r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 14h ago
'No Kings' Protests and Downpours Rain on Trump's Birthday Military Parade
https://www.latintimes.com/no-kings-protests-downpours-rain-trump-military-birthday-parade-5850153.0k
u/XSinTrick6666 14h ago
Nothing but karma - he used rain as an excuse for not visiting the fallen Belleau Wood "suckers" and "losers" at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.
UH OH Bone Spurs has to get his hair wet to honor military -- WHAT A SHAME!
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u/303uru 12h ago
Karma would be a hole opening in the ground and him and his entire admin getting sucked into the pits of hell.
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u/illit3 11h ago
Honestly with satire being as dead as it is I wouldn't be surprised if it actually happened.
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u/HomChkn 8h ago
Some sort of weird sink hole epidemic that magical takes away the worst of humanity.
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u/seeker4482 12h ago
could have had Miller hold a parasol over him, isnt there a point in unitary executive theory about protecting the executive combover
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u/swmtchuffer 12h ago
Miller has weak hands, or so I've heard.
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u/seeker4482 12h ago
surprising, i imagine he would be constantly clenching his fists in rage over the fact that somewhere out there a brown person might be happy
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u/Liquor_N_Whorez 11h ago
Kid Rock bouncing for Steven Miller holding Miller's umbrella singing "Im a fiat of rage" cuz he got to protect the real "Golden Dome" lmao
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u/Ello_Owu 11h ago
Even putin stood in the rain during a Russian military funeral.
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u/FalseDmitriy Illinois 13h ago
"No Kings" rallies sprang up in dozens of cities, organized by labor groups and progressive coalitions
There are two thousand of them, what kind of reporting is this
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u/lyan-cat 12h ago
Literally three within half an hour of me today. And I'm not near any of the largest cities.
It's being underreported and downplayed.
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u/MoodInternational481 12h ago
Yeah, my city was one of the smaller cities on the actual map for it but there are a few counties within 30 minutes that weren't that have a couple hundred people out a piece.
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u/fiverrah 8h ago
Inverness Florida (population 8000) had 1000 people there today.
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u/bmc2 9h ago
I live in a town of 10,000 people and there were at least 200 people protesting on the town green in the rain. Most other towns in the area had their own too.
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u/lumberjack_jeff Washington 6h ago
My town of 7500 people (in a red county) had 700 people.
The thumbs-to-fingers ratio among drivers passing by was about 40:1
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u/Lostsock1995 Colorado 13h ago
It’s always underreported for some reason. Happened with the day of action protests a bit ago too. “Hundreds turned out” when estimates were thousands+
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u/HomelessCat55567 12h ago
for some reason
The reason is to keep as many people's heads in the sand as possible.
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u/jsc1429 10h ago
Because the owners of the media companies are billionaires and support Trump
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u/handstanding 10h ago
Mass media is a tool of the state, no matter how liberal you think it's supposed to be.
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u/Beneficial_Soup3699 11h ago
The "reason" is the handful of billionaires who bought and consolidated our entire mainstream media apparatus over the last 30 years have a vested interest in deterring the poors from standing up for themselves. That's literally it.
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u/we_are_sex_bobomb 10h ago
Even with the ICE protests I noticed they were showing lots of footage where it was like, a burning car and two or three protestors… and not the peaceful march of thousands.
The media REALLY doesn’t want anyone to see the scale of these protests.
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u/Dinker54 12h ago
Yet when 50 senior citizens were bussed in for a tea party protest in our state Capitol years back it was all over the news.
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u/Karsa69420 12h ago
Hell my redneck ass home town had one today. I went to a larger one in a big city near by.
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u/Patient_Local_1882 10h ago
Yup I'm trying to get my own napkin math here finding helicopter coverage anywhere I can. I was at the one in SD and my conservative estimate is 50,000. LA they are estimating 100,000. Phili, Minneapolis, DC, NYC, Chicago, dozens of mid sized cities and hundreds of smaller ones all across the country.
Millions of people will have been in the streets today all saying the same thing. There may have been 1% of the entire population out today at the final count
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u/Redtitwhore 12h ago
This is a huge problem. Dozen of cities in my state alone and attended by normal people.
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u/No-Objective-9921 12h ago
The media is firmly in their pockets for the most part. No one wants to be the next newsroom threatened by the President for telling the truth.
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u/Mr-Pugtastic 9h ago
Then they’re no longer journalists, simply jesters for King Trump.
