On July 20, 2025 the White House released aPresidential Message on Space Exploration Daycelebrating the successful July 20, 1969 Moon landing by the astronauts of Apollo 11. The mission was carried out July 16 to 24, 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module on the moon at 20:17 UTC with Armstrong becoming the first person to step on the surface of the moon. He was alone on the moon for 19 minutes until Aldrin joined him. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins remained aboard the command module.
In the OBBB, the space program is funded for 2 purposes: 1) to return to the moon and 2) to "put boots on" Mars. OBBB Sections 20001(see myJuly 8, 2025 ANP Article); sections 40004 and 40005(see myJuly 12, 2025 ANP Article); and sections 70307 and 70309(see myJuly 17, 2025 Article)cover details of the space program.
President Trump wants for NASA to build partnerships with the various space companies to "deliver advanced technology that will drive a new and unparalleled era of space exploration." President Trump also recognizes
. . . our incredible Guardians in the U.S. Space Force protecting Americas interests in space, we are securing the systems that power exploration, defense, and communication. We are building strength, expanding freedom, and ensuring that the American flag remains the ultimate symbol of leadership across the final frontier.
Before ANP Readers/Commenters fill the comments section with links to "Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories" I would like to acknowledge there are many sites on the Internet that contain very convincing evidence of how the moon landing (and the space program) were a hoax with various surveys stating that about 20% of Americans currently believe the space program is a hoax. The first book on a moon landing conspiracy was self-published by Bill Kaysing, former US Navy officer, in 1976. [Click here for an ANP Amazon link to the various versions of Bill Kaysing's books available.] Since then, many other websites and books have been published attempting to debunk the space program in general and the moon landing in particular.
On July 19, 2025, the White House posted the video clip MAGA Minute in which Karoline Leavitt briefly summarizes what President Trump Accomplished for this past week:
Attended the FIFA Club world final
Met with the NATO Secretary General and sold (not gave) them arms & munitions
Announced record low border apprehensions and zero releases in June
Announced dozens of ice cream companies pledged to eliminate artificial colors (see myJuly 16, 2025 ANP Articlefor particulars)
Announced Congress passed $9B rescission package clawing back YOUR tax dollars for partisan tax-payer funded media and foreign aid (see my July 18, 2025 ANP Article for particulars)
Directed AG Bondi to petition Grand Juries to release their Epstein docs.
Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, thereby delivering the largest tax cut in American history (see my July 14, 2025 ANP Article for particulars).
Congress passed President Trumps historic rescissions package(see my July 18, 2025 ANP Article for particulars) .
The wholesale price of a dozen eggs is down 53%, or $3.09, since the inauguration and is down 62%, or $5.08, from its March peak.
The U.S. economy has now added a net of 671,000 jobs since January 2025, with jobs numbers beating expectations four months in a row. Native-born workers have accounted for all job gains, with native-born employment increasing 2,079,000 while foreign-born employment has fallen 543,000.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol encountered just 6,070 illegal immigrants at the southern border in June setting a new record low (15% lower than the previous record set in March). Additionally, zero illegal immigrants were released into the U.S. on parole in June, compared to 27,766 a year prior.
The administration has ramped up deportations, breaking a record for the number of deportation flights in a month in June. President Trumps self-deportation push has also been a massive success. Additionally, over 600 known and suspected terrorists have been removed from the United States.
At President Trumps direction, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 100,000 illegal alien criminals, including over 2,700 members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang.
Since President Trump took office, core inflation has tracked at just 2.1% levels not seen since the first Trump Administration, when prices were low and stable and has come in below or at economists expectations every single month. Meanwhile, wholesale inflation remained flat in June, while import prices came in far below expectations.
President Trumps deregulatory efforts have already saved Americans over $180 billion, or $2,100 per family of four, with the rollback of automobile-related rules alone expected to save consumers more than $1.1 trillion (see my July 14, 2025 ANP Article for particulars).
President Trump secured a historic agreement for NATO members to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP a foreign policy feat long thought impossible.
Under President Trumps strong and decisive leadership, the U.S. obliterated Irans nuclear program.
President Trump has once again proved to be the Dealmaker-in-Chief, inking a minerals deal with Ukraine, a $14 billion perpetual Golden Share sale of U.S. Steel, and trade deals with thethese deals, I have yet to see the official agreement in an EO or other official document published for them.]
The Trump administration has made incredible strides in its effort to Make America Healthy Again, with roughly 35% of the American food industry making a commitment to eliminate the use of artificial dyes, including Hershey, Consumer Brands and dozens of ice cream companies representing more than 90% of the ice cream volume sold in the U.S.
President Trump inked an agreement to provide billions of dollars of military equipment to Ukraine, with NATO footing the bill. [The EO has yet to be made public.]
In his first six months, President Trump has met with 23 foreign leaders, including three visits from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as two visits from the NATO Secretary General compared to thirteen foreign leaders and the UN Secretary General, the NATO Secretary General, and the Chinese Foreign Minister for Obama and just five in-person visits for Biden.
Sec. 70601. Modification and extension of limitation on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers is made permanent beginning after December 31, 2026. In addition, December 31, 2018 is replaced by December 31, 2025 and 2017 is replaced with 2024. Subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years after December 31, 2025.
Sec. 70602. Treatment of payments from partnerships to partners for property or services strikes "under regulations prescribed" and replaces with "except as provided" with effective date of July 4, 2025. This section does not supersede IRS Code of 1986 section 707(a) with respect to payments from a partnership to a partner for services performed, or property transferred, on or before July 4, 2025.
Sec. 70603. Excessive employee remuneration from controlled group members and allocation of deduction. Adds a new paragraph limiting aggregation of remuneration to $1,000,000 effective after December 31, 2025.
