and there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;My wife&#8217;s reasons for flying the flag are not relevant for present purposes, but I note that she was greatly distressed at the time due, in large part, to a very nasty neighborhood dispute in which I had no involvement. A house on the street displayed a sign attacking her personally, and a man who was living in the house at the time trailed her all the way down the street and berated her in my presence using foul language, including what I regard as the vilest epithet that can be addressed to a woman.&#8221;
Alito said that his wife is entitled to the same First Amendment rights as every other American and that it was her decision to fly the flag and that she has endured &#8220;numerous, loud, obscene, and personally insulting protests in front of our home that continue to this day and now threaten to escalate.&#8221;
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Alito then addressed another New York Times hit piece that claimed he flew a flag — the &#8220;Appeal to Heaven&#8221; flag — at his vacation home last summer that was linked to the January 6 riot.
The &#8220;Appeal to Heaven&#8221; flag was designed by Colonel Joseph Reed, who served as the personal secretary to George Washington, and was adopted for use in 1775.
&#8220;The second incident concerns a flag bearing the legend &#8216;An Appeal to Heaven&#8217; that flew in the backyard of our vacation home in the summer of 2023. I recall that my wife did fly that flag for some period of time, but I do not remember how long it flew. And what is most relevant here, I had no involvement in the decision to fly that flag,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not. My wife was solely responsible for having flagpoles put up at our residence and our vacation home and has flown a wide variety of flags over the years. In addition to the American flag, she has flown other patriotic flags (including a favorite flag thanking veterans), college flags, flags supporting sports teams, state and local flags, flags of nations from which the ancestors of family members came, flags of places we have visited, seasonal flags, and religious flags.&#8221;
He said that he was not familiar with the “Appeal to Heaven” flag when his wife flew it and that she had no idea it was linked to any events of January 6 when she decided to fly it.
&#8220;As I said in reference to the other flag event, my wife is an independently minded private citizen. She makes her own decisions, and I honor her right to do so. Our vacation home was purchased with money she inherited from her parents and is titled in her name. It is a place, away from Washington, where she should be able to relax,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal. I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikipedia ‘Editors’ Caught Making Multiple Changes To Pine Tree Flag Page</a>

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito And Elena Kagan Testify Before The House Appropriations Committee

Justice Alito Tells Democrat Senators He Will Not Recuse Himself From Supreme Court Cases

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Pro-Hamas activists at the George Washington University Encampment, who had previously <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2024/05/03/power-putting-george-washington-kaffiyeh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defaced</a> the George Washington statue on the campus with a keffiyeh and a Palestinian flag, projected flames onto the American flag with incendiary messages condemning the United States.
Those messages included, “Gaza lights the spark that will set the empire ablaze,” “Long live the Student Intifada,” “Down with the Settler-State,” “Glory to the Martyrs of Palestine,” and one that quoted the notorious Gaza Health Ministry’s claims about the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza: “Stained with the Blood of 44,000 Palestinians.”
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Other messages included
&quot;Long live the Student Intifada&quot;
&quot;Down with the Settler-State&quot;
&quot;Glory to the Martyrs of Palestine&quot;
&quot;Stained with the Blood of 44,000 Palestinians&quot; <a href="https://t.co/MMUD2RJTiv">pic.twitter.com/MMUD2RJTiv</a>
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“For days, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department had resisted pressure to clear the demonstration and said peaceful protests were allowed,” NBC Washington <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-clear-out-george-washington-u-protest-encampment/3611269/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser finally ordered the D.C. police to clear the encampment — which had been initiated as far back as April 25 — early Wednesday morning after she had been asked to speak at a congressional hearing.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise noted, “It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1.”
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It shouldn’t have taken the threat of a Congressional hearing for DC Mayor Bowser to finally allow DC Police to respond to George Washington University’s call for them to clear the anti-Semitic and unlawful encampments. It should’ve been done on Day 1. <a href="https://t.co/2J5LzR58wr">https://t.co/2J5LzR58wr</a>
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) stated, “Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW&#8217;s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with Mayor Bowser has been canceled. I had a good conversation with Mayor Bowser: I thanked her for finally clearing the trespassers off the GW Campus. It was unfortunate the situation at GW forced the Oversight Committee to act; however it was apparent that the DC police force was not going to do their job. Therefore, after meeting with GW leadership and touring the encampment, we decided to hold a public hearing to get answers as to why the Mayor would not uphold the law. I am pleased that the potential Oversight hearing led to swift action by Mayor Bowser and action by Mayor Bowser and MPD Chief Smith. We will continue to hold D.C. officials accountable to ensure our nation&#8217;s capital is safe for all.&#8221;
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🚨Following the Metropolitan Police Department finally clearing out the unlawful encampment on GW’s campus, I am very pleased to announce that the hearing with DC Mayor Bowser has been canceled.<a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPoversight</a> will continue to hold DC officials accountable.
Statement below.👇 <a href="https://t.co/IVkgdktwwr">pic.twitter.com/IVkgdktwwr</a>
&mdash; Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1788193279416160690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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George Washington University Pro-Hamas Activists Project Flames Onto American Flag

