Opinion | American Dignity, Down for the Count

I ended up being in transit home during this spectacle, and man I have never been so happy for a six-hour flight delay [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

🇺🇸💲🇺🇸💲🇺🇸💲🇺🇸 “…the evening’s most jarring use of American public property was how every inch of the arena, which loomed with garish menace in front of the White House, was converted into a relentlessly scrolling billboard of corporate sponsors, many which benefit Mr. Trump and his family directly.” GIFT

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Who said it, Donald Trump about attacking Iran or Daniel Cormier about defending UFC grift? “I just can’t believe that we’re at the White House…I’m so filled with, like, testosterone, I want to kick someone in the chest, it’s crazy.” #resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue

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Penoso, degradante espectáculo este de los juegos de la brutalidad, ante el palacio del emperador, degradado a la categoría de antro indigno, repulsivo. Hasta los propios luchadores o gladiadores arrastrados aquí se sienten asqueados por el CIRCO MÁXIMO TRUMPIANO... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

The former U.F.C. champion Daniel Cormier said: “I just can’t believe that we’re at the White House, watching U.F.C. fights. Dude, I’m so filled with, like, testosterone, I want to kick someone in the chest, it’s crazy.” American Dignity, Down for the Count www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

“One of the stranger, though beguiling, aspects of the evening was watching the United States Marine Band, which has performed for every president since John Adams, play the entrance music for each fighter. This included the cheesy ’80s anthem ‘Real American,’ popularized by Hulk Hogan…”

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"It was so crazy. It made you want to kick someone in the chest." ｜Opinion: American Dignity, Down for the Count - NYT - June 15 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

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#FightNight Absurdity

Trump’s birthday fight night on the White House lawn was an absurd spectacle, yes, but an ominous one as well. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o... Every fighter’s warm-up jersey had Crypto.com emblazoned on it. You couldn’t miss Polymarket, Total Wireless, CrowdStrike, Riyadh Season, Ram trucks, Trump Coins. American public property was converted into a scrolling billboard of corporate sponsors & Trump donors.

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DJT & UFC on the White House lawn: Democracy descending into depravity. Who would have ever thought that POTUS would make Caligula look like a fine, upstanding example of humanity? Hitler may not be at the bottom of the barrel for long, with another 2 yrs of Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

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The U.F.C. crew may have felt like barbarian invaders at the gates of democracy, but they also may have been behaving better and more ethically than the family they were there to entertain and ostensibly honor. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

Dry, understated fury from @williamfleitch.bsky.social here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

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