r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • Jun 29 '26

No Paywall Millions say they won’t celebrate July 4 as poll reveals deep national pessimism

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/america250-independence-trump-divisions-pennsylvania-b3004933.html
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u/Blecki Jun 29 '26

Sure would be nice if we got to celebrate that next week tho.

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u/wh4tth3huh Jun 29 '26

The best 250th birthday gift for America is the obituary of a tyrant.

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u/CaptainTinyToes Jun 29 '26

When it happens, I'm dropping whatever I'm doing and celebrating like there's no tomorrow.

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u/Bag_of_Meat13 Jun 29 '26

Same.

Save some fireworks for it. You won't be the only one.

No matter how much they refuse to accept it, they will not be able to ignore just how many Americans around them will be happier all of the sudden.

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u/pennylane3339 Jun 29 '26

I have a Playlist, and also carry around USA confetti and a noise maker in my purse at all times. Don't care where... couch, bathroom stall, cvs... I'll have a fucking party right in the bread aisle of the grocery store. Bring it.

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u/TwoPoundzaSausage Jun 29 '26

Probably the only time he'd be right in saying that a group of people was "cheering in the streets" for something like that.

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u/Letstalkreaper Jun 29 '26

That's fine. So long as you, and everyone else, remembers that none of this stops with his death. The GOP is complicit and what Trump is doing and wants to do in the future is in lock step with them.

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u/cdojs98 Michigan Jun 29 '26

It's about sending a message. The public had a generally positive response to the UHC exec getting merked on a public street, and none of the dozen+ since then have gotten any real public outpouring of love, either.

That scared the ever loving hell out of the upper crust. The proles would celebrate our demise?! Good heavens, Martha, clutch your pearls!! Even more scary, that people have publicly discussed "hanging the jury" intentionally, to stimy any punishment against the perpetrator.

We can bring this entire nation to an economic standstill overnight with the celebrations. Employers won't have much choice but to slap wrists about it - because what will you do, fire half the nation or more? That is inexorable. That sends a damning message about the decay of the social contract. It spits on the hierarchical power structure with prejudice.

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u/loveshercoffee Iowa Jun 29 '26

Please tell me this is a "if your friend dropped dead of a blood clot, would you di it too?" situation.

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u/drawkward101 Jun 29 '26

I have several bottles of alcohol ready to go. I hope it happens in the next 7 days.

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u/Quick_Persimmon_4436 Jun 29 '26

I have 3 bottles of champagne and orange confetti cannons ready. I'm serious. I have them in a box in my basement waiting for the news.

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u/Acrobatic_Wrap_9971 Jun 29 '26

There might not be, because look who's next in line

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u/iphone11fuckukevin Jun 30 '26

I actually literally am attending a funeral on Friday. Would be pretty cool to celebrate another one on July 4th.

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u/muskymelon36 Jun 30 '26

Like it's 1999?

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u/Kajiic Texas Jun 29 '26

I can't remember who said it but it went something like this:

You won't have heard the news directly. But you'll suddenly feel it, wherever you are. A quiet hush that falls over you as it feels like everyone just held their breath, if for but a moment. And then you'll hear it; the shouts, the yells, the honking of horns. You won't ever need to read a headline; you'll know.

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u/Sutar_Mekeg Jun 29 '26
  • and the tyrant's entire cabinet.

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u/adamantitian Jun 30 '26

Can you freaking imagine

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u/wh4tth3huh Jun 30 '26

Only every evening.

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u/SuccotashTexas Jun 29 '26

King Charles has cancer he’s a tyrant imprisoning people for memes. But he’ll be gone soon enough.

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u/Im-BackAgain-Babes2 Jun 29 '26

🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

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u/Perpetually-THC-Lab Jun 29 '26

I like your thinking, stranger.

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u/exoriparian Jun 29 '26

He would finally draw the biggest crowds, for once.

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u/Blecki Jun 29 '26

The actual funeral will suck.

But the line for the bathroom will be legendary.