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Trump Admin Removes MLK Day, Juneteenth From National Parks Fee-Free Days (but adds Trump's Birthday!)
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Elfreth, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Prohibit Partisan National Park Passes
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service, introduced the Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act. The bill is straightforward legislation that would explicitly prohibit the National Park Service from issuing America the Beautiful Passes – physical or digital – with the image or likeness of any living political figures. The legislation is in response to the Trump Administration placing President Trump’s face on America the Beautiful Passes in January of this year.
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“President Trump slapping his face on annual park passes is an authoritarian gesture worthy of a king or dictator. He’s hijacking our beloved public treasures for shameless, un-American self-promotion,” said Senator Merkley, the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service in the Senate. “The non-partisan National Park Service serves all Americans, but Trump once again has unnecessarily politicized government services while potentially breaking the law as well. We must ensure our beloved national treasures remain well-maintained and free of partisan propaganda for generations to come.”
Elfreth, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Prohibit Partisan National Park Passes
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service, introduced the Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service, introduced the Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act. The bill is straightforward legislation that would explicitly prohibit the National Park Service from issuing America the Beautiful Passes – physical or digital – with the image or likeness of any living political figures. The legislation is in response to the Trump Administration placing President Trump’s face on America the Beautiful Passes in January of this year.
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“President Trump slapping his face on annual park passes is an authoritarian gesture worthy of a king or dictator. He’s hijacking our beloved public treasures for shameless, un-American self-promotion,” said Senator Merkley, the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service in the Senate. “The non-partisan National Park Service serves all Americans, but Trump once again has unnecessarily politicized government services while potentially breaking the law as well. We must ensure our beloved national treasures remain well-maintained and free of partisan propaganda for generations to come.”
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Lol, my dead dad's birthday is June 19. When it got turned into Juneteenth we were all surprised. Now my dad actually had a dual holiday-birthday to celebrate on his big day. It was really special. 
How many people can say that their birthday falls on a holiday?
How many people can say that their birthday falls on a holiday?
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Would it be worse if president Trump put his face on a dollar bill such as "dictators" or "King" Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, etc.?
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Such as?
None of those presidents appeared on actual currency in their lifetimes; Washington specifically rejected the idea. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has created models for a dollar Trump coin.
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George Washington refused to have his portrait on U.S. coins during his lifetime, rejecting the idea as "monarchical". This act established a lasting precedent against featuring living leaders on American currency. Instead of his likeness, early U.S. coins featured allegorical figures of Liberty. Washington finally appeared on a circulating coin in 1932, over a century after his death, for the 200th anniversary of his birth.
$1 Trump coin: Treasury shares draft design for America's 250th birthday
"While a final $1 dollar coin design has not yet been selected to commemorate the United States' semiquincentennial, this first draft reflects well the enduring spirit of our country and democracy, even in the face of immense obstacles," a Treasury spokesperson said. Federal law generally...
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Trump's image to appear on limited-edition passports for America's 250th
Washington Passport Agency applicants will not be able to opt out of the design. [Fortunately all other agencies will have a mostly Trumpless passport.]In announcing the limited-edition passport, a White House spokesperson said in a statement that "President Trump’s new patriotic passport design provides yet another great way Americans can join in the spectacular celebrations for America’s 250th birthday."
The inner page will feature Trump's portrait over a stylized image of the Declaration of Independence, according to mock-ups posted to social media by the State Department.
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Is that literally his mugshot?
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Gosh darn it, I just checked mine, looks like I won't be able to get this functional Trump brand memorial identity document.
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It’s fitting that he’s between you and the Declaration of Independence.
If he could just turn around and read the darn thing.
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I can forgive Trump for not having the "good grace" of being dead, as much as some people seem to be intent on making happen.
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I don't make the rules. Congress does. And it decreed that ...
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Federal law (31 USC 5114) and long-standing tradition prohibit living people from appearing on U.S. coins or currency to avoid mimicking monarchies.
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If it's law, then it can't happen, right? If it happens, it must not be enforceable.
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God threw Lucifer and the angelic egotists out of heaven for less...
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I thought it looked like his second term official portrait which is staged in a very similar fashion, but wait, when looking at it it resembles his mug shot, particularly with his combover.
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I thought it looked like his second term official portrait which is staged in a very similar fashion, but wait, when looking at it it resembles his mug shot, particularly with his combover.
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I'm just glad I got mine renewed last summer, so I don't have to pay extra to not have this in my passport.
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Sure, that's why murder has vanished from the land.
The wheels of justice turn slowly. But this is a poor excuse to go forward with something patently illegal. But that has been the Trump Administration MO for hundreds of things.
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