The Welcome to episode 65 of the Charles CW Cook podcast Independence Day Edition.

Today is July 3rd.

Which fun fact is neither the day that the declaration was voted on, nor the day it was

first read in public. It's right there in the middle lonely like a cloud.

I hope you all have a terrific holiday tomorrow. I will be heading over to the Golf Cup parade just as the founders

intended and then channeling John Adams by solemnizing the day with

pomp and parade with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other

from this time forward forevermore. And of course I'll be listening to the

greatest patriotic song ever recorded,

America the Beautiful by Ray Charles.

Today's show is sponsored by Alliance Defending Freedom. What would you do if the government

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Alliance defending freedom is up against radical activists trying to coerce and punish everyday Americans

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