Freedom 250: Great American State Fair

[Winehole23]

Click through to the link, pert presumption on the part of the organizers



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[Blake]

Lol Milli Vanelli is now a pair of sisters?

They're scraping the bottom and still getting rejected?

Do they know McBrides "Independence day" song is about domestic abuse?

[Winehole23]

Lol Milli Vanelli is now a pair of sisters?

They're scraping the bottom and still getting rejected?

Do they know McBrides "Independence day" song is about domestic abuse?maybe that's what they like about it

[Winehole23]

one original member of Milli Vanilli is dead, was that announced?

[Blake]

one original member of Milli Vanilli is dead, was that announced?

Strange the picture in that poster looks like a guy but the article linked talks about two sisters. Weird.

[Winehole23]

not informing three headliners four weeks in advance is a weird fail

[Winehole23]

5 of 9 have pulled out


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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine in the sun from their first restoration in the 1970s. But their gold-toned coating is faded and patchy, and their heavy stone bases are cracked and dirty.


The Trump administration wants them glittering with a fresh coat of gold in time for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4. So in mid-April, the National Park Service handed a $5 million contract (https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140D0426C0078_1406_-NONE-_-NONE-) to a gilding studio in Maryland to repair the statues and cover them with a thick layer of 23.75-karat gold leaf.

[Winehole23]

Brett Michaels bails


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[Winehole23]

one-stop shopping for white nationalism and Christian dominionism, dolled up as "US civics"

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-afpi-tpusa-hillsdale-college-and-over-40-national-and-state-organizations-launch-america-250-civics-coalition

[Winehole23]

Strange the picture in that poster looks like a guy but the article linked talks about two sisters. Weird.



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[Winehole23]

The mystery (https://consequence.net/2026/05/milli-vanilli-trump-great-american-state-fair/) of Milli Vanilli’s inclusion on Trump’s Great American State Fair lineup has been solved: Fab Morvan, one of the two faces of the pop group who was not actually responsible for singing any of their hits, says he will be performing at the Freedom 250 event on the National Mall on June 26th.

“I am here to entertain and unite people, not divide them,” Morvan says in a statement sent to Consequence. “Let’s celebrate life & music and take a trip down memory lane. I feel honored to be a part of the Great American State Fair as it will celebrate the 250 Year Anniversary of America with so many other accomplished artists. Looking forward to reconnecting with you across the USA this summer and to finally sing Milli Vanilli songs live in person!”


Earlier today, a press release attributed to the vocalists who actually sang Milli Vanilli’s hits — Jodie Rocco, Linda Rocco, Brad Howell, John Davis, and Charles Shaw, collectively billing themselves as The Real Milli Vanilli — announced (https://consequence.net/2026/05/fab-morvan-milli-vanilli-great-american-state-fair/) that they would not be performing at The Great American State Fair.https://consequence.net/2026/05/fab-morvan-milli-vanilli-great-american-state-fair/

[Winehole23]

"C+C Music Factory" is just rapper Freedom Williams, who got the rights despite never being an official member of the group.

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

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15 days of their combined 3 hits will be awesome!

[Winehole23]

15 days of their combined 3 hits will be awesome!I feel confident there will be some volunteers to bridge the gap

[Blake]

I feel confident there will be some volunteers to bridge the gap

I guess Kid Rock isn't available

[Winehole23]

dude, Peter Theil just bailed for Argentina

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

He's going to give speeches for two weeks in a row?

:lol

[Winehole23]

keeps saying "on Wednesday"

[Blake]

He's going to give speeches for two weeks in a row?

:lol

He'll probably play the same video as the other freedom fest event. I'm sure ones of tens of fans will flock there.

[ChumpDumper]

keeps saying "on Wednesday"

Yeah, I saw that but I want to think he could be goaded into going full Castro for the entire fortnight.

[Winehole23]

For America's Bicentennial in 1976, the following acts played:

The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Loggins & Messina
Dan Fogelberg
Elton John
The Beach Boys
America
Elvis Presley
Peter Frampton
Aerosmith
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet
Jeff Beck
ZZ Top
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Oak Arkansas
Bruce Springsteen

[Winehole23]

horse gold plating in progress


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[Winehole23]

just kind of sad

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[Blake]

I'm surprised they just didn't invite a bunch of Christian artists

[ChumpDumper]

Lee Greenwood repeats his one song until he drops dead.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Milli Vanilli pulls out


