Most Americans across the country have already gotten a head start on celebrating Independence Day by taking advantage of the long weekend. Knowing that most people’s plans probably include a barbecue or two, you may want to think twice before getting your grilling on. Authorities have just issued an urgent warning after one man nearly died from a common item at cookouts and there could undoubtedly be more if some don’t get the message in time.

Barbecues are part of what makes summer so great but there’s something that could ruin it in a hurry if you’re not careful. Hot grills, coals, and undercooked meat are certainly all obvious dangers, but now there’s something far sneakier to be concerned about that could severely harm or kill you or anyone at your barbecue.

Chester Poole was cooking burgers for his family and had made one he was really proud of. Anticipating that first bite, he bit down into his masterpiece that had just come straight off the grill and got a sharp pain instead of the enjoyable juicy mouthful of grilled meat. Seconds later, he was screaming in pain and had to be rushed to the ER where he underwent emergency surgery.

Poole was diligent about cleaning his grill and like most people used a wire grill brush to clear off the grates. These seemingly indestructible tools can slough off more than just charred piece of food left behind, as Poole found out the hard way. Some of the tiny wire bristles had come off in the cleaning process. When Poole put his fresh meat on the grill, his patty picked up the bristle and had gotten lodged in his throat on his first bite.
CTV News reports:

Poole told CTV Atlantic on Thursday that he immediately went to the hospital where he was told to avoid drinking or eating until he could see an ear, nose and throat specialist in Halifax the next day.
“The doctor came in and he said, ‘I want to be brutally honest with you,’” Poole recounted. “He said, ‘There is one chance in 100 that I am even going to find this.”

The doctor who examined Poole’s throat, Dr. Tim Brown, said he generally sees a couple of similar cases every year.

“It is a tiny little needle and if you think of the neck as a haystack they can get lodged anywhere between the mouth and all the way down to the throat and even further, so finding it in soft tissue back there, this tiny little filament, can sometimes be almost a mission impossible,” Dr. Brown said.

Despite the slim odds, Dr. Brown was able to locate and remove the pin-sized metal bristle from Poole’s throat.
Authorities are warning of what to look for so this doesn’t happen to you or anyone else you know. While they encourage cleaning the grill, they say to be sure to check the bristles on your wire brush on a regular basis. Over time, they can become rusted, loose, or sparse and will stick to your grill without you realizing it. Since they are so small, you may not even see them on the grill and won’t even know it’s there until it gets in your food and into your body where it will certainly be felt.

Poole contends that his barbecue brush wasn’t even that old or well-worn when he swallowed the bristle, CTV News reports. “If you’re not concerned about yourself, I think you should be concerned about your kids, grandkids, even church groups that have church barbecues,” he said.

The Yarmouth man said he won’t be using another wire barbecue brush in the future and has since switched his previous one with a wooden scraper instead.

There is no shortage of things to be concerned about when trying to enjoy yourself this summer and especially this Independence Day. While these things shouldn’t hold you back, you need to be aware of the dangers as to avoid anything that could ruin your good time and our nation’s birthday. Spending time with those you love is the most important, which is better spent outdoors rather than in a hospital.

President Trump simply can’t stop winning.

The brilliant thing about Trump is that most of his winning stems from his amazing ability to negotiate.

He’s now using the same business savvy that made him a successful billionaire to negotiate with world leaders in the best interests of America.

In his latest victory, German Chancellor Angela Merkel caved to Trump’s pressure and has significantly reduced her G20 Climate Plan.

American strength.

We love it!

From Breitbart

Germany has ‘massively weakened’ its climate action plan for next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg in order to appease Donald Trump.

According to a shocked report in the green, EU-linked propaganda outlet Climate Change News this represents a disastrous cultural surrender which

“….shows the degree to which the German presidency has bent to the will of the Trump White House.”
In public, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has been talking tough on climate change, promising to put it at the forefront of the G20 summit and making none-too-subtle swipes at any world leaders out there who happen to dissent from her position.

