Federal Budget Cuts Affect US 250th Anniversary Plans

Monday, April 14, 2025

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts ...

Posted by Dbt2 at 12:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

Because Donald Trump admires dictators -- and this is exactly what they do. The Trump team is reportedly planning a military parade from the Pentagon ending at the White House to coincide with Trump's 79th birthday and the Army's 250th anniversary.

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-- Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Comments

Longish story on NEH cuts, etc. Interesting read.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-04-14 09:54 AM

The United States is dead anyway.

There's nothing to celebrate a 250th anniversary for...

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-14 10:12 AM

Stripping social security, medicare and medicaid away from our most vulnerable is nothing to celebrate.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-14 11:53 AM

America's 250th anniversary celebration will be fine thanks to the Trumpf junta. See how happy we will be in 2026? d.newsweek.com

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-14 12:35 PM

When the time comes, I will hoist my middle finger in a low-cost, 1 second, celebration.

#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-04-14 04:15 PM

"at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts ..."

Oh dear. Are they pesky federal budgets cuts becoming a problem for Trumpy's celebration of his dictatorship ?

Mexico gonna pay for that! Or maybe Greenland.

Also. Time for another tax cut for the wealthy. Obviously.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-15 12:29 PM

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