It was a momentous event; but why did the 13 colonies declare independence?

A group of colonial representatives wrote down all of the reasons why in the Declaration of Independence. 
Read through the text (using the original spelling, punctuation and organization, as described by the National Archives [here] or [here]

Supreme Court Overturns nationwide abortion law "Roe v. Wade"
6-24-22, FoxNews -- The unconstitutional law on killing unborn children "Roe v. Wade" has been effectively ended recognition of a constitutional right nationwide to abortion. The states will decide...

​Coach Joe Kennedy Allowed to Pray says SCOTUS
6-28-22, FoxNews -- The Supreme Court reversed the lower court's decision, holding that the school violated Kennedy's First Amendment rights when he prayed ...

Biden's gaffe at G-7 summit sparks laughter from world leaders [here]
6-14-22, NYPost -- Ole Joe Biden embarrassed himself at the G-7 summit when he tried to correct British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for not introducing "the president of South Africa" — even though he already did. And French President Macron bluntly told ole Joe ...

 SCOTUS Vindicates Christian high school football coach Joseph Kennedy 
​6-28-22, Daily Mail* -- Since 2015 Joseph Kennedy of Bremerton High School near Seattle Washington was/is a high school football coach who has spent seven years battling to be allowed to pray on the sidelines after a game. 
 
What happened? After a game Coach Kennedy went to the 50 yard line, kneeled down and prayed by himself. Some of the boys asked if they could join him and of course coach said ‘yes.’ He said: 'I had a commitment with God that I'd give Him thanks after every football game, win or lose,' 

'And that went on fine for eight years. Then someone made a complaint, and they started an investigation. And the lawyers got involved from the school district and they wanted to completely remove all religious aspects from the public schools. So they fired me, and I've just been fighting ever since to get my job back.'
 
On Monday June 27, 2022 the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor, declaring that his actions were protected under the First Amendment. All Coach Kennedy wants is his job back. *More here

And the Satanic Temple has deemed itself the leader of the “battle for abortion access” the organization wrote in a social media post.
In December 2020 the Satanic Temple put up billboards in Texas and Florida to promote their “religious abortion ritual.” Abortion industry giant Planned Parenthood has been working with the Satanic Temple to fight state abortion restrictions. In April 2019, the Satanic Temple also announced the IRS had recognized it as a ‘church’ with tax-exempt status.

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 [aka Spending Bill]
3-15-22, Investopedia -- On 3/11/22 Congress passed $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the government through Sep 2022 it contains:

• $13.6 billion for Ukraine humanitarian & military aid
• $730 billion in non-defense & $782 billion for defense

Biden said spending bill will have 'a zero price tag'
9-24-21, WashTimes -- Ole Joe Biden insisted that his $3.5 trillion social welfare bill has a "zero price tag" and the spending will be fully paid for by with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy, though congressional Democrats are still working out the details of the tax plan. Speaking at the White House Joe said the massive spending won’t incur new taxes on anyone making less than $400,000.

Truth About Democrats Plans - and Diesel
6-26-22, Joe Biden’s bleeding eye at the Democrats’ marathon “climate crisis” town hall on CNN was as good an omen as any of the political curse of eco-catastrophism. From banning cheeseburgers and plastic straws to aborting babies in poor countries, the swivel-eyed climate zealotry of the liberal leftists who now are destroying the USA have outdone themselves. America’s prosperity was built on the cheap abundant fossil fuel under our feet and offshore - yet green zealots are forcing an energy crisis by forcing the monstrous prices of gasoline by banning coal, fracking and offshore gas exploration. 

Like the  "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" (IPCC) the Democrats have given up the pretense that climate alarmism has anything to do with the actual “environment,” as most Americans would understand that word: clean air and water. That should be warning enough about one of their real motives... force Americans out of their big gasoline cars into sardine cans.
Next is diesel ... already in Australia there is a shortage because of the lack of an additive. There's a looming shortage of an important chemical used to remove pollution from the exhaust of diesel trucks. Without it, the trucks can't run. In most of the modern diesels, there's a chemical added to the system called AdBlue...  More here: 

Wedding Anniversary: Today John & I's 62nd
6-25-22, John and I were married today in 1960. We were together 53 years when he passed to Jesus. He is German/Irish I'm 100% Italian. We had our 'battles' and never considered divorce. We saw our friends marry, divorce marry again and be as miserable with the new one as the old.

