https://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...h/90725237007/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. "We were unaware that an image of the Confederate flag was included in a video as part of this exhibit, and we have withdrawn our participation.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."
interesting if true
AI summarizes today's news
Oh look a bunch of oil and AI companies
Lol PragerU
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.
you'd think a July 4th national fair -- 250th! -- would be a gimme, but no
Trump is screwing it up
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Seriously, why did he not win the Nobel Peace Prize?
if the 851,000 fireworks estimate is accurate, it could be quite the show
it wouldn't be a real county fair without those people and things
Event Strategies was the J6 event planner
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...contracts.htmlThe 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.
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When Mr. Trump was re-elected, he wrote 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.wired.com/story/they-hel...ent-contracts/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.
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