The Oxymoron of Freedom 250

The Oxymoron of Freedom 250

When SHITHOLE hijacked America 250 to turn it into his “Freedom 250”, he should have kept in mind that, because of him, for many America is not free.

How can you advertise “Freedom 250” for your country on Independence Day when you have hired goons who kidnap and kill innocent Americans? How can you declare “Freedom 250” when your “administration” is ripping rights and services away from disabled Americans? How can Americans feel “free” when they’re struggling to put gas in their cars and food on their tables? “Freedom 250” apparently doesn’t apply to individuals who speak out against the shit this “administration” has been doing. Because the “government” doesn’t like it when people, especially members of the military, speak their mind against SHITHOLE. You think people feel “free” when they have no healthcare? Or when their right to vote is being jeopardized? You think people feel “free” when the very choice of what to do with their own body is taken away? Because SHITHOLE and his “administration” feels that’s how it should be.

On this Independence Day it’s difficult to be a proud American because not everyone in America is free. Today we are a greatly divided nation. But it doesn’t need to be this way.

In his speech on July 3, 2026, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke about the powerful in America and freedom:

The powerful have always known their answer. America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy, where only a select few are allowed freedom, where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, becomes less the more people it welcomes. America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit.  

How small they are, how weak, how unoriginal. At every moment in our past, those who led through exclusion and isolation have tried to win power and enrich themselves by turning us against one another. Division is the oldest trick in politics, and the cheapest. But time and again — including 250 years ago — those forces of division have been vanquished by the forces of progress. As Thomas Paine once wrote, “this new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty […] hither have they fled.” And yet today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted — but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum. As we mark 250 years, what do we see?  

We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions. We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections. We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans. We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands — those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone — and we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few.  

Without saying it, he is quite clearly pointing at SHITHOLE in his statement. Of course, SHITHOLE wouldn’t understand anything he says, because unlike SHITHOLE, Mamdani makes sense.

Maybe in another 50 years America can celebrate a true Independence Day for all.

The Wedding

The Wedding

Unless you’re living on another planet, by now you know that today Taylor and Travis are getting married. Or at least to everyone else they’re getting married. Because allegedly, and I do so believe, they are already married.

Anyway, in celebration of their nuptials, the couple decided to make sizeable donations to twenty various charities across the country (mainly in states they are associated with). One place called the donation “transforming” for them. Which I think is wonderful and not surprising, considering who Taylor and Travis are.

What is surprising to me is why they waited until days before their wedding to make their donations. If they truly wanted to donate to these places, whether it be to celebrate or just for the hell of it, why not make their donations last Tuesday, on April Fools Day or on January 1st? Or once a month. Or whenever. And for all I know, they have or do make continuous donations. But considering the generous donations associated with their wedding, it’s too bad they can’t get married every day.

And I think it’s admirable that Swifties are taking it upon themselves to make donations of $13.87 to these charities as an honorable gesture to the couple. Maybe T & T are already ahead of the game, but they should be noting to their guests that in lieu of gifts for the couple (because what do they really need?), the guests should make a donation to one of these charities or a charity of their choice.

In my opinion, I’ve always felt true philanthropy is anonymous. I understand it may not always work out that way, but when you donate your time and/or money to something, then toot your own horn about it, it takes away from the meaning.

The Not So Great American State Fair

The Not So Great American State Fair

So it appears that the Great American State Fair is not going so great. And we have to love that for SHITHOLE, don’t we?

First we had the performers pulling out. Then we had at least eight states not showing up.

Confederate flags in North Carolina, and the state isn’t even being represented by the state?

Power going out? Melted ice cream? Overpriced food?

A Ferris wheel (the only ride) with enclosed seating. An automatic hot box.

The weather sucks. Vanilla Ice couldn’t play. Boo hoo.

A pervert dressed as Uncle Sam who was arrested for performing a sexual act during a Cirque Mechanics performance.

Can hardly wait to see what happens next!

If you are someone who doesn’t enjoy crowds and wants a few laughs at SHITHOLE’S expense, the Not So Great American State Fair sounds like the place to be.

Not Guaranteed Local

Not Guaranteed Local

IHeartRadio may hark on being “guaranteed human”, which really makes no sense, especially on the stations that have no commercials or radio personalities. But one thing IHeart better not hark on is being “guaranteed local”. Because as we learned this week, being “local” is not what IHeart is all about.

This week around the country, many local radio personalities were relieved from their positions. Most of them had been in their jobs, at their stations, for at least a decade. Some even more than a decade.

Sadly in my area of central Massachusetts WSRS and WHYN parted ways with morning personality Chris Zito. Now I have followed Zito’s radio career for about twenty-five years, through various stations in Massachusetts. He had been with WSRS for close to 15 years. And he’s local. When he talks about Big Y, you know what he’s talking about and you know he’s been there. When he talks about Jim’s Christmas Trees or the Worcester County Food Bank, you know he’s familiar with both of those places. Especially since WSRS always did an annual Worcester County food drive every holiday season.

So now who do they have replacing Zito in the Morning? Jodi, Sam and Murphy, who are a syndicated trio out of Louisiana and heard on 80-something other radio stations around the country. Yeah, I’m not listening. Oddly enough WSRS still has Zito in the Morning listed on their web site.

Because Jodi, Sam and Murphy aren’t going to be doing the annual Worcester County food drive in December. Because they’re not in Worcester county. They won’t be talking about Big Y or Jim’s Christmas Trees. Or anything else local to anywhere in Massachusetts. Because they’re in East Assfuck, Louisiana.

Let me tell you why having a local radio personality on your local radio station is important. In 2011 our area suffered a tornado, causing a great deal of damage, especially in the next town over from me. My husband and I had just pulled into the driveway and were listening to WSRS (pre-IHeart bullshit). Tom Holt was the afternoon local radio personality, and he was urgently warning listeners about the possibility of a tornado, stating “get in your basements NOW!”. Thank goodness his voice was on the air to warn us. It was consoling to know someone on the air was looking out for us.

Fast forward to just last week. We had a tornado warning again. Our phones blared the warning. We proceeded to the basement. While there I stupidly turned on WSRS only to hear Jeff Stevens broadcasting. I thought maybe he’d give us some information about the storm or tornado. Then it occurred to me that Jeff Stevens is not local. In fact, I discovered Jeff Stevens is based in Ohio. Well, that’s not going to help me much if I’m having a tornado in Massachusetts, is it? Plus his show is more than likely taped. As I’m sure most of them are. Even Zito’s.

But at least Zito was local and a well-liked familiar voice. It’s just sad to see what radio has become.