Rip’s Newsletter
July 10, 2026
Rip’s Newsletter
July 10, 2026
Compiled and Edited
by
Jim Reynolds
Articles in This Issue
Erick Erickson - Only One Revolution Ended in Liberty
Mike Conaway - Is This Week’s Freedom to Fix Agreement Trump’s Biggest Pro-Farmer Victory yet?
Ahmed Charai - Iran Failed Trump’s Test
Brian Mark Weber - 1619 Project Author: Reparations Undermine U.S. Existence
Jim Reynolds - The Capital Mistake
Overview
I see the same fight running through this set: whether America still trusts liberty, ownership, and limits, or keeps handing power to the people who break things and call it progress.
The founders built a system that feared human nature; the modern left keeps trying to erase that lesson with reparations politics, bigger government, and the 1619 Project’s attack on 1776.
At the same time, Trump is showing what real leverage looks like, from forcing a “Freedom to Fix” deal for farmers to pressing Iran after it proved it would not moderate.
And Seattle is the warning label: when progressives assume capital will sit still while they raise taxes and expand government, the money leaves and the city pays the bill.
Only One Revolution Ended in Liberty
Site: Townhall
Author: Erick Erickson
Date: 2026-07-10
The essay argues only the American Revolution ended in liberty, unlike France, Russia, and China.
French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions produced terror, famine, dictatorship, and mass murder.
America’s founders distrusted human nature and built limited government around equal natural rights.
The author acknowledges slavery as a grave sin, but cites abolition and Civil War sacrifice.
America remains a global beacon because people still flee tyranny to reach its freedoms.
America matters because it uniquely turned revolution into liberty, and still defines freedom’s standard.
Reader Experience: ★★★★☆ Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the original article HERE
Is This Week’s Freedom to Fix Agreement Trump’s Biggest Pro-Farmer Victory yet?
Site: Townhall
Author: Mike Conaway
Date: 2026-07-10
Farmers have long lacked control over repairing equipment they fully own.
Deere and the Trump administration reached a multi-state Freedom to Fix agreement.
The deal preserves access to dealers’ repair tools, diagnostics, and software.
Trump EPA guidance also clarified lawful repairs under the Clean Air Act.
Conaway calls it a major pro-farmer win, easing costly repair delays.
This story matters because it shifts repair power back to farmers, cutting downtime and dependence.
Reader Experience: ★★★★☆ Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the original article HERE
Iran Failed Trump’s Test
Site: The Gatestone Institute
Author: Ahmed Charai
Date: 2026-07-10
Trump’s Iran strategy followed a sequence: strike, weaken, test, then enforce.
Tehran answered diplomatic restraint with escalation, proving it would not moderate.
Renewed U.S. strikes are framed as diplomacy betrayed, not diplomacy abandoned.
Iran’s Gulf aggression threatens regional allies, global trade, and maritime security.
Charai argues regime change, not another pause, is now the strategic objective.
Iran’s failure to de-escalate turns deterrence into a test of American resolve and global security.
Reader Experience: ★★★☆☆ Moderate ads and interruptions.
Read the original article HERE
1619 Project Author: Reparations Undermine U.S. Existence
Site: The Patriot Post
Author: Brian Mark Weber
Date: 2026-07-10
Hannah-Jones says reparations admit slavery as “the crime” of America’s existence.
The article argues reparations are a trap, not a path to reconciliation.
It claims the 1619 Project aims to delegitimize 1776, democracy, and capitalism.
Critics, including historians, dispute its Revolution and slavery narratives as distorted.
The piece says America’s founding helped undermine slavery and advance freedom.
This debate matters because it shapes whether Americans see their founding as a source of liberty or illegitimacy.
Reader Experience: ★★★★☆ Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the original article HERE
The Capital Mistake
Site: www.reynolds.com
Author: Jim Reynolds
Date: 2026-07-10
Seattle’s new mayor, Katie Wilson, promised expanded government and higher taxes.
Instead, the city faces budget cuts and a widening deficit.
The article argues progressive leaders wrongly assume capital is fixed and immobile.
Businesses and investment are already shifting toward Bellevue and away from Seattle.
The core warning: prosperity depends on attracting capital, not punishing it.
Seattle’s fiscal crisis shows how quickly ideology collapses when capital and taxpayers can simply leave.
Reader Experience: ★★★★★ Clean Substack. No ads. Fast loading.
Read the original article HERE
If you have the time, you may wish to check out these two articles. They have been especially popular with my readers.
The first is a nostalgic—and deeply personal—look back at growing up in the 1950s, and how children of that era were shaped by the long shadow of World War II.
The second is a respectful—but audacious—attempt to rewrite the Declaration of Independence for modern America, while preserving the spirit and enduring principles of Jefferson’s original masterpiece.
The Declaration of Independence — Plain English
Love the new format. So readable and concise, still allowing for the longer narrative. Well done on a difficult transition assignment.
Hello would you consider submitted articles by Sidney Secular. I have previously had articles published by Rip. If so, how should I proceed?