House Democrats accuse Freedom 250 of 'hijacking' America's 250th
would love to see a hostile audit of Freedom 250. hell, would love to see hostile audits of everything even tangentially related to trump. this will produce endless material. you could conceivably bring the administration to an effective halt!
"They're using the firm that they organized J6 with for the country's 250th birthday" is one of those facts that seems so insane that people won't believe it
Lordy, there are whistleblowers. This is a pretty hostile audit of Trump’s Freedom 250 by congressional Dems.
They brag openly about how corrupt they all are!
My white whale is the SEC, stock market, and the trades made 30 minutes before Trump announces something that is going to make the market spike or crash. Are they craven enough to do the trading themselves, selected cronies. I want to know.
Supreme Court justices (retired or not) should be on the list as well.
IMHO, a hostile audit of the insider trading re: stocks and prediction markets within the administration would bear fruit immediately. Have to scoop up as many of the corrupt fascist collaborators as possible before they can maneuver their way to safety.
AMERICA’S PUBLIC LANDS ARE BEING TREATED LIKE A PRESIDENTIAL PIGGY BANK. Trump diverted more than $90 million from our national parks to foot the bill for renovations, statues, and Freedom 250 events on the National Mall. At a time when parks are already struggling to keep up.
This yacht club bully has never hiked even 100 feet in his entire miserable, spoon-fed life.
The corruption of this administration is outrageous! #TrumpRepublicanCorruption bsky.app/profile/male...
Disgusting 😠😡🤬. One of the most beautiful and best things about the US are it's National Parks.
This is heartbreaking. And the severe cuts to the Forestry Service is making it difficult to prevent and/or fight wildfires.
They’re baptizing people at that fucking fair. I’m shocked there isn’t a witch burning booth.
He wants to break the parks so he can sell them off. It's always been a dream of Republicans. I was in the NPS, so painfully aware of it. James Watt was a believer in Armageddon, so saw no reason "to preserve and protect for future generations". We have that same religious mindset now.
NOBODY was attending Trump’s bullshit Freedumb 250 State Fair so they shut it down early and blamed the hot weather. Trump has always been the “you didn’t quit me, I quit you” guy! Freedom 250 is just one more half-assed thing Trump did… like the Iran War and the Reflecting Pool make-over
His list of all the way things include fraud and crimes that make him rich. What a bastard.
It was just a way to steal and launder the money.
Doubt he cares… it was just another scam to steal our money.
There's a 4th of July celebration at Obama's library on Saturday. Gonna be looking for videos on YouTube etc. & share everywhere. Will make Xrump crazy (crazier). obama.org/events/the-p...
I don't think it's half-assed. I think it's extremely effective at its actual goals as a money laundering operation and a way to funnel dark money. I don't think this LLC could care less about attendance at their "state fair." bsky.app/profile/reph...
It was also another grift.
CEO of Trump’s Freedom 250 writes about the freedom to fail. Lol fortune.com/2026/07/03/f...
Failure wasn't just an option for this gig. It was the option.
How trump hijacked a bipartisan project of 10 years by America 250 and redirected people to his fraudulent website Freedom 250 and siphoned funds under false pretenses creating wire fraud.
At last 50 times I gave a talk on software engineering that included the admonition "Fail fast", ie before you waste much time/money. I should have included "But don't fail stupid" but didn't think that was necessary for the expected audiences. Given recent events, that addition seems needed.
Write about what you know.
Excellent. He gets the W.
“Failing is winning,” MAGA messaging leading up to midterms. 😁
Starting with calling something the Great American State Fair in a place that they notably will not allow to be a state, moving on to the drained pool, constant jet roars and ending with a complete fallujah extravaganza tomorrow, I'm beginning to think the whole Freedom 250 was just a 4chan troll op
Having the 250 celebration of the Declaration of Independence as the Great American State Fair in a city not in a state that is the embodiment of taxation without representation? Chef’s kiss. Better planners would have found a way to celebrate progress & promise but note we’ve still got work to do.
I feel bad for families who booked travel way ahead to see this extravaganza only to arrive at this shitshow.
AND it cost 100 million dollars??
No, there was a group planning America 250. Then Trump came in and started Freedom 250. They wouldn't permit America 250 and took over. I heard he hired the place that he uses to throw parties at maralargo to oversee this.
A spoiled rich kid who's never attended a county or state fair outside himself in charge of the "Great American State Fair" and has a completely tome deaf and cheap event in its place.
The Democrats on the Natural Resources Committee just released their report of their investigation into this. The grift is infuriating.
I also heard they organised some Jan 6 events and his military parade. Guess he never learns. Or the kickbacks are beyond compare.
the group who planned Jan 6, at least the preamble/staged event yes, really.
it 100% looks like it
BREAKING: Freedom 250 "Great American State Fair" in DC has been shut down due to extreme heat (climate change) and all 15 attendees have been told to leave.
Yeah, those look like really "healthy" citizens. 🤣 in their flag wife beaters.
Dont they just need an excuse to cancel Trump's speech tomorrow because they know it will be a total embarrassment?
Here's hoping the paid attendees got their $$ in advance. 😏
damn, the royalty is dying
House Democrats accuse Trump of 'hijacking' America's 250th birthday for his own gain www.npr.org/2026/07/02/n...