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(4,728 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:31 AM 9 hrs ago

Ranking Member Huffman Releases Report on How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday to Enrich Himself, Sell Access

July 02, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released a new 55-page report following months of investigative work by Committee Democrats exposing how Donald Trump hijacked what was supposed to be a unifying, non-political celebration of our country's 250th birthday and made it all about him – his vanity projects, his political and religious agenda, his business ventures, and his cronies who gorged on public funds under cover of a shadow corporation shielded from public scrutiny.

MORE AT LINK.

https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-huffman-releases-report-on-how-trump-hijacked-americas-250th-birthday-to-enrich-himself-sell-access-and-harvest-americans-data

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Ranking Member Huffman Releases Report on How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday to Enrich Himself, Sell Access (Original Post) 634-5789 9 hrs ago OP
he shd b impeached for this alone. mopinko 7 hrs ago #1
I'm with ya . Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #2
Impeachment is too good for him radical noodle 6 hrs ago #5
of course. mopinko 6 hrs ago #6
Thx for posting happy feet 7 hrs ago #3
And all elected repugs are ok with whatever he does, KS Toronado 6 hrs ago #4
Same thought came to me immediately mdbl 5 hrs ago #7
Bump. miyazaki 4 hrs ago #8
direct link to d/l https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report2.pdf eppur_se_muova 3 hrs ago #9
Indeed, he did hijack the 250th anniversary of our independence... kentuck 3 hrs ago #10
Job well done by Rep. Huffman and Natural Resources committee dems DemocracyForever 2 hrs ago #11
Of COURSE Trump turned America's 250th birthday into something he could summer_in_TX 2 hrs ago #12

mopinko

(74,270 posts)
1. he shd b impeached for this alone.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 07:36 AM
7 hrs ago

yes, i’m dreaming, but damn. it breaks my heart to see our 250th an occasion for more sorrow than joy.

happy feet

(1,315 posts)
3. Thx for posting
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 07:56 AM
7 hrs ago

This is the kind of hard, detailed behind the scenes work the public doesn’t appreciate. Belies the lie that “…Dems aren’t doing anything…”🙄

mdbl

(9,019 posts)
7. Same thought came to me immediately
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:10 AM
5 hrs ago

I was going to say notice how no repugs say anything. I guess they don't realize how corrupt they are looking - nor do they care it seems. As long as Fux nooze doesn't say anything about it they think they're in the clear.

kentuck

(116,165 posts)
10. Indeed, he did hijack the 250th anniversary of our independence...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:22 AM
3 hrs ago

He was going to have a booth for each state in the Union and it would be like a "state fair" on a national level. But he couldn't resist making it about him, and not about America, or our people. He had a replica made from plywood of his planned Arc de Trump set up at the end of the state fair presentations. He just had to make it about himself. Such an important date and celebration was just begging to be "trumped".

On top of that, he wanted to make money off the events. There doesn't seem to be anything in the world, that is more valuable on its own than Trump making a profit from it.

And laws were broken in the process.

DemocracyForever

(367 posts)
11. Job well done by Rep. Huffman and Natural Resources committee dems
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:32 PM
2 hrs ago

to expose this sewage. Chris Hayes interviewed him yesterday about this well researched, comprehensive report.

summer_in_TX

(4,383 posts)
12. Of COURSE Trump turned America's 250th birthday into something he could
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

personally profit from.

That's just who he is – the single most corrupt president in American history.

🤑

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