In a democratic society, with civil equality and rule of law, this man would’ve been removed from office and prosecuted for fraud.
Yet for some reason, people still cling to the idea that the US is somehow a democracy and that they can vote Trump out if only people came to their senses.
No people, you can’t.
The Republican party has been chipping away at the foundations of US democracy ever since the Reagan administration. Trump just gave the system a final boot to send it tumbling off the cliff. The system -the media, the electoral system, political institutions, the corporate sector- all are rigged in favor of Trump and the GOP.
This is the textbook definition of fascism. Corporate and government colusion, minority rule, religious favoritism, racism. Its going to be quite difficult to pull these weeds from the garden, but it must be done.
The garden is the weeds. If you pulled them all nothing would be left.
Only Trump could ruin America’s 250th
Its Reagans fault
It is also Trump’s fault.
I hope every MAGAt has the worst possible day!
Not just on the Fourth, or the 250 mark. I mean all days! Go fuck yourselves. 😊
This was on purpose. That totalitarian hates it when we can celebrate the people instead the ruler.
It might have started a movement to kick his ass out of office. So Trump messed it up on purpose in my opinion.
You act like they are smart enough to have planned this out. They aren’t, this is just a side effect of their manic push to cutting programs at all costs.
Guess you have to travel to Washington to celebrate. See the swamp in person.
The Gulf of America
FDT
It’s called the reflecting pool
It’s the Deflecting Pool so we stop talking about the shitshow in Iran and the Epstein Files
The Strait of Warm Ooze
But government funds for 250 celebrations is socialism!
These small towns should know by now that they should be celebrating the Coke Cola 250™ and McDonald’s 250™
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha! Fuck you maga fucks.
NOTUS reported that when DOGE axed federal funding for state humanities councils last year, local libraries and historical societies were forced to abandon plans for the semiquincentennial. The councils, created by Congress around the 1976 bicentennial to fund small-scale history and civics projects, operate in nearly every state and territory.
In Trumbull County, Ohio, even a modest “passport” project encouraging visits to history sites had to be kept small because the historical society could not afford to print more booklets. Councils in West Virginia, Alabama and Washington state were hit too.
Look, all I’m saying is we should take all the decent people out of the red states and just put big ol’ walls around em.
They literally want the walls to be there. They would cheer while being penned up like animals. Food for thought.
Yes, I need rescuing. Send help!
As the joke goes, the third genie wish is to fill the newly-walled areas where we moved all the bad and dumb people … with shaving cream…
Congress funded the councils at normal levels for fiscal 2026, but the administration has disbursed less than half and told them not to expect the rest. The Federation of State Humanities Councils has asked a federal judge in Oregon to rule that Trump is violating separation-of-powers rules.
He does shit and it takes time to get the court ruling, by which time the damage is done.
Small towns across America wanted to throw a party for the nation’s 250th birthday
Did they, really? I haven’t seen much interest in municipal planning or governance in corners of the country that seem to hate their historical residents almost as much as they hate new people, immigrants, and vacationers.
Everything bureaucratic is someone else’s problem. Everything fun costs too much money. Everything done in public cuts into the working day or gets in the way of the new pipeline or truck convoy or data center. I’m sure the federal stipends for the municipal Have Fun budget are a part of this. But I suspect a lot more is the slew of wet-blankets who have clogged up the lower rungs of government with the express purpose of transferring as much money out of the public coffer and into some private asshole’s back pocket.
The idea that we should have public parties has been going out the door right along with our love of public parks and schools and non-cop public jobs. Parties are for the rich people who can afford tickets to the next FIFA match or the President’s birthday Fight Night or a flight to Epstein Island. You don’t just get to roll out of your hovel and have a good time on the public dime.
This is genuinely a big thing in small towns where nothing of any interest at all ever happens to anyone. It’s all about Homecoming, the 4th of July and Thanksgiving.
There are a lot of small townships and communities that love organizing events just to bring people together. Barbecues, block parties, potlucks, etc. I’m in the Midwest, so my experience may be different from others. A lot of farm towns around me have odd celebrations related to local history / lore.
I agree that an area’s local government is less likely to shell out for public events as compared to 50 years ago. However, I don’t see small towns giving up on putting together community events. I have family in a podunk town of family businessss and trailer parks around a lake, and they will use any excuse to come together and celebrate.
Big, city-wide, free/nonprofit events are becoming more rare and less inclusive, absolutely. However, I’m hoping the power of people will prevail and communities will still self-organize and come together to socialize, to entertain, and forget about life for a bit.
All a good party needs is people, snacks, and music. And black jack. And hookers.
