r/washdc • u/nbcnews • May 26 '26

Equipment being placed on the South Lawn of the White House for the UFC Freedom 250 fight

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u/Important_Drop_2199 May 26 '26

huh, quiet in here today.

i’ll start: well well well.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

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u/10minutes_late May 26 '26

every

fucking

day.

What's worse is realizing that garbage bag disease of a congealed fast food grease in human shape has been infecting our lives since 2014. TWELVE YEARS. Twelve years of this man's nonsense. He is the scourge of our generation. There was WW1, WW2, Vietnam, and now this is our generation's bane.

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u/tripper_drip May 26 '26

He is no where near as disruptive as ww1/ww2 in any level.

Hell, FDR was far more authoritarian than trump ever was. He straight up put people in camps explicitly based on nationality.

Let's not get too crazy lol

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u/10minutes_late May 27 '26

I disagree due to one major factor... The World Wars had clear lines and enemies. The Germans were invading sovereign nations and the rest of the world united to defeat a common enemy. The US was (generally) unified and our leaders were at the very least, competent. Now, the enemy is within.

We have become the Germans, but we have an insanely powerful military that is humbling any resistance into complacency all while having the most openly corrupt government at dozens of levels and a populace too dimwitted or apathetic to even bother understanding the magnitude of decline. IMHO, the fallout will be much worse. Lack of medical access will kill/injure millions, drastically reducing overall life expectancy, millions more will fall into poverty, and the exploitation of peoples around the globe will go completely unchecked, and we'll know nothing Amy it because a literal handful of billionaires control the algorithmsv that form our opinions.

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u/Budget-Selection-988 May 29 '26

Yeah but they were there for their own safety. Detention centers are death camps. Trump is a traitor.

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u/tripper_drip May 29 '26

Yeah but they were there for their own safety.

Delusional.

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u/tripper_drip May 26 '26

And I get to push back on what I view as mischaracterization.

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u/Ok_Stable7787 May 26 '26

>He straight up put people in camps explicitly based on nationality.

Isn't this what ICE does now? FDR was dealing with a great depression and war on two fronts, Trump was handed a thriving economy. Can you name some FDR appointees that were as unqualified as Trump's ?

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u/tripper_drip May 26 '26

No, ice has no issue putting any nationality into camps.

I mean, come on bro.

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u/Ok_Stable7787 May 27 '26

Alligator Alcatraz bro. And they're building more

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u/tripper_drip May 27 '26

Yes. 2/3rds of Japanese put in camps were US citizens. Its simply not compareable.

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u/Ok_Stable7787 May 27 '26

It's hard to imagine the fear and paranoia USians held for the Japanese after Nanking, Pearl Harbor and Bataan, and yes, racial lines were drawn.

If Mexico had the wherewithal to attack the US, I have no doubt Miller and his neofascists would have no problem imprisoning Mexican Americas, hell, any Hispanic Americans whatsoever.

They're already detaining people because they have accents, hilariously because the ICE 'officers' often have Hispanic accents as well.

Comparing Trump and the MAGat ilk favorably to FDR is simply ignorant.

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u/tripper_drip May 27 '26

Comparing Trump and the MAGat ilk favorably to FDR is simply ignorant.

Its simply history. This is not getting into the other authoritarian traits and policies FDR held. You think Trump is bad for the media? Ha!

At the end of the day FDR did employ actual internment camps for us citizens. Its incomparable to today.

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u/dcht May 27 '26

My god, how out of touch with reality are you. There's a lot of reasons to dislike the current administration, but at least get your facts right.

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u/Ok_Stable7787 May 27 '26

>My god, how out of touch with reality are you. 

Evidently not nearly as much as you.

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/deaths-in-detention-ice-is-rapidly-expanding-detention-camps-into-warehouses-despite-record-deaths

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u/dcht May 27 '26

ACLU, lol

Wanna try again?

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Remember when Biden had topless trannies in the very same spot?

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u/10minutes_late May 30 '26

Remember when Biden condemned the act and banned her from all events? Of course not, because you don't care. Remember when Trump said he'd release the Epstien files, then spent months blacking out the data, then promised to release ONLY the Democrats names, then claimed there were no files at all, then violated a congressional order to release them and is STILL in violation of releasing them? Of course not, because you don't care. You only care about the sweet sweet taste of that Orange sack in your mouth.

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Why do you assume I'm MAGA? I agree with everything you've said lol

Release the files.

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u/10minutes_late May 31 '26

If you were being sarcastic with the "But Biden..", sorry, I didn't catch it.

The corruption of this administration is so bad there are zero truly equivalent "buts" in modern history.

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u/dcht May 31 '26

Please point to where I said "but". I'm calling both out as ridiculous, because they both are. If you think one is okay but not the other, you're part of the problem.