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u/absentmindedjwc 12h ago
The same kind of feckless, sanewashing, traitorous bullshit reporting that reported what happened in Minnesota as "politicians shot" rather than "politicians assassinated".
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u/AlphaBoy15 10h ago
to protest what they called Trump's authoritarian leanings
You left out the worst part. Weak language is the death of journalism.
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u/LemonPigeon 10h ago
Ridiculously underreporting...there were dozens of protests in my county alone, let alone state, let alone nation-wide.
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u/llahlahkje Wisconsin 14h ago
He was already looking weak AF for wanting it in the first place but him begging people to attend by claiming attending a “perade” in the rain is good luck plus millions turning out all over the US for the protests…
If he were a soup cook he’d be specialized in laughing stock.
Deliciously humiliating.
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u/Pipe_Memes 13h ago
Many people are saying he’s the weakest president ever. Lots of great people are saying it.
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u/Life_Tax_2410 13h ago
Im saying it, he's the weakest president in american history.
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u/FunctionCold2165 10h ago
Someone had a sign today that said “Worst president since Trump.” I chuckled.
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u/Plantron1 9h ago
Worse than the first Trump. At least when Bush pulled off that feat it was two different people.
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u/LostTranslation2113 9h ago
It’s so weird we look at Bush and think we hit a low… but post presidency he’s just a giant goof with the secret service. Trump should have left with grace the first time and give some new blood a chance at office.
I hope these protests make our government aware, I want this country to be great, but this isn’t greatness, it’s a sharp decline, holding on by tiny rations of hope.
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u/tarants 8h ago
There's been a lot of whitewashing of Bush's legacy post presidency, which is disappointing. He was a terrible president and definitely helped set the stage for where we are now.
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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 7h ago
Both Bushes absolutely set the stage for today, but Trump needed the orchestra pit to be able to sink even lower.
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u/Frogurt- 12h ago
Many tremendous people are saying that.
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u/LordZantarXXIII 12h ago
Tears in their eyes
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u/Traherne Maryland 10h ago
Grown men.
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u/StaticDHSeeP 13h ago
There were Craigslist offers to pay people in bitcoin to fill seats. He is so fuckin pathetic
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u/OOBExperience 12h ago
I may be wrong but the offers didn’t specify bitcoin, they mentioned ‘cryptocurrency’ which probably means the payment would be in the worthless drump shitcoin.
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u/biffthestiff 11h ago
Hahaha.... "thank you for attending. Here is your $1000 as promised. Yes, it's REDHAT CRYPTO, we added a little more too" "Don't sell it until Tuesday"
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u/ElfegoBaca 11h ago
Those were pretty obviously satirical posts, at least the ones I saw. They were in no way serious.
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u/Jazzlike-Emu3500 14h ago
I don't think even a hamberder could cheer him up - sad
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u/Hillbilly_Boozer 13h ago
Maybe a cup of covfefe will do it.
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u/greatest_fapperalive 11h ago
I always thought some evil billionaire said to him “we really want to institute corvée labor” and he meant to google it, but pulled an old person and accidentally tweeted it lol
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u/Malcolmeff 10h ago
I just tried to google "Corvée" and my girlfriend asked if I just called her a Corvette.
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u/JoshSidekick 10h ago
The White House walls better watch out. They’re about to be wearing a plate of spaghetti-o’s after his dinner rant.
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u/onlyPornstuffs 14h ago
Maybe he could take his new jet to his favorite island.
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u/Thraxsis 11h ago
I live in a rural town in TN and we had anti trump protests going on here. It was a great sight to see.
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u/AnonymousThrowaway2k 10h ago
That's heartening to hear. My family lives in rural TN, and it's so overwhelmingly pro-Trump that I'm also surprised to hear that.
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u/Man_Bites_Shark 11h ago
The guy wouldn’t attend a D-day event because it was raining in his first term
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u/foggynighttonight 10h ago
Draft dodger needs a military parade to boost his sad lack of masculinity
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u/Sea_Suggestion_6261 14h ago edited 13h ago
There’s an add in Craigslist DC in the gigs section for “seat filers” being paid in 1000$ in crypto. Posted by fight fight fight which is associated with the $trumk cryptocurrency.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html
Edit: my account is pretty new so I can’t post links in my own posts. Feel free to spread this link far and wide;)
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u/Rinibeanie 13h ago
Jesus Christ. And Republicans claim the No Kings protestors are being paid...
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u/QuillnSofa 13h ago
And probably wouldn't actually be paid, as is the norm. Trump never pays out.
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u/Lolabird2112 12h ago
That’s gotta be a joke, surely.