Sec. 70604. Excise tax on certain remittance transfers. Adds a new Subchapter C - Remittance Transfers Sec. 4475. Imposition of Tax to the tax code. Remittance tax shall be 1% of the amount of the transfer but is limited to cash, money order, cashier's check, or any other similar physical instrument (as determined by the Secretary) but shall not apply to any remittance for funds withdrawn from an account held in or by a financial institution, or funded with a debit or credit card issued in the US. Effective December 31, 2025.
So they will start collecting a 1% tax if you pay your tax bill by cash, cashier's check, or money order?
Sec. 70605. Enforcement provisions with respect to COVID-related employee retention credits. Provides for $1,000 penalty for each violation provided it constitutes or relates to a return or claim for refund. This provision has a variety of effective/expiration dates depending on when the claim or return is filed.
Sec. 70606. Social security number requirement for American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning credits effective December 31, 2025.
It is interesting that so many provisions in Title VII REQUIRE a SSN. However, we know from DOGE that many illegals HAVE "valid" SSNs. Until the SSN registry is cleaned up and not only are illegals removed but also people who have died are removed, this push for SSNs will not have much benefit.
Sec. 70607. Task force on the replacement of Direct File. $15,000,000 of unallocated money in the general Treasury is appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 to generate a report on creating partnerships to provide free tax filing for up to 70% of all taxpayers based on adjusted gross income. These partnership programs would replace the IRS's direct e-file programs. The report should include taxpayer opinions and preferences, assessment of the feasibility of a new approach, and the cost to develop and run the free system (including cost to build and administer).
Again, I remind you I am NOT a tax professional as such should any of the following apply in your situation, I highly recommend you consult with a tax professional.
ANP Reader/Commenter SuperGringo El Segundo made a commentto my July 19, 2025 ANP articlestating "It's fascinating to know I've already outlived most of the founding fathers." Considering there had been only 12 of the 56 Signatories of the Declaration of Independence addressed so far, I thought it would be interesting to have some age statistics that aggregates all 56 of them:
As to age at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the youngest signer was 27 and the oldest was 70. The average age of signers was 44, the median aka "middle of the pack when put in numerical order" (since the number of signers was even, it is the average of the two in the middle) was also 44. The mode aka "the age that occurred the most" was 50 (5 of them signed at age 50).
As to age at death, the youngest was 30 and the oldest was 95. The average age at death was 66. The median and mode were both65 (for the mode 4 of them died at age 65).
The latest CDC Life Expectancy (2021)shows the average age of death for males in 2021 was 75.8 and for females it was 81.1. There is also a newer report (2019-2023) that breaks people out by race but not by sex. Since all the signers were male, I thought the 2021 report was a better comparison.
War, so far, was not a contributing factor in the deaths of the signers. One might consider sanitation as a contributor to the earlier death average as well as general health (we know health care was not the best back then). Perhaps when I'm done with all 56 of them, I'll go through and do an analysis of the causes of death for them. Here's an interesting video:What Hygiene was like Throughout History
In the meantime, on to Patriot #13!
We must guard liberty with learning - for freedom depends not on force but on the cultivation of an enlightened mind.
Today's Patriot, Thomas Jefferson, was born April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 in the Old Julian Calendar) in the Colony of Virginia. He was the 3rd of 10 children. Thomas entered school at age 5. At age 9, he moved to a local school studying Latin, Greek, and French, along with learning about the natural world. From 1758 to 1760 he studied history, science, and the classics by Reverend James Maury when he boarded with them. Thomas's father died when Thomas was 14. At age 18 he moved to Williamsburg to attend William & Mary College studying math and philosophy to include John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Isaac Newton. Thomas loved to read and created 3 libraries in his lifetime. The last had over 2,000 books.
Thomas married his 3rd cousin, Martha Wayles Skelton January 1, 1772. They had 6 children, only 2 survived to adulthood, Martha & Mary. On her deathbed in 1782, 33 year old Martha made Thomas promise to not marry again because she did not want 'some other woman' raising her children. Instead, he had a long-term affair with Sally Hemings, one of his slaves. She birthed 6 more of his children.
Thomas entered the Virginia Bar in 1767 and began practicing law. He represented Albemarle County in Virginia's House of Burgesses from 1769-1775.
It is Thomas who is credited with the idea that "all people were entitled by their creator to a natural right to liberty." As the main author of the Declaration of Independence Thomas put all his learning to use from the concept of the "sanctity of the individual" to the "right to liberty". He was 33 at the time he participated in the Continental Congress' Committee of Five. About 1/4 of Thomas' original draft of the Declaration was removed (it is unknown as to which parts those were).
Thomas served in the Albemarle County Militia with a rank of Colonel from 1775-1776 during the Revolutionary War.
Thomas' political career was long and varied. He was a Virginia state legislator and Virginia Governor. He was a member of Congress. He was Minister to France in 1784. Upon his return from France he became Secretary of State. In 1796 he became Vice President of the US. In 1801, after a contentious race that had to be settled by the House of Representatives, he was elected President. During his time as President he doubled the size of the US with the Louisiana Purchase. He easily won re-election as President in 1804.
Thomas died July 4, 1826 at the age of 83 surrounded by friends & family. He wrote his own epitaph:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas was over $100,000 in debt at the time of his death. His estate, possessions, and slaves were sold at public auction (he freed his mistress and her children in his will). Monticello was sold in 1831.
Thomas has had many posthumous honors bestowed upon him from postage to currency (he is on the $2 bill and the US nickel); to having cities, towns, and counties named after him; to being carved onto Mount Rushmore. The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC was dedicated in 1943 (the 200th anniversary of Thomas' birth) complete with a 19-foot tall statue of him.
Those are some of the exact words used by Googles censors, aka 'Orwelliancontent police,' in describing many of our controversial stories.Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