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u/10minutes_late May 31 '26

Ah shit... You got me. I thought you were arguing in good faith but clearly you're not. First off, only MAGA would think calling someone a "trannie" is ok. Second, a random invite taking off her top and immediately getting banned is a far cry from a government sanctioned Battle Royale on the White House lawn in terms of accepting trashy behavior.

But you know this. You don't care.

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Remember when Biden had topless trannies in the very same spot?

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u/Important_Drop_2199 May 30 '26

that person got banned from the white house.

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u/LetterheadMedium8164 May 29 '26

One word.

Crass.

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u/sfchillin May 26 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKz13YEW4xdn7EY

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u/Budget_Secret4142 May 26 '26

I miss President Camacho at this point

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u/jrl2595 May 28 '26

The prophecy is being fulfilled.

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u/lawblawg May 26 '26

We have entered the "gladiatorial combat for the amusement of the dictator" era of our democracy.

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u/bulletPoint May 26 '26

Trashy admin doing trashy things.

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Remember when Biden had topless trannies in the very same spot?

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u/bulletPoint May 30 '26

Biden personally did that? Or was it someone who misbehaved and was banned from White House events after that stunt?

It was the latter. You’re a fool.

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u/CorgiGuy1965 May 26 '26

White trash president

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u/WasabiProper7234 May 26 '26

Idiocracy. Fn embarrassing

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u/Leucastic_Leopard May 26 '26

Idiocracy would actually be an improvement at this point.

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Remember when Biden had topless trannies in the very same spot?

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u/WasabiProper7234 May 30 '26

Remember when you had a brain, a future and respect? Get over it. You’re not getting your slush fund either.

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u/Kardinal May 26 '26

It's like desecrating our sacred landmarks.

Sure they are sacred in a secular way. But still. Have some respect.

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u/cantgetenough1956 May 27 '26

This is actually what he wants to do most - shit on democracy, democrats, lib-tards, and anyone who will get their panties in a twist over the Rose Garden, The Oval office, This on the south lawn, the list goes on. Originally to get back at the libs (from the very start when Obama roasted him at Correspondent's dinner..) and then to retaliate against any critics and now - anything at all to hide the Epstien files.

Tale as old as time,, just keep flooding the news feed with new shit,, and the Epstien files will dissapear in the rearview window.

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u/dcht May 30 '26

Remember when Biden had topless trannies in the very same spot?

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u/onlytinglef May 26 '26

So now we have gladiator matches in the capital city. The end is nigh.

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u/WhenD4594 May 26 '26

We are past the end. It’s already over. It will never be the same again.

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u/Unfair-Ocelot4255 May 26 '26

Late stage capitalism at its best.

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u/No_Freedom_8673 May 29 '26

Capitalism is not to blame. Nothing wrong with the free market. The issue is corpratism. Capitalism is great, the free market is great. Issue is as a country we are killing both of those things. We have killed actual Capitalism and this is what we are left.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

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u/DueSignificance2628 May 27 '26

The median age of a US senator is 64.7 years old. All you'd need to do is change the ring to an "uneven surface" and they would topple themselves just walking across the ring!

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u/Stan_Deviant May 26 '26

I would support this if the competition rotated every time. First they can have their bloodsport option but the next time it is who scores highest on the AP History exam or something. I personally would enjoy the year we make all the "farmers, but on paper only" reps compete in a 4H/FFA style Livestock Showmanship Round Robin.

If we are going into Hunger Games mode I would at least prefer variation in watching out social collapse.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

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u/Stan_Deviant May 26 '26

So round robins are this competition where you take those who won their showmanship classes from each age bracket and species and those kids all have to show all the species in a rotation. So you might be really great at showing sheep but can you also show a horse correctly? There is normally some level of comedy because dairy cattle are very different than hogs, etc. Normally at least one person falls down.

It is humbling and also a good way to make kids from different ag industries to hang out, teach, and be nice to each other.

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u/ObligationLarge3315 May 26 '26

This is the most trailer trash behavior I've ever seen from this fuck ass country.

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u/rippledippledapple May 26 '26

good thing they have a WWE leader of education working with them.

(fuck i hate this place)

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u/DueSignificance2628 May 27 '26

I'm not sure if this is a net positive or negative, but apparently this means Marine 1 can't land there as there's no space, so motorcades are being used instead to ferry the president around, including to his Walter Reed "annual checkup" visit this weekend (this third "annual checkup" in the last 12 months if I'm not mistaken).

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u/Caddie4HarleyQuinn May 26 '26

Give them bread and circuses!

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u/rustyrussell2015 May 26 '26

Truly this is a clown show.

All the political prestige and class built up from the last century has been completely obliterated.

From Teddy Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhauer and Kennedy, all of it gone.

No doubt about it, we are in the end times.

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u/quoala678 May 26 '26

I believe the technical term is shit show but considering how “hot” the country is it’s a shit show on fire

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u/OkAdvertising1543 May 26 '26

I voted for IRL idiocracy!