Without naming him, Merkel appeared to lament U.S. President Donald Trump’s uncertainty about human-induced climate change, saying, “We can’t, and we won’t, wait until the last person on Earth is convinced of the scientific evidence for climate change.”
Behind the scenes, however, it would appear that Merkel’s negotiating teams have been bending over backwards to tone down the climate action plan and avoid an embarrassing rejection by Donald Trump.
This can be seen by comparing the two draft climate action plans for the summit, one from March and the revised one from May. According to Climate Change News, American negotiators have watered it down considerably.

“The US massively weakened the language in the energy part of the action plan,” one source with knowledge of the negotiations said. “It pushed for references to so-called ‘clean’ fossil fuels and made it less explicit that the energy transition has to be built on energy efficiency and renewables.”
“It also provided cover to some other G20 members – such as the Saudis and Russia – to weaken some climate sections of the document, including the pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.”
Here are some of the elements which have been removed from the original draft:

“Psycho Joe” and “low I.Q. Crazy” Mika posted an op-ed in rebuttal to President Trump’s recent tweets, which were directed at them.

The two claim that they’re neither shocked or offended by Trump’s comments, but clearly they plan on capitalizing on this for their own gain.

In the op-ed, Mika and Joe addressed Mika’s facelift, which she claims wasn’t a lift, but only some light chin work.

Right…

From The Daily Caller
A noteworthy tidbit is this: They say the National Enquirer threatened to publish something “negative” about them, unless they “begged” Trump to have the story “spiked.” They refused.

And that face-lift?

The TV couple reported that Mika never had one.

“She did have a little skin under her chin tweaked, but this was hardly a state secret,” Joe’s voice said in the op-ed.

“Her mother suggested she do so, and all those around her were aware of this mundane fact.”

Sean Hannity, like the rest of America, is sick and tired of the vitriol from MSNBC’s anti-Trump sycophants on Morning Joe.

The two “lovebirds” have been viciously attacking President Trump for months now, spreading rumors and fake news, as a way to garner ratings and destroy our America First president.

Enough was finally enough, and President Trump, always the “counterpuncher,” fired back at the gruesome duo and delivered a knockout punch.

Now, Hannity is saying he’s sick of the attacks against Trump too, and is getting close to “going there” with Mika and Joe.

Grab your popcorn, this is bound to get GOOD!

From Washington Examiner

Fox News host Sean Hannity expressed his negative feeling towards MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski on Saturday amid Trump’s controversial three-day feud with the couple that has gained nationwide attention.
Hannity tweeted Saturday saying he was very close to going “there” with the show hosts because he “is sick of their BS.”

We can all agree on one thing — the Islamic State is a huge danger to every single free country in the world. Luckily, after relentless barrages, another HUGE victory for Trump and the rest of the free world just took place.

Jihad Watch announced the victory as it described how the Islamic State now controls an area that is about the same size as Belgium. Thanks to a recent LARGE victory, the size of their territory has dropped a staggering 60%, and it’s all due to Trump’s takedown of an ISIS caliphate. That’s more than Obama EVER did!

The caliphate was initially taken over on June 29, 2014, and was retaken exactly three years later. Now, we have to start thinking about where these terrorists are going to go. We all know the left will GLADLY invite them here, and that has us thinking.

Left-wingers tend to think we should just open our borders, and let anyone in, whether they have paperwork or not. It might sound nice to them — to appear like caring and deep people. In their ignorance, they’ve forgotten — or just don’t care — about the risk thrown onto the REST of us because of their foolish mentality.

The symbolic victory came when Iraqi government troops marched into the “capital” of the Islamic State, Mosul. The troops battled in Mosul for days, fighting the savages, and scrapping for control of the city.
Finally, ISIS was defeated, and the Iraqis took back the Great al-Nuri Mosque. That’s where the Islamic State initially announced their takeover. It’s a huge victory we ALL needed.

It looks like President Trump’s plan is all coming together. When he went on his first tour of the world, he spoke with Middle Eastern leaders about the issue of terrorism. Trump explained that NO NATION should have to deal with terrorists on their soil.

Our president went on to say that, essentially, the only way we’re going to stop these savages is if we corner them, and leave them with NOTHING. Looking at the actions of the Iraqi government, it seems safe to assume that they listened to Trump — and are now enjoying the fruits of their victory.

It’s about time we started to see a major change in this “War on Terror.” This could be the biggest victory it’s seen since before Obama was in office. All Obama did was cater to terrorists, and made life difficult for the rest of us. Now that we have a real president in office who wants to improve the world, we’re seeing changes occurring at a drastic pace.