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A group of anti-Israel protesters defaced a World War I Memorial and lit an American flag on fire in Central Park on Monday after police prevented around 1,000 of the demonstrators from reaching the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/06/us-news/over-1000-pro-palestinian-protesters-march-toward-met-gala/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Video of the incident showed anti-Israel protesters vandalizing the memorial with graffiti that read &#8220;Gaza&#8221; and &#8220;Palestine will be free&#8221; as an American flag burned at its base. Some demonstrators plastered the American soldiers featured on the memorial with stickers that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine,&#8221; according to the Post.
Another demonstrator climbed on top of the memorial, holding a Palestinian flag. No police were seen in the video as the protesters desecrated the American military monument. A monument of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was also vandalized in Central Park Monday evening.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NOW</a> 107th infantry War Soldier Memorial draped in Palestinian flag while American flag burns on the ground on 5th Ave in NYC during &#39;DAY OF RAGE&#39; protest. <a href="https://t.co/GAOyQoD130">pic.twitter.com/GAOyQoD130</a>
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The anti-Israel protests in New York City were part of an organized &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; demonstration that took place near the Met Gala, where celebrities gathered for the annual Costume Institute Benefit. The anti-Israel organizers&#8217; &#8220;Day of Rage&#8221; also fell on &#8220;Holocaust Remembrance Day.&#8221;
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PARK AVENUE SHUT DOWN BY PROTESTORS <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/palestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#palestine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/protest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#protest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nyc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nyc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/metgala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#metgala</a> <a href="https://t.co/XcaA8uyAar">pic.twitter.com/XcaA8uyAar</a>
&mdash; Steven Thomas (@stevendotthomas) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevendotthomas/status/1787615840499642806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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At one point, dozens of anti-Israel protesters stormed through an NYPD barricade that was set up to help keep demonstrators away from the Met Gala. NYPD officers arrested around two dozen protesters, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/may-6-anti-israel-protest-colleges-campus-police-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Protesters STORM through barricades as police struggle to contain the protest near <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a>. Hundreds marched from Hunter College for &#39;DAY OF RAGE&#39; For Rafah.
Video by <a href="https://twitter.com/yyeeaahhhboiii2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yyeeaahhhboiii2</a> Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href="https://t.co/src4faDl0a">pic.twitter.com/src4faDl0a</a>
&mdash; Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1787629430560489772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> MASS ARRESTS outside <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> during Pro-palestine protest &#39;DAY OF RAGE&#39; as they marched from Hunter College for Rafah
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NYPD officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-alarmed-by-death-to-america-signs-found-at-nyu-anti-israel-encampment-there-is-somebody-funding-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed alarm</a> over the anti-American literature found in protest encampments throughout the city, some of which called for violence and &#8220;Death to America.&#8221; Authorities posted pictures of leaflets found at New York University last week, including a poster with the messages: “Occupy the Occupiers,” “Disrupt/Reclaim/ Destroy,” “Long Live the Intifada,” “Death to Israeli Real Estate,” and “Death to America.” Another poster was titled: “Enough with De-Escalation Trainings; Where are the Escalation Trainings!”
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“There is some organization behind this movement,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry. “The level of organization that we’re seeing in both of these encampments here and at Columbia — leaflets on how to protest, leaflets on how to commit civil disobedience, leaflets on what to do when you get arrested, leaflets on what to say to police when they ask you — there is somebody funding this. There is somebody radicalizing our students.”

