A 4th of July Message from The Vigilant Fox

Some perspective as we celebrate America’s 249th birthday.

The Vigilant Fox Jul 04, 2025 PST

Dear friends and kind readers—all 125,000 of you.

As we head into the July 4th weekend, I just want to take a moment to appreciate all the little wins that keep adding up.

Sometimes, it’s easy to think that “nothing’s changed” with this administration. But when you pause to reflect, you realize that actually, a lot has changed for the better.

• The stock market is at a record high.
• Gas prices are at a 4-year low.
• Trump brokered a ceasefire in the 12-day War.
• Trump also announced a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.
• Peace broke out between Rwanda and the Congo.
• Illegal border crossings have plummeted, with a 93% drop compared to the same time last year.
• The Supreme Court shot down “universal” injunctions abused by activist judges that effectively blocked President Trump’s executive orders.
• The Supreme Court also ruled that Trump can deport illegal immigrants to third-party countries.
• RFK Jr. got rid of all 17 members on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replaced them with figures like Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, and Prof. Retsef Levi.
• HHS no longer recommends the COVID‑19 shot for healthy children and pregnant women.
• The FDA now requires explicit myocarditis & pericarditis warnings on COVID-19 shots.
• RFK Jr. went on Tucker Carlson and sounded just as much of a vaccine skeptic as he did before becoming HHS Secretary.

That was all just within the last month. When you zoom out a little further, you see what a night-and-day difference it is compared to just a few years ago.

Take the fall of 2021 and winter of 2022 as an example. Let’s look back at what was happening then.

What a nightmare that was. It appeared we were heading down into something you’d read in a dystopian novel.

But we broke free from that BECAUSE truckers, free-thinking doctors, and everyday citizens like you gave a hard, uncompromising NO to tyranny and refused to stay silent.

The point I want to hammer home is to hold those two stark realities side by side, so we can truly appreciate this moment. Appreciate it deeply, and understand that it is the direct result of our resolve—not only in saying no and speaking out, but in rallying behind those who fight for our best interests and bring the unfiltered truth to the masses.

As Thomas Jefferson believed, “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

That’s what I plan to keep doing here at vigilantfox.com—to give you clear perspective on where we stand, and to be a guiding light if we ever find ourselves slipping back into a dystopian nightmare like we did during COVID.

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Anyway, I hope you all enjoy your 4th of July, spend time with family, and take a moment to appreciate how good we have it right now.

Like I said, if things ever take a turn for the worse, let me and other Substackers you trust be your guiding light for what’s really going on and what information you need to know.

I thank you all for your support, and I feel indescribably grateful.

God bless you, and happy 4th of July.