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OUR BASTILLE DAY [1]

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Date: 2025-06-13

Trump seems to have become most desirous of a military parade after attending a Bastille Day event in France. The spectacle of troops and military equipment passing a review stand filled a hole somewhere inside him.

The Trump birthday boondoggle that has been thrown together is a $100 million anti-Bastille Day event. Bastille Day celebrates the storming of the prison to prevent incarceration of commoner representatives, in response to reports, that the King intended to do just that. It is a celebration of citizens' rights and freedoms and the birth of a Constitutional democracy.

Treasonweasel* wants to celebrate not only his and the Army's birthdays, but also his administration's denial of rights to citizens and non citizens alike. He assaults and jails elected representatives, fills government positions with billionaires, believes his voice has the weight of a grand jury indictment (like that of Louis XVI) and states, he doesn’t know if he must obey the Constitution. He sends armed soldiers into the streets to harass citizens and suppress protest. He intends the death of Constitutional democracy and the rebirth of dictates from one man rule. Bastille Day celebrates unity in France. Trump’s Anti-Bastille Day celebrates division and authoritarianism in Trump's America. It’s doubtful irony will be recognized but hypocrisy is alive and well in the White House.

This will be our day to stand in defense of similar ideals that throngs held when storming the Bastille.

*Earned May 10, 2017 when two top Russian officials, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were invited to bring a Russian videographer to an American SCIF (the Oval Office) and wander without any American minders (except Trump himself). The event would have remained secret except Russian media bragged about it, forcing the White House to admit it.

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