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They haven’t found the culprits yet who burned the U.S. and military flags of a former Marine in north Dallas this week.
But support and offers to replace the flags have poured in.
Avi Selk of the Dallas Morning News has the follow-up:
Our little story about a few front-porch flags that got burned in Far North [...]

So many of you helped raise more than $1 million last year for the first-ever web-a-thon for the troops.
Beginning at 4pm Eastern and running for eight straight hours, Troopathon 2009 will broadcast across the Internet. You can watch right here on Ustream as Melanie Morgan and Andrew Breitbart co-host the show and welcome dozens of [...]

Just wanted to take a pause from politics and policy and world affairs to let you all know that 5-year-old Hannah Garman has died.
Hannah was diagnosed with a rare, incurable brain tumor in October 2008. Hannah’s mother died of cancer three years ago. Many of you joined last December in sending prayers and well [...]

June 25. Mark the date. Bookmark the site:
www.troopathon.com
On June 25th, Move America Forward will be holding our 2nd annual “Troop-a-thon” titled “Honor their Service.”
This cutting edge live webcast event brings together talk radio hosts, megastars of film and television, musical guests, journalists, military and Gold-star families, pro-troop groups and many more.
The goal of this charity [...]

Law enforcement officials from around the country joined Oakland citizens today to honor four police officers murdered in a bloody shooting spree. The service at the Oakland Coliseum has drawn 19,000 people. Crowd are overflowing.
Full coverage here, with info on how to express condolences and contribute to a memorial fund for the fallen police officers.
Jim [...]

The Kentucky ice storm is still making life hard for residents. Reader Melissa e-mails an update:
I live in Marion, KY (Western KY). It is our 11th day without power or water. We have a well so when the power goes off…there goes the water. We get water from our neighbors. We have [...]

Not forgotten.

Michelle,
I’ve been trying all day to get a hold of Senator McConnell but the line is busy. I guess that is a good sign. Out of frustration I called his local line here in Paducah, Kentucky and if anyone can’t get through to his Washington office they can call:
270-442-4554
By the way Michelle I just [...]

Will President Obama leave his 77-degree-heated Oval Office and visit the Kentucky ice storm disaster area? Over/under?
National Guard troops are out there:
Thousands of National Guard troops wielding chain saws cut their way into remote communities yesterday to reach residents stranded by a deadly ice storm, enabling some to get out of their driveways for the [...]

Last month, many of you joined in sending Christmas wishes to little Hannah Garman, the beautiful 4-year-old girl diagnosed with a rare, incurable brain tumor in October. Hannah’s mother died of cancer two years ago. Her community in Ephrata, Pa., spread word of Hannah’s wish to receive as many Christmas cards as possible. The [...]

They need your help with the Adopt a Soldier/Sailor/Airman/Marine program.
Go here.

Christmas wish.

Christmas cheer.

As I’m sure you’ve heard, a suspicious arson struck Sarah Palin’s home church in Wasilla. There were several women working on crafts to donate to needy families for the holidays. Ed has video here. Reader Pat from Team Sarah sends info about a fundraiser to help the church, which suffered upwards of $1 million in [...]

Faith. Hope. Charity.

Photo via Soldier’s Angels Germany
This story has me cursing in my coffee this morning: Linda Ferrara, a California mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan with three other sons in the military, organizes charity blanket drives for the troops. She and other volunteers hand-sewed patriotic blankets and other items worth an estimated $8,000. Ferrara had [...]

Ok, here is my birthday plea:
Please help out PFC Hunter Levine. My friend Debra Burlingame sends word that his friends, family, and fellow soldiers are asking for support.
Read:
I know a young man who is in desperate need of help. His name is PFC Hunter Levine. He is 20 years old and hails from Houston, TX.
He [...]

A little bit of history repeating itself.

Hoping for change.

Traveling home from Austin, TX, yesterday, I spent most of the short flight in tears–punctuated by frequent chuckles. I’m sure the lady sitting next to me thought I was a basket case as I sobbed into my Southwest Airlines cocktail napkin until it fell apart in shreds.
Why was I bawling and laughing?
I finally had a [...]

Here’s my syndicated column this week. Enjoy!
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Let us not, on this Independence Day weekend, dwell on the political pretenders to patriotism rushing to out-proclaim their love of country. Nor let us pay heed to the sneering movie directors and journalism pooh-bahs allergic to red, white, and blue.
Instead, I’d like to share a bit of [...]

(Screen grabs courtesy Tim Sumner)
I’ll be in beautiful Mountain View, CA all day today for “From the Frontlines,” our ground-breaking web-a-thon for the troops. Move America Forward’s Melanie Morgan and I will go live on Ustream.TV and right here at MichelleMalkin.com (as well as at HotAir.com) at 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific. (Just hit the play button [...]

Just six more days ’til the awesome event I told you about over Memorial Day weekend. “From the Frontlines” is a joint project of Melanie Morgan’s Move America Forward, UStream.TV, and Hot Air. On June 26, from 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific to 12midnight Eastern/9pm Pacific, Melanie and I will be anchoring a livestreamed, 8-hour fund-raising “web-a-thon” [...]

But for Jane Novak’s blogging, it might have been worse: they wanted to kill him.

Invisible threads.

“Wait for me at the gate.”

“‘Cuz all too soon the clock will strike midnight/And she’ll be gone.”

Danger Close.

Let’s roll.

Eagles up.