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OMG -- Trump's fair is now open for the day and THERE IS LITERALLY NOBODY THERE. Check out Fox News's live shot! I count maybe one attendee.

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There is some Shade going on here by Fox, for sure. No way the Zero participation is this obvious without them being in on the gag.

Yesterday Foxites were spouting the lie that the dangerous heat in DC "is a dry heat" in an apparent effort to convince the faithful to risk heatstroke so Dear Leader has crowds for his poorly-planned takeover of the Capitol Fourth.

While they yammer on about the "far left candidates calling to abolish ICE" as though they hold the popular opinion and not the fascist faction entirely marginalized by society. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

OMG -- Trump's fair is now open for the day and THERE IS LITERALLY NOBODY THERE. Check out Fox News's live shot! I count maybe one attendee.

I recognize that on Fox the demented blathering of the threat of a one world government conspiracy established on a slippery slope argument that if you take away the American Gestapo you will end in the camps is just another Thursday. But WTF?!?

Well, it’s too freaking hot for many people with health issues and older folks, and a workday. And folks like me, who wouldn’t be there under any circumstances.

These Fox tools aren't "covering" the fair - there's nothing to report on that a 30 second spot wouldn't handle - they're just spewing Trump lies and rightwing hate as usual. But the heat alone today would keep people away from hanging outside even if Trump hadn't hijacked the party.

Is MSM saying anything about this...? Or is it crickets? NPR is crickets from what I've heard. Can you imagine if - I know I know - but CAN you imagine if this was Biden? Obama????

Even if it were the best fair ever - it's going to be WAY TOO HOT the next few days. 🔥 No one is going to go out in this heat for a lame-ass, partisan, nothing burger event.

Living in the DC area, I can tell you that they did almost nothing to publicize this. Most people here wouldn't go anyway, but I think a lot of people didn't know about it. The mall is always full for the fireworks. Some people will stay away this year. There will probably be a crowd tomorrow.

What is the general vibe about the quantity of fireworks this year and the anticipated impact on air quality? Are people paying attention, or are they just going about with their routines and assuming it will be ai.ilar to previous years?

Well, we heard they won't go off until 11 pm. So, that will also keep the crowds away. Fireworks go off in the city all night on the 4th. When I lived on the Hill we'd hear them until 2-3 am. So, it will be loud and long and we're getting ready for that.

I've only done DC July 4th fireworks back when it was still America, but I'm guessing the thunderstorms won't help either, and having more than one firework explosion per DC resident should mean you don't need to be anywhere near the Mall to catch the show.

The saddest part is that in no way will they read this as an indictment of themselves. They'll immediately pivot to making it someone else's fault because they are the most pathetic underdeveloped whiny babies ever to live in the US of A.

Wasn't this same place full last night for FIFA US team? So like, they know we know what it looks like when this place is full ...

Apparently, MAGA on social media is mostly a bunch of robots, plus a few over-compensating older males who feel powerless, insecure in their manliness, left behind by economic trends.

"Far-Left Candidates Calling to Abolish ICE" is not only Fox News trying to shift the Overton Window to pretend anybody left of Mitt Romney is the Far Left, but also the Democratic Center Leaders failing to abolish ICE.

This offers some context about why these pathetic events keep getting funded: bsky.app/profile/empt...

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

The other day I noted the only way Trump would keep paying Event Strategies to put together humiliating public events is if it were a vehicle for corruption. Today, Natural Resource Dems released a report substantiating that corruption. emptywheel.net/2026/06/29/t...

Also let's not gloss over the fact that Laura Ingraham is promoting a conspiracy theory that has been used throughout history to attack and harm marginalized groups.

And therein lies the problem, “Trump’s fair.” Originally this was a bipartisan affair to celebrate this momentous moment in history, however Trump being Trump, he made it all about himself. In no way shape or form does Trump respect our nation.

I hope that everyone has just decided to silently boycott this entire national embarrassment - including the DC fireworks. May he sputter into the dark void that night, in the full shame he should feel.

But, but I heard from an "official" that over 150,000 people have attended since the opening* *Which if true, and we know it's not, would still be a poor showing.

I don't understand why they keep doing the live broadcast thing, when the entire backdrop is devoid of people. I mean, at this point, no crowds are likely to descend upon the fair. Why not go back to the studio and stop the daily humiliation?

They keep trying to convince the MAGAT audience: "look at the crowds, there are lines everywhere. Your eyelids are getting heavy, you're getting sleepy. Look at the size of this crowd, it's huge!"

TBF, my wife and I just walked about a mile in our Alexandria neighborhood, a few miles from the mall, and we couldn't get back home fast enough. It's unpleasant to say the least. The fair now has cover for its failure.

I mean us? We would have LEAPT at the chance to go to DC to see a pathetic single Ferris wheel with hotboxes-they’re glassed in!!!! A tent with a guy dressed as a beaver and a broke down D lister playing to a crowd of 10. In 110 degree heat. It’s such a shame-I blame it on too many video games

It is unusual to see footage on Fox that creates real laughter, but this live feed of the fair that goes on for days, is basically a rare gem of satirical humor played totally straight by the skilled professional propagandists that fulfill Rupert Murdoch's true purpose in life, to confuse Americans.

It's hot in DC. Really, really hot. Dangerously hot. Which is exactly the same kind of hot that it is every year, and every year, thousands of people turn out for it. This year is not about the heat.