I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but I'm glad it didn't rain. Initially, I wanted a washout; however, Trump would have used the weather as an excuse for low turnout. I'm pleased the weather held up, highlighting how deeply he is disliked, even on a clear day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the way the soldiers were "marching"!

A big FU to Trump.

Exactly.

An military boarding school or ROTC has clean lines and troops marching in step. This was willful and glorious.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Wow the way the soldiers were "marching"!

A big FU to Trump.

+1

So the songs performed by Warren Zeiders were about a "poison" romance and waiting for the electric chair?

I mean, who picked the music yesterday?

At the No Kings rally I was at yesterday (part of the organizers) we had (not in order)
-60s music before the official start, including Pete Seeger Guantanamera (song always makes me want to cry)
-one native american drum group also singing chants, and a solo native american singing indigenous song (in native language)
-a chicago blues-y song performed by an itinerant 60 year old woman protester about justice and freedom
-national anthem soloist
plus we have a trumpet and drums group who do a variety of songs during events

(local PD told leadership at the end they were impressed with the professionalism and level of organization--and no, no George Soros checks, one of the our Indivisible chapter founders is a local VA physician))

Decided to watch bits of it online. Besides the use of sponsors, the announcer's game show host diction is just weird.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow the way the soldiers were "marching"!

A big FU to Trump.

Exactly.

An military boarding school or ROTC has clean lines and troops marching in step. This was willful and glorious.

+1

Welcome to the resistance, Army.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they had just done a huge display of army equipment from different times in history and avoided the whole parade/president’s birthday angle, it would have been mobbed with attendees, particularly those with little kids.

Don't need a parade for that, though. Just put them in museums.

Exactly. And it’s free!

https://www.thenmusa.org/

Anonymous wrote:For anyone interested the parade is supposed to start at 6:30 pm and find at 9:45 pm rain or shine.

I would watch it if Elon paid me $100,000,000 certified check.
OK, so I'm for sale!


https://fortune.com/2025/06/14/watch-stream-army-trump-military-parade-live-online-free-without-cable-2025-what-channel/

3 HOURS? Wow. I thought an hour of just watching tanks and soldiers marching would be boring that that's nuts. Did they at least have any fancy drum and bugle or rifle displays?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gets me....I get it that progressives and folks supporting "No Kings" wouldn't go to this event. But where were all the MAGAs and Trump supporters? I thought MAGA LOVED Trump and MAGA LOVED our military.

Why did they shun this event? I would have expected a million MAGA on the Mall for this.

What happened?

I wondered the same. Maybe they all had flashbacks to inauguration and were afraid they would be put up in an arena while billionaires got all the seats? Or they can no longer afford to travel? Or they don’t have time to travel because they have to do all the work their immigrant employees used to do?

TBH, I think watching tanks and soldiers pass by for however long it was makes for a very boring parade. I watched part of it online where they were doing the history lesson, and I think that would go in one ear and out the other--and I'm someone who loves reading history.

Yes they had the helicopters that prop washed peaceful protesters in the Battle of DC. Too bad the US marines were not invited. They could have reacted arrested US civilians in the battle of LA!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gets me....I get it that progressives and folks supporting "No Kings" wouldn't go to this event. But where were all the MAGAs and Trump supporters? I thought MAGA LOVED Trump and MAGA LOVED our military.

Why did they shun this event? I would have expected a million MAGA on the Mall for this.

What happened?

I wondered the same. Maybe they all had flashbacks to inauguration and were afraid they would be put up in an arena while billionaires got all the seats? Or they can no longer afford to travel? Or they don’t have time to travel because they have to do all the work their immigrant employees used to do?

TBH, I think watching tanks and soldiers pass by for however long it was makes for a very boring parade. I watched part of it online where they were doing the history lesson, and I think that would go in one ear and out the other--and I'm someone who loves reading history.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know who decided on "Fortunate Son" for the music but that person is my personal hero!

I hope they don't fire whoever did it.

Trump has used “Fortunate Son” at his rallies for years (along with “YMCA”).

The fact that the first song is a Vietnam War protest song, skewering people just like him, and that the second song has been a gay anthem since the 1970s whether it was written that way or not just shows what an unaware idiot Trump is.

He is either surrounded by advisors just like himself or some absolute trolls.

Why didn't the sec.of Defense teach Trump how to salute properly? Of course, it was a blessing that his salute his half his ugly orange face.

Geez people give our soldiers a chance. This is only their first time marching for the Fuhrer.

I don't know who decided on "Fortunate Son" for the music but that person is my personal hero!