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Gather Outside The Met Gala In New York City

Anti-Israel Protesters Burn American Flag, Vandalize WWI Memorial

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When it comes to the college protesters roiling America&#8217;s campuses and roiling America more generally, it&#8217;s time for Americans, and particularly their political class, to pick a side.
There are only two sides to this particular argument. One side despises America and the West, and the other side really likes America and the West. That binary decision is not particularly tough.
It is happening on college campuses all over America.
You get to pick which side you think the American president ought to stand on and which side you think the American people ought to stand on.
The first side includes a UCLA protest spokesperson <a href="https://twitter.com/Gabby_Hoffman/status/1786042514518032570">saying</a>, “I think, given the fact that the University of California is founded on colonialism, it&#8217;s inherently a violent institution. There needs to be an addressment (sic) of U.S. imperialism and its ties to the UC system, and how it perpetuates war and violence abroad. Not only abroad, but also here locally.”
The case they are making is that the United States is bad. When they say the University of California is founded on colonialism, what they really mean is that the United States is founded on colonialism, imperialism, exploitation, and rape of the native peoples — and all the rest of this garbage.
That&#8217;s what they mean. They mean the United States is bad when they say that what&#8217;s happening in Gaza is connected to this.
What they really mean is there is a coalition of people who are pseudo-oppressed, who are losers in life, who have now decided that the American system, the Western system, and meritocracy, are bad. Anybody who is successful in the system has designed the system for their own benefit.
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This is the intersectional conspiracy theory taken to the extreme. And what it really means is these people — who are the most privileged people in human history, sitting on a beautiful campus at the University of California at the most beautiful time of the year, outdoors, enjoying their lives on the public dime because tuition is subsidized at UCLA by the state — believe they are the victims of American society or standing in solidarity with the victims of American society. 
The complaint is not about Israel. You don&#8217;t even hear the word Israel once in that statement.
The complaint is about the United States.
That&#8217;s one side. They hate America. They burn the flag. They take it down. They put up the Palestinian flag because the Palestinian flag has become the rallying point and tip of the spear in favor of this perverse view of the universe.
This has happened because revolutionary movements need to show skin in the game. The way they show skin in the game is by picking the worst victims, people who are least sympathetic, and declare they have sympathy for those victims.
That’s why the Black Lives Matter movement was founded originally around the death of Michael Brown, who tried to shoot a police officer before he was killed by a police officer. If you could declare your fealty to a false narrative about Michael Brown, suggesting that he died at the hands of American white supremacy, then you could sell those people anything.
The same thing is true with regard to the Palestinian cause. The Palestinians are a perfect example of a group of people who have elected terrorists, who are sympathetic to terrorists, who support terrorism, who hate Jews, who hate America, and who have made their own bed. They&#8217;ve been offered everything and they&#8217;ve taken nothing. They&#8217;ve decided they&#8217;re not going to take any deal over and over. Every dollar that has gone into Gaza has been used to build up a terror epicenter.
And these people declare solidarity with Palestinians because if you can declare solidarity with people who are obviously not victims and declare they are the victims of Western imperialism, you can declare virtually anything. That is why the keffiyeh and the Palestinian flag are substitutes for the American flag.
That’s side A. You can pick side A, but those people don&#8217;t love America.
Then, there’s side B.
The second side includes the frat boys at the University of Mississippi who showed up to sing the Star-Spangled Banner in front of people who hate the United States. This side includes the frat boys at the University of North Carolina who actually tried to prevent the American flag from being brought down. It includes people like my friend Ami Horowitz, who went to a protest at City University of New York with an American flag and got beaten up for the privilege.
You can either side with the statue of George Washington or with the people who deface the statue of George Washington.
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But you do have to pick a side.
And if you pick the side that hates America, you should be held accountable, politically and otherwise. It turns out you should, in fact, love this country. It is an amazing country. It is the greatest country in the history of mankind. If you don&#8217;t, then there should, in fact, be some public opprobrium for you.
It doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t have a right to say these things. You do have the absolute right to say whatever dumbass thing you want to say. It&#8217;s the United States of America.
That does not mean people have to look at you as though you are anything but a moral idiot.
And these people are moral idiots.

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