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In this episode of American Potential, host David From sits down with Emily Seidel, CEO of Americans for Prosperity, live from Philadelphia as the America 250 celebrations begin. Together, they reflect on the founding principles that shaped the nation — self-governance, individual liberty, and the belief that our rights...

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In this episode of American Potential, host David From sits down with journalist and Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham during America’s 250th celebration in Springfield, Illinois. They discuss the founding principle that our rights come from our Creator—not the government—and how that idea is being challenged in today’s culture, education system, and public policy debates. Mary Katharine shares how raising four children has shaped her view of the American Dream and why preserving freedom for the next generation is more important than ever. The conversation dives into real-life examples of government overreach—from proposed education regulations to everyday “kitchen table” issues—and how those policies can directly impact families. Mary Katharine also explains why getting involved, even in small ways like attending a state hearing or writing a letter, can have a real and lasting impact. They also explore the importance of free speech, strong communities, and teaching the next generation about America’s founding principles—along with why understanding history is key to protecting the future. This episode is a powerful reminder that defending freedom starts at home—and that one small step can make a big difference.
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In this episode of American Potential, host David From sits down with journalist and Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham during America’s 250th celebration in Springfield, Illinois. They discuss the founding principle that our rights come from our Creator—not the government—and how that idea is being challenged in today’s culture, education system, and public policy debates. Mary Katharine shares how raising four children has shaped her view of the American Dream and why preserving freedom for the next generation is more important than ever. The conversation dives into real-life examples of government overreach—from proposed education regulations to everyday “kitchen table” issues—and how those policies can directly impact families. Mary Katharine also explains why getting involved, even in small ways like attending a state hearing or writing a letter, can have a real and lasting impact. They also explore the importance of free speech, strong communities, and teaching the next generation about America’s founding principles—along with why understanding history is key to protecting the future. This episode is a powerful reminder that defending freedom starts at home—and that one small step can make a big difference.

americanpotential

80,454 views • 6 months ago

What an incredible night for America. 🇺🇸 Serving as Secretary of Agriculture is the honor of a lifetime. Helping kick off the Great American State Fair as America prepares to celebrate 250 years of freedom is a privilege beyond words. Proud to stand alongside my friend Secretary Doug Burgum as we welcomed Americans from every state and territory to our nation’s capital. Thank you, President Donald J. Trump, for your leadership in bringing this historic celebration to life and reminding Americans that our greatest days are still ahead. The Great American State Fair celebrates the people, the places, and the enduring spirit that made America the greatest nation on Earth. God bless America. Freedom 250 #GreatAmericanStateFair
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What an incredible night for America. 🇺🇸 Serving as Secretary of Agriculture is the honor of a lifetime. Helping kick off the Great American State Fair as America prepares to celebrate 250 years of freedom is a privilege beyond words. Proud to stand alongside my friend Secretary Doug Burgum as we welcomed Americans from every state and territory to our nation’s capital. Thank you, President Donald J. Trump, for your leadership in bringing this historic celebration to life and reminding Americans that our greatest days are still ahead. The Great American State Fair celebrates the people, the places, and the enduring spirit that made America the greatest nation on Earth. God bless America. Freedom 250 #GreatAmericanStateFair

Secretary Brooke Rollins

23,985 views • 3 months ago

America250 is burying the national time capsule in Philadelphia, and this is one of those moments that makes you stop and think about the size of the American story. A message from 2026 being sealed for future generations, in the city where America’s independence was born, during the 250th birthday of the greatest nation on Earth. This is not just a ceremony. This is a promise across time that America was here, America endured, America still believed in freedom, and America still had people proud enough to preserve its story for those who come after us. While the anti-American crowd tries to tear down history, real Americans are protecting it, honoring it, and sending it forward. 250 years later, the flag still flies and the American story is far from finished. 🇺🇸
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11,824 views • 8 months ago

This year, we begin celebrating 250 years of the United States of America. From coast to coast, communities will come together for once in a generation celebrations, events in iconic cities, hometown parades, cultural festivals and moments that honor the American spirit. 🇺🇸
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28,425 views • 8 months ago

"We remember the blessings of God and the gift of freedom. We need also to remember the responsibility that comes as a result. A nation is not held together by prosperity alone, but by truth, virtue, and the character of its people." . The real story of America has always been about God. As America marks 250 years, this is a moment to remember, not just celebrate. It is a time to thank God for His blessings, reflect on the spiritual foundations of our nation, and return to His Word as the authority for our lives and our future. The hope of a nation is not found in prosperity alone, but in truth, virtue, prayer, and the character of its people. . Celebrating 250 Years #4thOfJuly #America250 #IndependenceDay
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10,597 views • 3 months ago

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114,603 views • 2 months ago

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President Trump is the perfect leader for this defining moment in our nation’s history. As America celebrates 250 years of freedom, courage, and the enduring promise of liberty, I cannot imagine a better president to help lead this historic celebration. America’s story is far from finished. May the next 250 years be even more extraordinary than the last.