“This is not what I signed up for,” Morvan said on the news network. (https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/politics/video/milli-vanilli-dropping-out-of-freedom-250-concert-not-what-i-signed-up-for-lcl) “When I saw Young MC pulled out, I was like, ‘Well, that’s weird… What does he know that I don’t know?’ So I was a little worried there, and then one after the next, people started to leave. But I was told by my team, who was told by another team, ‘There’s nothing, there’s no political alignment.’ … I was there to unite the people, to have them walk down memory lane, celebrate life. It was a way to say, ‘Hey, I’m still here, you’re still here. Let’s have a good time together.’ But throughout the week it turned into a circus. I’m not into politics, so you hear it first here: I’m not attending the June 26th celebration.”https://variety.com/2026/music/news/milli-vanillis-fab-morvan-wants-out-freedom-250-concerts-1236764699/

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

lawsuit drops

guy has a point



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"This plan is deeply corrupt," the complaint states. "The President is giving White and his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access."


Dana White, the UFC's chief executive and a close Trump (https://www.rawstory.com/trump-news/) friend and ally, has publicly framed the event as a celebration of America's semiquincentennial. But the lawsuit notes that White has also admitted the event "was Trump's idea," and argues that UFC Freedom 250 is in reality "a celebration of the UFC's brand and the 80th anniversary of Donald Trump's birth" — and therefore does not qualify for the special permits that allow use of national monumental grounds.
https://www.rawstory.com/ufc-2677008665/

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

(remember when Obama put his feet up on the desk and wore a tan suit?)

[Winehole23]

for profit use of federal memorial grounds by politically connected celebrants in cahoots with POTUS


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[Blake]

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Lee Greenwood? Hell yeah! Murica!

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

The roughly 4,300s eats on the White House lawn will be filled with a few VIP ticket holders and the remaining tickets have been divided up between the White House, TKO and the UFC. At least 1,200 of those seats will go to active military members, Time (https://time.com/article/2026/05/26/dana-white-ufc-white-house-fight-interview/) reports, but internal (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/29/pentagon-recruiting-troops-watch-white-house-ufc-fights-memos-show/) military memos (https://www.facebook.com/AFamnncosnco/photos/no-fatties-at-ufc-white-house-event/1318829933711946/) show soldiers must meet height and weight requirements to get a ticket. Selected military members must pay their own way to Washington D.C., preference will be given to junior enlisted and junior officers who are "genuine UFC fans," family members aren't invited and attendees are required to meet a waist-to-height ratio of .55, meaning their waist size must be 55% or less of their total height. A popular Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AFamnncosnco/photos/no-fatties-at-ufc-white-house-event/1318829933711946/) page for military members shared the list of requirements and captioned the photo, "No Fatties at UFC White House Event."https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/10/90-degree-heat-expected-for-trumps-ufc-fight-and-maybe-rain/

[Winehole23]

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook (https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=DCZ001&warncounty=DCC001&firewxzone=DCZ001&local_place1=Washington%20DC&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook&lat=38.8977&lon=-77.0366) for the next week in Washington D.C., warning heat index values could approach 105 degrees in the coming days and predicting (https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.897665087992735&lon=-77.0365505479276) a threat of rain showers and thunderstorms.

Capitalweather.com (http://capitalweather.com/) forecasts temperatures of 89 degrees when the event begins at 8 p.m. EDT on Sunday, with a 40% chance of rain, and humidity pushing the heat index into the 90s.

[Blake]

Sucks that we have the worst president in history in charge during our 250th birthday year.

[Winehole23]

lol US officialdom dunking profanely on the Weather Channel



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[GAustex]

Hi guys
I bet they using that weather thing to keep the rain away

[ChumpDumper]

Hi guys
I bet they using that weather thing to keep the rain awayWho is they?

[ChumpDumper]

The guys who just surrendered to Iran?

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

The guys who just surrendered to Iran?Interesting thing, the same guy surrendered to the Taliban in 2020

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

from the heart

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[Winehole23]

amazing details


4Chan Christian guns-and-God conservatives plotted to bomb the MMA at the White House over the Epstein Files but were foiled when one of their moms overheard an encrypted voice chat when she delivered hot pockets to the basement where her son lives.
https://abc7.com/post/bryan-omar-roa-michael-alan-thomas-2-men-riverside-county-arrested-alleged-plot-targeting-ufc-fights-white-house/19310426/

[Winehole23]

The FBI said the alleged terror plot involved at least 19 people and included plans for explosions and gunfire. According to an unsealed FBI affidavit, the plan involved setting off explosions using drones near the event and then shooting guests as they evacuated.

