Posted on 10/28/2026 6:25:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
Oh look, the snowflakes are melting again.
President Trump's planned 250-foot-tall arch would cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost's 3-D analysis found.
On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK. https://t.co/uWuEsJcpGW— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 27, 2026
They made a 3D rendering!!
TDS TO THE MAX. 🤡
Trump wants to build a big beautiful arch. And yes, that's making liberals mad for some reason.
They even analyzed every single grave or monument that would be touched briefly by the shadow of the arch, then added up all the models to calculate that the arch's shadow would touch some kind of monument or grave 284 days of the year.
I gotta give you the comments, cuz this is Beyond Parody:
🤣🤣🤣
Trump would have to cut down all the trees too, right? Except a federal judge just ruled he can't prune trees!
@ddiamond @washingtonpost Are you calling for these trees to be cut down? https://t.co/HbJxifkeXn— Brent Mohrman (@Brent_Mohrman) October 27, 2026
@Brent_Mohrman @ddiamond @washingtonpost Cut trees, ban nighttime and solar eclipses.— David (@pboiler942) October 27, 2026
Truly one of the most idiotic takes I've ever seen from WaPo.
And that's saying a lot!
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Poor form to use graves as props in schtick.
Like they care.
These people are truly stupid. I mean really stupid.
What happens when the Sun goes down?
Better put up 24/7 spotlights to replace it.
Wait until they find out the sun sets at night.
Like they give a damned about the men and women who served this Republic in uniform. They are cowards. Running from the real fights.
It is a big and beautiful monument, perhaps the biggest and most beautiful in the world.
Democrats hate that it will be built by and forever associated with President Trump, not just today, but for every day over the next thousand years.
By then, Democrats will not exist, but MAGA will.
Last time byedone was there he was checking his watch.
The US is entering a catastrophic debt cycle (from spending from Obama, Biden, Trump) so obviously we should not borrow even more to build an arch.
Clouds! Don’t forget the clouds! Huge, bad fair weather cumulus clouds!
The Washington Post's Attack on Veterans' Integrity
On the eve of Veterans Day, a moment meant for gratitude and reflection, The Washington Post doubled down on its campaign against those who have served, accusing America’s Veterans of feigning mental health injuries as a means to secure disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The article, one in an unrelenting series of Veteran attack articles from the Post this fall, is disheartening and injurious to those who have sacrificed their minds and bodies for our country.
The series sparked an immediate backlash, with veterans and advocates writing to the Post in droves to slam the reporting as biased and misleading. And they’re right.
The Post’s articles risk leaving readers with the pernicious idea that it’s commonplace for Veterans and their private benefits consultants to scam the VA benefits claims system by using PTSD and other mental health disorders as an excuse to collect benefits from the government.
They need to ban nighttime.
These people are truly insane.
I have stood on that very ground, counterprotesting against Leftists who meant to dishonor and damage our war memorials. Here is the group I was with back around 2008:
As you can see, it is a completely bland and unattractive area. I think it would be a grand addition. People who think this is a waste of land or money can kiss my ass with their faux "Oh, it is disrespectful" BS. Those people don't give a damn about our war dead.
That message on that banner we put up there applies directly to those same people.
My parents are both interred there, and I regard it as a great privilege for them to be amongst those war dead, and I value what we do there and the tribute we pay.
The douchebags, on and off this forum who are against it are against it because Trump wants to do it, and that is the ONLY reason.
Screw them. Screw all of them with their fake "outrage". It is just Trump Derangement Syndrome wearing the transparent cloak of "outrage".
Those people just make me want to spit.
I have been there. 1996................
The sunlight is cut off after sunset because the electricity that provides the sunlight is cut off due to ‘cost-saving’ efforts by DOGE and Elon Musk!
Some backround info on the author here...
https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/447153/Dan-Diamond
Get a load of the ask for the speaking fee.
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