In this week’s news from the ooze:
Sean Duffy, Donald and Melania Trump, Keith Krach, Justin Caporale, Meredith O’Rourke, Elizabeth Pipko, Danielle Alvarez, Rachel Reisner, Roger Federer, Byron and Erika Donalds, RFK Jr, Joel Salatin, James Comey, Barbie, Calley Means, Todd Blanche, Justin Caporale, Clifton Fred Lees, Chris LaCivita, Bettina Anderson Trump, Pam Bondi, Tiffany Trump, Danielle Madda, Janet Mills, Holistic Hilda, and more.
Setting the stage for the Great American Flop
Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair is a bust for the ages. An event supposed to showcase these United States on the National Mall for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence should have been crowded, joyful, and most of all, united.
Instead, the tiny number of people who showed up were treated to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy using offensive slurs to insult the musical acts who canceled, Uncle Sam allegedly committing sex acts, a Confederate flag finding its way into the North Carolina booth, organizers spelling “freedom” wrong, and ice cream melting.
The Great American State Fair is the creation of Freedom 250, the group that was handed sole charge of celebrating the semiquincentennial after Donald Trump’s return to power. So who are they? And why aren’t the organizers’ names plastered all over the Freedom 250 website?
Leading the charge is Keith Krach, a former Trump administration Under Secretary of State who now serves as CEO of Freedom 250. Krach’s net worth is estimated at around $441 million, largely tied to his past holdings in tech firms including DocuSign, which he used to run. Krach has no known experience organizing mass events (if we’re calling the State Fair one…) but he had help.