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.President Donald J. Trump: 250 years ago, a new nation was founded by farmers and soldiers, shopkeepers and tradesmen who stood strong to defend their rights, their families, and their freedom from tyranny across the sea. From every city and town, from the mountains and valleys, from the backwoods and rocky shores, they came by the thousands to fill the ranks of American Patriots, and enlist their lives in the righteous cause of Independence. This exceptional nation was forged and won by some of the bravest, toughest, strongest, most extraordinary people ever to stride the earth. Together, we stand on the shoulders of incomparable heroes such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Paul Jones, and John Hancock. At Lexington and Concord, Brooklyn and Saratoga, Trenton and Yorktown, and at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, these real-life legends and American icons poured out their blood, sweat, and tears — and risked everything they had to purchase and to live the most priceless and glorious inheritance of any people ever to be on this earth. They all lived by the oath that Patrick Henry made immortal — "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death.: For 250 years, every generation of Americans has taken up this same call of Freedom. From the storied alleys of Boston to the streets of Philadelphia, from the golden fields of Michigan to the gleaming shores of California, and from Texas to Florida to right here in now beautiful and extremely safe Washington, D.C., our American ancestors fought and won the most vicious battles, they explored and settled the most dangerous frontiers, and let no challenge ever break their spirit or their pride. Americans crossed the Great Plains, scaled the mighty Rockies, tamed the Wild West, and turned this continent into an industrial powerhouse. We laid down the railroads, raised up the skyscrapers, built the great highways, invented the airplane, won two World Wars, defeated fascism and Communism, and led humanity into space — and we did it all in the span of just 250 years. Now, we are expanding the glory of American Freedom into a horizon that's never been seen before. This is our heritage. This is our history. And this is the destiny of America — to be the greatest, most incredible country ever to grace the earth. We are one people and one nation marching into one magnificent future under one Great American Flag.

Rapid Response 47

169,188 views • 3 months ago

For 16 days, America came together. From all 50 states and 6 territories, we gathered in our nation’s capital to celebrate 250 years of American greatness. We rode the Ferris wheel at the Great American State Fair. We watched the rodeo, sang along to our favorite songs, and stood shoulder to shoulder with strangers who became our neighbors. And on the 4th of July, President Trump gave us the greatest celebration of America ever, with military flyovers shaking the sky and fireworks lighting up the night. 250 years ago, our founders pledged everything to the values we celebrated here: faith, family, freedom, service, and innovation. This summer, we proved those values are still alive. Happy birthday, America. Here’s to the next 250.
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For 16 days, America came together. From all 50 states and 6 territories, we gathered in our nation’s capital to celebrate 250 years of American greatness. We rode the Ferris wheel at the Great American State Fair. We watched the rodeo, sang along to our favorite songs, and stood shoulder to shoulder with strangers who became our neighbors. And on the 4th of July, President Trump gave us the greatest celebration of America ever, with military flyovers shaking the sky and fireworks lighting up the night. 250 years ago, our founders pledged everything to the values we celebrated here: faith, family, freedom, service, and innovation. This summer, we proved those values are still alive. Happy birthday, America. Here’s to the next 250.

Freedom 250

53,798 views • 2 months ago

America is the greatest nation on Earth - the Land of the Free! Our rights don’t come from government. They come from our Creator, and they’re enshrined in our Constitution. In Congress, I will fight to protect these freedoms that make America exceptional.
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America is the greatest nation on Earth - the Land of the Free! Our rights don’t come from government. They come from our Creator, and they’re enshrined in our Constitution. In Congress, I will fight to protect these freedoms that make America exceptional.

