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Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:55 PM Yesterday

'The Small-in-the-Pants Pyrotechnic Extravaganza' - jojofromjerz

"What in the literal, liberty-loving fuck was that pyrotechnic atrocity over Washington, D.C., on July Fifth?"

"Not a typo."

"The Fifth."

"We’ll get there."

"I spent the holiday weekend down the shore — as we call it here in Jersey — with my kids, mostly unplugged, my phone buried at the bottom of a beach bag like contraband."

"I knew there’d be fireworks in DC. I knew he was giving a 'speech.' And I was deliberately avoiding as much of this fucking hellscape shitshow as possible, for as long as the sun and the surf and the sand would allow."

Continued at link:

https://open.substack.com/pub/jojofromjerz/p/the-small-in-the-pants-pyrotechnic?r=r38w4&utm_medium=ios

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