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Trump Ripped After Forcing National Parks To Drop Free Entry On MLK Day And Juneteenth For Infuriating Reason
President Donald Trump was criticized after the National Park Service announced it will be dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth for next year's calendar of free-entry days and adding Trump's birthday, which happens to fall on Flag Day, on June 14.
Last month, the Department of the Interior unveiled changes to what it now calls its “resident-only patriotic fee-free days,” expanding the calendar to include new dates like the Fourth of July weekend and President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday, while dropping others that had honored the department itself, including the Bureau of Land Management’s anniversary.
Under the revised policy, only U.S. citizens and legal residents will qualify for free entry. Visitors from outside the country will still be required to pay regular admission, and at some parks could face an additional surcharge of up to $100 per person aged 16 and older.
Although both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth have appeared on the fee-free calendar for at least the last two years, the timing of the new policy shift coincides with the Trump administration’s wider campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal, state and local law.
King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights and other civil rights. His actions—particularly as the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)—achieved pivotal legislative gains in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
King’s proposals run directly counter to incrementalism, which he considered an intellectually dishonest method of affecting social change.
Juneteenth is derived from June 19, 1865, when Union troops led by General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and declared that all enslaved African Americans in the state were free.
Although the Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect on January 1, 1863—freeing enslaved people in Confederate states—its enforcement depended on the advance of Union forces. Despite the Civil War ending in April 1865, news and enforcement of emancipation reached the westernmost Confederate state only months later.
While some enslavers in Texas were aware of the Proclamation, it wasn’t until Union troops arrived that the order was meaningfully enforced. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in rebelling states—not nationwide emancipation, which came later with the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
Trump—who has been accused of racism many times—was swiftly called out.
Earlier this year, Trump faced criticism after he took to Truth Social on Juneteenth to whine about the number of "non-working holidays" Americans get, claiming that it costs businesses "billions of dollars."
Trump claimed that "soon we'll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year" and insisted "it must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
This is coming from the same guy who once had a federal lawsuit filed against him in the 1970s alleging his real estate company had a policy of not renting to Black tenants, so let's not act too surprised here.
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MAGA Is Melting Down Over A Pink J. Crew Sweater For Men—And Our Eyes Can't Roll Hard Enough
MAGA fans are melting down over a $168 men's sweater from J. Crew with a fair-isle collar, claiming, in yet another example of the idiocy of the culture wars, that only liberals would actually wear it.
We know what you're thinking... Really?!
The sweater is a bubblegum-pink color, complete with pink, green and purple fair-isle.
The sweater is currently listed on the brand's website and can be seen below.

It garnered significant attention after Juanita Broaddrick, who once accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault and now moonlights as a culture warrior online, posted it along with the following exclamation:
"Are you kidding me?? Men, would you wear this $168 sweater?"
You can see her post below.
Conservatives immediately used her post as an opportunity to attack liberals.
However, pink used to be considered a boys' color.
For instance, in a June 1918 article in the trade publication The Infants’ Department, declared that pink is suitable for boys because it is a "stronger color":
“The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”
According to dress historian Jo Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America, the modern association of pink and blue with gender began to take shape in the 1940s.
Paoletti noted why it's important to understand the history behind these fashion trends:
“Hyper-gendered clothing is part of a system that creates anxiety in children, even those who might be quite content with their biological sex, but reject the cultural norms―for example, girls who are described as ‘tomboys.’"
Liberals were quick to mock their outrage because what's the big deal?
The MAGA fragility is off the charts.
Dem Rep. Has An Idea For A New Line Of Work For MTG After She Leaves Congress—And It Would Certainly Be Something
California Democratic Representative Robert Garcia was elected in November 2022 and even before being sworn in, he was locking horns with one-time MAGA darling and Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
For years, MTG was best known as the QAnon conspiracy theory-spewing, State of the Union heckling, crossfit hyping, Trump ride-or-dying, anti-LGBTQ+ racist MAGA minion from Georgia.
But recently, Trump and the majority of the MAGAsphere have had a falling out with their former attack dog, who in the past had even accosted several of her congressional colleagues on Trump's behalf.
On November 21, the Georgia MAGA Republican announced she'd resign from Congress effective January 5, 2026—just after her lifetime congressional pension and benefits go into effect.
MTG didn't specify what was next for her, but Representative Garcia has a suggestion.
Appearing Thursday on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (WWHL), Representative Garcia fielded a call-in question.
The WWHL viewer asked:
"Which Bravolebrity would make the best politician and which politician would make best Bravolebrity?"
"Bravolebrity" is the term fans and the network use to describe the celebrities who gained the majority of their fame from appearing on one of the reality TV shows on the network that include The Real Housewives franchise Cohen produces.
Representative Garcia responded:
"I do love Heather. Uh, I think [The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's] Heather Gay would actually make a great politician. I think she knows how to maneuver, get along with everybody. She's funny. She's a storyteller. I'm a fan."
As for a politician perfect for reality TV, Representative Garcia answered:
"Right now, the best politician I’d love to see on TV, even though I see her everyday in Congress, would be Marjorie Taylor Greene."
"Cause she has made such a switch in her politics, I think it’d be pretty interesting to see her."
You can watch the moment here:
@bravowwhl Rep. Robert Garcia on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shift #WWHL
Host Cohen then asked:
"You two have had such a kind of a rough history. What do you make of [MTG's] transformation?"
Representative Garcia replied:
"I don’t think anyone should excuse some of the horrible things she has said and the way she’s treated people."
"But I believe that everyone has an opportunity to change. And if she’s genuine in wanting to be a better person and a kind person, I think she should be given the space to do that."
Some people felt MTG's changes were more opportunistic than the result of a genuine reckoning.

Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social was on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen last week and Andy asked him about MTG and I loved his response: He hoped it was a genuine change for her and that people need to have room to learn, grow, improve. But we're unfortunately still talking about MTG.
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— Jeanna (@jeannakelley.com) December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Garcia also said on WWHL that Marjorie, even if she were making a serious ideological change, needed to be held accountable for all of the hateful, awful things she has said and done and I think her response to Leslie Stahl tells us exactly how that would go
— Jeanna (@jeannakelley.com) December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Some offered other answers to the question.




MTG seemingly decided that the Epstein files were her bridge too far with Trump's lies and broken campaign promises.
She joined those supporting Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie's discharge petition to force a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Bill that Massie cosponsored with California Democratic Representative Ro Khanna. GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) was approved by Congress after the discharge petition gained enough signatures to force a vote. It was signed into law by Trump on November 19, 2025. The law mandates the DOJ release all relevant "unclassified" records concerning Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.
The Act requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicly release "unclassified" DOJ documents and records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in a "searchable and downloadable format."
This includes records from investigations, prosecutions, custodial matters, flight logs, travel records, names of individuals and entities connected to Epstein's criminal activities, immunity deals, and internal DOJ communications. The bill specifically states information should not be withheld based on "potential embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
Greene also made several appearances with Epstein survivors before the press leading up to the passage of the discharge petition and bill.
However, she'd previously overlooked, ignored, or excused Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election, his claim Mexico would pay to build the wall he never finished despite diverting military construction money to do it, chants of "Lock her up" at his MAGA rallies, his mocking of disabled people, his 34 felonies, multiple credible sexual assault allegations against him, his defrauding charities, his bragging about committing sexual assault and walking into changing rooms to see underage girls naked, his longtime ties to Epstein, his blatant racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and other assorted bigotries and biases, and his near constant lying.
After MTG joined those demanding Trump keep the promise he campaigned on—to release the full Epstein files gathered by Trump's Department of Justice and the FBI in 2019 to indict and arrest his longtime friend, registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—Trump branded her a traitor.
The files would have become part of the official court records if Epstein had not been found dead in his cell while in the custody Trump's DOJ about a month after his July 2019 arrest during Trump's first term.
The records were then sealed until 2024 due to ongoing litigation against Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell by some of their victims.
Like Epstein, convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell was a longtime friend of Trump's. The Trump administration drew backlash after the felon was moved by Trump's current DOJ, headed by Bondi, to a "Club Fed" prison.
The Trump campaign decided to make releasing the full Epstein files an issue during the 2024 presidential race by promising to release them if Trump was elected.
Unlike Trump's broken promises to build a Mexico-funded wall and send former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to prison, many of his MAGA minions—like MTG—aren't letting this promise go.
Don Jr. Sparks Outrage After Startup Company He Backed Scores Massive Contract With Pentagon
Donald Trump Jr. is facing criticism after The Financial Times reported that Vulcan Elements, a startup he backed, scored a $620 million government contract with the Department of Defense.
The company said the deal falls under a broader $1.4 billion collaboration with the federal government and ReElement Technologies aimed at scaling up U.S. magnet production and strengthening the domestic supply chain.
Trump Jr. became a partner at 1789 Capital in 2024, and Bloomberg previously reported that the firm invested in Vulcan Elements roughly three months ago. That investment followed Vulcan’s August announcement of a $65 million Series A funding round led by Altimeter Capital.
According to the Financial Times, the agreement is the largest contract ever awarded by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital. The paper also reported that at least four companies backed by 1789 have secured federal contracts so far this year. In addition to Vulcan, the firm holds stakes in SpaceX and Anduril, both longtime government contractors.
Vulcan told the Financial Times that Trump Jr. played no role in securing the contract. A spokesperson for Trump Jr. echoed that claim, saying he “had no involvement in negotiations with the government on behalf of 1789’s portfolio companies.”
But considering the Trump family's history of conflicts of interest, people are outraged by the blatant corruption.
The Vulcan Elements disclosure lands only weeks after another Trump Jr.-connected company secured lucrative military business. Unusual Machines, a Florida-based drone manufacturer in which Trump Jr. holds a $4 million stake, recently won a U.S. Army contract to produce 3,500 drone motors.
The Financial Times also reported that the Army has signaled plans “to order an additional 20,000 components” from the company next year.
Earlier this year, Popular Information noted that Unusual Machines brought Trump Jr. on as an adviser shortly after his father’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, despite his having “no notable experience with drones or military contracting.”