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54,996 views • 2 months ago

.President Donald J. Trump: From the roaring waters of Niagara Falls to the shimmering gushers of oil and fire in our beloved Texas, from the magnificent fields of corn and wheat and barley of our farms in the Midwest, to the vast canyons of finance in New York City, from the billowing stacks of steel now being produced all over our country, to the car plants that are rising like we have never seen before, to technology from the minds of geniuses that is being brought to life in all corners of our country, from the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies to the white-sand shores of the Gulf of America, and to right here in the Black Hills of the Dakotas, after 250 years, American Freedom still rings, the American Dream still lives, and the American Flag still flies, more proudly than ever, over the people who will not quit, the nation that will not fail, and the country that will not fall—no matter how hard the enemy tries. Tomorrow, we reach a milestone like no other, and celebrate with joyful hearts and soaring spirits—because after two and a half centuries, we know that this is not an ending, this is only the beginning of the Golden Age of America. And together, we will make America bigger, better, and stronger than ever before! Happy Independence Day to all—God Bless You, and God Bless America!
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.President Donald J. Trump: From the roaring waters of Niagara Falls to the shimmering gushers of oil and fire in our beloved Texas, from the magnificent fields of corn and wheat and barley of our farms in the Midwest, to the vast canyons of finance in New York City, from the billowing stacks of steel now being produced all over our country, to the car plants that are rising like we have never seen before, to technology from the minds of geniuses that is being brought to life in all corners of our country, from the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies to the white-sand shores of the Gulf of America, and to right here in the Black Hills of the Dakotas, after 250 years, American Freedom still rings, the American Dream still lives, and the American Flag still flies, more proudly than ever, over the people who will not quit, the nation that will not fail, and the country that will not fall—no matter how hard the enemy tries. Tomorrow, we reach a milestone like no other, and celebrate with joyful hearts and soaring spirits—because after two and a half centuries, we know that this is not an ending, this is only the beginning of the Golden Age of America. And together, we will make America bigger, better, and stronger than ever before! Happy Independence Day to all—God Bless You, and God Bless America!

Rapid Response 47

160,613 views • 2 months ago

From the vision of our Founding Fathers to the promise of tomorrow, America has stood as a beacon of faith, freedom, and opportunity. 250 years of progress with our greatest chapters still ahead. #Opportunity250
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From the vision of our Founding Fathers to the promise of tomorrow, America has stood as a beacon of faith, freedom, and opportunity. 250 years of progress with our greatest chapters still ahead. #Opportunity250

Senator Tim Scott

40,287 views • 2 months ago

.President Donald J. Trump Trump's Freedom 250 celebrations are a reminder of what makes America exceptional. From UFC 250 earlier this summer to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix this weekend, we’re honoring our nation’s past while looking ahead to 250 years of more American greatness. 🇺🇸
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.President Donald J. Trump Trump's Freedom 250 celebrations are a reminder of what makes America exceptional. From UFC 250 earlier this summer to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix this weekend, we’re honoring our nation’s past while looking ahead to 250 years of more American greatness. 🇺🇸

Secretary Markwayne Mullin

16,468 views • 1 month ago

The far-left wanted the World Cup to fail so the White House would look bad. Yet, people from across the world are coming to America and raving about our welcoming hospitality, amazing sports facilities, and even our food! This is a great moment as we celebrate 250 years of America and all that makes our nation exceptional.
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The far-left wanted the World Cup to fail so the White House would look bad. Yet, people from across the world are coming to America and raving about our welcoming hospitality, amazing sports facilities, and even our food! This is a great moment as we celebrate 250 years of America and all that makes our nation exceptional.

