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Fri 7/3/26 — America at 250, Fertilizer Shockwaves & Doctors Fight Back

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, Charles King asks what a Christian actually does with the Fourth of July — and finds Frederick Douglass, Psalm 33, and Philippians 3 all worth revisiting. Plus a fertilizer shortage from the Strait of Hormuz, an Oregon labor win, and the dignity of work.

Stories Covered

• America turns 250 — and what Frederick Douglass' 1852 sermon still says to Christians today

• Iran conflict disrupts fertilizer and natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz

• Oregon ER doctors win a David-and-Goliath fight against a national staffing firm

• States roll back…

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