It’s already July 4th in Japan — which means it is officially the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. And, as it turns out, the Japanese are even more excited to celebrate this historic day than many Americans! To honor America, an amazing fireworks display just lit up the Tokyo skyline. Clips of Tokyo’s gorgeous fireworks are going viral online: AMAZING! Japan just did a whole FIREWORKS SHOW celebrating America’s birthday today, as it’s now July 4 in Tokyo This is what a REAL ally looks like. Unlike most of our European “allies” God bless America, and God bless Japan! pic.twitter.com/k579V6kq6r — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 3, 2026 WOW! Japan has just launched a BEAUTIFUL fireworks display for America's 250th birthday in Tokyo, after lighting up both the Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge red, white and blue Japan honors America with pride! Democrats raise the Somali flag while JAPAN is even more patriotic… pic.twitter.com/kxf90qH74k — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 3, 2026 Along with the stunning fireworks show, a light display featuring an image of President Trump with Japanese PM Takaichi was also set up in front of the Rainbow Bridge, which was turned red, white, and blue for the occasion. See it here: As many blue cities in the US cancel July 4th fireworks, this is the scene today in Tokyo: pic.twitter.com/cCMhNqNU7g — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 3, 2026 Now, that’s how it’s done! Democrat leaders in blue cities could learn a thing or two from Japan on this one. While the Japanese are proudly honoring America, many cities around the U.S. have disgracefully canceled their Independence Day fireworks altogether. Here’s a list of some of the U.S. cities that have canceled 4th of July celebrations: Colorado (widespread cancellations due to wildfires, extreme fire danger, and drought) Many communities have canceled or adjusted professional fireworks displays. Examples include: Colorado Springs: All permitted Independence Day fireworks displays canceled. Cañon City: Fireworks show off Skyline Drive canceled. Alamosa, Ouray, Rangely, Montrose, Steamboat Lake, Cripple Creek, Yampa, Woodland Park. Durango, Aspen, Thornton, Denver, Longmont, Boulder, Castle Rock (some shifting to drone shows or other alternatives). Douglas County: All fireworks shows across the county canceled (Stage 2 restrictions). Arvada and other areas: Shows canceled due to elevated fire risk. Fire restrictions are in place in many counties; professional shows are often impacted. Utah (statewide restrictions on personal fireworks) Governor Spencer Cox issued an emergency order restricting all personal/consumer fireworks statewide from July 2–5 due to extreme wildfire risk. Professional displays are generally still allowed, but many cities have full bans or limited “safe zones.” Salt Lake County has broad restrictions. Check local fire authorities, as some municipalities designate exceptions. Nebraska (Panhandle/western areas due to wildfire risk and drought) Alliance: Public fireworks display canceled due to fire danger and resource strain. Other Panhandle areas (e.g., Box Butte, Kimball, Sioux counties, and communities like Crawford, Hemingford, Harrison, Kimball) have bans on consumer fireworks. New Jersey (due to extreme heat) Several towns have postponed or modified fireworks and related events: Bordentown Township (Burlington County): Fireworks show postponed. Franklin Township (Somerset County): Fireworks postponed to July 10. Somerset County: Concert and fireworks postponed to July 17. Other adjustments in areas like Haddonfield, Haddon Township, Howell Township, and Stratford (parades, games, or full events scaled back or postponed). Other Areas Philadelphia: The Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade (related to July 4 celebrations) was canceled due to extreme heat. Fireworks/fireworks-related events may have local impacts. Scattered fire restrictions or heat-related changes in other drought-prone or hot regions (e.g., parts of the West and Southwest), but Colorado and Utah have seen the most widespread professional show impacts. It’s sad that a foreign country has more respect for America’s 250th birthday than some of these places inside the United States. But, that isn’t the case in Washington, D.C. A historic fireworks show is still on the schedule for our nation’s capital — and, frankly, it’s going to blow Japan’s right out of the water! The Washington Post has more details on President Trump’s planned firework display in D.C.: More than 4,250 pounds of fireworks will light the District’s sky every minute this weekend during the official fireworks celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday, according to a Washington Post analysis of event planning documents and information provided by organizers. Organizers from Pyrotecnico, a Pennsylvania-based fireworks manufacturer, said the D.C. event will be anything but typical. The average fireworks show lasts 10 to 20 minutes and uses between 1,000 and 3,000 pyrotechnic effects. This weekend’s performance will include a 40-minute display with more than 850,000 fireworks and effects. Staging the display will require more than 50 trucks and a crew of at least 75 people positioned across three launch areas — the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, West Potomac Park and the Potomac River. By comparison, the most recent Super Bowl halftime show used about 9,900 pyrotechnic effects and required two semitrucks and a box truck for transport. If completed as planned, Saturday’s performance would break the current world record for the largest fireworks display, a title held by Iglesia Ni Cristo in the Philippines since 2016. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post WATCH: Japan Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday With INCREDIBLE Fireworks Show in Tokyo appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said there is “one thing” that would compel him to leave the Democratic Party. While speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Fetterman said the Democrats becoming the “anti-Israel party” would cross the line for him. “My real concern is the Democratic Party is going to put it into the platform, you know, as an anti-Israel party, that Israel does not have the right to defend itself and to exist,” Fetterman explained. “And the second that becomes a formal part of our platform, that’s the one thing that would push me out of this party,” he continued. “I’m deeply alarmed the way the Democratic Party is going after Israel and allowing to just rank anti-Semitism to just flourish, you know, and the left on the campuses as well,” he added. Watch below: John Fetterman says there is one thing that would push him out of the Democratic Party. "My real concern is the Democratic Party is going to become and put it into the platform… an anti-Israel party. That Israel does not have the right to defend itself and to exist, and the… https://t.co/LGJbKG99t9 pic.twitter.com/BBx8n2arYq — Red Line News (@RedLineNewsUSA) July 2, 2026 Mediaite noted: Fetterman’s comments came as he was pressed on the insurgent wave of progressive and self-described democratic socialist candidates winning primaries, in both Colorado and New York, pushing out long-serving incumbents with campaigns that focus, in part, on opposing U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza. The senator claimed that one thing the new generation of candidates had in “common” was “contempt for Israel” that he said was “essentially” becoming “anti-Semitism.” “One of the supreme honors of my time in the Senate is standing with Israel,” Fetterman previously said. “Israel has always been the moral clarity—I’m proud to stand by that regardless of how those views continue to damage standing within my own party,” he added. Check it out: Sen. John Fetterman: "One of the supreme honors of my time in the Senate is standing with Israel." "Israel has always been the moral clarity—I'm proud to stand by that regardless of how those views continue to damage standing within my own party." pic.twitter.com/xLmOGcQSUu — Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) June 15, 2026 Meanwhile, former Sen. Joe Manchin urged Fetterman to ditch the Democratic Party and become an independent. “My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent,” Manchin said. NEW: Former Sen. Joe Manchin is urging Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) to leave the Democratic Party and register as an independent, according to the Washington Examiner. "My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an… pic.twitter.com/GtSOIuGE4s — Off The Press (@OffThePress1) July 1, 2026 More from the Washington Examiner: Manchin, who left the Democratic Party in 2024 and opted not to seek a third term that same year, said if Fetterman wants to work with both sides of the aisle, becoming an independent would allow the Pennsylvania Democrat to “speak as a real, true, free, free broker.” “John Fetterman is voting what he believes is right for his people and what he can explain, and I appreciate that and respect it,” Manchin said. “When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.” Fetterman, who once described himself as a progressive Democrat, renounced the label in 2023, saying he “would just call myself a Democrat.” Fetterman has broken from his party on several high-profile issues, including border security and his support for Israel and the war in Iran. He has also criticized his fellow Democrats, accusing the party of “catering to the fringe and agitated parts of our base” in an op-ed published in the Washington Post. The post “One Thing” Would Convince John Fetterman To Ditch Democratic Party appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

A guilty plea has now been entered in one of the ugliest side chapters of the Nancy Guthrie case. Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, admitted in federal court that he harassed Guthrie’s family while they were desperate for any word about her fate. Callella pleaded guilty on July 2, 2026, in Tucson federal court to two counts of Harassment Using a Telecommunication Device. Prosecutors say he contacted Nancy Guthrie’s family on February 4 about a bitcoin transfer, knowing an earlier ransom demand had already been made. He admitted he was trying to pry for information about the disappearance investigation and harass the family in the process. TUCSON, Ariz. – Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of Harassment Using a Telecommunication Device. Sentencing is scheduled for September 10, 2026. @FBIPhoenix https://t.co/xJKWcZeFVR — US Attorney Arizona (@USAO_AZ) July 2, 2026 The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced the plea and identified Callella as a California man who admitted to two federal harassment counts tied to ransom communications. According to prosecutors, Callella admitted he called and sent text messages to a missing person’s family on February 4, 2026, asking about a bitcoin transfer. He also acknowledged that he already knew an earlier ransom demand had been made. The government says his goal was to harass the family by seeking information about the disappearance investigation. Sentencing is scheduled for