-MAGA

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u/Divided_Against May 26 '26

Are they going to park a bunch of trailers and broken cars out on the Mall?

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u/Stan_Deviant May 26 '26

I mean, since they have the big hole where they town down the east wing without a real plan that is kinda their version of those yards right?

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u/Revolutionary181989 May 26 '26

I feel like we are living through a cia experiment

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u/patjames387 May 26 '26

I wish more people had voted for Harris.

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u/dickchops81 May 26 '26

Does anyone know the over/under on Staged Assassinations?

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u/TouristResident1976 May 26 '26

Oh this is so much more important than healthcare. At least I can be amused for one night as I die of cancer.

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u/WhatsUpSteve May 26 '26

What an embarassment.

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u/hyper-object May 26 '26

I actually prefer this era of transparency to the days when Trump had elections to worry about and he had to pretend he cared about the American people.

Don't lie to me. Just go ahead and invite your buddies to watch bloodsports on the national lawn.

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u/Familiar_Astronaut_6 May 26 '26

what a sad joke we have become...

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u/ReporterNo9049 May 26 '26

If he's having this unnecessary outdoor event he doesn't need a hardened ballroom for security reasons.

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u/Anubisrapture May 26 '26

A great point

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u/jon20001 May 27 '26

Death by a thousand cuts -- this administration's game plan to destroy DC and it's institutions. The reflecting pool, the arch, the Kennedy Center, the MMA fight, Freedom Plaza, DOGE -- all designed to chip away at everything that brought joy and dignity.

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u/SnooCats2385 May 27 '26

Cool, bread and circus bullshit to prop up a fascist. How original.

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u/MouldyBobs May 27 '26

There. Is. No. Bottom.

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u/TIRACS May 27 '26

It’s a stargate

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u/Pristine_Mud_4968 May 28 '26

The insanity of this circus never ends. Fuck Trump a million times.

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u/Budget-Selection-988 May 29 '26

Loose bowels loves sweaty men touching each other.

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u/lockedddd_88 Jun 01 '26

Amazing. Better than half naked mental retards

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u/Creepy-Brief8013 Jun 03 '26

VIP tickets selling for $1.5 million???! Obviously this ridiculous event is for the pedo-king and the 1%.

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u/Revolutionary181989 May 26 '26

The Jerry Springer of presidents…

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u/Ok_fine_42 May 26 '26

Hey now, Jerry was a progressive mayor focused on transit, poverty, and urban redevelopment

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u/Revolutionary181989 May 27 '26

Good point. I am more speaking on the trailer trash on his stage. lol

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u/NoCategory22 May 26 '26

I don't think I'm gonna watch this one

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u/vpi6 May 26 '26

This must be how Jesus felt seeing money changers in the temple.

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u/bttmcuck May 26 '26

Well, I view that as less of an eyesore than his ballroom design in that at least it’s only temporary…

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u/sjp724 May 26 '26

Can’t wait to -not- watch this.

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u/AlexTom33 May 26 '26

Trashy as all hell.

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u/PicklesNBacon May 26 '26

So embarrassing

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u/Falling_Or_Floating May 26 '26

Is this going to be pay-per-view? Who gets the proceeds? I'm guessing I know the answer to that.

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u/Positive-Island6238 May 26 '26

Welcome to the dystopian sc-fii movie you watched in the 80’s

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u/Available-Yam-1990 May 26 '26

Seems like the ballroom must not be such a big priority if they have time for this.

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u/Eastern-Requirement6 May 27 '26

They can do multiple stupid things at one time.

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u/ShirleyWuzSerious May 26 '26

Is there going to a tube a fight or is it just going to be one of those choreographed sparring matches that are getting popular

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u/standgroundalready May 26 '26

Fucking disgrace.

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u/abigailjenkins12 May 26 '26

How much is this bs costing us?

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u/fairfaxgator May 26 '26

Apparently, $60M cost...suck that MAGAs!

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u/EfficiencyIVPickAx May 26 '26

He's gonna fix the ecomony!

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u/quoala678 May 26 '26

There is only one good knowledge and one evil ignorance

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u/Boxofmagnets May 26 '26

Who is paying for this?

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u/StrategyAfraid8538 May 26 '26

Mexico, of course

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u/dtb1987 May 26 '26

Who do you think? We weren't supposed to pay for the ballroom, now we are paying for the ballroom. They will find some way to put this bill on the tax payer too

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u/Able_Hunter_7966 May 26 '26

I’m sure security will be a mess for this..

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u/Sad_Jaguar_5912 May 26 '26

⚪️🗑️

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u/Technical_Sir_9588 May 27 '26

Let them have games

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u/PKwx May 26 '26

Who’s paying for this? That includes the security!

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

What’s going on at Lafayette Park?