this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
232 points (98.3% liked)

politics

31081 readers
2519 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
  3. No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
  4. No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
all 20 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 97 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It has succeeded at its primary goal, though: siphon government cash into the pockets of the Trump family, and their friends

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Trump’s Freedom 250 stage falls apart while dancers rehearse on it — with one piece narrowly missing a performer

either he funneled a ton of money to friends/family, or to the lowest bidder. either way, if you're little people, then you're literally risking your life getting involved in a gig having anything to do with trump

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

This event is falling apart harder than the sketchiest traveling carnival in the country. Fitting for the Grandmaster Clown's birthday party.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Bidding? You're quiant.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used to work at a tourist attraction that would host events and performances in the large fields on their property. I've seen thousands of people packed and milling about in open spaces like this.

Looking at the pictures of this shitshow, I'd be incredibly surprised if the visitor count cracked 1500 on any given day. The crowd size for a lot of these pics looks like it's maybe a few hundred.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember how our country put aside a whole mess of our tax dollars to put on a good show when 250 finally hit?

Well the Dump crime family and the Pedo Party stole it.

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but nobody in the usa seem to care. By the time people start to revolt it’ll be too late.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its just easier to complain online to internet nobodies, than it is to go out and vote.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

Well, that's why Facebook exists. The purpose of a system is what it does.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why is his pedo golf course not burning olyet

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

Too far from my house to bicycle to.

[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago

suggesting pictures don't tell the whole story

So formless spirits are counted as attendees now?