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Raw Story @rawstory.com
Jul 3, 05:34 PM

House Democrats are alleging "massive Trump fraud" in a new probe that accuses the White House of staging a "hostile takeover" of America's 250th birthday celebration, according to investigative journalist Scott MacFarlane. #America250 #Freedom250

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"House Democrats are alleging massive Trump fraud in a new probe over what they call a hostile takeover of America's 250th birthday celebration. "'If I had to use one word, it would be corruption and deception,' said House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member, Representative Jared Huffman, who released an interim report titled, From Vanity to Insanity, How the White House Cheated the American People Out of Their 250th Birthday. The report says the White House first tried to bend America 250, the nonpartisan birthday commission Congress created in 2016, then created Freedom 250 LLC to infiltrate the celebrations with what the report calls President Donald Trump's extreme partisan agenda. Huffman said America 250 was promised $100 million from Congress, but that amount was reduced to less than $25 million. And for citizens who donated to America 250, the report alleges they were instead given Freedom 250's banking information. The donors may well have been defrauded in a way that could constitute wire fraud, Huffman explained. Read more at rawstory.com."

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · Jul 3, 03:45 PM

House Democrats are alleging "massive Trump fraud" in a new probe that accuses the White House of staging a "hostile takeover" of America's 250th birthday celebration, according to investigative journalist Scott MacFarlane. #America250 #Freedom250

<div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:wrlgqv6sa3axvb73cp22qw6x/bafkreigbeuigh6x23lqf6nonx3vlv75jaqqvfgwk7zortjfyqhxlexh5wu" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">RepugnantCon </span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@repugnantcon.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 04:00 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">This isnt even a fraction of his financial and humanity crimes while in office</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:umed6dkjt3xdq6bnjdiqwk4j/bafkreidpqaxiopos4vlpsfn3sflzmhag4zvf6pqyf2ysy5ao4lys5e3maq" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">rbus39337410.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@rbus39337410.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 04:30 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words"></p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:slv3rjhdks23mcpoezx3rf5u/bafkreid3b2pavrscde7sot2lbbao4dgyefofbzqawkicfzqf62ld27gn74" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Steph Scythes: 1775-2025+ 💀☢️🇺🇸☣️💀 The American Devolution</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@stephscythes.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 4, 11:49 AM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">#ItsJustBusiness should be the catch-phrase for ☢️💀47💀☣️ &#39;s turning #America250 into a #narcissistic &amp;amp; #corrupt farce. The phrase was coined and commonly used by Otto Berman, an accountant for #gangsters in the 1930’s. medium.com/@srcamm/it-s...</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:o6l4h4eatkv5vxhou7uxwlng/bafkreic53mlm57jg7aqa35njlio2zz2gjld66zs6z4gobqteipaewm5rmm" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">☣ Political Soup™</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@jor3lofkrypton.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 03:50 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Trump is hoping that his MAGA cuckservative Rethuglicunts in the House and Senate come November will repel a forecasted &#39;tsunami&#39; and bigly &amp;quot;blue wave&amp;quot; of change for the country .. Surf&#39;s up ..</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:ngqj5nuwahrbkck47r2lxmvj/bafkreihendwqc4isugbpxknxeohpwkkpwnu4ejngrtkjiyrvjb26a5as3e" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Lance Axelrod</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@lanceaxelrod.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 03:53 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Jeez I don&#39;t know......of course he did</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:7gbjssyed5y4prut7lhaewaz/bafkreieyznnwrb5cnf2cbu6kcqekbv22id6klbajlyvi2ydkbczyqxvrta" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">ypca05.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@ypca05.bsky.social</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 08:20 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Oh great, the Dems continue using the same tired playbook that even senile Donnie has figured out. Sternly worded letters mean nothing to an illiterate imbecile, my apologies to imbeciles. Almost every citizen knows Donnie is corrupt, how about doing something effective you feckless cowards.</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div> <div class="border-l-2 border-slate-800/60 pl-4 py-2 mt-3 ml-2"> <div class="flex items-start gap-2.5"> <!-- Avatar --> <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:4fjlxgdpuqxfqnzvvbj56q5f/bafkreihe7rs6sospe2fwstyqdwkpkja3bcxstlp5f74udwfiqcqfoyzxvq" class="w-6 h-6 rounded-full shrink-0 border border-slate-800" /> <!-- Comment Content --> <div class="flex-1 min-w-0"> <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mb-1"> <span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Raw Story</span> <span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@rawstory.com</span> <span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 03:45 PM</span> </div> <p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">👉️ bit.ly/446sSx9</p> </div> </div> <!-- Replies --> </div>