September 10, 2026, before U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker, and each count carries a maximum of two years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both, plus one year of supervised release. The FBI Phoenix Division’s Tucson office handled the investigation, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tucson is prosecuting the case. KGUN 9 reported from Tucson Federal Court that Callella’s plea deal calls for five years of probation on each count, served at the same time for five years total after Thursday’s hearing. Formal sentencing still comes in September, and the report said the court ordered Callella directly into residential drug treatment after the hearing. Federal charges said he sent two texts and made a phone call shortly after the Guthrie family posted a public message asking the kidnappers to contact them. KGUN 9 also reported the texts had no real connection to the bitcoin ransom note that media outlets received after Nancy Guthrie disappeared. The station said agents traced the hidden-number trail back to Callella anyway. Derrick Callella pleaded guilty to two counts of telephonic harassment and faces five years of probation. https://t.co/dhMlzQGSZx — KGUN 9 (@kgun9) July 2, 2026 KOLD reported that Callella had originally faced charges of transmitting a demand for ransom in interstate commerce and using a telecommunications device with intent to abuse, threaten, or harass. The local outlet reported that Callella texted Nancy Guthrie’s daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni, using a VOIP phone line connected to the messages. The messages came moments after the family released its first public video plea asking for proof of life from whoever had her. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos warned that fraudulent notes slow the investigation, divert attention, and exploit the Guthrie family. His message to anyone thinking about sending another fake note was simple: law enforcement is tracing them, and arrests can follow. That is the line this plea draws. The guilty plea addresses one alleged imposter demand, while the deeper mystery remains open. AZFamily reported that the FBI has said some ransom notes in the case were illegitimate extortion attempts, while other ransom demands may still be legitimate and remain under investigation. The FBI statement came as the case reached 151 days since Guthrie was reported missing from her Catalina Foothills home in Tucson. AZFamily reported that the case is still being investigated as a kidnapping for ransom, with local authorities in the lead and the FBI continuing to assist. That keeps the ransom question active even after this guilty plea. The outlet also reported that KOLD received two ransom notes early in the search, one on February 2 and another on February 6, and that those notes were turned over to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI. That context matters because Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance remains open. Prosecutors say Callella harassed the family around the ransom chaos, and he is not accused of taking her. The woman at the center of this case is still missing. The FBI is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to Guthrie’s location or to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. The FBI says Guthrie was last seen at her Catalina Foothills residence in Tucson on the evening of January 31, 2026. She is considered a vulnerable adult who has difficulty walking, has a pacemaker, and needs daily medication for a heart condition. The FBI says an armed individual appeared to tamper with Guthrie’s front-door camera the morning she vanished. The suspect is described as a male roughly 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with an average build, wearing a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack. Anyone with information can contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. The plea brings accountability for one cruel episode. Nancy Guthrie is still missing, and the real case is still waiting for the lead that breaks it open. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post BREAKING: Guilty Plea Entered In Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The FBI is pouring manpower into its investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, and the scale screams escalation. Field offices across the country have been ordered to send analysts to Atlanta to help dig through thousands of records tied to the county’s 2020 vote. The number attached to the effort is what makes people sit up. We are talking about hundreds of federal staffers, all pointed at one investigation. And the FBI’s own internal language calls it a priority. The FBI is ramping up its investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County, Georgia, by ordering field offices across the country to send investigative analysts to Atlanta to help evaluate thousands of records, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.