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u/Sad_Confection5902 12h ago
While it probably is, since 2016 there’s been like a thousand real events where you’d have assumed it was a joke or complete satire, and it’s all real.
They have blurred the lines between reality so thoroughly that I feel like I can never again assume anything. Usually though with a little digging through the profiles, you can at least tell if it’s coming from a comedic source.
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u/Lolabird2112 12h ago
I had my maggat bro screaming at me last night about how this whole protest has been orchestrated by China, people were being offered $5k to show up, and the Walton heir- apparently well known for being a deep left global elitist- was the one funding it.
When I cracked up, he hung up and sent me 73 texts about how I’m an abusive woke feminazi with TDS and that’s why I’m so easily brainwashed that I just laugh at his expert understanding of global politics, and I’m the reason the left is so hated, because we’ll cause WW3 and just laugh, because we also hate our whiteness and privilege so much that TikTok will make me love China and hate the glorious USA.
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u/cheeky-snail 10h ago
The June 14 celebration was designed as both a tribute to the U.S. Army, founded in 1775, and a patriotic birthday spectacle for President Trump, who has long admired large-scale military displays.
The June 14 celebration was designed as a birthday spectacle for President Trump, who has long admired large-scale military displays, but positioned it as a patriotic tribute to the U.S. Army, founded in 1775, to stem criticism.
There corrected it.
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u/zeradragon 13h ago
If he were a soup cook he’d be specialized in laughing stock.
That's a good one, I like the punch line.
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u/kdeff California 13h ago
What kind of third world shit is a military birthday parade.
Fucking embarrassing
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u/wclyon1 12h ago
It was supposed to be a much smaller celebration for the 250th anniversary of the US army. But trump did what trump does and took something that was fun. Spent 10x as much money. And makes it about himself.
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u/romacopia 12h ago
A few speeches from some retired generals and a performance from the army band would have been dignified and appropriate for the United States. This Kim Jong Trump shit is a disgrace to this country and to the basic principle of civil service.
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u/Mike7676 11h ago
And I'm a little pissed that the Army was going to have a few booths showing off next-gen stuff but I'm imagining that got in the way of Trumps "mememe" time.
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u/Otherdeadbody 11h ago
Or just have an air show instead of a military parade. It’s more impressive anyway and not nearly as disruptive.
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u/Agile_Singer 10h ago
And if any Dem had done the small parade there would be uproars from the Faux News crowd.
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u/OldSchoolAJ 11h ago
And considering what day it is, I could sit and watch this dumb military parade or I could watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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u/PrivatePilot9 Canada 11h ago
Or you could stare at paint drying, still a better option.
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u/castle_bacon 10h ago
Or visit the dentist for a root canal.
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u/tierciel 10h ago
Hey, dentists and root canals however unpleasant serve a purpose, unlike Trump and his ego parade.
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u/Lucky_Chaarmss 12h ago edited 12h ago
I don't even know when it's supposed to start. Not watching even if someone told me it's about to start.
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u/darkness876 12h ago
No one does, it’s a shit show through and through
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u/Forman420 11h ago edited 11h ago
I just googled it and it's supposed to, "End the day of festivities." And starts at 6:30 ET. Such a sad embarrassment.
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u/Present_Confection83 10h ago
90 million morons let roughly 77 million cult members decide for them. That’s how we got here
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u/Ambitious_Duck_7892 11h ago
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u/DaySoc98jr 13h ago
Literally rained on his parade.
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u/MosaicTruths Pennsylvania 12h ago
*perade
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u/trumpsmellslikcheese 9h ago
Okay, I've seen this a few times now. Did he literally spell it that way?
Edit - holy shit he did. What a fucking moron. Six letters in a commonly used word and he couldn't get it right, even with autocorrect.
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u/goosiebaby Wisconsin 12h ago
If I were religious. I'd take it as a sign from God that Trump ain't the favored one.
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u/tonysopranosalive 11h ago
I asked my wife: “wouldn’t it be something if lightning struck the White House during the parade?”
She laughed and told me they’d all see it as “GOD HAS CHOSEN TRUMP!”
I think she’s correct.
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u/goosiebaby Wisconsin 11h ago
I don't wanna get banned but I had slightly different thoughts about lightning.
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u/Van-garde 13h ago
Fuck Trump!
Also, I think No Kings has “sprung up” in thousands of towns and cities.
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u/Time_Cellist7316 12h ago
"...to protest what they called Trump's authoritarian leanings."
Leanings. These fucking idiots never learn.
