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[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING: Trump’s “Great American State Fair” COLLAPSES as six states refuse to participate!

Donald Trump’s scheme to hijack America's 250th anniversary celebration into a MAGA love-fest is turning into a humiliating flop, as multiple states are outright refusing to join his partisan spectacle.

Officials from Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Oregon have all told reporters they will not send official delegations to the Great American State Fair, which kicks off June 25 on the National Mall.

At least two more states – Pennsylvania and Washington – remain on the fence just two weeks out.

This comes after a giant wave of musicians already pulled out of the concert performances, leaving Trump’s big birthday bash for America looking increasingly lonely and desperate, populated only by Z-list celebrities.

It wasn't supposed to be like. Congress initially authorized the American 250 committee at a budget of $150 million. Soon after, Trump created a Task Force by executive order that commandeered the project with the Freedom 250 committee as a "parallel" partnership he directly controls.

Freedom 250 poached money away from the America 250 account, before turning on other agencies like the Department of Interior. For the record, America 250 is currently $100 million in the red.

Trump’s minions have taken over high-profile spectacles like the UFC fight and the fair while the original congressional commission has been largely sidelined, and, as we noted, bankrupted.

Freedom 250 has been rightly accused of politicizing and commercializing the nation’s milestone anniversary, with the obvious lowbrow focus on tacky spectacle and MAGA branding.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey had this to say about the whole affair:

“This guy finds a way to try to get money into his own pocket any which way. It’s just ridiculous.”

Even some red states are quietly dragging their feet, wary of the obvious MAGA politicization and high costs involved for them.

States are voting with their feet, and the “Great American State Fair” is rapidly becoming the “Meh American State Fair,” and organizers don’t seem to give damn except for the parts Trump personally cares about.

The more Trump tries to force his brand onto everything, the more people push back. Even for the country's 250th anniversary.

America isn’t buying what that jerk is selling.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Warnock: Right now, somebody is trying to buy groceries in Georgia and they can’t afford them.

Rollins: That’s because of the Biden administration.

Warnock: Two years later and that’s your answer? Because of the Biden administration?

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Idaho adopted no-excuse mail-in voting in 1972. Washington did it in 1974. California in 1978. Iowa in 1990. Arizona, Wyoming and Vermont in 1991. Nebraska in 1997. Oregon in 1998. Wisconsin and Florida did it in 2001. NC in 2002. Ohio in 2005. Georgia, Illinois, and NJ in 2006.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

It’s not about arguments. It’s about facts.

I know one great fact about American elections, and I know it because the Republican Party has proved it to me:

There is no election fraud of any consequence anywhere in the United States.

The Republican Party and its allies, FOR DECADES, have been searching high and low, in every corner of our country, for evidence of election fraud.

This effort has been made with vast sums of money and other resources, and with some of the greatest powers in our nation at the party’s disposal:

A presidential commission under President Donald Trump.

The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump, armed with the resources of the FBI, and the powers of subpoena.

Committees of Congress under Republican control, also armed with the powers of subpoena and the investigative resources of the first branch of government.

State legislatures under Republican control, also with subpoena powers, have launched similar efforts to find evidence of election fraud.

Republican-controlled states have set up special commissions and task forces, some with subpoena powers, all well-funded and with access to the state’s electoral systems.

Conservative academics and think tanks have launched projects seeking out evidence of election fraud.

Fox News and the rest of MAGA media have dedicated significant resources to finding evidence of election fraud.

What is the result of this enormous Republican effort to find election fraud?

Ask The Heritage Foundation.

For nearly a decade, Heritage has maintained an “Election Fraud Database.”

The database contains “proven instances of election fraud.”

It covers elections going back nearly fifty years.

That’s billions and billions of American votes.

Right now, the total number of proven instances of election fraud that Heritage can document is:

1620.

That’s an infinitesimal number, vanishingly small, and it is solid proof of two things:

1. Some individuals commit election fraud.

2. There is no evidence at all of systemic or even widespread election fraud anywhere in the USA.

The election-fraud panic is the Big Lie of our time.

It is peddled by people who know better. Their own investigations over decades demonstrate that.

Stop trying to subvert our democracy.

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[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

LoL "Sorry about your heart." HAHAH.

[TucsonBlonde 🇺🇸💙🌊 @TucsonBlonde]

So let me make sure I understand your claim here, because this would be incredibly significant proof of election fraud. And since that is an incredibly serious allegation, I would like to understand the facts.

You begin by stating that they sent you “at least six mail in ballots” to various addresses. That is a terrible thing if true. To clarify, did you find these 6 ballots at your various 6 addresses or are you saying that they sent them to 6 random people, all of whom were able to track you down to your correct address, contact you and gave you the ballot with their address but your name and voter information on it?
Then, given that this would be one of the biggest cases of Election Fraud ever documented you then called…someone. I’m going to assume your State Election Commission? But you didn’t contact anyone else when they told you that “signature verification” would catch any extras that were submitted? Knowing as I’m absolutely certain you do that the MAGA wing is critically concerned with the integrity of our elections 🙄) and rather desperately seeking ANY PROOF of election fraud, you didn’t reach out to your state Senator? A Representative? To the Federal Election Commission? Your local news station? Fox News? You had 6 ballots in your hands, each with a different address but your name and voting information, and you didn’t report this to anyone else? That seems to be incredibly strange given the seriousness of this situation and makes your claim rather difficult to understand. Can you explain why you made that choice? Why you didn’t immediately go to your state or Federal officials with this vital, irrefutable physical proof of extraordinary misconduct & outright fraud? I mean this is exactly the kind of proof trump has been longing for. So why would you not have reported such an obvious case of election fraud EVERYWHERE?

And then, the last claim you assert, that they already showed your vote being cast before you ever returned one of the 6 ballots you had, but you didn’t immediately contact anyone in charge of the elections at the federal, state or local level to immediately refute that vote and to demand justice as is your right and indeed responsibility when being faced with your vote being stolen? How do I know you didn’t do that? Well Elisabeth, because it would have been headline news for months, 24/7. We would have seen your face, we would all know your story and you would be the face of a complete overhaul of our election system because this is the kind of irrefutable proof that this administration has wet dreams about. That’s how I know.

Can you see why I’m having a bit of trouble believing your claims here today Elisabeth? You have the 6 ballots in your hands, that kind of proof means your story would have justifiably been the headline for weeks in every publication in America, so what gives? Because they have been scouring elections in every major city in every single state trying to find even a fraction of what you’re claiming.
I’m afraid this didn’t pass even the most basic sniff test. It’s not just difficult to believe, it’s utterly ludicrous. You are 100% lying, and at this point, I think we need to start compiling lists not just of elected officials and talking heads who are lying about our elections, but of people like you who make a conscious decision to fabricate more lies about our elections and hold you accountable. Even if it’s just to drag your lying ass in front of the cameras so everyone can hear for themselves you having to admit that you told a deliberate lie to further harm our electoral system, because every time one of you shit stains do this, you directly, willfully and intentionally damaging our country, and I’m sick and tired of you fucking losers not being held accountable for the damage you chose to cause. Fuck all the way off Elizabeth, if it were up to me we would deport every one of you mentally stunted traitors.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

Trump Tower rises from the center of downtown Chicago on a major north/south street called Wabash Avenue. A petition is circulating to have the city formally rename a four-block strip of Wabash after a certain famous Chicago resident.

If enacted, it would make Trump Tower’s official address 401 N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. I’d love that for him.🖕😁🖕

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The day a Scotsman told the king to f*ck off - Another true royal story
A number of years ago, Jenny and Adam Watson’s phone rang. Adam answered it and was met by a very plummy voice asking to speak to ‘Mrs Watson’.

‘Certainly, may I ask who’s calling?’

‘Yes, it’s Charles, Prince of Wales.’

Holding the phone to his chest with some scepticism, Adam whispered to his wife, ‘I think Prince Charles is on the phone for you.’

And, sure enough, it was. HRH was vexed about some local issue and wished to discuss it with Jenny, a councilor at that time. After a brief conversation the prince invited Jenny and Adam to tea on the Balmoral estate so they could continue the discussion in a bit more detail.

Some days later Jenny and Adam duly arrived at Birkhall, on the Balmoral Estate, and met with Charles to discuss the issue that was weighing on his mind. After a period of time, when he was satisfied he’d got up to speed with the relevant information from Jenny, he changed tack to discuss something else that was on his mind.

'I've got a problem', said Charles.

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[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

NEWSFLASH: SOMEWHAT INTELLIGENT. LMAO!

Hannity to Koppel: "Do you think we're bad for America?"