[Winehole23]

no leftists, trans or immigrants were involved

19 going on 50

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[Winehole23]

gold jet to debut


The $400 million luxury 747 donated by Qatar, already wearing bold American colors, will fly from its high-tech hangar at Joint Base Andrews to make its grand presidential debut at Mount Rushmore amid a lavish $700,000 fireworks display for America’s 250th birthdayhttps://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/qatar-747-to-make-maiden-flight-to-mount-rushmore-06152026.php

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

https://luxurylaunches.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/boeing-747-8-4-770x434.jpg

Looks like a very nice setup for him to enjoy his McDonald's meal

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Kash Patel's girlfriend is on the bill


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[Winehole23]

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I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A NONPARTISAN MILLI VANILLI CONCERT WTF

[Blake]

The reflecting pool isn't even back

[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

2070578573421813873

https://x.com/Vunks/status/2070578573421813873

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[Winehole23]

trippy

[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

This whole fair could've been an email.

2070184040494203246
2070318553379577981

https://x.com/nagy_minaj/status/2070180369563811919
https://x.com/nagy_minaj/status/2070180369563811919
https://x.com/breakall/status/2070318553379577981

[Winehole23]

tawdry and sad

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://i2-prod.irishstar.com/incoming/article37357639.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_America-250-26178578749944.jpg

At least 10 states and territories opted out of participation. Some booths from states like Connecticut and Oregon featured only backdrops and chairs.
https://wnbcnetwork.com/trump-s-freedom-250-a-disastrous-state-fair-turned-protest-ground.html

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2070645746634731520/s1bOBFrp?format=jpg&name=900x900


North Carolina's official state flag has never had any Confederate symbols (https://www.ncpedia.org/symbols/flag) in its two designs.

[Winehole23]

One of the North Carolina-based business that helped sponsor the booth, Mt. Olive Pickle Company, said on social media that it will no longer participate in the exhibit after being made aware of the flag issue.


"We are proud of our North Carolina roots, and we agreed to be a part of an exhibit, as presented to us, that would represent the best of our great state," the company wrote on its X account. (https://x.com/MtOlivePickles/status/2070643749592486084) "We were unaware that an image of the Confederate flag was included in a video as part of this exhibit, and we have withdrawn our participation. Our company stands on values of human dignity, opportunity, and freedom."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/27/confederate-flag-nc-great-american-state-fair-booth/90725237007/

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://www.thequeenzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Freedom250-Sponsors-and-Partners.jpg

[Winehole23]

interesting if true


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[Winehole23]

AI summarizes today's news


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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/06/newspress-collage-7rguuggl8-1782576306940.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&1782561958

[Winehole23]

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15934021/MAGA-fan-Uncle-Sam-arrested-donald-trump-state-fair.html

[Blake]

https://www.thequeenzone.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Freedom250-Sponsors-and-Partners.jpg

Oh look a bunch of oil and AI companies

Lol PragerU

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://festival.si.edu/2026/of-the-people

[Blake]

Yeah I think we've all seen way better county fairs that even include strange carny folk, rigged bottle toss games and rickety looking ferris wheels.

[Winehole23]

you'd think a July 4th national fair -- 250th! -- would be a gimme, but no

Trump is screwing it up

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!40xp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5972f9d 9-de7d-42ad-82d4-69604666e05f_1024x1536.png

Seriously, why did he not win the Nobel Peace Prize?

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

if the 851,000 fireworks estimate is accurate, it could be quite the show

[Winehole23]

Yeah I think we've all seen way better county fairs that even include strange carny folk, rigged bottle toss games and rickety looking ferris wheels.it wouldn't be a real county fair without those people and things

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Event Strategies was the J6 event planner


The Trump administration has bypassed regular procedures to award more than $13 million in contracts to the company that helped organize President Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, 2021, repeatedly creating hidden business opportunities that only one firm could win.


Those contracts have transformed Event Strategies Inc., staffed by veterans of Mr. Trump’s campaigns and first White House, from a minor federal contractor into the government’s highest-paid event planner. The firm has arranged celebrations of the Navy’s 250th birthday and a Treasury Department event to tout new savings accounts for children, called “Trump accounts.”


By law, federal agencies are generally supposed to seek competing bids before awarding contracts, to get the best value for taxpayers. Event Strategies won contracts that were particularly lucrative, the kind that other companies say they would have liked to win.


In at least five cases, other firms never got the chance.


...


When Mr. Trump was re-elected, he wrote (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113749308823843468) on his Truth Social network that he was rewarding Mr. Caporale with an unusual role as the White House’s “Executive Producer for Major Events and Public Appearances.”


“Congratulations Justin,” Mr. Trump said. “Keep up the GREAT work!”


But Mr. Caporale is not on the government’s payroll. He remained at Event Strategies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html

[Winehole23]

Event Strategies signed what is potentially its most lucrative contract last fall, a multi-award deal with the GSA that is worth up to $100 million. Of that total payout, contracts totaling more than $10 million have already been signed, including several contracts related to America 250 events. The agreement is presently slated to run through 2030, though there is an option to extend it until 2045. The contract’s exact specifics are vague—it will involve “Conference, Meeting, Event and Trade Show Planning Services [sic]”—but according to the price list attached to its terms and conditions, Event Strategies will be responsible for onboarding a dozen employees, including an executive director, two project managers, two technical directors, and three A/V lighting technicians.https://www.wired.com/story/they-helped-plan-the-january-6-rally-now-their-events-company-is-raking-in-millions-in-government-contracts/

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

:lol

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https://x.com/JordanUhl/status/2072014495640334612

[Blake]

:lol

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https://x.com/JordanUhl/status/2072014495640334612

:lol

[Blake]

Do they even have a hot dog stand? Funnel cakes? Seriously, wtf is this thing

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

Rofl "MAHA wellness" next to a burger and fries stand

[Winehole23]

hahahahaha

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[Winehole23]

Rofl "MAHA wellness" next to a burger and fries standMAHAs are pissed about the Roundup ruling

[Blake]

hahahahaha

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I'd bet 100 Trump crypto dollar that tey'll start paying actors to show up.

[Winehole23]

850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes


The Park Service, in a separate document, similarly said that people should ‘wear an n95 mask when outdoors’ and ‘remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show.’www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/07/01/july-fourth-fireworks-likely-cause-hazardous-air-pollution-documents-show/)

2019: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/smoke-obscures-fireworks-to-viewers-on-national-mall/134483/

[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

Is there a Kashi for deaths or serious injuries this weekend?

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https://x.com/AaronParnas/status/2072761972303737212

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https://x.com/SpencerSays/status/2072499609880961149

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https://x.com/SpecialReport/status/2072805366782423307

[Winehole23]

101 degrees forecast high

four free water points, ~150,000 person capacity

gates close five hours before 850,000 fireworks go off

NPS recommends wearing an N95 mask

[Winehole23]

someone should call 911 right now

ask them about their plans for July 4th in Washington, DC

[ChumpDumper]

They have to be staging ambulances all around that shit.

[Winehole23]

They have to be staging ambulances all around that shit.one would hope, I hear the event contracts mostly go to politically connected companies

[Blake]

101 degrees forecast high

four free water points, ~150,000 person capacity

gates close five hours before 850,000 fireworks go off

NPS recommends wearing an N95 mask

I mean, even soccer moms bring canopies and caprisuns to these types of things.

[Winehole23]

I mean, even soccer moms bring canopies and caprisuns to these types of things.one water bottle per person, I've heard

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

working the USAF hard on the weekend for a partisan event

[Winehole23]

happy 250th, Donald Trump

https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/07/AP26182345611159-1024x683.jpg


Dozens of diamonds spell out two giant letter T's next to the Stars and Stripes and "1776" and "2026." Dozens more frame the numbers 45 and 47 in the shape of Superman's logo. A diamond-winged eagle carries a ruby shield and clutches an olive branch of emeralds, below a radiant "250" and atop the phrase "250 YEARS USA" etched in 18-karat gold.

All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-belgian-diamond-group-is-gifting-trump-a-lavish-ring-after-that-industry-won-tariff-relief

[Winehole23]

The gift comes months after Belgium's diamond industry won the removal of U.S. tariffs on diamond imports. In September, AWDC said it had "succeeded in securing a zero percent import tariff" on Antwerp's annual export of more than $2 billion of polished diamonds to the U.S. A spokesperson for the group said on Thursday that the AWDC provided "input" to the European Commission as it negotiated with Trump on a broad deal on tariffs in 2025, but did not itself lobby the administration.