Things got tense this week when former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta appeared on Fox Business Network and was asked about 75,000 shares of stock he allegedly owns in a Kremlin-backed company.

Fox News reported that host Maria Bartiromo asked Podesta to explain what he did with the 75,000 shares of stock in Joule Energy he was given and failed to disclose when he joined Barack Obama’s White House as an advisor to the president.

“It’s not a Russian company,” Podesta said.

“It’s backed by the Kremlin,” Bartiromo shot back.

“I did not have any stock in any Russian company, so go back and get your facts straight, Maria,” Podesta snapped. “I was on the board of an American company that did business here and only here. The Russian company had a small investment in that company.”

On Tuesday, Podesta testified on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election before the House Intelligence Committee in a closed hearing. During the 2016 election, Wikileaks released tens of thousands of the Clinton campaign chair’s emails after Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee.

While she was Secretary of State, Clinton let a Russian company to acquire 20 percent of the U.S.’ uranium capacity. After doing this, she was awarded $100 million from the Russian company, Uranium One.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the infamous “Obamaphone” program, meant to provide low-income Americans phone and internet service, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.

A three-year investigation into the controversial Lifeline Program, requested by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), says some 10.6 million Americans have an Obamaphone and more than 3.8 million or 36 percent of them may not be eligible.

GAO investigators sampled the program’s population and found that it had been paying for nearly 6,400 phones for people whom the government has listed as deceased; another 5,500 people were enrolled for two phones, and another group of people couldn’t prove they were eligible to receive their free phone.

“A complete lack of oversight is causing this program to fail the American taxpayer — everything that could go wrong is going wrong,” McCaskill said in a statement. “We’re currently letting phone companies cash a government check every month with little more than the honor system to hold them accountable, and that simply can’t continue.”

Originally conceived during the Reagan administration, Lifeline was initially meant to provide poor people with a phone in case of an emergency or, as time went on, to apply for a job.
Administered by the Federal Communications Commission, Lifeline requires telecommunication companies (At&t, Verizon, Sprint) to pay a percentage of their voice service revenues into a pool called the Universal Service Fund that is administered by an independent nonprofit company called the Universal Service Administrative Company. Telecom companies pass on the cost of their contributions to consumers, whose monthly bill includes a “universal service fee” charge.

The three-year GAO investigation found that the program has put away more than “$9 billion, as of September 2016 outside the Department of the Treasury in a private bank account.”

A spokesman for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who had already put the dubious program under review, said the “GAO report confirms that waste, fraud, and abuse are all too prevalent in the program.”

“Chairman Pai looks forward to working with his colleagues to crack down on the unscrupulous providers that abuse the program because every dollar that is spent on subsidizing somebody who doesn’t need the help by definition does not go to someone who does,” Pai’s spokesman added.

A Chicago Cubs outfielder disrespected Donald Trump in a truly vile way on Wednesday during an Oval Office meet-and-greet with the World Series champions. Unfortunately for him, however, he quickly learned there are big consequences to making such a disgusting move towards the president of the United States inside the Oval Office.

Daily Mail reported that Albert Almora, Jr, the Cubs center fielder, blatantly extended his middle finger while standing just feet away from Trump as he sat at his desk. Almora’s hands were in his pocket, but his left middle finger was clearly and purposely extended.

Moscow’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova was recently asked about the current state of U.S.-Russia relations. Though her answer was definitely long-winded, it’s well-worth the read because it contains information about “secrets” the Obama administration had asked the Russian government to keep private.
Since Barack Obama wanted this kept private, the liberal media of course followed suit and hid it as well.
“How do you see the future of Russian-US diplomatic relations in the context of the current atmosphere in Washington? Can you confirm that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will come to Moscow in April?” Zakharova was asked.

Here’s how she responded, courtesy of Cons Journal:

“Apparently, many volumes have been written about the development of Russian-US relations. I announced the release of the Foreign Ministry’s yearend Diplomatic Bulletin and even showed it at the previous briefing. I believe that about 20 per cent of that bulletin was devoted to Russian-US relations, the way we see them, how we want them to develop, what we expect from Washington, what we are willing to do with the United States, the priority areas of cooperation, areas where our cooperation should be revived without delay and the areas where this can wait, at least for a limited time.