 And they were struggling financially supporting two households as the kids were shuffled back and forth. Divorce is not the answer! Just wait and don't ever say the 'd' word. Just be quiet for a couple days and whatever the skirmish was ... will be forgotten. That's how John and I did it. -- Annette

​Police Departments Brace for Attacks on Pregnancy Centers as Tensions Rise after Dobbs Ruling
6-24-22, NatlReview [here] -- Dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers and churches have been targeted after a draft of the  Dobbs  ruling was leaked. The nonprofit Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America recently released a report detailing more than 40 “incidents of violence, vandalism and intimidation” since the ruling. Most of the attacks consisted of vandalism and graffiti, often with threatening messages, including, “If Abortions aren’t SAFE then neither are you.” But they also included firebombs and attempted break-ins.

6-24-22, RT.com -- US SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS LEGALIZATION TO MURDER UNBORN CHILDREN: Now the ghoulish fanatics will go berserk. It's taken 49+ years but finally the USA Court has reversed the monstrous law to legally kill children. In 1973 seven justices cast aside laws of every state and passed Roe v. Wade, seven justices cast aside the laws of every state protecting unborn children even though nothing in the text, original understanding, or history of the Constitution authorized them to do so. It was an act of “raw judicial power,” as a Democrat justice wrote in dissent. Even some law professors assailed the decision for lacking ANY constitutional base. 

Ole Joe Biden's Trip to Israel is REALLY a Trip crawling to Saudi begging for Oil

NBC reports ole Joe Biden's June 2022 trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia has been postponed until July 2022, ​

6-22-22, Biden’s first stop will be to meet the Jewish State of Israel's prime minister, Naftali Bennett, in Jerusalem.

He's also scheduled to meet with Muslim [aka Palestinian] leader Mahmoud Abbas. 

His planned Saudi trip has garnered much criticism as his previous stance on the Saudi regime was a “pariah” because of Jamal Khashoggi and other human rights abuses. One claimed that meeting Mohammed bin Salman is a “betrayal”. 

​A senior Democrat senator said although he understood Joe’s need to work with the Saudis to lessen oil prices to reduce pressure on American citizens, but called Riyadh’s record on human rights an “outrage”.

​Ole Joe cancels USA oil drilling while Americans suffer and the world laughs
12-8-21, WashTimes -- The USA has quickly gone from self sufficient  & world's No. 1 oil producer to begger to foreign nations. Ole Joe Biden's method to being “Anti-Trump” began by signing stuff that is the opposite of what President Trump did. And never Trumper donors — those so-important-to-the-Democrat Party billionaires who want to run our lives -- flooded the left with cash. The plain truth is that without fossil fuels everything stops.

Former Fed Chief Ben Bernanke wrote, the single most important factor in reining in inflation is the public’s confidence in the central bank. The trouble is that because the Fed’s forecasts for inflation have been so terribly wrong for so long, it may be hard for the public to maintain that faith.

Wall Street tumbles on fears for economy as more rates rise
6-16-22, BostonHerald -- Today stocks tumbled on Wall Street as worries roared over the world’s fragile economy may buckle under higher interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 3.3%. Analysts warned of more big swings given deep uncertainties about whether the Federal Reserve and other central banks can hike interest rates enough to get inflation under control...

Peter Navarro Arrested for Contempt of Congress
6-3-22, Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was arrested by the FBI  following charges brought by federal prosecutors for criminal contempt of Congress after he refused to  cooperate with the Democrats' House panel investigating the Capitol riot of Jan 6, 2021. Navarro is now the second of Trump’s advisers to be indicted for criminal contempt of Congress for ignoring House subpoena [Steve Bannon's trial is set for July 18, 2022.]  Peter told MSNBC host Ari Melber that “... I will lead the charge to subpoena Democrats if Republicans return to power in Washington."

