Freedom 250 | Trump Hijacking Federal celebration?

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“… America250, led by a bipartisan board created by Congress a decade ago to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, has overseen events such as the Army’s 250th anniversary last year. It has also issued grants to state commissions and sponsored initiatives such as a float in this year’s Rose Parade.

Freedom 250, a public-private partnership launched by the White House in December, has emerged as the more publicized and prolific group, with a flurry of high-profile announcements, including some from the Oval Office.

… The groups are also set to share in $150 million appropriated by Congress last year and managed by the Interior Department.

The rapid rise of Freedom 250, with its Trump-tailored programming, has unnerved some liberals and watchdog organizations, who question whether it is wrongly tapping into funds intended for nationwide anniversary celebrations and promising access to the president at a price. Twelve Senate Democrats on Tuesday pressed the Interior Department to provide a “clear accounting” of money routed to Freedom 250, in a letter sent to the Trump administration and shared with The Washington Post….”
 
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“… The Trump Freedom 250 program is embedded with unvarnished Christian nationalist propaganda. It kicks off with a rally on the National Mall called Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, which bills itself as “part of the broader Freedom 250 initiative.”

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Key partners include hyperpolitical pastors like “Let Us Worship” founder Sean Feucht, church-planter and “stadium Christianity” leader Lou Engle, and the televangelist Jentezen Franklin, among other hard-line evangelical leaders. Other speakers include Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Crusader-tattooed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Apart from promising to scare up a handful of extremists from other faith traditions—a torture-defending rabbi is apparently on board—the White House is making little effort to disguise its Christian nationalist agenda. Paula White-Cain, senior faith adviser to the president, said the event “is about the history and the foundations of our nation, which was built on Christian values, on the Bible.” She added, “This is really truly rededicating the country to God.”

It would be more accurate to say that Freedom 250 is fundamentally about rededicating the country to outright corruption. …”
 
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