This issue has been covered in interviews by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, comments by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and in numerous statements made at all levels by representatives from various Russian agencies, political analysts and politicians, as well as officials from the legislative and executive authorities. We can talk about bilateral relations with a different degree of mastery, but we would like to start implementing our relationship at long last.

We provided our views on bilateral relations and the reasons for blocking them under President Obama. We said that we were willing to work with the new US administration, under President Trump. I don’t think we need to invent anything in this respect, because so much has been said before. Simply, we should start concrete practical work. We are ready for this.

You know that we always invite our American colleagues and diplomats to join bilateral or multilateral dialogues on issues in which the United States has traditionally played a big and active role, such as Syria, the consultations in Astana and many others. We expect Washington to formulate its foreign policy approaches in the form of a concept. We are ready for pragmatic and specific work on the principles that we have described many times.

As for the visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the information about it, this is what I can say. It’s not a secret that preparations for any visit include the coordination of the time when it can be announced. Visits by foreign ministers are public events that are never kept secret. At least, I don’t know about any secret visits by foreign ministers in Russia or the United States. Preparations for such a visit also include the coordination of the format, agenda and the date it can be announced to the public. It is a matter of propriety and respect for each other’s interests.
One side proposes a date, and the other side is expected to accept it. This date should be acceptable to both sides, because the foreign ministers have packed schedules. The issue also concerns the coordination of the agenda by experts. One side informs the other side of the issues it plans to discuss, and the other side needs to respond that the agenda is acceptable. In other words, the sides need to reach agreements on many issues, after which they can announce an upcoming visit. This is how we work with our colleagues.

It has been a controversial week in Washington D.C. after the President went after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC. The journalistic television show has attacked the President on a consistent basis and the President hit back on social media. The President tweeted how terrible both journalists were and attacked Mika for an alleged bloody facelift. Brzezinsk attacked back referencing the Presidents tiny hands.
Shortly thereafter Brzezinski attacked First Lady Melania Trump. The journalist suggested that Trump wants out of her marriage with the President and is only staying in it for the sake of her son. She made those comments to a reporter with InStyle.

Brzezinski said,

“I know Melania. I haven’t talked to her in months, but if my gut is right, I don’t think she’s going to put up with it much longer. I know nothing. That’s just my instinct and I go with my gut and my gut’s always right. I’m just telling you, Melania’s got the worst job in the country and I don’t think she wants do it a lot longer. I think she will do it for as long as she has to for her son, and that’s it.”

In response the First Lady responded,

“It is sad when people try to further their own agenda by commenting on me and my family, especially when they don’t know me.”
Via Daily Mail:

“The short statement directly contradicted Mika’s claim to know the first lady – and came despite Melania’s first interview after her husband announced he was running for office being with Brzezinski.

Ironically she said then: ‘We have thick skin, and we know that people will judge him and people will call names.
She gave the interview inside her lavish and very golden New York City penthouse.

Brzezinski had commented during her television show with Scarborough that she’s fond of Melania as she gave her version of events on the night that’s at the center of their dispute with the president.

On New Year’s Eve she said that she and Scarborough stopped by Trump’s Palm Beach club at the president-elect’s request.”

Melania’s comments were interesting considering her first interview on the campaign trail was with the very reporter she just hit back at. Her account also directly contradicts Mika’s. Clearly she indicates they don’t nor did they know each other. This change in events is sadly unfortunate.

The President had previously offered to host their wedding at Mar-a-Lago and even offered to officiate. They had a very long conversation when Trump’s son in law inserted himself into the conversation. Scarborough even confirmed this after the inauguration when they had visited the White House.

Mika had reportedly said the following about the option of his officiating the wedding and even hosting it,

“The White House that I grew up in was an amazing place. If it weren’t Trump, it might be something to think about. The mental picture is just fascinating, but the reality is just . . . no. No, no, no, no, no.’”

After the President sent out the tweets the news anchors said the following about the President,

“We are both certain that the man is not mentally equipped to continue watching our show, ‘Morning Joe.”