[Winehole23]

patriotic Americans afraid to show their faces in public

this is in DC today

they brought their shields just in case

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[Blake]

patriotic Americans afraid to show their faces in public

this is in DC today

they brought their shields just in case

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https://cdn.britannica.com/52/177952-050-57FBBFB6/members-initiation-ceremony-Ku-Klux-Klan-Wisconsin.jpg

[Winehole23]

https://www.reutersconnect.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.agency.thomsonreuters .com%2Fwatermark%2Ftag%3Areuters.com%2C2026%3Anews ml_RC2W6MA5OYN7%3A1785039270%2Ftag%3Areuters.com%2 C2026%3Abinary_RC2W6MA5OYN7-VIEWIMAGE%2F800x800%3Fpartner%3Dfalse%26Expires%3D 2098544945%26Signature%3DSKMs5dfKbLOyE~oLUAAHIZNpT Y-RYz6IN2DGNSL19JpNz-22tuIWkrZ1dGhz5CW3Bba6eyR6hB4rgtQlai6IxgmOeIdcY03P thKiYQpyHATSRcTH~VGBzsozHLNwaBPrYF5aZZPxM3PAGlcpgn N~pQWoZjfizGTJYI8UvxXYNARlL91spwnQsoGWVjHydh6~gsx4 Z83f6YSysQtPk35JPrrhd4qwTCzL3xrY9E76zvCdd5qgbJeewt f5-NKkbPog2KSfqfjwUiuLSzpu4zQfbzCAg7-goIFBMdTNMq2P-AKVW6fAee7O~lX06s9cb7yWT4-YD2XL7YhlqvK5LJ0guA__%26Key-Pair-Id%3DAPKAJ7VIBMO3UCTTZSWQ&w=3840&q=75

[Winehole23]

What Trump offers is an easy escape from the pain. To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution. He can bring jobs back simply by punishing offshoring companies into submission. As he told a New Hampshire crowd—folks all too familiar with the opioid scourge—he can cure the addiction epidemic by building a Mexican wall and keeping the cartels out. He will spare the United States from humiliation and military defeat with indiscriminate bombing. It doesn’t matter that no credible military leader has endorsed his plan. He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/?gift=mzSZbpKIJDILy0IX4uykQn9VdCxEypoS2EYtuZzo9zM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[Winehole23]

hope everyone is safe

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/dc/washington

[Winehole23]

Just heard someone on NBC saying people were taking refuge in the National Museum of African American History & Culture but they are turning people away because they are at capacity.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

IyEPha0Oafs

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

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Rofl blaming liberals for the weather

[Blake]

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Sounds like par

[Winehole23]

Trump will speak at 11pm

[Winehole23]

75 minutes to let everybody back in

[Winehole23]

festivalgoer chides the lack of safety preparations by the government


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[Winehole23]

repeating recorded message



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[ChumpDumper]

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Shit, they were taking down the line arrays because the wind was up so much. Go storm the Capitol if you're so upset.

[DMX7]

It's kind of a disappointing July 4th (except for the Joey Chestnut victory).

Sadly, some people take delight in this.

[ChumpDumper]

Like who?

People who aren't you are capable of having a good holiday.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

38,000 Americans did not die building the Panama Canal

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

It's kind of a disappointing July 4th (except for the Joey Chestnut victory).

Sadly, some people take delight in this.

Lol "kind of". This is a pathetic July 4th celebration but then again, when your president invites people over for dinner, he gives them McDonald's so it's sadly not a surprise.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

100 years of one-party rule

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miczfsfixolk42l7343z3bpd/bafkreibymttireqkeut6vy7rpxmzj73xt4p36z4jtnlje6xk6 dv563cune

[Winehole23]

mail and wire fraud

another Trump ripoff


A Democratic report released Thursday says donors intending to contribute funds to the bipartisan America250 committee created by Congress were instead given banking and routing numbers for a different …Trump-backed group, Freedom 250.https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-updates-07-02-2026#0000019f-2409-d04a-addf-fd2bfe480000

[Spurs Homer]

Another day, another crime, another hundred million looted - this time from the "America 250 > into the pockets of Freedom 250...

thank god amerikkka is hawt again!

[Winehole23]

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“They cleared out THOUSANDS from the bleachers & Ellipse grounds. It took hours for people to get through security the 1st time,” vented Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale. “Fireworks might happen, but this event is over…I love Trump but this sounds like boomer slop meant to placate disappointed crowds.”

[Blake]

100 years of one-party rule

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Communist Boogeyman hits the Trumptards in the feels every time

[Winehole23]

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[ChumpDumper]

:lmao President Derp

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https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/2073847449177759845

[Winehole23]

Communist Boogeyman hits the Trumptards in the feels every timeThere's no bigger fan of communist dictators and strongmen than Donald Trump, and his current government is the closest thing to Leninism this country as ever seen

[Winehole23]

ideological purges and political commissars heading US agencies to enforce conformity with a despotic leader

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3q7zzpxwlq5huniqba4bnsfw/bafkreig44ks4dyezhyj24eiqp6zuv4naewohw4sybso5c2opq w5fcxnpxi


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[Winehole23]

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