… — CBS News (@CBSNews) July 2, 2026 AP reported on July 2, 2026 that the FBI asked field offices nationwide to dedicate more than 200 staffers to the Fulton County probe, turning a county-level election records fight into a national manpower push. According to a memo AP obtained, the bureau is surging 260 investigative analysts and staff operations specialists into the work and describing the matter as a priority investigation. Each of those analysts is expected to check an estimated 708 records by July 17, 2026, AP reported, which puts a hard timetable on the review instead of leaving it as an open-ended inquiry. People familiar with the internal decision-making confirmed to AP that the request is tied to the Georgia 2020 election investigation, even though the memo itself did not spell that out. AP also noted that FBI agents in January seized hundreds of boxes of ballots and other documents in Fulton County, the state’s most populous county and home to most of Atlanta. CBS News reviewed a memo sent to every field office requesting surge support to Atlanta for what it called FBI Director Kash Patel’s priority investigation, confirming this was not limited to one regional office. CBS said large offices were asked to send eight analysts each, while small and medium offices were asked for three to five, targeting 260 total across the bureau. Those tactical-intelligence staffers, CBS reported, are the people who often handle open-source checks, phone analysis, subpoenas and subpoena returns, the nuts-and-bolts work that can turn seized records into usable investigative leads. CBS added that earlier FBI warrants in Fulton County sought all physical ballots from 2020, tapes from vote-tabulating machines, ballot images and voter rolls. The bureau declined to comment. The FBI is directing hundreds of analysts to dig into what it calls a “priority” investigation related to the 2020 election in Georgia, sources tell @KDilanianMSNOW. https://t.co/OzQJZDMKOE — Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) July 2, 2026 The manpower surge builds on activity that started earlier this year in Atlanta. FOX 5 Atlanta reported in February on unsealed search warrants and a 20-page affidavit tied to FBI activity at the Fulton County Election Hub, giving local context for why this new surge is landing months later. The warrant executed on January 28, 2026 targeted roughly 700 boxes of ballots and digital records, and FOX 5 said agents seized more than 650 boxes containing original physical ballots, digital images and voting-machine records from the county hub. The affidavit focused on whether intentional acts caused discrepancies in the count of 528,777 ballots in Fulton County, along with possible federal violations tied to election records and fair vote-counting processes. Fulton County officials pushed back, dismissing the allegations as recycled rumors and unproven conspiracy theories. That is their position. The FBI’s position is that this is a priority investigation worth 260 analysts and a July deadline. Nobody has been charged as a result of this surge, and no fraud has been proven. What is undeniable is the scale. An agency does not order field offices coast to coast to dedicate analysts and set a hard record-review deadline for a matter it considers minor. Fulton County is squarely back under federal scrutiny, and the record review is moving fast. Legacy Media Continues To Pretend To Know Nothing "The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assigning an army of 260 investigative analysts to a “priority” investigation related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., a reflection of President Trump’s ongoing push to prove his… https://t.co/ReuRvyy369 pic.twitter.com/PRIJn86cFG — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 3, 2026 For years, Americans who asked hard questions about Fulton County were told to move on and stop talking. Now federal investigators are the ones asking, and they brought an army of analysts to do it. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post JUST IN: FBI Surges Resources Into 2020 Election Probe In Fulton County! appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Almost two years after Thomas Crooks fired eight shots at President Trump from a rooftop in Butler, Pennsylvania, a new federal report spells out how close the Secret Service came to stopping it and how many times it failed. The DHS Office of Inspector General released report OIG-26-13 on June 30, 2026. The title alone tells the story. It is called The Secret Service Missed Opportunities to Prevent and Disrupt the Attempted Assassination of President Trump on July 13, 2024. Crooks fired from the roof of the American Glass Research complex during the July 13, 2024 campaign rally. President Trump was wounded, others were wounded, and one spectator was killed. The findings are worse than a bad day. They read like a chain of warnings that never reached the people who could have acted on them. UPDATE: Thomas Crooks —Unbelievable! New DHS Report shows Secret Service agents tried to move Trucks to obstruct the Line of Sight from the AGR Building, but Trump’s Campaign staff rejected the idea because the trucks would be “too close to President Trump’s press shot.” An… https://t.co/c1OeoyKAiZ pic.twitter.com/XcwXUsGC15 — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 3, 2026 Start with the line of sight, because that is where the report gets specific. The Secret Service had already identified the AGR complex as a line-of-sight concern. That is the exact rooftop Crooks used. According to the OIG, the site agent’s counterpart proposed placing trucks that were already on location between the AGR building and the stage to block that sightline. Protectee staff denied the request. The reason, per the report, was that the trucks would be too close to President Trump’s press shot. An alternative placement nearby was agreed to. But the trucks were never actually placed there, and agents did not escalate the problem. The DHS Office of Inspector General concluded that the Secret Service identified the AGR line of sight as a danger and simply did not ensure the available resources blocked it. OIG also noted that agents failed to monitor whether the agreed equipment placement happened or elevate the exposed sightline