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POTUS: "The Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They're nasty people... People oftentimes they'll ask me, 'Who's the worst to deal with on trade?' And I say, 'That's easy — Canada.' They feel entitled, and we can't have that."

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🚨 BREAKING: POTUS signs an Executive Order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.

Here is the text of the Order:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is the policy of my Administration to recognize the extraordinary contributions of the American people and the rich heritage of our history by naming great natural landmarks for our shared achievements. The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario. Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today. The United States Coast Guard supplies 9 of the 11 ice breaking vessels on the Great Lakes, securing commercial shipping lanes free of charge. The United States has invested nearly $4 billion in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem in the last decade, while Canada has invested far less in similar initiatives over the same period.

Sec. 2. Lake America. (a) The body of water currently known as Lake Ontario is a tremendous asset to the United States and part of our Nation's heritage. With the deepest parts of the Lake's waters lying within United States territory, the United States claims most of the Lake's volume. The Lake has long been an integral asset to American exploration, settlement, commerce, and defense. From the colonial period through the early republic, the Lake served as a critical artery for American trade, commerce, and military logistics, including the establishment in Oswego of a historic fort and the first United States port of call from the St. Lawrence Seaway, shipbuilding and naval operations during the War of 1812 at Sackets Harbor and other New York posts, and the movement of goods, settlers, and later industrial cargoes that linked the interior of the United States to eastern markets and the Atlantic. Maritime commerce on the broader Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system -- of which the Lake is the easternmost and gateway segment -- continues to generate substantial economic activity for the United States, supporting hundreds of thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars in annual economic output, cargo value, and related business revenue, with our ports, carriers, and States deriving a significant share of the system's benefits in iron ore, limestone, coal, agricultural products, and other bulk commodities. Water from the Lake is used to supply nuclear, natural gas, and oil-fired power plants and to supply municipal drinking water to nearby communities. United States domestic and cross-border shipping activity on the Great Lakes system has historically underpinned regional manufacturing, steel production, agriculture, and energy supply chains in several States, reflecting the strategic and economic importance of these waters to the United States that continues to this day. The Lake will continue to play a pivotal role in shaping America's future and the global economy. In recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation's economy and its people, I am directing that the Lake officially be renamed as Lake America.

(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) shall, in coordination with the Board on Geographic Names and consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f, take all appropriate actions to rename as "Lake America" the body of water currently named as Lake Ontario, bounded on the south and east by the State of New York, and on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario. The Secretary, conjointly with the Board on Geographic Names, shall subsequently update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming of the Lake and remove all references to Lake Ontario from the GNIS, consistent with applicable law. The Board on Geographic Names shall provide guidance to ensure all Federal Government references to Lake Ontario, including on executive department and agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications, shall reflect its renaming.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of the Interior.

DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 27, 2026.

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Glenn Beck: It's easy to forget where we were just two years ago — so let me recap what has happened just this week:

— The Supreme Court cleared the way for President Trump's mail-in ballot order to take effect before the midterms.

— DHS can build a federal citizenship list and send it to the states, while the AG can prioritize the prosecutions of officials who give ballots to ineligible voters.

— The State Department is moving to revoke the tourist and business visas of up to 200,000 people who came as visitors and then filed for asylum, the largest action in American history.

— In 14 days this month, ICE arrested almost 1,500 people in Virginia and Maryland alone, including 400 with convictions and pending charges for crimes from sexual battery, kidnapping, robbery, attempted murder, rape, and MS-13 members, in one of the most successful operations ever.

— ICE arrests surged to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total.

— DHS proposed a $103,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions.

— Philadelphia Fed's Manufacturing Survey showed American factories are having the strongest current conditions in more than five years.

— Manufacturers' expectations for the future surged to the highest level since the beginning of the Reagan boom in 1983, with the biggest one-year jump ever recorded.

"That's all in one week." 💯

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POTUS: As part of the Working Families Tax Cuts, we've massively expanded 529 education savings accounts, doubling the annual withdrawal cap for K-12 expenses and allowing families to save the money for education at private or religious schools of your choice.

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POTUS: "The Trump Administration has achieved more for the benefit of America's children in less than two years than most Administrations do in many years." 💯

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POTUS: From the very beginning of our country, Americans have understood that there's no job more important than teaching our children to become happy, healthy, proud, productive, and flourishing citizens — but unfortunately, the previous Administration prioritized extreme ideology over education.

We're ending every single one of these Radical Left betrayals and we're putting the parents back in charge.

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Sean Duffy: "This has been three decades in the making... We are going to start to deploy new software at the end of September... This is going to be the magic that's going to help us improve the efficiency of air space."

"It's because of Congress and POTUS making sure this could happen."

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POTUS: "I'm OK with term limits."

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POTUS: "We have, right now, thousands of factories being built. They're being built, and they'll be opening over the next year, year and a half... we have more auto plants being built right now than in the heyday of the automobile... it's because of the cut in taxes, but it's really because of tariffs."

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POTUS: "When you look at the radicalism and the craziness of the candidates, and the stupidity of what they’re suggesting, 'let’s get rid of the Supreme Court. Let’s get rid of the presidency, let’s get rid of the Senate' ... These are people that have been not successful. They're people that have been, in many cases, failures. They come from other failed countries and they come here and they tell us how to run our country."

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POTUS: 250 years ago, America won our political independence... now, in my second term, we're achieving our economic independence, ensuring that America is never again reliant on hostile foreign nations for the resources our country needs to dominate in the future.

Critical minerals are the raw materials of American strength that power everything from advanced weaponry to automobiles, and we want these essential products to be mined, refined, and made right here in the USA.

The United States has lost more than 3,400 mines over the past 3 decades, but now, they're coming back, and they're coming back fast.

Over the past 18 months, our administration has signed or approved more than 160 mineral deals worth nearly $40B, and today, the U.S. is opening up new mines at the fastest pace since the 1950s.

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POTUS on John Thune: "I get along with him. It's unfortunate that he doesn't have the votes... I do have disagreements. I believe strongly in terminating the filibuster, and by the way, getting SAVE America Act approved immediately."

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"I view that as a very important thing," says POTUS on the SAVE America Act.

"The elections are a mess in this country, and that was proven in 2020, and that's been proven elsewhere. Look at the recent election that took place with Spencer Pratt in Los Angeles."

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POTUS: If Democrats get in office, 100% they'll terminate the filibuster. Some of the Republicans actually believe the Democrats won't do it. I think the Democrats will do it in the first hour, and then you know what happens? You have two more states, you have four more Senators, you have 23 Supreme Court Justices.

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White House Launches Fraud Website To Highlight Successes Of Task Force

https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-white-house-launches-fraud-website-to-highlight-successes-of-task-force

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@RobertFKennedyJr. announces the decertification of the organ procurement organization, 'Network for Hope,' due to persistent patient safety failures.

"One of those cases involved [a young man who] showed signs of awareness while on the operating table about to have his organs removed."

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Stephen Miller: This may be hard to believe that you could steal hundreds of thousands and ultimately millions of dollars and not do any significant jail time. I think probably the simplest explanation is that when Congress was drafting these statutes, they still lived in a high-trust society, and it eclipsed their imagination that there would be systemic, widespread, continual lying, fleecing, and organized crime to rip off hundreds of billions of dollars from the American taxpayer, which is what has happened. There needs to be strict, clear, mandatory minimums.

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