While they denied that Mika had a facelift they admitted she tweaked her chin and that she had done something to her chin skin. But she insisted she never kept it a secret and was very public about it. They insist the President sent out his recent tweets after they refused to stop negative coverage of him. Despite alleged allegations that Trump said they would allow a tabloid to post a negative article about them if they didn’t stop. However, this was never proven.

Scarborough reportedly tweeted,

“Yet another lie. I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven’t spoken with you in many months. Why do you keep lying about things that are so easily disproven? What is wrong with you?”

White House advisor Kellyanne Conway told George Stephanopoulos of ABC the following about the controversy,

“I endorse the president’s right to fight back when he is being mercilessly attacked. I didn’t say I endorsed his attacks; I never said that. Bottom line: I endorse his ability to connect on social media with Americans.”

The First Lady proved that she is willing and able to defend herself and her family when they come under attack. Most importantly, she defends her husbands right to fight back and defend himself. She is a woman of few words but when she does speak people listen and they listen carefully.

While the mainstream liberal media has no problem attacking the White House administration, Melania shut them down in just one sentence with grace, class, and dignity. Proving she does not need to succumb to their level in order to engage with people who are beneath her. Good for her for defending herself and her husband.

As the Fourth of July weekend kicked off the First Family jetted off for a family weekend. All three, President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and First Son Barron Trump. The family appeared to be happy and carefree as they boarded and prepared to leave on Marine One. All were wearing various clothing pieces that were red, white and blue in honor of the weekend celebrations. One thing the couple almost forgot was there son! Barron was lagging behind him and they almost forgot him until he came running up from behind.

Their withdrawal from Washington D.C. come right on the heels of the President’s controversy with MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. The President tweeted comments about Mika’s alleged facelift and Mika tweeted a picture of a Cheerio’s box referencing the President’s “tiny hands.”
The family is set to spend the weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey where they have property. They are expected to stay until Monday and to come back to the Capitol for the events of the Fourth of July. The family was joined by the First Ladies parents Victor and Amalija Knavs.

Before walking onto Marine One the President placed his hand on his wife’s back in a likely show of support in light of gossip that their marriage is crumbling. Their have been rumors that she is only staying in the marriage for the sake of her child. MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said the following about the Trumps marriage,

“I know Melania. I haven’t talked to her in months, but if my gut is right, I don’t think she’s going to put up with it much longer. I know nothing. That’s just my instinct and I go with my gut and my gut’s always right. I’m just telling you, Melania’s got the worst job in the country and I don’t think she wants do it a lot longer. I think she will do it for as long as she has to for her son, and that’s it.”

Via Daily Mail:
“Melania then issued a furious condemnation of Mika on Friday afternoon after the Morning Joe co-host suggested she wanted out of her marriage to the president.

The First Lady issued a statement to DailyMail.com, claiming Brzezinski does not know her, hours after an explosive interview with the MSNBC broadcaster appeared online.

‘It is sad when people try to further their own agenda by commenting on me and my family, especially when they don’t know me,’ she said.

The past eight years of the Obama administration has turned the education system upside down. Besides Obama giving free education to illegal aliens, the Muslim refugees that he allowed that entered the country under his watch, are now integrated into the schools.

Now for some strange reason, a school in San Diego United District planned to only protect Muslims from being bullied. A legal group along with six parents had enough of it. “It’s our position that the anti-bullying policies should protect all students regardless of ethnicity and affiliation, and they shouldn’t be singling out any religious group for special treatment, as they seem to be doing here,” said Charles LiMandri, President and chief counsel for the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund. He helped with filing the lawsuit in Federal court on behalf of the parents.

My observance of the past eight years showed that the separation between church and state clause was one-sided, especially toward Christians and religious Jews. Progressive atheist have such a hatred for Christians that they are willing to shove Islam down their throats. This is something to really think about. With this law that was put in effect to only protect Muslim students, what were the Muslim students able to do towards Christian and Jewish students, especially since many are refugees. The anti-bullying plan should be for all students not just Muslim. Something doesn’t seem right with the current law and not only should the school be sued but the school staff should be investigated for such a strange law that singles out non-Muslim students. With the global war on radical Islam, and Barrack Obama’s lax policies still intact, this could set up non-Muslim students to be terror victims.
Via San Diego Tribune: