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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,537 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 05:45 PM 14 hrs ago

Michael Cohen - The Real Parade Was in the Streets

Let me paint you a picture: It’s Trump’s 79th birthday. The man is nearly an octogenarian toddler, strutting around like a birthday boy on a sugar high. It’s also the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, so naturally, he hijacked the occasion with a parade for himself. Tanks rolling down Constitution Avenue, fighter jets slicing the sky, soldiers paraded like action figures. He tried to cosplay as Caesar again—except Caesar had the decency to be assassinated before he declared himself emperor.

And yet, outside the barricades, in every city, in every time zone, America screamed back: No Kings. Somewhere between 7 and 11 million Americans took to the streets. Let that sink in. That’s not a protest; that’s a reckoning.

They came out for a hundred reasons. Tariffs that are crushing small businesses. Mass deportations that are tearing families apart. The economic chaos. The lies. The criminality. The cruelty. All of it. This was a movement, not a moment.

And still, what did the Sunday shows lead with? “Sparse turnout at Trump’s Military Birthday Bash.” Really? That’s the headline?

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-real-parade-was-in-the-streets

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Michael Cohen - The Real Parade Was in the Streets (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 14 hrs ago OP
Thanks, Michael Cohen. Paladin 13 hrs ago #1

Paladin

(30,737 posts)
1. Thanks, Michael Cohen.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 06:39 PM
13 hrs ago

Do us a favor and pass this along to the NY Times and the rest of the clueless mainstream media---who managed to by-and-large miss the biggest public uprising in this country's history. Unforgivable negligence, and yet another gift to trump.

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