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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