President Donald Trump has taken an extraordinary step in his efforts to turn his birthday into a national celebration, with the National Park Service revealing that on June 14, his birthday, admission to national parks will be free for U.S. citizens.

In addition, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth have been removed from the schedule of free park admission days, despite both being federally recognized holidays.

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      18 days ago

      Also, gorsh, I wonder what Juneteenth and MLK Jr. day have in common that Republicans and only Republicans dislike so much?

      I find it simply hilarious that, even still, now that their mask has been completely removed, you still have conservatives and Republicans trying that age-old chestnut about how it is really the Democrats that are the racists, because Lincoln was a Republican, and because of the Dixiecrats. And trying to yadda yadda something about Robert Byrd, etc.

      All while they go apoplectic about “woke”, DEI, CRT and “political correctness”, etc…

      Of course, entirely ignoring everything that had happened in more recent times, like the Southern Strategy, and the Civil Rights movement, etc…there was some Republican idiot on the DP comment section that even kept rejecting the Southern Strategy as fake news for some contrived reason that only made sense in his head.

      It was always so goddamned pathetic, just like their attempt to tie socialism to Nazis merely because of the label, even if it’s easy to point out the fact that the Nazis targeted unions, Communists and socialists.

      But the fact that they are still trying this nonsense is beyond pathetic.

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      18 days ago

      You know how it is with sausage making, the end result is not exactly what you originally wanted

      I for one look forward to celebrating his Deathday every year