Future holiday celebrations will be big money makers for Trump and cronies. They'll be about promoting ideology and harvesting donor data through controversial shadow LLCs designed to siphon donor's money away from legitimate organizations.
This 4th of July was the blueprint for future holidays. Because Trump wanted to warp the holiday into another vehicle to make money and a showcase focused upon him, he backed a private LLC called Freedom 250 to take over all the events celebrating America's 250th anniversary, despite the fact that there is already a bipartisan organization called America 250 that's been planning events for a decade.
There's a congressional investigation surrounding the funding and takeover of the 250th events. House Democrats allege that Trump allies illegally redirected millions of dollars in federal funds away from the congressionally approved America 250.
The 55-page interim report accused the Trump-backed Freedom 250 LLC of potential wire fraud and deceptive fundraising of the nation's 250-anniversary events. The shadow organization was created inside the National Park Foundation and re-routed donations from federal funds allocated by Congress for America 250.
The result was predictable.
Activities planned by Freedom 250 have been disasters. The organizers put together a 4th of July salute to Trump and the country that has further divided the United States of America. We can expect future events to be dripping with white nationalism and praise for dear leader. While there's no way around that there are ways of fighting back with counter events and protests.
Come November we can show what we think of this authoritarian regime by voting against Trump's handpicked lapdogs and regaining the House and possibly the Senate setting the stage for investigations into the massive grifting by Trump and his billionaire buddies.
As it Stands, as cliche as it sounds, we must never stop fighting for our freedoms from those who would take them from us.
