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850,000 fireworks shells lit up the National Mall! It just broke the world record for the biggest fireworks show in history. For comparison, last year’s D.C. Fourth of July show only used around 20,000 shells. I had people in the comments telling me, “Oh, it was the same thing as last year.” No, it wasn’t. Fireworks are cool. They did a good job, end of story. If you want to complain and and whine, you can go to the main D.C. sub or you can go to Bluesky. If you don’t like what I post, you don’t have to engage in itAnd here’s a compilation of all the best videos from the fireworks, and at the end, there’s a full time-lapse of everything.

Darin Von Ruden is a Farmers Union leader who represents a tradition of rural populism. He isn’t a Trump supporter, but he also isn’t an AOC-style progressive. His politics are rooted in advocating for family farms, independent producers, rural communities, cooperative economics, and pushing back against corporate monopolies. That’s a distinct political tradition that’s often misunderstood when people apply today’s partisan labels.

(0:34) This was taken today at a rehearsal for the July 4th performance at the Salute Stage on the Mall. Those dancers are incredibly lucky to not have mortal injuries. EDIT: This is not actually at the Great American State Fair, but at a rehearsal for a separate event also on the Mall (Salute to America 250, which will be on July 4th).

He's really trying to provoke the guy filming into assaulting him. "Do something about it." Then celebrating about an event that, yes killed terrorists, but also killed and maimed civilians, including children. Is this who we really want representing us? Let's not forget that he also wore an Isreali uniform into the halls of Congress.

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2072405940800725254

Former Trump White House staffer Caroline Sunshine defended the Trump administration's decision to accept South African refugees during a CNN panel, arguing that the U.S. has accepted refugees from African countries for years, so she didn't understand why adding South Africa was suddenly being treated differently. The rest of the panel pushed back. Political commentator Leah McGowan told Sunshine, "You're being very obtuse, and it's embarrassing," while pollster Josh Doss agreed, saying she was being "very deliberately obtuse." The debate comes as the Trump administration fast-tracks refugee applications for Afrikaners from South Africa while pausing refugee resettlement for nearly everyone else, including people fleeing war and famine, Critics arque that's exactly why the policy has become so controversial.

First off, you took advantage a Biden era chip bill and charmed your way into the local community promising jobs in chip manufacturing which was going to offer thousands of positions. Then you turned heel and now are stating this factory is primarily going to be a research facility.

During the build, you’ve turned away from consumer grade silicon for computers and hardware that we rely on to supply the chipsets for AI that no one wants, for billionaires that are spending millions trying convince us we need.

To add insult to injury now you Samsung and another company that own 90+% of the market are under scrutiny for price fixing.

What the fuck are you doing in Idaho to actually make a positive impact. Do better Micron.

Taken on Dec. 21, 2025

Credit:
Image Processing: Melina Thévenot
Image Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble WFC3; Michael Wong et al.

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