People Describe The Deepest Internet 'Rabbit Hole' They've Ever Fallen Down
Who amongst us hasn't wasted HOURS of life surfing the web for things we couldn't help being intrigued by?
Going on the internet for one quick look at a sale, then staying up until sunrise trying to uncover a 50-year-old unsolved murder mystery is totally normal.
Right?
Or watching tons of videos of people falling off stools and laughing.
It's like going to Target for JUST milk and walking out with $500 in credit card debt.
The fall down the internet rabbit holes is real. No joke.
Redditor Helloo_clarice wanted to hear about the times we've all followed a trail of breadcrumbs on the net, not realizing how deep we've gotten into a topic, so they asked:
"What is the deepest Internet rabbit hole you’ve ever fallen into?"
The Climb
"Deaths on mt everest. Started as a curious click on a random article, then got pulled into all the documentaries and articles. It's horrifying."
- KataiiZeher

Pretty Cool
"I don't know if it’s the deepest ever, but during COVID, I was bored like everyone else and joined a Facebook group called 'investigation connection,' and someone posted that they were adopted and looking for their siblings. In another life, I'd be a P.I. and have plenty of time for internet sleuthing. I stayed up all night, but I found a girl's entire family. She had tried her entire life to find them. After COVID, she got to meet them and tagged me in it. Pretty cool."
- s87g
Farewell Grandma...
"Found a Twitter post of someone asking for leads on the author of an abandoned book. It was related to a town in Ireland, so I tried to find a local news outlet to contact. I got distracted by the obituaries on their website and came across one that had a video link that was about to start streaming. And that's how I ended up watching a random Irish grandma's funeral service for an hour."
- BroodjePeop
Fascinating...
"Chernobyl on a number of occasions. Such a fascinating event to study in so many ways."
- Flat-Visual-4865
"A work project on TOKAMAK reactors pushed me into a criticality accident rabbit hole, and I fell PAST Chernobyl into the SL-1 accident in Idaho. THAT is an insane story. I talked about it so much in my social circle, it ended up as an episode of the Stuff You Missed in History podcast last year."
- TheAngerMonkey
"I came across the (mostly) true account of Chernobyl, very succinctly summarized on Everything2 about 15 years ago, and that dragged me into a multi-year rabbit hole that included competing a graduate-level course in nuclear engineering to help me understand the INSAG reports and other documentation."
- deepspace
I knew it all...
"A woman once got into an Uber with me, we chatted, and when she left, she told me her first name and her place of work, and said, 'Come find me.' Looking her up felt like stalking her since she didn't have much of an internet presence. Found out why pretty soon: turns out she was a Columbine shooting survivor. Her name was in the shooter's journal. I even ran across a cached copy of a deleted Tumblr blog that had been tracking all of the girls in that journal. Were they married? How many kids? Where did they live? Truly some of the creepiest s**t I've seen on the internet about real people. The worst part is, I could never tell her I knew all of this."
- MirageOfMe
Abandoned Mickey
"I once spent three days reading about abandoned Disney projects, like the whole history of Discovery Island and River Country. By the end, I felt like a ghost employee from 1979."
- NaturalScarlett