Koppel: "Yeah."

Hannity tried to gaslight him. Koppel wasn't having it. Hannity's desperate pivot: "We have to give the American people some credit that they're somewhat intelligent..."

Koppel stares, bottom lip drops. You could see every Fox lie from the last 12 years flashing behind his eyes—his face screaming, "They absolutely do not know the difference."

Let's give Sean the benefit of the doubt: his viewers are somewhat intelligent—his words, not mine.

I'm just the messenger.

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

Our volunteer coalition immediately brought the family to my office’s triage center and my team sprung into action. Within minutes, one of my staff members demanded his belongings from ICE while @NYLAG prepared an emergency lawsuit and his kids had a snack and played games.

Realizing they could not defend the arrest in court, ICE quickly released him to his family.

They knew they broke the law. Aggressive congressional oversight and legal advocacy are our best defense against this administration's lawless dragnet. (2/2)

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

.@ICEgov thought they could get away with breaking the law in broad daylight today. They were wrong.

This morning, I confronted ICE agents outside an immigration court room to remind them that they are prohibited from arresting anyone who appears as required at immigration court. They didn’t seem to care and arrested a father outside of the courtroom right in front of his wife and two young kids. (1/2)

[Mindcite💥 @Mindcite_US]

Since Trump is unable to bring a receipt of Democrats rigging elections, here's one of Arizona Republicans caught in the act of trying to rig the 2020 election, by signing fake elector forms for Trump.

It would be a shame to keep sharing this and other receipts...

[Spiro’s Ghost @AntiToxicPeople]

Gonna explain it so that even completely brain dead #MAGA cult members can understand it:

I live in Los Angeles. I am a moderate who can’t stand the ultra left and ultra right. Bass isn’t great and maybe she will lose to the progressive who will run against her? She would have much rather been running against Pratt in November! She would have had a 95% of winning against Pratt. Maybe a 60% chance now against Raman. Anyone who thinks there is fraud is happening is either incredibly stupid OR purposefully lying—no other choices. Statistically and indisputably, 75% of Los Angeles is either Democrats or independents who lean Democrat because the candidates who are Republican always end up being stupid MAGA clowns since 2016.

Trump got 26% of the vote in Los Angeles in 2024. Pratt will end up with slightly less than that, which makes sense, since he ran his campaign as an obnoxious MAGA asshole in an environment where Trump’s approval ratings are their lowest ever!

Most people in L.A. vote by mail, in a 100.00% legal way, and often wait until the last few days before/on election day to send their ballots in. Those mail-in ballots lean SUPER HEAVILY to Democrats, ironically because the same brainless MAGA cult members attack mail-in-voting and hurt what ever absolutely miniscule chance they have of winning!

So stop the fucking nonsense. Election deniers are among the dumbest organisms—and claiming fraud in this Los Angeles Mayoral election is the dumbest of the dumb.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.”

Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

I guess this was the plan after all.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed our campaign for the US Senate.

We’re building a big tent to take on this corrupt system that Ken Paxton embodies.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Kyle Clark asked Colorado GOP candidate for governor Victor Marx whether voters should believe he’s lived "one of the most extraordinary lives in human history," or whether he’s "a liar and a fraud."

John Oliver: “That might be the first event in history won by the moderator.”

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico:

“I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas. 

And unlike Ken, I believe that you, James, believe in unity over division and that you know how to assemble not only Democrats but Independents and Republicans and we need that right now. 

We need unity, we don't need any more division and that's why I'm supporting you.”

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Karen Newton, 65, from Hertfordshire in England, left home in late July 2025 for the road trip of a lifetime through the United States with her husband Bill. Valid passports. Valid visas. Weeks on the road through California, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. Then they tried to cross into Canada and things fell apart. Canadian officials said Bill didn’t have the right paperwork to bring the car across the border. When the couple turned back to the American side, U.S. border agents found that Bill’s visa had expired. 

Karen’s tourist visa was valid. Her British passport was valid. She has no criminal record. None of it mattered. She was handcuffed, shackled, and spent the night sleeping on the floor of a locked cell before being driven 12 hours through the night to an ICE detention centre. She and her husband spent the next six weeks there. 

She is now warning anyone planning to visit the United States that the situation is “totally out of control” and advises people not to go while Donald Trump is in office. 

A British grandmother. A valid visa. Six weeks in chains.