once the problem remained. The report also documents the drone. Crooks flew one from 3:51 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. that afternoon, and it viewed both the stage and the AGR roof. The Secret Service counter-drone system was inoperable at the time. Crooks scouted the scene from the air and nobody caught it. Then there is the communications breakdown, which is staggering in scale. Local law enforcement passed 102 radio transmissions about an increasingly intense search for a suspicious person. The Secret Service received only five phone calls and three text messages about Crooks. The protective detail was never warned that Crooks had a range finder, a long gun, and had climbed onto the AGR roof. Multiple members of that detail told the OIG that if they had known about the ongoing search, they would have delayed the speech or removed President Trump from the stage. UPDATE: Thomas Crooks — Insane! New DHS Report: The Secret Service Failed to Secure AGR Roof Crooks Used – Despite KNOWING State Police Left It Exposed The DHS Office of Inspector General found that Pennsylvania State Police sent their operations plan on July 12, 2024. It… https://t.co/1AaeuoA64p pic.twitter.com/xwQWfdRNlH — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 3, 2026 The roof itself should never have been left open, and the report says the Secret Service had reason to know it. Pennsylvania State Police emailed an operations plan on July 12, 2024, the day before the rally. It laid out areas outside the perimeter to secure, but it did not include securing the AGR complex. The lead agent and site agent reviewed that plan. According to the OIG, they did not provide comments or clarification, and the explanations agents later gave were inconsistent with Secret Service policy. So the gap sat in writing, in an email, the day before, and it went unaddressed. The most alarming detail may be what happened in the communications room minutes before the shooting. At about 6:09 p.m., local law enforcement warned the Secret Service and PSP communications room about a suspicious person on the AGR roof. The Secret Service communications supervisor and the counter-drone operator did not even ask where AGR was located. The counter-drone operator instead searched online for the location and was still searching when the shots began. The New York Post highlighted that same finding, noting that as the warnings came in about the rooftop, a Secret Service member was still googling the building’s location when Crooks fired. That detail fits the broader timeline: local officers were moving faster than the federal team, while the protective detail still did not have the rooftop warning. The report also exposes a failure that happened well before anyone reached Butler. Secret Service leadership received classified intelligence about a long-distance threat to President Trump. But the agency’s protective intelligence division never got permission to share that classified threat with the people who needed it. That means the Pittsburgh Field Office leadership, the lead agent, the site agent, and the lead counter sniper went into the event without it. Officials at the Pittsburgh Field Office told the OIG they would have requested additional personnel had they known. One said she would have zeroed in on the AGR complex specifically. UPDATE: Thomas Crooks — Very Bad.. New DHS Report shows the Secret Service HID Classified Threat Intelligence From Its Own Field Agents about a “Long Distance” Threat — Leading to Too Few Protectors at the Rally Days before the rally, the Secret Service received classified… https://t.co/HzxoxD6KUT pic.twitter.com/buQzV7Zpez — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 3, 2026 Senator Chuck Grassley reached a similar conclusion in his own oversight work. His office’s release, tied to a GAO review, said senior Secret Service officials had classified intelligence about a threat to President Trump’s life roughly ten days before the rally and failed to relay it to the federal and local personnel responsible for security. Grassley’s release said the GAO found the Secret Service had no process to share classified threat information with partners when it was not treated as an imminent threat to life. It also cited planning failures, resource allocation problems, training gaps, communication breakdowns, and the same line-of-sight issue. Grassley’s release noted that a campaign staffer objected to using large farm equipment to address the AGR sightline because it would interfere with press photos. His release added that enhanced counter-drone equipment was not provided because resources were allocated elsewhere, while counter-sniper resources were separately approved. The OIG issued seven recommendations, and the Secret Service concurred with all of them. Recommendations 1, 4, and 6 were resolved and closed, while 2, 3, 5, and 7 remain resolved and open. That is the paperwork. The human cost is what actually happened on that field. A spectator was killed. Others were wounded. President Trump was hit and survived by inches. Every one of these failures was catchable. The threat intel existed. The rooftop concern was known. The radio traffic was screaming. The drone was in the air. And still the man got on that roof and pulled the trigger eight times. This report is a permanent record of how a preventable attack was allowed to happen, and it is the standard the country should measure the Secret Service against from here forward. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Shocking New Details Emerge In Thomas Crooks Butler, PA Shooting appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.