SUPERPOWERS
"I spent like 2 weeks just learning about cephalopods. They're freaky little aliens with unsettling superpowers."
- Mortambulist
"They are really incredible. Particularly octopus. The fact that they show such immense intelligence, like hunting strategies and tool use, while having a lifespan of an average of 2 years, is completely mind-boggling. These are learned behaviors, not instincts they are born with. I’m convinced they have types of intelligence that humans can’t even comprehend because we don’t have it. I feel the same about whales."
- _jamesbaxter
The Unmodern World
"Remote/untouched tribes."
- violet_moon_vw
"The uncontacted tribes rabbit hole is wild. Everyone knows about the Sentinelese, but then you discover the Ayoreo in Paraguay, the Kawahiva in Brazil, or the Korowai in Papua. What gets me is how many we only know exist because of satellite imagery or occasional sightings. There are still people living completely outside the modern world."
- MidnightTemptation1
MOVEMENT
"Sovereign Citizens. It all started with either seeing or taking a picture of a strange license plate, and next thing you know, I'm learning all about this crazy 'movement' that I had never heard about."
"I've forgotten most of it, but I remember there was a big thing about how if the American flag has the yellow fringes on it, it's not a real flag and it represents Maritime law, and that wasn't even the craziest part."
- Philthy42
A Weird 5 Days
"Last year, I tripped over a picture of a completely destroyed porta-potty from The Gathering of Juggalos here on Reddit. And like - I remember a bit about ICP from my youth, had never been a fan - honestly, had never really given it much thought - but fell into this entire rabbit hole of researching their whole... thing. My girlfriend still gives me hell about it - for days she'd walk into the room and I'd be scrolling and she'd be like 'are you still reading about the Juggalos?' (I was). That was a weird 5 or so days."
- key_knee
The Golden Ara
"I was hungover and a real old film was on network TV, like golden era black and white, I’m talking. In that film was an eye-catching actress named Loretta Young. The story about her and her infidelity incident (particularly its after effect) with Clark Gable is f**king wild."
"All because I was too lazy to reach for my remote and change the channel."
- RipErRiley

Useful Pets
"Hermit crabs."
"I don't own or desire to own a hermit crab, but one day I stumbled across hermit crab care information by accident and couldn't stop reading. I spent the entire day on this. I eventually ended up on some blog detailing what happened when a guy apparently well-known in the hermit crab-keeping hobby forums passed away, and how they handled finding care for his massive amount of pet hermit crabs after."
"The most interesting thing I learned is that you have to be careful with a hermit crab that has just molted, if they're in a tank with multiple hermit crabs. Hermit crabs eat their shed skin to regain the nutrients. If the newly molted crab runs into others while the smell of shed skin is still on it, the others will go 'Oh, yay, tasty shed skin!' and eat it. They actually make a special scent remover you can wash your crab in to remedy this."
- ShiraCheshire
Geography...
"A few years ago, I ended up (somehow) on a Wikipedia list of all US federal prisons. That ended up with me going to every individual site for each prison and seeing who the famous people who had ever been there were. Then... reading up on each individual. It was a huge rabbit hole, but very interesting.'
'Note: There are A LOT of US federal prisons. And each one has numerous people listed... it took a while."
- 17175RC7
Slithering Along
"I don't remember how I stumbled across it, but I got into those snake egg hatching videos by Snake Discovery, and it led me down the rabbit hole of reptile keeping. I had never touched a snake in my life. I've had a part-time side job at the zoo doing reptile presentations for five years now, because of it, lol, I knew I wasn't alone. "
- thecaptainkindofgirl

We've all caught rabbit hole fever.
The murder mysteries are the worst.
How can you not keep interested?
And how many documentaries have been made about internet sleuths saving the day?
I wanna save the day!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some watching to do.