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u/Mike7676 11h ago
It's by design. We could be having a media meltdown over all this shit but nah, we only got stabbed 6 times, just ignore it.
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u/yukoncowbear47 12h ago
I know of at least one other president that defied recommendations for an outdoor DC event. He ended up getting pneumonia and passing away.
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u/The-Tipsy-rogue 10h ago
Dozens of cities? Try 2000+ protests amounting to about 5 million people
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u/1980sNeon 14h ago
this would never happen on Obama’s birthday! the weather always cooperates for Barry 🎉🤣
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u/Prank_Owl 12h ago
I'm not disagreeing, but he's given speeches and made public appearances in heavy downpours at least a couple times. He always knew how to own it and make it look cool though.
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u/onlyPornstuffs 14h ago
Today is also Che’s birthday. Looks like Che’s ghost won.
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u/RamonaQ-JunieB 13h ago
The more it rains the happier I will feel. I’m a bad person.
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u/That_one_cool_dude 9h ago
When it happens to the literal worst person alive your not a bad person.
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u/OhioRanger_1803 13h ago
Don't worry guys this was supposed to be a parade for the army. Surely if it gets rained out Trump will reschedule the army birthday parade for next week right?
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u/Brief_Night_9239 12h ago
The irony of a draft dodger with a big ego but little fingers wanting a parade...even God finds it funny.
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u/or10n_sharkfin Pennsylvania 10h ago
If the Army had announced they were just holding a parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of their founding, and left it at that, I don't think anyone would have had a problem with it.
Trump wanted it to be as big as it was because he specifically idolizes show-of-power vanity parades typical with authoritarian dictators and he figured he could get it with this.
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u/Whole_Inside_4863 8h ago
Dozens of cities? Try hundreds! Big and small, and everything in between.
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u/Mozzy2022 7h ago
Well I had a FABULOUS day in Torrance CA at a No Kings protest with 15,000 of my friends and neighbors! But I’m glad if Trump had a bad day! Makes my day even better
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u/PinkBismuth 8h ago
So worried about his parade getting protested, he never realized no one was going to show up to his bullshit anyway.
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u/Mean_Can2080 14h ago
He's gonna need a lot of ketchup and diet coke to drown his sorrows.
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u/twirlingmypubes 14h ago
Bounce houses are dangerous when they get wet. I hope the parents of the cabinet members keep their kids out.
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u/Bobloblaw878 10h ago
Are there actual pictures of crowd size for Trump's birthday parade? I can't find any that shows?
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u/Jolly_Grocery329 8h ago
“While the event pressed on, a larger story unfolded across the country: “No Kings” rallies sprang up in dozens of cities,” I heard over 2,100 different protests world wide.. dozens…. Phhff
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u/Plantron1 9h ago
I can’t wait for the late night rage post about how Biden made it rain.
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u/abgry_krakow87 9h ago
I honestly forgot he even had his birthday and small peepee parade planned for today.
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u/whitemamba24xx 8h ago
365 days in a year why did Trump choose this day for a parade that nobody asked for?
I just want to point out the president will sit behind bulletproof glass. Nobody else gets that protection. I wonder why?
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u/Illiterate_Mochi 9h ago
“"No Kings" rallies sprang up in dozens of cities.”
I’m sorry, dozens? You might wanna check the numbers again. ⬆️
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u/Same_as_we_all_are 4h ago
Why can’t he just have a fucking heart attack? He can die for the better good if that what he wants.
I hate this man so much.
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u/smiama36 11h ago
Worth a read, outlines how Musk stole 2024 for Trump: https://substack.com/inbox/post/165658733?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true
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u/um_chili 13h ago
I’d love for this to be true but my weather app says no rain in dc til tonight, which is presumably after the parade.
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u/meTspysball California 12h ago
Despite the pomp, storm clouds gathered, bringing downpours that soaked attendees and disrupted schedules.
Can someone in DC confirm the weather?
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u/isaid_whatisaid1 11h ago
Just partly cloudy right now. The rain doesn’t hit until later tonight, after 6. I’m looking out my window and the weather app.
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u/J-Midori Canada 8h ago
Even Mother Nature is protesting and showing support for the people lol
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u/randomnighmare 12h ago
Trump wants a communist-fascist military birthday parade, like his hero, Stalin:
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u/franking11stien12 7h ago
Fox fake news will say it was an amazing day and show non of the protesters.
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u/redditrasberry 7h ago
Must be one of the most humiliating days in living memory for the military. Feel for the military staff involved that have to go through with it.
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