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Since Trump decided to make America’s 250th celebration all about him, it’s been a giant fail.

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After Donald Trump kicked off his personalized celebration of America’s 250th birthday with a rally on the National Mall on Wednesday night, news accounts described the event as very sparsely attended. Trump himself practically begged for more people to show up to the next event, set for July 4.

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Since he can’t get a crowd in DC, he’s going to South Dakota:

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President Donald Trump officially announced Thursday that he will attend the July 3 fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore, a centerpiece event commemorating America's 250th birthday.

The announcement was made on the Freedom 250 website and confirmed in a statement released by South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden.

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The event marks the return of fireworks over Mount Rushmore for the first time in six years.

Cowboy State Daily

Oh, why six years ago?

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Trump also attended Mount Rushmore’s most recent fireworks display in 2020, after then-Gov. Kristi Noem asked him to reinstate the event. The National Park Service had ended the fireworks shows more than a decade earlier due to concerns about embers falling in the surrounding forest and sparking wildfires, plus concerns about chemicals from fireworks polluting local water sources, litter from exploded fireworks lingering on the grounds, and opposition from Native American tribes that formerly controlled the surrounding Black Hills.

South Dakota Searchlight

Let me draw your attention to this drought map of South Dakota. The approximate location of Mt. Rushmore is where the arrow points:

Everyone got lucky in 2020. The way things have been going for Trump, I expect a forest fire.

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Scott H4 months ago

My wife thinks the real reason Hair Furor is doing this where and when is that he's scoping out where he'll want his visage carved onto the mountain.

He'll "negotiate" the details during fireworks.

C P4 months ago

That was my first thought too.

mister mixAuthor4 months ago

The stock answer is that there's no more stone to carve on the mountain, but he'd probably want to replace Lincoln or Washington...

C P4 months ago

Personally I think if Mount Rushmore has to exist as a presidential tribute, either TJ or TR should have been replaced by FDR a long time ago in any case - make it our actual three greatest presidents. But of course there's no time period in which people wouldn't have screamed at that.

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

"The new centrist Democrat group boosting Polymarket is really just the icing on the cake here."

Screenshot:

https://bsky.app/profile/hannahgais.bsky.social/post/3mp7ujoewjc2l

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

("The Promise to America reposted" part is barely visible up top but it's there.)

Quisling Nazi traitor motherfuckers.

John S.4 months ago

God forbid one of those embers lands in a dry patch.

We’ll have to endure weeks of news coverage about how a radical leftist snuck into the forest and started the fire just to make Trump look bad.

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

PBump:

"I need someone to make a GIF of the Simpsons gag where Homer keeps trying to make breakfast but it catches fire because it would be endlessly useful. Peace deal in Iran? Superhero movies? It just keeps not working, huh"

Voila:

https://bsky.app/profile/jeffasher.bsky.social/post/3mpa42ew3y22r

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

New to me name saw in a comment:

The Arch of Failure

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

According to New York Times reporting, the centerpiece of Trump’s fair—a scaled-down version of his proposed 250-foot “Triumphal Arch”—is already showing signs of structural failure. The vinyl covering, stapled over a wood frame and emblazoned with “One Nation Under God,” had begun “buckling” under the combined assault of high temperatures, humidity, and rain.

😆 Maybe they'll build the bigger one using papier-mâché

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

Theme song

https://youtu.be/hZEN_l4j6mY?si=FWOamqCaGs5Lvb0S

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

Plus topical cartoon

https://bsky.app/profile/robertscotthorton.bsky.social/post/3mpbl3tlchs2z

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

$23 for a turkey leg 😆😳

https://newrepublic.com/post/212401/food-prices-trump-great-american-state-fair

Ken In MN4 months ago

Burning it all down to the ground is on-brand for Donald Trump...

Scott H4 months ago

You win Teh Internetzez with that comment!

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago(edited)

Just got a flashback. In 1976, I spent months learning to twirl, toss & catch a baton. I was then uniformed in red, white, and blue (even had really cute white boots) & set in front a marching band for our celebratory parade. BUT Mom forgot sunblock (was it even a thing in the 70s?) and my chest, back of my neck, shoulders, & upper back blistered in misery for weeks afterwards (the top for the uniform was off- shoulder). Never picked up a baton again!

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

Prolly brought on by this closeup of some sunburn I saw last night

https://bsky.app/profile/maddenifico.bsky.social/post/3mp4ys6or4222

C P4 months ago

"Only YOU can provoke forest fires!"

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

Ha!

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

I hope for a small but stubborn blaze on the thin remains of the cotton candy ferret Dotard wears on his head, caused by said embers falling and swiftly sparking due to hairspray.

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

So glad my beloved Commonwealth declined to participate after a survey where no businesses wanted to be there (why alienate 65% of customers, duh).

The sad plywood replica of his stupid arch, the Tarp of Fragility at The Kennedy Center, and the Snowflake Fence surrounding the Reflecting Pool where automated recordings warn against loitering at the Mall built specifically for loitering, are symbols that shall grace the pages of our history books for readers' amusement for generations to come.

So satisfying.

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago

Also too, prolly a bigger crowd here (2 days ago):

"Taft bridge on Conn Ave is shut down - at rush hour - at the spot where Nolberto Meza was killed on Saturday afternoon

The family of Nolberto, DC Alliance Against Racist & political oppression and a lot of delivery drivers are protesting deadly Park Police car chase policy"

https://bsky.app/profile/joesudbay.bsky.social/post/3mp2z4isc2c2o

TBone Dinosaur4 months ago(edited)

😁 The "Deflection Pool"

https://bsky.app/profile/dominicervolina.com/post/3mpaghglzpf2n

Kay W.4 months ago

I really do hate that man. It’s 1:30 pm in Copenhagen and 85 degrees - of course no air conditioning. It seems like the entire city is now swimming in the harbor.

John S.4 months ago

We had a 3-day stretch of 90 degree weather here in WA (most folks don’t have A/C), and now we have a long stretch of wet/cool weather that has everyone calling this Juneuary.

But climate change is a hoax.

Marmot Pimpernel 4 months ago

I have camped at beautiful Custer State Park nearby. Possibly my favorite anywhere, and I’ve been to tons.

His plan is genuinely horrifying.

mister mixAuthor4 months ago

Went to the Black Hills a lot during my childhood. Beautiful area, and Custer State Park is a highlight. Rushmore is meh, you see it once, you've seen it.

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