Originally published at: The Great American State Fair’s Main Exhibit Is Trump Corruption - TPM – Talking Points Memo
WASHINGTON, DC – I visited the Great American State Fair on several days over the past week. Yes, it’s empty. Security is extremely tight, with no clear reason as to why. Federal marshals, Oklahoma state troopers, and others roam the area, providing a mini-museum of cops. The mini-arch is as half-assed as everyone says it is.…
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Huey Long’s National Fair would’ve been just as corrupt, but there would have been free funnel cake, wooden roller coasters, and fossilized remains of cryptids.
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And the grift goes on.
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“the fourth showed conservative weather station WeatherNation TV.”
What’s “conservative weather”?
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I am surprised Josh found anything that was free. They aren’t even giving away keychains or stickers.
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Clearly a case of “Caveat emptor, canicula.”
Also, “Keepin’ it classy.”
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Whenever Trump and his party use “freedom” in the name of some project, it has a new meaning, and it’s not what the founders envisioned for the country. It’s nothing more or less than “freedom to grift.”
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Trump’s miniature Arc de Trump reminds me of this scene from the Spinal Tap movie…with wee folk dancing around a miniature Stonehenge.
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That’s weather which is unaffected by that commie global warming hoax.
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Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
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Is there a My Pillow booth? Or has Mike Lindell finally run out of money?
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American flags branded on a white Freedom 250 background appear to have been made out of a thick pillowcase material.
“You’re welcome!”
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The Ellison family, which also controls CBS, is currently in the process of acquiring the parent company of CNN.
Do we not have any anti-trust laws left?
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Dr. Amen and Dr. Oz, quack, quack.
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OMFG. I had not encountered Daniel Amen for a while. He is a well known quack who exploits people by using SPECT and quantitative EEG to produce BS diagnoses and collect big fees. His diagnostic formulations read more like horoscopes than medical imaging reports. i found it rich that he was being promoted by Dr. Oz. I guess birds of a feather quack together.
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A criminal enterprise, masquerading as a government - see years of Sarah Kendzior writings for all you maybe don’t want to know. The whole bunch of ‘em are it. And every r is fine with this. Every one. Every effin one.
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It’s a channel that wants the National Weather Service to be eliminated so that it can be weather forecaster for all of tv.
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It’s hard to overstate the mismatch between the tens of millions of dollars that have gone to Freedom 250 and the result on the ground (Freedom 250 is putting on other events around the country).
The only question is which collection of shell companies Trump used to divert millions into his own pocket.
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