First Day Back from Maternity Leave, And . . .

 

It Should Be A 'No Brainer' . . . BUT . . .

So Majestic, You'll Gasp 'America The Beautiful!'

South Dakota's scenic Needles Highway at Custer State Park is more than a 14-mile road—it’s a spectacular drive through pine and spruce forests, meadows surrounded by birch and aspen, and rugged granite mountains. The road’s name comes from the needlelike granite formations that seem to pierce the horizon along the highway. We drove it this morning and can only describe it as astonishing.

The roadway was carefully planned by former South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck, who marked the entire course on foot and by horseback. Construction was completed in 1922. Today, it attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world.

Visitors traveling the highway pass Sylvan Lake and a unique rock formation called the Needle's Eye, so named for the opening created by wind, rain, freezing, and thawing.

Oh, and you're almost certain to encounter bison among many herds of the majestic animal on this vast property. A visit here is something you will never forget. Enjoy our photos!

Honestly, It's Hard To Argue With This Guy!

🚨 BOOM! GOV. RON DESANTIS just MIC DROPPED New York:

"We have 4 million more residents than New York State does, yet our budget's $117 billion, their budget's $268 BILLION dollars!"

"We have the lowest per capita tax in the country, we've paid off just since I've been… pic.twitter.com/YXqa4zLDQo

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 2, 2026

Street Scenes From Our Journey Out West . . .

As we're walking around and about, we just keep snapping away on our adventure out west. Enjoy these everyday scenes from 'Merica!

NJ's Voting Rolls: Outdated And Inviting Fraud!

Get this: According to records compiled by @Citizens4NJEI, 143,619 registered voters identified as having moved out of New Jersey still remain on New Jersey’s voter rolls!

Why haven't these voters been removed from the rolls? This is a prescription for fraud and abuse. Here's the rundown by county:

Bergen: 16,092 Hudson: 12,921 Essex: 10,708 Ocean: 9,774 Union: 9,768 Monmouth: 9,700 Middlesex: 9,469 Burlington: 8,439 Mercer: 8,403 Morris: 8,078 Camden: 7,853 Passaic: 6,598 Gloucester: 6,317 Somerset: 5,222 Atlantic: 3,514 Hunterdon: 2,358 Warren: 2,149 Sussex: 2,148 Cape May: 1,664 Cumberland: 1,499 Salem: 995

Brandon Gill: Smart, Strong, Sensational, Soaring!

Islam didn't come to America on the Mayflower.

Islam is here because of we brought it here.

Importing people whose values are incompatible with our way of life and governing system fundamentally makes our nation weaker. pic.twitter.com/ySBJf0ZMWU

— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) September 1, 2026

Wherein Christine Flowers Nails It, AGAIN!

 

Photos: INSIDE A Cold War Military Bunker!

We're on a grand tour of flyover country (including stops in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota) and we're loving it. And, yes -- we've visited Mount Rushmore which is truly breathtaking. But more on that later.

For now, we want to show you one of the most unusual (and newest!) tourist attractions out here and that is the decommissioned Delta missile site somewhere in the middle of what seems to be Nowhere, South Dakota.

From 1963 until the early 1990s, the missile silo at Delta-09 contained a fully operational Minuteman Missile, bearing a 1.2 megaton nuclear warhead. The Delta-09 missile silo was one of 150 spread across western South Dakota. In total there were 1,000 Minuteman missiles deployed from the 1960's into the early 1990's. Many of them were decommissioned after the signing of the START Treaty in 1991.

We visited both the missile silo and the larger launch control site. Control site tours are very limited, conducted by a National Park Service ranger and must be booked well in advance. The tour will take you into the control center where air force personnel were present 24/7. You'll pass through their living quarters and then down into the highly secure operations facility in a underground, sealed, concrete bunker. 

This is a taste of cold war military operations that you're unlikely to find almost anywhere else. And yes, as you can see, photos are permitted.

Check it out!

Trump Wins At SCOTUS: Ballroom Gets A 'GO!'

From Eric Daugherty on X: 

BREAKING — TRUMP WINS AT SCOTUS: The Supreme Court 5-4 has just GREENLIT White House ballroom military complex construction INDEFINITELY, with Chief Justice ROBERTS joining the liberals LET'S GO! SCOTUS says the group who sued likely DOES NOT HAVE STANDING, exactly what Trump has been arguing Roberts made a HORRIBLE move siding against Trump. This suit was fallacious from the start! The "National Trust for Historic Preservation" can shove it. Construction is FULL steam ahead.