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A Celebration Not Everyone Welcomes?

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13.06.2026

As we get closer to honoring America at 250, it seems like not everyone wants to celebrate.

For example, there has been some deliberate damage recently in our nation’s capital in order to sabotage America’s 250th anniversary celebration.

Anthony Blair writes  in The New York Post: “Vandals sabotaged generators at President Trump's Freedom 250 event, according to a spokeswoman — and fuel leached into underground water tanks, contaminating them.”

And, of course, we keep hearing about celebrities now refusing to participate in America at 250 events, reportedly because they don’t like President Trump. Even Bill Maher notes that such actions can make it appear that they “don’t really love America.”

Another story speaks of a large swath of Americans who are not happy about the nation, regardless of its 250th birthday.  Greg Price notes in a post on X (formerly, Twitter): “According to a new Elon University/YouGov poll, a full *55%* of Democrats said that they would rather live in a different country than the United States. Only 10% of Republicans said the same.”

In short, not every American is happy about America at 250 — to put it mildly. That’s astounding — especially when you consider those who will risk their lives to come here, to try and get a shot at the potential opportunities America can still........

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