USA Schools Bringing High Achievers Down to Level of Mediocrity
6-13-22, FRONTPAGE -- Honors Programs are being eliminated or considered for elimination on the premise that they discriminate against the non-gifted that mostly fall into minority groups. It's being done in the name of equity. The theory behind the “deleveling” of subjects such as English, social studies, biology, math, science and history to make all feel equal. In the highest-performing school district in Rhode Island, Barrington High School has been in an uproar over the cancelation of such courses. Many of them have since been restored. The school had been moving into a “one universal design for learning,” or one curriculum for students of varying abilities. The “universal design” is seen as a way to offer equal access bringing the gifted down to the level of the ungifted.

​What can we expect from the gifted students who literally have been canceled in the name of sub-standard and average students whose mediocre cognitive template becomes the standard used to adjudicate all disputes and determine operational values they must adjust themselves to? The toughest of giants among the gifted will transcend the cult of mediocrity that enshrines the working philosophies of K-12 government schools. Those among them who are self-motivated, self-directed and have self-contained egos will see in reason the malarkey behind this egalitarian equity movement.  They will adduce themselves as evidence of the utter stupidity of the ways in which they are being forced to dwarf their minds into twisted pieces of putty to fit the one-size-fits-all programs for the cognitive ballasts designed to weigh them down.

The de-levelers attempting to abolish honors programs for gifted and talented students, are inverting that pyramid of ability by reducing all of humankind to the lowest common denominator of its least competent members. They are attempting to grant equal rewards for unequal performance. The enterprise is an egregious attempt to glorify mediocrity on the grounds that individuals from certain demographic groups are either congenitally incapable of aspiring to achieve the level of excellence that would be demanded of them to gain entrance in stand-alone honors programs, or (as has been alluded to by several educators) black students simply do not see themselves in such programs because not enough people who look like them are enrolled in said programs. Hogwash!  More here: www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/canceling-honors-classes-name-equity-jason-d-hill/

Why is there a baby formula shortage in the US
5-18-22, Guardian -- Nearly half of baby formula in the US is bought under the WIC program, aimed at helping low-income families. States exclusive contract rights for this formula is given to one company, ABBOTT in Michigan that was shut down by the FDA... The FDA is allowing Abbot to reopen with certain conditons. Some states are facing more severe shortages: Tennessee, Texas and Iowa had more than 50% of the top-selling products out of stock..

 Will USA Buy Oil from the Brutal Dictator of Venezuela?
5-17-22, Independent Sentinel -- USA govt will ease “some” of the energy sanctions on Venezuela. Chevron will be allowed to negotiate for oil from the state-owned firm PDVSA. It should help a brutal dictator build his slush fund. He uses some of that money to send people to the US illegally. Chevron is the last major US oil company still operating in dictator Maduro’s Venezuela. The US claims the request came from Maduro’s opposition leader Juan Guaido.  How convenient. =>

Tesla's Electric Cars Aren't as Green as Hyped
3-31-16, Wired -- Devonshire Research Group dug into the data concluding that Tesla's environmental benefits may be more hyped than warranted. [..] Electric cars need to be light, which means they include a lot of high-performing metals. The lithium in the batteries, for example, is super light and conductive—that’s how you get a lot of energy without adding a lot of weight. 

When your Tesla Model 3 is on its last legs about [15 years]. Where does the battery go? Battery recyclers are piloting technologies to recover a lot of materials from those batteries. A Tesla battery is big; it weighs about 1000 lbs… Overall, the greenhouse-gas-emissions footprint of electric vehicles can be pretty high on the front end as they’re being built.  more here https://www.wired.com/2016/03/teslas-electric-cars-might-not-green-think/

According to the Education Data Initiative, although many have benefited from federal student loan forgiveness, about 43 million federal borrowers still owe a total of $1.6 trillion in college debt. That's an average balance of $37,014 per federal student loan borrower.