Michele Tafoya

176,050 views • 3 months ago

🧵1/ PRESIDENTS DAY--Ronald Reagan's Greatest Damage To America: "Anyone from any corner of the world can come live here and become an American." The Reagan administration tripled the national debt, gave immunity to vaccine manufacturers, passed an automatic weapons ban, presided over the Iran-Contra scandal, and gave amnesty to 2.7 million illegals. But, while all of these things are varying degrees of bad, none of them actually caused irreparable or irreversible harm to the country. And, in hindsight, they kind of pale in comparison to many things that have happened since then. What was his greatest sin, then? It's actually something far more damaging and insidious than amnesty: it was the attitude and value system he sold subsequent to the amnesty--an attitude and value system that has destroyed our national conscience and self-identity. It transformed how we thought of America, and what it means to be an American. And it's this attitude that has rolled out the red carpet for the fundamental transformation of America. Listen to him invoke the now-clichéd "Statue of Liberty" vision of immigration. Watch him use the "threat" of global communism as an excuse to open America up as a "place of refuge" for all peoples of the world. Hear him paint a picture of a multicultural America. Watch how he sells the ideas of "freedom" and "liberty" as the fundamental defining aspects and organizing principles of what it means to be an American. This was Reagan's greatest sin: he convinced Americans that America was just a set of ideas and that anyone from anywhere in the world can come live here and become an American. This was a radical departure from hundreds of years of established American thought about our identity and heritage. Reagan used his "Great Communicator" skills to sell to America this wholly new vision of America. He transformed--in the hearts of minds of Americans--"what" America is, and "who" Americans even are. And it is this new generic non-identity that has disarmed the ability of Americans to resist the mass waves of immigration into America, the transformation of the American demographic, the destruction of the founding demographic, and the replacement of American workers with foreign labor. It solidified in the minds of Americans the lie that we are a multicultural, multiracial country--and that we were never anything else. And that to oppose immigration in any way other than whether it's "legal or illegal" is racist, xenophobic, hateful and un-American. Americans are powerless to stop the destructive transformation of America because they no longer believe in the founding narrative and identity of America. They believe a lie. And now America is becoming that lie.
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🧵1/ PRESIDENTS DAY--Ronald Reagan's Greatest Damage To America: "Anyone from any corner of the world can come live here and become an American." The Reagan administration tripled the national debt, gave immunity to vaccine manufacturers, passed an automatic weapons ban, presided over the Iran-Contra scandal, and gave amnesty to 2.7 million illegals. But, while all of these things are varying degrees of bad, none of them actually caused irreparable or irreversible harm to the country. And, in hindsight, they kind of pale in comparison to many things that have happened since then. What was his greatest sin, then? It's actually something far more damaging and insidious than amnesty: it was the attitude and value system he sold subsequent to the amnesty--an attitude and value system that has destroyed our national conscience and self-identity. It transformed how we thought of America, and what it means to be an American. And it's this attitude that has rolled out the red carpet for the fundamental transformation of America. Listen to him invoke the now-clichéd "Statue of Liberty" vision of immigration. Watch him use the "threat" of global communism as an excuse to open America up as a "place of refuge" for all peoples of the world. Hear him paint a picture of a multicultural America. Watch how he sells the ideas of "freedom" and "liberty" as the fundamental defining aspects and organizing principles of what it means to be an American. This was Reagan's greatest sin: he convinced Americans that America was just a set of ideas and that anyone from anywhere in the world can come live here and become an American. This was a radical departure from hundreds of years of established American thought about our identity and heritage. Reagan used his "Great Communicator" skills to sell to America this wholly new vision of America. He transformed--in the hearts of minds of Americans--"what" America is, and "who" Americans even are. And it is this new generic non-identity that has disarmed the ability of Americans to resist the mass waves of immigration into America, the transformation of the American demographic, the destruction of the founding demographic, and the replacement of American workers with foreign labor. It solidified in the minds of Americans the lie that we are a multicultural, multiracial country--and that we were never anything else. And that to oppose immigration in any way other than whether it's "legal or illegal" is racist, xenophobic, hateful and un-American. Americans are powerless to stop the destructive transformation of America because they no longer believe in the founding narrative and identity of America. They believe a lie. And now America is becoming that lie.

Sam Parker 🇺🇸🧯

97,461 views • 1 year ago

“This is a moment for all Americans.” President Donald J. Trump pledged that our Nation’s 250th birthday would be celebrated in a way worthy of our history, our values, and our future. To help bring that vision to life, he launched Freedom 250 uniting Americans to celebrate the Triumph of the American Spirit. Watch Freedom 250 CEO Keith J. Krach’s message and be part of this once-in-a-generation celebration at
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“This is a moment for all Americans.” President Donald J. Trump pledged that our Nation’s 250th birthday would be celebrated in a way worthy of our history, our values, and our future. To help bring that vision to life, he launched Freedom 250 uniting Americans to celebrate the Triumph of the American Spirit. Watch Freedom 250 CEO Keith J. Krach’s message and be part of this once-in-a-generation celebration at

Freedom 250

43,992 views • 8 months ago

Pennsylvania is one of the greatest agricultural states in America—and as one of our original 13 colonies, it deserves to be represented at the Great American State Fair as we celebrate 250 years of American agriculture and our nation's founding. I'm grateful to Senator Dave McCormick and U.S. Senator John Fetterman for stepping up to help ensure the Keystone State has a place on the National Mall. From dairy and mushrooms to apples, poultry, and so much more, Pennsylvania's farmers, ranchers, and producers have helped feed America for generations. This celebration is about honoring the people and places that built our country. Pennsylvania belongs at the heart of it, and I look forward to welcoming the Commonwealth to the Great American State Fair. 🇺🇸🌾
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Pennsylvania is one of the greatest agricultural states in America—and as one of our original 13 colonies, it deserves to be represented at the Great American State Fair as we celebrate 250 years of American agriculture and our nation's founding. I'm grateful to Senator Dave McCormick and U.S. Senator John Fetterman for stepping up to help ensure the Keystone State has a place on the National Mall. From dairy and mushrooms to apples, poultry, and so much more, Pennsylvania's farmers, ranchers, and producers have helped feed America for generations. This celebration is about honoring the people and places that built our country. Pennsylvania belongs at the heart of it, and I look forward to welcoming the Commonwealth to the Great American State Fair. 🇺🇸🌾

Secretary Brooke Rollins

109,375 views • 3 months ago